Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Seto's Wish Alternate World Conclusion ❯ C35 Identifying the Betrayer ( Chapter 35 )

C35 Identifying the Betrayer

 

“I'll get it!” MKaiba said, leaving the room.

 

“I'll help!” Joey blurted, rushing off to help him.

 

Tea offered her hand, saying, “Come on, it's okay.....let me show you a place to sit.”

 

GSeto looked up at her strangely, wondering why she wanted to take his hand. At the same time, the other versions of him all watched coldly, as if he felt like he was somehow being tested. It made him question himself, `Would any version of me accept this lady's hand?'

 

`What in the world is he wearing?' VWKaiba thought to himself, as many of the Kaiba's observed the odd clothing. It was similar to the white uniform they used to wear when they were younger.....but this uniform was a dark brown, almost the color of his hair. The Kaiba's also noticed the sloppy bruise marks that the uniform did not cover up, which didn't make sense to any of them. Gozaburo would never be so careless to offer such discriminating evidence to the public eye. So, what did it mean?

 

And on top of that, something was wrapped around GSeto's neck that the school uniform didn't entirely hide. If they didn't know any better....they'd swear it looked like a dog collar. If that was the case, the item had one of two meanings.....abuse or a strange fashion sense. After all, Yugi Motou wore what looked like a dog collar all the time. For all they knew, maybe this version of themselves was some kind of closet Goth dresser, or something.

 

“I'm fine.” GSeto said, keeping his hands to himself and walking passed her to find a seat without her. As he sat, he noticed the approving looks from the other Kaiba's. Obviously, his decision was the right one for them.

 

Tea shrugged and moved back next to Yugi, as Yugi muttered, “I wonder who's at the door.”

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

 

Joey was the first to spring at the door, as he yanked it open to see Tristan there. He immediately grinned and hugged him, saying, “Tristan, you have no idea how glad I am to see ya, man!!”

 

“Get off of me!!” Tristan snapped pushing him back.

 

Joey blinked looking at him, as did MKaiba. He realized what he was doing, and said, “Uh.....sorry. I guess I'm getting tired. It's getting kinda late.”

 

Tristan then glanced over at this other Kaiba, and was sensing the weirdest vibes from this one. He remembered the feeling he got when facing KaibaS2....it was like he was looking into a mirror. And yet, this time that wasn't the case.....it was different. It almost felt like he had been around him before, which wasn't possible. And even stranger, this Kaiba didn't even have the normal stern face he was used to, either......that too was different.

 

“Uh.......come in.” MKaiba said, inviting Tristan in. “The others are in the living room.” He thought Tristan was acting kind of strange, himself. In fact, he too was getting weird vibes from Tristan, but didn't quite know why.

 

They came back into the living room, where Joey decided to lean against the wall, on the totally opposite side of where JKaiba was.

 

Tea smiled, saying, “Hey Tristan!”

 

Yugi then said, “Uh.....where's Angie, and Seto?”

 

“Seto?” MEKaiba asked.

 

“Y-yeah, there's another one of ya that ended up at Yugi's. We brought him to the other Kaiba, at Kaiba Corp.” Joey said, as he became wide-eyed and fearful, seeing JKaiba approaching to his end with a smirk.

 

Joey suddenly grabbed Tristan, saying, “Hey bud, why don't you hang next to me, here!” shoving Tristan purposely in between him and JKaiba.

 

Tristan looked surprised, and his instinct was to shove Joey away with disgust. But he refrained, knowing he was supposed to be Joey's friend. Looking strangely at this stalking Kaiba, he finally crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, saying, “Yeah, whatever......” trying not to be like himself.

 

JKaiba had to admit, he started to like this game with Joey. True, it wasn't `his' Joey, but since this one seemed to paranoid at being so close, it was one more way to frazzle the mutt. Plus, he had almost forgotten just how much fun it was to rub Joey the wrong way, and make him react to him.

 

He really knew he should be focusing on what was going on at the moment, but since there seemed to be no apparent danger, he didn't feel the need. Plus, without any work to do.....he was actually starting to get bored. And he really couldn't care less what anyone else thought on his behavior, anyway. After all, none of them were actually from his world....therefore their opinions meant nothing.

