Me: I'm back! With a disclaimer *flush* Um...Seto.
Seto: Noooooope...last time I did disclaimers for you, you turned me into a CHILD!
Me: Jou?
Jou: *hiding behind Seto* No.
Me: ...SOMEONE!
All: *quiet*
Me: Alright fine....ygo does not belong to me....I said it...NOW GET INTO THE STORY! *points finger at ygo cast*
~~~
Rivalry of the Heart
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Chapter Two
~~~
Shizuka sighed, as Honda and Otogi saved her from the enormous Duel Monsters, but now they seemed to be in a strange room, huddles together. Where were they? What was going on? Suddenly, a Duel Disk formed on Shizuka's wrist.
"Welcome, duelists," A loud rumbling voice said.
"What's that?!" Shizuka asked, frightened.
Robotic Knight, a large robot monster appeared, "My name is Nesbitt, and you three are prey."
"No! Leave Shizuka out of this!" Honda cried.
"Leave them both out of this!" Otogi added, glancing back at the two people he crushed on. Yes, Otogi was a bisexual. He glared at the robot.
"Sorry, but I want to duel all of you!" Nesbitt said with a laugh, "And whomever loses first is the person who's body I will steal."
~~~
"Shizuka!! Shizuka!!! Where are you?!?!" Katsuya called, worried for his younger sister, who would be helpless if challenged to a duel. He bit his lower lip, his mahogany eyes gleaming in worry and despair.
"Don't worry Katsuya, we'll find her..." Seto said to him. Mokuba frowned. He wanted to find Shizuka almost as much as Katsuya. She and he had gotten very close during their time on the blimp.
"Fools!" A child's voice boomed. It was Noa, "You want to know where your little friends are? Take a look!"
A screen appeared, showing Honda, Otogi, and Shizuka, who'd already started their duel with Nesbitt, who easily took the upper hand considering Shizuka and Honda were both very inexperienced, no matter what Honda had said.
"SHIZUKA!" Katsuya cried, and stared into the sky, "WHERE IS SHE?!"
Noa laughed, again, "Follow the doorway, little puppy."
Seto growled. No one called Katsuya a puppy but him.
A doorway appeared. Katsuya stepped toward it, cautiously, his hand reaching for the knob, slowly. Seto jumped forward and grabbed Katsuya's other arm, yanking him away from the doorway that led to something unknown the group.
"Katsuya, do you really expect Noa to be telling the truth? That door could lead to anywhere, inu-baka," He snapped.
Katsuya bit his bottom lip, then shook his head, and yank his arm away, "Shizuka is everything to me!"
He raced to, and through the door. Yuugi and Seto's eyes went wide and both followed close after. Yami followed Yuugi and Mokuba, his brother.
They were transported to the strange room, and were now looking down at the duel before them.
Katsuya squeezed his eyes closed, "SHIZUKA!!!"
Shizuka looked up, smiling, wide, "Sugoi! 'Nii-san!"
"Kick his butt, imouto!!" He yelled back.
In her distraction, she did not notice an attack aimed at her.
Honda's eyes widened, "Rare Metal Knight, block!"
"No, Honda! If your Deck Master is destroyed...!" Otogi cried.
It was to late. The Knight had been destroyed, and Honda looked at Shizuka, then at Katsuya. Honda was also bisexual.
Then the floor disappeared beneath him, and he fell, screaming, all the way down.
"HONDA!!" Everyone except Seto cried.
Katsuya climbed up on top of the railing, ready to jump down, but Seto's arms snaked around him from behind and pulled him off. Katsuya kicked and screamed, "Let me go, let me go!! Honda!!!"
"Stop it, inu! If you go down there, you'll interfere with the duel, disqualifying Shizuka and Otogi. You'll lose Shizuka too!!" Seto tried to explain, against Katsuya's struggling. The blonde stopped.
Using Joan of Arc, though, the other two pulled through.
"We won, now give us Honda back!" Otogi snapped at the Robotic Knight.
"Sorry, fools, but our agreement was the first person to lose was my new body," Nesbitt seemed to grin behind the mechanical mask.
He vanished. Otogi fell to one knee, and pounded his fist into the ground, "Dammed!"
~~~
The group were now around what appeared to be a car garage, an hour later, and Yuugi was trying to cheer up Otogi.
Seto, on the other hand, was trying to calm down a very agitated Katsuya.
"Wait 'til I get my hands on that conniving little..." Katsuya growled, through gritted teeth, as he paced and pounded a fist into his hand.
Seto, finally, got a hold of him, and turned him to face him, "Katsuya, do you realize that you can't anything if you're blinded by rage? How do you expect to help Honda with the way you're acting?"
Katsuya sighed, "I hate that."
"What?"
"When you're right," Katsuya replied. He pulled himself away, silently.
~~~
Meanwhile, little monkey Honda was fighting to find his way back to his friends.
"I can't believe I've been reduced to nothing but a monkey's uncle."
He found the rest of the group, and tried to explain everything to them, but no one believed him except Shizuka.
~~~
Vroom vroom.
The group turned at the sound, and Honda's body burst out of one of the garages on a motorbike.
"Honda!" Otogi and Shizuka cried.
"Wrong again, you fools!" Nesbitt's cruel voice replied, as he took off on the bike.
Seto's expression turned angry as the man road straight toward him and Katsuya.
