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Taking a wary step back, he whipped his head up to stare at the
steps and saw Mokuba shouting something he couldn't hear. Behind his little brother, Seto could see people frantically rushing around in barely
controlled panic.

"....OUT OF...!!!" before exploding into showers of sparking debris as energy arced up from the holographic projectors and danced across the street.

He turned and ran, but it was too late. He never saw glaring energy
beams that lanced out of the projectors and sent him flying into the
wall near the creater.
Reno's head snapped around, glaring at Seto with concern. Usually he wouldn't bother with him, but this time was different. He had no idea where he was, just letting one member go could cost a lot.
Pushing Yuffie forward he ordered for them to run as far away as possible,
turning back and heading for Seto.
'Idiot! What dya think you're doing!?' Reaching down he grabbed harshly onto his shirt, 'its gonna erupt and you're playing cards?'
Even as Kaiba crumpled to the floor in a limp, smouldering heap, more
white beams shot out, locking onto the three Blue Eyes. Two of the
holographic images wavered, then disintegrated into digital confetti.
But instead of vanishing like the others, the third Blue Eyes
lingered, flinging its head up and roaring furiously. It grew
brighter and brighter, like a blue-white star.

Unable to face the increasing glare, Mokuba and the others on the street instinctively turned away to shield their eyes. But even with their backs turned and their eyes closed, they could feel the steadily intensifying energy as it made their skin crawl and their hairs stand on end. The howl of overloaded equipment (such as the duel disks) grew louder and louder, until it became a roaring scream that rattled their very bones....

And then, suddenly, it all vanished.

There had been no explosion. It was as if the energy had suddenly...
evaporated. The street was silent, except for their heavy breathing
and the subdued snap, crackle, and pop of burnt out equipment. (duel disks)

Mokuba was the first to move. He scrambled to his feet and peered
fearfully around the street. Enough lights were working to allow him to see the charred, motionless figure of his brother lying on the street. Ignoring the shouts and warnings of the people, Mokuba bolted towards his brother.

(Seto!!!)
((i think we'll wait for the others before erupting the crater or whatever))

Reno leaned back, letting out a long sigh. Blinded for a moment by the light he had no idea what had happened, partially believing the crater had erupted. Almost as an instinct he had let go of Seto and moved away from him, but now it was over he couldn't find him anywhere.
'Ey Kid?'

((kind of..short...sorry))
The first thing he noticed was the pain. He hurt all over, as if his body was one single massive, agonizing cramp. He could only lay there, gasping and fighting the urge to whimper -- not from the sheer physical misery, but from something infinitely more frightening.

Something was wrong with his head. No, inside his head....

He felt strangely disjointed, almost as if some vital part of himself... no, the very essence of his SOUL... had somehow become separated from the rest of Seto Kaiba.

(....no... don't... won't... believe... old souls... damn... so hard... can't... think...!)

It was this newly awakened part of his soul who saw the wrongness trying to grow inside him like some abhorent cancer. He could almost believe that his true soul had somehow recognized that wrongness as being alien, as being not-Seto, and therefore rejected and loathed the intruding presence with a terrible, primal ferocity.

"Nii-sama!!!" (Big Brother)

He responded instinctively to that familiar cherished voice, or at least he tried to. The fear and anguish in that voice gave him the strength to open his eyes and lift his head ever so slightly. He tried to speak, to call out, but all that came from his throat was a hoarse croak.

(....stop... don't come... closer... too... dangerous... here....)

"Seto!!!" His brother's voice sounded even more desperate, more frantic.

The relief he felt at Mokuba's appearance was almost immediately blotted out by a sudden, overwhelming sense of vertigo and dread as Mokuba's appearance seemed to jolt that wrongness in his head to life....

He dry-heaved, his body reflecting his utter mental revulsion at the vile thoughts and ideas that were trying to insinuate themselves into his brain. But they weren't HIS thoughts, his ideas. He *knew* that-- instinctively, clearly, absolutely. He clung ferociously to that soul-deep certainty even as the precise details faded away into the steadily encrouching mental darkness.

The floor beneath him suddenly quivered as he heard/felt an explosion. The noise of shifting, tearing metal made him look upward just in time to see several of the ceiling beams start to give way....That used to be the KaibaCorp building.

....with Mokuba, Rena, and Reno standing directly underneath the cascade of falling debris.

