Title: Fading

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! If I own them, I would die a happy person.

Summary: After getting his memories back and his own body, Yami is experiencing intolerable headaches. Yugi asked Kaiba for help but can Kaiba really save Yami?

Rating: NC-17

A/N: This chapter is a bit scary, in my opinion. Anyway, thank you so much for those who reviewed the previous chapters! (bows down)

'…' are thoughts in this chapter only.


Chapter Three: The Small Capsule

"The success rate is now fifty percent Sir." The man said to another man on the other line, "We are still updating its parts so that we can obtain the success rate of a hundred percent."

The man on the other line growled at the report, "Make sure that it will be 100 percent successful if you don't want your job taken away from you."

"Yes sire, I will." The man said on the phone before he realized that the line was already cut off.

After putting down the phone back on its place, the man, who's on his early-thirties and with some line across his young face, walked toward a so-called special room. As he walked toward it, the man stepped on some electrical wire that caused him to land on the floor. The man growled at the pain he felt and stood up to open the door of that special room.

Inside the room were three long tables (A/N: like the ones being used in the labs). In each table, certain things were on top of it. On one table are thousands of laboratory instruments with three burners. The second has so many micro chips of different sizes and color. Many of them though, looked like they were burned and some were ripped into smaller pieces.

The man didn't bother to look at those objects and went straight to the third table, and tapped another man.

"The boss wants that to be a hundred percent successful, no exceptions."

The other man nodded and went back to work. The other went back to the door. He placed a "DO NOT DISTURB, TOP PRIORITY" sign and slammed the door hard.

He then wore his protective glasses and gloves and started to work.

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"We had tested the virus on rats, cats and dogs." A man who was wearing a white gown said, "And it was a success. Within twelve hours, all of the animals died, Sire."

The man on his late-thirties nodded and wore a sly smile. 'Great and with that I am two steps away from the total destruction of the world.'

"And how about the top priority project?" he asked as he turned to the man beside him. There was a mark of excitement in his golden eyes.

"Dr. Shibata said that the success rate is 99.9 percent Sir, on rats and cats." He paused to gulp, "We still are not yet sure if the rate of success will also be the same with human beings."

The older man's eyebrow twitched at what he heard. "What the hell happened to 0.1 percent?" He roared in anger, "I thought I made it clear that the success rate must be exactly a hundred percent!"

The younger man's nerves jumped in surprise and fear. "Sire, we tried our best to fix the problem but it seems that…"

"Bring Shibata here! NOW!" the older man commanded.

All the people rushed to look for Dr. Shibata. After a few seconds, the subject showed himself to his boss.

"What is it that I can do for the great Mr. Gozaburo Kaiba?" Dr. Shibata said as he bowed so low to the roaring CEO.

"Did you understand my instructions, Shibata?" Gozaburo snarled. "I want that product to be a hundred percent success."

Dr. Shibata looked at the raging CEO. "The product is a success, if you will not include the minor defect."

"What is…"

Dr. Shibata interrupted before Gozaburo could ask his question, "If you, however, will include the problem that would be terrible, Sire." He paused for a while and pulled two small capsules from his pocket.

"This Sir is that one you had asked me to make. I made sure that this device, when planted to a human brain, will be able to control its host. The only defect of this product is that it will not be activated unless it has not settled in the host's brain for at least two to three weeks."

Gozaburo smirked at the explanation given by Dr. Shibata. "You never cease to amaze me Shibata."

"Thank you, Sir. I am happy to be at your service." Dr. Shibata answered back with a low bow.

Gozaburo examined the small capsule for a while; it has the famous KC logo of his company and the capsule is so small that even his chubby fingers can crush the item immediately. Dr. Shibata explained the functions of the capsule and how will it manipulate its host.

"The capsule can be inserted to the host through the nasal or oral cavity. The capsule will then find its way to the brain and settled itself at the cerebellum." Dr. Shibata explained, "After the capsule has settled, the host will experience terrible and 'unbearable' headache." Dr. Shibata said emphasizing the last adjective. "After which, the host will eventually die then you can control him as long as you want."

"If resistance happens," Dr. Shibata continued, "The capsule will be sending waves to the brain to prevent for further intervention. Those waves will be the ones to destroy every single nerve brain and after doing that, the host is all yours, Sir."

Gozaburo listened to what Dr. Shibata explained. 'I wonder who will be the first victim. Will it be Seto or someone else?'

"Is this tested to human beings?" Gozaburo asked.

Dr. Shibata shook his head in response. "No Sire, unfortunately I haven't. But I had tried it on chimpanzees. It was then believed that those animals were our closest relatives in the evolution of man."

Gozaburo once again wore his trademark sly smirk. Then he looked at the people around him and back to Dr. Shibata.

"Want to try it?" Gozaburo asked his smirk not leaving his face.

"Sire, who will be this lucky person?" Dr. Shibata asked and smiled back at the CEO.

Gozaburo smiled didn't disappear. He raised his hand and pointed it to the person in front of him.

Dr. Shibata stood there motionless unable to absorb what his boss, Mr. Gozaburo Kaiba meant.

The young doctor was taken aback when the guards seized him.

"Mr. Kaiba, you can't be doing this… I mean Sire; you won't be able to produce that kind of product."

Gozaburo walked slowly to Dr. Shibata. The young doctor tried to get away from the strong grip his comrades made.

"You don't have to worry, Shibata, I only need two. And I promise that I will use them wisely." Gozaburo said as he moved closer to the struggling doctor.

-TBC-


A/N: I would like to apologize because the chapters are so short. Forgive me, but I will really, really try my best to make them longer. Thank you once again for reading and if you have time please review! Thank you. (bows down)

- Aura Serene