Hey, dont kill me for the long wait summer is summer and is being evil. Anyhow i give you a really, really long chater a total of 8061 words :D. Also on that note I have not mentioned on the last chapter that this was the next Volume called We Are Human and this would be chapter 2. Okay well have fun and on that note.
I dont own Yu-Gi-Oh! or it's characters, just the OCs and the story. :)
Chapter 2
Arcade Mayhem
Friday October 7th, 2011
"You're in a spikey mood this morning." Nile responded in delight.
"I use to do this hairstyle in the summer to keep myself cool in the heat like today. Ah, the nice forty degree weather of the day." Regan replied looking in her mirror.
The sun was shining in the window reflecting off of her laptop and into the mirror lighting up her. Her bed made and her plain pyjama top and bottoms were thrown on the bed. She wore her school uniform with a white t-shirt instead of the pink jacket, which would suicide in her opinion, but keep it in her bag just in case anyway as the clock struck eight. Her hair placed in a bun with the extremities spiked around her head and her blond streaks left out.
"You know that Mr. Croc is probably going to call you a porcupine, right?" Nile replied sitting on the dresser next to her.
"I doubt it He is probably going to make a remark about me cosplaying Yugi's hair." Regan started to laugh at the thought. "He sure loves to bully the students, but at the same time it is all fun and games to make the day a bit lighter."
Regan walked out of her home to notice her two friends walking across the road, "Hey Yugi, Téa good twenty-five degree morning."
Yugi was wearing the school uniform t-shirt instead of his blue jacket and a black and silver bracelet on each wrist the matched his collar. Téa was also wearing the same white t-shirt as Regan and looked ready to jump into the ocean.
"How do you two manage to have so much energy in such heat that will be in the day?" She asked not looking very comfortable.
"Canada's weather patterns are usually like this. It could be four degrees like it was yesterday and then forty degrees the next like today, so I'm used to it." Regan replied with a cheery smile. She had no issues with the beautiful weather, with humidity.
"DNA," Was all Yugi said and the two girls smiled as they thought of his grandfather. "But, I bet Atem is enjoying the weather."
"No kidding, he was the Pharaoh of Egypt so this heat of the day would probably seem almost normal if not cold." Regan replied as Nile appeared beside her.
"This is fantastic weather." The spirit replied to Yugi and Regan who were the only ones who could notice the spirit's presence.
They continued their journey to school when Regan remembered, "Hey I finally decided to join a club."
Her friends looked at her in surprise. "You did?"
She nodded. "I might as well, sure I'll only have a year and a half of the club, but I don't mind."
"Which club did you join?" Téa asked in curiosity.
"The gymnastics club," She answered and once again she got surprised faces. "What?"
Yugi put on a smile. "I just thought that you may have joined the kendo club, you know the one with wooden swords."
Regan shook her head. "I've always like gymnastics and it would help with any though situations like sword fighting or just regular 'get me out of here' scenario."
"Well we wish you good luck." Téa responded.
The three of them continued in silence as they entered the school grounds. They collected their things from their lockers, switched their shoes to the school slippers and walked up to the classroom. They entered the room and noticed that their friends, Tristan and Joey, were in class early.
"Hey guys." Yugi called to them as they entered.
"Hey Yug, its Friday finally so do you want to go to the arcade tonight?" Joey asked excitedly.
"Don't you and Tristan have mop duty tonight?" Téa questioned.
"When don't we?" Tristan mumbled. "But after clubs or cleaning or whatever Regan does after classes."
"I usually do my homework unlike you two." Regan replied crossing her arms not moving any farther into the classroom. "Besides I decided to join a club."
"You finally decided huh, which one?" Joey asked.
"Gymnastics," Yugi answered.
Regan started to walk to her friends only to be stopped by someone calling her name beside her. She turned toward the sound and saw Mr. Croc next sitting behind his desk holding up the newspaper.
"Ah, good morning Mr. Croc," She said in Japanese bowing slightly towards her teacher.
"Good morning Ms. Heartin." The teacher replied in the same language. "Can I speak with you in the hall for a moment after morning announcements and attendance?"
"Of course sensei,"
"Excellent, oh and you have been accepted as part of the gym team."
"How, I haven't even asked the senior in charge yet?"
"I heard you discussing with yourself yesterday about join the club." Mr. Croc answered and chuckled as Regan face started to blush.
"You heard that huh?"
"Not the first time I've noticed you talking to your guardian."
Regan widen her eyes in surprise, and then she narrowed them in suspicion. "I'll speak with you afterwards." She said in English and turned away before Mr. Croc could respond.
She walked to her seat and was stopped by Yugi searching her face. "What was that about?"
"Nothing really, just going to talk to Mr. Croc after announcement and attendance that he decided to do today." Regan replied innocently in Yugi's language, hiding any emotion on her face and in her eyes.
