Lying is Easier Than the Truth By: Ryojishi Chapter 5 Note: Hey everyone!
I've been thinking about what to put in Chapter 5 and I think I have some good
stuff for all of you! I'm sorry that I haven't been updating this frequently.
The reason for this is because I have been busy with Thanksgiving and all. Also
I've been having some pretty major problems with my surrogate family. *sigh*
Well, I hope that you enjoy Chapter 5! Please Read and Review! ^^ I could really
use the boost.-.-;;;
Arriving in Bakura's neighborhood, Yugi paced himself as he started to feel faint at the thought of sneaking into someone's house, let alone the house being the one of his own deceased friend. Yugi grew weary, so he did what was most Yugi-like: he turned to his Dark for advice.
/Yami? What should I do?/ Yugi stuttered to Yami. Yugi was standing in the middle of a night-befallen street, in the pitch black, talking to a pyramid shaped object hanging from his neck. If someone were to see or hear Yugi, in simpler terms: he'd be screwed.
Yami suddenly appeared from the puzzle to be about Yugi's presence. Yami was visible, but seemed pretty blurry; well, at least to Yugi, and anyone else who saw him.
//Well, first of all, Yugi, if I were you at this very uncomforting moment, I'd move somewhere away so that you're not broadcasting this conversation or your plan to accomplish what you need to accomplish.// Yami said, more sarcastically than he ever normally was.
Yugi did as he was uninstructively told, while anxiously awaiting for advice, the real advice.
/Now that I've done as you have suggestively commanded me to, how should I get into Bakura's house so I can enter Bakura's bedroom and successfully complete my task of receiving, or in this case, inheriting, the Millennium Ring?/
Yugi now became very anxious. He was almost about to shake the unshakeable Yami.
//Okay Yugi, I want you to listen and I want you to listen good.//
Yugi gave a grunt and nod of approval.
He prepared to tune into every bit of information that Yami was soon to give him.
/I'm ready./
A sigh, long and deep escaped from Yami's lips.
//Okay, you have two choices here, Yugi. One: probably the most dangerous would be for you to try to unlock either the front or back door. The bad part about this choice is that since Bakura lived in a subdivision of house in Domino City, there are most likely to be alarms on all of the houses. These alarms could be linked up to sirens, lights, other neighbors, or the police. Do you want to do this?// Yami stated diligently.
Yugi hesitated. Biting his lips for a few moments, unable to move his lips to respond, his eyes immediately shone upon Yami.
/I think I'll pass on that choice, Yami. But good thoughts, Yami. I would never imagine thinking so slyly as you just did./ Yugi stated admiringly. Yugi always knew that Yami always had a way to beat around the bush.
Yami tilted his head slightly before speaking.
//Okay, now. What we're going to do, since this is the only remaining choice, is going to be quite complex. It also might result in danger if either of us does something incorrectly.// Yami said. //Are you sure that you choose this option over the other one?//
Yugi had an image, an image of the friend he loved. He had an image of Bakura. The image was of Bakura leaning against one of the overlarged oaks where the two had always met.
/Yes, Yami. I have to choose this option. I have to get into that house the safest possible way for me to get the Millennium Ring. Silently and swiftly, I must retrieve it. I must retrieve the Millennium Puzzle! I must do it for Bakura./
Yami thought in his mind, "Boy, Yugi is really depending on me. I better not mess this up or he'll possibly never forgive me. I must do this for Yugi. Yugi must do this for Bakura!" Yami acted sternly on the impression that Yugi was depending on him.
//Okay, my idea is that I use the Millennium Puzzle so we can be magically transported from outside in the dark, you being in your human form, to inside of Bakura's room. Inside his bedroom, through the magic of the Millennium Puzzle, you will be under the same circumstances that I am.//
Yugi was, once again, amazed by Yami's cleverness, for the most part. He still was unsure of what Yami meant; Yugi showed this state of confusion with a queer look and tilt of his head.
Yami let out a deep sigh. The two of them had wasted about 20 minutes of their time to retrieve Bakura's Ring and they weren't accomplishing anything by standing here in the freezing cold, talking of what to do.
