Seto's POV
After ending the call with Pegasus, I stormed out of my office, leaving instructions for Roland and Fugata to make sure the firewalls are up and running, that all safety measures are being forced and followed. I have a baby brother to save and no time to lose!
As I entered my limo, I thought back to the conversation with Pegasus.
"Why, Hello there, Kaiba-boy!" Said an annoying voice I knew all too well.
"Pegasus! " I hissed down the line, " What are you doing with my little brother's phone and where IS Mokuba!" I practicaly yelled the last question. My brother is my reason for living and I have promised him that I am going to look after him 'till the day I die. Ever since I became the CEO Mokuba has been threatened seven times, but no one ever got close enough to take his phone. I grit my teeth, feeling rage that I didn't know that I still have, even after defeating Gozaboro. I fear that his influence runs too deep.
"Tsk, tsk,Kaiba-boy. Is this how you greet all of your business partners or is it just me? " he continued only to stop babbling when I growled viciously into the phone. This is one of the reasons why people respect me, because despite my age I can strike fear into grown men. Even Gozaboro, while surrounded by his bodyguards, feared me when I was in the mode that I reserved for protecting Mokuba. He must have realised that I will stop at nothing to keep my little brother safe.
"Yes, well, I have little Mokuba's phone because I have little Mokuba himself here with me! Isn't that great! " just when I was going to shout in outrage I heard some shuffling and then "Seto! Seto, is that really you?!" I could hear the desperate hope in my brother's voice, and I saw red when I realised that he had been crying.
"Mokuba", I paused to gather my thoughts then said" Don't worry. I'll get you out of there soon, alright? Just don't panic and please do not cry." My voice almost hitched as I thought how scared he must be. I have always been there for him when he had a nightmare, but this is real and what's worse is that he is dealing with it all alone.
"Well, Mokuba seems fine to me, don't you agree Kaiba-boy?" Pegasus soon said.
"What is this about? Don't think I will give you either KC OR Mokuba! You won't get away with this! " I yelled just as he ended the call. A message soon arrived on my computer. It was an invitation for Duelist Kingdom.
Now that I'm going to my 'vacation home' that Gozaboro gave me as a gift for getting KC's profits to raise enormously, I went over my plan in my head. I knew that if I just went to his island that I would be at a huge disadvantage, him being on home turf. So I decided to finish my new prototype that should give me an edge. But I won't make it to the time appointed for duellists to climb aboard the ship that will take them to their destination. But I have already tracked Mokuba's location trough his phone and the Kaiba Corp.'s satellite navigation system. I have the coordinates and I own a helicopter, seeing as KC used to be a weapons and military equipment company. And I have always wanted to fly so I have learned how to fly anything that could fly.
As I got nearer to the vacation home/lab, my thoughts drifted to my crush. I have a bad feeling that she is somehow involved in this as well. She is the best duelist. After all,Yuna was the first to defeat me in anything, but now she has my title as World Champion in both Duel Monsters and chess, not to mention that her scores in all of the arcade games is still unbeatable. And let's not forget that she is practically a celebrity. Pegasus must have invited her as well, for I am sure that I heard Mr. Mouto in the background. If it's true, then I'll have to get to Pegasus before the tournament finals since I know that Yuna will make it. I now just need to finish the prototype.
It was supposed to be released by the end of the year, but it seems that I have to finish it now. Once I got into my lab,after changing my pure white uniform-like outfit that I use for business dealings and work in the company which consists of a pair of white slacks and a white blazer that is outlined in gold and into my favourite kind of clothes : slacks or pants, an ordinary shirt or a button up shirt and a trench coat, I first started finishing the programming. That's the hardest part. I have to make sure that it is the same quality as the dueling platform. No, it has to be better. The prototype I'm speaking of and currently working on is a Duel Disk. It will have the same purpose of making my favourite game, not to mention the most famous one, a lot more interesting. No, that's not the right word. It will make it a battle of survival, an ultimate clash of wills, pride and skills. Those who can learn on their feet will feel the pull of the game, of their cards. If a duelist isn't determined to win and doesn't give it their all, then they are not ment to use it. It took me ttwenty seven hours to ensure that the new programme is functioning to my liking, and I immediately started working on the hardware of the duel disks. I'm making two for obvious reasons. Even if I defeat Pegasus, which I have to, I still wish to show off a little in front of Yuna. Not to mention that I promised her that I will duel her as soon as possible. Once both of us finish with Pegasus, we'll be having a rematch.
