Brood: Oh Ra! It's Chapter 9!

Zutsokaki: Oh Ra! Free ME!!

Brood: Hehe....bored, Zutso-kun? And Ieyre, I hope you are satisfied with your reward!!





CHAPTER 9



Seto felt as if he couldn't walk anymore. His duels that day had been definitly less vigorous on his part. He finished off his few opponents with swiftness, taking their chips and leaving as fast as he could.

He was right. He DID feel awful for losing Lisa. He didn't like to think of her all alone on the island, and hated to think about what she was going through, all alone out there. He couldn't stop thinking about poor Lisa. Under all of that cute facade of her's, she just was another little kid who wanted her older sibling. It made him think of Mokuba even more, sending that emotional knife he'd been stabbing into his heart even deeper.

"Oh bleeding hearts of the world UNITE!" He couldn't help muttering that to himself as he slumped down the the ground, setting up his camp.

He slept very hard that night, distracted with thoughts of what could have become of the small Irish Whirlwind. The next morning, he awoke to the distant sound of yelling. The afternoon sun blinded him as he abrubtly opened his eyes.

Seto was relieved that the screaming wasn't Lisa. In fact, the sound was distant and sounded like there was more than one person yelling. It stopped after a moment. Seto got curious. He picked up camp and followed the noise.



Elsewhere on this island, a very confused Shadi was wandering around. He was going where his Millennium Scale was leading him, and it had led him to this island. It was without a doubt that it was the island that the tournament was being held on.

Shadi had more than likely been correct in assuming that his other item was on the island somewhere.....if it even was his anymore. He looked down at the bag he had left at his side, and pulled a piece of dried bread out of it. His powers had made him unnoticeable and non important to the others on the island, and he was passed a few times already without even a glance in his direction.

He didn't like the fact that he had to track down his item without so much as a hint, but at least he'd gotten a free ride to the island.........



Amoura had nearly fallen over in pure shock, her Yunet peeking over from the side of her bag. She mewed. Yugi and the others had stood beside her, and were now gaping at the place before them.

Honda ran up and yanked on the lock on the gates. "Hey, Joey, come help me man!!!!" Joey jogged up and then pulled on the large padlock with all of their might. The fasteners to the gate snapped off, leaving the lock whole and unbroken. Joey opened the gates and bowed everyone inside with a large sweeping motion.

"After you, my friends." He was grinning ear to ear as he followed them inside.

Before them was a large carnival set up amusement park. They walked down the main area, looking at all of the old game booths and glancing at the large rides that loomed way ahead.

Bakura was looking especially interested as the girls, Joey, and Mokuba ran straight for the rides. Honda, Yugi and he followed them and looked at the rides.

"Do you think any of these work at all?" Yugi looked up at the rides, and Bakura messed with a control to a ferris wheel. It was fairly medium sized, with golden lights and fancy cars attached to it with Indian elephant carvings on it. It didn't respond to his fiddling around.

"I don't think so Yugi. I think the power is disconnected."

Joey looked up at the large and frightening ride and yelled over at Bakura, "I think all we need to do is find the control center!"

Mai had separated and ran around, soon finding a door with slightly faded lettering. Employees only. This had to be the area where the power connections were. She called back to everyone, and Honda, Joey and Bakura went over quickly. Bakura nudged everyone to the side and went inside. Anzu, Amoura, and Mokuba walked up slowly.

"What's Bakura doing? Why did he go inside?" Mokuba looked at the door and made to go inside for himself. He was stopped by Honda's arm on his sholder.

"I think Bakura might actually know what he's doing in there....."

They all watched the faded door for a moment, and then a moment later, the whole park came to life. Lights came up around them and rides whirred with the new power surging through them. The lights made little difference because it was early afternoon, and they soon went off. Bakura came out, slightly smudged in oil on his hands.

"I was able to get the power on, but I kept the lights off since it is daytime. The rides look sort of old, but they should work now...." Bakura smiled as the others gaped at him in utter wonder.

"Bakura....where did you learn all of these things?" Anzu stared at him, and he shrugged.

