Mugetsu- moonless sky
Meep! Again, I have yet to update in a REALLY long time! To me it has been, anyway. But I hand-wrote twelve pages when I was away for a ski trip, but didn't actually ski. One, it was too damn cold, and two….well, I didn't really want to. Lol, but there's fluff in this chapter! Well, I guess you could call it that….ok, Yami/Bakuraness, and a LARGE bit of the plot.
Warnings: Yaoi (duh), violence (poor, poor Bakura…it's not THAT bad, but still).
"We are closer than brothers, and now we have to fight each other." -No Matter What: YGO Soundtrack
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"Ohh….what happened….?" Yami eyes opened, after an hour had passed since he had been knocked out. His body arched a bit before he was able to feel his sleeping muscles and sit up, though even a simple move like that had hurt. In a groan, his hand was clutched by his head, thumb rubbing against the near temple to try and sooth the aches he had coursed over him.
"I knocked you out do to your sudden crazed actions."
The crimson eyes turned, narrowed as a squint in the dim room. Ah, there was his answer, the other dark half and spirit of the rod leaning in a corner, arms folded and staring over at him. The memories of what happened were scattered, but it was easy to remember that he was trying to summon Osiris, and others were holding him back….
A memory of Seto Kaiba being one of those people.
And a memory of it all going black.
That was it, and now he was in this office room. On a desk. Alone with Marik.
"It wasn't a 'crazed action' baka. Excuse me for trying to help two people I care for!"
"You care for Bakura?" Marik raised a brow, watching Yami freeze and seem to go over his words. The blonde chuckled a bit and shook his head, figuring he would dismiss this and let the other confuse himself like he had with Joey. Speaking of the untamed dog (as Kaiba would put it), the other had said he'd be back after getting something to drink. That was ten minutes ago. 'Kid can never seem to work a soda machine…' Of course, Marik went unfazed by the disappearance and continued talking again. "Never mind. But it was still a stupid move, do you REALLY think you would have gotten far up there? They're expecting you for Ra's sake!"
"I would have been fine," Yami scoffed in return, pushing himself to stand off the table and feeling his knees break out, palms folding to the table top for support.
"You've been unconscious for an hour, I'd be careful walking."
"Gee, THANKS for the warning!"
"Don't mention it," he gave a smirk and Yami hissed, getting his legs to move and heading out the office door. Marik shrugged and followed afterwards, running into Joey who nearly spilled a Cherry Coke that was wrapped in the boy's hand.
"Gah! Wha- oh…just you…." Joey let out a sigh, glad that it wasn't one of the mistress's servants coming to take his life. With his free hand he brushed the sweat on his forehead away. He hadn't liked going to get a soda alone, hell, lights were flickering on and off in some parts of the building and it was just damn freaky.
"Did I spook you?" The yami rose a brow to the shaken other.
"Uh….yeah, kind of…I thought you were….someone else…" He murmured at his choice of words, fidgeting slightly then looking up at Marik as if he were to cry, though he held it back good.
Marik rose a hand and softly gripped Joey's chin, observing the boy and catching the feeling of coldness to his skin. "What's wrong…?"
"Just…spooked…it's er…creepy in the halls…by myself…" The boy pulled his head away from the grip, looking off to the direction Yami walked off in. To be honest, he was afraid to admit being scared.
"You're not alone now, relax.." Marik whispered, embracing the other and leading him off where Yami went.
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'Why did I say that? Say that I care for them both? Sure, I care for Yugi…but Bakura? I mean, I guess…but…' Yami wandered down the hall, trying to find the building's cafeteria, where Marik quickly told him the others were before Yami choose to stoop off. Walking was still difficult, his muscles still being asleep.
But he was smiling. "Maybe I cared more for him than I thought." The former pharaoh waltzed into the cafeteria, seeing two rectangular tables pushed together with everyone seated around them, Drazzle sitting center table. "So anyone want to try stopping me again?"
Seto glanced up from talking with Isis, staring at the smirking yami with a bewilder expression on his face. "You can't be serious."
"Actually, I'm not. For once I'll agree with you and…plan."
"Good."
Ryou blinked around the room a moment before eyes set back to Yami. "Where's Joey and Marik?"
"Probably making out in the hall somewhere," he simply shrugged in return, but caught Malik's dignified shudder.
"I can't believe THOSE two are together! Ugh…after seeing my yami try to kill Joey at the Isle of Pines, them together seems….impossible…"
"So if Bakura and I were together you'd act like this too?"
Malik's eyes widened then he burst into laughter. "You and Bakura?! TOGETHER?! Yeah, good one Yami, I want a camera if that even happens. If it ever happens."
Yami sank into the nearest chair around the table, one chair to his left being empty, the one to his right occupied by Shadi. He frowned, looking into his lap as he murmured to himself. "If Joey and Marik can work out….I don't see why…"
"What was that Yami?"
He jumped at the voice, looking to his left to see Marik in the once empty chair, Joey besides him. The opposing spirit smirked lightly, giving Yami a nudge and a whispered that cheered him up slightly. "Don't worry, you'll get him."
Shadi then stood, waiting for whatever actions and talking to cease, eyes faced upon him. "Alright, while you three were off wherever, the rest of us devised a plan. Isis, Seto, and I will go to the Shadow Realm to see what mess happened there. You," he pointed to Yami before continuing, "Marik, and Joey will go up into the sky with Osiris and Malik and Ryou will stay down here with…Drazzle to work on the final spell. Understand everyone?"
