A/N: Oi! Look! I wrote another chapter!
Tristan: That's what you're supposed to do…
SD: Hush! *ahem* anyways…
Yami-Bakura: The hell…
SD: What do you want?
Yami-Bakura: I-I-
Joey: You're in da body ofa girl!!
Yami-Bakura: *snarls*
SD & Joey: *shrink back*
SD: It's for plot! Plot!!
Yami-Bakura: *glare* humph… *pouts* Oi! Pharaoh! C'mere!
Yami: What the hell do you want?
Yami-Bakura: Look what SD's doing to us…
SD: I am not! You're still guys! Just… your in girl's bodies…
Yami: o.o;;;
SD: *sigh*
Kimo: Tristan! I am your father!
Tristan: Nooooooooooooooo!
SD: … well that was… random…
Yugi: *blinks and looks generally innocent*
SD: … *looks at Yugi*… You don't like Tea, right…
Yugi: *cringes nose* ew…
SD: *cackles* eeexcelent!
Tristan: …Yug' you do know who her favorite couple in YGO is right?
Yugi: What do you mean Tristan?
Tristan: *face fault* *whispers in his ear*
Yugi: o.o;; *looks at Yami* *pales*
SD: *ia cackling evilly and drumming her fingers together*
Bakura: You do realize, putting yaoi in the story would seriously decrease the reader's intrest, such as all the non-yaoi fans who are looking for a good non-yaoi fic…
SD: *pouts* you mean… not even any hints?
Bakura: No…
SD: aw… *sighs* *gloom looms about her*
Yugi: Good job Bakura! You saved us from hopeless yaoi couples that are hopeless and yaoi!
Bakura: …but I also depressed the authoress…
Yugi: Uh-oh… not good…
Bakura: *shakes head*
Yami: We're all very lucky she's already written this chapter.
Yugi: yeah…
Bakura: *ahem* SD does not own use, nor will she ever. She also does not own Vitani. She does however own all the rest of the original characters, and so one and whatnot…
SD: *sigh*
Miako sat up, her head gave a dull protest and orange blurs covered her view. She closed her eyes and gave her head a bit of a shake to clear it.
"Uhn… Well, that has got to be one of the most unpleasant experiences I've ever had…" Josh grumbled behind her.
"Welcome back to the land of the conscious… Jeez, you two were out for over an hour!" Vitani laughed as she appeared from up a tree.
Miako blinked slightly then giggled, realizing that Vitani had many leaves and twigs stuck in her hair. Vitani blinked, then brushed the various items from her hair.
Josh sighed, "So then, what do we do now?" he asked, rolling up into a sitting position.
"My guess, look for civilization…" Craig said, holding a small box in his hands. He opened it and slid a pair of glasses onto his nose.
"I guess your right… that's where most duelist would be." Miako nodded.
"Plus, Pudgy here'll get hungry in a little while…" Vitani gestured towards Josh, who face faulted.
"I am not pudgy!!!!" He screamed.
Craig's eyes grew and he gained a dilutional grin, he had been sitting right next to Josh. "Ow…"
"Well, anyway, where is civilization?" Vitani asked kicking aside a rock.
"I dunno, anyone got a flying monster? We could use it to fly around on looking for a town or something." Craig pointed out.
Vitani grinned. "Yeah, I got a flying monster from my dad!" She grinned pulling a card from her deck, "Say hi to Red Eyes Black Dragon!"
Before them appeared the looming form of a frighteningly real looking black scaled dragon with glowing red eyes.
"Hi to Red Eyes Black Dragon!" Josh said, his mouth hung open slightly.
Their small group of four then loaded themselves onto the massive beast.
"Yeeeeehaaaaaa!" Vitani cheered as her dragon took flight. "This is the only way to travel!"
