By Origami Hoshi and Spinel Sun
Disclaimer: Ahmph.. -=mumble mumble=- ;; I dun owns, okay? X.x See, if you freaky law people had been paying attention through out this whole story you would realizing this. -.-;;
Chapter 9: Mixing the Tones~*~
Ori: Okies dokeys, folks! Here's the plan. ^^;; With lots of wonderful advice from all you reviewers out there, we've decided that this is how it's gonna work.
Suppi: We're not going to start the next story until we finish this, but we are going to introduce the new author. Since, ??? will be doing mostof the stuff for the new story, we'll probably start the sequel to TFNA too! X___X Thank you for being sooo patient!
Ori: You guys are a bootiful audience. T-T
Suppi: And now, we present to you.. Our new author person!!
Ori: -=pulls back curtain=-
Gen: -=trips and falls=- X_x Eeekrp!!! -=flails arms and lands on face=-
Ori: -=sweatdrop=- ^^;; We'd like to introduce to you, Hikari no Genki. Gen for short. She's been awfully nice to put up will all of us (Me, Meta and Suppi) and has been the one helping to remind us to update. ^.^;; So, give a big 'round of clappingness for Gen-chan!!
Suppi: YAY!! ^__^ -=claps in a circle=-
Gen: -=pops up=- ^______^ HALLO!!
Ori and Suppi: HALLO!! ^___^ ^___^
Gen: -=huggles everyone=- It's so nice to see you all, how are you?
Ori: Ehh.. ^^;; Fine, tenku.
Suppi: Gen-chan, why don't you go reply to reviews, mkay?
Gen: OKIES!! ^0^
Unknown Surivor: Okies, for your concerns about the sequel please read the a/n. ^^ Also, we'd be happy to welcome you to our team and you can help us with our upcoming project!
OoshatiElf: -=lol=- I probably wouldn't want Kiram to rescue me either. O.o;; Thankies for the ecouragement. ^^ We wuv you!
Lady Geuna: -=nod nod=- Yup. Seto is Doctor Genji's clone, since, in the beginning, the dart didn't pick up Jou-kun's DNA. Had to improvize, you know. And yes, Bakura and Yami will turn around soon! -=points finger at sky=-
Angel-Belle: More of everything soon to come. ^.^
Vera: OOOHH!!! YOU MUST BE VERA-SAN!! ^__________^ Hikari no Genki, Gen for short. So nice to meet you. Mushrooms. ^.~
Chibigreen Tanuki: Kiram is indeed a very happy person. ^^ Which is good, ne? WAI! Chichiri and Marik meet. MWHAHAHA! Uhm.. okay. I'll stop now. e.e;;
Lily22: OMG!! LILY-SAN!! HI!! ^^ Once again, me is Gen. So nice to meet you! ^__^ Anyways, we hope that we haven't been keeping you waiting too long!
Asian Angel 12: Okies! New project can wait, ne?
Violettegal345: Who is really jumpy? O.o;; Anywho, we promise more of everything soon! ^_____^
Sarina Fannel: YAY!! I get to meet Sarina-san too. ^^ SUGOI!! Okies, we hope you enjoy the next chapter with all of our shounen-ai obsessed hearts.
Addandsubtract: Adding and subtracting is something I can't quite do yet. O_O;; No, jk. ^^;; Weiss Kreuz is soooo kewl!! MWHAHAHA!! Uhm.. yeah, so, Suppi and Ori thank you mucho much for the linkies. ^^
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Demonic Angel: We thinkings we would likes to update. ^.~;;
Soleia Nova: OOH!! Neat sn. ^___^ Anyways, we hope we haven't kept you waiting too long! (Kiram: ^___^ Weee!! Me ish kawaii.. I think. O.o;; Oh okies, whatever. -=hugs Soleia-san=-)
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Yami watched through crimson eyes as the two assasins of light turned and began to run. They were swift indeed, but against his powers, would they be able to escape? It was time to find out. The leader of the dark warriors slowly raised his hand and closed his eyes, thinking… concentrating.. This time, his target would not escape. Not this time.
With a soft thud and the rustling of clothes, a familiar white-haired clone landed from his jump off the roof, graceful as a cat. Bakura stood and dusted himself off, smirking slightly as he too watched the Hikari attempted to escape the clutches of the shadows… But, of course, they would not.
"So, will there actually be some action now?", questioned the telepath, the smirk giving him a rather confident and almost smug air.
"You bet."
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The duo of teenagers ran and ran, adrenaline pumping through their viens. It was vital that they should get away and to headquarters. Or it would be their heads. So, with an image of Kamisadae Tetsue dressed as the Queen of Hearts, the two boys ran with all there might, until…
"Uhm.. Naga-kun,tell me something, is it just me, or are we really paralyzed and leviatating?", asked Yuugi, looking down to the ground from his spot three feet up in the air.
"This is not good! I recognize this power signature!"
"What do you mean? I didn't know you had met the guy I met!", replied the
shorter of the two, trying to see if he could even blink or move his fingers.
"I didn't! It's that other guy… Bakura…", muttered Ryou, half-way closing his chocolate brown eyes to concertrate his telepathic powers to free himself and his partner.
Yuugi's violet eyes widened at the mention of yet another mentally-powered up clone. He was beginning to wonder how many of them there were. How many more would be on the way? This situation was becoming more dangerous by the second.
