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"Alright, we're here. So where are the Creepy Bad Dudes with the bikes and gravity defying trench coats?" Jou said dryly as the group entered the Junk Yard. Old cars were piled carelessly on top of one another and teetered dangerously in the wind.
Anzu shivered, there was something eerily familiar about those bikers, the way one of them rode it was so similar to Amelda's style. Nah, she thought while scolding herself, Amelda wouldn't do that, would he? "Can we just find the guys, let Yuugi cream 'em in a duel so we can go home and put this behind us and pretend we're all normal teenagers that are not constantly coming to the world's aid?"
Yuugi grinned sheepishly, "I'm sorry Anzu, but we have to get those cards back, they're a part of the key to unlocking the spirit's memories." Anzu instantly felt guilty.
"No Yuugi, don't worry about it. I was being selfish; I just hate how you're constantly thrust into danger by crazed spirits and evil men." Dagger appeared beside her and mocked the short boy's gentle smile. "What are they teaching you children? It's like you're bred to be little pansies!"
Anzu ignored him and his ranting about teenagers this day and age, even though Dagger himself claimed to be only her age. "I don't like this, lets get in out and fast." The boys nodded and they proceeded further in.
"Nice of you to join us, Nameless Pharaoh." A greasy voice sneered. Yuugi instantly became Yami Yuugi and looked around sharply.
"You won't find me above you," the voice called from every direction. Until they all felt a chill pass over them. "But behind you." Yami Yuugi jumped away; a dark haired man with a monocle was smiling twisted at him.
The Pharaoh recomposed himself, "Who are you and what have you done with the Three Egyptian God Cards?" he said evenly at the stranger.
The man looked around him; Yami Yuugi was in front of him with the remaining three circling him. "I do dislike crowds…" he snapped his fingers and a thin whistling sound cut through the air.
Jounochi frowned, "What the hell was--!" he was cut off as something lifted him off the ground by the belt of his pants. "Ah-! Anzu, Honda! Get me down!"
"Don't worry buddy I'm comin'!" Honda was suddenly pulled up by his feet and lay suspended in mid air.
"Nice going," Jou snapped.
"At least I came!" Honda snipped back.
Anzu frowned and looked up, a tall shadow was standing on one of the old buildings in the area looking down on her, two thin wires tied to flag poles. Something bright flashed in the figure's hands and a silvery light came down. She didn't have time to react as it circled around her throat and pulled, Anzu was able to throw her hands up at the last moment as she was pulled a foot off the ground.
Yami Yuugi watched in anger and helplessness as his friends were made handicapped by the wire user. "Release my friends!" he demanded, puzzle glowing in anger.
The man smirked, "Defeat me in a duel and your friends will be released." He said, examining his nails with interest. "But if you fail, Taylor will snap the girl's neck."
"And the God Cards?" He asked with dread.
"Oh, you won't be getting those back anytime soon, now." The figure activated his duel disk and Yami Yuugi did the same. "Let's duel!"
Damn! Anzu cursed herself. Taylor…Taylor! No! Not her! Anzu tried to shout a warning but the wire pulled tighter and she was forced to be silent and keep it away from her neck so it wouldn't strangle her.
"Hold on Anzu!" Jou called, spinning in circles while trying to snap the wire, "Just let me get this off!" Honda glared at his friend's sad interpretation of a dog chasing its tail. "Oh, yeah, Kaiba would love to see this!"
"I already am, Point Dexter." Came a cool voice from the shadows. Kaiba Seto stepped out in all his trench coat wearing glory. "Funny how you dorks get yourself into the most interesting situations. He slowly made his way to Anzu.
"Kaiba! Don't!" Jou called in alarm just as Taylor jerked Anzu higher into the air. Anzu's scream was cut off as the wire circled closer to her neck and cut her hand as she stopped it from getting closer to the tender skin on her neck.
