Chapter 2

Moving at the speed just like the real beast, Seto flew in his Blue-Eyes White Dragon jet over to the island where Maximillion Pegasus now spent his days. The island belonged to him, and on it he had built a hell of a mansion. Three stories high, almost a mile long in length, his house could have very well been castle, built with stone similar to the material used to create the castles of England. Because of his huge house, the land lacked trees. In the little remaining land outside of his house, Kaiba landed the jet. He hopped out quickly and approached the entrance to Pegasus' castle. He hoped that he could finish his business with the man that tried to take over his company as fast and simply as he could.

Kaiba was accompanied to Pegasus by one of his many servants. Pegasus sat on a comfortable lawn chair next to his pool, sipping on a glass of wine. Another one of his servants poured more red wine into the cup as Pegasus sat up to see his visitor.

"Oh my, could this be my good friend Seto Kaiba?" he joked, though Kaiba found it far from funny.

"Shove it, Pegasus. You know that you and I are far from friends," Kaiba scowled. Pegasus, unsteadily, rose from his lawn chair.

"I beg to differ, Kaiba boy," he said, pleasantly smiling. The smell of alcohol was obvious in his breath. Walking uneasily, Pegasus moved closer to Seto.

"Listen, Pegasus, I came here for one reason only, and as disappointing as this may sound to you, it was not to come and chat it up here with you," he told him, backing away from the psychotic looking Pegasus.

"Oh what a shame," he said with a sad look on his face. "Then what brings you all the way out to my beloved island?"

"Well you are the creator of duel monsters aren't you?" Kaiba snorted.

"Why yes. Yes I am. How ever did you know?" Pegasus said in a sarcastic tone.

"You created all the cards, including the Egyptian God Cards," Kaiba got to the point.

"Oh my, you mean the ones that little Yugi has?" Pegasus laughed, again using a sarcastic tone. "I see."

"So you had to have made a card that could defeat them. Otherwise you wouldn't have made them in the first place, because if they were unbeatable, even you wouldn't be able to beat them," Seto stated as Pegasus swallowed another sip of wine.

"How clever of you to think such a thing, Kaiba. You have truly shocked me by thinking of something that made sense for once," Pegasus' sarcasm continued. "However, a card that can beat the Egyptian Gods does not exist. There is one card that does stand a chance of fighting on the same field as them though."

Seto smiled with pleasure. That card would soon belong to him.

"And you're going to give me that card," he assured Pegasus. Almost hysterically, Pegasus burst into laughter.

"Oh Kaiba, just because we're friends does not mean that I intend to just give you the card," he said, beginning to walk towards Kaiba. His walking was crooked and unsteady, showing that the man was at least partially drunk.

"We're not friends, you drunken goat!" he scolded. "And I shall win them from you…in a duel!"

Putting his hand in his front pocket, Kaiba took out his deck. Pegasus stared at him for a moment and again started laughing.

"You honestly think I'm going to duel you?" he began. "Kaiba boy, I am retired from dueling now. I sit here on my ass all-day and collect money from the millions that buy my product all over the world. I don't duel anymore. In fact, I plan to sell my cards soon! Just think how much I could make on such a powerful deck!"

Kaiba just snorted.

"It'll be worth more if you put these in your deck," he said. He held up in his hand all three of his Blue-Eyes White Dragon cards. "I put these on the line, and if I lose, they're yours. But if you lose, that card that can defeat the Gods is mine."

With only four in the world, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon card was among the rarest and most valuable worldwide. Though expensive cards were put right under his nose, Pegasus stared blankly into them as if they had no worth.

"Kaiba, had you asked me a few years ago, you know, when I was busy taking over Kaiba Corporation, I probably would have taken you up on your offer, but I think that you'll find my heart not so greedy these days," he continued to laugh. "Besides, you'll find that another loss would be much too harsh on you. Then again, at least it wouldn't be from Yugi this time."

Kaiba had had enough of Pegasus' derisive humor. He put the Blue-Eyes and the rest of his deck back in his pocket and grabbed Pegasus by the shirt, holding a fist above his head.

"Listen you frenetic bastard, you're going to give me those cards whether you like it or not!" he yelled in his face, but Pegasus continued to laugh.

"Wow, somebody needs a hug," Pegasus giggled beginning to wrap his arms around Seto's body. Furiously, Kaiba pushed him to the ground. A bit dizzy and his sight a little blurry, Pegasus uneasily stood up and smirked. "You really are willing to go the distance just to get a card that has a slight chance at actually beating Yugi boy and his God cards aren't you?"

