Hi everyone, and welcome to the second chapter of my Yu-Gi-Oh/Star Trek crossover!
Chibi-T: It sucks even more than the first! If you can believe it…
HEY!! That's mean!
Chibi-T: Tellin' it like it is.
Hmph! Well, here it is, folks! Enjoy! ^_^
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Chapter 2
"WHAT?!?"
"Now, I know you don't remember him, but..." Sisco was trying to calm me down, but it wasn't working. I had snapped. I jumped out of the Chair as Dr. Bashir looked on in horror. I was about to yell some less-than-nice things to the big-haired pipsqueak I so utterly loathed when he started talking. It took me a moment to register what he was saying, but when I caught on, I wasn't happy.
"Seto… try to remember! You were my closest friend, and the best engineer a Starfleet Captain could ever hope for!" Yugi said shakily. Geez, how could that wimp ever become Captain of a starship? And what was he thinking, calling me Seto? It wasn't like we were….
….Wait a minute. "Friends"? He called us "FRIENDS"?!? And worse still, he called us "close friends"!! That was undoubtedly the most annoying moment of my life.
"We- are- NOT- friends," I said through clenched teeth, separating each word, my voice dripping with pure hate.
"Oh…well…" Yugi's violet eyes, which were already huge, got slightly wider.
"Sir!" said Dr. Bashir to Captain Sisco, "He's in perfect health."
"But his memory-"
"WILL YOU STOP TALKING ABOUT ME LIKE I'M NOT HERE?!?!?"
"Yup, he's in perfect health, alright," Yugi sighed.
"Shut up." I snapped back. This whole scenario was REALLY starting to bug me. I marched straight out of that Infirmary before anyone else could say something stupid.
I turned the corner swiftly, not paying attention to where I was going.
"OW!" a small, strangely familiar voice exclaimed.
"Sorry," I grunted, not sounding very sorry at all.
"Seto?"
I stopped dead. That voice! It was-
"Mokuba?" I gasped.
The boy I had run into was a head (or two, maybe three) shorter than I was, with black hair that was cropped relatively short except a small, almost unnoticeable ponytail in the back. He had grey eyes and was wearing a Starfleet uniform. Although he was older now, there was absolutely no mistaking his identity. He was brother, after all.
"Seeetttooo!!!" wailed, throwing his arms around me. Frozen with shock, I let him hug me as I stood there, limp.
After a moment of stunned silence, I regained my senses and gently freed myself from his grip.
"Mokuba? Is that you?"
"Yes, Seto, it's me," Mokuba sounded like he was going to cry.
"You…. look…. different."
"It's been a long time…" Mokuba looked at me, puzzled. "But you haven't aged at all…."
Quickly I changed the subject. This Mokuba had to be a hologram, too. No sense in raising suspicions.
"Your uniform…You've been promoted?" I asked. Of course, I never knew he was in Starfleet in the first place, but there was no sense in telling him that. In a way, though, I was proud. I couldn't understand why, though; after all, this Mokuba was only a hologram.
…Wasn't he?
"Yeah! I'm a Lieutenant now!" Mokuba said, positively beaming with pride.
"Where are you stationed?" I asked.
"Why, your ship, of course!"
"My ship?"
"Well, not your ship, but the ship you were stationed on… the U.S.S. Millennium!"
"The U.S.S Millennium?" The name sounded awfully familiar…
"Yeah, you know, Captain Yugi's ship!"
I was stunned for a moment. Images of the holographic pipsqueak came rushing back to me.
"YUGI'S SHIP!?!?!?"
"….yeah…."
"Arrgh…." That was really all I could say. Kinda pathetic, really, but I was so angry I really couldn't think of anything intelligent to say (a rare occurrence, really). So "arrgh" would have to do.
"…so… When will you be back on duty?" Mokuba asked timidly.
"Back on duty? With Yugi? You've got to be kidding me."
"I thought you two were friends," said Mokuba, obviously confused.
