A/N: Wow, everyone wants to talk today. Again, I'm not particularly happy with this chapter. Kaiba was pretty much the only character in charge. I dislike large crowds who all insist on getting a word in at the same time. Oh well, I'll keep pushing.

For those who're curious, the trap card Kaiba uses is Negate Attack.

Discussion of Shadows

"What did you do?" Arrow demanded.

"I touched you and you touched back," Kaiba replied, grinning viciously.

"But you didn't move," Shayera protested curiously.

"Their minds touched," J'onn said, watching the two individuals in fascination.

"Don't lump me in with you, telepath," Kaiba said, glaring at J'onn. Blue eyes flicked back to Oliver, filling with a twisted sense of pride. "Since you've finally calmed down enough to listen, I suggest we make a deal."

"We're listening."

"Was I talking to you Kryptonian?" Kaiba growled, glaring at Superman.

"You talk to one of us, you talk to a-"

"No, I wasn't." The CEO's gaze returned to his Shadow protegè. "You obey my orders without question and if things go well, you'll get some answers."

"And if we refuse?" Arrow said, pulling his hood back up self-consciously.

"Then I leave right now and you won't ever see me again unless you misuse your powers, knowingly or not. If you do, I'll come back and punish you."

"I don't have powers."

Kaiba snorted. "You felt my touch, didn't you, idiot?"

Arrow shifted uncomfortably. "I'm not sure what I felt."

Kaiba shrugged. "Your decision. But if you don't decide within the next minute, I'll take the choice from you."

"This power you speak of," Diana said, "what is it?"

Kaiba ignored her in favor or staring down Arrow. The vigilante met his gaze for a good few seconds before his shoulders drooped. "I don't like dealing with something I'm unfamiliar with without knowing the rules," he said.

Kaiba grinned. "I guess you're not as big an idiot as I thought you were, kohai."

"That's the second time you've called me that," Arrow grumbled.

"It's Japanese for 'junior' or something along those lines," Batman provided earning him an interested glance from Kaiba.

"In answer to your question, Amazon," Diana stiffened at the way Kaiba addressed her, "it's a power unique to humans, accessable to only specific types of humans. All humans have the potential to use it simply by existing. However, only a select few gain the latent ability. Most of those never realize or never use the power for various reasons. Even fewer manage to use it at all, with varying degrees of success."

"And this power is what you used to repel my mace," Shayera said.

Kaiba nodded. "Your mace is strong, but it was made to fight forms of magic known to its creators. If they were unaware of a power than they couldn't build a way to fight it. How can you fight something you've never heard of? Only idiots do that."

"But our technology was made to deal with unknown forms of magic," Hawkgirl argued.

"So why am I your kohay?" Arrow interjected.

"Kohai," Kaiba corrected in annoyance, ignoring Hawkgirl's comment. "You Americans have terrible accents."

"Probably because you're new to this and he isn't," Batman said.

Kaiba grinned in satisfaction. "Omaiwa nihongo-ou hanashimashka?"

"Hai, hanashimas," Batman replied in kind to the surprise of his companions. "I'm a businessman with international relations, many of those are in Japan. I'd be stupid not to speak at least a little bit of Japanese."

Kaiba nodded. "Well, less stupid than you already are."

"You really like insulting us, don't you?" Superman said, annoyance tinging his voice.

"You make it too easy."

"Why do you dislike us so much?" Superman asked, crossing his arms. "Aren't you like us?"

"I am nothing like you," Kaiba hissed viciously, causing even Superman to back up a step. Kaiba recovered his temper and continued in a calmer, more controlled tone of voice. "You, particularly, I hate. The rest of you are tolerable to an extent."

"What makes me different?"

Kaiba eyed Superman carefully before answering, as if choosing his words. "You're too light."

"Too light?" Clark repeated in confusion.

Kaiba twitched. "You're blinding to my senses. My Shadows hate you so I hate you. Not to mention you're a, how do you say, a goody two-shoes. You're moral compass always points north, you never bend for anything, and everything is black and white for you. Never gray."

"I second that," Batman grumbled, earning him a look of approval from Kaiba and a disgruntled look from Superman.

"You don't like him because he's too good?" Diana said incredulously.

