A/N: Seems I caused a bit of confusion over the honorifics. XD Well, don't worry about it, anyone who was confused.
I may be referring to it wrong. What I was meaning were the suffixes that are added to names, such as '-kun' and '-chan'.
But I haven't decided whether I really want them or not yet.
Ryuujin Dragon King: Heh, can't promise on how long chapters will be, but I'll work on making them longer. ^_^ Glad you liked Yami B and Malik's reunion, too. Seems I did good, since almost everyone is mentioning it. ^_^ Isis*Yami is a pretty cute couple. ^_^ Glad you liked their interaction.
My OC has been okayed, so she'll show up, but she's not especially important. But way, way, WAY into Itsumo, you'll probably see why I wanted to add her. And I think I like the yamis' speech too. ^_^ So that's staying. And yep, I know what you think of honorifics. ^_^ But I can't decide yet, since I keep confusing people as to what they are. XD Thanks for the review!
C.A.: Heh, I did good on a title name for once, then? ^_^ Yay, your favorite lines are the same as mine! I think that says something...
Glad you liked Yami B, Malik, Isis, and Rishid in the chapter, and I'll work on letting Mai and Ryou show their faces more. ^_^ Thanks for the review, which didn't get sent to me in an alert and I almost missed. XD Stupid ff.net...
Borath: I nearly had a heart attack when I saw how long your review was. *Is floating happily now*
You read the story again? ^_^ Well, here are the answers to your questions. About Yami letting Yami B live in the palace, that will be resolved... Er... Possibly soon, if not then it will definitely be explained in Itsumo. Don't worry. ^_^ Unfortunately, I'm keeping this story mostly non-romance of any sort, so there'll be no darkshipping. But I really should write a darkshipping fic sometime, since it's my favorite couple.
About the magic, the two had no real idea that they could combine magic with each other until Nebenkharu or whatever I decided to change his name to seemed worried about it. Yami B was grasping at straws and bluffed his way out of the situation, gaining a bit of useful info at the same time. And while Yami B has more memory than Yami, his isn't quite full either. He remembers much more about things he's learned, such as the ancient language, but not a lot about details of what he's done.
Glad you liked the interaction between Yami B and Malik, since they're so much fun to write together. And I'm also happy that Isis and Rishid are sufficiently in character. I've seen nothing of Rishid besides some manga and the dub, so I wasn't quite sure. And everyone now owes Isis, the losers. XD She soooo saved them.
I'm also pleased to know that you thought that Ryuuji and Serenity being tricked was realistic, since I was sitting here going... 'Is anyone going to buy this?'
Poor Yami's not getting a break in this chapter either. *Innocent whistle* And I keep forgetting what the point of the story is too. XD There was some movie, I can't remember which, that I would always watch and then think, 'Oh, wait, so THAT'S what they were doing...' Now I'm going to think of this every time, and get very frustrated that I can't remember which movie it is. XD
Alrighty, yay! I think the OC's staying, then. I'm happy too, since I'd wanted her but didn't want to too badly turn people away. O.o
Well, yay on the speech patterns too. XD I think they're staying how they are.
Okies, as for the names, I'm getting more and more inclined to change Ryou to... Well... Ryou. Yami B will keep his name for the moment, until his real name is revealed (Which should be, hopefully, a few chapters.) I had Malik call Yami B 'Yami Bakura' because of, well, yeah, Ryou being called Bakura. And only Joey is stupid/brave enough to call Yami B 'Yami B' to his face as a nickname, since his name is (at the moment) technically Yami Bakura. And that sentence made no sense, I know. XD Yami is also referred to as Yami Yuugi by anyone who's not close to him, as'll be shown in the chapter.
And look up to the main note at the very top about the honorifics. XD Thanks for the huge review!
YamiAra: *Falls over with happiness that people are reading her story so many times* Yami B has turned over a new leaf. Besides eating, he decided to have... Gasp, manners. XD And Yami's whole little problem will be revealed once I think of it. XD No, just kidding. It shouldn't be to many more chapters. But that's what I said about getting to Egypt, too. Mwa ha ha!
Mafdet's an evil little girl. XD I've got a bunch of cats as well, (5. O.o) and they're all idiots too. Seems everyone likes the speech how it is, too, so it shall stay. ^_^ Oh, speaking of curses, my brother came up with the dumbest one: 'May stealth monkeys burn down your outhouses.' Strange, my brother is... Anyway, thanks for the review!
BlackScarab: Answers to your questions: Not saying, and hopefully. XD As for the questions of my own, I'm giving my decisions later on down the page.
Yay, my OC's comin' in! ^_^ And as for the speech... Well...
