((Caution: Yugi/Jou fluff. ^_^; Kind of a short chapter, but the next one will be up soon.))
****Bakura's POV****
I remember back at the Duelist Kingdom, almost a year ago, when my hikari went to duel... He was traveling with that idiot Yugi and his retarded friends. I don't understand why he followed them. They barely knew he was there. It was almost as if he were invisible.
I also remember how he told me about Seto Kaiba. How Pegasus had captured his little brother, Mokuba. Hell, I had known that before Ryou told me. I'm not stupid.
Back in the Duelist Kingdom, Seto had saved Ryou. I think that's when that stupid hikari of mine discovered he was gay. Bandit Keith had attacked Ryou, demanding for his cards and star chips. Of course that weak, dim-witted hikari didn't know that to do. It was then Seto came in and whooped Keith's ass. I could have done that.
After that, Ryou was determined to help save Mokuba. I believe they met up a few more times before Pegasus finally took Seto's soul and sealed it into a card. My hikari has too big of a heart for his own good. He did everything in his power to help save Mokuba. Hell, I even fought off Pegasus' guards, just to help him. I made up some crap about stealing his soulless body just so I would have a body of my own. In the end, we rescued Mokuba. Ryou seemed extremely happy and proud… It almost felt good to help him. Well, now we were both content; him and his feeling of accomplishing something, and me with my new Millennium Eye.
On the helicopter ride back, Ryou got to sit beside Seto. Even from my soul room, I could hear his heart beating through the Millennium Ring. How Seto had made his way into Ryou's heart is still completely a mystery to me.
Now, as I watch his helicopter fading into the distance, I can hear my hikari calling to me to protect him. I don't see why though. I knew very well he didn't feel the same for my Ryou. I was still alone… We were both alone… And nobody would ever care about us. And so, I guess, we'll be outcasts together.
"I'll save you, Ryou…"
****Battle City Harbor****
It had been nearly an hour since the battle started. Malik had possessed both Anzu and Jounouchi.
The possessed Jounouchi was currently dueling Yugi, while Anzu was tied up, underneath a crate. Yugi was almost in tears, seeing his dear Jou this way.
A crowd had grown on the sidelines, consisting of Seto, Mokuba, Trish, Mai, Honda, Otogi, and Shizuka. Meanwhile, Malik stood on his boat's deck, leaning up against the railing. He was quite amused with the way he was toying with Yugi's mind and heart. Rashid approached him, opening his mouth to say something. He was immediately cut off by a slap across his face. Malik's violet eyes glared at him, growling. Rashid retreated to the back, deciding to give his input on the duel later.
(A/N: I'm really too lazy to write out the whole duel. But here it is anyway. If you don't want to read it, just skip down to Yugi's POV.)
The counter is getting lower and lower as they only have 20 minutes left to finish the duel. Jounouchi seems to have the lead as he lowers Yugi down to a mere 1000 life points.
Malik seemed pleased that Jounouchi is following his order and tells Jou to have the Panther Warrior attack the weakened Red Eyes. But Jou instead orders Panther Warrior to attack Yugi's other monster. Malik is furious Jou isn't following his orders and even worse, Yugi springs a trap backfiring Panther Warrior's attack back at the Panther Warrior.
As the counter lowers to just four minutes, Anzu yells at Kaiba and Mokuba to just stop the duel and forget about her, but they are unable to bring themselves to do that. Shizuka attempts to remove her bandage when she hears Jou is dueling, but Anzu yells at her not to, not wanting Shizuka's first sight to be Jou possessed.
With four minutes left, the duel continues. Malik, angry with Jou for not accepting his moves, just simply tells Jou to stop dueling all together and just wait for the time to run out. Jou, however, little by little regaining his memory, keeps playing. He draws a card, Death Meteor, which will give him 500 points of damage and Yugi 1500. Malik orders him to play it but Jou hesitates. Malik insists Jou will have won, but Jou begins to recall his real memory. Yugi helps him remember by reminding him of Duelist Kingdom, and Shizuka.
As Malik's mind control loses its hold, Malik uses full power to completely take over Jou. He plays the Death Meteor card as Jou can only hear from inside his mind where he's trapped. But Jou manages to get rid of Malik's influence all together in a rage of anger and compassion for Yugi. Yugi, happy to see his friend back again, activates the Fairies Handmirror. This allows him to redirect the attack to any other target.
Meanwhile, Kaiba's helicopter on autopilot drags the crate away from over Anzu and Kaiba knocks out the man guarding her. The other free Anzu as Yugi and Jou begin talking with the counter ticking down from 59 seconds.
Kaiba realizes Yugi's plan as Yugi thanks Jou for being his friend. Jou is stunned as Yugi informs the Fairy that the target is himself, and the Death Meteor hits Yugi, causing his life points to drop to zero as he collapses on the floor.
Jou is too shocked to notice his key has opened up in front of him as the counted ticks down from 30 seconds. Yugi manages to tell Jou to take the key and run away and take off his duel disk before he faints. Jou refuses and orders the red eyes to attack him. Red Eyes does this and Jou's life points hit zero too, causing Yugi's key to open up.
