Twilightknight1594: Ok, here's number four.
Bakura: One more step to the end.
Atem: I am leaving you next time.
Bakura: Like you could.
Twilightknight1594: Please enjoy this chapter while Atem and I deal with Bakura's humor fic. issues.
Atem carefully shut the door and proceeded to find a place in the living room to sit and wait. When he got into the living room he noticed that Bakura had actually fallen asleep on Yugi's couch. Apparently the episode outside had tired him out. Either that or he was just going to sleep through this till everyone came back or the spell wore off. Atem found a small seat by the couch and turned the T.V. on to see if there was anything good on to watch to kill time. There was the news but it wasn't very entertaining. Next was the little kid's channel, which had something with people dressed up in funny animal costumes and dancing and singing. /Definitely not./ A few channel's up was the channel that always had history shows on. Today they had something on about Egypt. Actually…they were talking about him and Bakura! /Now this is interesting. Maybe I should wake Bakura up./
"Keep it there." Atem almost jumped at the sound of Bakura's voice and turned around to see the once asleep king of thieves now awake and facing the T.V.
"I thought you were asleep."
"I was but the T.V. woke me up. I've had to learn to sleep lightly."
"Ok. Well, this should be interesting."
"Be quiet. They are talking about me." Atem gave Bakura a look and then turned back to face the T.V. There was a guy in khaki shorts and shirt with a wide brimmed hat walking to a pile of rubble that Atem instantly recognized as the place that the ceremonial duel had taken place and where he had gone to find out about his past. /Why would he be talking about Bakura there?/ Atem had read the stone slabs in there and there was no mention of Bakura anywhere on there. /Unless I missed something…/ The man on T.V. stopped walking as he reached the pile of rubble and started to talk, getting Atem's attention.
"Here we have an ancient temple said to have held tablets relating to the Nameless Pharaoh's past and such, however, it has recently collapsed due to unknown circumstances so whether that is true or not has yet to be verified. However, there may have been something written about the King of Thieves at that time. His name was Bakura, and he was present during the king's reign. What we don't know is what role he played. Was he a friend or foe? Was he a relative? Was he just a bystander? We don't have anything save for his name written on some documents from the reign of King Seto, the Nameless Pharaoh's successor, but at this time we are going to assume that Bakura played no role of importance whatsoever. Now, for the Nameless Pharaoh…" Atem quickly turned the T.V. off before the man could say anymore. He didn't know whether to turn around or not since Bakura had been silent ever since the man had started talking. Slowly, he turned to face Bakura who was just staring at the T.V. with a blank expression on his face that made him look like a statue.
/Ok, either he is in shock or too angry to move. I should probably leave the room until he cools off if the second is the case. Actually…probably if either is the case./ Slowly, Atem put down the remote stood up to leave. Not seeing Bakura move, he tip-toed out of the room and almost made it to the kitchen. Almost.
"WHAT THE HECK?!"
/Too slow./ Atem thought as he stopped mid-step and froze. Slowly he turned as saw Bakura now standing and giving the television a death glare.
"WHAT DO THEY MEAN 'INSIGNIFICANT'?! I STARTED THE WHOLE THING!" Then he sharply tuned to Atem. "And where on this Earth did he get that I could have been related to you?! That is the worst idea I have ever heard of! You read those tablets. What did they say about me?" Atem didn't know what to say as Bakura glared at him and was panting like he was out of breath. He could tell Bakura that he wasn't sure since he only read a little bit, but he knew better than that. He decided to just tell Bakura the truth, no matter what it got him.
"I…I don't think that they said anything Bakura." Atem waited while Bakura's expression changed to be calmer, but the full of rage again after he was done processing the information. Atem decided that there were times to be truthful and times to say things to make friends feel better and not want to kill someone, and that this was one of those times. "Although, they were pertaining to my memories and my battle with Seto so I don't really think that you would be on them. What I mean is that Shimon and Seto probably recorded it elsewhere. And then, even if they had found it, they probably wrote it off as myth. You know, we should check." Atem quickly got over to his seat where he found the remote and knelt down to try to grab it, but Bakura's foot appeared on top of it. Atem slowly looked up at him and saw that he definitely did not feel better.
