Summary: One by one, they're all lured into the trap. There's no way out...and no way in. Yuugi and his friends must play a little game with their unknown captor. They must figure out who the mad man is, all the while...trying to stay alive. Can the team work together and figure a way out? Or will they all be killed slowly?
Nadako: .. *sigh* I guess I'm not going to be able to finish on time.. as always... How depressing.
Mikalai: And just why can't you finish it by All Hallo's Eve?
Nadako: Well.. seeing as Halloween was YESTERDAY...*twitch*
Mikalai: Why didn't you finish on time.. again..?
Nadako: Bombarded with homework...- -
Mikalai: *cocks one eyebrow* Hn?
Nadako: There IS something called SCHOOL dear yami. And they give you lots of homework! Too much homework.. too stressful. Then I have other stories I have to update. Then add the fact that since Halloween's approaching, I have to make my costume. =.= ah yes.. life is hard.. *pulls hair*
Mikalai: O.o... Makes me glad that I'm already dead...
Nadako: You were once alive? I thought you were just a figment of my over active immagination. *pokes at Mikalai* You sure this was once flesh?
Mikalai: O_O You really scare me sometimes Hikari...
Nadako: I know. OH! One important note:
**Warning: And it is known.. There shall be CHARACTER DEATH in this story. No likey me idea? Che.. leave then! XD Naw, I'm just kidding. You can stay, but please no flames! I shall send all flames to their watery graves! MuWAHAHAH!**
Disclaimer:
Mikalai: Nako-chan doesn't own Yuugiou. =) Too bad neh?
Nadako: *sobbing* ... stupid copyright laws... *sigh* At least I own Mika-san.
Mikalai: WHAT?! *fumes*
Nadako: 'strue! You are one of my many Original Characters! I mean.. There's Kihaku-san.. Turtle-Tsuki.. Aki-..something.. He's a brand new character ^^
Mikalai: Who is... Kihaku?
Nadako: *points* Him.
Kihaku: *waves from editors room* 'Allo!
Mikalai: *glossy eyes* Wah! He's cute. ^_^
Nadako: I know! *glomps Ki-san* =3
Seen Through Icy Eyes
Chapter 3: First One to Lose
By: Nadako-Mika
"What in the name of... WHAT IS THAT?!" Yami asked aloud. He backed up, holding his frightened hikari close to him.
As the creature advanced slowly, everyone held their breath. What was the thing? Was it one of their obstacles that voice had told them about? It must have been some sort of trick. Bright green orbs shone brighter with each step towards the group. Heavy breathing came from the beast; its putrid breath filling the entire cave. Its paws or feet thumped loudly on the soiled ground; moving slowly, dragging each leg in the process. Then it suddenly stopped, a low malicious growl erupted from it's mouth. Each person froze in their place, not daring to move an inch.
As it was about to step out from the shadows hiding it's form, a yell erupted from deep within the tunnels; loud and shrill.
"AAAAHHHHHHH!"
"Anzu! Jeez! What's wrong?"
"...ugh...LOOK!"
"..That was just a spider-"
"A rather large one at that!"
"Whatever.. Come on, we better get moving if we want to find a way out."
The beast turned around reluctantly, heading back into the long web of tunnels. Everyone sighed in relief. That was a bit too close. They all froze again as they heard footsteps again, but they were much lighter and quicker. Voices... someone was in the caves. The voices seemed familiar..
"Hey look! There's light up ahead!"
"Maybe it's an exit! Come on!"
"I'm not sure about this..."
Those voices sounded.. human. They were awfully familiar. That high pitched female voice, the voice with an american accent...
Three figures stepped out fully into the mysterious light of the cave room. Yuugi gasped.
"Jounouchi-kun? Anzu? Honda?" he asked in disbelief, "What are you guys doing here? Shouldn't you be at school?"
"We could ask you the same thing," Honda answered. He scratched his head in confusion, "We're not exactly sure why we're here. We were on our way to school... but somehow Jou here got sidetracked."
"I swear I saw something weird!" Jounouchi screamed out in protest.
"Couldn't be that flying pie you saw could it?" Anzu asked, rolling her eyes.
Jounouchi was going to come back at the girl, but some disembodied voice beat him.
