Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ A New Path ❯ Destination: Spira ( Chapter 7 )

I didn't get any feedback for the last chapter, but I still decided to post this chapter. After I'm finished with this story, I plan on starting a follow-up to this one.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, Final Fantasy X-2, Pokemon, or Dragonball Z

~*~*~*~*~*~*~ = Flashbacks/Dreams

Kaiba had a dilemma in his hands. Logos and Ormi, and that former Rare Hunter, Kenji had his brother Mokuba in their capture. The only way they would release him was if he handed over the Transphere, the only way they could get back to Logos and Ormi's homeworld. But then again, he didn't knew if he could trust him this time. He remembered encountering Kenji for the first time since the Battle City Tournament as he was disguised as Mokuba. Those Sphere Hunters' technology was more advanced than he imagined. Another thing was his pride. He didn't want people telling him what to do and when to do it. And to make matters worse, he was oblivious to what was behind him. It was two Shadows of giant mechanical snakes which were approaching him.

"Well Mr. Kaiba….what will it be?" Logos asked. As Kaiba was about to make his decision, Mokuba kicked Logos in the shin as he rushed towards his brother, spotting the figures behind him…

"SETO, WATCH OUT!" He warned as Kaiba looked back and saw the mechanical snakes, which had bullet revolvers for heads. Acting quickly, Kaiba tossed another cards at the Syndicate.

"Not this again…" Logos sighed, remembering that Kaiba tried this stunt before, as he shot the card down. Ormi and Kenji looked down as they then saw the now-damaged card…

"That's just the Fake Trap card!" Kenji shouted as he then realized. It was all a distraction as Kaiba had took the time to free his brother and quickly made a run for it.

Logos seethed as he saw them, "Viper Snipers, attack!" He ordered as he pointed towards the Kaiba brothers. The two Viper Snipers began to shoot at them as Kaiba shielded Mokuba as the bullets deflected off of his white sleeveless trench. It appeared that the snake-like weapons were all but useless to the LeBlanc Syndicate.

"Get a load of this!" Ormi took the large circular-shaped shield from his back as he began to spin around. After several spins at high speed, he tossed it like a discus at the elder Kaiba. Because his back was turned to Kaiba, he couldn't see the shield hit him on the back of his skull, thus knocking him out…

"SETO!" Mokuba cried out as the fallen CEO collapsed on top of him, pinning him down. This made the Kaiba brothers easy pickings for the LeBlanc Syndicate.

"Hmm…it seems as if the Brothers Kaiba have fallen under our hand." Logos observed as he passed two pairs of handcuffs to Kenji. "Place these on them. And Ormi, retrieve the sphere! And don't screw this up…"

"Always with the putdowns, but where's the praise!?" Ormi retorted, which earned a bullet to be shot towards his feet, but not actually hitting them. He then walked on to the fallen brothers along with Kenji and the Viper Snipers.

"Please Seto…wake up…" Mokuba begged, as he desperately tried to get him to wake up. The only thing he could see was the black turtleneck his brother was wearing and the insides of his trench coat. However, on one side, the coat was pulled back as Kenji dragged Mokuba and placed his hands behind him as they were then accessorized with the cuffs. The same was done to Kaiba, who, after Ormi dug into his pockets, had the Transphere taken from him.

"So…what do you think it does?" He asked.

"Lemme see that?" Kenji swiped the Transphere as he examined it. "Hmm…"

"What?"

"It looks like it has some type of censors on the sides, so its activation must have something to do with our thoughts.

"How do you know that?" Ormi responded, surprised.

"Master Marik used to have security systems based on this kind of technology to the Rare Hunters Hideout." Kenji explained as he then tossed the Transphere to Logos. "Since you know about this Spira place, you do the honors."

"Fine…" Logos sighed as he then commanded, "Grab the Kaibas. We might still have some use for them…"

Ormi and Kenji nodded as they placed Mokuba and Kaiba onto the two Viper Snipers while Logos closed his eyes, trying to concentrate on the Transphere's activation.

'This better work…' He thought as after a few grunts of frustration, a green portal opened. Logos then opened his eyes as he saw the portal. "Looks like Seto Kaiba came through for us after all." He looked towards his comrades. "Syndicate, let's go!" Logos then entered through the portal, followed by Kenji and Ormi, as well as the two Sniper Vipers which carried Kaiba and Mokuba." As Kaiba's limo driver just arrived on the scene…

"Mr. Kaiba where are y-huh?" He saw the portal closing gradually. He ran towards the portal, but it was too late, as it had already closed.

"Mother said that I should've stayed in College to get my PhD, but did I listen!?"