"No. I have a better idea."
"And that is…?" Atem was now honestly afraid for the man's life.
"I am going to do what I thought I wouldn't have to try to do ever again."
"Um…what exactly…?"
"I am going to kill you! Come here!" Atem dodged as Bakura jumped at him and ran into the kitchen, while Bakura yelled after him.
"Get ready to say hello to Ammit!"
/Oh thanks for the reminder./ Atem knew that if he died twice he wouldn't get a second judgment. He'd just go straight to Ammit and he really didn't want that. He got to the counter and tried to think of a plan to get out of this problem. Then, hearing Bakura's footsteps, Atem decided to crawl up on the counter and hope that Bakura couldn't reach him.
"Oh, very creative pharaoh. I'll never be able reach you up there." Bakura said upon his entrance into the room, "Did you fail to notice that I am taller than you or did that strike you as irrelevant?" Atem watched as Bakura walked over to a drawer and got a spatula out and then proceeded to climb up to the counter and run straight for Atem with spatula raised to strike. Thinking quickly, Atem grabbed the nearby plastic spoon and blocked his opponent's weapon and stood his ground. Then Bakura struck again and again, each time being blocked by Atem's spoon.
/I have to stop this. We are having a sword fight with kitchen utensils!/ "Bakura, there is really no point to this fight."
"You're right pharaoh. The only reason we are having this is because you are too much of a coward to except your punishment."
"How was I supposed to tell them what to write about you if I wasn't even there?!"
"It was your family and that show was on your reign. Someone is going to pay and considering the fact that your family has done a long list of things to me I will just take it out on you." The Bakura resumed attacking and Atem fought back in a variety of ways that included squirting ketchup and soy sauce in Bakura's face. Bakura then retaliated with some nearby mustard. The duo fought for what had to be ten minutes until finally Yugi got back with his grandpa, Joey, Tea, and Ryo and saw nobody in the living room.
"Hello? We're home. Are you guys still here?" Yugi looked around as he called out but saw nobody.
"Perhaps they went into the kitchen. I hear something going on in there." Ryo suggested and the group went into the kitchen, all save for Yugi's grandpa who had to go mind the store, and saw what they least expected. Atem and Bakura looked like they were having a fencing match but their clothes were covered in an array of condiments and random fruits that were lying on the counter. It was hard to tell who was winning but since the two took turns being smooshed against the cupboard they decided that it was a tie and intervened. Joey ran up to Bakura and grabbed him around the waist and Yugi got Atem and separated the two of them. Joey ended up having to lift Bakura slightly because he was being dragged across the counter. After a few seconds and Bakura calmed down Yugi had to get to the bottom of what caused the conflict.
"Ok. So, can you guys calmly tell us what happened?" Bakura was the first to speak.
"I can tell you exactly what happened. His family has something against me to the extent that I was completely blown off as some common bystander!" Yugi and company just stared at him for a moment and blinked, clearly not understanding what the heck he was talking about. Also, everybody besides Yugi was probably staring at how short he was and amazed that he and Atem could actually stand on the counter and have a utensil fight. Yugi sighed and then turned to Atem.
"Um…anything to add?" Which was code for "Will you please explain to me what he is talking about?"
"Yes, well, put simply we were looking for a way to kill time while we waited for you to return and so we turned on the TV. After a little searching we found a show that happened to be mentioning Bakura so he had me stop so he could listen and when the man started talking he blew Bakura off as someone with no significance at all. Now, after we heard that I turned the television off and started to make my way to the kitchen when he snapped and decided to take his rage out on me for something I had nothing to do with and the next thing I know I am on a counter in your kitchen throwing condiments at him in order to defend myself from a crazed thief and his spatula." Everyone turned to Bakura back to Atem then back to Bakura and after a brief silence Joey suddenly started to crack up.
