Aoi: Sorry for not updating in a long time, truth be told I ran out of inspiration. So I went back to my old friend roleplaying. For a long time it took over my life, but the reviews that sat in my email made me realize I had to write again...so I found the perfect song...well what I used for this chapter was "30 minutes" by t.A.T.u. Yes, that's what I listened to the entire time I wrote this, over and over again. XDD.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own "Yu-Gi-Oh!" or any of it's characters or monsters but I do own the character "Antigone" but I don't own her card "Harpy girl". I DO OWN THIS STORY AND WOULD NOT WANT ANYONE TO ATTEMPT TO STEAL IT FROM ME, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT ASKING ME FIRST...IT WOULD ANNOY ME GREATLY. And with all that said...enjoy.


Virtual Friend or Foe

Chapter Four: Destiny or Despair? Love or Betrayal?


Inside the game, the hallway to be exact, Mokuba suddenly walked over to one of the doors...one by random actually. The male tilted his head slightly as he eyed it. "Why does this door seem to call out to me?" he whispered to himself as his hand grabbed hold of the knob and with a quick turn he opened it. Once the door was open, the teen quickly looked inside, curious about what was inside of course. But to his surprise all he saw was complete darkness. This obviously caused him to furrow his brows.

"What the-" the younger Kaiba began as he walked inside, his hand immediately going towards the interior wall, trying to feel for a light switch.

Crrrrick.

There was this noise...a noise that just sounded like crrrrrick. This sound caused Mokie to stop dead in his tracks, his navy colored eyes growing quite wide in bit of confusion and fear. 'Please don't be what I think it is,' he thought to himself as he started slowly tip toeing back towards the door, trying his hardest not to make any sudden movements.

The then seemed to slow down, Mokuba couldn't hear the sounds of the floor giving way, he couldn't even hear the sounds of his own scream. Thoughts left his mind, there was no way the raven haired male could comprehend what was happening. He hadn't remembered this being in the game originally, the program...it changed. It must've been since Noa had been technically entering it, this must've altered the system.


Noa's eyes began to part slightly as his vision started to make things come more into focus. The mint haired boy's fingers started moving, he making sure that he still could. 'Am I dead?' scampered through his thoughts as his eyes shifted, catching sight of his surroundings. There was light...light everywhere. Light and fog.

'I must be dead...I didn't make it? But I thought I couldn't die...I thought I couldn't...my mind...the program...my prison...' His eyes closed once more, a tiny smile making its way to his lips as he whispered, "So I'm finally taking my rest..."

The male never looked more peaceful as he lied there upon the cold, marble floor. His cheek rubbing slightly on the side of it as he breathed out. But he couldn't fully fall asleep because a voice kept lightly channeling through out the nothingness. This made his brow furrow in confusion and annoyance, however he couldn't ignore it...it was so familiar. It got to the point even where Noa suddenly sat up, his head trying to lock onto the direction the voice was coming from.

As he listened more carefully it became more obvious to him, that wasn't just a voice...it was a scream. It sounded more like terror, fright, fear...it sounded more like Mokuba. This immediately brought him to his feet. "So I'm not dead," he figured aloud as he started rushing off towards where he thought the voice was coming from. "MOKUBA!"


"Noa?" Mokuba questioned as he suddenly dropped into the ocean. A great splash shot up when his body made contact with the surface. It all happened so fast. Too fast. The program...was morphing. It's form, the area was all at random, completely unpredictable.

Moments later he managed to pop up above the surface, gasping for air as his wet, raven colored hair robbed him of his vision. Quickly he pulled strands of hair from his eyes as he continued gasping, he turning quickly trying to grasp exactly where he was. Then that's when it hit him, he was in the middle of nowhere...a virtual ocean of despair.

"Okay, Okay," Mokuba continued to say to himself as he managed to stay afloat. "Stay calm...there's nothing wrong...it's still a game, which means that there's a way out of everything, right? Right. I just have to find it." His ears flicked slightly as water droplets were trying to be knocked from him, but what good that would do him. 'I guess the best I can do is try to swim towards shore...but where's...the shoreline?' flickered through his thoughts as his eyes shifted about. There was nothing. No sign. Nothing.

"HELP," the younger Kaiba shouted at the top of his lungs before, looking around frantically at the never ending sea. Repeating more quietly, his voice quivering, "Help...Somebody...help me..."

