Chapter Seven: Rescue

A/N: Second one today.

The group of friends ran out of the mall, Tristan carrying Joey on his back the whole time. "Neo, try to find Niobe," Yugi told his Curse of Dragons. Neo complied and flew up high, looking for the red-eyed beast.

Yami looked at the other dragons out of the corner of his eye and closed his eyes. He did want a dragon like the others but he couldn't think of his favorite dragon, there were so many in his head. A red one, long and huge, powerful and a proud beast. "Slifer." As if called out of his mind, the great God dragon flew out of the sky, bigger than those that the others had. The beast was as big as it was in Battle City, maybe bigger.

Yami heard the dragon's call and turned his head, grinning as he did so. With a leap, he got on his dragon's back and reached his hand out to his friends. "Get on!" Yugi had grabbed his twin's hand and was pulled up. Tea followed and Joey's body did. Tristan ran along side as far as he could before he too was pulled up.

"Remind me to never tick you off."

"Seto, I'm worried. Draco hasn't come back yet. Where do you think he is?" Mokuba asked, petting Kiba gently.

The teenaged CEO looked out of his office window and shook his head. Even though he'd NEVER admit it, he was starting to worry about the Blue Eyes. If he's with that Red Eyes, then he might be okay. If that mutt harms my dragon in any way, I'll kill him with my bare hands.

"Look at that!" Mokuba suddenly shouted, pointing out the window to a huge red thing in the sky. "A Chinese dragon?"

"Bigger than that, it's Slifer," Seto said, recognizing the great beast. "He's back."

"Who?"

"The pharaoh."

The God dragon flew past the Kaiba Corp. building and the two brothers saw the passengers. Joey was out cold and his dragon and Draco were no were in sight.

Seto glared at the dragon but it wasn't to the dragon or the people on its back, but at the fact that the two rare dragons weren't in sight. "Stay here, don't let Kiba out of your sight," she said and rushed out of his office, running up to the roof.

"Yami! We are we going?" Yugi asked over the rushing wind. He was surprised his own voice didn't go back inside his throat and that the other heard him.

"Slifer is going to circle the city to find Neo! If he knows where Niobe is, then we can go get her!"

Tea looked over the side. "It's Kaiba!" she shouted, pointing to the president of Kaiba Corps.

That only means one thing, Draco's missing as well," Yugi thought as they flew down to the edge of the building.

Chains snapped and wind filled the pit area. People were cheering as they watched the great white dragon struggle out of his binds. Draco was honestly scared but not for him, for his mate, Niobe. She was heavy with eggs and in great pain. If her human didn't come quickly, she and the eggs weren't going to make it.

He roared as one of them men came up with a knife. Draco blew a powerful blast at the man, sending him away with a thud. Bandit Keith grinned and went to the dragon, putting his head on the great beast's muzzle. Draco snorted at Keith but the man held his ground.

"This dragon is condemned to death. Charges? Well, we'll think of them as we go along with this." The crowd went wild and cheered loudly. "But first! The dragon fights!"

"So what you are telling me is that the dragons are being stolen." This wasn't making sense. Who would want dragons when they could just think of them?

"Believe it or not Kaiba, it's true and your dragon is probably with them. Where was the last place you saw Draco?" Yami questioned, looking over his shoulder to his rival.

"He, Mokuba, and Kiba went out of Kaiba Corps. and an hour later, Mokuba and Kiba returned but not Draco," Seto answered, slightly ticked off that he was speaking to the once pharaoh's back.

"That's because, I saw him."

They all turned to see Joey slowly sit up and rub his head. "He was with me. Niobe was acting funny and wouldn't let him near. She flew off after that and he went after her, keeping his distance."

Karyu circled Tristan's neck and looked at the blonde. It wasn't a surprise that Draco and Niobe were smitten with each other and now that she was acting like that, she was in a mood, one that could be caused by pregnancy. Wyrda looked at Karyu and nodded. They needed to find her quickly.

Yugi looked back at the city and caught sight of a yellow looking stream flying towards them. "Neo!" The tiny dragon flew into his hands and panted. Never before had he flew so far and in such a short amount of time. He chirped something loudly, causing Slifer to growl and fly down in the city.

The passengers were screaming at the rate they were falling. Joey's grip on Slifer had slipped and he fell, rushing past his friends. A hand reached out and caught a hold of his own, dragging him back. "I owe you big time Kaiba!"

Draco closed his blue eyes and sighed helplessly. He was unable to help Niobe and now she was next to die. The men were causing the dragons to fight each other. All of them were forced to except Niobe because she was the last to fight, she and Glitter both. Dead dragons were piled up and the wounded living dragons were thrown into another cage, just to fight all over again.

Niobe's limp body was picked up and was tossed to the ring. Draco winced as she bounced, breaking her wing in the process. She shrieked in pain and slowly stood up. Two pains riddled her body, one from the inside and the other from her wing. Where was her human?

"Now! FIGHT!" A whip was cracked, scaring her and Glitter so that they were aggressive. Bandit Keith laughed as kicked Glitter, shattering a little bit of her edges. "I said FIGHT!" he shouted and was about to crack the whip again but something had caught a hold of it. "What the-"

"You hit my sister's dragon again and I will hit you with this whip," Joey threatened, holding the end tightly. He glared at the cheater before looking at his dragon. Niobe gave a small chirp in relief before passing out. "And the next time you even think about doing this again, I will make sure that you fight a dragon your own size."

Seto quickly jumped off of Slifer and ran to Draco, rubbing the dragon's wing. He pulled the chains away and released his dragon. The Blue Eyes glared at Keith but picked up Niobe gently. She wasn't in pain any more because the presence of her human slowed down the rate of birth. She was ready to push out the eggs but now that was slowed down. Too early and the mother and offspring would die.

Keith let go off the whip and was about to run off but Slifer's tail had stopped him. "You aren't going anywhere Keith," Yugi said, watching his twin get off the God dragon. "I think Draco wants to have a little chat with you first."

Tristan and Tea ran to where the other dragons were, sending in Wyrda and Karyu to calm them down so they could find their owners. Tristan looked at the bodies and shook his head. "This should never happen again," he muttered.

Tea nodded in agreement and called the cops, telling them their location. She had walked around to try and find a better signal when she spotted Melanie. "Get an ambulance as well," she said into the phone before hanging up to help the woman.

"Keith, you won't ever do this again and the cops will make sure of it," Yami said to the man. A metallic roar was heard and the dragon fell from his shoulder, twitching on the ground. Yami raised an eyebrow at the dragon as it quit twitching.

"What the heck was that?" Yugi asked, sliding off the giant dragon.

"A fake dragon," Yami answered and kicked the metal beast to Keith.

The cops came moments later and arrested Keith and his men. The crowd had long since run away and the ambulance had taken away Melanie. The pits were outlawed that moment on but no one in the group cared. They were busy watching Joey help his dragon. Fixing Niobe's wing as best as he could, he carried his dragon carefully, heading home.

A/N: One last Chapter for this and then it's my Christmas one! REVIEW!