"Well well.. more players. So glad you could join us." it said slyly.
"What the-! Who's saying that?" Jou asked frantically, looking around to see if anyone else was in the room.
"Don't bother looking, mutt. You won't find me," the voice said, "Well.. since we have new players, I should go over the rules of the game again, shouldn't I?"
Anzu looked over at yami with concern. "Yami? What is this all about?"
The former Pharaoh only shook his head, "If I knew I'd tell you.. but I don't."
"We're going to play a guessing game-"
"Joy..."
"Silence, dog!... good.. As I was saying, this game isn't going to be your average guessing game. This 'game' will require skill of survival, and guts. You must try to guess who I am, all you have to do is say my name ONCE, and you win. Now to make things difficult, I've placed...obstacles, or so you could say, around the perimeter. What perimeter you ask? Why, this very connection of caves. You are not to leave the grounds unless you have won the game. But that won't be a problem," the voice cackled softly, "No matter how hard you try, you won't ever find a way out."
"Then what's the point of winning if you can't get out?"
"I'll give you your freedom only if you beat the game. But I gaurantee that it won't be so simple."
"Heh... sounds simple enough," Jounouchi said.
"No.. it won't be simple. You'll be distracted enough. You won't have too much time to guess my name, because you'll also be fighting for your lives."
"What kind of a sick joke is this?!" Honda asked.
"It's no joke. But if you don't want to play... You could always be the first one to lose..." a sudden low growl was heard from the darkest corners of the room. Through the tunnel many different colored orbs hovered around. Hissing, clawing, scratching could be heard as well.
Honda shrunk back and stayed quiet. He didn't want to think about what those things were.
"Now.. I'll leave you to your guessing. Let's hope no more players arrive, Too many people in these caves aren't exactly pleasant to the inhabitors..."
Silence crept up on the group of friends. The silence wasn't exactly comforting. Everyone seemed to try and find something to occupy their minds with; none of them wanted to believe that they were really trapped in a cave and forced to play some lethal game.
"Maybe we should start guessing," Ryou suggesting, stepping forward from the wall that had supported his weight. He sighed as no one answered or gave a comment.
Jounouchi looked around the brightly lit room. His eyes came across Mariku's wound and he instantly choked on nothing. "MY GOSH! What happened to you?!"
Anzu screamed once more, her high shrill causing a few stones to tumbled in a tunnel a few yards away. She covered her mouth in horror, staring at Mariku's covered wounds. She turned around and quickly ran off, forgetting about the little game that psychotic man had planned. Anzu ran, crying, somewhat traumatized from what she had seen.
"Anzu! Wait!" Yami yelled at her. It wasn't safe to just run off into the dark tunnels right now. They still weren't sure if this was all a hoax or not. "Anzu, come back-!" he was cut short by another familiar scream. Everyone's eyes went wide in fear, what happened?
They all rushed forth, leaving the safety of the bright chamber. Yuugi blinked at the sudden loss of light, trying to adjust to the darkness again. He held tightly onto his yami. They all followed the high screaming of their friend; with each step the sound became louder and louder. They were about to turn a sharp corner when-
The screaming stopped.
Silence was what welcomed them.
Not a whimper was heard from the girl, no panting, no gasping. They heard nothing. They stopped just at the corner, afraid of going ahead. Afraid of what they might find. Everyone had some idea of what may have happened, none of them wanted to believe it.
Bakura pushed his way forward from the back of the group. His hikari trying desperately to stop him.
"Bakura, please! Don't," Ryou begged. What if whatever Anzu had encountered came after Bakura?
"Why not? It's no use just standing here!" Bakura growled, he had little patience for such things. He pushed his hikari harshly to the ground and continued to trudge on.
Eyes watched as Bakura rounded the corner. Ryou sat up, trying to regain his senses. A sudden gasp was heard as the white haired yami disappeared around the bend. Ryou crawled closer to the corner and sat with his back against the stone. He leaned over and peered around...regretting he had done so. Ryou immediately looked away, his face became paler than usual, and let out a small whimper.
Bakura walked slowly back towards the group. His face was emotionless. He knelt beside Ryou and tried to comfort him, trying to get the crystaline tears to stop flowing from his hikari's face.
