A/N: Hey, hope you all like this chapter! More cannon characters! I had to add them in, Luna loves their pairing.
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Seto, Joey, and Yugi stood outside of a building that was hardly distinguishable from those around it. The small district of buildings looked all alike, Feach holding a number of small businesses and apartments. The one thing that made this building stand out form the rest was its lack of signs and mailboxes.
"Uh, do ya think ya could explain this all better before we go chargin' in there, Kaiba?" Joey asked, looking warily at the building.
"I was just getting to that. As you may have guessed, I haven't come alone," he said, once again taking out the Millennium Rod. "And not only had he got about three million years experience on my, he'd probably do a better job at making sure you two don't do anything stupid." It was amazing how he could manage to admit that there was someone who could handle a situation better than he could and at the same time keep up his façade of smug superiority.
There was a faint glow around the Millennium Rod, and Seth looked at the two in front of him.
"Is it just me, or does 'e look exactly the same as 'e did before?" Joey asked.
"No, there's definitely something different about him…" Yugi said trailing off.
"What?"
"I don't know," Yugi admitted.
Seth laughed as the two talked as if he couldn't hear them. Joey looked up, surprised. "You're right, Yug. That's definitely not Kaiba.
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Back at home, Kisara lay alone trying to sleep; the bed seemed so big and empty. She sighed. She knew that Seto was doing what he thought best, that he didn't' want to put her in danger, but that didn't change the fact that she wished she could be with him fighting. Admittedly, running right into the place where the people who are after you are hiding is generally not a good idea. But… how could he just leave without her?
Kisara shook her head, as if that would somehow rid her of the thoughts. She didn't want to be angry at him. Especially when she had no idea when she would see him again, or if he'd be all right… Anger didn't solve anything. He didn't do this out of stupidity, he thought it out. He loved her. She loved him, too. She didn't want to be angry; she just wanted to have him back home.
She sighed, curling up under the covers, desperately waiting for sleep that wouldn't come.
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"You ready?" Seth asked, several minutes later.
"Yeah," Joey said. Yugi nodded.
"All right, let's go," he said, opening the door.
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They had recognized Seth the moment he had stepped in the door, but of course they thought of him as his present life counter part Seto Kaiba. There was a good number of them downstairs, but they all seemed to have weaker monsters. They sent someone upstairs for help. Seth glanced up the stairs; that must be where the people who were behind this were. The strongest were bound to be the ones in control of the operation.
"Go ahead," Joey said. "We can handle these guys down here, right Yug?"
"Right, Joey," Yugi said.
Seth nodded, heading up the stairs. He made it up the first flight and came to a landing that had a door behind him as he turned up the second flight there were three people running down the stairs. Seth had summoned Duos, and though he could have dealt with one or even two of them, three was going to be a problem. He was right in his suspicion that the stronger ones were upstairs.
As the monsters made a move for Duos, Seth heard the door swing open behind him and a blast of light hit one of the other monsters, destroying it. As Duos destroyed the other two enemies, he turned around, seeing a girl that had to be even younger than Seto was. She stood at least a foot shorter than him, with dark brown hair and dark blue eyes. Though there were definitely differences, there was no doubt in Seth's mind that this girl was the modern day version of someone else he knew. As if he needed reassuring, her Ka was more than proof enough, as he looked at the Dark Magician Girl that had now joined the battle.
"Mana," he said.
"Huh, you really do your research, don't you?" she asked. "You must be that Seto Kaiba guy that everyone's been worried about. You have fantastic timing."
"What do you mean?" Seth asked. He wondered, was she part of this group? It wouldn't be surprising that they recruited a girl with such a powerful ka. If so, why was she helping him?
"Look, a couple of days ago, two of us tried to get out of here because we didn't like what this group has been doing. The other person got captured trying to make sure that I didn't get caught, and I've been under suspicion and probably would have been in big trouble if you didn't' decide to come when you did. They've been so worried when about you showing up before they were ready," Mana smirked. "So if I help you get Desdemona and the rest of these creeps, will you help me rescue Mahad?"
Mahad was here too? Seth thought. He heard a noise at the top of the stairs and looked to see more people coming. He nodded to Mana, "Okay, I'll help you," he said, Duos defeating one of the monsters that threw itself at him. "Desdemona, is that the person who's in charge of this whole thing?"
"You got it." She nodded.
Yugi and Joey headed up the stairs.
"Whoa," Joey said, seeing Mana and the Dark Magician Girl.
Mana smiled at her Ka. "Pretty cool, huh?" She looked at Seth, "these guys are with you?"
Seth nodded.
"Come this way," she said, going back through the door behind her.
Seth listened, following through the door, which Joey closed behind him. She walked across the room, which held no other people, and looked like a sort of make-shift sleeping and living area. She opened the window, hoping out onto the fire escape. "Short cut," she said. Seth followed out after her, and she was all ready headed up to the next floor by the time he got out the window. Joey and Yugi were left to follow behind him.
"What's going on?" Joey asked.
"Just follow them, Joey, he knows what he's doing," Yugi told him.
The four of them made it through the top of the fire escape and into another empty room on the next floor
"You ready?" Mana asked. The three nodded. She turned around and opened a door a crack, peeking in.
"What do you mean you don't know where they went?" a woman demanded from further inside the room beyond the door.
Mana looked back over her shoulder then back towards the room.
"Look for them, they're still here somewhere," the same voice said to someone unseen. Whoever it was she was talking with agreed and left the room.
"All right, let's go," Mana whispered. She walked in the room, closely followed by Seth, the little parade finished up by Joey and Yugi.
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