---Oww. Band camp just ended. In sunburned on my legs, arms, chest, shoulders, face, lips, and the top of my head. My feet are killing me from the marching. In addition, I fell as if I am going to suddenly combust into flames and burn down the band room and the practice field.
Josh told us that we could not say shut up anymore. So now, we have to say "Open Down". Josh is our "Drum Major". However, Josh is not a Drum Major he is just a monkey that stands up there and waves his arms!
Ok let us go to the story now.
P.S.
this chapter might be confusing because of all the inner-Yami crap I
made up out of no where because I really didn't know where the plot
was going at this point and I had to come up with something, just go
with it---
Chapter Twenty-One
Inner-Yami
When Seto walked though the front door, it was unusually quiet. He was about to head upstairs when Yani came down.
"Hey Kaiba," she said, "Look something's happened to Laria and-"
"So?" Seto said trying to go upstairs but Yani block his way.
"Look Laria's going to die soon," Yani said, "Atemu found something that could save her, but we need you help."
"I'm busy," Seto growled pushing past the Egyptian spirit and heading to his room.
"You're to busy to save your sister's life?" Yani called to Seto as he reached the landing. He turned and glared at her.
"Yes!" he said then stormed off to his room, slamming his door.
"Sore riko-teki shiseiji! (means something in Japanese, just can't remember what (it's something bad though))" the yami said to herself then went to the living room where Atemu, Malik and Mokuba were. Yani was still seething as she sat down on the coffee table.
"What's wrong love?" Atemu asked.
"That... Kaiba!" Yani scowled, "He doesn't even care about saving his damn sisters life; he probably isn't busy at all!"
The three looked at her.
"Kaiba doesn't want to save Laria?" Malik asked, "I can't believe that, he's not that selfish."
"Oh yes he is! I was telling him about Laria and she gonna die soon and he's like 'so?'" Yani said angrily.
"Let me talk to him love," Atemu said then got up and went up to Kaiba's room, the door was closed. Atemu knocked on the door.
"Kaiba!"
Nothing. Atemu put his ear up to the door. The radio was on. Atemu pounded his fist on the door.
"Kaiba I know you're in there!"
Seto opened the door and glared at Yami.
"What do you want pharaoh?" he asked.
"I want to know why in Ra's name you are turning your back on you sister!" Atemu exclaimed.
"Because," Seto said.
"What! That's not an answer!"
"Ok, look I try to be nice like I am around Mokuba but it is just this feeling deep inside that says 'kill, kill'."
Atemu raised an eyebrow.
"Well maybe it doesn't say kill, but you get what I'm saying," Seto said.
"No it's not that, I think I just figured out why," Atemu said then he turned and ran down stairs leaving Seto still in his doorway, completely confused.
Atemu ran all the way to the living room. When he got there he stopped to catch he's breath for a few seconds.
"Yani," he said, "You have to go up and talk to Kaiba."
"Oh no, I've talked to Kaiba enough today," Yani told him.
"You have to! He feels the same way about Laria as he did about you after out wedding, he doesn't remember his past."
"No way," Yani protested, "I am not going up to talk to him."
"You know about the past," Malik said, "Why can't you go up and tell him, pharaoh."
"He probably won't believe me."
"And what makes you think he'll listen to me," Yani said, "I'm the one that broke his heart in the first place."
"He doesn't know that, he just has the hatred toward you, except it's directed at Laria," Atemu told her.
"I'm not going."
"Go!" Atemu demanded pointing towards the direction of the stairs.
"No!" Yani said again.
"Now missy," Atemu said glaring at her. Yani got up.
"Yes sir-lady-ma'am!" Yani said to her lover as she walked past him. She stopped in the doorway and turned back to him saluting before continuing. She walked up stairs. On the way she walked past Laria's room, she stopped right outside and looked in on her hikari. She sighed and headed on towards Seto's room. She knocked on his door.
"What the hell do you want now Pharaoh!" Seto yelled as he opened the door, he saw Yani, "Oh, its you."
