Game #2 Start: Dancing, Duels, and an Unpleasant Past
Lindsay walked down the street with the four boys.
"Wait a second, where is Anzu*?" Jonouchi asked suddenly. Yugi looked back at him,
"Didn't you know? She's in America, dancing." He said, a smile flickering across his face. Jonouchi let out one of those loud, OH'S, common to teenage boys.
"Oh, you have a friend that dances?" Lindsay asked them curiously. Bakura nodded,
"Yes, her name is Anzu. Why, do you dance?" he asked just as curiously. Lindsay looked away, a soft red tinge growing on her cheeks.
"Uh.just a bit," she said softly, running a hand through her chocolate brown hair.
"Oh, a bit?" Jonouchi asked, sneaking up behind her.
"Yeah, only a bi--!!!" she started writhing and laughing as Jonouchi's fingers enclosed on her sides and he started tickling her.
"Jonouchi!" Bakura exclaimed, watching Lindsay sink to her knees from laughing so hard. Jonouchi chuckled as he stopped tickling, and then suddenly fell to the ground gasping for air.
Lindsay lowered her fist from punching Jonouchi right in the diaphragm, completely winding him. She was taking deep breaths as well.
"She's not your classic damsel in distress," Yami said softly in Yugi's mind, "be careful around her, Yugi."
"Are you two okay?" Bakura asked gently as he helped Lindsay back onto her feet. Honda pulled Jonouchi to his feet as Lindsay fixed her vest.
"Yes Bakura, I'm alright," she said, brushing herself off.
"So what kind of dance do you take?" Yugi asked as he led them down an alleyway. It was a short cut to the card shop.
"Oh, all different kinds." Lindsay was about to name a few when two black limousines blocked both exits. "What in the world?"
"You guys. gather around Lindsay. stay close," Yugi said softly, moving closer to the confused girl, as did the other boys. Men in black suits got out of the cars.
"I told you that we would meet again duelist." Came the all too familiar slick voice. A tall figure stepped out of the back of the limousine.
"KAIBA!" Yugi exclaimed, and then gasped as Kaiba's bodyguards quickly withheld all of them.
"What do you think you are doing, Kaiba?!" Lindsay asked, struggling against the guy holding her. Kaiba smirked,
"I'll tell you on the way," he said simply.
"This isn't very gentleman like of you," Lindsay snapped, a soft glare forming in her eyes.
"Who said I was a gentleman?"
"I think someone is aching for revenge." came a new, strong and very confident voice. It was deep and smooth, and made Lindsay's tense muscles relax somewhat, seeing as it also carried a soothing tone to it.
Kaiba glared at the owner, Lindsay turned her head to look at the owner as well.
"Yugi?" she thought, "how could it be? His voice.it's so different. Did he have a sudden growth spurt?"
"Put them in the cars." Kaiba ordered before getting back into his limousine, "The girl and Yugi come with me."
"Hey man, this is not cool!" Honda complained, struggling.
"This is my fault." Lindsay said softly as she and Yugi were pushed towards the limousine. She tensed her arms, and then using the guard's hands as a stabilizer she lifted herself completely off the ground and kicked the guard in the stomach. As he crumpled to the ground she ran forwards and did a jump kick at the guard holding Yugi.
The guards who had already secured the other three boys came running. Lindsay was about to get ready to fight when she felt two hands grab her forearms and turn her around. It was Yugi and his sharp, purple eyes were staring straight into hers.
"Don't be hot headed, there is nothing we can do at the moment except comply." He said softly, firmly.
"But--"
"They already have our friends the only hope to help them now is to submit, for now." He cut her off, and made all argument die in her throat and all she could manage was a weak glare at him.
The guards took hold of them again; Lindsay stared at the ground as she was pushed towards the limousine.
"That was an interesting show." Kaiba said as the door shut. He was sitting with his legs crossed at the knees and his arms folded leisurely over his gut. Lindsay glared out her window, her hands clenched into fists in her lap.
Yami, who had taken over since the guards had withheld them the first time watched Lindsay out of the corner of his eye.
"She's very hot headed." He thought to his lighter half.