Ignoring the pain, he somehow managed to force his uncooperative body to its knees, but no matter how much he raged inside his mind, his body could simply go no further. Unable to move, unable to even shout out a warning, he could only watch in horror as the heavy steel beams tumbled downard. They seemed to take their own sweet time falling, as if to mock his complete helplessness.

He desperately flung out his hand and lunged -- or rather toppled --forward, knowing all the while that his utmost effort was utterly futile. The sight of Mokuba's loving, frantically worried expression was like a knife in his heart. Oblivious to his own danger, Mokuba was only intent on trying to help his brother. The other one he wasn't sure what he was doing.

Every other thought and emotion faded from his mind, leaving behind only one simple, elemental instinct -- to protect Mokuba, as well as the other man.

And even though he could feel the blood from internal injuries flooding his mouth, he somehow managed to choke out his brother's name as he desperately groped for the strength to save his brother.

"MOKUBAAAA....!!!"

But suddenly, the silvery white gleam of scales swept along his outstretched arm, down his body, over his neck and face....

....razor-edged claws sprouted from straining fingers....
....huge gleaming wings erupted into the air....
....and Seto Kaiba's voice suddenly became a bone-rattling scream of
fury.
He heard a soft creaking above his head, glancing to see the metal beams give way. Quickly he moved aside, moving harshly into Mokuba and pulling them both to the ground. The metal beam collapsed two metres from them, creating a loud noise that echoed through the room.
's**t.'


Yuffie froze, glaring back the way she'd came. Everything was hidden behind a wall of dust and rubble- the aftermath of the metal beam. She frowned, hands dropping to her sides. They had gotten her to safety, and now...who knows what might have happened. She didn't really know the others, although as quickly as it had come her hatred for Reno left. He had saved her and put himself in danger.
Mokuba flinched involuntarily as smoke started to fill the street, he saw his brother struggling to get up. All that blood, and Seto was losing more every time he tried to move....

"Don't! You're only going make your injuries wors...."

But Mokuba's voice abruptly trailed off when he saw the expression on
his big brother's face -- one he never imagined that he would see.

It was a look of stark panic and horror.

He saw Seto reaching out to him and he instinctively responded by running toward his brother. But Mokuba had only taken two steps when
he heard the screech of bending, tearing metal overhead. He jerked
his head up and saw a huge chunk of ceiling falling directly toward
him, jus like Rena and Rude had saw. Now he knew what had put that expression of fear and shock on his brother's face.

No time to run away. No place to run to. And even if they could, he
wouldn't, because there was no way in hell that he was going to leave Seto alone to die.

So instead of trying to run back, he ran forward.
Toward his brother.

As tons of rubble fell on them, Mokuba thought he heard/sensed a familiar, defiant roar. The last thing he knew was a great shimmering
whiteness surrounding him, sheltering and protecting him and the two strangers just as his big brother always had.

And it was both fierce and kind, terrible and beautiful.
After the beam had fallen, everything fell still. Reno began breathing deeply, his dark blue jacket almost white with plaster. He was well aware of the protection given, and very thankful because of it.
Here, there was no Shinra, or AVALANCHE, or anyone else for that matter to tell him what to do. And for that moment he didn't care, as long as he was alive.

'...Mokuba...' He was hoping, seeing as Mokuba and Seto both seemed to know quite a bit about the world, that he could help get them back. 'Where is this?'
Yugi and the others had gotten word that something had happen at KaibaCorp and they ran to see what had happen. (Lets just say that the street gave way and they fell down into one of the the Tests Labs, that has a observation booth so the others could watch.)

Half a hour later, they arrived at the Kaiba Corporation complex. As
Yugi and the others rode the elevator downward, Yugi asked their
guide, "Where are we going?"

"To one of the test labs," the man replied tersely.

As soon as the elevator opened, they knew some sort of serious
accident must have occurred. The air reeked of smoke, people in white
labcoats milled around with anxious expressions, and much of the place
was illuminated by temporary lights. The far end of the corridor was
cordoned off and several security guards made sure that people kept
their distance.

A rather frazzled looking bearded scientist was waiting for them.
Without preliminaries, he said, "You must be Yugi Mutou."

"That's right, and these are my friends. Can you tell us what's going
on? Where's Mokuba? And what's happened to Kaiba?"

"I... think you better see for yourself," the scientist said,
escorting them into the cordoned off area. At the end of the hallway,
he opened a door and gestured for them to enter.

