Necropolis demon
Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh.
Necro: I'd really appreciate it if you guys would submit more reviews, please? We have a crisis! The Game isn't getting as much reviews as I expected it to get! Oh no!
Note: there was one reviewer who reviewed my chapter 3 who asked me if the kid from Egypt named Nam was Malik's past self and I explained in chapter 4 that he wasn't BUT I didn't say that he wasn't in some way related to Malik's ancestor now did I? Surprise!
You guys know that Shadi sort of just pops in uninvited right?
Destined Duel
Chapter 10 Past Meets Present
The white blond teen opened his eyes to the dark star-lit sky and saw an airplane pass by…blinking and zooming past…over the sky. Ryou rubbed his chocolate eyes and blinked…what happened? Then…he faintly heard the familiar voices of his friends who were crouching down beside him…talking to him…everything seemed like a blur…
"Ryou! He's awake!" came Malik's excited shout.
The pale teen sat up and looked around, noticing that he was on the school's rooftop at night, some of his friends sitting beside him, hugging him to death…was Egypt just a dream? Had he been unconscious all this time? He wasn't in Egypt…he was in Domino, Japan…there was no Atemu…no Seth…no Bakura…how sad.
Looking down at his lap while his friends were still talking to him…he noticed…since when did his uniform turn into red silk? And…why was Malik here?
"Malik?" Ryou yelped, surprised to see his Egyptian friend in Japan, the blond merely smirked at the pale teen. The pale teen stood up with the aid of Malik and looked around, noticing three other unconscious figures that were waking up as well.
Ryou limped towards the awakening figures; the first to rise was Yugi then came Kaiba, he knew it was them not the Egyptians because they were dressed ordinarily, "Are you two all right?" he asked with concern, ignoring his own conditions.
"I'm fine, just a little dizzy, what about you Seth?" 'Yugi' asked the brunette beside him.
Ryou paused then turned to his tri color haired classmate, "What did you just call him?" he asked in slight shock.
"Seth" replied the shorter teen, trying to stand up.
Realizing that his trip to Egypt wasn't a dream, the pale teen asked, "Ph-pharaoh? Pharaoh Atemu?"
"Ryou…what happened? Where are we?" the pharaoh asked, standing up in a slight panic. Yugi's gang along with the Ishtals stood there dumbfounded…Did Yugi hit his head HARD? Just then 'Kaiba' stood up, rubbing his temples.
"Ryou…you're all right." Said the brunette.
"W-what is going on here? How did? What happened-how could…Seth? Wait" Ryou stuttered then realized something, "Where's Bakura?" he asked frantically.
As if on cue the third unconscious figure woke up though there was something strange about him. He blinked and looked up at the people standing not too far from him, noticing Ryou. The 'Egyptian' rubbed his temples and stood up then vaguely noticed, he was still wearing his clothes but why did they seem loose? And since when did his skin turn so pale? A little freaked out he touched his hair…same old white blond hair but then again…it was longer!
"Bakura?" came Ryou's soft voice as he and his friends directed their attention to the tomb robber.
"Oh Ra! What happened to me?" Bakura asked in shock, touching his face, searching for the scar that was once over his eye.
Everyone was in a state of panic and shock…if Kaiba and Yugi weren't whom they were supposed to be then what happened to them? And how did Bakura's appearance change like that? In the middle of the confusion Bakura snarled at Atemu, "You! This is all your fault!"
Just when another brawling between the two kings was about to start, a voice spoke up, "All this confusion is happening because of the bending of the shadow realm." Came Shadi's voice, the mysterious Egyptian appeared from nowhere and stood behind Bakura who immediately turned his back and sauntered to Ryou's side.
"Shadi, do explain to us what is going on." Isis asked.
"It is simple…because the shadow realm has been bent and used for time travel there are certain side-effects." Shadi looked over Atemu and Seth who were in Yugi and Kaiba's bodies.
"Why am I dressed this way?" Seth asked, referring to his trench coat.
