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Chapter 4:
Race To The Roof
They ran through the maze corridors. Trying doors left and right.
"Which one is it?"
"It's not this one!"
"Or this one!"
"There's only one way to do this!" Inu-yasha declared. "Straight up. Songo, did you pack Kirara?"
"Of course," she said, slinging her pack from her shoulder. Kirara jumped out, and the pack popped into Shippo. "What do you need?" the kitsune asked.
"We need to get to the roof," Miroku said.
"Kirara, transform," Songo said. The little cat you-kai mowed loudly, but as flames circled her, her mew turned into a roar, and before them stood a giant, saber toothed cat with ruby red eyes.
"Stand back, everybody." Inu-yasha warned, unsheathing his sword, the Tetseiga. He lifted it up , and threw it high, the strength of his throw sending the sword flying through the roof, like a missile. The company grabbed on to Kirara, and she flew through the hole to the next floor, where Inu-yasha repeated the action the action until he mad one last throw, opening up unto the roof of the mansion.
"There's enough choppers left," Joey said, "we can still catch them!"
Just then, crashing through the roof, came, first, the Insect Queen, with Weeval Underwood clinging to her antennae, followed by the Dinosaur, Uraby, with Rex Raptor on his tail. "Looks like we have some flies caught in our web," Weeval cackled.
"Let's squash them into Dino doo!" Rex said, jumping from the dinosaur's tail, and pulling out a remote control. Weeval followed suite, letting go of his Queen's antennae, landing a few feet in front of Rex. Their robots swept in, the Queen firing lasers from her stinger while Uraby swept his tail around, crushing 2 helicopters.
"They'll destroy our only way to save Serenity!" Tea cried, dodging the blast from the giant bug.
"Then let me handle this," Inu-yasha cried. "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" he yelled, rushing at the dinosaur, his claws ripping it into scrap metal. Rex looked at Inu-yasha terrified before he dropped the controls and made a run for it.
"I'm outta here!" he cried.
"You coward," Weeval called out, "You expect me to get rid of them alone?"
"No," Rex said, running to the edge of the building, "I expect to live!" But he was stopped by Songo and the giant Kirara.
"Where are you going?" she asked, her cat roaring with anticipation for battle. Rex just cried and shook with fear until as he soiled himself, before he passed out.
"Fine then," Weeval said, "I will finish you all, and get the reward!"
"I don't think so, you little cockroach!" Joey said. He reached into his kimono tunic, and pulled out the Millennium Key. He twirled it, then, it extended into a staff.
"You expect to beat my Insect Queen with stick, Wheeler?"
"It's not a stick," he said, twirling it about in his hands. Then, with one mighty swipe, he took the Insect Queen's head off, sparks flying from cut, and the body, crashing onto the roof, causing a huge section to cave in.
Weeval stared at the devastation, and screeched "MY QUEEN!! The armor on that was supposed to withstand a blow from a tank!"
"What did you boys do?" Mai asked, coming from the door opposite them.
"How did you get up here?" Tristan asked. "We couldn't find the stairs."
"I took the service elevator," she said flatly.
"Why didn't we think of that?" Joey asked.
"Cause you're an idiot," Inu-yasha remarked.
"You're the one who said 'we can only go straight up'!, dog breath!"
"You wanted a way up here! I did the only thing I knew to do!" While they were arguing, Weeval started crawling away, but he was stopped short when Miroku's foot came down on his back.
"And where are you crawling off to?" he asked. Shippo climbed up on his shoulder and called out to the others, "Hey guys, we have something to take care of over here."
"Please don't hurt me!" Weval begged them, "I'll do anything!"
"Can you fly a helicopter?" Yugi/Yami asked him.
"Yes," he said, frightened.
"What do you mean 'they're on their way'?" Seto yelled into the cell phone. "You were supposed to delay them longer than this. I'm not even to the island yet."
"I'm sorry, Seto," Mokuba cried over the phone, "I did everything you said, but-"
"Then how did they get through!?"
"They have a demon with them!"
"What? Mokuba, you expect me to believe-"
"It's true, Seto! It was that guy with the white hair, Inu-yasha. He cut through the doors like they were paper."
"With what?"
"His claws! Those aren't nails, they're real claws! And he got them up to the helipad by shoving a huge sword through the roof, and flying on the back of a saber tooth cat!"
