Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ A New Path ❯ Run-In With The LeBlanc Syndicate ( Chapter 3 )

Disclamer: I don't own anything from the Yu-Gi-Oh/Final Fantasy X-2 Franchise.

At Burger World, Yugi and Joey were sitting at a table waiting for the order they made at the counter…

"Hey Yuge, when's takin' so long?" Joey asked. "I'm starved!"

"You must be really hungry, Joey." Yugi mused at his friend's impatience.

Tea walked in and spotted them. "Wonder what they're talking about…" She thought as she decided to walk towards them. To her, Burger World meant a lot. This was the place where Tea, Yugi, and Joey really began to talk to her. It was at in this place at the same table Yugi and Joey were currently at was where she told them about her dream to become a dancer. "Hey guys!" She greeted them.

"Hey!" They both replied as they stood up.

"A new music store just opened up at the mall and I was jus-" Tea was just passed by as Yugi and Joey went towards Serenity, who had also just arrived.

"What's up, Sis?" Joey asked.

"A new music store jst opened up at the mall and I was just wondering if you'd like to check it out with me." She explained.

"Sure!" They both said at the same time.

Tea was irate. She was just about to suggest the same thing, and to make things worse, they acted as if she was invisible. "Hey guys! What's up? Why are you treating me as if-"

"Everyone's waiting for us outside. Tristan, Duke, Mai…the whole gang!" Serenity briefed with them.

"All right!" Joey shouted. "Now that I'm thinkin' about it, I'll stop by the shop to get some more cards to beef up my deck a bit." He grinned.

"Hello! Guys?" Tea shouted at them, but to no avail.

"And when the new tournament starts, I'm going to be right behind you 100%!" Serenity grinned with a giggle.

"Maybe it'll be Duelist Kingdom all over again!" Yugi said with excitement. "Just think about it, Joey and I in the final two, with you, Tristan, Duke, Mai, and Bakura watching."

"What about me? Am I chopped liver?" Tea asked, but to her dismay, Yugi didn't hear her. This couldn't be happening, she thought. Why Yugi and Joey, two of her closest friends, were ignoring her while placing all of their attention on Serenity? It was as if she never existed. Tea knew that she had to do something… As they were about to leave, Tea tried to stop them.

"Guys, wait!" Tea placed a hand on Joey's shoulder but it just when right through. She couldn't even touch him, or even smack him by the way she was feeling right now. "No…this can't be happening…" A tear began to come out of her eye, as she witnessed her world falling down on her. "Guys…wait! Please! Don't leave me… WAIT!"

Tea's eyes were wide open when she sat up on the single-sized bed, awakening from the nightmare. "It was just a dream…" She said to herself. Despite the non-stop lightning, she had managed to come across a travel agency in the Thunder Plains to stay for the night. She switched on the lamp as she then slipped on her boots. She knew that she'll have a long day ahead of her if she wanted to get out of the plains.

Back at Domino…

"Tea! Tea!" Yugi shouted as he searched through the city for Tea. He and Joey have been searching throughout Domino all morning to see if there was any lead to where Tea could be.

"It's been 5 hours and we haven't found a single clue…" Joey stated. "I wouldn't be surprised if she was already gone, Yuge."

"Well guys…" Tristan came towards them with Serenity. They too have been searching for Tea. "We've checked the South and West and we haven't found anything where Tea could be." He said.

"Same here." Joey said. "It was like she left without a trace."

"Well Joey," Serenity reminded. "There is one place we haven't looked."

"What place could we've possibl-" Joey just realized where his sister was going with her suggestion. "Ohhh no…I'm not going anywhere near that jerk."

"Joey, please!" Serenity begged. She knew how much he despised Kaiba, but also knew that he was their last chance to find out what happened to Tea.

"She does have a point…" Tristan said while looking at Serenity, which caused her to blush.

"Grr…Okay! But I'm doin' this for Tea." Joey grumbled. "But one dog reference and Kaiba's gonna have ta get used to his food bein' fed through a straw."

"Alight, since we're all in agreement. I guess it's off to-" But before Yugi could finish, a black limo came by at fast speed which made Yugi and co jump, with Joey almost being hit.

"HEY, WATCH WHERE YA GOIN', YA JERK!" He shouted. The limo stopped as it backed up to the group. The back window then rolled down to reveal a certain teen CEO… "I should've known…"

"Well well well…if it isn't the Geek Patrol." Kaiba mused. "Where's Tea? Doesn't she usually hang out with you?"

"We were about to ask you the same question Kaiba." Tristan replied.

"I didn't see Tea…well at least today." He smiled.

"What'd ya mean 'at least today!'" Joey snapped.

"It means I haven't seen her, you stupid Mutt!" Kaiba snapped back.

