Hey everyone! I've finally got chapter four up, and I think it's pretty good. I'd just like to thank everyone one who has been nice enough to send in their reviews! It really makes me happy to see some people actually like my story! Also, for those of you who have already read what I have so far, in the first chapter, I changed dagger to scythe. It got the idea from the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. lol. And so, without further ado, here's the next chapter! Enjoy!
I don't own any part of Yugi-oh.
*Chapter 4*
"Hey Gramps!" Joey called. He, Tea, and Tristin had just arrived at the Mutou residence for an afternoon of studying.
"Joey, how many times do I have to tell you I'm not your grandpa!" answered an irritated Mr. Mutou. "But you're welcome to my shop anyways. You guys can go on back in the den with Yugi."
"Thanks!" the gang said in unison and made their way to the back of the building.
"Sup Yug—" Tristin began, but then stopped short. He found Yugi chilling on the couch, and the new girl from school was there too, much to everyone's surprise.
"Hey, you're the new student, Lanette right? What are you doing here?" Tea inquired.
"I uh…ran into Lanette today after school" Yugi answered for her.
"Yeah, and he invited me to come study with you guys and catch up on all the stuff I've missed from the beginning of the year. Hope you don't mind." Lanette finished with a friendly smile. She and Yugi had decided to keep what really happened a secret. They thought it best not to arise a panic.
"No way, we don't mind!" Tea said. "The more the merrier!"
"AND we can have a little duel afterwards! Ya know, just for fun," Joey added challengingly.
"Thanks guys! And you can call me Lani. So what are you're names?"
* * *
Half and hour and a few brief introductions later, the gang was chatting, eating, watching TV, and doing everything else besides studying…as usual.
"So that was when Joey realized that he was the one who stepped in dog crap and he had to be sent outta the room for 'causing a distraction'! Oh man that was rich!" laughed Tristin, who was telling embarrassing stories about Joey. He was in tears, and so was everyone else—except for Joey, that is.
"Geez, you just can't keep that big mouth trap of yours shut huh?" Joey snapped, and pulled Tristin into a headlock. "Ha! Whose laughing now?!"
While those two were twisting each other into pretzels, Yugi said to Lani, "So Lani, you haven't really told us much about yourself. Where are you from and stuff?"
"Well, I was born in the United States," she began. "I live in California with my dad, Richard Willison and my mom, Deborah Willison. Together they run their own computer company, called Globe Computer Incorporated."
"Whoa! You're joking!" Tristin exclaimed, diverting his attention from his 'wrestling match.' "Globe Computers is the leading retailer of computers and computer merchandise in the entire world! And you're parents really own the whole corporation?"
"Yup. It's pretty cool cuz I get to see and use all the new stuff before it hits the market. And sometimes I help my parents out with development and testing. I learn a lot and one day I want to take over the family business. But for right now, I came to Japan to take care of some… personal business of mine. So they let me stay here until I was finished. They understand what it is I need to do."
"That's neat. So where do you stay at? Is it nearby?" asked Tea.
"Well, I'm staying with a good collaborator of my mom and dad who owns his own electronic company. My parent's company and his company have worked together and closed deals between each other for many years. The two businesses are closely associated. So my dad asked the current CEO if I could stay with him. Obviously, he said yes to the favor, or else he'd risk losing a valuable connection."
"Oh yeah? So who is this guy?" Yugi asked curiously.
Lani chuckled. "Your good ol' buddy of course…Seto Kaiba."
"WHAT??" everyone exclaimed together.
"You're actually friends with that power-hungry nutcase?!" Joey cried out. "How can you stand living with that guy?"
She shrugged. "Like I said, he and my dad only work together sometimes. He's not really a 'friend of the family' so to speak. But hey, cost of living is free so I put up with him and his ego."
"Well, it can't be all bad," said Yugi thoughtfully. "You do get to stay in that gigantic mansion of his."
"Yeah, that's true," Lani agreed. "And he's always at the Kaiba Corps Office in town so I hardly ever see him anyways."
The ganged conversed some more on the subject, laughing and joking when they weren't snacking or watching TV. They were enjoying each others company so much, that no one noticed the afternoon hours slipping by. It wasn't until the clock mounted on the wall chimed 6 o'clock that anyone noticed that it was getting late.
