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===Duelist Kingdom===
[[File:D-015 Kaiba under care.png|thumb|left|Kaiba, in the coma]]
Kaiba remained in a coma for the next six months.<ref name="d d 25">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|25|ref}}</ref> In the hopes of helping Kaiba finish the puzzle, Mokuba constructed two [[Kaiba brothers' pendant|lockets]], using a torn photo of them from the [[orphanage]] and put it around Seto's neck, believing it to be the final piece of the puzzle. <ref name="d d 40">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|40|ref}}</ref> Yugi believed that Kaiba would change once he awoke from his coma. He sometimes visited him in the hospital and refrained from entering ''[[Duel Monsters]]'' tournaments, until he could fight Kaiba in a fair Duel in one.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|1|ref}}</ref> Kaiba was later taken back to [[Kaiba Manor|his mansion]], where he remained under twenty-four-hour care. Some of the best doctors in the world looked at him and thought he might spend the rest of his life in that state.<ref name="d d 15">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|15|ref}}</ref>
Kaiba's comatose state negatively impacted the management of KaibaCorp and caused stock to drop. His loss to Dark Yugi lowered the company's image, which had been dependent on Kaiba's status as the number one gamer in Japan. With the company in a poor state, [[Maximillion J. Pegasus (manga)|Maximillion J. Pegasus]] took the opportunity to try and [[Pegasus' KaibaCorp takeover attempt|take over it]], by making a deal with the company's leading shareholders, [[The Big Five]]. As part of the agreement, the Big Five needed to steal documents from Kaiba's safe, but then had to kidnap Mokuba, who swallowed the key to the safe.<ref name="d d 15" /> Before he was kidnapped, Mokuba left a report detailing what happened in Kaiba's absence, with [[Kaiba's maid|their maid]].<ref name="d d 25" /> One of Pegasus' spies implanted in KaibaCorp, [[Kemo|Saruwatari]], stole Kaiba's Deck while he remained in the coma.<ref name="d d 15" />
Kaiba insisted that they use his [[Duel Disk]]s for the Duel.<ref name="d d 26" /> His monsters easily overpowered Jonouchi's, until he Summoned "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon|Red-Eyes Black Dragon]]", which Kaiba defeated with "Blue-Eyes White Dragon", winning the Duel.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|27|ref}}</ref> Kaiba called Jonouchi a loser, whose confidence must be ruined and theorized that he would be too afraid to Duel again. Yugi was surprised to see that Kaiba had not changed, to which Kaiba replied that he was unwilling to forget the past and is still disgusted by their friendship. Before leaving, he told the group about the time he watched [[Pegasus and Keith's Duel|Pegasus Duel Keith Howard]]. Kaiba claimed that even Yugi's skills were not strong enough to beat Pegasus, while he himself stood a chance if he used his Duel Disks.<ref name="d d 28" />
At 2:30 am, Kaiba arrived at [[Pegasus Castle]]. Here, he was greeted by [[Croquet]], who acted pleased to see him. Croquet denied kidnapping Mokuba and said it was too late to speak with Pegasus. He offered to arrange a room for Kaiba to spend the night and allow him to speak with Pegasus the next day. However Kaiba seized Croquet by the collar, demanding that he see him immediately. Croquet then showed him to a gateway, sealed with a lock containing star-shaped holes. To see Pegasus, he must pass through this gate, Croquet told him, and in order to do that, Kaiba would have to get 10 [[Star Chips]].<ref name="d d 29" /> Kaiba lost patience with Croquet and struck him with his briefcase. [[Kemo|Saruwatari]] rushed in and pulled out a gun, but Kaiba quickly put his own gun to Croquet's head. Recognizing Saruwatari as a former KaibaCorp employee, Kaiba reminds him that it is due to KaibaCorp training that he knows how to hold a weapon. He asked if Saruwatari finished the course and volunteered to teach him how to fire a gun. Croquet panicked and ordered Saruwatari to stand down.<ref name="d d 40">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|40|ref}}</ref>
[[File:D-040 Hostage Croquet.jpg|thumb|left|Kaiba takes Croquet hostage.]]
