Me: *gulp* I forgot to put up my foot note at the end of last chapter so
that (1) that you saw. It was next to a japanese word....that word means
fuck you...just letting you know. On with the story! Oh and ygo and all
it's characters are not mine.
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Rivalry of the Heart
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Chapter Three
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Noa gasped, and his eyes widened, as many thoughts and memories flashed through his head, "Oh gods...who _ARE_ you?!!"
He was forced back by the Sennen Puzzle. He growled, "Bastard!"
Seto held Katsuya close, not wanting to lose him again. Suddenly a voice boomed through the sky, "Failure!"
Seto's brow furrowed, "I know that voice..."
Gozaburo's great mug(that means his face) appeared in a series of dark clouds that formed, "Noa, you've failed me yet again!"
"Father! I'm sorry, I tried my best!" Noa cried.
"Well it was not good enough...as for you, dear stepson, look how weak you've become...letting emotions take hold of your life," The old man snapped.
Katsuya glared at the large face, "Shaddap, you big dork, you don't own him!"
FLASH. A bolt of lightening shot from the dark clouds, and Seto, still holding onto Katsuya, jumped out out of the way, pulling Katsuya with him, before the bolt could hit his beloved pup. His venomous gaze turned to Gozaburo.
The face laughed, "You fools, you think I have no power here? I _own_ this world! Noa was just running it for me!"
"Yes, and now, as my father destroys you all, I will inherit his empire!" Noa said.
"WRONG! You have failed me once to many, my son, and so you will receive _nothing_!" Gozaburo replied.
"But father...!" Noa protested.
"Silence, Noa! You've failed!" Gozaburo smiled, a malicious smile, "I suppose your wondering why you are here at all, Seto...well it is simple, I was going to take over your body to escape...but I think my new idea is much better...soon my satellite, the one that runs this virtual world, will transferr all of the world into this game to be my virtual slaves."
"You can't! There aren't enough pods!" Noa cried.
"Pods?" Yuugi asked.
Seto suddenly understood, "Of course...when we thought we were falling throgh the floor, we weren't at all. They just knocked us unconscious and put us in virtual pods!"
"That's right, and soon the world will join you. Pods or not!"Gozaburo cackled and disappeared.
Noa gritted his teeth, "This isn't fair! We have to get out. I know a way."
"And why should we trust you, Mr. Manipulation," Katsuya hissed.
Noa winced, "You should work on not holding grudges, Katsuya."
Katsuya fumed, and bolted out of Seto's arm and began hitting Noa in the head( you know like Inuyasha does to Shippou sometimes?), "ONE, YOU FUCKING HYPNOTIZED ME TO HATE MY FRIENDS, AND TWO NO ONE CALLS ME KATSUYA EXCEPT SETO, GOT IT?!"
Noa was all swirly eyed when Katsuya calmly(*falls over laughing*) went back over to Seto.
Seto was smirking, smugly.
Noa shook his head, "Alright fine, you don't have to trust me. But I do know a way out..."
"Maybe we should trust him. He seems to be as angry with Gozaburo as we are," Mokuba said.
Noa blinked. Mokuba was helping him? Why? He'd just turned his brother, his girlfriend and him into stone, and he was still helping him. Maybe...maybe this group wasn't so bad....NO! Trust no one. That was the most important he'd ever learned from his father. And that's why he deserved KaibaCorp, because he actually listened to his father, unlike Seto, who decided to go and trust some dumb street punk.
"Follow me," Noa said, and he led them away from the field and into a cave.
Yami and Yuugi came up next to Seto, and Yami murmured, "You don't really trust him, do you?"
"Of course not, and you're stupid to even have to ask me," Seto replied, not even bothering to look at Yami. Katsuya frowned at him. He knew Seto still didn't like his friends.
Noa came up to a panel and began to type. He stopped suddenly, "Dammit! He's shut down this escape route..."
He turned to them, and began to laugh, "You can't escape. Hehehehehe, and neither will the world, hehehehehe, they'll all be trapped here and I'll never have to be alone again, hehehehehe..."
Mokuba went up to Noa, and began to shake him, "Noa, stop! Snap out of this! You have to stop!"
Noa stopped laughing, a strange smile still on his face and Mokuba saw his brother's face in Noa's as he said, "You're right, Mokie."
Mokuba yelped and jumped back.
Noa suddenly became solemn again, "I know another way out. One that Gozaburo doesn't know about."
He pushed pass them and walked toward the exit of the cave. They followed. They walked for a long while, and Katsuya becaem very uneasy, "I have a bad feeling, ryu...like we're about to be seperated again..."
Seto's eyes shifted around, suspiciously, pulling Katsuya closer with the arm around his waist.
