Chapter 3
In the Day, In the Night
A/N: Again, special thanks to Cries In Vain and now also Magical Defenestration for review. I just realized two things yesterday night. One, I didn't put in a chapter summary for Chapter 2 and Two, this story is loosely based around Pride and Prejudice without even knowing it. Ha! Lol. I was watching Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightingly in it yesterday on DVD and I was thinking to myself "Hey Darcy is actually quite hot but I think Wickham and Bingley are pretty close too." Then it hit me. OMG Kaiba – obnoxious, Darcy – obnoxious. Kaiba – Mean and Stuck up. Darcy – mean and stuck up. The other part of the romantic plot which I WILL NOT reveal to you is also like Pride and Prejudice. I swear to god that I didn't mean it to be like that. Promise. Also if you guys like my writings I dunno if I had already said but I have an account on a sister website to fanfic called devils-best-friend and if you wanna read my stuff feel free to k?
Chapter Summary: The gang + Kaiba and Mokuba go to airport, get on plane, go to the secret island and get attacked. Credo says its for a 'learning experience' to try and learn how to work the island.
A/N Again the italics are the persons thoughts. And by the way the song in here is by Nelly Furtardo called Say It Right.
'Final call for passengers boarding airline 316 Lufthansa to Cairo.'
Yugi and Mina entered the Japan International Airport and looked around. They were both wearing their usual get ups and behind them came Grandpa lugging a trolley filled with baggage. They swivelled their heads from side to side trying to find gate 2.
"Over there. Right next to the screaming maniac. Oh wait, that's Joey." Mina said without emotion.
The three of them quickly bustled there way to the gate where they said goodbye to grandpa and hello to Joey. They then entered the gate and found the whole gang waiting.
"Hey you guys!" Tea yelled and ran over to them. Everybody greeted them with the usual bright and perky hello and was responded to by a 'Hey! Whatcha up to?' by Yugi and a 'hi' by Mina.
"Mina, is something wrong?" Serenity asked.
Yugi shook his head. "She broke up with Jordan last night."
Jordan's such an idiot! Yugi was right. Mina thought silently to herself. Jordan was an complete and total dick and all he wanted from me was to get in my pants. The guy is –
"The guy is a pig!" Yugi burst out angrily to Joey, voicing Mina's thoughts exactly.
"You called Wheeler a pig? Way to go, Yugi. Never thought you had the guts to tell him the truth. Although he seems more of like an ass to me." A deep voice sounded behind them.
Mina, Yugi and the gang turned around to see Seto Kaiba walking up from the gate entrance followed by a waving Mokuba.
"Hey guys!" Mokuba called out running up to them. Kaiba walked behind him slowly.
"It's a bad habit to eaves-drop Kaiba. And you're not wanted in this conversation so why don't you back off huh?" Joey snapped.
"Yeah? What is your problem? Can't you keep your humongous nose out of our bussiness for once or are you so desperate to be out friend that you have to tag along?" Mina glared. She then turned and gave Mokuba a hug.
"Well at least I can keep a relationship going for more than 2 weeks!" Kaiba snapped back.
"Doubt it! You can't even keep a friend let alone a girlfriend. What girl would put up with you? And the only 'friend' you have is your little brother who is 13! Sorry Mokuba." Mina retaliated.
Kaiba opened his mouth to shout back at her but at the same moment the call was made for boarding their plane. He glared at the group then gave his death glare to Mina and walked on the boarding platform with Mokuba bouncing after him. The rest of the gang let out a breath that they didn't know they had been holding. God, those two can really go at it. They gathered up their bags and boarded the plane. The plane was a private jet that had first class seats in two rows and many other luxurious effects. Yugi took a seat next to Tea, Serenity next to Tristen and Mai next to Joey. Mina looked around and found a perfect little corner for her to sit in right next to the window. She dumped her bags in the compartment, shoved on some earphones and clicked a few buttons. Music started blaring in her ears just as the plane's engines started up. Mina looked out of the window. She had always loved flying. The beautiful skyline in the morning and the seashell blue of when they flew over the clouds. But Mina especially loved this time, when the sky was turning into a chalky grey and moving towards the twilight sky. It was sort of magical to her and she stared out into the slowly shrinking world. Mina leant back and let the music wash over her.
