R Amythest: Hey, I got a very random thought. . .
Ryou: *nervously* does it have to do with me?
R Amythest: sort of. Well, you know all those Yugi/Yami, Ryou/Bakura, and Malik/Ishtar fics out there?
Some Heterosexual Fan: YES! *throws cans and beer bottles at R Amythest while YAOI fans try to restrain her*
R Amythest: *dodges cans and bottles* well, I was thinking. . . since Yami, Bakura, and Ishtar are basically ancestors of Yugi, Ryou, and Malik, and technically, they're related. . .
Yami Amythest: O.O!!!!! HIKARI, YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT-
R Amythest: INCEST!
Yugi, Yami, Ryou, Bakura, Malik, Ishtar: .!!!!!!!!!!!!
R Amythest: *is calm* incest. . . incest. . . incest. . .
Bakura, Ishtar: *enraged!* WE'RE GOING TO KILL YOU, YOU #$%^&^&%$#@%^&%!!!!!!
R Amythest: *is calm* incest. . . incest. . . incest. . .
Yami: *calmly and sternly, as always* One more word, and I'm going to send you to the Shadow Realm! *Eye of Horus glows on forehead*
R Amythest: *is calm* incest. . . incest. . . incest. . .
Malik: *pissed off* #$^%&$^#^&*%&$#%^%&^*&%&$^#%@$^&^*&%$^#%@$%$^%^&*&&%$#%@!!!!! LET MY YAMI AND I DO WHAT WE WANT TO!!!!!
R Amythest: *is still calm* incest. . . incest. . . incest. . .
Yugi: Debating is the one game I'm not good at. . .
R Amythest: *is calm yet again* incest. . . incest. . . incest. . .
Ryou: *tries to make himself look small, then gets an idea* *puppy eyes* You don't like me anymore?!
R Amythest: *is cal- gasp* Sorry Ryou!!! *glomps Ryou*
Ryou: *tries to breathe* forgiven. . .
R Amythest: ROLL FIC! ^___________________^
********************Chapter Twenty: A Journey Predicted*********************
Recarn came back with the blade, smirking. "Where to begin?"
Chance looked helplessly at me. Now what?
Get me outta here!
"AUUUUUGH! Yugi! What 'n' the heck 'r' you doin' hea?" Joey shouted, running up. Myst, Leafe, Shimmer, Tea, Tristen, Bakura, and Mai ran behind him. The zombie dark magician behind me raised its staff menacingly. I jerked back to look with a bewildered look. It looked like it was almost mechanical. . . made of pure evil, raised in hell itself. . . No real creature could be that sinister. . . could they?
Seeing that my friends kept approaching, I warned them. "No, don't come closer!" I called back, mentally pointing to the zombie dark magician. They hesitated. Recarn lowered the knife.
"Hmm, I think capturing them will be better than torturing him," he mused.
Chance perked up. I'll try to release you guys. "Yeah," he agreed out loud.
Recarn waved his arms, and dozens of Duel Monster rose, every one was just as demonic as the Dark Magician. "Minions, sic!"
I slid my sword out in the chaos and spun around quickly. "Sword of Silence, strike!" I shouted, watching the zombie behind me blast apart. I didn't watch to see his glittery pieces float away as I ran towards to group, Leafe barely holding them off with Mirror Force. "Strike!" I yelled again, destroying a Flash Assailant.
"Str-" I was interrupted by a gag being stuck in my mouth, and my sword taken away. I recognized the hand as Reggie's.
%Recarn! Summon more, that pesky Green Phantom King's got Mirror Force.%
@Yes, 'ma'am'. . .@
%This NOT the time to be sarcastic or difficult!%
I was roughly thrown into a net. Chance threw me a sympathetic look before sighing, leaning on the doorframe, and looking out. I wiggled a bit impatiently. Like before, I'm going to ask you, whose side are you on?
Not now Yugi. . . I will try to free you, but Reggie and Recarn have been suspicious lately. . .
I sighed and tried to make the best of it. I saw Myst getting dragged in, tossed by me by Reggie. \Sorry Yugi, I tried my best. . .\
Not your fault. . . I glanced toward the door frame and all the others were tossed into the net along with us. Recarn tied us up inside it. I could feel the strings underneath me, pressing tightly. They sure didn't want us to have comfort, period. Chance was casually reclined against the doorway. CHANCE!
Be patient!