There was little discussion that hit into the air, but agreement was struck and people headed separate ways to get to work.
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Shadi took Isis and Seto into the hallway, the Ankh around his neck glowing lightly, the energy of the Shadow Realm being pulled around them. But as Isis looked to him, she noted the distressed look etched on his face as it took longer to open the realm than it should have. "Shadi?"
"It's….hard…the realm, something has devastated the realm…."
Seto caught a glance between the two to watch his office fade away into the dark, disturbed cobalt and black realm. The Shadow Realm.
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"Brother! Brother? Brother…" The Dark Magician Girl knelt before her older brother, who sat in silence upon a rock. The flames had settled awhile before, though smoke still arose from the ashes where a forest once stood.
Celtic shot a glance at the two, treading through the snow, or that's how he saw it. So many of their friends gone instantly by the hit of a dragon. That had effected who was alive now…but what had set the magician into a slump was the factor of Kuroi giving her life, for his.
He loved her.
And now she was dead.
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"So where exactly are we going?" Seto grumbled from behind the two Egyptians, who seemed to be walking blindly. And at that point, Shadi turned to him with a sarcastic air about him.
"Would you be happier with a guide?"
"Yes."
Shadi rolled his eyes and turned away, pulling a card from a pocket in his robe and flipping it out before them, awakening the aqua being, Hyosube into the Shadow Realm. The Egyptian glanced back at the Kaiba by then back to his monster.
"Would you please take us back to the Dark Magician?"
"Hai, Master, Hyosube knowsss where to find him."
Seto smile in approval, following up besides Isis and behind Shadi and the creature with ease.
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The smile the CEO had carried to the ashes was lost, any bit of happiness the three shared dissolved when they saw the three monsters. Whomever else remained alive from the flames, had moved away in search of help.
"What the hell happened here?!"
Wahei looked up from her brother to Kaiba and slowly stood, depressingly moving to him. "We were attacked."
"By whom?" Isis stared in surprise, watching Celtic come up by Wahei.
"Some human, he came and took the Pharaoh's light, killing a lot of us first with a Red-Eyes and Blue-Eyes, a Blackland Fire Dragon as well."
"A Blue-Eyes?!" Seto nearly fell forward, everyone but the Dark Magician staring to the CEO. "When I get my hands on that card stealing bastard…."
"Calm down, Seto!"
His eyes turned an icy fume on Isis and he tried to relax, gravely failing.
"Calm down?! He used my Blue-Eyes to murder!"
Waizu for the first time in hours lifted his head, eyes from the ground with daggers of tears and a dark glare held to Seto, but he remained sitting. "Your dragon is what killed her…?"
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Within the center of Ayane's throne room, lay a torn, crying figure. Clothes drenched in blood and wrist, ankle shackles pressuring the skin. Silver hair was holding great amounts of sweat, red lash marks on the face, though the head was buried in the form's arms.
"Get up."
He only trembled more.
"Get up!" A steel wire hit hard into the back, sending a sing into the body, numbing the area it scolded against. Ayane circled the body, the whip dragging in a light dance against the stone floor. When the body started to move, she kicked him in the ribs, getting the reaction of him rolling to his side. She scoffed in plain disgust. "Get up, Bakura. Get up you pathetic pet."
Bakura weakly managed to stand on his feet, blood and tear stained face staring at her with pain, her sing-song voice ringing in his mind. "My pet. Now, down!" The voice then snapped, whip drawling in a fast motion against his knees, causing him to collapse into a heap, curling and crying once again.
Yugi sat in his corner cage, watching he heart breaking sight with guilt and distress. "Oh Bakura….why did you do it…?"
***Flashback***
"Motou," Ayane stood smirking before the light's small cell. "What do you say on touching you up for your other half?"
"Leave him alone!"
"Silence! This doesn't concern you!"
"I said leave him alone! If you want someone, take me, not him!"
Yugi stared across to Bakura as if he'd lost his mind, then to Ayane as she was debating this new offer… "Bakura, don't…I'll be fine!"
"You'll take this boy's place?"
"Yes."
"Bakura d-"
"Offer accepted," Ayane turned for Bakura, steel whip unfolding from where she hit it by her side. She'd enjoy this. Now someone would be HER slave.
***End Flashback***
"Why did you let her take you…? Bakura, you idiot!" Yugi cried out, eyes held tightly shut to block out the violent scene playing before him as Bakura stood, only to be struck down once again.
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"Drazzle said it would be up ahead," Mariku stated, looking behind to see nothing but darkness. Him, Joey, and Yami had been up on Osiris for a grand total of….seventeen minutes, flying towards this "sky palace" that they had no sign of.
"Are you POSITIVE?" Yami stared back at him in annoyance, not liking how things looked. Marik nodded to him and pointed forward, causing Yami to glance up and stare in awe.
And hatred.
Suspended by nothing in the blackness, simply floating before them, was a massive stone palace. Yet, put in a child's perspective, it looked like one REALLY big box, connected to a smaller box by a really large bridge, then another small box off to the side of that one, held together with a short bridge.
Some palace.
Seemed more like a prison.