On top of the Celsius, Tea was busy exploring the wonders of the new Garmet Grid she received, as well as a few dresspheres. With no new spheres being detected, the Gullwings had all the spare time that they wanted, at least until Buddy detects data on a new sphere. Everyone was focused on the new (to them) Duel Monsters game, which had become popular through Spira. Needless to say, the Gullwings are making a bundle of money, as well as more publicity. Rikku, Brother, Buddy, Shinra, Yuna were busy with the game, if they were not dueling each other, they were examining their decks, deciding on how they could improve their decks. Even Paine has dueled a bit, which surprisingly for someone who wanted nothing to do with it she became even better than Tea.

"Let's see how this works…" Tea placed the four dresspheres into the grid. "Let's start with this one!" She activated the first one, the thief dressphere. In a smooth motion, a beam of light shined down on her as her clothes were dematerializing. In their place was a skirt, a pair of boots and glove and a bikini top. Just like Rikku's outfit, the boots were white and blue, but the heel was two inches high and the length of the shin was mid-calf-length. The skirt was as short as Rikku's, but it had a color mixture of blue and white, save for the purple utility belt around her waist. Her top and gloves were left in plain sky blue color as Tea looked down and was in for a shock.

"This is a bit embarrassing…" Tea blushed as she then thought about what would her friends think if they saw her like this? What would Yugi think? 'Speechless,' She thought as she then quickly activated another dressphere: Gunner.

The light beamed down on her again as her clothes were then replaced with pink corset top, blue hot pants with a pink/white sash around her waist, white stockings, and black knee-high boots.

"Cool!" She responded, while looking at the guns in her hands. She toyed with the idea of practicing a few shots. In the clouds, she suddenly saw an image of Marik, the man who mind controlled her for a brief time.

"Here's something for you to mind control, you sick freak!" She shouted as she then fired a barrage of bullets in the air. After a few more shots where released, she pulled on the trigger, only to get the clicking sound.

"Oops…" She giggled nervously, "Have to reload…" She said as the door opened.

"Having fun?" Rikku asked with a grin on her face.

"Heheh…sorry…. I guess I got a bit carried away." Tea placed the guns on the ground.

"Glad to hear it."

"How about you? How's the dueling coming along?" Tea asked.

"Why'd you think I came out here?" Rikku responded. "I beat Brother for the 5th time already. And every time, he complains. It's like 'Ru vyen! Aui lraydat!(No fair! You cheated!)' Just because he didn't summon Exodia he throws this fit!"

"Wait a second," Tea realized, "If Brother's busy dueling, than who's-"

"Don't worry about it." Rikku assured. "We're much safer on autopilot…which brings up an important question: What exactly does Brother do around here anyway?"

"Besides being annoying?" Tea joked, which caused them both to laugh.

"He keeps on hitting on Yuna so much, it's sad." Rikku sighs, "When will he get it through his head that she's not interested."

"Who is she interested in?" Tea asked with a sly grin.

"It's a secret." Rikku responded.

"Oh come on! We're friends now! And friends tell each other secrets, right?"

"Aww…" Rikku whined. As much as she wanted to tell her, she didn't really want to talk about Tidus: The reason why Yuna became a Sphere hunter in the first place. It all started when Yuna found a sphere of him, or at least it appeared to be. Like Yuna, Rikku wondered if he was still alive. Next to Yuna, Rikku was the only person who he was closest to and was the first person he met when he mysteriously appeared in Spira. After Sin's defeat and the Eternal calm came, he disappeared without a trace.

"Please Rikku?" Tea asked, almost begging like.

"Okay…." Rikku sighed in defeat as she began to explain everything that she and Yuna went through in the past two years. From Tidus and her's unexpected meeting, all the way to Sin's defeat and the beginning of the Eternal Calm. Tea's eyes couldn't help from going from amusement, to horror, and then to shock. Especially when she heard that the Al Bhed, her race, weren't at one point despised because, as some have mentioned, they used forbidden machines known as "machina." When Rikku talked about Tidus and Yuna's romantic night at Macalania Woods, two words was all Tea could describe it…

How Romantic.

As happy Tea was for Yuna, she couldn't help but envy her. She always hoped that she would have something like that happened to her. This made her think about her friends once more. She could even remember the day when she first really got to know Yugi and Joey…

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~

"Welcome to Burger World!" Tea greeted with a smile. She was wearing a blue and white outfit with a blue pleated skirt, white socks, and white trainers; The official uniform for the waitress. However, her smile quickly faded to worry when she saw them...