"I didn't say that," Kaiba groaned, frustration showing on his face. "I said he's too light. Light and dark don't necessarily mean good and evil. That's a stereotype that's, more often than not, wrong. Night isn't evil and day isn't good. They can be both and neither. If you force one to be good and the other to be evil, then what would sunrise and sunset be?"

"Good point," Diana agreed. "That's common among the gods."

"Your gods are nothing but pathetic copycats to the originals," Kaiba sniffed.

"Excuse me?" the Amazon princess growled.

"You heard me."

Before Wonder Woman could reply, Noa appeared on the monitors again with a strange expression on his face. "Ototo-kun." Kaiba's eyebrow twitched but he did not argue to nickname. "Did you order the Priest to move?"

Kaiba blinked. "I did not. He's not under my jurisdiction."

"But the Priestess or the Advisor would have informed you if he had been ordered to move, correct?"

"Yes," Kaiba said hesitantly.

"Then why is he racing across Asia faster than a passenger airplane?"

"What?" Kaiba moved to the computer screen followed by Batman, Flash, and Shayera.

Sure enough, a dot that supposedly represented the Priest was moving quickly across a zoomed in map of the Asian continent. Kaiba's brow furrowed in confusion. "Any records of a plane ticket?"

"None," Noa replied. "He's not registered on any flights departing the Cairo area under any of his known aliases. Also, this particular flight path is not used by any airline I can find."

"Um, why is this important?" Flash asked. "Don't we have, you know, this new power stuff and the crap going on in Starling City to deal with?"

"You do, I have other duties as well as helping kohai."

"Hey, watch it," Arrow growled.

"What kind of duties?" J'onn asked, easing the tension growing in the room.

"None of your business, telepath," Kaiba said absently, taking a seat in front of the computer and typing quickly. Windows popped up revealing itineraries from multiple airlines as well as baggage manifests and air traffic control records.

"How-" Flash started in surprise.

"We could ask Green Lantern," Shayera suggested, unmoved by their guest's hacking abilities. "He should still be in Cairo."

"No, he was leaving today," Diana countered.

Instantly, Kaiba's fingers stopped moving. "What?" He whirled in his chair. "You said he was leaving today?"

"Yes," Diana replied hesitantly. "Why?"

"Can he fly?"

Diana's widened in understanding. "Yes, he can."

Kaiba's eyes widened, then narrowed. "Noa," he snapped, turning back to the computer and typing at breakneck speed. "Hack any satellite you can reach in the area. I want to see what's moving."

"Working on it."

"I can do you one better," Flash said.

"How?" Kaiba said, still typing away with his eyes glued to the computer screen.

"Like this." The red suited superhero strode up to another computer and typed in a quick command before saying aloud, "I can teleport Lantern directly here."

A bright light filled the far corner of the room and Green Lantern appeared, with a very ragged, blonde haired Egyptian dangling in a glowing, green light extending from the ring of power. The superhero pulled up short of the Justice League in surprise. The Egyptian jolted and got up from his knees to look out of the green globe surrounding him. Violet eyes narrowed when they settled on the group, spitting out what was most likely a curse in Arabic.

"Lantern," Clark called up to his compatriot, "what are you doing with a civilian?"

"Wait," J'onn said, golden eyes narrowing at the newly arrived superhero. He brushed John Stewart's mind and could not find him. Someone else's mind had taken up residence there. "Who are you?"

Both Green Lantern's and the Egyptian's eyes widened in surprise. Then Lantern raised his ring and fired a burst of solid green light at the Martian. The Justice League leapt into action, ready to defend their friend. But none of them were ready to fight a friend. Luckily, they would not have to. Just before the solid green light struck the Martian, it abruptly vanished leaving a room full of confused heroes.

"What the fucking hell do you think you're doing Priest?" a very pissed Seto Kaiba demanded, stepping into view holding a trap card in his hand.

The Egyptian's eyes widened then he wilted. "Shit."

"You know him?" Superman demanded, still ready to fight.

"Unfortunately," the furious Japanese man said, replacing the card in his hand to his Deck holster. "Release him, Marik, or I'll deliver you directly to the Pharaoh."

The Egyptian groaned as the green light surrounding him vanished and Green Lantern blinked looking around him in surprise.

"Um, thanks for the lift," the Green Lantern said in mild confusion.

"What's the last thing you remember, John?" J'onn asked in concern while Kaiba strode forward, ignoring the green superhero. The other Justice League heroes surrounded their newly freed friend, worried for his wellbeing.