Osiris landed upon the large bridge, being summoned back as a card, leaving the three to head towards the door of the biggest "box" and entering.
Joey nearly shouted in a fit when they cleared the doors, finding a figure sunken on the floor, weakly breathing.
It was Lenokei.
"Yami, if you don't mind, Joey and I have a score to settle."
Yami stared at the two a moment before nodding, "Alright, just be careful, I'm going to find the other two." With those words, he turned and started down a randomly chosen hall.
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"I've broken you. It took longer than I expected, but I broke you."
"Ayane, he's arrived at last." Rekanna stepped in, glancing to the proud mistress and silently tamed Bakura.
"Good. I want you to go greet him, take him to the main chamber, I think I'll have these two face each other…"
"Hai."
"Oh! And Rekanna, do you have what I asked for?"
The High Priestess pulled out something, a leash attached to a collar, and tossed it to Ayane. She caught it and sent the other away, commanding Bakura to stand as she fastened to collar around his neck. "If you disobey me, you will be whipped."
He nodded, voice empty, "Yes, Master."
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The only thing that stopped the well moving Yami was a form blocking the hallway. "Who are you?!"
"Rekanna Shinsei."
"But you're…"
"Yes. Now come with me, Pharaoh."
((A/N: Remember, Rekanna was a High Priestess in Egypt, that's why Yami recognizes her name. Just had to point that out..))
"And why should I?!"
"Don't trust me? Come now, don't make me call my dragon."
He snorted as she turned, reluctantly following into a chamber and being told to wait.
"Well, Pharaoh…we meet again," Ayane soon after stepped into the chamber, a glare fixated to Yami, who sent the same look back. But he had no idea who she was. "Now I need you to do a little something for me…"
"Why would I do something for someone I don't even know….?"
"Don't you even pull that on me! You know damn well who I am!"
His brows furrowed, but he managed to keep a strong voice. "I know you are the one who has taken two I care for."
"And that's why you should do what I ask."
"What's that supposed to mean?!" His glare tightened as Ayane smirked, reaching out of the room and getting a grip on Bakura's leash, roughly pulling him infront of her. Yami's eyes widened at the sight, horrified by the empty yet pained atmosphere Bakura's features held. "What did you do to him?!"
"That's none of your concern."
"Like hell it is!" He was nearly bringing himself to tears. "You've destroyed his soul! He looks like an empty shell now!"
"Good."
Yami clenched his fists in anger, not saying anymore.
"Now you're going to play a little game." She smiled darkly. 'And you will lose by what I gave Bakura, then with your weakened state I shall have the easy ability to stomp you from where I stand.' "All you need to do is summon a monster, as will my little pet here, a one-on-one duel."
"And if I don't?"
"He'll be brought slowly to a near death, but he will live (for I plan to keep him), and your rat of a hikari will be killed torturously before you."
'I am so sorry Bakura…but this is better for you both…' With a pain in his heart, he drew a monster card, watching the Millennium Ring that hung around Ayane's neck and awakened Gaia the Fierce Knight alive.
"Now, pet, pull the master card I gave you!" Ayane purposely dropped the leash as she watched Bakura draw and summon, but her face fell when the monster was the Witty Phantom. "What in seven hells are you doing?!" She released her whip and cuffed it, hard, against the back of Bakura's neck, drawing blood and initiated him into a collapse upon his knees. But there was emotion in his eyes again.
"Yami, for god's sake, attack now!!"
"Are you insane?!"
"Please!"
"Quiet you useless scrab of dirt!" Again the whip rolled against him, tears now breaking down from his eyes. Yami called out the attack, destroying the phantom and drawing the lost energy from Bakura, who sank flat against the cold ground, trembling severely. Ayane growled at the failure Bakura could possess and turned from the room, off in search of Shinkou with Rekanna following after her. "That rotten pet'll die anyway….I'll show them all….NEVER mess with me!"
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After leaving Lenokei unconscious on the ground, Joey and Marik found themselves sneaking through the shadowed halls, looking into each room until they stumbled in one that intrigued Marik.
"There's nothing in 'ere, Marik….why bother?
The yami pointed to the throne, striding up to it and roughly picking up the Millennium Tauk. "Look what we have here…"
Joey ignored him, eyes growing wide as he saw the small corner cage, squinting to see the bundle within it.
"Holy shit! Yugi?!"
Marik looked over and followed the other, gaping at the crying boy within. " 'ey Yug! Come on man, don't do dis' to us!" Joey reached between the bars to shake the hikari.
"We'll get you out of here…don't worry…."
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"Bakura! Bakura!! BAKURA!!" Yami began to panic as he knelt over the other, trying to wake him, tears starting to fall against the bruised and unnaturally pale face. "You can't leave me, Bakura…" Yami sat infront the other, propping him against the wall and pulling small box, taking out the lock pick. He gave a short glance to the thread before using the pick to break through the collar. "I'm not leaving you here…"
Yami seemed unaware to the fact that the golden thread was glowing.
He finally was able to pull the collar off Bakura, noticing how tight it have been from the bruised skin beneath. "Oh Ra…" Yami bit his lip and lost it, crying uncontrollably. "This is all my fault…why did you let them take you over me? I should have done something…I'm sorry….god dammit I'm sorry!" He held his head low, letting the tears drop and hitting into the pick's box…
Bakura wasn't breathing at that point.