 

Unfortunately for JKaiba, the `mutt' tossed Tristan in the way to block him from his present entertainment. So, once again JKaiba decided to focus on the problem at hand, boredly asking, “So, you mean there's still 2 more of us still over at Kaiba Corp? What exactly are they doing over there??”

 

Yugi said, “This other Kaiba seemed to believe that he created a device that could bring all the other versions of himself back to where they belong. So we sent Seto over there to see how well it works.”

 

JKaiba's eyes narrowed, hearing this. “Is this Kaiba the one from this world?” he asked, still thinking that maybe his theory was right.

 

Yugi looked uncertain, saying, “Uh......I talked to him over the phone, so uh.....I'm not sure.” Yugi then turned to Tristan, asking, “Tristan?”

 

Tristan quickly said, “I can't say for sure......he certainly acts like him. Either way, it's a portable device. Angie stayed with Seto to make sure he didn't cause any problems, while Kaiba tested the device to ensure it works to perfection. He told me as soon as he sends that version of himself on his way, he would be heading over here with the device, so everyone can get sent back at once.”

 

GSeto's eyes widened, hearing that. `I have to stop him!' he realized. But, how? How could he delay himself??

 

JKaiba was thinking that he was right, it was the Kaiba from this world that was responsible. And whether that Kaiba was from this world or not didn't matter.......he probably got the information from their files at Kaiba Corp, which was why he couldn't find anything on it here. Either way, it seemed they could all sit back and wait for this other version to show up and send them back. A pity....he was really starting to like picking on this world's Joey, too.

 

“Are you sure he can be trusted??”

 

Everyone turned to face GSeto as he asked that question, Tristan becoming more wide-eyed from the comment, after hoping no one would think of asking that question. `Damn him!' Tristan thought, glaring at GSeto. That's when he really noticed the kid for the first time. `It's another me, but he's so young. Hmph.....too young.' he thought, eyes narrowing with distrust.

 

“What do you mean?” MEKaiba asked.

 

GSeto shrugged. “I'm just saying.....what if that version of Kaiba is lying, and he doesn't have any device. Maybe this device doesn't send you back, but does something much worst.”

 

“I was there!” Tristan snapped in anger. “I saw the device. He explained to me perfectly how it works, and it made logical sense. Besides.....why shouldn't any of you trust him? He obviously wants the same thing everyone does....to get back home. Who the hell would want to stick around here??”

 

As he asked both Yami and Yugi observed Tristan. `What's wrong with him?' Yugi asked Yami

 

`Tristan doesn't exactly seem himself, for some reason.' Yami thought, yet kept his thoughts from Yugi, not answering him back. After all, he didn't need to add more suspicion to the group, when there was all ready chaos ensuing about what Kaiba's could be trusted.

 

GSeto looked down, refusing eye contact, feeling the shame from himself. He was the traitor here, and obviously not the one he was accusing. But he forced himself to continue anyway, too afraid to go back home and face his fate. “I'm not trying to cause problems. All I'm saying is that maybe it's not what it's suppose to be. You said you left this other Seto there, which means he didn't activate it, yet. So, maybe his explanation is all bullshit, and the device doesn't work as he claims it does.”

 

“.....and maybe he's not the one we should be questioning on trust!” Tristan snapped back at the kid. “Exactly `how' old are you, anyway??”

 

The question caused every one of the other Kaiba's to glare at the child accusingly, as if his age was proof of a crime he had committed. GSeto didn't understand the question or the negative response that came from it. But, he also knew this stranger that looked nothing like the others and yet acting just like them, was right.....he was the real traitor.

 

Immediately, Joey grabbed Tristan by the collar, snapping, “What the hell is wrong with ya, picking on a poor kid like that?? Leave him the hell alone! Besides, he's got a point.....the guy we're counting on helping us IS a Kaiba, after all.”

 

Most of the Kaiba's gave Joey an accusing glare, especially JKaiba. Even if Joey did have a point, that didn't mean he had to throw it in their faces.

