Chapter 10: Kidnapped
Disclamiar: I own neither FMA, TC(Tsubasa Chronicles),CCS,or YGO
panmotto:...(bows head) I am SOOO sorry for the long wait for this chapter. It took FOREVER to write. Stupid writers block! anyways, I finally got it done and it's over 20 pages long. (grins) I made it extra long for all of you reading this. Enjoy and review at the end please
Note: I hope everyone is okay with a slight crossover with TC! It wont be a main like YGO and FMA... Its just a minor crossover.
That night
Location: Unknown
Two people walked into a very small room which was only illuminated by a simple light bulb on the top. Dust filled their nostrils as they began their short pace to the large oak desk placed in the middle.
"What's the status on the boy?" a smooth, yet stern voice asked, from the chair behind the desk.
"He is still with the young Kaiba brother, sir" the first man replied bowing with curiosity.
"It's confirmed sir. Edward Elric is still with the boy. But stupid idiot here gave away his name" a familiar rough voice scolded glaring at his compaion.
Waving his hand playfully, the man smiled sheepishly. "Kuroin is mad at me"
"Stop calling me stupid names!" the man bellowed, attempting to hit his partner over the head with his fists. But sadly, missed and hit the desk; splitting it in half.
The big boss man, sat in his chair, behind a broken desk and let out a sigh.
"Why is it that every times you report to me, something in my office breaks? This is the fifth time one of my desks broke. Now I am going to go and have to buy a new one" the man stated, shaking his head in disbelief.
"Sorry sir!" they both apologized together, bowing in respect. Looking at them with his amber brown eyes, the man smiled.
"No.. It's my fault for putting you two on a team. Fai and Kurogane" the man assured standing up.
"Well you did want this job to get done right. So you teamed your best agents together. Right Syaoran(1)?" Fai asked with a wink.
Syaoran nodded and turned to face the window behind him. "Yes that is correct. I knew you two could get the job done right. Oh" Syaoran turned around and faced the duo. "Our spies have spotted Crump in the area"
At the mention of the former Big 5 name, Kurogane clenched his fists. He didn't have a too good of a past when it came to Crump and the rest of the Big 5. His red eyes were boiling with fire and his fists were clenched with furry.
"Crump?" Fai repeated sighing sadly. "I guess Crump is going to go after the young Kaiba.." Syaoran nodded gravely while looking down at the street below the window.
"Yes.. Our sources have located Crump's spies to be scouting the area where Edward is at" Syaoran explained closing his eyes.
"Ah.. I see now. That bastard sees that Edward kid as a threat!" Kurogane announced smirking slightly. Anyone who Crump hated was a good guy in Kurogane books.
"Exactly.. So that means, he will take steps in making sure Edward does not interfere with his plan" Syaoran finished seeing Fai's serious reaction.
Fai was always a mysterious person to Syaoran. You never knew what he was thinking at times. Sometimes he would be too happy and the next minute he would look serious. But that was Fai for you.
"So that means me and Kuroin will have to keep a close eye on Edo-kun for a while, ne?" Fai asked with a small smile. Nodding in response, Syaoran stared at Fai and Kurogane for a moment without saying a word.
Thoughts of what Crump might be capable of doing ran through Syaoran's mind as he contemplated on sending the duo out once more.
Their pasts with the Big 5 and the former head of Kaiba Corp was not to pleasant. Actually, it was a subject both Fai and Kurogane avoided speaking about. Whenever Syaoran would mention anything of that tender subject, Kurogane would get frustrated while Fai would be in a deep trance for a bit.
The mission they were set out to do was simple; watch Edward Elric.
Why watch the State Alchemist you ask?
Well, ever since the news broad cast with the Tigers, Syaoran has been intrigued by the young Alchemist. Also, when he found out one of the Big 5's target was Mokuba Kaiba; Syaoran knew that to capture the young boy, Crump would have to get rid of Edward Elric.
So Syaoran hired his best agents to watch the Alchemist and investigate his mysterious powers.
Both Fai and Kurogane have been watching Edward for some time, but remained in hiding so that Edward wouldn't suspect anything suspicious. Even after meeting Fai, Syaoran knew Edward would be oblivious of Fai's secret.
After receiving this information, Syaoran knew what he had to do.
"Fai, Kurogane. Make sure you keep a close eye on Edward Elric. Don't let him out of your sight.. And if the young Kaiba is captured, let him take care of it himself. After all, Edward has a lot to learn of the ways of this world. You two will aid the boy if Crump tries anything fishy on them.. Understood?" Syaoran ordered sternly, eyeing both Fai and Kurogane.
Nodding their heads in agreements, they left the room without another word, leaving Syaoran all by himself.
He heaved a stressed sigh as he turned to the window behind him. Placing his hand on the glass, he closed his eyes thoughtfully.