Nesbitt laughed, and grabbed Katsuya, fast and hard, by the collar, making the blonde cry out, and he was thrown over the bike, and it sped off.
"Katsuya!" Seto shouted, as he ran into the garage, taking off after them, on a similar motor bike.
The others found a truck to take off after them in. Yuugi turned to Yami. He was frightened. It was evident in his scared violet eyes. Frightened for them and for his friend. Yami took him into his arms, resting his chin atop Yuugi's head.
Katsuya was kicking, screaming, and crying for Seto, but as he was taken through the tunnel by Nesbitt, the tunnel disappeared, and in it's place was left a duel monster. A disgusting looking one. Ginzo.
Seto skidded the motorbike to a stop, "Who are you? Where's Katsuya?"
"What, you mean you don't recognize me, Mistuh Kaiba?" The Ginzo said, "And what an informal way to greet someone. Ah'm ashamed."
Seto's cobalt eyes turned to ice immediately, and he closed them to sharp slits, "Lector. Where is Katsuya?"
His voice was full of icy venom.
"You'll be able to find him, if yah beat me in a duel, that is to say," Lector replied, the menacing grin audible in his voice.
Seto growled.
The rest of the group were stranded on the other side of the bridge, by a large gap where a section of the bridge had disappeared.
"Kaiba, the only way you can save Jou is if you believe in your cards!" Yuugi called across the gap.
Seto scoffed, "Hn. All I need to win is pure skill. Especially against such an amateur as this one."
Of course it wasn't as easy as Seto had thought. Through most of the duel, Lector had had the upper hand. Then, he sent the sattelite up, and Seto really started to worry. Did he have a card in his deck that compared to it, or could even get up that high? An image flashed in his mind. It was Katsuya holding his Blue Eyes. Examining it.
'Katsuya...' He thought, dismally. His heart pounded as he thought of the blonde. A tingling shot through his very being, and he thought of a familiar saying he'd heard at school...you never know how much you love something, until it's gone. Did he love Katsuya? Really love him? His heart pounded harder at the thought of Nesbitt or Noa harming his puppy.
That was it then. He did love Katsuya.
The image flashed again. Of course! Blue Eyes!
Yuugi's words echoed. Believe in his cards? Believe in his cards...okay...
Seto closed his eyes, his mind and soul calling out to the white dragon. Calling out to Katsuya. He pulled the card, and looked at it.
"Alright! Now to meet you're maker, Lector. I play Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Seto cried. The great beast rose up out of the holo-projectors and flew up.
"Now, Blue Eyes, attack! White Lightening!" The brunette shouted.
It was over.
The duel was over. Seto had one.
~~~
Of course, Katsuya had been watching, and as Seto pulled out victorious, he jumped up, crying his out his joy.
Noa growled, and grabbed Katsuya's hands, pulling him down onto the floor, so that he was taller, from his position on the couch. He looked into Katsuya's eyes.
"Katsuya...Seto doesn't like you one bit...but me...I love you....I do..." Noa said.
"No...Seto cares for me...he does..."
"Yes, but does he love you? How far does care go in this world, Katsuya? But me...I love you...I do...and I'm the only one...." Noa said.
"You lie!" Katsuya cried. Noa bowed his head sadly, as Katsuya turned. Seto was standing there, at least, who he thought was Seto.
"Seto!" Katsuya jumped up. He dashed toward him, but was pushed to the ground by him.
"Stupid dog, get away from me. I want nothing to do with you, or your little friends. You make inu, you were foolish enough to think I cared for you," He cackled, and turned, walking off.
Hot tears welled his honey colored eyes. He turned to Noa, whose eyes glowed a dull red, "See...I'm love you...I _am_ the only one..."
"Y...you love me....you're the only one...the...only one.." He said in a monotonous way. Noa smiled, and wicked smile.
~~~
Seto followed a tunnel that had appeared.
"Seto...!" Katsuya's voice rang out.
Seto followed the voice, "Katsuya? Where are you?!"
"Here!"
Ahead of him was the blonde, reaching out to him.
"Katsuya!" Seto went toward him, but as he did, the body shifted. He became shorter, and his face and hair changed. It was Noa.
He laughed, "Foolish."
A bright light burst out, and soon, Seto was falling.
~~~
Meanwhile, Yuugi, Yami and Anzu had all gone forward through the tunnel, and were now lost and in front of a very large house.
Yuugi pushed the gate open, slowly.
"Careful, aibou..." Yami murmured, softly. Yuugi looked back at him, before moving forward, and up to the front door. The other two made their way up after him, slowly.
~~~
THWUMP. The sound that was made as Seto landed on the ground, his eyes closed tightly, before shaking himself off, and opening his eyes.
"Nice of you to join us, Seto," Noa's voice rang out, but he was no where to be seen. Seto looked around.
"Show yourself!" He growled.
"Still barking orders, I see. I don't believe you're in the position to be giving orders, my dear Seto...especially when the life of your poor little puppy is at stake..."
"Where is he?!" Seto barked.
"Right in front of you...as am I..."
Lights flicked on, revealing a couch, and a giant screen, and right in front of Seto, was Noa, and Katsuya. But the thing that really got to the brunette, was Katsuya's arm was draped around Noa's shoulder.
"Katsuya....wha...." Seto said. He shook his head, and went forward, grabbing Katsuya, "Come on, we're getting out of here."
Katsuya yanked his arm away, "No! You lied to me....you made me think you cared for me! I hate you!"