In the day, in the nightSay it right, say it all.
You either got it ,Or you don't,
You either stand or you fall.
When you will is broken
When it slips from you hand
When there's no time for joking,
There's a hole in the plan.
Oh you don't mean nothing at all to me.
No you don't mean nothing at all to me.
But you've got what it takes to set me free.
Oh you could mean everything to me.
I could say that I'm not
As alone as I thought.
I could say that I don't
Love the light and the dark.
I could say that I don't
Know that I am alive.
And I'll love what I feel.
I could show you tonight.
Oh you don't mean nothing at all to me.
No you don't mean nothing at all to me.
But you've got what it takes to set me free.
Oh you could mean everything to me.
From my hands, I could give you
Something, that I made.
From my mouth I could sing you
Another brick that I layed.
From my body I could show you
A place God knows.
You should know this place is holy
Do you really want to go?
Oh you don't mean nothing at all to me.
No you don't mean nothing at all to me.
But you've got what it takes to set me free.
Oh you could mean everything to me.
Oh you don't mean nothing at all to me.
No you don't mean nothing at all to me.
But you've got what it takes to set me free.
Oh you could mean everything to me.
Mina lifted a delicate finger up to her eye and wiped away a single tear. 'I really did like Jordan but why am I kidding myself. Why cant I feel like the song says about anybody?' she asked herself already knowing the answer. 'Why do you ask questions you already know the answer to? You know its Bandit Keith. Its been 3 years and you still haven't been able to rid you mind of him. He's always there, lurking in the darkness. He will always be there until you find someone you really love that will help you get rid of him.' Mina silently leant her head against the window and watched the lights of the stars go by, drifting of into a sleep.
Mina woke a few hours later to a dark aeroplane except for a small reading light that was on a little behind her to the right. She yawned and stretched and got up. The hallway to the bathroom was dark and Mina could hardly see where she was going. Suddenly she thumped into a solid wall of warm muscle that was suddenly moving up and down like a someone taking a deep breath. She looked up to see the piercing blue eyes of Seto Kaiba staring down at her. Kaiba was tall. Mina's head fit snugly under his chin in a very comfortable spot. They both realised how they were standing and jumped back. Mina mumbled a low sorry and stepped into the bathroom, looking the door and breathing in deeply. It wouldn't have been so bad of she hadn't just dreamt about that same man. She couldn't remember the dream but all she knew was the Seto Kaiba was in it.
Seto Kaiba felt something wack into his chest. He instinctively laid his hand on the persons back to stop them from falling over. The person had put her hands up onto his chest to block the impact at the last moment. He could feel the warm pressure of her hands on his chest through his clothes. Kaiba looked down to see who this was and drew in his breath. It was Minako Moto who had her hands on his chest and who he had his arms around. They stared at each other for a few seconds, her deep brown eyes reflecting the light into his icy blue ones making her eyes sparkle. They both jumped back at the same time as if touching something horrible. She mumbled a sorry and ran into the bathroom. Kaiba had never really liked the bathrooms on these types of planes. They were so confined. He thought that his bathroom on his private jet was much more comfortable and spacious. Kaiba took a walk around the jet to stretch his legs and when he got back to his seat he noticed that Mina was curled up in a ball on her seat. Like a cat. She was shivering though. He looked at her for a minute and then promptly turned of his light. He also clicked another button.
"You called sir?" a stewardess asked him softly.
"Turn down the air-conditioning in the plane. Its getting a little chilly." He said before closing his eyes. The stewardess went of and did what she was told.
Mina stopped shivering.
As daylight crept into the plane, the passengers awoke to the sight of clear seas and a green island.