//Okay, by saying that you will be under the same circumstances as I am, I mean that you will look like me.//
Pausing for a moment, Yami realized that what he had said seconds before probably made Yami look preposterous, and most likely warped Yugi into a deeper state of confusion.
Yugi was indeed confused. Giving Yami a look of "What the heck are you trying to say to me?!" and a sweatdrop streaming down his cheek, Yugi was trying to make a point that Yami needed to be more specific. The sad part was, Yami knew.
//No, no, no! Forget that! No, I mean yes! Wait, argh!!//
A frustrated Yami looked down at the ground below him, since he was floating in the air like always, he reevaluated the conversation and the situation with Yugi; conclusion: Confusion.
//Okay, when I mean that you'll look like me, I long for you to understand that you will share my powers under the Puzzle. You will look like me, in my dark form. You'll be noiseless, like I, and of course, you'll be as slyly acting as me, also. Do you understand now, Yugi?//
Excitedly, Yugi jumped up and down internally at the idea of Yugi, a book- smart freshman, scrawny and able to be scared by most things, being able to become just like Yami (not that he isn't like him already, since Yami derives from Yugi's personality, just with more of a kick), a fearless and loyal duelist of the Dark.
/Yes I understand you, Yami./
//Okay. Now what we have to do is hold hands, I will enchant some sayings in the Egyptian tongue, and lastly, a light will shine over us. This will make the two of us become one. I'll tell you when to close your eyes. When they're shut, imagine what Bakura's room looks like. Remember every detail when you were in there before. Then when we both do, the Puzzle will transport us and we'll be in Bakura's bedroom.//
Yugi understood clearly now of what to do. He seemed a little cautious of the whole idea, but knew he'd be fine.
//Okay, now grab my hand.// Yami commanded, holding out his hand for Yugi to grasp.
//Close your eyes, Yugi! Quickly!//
Yami started to enchant some Egyptian sounding words, just pouring from his mouth as if it was his normal language. He was a master of both English and Egyptian languages. All of a sudden, a bright light had started to shine upon both Yugi and Yami. Both had their eyes closed, hands together tightly, all the incantations completed.
An enlightening presence came upon Yugi. Yugi knew he felt it, but was unsure if this was all just happening to himself, or if the aura was an uncalled for thing. Maybe it was supposed to happen, but maybe it wasn't. Yugi didn't want to say anything, because he thought it might've broken the whole spell that Yami had spent the longest time in the blistering cold trying to come up with.
Yugi now felt scared. Scared and alone; alone because he didn't know if this was all happening to him, or if it was all happening to Yami, or if it wasn't happening to either of them. Yugi started to panic, but didn't squander an inch. He didn't move a muscle, not even if his life depended on it. He maintained his calmness by thinking of Bakura, and how Yugi just had to get the Millennium Item so he can talk to Bakura again.
Right then and there, in all of the bliss of the excitement, Yugi began to feel his body becoming numb. He knew that the process was coming to an end. He could already start to see himself looking like Yami does. Little by little, pieces of Bakura's bedroom started to fall into Yugi's vision.
A few minutes later, after all of the transportations had became complete, Yugi looked at Yami, and realized two things: one, they looked like each other, and two, they were in Bakura's bedroom.
/Yay!! You did it!!/ whispered Yugi in a joyous tone.
//Okay, Yugi. Now do your stuff, get the Ring. I can't help you because Bakura never told me, just you. But remember, I'll be right here, and no matter what you do, no one will hear you. You don't even have to whisper anymore. // Yami said in his normal tone and volume of voice.
Yugi looked around the room, which was actually quite large, and located the bed. He looked at the end of it and saw the chest that Bakura had mentioned. He slid it over uncarefully since he didn't have to keep a low volume or anything, and started to remember what Bakura had said.
/Hmm, he said, when the chest is in it's normal position, the Ring should be on the first floorboard to the left./
Yugi started to think where the chest sat a few seconds ago and realized that the board he was touching was the one. He slowly picked it up, quite dusty it was, and set it aside. He stuck his arm in and quickly brought it back out.