Shizuka starts to take off her bandage and her eyes start to adjust as Jou takes off his duel disk and grabs onto the chain. He swings over to Yugi's side and grabs his Key before the timer hits zero and they are tugged into the water.
Jou unlocks Yugi and Yugi floats safety to the surface. Honda grabs Yugi out of the water and calls for someone to get Jou's key. But Shizuka is already on the job and jumps into the water herself. Jou, sinking further and further down, sees Shizuka coming and thinks it's Yugi. Shizuka unlocks him and they get to the surface safety. Kaiba wonders how Jou could be silly enough to have time to take off his duel disk but not have time to get his own key as Jou apologizes to Yugi.
Yugi insists it was not them fighting but Jou fighting Malik the whole time but Jou is still ashamed. He claims he isn't even worthy enough to continue to be a duelist. Mai, outraged at Jou's statement, smacks him and starts to tell him about everything he's accomplished as a duelist, and how giving it up would be foolish.
As Yami watches on, impressed at Yugi's courage, Kaiba and Mokuba start to walk away. Yugi remembers the tournament and that Mai, Jou, and he all have six puzzle cards each. Enough to enter the tournament finals.
****Yugi's POV****
I was glad to see Jounouchi back to normal. I had been so frightened that I was going to lose him. I immediately ran up to Jounouchi, who extended his arms, catching me. After holding me tight enough to cut off the circulation in my whole body for a moment or two, he kissed my forehead. It had been so long since he kissed me… Especially in front of people. My eyes watered…
"Jounouchi…?"
"Hai, Yugi-chan?"
"Aishiteru…"
Jounouchi smiled warmly down at me. I could tell he was about to cry as well…
"Aishiteru, Yugi-chan…"
****Normal POV****
Seeing they all had enough puzzle cards to get into the tournament, and that Yugi and Jounouchi were cuddling, Seto decided it was time for him to exit.
"We'll meet up again in the finals." Seto said, turning his back to them, not sure if they heard or not. Jounouchi and Yugi were now doing a bit more than kissing now.
Mokuba tugged on Trish's jacket. Looking down at the smaller one, she could tell he was puzzled.
"Umm… Trish-san… what are they doing?"
"….T_T Well… They… Um… Let's go Mokuba! Seto's leaving us!"
"Hai!" Completely forgetting Yugi and Jounouchi, he trotted after his older brother. "Wait up, nii-sama!"
(( Thanks to everyone that reviewed! Next chapter up soon. Please review!))
****Bakura's POV****
I remember back at the Duelist Kingdom, almost a year ago, when my hikari went to duel... He was traveling with that idiot Yugi and his retarded friends. I don't understand why he followed them. They barely knew he was there. It was almost as if he were invisible.
I also remember how he told me about Seto Kaiba. How Pegasus had captured his little brother, Mokuba. Hell, I had known that before Ryou told me. I'm not stupid.
Back in the Duelist Kingdom, Seto had saved Ryou. I think that's when that stupid hikari of mine discovered he was gay. Bandit Keith had attacked Ryou, demanding for his cards and star chips. Of course that weak, dim-witted hikari didn't know that to do. It was then Seto came in and whooped Keith's ass. I could have done that.
After that, Ryou was determined to help save Mokuba. I believe they met up a few more times before Pegasus finally took Seto's soul and sealed it into a card. My hikari has too big of a heart for his own good. He did everything in his power to help save Mokuba. Hell, I even fought off Pegasus' guards, just to help him. I made up some crap about stealing his soulless body just so I would have a body of my own. In the end, we rescued Mokuba. Ryou seemed extremely happy and proud… It almost felt good to help him. Well, now we were both content; him and his feeling of accomplishing something, and me with my new Millennium Eye.
On the helicopter ride back, Ryou got to sit beside Seto. Even from my soul room, I could hear his heart beating through the Millennium Ring. How Seto had made his way into Ryou's heart is still completely a mystery to me.
Now, as I watch his helicopter fading into the distance, I can hear my hikari calling to me to protect him. I don't see why though. I knew very well he didn't feel the same for my Ryou. I was still alone… We were both alone… And nobody would ever care about us. And so, I guess, we'll be outcasts together.
"I'll save you, Ryou…"
****Battle City Harbor****
It had been nearly an hour since the battle started. Malik had possessed both Anzu and Jounouchi.
The possessed Jounouchi was currently dueling Yugi, while Anzu was tied up, underneath a crate. Yugi was almost in tears, seeing his dear Jou this way.
A crowd had grown on the sidelines, consisting of Seto, Mokuba, Trish, Mai, Honda, Otogi, and Shizuka. Meanwhile, Malik stood on his boat's deck, leaning up against the railing. He was quite amused with the way he was toying with Yugi's mind and heart. Rashid approached him, opening his mouth to say something. He was immediately cut off by a slap across his face. Malik's violet eyes glared at him, growling. Rashid retreated to the back, deciding to give his input on the duel later.