"Not when she's calm, she can be pleasant company if you don't get up in her face. Then she immediately becomes defensive." he heard Yugi reply, he was good at seeing people's good and bad sides. "It's more along the lines of if you get to psychically close to her she goes into a.defensive mode. Like when she punched Jonouchi after he tickled her."
"What about Bakura?" Yami asked in his mind, closing his eyes.
"He's different." Yugi explained, "Jonouchi grabbed her sides, Bakura gently took hold of her hand to pull her up."
Yami kept his eyes closed as he thought about this, so, Lindsay became defensive if you got too close to her psychically, or if you grab her suddenly somewhere other than her hand. This could be linked with something in her past, but what? Yami was very reluctant to even think about the possibilities.
"So, where are we going Kaiba?" he asked, opening his eyes to look at whom his question was directed to.
"As I said, I would defeat the American Duelist Champion. We are going to a building that has a Duel Monsters Board set up." Kaiba replied smoothly.
"Why not just use the Dueling Disks?" Yami shot back. A smirk played across Kaiba's face.
"And miss all your lovely company at my mansion?"
Yami turned his head to look at Lindsay as he heard her sharp intake of breath. She was tense, very tense; almost so tense her body was shaking.
"What's wrong with Lindsay?" Yugi asked in his mind, Yami easily heard the worried tone. Yami folded his arms over his chest, thinking once more.
"I believe she's had a rather.unpleasant.experience in her past." He answered, still watching Lindsay out of the corner of his eye.
Lindsay continued to stare out of the window, her eyes not holding that usual spark in them.
"We're going to his mansion!?" she thought wildly, somehow managing to keep her body from shaking. Her eyes closed as she tried to keep the memories from resurfacing.
Candlelight, that was the only thing that let her see what was going on. Her ankles and wrists were rubbed raw from the ropes that bound her down, the sheets and pillows of the bed soaked with sweat, bodily fluids, and tears. Her whole body was sore, from harsh blows to her with a hand, and her sensitive insides ached too, from forced entry and her stomach churned from being forced to swallow some odd liquid that had come from the man.
"Lindsay! You must wake up!" a deep soothing voice sliced through the horrible scene flickering before Lindsay's eyes. The picture dispersed as if it was smoke, and soon she found herself staring deeply into two royal purple eyes. "Lindsay, are you alright?"
She blinked a few times as she felt Yugi's strong hand brush wetness away from her cheeks. Had she been crying?
"Lindsay, are you alright?" came Yugi's confident voice once again. Her senses were filtering back from her memories, she felt an arm positioned just so that it was supporting her from lying on the cold floor, but also she could break away without a second thought. Suddenly she realized that it was Yugi who was supporting her in the sitting position.
Yami stared down at the American girl in his arms. He didn't know what happened, one minute she was staring out the limousine window, the next she had started silently crying before she blacked out.
"Is she okay?" Yugi's worried voice had turned high pitched in his frantic state about his newest friend.
"She's awake now at least," Yami, answered quietly, a soft hint of worry in his usually calm voice.
"Yes.I'm alright.where are we?" Lindsay had finally conquered her momentary muteness. Yami let out his breath, he felt Yugi calm down greatly as well.
"At the moment we are in the dueling room in Kaiba's mansion. He is currently off somewhere, having gotten annoyed with waiting for you to wake up." Yami explained, not minding she was still lying against him, waiting patiently for her to get up on her own.
"What about the others? Bakura, Jonouchi?" Lindsay asked, pushing herself up. Yami pulled himself into a crouch, and straightened up before helping Lindsay to her feet as well.
"They are safe, they'll be brought in here when Kaiba comes back," he said as he adjusted his jacket over his shoulders. Lindsay sighed, running her fingers through her hair.
"Are you really alright? Are you in a well enough condition to duel?" Yami wondered what memory she had been locked in, but he didn't bring it up.
"I believe so," she answered. "I don't have much choice either way." Yami nodded silently,
"For someone so hot headed, you do have a strong sense of loyalty." He commented softly. A soft smile flicked across Lindsay's pale face.
