By Origami Hoshi and Spinel Sun
Disclaimer: -=holds on to YuGiOh charrie plushies and wails=- Okay okay! So I don't own them… T-T So what? …
Chapter 7: Shades of Grey~*~
Ori: Wai. It's too early… -.-;;
Suppi: Wai. 'Tis so…
Kiram: WAI!! ^_____^ I feel great!! Don't you guys feel great?! I feel really great today. The sun is shining… The grass is green!!
Ori: Uhm.. -=sweatdrops=- Kiram-kun, it's Winter. And it's five in the morning. The sun is not shining, the grass is no longer green..
Kiram: -=shrugs=- ^________^
Suppi: Oiy..
Ori: -=yawn=- Let's reply to reviews…
Unknown Survivor: Awww! Me too. XD But I can't say anything. After all, I kinda changed his personality for the sake of the story. Oh yeah, and Kiram is Marik's clone.
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"N-naga, you don't really mean that, do you? They can't be gone… we've worked together so long.. and … it's not..", Yuugi stumbled on, tears running down his pale cheeks..
Ryou clenched his hands into light fists, feeling an over-coming rush of emotion. He wished deep inside that it wasn't so.. but, how else could it be explained? How could he not.. reach them…? Surely, he was able to enter any living mind…?
"Gomen, Serpent, but there's nothing you or I can do for them now…", murmured the white haired assasin, putting a comforting (and that's all it was!) hand on his partner's shoulder, "We have to follow to procedure. You know what we have to do."
"But…"
"We have to leave now…"
Yuugi solemnly wiped away the few remaining tears glistening in his eyes and nodded. He knew. Ryou knew.
"Contact Tetsue-san, let's move…", muttered Yuugi, turning and walking away slowly door a corridor.
Kamisadae-san? Asked codename Naga timidly, following his comrade down the hall. Hai, what is it now? Snapped his boss, clearly impatient and disagreeable. Great.. just.. great…
Mission failed.
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Yami walked down the corridor, angrilly blocking off all telepathic communication within the building. No-one counld contact anyone else. No-one was going to bother him during the hunt…
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Standing still. That's all he could do. Staring, watching down the dark hall until he could see no more. How long did it stretch? A long way. Why had he let the light escape? He was no fool. He had it, right in the palm of his hand. And now, it was gone. How could he have failed so miserabley when victory was inches from his grasp?
He couldn't see victory anymore. Just a flash of white, specks of brown. Sad eyes watching.
"Bakura."
Sad brown eyes. Was he lost? Something had happened… Altering his prespective. The way he saw black and white.. And now, there were shades of grey.
"Bakura, do not ignore me. What happened here?", the commanding and dignified voice of the dark leader echoed through the telepath's head.
"I heard you.. the first time. You, of all people, should respect thinking", replied he, still staring into space.
"Where is the boy?", Yami continued questioning, gripping his comrade's sholder and turning him around. Ruby orbs gazed firmly into cold, distant green eyes.
"He's gone. Just like yours", he began quietly.
Yami raised his eyebrow, looking at the telepath skeptically. So, he too had lost his prey. Both rivals had failed in the hunt, neither making it to the top. Game over… Or was it?
"But, how silly of me", began Bakura again, sneering slightly, "How could the leader of the shadow warriors lose a little innocent Hikari like Yuugi Motou? Foolish of me indeed."
"You're one to talk, Bakura. You lost yours too", retorted Yami, glaring at the addressed, "You did no better than I."
"Who says I'm not going to catch him?", answered Bakura, glaring back with a poisonous glance.
"I say you're not going to catch him! Especially since Doctor Genji is coming back tomorrow night!"
Bakura simply glared and folded his arms. Who was he to doubt the telepath's abilities? He would find Ryou and bring him back captive before Yami even stepped foot out of the lab.
I wouldn't be so sure if I was you. I am, after all, the leader. Commented Yami dryly into his comrade's mind. The leader of what? A bunch of photo copies? He replied with a snort. That was what he was. A copy. A copy of Ryou Bakura.
We'll see, won't we, Bakura? Questioned the crimson eyed dark warrior, smirking slightly. But of course. Bakura replied, shrugging lightly and smiling dangerously.
We'll see indeed.
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What do you mean, MISSION FAILED?! Screeched Kamisadae-san in her office, angrily flicking a pen at the white wall. It went into the wall tip first, firmly stuck, quivering slightly. In all my career, the Hikari has never failed. What do you think you're doing?! This is no game! You've lost me half of my team!! You don't just go out into Tokyo and find skill like that!!
Kamisadae-san, ongeai, we're sorry! It's just that they're just like us. They think like us, only they don't! Ryou's answer fumbled into her mind.
Yeah?! Is sorry going to bring back Jounouchi and Ishtal? I don't think so!! She replied, shaking with fury.
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"She's not happy, is she", asked Yuugi, standing outside of the labs, looking around cautiously for the enemy should they come, "From the look on your face, I'd say she's not happy at all."
"She's not."
Don't you 'Kamisadae-san'
me, Bakura. I want you and Motou back ASAP!! You know the rules! Back to HQ!!
Now now now!! Continued the angry Hikari leader. NOW!!!
Okay okay! We're going!! Answered Ryou, wincing slightly. He cut the mental link and sighed. How had he ever gotten himself into this?
"We have to report back to HQ ASAP", muttered the telepath.
"Okay, let's go…"
The two teenage assasins began there slow trudge back to the transport.
A neither looked back.
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Ori: Augh.. Must go to school now… -.-
Suppi: -=drags Ori away=-
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