Yami no Game: Dark Saga
Chapter 21
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After all the events that happened at Duelist Kingdom, everyone was happy to be back in Japan and getting back to their daily lives. But all wasn't as peaceful as Kaiba entered the executive office, Mokuba and Ruby behind him. There, the Big Five, also returning from their trip from the island, sat. "Oh, Kaiba-sama. What a pleasant surprise." One spoke. "Cut the chit-chat, you worm. I know all about your little scheme of trying to take over the company." Kaiba sneered. "Yeah! Not only that but you nearly got nii-sama and I into big trouble! Did you really think you would get away with that?!" Mokuba added. The men look like they were about to come up with a rebuttal but Ruby held up a hand. "For treason against your superiors and working with Pegasus, I hereby fire you all from this company. And if you know any better, I suggest you take those words to heart before you lose much more than your jobs." he spoke, eyes narrowed as he looked to them. The men were silent and Kaiba smirked. "Taking after me each day." Kaiba praised and Ruby chuckled.
"Sure, but at least I'm not the one having relationship problems." Kaiba growled and he chuckled even more as he left the room. "What did he mean, nii-sama?"
"Nothing that you need to worry yourself about right now, Mokuba." he murmured as he followed behind the other. "W-wait, Kaiba-sama!" One called and he turned back to them. "What is it now?"
"We...we had no intention of taking over Kaiba Corp. We teamed up with Pegasus in hopes to find a way to help you. He was the one that wanted the company and used us as that vice that would secure his claim should he make the best of his tournament." he spoke. "Besides, we needed your stamp of approval before we could distribute our latest product to the market, the virtual pod." Kaiba smirked and nodded. "So, you finally got off your lazy asses and got that into working order. Sounds good but don't think that means you're off the hook from telling me that." he said before he left out the room. Ruby stood by the door and looked to him. "I sense something fishy. I swear to you those men are still loyal to Gozaburo and will do anything to change this company back into a military pit of success."
"Don't worry yourself, Ruby. If they know what's good for them, they will not test me again." Ruby sighed before nodding as he followed behind Kaiba, Mokuba running over and taking his hand as they walked. They took the elevator to the testing area where Kaiba's latest product awaits them. "Nii-sama...you just got back, shouldn't you rest or something?" Mokuba questioned. "I should but I've waited too long for this moment, even in a comatose state."
"But what if it's a trap like Ruby thinks? We don't want anything to happen to you again." Kaiba looked down to his little brother. "Don't worry, Mokuba. I'm sure Ruby was working on each program during the incarceration I dealt with. With the Big Five supposedly working with Pegasus the whole time gave them little chance to fiddle with the programs."
"But you don't know that for sure! They probably messed with them before they stole me away and Ruby went missing." he pleaded in hopes to make his brother see before something could happen. Ruby placed a hand on his shoulder and shook his head as they reached the floor and left out the elevator. They entered in the room, Ruby turning on the lights before nodding to Kaiba as he walked over to the virtual pod. Mokuba sidled over to Ruby's side and looked up to him. "Why don't you stop him? Don't you have your suspicions about this whole thing, Ruby-nii?"
"I do but when your brother has his mind set to something, you can't really get him to stop." he said before walking over to Kaiba's side. "Alright, Ruby, I want you to keep watch over everything that goes on." Kaiba spoke as he sat down in the pod. "Whatever you say." Ruby murmured. The pod was activated, the visor slipping over Kaiba's eyes as it got ready to connect him to the adventure game. /Please insert dueling deck into the drive recognizer./ An automated voice spoke. Kaiba pulled out his deck and set it into the drive that opened. It closed and scanned it before confirming each card in the deck for Kaiba's use in the systems was in the green and Ruby sighed as he stood behind the control panel. "Are you ready, Seto?" he questioned. "Yes I am. Now start it up."
