A/N: 10th chapter! Not bad, eh? ~_^ Second longest story, in chapters. My longest I haven't finished yet. Getting emails for that story saying hurry up, too. :P BTW-- I have a cold, and it's wearing me down, man!! ~_~ Oi, why'd my sister have to get sick and pass it onto me in the first place?? ~_~
~ShOuT-oUtS!~
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Seto always hated those damn roosters. Always running around the farms pretending to be all of that, but actually just acting like chickens with their heads cut off, minus the part it actually wasn't, and crowing so loudly, he was sure not only Elvis could hear it, but Adam and Eve as well. Now, he really hated roosters, as he cold blue eyes opened up a bit sleepily as a rooster just happened to be crowing somewhere outside the castle walls, yet still all the same noticable.
Seto's eyes opened fully as the sun's beams of light shined on his forehead. He blinked a few times, and rolled his head to his other side, away from the sun. He then saw Yugi, sleeping peacefully like a little child, nearby the bars. No, actually, his little hands were clamped loosely around the bars of their cell, and his chin was resting peacefully on a bar that went vertically. Seemingly, Yugi was a much deeper sleeper than Seto was. And despite both of their situations, Yugi had a small smile placed on his lips. A big improvement from yesterday, in which Yugi was full of utter despair and sadness.
It was then Seto recalled yesterday's events. Oh ya, damn, I'm going to die today, thought Seto bitterly. I hate roosters. A lot. I could have slept more, and stay away from reality a little longer..
Seto silently sighed to himself. He sat up, wincing from the pain throbbing in the back of his skull. "God damn it," he swore in a low whisper, rubbing his head gingerly. Gem was right; I probably do have a concussion... Seto shakily stood upp, towering a bit over Yugi's sleeping form. Trying to find something to concentrate on, his head spinning, Seto stared at Yugi for a minute.
Yugi's hair fell gently over his innocent violet eyes, his flawless peace face being hidden a bit as well. His upper torso was slowly moving up and down as he breathed, and Seto could have sworn he saw a white aura around him, much like a little angel. But he couldn't concentrate well on it, though, as he stumbled forward suddenly, his headache worsened. He silently started to fall to the ground, his eyes sliding down shut weakly, hearing a faint calling in the distance..
Seto was prepared to not feel the ground to make impact with his face, and feeling his bones crush with his heart. He felt like he had failed his little brother, Mokuba, since he was still in Pegasus' evil grip. Seto was going to die knowing that Mokuba would possibly never be free again, so what does it matter if he had more pain inflicted on himself he already knew his fate?
Seto blinked his eyes open as looked downwards in surprise. Strong hands supported him from the ground, strong yet gentle. He knew who they belonged to, even though they felt slightly different then the last time they had hugged him. He looked up, and blinked a few times again. There above him, was Yami; his crimson-violet eyes filled with concern for his older friend. "Seto," he asked quietly in his deep baratone voice that would make fangirls world-wide die with a smile on their faces, "Are you alright?"
"Fine, fine," he barely mumbled back. Yami wasn't convinced; he placed a hand over Seto's forehead and his eyes widened in mixed emotions, making it impossible for Seto to read. Yami then placed his hand on the back of Seto's head. Seto winced in pain as Yami felt for any softness. Yami's eyes widened more, as he moved Seto's hair away from the spot. It was black and purple, taking on a look very sickly. "Seto, have you recently...been hit in the head with something, and lost consciousness?" he asked seriously.
"Um...I can't think straight, but I think so.." he replied, blinking a lot to try and concentrate on something; anything!
"Oh...Ra..." Yami whispered, "We have a problem."
"We already have a problem, Yugi; people want to kill us, it can't get much worse than that," Seto mumbled in a bit of a higher voice than before.
Yami slowly shook his head, "I'm not worried about that right now, I'm going to think of something soon. But even if we do get out of this mess, you have a big problem here. You have a concussion, Seto. I'm no doctor, but it looks like it wasn't so bad at first. But now, if you don't get treatment soon..." Yami trailed off in thought, but then after a few seconds continued, "Seto, you will die if you don't get any medical treatment soon."