He continued to search, but with no success and he sighed. "All right, but I'm still here if you want to talk about anything."
Regan didn't react and sat at the edge of her seat. The announcements and the attendance flashed by as she wondered about her conversation with the teacher. 'Why had he mentioned a guardian? Who is the person and how much does he know about Nile? Is he just joking around, or is he working for the demon?'
"Ms. Heartin,"
"Yes, coming." Regan answered in English with her scattered brain everywhere. She got up from her seat and quickly followed the teacher out.
"So what did you want to talk about?" She asked not wanting to hear the answers to her private questions.
Mr. Croc started to scratch the back of his neck in embarrassment and spoke in her language. "Well, I have a friend that needs somebody to hire at the Domino Superstore and was wondering if you would like the job?"
"… A job, isn't that against the rules of the school?"
"Not if the teacher and/or chairman allow it, which in this case both."
Regan became slightly curious. "But I just started in this school with a whole semester missing from my report. Why would you choose me over the entire class let alone have the principal approve?"
"He described the candidate he wanted and I thought you fit the criteria. The chairman or principal as you called him didn't mind, if I thought if it was okay." He replied after a pause.
She sighed to herself mentally, "So this friend of yours, when does he want me in for an interview?"
"There isn't one needed as he saw just how much a hard worker you are when I showed him your studies. How about I meet you at your house at 10am tomorrow and we can meet him in his office?" He suggested holding out his right hand."
"Um… alright, see you tomorrow." Regan answered shaking his hand and they walked back into homeroom.
After classes, Regan found herself in the change room for her first day in the gymnastics club.
"Are you sure this is a good idea to join?" She asked her partner as she changer into a small tight fitting black gym shorts.
"Most Japanese school kids join clubs after school, so I don't see any reason for you not to join one too. You need to have life of your own outside of your defensive, detective life style you have now." Nile responded in the school uniform.
"I guess it would allow me to get use to this school life, outside of studying an entire semester of stuff. Maybe I should go see Seto and see if he can tutor me, because this little before school class is long and boring." Regan replied getting her white gym shirt on.
She placed her other articles in an empty locker and looked at the River's puzzle as it sat on her clothing. "Well I'm off, have fun in here is guess."
"Regan it's not like this is the last time I'll see you. Now go before you're late." Nile answered beside her.
Putting on a smile, Regan locked the locker and left the change room. She walked to the gymnasium and opened the door to find four girls and one male in some sort of cheerleading outfit. The girls wore long sleeved shirts that hooked over their thumbs with a pink hooded t-shirt over top of it. There were blue lines running down the side of the shirt and blue lines out lining the v neck and the sleeves and they had a domino that portrayed a number on it. They had a blue skort and a white belt for fashion. The male had a white t-shirt with a blue undershirt and pink lines he also had a domino on his back that portrayed the number eight. The pants were blue and baggy with the same belt only black.
In front of them were ten males and fifteen females in the gym uniform with the guys having longer and baggier shorts. She walked in silently hopefully not to draw any attention, but was unsuccessful as the door slammed shut, making everyone look in her direction.
"So that's who Professor Croc was-" The blue haired male cheerleader started, but was interrupted by a purple haired female.
"She's perfect."
"Perfect for what," Regan asked in same language they were speaking, Japanese.
The purple haired girl walked towards her and wrapped her arm around Regan's shoulders. "Sweetie, you're going to be a flyer."
"A what,"
"We heard that the new student in class 2-B was thinking about joining the gymnastics club from Professor Croc, when he overheard us talking about needing to find a flyer. He told us that you were the one who sang last week as well as you being small and powerful. And by the looks of you being about a foot shorter than the average guy and six inches shorter than me, he wasn't kidding. So what do you say, join the cheerleading club as well as the gymnastics club?"
"How do I do both?" Regan asked still wondering about Mr. Croc's motives.
"They are one in the same really only cheerleaders get to leave for the main competitions as well as the many sports teams while the gymnasts just do the regular competitions that are never on the same day."
Regan thought about this for approximately point five of a second. "Well if you need a flyer, then you can count me in, but."
"But what," The entire room asked.
"Don't drop me, I'm terrified of hospitals."
The girl chucked beside her, letting her go. "I guess we can make that arrangement. My name's Aki and I am co-leader with Toan the blue haired guy."
"It's good to meet you all."
2 hours later in the change room, alone
"I don't think my legs have tendons or my muscle tissues are attached to my pelvis bone anymore." Regan complained slowly changing into her school cloths.
"Why would you say that?" Nile asked.
"Because they practically managed to make me flexible enough to do the splits in both directions in less than ten minutes before I can to change." She responded to Nile finishing her dressing.
"That bad huh,"
"Well minus that part, I think it was good. I'm a cheerleader and our football players or kick ball or whatever they are called here have game in Tokyo next week. I need to practice the dance and the routine so I don't hurt myself doing all those crazy stunts."