As I worked, I thought about our first and, for now, only duel. Yuna has been incredible. Her strategy was better than the ones I saw "professional" duellists come up with. Her deck is very well constructed in the way that it is rather flexible. I bet that with the same three cards she could make at the very least four good strategies. But what really caught my attention was the look in her eyes. She just seemed soo alive, almost like she was on fire, because I can bet one was burning inside of her soul. The passion she has for games is increasing with every turn. At least that is how I saw it. And her determination to win, that will and refusal to ever give up ... is truly inspiring. It just made me feel like I never wanted to be away from her, but I had things to do. And as much as I wanted to see her, as much as I still wish to be able to get out of here and spend all my time with her, I have to think of Mokuba first. He's in danger and I have to save him as soon as possible.
I was soo deep in thought that I almost didn't hear the door being thrown off the frame down stairs. I quickly packed up my invention, which was thankfully a turn of a screwdriver away from finished, but before I could grab my deck , that I was going to test the duel disks on, the door of my room came crashing down and in came two guys dressed in black suits. Aa soon as they spotted me, they aimed their guns at me, bringing back up an unpleasant memory of almost losing both Mokuba and Yuna, and started advancing on me. "Kaiba, master Pegasus wishes for you to join us and we'll give you a first class service and transportation to the Duelist Kingdom island. He said that we cannot kill you ..." one of the goons said and trailed of as the other finished his sentence:" But we are allowed to shoot you, so no funny business! "
I looked coldly at them, then quickly kicked my chair and jumped out the big window above my work table, my briefcase in hand, while shouting "You'll never take me alive! "As I fell, I barely managed to catch a stray rock and I suddenly hate the fact that this house is in the middle of nowhere and on a CLIFF. It's a good thing that I have fast reflexes, unfortunately another thing I have to thank Gozaboro for, and strong arms, and hands, and fingers, and legs and so I was able to climb up the side of the cliff, all the while carrying my metal briefcase in which my only chance of getting Mokuba was, as soon as I was sure that Pegasus' lackeys were gone, but they weren't the only ones gone.
I only then realised that I left my deck in my room and when I got there ... it was already gone.
They must have took it!
As I turned to leave, a ticking sound caught my attention. I looked to the right and saw a timer on a bomb ticking away and it was only 12 seconds from detonation. I gasped and quickly broke into a sprint, only barley making it to a safe distance to survive. I couldn't believe that they just blew up my lab!
Once I got over the shock, I turned to see that they killed my driver after which they trashed my ride. Well, it wasn't that bad, so I just reconnected the wires and fixed the engine as best I could, but before I got in I pulled out my new locket from underneath my shirt and opened it. I was greeted with the picture of my baby brother from just a week before we entered Hell. He was smiling soo wide that even I have cracked a rare serene smile as we played chess. It was the first promise that I fulfilled after Gozaboro's death, making two lockets in the shape of the cards of my favourite game one for each of us, holding the half of the picture that shows the other. It means that we will always be close, because we are near each others heart.
Once I let go of the Duel Monsters card-shaped locket and it fell right over my heart, as it should, I took my seat, put on the safety belt, and hit the gas, speeding down the streets to Domino but not even slowing down once I reached the city. Yes, I knew how to drive a car as well and one of the truly great things that Gozaboro did was that he got me my licence, not to mention that he threatened the police forces that should any of them stop me that he'd sue them. When I got out of the wreckage and into my company, I ordered that a helicopter gets ready for take off. Before I went to the rooftop, I stopped by my office for updates, but it seems that my firewalls are working perfectly. Yet, just to be sure, I activated the new anti virus that crushed the intruding programmes.
Then something clicked in my mind, just as I was to press the button for the rooftop and instead of going up, I went down to the garage and took a black Mercedes back to the mansion. After all, there is a secret room with a supercomputer that only respods to me because of the security measures, so why not give Pegasus and his employees a little something to do, just so they don't get bored? I grinned viciously.