Anzu was getting tired, while dancing had built up much lower body strength, her arms only had so much and that was running out. She looked down at Kaiba, he showed no signs of shock or worry, but his eyes had that familiar tint they gained when he looked at Mokuba. "Get…away…" she whispered in pain.
He did and surprisingly moved closer to Honda, and nearest to the duel. I hope Yuugi knows what he's doing; I'm not playing the hero, not for them and not for him.
Yami Yuugi glared at his opponent with fury; he dared use his fiends in a duel against him? "Who are you? I at least deserve to know your name."
The man chuckled darkly, "I am Grimo, and that is all you need to know before I defeat you!"
(I'm sorry but I couldn't find a decent explanation for the duel between these two so we'll skip to the Orichalcos part with Obelisk.)
Dagger frowned and looked at Anzu sternly, that lackey is about to use Obelisk with the Seal of Orichalcos, if you're going to do anything helpful, you better start now.
She glared at him and began to struggle at the wires, Jou and Honda protested greatly as she risked slicing her hand once more. What do you think I'm trying to do? Why don't you help me get down! How's that for helping. She stopped and panted in exhaustion. Her arms were now numb from keeping her throat away from the nearly invisible wire.
Dagger crossed his arms behind his back, "I'm nothing but a spirit now, and I don't have any strength in me. It's all in you now, Anzu. You can free yourself, I know you can, you're to damn stubborn to be held up by a mere wire for long. You may not be able to spare the Pharaoh of Grimo's assault but you can stall him with the proper words."
He faded out of her sight like normally when he was done giving his one minute counseling sessions but this time she felt like she could do anything, like she was complete. Now she knew what that sensation was at the track, it was Dagger.
Anzu gripped the wires with a cringe and began to pull. "Mazaki!" "Anzu!"
She looked to Jou and Kaiba stubbornly and began to pull again, the wires threatened to enclose on her but she kept up her force.
Hello my friend, we meet again
It's been awhile, where should we begin?
Her palms glowed faintly in the fading light. The red light from them traveled half way up the wires before they were met with an angry green flare coming down. She heard Kaiba comment tartly, "What is this? A light show?"
Feels like forever
Anzu growled loudly, the three boys stared at her but she ignored them. We can beat her, Dagger! We can do it!
Within my heart a memory
A perfect love that you gave to me
Oh, I remember
Break! They screamed together and the red light consumed the green one and the wires around her and her friends were incinerated and the dropped to the ground.
When you are with me I'm free
Anzu winced as she hit the dirt but was on her feet and sprinting towards Yami Yuugi. I will not let my friends fall! She dodged bright green wires that seemed to stream at her from the towers of cars and crumbling buildings.
I'm careless, I believe
Above all the others we'll fly
Grimo drew his card and smirked darkly at the Pharaoh. "And now, you will watch as I unleash one of the most powerful cards in all of Magic and Wizards. I sacrifice my three monsters in order to summon, Obelisk the Tormentor!"
Just as the trio of monsters were about to disappear, she called out. Stop! They looked at her, startled before preparing to go through with Grimo's commands.
Anzu stumbled over a pile of trash and finally fell onto the green barrier the Seal had put up to keep others out side of the duel. "Yuugi!" she called.
Yami Yuugi looked back at her, his eyes were weak and his normal proud posture was slouching somewhat as if gravity were trying to bring him down. Even his ever gravity defying hair seemed to droop. "Anzu…Jou…Honda." She looked behind her, Jou and Honda were on either side, and Kaiba was a distance away from them to the right.
Don't! Can't you see he doesn't care about you? She screamed at the monsters. They looked to her and then to their master before they were sacrificed and Obelisk. Anzu shivered, she could have sworn the trio of monsters was screaming.
Eventually, Yuugi gave Grimo the final strike that brought his life points down to zero. What shocked everyone was that the green Seal was contracting. Grimo extracted the three God Cards from his deck and threw them towards the trio of motor cyclists.
