Hello all, Garden Goddess here, I'm sure you have all noticed some BIG changes in my stories. I've removed a majority of them, leaving this one and two others. I have done this for many reasons, the biggest concerning the concentration of writing chapters for them all. It gets VERY confusing so I've decided to take the others down for now and concentrate on the two biggest ones. Rest assured, the other stories will make a come back, as soon as my two main stories have been completed.
Wowzers! What a chapter the last one was! So Kaiba and Sydney are ::coughs:: distracted and Yami is stuck with having to make a very..well... interesting decision. So what will he do....hmmmmm... lol... I bet you guys are suprised in the turn this story took but I assure you this will all hold significance at the end of the story and I am still sticking with what I orginally said in the beginning - this story will not hold a happy ending. Just keep that in mind. Well, on with the fic!
Disclaimer: Consider this a disclaimer cause I'm just so tired of typing it.
Chapter Seventeen: Let's get down to buisness!
"Miss... I.."
His sentence was drowned out by the sound of a door opening. Yami quickly spun around to see none other than Sydney and Kaiba stepping out. Sydney was fiddling with her hair and Kaiba was following closely behind, his hands moving to tuck his shirt back into his pants. They both exchanged a couple words as they stopped outside the door. Yami looked up at the ceiling briefly to say a silent thank you to god and quickly raised a hand for their assistance.
"Sydney! Kaiba! I found it," Yami said loudly over the commotion in the room.
Sydney was the first to hear Yami's remark and turned to look down the hallway. Yami watched her say a couple words to Kaiba, than grab his coat by the front, dragging him to follow her the rest of the way. Once they reached him, Kaiba removed her hand from him and raised a gaze to the slender woman beside Yami.
"Well, Lei we meet again," Kaiba flashed a deep smirk and Lei fumed under his gaze. She took a step forward, raising a hand to his face, nearly colliding it into his nose during her blast of fury.
"You tell anyone about this and.. and..."
"You'll what?" Kaiba challenged not erasing his smirk,"You can't do a thing."
Sydney and Yami exchanged confused looks. The two continued to exchange sounds of anger as the other two were left to look on not knowing what they were talking about. Lei raised her hand to slap him but Kaiba just chuckled. Sydney suddenly slapped the side of his arm, causing Lei to lower her hand as Kaiba gave her an annoyed look. Kaiba let his anger dwindle when he realized the angry look on her face from the display he had just put on. He undoubtly must have made it look far more than what it was.
"Care to clue us in?" Sydney said angrily,"Or do you wish us to leave you two alone?"
Kaiba snorted and looked to Lei briefly,"I know her from school."
"Oh?" Sydney remarked than looked to the girl,"So why are you two arguing than?"
Lei looked away from Kaiba as he laughed to himself and crossed her arms,"He's threatening to tell everyone about my job."
Yami raised his brow and smirked,"You will have no problem giving us the key than."
"What?" Both Kaiba, Sydney and Lei responded in unison, but only Lei knew what he was talking about.
Yami gestured to the glass case as he spoke,"That is what we're looking for but only she has the key."
Kaiba smirked and took a step toward her, ready to take on the challenge. Sydney saw the look in his eyes as he went forward, outstretching his hand and waiting for her to place the key into his palm.
"Give me the key and your little 'job' will be safe between us," Kaiba told her firmly,"Otherwise, you will be the object of ridicule come Monday."
Lei growled,"You insensitive-"
Kaiba shook his head and made a sound of disapproval as he let his finger move from side to side,"One more word and I swear I will have it in newspapers by the time the night's out."
Lei balled her fists than finally placed the key in his hand grudgedly, muttering,""I will get you back for this."
"So you think."
Sydney rolled her eyes,"Seto, you can be so obnoxious sometimes."
She had been watching the scene but knew she couldn't have stopped it. There was no other way to get the key from her - this way was the only one that was the quickest. Lei slowly turned from them after the key had been given and made her way back to the commotion in the room. She made brief eye contact with Yami again than moved on, her figure disappearing into the large mass.