A little bit later...
"Bathroom break," Jose called out in a grumble, checking the giant clock above his head, "But make it snappy, you have five minutes, then I wanna see you back in here, and to have this room finished being cleaned before lunch-break!"
Jounouchi bit his lower lip as he looked up at the clock, and the sound of children racing to get out the door; 11:30am. Damn, won't be long now.. Jounouchi glanced back at Honda. "Hey, Honda, do me a favour and cover for me, 'kay?" he whispered.
Honda looked skeptical, "Why, Jou?"
Jounouchi shook his head, "Can't say, too many people 'round. But, just cover for me, kay?"
Honda slowly nodded, after staring at Jounouchi for a minute. "Alright,"
Jounouchi grinned. "Thanks a bunch, Honda. And just one thing-- If I ain't back in 'bout 40 minutes, then jus' wait longer." With that, Jounouchi dashed off into the crowd of children, with Honda hoping that those wouldn't be his friend's famous last words..
Time-- 11:50am, almost time
Yami heard the metallic screech of steel bars cracking open as he alerted his attention away from his sick friend. He tried his best the make a bandage for Seto with a strip of the bottom of his royal blue cape, and didn't do to bad of a job; it covered over his concussion well, even though Seto wasn't awake to realize, since he had passed out not to long before. But now, Seto was jolted awake but the rude intrusion of Denki, who was grinning ear to ear, as the steel bared door opened. "Alright, you two, end of the line," he sneered.
Yami snarled quietly at Denki in anger.
/OK, what's the plan, Yami?/
//Hard to explain, but I promise we'll get out of this alive.//
/...OK, I believe you, Yami./
Denki wrapped handcuffs made of rope over Seto and Yamis' wrists; Seto barely able to put up a struggle being so weak, and Yami not even bothering, his confidence high.
Denki led the two out of their cell, with Yami supporting Seto, who was barely able to walk. Curse my damn concussion, Seto thought bitterly, If I wasn't in such a weak state, I could get me and Yugi out of here with ease...but now, it seems all so hopeless...
Meanwhile...
At the back of the duelist kingdom castle, with dark rain clouds covering the area, like a dark blanket, a German guard of Pegasus was busy preparing the ropes for two trouble makers he had heard of would be hung with; it was his job to do the executions around here, and he did the job in a way so things wouldn't get messy, with blood spilling everywhere. And he did the job without a second thought; as long as he ended up getting paid in the end, he didn't care if he killed a hobo or the president of the USA.
Suddenly, he heard a twig snap from behind him. He whirled around, his ice blue eyes shining in suspicion. "Hello? Anyone there?" he asked in a thick German accent. Nothing. He looked around quickly, shrugged, and turned back around to finish up. He tightened the final rope with a crazed grin. Perfect. He shrugged on a plain brown robe, tied it up around his stomach, placed the hood over his head, which hid his facial features perfectly--
--And suddenly felt pain burst through the back of his head, and darkness engulfed him.
Back with Yami and Seto, a few minutes later...
"Got a plan, Yugi?" Seto whispered, as Denki wrapped a rope around Seto's neck.
"Yes, don't worry," Yami murmured back, who had already had a rope tied around his neck.
"Well, I hope you use it soon, because in a few minutes, it'll be too late to use it." Seto grumbled.
"Stay strong."
As Denki finished tieing the rope around Seto's neck, he looked around himself impatiently. He saw Jose, Panchito, Rintaro, and all of the other guards...but where was Jeremy?? He was suppose to be here...Denki checked his watch, which read 12:01pm...a minute ago! What was taking the guy so damn long?? Even if he was using the john, he knew he was suppose to be here, and wouldn't take this long!
Denki stomped his feet impatiently. "Where the hell is that bum Jeremy??" he demanded.