The largest of them caught them easily with two fingers and planted them neatly in one of the pockets on his purple trench coat. Anzu stiffened, that coat was very familiar.
"Yuugi!" She whipped her head around to see the Pharaoh fall to his knees and Grimo fall to the ground with a sickening thud. Honda was at his side and helping the smaller boy to his feet, Kaiba remained where he was, staring at the soulless lackey.
Jou turned on the bikers, "Alright! Give my friend his cards back! They ain't yours so hand 'em over!" the blonde boy clenched his fists tightly and ran fore ward. Too bad for him he didn't see the rock and tripped as the smallest one raised his hand.
"So you're the infamous Jounochi Katsuya, eh? I expected you to be smarter than this, oh well." He pulled off his helmet and stared Jou down with blue eyes. Anzu nearly choked on her shock.
"V-Varon?" she said in disbelief. He turned to her and his eyes seemed to soften.
"I'm sorry Anzu, I meant what I said. I do consider you a friend-" Another cut him off.
"We're not here to chat, idiot." Anzu took a step back and covered her mouth, she felt sick; worse than sick, like someone had ripped her heart out and was making her eat it. The biker looked at her through a darkened helmet and chuckled. "My, aren't you the dumb one, Anzu-chan?" Amelda mocked.
Kaiba spoke up this time, coming up to Anzu's side. "You're that cross dresser from the concert. Is everyone doing this evil thing? Or is it all one weird coincidence." He said coolly.
Amelda was about to fire back and insult but a voice out him off from the sky, "Ah, Seto Kaiba, you're quite the comedian aren't you?"
"Who said that!" Kaiba and Yami Yuugi (Who was standing freely) shouted at the same time. "Dartz," Anzu muttered under her breathe.
"Ah, Anzu, I see my brother did manage to contact you, now why the dark look, it doesn't suit your completion." If he said anything more, Anzu didn't hear it. She fell to her knees, holding her head in pain, her eyes blank and her mouth frozen in a silent scream.
"Anzu!" Jou and Honda were kneeling beside her in an instant. Both boys could see tears pooled out of their friend's white eyes and her lithe dancer's form tremble and shake from pain. Jou glared up at the bikers, "Stop it!" he screamed as if he was the one in pain.
Kaiba stared wordlessly as blood shot out of Mazaki's finger tips as long nails grew in place. The runt looked as if he were going to be sick, a glazed expression over his eyes before he tilted his head sharply up to the sky. "Release her, Dartz! Face me like a man, you monster!"
Dartz laughed, it came from every where. "Please, Pharaoh. I'm not doing anything to her. It's all her and my brother. They planned this not me. Now, look at your friend, it would seem that she is the monster here not me."
The Pharaoh turned his head sharply, Jou and Honda were staring at Anzu in fear rather than concern. This was not the Anzu they knew.
This beast was around her height and had the same brown hair and brilliant eyes; but this thing had fangs, stripes that seemed run across her entire toned body. Dangerous nails extended out of her fingers and a brown tail thrashed wildly behind her. Her eyes were narrowed and held a faint glint in it and her nose sniffed the air and she growled darkly.
Dartz's voice broke the silence. "Now, since Grimo has failed me. I'll have to kill you and take your soul the old fashioned way. Taylor, kill the Pharaoh!"
Green wires raced from a tower of cars, they seemed to cut the air with an ear piercing scream towards Yami Yuugi.
The beast leapt from her spot and landed gracefully in front of the Pharaoh. The wires wrapped around her wrist and tugged. She didn't move, her fingers glowed red and the wire snapped.
"What!" Dartz howled from the sky.
The girl shook her hand and the remaining wires fluttered to the ground. She turned to the Pharaoh who was stunned, "Are you…" she paused and shook her head and spoke again, her voice much more clearly. "Hurt, Yuugi?" she asked gently.