Kaiba flashed Sydney a grin once Lei left,"Only makes you want me more, huh?"
Sydney fumed and smacked his arm,"Why you-"
Yami looked to the two and raised a hand to his forehead,"Stop it already."
Kaiba and Sydney both looked to him.
"What's your problem?" Kaiba snapped as Yami eyed him wearily.
"Couldn't you have handled that in a more.... respectable manner?" Yami asked him as Kaiba's eyed glazed over in anger.
"Respectable?!" Kaiba began to raise his voice as Sydney took a hold of his arm to hold him back,"I'll give you respectable!"
"That's enough!" Sydney told them both as Yami turned to look into the depths of the crowd. Kaiba slowly removed Sydney from his arm and examined the pharoah as he gazed at the open space where Lei once stood.
"You have got it bad for her."
Yami blushed at Kaiba's statement but refused to turn back around to face them. He knew his blush would be a dead giveaway. He had to admit, the woman had been quite beautiful but he certainly didn't agree with the occupation she was holding. She had been so kind to him in the beginning and her face constantly burned an image into his brain, but he knew nothing could become of it. He was merely a soul and this was Yugi's body - not his.
"I'm afraid you're wrong," Yami said finally turning to face the two,"I was merely concerned for her feelings. She is a woman after all."
Kaiba snorted,"And?"
Sydney narrowed her eyes at Kaiba's response and suddenly turned away from him,"So that's how you feel?"
He suddenly realized what he had just said,"Wait.. no that's not what-"
"I hate to interrupt you," Yami cut in once again,"But we must find the other two relics. We cannot continually waste our time."
Sydney slowly lowered her arms and nodded,"You're right."
Kaiba raised the key, holding it up for Sydney to take it freely,"Care to do the honors?"
"Of course."
"Grrrrrr!!" Joey continued to pace back and forth constantly. Tea lifted her head as she studied Joey as he paced endlessly. Her eyebrow began to twitch and she finally just stuck her foot out and tripped him, causing him to face fault right into the floor. He stood up and spun around angrily to glare at her.
"What ya do that for?!"
Tea returned his glare,"Your pacing is making me nervous! Just sit down, Joey! Everything's fine."
"Are ya kiddin' me?!" Joey exclaimed,"The world is in danger or somethin' and ya telling me everythin' is fine?!"
Tea blinked.
Joey ruffled his hair with both his hands in frustration, causing the blonde mop to fluster and become mussled. He began to pace again, causing Tea to narrow her eyes as she watched him.
"Joey, I'm sure they're fine."
"How do ya know that?! They could need are help or somethin' and we ain't there!"
Tea raised a finger to her chin,"I doubt that. You heard Sydney when she told us -"
' If you two remain here and watch over Mokuba, than everything will be fine. Garuza will aide you if need any help. Don't worry about the three of us, we've got enough power to worde off a whole army of his mind zombies.'
" - see?"
Joey stopped pacing as Tea repeated the words Sydney had told them before she turned to join both Yugi and Kaiba. It was going to take some time to get used to seeing Kaiba and Yugi walking around together but he even knew that in this situation, it didn't matter.
The blonde turned to look at Mokuba's sleeping figure. He was lying across the couch of the Kaiba mansion and had one of his legs sprawled across Tea's lap. She didn't seem to really mind as the black haired boy tossed and turned every once in awhile to re-adjust his body position.
"Atleast one of us can sleep, ya know?" Joey said throwing a grin at Tea as he looked down at the sleeping figure.
"Yeah, but he's also the only one who trusts the fact that Kaiba and Yugi have to fight together."
"Good point."
"It's so beautiful!"
Kaiba rolled his eyes and snatched the jewel from her hands,"Looks like junk to me."
Sydney and Yami both narrowed their eyes at him shouting in unison,"That is a mystical item, it is NOT junk!"