"Comin', comin'!" came voice from behind. Everyone looked behind, and saw that he was running towards them, with his brown robe on, and his hood masking his face. In one hand, he held something underneath a sleeve, and the other was hidden underneath his sleeve as well. He came up to Denki, his face towards the ground, "I'm here, I'm here, let's get this ova with, 'kay?" he said gruffly.
Denki raised an eyebrow. Funny, his accent wasn't as strong as before, and seemed like some other one he had heard before, but he couldn't quite place it. Canadian? Brooklyn? He wasn't sure. "Say, Jeremy, you OK? You sound different somehow."
"Fine, fine," He replied after he cleared his throat a bit, "Jus' a bit of a cold, s'all." he added quickly.
"Well, alright," Denki let it pass, "Now, let's get this over with."
He nodded at Denki, and walked towards the lever to lift the floor from underneath Yami and Seto. Yami stared at him; Ok, now or never..!
Yami glanced at Seto, who was staring blankly ahead, obviously in deep thought about something, and back at his executor. He glared at him, as the eye of Horus started to glow on his head...
...But it soon faded away from his forehead as he stared in shock at the face that was suppose to belong to 'Jeremy'. "No..." he whispered in shock. "How?"
'Jeremy' grinned at Yami and winked, and after hid his face back from under his hood. He looked like his was about to pull the lever...
...When instead, he revealed what he was hiding under his sleeve, a knife, and with a low whistling followed by the quick stroke, sliced through both Seto and Yami's ropes, which were hooked around their necks. They were free!
"Hey, what the hell--??" Was basically everyone's expression as they stared in awe at 'Jeremy', except for Yami. His trademark smirk was placed across his face. 'Jeremy' without another word, laughed out, dropping his fake German accent, and ripped off the brown robe that covered his body. And underneath it, was Jounouchi!
"Hey, you're not Jeremy!" gasped Panchito, followed by a low growl of anger.
Jounouchi grinned, throwing the pocket knife aside, "Nope, guess again!"
Seto nearly fell over seeing Jounouchi. "What the--?" he sputtered, then glanced at Yami, "Do you know him?"
Yami nodded, "Yes, he's my best friend, Jou. I'm not sure how, but he's here to help us."
Seto slowly nodded at Yami. "Um, sure," That's when everyone's attention went back towards the guards, as Denki yelled out the classic bad guy cry, "Get 'em!!"
Yami narrowed his eyes as the guards charged for the three. Damn, He looked back at Seto, who was having a hard time supporting himself. Yami caught him just in time, "Seto, it looks like me and Jou are going have to fight our way out of this mess. Your in no condition to fight, so you'll...just have to be careful."
Seto stubbornly shook his head, "I'm...fine!" he grunted, standing up slowly by himself, wincing a bit, "I can take them! Don't worry about me..!"
"Seto--!"
"No time for dat now, guys!" Jounouchi shouted, "They're coming, now!" Jounouchi barely dodged a punch from Rintaro.
Yami glanced back at Seto, and sighed. "Don't get yourself killed, alright?"
Seto nodded, and the two broke apart from each other. Jose charged for Seto as the 16 year old rolled up his sleeves, while both Denki and Panchito took on Yami. The rest of the guards stood by, incase someone needed their help. And as Yami was blocking and returning punches and kicks between Denki and Panchito, a song from Yugi's past seemed to ring through his ears. The song was something he had listened to a lot before Pegasus, and had loved the song. And now, it just seemed to fit with the present situation for some reason he couldn't explain..
Buddy you're a boy, make a big noise,
Playin' in the street gonna be a big man some day..
Yami blocked another kick from Panchito with his knee. He winced a bit in pain, but wasn't as bad as it could have been, if it had hit the place Panchito had aimed for; you know, where the sun don't shine..