We were almost out of the door now. Halfway through, I felt something poking me. I strained to look down and saw that Chance had used Recarn's knife to cut the net! I slipped out and pulled Myst behind me. The gap was huge, and Shimmer and Bakura tumbled out. "WHAT THE #$%^$&%%#^&^$^^&$#%?!" Reggie screamed. I ran as fast as I could, pulling Myst along with me. I saw that both of them were following me. I ran faster, seeing Reggie and Recarn were close behind. A lightning storm was on its way, and rain poured down on us, drenching us. I ignored the chill of the rain. pleasedon'tletthemcatchme,pleasedon'tletthemcatchme swarmed in my mind.
^EIII!^
{\Shimmer!\}
Great, now there were only the three of us! It seems Reggie took her back, but Recarn was still after us. Good thing I remembered the thing about the staff I had experimented earlier. Come! It materialized in my hand. "SWORD OF SILENCE, STRIKE!" Recarn swerved, being hit by lightning and shocked, and fell to the ground.
\Do you think he's hurt?\ Myst stopped and looked briefly back.
No time Myst! There're causalities in a war, and enemy ones are necessary! I dragged her on.
I stumbled slightly over a stick, and Myst tripped over me. Bakura stopped and glanced briefly back before helping us up. "Hurry!" he urged, "Chance has stopped to tend to Recarn, but Reggie's let a zombie take care of Shimmer, and still approaching!" Even more frantic, I ran as fast as I could, ignoring the chill in my lungs as I breathed the cold night air of the suburban area.
We finally reached the edge of Tintica Town. Myst fainted into my arms. Myst, are you okay?!
\Yes, just a bit faint from running. . .\
Now that we were safe, I finally felt the toll from running around 40 MPH. I fell to my knees and panted for breath. Bakura was evidently doing the same. We were all soaked, and I think we might catch something out here. "Where do you think Relene and Magest were?"
"I don't know. . . They didn't come when you panicked through mindlink. . ." she replied thoughtfully, sitting up.
"Maybe it had to do something with Magest not having mindlink," Bakura suggested.
"What about Relene?" I asked.
Myst chuckled, "Probably stopped to find Magest and tell him." We giggled.
"I HEARD THAT!" a voice in the distance shouted. Relene ran up, Magest levitated next to us. "Where are the others?" I looked up sadly at her, Wrapping my arms around myself to stay warm.
"Captured," Bakura answered softly, hugging his knees to his chest.
Magest paused. "That's what it was all about?"
"Well, first I knocked to get a place to stay, then I sent for help, then my friends got captured, then Chance freed a few of us!" I said quickly, trying to avoid making it obvious to the others that Chance was helping while he was on the other side. It WAS suspicious. . .
He clucked his tongue. "Then, then, then. I was a major in language arts in high school, you know."
"Sorry. But you get the point, right?"
"I wish I had locator spell," Myst sighed, slightly shivering. She leaned back a little, and I happened to behind her. She giggled lightly as I played with her hair. It was soft, and I liked soft things. . .
"It's sold around here!" Relene pointed out.
I brightened up, almost knocking Myst off me. "Great! Let's get some!"
Myst arched her eyebrows and pulled her pockets inside out, half-glaring at me for bumping her off. "I'm out of money. Joey just about spent all of it for lunch." It was just like Joey to do that. . . he didn't eat to live; it was like he lived to eat.
We sighed. "I knew I should've opened a bank account," Magest muttered, "but noooo, they insisted on mindlink orders. Figures." Relene mentally giggled.
"Ya have some one you?" I asked, praying that we weren't completely broke.
"Er. . ." he emptied his pockets. A few golden coins spilled out. "200 hets! I forgot about these! I can buy us plenty of stuff!"
"YAY!" I cheered, and practically dragged him off. "C'mon, let's buy some!"
"You mean you know where the secret spy base is?!" Myst asked, astounded.
I stopped. "Well, no. . ."
"Well, actually, I do. . ." the Change of Heart at my side said softly.
We all turned to stare at him. "What?!"
Bakura blushed, (he really didn't like attention,) but continued, "While I was checking for a place to stay, I came to a house. I rung the doorbell, but there was no movement, so I tried knocking. I sighed, and I kinda shuffled my feet, and I think I hit something, because then I fell into a room. I think it was the headquarters. . . because a lot of sneaky-looking figures were selling things, and I could see 'Leafe Haverel' written on a long list that flew off the counter." He paused. "That is Leafe's last name, right?"
