Ketchum's Eleven
07: Out of Kaiba's Vault (or ANBU has arrived)
A PikaFlash's Studio Fanfiction
Disclaimer: All characters, songs and scenes belong to their respective owners...
An A/U Crossover Type fanfic...
While walking through Kaiba Land, Sakura takes a cell phone and dials a number.
Misty and Seto were leaving the arena when a cell phone was ringing.
"Are you going to answer that?" Seto asks.
"I don't have a cell phone," said Misty.
The two keep on walking, but the ringing was still following them. Misty checks her coat pocket and found the ringing cell phone.
"This isn't mine."
"Find out who it is."
Misty answers the phone. "Hello?"
Sakura (on Phone): May I speak to Mr. Kaiba, please?
"It's for you."
Seto takes the phone.
"Who's this?" Seto asked.
Sakura (on phone): The person who's robbing you.
Seto and Misty entered the Security center of Kaiba Land. Seto was showing signs of fear as he walks to one of his security staff.
"What the hell is going on in the vault?" Seto asks.
The guard looks at the surveillance footage and everything seemed normal.
"Nothing, sir. All normal."
"Show me."
Seto looks at the security cam view of the vault door and inside the vault. All normal, then he speaks to Sakura on the phone. "I'm afraid that you're mistaken."
In the Lord of Dragons Suite, Metabee was at the computer with Eriol, James and Keitaro watching Metabee waiting on cue while listening to the conversation on a small speaker.
Sakura (on speaker): You watching your monitor? Ok, keep watching.
Metabee makes the switch of footages...
The images on the security videos changed into the image of the vault being robbed by two masked figures and a small masked midget.
"Oh, Pika..." Seto mouthed.
Sakura was casually strolling around Kaiba Land while speaking on the phone.
"In this town, your luck can change just that quickly."
Seto calls out for his manager. "Find out how much money do we have down there."
Behind Seto, Misty was wondering how that cell phone got into her pocket. Suddenly, she remembers Ash...
Earlier, at the Restaurant
"Misty...I came to say goodbye."
This comes to a surprise to Misty. Something must be up; otherwise he wouldn't be giving up on her so easily.
"Well...goodbye."
Ash was about to kiss Misty, but decides to go for the cheek. What Misty didn't see is Ash slipping a cell phone into the coat pocket.
"Be good and take care," Ash whispered.
Presently
"Misty..."
Misty looked at Seto. "Yes?"
"Misty, perhaps you shouldn't be here to see this," Seto said.
Misty leaves the room.
"Alright, you've broken into my vault. Congratulations. You're a dead woman," said Seto as Misty leaves the room.
Sakura (On Phone): Maybe.
"Maybe? And how do you expect to leave here? Do you believe that I'll simply allow you to leave my Game Corner with bags full of my money?
Sakura shakes her head. "No. You're going to carry it out for us."
Sakura could hear Seto laughing.
Seto (on Phone): And why would I do that?
"Take a closer look at your monitor."
At that moment, Misty was entered the Game Corner and sees Sakura talking to Seto on her phone.
Seto looks at the monitor. The three masked figures were packing half of the money into marked bags and the other half were rigged with traps. At that moment, Seto's manager returned with the amount in the vault.
Sakura (on Phone): As your manager is probably reporting to you by now, you have a little over a hundred and sixty million in your vault tonight.
The manager gave Seto the amount. Over 163 million in total in Kaiba's vault. (Amount: 163 million, 156 thousand and 759 dollars)
Sakura (on Phone): You may notice that we're only packing up half of your money. The other half is kept with us as a hostage, bobby-trapped.
"You let 80 million go and we'll let you keep your 80 million. That's the deal. You try to stop us, we'll blow up the money in both the bags and the vault," Sakura warned as she only happens to see Misty face-to-face. "Mr. Kaiba, you can lose eighty million secretly tonight or you can lose a hundred and sixty million publicly. It's your choice." Sakura cups her cell phone and says, "Hi, Kasumi-chan."
Seto cups the cell phone. Now he's mad. He has two choices. Choice A: Do what he must do and let the money go. Choice B: What he really wants to do, stop this 'Robin-Hood' bitch and her merry men. Kaiba makes his choice.
"Make the call," Seto ordered to his manager. The manager makes the call to the proper authorities.
"Emergency Response..."
Back on the Kaiba Land floor...
"Where's Ash?" Misty asks.
"He's fine," Sakura said. "He wants you to go upstairs and watch TV."
"He does?"
"We have three men with explosives who have taken control of our vault," The manager said to the emergency operator.
Seto returns to speaking to Sakura.
Seto (on phone): You have a deal.
"It's alright, Mist. I promise." Sakura resumes her conversation with Seto.
"Good, here's what you do..."
Misty walks to the lift towards her suite. Now it's a matter of debate within herself, tell Kaiba about Ash's scheme and ruin his life or let Ash do what he wants and ruin Kaiba's life?