Yuugi frowned and tightened his grip on Yami. "Bakura? What happened?" Yuugi whispered. In the silence his words sounded loud and sudden, making everyone around him jump.
The Tomb Robber only shook his head and frowned. "Go look for yourself.." was all he said.
The rest of the group looked across from one another, silently asking, 'should we go?'. In the same way, they answered each other's question..'yes'. The group of six walked slowly around the turn, tightening the formation of their group. Their hearts pounded, afraid of what they would find.
Everyone stood their ground. Their voices caught in their throat. It was horrible!
Yuugi choked on a sob and burried his face in Yami's jacket. Malik shut his eyes tightly and looked away. Tears threatened to spill from Jounouchi and Honda's shut eyes.
"What could have done this?" Jounouchi asked, brushing a tear away from his eyes.
"Dokuroyaiba.." a voice called from behind them. They turned to see Bakura walking towards the group, supporting a dazed and tired looking Ryou.
"What?"
Bakura left Ryou's side and walked towards towards what appeared to be Anzu. For the first time, everyone noticed something glinting in the dark. Bakura tugged on it, it had tore through the girl's abdomen. As it came out, crimson liquid dripped from one end. The yami walked back to the group, carrying the object.
It was some sort of boomerang. Carved sharply to form sharp, cutting edges. Where there was a bend in the boomerang, was an old and tattered skull. A uniquely colored serpent was wrapped around it, the sharp edges didn't seem to affect it's skin. It hissed at Bakura threatingly, but the yami ignored it.
He brought it up to Yami, who gasped and froze when it was thrust infront of him. Yami looked questioningly at Bakura. "What-?" he was about to ask, but a golden glow interupted him. His Sennen Puzzle covered the hiddeous object in a warm light. It suddenly shifted forms. The boomerang had morphed into a thin rectangular object with the help of the Puzzle.
"What?! It's a duel monster!" Honda exclaimed. Everyone moved in to take a closer look.
"Dokuroyaiba...," Yami read the name inscripted on the card. "But..how?"
"...Only someone with Shadow Magic would be able to open the Shadow Realm to bring forth a card..." Mariku explained. He took the card from Yami's grasp and examined it. "There are only a few people who could do such a thing however..."
"Us yamis and hikaris.." Yami said.
"And that Shadi guy." Bakura added.
Mariku nodded to both of them, then continued, "..And also the person who stole my Sennen Rod."
Bakura and Yami's eyes widened. "Someone took the Rod?!"
"And used it to give him that wound." Malik said.
Uneasy silence greeted the group of friends again. Each person shifted in their spot, trying to think of something to say.
"So..." Jou started, "What are we suppose to do now?"
Yami sighed and started out of the tunnel. "I suggest we go back to that lighted chamber we started off in...It's not safe in these tunnels."
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Nadako: Sooo... How was it? Good? Bad? Blah? *blink blink*
Anzu: OMI-GOSH! You made me die! ~.~
Nadako: And...?
Anzu: You..EBIL PERSON YOU!
Nadako: Why... Thank you, Anzu. ^^
Anzu: *shakes head*.. I didn't even have an important Role in the story...;.;
Nadako: Yes you did!
Anzu: ..hmph..sure...¬¬
Nadako: YOU...YOU.. FOO FOO! er.. yeah. You got to show the others how important the 'game' really is.. ^-^ MUUFOOFOO! Cue the Reviews!
Anzu: *cranks handle for reviews* Don't forget to review this time! Ja!
Nadako: Muufoofuu! Ja!
Thank You...
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Destiny- XD Yes.. Shounen ai.. hm.. I gotta quit writing that.. *blink* corrupted my mind XD. Yes..well, yes..er.. O.o er.. don't kill me?.. They are all to die- ~.~ CRUD! I just told the ending.. I mean.. *smacks head*
Janet- Thank you so very much for the review -^^-
SilverWinter- Hmpf.. You oh so rarily review my YGO stories Si-chan.. ¬¬...should I feel honored? XD Naw I'm joking. They must all SUFFER *cackles* DIE DIE DIE!.. Er no.. not my beloved Baku-san and Mari-kun! yeah.. um.. thanks...
Jennifer- Yes.. I should have explained neh?.. I'll try to explain what happened to Malik and Mariku next chappy.. Arigatou!