"Please, be careful, nii-sama..." Mokuba whispered as Ruby pulled the switch which activated the virtual system. As Kaiba's mind was transferred to the virtual world, Ruby watched everything to make sure that not even the slightest thing went wrong with the program. When the screen popped up, showing the location of the area where Kaiba appeared, Ruby nodded. "All systems still in the green. No errors detected." he murmured. 'So far, so good.' Within the virtual world, Kaiba looked around. "Everything seems to be in working order. Sounds, scenery, life point count. All checks. I knew Ruby wouldn't fail in making this program foolproof." he spoke before he started advancing through the wooded area. He stopped and smirked when the first monster encounter showed. It was a Two-Headed King Rex. "Easy." he murmured as he drew a card and held it up. "Come forth, Blue-Eyes. Use White Lightning!" The dragon appeared and eyes narrowed at his opponent, he unleashed the blast at the Two-Headed King Rex, defeating it easily. "Hn, no match for me." he murmured before he heard rustling in the trees and saw an Armed Ninja coming at him.
"Armed Ninja? Surely he wasn't placed into the program!" The brunet hissed as he readied himself for another attack except the odd thing was the monster threw a card out, revealing it to be Dragon Capture Jar. "Damn, Blue-Eyes, hurry and take out that ninja!" The Blue-Eyes gave a roar as he aimed to attack the monster although it was too late for the card activated, sending out the dragon patterned jar. The dragon gave an angered cry as he was sucked into the jar. "Blue-Eyes, no!" The monster landed before him and pulled out a net, capturing him. From outside, the changes were immediate as Kaiba cried out from the pod, scaring Mokuba as Ruby tried to get things under control. "Shit...looks like I underestimated those spineless fools." he hissed and Mokuba looked up to him, scared. "Ruby-nii...what's going on? What happened?" he whimpered. When everything settled, Mokuba was the first to run out and check on Kaiba. The pod door opened and Mokuba touched Kaiba's shoulder lightly. "Nii-sama...are you alright?" he asked softly as Ruby moved to stand beside him. They both jumped when the doors shut as the emergency lockdown was activated, locking them inside.
"Your brother's obsession with technology has always been his greatest weakness. He just doesn't know when to quit before he gets himself in too deep." A voice spoke and Ruby growled as he looked around, trying to find out who was speaking to them. A screen lit up, showing one of the Big Five. "What did you do to him?!" Ruby hissed. "What I did to him? Like I said, he loves technology so much, he doesn't know when he might put himself in danger with his own product. Now look at him. His mind is trapped within his own virtual realm thanks to a few technological details we put in ourselves." he said, smirking all the while. "And now that we have you both trapped, no one will be able to stop us from taking Kaiba Corp." Another added before they all started laughing at their misfortune as the screens shut off, their message delivered. "Shit...should've expected something like this but guess I was too blind to see that they still would make some attempt to fiddle around with my programming..." Ruby murmured. "But for now, we need to get out of here." he added as he looked down to Mokuba.
He nodded, grabbing Kaiba's deck while he was at it. Saruwatari and a few men ran down the hall to the virtual game room and entered the access code. Ruby heard this and ushered Mokuba over to where a ventilation shaft sat. Mokuba pocketed his brother's deck before holding on to Ruby as he unfurled his wings and flew up, opening the shaft with his claws and got Mokuba inside first before following him inside just as the door opened. "Where is that little brat...?" Saruwatari muttered. "They both escaped, sir. Through the vents. They move pretty fast." One of the men murmured as he looked up to the open vent. "Damn..." he muttered before dialing the number to the office where the Big Five awaited news. "Sir, Mokuba and Ruby got away."
/What?! Then go find them!/ he growled. "No need to send anyone after them." The man next to him spoke. "Why not?"
"It's Mokuba. He may have run off but he would never leave his brother in this predicament. He will come back soon enough when he thinks the coast is clear and try to save his brother from the game. A scenario that I assure you will not happen easily. Not with our modifications." he said and the first smirked and nodded. In the pouring rain, Ruby flew with Mokuba in his arms. This truly was a mess and only one group of people they knew well could help.
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"Thanks jii-chan, just put it on my tab." Jou spoke. "Jou, your tab's past due." Kaiser muttered. "How do ya know 'bout that?! Fine, put it on his tab!"