/Eww, it's really filthy in here. And I always thought Bakura was the tidy one of the gang./ Yugi stated with a smirk.
Yami started to chuckle at the thought of little of what he could remember of Bakura.
Yugi stuck his hand back down into the abyss of the floor of Bakura's bedroom. Now, uncaring of the dirt and grime, Yugi started to reach around into the back, as far as he could go, searching for the Millennium Ring.
/I, almost. have it! Got it! Yes!/ Yugi said with a grin on his face of achievement. He had done it. He had gotten the Millennium Puzzle.
Yugi looked around Bakura's room, the Millennium Ring in hand. He noticed an alarm clock sitting on Bakura's bedside table.
/Hey, Yami, it's only 3 a.m./ Yugi said with a long yawn. /Can you teleport us home?/
Yami nodded, with a grunt along with it. He held up the Puzzle and the two were back home in a minute.
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Yugi, now back into his own, human-like form, walked over to the spot on the wall where he proudly hung the Millennium Puzzle. Yugi held out his hand, which obviously was a sign for Yami to return the Millennium Puzzle into Yugi's hands.
With eager hands, Yugi took the Puzzle and placed it on its own little nail on the wall. Yugi pulled the Millennium Ring out of his pocket and placed it on another nail a few feet away from the Puzzle. The nail, being so conveniently hammered into the wall, was sturdy enough for the large Ring.
Yugi, tired and dull, laid down upon his bed. He looked over to Yami, who was still transparent as he always will be, walking over to the wall where the Millennium Puzzle was hung. He folded his hands, and suddenly disappeared into the blackness of the wall.
Yugi stood up, noticing that Yami was now gone, probably deep within the enchanted Soul Room of the Puzzle. He took off his shirt and pants, then reached over to his dresser where he grabbed a clean t-shirt and pair of shorts. Putting them on, he saw two eyes peering into his room. After a fright and a tingle of his spine, Yugi realized that they were just the eyes of a night bird, or were they.
/Night, Yami./
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Well I hope you all enjoyed it! I like the chapter, but I really don't like to write long chapters like this. If you like my long chapters, please tell me in your reviews, but if you like my shorter chapters, then tell me. Tell me what you thought and try and predict of what you think will happen! Ja ne! ^_~
Arriving in Bakura's neighborhood, Yugi paced himself as he started to feel faint at the thought of sneaking into someone's house, let alone the house being the one of his own deceased friend. Yugi grew weary, so he did what was most Yugi-like: he turned to his Dark for advice.
/Yami? What should I do?/ Yugi stuttered to Yami. Yugi was standing in the middle of a night-befallen street, in the pitch black, talking to a pyramid shaped object hanging from his neck. If someone were to see or hear Yugi, in simpler terms: he'd be screwed.
Yami suddenly appeared from the puzzle to be about Yugi's presence. Yami was visible, but seemed pretty blurry; well, at least to Yugi, and anyone else who saw him.
//Well, first of all, Yugi, if I were you at this very uncomforting moment, I'd move somewhere away so that you're not broadcasting this conversation or your plan to accomplish what you need to accomplish.// Yami said, more sarcastically than he ever normally was.
Yugi did as he was uninstructively told, while anxiously awaiting for advice, the real advice.
/Now that I've done as you have suggestively commanded me to, how should I get into Bakura's house so I can enter Bakura's bedroom and successfully complete my task of receiving, or in this case, inheriting, the Millennium Ring?/
Yugi now became very anxious. He was almost about to shake the unshakeable Yami.
//Okay Yugi, I want you to listen and I want you to listen good.//
Yugi gave a grunt and nod of approval.
He prepared to tune into every bit of information that Yami was soon to give him.
/I'm ready./
A sigh, long and deep escaped from Yami's lips.
//Okay, you have two choices here, Yugi. One: probably the most dangerous would be for you to try to unlock either the front or back door. The bad part about this choice is that since Bakura lived in a subdivision of house in Domino City, there are most likely to be alarms on all of the houses. These alarms could be linked up to sirens, lights, other neighbors, or the police. Do you want to do this?// Yami stated diligently.