Kaiba was more or less frozen in shock and he slowly raised his hands in a quick defensive from their sudden outburst. He obviously had disrespected them some how but he couldn't help that this whole thing was so hard to believe. First Sydney, than his visions, and than the whore house. Now they finally found the item and were on their way back to his mansion to drop it off. He continued to walk along side the two as they talked and he couldn't help but feel jealous.
"Hopefully everyone is alright," Sydney said softly as Yami snuck a glance at her.
"I am sure Garuza has them well protected," Yami said with a comforting smile,"He is your father's knight, is he not?"
At this time, Kaiba had stopped walking and was now standing with his mouth hanging open. Yami and Sydney didn't seem to notice as he stood staring ahead of them, his face filled with not only horror but fear. Instead, the two continued their conversation as though nothing were wrong.
Sydney beamed at the mention of her father,"He's the best knight my father had after Tskusa. He's so loyal and skillful but unfortunately over protective as well."
"Indeed he is."
Kaiba suddenly sneered,"I hate to interrupt this little 'chat' but I think we have a situation here."
"What?"
"Yeah, what are you talking about Seto?"
Kaiba sighed angrily and raised his hands to gesture to his mansion. The two slowly raised their gaze and let their eyes run over the mansion. Sydney's mouth hung open and she suddenly took off towards it but was caught by Kaiba, his hands gripping her upper arms. Yami continued to look on as the mansion he had once known to be standing high and tall....... was now burning in a mass of crimson flames.
"No!" Sydney cried out as she buried her face into Kaiba's chest,"Not Mokuba! No!"
Kaiba let his eyes burn into the remains of his home, his mind wondering of the safety of his younger sibling,"I swear, Sydney. If Mokuba is hurt-"
"He's fine."
The three figures turned to see Garuza emerging from a small cluster of trees, the black haired boy running in front of him toward Kaiba and Sydney. Kaiba suddenly lost his grip on Sydney and met Mokuba in a quick stride, opening his arms as Mokuba rushed to him, gripping onto his waist.
"Seto!"
"Mokuba, you're alright," Kaiba sighed in relief,"I swear if you had been hurt, I don't know what I would have done."
Sydney approached the boy as he took a step backward from Kaiba and turned to her. She placed her hands upon his shoulders, tears streaming down her face. Mokuba tried his best to smile as she pulled him to her, crushing him against her chest tightly, relieved and happy that the boy was alright. Kaiba couldn't help but smile as he slowly placed his hands on her arms, slowly removing her from him.
"Let him breath, Sydney," He said softly as she raised to her feet again, this time engulfing herself into his strong arms,"What happened Mokuba?"
Mokuba bit his lip,"I don't know! I was sleeping when it happened. All I remember is waking up coughing cause the smoke was everywhere. Than I felt a hand on my shoulder and was lifted into the air. I found out just a second ago that it was Garuza who saved me."
"Joey and Tea," Yami suddenly said from the other side of them,"Where are they?"
Garuza turned to the young pharoah,"I am afraid I do not know. I did not have time to search for them but I doubt they are still inside."
"Than where?" Sydney asked them all,"Where could they have gone? They wouldn't have left Mokuba by himself."
Kaiba tilted his head upward to look at the remains of his mansion. It was gone - everything he owned was gone. Atleast Mokuba was alright, as long as his brother was safe, than his money didn't matter. He suddenly began to gaze into the flames of the building, his eyes focusing in on their shade and intensity. Suddenly a hand shot up toward his forehead and he buckled to his knees.
"Seto?"
He raised another hand to his forehead, both of them now clutching his temples as the image filled him. The sound of screaming, the setting of the fire, the smell of the gasoline - it all overwhelmed him and he began to shout.
Sydney tried to grip his shoulders,"Seto! Seto? Is it a vision? Tell me what you see!!"