 

As for Tristan....for a moment it looked like he was going to kill Joey, for daring to put a hand on his clothes. But remembering quickly he had to behave like his idiot friend, he faked a smile and waved his hands, saying, “Hey, all I'm trying to say is that.....just cuz he's a kid don't make him innocent. Don't forget, he's also a Kaiba. And honestly, can you really trust any of them?”

 

Joey hesitated, and finally released Tristan. “Yeah, ya got a point. He's a Kaiba too, aint he? I kinda forgot.” he grinned. “But, still....he's just a kid.”

 

“Yeah, I know.” Tristan said, looking down....even though mentally he felt that was even more of a reason not to trust him. “But, Kaiba was also pretty young when he started up that Death Tournament.”

 

`Death Tournament?' GSeto wondered, as did SMKaiba.

 

All Kaiba's, except for SMKaiba, now turned away.....knowing those two words had them dead to rights. How could any of them be trusted, after what they did in the past? No matter how many times Mokuba told them there was nothing to forgive, none of it mattered if they couldn't forgive themselves.

 

“Stop it!!” MKaiba suddenly snapped, surprising everyone. MKaiba approached as support for GSeto, as he stated, “You have no right to accuse him of that. Everyone's from a different time. No one knows if that's even going to happen to him or not!”

 

Tristan blinked, staring at MKaiba and how a Kaiba loyally defended another version of him. `That can't be one of us!' Tristan thought, feeling an even stranger and stronger connected to this one.

 

SMKaiba continued to watch the whole scene, too focused on Death-T for anything else to matter to him. `What's Death Tournament?' he wondered. `What happened in this universe that I missed out on?' Whatever it was, he had a feeling it was bad and probably a very good thing he wasn't involved.

 

GSeto looked up, as MKaiba smiled down at him. `That's not me.....' GSeto realized. All the other ones were so cold. He felt at times he was looking at clones of Gozaburo with only mild differences. But, he could easily expect himself to turn out that way. This Kaiba was the only one who didn't act that way at all. His eyes were kind, his smile was warm.....he undoubtedly cared about him. And there was only one person that ever truly cared for him that way.

 

`Mokuba....??' he wondered. It's what he thought when he first looked at him up close, but he was so close to the other Mokuba, it confused him. After all, there couldn't be two, and assumed it was a trick. `But if there are multiples of me, couldn't there be multiples of him?' But that didn't make any sense, either. If that was the way he was supposed to look in the future, why would Mokuba look like him? But also.....why did this Tristan person act like him, and look like someone else? It was really confusing, and gave GSeto to urge to get up and run away from this area, very quickly.

 

MKaiba realized once again his actions caused the others to look on him in suspicion. So, he quickly added, “Mokuba wouldn't want us fighting with each other. And just as Tristan said, we are all looking to find a way back home. So, there's no reason for any of us to accuse each other.”

 

That seemed to shut everyone up on the subject. But his words seemed to stab Tristan with his own moment of guilt, knowing that he was probably the main one playing the traitor of them all. He took over someone else's body with the intent to stab everyone in the back in order to get a body of his own. `If they can't stop me, then they have it coming to them.' he reminded himself. But, looking at MKaiba still made him feel guilty, all the same. But, why? What was it about MKaiba that made him feel so strange?

 

Joey was simply relieved that this whole uproar had managed to make JKaiba totally uninterested in him at the moment. It really didn't matter what they yelled at to each other. Pretty soon, they'll all be gone, and he'll only have one Kaiba to contend with.....the one that lives here and can't stand him. And he was perfectly fine with that one, now. All the over-work in the world would still be tons better than having a Kaiba constantly making a pass at him. That was just too weird, and made him feel funny.

 

MEKaiba finally spoke up, saying, “Yugi.......you still have a story to finish, last time I remember.” Right now, any change of subject would be a better one, after what had been said about them.

 

“Oh, yes!” Yugi said. “So, this one Kaiba wanted Seto sent over to test this device.....”

 

“Not that story! The other one!” MEKaiba snapped.

 

“Other one??” Yugi said, totally forgetting.