Yugi hesitated. Biting his lips for a few moments, unable to move his lips to respond, his eyes immediately shone upon Yami.
/I think I'll pass on that choice, Yami. But good thoughts, Yami. I would never imagine thinking so slyly as you just did./ Yugi stated admiringly. Yugi always knew that Yami always had a way to beat around the bush.
Yami tilted his head slightly before speaking.
//Okay, now. What we're going to do, since this is the only remaining choice, is going to be quite complex. It also might result in danger if either of us does something incorrectly.// Yami said. //Are you sure that you choose this option over the other one?//
Yugi had an image, an image of the friend he loved. He had an image of Bakura. The image was of Bakura leaning against one of the overlarged oaks where the two had always met.
/Yes, Yami. I have to choose this option. I have to get into that house the safest possible way for me to get the Millennium Ring. Silently and swiftly, I must retrieve it. I must retrieve the Millennium Puzzle! I must do it for Bakura./
Yami thought in his mind, "Boy, Yugi is really depending on me. I better not mess this up or he'll possibly never forgive me. I must do this for Yugi. Yugi must do this for Bakura!" Yami acted sternly on the impression that Yugi was depending on him.
//Okay, my idea is that I use the Millennium Puzzle so we can be magically transported from outside in the dark, you being in your human form, to inside of Bakura's room. Inside his bedroom, through the magic of the Millennium Puzzle, you will be under the same circumstances that I am.//
Yugi was, once again, amazed by Yami's cleverness, for the most part. He still was unsure of what Yami meant; Yugi showed this state of confusion with a queer look and tilt of his head.
Yami let out a deep sigh. The two of them had wasted about 20 minutes of their time to retrieve Bakura's Ring and they weren't accomplishing anything by standing here in the freezing cold, talking of what to do.
//Okay, by saying that you will be under the same circumstances as I am, I mean that you will look like me.//
Pausing for a moment, Yami realized that what he had said seconds before probably made Yami look preposterous, and most likely warped Yugi into a deeper state of confusion.
Yugi was indeed confused. Giving Yami a look of "What the heck are you trying to say to me?!" and a sweatdrop streaming down his cheek, Yugi was trying to make a point that Yami needed to be more specific. The sad part was, Yami knew.
//No, no, no! Forget that! No, I mean yes! Wait, argh!!//
A frustrated Yami looked down at the ground below him, since he was floating in the air like always, he reevaluated the conversation and the situation with Yugi; conclusion: Confusion.
//Okay, when I mean that you'll look like me, I long for you to understand that you will share my powers under the Puzzle. You will look like me, in my dark form. You'll be noiseless, like I, and of course, you'll be as slyly acting as me, also. Do you understand now, Yugi?//
Excitedly, Yugi jumped up and down internally at the idea of Yugi, a book- smart freshman, scrawny and able to be scared by most things, being able to become just like Yami (not that he isn't like him already, since Yami derives from Yugi's personality, just with more of a kick), a fearless and loyal duelist of the Dark.
/Yes I understand you, Yami./
//Okay. Now what we have to do is hold hands, I will enchant some sayings in the Egyptian tongue, and lastly, a light will shine over us. This will make the two of us become one. I'll tell you when to close your eyes. When they're shut, imagine what Bakura's room looks like. Remember every detail when you were in there before. Then when we both do, the Puzzle will transport us and we'll be in Bakura's bedroom.//
Yugi understood clearly now of what to do. He seemed a little cautious of the whole idea, but knew he'd be fine.
//Okay, now grab my hand.// Yami commanded, holding out his hand for Yugi to grasp.
//Close your eyes, Yugi! Quickly!//
Yami started to enchant some Egyptian sounding words, just pouring from his mouth as if it was his normal language. He was a master of both English and Egyptian languages. All of a sudden, a bright light had started to shine upon both Yugi and Yami. Both had their eyes closed, hands together tightly, all the incantations completed.
