Author's Notes: Okay, don't kill me, but I haven't finished the other chapter! I was at the Youth Rally this weekend, and I had to do lots of sewing on my Halloween costume (it's so beautiful! Thanks for helping me, Mom!). I've got part of it written, but very little. This chapter may be a little fast paced, but it's good, I hope. Anyway, I was thinking of moving this fic and Ten Souls and You're Free to either the Harry Potter section or the Anime Crossovers section. What do you guys think? Many Yu-Gi-Oh stories don't make it outside of their own categories the last time I checked, so I want your advice. By the way, have any of the other authors gotten emails recently that are about oral sex? Because I keep on getting stuff that says "Come see my new bedroom camera!" and such and it's really creeping me out!
Disclaimer: They took it from me! I used to own Harry Potter and Yu-Gi-Oh but they all took it from me! Curse you all! (J/K)
Chapter 4: A Close Call
All four of the wizards raced down the foreign street, trying to find the skyscraper with the Dark Mark hovering above it. Harry found it hard to keep up with the others; there were so many other people so close together. He found himself constantly bumping shoulders and budging his way through the crowd.
"Come on," Lupin yelled back to them. "I can see the building up ahead!" Harry could see it as well, the Dark Mark shimmering in the sky, with many people pointing at it and whispering amongst themselves. Harry was getting closer-
THUD.
Harry had run straight into someone, and both of them had fallen flat on the ground.
"Oh, I'm very sorry," Harry said, hurriedly, "but I'm really in a hurry."
"Er- okay," said the confused man, blinking at Harry.
Harry got up and looked around. Lupin, Ron and Hermione were no where in sight. "Where did they go?" He stood on his tiptoes to get a better view. He saw a familiar face, but it wasn't one that he wanted to see.
"Oh no," Harry said as Lucious Malfoy suddenly spotted him. He started to run in the opposite direction, wondering if some other Death Eater had found the others. Lucious seemed to be gaining on him, and Harry wasn't that far ahead. He saw the entrance to an underground parkade, and immediately headed for it. If he couldn't run, he could only hide.
Harry ran into the parkade at full speed, with no one blocking his way, he could run as fast as he could. There were plenty of cars parked inside, but no sign of other people or a car that was moving. He quickly hid in-between a Mitsubishi and a small Toyota as he heard Mr. Malfoy's footsteps echoing on the pavement.
"Harry?" he called out in a dark voice. "I know you're in here, Harry. There's no use trying to hide." Harry started to crawl silently under the Mitsubishi, praying that he couldn't hear him breathing. "You're under one of the cars, aren't you?" Harry suddenly forgot to breathe. He's going to find me!
"If you will not come out, I will have to find you myself, Potter," he said. He uttered a spell Harry couldn't decipher. He looked to his left, and saw a car at the other end lift up and float in the air. Mr. Malfoy, seeing that Harry wasn't under it, sent the car flying. It landed on top of the Toyota, causing Harry to be pinned down under the crushed car's weight.
Malfoy threw more cars and trucks aside, looking desperately for Harry. He had three more cars to go until he found Harry, alone and helpless. Now two more cars to go, now one-
"MALFOY!" yelled a harsh voice. Harry could see another Death Eater walk up to him. He didn't recognize this one's voice.
"What do you think you're doing?! Are you deliberately disobeying orders?"
"You're don't understand, I found-"
"We're not to attract too much attention! Do you realize how all this can ruin it? I'm surprised that there aren't Muggles swarming in here already with all the racket you made! How are they going to explain this? They're going to suspect something!"
"But-"
"Malfoy!" said the other Death Eater, of whom (Harry suspected) started to drag Malfoy out. "We're going, now! We have to see about this."
When Harry could no longer hear their footsteps, he let out a sigh of relief. He started to calculate a way out when he heard a way out from under the Toyota when he heard a voice he thought he would never hear.
"Need 'elp, 'Arry?"
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Lupin, Ron and Hermione reached the skyscraper in record time, then stood for a moment to catch their breath. Hermione was the first to notice their missing colleague.
"Where's Harry? Wasn't he right behind us?" she said, looking around with concern.
"Damn," Lupin said, looking around as well.
"Shouldn't one of us look for him?" Ron suggested.
"I'd hate to send one of you out there alone, and I don't think it's safe in the building either," Lupin said. "We're stuck."
