Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Final Fantasy 7 - Yu-Gi-Oh Style ❯ Escape From Domino ( Chapter 7 )

Final Fantasy 7 - Yu-Gi-Oh style Chapter 7: Escape from Domino   Note: This chappie is dedicated to Sherabo whose kind words of encouragement gave me that extra boost to get off my keester and attempt writing again. Many, many thanx Sherabo!!            &nbs p;     Yugi was about to press the button for the 66th floor when he felt a tap on his shoulder. Turing around, he saw a tall, bald man with strange hieroglyphs tattooed on one side of his face in a navy blue suit. “Um… Yes?” he asked, knowing they were in major trouble now that a Ghoul had found them.            &nb sp;   “Press ‘up’ please,” the tall Ghoul said, unaccustomed to speaking so much.            &nb sp;   “We’re in for it now,” the smallest AVALANCHE member muttered.             ;    “Did we have fun little Yugi?” Malik, head of the Ghouls asked smugly as he joined his taller companion. “Too bad for you, play time’s over.”           &n bsp;    Before any of them could do anything, the elevator shot up to the top floor of the Kaiba Corp. Tower.           &nb sp;              &n bsp;  Moments later, they were handcuffed and brought to Gozaburo’s office. Much too his dismay, he saw the rest of AVALANCHE were also present and equally restrained.           &nb sp;    “You guys too?” Yugi said to his fellow teammates who gave him apologetic looks. “Where’s Isis-san?!”          &nb sp;     “Safe where you scum can’t touch her,” Gozaburo said glaring at them from behind his desk, puffing on a cigar. She's the last of the Ancient Ones after all. It’s a shame they’re all forgotten now really.”                 “Wait a sec? That babe was an Ancient?” XIII said surprised to find someone else who was the last of their kind like him.            &nbs p;   “It’s been said the Ancient Ones know the way to the 'Shadow Realm.' She’s our ticket there,” the CEO explained.           &nbs p;    “Wha? Ain’t that supposed ta be some kid’s fairy tale?” the dog/panther asked.            &n bsp;   “Even if it were,” Kaiba began "I’m still going to find it. After all it’s been said that it’s a very fertile land. And if the land’s fertile…”           ;      “There’d be a *bleep* load of mako!” Honda said realizing the CEO’s master plan.            &nb sp;   “Bright boy,” Gozaburo replied smugly, That’s why the reactors are so important. All that endless mako will just flow on out. That is where we’ll build our Neo-Domino. It’ll be my finest glory yet!” With that, he began to laugh maniacally.           &nb sp;    “In your dreams, *bleep*!!!” the brunet spat back.            &nb sp;   “That’s not a problem. Dear boy dreams are bought and sold everyday and I’ve got plenty of more for a dream this big. Meeting adjourned.”          &nb sp;     Rishid and Malik then began to herd the group out of the office.            & nbsp;   “Not so fast Kaiba!” Honda said, tearing away from Rishid’s iron grip. “I’ve gotta lot of stuff to say to you!”           &nb sp;    “If there’s something you need, talk to my secretary.” Gozaburo Kaiba then turned back to looking out the window as AVALANCHE were being dragged off to the holding cells.             & nbsp;    ‘I wonder how Honda’s doing,’ Yugi thought in his cell. As if on cue, he heard the brunet talking to XIII.             &n bsp;    “If Isis is an Ancient, and Ancients now how tot get to the ‘Shadow Realm’ do you think it’s real? Sure looks like Kaiba believes that stuff about it being full of mako, which means he gets his hands on it, the Planet’ll die for sure. There’s no way I’m gonna let that happen. We need more guys. Of course there’ll still be me, you, Yugi, Mai, and Isis.             &n bsp;  The dog/panther didn’t bother to respond, too wrapped up in his own problems.             ;    “Aww, you’re no fun,” Honda complained.            &n bsp;     ‘I wonder if XIII’s ok,’ Yugi wondered again.             & nbsp;    “… Grandpa,” sighed XIII.            &nb sp;   “Grandpa?!” Honda asked, then started sputtering trying his hardest not to laugh.            &n bsp;   “What's so funny?” the dog/panther asked annoyed at his cellmate’s antics.            & nbsp;   “Um… nothing bud,” Honda said still trying not to laugh.             & nbsp;    ‘I hope Pegasus isn’t hurting Isis-san,’ Yugi prayed, remembering what the twisted scientist tried to do to her the last time.            &nb sp;   “Yugi, are you there?” came the woman’s voice from one of the other cells.            &n bsp;   “Isis-san?! Is that you?!”           &n bsp;    “Thanks for coming to get me. I knew you’d come,” she said smiling sadly.            &n bsp;   “I’m supposed to be your bodyguard right?”           & nbsp;    “Yes. I promised you a date if you did that for me right?”    “So that’s how it is,” Mai said from the next cell over, not liking the sound of that one bit.            &nbs p;   “Miss Mai?! You’re here too?” Isis said in shock.            &n bsp;   “Hmph!” the blonde said miffed that no one would think she’d join Yugi. “Well EXCUSE me. Look, Isis I’d like to ask you something.”          &nb sp;     “What is it?”           &nbs p;    “Is all this ‘Shadow Realm’ stuff for real?”           &n bsp;    “I’m not sure,” the raven haired woman replied, “All I know is that we Cetra, that’s what the Ancient Ones called themselves, were born from this planet and speak to it and will eventually return to the Shadow Realm. A land that promises eternal happiness.”          &nb sp;     “So what the heck does that mean?”           &n bsp;    “I wish I knew,” Isis said sighing sadly.            &n bsp;   “What did you mean speak with the Planet?” Yugi asked, intrigued.           &nbs p;    “So what does the Planet say?” Mai asked, skeptically.           &n bsp;    “There’s too many people making noise, so I can’t hear it very well.”           &n bsp;    “You can hear it though?” Yugi asked, hopeful.                 “No Yugi, I could only hear it at the church in the slums. My real mother said that Domino was no longer safe. I'll have to get out of Domino soon and try to speak with the Planet and find my Shadow Realm. ...That's what ‘ka-san said. I thought I would stop hearing her voice as I grew up, but...”                   “Psst, Yugi, can we get out?” Mai asked.              &n bsp;  “Just leave it to me Mai!” he answered.             ;    “Ooo, so brave!” Mai said, giggling happily.                 “I think we should get some sleep first though.”                 “You’re right, Yugi. Good night!”                   “What the?! The door’s open!” Yugi said in disbelief. Sure enough the door to his was wide open. Out in the hall, was a humongous trail of blood and a very dead guard.            &n bsp;   “Mai! Wake up!” he shouted opening the door to the blonde’s cell.            &nb sp;   “What’s wrong, Yugi?”           &n bsp;    “You’d better take a look for yourself,” he replied stepping aside.            &n bsp;   Mai gasped as she saw the carnage littering the hall. “What the heck happened?!”          &nb sp;     “Mai, you get Isis-san. I'll go help Honda and the others,” he said heading for the other cells. The blonde nodded, glad for something to take her mind of the blood splattered walls and floor.            &n bsp;   “Whoa Yugi! How'd you get the key?” Honda asked as his door was opened. He looked in shock at the less than spotless hallway. “What the *bleep*’s going on here?”           &n bsp;    “There ain’t no way a human did this,” XIII said “I’m gonna scout ahead.”           & nbsp;    “I’ll take care of the stiff you guys, go ahead. Just do get caught this time,” Honda said. Mai nodded then dragged Isis and Yugi after the dog/panther.           &n bsp;    “Zorc Specimen...” XIII said investigating the container that had previously held Zorc’s headless body. “Looks like it went up on that elevator ova dere,” he said following the trail of blood left behind.            & nbsp;   “Well, guess we’re going up again,” Mai said dryly. XIII let out a small whimper. He really didn’t want to chase after whatever had left all that blood, but if was ever going to get out of Kaiba’s clutches, he’d have to follow his newfound friends until he was free of Domino.            & nbsp;   “Oh jeez, it still goes up,” the dog panther said at the seemingly endless trail of blood.            &n bsp;   “It’s headed for Kaiba’s office,” Yugi said.            &nb sp;   “Well, then that’s where we’re going!” Honda said. “I still wanna give that *bleep* a piece or two of my mind!”           &n bsp;    However when they arrived there, Gozaburo’s obviously, very dead body lay slumped over his desk a rather large thin sword sticking out from his back. “Holy *bleep* he’s dead!” Honda said, stating the obvious.                 Mai’s eyes widened at the sword. She’d seen before, when her father was murdered. “This sword it’s…” She couldn’t bring herself to say the name of her father’s murderer.             ;    “Bakura’s!!” Yugi finished for her.            &nbs p;   “But that’s impossible!” Mai said in disbelief. “He can’t be alive! Not him!”           &nb sp;    “I’m afraid so Mai,” Yugi said wrapping his arm around her shoulders. “Only Bakura had that sword. You and I both know that.”           &n bsp;    “So who cares!” Honda said, jubilantly. “Kaiba Corp.’s on its way out now!”           &nb sp;    Yugi heard something from behind the desk then quick as a snake, leapt over the body and dragged out a shaking mint green haired boy with glasses.                 “P, p, p, please, don't kill me!” he stuttered.           &nbs p;    “Who did this?” Yugi asked, still holding the frightened Kaiba employee.             ;    “I-I-It was B-Ba-Bakura!” he screamed.             ;    “You sure?! You saw him?!”           &n bsp;    “Yeah, I saw him! I saw him with my own eyes!”           &n bsp;    “You really saw him? He’s alive?!”                 “Would I lie about a thing like this!? And I heard him speak too! I’d know that voice anywhere. He said something about not letting us have the ‘Shadow Realm’.”                 “So does that mean that all this ‘Shadow Realm’ stuff’s real and Bakura’s here to save it from Kaiba?” Mai asked.            &n bsp;   “So that makes him a good guy right?” Honda added.            &n bsp;   “I wish that were true guys,” Yugi said, “But I know Bakura. He’s got a whole different agenda.            & nbsp;   Suddenly, a helicopter was heard from the roof and the boy made a mad dash for it. “Oh *bleep*! It’s Seto! I forgot about him!” Honda spat in disgust.                 “Who?” Mai asked.            &n bsp;   “Vice President Seto. Prez Kaiba’s son.”           &nb sp;    On the roof stood a tall boy with chestnut brown hair and ice blue eyes wearing a sleeveless white trench coat over a black turtleneck shirt and skintight pants. “Hmph. So Bakura did come back,” he said after receiving the news from the cowardly boy. “Who the heck are you?” he asked noticing AVALANCHE.           &nbs p;    “Yugi, former SOLDIER First Class,” Yugi said eyeing the brunet carefully.           &nbs p;    “I'm from AVALANCHE!” Honda said not willing to give up his name to the likes of him.            &nbs p;   “Likewise, hun,” Mai said, winking at him.            &nbs p;   “I’m just a girl from the slums, Mr. Kaiba,” replied Isis.            &nb sp;   “A research specimen,” XIII spat, glaring at the tall VP.              ;   “Hmph. Just a bunch of losers then. I’m Seto Kaiba. Kaiba Corp.’s new president.           &nbs p;    “You’re only president ‘cause your ol’man’s dead!” spat Honda.            &n bsp;   “What if I am?” the new CEO countered. “Since you were so anxious to get here, I let you hear my new appointment speech. That old fool tried to control the world with money. It looks like it was working. People thought Kaiba Corp. would protect them. Work at Kaiba Corp., get your pay. If a terrorist attacks, the Kaiba Corp. army will help you. It looks perfect on the outside. But, I do things differently. I'll control the world with fear. It takes too much to do it like the old *bleep*. A little fear will control the minds of the common people. There's no reason to waste money on them.”           &n bsp;    “Someone has a lot of hot air like their old man,” Mai muttered.             ;    “Honda, get Isis and Mai out of here,” Yugi said, placing his hand on his sword hilt.            &nb sp;   “But Yug.”           &nb sp;    “Just go Honda. The Planet’s in real trouble here. I’ll explain later.”           & nbsp;    “What the hell's that supposed to mean?”           &n bsp;    “I'll tell you later! Please Honda, just take my word for it now! I'll go after I take care of Kaiba!”           & nbsp;    “Oh awright, Yug!”           &nb sp;    “Oh dear, I just thought something,” Isissaid turning back toward the roof. “I'm going to wait for Yugi! Everyone, get to the elevator!” Mai said ushering Isisinto Honda’s arms.            &nb sp;   “I think we’d better check our stuff. Something tells me it won’t be easy for us to leave here,” Isis said once the elevator doors shut.             &n bsp;    “You want to fight me, shrimp?” Seto said, an amused smirk on his face.            &nb sp;   “You’re after the ‘Shadow Realm’ and Bakura,” Yugi replied.                 “So what if I am? Oh, and by the way did you know Bakura is an Ancient?”            ;     Yugi nodded. “…It’s been a long time since then,” Yugi muttered, lost in his memories. “I won’t let you or Bakura get the Shadow Realm!”           & nbsp;    “I see.” Seto then snapped his fingers and a black panther with tentacles coming out of its sides emerged from the helicopter.   After the fight...                 “Well, that’s all I have time for. See you around shrimp,” Seto called from the helicopter, leaving the dead panther on the roof.            &nb sp;   “Where’s Kaiba?” Mai asked after seeing Yugi come down the office stairs.            & nbsp;   “He got away. Sorry Mai. It looks things are gonna get real hard from here on.”           &nbs p;    Mai nodded, not needing any explanations. She knew all too well how difficult it was going to be to stop both Kaiba Corp. and Bakura.   Meanwhile with Isis, Honda, and XIII...            & nbsp;   “Damn! They’re crawling all over the place!” swore Honda.             &n bsp;  “Everyone get out while you can, it’s me they want,” Isis said.            &nb sp;   “Sorry Isis-san, but I can’t let you do that. It’s my fault you got caught. So I gotta make it up to you. It’s the right thing for a guy like me to do!” He then ran at the soldiers blasting his arm gun into their midst.            &n bsp;   “Honda-san… thank you,” the raven haired woman said, awed at the brunet’s chivalry.             ;    “Hey! Don’t call me that! It ain’t right for you to be calling me Mr. Honda.” He then blushed.                 “Hey if yer done talkin’ hea, can we think of how we’re gonna git otta hea?” interrupted XIII.            &nb sp;   “Wha? Oh yeah right. Forgot about the talking dog guy.”           &nb sp;    “What was that? I didn’t hear ya Honda.”           & nbsp;    “Uh… nothing. So Red, whatcha got in mind?”           &n bsp;    “Honda!” Mai called running up to the remaining members of AVALANCHE.           &nbs p;    “Hey Mai! Huh where’s Yugi?”           &n bsp;    “Come with me guys,” she said leading them to the Kaiba Corp. automobile dealer showroom.             ;    “What up Mai? Where’s Yugi?” Honda pressed again.            &n bsp;   “Will you shut up you big lug and get in!” She said shoving him into a pick up truck while XIII and Isis climbed into the back.            &nb sp;   As Honda revved the motor there was a sudden roar coming from the far stairway and Yugi came crashing down them on a Harley Davidson motorcycle. He then rode straight through the showroom window and out onto the streets. After a hectic chase on the highway and a even more hectic fight with one of Kaiba’s military machines, the group was now resting on the outskirts of Domino, the vast countryside stretching out before them in lush green and gray.            &nb sp;   “So what do we do now?” Honda asked.            &n bsp;   “I’ve got to settle things with Bakura… now that he’s come back,” Yugi replied, his mind set.            &nbs p;   “And that’ll help the Planet, right?”           & nbsp;    “…maybe. Don’t know for sure.”           &n bsp;    “So what are we waiting for?! Let’s go!”           &nbs p;    “I’m going too,” Isis said. “There are things I need to know.”           &n bsp;    “About your people?” Yugi asked.            &n bsp;   “… a lot of things, Yugi.”           &n bsp;    “So I guess this is sayonara Domino.” Mai said somewhat wistful at leaving the city that had been her home for the past few years.            &n bsp;   “Alright then, let’s go then.”           &n bsp;    “Wait a sec Yug. I think we need a leader here. Of course, that’ll be me,” Honda said puffing out his chest.            &n bsp;   “Oh really hun?” Mai said, shaking her head.            &nb sp;   “I say it should be Yugi,” Isis interjected.           &n bsp;    “Aww man!” Honda complained, his ego badly bruised. “Have it your way guys. Anyway, there’s this place called Kalm northwest of here. If something happens., we’ll met up there. And I think we should split up. That way it’d hard for Kaiba’s goons to catch alla us.”           &nbs p;    “Agreed,” Yugi said.            &nb sp;   “So who goes with Honda? I’m going with Yugi of course,” Mai said sidling up to the shorter teen.            &nb sp;   “I’ll go with Yugi as well,” said Isis, earning her glares from the blonde.            & nbsp;   “So, guess it’s just you an’ me ‘eh, red.”           &nb sp;    “It seems that way.” ‘Might as well stick with dese guys,’ the dog/panther thought to himself. ‘I’ve got no way of gettin’ home by m’self.’                 “We’ll meet you at Kalm,” Yugi called as he, Mai and Isis began the trek out of Domino territory.     TBC     Sakura: Whew! Finally got the nerve to get back to this fic.   Yami: And about time too! I want to see more of me in this one.   Sakura: Ain’t gonna happen Pharaoh. You’ll get the same amount of lines as Zack and that’s that.   Yami: Oh come on, just one more page please?   Sakura: Absolutely not! You’ve got waaaaaaaaaaay too many fics all to yourself as it is.   Bakura: You can say that again. It’s disgusting that baka gets to be in more fics than me, especially the lemons.   Sakura: Aww, poor Bakura-sama! There, there. I’m still gonna work on the vampy fic not to mention the hybrid one I’ve been playing around with. You’re in those too.   Bakura: With the shrimp?   Sakura: Of course. ^_^   Bakura: Good. (eg)   Yugi: Eep! B-Bakura-kun!!   Yami: Get your paws of my Hikari, thief!!   Bakura: Make me Pharaoh no baka!!   Yami: That’s it!! Mind… (gets hit on head with Acme brand anvil)   Sakura: Oopsie. Oh well please gimme loads of reviews if you want this monster to continue. Pwetty Pweese?!