"Well good for you for making the team as well as gaining another." Nile answered with joy.
Regan pulled out a white flag from nowhere and started to wave it. "Yay…"
"It will get easier and less painful after a while."
"Then they will be more dangerous and more accidents." Regan pointed out.
"And where is that sense of adventure that you had going into battle with Dark Matter?"
"Still here…"
"Then use it and be the best you can be."
Regan nodded to her partner and placed on her puzzle. She grabbed her bag and headed out of the change room. She met her friends in homeroom.
"So how did it go?" Téa asked as the five of them left the room.
"My legs don't feel like they are attacked anymore, but besides that amazing and I'm a cheerleader too!"
"That's incredible, only the best can get onto the cheer team. How did you do it?" Tristan questioned with curiosity and the group walked out of the school.
"Well Mr. Croc actually was the mastermind behind me even getting onto the gymnastics team and the cheerleading team. It is strange if you ask me, but I'm letting it go for now." They continued to walk down the street with Joey and Tristan complaining about mop duty with the rest of them laughing about the tales they told.
"So what games are you going to play when we get there?" Joey finally asked changing the subject allowing Yugi, Téa and Regan to breathe.
"Well I still owe you guys a rematch in that racing game because of the black out two weeks ago." Yugi responded happily.
"Wow, two weeks have already gone by since we last went to the arcade. Well that is just plain sad." Tristan remarked.
"Well, I'm going to defend my title on DDR, though I really wanted to play a game or two with Atem." Téa answered sadly. "Speaking of which, where is he?"
"I think he is roaming around this part of town looking for something for Kaiba." Yugi told her.
"Why would he be helping that Rich Boy?" Joey asked in anger/
"He probably asked for something from Seto and in return he had to do something for him." Regan replied in monotone, plain logic.
"Man, sometimes your sarcasm reminds of him, you know that."
"Not until now, but now that you mention it; I'll use it to my advantage and maybe you will do your work." Regan answered grinning evilly towards Joey making him shudder.
"Dammit Regan forget about the singing career, you should be an actress, because at this rate all we have to do is place you in a suit and look another Kaiba!" Joey yelled attracting some by-standing attention.
"I could impersonate you, if you want?"
"Oh, please do." Tristan answered and Regan caught a wink from him.
In her best Brooklyn accent she started up. "Water, ah no problem it is H2O. That is made up of an H and a two and an O."
"Hey that's not me!" Joey said in rage.
"You said that exact answer in science class, today might I add." Regan retorted and continued. "What do you mean that's not the answer? It says it right there, that's the letter H and that's a two and that's – Oh you mean you wanted what it stood for. Then the H is for hydrogen and there is still that two and that O is of oxygen. Hydrogen + 2 +Oxygen = Water. What! That's still not the answer? Of course that's the answer!"
Joey wasn't impressed as they started to laugh. "Yeah, yeah say what you think, but we're here so you can continue outside or you could come in."
The four friends stopped laughing hysterically, continued to chuckle anyway as they walked into the arcade.
Regan stopped with the giggling and looked into the arcade in awe. "Wow, this place is huge!"
"What never been to an arcade before?" Tristan asked.
"Only ones that are in the movie theatres, but there so tiny compare to this."
"Well," Tristan wrapped his arm around her and placed his hand on her shoulder making her lean on him. "Welcome to paradise."
They walked in a bit farther with Regan still under his arm and came up to a counter with a man behind it looking like he rather play then be there.
"Hey Ichi, how are things today?" Tristan asked as the man brightened up.
"Excellent now that you're here. I was getting bored of all the people showing up and not having a care in the world to let me have a bit of play, hey you got a girlfriend?" Ichi asked pointing at Regan.
Tristan laughed. "Maybe, but today she's just a friend that has never been to a real arcade. She just moved from half way across the globe."
"Well then have fun you guys; oh Téa you have opponents waiting at DDR." Ichi replied as he gave them passes for the arcade. "It's on the house tonight."
"Thanks Ichi!" Téa called and ran ahead to meet her opponents.
"Wait, what in the world is DDR?" Joey shouted out suddenly as they walked around showing the new girl in town.
"See, told you two before, the guy's clueless." Tristan remarked and dodged a swing from the blonde. "It's Dance-Dance Revolution, genius."
'You don't look very happy.' Nile appeared sitting on a stool as Joey and Tristan argued back and forth.
'I'm slightly annoyed.' Regan answered mentally.
'Why, you have a strong man holding you tight?'
'Yeah, except I feel more like show and tell. Plus as this fight continues I'm going to be held a little too tight, in this already too tight situation.' Regan replied clenching her jaw.
'Good point.' Nile laughed and disappeared to let her partner solve the issue.
Coming back to reality she looked up at her holder. "Hey Tristan, how about you go play your game against Yugi? But um before you do that could you release me, you're crushing me."