Yugi Moto and Joey Wheeler, still in their blue pants and jackets, the boys' school uniform for Domino High, stood outside.

'Oh no, you have to be eighteen to work here! If they find out that I still go to school, I'll be fired for sure,' Tea panicked as she watched her classmates walking in, she knew that they've recognized her.

After they've received their order, Yugi and Joey sat down at a table, ready to eat.

"Ya know Yuge, we really need to get to know Tea." Joey explained.

"I know, Joey," Yugi agreed with a smile, "she rarely loses her temper and she's-" He was then interrupted by an annoyed and angry Tea, who walked towards them with a ketchup bottle in her hand.

"What are you doing?" She asked coldly, "Here have some ketchup!'' She gave an evil grin as she, much to their horror, squirted the ketchup downward carelessly, which got all over the two customers, especially Joey!

"We're sorry, Tea!" Joey protested as the ketchup was now all over his jacket.

"Yeah, we didn't even know that you worked here?" Yugi added.

"You think that this is what I want to do?" She responded, "Well I'm saving up my money so I can get into this dance school in New York! After I graduate, I'm going to become a dancer!" She stopped as she then looked at them, expecting them to laugh at her, just like everyone else she told. "You're not laughing?"

"Of course not, Tea!" Joey replied.

"Yeah, if that's what you really want to do! You should follow your dreams Tea!" Yugi once again added.

This was slightly overwhelming for Tea. After all the ridicule people gave her about her dreams, here she was with two of her classmates who gave their support. She wanted to cry, but she remembered that she had a job to do.

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Tears started to poor from Tea's eyes. She wanted to go home, to see them again. She wanted to see Yugi, Joey, Tristan, even Serenity. Hell, even seeing the cold, heartless look on Kaiba's face would have made her day at this point. It just hurt her to know that she would never see them again.

"Hello…earth to Teyi!" Rikku called out to her. Concern came to her face as tears came out from her friend's eyes.

'What a stupid mistake...' Tea thought. 'I should've talked to Serenity and everyone about how I was feeling. Instead I took the coward's way out and ran away. And the worse part, even if they did found out that I ran away, they had no idea where I am.'

"Teyi…" Rikku said softly. It was then she realized that her talking about her adventures with the people who had eventually became her friends, had reminded Tea about her friends. The same friends she left behind back in Domino, all over some trivial misunderstanding.

"Man…dat was weird…" Joey commented. After the 30 minutes were up, and they were split back together, he and Tristan couldn't have been happier.

"I'll say…" Tristan replied. "I'll never pig out again."

"I won't eat food period."

Serenity couldn't help but giggle. "At least you can try again. But not with a bit more practice!" She smiled.

Suddenly, as if out of no where, Majin Buu appeared, much to everyone's shock and horror, but looked a bit different. He was wearing not the Orange Gi top over the blue shirt as he was earlier, but the top he was wearing had the colors in reverse order, the same as Vegeto's. Both Kai's were distraught, knowing that the fusion of Goku and Vegeta, Earth's final hope, has failed.

"Oh no…" The Elder Kai cried, recognizing the pink Majin. "We've completely forgotten about Majin Buu!"

Buu smiled as he then noticed Yugi and company. "Hmm…I've never seen you before, but no matter! You'll just end up like the rest! Just like I did to Earth, your planet will cease to exist, as well as the people upon this pathetic planet."

"Well why don't ya just try it, ya pink piece of-"

"Joey, stop! You don't know what he's capable of!" Serenity begged as she tried to hold him back from punching him.

"What are you going to do, Stupid Dog?" Buu scoffed. "Vegeto was my toughest opponent I've ever faced, but in the end even he couldn't destroy me!"

"DAT DOES IT!" Joey screamed as he was about to lunch at him. It was already bad enough Kaiba called him names such as Mutt, Puppy, and any other dog names he could come up with, without Majin Buu adding on to the problem as well.

Tristan, Bakura, and Kibito-Shin held Joey back with all of their strength as Buu laughed.

"If I wasn't going to kill you all, I would suggest that he seeks therapy immediately." He stroked his chin as he then turned his attention to Yugi. "Alright, Boy! You're going to be the first to go! Now it's time to die!" He flew towards an annoyed Yugi, who rolled his eyes.

"I don't think so…" The eye of horus(sp) appeared on his forehead again as he thrust his arm out towards a diving Buu. "MIND CRUSH!"

After the flash of light had died down, Majin Buu was gone as everyone looked at Yugi in shock.

"How did he…What the…He…and-" The Elder Kai couldn't figured out how, after Vegeto couldn't beat him, Yugi managed to defeat Majin Buu without breaking a sweat.