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"This spell isn't going to work."
"Can't you write it down for us?"
The lizard looked between the two complaining hikaris, having repeated the spell's words over five times to get the two to memorize it. But the last comment caused the frill to raise out in annoyance. "Do you think I can write?!"
"We didn't think you could talk either," Malik mumbled.
"Stupid humans."
"Stupid lizard."
Ryou looked between the two, now in which had engaged in a staring contest.
After two minutes without blinking, the only that that grabbed their attention was a gasp from Ryou, making Malik turn to panic.
"Ryou?! What is it?!"
The boy's hands were placed with one on his chest, the other on his ring as his mind did many twists and tumbles intertwining with his thoughts.
"I-I can't feel him anymore…!"
"Who?"
"My yami…"
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Yami had slowed his tears, finally noting the near coldness radiating from the other. "No…" His eyes jumped alive at the truth. "NO!" Eyes began to water again, hands in fists as he tried not to go and hurt himself.
The thread took a strong glow, finally catching Yami's attention, his hand lifting the delicate strand from its keeping. "Could it…?" The thread enticed something in his mind and he took one of Bakura's limp hands, closing the fingers around the brilliant light of the thread.
It was almost *frightening* to watch life rise into the other, cheeks and hands having color restored to them.
"B-Bakura…?"
"…….Un….."
Yami's body became overjoyed, throwing his arms around Bakura's shoulders, embracing him as tears freed themselves again. "My god….y-you're alive….!"
"…..I won't be if you squeeze any tighter……"
"G-Gomen…." Yami bit his lip and moved Bakura's fingers away to take the thread, but found nothing. "W-what….? It's…..it's……gone…."
"What is?" Bakura stared with a weak gaze to the other, confused at the moment.
"The thread…" He noted Bakura's rise of anger and again, almost cried as he explained. "You were DEAD…..a-and it…..it healed you…."
"Yami….relax…." Bakura gave him a surprised glance, never seeing the other lose it so easily like this. Instinct hit and he reached forward (which took A LOT of effort), pulling the other against him and allowed Yami to cry into his shirt. Funny. He had just died and yet it was himself to comfort the other.
"I-I almost lost you again…."
"………."
"I'm so sorry….it's my fault that this happened….."
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Shinkou stood over the fallen Lenokei, shaking his head with a sigh as he turned to the two arrivals of Ayane and Rekanna. "I suppose he wasn't strong enough, Mistress."
"Indeed. But he will live, I need you to run a little….errand for me though."
His face up righted with a smirk. "Whatever it is you need."
"Good. I need you to go down, and break Kaiba Corp to ashes."
"As you wish, Mistress." Shinkou sent one last glance to Lenokei before stepping out upon the bridge. His smile grew to the though of destruction, bringing alive both Red and Blue-Eye dragons, boarding the black monster. "Let's go, both of you, we have work to do."
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"Are you SURE you're ok….?"
"Yeah, I just don't know what happened. Malik. I swear he was gone, but his spirit is still alive now…even if I can't use our link, I still feel him…"
Malik nodded in understanding, blinking around when he realized Drazzle was gone from his previous position. "What…?" The lavender eyes spotted the creature hissing at a window, sitting on the sill before it turned and started to move towards the two.
"Hurry, NOW, we have to exit here at once!"
"Why, what is it?" Ryou moved by the window and squinted out, almost falling backwards. "Oh my god…"
"Someone tell me what's going on!!" The lizard and Ryou looked to Malik in a fearful glance, but it was Drazzle who yelled out again as Malik saw two beams of light, on red, the other a white/blue coming towards the large window.
"GET DOWN!!"
Both hikaris instinctively dove to the ground, watching the two attacks blast over head and out the other side of the building, but it had also broken supports. It didn't take a genius to figure out, that the floors above them, were now crashing down.
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HAHAHAHAHA! Cliffy! So fun to write, a killer to read. Sorry it took so long to get this up, it was hard to type what I had written, always is for me. But I have some notes to cover, about characters and pairings kind of stuff. A normal buzz, ne? Well first off, actually, I wanted to say this story is really far from done. And that Bakura WAS dead and that lil golden thread he had of his mother healed him. Just wanted to clear that up.
Drazzle will be shown his true meaning next chapter, maybe more on Ayane's past, donno when I'll get to her fully though, Yami still has no idea who she is.
The two characters I really don't like in the show are Tristan and Tea, and I told myself in the beginning they wouldn't be in this. Well, Tristan'll have a REALLY minor role, but Tea is actually going to have a damn good part. Heh…but she's not going to be all happy friendship like. I'll just say for now, that Shinkou makes her change those ways…
And lastly, pairings. Already there are two, Yami/Bakura (though in slow process) and Joey/Marik. And perhaps some of you have noticed two shadowed ones that are also in slow process, though might not build off to a full pair…here are my ideas for the two shadowing ones I've kind of had very small signs of:
Ryou/Malik
Seto/Isis
Any objections? Say in a review, I love reviews!! And hopefully I'll get the next chapter up sooner than the last, heheh. Mrm….I also have to work on another chapter of my Can't Stop Loving You, if anyone is interested in it, the pairings are Yami/Bakura (duh) and Malik/Mariku. Go check that out too ^^
Ja!!