"That is not your body great priest, that is the body of your reincarnation; Kaiba, the same goes for you mighty pharaoh, that is the body of Yugi, your counter part." The man wearing a turban added, gesturing towards Atemu, "You see, when you two traveled through the shadow realm, your bodies were not allowed to go with you and were left in the shadow realm uninhabited so upon arriving here in Ryou's time, you have inhabited the bodies of your counter parts here."
"I guess we really are in Ryou's world aren't we Seth?" the pharaoh stated and the priest nodded.
"And what about me? How did I end up looking like Ryou?" the bandit asked.
"I am not sure, it is one of the side-effects of bending the shadow realm I suppose. Ryou is after all your counter part and he did travel through time as well so you did not end up inhabiting his body and instead you have your own though it is merely a double." Shadi replied.
"Wait, if these two aren't Yugi and Kaiba then what happened to our friends?" Tea asked, gesturing towards the two 'Egyptians'.
"They are safely sleeping within their soul rooms, there is no need to worry but for now the pharaoh and high priest will be the ones to use those bodies."
"How did we get sent here in the first place?" Atemu asked.
"I'm sorry to inform you that I do not know pharaoh." Shadi replied.
"Ok since that's settled, may I ask why they are here?" Ryou asked, gesturing towards the Ishtals.
The gang explained to Ryou everything that happened in Domino while he was in Egypt, they explained to him that the Ishtals were here with the help of Shadi to guide them and that only a day had passed in Japan.
FlashbackThe night before, the Ishtals had arrived at the hospital and had explained to the gang that Shadi had informed them that Ryou was going to return to Domino tomorrow at night. The next day was a Saturday of course and Kaiba had given strict instructions to the police as well as the school to keep the school rooftop out of bounds to everyone else except for Yugi's friends, the Ishtals and the Kaibas saying that it was KaibaCorp business. It seems that the hologram of Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Dark Necrofear hadn't disappeared even after the duel disks had malfunctioned and that might've caused a rise of suspicion among the students if they were to find out. I mean, wouldn't you be suspicious as to why there are duel monsters on the school rooftop and no holographic projectors in sight?
Shadi said that as long as the two monsters were still there due to the shadow magic, Ryou could still come back to Domino. If the pale teen were to return to Domino he would definitely appear at that spot.
So, later that night everyone went to school and met at the rooftop awaiting the arrival of their classmate who had been missing since yesterday; Kaiba got out of the hospital as well to await Ryou's arrival. What they all didn't know was that Ryou would be bringing a little something from the past along with him.
The shadow realm had opened and from it came Ryou as expected and another person who looked exactly like Ryou; that was Bakura. While this was all happening, Kaiba and Yugi had suddenly fainted and never woke up…that is, only their bodies woke up but not with their minds, instead with the minds of the pharaoh and the priest.
End of flashbackAfter Ryou's friends had explained to him everything that had happened in Domino while he was away, they got to the serious questions…namely.
"What's with the transparent clothes Ryou?" Mokuba asked suspiciously, raising a brow at the pale teen and the other ancient Egyptians.
The pale teen blushed in embarrassment once he remembered his 'attire', darn Mokuba…never lets any small detail escape, "Well…err." Ryou faltered then laughed nervously as he noticed that all eyes were on him.
Mokuba's gaze turned from a blushing Ryou to the three ancient Egyptians who had their faces low as they tried to avoid everyone's gaze. The black haired boy intently watched the three ancient Egyptians, looking for any reaction at all, "You guys didn't do anything…'intimate' did you?" Mokuba sneered, catching Bakura, Atemu and Seth shifting uncomfortably.
Really! And you'd think a boy that young wouldn't know about…SUCH things…innocent children aren't always what they appear, "Mokuba! N-nothing happened ok." Ryou mumbled shyly, looking down at the floor and averting his gaze from the heavy pressure of everyone's stare.
"Right…" Mokuba replied mockingly.
Oh sweet silence…Joey decided to break up the awkward air so he changed the rather personal subject with something else…
"So, you're a high priest or something huh?" Joey suddenly asked Seth, changing the subject and getting rid of that awkwardness in the air. Seth merely ignored the blond and walked towards Ryou. "Hey! I'm talking to ya'!" he yelled at the snobbish priest and muttered under his breath, "that's the past Kaiba all right."
