His Beloved Blue Eyes
Authors Note: Wow I'm on a roll tonight. Three chapters in one day…kinda *squeal*
Disclaimer: All characters and series plots belong to their rightful owners. (Everybody got that) Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Yu Gi Oh belongs to Kazuki Takahashi. (Seriously they do) I own nothing and make no profit off of this fanfic. (Seriously I don't) Please don't sue me. (Cause that would be really lame)
Chapter 14: An Unexpected Delay
"How's it coming with the translation?" Seto asked Mokuba, as he and Kagome entered the control room.
"Almost done. The computers are still trying to get the last few words," he answered his brother.
Seto was irritated by the news, until he looked at the card he was shocked with what he saw. "I…I can read it," he admitted in a mutter, but everyone still heard him.
"Since when do you read ancient Egyptian?" Souta asked him.
"I don't think he did," Kagome said trying to get Seto to calm him down. Seto kneeled to ground not able to take all of this anymore. 'This is too much for someone to absorb in one night.' Kagome kneeled down next to him and started to rub his back, "It's okay Seto. We'll figure this all out...Together."
"Yea, we're all here for you," Souta told him.
"You know I'm here too," Mokuba added.
The comfort of his family was able to calm Seto down, making him stand back up and do more research on the Wing Dragon of Ra.
"Alright boys, it's late. It's time to go to bed," Kagome told Souta and Mokuba.
"But Sis, I want to stay and help Seto," Souta complained.
"Me too," Mokuba whined.
Kagome glared down at the boys putting her hands on her hips and tapping her foot impatiently.
Seto smirked at the sight, 'She looks like a mom scolding her children.'
After a few moments, the boys looked at Seto with puppy dog eyes, hoping that he would allow them to stay.
"You heard Kagome," Seto told them.
The boys pouted in defeat and walked out of the control them, but not before Souta stuck his head back in. "But I'm not brushing my teeth," he announced, making Kagome chase after him demanding that he better do so.
Seto smirked in amusement.
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After the boys were persuaded to brush their teeth, with Kagome hovering over them, they went to bed in Mokuba's room. 'If Marik tries to hurt them, Souta should be able to hold them off until I get there to stop him.'
Kagome walked down the hallway and halted when she saw the Yugi gang and Ishizu walking into Mai's room. She went in as well, wanting to see how Mai was doing. If being in the Shadow Realm was anything like being trapped in the Shikon Jewel, that meant Mai's mind and spirit was being broken little by little.
"How is she?" Kagome asked everyone.
"Quiet," Serenity answered her, "She hasn't said a word."
"Poor Mai. I will get revenge against Marik," Joey swore in anger.
"Do you really think that putting yourself in the same position as Mai is going to make her better?" Kagome questioned him.
"She's right Joey," Serenity agreed, "Mai dueled with vengeance in her heart and Marik was able to take advantage of that." She began to cry at the thought of her friend suffering.
"Where there is evil, there is also good," Ishizu told them in comfort before she looked at Kagome, "You should know this better than anyone, Shikon Priestess."
Kagome's eyes widened, "You know about me?"
Ishizu nodded. "Your destiny is intertwined with Seto Kaiba's, and the Pharaoh's destiny as well."
"What is she talking about?" Tea asked Kagome.
"I'll explain another time," she promised her friend, "But I have to go help Seto. I just wanted to see if Mai was," she didn't know how to finish her sentence. The words 'okay' or 'alright' didn't seem appropriate for this situation.
Everyone understood what she meant anyway and they said goodbye as she left.
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Kagome returned to the control room carrying two cups of hot coffee with her. 'Something tells me we're gonna be up for a while,'
She handed one cup to Seto, which he accepted it gratefully. "It seems that the Winged Dragon of Ra has effects that aren't even written on the card," he told her.
"How do you know that?" she asked sitting in the chair next to him.
"Pegasus cataloged the effects of the card electronically," he explained drinking his coffee.
It was a few moments later that Kagome noticed an evil aura on the blimp, 'It's the same aura Marik made when he dueled against Mai...A Shadow Game.' She tried to sense who was dueling, and was surprised on who she found.
It was Evil Marik and the demonic soul that Bakura once had.
Kagome debated about telling Seto, and eventually concluded that it was a bad idea. She didn't want him to get involved with another game that could cost someone their soul. 'Besides, it's better to let the evil ones to battle amongst themselves,' she reasoned.
"Is everything okay?" Seto asked her, noticing how quiet and dazed she had become.
"I'm fine," she told him.
He didn't press her on the matter, since he had others things to worry about. "I still need to figure out how to obtain the remaining God card. Getting Slifer from Yugi will be a simple task, but getting it from Marik might be another story."
Kagome sighed, "Do you really need to have all three God cards though? You're already an amazing duelist with just the one."
Seto continued to research the effects of the God card, "If I want to be the best, I'm going to need all the God cards."
"You're already the best Seto," she said as a matter a fact, "You just don't think that you are."
Seto stopped working and turned his chair towards her, "It's nice to know that you and our brothers think so, but I want the whole world to know it."