"If this is another trap, Noa, I will personally slaughter you," Seto said.
Noa shook his head, as they stopped in front of a door, "No trap, Seto..."
He smiled maliciously, to himself, 'Not for you at least...'
He looked back at Mokuba, then turned and opened the door, "Come on."
They walked through.
And Seto and Mokuba disappeared.
Katsuya looked around. He saw Yuugi, Yami, Shizuka, Otogi, and monkey Honda. But Seto and Mokuba were no where to be find.
"Dammit! He lied to us again!" Katsuya growled, pounding his fist into the wall of a virtual building.
~~~
Mokuba blinked, and turned. Noa stood there.
"Noa, where are we? Are we out?"
"Not yet, Mokuba."
They were in an arcade.
"Is the way out in one of these games?" Mokuba asked, sitting down, and playing one.
"Yes, yes it is." Noa eyed him. He would steal his body soon enough.
~~~
Seto looked around, "Mokuba?! Katsuya?!"
He growled, his knuckles turning white as he balled his fists, "NOA!"
He turned, and up the street was a virtual KaibaCorp building. His eyes narrowed, "Gozaburo..."
He began to walk up the street, pacing himself. He would find Gozaburo, and demand he set them free. Tell him that he had no power over him, and that KaibaCorp was his. Tell him that he may think he was weak because of Katsuya, but that the blonde actually made him stronger. He would not stand for the hurt he'd caused to Katsuya or even Yuugi-tachi.
He reached the bulding, glaring up at it, and remembering all the things that Gozaburo had done to him. Working him to complete fatigue. Taking away things he most cared about if he did not cooperate. Even beating him. His eyes squeezed closed, and he bowed his head, before glaring at the door, as he stepped inside.
~~~
Katsuya sat, his head buried in his hands, 'Seto...'
Yuugi placed his hands on his friends shoulders, "It's okay, Jou, we'll find Kaiba, and then we'll find a way out..."
~~~
The elevator dinged, and Seto stepped out. He went to his office, quietly, opening the door, his eyes glaring at the back of the Italian leather chair.
"I thought I'd taught you better then to just barge in. Don't you know how to knock?" The chair seemed to say, then turned to reveal the real person speaking....Gozaburo.
"I could care less about using manners with you, stepfather," Seto spat back.
"At least you still respect me by calling me my rightful title," Gozaburo replied, smirking.
"Well, I didn't want to curse my stepfather in my office. It might jinx the place," Seto replied.
Gozaburo stood, and made his way toward the brunette. He stood next to him, and turned his head slightly, to look at him, "You haven't changed a bit, you piece of shit."
He backhanded him. Seto stumbled a bit, but did not fall. He glared at the man.
"I see I still have a bit of power over you too. I taught you never to backtalk me, boy, and I expect you to abide by that while in my presence."
"You don't own me anymore, bastard," Seto growled.
Gozaburo smirked, "Your little whore has been filling your head with lies. I've _always_ owned you, boy."
Seto's eyes flared, "Unless you've forgotten, I'm the one who beat _you_ at a game of chess. You didn't even want to adopt me."
Gozaburo smacked him again, growling, "I told you not to backtalk me."
Seto laughed, coldly, "Hate being proven wrong, don't you, stepfather?"
Gozaburo went to strike him a third time, but stopped, "You're stronger now, boy, I almost admire you for that. Almost. How about a rematch of wits. If I win, you have to give complete powers of KaibaCorp back to me."
"And if I win?"
"I will set you and your little friends free."
"No."
Gozaburo looked at him, "What do you mean 'no'? Don't you want to be free?"
"If I win, not only do you set us free, but you leave the world alone. No satellites. No virtual mind-trapping. Deal?"
"You drive a hard bargain, stepson. I'm glad to see you haven't used all of the talents I've taught to you to waist. Deal."
They shook on it.
"So, you really want to me to kick your ass at chess again?" Seto asked, with a smirk.
Gozaburo was also smirking, "No, I was thinking we'd play another game. One I'm sure you're quite familiar with...Duel Monsters."
Seto's eyes narrowed, but he nodded.
~~~
Mokuba stopped playing his game, "I can't seem to find the exit. It probably isn't in here...oh well, hey Noa...I was thinking...I bet Seto can make you a body...I mean, you are family..."
He chuckled.
He stood, and walked over to the Dance Dance Revolution machines, "Maybe it's in here...I can't wait to get out..."
Noa sighed, "Well to bad, Mokuba..."
Mokuba looked at him, "What..."
"Well...you never will..." He jumped into his body.
