Random Talk: I finished my other fic and I know what I'm doing for this one! That means I can focus on this one. Only problem is that classes started. That just means updates will be slow.

The first part of this chapter is just pure comedy. Feel free to skip it since there isn't much involved.

"speak" Heero talking to Kaiba (mentally)

"speak" Kaiba talking to Heero (mentally)

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Chapter 9: Of Harpies and Shadows

The room was silent at those words. Heero was frozen in his spot; Duo suspected it was out of fear. After all these years there was only one thing that scared Heero Yuy, and that was the pink menace that was just on the other side of the door. Zechs groaned at the thought of dealing with his sister, who he loved very much but only in small doses. Katsuya looked around at the ex-Gundam pilots trying to figure out if something was wrong.

"I guess it was a mistake in thinking she was a friend of yours?" Katsuya nervously asked. "Because I thought you would like it if she cheered you guys on."

"Please tell me you got the restraining order," WuFei demanded at Duo.

"They wouldn't take it!" Duo answered. "They just laughed saying why would the Queen of the World stalk some random person!"

"Heero, you're awfully quite," Quatre said. "Normally you try to talk her away by now." Heero closed his eyes, confusing almost everyone. When he opened them, he blinked rapidly as if in confusion.

"Oh hell no! I'm not dealing with her!" Heero yelled, at least they thought it was him. The resulting one sided argument said otherwise. "I've put up with her throughout the war, I'm not dealing with her a second longer! What do you mean it's my fault? Yes, you couldn't kill her! She did help in the end, did she not? No, you may not kill her now! That would count as murder and not a casualty."

"Oh, how I missed these one-sided talks!" Katsuya laughed. "Seto, dear, just work your charm."

Heero, or as everyone now knew was Kaiba, glared at Katsuya before walking towards the door. He sighed trying to compose himself before opening the door. As soon as the door was open wide enough, he got an armful of a person in a sky blue sun dress. She smiled at the brunet, to which she got no response. That just made her giggle, and did that make Kaiba want to allow Heero to actually kill Relena at that moment. He hated girls like her.

"Oh Heero! As soon as I saw the others dueling, I knew you were here!" Relena gushed. "I'm still mad you haven't tried to call me, but I forgive you!"

"Ah, must interrupt you. You see, I'm not this Heero you think I am," Kaiba said with a charming smile, quickly coming up with a story that would torment Heero as well. "I am Seto, Heero Yuy's twin brother. We were separated at birth and was only brought together due to a DNA test I took to find out if I had any family. I work for the Preventers as well."

"Oh," Relena said, thinking about what was said. "B-but you look so much like him! Even your eyes are exactly the same!"

"Twins, remember?" Kaiba said, trying not to strangle the girl for how stupid she could be. She only met Heero a handful of times, the rest was him since Heero refused to deal with the liability. Even he could tell the difference when it was Yuugi and when it was the Pharaoh, even if he wouldn't admit it that it was possible.

"I-I guess… Why are you here and not Heero then?" Relena asked. The others froze knowing they could easily be caught if the right thing wasn't said.

"Heero was needed on another mission, so they requested me to fulfil his duties," Kaiba answered, getting tired of this. "Now how did you find us? We are on a mission after all."

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Relena blushed before pointing towards Duo. "I just followed him here since he always knows where Heero is."

Duo cursed at that while receiving a glare from WuFei. He was getting rusty if Relena could follow him without noticing. Maybe taking more missions wouldn't be a bad idea. Heero has been itching to take more on, but refused to because they weren't any solo missions available. While he would rather die first than admit it, but him and Duo worked together the best.

"Ah, I see," Kaiba hummed, leading Relena back to the door. "If you would please leave as we do have a mission to review."

Relena nodded numbly by how nice this Heero look-alike was. As soon as the door was closed signaling Relena's departure, Kaiba glared at Duo. Duo was actually nervous from this death glare for some reason.

"Give him a break," Jonouchi sighed. "I was the one to invite her in the first place. Whoa! Now put down the metal card of death!"

"You could have put this mission at risk, you idiot!" Kaiba yelled before tossing the metal Duel Monster card in frustration. He sighed before grabbing Heero's denim jacket. "You handle the mission brief. It's taking all my strength to not let Heero shoot the mutt." With that, he left the room. Shocked and puzzled expressions were on everyone's face that remained.

"Heh, haven't heard that insult in a while," Jonouchi laughed nervously. He sighed as he ran his hand through his hair. "Yeah, I messed up."

To say Kaiba was upset was an understatement. His rage plus Heero's just made it dangerous to be around with anyone. Not to mention the added stress of pretty much everything was revealed to Heero's friends.

"If they're my friends, they're your friends as well," Heero thought.