"Gosh! Look at how late it is! Time sure does fly," said Lani.
"Yeah, and we still didn't get anything done," Tea pointed out.
Joey shrugged. "Oh well, there's always tomorrow. But I need to be getting' on home now." Everyone else agreed to that as well. They all gathered up their possessions and got ready to go home. Tristin was the first to leave, since he lived furthest away. Tea was next, then Joey.
"Hey Lani! I still wanna play you at duel monsters, so bring your deck tomorrow morning ok? We can have a match before first period starts!"
She gave him a thumbs up sign. "Will do Joey!"
"Alright then, see ya!" After Joey was gone, only Lanette and Yugi were left.
"Hey Yug," said Lani as she headed for the door, "I'll do what I can to arrange that trip tonight, but it shouldn't be any trouble. So ill get back to you tomorrow on that. For now, just keep you're guard up ok?"
"Right. I'll be waiting for good news."
"Ok, until tomorrow. Later!" she said and proceeded out the front door.
Yugi shut the door behind her and went upstairs to his room. "Yami, what do you think this new power could be? From what I was told, it doesn't sound like anything we've encountered before…course, we don't know much about it in the first place.
"Whatever it may be," answered Yami, "I know that we can face up to it. And with this new Millennium item we will be receiving, I'm hoping that it will make things easier. All we can do now is wait and see what that future holds."
* * *
"Dang, next time, I call one of Kaiba's limos to come get me," moaned Lanette. She had walked to the manor thinking that the trip would be shorter than what it actually was. Now her feet were aching, and it was pretty dark out.
She strolled up to the front entrance of Kaiba's four story mansion, and entered the security code to get in. She had to admit, this was a really nice place that he had. It was white on the outside and had beautiful French windows. There was a large balcony on the third floor, and before the whole entity spread a well kept garden, filled with a variety of foliage.
Lani walked into the grand commons area and noticed one of the butlers coming from the entrance to the east wing.
"Hey Dobbins! I'm home!" she announced. "Well, not home, but you understand."
"Yes Ms. Willison, I see you are. Welcome," greeted the middle aged man in a slight British accent. "Did you have a pleasant day at your first day at Domino High, and would you like supper now?"
"Yes, and no," she replied. "Hey, is Kaiba here tonight?"
"Yes ma'am. He arrived early from the corporation today and is in his study working now."
"You mean the one on the third floor, second hallway, and first room on the left of the east wing?"
"Yes, that exact one. But I don't believe he wishes to be bothe—"
"Ok! Thanks Dobbins!" Lani interrupted and dashed in the direction of Seto's office.
Dobbins shook his head. "Mr. Kaiba will not be happy about this…"
Kaiba was sitting at his desk, working intently on his laptop. He was concentrating on a new gaming program he was in the process of developing. Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik played softly on a CD player in the background. The opened windows let in a cool and refreshing breeze. It was the perfect, peaceful setting.
"Hi Kaiba!" Lani exclaimed out of nowhere. She came behind Kaiba's laptop and slammed it shut, catching his fingers in the process.
Kaiba grunted in half shock, half pain. "What the—how'd you get in here? Can't you see I'm working on a very delicate program here?"
"Oops, sorry," she replied in a voice that clearly said 'I don't give a crap.' "I just wanted to see what you were up to."
"Stuff," he muttered. "Now get out. I don't need distractions right now."
"Well that's all nice and dandy, but I still need to talk to you."
"What do you want from me?"
A sly smirk came across Lanette's face. "Now Seto, there's no need to be hostile is there? We're both smart and sensible business people here. Just hear me out for a sec; it won't kill you."
"I'll ask you again—what do you want?
Lani sat on the edge of Kaiba's desk, pushing stuff aside much to his annoyance. "I wanted to ask a favor of you, that's all."
"And just why would I want to do you any favors?" he scoffed.
"I knew you would ask that, and I think there are a few things you should know," she said sweetly. "First of all, if for any reason my stay with you is unpleasant in any way, shape, or manner, my daddy won't be pleased to hear of it and will be compelled to terminate all future business with Kaiba Corps for good, and I'm afraid that would hurt you more than it would ever hurt him."
