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Chapter Two
Noah's eyes were still wide from the shocking discovery he had just made as Seto forcefully took hold and shook him violently. "You two had this planned all along didn't you?"
"No." The green haired boy answered truthfully and shook his head as he still tried to make sense of what had happened. It had been Seto who he had seen leave the virtual world with Yugi, not his father. "I swear that I'm just as clueless about this as you are."
"I don't believe you." Seto hissed as he hatefully glared down at the frightened stepbrother. If Noah hadn't of already been dead, he would of gladly made sure that the boy paid the ultimate price for everything he had done to him and Mokuba, but right now the only thing he could think about was taking his body back from Gozaburo. "Tell me how to escape from here."
"I don't have time to explain, but I'll try to get us both out of here." The missile would be striking the ship any moment now and it would be only seconds after that when the virtual world they were in would no longer exist.
Noah closed his eyes to focus his mind on the computer programme and find the link it had made to bring Kaiba Craft Three into landing, but his concentration was broken as Seto continued to shake him. "I didn't say anything about you tagging along."
"Fine!" Noah snapped angrily as he reopened his eyes to stare at the ungrateful CEO. He was prepared to help Seto of his own freewill but wasn't prepared to be forced into doing so in this angry manner, he'd suffered enough of that already. "You think you're so smart, you can save yourself, Seto."
The firm grip that Seto had on Noah disappeared as he let go of the younger boy who was being stubborn in a situation where they didn't have time to spare. If only he knew how his two step relatives had manipulated and controlled the world they were in then Seto would have continued on his own without the green haired boy, but since Noah was the one with that knowledge then he'd have to keep him around for a little while longer. "If you double cross me Noah, I'll make sure that it is the last thing you ever do." He growled threateningly.
"Understood." Noah nodded in reply, though he hadn't been bothered about if Seto let him stay with him or not as he had already decided his own fate beforehand and was merely helping his stepbrother, like he had done with Mokuba a short while earlier, as his way of apologising for what he had put the two brothers through. "You better hold on to me again so that I can transfer you across with me to your airship."
Seto glared at Noah who had his eyes closed. Right now it was his stepbrother who held all the power but he'd soon change that with a little more time. Reluctantly he held the boy closer to himself.
It hadn't taken long for Noah to access the linkup to the airship, but if they were going to survive there then they'd have to go deeper into the system beyond the navigation controls and as he tried to proceed further was stopped by Kaiba Corporation's high security firewalls. "Seto, I need to know your password if we're to leave this place." There was no reply and Noah asked again for his stepbrother's co-operation. "Please, I need to know your password."
The virtual world began to shake and flicker as the missile had hit the ship. Seto glanced around from the rooftop and could see the city beginning to break down into pixels. This was it for him, the end, and all because he was too proud to reveal the password for his own security systems. He closed his eyes and though of Mokuba giving him the strength he needed to fight on. "Tea Gardner." He grumbled to Noah.
"We're in!" Noah exclaimed once the name had been accepted as the password he had needed. He concentrated hard to make sure all of his and Seto's data was transferred across and then opened his eyes to find himself standing in the blank space where they had fled to. "It's okay, we're safe, you can open your eyes now." He laughed as he looked up and saw Seto standing with his eyes tightly scrunched together.
His grip on the younger boy was released as Seto opened his eyes and glared loathingly at Noah. It was thanks to his stepbrother that he had escaped from the destructing programme but now that he was able to take his time a bit more to learn out how to control and 'live' inside cyberspace he had no more use for the boy.
"Why would the name of one of your rival's friends be your password?" Noah asked curiously.
Anger flashed in Seto's eyes from hearing the question. He owed nobody any explanations and most definitely wasn't going to give Noah one either. "You tell anyone my password and you'll deeply regret it." With a swing of his arm he pushed Noah away from him causing the boy to fall to the ground.
"Look around us Seto, who am I possibly going to tell?" Noah exclaimed as he landed hard on his butt and stared up at the towering figure, both of them surrounded by nothing but darkness. He hated the way that his stepbrother had threatened him twice within the extremely short time period that they had been stuck together, and it reminded him greatly of his father. A smirk appeared on Noah's lips as he realised that Seto must have had feelings for the female friend of his rival. "But if you continue to treat me badly, just like our father……"
"How dare you compare me to Gozaburo!"
Noah ignored the angry response he received but continued as the thought of blackmailing Seto seemed like too much fun to pass up. "…. then I'll make sure that everyone in the whole world receives an e-mail stating just how much you 'fancy' that girl."
An angry, frustrated growl rumbled through Seto's lips as he glared down to where Noah sat on the ground. There was no way he'd ever confess to how much he liked the girl whom he had saved back at the docks in Domino, so his password would have been impossible for anyone to crack but now that it was known by someone else he'd have to change it right away.
Seto walked away from Noah as he began to trek through his computer's system. A sly smile was present upon his face from the thought of being able to throw his stepbrother out and then changing his password to keep the boy locked outside his company's system and away from him for good. Or perhaps he'd be able to find some way of deleting him instead? No. He shook the thought from his mind. Though he felt great hatred towards Noah for what he had done, that would be too much of a cruel thing to do to the boy who had just helped him. He owed Noah that much not to destroy him. Besides he still had no idea of how to control things around him and he didn't intend to stay the way he was, trapped inside the brain of a computer. He would reclaim his body somehow.
Thoughts of Mokuba now drifted through Seto's mind as he focused on using them to help motivate him more into figuring out how to control his computer's systems from the inside. Had his brother been aware of the swap that had taken place inside his body? Would Mokuba be mourning him, thinking that he had been destroyed along with the rest of the self destructing programme? What kind of treatment would he be receiving from their stepfather? Seto figured that Gozaburo would be acting as him so as not to blow his cover, but how long would that last for before the old man started to change and become more like he had been before he had become digitally trapped inside the programme alongside his son?
"You do know that I'm here waiting to help you Seto?" Noah's voice broke him from his panicking thoughts. His stepbrother was now standing right in front of him when Seto clearly knew that he'd been walking away from him for sometime now.
"No thanks." Seto snorted, knocking back the offer of help as he'd do things his way, as soon as he knew what way that was anyway. He didn't need to have things explained to him by some younger brat who believed that he was more intelligent than himself as he'd find the answers he needed on his own any moment now.
"Ah, of course, there's that trademark Kaiba pride." The green haired boy said mockingly as he watched Seto stride away from him once more. "Always convinced that you can do anything on your own without any help from others whom you deem yourself better than. That's another trait of father's that you seem to have perfected." Noah waited smugly with folded arms as he knew he'd get a reaction from the older boy anytime soon. "Makes me wonder just how much like him you've become."
What the hell was that supposed to mean?! Seto spun around furiously to face his stepbrother for having again compared him to Gozaburo, but Noah was nowhere to be seen. He turned back to continue on his way wandering through his programme and was startled to see the boy stood directly in front of him.
"If you're not going to accept my help for yourself then at least do it for our brother's sake."
"What makes you think that you can address my brother as your own?" Seto glared down into the blue eyes staring up at him.
"Mokuba forgave me for the things I've done, sees me as family and called me brother before he parted to rejoin the real world." Noah stared back into the icy glare to let Seto know that he wasn't going to be able to intimidate him. "I know he'd want you returned to him, so I'll do whatever it takes to keep my brother happy."
Seto couldn't argue with Noah's reasoning for wanting to help him so maybe he should just accept whatever help was offered as it was definitely going to be more than what he had gained on his own so far. "I just want to make one thing clear." Seto growled. "I hate you, Noah."
"Likewise, Seto." Noah smirked in reply.