Bakura, Joey, Tristan, and Serenity were shocked as well. Not only did the Fusion give Yugi Yami's powers, but they also gave Yugi even more confidence than he already had before.

"Wow!" Kibito-Shin exclaimed. "How could Majin Buu be defeated so easily?"

"I sent him to the Shadow Realm." Yugi explained. "Let's just say that he won't be back for a long time."

"Hey guys, shouldn't we go find Tea?" Serenity reminded them.

"Oh man, I almost forgot!" Joey responded.

"I'll pretend that I didn't here that, Big Bro." Serenity replied, a bit coldly.

Yugi took out the Transphere as everyone, aside from the two Kai's, gathered. "Guy, I don't believe that Tea's here, so I think we need to move on." He explained.

"I agree, but it'll be nice to see Tea again." Bakura stated.

"The sooner we find her, the sooner we can get home." Joey said.

"I hope Tea's okay." Serenity said as Tristan placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry Serenity, I'm sure Tea's fine." He said, ignoring a "watch it" look from Joey.

"Alright then, hang on!" Yugi instruct as he was just about to press the button on the device.

"Take care!" Kibito-Shin shouted towards them, saying his goodbyes. "I hope you find your friend!"

"Don't get into any trouble!" The elder Kai instructed as the blue flash was then emitted from the sphere. The two Kai's shielded their eyes from the flash. After the flash has died out, they were the only ones left on the planet."

"Now what do we do, Elder?" Kibito-Shin asked. With Earth destroyed, not to mention possibly planets, at the hands of Buu. There was no one left who would protect the galaxy from any possible threat.

"Well…we could always go to Namek and use their Dragonballs to restore the universe back the way it was." The elder Kai suggested.

"Seto…Seto? Wake up big brother!" Mokuba called out to the still unconscious Kaiba. They were in some type of hotel room which appeared to be out of an elf-like community.

"Please wake up…" Mokuba begged as his brother was slowly beginning to recover.

"No…Mokuba…I don't want to go to Disney World…" He muttered to his sleep. He appeared to be still dreaming, which would otherwise have been the perfect opportunity to gather blackmail material. But in the situation they were in, it was too dangerous for childish games.

"This is serious Seto! We're in this strange place. Come on, I'm worried!" Mokuba pleaded as Seto slowly sat up.

"Mokuba…" Seto rubbed his head. "Where are we?"

"I don't know… mostly everything here's made of wood." Mokuba noted as he saw the tree-like walls, as well as the wooden bed. Even the floors and ceiling were wood-based.

"Strange…" Kaiba thought, then blinked. It was then he remembered dealing with the LeBlanc Syndicate who sent their Viper Snipers after them. He tried to shield Mokuba, knowing that his sleeveless trench was bulletproof. It was then he felt something hard hitting his head from behind, rendering him unconscious. "So Logos and Ormi brought us here... No, otherwise we would then be in some type of dungeon. And from the looks of this place, this is far from a dungeon Mokuba."

"What are you saying, Seto?" Mokuba asked.

"Either they have a huge misunderstanding on how to treat a prisoner, or someone else must have brought us here." He concluded as he then grabbed his trench, which was draping on the wooden chair. "Let's go Mokuba! Obviously there're some questions that needed answers." He walked out the door.

"Hey Seto, wait up!" Mokuba rushed quickly to follow. He too wanted to know what exactly was going on around here.

"So let me get this straight! You just happened to just find us outside?" Kaiba asked, with a bit of sarcasm in his voice. He appeared to be talking to an elderly gentleman behind a counter.

"That's right, Sir. Two of my employees just happened to have found you and your young friend laying unconscious on the ground." He replied. "Then they brought you all here. And I, being the generous person that I am, gave you a room so you could recover." He then looked closely at Kaiba and Mokuba. "And judging by your clothes, I guess you're not from around here!"

"Wow…did you manage to find that out yourself, or did someone have to tell you." Kaiba rolled his eyes.

Mokuba sighed as he looked up to look at the eyes of the man they were talking to. "Don't mind my brother, Sir. He's just a bit cranky." He explained. "Can you tell us where we are?"

"Son, you are standing inside the only Inn at Guadosalam."

Both Kaibas' eyes went wide. "GUADOSALAM!?"

"That's right!" The elderly man replied.

'I guess those creeps did take us with them…' Kaiba thought. Why did they decide to just abandon them both? Why were they brought here in the first place? And who were those people who brought them here into this Inn?

"I'm going to get some air…" Kaiba muttered as Mokuba watched him.