"I just hope Fai and Kurogane can help you in your time of need Edward Elric. Even if you do not realize it, but receiving help from people near you may be the only way to beat this evil! I wish you good luck" Syaoran whispered staring up at the pale full moon high in the sky.
The next morning
"Believe in yourself! That will be the key for beating the terrible evil that lingers in your future, Edward Elric!"
Edward shot out of bed, sweating violently and panting heavily.
"W-What was that?" Edward whispered closing his eyes. For many nights in a row, the State Alchemist have been having either visions of someone's past or weird people talking to him.
Maybe staying here was making him crazy.
Running his hand through his blonde hair, the State Alchemist heaved a stressed sigh. It was hard enough for him to sleep these days. Dreams and visions of different things, it was harder now for him to get a good night rest.
"brother? Are you awake?" Alphonse asked from the doorway. Evidence of worry was in his eyes as he stared at his older sibling. For the past few nights, Edward was certainly not getting his need of sleep.
For some time, Edward has been sleep talking to someone or something that he sees in his dream. Sometimes it's a man called 'Gozaburro' and sometimes it's another name that Alphonse can't quite make out.
Either way, Alphonse has been very worried about Edward. Why all of a sudden was Edward getting such strange dreams?
"Y-Yeah.. I'm up" Edward slightly slurred tossing the blankets off his body. Swinging both his left leg Automail and his real leg to the edge of the bedside, he stood up.
"You okay Ed? I mean, is their anything you want to talk to me about?" Alphonse inquired, acting innocent. Which wasn't working too well I might add.
Edward raised an eyebrow at Alphonse and eyed him curiously. Was their something that showed something was bothering him?
Was it that obvious?
"N-No!" Edward replied quite loudly, scratching the back of his head with his right Automail hand. "Why- I mean what would make you say such a thing" Okay, if Edward wanted to be convincing, he wasn't doing a very good job of it. The State Alchemist was always a poor liar when it came to his younger brother.
Alphonse frowned slightly and stepped into the room. "Well, it's just that. I think you haven't been getting enough rest lately"
Edward ears perked up as he stared at Alphonse confused. Now, how in the hell did he know that?
"W-What!" Edward blurted out his cheeks flushed with embarrassment and shock.
"I am only saying this because I have heard you sleep talk and toss in your sleep. You seem really mad at someone in those dreams" Alphonse continued staring down at his feet. Edward stopped instantly and looked at his younger brother. So, that must mean he does sleep talk in his sleep after all.
"Edward, who is Gozaburro?" Alphonse asked, his curiosity getting the best of him. Even though Alphonse didn't know if Edward knew the man or what, he wanted to know very badly.
Glancing down at his hands, Edward's eyes widened in realization. "I-I don't know who he is" It was true. Edward Elric had no idea who this Gozaburro was. Clenching his fists, Edward shut his eyes tightly. "But even so.. I get strange dreams that have him in it! It almost seems like I am seeing through the eyes of another while having these dreams!"
"Through the eyes of another? You mean like your seeing someone else's past?" Alphonse asked, not believing a word he just heard. What Edward had just told him was so unrealistic, but the young alchemist knew it was very possible.
After all, being in a new world, anything was possible; especially when you're an Alchemist of course.
"Maybe.. But I'm not sure anymore" Edward mumbled, running his Automail right hand through his blonde hair. He was terribly confused and he didn't know where to look to get a straight answer.
He could always ask Kaiba.. But then again, Kaiba would go all 'kung-fu' on him if he tried. That would not be a pretty sight.
"Why don't you ask around? Maybe someone knows who he is" Alphonse suggested intelligently, staring at his older brother with interest. Edward nodded in agreement, but then again; who in the hell would know?
"Yeah.. But who do I ask?" Edward grunted out, standing up and walking towards the tall windows in his room. Placing his hands on the windows, the State Alchemist let out a stressed sigh. He just had to find out what was going on. It was bugging the hell of him and he wouldn't stop until he found out the truth.
"Edward we shouldn't give up so soon.. Maybe we can ask around the house.. You know, the servants or the cook?" Alphonse suggested staring at his older brother.
Shaking his head, Edward sighed. "But the problem is they might say something to Stinky Kaiba.. I don't want him knowing that I somehow know of this person of his past"
"He got mad at you last time, didn't he?" Alphonse asked sadly, staring at Edward with a downcast gaze.
"Uh.. Yeah! He literally snapped at me and told me to stay the hell out of his life!.. Man, sometimes I think he acts like a giant baby that refuses to say a word" Edward grumbled out, crossing his arms in defiant anger. Even though that was a lame way of putting it, Edward was right. Kaiba never spoke of his past to anyone, and when both Elric brothers needed to know the most, he refused to say anything.
So in other words, Kaiba was in their way of them finding out anything.