"So this is Live Duel Island, Credo 'masterpiece.'" Mina said aloud.
"It really is quite beautiful." Tea sighed.
"Yeah and there's a beach and everything." Serenity added.
"Excuse me passengers. It is my pleasure to say that we will be landing in Live Duel airport in approximately 10 minutes. Please fasten your seatbelts and put your seats up right." A stewardess' voice sounded over their chatter.
The plane began its decent.
"I never really liked the landings." Tea murmured before shutting her eyes and grabbing Yugi's hand. Yugi squeezed her hand reassuringly.
"Why? I love the landings and the take offs. They're the best part. It like a roller-coaster at a theme park." Mina called out from her seat in the corner.
"Yeah… don't like them either."
Kaiba snorted and Mokuba reassured Tea. 'How did Mokuba turn out the way he is when his brother is everything the opposite. Mokuba's sweet. Kaiba's annoying. Mokuba's happy. Kaiba's always grumpy and serious. Mokuba's a pretty good looking kid. Kaiba's an – ok maybe not that point but everything else Kaiba is completely the opposite. Maybe on the outside. Ok, ok stop.' Mina growled to herself.
The plane landed with no problems and Tea unhooked her hand from Yugi's and jumped out of her seat, ready to get of this horror flight. The rest of them got of at their leisure, Yugi shaking his hand to get the blood flowing again. Mina looked at him and laughed. He shook his head and grabbed her baggage along with his and went outside. Mina ran after him and threw her arm around his shoulder and proceeded to have a long chat with him about anything that came into her head just like they normally did. When they got to the airport lobby a lady came to greet them.
"Hello. My name is Kimomo and I am here to take you to the first destination where you will meet Mr. Credo. You are the last people to arrive so we are all waiting for you. Please this way onto the car and leave your baggage with the porter." She said leading them towards the car. The gang piled up into the jeep that was there.
As the drive started up, they all pressed there faces up to the windows, Mokuba sitting on Mina's lap to get a better view. The trees as far as the eye could see and it seemed like they would reach the sky. The track that the cars were driving on was dusty and windy as the crawled up the steep slope. The fresh smell of earth after a rain shower seeped through the cracks in the windows making everybody inhale deeply at the lovely smell. Only Kaiba seemed not moved by the beauty of the land. Suddenly Mai spotted the trees moving violently back and forth as if something huge was pushing them. She pointed it out to the others and they put the question forth to Kimomo.
"That must be one of the monsters that are in the island."
"What? I thought the only monsters that would be around were the ones that we call out from our ankhs." Joey exclaimed.
"No, no. This island is full of wild duel monsters and so you must watch you back where ever you go for you get beaten by a dualist or one of the monsters. You should probably watch yourself especially at night." Kimomo warned.
Tea instinctively winded up all the windows and Mai snorted softly "Told you its Jurassic Park." Kaiba nodded in agreement.
The jeep pulled up a sharp turn and right in front of them loomed a great castle like structure. The grey stoned building was built like one of the old churches, tall and imposing. It was about 5 stories up from the floor to its steeple. The gang awed at the sight. They collected their bags and followed Kimomo inside. Inside was even grander. There was a beautiful stained glass window that covered nearly one wall which was about almost all the light in the old building. It was a picture of a man dying. A pool of blood was at his feet and a monster was above and below him, grinning maliciously. The rest of it was dark and the whole thing gave Mina shivers. She inched closer to Yugi and saw that Tea and Serenity had done so as well. Mokuba was pressed to Kaiba's side. They walked forward, put their bags in a corner and walked forward a bit more into the dim light. Then they saw the people. There were about 100 elite dualists from around the world and all were here. Americans, Australians, Africans and British. Mina looked around and thought she saw a familiar face under a hooded cloak. She grabbed Yugi's hand and held it hard. Yugi looked round and saw him too. 'Bandit Keith. I cannot believe he is here. We must stay away from him least he comes after Mina again. I will NOT allow that.' Yugi held Mina close reassuringly and the others gave them strange looks. Yugi mouthed to them the name of the evil man that had hurt Mina and the gang nodded and kept a look out. Seto Kaiba and Mokuba were out of it though. They had no idea who this Bandit Keith was and why everybody else was so tense when his name was said. Just as Mokuba started to ask about him, a voice rose above all the chatter.
