Chapter 8

Revelations

Disclaimer: I own Kaya and the plot. Smart people with lots of money own everything else.

Mojobubbles: I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!! And boy do I have a lot to say about Texas!!!! First, there was /no anime./ None!!! Ok, so I did get a new Inuyasha manga but that doesn't count! So anyway, on Thursday, my first full day home, I watched Hamtaro, about 2 of my 7 hours of Inuyasha, and I watched Yu-Gi-Oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, about the plane ride: I brought Kamilah, Yami, and Inuyasha. There was no room for anyone else, and those three had never been on a plane before, so I brought them! They all freaked out during take off. It was pretty funny. Yami and Inuyasha were both very spaztastic, while Kamilah was screaming, "AIBOU!!!! I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING!!!!!"

Kamilah, Yami, and Inu: *are annoyed*

Inuyasha: You want us to tell them about some of the stuff you did? Like when you opened the airplane bathroom door 'cause it said 'vacant' and there was actually someone in there, or the stuff you did with your cousins, or when you kept talking to the baby, or-

Mojobubbles: SHUT UP! *sarcastically* Gee, Inu, I love you too. My cousins are very cute.....Ben's known as Triple, and he's 1, and Stuart is 4 and has a bunch of nicknames.......the airports were um, airport-y.....we went to the Galleria, that huge ass mall in Frisco which is in Dallas.

Kagome: Was there Mexican food?

Mojobubbles: Hell yeah! We had Mexican twice. And I got an armadillo! *holds up her armadillo plushie* His name's Sesshomaru!!!!

Sesshomaru: ^ -_,__,_- ^

Yami: Everyone there talked weird......

Mojobubbles: Hey, Texas accents are cool!!! I'd just sit and listen to the way everyone talked. I even heard two people with these cool Jamaican-type accents. Ok.....what else do I need to say......I drew little Kikyo on the plane! The weird part was that it really does look like Kikyo. Except.....it was much happier than Kikyo really is......

Kikyo: I do not approve of the insinuation. -_-

Mojobubbles: Hey, shut up! We're all insane; no big words are used here unless I approve of the use of them and I don't approve of anything about you!!!

Kikyo: *blink blink* Well then fine I'm leaving.

Mojobubbles: GOOD! When I was watching Inuyasha, I rewound all the way to the beginning of the 6-hour tape just so I could watch Kikyo die.

All: *scoot away*

Mojobubbles: Um, right......quick question then I'll get on to the chapter: I want some anime DVDs for my b-day, which is coming up. I'm thinking of Yu- Gi-Oh: Season 3. You know, in Japanese. I wanna try the Japanese, and see how much better it is than the dub. Also I want some Inuyasha DVDs. I might get the Jap. one with Rin in it. So......give me your advice!!!!

Kamilah: This is a rather funny chapter, I suppose......well, a lot of it is, because Y. Malik sends the preps to the Shadow Realm and plays around with his aibou.

Y. Malik: I do WHAT with my aibou?!?

Kamilah: NOT LIKE THAT SICKO!!! Ra.....

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Review responses:

Katiekat1414: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!! You're back!!! *sends Katiekat1414 a virtual hug* And I loooooove Evanescence! I think, actually, that there are other songs on their CD other than "Bring Me To Life" (which I'm listening to on the radio right now) that fit Kikyo better. Like, here's a couple: "Tourniquet", "Going Under", and "Haunted". Ooh! Idea! Make a collection of Kikyo Evanescence songfics!!! (Yeah......those are really fun to write.....I've written a bunch of Inuyasha fics, if ya wanna check 'em out.)

Lady Yami: SUNCOAST RULES! I went to one in Texas and got an Inuyasha manga that my local one doesn't have.

Daricio: See, his yami - well, you'll see. And yeah, Malik can't get out because he hadn't used the M. Rod's powers in a long time so when he used it, it really drained him.

Blue Mystic Moon Warrior: Well, I guess it wasn't really you, but your lil group thing......and I'm not bringing in a pic of BB, 'cuz I know you'll still bring it up all the time. And something is going to happen to the preps......maybe something that'll make you forgive Y. Malik for all the stuff he did to your bishie.......*grins evilly* I have /plans/ for those preppies.......especially Yubaba......she is /the/ Bitch with a capital B!!!!!!!

Europa: I did have fun in TX! Thanks!!

Arian Starswing: Yep......I'm glad it was unexpected. That's what I was shooting for.

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Symbol thingies:

/blah/ hikari to yami

//blah// yami to hikari

~blah~ Kaya to either Yami or Yugi

~~blah~~ Yami to Kaya

++Yugi to Kaya++

'blah' thoughts

*~*Flashback*~* or *~*End flashback*~* Kind of self-explanatory, I guess

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(This starts out as Malik's POV, but it'll switch to random obscure people's POV's later)

(If you can't tell, I love writing Malik POVs)

"People. Cats. Flowers. Home......Ra, I'm talking to myself......."

