The Adventures of Yami and Bakura

B.C. 3000

It was a peaceful, calm and serene afternoon. The Dark Magician was on his back, basking in the warm rays of the sun. His eyes were closed, trying to enjoy every bit of this peaceful moment before something not so peaceful happened, which normally included Yami and his two little mischief making friends. He had only just managed to wash that pink hair dye out this morning.

It almost made the Dark Magician wonder two things. One, why was his helmet off? And secondly, but more importantly…

…Why was he laying directly beneath his charge's bedchamber balcony?

Dark didn't have time to think about that point, for at that moment childish laughter was heard and sooner then he knew it, he was soaked. Dark sighed. What was this, the third time this week? And it was only Monday. Yami and Bakura were going to get it this time…

As the two boys laughed hysterically at the scene they had created, the thought that they were being watched hadn't even crossed their young minds.

A vision of the boys laughing was seen through a glass orb. They vision soon dissipated at the wave of a manly hand, making the orb cloudy and thick.

The voice belonging to the hand looked over at the man and women in front of him. "Malik and Isis Ishtar. My simple request of the two of you is kidnap the young prince and his friend. Do not harm them in any way, I need them whole for what I have planned."

Malik stepped forward in front of his younger sister. "In what way would you have us do our task?" he asked calmly.

"Quickly, if possible. Do whatever you can to get the boys. Do whatever you wish to the rest of them." Malik nodded, then strode with a proud pace out of the small, underground cavern. Isis followed her older brother.

"I can't believe you're taking orders like this from Heishin of all people," Isis stated once the two siblings were outside. At first, Malik didn't answer. Then he explained. "We're not going to give the elder Yugi and Bakura to Heishin. We'll take them both back to the future with us."

"Do you think that's wise?" asked Isis. "What if their older selves find out?"

"They won't," answered Malik quickly, "we'll take them back ten years before Duelist Kingdom. Yugi and Ryou won't even have their Millennium items then. Even if they do manage to see each other, it won't matter much. Yugi will only be five years old tops." Isis sighed. The risky plans her brother thought of sometimes made her worry. Kidnapping was one matter, protecting was another.

"What about Seto and Selena? Are we just going to leave them here? What about Pharaoh?"

Malik smirked, "You ask many honorable questions, my dear sister. We must act as if this were real; otherwise Heishin will catch on too soon. I only wish we could tell Pharaoh, he deserves to know, but I don't expect him to believe the 'two time-travelers from the future story'." Then on a second thought he added," I will try and take Selena with us, from what I've heard, she'd love to see the future."

Isis sighed. She'd just have to trust her brother on this.

Yami, Seto and Bakura now sat on a small dock on the Nile River. Yami was sitting up, with one leg over the water, leaning against the wooden post. Bakura was on his stomach next to Yami, swinging his legs back and forth in the air. Seto, in turn, was sitting cross-legged next to Bakura. It was easy for anyone to see that they were bored.

It was Seto's note that he had previously given to Bakura for Yami at the palace earlier last week. That's the reason the boys were presently where they were. Seto was the first to speak.

"What did Heishin say to you before he left, Yami?" Seto asked with all seriousness. It took Yami a while to answer, but he did.

"Are you going to tell your father?" asked Bakura. Yami sighed.

"I want to, but… I'm afraid Heishin may strike early if I do. Father has been looking a little ill lately, he's not up to dealing with something like this when he's sick." This sparked up Seto's interest.

"What do you think he has?" During this conversation between his two superiors and friends, Bakura merely looked from one to the other, soaking in all the information.

"Probably nothing serious, most likely a cold or a small fever. He's not that sick." Yami smiled at Seto reassuringly.

"So, now that we've established the fact that Heishin wants to be pharaoh. What are we going to do about it?" asked Bakura. Sometimes Bakura wished he was in a higher position, that way he felt he'd have a little more confidence in doing these high risk pranks with the prince and soon to be high priest.

"I…don't know." Yami said sadly," I wish there was something I could do, but I just don't know…" Before Yami could say anymore, the boys heard a familiar female voice calling out to them.

"YAMI! You've got to hurry up! The Dark Magician is in big trouble!" Selena cried out. As she reached them, the boys stood up and Yami took his sister into his arms.

"How is Dark in trouble?" asked Yami, terrified for his guardian.

"I don't know! I heard him yelling for help in the bedchamber halls! I went straight to you!" The prince of Egypt looked at his two comrades behind him. They nodded and the four children then ran off to help a friend in seemingly desperate need.

As the kids ran into the bedchamber halls, they could hear the Dark Magician's yells for help getting louder and louder. They ran down the halls in determination, like a good team of heroes. They eventually traced the commotion to Selena's room.

Seto held Selena protectively, while Bakura opened the closed door and Yami waited behind him, ready to charge in and attack whoever was hurting his guardian, with what was later identified as the Millennium Rod…

Bakura got the first glance at what was happening in the room. He motioned for Yami to stay back as he took a double take at what was happening. However, the others thought that Bakura was being brave to go in and analyze the situation further. One problem…

There was no danger involved.

At least not for the kids. For the Dark Magician, it was pure torture. Now what did Bakura see that surprised him so much, he had to do the anime double take? I'll tell you.

The Dark Magician was chained down to Selena's bed. At the wrists and then the ankles. The mage was sweating furiously, trying to scoot as far away from the Dark Magician Girl as possible. Bakura felt for the Dark Magician, having been put in the exact same situation by Selena. Bakura could barely make out the DM Girl's seductively quiet words.

"Oh, please marry me Darkie. If we get married today, we could have fun tonight! Just imagine all those little Dark Magicians running around the palace! Oh, I'd love to be a mother!" The Dark Magician, however, obviously was not ready to become a father.

Bakura now realized that this was an everyday event for the two and felt no need to stop it. The others however, still thought that the Dark Magician was in real danger! Yami, being the ever-fearless leader, didn't want to wait for Bakura to end his 'brave' endeavors. The prince ran into the room with the not quite complete Millennium Rod in his hands. Being the talkative person he is, Yami ran into the room and pointed the Millennium item at the two Magicians. His eyes were closed to brace whatever blow the attacker would throw at him.

"Let go of Dark right now!" he yelled. Before anyone could stop him, Yami once again pointed the Rod in the direction of the Magicians. Without warning, a bright light appeared from the Rod. When the light faded, Yami saw his error of thought, but had yet to realize his even bigger mistake.

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Yami-chan: Cliffhanger I know. I'm in charge of writing the next chapter which shall be…interesting to say the least. I'm still working on the fic that inspired my hikari's so it may take me awhile to get it out. But with Unrealistic's expert nagging skills, it'll be out eventually. Oh, and if you care, the Babylonian prince Selena has to marry will also show up in the next chapter.

The real fic, entitled Lost Souls, hopefully part one will be up soon.