There was a sudden change in the duelist features and they became softer and more innocent, "Anzu?" Yuugi asked. She nodded and grinned before a force slammed into her side.
Yuugi blinked, it wasn't Anzu that was standing in front of him but a mean looking red head that he could only guess was Taylor. She pulled her fist back and was about to knock him flat when a clawed hand grabbed her.
"Don't touch my friend!" Anzu hissed and forcefully yanked her back and towards the bikers.
Taylor regained her balance and glared Anzu, "I'll do what I please, Fur Ball." She charged at Anzu, eyes alight with madness.
Anzu's eyes seemed to return the madness and grinned widely as Taylor approached her. At the last moment when Taylor was about to strike her, Anzu grabbed her hair and pulled, hard. The other girl wasted no time in yanking Anzu's tail.
Anzu froze, it was like someone had her in a vice grip. Slowly, Taylor's hair slipped out of her fingers. "So kitty has a weakness?" Taylor asked with a smirk.
"Anzu! Go for the boobs! Girls hate it when they get hit in the boobs!" Jou called. Anzu strained her eyes to look at the ex-gangster to see if he was serious. He was. Before she could react to this, Taylor punched her with roughly in…eh…the boob. Taylor then kicked her stomach harshly.
Anzu let out a howl that bordered on human and beast and kicked Taylor backwards, towards the observant Doma bikers.
Varon stumbled fore ward to catch the girl but Dartz's sharp reply stopped him and he missed, she fell to the ground with a thud. "Opps?"
"Enough!" Taylor's still form was engulfed in a green light and disappeared.
Anzu snarled and doubled over, clutching her chest. Yuugi rested a hand on her back while glaring at the sky. "Give me back the God cards, Dartz!" he demanded.
"He won't listen, Yuugi." Anzu panted.
"How right you are, Anzu. I'm sure my brother has told you all about us. But you haven't said a word to your friends have you? You didn't try to warn them? How selfish, typical lazy human."
Anzu opened her mouth and snarled animalistic, making Yuugi jump.
"Never the less, Pharaoh, your end will come soon, and my three Swordsmen shall see to it. Raphael, Amelda, Varon. Go! You have your orders now carry them out!"
Varon and Amelda kicked up their bikes and sped around the shocked group. Amelda avoided her but Varon looked ready to stop and help her up but he didn't and kept going. Anzu made a vain lunge at Amelda's bike but fell to the ground in pain from her stomach. Honda and Jou ran towards Anzu and Yuugi as the last swordsman approached them.
Anzu glared at Raphael and struggled to get to her feet but to no avail. I trusted you! Her eyes said all too clearly but he hid behind his dark sun glasses and looked down at Yuugi and extended two cards. When Yuugi didn't take them, Raphael dropped them on the ground before turning his back on them. "I would check on your family, Mazaki" he said before taking off on his bike, following the other two.
Yuugi slowly picked up the cards off the ground. "I don't believe it…" he whispered. Jou and Honda looked over his shoulder and gasped as well.
On one card was Ryusaki, a green geometric star covering him. On the other card was Haga, with the same star overlapping his picture.
Kaiba looked over as well and snorted loudly and turned around. "You dorks have sunk to an all new level of low. This was obviously so cheap prank, well. I'm not buying." He sneered before sauntering away.
Jou growled, "What is that guy's problem!"
Anzu looked at her hand, that was why both of them seemed to be in a trance earlier. Their souls were gone. Then, what Raphael had said clicked with her. Anzu climbed to her feet and began to run towards her home. "Anzu!" Yuugi called.
"He said something about my family!" she yelled back.
Seta looked quizzically at the telephone, "No, Ashita-chan." He said gently to his childhood friend. "I haven't seen Yuugi today or Anzu for that matter. We've been so busy with Ringo lately I haven't spent a lot of time with her."
"Ringo?" she questioned. "That child is anything but peace." Seta chuckled.