When I got to my mansion, my blood ran cold. My entire security staff was knocked unconscious, the maids and cooks were tied up with some enemy guards keeping an eye on them and Hobson ... Hobson was held at gunpoint! The sight made my rage cross all limits and now I doubt that even a soldier in one of my tanks would dare stand in my way!
Just as I discretely exited the well hidden car, I heard a gunshot closely followed by screaming of fear and worry from the maids and cursing from the male cooks, which meant only one thing.
I turned around, dread filling me faster than the speed of light as I heard sobbing, and immediately wanted to either trow up or cry. I barely kept the sob bubbling up in my throat in as I saw my fateful Hobson, motionless on the ground in a pool of his own blood. The guard that did it said cruelly :" Your loyalty to your young master is really stupid. Look where it got you! Now, if you tell us where he or his designs are, we'll get you medical help. So?"
Hobson stirred and looked up at the guard, but he saw me hiding in the bushes and his eyes gave me the sign to get to my destination; he'll distract them. I just dummbly nodded with tears threatening to spill over my cheeks, but the look in his eyes begged me not to cry. As if there is a possibility that it could be the last thing he saw and he couldn't stand it, so I gave him a sad but grateful smile, willing my eyes to show how much all he's done means to me, how much HE means to me and then I turned around and left. But I did hear his answer :" My young master is beyond your reach, touching the stars with his rival! " I heard an outraged cry and begging from the rest of my staff to leave him alone. He either passed out from blood loss or ...
I suddenly felt very sick.
Once I was in the secret chamber, I couldn't help but wonder : Was it worth it? Is all this worth my most loyal saff's lives? Is it worth Hobson's, Roland's and Fugata's lives? Just so I can keep the damn company!? But my train of thought was broken by four different voices. The first was GGozaboro's, mocking me for 'being weak' and wanting to give up, saying that if that's how I am I'll never get far. The second was Hobson, schooling me for slacking and wanting to quit, telling me that I can do anything I set my mind on if I try hard enough. The third was Mokuba, encouraging me to move on and win this 'game', babbling on and on how he's proud to call himself my little brother. It put a slight smile on my lips, but it was the fourth voice that got me to put on the headphones and start up the computer.
Yuna.
I heard her telling me that I'm not like Gozaboro, that I'm an excellent opponent and a great gamer. That I'm worth calling myself her rival. It gave me strength to finish all of the security procedures and start hacking into Industrial Illusion HQ head computer, but I thought about checking in on the situation via satellite, only to look on in shock and horror at Yuna's opponent ... ME! It has taken me 15 minutes to find her and destroy the security barricades that surrounded the platform on which she was playing. It seems that Pegasus has somehow managed to make a deal with the Big 5 so that he has to win, or someone dueling in his name, against Yuna, impossible, in order to become the new president of KC. Mokuba tried disqualifying her, but it ended up here, with some cheap knock off acting as ME and dueling against YUNA with MY deck! I'll kill Pegasus! He was even wearing the outfit I wore before I started working on the duel disks!
Yuna doesn't seem to be doing so well. She is down to her last 200 LP and only has Holy Elf on the field in defence mode, while the Seto Kaiba wannabe has MY BEWD on his side of the field. I think I can help her, so I immediately started on a programme that ought to do the trick. But I first have to take down the I2 HQ and satellite, so I used an old KC military satellite to shoot it down. I then took over the emergency server and forced it to crash directly into my target. It was easy messing around with Pegasus' system aftr that. His system is full of some sick looking rabbit and it just makes me wonder how he made it this far. As I watched the program do it's thing, I saw that I'm losing time. The Blue-Eyes has just launched its attack and it was supposed to destroy the rest of Yuna's LP.
I jumped out of my chair :"YUNA!" and yelled desperately as I slammed my fists on the control panel, watching with fearful eyes, anticipating her LP to reach 0. But that didn't happen.
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Yuna's POV
Just as the White Lighting was about to obliterate my Holy Elf and the remainder of my life points, I heard, somehow, Seto's voice. He was calling my name! As the attack was to reach my monster, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon roared in pain and outrage and just vanished from the field, leaving my opponent wide open.
"B-bu-ut-t h-h-how!?" He stuttered stupidly, starting with fearful eyes at where the dragon once stood.
