Chapter Two: Gonna Shake the World from the Ground Up!
Ryou reached up and rang the doorbell hoping his friends hadn't started the party without him. Bakura shoved his hands in his pockets to see if he could get any feeling back into them. "Oi he needs to hurry up its friggin freezing out here!" Akefia complained hugging Bakura to keep warm, who snarled in defiance but was secretly grateful for the extra warmth. After what seemed like an eternity to the three boys someone finally answered the door. Ryou looked up at the tall brunette who stood in front of him and smiled, "I thought you weren't going to come Seto!" Seto shrugged and allowed them all in. "Joey and Serenity wouldn't stop pestering me about this dumb party." He mumbled heading upstairs to where the party was really getting started.
Akefia ducked as a pillow sailed over his head hitting Bakura right smack in the face. Ryou laughed as Bakura launched the pillow back at his attacker sending the tri colored haired teen diving for cover. "You're gonna get it now Yami!" Bakura growled grabbing a pillow and chasing Yami who had long since scampered away laughing. Ryou walked over and dropped down next to Yugi and Serenity who were playing a game of Truth or Dare. They all laughed as Serenity dared Yugi to try and eat whipped cream off his nose, Yugi of course eagerly obliged. He ran down downstairs to get the whipped cream and was back within ten seconds applying his clown nose of whipped cream. After Serenity determined that Yugi had enough whipped cream on his nose, he reached up with his tongue and tried unsuccessfully to lick the cream off. "This is impossible!" he exclaimed after trying for the tenth time and ending up with his tongue in his nose to Ryou and Serenity's delight.
"What's impossible?" Melvin asked coming to see what all the fuss was about. "Eating whipped cream off your nose with your tongue!" Yugi huffed crossing his arms in defeat. "Let me try." Yugi handed the can to Melvin and watched as he applied twice as much cream to his nose as Yugi did. Then all three watched in amazement as Melvin licked off every last drop of cream on his face, "Helps to have a long tongue!" he said smiling at the shocked faces around him. "I guess so!" Ryou replied laughing. Melvin began to laugh along with him, "You know Mini Kitty, I could teach you my tricks sometime." Ryou stopped blushing as his face turned crimson red, "Uhof a new year's party" Melvin laughed, "Because it is!" Ryou turned around as Bakura emerged from the back rooms, "That'll teach him to throw shit at me," He huffed as he sat down cross-legged next to Ryou. "You didn't hurt him did you?!" Yugi cried out in disbelief. Bakura flashed him a wicked grin, "Don't worry, he didn't suffer long." The laughter around them died out as everyone stopped to stare at Bakura, who could barely contain his own laughter. Right before Ryou could ask him what it was he did to Yami the doorbell rang and Yugi ran downstairs to answer it.
"Anzu!" he cried flinging the door open to reveal a tall brunette girl in a thick blue fur coat. She smiled down at Yugi as he rushed forward to give her a hug. "Hello Yugi." She said forcing a smile onto her face; she looked past him towards the kitchen. "You baked?" she asked staring absent mindedly into the kitchen, "Yep! Your favorite too! Sugar spice with vanilla!" he said grinning, he motioned her towards the kitchen, "Would you like one?" Anzu shook her head and smiled, "Maybe latertwo"
Akefia began to sway and had to hold on to the table to balance himself, "What the hell?!" he thought to himself, "I didn't even drink that much!" It took him a second to realize that it wasn't him swaying but the ground beneath him. He looked up to meet the same terrified look on his friend's faces. He collapsed onto the floor as the entire building began to shake violently sending Atemu's books crashing down around him. Screams rang out as everyone attempted to find shelter from the collapsing building. Akefia looked around frantically searching for his brother, but thick dust obscured his vision. "Ryou! Where are you?! Bakura!" He called out hoping for an answer but none came other than the moan of the building crumbling around him. He felt a hand on the back of his shirt jerk him into a crouching position. He waved the dust out of his face to reveal two violet eyes staring back at him. "Atemu?!" he sputtered coughing as his lungs filled with dust. Atemu nodded pulling him toward the safety of the wall. Atemu grunted as he slumped against the wall holding on to it for dear life Akefia right next to him. Around them they could hear the screams of their friends as the game shop was torn apart. "Ryou?! Are you okay?!" he called into the swirling mass of rubble in front of him. "Yes!" Came a small squeak from across the room, "What's the hell is going on?!" Akefia released the pent up stress in side of him as he heard the familiar growl of his younger brother. "Earthquake! We have to get downstairs!" He heard Yami yell from somewhere to left of him.
The house continued to shake as the teens attempted to make their way toward the stairs and to safety. There was a wail of despair as they realized their escape route had been blocked by a huge pile of what used to be part of the roof. Akefia spun around to see Bakura and Ryou standing behind him, each holding on to the other to keep from falling over fear flashing across their faces. He reached out to them in an attempt to pull them closer when he heard what sounded like the dying cry of one hundred horses. He looked up just in time to see the rest of the ceiling collapse, along with the game shop itself-
Chapter Three: No going back so we might as well go forward.
Bakura groaned shielding his eyes from the harsh sunlight filtering in through his window. "I thought I told Ryou keep the curtain shut." He mumbled sitting up. He gasped as a sharp pain shot up his entire right side. "What the_?!" He looked down and saw the cause of his pain, impaled through his side was a two foot length of shredded pipe. He realized that the light wasn't coming from his window but rather it was coming from a small gap in the debris over his head. He gritted his teeth as he attempted to stand, the memories of last night flooding his mind. "That's rightWhat would Akefia think if he saw me like this?!" he exclaimed flinching at the pain caused by his breathing. He ran his hand along his shirt feeling the warm moistness of blood seeping up towards his chest. "Damn" He closed his eyes allowing the warmth of his own blood to lull him back to sleep.
"Bakura! Oh my God Bakura wake up!" Bakura's eyes fluttered but he never fully opened them," It's true then" Bakura smiled to himself picturing his Ryou with angel wings leading him to "heaven". "BAKURA!" Ryou yelled shaking him awake. Bakura slowly opened his eyes and smiled, "I look like shit don't I?" Ryou placed his hand over his mouth and looked over Bakura's ragged body eyeing the pipe protruding from Bakura's middle. "What kind of question is that?!" he yelled, eyes wide with worry. "I hope it doesn't hurt too much" He stood almost zombie like and turned to leave. Bakura grunted as he attempted to sit up, "Wait Ryou! Where are the others?!" Ryou paused, "They're close by; we were looking for you." Ryou climbed out through the gap above Bakura's head and disappeared into the world above. Bakura lay back down and closed his eyes just as hands appeared above his head shoving away the rubbleI don't ever remember earthquakes happening in Egypt. This whole moving ground thing is actually pretty scary" Ryou cooed brushing his hand across Bakura's forehead clearing the perspiration that had begun to gather there.