Myst pondered this for a moment. "He always told me it was Everlite, but he WAS a spy. . ."
"Well," he continued, "I was kinda scared at the moment, and when no one was looking, I flew off."
"So now we get locater spell! Lead the way!" And I continued to drag Magest, following Bakura's hesitant lead.
Soon we were standing in front of a weird looking house. Bakura went up and shuffled his foot. We could hear a 'BEEP!' but no trap door gave away. He shrugged. "This worked before. . ." This time he tried pressing the doorbell, knocking, then shuffling on the mat. "It's still not-" the floor gave way, "WORKING!!!!!!!!"
"BAKURA/RYOU!!!!" we yelled. We all ran up to the door and peered in. He was cornered by. . .
the Summon Skulls. And they heard us, and sent a duel monster after us. It was a Winged Guardian of the Fortress, and it was easy to demolish with one swipe of my sword. I really thought that that was WAY too easy to be all. . .
"But. . . isn't this a spy base?" Bakura whispered inside the base.
"Duh! And you're. . . not. . . invited!!" one of them spat. {Wrong side?!}
"Who's Leafe?" he asked timidly.
"I am Leafe," replied a Green Phantom King. He didn't look much like the Leafe we know. His long hair, instead of a deep emerald green, was a dark one. The growth on his back was gnarled, and his eyes were piercing and cold. "And I. . . don't. . . know. . . you!"
We have to ambush them to save him! I took a glance at their weapons. Either that or we run. . .
::Be brave! We could steal all their stuff after we save Ryou!::
\Well. . . aren't we going to eventually get caught anyway?\
I could hear a foreign thought, or maybe it was a memory. #Friends have to stick together. . .# I took a deep breath. Right. I held my sword below me and jumped. "EEEIIIIIAAAAAGGGHHHHH!!!!"
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Yugi: "Eiagh?"
R Amythest: What? You wanted to say, "Here comes me!" or something?
Yugi: At least make me say something decent!
R Amythest: Why?
Yugi: Ryou, puppy eyes, sic!
Ryou: *raises eyebrow*
R Amythest: *takes a sip of water* *looks slightly insane* This isn't water. . . WHOPEE!
Yugi: What?
Yami Amythest: oh no. . . she gets hyper with caffeine really easily. . . don't tell me that's Surge! (AN: actually, I've never had surge. . . the part about getting hyper really easily is true, and my parents don't let me have it 'cause I tend to bounce off the walls when I'm hyper ^^;; in fact, I don't think I've ever had a caffeinated drink in my life. . . no Pepsi, no Coke, no Mountain Dew. . . Seriously, I was waaaaay too hyper when our class had a pizza party and started laughing out of the blue. . . and I had Sierra Mist!)
R Amythest: YIPPPPPPPPPPIIEE!!!! ^_______________^ *glomps Ryou*
Ryou: Helppppp! Don't I get tortured enough in your fics?!
R Amythest: oh yeah! Go check out my 'inspiration fic,' 'Life isn't living 'til you've loved,' about Ryou! (duh)
Yami Bakura: *flips through it* you know, this isn't too bad. . . you said I'm here for bashing purposes, but no bashing yet. . .
R Amythest: YIPPIE! *boing* *boing* *sprays anti-love spray on Yami Bakura*
Sailor Millennium (loves Yami Bakura and vice versa. . . usually): *slaps Yami Bakura*
Yami Bakura: WWWWHHHHHYYYYY?!
R Amythest: hehehe, I told ya, bashing purposes!
Chibi Yami Bakura: Don't wowwy yawni, I stiwl wuv woo. . . (don't worry yami, I still love you. . .)
Yami Bakura: *sarcastically* wow, I'm touched. *thinking* I need to get to that love spray!
R Amythest: *still hyper* YYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *crashes on top of Ryou* *drool* you have pretty eyes. . .
Ryou: *sighs* this could take awhile. . .
R Amythest: ^^ AND THE NEWEST EPISODE IS ONE OF MY FAVS! MALIK/RYOU FLUFF! YAY! (though I know Marik's the one who hurt Ryou anyway. . . -_-) AND HIKARI MALIK'S VOICE IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE! *hugglez Ryou* I LOVE THE NEW EPPIE! AND REVIEW! (tell me what you think of the new episode, too!)
