Chapter 4:  Only One Wish

            Bakura walked into the antique shop with his Millennium Ring pointing right at it.  As he entered the shop, a man rushed past him with seemingly delicate object in his hand.  All he heard from him was something about selling a kill, but Bakura did not care.  He followed the pointers to a back checkout stand. 

            "Hey," he said to the clerk, "What do you carry in the back of this store?"

            "Well Mister," he replied in a classic old-man voice, "lots o' stuff from the early 1700's.  I got one of Washington's real teeth if you're interested."

            "Do you happen to have a red ball with some yellow stars on it?"

            The old man leaned back from the counter with a look that told Bakura that this old man was keeping something from him.

            "Sorry, son.  I don't have anything like that."

            Bakura grabbed the man by the collar of his shirt and shoved him into the room behind him.  After jumping over the counter, he kicked the man further into the slightly lit room.  The old man fumbled back on the floor.

            "I know you have it," Bakura shouted, "Where is it, you old bastard?!"

            "I ain't sellin' it!"

            "I did not say anything about purchasing the item in question."

            Bakura scanned the room, but his Millennium Ring point directly at a safe in the corner.  He casually walked to it and tried to open it, with no success.

            "Open it," he commanded the old man.

            He turned around to see the double barrel of a shotgun in his face.

            "Son, I want you outa' here, ya' hear me?"

            Bakura simply kicked the man in the shin and, in his moments of pain, took the gun away and fired it into the air.  After throwing it away, he grabbed the man's hair and pulled him right at the safe.

            "I'll say it one more time, mortal.  Open it.  Or I'll take your eyes out with your dismembered jaw bone."

            The man began to put in the combination with his shaking hand.  Once Bakura heard the last tumbler with his advanced hearing, he shoved the man aside, tearing what little of his hair he had from his scalp.  Opening the safe, Bakura saw the Dragon Ball and took it.

            "Now that wasn't so hard…was it boy," he said imitating the old man, who was still writhing in agony. 

            Bakura walked out of a now deserted antique store with his newly acquired Dragon Ball in hand.  After he jumped on the capsule car and started the ignition, he began to contemplate how he would get the last ball from Goku.

            "I've already organized my deck in case he decides to fight, so all I have to worry about is Yugi."

            About several miles into his journey back to West City, Bakura spotted a helicopter fly just above him.  It shot its one light straight at the car.  He looked at his Millennium Ring to see it was pointing at the flying vehicle.  After Bakura stopped the capsule car, the helicopter descended in front of it and stopped its engine.  Seto, Yami Yugi, and Goku got out, with Seto holding a suitcase in his hand.

            "What an pleasant surprise," Bakura said sarcastically knowing they had most likely used the Dragon Radar to find him.

            "Ok, Bakura," Seto said, "I'll make you a deal.  We know you need the last Dragon Ball to make your wish."

            "I'm listening."

            "Let's settle this with a duel.  If I win, you'll hand over the six Dragon Balls you have."

            "And if I win?"

            "We'll give you the remaining one."

            "What?" Goku questioned, "You said we were just going to beat him up."

            "Don't worry," Yami Yugi assured the boy, "I have confidence in Kaiba."

            "So, I trust you have no objections, Yugi?" Bakura asked. 

            "None."

            "I guess," Goku sighed, "But don't lose."

            "Don't worry," Seto said, "I won't.  Bakura, we'll use my duel disk system for this match."

            Seto opened his briefcase and revealed two dueling disks, similar to the ones Yugi and himself used in their duel above Pegasus's castle.  He threw one at Bakura, who caught it without hesitation.

            "I trust I don't need to tell you how it works."

            "Yes, I've seen it done though Ryou's eyes before, but be warned, mortal.  The only one to have beaten me in a duel was Yugi, and that was only because Ryou betrayed me."

            "I don't care if you do have a Millennium Item.  I'll beat you no contest."

            Both of them put their decks into the appropriate slot.  Bakura put his cards in the position he wanted; Seto did the same. 

            "I'll start things off," Bakura said throwing the disk, "with my White Magical Hat."

            The humanoid figure in white appeared with a glimmer of light, and Bakura's cards were also projected facing him.

            "Then, I attack with the Blue-Eyes White Dragon," Seto said as he threw his disk to make the Blue-Eyes appear.

            "Fool!" Bakura shouted, "I knew you would do that!"

