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Ryou slowly walked through the moonlit forest, with every step followed by the soft crunch of the snow covered ground. His ivory hair seemed to melt into his environment as white powder gently cascaded around him. As he breathed, icy puffs escaped his mouth.
At long last, he reached his destination. Standing in the distance an ancient fortress loomed above him, light illuminating from the window, calling him nearer, drawing him from the darkness. He stopped abruptly, scanning the castle with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"So this is it," he whispered under his breath. Stained glass windows lined the sides of the building, casting rainbow auras on the ground around it. The inside was hollow, with a courtyard in the center. On the roof stood four towers, one on each corner. The wooden front door stood at least 15 feet high and decayed from old age. Ryou pulled his fuzzy blue sweater closer and continued on his way.
Upon reaching the door, he knocked three times and waited patiently for a response. Almost immediately, the door creaked open, and before him stood Yugi, Tea, Joey, and Tristan. With a smile Ryou quickly entered the building, glad to get out of the cold.
"I'm sorry I'm late, you guys," Ryou spurted, "You see."
"You don't need to make an excuse," assured Joey with a smile, "Most of us just got here. Anyways, now that we're all here, let's all go to the living room and I'll tell ya'll why I invited ya'll here. C'mon!"
Following Joey, the five friends entered a large living room with a couple of musty chairs and couches surrounding a table in the middle. Towards the back of the room was a stone fireplace filled with several charred tree branches. Two bookcases stood on either side of the fireplace filled from top to bottom with old encyclopedia-looking books. The friends sat on the couches around the table, waiting for an explaination from Joey.
"Now," Joey began, with a broad smirk across his face, " The reason I called ya' guys here is~"
"It better be a good excuse or else!" yelled Tea.
"Tea, just shutup and listen to him," retorted Yugi.
"Thanks Yug'. Now, I called ya'll here cause supposedley this place is haunted."
'Haunted?" remarked Tea, "That's it, I'm leaving." Tea began marching furiously out the room, then stopped as Joey called back.
"Forget about it!" Joey said in his New York accent, "I was going to give money to whoever would've stayed, but if you're leavin' then that means all the more money for me. Heh!" Joey smirked as he saw Tea's sudden interest light up on her face as he mentioned the word 'money'.
"Really?" she smirked back, " How much?"
"Well...I have a total of 2 million bucks per each one of ya'."
"What!?" everyone jumped and shock filled their faces.
"B-but," stuttered Tristan, "How'd you get all that money? I mean, no offense or anything but you're kind of, well ummm...poor."
"Well I used to be. But Kaiba said he'd gimme 8 million for free! Of course he did say somethin' about loans and interest and some weird stuff like that that I don't really understand, but this kinda' proves that Kaiba isn't such a bad guy after all."
Sweatdrops appeared on everyone's heads, but they decided to not explain anything to Joey, as they were afraid to spoil their good moods.
"Sooo anyway, Joey," spoke up Bakura, "What's the story behind this house anyway?"
"Ahhh, so ya' wanna' know the story, huh?" Joey said with a cheshire cat- like grin, "Well first off, I have ta' say somethin' to you."
"Alright, what is it?" Bakura asked, a little reluctantly.
"You remind me of the bat."
"What bat?"
"The bat with the power."
"What power?"
"Power of voodoo!"
"Who do?"
"You do."
"Do what?"
"Remind me of the bat!"
"Ummm...ok."
Joey laughed, but the only response he got from his companions was their pitiful sighs.
"Okay, okay, so it's not that funny. But anyways~" Joey cleared his throat, "So ya' wanna hear the story, huh?" They all nodded. "Weeell this is how it goes."
~*The Story*~
The vibrant sun lit up the morning sky with a vibrant caramel aura. A field of emerald grass stretched around a large mansion decorated with an array of white balloons and confetti. The sun's rays caused the chapel- like mansion's stained glass windows to throw vivid rainbows around it. A small group of people were dressed in elegant dresses and tuxedos took pictures of a bride and groom and discussed random...stuff.