"So… What other option do we have?" Alphonse inquired sitting down on Edward's bed. Staring at him from the corner of his eye, Edward noticed that Alphonse worried as he sat down on the fluffy bed. He hated making his younger sibling worry about him like he does.
It always pissed him off that he was the one making all of this shit happen and Alphonse had to be the one either paying the price or worrying about it.
"It doesn't matter" Edward began, closing his yellow eyes in deep thought. "Right now, we need to focus on trying to protect Mokuba from danger.. Okay?" Alphonse stared at Edward and nodded solemnly. Even though it was a forced nod, the young Alchemist knew it was useless trying to get anything out of Edward.
"Your right…." Alphonse agreed flakily, standing up. "I'll go check on Mokuba to see if he is still asleep.." Making his way towards the door, he existed the room without another word. Edward stared at the closed door and sighed deeply.
Making his brother worry must be a trait that Edward has earned over the years. He didn't like it at all, but he couldn't help it much.
"Master Edward Elric? Are you awake yet?" a smooth female voice asked from the other side of the door. Edward sighed deeply and sat up on his bed.
"Yeah.. I'm up" Edward answered lazily, yawning as he did. The door opened slowly to reveal a tall slim girl on the other side.
She had auburn brown hair that fell to her shoulders and vibrant green eyes that shined in the sunlight emitting from the balcony window behind Edward.
She looked about 17 or 18 judging by her appearance. But Edward wasn't too sure actually.
Also, she was wearing a long black dress with a white frilly apron. It was her maid outfit that the Kaiba servants had to wear.
"Good morning, Master Edward" the girl greeted bowing her head politely. Edward stared at her and couldn't help but like her a bit. After all, he was a teenager with normal teenage feelings, right?
"Morning.. I've never seen you here before.. What's your name?" Edward asked, standing up from his bedside.
At his kind words, the girl looked up and smiled brightly. "My name is Sakura(2). I just started work here a couple of days ago."
"Pleasure to meet you Sakura. What is it that you needed from me?" Edward asked grabbing his trench coat from the arm chair beside him.
Sakura didn't reply at first because her eyes seemed to be fixated on Edward's right arm. It almost seemed like she knew what was underneath his long shelved shirt.
"Oh, I was assigned by Mr. Kaiba to assist you in any way possible!" Sakura answered quickly, catching herself fazing off in front of Edward Elric.
"Oh… I don't need a servant really.. Stinky Kaiba makes me do everything myself" Edward growled out, clenching his fists angrily. Sakura chuckled at the young Alchemist's actions and smiled.
"But he decided to hire me to aid you in any way possible" Sakura added, ignoring his death glare at the door behind her. "So, whatever you need, I can do it for you"
"Yes, I hired this girl to help you with your 'problems', even though its pointless to try" a mocking voice stated from behind Sakura. Sakura turned around and gasped softly. Bowing her head at the head of Kaiba Corp, she closed her eyes with fear.
She didn't like the way he looked when she first met him. He had a certain cold look in his eyes, that didn't seem to be melt able. But, when she first seen him wasn't at the interview room.
Now, she's noticed a certain difference in him. His eyes don't seem as ice cold no longer.
Maybe he's warming up to Edward more than he lets on.
"What did you say! I have no problems Stinky Kaiba!" Edward roared, his yellow eyes flaring with furry. Sakura sighed softly at their bickering. They might be warming up to each other with their futile arguments that make no sense in starting.
"Sure you don't, shrimp" Kaiba mocked, rolling his eyes in pure humor. Edward nostrils flared dangerously as he kept his murderous gaze on the CEO.
"Master Kaiba, your driver Jack is awaiting your arrival" another servant behind Kaiba exclaimed, catching his attention. Turning his head slightly, Kaiba grunted in response.
"Very well" Kaiba exclaimed, before he turned his gaze to the State Alchemist in front of him. "Don't cause any problems for your new servant now, shrimp"
Edward fumed angrily as Kaiba stalked off, chuckling with victory.
"DAMN YOU KAIBA!" Edward roared, stomping his foot furiously. Sakura sighed deeply at the sight that just unfolded in front of her. It did seem that Kaiba was gaining a soft spot for Edward whether he liked it or not.
"Master Edward" Sakura began, catching his attention. Holding out a long black trench coat with a pair of long shelved navy blue shirt and a pair of navy blue pants, Edward merely stared at the clothing she was handing him. "Kaiba has requested that you change out of your old outfit so that we can improve it.. In the mean time, he has told me to allow you to wear this"
Edward stared at the article of clothing, then he looked up at her. "What does he mean by improvement?"
"Oh, since he told me that you do strange things all the time, he needs to make sure your outfit is resistance to many elements" Sakura explained, smiling brightly. Edward gawked at Sakura and her explanation of Kaiba's reasons. They sounded okay he assumed.