"My cousin used to work full time at an amusement park. He brought me alot during one summer and I learned alot of things....this stuff is a little older than the things I learned to work, but I can still do it." He grinned and nodded at the rides. "Well, what are we waiting for?"

Everyone stopped looking at Bakura funny and turned towards the rides with equally face-encompassing grins.

Yugi looked over at Bakura as they walked. "Bakura, don't you want to ride on some of them?"

"I might later, Yugi. I would only trust you or Anzu at this point to teach a few controls to...." He snickered lightly, and Yugi grinned as well.

The first ride they boarded was one called The Typhoon. It had long bent arms attached to it, and three two-person cars attached to each arm. First, the cars would begin spinning, then the arms would rotate around the perimeter of the ride, then the cars and arms would tilt up and you would spin around in two different types of circles while tilted sideways.

Joey and Honda got in together, and Anzu and Mai got in another car. Amoura and Mokuba climbed into another, and Yugi looked for someone to board with. Since Amoura and Mokuba were both small, he got on with them. Bakura gave them all a thumbs up sign and turned the first knob on the machine from the control booth. Bakura's friends were all soon screaming and yelling happily as the slightly old machinery spun them around.

They rode many different rides that day, Mai swaying off of nearly all of them. Everyone thought it would be good to take a day off of dueling. Joey instructed the others to mark the amusement park on their ID maps, and they all did happily. Yugi was instructed by Bakura on how to run some of the ride's controls, and had fun turning the rides on while Bakura took a turn on some of the rides.

In the late afternoon, they all took a break and took some time to check out the old greying gaming stands. Honda jumped behind the counter of a game and quickly found a hat under the counter. He put it on and held up a ball.

"Hurry hurry hurry! Step right up and get the chance to win a moldy old plush toy that may or may not be in the back of this stand! Break a bottle with three chances, and you WIN!"

Some of the others laughed, and Mokuba stepped up.

"Give me that ball."

"Say please, little boy....you may not get the ball!"

Mokuba successfully glared at Honda, and he handed the ball to Mokuba.

The young boy grinned and threw the ball as hard as he could at the bottles. The ball bounced off of one of the shelves, bounced off of the other wall, and landed loudly on the side of Yugi's head. He reeled backwards and held his head. He then leaned on the side of the booth and let his senses return.

Joey, Honda, Mai, and Mokuba were laughing, while Anzu and Amoura went to his side, both of them snickering clearly. They all found picnic tables to sit at underneath of a sideshow gazebo, and ate lunch from that. Mokuba clutched a small and aged stuffed dragon in his hands, which was handed to him by a giggling Honda. It was odd looking and purple, but it was neat anyway.

When Amoura let Yunet out of her bag for lunch, Honda fell backwards again, sneezing loudly and moving to another table. Anzu joined him out of sympathy. Honda didn't have to worry about the kitten moving much towards him though, since when Amoura pulled Yunet out of her bag, she immediatly slumped over again and slept on the table.

"I told you zat she is alvays zleeping....." She grinned.

Joey placed a small bit of food from Yunet's pouch in front of her face. It was only about a millimeter from the kitten's nose. Then, the small pink tounge of the cat darted out, licking up the food in front of her. She never opened her eyes or moved during this. Yugi and Mai laughed, and Joey put more food in front of the sleep-eating kitten.

Bakura leaned into the face of the cat. "You are right. The marking around her eyes do look like Egyptian face paints. It really is fascinating." He stroked the face of the kitten and went back to his berries and water.

"Hey, won't we get sick of these meals sooner or later? I mean, just berries to eat isn't going to sustain us while we are going to have to get our own food...." Mai looked at her berries and sighed.

Mokuba replied, "My brother can catch his own food."

Honda glanced over from his safe haven. "Catch?"

"Yes, catch. He can catch small animals and cook them up. He used to do it when we went camping. It was really good."

Yugi made a point of making a grossed out face. "Poor animals......."

Mokuba dismissed the empathy for Seto's meals. "It's really no big deal. He never wastes things."

Bakura nodded. "Things like rabbit and cobra really aren't that bad...."

This time, it was Anzu's turn. "Cobra!?!?!"

"Cobra is what we could eat sometimes when we were in.....on....digs in Egypt. They were actually very delicious."

