Chapter 7: Heating Up

Roland started freaking out at Mokuba's words. He couldn't believe it. How could anyone have gotten bombs in there? Who was the better question though. He immediately radioed some of the other workers and told them the news and they started rushing people out. Mokuba, Yami, and Noah sat in fear, knowing they couldn't do anything. Noah suddenly looked behind him. She was calling again. He decided to just go and not tell them. They weren't paying attention to him anyways. As he disappeared from Mokuba's computer screen, he appeared on the home computer of someone else.

"Where do you keep running off to, Noah?" she asked.

"That's none of your business, Natalie," he answered her.

"Do you have a little girlfriend on the internet now?" she asked. "Or are you busy being like other boys and looking at internet porn?"

Noah glared at her.

"Or is your girlfriend on the internet porn you're looking at?"

"Will you shut up?" Noah snapped at her.

"Excuse me, but you're not the one who can call the shots here!" Natalie yelled back at Noah.

"Father abandoned you when I was born. He said that a girl couldn't run our company. Why are you trying to get it back?"

"To restore its good name! Games? The old Kaiba Corporation would never even let that word be uttered in or around it. Vehicles and weapons for war is what this world needs!"

"So that's all you're going to do?" asked Noah. "Re-build it to be what it once was?"

"I'll also prove to our father that I am just as capable of running our company as any man," she said. "In fact, I'll prove that I can run it better!"

Noah shook his head from side to side as she laughed.

"My plan is going perfectly," she smiled after awhile. "Mokuba is dead and soon Kaiba Land will be out of the picture..." she started.

"What will you do if your plan hasn't exactly worked out like you wanted?" asked Noah.

"What? Why wouldn't it?"

"I don't think it has!"

"I don't really give a damn what you think! You are so annoying. You know, you didn't have to live as long as you did, Noah. When you were born, I knew things would be different, and when you started taking my place, I was tempted to kill you!"

"What!" Noah gasped horrified. "Why would you even think of doing something like that to me? I'm your younger brother!"

"Well, that doesn't matter now," said Natalie. "You're dead too. You weren't capable of running our father's company, and you met your fate in the middle of the street."

"And I'll bet that you were rejoicing the whole time about it," Noah said darkly.

"No, nothing like that," Natalie answered. "Right after it happened I ran to my friend's house and we laughed about it. There was no rejoicing involved at all."

Noah was disgusted. He couldn't believe his own sister was against him since the day he was born! He looked through the screen at the twisted smile she wore on her face.

"You know, I could report all of this to the police," threatened Noah.

"You wouldn't do it," said Natalie.

"Why wouldn't I?"

"That's not like you," she laughed and turned off her computer screen. Noah still couldn't believe it, but now he had all the more reason to turn against her. He quickly returned to Mokuba's screen to see the horrified looks on Mokuba's and Yami's faces.

"What hap..." Noah stopped in mid-sentence. The bombs. How could he have forgotten!

"Roland won't answer me," Mokuba sobbed.

"Did everyone get out okay?" asked Noah.

"I don't think they did," answered Yami. "Roland was in the middle of speaking to Mokuba when the bombs exploded."

"All you can hear if a bunch of screaming!" Mokuba cried.

Yami started to comfort Mokuba. Noah watched sadly. He couldn't do anything to help out his friends. He felt horrible.

"We have to go to Kaiba Land," said Mokuba.

Noah looked up at the two of them on the couch. He wished he could go with them.

"You're right," said Yami. "You stay here while I get the limo."

Mokuba nodded and Yami got up and left. Noah and Mokuba sat there in silence, not sure of what to say to the other. Noah was about to speak when Mokuba broke the silence.

"I wish you could be here, Noah. I'd at least have a step-brother to take care of me, but I'm apparently not a lucky enough person to even remotely have a family."

"You do have family. I may not be out there with you, but at least I'm right here in the computer," answered Noah.

"Computers can't comfort you," said Mokuba.

"Not unless you're Seto," joked Noah.

Mokuba laughed at this, "I think that's kind of true."

Noah smiled. Then, Yami appeared in the doorway, "Ready."

"Okay," said Mokuba. "I'll see you in awhile, Noah."

"I'll be here."

Noah watched as Mokuba cautiously left the room along with Yami. Now what? There wasn't anything to do. He would rather have had them stay there so he'd have someone to talk to. He wanted to tell his friends about his sister. He knew what he should do though. He should do what he said and tell the police, but Natalie was right. He couldn't rat out his own sister. She would rat him out though. Natalie wouldn't even think twice about it. She was a horrible person, and Noah had known it for a long time so he didn't get too attached to her when he had a flesh and blood body. He sighed and decided to wait until Mokuba returned.

Mokuba and Yami arrived outside the remains of Kaiba Land. Police were everywhere, fire crews were wrestling down flames, rescue workers were trying to find any survivors that had been inside during the blast, and everyone standing outside the tape line was horrified at what had happened.

"No!" cried Mokuba. "My brother built this place! Why did she have to destroy that too?"

Yami hugged Mokuba tightly as the police chief walked up.

"Mokuba," he said.

Mokuba looked up at him. He seemed to be a bit intimidated by him at first but eased up.

"May I speak with you for a moment?"

Mokuba nodded and the chief led him to the other side of the car to talk with him. Yami just stood there looking at the remains of the building. He couldn't believe it. He looked on sadly at everything, knowing that lives had been lost in there today.