"Katsuya, I _do_ care for you!" Seto tried to reason. He turned to Noa, scorn written all over his face, "What did you _say_ to him?!"
"Nothing but the truth," Noa said, smiling in triumph. Katsuya went back over to Noa. Noa's smile only got more prideful, as he reached up and placed a hand on the back of the blonde's head and pulled him down, kissing him hard. And Katsuya kissed him back!
Seto gritted his teeth. He couldn't bare it. He was being torn apart. Only hours before, he'd realized that the feelings he had for Katsuya were _actually_ love. And now, here was the object of said affections, kissing his enemy. His knuckles were white, and his gums hurt from gritting his teeth so hard.
Noa broke away, "You've lost, Seto...but I think before you're body is taken away from you, you should know the truth, so watch the scene before you."
Seto turned, and watched as his stepfather and Noa appeared before him.
"Look at this, Noa," Gozaburo's cold voice said, as he tossed a picture toward the boy.
Seto's face was on the picture. A younger version of him.
~~~
Yugi, Yami, and Anzu traveled into the house, and began looking around. Yami insisted on staying with Yuugi, but Yuugi urged that they split up. Yami sighed and they did split up.
Yuugi traveled into a large room, and as he glanced around, his eyes landed on a picture.
~~~
"Who's he?" Noa's scornful voice replied.
"He is my latest acquisition. His name is Seto and he'll be staying here. He's very intellegent, and I plan to use him to help you grow. And that's my plan. To have him constantly challenge you," Gozaburo replied.
The projected Noa scowled, "Alright then...father."
Seto's blue eyes widened, and he turned to the real Noa, "What?!"
"Quite a surprise, isn't it, Seto. Finding out we're....stepbrothers....but everything you have, I deserve, and that's why I am going to take the things I rightly deserve, starting with the family you hold close. You'd better keep a close eye on Mokuba, he could be next."
~~~
As this was all happening, the big five members who had been defeated made with chasing the one left on the bridge around, trying to _steal_ their bodies, totally against Noa's rules.
"Faster, Otogi!" Little monkey Honda shouted. Shizuka was gripping the monkey, her eyes shut tightly, and Mokuba, poor kid, was stuck in the very back of the truck.
Otogi floored it, and Mokuba fell backwards, "Damn, Otogi, warn me when you're gonna do that! I don't have a seatbelt, and if I die, Seto'll kill you!"
The Big Five memebers, still Duel Monsters, began to attack them. Ginzo blew a big hole in the road, and Otogi swerved, ultimately tipping the truck over.
Mokuba stood, "Nice driving, baka."
Otogi climbed out of the truck, and flipped the kid off.
Mokuba, using language he'd never use in front of his brother, retaliated with, "Kutabare(1)."
Shizuka scowled at Mokuba, "Don't say that, Mokuba, he might take you seriously."
Otogi rolled his eyes, "Look, we have bigger problems. Let's stop arguing!"
The four Big Five members were also arguing, over which body they got to have.
~~~
Yuugi, Yami and Anzu found Noa, Seto and Katsuya, and Yuugi shouted, "Kaiba! Jou!"
Katsuya blinked, and looked at Yuugi, "You...you're..."
Noa growled, and looked at Katsuya, "He's no one...just someone else who will hurt you...do you hear me?"
"Yes, and I believe you...I love you, Noa..." Katsuya murmured.
Seto cringed, and Yuugi gasped, "You're manipulating him!"
"No! I'm exposing him to the truth!"
"ALERT ALERT!" One of the computers warned.
The screen lit up with the picture of the others being fought over by the Big Five members.
"Imbiciles...I must take care of this...sorry to cut this meeting short, dear Seto....come on, Katsuya..."
Katsuya looked at the others, one more time, before he disappeared with Noa.
~~~
"Just pick a body already, you idiots!" Gansley yelled.
"FOOLS!" Noa's voice boomed, and he appeared, Katsuya at his side.
"Jou!" Shizuka cried.
Katsuya's brow furrowed, "I know her...she wouldn't hurt me...she's close to me...at least I think so..."
Noa growled, "You four are dismissed!"
A great tornado swept the four violators away, and when the wind and sand cleared, Noa and Katsuya were gone as well.
"Oh no! He's gone again!"
"Guys!" Yuugi's voice cried. He raced toward them.
Yami and Anzu followed, and Seto was the last to catch up with the group.
Mokuba looked at him, "Nii-san, we saw Jou with..."
"...Noa..." Seto was barely audible.
"Oh! Speaking of which....does this mean anything to you, Kaiba..." Yuugi said, as he pulled out the picture.
Seto scowled, "This is a stupid joke, that Noa made up to get to me."
Yuugi looked at him, confused.
"Look at this picture...it was taken six years ago...but look at Noa..." Seto said.
Yuugi gasped, "He looks the same!"
"That doesn't make sense. How could he not age in six years?"
"Exactly," Seto murmured.
~~~
"You all disgrace me!" Noa growled.
"Please, Master Noa....give us another chance..." The four without bodies begged.
"Master Noa, I have a body, please let me free," Nesbitt said.
"No! I have a better idea..." Noa said, smiling, as he stroked Katsuya's head, as if he were nothing more then just a dog, "You all are to fight Yuugi, in Honda's body...if you win, you can take all of their bodies....if you fail....it's game over for all of you..."
Nesbitt did not approve of the idea, but he gained nothing by arguing with Noa, so the other four joined Nesbitt in Honda's body and set out to find Yuugi.