"Okay…" Edward agreed, frowning at his new article of clothing. Staring at Sakura expectantly, she noticed his gaze and turned around quickly; her cheeks turning a brightly shade of red from embarrassment.
"My apologies sir.. I will not look until you give your word" Sakura apologized, still flushed from the look that Edward gave her.
Edward grinned at Sakura before he took off his old outfit and put on his new one. "Alright"
Sakura turned around and smiled at the sight she was looking at.
Edward looked a lot different than he did before. His black trench coat was the same size as his old one, and it even had the Alchemy symbol on the bottom of it; but instead of it being black, it was a brilliant pearl white.
His navy blue shirt and pants matching perfectly to Sakura's point of view.
"You look great, Master Edward" Sakura complemented, nodding her head in approval.
Edward gazed in the mirror and smirked at his new appearance. He didn't like boasting (much) but his new outfit looked awesome on him.
"Thanks!" Edward thanked, doing a full 360 turn in front of the mirror. After incepting himself good, he bent down; taking his watch from his old trench coat and putting it in the new trench coat pocket; he handed his old clothing to Sakura.
"Here you go" Edward stated, handing the old clothes to Sakura out stretched arms. She gladly took them and bowed in curtsy.
"Thank you Master Edward. I will bring them back as soon as our best outfit designer, Tomoyo is done with the improvements!" Sakura exclaimed, before she walked out of the door with the trench coat, shirt and pants.
Edward stared after her and grinned. He had his own servant! It didn't feel good ordering Sakura around like a puppy, but he wasn't telling her to do outrageous things like other people would have done.
"Hey Edward!" Mokuba greeted appearing in the doorway a couple of minutes after Sakura left. Noticing his new look, Mokuba grinned. "So, you met your new servant I see" Edward nodded and noticed that Alphonse was giving Edward a confused stare.
"You have a new outfit, brother" Alphonse stated out loud, seeing how cool it looked on the State Alchemist. "It looks good on you" Edward grinned at the complements and flashed a pearly white smile.
"Why thank you, thank you very much" Edward thanked, impersonating Elvis Presley to the tee. Though he didn't even know who he was, he did a pretty damn good job in doing it.
"Seto did a god job in choosing the outfit that best suited you" Mokuba mumbled softly, smiling slightly. Even if Kaiba didn't admit it, he was beginning to think Edward was his friend. They fought, beat each other up and ever called one and other names; but in the end, that's what friends do, right?
"Did you say something?" Edward asked, breaking Mokuba's thought. Mokuba happily shook his head and grabbed Alphonse's hand tightly.
"Can we do something now? I'm bored!" Mokuba exclaimed loudly, tugging at Alphonse like a little kid he was. Alphonse stared down at his best friend and smiled slightly.
Mokuba always had a knack of making things that seem horrible; seem really nice. Like Alphonse's body. Never in his life did he think he was going to make a close friend like Mokuba in all of his life.
Well other than Winry who was friends with him since he was little. But Mokuba is someone who just met him a couple of weeks ago. And Mokuba has opened up doors for Alphonse that he never expected to be open.
He accepted Alphonse as a friend and a trusted compaion.
"Sure, what do you want to do today?" Edward asked, still overjoyed about what his outfit looked like on him.
Mokuba thought for a moment while putting his hand on his chin and stroked it. "How about we go to Kaiba Land? Big brother said a small tournament is being held their! We could go and watch!"
Edward big happy smile lessened at the mention of his arch enemy Kaiba. But since Mokuba asked so nicely, apparently he had no choice.
"Alright" Edward agreed reluctantly sighing as he did. He didn't like the idea much, but decided to go anyways. He didn't think anything would happen their so why not?
At Kaiba Land
Edward stood at the gates of Kaiba Land with his arms crossed. "Talk about self centered! He named a theme park after himself!"
Alphonse patted Edward's shoulder and shook his head. "According to Mokuba, that was their dream when they were in the orphanage. So I guess Kaiba made that dream a reality"
Edward scoffed anyways, and glared at the 3 giant blue dragons posing in stone at the entrance.
"What is it with him and those dragons?" Edward asked to no one in particular.
"It is his symbol as a duelist you could say" a deep voice answered behind Edward. Instead of normally turning around and not say anything, Edward yelped and spun around with shock. When he seen who it was, he let out a relieved sigh.
"Oh it's only the 5000 year old man" Edward breathed out, not noticing Yami Yugi's irritated expression. After Yami Yugi said that out loud, his friends have been acting odd around him.
"So what brings you here, Edward?" Tea asked, breaking the tension between both males. Edward turned his gaze to the azure eyed girl and grinned.
"The kid brought me and Al here to watch some tournament" Edward answered, stuffing his hands in his new trench coat pockets.
"Oh, so ya not dueling?" Joey inquired, eyeing Edward with his brown orbs. Edward raised an eyebrow, and shook his head afterwards.
