The disclaimer from the previous chapter still stands.

And yes, Baccah's name is a play on the Japanese word Bakka, which basically means idiot, moron, and almost any other insulting name you can think of. Baccah is an idiot for doing the things he does. A dangerous, evil idiot.

Yu-Gi-Oh Galaxies: The Sphinx Crystal

Chapter Two: Information

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Bolvan used to be a peaceful planet, but such times do not last forever. New planetary leaders came and went, each on bringing their own ideas of what constituted the "correct" way for the planet to be run. It was only a matter of time before someone snapped.

It happened like this.

About five hundred standard years ago, a man named Waotir rose to the position of sovereign on the planet. He was a fierce man, and his laws were extremely strict. It was tyranny, pure and simple, and the citizens of Bolvan weren't going to stand for it.

War broke out, those who supported Waotir on one side and those who wanted him out on the other. For some reason or other, the war never really ended. Waotir's family stayed in power, each generation ruling as their parents had done. The fighting continued all those years.

It about ten years ago, the draconian known as Baccah discovered the war-torn Bolvan. Baccah had an unnatural curiosity about daemons, and he wanted to see what happened to the daemon after its human died. He could have captured some humans to do this, but Baccah decided that killing on a already devastated planet wouldn't gain much attention. Leading his army there, he headed a massive slaughter, with his army killing all humans, adult and child alike, that stood in their way. Among those killed where Seto and Mokuba's parents.

Seto was fifteen and Mokuba was just a baby at the time. Seto took his brother and fled the planet after watching his parents get cut down as they tried to buy their sons some time. Seto's last memory of his home planet was Baccah laughing insanely as he stood over the prone forms of Seto's parents.

It's understandable, then, why Seto bears a strong hatred for Baccah.

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Mokuba, being raised on a starship for basically his entire life, didn't know the whole story behind their current lives. Their parents were dead and they had been forced to leave their home planet; that was all Seto had told him. Seto had taken care of him since before he could even talk, and to Mokuba, Seto was just as much of a father as he was a brother. Seto schooled him, played with him, took care of him when he was sick or hurt, and comforted him whenever he had a bad dream. Mokuba loved his big brother with all his might, and Seto felt the same way towards Mokuba.

So with this new assignment, Seto felt it was too dangerous to bring Mokuba along, but he didn't want to leave Mokuba and Lia alone on the station with no one they knew.

"Mokuba," Seto said to his brother as the four of them entered he ship, "The new job I've agreed to is very dangerous, so I want you to be extra careful. I don't want you to be in harm's way, but I also don't want you to be with a bunch of people you don't know on this station. You're coming with me, but, again, be careful."

Ilena growled to emphasize this statement, and Mokuba nodded. Liasara showed her agreement by changing into a leopard.

"We'll be careful, big brother, I promise."

Satisfied that Mokuba was going to comply with his wishes, Seto smiled and fondly ruffled his little brother's hair. "It's getting late, kiddo. Finish your meal, then get to bed."

"Okay, Seto." With Liasara on his shoulder once again as a mouse, Mokuba took his food into the dining area of the ship to finish eating.

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Yugi Motou was hard at work, trying to gather info on Baccah's whereabouts, when the door to his quarters opened, and his older brother walked into the room, his falcon daemon flying in ahead of him to perch on the back of an empty chair next to Yugi.

"Hey, Yami," Yugi greeted with a smile. "What's up?"

"This," Yami tossed a datapad to Yugi, who caught it with a surprised look on his face. "It contains vital information on Baccah's whereabouts."

Mystified, Yugi plugged the datapad into his computer. Once the data was up, he scanned over it quickly. His daemon sat on his shoulder, her bright mouse eyes watching the flow of information dance across the screen.

Yugi sat back in his seat, stunned. "After everything he's done, he's foolish enough to return to his home planet? Every decent Draconian there hates him! And blocking the cavern entrance…what is he thinking?"

"He's up to something," Yami said seriously. "It's almost as if he wanted us to know where he was."

Yugi sighed. "Well, trap or not, I have to tell Mr. Kaiba about this."

Yami looked grimly at the picture of Baccah that was up on the screen of his brother's computer. The Draconian had an evil, smug sneer on his face. "I certainly hope Seto Kaiba can take him down. Baccah is supposed to be one heck of a fighter."

Yugi's daemon, Milserani, spoke up. "If Kaiba fails, then there is no one else in the universe who could do it. Kaiba is the only one who can beat him."

Yugi fervently hoped that his daemon was right.

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Seto got up quietly in the middle of the night, taking care not to make the slightest noise; Mokuba's room was right next to his and he did not want to wake his little brother.

Ilena gave a sleepy whine and rose to her feet, following Seto out of the bedroom and into the dining area. Daemons couldn't go more than a few yards from their humans; tired or not, she had to get up and follow Seto.