 

“That's right.” MEKaiba smirked. “You were originally explaining to us how this all happened in the first place.”

 

“Oh, that one!” Yugi said, then blushed.....hoping they'd forget about that story. After all, it was Yugi's fault this had all happened. “Um.....where was I on that? It kinda got confusing....”

 

“....you said that you somehow used that puzzle, which somehow created more of us.” MEKaiba stated, rolling his eyes.

 

“Right!” Yugi smiled. “Well, not really created....more like it brought you guys here from wherever you all came from. Anyway......so, this other Seto wanted me to bring him back. I did as he asked, and used the power of the Millennium Puzzle. At first, it seemed to work. But, then......something went wrong, because there was now another Kaiba in its place.” Yugi said. He looked around at them, muttering, “Uh, well......it was one of you, I think. But then we began to realize it wasn't just him that appeared, but others as well.....just not in the same place. It looked like most of you ended up here.”

 

Joey then said, “You know, Yugi....maybe you should tell them how this all started from the very beginning.”

 

“You mean.....all the way when Mokuba first got sick?” Yugi asked.

 

“Yeah....to catch them all up to speed.” Joey said.

 

Yugi looked and noticed his comment about Mokuba being sick certainly got every Kaiba's attention. He nodded, and said, “Okay....”

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

 

A kid walked into Kaiba Corp, with a stride like he owned the place. The secretary looked down at him, asking, “Can I help you?”

 

“Tell Mr. Kaiba that Philmore is here.” he said in a very business, un-childlike tone.

 

The secretary blinked, asking, “You're Philmore?”

 

“Just tell him.” he snapped.

 

The secretary informed DTKaiba, and she smiled, saying, “Please, go right up.”

 

Philmore walked into the elevator, and pushed the button for the floor that the VR chamber was located. As he walked in though, he was suddenly grabbed by security, taken totally off-guard. DTKaiba smiled coldly, saying, “I've been waiting for you, Philmore. It's good to see you finally made it.”

 

“What is the meaning of this! We're supposed to be in this together!” Philmore snapped.

 

DTKaiba shook his head, saying, “You should know better. There's no such thing as `us' in business. Take him to the cell that the `woman' is residing in. Then get the limo ready.......we have a meeting to take care of at the mansion. Make sure my security guards are ready, as well. I don't want any mistakes.”

 

“Yes, Mr. Kaiba.” the guard nodded.

 

“And drag that worthless bum with us, too.” DTKaiba added, referring to Seto, who never had his mind sucked away, but was still rendered unconscious.

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

 

It wasn't long before Angie had a guest in the locked and empty room. She blinked, looking at the kid as he was thrown in as well, before the door was locked tight.

 

Angie came over to him to help him up, as she asked, “Who are you?”

 

But the kid yanked his arm roughly away from her, refusing to accept any help from Angie, as he asked, “I should be asking you the same question. Who are you?”

 

“Me? I'm Angie. Uh......I'm a friend of Yugi Motou.” she said.

 

The kid narrowed his eyes, saying, “Oh, really? Well, I don't remember seeing you, before.”

 

“Huh? Do you know Yugi, too? Are you also a friend of his?” she asked.

 

The kid scoffed at her question, saying, “Of course I know Yugi, but we're hardly considered `friends'.” The boy examined the security door, then the code button beside it. Immediately, he started pressing buttons at a fast pace, as `Access Denied' kept coming up. He would then try a different code, and so forth.

 

Angie gave a grim laugh, saying, “I don't think that'll work. You can't just get the door open from pushing random buttons.”

 

“They're not random.” he snapped, as he tried some more, looking annoyed. It appeared the passwords were changed, which were not very surprising to him. After all, it's hard to out-smart someone who was technically......'him'. He felt stupid falling for this trap in the first place. But he had no reason to think this one would betray him. After all, all their goals were to get home......weren't they? Why would this one want to sabotage and stop them?? It made no sense. Wasn't this Kaiba the same as looking inside himself? He saw no reason why he would want to stay, or attack any other versions of himself. It simply had no logic to it.