"This should be fun," Noa murmured, stroking Katsuya's head, and grinning evilly, "Right, my little doggy?"
Katsuya smiled and nodded.
~~~
Yuugi frowned, and Yami placed an arm around his shoulder, "What's wrong, aibou?"
"Noa is manipulating Jou...he thinks I'm a bad person..." Yuugi whispered. Yami frowned, "We'll save him, Yuugi..."
"Of course you will. That is, unless you lose to us!" A voice rumbled.
They all turned and were met by Honda's body before them.
"My body, ooh, ooh!" Honda exclaimed.
"Yes, but not only Nesbitt is present now," Gansley said.
"Yes, we are all here," Krump agreed. Anzu shuddered.
Yami and Yuugi stood, "You want a duel, you got one!"
Yami merged with Yuugi.
Seto bit his lip. Maybe if he helped Yuugi, he'd have a chance to save Katsuya. He made his way over, and stood next to Yuugi, "Five on one is unfair, even if Yuugi is...strangely...two people...I'm going to duel as well."
~~~
"...I'm going to duel as well."
Noa laughed, "A lot of good it will do you, my dear stepbrother..."
Katsuya, meanwhile, was struggling within himself. He knew that girl he'd seen was close to him, and he knew the spikey haired boy was close too. And somewhere, deep inside, he was struggling to ignore the fact that Seto still cared for him.
~~~
The duel was hard. Yami and Seto dueled well together, as long as they kept the teamwork going. They won, but only by a hair, and Noa's voice boomed over them, as he appeared.
"Stupid fools! You have failed me for the last time!" Noa said, as Honda's body, and the Big Five were swept away, and disappeared.
"Ooh, ooh, no..ooh...my body..ooh!" Monkey Honda cried.
Noa laughed, "Seto! It's my turn to duel you...and I assure you, it won't be an easy task! Let's duel!"
The duel began, Noa , foolishly, in Seto's opinion, choosing a giant boat as his Deck master. But as the duel progressed, Seto realised, Noa wasn't being foolish, but taking all of his graveyard monsters to use against him.
As he destroyed the ark, a more horrible monster appeared, and Noa merged with it(AN I'm not sure if he does this before or after he uses Mokuba against Seto...just go with it), and as Seto found a way to destroy the monstrous Shinato, Noa called a very trance-looking Katsuya to stand as protection for him.
"Katsuya!" Seto cried. The entranced Katsuya just glared at him, still believing he had been lied too.
Noa launched the attack, bringing Seto down to only a mere 300 lifepoints.
Seto fell to his knee, "I'm sorry, Katsuya...sorry for everything. Sorry for the stupid dog jokes, and the insults toward your friends. Sorry for calling you second-rate and being an all-around bastard. But I swear, I would never stop caring for you Katsuya. In fact...I realised...you never really know how much you love something...until it's stolen from you."
Katsuya's eyes widened. He loved him?
"That's right, Katsuya, I love you, and I've finally realised it," Seto murmured.
The trance melted away, "Seto..."
Noa growled, as Katsuya jumped down from the small plateau he and Noa had been on, and raced toward Seto, "Seto...I...!"
He launched himself toward him, almost encased in his arms, when Noa's rage shot out and he turned them both to stone. Katsuya never got to finish his sentance.
Shizuka cried out, covering her face, and shedding horrified tears. Mokuba hugged her, softly, also on the verge of tears, as he watched his brother be turned into stone.
Noa cackled, "Fools!"
Yami growled, "Noa! Hear this...we will not give up so easy. Kaiba still has 300 life points, and so _I_ will take his place and defeat you! And after I do, you must promise to release Kaiba and Jou!"
"Fine! But I doubt with such a meager amount of lifepoints you will even bring mine down a bit!" Noa barked.
"We'll see. Time to duel!"
Yami fought hard, the sound of his friends voices behind him. A sound Noa was growing less and less fond of. He growled as a bolt of lightening struck Anzu, also turning her into a virtual sculpture. Otogi was next, then Honda.
Mokuba yelled, and dived for Shizuka, but was too late. He leaned against her cold stone form, "Shizuka..."
And he was finally turned to stone.
Yami fought harder then ever after that, with Yuugi still there to back him, and the thought of his friends, free and happy to strengthen him.
He defeated Noa.
They were freed. All of them, and Katsuya fell into Seto's arms, "...love you, too."
Seto smiled, and held him, tightly. So tightly, that after a while he had to loosen his grip, in fear he was crushing the boy.
Mokuba and Shizuka were free, and they also hugged, Mokuba kissing Shizuka's cheek softly. Honda and Otogi were freed too, and Honda jumped into Otogi's arms.
Otogi bit his lip, "Are you really Honda?"
"Duh."
Otogi hugged the robot tightly.
Yami, and Yuugi seperated, as Noa nearly fell apart, "I don't understand....how could I lose...how could I lose...."
He looked at Yami, "This is _your_ fault. And so I'll escape in _your_ body!"
He ran toward him, grabbing him, and began to force himself inside.
"Yami...!"
~~~~~~~~
Me: DUN DUN DUN...cliffhanger....of course anyone who watches the show knows what happens next...*snicker* anyone who doesn't....NEENER NEENER BOO BOO! Wait for the next chapter. Oh, and review please...it makes author lady very happy and makes her consider new chapters every once in a while...if you catch my drift...hehe! Till later!