"No, the apple meaning. I think Rei and I are making a fruit basket. But I'll let you know if I see Yuugi; He's such a well mannered boy, just his father." He said with a laugh.
Ashita snorted over the line, "And Rei is the perfect, mellow house wife. Does she really eat up those criminals she prosecutes? Or does she settle for her fellow lawyers?"
Seta was about to reply when he heard his wife scream and Ringo begin to wail. He set the phone down silently on the big expensive maple table that Rei waxed daily. His normal cherry and warm blue eyes were now hard. "Who's there?" he called loudly.
A figure stepped out of the shadows, Ringo screaming in its arms. It set the boy on a chair before staring into Seta's eyes. "You!" he gasped before his sight became clouded with green.
"Daddy! Mommy?" Anzu cried as she practically snapped the door off its hinges. The kitchen and living room were all in order; the only odd thing was that the phone was off the hook. Rei and Seta both had strict rules on the phone and the very first one was never leave it off the hook.
The house was silent except for Ringo's cries. Anzu ran into the next room, it was a complete wreck, as if an animal had gone rampant. Both couches were tipped over and the television was sparking.
A small video from the camera was lying next to her brother, she pocketed it.
Carefully, Anzu picked up the squirming baby that rested on the only upright piece of furniture in the lower level of her home.
Mindful of her claws, she pulled the blanket covering her brother's face away. Cerulean met green and a truce was formed at once. He stopped crying and reached out with pudgy hands to feel her face.
Ringo's eyes were alight with wonder, this was his sister. Why didn't she look like him and his mommy and daddy? A salty tear dropped on his nose and he looked up. She was crying.
gurgling to himself, Ringo reached up and rubbed her nose softly. Anzu sniffed and pulled the baby closer to her and cried into his hair. After all. He wouldn't leave her. Would he?
Kio: The end! No I'm just kidding, just a small joke. Please read on!
Yuugi stared at the video tape on his bed in shock. "Do we play it?" he asked the group. Jou and Honda were shaking their heads rapidly, remembering Duelist Kingdom. Anzu was staring out the window, a glazed look over her eyes. Ringo was sleeping in her arms and was silent.
He sighed and popped the video into the VCR and waited as Pegasus J. Crawford came on the screen.
"Greetings Yuugi," he said in a slightly strained voice. Even with out his Item, his ivory hair still covered one of his eyes. Jou and Honda screamed and clung to each other, shaking. Anzu snapped out of her trance to watch the screen.
Pegasus continued, pausing only to sip on his wine every now and then. "As I am sure you are well aware of, there is a new treat to the world's existence-"
Jou scowled, "And I'm looking at him!"
"Jou!" Yuugi hissed in frustration, trying to hear what the video was saying.
"…enclosed is a card, mind you; this card is one of a kind and I am trusting you with it. Do not by any circumstances let it fall into the hands of Doma! This card is the key to releasing the three-" the video was spit out by the VCR and promptly blew up.
After a few moments of turmoil, flaming hair, crying babies, the works; the group finally settled down. Yuugi moaned and pulled out several of his fried hairs from the small blast. "Great!" he shouted. "We have no idea what the card is for." He stared down at the neatly wrapped package that came with a not so neatly wrapped video.
Jou rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Let's review." He said after a moment of consideration. "Anzu's house was trashed, parents gone. Yuugi's mom's car is in the driveway but no Yuugi's mom and Gramps is no where in sight. Plus that Haga and Ryusaki are gone and those cards that the muscle man gave us are blank."
Honda frowned, "But Yuugi has no idea what the card is for. Only Pegasus does."
Yuugi nodded, "We need to go to Pegasus himself to ask, even if it may be another one of his sick games."
Jou nodded and stood up, "But how do we get there?"
"By plane of course." Anzu said with a nod. "I can get that."
"Anzu? Are you okay? You sound a bit raw." Houmei asked over the phone. Keiko and Tohru were there as well. Weird things were happening at the Hoshi building. First the mass amount of unmoving people passed out all around the building and mysterious green lights that chased them out.