Six canvas bags were in the elevator, each marked with white X.
Sakura (V/O): Five minutes from now, the men in the vault are going to deposit six bags into the vault elevator. If they meet anyone, we'll blow everything.
The elevator reached ground level and the guards walked into the lift.
Sakura (V/O): One minute later, the elevator will rise up to your floor. Three of your guards will pick up the bags and carry them into the Game Corner.
The three guards did what was instructed.
In the Game Corner, Sakura walked past some slot machines.
"If they take more then twenty seconds to reach the Game Corner entrance of if there is any indication of a switch has been made, we'll blow the money in the vault and in the bags."
Seto hears the slots on the phone. Seto looks at his manager and whispered, "She's in the casino right now."
Sakura calmly said, "Of course, I am in your casino. In fact, I'm staying in your hotel. Kaiba, I've got seven words for you: 'All your base are belong to us'. Back to business. Now, as soon as your guards get to the entrance, a white unmarked van is going to pull up at the valet station."
At the valet station, the white unmarked van is right there, waiting for the bags of money. No one can see the insides of the van as all of the windows are tinted. A large perimeter of guards were surrounding the van.
Sakura (V/O): Your guards will load the bags into the van's rear. If anyone puts a hand on the driver's door or look into the window, we'll blow everything.
The guards loaded the marked bags into the van, with a video camera monitoring what the guards are doing.
As soon as the money was packed into a white van and the rear door closes, the van drives off, secretly followed by a few of Kaiba's personal henchmen following the van in cars.
At the same time, an ANBU van arrived at the entrance of Kaiba Land and unloads its ninja squad. Their faces were covered under masks, covering the identity of the ninjas.
"Now what?" Seto asked.
Sakura (on phone): When I get word that the van is hasn't been followed and the money is secure, my men will exit the building and once their safety is confirmed, you'll get your vault back.
Seto's manager appeared with a note. "ANBU is here." Seto nods and gives a thumbs up.
"And miss, I have complied with your every request, would you agree?" Seto asks.
Sakura (on phone): I would.
"Good, I have one of my own."
Sakura (on phone): Yes?
Seto unleash his warning. "Run and hide, bitch, run and hide. If you get caught trying to buy a DVD episode of Totally Spies in Beverly Hills or Winx Club in Alfea, I'll be supremely disappointed. Because I want my people to find you. And rest assured: when they do, they won't hand you over to the police. Run and hide, that's all I ask."
During Kaiba's rant, Sakura abandoned the cell phone at the bar while in the Lord of Dragon's Suite is empty.
In the streets of Domino City, cars filled with Seto's goons are following the white van. Behind the goons' cars, a separate car was shadowing Seto's goons.
Misty was in her suite, still on her internal debate while the TV news was showing Gary's surprise first round win.
Kaiba listens. The line is dead.
"Mr. Kaiba. Our guys say that the van is headed towards Domino Domestic Airport."
Seto gives his order. "Get everyone in position. I want my vault back before that van hits the runway."
On the monitors, the three masked thieves were pacing around the vault.
The ANBU team was rappelling down the elevator shaft with the sensors turned off by Seto's manager. Heavy breathing was heard from under the ANBU masks as though they were pretending to be Darth Vader.
ANBU is moving into position as they activated their night vision and armed their standard issue SAW25 (with Grenades included by pressing the front trigger).
The ANBU leader, a blue-teal haired female, gives the orders to the other ANBU Ninjas.
Back in the security room, Seto and his personnel were listening in on the radio.
ANBU leader (on Radio): Night-vision goggles on. Prepare to cut power.
The manager puts his hand on a switch.
ANBU leader (on Radio): Cut it!
The power is cut off as both monitors went blank from the darkness. The only thing they can hear is the voices through the ANBU radio frequency.
ANBU leader (on Radio): Breaching elevator doors now. Blue Team, in! Red Team, now!
ANBU ninja 1 (on Radio): We have two guards, bound, and unconscious.
A metallic thud was heard on the radio.
ANBU leader (on Radio): What was that?
Yugi's panicked voice (on radio): Guys! Guys! Someone's here!
ANBU ninja 1 (on Radio): Take him down, now!
ANBU leader (on Radio): I'm on to him!
Shots were fired from one of the SAW25s and an explosion was heard.
ANBU leader (on Radio): Lights. We need power now!
Seto's manager switches the power back on. On the monitor, smoke fills the vault as two ANBU ninjas search through the smoke while the other ANBU members evacuated the unconscious guards.
"What's the situation down there?" Seto asks the ANBU leader.
ANBU leader (on radio): They blew it! They blew the whole...Oh Pika. It appears that they detonated an incendiary device. If there was anyone in there, they're not likely to be from One Piece because they're in pieces now.
Seto sighs and told his manager, "Tell them to take the van." As Seto was leaving, in a really pissed off voice, Seto added, "And find out how they got hooked into my system!"
