A Beckoning Soul
Anthy: This is sooooooooooooooo evil!
Anshi: I know. Now go away.
Anthy: Fine.
Boogie Pop: It gets crueler in these last couple chapters.
Anshi: And SETO!
Boogie Pop: Yes, Seto makes a brief appearance.
Anshi: We all know you're happy about that.
Crickets: reep-reep-reep-reep
Anshi: Die!
Boogie Pop: That's my job.
Anshi: Okay.
Boogie Pop: Mind if I write this chapter?
Anshi: Go ahead.
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A Beckoning Soul
Chapter 10: Seto
If you are near
To the dark
I will tell you
'Bout the sun
You are here
No escape
From my visions
Of the world
You will cry
All alone
But it does not mean a thing
To me
Knowing the song
I will sing
'Til the darkness
Comes to see
Come to me
I will tell
'Bout the secrets
Of the sun
It's in you
Not in me
But it does not mean a thing
To you
Yugi covered his ears. He heard Yami screaming inside his head. Where was he? Was he in pain? Was he afraid? Countless questions, but were there answers? Ryou asked him what was wrong, and Yugi told them.
"He's still here...I can hear him screaming."
"What?" Bakura asked.
"Yami. I can hear him screaming. He's terrified of something."
"Can you talk to him?"
"I don't think so. It think it's a one-way call, if you know what I mean."
The sun peeked out from behind the clouds and shone down on the unusual group by the wooden bench. The bruise under Yugi's eye faded slightly. Yami's screams had died down, and he was silent.
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Yami stared at the blood and the stained fragments of ceramic where he had thrown the teacup. His eyes were wide and his skin was very pale. He was afraid---no---terrified. This whole experience was bent on breaking him. And it was doing a damn good job of it. How was he ever going to find Anthy like this? Maybe he couldn't do this. Maybe he was doomed to fail. Maybe...
"Since when do you give up at the first few signs of defeat?" Yami sprang to his feet and looked around cautiously.
Yami Yugi felt something pull a handful of his lightning bolt shaped hair. He yelped in pain and spun around to see a grinning, semi-transparent Seto Kaiba. Yami narrowed his eyes and frowned.
"What the hell? ... How the hell?"
"Um...I really don't know myself. The last thing I know is that I fell asleep on my desk after 36 straight hours of salvaging Kaiba corp.'s network after it crashed."
"So you're dreaming?"
"That's what I thought after hearing you scream." Seto's grin widened.
"Oh, that's very supportive. I'm loosing my sanity thinking that I'm never gonna find Anthy and the only thing keeping me from cracking is my #1 arch rival." Yami said sarcastically.
No one noticed the blood and teacup fragments were gone, and that there was a mist gathering in the air. Yami began to shiver, and his heart began to race.
/You're still afraid/
The voice rang clearly in Yami's head. The mist got thicker, and Yami began coughing. Seto noticed the mist and realized that something was terribly wrong. He figured that there was something in the mist that was affecting Yami. The semi-transparent CEO saw a small drop of blood decorating the corner of the boy's mouth.
/'Tis a good day for you to die./
That voice...Hotaru! Yami sank to his knees, coughing up a little more blood. Seto gathered the theory that something was NOT right with the pharaoh, and he decided to do something about it.
Seto Kaiba grabbed one of Yami's wrists and dragged him to his feet. Then they ran.
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Mokuba Kaiba cautiously opened the door to his brother's office. At first he thought that he was stepping into an ancient Egyptian tomb, because it was so quiet. He saw the blank computer screen and Seto sleeping with his head down on his desk. Mokuba smiled and returned with a blanket.
"36 hours. You deserve some sleep Nii-sama."
With that, Mokuba silently left the room.
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Seto (still semi-transparent) pulled Yami through the mist, which seemed to become a dragon shaped miasma chasing them. It was bad, and Yami's coughing had seemed to be getting worse.
Yami felt like he had coughed up a lung. He felt his strength fading, and his arm hurt.
Then he collapsed. Seto whirled around. Yami was obviously in pain, and the dragon miasma was getting closer. There was no way that Seto would reach him in time. But Yami was gonna do something about it. He raised his hand, and it began to glow a fiery red. The miasma closed in, enveloping Yami.
"Yugi!"
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Seto sprang awake, eyes wide and concerned. He was sure that it had been a dream, due to too much stress. But when he looked at his hands, he say a small drop of blood on them.
He immediately started looking for Yugi Muto.
'Please tell me it was all just a bad dream.' He thought.
But something else told him that it wasn't.
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A pillar of fire lit up the black void. Yami lay face up, not wanting to move. He waited for Seto to kick him, or something.
But nothing came.
Yami struggled to his feet and looked around.
But he was alone.
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Boogie Pop: Hell, I'll give you just a little teaser.
"NO!!!!!!" Yami cried out to anyone in a rage.
He tried to force the doors open, but the roses had tied it shut. He was bleeding badly, and the white stairs he once stood on had a large red stripe on them. The rose stems sliced his hands open, but Yami wasn't giving up. He'd come this far.
Anshi: That was evil.
Boogie Pop: I know.
Anthy: This is sooooooooooooooo evil!
