Summary: One by one, they're all lured into the trap. There's no way out...and no way in. Yuugi and his friends must play a little game with their unknown captor. They must figure out who the mad man is, all the while...trying to stay alive. Can the team work together and figure a way out? Or will they all be killed slowly?
Nadako: O_o My first attempt at creating a horror fic. This is going to be somewhat of a dark fanfic...so READERS BEWARE! Eh.... Oh... It's PG-13 at the moment...but I may bump it up to R for some... violence... Very GRAPHIC Violence... just watch out...
Bakura: Oooh... Violence... I like your style! ^_^
Nadako: Why thank you Baku-san! That's the first time you've liked anything of mine...=.=
Bakura: Eh-hehehe...
Yuugi: Exactly how violent will it be?
Yami: Yes.. How violent? I don't want my aibou to be exposed to such filth.
Nadako: ^.^ Oh Yami, you worry too much! There's only going to be some bloodshed...decapitated heads. punctured organs, more blood.. You know...
Bakura: Punctured organs? Headless people? BLOOD? O.O I must go get Mariku...*runs off*
Yami: *blinks* NO really Nadako-chan... How violent?
Nadako: ¬¬ *mumble mumble* Not much... I'm guessing. I don't think I'm very descriptive when it comes to gore.
Yami: ^^ Alright.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Yu-Gi-Oh!. Everything was copyrighted and belongs to Kazuki Takahashi. Otherwise...I'd have stolen everything...XD
Seen Through Icy Eyes
Chapter 1: Shall We Play?
By: Nadako-Mika
Whispers through your ears...
"Hn?"
Shadows moving swiftly through the walls.
"W-who's there?"
Something you can see, yet you can't see it.
"Hikari? Is..Is that you? This isn't funny."
Knowing it's there, yet not knowing where.
"Y-you can come out now.. I know your in here, Hikari. Please, this isn't funny anymore."
It suddenly appears.
"What the-!"
Yet quickly dissappears.
Silence...
"...Mariku? Where are you?..."
Leaving it's one trademark behind..
"Oh my Ra... MAIRKU!"
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Little Yuugi waited patiently as his other self got dressed. It was the first day of school, which was always exciting (at least to him it was). Yami would be starting school with him too. The darker half wanted to experience modern day education. He claimed that they were not being taught properly now. All three hikaris (Yuugi, Ryou, and Malik) were to drag their yamis, kicking and screaming or not, to school. Yami of course, was to go willingly.
"Yami? Are you done?" Yuugi asked, growing impatient. He didn't want to be late for the first day. He propped himself upon the kitchen counter, swinging his legs carelessly. He grabbed a piece of toast his grandfather had made for them ealier and prepared to wait for his other self to finish.
"Just a moment!" came the reply. Yuugi rolled his eyes. To Yami, moments were equal to several minutes. There was nothing he could do now, they were going to be late.
Yuugi dragged a half-asleep Yami out of the game shop. "Did you really have to sleep in for that twenty minutes?" he asked rather irritated at his yami.
"Hn? Yes... I don't know how you can get up so ealier in the day. And you have to do this EVERY DAY?"
Yuugi only chuckled lightly before walking on. Before he could get a few steps away something was thrust infront of him. "Huh?"
"The Puzzle. You forgot it." Yami mocked a hurt face, "How could you forget about me?"
Yuugi laughed nervously and reached out for the ornament. Something quickly dashed between the two causing Yami to drop the puzzle. They looked back and saw a white-furred cat land gracefully on the ground.
Yami flopped to the ground, clutching his chest. "Heh..that thing gave me a scare," he said.
The cat purred slightly, staring up at Yuugi. The boy walked closer to it, hoping to pet it, but it quickly dashed off. It stopped shortly to pick up the Sennen Puzzle by the chain and drag it up.
"H-hey! Come back with that!" Yuugi called out before chasing after it.
"Yuugi! Wait!" Yami got up to chase after his hikari. "We're going to be late for school!"
"We're already late! There's no point in hurrying now!" came his reply. Yami only shook his head, before dashing off after the Puzzle Thief.
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"Do I really have to?"
"Yes."
"Do I..REALLY?"
"Yes."
"Do I Rea-"
"YES!" Ryou answered for the third time. He was getting annoyed by his yami's refusal. He threw some clothes at Bakura. "Here. Put these on."
"What is it?" Bakura asked, examining the outfit.
"It's the school uniform."
