Disclaimer
I would just like to state that I have no rights Yugioh, or any of the other pop culture references used in this story. Emma however is my own creation.
Also I can not take credit for the shadow game played in chapter 3 as it was borrowed and adapted from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman.
Research has gone into making this story but may not be 100 accurate.
It is written based mainly on the US dubbed version of the show, as that is what I am more familiar with.
This story has been rated T as it contains scenes of violence and covers some topics that some people may find disturbing.
This is the second story in a five part series.

Chapter 1

Having already visited the city of Domino once before, Emma didn't have too much trouble finding her way to her destination. Last time around, just a few weeks before, she had travelled to stop the rise of a dark force that threatened to destroy one of her newly made friends. Well, that's how she saw it, anyhow.

Once she had finished what she had been sent to do, she planned to spend time with the friends she had made on her last trip. It would be nice for her to just have fun for once and not worry about anyone trying to stop her like her mentor, Shadi, had done on many occasions. She didn't have to worry about Shadi anymore as she hadn't seen him since she was last in Domino city. He had mysteriously vanished, presumed dead by some people, but she knew he was still alive out there somewhere and she wasn't in a rush to find him just yet.

She approached a huge game shop that was decorated to celebrate a new product release. This shop was much bigger than the one she had visited last time, which belonged to one of her friends' grandfather. This one, however, belonged to Duke Devlin, the creator of the Dungeon Dice Monsters game, which was expanding in the gaming market and with the new releases about to be unveiled was set to become even more popular.

Taking a deep breath, Emma entered the shop and made her way to a room which had been cleared of all furniture to make room for the big occasion. Many people had gathered there, which made it hard to find the person she was looking for.

"'Scuse me!" A voice shouted from behind her. She turned to see her friend Joey running up to her through the crowd.

"Joey!" she cried as she gave him a friendly hug while the rest of her friends followed him to her.

"Didn't I tell ya it was her," Joey said smugly to them as they gathered round.

"It's good to see you again," smiled Yugi who was cheerful as ever.

"Welcome back," greeted Yami by Yugi's side, who she had been able to see since the brief time she had spent inside the millennium puzzle. She nodded in return.

"What brings you back here?" Asked Tea curiously.

"Business, I'm afraid." she replied, sighing. "But after that I have a couple of days free to play with if you guys want to hang out together?"

"You're not looking for an evil spirit again, are you?" asked Bakura in a quiet voice as he hung at the back of the gang.

"No, nothing like that." Assured Emma, as she remembered all that had happen to Bakura during her last visit, when he had read countless books in Arabic and had also gotten his hands burnt.

"This is Tristan, by the way," said Joey as he pulled a boy wearing a brown coat towards her.

"She's gone," Moaned Tristan by Joey's side. "Serenity's back in America and I miss her so much."

"Look, this isn't the time for that." Joey told his friend, who was dating his little sister. "And if you miss her then how do you think I feel?"

Tristan turned and grabbed Joey by his jackets collar, who in return grabbed his. "You just don't get it do you?"

"If you two are going to fight then please take it outside." said a boy with black hair and a die earring. It was none other than Duke Devlin. He approached the group and waved. "Hi guys. And I see you came too, Emma."

"You two know each other?" Asked Tea in surprise.

"We've meet on a couple of occasions." Answered Duke as he stood on his tiptoes and looked around behind Emma. "So where's your brother?"

This was the part Emma had been dreading. "He's not here." she answered weakly.

"What!" Exclaimed Duke in surprise, which then turned into disappointed anger. "What's his excuse this time? Are they showing non-stop re-runs of Funny Bunny?"

"No, it's not like that." Emma answered. "He's in hospital with pneumonia, and that's why he hasn't replied to your e-mails for the past week."

"Then why didn't anyone let me know?" Asked Duke in a calmer tone of voice.

"I only just found out myself a couple of days ago." She had returned home only to find the place empty and a message for her to take his place at the new editions launch. "That's why I'm here as spokeswoman instead."

"Who are you guys talking about?" asked Tea as she stood between Joey and Tristan keeping them apart from each other.

"My brother." Emma explained. "Maximillion Pegasus."

"No way!" The three friends stood next to each other chorused together.