"Yeah I'm fine, I just need to use the plane." Came the younger girl's reply.
Houmei raised an eyebrow and looked back to make sure that Keiko and Tohru were still trying to find a way to wire Tohru's car, that had stalled and left them stranded in a parking lot.
"Anzu, must people want to borrow money, or even a pen, you want to borrow the tour plane? Why?"
She heard Anzu suck in her breath. She frowned, "Anzu, tell me what's wrong? It's okay."
"I can't. You'd call me a freak or worse. Its better you don't see."
Houmei snorted, "Girl, Keiko, Tohru and I have been through so many things that don't count as normal. Tell us."
Anzu groaned, "How about I show you." Then she hung up.
Houmei blinked at her cell phone. "This can't be good." She mumbled and walked over to the two girls lying in the car in defeat. She sat on the trunk and shrugged. "It's just Anzu and her friends, what's the worst it could be?"
Tohru fainted, right there on the ground.
Keiko tried to but couldn't.
Houmei stared at her friend in shock. "Anzu! Nice new outfit for the band!" Bullshit!
Anzu moved her tail out of her brother's reach and pulled him into her arms while wrapping it around her right leg securely. "I told you, you think I would be watching this monster if it wasn't?" She laughed painfully and Houmei winced.
"Anzu…I'll do everything I can to help you guys." She said firmly and placed a hand on Yuugi shoulder, making the boy jump. "I'm not sure I believe in spirits, but if one can turn Anzu into a warrior for humanity, then this Pharaoh can save the world."
Anzu sweat dropped, "I don't know a thing about fighting!"
Yuugi blushed, "I…that is the spirit thanks you."
Honda poked his older cousin in the stomach. "Sleepy head, time to get up."
She stirred and blinked up at him, "Hi-chan, I had the strangest dream. Anzu turned into a cat woman. And Yuugi-san had to save the world…it's not a dream is it?" she said suddenly.
Honda shook his head and caught her as she fainted again.
Keiko shook her head, "So Dartz was using Anzu the whole time to figure out the Spirit? And Pegasus knows something about it and you need to get to America to ask him what the card Yuugi got does?"
Anzu and Jou nodded, "Pretty much," Yuugi said with a weak smile. "We get dragged into a lot of weird stuff."
Keiko waved her hand, "Not a problem. We're in. Just let me make a few calls." She turned to Houmei and shouted, "Code Chili Pepper!"
Houmei grinned and dialed two numbers and mumbled a few words before tossing it to Keiko. Who pressed 567.
"Camade? How fast can you get us to California?" she grinned.
A young man with long dirty blond hair pulled into a braid sat in the control room a red plane with NEKOS painting on the side in black. He wasn't exactly sitting, more like sleeping with a cowboy hat pulled over his eyes and a trench coat as a makeshift blanket.
Then his phone rang. With a groan he answered.
"Camade? How fast can you get us to California?"
This has his attention, he sat up instantly and fixed his hat. "Boss?" he asked startled. "We're not on tour until next winter!"
"I know that, we have an emergency." Keiko said.
"He rubbed his eyes, "What kind? A Code Cha Cha?" Yes, he too was familiar with the girl's code systems.
"No, this is a Code Chili Pepper." Camade's eyes went wide and he began to flip switches and bring the plane to life. "Give me your location and I'll be there in an hour, tops."
"Camade, we're not at an airport." She protested.
He smirked, "Not a problem, I could have this puppy on City Hall if I was drunk and not get a scratch on it. Now tell em what's going on; I'm not flying to liberate the moose at the zoo am I?"
She answered, "No. It's a save the world thing. No joke. We're at the Hoshi Building, hurry up. Okay? I'll explain later."