"It was possible because the BEWDs are only loyal to Seto Kaiba and no one else! " I told him, yelling from across the field, knowing that Seto was alright.
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Seto's POV
I watched in awe as the attacking dragon disappeared off the field and heard what Yuna said. I always knew that I am somehow connected to my Blue-Eyes White Dragons, but I never thought that that connection is this strong. The program was too slow but it mysteriously speed up just when I thought how I don't want my dragon to attack my secret crush. I sighed in relief, and then concentrated on taking care of the other dragon. It seems that Yuna has somehow defeated the first dragon with a combination of trap and spell cards along with the ever faithful Dark Magician, but the second destroyed her favorite monster the next turn.
But, Yuna didn't need my help and it was a good thing seeing as Pegasus' employees only now found me and are doing all they can to throw me out of the system. Since I decided that I wanted to mess with them, I made sure that their main frame is in chaos. It's working, for now anyway. But it seems that someone finally noticed my very expensive, sleek, black Mercedes and put two and two together and now they are trying to break my door down. Great, now I can't make enough problems for the I2 staff to put the tournament off, but it should allow Yuna some privacy to her deck.
Speaking of Yuna, her duel is just ending. The imposter managed to drawn the final Blue-Eyes and without my interference it's at its full power of 3000 ATK. Yuna's side of the field is, however, completely empty but it's her turn. 'Come on Yuna, I know you can win!'
Yuna drew her possibly last card and then ... a pause. Then you could hear a cruel chuckle coming from her opponent:" What's wrong? Didn't get the card you wanted? "
"Actually, I got just the card I needed and wanted! Behold! The legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Yuna said proudly and I grinned. I guess she's fighting fire with fire, or in this case , dragon with dragon. But they have the same amount of points so they will just destroy one another, I realised and my smile dropped. However I got it back on my face in just a second, because Yuna continued:" And now I'll play Monster Reborn and bring back Kaiba's Blue-Eyes and that means that I have two of the most powerful dragons in the game! So now ... MY Blue-Eyes White Dragon attack his and allow him a honourable end, while he stays loyal to his master!" The dragon didn't hesitate and my dragon accepted the hit with a roar of relief, and soon both dragons disappeared, leaving the one Yuna brought back to stand alone and guard the only other person that I care for other than Mokuba. And then Yuna delt the killing blow :"Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Show them not to mess with your master! Make them see what it means to be loyal to only ONE true duelist! White Lighting attack!" The dragon immediately did as he was told, as if it were me commanding him, and whipped out the rest of the imposter's LP, but something happened to the signal and I could not see what Yuna did afterwards.
It's a good reminder that armed forces were still trying to break the door, and they are rather close to that goal! I quickly left trough the secret exit in case of this place being discovered, after locking the systems, and somehow managed to pass the guards, steal one of their abandoned cars(idiots) and drove to Kaiba Corp. Since I did everything I had to, I went directly to the rooftop and climbed into one of my helicopters, mine because I designed it aa well as the fact that I own it, and ordered the pilot to take me to the Duelist Kingdom island.
On the way there, I finished the duel disks and made sure everything is in functioning order, well everything that I could check without a duel going on. I noticed how the pilot and Co pilot kept taking glances at me and I realised that they are probably also spies for Pegasus, just like Kimo. I continued pretending that I don't have a clue about what's going on, and even closed my eyes. This is a trick that I learned from my martial arts sensei. He always acted as if he can defeat me with closed eyes, but I wasn't stupid or naive so it didn't work more than once and that was the first time. He still kept trying, but all he did was give me an opportunity to learn to "see with my eyes closed". It turns out that I did the right thing by learning it, because the Co pilot stood silently, though I heard him (something that I had to be able to do if I wanted to survive with Gozaboro and his training), and pointed a gun at me. But I was quicker and I took it from his hands, then threw him out of the helicopter. Luckily for him, we were flying over sea, although there might be sharks. I don't really care. I went up to the pilot and said in a cold, merciless voice:" This can go down in two ways. Either you leave on your own with one of the parachutes, or I throw you out! " while pressing the gun to his head. I didn't need him alive and we both knew it, and it certainly isn't the first time someone died from my hands or because of me. Just the memory of all those who died in the last few days for me, especially Hobson, made me sick. The pilotsoon jumped out of my copter and I sat down and sstirred it towards the island that is now in sight. I began looking for a good place to land and found one near some sort of castle ( is he truly sane) and I was going to land there, but something told me that I am going to regret it if I don't land on the clearing near a cliff. I've had enough of cliffs for a lifetime, thank you! Yet I followed my instincts and stirred the copter to land there.