"The only dueling I know is fighting fists to fists. Not that kind of dueling" Edward exclaimed, pointing to the Duel Disk on Yami Yugi, and Joey's arms. "That dueling is just not me! Imagine me dueling with a bunch of cards. In aggravations, I'd probably throw the cards at the person"
The gang laughed at Edward's joke while Edward grinned a storm.
"Oh, hey guys! You here for the tournament?" Mokuba asked, appearing beside Edward along with Alphonse. Yami Yugi and Joey nodded in response at the same time making Alphonse stare at both of them curiously.
Just by looking at them, Alphonse could tell that they both were close. It wasn't hard to see really. Their friendship was like a black stain on a white shirt.
"Well, you better go over to the meeting place. Also, Tea and Tristan you guys better get up to the stands to get good seats, this place is pouring with people" Mokuba ordered, before agreed and walked off to their places.
"Where do we go, Mokuba?" Alphonse asked the young Kaiba brother. Mokuba just grinned before he took both Edward and Alphonse's hands and walked towards a large tower in the middle of the stadium.
"What is that!" Edward asked, looking up at the tall tower hovering over his tiny body.
"The Control Tower. That is where all the Duels are monitored at!"
Edward stared up at it and spotted Seto Kaiba standing their with a peeved expression on his face. It seemed that he was pissed off in a way or another. What could he be mad at?
"Yo, Kid, what is old sunshine mad at?" Edward inquired, jabbing his thumb at the eldest Kaiba brother up in the Tower. Mokuba stared up at his big brother and sighed deeply. He wasn't really mad, he was just very determined to win against Yugi Muto. Why? For his three god cards of course. After losing Obelisk the Tormentor to Yugi, Kaiba has been very determined to get it back from him.
"He just wants to win against Yugi" Mokuba simply answered, not really wanting to go into the details of the whole story of why.
Edward blinked at his simple answer and stared up at Kaiba. 'Why does he want to win against Yugi and the 5000 year old man?'
Shrugging his shoulders in disbelief, he stared at the large arena where these card duels would take place. It was a large arena lit up by several lights all around. This was way to advance for Edward's taste.
"Do I have to stay here?" Edward asked, narrowing his eyes at Mokuba beside Alphonse. Mokuba looked up at him and smiled sheepishly.
"We don't have too… But I thought that this would pass the time faster than walking around town" Mokuba explained grasping Alphonse's hand. "We got good seats too… So let's stay.. Please Edward!" Giving Edward the puppy eyed look, Edward grumbled in frustration.
"Whatever" Edward mumbled angrily, waving his hand in their direction. Mokuba smiled with joy and grasped Edwards hand also and ran for the front row seats reserved for them.
"Thanks Ed!" Mokuba thanked, flashing Edward a joyful smile. Edward stared at his face and couldn't help but see his own little brother in his place. When he still had his own body, Alphonse looked almost identical to Mokuba when he was his age.
But now, Edward couldn't even see Alphonse's smile no more until he got his body back.
While his mind was rolling like a wind mill, they had already sat down and were ready to watch the card duels.
"Big brother… What's wrong?" Alphonse asked, noticing his big brothers far away gaze. Edward glanced at his little 'tall' brother and smiled weakly.
"Nothing Alphonse… Nothing to worry about" Edward repeated, turning his attention to the Duel Arena. Sighing in boredom, Edward had a feeling this was going to take a while…..
Later
Edward drifted off after the first duel was over. It was that boring for poor Edward Elric that he fell asleep. It was already the 5th duel and semifinal Duel. Yugi Muto VS mysterious duelist named Spinel Moon.
"This is the Duel to end all duels. Yugi Muto is losing by 1000 points. Can he come back from losing his 3 god cards" the announcer stated loudly, catching the sleeping Edward's attention. Opening his yellow eyes he caught sight of the strange duelist at the other side of the arena. 'Who is that?'
Yawning tiredly, he rubbed his eyes and sat up straight to examine the duel better.
"Yugi is losing! He can't lose to that guy!" Mokuba exclaimed loudly, grasping Alphonse's hand tighter.
Spinel was wining with ease, which worried the whole audience and plus his friends. Edward on the hand was staring at Spinel(3) with confusion. Maybe it was all just in his head that Spinel is not what he seems.
"Lose Yugi Muto! I have other fish to fry other than you" Spinel explained, diverting his eyes to the State Alchemist.
"I will not lose to you, Spinel!" Yami Yugi explained drawing a card from his deck.
"You will and after you do, I will take care of the young Alchemist over their" Spinel explained, surprising Yami Yugi greatly.
'Alchemist? Could it be Edward that he's talking about' Yugi asked staring at his Yami with great confusion.
