The CEO, The Priest and The Helpless Puppy

The Machine

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Prologue: The Machine

There it was. 

The machine that could change our thoughts on history as we know it.

"What da hell is this?" A tall, slender blond asked, placing his hand on his hips and eyeing the machine suspiciously. Tea, a tall brunette, frowned and pulled on his ear. 

"Joey, behave and be polite, remember that we're guests in Kaiba's mansion." She scolded, letting go of the blonde's ear and giving him a look of disapproval. Joey rubbed his aching ear and turned to his friend, sticking his tongue out at her rudely. 

"Yes, 'Mom'." He mumbled sarcastically, before turning back to eye the machine. "What is this... Weird... Thinga-ma-jig anyways?" He asked, getting closer to it.

A small, raven-haired boy smiled at him. "Don't you recognize it, Joey?" He asked, laughing when said blond just raised a brow at him in confusion, tilting his head to the side. "It's the machine that was used to send the Pharaoh back to his own time!" He explained, stepping closer to the control panels, pressing one of the buttons and moving a lever forward. Suddenly, the machine lit up, and an image of what supposedly was ancient Egypt appeared on the screen. 

"Wow!" Yugi, a small teen with crazy hair exclaimed. "That's amazing Mokuba!"

Mokuba smiled proudly and moved a small joystick that was on one of the control panels. "It is isn't it? Seto thought it'd be a good idea to reuse the machine to see into the past!" He shouted in excitement. The others all stared at the machine in interest, while Joey, on the other hand, frowned and kicked the poor, inanimate object.

"It's not dat special, it's just a hunk of metal." He grumbled, kicking the side if it. Suddenly, a booming, demanding and slightly attractive voice barked out. 

"Get away from that mutt! It's worth more than you could ever make in your entire life, Wheeler!"

They all turned to see the owner and creator of the said machine himself. Seto Kaiba, the young, CEO of Kaiba Corp. Wearing his signature white trench coat with his logo on it, he made his way into the room, an air of authority surrounding him. Walking past the others, he stood in front of the blond, and within seconds, the two had a complete glaring contest. 

The first to avert his eyes was the loser in their minds.

"Hey, big brother! Come! let's show them how your machine works!" Mokuba called out, smiling brightly as he turned towards the desk with a computer on it and pressing some keys. 

"Alright." He mumbled, looking away and ignoring the little, 'happy dance' that the blond was doing. "The sooner we get this over with the sooner you dweebs can get out of my mansion." He uttered. Taking long strides to the operating machines, the young brunet began to work his magic, ignoring the dirty looks he received from. The sound of his taping echoed around the room, beeping noises followed afterward as the computer announced the completion of the machine's operative system. With everything online, they were now ready to set up the melee-program and turned everything on.

Within a few seconds, the machine was up and working, glowing at first with a bright light, before dissolving. Once the light began to dim down, images similar to that on a large, HD TV appeared. 

"Whoa!" Tristan, a tall, tan brunet with pencil-shaped hair gasped. The sight of the operating machine was breathtaking, something he never would have dreamed of seeing with his own to eyes. Intrigued by the sight, he placed his cup of coke onto one of the operating tables and leaned in closer.

"This is amazing Kaiba!" Tea breathed out, giggling with Yugi as they watched some of the children play in the sand. The imagery of people passed by, speaking in Arabic as they went on about their lives, completely oblivious to them all. Joey took in the images as well, slowly crossing his arms and looking away, pout on his lips.

"It's not DAT great." He murmured, giving the machine a small kick. Little did the blond know, was that that one kick vibrated the machine, causing Tristan's drink to fall over, spilling its Soda-y goodness all over the operating panels. 

The panels and the machines all began to malfunction, smoke began to appear as the sound of sizzling was heard. Suddenly, a flash of huge lightning-like spark appeared, causing the machine to reverse any and every effect it once had. With a switch in the melee-programming, the computer suddenly announced its course change. Within seconds, it began to suck in everything close to it, like a black hole. Everyone panicked and tried to back away quickly, only Yugi wasn't strong enough. Before he knew it, the young teen was forcefully sucked in. 

"Yug!" Joey cried, instinct kicking in, as he ran closer and reached out to his friend. Able to withstand the pressure of the machine, the young blond grunted as he grabbed ahold of his friend's wrist. "Damn!" He growled, soon getting sucked in with him. Seto jumped and ran for them, in an attempt to save the two idiots. He was able to hold on to Joey's arm, only to have the blond's immense strength pull him forward.

A blinding light suddenly flashed by, making it hard for the others to see if their friends were alright. Yugi, Joey and Kaiba's screams were all heard as the sound of something being sucked in echoed loudly throughout the room. The sound of a man laughing boomed into the room, echoing through the walls as the deep voice began to laugh harder and harder.

Within a matter of seconds, the portal closed up and the machine broke itself down, leaving the other three that were behind shocked and confused. 

"Oh no," Mokuba whispered, checking his screen and trying his hardest to type something into the computer database, receiving no response. 

"What's wrong? What's going on?" Tristan asked in a panic, his two best friends had just been sucked into a machine. His 'oh no' was not something he wanted to hear at the moment, oh no was never a good sign.

Mokuba sighed in frustration, smashing the keyboard with his fist before banging his head down on it. After a few minutes, he looked up at them with a sadden expression. "My brother and the others were just sent back to the Pharaoh's past..."

A/N: So? What does everyone think? Ok? Not ok? Bad? I hope it came out alright...

This was written for Nagareboshi-Lover! I tried my best! There will be more chapters soon ok? I promise! This was originally posted on FanFiction (dot) Net, but I decided I wouldn't mind sharing.

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