YH: Unless you plan to drop out.
Jade: Well, I don't plan to drop out. This should have been up last week, but I had way too much homework. :(
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! belongs to Kazuki Takahashi who must be making millions off this show. Himeko and her yami belong to Jade, who doesn't recieve a dime.
Jade: Damn.
Warning: A great amount of dirty mouths in the beginning of this chapter. *goes to get soap*
/Hikari to Yami/
//Yami to Hikari//
Mix N' Match
*Yami Bakura's POV*
What the hell was that? People don't just disappear! That hair and those eyes, I wonder...Couldn't be. That figure was too feminine to be Yugi or the Pharaoh. I can hear my yadounshi whimpering on the floor behind me. Pathetic. I stomp over to it and give it a hard kick in the ribs.
"Shut up!" I yell to add to the force. It grits it's teeth, fighting back it's scream. I growl as I grab it's long, snow-white hair. It yelps as I pull it back, leaving his neck vulnerable. I place my knife at his throat. "You're not going to go against my orders again, are you?" It's head shakes. My knife nicks it's neck. I brush the knife along it's skin. Not hard enough to draw blood. Just enough to frighten him. "I don't believe you." I start pushing the blade against it's neck, in an area it wouldn't die from bleeding. Don't need this thing to go to the hospital again. Crimson tears spill onto my knife and trail down it's chest. It whimpers again. Maybe I should try going a little deeper....
"HEY, TOMB ROBBER!" a deep feminine voice bellows into my room. The knife fell from my hands. Who the hell? "I KNOW YOU'RE IN HERE, YOU BASTARD!" she yells again. I snarl softly and stand up.
"Don't move, yadounshi," I order the thing on my floor. What kind of girl would know about me?
"WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?!" And what an annoying voice she has, too. Damn.
"SHUT UP! I'M COMING, BITCH!" I yell into the hall and stomp downstairs.
"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU CALL ME?!" Ah, there she is, leaning against the wall with a smirk, and her arms crossed over her chest. Damn, she looks like the pharaoh. Did he have a sex change or something?
"I CALLED YOU 'BITCH', BITCH!" I yell at her face. She waves her hand in front of her face.
"Whew, somebody needs a mint," she smirks at me. "So, do you know who I am, tomb robber?"
"Unless Yami had a sex change, I have no fucking idea," I growl. She gives me a smile that has often graced my lips.
"Puuurrrfect," she purrs,"I could have you right now, but it'd be so boring just to knock you out. So, let's play a game first." That smirk is too much like the Pharaoh.
"You think you could knock me out?" I retort with another smirk. She pushes back her hair, revealing a golden earring, with a very familiar symbol on it. "What the fuck?" It glows brightly and a beam shoots out of the eye and hits me in the forehead. My head pulls back. Damn, that hurt!
"I can do alot of things. Read minds. Go into your soul room. Locate the other millenium items. See the future and the past. Of course they're not as strong as the original millenium items, but once I find the seal. Well, let's just say that will change."
"There's an eighth millenium item?" I stare in disbelief at the earring. "Why didn't my ring sense it?"
"Simple, I put up a shield around it. I don't need the pharaoh to sense it, too." She steps toward me. "So, are you going to play, or am I going to have to use my powers on you?" Those eyes. They're different from the pharaoh. They're not fearless or commanding. They look almost insane. I let out a low growl.
"Fine, I'll play your game."
"Puuurrrfect," she purrs again.
"Knock it off with those goddamn purrs already! They're fucking annoying!" I snarl. She responds with another purr. Fucking bitch. She brings her hand up in front of her face and snaps her fingers. The room grows dark. The air has an all too familiar feel to it. The Shadow Realm...
"These are the terms. If you win you can keep my earring, but if I win I get to keep YOU," she hesitates before letting out another purr.
"I don't know what you want from me, but I accept your terms." ....They're not as strong as the original millenium items... That's what she said. So, this eighth one is s'pposed to have the powers of the seven millenium items? They're not as strong as the originals, but they can be quite useful. A wicked grin spreads on my lips. I just have to win a measly little game to get that millenium item.