Kaiba barely heard her voice over the intensity of pain he was feeling. He shouted up towards the sky, his body trembling at the impact of his vision. Mokuba had backed away, his eyes watering in fear that his brother were hurt but stopped once a hand came down upon his shoulder. He turned to see Yami and he tried his best to smile as the pharoah continued to watch the two that were now on the ground.
"Fire..." Kaiba sputtered, suddenly realizing he was losing the ability to speak,"Gasoline...screaming..."
Sydney watched him cry out in pain and tears began to slide down her cheeks,"What else? Seto, come on you can do this!"
Another image flew past his eyes and Kaiba yelped at the pain that came after it,"I see... a building... it looks like... the museum in southern Domino..."
He gripped his head tighter and uttered a loud boisterious yell,"DAMN IT STOP IT ALREADY!!"
As quickly as it had begun, the visions withdrew as they had done the first time he had experienced them. They slowly went in reverse, showing him last minute glimpses than disappeared as quickly as they came, leaving him on his hands and knees, gasping for breath.
'This could take some getting used to,' Kaiba thought to himself, 'Of all the powers in the world, I get the one that will probably drop my intelligence and fry my brain...'
Atleast he was awake this time....
Sydney's hands swept up to brush the hair from his eyes,"You scared me."
Kaiba suddenly stopped her hands and stood up, swaying slightly as the world began to spin.
"Seto, don't! You're too weak you -"
"I can take care of myself," Kaiba snapped as she studied his sudden drunken walk,"I don't need you or -"
His words stopped abruptly as his eyes suddenly flashed and his vision went blank, his body losing its will to stand and began falling forward. Sydney was sent to the ground on her behind at the force of his body's fall against her own, her body strained and pinned beneath his. She remained motionless as she studied Kaiba's position, raising a hand to immediately check for a pulse. A sigh of relief released from her soft lips as she felt the faint thump of his heart.
"Seto!" Mokuba cried as he watched the scene unfold.
Kaiba's eyes were closed, his breathing steady.... he had passed out...
.....again.
"Uhhhhhh...."
Joey's eyes fluttered open and he was met with darkness.
"Hey... where am I?"
A laugh suddenly scared the blonde and Joey jumped - or attempted to for he now realized he was restricted in doing so. He tried to move his hands but another tug caused him to release a sound of pain at the tightening of the ropes that restricted him.
"I wouldn't try that again," A voice spoke softly,"You might cut off the blood flow."
"Who's dere?!"
Another laugh eminated and Joey cringed. The figure slowly drew into the light and revealed himself to Joey. Joey's caramel eyes fell over the figure and he was still left confused, even more so!
"Kaiba?!"
The figure laughed harder,"Appears that way, doesn't it?"
Joey blinked. He sounded like Kaiba - well sorta, he certainly looked like Kaiba and he even had the same annoying attitude as the brunette Joey dreamed of decking. The blonde narrowed his eyes as he realized the difference. This Kaiba was the same except for one small almost unnoticing flaw.
His eyes were green.
'Kaiba's got blue eyes that look like ice, I'm sure of it now!' Joey nodded as he realized this, ' That guy's not Kaiba at all but he looks so much like 'em!'
"Who are ya?!"
The man laughed harder,"I am Seto."
Joey blinked again - this only confused him further!
The man snorted and took a step toward him, placing a finger upon the blonde's forehead,"I may look like that man, Kaiba but I am Seto and he's the descendent of my line. He is quite pathetic in this time though and I'm here to take his place."
"Take his place?! How in da hell-"
"Shhhhhh..." The anchient priest silenced him,"My master, Tskusa insured me wealth and power and I do not doubt that I will recieve these."
"How are ya gonna do dat?!" Joey demanded as he bucked against the binds that held him.
"I'm going to kill him and than that stupid princess bitch."
Joey panicked,"WHAT?!"
'No, no no no no!' Joey's mind shouted,'I gotta get out a here!'
The priest turned from the dumbfounded teenager and laughed.
"Go ahead and try, weakling," He said with a chuckle,"A wild dragon couldn't break those magical binds."