"For someone so serious, you have a gentle way when handling someone." She retorted. Yami, who was taken by complete surprise, stood shocked, staring at her. He heard Yugi laughing hysterically in his head.
Lindsay watched Yugi (it was still Yami but she didn't know that) stare at her and grinned innocently. She felt relatively calm; there were no memories of that god-awful night from her past in her mind now.
"So, you're finally awake," the icy toned voice drifted over them. Lindsay's head shot up to see Kaiba standing at the top of the stairs, looking down at her with a smirk gleaming in his transfixing blue eyes.
"Looks that way, doesn't it?" Lindsay replied hotly, folding her arms over her chest stubbornly. The gleam in the tall blue boy's eyes only grew brighter.
"Here at this Duel Monsters Board is where you will fall at my hands, Lindsay Valentine!" Kaiba said, laughing coldly as the gigantic Duel Monsters Board rose from the floor. "It will be one on one,"
Lindsay blinked as a white haired boy stepped in front of her,
"No, it will be two on two. You and I vs. Lindsay and Yugi." Bakura said simply, "and the stakes shall be as such. If Yugi and Lindsay win, you shall set them free and grant them any prize you desire. If Kaiba and I win, then he shall be known as the greatest duelist in the world and I will receive Yugi's Millennium Puzzle!"
Lindsay's eyes grew wide as she listened to this.
"Bakura I am shocked you would betray me like this, but if that is how it's going to be then so be it! I accept your challenge!" Yugi said, his eyes glowing with passion.
"Bakura." Lindsay's voice was soft and it quivered, Bakura looked at her with emotionless cold eyes. She took a few steps away from him and felt Yugi support her from falling.
"Lindsay," Yugi whispered softly in her ear, "This is not the Bakura you know, and I understand your pain. But you must trust me. Accept this challenge and my friend ship. With our passion for dueling and friendship combined we can not lose."
"Lindsay looked back into his eyes then forwards.
"Kaiba, Bakura. I accept your challenge!" she said, clenching one of her fists.
"It's time to Duel!" she heard Yugi say from behind her.
Game #2 Over.
Lindsay walked down the street with the four boys.
"Wait a second, where is Anzu*?" Jonouchi asked suddenly. Yugi looked back at him,
"Didn't you know? She's in America, dancing." He said, a smile flickering across his face. Jonouchi let out one of those loud, OH'S, common to teenage boys.
"Oh, you have a friend that dances?" Lindsay asked them curiously. Bakura nodded,
"Yes, her name is Anzu. Why, do you dance?" he asked just as curiously. Lindsay looked away, a soft red tinge growing on her cheeks.
"Uh.just a bit," she said softly, running a hand through her chocolate brown hair.
"Oh, a bit?" Jonouchi asked, sneaking up behind her.
"Yeah, only a bi--!!!" she started writhing and laughing as Jonouchi's fingers enclosed on her sides and he started tickling her.
"Jonouchi!" Bakura exclaimed, watching Lindsay sink to her knees from laughing so hard. Jonouchi chuckled as he stopped tickling, and then suddenly fell to the ground gasping for air.
Lindsay lowered her fist from punching Jonouchi right in the diaphragm, completely winding him. She was taking deep breaths as well.
"She's not your classic damsel in distress," Yami said softly in Yugi's mind, "be careful around her, Yugi."
"Are you two okay?" Bakura asked gently as he helped Lindsay back onto her feet. Honda pulled Jonouchi to his feet as Lindsay fixed her vest.
"Yes Bakura, I'm alright," she said, brushing herself off.
"So what kind of dance do you take?" Yugi asked as he led them down an alleyway. It was a short cut to the card shop.
"Oh, all different kinds." Lindsay was about to name a few when two black limousines blocked both exits. "What in the world?"
"You guys. gather around Lindsay. stay close," Yugi said softly, moving closer to the confused girl, as did the other boys. Men in black suits got out of the cars.
"I told you that we would meet again duelist." Came the all too familiar slick voice. A tall figure stepped out of the back of the limousine.
"KAIBA!" Yugi exclaimed, and then gasped as Kaiba's bodyguards quickly withheld all of them.
