An Unknown Card
Chapter Ten:
Just Plain Unlucky!
By: fairysphinx
fairysphinx: Well, that was a nice chapter. I personally liked it. Of course, the authoress is supposed to like the fics she writes. Oh, well. Hope you weren't too disappointed with the last chapter. Sorry if it was bad. A question was brought up by Angel of Truth & Light about if Yata worked for Yami/the Pharaoh back in ancient Egypt, wouldn't she recognize his voice? Well, if they hadn't been separated for so long, I think she might of. But they had been separated for a millennia, so my guesses are that she wouldn't, though when she heard him, it might have triggered some emotions, like that of anger, annoyance, or fear. Now, on with the show! Chapter ten, coming at ya! Er…after the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, although I do own Ktara, Y. Ktara/Yata, and Harbinger.
/Yugi talking to Yami/
//Yami talking to Yugi//
!Bakura talking to Y. Bakura/Yaku!
!!Y. Bakura/Yaku talking to Bakura!!
{Ktara talking to Y. Ktara/Yata}
[Y. Ktara/Yata talking to Ktara]
* indicates action taking place *
indicates a passage in time
Shadi looked over his shoulder to see the tomb robber fall backward as he tried to slip the hole over the stake, as he set up a tent. The ground was slippery from the downpour they had just had, where they had to hide in a cave to stay dry. Seto Kaiba nearly had a nervous breakdown, thinking there was a bear lurking in the shadows. It didn't help that Yaku started telling ghost stories. Ghost stories about bears. Attacking people taking shelter from the rain in his cave. Attacking when they least suspected it. Kaiba had nearly killed Yaku when he jumped out from behind a rock when he had started to doze. And, if Mokuba hadn't of 'accidentally' slipped, Kaiba would probably still be chasing Yaku.
Shadi, not paying attention, let the wind uproot most of the stakes on the tent he was working on before he realized what was happening.
"Need some help?" Yaku shouted above the wind.
"I do not need your help, Tomb Robber."
"Hey, I was just asking. You didn't have to get so hostile. But I'd suggest getting those sides latched down, before the whole tent blows away. Then we'd really be in a mess. Five people per tent. That doesn't sound too friendly to me, especially since it keeps getting hotter." Shadi looked at the tent. Then he looked at Yaku.
"Fine, Tomb Robber. I shall allow you to help. But that's only because I do not wish less privacy than I already have." Together, they were able to weight the tent down.
"Hey, has anyone seen Mokuba?" Kaiba asked, inside a tent.
"Nope." Everyone answered him the same way.
"* sigh *Well, it's a good thing I put locators on all of his things." Kaiba took out a weird looking device that looked similar to a compass. He pressed the red button, typed in some numbers, and then pressed the green button. A frown pressed itself onto his lips. "Mokuba isn't very near, but at least he's staying still…pretty much. I'm going to go look for him. Don't try to talk me out of it, and don't hold supper for me."
(The way the gadget works, is the middle point is where the compass is. The needle points to where the signal is coming from, and the red dots show where the signal is from the compass, and how far it is from it. Now, Mokuba is about a half-mile away.)
"How in the world did I get lost? Now I see why Seto didn't want to take me on this trip. He knew something like this would happen. And he was right. Well, at least I remember being told to stay put when I get lost. Hey, I bet Seto probably has some sort of devise that will find me! I'm sure of it!" * a bush rustles near him * "Seto?" * a bear cub walks out from the bush * "Aw, how cute! I'll call you Beeclaw (I know, I know! Lame name, major!). Can I pet you?" *Mokuba reaches over and pets the bear * "Wait. You're a cub. A bear cub. * gulp * And the mommy bear usually doesn't leave her children alone for long. Uh oh!" * mother bear looms over Mokuba, very angrily, I might add *.
Kaiba rounded the bend to a giant bear standing over Mokuba. * gulp * 'I'm afraid of bears. I'm afraid of bears. But Mokuba's in trouble! I need to save him! But how? * light bulb flickers on above Kaiba's head *.' Just about as the bear was about to attack, something hit her in the shoulder. A bee hive. With a lot of angry bees in it. The bees started stinging the bear, allowing Kaiba time to pick up his brother and RUN!
"Seto! You saved me…again. Thank you, Seto!"
"Anything for my little brother."
"Then can I buy Disney Land?"
"No."
"Why not?"
