I do not own Yugioh- it belongs to Kazuki Takahashi.
Appologies for not putting something up on the web for so long, but at last I have done so again. Anyway, on with the fic.
You want to know how Battlecity ended? The real ending?
The English dub, even the original Japanese doesn't show how Battlecity really ended. Read below and find out what really happened!
Chapter One: Irritating Ishtars
Yami had been very worried about Tèa, and after the Millennium puzzle's warning, he had raced off to find her. He had known she was in trouble. Big trouble (It's not like it took an hour to go to the bathroom, no matter how much grooming occurred in there). Therefore considering how reliable and punctual she was, even if she was a girl and prone to fits of vanity, something had to be wrong.
The puzzle had urged him to the top of the dueling tower Kaiba had built, and lost upon. Yami didn't normally have an urge to gloat, but where Kaiba was concerned… well the bastard irritated him.
As such he felt that a loud speech after victory designed to make Kaiba concede his life was pathetic, as well as a little bit of private gloating was not such a terrible thing.
He'd never admit to it out loud of course, it would ruin his reputation (well… Yugi's reputation) as a modest King of Games.
The worst part of this episode had been when he reached the top of the tower. Not only had Marik been on the verge of obliterating Ishizu and Tèa, but their duel had almost begun too. Yami was getting pretty sick of Marik; actually he was pretty sick of the Ishtars in general (even Odion, who was unconscious).
Speaking of Ishtars, he'd gone and promised Ishizu that he'd get Marik's normal self back. He'd only done it to get the woman to shut up so he could focus on making sure that Tèa was okay. After she'd gone that he realised that his word as pharaoh was technically binding, and that he was obliged to go through with it.
How the hell was he supposed to save Mai, Bakura and the good (err… normal??... Not completely evil??... well, the not completely insane) Marik?
Couldn't the three just be written off as acceptable casualties?
Baka conscience, baka hikari, baka honor of baka true duelist. And people thought playing games was relaxing…
Ishizu had left just as Tèa woke up, and now Yami offered her his hand to stand. He didn't really want to let go of her hand, but she pulled it out of his grasp, dusting herself off before he could object.
That of course raised the question of why he wanted to touch her.
Well, not 'touch her' as in a perverted way… but come to think of it, he wouldn't mind touching her in that way. -No, that wasn't the point. It was the contact he liked, it didn't have to be specifically sexual, he just liked contact between them.
He could feel Yugi's silent query about those feelings too.
Tèa looked at him, "shall we go down to see the end result of Joey's duel?" she asked.
Right Joey's duel… more like Joey getting his ass kicked by Kaiba. Nothing new. So why would she want to watch that? Or was Joey more interesting than him? She had been at most of Joey's qualifying matches, and not any of his.
She couldn't like Joey more than him though. He was far cooler, and a way more skilled duelist too! He wasn't jealous of Joey though, there was nothing to be jealous of… was there?
Yami nodded, "let's go," he agreed, walking over to the closest set of stairs. He could hear her shoes as she walked behind him. The fact that he was trying to hear her steps and use the sound to make sure she was right behind him bothered him.
He and Tèa were just friends, right?
They walked to the elevator in complete silence, and stepped inside.
Tèa gave Yami a smile, "Thank you," she said.
"You're welcome," he replied. This was so awkward.
Yami found himself watching her as the elevator continued its descent. She was really hot, she had a great figure, a pretty face and she was a really nice person. What more could you want in a girl?
But why was he suddenly thinking like this anyway? She was Yugi's friend and his friend as well.
He couldn't just slam her against the elevator well and have his way with her, could he?
The fact he even wanted to do so was a worry. When had their relationship gotten this complicated?
He desperately looked around the elevator. Was it just him or was this trip down taking a really long time?
Why couldn't Kaiba have put in a window? Or something to look at on the way down, like a painting or something? Anything? Just so he wouldn't be staring at the floor really obviously.