~~~
Seto narrowed his eyes at his stepfather. He would win this. He was still the champion, despite his losses to Yuugi. Or Yami. Dammit why did they have to be to people? It was so damn confusing. But that was off topic. He would win.
He placed his deck in the appropiate place.
"Time to duel, Seto," Gozaburo said.
~~~
Noa, as Mokuba, stepped out of his pod, "Hehe, thank you, Mokuba."
He moved, swiftly, to the main control room, "This will show those fools. I'll destroy them all...I'll use my fathers own satellite to destroy the mainframe, and the minds of those fools along with it!"
He rerouted the course of the satellite, and chuckled. A screen got his attention, as he saw Mariku running a muck about the about the sub.
"An intruder...I'll have to deal with him later..." He left the room.
~~~
Meanwhile, Seto had found himself in somewhat of a pickle. He was being faced by one of his worst fears.
Exodia.
(AN I...do not know how the duel ends I probably won't because I'm going somewhere on Saturday before Yu-Gi-Oh! Comes on, so I'm going to improvise how he wins and if it's not correct then I'm sorry, I told you I'd be screwing with the plot, and this is where I'm starting.)
"Scared, aren't you, Seto? I know all about your past with this monster. Because of Exodia Necros' special abilities, no monsters, traps, or magic cards can defeat it! You're finished!"
Seto squeezed his eyes shut.
~~~
Noa, still in Mokuba's body, began to walk back toward the pod room, when he slowed, thinking about Mokuba's words to him. The kind words that had ensured a small ray of hope, and he stopped.
'What have I done?! My brothers are in danger!' He had to find the nearest place to communicate with the virtual world.
He found a place, and began to speak, "Attention everyone, you're in danger, and it's all my fault. I reprogrammed my father's satellite to destroy the virtual mainframe! But please trust me, I'll try to reverse the process. I'm so sorry for all the thing I did, just hold on, I'll fix this!"
~~~
Everyone listening were confused. Why would Noa feel so bad? Something must have gotten to him.
~~~
As Noa ran back toward the main computer room, he thought, 'As soon as I fix this, I'm getting back in that pod. This is Mokuba's body, not mine...and he deserves to live....not me...'
He entered the room, "Oh no! That intruder...he destroyed everything!"
He ran back to tell them. There was only 5 minutes left before the satellite crashed.
"Attention! Some intruder destroyed the computers, I can't reverse the process!" Noa said.
~~~
Seto growled, "Imbecile. NOA IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, LISTEN TO ME!"
~~~
Seto's face appeared before him, on a small screen.
"I can." Noa replied.
Seto spoke, "Is or isn't my blimp in that overgrown rust bucket?"
"Yes, so?"
"Do or doesn't my blimp have perfectly up to date computers on it?" Seto replied.
Noa's eyes widened, "Of course!"
~~~
Gozaburo growled, "That little twit..."
Seto smirked, "I might escape before you can defeat me."
"Oh, so you forfeit? I knew you were scared."
Seto scowled, "Bastard."
~~~
Katsuya jumped up, "That was Seto's voice giving Noa orders! He may be close, come on!"
He ran off. Yuugi followed, and of course Yami went after Yuugi. Anzu, Shizuka, and Otogi followed the other three, and monkey Honda held onto Otogi's shoulder as he took off.
~~~
The blimp guards let Noa on, thinking he was Mokuba and he went straight to the blimps main computer source. He tapped into the satellite again, reversing the process, just as the clock struck the last second. He sighed in relief, then took off back out.
He placed himself, in Mokuba's body, back in the pod, and released himself from his body.
He and Mokuba were both back in the abandoned arcade.
Mokuba blinked, and looked at Noa, "Why did you give me back...?"
"Because...you're my family," Noa said.
Mokuba grinned.
"But your brother is in trouble....I may be able to help him...come on," Noa said as he dragged Mokuba out.
~~~
Defense card after defense card, Seto placed out, but every time it was destroyed.
He couldn't keep this up forever.
~~~
Noa, on the way, ran into the rest of the group.
"Noa, where is Seto?" Katsuya asked.
"He's in my virtual version of the KaibaCorp building, and he's in trouble. He's up against Exodia Necros."
"That's ooh bad ooh ooh, right?" Monkey Honda asked.
"Yeah, that's bad...especially if he loses," Noa said.
"What happens if he loses?" Katsuya asked.
"KaibaCorp power reverts back to my father and we're all trapped here forever," Noa replied.
He led them to KaibaCorp and up to the dueling arena. Katsuya looked up at Seto, and bit his lip, "Seto! ....Holy shit, look at that thing!"
He pointed out Exodia Necros to the rest of the group. Yuugi's mouth fell open, "My gods..."