"Why does everybody keep saying that!?" Jounouchi complained loudly.

They walked into some sort of an observation booth that appeared
considerably worse for wear. The booth overlooked a test chamber that
resembled a major disaster area, complete with scorched and dented
walls, heaps of wreckage, and broken equipment.

And in the middle of the chamber lay a massive silvery white shape
with taloned wings -- a distinctly familiar white shape.

"Hey, that's the Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Jounouchi said.

Peering downward through the cracked observation window, Anzu said,
"Look, there's Mokuba! And a couple of strangers?!"

She was correct. Mokuba sat nestled between the Blue Eyes's front
legs. In one hand, Mokuba clutched a card deck. Even as they
watched, he reached out his free hand and gently patted the dragon's
great muzzle. The Blue Eyes responded by turning its head slightly
and very carefully nuzzled at the youngster. Even in the observation
booth, they could hear/feel the soft rumbling, like a distant freight
train. The dragon seems to be calm with the other two that is with him and Mokuba.

They watched the scene for a moment, then Jounouchi said, "Um, why is
Mokuba petting a hologram?"

The scientist took a deep breath, then said, "Because it's NOT a hologram."

The teenagers all froze, then whirled around to stare at the scientist.

"Say WHAT!?" they all shouted.

"The Blue Eyes White Dragon in that chamber is real. A genuine physical entity, capable of interacting with the real world. As you can see." The scientist pointed to several sets of extremely deep gouges in concrete and steel which they only now recognized as claw marks -- marks that exactly matched the huge scimitar-like claws on the Blue Eyes White Dragon's front and hind legs.

"Holy s**t!!!" yelped Jounouchi, his eyes going wide in shock.

Mokuba and the others, apparently unfazed by the fact that each of the Blue Eyes' fangs looked like they were about the size of thier head -- hair
included -- continued to pat the dragon with a desperately worried expression on his face.

"So, where's Kaiba?" Honda demanded, peering around the chamber.

Suddenly, the Blue Eyes White Dragon rose halfway to its feet and lifted its head until it could stare directly into the observation booth, its crystalline blue eyes glittering with barely restrained ferocity. But even as it arched its necked and hissed softly, Yugi couldn't help noticing how it took great care not to jostle Mokuba or the two strangers in any way.

(Aibou, that Blue Eyes...!) Yami whispered urgently to Yugi. (Do you
see the way it hovers so protectively over Mokuba and the two strangers?)

As he stared into those great gleaming blue eyes -- eyes that held not an iota of human awareness -- a horrible suspicion suddenly occurred to Yugi, a suspicion all too quickly confirmed by the scientist.

"According to Mr. Mokuba, that Blue Eyes White Dragon -IS- Seto
Kaiba." He heaved a great sigh before continuing. "Unfortunately, it
seems that the Blue Eyes doesn't know that."

"Oh man. I think we have a BIG problem," Jounouchi muttered as they
all, except for Yugi, involuntarily retreated a few steps.

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((guys please halt. there are other people there and your not giveing anyone time to controle or do anything about the situation. im waiting till 10 when lil gets on but its taken me around 30minuts to read andunderstand just what you all have been typeing so hold up please)))
((yah we had decided to stop until someone else posted. sweatdrop sorry. ill just go sit in my corner now *scuttles away*))
((OOC: I am having the BIGGIST brain Fart in history right now...I need Reeeeeeeena!!))
(( Wow I'm finally done reading all those pages @.@ But its pretty good...hope I can keep up if something like this happens again ^^' ))

Walking in the crowded streets of what is so called Domino City, I a woman of approximately 5'6", with brown hair and silver streaks tied back into a ponytail, accompanied by my sword, and wearing the nice clothes that this city had, very nice, it was alot better than Midgars selection of clothes...or the clothes all together in the other 'world'.
I was walking side by side with my sensei...or really good friend...Sephiroth. We've been helping each other for years now that I feel something special for him that I have never felt before for anyone.


" Hey...Don't you think life here is alot better than over there? I mean look at the styles of clothes that I can wear...My favorite, very grave and stylish dark outfits... "

All the crowds we passed all were conversing about something happening in KaibaCorp...

" KaibaCorp? Isn't that, were duel monsters was originated in? Isn't that where they make all their nice dueling disks? Talking about dueling disks, I'd love to have one. I don't want to just carry around my deck and not use it, you know? And your deck master, its really good, and you barely knew how to duel weeks ago... and already you have beaten certain people...even that bug dude....Weevil? Yeah him...Well what do you say about all that I'm ranting about? Want to register for a duel disk? "

Obviously I really wanted to start a conversation with him today.....