John Stewart hesitated under his friends' scrutiny, unused to the attention. "Um, I was about to call you to teleport me here. Why?"

"Because you've been giving a crazy lunatic a piggyback ride across Asia," Flash said.

"I've been what?" Green Lantern jerked in surprise. He turned to see none other than the elusive Marik Ishtar sitting on his butt on the floor as if he'd been dropped there. A tall brunette man with a purple trench coat was standing in front of the Egyptian boy imperiously, glaring daggers at him.

"He means, this idiot overstepped his bounds and broke the rules," the brunette said.

Marik shrank back under the glare. "I had to get him back. He had no right to take him from me."

"Who?"

"Shaadi."

"Who did he take, Marik?"

Marik deliberately stood up and met Kaiba's glare with one of his own. Unfortunately, Marik was no match for his Regent and he knew it. He eventually crumbled. "He took Bakura."

Kaiba's frown deepened. "So you thought it was alright to hijack someone else's mind to take you back to your boyfriend?"

"He was leaving anyway," Marik said, waving dismissively. "I simply made him take a brief detour."

"And risk our exposure?"

"I think you already took care of that little bit, bastard," Marik growled.

Kaiba smirked. "On the contrary. I was merely filling in a new kohai of his place."

Marik straightened in interest and leaned over Kaiba's shoulder to look at the Justice League in hopes of finding the newbie. "Kohai? Who is it?" His eyes settled on the only hero in all black. "It's Batman, isn't it?" He groaned. "How clichè."

"It's Arrow."

Marik blinked. "Who?"

"Me," Arrow said, stepping into view with an arrow knocked and aimed directly at the newcomer. "Am I'm not exactly fond of my friends getting their minds taken over."

"Nor am I," Kaiba growled.

Marik flinched but fought to stand firm under his Regent's gaze. He may not be in the Regent's Triad, but he still acknowledged Kaiba's equal standing with the Pharaoh and the King. Finally, he shrugged with deceptive carelessness. "Oh well. I didn't make it and no one was hurt. No harm, no foul."

"You took over my mind," Green Lantern said. "I'd say that's harm enough."

"Indeed," J'onn said, stepping up to stand even with Green Lantern.

"Stay out of this telepath," Kaiba said.

"Telepath?" Marik met J'onn's gaze suspiciously. "Damn, that's how you knew." Violet eyes glanced back at Kaiba. "Alright. I submit."

"I accept. Fortunately for you, I have more pressing issues to deal with at the moment. I'll leave your punishment up to the Pharaoh." Marik winced visibly. "In the meantime," Kaiba turned back to the Justice League, "if you wouldn't mind taking us back to Starling City. We have a rogue Shadow user to deal with."

"What about me?" Marik asked hesitantly.

"Yeah," Green Lantern said. "He just took over my mind and you're going to let him go?" John looked around at his friends, understandably affronted by the very idea.

"Oh no, I assure you, he will be punished appropriately," Kaiba said.

"He'll be-"

"By us," Kaiba finished, deliberately interrupting Superman. "Not by you."

"But it was the mind of one of our own who was intruded upon," J'onn said calmly.

Kaiba met golden eyes with his own blue for a moment, then nodded in agreement. "Green Lantern will be a witness and give his testimony under a Judgement Game, but not right now. Right now, we deal with the rogue Shadow user."

"While I dislike the delay in justice, I understand."

"I wasn't seeking your approval, Kryptonian," Kaiba said, ignoring Superman's annoyed glare. "Now will someone take us back to Starling City before I get Noa to do it?"

"We're going with you," Superman said.

"Correction," Kaiba countered. "You are staying. Only those from before are coming."

"You don't have the right to keep me from helping my friends," Clark argued.

"I do when your very presence would interfere with the capture of the culprit."

Marik tilted his head curiously, watching the exchange with interest. "How would he do that?"

"Touch him," Kaiba said simply.

Marik glanced at his Regent before reaching for his Shadows. He wondered at the sluggish response, straining to pull them to himself. Then he reached out with his Shadow senses and brushed Superman's presence. Instantly, he hissed and withdrew, shrinking behind Kaiba.

"Fucking bastard," the Priest muttered, soothing his singed Shadows.

J'onn tilted his head in interest. "He burned you."

