Yugi woke up before the sun rose that morning. He rushed pulling on the
shirt; he clinked the Millennium Puzzle louder then usual, waking the
spirit. 'Yugi . . .why are we rushing this early . . .'
'We have to get to Kaiba Corp. as quick as possible.' Even his voice was hurried. Yugi dashed to the door opening it as quick as humanly possible. 'I'm coming Joey, just hang in there.' He raced into the night, melting in with the total twilight of the city.
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Kaiba was busy with preparations of his own, 'I can't see why I'm even helping them. It's not like I like Wheeler or anything, personally if he was missing I wouldn't care at all.'
"S-Seto . . .w-why are you up so early?" Mokuba stumbled in half asleep. 'Oh crap! I forgot to tell Mokuba about this whole ordeal!'
"I have to go into 'Kingdom Hearts'" Immediately, Mokuba's eyes lit up with a fire.
"You mean the GAME 'Kingdom Hearts'? OH! I beat that game . . ." Mokuba gave his brother a suspicious glance, "why would you go in there?"
Kaiba sighed; "we lost a puppy and have to get him back . . ." Mokuba gave a confused look but then understood.
"You mean . . .you're looking for JOEY?"
"Yes, he got kidnapped so I have reason to believe he's in there."
"Can I go? I beat the game so I know lots about AND I might be able to help . .please?!" Mokuba put on his "puppy eyes." Kaiba sighed and nodded.
"OK, but just find the idiots that are going in here with me . . ."
"OK!!!" Mokuba raced off into the hallway.
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Joey stared out at the darkness; time seemed to go as slow as molasses. 'I hate this, I'm just standing around waiting for my own death.'
"The time has come Joey. You're death is approaching . . .shortly." the shadows seemed to speak.
"I know," he whispered, "I know."
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Yugi finally met up with Tea and Tristan after a long time of running alone. Serenity surprisingly was moving idly along with Tristan.
"Serenity, you really shouldn't give up hope this easily. We'll find him, promise." Tea reassured. Tears welled up in her eyes.
"I-I . . .don't know, what-what if he's g-gone . . ." sunlight was now casting over the silent city. Yugi began to feel as much doubt about getting Joey back has Serenity but tried to hide it.
"LOOK! KAIBA CORP.'S JUST AHEAD!" hope began to spring out of nowhere. Serenity raced ahead of everyone else. "Come on, you guys are giving up so easily." The trio gave each other weird glances and went off to chase her back into the daylight.
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Ansum eyed where the blond teen was being held. 'Funny, he's giving in so easily. I wasn't really expecting that, but oh well! His friends won't event think to look here.' He glanced behind him, 'Hallow Bastion, perfect place to hide prisoners.'
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"YO KAIBA! WE'RE HERE!" Tristan yelled down the dark hallway. "Kaiba . . .oh great he's not here." He hissed. "Looks like we can't depend on Kaiba for anything . . .loud mouth rich-" Tristan stopped the sentence . . .Kaiba was standing right in front of him.
"As you were saying Tristan." Kaiba scorned sarcastically. "Unless you want to find Wheeler's dead body and not him, we better get moving or you can just go back home." After a few snaps by Tristan, they set off into the lab. It looked basically like the last time Yugi and friends had traveled to Kaiba Corp., instead of saving Joey; they were on a rescue mission to save Kaiba. Pods were spread out everywhere.
"Um Kaiba . . .isn't there an extra one?" Yugi looked around and counted six. Kaiba eyed Yugi like HE had six eyes.
"You didn't think that I'd leave Mokuba at Kaiba Corp. alone? I think everything is set you can get in now." The six got in. "VIRTUAL UPLOAD!" Streams of energy of poured out of nowhere.
'This is it. We're going into the Kingdom Hearts!' Yugi looked at the spirit.
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Ansum appeared out of the shadows again. "Well, I think you've waited long enough." His hand turned bright yellow; he placed it upon Joey's neck.
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Joey began to yelp in pain.
"This well just make it slow and painful . . .coarse how would you know? You understand nothing."
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"
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The streams of light faded around the six. Serenity looked around left and right. "This . . .this wasn't where my brother was in the game."
"Of coarse it isn't. This is Mokuba's game, he beat it so I reset it to Hallow Bastion." Kaiba hissed, "I can do that, you know." A yelp was heard in the far distance:
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Everyone but Kaiba and Mokuba flinched.
"Joey!" Yugi gasped.
"BIG BROTHER!" Serenity ran off into the darkness, "WHERE ARE YOU!! JOEY!"
'I can't have her run though this game along.' Kaiba and Mokuba ran off into the black earth.
"S-Seto, I'm scared." Mokuba began hugging Kaiba's side.
"Don't be. It's just darkness." The screams were coming closer . . .a light show though the darkness.
"JOEY!!" Serernity ran in front of Ansum to block his attacks on him.
"SERENITY YOU IDIOT! GET OUT OF THE WAY!!" Kaiba bolted towards Ansum, catching the blows that would normally kill someone. "AH-" the scream stopped and Kaiba fell to the ground. First breathing hard . . .then it stopped.