This situation...helpless...completely.

Up ahead Mokuba then noticed something, the water...bubbles, ripples...a darkness, he wasn't alone. Fear took hold of the male, however he soon felt his hand reach for the sword which continued to sit in his belt. He had forgotten about it completely. "I'm ready for whatever," he said to himself, trying his hardest to stay calm.

A tiny giggle sounded as a head popped up in front of him, a female who had fuchsia colored hair. Her hair, it was wild and rather ruffled, reminding the male of Mai Valentine in a way. She moved up more so that her shoulders were visible. Skin...that's what he saw was skin. Mokuba immediately knew that she had to be a monster...but he wasn't seeing any clothes so far...just...skin. And this tiny little detail was making him quite nervous. "Hello Player," she laughed lightly, as she moved closer to him, fiddling with one of his neko ears. Her other hand has been moving towards the chain which hung around his neck that all players of the game were required to wear, fingers rubbing over the emptiness.

"I see you haven't progressed," the female laughed lightly, "You're...so innocent."

When she said this, Mokuba quickly pulled back, he feeling the chain threaten to break as he dug into his skin. She wasn't letting go, her hand had been grasping the chain now, her grin turning to that of an evil on. Her form changed slightly before him. Fin like ears then appeared on the side of her head, poking out of her hair as she seemed to gain more muscle. To the point where she was more built than him...even though the male was never built to begin with.

This really feared the male, his eyes being quite wide as he stared at the gloves which appeared on her hands. One being a dark orchid color while the other was blue.

"Gah," he gasped as she tried to pull him close to her, the teen squirming, trying to get out of her hold. Then above her head the numbers 1500/700 appeared. Glowing brightly.

'There's only one way Monsters can be defeated...they have to be killed,' ran through Mokuba's mind as her rather muscular hands caressed his face. 'This game...this is a game...I have to defeat her. I wish Seto were here...'

The sword which had been in the player's hand then started glowing, and the water around it started churning. Bubbles rising as the area around him started rippling greatly. This caused the Mermaid knight to look towards the water with nervousness, her tail quickly swiped at Mokuba, knocking him away from her. But the force of her swipe ended up knocking him deep into the blue. His eyes staring up at the surface as he sunk faster. 'I summon Kaiser Sea Horse,' ran through his mind as he plunged further. His eyes growing heavier as he the salty ocean water entered in through his mouth.

The young player was soon caught by the great arms of the sea creature, it being armed with the bright blue and purple armor which covered its body. Tiny red orbs of light which shone from the eye sockets, looked up towards where the Mermaid knight had been, she swimming down attempting to knock the other out of the game. Her hand holding up the transparent sword by its red handle, attempting to pose as a threat, however was soon destroyed by the mighty weapon of her opponent.


In the darkness Mokuba stood, he looking around trying to see if he were alone. A heavy sigh sounding from him when he realized that he indeed was. 'Why did you go in the game, Mokuba,' he heard Seto's voice asked, 'You knew it wasn't safe.'

"I wanted to help, Noa. He deserves another chance-"

'Chance at what? Taking over my company!'

"No, I don't think-"

'Of course you don't think. Do you ever, Mokuba? If you had you would've realized that he was using you from the beginning!'

"That's...not true," the younger Kaiba whispered, "It can't be true..." He no longer felt the presence of his older brother. Once more he felt...alone. This caused him to drop to his knees, his head being hung quite low. Tears of light sprinkled below the male's view as he couldn't help but cry. But soon wiped the signs of weakness from him, after all, Kaibas didn't cry...at least that's what he had always been told.

"Why can't I do something right for once?"

"But you do," another familiar voice sounded, the voice making him feel quite warm and happy as he looked out towards the darkness. A path of light showing.


His eyes soon parted open, he realizing that he wasn't in the ocean anymore. In a quick motion he sat up, the feeling of sad sticking to the wetness of his skin wasn't a pleasant feeling but at least the fact that he was still alive made him feel better.

"Hello Player," another female voice spoke up, from behind him, this bringing him to a start, making him quickly glance towards her. Trying his best to put a distance between him and the other. Looking at her you could tell she was a harpy. However her features seemed more human than any of the harpy sisters. She was different. Her blonde hair, which fell to her waist, had been neatly combed, a pink feather head band being worn in it. Her wings were also pink instead of their regular green color. But like the harpies she was still dressed in scantily clad. This was Harpy girl. 500/500

"Don't be frightened," she continued, "I'm a guide of this area..I mean you no harm."