Seto absently patted her on the head, then fixed a mug of hot chocolate, pouring a little bit into a bowl for Ilena to drink as well. A few minutes passed by in silence, but finally, Ilena could take no more.

"You're thinking about facing Baccah, aren't you?" She asked quietly.

Seto stiffened, then relaxed. "Yes. He's a murderer, Ileana, he killed our parents, not to mention countless other people. I admit, I'm…afraid of what I might do when I face him. On all of our previous runs, we never killed anyone. But…I'm not too sure I can hold back with Baccah. Still, I don't want to stoop to his level. I don't want to become a murderer."

"Then don't," Ilena said simply. "Don't kill him. Take him to the Police Troopers, and let the laws decide his fate."

"That's what I would normally do, but I don't know what will happen on this job. These are bad, dark times, Ilena."

Suddenly, a scream echoed from down the hall.

Seto jumped to his feet, heading to his brother's room almost at once. Ilena trotted after him, sharing in his concern and worry.

Mokuba sat shaking on his bed, the blankets wrapped all around him. Liasara was trying to comfort him in the form of a cat, though she was afraid too; she and Mokuba shared the same dreams, bad or good. As soon as Seto entered the room, Liasara turned to face them, for Mokuba had buried his head in his pillow and didn't see them enter.

"We had a bad dream," Liasara explained. "Help him, please! I am so afraid, and he is too!"

Ilena took Liasara aside and spoke to her, while Seto sat on Mokuba's bed and gently gathered his little brother into his arms.

"Mokuba? Are you okay, kiddo?"

"S-Seto?" Mokuba asked in a fearful whimper, looking up at his brother with tear-filled eyes.

"Yes, it's me," Seto replied in a soft, gentle voice.

Mokuba's tears finally spilled over and he cried. Seto held him, and out of the corner of his eye he could see Ilena comforting Liasara. He refocused his attention on his little brother, wiping the tears off of Mokuba's face.

"Shhh…it's okay, Mokuba. It was just a bad dream…can you tell me what it was about?"

Mokuba nodded, rubbing his eyes with his sleeve. "Y-yeah…there was this dragon thing, and you were there, and then it…it…"

He couldn't continue. He didn't have to, though-Seto knew what he was going to say. Only one thing could be so bad as Mokuba couldn't even mention it. The dragon creature in his dream must have killed Seto.

"Oh, Mokuba…it's alright…that was just a dream. It won't really happen, I promise," Seto said reassuringly, holding Mokuba close. Mokuba gradually stopped crying, eventually calming down enough to start falling back asleep. With a smile, Seto laid his brother back onto his bed, pulling the blanket over him. Liasara jumped onto the bed and curled up next to Mokuba's head, purring softly.

As Seto got ready to head out the door, Mokuba's voice stopped him.

"Seto?"

Seto turned to face his brother. "Yes?"

"Thanks…" Mokuba yawned, turning over and drifting back to sleep.

Set smiled again and shut his brother's door.

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The next day, Seto, Mokuba, and their daemons headed back onto the space station. This time, Mokuba was determined to stay with his brother in order to avoid another conflict with the mean boy from yesterday. He stayed close by Seto's side as they traversed through the station.

"Big brother, who gave you the new job anyway?"

"Admiral Motou of the Galactic Government."

"Really? Is he nice? What's his daemon like? Did you get to meet any other Police Troopers?"

"Slow down, Mokuba," Seto said with a smile. "One question at a time, kiddo. Admiral Motou was nice. His daemon was a turtle, and he had his grandson, Yugi, with him. Yugi's my age."

"What's Yugi's daemon?" Mokuba asked curiously.

"A mouse."

"Mr. Kaiba! Hey, Mr. Kaiba!"

Seto turned around to see Yugi coming towards him. The short young man stopped once he was next to the brothers.

"What is it, Yugi?"

"My brother, Yami, managed to find information regarding…um…" Yugi looked at Mokuba, choosing his next words carefully. Seto had told him that Mokuba didn't need to know the details of the job. "The location of your job has been found. All the information and the coordinates of the planet you need to go to is on this datapad." Yugi handed the datapad to Seto.

Seto took it from Yugi and pocketed it. "Thank you, Yugi. We'll leave in a few days."

Yugi rubbed the back of his head. "Actually, Mr. Kaiba, I think you should leave now. There's a bit of a situation on the planet that needs to be resolved immediately."

Seto reached into his pocket and took the datapad back out. He quickly scanned through it, then looked up at Yugi, his eyes hard. "I understand. Come on, Mokuba. We're going to get some supplies, then we're leaving."

"Um, Okay," Mokuba agreed, looking at Yugi, confused. "But, I thought we were gonna…"

"Later, Mokuba. Right now, we have things we need to do."

"Okay," Mokuba agreed, following his brother and Ilena off to one of the shops.

Yugi and his daemon watched them go. "Good luck," Yugi whispered.

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Chapter two, over and done! Read and Review, please!