Hi, sorry for leaving everyone hanging for a while. I'm having trouble with my muses.
Muses : *chanting* strike! Strike! Strike!
Kirsta: *sweatdrop* oh ra… Pleeeeeeease, Pleeeeeeease, pleeeeeeease!!! Go read and review Guardians of the Shadow Realm…. I'm begging you!!!!!!!! The muses are on strike because we only have one review for that fic…. And they're main characters so… I guess this is what I get for agreeing to write a story with my muses as the main characters… what ever posessed me to do that?
Muses: we did!!!
Kirsta: *sweatdrop* okay, okay, you win, but could you all at least help me write this chappie first?
*muses huddle and discuss*
Serashi: okay, fine, we'll let you write this chapter, but then, no more in this story till we get some reviews.
Kirsta: but….. but….. fine
Muses: yeah! We won!!! *celebrating*
Kirsta: *sweatdrop* what did I get myself into?
Disclaimer: I don't own yu gi oh… and I seems that I don't own my mind anymore either
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Chapter 18: Recruiting Help
The telephone rang at the Bakura residence and woke up the two people currently at home, or technically, the one person who was at home. Ryou looked at the phone from his position on the couch and tried to ignore it, too lazy at the moment to answer it.
Yaku, on the other had, who was inside his soul room, found the ringing noise extremely annoying, especially since it was bouncing off the walls in his room.
*Ryou, get the phone* he said warily.
**Too tired to**
*Get it, it's annoying me.*
**Well, it's not annoying me, so I'm not getting up**
*YOUR ROOM DOESN'T ECHO WITH IT!* Ryou sighed and forced himself up to get the phone.
"Hello, Bakura residence," he greeted groggily.
"Bakura, is that you? Get Yaku please."
"Yami?" Ryou said and thought at the same time. "Last person I'd expect to be asking for him, not that many people ask for him anyway."
*Hey, I heard that!* Ryou grinned to himself and heard the pharaoh snicker on the other end of the line.
**Phone call for you, Yami.**
*Who is it?*
**It's Yami, Yami** Yaku blinked. **Sorry, I've wanted to say that for a while.**
Yaku sweatdropped.
*You have way too much time on your hands. Tell the Pharaoh to go away.*
"Yaku says to go away," Ryou relayed.
"Well, tell him that I'm calling on Caleia's behalf."
**He says he's calling on Caleia's behalf**
*Then tell him I'll call Caleia after my nap*
"He says that he'll call back--"
"Damn it, tomb robber, pick up the phone!" Yami shouted into the phone angrily. Ryou cringed. The voice was loud enough to penetrate into Yaku's soul room. He materialized momentarily next to Ryou and yanked the phone out of his hands.
"What the fuck was that for!" Yaku screamed into the phone. Ryou took the moment to get away into the kitchen to make something to eat.
"Thank you for FINALLY picking up!" Yami screamed back, not answering the question.
"This better be good," Yaku mumbled as he flopped down on the couch. "What is it?" he snapped.
"Seto's been kidnapped," Yami explained.
"Good for him; do I care?"
"Caleia's going after him."
"She can take care of it easily."
"It's Morsei."
"WHAT!" Yaku cried as he sprung off the sofa, his eyes wide. That was not a name he had heard in a long time.
"Morsei kidnapped Seto as bait, and Caleia's going after it," Yami continued.
"She is fucking insane!"
"Tell that to her, not me. We're meeting at her house in fifteen minutes."
"Who's we--" Yaku got cut off as Yami hung up.
Yaku sighed. "Ryou, I'm going out," he called as he grabbed his jacket and threw it on. Ryou poked his head out of the kitchen, wearing a pink apron that said "Chef Mom."
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"Over to Caleia's"
"Why?"
"To try to talk her out of throwing her life away-- and volunteering to go with her if that doesn't work."
"What!"
"You heard me."
"But Yami--"
"You are not my mother, stop asking me ten million questions!" Yaku shouted, making Ryou cringe. It was then that he saw the apron. A sweatdrop appeared on his forehead. "No comment," he said before leaving.
He ran to Caleia's house and burst through the doors. "Caleia, what the fuck are you thinking?" he yelled as soon as he went in. He realized, when he found went in the living room, that he wasn't the only one there. Isis, Malik, and Shadi were already there-- and obviously Yami was too.
"Calm yourself, spirit of the Millennium Ring," Shadi said-- calmly. Caleia appeared out from the adjacent room.
"Everyone's here?" she asked. Yami nodded. "Good."
"Caleia, you're not seriously doing this, are you?" Yaku asked seriously. Caleia nodded. "But you know you probably won't win this battle. "Again, Caleia nodded.
"Please, Keeper--" Isis started.
"Call me Caleia."
"Caleia. -- you must understand the seriousness of this. Morsei is very strong, and to actually be as bold as to challenge you, he has surely grown stronger than what we last knew him as."
"I understand," Caleia replied. Shadi talked next.
"Princess, your powers have not grown to their fullest."
"Call me Caleia."
"With all due respect, your highness, you are not strong enough to win this battle."
"By the gods! Stop giving me titles, Shadi! My name is Caleia!" Caleia snapped, avoiding the subject. Yaku, Yami, and Malik snickered. Shadi looked taken aback.
"I…I am sorry, Prin-- Caleia," he stammered.
"But he's right, you know. You can't hope to accomplish this mission you have given yourself. This is not a battle you can win right now," Malik said. Yami and Yaku nodded in agreement, for once agreeing. Caleia sighed.
"Unfortunately, I do realize this-- that's why I didn't plan on doing this alone. Everyone looked at her. "The reason I asked you all here is to ask you all for your help. This is a battle I must face-- but I do not know if I can do it alone." All those present got what she was asking.
And of course, all readily agreed to go with her without hesitation.
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That was the dumbest ending ever!!!! *glares at muses*
Annya: hey, a deal's a deal.
*glaring contest*
Aki (a.k.a. chibi bakura): dwis cwoul gwo on fowever!
Please review, and R+R Guardians of the Shadow Realm too! Any suggestions on where to go next in here would be absolutely positively greatly appreciated…. I NEED HELP!!!
Oh yeah, by the way, I'd like to thank the few people that suggested kidnapping. Thank you so much for the suggestion! Sorry this is it but I don't have time to look up names *glares at unfinished English paper*… Midterms are around the corner, ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!
