Chapter 1 - The Surprise
Yami was having a dream. A very beautiful dream. He was in a world full of food, of chocolate, cookies, chicken, and everything sugary. In fact, he was living a world of food. His Millennium Puzzle was one giant lollipop. He was singing away, in a gastronomical bliss.
"Yami! Yami, wake up! We have to go now!"
Yugi was inside Yami's soul room, shaking Yami violently, trying to get the 5000 year old spirit to wake up. It had been three long weeks of torture for the Pharaoh. He had been restricted from having any food.
"Okay, I'm coming," mumbled Yami. The two of them emerged from Yami's soul room. "What's up now? First you keep my locked away in my puzzle without telling me why, and then you can't wait to bring me out."
"You'll see," said Yugi excitedly. "All we have to do is go to Kaiba Land. Kaiba and Mokuba are waiting for us there. In fact, we're really late already. I bet Ryou and Bakura have already arrived."
"Wait. I just got up from my best dream in the last three weeks. You can't expect me to be all bright eyed in just a few minutes. If I were still Pharaoh-"
"Well you're not one anymore, so don't bother saying what you were about to say. Just come with me!"
And with that Yugi dragged a grumpy Yami out of the house slowly and painfully. They ran to Kaiba land, Yami screaming all the way.
"Come on Bakura, you've just got to come along!" Ryou was having the same trouble trying to get Bakura to go to Kaiba Land.
There was a knock on the door. Ryou opened it to find Malik waiting patiently outside.
"Hey Malik," greeted Ryou.
"Hi. Have you managed to persuade Bakura to go yet?" Ryou shook his head. Malik smiled. "Didn't think so."
"And that's why you've come, right? Of course Bakura will go now that you're here."
"Bakura, Malik's here. He wants you to go to Kaiba land with him. And me," he added as an afterthought.
Bakura reluctantly came outside into the sunlight. "Fine, fine, I'll come. But the minute I get bored I'm going back home. Nothing you've planned could be that exciting." The three of them headed to Kaiba Land.
Kaiba was waiting impatiently for the others to arrive. He had expected the two Yamis to be late, but not this late. He checked his watch. He had been anticipating their arrival over an hour ago. Eventually he heard a lot of screaming and scuffling, and Yugi, Yami, Malik, Bakura and Ryou came into view. They looked as if they had been involved in a violent struggle.
"So sorry we're late," apologised Ryou. "We had such a hard time trying to convince these two to come."
"I had more important things to do," said Yami defiantly.
"Like watching soap operas," sniggered Bakura.
"No, I was-"
"That's all right," said Kaiba, cutting in. "You wouldn't expect them to come, would you? Especially since I'm the Duel Monsters Champion." He turned serious and looked at Yami. "Yami, are you ready? I'm holding an exhibition match, where all the money raised goes to charity," said Kaiba. "You don't want to be heartless in front of all the people who'll be watching, do you? Our duel is for a good cause. Unless you're too chicken."
"I'm not afraid, Kaiba. I wasn't being a coward when I said that I had more important things to do." He glared at Yugi. "He didn't give me the chance to EAT anything." His stomach growled. "And don't mention that bird again."
"Chicken," said Malik.
"Chicken," said Bakura.
"Chicken," said Kaiba with a grin.
A huge growl rumbled throughout Kaiba Land, and an angry growl followed that. "GRRRRRRRRRR... If you don't stop that right now I'll eat one of YOU," he threatened.
Joey started making chicken noises, daring Yami to attack. Tristan joined in, and the two of them started doing the chicken dance. It wasn't long before chicken sounds were heard everywhere. Yami surged forward, grabbing the nearest neck and started throttling it. He got so mad that he even attempted to bite the shoulder. But when he tried, a dagger appeared in front of him.
"Don't even try that," warned Malik.
Yami released his grip, and realised that he had been trying to strangle Bakura. "I'm sorry," he said sarcastically. "Was I hurting your dear friend? Maybe I should kill you instead!" The fight resumed, with Yugi, Ryou and Téa trying to settle the others.
