The Dragon's Purpose (Part 2)

DIMENSION: MANGA (The One That Saves the Day)

"Fucking hell." Ba. Kaiba never expected to hear that word. These people had been tracking down the appearances of the Pharaoh's magic since his last appearance. Nothing had been happening, then they spotted signs magic was coming back. However, the signs weren't good, and there was no way it was made by them.

For the last four years, they had found signs of evil making a slow return. They assumed the magic was done by the Pharaoh himself, coming back from the dead to try and rule over the living. They didn't seem to know anything, just random observers trying to hack their ignorance into intelligence. Except, that these ignorants did run across something. It wasn't in their heads. Kaiba needed to conduct new research now. Once they found Yuugi, they were determining who would be who already. They knew another group was trying to pull out the evil magic, they had run into it on several occasions.

That's how they found Yuugi, they tracked the other group's movements. Some of what they said made sense while the rest of it made none. Knowing authorities would be looking at his cameras, he decided to speak to them through their minds with the rod. ///Seto: You've been lured in by bullshit. We weren't responsible for any of those things, and killing an innocent girl or two isn't going to make anything bad go away. Do you know why? Because we're not involved in it. If anything, the forces are coming together to fight something evil. Did that ever occur to you?/// He held his rod out closer. ///Seto: One of you will go home and you will say this. The shit that is happening is destiny. Pharaoh is coming back to fight the evil, not take over the world. Any second thoughts about not doing that, and your mind will be mine. As for the rest of you?/// He used the power to make sure they would never be a menace again.

One survived to take his message and that was good enough. ///Seto: Now, get out and move. The doctor's are coming.///

Kaiba moved Shizuka Kawai up with him. His doctors were coming in quickly to take care of Mokuba. Mokuba. His facilities weren't enough this time, his doctors weren't there or ready, and he didn't stop the ambulance from coming in. There would be a ton of questions by the police, like why they all started to shoot themselves, but he didn't care. He never said anything compromising out loud. His brother was shot and he was getting the best care right away. "I'll be right there, Mokuba."

Because of course, police. They showed up late, but not late enough he could follow to the hospital.

Domino Hospital

After Seto Kaiba gave the police what little information he could, and Shizuka gave what she could, he was freed. After all, they had video of the whole ordeal from his security system. He did make sure though that he kept the millennium rod. Brainwashing was not his favorite to use, but useful at the moment. Brainwashing was a weak use for the rod. If you weren't persuasive enough to make someone do what you want, it wasn't something an item should be bothered with. It was your fault, at least to Seto Kaiba.

It felt? Like an old friend come home. The idiot holding it hadn't seemed to know what to do with it, like he was holding it for someone. If a person didn't know what an item could do, they weren't much better than a paperweight for it. Either that, or dead. If they were that clueless, they must have got it from the other group.

Kaiba checked the internet while he stayed with Mokuba. He was stuck in the public hospital since the police took him away for questioning. Mokuba would be in better hands soon, but he didn't want to be gone from his brother for long, so he was moving everything to his mansion. He also had to deal with some of the red tape like rules, provisions, paychecks, threats and maybe some bribery. Shizuka Kawai stayed right beside him, and he wasn't letting her leave easily. She was a potential weapon and people were trying to kill her, to kill the dragon.

Shizuka turned. "I'm sorry about your brother."

Mokuba would be fine, they got him in on time. Plus, Kaiba hated pity. Still, he wasn't leaving yet until his home facilities were ready. If anyone so much as made a move against his brother, he'd go ahead and use the weak trick of brainwashing again. He wasn't above making people shoot themselves if it saved his brother.

"Can I get you something?" Shizuka asked.

"No. How are your eyes?" He glanced at her eyes again. The color of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's eyes were in hers still. Piercing blue.

"I'm great," she answered. "It's just strange."

"What's strange about it?" he asked.

She seemed surprised he was still having a conversation with her. "They just feel strange. My eyes have never seen this clear. The doctor's said that there was no way to ever fix them this time. I was resigned to being blind. I don't understand. Could I . . . possibly call my brother?"

"Soon." He rubbed his thumb against the millennium rod's smooth base. Honda and Jounouchi were on hold. He was trying to determine if the information squealed to him was accurate or something a boss had told them.

So far, they were banging it all on the head though. Even his own lovely employee that was literally a serial killer that Jounouchi had survived against in Death-T. He had been missing too. He should have followed up on it closer.

"I'll be right back. I'm going to go find a vending machine."

"It'll be away from this area of the hospital. These people are dangerous. I'll just have my men pick something up. What do you want to eat?" Once again, she looked shocked.

"Anything is fine," she said. "No particular thing."

Kaiba went ahead and ordered his men to pick something up.

"Sir?" One of his men already had some bags he was expecting too. "Here are the items you requested."

Kaiba took the bags and looked at them. He took one and gave the other to Shizuka Kawai. She looked into the bag, confused. "You're covered in my brother's blood. Go get dressed." He was covered in it too. It was less about getting dirty, but having his brother's blood around him after that close call didn't leave great reminders. He dialed Yuugi again, to give him a warning about the situation and Honda being an ass. There was no answer. He then tried to call Jounouchi. He wasn't answering either. "Your brother isn't answering."

"I could go home and change. I didn't know about the blood," Shizuka Kawai apologized. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine just go get dressed. When you come back, I need to talk to you." He moved closer to check on Mokuba as she got dressed in the bathroom. His little brother was okay now, just sleeping. ///Seto: Soon, Mokuba, you'll be back home safely instead of in the middle of an open public hospital with security I could hack and take over if I wanted to.///