Yami felt his knuckled crack a bit as his fist connected with Denki jaw. Denki stumbled back a bit, and Yami sent a punch towards his stomach, but ended up hitting Denki's arm instead, as the muscular man blocked it. Yami squeazed his eyes shut tightly as Panchito kicked some dirt in his face. It stung his eyes, and Yami covered them with his hands, leaving him vunerable for a minute, and for Panchito to elbow him in the stomach. Yami grinted his teeth in pain, opening his crimson-violet eyes slightly to try and get a view of what was happening.
You got mud on yo' face,
You big disgrace,
Kickin' your can all over the place...
Meanwhile, Seto was faring quite as well as Yami was. Jose wasn't that much of a karate master, but could still pack a punch. Seto normally would have been able to take him down in a punch or two, but he wasn't able to, for reasons you already know. Jose kicked Seto in the gut, making Seto whimper out in pain, stiffling a scream. Seto staggered back, his head throbbling. He clutched his stomach, wincing, and closed his eyes tightly. Jose then took advantage of that, and scratched Seto's left arm. A trail of warm blood followed, and Seto winced even more. Jose then kicked his legs, making him collasp to the ground. Seto's cold blue eyes snapped open as his bare hands hit the ground, trying to support him. He looked up at Jose. Jose then chuckled cruelly, "You weakling. No wonder it was so easy to capture your brother, Mokuba.."
He wasn't able to continue his insult, because the next thing he knew, Jose was lieing on the ground, with Seto on top of him, punching his head numerous times, his cold blue eyes screaming the words 'bloody murder'.
Singin',
We will, we will rock you!
We will, we will rock you!...
Jounouchi, meanwhile, seemed to have the time of his life. A big grin was planted on his face, as he and Rintaro duked it out. Maybe he had finally snapped, or he was just happy to have revenge on him for making his life a living hell for the past year or so, no one could tell for sure.
Jounouchi ducked as Rintaro's fist swung towards his head, leaving Rintaro wondering what the hell just happened. Rintaro blinked a few times, then his eyes widened as Jounouchi elbowed him in the gut. Jounouchi then flipped him over, and slammed him into the ground. Rintaro lay there, stunned for a minute, but then shook his head trying to clear his head of the blue birds that were flying around his head, and jumped back up. Man, he just won't stay down, Jounouchi thought through grinted teeth. Jounouchi readied himself, and Rintarto charged for him again. Rintaro aimed a punch for the blonde, and ended up hitting him on the arm. Jounouchi winced a bit, but then swung a punch back at Rintaro. It also hit his arm as Rintaro blocked his chest. Then, running low on ideas, Jounouchi shouted out, pointing behinmd Rintaro, "Look, it's Pegasus, and he looks mad!"
Being stupid, Rintaro whirled around, leaving himself unprotected. Jounouchi grinned slyly, and then kicked him square in the back, knocking him down with an 'oof!'. "Oops, my mistake," Jounouchi smiled. Jounouchi wasn't prepared though to have two other guards charge for him as well. Jounouchi gasped a bit, and ducked from a misguilded punch.
Buddy you're a young man, hard man,
Shouting in the street, gonna take on the world some day...
Back with Yami, Panchito and Denki continued their enslaught on him. Yami was able to see again, though, and was doing a bit better now, but was still struggling a bit.
Yami ducked another punch from Panchito, and flipped backwards away from them. This surprised Yami a bit afterwards, but smirked to himself a bit. he looked back up, and saw Panchito and Denki racing towards him. Yami's smirk widened a bit, and at the last second, jumped into the air, avoiding both of their attacks. When Yami landed though, Denki ended up scratching Yami's cheek. Yami hissed in pain, placing his hand over his cheek. Yami shidded on his heels for a moment, but was able to stop himself. He growled at Denki, "No way in hell your getting away with that!"