"No!" Joey shouted as he heard the clank of a door shutting,"No, somebody help me! Tea, Tristan-
YUUUUGGGI!!"
Wowzers! What a chapter the last one was! So Kaiba and Sydney are ::coughs:: distracted and Yami is stuck with having to make a very..well... interesting decision. So what will he do....hmmmmm... lol... I bet you guys are suprised in the turn this story took but I assure you this will all hold significance at the end of the story and I am still sticking with what I orginally said in the beginning - this story will not hold a happy ending. Just keep that in mind. Well, on with the fic!
Disclaimer: Consider this a disclaimer cause I'm just so tired of typing it.
Chapter Seventeen: Let's get down to buisness!
"Miss... I.."
His sentence was drowned out by the sound of a door opening. Yami quickly spun around to see none other than Sydney and Kaiba stepping out. Sydney was fiddling with her hair and Kaiba was following closely behind, his hands moving to tuck his shirt back into his pants. They both exchanged a couple words as they stopped outside the door. Yami looked up at the ceiling briefly to say a silent thank you to god and quickly raised a hand for their assistance.
"Sydney! Kaiba! I found it," Yami said loudly over the commotion in the room.
Sydney was the first to hear Yami's remark and turned to look down the hallway. Yami watched her say a couple words to Kaiba, than grab his coat by the front, dragging him to follow her the rest of the way. Once they reached him, Kaiba removed her hand from him and raised a gaze to the slender woman beside Yami.
"Well, Lei we meet again," Kaiba flashed a deep smirk and Lei fumed under his gaze. She took a step forward, raising a hand to his face, nearly colliding it into his nose during her blast of fury.
"You tell anyone about this and.. and..."
"You'll what?" Kaiba challenged not erasing his smirk,"You can't do a thing."
Sydney and Yami exchanged confused looks. The two continued to exchange sounds of anger as the other two were left to look on not knowing what they were talking about. Lei raised her hand to slap him but Kaiba just chuckled. Sydney suddenly slapped the side of his arm, causing Lei to lower her hand as Kaiba gave her an annoyed look. Kaiba let his anger dwindle when he realized the angry look on her face from the display he had just put on. He undoubtly must have made it look far more than what it was.
"Care to clue us in?" Sydney said angrily,"Or do you wish us to leave you two alone?"
Kaiba snorted and looked to Lei briefly,"I know her from school."
"Oh?" Sydney remarked than looked to the girl,"So why are you two arguing than?"
Lei looked away from Kaiba as he laughed to himself and crossed her arms,"He's threatening to tell everyone about my job."
Yami raised his brow and smirked,"You will have no problem giving us the key than."
"What?" Both Kaiba, Sydney and Lei responded in unison, but only Lei knew what he was talking about.
Yami gestured to the glass case as he spoke,"That is what we're looking for but only she has the key."
Kaiba smirked and took a step toward her, ready to take on the challenge. Sydney saw the look in his eyes as he went forward, outstretching his hand and waiting for her to place the key into his palm.
"Give me the key and your little 'job' will be safe between us," Kaiba told her firmly,"Otherwise, you will be the object of ridicule come Monday."
Lei growled,"You insensitive-"
Kaiba shook his head and made a sound of disapproval as he let his finger move from side to side,"One more word and I swear I will have it in newspapers by the time the night's out."
Lei balled her fists than finally placed the key in his hand grudgedly, muttering,""I will get you back for this."
"So you think."
Sydney rolled her eyes,"Seto, you can be so obnoxious sometimes."
She had been watching the scene but knew she couldn't have stopped it. There was no other way to get the key from her - this way was the only one that was the quickest. Lei slowly turned from them after the key had been given and made her way back to the commotion in the room. She made brief eye contact with Yami again than moved on, her figure disappearing into the large mass.
Kaiba flashed Sydney a grin once Lei left,"Only makes you want me more, huh?"