"Your leg still hurts doesn't it?" the priest asked Ryou who was clinging onto Malik.
"Yeah it still does." The pale teen answered, without another word, Seth bent down and closed his eyes then began chanting. Ryou could feel some sort of warmth over his injured leg as well as his other injuries including the wounds from the scorpion stings.
A yellow glow surrounded Ryou and as soon as the priest ceased to chant it disappeared. Seth stood up and backed away, "Does it still hurt?" he asked the pale teen.
Ryou gave his leg an experimental step; it didn't hurt anymore and his other injuries disappeared as well, not leaving a single scar! "The pain is gone!" he said in astonishment.
"That's Seth for you, an expert in all sorts of magic, even healing spells." Atemu spoke up.
"Thank you Seth." The white blond thanked with a cheery smile, bowing in appreciation.
Bakura rolled his eyes and thought, 'show off!' Ryou's friends gaped at the little performance; Seth was the real thing! "Could we go now? It's quite cold here." Bakura interrupted.
They all got off the rooftop except for Shadi who disappeared again and headed to Kaiba's mansion with Mokuba's permission, the others took a cab while Mokuba, Ryou and the other time travelers took Kaiba's limo; Kaiba always had a strict rule about guests using his limo and he really didn't want Joey in it.
During the ride, Atemu who was sitting by the window kept on pointing out all sorts of stop signs and other cars, asking stuff about them. Mokuba sat between his brother who was by the window and Bakura who sat in the center beside Ryou who was answering Atemu's questions.
Upon arriving at the mansion, they all gathered in the living room, waiting for the Ishtals and the others to arrive. When everyone had arrived they sat on the sofas and continued their inquisitions.
"So this is Seth's home and that is his little brother Mokuba." Atemu stated, gesturing towards the black haired youth.
"Yep, and you're Yugi, my brother's rival." Mokuba explained.
"My, isn't all this interesting." The pharaoh said, smiling.
"Why don't we all introduce ourselves to each other." Ryou suggested minimizing the confusion among his friends.
"Ok, Um, I'm Tea, Tea Gardner, a pleasure to meet you guys." Tea introduced herself.
"The name's Joey Wheeler, nice to meet ya'!"
"And I'm Tristan, Tristan Taylor." The guy with a point on his head smirked.
"I'm Mokuba Kaiba as you now know."
"And I'm Malik Ishtal, I'm Egyptian too."
"My name is Isis Ishtal, Malik's older sister."
"And I am Rishid."
"Hello, a pleasure to be acquainted with all of you, I am Atemu the past pharaoh of Egypt." The pharaoh introduced himself then gestured towards the priest who was sitting on a sofa with one leg over the other, "And this is my high priest Seth."
"Bakura…King of all thieves." The thief king bluntly spoke, moving his gaze towards Malik and his sister, "You are Ishtals right?" he asked, raising a brow.
"Yes we are. Why do you ask?" Isis replied.
"I knew someone who was an Ishtal…he had the same blond hair as you did." The thief pointed to Malik, "Tomb keepers?"
"Yes, you knew our ancestor?" Malik asked in fascination.
"Yes I did, he was a good friend of mine and his name was Namu Ishtal."
"Nam? Bakura are you referring to that child at the market place?" Ryou asked.
"That kid? No. I meant his adoptive father Namu Ishtal. Ishtal is a good man, he would sometimes give my fledgling thieves some food…his favorite was that kid whom he named after himself, the one that you met Ryou." He bandit explained.
After their conversation and a little argument between the pharaoh and the thief king or two, they all decided to go home and rest since they planned to take the Egyptians to the mall tomorrow morning. Mokuba gave Tea Kaiba's cell phone number so that she could call Ryou; who will be using the CEO's cell phone since he left his back at Egypt tomorrow as to what time they would be going to the mall or if they were to meet up at a certain place. As the others bid farewell to each other, Mokuba asked Ryou if the pale teen and Bakura could perhaps sleepover, which was exactly what Ryou was thinking as well; he can't just leave either Seth, Atemu or Bakura alone now could he? Think of all the mayhem!