"Hey, don't drag me down with your money problems!" They all looked up when they heard the bell over the door ring and two soaked forms walked into the game shop. "Everyone, we need your help, something happened to Kaiba." They looked to one another before Yugi ushered Ruby and Mokuba inside, Aqua going to fetch towels and Sugoroku heading into the kitchen to fix some tea. When they were settled, Yami asked what was going on. "Kaiba, he's trapped in a virtual game. The Big Five reprogrammed my data to trap him inside. The only way that I know that will save him is to go inside the game and win."
"But how? If they reprogrammed it to keep Kaiba trapped, how do ya expect us to win?" Jou questioned. Ruby chuckled and looked to him. "Is that worry I hear in your voice, Katsuya?" A flush spread across his cheeks as he shook his head defiantly. "N-no! What's yer problem?!" Ruby chuckled again and shook his head. 'Maybe there is a chance for you, Kaiba. You just better change your attitude or else you'll lose this gem.' he thought. "There is a way. Even if the Big Five got to the program, that doesn't mean your strength as a group won't falter. I trust in you all to be able to get through this. We need your help greatly for they are searching for Mokuba and I. If they capture us, it's the end of Kaiba Corp." Yami nodded. "Then we'll help. Are there anymore pods available that we can use to get into the game?"
"Yes, I know where they are." Mokuba murmured. Myrrh walked over and patted his head lightly. "Don't worry, we'll save your brother just like we did before." she said with a soft smile and he looked up to them before smiling. "Thanks. Even with how I was when we first met, I'm glad you all came to trust me." he whispered. "What you did before is a thing of the past. As long as you've changed, there is room for forgiveness." Aqua spoke before everyone decided on who was going and who stayed. With that settled, Aqua took off, Yugi, Honda and Yami on his back, Kaiser holding on to Jou and Ruby carrying Mokuba once more, taking the lead. Myrrh waved to them as she stood beside Sugoroku. "I hope they'll be alright..." she murmured. "I'm sure they will, Myrrh. I'm sure with Yami and Aqua on their side, who have been through worse scraps, they'll make it through this." he said before he walked inside with her to wait for them to come back.
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"Here it is. My brother's personal laboratory. He hates it when someone messes around with it but I would still sneak in here all the time since Ruby always keeps it a secret." Mokuba commented and Ruby smiled as they continued on, knowing eventually, he and Kaiser will have to land to prevent their wings from becoming waterlogged. They finally landed in front of one of Kaiba's secret project buildings and went inside, ducking under the keep out barrier and headed into another room. "Here they are." he murmured as Ruby turned on the lights, revealing three more prototype pods to the virtual adventure game. After making sure his wings wouldn't drip water anymore, Ruby moved to the control panel and booted up before nodding. "I have everything under control here. Now who's going in?"
"I'm definitely going." Mokuba claimed. "And I'm going in since I'm sure we'll need both Yami and Aqua for this." Yugi pointed out and they nodded before disappearing back into the puzzle. "Well, only one pod left. I say Honda and Kaiser stay behind." Jou joked. Kaiser smirked and nodded. "Fine by us."
"Wha..."
"Why not, gives you more time to get closer to Kaiba~" Kaiser jeered and Jou's face turned red. With anger or embarrassment, they will never know. "Dammit, Kaiser! I'm not in love with that bastard!"
"But he's in love with you. Maybe if you show you have some interest in him, he may just let up on the insults of you being a loser and second rate duelist." he suggested as he walked over to the panel where Ruby stood. "Look at me. Ruby could be just as bad as Kaiba and I like him. Just gotta break that outer shell and you may find yourself just as happy with him." Kaiser pointed out as he grinned to the other. Jou growled before throwing up his hands. "Alright! I'll give him one chance. Count with me, one! If he doesn't polish up his act when we find him in this game, I will never give him another chance evar! Mokuba and Ruby, you're my witnesses to this! If he screws up and asks you, you'll know why!" he said. Honda clapped. "Nice speech. Now how about you get going so you can admit your undying love to him." he said before he was caught in a headlock by Jou. "How 'bout I scramble that brain of yours?!"