*Missed the Nefertiti special* I really wanted to watch it too! *Wails and sniffs* Thanks for the review!
jen: You actually want to know about the enemy guy's who name I can't even remember even though he's mine? (Just kidding, it's Nebenkharu, but you get the point. XD) Wow, coolies! Well, he may get a bio in an upcoming new section of my page, so if he does, I'll make sure to post the address in my bio. ^_^
The group's gonna' do a ton in Egypt. In fact, they don't leave Egypt until the end of Itsumo. ^_^ And for other plotlines... You'll have to see! Thanks for the review!
Ashita: Don't worry about forgetting to review. ^_^ I'm horrid about it. XD I'm not gonna' comment on the questions of mine, since I'll give my decisions in the other notes. ^_^
Glad you liked the chapter! For some reason, I think it would be hilarious to stick Yami B with a road map and make him be navigator on a road trip. *Grin*
bast4: I'm glad you like it so much, and that you put me on your favorites! I'm working on the updates. XD I actually had to scrap most of this chapter and redo it, but once I did that, it got much better. Anyway, thanks for the review!
Wingleader Sora Jade: Heh, I think that chapter 18's title was my favorite. XD
At first, the Ryou/Bakura thing confused me endlessly. XD I was reading all these fics and going... 'Who?' But now, I keep thinking of Ryou as... Ryou... So, yeah. XD Also, I'm happy you think that the OC sounds cute. ^_^ She really is.
I liiiiiiiike Serenity*Ryuuji. *Grin* Glad you liked their scenes. As for Yami, ain't tellin'. Thanks for the review!
Other Notes: I've decided on everything but the honorifics, since not everyone knows what they are and I wanna' think about it a lot, too.
As for Ryou, he's now Ryou from this chapter onward and will be changed to such as I go along in the revisions. Yami B will still be Yami B until his name is revealed, which I'm somewhat worried about since, oddly enough, it's the same name that another person uses and I don't want them mad at me since I really didn't know they were using it until I had already decided on it. O.o So... Yeah. I'll worry about that more when we actually get to the chapter when it's revealed.
My OC has been voted onto the island. XD So she'll be showing up soon to stay for a few chapters, and if people like her she may play a continuing side role but it's not really likely. XD The people that she comes with will be staying though... *Evil cackle* And no, they're not OCs.
Speech patterns for the yamis will stay the same, with minor adjustments if I really don't like how something sounds. ^_^'
Like I said, haven't decided on the honorifics yet. ^_^ Thanks to everyone who gave me their opinion!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh. *Waves flag boredly*
Warnings: Cursing. Surprised?
Summary of Last Time: The group got duped by people at the airport, ended up with no idea of what to do, thankfully ran into Isis, and were invited back to her house where they met up with Rishid and Malik.
Preview of this Time: People duel a little, more comedy, Malik takes Yami B out into the city. XD
Japanese:
Baka - Idiot
Onegai - Please
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Eien; part 19
by: Amiasha
Malik walked upstairs to his room, to retrieve his deck. Yami B had practically begged him, whether or not he admitted it, to play duel monsters with him, and Malik was more than happy to oblige. Unfortunately, once he got to his room and opened the door, he found that somebody else was already in there.
"... Isis?" He asked, raising an eyebrow as he saw his sister stacking his stuff up and... Putting it away? "Why the hell are you cleaning my room?" The blond Egyptian asked in confusion.
"Don't curse. And it's because I can't stand how you keep it." Isis answered calmly, folding a pair of cargo pants and placing them in a drawer.
"But..." Malik said, still very puzzled. "Why do you care now? It's been this way since last month..."
Isis continued her work, replying simply, "I never needed to spend much time in your room until now."
Malik blinked a few times, trying to figure out what in the world his sister was talking about. "Could you please tell me what in the world you mean by that?"
Isis, having cleaned the room to her liking, stood up, brushing her hands together and looking at the lavender eyed boy. "I've given the Pharaoh my room, so I'm sleeping in yours and you're staying with Rishid." As Malik's mouth dropped open and he started to protest, she cut him off. "And don't argue unless you'd like to get a job and support me, instead of the other way around."
Malik, still wide eyed with surprise, just stood there as Isis walked around him and out the door. After a few seconds, he blinked twice and shrugged, grabbing his deck and heading back downstairs to duel Yami B.
Said white haired thief was sitting on the couch, absently shuffling his deck in boredom as he waited. He looked up as the platinum blond returned.
"So, Yami Bakura, are we going to play by Battle City rules?" Malik asked, shuffling his deck a few times before placing it on the coffee table and motioning for Yami B to come over.