It seems that someone made a camp not far away, because as I turned off the motor, I heard an annoying voice yelling something like :" Hey! Some of us are trying to get some shut eye here, you big jerk!" Oh no! That has to be that mutt, Wheeler! I had the misfortune to bump into him on the second day when Yuna wasn't coming to school. Ever since tthen, every time we meet somewhere we end up fighting but I don't have time for that now! I need to get to Mokuba before Yuna reaches the finals!
As I step out of my helicopter, I'm greeted with an unexpected sight. In the middle of the Geek Squad, named by yours truly, was Yugi! What is he doing with these losers?! Why isn't he with his sister?! And where IS Yuna?! Unfortunately, before I could ask any of these the mutt said :" Well, if it isn't Mr. Moneybags! Should 'ave known that only you wouldn't care if ya woke up the 'hole world. What are you doing here and what do you want?"
"Fuckfoff, Wheeler. I have more important things to deal with!" I said, anger clear in my voice, my eyes glaring at Yugi. He glouped, looking nervous. I have scanned thewwhole area with my eyes, but I have yet to see who I was looking for, so I decided to be blunt and ask :" Where is she? "To both of us, there's only one 'she'.
"Um,she went ... for a ... walk?" Yugi said unconvincingly. I just glared harder until he started to squirm, but then the girl, Gardner I think; can't remember her name, piped up :" You don't have to be soo rude. She will come back in a few minutes and everything will be fine." She said, as if being Yuna Yami Mouto is easy. Does that bimbo even know with who she might be spending time with, or is she that blinded by her own friendship speeches? I honestly don't know, nor do I care. Yuna is in the woods, alone, and who knows what could happen to her. Just as I was going to storm past the mutt and his friends, the idiot took hold of the front of my trench coat and the dress shirt underneath, then leaned into my face, trying to intimidate me. What a moron. I'm not even scared of the Devil himself, seeing as I lived with his reincarnation.
"Now, hold up there! You're gonna try an' get ta Pegasus befo' de res' of us, is that it? You're gonna try an' dueling 'im while the other duelists are fightin' for that same right? Well, not on my watch, you basterd! Win 10 stars like the rest o' us and then you can compete with de best of us all! Me! And if ya try to get to de castle befo' you have 10 stars, I'll kick yer ass!" He yelled in my face, in that Bruklin accent of his, shaking the fabric of my clothes. Well, he couldn't shake me, seeing as I'm taller and stronger than him. And he's making my trench coat look like a cow chewed on it.
I took a hold of his wrist and said :" Nice grip. Want to see mine?" even as I put pressure on the captured limb and twisted it. His hold on my clothes loosened before he let go of them. I then threw him to the side and he landed in the dirt. He, however, soon jumped to his feet and was preparing to charge at me with the shark- haired guy, Taylor; his name I didn't even bother trying to learn, when we were interrupted by a very pleasant voice.
"I don't recommend that you attack him. He'll just throw you off the cliff with a perfect judo throw." Yuna said as she stepped out of the woods. I'm not sure if I am gapping shamelessly or not, but I couldn't help it if I was.
Yuna usually wears jeans or leather pants, the latter a lot more frequently than the former, and long sleeved shirts that have a high collar. This is something I have NOT seen before, ANYWHERE! And Yuna could easily be a model! I knew from the first day that she is beautiful and has a nice figure, but I only now see HOW good! She is wearing short leather boots and socks to about an inch above her knees, exposing some perfect ivory like skin beneath a rather SHORT light skirt the colour of the afternoon sky on a sunny day. As the wind blew, it danced around her thighs. At her hip was her belt crisscrossing with another one, making it look quite fashionable, despite what some people would say. On anyone else it would look goth, punk or even rock and roll like, maybe even tacky, but not on Yuna. It actually looks like it is made for her and no one else! In her socks I could see that she has beautiful, long, thin legs that strided both elegantly and pridefully. Her top was a sleeveless turtleneckthe same shade of mmidnight blue as the one we stood under. In the middle of it there were four big buttons as yellow as the sunflowers. It showed her beautiful curves, that are incredible for our age but will probably become even more noticeable in a few years, and her long delicate arms. On her left hand was some strange dark red glove that held five stars, and on her other wrist was a row of thin, silver bracelets although on one of them was a golden ankh with a ruby in the center. Around her neck rested comfortably the leather cord of the Millennium Puzzle, but her hair was hidden by a beret, and her lovely eyes were covered by black sunglasses. I wonder why no one commented on the sunglasses, seeing as it's close to midnight, I think.
