Chapter Six-Fairplay

Noa smirked at Gansely. "You're too late, boys. Veronica is out of y our reach now."

"Not for long." Gansley slammed the boy into a wall in the control room. "You find her, now!"

"Not in this lifetime, you punk." Seto growled, elbowing himself free from Krump's grip. "Leave him alone." He moved to stand in front of Noa, shielding him from Gansley next blow. He put up a hand to block him. "Do you wanna know why I let you go, Gansely?" He smirked, hearing the joints in the former businessman's hand crack. "It's because you were incompetent. You five were useless to my new empire at Kaiba Corporation.You couldn't keep us here in Virtual World before, and you aren't going to do it now." By the time the young CEO finished his rant, Gansley was backed into the opposite wall, with Krump. "Now. My business with you idiots is over. I want to talk to my "stepfather"." With that, he knocked the two of them out. He turned to Noa. "Are you ready?"

Gozabouro was standing there, with Noa tightly at his side, looking strangled. "I'm ready whenever you are, my boy." He released Noa, shoving him so hard that the young boy fell, going unconscious as well. "Hmm...this is a real bonus. I started out trying to get Noa back to reason with him, but instead, I have all three of you, and a girl who has opened many doors of opportunity for me."

"Don't be a fool. That girl is going home, where she belongs." Seto replied, his eyes narrowed. "And you won't keep any of us either."

"Is that so? You are in no position to be making such proclamations." The eldest Kaiba snickered evilly. "As I see it, you and Noa have to be the most irresponsible elder brothers I've ever seen."

"What do you mean by that?" He was suddenly worried, though he appeared not to be.

"Just look." Gozabouro hit a button, and one of Noa's consoles blinked on. It showed Mokuba and Veronica,with Mokuba standing in front of her. He was facing off with a Serpent Knight Dragon.

"No way! Noa said nothing would harm them over there!" Seto gawked in surprise.

"Come on, Seto! Do you really believe you and Mokuba are the only capable hackers on this plane?" A new, unwelcome voice replied. Seto turned with a scowl, to face Nesbitt. "We knew Noa had a secret section. It was just a matter of finding it, and decoding it's barrier."

"Nesbitt..." Seto snarled. "Call that thing off. NOW!!" He glared at the weapons operator.

"He doesn't work for you anymore, Seto. Remember?" Gozabouro smirked. "Order that thing to s tomp those two, like rats!"

"Wait! If I tell it to kill them, Veronica will be of no use to you, Sir." Nesbitt reasoned.

"Good point...." Gozabouro smirked at Seto. "But we don't need Mokuba."

"You monster!" Seto lunged on Nesbitt before he could push anymore buttons. "No one messes with my little brother!" They struggled for a while, before Seto was thrown back. Instantly, he retaliated with a punch that sent Nesbitt crashing into the glass window, shattering it. He ran over to Noa's fallen form. "Noa!"

"Fool! You're wasting your energy recovering him when you know fool well he wouldn't return the favor!" Gozabouro taunted. "If I were you, I'd find a way to stop the dragon. He's about to make food out of your brother."

"Oh that's simple enough." Seto snarled, typing in a command of his own. He smirked now, when Skylar appeared. "Thank you. Now get those two out of harm's way, while I get ri d of my pest problem." The blue eyes white dragon nodded, and he watched it fly off with an unconscious Veronica, and relieved Mokuba. He stood up now, and found himself alone with just Noa's motionless form. "Noa!"

"S- seto ......." Noa shook himself groggily. "What's going on?"

"We've to find a way to keep these guys off that island. They were able to hack into the barrier code. Most importantly, we need to get Veronica home, before Gozabouro can capture her again."

"Yes, but there's a problem. My father's locked me out of the main computer. If I can't get in there, I'm afraid we're all going to be stuck here for good."

"Not if I can help it. He taught me well, which is unfortunate for him." Seto helped Noa up. "I sent Skylar after Mokuba and Veronica. That girl is in really bad shape."

"I know. We must get her out of here, and soon." Noa looked up at him. "I'm sorry I've dragged you into this again."

"It's all right We're family." Seto put an arm around him. "Let's go get the kids, before anything more can happen to them."

"Right. Then, we get ou t of here." Noa had a look of determination on his face when the two Kaibas left the control room. I'm on my way, Ronnie. Just hang in there.