YUGIOH

Getting Back to Square 1

Narr: Warning…more violence! Also last chapter…

Chapter 15.

Luther first heard the banging from a distant door. Then he heard the outdoor siren go off, annoying him to no end since he was trying to write up a contract to send to a new weapon's supplier, while he waited for the media to calm down on Kaiba's death.

He would soon get his full revenge. It may not be the way he planned…but by the time he was through, there would be no Kaiba name left in Japan.

"What the hell is going on out there?" He growled, as his hand went for the phone. That very moment, the door opened and a very familiar person entered the room, pointing a handgun in the direction of his head.

Luther was terrified…Kaiba was supposed to be dead. He couldn't understand how he could be standing here before him alive as life.

Kaiba closed the door, just as the other door got smashed open down the hall, and he locked it…his eyes never leaving sight of Luther. Offering a cold smirk, he said. "I told you, you should have killed me. No one ever seems to take that warning to heart until it's too late."

"So…you're still alive." Luther said, as he began to casually bring one of his hands down to reach under the table. "I must say I'm surprised to see…"

Luther didn't get any farther than that before Kaiba pulled the trigger, shooting him through the head. The man's head dropped onto the desk, leaving a pool of blood.

"You talk too much." He muttered, not taking the chance to listen to the guy ramble on, when he easily noticed the man was reaching his hand down, for some reason.

There was now a pounding on the door he was directly behind, as one of his soldiers cried out. "General Luther…are you alright in there?"

Kaiba pulled out the hand grenade, pulled the pin, and quickly tossed it out into the hallway before closing the door back up. A couple shots were fired when he opened the door, but fortunately for Kaiba it was a well-protected metal door that couldn't be shot through. He heard screaming then the explosion that bowed the door in Kaiba's direction and sent the CEO flying on top of Luther's dead body.

He pulled himself up, thinking. 'Strong door…must have been made by us as well, at one time.'

He noticed the chair didn't budge at all when he landed on Luther…something that he expected should have been knocked right over when he slammed into it. For some reason the chair was bolted right to the floor.

'Strange.' He thought. He could hear more people coming and realized he had no time to get anywhere and was stuck in a room that seemed to have no exits.

Tossing Luther's dead body aside, he looked under the desk where he was reaching in hopes to find another weapon. But instead, he found a button.

'I guess it can't do anything worst to me then what's about to happen.' He thought, knowing once the soldiers came in, he was dead.

So, Kaiba pushed the button and to his surprise, the entire chair he was in elevated up towards the ceiling, which was also levitating up.

Shortly afterwards, the soldiers used a bazooka to blast through the door, to find Luther's dead body, no body else there, and his chair strangely missing. "Where the hell is the intruder?"

Kaiba found himself on the roof of the building, near the chopper that was also on the roof. But the spot light was flashing all over in the direction of the building he was on, and it narrowed in on Kaiba.

He quickly ran for it, as a machine gun fired from another tower at Kaiba. He reached the chopper but there was no way he was going to have the time to start it up and escape before they shot him or blew the thing up. It wasn't looking good.

His best bet was to try to climb in the helicopter and hope to get out in time before they blew it up.

As Kaiba moved to get inside the helicopter, a foot shot out from inside, striking Kaiba in the face. It sent him flying far enough that the other tower attempted to shoot at him again from a distance, and immediately he had to rush back to the chopper for the safety of cover.

He barely had a chance to see who this person was he was fighting, and simply charged at him, slamming him against the helicopter. His eyes widened realizing, as the man sneered back at him. The man's knee shot up, striking Kaiba hard in the gut.

The pain was excruciating, hitting him at his weakest point where he was still the most wounded. Kaiba saw stars, as he buckled and dropped to his knees.

The man chuckled down at him. The man's name was Hebi…he was the man personally in charge and responsible for torturing Kaiba, while he was a prisoner there.

Of course Hebi also knew all the most damaged areas that were done to him, before he was sent away to be killed. He had personally caused at least half of them.

The man laughed some more, as he struck Kaiba across the face with his rifle. "I knew there was no way you were fully healed. Internal wounds takes so long to get better. I can't believe you're still alive. I was disappointed when I heard Luther gave the approval to kill you…you weren't broken, yet. But when all the commotion started, I knew it had to be you…somehow, you must have survived. So, I waited in the one place you would most likely end up in the end."

Kaiba tried to force the pain away, and barely managed to pull the hand gun out he was carrying, but was kicked in the face again, losing his weapon. "Oh, it's such a pity all the chaos you did. I'd really love to be able to finish the job of breaking you. Unfortunately, we're going to have to leave. But, at least this time I can guarantee you die, Seto Kaiba!"

He was done for…he knew it.

The man took aim at him, and Kaiba knew there was nothing he could do in time, as his head lowered in defeat. Joey would be disappointed to know he failed to come back alive. And he had a feeling this would happen. If he wasn't so injured, he was sure he would have gained the upper hand. But no matter…he had at least succeeded in his mission. He could die satisfied that Mokuba would be safe.

But suddenly to his surprise, a Japanese military jet flew by, blowing up the tower that was shining a light where they were. Suddenly, the light was out.

At the time Hebi was just about to pull the trigger, and was taken off guard by this. For a moment, he looked up to see the jet flying by…now silhouetted in darkness.

Kaiba took this opportunity to pull out the military knife he still had, and rushed forward lunging the knife deep into the man's stomach.

The man looked at him, his eyes filled with shock and fear. Yes…that was probably the look Luther wanted Kaiba to have on his face before he died. Too bad he never got it.

It didn't last, as Hebi died almost instantly after.

Tossing him down, he looked around to figure out what to do next. People started to scramble in a panic, suddenly realizing their base had been discovered. And Kaiba could now see the KC copters also coming in from the distance in his direction.