            One of the holographic cards turned around to reveal an Trap Hole card.  The Blue-Eyes was destroyed, and Bakura revealed another card:  the Dark Elf.

            "With no monsters on the field, I can attack you directly!  I may have to lose 1000 of my life points, but it's worth it if it means wiping you out."

            The Dark Elf attacked, and Seto's life points were reduced to zero.

            "No!" all three of them shouted.

            "I expected more for you Kaiba," Bakura gloated, "But what can I expect from a mortal."

            Seto fell on his knees in defeat.

            "Perfect," Seto thought, "He actually believes he beat me.  It was hard for me to not use that Remove Trap card, but all is going according to plan."

            "Now, if you want to keep your soul, give me the Dragon Ball, you pathetic mortal."

            "Don't give it to him," Goku pleaded.

            Seto looked at Bakura with a "you-slimy-son-of-a…" face.

            "Take it, you damn bastard," he said getting the ball from his coat and throwing it to Bakura, who caught it with no trouble.

            "Get ready to witness my rise to power," Bakura continually gloated throwing off his duel disk.

            He walked over to the Capsule Car and took out a small case.  He opened it and took out the remaining Dragon Balls and laid them in a circle with one in the middle and six surrounding it.  They glowed with an awesome light as Bakura laughed into the air.

            "Come forth, Dragon!"

            Dark clouds gathered, and lighting struck the seven glowing spheres.  A blast of energy soared into the sky with a mighty sound.  It bended and began to take the shape of a snake-like creature.  At the front of the blast, a head was formed with red eyes, and the body formed multiple claws on its sides.  Bakura was in awe of the creature that had just appeared, even Yami Yugi and Seto.  The Eternal Dragon looked down to the one who summoned it.

            "You have awakened the Dragon," it said with its normal tone but seemed to shake the earth, "Reflect your desire upon me, for I will grant one wish but only one.  Tell me your request, and I shall grant it."

            "Eternal Dragon," Bakura shouted, "There are totems of great power called Millennium Items.  I already own two, but I seek all seven.  I wish for you to bring the remaining items into my possession!"

            Goku, Yami Yugi, and Seto were quieted by shock as Bakura awaited the items to come to him.  The Dragon growled under its breath as it was using its power. 

            "I…cannot grant that wish."

            "WHAT!!?" Bakura yelled in shock.

            "These Millennium Items will not respond to my power, and thus, I cannot grant your wish."

            "YOU FUCKING DRAGON!!  YOU WILL GRANT IT!!!"

            "I am sorry, but I cannot.  With this, I will leave."

            "LEAVE!  But, I just summoned you!"

            "Once a wish is made, I leave this physical plane, regardless if it is granted or not!"

            "NOOOOO!!!!!"

            The Dragon disappeared with a flash of light, leaving the Dragon Balls on the ground useless.

            "It can't be," Bakura said to himself, "I spent precious time to track these things that couldn't even grant my wish!  AHHHHGGGGGG!!!"

            Yami Yugi, Seto, and Goku smiled in their minds.

            "Perfect!" Seto thought, "He buys it.  True that the real Dragon Balls could grant that wish, my modifications to my duel disk said otherwise.  I adjusted my disk so that it would keep projecting even after my defeat.  It took some work, but I made the holographic Dragon Ball I gave Bakura seem solid using force fields.  After that, all that needed to be done was to make a holographic program that would convince Bakura that the Dragon Balls were useless to him.  I have Goku to thank for that."

            Yami Yugi and Goku had similar thoughts as Bakura yelled out some Egyptian curses.  Yami Yugi suddenly saw Bakura charge right at him.

            "I MAY NOT GET ALL OF THEM NOW, BUT I WILL HAVE ONE MORE MILLENNIUM ITEM!!!!"

            Yami Yugi began to prepare himself, but Goku jumped in front of him and punched Bakura in the stomach.  The invader fell back and attempted to get up. 

            "Thanks Goku," Yami Yugi said.

            "No problem."

            Bakura picked himself up and took out one of his cards:  the Chaos Shield.  In the confusion, a large force field formed and surrounded himself and Goku, cutting them off from Seto and Yami Yugi.

            "I've had it with you, Goku," Bakura said with a dangerous tone, "I'm going to show you what real shadow power is, and I will make if hurt…badly!"