"Nami," announced the husband, looking directly into her intense azure eyes as she looked back.
"Yes, Luffy?"
(AN: Mweeheehee! It's Nami and Luffy from 'One Piece'. But they aren't going to be the ghosts haunting the mansion because most people who read this ficcy don't even know who they are and this isn't really supposed to be a crossover.)
"Ummm...I think it's raining."
Nami and several others looked confusedly up to the sky, only to see that it continued to be filled with the luscious blue and golden mixture that had continued to fill the sky the entire day. Everyone looked back at Luffy, waiting for an explaination.
"You're making yourself look like an idiot," Nami admitted, scratching her short orange hair.
A sudden boom echoed from the sky and a flash of serpentine lightning struck the earth followed by a rush of pouring rain. Many screams resounded throughout the fields as everyone was soaked and they rushed into the house. As the final wedding guest ran into the house, the large wooden door was slammed behind them.
"Oookay, well we'd better dry ourselves off now I guess," said Luffy thoughtfully.
"That makes sense," someone from the small crowd said sarcastically.
"Well if you ask me~" Nami's sentence was cut off by a sudden explosion of thunder. With a sudden flicker of lights, the power in the house was abruptly turned off. The small crowd yelped several times, then was quieted by Luffy's constant yelling at the top of his lungs.
"AAAAHHHH!!!," Luffy screamed, "AAHHHH!!! AAHHHH!!! AAHHHH~"
"SHUTUP!" everyone, including Nami demanded.
"Everyone, what we need to do is find some flashlights and lanterns," announced Nami.
"Alright," agreed someone to her right, "Let's split up and search for them."
Everyone agreed and set out in different directions to look for lights. They all died a different death each, and none of them were even seen again (AN: Sorry, but I don't really feel like going into this story any further since I want to have this typed up by today).
The End
~*Back to the real story*~
"The end," Joey said with a malicious-looking grin.
Ryou slowly walked through the moonlit forest, with every step followed by the soft crunch of the snow covered ground. His ivory hair seemed to melt into his environment as white powder gently cascaded around him. As he breathed, icy puffs escaped his mouth.
At long last, he reached his destination. Standing in the distance an ancient fortress loomed above him, light illuminating from the window, calling him nearer, drawing him from the darkness. He stopped abruptly, scanning the castle with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"So this is it," he whispered under his breath. Stained glass windows lined the sides of the building, casting rainbow auras on the ground around it. The inside was hollow, with a courtyard in the center. On the roof stood four towers, one on each corner. The wooden front door stood at least 15 feet high and decayed from old age. Ryou pulled his fuzzy blue sweater closer and continued on his way.
Upon reaching the door, he knocked three times and waited patiently for a response. Almost immediately, the door creaked open, and before him stood Yugi, Tea, Joey, and Tristan. With a smile Ryou quickly entered the building, glad to get out of the cold.
"I'm sorry I'm late, you guys," Ryou spurted, "You see."
"You don't need to make an excuse," assured Joey with a smile, "Most of us just got here. Anyways, now that we're all here, let's all go to the living room and I'll tell ya'll why I invited ya'll here. C'mon!"
Following Joey, the five friends entered a large living room with a couple of musty chairs and couches surrounding a table in the middle. Towards the back of the room was a stone fireplace filled with several charred tree branches. Two bookcases stood on either side of the fireplace filled from top to bottom with old encyclopedia-looking books. The friends sat on the couches around the table, waiting for an explaination from Joey.
"Now," Joey began, with a broad smirk across his face, " The reason I called ya' guys here is~"
"It better be a good excuse or else!" yelled Tea.
"Tea, just shutup and listen to him," retorted Yugi.
"Thanks Yug'. Now, I called ya'll here cause supposedley this place is haunted."
'Haunted?" remarked Tea, "That's it, I'm leaving." Tea began marching furiously out the room, then stopped as Joey called back.