"...couldn't they have at least chose a darker color..?" he mumbled as he slipped the clothes on.
"Hn?"
"Nothing..nothing."
Ryou shook his head. "Whatever. Just hurry up. We don't want to be late."
"What? The school is timing us upon our arrival?" This earned Bakura a good wack on the head.
"No, idiot! We're suppose to be on time for class. They wouldn't want students coming into the classroom at anytime they wanted."
"Hn... Right. Can we get going now?" Bakura asked impatiently. He had his shoes on and was waiting by the open door.
"He-huh? How..?"
"Never mind that bit of information. You said we shouldn't be late, so we should get going." Bakura explained, "So are you coming or not?"
"Yeah. Just wait a moment. I need to grab the Ring." Ryou rushed into his bedroom. He slowed to a walk when he saw the Ring on the open window sill, just as he had left it. Just as he was to reach out and take the item a loud crow of a bird was herd from above. He looked up to see a large black raven coming towards him. Ryou backed up when it came swooping down towards the window, grabbing the Sennen Ring in the process.
He stood, slightly surprised at what had happened. The event finally sunk into his head. "The Sennen Ring!" he cried out as he dashed back towards his yami.
"Why so flustered? And where's the Ring?"
"Bird...took it."
"Hn....HN?! A bird took the Ring?! Where did it go?" Bakura was livid. No one takes the Senne Ring without permission!
Ryou ran out the door. Eyes scanning the sky as a hawk would to the ground. He squinted as his eyes passed over the rising sun. He caught a glimpse of the darkly colored bird soar in the direction of the city park. The hikari tugged harshly on his yami's clothes.
"Bakura! It's over there!" he said quickly before giving chase. His yami looked at Ryou's retreating form before following.
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"Yuugi?"
"I'm over here!" came the boy's distant reply.
"Where?"
"By this...cave?" Yuugi stared in awe at the large stone opening before him. He barely heard the soft thumps of feet on grass. He heard his yami run up behind him, gasping for air. He ignored this. "Yami, look. They never had a cave here before..."
"Hn? What do you mean? They must've had a cave here. Otherwise, it wouldn't be here right now."
Yuugi frowned. "But..I've been through this park many times, and never have I encountered a cave like this."
"Alright, alright. So maybe you just never noticed," Yami took a quick look around them, "We have to find that feline, it still has the Senne Puzzle. Do you know where it ran off too?" Yuugi nodded. "Where?"
"It went into the cave..."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive. I saw it go in there,"
Yami started towards the cave when he felt someone pull him back. Yuugi held onto Yami's sleeve, not letting go. His eyes were drowned with concern. "Yami... I have a bad feeling about this..." he said quietly.
"What could be so wrong?" Yami frowned, "Unless...you don't want me around anymore.. Is that why you don't want to go in? So you wouldn't have to be in posession of the Puzzle?"
Yuugi waves his arms frantically. "No no! Not at all! That's not it!" he calmed down a bit. "Of course I still want you around, you are my other self after all. I just...don't think it's going to be safe."
Yami chuckled slightly. "Don't worry yourself, hikari. Have you forgotten that you have an old spirit gifted with Shadow powers with you?"
"Hoh?" Yuugi looked up. "Un.. Alright...Let's go."
The tinkle of a drop of water made Yuugi flinch. The caves (there turned out to be more than one tunnel) were very dark. Yuugi's senses had perked up and he was now afraid of any little nose. He nearly fainted when Yami suddenly jolted around. He didn't like the place one bit.
There was a loud grunt of pain coming from the tunnel to their right. Hushed voices followed it.
"Are you going to be alright?"
"I'll be just...AH!...Fine..."
"I really don't think it's..."
"No I'm fine! Really! Just a small wound, that's all."
"Small wound?! You're organs had practically been ripped out of you!... Don't try to get up! You need to rest. You'll lose more blood if you move."
Was someone hurt? Yuugi looked up at Yami's shadowed featured, sending him a thought. He faintly saw the darker half nod silently. They would go and see if the people in that tunnel needed help in any way. The conversation got louder, that only meant they were coming closer. Strange and horrible thoughts came to Yuugi. What if this was a all a trick? Were people trying to frighten them to death? Could you die of fright? Would HE die of fright? What if the voices weren't of people, and really of ghosts? Would they try to suck their very souls? Was he going to die?