"Yeah don't start thinking I'm thrilled to be here either," Yani slapped herself mentally. Why did I have to say that? "Look Kaiba, we need to get a few things straight."
Yani pushed Seto back into his room and onto his bed.
"Ok here's the deal," Yani said, "You stay there and let me talk without interrupting and this will be short and rather painless."
Seto nodded.
"Good," Yani crossed her arms over her chest. "Now is it my understanding that you are not fond of Laria, am I not correct?"
"Yes," Seto said, "Well not really... I don't know."
"Well you shouldn't, if you want some one to be mad at it should be me. I was the one that hurt you."
"What do you mean?"
"I hurt you five millennia ago, and your Inner-Yami still mad about it. So now you're taking it out on Laria."
"My Inner-Yami?" Seto asked,
"Yes, you see since you had a life back in Ancient Egypt you have a yami too. However, since you don't have a Millennium Item he can't leave your body. He can sense me and tells you to mean to me. But some where the signal is messed up and you take it out on Laria."
"But why is he so mad at you?" Seto asked.
"Well back in Ancient Egypt he was a powerful sorcerer, and my owner."
"You were a slave?"
"Yes," Yani answered glaring at him for interrupting her.
"Wait! I thought you were with Atemu," Seto said.
"This was before I was with Atemu!" Yani said.
"But—"
"I believe I told you to not interrupt me! You need to understand why your Inner-Yami is stopping you from helping Laria, who, in fact is in the other room dieing!"
Yani glared at Seto who closed his mouth.
"Good, now I was your Inner-Yami's slave, though he didn't treat me as bad as he did the other slaves, we were like brother and sister. One day in the market, Atemu saw us together. He fell in love with me. The next day he sent some one to get us to take us to the palace for a duel. Your Inner-Yami lost the duel, and me. No one in the palace heard anything about him for a month or so.
"Then a week before my wedding he shows up challenging Atemu to a duel, for the world. Your Inner-Yami first dueled Yroc, but he lost to your Inner-Yami. Then when he went up against Atemu, he lost. After the duel, he confessed his love to me. I had to turn him down, I didn't love him I loved Atemu. It really hurt your Inner-Yami. Atemu locked him in the dungeons until after the wedding. Then he set him free."
"Is that it?"
"No, a few days after they released your Inner-Yami he came back and tried to kill Atemu, but almost killed me." Yani showed Seto a long scar that ran down her arm. Seto stared wide eyed at it. "There now you know why you hate Laria and Atemu so much. Now it's up to you, you can either fight against what your Inner-Yami is telling you and save you sister or you can just here, not do anything, and let her die. Please don't take to long, Laria's time here is very short," Yani said then she left. She walked slowly down to the living room.
"Well?" Atemu asked as she walked into the room.
"He's trying to decide what we wants to do, but it doesn't look to good." Yani said slumping down on the couch next to Atemu, who pulled her into his arms.
"Don't worry; he'll come around eventfully," Yami said.
"What if it's too late?"
"Can I go talk to him?" Mokuba asked.
"It couldn't hurt kid," Yani said. Mokuba nodded and headed up to his brother's room. He stopped outside the door and knocked softly.
"Come in."
Mokuba opened the door. Seto was lying on his bed.
"Seto?"
"Yes?"
"I don't know what Yami or Yani told you," Mokuba said, "But there's something I have to tell you, something Laria told me a while ago."
Seto sat up and looked at his little brother.
"I just have this feeling deep down that tells me something bad is going to happen" Mokuba told her. Laria smiled sweetly, she picked her younger brother up and sat him in her lap embracing him gently.
"Its ok Mokuba" she said "I would never let anything happen to you... or Seto"
"Even after how he's been treating you and Yani?" Mokuba asked.
"Of course, he's my brother; if he needs my help I'd help him." Laria said combing her fingers though Mokuba's soft mane "even if we were pointing daggers at each other. No matter what, siblings are always there for each other. That's just the way it is, and don't forget that."
Seto smiled at his brother
"Thank you for telling me that," he said getting up from his bed, "Let's go get Pharaoh and Yani; we have a life to save"
---wow I think this is the longest chapter ever. ---
