Kaiba still stands there in complete disbelief and bewilderment. He can stay upright for a moment, then his knees buckle. "I ... lost!", He gasps, "Not again! How is that possible?" The duel disk on his wrist disappears and releases his arm. He leans heavily on the floor. He suddenly feels so dizzy and, to top it all, nauseated.
How could this have happened to him? Hasn't he been bothered enough today? Suddenly two feet come into view. He slowly looks up. It's yuki. She holds out her hand to help with a shy smile. Her green eyes flash encouragingly.
For a brief moment his features derail. Involuntarily he begins to sweat and his heart is pounding vigorously in his chest. A big lump suddenly forms in his throat and it is difficult for him to swallow. He stares speechlessly at the hand that is offered to help him up. Why is she doing this? Why does she have to do this right now? Why does she just have to look at him like that? Hasn't she done enough already? Does she have to humiliate him even more now?
After swallowing again, he regains control of himself. With an angry gesture, he slaps her hand aside. She looks at him uncertainly, but he quickly gets to his feet again. "I don't need your pity!", He says coldly, "There is absolutely no reason for such a thing!" "As you like! It's your decision!", Yuki replies, "The main thing is that you stick to our agreement and design for Noah a new body. "
"I won't do anything like that, don't make a fool of yourself!", Kaiba replies contemptuously, "I might not have won, but neither did you! This duel doesn't mean anything! Absolutely nothing is decided, and certainly not that I won this piece ... data junk will build a new home! "Now Yuki's mine is getting serious. "Business is business and a deal is a deal!", She declares firmly, "And our deal was that if you win you would get my company and VR technology, but if you won me you would build a new body for Noahnotdefeat! And youhaveclearly not defeated me! "
Kaiba stands there as if moved by thunder. For a moment he was completely speechless. It seems to be working hard behind his forehead. Eventually, he can shake off the drowsiness. "You tricked me!", He says quietly, "You tricked me once again! You planned that from the start. You set out to increase my points and decrease yours, and I fool even helped you with it !
"It was just as much your goal to get my snatch steel as to send me your debilitating shield. And then you lulled me to safety and made me believe that I had a chance to defeat you with my ultra-dragon.It was also your plan to reduce your points with my kite so much that you could play your trap, I'm not right! "
Yuki nods slightly: "Yes, you're right! That was my plan. I know you so well that it wasn't difficult to anticipate your features." Kaiba tenses up. He turns away energetically. He seems to be struggling hard to keep his composure. "I definitely didn't beat you!", He presses out, "You led me along the garter belt for the whole duel, and I worked for you completely unsuspectingly but all the more effectively. I ... failed and that on the whole Line!"
Reluctantly, Yuki takes a step towards him. "You fought an excellent duel!", She tries to encourage him, "I haven't had such a challenge for a long time! You are an excellent duelist, next time you will be the one who wins again!"
Kaiba turns around with a jerk. Now there is undisguised hatred on his face. "Stop mocking me!", He shouts, "You are still as bad as you were then! It gives you pleasure to humiliate and humiliate me. Wouldn't you prefer to laugh at me like it was back then? It's still easier to bear than this degrading voicing of your approval! Isn't it enough for you that you destroyed my life the way it used to be? Do you have to humiliate me again now? "
Now Yuki gets angry too: "I don't want to humiliate you, you stupid stubborn head! All I want is for you to finally stop talking around the bush. If you have a problem with me, then finally say it!" Kaiba makes an angry gesture in the air: "Why should I do that? Why do you want to force me to remember things that have long since belonged to the past?" Yuki yells, wringing her hands.
For a moment, Kaiba seems to be wrestling with herself. Then he says with difficulty in control: "All I remember is that you promised back then in your father's study that you would give me the White Dragon with an ice-cold look as soon as you got it. But you can Now happy to admit that you never intended to keep your promise. In your eyes I was not worth it to have this card; you said that yourself on the day at the orphanage when we met it last time. Just don't deny it, your own technique made me repeat it!