Mokuba grinned. "See? Bakura's with me!"

Joey looked at them all. "But that doesn't solve our problem. If Kaiba can hunt for himself, then that's fine for him. But we don't have that Kaiba here. And I doubt any of us would be up to the task of skinning and cooking the meat anyway, much less killing it to begin with."

They were all surprised. It wasn't often that Joey took command in such situations.

"Any anyway, we don't have knives or other things to kill and skin with, so what good would trapping some raccoon be if we can't even do what we have to do?"

"I 'ave a knife."

They looked at Amoura. She lifted her leg onto the table, just beside Yunet's head. On her upper thigh, a there was a strap with a sheathe attached to it. Inside was obviously a hunting knife.

"I 'ave my dueling deck in a zimilar zetup on my ozer leg.....now zat ve 'ave zat problem out of ze vay.....'oo is going to kill ze defenzeless creatures once ve trap zem?"

Nobody was too eager to raise their hands at this.

Soon, the whole idea was abandoned for the moment for the sake of getting back to the rides. Amoura went on the ferris wheel with Mai, who needed a break from the larger more vomit-inducing rides. Joey and Honda had gone on the first roller coaster they could find, yelling themselves hoarse as they rode it tons of times, keeping Yugi and Bakura busy for a moment, since the ferris wheel didn't demand constant attention. Yugi and Mokuba had decided to get on a Teacup ride once Yugi got a moment, and were spinning themselves madly around inside of the pod.

They all got together again about two hours later, with the sun beginning to set behind them. It was decided that they would have one last ride on the Typhoon, then they would remorsefully leave. Bakura stated plainly that he did not like the fast spinning rides much, and said that he would operate the ride. Joey made him promise that it would be extra long.

Bakura flipped the switch and the ride began rotating. He twiddled the SPEED knob and it went slightly faster, up to regulation speeds. His friends began to yell happily. Next, he hit the button that raised the arms of the machine, and the arms tilted sideways and his friends were now at a 45% angle slant.

\\The knob....turn it more.....\\

The voice of his Yami hissed into his brain. It was dripping with ancient malice

\\Give them a one way ticket out of this silly excuse for an attraction....just turn that speed knob a bit more....and then more....\\

His Yami's voice held great power over him, and the Millennium Ring began to glow around his neck as Bakura aimlessly and absently begain to reach for the knob, staring straight ahead. He was barely even aware of that evil voice goading him....seducing him to his very will.....in the back of his brain, Bakura knew that if a ride went too fast, then it would break and the momentum would propel anyone inside a great and dangerous distance that would quickly remind them of their own fleeting mortality.

Suddenly, his hand jerked back as something like logic broke through the slow and melodic voice of evil. He couldn't do this! He knew that it was his Yami that wanted him to harm his friends.........

\\YOU WORTHLESS SOFT MORTAL! YOU DARE THINK YOU CAN OUTDO ME!?!?!\\

Bakura wavered inside of the control booth, and was immediatly immersed in a powerful feeling. It felt surprisingly like being bathed in strong mints, the tingling sentation all over his body, and inside as well. He knew instantly that his Yami had taken him over.

Bakura's darker half stood grinning evilly inside of the booth, where Bakura once stood.

"Now if I could just make out these stupid human scribblings......this must be the knob that controls the speed of this thing....." Yami Bakura turned the knob a little slowly, and not surprisingly, the ride sped up to the smallest extent. The mortals inside gave a small sharp yell of glee. Stupid mortals and their glee. He would just have to fix that.

He reached for the knob with every intention of twisting it as hard as he could, but just as his fingers brushed the knob, a sharp voice broke through the air.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!!?!?!?!"

The evil-doer snapped his head up and saw that Seto Kaiba was standing in front of the ride.

He turned his head and swore. He couldn't allow himself to be caught like this. He had to maintain the poise that his blasted aibou was in some sort of control right now. He quickly reverted back inside of the Ring, and Bakura stood inside of the booth feeling light headed and woozy. But he knew he had to get the ride stopped before anything else happened. He undid all of the controls, and the ride came to a slow stop. Bakura stumbled out of the booth and walked as straight as he could over to the others.

