Ch 3

With the tale told, the heroes and the princess's caravan journey their last leg towards the mountains.

Arrival at the Mountains of the White Dragon

As their destination loomed closer, they saw Kaiba suddenly unleash his essence and take to the skies. He hovered there for a moment, eyes closed.

"What's Kaiba doing?" Tristan asked, clearly confused.

Pharaoh didn't answer. After being told of the tale that Amy shared with Mokuba, he was still amazed at the fact that it was Azrael that gave his life to grant the teen CEO the ultimate gift that was first given to him by the gods thousands of years ago. Suddenly, they saw Kaiba's eyes snap open when he heard a very faint roar from the familiar dragon.

"It's Blue Eyes, isn't it?" Amy suddenly asked, and Kaiba replied with a nod.

"It sounds like they're calling them somewhere," he said.

"... I'll let you fly on ahead. I understand that you have a powerful bond to them like you do in your world. If they're calling, then go," she added.

"... Mokuba, stay with Amy and the others," Kaiba said, taking off towards the mountains.

The wind whipped around the brunette as he soared towards the mountains. Something was going on and he had to find out what. Then, he heard the distant roars of his beloved dragons, but a little louder this time. He got to the first home of the dragons and saw a village below him. People and dragon alike were hurrying towards, what looked like, a tower that looked like something from the feudal ages. He flew towards it and landed. Already there was the B.E. god and he caught sight of Kaiba.

"What's wrong?" he asked him.

B.E. let out a few soft growls and Kaiba's eyes widened. He followed B.E. inside to what looked like a huge ballroom, but there was a nest there. Resting on the nest was another one, face contorted in pain. Kaiba soon realized what was going on; the female was giving birth! The female let out one last roar of pain before a cry that of a baby alligator reached their ears. The female relaxed and looked over at her newborn, purring and nuzzling it.

Kaiba walked over, reverting to his human form. Taking off his coat, he wrapped up the baby dragon and took him into his arms, a soft look in his icy blue eyes. He sat next to the female, a soft smile on his face.

"Did you decide a name?" he asked the mother.

The female growled something softly to him, sounding too tired. "... Hikari. A good name for a light attributed dragon," Kaiba translated.

The female B.E. nuzzled the baby in the teen's arms, joy in her eyes. The B.E. god nodded, as if approving this scene before him. The baby slowly opened its eyes to reveal innocent azure ones and Kaiba stroked its small head.

"Welcome, Hikari. Your mother has been waiting for you for a long time," he whispered to it.

Later on that day, Kaiba took care of the baby while the mother slept. Spencer arrived upon receiving the news of the birth and saw Kaiba outside, sleeping baby dragon in his arms.

"Is the mother ok?" he asked.

"She's fine. She's sound asleep. She named her Hikari," Kaiba said, looking down at the bundle in his arms.

"What about Princess Amy? Is she safe as well?" Spencer asked and Kaiba nodded.

"I left her with Yugi and the other, along with Mokuba," he added.

He then felt the baby in his arms shift in her asleep before settling back down with a high pitched yawn.

"Aww!" Spencer cooed a little too loudly.

"SHHH! That's too loud!" Kaiba hissed, shooting him a glare.

"Oops. Lo siento," said the king, clapping a hand over his mouth.

The teen rolled his eyes before heading back inside, muttering something about 'not being considerate' and 'being as bad as the geek squad'. The mother still slumbered and Kaiba found a spot on a soft couch and sat down. A little smile spread across his lips as he looked down at the now awakening baby.

"Morning," he whispered.

The dragon purred as she nuzzled Kaiba on the cheek. Then, he heard the mother stir, her eyes slowly opening. Kaiba got up and came over to the mother. She spotted her awake child and licked her gently, earning happy growls from Hikari. The mother growled something to Kaiba that translated into something like this 'Thank you for watching my child while I slept'.

"You're welcome. How are you feeling?" Kaiba replied.

The female wearily nodded. Then, the door opened and Spencer came in.

"The others are here, along with Princess Amy," he said.

"Can you get up?" Kaiba asked the female.

The female slowly got up and all three went out the front gates and, indeed the caravan was coming into view with the five heroes leading. Seeing something in their ally's arms, they rushed up to look. Téa was the first to get there and saw a baby Blue Eyes nestling comfortably in the teen's arms.

"Cute... what's the gender?" she asked.

"Girl. Her name is Hikari," Kaiba replied.

"Can I see?" Mokuba asked.

Kaiba nodded and knelt down and Mokuba stroked her little head, cooing at her. The dragon cooed back, her little claw going around Mokuba's index finger.

"Whoa... she's got her daddy's grip. By the way, where is he?" he asked.

The mother looked away, sadness apparent. "Oh... sorry. Did he...?" Mokuba started to ask, stroking the mother's snout.

The female growled something to him and Kaiba translated. "He died..." his eyes suddenly widened. "when that dragon attacked?" he exclaimed suddenly.

The female nodded.

"Dear gods... your mate... was..." Spencer trailed off.

Suddenly, the two elves appeared again with a vengeance. The mother roared angrily at them. However, they only smirked before unleashing a combined attack that turned into a magical net, entrapping her. She struggled against the bonds, but they held fast. She desperately roared something to Kaiba and he nodded.

"Mokuba, let's go," he said to his kid brother.

"Right!" Mokuba nodded.

Transforming into his dragon form, he took to the air, baby held tight in his arms with Mokuba, tapping into Leviathan's spiritual power, flying beside him.

"Hey! They're getting away with the key! Lora, catch them!" Kachua said while holding off the five remaining heroes.

Lora nodded and took off after him. As Kaiba and Mokuba descended down the mountain, darts of violet magic shot at him, grazing Kaiba's shoulder. He looked behind him and saw Lora hot on his tail.

"I can't fight with Hikari! I have to find somewhere to hide her," he said to Mokuba.

Kaiba, bring her to your home. I do believe that you have a friend there, don't you? Plus, they'll never find Hikari came D.M.'s voice.

Securing Hikari in one arm, he snapped his fingers and turned into a shower of sparks and sped away, leaving Lora in his wake, Mokuba following suit, turning into a shower of azure sparks

"Ooo, those boys are getting on my last nerve! That's no way to treat a woman like mou," she huffed.

Lora, have you retrieved the key? asked Raphael in her mind.

"Well... uh... you see... no..." she sighed.

Why not? And where is your sister? shouted the lord of the Red Eyes tribe.

"Fighting off those teen brats! But, there's a problem; that black haired brother of Seto Kaiba's... he wields the deity of the sea's spirit. He's no picnic, him and that stupid red head princess!" Lora explained.

... Mokuba Kaiba, wield the mighty power of Leviathan? That's preposterous! scoffed Raphael.

"I'm serious! I'll go find those brothers and—"

NO! Lora visibly winced at the sudden loudness. Find the Kaiba brothers later. Bring me that key! It's the only way into the shrine!

"What about Amy?" Lora asked, continuing her fruitless pursuit.

I'll deal with her myself came the sadistic reply.