Yugi was back at home, enjoying a day of peace and quiet. He could hear the birds chirping again, and he was glad not having to worry about keeping the house clean. I wonder how Yami's doing. It serves him right for going in and eating all that junk food. Though it wasn't entirely his fault. And the moon isn't that bad. If I go to Kaiba's and use a really powerful telescope, I might even see their little specks from here.
Ryou was taking a leisurely stroll through the park, without having to worry about Bakura secretly calling up Malik and asking him for pizza. Not having to get up at 5 in the morning to watch through all the security cameras installed in his home meant that he felt more energetic. Bakura was pretty smart, but not smart enough. He always assumed I was an innocent little boy, cowering whenever he threatened to kill me. Yeah, right. He wouldn't have dared. Yugi and the others would make sure of that. But I do wonder how Bakura and Yami are getting along together. I hope I haven't sentenced them to a torture too horrible.
Malik was sitting on his bad, at home, bored. Without Bakura to keep him company, there was nothing to do. Absolutely nothing. But at least he was getting pampered by Isis and Rishid. Oh, that was fun. Just the other day he had his motorbike polished (again, for the tenth time that week).
"Oh Isis, my darling sister, I'm bored. Can we go looking for more bike accessories?"
"Not today dear, I'm busy. You don't know how hard it is running a museum. Gotta go," she replied, rushing out the door and off to work.
"Rishid! You don't mind if we go see how Yugi and Ryou are doing, do you?"
"Sorry Malik, I'm busy! Go by yourself."
"Great," he muttered. Nothing to do today. No Yami to torture. No Bakura to feed. He could always go and annoy someone else, though. Maybe I should go and visit Joey and really get on his nerves... it won't be as fun as running away from Yami, but if I carry a dog suit around it should be more exciting.... Or I could just explore people's minds....
So Malik sat in his bed, bored.
Yami and Bakura sat in their little cramped room.
"What do you think they plan to do with us?" wondered Yami.
"Maybe they'll eat us," answered Bakura.
"Really?" Yami's eyes were wide open.
"Unless we eat them first. Wonder what centaur meat tastes like. Chicken, I bet."
"They'd at least taste half horse-like. Or maybe not."
One of the aliens came in after a while with a couple of his friends, and was holding a small radio-like device. He uttered a few alien words, and then an English translation came through the box.
"Are you friend, or foe?" The leader had asked.
"Have you realised that everyone says that?" whispered Yami to Bakura, who nodded.
"Friend. Who are you? And where are we?"
"I am known by my people as Arnyoobus. And you are on the planet of Pyrara."
"Does his name sound a tiny bit suspicious?" whispered Yami again.
"Nice to meet you, Arnyoobus. I am Bakura, and this is Yami."
"Really? Is he really all that tasty?" Was the Pyrarian's reply.
"No, his name is Yami. Ya-mee."
"Oh, okay then. These are my friends," introduced Arnyoobus, "Arpofyus, and Haafjore."
"Don't their names sound really familiar?" whispered Yami. Again.
"Nice to meet you," greeted Arpofyus.
"Same here," replied Bakura.
"Sorry to have been so rude to you," apologized the leader. "But we are being ruled by a tyrant, who forbids interaction with other sentient beings."
"You have a mean old bastard as your ruler?" Asked Bakura. "Well then why hasn't he been overthrown yet?"
"Because he is the law. Any revolt would simply result in our death."
"We'll gladly help you!" offered Yami. "You see, I've had plenty of experience in dealing with hostile forces."
"Are you so sure this is a good idea?" asked Bakura to Yami.
"Why wouldn't it be? We'd gain ourselves an intergalactic ally! And you never know when they might come in handy!"
"And if we fail?"
"We can't die!"
"Who knows? This is a different planet. Anything could happen."
Yami shook Arnyoobus' hand. "Of course we'll help! We've been through worse, y'know."
Bakura buried his face in his hands. Here we go again... Yami wanting to play the hero. I should really kill myself, here and now.
"Thank you for your support," Haafjore said. "Now come with us, so that we can take you to our leader."
"Sounds like something exactly out of a sci-fi movie," muttered Bakura.
The floor opened up beneath them, and they fell straight down. A long, long way.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH! HELP! ME! SOMEON- OW!" Yami and Bakura landed heavily in a huge underground compartment.