Meep! Again, I have yet to update in a REALLY long time! To me it has been, anyway. But I hand-wrote twelve pages when I was away for a ski trip, but didn't actually ski. One, it was too damn cold, and two….well, I didn't really want to. Lol, but there's fluff in this chapter! Well, I guess you could call it that….ok, Yami/Bakuraness, and a LARGE bit of the plot.
Warnings: Yaoi (duh), violence (poor, poor Bakura…it's not THAT bad, but still).
"We are closer than brothers, and now we have to fight each other." -No Matter What: YGO Soundtrack
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"Ohh….what happened….?" Yami eyes opened, after an hour had passed since he had been knocked out. His body arched a bit before he was able to feel his sleeping muscles and sit up, though even a simple move like that had hurt. In a groan, his hand was clutched by his head, thumb rubbing against the near temple to try and sooth the aches he had coursed over him.
"I knocked you out do to your sudden crazed actions."
The crimson eyes turned, narrowed as a squint in the dim room. Ah, there was his answer, the other dark half and spirit of the rod leaning in a corner, arms folded and staring over at him. The memories of what happened were scattered, but it was easy to remember that he was trying to summon Osiris, and others were holding him back….
A memory of Seto Kaiba being one of those people.
And a memory of it all going black.
That was it, and now he was in this office room. On a desk. Alone with Marik.
"It wasn't a 'crazed action' baka. Excuse me for trying to help two people I care for!"
"You care for Bakura?" Marik raised a brow, watching Yami freeze and seem to go over his words. The blonde chuckled a bit and shook his head, figuring he would dismiss this and let the other confuse himself like he had with Joey. Speaking of the untamed dog (as Kaiba would put it), the other had said he'd be back after getting something to drink. That was ten minutes ago. 'Kid can never seem to work a soda machine…' Of course, Marik went unfazed by the disappearance and continued talking again. "Never mind. But it was still a stupid move, do you REALLY think you would have gotten far up there? They're expecting you for Ra's sake!"
"I would have been fine," Yami scoffed in return, pushing himself to stand off the table and feeling his knees break out, palms folding to the table top for support.
"You've been unconscious for an hour, I'd be careful walking."
"Gee, THANKS for the warning!"
"Don't mention it," he gave a smirk and Yami hissed, getting his legs to move and heading out the office door. Marik shrugged and followed afterwards, running into Joey who nearly spilled a Cherry Coke that was wrapped in the boy's hand.
"Gah! Wha- oh…just you…." Joey let out a sigh, glad that it wasn't one of the mistress's servants coming to take his life. With his free hand he brushed the sweat on his forehead away. He hadn't liked going to get a soda alone, hell, lights were flickering on and off in some parts of the building and it was just damn freaky.
"Did I spook you?" The yami rose a brow to the shaken other.
"Uh….yeah, kind of…I thought you were….someone else…" He murmured at his choice of words, fidgeting slightly then looking up at Marik as if he were to cry, though he held it back good.
Marik rose a hand and softly gripped Joey's chin, observing the boy and catching the feeling of coldness to his skin. "What's wrong…?"
"Just…spooked…it's er…creepy in the halls…by myself…" The boy pulled his head away from the grip, looking off to the direction Yami walked off in. To be honest, he was afraid to admit being scared.
"You're not alone now, relax.." Marik whispered, embracing the other and leading him off where Yami went.
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'Why did I say that? Say that I care for them both? Sure, I care for Yugi…but Bakura? I mean, I guess…but…' Yami wandered down the hall, trying to find the building's cafeteria, where Marik quickly told him the others were before Yami choose to stoop off. Walking was still difficult, his muscles still being asleep.
But he was smiling. "Maybe I cared more for him than I thought." The former pharaoh waltzed into the cafeteria, seeing two rectangular tables pushed together with everyone seated around them, Drazzle sitting center table. "So anyone want to try stopping me again?"
Seto glanced up from talking with Isis, staring at the smirking yami with a bewilder expression on his face. "You can't be serious."
"Actually, I'm not. For once I'll agree with you and…plan."
"Good."
Ryou blinked around the room a moment before eyes set back to Yami. "Where's Joey and Marik?"
"Probably making out in the hall somewhere," he simply shrugged in return, but caught Malik's dignified shudder.
"I can't believe THOSE two are together! Ugh…after seeing my yami try to kill Joey at the Isle of Pines, them together seems….impossible…"
"So if Bakura and I were together you'd act like this too?"
Malik's eyes widened then he burst into laughter. "You and Bakura?! TOGETHER?! Yeah, good one Yami, I want a camera if that even happens. If it ever happens."
Yami sank into the nearest chair around the table, one chair to his left being empty, the one to his right occupied by Shadi. He frowned, looking into his lap as he murmured to himself. "If Joey and Marik can work out….I don't see why…"
"What was that Yami?"
He jumped at the voice, looking to his left to see Marik in the once empty chair, Joey besides him. The opposing spirit smirked lightly, giving Yami a nudge and a whispered that cheered him up slightly. "Don't worry, you'll get him."
Shadi then stood, waiting for whatever actions and talking to cease, eyes faced upon him. "Alright, while you three were off wherever, the rest of us devised a plan. Isis, Seto, and I will go to the Shadow Realm to see what mess happened there. You," he pointed to Yami before continuing, "Marik, and Joey will go up into the sky with Osiris and Malik and Ryou will stay down here with…Drazzle to work on the final spell. Understand everyone?"