Sydney fumed and smacked his arm,"Why you-"
Yami looked to the two and raised a hand to his forehead,"Stop it already."
Kaiba and Sydney both looked to him.
"What's your problem?" Kaiba snapped as Yami eyed him wearily.
"Couldn't you have handled that in a more.... respectable manner?" Yami asked him as Kaiba's eyed glazed over in anger.
"Respectable?!" Kaiba began to raise his voice as Sydney took a hold of his arm to hold him back,"I'll give you respectable!"
"That's enough!" Sydney told them both as Yami turned to look into the depths of the crowd. Kaiba slowly removed Sydney from his arm and examined the pharoah as he gazed at the open space where Lei once stood.
"You have got it bad for her."
Yami blushed at Kaiba's statement but refused to turn back around to face them. He knew his blush would be a dead giveaway. He had to admit, the woman had been quite beautiful but he certainly didn't agree with the occupation she was holding. She had been so kind to him in the beginning and her face constantly burned an image into his brain, but he knew nothing could become of it. He was merely a soul and this was Yugi's body - not his.
"I'm afraid you're wrong," Yami said finally turning to face the two,"I was merely concerned for her feelings. She is a woman after all."
Kaiba snorted,"And?"
Sydney narrowed her eyes at Kaiba's response and suddenly turned away from him,"So that's how you feel?"
He suddenly realized what he had just said,"Wait.. no that's not what-"
"I hate to interrupt you," Yami cut in once again,"But we must find the other two relics. We cannot continually waste our time."
Sydney slowly lowered her arms and nodded,"You're right."
Kaiba raised the key, holding it up for Sydney to take it freely,"Care to do the honors?"
"Of course."
"Grrrrrr!!" Joey continued to pace back and forth constantly. Tea lifted her head as she studied Joey as he paced endlessly. Her eyebrow began to twitch and she finally just stuck her foot out and tripped him, causing him to face fault right into the floor. He stood up and spun around angrily to glare at her.
"What ya do that for?!"
Tea returned his glare,"Your pacing is making me nervous! Just sit down, Joey! Everything's fine."
"Are ya kiddin' me?!" Joey exclaimed,"The world is in danger or somethin' and ya telling me everythin' is fine?!"
Tea blinked.
Joey ruffled his hair with both his hands in frustration, causing the blonde mop to fluster and become mussled. He began to pace again, causing Tea to narrow her eyes as she watched him.
"Joey, I'm sure they're fine."
"How do ya know that?! They could need are help or somethin' and we ain't there!"
Tea raised a finger to her chin,"I doubt that. You heard Sydney when she told us -"
' If you two remain here and watch over Mokuba, than everything will be fine. Garuza will aide you if need any help. Don't worry about the three of us, we've got enough power to worde off a whole army of his mind zombies.'
" - see?"
Joey stopped pacing as Tea repeated the words Sydney had told them before she turned to join both Yugi and Kaiba. It was going to take some time to get used to seeing Kaiba and Yugi walking around together but he even knew that in this situation, it didn't matter.
The blonde turned to look at Mokuba's sleeping figure. He was lying across the couch of the Kaiba mansion and had one of his legs sprawled across Tea's lap. She didn't seem to really mind as the black haired boy tossed and turned every once in awhile to re-adjust his body position.
"Atleast one of us can sleep, ya know?" Joey said throwing a grin at Tea as he looked down at the sleeping figure.
"Yeah, but he's also the only one who trusts the fact that Kaiba and Yugi have to fight together."
"Good point."
"It's so beautiful!"
Kaiba rolled his eyes and snatched the jewel from her hands,"Looks like junk to me."
Sydney and Yami both narrowed their eyes at him shouting in unison,"That is a mystical item, it is NOT junk!"
Kaiba was more or less frozen in shock and he slowly raised his hands in a quick defensive from their sudden outburst. He obviously had disrespected them some how but he couldn't help that this whole thing was so hard to believe. First Sydney, than his visions, and than the whore house. Now they finally found the item and were on their way back to his mansion to drop it off. He continued to walk along side the two as they talked and he couldn't help but feel jealous.