Josh who had paled a great deal as the dragon rose into the sky swallowed a few curses as their ride flapped it tremendous wings bringing them up in a solid jolt. Miako tried to grab hold of something but found nothing, the dragons scales were smooth, with the jolt of upward movement she was nearly thrown off, but Craig wrapped his arm around her waist and held her steady.
"Careful, We wouldn't want our new friend falling off, now would we?" Craig smiled at her, and she let out a bit of a laugh. Craig had himself fasten to the dragon by latching his legs under its wings.
Sandra walked through the small town as quickly and briskly as one would expect of a girl who was partly raised by the CEO of Kaiba Corp.. Since the death of her mother when Sandra was three her uncle and father had worked together in raising her, because of this both of their traits seemed to have rubbed off on her. On the outside she was cold and anti-social, deeper in she was a bit childish, and very kind. Her status made it nearly impossible to make friends, they all just wanted to be close to the heir to Kaiba Corp. and never really cared about her, because of that, her cold side took over and her kind side became buried in it.
In quick short steps the girl walked up to a taller boy in a similar outfit only green and yellow. The boy turned around when she approached and grinned.
"You here to duel me, girly?" He asked, his eyes glinted mischievously.
"Yeah, I am, now quick the small talk and get out your cards." Sandra glared at the boy who smirked.
"Big words for such a little girl." He said tauntingly, leaning over so he could be eye to eye with her.
"Shut up and duel me already smart ass." Sandra spat, she wasn't in the mood for this, she was tired, had really sore feet, and was in a sweaty pink tunic, she needed to let out her anger somehow, and this bumbling idiot was the perfect target.
"Whatever you say… don't say I didn't warn you…" The boy sighed.
"Two chips, all or nothing." Sandra said, voice icy.
"Fine." The boy snorted. 'Like I'm gonna lose to this wimp, she can't be that good… she looks way too young.' He pulled a card from his deck and faced it forward. "I play Judge Man, in attack mode!"
Sandra smirked, "Nice card," The boy smirked also "But mine's nicer… Blue Eyes White Dragon!"
"What?!"
Sierra sat in the shade of a large tree; it was nice to sit after the long while she had spent walking. The grass was nice and long, so it felt nice under her. She sighed blissfully, it was quiet around her and she liked that, normally she would be surrounded by noise, inside or outside her head. Though right now her other had decided to remain silent. It wouldn't last long, but it was nice at the time being.
The Millennium Ring felt odd under the tunic and body armour so she took it out, she didn't feel the presence of her Yami at the moment, and he was probably reading or something in his soul room. She wasn't sure exactly how she felt about the mysterious being who had invaded her mind. He was sometimes kind to her, and he told her he was there for her, though he tended to have a strict set of rules for her to follow, and it wasn't always easy, but she'd gotten used to most of them. The consequences of not following them were great, and she'd gone through many measures to make sure her father saw none of the bruises.
Her father… he thought he had just lost the Millennium Ring or it had been stolen, but he didn't know she had it. If he knew she took it from him he'd probably be upset. And when the usually calm Ryou Bakura was upset, it was a very bad situation indeed.
Sierra sighed; her nearly white hair, which had been cut the night before, hung in odd angles. She sighed slightly as her mind traveled back.
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Sierra was piling all her things into her bag, she giggled, she was looking forward to tomorrow. A dull glow from the large golden item around her neck brought a wave of fear over her. If her Yami was in a good mood, nothing was wrong but most likely he was upset about something, and when he was upset, it wasn't a good thing for her.
A being emerged before her, he had long white hair and dark, empty eyes. "What are you packing for, Hikari?"
"I-I'm going to the Duelist Kingdom tomorrow, I-" Sierra stuttered.
"Why would you want to go to a place like that?" Yami cut her off.
"I, umm… thought… it would be fun…" Sierra mumbled.
"Oh?" Yami tilted his head; his voice was void of emotion. "Is that so?"
Sierra stumbled backwards.
"I don't think you should go…" He whispered.