"Yami, are you okay?" asked Tèa with a gentle smile.
Shit, why the hell did she have to be perceptive? Or was it that he was being so obvious in his discomfort.
"Yeah, I'm fine," he said turning away, so she couldn't see how red he'd gone. It's not like he could say 'I want to score with you,' or anything.
"Okay then," she said, and he noticed she was faintly red too. Maybe it was the lift giving everyone strange perverted ideas. That's it, blame the lift! Kaiba's cursed lift; that meant that it was all Kaiba's fault!
"Tèa, I-" maybe honesty was the best policy.
/Yami, don't tell her about wanting to fuck her senseless, girls don't like crude talk. Tell her you like her/
Yugi's advice sounded better- honesty always leaves a lot to be desired.
"I really like you," Yami finished lamely.
"As in more than a friend?" questioned Tèa, she sounded surprised.
Yami wondered if fuck buddies were counted as more than friends.
/Say Yes!/
"Uh, yeah sure," he followed the silent prompting.
Tèa looked really surprised, "wow, I had no idea. At least I know that I can trust you to be honest because we're friends. Not like any of those other pigs who tell would tell me that they liked me just to get me into bed,"
WHAT? There were other men who'd tried to get her into bed? Who were they and where did they live? He'd send them all to the shadow realm for even trying to touch her.
She looked at him expectantly- oh right he was supposed to answer.
"Yeah, of course I'm not like any of those bastards," Yami said nervously, he was almost sure he was sweating really hard right now. Come to think of it, he'd already saved her from a pervert, kind of ironic that he wanted to steal the virtue he'd spent so much effort (like two minutes) protecting.
But wasn't that fair? Didn't he deserve a reward for that hard work?
Tèa gave him a smile that sent butterflies down his spine, she really was very pretty. Perhaps his relationship with her would not only be based on sex (that would be a touchstone though). He was a man; sex was definitely an essential in any non-family relationship.
"I like you too," she whispered, moving forward, hugging him gently. He found himself leaning into her. She was such a comforting warm burden. He couldn't remember the last time he'd held someone like this. It was different to Yugi, he was attracted to her, and as such he noticed ever minute contact between them. From his arms around her and her arms around his neck, to the feel of his face beside hers, and the way their chests were pressed against each other... well rather, the way her breasts were pressed against his chest.
Yami leaned back slightly from the hug, their faces were level and then he moved forward ever so slowly, until he finally pressed his lips on hers. Kissing her deeply. He pushed her against the side of the elevator, wrapping his arms around her waist. She really didn't seem to mind, she was kissing him back after all.
It wasn't until he realised that his tongue was in her mouth and his hands were on her ass that he realised he might have gone too far.
In the name of Ra, he'd just said he was different to the other perverts and then he just…
He parted from her in a hurry, "Tèa I'm sorry I just,"
"It's okay Yami," she said with a laugh, "I wasn't expecting you to be a saint. Heavens know Yugi isn't, you should see the videos he borrows from Joey,"
Yami could feel the embarrassment emanating from Yugi's soul room.
//You'll have to lend me one of those//
/It looks like your going to get enough hands on practice not to need one/
Yami was almost blushing.
He was surprised though when Tèa gave him a very intense look, "you're not going to stop there are you?" she asked.
He looked at her in astonishment. She gave a sigh, and a look that said 'women have to do everything themselves' and shoved him against the wall before feverishly kissing him. He was quite happy with the sudden move though. He eagerly responded.
Actually come to think of it, honesty might have won her over anyway considering the situation, but Yami thought it just as well he'd told her sweet nothings. If she wanted to back out later, love and trust were an excellent excuse to take things all the way to home base.
/Like I said, lots of hands on experience/
Yami severed the link between him and Yugi. There were just some things that weren't meant to be shared between him and Yugi. Scoring with a hot girl was one of them, especially if she was a friend.