"No problem boss, I can get us into California with out any security, but it'll be a 40 hour trip; not counting breaks." He stood up and walked around the plane quickly, making sure the door was closed firmly. "I'll be there boss." He shut his phone and placed it in his pocket and walked back to the control room. "What did I just get into?" he asked suddenly as it all clicked.
Sanzo tugged, hard on Anzu's tail. The thing remained attached and the girl nearly clawed him if he didn't move out of the way fast enough.
"Bullshit." He said coolly in disbelief.
Houmei came up beside him, "Believe it or not. It's all true."
Sanzo looked to her, then to Yuugi and back to Anzu. He pulled out a cigarette and lit it with out a pause.
Houmei scowled at this but sighed in relief. "I think that's his way of showing that he believes you guys."
Anzu rubbed her tail, "Couldn't he have shone it in a less than painful way?"
"No." Sanzo answered.
Ringo gurgled from, his perch on Yuugi's, no the spirit's head. When Yusuke and Sanzo has arrived, it had scared the boy in his Soul Room and had landed the Pharaoh with a teething baby.
Yami Yuugi held the boys a way from him when he threatened to gnaw at his hair. Trust me, he thought the gel Yuugi uses is not good for eating.
Ringo frowned at the absence of the hair and settled for sitting still and leaving a deposit in the bank.
The spirit looked at the baby strangely. Is this some strange was of how infants show anger?
If only you knew, fern head. Ringo thought evilly. All done, I hope you end up changing this thing.
Yusuke hmphed from his perch on Tohru's car; the girl was still passed out in the back seat with her cousin trying to revive her for more then five minutes.
Out of one mess and into the next. Normally he was the one to explain freaky things such as demons and corrupt humans, but this one topped the list.
"Yusuke?" It was Keiko. He looked down briefly before staring back up at the dull night sky. A fog hovered two stories up, blocking his view of the stars.
Keiko continued, silence was Yusuke for Go Ahead I'm listening. "Can you help them? This is your thing."
"Doesn't mean I have to like it." He said grouchily. "I thought we could get away from all that, and then this slaps us in the face, literally. I just want to be normal." He placed his head in his hands and sighed.
Keiko grabbed his arm and started to climb up, after a moment of her struggling, he pulled her up easily to sit next to him. She sighed in relief and leaned against his shoulder. "So you won't come?"
"I'm a demon," he whispered in her ear so the others wouldn't hear. "I fight with my fists, not with cards." Her shoulders slumped and he smirked, "But we have a deck, don't we?"
Keiko's head popped up. She and Yusuke had collected the popular Magic and Wizard cards for a time and had even dueled a few times as a team. Was he?
"You have a duel disk on that plane right?" he continued. She nodded and smiled at him. He grinned back. "Then let the fun begin."
"Kaiba Corp, please hold."
"Kaiba Corp, please hold."
"Kaiba Corp, please hold."
Dozens of operators constantly answered and hung up phones. Each one started off the same; complaints about the duel systems and who was to blame.
Seto Kaiba looked down at the operators and fought the urge to tug at his hair until it fell out. These idiots really don't pay attention to public news programs do they? He thought nastily.
"Kaiba-sama, a phone call for you." His secretary said shakily, when the boss was this mad there would be hell to pay for anyone dumb enough to interrupt him. The other members of the staff had voted the poor girl to do the job of telling the boss his business rival was on the other line.
Kaiba wheeled around and shot the girl the coldest glance possible. She squeaked and ran out the room as quickly as her feet would carry her, nearly bumping into Mokuba on her way out.
He snorted and picked up the phone as a slightly flustered Mokuba sat in the chair, next to his brother.
"What?" Kaiba snarled into the phone.
"Now now, Kaiba boy. Is that any way to greet a friend." Cooed a voice.
"Pegasus." Kaiba hissed. "You and I have never been friends and we never will be. What do you want?"
"Just a friendly challenge, Kaiba boy." The man answered. "Are you in? I'm sure you'd want to redeem yourself from our last duel. Yuugi is expected to be here as well."