Marik glanced at the Martian, snorting in disgust. Kaiba merely shrugged and said, "When you touched my mind, telepath, you said I burned you." J'onn nodded. "Imagine that times a factor of ten." J'onn's eyes widened. "For someone oriented towards the Dark, your," he grinned ironically, "Superman is a floodlight."

"And what am I to you?" Superman asked.

"To me you're an annoyance. A flashlight that insists on shining on or near my face, disturbing my night-vision."

"Why the difference?" Flash asked.

"Look, we can talk semantics later," Arrow said. "Can we deal with my city now? I didn't exactly plan on being gone this long and my civilian identity has things to do today. Not to mention, my friends can't cover for me forever."

"I agree," Diana said.

Kaiba nodded. "I'll give you the coordinates, if you can teleport us there."

"What about your friend, there?" Shayera asked, nodding to Marik and hefting her mace significantly. Marik huffed, hackles raised like a stressed out cat.

"He comes with me," Kaiba said. "The Pharaoh can deal with him." Again, Marik shrank back.

"Who is this Pharaoh you keep talking about?" Green Lantern asked. "There hasn't been a Pharaoh in Egypt for years."

"Later," Arrow said. "Flash, are you ready the teleport?"

"Yeah, but who's coming?" Barry stepped up to the computer again and began typing.

"Me," Kaiba said, "the lunatic behind me," Marik growled, "the vigilante, and the telepath."

"I'm coming too," Shayera insisted.

"Fine by me," Arrow agreed.

"I will as well," Diana said.

"No," Batman said. "I have a special job for you." Diana raised an eyebrow in interest but did not argue the choice.

"Me too," Superman said.

"You must be deaf as well as blinding," Kaiba said. Noa, still visible on one of the computer monitors, snickered at the word play. "You're staying here."

"But Lex Luthor-"

"Is a thorn in my side, but a human thorn in my side," Kaiba said firmly. "You can deal with him after we deal with this mess."

"Good idea," Green Lantern said. "I'll keep track of communications up here."

"That makes six the beam down," Flash muttered, typing in the instructions.

"Six?" Arrow asked in confusion.

"You, Kaiba, the lunatic," ignoring Marik's indignant 'hey!', "Hawkgirl, J'onn, and me."

"You?" Arrow said.

Flash dramatically placed a hand over his heart in mock offense. "I was there at the beginning. You really thing you can get rid of me that easily?"

Arrow shook his head in tired amusement. "Fine. Six it is." He looked to Kaiba. "You said you had coordinates?"

Kaiba nodded and walked confidently over to the computer and typed in the latitude and longitude of the Starling City park. "Unless you have another suggestion?"

Arrow blinked, surprised by the concession of power to him, and thought for a moment. "I'd suggest closer to the north side of the lake. The trees can give us some cover."

Kaiba nodded and adjusted the coordinates to account for the slight change in location. "Ready when you are."

"If this is anything like Shaadi's teleports, I think I'm going to be sick," Marik muttered.

"You throw up on me, and I'll show you a Penalty Game you'll never forget," Kaiba threatened to which Marik glowered.

Then they vanished in a familiar flash of light. Batman walked to Wonder Woman and said, "I'd like you to look into this 'Pharaoh' person Kaiba spoke of."

"I'm in the Greek pantheon," Diana said with disapproval, "not the Egyptian."

"Kaiba said something about your gods being copycats," Batman countered. Diana's eyes narrowed in withheld fury. "I think your gods would be interested in hearing that. Maybe they'll know of whoever or whatever this Pharaoh is and why Kaiba thinks what he does about your gods."

Diana nodded thoughtfully. "I'll look into it. I can't guarantee anything."

Batman nodded in understanding. "That's all I'm asking." He turned to Superman who was obviously not happy with the way events turned out. "Clark," he said, gaining the larger man's attention, "a word?"

Superman nodded and followed Batman out of the Control Room while Diana went to prepare for her trip to speak with the Greek pantheon leaving John Stewart to sit alone at a computer screen. He met the computerized eyes watching him curiously from the computer monitor. "Have we met?"

"Not really," Noa said. "I'm Noa, the KaibaCorp mainframe. Long story."

"I've got time," the tall, black man said with a sigh.

Noa grinned sympathetically. "I haven't played a game in a long time. Wanna play?"

"What kind of game?" John asked suspiciously.

"Ever heard of Duel Monsters?"