Joey and Kaiba's duel had come to an end. Kaiba had won, Joey was no where near his league, and the result had been inevitable. The minute Kaiba's signature Blue Eyes White Dragon had appeared Joey had been doomed.
Of course Joey just had to have the last word, and so Kaiba was properly pissed off with the brainless mutt. He'd made it quite clear that he was Kaiba's superior in terms of friends and girls, and senseless luck. Needless to say Kaiba hated mysticism and luck- they couldn't be calculated in dueling simulations, so it was no surprise he was pissed off. He apparently hadn't been able to argue about the girls and friends comments either.
Mokuba had of course followed his bad tempered big brother, while Duke and Tristan were helping Joey find Yugi. Joey was annoyed that they'd both not been around to watch his duel. Even if he'd lost. It was the principle of the matter. They should have watched his… err, glorious dueling defeat.
If only he knew that at this moment his friends had absolutely no thoughts for him or about him at all.
In fifteen minutes the security guard who monitored Kaiba's elevator surveillance received more shocks than in the entire span of his eighty three years of life.
When Isono went to check on the unfortunate man he found him passed out with a nosebleed. He didn't bother checking the monitors, instead he called a doctor. Then he worried about the upcoming finals.
Seto Kaiba was still pissed off, how dare that stupid, incompetent mutt say that he was superior to Seto in terms of getting girls! Admittedly Joey probably did beat him in the categories of friends and luck, but who needed those things! It was the girls comment that had really pushed him over the edge.
He stalked off towards his battleship, that stupid mutt. There was no way that girls could possibly prefer a goof with an American accent to the CEO of a prestigious company. The only girls that did had to have questionable taste. He still felt rage enveloping him.
Mokuba walked nervously behind his older brother. He wondered why Joey's comments had stirred up such a rage in Seto.
They almost walked right past Ishizu, except the wind blew her skirt away at the right time giving Seto a very good view of her long tanned legs. He stopped dead in his tracks.
"So Seto, have you no care for the fate of the world?" Ishizu asked.
Seto noticed the size of her bust and guessed from the angle of her breasts that she was not using a push up bra. What was she a D? Or double D?
"Seto? Hello? I was just talking about mystical shit, that's your cue to tell me you don't believe in magic and refuse to help the pharaoh save the world," Ishizu added.
Seto blinked "hmm?" he gave his little brother a questioning gaze.
Mokuba watched the scene puzzled, "I think Ishizu just talked about paranormal phenomena to you," he said helpfully.
Aha! Well like any good Kaiba-boy should Seto had a very good come back for Ishizu, "Please Ishizu, you don't honestly expect me to believe," he hadn't noticed during their duel how much her breasts moved when she breathed…
"Seto, my face is up here!" Ishizu yelled.
Seto went bright red; his reputation was shot if anyone found out about this. He did manage to pull his eyes away from her chest though.
"Anyway as I was saying, you don't honestly expect me to believe that the world is in danger because of your fairy stories," Seto had managed to recover some of the legendary Kaiba cool.
"Yes I do,"
"No you don't,"
"Yes I do,"
"Yes you don't,"- Ishizu decided to try to be tricky.
"No I do!"- Kaiba was getting a little confused.
"Yes you do!"
"No I don't"- Shit Kaiba winced, she'd manipulated him, so he covered by quickly shouting, "YES I DO!"
"NO YOU DON'T"
"DO!"
"DON'T!"
"DO!"
"DON-" Seto shut up when he noticed Mokuba walking off. "Mokuba, I am your older brother you're not allowed to walk off without me!" he announced.
"But it seemed like your fight was going to go on for ages with Ishizu," Mokuba whined.
"So what!" Seto shrieked. What happened to family loyalty? Oh right Ishizu and her insane brother. It just figured that him calling her brother insane would get bad karma back on him and his family.
"So I figured I could play on my playstation," Mokuba commented.