"Why do we have to always fall down such huge distances?" complained Bakura. "Next time I'd rather..." his voice trailed off as he looked upwards. "Woah, that's one big alien," he exclaimed.
Before them stood a giant Pyrarian. He was almost twice the height of Arnyoobus, who already towered above the two Yamis.
"Hmmm... so you two must be the ones who have sworn allegiance to our cause," he said, his deep voice rumbling through the cavern. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ryah, the King of Pyrara. Well, at least I was, until some most hostile aliens came and took over our planet and plunged our world into a dictatorship."
"Did he just say Ra?" whispered Yami. "This is all reminding me of long ago...."
"You are getting so repetitive," said Bakura.
"You will be our guests for as long as you need to stay here," Ryah continued. "I apologize in advance for the lack of style, but you must understand our situation. Hyooris, show these two to their room."
"Did he just say room?" asked Yami.
"Yeah. R-o-o-m. Not rooms." replied Bakura.
Hyooris opened a door to reveal a decent sized room, with a bunk bed and a table. "I hope you enjoy your stay. Dinner will be served shortly."
Bakura and Yami looked at each other. They looked at the bed. Rivalry flared up. They both sprinted for the bed, shouting at each other as they did so.
"I'm getting the top bunk!"
"No, I am!"
"I am!"
"I am!"
"Hey, I'm the Pharaoh!"
"Correction: WAS."
"I deserve the top bunk! You were nothing but a street rat!"
"So it's my turn to be top dog!"
"It's mine!"
"MINE!"
"Oh no you don't!"
"DIE, PHARAOH!!!"
Bakura once again whipped out a dagger from nowhere and started trying to stab Yami again. But he didn't actually get anywhere, since Yami had turned transparent.
A bunch of Pyrarians were standing outside their room, watching the commotion.
"What it really such a good idea to trust them?" asked one.
"Well at least they can fight," said another.
"Let's just hope they don't kill each other. Or us."
It had taken ages for them to resolve their fight, and in the end Bakura won and got the top bunk. After dinner (which was actually quite good. In fact, it was eerily close to normal food on Earth.) they finally settled down into their bed.
While Bakura was sleeping, he heard strange noises. Then, all of a sudden, he fell. Well, he slid off the bed. And the bed mysteriously shattered when it made contact with the ground.
"Ow! What'd you do?" Bakura complained, rubbing his head.
"I got rid of the top bunk," said Yami evilly. "So now you don't have a bed to sleep in!"
"Oh yes I will," said Bakura, with a wicked glint in his eyes. The tone of his voice suddenly changed.
"I'll steal your bed," he whispered in a low, warning voice. He walked up to Yami's bed and started taking his shirt off.
"You can't make me," growled Yami, his eyes narrowing.
"Oh yes I can." He crawled into bed with Yami.
Yami wasn't feeling so well anymore. Bakura was scaring him. Badly.
"Get away from me!"
"Why don't you get away from me?" asked Bakura. He started stroking Yami's neck, looking for a nice, shallow vein.
"Okay, okay, you win," screamed Yami, scrambling out of the bed, breathing heavily.
Bakura laughed. "Smart. Otherwise you would have had a taste of my dagger."
"Oh. Was that all?" asked Yami.
"Of course. What else could I have been trying to do? ... Wait... you thought - I was - going to - YOU'RE DISGUSTING!" Bakura screamed. "What have you been doing to Yugi?! You've been plaguing his mind, haven't you? You dirty thing! And you were a pharaoh!"
Yami and Bakura glared at each other, before getting as far away from each other as possible. That's what happened when they were separated from their hikaris for too long. With no one to control them and tell them what to do, they were going mad. They were turning into Lunatics.
While Bakura was asleep, Yami once again took his revenge on the tomb robber. He pulled the blanket off Bakura, and then, as gently as possible, lay him on the floor. And so Yami went happily to sleep on the bed again. _____________________________________________________________________________
Someone has been watching too many soppy romance movies, it appears... or make that too many R-rated movies.... Let's just hope that they're found soon by Yugi and the others, otherwise EVERYONE will regret EVERYTHING that's ever happened! And Yami seens to be turning the slightest bit evil.... Wonder what'll happen next....
And what's with the Pyrarians' names?