Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Dreams Come True ❯ Chapter Three: The Duel ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter Three: The Duel

Mina settled her deck in the main slot of the disk on her wrist. The lifepoints set themselves to 2000 automatically. She grinned.

"Time to duel!" They both called at the same time.

"Ladies first…" Kaiba said easily, looking at his hand. He had two Blue Eyes in his hand right then-all he had to do was pull a third and a Polymerization card. Not bad for first hand.

"Exactly." Stated Mina simply, blinking at her hand. Verrry nice.

Kaiba got the point almost immediately. "Oh, very funny." He set a card on his disk and threw it.

Thirty minutes later:

Mina yawned and demolished the last of Kaiba's forces, smiling brightly.

"I win!"

Kaiba looked shocked beyond belief.

"H…How…How did you...?" He looked up at her through critical eyes.

Mina's innocent eyes went wide. "Oh-um... Don't worry, it's not like it was an official duel even, and, we weren't playing for starchips, so, uh…" She trailed off, staring at the card in her hand.

Kaiba stiffened his stance slightly, and shrugged. "Nice game."

Mina looked slightly wary. "Oh, um, thanks." She unstrapped the disk from her wrist and walked over to Kaiba, handing it to him meekly. "I'll see you at school then, I guess." A silence followed, and Mina turned and walked away, shouldering her backpack. Kaiba watched her as she said her goodbyes to an equally shocked Mokuba, and walked around the house and down the driveway.

Funny.

He had never been beaten so quickly, or so aggressively.

"Seto?" He looked down. Mokuba was tugging on his sleeve.

"Hm?"

"She's good. Better than Yugi."

"Yeah."

"Can she come back tomorrow?"

Kaiba looked down in disbelief at his little brother.

"Traitor." He smiled and nodded. "Sure." The teen picked up the dueling disks and went back in. He didn't mind her coming back…

There was a small stack of mail on his desk, and he riffled through it. A small envelope with lacy emerald green writing caught his attention, and he opened it neatly with a finger.

You are cordially invited to attend the 5th annual Duelists' Ball on Wednesday, September 15th, beginning at eight thirty.

Where: The Grand Hotel Ballroom

Dress: Formal

Guests of Honor: Mr. Seto Kaiba, Mr. Yugi Motto

Mr. Kaiba and Mr. Motto are asked to bring a date for the formal dance opening session.

Thank you and hope to see you there!

"A date? They must be nuts. There is no way I'm going to a `Duelists' Ball'." Kaiba folded the letter and put it back into the envelope.

"I think you should invite Mina." Mokuba stated. He had been reading over Kaiba's shoulder.

"Mina? Why would I do that?"

"Because you like her."

"I don't."

"Do too!"

"What makes you think so?"

"You didn't skin her alive when she beat you in a duel. If she was Yugi you would swear eternal revenge…"

"She's not Yugi. She's a girl."

"Exactly! So hurry up and ask her!"

Kaiba sighed. There seemed to be no way out.

"Fine. I'll ask her. But this means absolutely nothing, got it Mokuba?"

"Yeah, got it, Seto!"

The two brothers grinned at each other.