/It could be.. But what does he want with Edward/ Yami Yugi asked, his partner; eyeing the State Alchemist on the corner of the arena.
"What do you want with Edward, Spinel?" Yami Yugi asked, narrowing his eyes at the purple haired male across from him. Spinel smirked and flipped a strand of his purple hair back.
"Come now, Yugi. Can't you tell that he is different from any of us?" Spinel asked mockingly, his blue eyes glinting mysteriously. Yami Yugi said nothing as he pondered Spinel's words.
/He is telling the truth in a way/ Yami Yugi explained frankly, glaring at Spinel Moon suspiciously.
'You have a point their. He is different than us.. But he is still our friend' Yugi corrected, his transparent body forming beside his Yami. 'And whatever he has plan for Edward does not sound good. So we must stop him in any way possible'
Yami Yugi agreed with his light and turned to Spinel with a dangerous determined look flashing in his crimson colored eyes.
"Spinel! I don't know what you are planning. But leave him out of this!" Yami Yugi ordered sharply, summoning his Dark Magician to the field. The magician monster eyed Spinel Moon dangerously before he pointed his staff towards the purple haired fellow.
Spinel looked surprise at Yami Yugi's sudden move and determination. He wasn't like this during their duel. What made him change his whole appearance in the duel?
Staring down at his cards, he suddenly looked shocked at his hand. His cards.. He had NO good cards at all. Was he blind to that fact or just didn't notice it soon enough?
He was too busy bragging about his plan and skills, that he didn't see that his good cards were going down the drain with every move.
But he had one card on the field that Yugi would not defeat so easily. His Millennium Shield. Not even the strong Dark Magician could defeat this shield.
"Try all you like Yugi. But your pathetic magician cannot hope to defeat my powerful shield" Spinel boasted, smirking at Yugi's false move.
"Think again. I activate Shield and Sword. This switches the attack and defense points of all the monsters on the field" Yami Yugi exclaimed loudly shocking Spinel Moon greatly. Spinel stepped back in complete horror as the Dark Magician hovered over his completely defenseless shield. "Now I will rid you of your life points! Dark Magician! Dark Magic Attack! Obliterate his life points"
The Magician raised his staff as a purple orb formed at the tip of it. With one final move, he swung his staff sending the large orb on a crash course to Spinel's life points.
Yelling in agony, Spinel was hit dead on by the powerful hit. Falling to his knees in defeat, he watched as his life points dropped to 0 in a split second.
Cheers rang in the crowd as the King of Games rang victorious once more. His victory over Spinel put him in the final round. "In the end, your greed and juvenile actions led you to your lose"
Spinel glared at Yugi and stood up stiffly. He did NOT like losing to the likes of Yugi. Placing a hand near his side he smirked evilly at the sight of the naïve duelist. He had no idea why Spinel had joined a pathetic duel tournament.
This time, he wasn't after Yugi's god cards. No, he was hired to go into the tournament to take care of something. And its not the first place title either. Looking at the sidelines, he spotted his target and his obstacle that dares stands in his way.
His target? Mokuba Kaiba. His obstacle; Edward Elric.
"On the other hand Yugi; I win this duel.." Spinel explained pulling out a gun from his side. Yami Yugi backed up in fear when he spotted the barrel of the gun pointed at his head. "I have no time to waste with you.. So the only thing I can do is get rid of you"
Yami Yugi narrowed his eyes at his former opponent pointing the armed weapon right at him. "Violence will not solve anything"
Spinel chuckled at his 'wise' words. It was really funny watching the 'King' of games beg for his life in his own little way.
"In the rule book of this card game, it says NOTHING about guns" a voice exclaimed sarcastically, stepping onto the stage. Yami Yugi turned his head and seen Edward Elric standing their with a peeved expression on his face. Stepping in front of Yami Yugi, he glared at Spinel.
"You use cards to battle not weapons, moron!" Edward snapped, pointing his finger at Spinel's gun. Spinel stared at Edward and sighed deeply.
"Do you honestly think I listen to rules, shorty?" Spinel mockingly asked, shaking his head at Edwards attempts to stop Spinel. Edward's veins popped out from the side of his head as he glared daggers at the general direction that Spinel was in.
"DON'T CALL ME SHORT!" Edward roared, slamming his foot on the ground angrily. In his mind, Spinel Moon was roasted bacon once he's done with him. Spinel laughed loudly before he stared at Edward with a determined expression on his face.
A lot of mood swings for a guy, eh?
"I have a mission to achieve and your in my way, Edward Eric" Spinel stated frankly, before he threw his gun at Edward's face.
"AH!" Edward yelped, when the gun hit his face. He never expected that really. Spinel rushed towards Edward with lighting speed and elbowed Edward in the gut, sending him flying backwards into the King of Games. They both were knocked off their feet and crash landed on the Duel floor.