He…was going to make it?

Immediately, he jumped in the chopper, started it up, and began to take off…ignoring the harsh pain in his gut that was still hurting him after he had gotten kicked there.

There was some machine gun fire that was shooting at the other helicopters coming in, as well as the jet taking another hit and run at them…some of those shots hit Kaiba's chopper as it took off. It was wounded but still able to fly.

He then received a radio communication, and heard it announce to him. "This is the Japanese military. You will land your helicopter and surrender, or will be shot down."

Kaiba quickly grabbed for the head set, replying. "This is Seto Kaiba. I am trying to leave a hostage situation, and request escort."

The radio came back, saying. "We copy. Kaiba Corp security is coming in…please follow them out of the area."

"Confirmed." Kaiba replied. He couldn't believe it…he was really going to make it. 'But, how did they find this place?' He wondered, and began to think that maybe the mutt actually came through.

Another shot suddenly came out…a missile, which hit the tail end. Despite his efforts to keep the chopper up, it crashed off-base a good 300 ft. away.

One of the KC helicopters hovered nearby as a few security rushed to the chopper, helping a wounded Kaiba out of it and back to their own helicopter.

"We got him…let's get back." One of the security said, as one of their medical personnel was there to check Kaiba over. As soon as Kaiba was on board the helicopter, it took off into the sky away from this area.

"Sir…are you okay?" He asked him.

"What do you think?" Kaiba asked coldly.

He had blood stains on him…some were his, some were not. He was badly bruised in places after being thrown back from the hand grenade he launched, and he had minor burns and cuts from when the chopper was hit and he crashed into the woods. And none of that included all the other injuries he was still healing from.

He looked him over and nodded, stating. "Well…you're alive."

"Aren't you a genius." He sourly replied.

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The helicopter left with Seto Kaiba on it. The flight didn't take too long and landed on the landing pad on top of Kaiba Corp tower, the main door opened and Kaiba stepped out with his security.

Mokuba ran out, crying. "Seto, you're okay!" And launched himself at Kaiba.

Kaiba kept himself from flinching since he didn't want his brother to know that his embrace hurt.

Mokuba could see that his brother looked like he literally went through a war zone, and asked. "You're not hurt too bad, are you?"

"No, I'm fine." Kaiba said. It wasn't an entire lie. Compared to what he went through earlier, these wounds were nothing. As the paramedic said…he was alive. And at least he could still walk on his own, without help.

In the distance, he could see Joey smiling at him from the doorway that went into the KC building. He was there with the spiky-headed friend of his who's name presently eluded him. It reminded him he was going to have to have a talk with Joey at a later time. Not only for personal reasons, but because he might actually owe Joey his life.

Speaking of which, that thought also caused Kaiba to remember something. He turned to one of his security, stating. "When the Japanese government is done and allows us over there again, I need you to go back."

"Seto?" Mokuba asked, wondering why.

Kaiba added. "Along the coast line, there should be a number of houses that watch when boats come in. One of those houses has a shark head in the fridge. It belongs to Joey…I want you to retrieve it for him."

"Yes, sir." The security guard said.

Mokuba just looked at his brother weird. "Did you say a shark head?"

"Yeah." He smiled, then looked over at Joey, who grinned right back.

"Hey…you called him Joey!" Mokuba said, finally realizing.

"I guess I did…didn't I?" Kaiba said.

He had endured a lot this last month. But he felt every moment was worth it, for the harm it prevented towards his brother. He had no regrets…not even for a moment.

And not only that…he even somehow managed to pick up a stray dog along the way.

Either way, it had been a hard road to travel…but somehow he had finally made it back to square 1.

END

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Narr: I hope everyone enjoyed this story. I know there were some out there who wanted yet another love scene for the ending. Well, I'm sorry couldn't offer that. I didn't think it would be very realistic to do so, since Kaiba was going to have to be patched up, deal with reporters, getting his company's stocks back up, clearing Mokuba as not being insane, etc. And yes, I could have tried to jump to a week or a month later with those two happily together. But they still have some things they were going to need to sort out, as well…and I wasn't going to just throw in a 'happily ever after' love scene. That would make this whole venture stupid and sappy. Plus, the main plot was really him getting back to his brother, not his relationship with Joey. So…that's the end. Who knows, maybe some day in the faaaar distant future I'll come up with a Getting Back to Square 1 number 2. Though I recommend not to hold your breath.

Anyway…since we are at the end, I wanted to announce that I will be submitting at least 2 more stories for those who are interested, coming in the next couple weeks.

The first is a one-shot Pegasus/Kaiba fic (yeah, I know…'something' shipping, I don't keep track of those terms!). For those who were not happy with my Hopeless Collision fic due to the angst, I am making it up to you in this light-hearted one-shot fic. I hope you enjoy it. Those who like this matching should 'not' be disappointed. Yes, it's a romance.

The second story is not a pairing of any sort, and is an elongated adventure fic. Those who read and enjoyed my Eternal Darkness story will be pleased to know that I have made a sequel: Eternal Darkness 2! (yeah, real original name…) Kaiba is now a vampire. The story takes place at the end of the Yugioh saga, showing how Kaiba deals with being undead, and how the gang also deals with it. Plus, they have a new enemy to face! Those that have not read the first story and are considering reading this, I greatly suggest you read the original first, to know what's going on. Don't worry, it's nothing like Twilight…vampires don't sparkle! (I hate Twilight!) And I made sure my vampire fics aren't just 'horror movies', they both have the Yugioh 'flavor' in the stories as well. After all…if you don't keep the Yugioh aspect in there, then it's not really Yugioh, anymore.

PS: I know this is the last chapter, but don't forget to review! Thanks!