Tristan stopped arguing and turned his attention to her and released his grasped. "Sorry about that."
"Yeah, let's get the rematch over with just in case another blackout or something?" Yugi answered and dragged the two other males away to go against him.
She sighed and silently thanked Yugi for his amazing ability always amazing her. Suddenly, a weird sensation came through her and left her in a world of questions as she felt almost in panic.
"Gah, help-"Somebody called and made her perk up in instinct that as foreign to her.
She looked with that strange instinct and noticed who called and whispered. "Mokuba…"
Regan looked around, Téa was dancing and the three boys were still driving. She thought that maybe back up was a good idea, but disregarded immediately. This was a break from the whole world and they needed it after a whole six months of nothing it was a rush. But then again this is an adjustment for herself too, though the entire week had been quiet so that would have to count as her break from the world and then escape reality when she was done with whoever was messing with Mokuba… why was she so concerned over someone she barely knew? She shook her head and headed towards the back door where he had disappeared. The more she thought the more questions came up, and the more questions came up the more she thought creating a unless cycle that she didn't need at the moment as the sense kicked in again making her move faster out the door.
Outside there was a muffled cry in the gloomy, extremely short ally way. As she got more of a view walking silently through, Regan saw a river like canal hardly creating a currant separating two sides of land, grass on the far side cement on her side there was a wall that outlined that looked like it surrounded the back part of the block. The struggle started up and end eerily quickly on the over side of the river. As she exited her hideout she noticed a large pipe that seemed to be the only way across. It was four feet wide and it went from the ground on the far side to the arcade building beside her. The other thing that caught her attention was a rather large and bulky man that stood about six feet tall and easily 200 pounds. He was wearing some sort of get up like a street punk, but had a white dragon with a knight standing beside it with its blade placed in the dragon's chest with a line starting at the base of the dragon's tale where the sword started on his black, torn off sleeveless shirt and a pair of rusty, ripped jeans.
Regan stepped onto the pipe and walked half way to noticed why the struggling had stopped, the kid was being held by his throat almost two feet off the ground.
"Mokuba Kaiba., I hope you don't mind we take you out for a while." The man said in a bold voice.
Mokuba filled the air with strength and no fear. "We, who is we? Who are you?"
"Just like your brother, asking questions and not knowing your place." The man growled in rage and smashed Mokuba into the wall and clenched his teeth in frustration and started to struggle. "Ah, still determined to fight I see, well I guess I could tell you who I am and who we are. My name is Steve your kidnaper from the group called the Dragon Slayers and we are going to wipe both of you Kaibas out. This will allow us to take over your company that you thought was safe with in your locket with is the key to the complete system."
Regan had had enough of this guy's crazy talk along with the enough information she needed. "Hey Steve put the kid down, that's child abuse."
Steve looked away from Mokuba. "Well you're a pretty girl, but I don't recall you in any of the paperwork of the mission report. Even so, you shouldn't jump into things that are none of your business let alone fights much bigger than you can handle."
"I've gone up against worse."
Mokuba gasped and got the wind out of him as Steve smashed him against the wall again. "Think your tough now, just like this kid here and his big, asshole brother. Steve grinned. "How about you come with me to have some fun tonight?"
Regan cringed in disgust. "You have to ask virgin minors just to get one in bed with you. I guess you're just as pathetic there as your logo is. Like seriously was there any originality in that let me guess it as taking out of a children's book and then photocopied onto your back. Real catchy for even the blind women, yup I can see it now the girls are thinking on how much a loser you are."
"Regan, what are you doing provoking him?" Mokuba asked in pain. "He's dangerous and almost four times your size."
"Yeah and he is four times your size." Regan retorted. "So let me help you make sure this creep and his group don't ever mess with a Kaiba."
"Wait you're a Kaiba too?" Steve asked in shock.
"No," She grinned evilly. "I'm the worst nightmare that you need to get through first."
"Okay I get it now." The large man replied dropping Mokuba which confused both of them. "You work for them. Well that means I'll have more please of defeating you in a hand to hand combat."
Regan pouted. "I wanted to fight in duel monsters though."
"Well I guess that's just too-" Steve started, but saw her change of attitude.
"Fine, I just thought you wanted to take the less painful road."
Steve growled in frustration. "Get down here and face me!"
Regan walked off the pipe and watched Steve charge towards her. Dealing with Dark Matter may have been a week ago, but Steve's moves were slow compare to the demon. She stepped aside easily and watched him run into the pipe.
"You may be big, but you are clumsy and slow." Mokuba cheered as Steve dragged his body off of the pipe.
"You won't be so tough when I get my hands on her!"
The angry man came charging again and Regan took note that he was noting her first dodge. He tried to grab for the sides of the girl, but she ducked and curled up in a ball making Steve trip over her and landing on his face. In the background as she stood up she could hear the giggles coming from the thirteen year old.