But she was not alone. Two albinos stood behind her, one looking rather shy, the other looking as if he's bored. They were dressed in the same jumper, jeans and sneakers, although the taller, wilder looking twin wore an item similar to Yuna's Puzzle. I wonder how they know Yuna? She must have sensed my curiosity, which should annoy me instead of thrilling me that she knows me like that, so she took it upon herself to introduce the albinos to me :" This is the infamous and legendary Seto Kaiba, whose invention allows us to have such exciting duels. He used to be world champion ..." she trailed off, as if fearing that it would anger me that she defeated me. I was touched that she cared about me and how I feel. Instead she continued with the introduction :" ... and this are the Bakuras: Ryou, the younger one," she gestured to the shy kid, who looked like he wanted to step behind the other guy, " and ...Bakura, he's older than Ryou about 15 minutes. They transferred to our school while you were turning KC into a gaming company ." She finished and the three idiots who were arguing with me hooted with laughter when they heard that the more dangerous looking albino has the same name as his surname. I have a good feeling that his name has a pretty interesting meaning, and as if to prove that I am right, on both the fact that he's dangerous and the name thing, Bakura launched at Wheeler and punched him in the stomach, backhanded Gardner and kicked Taylor in the family jewels. I only then erupted with laughter, accidentally, at the same time he started laughing maniacally. Yuna just shook her head and started walking towards me, as Yugi and Ryou apologised for what the older albino did and helped the morons to their feet. They looked a bit scared of the guy. Good. Yuna continued as if that didn't just happen, talkingto the geeks :" 'Bakura' means 'Thief' in a very aancient from of ancient Egyptian language. I think it describes him well. "
But as Yuna drew nearer, both of us stopped laughing and Bakura even looked ashamed though he hid it well under a vicious scowl that didn't scare or fool her. I immediately turned my full attention to her and nothing else except for the two of us existed. This is the first time I saw her in weeks. I never thought I'd miss her this much. She broke our eye contact to pull something out of her belt, and it turned out to be my deck:" I wish to return this to you. I am sorry that it got violated the way it did, but all your cards, especially the BEWDs stayed loyal to you. I also want to thank you, for if it weren't for your help I would have lost and Kaiba Corp. and Mokuba would have both been lost to you. I am sorry that I couldn't protect your brother." At the last part, she lowered her head in shame and I couldn't stand it, so I took my deck, making sure that our fingers brushed against one another, and then took her chin between my thumb and pointer finger of my free hand to guide her face up. She blushed prettily and I smiled at her gently. In a soft voice so only she could hear I said :" Mokuba is my responsibility, and I know that you tried but that they didn't keep their promise. I am grateful for your efforts, because it slowed them down and allowed me to get here in time. I hope you'll forgive me for going to Pegasus outside of this tournament, but he has Mokuba and I'm not leaving him with that lunatic!"
She nodded and hugged me:" I wish you the best of luck and for you to succeed in your plans. You know that Yugi and I will help you in any way you need." I returned her hug, wrapping my arms tightly around her. How she always manages to get me to calm down, I'll never know, but hey I'm not complaining!
As we separated, Wheeler could be heard yelling :" Hey Kaiba, if ya wanna go to de castle, you'll have to beat me first!" I was about to tell him to piss off, when I remembered that my duel disks need testing and the mutt was the perfect gene pig.