Noa went toward the dueling arena, opening a little compartment in his father's side of the arena. He began to re-wire the components for the monster cards.
Gozaburo growled, "Little brat!"
FLASH. Lightening again, and Noa was out cold.
"Oh no!" Mokuba said as he rushed toward the blue haired boy. Katsuya was looking at the components as Mokuba nursed Noa.
"Oh gods, I hate wires...I failed my tech class..." Katsuya said, "He unhooked four wires. Red, yellow, blue, and green."
Seto glared at his stepfather, "He was trying to reroute the components for monster cards, so that Exodia Necros is read by the comptuer as too strong a monster to play. Put the green wire where the red one goes."
FLASH. Another bolt of lightening, but Katsuya didn't fall. He fought against the powerful force, and placed the green where the red goes.
Gozaburo didn't let up.
Katsuya gritted his teeth, pain shooting through him, and asked, "What....next...?"
Seto's cold stare stayed locked on Gozaburo, "Blue into yellow..."
Katsuya placed the blue into the yellow slot. He was getting weaker, "Next!"
"Yellow into green."
Katsuya placed yellow into green. Only one left. He grabbed the red wire and pulled it toward the blue. He was almost there. He felt so weak. Got it!
And he fainted.
Exodia Necros fuzzed out for a moment, then came back in, then fuzzed out again, and finally disappeared.
Gozaburo growled, and another bolt came from nowhere and struck Katsuya again. He cried out, then fell faint again.
"Seto, every time my lifepoints go down, I will strike you're little toy, until he is dead. Backdown NOW!" Gozaburo barked.
Seto looked down at Katsuya. He couldn't risk it. He couldn't risk losing Katsuya. But the whole world was at stake. He had to keep going. He drew a card and placed it on the field. It directly attacked Gozaburo.
His lifepoints went down.
FLASH. Another cry from the blonde.
Seto squeezed his eyes shut. He had to do this.
"I'm so sorry, Katsuya..."
His stepfather had a monster out now. He drew. A magic card. He combined it with his monster and destroyed Gozaburo's.
FLASH. Katsuya didn't even have the strength to cry out now.
Shizuka was crying through, "Why are you doing this, Kaiba! I thought you loved him!"
Seto gritted his teeth, "Because it's him or the world."
Shizuka gasped.
Seto drew a Blue Eyes. He placed a card in defense. Gozaburo destroyed it. He drew again. Polerimyzation. He placed it face down, and drew again. His second Blue Eyes. He needed one more.
Gozaburo attacked him directly. Seto cringed. He placed a monster in defense again, and drew. Damn, just dan Mystic Horseman, who he also placed in defense. Gozaburo destroyed he first defense monster. He drew. Damn Saggi the damn Clown. Gozaburo destroyed his second defense monster.
This draw had to be his defining draw. He placed his hand on his deck slowly.
'I'm so sorry, Katsuya...I love you, so much...please forgive me...' He drew his final Blue Eyes.
"I play my face down card along with these three cards."
And Ultimate Blue Eyes rose from the stadium, roaring, in all it's triumphant glory. It directly attackedG ozaburo, bringing his points down to zero.
Time seemed to slow down, as the last flash of lightening came down. A number of things happened. Shizuka bolted toward her brother, Seto jumped from the high perch, landing and rolling, before jumping up and racing toward Katsuya.
Right before the lightening struck, though, Seto grabbed the unconcious blonde and lunged out of the way.
Time sped up again, and Seto cradled the blonde, "Katsuya, you're safe now..."
Katsuya opened his eyes, "I know..."
Gozaburo growled, "Little brats! You'll never escape!"
Noa glared at his father, fully concious now, "Actually, father, _you_ never will. I command this simulation be OVER!"
He had rewritten the sofware while using Seto's computers, so that they did as he commanded again.
The simulation stopped, and everyone woke up. In their own respective bodies.
They pushed the pods open.
Katsuya jumped out, and threw himself, full force, into Seto's arms, knocking the brunette over.
Seto smirked, "Happy to be out?"
"Yeah."
"Why? Because you get to see me in all my sexy glory?" Seto asked.
"No because I gotta piss like a fucking race-horse."
The rest of the group laughed, and Otogi looked over at Honda, who was very happy to NOT be a monkey anymore.
"Yes, celebrate, you fools, but your torment is not over yet," A voice hissed, laughing coldly.
The group turned, and there before them, was Mariku.
