So I realized this story would be a million chapters if I kept them all the same length that they were so each chapter will gradually be getting longer. Also, I'm sorry that I bring up Kaiba looking young a lot. I just think that that's how the characters would actually react if they saw him and he looked the same, so sorry about that but I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 3

"So you've finally decided to leave huh?"

"Yeah, this place just, I can't see this happen, not here… Yeah I'll wait." Kaiba kept staring straight ahead. He lowered the picture down onto his desk.

He and Duke now stood in Mr. Devlin's office facing a rather large television. There were images of destroyed cities and videos that people sent into the station of the main quake itself. Duke spoke

"I had no idea it was so bad in other parts. When that main quake hit we just felt a short tremor." An alert moved across the bottom of the screen, listing the evacuation areas and what to do if you were in one of those areas. Kaiba seriously doubted it was doing any good. Like anyone in the earthquake zone would be sitting in front of a functional television in the first place. And even if by some magic the television was functional and the people were stupid enough to watch it, they didn't have to look to the TV to see what was going on just outside.

Other towns and cities were being pictured on the screen. It kept flipping between locations. Then Kaiba recognized one as Domino, that is, there was an image of the dust and smoke from the distance. A women in a red suit behind a desk appeared in the corner of the screen,

"This really is just devastating." 'No really? I thought it was lovely news. Idiots.'

"This earthquake is being reported as a 9.8 on the Richter Scale, making it by far the most powerful in recorded history. And a series of aftershocks are still rocking the area. Tsunami warnings have been sent out around the globe and everyone inside evacuation zones is being urged to leave immediately following instructions given by their local governments." A map of the evacuation zones appeared on the screen. It was a long red streak across the map with Domino right in the middle. There was a series of concentric yellow circles across the screen, all varying in size. But one clearly stood out as the largest. That had been the main quake, the one that destroyed his building. And it was centered at Domino City.

"So far we know the extent to which" she listed many cities "have been affected but we are yet to hear anything about the state of Domino City as we are, quite literally, waiting for the smoke to clear." Kaiba scowled at the play on words during a time like this. Just then a lamp on Duke's desk began shaking and they heard the pipes rattling. On the screen they saw the view switch back to a helicopter with Domino in the distance and they saw a large hole open in the ground. 'Mokuba.' Duke placed his hand on Kaiba's shoulder, seeming to know what he was thinking.

"He's smart, he can handle himself." Duke consoled. Kaiba just bit his lip, hating that there was nothing he could do.

"Wow, I see you are serious, I just got a call from Amy telling me that you called a meeting tonight. So you're planning on taking the company with you?"

"Yeah I've been thinking about it for a while now and I've made my decision. I'll move the headquarters to New York and see how many of the board decide to come with me. There won't be any more Kaiba Corp in Domino."

"Well, I'll make sure I'm at the meeting tonight. And I guess I'll be thinking about New York." The man hung up the phone and Kaiba slowly placed his down on the receiver. He then stood up and putting his hands in his pockets strode to the doorway. He placed a big palm on the wood and pushed through. He took long brisk strides as he made his way to the elevator. He again looked at his reflection on the metallic doors of the elevator as he went down. Even in the off-coloring and blurriness his eyes held the same icy blue sharpness. When he reached the ground floor, he strode past a guard and told him to walk with him, which he immediately did, having to run at first to catch up with the CEO who hadn't slowed.

"What can I do for you Mr. Kaiba sir?"

"Pull up a motorcycle."

"Right away Mr. Kaiba." He then proceeded to walk past the reception desk and informed Amy without slowing or turning his head that he'd be out for a while. She started making some sort or protest but Kaiba was already out the door and on the street. He glided down the stairs of the building and turned sharply left on the side walk, where his security guard was pulling up along with a second one. One of the security guards hopped off his motorcycle and Kaiba got on. He put on a helmet that the guard handed him and heard the other's voice through it.

"Where are we going sir?" Kaiba looked straight ahead as he started driving.

"The satellite." The guard looked at Kaiba puzzled as he drove directly behind him. What did the CEO have business going to the satellite?

"Why are we heading for the satellite?"

"I have to speak with some people there."