Mokuba sent some of his servants to go to Yugi and Ryou's homes to fetch a couple of things for Ryou, Bakura and Atemu, things such as clothes and such. The Ishtals went back to their hotel and gave Ryou Malik's cell phone number as well. Once the others were gone they all headed upstairs as Mokuba showed them to their rooms; Atemu's room was beside Bakura's while Ryou's room was beside Seth's or Kaiba's.
Bakura went to his assigned room without a word while Ryou was with Seth in Kaiba's room and Mokuba was with Atemu. Kaiba's room was quite large with air-conditioning and an office desk at a corner with all sorts of paper work and a laptop, there was a large canopy bed in another corner with blue curtains and sheets and there was a door that led to the bathroom, there was no T.V. set though since Kaiba didn't want any distractions whenever he was working in his room.
The room had a high ceiling and a large window that allowed the moonlight to enter. The pale teen switched the light on and found Kaiba's nightclothes on the bed already prepared earlier.
"Why don't you get changed while I check on the pharaoh?" Ryou suggested, handing over the nightclothes to the priest. The brunette took the offered clothes and as Ryou was about to leave the room, he called the boy's attention in slight embarrassment.
"Ryou." He called out, a pair of jogging pants and a T-shirt in his hands.
"Yes?" For a moment, the white blond paused and eyed the priest before realizing what the problem was, "Oh! Sorry I forgot there were no jeans back at Ancient Egypt." The pale teen apologized, closing the door behind him and walking over towards Seth.
"First you should take this trench coat off." Ryou slipped the white coat off of Seth. The white blond taught the brunette how to take the clothes off and told him what to wear. Ryou blushed when Seth took his black long-sleeved shirt off without warning and went commando; the priest noticed this and quickly slipped on a T-shirt.
"I apologize, I didn't know you were so…shy." Seth apologized.
"No, it's all right…I should be the one apologizing here, I'm the one dressed in transparent clothing aren't I?" the pale teen gestured towards his indecent red robe and smiled in embarrassment. "Actually I'm quite surprised my friends didn't make such a fuss about my attire." He gave a nervous laugh, "I was sure they'd go 'I know something happened Ryou.' or 'don't lie to us, we know you're hiding something' I just can't believe an innocent young boy such as Mokuba could actually be so…err observant." He gave another nervous laugh.
"They were probably too busy gaping and drooling to make such a fuss about it." Seth accidentally said out lout.
Ryou giggled, "I didn't know you could joke." He smiled sweetly at the priest who blushed a bit but quickly willed down the blush.
The white blond teen turned around to give the priest some privacy while he was getting undressed, once the brunette was done changing Ryou turned to face him.
"Did I wear these properly?" the priest asked.
"Yes you did." The slightly shorter boy smiled, looking over the priest's form to check if Seth got everything on right. "Hey…thank you for everything you did for me back at Egypt, really." Ryou thanked, smiling his sugary-sweet smile at the priest.
"You're welcome."
"I mean it, thanks for showing me around the palace, taking me to the market place…" said Ryou.
"The pharaoh simply ordered me to." Seth clarified.
"Showing me some magic, shopping and having fun with me…being my friend…" At this point, Ryou looked down then looked back up at the priest and smiled. "Thank you, I really mean it Seth."
Seth fell silent upon hearing those words, being my friend…when was the last time he was called a friend? No idea…
"Enough of this touchy feely moment…you sound like you're saying goodbye." The priest spoke to break up the emotional atmosphere.
"Huh? I do? Oops." The pale teen giggled, scratching the backside of his head. "I'm going to go check on the pharaoh ok." With that Ryou left the room leaving Seth staring at his retreating form.
Once the door was closed, Seth whispered, "I love you…" then smiled.
Necro: Eeep! I made Seth all mushy/hits head with the keyboard/ Ouch that hurt… /nurses my head/ was it ok? You know the 'Seth whispering I love you' thing? It's not too OOC is it? I'm trying my best to keep their personalities intact you know! REVIEW PLEASE! Don't forget to read and review The Game ok.
People should really give The Game a chance…pretty please/puppy dog eyes/
R – E – V – I – E – W put it all together and what does it say? REVIEW, do it, It makes authors happy /grin/