Yami then jumped into the air again, making Panchito and Denki stand still wondering what he was trying to do, and Yami kicked them both square in the face. They both shouted out in pain, and skidded back into a few other guards. When Yami landed, he rubbed his hands together triumpantly, smirking. "That takes care of those two," he murmured. He looked back just in time to see three other guards aim a punch at our hero. Yami barely dodged one of them, but the other two hit dead on, making Yami fall onto his back, clutching his left scratched cheek, and chest in pain. He groaned a little, That's sure going to bruise.. Yami slit his eyes open, and kicked one of the guards just in time before he could elbow him in the gut. And well, where he kicked...wasn't very pretty.
You got blood on yo' face.
You big disgrace,
Wavin' your banner all over the place...
Soon, Jose was knocked out by how many dead on hard punchs Seto had delivered. Seto was panting, as he stood up shakily. "Call that weak, you idiot! And never, ever talk about my brother like that again!" he hissed venomously. Just then, more guards charged for Seto. Seto swore under his breath, as he jumped back a bit avoiding a kick to the legs. Seto then jumped onto one guards, and pulled his cheeks back, making the owner hiss in pain. While the guard was trying to get Seto off of himself, the other guards were trying to hit and kick Seto. So, Seto used the guard he had jumped on as a shield, and also as a weapon. Pretty soon, a lot of the guards that had attacked him, and the one he had jumped on, were knocked out, except for one woman and one man. They raced for him in different directions, leaving Seto choice but to...
We will, we will rock you!
Sing it!
We will, we will rock you!...
Jounouchi grinted his teeth as a punch landed on his jaw. Trying to ignore the burst of pain, he gave a punch back to the one who landed one on his jaw. It hit his stomach, making him stumble back. Jounouchi then jumped onto the grown man's stomach, making him yell in pain. The guard's eyes rolled back into his head. Jounouchi smiled triumpantly, not noticing the guard sneaking up behind him. But, he did realize it; for Jounouchi...
Buddy you're an old man, poor man, You some peace some day...
Yami flipped back up from where he was sitting, and punched a guard in the gut, making him stumble backwards a bit. He then punched him again in the gut, then defended himself with his arms from another elbow in the chest, from a different guard. Yami grinted his teeth, and jumped back a bit from another attack from the same guard. He swished a punch by his face, in which Yami leaned back to avoid it. He stumbled back a bit, loosing his balance, but soon recovered it, just in time to catch a punch from the guard he had punched in the stomach a few seconds ago. He squeezed the guard's hand, and pushed him backwards when he least expected it. The guard ended up kicking some dirt in Yami face, in which Yami avoided a bit, just skimming his face, leaving a small dirt mark on the side of his right cheek. After he recovered in about 2 seconds, Yami then jumped backwards, and...
You got mud on your face,
Big disgrace,
Somebody betta put you back in your place...
...Seto had no choice but to slam both guards right into each other's faces...
We will, we will rock you!
Sing it...
...But he did realize it; for Jounouchi grabbed onto the guards hand, and flipped him onto his back. The guard grunted in pain as the wind got knocked out of him, and Jounouchi kicked him where the sun don't shine...
We will we, will rock you!
Everybody...
...Yami then jumped backwards, and twirled around on one foot, and spun his leg around, kicking both guards in the face, and sending them flying...
We will, we will rock you!
We will, we will rock you!
...And all of the guards got knocked out at the same time.
Alright.
Yami whiped sweat off of his brow; they had beat them! And this time, their injuries weren't quite so serious as when he fought against them alone before, minus the part that Seto was already hurt, which he was glad for. He looked aroun; Jounouchi was cheering happliy with a big grin on his face, while Seto had an eyebrow raised at him, and was also rubbing the back of his head, which Yami could tell was in pain. Seto then turned away from Jounouchi, shaking his head a little in disbelief. "OK," Yami stated afterwards, "I hate to do this, but it looks like--" Yami's crimson-violet eyes widened in fear, as his voice trailed off. "Jou, look out!!"
Jounouchi stopped cheering, wondering what Yami meant. Jou was about to whirl around, when he suddenly felt a huge burst of pain erupt in his left shoulder like a volcano suddenly erupting lava unexpectantly. Jou shouted out in pain, falling to his knees, trying to clutch his shoulder in pain. But, something was blocking him from doing so; he looked at his shoulder wincing, and his brown eyes widened; his pocket knife was inserted into his shoulder!