Back at the camp, dinner wasn't being held…not in the least. Everyone kept dropping their food, whether it was because their hands were being jerked by someone else (Yami and Yata), or their hands were too numb to hold it (Shadi and Yaku), or because their fingers were still too raw from scraping them on a rock in the cave (Yugi and Bakura and Ktara), no one could hold onto their food. Which might have been a good thing, for it was still raw. The fire kept going out on them. About an hour after everyone had given up trying to eat, Kaiba and Mokuba came back to the camp, out of breathe, and welcoming the hot, humid, stuffy tent. It was better than freezing to death.
The nights seemed to be getting colder, as the days got hotter. The only explanation anyone could come up for this was that they were approaching a desert. That didn't cheer the group up very much.
Yami and Yata were still stuck together, which they were growing accustomed to, though neither of them liked the idea much. Mokuba broke out with poison ivy. Kaiba was getting a series of very bad migraines. Joey twisted his ankle trying to climb a steep rock. Yaku was annoying Shadi. Ktara went blind for a week after Joey threw sand in her eyes. Bakura accidentally set Yugi on fire. To get revenge, Yugi dyed Bakura's hair a bright pink. Yaku was then trapped in a series of holes that were dug by some clown (no, really, they were dug by a circus clown), and then he never came back to check on them. In all, these were dark times for the little group (I kinda got that line from The Sword In the Stone, which I do not own). When things looked like they couldn't get any worse, they did. About three days after the bear incident, the group reached the desert. After walking about a day, a sandstorm hit, splitting the group up. Shadi with Yaku, Joey with Kaiba, Mokuba with Bakura, Yugi with Ktara, and Yami with Yata.
'This is great. This is just great. We're lost in a desert! I'm getting used to being stuck to Mr. Pharaoh over there, but I don't think I can ever get used to BEING LOST IN A HOT DESERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
{Why do you always think so negatively, Yata?}
[Why do you always butt in when I'm trying to think?]
{Hey, I just wanted to see where you are. I mean, it might be easier to survive if we're together.}
[Oh, fine, I'll talk it over with Yami…when he wakes up.]
{ * falls down anime style * }
"Hey, Yugi, time to wake up. Come on. It's not a good time to sleep on the job, especially when there's A SNAKE BY MY FOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Yugi finally woke up when Ktara screamed.
"Wha…what's the matter?"
"Big-huge-snake-by-my-foot!"
"Oh, geez! That is a huge snake! Okay, stay calm. Just stay perfectly still until it goes away."
"When will that be?"
"I have no clue."
"Get off of me, Tomb Robber!"
"Fine, gosh, you don't have to yell. I'm right here. And there is a giant, ugly lizard on a rock, looking at us like we're a main course. Okay, that's bad, but not as bad as being in a locked tomb with some dead guy, and all of his rotting henchmen."
"…….?"
"You could at least say something, Shadi."
"I ath a cathcus neethle thtuck im my thonge."
"What? Oh, you have a cactus needle stuck in your tongue. That has got to hurt!"
"Bakura? Bakura?"
"Huh, what?"
"Over here! I'm stuck on the tall cactus with the woodpecker on it! Which has stopped pecking the cactus and is now pecking me! OWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
" * Bakura lifts Mokuba off of the cactus * There you go. Now, let's see. There are two signals we can follow to find the others. One points to our left, and the other points behind us. Which one should we follow?"
"The one to…* a viper stations itself to their left * the back of us."
"Good choice."
"Stop chasing the roadrunner. Stop sniffing the cactus. Stop growling at the gila monster. Joey, you're acting just like a dog."
"I resemble that!"
"I know you do."
"I meant I resent that!"
"Okay, that's better, you lil chuwawa, you."
"Why I oughta…."
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. You see, I'm your only way out of this desert."
"…….?"
"I have another Millennium item locator. And if you don't behave, I'm going to tie you to a cactus and leave you!"
"Yes, Master Kaiba."
'I am going to love this.'
"Oh, come on, Yami, get up! I want to stand and stretch my legs! Okay, fine, be that way! I'll shock you awake!" *Yata mutters an ancient curse that zaps Yami *
"Who turned on the…oh, it's you."
"About time you woke up! I was about getting ready to paint your nails pink."
"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!"
"Oops, too late! I already did!" * Yami looks down at his yin-yang pink and purple nails *
"You're evil!"
"Hey, it got you to stay awake, didn't it?"
"Grr."
"Oh, We're supposed to go find, Yugi and Ktara."
"What do you mean?"
"Let's just say we've got to grab breakfast and go…fast. It feels like they're in trouble."
"Why isn't it going away? I'm getting really wobbly. I don't think I can stay still much longer."
