Winning Without Gods (A Yu-Gi-Oh Fanfiction)DONE!

Chapter 10: Yes For Yuugi

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Kaiba Headquarters

"Well, this is bound to make Atem move." Instead of preparing strategies and tactics for their game, he was using strategies and tactics to make Atem come back. If 'friendship' reasoning got canceled out because 'I trust my friends' was enough, then it was time to pull it all closer to home. "Isis Ishtar. Deceased. Bullet. Marik Ishtar. Knife. Rishid. Ouch." All of them were dead. To make matters worse, it all happened days before Yuugi's own grandfather had been attacked in the Game Shop.

He didn't waste much time. From what he had squeezed out of Atem and Yuugi's Grandpa, it was apparent what was going on. Someone was after anyone who knew Pharaoh. "If somebody knows, then why was Yuugi left alone?" And why bother with Jounouchi's sister?

He left again. He was on a mission and he wasn't stopping until he accomplished it. For so long, ever since the Pharaoh left, he had a need inside of him to see and duel him. Enough that he went through any lengths to see him again. But it wasn't enough. There was more to it, he could feel it, like an itch he couldn't scratch. There was something inside, deep inside, that was trying to accomplish the impossible. Not just see Pharaoh. But to get him back. He needed him back and that need never changed.

"Scrape it. Scrape everything that you can with his name."

"No one must ever know. Get rid of it all."

Kaiba heard the voices in his head. His past life. It happened more and more as he visited the afterlife. "I know there's something I've got to do, but what? I have something I need to do, but what?"

Back to step one. Finding more information. Something would trigger Pharaoh to come back.

Shizuka's Apartment

Kaiba went over by the door but heard struggling inside. Am I too late? He went toward the open door and went in. Two people had Shizuka on the ground. Not noticing his presence yet, he took the upper hand to get them off.

"No! Grab the gun!" The one who fought with him yelled. "Slay the Dragon!"

Slay the dragon? What were they spouting? Kaiba moved out of the way and prevented the man with the gun from using it. "I don't think so." The other man was on the ground, beneath the trigger he aimed, but the other one started to head out. "Now, you. Why are you messing with Shizuka Kawai?"

"We were here to slay the Dragon," the man repeated.

The Dragon? "What are you talking about?" Kaiba pushed the trigger closer to his head. "You really don't want to push me right now. Talk."

"The Blue-Eyes White Dragon, it's going to be reborn in her," the man said. "It's close. It's coming. It's the second most important!"

Kaiba searched him. He didn't make any sense. He looked at papers on him, trying to figure out what was going on. I knew it, this has nothing to do with trafficking. Second most important. Blue-Eyes White Dragon? He looked toward Shizuka, listlessly on the floor. She hadn't moved an inch since everything started. "Still can't see." Hm. He knocked the man out in front of him. "Fine then, you're coming with me." He picked her up off the ground by her arm, getting her to her feet. He moved her in front of him as they headed out. He closed the security back up.

"Hurry it up." He'd give Jounouchi a call and let him handle this mess for the information. Then he wouldn't have to get his hands dirty, which were kind of full anyhow. He took Shizuka downstairs but she started to whine. "Pull yourself together. This is no time to break down." He looked back at her. She was doing more than shutting her eyes, she was squinting like they were in pain. He needed to get her to the company's doctor. He kept moving her out toward his car. She didn't try to leave as he started the car.