"Forget about it!" Joey said in his New York accent, "I was going to give money to whoever would've stayed, but if you're leavin' then that means all the more money for me. Heh!" Joey smirked as he saw Tea's sudden interest light up on her face as he mentioned the word 'money'.
"Really?" she smirked back, " How much?"
"Well...I have a total of 2 million bucks per each one of ya'."
"What!?" everyone jumped and shock filled their faces.
"B-but," stuttered Tristan, "How'd you get all that money? I mean, no offense or anything but you're kind of, well ummm...poor."
"Well I used to be. But Kaiba said he'd gimme 8 million for free! Of course he did say somethin' about loans and interest and some weird stuff like that that I don't really understand, but this kinda' proves that Kaiba isn't such a bad guy after all."
Sweatdrops appeared on everyone's heads, but they decided to not explain anything to Joey, as they were afraid to spoil their good moods.
"Sooo anyway, Joey," spoke up Bakura, "What's the story behind this house anyway?"
"Ahhh, so ya' wanna' know the story, huh?" Joey said with a cheshire cat- like grin, "Well first off, I have ta' say somethin' to you."
"Alright, what is it?" Bakura asked, a little reluctantly.
"You remind me of the bat."
"What bat?"
"The bat with the power."
"What power?"
"Power of voodoo!"
"Who do?"
"You do."
"Do what?"
"Remind me of the bat!"
"Ummm...ok."
Joey laughed, but the only response he got from his companions was their pitiful sighs.
"Okay, okay, so it's not that funny. But anyways~" Joey cleared his throat, "So ya' wanna hear the story, huh?" They all nodded. "Weeell this is how it goes."
~*The Story*~
The vibrant sun lit up the morning sky with a vibrant caramel aura. A field of emerald grass stretched around a large mansion decorated with an array of white balloons and confetti. The sun's rays caused the chapel- like mansion's stained glass windows to throw vivid rainbows around it. A small group of people were dressed in elegant dresses and tuxedos took pictures of a bride and groom and discussed random...stuff.
"Nami," announced the husband, looking directly into her intense azure eyes as she looked back.
"Yes, Luffy?"
(AN: Mweeheehee! It's Nami and Luffy from 'One Piece'. But they aren't going to be the ghosts haunting the mansion because most people who read this ficcy don't even know who they are and this isn't really supposed to be a crossover.)
"Ummm...I think it's raining."
Nami and several others looked confusedly up to the sky, only to see that it continued to be filled with the luscious blue and golden mixture that had continued to fill the sky the entire day. Everyone looked back at Luffy, waiting for an explaination.
"You're making yourself look like an idiot," Nami admitted, scratching her short orange hair.
A sudden boom echoed from the sky and a flash of serpentine lightning struck the earth followed by a rush of pouring rain. Many screams resounded throughout the fields as everyone was soaked and they rushed into the house. As the final wedding guest ran into the house, the large wooden door was slammed behind them.
"Oookay, well we'd better dry ourselves off now I guess," said Luffy thoughtfully.
"That makes sense," someone from the small crowd said sarcastically.
"Well if you ask me~" Nami's sentence was cut off by a sudden explosion of thunder. With a sudden flicker of lights, the power in the house was abruptly turned off. The small crowd yelped several times, then was quieted by Luffy's constant yelling at the top of his lungs.
"AAAAHHHH!!!," Luffy screamed, "AAHHHH!!! AAHHHH!!! AAHHHH~"
"SHUTUP!" everyone, including Nami demanded.
"Everyone, what we need to do is find some flashlights and lanterns," announced Nami.
"Alright," agreed someone to her right, "Let's split up and search for them."
Everyone agreed and set out in different directions to look for lights. They all died a different death each, and none of them were even seen again (AN: Sorry, but I don't really feel like going into this story any further since I want to have this typed up by today).
The End
~*Back to the real story*~
"The end," Joey said with a malicious-looking grin.