There was little discussion that hit into the air, but agreement was struck and people headed separate ways to get to work.
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Shadi took Isis and Seto into the hallway, the Ankh around his neck glowing lightly, the energy of the Shadow Realm being pulled around them. But as Isis looked to him, she noted the distressed look etched on his face as it took longer to open the realm than it should have. "Shadi?"
"It's….hard…the realm, something has devastated the realm…."
Seto caught a glance between the two to watch his office fade away into the dark, disturbed cobalt and black realm. The Shadow Realm.
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"Brother! Brother? Brother…" The Dark Magician Girl knelt before her older brother, who sat in silence upon a rock. The flames had settled awhile before, though smoke still arose from the ashes where a forest once stood.
Celtic shot a glance at the two, treading through the snow, or that's how he saw it. So many of their friends gone instantly by the hit of a dragon. That had effected who was alive now…but what had set the magician into a slump was the factor of Kuroi giving her life, for his.
He loved her.
And now she was dead.
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"So where exactly are we going?" Seto grumbled from behind the two Egyptians, who seemed to be walking blindly. And at that point, Shadi turned to him with a sarcastic air about him.
"Would you be happier with a guide?"
"Yes."
Shadi rolled his eyes and turned away, pulling a card from a pocket in his robe and flipping it out before them, awakening the aqua being, Hyosube into the Shadow Realm. The Egyptian glanced back at the Kaiba by then back to his monster.
"Would you please take us back to the Dark Magician?"
"Hai, Master, Hyosube knowsss where to find him."
Seto smile in approval, following up besides Isis and behind Shadi and the creature with ease.
******
The smile the CEO had carried to the ashes was lost, any bit of happiness the three shared dissolved when they saw the three monsters. Whomever else remained alive from the flames, had moved away in search of help.
"What the hell happened here?!"
Wahei looked up from her brother to Kaiba and slowly stood, depressingly moving to him. "We were attacked."
"By whom?" Isis stared in surprise, watching Celtic come up by Wahei.
"Some human, he came and took the Pharaoh's light, killing a lot of us first with a Red-Eyes and Blue-Eyes, a Blackland Fire Dragon as well."
"A Blue-Eyes?!" Seto nearly fell forward, everyone but the Dark Magician staring to the CEO. "When I get my hands on that card stealing bastard…."
"Calm down, Seto!"
His eyes turned an icy fume on Isis and he tried to relax, gravely failing.
"Calm down?! He used my Blue-Eyes to murder!"
Waizu for the first time in hours lifted his head, eyes from the ground with daggers of tears and a dark glare held to Seto, but he remained sitting. "Your dragon is what killed her…?"
******
Within the center of Ayane's throne room, lay a torn, crying figure. Clothes drenched in blood and wrist, ankle shackles pressuring the skin. Silver hair was holding great amounts of sweat, red lash marks on the face, though the head was buried in the form's arms.
"Get up."
He only trembled more.
"Get up!" A steel wire hit hard into the back, sending a sing into the body, numbing the area it scolded against. Ayane circled the body, the whip dragging in a light dance against the stone floor. When the body started to move, she kicked him in the ribs, getting the reaction of him rolling to his side. She scoffed in plain disgust. "Get up, Bakura. Get up you pathetic pet."
Bakura weakly managed to stand on his feet, blood and tear stained face staring at her with pain, her sing-song voice ringing in his mind. "My pet. Now, down!" The voice then snapped, whip drawling in a fast motion against his knees, causing him to collapse into a heap, curling and crying once again.
Yugi sat in his corner cage, watching he heart breaking sight with guilt and distress. "Oh Bakura….why did you do it…?"
***Flashback***
"Motou," Ayane stood smirking before the light's small cell. "What do you say on touching you up for your other half?"
"Leave him alone!"
"Silence! This doesn't concern you!"
"I said leave him alone! If you want someone, take me, not him!"
Yugi stared across to Bakura as if he'd lost his mind, then to Ayane as she was debating this new offer… "Bakura, don't…I'll be fine!"
"You'll take this boy's place?"
"Yes."
"Bakura d-"
"Offer accepted," Ayane turned for Bakura, steel whip unfolding from where she hit it by her side. She'd enjoy this. Now someone would be HER slave.
***End Flashback***
"Why did you let her take you…? Bakura, you idiot!" Yugi cried out, eyes held tightly shut to block out the violent scene playing before him as Bakura stood, only to be struck down once again.
******
"Drazzle said it would be up ahead," Mariku stated, looking behind to see nothing but darkness. Him, Joey, and Yami had been up on Osiris for a grand total of….seventeen minutes, flying towards this "sky palace" that they had no sign of.
"Are you POSITIVE?" Yami stared back at him in annoyance, not liking how things looked. Marik nodded to him and pointed forward, causing Yami to glance up and stare in awe.
And hatred.
Suspended by nothing in the blackness, simply floating before them, was a massive stone palace. Yet, put in a child's perspective, it looked like one REALLY big box, connected to a smaller box by a really large bridge, then another small box off to the side of that one, held together with a short bridge.
Some palace.
Seemed more like a prison.