"DAT'S IT!" Joey went for a punch but Kaiba pulled back up his window which caused him to hurt his own hand. The window went back down, revealing a laughing Kaiba. "You are too predictable, Wheeler."

"Seriously Kaiba, do you know where Tea is?" Serenity asked.

"And why would you care. You didn't seem to be so caring yesterday. At least that's what she told me?"

"What are you talking about?" Yugi asked.

The door opened as Kaiba stepped out from his limo. "She felt that you didn't give a damn about her, so I helped her…"

Yugi blinked, "Helped her? How?"

Kaiba closed his eyes as he smiled. "Let's just say that Tea's no longer in this world."

"I knew you were behind dis…" Joey seethed. "Tell us everythin' you've done, or prepare to lose all your teeth, you snob!"

Kaiba sighed as he then took out another Transphere. "This is what I gave Tea yesterday. If you press this button, you'll be transported to another world. Maybe you'll find her." He smiled. It would be a blessing in disguise as with Yugi and his friends out of the picture, Kaiba would once again become the number one duelist.

Yugi took the Transphere as he glanced at it. "Then I guess there is one thing to do."

"Eh…Yuge? Are ya sure about dis?" Joey asked, concerned. "I mean, it's a possiblity that we might not return home."

"Joey's right. I mean we could end up worlds apart from Tea and have no way getting home ourselves." Tristan stated.

'That's the point, Monkey-Boy…' Kaiba thought to himself. Ever since the virtual world incident, he couldn't stop thinking about Tristan's mind being stuck inside of a robotic monkey's body. Kaiba was all smiles at the fact that, as he would call them, "The Geeks" were taking the bait. "There is some possibility, but wouldn't it be worth it, just for the chance to get Tea back?" He asked, trying to use their guilt and feelings for Tea to convince them to take that risk.

"Kaiba has a point." Serenity noted. "Tea's our friend and we should risk the chance of never coming home if there's even the smallest chance we can find her."

Tristan looked on, love struck. "You just gotta love how Serenity gives her pep talks."

Joey whapped Tristan on top of the head with the back of his hand, "Keep yer mind outta the gutter!"

"Then it's settled." Yugi prepares to press the button. "Hang on guys. We may not know where we're going, but it'll be best to stick together." Everyone but Kaiba holds on as Yugi presses the button. Just like the Transphere Tea received, it released a bright blue flash. After flash disappeared, Kaiba was the only one left standing. "Perfect…I'm finally rid of those geeks for good." He smiled. "With Yugi gone, now I am once again the number one duelist!" He walked off, laughing at the success of his impromptu plan.

Back at the Thunder Plains, Tea had been walking for about almost an hour. After a quick breakfast at the agency, the person at the front desk instructed her to travel north into Macalania Woods for the quickest route out of the Thunder Plains.

"Don't worry Tea…" She said to herself. "You won't be struck by lightning with the towers in place. It's only just a few more miles…" She walked on as she then saw a mixture of red and orange light on the ground. "What's that on the ground?" She wondered as she rushed towards it. The light turned out to be a sphere-shaped object. Tea was intrigued by the object. It was similar to the sphere she had, but she didn't' know anything about it. "Wonder what it does…"

"None of you concern little girl…" a voice replied with a British accent.

Tea looked back to see a tall man walked by. He wore a blue and purple oufit, along with helmet. He held two six-shooters in his hand. "If you value your life, you'll hand over the sphere." He warned.

"This?" Tea showed him the sphere. "What would you want it for?" She still didn't know or saw what was so great about that sphere.

"Exactly, now hand it over, NOW!" His eyes narrowed.

"With that attitude, why shout I?" Tea retorted, now annoyed. "He's just like Kaiba…" She thought. She then heard the clicking of guns. "On second thought…"

"Hey! Leave her alone, you meanie!" A voice shouted.

He sighed. "Not them…" He was told that the job was going to be a piece of cake, but the last thing he needed was them to show up.

A girl jumped onto the scene. She was dressed in tiny green miniskirt, yellow bikini top, and white and blue boots. Save for a red scarf and headband, wielding two hand-blades (I don't know what they're called, sue me.) "Why don't you pick on someone your own size, Logos!"

"Quite frankly you're hardly my size, Little Girl." He sneered.

The girl looked at Tea as she went into a battle stance. "This would be the perfect, time to run."

"Good idea." Tea began to run as the girl and Logos began to tussle. However, she bumped into a man wearing an outfit similar to Logos's. He was shorter, but still taller than Tea, and barrel chested, and carried a sheild on his back. "And just where do you think you're going."

Tea was knocked down. "Anyone got the number for that truck…?" She said, dazed as the man took her bag. "Hey!"

"Let's see what you got in here?" He said as he dumped out the contents in her bag. Clothes, Food, and junk began to pour out until the Transphere fell out.