"Puuurrrfect," she snaps her fingers again. A large table appears in between us. Duel monster cards are set facedown in a pattern. "Tell me, Bakura, have you ever played the mortals' game of Concentration?" Concentration? What the hell is that? "I guess that would be a no. In Concentration you have to flip over two cards at a time and try to get a match. In the mortals' game, the one who gets the most matches, or the one who finishes their side first would win. Naturally, that's not the case here." She points above my head. I look up and see a glowing green bar above my head. "Since we're using a deck of Duel monster cards, instead of normal cards, we have a life bar. When that bar runs out, you lose. Now, how do I diminish my opponent's life bar you may ask? Simple: When you make a match, that duel monster will automatically be summoned, and will attack your opponent. Those cards will disappear afterwards. However, if you don't make a match the monsters will form together and attack YOU instead. The cards will then become facedown again, waiting to be summoned." So, this is basically a game of luck and memory? Well, no matter. I'll still win.
"Very well, let's begin."
"Slow down, tomb robber. There's one more thing I'm adding to this game," she snaps her fingers. A transparent, smaller version of this woman appears a few feet behind her. The girl's eyes are filled with confusion. She looks at me and quickly looks away. I turn my head. My yadounshi is here as well.
"Your hikari, I believe?" I gesture towards the girl.
"That's right. They can't hear us and we can't hear them. We are only able to talk through our mind links. A barrier surrounds them, so they can't come to us and we can't go to them. THEY have the ability to see which card is which. However, they are still allowed to lie, and thanks to that barrier we can't do anything about. They've been told that the loser will be forever imprisoned within the Shadow Realm. I believe neither of our lights like us that much, so neither of us have an advantage. If either of us tries to tell them the true terms of this battle, then that person as well as the hikari will be meeting with Anubis real soon."
"What's the point in bringing them here, if our lights would be happy to see us forever imprisoned in this void?" Silence reigns for a moment. At last she lets out a sigh and shrugs.
"Because I feel like it," she gives me a weird smile.
"Whatever, let's just start this game." She nods in agreement. Her finger floats above the cards, before she brings it down on one to her left side and flips over The Happy Lover. Hmmm...I flip over the card in the exact middle, The Wall Shadow. She hesitates before flipping over a card in the bottam row, Celtic Guardian. The monsters rose from their cards. They started to glow and merged together into one of the most grotesque things I've seen in my life. The Celtic Guardian still has the same attire, except it's PINK! A big red heart is imprinted on his cape and helm. Large pink wings spread from his back, and the hilt of his sword is in the shape of a heart. He turned and slashed his sword at my opponent. She yelps in pain and clutches her shoulder as he splits in two and returns to the cards.
"Damn," she curses. Her body trembles.Weird noises fill the area, emitting from her. She throws her head back and laughs. "That has to be the STUPIDEST-LOOKING CELTIC GUARDIAN I've ever seen!" She turns her head and smiles at her hikari mischievously. She turns towards me, still laughing. "Okay, okay! Your turn!" I raise my eyebrow. What a weird woman. I turn my attention back to the cards.
/Third card from the right....second from the top./
//Shut up, yadounshi!// A mental gasp passes through my head. //I'm going to do this by myself!//
/But Yami!/
//Master, you insolent brat!// I slam my hand down on a card on the left side, near the bottam and flip it over. Shit! The Mystical Elf! The monsters rise and glow. They merge together into an overgrown blue bug with hair, wearing a dress and a tiara. It snarls at me before it brings down it's claw. It rakes across my chest. My hand automatically goes there as it disappears back into it's original cards. I loom at the bars above our heads. Both are one-sixth of the way down.
*Himeko's POV*
I watch as my yami flips over another card, grimacing from her shoulder wound. It's the Buster Blader. Bakura's yami flips over a card as well. The Mystical Elf! How lucky could he get?! He smirks knowingly.
//Hikari, I need another Buster Blader in order to block his Mystical Elf.//
/Uh, right./ I glance at the cards and spot Buster Blader and the Kuriboh right next to it. /The card in the top left corner./ She places her hand over Kuriboh and flips it over. The cards merge into a Buster Blader with a seriously bad hair day. His paws grasp the sword as he brings it down on my yami's other shoulder. I wince at her scream. Bakura's yami smirks as he flips over his previous Mystical Elf. It forms together perfectly and scratches Yami-sama's face. She screams again. A smile returns to her lips quickly. I can hear her chuckle through our link. Is she delirious? The loss of blood must be messing with her head!