Yami's eyes were wide in shock. Seto was also staring in shock. Then, suddenly, Yami's look of shock was replaced by hatred and anger. "Pegasus, you bastard!" he shouted venomously.
Pegasus smirked and chuckled cruelly at Yami. He looked down at Jounouchi, then back at Yami, "You weren't expecting that, huh, Yugi-boy? But, then again, I wasn't expecting you to have the millieum puzzle, either."
Yami's eyebrows rose in confusion, "Millieum puzzle?"
"I guess you didn't know the name of that necklace that's hidden underneath that shirt of yours', huh, Yugi-boy?" Pegasus said casually, "That necklace isn't an ordinary one, as you should know by now. But even so, it's history is much more ledgendary and mysterious than you know of," Pegasus continued casually.
Yami narrowed his eyes, clutching onto his puzzle protectively, "Even so, why did you attack Jou?"
Pegasus' smirk widened, "To set up the game,"
"It's not a game to hurt someone, Pegasus!" Seto growled, "Which reminds me-- give me back Mokuba, you monster!"
Pegasus glanced at Seto, "My, my, aren't we demanding? But, I wouldn't worry about little Mokuba too much, Kaiba-boy."
Yami's eyebrows rose more. "What do you mean?"
Pegasus chuckled quietly. "This." Pegasus' millieum eye glowed brightly, making Yami's stomach lurch, as the bright light surrounded everything, blinding him, screams and evil laughter echoing through his ears...
When the light faded, Yami wasn't aware that he had shut his eyes until his opened them again. What he saw next just angered him further; Seto was lying on the ground, lifeless, and a blank look in his eyes, telling Yami that his soul was stolen. Jounouchi's soul though, luckily, wasn't gone; but he was still in pretty bad shape, and was bleeding a lot, and crimson blood was starting to soak through his clothes, and as trailing down his green jacket. He seemed to be in excrucianting pain, too, while Pegasus was chuckling evilly.
"You...you monster!" Yami spat, "How, why would you do this to them??"
Pegasus tilted his head in an almost innocent mannor, "You really want to know, Yugi-boy? Well, I'll tell you-- this is to seal the deal."
"What deal?"
Pegasus smirked, "I want to play a game, a shadow game. With you, and it will be a duel monsters game, too. Your friends are just the stakes. For, if you win, I'll give you back both of Mokuba and Kaibas' souls, and let you treat both Katsuya and Kaibas' injuries. But if I win...I claim your soul and your milliuem puzzle! So, do we have a deal?"
Yami simply growled in reply. "I'll take that as a yes," stated Pegasus. He eye glowed again, and Yami felt the somewhat familar push of gravity as they were all transported to the shadow realm. Yami looked around in the darkness, and saw that he and Pegasus were now in a duel monsters' arena, and to the side, there in a steel barred cage, were Seto and Mokuba's bodies, and Jounouchi who was looking around, surprised of he sudden change of sencery.
"Now, we'll begin anytime, Yugi-boy," called Pegasus from the other side of the arena. Yami averted his attention towards the evil man, "But just one word of advice-- if you somehow manage to beat me, you'd better hope it'll be soon, for it looks like Katsuya over there doesn't have much time to live...and of what I know, neither does Seto's body." Yami grinted his teeth, as he pulled out his dueling deck from his pocket, and Pegasus' evil laughter echoed through the shadow realm, and making Yami shiver a bit...
~To Be Continued...~
A/N: Sorry for the evil cliffy!! I had to end it there, it was getting really long! In fact, there are...*checks words count*...whoa, about 4487 words!! @_@ No wonder my fingers hurt. *cracks knuckles* Anyway, just letting you know, I'm going to post the results of the song poll at the end of the next chapter. ^__^ So, please review!! ^__^