*+*+*+*+*+*+*BONUSBONUSBONUSBONUS*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
R Amythest: um. . . I'm really sorry for the shortness/crappiness of the current chapters, so here's a scene from one of the near-end chapters (next chapter. . . but whatever!). . . yup, THWTC is almost over. . .
*****Scene 3 from Chapter 22 (if you don't include the Author's Notes)
I was roughly slammed into the prison, sent reeling back. The witty phantom chained me, and took my staff. I waited until he left, then I summoned it into my hand. Nothing happened. ANYONE HEAR ME?! Leafe gave me a look. "If you're trying to use mindlink, it won't work. Crygif's gotten smarter."
"Then how'd you know I was trying to use mindlink at all?" I asked.
"Experience," he replied, "I saw the look on your face."
I groaned and tried to slide down the wall, but the handcuffs restricted me. "Crygif's too smart of an enemy. . ." Myst was thrown next to me, and also chained. She struggled but ended up almost breaking her wrist. She yelped softly, then stopped and gave me 'the look.'
"If we're trapped. . . at least we're trapped together. . ." she murmured quietly. Bakura, with a de-spell behind him to lead him, was also chained. He gave a small sigh before leaning back and half-sleeping. When the witty phantom left and mumbled something about an 'easy win,' his eyes shot open, and grabbed the cuffs by the small chain into the wall. Then he kicked against the wall, tugging at the chains.
"What. . . are you doing?" I asked, startled by his lashing. He was usually so quiet and withdrawn. . . I never thought he'd be able to even throw a decent punch! Was prison getting all of us into insanity? Or was it the concussion from earlier?
"I'm trying. . . to get. . . the chains. . . out. . . of. . . the wall. . ." He stopped for a moment and panted. He looked back at the cuffs and was happy that about an inch of chain was out. "I found out that they have about two feet of chain in the wall. They have a machine behind us to operate it, but if you tug hard enough," he gave another hard tug, releasing a small bit of shackle, "you can release some. I found that you need to pull really hard, though." He started to thrash again.
"Um. . . I know I should mind my own business. . . but your wrists are starting to bleed," Myst said timidly.
He stopped for a moment and turned to look. Some emotion flashed across his face for a moment. "So they are. . . all for the better," he whispered almost inaudibly.
"What?" Myst gave him an odd look.
He gave Myst a cheerful look. "Never mind it. . . I'll fix it up when we get out of here. . . my theory is that when the chain is completely out, we can pull it completely from the machine." He turned around (he had enough chain) and grabbed the chain, kicking against the wall. I gave Myst a look that clearly said, "He's going hysterical!" Myst nodded, and she turned to the other wall. She maneuvered a bit so she was facing it. She gave it a kick, and another. It seemed to be a type of code or something, because it was almost in a pattern. She stopped, and there were a few taps from the other side. She listened attentively, then replied. The other side was LOUD this time.
"Duh, Harp. We're all chained," Leafe said out of the blue. Myst gave him a glare, then started kicking again, VERY loudly. "Ha, ha, Myst, very funny. But too bad, I'm NOT shutting up."
"What's up with those two?" I asked him.
He made a face. "Morse code."
"What'd they say?" I inquired, watching Myst tap very softly. The place was silent except for Bakura's panting.
"From the beginning? Myst said, 'Harp, help us, your 'little precious Ryou' is going crazy!'" he smirked. "Harp replied, 'WHAT?! Is he the one making the noise?!' Then Myst kicked, 'Yeah. . . can you get over here and check?!' So Harp shout-kicked, 'I'M BOUND TO THE WALL, HOW THE HECK DO I GET OVER?!'" He stopped for a minute to try to remember. "I added the comment, and Myst stared daggers at me and screamed, 'TELL LEAFE TO SHUT UP!' which I did not listen to, and then the soft thing Myst tapped was. . ." his face got all emotional, which I've never seen Leafe do.
Then the dungeon door was slammed open, and the witty phantom shouted, "SHUT UP YOU BIG FAT @#$%^$^#@%^!!!!!" Leafe glared and tapped the wall. Myst giggled.
"That tapped stuff means, same to you, cat-in-the-hat."
Yet amongst all the commotion, I wondered how Myst knew Morse. Not because this is a different world, but because Myst and Harp knew it. . . Harp's cause was simple, she was a messenger, but Myst. . . she told me she got people to join our side. . . why and how did she know Morse Code?
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R Amythest: Anyone got an answer to the question? ^__________^ You won't believe me when I tell you in the _last_ chapter. Review!
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