Joey: *looks scared out of his mind* Oh kami-sama take me now!
Ryou: *has an expresion similar to Joey's on his face* Please don't hurt us!
Mokuba: ^__^ WSJ let me and Yami-Malik have some M&M's!
Sugar-high Yami-Malik: *nods enthusiastically*
WSJ: ^_^ Goodie! Yami? Wanna do the disclaimer?
Yami: *in the corner, sulking cuz he didn't get any M's* No.
WSJ: I'll give you Pixie Stix!
Yami: !_! *bounces up* WSJ doesn't own Yu-gi-oh, but Yami-Joey belongs to her.
WSJ: *pats him on the head* Good boy! Now go put on some tight leather and I'll give you your Stix.
Yami: *nods happily and wanders off in search of leather*
Joey and Ryou look at each other and simotaniously gulp.
Joey: Shimatte...
Ryou: Sugar-high Authoress = pain and suffering for us...
Joey & Ryou: -_-;;
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In two strides Yami was across the room and out the door, standing impatantly on the steps outside. "Come on, Mai said she saw Joey! We have to catch him before Jakan and Bakura can do any damage!"
Everyone other then the two yamis gave him questioning looks. "Who?" Isis ventured.
Yami-Malik pushed his way through the mini-crowd clustered around the door and stood beside Yami. "Jakan is the 'person' you guys know as Yami-Joey. We know him as Jakan. Now come on, we don't have time for this!"
Without further word the two yamis took off down the sidewalk, Yami pulling Mai along with him so she could lead them to where Joey was last spotted. Everyone else followed as best they could, but Yugi, Ryou and Malik soon fell behind.
"I don't want to think of what trouble Bakura's getting into." Ryou puffed as he strained to keep running.
"You? You're worried? My yami's so gung-ho he'll probably end up getting killed!" Malik said, shooting the other two a glare.
"I don't know..." Yugi said. "Yami-Malik and Yami seemed really worried. I wish we knew what's going on, and who this 'Jakan' is. Our yamis obviously know and seem to fear him."
Ryou shuddered. "I don't want to know what would make Yami afraid."
"Worse," Malik said grimly. "I don't want to know what would make them work together."
Finally, huffing and puffing, they arrived in front of the store where Mai had seen Joey. "We're here." she said, gently prying Yami's grip off her arm.
Yami frowned, letting his eyes drop half-way closed as he concentrated to pick up the Ring's energy signiture. "I can't find it." he said after a moment. "He must be masking it."
Yami-Malik nodded, absently stroking the Rod. "What now?"
"I think now," Isis said, stepping forward. "Would be a good time to explain things."
The two yamis looked at each other, sighed and nodded. "Jakan was one of my advisors," Yami began. "And something of a master in the Dark Arts."
"Question," Yugi said, raising his hand slightly. "Is that anything like the Shadow Games?"
"No," Yami-Malik said. "Much worse. The Dark Arts were, or rather, are, a distructive power, instead of a simple game gone heywire."
"Jakan ended up betraying me, and tried to attack me with the Dark Arts. I was able to protct myself, and capture Jakan. He was stipped of his power, and allowed to go free." Yami said.
Yami-Malik took up the story. "In the desert he met me and Bakura. We teamed up to get back at Pharoah here." He jerked his thumb at Yami. "But, as you already know, Yami ended up sealing us into the Millinium Items."
Yami frowned. "Somewhere I made a mistake. I was planning to seal Jakan into the Ankh, but I ended up putting both him and Bakura into the Ring."
"But how come I never knew any of this? Shouldn't I have known?" Ryou asked.
"Only one spirit can possess a human at a time." Yami explained. "When you put the Ring on, Bakura was released. For Jakan to also be released, a different human, in this case Joey, had to wear the Millinium Ring."
"And having two spirits makes it twice as powerful." Yami-Malik said, casting a meaningful glance at Yami, who nodded.
"I know. If used right, it's possible that the Ring might be even more powerful then my Puzzle."
Yugi gasped. "But that's not possible!"
"I don't know whether it is or not." Yami admitted. "I had no time to test it's power."
Yami-Malik jerked his head around to look down the road. "Yami..."
"I know. I can feel it." Yami turned to the rest of the group. "Isis, Ryou, Mai, please go home. Stay out of this! It can't end well. I can sence where the Ring is now, and I promise you we're in for a big fight."
Ryou's jaw tightened. "No way, I'm coming too! It concerns my, the Ring, and Bakura, are rightfully mine."
Yugi glanced up at his aibou. "He has a point Yami."
Yami sighed. "Right. Mai, Isis? Please go."
The two women looked at each other and Isis bit her lip, but they nodded. "Be safe." Isis warned her brother.
"I will." he assured her.
"All right then, were are we headed? Where's Joey gone?" Yugi asked.
Yami got a strange spark in his eye, and dispite the tensity of the situation his mouth flicked upward into a half-smile. "Seto Kaiba's mansion."
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WSJ: Presents and reviews welcome! I'll try to get chap 5 out tomorrow or Monday! *yawns* Bedtime... *curls up in a ball with her head on Ryou's lap*
Ryou: *nervously* Er... WSJ...? *glances around* Help? Anybody?