Seto: Noooooope...last time I did disclaimers for you, you turned me into a CHILD!
Me: Jou?
Jou: *hiding behind Seto* No.
Me: ...SOMEONE!
All: *quiet*
Me: Alright fine....ygo does not belong to me....I said it...NOW GET INTO THE STORY! *points finger at ygo cast*
~~~
Rivalry of the Heart
~~~
Chapter Two
~~~
Shizuka sighed, as Honda and Otogi saved her from the enormous Duel Monsters, but now they seemed to be in a strange room, huddles together. Where were they? What was going on? Suddenly, a Duel Disk formed on Shizuka's wrist.
"Welcome, duelists," A loud rumbling voice said.
"What's that?!" Shizuka asked, frightened.
Robotic Knight, a large robot monster appeared, "My name is Nesbitt, and you three are prey."
"No! Leave Shizuka out of this!" Honda cried.
"Leave them both out of this!" Otogi added, glancing back at the two people he crushed on. Yes, Otogi was a bisexual. He glared at the robot.
"Sorry, but I want to duel all of you!" Nesbitt said with a laugh, "And whomever loses first is the person who's body I will steal."
~~~
"Shizuka!! Shizuka!!! Where are you?!?!" Katsuya called, worried for his younger sister, who would be helpless if challenged to a duel. He bit his lower lip, his mahogany eyes gleaming in worry and despair.
"Don't worry Katsuya, we'll find her..." Seto said to him. Mokuba frowned. He wanted to find Shizuka almost as much as Katsuya. She and he had gotten very close during their time on the blimp.
"Fools!" A child's voice boomed. It was Noa, "You want to know where your little friends are? Take a look!"
A screen appeared, showing Honda, Otogi, and Shizuka, who'd already started their duel with Nesbitt, who easily took the upper hand considering Shizuka and Honda were both very inexperienced, no matter what Honda had said.
"SHIZUKA!" Katsuya cried, and stared into the sky, "WHERE IS SHE?!"
Noa laughed, again, "Follow the doorway, little puppy."
Seto growled. No one called Katsuya a puppy but him.
A doorway appeared. Katsuya stepped toward it, cautiously, his hand reaching for the knob, slowly. Seto jumped forward and grabbed Katsuya's other arm, yanking him away from the doorway that led to something unknown the group.
"Katsuya, do you really expect Noa to be telling the truth? That door could lead to anywhere, inu-baka," He snapped.
Katsuya bit his bottom lip, then shook his head, and yank his arm away, "Shizuka is everything to me!"
He raced to, and through the door. Yuugi and Seto's eyes went wide and both followed close after. Yami followed Yuugi and Mokuba, his brother.
They were transported to the strange room, and were now looking down at the duel before them.
Katsuya squeezed his eyes closed, "SHIZUKA!!!"
Shizuka looked up, smiling, wide, "Sugoi! 'Nii-san!"
"Kick his butt, imouto!!" He yelled back.
In her distraction, she did not notice an attack aimed at her.
Honda's eyes widened, "Rare Metal Knight, block!"
"No, Honda! If your Deck Master is destroyed...!" Otogi cried.
It was to late. The Knight had been destroyed, and Honda looked at Shizuka, then at Katsuya. Honda was also bisexual.
Then the floor disappeared beneath him, and he fell, screaming, all the way down.
"HONDA!!" Everyone except Seto cried.
Katsuya climbed up on top of the railing, ready to jump down, but Seto's arms snaked around him from behind and pulled him off. Katsuya kicked and screamed, "Let me go, let me go!! Honda!!!"
"Stop it, inu! If you go down there, you'll interfere with the duel, disqualifying Shizuka and Otogi. You'll lose Shizuka too!!" Seto tried to explain, against Katsuya's struggling. The blonde stopped.
Using Joan of Arc, though, the other two pulled through.
"We won, now give us Honda back!" Otogi snapped at the Robotic Knight.
"Sorry, fools, but our agreement was the first person to lose was my new body," Nesbitt seemed to grin behind the mechanical mask.
He vanished. Otogi fell to one knee, and pounded his fist into the ground, "Dammed!"
~~~
The group were now around what appeared to be a car garage, an hour later, and Yuugi was trying to cheer up Otogi.
Seto, on the other hand, was trying to calm down a very agitated Katsuya.
"Wait 'til I get my hands on that conniving little..." Katsuya growled, through gritted teeth, as he paced and pounded a fist into his hand.
Seto, finally, got a hold of him, and turned him to face him, "Katsuya, do you realize that you can't anything if you're blinded by rage? How do you expect to help Honda with the way you're acting?"
Katsuya sighed, "I hate that."
"What?"
"When you're right," Katsuya replied. He pulled himself away, silently.
~~~
Meanwhile, little monkey Honda was fighting to find his way back to his friends.
"I can't believe I've been reduced to nothing but a monkey's uncle."
He found the rest of the group, and tried to explain everything to them, but no one believed him except Shizuka.
~~~
Vroom vroom.
The group turned at the sound, and Honda's body burst out of one of the garages on a motorbike.
"Honda!" Otogi and Shizuka cried.
"Wrong again, you fools!" Nesbitt's cruel voice replied, as he took off on the bike.
Seto's expression turned angry as the man road straight toward him and Katsuya.
Nesbitt laughed, and grabbed Katsuya, fast and hard, by the collar, making the blonde cry out, and he was thrown over the bike, and it sped off.