(A/N: I'm really too lazy to write out the whole duel. But here it is anyway. If you don't want to read it, just skip down to Yugi's POV.)
The counter is getting lower and lower as they only have 20 minutes left to finish the duel. Jounouchi seems to have the lead as he lowers Yugi down to a mere 1000 life points.
Malik seemed pleased that Jounouchi is following his order and tells Jou to have the Panther Warrior attack the weakened Red Eyes. But Jou instead orders Panther Warrior to attack Yugi's other monster. Malik is furious Jou isn't following his orders and even worse, Yugi springs a trap backfiring Panther Warrior's attack back at the Panther Warrior.
As the counter lowers to just four minutes, Anzu yells at Kaiba and Mokuba to just stop the duel and forget about her, but they are unable to bring themselves to do that. Shizuka attempts to remove her bandage when she hears Jou is dueling, but Anzu yells at her not to, not wanting Shizuka's first sight to be Jou possessed.
With four minutes left, the duel continues. Malik, angry with Jou for not accepting his moves, just simply tells Jou to stop dueling all together and just wait for the time to run out. Jou, however, little by little regaining his memory, keeps playing. He draws a card, Death Meteor, which will give him 500 points of damage and Yugi 1500. Malik orders him to play it but Jou hesitates. Malik insists Jou will have won, but Jou begins to recall his real memory. Yugi helps him remember by reminding him of Duelist Kingdom, and Shizuka.
As Malik's mind control loses its hold, Malik uses full power to completely take over Jou. He plays the Death Meteor card as Jou can only hear from inside his mind where he's trapped. But Jou manages to get rid of Malik's influence all together in a rage of anger and compassion for Yugi. Yugi, happy to see his friend back again, activates the Fairies Handmirror. This allows him to redirect the attack to any other target.
Meanwhile, Kaiba's helicopter on autopilot drags the crate away from over Anzu and Kaiba knocks out the man guarding her. The other free Anzu as Yugi and Jou begin talking with the counter ticking down from 59 seconds.
Kaiba realizes Yugi's plan as Yugi thanks Jou for being his friend. Jou is stunned as Yugi informs the Fairy that the target is himself, and the Death Meteor hits Yugi, causing his life points to drop to zero as he collapses on the floor.
Jou is too shocked to notice his key has opened up in front of him as the counted ticks down from 30 seconds. Yugi manages to tell Jou to take the key and run away and take off his duel disk before he faints. Jou refuses and orders the red eyes to attack him. Red Eyes does this and Jou's life points hit zero too, causing Yugi's key to open up.
Shizuka starts to take off her bandage and her eyes start to adjust as Jou takes off his duel disk and grabs onto the chain. He swings over to Yugi's side and grabs his Key before the timer hits zero and they are tugged into the water.
Jou unlocks Yugi and Yugi floats safety to the surface. Honda grabs Yugi out of the water and calls for someone to get Jou's key. But Shizuka is already on the job and jumps into the water herself. Jou, sinking further and further down, sees Shizuka coming and thinks it's Yugi. Shizuka unlocks him and they get to the surface safety. Kaiba wonders how Jou could be silly enough to have time to take off his duel disk but not have time to get his own key as Jou apologizes to Yugi.
Yugi insists it was not them fighting but Jou fighting Malik the whole time but Jou is still ashamed. He claims he isn't even worthy enough to continue to be a duelist. Mai, outraged at Jou's statement, smacks him and starts to tell him about everything he's accomplished as a duelist, and how giving it up would be foolish.
As Yami watches on, impressed at Yugi's courage, Kaiba and Mokuba start to walk away. Yugi remembers the tournament and that Mai, Jou, and he all have six puzzle cards each. Enough to enter the tournament finals.
****Yugi's POV****
I was glad to see Jounouchi back to normal. I had been so frightened that I was going to lose him. I immediately ran up to Jounouchi, who extended his arms, catching me. After holding me tight enough to cut off the circulation in my whole body for a moment or two, he kissed my forehead. It had been so long since he kissed me… Especially in front of people. My eyes watered…
"Jounouchi…?"
"Hai, Yugi-chan?"
"Aishiteru…"
Jounouchi smiled warmly down at me. I could tell he was about to cry as well…
"Aishiteru, Yugi-chan…"
****Normal POV****
Seeing they all had enough puzzle cards to get into the tournament, and that Yugi and Jounouchi were cuddling, Seto decided it was time for him to exit.
"We'll meet up again in the finals." Seto said, turning his back to them, not sure if they heard or not. Jounouchi and Yugi were now doing a bit more than kissing now.
Mokuba tugged on Trish's jacket. Looking down at the smaller one, she could tell he was puzzled.
"Umm… Trish-san… what are they doing?"
"….T_T Well… They… Um… Let's go Mokuba! Seto's leaving us!"
"Hai!" Completely forgetting Yugi and Jounouchi, he trotted after his older brother. "Wait up, nii-sama!"
(( Thanks to everyone that reviewed! Next chapter up soon. Please review!))