"Friends? In his dreams," I snapped. I didn't care how much I needed to fit in- NOTHING was gonna make me suck up to Yugi, hologram or not. Nothing. I started to walk a little faster, but Mokuba matched my pace with ease.
"Seto, come on. What's wrong? I thought you liked serving aboard the Millennium. She's one of the best ships in Starfleet." Ah, perfect. Mokuba had just started a conversation I could use to get valuable information about this insane program. That would help me play the "long lost engineer" thing right.
"So… what's happened since I've been gone?" I asked casually.
"Oh, lots! For starters, The Millennium got a cloaking device!" Mokuba said excitedly. I considered this for a moment. If the Millennium had a cloaking device (which weren't very common in the Federation), that would mean it was meant to be used. And the only type of starship that needed a cloaking device was a warship. Meaning that's what the millennium was. A warship. It made sense, as both the Dominion and the Borg were after the Federation. But Yugi, captaining a warship? It would have been pretty funny if I hadn't been in the middle of this whole mess. And now, I was supposed to be under his command? I mean, Yugi didn't have the leadership skills or the guts to be a freighter captain. A Federation warship captain was out of the question.
"How did that happen?" I mumbled to myself. I was referring to Yugi becoming a captain, but Mokuba thought I was talking about the cloaking device.
"Well, a Romulan warbird traded it to the Federation for some Earth artifact."
"A Romulan warbird?" I asked. Now I was interested.
"Yeah. It must have been a renegade ship, or something,"
What did they want again?" I asked.
"Some artifact. From Egypt, I think." Mokuba said absently. He sounded like he really didn't care. It bugged me. Even if he was just a hologram, he was a hologram of my brother. I had thought I taught him better than that.
"Well, isn't that important to know? I mean, it's awfully weird for a Romulan to just hand over a cloaking device to the Federation!"
"Always the conspiracy freak," Mokuba mumbled.
"I am not!" I exclaimed. Mokuba just sighed.
"There's a Romulan cloaking device in the Defiant."
"That's different," I snapped. Mokuba looked at me startled, then he smiled.
"Seto, I'm glad you're back."
"Ugh."
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That night, as I lay on my cot in the guest quarters that had been arranged for me, I went over everything that had happened. How everyone thought I was a Starfleet engineer. How Yugi tried to convince me we were friends. And my Meeting with Mokuba….
My reflection time was interrupted by the bleeping of the doorbell (okay, so it wasn't really a doorbell, but…).
"Come in," I sighed. I had really wanted to be alone.
"Seto!" Mokuba's uniformed personage was revealed as the metal doors slid open with a tiny hiss. I was very relived. I thought it might have been Yugi, coming to annoy me with his stupid "remember our friendship!" babble.
"Hello, Mokuba. What do you need?"
"I was wondering if you wanted to get something to eat?"
My stomach growled. I hadn't eaten anything since I had gotten stuck in the holodeck. Holodeck… Oh. I had forgotten. None of this was real, including the food. You couldn't eat a hologram. That'd be like consuming air. That's when it hit me. If I didn't get out soon, then….
I was gonna starve.
"Seto? Is something wrong?" Mokuba asked, an unmistakable amount of concern in his voice. My face had gotten very pale. I quickly composed myself.
"Nothing. Nothing's wrong." I said hurriedly.
"Then…do you want to go?"
"Alright, if I must."
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I followed my brother down to the Promenade. Although I'd never admit it, I was fascinated by the activity around me. All sorts of species, all talking, laughing, shopping… It was always fun watching Star Trek on TV, but to actually be there… that was something else. And as I watched the people on the station in all their holographic glory, I couldn't help feeling a little proud of myself.
Just a little.
~To Be Continued…~
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Oh, the pain! Another cliffhanger! Stay tuned for Chapter 3, coming soon!
Chibi-T: As if they care what happens….
Remind me why we're friends again?
Chibi-T: I'm all you've got.
Yami Tenchi is my friend!
Chibi-T: Yeah, but how long do you think she'll tolerate you?
T_T Well, anyway, read and review peoples! Suggestions appreciated! No flames, please…