Steve grunted in rage. "Oh you think that is funny kid? Well take some of this!" Steve started after Mokuba and tried to grab him.
Another sense rushed through Regan and she was acting before she even knew what she was doing. Steve's face went from anger and success to a confused and bewildered at the sight of his catch. "How you moved to defend this punk like it was the only thing in this world that mattered was incredible. How could a worker like you have such devotion to someone like him?"
"Pure instinct I suppose, but you broke the rules." Regan answered feeling the brute's hand easily wrapped around her throat, slightly tightening. She felt herself being lifted off the ground as she grabbed onto Steve's arm to ease the pain that started to form in her neck as she stared into Steve's eyes not backing down.
"What was that?" Steve asked with an evil grin.
Regan ignored the threatening tone and glared with and hint of an aura pulse to tell this man that she was not someone that he wanted to play with. "You broke the rules." She whispered in anger, barely as the grip tightened.
"There were no rules."
"There are always rules and you knew it when you went after Mokuba. This was a one on one fight like you said before and you broke the rules to your own game."
"Those eyes, the same color and intensity as his eyes that I have come to known to destroy such a face. Who the hell are you?" Steve asked as he shuddered as if he was going through memories.
"The same eyes of whom," She questioned and could sense Mokuba in the same confused state.
"Stop fucking with me!" Steve yelled. "You have the same eyes as the man, Seto Kaiba!"
Regan blinked in surprised and caught Mokuba trying to see but avoid the attention of the man. "Last time I check my eye color was green."
"They were and even then they still had the same traits, but now they are exactly like his, they are blue. Did your contacts fall out or something?" Steve continued to question and showed no sign of getting tired of holding a hundred pounds out in front of him.
"I don't own contacts, I don't even have glasses. Are you high or do you have a serious problem with an eye obsessive compulsive disorder?" Regan asked starting to dig her nails into the skin of the arm that held her.
"Ah Regan they are blue… actually remembering from last week they were also blue in that battle. Are you using that ability right now?" Mokuba asked sort of chilling on the right hand side of Steve where his arm was a little busy.
"Ability, what are you talking about?" Steve questions and tried to grab Mokuba in his left hand, but failed miserably as the kid moved out of the reach from the cross grab and then move behind Regan again out of sight.
"Well, I'm a little less freaked out." She glared even deadlier at the man and tried to concentrate on her ability, though she had yet to succeed in actually doing anything that wasn't an emotion wave.
"Ha, you guys almost had me fooled, but there is no real threat anymore. I guess this job is done one little twitch and then I can deal with the twerp." Steve went back to his evil grin. "Yes a play toy tonight, I'm excited."
Regan felt the sudden grip become extremely tight as it blocked her wind pipe. Panicked set in as and reaction came into action as she kicked at the beast and got a good hit as the grip loosened again.
Steve growled in pain and in anger threw the girl past Mokuba and into the wall. Regan screeched as she hit it and felt the wall crack under the pressure and a rushing pain entered her head as the corners of her sight started to go black.
Seto Kaiba was working peacefully as a CEO could work when he instinctually stopped working and tried to figure out why he felt he did. There was some sort of feeling or thought that enter him. He interpreted it was a distress Mokuba sent to him during all the weird days back when everything jumbled on top of each other. That simple jolt made him tingle. Quickly picking up the phone and dialed the cell he had given that man.
~Hello~
`Destiny` The CEO cringed into the phone as a panic jolt ran through his body.
~Kaiba, I would appreciate if you called me by my name, pharaoh, Yami or even Muto if you wish and change it on your system; that "family name" is ridiculous.~
`Whatever-` Kaiba started and then a painful gasped escaped loudly as a new sensation went through his body.
~Kaiba, what's wrong!~
`I think Mokuba is in trouble at the arcade.` Kaiba tried to say calmly as a pulsing headache came into play.
~Got it, I'm on my way now!~
Kaiba heard the phone click on the other end and hung up the phone in wonder. What was that last feeling he could not place.
Mokuba ran to Regan as bits of the wall splattered on a semi-conscious body as it slumped into a strange sitting position. "Come on Regan, get up."
"Urg, my head," Regan grunted in pain.
She tried to get up, but fell again as she received vertigo. In her ears she could hear the chuckling of the crazy man.
"Good night Regan, you better be happy that you aren't related to Kaiba, because your life would have to come to an end." Steve told her and stared to laugh.
Regan closed her eyes in frustration. Mokuba was in danger, she was in danger and the only thing stopping her is the weird vibe and another strange vibe that had a different signature bouncing in her brain making her unable to do anything.
"Stay away, you freak. You heard what Regan said earlier, you broke the rules and I can assure you that they won't go unpunished." Mokuba said with a brave voice that sent some sense into the vibe filled mind of hers as she tried sorting through the mess.
"Oh well, the only thing that girl going to do is going to the hospital after a night of fun."