"What do you think you are doing, Kaiba?!" Lindsay asked, struggling against the guy holding her. Kaiba smirked,
"I'll tell you on the way," he said simply.
"This isn't very gentleman like of you," Lindsay snapped, a soft glare forming in her eyes.
"Who said I was a gentleman?"
"I think someone is aching for revenge." came a new, strong and very confident voice. It was deep and smooth, and made Lindsay's tense muscles relax somewhat, seeing as it also carried a soothing tone to it.
Kaiba glared at the owner, Lindsay turned her head to look at the owner as well.
"Yugi?" she thought, "how could it be? His voice.it's so different. Did he have a sudden growth spurt?"
"Put them in the cars." Kaiba ordered before getting back into his limousine, "The girl and Yugi come with me."
"Hey man, this is not cool!" Honda complained, struggling.
"This is my fault." Lindsay said softly as she and Yugi were pushed towards the limousine. She tensed her arms, and then using the guard's hands as a stabilizer she lifted herself completely off the ground and kicked the guard in the stomach. As he crumpled to the ground she ran forwards and did a jump kick at the guard holding Yugi.
The guards who had already secured the other three boys came running. Lindsay was about to get ready to fight when she felt two hands grab her forearms and turn her around. It was Yugi and his sharp, purple eyes were staring straight into hers.
"Don't be hot headed, there is nothing we can do at the moment except comply." He said softly, firmly.
"But--"
"They already have our friends the only hope to help them now is to submit, for now." He cut her off, and made all argument die in her throat and all she could manage was a weak glare at him.
The guards took hold of them again; Lindsay stared at the ground as she was pushed towards the limousine.
"That was an interesting show." Kaiba said as the door shut. He was sitting with his legs crossed at the knees and his arms folded leisurely over his gut. Lindsay glared out her window, her hands clenched into fists in her lap.
Yami, who had taken over since the guards had withheld them the first time watched Lindsay out of the corner of his eye.
"She's very hot headed." He thought to his lighter half.
"Not when she's calm, she can be pleasant company if you don't get up in her face. Then she immediately becomes defensive." he heard Yugi reply, he was good at seeing people's good and bad sides. "It's more along the lines of if you get to psychically close to her she goes into a.defensive mode. Like when she punched Jonouchi after he tickled her."
"What about Bakura?" Yami asked in his mind, closing his eyes.
"He's different." Yugi explained, "Jonouchi grabbed her sides, Bakura gently took hold of her hand to pull her up."
Yami kept his eyes closed as he thought about this, so, Lindsay became defensive if you got too close to her psychically, or if you grab her suddenly somewhere other than her hand. This could be linked with something in her past, but what? Yami was very reluctant to even think about the possibilities.
"So, where are we going Kaiba?" he asked, opening his eyes to look at whom his question was directed to.
"As I said, I would defeat the American Duelist Champion. We are going to a building that has a Duel Monsters Board set up." Kaiba replied smoothly.
"Why not just use the Dueling Disks?" Yami shot back. A smirk played across Kaiba's face.
"And miss all your lovely company at my mansion?"
Yami turned his head to look at Lindsay as he heard her sharp intake of breath. She was tense, very tense; almost so tense her body was shaking.
"What's wrong with Lindsay?" Yugi asked in his mind, Yami easily heard the worried tone. Yami folded his arms over his chest, thinking once more.
"I believe she's had a rather.unpleasant.experience in her past." He answered, still watching Lindsay out of the corner of his eye.
Lindsay continued to stare out of the window, her eyes not holding that usual spark in them.
"We're going to his mansion!?" she thought wildly, somehow managing to keep her body from shaking. Her eyes closed as she tried to keep the memories from resurfacing.
Candlelight, that was the only thing that let her see what was going on. Her ankles and wrists were rubbed raw from the ropes that bound her down, the sheets and pillows of the bed soaked with sweat, bodily fluids, and tears. Her whole body was sore, from harsh blows to her with a hand, and her sensitive insides ached too, from forced entry and her stomach churned from being forced to swallow some odd liquid that had come from the man.
