A/N: Okay, so far people seem to like where this is going. Thats good cuz now I have a reason to continue! Oh and again, there ARE SPOILERS TO BOTH MGS GAMES! Don't worry Raiden fans (if there are any out there) Raiden will eventually fool Snake....probably....

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters to MGS and Blah Blah Blah you get the picture!

CHAPTER 3-HIDE AND SEEK

Snake had made his way onto the Helipad with ease. He couldn't believe how dumb Raiden can be sometimes. It was hard to believe he even survived the Big Shell after that stunt down below. Snake made his way to the truck on the Helipad and hopped right in. He went to the back and got the SOCOM once more. "Damn kid couldn't even find the Socom....how sad." He said under his breath. He glanced at his radar. One guard was asleep and the other was too far south to see him.

He jumped out of the truck. He quickly put away his gun. Not even Raiden would've been stupid enough to fire a gun without a surpressor. Snake looked at the camera. It brought back memories. He quickly ran under the blind spot and up the stairs only to come to a stop about halfway. There was one more guard. Snake kept a close eye on him. The guard turned around and walked away only to stop and turn around quickly. The guard then turned and walked away. Snake quickly ran up the stairs while the guard was walking in the other direction. He climbed in the vent without being discovered. It was a piece of cake!

Now Snake was in the vent. Now if this was the REAL Shadow Moses he'd expect a call from Master Miller; but since Otacon "adjusted" the version none of that stuff was going to happen. As he crawled through he did get one call though. He didn't know why anyone would call him now but he answered anyway. "That wasn't fair Snake!" It was Raiden.

Snake just chuckled a bit. "Don't blame me for your stupidity." He wish he could blow smoke in his face but Raiden wasn't there. "The Colonel may have said to ignore them, but he never said that was one of the rules of the game." Raiden was about to say something but Snake had already cut him off and ended the call. He then continued to climb through the vent. His destination: the DARPA chief.

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Raiden was back on the Heliport now. He didn't know what he was going to do now. 'I can't let Snake win this' he thought to himself. He quickly ran around the Helipad. He didn't want to risk getting spotted by the lights. However, unlike Snake, Raiden decided to take the lower entrance. The guard that was once asleep was awake and walking around now. Raiden moved slightly around the truck. The other guard was still to the south. Now THAT one had fallen asleep.

Raiden quickly dashed for the lower entrance once it was clear. The thing was, once again, Raiden went without thinking. Only this time he didn't LOOK either. Right above the vent was a camera. It didn't matter however, by the time the Camera sounded an alarm to alert the guards Raiden had already slipped in unnoticed.

Raiden crawled through the vents just as Snake did. He didn't get any calls though. That was OK with him. "Can't let Snake win." He kept telling himself. He was still upset with Snake for the guard.

Raiden moved slightly quicker then Snake through the vents. This time, there wasn't any water. Probably another "adjustment" that Otacon had mad to the VR. But the rats were still there.

Raiden could finally see light. He went up to it, but didn't climb out just yet. He looked around first. He looked at the upper level and saw Snake coming down a ladder. 'I've found you at least' he said to himself. He wanted to climb out and confront Snake now. He wanted to smack the living shit out of Snake. But Snake was stronger. Snake had a lot more power and vigor then Raiden could ever muster. But still, Raiden could take it!

He watched Snake sneak down the stairs, there were two guards in the Tank Hanger, and Snake was walking by as if walking down the street! When he finally got to the elevator he actually stood there and waited for it! 'How the hell?' Raiden thought. When the elevator arrived, Snake smiled.

'Did he see me?' Raiden started to think. Suddenly Snake pointed to where Raiden was, and then lowered his voice into a British accent. "There he is you fools, in the vent on the eastern wall catch him!" He said and the guards didn't even question just ran right to the vent.

Now Raiden understood! The guards only HEARD Snake, they didn't actually SEE him. All he had to do was change his voice. Raiden quickly backed away before the guards could see him. Regardless of which, they tossed in a grenade anyway. Raiden quickly backed away as the grenade exploded. "If he really was in there, he isn't now." A guard said as they both returned to their post.

Raiden slowly creeped out of the shadows. The grenade didn't have that much power thank goodness for him. Raiden then crawled out of the vent and stood up. The guards weren't anywhere near. Raiden looked at his Radar and noticed that after all that he never even THOUGHT to turn it on. When he did, it made it a lot easier. He walked up to the elevator and pushed the button. He waited for it just as Snake did. Much like Snake he wasn't discovered.