"HAHAHA!"
"What on Earth is your problem?!" Bakura said, obviously getting angry again.
"I…I'm sorry man but you should see yourselves!" Then Ryo started to laugh too.
"Y..yes…you should! It truly is hilarious." The two ancients then turned to face each other and really got a look at themselves. They were right. Bakura's outfit was now a mix of black and red and white and red and every other color in the rainbow and so was Atem's when they had both started out as white. Atem turned red slightly and Bakura put a hand to his forehead and just didn't say anything. Then...Mr. Mouto came in.
"What happened in here?!" He asked, clearly surprised. The group looked around and saw that not only Atem and Bakura were covered in condiments, but so was the entire counter area. Bakura and Atem suddenly felt like they actually were five and not just stuck that way and looked at Mr. Mouto and awaited what happened next. That was when Yugi decided to speak.
"Um…well Grandpa this is kind of what I was talking about. You see, Atem and Bakura somehow shrunk and are here and they were minding the house and…um…this sort of happened." Mr. Mouto didn't say anything and just stared.
"If you want we will clean it up." Joey volunteered.
"Yeah, we'll make it look as good as new." Tea agreed.
"No. They made the mess, they clean it up." Mr. Mouto said, coming out of his shock. "King or no king he is not getting off. I think you know where the sponges are Atem." Mr. Mouto pointed at the drawer that held the rags and sponges and waited for Atem and Bakura to respond. First they just looked at him and then each other, but then Atem nodded and walked over to the sponges and got to work. Mr. Mouto nodded and then turned to Bakura. "You too." Bakura wanted to tell the old man to go find a nice steep cliff to jump off of or to just be quiet but something about the way he stood scared him a little. After a brief moment he joined Atem on top of the counter and started cleaning. "Now, when you two boys are done you can come in here and tell us all about your situation. In the mean time, anyone up for a movie?" Everyone looked back at the two and then followed Mr. Mouto into the living room.
"Sorry guys, but that's the way the cookie crumbles." Joey said as he left. Bakura and Atem were silent for a while as they worked but that didn't last too long.
"Well, this is a wonderful situation that we got ourselves into." Bakura said, not stopping his scrubbing.
"Yes, and I wonder who got us into this mess."
"Can it. I'm still mad at you."
"For something I had nothing to do with? Again?"
"Well, more at Seto. I have some business to handle whenever this mess is over with."
"Then can you save it till then? I don't need to worry about you trying to kill me on top of our being five."
"Fine, but I'm not apologizing."
"I didn't expect you to." As the two continued their work Mr. Mouto was smiling around the corner.
"Grandpa, what are you doing?" Yugi asked from the couch.
"Oh, just checking to see if it worked."
"If what worked?" Joey asked while chewing on a candy bar he had brought with him.
"When two children fight they have to fix the problem themselves and if you leave them alone they will eventually do that. I just wanted to see if it was the same with people who aren't actually children."
"So they made up? That's great!" Ryo said from the couch.
"Yup. Now, how about that movie? It will take them who knows how long to finish that and I don't want to just sit here." Mr. Mouto popped in a movie and joined the others while Atem and Bakura had to listen in while cleaning.
"I hate this." Bakura said full of loathing.
"Then hurry and finish it and we can go in there." And the two ancients worked through their well deserved punishment like the children they were.
Twilightknight1594: Alright, I hope you enjoyed that.
Atem: Well, that was interesting.
Bakura: Yes. It brings up a thought. You're family had better have written something about me or there will be heck to pay.
Atem: Oh yes, there's whole books all about you.
Bakura: Very funny.
Atem: Don't worry Bakura I'm sure that Seto didn't forget to mention you somewhere. Granted it was probably in the worst light possible but I'm sure you're somewhere.
Bakura: That's all I'm asking. Now, I'm going to go find it. (leaves)
Atem: Ok. Well, thanks for reading. See you next chapter.