Hey everyone, it's me, Melody. And I'm actually updating again.
Cherry: And I'm Cherry, her bestie.
Me: Yes, Anna/Cherry is going to help me write this chapter and future chapters. She's got an hilarious sense of humor, so there is a little bit of that mixed into this chapter along with some...eh, drama.
Cherry: Well of course!
Me: Don't spoil it.
Cherry: Meh. Anyways, neither of us own Yu-Gi-Oh!. If we did, Tea wouldn't be in it as she was kind of annoying and useless...I didn't care for her. You?
Me: Nope. The show really wouldn't have changed at all if she left or wasn't in it.
Cherry: Anyways, enjoy this chapter!
Me: And thank you for all of the kind messages and reviews; I appreciate it so much.
Enjoy!~
The person who thought of the quote, 'all good things must come to an end', was either really pessimistic, or right.
And in this case, they were right.
Isis had informed them that she'd woken up in the middle of the night due to a banging noise. Thinking it was a criminal, she grabbed a frying pan (she glared at Malik when he snickered) and went downstairs. But, when she got there, the criminal looked at her and ran away. She said she chased after him but to no avail.
"Who was he?" asked Ryou worriedly, fidgeting in his seat.
"I don't know..." Isis paused, then her blue eyes widened. "...no, wait. I think I might have an idea."
Everyone else in the room looked at her expectantly. If anyone was going to figure this out, it was Isis. They too had awoken from the banging, but later than Isis had, as she had a very good sense of hearing and heard the noise before it even began to get loud.
"It was a male, judging by the way the body was built." Isis remarked slowly, then her eyes darkened and she clenched her fists. "Yugi, I'm sorry to say this, but I believe it was your father."
"Wait, what?!"
"Yes," Isis continued solemnly. "it was him. When Yami and I battled him before I remember him wielding a shadow-infused sword. It gave off this violet aura, too. When I was chasing that criminal, I saw that sword."
"So what was he doing here?" Malik questioned, asking what was on everyone else's minds vocally.
"Do you think he knows Yugi's here?" Ryou spoke up, looking over at his shorter friend worriedly. "What if he tries to hurt Yugi or something?"
"If he tries," Isis unsheathed a golden sword that glowed before slipping it back into its sheath, "he will die(1)."
"But, in answer to your question, little brother," She paced back and forth before sighing heavily. "I sadly do not know. Can any of you think of any reasons as to why he'd come here?"
"To see if I was here?" Yugi guessed quietly.
"I hope not..." Ryou and Malik whispered in unison.
"Little Yugi, do not worry yourself." Isis smiled gently. "I know magic, and I know it well. As does your darker half, Yami. And I've helped Malik with his magic (2) as well, so you have nothing to fear. There are many to protect you."
"I wish I could protect you, Yugi," Ryou said sadly, twisting a piece of white hair around his pale fingers. "everyone else can, but I can't do anything but run away. Maybe your father was right..."
"Nothing that comes out of that man's mouth can be believed, Yadonoshi(3)."
They all turned their heads towards the door and saw Bakura standing there with his usual smirk. At the arrival of Bakura, everyone but Isis's face lit up. When Yugi noticed this first he quickly asked Malik why.
"Well, in Ancient Egypt, Thief King Bakura and my family weren't on the best of terms..." Malik admitted sheepishly. "I believe it was because we served the royal family, and since the royal family hated him -for good reason, really-, so did we."
"But this is a different Bakura, isn't it?" Yugi pointed out, confused. "This one didn't steal a bunch of ancient jewelry or tombs or anything."
"Yes, true, but Isis is a little..." The blonde coughed, "...stubborn."
"Kura!" Ryou stood up and attempted to give the other boy a hug, but Bakura sniffed and walked away from him.
"Please?" The brown eyed boy begged.
Bakura rolled his eyes and stood still, his eyes widening as he felt arms wrap around him and squeeze him tightly. He didn't often get hugs; heck, this might be the first hug of his life. Unless you counted the several 'hugs' he'd given people in terms of strangle-holding and death grips, but...
"Stop thinking violent thoughts, Bakura," Malik said with a sigh. "and if you're wondering how I can tell, your face just twisted into an extremely devilish grin."
"Oh yes, midget." Bakura turned towards Yugi, who flinched under the heavy gaze. "I forgot to tell you that I saw that little brown haired friend of yours. Tea, or whatever her name was."
"Bakura!" Ryou marched over to his yami and looked him straight in the eye, "You didn't kill her did you!"
"Of course I didn't," Bakura replied indignantly, seemingly insulted. "though I'm sure all it would take would be saying 'Yugi's gay' to her face. She's like a disgusting love sick puppy of sorts."
"She isn't that bad..." The others in the room muttered in unison.
Cherry: Yes, she is.
Me: Anna, no hating on Tea while we're writing please...
(1) Our thoughts exactly, Isis, our thoughts exactly.
(2) Anna made me add this in just because it kind of rhymed and was a little bit of a tongue twister.
(3) It's Bakura's nickname for Ryou. It means, 'Respectable Landlord' in Japanese.
Me: Well, this chapter was almost 1,000 words.
Cherry: Good for you, Melody! You're getting back into the swing of things, now!
Me: Aw, thanks, Anna.
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Cherry: And I swear, if I see ONE hate review, this site will probably ban me because of my response.
Me: You heard the woman! No hating!