"But I-" Sierra gasped and cut herself off. 'Shit…'
"What was that? What did you just say?!" Yami's voice went high pitched and less than sane.
"I-I said-" Sierra stammered.
"Enough!" Yami's foot connected solidly with her side. "You do as I tell you! Do you understand!"
"Yes, sir!" Sierra yelped as another kick hit her in the ribs.
"Call me master!" Yami screamed, continuing his assault.
Sierra whimpered. "Y-yes master." It was so confusing how a person could be so kind, yet so cruel to her. Yami, when not angered, could be gentle and protective of her, but when he was angry it was a completely different person.
Yami grabbed her by her hair and pulled her face to face with him. "Good girl." Yami drew a knife out from his pocket, "Remember that!" with one swipe Sierra fell painful to the ground, the part of her which her other had been holding her up with had been removed. Her once long hair was now boyishly short and uneven. "I am your master." With that her Yami vanished back into the ring.
Sierra stared at the locks of hair lying on the ground and the half packed suit case on her bed, suddenly she wasn't quite as excited about the Duelist Kingdom, but she knew she had to go… if she didn't her father would suspect something.
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Sierra hummed a soft tune as she ran her fingers through her very short hair, when it grew out she could even it out a bit. Until then she'd just deal with it, as for her Yami, she was thankful for him, even though he was hard to be around when he was angry, he was her only real friend she had, and he was always there for her when she needed him to be.
Vitani gasped, "Hey! I think I see a village!" She shouted.
Josh looked up, desperately pleading that she was right.
Steadied by Craig, Miako stood and looked where Vitani was pointing. "Ah… It is!"
Josh cheered and Miako returned to a sitting position.
"Alright Red Eyes, onward!" Vitani yelled.
With a mighty swoop of its wings the Red Eyes propelled itself forward.
Josh screamed and wrapped his arms as best he could around it. "I dun wanna die…" he whimpered.
"H-hey! N-no fair! How was I supposed to know you had a Blue Eyes White Dragon?" The boy yelled.
"You were too cocky, now stop complaining and hand over your star chips!" Sandra yelled.
"Humph…" The boy grumbled and took the gold stars out of his wristband. Sandra walked over to him and took them, immediately he vanished.
Sandra gaped for a moment then came to the conclusion that was how they were eliminated.
Seto stood for a moment observing the players who seemed to be laying in a deep, peaceful, sleep. He was about to walk out of the room when he heard a loud gasp from a boy in one of the pods. Running up to it he saw the boy twitching and trembling. The boy was wearing green and yellow as his colours and the star count on his side panel red 0. The boy was going into what seemed to be a seizure. Working quickly he ejected the boy from the machine and carried him quickly to the hospital wing in the monstrous mansion. 'Please don't let this be a sign of things to come…' he prayed.
"Ma'am, one of the children, Tyler Tenio, has gone onto a seizure, our doctors are doing the best they can, but it seems he's already slipping into a coma." One of the bodyguards reported, moments ago he had burst into the room, gasping for air.
"Really… hmm… once he's stable, send him to a hospital in Domino City." Kalli answered.
"Yes ma'am." The guard nodded and backed out of the door.
"It has begun." Kalli laughed to herself. "Soon all but one will be in a coma, of better yet, dead. Things are working out perfectly. Jacob!" She motioned to the silver haired boy in a shadowed corner.
Jacob M. Pegasus, born artificially to be the heir to his 'father's' fortune, was nearly identical to Maximillion Pegasus in every way. He had the same silver hair, the same brown eyes and the same face. However, Jacob had his hair cut short rather that the shoulder length style his 'father' had.
"Yes?" He said, his voice was monotone.
"Please attract Mr. Kaiba's attention away from the pod room, or the hospital wing, we don't want him calling anyone." Kalli ordered, a smile playing on her lips.
"As you wish, ma'am. What do you wish for him to do?" The boy's voice was just above a whisper and lacked any trace of emotion.