"That's fine." Yami B answered, walking over like Malik had wanted and sitting down on the couch. Malik himself sat down on the floor opposite him, so they could lay out their cards on the table.
Malik flipped the scorepad he'd brought with him to a blank page, and wrote 'Yami Bakura: 4000, Malik: 4000.' He reached out for his cards, drawing his hand, and Yami B took the hint and did the same. Malik looked up at Yami B. "You can go first."
Yami B nodded, drawing another card. He looked them over for a moment before moving. "I'm placing a card face down." He said, laying one card in the magic/trap zone. And also, a monster face down in defense mode." He did so, then looked at his friend. "Your move."
Malik drew, inspecting his hand like Yami B had. "I'm playing out Dream Clown (1200/900) in attack mode, and attacking your face down monster."
Yami B gave a triumphant smile, and flipped up him monster. "Morphing Jar." He announced proudly. "We both must discard our hands and draw new ones."
Malik sighed, knowing he walked right into that. Whenever Yami B played a card facedown, it meant it had a flip effect. Annoyedly, he placed his hand in the graveyard, and drew five more.
Yami B did the same, smirking slightly. "It's still your move." He reminded.
Malik nodded, pulling a card from his hand and placing it on the glass table. "Jar of Greed." He said. He was sure that Yami B knew what it did and didn't bother explaining, drawing two new cards and adding them to his hand.
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Yuugi yawned, stretching and brushing Yami's bangs back again. Joey was stretched out over the foot of the bed, his mouth hanging open and a small bit of drool hanging out of it. Sugoroku had pulled up a chair and was dozing slightly, arms folded and an annoyed look on his face.
The blond and the youngest and oldest Motou had been waiting nearly an hour for food to be done, since it took awhile to cook for so many people. Yuugi was about to fall asleep like his companions, but wanted to stay awake to watch over his dark.
As if on cue, the door opened and Isis walked in. "Hello, Yuugi." She greeted gently, seeing that the other three occupants of the room were sleeping.
Yuugi nodded to her, giving her a sad smile. "Hi."
Isis gave him her own smile in return and walked over to sit down next to him, startling Joey to awakeness and causing him to fall off the bed in surprise. The Egyptian woman ignored him as if nothing had ever happened. "Any change?" She asked Yuugi, taking the cloth away from Yami's forehead and checking his fever again.
"No." Yuugi said, looking down and away. "He hasn't moved, or spoken in his sleep, or anything." They teen's eyes misted again, but he angrily blinked back his tears.
Isis nodded absently, gently moving her fingers from Yami's forehead to the side of his neck so she could check his pulse. After a few seconds she took her hand away, then pulled the blankets again up around Yami's shoulders. "Dinner is finished." She finally said, looking up at Yuugi, the now awake Sugoroku, and Joey who had finally reappeared from the floor. "You can either eat up here or downstairs, whichever you like. We'll try to get Yami to eat something afterwards."
Yuugi nodded in acknowledgment, and Isis touched him gently on the shoulder before leaving again. Joey stood up and stretched. "Ya' want me to bring some food back up to you two?" Joey asked Yuugi and Sugoroku, paused his stretching with his arms still over his head.
Yuugi looked at his grandfather, then back at Joey and nodded, smiling faintly. "Thanks, Joey."
"No problem." Joey replied, ruffling Yuugi's hair before bounding out the door after food.
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Malik just sighed. "Alright, fine, I give up." He said, rolling his eyes at Yami B who grinned evilly.
The white haired spirit was somewhat pleased with himself after trouncing Malik so well in their duel monsters game. Their final life points were 3800 to 0, Yami B winning.
Malik gathered up his cards and put them in the pocket of his cargo pants. He watched absently as Yami B stacked up his own, his mind somewhere else.
The rest of the group that wasn't upstairs or Isis, Malik, or Yami B were eating. Some had all crammed around the table, with the rest eating on the floor, on the couches, or, in Ryou's case, on the coffee table. The whole adventure so far had been explained, with many comments that weren't really needed from many people.
Isis was at the stove again, cooking something else. Malik just rolled his eyes. To say that his sister liked to cook was an understatement.
Malik turned back to Yami B, who was staring off into the distance with a ditzy look on his face, and almost laughed. "Yami Bakura?" He asked.
Yami B looked lazily over at him. "Yes?" He asked in an equally lazy tone.
"I have an idea. Let's go out and see if we can find anything interesting going on in the city." Malik suggested. A devious grin started to grow on his face. "We could always find some unsuspecting people and-"
"Malik Ishtar, don't you dare." Isis said calmly but sternly from the kitchen. "I want you to stay away from other people's pockets. You get plenty of spending money from me, and there's absolutely no reason to steal from people."
