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"Well this is certainly a surprise." You blinked and stared at him, "You're here."

"Where else would I be at?" He asked and crossed his arms.

"Somewhere else, probably?" You shrugged your shoulders, "What are you doing here anyway?"

"I live here." He responded

"...I can see that, but I mean, what are you doing here?" You raised an eyebrow,

"Oh, I am here because-"

"There you are, Pharaoh!" A female voice shouted from afar. You blinked and looked at the other Yugi as he bit his lip and averted his gaze from you.

"You suddenly walked off! I was really worried-" You saw Tea walking to the other Yugi with a smile on her face. The moment she saw you, her smile faded and frowned a little,

"...I see you're with (y/n)." You heard her mumble, then watched her pike up a smile on her face, "Ah! (Y/n)! You're here? We haven't seen you since the Tournament!"

"Ah...yeah!" You nodded your head with a smile, "How has it been?"

"Been pretty good, actually. I went out with Yami- I mean Yugi the past few hours or so!" Tea responded, already under sweat. Yami?

"Looks like the other Yugi has a name." The seal sparked.

Oh shut up.

"With Yugi?" You turned your head to 'Yugi' with an eyebrow raised, "Are you sure it's Yugi and not someone else?"

"What do you mean by that?" Tea asked nervously.

"So you can tell it's not me?" The other Yugi looked at you with a smile,

"Well, Tea just called you by another, and your aura is completely different than the Yugi I met at the boat way before the tournament began," You sighed, "So based off the process of elimination, I am to assume you're..?"

"Yami." Yami formally introduced himself, "You're smarter than you look."

"Well, I'll take that as a compliment." You sighed and turned to Tea with a smile, "So? How did the date go?" You asked.

Tea turned bright red and Yami avoided eye contact,

"I-It wasn't a date! It was more of like...a meet up!" Tea stuttered, "It wasn't a date I assure you!"

"You sure?" You raised an eyebrow, "usually when a boy and a girl are out alone.." You twiddled your fingers with a small smirk.

"Ask Yugi, not me. He dragged me out here in the first place." Yami shrugged his shoulders. You blinked,

"So Yugi set a blind date?"

"That's not it!" Both Yami and Tea screamed at the same time.

"Yugi asked me to help out with Yami finding his past, because he doesn't remember it!" Tea informed.

"Oh...well you could've just said that." You frowned.

"Wha-" Tea blinked in shock, "I didn't think you would believe there were 2-"

"Trust me, what I have gone through, I would take it in a heartbeat." You rolled your eyes.

"I take that as offensive."

Oh shut up.

You sighed, "So? Did you find anything relating to your past?" You asked,

"Well, sorta." Tea responded, "We found a lead, you could say?"

"A lead?" You blinked,

"There's a destiny that I need to fulfill." Yami sighed, "There's a great evil among us, and I need to stop it."

"Ah." You blinked, "Well, I am sure you'll pull through, I mean you are the King of Games."

"Hah, title doesn't mean anything, it's just a title." Yami chuckled,

"A title you deserve, I mean, you're really good at what you do-" You got interrupted by a sudden sinister laughter perking from all around you. You stopped talking and looked around to find the source of that laughter but found nothing.

"Hey, what's the matter?" Tea asked, "Did something happen?"

"No, everything's fine, Tea." Yami looked at Tea. You bit your lip and kept your mouth shut, you didn't want to tell Tea you heard a sinister laugh just now, and based off Yami's response, he probably heard it too.

"Hey! Yugi is that you!" A familiar female spoke out with enthusiasm. Your eye twitched, you already knew who that was based off her voice.

"It's Mai, isn't it." You shuddered.

"...She's running this way." Yami mumbled,

"...yay." Tea mumbled sarcastically with a frown. You shuddered in disgust and turned to see her running with a smile,

"I know you guys missed me~" Mai said with a smile,

"It's such a shame we don't hang out often." Tea said with a forced smile. Mai giggled and put Tea in an arm lock,

"I know~!" Mai kept that same smile and whispered a few things to Tea, who didn't look quite pleased to hear.

"...and here I thought I was going to take a stroll around the city." You sighed,

"Life takes lots of turns, (y/n), things happen." Yami whispered to you and glanced at Mai. "I assume you're here for the tournament?"

"Oh, of course!" Mai responded,

"Tournament?" You blinked,

"You didn't know? Someone is hosting a tournament!" Mai looked at you in shock, "I thought you would know, given you are a duelist."

"I would've known if I weren't shut away from society from certain people." You gave a straight face, indirectly referring to Pegasus and Kaiba.

"Speaking of the tournament, didn't you get the invitation?" Mai asked,

"I did, but with no name." Yami sighed,

"Figured." Mai sighed, "No one knows who's hosting this tournament. Everyone who I spoke to got the same anonymous note. However, word is going that the host has a ton a cash, and has an obnoxious attitude." Mai informed, "Wonder who could that be."

"...Kaiba." You and Mai said at the same time.

"Oh! (Y/n)! I forgot you are here!" Mai said with a closed eye smile,

"I will take that as a compliment." You responded with the same smile.

"So that's why Ishizu told me to enter the tournament...." Yami mumbled.

"...Ugh, Yugi speak louder because I can't hear. But, I can assure you this isn't Pegasus again."