"Hopefully everyone is alright," Sydney said softly as Yami snuck a glance at her.
"I am sure Garuza has them well protected," Yami said with a comforting smile,"He is your father's knight, is he not?"
At this time, Kaiba had stopped walking and was now standing with his mouth hanging open. Yami and Sydney didn't seem to notice as he stood staring ahead of them, his face filled with not only horror but fear. Instead, the two continued their conversation as though nothing were wrong.
Sydney beamed at the mention of her father,"He's the best knight my father had after Tskusa. He's so loyal and skillful but unfortunately over protective as well."
"Indeed he is."
Kaiba suddenly sneered,"I hate to interrupt this little 'chat' but I think we have a situation here."
"What?"
"Yeah, what are you talking about Seto?"
Kaiba sighed angrily and raised his hands to gesture to his mansion. The two slowly raised their gaze and let their eyes run over the mansion. Sydney's mouth hung open and she suddenly took off towards it but was caught by Kaiba, his hands gripping her upper arms. Yami continued to look on as the mansion he had once known to be standing high and tall....... was now burning in a mass of crimson flames.
"No!" Sydney cried out as she buried her face into Kaiba's chest,"Not Mokuba! No!"
Kaiba let his eyes burn into the remains of his home, his mind wondering of the safety of his younger sibling,"I swear, Sydney. If Mokuba is hurt-"
"He's fine."
The three figures turned to see Garuza emerging from a small cluster of trees, the black haired boy running in front of him toward Kaiba and Sydney. Kaiba suddenly lost his grip on Sydney and met Mokuba in a quick stride, opening his arms as Mokuba rushed to him, gripping onto his waist.
"Seto!"
"Mokuba, you're alright," Kaiba sighed in relief,"I swear if you had been hurt, I don't know what I would have done."
Sydney approached the boy as he took a step backward from Kaiba and turned to her. She placed her hands upon his shoulders, tears streaming down her face. Mokuba tried his best to smile as she pulled him to her, crushing him against her chest tightly, relieved and happy that the boy was alright. Kaiba couldn't help but smile as he slowly placed his hands on her arms, slowly removing her from him.
"Let him breath, Sydney," He said softly as she raised to her feet again, this time engulfing herself into his strong arms,"What happened Mokuba?"
Mokuba bit his lip,"I don't know! I was sleeping when it happened. All I remember is waking up coughing cause the smoke was everywhere. Than I felt a hand on my shoulder and was lifted into the air. I found out just a second ago that it was Garuza who saved me."
"Joey and Tea," Yami suddenly said from the other side of them,"Where are they?"
Garuza turned to the young pharoah,"I am afraid I do not know. I did not have time to search for them but I doubt they are still inside."
"Than where?" Sydney asked them all,"Where could they have gone? They wouldn't have left Mokuba by himself."
Kaiba tilted his head upward to look at the remains of his mansion. It was gone - everything he owned was gone. Atleast Mokuba was alright, as long as his brother was safe, than his money didn't matter. He suddenly began to gaze into the flames of the building, his eyes focusing in on their shade and intensity. Suddenly a hand shot up toward his forehead and he buckled to his knees.
"Seto?"
He raised another hand to his forehead, both of them now clutching his temples as the image filled him. The sound of screaming, the setting of the fire, the smell of the gasoline - it all overwhelmed him and he began to shout.
Sydney tried to grip his shoulders,"Seto! Seto? Is it a vision? Tell me what you see!!"
Kaiba barely heard her voice over the intensity of pain he was feeling. He shouted up towards the sky, his body trembling at the impact of his vision. Mokuba had backed away, his eyes watering in fear that his brother were hurt but stopped once a hand came down upon his shoulder. He turned to see Yami and he tried his best to smile as the pharoah continued to watch the two that were now on the ground.