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Me: DUN DUN another cliffhanger...I know I know, the story is probably totally off, but now I can actually call the plot my own...*laughs nervously* no flames please...oh yeah, and I'm very proud of myself, the previous chapter was 10 and one-eight pages and this one was 9 and one- fourth pages. Longest chapters I've ever written. I'm very proud. So show how proud YOU all are of me and REVIEW PLEASE! ^_^
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Rivalry of the Heart
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Chapter Three
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Noa gasped, and his eyes widened, as many thoughts and memories flashed through his head, "Oh gods...who _ARE_ you?!!"
He was forced back by the Sennen Puzzle. He growled, "Bastard!"
Seto held Katsuya close, not wanting to lose him again. Suddenly a voice boomed through the sky, "Failure!"
Seto's brow furrowed, "I know that voice..."
Gozaburo's great mug(that means his face) appeared in a series of dark clouds that formed, "Noa, you've failed me yet again!"
"Father! I'm sorry, I tried my best!" Noa cried.
"Well it was not good enough...as for you, dear stepson, look how weak you've become...letting emotions take hold of your life," The old man snapped.
Katsuya glared at the large face, "Shaddap, you big dork, you don't own him!"
FLASH. A bolt of lightening shot from the dark clouds, and Seto, still holding onto Katsuya, jumped out out of the way, pulling Katsuya with him, before the bolt could hit his beloved pup. His venomous gaze turned to Gozaburo.
The face laughed, "You fools, you think I have no power here? I _own_ this world! Noa was just running it for me!"
"Yes, and now, as my father destroys you all, I will inherit his empire!" Noa said.
"WRONG! You have failed me once to many, my son, and so you will receive _nothing_!" Gozaburo replied.
"But father...!" Noa protested.
"Silence, Noa! You've failed!" Gozaburo smiled, a malicious smile, "I suppose your wondering why you are here at all, Seto...well it is simple, I was going to take over your body to escape...but I think my new idea is much better...soon my satellite, the one that runs this virtual world, will transferr all of the world into this game to be my virtual slaves."
"You can't! There aren't enough pods!" Noa cried.
"Pods?" Yuugi asked.
Seto suddenly understood, "Of course...when we thought we were falling throgh the floor, we weren't at all. They just knocked us unconscious and put us in virtual pods!"
"That's right, and soon the world will join you. Pods or not!"Gozaburo cackled and disappeared.
Noa gritted his teeth, "This isn't fair! We have to get out. I know a way."
"And why should we trust you, Mr. Manipulation," Katsuya hissed.
Noa winced, "You should work on not holding grudges, Katsuya."
Katsuya fumed, and bolted out of Seto's arm and began hitting Noa in the head( you know like Inuyasha does to Shippou sometimes?), "ONE, YOU FUCKING HYPNOTIZED ME TO HATE MY FRIENDS, AND TWO NO ONE CALLS ME KATSUYA EXCEPT SETO, GOT IT?!"
Noa was all swirly eyed when Katsuya calmly(*falls over laughing*) went back over to Seto.
Seto was smirking, smugly.
Noa shook his head, "Alright fine, you don't have to trust me. But I do know a way out..."
"Maybe we should trust him. He seems to be as angry with Gozaburo as we are," Mokuba said.
Noa blinked. Mokuba was helping him? Why? He'd just turned his brother, his girlfriend and him into stone, and he was still helping him. Maybe...maybe this group wasn't so bad....NO! Trust no one. That was the most important he'd ever learned from his father. And that's why he deserved KaibaCorp, because he actually listened to his father, unlike Seto, who decided to go and trust some dumb street punk.
"Follow me," Noa said, and he led them away from the field and into a cave.
Yami and Yuugi came up next to Seto, and Yami murmured, "You don't really trust him, do you?"
"Of course not, and you're stupid to even have to ask me," Seto replied, not even bothering to look at Yami. Katsuya frowned at him. He knew Seto still didn't like his friends.
Noa came up to a panel and began to type. He stopped suddenly, "Dammit! He's shut down this escape route..."
He turned to them, and began to laugh, "You can't escape. Hehehehehe, and neither will the world, hehehehehe, they'll all be trapped here and I'll never have to be alone again, hehehehehe..."
Mokuba went up to Noa, and began to shake him, "Noa, stop! Snap out of this! You have to stop!"
Noa stopped laughing, a strange smile still on his face and Mokuba saw his brother's face in Noa's as he said, "You're right, Mokie."
Mokuba yelped and jumped back.
Noa suddenly became solemn again, "I know another way out. One that Gozaburo doesn't know about."
He pushed pass them and walked toward the exit of the cave. They followed. They walked for a long while, and Katsuya becaem very uneasy, "I have a bad feeling, ryu...like we're about to be seperated again..."
Seto's eyes shifted around, suspiciously, pulling Katsuya closer with the arm around his waist.
"If this is another trap, Noa, I will personally slaughter you," Seto said.