"Aren't you going to help me persuade your brother to help Yugi and the others?" Ishizu asked sounding surprised.
"No offence Ishizu, but I don't see what's in it for me," Mokuba crossed his arms; he looked scarily like his brother. Seto was proud, Ishizu was plain creeped out.
"Saving your world?" Ishizu offered.
"We destroy it every day ourselves, so you're going to have to do better than that," Mokuba commented cynically. Some things run in the family.
"How about if I give you a whole crate of mars bars?" Ishizu offered. Didn't food always work as bribery for males?
"Throw in a crate of cherry ripe and you've got a deal," Mokuba countered.
Ishizu was unable to speak for two minutes amazed at her good fortune, "sure,"
Mokuba smiled and then turned to his big brother "okay Seto, now you've got to go help Yugi," he said.
"Excuse me, what do you mean?" asked Seto.
"Either you help Yugi, or else I'll become Joey's best friend," Mokuba gave the ultimatum without the slightest hint of doubt at the outcome.
Ishizu wasn't surprised when Seto said "very well then," and hurriedly walked off towards the duel tower.
As Ishizu walked beside him he heard her whisper, "good choice Kaiba, and believe me, I'll totally make it worth your while should we prevent world destruction and save my brother,"
Kaiba gave her quite a look; "really?" he asked raising an eyebrow.
"Oh yes," said Ishizu with a very promising smile walking past him.
If all went well Seto Kaiba could prove the mutt wrong about his luck with women. Then again Ishizu wasn't a typical woman, undeniably attractive, but still, rather unusual.
Either way as long as he got some ass he didn't really care, especially he mused, eyes moving down the back of her head until he reached her ass, a very sweet ass.
"Kaiba, watch where you're going, not my butt," said Ishizu.
Kaiba came to himself just before he would have walked into a pile of rubble. He found himself hoping that this would be a short duel. He watched Ishizu's ass covetously, trying to imagine her dimensions minus the clothes (an easy feat for such a mathematical brain). Yes he hoped that it would be a very short duel.
Tèa was helping Yami with all the buckles on his outfit. Or rather, she was helping him cover the hickies on his neck with his choker. She had her collar buttoned up fully to hide hers, but both efforts were only partially successful.
The lift had actually reached the ground floor ages ago, but somehow or other the stop button had been pressed and the couple had apparently not noticed and as such had continued… 'hugging' in the elevator for more than an hour. It was a good thing no one on board Kaiba's battleship had been concerned with monitoring the goings on in the elevator once the first man had fallen.
They finally stepped out of the elevator and looked around for anyone who might have noticed the peculiar noises coming from the elevator. Specifically their friends, or worse; Kaiba. If he ever found out what they'd done in his elevator he'd probably kill them.
They had barely stepped out of the elevator when Joey suddenly appeared, "So, what's the big idea? Leaving in the middle of my duel?"
"Sorry Joey," said Tèa.
"It's not what you think," added Yami.
Joey tried to work that last comment out, "well, my first thought would have been that you had your way with Tèa," he said.
Joey, Duke and Tristan burst out laughing; everyone knew Yugi and Tèa were good friends. Yugi wasn't a pervert (like Joey).
It was then they noticed that the other two weren't laughing. In fact they looked kind of embarrassed, and perhaps those strange red marks on their necks were technically called 'hickies'.
"No way, you didn't!" said Joey.
Both had turned faintly red.
"I can't believe it, Yugi scored!" Joey was very proud of his little protégé. If only he knew that it was Yami (who'd never had the benefit of borrowing Joey's 'videos'), then he'd be really shocked.
"So, anyway, it's my turn to duel now," said Yami walking very quickly back to the duel tower.
"Anyway Joey, how badly did Kaiba trounce you," said Tèa doing a much better job of changing the subject.
"Trounce me? he did not trounce me, I'll have you know it was a very close finish!" Joey yelled.