Kagome shook her head in defeat, feeling a little sad that he felt this way. "Is anything going to be good enough for you?"
Seto took her hands into his, not needing to think about his answer. "You...You're more than good enough for me."
She couldn't help but smile at the compliment, "How do you manage to frustrate me and make me happy at the same time?"
"It's a gift," he replied before he kissed her hands and went back to the computer.
With the company software he had, Seto could make statistical scenarios about him winning against the Winged Dragon of Ra.
After a few hours, the coffee began to wear off and Kagome ended up falling asleep in one of the rolling chairs. Realizing she was asleep, Seto lifted her off the chair and placed her on the couch inside the room and put his over coat on her to use as a blanket. He couldn't help but notice how beautiful Kagome looked while sleeping, and the idea of seeing her like this every day sounded very appealing to him.
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The Next Morning
Kagome awoke when the sun came out. As she sat up and stretched her arms, she noticed Seto was asleep in the work chair. She chuckled quietly at how innocent he looked as he slept after working so hard. She sat up and took off Seto's over coat, tucking it under her arm.
Knowing Seto had to wake up, Kagome leaned down and kissed him softly on the lips. She could tell he was awake when she felt him kiss her back. Kagome dropped his over coat and slowly lowered herself onto his lap, allowing him to wrap his arms around her waist and back.
Seto finally released her lips when they both needed air, "Good morning to you too."
Their beautiful moment was abruptly interrupted by Kagome's phone going off in her jacket, "Higurashi," she answered.
"Inform Mr. Kaiba that we're approaching Kaiba Corp Island," Roland told her.
"Understood," she hung up the phone. "We're close to the island now," she said while off Seto's lap.
Seto got up from his chair and put on his over coat. "Go wake the boys. I'll make the announcement."
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By the time everyone got to the steering room of the blimp, Kaiba Corp Island was in their line of sight.
What would seem to have been a smooth steady ride unexpectedly became a nightmare when the blimp started to shake.
"What's going on?" Seto demanded from the pilot.
"Something is driving us off course Mr. Kaiba," the pilot told him, "Something re-programed the auto pilot."
"Then shut it down," he ordered, hoping that rebooting the system would cause the auto pilot to reset.
"It's not responding to any commands sir," Roland told him.
"Well do something," Kagome snapped while trying to keep herself and Souta steady with the shaking blimp.
"Is that where the final duels will start?" Yugi asked, pointing to the island.
"Yea. Our step father's company started on this island," Mokuba explained to those who didn't know. "My brother tore down the base and built that tower as a symbol of the new Kaiba Corp."
"That's all they need to know Mokuba," Kagome interrupted him. She knew that Gozaburo was a sore subject for Seto, well for their whole family really.
The blimp suddenly began to lose altitude at a faster rate, causing everyone to lose their balance. The blimp barely touched the water before it rose up again.
That's when a boy's face appeared on the video screen.
"Attention duelist," the boy announced with authority.
"Who's this punk?" Souta asked, not recognizing the boy.
"Identify yourself," Seto commanded.
"Always barking orders," the boy replied. "I've been observing you. I'll be taking control now and my first order of business is putting an end to this tournament. My name is Noah. And Seto and I, go way back."
The screen shut off after the vague information was given.
"What the hell was that about?" asked Mokuba before he received a glare from Kagome for swearing.
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The blimp continued to fly until a platform fortress arose from the ocean, where the blimp landed and was locked down to prevent any escape.
"Are we safe?" Serenity asked, very afraid.
"Of course we will be, Sis," Joey conferred her.
The boy appeared back on the screen, "It's time for you and your friends to exit now, Seto," Noah ordered.
"What if we don't?" asked Seto, not afraid of some little kid who had a smart hand for hacking.
"Oh I think you will," the boy chuckled as the walls moved to a reveal a dozen stun shooters.
"This kid's insane," Joey exclaimed.
"Stay here," Seto ordered Kagome and the boys.
"You're not going out there," Kagome argued.
Seto ignored her cry and told Noah "I'll be coming out alone."
The guns suddenly fired around the ship forcing everyone to take cover.
"Now please be so kind as to exit the ship with your friends," Noah demanded again.
Seto was infuriated by this kid, "Fine...But Kagome and Souta stay here," he bargained, since he refused to allow his brother out of his sight. Plus he needed Kagome to stay on the blimp so it wouldn't be unattended or tampered with.
"That makes no difference to me," Noah agreed, since really only needed Mokuba to make his plan a success. The rest of Seto's group would be left to the Big Five.
Kagome had a different opinion on the matter, "You're not leaving me here, while you're out doing God knows what."
"You are staying here," Seto said in a 'that's final' voice.
"You can't make me," she poked her finger to his chest, daring him to try.
Seto glared at her for her stubbornness and knew there was only one thing to do.
He scooped Kagome over his shoulder and carried her to the control room since the lock was on the outside of the door.
"Seto put me down NOW!" she demanded hitting his back with her fists the entire time, "Let me go! Seto!"
