Thank ye for the reviews! ^_~. Camille- I know, I'm trying to go for the manga and not the anime Alostblackcat- the little girl is rather odd. She's SORTA based off the girl in X, but I don't read it enough so. Ranma Higurashi- Yay, you my first reviewer ^^

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-Tick-Tock-
-Chapter Two-
-Pendulum-
Otogi and the others just stood there, staring at the now closed door. Yami bit his lip gently and cursed inwardly. Yugi glanced at his Yami and saw the deep concentration and wrapped his arm around the taller boy's waist. Yami looked down at his hikari and gently bent down. He tilted Yugi's head up and kissed him firmly. Yugi looked slightly surprised but returned the kiss.

Jou wanted them, smiling softly, almost sad. Suddenly a strong arm slid around Jou's chest and pulled him into an aisle. Jou was pushed against the floor and he closed his eyes as he winced, and opened his mouth to curse at his attacker.

Gently another mouth covered his and slid their tongue in. Jou opened his brown eyes, into beautiful cobalt ones. He smirked softly and slid his arms around his lover's neck. Seto gently moved down Jou's neck and kissed down to his chest, before gently tracing Jou's name with his tongue. Jou grinned softly and Seto smiled a touch.

Otogi and Honda just sat on the counter, wondering who the little girl was. Honda grabbed a pencil and threw it at Yami, since he'd probably be the most knowledgeable about it. Yami looked up from straddling Yugi and unbuttoning his shirt and he caught the pen.

"What?" he asked darkly, his crotch about to break out of his pants. Honda grinned sheepishly.

"You looked like you knew the girl. Did you?" he asked uncomfortably as Yami slid off Yugi and Seto and Jou poked their heads around the side of the aisle, since the rest of their bodies was stark naked. Otogi groaned mentally at the thought of cleaning up their fluids later.

Yami sighed and slid his shirt on again. He leaned back on his hands as Yugi laid his head on his yami's lap.

"I have a feeling she is the re-incarnation of the Oracle."

"The Greek one?" asked Jou as Seto thrust into him. His eyes closed in pleasure and he bit his lip so as not to say anything.

"Yes, the Greek one, how many do you know, you fool? Anyway, she's not five, in any guess. She's probably stuck in the body of that child, never aging at all." Said Yami absently, stroking Yugi's spiky hair gently, mainly for his own sake. Honda and Otogi shrugged slightly as Ryou pulled out a book. Honda glanced at him, one eye twitching.

"Do you just carry textbooks with you randomly?"

"Yes.." Said Ryou, flicking through it and searching for any information on the Oracle. He flicked through some pages on Apollo before coming to it. He looked around, wondering if to read it or not.

"Read it you idiot." Said Yami, not in the best of moods.

"All right.. ahem, The most famous oracle in Greece, and the location of a temple of Apollo; it was also known as the oracle of Delphi. At the oracle, a priestess went into a trance, supposedly breathed vapors from a cleft in the rocks, and delivered messages from Apollo to persons who sought her advice. These messages were often difficult to interpret. Well, that doesn't really tell us anything." Sighed Ryou before looking up at the others.

"We could try a library." Suggested Honda casually. The others nodded slightly and stood up. Jou and Seto sighed, since they had to end their little moment but they got up and got their clothing on. They came out of the aisle and followed the others. Seto invited them, rather was told to by Jou, into the limo and they slid in and rode to a nearby library in silence. They went in and split up to look, each one partnering with their lover, except Ryou, who went on his own.

About ten minutes late they all meet back at a large dictionary in the back, where Yugi was looking it up and Yami was teasing him gently.

"A shrine consecrated to the worship and consultation of a prophetic deity, as that of Apollo at Delphi." Read Yugi calmly, as Honda pulled out the paper he'd found on her.

"In classical Greece, the pre-eminent oracle was the one at the temple of Apollo at Delphi. This oracle exerted considerable influence across the country, and was consulted before all major undertakings -- wars, the founding of colonies, and so forth. She also was respected by the semi-Hellenic countries around the Greek world, such as Macedonia, Lydia, Caria, and even Egypt. Croesus of Lydia consulted Delphi before attacking Persia, and according to Herodotus received the answer "if you do, you will destroy a great empire." Croesus found the response favorable and attacked, and was utterly overthrown. " said Honda, looking as though he understood none of it. Yami raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Didn't she say that the God would no longer speak there or something?" he asked, reaching for Hondas paper. Honda looked at it before nodding slightly.

"Yea, but it says she was probably bribed."

"How'd she die?" asked Otogi and Honda glanced at him, wondering why the hell he wanted to know. Jou piped up with the answer, even though Seto's hands were down Jou's pants and they weren't exactly still.

"It said she had her throat slit, before the person gauged out her eyes and sliced her ears off, and took them as a prize."

"That's why she's deaf, blind and mute, you idiots." Muttered Seto, kissing Jou's neck.

"But why us?" asked Yugi, confused.