"Alright, Wheeler. But we'll duel using the newest duelling technology!" I said as I raised my briefcase to show it to him. He just looked at it funnily and then stupidly said :" It's a briefcase?" I wanted to smack him in the head with it for how stupid he was, but I feared that it will kill the few brain cells he has left. So I just said in an annoyed voice :" It's INSIDE the briefcase, you numbskull." I took the disks out and threw one at him and he barely caught it, then glared at me. I just ignored him, strapping on the deck holder that has a life point counter on it and then watched as he tried to do the same and scowled. I ended up going over to him and doing it myself, just because he had the guts to ask YUNA to help him. I have given him such a glare that he didn't even dare look at her for a couple of minutes.
Once I explained how it works and we began the duel, I could feel immense pride at how everyone stared in scared shock at my Battle Ox that looked better than life. I have been working on it for such a short time, and the results are amazing! I'll have to make more of these. They'll sell in a week! The duel wasn't long and I only summoned one more monster, using Polimarisation to fuse a monster from my hand and Battle Ox to form Rabid Horseman. On the last turn, Joey actually summoned something good.
"Come out, Red-Eyes Black Dragon! I got this baby in my first duel here! What do you say about that, Kaiba!"he cheered as he destroyed my monster. I drew a card and smirked, not even looking at it. I knew what it was, I could feel his wish to fight for me as he always does. "You have a very strong dragon, yes. But it pales in comparison to mine. Go! Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" I watched as my dragon appeared with a proud roar. He looked even more frightening with my new software making it seem like it's solid. That IS what it is. Solid vision technology I've been working on for some time now. I can see Yuna, looking wistfully and proudly at my creation, then she turned that pridefull gaze to me, dipping her head in approval AND lowering her glasses, allowing me to see those beautiful crimson eyes. I smirked at her and she returned it. I then ordered my dragon to attack Joey's and won the duel. Wheeler feel to his knees and his friends instantly started yelling at me about how he's a good duelist when I didn't even say anything. I just turned and told Yuna to be careful around Pegasus because he can somehow read people like a book, only to be surprised at the fact that she knows from personal experience. I just said goodbye to her and left.
At dawn Iwas at the foot of the castle when Kimo came out of the bushes, holding a gun pointed to my head. He kept talking on and on about how I am stupid to not just give up and something like that. I waited for the right opportunity and quickly threw a card at him like a shuriken and took the gun from him, telling him :" If you're going to kill me, then kill me with cards!" Afterwards I made him lead me into the castle and to my brother, but he activated the alarm and I just hit him in the back of his head, knocking him out, and ran off. In a matter of minutes, at the very least 30 guards were looking for me, but to my luck they were sending one to go check on Mokuba so I followed him. Once we got to Mokuba's cell, I knocked out the guard and took his keys, then ran to the bars of the cell. "Mokuba!"
"Seto!You finally came! I always knew you'd never abandon me." He said with tears in his eyes and I smiled gently at him. "Yeah, let's go baby brother." He smiled and ran towards me, only to fall as the chains on his legs restrained him. I quickly took the keys and started working on the lock when I heard footsteps and the sound of clapping coming from the way I came. It was Pegasus. "Bravo, Kaiba-boy! I knew that nothing will stand in your way and saving your little brother! What a show!"
"Enough games, Pegasus! Release my brother at once!" I hissed.
I'm afraid I can't do that. You see, I need him to get your company and I do want it's technology! So, I'm not going to be releasing him any time soon!"
"It's not like you'll be getting my company, either way. You have to defeat Yuna so that you could get it, but no one has ever defeated her before. In anything!" I told him cruelly.
His whole demeanour changed. "I'll do it. And you won't be able to do anything about it!" Then, his cheerful self returned. "Oh, well that's interesting! Yes, I have a great idea. You'll have the opportunity to duel me, but you have to earn it. Here." He said throwing 5 of the same stars as Yuna had on her glove. "Defeat Yuna, and you can duel me for both your company and little Mokuba. "
I felt my heart drop. He must have realised that I have a crush on her and is now using it against me. "And if I refuse?" I asked, although I already made up my mind. I care for Yuna, yes, but Mokuba is my first priority. He's my family!
"Then he'll stay like this until I decide otherwise! "Just as he said that, a glass wall fell from behind the bars, completely separating me from Mokuba, and some gass filled the cell. When it was gone, I could see my little brother standing there, his eyes like gray glass. I felt sick. "Don't worry. He's fine. It a form of sleeping gass, but only for the mind. His body will still function on command, so I'll make sure that he is alright until you come and get him, okay? Hmm? What was your answer again?"