"Seto, it's not a good idea to go out there by yourself." He warned. "What if those guys come-"

"Mokuba if Logos and Ormi dare show their faces, they'll regret the day they decided to mess with us." Kaiba said, a bit coldly as he went outside. Right there, his mouth was opened with shock. It appeared that not only the Inn was made out of wood, but everything else as well. Every building appeared as if it was constructed from inside of a giant tree which they were standing in. The only lighting this place had was the lamps, which brought light to the entire location.

"Looks like Guadosalam's still stuck in the 1800s." Kaiba mused as he then saw Mokuba running up on the branch-like walkway they were currently standing on. "Mokuba, where are you going?"

"I just heard about this cool place from someone, Seto! Something about a Farplane! We should check it out!"

"What we should be doing is finding Logos and Ormi. They do have the Transphere, which happens to be our ticket home." Kaiba explained to his little brother.

"Oh come on, Seto! It's not everyday we get to experience a whole new world." Mokuba reminded as he continued to the gate which would lead to the Farplane.

"Mokuba, wait!" Kaiba called out, but it was hopeless. Mokuba had already passed through the gate. 'The Farplane didn't sound that much threatening…' He assured himself as he then saw a Chateau at the bottom. He wondered if possibly the mayor of this city would be there. Maybe some of his questions would be answered. But what or more accurately who he saw quickly changed his mind. There were two guys standing outside, dressed in the same uniform Kenji wore. They were outside, standing guard for some reason. If they were out there, then Logos and Ormi were inside the Chateau, let alone the Transphere and their ticket home.

Not wanting to waste any more time, he walked down from the roots, all the way to the chateau as he was about to walk on, but the guards stepped into his way.

"Halt!" One of them said. "Only authorized personnel allowed in Chateau LeBlanc! No solicitors."

"I don't have time for your games. Get out of my way." Kaiba replied with an order, coldly.

"You better leave." The other warned. "You better not mess with the Syndicate! You're not getting in here, see?"

"Do you have a death wish? Listen, Logos and Ormi stole my Transphere and I'm looking to get it back!"

"Anything goes for the Mighty LeBlanc!" They both shouted.

"You don't want to mess with me, trust me." Kaiba glared deathly, arms crossed.

"And what are you going to do?"

"Don't push me…" Kaiba threatened. He was going to break in Chateau LeBlanc to get back his Transphere, one way or another…

"We could always call for backup."

"Why? Don't think you can take me on by yourselves? How pathetic…" Kaiba then heard Mokuba calling him, almost in a fatal scream.

"SETO!" Mokuba ran for his life to his brother for an embrace...

"What's wrong, Mokuba?" He asked.

"You're not going to believe this…"

"Uhh…Yuge?"

"What's up?" Yugi asked Joey, still looking around in their new location which appeared to be in Luca as crowds of people were talking with each other, and what it appeared to be trading cards.

"You're not going to believe this…" Joey pointed up to a balloon which looked exactly like the Dark Magician.

"Strange…we're not back in Domino…" Tristan noted.

"Very strange, indeed..." Bakura added. "How could anyone here know about Duel Monsters, let alone the Dark Magician?"

"Maybe it's a coincidence?" Serenity figured as she saw another Duel Monster-themed Balloon, this time of a Blue Eyes White Dragon.

'I like her, but would someone buy this girl a clue?' Tristan thought as he silently groaned at Serenity's naïve attitude.

"Maybe we could find some answers here?" Yugi suggested as he then heard a man with a microphone in his hand…

"Step up folks! Own a piece of the newest and hottest commodity to hit Spira! Get your Duel Monster cards, right here!" This announcement made the group's eyes go wide.

"You mean they got duel monster cards here!?" Joey and Tristan both shouted in unison.

"Well that explains the balloons." Bakura deducted.

"You think that Tea could be here?" Serenity asked.

"Seem more likely, after what we've seen…" Joey nodded.

"Joey's right." Yugi said. "We should start asking around."

"Right!" The others nodded as they then split up, with Joey, Tristan, and Serenity going one direction, and Yugi, Bakura, going another.

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I know that it sucks for me to end this chapter right there. But I've already had twelve pages going into this. Honestly, I don't know which direction to go to either. I've already know how this story's going to end. The problem is, like with most authors/authoresses, how to get there and how to build up to it. So right now, Yugi and his friends are searching around Luca for information about Tea's whereabouts, provided if she's there (I believe we already know that answer ^_-). While Mokuba's freaked out about what, or possibly who, he saw in the Farplane. Here's the question of the day: Who, or what did Mokuba see in the Farplane? After I receive three reviews, I'll post the next chapter.