"Mokuba, did you know this was going to happen?" asked the chief.

"Well, it was too late before I found out," Mokuba answered. "I called Roland three minutes before the bombs exploded."

"How did you find out?"

Mokuba wasn't sure how to answer that question. He couldn't say it was his step-brother because he was dead. So what could he say?

"I...don't know," lied Mokuba. "I was on the internet when someone instant messaged me about it."

"How did they find out?"

"I didn't ask. I immediately called Roland so he could get some people out."

"Why would anyone destroy this place?" the chief asked himself.

"Oh my God!" cried someone. "What happened?"

Mokuba looked up and saw Natalie. She was dressed completely in black. She looked like the kind of person to sneak around the building and plant bombs all around. Especially in those clothes.

"Someone blew up Kaiba Land!" someone answered her.

She smirked slightly, "Who would do that?"

"You would!" cried Mokuba.

She turned and gasped when she saw Mokuba there.

"Mokuba, how...are you?" asked Natalie.

She couldn't believe it. Noah must have known that her plan hadn't fully succeeded. That's why he mentioned it. That brat! Why wouldn't he tell her that? Well, that meant the more fun for her. If her shadow creature couldn't do the job, then she'd just have to do it herself.

"What do you mean that she would?" the chief asked Mokuba.

"She wanted to buy my brother's company, but I refused to sell it to her," explained Mokuba. "It really made her mad at me."

"No, I never wanted Kaiba Corporation," lied Natalie. "I know that I wouldn't be able to run a company like that. I don't think you should judge people when you first see them, Mokuba."

"Miss, I'd like to search your home," said the chief.

"Why? I didn't do anything."

"Then you won't mind if I look around."

Yami looked over to the blue-haired girl. He remembered her from Kaiba's funeral, but who was she? He heard the officer say that he wanted to search her home. Could she be Natalie? She looked an awful lot like Noah. Could they really be related?

"Sure, you can search it if you really think you'll find anything," she said sweetly.

The chief started walking to his car. Natalie gave Mokuba one last sneer before she left.

"No one can help you," said Natalie. "You better watch it tonight."

Then, she turned and walked to the car and got in. Mokuba watched as they left, then returned back to Yami.

"That girl was Natalie," he told him.

"I thought so," said Yami.

"You have to stay with me tonight!" cried Mokuba.

"Why?"

"I think she's going to try and hurt me."

"Don't worry," said Yami. "I'll stay there with you."

"Thank you."

"Let's get back to the mansion. We have some things to talk to Noah about."

Mokuba nodded and they headed back to the Kaiba mansion.

The first thing they did when they got back was rush back to the computer.

"Noah," said Mokuba.

"Yes," he answered.

"Natalie is related to you, isn't she?" said Yami.

Noah nodded.

"Who is she?"

"Natalie is my older sister. She never loved me or even remotely cared for me. She was going to take over our father's company, but then I was born. Since our father now had a son, he started to replace her with me. I was then going to take over Kaiba Corp. She always looked at me like I was the lowest thing on the planet so I never trusted her. I never hung around her for very long, and the only way we communicated was through yelling. She told me that she laughed when I was hit by that car. I know that she never really cared for me, but it still hurts because she's my family."

"Wow," said Mokuba.

"Mmhmm," said Noah.

"So she is a Kaiba," said Yami. "That's why she wants Kaiba Corp back."

"Yes, and she's only doing it to prove to our father that she is just as capable of running it," he told them.

"I think she's going to come and kill me tonight," whimpered Mokuba.

"What!" cried Noah.

"She told me that I'd better watch it tonight."

"I wouldn't put it past her to try it."

"How can we stop her?" asked Yami.

"I don't know," said Noah. "Once she is set on something, she is determined to finish it at any cost."

"Won't the security system be able to keep her out?" asked Yami.

"You could try, but she's calling me again. I have to go."

"No, you can't!" cried Mokuba.

"I'll be back. Don't worry."

He disappeared and once again was face to face with Natalie.

"You knew he wasn't dead!" she yelled.

"Yes, I did."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"You didn't ask."

"I don't believe you!" she cried, then she was struck with a thought. "You've been going over to his computer haven't you!"

"What?"

"That's where you are all the time! You're going behind my back! I can't believe you!"

"I can't believe you either. How can you be so heartless? Seto had more of a heart than you!"

"Are you comparing me to that worthless rat?"

"Maybe I am."

"If you don't want to have your circuits fried, I'd suggest you not do it again."

"Natalie, what are you plotting?"

"Why would I tell you? You'd just run over to Mokuba and tell him all about it! Do you think I'm that stupid!"

"I never said it, but you're pretty smart for figuring it out yourself!"

"You know what? Go ahead and tell him that he'll soon be joining the rest of his family. Tell him that no one will be able to help him because they'll die too. Go on, Noah, tell your little friend everything!"

"You'll never get away with this."

"Oh really? I'll succeed in killing Mokuba and then I'll finally gain control of my company. No one will be able to stop me."

"Natalie, I'll find one."

"You may be a tiny bit clever, but you'll never beat me at anything."

Noah and Natalie glared at each other for a minute before she got up and left. Noah went back to Mokuba's computer. He needed to find a way to help them. He started thinking and eventually remembered something he'd created! He'd be able to use it to get out of there! Finally, he didn't have to just sit around and wait. He'd beat his sister, and she would even suspect it!