"But as you can see that has changed in the meantime. I am the head of a global, successful large corporation and also the sole owner of the only threeWhite Dragons with ice-cold eyesthat still exist. That means that I am now but possess your father's kite. And all your efforts to withhold it from me were ultimately in vain."By now it should be more than clear that I have become a person who is worth having this card. How else would I have got hold of it. However, I have to mention that I am not the one dragon from your father There were other poor lunatics who were so stupid or so desperate as to finally let me have their kites. "
"But I wanted to tell you that the whole time!", Yuki interrupts him now, "I couldn't give you the White Dragon back then, because ... I have it myself not received. "Surprised, Kaiba turns to her:" What do you mean? "
Yuki clenches her fist. "Do you remember? We only found out about the accident a while after the death of your parents, because my father and I were on a business trip abroad. Business wasn't going well for him back then. He wanted to do damage control. And it stayed He simply has no choice but to sell hisWhite Dragon with an ice cold lookto his culprit, an unscrupulous collector.
"I begged my father not to do it. I knew that I had promised to give it to you and how much you wanted it. But he had no other choice, he had to do it. I was desperate! Me Just didn't know how to teach you this, especially when we got the news of your parents' death, I knew I couldn't do this to you too.
"So I decided to pretend you had to earn the dragon a little more first. I hoped that my father would be able to buy the dragon back by then, but that never happened." believe? "Kaiba exclaims, but his voice wavers slightly. "It's thetruth!" Yuki replies.
Kaiba stands motionless. All eyes are now on him to see how he reacts. His heart is racing and his palms are damp. Can he risk trusting her words? No, that can't be true! In no case did she worry about him that much at the time! That would speak against everything he'd ever thought of her. Ever? No not always, there was a time when ... no, the two of you have never been friends! No, no,no!
It takes a long time before he looks over at them again. "You should have told me that!", He finally says, "But apparently you preferred to poke me openly and with all your might. Finally you could show your true colors and let me know what you really care about me think. "
Yuki shakes her head in disbelief: "You really still believe that I only took advantage of you back then and you were the poor victim? Then I'll show you something that may finally convince you of the opposite!" With a slight movement of her hand they are already near the fateful tree again.Kaiba opens his eyes and life comes back to him. "No, you will not do that!", He shouts threateningly, "Don't you come up with the idea to show me that again!" "I have no intention of showing you your rescue operation again," she replies seriously, "I'll show you whathappened before, because apparently you forgot that."
"Don't you dare do that!" Says Kaiba dangerously. "Why not?" It comes back so seriously. Kaiba's mine is in an uproar: "Because I don't want to see this, right? I don't want toseeand neverthink about itagain!" "Why[/i ]Isn't it, Seto? ", Yuki shouts almost desperately," What happened then,[i]thatwas the truth, not what you are trying to convince yourself now! "
Three figures appear next to the tree. The young Seto, Yuki and the little Mokuba. But suddenly the figures start to flicker. Yuki's gaze goes to Kaiba, he looks incredibly focused and, above all, angry. "I don't want to see that, do you understand? And under no circumstances will I allow you to force me to do it!" The figures disappear again, Kaiba's will is stronger than the program.
Yuki says nothing for a moment, then takes a deep breath and walks slowly towards Kaiba. He looks at her with a disgusted look, he is so tense that he almost trembles. Finally she stands before him. At first she just looks at him with big, sorrowful eyes, then she gently puts her outstretched hand on his shoulder and says: "Seto, just let it happen! You just have to accept it!"
There is silence for a moment. Kaiba stares at her, unable to move. Then suddenly, with a sharp exhalation, the desperate resistance escapes from his body and weakly he drops his head and turns away. The figures under the tree reappear.
"This is really great here, Seto!", Mokuba exclaims enthusiastically, "Thank you for taking me with you!" The young Seto smiles mildly. "It's okay Moki, inside it's too dreary anyway with the beautiful weather. Yuki and I have been out here many times. It's really great here! There's even a river behind the hill." "What really?", Mokuba's eyes light up . "Yes," confirms Seto, "you can go to play something. I just have to talk to Yuki for a moment, then I'll go down to the river with you!" "Great!", Shouts Mokuba and smiles. He grabs his little paper plane more tightly and runs onto the meadow.
Seto looks uncertainly at Yuki, who smiles shyly at him. Reluctantly, they both take a seat next to the tree. "So what do