Everyone stared at the scene either in shock or amusement.
Seto finally obliged Kagome's wishes of letting her go by throwing her on the couch in the control room and locking the door after he stepped out. Kagome began to bang on the door demanding to be released. "Seto Kaiba, you let me out right now! Seto open the door! SETO!"
Seto, ignoring her cries, and kneeled down to Souta, "This door does not open unless absolutely necessary," he commanded.
"Yes sir," Souta saluted, not wanting his sister to be in danger too.
"Souta you open this door!" Kagome could still hear through the door and knew what Seto told him. "YOU TRAITOR!"
Seto returned to the others all eyes were on him. "
What?" he challenged them to say something.
No one replied.
Once they exited the blimp Noah spoke again, "Now if you will proceed straight ahead."
Everyone did so, unknowingly heading into a trap that began their virtual world adventure.
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Many Hours Later
Kagome gave up on Souta opening the door for her after the first hour. If it weren't for her ability to sense everyone's auras, she would have been more worried if the Kaiba brother or her friends were hurt.
During this time, Evil Marik left the blimp in attempt to find the others, but she knew he wasn't even close to them.
About fifteen minutes after Evil Marik's debarture, an announcement was heard all around the platform. "Thirty minutes for satellite missile attack," said an electronic voice.
"Son of a bitch," said an angry and panicked Kagome before she banged on the door again. "Souta open the door," she ordered.
This time Souta did as he was told, since he also heard the announcement
They both quickly ran to the pilot room, "Can you get this thing moving?" she asked Roland.
"The power is back on, but we are still stuck to the platform," he informed her.
Kagome began to worry if the others would make it back before the missile hit them. 'Please hurry Seto.'
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It was over twenty minutes later that Joey, Tea, Tristan, Duke, and Serenity came back to the blimp.
"Where are Seto, Mokuba, and Yugi?" Kagome asked them.
"Seto wouldn't leave without facing his step father," Tristan told her.
"Gozaburo Kaiba? He's here too?" she asked very confused.
"It's a long story that I'm sure Seto will tell you later. But right now we got to get out here," Duke told her.
"We can't were still," Kagome was suddenly interrupted as the locks on the blimp unlocked, allowing the blimp to start rising. "Wait, we can't leave yet," she told the pilot who began starting the blimp.
"If we don't take off now, we won't escape the satellite missile attack," he explained to her.
The blimp slowly lifted off the ocean fortress.
Suddenly, everyone saw Seto, Yugi and Mokuba running toward the blimps opening, with the missile now in sight and descending towards the fortress.
Mokuba wasn't able to keep up with Seto and Yugi and began to slow down. Seto wasn't about to let that happen, as he grabbed the back of Mokuba's shirt and threw him to Duke and Tristan who caught him. Seto was able to jump on the ramp on his own, while Joey grabbed Yugi and lifted him inside.
Once the missile hit the fortress, an enormous blast accrued, flowed by a demonic face made of a fire.
Seto ran to the pilot room and used the emergency boosting engines, transforming the blimp into a jet, and escaping the fire monster with ease.
Once they were safe, everyone relaxed and returned to the pilot room. The Yugi gang and Mokuba were then able to explain to Kagome and Souta on what happened against Noah, The Big Five, and Gozuboro Kaiba in the virtual world.
After the explanation, Kagome made a bee line to Seto, who knew that she would still be upset for locking her in that room.
"Kagome," Seto began to say, until Kagome slapped him with tears in her eyes.
Her actions made everyone gasp or wince in surprise.
"DON'T EVER DO ANYTHING THAT STUPID AGAIN!" Kagome yelled at Seto, her voice breaking from her crying.
"Uh oh. She's pissed off," Souta said stating the obvious.
Seto recovered from the slap and looked at her, noting the angry tears coming from her eyes.
"Do you have any idea on how worried I was? You and Mokuba could have died! And where would," she was interrupted when Seto grabbed her wrist and pinned her against the wall. He forced her hands over her head and placed his mouth on hers in one extremely passionate kiss.
Kagome's eyes were wide open in shock over Seto's actions, but slowly she relaxed into the kiss.
Whether Seto did this to show relief from escaping certain death or just making her shut up, no one knew for sure.
Each member of the Yugi gang either stared, blushed, and/or tuned away from the couple.
Mokuba quickly covered Souta's eyes from the horrific sight of their siblings making out, and Souta did the same to Mokuba.
When the couple pulled back from their kiss, Kagome was dazed but was still able to talk. "….I'm still mad at you."
This made Seto smirk, "I know."
Can anyone of you guess what movie clip inspired the whole Seto throwing Kagome over his shoulder and locking her in a room scene? I'll congratulate those who get it right on my next chapter. As you can see I didn't want Kagome or Souta to go in the virtual world. Only because it mostly just told Kaiba brothers past, which the Higurashi siblings already knew about. So there was really no need for them to go through all of that. Sorry if that disappoints some of you but it's done. Next time: The final duels can finally take place...finally.
Till then my readers.