"Who do you have to speak to?" He smiled,

"Just some old friends" some very old friends he thought as he maneuvered the cycle through the obstacles in the street, old remnants of the earthquake 3 years ago. He wished he could just drive there in a normal car. He thought he looked ridiculous in a suit on a motorcycle, and his tall build made him feel strange. He wasn't comfortable with motorcycles, but due to the state of the streets, they were the fastest mode of transportation, and the only way to get to the satellite.

The day after the quake the dust began clearing over Domino, but news helicopters were not allowed into the airspace anywhere near the city, a bad storm had come by and no one was allowed into the air. So still the world sat and waited to see what had happened. The storm lasted for four days, one of the worst the area had seen, of course directly after the worst earthquake the world has ever known. The battle city had a history of odd happenings. But after the four days, all that was left was a light drizzle, and the helicopters were cleared. They immediately took to the air and all free eyes in the reyes at the plant looked to a screen or listened to a radio. In the room now were seated Seto Kaiba and Duke Devlin. Kaiba warned Duke that what they saw would be bad, as he saw the many buildings crumbling when he left, but not even he expected what they saw.

As the helicopter flew in, the scene wasn't recognizable. If it weren't for the clear rubble, they wouldn't have even recognized the city. The city had become a series of island in a large, swampy lake in a crater. Not a skyscraper remained standing, and most small building had crumbled themselves or been crushed by their larger collapsing counterparts. The tops of some building could be seen in the water and debris covered the surface of the lake. Fires ignited in the streets and crashed cars lay everywhere. There were some people in the streets waving to the cameras for help, and some could be seen searching, presumably for loved ones. Kaiba had expected the lack of buildings, but he hadn't expected the massive body of water covering much of the city. The camera zoomed in on the streets, if you looked closely at the destruction, you could see bodies littering the ground, but Kaiba preferred to focus on the living ones.

There were survivors.

The next day it was announced that the aftershocks had subsided enough where aid was allowed to enter the city. Immediately upon hearing this, Kaiba jumped into the helicopter and instructed a guard to the controls. As they were about to take off Duke came running through the door and ran up to the chopper.

"Stop the chopper!"

"I'm going to find Mokuba!"

"I know, I'm coming with you!" Kaiba stared at Duke for a moment. Then gave him a head flick signaling him to get into the helicopter. Kaiba had decided that joining the search was, indeed, Duke's intention. He was wearing a white t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers; not exactly the clothes one stayed to run a corporation in, but good for searching through rubble. He matched Kaiba's own attire; the normally extravagantly dressed CEO was wearing a light green long sleeved t'shirt and plain black pants along with his own set of dark grey sneakers.

Just as Duke was climbing in, the door to the stairwell opened again. At first neither of the men recognized the woman who came running out. But when she reached them and said

"I need to come with you to save my friends!" they both realized.

"Tea?" Tea nodded to Duke's exclamation.

"So what are we waiting for?" And she hopped into the helicopter before Duke. Duke followed and the trio took to the skies. Duke looked to Tea again, and it still shocked him to see her. She looked so different. Her hair was up in a pony, which she never used to do since her hair had been short. Now her hair was longer and back. Her face had gained some wrinkles, a little early being 37, but she looked older than that with the wrinkles. It contrasted the pony strangely. And she had obviously put on some weight. She was by no means fat but she didn't look like her very skinny self of 17 years earlier. And now she wore some strange looking bright pink flats instead of heals, so she appeared much shorter. She looked into Duke's eyes.

"You know Duke, you look so different I wasn't sure it was you, but those eyes give you away."

"Yeah, it was difficult to recognize you too after so long. Did you really come all the way from New York just to try and find your friends?"

"Yeah, I left Maggie, oh what am I saying you don't know Maggie, well I left her in charge of the studio while I'm gone. When I saw the images of Domino on the news I just had to come to find them, but no planes were allowed in until yesterday, and then I had to drive here and arrived just in time!" She then looked away from Duke to Kaiba and looked shocked

"Kaiba, you haven't changed in years! You look exactly the same as the last time I saw you 17 years ago! How is it that a 37 year old looks the same that he did at 20!" It wasn't really a question but Kaiba answered

"Guess I just grew up early."