Everybody looked up to what was like the stage or a big platform in the middle of the marble floor. There stood Credo, the man who created all of this. He was tall and had a mass of bright blue hair which was spiked up in the most unusual way. He wore a white suit with a black shirt underneath it and complementing it all was his tie which was the same colour as his hair. Mina looked around at Yugi and whispered
"Like I said, why is it that all the bad guys have weird coloured hair?"
"How do you know he's a bad guy?" Yugi murmured back.
"I don't. I just - "
"Greetings my dualists. I hope you have had a pleasant flight. Welcome to my island where virtually becomes reality. Literally. I have brought you to this place to explain a few things before I send you on your journey." Credo's voice was soft and smooth but it resonated around the chamber like an echo. "First of all, you must know that this is not the starting point of your journey. This is mainly the practice spot. Where you will start your journey is called the Safe House. It is called that because no duel monster can enter its boundaries and so you will have a safe nights sleep tonight. The next morning at 9:23 am sharp, the safe house will disappear and then you will be alone in the island with no protection. You will get a pack each and in there you will put your clothes and your supplies for the next few days. Every so often you will come across a little table in the woods with one of my helpers there. This is where you can get more supplies. You do this through the dense forest until you stumble upon my castle which is in the middle of a maze. To get through the maze, you will have to prove yourselves worthy by fighting many tough, difficult and dangerous monsters. Not many of you will make it through but those who do will get two nights of safe and restful sleep and rests until the day comes where we will have the final duels to see who is the one too battle me. The one who wins gets the ultimate prize."
"This is great but how the hell do you use these things." Someone yelled out. Many people joined in agreeing.
"Patience is one thing that will get you through here my friends. Instead of showing you, I have a much better way. I - "
Credo was cut of by a roar that erupted from behind him. Suddenly a Flame Cerberus bounded into the room, about as double the size of a normal lion. It was followed by a swarm of Feral Imps and Kaiser Warriors. Everybody roared to life running around in either panic or adrenaline for the first fight. Suddenly everything stopped. Everybody turned deathly silent as the heard a thump and then another one, steady pounds of a giant monster. Suddenly the loud roar erupted again and this time everybody saw the mouth that it came out from. It was Black Tyranno and it was about as big as the whole building in itself. Because it could not fir through the door, it proceeded to knock down the wall with its massive body mass and continued straight to the dualists. The people all around dropped what they had and ran, a lot of them looking around for Credo. But he was not there.
His voice resonated around the chamber, this time coming from speakers. "Use your ankhs. Scan a card in it and begin the fight. Your journey begins now."
"What did I tell you. Jurassic Park! A t-rex comes stomping into the building to kill all of us. God! What is this to him, some kind of joke? Time to test this baby out!" Mina cried over the scared screams of the fleeing people.
She activated her dragon and its eyes glowed yellow while its wings spread out to full length. She then took out her favourite card and flicked it in front of the dragon's eyes. It flashed and the card flew into one of the wing slots. Suddenly a bright light came about and in front of them flew Mina's favourite card. The Fallen Angel. It was an beautiful blonde angel dressed in black with belts hanging around her waist holding many swords and knives. She had 8 black wings spreading out, their tips glowing. Fallen Angel rose into the air and whipped out two swords. She turned around looked at Mina, who nodded her head and Fallen Angel flew at rapid speed towards the proceeding monsters. Joey and Mai laughed with adrenaline and called upon their monsters, Flame Swordsman and the three Harpy Ladies to come out and assist Fallen Angel. Yugi then summoned Dark Magician and Kaiba followed him with his Blue Eyes White Dragon. The monsters fought with much fury and the gang dashed around calling out moves and orders to their specific monsters.
