Kaiba told off Cordelia, Joey, Buffy, Téa, Yami, Yugi, Mokuba, Willow and Duke, thus showing he'd overheard them saying they'd think he'd refer to magic as "hocus pocus nonsense" — much to their surprise.

"That term of 'hocus pocus nonsense'? Oh, please. Is that what you'd think I would call it? Well, I don't think so. I know now that the proper name for it is 'magic.' Even Willow here's a witch, and a darn good one, I might add. And I know Buffy's a Slayer, and that Hallie, aka Halfrek, is a vengeance demon," Kaiba said.

The gang looked shocked at this confession coming from Kaiba. Never in a million years would they actually hear the word "magic" coming from Kaiba's mouth. Nor would they actually expect Kaiba to accept the existence of magic just like that, either. From what they'd heard about him, Kaiba usually attempted to explain things with science; now, he'd realized there was a lot more to life that couldn't be explained away by scientists, lawyers or psychiatrists.

Cordelia replied with a question of her own. "How did you know about that, Kaiba?"

Kaiba smirked. "Let's just say I've done a little research and found out that vampires and demons, especially vengeance demons, do exist. And speaking of which, I just remembered." He turned to Xander. "Xander, you never told me about your parents. If I had the power of precognition and saw the kind of people your parents had become — bitter and abusive, which I know about because of my stepfather Gozaburo — I would've stolen you from your parents long ago and raised you as my own son — or my own stepbrother, whichever comes first."

He winked at Xander, who looked surprised along with Buffy.

Buffy tried and failed to picture Kaiba with precognition powers. "What? Kaiba!"

Kaiba turned to Buffy. "And by the way, Buffy, I have another confession to make. You see, I've long since wanted to be a vengeance demon myself. If I could, I would choose to be the Patron Saint for Scorned Men — if there ever was such a thing."

Buffy then blinked in puzzlement. "Uh, Kaiba, are you sure?"

Kaiba nodded. "Yes, I'm sure. Why do you ask?"

Buffy still looked puzzled. "Well, that's kind of odd, what with you wanting to be a vengeance demon. From my experience, most vengeance demons are mostly girls and young women."

Kaiba frowned. "So?"

Buffy tried to think of an answer, but was unable to. "So... so... I don't know."

"You know about that well-known and often paraphrased saying of 'hell hath no fury like a woman scorned', Buffy?" Kaiba asked. She nodded. "Well, try to wrap your head around this." He paused at seeing their looks. "I mean figuratively speaking, not in the literal sense. Basically, men can be scorned just as much as women can.

"And that's not all," Kaiba added. "I've also found out men have a greater desire for revenge and take more pleasure in it. Women, on the other hand, usually feel some sort of empathy for their enemies, even after they've gotten revenge."

He turned and headed off, leaving a shocked gang behind. No matter how hard she tried, Buffy couldn't exactly picture Kaiba as a vengeance demon granting wishes for men who had been scorned by women. Plus, she had no idea men could be scorned, too.

They say a woman scorned is the one to watch out for. But a man scorned can be just as dangerous.

And right then, Buffy eventually came to the realization of what Kaiba's words meant.