"Speaking of Pegasus, this tournament, is giving me Duelist Kingdom vibes." you added,

"You can say that again," Yami nodded, "There is a lot of familiar faces here."

"And most I am not pleased to see..." Mai shuddered,

"Ugh, you're right. Weevil and Rex are here." Tea shuddered in disgust.

"Oh, so brat #1 and #2 are here?" You blinked,

"And that's not all, Espa Roba is here too." Mai referred to 3 small boys with cyan blue hair. You leaned over to catch a glimpse of them, "They say they have psychic powers."

"And Mako is here!" Tea gasped upon seeing a man with long hair, eating away on a few fish sticks.

"...If what Mai said is true, then we're going to have one hell of a ride."

"Speaking of rides, look who's there." Tea's eyes averted upward at a screen which held Kaiba's face.

"...Kaiba.." Yami mumbled,

"Greetings, duelists." Kaiba spoke through the screen, "Welcome to the town of Domino, but more importantly, welcome to my tournament!"

"I don't know which is bigger, his ego or his melon on the big screen." Mai sighed,

"...And this is going to be the first time in my life that I agree with you." You nodded.

"I see you each received a private invite to Kaibacorps exclusive tournament, and I see you all have the brains to actually come here tonight. Being you are all exceptional duelists, my tournament has special rules for you. For example, you will duel with these new and improved duel discs." The screen went to Kaiba's arm to show a newly modified disc. "Another special rule I've added is before each duel, the duelist needs to set their rarest card in debt. The loser shall forfeit their card to the winner."

"Damn...so even with one loss.." You clenched your fists, Kaiba takes these things to the next level.

"I will make Pegasus's Duelist Kingdom Tournament look like a joke." Kaiba said with a smirk as everyone roared with excitement.

"Always making it sound like a competition." You rolled your eye. It wasn't long before you heard a helicopter come from above. You blinked and turned around to find Kaiba standing before you, Mai, Tea, and Yugi.

"Kaiba.." Yami clenched his fists and stared at him. After moments of silence, Kaiba rose up one finger with a smirk,

"Be sure to register and get your duel disc, because in one week from today, my battle city tournament begins!" Kaiba said with a smirk.

"...(y/n)," You heard Mai call your name. You perked up and looked at her, "Yeah?"

"You were with Kaiba almost this whole entire time since after Duelist Kingdom, right?" Mai asked,

"Yeah.." You nodded,

"Why didn't you tell us it was him that was hosting the tournament?" Mai asked

"If I knew I would've already registered." You sighed, "Unfortunately, the entire time I was there, Kaiba was MIA and didn't tell me much. Speaking of Kaiba, I should head back to Kaibacorp. I have a few things to tell him myself." You sighed

Like why he didn't give you that invite.

"I'll walk with you there," Yami looked at you then at Mai and Tea, "You 2 go on ahead. I'll see you tomorrow, Tea."

"But Yami-" Tea bit her lip

"I'll be fine." Yami assured Tea, "let's go, (y/n)." He looked at you with a smile.

"...Yeah.." You nodded and took off with Yami walking beside you. Once the 2 girls were off your back, you looked at Yami,

"You've got a big one coming." You spoke softy,

"Yes..I do. I must get past this tournament and fight Kaiba to prevent an ancient evil from arising." Yami sighed,

"Ancient evil?" You blinked,

"Yes, apparently, I was an Egyptian Pharaoh who prevented evil from taking over, and that very same evil has sprung up again." Yami nodded,

"Sounds like a dejavu." You sighed

"Haha, it does if you think about it." Yami laughed a little, then looked at you with a smile, "You're taking this in quite well."

"I told you before, didn't I?" You reminded him, "At this point I'll take anything like a heartbeat."

"And what did you go through for you to say that?" Yami asked.

You stopped on your tracks. You hoped he wouldn't ask this question. Noticing your sudden halt, Yami stopped and looked at you.

With a shaky breath, you looked at him and said calmly,

"A lot of stuff that I am not quite comfortable to talk about."

And the conversation ended there.

It wasn't long before you and Yami talked about other subjects, completely pushing the previous one aside as if it has never happened. Surly enough, it wasn't long before you were standing infront of Kaibacorp.

"Well, looks like you're here." Yami sighed, "Going to put Kaiba in a drill for not telling you about the tournament?"

"Oh yeah." You cracked your knuckles, "I'm tired of being transported from one kitchen to another."

Yami laughed at that remark and patted your shoulder, "Well, have fun with that. See you soon."

"And you as well." You nodded and watched him walk off. "Wait, Yami!" You called Yami, who turned to look at you.

"....Even though our destines are far different than each others, I truly hope you manage to succeed in yours." You spoke,

"...and I hope the same for you, for whatever you're going through." Yami gave you a soft smile, "thank you for that. I appreciate it." He waved and took off into the crowds to be away from your sight.

That felt good.

You walked in KaibaCorp and took the elevator to Kaiba's office. Upon opening the doors, you found Kaiba in his office, sitting on his chair with his eyes locked onto yours,

"I assume you're here because you are upset I didn't notify you of the tournament?" Kaiba asked,

"Yup." You responded,

"Not to worry about that, you are already registered." Kaiba pulled out a suitcase and placed it on his desk. While staring at you, he opened the case to reveal a duel disc. You stared at the disc, then back at Kaiba, who gave you a smirk.

"Welcome to the tournament, (y/n) (l/n)."

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