"Katsuya!" Seto shouted, as he ran into the garage, taking off after them, on a similar motor bike.
The others found a truck to take off after them in. Yuugi turned to Yami. He was frightened. It was evident in his scared violet eyes. Frightened for them and for his friend. Yami took him into his arms, resting his chin atop Yuugi's head.
Katsuya was kicking, screaming, and crying for Seto, but as he was taken through the tunnel by Nesbitt, the tunnel disappeared, and in it's place was left a duel monster. A disgusting looking one. Ginzo.
Seto skidded the motorbike to a stop, "Who are you? Where's Katsuya?"
"What, you mean you don't recognize me, Mistuh Kaiba?" The Ginzo said, "And what an informal way to greet someone. Ah'm ashamed."
Seto's cobalt eyes turned to ice immediately, and he closed them to sharp slits, "Lector. Where is Katsuya?"
His voice was full of icy venom.
"You'll be able to find him, if yah beat me in a duel, that is to say," Lector replied, the menacing grin audible in his voice.
Seto growled.
The rest of the group were stranded on the other side of the bridge, by a large gap where a section of the bridge had disappeared.
"Kaiba, the only way you can save Jou is if you believe in your cards!" Yuugi called across the gap.
Seto scoffed, "Hn. All I need to win is pure skill. Especially against such an amateur as this one."
Of course it wasn't as easy as Seto had thought. Through most of the duel, Lector had had the upper hand. Then, he sent the sattelite up, and Seto really started to worry. Did he have a card in his deck that compared to it, or could even get up that high? An image flashed in his mind. It was Katsuya holding his Blue Eyes. Examining it.
'Katsuya...' He thought, dismally. His heart pounded as he thought of the blonde. A tingling shot through his very being, and he thought of a familiar saying he'd heard at school...you never know how much you love something, until it's gone. Did he love Katsuya? Really love him? His heart pounded harder at the thought of Nesbitt or Noa harming his puppy.
That was it then. He did love Katsuya.
The image flashed again. Of course! Blue Eyes!
Yuugi's words echoed. Believe in his cards? Believe in his cards...okay...
Seto closed his eyes, his mind and soul calling out to the white dragon. Calling out to Katsuya. He pulled the card, and looked at it.
"Alright! Now to meet you're maker, Lector. I play Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Seto cried. The great beast rose up out of the holo-projectors and flew up.
"Now, Blue Eyes, attack! White Lightening!" The brunette shouted.
It was over.
The duel was over. Seto had one.
~~~
Of course, Katsuya had been watching, and as Seto pulled out victorious, he jumped up, crying his out his joy.
Noa growled, and grabbed Katsuya's hands, pulling him down onto the floor, so that he was taller, from his position on the couch. He looked into Katsuya's eyes.
"Katsuya...Seto doesn't like you one bit...but me...I love you....I do..." Noa said.
"No...Seto cares for me...he does..."
"Yes, but does he love you? How far does care go in this world, Katsuya? But me...I love you...I do...and I'm the only one...." Noa said.
"You lie!" Katsuya cried. Noa bowed his head sadly, as Katsuya turned. Seto was standing there, at least, who he thought was Seto.
"Seto!" Katsuya jumped up. He dashed toward him, but was pushed to the ground by him.
"Stupid dog, get away from me. I want nothing to do with you, or your little friends. You make inu, you were foolish enough to think I cared for you," He cackled, and turned, walking off.
Hot tears welled his honey colored eyes. He turned to Noa, whose eyes glowed a dull red, "See...I'm love you...I _am_ the only one..."
"Y...you love me....you're the only one...the...only one.." He said in a monotonous way. Noa smiled, and wicked smile.
~~~
Seto followed a tunnel that had appeared.
"Seto...!" Katsuya's voice rang out.
Seto followed the voice, "Katsuya? Where are you?!"
"Here!"
Ahead of him was the blonde, reaching out to him.
"Katsuya!" Seto went toward him, but as he did, the body shifted. He became shorter, and his face and hair changed. It was Noa.
He laughed, "Foolish."
A bright light burst out, and soon, Seto was falling.
~~~
Meanwhile, Yuugi, Yami and Anzu had all gone forward through the tunnel, and were now lost and in front of a very large house.
Yuugi pushed the gate open, slowly.
"Careful, aibou..." Yami murmured, softly. Yuugi looked back at him, before moving forward, and up to the front door. The other two made their way up after him, slowly.
~~~
THWUMP. The sound that was made as Seto landed on the ground, his eyes closed tightly, before shaking himself off, and opening his eyes.
"Nice of you to join us, Seto," Noa's voice rang out, but he was no where to be seen. Seto looked around.
"Show yourself!" He growled.
"Still barking orders, I see. I don't believe you're in the position to be giving orders, my dear Seto...especially when the life of your poor little puppy is at stake..."
"Where is he?!" Seto barked.
"Right in front of you...as am I..."
Lights flicked on, revealing a couch, and a giant screen, and right in front of Seto, was Noa, and Katsuya. But the thing that really got to the brunette, was Katsuya's arm was draped around Noa's shoulder.
"Katsuya....wha...." Seto said. He shook his head, and went forward, grabbing Katsuya, "Come on, we're getting out of here."
Katsuya yanked his arm away, "No! You lied to me....you made me think you cared for me! I hate you!"
