Chapter 2 - To the Mooooooon!!!
There was a long silence after Yugi revealed to Bakura and Yami that they were going to the moon. For Bakura, many memories came flooding back of his time as a tomb robber back in Ancient Egypt. All those times he had escaped during the night with precious artifacts... half the time the moon helped to hide him... and other times its bright light betrayed his location. The moon was just a mere object to him. But then again-
"You're not serious," said Yami, breaking the silence.
"Of course we are," said Ryou.
"What if we don't want to go?" asked Bakura.
"You wouldn't want to not go, considering how much it cost us - and you - to get this spaceship."
"I don't remember paying anyone anything," said Yami confusedly. "Yugi's the one who always paid for me. How did you get enough money to buy this anyway?" Slowly and painfully realization dawned on him. "Hey... That's why I've been starved half to death for an entire month... and deprived of KFC for a WHOLE WEEK! You do realize I could have died? And that's the reason why I haven't been allowed to watch TV, make phone calls OR go on the internet, isn't it?"
"I had to pay for your part of the fee somehow," said Yugi apologetically. "And the only way I could see how was to cut back on food and electricity bills. You don't know how much you cost me, Yami. Almost like a high maintenance pet."
"Are you insinuating that I'm some dog?" snarled Yami.
"No," replied Yugi innocently.
"Then how come Bakura seems to have kept his sanity? I bet he eats more pizza and pie than I do. And I bet he has big phone bills, calling Malik all day," retorted Yami.
"Yeah, maybe, but I know how to keep him under control," said Ryou. Suddenly he looked shocked. "Bakura, have you been spending my money elsewhere? No wonder I never seem to have any money left at the end of the week! I'm lucky I gave all my money to Kaiba beforehand, otherwise I'd be in so much debt."
Bakura smirked and looked in Malik's direction, who winked back. "I have connections."
"Come on, let's go already!" yelled Yugi, grabbing Yami's arm and dragging him to towards the spaceship. Ryou managed to drag Bakura onto the ship first. He was followed by Kaiba, Joey and Téa. Tristan needed to go to the bathroom.
"I'll be right back. Don't leave without me!"
Yugi was having a lot of difficulties convincing Yami to board the rocket.
"Come on Yami, it'll be fun! You've been stuck here on Earth for 5000 years, and it's high time you had a change of scenery." Yugi pulled Yami closer.
"But I'm perfectly happy being stuck here!" Yami pulled back.
"Starting up the spaceship," announced Mokuba through the speakers.
"Come on Yami, think about all the KFC you sacrificed. You wouldn't want all that effort to go to waste, would you?"
"You're afraid, aren't you?" accused Bakura.
"No I'm not. I just don't want to go to the moon. Is that so much of a problem?"
"YES!" Joey ran back out and helped Yugi push Yami into the spaceship. Unfortunately, they pushed a little too hard, causing Yami to crash into Bakura, who crashed into Téa, who crashed into Kaiba. Kaiba was knocked off balance by the domino effect and fell heavily onto the control panel, accidentally hitting the liftoff button.
The spaceship started to rumble, spreading waves throughout Kaiba Land as the engines started up. The door slammed shut behind Yugi.
"Now no one can get in or out," said Kaiba, glaring at Yami.
"Seto, what happened?" asked Mokuba through the speakers.
"We're having an early departure," replied Kaiba. "Don't worry, nothing's gone wrong."
"Hey, what happened? I need to get on!" Tristan came running into the room where the spaceship was about to take flight.
"Tristan, get out of there!" Mokuba screamed, and Tristan ran just in time, as flames shot out from beneath the spaceship. The spaceship rose, inch by inch, and then, with a giant flash, sped up and out of the Earth's atmosphere.
Tristan walked into the control room where Mokuba was.
"I can't believe they left without me," he muttered over and over again.
"It's not all that bad," said Mokuba, trying to comfort him. "We can still talk to them and see them through the radio and satellite."
"I guess," said Tristan, thinking about the adventure that he was going to miss.
The journey into space was smoother than expected, since they had a premature takeoff. Everyone survived, with only a few bumps and bruises. As soon as they were clear if the Earth's atmosphere, they looked out of the windows, watching the Earth shrink before their eyes.
"Look's like I'll be stuck here for the next couple of months," said Yami. "I wonder how I'm going to survive."
"Cheer up," piped Yugi. "Think about it this way: you're a 5000 year old Egyptian spirit; you can't really die. Well, not really."
"Heheh, you should have seen the look on your face when we told you that you were going to the moon," said Joey, "it was priceless!"
"This is so cool," said Malik, mesmerized. "Ever since I was little I was stuck underground. When I got my first peek at the real world, I was amazed at everything I saw. Now, going into space, it's like reliving that moment, only on a much larger scale. It's wonderful!"
"Yes, 'tis fascinating, isn't it?" Bakura started looking around the spaceship. He started sniffing.
"Don't bother," said Ryou, realizing what Bakura was trying to do. "You're not going to find any fast food here. Our diet's restricted to space food."
"You mean weird nutrient pellets?!" asked Yami with a shocked face.
"No! I was talking about food in a tube, which are specially formulated mashed dishes. You know, pumpkin soup in a tube, roast chicken in a tube... it's mushy and tastes like plastic but it provides you with plenty of vitamins and minerals!"
Yami turned pale. "I knew this trip was going to be a nightmare."
A few hours later it was time for dinner, and the Yamis were not looking forward to it. They would rather eat nothing than to eat plastic mush. Until they realized they'd been tricked again.
"Who here can cook?" Kaiba asked, and Téa and Ryou raised their hands.
"I'm a pretty good cook," said Téa.
"I can make great desserts," said Ryou.
And so the Yamis decided that being in space wasn't all that bad. The food was quite good, but they both craved for junk food. Their first day in space had been pretty fun, and everyone had an early night.
Yami was having a beautiful dream of eating all the KFC he wanted, until he was woken by whispers of Egyptian curses. Figuring it was just Bakura going to the bathroom, he tried to doze off again. As he slept he was half conscious of various peculiar noises all night. He heard doors creaking, cupboards being slammed as quietly, Egyptian swearing, sounds of head banging and people falling. He even heard sniffing.
Then Yami went back to his dream where he was in KFC heaven.
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Hmmm. Strange noises in the night... that doesn't sound too good. What could this mystery person be doing? Maybe he/she has a sleepwalking problem... or maybe it's all in Yami's mind.... Keep reading and find out!