Kaiba glared at the operators as he continued the conversation. "When did you call him?"
"If you'd look out your window, you should be able to see them." Kaiba glanced slightly to the large glass window on the left side of the room. Sure enough, a plane shot by. He hung up with out so much as a good bye.
"Mokuba, get in the jet, we're going for a ride."
"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking; would someone change that kid? I can't fly this plane if I'm dead via smell!" Camade yelled.
"I refuse." Yusuke snapped.
"Hell no." Sanzo said coolly while reading the paper he had brought.
Tohru and Honda both fainted from the stench.
Yuugi looked as if he were going to be sick.
Keiko ran into the bathroom and began to sniff the scented candles.
Houmei covered her mouth and tried not to gag.
Jou was staring at the baby as if he had grown an extra head.
Anzu curled up in a chair, ignoring the smell and the protests of the others. She stared out the window blankly, pondering her thoughts.
Amelda, how could you do this to me? Was everything a lie? Even your smile? Did you use me for everything?
Her nails dug into the black sofa that she sat on.
The band has actually bought this plane from an airport and had painted and furnished it to be like a moving home. Keiko had actual hired Camade after he was fired from Kaiba Corp for recklessness. Knowing Kaiba, he probably did it because Camade had been at the wrong place and the wrong time.
Jou held the baby as far away from him as possible, a grin on his face. "Yuugi," he whispered. The short boy turned to him with a weak nodded. "I got a plan to test how sensitive Anzu's nose really is now. This ought to lighten the mood."
Yuugi couldn't help but let his grin pick up. "It has to be done. That baby needs to be changed."
The two crept around to the sofa where Anzu was sitting. Everyone was too busy ignoring the smell to notice two high school boys up to no good. Anzu sniffed the air slightly and they tensed. After a moment she made and face and went back to her staring.
Suddenly Jou dropped the baby an inch from Anzu's nose and yelled. "Change me!"
Anzu sniffed and gagged, "Holy-!" She rolled off the couch and ran towards the bathroom. Keiko was thrown out on her bum a second later. Sounds of splashing water were heard from inside along with several groans.
Yuugi laughed and fell on the floor, holding his head. Someone dropped something on his stomach; he looked to find Ringo staring at him with wide eyes.
"Don't laugh Yuugi." Jou said. "You have to change him."
Ringo laughed. Pay back time, Fern Head! It would seem the baby got Rei's personality.
Kio: Meh! I'm sorry; this chapter most likely isn't the best. I'm very sorry for the long wait for the update. My monitor literally blew up in my face and I had to wait to get a new one from my aunt.
CutieSaiyajin: There will be plenty of moments and eventually romance.
Whatever: Updated
Theresa: Thank you!
Mizuki Hikari: Wait until the next chapter. Doma is gonna have a hard time keeping her silent.
Yllom21: Wait until the next chapter, and then she'll snap for real!
animegirl2961: Updated!
Fifilafemme: I aim to please and surprise! I read the new chapters to the Lady and Black, and great job!
Cerulean San: Bowing It's an honor to recive a review from you. I'll try to make the OC's more separate. I didn't want to give them a major part until they become a threat. But I'll do better!
LuvinAniManga: Same goes for your stories! We'll be able to get more of a reaction out of her when she sees him dueling Kaiba at Pegasus's island. Thank you!
LeDiva: The little kid will have a few spots in chapter 12. Keep on reading!
Ang3L Blue: I shall keep updating!
What to look for in chapter 11:
-Camade and Kaiba have a little race in the skies.
-Kaiba and Amelda duel
-Tohru comes to terms about Anzu's transformation and tells her a secret very close to the heart.
-Ringo gets changed!
-Haga and Ryusaki are discovered hidden on the plane
-Anzu lets her anger go and tried to attack Amelda and ends up going wild on Pegasus's island.
Please review and give me CC! Flames will be used to burn Kaiba's limo.