"Did the Little Engine Who Could, say that he couldn't make it up the hill? No, he said, 'I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!' So just think that."
"Well, it's worth a try. At the moment, I'd try anything."
"Um, aibou? Why are you sitting so still?"
"Yami? How'd you find us?"
"I followed my nose. Not many things smell like drier sheets out here. Anyway, are you going to answer my question?"
"There is a snake that won't go away."
"Um, guys, that is not a poisonous snake."
"It isn't?" both Ktara and Yugi shouted.
"No. * Yata picks the snake up * It's probably one of the least deadly snakes. Though the skin of this particular specimen can be used as a wrapping for a poisonous snake bite. It kind of absorbs the poison."
"You mean to tell me that we stayed here all day in the hot sun, which gave me sun burn, for nothing?" a very red Ktara asked.
"I guess you could say that. Oh, do any of you mind if I keep him?"
"Alright, but if I wake up as his midnight snack, he's finished!" Yami, apparently, hated snakes as much as Yata loved them.
"Okay, fine. This type doesn't eat humans, though. It eats birds, lizards, insects, and eggs. Plus, he's already eaten today."
"Hey, Kaiba, slow down!"
"I can't."
"Yes, you can!"
"No, I can!"
"No, he can't!"
"Don't make a mockery of me, Joey."
"I didn't!"
"Then who did?"
"I did!"
"Yaku?"
"The one and almost only! Hey, you think you could help us out? Neither Shadi nor I have a way of finding the others."
"Sure, Kaiba has one! You can come with us!"
* Kaiba growls *
"Hey, Bakura! Look up ahead! It's a house! And it has lights on! Wahoo! We're saved…I think."
"Calm down, Mokuba. Let's not get too excited."
"Sorry, Bakura."
"Hey, isn't that a light?"
"Yup. Looks like that has four Millennium items. It must be Bakura there, then." (a/n: When Yugi/Yami defeated Pegasus, Bakura took his Millennium Eye)
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
"I would have thought the Tomb Robber would have been more serious, not giddy. Oh, well."
!!Hey, Bakura?!!
!You will never guess what, Yaku! The other two Millennium items are here, and the really pretty girl who has the Millennium Tauk knew we were coming.!
!!I Should have thought she would, then, owning the Millennium Tauk. It gives the wearer the ability to see the future.!!
!Oh. Anyhow, you have got to get over here! It is so cool.!
!!Almost there, almost there.!!
!Okay.!
"Just follow the map and we'll be fine. I mean the locator. * sigh *. This heat is getting to my head."
//Don't sweat it, aibou. At least you're not stuck to Yata. She can be down right mean!//
/Um, did you paint your nails, or did she?/
//She did.//
/Oh, and if you hate the girl so much, why do you talk about her all the time? I mean, you even talk about her in your sleep!/
//* blushes * I do not! And who says I hate her?//
/You. But I guess you do like her, because you always use double negatives whenever you say you hate her!/
//I do not!//
/Do, too! Yami and Yata, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First, comes love! Then, comes marriage! Then comes Yata with a baby carriage!/
//Yugi?//
/Yes?/
//Run.//
/Uh oh./
End of Chapter Ten!
fairysphinx: That's the end of chapter ten. Heh heh. Sorry to Yugi fans. I couldn't resist putting that in. Now, if you read between the lines in each chapter, you'll see one of the things that is to come next, though you probably already have figured it out. * sigh * Oh, well. I can't wait to start writing the next chapter, although I think I'll wait 'til tonight to start on it. But, I hope you liked this chapter.
Joey (sorry to Joey, fans, but I find it's easiest to torture Joey): I ain't sayin' it.
fairysphinx: Joey, I'm in a bad mood. Do you really want to push me?
Joey: I ain't sayin' it!
fairysphinx: Well, he asked for it. KAIBA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get out here! I got you a new puppy dog!
Joey: Where?
fairysphinx: Look in the mirror.
Joey (dressed in a fuzzy puppy suit): AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fairysphinx: Here you go Kaiba. * hands Joey to Kaiba *.
Joey: Alright, alright! I'll say it! Please review this lovely fic before fairysphinx has time to ruin my manliness!
fairysphinx: Good. Now, bring Kaiba over here, and you'll be free to go.
Joey: Okay! * drags Kaiba over to fairysphinx * * fairysphinx glomps Kaiba *.
fairysphinx: * snaps and the fuzzy puppy suit is gone * Kaiba!!!!!!! You're free to go, Joey.
Joey: Yay! ^__________________________________________^
Kaiba: Why me? v_v