"So you're a Pegasus?" said Yugi who didn't seem as surprised as the others.

"Yep." Emma flashed her ID card to prove this, and Joey almost fell over with disbelief.

"Hey Duke!" came a cry from across the crowd. It was Mokuba who managed to pass by people with ease to reach to group of friends. "Seto tried to have the flip pads ready for today but there's still some glitches that need to be sorted. He suggested that you come and test them out to make sure that they're to your satisfactory."

"I won't be able to until this evening." Duke frown at the unusual invitation from Kaiba.

"That's cool." Replied Mokuba happily. "I'll tell him you'll come then."

"Hi Mokuba." waved Emma to the younger boy who she had saved, along with his older brother.

"You came back!" cried Mokuba as he wrapped his arms around Emma, who nervously patted him on the head. "Wait till I tell my brother." Slowly he let go and backed off before asking, "Are you going to come too?" then he became excited and added, "You could all come and we'll have a mini tournament with the flip pads."

"Sounds like fun." Answered Yugi speaking for them all, even though some of them didn't like the idea of being cooped up in Kaiba's office since he never got along with them.

"Okay, see you all later." waved Mokuba as he left.

Kaiba sat at the desk in his office typing away on this laptop. Every now and then he would stare over to where his brother and the seven members of Yugi's gang were testing out the new flip pads that were designed for the Dungeon Dice Monsters game. When he had first been approached by Duke to make them, he toyed with the game's creator over the contract for his own amusement before finally signing. He didn't care if he was helping out one for Yugi's so-called friends, just as long as the product sold and made money. Business was business after all.

The pads themselves were about the same size of the most recent handheld games console, and similar in the way that they both had two screens. The screen that was flipped up in the vertical position showed all the information that the player needed to know about their dice and monsters, while the other screen showed the field that they were playing on. The two pads linked together through infrared to allow them to play against each other and as with the dueldisks, which were also made by Kaiba Corp, they projected a holographic image of the game between pads.

Mokuba and Duke were facing off against each other in the last round of the mini tournament that they were playing to test out the pads. They weren't using the holographic projection as that was currently the problem that needed to be sorted as it was proving to slow the game down. They sat at either side of the coffee table with the rest of the gang crowded on and around the sofa watching them, apart from Joey who was more interested in looking around Kaiba's office.

"Are you sure that you've never played before?" asked Duke who was currently down to one life point whilst his opponent still had the full three that both players start with.

"Never." smiled Mokuba in reply. "But I'm a quick learner when it comes to games."

"You're extremely good at this." commented Yugi who had been beaten by Mokuba in the previous round.

"I think Duke may have met his match." Yami told Yugi, who nodded in agreement as well as Emma as she listened in on the conversation.

A small smile crept on to Kaiba's face as he stared across to Mokuba once more. He may not show it but he was proud of his little brother with everything that he achieved. The smile disappeared as he watched Joey who was now looking out of the widows which ran from floor to ceiling along the side of the room that was behind him.

Suddenly there was a loud cry that came from Kaiba's laptop, followed by the sound of the monitor screen being slammed shut on it.

"What was that?" Tea asked as everyone was looking towards Kaiba waiting for an explanation.

"Nothing." Growled Kaiba as he stood with his hands pushed down on to the laptop as though it was about to escape.

"Well, I heard moaning, I saw flesh." sniggered Joey from Kaiba's left. "I think someone has porn on his laptop."

"You're greatly mistaken, Wheeler." Kaiba growled still with his hands on his laptop.

"Then you wouldn't mind me taking a look." said Joey as he approached the desk.

"Out!" Kaiba roared stopping Joey in his tracks. He looked across to the others. "All of you now! You too Mokuba."

Mokuba looked at his brother sadly and weakly protested. "But Seto."

"Out!" shouted Kaiba once more.

Surprisingly, Joey was the first to exit the room followed quickly by the rest, Mokuba being pushed along by Emma and Yugi. Duke was the last to leave closing the door behind him.

Emma glanced down to Mokuba who looked like he was about to burst in to tears at any moment. "He's just angry and annoyed. He'll be alright once he's calmed down, so just give him the time to do that okay?" She saw Mokuba nod and then glared at Joey for winding up Kaiba.