Anshi: I know. Now go away.
Anthy: Fine.
Boogie Pop: It gets crueler in these last couple chapters.
Anshi: And SETO!
Boogie Pop: Yes, Seto makes a brief appearance.
Anshi: We all know you're happy about that.
Crickets: reep-reep-reep-reep
Anshi: Die!
Boogie Pop: That's my job.
Anshi: Okay.
Boogie Pop: Mind if I write this chapter?
Anshi: Go ahead.
@@@@@
A Beckoning Soul
Chapter 10: Seto
If you are near
To the dark
I will tell you
'Bout the sun
You are here
No escape
From my visions
Of the world
You will cry
All alone
But it does not mean a thing
To me
Knowing the song
I will sing
'Til the darkness
Comes to see
Come to me
I will tell
'Bout the secrets
Of the sun
It's in you
Not in me
But it does not mean a thing
To you
Yugi covered his ears. He heard Yami screaming inside his head. Where was he? Was he in pain? Was he afraid? Countless questions, but were there answers? Ryou asked him what was wrong, and Yugi told them.
"He's still here...I can hear him screaming."
"What?" Bakura asked.
"Yami. I can hear him screaming. He's terrified of something."
"Can you talk to him?"
"I don't think so. It think it's a one-way call, if you know what I mean."
The sun peeked out from behind the clouds and shone down on the unusual group by the wooden bench. The bruise under Yugi's eye faded slightly. Yami's screams had died down, and he was silent.
2222
Yami stared at the blood and the stained fragments of ceramic where he had thrown the teacup. His eyes were wide and his skin was very pale. He was afraid---no---terrified. This whole experience was bent on breaking him. And it was doing a damn good job of it. How was he ever going to find Anthy like this? Maybe he couldn't do this. Maybe he was doomed to fail. Maybe...
"Since when do you give up at the first few signs of defeat?" Yami sprang to his feet and looked around cautiously.
Yami Yugi felt something pull a handful of his lightning bolt shaped hair. He yelped in pain and spun around to see a grinning, semi-transparent Seto Kaiba. Yami narrowed his eyes and frowned.
"What the hell? ... How the hell?"
"Um...I really don't know myself. The last thing I know is that I fell asleep on my desk after 36 straight hours of salvaging Kaiba corp.'s network after it crashed."
"So you're dreaming?"
"That's what I thought after hearing you scream." Seto's grin widened.
"Oh, that's very supportive. I'm loosing my sanity thinking that I'm never gonna find Anthy and the only thing keeping me from cracking is my #1 arch rival." Yami said sarcastically.
No one noticed the blood and teacup fragments were gone, and that there was a mist gathering in the air. Yami began to shiver, and his heart began to race.
/You're still afraid/
The voice rang clearly in Yami's head. The mist got thicker, and Yami began coughing. Seto noticed the mist and realized that something was terribly wrong. He figured that there was something in the mist that was affecting Yami. The semi-transparent CEO saw a small drop of blood decorating the corner of the boy's mouth.
/'Tis a good day for you to die./
That voice...Hotaru! Yami sank to his knees, coughing up a little more blood. Seto gathered the theory that something was NOT right with the pharaoh, and he decided to do something about it.
Seto Kaiba grabbed one of Yami's wrists and dragged him to his feet. Then they ran.
44444444
Mokuba Kaiba cautiously opened the door to his brother's office. At first he thought that he was stepping into an ancient Egyptian tomb, because it was so quiet. He saw the blank computer screen and Seto sleeping with his head down on his desk. Mokuba smiled and returned with a blanket.
"36 hours. You deserve some sleep Nii-sama."
With that, Mokuba silently left the room.
44444444
Seto (still semi-transparent) pulled Yami through the mist, which seemed to become a dragon shaped miasma chasing them. It was bad, and Yami's coughing had seemed to be getting worse.
Yami felt like he had coughed up a lung. He felt his strength fading, and his arm hurt.
Then he collapsed. Seto whirled around. Yami was obviously in pain, and the dragon miasma was getting closer. There was no way that Seto would reach him in time. But Yami was gonna do something about it. He raised his hand, and it began to glow a fiery red. The miasma closed in, enveloping Yami.
"Yugi!"
$$$$$$$
Seto sprang awake, eyes wide and concerned. He was sure that it had been a dream, due to too much stress. But when he looked at his hands, he say a small drop of blood on them.
He immediately started looking for Yugi Muto.
'Please tell me it was all just a bad dream.' He thought.
But something else told him that it wasn't.
%%%%%
A pillar of fire lit up the black void. Yami lay face up, not wanting to move. He waited for Seto to kick him, or something.
But nothing came.
Yami struggled to his feet and looked around.
But he was alone.
^^^^^^^^^
Boogie Pop: Hell, I'll give you just a little teaser.
"NO!!!!!!" Yami cried out to anyone in a rage.
He tried to force the doors open, but the roses had tied it shut. He was bleeding badly, and the white stairs he once stood on had a large red stripe on them. The rose stems sliced his hands open, but Yami wasn't giving up. He'd come this far.
Anshi: That was evil.
Boogie Pop: I know.