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Ally of Justice Kaibaman 2: Red vs Ra

Chapter Two

The black wingarang bounced off the light shield and the man, dressed in a black suit with white markings and a light bulb on his chest, laughed. "Do you think you have any hope of defeating me? I'm Doctor Light!"

Lord of the Red arched into a climb, the wings beating quickly, and kept aloft as he assessed the situation; if they could just get one, tiny opening then they'd have the so-called 'villain'; who was really nothing more that an overpowered walking lighthouse.

"Another lunatic." Kaibaman glided to a stop beside him. "I told you this would happen."

"I think this would have happened no matter what we did after Pinkie," Red muttered. "Any ideas?"

"He has a weak spot at the back; if one of us distracts him from the front..."

"I'm on it." Red curled his body and eased himself into a nosedive. Doctor Light fired a light beam at the dark Hero and Red curved into a glide, the tips of his wings just inches from the ground; the light beam followed, destroying parked cars and nearby buildings.

Kaibaman fired his grapple gun at the villain, the cord wrapping around his leg, and pulled. Doctor Light fell forward and found himself suspended in the air and swinging from a lamppost; he growled and aimed a beam at the light Hero when Red wrapped his own grapple cord around the Doctor's middle, trapping his arms.

"All wrapped up and ready for jail." Red grinned.

"Seems so." Kaibaman nodded.

"Now that that's over and done with," Mokuba began from the safety of the Kaiba Lair. "You're going to be late for dinner."

"Right. Later, Doctor Lamp."

"Doctor Light!" He narrowed his eyes at Red.

"Whatever." The pair leapt into the air and left the destruction behind them.

-Spinning Mokuba Head Scene Change!-

Yugi sat at the table in the corner, stirring the ice in his coke with a blue straw with one hand while resting his chin in his hand with the other. Despite his friends being almost fifteen minutes late, he smiled, they played an important role in protecting the city – it was their destiny to do so – there was nothing to be angry about.

"Yug'!" Joey's voice broke through the crowd and the King of Games turned his head, the smile spreading. "I'm so sorry we're late!" the blonde huffed and dropped into the booth next to his best friend. "There was a nut job and-"

"I know, it was on TV," he chuckled. "It's not a problem."

Seto dropped into the seat across from them, allowing them the space to catch up while his muscles unravelled and relaxed. "Moto..." he greeted softly, and gestured to the waiter. "One Jack Daniel's and coke and a scotch neat."

The waiter nodded and scurried away, knowing better than to keep a Kaiba waiting. Yugi's brow rose. "Scotch?"

"It helps him unwind after...you know." He looked to the brunette. "Just the one?"

"I'm driving, aren't I?"

Joey grinned. "If you want. Can we order?"

"Hold on, Joey, I'm waiting on one more person." Yugi smiled and took a sip of his drink. "They shouldn't be long."

"Someone else..." The blonde's brow creased. Tristan was busy with the clear up, so it wouldn't be him; could it be Rebecca? No, she was still with Leon...somewhere. Tea?

"Good evening, guys," a voice caused the blonde and brunette to turn their heads. "How's things?"

Joey's jaw slackened. "Duke?"

Seto's brow rose. "This is a surprise, Devlin; I thought you were in Germany?"

Joey moved to sit next to Seto and the CEO draped his arm around his shoulders; Duke took Joey's seat next to Yugi and flipped his hair over his shoulder. "I was. I've come back to sign some papers and tomorrow I'm on a plane to Egypt." His eyes roamed over the blonde. "You look good, Joey. I'm sorry I wasn't at the funeral...I was held up in San Francisco with Pegasus."

Joey smiled sadly. "Don't worry about it, I understand."

Duke placed his hand over Joey's. "I gave you a lot of crap over the years, but you were a great older Brother to her."

The blonde felt his eyes burn with tears. "Thanks Duke..." He felt the other boy squeeze his hand and then the CEO turned his head and crashed their lips together. Seto pulled back with a possessive look in his eyes.

"Gentlemen," the waiter interrupted. "Would you like to order?"

Joey's face turned an interesting shade of red and he roughly pushed Seto's face away from his; public display of affection with the CEO was still something new to Joey as they'd only come out to the public recently. Although it seemed Seto didn't have a problem with it at all. "Sure...what's the special?"

-Spinning Mokuba Head Scene Change!-

Pegasus inspired Duke's trip to Egypt. The CEO had discovered Duel Monsters in the ancient lands; these same lands could inspire Duke too, bring in something fresh for a new product – something to knock Kaiba Corp. a bit. Some friendly competition. The dark haired CEO stepped into the quiet museum and slowly made his way around the exhibits, reading each bit of information carefully; it was all very interesting, he thought, but nothing was leaping out at him.

In one of the rooms, he found a small tourist family admiring the old pots. Well, the parents were admiring them; the young children were chasing each other around the room to quell the boredom. Duke smiled at the children and began to scan the artefacts as well, stopping at a row of sceptres; a gold one, darkening with age, caught his attention.

He smiled. "That little statue on the top looks like the Winged Dragon of Ra," he thought, remembering the days of Battle City. He shoved his hands into his pockets, keeping his mind from drifting to the darker memories of Battle City, and sauntered over to the next piece – an old vase telling a story of a God.

The children, being children, didn't realise that the relics were of great value, irreplaceable, and were still running around at full speed; one of them lost their footing and slid across the tile floor into the row of sceptres. They began to topple sideways, one pushing the other in a domino effect, and Duke turned as the last one, the sceptre with the Ra statue, seemed to leap out of its fitting and over the velvet rope separating it from the visitors. He leapt forward, arm extended, and caught it in midflight, holding it as delicately as possible as the Security staff raced into the room. The parents apologised in fractured Arabic to one staff member while the other carefully took the sceptre from Duke.

The CEO quietly left the room and felt a wave of dizziness wash over him; he found a place to sit and leaned back to close his eyes. Deep within his mind, a figured roamed through his memories; when Duke had grasped the sceptre, the figure entered for a quick look and intended to leave when it saw something interesting. It watched the memory of the dinner with Yugi, Joey and Seto, and concentrated on the blonde, looking deep into his honey eyes.

"Ah." It smiled. "It's been many centuries, but I've found you, Kek."