"What do we have here…"

Logos tossed a grenade at his adversary, which at the explosion, a dark mist surrounded her eyes, blinding her. "What is it, Ormi?" He asked as he dodged the girl's strikes.

"Some type of sphere!" Ormi takes a closer look.

Logos walked away from the battle, believing that the sphere was more important than the enemy.

"Hey!" She shouted at them. "Get back here!" She tried to run after them but ran in to a tower. "Ow…"

Logos approached his partner. "I see that, you pinhead. Do you have any idea what it does?"

Ormi took a closer inspection as Tea glared at them. "Hey! Give that back! That's mine!" She protested.

"Correction: that was yours." Logos corrected. "Now it's the property of the boss!"

"The Boss?" Tea replied, dumbfounded.

Logos and Ormi ignored her as she continued to examine the sphere. "Look…it's got a button at the bottom" Ormi noted as he revealed a small blue button at the bottom. "Wonder what it does."

"How should I know, you moron?" Logos retorted.

"Should we check it out before telling the boss?"

Logos sighed. "I suppose…"

Ormi pressed the button as Tea ran after him. "Wait!"

Logos shot at Tea feet, keeping her at bay. "Like we said, this now belongs to the boss!" He said as they observed the blue light flashing. After the flash disappeared, Ormi and Logos were gone.

"Great…" Tea sighed as she watched her only way of getting home, her only chance of seeing her friends and family again, go right down the drain.

The girl manages to grab a container and pours it onto her eyes, removing the dark mist around her. She then noticed Tea's depressed expression. "Hey, what's wrong?"

"I'm stuck in this world, that's what wrong." She says.

"You mean you're not from Spira?" She replied, shocked that she came from another world.

"Yep…But anyway, who were those guys?" Tea asked.

"They're a part of The LeBlanc Syndicate: A sphere hunter group who'll go to any lengths to get a sphere. Definitely bad news…" She briefed with Tea.

"Well that makes since…" She said about the sphere she managed to place in her back, without her noticing, just incase the girl was just like them. After her experience with Launch, she wasn't going to just trust anyone.

The girl decided to change the subject. "So…where yer from?"

"Domino." She said, despite the fact that she wouldn't believe her. "Anyways, my name's Tea. What's yours?"

"I'm Rikku!" She said proudly. "So…what bring's ya here?"

"It's a long story…" She said.

"Go ahead, I got all day!"

Ormi was just recovering as he rubbed his head. "Hey…where are we…." He looked around as it appeared to be a bathroom of some sort. "Nice place…"

"Hmm…perhaps your right, but I can't see it…maybe if you'd get off of me I could see for myself." Logos retorted.

Ormi and Logos were quick to get up as they then saw a towel-clad Kaiba with an expression if which was a mixture of shock and anger.

"Umm…" Logos and Ormi were as speechless as Kaiba.

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"!!!"

"!!!"

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY BATHROOM!?!?" Kaiba finally snapped.

"Umm….well…" Ormi tried to explain.

"You see…" Logos continued for him.

"OUT!" Kaiba ordered, pointing to the door.

"It was quite a misunderstanding, really…"

"OUT!"

"We're terribly sorry…"

"GET THE HELL OUT!" Kaiba screamed as the towel fell down to his ankles…

Logos and Ormi were in shock. They were so shocked that Logos dropped his guns.

"…That's it…" Kaiba growled as he wrapped the towel back around him. Out of rage, he grabbed the guns which were lying on the floor. "I'M GIVING YOU TWO TO A COUNT OF TEN BEFORE I BLAST YOU TO OBLIVION!" He screamed as he began counting… "One….

The two Syndicate members attempted to make a run for it, but they, having foolishly decided to go at the same time, had trouble trying to fit through the door.

"…Two…TEN!" Kaiba, having decided that he couldn't wait to be rid of the two intruders, was about to shoot as he then noticed the Transphere. "Hold on." He said as he picked up the sphere. "Where did you get this from?"

"Umm…we got it from some girl." Ormi explained.

"A girl?" Kaiba responded. He already had a good idea who they got it from. "Tea…" He muttered.

"It fell out of her bag and we, being sphere hunters-"

Logos was cut-off by Kaiba. "Sphere Hunters? You wouldn't by any chance be associated with the Rare Hunters, would you?"

"Rare Hunters?" Logos and Ormi both responded at the same time.

"Okay, so you're not with them." Kaiba smirked.

"Back on subject, we took the sphere, and after we made a quick analysis, a bright flash came and we ended up here."

'So they've found the emergency home switch…' Kaiba thought. He assumed that he hid it well enough for Tea not to find it so she wouldn't be able to return home. But at least he felt better knowing for sure that she won't be getting home, as well as her friends…provided that they don't find the switch first.

That's the end of Chapter 3! You know the drill. Please Review!