Chapter Four – Getting into the Swing of Things
The next few hours went by surprisingly well for everyone. Tai set to work discussing this new mission with the Digimon. They made plans to start as move out in the morning, to seek out the edge of the Digital World from which the serious disturbance was coming from. While they did that, the others busied themselves with other tasks. The first had been to get Seto and Davis new cloths and now as he looked down at his new cloths, Seto (Kaiba) Dyama couldn't help but feel alien in his own skin. Clad now in a simple blue long-sleeved cotton shirt with sliver lining and the Japanese symbol for dragon on the back, back slacks and sneakers, he was sure that he mutt back home wouldn't even be able to recognize him.
That and for some odd reason the boy named Davis really seemed to want to be his friend. Once he had Seto cornered, he began to talk ear off (leaving the girl Kari looking very much relived). The younger boy talked about sports, games, comics and everything else under the light of the sun constantly and all he could do was sit back and let it happen – it wasn't like he was going to be going anywhere soon. He probably would have fallen asleep if the topic of Duel Monsters hadn't been brought up.
"So I'm not really into the game or anything," Davis was saying. "But some of my friends back home were playing it in the field during school. The winner of the duel had a really good – dark creature oriented – they said was good enough to go to the championships"
"But he wouldn't have got very far either" Seto replied, shocking the boy as he finally interrupted his nonstop yammering.
"Why is that?"
"Because that's what tournaments are about kid – I've been there. I watched the best of the best come and fail at the hands of those who were better"
"I know what you mean, I've watched all the tournaments on T.V." Davis nodded eagerly.
For a second Seto was sure that Davis was going to recognize who he really was and then his slim chance at getting to be normal would be over. But it never came.
"So what's you favorite card then?" he asked the younger boy.
"I'd have to say it would be Gale Lizard or Soul Tiger, but if you're talking about a rare one, then I'm in love with Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End"
Seto was impressed.
"You dream big"
"Yeah… will you teach me to play?"
"What?"
He hadn't expected that. The only person he had ever taught to play was Mokuba and he only got that privilege as his younger brother. But looking now at this kid that looked hopefully at him, he couldn't help think that his brother might be proud of him if he did.
"Teach me" Davis repeated hopefully. "You told me you were an expert"
"I would, but I don't have me duel disk or my deck with me"
Davis could only laugh.
"This is the Digi World Seto, things are different here – take your cloths for example. If you want your disk and deck, I can get them for you"
"You can do that?"
"Yep!"
Seconds later two strange looking duel disk appeared before them complete with cards. Seto snatched his deck out of its holder and looked at them. On top of was this three Blue Eyes White Dragons and his God Card, Obelisk the Tormentor. He smiled, feeling a little bit more secure then before.
"Hey I got a Chaos Necromancer and a Gemini Elf!" Davis grinned as he shuffled though his new beginner's deck.
"The Gemini Elf is good, and the Chaos Necromancer isn't not bad for a beginner" he nodded as he removed his four strangest cards and placed them inside the card shaped locket around his neck.
"What were those?" Davis asked with interest.
"My strongest and rarest cards" the young CEO smirked. "In order to pass your final exam at being the best, you are going to have to beat them – and let me tell you now that will never happen"
"You just wait and see" the younger boy smirked back. "I might just surprise you"
"Then lets find out if you've got what it takes"
Tai stifled a yawn and scratched his back. What he wouldn't do right now to have the rest of his friends here to help – not that Kari and T.K. were bad at filling the job description, but he really use Izzy's intellect or Matt's cool head for these situations. Though all in all he knew he should feel grateful.
Davis had managed to brake the ice with the new Digidestined Seto over the card game Duel Monsters of all things. They really seemed to be enjoying themselves, although Davis a little less as he kept getting his butt kicked in repeated sessions.
"You tired Tai?" Agumon asked also yawning.
The light had begun to fade on the horizon and sleep was a much-needed thing at the moment.
"Yes. Could you go tell the others it would be best if we got some sleep. We'll be leaving first thing tomorrow"
"Sure thing"
Tai sighed and leaned back, not realizing that time in the Real World was still moving as normal…
"But where could be? We've searched everywhere!" Mokuba Kaiba cried as he parked himself on a bench, unable to continue.