"So he did beat you, I knew it," Tèa said with a smirk.
"How dare you say that, you weren't even there!" yelled Joey.
"You didn't really miss much though," commented Tristan with a broad smile.
"Joey actually did a pretty good job," said Duke, making Joey smile with pride, "Kaiba just did a much better job," he added. Joey's expression turned into a hangdog expression. He was clearly still rather upset over the loss.
Yami looked up at the duel tower. He wondered whether or not he and Tèa could find any way to ditch the other three and then perhaps go on to 'stall' another elevator for a while.
"Worried about your upcoming duel?" asked Joey.
Yami was startled and turned so that they wouldn't see his blush. He hadn't been thinking about the duel in anyway.
"Yes, Marik and I must battle to decide the fate of the world," it was corny, but it was the best he could come up with.
It fooled everyone except Yugi and Tèa, Yugi because he shared part of his soul with Yami and Tèa because she saw and recognised the blush on his face.
"Yeah, let's get going!" Tèa agreed, wondering herself if the final duel could not be delayed just a little longer.
Malik was waiting with Joey, Duke, Tristan, Kaiba, Isono and Mokuba, the duel king had somehow gotten a little lost on his way up, as had Tèa. Apparently this had happened right after they got separated from Joey, Duke and Tristan.
Kaiba had vaguely noticed an elevator which had been stopped on the top floor, but hadn't given it any real thought. In fact it had given him ideas about whisking Ishizu away into an elevator himself.
"If Yugi Mutou doesn't show up within the next five minutes, then he'll be disqualified," Isono said looking at his watch.
Four minutes and fifty three seconds later a rather disheveled King of Games and Tèa appeared. Joey, Duke and Tristan noticed that there were quite a few more of those tell tale red marks. There was little need to wonder what they'd been up to and Kaiba was almost sure that they were the reason his elevator had stopped.
Bloody hell, what gave Yugi and Tèa the right to do what he hadn't in his own elevator? It was really tempting to tell Isono to disqualify Yugi.
That last idea made him pause, thinking. He wouldn't get Ishizu into bed if he did that, and come to think of it, since when had Yugi been bold enough to make out so obviously? He hadn't thought that the shorter boy would be so bold.
Perhaps there was some truth in what Yugi had said in the helicopter. Perhaps it was the ancient spirit who'd been making out with Tèa.
NO, this was not happening. He was Seto Kaiba and he did not believe in fairytales, and certainly not ones with magic involved. So with his biggest scowl the CEO of Kaiba Corp. walked towards Yugi.
He stopped in front of the shorter boy, what the hell was he supposed to say? "Here," he tossed the card to Yugi, not caring if it cut off his fingers.
"What's this?" asked the hickey covered King of Games.
"Prove that you deserve the title King of Games," Seto commented smugly.
"But I've never seen this card before!" protested Yami glancing down at it. He read the description of its uses. Kaiba wouldn't give him a bad card, right? He could trust Kaiba, couldn't he?
He had just humiliated Kaiba in front of the entire dueling world though, and Kaiba wasn't known to be forgiving. He was also very proud, and smart. Surely this card would be helpful.
"Trust me or don't trust me, it's up to you," Kaiba said.
Why was Yami suddenly so tempted to throw away the card?
Instead he did something he knew he'd regret, "I trust you," -though thousands wouldn't. He placed the card in his deck and shuffled it before sliding it into his duel disk.
"Yugi, are you crazy?" Joey called out.
Tristan, Tèa and Duke looked worried, while Marik, Mokuba and Ishizu were all openly smug, but for different reasons.
Yami found himself facing Marik on the top of the dueling tower, and suddenly he realised something. Being the hero of a story wasn't all it was cracked up to be. How was he supposed to fix this mess?
Please R & R, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and I promise that I'll update soon.
Sorry for the confusion I might have generated by not doing the spacing properly the first time. I reposted it, with the paragraphing done better.