Malik pouted slightly, putting his hands on his hips. "Fine." He said in annoyance.
Yami B snickered, rolling his eyes. "Some force of evil you are." He commented with barely noticeable sarcasm.
"I know." Malik said with fake pride, lifting his nose into the air.
Yami B grinned at this display, when a thought struck him. "Speaking of forces of evil... Your multiple personality disorder isn't going to show itself, is it?"
Malik looked at him. "If you mean my yami, no, I don't think so. I haven't heard anything from him since the Battle City finals."
Yami B nodded slowly. "That's good." He said simply. He looked back up at his blond friend. "Well, let's go." He suggested, standing up and placing his deck in the pocket of his jacket.
Malik grinned. "Lemme get some money, and tell Isis what we're doing, and then I'll get you a helmet so we can ride the motorcycle." He dashed off up to his room.
Yami B, left in the dust cloud, blinked a few times before echoing dumbly, "Motorcycle?"
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"I'm bored." Tristan said.
"I don't care." Tea replied.
"I'm bored." Tristan repeated.
"I still don't care."
Ryuuji rolled his eyes and sighed loudly, leaning back in his chair. Besides him, Tea and Tristan were the only ones left at the table. Mai, and Serenity were on the couch talking, Seto was sulking for some unknown reason off in the corner, Mokuba and Ryou were playing cards, Isis was cooking, Rishid was helping Isis, Malik had raced off to his room, and Yami B was just standing in the middle of the room, opening and closing his mouth. The rest, being Joey, Yuugi, Yami, and Sugoroku, were upstairs.
The black haired boy rolled his eyes again as Tristan and Tea began arguing about how much salt should be put on food, and wondered if perhaps Tea's mind had been temporarily switched with Joey's by the way she and Tristan were acting together. Ryuuji shrugged, not really caring too much, and got up from his seat to go over and talk to Serenity.
Tristan, who seemed to have hawk eyes when it had to do with Ryuuji and Serenity, suddenly stopped his argument, jumped up, and rushed over to intercept Ryuuji before he got near their shared romantic interest.
Tea sighed, looking away as the two started bickering. She's finished her meal and wasn't really all that hungry anyway, so she wasn't exactly sure what she was doing at the table. Deciding she may as well get up, she stood and walked over to see if she could help Isis in any way.
Isis smiled at her as she walked up. "Hello, Tea." She greeted, and Rishid nodded his head as well toward the brunette.
"Hi." Tea replied to them both. "Is there any thing I can do to help you?" She asked.
Isis smiled again. "Well, actually, yes." She said. "I'm going upstairs to see if we can get our Pharaoh to eat anything. Could you make sure nothing down here gets broken by your group?" She asked, perfectly calmly as if it was everyday that she had a bunch of teenagers that were stressed and had short tempers in her house.
"No problem." Tea answered, laughing. Then she became serious again. "How's Yami?" She asked.
The Egyptian woman considered her answer for a few seconds. "It's not really possible to tell. Last I saw him he was still asleep. We'll know if he's getting better or worse by tonight, though." Seeing the downcast look on Tea's face, she added, "But don't worry. I'm sure he'll be fine." She gave Tea a reassuring touch on the shoulder.
Tea smiled. "Yeah, you're right." She agreed. A loud thump from the other room drew her attention back to the boys who had seemingly started and actual fight instead of a play one. The brunette sweatdropped. "I'd better go fix that..." She muttered, stalking off and readying her purse.
Isis laughed and headed upstairs.
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"I'm dragging Yami B out into the city with me; we'll be back in a few hours." Malik said quickly as he brushed past his sister on the way back down to the living room.
"You're what?" Isis asked, looking at the blond. "Malik, it's very late. I don't want you out at this time, and you know that." She scolded.
Malik glared. "Isis. Relax. I handled my evil other personality, which I think was much more dangerous that going out at dark. And besides, I have both the Rod and a powerful ancient spirit with me. Don't worry." He said, then smiled innocently.
Isis just stared at him. Or, more specifically, his lavender eyes that had gone wide and sparkly. She sighed. "Alright. But only a few hours, and be very, very careful."
"I will, don't worry!" Malik said, already running down the stairs.
Isis rolled her eyes. "Why do I even bother..."
Malik trotted across the white carpet surprisingly cheerfully, and tossed Yami B a black helmet. "That should fit you." He said, rolling his eyes as the white haired thief just stared at it. "I'm going to unchain the motorcycle and make sure it had gas. Come out and meet me when you've figured out the helmet." He said, turning on his heel and stalking out the door with a lavender helmet under his arm.