"Mokuba, whatever you saw must have been a glitch in the wiring, or a cheep trick. There's no way-"
"If you don't believe me, then check out the security footage yourself!" Mokuba yelled, hanging up on his brother.
He looked at his phone for a sec, then put it up in his pocket. Then he got out a laptop from the back of the pilot's seat, and said to the voice command controls, "Download the security footage from all rooms inside the mansion from the past four hours."
"Download commencing," the electronic computer voice said.
"Serenity! Serenity!" the woman's voice called out. Serenity opened her eyes. She was floating in a place that looked like blue and white light. She looked to her right, and saw Ishizu Ishtar coming towards her.
"Ishizu!" Serenity called. "Where are we?"
"In your mind," she said. "I did not have time to speak with you at the ball, but now, I've been able to come to you, with Shadi's help."
"Can you help me?"
"Only in this," Ishizu replied. She took the Millennium Necklace from her neck, and said, "Yugi gave this back to me after Battle City, asking me hold on to it until I found a worthy replacement. I choose you, Serenity Wheeler."
"Oh, Ishizu," she said, taking the Necklace. They'd become close friends during Battle City. She felt honored to be given this gift. "But, if we're in my mind,"
"Do not question," Ishizu said, suddenly retreating, "Have faith, my young friend, and do not fear to break the darkness with the light."
"Wait, Ishizu! What does that mean? Ishizu!"
While Seto Kaiba was preoccupied with his call from his brother, he did not notice the sudden appearance of a new piece of jewelry on Serenity's neck, as the Millennium Necklace rested lightly on her throat…
"There goes my deposit," Mai said as she finished ripping the majority of her skirts away. With her gown's many layers of fabric, she wouldn't have fit into the helicopter, so he used Songo's sword to cut them off at the knee. After that, she climbed in with Yugi, Joey, Tea, and Tristan, with Weeval (grudgingly) at the controls. Inu-yasha and the others had climbed on Kirara's back And so they continued the chase. They flew high over the estate, heading towards the sea. They were following the direction that Yugi's Millennium Ring led them in. Soaring above the ocean waters that were as black as the sky, but with turbulent waves swaying to and fro, for many hours until Tea cried out, "There's the Island!"
It was indeed the island they sought. As they got closer, they prepared to land the craft, but suddenly Weeval opened his door and said, "This is my stop! Goodbye!" and he leaped out over the ocean! They were so preoccupied with getting hold of the controls that they didn't see Weeval's parachute open.
"We're gonna crash!" screamed Tristan. But then they felt the helicopter jerk and sway violently, then they were moving normally again. Yugi looked out and up, and saw that Kirara had caught them with her teeth, and the blades were jammed by the Tetseiga. So they made it to the helipad safely.
Soon they were running on foot, following the Ring westward, through a barren expanse of rock.
"Come on! The tower entrance is this way!" Yugi/Yami.
"I can't believe we're back here!" Joey exclaimed, "This is where we had the Battle City Finals!" Just then, more of Kaiba's metal monstrosities burst forth from beneath the ground. They encircled the tower and set up a defensive line that Kaiba believed invincible.
"Let us handle this!" Songo cried as she took her hiraikotsu, and flung it forwards. It sliced through four defense-bots, while Inu-yasha used his Tetseiga to cut down five more. As debris flew around them, Miroku unwrapped his hand, calling "Wind Tunnel!", sucking up the flying parts. Kagome fired her spellbound arrows, making the robots that they hit short circuit upon impact. Shippo jumped from robot to robot, slapping his kitsune charms on their heads, and when he leaped away, the metal monsters' heads exploded.
Seto watched from his control room as Yugi and his friends fended off his attack robots. He'd never seen such incredible powers before. Even during the Battle City Tournament, he'd never encountered such awesome strength and feat of arms! His technology was completely useless against them. But then he looked over at the chair beside him, where Serenity was sleeping. She was his now, and he wouldn't let anyone take her away; no one!
"I don't care if Yugi has managed to find a you-kai," Seto said aloud, "He won't take her from me." Suddenly, he realized that she was coming to.
"What…Seto? What did you do?" she asked.
"Nothing," he replied, "I simply brought you here to my private island for a little entertainment."
"What on-?" she gasped, looking at the monitor, "Is that my brother and his friends fighting those things?"
"My robots have this island completely surrounded," he said to her, "There's no way that Yugi or your foolish brother can over come them,"
"Why are you doing this?" she asked him, tears in her eyes, "I'm not worth all this!"