 

Suddenly to Philmore's surprise, the last code he used opened the lock. Philmore blinked a couple times, surprised that it worked. It was an emergency code that he put in later, after what had happened to him with the Big 5. He put that code in, incase any other problem ever occurred, to make sure he had a code that only he would know about. But, why didn't the other Kaiba know about this code and deactivate it? That made no sense, either.....

 

“You did it!” a voice blurted out, breaking Philmore's concentration.

 

He glared at her, with a few comments coming to mind to shoot back at her. But instead, he buried them and said, “Okay, get ready. They'll be guards outside. I want you to run out the door and keep running down the hall. At the very end, there's a maintenance room to the right. Go in and stay there.....got it?”

 

“Listen kid, that's not very smart. The guards will come after us!” she said.

 

“Leave the guards to me. Just whatever you do, don't look back and keep running.” Philmore told her. He then snapped, “Now, GO!”

 

She immediately ran out the door and charged down the hall in a rush, as the guards cried out, “Stop, or we'll shoot!!” She was terrified, worried that she was going to be gunned down. But the words from that kid echoed in her head, telling her to keep running......don't hesitate, and don't look back. She had no idea why she was trusting this kid with her life. But then, he did get her out, and did seem to know what he was talking about. And besides.......what choice did she have??

 

The guards took positions, aiming their guns to fire. But Philmore came out, doing a spectacular move on the one guard, using the element of surprise to his advantage. The other guard turned to face the kid, surprised by what had just happened......a guard beaten down by a kid?? The guard's hesitation cost him dearly, as Philmore kicked him where it counted, having to fight dirty to make up for his loss of size.

 

He grabbed both guard's guns and headed down the hall to the janitor's closet. As he opened the door, he was nearly beaten by a broom, as Angie blindly swung down at him, assuming it was a guard after her. She quickly said, “Sorry!” looking pretty sheepish for what she did.

 

“Just watch what you're doing.” he said, muttering, “At least you listened this much.....” Philmore closed the door and locked it, giving her one of the guns.

 

She looked at it in fear, saying, “Well, what to we do now? We can't just stay in here forever. Besides, they'll be bound to find us soon enough, staying trapped in this room. I don't think this was a very good idea. No offense......”

 

“This room has two advantages.” Philmore stated. “The first one is that janitor's rooms have no cameras in them to see us here. The second advantage is the escape route it offers.”

 

“Escape route?” Angie asked, looking at the kid and wondering how in the world he would know about all this. Besides.....she saw no other way out.

 

Philmore went over to the wooden beat-up shelf, and tried to tug at it. But, due to the kid's age he took over, he simply didn't have the strength. In frustration, he glared at Angie, snapping, “Are you going to sit there and stare, or help me?”

 

“Oh, sorry.....” she said, still not sure what he was doing.

 

They both pulled the shelf aside to show what looked like an approx. 3'x4' panel carved into the wall. Philmore grabbed a screwdriver from the maintenance shelf, and unscrewed the panel, to reveal a small opening. He blankly explained, “This is a crawl-space made for the maintenance crew to crawl in between the walls, incase something electrical needed to be fixed. It saves in cost to tear open the walls every single time, plus it makes a convenient escape route incase something ever went wrong.”

 

Angie blinked at the opening, and looked over at the kid, saying, “How.......how do you know about this? Is your father one of the maintenance people?”

 

Philmore glared at her, saying curtly, “Funny. Do you honestly think that I would allow the maintenance crew to have that kind of high-security access codes?” He sighed, and shook his head, “If you can't figure out who I am by this time, then that's your problem......not mine. Let's just concentrate on getting out of here.”

 

“You would allow......??” Angie asked, and then it suddenly clicked. “Oh my god, you're......” she stammered out, but by this time Philmore was ignoring her and beginning to crawl into the maintenance shaft. In anger, she grabbed him and yanked him back, snapping, “You're the one that threw me in that cell in the first place! So, what happened to your body? Is this some other way of trying to fool us??”

 

Philmore glared at her dangerously, his eyes narrowing down to slits, as he hissed, “Let. Go. Now.”