"In case you all haven't noticed......" Bakura motioned his head to where Seto was standing.

Yugi narrowed his eyes. "Yes. I saw him. I think Mokuba is having a fit over by Amoura right now."

Bakura chanced a peek over to the other side of the ride. Mokuba was frozen where he was, half paralyzed by fear, and the other by extreme jubilation. Seto couldn't see Mokuba from the other side of the ride, but Mokuba knew that his brother was there.

Anzu, Joey, Mai, and Honda all walked out beside Yugi. They all stared at Seto. Yugi was the first to speak.

"Hey Seto! How are you?........" Yugi trailed of slightly, all of them thinking about the young boy behind the main part of the ride.

"I happened to hear all of your pathetic yelling. I would have been here hours ago, but I kept running into areas too solid with trees to pass through." He was very curt sounding with his response. "And may I ask as to why you are all slacking off at this ramshackle place when you could be out dueling?"

Joey stepped up to bat. "Maybe we don't have to eat, breathe, and crap dueling like you do Kaiba! We do happen to have fun once in awhile!"

Seto glared up at Joey. "Ahh....Bonkotsu! I see you are as arrogant as ever..."

Joey felt the hairs on his neck and arms prickle up in malice. "I thought we might have changed you somehow after that Battle City tournament......"

"But some things never change, eh, Dog boy?"

Joey was about to jump Kaiba then and there, but Honda stopped him. "He isn't worth it still, I suppose."

At this time, Mokuba was trembling with such harsh excitement, that he couldn't contain himself anymore. It didn't matter what his brother would do after the initial shock of seeing him again, but he couldn't care less.

"NII-SAMA!!!!!!!!!!"

Seto Kaiba's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates at the sound of the boy's yelling. His eyes only widened more, if possible, when Mokuba himself ran out from the ride, Amoura hot at his heels, trying to get to him.

Mokuba jumped happily into his brother's shocked and numbed form, and Seto senselessly clung to him. Mokuba's eyes welled and brimmed over with tears.

"Oh Seto-sama! I'm so sorry I didn't tell you that I was coming! I just couldn't stand so long without you! I just HAD to come and be with you big brother! Please please don't be mad at me!" Mokuba sobbed hard into his brother's shirt. Seto absently stroked Mokuba's hair.

"It's.......it's.....it's alright Mokuba. I'm here now. Please......no more tears."

Mokuba looked up at his brother and managed a small smile. "Nii-sama......"

Lisa's eyes flickered over Mokuba's for a moment, and Seto just clung to his brother tighter, glad that he had him back. Joey couldn't even be mad at Seto right now. He well understood the need to be near a younger sibling. He let an aching look pass by his face, and realized that even if it had been just a few days so far, he still wouldn't be seeing his sister Shizuka anytime soon.

A tear stung at his eye, and he turned away and wiped it away quickly. Amoura had walked up behind all of them. She stared Seto hard into his ice blue eyes with her own deep brown ones.

Mokuba looked up at them. "Amoura! You said you knew Seto, right?"

Seto looked down on his brother. "We have met on ocassion on our way here."

Amoura nodded. "Oui. I am glad zat you are vith your brother now, Mokuba." She smiled, a small tear prickling the back of her eye. "Vill ve be leaving zis park zoon to zet up camp for ze night," she asked, turning her head to Yugi and the others.

Joey looked up at the sky. It was turning brilliant shades of violet and magenta. "Yeah....I think Amoura's right. We might want to find some place to stay for the night. I honestly don't see why we can't stay in the park for the night."

Mai voted for that also, obviously with every intention of making a makeshift matress out of plush toys. The other's quickly followed with votes to stay in the park.

Amoura went over to Mokuba and Seto just as the others were finding their bags. "Mokuba, I zuppoze zat you are going to be vith your brozer from now on?" She forced a smile at the small boy. Mokuba looked up at her, and then at Seto.

"Seto, could we stay with them for the night? Please, nii- sama?"