He stepped in and went down to the armory. For the first time so far, he was in a completely empty area. The armory still had the the badly painted walls. He really did look awkward to him. In the simulation everything was green. These walls were a slight mix of gray and blue.

Raiden quickly dashed to where the SOCOM originally was. Thank-god it was still there! He grabbed it quickly. There was a surpressor too and he took that as well. He put the surpressor on, and then heard the elevator open. Raiden quickly hid behind more boxes of ammo. He looked at his radar for once to see who it was. It was a green dot! Snake was here! Raiden still stayed where he was.

Snake opened a door to the C4. He knew Raiden was around, but Snake wanted to get his hands on a FAMAS and fast. The only way he could do that was to find the Armstech President, Kenneth Baker. He grabbed some C4 and then quickly made his way to the Grenades. He only took a box and that had four. He took the four and strapped them to his sneaking suit.

Raiden still stayed where he was. He was breathing heavily. His heart was beating fast! He wanted to go out there and blast Snake but that would've been no fun now would it? Raiden felt like a claymore, waiting for Snake to enter his range so that he could explode! He wanted to scream and jump out firing Rambo-style, but he still stayed put. He was actually THINKING!

Finally Snake made his way to where the Socom bullets were. He looked in there but he didn't seem to see Raiden...either that or he had something else up his sleeve.

Snake put C4 on the southwestern wall. He backed away and detonated it. But before he went through he head back to the Socom room. He looked in there, Raiden still wouldn't come out. He knew Raiden was there. Snake took a grenade, and pulled the pin out. He dropped it.

From Raiden's eye everything started to move in slow motion now! The pin that Snake pulled hit the ground with a high pitched CLINK! Snake dropped the grenade and ran! "You Bastard!" Raiden shouted as the grenade went off. After the smoke had finally cleared, Raiden had emerged from the blast. He had sustained little damage. The blast obviously wasn't meant to kill him. Snake was already long gone. Raiden heard about two more blast.

Without thinking, he once again ran and tried to catch up. He had a second chance to end it now. Once he entered into the first hole....his radar was jammed! "Not now!" he shouted. Dammit, that wasn't the right thing to do! He then slowly walked forward. He pressed himself onto the wall and slowly moved down. He jumped out and aimed his gun in another empty hall. Snake was gone! But there were TWO holes blown in now. One he could see on the left side...he knew where that lead to. The other was just straight down the corridor. He wasn't sure if he should advance or not. "Act first, think later," he always told himself. Snake was the complete opposite of him. He ran down the hall, and suddenly came to a stop. 'This is just what he WANTS me to do' Raiden thought. If he ran straight down the hall into that hole, Snake could jump him. But if he went into the hole adjacent to him, he'd fight Ocelot.

He looked in at Kenneth Baker. Sure he wasn't real, but Raiden knew that he had the level 2 key card. Kenneth was strapped to wires. If those wires were touched...the C4 he was strapped to would explode. Raiden just stood there and looked at him. Suddenly Raiden began to space out. Why did he do that in the middle of battle!

Snake came up from behind and pushed Raiden in the room! Raiden flew right into the room, but thankfully didn't hit the C4. Ocelot shot at Snake, not Raiden. Raiden quickly tried to reach into Kenneth's pocket for the keycard but it was no luck.

As Ocelot shot at Snake for a moment, it was almost as if Raiden was non- existent. Raiden stayed down low. He shot at Ocelot twice before he was finally noticed.

"Who the hell are you!" Ocelot said and went into a shooting frenzy. He shot at Snake some more and switched between him and Raiden. It wasn't long before Grey Fox came and cut off his hand....again.

Raiden laughed as the C4 ignited and he was forced to use one of his Rations. He looked at Snake. Snake pointed his gun at Raiden. He pulled the trigger....DAMN! Out of ammo!

Raiden got up and laughed at Snake, as he pointed his gun at Snake instead. He pointed at Snake and time froze as he pulled the trigger....

TO BE CONTINUED....

A/N I'm sorry if some of you don't like the ending to this chapter...seeing as how for the first time so far Raiden got the upper hand...but just wait and see what happens!