 

She hesitated only a moment, and finally let him go, knowing how dangerous Kaiba could be......probably even at that size. Since she released him, he dusted off his shirt, and snapped, “Don't be an idiot. You and your so-called friends are already aware that there are multiple versions of me wandering around. Personally, I still can't understand why one version of me would want to stop all of us from getting back to where we belong......and if we don't get back there soon, he's going to succeed.”

 

“Well......then we better get going.” she said, deciding not to stall this any further.

 

They got through the opening quite easily. The other side of it was also larger than the opening. It was the same height as a normal room, but it was basically a narrow hallway a little over 4' wide. The back of the maintenance shelf conveniently had a groove carved into its back, allowing someone from that side to pull on the shelf so it could cover the hole back up. They wedged the panel in between the wall and the shelf, pulling it as close as they could back to the wall, before sliding the panel back in front.......so that it wouldn't look like it was tampered with, as long as there was no careful study to the area. And as long as the shelf was back in place, he couldn't foresee the guards being smart enough to check behind it in the first place.

 

Only certain groups had knowledge and access to certain things, so that they couldn't do what he was doing right now. Security had full access to the cameras and certain pass cards. The maintenance crew knew certain access panels, but needed security to get them there to do the necessary work. The janitors had full access to everywhere, but had no knowledge on the maintenance tunnels, nor was told of where the cameras were, incase they tried to steal something. Only the Kaiba's knew every aspect of the building.

 

Philmore was in fact surprised that he made it this far, unsure why his other self left him a password. Was he walking into a trap?? Then again, if he couldn't see the logic of one Kaiba trying to take out all the other Kaiba's, then maybe there were differences, after all.

 

“Uh.......it's kind of dark in here.” Angie said, realizing they were now in total blackness.

 

Philmore turned on a flashlight, saying, “That's why I grabbed these off the shelf, when I put the screwdriver away.”

 

She let out a chuckle, saying, “I......didn't even notice you did that. Thanks.” Angie accepted the second flashlight he had, which he gave to her, and they began to head down the hall.

 

“So, um......how are we going to get to the first floor?” Angie asked.

 

Philmore was leading the way, as he answered, “That's coming up down this hall.” He stopped and looked at her strangely, seeming to remember something. “I remember, now. I saw you at school.....you were one of the students at Domino High. But I don't remember you ever being part of Yugi's little group.”

 

She shrugged and smiled, saying, “Well......maybe in your world, I wasn't friends with them, yet.”

 

He said nothing further on it, and continued to lead her down the small corridor.

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

 

For the past hour, Yugi was giving everyone the entire run-down of what happened from the very start. It wasn't the most detailed....it simply gave them the basic idea of what has happened up to now.

 

During this entire time, MKaiba was constantly getting the weirdest feeling from Tristan. He didn't seem to act himself, at all. Some of the times, when one of Yugi's friends talked to him.... he even seemed to be forcing a smile on his face. The whole thing seemed so......fake to him, and yet so familiar at the same time. When the Kaiba's began to fight or argue on something, Tristan even twitched, as if tempted to start right in on it like they were, but forcing himself to hold back.

 

Plus, that outburst he had earlier with GSeto. It would be just like his brother to hate a younger version of himself, seeing him as the failure of everything that would have happened to him in the future. But that made no sense for anyone else that normally saw a kid as someone more `innocent'.

 

But Tristan was also noticing differences in MKaiba. While struggling with himself to keep with fighting with the others, he noticed that MKaiba had been staring at him, strangely....making him inwardly nervous and hoping he didn't suspect the truth.

 

At least he knew he wouldn't have to do this for very long. Soon that other Kaiba would be here, and then it would be too late for any of them. He could go back home and meet Mokuba with his own body again, without his brother knowing any idea how he did it......he wouldn't know the wiser. And that was all that mattered, right? So, even if they suspected him as a Kaiba, there was not enough time for them to figure it out.

 

But, while he had thought about that and remained quiet, he also noticed that MKaiba also stood out from the norm, acting nothing like himself. Hell....a minute ago, he was even defending another version of himself. And that just doesn't happen.