But I really didn't care. I just randomly said things, because it had been a while since I had said anything. The words rolled off my tongue and I smiled to myself. It just felt really good to talk again. I guess it was the next day, and I could move much more than yesterday.

I slowly but surely began to sit up. Much better. I stretched, and winced as I cracked a few random joints. (BRAK BRAK!)

I sat there, weighing my options. I could try and use the M. Rod to get out of here, but that would no doubt use much or all of the little energy I had regained. Plus, if it didn't work, I'd be paralyzed again, right back at square 1.

But what I didn't understand was why it was taking so long to get my energy back. The rod's powers should be helping, right?

I closed my eyes, and felt my soul disconnect with my body. I opened my eyes and looked around the dank foreboding soul room that was my own. Well, I was getting there.....

I left the room and found myself in a long hallway. I could see a door at the end of the hallway. Not exactly a genius thing to do, walk into a door that led to Ra-knows-where, but I was pretty desperate.

Slowly, hesitantly, I reached out and touched the doorknob. I shouted in surprise as a surge of power sent me flying back down the hallway.

My yami's cackle echoed down the hallway.

"Oh sure, very funny," I said dryly, looking up at the ceiling. "Blocking the rod's power so it'll take me twice as long to recover......."

"You figured it out! Aw, what a clever aibou," Yami Malik sneered, appearing out of nowhere to drape an arm around my shoulders.

"Get off me," I snarled, shoving him away.

"Exxxcuuuuuse me." Yami Malik pretended to look hurt. "I only thought you might like to hear why you're stuck here." He turned and began to walk away.

"But I just figured it out," I called, puzzled. "You said it yourself, you've blocked the rod's power behind that door!"

"But that's not all. There's a reason I can't let you get back," he said.

"Alright, /fine/. What is the reason you can't let me get back?" I sighed. I knew he was just toying with me; he loved getting inside the opponent's mind, no pun intended.

"Say 'please'!!" Yami Malik crowed.

I twitched. "Ok," I said through clenched teeth. "/Please/ tell me why you can't let me get back?"

"It's actually quite obvious, Malik!" Yami Malik laughed, waving at me. "You seriously can't figure it out on your own?"

"Kusottare, watakushi wo-wa iu-masu!" I yelled. (I felt like having him say that in Japanese....he said "Dammit, tell me!")

Yami Malik shook his head. "Temper, temper.....alright, I'll tell you. If you got back, then you'd be able to warn your little friends about my plans for world domination!"

I blinked. He was right......that had been pretty obvious......I guess I had just been concentrating on getting home so much that I didn't see it.

"Well, then......how does jumping off the bridge fit into everything?" I asked.

"Oh, perfectly," Yami Malik replied, gleefully rubbing his hands together. "You see, everyone had to think you were dead, which would make taking over the world so much easier! Besides, if I took over the world while you were still around, you'd get credit for everything I did!"

"The whole rod's-power-thing was a bit of a precaution I took," he continued. "I reserved a lot of power for when I fully separated from you, and the rest I locked behind that door. I knew you may try and get to the Shadow Realm, and we couldn't have you surviving, now could we?"

"So.......you figured I'd try and save myself?" I asked incredulously.

"Of course!" Yami Malik said, a huge fake smile on his face. "I've been your yami for 5 years!"

Wow.....he was right......5 years being stuck with him........

But there's one thing my yami doesn't know about me....and that's that I think my friends and sister are on to him.

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(Isis POV)

(Another POV I love writing......)

It was rather anti-climactic when we finally figured out Malik was in the Shadow Realm.

Yugi and his friends bumped into me one day, and it all went from there.

Literally, though, they bumped into me. I suppose it was partly my fault, as I was distracted and not watching where I was going. I felt someone collide with me and I brought myself back to earth.

"Sumimasen," I apologized, and a soft voice joined mine. I looked up and saw Bakura and the whole group behind him. ('Sumimasen' is 'sorry')

"Anata-wa daijobu ka?" he asked. (That means, basically, 'are you all right?'

"H-" I hesitated. "Iie," I answered finally. ('Hai' means 'yes', so she was about to say yes, but she changed her mind and said iie, which is 'no')

"What's on your mind?" Yugi asked.

I didn't answer, but turned to Kaya. "Can you tell me about your dream?" I asked. She looked surprised, but began:

"Well, I was in my room, and I saw Malik standing in the doorway. When I stood up, everything melted away and we were in a big field. Then I tried to go over to him, but I couldn't move. After that, the scene changed again, and this time we were in the Shadow Realm. Malik was standing over me, and he looked real sad, and he said, 'it wasn't me.' I tried to ask him what he meant, but then he changed......."