Seto looked down on his brother. "I don't think so Mokuba. We really need to get moving now." He glanced up into Amoura's eyes. She had obviously developed some sort of liking to Mokuba in her time with him. He weakened under the gaze of both Amoura and Mokuba. "Ahh....I suppose. Only if Yugi and the others will have it."

Mai had stopped the others from finding spots and they were now watching them. Yugi looked at the others questioningly, and they all nodded. Mokuba grinned happily and reached into Amoura's bag, taking out the limp and sleepy form of Yunet.

The elder Kaiba brother's eyes widened at the sight of the small animal, and when Mokuba dumped it into his arms, the kitten looked up with a sleepy eye and mewed up at Seto before going back to sleep again.

"Is this....your cat, Amoura?"

"Oui, Zeto. Long ztory, come, let's find camping zpots....." She grinned and the Kaiba's followed her to the group.



In the campfire light flickering around them, the booths of games and the looming rides seemed alot more threatening. Chills went down their spines as they glanced around them. Seto and Mokuba were talking quietly to themselves, but they all understood what they were talking about exactly when Seto suddenly shouted "WHAT!?!?!" at the top of his lungs.

Mokuba suddenly stood with him, and put his hand on his brother's arm. "Don't worry nii-sama, Amoura said that she got rid of Keith after I.....I blacked out...."

"But that bonkotsu has a gun!! He could be doing anything right now!"

This had gotten Joey's attention. Bonkotsu was a name usually reserved for him. Yup. Seto was pissed.

"We can't let him stay out there with that gun! I should rip him to shreds with my teeth for even threatening yours and Amoura's lives like that!!!"

Amoura snickered. "Now, zat iz a zight I vould like to zee....."

Seto was rounded on her quickly. "Do you think this is funny!?!?!?"

"No. I zink zat ve are not in immediate danger. He von't be using zat gun on anyone zoon. But I zenced a discontentment inzide of ze Bandit. He is emotionally unztable for zome reason."

Yugi looked over at Joey, and Joey silently agreed with what Yugi was trying to tell him. Seto understood well also.

"Bandit Keith, as of late, has suffered many crushing defeats. I think as the American Champion for so long, having been beaten by Pegasus and the assistance of a small boy, an amature, and then having an eight year old girl take up his old title, have all taken their separate affects on the mind of Keith. He just may not be as sane as he used to be....." Seto was thinking all of these things out loud mainly to himself.

"....or as sane as that guy could ever get...." Joey snorted.

"Ah...I zee. Zo zere is zome torture in 'is 'eart. Zat explains much of 'is actions. When not in control of your own emotions, you can do zome very frightening zings....."

Anzu nodded. "I really have to agree with that. Sometimes, people can be blinded by emotions like that, and it usually takes all rational thought from them."

At this point, Bakura got up. "If you will all please excuse me, I wish to take a short walk around now. I do need some air."

Honda grinned and looked around him. "Well, there is plenty to go around right here!"

Bakura turned to Honda. "You do know what I mean, Honda-kun." And with that, he walked off into the night, with the others looking after him.



He had been walking for around twenty minutes now. His Yami was really starting to worry him more and more with each passing moment. His darker half had nearly killed his friends that day, he was sure. Bakura was really glad that Seto had come at the time that he did, or he might have been greeted by the sight of cars flying from the ride, exploding.....the fire blossoming like some great cosmic flower in front of his helpless eyes. Bakura clenched his eyes and fists as he kept on walking through the quiet carnival.

\\Oh Aibou slave....\\

\No....leave me! Just do not bother me anymore!\

\\You are finally growing a spine, mortal shell. Maybe my "lessons" have taught you well.....\\

\You could have taken lives today, Yami!\

\\And I haven't before? What's the big deal.....you could have taken the Sennen Puzzle right from the remains of the Pharoah.....with me laughing in your ear the whole time.....it would have been great fun.\\

\Your idea of fun and mine run much differently. You are horrible, and I wish that you never came to me.\

\\Now you can't say that entirely, Bakura.....you have been glad that I am here many times, have you not?\\

\Such things as dying and being banished to the Shadow Realm are not my idea of a valuable passtimes.\