"Seems I'm already halfway down," she chuckles. Bakura's yami smirks. He has the edge. He'll keep that edge, too. Yami-sama knows I'm lying, so why does she keep listening to me? She flips over another card, Gemini Elf. She smiles broadly. One of our favorite cards, second only to Dark Magician Girl. Bakura's yami flips over another card. It's the Change of Heart.
//So, which is it, aibou?//
/Uh...I..../ I mentally blink. Did she just call me aibou? It didn't sound...sarcastic.
//I'm counting on you, aibou.//
/Why? You know I'm just lying. So, why do you keep asking me?/
//You have never betrayed me before.// She hesitates for a minute. //You're the only one who has never betrayed me. I trust you, little hikari.// A mental chuckle fills our link. //I don't blame you, if you wish for me to spend the rest of my days in the Shadow Realm.//
/Demo! I don't want you to go to the Shadow Realm!/
//You don't want....// I can feel her shock through our link. //If that's true, then why do you wish for me to lose?//
/I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO LOSE! PLEASE CALL OFF THIS GAME!/ Silence reigns betweens us. Bakura's yami is talking to my yami, but I can't hear him.
//I can't do that, aibou. Once the game starts, there is no going back.// I hear her sigh. //So, are you going to tell me where the other Gemini Elf is, or am I getting a one-way ticket to the Shadow Realm?//
/I....I..../ I look across the room at the other hikari. Bakura looks distressed and he's crying. Does he want to send his yami to the Shadow Realm? Nobody deserves such a cruel fate, but if that's what he wants... /Third card from the right, in the top row./ She flips over the card. The Gemini Elves merge together and set up a defense incase Bakura's yami pulls another Curse of Dragon. The elves' faces change in front of my eyes. Yami-sama and me?! I close my eyes and shake my head. When I open them, they're the normal faces of the Gemini Elf. You have never betrayed me....the only one who has never betrayed me.... Those were her words. I can feel the guilt mount in my chest. We are partners, if not friends. We need to have some sort of trust between us. But...everything she's done to me. My father, her threats, her beatings... Why can't I HATE her?! I clench my fists in frustration. My nails digging into my palm. My eyes shut tightly.
Nooooooooooo! My eyes snap open. Bakura?! I look over to Bakura who is pounding his invisible barrier. I can hear him screaming in my mind. Why? Why can I hear him? I look towards his yami whose hand is on top of a card, about to flip it over. The sound of glass shattering fills my ears and my head snaps back towards Bakura. The fragments of the barrier sprayed around him. The shards cut across his skin. Yami Bakura snaps his head and looks at Bakura in shock as his hikari passed him and flipped over a card. The Change of Heart rose from his card and merged with the other one. He leaps into the Gemini Elf
*Yami Himeko's POV*
The possessed Gemini Elf looks at me coldly. I wince as the smaller one reminds me of my hikari. The way she's looking at me. Why does it bother me? Then they attack me at the same time. A scream passes my lips and I clutch my chest. I look over at the tomb robber and his light. The tomb robber's eyes are filled with shock as Bakura's face was turned to the side, avoiding his yami's gaze. "You...You weren't lying?" the tomb robber whispers. The hikari doesn't make a motion or a sound. "Answer me, damnit!" he grabs his hikari by his shirt.
"N-No M-Master..." his hikari stutters, still avoiding eye contact.
"Why?!" his yami growled. Well, well... tomb robber is mad at his hikari because he was trying to help him win. People say I'm freaky...
"I don't know," he replies in a whisper. Yami Bakura's eyes widen. "I...I don't want you to go. I don't know why...I just don't..." Oh brother, I think I'm gonna be sick. I lower my head and let out a small cough.
"Sorry to interrupt such a touchy moment," I snap my fingers. The table, cards and my hikari's barrier disappear. "But you're hikari just broke the rules. Now I'll claim my prize."