Hermione stamped her foot and put a frustrated look on her face. "But someone has to go look for him!"
"I'll go look for him," said Yami, who came running up to them from another direction. "I saw that thing from out the window and I thought that there was something wrong, so I came here. I can look for him while you all check out Kaiba Corp."
"That's what this place is called?" Lupin said, looking up at the building. Yami looked at him curiously.
"Oh, you haven't been introduced!" Hermione said, looking between the werewolf and the former pharoah.
"There's no time for that, Hermione!" Ron said in a sigh of annoyance. "Yami, just go and try to find Harry. We'll look here, alright?" Yami nodded and ran off.
Lupin took a deep breath in, than said, "Let's go." They filed off hurriedly into the building. It was very orderly inside, yet very expensive. The lights were off, and everything was dark.
"Come on," Lupin said, using a spell to cast light around the room. "There's an elevator over there. There's no one on this floor." If you looked closer, you would see that Ron was glaring once again at the elevator.
They checked every floor thoroughly, and were about to give up on finding anything until they checked the very top floor. It had bedrooms and the kitchen, and all sorts of things that you would see in a regular home. It seemed that whoever ran this business also lived here as well.
"Ron! Lupin! Come quick!" Hermione yelled from the elaborate bathroom she was searching.
A split second later, Ron and Lupin were at the door. "What is it? Did you find something?" Lupin prompted.
"There," Hermione said, pointing ahead towards the shower. "He must have been hiding in there. I – I couldn't bear to look at him li - like that, so I drew the shower curtains away again and yelled for you to come. He's only a l – little boy…" Hermione said, her voice trailing away.
Lupin and Ron looked at each other for a moment, then Lupin drew back the curtains. A young boy, no more than 8, lay motionless in the shower. His eyes were wide open in fear, his long, shaggy black hair spread out behind his head.
"Any idea who it is?" Lupin said, staring at the corpse.
"Yami mentioned something about a guy's little brother," Ron said, also entranced by the sight of the body. "Mokubang or something…"
Review Response: (Anyone who can guess who the mystery person with a French accent is gets a big virtual smile!)
tefla: I'm sorry, but I'm gonna hafta kill off Bakura. Otherwise this thing would be a total of 6 chapters. If you want some hope, read the Author's Notes on chappie 1. Thanks for reviewing!
Talia Ali: *Blushes* Thank you! I sometimes get in a rut between what the character would do, and what I want them to do. So it's a real confidence booster when people say I have good characterization. Harry Potter 5? *faints and murmurs something about being compared to the Great Rowling*.
Nips: Yes, Voldie's a stupid moron. He's even more so in the books (I miss Cedric, he was cool!). But Yugi will have a hard time forgiving him, because actually killing people is worse than stealing their souls because the souls could be given back. I kind of get the half and half thing, but could you explain a bit more? I'm a bit thick sometimes. Thanks for the review!
Gin Ryu-chan: *Blushes again* That's great! I'm so happy that you like both stories! Yes, Bakura is going to die *ducks to avoid the tomatoes and the odd cell phone being thrown at her by Bakura fans* but I have to kill him. Not to be mean, but it's a part of the story. See the Chapter 1 Author's Notes for some hope. Thanks for the review!
Manda-Chan: Ack! I was glomped? Oh well, it's a good complement. Thanks for reviewing!
Angel Reaper: Cool! My favourite Tamora Pierce quartet would have to be a battle between Song of the Lioness and Immortals. Thanks for the review!
Zheyta: I did? Oh well, it was bound to happen. Kaiba might come back and find himself a victim as well, but I haven't decided yet. Calm down, A. S., you'll scare everyone! I can understand your anger, though. Thanks for reviewing!
lily22: Probably. If you want hope, do what I told the other people; check out the Chapter 1 Author's Notes. I'm glad you like it! Thank you for reviewing!
Luna339: Don't worry, I'll continue! Thanks for the review!
Rosz of the Angel: Yes, they will most likely all die. But not Yugi. Yugi will remain for good reasons. Everybody seems to be upset at Bakura's upcoming doom. Don't flame me! I have to kill him! Don't hurt me! She hasn't written any yet? Oh well, if she's taking time to plan out her plots, then that's a good thing. Than you for the review!