"Oh, but you ARE, Serenity," he replied, "You're well worth the time and the money I've poured into the defensive networks. Reopening my father's military factories, constructing these implements of war. Don't you understand what a treasure you are to me, Serenity?"
"But am I a PERSON to you?" she asked. Kaiba was taken aback by this question. "Why do you have to hurt my family and friends just to have me? I'm not a possession! I'm not a collectable for you to hoard away! I'm a human being with feelings and a mind of my own!"
"Not for much longer," Seto Kaiba said, raising his Millennium Rod. So much for winning her with his charms…
But then, as he looked at her, he found he could not bring himself to do it. He lowered his arm, and buried his face in his hand. "Why can't I do it," he thought. "I have the power to totally erase her mind and make her a completely obedient doll. So why-? Why can't I do it?"
"Maybe because you understand I'm not a prize to be won," she said, taking his hand. "Please, Seto. I don't have anything against you. I just want to go home. Won't you let me go with my brother and his friends?"
He looked deep into her dark brown eyes. "If it were anything else," he said, "I'd let you have it without question. I'm sorry, Serenity, but I can't let you go now. Not when revenge against Yugi is within my grasp." Then, he turned, pushed a button, and said into the intercom, "Take Miss Wheeler to her private rooms." Suddenly, two of Kaiba's rooms entered, and lifted Serenity by her arms, and carried her out.
They took her too a cold, dark bedchamber with but a solitary window, and it was barred and shut. From it she could see the battle raging below.
"Ishizu said not to be afraid to break the darkness. But what darkness was she talking about?" she began to despair, but then, she felt the Necklace on her throat pulsing. Suddenly, she no longer in her room, but outside. She was watching the battle as it was happening! She watched as her friends, the girl from the Shrine, Kagome, firing arrows, the boy Inu-yasha swinging a huge white sword, and Joey with his Staff. Then, she saw a terrible sight. She saw Yugi and Kaiba, laying still on the Duelist Platform. There was no life in them. Then, she realized she was seeing the future. "NO!" she cried out, "I can't let that happen! I have to find a way out of this prison and stop this horrible battle before it goes too far!"
Chapter 4:
Race To The Roof
They ran through the maze corridors. Trying doors left and right.
"Which one is it?"
"It's not this one!"
"Or this one!"
"There's only one way to do this!" Inu-yasha declared. "Straight up. Songo, did you pack Kirara?"
"Of course," she said, slinging her pack from her shoulder. Kirara jumped out, and the pack popped into Shippo. "What do you need?" the kitsune asked.
"We need to get to the roof," Miroku said.
"Kirara, transform," Songo said. The little cat you-kai mowed loudly, but as flames circled her, her mew turned into a roar, and before them stood a giant, saber toothed cat with ruby red eyes.
"Stand back, everybody." Inu-yasha warned, unsheathing his sword, the Tetseiga. He lifted it up , and threw it high, the strength of his throw sending the sword flying through the roof, like a missile. The company grabbed on to Kirara, and she flew through the hole to the next floor, where Inu-yasha repeated the action the action until he mad one last throw, opening up unto the roof of the mansion.
"There's enough choppers left," Joey said, "we can still catch them!"
Just then, crashing through the roof, came, first, the Insect Queen, with Weeval Underwood clinging to her antennae, followed by the Dinosaur, Uraby, with Rex Raptor on his tail. "Looks like we have some flies caught in our web," Weeval cackled.
"Let's squash them into Dino doo!" Rex said, jumping from the dinosaur's tail, and pulling out a remote control. Weeval followed suite, letting go of his Queen's antennae, landing a few feet in front of Rex. Their robots swept in, the Queen firing lasers from her stinger while Uraby swept his tail around, crushing 2 helicopters.
"They'll destroy our only way to save Serenity!" Tea cried, dodging the blast from the giant bug.
"Then let me handle this," Inu-yasha cried. "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" he yelled, rushing at the dinosaur, his claws ripping it into scrap metal. Rex looked at Inu-yasha terrified before he dropped the controls and made a run for it.
"I'm outta here!" he cried.
"You coward," Weeval called out, "You expect me to get rid of them alone?"
"No," Rex said, running to the edge of the building, "I expect to live!" But he was stopped by Songo and the giant Kirara.
