Blue Destiny
Copyright information: Yugi-oh, the title and characters are all owned and copyrighted by Kazuki Takahashi, and Weekly shonen jump publication. Viz, and 4-kids are owners of the manga and anime of Yugi-Oh. Upper Deck and Konomi are owners of the trading cards and video games. All likeness to persons living or dead is purely coincidence. By the way all original characters were created by E.J. Lawrence.
Author's notes: Time frame of this story takes place while Yugi and the others are in Memory world and the Kaiba brothers are in America. This just after the Battle city tournament, and is the current arch that is running in the manga. Where the heck the Dorma saga came from I don't know, but I've gotta give them credit that he is an interesting character. ^_^ Enjoy.
I should note that I'm using the names from the original version of the show and comic.
Chapter 1: Venture City
Venture City is a midsized metropolis that is situated somewhere between L.A. and San Francisco California. Its history is all full of risks, being that it's situated nearest the beach and ranks as one of the best places to catch good waves among surfers. The city was established during the gold rush, and the economy has always been driven by small and big business alike. Those still looking for gold in the stock market have made the Venture a well known name in both the East and Midwest. Even its city motto has a gambling theme, "Venture City, population 10,985. The city that takes risks."
So it was little wonder that Seto Kaiba had decided to build the North American version of Kaiba World on the outskirts of the city. He'd rented out a large office space on the upper floors of the Shamira building for Kaiba Corp. head quarters. Here was where he planed on setting into motion his most ambitious project to date. The creation of a large scaled version of Kaiba world that he'd created in Domino City. After his defeat at Yuugi's hand during Battle City he'd decided to follow what he'd been dreaming about for two years or so, a theme park that was designed for kids that didn't have much. He knew what it was like to have little or nothing to your name, he had lived it when he and his younger brother Mokuba were in an orphanage, and he wanted to give kids like that a chance to have some fun and forget their worries.
Kaiba Corp. in Japan was dealing with the designs and machines that would go in the park; these bits he'd left in capable hands back home. Right now what he was dealing with was finding an area of land, and his eyes had been set on a section of land that was just north of the city. It was the perfect place for Kaiba World, an area that met with the beach and could be accessed easily by car, or boat. Not to mention the beach side resorts that could be set up to pay for the free passes for schools and other clubs and organizations. The money from the sales of room and board at the hotels would go into a pool and pay for the tickets for the kids that would come in to the park.
He'd designed this for Mokuba, and wanted it to be just right. His little brother's reaction was the biggest test, and Seto was hoping that this new park would pass with flying colors. Only trouble was that he was having a heck of a time acquiring the acreage. In the past two weeks he'd hit wall after wall in trying to make deals with sponsors for different rides and to pay for the land. The problem being he was only sixteen and the head of his own corporation, and while the American businessmen were impressed with him, they didn't trust the word of a boy who wasn't even out of high school yet.
"Who was he," they'd cried, "to think they would just hand over cash without seeing plans, and other blueprints of this so-called Kaiba world!"
It was these meetings that he was dreading, and it was such a meeting he was going to have that afternoon. It was with a company that was well known and famous in the west; as big as the name Kaiba was when it came to technology for Duel Monsters, the name Magic and Wizards was known here in the State as, the name Blue Destiny was synonymous with video games. Seto had seen some of them back in Domino High, being played with on portable game players. Visually they were stunning, and certainly easy to play and extremely fun. So Seto knew that this wasn't going to be an easy sell, after all Blue Destiny was known for it's want of details and full summery of how the money was going to be spent.
He sighed and leaned back in his chair, glancing up at Mokuba who was sitting on a black leather couch, looking out the window at the boardwalk across the way. People were rushing about on skates and skateboards. There were performers, and magicians, and at the furthest end a small permanent carnival park with rides and games. Seto saw his little brother stare longingly out at the crowded walk and he walked over to see what was so interesting.
"Looks like fun," Seto said and Mokuba nodded.
"Yeah, it does. But I'm fine; I like just hanging out while you work Seto."
Mokuba smiled, and Seto felt a little tug at his heart. He was glad that Mokuba liked being around him, and was grateful for the company, but he still wanted him to have fun. After all it was his first visit to the States, and he didn't want Mokuba cooped up in an office building all day long.
"Well, if you want you could go to the walk, and check out the shops down there…"
Mokuba gave his brother an incredulous look and Seto laughed, "Why the shocked look?"
"Well, I wasn't…you mean it…I can go there?" Mokuba said suddenly smiling, and Seto nodded.
"Yeah, I figure it's too nice a day to have you stuck in here, there's nothing to do but stare at the sky. Besides you'll be board out of your mind during the meeting I've gotta go to."
Mokuba jumped up and hugged his brother tightly around the waist, he'd wanted to check out the boardwalk since the moment he'd seen it when they arrived in Venture. He had hopped that Seto could have come with him, but his big brother had been extra busy and Mokuba didn't want to become a pest or a distraction so he'd sat there quietly: reading a comic or watching the flat screen tv, or just staring out the window, until Seto was done with work for the day.
"Any way you can sneak out for a little while and come with me?" Mokuba asked, he knew the answer would undoubtedly be 'No', but he had to ask anyway.
Seto shook his head, he would have liked to take a break, but work came first, especially now. "Sorry Mokuba, but I've got to get this done first…" he paused then added, "But I'll come down and meet you there for lunch right after my meeting, okay."
"Sure big brother," Mokuba said and Seto pulled fifty dollars American out of his wallet handing it to Mokuba. "Uh, what's this for?"
"Heard the gift shops are a bit expensive," Seto shrugged, "Just don't spend it on one thing, okay."
Mokuba gave his brother another tight hug and ran for the door, thinking, "This is going to be fun!"
"Hold up," Seto called to him as he hit the button on his phone for his secretary Amy.
"Good afternoon Mr. Kaiba," purred the young woman's voice, and Mokuba made a face. Seto smiled at him; Mokuba didn't like Amy because she was always trying to flirt with Seto, and he knew it. Not that he minded Amy was an attractive woman, just not his type.
"Amy, got a job for you. Is Lucy Housen busy right now?"
"No Mr. Kaiba," Amy's sing-song voice came over the speaker, "I don't believe so. Do you want me to page her?"
"Yeah, tell her to meet Mokuba downstairs, she's going to be his guide for the day. There going to go to the boardwalk," Seto looked up at his brother whose face twisted into an expression of horror. Mokuba didn't like Lucy at all, but Seto knew that she was the most reliable of all the people working for him at the moment, and she would keep a good watch on his little brother. "Thank you Amy."
Mokuba's jaw dropped, and Seto said calmly, "Lucy will meet you downstairs, so you better hurry if you don't want to get an ear full."
Mokuba pulled his eyelid down and stuck out his tounge at Seto, who mimicked the same expression and pointed to the door as if to say, "Out. Go, get!"
He watched as his little brother shut the door with a bang and heard his receding footsteps. Seto sighed, and pulled out his deck, thumbing through the cards and coming across the very first Blue eyes he'd ever received. He smiled thinking, "What would I ever do without you Mokuba."