Olivia: Alright, next chapter! :)
Desirae: And we have a special treat for everyone!
Oliva: Um, Des, we talked about this.
Desirae: Yea, we talked about it. Anyway, here as a guest, we have a reviewer who has challenged me to a fight. How foolish she is to think she can kick my a$$.
Olivia: Look, Des, it's not up to you-
DreamixAngel: It's not up to you either. Desirae needs to be taught a lesson.
Desirae: So do you. No one challenges me without going down.
DreamixAngel: Bring it on.
*Desirae and reviewer start kicking, punching, pulling hair, etc.*
Olivia: Um, while they're uh, fighting, I'll take the time to thank the people who reviewed. Thanks to InsaneEvilLittleEmmy, Youngbountygirl, ToxicElixir, DarkHeartInTheSky, sorceress of the nile, I'm sorry but no, IcyShadowsFTW, Spindlegal, DreamixAngel-
DreamixAngel: You're welcome! *knocks Des to the ground*
Olivia: Uh, right, anyway, where was I... oh right. Thanks to Atemxyugi kfXjinx, Mimi, and Luna vampire princess. Also, thanks to Pk Love Omega for reviewing the last three chapters. I love and appreciate all the reviews I get. Now, as usual I don't own YuGiOh. I hope you enjoy! :)
Desirae: AAHHH! *slams DreamixAngel into the wall*
Yami rolled his eyes in annoyance and contempt. The second Mai, Malik and his 'friends' stepped out of the shadows, the blonde had yelped and fallen over like an idiot. His hope that he'd find his brother soon was diminishing already. He used the shadows to lift the blonde to his feet and glared at him.
"We don't have mush time to waste on nonsense, tell us about this man in black." The blonde nodded and began his story.
"Well, the night after I, uh," Yami's eyes narrowed and the blond hurried on explaining, "the night after I, you know, the man broke into Yugi's room and tried to take him away. He put a knife to his throat and everything."
Absentmindedly, Yami raised his hand to his own throat as he remembered the disturbance from that night. So that's what happened. The blonde must have thought he was going to do something because he was notably more terrified from the moment Yami's hand moved. He gave the blonde the signal to go on with his story.
"Um," he began nervously, "anyway, I managed to push the guy out the window and Yugi actually saved me from falling out myself." Yami fought back a smile. His brother was never one to wish ill of anyone, even if they deserved it. It was both a dangerous and wonderful quality of his. The blonde continued.
"We didn't hear from him until tonight, well, his partner anyway. The first guy broke his leg. Anyway, tonight Yugi told me about everything, well, almost everything. He never mentioned you guys were twins, but that's not important. I felt bad for keeping him with me and for…" The blonde paused. Yami crossed his arms.
"And for what?" he asked dangerously. The blonde sighed and his previously fearful face shifted into one of guilt and resignation.
"I was going to do something I'm not proud of. But after getting to know your brother, I couldn't go through with it. So I decided to take him back to where he belongs. That's when the man, the second man, jumped us, knocked Yugi out, threw me in a dumpster and vanished." Mai crinkled her nose.
"So that's what that smell is." Yami turned back to her.
"Now is not the time, Mai." The blonde man perked up.
"Wait, there's one more thing." Yami spun back to him, eager for anything that could actually help.
"What would that be?" The blonde scrunched up his face as though he were trying to remember something. Yami's hopes were getting lower and lower by the minute.
"The man said to give you a message. He told me to tell you, ugh, what was it? Oh yea! He said, 'tell the brother to follow the lights if he wants to know why the power's out' and 'if he wants another clue, it'll be a part of his life that's ripped to pieces.' I don't know what that means, but he also said that Yugi will be waiting."
Yami was puzzled. What could that mean? Clearly, the one part was in reference to Yugi not having powers, but did that mean that these men knew why Yugi was the way he was? He turned to Malik and Mai, who both shrugged. He turned back to the blonde.
"Is there anything else?" The blonde scratched his head, then his eyes lit up as though he just thought of something.
"Yea, he said he couldn't very well go after you. I think he wants you too." Yami was really puzzled now. Why would they want him? Admittedly, he was a gem child, and gem children with red eyes were fewer in number than amethyst. Though, how could these mystery people know about him? He and the others were always so careful. He thought back to the clues and something hit him. He turned to the other two.
"We need to get back to the warehouse. I have to check something." The blonde stepped up beside Yami.
"Aren't we going to get Yugi?" Yami gave the blonde an icy glare that made him shiver. He couldn't help but feel slight satisfaction at this, not that he let it show. He made sure his impatience was evident in his voice.
"Yes, that's what we're doing now." Mai stepped up to the blonde and glared at him, crossing her arms in the process.
"If you're going to be helping us, you should learn to control the amount of stupidity that comes out of your mouth." The blonde looked Mai up and down and smiled.
"Do you have the power to stop hearts? Because I believe you made mine skip a beat." Yami almost laughed as Mai punched the blonde's gut. As he doubled over in pain Mai put her hands on her hips, glowering.
"Really? Not only is that a completely amateurish, lame ass line, this is not the time or place. You're so lucky we're all going so easy on you." She turned and Yami walked alongside her into the back alleys with the others following. As the blonde grumbled about being far from amateurish, Yami leaned in to Mai.
"Isn't that little spiel of yours like the pot calling the kettle black? Since when are you ever one for being concerned about the right time and place for something?" Mai glared at him.
"You're so lucky I don't make Malik want to use his 'friends' to kick your ass. Besides, you can't possibly know the pressure us beautiful people are under to put the unworthy in their place." Yami shook his head. Typical Mai.
Jounouchi walked in silence behind Yami and the chick, alongside the tan blonde, and ahead of the three other people who, despite looking vapid and totally lost, looked normal with normal eyes. He leaned in toward the tan blonde and whispered.
"Hey man, what's wrong with those guys behind us?" The man turned to him, glowering slightly.
"My name's not 'man', it's Malik. And nothing's wrong with them. They're just my mind slaves." Jounouchi must have seemed confused, because Malik huffed in frustration.
"I have the power to control people's minds and basically make them my slaves. They have no will of their own until I decide to release them. You might hear the others call them my 'friends'." Jounouchi nodded in comprehension.
"Oh, okay. Um, you're not going to-" Malik crossed his arms.
"No I'm not going to take control of your mind. I can only take control of a maximum of seven people at a time anyway. At least until I can better hone my skills. The other four are off guarding my place." Jounouchi sighed.
"Phew, that's a relief. So, what are their names anyway?" Malik uncrossed his arms and pointed to each of the three men with an attitude of exasperation.
"That's Steve, Steve, and-" Jounouchi snickered.
"Let me guess, Steve?" Malik shook his head looking confused.
"No, Mark. What would make you say Steve?" Jounouchi shrugged.
"No reason I guess." Malik gave him a weird look before turning forward again and put his hands in his pockets. Jounouchi shook his head and when he looked forward again, he saw they were just about at the warehouse. I wonder why Yami wanted to come back here.
DreamixAngel: *has Des in headlock* Give up!
Desirae: No!
Joey: What's going on? Another cat fight?
Olivia: Des and one of our reviewers had one. They've been stuck like this since the middle of the story.
DreamixAngel: Give up!
Desirae: No!
Olivia: This could take a while.
DreamixAngel: Give up already!
Desirae: Don't make me send you to the Shadow Realm! *kicks DreamixAngel's shin*
DreamixAngel: OW!
Desirae: *slips out of headlock* Oh, I do believe it has been brought on! Come at me, bro!
*more fighting ensues*
Olivia: Okay, if you guys kill each other, I'm completely guilt free. Hasta luego! Good luck.