\\But the other things.....the bullies have an odd fear of you now.....you aren't picked on near as much anymore.....and you have become a much stronger duelist......and you can use some of the Ring's powers. Hmm....just out of curiousity, Aibou, do you have any idea who contributed to those?\\

\..........\

\\Just as I thought.\\

\You still nearly killed my friends though.\

\\FRIENDS!? Why do you even need friends?\\

\Of course. Especially when I have enemies like you.\

\\Hmm..not only is that backbone appearing, but a much larger mouth is accompanying it. I don't like it much. Anyway, won't those friends turn their backs on you and run once....certain things come to pass?//

\You cannot do these things anymore. They are wrong, you are wrong, and your ways are wrong. Nobody can just lay back while you attempt at lives again.\

\\Lie back? Why, that is such a good idea Aibou....why don't you.....DO THAT YOURSELF!!!!\\ And with those words, Bakura felt the familiar mint dip sensation again. His Yami had taken control once more.

"Heh....now how to deal with the others? They were in such a nice neat little group before....too bad they weren't going to stay so neat for long. Damn Priest. He just HAD to show up...." The darkness of Bakura turned around in the direction of the camp, with every intention of killing them somehow. He didn't know how exactly, so he'd have to improvise.

But there was someone barring his way.

"Tomb robber. It had been indeed a long while since our last meeting."

"Who.......are you?" His voice was filled with malicious curiousity. He thought he knew this person. It was a young woman. She had a deep and commanding presence, and it filled the air around them thickly.

"I do think that with just a little more time, you will remember completly. I KNOW that you know. And you took something precious from me long ago. I wish for it back. Right now."

The old Tomb robber backed up. He didn't know why, but he felt as if he DID take something from her. He felt like a small child being caught for the first time taking a piece of candy from a shop. This feeling was so new to the evil one. He was confused over it, and angry at it for showing itself at a woman like her. He stood up taller.

"And what makes you think I stole something from you? It may be possible. I have stolen many things over my time on this piteous planet." He smirked, closing his eyes.

"Because it was the last thing you ever stole. I don't know much else myself, but if you give it back......then maybe I will."

The darkness once again had to compose himself quickly.

\\The last thing I stole? Could it have been the thievery that earned that millenia inside of my ring? I'm not entirely sure what I did, but I have an idea.....\\

He glanced up at the woman again. Her eyes were filled with a deep seeded hatred for his exsistence, but he did notice that there was something deeper than that. It was a sense of confusion and need. She didn't know what he had taken any more than he could, but it was very important. Importance didn't matter to him. It never did. Many of the things he had mangaged to steal out from under people's noses were important. But still....those eyes were very familiar to him.

Then suddenly, he had it. Everything. She had been right. He had been close to knowing. And she was right about the importance of what was stolen. And WHO exactly she was. He was glad she had no idea. He only had one option at this overwhelming force of memories and interrogations hitting him from all sides.

He ran past her roughly, nearly knocking her to one side and headed straight back to the camp, letting his aibou take over in mid-run.





Brood: *sitting in front of the computer with a plate of sliced summer sausage, listening to Beatles music. You look at the clock. It is about one thirty in the morning. She stabs a slice of the sausage with a knife and aimlessly eats it off of the knife.* *singing blandly and sleepily, while typing at the computer* We all live in a Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine.......*clicks the post button*

Zutsokaki: Oh my, it is late, isn't it........*looks at the chapter* Yeesh. And the end isn't half bad considering her current state....*Brood falls over*

Brood: ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzZZZZzzzzzz........

Zutsokaki: ...........well.....I guess now isn't a bad time to bring this up, since she's out cold. I personally have been wanting that Ra forsaken outtakes chapter re written, and Brood's just all too out of it to care. So I suppose it's up to the reviewers if you all want that horrible excuse for humor rewritten. I have to say that her humor skills have gone up since she finished that horrible chapter, and then began writing the Cast Party. I suppose....you should R/R right now....and I think that's what Brood needs right now....is some R/R.....rest & relaxation....since her tournament is on Saturday morning, and she's been training like crap to do well. Oh well, maybe I can stay here and sleep that morning. I've been meaning to catch up.....*falls over* ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzz......

Brood: ZZZZZzzzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzzzz...........