"Oh, I trust you can find a way to keep him amused." Kalli smirked as she took a sip of her wine.
The boy looked up at his cousin with dark shadowed over eyes. "Yes ma'am." He then turned and walked out of the room.
Giggling slightly Kalli picked up the palm-sized sphere that was lying on her desk beside a card with an image identical to her brother on it. "They're always easier to control, when they don't have a soul." She then chuckled at her rhyme.
Instantly after the Red Eyes landed, Josh had leapt onto the ground and planted himself firmly. Vitani laughed and called back her dragon.
"Man, I am so I glad to be offa that dragon!" Josh exclaimed his body pressed firmly to the ground as if he would fly away if he loosened up. "No offense Vitani, but that dragon is a menace to society!"
"You just say that because you're afraid of heights!" Vitani shot back, sticking her tongue out at him.
"Oh, shut up…" Josh muttered in response.
"Well, shouldn't go towards the town?" Craig asked, walking in the direction of the town.
"It is after all why we rode the Red Eyes here…" Miako stated, also moving towards the town.
"So long as it means I don't have to ride Vitani's dragon, I'm all for it!" Josh raced after Miako and Craig.
"H-hey! Guys! Wait up!" Vitani yelled.
"Catch up!" Josh responded as he merely spun around and while running backwards he stuck out his tongue at her. All was just though, for while running backwards Josh hit a tree, and Vitani laughed.
"Jeez guys! We're never gonna get there at this rate!" Craig yelled.
"Yeah! C'mon! Hurry up!" Miako laughed. Her and Craig were racing towards their destination; she was winning at the moment. Suddenly Craig leapt forward and tackled her to the ground.
"Hah! I- gasp- gotcha!" Craig wheezed slightly then stumbled to his feet and started into a clumsy run.
"Oh- puff no you don't!" Miako stumbled to her feet, her breathing a bit harsh and dashed off after him.
Meanwhile Vitani and Josh were struggling to get forward at all, both attempting to cause the other some sort of bodily and in the end merely ending with both on the ground.
"Dammit Josh! Quit it! We've nearly lost Craig and Miako!" Vitani shouted from the ground after being tripped a third time.
"Crap! Your right… for once." Josh cursed and set off at a run.
"Hey!" Vitani yelled and took off after him.
Yami-Bakura sat in his soul room dully looking through the shelves. After a millennia of being trapped within this accursed ring he'd read many of the things there so many times he would have found more entertainment in them by writing them out by memory. He sighed, he was gonna be in here for a while, he needed to give his new hikari some space. He wasn't used to females and living in the body of one was something no male really wanted to do.
'Help me! Please, dear lord someone please help me!' the voice was male, and young sounding. 'Please!' the voice pleaded again.
Yami-Bakura curiously began to follow the voice to find who had invaded his space. Following the sounds he found a large door, it was dark, old and un-used looking. There was a sudden desperate knocking sound followed by a cry of pain.
Hurriedly Yami-Bakura opened the door, in tumbled a silver haired boy he was pale and unconscious. Looking to his arm, Yami-Bakura found that it had bee sliced open by a very sharp blade. Looking up he came to see the Reaper of Cards scowling down at him.
'Give him to me… he belongs to me…' the Reaper hissed.
"No." Yami-Bakura glared. He had no idea why but he felt a need to protect this boy. He reminded him of his earlier hikari. "He's in my Soul Room, and now belongs to me. Go!"
With a hiss of anger the Reaper drifted of.
Yami-Bakura glared after him and then looked down to the boy in his arms. His arm was bleeding heavily, it would have to be bandaged and soon.
"Who are you?" He mused to himself. "And how the hell'd you get into my head?"
2nd A/N: Ok… Yami-Bakura looks uber abusive in this chapter, but please, if you're one of those 'Yami-Bakura's not that bad' fans, so am I… just hold on, it'll work itself out in the end! I swear! It will!