"Look, I think.. uh.. they're coming..", observed Yuugi nervously, still unable to move, "That can't be a good thing.."
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Okies, so here's the plan, me and Marik-kun will head off to the lab and we'll get the medic-dotes for your koi, okay? You just have to- Began Kiram as he navigated down the dark corridors of the old laboratory building, Marik keeping up behind him. Who says he's my koi?! What in the world gave you that idea?! A very irritated and slightly embarrassed mental voice blasted through the young telepath's head, causing him to nearly fall over in shock. You didn't have to yell… Besides, it's not MY fault you let down your mental sheilds!! And it's not my faultyou dun gots mental powers… That, Seto-bro, is Doctor-dad's fault! Commented Kiram, shutting off the mental link with a wave of his hand.
"Seto-bro suuuure is grumpy!! Hey, Marik? Why is it that people get sooo grumpy when you mention something about the person they like? Especially is they think the person the like doesn't like them back? I mean, isn't that silly? I would think that a person should be happy to hear someone mention the person they like!", Kiram sighed, folding his arms and turning left down a dimly lit hall.
"Well… I dunno, human nature?", replied the addressed, "And perhaps we can speed it up a little? Jou's health isn't just going to wait for us you know."
"Jou this, Jou that…", answered Kiram with another sigh, "Aren't we friends too? You never talk about me. Sure, we just met, but we're still bestest friends. And if we're not friends, you should say so."
"Baka pre-cog, we're friends, okay? Besides, you don't talk about people when you're talk to them…"
The blonde clone paused for a moment as if considering that thought, then he shrugged his sholder selected a door commenting, "You know, you can be really confusing sometimes, Marik-kun", before reached out and grasping the cold, metal door knob and pushing open the creaky door.
"Finally... Now, Kiram, will you show me where the antidote for the sedative?", asked Marik impatiently tapping his foot and folding his arms.
"Patience is one of those thingies you should have!", chided Kiram in reply, slipping into the room and waving his hand causing the lights to flick on one by one across the dim.
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"Well, well, what have we here?", drawled a familiar, rather cruel voice, causing Ryou's eyes to flutter open from their half-closed state, "Two fragile lights, I belive."
"Get away from him!", Yuugi cried, "You stay away from him!"
As code-name Naga's vision slowly came back into focus, he realized that he had not suceeded in helping his partner and himself escape. Yuugi, no longer hovering three feet in the air, was now being held back by the wrists by a slightly taller look-a-like. As for himself… Well, unfortunately, Ryou discovered that although his companion was no longer being levitated, he still was. And he did not like the power signature he felt.
"Bakura", Ryou remarked to no-one in particular, gazing down into deep, green, unreadable green eyes.
"Little snake", replied the other, half-smirking, half-smiling… Like a cat with a mouse.
"Bakura, let Serpent go. Do what you want with me, but let him go."
"Don't bother with the code names, Ryou. I know all of you far better than you know yourselves. I am, after all, you're darker half. I am, your surperior darker half. As is Yami to Yuugi", retorted Bakura, widening his smirk-smile slightly.
Ryou bit back his fear and answered quietly, "Please."
The albino clone snorted and chuckled just as softly, "Ryou, it is not within my power. Now, sleep."
Bakura waved his hand across the frightened face and slowly, without resistance, the those brown eyes to drown in slid shut. Leader He began, using the title as though it were an insult. Take your light, I will deal with mine. Yami scooped up Yuugi into his arms without a word and turned back towards the building.
"Hey, wai-", began the boy in protest.
Yami sighed, "I suggest you be quiet. Bakura's not in a good mood. Wouldn't want to scar that young face, now would we?"
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Jou slept quietly, his head resting against Seto's sholder. The clone's cold, blue eyes watched silently as the boy dreamed, his breath coming is sickly, ragged heaves. Seto slowly draped one arm over the sleeping form and leaned back against the wall, relaxing his created body some.
"Kami-sama, you'd better be hurrying, Kiram."
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"Kami-sama, Kiram, couldn't you work a little faster?", commented an annoyed Marik, "We've been in here for nearly ten minutes now."
"If I didn't knows any better, I'd think you didn't likes me anymore", replied the addressed clone, puasing a moment to brush light blonde bangs out of his face as he bent over looking into a cabinet, "I still likes you. You should be a little more nicer. After all, I am helping you, aren't I?"
The original blonde just sighed and massaged his temples. Sometimes Kiram was really cute, and sometimes he was really annoying… Cute, annoying. The assasin weighed these two characteristics on the scale of his mind. Cute… annoying.. cute… annoying…
"MIIYAA!! I have it!! I found it, I found it!!"
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Bakura watched the sleeping, pale face momentarily. What a waste, to ruin such beauty for the ambitions of a crazy man. Ah, but, perhaps he owed the good doctor a token of appreciation.. And then again, maybe not. The clone chuckled to himself.
"Little snake", he whispered to Ryou, "You will find that not everything is as it seems."
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Ori: Ta da!! Okies, now I must goooo and get ready for school.. -=yawns=- It's too early. Gen-chan isn't even up yet.
Suppi: x___X Me tired..
Ori: X___x Me too.
Kiram: ^___________^ GOOOD MORNING!! Hallo, authoress-ladies!!
Suppi: -=facefault=- No sleep for us. T-T
Ori: -=sighs and drags herself off to go eat breakfast…=-
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