I was in a little cafe slurping my slushie that I barely bought..I had my hand holding up my head...I was extremely bored, I didn't feel like dueling, cause I just couldn't find a good person to duel...Not many people are good these days anymore... I was suddenly remembering about memories, really nice ones. The time when I first met Joey...and for that matter dueled him, but I was proud to losing to him that day, even though I was so obnoxious in those days, but I understand now why he made such a big fuss over that battle. I suddenly thought that I could call him, but I didn't I just kept on slurping up that slushie...
I suddenly felt a great itch to duel, anyone I didn't care how bad they were, I just wanted to duel for the fun of it. I suddenly saw what seemed a couple, the guy wasn't bad himself either. I squinted a bit better and saw that that guy had a pocket to carry his deck in. I suddenly got the urge; I left the cafe, and went up to them and it might've been random for them but I challenged that handsome man to a duel.


" Sorry if this sounds random, but I noticed that you have a deck and I want to challenge you. That ok with you? "
(( im' really sorry. it wont happen again sweatdrop ))
Bloody Masamune
(( Wow I'm finally done reading all those pages @.@ But its pretty good...hope I can keep up if something like this happens again ^^' ))

Walking in the crowded streets of what is so called Domino City, I a woman of approximately 5'6", with brown hair and silver streaks tied back into a ponytail, accompanied by my sword, and wearing the nice clothes that this city had, very nice, it was alot better than Midgars selection of clothes...or the clothes all together in the other 'world'.
I was walking side by side with my sensei...or really good friend...Sephiroth. We've been helping each other for years now that I feel something special for him that I have never felt before for anyone.


" Hey...Don't you think life here is alot better than over there? I mean look at the styles of clothes that I can wear...My favorite, very grave and stylish dark outfits... "

All the crowds we passed all were conversing about something happening in KaibaCorp...

" KaibaCorp? Isn't that, were duel monsters was originated in? Isn't that where they make all their nice dueling disks? Talking about dueling disks, I'd love to have one. I don't want to just carry around my deck and not use it, you know? And your deck master, its really good, and you barely knew how to duel weeks ago... and already you have beaten certain people...even that bug dude....Weevil? Yeah him...Well what do you say about all that I'm ranting about? Want to register for a duel disk? "

Obviously I really wanted to start a conversation with him today.....


I was in a little cafe slurping my slushie that I barely bought..I had my hand holding up my head...I was extremely bored, I didn't feel like dueling, cause I just couldn't find a good person to duel...Not many people are good these days anymore... I was suddenly remembering about memories, really nice ones. The time when I first met Joey...and for that matter dueled him, but I was proud to losing to him that day, even though I was so obnoxious in those days, but I understand now why he made such a big fuss over that battle. I suddenly thought that I could call him, but I didn't I just kept on slurping up that slushie...
I suddenly felt a great itch to duel, anyone I didn't care how bad they were, I just wanted to duel for the fun of it. I suddenly saw what seemed a couple, the guy wasn't bad himself either. I squinted a bit better and saw that that guy had a pocket to carry his deck in. I suddenly got the urge; I left the cafe, and went up to them and it might've been random for them but I challenged that handsome man to a duel.


" Sorry if this sounds random, but I noticed that you have a deck and I want to challenge you. That ok with you? "


Before that woman came up randomly to me I answered all of Sephira's questions and thoughts and placed my own.

" I guess you can say that this 'world' is a bit more better than over there. But don't get too attached because there may be a time when we may have to go back. And I do quite agree with you with the stlye of clothes they got...I got a new trench, and its genuine leather and its the same length as the other one...and my pants are awesome, and I love my mesh shirt... About the duel disks, I really was waiting to get one, I just never wanted to go to that place, don't know why. But I guess I can go now since your going to accompany me.. "

** When Mai randomly challenged me **

I suddenly looked up and down on the woman, she looked like a quite formidable challenge, but I had no time or no 'fancy' way of dueling since I saw that she had a duel disk.

" Sorry but I don't have a duel disk, and I'm going to go register for one right now. But I may need some help getting to KaibaCorp. "

(( By the way...can we make up cards? <.< As long as they're reasonable...not a godmodding card -.-' ))

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