"Fire..." Kaiba sputtered, suddenly realizing he was losing the ability to speak,"Gasoline...screaming..."
Sydney watched him cry out in pain and tears began to slide down her cheeks,"What else? Seto, come on you can do this!"
Another image flew past his eyes and Kaiba yelped at the pain that came after it,"I see... a building... it looks like... the museum in southern Domino..."
He gripped his head tighter and uttered a loud boisterious yell,"DAMN IT STOP IT ALREADY!!"
As quickly as it had begun, the visions withdrew as they had done the first time he had experienced them. They slowly went in reverse, showing him last minute glimpses than disappeared as quickly as they came, leaving him on his hands and knees, gasping for breath.
'This could take some getting used to,' Kaiba thought to himself, 'Of all the powers in the world, I get the one that will probably drop my intelligence and fry my brain...'
Atleast he was awake this time....
Sydney's hands swept up to brush the hair from his eyes,"You scared me."
Kaiba suddenly stopped her hands and stood up, swaying slightly as the world began to spin.
"Seto, don't! You're too weak you -"
"I can take care of myself," Kaiba snapped as she studied his sudden drunken walk,"I don't need you or -"
His words stopped abruptly as his eyes suddenly flashed and his vision went blank, his body losing its will to stand and began falling forward. Sydney was sent to the ground on her behind at the force of his body's fall against her own, her body strained and pinned beneath his. She remained motionless as she studied Kaiba's position, raising a hand to immediately check for a pulse. A sigh of relief released from her soft lips as she felt the faint thump of his heart.
"Seto!" Mokuba cried as he watched the scene unfold.
Kaiba's eyes were closed, his breathing steady.... he had passed out...
.....again.
"Uhhhhhh...."
Joey's eyes fluttered open and he was met with darkness.
"Hey... where am I?"
A laugh suddenly scared the blonde and Joey jumped - or attempted to for he now realized he was restricted in doing so. He tried to move his hands but another tug caused him to release a sound of pain at the tightening of the ropes that restricted him.
"I wouldn't try that again," A voice spoke softly,"You might cut off the blood flow."
"Who's dere?!"
Another laugh eminated and Joey cringed. The figure slowly drew into the light and revealed himself to Joey. Joey's caramel eyes fell over the figure and he was still left confused, even more so!
"Kaiba?!"
The figure laughed harder,"Appears that way, doesn't it?"
Joey blinked. He sounded like Kaiba - well sorta, he certainly looked like Kaiba and he even had the same annoying attitude as the brunette Joey dreamed of decking. The blonde narrowed his eyes as he realized the difference. This Kaiba was the same except for one small almost unnoticing flaw.
His eyes were green.
'Kaiba's got blue eyes that look like ice, I'm sure of it now!' Joey nodded as he realized this, ' That guy's not Kaiba at all but he looks so much like 'em!'
"Who are ya?!"
The man laughed harder,"I am Seto."
Joey blinked again - this only confused him further!
The man snorted and took a step toward him, placing a finger upon the blonde's forehead,"I may look like that man, Kaiba but I am Seto and he's the descendent of my line. He is quite pathetic in this time though and I'm here to take his place."
"Take his place?! How in da hell-"
"Shhhhhh..." The anchient priest silenced him,"My master, Tskusa insured me wealth and power and I do not doubt that I will recieve these."
"How are ya gonna do dat?!" Joey demanded as he bucked against the binds that held him.
"I'm going to kill him and than that stupid princess bitch."
Joey panicked,"WHAT?!"
'No, no no no no!' Joey's mind shouted,'I gotta get out a here!'
The priest turned from the dumbfounded teenager and laughed.
"Go ahead and try, weakling," He said with a chuckle,"A wild dragon couldn't break those magical binds."
"No!" Joey shouted as he heard the clank of a door shutting,"No, somebody help me! Tea, Tristan-
YUUUUGGGI!!"
