And Then There Were None
By The Inspector
Chapter One: Getting There
Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh and I don't own the book And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. So please don't sue me.
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Seto Kaiba leaned against the window of his private jet and looked out. The town below was quaint, an old fishing town that had never strayed far from its roots. Seto ignored the blinking curser on his computer screen to watch the scenery.
Maybe Mokuba was right. He needed a break and the invitation to Indian Island had come at the perfect time. It was a high profile place, from what he could tell. And in these months where storms crept up unexpectedly, the place was sure to be practically empty. Meaning peace and quiet. He could use that.
Sighing, Seto tucked the letter from Ulick Norman Owen into his pocket and closed his eyes for a quick nap.
Bakura glanced away from the road for a minute to check on his hikari. The boy was still asleep, his head resting against his seatbelt, lulled to sleep by the motion of the car. Bakura reached over and pulled the blanket further up Ryou's neck.
Bakura had noticed that his fragile hikari had seemed quieter lately and so when they got the invite to Indian Island, Bakura had decided to take Ryou there. Run by an Ulick Norman Owen, Bakura was sure that Ryou could spend their time there sleeping and distressing.
If he hadn't been forbidden to send any more mortals to the Shadow Realm, Bakura would have sent Ryou's English teacher there long ago. She had been loading her students up with so much work that is was seriously frying Ryou's brain. Juggling school and his newly physical Yami had taken it's toll, but Bakura was sure that this vacation was just what Ryou needed.
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Yugi laughed as he watched Honda chase Jou up and down their car, shouting something about taking revenge for a stolen sandwich. The other passengers on the train smiled at them and the occasional old woman would grin and mention something about boys being boys, lost in the memory of her own children.
Anzu clucked her tongue and shook her head. "I don't think they will ever grow up," she said to the woman sitting next to her.
"Oh dear," the woman replied with a smile, "They never do."
Yugi turned his attention back to the card game he was playing with Yami, peering at his other over his cards. This vacation was a wonderful idea. Yugi had gotten the free tickets to the resort in the mail and had invited his friends and Yami to come along. He couldn't remember what contest he had entered that had won him the tickets, but evidently the offer from Ulick Norman Owen was genuine and he couldn't complain.
"Got any eights?"
"Go fish!"
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Isis looked out the window and then peered up at the clock. The guests would be arriving in a few hours and she still had so much work to do. Rishid did all he could to help, but the truth was that there was enough work for four people.
If only Malik and Ishtar weren't so useless. The day before she had sent them outside to cut wood for the stove and Rishid had ended up having to restrain Malik before he hacked his Yami's head off.
Still, it was honest, good work. Ulick Norman Owen had paid them upfront and had allowed them to live there while they worked. Now they were about to have their first guests. Mr. Owen's letter informed them to expect eight people.
"Isis?"
Isis jumped and looked up to see Rishid standing in the doorway.
"Is something wrong?"
"No," Isis said quickly, "It's nothing." But she couldn't hide anything from the person who had grown up with her as an older brother.
"It won't show me anything," she admitted, touching the Sennen Item around her neck. "It worries me." She shivered and looked out across the water to the main land. "It worries me."
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TBC
Author's Note: Yes, I know that the book only has ten people, but I couldn't choose which people to not include, so I used my artistic license and expanded the number.