"Please, don't!" Both lights scream at the same time. I turn my head towards my hikari. Her eyes glazed by unshed tears.
"Since you could not choose which one you wanted to spare, I am entitled to do whatever I'd like with them," I smirk.
~Flashback~
"So choose, little one. Let the hikari suffer under his yami's hand, or have his yami suffer under mine."
"I....I...."
"I don't have all day." I cross my arms and tap my foot impatiently. My hikari shook violently and glared at me.
"That isn't a FAIR choice!"
"Sounds fair to me. The hikari is spared and the yami is mine."
"It's not fair! I can't just CHOOSE!"
"Very well. I'll choose for you." I wink at her. A smirk spreads on my face as her eyes widen in fear.
~End Flashback~
I snap my fingers again. The Shadow Realm fades away as well as my whiny light. The pathetic hikari, Bakura, is unconcious on the floor. Bakura's yami continues looking over his hikari. His eyes with confusion clearly expressed in them. Aw, jeez. Why am I concerning myself over those two?
"So tomb robber, what should I do with you?" I bring my finger to my cheek as I think. "Hmmmm....maybe I should cut you up like a fish? Or how about I hang you from the ceiling and use you as a punching bag?" His stone-like gaze remained on his hikari, which is really aggravating. I flip my golden bangs and smirk. "Oh and of course, the hikari DID break the rules. Therefore, he shall recieve a game penalty," I raise my hand in front of me. Bakura's yami turns and glares at me.
"Leave my yadounshi out of this!" he growls. I hold my pose. One 'Mind Crush' is all it'd have to take.
"Memory Wipe!" My hand glows with a golden aura that encircles Bakura. "I was originally planning that after I had my fun with you, I would send you to the Shadow Realm and permanently destroy the Millenium Ring," I walk over to him, "but this intrigues me." I stand up on my tip-toes, so our faces almost touch nose to nose. My eyes narrow. My right hand instantly goes to his neck and I wrap my fingers around it, digging my nails into his pale flesh.
"Two souls be bound to only one. The wrongs of a bound one shall doom them both to the abyss." I release my grip.
"What was that?"
"A curse, my dear slave. You shall obey my commands, or my curse will send both of you to the Shadow Realm," I cross my arms. "First, you must never speak of my existence and the existence of the Millenium Earring to anyone, which includes your light." He nods reluctantly. "Good boy." I run my hand through his long silver hair. "Kierei....Now hold still." I lean in and kiss him hard. My teeth bite on his lips, drawing blood. I can feel his body tense. I pull his jaw down, allowing me entrance as I taste him. Metallic. He tastes like fresh blood. I pull his head closer, deepening the kiss. Ah! My chest! What? What's going on?!
I'm alone. It's dark in here. This isn't the Shadow Realm. Where am I? "Hello! Is anyone here? Tomb robber!" I yell through the darkness. Light quickly floods my eyes. I slowly open them as the light dims. A tablet? The Change of Heart? Demo...that face... Tomb robber? I place my hand on the engraving of the heart he holds in his hands. It's warm....I close my eyes.
"What are you doing in the Pharaoh's treasure chambers?"
"What are you doing here? Aren't you the Pharaoh's pet?"
"I can go anywhere I want within this castle. Thieves like you shouldn't even exist in this realm!"
"Hrmph. It's the Pharaoh who shouldn't exist! Do you even know what a slave goes through day after day?!"
"...................Yes."
I'm back, and I'm kissing the tomb robber. His eyes still wide. I'm sure my eyes were, too. I pull away from him and look him over carefully. "I'll spare you from the rest of my plans for tonight." My voice drips in venom as my eyes mimic sadism. I fade away to my distant, sleeping hikari's millenium item.
I would have trouble sleeping tonight. In the corner of my ceiling is a drawing of the tomb robber and I in the Pharaoh's treasure chamber....
Jade: A plot comes into play next chapter! (Randomness just gets boring after a while.) I'm too lazy to do anything creative in these notes right now.
Himeko: *innocent eyes* You haven't done any creative notes.
Jade: Don't remind me.
Jap/Eng Guide:
Yadounshi- Property
Kierei (na)-Pretty, Beautiful