Edward was on top of Yugi so Edward was crushing poor Yugi underneath him.
"Ow!" Yami Yugi mumbled, struggling to push Edward off his back. Edward on the other hand had the wind knocked out of him.
"Edward!" Edward heard his little brother and Mokuba call out, witnessing this attack on him.
'I have a job to do and I think he's after Mokuba' Edward thought to himself, pushing himself off Yami Yugi's back. Yami Yugi let out a sigh of relief, feeling Edward's weight off him.
Spinel watched Edward and smirked with pride. "Poor little Alchemist can't fight?"
Edward glared dangerously at Spinel and with a spilt second, he charged at Spinel. Lifting his Automail arm, he launched his fists swiftly at Spinel hoping to knock him out. But instead, Spinel dodged it with ease.
So the punch made a LARGE hole in the electrical duel arena. "Damn you, bastard!"
Spinel smirked evilly and took something out of his pocket. With one quick move, he threw something small at Edward's direction. Edward stared at it for a second, but didn't move, which was his biggest mistake of the day.
The small object burst into a large net just as it was over Edward's head. Edward gasped with shock once the net was thrown over his head. Well it was an ordinary net, he would be able to get out with ease.
But my friends, its an electric net.
Spinel took out a small remote and pressed a small red button, which in terms sent strong volts of electricity surging through the Alchemist's body. Since he had a arm and a leg Automail, you could just imagine what kind of pain the young boy must be going through.
"AHH!" Edward screamed with agony, falling to the ground faster than you could say Mommy. Spinel continued to hold the button with glee of causing torture to the annoying Alchemist. Walking towards Edward, he found it amusing seeing Edward's face filled with agony and intense pain.
Yami Yugi stared in shock as Edward yelled-screamed with pure pain. "E-Edward!" Edward's body was violently shaking with each volt that coursed through his body. Glaring at Spinel with hatred painted in the former Pharaoh's eyes; he hated the fact that Spinel was causing Edward so much pain.
"Enough!" Yami Yugi ordered harshly, abruptly halting Spinel's hold on the button. He looked up dully and grinned.
"Can't take what you see, Yugi?"
Yami Yugi bared his teeth at Spinel and ran to the net containing Edward who was struggling to breath after the violent shocks.
"Edward! Edward!" Yami Yugi called out, staring at his friend worriedly. Yami Yugi knew that if Edward wasn't freed from this electric prison, he wouldn't make it.
Everyone in the crowd stared on in complete shock and horror of the sight they were witnessing. Alphonse ran to the duel arena just as the net was thrown over Edward and the torture began.
Alphonse couldn't move because of the sight of his older brother in such intense pain. He hasn't seen his brother that way ever since the Human Transmutation that they had done many years ago.
Everyone who knew Edward had mixed reactions actually. Mokuba was almost in tears watching his best friend being tortured by a mad man.
All of Yugi's friends were either mad, shocked, horrified or in tears at the sight.
And Kaiba…. Well Kaiba's reaction was the most priceless one of all.
His eyes were wider than saucers and he was ordering every 'damn' security guard in the building and police in the area to come and stop this.
So much for not giving a crap about Edward?
"R-Run" Edward whispered weakly to Yami Yugi, extending his hand to Yami Yugi. The ex-pharaoh stared at his friend and felt his heart tightening at the sight.
"E-Edward! I wont leave you! You are my friend and you tried to save me" Yami Yugi choked out, his eyes glistening with a thin layer of water. Edward heard this and gave the former Pharaoh a lopsided grin.
"I-I'll be fine, Y-Yugi…" Edward trailed off weakly, nodding his head at Yami Yugi.
"Big brother!" a voice broke through Yami Yugi's trance. Looking up, he spotted the metal armored brother of Edward running towards Edward with a fast pace.
Kneeling at his side, Alphonse couldn't take his eyes off the battered body of his older brother.
"E-Edward! Hang I'll get you out of their!" Alphonse assured, reaching for the dangerous netting.
"I wouldn't even touch that if I were you!" Spinel warned, getting sick of the nice 'warm' feeling emitting from the freaks in front of him. Waving his finger mockingly, he grinned. "Touch it and I wont hesitate to torture your older brother even more until he dies!"
Alphonse halted in his movements and stared at Edward worriedly as he stayed in his position on the floor. He was barely moving and he seemed to be only concentrating on breathing.
"Freeze" a strong loud voice ordered loudly, startling everyone on the duel arena. Turning his head, Alphonse seen a crowd of police officers and Kaiba Corp Corp surrounding the whole arena with guns aimed straight at Spinel Moon. "Spinel Moon, you are under arrest by the order of the Domino State Police!"
Spinel stared at them and rolled his eyes with disbelief. "Oh, so the rich bastard called all of you here to save this pipsqueak" Kicking the defenseless Edward in the side, you could hear the police readying their guns.
