Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Young God ❯ Chapter 9b ( Chapter 18 )

Chapter 9b

" Ut! Ut! Saimane! Ut! Shehelehio!"

That was what Yami found Seto doing the next morning. Seto was with a small Blue Eyes White Dragon, and indeed it was small, only a bit larger than a Kuribo. Yami guessed that Seto was training the little creature, but he couldn't be sure because he couldn't understand what Seto was saying. Seto never trained any monster in Egypt.

" Ut! Ut! Saimane! Sishe! Todo, todoi, oi, oi! Ut!"

Whatever Seto wanted the Blue Eyes to do, it wasn't doing it, try as it might, and it was trying. Pegasus could tell. Finally, the dragon lashed out its tail and shot something out of its eyes.

" Kolei!" Seto clapped his hands and laughed. Yami and Yugi looked at the big dragon who was just lying there watching in a relaxed contentment.

" Kolei. Shesei lehiu. Tole Mokuba shekenia, gourse. Gourse!" Seto looked at his little brother. " You try it now," He said.
" Ut!" Mokuba called, and instantly the baby dragon did the same thing.
" Wow!" Mokuba cried, and Yami couldn't help but smile. Seto suddenly turned to them.
" You complained a great deal when I made the Dragon cuddly!" Pegasus protested. " But that is the same thing!"
" Oh please, the Blue Eyes Toon Dragon wasn't cuddly at all. It was corny and dorky and idiotic and ridiculous and I can go on forever. This guy is actually kawaii. He's her son."
" Who's son?" Pegasus looked at the big dragon. " Matte, that's a she?"
" Iie!" Seto rolled his eyes. " The dragon you turned into a cartoon was a she."
" Oh." Pegasus blinked.

Well, if the toon dragon did look dorky and ridiculous, this baby Blue Eyes certainly did not. Whether it was because the dragon did not have the bulging eyes and the characteristics of stretching, or simply because it looked fat and plump but otherwise like its adult kin, Pegasus couldn't tell.

" Where is Pegasus?" He asked.
" On the tower over there. He likes high places." Seto answered.
" Wouldn't he fall?"
" He's a winged horse, Pegasus. How would he get up there if he'll fall on the wall? Sure, he might slip. But he won't fall."

Yami blinked for a moment. It was comical, the thought of a horse rearing up on a pointy tower.

" What happened to that other god?" Yugi asked.
" Ran away. He use to be nice though, nice but stupid. Now he's both mean and stupid." Seto sighed. " A total bully. He couldn't stand up to me though because ironically enough I always outwit him."
" And Rishna too." Yami laughed. " I thought those two were always together."
" Something happened in sixteen years." Seto answered absently. He petted the baby dragon before it disappeared.

Seto rubbed Mokuba's head. " Where's Banat and Ryou?"
" Still snoring." Yami answered. " Why did you make your brother wake up so early? It's six in the morning."
" Why are you up so early?"
" All the racket you're making-it's a wonder anyone can sleep at all."
" Ah." Seto laughed.
" You haven't let your brother sleep with you in a long time, eh?" Pegasus said good humoredly. " Poor Mokuba was suffering from neglect!"
" Shizuka ni! What do you know?" Seto squeezed Mokuba affectionately. " Speaking of a long time, I've been wearing that device of yours for a long time now. Can I please take it off?"
" Not yet." Pegasus suddenly looked serious. " I have a feeling you're going to need it."
" Oh?" Seto blinked in confusion, then it dawned on him. ' You're not..."

" It should take us about thirteen hours to arrive in Egypt." Pegasus said. " And then we can start looking for Shadi and Isis."
" Is he going to keep out that long?" Jou asked.
" I really do not like this." Yami warned. " If he gets angry, even the device won't control him. He doesn't like getting knocked out."
" No one does." Banat hissed. " But do we have a choice? I'm going to faint if he sobs like that again, and all that nasty screaming and protesting. Geez, what's he so afraid of?"
" Quite frankly, everything that happened in Egypt went totally wrong." Malik pointed out. " Thanks to you and your stupid love for the kid, the Pharaoh's love for the kid, and also his sense of possessiveness going overboard."
" I don't care about him."
" Sure. That's why you challenged the Pharaoh. You don't care about him."

Banat folded his arms and remained silent.

" He can't attack anyone with the Millennium Items." The hikari Malik blinked. " I wonder why."
" The Sennen Items were sent to this world by a god named Aishite Gourleno." Pegasus explained. " It was sent here ever since humans adopted magic and started to play in the Shadow Realm. Originally the Sennen Items were there to help humans, but then humans started to abuse the powers before Yami was born. Some of it was lost, and the gods could not take the gifts back because they weren't allowed to. One of the Pharaohs before Yami also used the item to close the gate, so that gods can enter but cannot go out. Quite frankly Seto was forced to be sent here because they had no choice. The only thing that can send him back was the Sennen Items, but the items had changed a great deal over the years. They can easily corrupt the holder's heart and turn him to evil."
" Kind of like the Lord of the Rings." Honda mused.
" Quite frankly Seto has a lot of power but doesn't know how to use it. Especially, ill as he was, he didn't have the strength to summon any of them either. Seto sort of put together the puzzle...that when all the millennium items joined, that was when corruption starts-which was kind of correct in Yami's situation."