"Well, I wouldn't be spending my time beating around the bush. Just tell him and maybe you might make him a little nicer."
"Like hell I'll be able ta accomplish that!"
"Whenever you two are done, can we get on with this before we possibly lose my brother for good?" Mokuba murmured and Jou nodded as he released Honda and shoved him away before nodding. "Yeah, yeah, let's get this over with before I change my mind about this entire thing." Mokuba and Yugi nodded before climbing into the open pods and the door lowered. "Alright. Virtual systems upload." Ruby whispered as he pulled the switch and took no more than a minute before all three were in the game. But this didn't go unnoticed by the Big Five. "Ah, the Kaiba Land building. Just like I thought. Mokuba and Ruby came back to try and save Kaiba from the game." One spoke. "But the problem is they brought Yugi and his little friends along which means the demon will bring a bit of a crutch to our plans."
"No matter. Once Saruwatari gets down there and unplugs the pods, they'll have no way of coming back. None of them will be saved and that just gets another problem out of our way."
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Zypher: Well, that's all I have for you today. Majority of your readers say you want to see the Legendary Heroes so Legendary Heroes is what you get with a little progress on some Seto/Jou and Ruby/Kaiser since I know you all might come at me with pitchforks and torches if I don't get Seto and Jou to first base. But I'll let you in on a little secret. You'll know when I'm getting somewhere when you see Kaiba switch to Seto. Now, next order of business. -tosses out various notes- Ah! Here we are! For the Dungeon Dice segment, I've actually realized there are two different versions between manga and anime. -slaps forehead- So I'm giving you readers a choice again and I need everyone's input so I know whether I need to hunt for episodes or go by manga.
Manga ver.: Otogi's father makes an appearance in here, challenging Yugi to a dangerous game of Devil's Board which was the very same game that he played years ago with Sugoroku, losing against him and suffered the consequences for it. There is still a segment where Otogi challenges Yugi to Dungeon Dice in attempts to claim the power of the puzzle for his father. [and note, in this version, in a way, the father challenging Yugi is like Keith under control of Malik cause it does contain a fire, the puzzle being pinned to a surface and Jou and Honda coming to the rescue]
Anime ver.: [for everyone who can't remember] Otogi's new guy in school, plays Jou for a fool, challenges him to Duel Monsters, Jou loses, has to do everything he says [and with me rewriting it my way, you know what's going to happen -evil grin-] Yami gets angry, challenges Otogi, Otogi suggest Dungeon Dice. And battle happens, becomes friends, simple summary. And if I do write this version, I will also have to add in the battle with Keith which is the introduction to Malik while in the manga, the battle never happened and they went straight to Battle City]
And for those that haven't read the manga version of the Dungeon Dice duel, which has plenty more intense situations for the group, Otogi's father get a little crazy over claiming the power and when you mix that up with the fact that gaining the power of the puzzle means you're getting the powers of demons, makes it much more entertaining. Not saying you have to choose it, I'll do either version but when it comes to 4kids chopping up a perfectly good anime, you might feel as if you get a little more action with reading the manga. But botched or not, Yu-gi-oh is still awesome and I still love it. If I didn't watch the anime first, you wouldn't be seeing me here with all these awesome stories and characters that you grow to love. Well, that's all for this extremely long author's note. I'll see you soon with another chapter.
-walks out but then comes back- And last little note, I kinda forgot that after Duelist Kingdom, anime-wise, there was that itty bitty battle that introduced Rebecca who becomes needed later on in Doom Saga [if everyone is still looking forward to that]. Only reason I forgot since in the anime, Yugi gained the Ties of Friendship card from Pegasus since he never died and that was given to Rebecca to make up for the torn Blue-Eyes that was given to Sugoroku from Arthur. Neither Rebecca nor Arthur makes an appearance in the manga, which is why Rebecca kinda flew outta sight, outta mind. So, if you all think we should add her in, just tell me so. And yes, she still be the simpering little girl trying to vie for Yugi's attention which she'll never get much of once Yami and Aqua become involved. Now I'm officially gone since this note is about to become a story in itself -chuckles before running off-. See ya soon!