The sentence didn't make any sense until the vibes stopped for a split second as fear took place. 'A HOSPITAL!' Her mind yelled clearing it out. A simple, but strong sensation entered again in her body again as Mokuba screamed. Her puzzle activated just as Steve was almost on top of Mokuba.
"Ah, Regan!" The two males yelled at the same time after a second when she front flipped in front of Mokuba blocking Steve's attack.
"Life has many sets of rules. There are some that are meant to be broken," Nile replied continuing Steve's power flow into her own defence and flipped him on his back on the ground. "And then there are rules that are not. You went after Mokuba when the fight consisted of you and me, you broke the rules of the game and you will be punished."
The brute stood up. "You're not the same as before…"
"No I was angry, now I'm pissed."
They collided again and in result Steve was thrown over Nile's shoulder just missing Mokuba and landed with a loud grunt. Slowly getting up Steve came up much lower like a football tackle. Nile stretched her leg to kick in a counter, when she remembered the cheerleading practice as pain shot through her body. Steve took the advantage and shoved her against the wall. Dazed slightly as Regan tried to take most of the damage and pain that they were being dealt; Nile barely moved out of the way of a wall crushing punch.
'Hey this is the random update of status, how about you end this now. My body can't take much more of this.' Regan told Nile.
'I would love to, but how?'
'Call me crazy, but you would have more of an advantage if he was in the canal.'
Nile grinned, 'Excellent thought for someone that is dealing with those strange vibes along with the injuries.'
'Ah no problem, this is a one body being shared there's no point of you dealing with the damage I placed already. Okay goodnight.'
'Regan, stay with me.' Nile panicked.
'I'll try but you got no more than two minutes at max.'
Nile clumsy moved towards the canal dodging another fist.
"You can't keep avoiding the end result, you aren't going to last too much longer." Steve laughed evilly.
"If I can out last your end, then that's all that counts." Nile retorted stepping aside of Steve tackle at the edge of the canal.
Together Nile and Regan placed their power into the last attack, a power kick to his back making him lose his balance on the edge. Steve started to fall into the water, but the victory was shorted as he grabbed the puzzle that hung around their neck. Nile jerked backwards to regain her balance and brace the extra weight holding on.
"Now how are you going to get out of this?"
"Yugi, hey Yugi are you there?" Joey asked breaking Yugi out of his thought.
Yugi shook his head. "No, there is something wrong."
"Now that you mention it, I do feel like there is something wrong." Tristan replied.
"Have any of you guys seen Regan?" Téa asked walking towards them.
The three boys shook their heads in response and then something clicked. "Regan!"
The arcade was filled, but all of them new knew she wasn't in it. Someone rushed by catching Yugi's attention. "Atem, where are you going?"
The pharaoh stopped and turned to them. "Kaiba called me and told me Mokuba is in danger behind the arcade."
"When did he call you?" Tristan asked.
"The second time, no more than ten seconds ago."
"That's must be where Regan is." Téa suggested and the five of them ran out the back door.
Nile growled.
"Can't think of a solution can you? Well here's one." Steve taunted.
'Watch out!" Regan shouted beside her at the same time Mokuba did, but it was pointless.
Steve's attack came in her blind spot with a kick to the side of her head and neck area, blocking the blood flow to the brain for a split second making Nile lose conscious. Steve lost his balance at the same time letting the puzzle go which allowed the full energy of the kick to be placed. Regan came back in charge, but with no effect as the force of the kick made her hit her forehead on the other side of the canal in the water. The water temperature was dramatic to the temperature of her body making it seized all muscle function as it sank to the bottom. Regan sight became black as she felt her lungs starting to burst with the need to breath. There was a loud sound as something entered the water and she felt something grab her letting her breath go.
Yugi dove into the water as soon as Mokuba told them Regan and a guy named Steve fell in about thirty seconds ago. The water was freezing and almost blurred his task. He swam with his eyes open and found Regan not moving with closed eyes and another guy starting to swim towards her, but was a really good distance away. Yugi quickly gathered the girl in one arm and caught an evil glare from the approaching man. Taking note the he wasn't a good person, Yugi panicked a bit and kicked off the bottom jetting towards the surface. He broke through to be welcomed with arms to help him and the girl that was barely conscious out of the water, as they started to get Regan out of the water, a hand gutted out of the water and grabbed onto her leg breaking Regan out of her sluggish state into complete alarm.
A head followed the hand with a very evil and snarky grin. "I think I won so, I'll be taking my prize now."
Yugi tried to tackle the man in the water, but was pushed away to the other side of the canal with easy as Regan was being tugged along with Atem, Joey, Téa, and Tristan towards the water.
Regan looked furious as she noticed what was actually happening and Yugi noticed her eyes went from green to royal blue as they burned holes into the man. "No, this ends now!"