Domino Domestic Airport
The van finally stops at Domino Domestic airport. Behind the white van, Seto's goons got out of the cars and armed themselves with whatever weapons that is available. (After all, Kaiba corp. used to be a weapons manufacturing company).
"Get out of the van, now!" The leader of the goons ordered. There was no response. "The tires. Shoot the tires!"
The goons fired at all four tires of the van.
Kaiba Land Vault
Seto enters his vault as ANBU were searching for survivors. The vault is completely gutted by the explosion. Nothing is left. People, money or even Mr. Urashima's emeralds all have been destroyed.
"Mr. Kaiba," the ANBU leader said.
"Yes?"
"We couldn't find any survivors. Or, I'm afraid, any of your money. I'm sorry sir."
ANBU has failed Kaiba. He dismisses them. "Take your men out, now."
The leader said, "But Mr. Kaiba, if you could at least wait for the bomb..."
"Please leave, now," Seto said.
"It's your vault. Red team, Blue team. Take your gear and move out!" The ANBU leader ordered as ANBU picked up their equipment bags and left.
Seto takes his walkie-talkie. "Where are we with the van?"
Domino Domestic Airport
The leader of the goons opened the driver side door, only to find a camera and a remote unit as the driver of the van.
"What the?"
The camera looks at the goon.
"There's no one inside!" The goon yelled out to the others.
The van moves forward a bit.
A distance away, Koichi and Tai were watching from inside one of Tai's cars.
"Oops, do you want to get in?" Koichi presses the remote again. "Oops, I'm sorry."
"Enough monkey business. Give me a turn. I wanna press the button," Tai said.
"Be my guest."
Tai presses the button.
The goon was about to open the back door of the van when the bags in the van exploded and flyers flew out.
Manager (walkie-talkie to Seto): Mr. Kaiba, we took the van sir, but there was no money inside the bags.
Seto (walkie-talkie to manager): What! What do you mean no money inside the bags?
Manager (walkie-talkie to Seto): They say that the bags were filled with fliers, sir. For the latest card craze of Duel Masters!
In the vault, Seto spots something on the vault floor.
"Cue up to the tape of the robbery."
Seto sees the words ' Kaiba Land' on the vault floor.
The manager was watching the tape.
"Yes sir, I'm looking at the tape now."
Seto (walkie-talkie): Do you see the words ' Kaiba Land' on the floor?
The robbery tape did not show the words ' Kaiba Land' on the floor.
"No, sir. I don't understand."
Seto explains the slight change. "We had the words installed last Tuesday. The image we saw of the men robbing us was a tape."
Manager (on Walkie-talkie): What?
"Someone built a double of my vault, then made a tape of them robbing it. When we saw them putting it in the bags, that wasn't actually happening."
Kaiba is now absolutely furious with this turn of events.
Manager (on walkie-talkie): But, sir, what happened to all that money?
Eight ANBU Ninjas were making their way to the ANBU van, with each ninja carrying 20 million in their bags. The leader removes the blue-teal wig to reveal a orange-brown hair and the mask, revealing Sakura as the leader of the ANBU ninjas with Eriol, Keitaro, Koji, James, Pikachu, Metabee and Yugi under the masks.
Earlier
In the security room, Kaiba gives the order to his manager.
"Make the call."
The manager makes the phone call to the proper authorities.
In the Lord of Dragons suite, Metabee blocks all other calls and takes the manager's call as the 'proper authorities'.
"Emergency response," Metabee said.
Six ANBU ninjas rappelled down the elevator shaft, with Keitaro having a bit of problems but still made it. The ANBU unit reached the bottom and opened the elevator doors, with Sakura wearing a blue-teal wig and the mask with a voice-changer; Sakura said in her disguised voice, "Night-vision goggles on. Prepare to cut power."
The other five put on their ANBU masks equipped with Night-vision and covered their faces and Sakura said, "Cut it!"
The power went out as Ash, Yugi and Pikachu were waiting with the red dot sights were on the trio.
As Yugi and Pikachu were putting on their ANBU outfits, and the others were packing the money into the equipment bags, Eriol throws a grenade into the vault.
"Guys! Guys! Someone's here!" Yugi cried out in a hysterical voice.
"Take him down, now!" Koji called out.
"I'm on to him!" Sakura yelled out and fired blanks from the SAW25. Sakura quickly shielded her eyes from the flash of the explosion.
Presently, at the entrance to Kaiba Land
The ANBU team got into the ANBU van, with Sakura at the front seat next to Koji, who starts up the van and takes a whiff from the Air Freshener hanging on the rear-view mirror.
Sakura takes out a phone and makes a call to Domino City PD.
"Domino City PD? This is Officer Narusegawa, Kanto Probation Division. I have a violator in your jurisdiction..."
Sakura cups her phone and said to Koji. "Hit it."
The ANBU van drives off, carrying away the money and the thieves away from the casino...
Kaiba looks around the vault and it suddenly occurs to him. "Ketchum..."
Seto leaves the vault.
End of Part 7