Mina looked around wildly. She had gotten separated from the group. She could spot Yugi further down with his Dark Magician dealing with a particularly nasty Feral Imp. Mina heard got distracted for a while and turned her back. Suddenly she heard a loud thump behind her and she whipped around to see that the Dark Tyranno had come up behind her. Mina screamed and jumped to the side. She called for Fallen Angel but her chosen friend was too busy covering her own back by as mounds of Kaiser Warriors and Feral Imps threw themselves at her. Mina had no time to call up another monster as the Dark Tyranno had focused its sights on her and would not let its prey go. It leant its head forward and snapped. Mina dived to the right and it missed her by an inch.
A high-pitched scream filled the air. Seto Kaiba turned and saw Mina staring into the face of the Dark Tyranno, her monster too far away to help and her friends separated from her. He knew she was a master at martial arts but that would be no help at all against a 5 story tall dinosaur. He yelled to Mokuba to stay with Blue Eyes and yelled out to Blue Eyes to take care of Mokuba, hoping it would understand. Apparently it did for it moved closer to the little boy and picked it up in its mouth placing it in the folds of it wings where he would not get hurt. Kaiba gave a thank you look and dashed towards Mina. As much as he hated the girl, he could not let her die. He wasn't that bad no matter what the others thought. He watched as Mina dived to the side, barely missing the Tyranno's deadly teeth and then vaulting back upright using a summersault in mid-air. She continued to run but the Tyranno's feet were larger and it was right next to her in a matter of seconds.
Mina looked up to see that the Tyranno had cut her off. She turned her head wildly looking for a place to escape but to no avail. The Tyranno charged towards her, mouth open ready to chop down on its sweet prey. Just as the Tyranno snapped at her, Mina was thrown back by a large force and landed on a soft (well softer then the concrete) mass who gave a loud groan as he hit his back on the concrete pillar. Mina craned her head back to see Seto Kaiba, with his eyes closed, groaning. His hands were still around her waist where he grabbed her to safety. She quickly pried open his hands and saw that the Tyranno was coming back. She touched her hand onto Kaiba's face urging him to open his eyes.
"Wake up, wake up! Please Kaiba. Kaiba? Kaiba hurry." Mina looked back to see the Tyranno picking up speed and nearly reaching them. "Seto!!!!" she screamed.
Kaiba's blue eyes snapped open and they both quickly jumped out of the way in time. The Tyranno turned around and was about to come back at them when a white blast came hurling from the left and a black blast from the right. They turned to see Blue Eyes White Dragon and Fallen Angel on either side if the Tyranno. Blue Eyes set Mokuba down next to Kaiba, gave him an acknowledging nod and flew back up to meet the giant dinosaur. Blue Eyes was about the height of a two story building and Fallen Angel, about 7 foot. Fallen Angel turned around and winked at Mina before helping Blue Eyes.
Mina concentrated on the battle, yelling out manoeuvres and moves that the two monsters could use while Kaiba concentrated on what had just happened just minutes before that. He had just saved Minako Moto's life by pulling her to safety and twisting round in time so that he would hit the concrete wall and she wouldn't. 'Last time I'm doing that. Even if it is to save someone's life.' Then he had hurt his back and had laid there for a while with his eyes closed, her body still lying on him although squirming a bit more. She had then gotten out of his grip and laid a soft, warm hand on his cheek and urged him to get up. 'That parts not so weird.' She had called him Seto. 'Ok that's the weird part. Definitely.' Finally the battle was over and the Dark Tyranno collapsed to the ground and drew its last haggard breath. Mina breathed a sigh of relief and ran up to Fallen Angel. Yugi and the rest of the gang came up to her and asked her if she was all right.
"We saw you were in trouble but we couldn't get there in time! Are you ok?" Serenity asked.
"Yeah, I'm alright." Mina answered back.
Mina turned and faced Kaiba who was checking Mokuba and talking to Blue Eyes.
'You saved my life.'