With a blast of an unknown aura wave she kicked the man once in the face and he let go. Someone grabbed Yugi under his arms and quickly raised him out of the water and watched as the current became incredibly powerful washing the crazy guy away unconscious from Regan's attack.
There was a small whisper in his head that was also caught by Atem. 'There Nile, we won.'
Yugi joined Regan on the other side where Mokuba had been when they arrived and made sure that the guy was gone.
"Who was that?" Joey asked letting Regan have some space as she coughed out water sitting in her knelling position and hands clenching the grass.
"That was Steve." Mokuba answered and Yugi turned to him as he eyed Atem and Tea kneeling beside Regan.
When she stopped coughing up water Yugi asked, "Regan, are you going to be okay?"
"I- I think so. Where did the current come from?" Regan asked in a shaky breath.
"That would be the help of hero Ichi and his amazing powers to play with buttons and his ability to bring everything needed for a half drowned kitten." Ichi announced his presence with a medical kit, blankets, and an uplifting atmosphere.
"I feel like a half drowned kitten that was hit by a hurricane and a tornado."
"What happened to the wall?" Tristan asked observing the much damaged wall.
"Walls don't like us." Mokuba answered as Regan started up another coughing fit.
Ichi brought the supplies over and handed a blanket to Téa and wrapped it around Regan's shoulders. Yugi grabbed the towel that Ichi had instead of the other and started to dry himself off. Tea along with the help of Atem placed Regan back on her feet. She started to sway towards Atem and caught her and allowed her to lean on him. Yugi stopped what he was doing and watch Atem place his hand on her forehead for a fever and quickly whipped it away with it covered in blood.
Tea gasped, "What happened to you?"
There wasn't an answer as they lowered themselves to the ground a bit and Yugi saw that Regan was sleeping on Atem with her head on his lap. Mokuba told the story of what happened and during that time Téa started to bandage up the wound on her forehead.
"Kaiba said that you were hurt with that family connection, but if you weren't hurt, why did he sense pain?" Atem asked in confusion.
Mokuba shook his head.
"It could have been the River's Puzzle sending out a signal." Regan muttered and started to get on her feet again with the help of the two helpers.
"Well I guess that makes sense, Kaiba was a priest in ancient Egypt." Yugi stated.
"Are you ever going to learn?" Téa demanded in almost a yell at the girl in front of her that seemed to be awake from the regenerating cat nap.
"Learn what?" Regan asked in confusion.
"Are you ever going to learn not to go and fight on your own? That guy was huge and almost killed you, twice-"
"I know Téa!" Regan interrupted looking at the ground. "I know that I shouldn't especially when I don't know who I'm fighting; I just had a major instinct that was completely foreign and followed it to find Mokuba in trouble. I'm sorry for not asking for help."
Téa punched Regan's left shoulder that had reopened during the fight, dying the white shirt red.
"Ouch!"
"Okay, I forgive you."
Yugi and the rest of the group were stunned by Téa actions. Joey didn't last long as he walked over to Yugi and pulled off his shirt.
"Ah, hey!" Yugi yelled trying to get his shirt back, but joey threw it to Tristan and ticked.
"Yugi, you'll catch a cold wearing a wet clothing."
"But aren't we all wearing wet shirts at minimum?" Ichi asked.
"Well, I guess we all have to take off our shirts, because we don't want to catch colds." Tristan announced with a grin. Joey, Tristan and Ichi took off their shirts.
"Come on pharaoh you're alive too, which means you can get sick so off it goes." Joey said.
Before Atem could reply Joey and Tristan took off his shirt.
"Um, ah…"Regan and Téa looked at the innocent with blushing faces.
"What about you, Mokuba?" Joey asked with tingly fingers.
"No thanks I'm quite dry."
"Joey what are you trying to do?" Yugi asked as he stopped getting his shirt in annoyance crossing his arms.
Joey ignored him. "Téa, Regan is definitely wet are you?"
Téa answered with a punch in the face to the blonde. "Wheeler, I am dry enough because of the heat and if you lay a hand on one of us, you will never play duel monsters again."
She started to push away Regan who seemed to be dazed. "Come on, we are finishing this away from the horny freaks."
The girls walked into the building leaving the boys on their own.
"What was that about?" Ichi asked like he didn't have a clue.
"What do you mean, what was that about? You pretty much asked them to undress themselves in front of us." Mokuba replied with frustration.
"Oh, so that's what it was about."
"Ichi." Yugi shook his head in shame while Atem face-palmed himself. "Can we have our shirts back and go inside, I'm not sure how long our skin will last in the heat?"
"Ah…" Tristan and joey replied as they started to notice the sun's rays.
They gave back Yugi's and Atem's shirts and placed their own shirts back on noting that all the shirts were pretty much dry.