"SETO!" Mokuba ran to his brother's side. "He-he can't be dead . . .NO!!!"
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'We have to get to Kaiba Corp. as quick as possible.' Even his voice was hurried. Yugi dashed to the door opening it as quick as humanly possible. 'I'm coming Joey, just hang in there.' He raced into the night, melting in with the total twilight of the city.
-*
Kaiba was busy with preparations of his own, 'I can't see why I'm even helping them. It's not like I like Wheeler or anything, personally if he was missing I wouldn't care at all.'
"S-Seto . . .w-why are you up so early?" Mokuba stumbled in half asleep. 'Oh crap! I forgot to tell Mokuba about this whole ordeal!'
"I have to go into 'Kingdom Hearts'" Immediately, Mokuba's eyes lit up with a fire.
"You mean the GAME 'Kingdom Hearts'? OH! I beat that game . . ." Mokuba gave his brother a suspicious glance, "why would you go in there?"
Kaiba sighed; "we lost a puppy and have to get him back . . ." Mokuba gave a confused look but then understood.
"You mean . . .you're looking for JOEY?"
"Yes, he got kidnapped so I have reason to believe he's in there."
"Can I go? I beat the game so I know lots about AND I might be able to help . .please?!" Mokuba put on his "puppy eyes." Kaiba sighed and nodded.
"OK, but just find the idiots that are going in here with me . . ."
"OK!!!" Mokuba raced off into the hallway.
-*
Joey stared out at the darkness; time seemed to go as slow as molasses. 'I hate this, I'm just standing around waiting for my own death.'
"The time has come Joey. You're death is approaching . . .shortly." the shadows seemed to speak.
"I know," he whispered, "I know."
-*
Yugi finally met up with Tea and Tristan after a long time of running alone. Serenity surprisingly was moving idly along with Tristan.
"Serenity, you really shouldn't give up hope this easily. We'll find him, promise." Tea reassured. Tears welled up in her eyes.
"I-I . . .don't know, what-what if he's g-gone . . ." sunlight was now casting over the silent city. Yugi began to feel as much doubt about getting Joey back has Serenity but tried to hide it.
"LOOK! KAIBA CORP.'S JUST AHEAD!" hope began to spring out of nowhere. Serenity raced ahead of everyone else. "Come on, you guys are giving up so easily." The trio gave each other weird glances and went off to chase her back into the daylight.
-*
Ansum eyed where the blond teen was being held. 'Funny, he's giving in so easily. I wasn't really expecting that, but oh well! His friends won't event think to look here.' He glanced behind him, 'Hallow Bastion, perfect place to hide prisoners.'
-*
"YO KAIBA! WE'RE HERE!" Tristan yelled down the dark hallway. "Kaiba . . .oh great he's not here." He hissed. "Looks like we can't depend on Kaiba for anything . . .loud mouth rich-" Tristan stopped the sentence . . .Kaiba was standing right in front of him.
"As you were saying Tristan." Kaiba scorned sarcastically. "Unless you want to find Wheeler's dead body and not him, we better get moving or you can just go back home." After a few snaps by Tristan, they set off into the lab. It looked basically like the last time Yugi and friends had traveled to Kaiba Corp., instead of saving Joey; they were on a rescue mission to save Kaiba. Pods were spread out everywhere.
"Um Kaiba . . .isn't there an extra one?" Yugi looked around and counted six. Kaiba eyed Yugi like HE had six eyes.
"You didn't think that I'd leave Mokuba at Kaiba Corp. alone? I think everything is set you can get in now." The six got in. "VIRTUAL UPLOAD!" Streams of energy of poured out of nowhere.
'This is it. We're going into the Kingdom Hearts!' Yugi looked at the spirit.
-*
Ansum appeared out of the shadows again. "Well, I think you've waited long enough." His hand turned bright yellow; he placed it upon Joey's neck.
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Joey began to yelp in pain.
"This well just make it slow and painful . . .coarse how would you know? You understand nothing."
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"
-*
The streams of light faded around the six. Serenity looked around left and right. "This . . .this wasn't where my brother was in the game."
"Of coarse it isn't. This is Mokuba's game, he beat it so I reset it to Hallow Bastion." Kaiba hissed, "I can do that, you know." A yelp was heard in the far distance:
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Everyone but Kaiba and Mokuba flinched.
"Joey!" Yugi gasped.
"BIG BROTHER!" Serenity ran off into the darkness, "WHERE ARE YOU!! JOEY!"
'I can't have her run though this game along.' Kaiba and Mokuba ran off into the black earth.
"S-Seto, I'm scared." Mokuba began hugging Kaiba's side.
"Don't be. It's just darkness." The screams were coming closer . . .a light show though the darkness.
"JOEY!!" Serernity ran in front of Ansum to block his attacks on him.
"SERENITY YOU IDIOT! GET OUT OF THE WAY!!" Kaiba bolted towards Ansum, catching the blows that would normally kill someone. "AH-" the scream stopped and Kaiba fell to the ground. First breathing hard . . .then it stopped.
"SETO!" Mokuba ran to his brother's side. "He-he can't be dead . . .NO!!!"
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