The plane was silent for a moment as Yami stroked the sleeping god's hair.
" He's shivering." Yami said. Pegasus nodded and brought over a blanket from one of the suitcases."
" You know," Yugi laughed, " You look much better in that hat and t-shirt. It makes you look normal."

Pegasus blinked. " This was the exact same thing I wore the last time I went to Egypt."

Seto jerked awake. Mokuba was by his side in a minute, as was everyone else.
" Where am I?" Seto whispered, immediately tense. " Where are you taking me? What's going on?!"
" Relax, Sana." Pegasus said soothingly. " It's going to be alright."
" Everything's not alright," Seto tried to sit up but couldn't because Yami was pressing him down. " What are you doing?!"

Blood was coming out of his mouth and Mokuba painfully wiped it, while Banat prepared the needle.

" Iie! Iie! Leihe!" Seto cried, tears forming in his eyes, but his body was pinned by those he trusted. Banat smiled sadly at the frightened boy before injecting the needle.

At first Seto struggled a good while with consciousness and he tried to shift out of Yami's grasp, crying and screaming. But after a while even he couldn't shield himself from the tranquilizer and slowly he relaxed, still awake but relaxed and tired.
" It's not as much as last time." Banat noticed. " Is he put?"
" Hai." Yami answered, giving Seto's hand a squeeze. Seto just stared him with blank eyes. He uttered a sob.

" How can we get him to shut up?" Banat growled.
" Yami, be nice." Ryou scolded. " Who knows, we might be corrupted with evil and do something stupid once we get to Egypt."
" Like Yami." Yami Malik pointed out. Yami didn't say anything.
" Would you stop saying that?" Yugi rose to his yami's defense. " What in the world did Yami do that was so horrible?"

There was a sudden silence in the plane for a long moment.

" Well?" Yugi was getting scared. He wasn't sure if this silence was good or not. " Aren't you going to tell me?"
" After Yami won the duel with Banat," Yami Malik began, " Seto rose up against him to end the Shadow Games...Yami went mad...won the game and..." He fell silent.

Yugi paled. " What happened?"

Pegasus and the yamis looked at each other uncomfortably. " Now is not the time..." Pegasus said. " We can tell you after we land. Just rest assured that it wasn't very pleasant. It wasn't Yami's fault, but it wasn't very pleasant..."

Seto finally fell asleep in quiet slumber, forgetting everything that took place.

" Well that was smooth, Ashika!" Rishna groaned. " You lost Pegasus and Seto. What kind of idiot are you? And you also roused annoyance from the mortals. I can't believe there is anyone on this planet or in any realm for the matter as foolish as you!"

Ashika sighed. " Seto rose to their defense."
" Of course he would. He's not Seto Kaiba the CEO of Kaiba Corps! He's the child of immortals. He's not selfish at all, although he's a pretty good actor. He'll stand up to you forever if you force him to and he'll protect his friends until they betray him."
" We can't let that happen again." Ashika paled. " We almost lost Seto the other time with Belumfel. No, we can't let that happen again..."

Seto woke up to the sounds of Jou snoring. He started when he felt an arm around him but realized it was Mokuba. He relaxed. Then he started to register everything.

Alright, there is snoring, which means someone else is here. Mokuba's here, so that's good. There's an engine running, a plane engine. That can't be good. If we're on a plane, then-

" Iie!" He shouted, waking Mokuba instantly, and he tried to jump out of the bed he was in, but a strong arm quickly pinned him down again. He looked into the red eyes of...

" Pharaoh!" He cried, and suddenly all the memories came rushing back at him. " Ieru! Ieru! Shanefou!"

Yami instantly released him, shocked and hurt at how Seto had responded, and it was Pegasus who saved Seto from jumping to his death out of the plane. The sobbing boy was hysterical, and Pegasus barely held on to him.

" Grab some rope!" He called. " The tranquilizer will no longer work. Grab some rope!"

Mokuba started crying as well as he saw his brother being tied up ruthlessly. A gag was tied around his mouth, and a gentle blindfold around his eyes. Seto struggled and the white gag became red.

Pegasus cursed in whatever language it was and tossed him on the bed.
" God, if only Seto could have a little more trust." He muttered.
" It will be harder now." Cecilia said. " Mokuba, go comfort your brother."

Mokuba wiped the tears from his eyes, and sniffling, wrapped his arms around Seto's neck. Seto tried to hug back but was restrained by the ropes and could only press his neck against the little boy's.

" I have a feeling the Millennium Eye is starting to..." Pegasus swayed a little.
" Hai, me too," Ryou swayed as well, then collapsed.
" Ryou!"
" Malik!" Yami Malik cried. Yugi collapsed and Yami picked him up.
" What's going on?" Yami shouted.
" The items are activating." Cecilia said. " Don't worry," And she hummed something before spreading her arms out. Slowly everyone sank to the ground by some kind of spell. The items, before glowing, dimmed and the light vanished.

Seto wept on.