I looked at her expectantly, as did everyone else.

"...into his yami," Kaya finished. "And then I woke up."

His yami? That was like my dream.....

"My dream was similar," I said, frowning in confusion. "Yami Malik came......"

Yugi looked as though he had just been hit in the stomach. "But....on the first day of school...." he spluttered.

"Yugi, you're right!" Joseph exclaimed suddenly. (Sorry, but I can't imagine Isis saying 'Joey'.) "He started acting real funny, and when we asked him what was wrong, he took off!"

And then it all fell into place. "Yami Malik......is back....." I whispered. "He must've killed that girl, and jumped off the bridge while in control of my brother....."

"But what does the Shadow Realm have to do with anything?" Tristan asked, puzzled.

I must confess that at this moment I rather lost control. "They're there! In the Shadow Realm!" I gasped.

Like I said before, anti-climactic.

As if this wasn't enough shock, we heard maniacal laughter across the street, and when we turned, we saw Yami Malik tearing down the sidewalk.

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(Yami Malik POV!!!)

FRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!!!!

I'M FREE FROM THE CURSED SHADOW REALM AND THAT DAMNED ROD!!!!

(Wow.....someone's rather hyper.....)

What now? Who to kill first......

I saw a small group of mortal girls coming toward me, giggling and swinging large paper bags from their hands.

(MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! YAMI MALIK'S FIRST ENCOUNTER W/ PREPS!!)

"Like, ohmygod!" one of them screamed shrilly, pointing at me.

"Isn't he, like, dead?!" another one shouted.

"This is sooooo freaky!" said a third.

"Maybe we should, y'know, get out of here!" the last one squeaked.

(AND THEY'RE THE SAME FOUR PREPS FROM CHAPTER 6!!!!!!)

"SILENCE MORTALS!" I screamed, extremely annoyed by their high-pitched wails.

"WAAAH!" they screamed back.

I was pretty pissed off at this point.......and homicidal. So I yanked the Millennium Rod from my pants pocket and pointed it at them.

Oh, you disgusting mortals....I didn't mean it like that.

I smiled in satisfaction as they were sent to the Shadow Realm.

That was fun.

(GO YAMI MALIK!! *high-fives Y. Malik*)

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(Third-person POV again)

Yami Yugi and Bakari (that's Yami Bakura, remember?) had emerged in physical form from their respective items after the revelation that Malik was alive. The group was going to need all the power they could get in order to arrive in the Shadow Realm alive.

"Are you ready?" Bakari asked, dead serious for once. The group nodded.

The room was engulfed in a bright gold light, and when it faded, they were in the Shadow Realm.

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"Crap!" Bakari swore. "Where the hell are the others?" It was only him, his light, Kaya, and the annoying Tea girl.

"Calm down," Tea said. "I'm sure they're not far."

"I hope you're right," Bakura said, his soft brown eyes scanning the dark horizon.

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//Yugi? Yugi, are you alright?//

/Yami.....what happened?/

//Open your eyes.//

Yugi groaned and sat up. "Yami? Isis? Where are the others?"

"I'm not sure," Isis said anxiously.

'I hope they're ok.....' Yugi thought as they set off to find Malik.

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"Oww......Tristan, you ok?" Joey asked, getting up and looking around.

"Easy squeezy lemon peasy......"

Joey sweatdropped.

Tristan shook his head.

"Yeah, I'm ok. Where are the others?"

"I dunno," Joey shrugged. "I think we-" He stopped and stared straight ahead.

A figure lay unmoving and still on the ground about 50 feet in front of them.

A figure with pale hair and a purple tank top.

"Oh man....." Tristan breathed. "That's Malik....."

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Mojobubbles: GOOD JOB, YAMI MALIK!!!!! *glomps him*

Y. Malik: Erk!

Yami: *is pissed*

Meht-urt (Kirstie's crazy yami): YAAAAAAAAMIIIII MAAAAALIIIIIIK- CHAAAAAAAANNNN! *grabs Y. Malik* *gives Mojobubbles homicidal looks of doom*

Mojobubbles: I'm afraid you can't do anything. This is my story, and therefore you have no power here.

Meht-urt: Damn! *disappears w/ Y. Malik*

Mojobubbles: MWHAHAHAHAHA!! A cliffhanger!!!!

Kamilah: *ahem* *points to "Harry Potter and the Hunt"*

Mojobubbles: *winces* Ok, now how long has it been since I updated?

Harry Potter: APRIL 2ND!

Mojobubbles: Ooh......sorry! I'll go work on that! I promise!