"Where are you going?" she asked, her cat roaring with anticipation for battle. Rex just cried and shook with fear until as he soiled himself, before he passed out.
"Fine then," Weeval said, "I will finish you all, and get the reward!"
"I don't think so, you little cockroach!" Joey said. He reached into his kimono tunic, and pulled out the Millennium Key. He twirled it, then, it extended into a staff.
"You expect to beat my Insect Queen with stick, Wheeler?"
"It's not a stick," he said, twirling it about in his hands. Then, with one mighty swipe, he took the Insect Queen's head off, sparks flying from cut, and the body, crashing onto the roof, causing a huge section to cave in.
Weeval stared at the devastation, and screeched "MY QUEEN!! The armor on that was supposed to withstand a blow from a tank!"
"What did you boys do?" Mai asked, coming from the door opposite them.
"How did you get up here?" Tristan asked. "We couldn't find the stairs."
"I took the service elevator," she said flatly.
"Why didn't we think of that?" Joey asked.
"Cause you're an idiot," Inu-yasha remarked.
"You're the one who said 'we can only go straight up'!, dog breath!"
"You wanted a way up here! I did the only thing I knew to do!" While they were arguing, Weeval started crawling away, but he was stopped short when Miroku's foot came down on his back.
"And where are you crawling off to?" he asked. Shippo climbed up on his shoulder and called out to the others, "Hey guys, we have something to take care of over here."
"Please don't hurt me!" Weval begged them, "I'll do anything!"
"Can you fly a helicopter?" Yugi/Yami asked him.
"Yes," he said, frightened.
"What do you mean 'they're on their way'?" Seto yelled into the cell phone. "You were supposed to delay them longer than this. I'm not even to the island yet."
"I'm sorry, Seto," Mokuba cried over the phone, "I did everything you said, but-"
"Then how did they get through!?"
"They have a demon with them!"
"What? Mokuba, you expect me to believe-"
"It's true, Seto! It was that guy with the white hair, Inu-yasha. He cut through the doors like they were paper."
"With what?"
"His claws! Those aren't nails, they're real claws! And he got them up to the helipad by shoving a huge sword through the roof, and flying on the back of a saber tooth cat!"
"Mokuba, whatever you saw must have been a glitch in the wiring, or a cheep trick. There's no way-"
"If you don't believe me, then check out the security footage yourself!" Mokuba yelled, hanging up on his brother.
He looked at his phone for a sec, then put it up in his pocket. Then he got out a laptop from the back of the pilot's seat, and said to the voice command controls, "Download the security footage from all rooms inside the mansion from the past four hours."
"Download commencing," the electronic computer voice said.
"Serenity! Serenity!" the woman's voice called out. Serenity opened her eyes. She was floating in a place that looked like blue and white light. She looked to her right, and saw Ishizu Ishtar coming towards her.
"Ishizu!" Serenity called. "Where are we?"
"In your mind," she said. "I did not have time to speak with you at the ball, but now, I've been able to come to you, with Shadi's help."
"Can you help me?"
"Only in this," Ishizu replied. She took the Millennium Necklace from her neck, and said, "Yugi gave this back to me after Battle City, asking me hold on to it until I found a worthy replacement. I choose you, Serenity Wheeler."
"Oh, Ishizu," she said, taking the Necklace. They'd become close friends during Battle City. She felt honored to be given this gift. "But, if we're in my mind,"
"Do not question," Ishizu said, suddenly retreating, "Have faith, my young friend, and do not fear to break the darkness with the light."
"Wait, Ishizu! What does that mean? Ishizu!"
While Seto Kaiba was preoccupied with his call from his brother, he did not notice the sudden appearance of a new piece of jewelry on Serenity's neck, as the Millennium Necklace rested lightly on her throat…
"There goes my deposit," Mai said as she finished ripping the majority of her skirts away. With her gown's many layers of fabric, she wouldn't have fit into the helicopter, so he used Songo's sword to cut them off at the knee. After that, she climbed in with Yugi, Joey, Tea, and Tristan, with Weeval (grudgingly) at the controls. Inu-yasha and the others had climbed on Kirara's back And so they continued the chase. They flew high over the estate, heading towards the sea. They were following the direction that Yugi's Millennium Ring led them in. Soaring above the ocean waters that were as black as the sky, but with turbulent waves swaying to and fro, for many hours until Tea cried out, "There's the Island!"