"I know," Kaiba thought back, sighing for real. "Shit, Jonouchi doesn't think sometimes. He really could have put us in danger."

"Last name? You must be mad," Heero attempted to make a joke.

"Of course I am! If we were still together, he would be sleeping on the couch." Heero actually laughed at that.

"Where are we going anyway?"

"Someplace I can relax."

"Arcade then."

Kaiba smiled at that. Back in his time, only Mokuba really understood him. Jonouchi kind of towards the end, but it was nothing like his younger brother. It was nice to have someone who understood him completely even if the person was in his head.

Through their mental conversation, neither one noticed the person following them. It was only when they stopped talking did they realized that someone was tailing them. Heero practically cursed himself for not noticing it sooner. Kaiba on the other hand was curious as to why someone was following them. He stopped and turned around to see a tall man with purple-blue hair tied into a ponytail.

"Can I help you?" Kaiba asked, glaring at the other person.

"Yeah, I was wondering if I could talk to you alone," the man said with a smirk. He leaned forward and lowered his voice so only Kaiba could hear. "See, I know about the Neo Rare Hunters and I thought you might want to know what I know."

Kaiba froze at those words. Both him and Heero had a feeling it was a trap. The guy was giving off a strange aura that made them warry of him. While it was possible either one could handle him, Kaiba would have a problem if there was an ambush. Heero on the other hand had a better chance of surviving one.

"Heero, take over."

Heero just hummed in agreement before taking over their body. During the switch, neither noticed the grin the man had.

Quatre sighed as he rubbed his head for who knows how many times. Right now, everyone remaining was watching video footage from every camera in the building along with the area outside. All except Jonouchi that is who was busy arguing with the AI on the computer. It was evident to most in the room that Wufei was trying not to kill the blond from the past.

They already got past how Noa was still around. Evidently Kaiba's little brother found him on one of their servers and begged Kaiba to keep him around. Turns out it was a good thing as Noa was useful to Kaiba in various ways, like keeping out hackers and talking to Mokuba as another big brother. While Noa was supposed to help them with viewing the footage, nothing was getting done.

"Why should we even trust you? You teamed up with those goons to take over our bodies!" Jonouchi yelled.

"What kind of time did you live in?" Duo asked with a weird look. Taking over people's bodies? How was that even possible?

"You know those VR pods at Kaiba Land?" Noa asked, not waiting for an answer. "There are only a few lines of code that prevent me from taking over someone's body. Long story for another time. I think I found something. I found this guy watching Kaibaman's duels and getting in contact with suspected Neo Rare Hunters." An image on the screen changed from Noa to a still image of a man with purple hair tied in a pony-tail. Jonouchi suddenly cursed as soon as he realized who it was.

"He got reincarnated?" Jonouchi practically yelled. "Of all the people-"

"Care to share who he is?" Zechs interrupted. "At least who he was?"

"Back in my time, I did a really stupid thing and joined a street gang," Jonouchi sighed as he ran a hand through his hair. "His past self was the leader of it. Never thought I would see Hirutani again…"

There was a knock at the door that interrupted their conversation. They were confused since Heero, or Kaiba depending on who was in control, would just walk in. Cautiously, Trowa went to open the door with gun in hand.

On the other side was a tall man, probably a teenager, that looked like Kaiba did before his shower only with dual green hair. He wore a white Chinese motif outfit with purple trim. In fact, he looked like an older version of Noa from the computer.

"Excuse me, I'm looking for Jonouchi-san," the teen said, ignoring the gun.

"Hey Noa!" Jonouchi said, signaling for the other to come in. Quatre closed the laptop that had the AI as not to startle the other.

"I was just wondering if you have seen my little brother," Noa asked.

"Wait, Mokuba's missing? This is starting to sound familiar…"

Heero was panting from the exertion of all the fighting. Just as they thought, the man led them to a trap. Waiting for them at the warehouse was what they suspected was a street gang. Thanks to sparing with Duo, Heero was able to handle them but there was just so many. The man that led them there just sat back and smiled as he watched the whole thing.

"Just as expected of the great Heero Yuy!" the man said clapping. "The problem is you're not the one we want to talk to. Yo, bring out the brat!" He signaled with his hand to someone in the shadows. Now that it was silent and nothing else was going on, they could hear what they assume was a kid yelling.

"Let me go!" the kid yelled as he was dragged out from the shadows by a random thug. The kid wore a white Chinese motif outfit with gold trim. He had long black hair with gray eyes. His hands were tied up as well. Without warning, Kaiba took over.

"Mokuba!"

Random Talk: Things are moving faster than I thought it would. I wasn't expecting this to happen until a few chapters. But, that's just how it wrote itself!

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Rubai-chan, over and out!