Mokuba and Kaiba moved away from the group. "Seto, I don't think this is all that good for your reputation. You'd better start your duel with Yami, otherwise people'll think that this place is dangerous."
Kaiba smiled. He activated the sprinklers, which then doused everyone in water. The gang finally managed to calm down and Yami was given food to eat. He hadn't had anything for days, since he was locked in his Puzzle by Yugi for a reason unknown to him.
"You were locked in your Puzzle? Heh. I was told I wasn't allowed to leave the house," said Bakura. He glanced at Ryou. "I can't believe he believed me. Yami, you've got to learn to be more secretive. I've heard that Yugi and his friends are planning to take us on a holiday. The exhibition match is a setup, though Kaiba is really raising money for charity. So once you've stuffed yourself with food you can then get the duel over with, and we'll be going on a holiday. We might be going to Egypt. I look forward to stealing your Puzzle back in our homeland."
Yami finished eating and finally felt satisfied. "Eating makes a man content," he said to himself. He was reminded of what Bakura had said. We might be going back to Egypt. Ah, yes, he remembered, 5000 years ago, when he was a pharaoh. He had the finest foods available.... Still, they were no match for a burger and fries. Bring on the KFC!
"Yami. Now that you're finished, may we please start the duel?" Kaiba broke him from his reverie. "My customers have been waiting for over an hour, and half of them were shocked by your behaviour earlier today. Redeem yourself by dueling me."
And so yet another rematch between Yugi/Yami and Kaiba began. The crowd buzzed with excitement as Kaiba made the first move.
"I start off by playing the Judgeman," announced Kaiba.
"I summon Gaia the Fierce Knight. Attack the Judgeman!"
"I'll make this as short and sweet as possible, Yugi. We wouldn't want to keep the Yamis in suspense for much longer, do we?"
Okay Yugi, I've already heard something about a surprise from Bakura. What's going on?
Don't worry, reassured Yugi. Once this duel is over you'll see. Trust me.
Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragon appeared, obliterating Gaia from the field. Their duel went on for quite a while, and by the time they both reached 500 life points Bakura was becoming restless. He knew from Ryou what happened the last time Yugi and Kaiba dueled, with the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon vs. Kuriboh, and he wasn't prepared to sit through it. He started to look around, to see if he could figure out what Ryou and Yugi's surprise was. He spotted Mokuba walking away. Mokuba would never abandon his brother, he thought. Bakura started to follow, but was then grabbed from behind. He whirled around, only to find that it was Ryou who had stopped him.
"Uh-uh Bakura, no peeking," he said as he dragged Bakura back to the dueling arena.
"Oh no, we missed out on the end of the duel," said Ryou, disappointed. "What happened?"
"It turned out to be a draw again," replied Joey.
"Only because it was an exhibition match," Malik added. "Otherwise Kaiba would have definitely won."
Mokuba came running. "Okay you guys, Seto says he's ready."
"Now you guys will see what we've been planning for you," said Yugi cheerfully.
"And learn the reason why I've been deprived of food?" asked Yami.
"Everything will be answered," replied Ryou sagely.
Mokuba led the gang to a secret room in Kaiba land and typed in a password, as well as having to go through a retina scan. The door slowly started to open. Through the crack nothing could be seen yet; it was too dark. Then, all of a sudden, the lights flared on, temporarily blinding everyone, before revealing a giant piece of machinery. Bakura muttered something in Egyptian.
"By Ra, that thing's almost as big as a standard pyramid," exclaimed Yami.
"Well everyone, here it is," said Kaiba. "Yami, Bakura, it's time for us to get into the spaceship."
Yami and Bakura's jaws dropped. They stared wide-eyed at Kaiba, disbelieving.
"Spaceship?!" They repeated.
"Yeah," said Yugi. He had a huge smile on his face. "We're taking you to the moon!"
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Well, how was it? Next chapter, it's liftoff! But somehow I don't think Yami and Bakura take kindly to anyone who throws them into the middle of space... WITH NO JUNK FOOD! How will they survive? Please review!