"Are you blackmailing me?"
"Secondly, if you fail to acquiesce to my request, it will cause me to take even longer to fulfill the purpose that I came here to initially take care of, meaning I'll have to stay even longer in your quaint little abode, and I'm sure you wouldn't enjoy that."
"I loathe you."
"And thirdly, if you do carry out this favor for me, I can put in a good word for you with my parents and that just might lead to you receiving some of the top of the line Globe software for free and we may throw in brand new equipment that hasn't even been introduced to the market yet."
Seto glared hatefully at her.
Lani smiled and looked him in the eye. "So, shall we conduct business now, Mr. Kaiba?"
* * *
The next morning we find the gang all at school waiting for first period to begin. The bell was about to ring soon, but no one had seen a sign of Lanette so far.
"I wonder where she could be," said Yugi.
"Yeah! We were suppose to have a duel before school started," added Joey.
"And besides," Yami said, "We need to find out the details about our trip to Egypt."
At that moment, Lani rushed through the classroom door, looking like she ran a marathon. She was totally out of breath.
"Hey Lani!" Yugi called out. The gang went over to her. "Why are you all out of breath?"
After a few gasps of air, she answered, "Kaiba didn't let me catch a ride in his limo to school today, so I had to run here as fast as I could."
"Why'd he do that?" asked Tristin.
"Let's just say there was some conflict between the two of us last night and he's being a butt munch about it today. But hey! I have good news!" she faced Yugi. "I arranged a ride for that 'thing' I was telling you about, so no worries about that."
"Great!" said Yugi.
"Thing? What thing? You didn't tell me 'bout a thing," said Joey.
"Oh, well I invited Yugi to this…trip! Yeah, a trip to Egypt to go see a new archeological discovery in the Cairo Museum of History. I invited him to go since his puzzle looks Egyptian in origin," Lani lied.
"Awesome! Can we go?" Joey said excitedly. "I don't mind missing a few days of school!"
"Well…" she started, unsure of what to say.
"Sorry Joey, I took up the last spot. Only a limited number of people can attend," Yugi covered. "But don't worry, we'll take pics and bring you all back souvenirs."
"Aw man…" the gang moaned, but they didn't have time to complain, because the bell rang for class to begin.
"Hey Yugi, see me after class today," Lani whispered to him before he went to his seat. "There're a few details I need to tell you still."
Yugi nodded. "Right."
So class began, and the students suffered through Mr. Watanabe's lengthy notes, tedious lessons, and endless lectures. Until finally, the bell rang for class to let out. In the crowded hallway Lani took Yugi aside to talk to him.
"Ok, I'll make this quick," she said. "Two days from now on Thursday, I'll come by your house early in the morning to pick you up. We'll be taking a private plane of Kaiba's that's been arranged to take us to Cairo, Egypt."
"Wow, you got Kaiba to do that for you?" asked Yugi in awe.
"Well, let's just say I used some very powerful persuasion techniques. However, he's kinda suspicious on why I suddenly need to go to Egypt. And when I told him I was bringing a friend along, he become even more curious about what I was up to, so he decided to tag along to make sure I don't cause any catastrophe." Lani rolled her eyes.
"So what are we gonna do about him? Kaiba doesn't believe anyone when Millennium items are involved. Not to mention we can't stand each other. He'll just get in the way, or worse, cancel the trip!"
"Yeah, I figured he'd manage to screw things up somehow…but as long as he doesn't find out the real reason we're going, we should be okay. We can just use the same story on him that we used on Joey and the others. Then we'll just ditch him when he's not looking to go get the medallion. It should work out."
"I hope so…well if that's all, I need to get to my next class. We'll just have to see how things turn out on Thursday."
"Right. Ok then, I'll see ya later Yug!" Lanette said and waved goodbye.
"Later Lani!"
* * *
I sense a new power arising, he thought to himself, and then smiled. He grasped his scythe and affectionately ran his finger down the blade. If they honestly think they can put an end to my handy work, they are about to face a harsh and dark reality.
So what do ya think? Send in your reviews plz, and ill get chapter 5 posted ASAP!