Noa shook his head, as they stopped in front of a door, "No trap, Seto..."
He smiled maliciously, to himself, 'Not for you at least...'
He looked back at Mokuba, then turned and opened the door, "Come on."
They walked through.
And Seto and Mokuba disappeared.
Katsuya looked around. He saw Yuugi, Yami, Shizuka, Otogi, and monkey Honda. But Seto and Mokuba were no where to be find.
"Dammit! He lied to us again!" Katsuya growled, pounding his fist into the wall of a virtual building.
~~~
Mokuba blinked, and turned. Noa stood there.
"Noa, where are we? Are we out?"
"Not yet, Mokuba."
They were in an arcade.
"Is the way out in one of these games?" Mokuba asked, sitting down, and playing one.
"Yes, yes it is." Noa eyed him. He would steal his body soon enough.
~~~
Seto looked around, "Mokuba?! Katsuya?!"
He growled, his knuckles turning white as he balled his fists, "NOA!"
He turned, and up the street was a virtual KaibaCorp building. His eyes narrowed, "Gozaburo..."
He began to walk up the street, pacing himself. He would find Gozaburo, and demand he set them free. Tell him that he had no power over him, and that KaibaCorp was his. Tell him that he may think he was weak because of Katsuya, but that the blonde actually made him stronger. He would not stand for the hurt he'd caused to Katsuya or even Yuugi-tachi.
He reached the bulding, glaring up at it, and remembering all the things that Gozaburo had done to him. Working him to complete fatigue. Taking away things he most cared about if he did not cooperate. Even beating him. His eyes squeezed closed, and he bowed his head, before glaring at the door, as he stepped inside.
~~~
Katsuya sat, his head buried in his hands, 'Seto...'
Yuugi placed his hands on his friends shoulders, "It's okay, Jou, we'll find Kaiba, and then we'll find a way out..."
~~~
The elevator dinged, and Seto stepped out. He went to his office, quietly, opening the door, his eyes glaring at the back of the Italian leather chair.
"I thought I'd taught you better then to just barge in. Don't you know how to knock?" The chair seemed to say, then turned to reveal the real person speaking....Gozaburo.
"I could care less about using manners with you, stepfather," Seto spat back.
"At least you still respect me by calling me my rightful title," Gozaburo replied, smirking.
"Well, I didn't want to curse my stepfather in my office. It might jinx the place," Seto replied.
Gozaburo stood, and made his way toward the brunette. He stood next to him, and turned his head slightly, to look at him, "You haven't changed a bit, you piece of shit."
He backhanded him. Seto stumbled a bit, but did not fall. He glared at the man.
"I see I still have a bit of power over you too. I taught you never to backtalk me, boy, and I expect you to abide by that while in my presence."
"You don't own me anymore, bastard," Seto growled.
Gozaburo smirked, "Your little whore has been filling your head with lies. I've _always_ owned you, boy."
Seto's eyes flared, "Unless you've forgotten, I'm the one who beat _you_ at a game of chess. You didn't even want to adopt me."
Gozaburo smacked him again, growling, "I told you not to backtalk me."
Seto laughed, coldly, "Hate being proven wrong, don't you, stepfather?"
Gozaburo went to strike him a third time, but stopped, "You're stronger now, boy, I almost admire you for that. Almost. How about a rematch of wits. If I win, you have to give complete powers of KaibaCorp back to me."
"And if I win?"
"I will set you and your little friends free."
"No."
Gozaburo looked at him, "What do you mean 'no'? Don't you want to be free?"
"If I win, not only do you set us free, but you leave the world alone. No satellites. No virtual mind-trapping. Deal?"
"You drive a hard bargain, stepson. I'm glad to see you haven't used all of the talents I've taught to you to waist. Deal."
They shook on it.
"So, you really want to me to kick your ass at chess again?" Seto asked, with a smirk.
Gozaburo was also smirking, "No, I was thinking we'd play another game. One I'm sure you're quite familiar with...Duel Monsters."
Seto's eyes narrowed, but he nodded.
~~~
Mokuba stopped playing his game, "I can't seem to find the exit. It probably isn't in here...oh well, hey Noa...I was thinking...I bet Seto can make you a body...I mean, you are family..."
He chuckled.
He stood, and walked over to the Dance Dance Revolution machines, "Maybe it's in here...I can't wait to get out..."
Noa sighed, "Well to bad, Mokuba..."
Mokuba looked at him, "What..."
"Well...you never will..." He jumped into his body.
~~~
Seto narrowed his eyes at his stepfather. He would win this. He was still the champion, despite his losses to Yuugi. Or Yami. Dammit why did they have to be to people? It was so damn confusing. But that was off topic. He would win.