"Step away from the boy and place your hands on your head" the chief of police ordered harshly, holding the mega-phone in his hands tightly. Spinel stared at him with mockery and grinned.
"Do you honestly think I'm going to listen to your nonsense! Besides, why bother saving him? He is already half dead anyways" Spinel stated, eyeing the weak alchemist crumpled on the floor.
"You have a lot of nerve kid" a ice cold voice stated from the midst of the crowd. Seto Kaiba walked towards the duel arena, even with the voices of the people beside him telling him to stay. "First you ruin my tournament, then…." Kaiba gazed on the floor to see a weak Edward struggling to catch his breath.
For some reason, he didn't like it all. No, like isn't the word for this emotion he was feeling. No, it was more like 'he HATED IT'. But he would never say it out loud.
Glaring at Spinel with his icy orbs, Kaiba felt like murdering the boy for causing this much pain to Edward. Even though Edward was his worst enemy, he never deserved this.
"Then what, Kaiba? Did I hurt your dear friend? Oh wait! Your only friend, right?" Spinel laughed at the hilarious comment he had just made against Seto Kaiba. Kaiba stood their and didn't reply to Spinel's 'cocky' remark.
"Yugi!" Kaiba bellowed out, scaring the shit out of Yami Yugi standing their. "Get the shrimp out of those nets"
The former Pharaoh blinked at Kaiba's request and stared down at Edward. "But what about-"
"Leave the moron to me"
Yami Yugi said nothing and ran to Alphonse to help him get Edward out of the nets.
Kaiba turned his gaze to Spinel and found himself clenching his fists at the purple haired boy.
"Oh, so I'm a moron now?" Spinel asked, tsking at Kaiba's choice of words. Holding up the remote control device set to torture Edward Elric, Kaiba narrowed his eyes at it. "You better beg for forgiveness before I make Edward suffer for your choice of words"
Kaiba didn't reply but kept his eyes focused on the hand that was holding the remote. Spinel sighed mockingly before he proceeded to touch the red button.
"I don't duel with cards. I duel with my fists. Besides, I'd probably throw my cards at my opponent when I got angry at them"
Kaiba's eyes widened slightly remembering what comment Edward made about Dueling in his opinion. Taking out a card from his deck, he threw it swiftly towards Spinel's hand.
Just like in Battle City, the card hit Spinel's hand that was gripping the remote control. And just like Battle City, Spinel was stunned by the card and dropped the remote, saving Edward's ass just in time.
Mokuba ran from his position behind the police men and snatched the remote control just before it hit the ground.
"Got it, big brother!" Mokuba cheered crushing the remote with his shoe on the ground. With ease, both Alphonse and Yami Yugi got Edward out of the net just as Mokuba crushed the cursive remote.
"Aha.. I got you, little Kaiba" Spinel stated, snatching Mokuba with lighting speed. Kaiba's eyes widened at the sight of his little brother being held hostage once more.
"Let him go!" Kaiba ordered harshly narrowing his icy cold eyes at Spinel Moon. Mokuba was struggling to escape from the powerful grip that Spinel had on him.
"HA! Like I will? Anyways, this kid was the reason I came here" Spinel explained, staring at Edward in Alphonse's arms. "I had to get rid of him because he would get in MY way"
Alphonse clutched his brother in his arms and stared at Mokuba worriedly. Without Edward, how was Alphonse suppose to save Mokuba now?
"Seto! Al! Help me!" Mokuba called out in plea before Spinel threw something on the ground causing a thick smoke to surround the duel arena. When the smoke cleared, nothing was left. No Spinel or no Mokuba.
"MOKUBA!" Kaiba hollered in rage, clenching his fists.
Yami Yugi stared at Kaiba and felt guilty for Edward trying to protect him. "Kaiba, I know you care about your little brother, but Edward needs medical attention now!"
Kaiba stared at Yami Yugi and was about to retort with a snappy comeback, but then he notice Edward in Alphonse's arms.
He was knocked out cold and it seemed he had lost all the color in his face. Something inside of Kaiba told him that he had to bring Edward to hospital. But he didn't know what that was.
Huffing loudly, he turned his gaze to the wall nearby. "Whatever" 'he needs to get better… I hate to even think this, but I'm going to need his assistance to get Mokuba back'
(1) Syaoran is different from the ninja Shaoran in the past chapter. This one is from Tsubasa Chronicles!
(2) This Sakura is from Tsubasa Chronicles as well
(3) The Spinel Moon in this story is the (made up) human form of Spinel(spinner) Moon from CCS
panmotto: (gasps) Mokuba was kidnapped and now Kaiba and Edward must set their differences aside to help one and another out. What fun this is going to be. Tune in for the next chapter of Cold Alchemy! Till then, please review and tell me if you think its okay, needs improvements or anything like that.
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