"Katsuya, I _do_ care for you!" Seto tried to reason. He turned to Noa, scorn written all over his face, "What did you _say_ to him?!"
"Nothing but the truth," Noa said, smiling in triumph. Katsuya went back over to Noa. Noa's smile only got more prideful, as he reached up and placed a hand on the back of the blonde's head and pulled him down, kissing him hard. And Katsuya kissed him back!
Seto gritted his teeth. He couldn't bare it. He was being torn apart. Only hours before, he'd realized that the feelings he had for Katsuya were _actually_ love. And now, here was the object of said affections, kissing his enemy. His knuckles were white, and his gums hurt from gritting his teeth so hard.
Noa broke away, "You've lost, Seto...but I think before you're body is taken away from you, you should know the truth, so watch the scene before you."
Seto turned, and watched as his stepfather and Noa appeared before him.
"Look at this, Noa," Gozaburo's cold voice said, as he tossed a picture toward the boy.
Seto's face was on the picture. A younger version of him.
~~~
Yugi, Yami, and Anzu traveled into the house, and began looking around. Yami insisted on staying with Yuugi, but Yuugi urged that they split up. Yami sighed and they did split up.
Yuugi traveled into a large room, and as he glanced around, his eyes landed on a picture.
~~~
"Who's he?" Noa's scornful voice replied.
"He is my latest acquisition. His name is Seto and he'll be staying here. He's very intellegent, and I plan to use him to help you grow. And that's my plan. To have him constantly challenge you," Gozaburo replied.
The projected Noa scowled, "Alright then...father."
Seto's blue eyes widened, and he turned to the real Noa, "What?!"
"Quite a surprise, isn't it, Seto. Finding out we're....stepbrothers....but everything you have, I deserve, and that's why I am going to take the things I rightly deserve, starting with the family you hold close. You'd better keep a close eye on Mokuba, he could be next."
~~~
As this was all happening, the big five members who had been defeated made with chasing the one left on the bridge around, trying to _steal_ their bodies, totally against Noa's rules.
"Faster, Otogi!" Little monkey Honda shouted. Shizuka was gripping the monkey, her eyes shut tightly, and Mokuba, poor kid, was stuck in the very back of the truck.
Otogi floored it, and Mokuba fell backwards, "Damn, Otogi, warn me when you're gonna do that! I don't have a seatbelt, and if I die, Seto'll kill you!"
The Big Five memebers, still Duel Monsters, began to attack them. Ginzo blew a big hole in the road, and Otogi swerved, ultimately tipping the truck over.
Mokuba stood, "Nice driving, baka."
Otogi climbed out of the truck, and flipped the kid off.
Mokuba, using language he'd never use in front of his brother, retaliated with, "Kutabare(1)."
Shizuka scowled at Mokuba, "Don't say that, Mokuba, he might take you seriously."
Otogi rolled his eyes, "Look, we have bigger problems. Let's stop arguing!"
The four Big Five members were also arguing, over which body they got to have.
~~~
Yuugi, Yami and Anzu found Noa, Seto and Katsuya, and Yuugi shouted, "Kaiba! Jou!"
Katsuya blinked, and looked at Yuugi, "You...you're..."
Noa growled, and looked at Katsuya, "He's no one...just someone else who will hurt you...do you hear me?"
"Yes, and I believe you...I love you, Noa..." Katsuya murmured.
Seto cringed, and Yuugi gasped, "You're manipulating him!"
"No! I'm exposing him to the truth!"
"ALERT ALERT!" One of the computers warned.
The screen lit up with the picture of the others being fought over by the Big Five members.
"Imbiciles...I must take care of this...sorry to cut this meeting short, dear Seto....come on, Katsuya..."
Katsuya looked at the others, one more time, before he disappeared with Noa.
~~~
"Just pick a body already, you idiots!" Gansley yelled.
"FOOLS!" Noa's voice boomed, and he appeared, Katsuya at his side.
"Jou!" Shizuka cried.
Katsuya's brow furrowed, "I know her...she wouldn't hurt me...she's close to me...at least I think so..."
Noa growled, "You four are dismissed!"
A great tornado swept the four violators away, and when the wind and sand cleared, Noa and Katsuya were gone as well.
"Oh no! He's gone again!"
"Guys!" Yuugi's voice cried. He raced toward them.
Yami and Anzu followed, and Seto was the last to catch up with the group.
Mokuba looked at him, "Nii-san, we saw Jou with..."
"...Noa..." Seto was barely audible.
"Oh! Speaking of which....does this mean anything to you, Kaiba..." Yuugi said, as he pulled out the picture.
Seto scowled, "This is a stupid joke, that Noa made up to get to me."
Yuugi looked at him, confused.
"Look at this picture...it was taken six years ago...but look at Noa..." Seto said.
Yuugi gasped, "He looks the same!"
"That doesn't make sense. How could he not age in six years?"
"Exactly," Seto murmured.
~~~
"You all disgrace me!" Noa growled.
"Please, Master Noa....give us another chance..." The four without bodies begged.
"Master Noa, I have a body, please let me free," Nesbitt said.
"No! I have a better idea..." Noa said, smiling, as he stroked Katsuya's head, as if he were nothing more then just a dog, "You all are to fight Yuugi, in Honda's body...if you win, you can take all of their bodies....if you fail....it's game over for all of you..."
Nesbitt did not approve of the idea, but he gained nothing by arguing with Noa, so the other four joined Nesbitt in Honda's body and set out to find Yuugi.