He placed his deck in the appropiate place.
"Time to duel, Seto," Gozaburo said.
~~~
Noa, as Mokuba, stepped out of his pod, "Hehe, thank you, Mokuba."
He moved, swiftly, to the main control room, "This will show those fools. I'll destroy them all...I'll use my fathers own satellite to destroy the mainframe, and the minds of those fools along with it!"
He rerouted the course of the satellite, and chuckled. A screen got his attention, as he saw Mariku running a muck about the about the sub.
"An intruder...I'll have to deal with him later..." He left the room.
~~~
Meanwhile, Seto had found himself in somewhat of a pickle. He was being faced by one of his worst fears.
Exodia.
(AN I...do not know how the duel ends I probably won't because I'm going somewhere on Saturday before Yu-Gi-Oh! Comes on, so I'm going to improvise how he wins and if it's not correct then I'm sorry, I told you I'd be screwing with the plot, and this is where I'm starting.)
"Scared, aren't you, Seto? I know all about your past with this monster. Because of Exodia Necros' special abilities, no monsters, traps, or magic cards can defeat it! You're finished!"
Seto squeezed his eyes shut.
~~~
Noa, still in Mokuba's body, began to walk back toward the pod room, when he slowed, thinking about Mokuba's words to him. The kind words that had ensured a small ray of hope, and he stopped.
'What have I done?! My brothers are in danger!' He had to find the nearest place to communicate with the virtual world.
He found a place, and began to speak, "Attention everyone, you're in danger, and it's all my fault. I reprogrammed my father's satellite to destroy the virtual mainframe! But please trust me, I'll try to reverse the process. I'm so sorry for all the thing I did, just hold on, I'll fix this!"
~~~
Everyone listening were confused. Why would Noa feel so bad? Something must have gotten to him.
~~~
As Noa ran back toward the main computer room, he thought, 'As soon as I fix this, I'm getting back in that pod. This is Mokuba's body, not mine...and he deserves to live....not me...'
He entered the room, "Oh no! That intruder...he destroyed everything!"
He ran back to tell them. There was only 5 minutes left before the satellite crashed.
"Attention! Some intruder destroyed the computers, I can't reverse the process!" Noa said.
~~~
Seto growled, "Imbecile. NOA IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, LISTEN TO ME!"
~~~
Seto's face appeared before him, on a small screen.
"I can." Noa replied.
Seto spoke, "Is or isn't my blimp in that overgrown rust bucket?"
"Yes, so?"
"Do or doesn't my blimp have perfectly up to date computers on it?" Seto replied.
Noa's eyes widened, "Of course!"
~~~
Gozaburo growled, "That little twit..."
Seto smirked, "I might escape before you can defeat me."
"Oh, so you forfeit? I knew you were scared."
Seto scowled, "Bastard."
~~~
Katsuya jumped up, "That was Seto's voice giving Noa orders! He may be close, come on!"
He ran off. Yuugi followed, and of course Yami went after Yuugi. Anzu, Shizuka, and Otogi followed the other three, and monkey Honda held onto Otogi's shoulder as he took off.
~~~
The blimp guards let Noa on, thinking he was Mokuba and he went straight to the blimps main computer source. He tapped into the satellite again, reversing the process, just as the clock struck the last second. He sighed in relief, then took off back out.
He placed himself, in Mokuba's body, back in the pod, and released himself from his body.
He and Mokuba were both back in the abandoned arcade.
Mokuba blinked, and looked at Noa, "Why did you give me back...?"
"Because...you're my family," Noa said.
Mokuba grinned.
"But your brother is in trouble....I may be able to help him...come on," Noa said as he dragged Mokuba out.
~~~
Defense card after defense card, Seto placed out, but every time it was destroyed.
He couldn't keep this up forever.
~~~
Noa, on the way, ran into the rest of the group.
"Noa, where is Seto?" Katsuya asked.
"He's in my virtual version of the KaibaCorp building, and he's in trouble. He's up against Exodia Necros."
"That's ooh bad ooh ooh, right?" Monkey Honda asked.
"Yeah, that's bad...especially if he loses," Noa said.
"What happens if he loses?" Katsuya asked.
"KaibaCorp power reverts back to my father and we're all trapped here forever," Noa replied.
He led them to KaibaCorp and up to the dueling arena. Katsuya looked up at Seto, and bit his lip, "Seto! ....Holy shit, look at that thing!"
He pointed out Exodia Necros to the rest of the group. Yuugi's mouth fell open, "My gods..."
Noa went toward the dueling arena, opening a little compartment in his father's side of the arena. He began to re-wire the components for the monster cards.