Yugi and his friends stared sadly at the poor boy. Even though none of them liked Kaiba, for the sake of his younger brother who had nobody left to take care of him, they had all agreed to help the boy search the town after Yugi had delivered the news that he had discovered the other boy's abandoned belongings.
"Well I know it isn't like Kaiba to up and disappear" Joey sighed. "But this is crazy"
"Yeah" Tea agreed and sat down next to the younger boy for support.
"Don't worry" Yugi said trying to make things better. "If I know your brother like I think I do, then there is nothing that wouldn't keep him from coming back to you"
Mokuba smile slightly as Tristin Taylor suddenly appeared from around the corner.
"No luck at this end" the dark haired boy said solemnly as he through up his hands in defeat.
"Hey! I have an idea!" Joey suddenly crowed, jumping five feet off the ground. "I know it might not be the greatest thing to do, but we could always go to Bakura. The Millennium Ring is able to track anything – that's why his yami was so good as his work"
At those words Yami Yugi appeared next to his hikari.
"I don't like the sounds of that either, but it appears to be our only option left" he replied. "We must seek out the tomb robber"
It didn't take long for the small group to find Ryou Bakura and his darker half that night. While their friend was ready and willing to help them out, the reluctance to give the pharaoh what he wanted was all on Yami Bakura's part. The Tomb Robber cursed about his pride and that he wouldn't let them use his Ring for anything. It didn't take long for him to lose the argument either.
Holding up the ring, Ryou smiled at the others.
"Show us the direction to Seto Kaiba" the white haired youth demanded of his item.
The center tip of the Ring slowly began to spin before the other four soon followed it. The spinning then began to go out of control lashing out in blots of golden light. Tea screamed as he dodged one, it singeing the back of her skirt.
"What's happening?" Yami yelled over the mini storm that surrounded them all.
"Like I should know!" Yami Bakura shouted back as he suddenly re-materialized next to the former pharaoh.
Then a burst of great white light was admitted from the center of the Ring, blinding them all. When the light faded, the found Ryou unconscious on the floor.
"Ryou, Ryou, are you okay?" Yugi asked dropping to his knees to shake the Tomb Robber's lighter half awake.
"Wh-what happened" he moaned, his eyes unfocussed.
"Your Ring-thing went berserk" Mokuba choked as he peeked out from behind an overturned sofa.
"That's… never happened before…"
"Then what went wrong?"
"I don't know"
"But did you find out where Kaiba was?" Joey asked the question that everyone wanted to know.
"No…"
"But I thought the Ring could tell you wherever anything you wanted to find was"
"It does" the tomb robber replied, and all eyes turned to him. "The Millennium Ring has the power to show us where anything in this world is"
"Then why – "
The dark spirit cut them off with a wave of his hand.
"This world" he repeated as he stressed the word. "It appears that good ol' Kaiba isn't in this world anymore, but he hasn't moved on to the next life yet – he's still alive. Where he is has become a mystery. The only thing that is certain here is that Seto Kaiba is no longer here on earth"
"Do you means he's in the Shadow Realm?" Yami demanded angrily of his enemy's cryptic words.
But the tomb robber just shook his head.
"No, he's not there either"
Hey everyone! That has to be one of the fastest chapters I have written in a very long time. Since I wanted to get it update for you all today, I didn't get the chance to take it home for a proof read, so if I've made an spelling or grammatical mistakes, please take it all in stride.
Sapphire-lily1: I'm glad you liked it. I also wanted to read a Yu-Gi-Oh/Digimon crossover and so that's why I started writing this one
Manders1953: Yeah, I know what you mean! It's always good to be curious. Well I had originally planed to put Matt into the story, but he got cut out of the final draft. If I do put him in, it'll be a few chapters later – and I'll do it just for you, how about that?
Kaiathrita:Thanks, its always good to know that people like what you write – I'll try not to let you down.
Nunofyorbiz: Well of course he does! You'll just have to wait awhile before he does what he has to do to receive it (and I'm keeping what the symbol will be secret until then). As for the rest of the YGO cast, it will be longer for them to come into the story then Seto's crest.