The perfect team
Chapter 6: Three rivals and one common enemy
"It was nothing personal, really!" Jaden finished. "It was just a…job. We were following orders, but we promise, we'll never do that again- uh, I mean…we'll never try to… steal something from you…again. Yes. Never again…"
The brown-haired boy trailed off, not really knowing what to say anymore while he was still facing the back of the black seat in which Pegasus was sitting right then. The Slifer wasn't sure if the white-haired man even heard a word of what he'd just said, but apparently he had, since he now turned around to look at them. They noticed that Pegasus hid one of his eyes from them, while cocking an eyebrow in amusement. The gang, consisting of Alexis, Hassleberry, Bastion and Jaden himself, was taken aback by the knowing smile on the businessman's features.
'What's so funny about us apologizing to him?' Everyone thought, while Jaden suddenly started second-guessing himself:
'Was I really that ridiculous?'
"My, my, what fine men we have here… and woman of course…" he added, looking apologetically over to Alexis. "But why, Jaden-boy, are you so eager to apologize? I don't mind of course, but I didn't think it was normal practice in the Kaiba Corporation to walk up to the foe and ask for forgiveness…"
"Uh… well… you know…"
"There's this traitor who told you that we would come to your corporation!" Alexis answered, since Jaden didn't seem to be able to find his tongue at the moment.
"Ah, I see. And now you want me to tell you who, because it might be a problem for your boss...?" However, they never got a chance to answer as he continued: "No, of course not. That cannot be it, since there would be one unanswered question then."
Pegasus looked to his right, watching the slender figure of the woman who brought them all here in her car. The brunette was dressed like any normal person would be, wearing blue jeans and a light apricot-colored top. She had a dark blue pendant hanging from her neck and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her short hair fell to her shoulders and covered her cerulean eyes from Pegasus' sight. But of course Pegasus knew who his oldest visitor was; he really knew the King of games all to well. This was undoubtedly one of Yugi's little games, but Pegasus had still do discover the rules.
However, his smile only widened, while the young woman was still ignoring him completely. Being the gentlemen he was, Pegasus stood up to walk over to Tea and reached out to kiss her hand. She wasn't surprised- or she just didn't show it- as his lips grazed her forehead too. Tea only chuckled and shook her head.
"What would bring you here?" Pegasus finally asked.
"Why are you asking me a question you know the answer to?" she questioned right back, not smiling anymore.
"My, my… last time Yugi-boy was playing this strangely, he was making a up plan in that ingenious mind of his to get rid of that lunatic- what was his name? Ah, yes… Dartz, wasn't it?"
Tea chuckled again, but didn't bother to answer.
"Who is trying to conquer the world now? Surely not that little girl, who betrayed Kaiba?"
At that, Jaden's head shot up just like everyone else's- not counting Tea, who was still silent. What did Pegasus say…a little girl? Well, that eliminated a lot of people in the Duel Academy, since most of them were male. And it meant that the traitor had to be a spy, because only the spy division Obelisk Blue had female students. Or…
'Wait!' Jaden thought. 'There's one more female who's not in Obelisk Blue… - and she's a "little girl"… Damn! Why didn't I think of this earlier?!'
The killer shot everyone a questioning look. Yes, they seemed to have all come to the same conclusion:
BLAIR!!!
"You finally figured it, yes?" sneered a voice behind them. Everyone turned around to look at a small girl with long dark hair, her eyes holding so much anger that most of them couldn't bear to look at them more than a few seconds. Jaden, however, was not one of those people; he did look, while grabbing his daggers. Tea didn't seem affected either, as she decided to turn around and take the bow she had been admiring earlier. Beside it was also a quiver of arrows. She grabbed one and pulled the string, obviously aiming for Blair's heart.
"That won't do you any good… against my security."
"Your security?" Pegasus asked, dumbfounded.
"Yes. You see, just like I infiltrated Kaiba Corporation, I infiltrated your group too. I didn't dare to try the same with the Deadly Seven… they're hopelessly devoted to each other and they won't just take on an eighth member and trust him like they trust each other. But that doesn't matter anymore, because I will find your hideout by torturing you, Ms. Gardener" – Tea snorted at this - "and then I will put an end to all of this competition between the three of you."
"By killing us?" Another voice asked. This time, everyone in the room, except for Blair, was relieved to see Yugi standing behind the Slifer Red girl. As always, Joey was there to his right, while Tristan covered the left. "I wouldn't count on your men to be here very soon, young lady. However, we have to go guys, since they eventually will get here and we have to be at a good distance from here by then… You don't mind coming with us, do you, Pegasus?" he added out of courtesy.
"Not at all, Yugi-boy, not at all!" the older man answered grinning slyly. "Actually, I wouldn't mind to have another adventure with you. It surely will be highly entertaining, I just know it!"
The king of games smiled, while the rest of them just shook their heads, but then suddenly moved to comply as their boss gave them the sign to quickly follow. While passing by her, the other Duel Academy students shot Blair a series of death glares, which she as a killer was of course resistant to. However, as Jaden did the same, she felt shivers running down her spine. She had never seen him this angry.
'But he will never kill me!' she thought triumphantly. 'He loves me! Me, not that stupid bitch, Alexis! Me!!!'
The last one in the room with Blair was Tea, who just looked coldly at the girl and then hit her hard. The Slifer fell unconscious…
(Scene Change)
"Where are we going to, Yugi? The game shop?" Jaden and Joey asked in union.
"No. It's not safe there. Besides, we have to pick up another…teammate…"
'I think I just found my answer as to what game you're playing, Yugi-boy… But you have to be cautious. He won't be very happy to see you… Your new "teammate"…'
"We're here." That was Tea. She took off her sunglasses as she drove into a big warehouse. There was a blue KC on the front door. But Jaden and his friends were too mesmerized by the people standing before it to notice.
"Not possible…" Hassleberry breathed.
"Is that…"
"Yeah, Jay, that's the rich guy!" Joey snapped, obviously not very happy to see the tall brunette over there.
"Hello, my old friend…" Yugi greeted.
"We're not friends, Yugi!" the brunette grunted, but the black-haired boy beside him gently smiled and returned the greeting:
"Nice to see you too. Don't mind my big brother. He's only annoyed that he hasn't beaten you yet."
"It's fine, Mokuba, don't worry yourself. Ishizu, Marik, Odion…"
"Pharaoh!" The other three people in front of them inclined their heads.
A/N: That's enough for this chapter. The whole gang is together again, isn't that wonderful?! But how will they deal with Blair?
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