"Right," the raven haired male awkwardly laughed as he stood to his feet, dusting more sand off of him.

"I see you have a ring," she giggled.

"A ring?" Mokuba blinked, then noticed her pointing to the chain he wore around his neck. There a golden ring was being worn as a charm. "How'd I-" Then he remembered back to when Seto was telling him some of the features of the game.


Mokuba had been looking over one of the advertising posters of the game that hung in the lab. Seto who wasn't that far from him had been actually been typing away on one of the computers.

"You know, this game should be one of the best things yet," his older brother spoke up, yanking his attention from the art. "-The challenges are perfectly planned. The graphics are the thing of the future."

"Sweet," the younger Kaiba exclaimed as he moved to Seto's side, "Will I ever get to play it?"

"Of course," he replied, "After it's finished that is. I still have a few things I need to work out."

The younger brother smiled with a nod before turning his back to the other to back to the poster, however soon stopped when Seto added, "And Mokuba, I remember how you asked if there could be some way to keep track of every monster you defeat. Well, I've worked in a system that works like a charm bracelet. You get a ring like charm for every victory to wear on your chain."

"Chain...so is the chain around your wrist or something?"

"The chain can be worn anywhere, it's dealt at random actually."

"Oh...that's so cool," he commented, "Yeah, now I definitely can't wait to play it."


'Why couldn't I remember that earlier?' the male thought to himself quite annoyed like, however popped out of his mind when he was poked on the forehead by the female.

"Are you okay?" she questioned lightly, she eyeing him with great concern, especially since he was blushing greatly. Why? Well, a monster who looks relatively human, who wears hardly any clothes, was this close to him. Of course the teenage boy was blushing. Mokuba soon took a great step back, just enough to put more distance between them.

"May I assist you?"

'She wants to assist me...wait, she might be able to help me find Noa,' ran through his mind. "Yeah, you can help. Just one question, what's your name?"

"Antigone," she answered.

"Antigone?" he blinked, "Oh...kay, well, Antigone, I need help finding my step-brother...he's somewhere out here..." His voice had trailed off as he looked about at the whole beach scenery. No Noa. A sigh sounded from him which caused Antigone to ask, "Are you sad?"

"No," he replied, "Just...worried."

"About your brother?"

Mokuba nodded his head, then looked back towards her, "How am I supposed to find him?"

"Well," she began as she pointed to his sword, "That helps you summon...so you could probably summon monsters to help you find him...but then again, if your bond is truly strong...you should be able to find him by following your heart."

"Yeah..."

"Don't worry, Player, I'll do anything in my power to make sure you and your brother are united," the harpy laughed as she saluted him with one of her hands ((I don't know what to call them...so I'll just call them hands.)) The look upon her face looked more like a ditz trying to pose as being serious, this expression caused the younger Kaiba to laugh lightly. It was so comical to him.


That night after camp had been made, Mokuba decided to keep sitting on the beach...he simply couldn't sleep. All he kept doing was staring up at the starry sky. This game was so amazing, time and weather was constantly changing. Some people would spend hours and hours playing games...it made him wonder how long he was going to take. There was no telling when Seto was going to find that he was missing.

"Noa...I'll find you," he lightly promised, "And soon-"

"-we'll be together," Noa whispered to himself as he sat upon the ledge of the cliff somewhere far from his step-brother. The mint haired teen reached out his hand, trying to reach out in a direction where he thought Mokuba had been in. The jump from his world and game had taken more from him than he thought, it'd be a while till he'd be able to use his virtual powers again. If he had been able to use them though, he probably would have found the other teen a while ago, he would've been able to control the outcome of everyone. He would've been powerful again, but now, no, he was just another player.


Aoi: Sorry for it being short. I'm really, really sorry. I'm actually trying to get back into my fanfiction writing kick. Yes. -sweat drop- But I honestly hope that my story isn't like sucking or anything.

Mokuba: I liked it. .

Aoi: Well, of course you do...you're in it. Ooohkay, review, please. It was actually the reviews that made me want to write again. Till next time. . Bye.