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Chapter 8: Plotting Revenge

It was plastered all over the news: "Wheelers the Next Victims to Mysterious Virus", "Police Bamboozled about Cause of 'Terror Deaths'". Harry and Ron did all they could to shut the TV off every time something came up about it.

Hermione had arrived on the Muto's doorstep, and despite being bandaged thoroughly, was determined to hop right to work. She was less pleased to see that the three of them hadn't thought of a plan after the other one failed.

"Come one, Hermione, what can we do? I know we have to help," Ron hastened to explain, "but what options do we have? It's not like we can just charge in and barrel them down. They'd slaughter us!"

Hermione rolled her eyes. "That's not our only option. We can revive Lupin; the full moon is almost over. Or we could sneak in using Harry's invisibility cloak. Or maybe Yami could use his magic to fight them. Or-"

"Hermione, Yami isn't like a wizard! His magic isn't for fighting, it makes him win games and stuff."

"That's not entirely true! He can send their souls to the Shadow Realm." Harry and Yugi both realized that this could go on forever. One of them had to intervene before either one blew their lid.

"Listen, both of you, some of Hermione's ideas could work," Yugi pointed out. Hermione put on a look of superiority and glanced at Ron, who sat his head in his hand with annoyance. "But there are some problems with them. All we need to do is find a way to cut out the glitches," Yugi said.

They finally caved in and swapped suggestions for the next hour or so. "What if we all hid under the cloak and attacked them while they can't see us?" and "Is there anything in our text books that would help?" By the end of the discussion, a plan seemed to be forming. There was only one problem; how would they find the Death Eaters?

"They could be anywhere," Hermione sighed with exasperation. "I mean, there must be millions of places they could hide out in a city as big as this."

"We know he'll be after Yugi's friends that came to our world, right?" Harry said quickly, noticing the sad look that had come over the duelist's face. "I know, Yugi, but it may be our only chance of finding them. (Yugi nodded and blinked back a couple of tears.) We could go to Bakura's house and wait for them there. That'll be where they go next, because Kaiba is in Europe right now."

"But what if they attack here instead?" Ron questioned.

"We'll have to make sure that no one is here at that time, then. Yugi, you have to convince your Grandfather to take a trip, or maybe get him to go shopping. Or something that will get him out of the house, you know?"

"Yes," Yugi said, perking up a bit. "I think I have an idea that would work."

"Great!" Hermione said, clapping her hands together in relief. "It's settled then. We just need to review the curses we learned for the tournament in the fourth year, Yami will seal away as many souls as he can, and we'll all be under Harry's invisibility cloak."

"I just hope it works," Harry said under his breath.

"It's not much, but it's the best we can do for now," Yugi concluded. "I just wish that Professor Lupin hadn't turned into a werewolf. He'd be able to help a lot."

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The quartet stood around the telephone while Yugi dialed Bakura's number and waited for him to pick up. They had to tell him that they were staying over, and they wouldn't take no for an answer. After all, it was for his and Gabrielle's sake as much as their own.

"…Hello?" came the telltale voice.

"Bakura, it's Yugi. This is urgent," Yugi said.

"Really? Is it about the Death Feeders or whatever they're called?"

"Yes. We are going to stay over at your place to wait for them to come, and then we're going to attack them. We have a plan, but we're not sure if it'll work. Is this alright with you?"

Bakura's voice sounded slightly shocked. "Yes, I don't see why not. My father left on an Archeological dig in Egypt, so we've got the house all to ourselves. What's this plan all about? Anything I can do to help?"

"We'll tell you when you get over there, okay?"

"I suppose…Wait – is Harry there?"

Now Yugi raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, why?"

"Gabrielle wants to talk to him," he answered. Yugi smiled and handed the phone over to Harry.

"Hi, Gabrielle."

"'Allo, 'Arry! Are you come over?" she said jubilantly. She was obviously having a good time at Bakura's house, she sounded like she had gotten over her grief.

"Yes, in a little while."

"Zat great! Bakura is make me a tape wiz lot of songs I like on it, ze Japan songs. I take zem back wiz me, so I 'ear zem when I want to! You come and we listen?" Gabrielle certainly wasn't quite as shy as she was at the tournament.

"Sure, we'll all listen to it," Harry replied.

"Au revoir, 'Arry! Bakura want talk to Yugi again!"

"Bye!" Harry gave the phone to Yugi once more and swapped smiles with Hermione and Ron. "We have to listen to a tape of songs when we get there. Bakura's making one for Gabrielle."

Yugi said a quick goodbye and told them that Bakura agreed to help with their 'attack'. He agreed that they had a feeble chance of success, but it was either this or let everyone die without a fight.

"Now all you have to do is tell your Grandpa to get out of the house," Ron said.

It was, actually, easier done than said. Yugi only had to say one thing to make his Grandpa leave.

"Grandpa, don't you have a big Duel Monsters Convention this weekend?"

"That's right!" he said. "Good thing you reminded me. I'll go pack and leave in an hour. You will be able to take care of yourselves, right?"

All of them nodded, and he seemed convinced. "Good! I'd better go pack everything."

He left the room, whistling dixie.

"Yugi, is there really a big convention?" Hermione asked, slightly suspicious.

"Yes, Grandpa just forgets sometimes, that's all," Yugi said. "We'd better go, too, we should be at Bakura's in a half hour. Do you guys have everything that you need?"