"Lindsay! You must wake up!" a deep soothing voice sliced through the horrible scene flickering before Lindsay's eyes. The picture dispersed as if it was smoke, and soon she found herself staring deeply into two royal purple eyes. "Lindsay, are you alright?"
She blinked a few times as she felt Yugi's strong hand brush wetness away from her cheeks. Had she been crying?
"Lindsay, are you alright?" came Yugi's confident voice once again. Her senses were filtering back from her memories, she felt an arm positioned just so that it was supporting her from lying on the cold floor, but also she could break away without a second thought. Suddenly she realized that it was Yugi who was supporting her in the sitting position.
Yami stared down at the American girl in his arms. He didn't know what happened, one minute she was staring out the limousine window, the next she had started silently crying before she blacked out.
"Is she okay?" Yugi's worried voice had turned high pitched in his frantic state about his newest friend.
"She's awake now at least," Yami, answered quietly, a soft hint of worry in his usually calm voice.
"Yes.I'm alright.where are we?" Lindsay had finally conquered her momentary muteness. Yami let out his breath, he felt Yugi calm down greatly as well.
"At the moment we are in the dueling room in Kaiba's mansion. He is currently off somewhere, having gotten annoyed with waiting for you to wake up." Yami explained, not minding she was still lying against him, waiting patiently for her to get up on her own.
"What about the others? Bakura, Jonouchi?" Lindsay asked, pushing herself up. Yami pulled himself into a crouch, and straightened up before helping Lindsay to her feet as well.
"They are safe, they'll be brought in here when Kaiba comes back," he said as he adjusted his jacket over his shoulders. Lindsay sighed, running her fingers through her hair.
"Are you really alright? Are you in a well enough condition to duel?" Yami wondered what memory she had been locked in, but he didn't bring it up.
"I believe so," she answered. "I don't have much choice either way." Yami nodded silently,
"For someone so hot headed, you do have a strong sense of loyalty." He commented softly. A soft smile flicked across Lindsay's pale face.
"For someone so serious, you have a gentle way when handling someone." She retorted. Yami, who was taken by complete surprise, stood shocked, staring at her. He heard Yugi laughing hysterically in his head.
Lindsay watched Yugi (it was still Yami but she didn't know that) stare at her and grinned innocently. She felt relatively calm; there were no memories of that god-awful night from her past in her mind now.
"So, you're finally awake," the icy toned voice drifted over them. Lindsay's head shot up to see Kaiba standing at the top of the stairs, looking down at her with a smirk gleaming in his transfixing blue eyes.
"Looks that way, doesn't it?" Lindsay replied hotly, folding her arms over her chest stubbornly. The gleam in the tall blue boy's eyes only grew brighter.
"Here at this Duel Monsters Board is where you will fall at my hands, Lindsay Valentine!" Kaiba said, laughing coldly as the gigantic Duel Monsters Board rose from the floor. "It will be one on one,"
Lindsay blinked as a white haired boy stepped in front of her,
"No, it will be two on two. You and I vs. Lindsay and Yugi." Bakura said simply, "and the stakes shall be as such. If Yugi and Lindsay win, you shall set them free and grant them any prize you desire. If Kaiba and I win, then he shall be known as the greatest duelist in the world and I will receive Yugi's Millennium Puzzle!"
Lindsay's eyes grew wide as she listened to this.
"Bakura I am shocked you would betray me like this, but if that is how it's going to be then so be it! I accept your challenge!" Yugi said, his eyes glowing with passion.
"Bakura." Lindsay's voice was soft and it quivered, Bakura looked at her with emotionless cold eyes. She took a few steps away from him and felt Yugi support her from falling.
"Lindsay," Yugi whispered softly in her ear, "This is not the Bakura you know, and I understand your pain. But you must trust me. Accept this challenge and my friend ship. With our passion for dueling and friendship combined we can not lose."
"Lindsay looked back into his eyes then forwards.
"Kaiba, Bakura. I accept your challenge!" she said, clenching one of her fists.
"It's time to Duel!" she heard Yugi say from behind her.
Game #2 Over.