Osiris landed upon the large bridge, being summoned back as a card, leaving the three to head towards the door of the biggest "box" and entering.
Joey nearly shouted in a fit when they cleared the doors, finding a figure sunken on the floor, weakly breathing.
It was Lenokei.
"Yami, if you don't mind, Joey and I have a score to settle."
Yami stared at the two a moment before nodding, "Alright, just be careful, I'm going to find the other two." With those words, he turned and started down a randomly chosen hall.
******
"I've broken you. It took longer than I expected, but I broke you."
"Ayane, he's arrived at last." Rekanna stepped in, glancing to the proud mistress and silently tamed Bakura.
"Good. I want you to go greet him, take him to the main chamber, I think I'll have these two face each other…"
"Hai."
"Oh! And Rekanna, do you have what I asked for?"
The High Priestess pulled out something, a leash attached to a collar, and tossed it to Ayane. She caught it and sent the other away, commanding Bakura to stand as she fastened to collar around his neck. "If you disobey me, you will be whipped."
He nodded, voice empty, "Yes, Master."
******
The only thing that stopped the well moving Yami was a form blocking the hallway. "Who are you?!"
"Rekanna Shinsei."
"But you're…"
"Yes. Now come with me, Pharaoh."
((A/N: Remember, Rekanna was a High Priestess in Egypt, that's why Yami recognizes her name. Just had to point that out..))
"And why should I?!"
"Don't trust me? Come now, don't make me call my dragon."
He snorted as she turned, reluctantly following into a chamber and being told to wait.
"Well, Pharaoh…we meet again," Ayane soon after stepped into the chamber, a glare fixated to Yami, who sent the same look back. But he had no idea who she was. "Now I need you to do a little something for me…"
"Why would I do something for someone I don't even know….?"
"Don't you even pull that on me! You know damn well who I am!"
His brows furrowed, but he managed to keep a strong voice. "I know you are the one who has taken two I care for."
"And that's why you should do what I ask."
"What's that supposed to mean?!" His glare tightened as Ayane smirked, reaching out of the room and getting a grip on Bakura's leash, roughly pulling him infront of her. Yami's eyes widened at the sight, horrified by the empty yet pained atmosphere Bakura's features held. "What did you do to him?!"
"That's none of your concern."
"Like hell it is!" He was nearly bringing himself to tears. "You've destroyed his soul! He looks like an empty shell now!"
"Good."
Yami clenched his fists in anger, not saying anymore.
"Now you're going to play a little game." She smiled darkly. 'And you will lose by what I gave Bakura, then with your weakened state I shall have the easy ability to stomp you from where I stand.' "All you need to do is summon a monster, as will my little pet here, a one-on-one duel."
"And if I don't?"
"He'll be brought slowly to a near death, but he will live (for I plan to keep him), and your rat of a hikari will be killed torturously before you."
'I am so sorry Bakura…but this is better for you both…' With a pain in his heart, he drew a monster card, watching the Millennium Ring that hung around Ayane's neck and awakened Gaia the Fierce Knight alive.
"Now, pet, pull the master card I gave you!" Ayane purposely dropped the leash as she watched Bakura draw and summon, but her face fell when the monster was the Witty Phantom. "What in seven hells are you doing?!" She released her whip and cuffed it, hard, against the back of Bakura's neck, drawing blood and initiated him into a collapse upon his knees. But there was emotion in his eyes again.
"Yami, for god's sake, attack now!!"
"Are you insane?!"
"Please!"
"Quiet you useless scrab of dirt!" Again the whip rolled against him, tears now breaking down from his eyes. Yami called out the attack, destroying the phantom and drawing the lost energy from Bakura, who sank flat against the cold ground, trembling severely. Ayane growled at the failure Bakura could possess and turned from the room, off in search of Shinkou with Rekanna following after her. "That rotten pet'll die anyway….I'll show them all….NEVER mess with me!"
******
After leaving Lenokei unconscious on the ground, Joey and Marik found themselves sneaking through the shadowed halls, looking into each room until they stumbled in one that intrigued Marik.
"There's nothing in 'ere, Marik….why bother?
The yami pointed to the throne, striding up to it and roughly picking up the Millennium Tauk. "Look what we have here…"
Joey ignored him, eyes growing wide as he saw the small corner cage, squinting to see the bundle within it.
"Holy shit! Yugi?!"
Marik looked over and followed the other, gaping at the crying boy within. " 'ey Yug! Come on man, don't do dis' to us!" Joey reached between the bars to shake the hikari.
"We'll get you out of here…don't worry…."
******
"Bakura! Bakura!! BAKURA!!" Yami began to panic as he knelt over the other, trying to wake him, tears starting to fall against the bruised and unnaturally pale face. "You can't leave me, Bakura…" Yami sat infront the other, propping him against the wall and pulling small box, taking out the lock pick. He gave a short glance to the thread before using the pick to break through the collar. "I'm not leaving you here…"
Yami seemed unaware to the fact that the golden thread was glowing.
He finally was able to pull the collar off Bakura, noticing how tight it have been from the bruised skin beneath. "Oh Ra…" Yami bit his lip and lost it, crying uncontrollably. "This is all my fault…why did you let them take you over me? I should have done something…I'm sorry….god dammit I'm sorry!" He held his head low, letting the tears drop and hitting into the pick's box…
Bakura wasn't breathing at that point.