Hermione and Ron raced down the stairs to fetch their wands, and Harry grabbed his spellbook (they only needed one), his invisibility cloak, and his own wand.

Soon enough, they had bid goodbye to Yugi's Grandpa and left to take the bus, once again. It was a lengthy ride, but they arrived at the bus stop nearest the house without any accidents. Two blocks (and a crash course review of hexes with Hermione) later, they had arrived at Bakura's house.

Harry suddenly felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up in alarm. Something wasn't right. The lights were on, but there were no sounds coming from inside. The others picked up on it too.

"Harry," Ron whispered, "Put your invisibility cloak over us." Harry didn't need an explanation, he just threw it on all four of them and they walked inside. The door wasn't locked, which was another cause for concern.

They tiptoed through the entryway and into the living room. That sight confirmed their worst fears. Bakura's body was lying face down on the floor, and Gabrielle's was leaning against the sofa.

Yugi took in a quavering breath, and tried his best to hold back his tears. Harry restrained the ball of grief in his throat. He didn't know either one of the people very well, but he couldn't help but feel wretched about everyone's death. It was all his fault…

"Look," Ron said quietly, as he slipped himself out from under the cloak and stepped towards the stereo. "It's still on. Wasn't he recarding something for her? Maybe there's something on here about – "

Ron didn't need to continue, everyone got the gist of what he was trying to say. Hermione shook her head and said, "I'll play it."

She rewinded the tape a bit while Harry took the cloak off and tucked it under his arm. He stepped over to Gabrielle and felt her cheek. It wasn't that cold, so the Death Eaters must've only come just moments before they showed up.

Hermione pressed play, and a pleasant pop song came on in Japanese. It went on for a little while, but then there were sounds in the background, ones that weren't part of the song. The song ended and the sounds became more clear.

"'Oo at ze door, Bakura?"

"I'll get it." There was a sound of the door slamming open, and a thud, probably from somebody being thrown back. "What?!?"

"Fazzer?" There was a spell uttered and a high pitched scream that ended quickly. Bakura's voice was heard shouting Gabrielle's name.

"What have you done!?!"

"He's not-" There was a distinct click! and then the tape ended.

"He's not what?" Ron almost yelled at the tape. "You bloody, evil, son of a-"

Hermione gave him a reproachful look that stopped his cursing, but Ron's eyes were still livid. Harry felt like blaming himself for their deaths, Hermione felt as if she was withering away, and Ron was ready to strangle someone. Yugi was on the verge of spilling a waterfall.

"One more person we could have saved," he said, then dissolved into tears. Hermione put her arm around him and rocked him back and forth, in an attempt to comfort Yugi.

Harry now doubted whether they'd be able to survive this time.

Review Response:

tefla(): Thank you for notifying me about that. I actually didn't know until I read your review (which was the first one, I think) and I looked back at it and thought: AAAHHHHH! HOW COULD I HAVE MISSED THAT! So I edited it and reloaded it again, but it obviously took awhile to fix it because I got other reviews mentioning it. Yeah, it's probably best that you finish Ten Souls and You're Free first, even though you've probably picked up a ton of spoilers with this story. Oh well. Thanks!

Gin Ryu-chan: Thank you, but what does Gambale mean? I'm kind of thick, so I probably wouldn't know.

Ariyah-Chan: Nope. They never get a break, do they? Don't be too harsh on Yami, though. He's still needed in this story! Thanks for the review!

Luna339: Hermione will be fine, there's no doubt about that. I will continue, and I will more now because my play's over! It was very time-consuming, but it was all worth it. Thank you!

Rosz of the Angel: Yep, I saw that after I put it up. It should be fixed now, though. He's dead now, so I'm expecting some flames. *whimper!* I'll live, though. Even pros like J. K. get flames, although maybe in different forms, like Christian protests. Not that I'm Anti-Christian or anything. I don't belong to a religion. I just believe in whatever on my own. Yami Bakura? He'd either have a party (he didn't seem to like Bakura that much) or spend the rest of his days moping about how now he won't be able to come back. That's true though, and there's nothing wrong with being optimistic! Heaven knows we need more around. Thanks!

Ihire: Finish? Probably in 2 or more weeks. I write each chapter on the weekends, so that'll be it. Thank you for reviewing!

Angel Reaper(): You don't like Joey? That's okay. Everyone's got different opinions, I'm the only one I know who likes the Harry/Fleur pairing *ducks to avoid tomatoes*. Yes, I know it was copied. Tech error or something, I don't know, but I fixed it. Thank you!

YamiBakuraChan: Your welcome! As for being an ally, that's not likely. He might be in it again, but probably won't be helping them. He hates Yami too much to even bother. It would be cool, though. Thanks a lot!

Shao Khan: I'm fine, just tired. Veddy veddy tired. Big bags under eyes. Not good. Anyway, how are you? I'm glad you like my story. Thanks for reviewing!

PIcaRDMPC: Joey is dead, and all his family as well. Geez, I'm getting mean, aren't I? Well, it's for the plot, so I have an excuse! Erm…yeah. That didn't sound like I wanted it to. Seto is a very hard character to write, so it will be kind of a challenge to bring out his reaction. I was having a spot of trouble with Hermione's personality in this chapter, too. I hope it all came out right. Seto's coming home from England, so he will definitely find out. Thanks!