"This should be fun," Noa murmured, stroking Katsuya's head, and grinning evilly, "Right, my little doggy?"
Katsuya smiled and nodded.
~~~
Yuugi frowned, and Yami placed an arm around his shoulder, "What's wrong, aibou?"
"Noa is manipulating Jou...he thinks I'm a bad person..." Yuugi whispered. Yami frowned, "We'll save him, Yuugi..."
"Of course you will. That is, unless you lose to us!" A voice rumbled.
They all turned and were met by Honda's body before them.
"My body, ooh, ooh!" Honda exclaimed.
"Yes, but not only Nesbitt is present now," Gansley said.
"Yes, we are all here," Krump agreed. Anzu shuddered.
Yami and Yuugi stood, "You want a duel, you got one!"
Yami merged with Yuugi.
Seto bit his lip. Maybe if he helped Yuugi, he'd have a chance to save Katsuya. He made his way over, and stood next to Yuugi, "Five on one is unfair, even if Yuugi is...strangely...two people...I'm going to duel as well."
~~~
"...I'm going to duel as well."
Noa laughed, "A lot of good it will do you, my dear stepbrother..."
Katsuya, meanwhile, was struggling within himself. He knew that girl he'd seen was close to him, and he knew the spikey haired boy was close too. And somewhere, deep inside, he was struggling to ignore the fact that Seto still cared for him.
~~~
The duel was hard. Yami and Seto dueled well together, as long as they kept the teamwork going. They won, but only by a hair, and Noa's voice boomed over them, as he appeared.
"Stupid fools! You have failed me for the last time!" Noa said, as Honda's body, and the Big Five were swept away, and disappeared.
"Ooh, ooh, no..ooh...my body..ooh!" Monkey Honda cried.
Noa laughed, "Seto! It's my turn to duel you...and I assure you, it won't be an easy task! Let's duel!"
The duel began, Noa , foolishly, in Seto's opinion, choosing a giant boat as his Deck master. But as the duel progressed, Seto realised, Noa wasn't being foolish, but taking all of his graveyard monsters to use against him.
As he destroyed the ark, a more horrible monster appeared, and Noa merged with it(AN I'm not sure if he does this before or after he uses Mokuba against Seto...just go with it), and as Seto found a way to destroy the monstrous Shinato, Noa called a very trance-looking Katsuya to stand as protection for him.
"Katsuya!" Seto cried. The entranced Katsuya just glared at him, still believing he had been lied too.
Noa launched the attack, bringing Seto down to only a mere 300 lifepoints.
Seto fell to his knee, "I'm sorry, Katsuya...sorry for everything. Sorry for the stupid dog jokes, and the insults toward your friends. Sorry for calling you second-rate and being an all-around bastard. But I swear, I would never stop caring for you Katsuya. In fact...I realised...you never really know how much you love something...until it's stolen from you."
Katsuya's eyes widened. He loved him?
"That's right, Katsuya, I love you, and I've finally realised it," Seto murmured.
The trance melted away, "Seto..."
Noa growled, as Katsuya jumped down from the small plateau he and Noa had been on, and raced toward Seto, "Seto...I...!"
He launched himself toward him, almost encased in his arms, when Noa's rage shot out and he turned them both to stone. Katsuya never got to finish his sentance.
Shizuka cried out, covering her face, and shedding horrified tears. Mokuba hugged her, softly, also on the verge of tears, as he watched his brother be turned into stone.
Noa cackled, "Fools!"
Yami growled, "Noa! Hear this...we will not give up so easy. Kaiba still has 300 life points, and so _I_ will take his place and defeat you! And after I do, you must promise to release Kaiba and Jou!"
"Fine! But I doubt with such a meager amount of lifepoints you will even bring mine down a bit!" Noa barked.
"We'll see. Time to duel!"
Yami fought hard, the sound of his friends voices behind him. A sound Noa was growing less and less fond of. He growled as a bolt of lightening struck Anzu, also turning her into a virtual sculpture. Otogi was next, then Honda.
Mokuba yelled, and dived for Shizuka, but was too late. He leaned against her cold stone form, "Shizuka..."
And he was finally turned to stone.
Yami fought harder then ever after that, with Yuugi still there to back him, and the thought of his friends, free and happy to strengthen him.
He defeated Noa.
They were freed. All of them, and Katsuya fell into Seto's arms, "...love you, too."
Seto smiled, and held him, tightly. So tightly, that after a while he had to loosen his grip, in fear he was crushing the boy.
Mokuba and Shizuka were free, and they also hugged, Mokuba kissing Shizuka's cheek softly. Honda and Otogi were freed too, and Honda jumped into Otogi's arms.
Otogi bit his lip, "Are you really Honda?"
"Duh."
Otogi hugged the robot tightly.
Yami, and Yuugi seperated, as Noa nearly fell apart, "I don't understand....how could I lose...how could I lose...."
He looked at Yami, "This is _your_ fault. And so I'll escape in _your_ body!"
He ran toward him, grabbing him, and began to force himself inside.
"Yami...!"
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Me: DUN DUN DUN...cliffhanger....of course anyone who watches the show knows what happens next...*snicker* anyone who doesn't....NEENER NEENER BOO BOO! Wait for the next chapter. Oh, and review please...it makes author lady very happy and makes her consider new chapters every once in a while...if you catch my drift...hehe! Till later!