Gozaburo growled, "Little brat!"
FLASH. Lightening again, and Noa was out cold.
"Oh no!" Mokuba said as he rushed toward the blue haired boy. Katsuya was looking at the components as Mokuba nursed Noa.
"Oh gods, I hate wires...I failed my tech class..." Katsuya said, "He unhooked four wires. Red, yellow, blue, and green."
Seto glared at his stepfather, "He was trying to reroute the components for monster cards, so that Exodia Necros is read by the comptuer as too strong a monster to play. Put the green wire where the red one goes."
FLASH. Another bolt of lightening, but Katsuya didn't fall. He fought against the powerful force, and placed the green where the red goes.
Gozaburo didn't let up.
Katsuya gritted his teeth, pain shooting through him, and asked, "What....next...?"
Seto's cold stare stayed locked on Gozaburo, "Blue into yellow..."
Katsuya placed the blue into the yellow slot. He was getting weaker, "Next!"
"Yellow into green."
Katsuya placed yellow into green. Only one left. He grabbed the red wire and pulled it toward the blue. He was almost there. He felt so weak. Got it!
And he fainted.
Exodia Necros fuzzed out for a moment, then came back in, then fuzzed out again, and finally disappeared.
Gozaburo growled, and another bolt came from nowhere and struck Katsuya again. He cried out, then fell faint again.
"Seto, every time my lifepoints go down, I will strike you're little toy, until he is dead. Backdown NOW!" Gozaburo barked.
Seto looked down at Katsuya. He couldn't risk it. He couldn't risk losing Katsuya. But the whole world was at stake. He had to keep going. He drew a card and placed it on the field. It directly attacked Gozaburo.
His lifepoints went down.
FLASH. Another cry from the blonde.
Seto squeezed his eyes shut. He had to do this.
"I'm so sorry, Katsuya..."
His stepfather had a monster out now. He drew. A magic card. He combined it with his monster and destroyed Gozaburo's.
FLASH. Katsuya didn't even have the strength to cry out now.
Shizuka was crying through, "Why are you doing this, Kaiba! I thought you loved him!"
Seto gritted his teeth, "Because it's him or the world."
Shizuka gasped.
Seto drew a Blue Eyes. He placed a card in defense. Gozaburo destroyed it. He drew again. Polerimyzation. He placed it face down, and drew again. His second Blue Eyes. He needed one more.
Gozaburo attacked him directly. Seto cringed. He placed a monster in defense again, and drew. Damn, just dan Mystic Horseman, who he also placed in defense. Gozaburo destroyed he first defense monster. He drew. Damn Saggi the damn Clown. Gozaburo destroyed his second defense monster.
This draw had to be his defining draw. He placed his hand on his deck slowly.
'I'm so sorry, Katsuya...I love you, so much...please forgive me...' He drew his final Blue Eyes.
"I play my face down card along with these three cards."
And Ultimate Blue Eyes rose from the stadium, roaring, in all it's triumphant glory. It directly attackedG ozaburo, bringing his points down to zero.
Time seemed to slow down, as the last flash of lightening came down. A number of things happened. Shizuka bolted toward her brother, Seto jumped from the high perch, landing and rolling, before jumping up and racing toward Katsuya.
Right before the lightening struck, though, Seto grabbed the unconcious blonde and lunged out of the way.
Time sped up again, and Seto cradled the blonde, "Katsuya, you're safe now..."
Katsuya opened his eyes, "I know..."
Gozaburo growled, "Little brats! You'll never escape!"
Noa glared at his father, fully concious now, "Actually, father, _you_ never will. I command this simulation be OVER!"
He had rewritten the sofware while using Seto's computers, so that they did as he commanded again.
The simulation stopped, and everyone woke up. In their own respective bodies.
They pushed the pods open.
Katsuya jumped out, and threw himself, full force, into Seto's arms, knocking the brunette over.
Seto smirked, "Happy to be out?"
"Yeah."
"Why? Because you get to see me in all my sexy glory?" Seto asked.
"No because I gotta piss like a fucking race-horse."
The rest of the group laughed, and Otogi looked over at Honda, who was very happy to NOT be a monkey anymore.
"Yes, celebrate, you fools, but your torment is not over yet," A voice hissed, laughing coldly.
The group turned, and there before them, was Mariku.
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Me: DUN DUN another cliffhanger...I know I know, the story is probably totally off, but now I can actually call the plot my own...*laughs nervously* no flames please...oh yeah, and I'm very proud of myself, the previous chapter was 10 and one-eight pages and this one was 9 and one- fourth pages. Longest chapters I've ever written. I'm very proud. So show how proud YOU all are of me and REVIEW PLEASE! ^_^