I'll do it, but you better keep your word, Pegasus. I'll make sure that you suffer for this!" I growled at him. His answer surprised me.
"I already am." and then he left, showing me that I ought to follow him, and I did. Dreas was starting to pile up in my stomach.
The next morning, I stood atop the ridiculously long staircase, waiting for Yuna to show up. I didn't have to wait for long as I saw two spiky heads climbing up. My stomach turned, and my heart shattered at the thought of Yuna finally deciding that I'm not worth it, that I'm just as bad as Gozaboro, that she doesn't want to be my somewhat first friend anymore. I glupped as they stopped 12 stairs below me. I guess it's now or never. "I can't let you pass." They both look at me in surprise and I just continued before my resolve falters:" If you want in, you'll have to duel me first! So, what do you say? We'll each bet 5 * and the winner gets a go at Pegasus!" I can hear my heart cracking at the suspicious look Yuna was giving me.
Just then I noticed that the Mouto twins are not alone. The geeks were there as well as the albinos. "What do you mean? She has 10* so she has the right to enter the castle! I'll kill you! " both the mutt and the thief yelled, trying to launch at me but held back by Tea, Tristan, Yugi and Ryou. Yuna just kept her gaze on me and I decided to say a part of why I accepted this condition:" You're the first person to ever defeat me in anything, and I want my title back! When we first dulled, you told me that as long as there's a purpose for it, you'll always win. I am fighting for something now that doesn't revolve around me and so I want to test your theory. Don't I deserve a chance, seeing as I learned something, seeing as I changed?" I know that there is fire burning in my eyes, because I feel utterly cold around my heart. I'm going to lose all the respect that she had for me because of this. But I have to fight! Mokuba's life might depend on this!
As if she read my thoughts, she stepped forward and all else stopped. She stayed silent for a minute, then confidently gave me a nod. "I accept your challenge, Kaiba! When and where shall we duel?"
"Right now. Only lets move to a better spot. I have a good idea where this duel should happen." I said, then turned and lead the way to the last floor and then to the bridge that connects two towers. I stood on one and Yuna went to the opposite. As we inserted our decks into the deck holder, I considered my options and decided with the one that will give both me and my secret crush a chance to save our relatives. I'll pretend that I'm going to jump off the tower, and Yuna will be able to distract Pegasus long enough for me to save Mokuba and Mr. Mouto. I tried to make it clear in my eyes and she must have understood because she gave me a nod and a 'be careful' look. The duel started and both Yuna and I gave it our all, just to fool Pegasus, but our competitive nature must have overtook us, because by the time I held all three BEWD in my hand I truly wanted to win. I played Polimerisation and created the one and only Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, and since my Crush Virus was in play, Yuna couldn't summon any monsters stronger than 1900 ATK. But she managed to form an incredible combination with first Kuriboh and Multiply, creating the best defence possible,then fused her Living Arrow card with her Mamut Graveyard and fired it directly to the heart of my dragon. I only then remembered what I had planned to do and we proceed with it. But just as Celtick Guardian was attacking my dragon, Gardener and Yugi ran up to Yuna and somehow got her to stop. As her turn was over and I have revived one of my dragons heads so iy has 3000 ATK I declared an attack and won. It felt shallower then a dry puddle. As I took the 5 * I have won, I couldn't help but sneer at the kneeling form of my rival :" And you call yourself a true duelist!? If you have attacked me, you would have had that right!" My every word seeped with venom. But I am dieing inside. How can I even say something like that!
"Oh yeah? Well, at least she has friends that will be there for her when she needs them! And at least she has a heart! Sure, you have money, and fame and a big company, but when you take all that away, what do you have?! What do you have at the end of the day, Seto Kaiba!?" Tea was yelling at me.
I grit my teeth and clench my fist tighter. Does she think that she knows me? That the possibility that Yuna now hates me doesn't crush my heart? Well, it's non of her business! So I just say :" I have all that I need!" and turn to leave. But before I left the bridge, I said quietly and sincerely :" I never wanted this to happen!" not knowing that the person my thoughts always stray to has heard me, and left them where they are, feeling like shit.