Kaiba picked up the ringing phone. `Hello this is Seto Kaiba speaking.`
~It's your lovely Rescue Hero, Mokuba is fine and out of harm's way, because of Regan.~
`Regan… what was she doing there?`
~Well with that lovely instinct that you received according to her, she had a couple and went to Mokuba's rescue before he could be hurt and taken. Kind of strange, how you and Regan both had the same instincts about Mokuba. It has also accrued to me that you somehow sensed Regan being attacked and injured while she sensed you stressing over it during the fight.~
Kaiba sighed in relief then perked up in attention. `That was Regan, but how?`
~I don't know maybe it was a connection that Nile picked up and sent it to a priest of her court, or it has something you wanted me to check out and pick up without anyone noticing.~
`Who tried to kidnap Mokuba this time.` Kaiba asked quickly changing the subject.
~A group called the Dragon Slayers, have you ever heard of them?~
The CEO paused thinking on how much he wanted to the ancient Pharaoh. `Yes, I have. They were the ones that called me away last week at such a time in the morning.`
~Kaiba, if there is something that needs taken care of-~
`No, you've done enough already come and get what you wanted before I change my mind.` Kaiba hung up the phone before Atem's request was an idea.
Regan followed Téa out of the bathroom wearing her gym cloths and was bandaged up on her forehead and her infinity wound plus she was clean and dry.
"Boys will never change." Téa grumbled as Atem hung up the phone from across the room. They eyed him as he went to a fool's ball table with five other males around it.
Regan giggled. "You enjoyed seeing Atem without his shirt on, didn't you?"
"Ah, what are you talking about?" Téa asked in confusion.
"I saw you checking him out, those muscles on him must have definitely sent something because you're blushing."
Téa snapped. "You fell asleep on him."
Regan pointed at the puzzle. "We, meaning Nile and I both were exhausted on top of that, Atem is Nile's brother so of course her instinct of feeling safe overrode my ability to stay awake."
"Okay then," Téa grinned evilly. "What about when Joey took off Yugi's shirt, your little aura pulse thing you had going on pulsed telling me everything."
Regan blushed.
"Exactly, but don't worry I doubt anyone felt it besides me. Girls are sensitive like that. But I could go over and-"
"Don't even think about it. I have Atem in the palm of my hand just as you have Yugi, so let's play a game against them and see how long it takes them to figure it out, but no super huge hints." Regan whispered evilly.
Téa giggled. "Yeah that is a good game, Mrs. Muto."
"Mrs. Mu-" Mokuba started in confusion as Regan dashed and covered his mouth before he could finish. The kid licked her hand.
"Ew, that's gross!"
"Looks like you don't have a concussion and are wide awake, that's good." Mokuba replied and lead the way to the table match between Joey and Yugi versus Tristan and Ichi.
"Hey, I wondering for Seto 19th birthday, if you would like to come over and celebrate it."
Everyone paused and looked at the kid. "What?"
"Do I have to repeat myself?"
"No not at all it was just out of the blue." Yugi responded for everyone.
"Why are you inviting us?" Joey asked with suspicion.
"So he would have to take the day off work and have a bit of fun, that's why." Mokuba insisted.
"Oh, so it's not Death T or anything along those lines? Tristan asked and shivered behind Atem when Mokuba glared at him in response.
"Cool, I have been meaning to get a chance to talk to Seto and get to know him a bit better." Regan replied cheerfully. "So when is it?"
"It's on the 11th, this Tuesday at my house."
"Alright we'll be there right after school."
"Ah man, I can't be there. I have to work at the Domino Superstore that night." Ichi complained.
'Kind of strange how Ichi works at the same place you are about to start at?' Nile asked though she didn't give any form around the room.
'Not really, I'm glad he is does, now I know someone there.' Regan responded looking at her puzzle.
"Well I don't know about you gentlemen, but I'm wide awake and would like to challenge someone in some billiards with one of you so I can get my Friday night a good start." She challenged with a daring grin.
"I'll take you on." Tristan answered the challenge and walked with Regan to the pool table section.
As the groups played their games, Atem walked out into the night and back to Kaiba Corp.
What did Kaiba want Atem to do for him? And what did Atem want from Kaiba?
Okay little notes for people who don't live in Japan, cause I don't and had to do a lot of research :P
Japanese schools start in April when it's spring time and a time for new beginnings. They have three semesters that go from April to around a week before the end of July, then from September to December, and then the final semester is from January to March. Just wanted to clear that up on how Regan was missing an entire semester of things when it seems normal for a North American kid to start a transfer to a different school in September.
On another note, most of the time Regan is speaking her native tongue, but on occasion like speaking to Mr. Croc she will speak in Japanese. ^_^
I love playing with you guys as you try to figure out the many riddles placed in here that are usually placed as if they are just there, like the phone call Kaiba had when he delivered the duel disk. Every detail is placed for a reason, if you know what you are doing you can figure out the answer to the many riddles I have placed among the story, the only question is, where are they? :P
Do you except the challenge?
Review please, cause I know you are out there. :)