 

In fact.....if he didn't know any better, he acted just like Mokuba. Strange that the other Kaiba's didn't outwardly show that they noticed any real difference in this one. Then again, in their world they obviously didn't give away their own body to allow their brother to live on. He did, and this one reminded him exactly of his brother. Speaking of which......where was the Mokuba of this world? He was okay in this universe.....right??

 

MKaiba was also trying to work out his suspicions of Tristan, when the guy suddenly looked around and asked, “Where's Mokuba?”

 

“He's sick in bed, remember?” Yugi asked.

 

“Yeah......that's right.” Tristan lied, forcing a smile and casually rubbed the back of his neck, as he had seen Joey do, attempting to mimic an idiot to fit in. “I think whatever he has, I'm starting to catch it. If you don't mind, I'm going to get a drink.”

 

“No, wait! Don't do that!” Joey pleaded, knowing he was the only thing between him and JKaiba, who in fact gave an evil smirk the moment Tristan moved. But Tristan didn't listen, as he pulled his way from the wall, and headed to the kitchen. Joey gulped, and looked over at JKaiba who was giving Joey a wicked grin, and moved over next to him once again.

 

Tristan left the room to the kitchen, in an attempt to get his head cleared. Yugi had already gone through most of the explanation on how the Kaiba from this world somehow traveled to another dimension, to save Mokuba from Noah, and eventually returned home (though he couldn't figure out what that had to do with Mokuba being sick). Then the Kaiba from that world, that wasn't Kaiba but Seto, appeared here. So, the Kaiba from this world got some kind of device from a lady who was shacking up with this Kaiba (at least that's what Tristan had gotten from the conversation), and left to try to find this world and save Mokuba again. But this other Seto wanted to do it, so he got Yugi to cast some kind of spell from the Millennium Puzzle (by this time he thought this story was beyond ridiculous), which sent that Seto away, but caused from what he counted as 9 different Kaiba's to appear back here. Technically, what it comes down to is........this was all Yugi's fault. Tristan didn't even get to find out what happened to the lady staying with Kaiba in this world, yet. But, by that time.......he didn't want to know. His head hurt enough listening to their nonsense. He was doing all he could just to keep from cracking, and acting like.......well, himself. But if he did that, he'd give himself away. The other Kaiba should be here with the guards at any time now, so he couldn't allow that to happen.

 

After Tristan was gone, GSeto felt it was the best time to try and get away. He got up, and looked at Yugi with the most innocent eyes he could, stating, “I need to use the rest room.....I'll be back.” and rushed out of the room. He used Yugi, since he didn't want to even try to fool a version of himself, and he felt too awkward talking to any girl about anything - especially a bathroom break. Plus, the blond seemed way too cozy with a version of him to take a chance to talk to.

 

After he left the room, Joey gave snicker to think of hearing any Kaiba announce a bathroom break and run out of the room. “Man, I really need to buy a video camera. That had to be a Kodak moment!”

 

But many of the Kaiba's eyes narrowed, also thinking that was slightly out of character. And unlike MKaiba that gave them strange vibes that they should trust him, this one didn't give off those vibes. If anything, it was exactly the opposite.

 

“Maybe one of us should go check on the punk.” VWKaiba muttered.

 

JKaiba stated, “We'll give him 5 minutes.” But all the talk about distrust had actually started to sink in with JKaiba. Despite that he wouldn't trust that younger version as far as he could throw him, he still had a good point. No one saw any device working. This other Kaiba was supposedly on his way back with Angie, and when he made it there he'd help them all get home. But, what if this device wasn't made to send them back? Given, that's all any of them wanted was to return to their worlds. But, he also had a tendency to be very unpredictable at times.

 

Maybe this world held more technology worth taking from this Kaiba, before going back. Maybe one of them wanted to find information from all the other Kaiba's to use as an advantage in his own world. `And maybe I'm just being paranoid.' he thought, glancing at the pocket that held his cell phone. He pulled it out, only to notice it didn't work in this world. JKaiba then carefully observed all the escape routes in this room, and tried to think up any way to trick another `him' if faced to battle with himself. `That would be difficult.' he thought.