An enlightening presence came upon Yugi. Yugi knew he felt it, but was unsure if this was all just happening to himself, or if the aura was an uncalled for thing. Maybe it was supposed to happen, but maybe it wasn't. Yugi didn't want to say anything, because he thought it might've broken the whole spell that Yami had spent the longest time in the blistering cold trying to come up with.
Yugi now felt scared. Scared and alone; alone because he didn't know if this was all happening to him, or if it was all happening to Yami, or if it wasn't happening to either of them. Yugi started to panic, but didn't squander an inch. He didn't move a muscle, not even if his life depended on it. He maintained his calmness by thinking of Bakura, and how Yugi just had to get the Millennium Item so he can talk to Bakura again.
Right then and there, in all of the bliss of the excitement, Yugi began to feel his body becoming numb. He knew that the process was coming to an end. He could already start to see himself looking like Yami does. Little by little, pieces of Bakura's bedroom started to fall into Yugi's vision.
A few minutes later, after all of the transportations had became complete, Yugi looked at Yami, and realized two things: one, they looked like each other, and two, they were in Bakura's bedroom.
/Yay!! You did it!!/ whispered Yugi in a joyous tone.
//Okay, Yugi. Now do your stuff, get the Ring. I can't help you because Bakura never told me, just you. But remember, I'll be right here, and no matter what you do, no one will hear you. You don't even have to whisper anymore. // Yami said in his normal tone and volume of voice.
Yugi looked around the room, which was actually quite large, and located the bed. He looked at the end of it and saw the chest that Bakura had mentioned. He slid it over uncarefully since he didn't have to keep a low volume or anything, and started to remember what Bakura had said.
/Hmm, he said, when the chest is in it's normal position, the Ring should be on the first floorboard to the left./
Yugi started to think where the chest sat a few seconds ago and realized that the board he was touching was the one. He slowly picked it up, quite dusty it was, and set it aside. He stuck his arm in and quickly brought it back out.
/Eww, it's really filthy in here. And I always thought Bakura was the tidy one of the gang./ Yugi stated with a smirk.
Yami started to chuckle at the thought of little of what he could remember of Bakura.
Yugi stuck his hand back down into the abyss of the floor of Bakura's bedroom. Now, uncaring of the dirt and grime, Yugi started to reach around into the back, as far as he could go, searching for the Millennium Ring.
/I, almost. have it! Got it! Yes!/ Yugi said with a grin on his face of achievement. He had done it. He had gotten the Millennium Puzzle.
Yugi looked around Bakura's room, the Millennium Ring in hand. He noticed an alarm clock sitting on Bakura's bedside table.
/Hey, Yami, it's only 3 a.m./ Yugi said with a long yawn. /Can you teleport us home?/
Yami nodded, with a grunt along with it. He held up the Puzzle and the two were back home in a minute.
~*~
Yugi, now back into his own, human-like form, walked over to the spot on the wall where he proudly hung the Millennium Puzzle. Yugi held out his hand, which obviously was a sign for Yami to return the Millennium Puzzle into Yugi's hands.
With eager hands, Yugi took the Puzzle and placed it on its own little nail on the wall. Yugi pulled the Millennium Ring out of his pocket and placed it on another nail a few feet away from the Puzzle. The nail, being so conveniently hammered into the wall, was sturdy enough for the large Ring.
Yugi, tired and dull, laid down upon his bed. He looked over to Yami, who was still transparent as he always will be, walking over to the wall where the Millennium Puzzle was hung. He folded his hands, and suddenly disappeared into the blackness of the wall.
Yugi stood up, noticing that Yami was now gone, probably deep within the enchanted Soul Room of the Puzzle. He took off his shirt and pants, then reached over to his dresser where he grabbed a clean t-shirt and pair of shorts. Putting them on, he saw two eyes peering into his room. After a fright and a tingle of his spine, Yugi realized that they were just the eyes of a night bird, or were they.
/Night, Yami./
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Well I hope you all enjoyed it! I like the chapter, but I really don't like to write long chapters like this. If you like my long chapters, please tell me in your reviews, but if you like my shorter chapters, then tell me. Tell me what you thought and try and predict of what you think will happen! Ja ne! ^_~