It was indeed the island they sought. As they got closer, they prepared to land the craft, but suddenly Weeval opened his door and said, "This is my stop! Goodbye!" and he leaped out over the ocean! They were so preoccupied with getting hold of the controls that they didn't see Weeval's parachute open.
"We're gonna crash!" screamed Tristan. But then they felt the helicopter jerk and sway violently, then they were moving normally again. Yugi looked out and up, and saw that Kirara had caught them with her teeth, and the blades were jammed by the Tetseiga. So they made it to the helipad safely.
Soon they were running on foot, following the Ring westward, through a barren expanse of rock.
"Come on! The tower entrance is this way!" Yugi/Yami.
"I can't believe we're back here!" Joey exclaimed, "This is where we had the Battle City Finals!" Just then, more of Kaiba's metal monstrosities burst forth from beneath the ground. They encircled the tower and set up a defensive line that Kaiba believed invincible.
"Let us handle this!" Songo cried as she took her hiraikotsu, and flung it forwards. It sliced through four defense-bots, while Inu-yasha used his Tetseiga to cut down five more. As debris flew around them, Miroku unwrapped his hand, calling "Wind Tunnel!", sucking up the flying parts. Kagome fired her spellbound arrows, making the robots that they hit short circuit upon impact. Shippo jumped from robot to robot, slapping his kitsune charms on their heads, and when he leaped away, the metal monsters' heads exploded.
Seto watched from his control room as Yugi and his friends fended off his attack robots. He'd never seen such incredible powers before. Even during the Battle City Tournament, he'd never encountered such awesome strength and feat of arms! His technology was completely useless against them. But then he looked over at the chair beside him, where Serenity was sleeping. She was his now, and he wouldn't let anyone take her away; no one!
"I don't care if Yugi has managed to find a you-kai," Seto said aloud, "He won't take her from me." Suddenly, he realized that she was coming to.
"What…Seto? What did you do?" she asked.
"Nothing," he replied, "I simply brought you here to my private island for a little entertainment."
"What on-?" she gasped, looking at the monitor, "Is that my brother and his friends fighting those things?"
"My robots have this island completely surrounded," he said to her, "There's no way that Yugi or your foolish brother can over come them,"
"Why are you doing this?" she asked him, tears in her eyes, "I'm not worth all this!"
"Oh, but you ARE, Serenity," he replied, "You're well worth the time and the money I've poured into the defensive networks. Reopening my father's military factories, constructing these implements of war. Don't you understand what a treasure you are to me, Serenity?"
"But am I a PERSON to you?" she asked. Kaiba was taken aback by this question. "Why do you have to hurt my family and friends just to have me? I'm not a possession! I'm not a collectable for you to hoard away! I'm a human being with feelings and a mind of my own!"
"Not for much longer," Seto Kaiba said, raising his Millennium Rod. So much for winning her with his charms…
But then, as he looked at her, he found he could not bring himself to do it. He lowered his arm, and buried his face in his hand. "Why can't I do it," he thought. "I have the power to totally erase her mind and make her a completely obedient doll. So why-? Why can't I do it?"
"Maybe because you understand I'm not a prize to be won," she said, taking his hand. "Please, Seto. I don't have anything against you. I just want to go home. Won't you let me go with my brother and his friends?"
He looked deep into her dark brown eyes. "If it were anything else," he said, "I'd let you have it without question. I'm sorry, Serenity, but I can't let you go now. Not when revenge against Yugi is within my grasp." Then, he turned, pushed a button, and said into the intercom, "Take Miss Wheeler to her private rooms." Suddenly, two of Kaiba's rooms entered, and lifted Serenity by her arms, and carried her out.
They took her too a cold, dark bedchamber with but a solitary window, and it was barred and shut. From it she could see the battle raging below.
"Ishizu said not to be afraid to break the darkness. But what darkness was she talking about?" she began to despair, but then, she felt the Necklace on her throat pulsing. Suddenly, she no longer in her room, but outside. She was watching the battle as it was happening! She watched as her friends, the girl from the Shrine, Kagome, firing arrows, the boy Inu-yasha swinging a huge white sword, and Joey with his Staff. Then, she saw a terrible sight. She saw Yugi and Kaiba, laying still on the Duelist Platform. There was no life in them. Then, she realized she was seeing the future. "NO!" she cried out, "I can't let that happen! I have to find a way out of this prison and stop this horrible battle before it goes too far!"