Yami hushed Yuugi through their mind link. There wasn't anything to be afraid of. He would be there to protect the little one. When they came through the tunnel, they found themselves in a sort of room; made completely out of stone of course. In the corner they saw two familiar figures. Their eyes had adjusted to the darkness. As they approached the two people, they could tell it was Malik and Mariku Ishtar.
"M-Malik?" Yuugi called out, still a bit frightened.
"Yuugi?" the Egyptian boy answered in response. His eyes wandered around, finally fixing themselves on the two people walking slowly towards him and his yami.
"W-what are you two doing here?"
"Funny, we could ask you the same thing."
"We're here to find the Sennen Puzzle," came Yami's voice.
"Heh. You're items were stolen too?" Mariku asked.
"Not exactly. Some cat took off with it..." Yuugi explained, "It was a pure white one, with hazel-blue eyes..."
Malik gasped in sudden fright. Something had startled him. "Uh.. Yuugi. Could it be that one behind you?"
"Hn?" Yuugi and Yami turned around to see the same cat staring up at them. It seemed to be smiling sweetly at them, holding the Sennen Puzzle in it's mouth.
Yuugi sighed in relief as he walked slowly towards the cat. He took the item out of it's mouth with ease and proceeded to pet the feline. He fell quickly as the fur somehow transformed into a plain black color, it's eyes red and firey. Yuugi whimpered as he edged away from it and back to Yami. All eyes turned to the strange cat infront of them. Everyone was watching the animal cautiously. What was it exactly? Was it even a cat? It glared up at them all. It arched it's back and hissed angrily at the group before darting off into the awaiting shadows.
"What...was that?" Mariku asked suddenly, startling them all.
"I have no idea.." his hikari answered, being the first to recover from the shock.
"M-maybe we should get out of here..." Yuugi suggesting, clinging tightly to Yami.
"I would agree with you pint size," Yami growled at Mariku's nickname for Yuugi, "But I am imobile at the moment..."
"What do you mean?"
"He can't really get around too well. He's been injured badly." Malik said.
"Is..is he bleeding?"
"Badly."
A shuffle was heard. Yuugi was looking through his school bag. After a moment or two, he pulled something out and handed it to Malik. "Here. I had some bandage wrappings in there. Use it on him." he told him.
Yami sighed and sat against the cold stone wall, bringing Yuugi down with him. "I guess we're stuck in here until that psycho of a yami gets better neh?"
"Watch it, pharaoh..."
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He watched quietly from his secretive hideout. The man leaned back in his chair and thought to himself. This was going to be very interesting. The group of friends would have fun, a lot of fun. The game they're going to play would be very exciting. He counted the people present. Four? Only four have arrived? He had planned the game for six. Two were missing.
No. They weren't missing. They are on their way. Raven was bringing them. Raven was luring them onto the playing fields. Oh this is going to be so much fun. He watched as the scene played out in his mind. The group of four were waiting right now. He hated to see them lingering about, but he needed the last two players present before their game could begin.
Sharp eyes opened up, they glared out into a dark tunnel before him. He didn't want to wait too long. If the two players arrived late, they would be the first ones to lose the game. The man got out of the chair and paced around. He felt excitement boil in his blood. He closed his eyes once more to watch the group of four players, clutching his prized instrument that would conduct the game. This was going to be VERY amusing...
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Nadako: Written with the spirit of up coming Hallo's Eve.
Bakura: Hn?
Nadako: Eh..nvm. I wasn't going to post this story...but I was bored, didn't want to do my homework, and thought this story would be great for october.
Bakura: Hn....
Nadako: *pokes Bakura* What's wrong with you?
Bakura: Hn?- Oh! I was thinking of gruesome things you might want to add into this story.
Nadako: WHA?! You? HELPING my stories?....The world hasn't ended yet has it?
Bakura: Eh...no...
Nadako: *pulls on Bakura's hair* Are you really Bakura? Really now Seto, I know you're in there!
Bakura: *pulling away from Nako* Stop. That!
Ryou: *blink blink* Er.. right... While Nadako-chan is busy trying to get Seto to come out of the costume-
Bakura: I'm NOT SETO!
Ryou: *waves off* Sure you aren't, Kaiba. Anyways. Please REVIEW Nadako-chan and tell her what you think! ^^ *smiles cutely* Thank you oh so very much! Ja! *waves*
Nadako: It's not Halloween yet Kaiba! *still tugging on Bakura*
Bakura: I'm NOT Seto!