******
"This spell isn't going to work."
"Can't you write it down for us?"
The lizard looked between the two complaining hikaris, having repeated the spell's words over five times to get the two to memorize it. But the last comment caused the frill to raise out in annoyance. "Do you think I can write?!"
"We didn't think you could talk either," Malik mumbled.
"Stupid humans."
"Stupid lizard."
Ryou looked between the two, now in which had engaged in a staring contest.
After two minutes without blinking, the only that that grabbed their attention was a gasp from Ryou, making Malik turn to panic.
"Ryou?! What is it?!"
The boy's hands were placed with one on his chest, the other on his ring as his mind did many twists and tumbles intertwining with his thoughts.
"I-I can't feel him anymore…!"
"Who?"
"My yami…"
******
Yami had slowed his tears, finally noting the near coldness radiating from the other. "No…" His eyes jumped alive at the truth. "NO!" Eyes began to water again, hands in fists as he tried not to go and hurt himself.
The thread took a strong glow, finally catching Yami's attention, his hand lifting the delicate strand from its keeping. "Could it…?" The thread enticed something in his mind and he took one of Bakura's limp hands, closing the fingers around the brilliant light of the thread.
It was almost *frightening* to watch life rise into the other, cheeks and hands having color restored to them.
"B-Bakura…?"
"…….Un….."
Yami's body became overjoyed, throwing his arms around Bakura's shoulders, embracing him as tears freed themselves again. "My god….y-you're alive….!"
"…..I won't be if you squeeze any tighter……"
"G-Gomen…." Yami bit his lip and moved Bakura's fingers away to take the thread, but found nothing. "W-what….? It's…..it's……gone…."
"What is?" Bakura stared with a weak gaze to the other, confused at the moment.
"The thread…" He noted Bakura's rise of anger and again, almost cried as he explained. "You were DEAD…..a-and it…..it healed you…."
"Yami….relax…." Bakura gave him a surprised glance, never seeing the other lose it so easily like this. Instinct hit and he reached forward (which took A LOT of effort), pulling the other against him and allowed Yami to cry into his shirt. Funny. He had just died and yet it was himself to comfort the other.
"I-I almost lost you again…."
"………."
"I'm so sorry….it's my fault that this happened….."
******
Shinkou stood over the fallen Lenokei, shaking his head with a sigh as he turned to the two arrivals of Ayane and Rekanna. "I suppose he wasn't strong enough, Mistress."
"Indeed. But he will live, I need you to run a little….errand for me though."
His face up righted with a smirk. "Whatever it is you need."
"Good. I need you to go down, and break Kaiba Corp to ashes."
"As you wish, Mistress." Shinkou sent one last glance to Lenokei before stepping out upon the bridge. His smile grew to the though of destruction, bringing alive both Red and Blue-Eye dragons, boarding the black monster. "Let's go, both of you, we have work to do."
******
"Are you SURE you're ok….?"
"Yeah, I just don't know what happened. Malik. I swear he was gone, but his spirit is still alive now…even if I can't use our link, I still feel him…"
Malik nodded in understanding, blinking around when he realized Drazzle was gone from his previous position. "What…?" The lavender eyes spotted the creature hissing at a window, sitting on the sill before it turned and started to move towards the two.
"Hurry, NOW, we have to exit here at once!"
"Why, what is it?" Ryou moved by the window and squinted out, almost falling backwards. "Oh my god…"
"Someone tell me what's going on!!" The lizard and Ryou looked to Malik in a fearful glance, but it was Drazzle who yelled out again as Malik saw two beams of light, on red, the other a white/blue coming towards the large window.
"GET DOWN!!"
Both hikaris instinctively dove to the ground, watching the two attacks blast over head and out the other side of the building, but it had also broken supports. It didn't take a genius to figure out, that the floors above them, were now crashing down.
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HAHAHAHAHA! Cliffy! So fun to write, a killer to read. Sorry it took so long to get this up, it was hard to type what I had written, always is for me. But I have some notes to cover, about characters and pairings kind of stuff. A normal buzz, ne? Well first off, actually, I wanted to say this story is really far from done. And that Bakura WAS dead and that lil golden thread he had of his mother healed him. Just wanted to clear that up.
Drazzle will be shown his true meaning next chapter, maybe more on Ayane's past, donno when I'll get to her fully though, Yami still has no idea who she is.
The two characters I really don't like in the show are Tristan and Tea, and I told myself in the beginning they wouldn't be in this. Well, Tristan'll have a REALLY minor role, but Tea is actually going to have a damn good part. Heh…but she's not going to be all happy friendship like. I'll just say for now, that Shinkou makes her change those ways…
And lastly, pairings. Already there are two, Yami/Bakura (though in slow process) and Joey/Marik. And perhaps some of you have noticed two shadowed ones that are also in slow process, though might not build off to a full pair…here are my ideas for the two shadowing ones I've kind of had very small signs of:
Ryou/Malik
Seto/Isis
Any objections? Say in a review, I love reviews!! And hopefully I'll get the next chapter up sooner than the last, heheh. Mrm….I also have to work on another chapter of my Can't Stop Loving You, if anyone is interested in it, the pairings are Yami/Bakura (duh) and Malik/Mariku. Go check that out too ^^
Ja!!