Kaiba wiped the dirt Pegasus' dirty hands had gotten on his white shirt, staring dirtily at Pegasus. He had come to the decision that he would not leave until he had possessed what he came for.

"I told you that I came here for the card that could beat the Gods, and I will not leave until I get what I wish!" Kaiba said stubbornly.

"Well you won't be getting it from me," Pegasus said, sitting smoothly back into his lawn chair. He patted it and winked at Kaiba to come sit with him. "Come now, Kaiba. Come sit here with me and we can talk about your helpless attempt to defeat Yugi over a glass of wine."

"You're about the last person I'd have wine with!" he scolded as Pegasus sipped on his sixth glass of wine.

"Well if you're going to be so hostile," Pegasus signaled security to escort Seto out of his mansion. The tall, wide security guard grabbed Kaiba by the arm and was basically dragging him out of the yard.

"Whether you're sober or not, I promise you I will get that card!" Kaiba screamed as he was being kicked out of the house.

"Bye, bye Kaiba!" Pegasus waved. "Do come back and visit! I sure do enjoy your company, no pun intended!"

By then, Seto was out of the house and left in the front yard of the large house. The gate that led to the backyard was then locked. Kaiba tried to force the door open, but it would not budge. Enraged, Kaiba began walking back to his jet, but he planned not to leave. He would get that card, no matter what it took.

Getting closer to his Blue-Eyes jet, Kaiba found himself randomly confronted by a stranger. Old rags and dirty clothes, making him unrecognizable covered the man's face. His hands and feet, the only pieces of his body visible, were scratched up and full of blisters. The man walked as if he were a robot, slowly and in a smooth motion. Kaiba tried to walk around him, but the man stepped to the side and ended up in front of him again.

"Who are you?" Seto asked, annoyed.

"You seek a card that possesses the power to defeat the three Egyptian God cards, and your goal is to defeat the number one duelist in the world," he said, his voice deep yet soft. A bit surprised by his knowledge, Kaiba stepped away from what looked like a homeless man.

"What?" Kaiba tried to pretend that he was unaware of what the man was talking about.

"You suffer from humiliation all because you have lost several duels to a single duelist that goes by the name of Yugi Muto," the homo continued. "And here you are now, searching for an answer to his seemingly invincible God cards that have been the key to many of your losses."

"Shut up!" Kaiba screamed, upset that the subject of his losses to Yugi was brought up. "I will get what I came here for, and then I alone will defeat him!"

"Yet you come crawling to a drunk old man for the card you search for," laughed the Hobo. "The card that drunk has, yes, it is one you will want, but it is not the card you seek."

"How do you know? Are you saying that there are two cards that can defeat the Gods?" Kaiba asked, finally interested in what the beat up man had to say.

"Oh but of course," the man nodded. "And guess who has the second card."

The man reached into a pocket in his dirty pants and pulled out a trap card. He showed it to Seto, and Seto stood in amazement. It really was the card that could defeat the three Egyptian God cards. He tried to grab it, but the man quickly pulled it away from him.

"What do you want for it?" Kaiba said, pulling out his deck and wallet. "Anything but the Blue-Eyes."

The man turned his back to him.

"I have a different deal that does not involve money or cards being exchanged," he began. "First, you must get the card that drunken idiot has. It is sitting on top of his deck in his room kept inside his wardrobe. It is not hard to find, and he always keeps the front door unlocked and unsupervised."

Kaiba was not expecting the man to propose stealing the card from Pegasus.

"Why do I have to get this card?" he demanded an answer.

"It is only for your benefit. You see, you and I are homogeneous when it comes to revenge for humiliation," he explained briefly. Kaiba understood what he meant, but bothered not to ask just what humiliation this man suffered from. "Anyway, the deal is this: I will give you this card as long as you get the other card from Pegasus, and you use them both in the duel with your rival."

Nothing could have made Kaiba more satisfied. So easily he would get the cards he needed, and here was this man that was not only willing to give one of the cards to him, but he was someone he could empathize with, though that did not make him feel much better. Seto grinned and rubbed his hands together, knowing that he would soon have the materials necessary to put Yugi down, and put him back at number one.

"Consider it a deal," Kaiba agreed. He put his hand out for the card, but the man shoved his hand back.

"Get the card from the psycho first. Only then will you get this card," he pointed Seto back into the direction of Pegasus' castle. Without hesitation, Kaiba dashed back to the house in desire of getting the one card he had wanted from Pegasus.

Standing alone, the hobo, his identity shadowed by a dark soul, smiled. The stones were being put in place, and soon his desires would be fulfilled. He laughed as he watched Kaiba run after one of the final pieces to his long plotted trap.

The strings to the puppet have been attached, he thought to himself.