Yami B blinked again, looking at the helmet. 'I won't be defeated by this.' He decided, scowling at it. 'But why in Ra's name would I need something like this to ride that death trap Malik calls a motorcycle?'
"Hey, Yami Bakura." Tristan said, walking up calmly toward him. "Need help?" He asked.
Yami B scowled darkly at him. "No, I don't need help you silly mortal, I can figure this out on my own. It not- Hey!" He said in annoyance and Tristan plucked the helmet out of his hands, deftly flipped it right side up, and set in on the spirit's head.
"Hold still and I'll adjust the straps." Tristan said lazily, very amused by the dumbfounded look on Yami B's face. Today had not been a good day for the two ancient Egyptians. Yamis = 0, Mortals = 1.
Yami B continued to growl at Tristan as the dark haired teen tightened the straps of the helmet to fit. "You damn mortals are NOT winning." He said.
Tristan's eyes bugged out and he straightened quickly, staring at Yami B in shock. "You're a damn mindreader!" He accused, pointing at the spirit.
Yami B rolled his eyes. "No I'm not. I just know how you think."
Tristan raised an eyebrow. "That's still way too creepily accurate. There's no way you really guessed that." He said disbelievingly.
"You're right." Yami B sighed. "You spoke outloud, baka." He said, putting his hands on his hips. "And are you done?" He asked, gesturing vaguely at his helmet.
"Yes, I am." Tristan said, declining to respond to the earlier comments.
"Good." Yami B said, stalking out of the house without another word.
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Yami was not pleased. Somewhere, he'd registered that somebody was shaking him. It was very, very annoying, since he was really trying to sleep and didn't want to wake up for anything unless a.) He really, really, REALLY had to save one of his friends, or b.) He was crowned king of modern day Egypt. But since someone was shaking him, he didn't figure it was a., and b. was too unlikely. So that was it, he was going back to sleep.
"Yami..."
Now someone was talking to him, too. Was it too much to ask to be left alone? He rarely slept in, and felt that he should at least deserve it this once. Or... Had he already slept in and needed to get up and run the gameshop or something?
"Yami, wake up."
Something was bothering him though, and telling him he really should open his eyes and see what was going on. So very begrudgingly, Yami forced open his heavy eyes and blearily tried to see who needed him so much.
"Yami!"
The spirit was proud of himself; he was right, it was Yuugi who was talking to him. He blinked slowly, and as he opened his eyes again he noticed that next to Yuugi were their grandfather, Joey, and... Isis?
"Damnit..." Yami breathed softly in annoyance, suddenly remembering everything that had happened. He was at the Ishtar's in Egypt, and had gotten very sick. That was why Yuugi was trying to wake him up and was so happy when he finally showed some sign of life.
"You're awake!" Yuugi said happily, hugging Yami tightly. At the wheezing noise the spirit gave, Yuugi let go and sat back, looking sheepish. "Sorry... I didn't mean to squeeze you..." He apologized, unable to keep from smiling from his happiness as he did.
"That's alright..." Yami said, giving a weak smile to the others as he responded to Yuugi. "What time is it...?" He asked.
"About 9:00pm." Isis told him. She sat down on the bed next to him. "Hungry at all?" The Egyptian woman asked.
Yami shook his head slightly. "No." He answered firmly, obviously not having any intention of touching food.
/But Yami.../ Yuugi whined. /You really, really should eat something. It'll make you feel better. Part of the reason you're so weak could be from not eating at all since yesterday afternoon. You really should have eaten that bacon I offered you./
Yami almost laughed at the pouty tone in Yuugi's voice. //Aibou...// He protested. //It won't do me any good to eat and not be able to hold it down, which I don't think I can do right now. Can't I eat in the morning?// He asked, hoping to negotiate.
Yuugi scrunched up his noise in obvious disapproval, but turned to Isis anyway. "Isis, he wants to know if he can wait to eat until morning." He relayed.
Isis frowned, looking at Yami. "You really shouldn't. That'd be more than 36 hours without eating anything at all." She pointed out.
//It sounds worse when she says it that way...// Yami muttered through the link, getting a smile out of Yuugi. //But really, aibou, I want to go back to sleep. Onegai?// He pleaded, his eyes softening out and getting round.
"'Da puppy eyes! Resist, Yuugi!" Joey said, before descending into a fit of immature giggles.
Yuugi sighed before giggling some himself. /Only if Isis agrees./ He told his dark, before turning to the black haired woman. "Yami really, really wants to go back to sleep. He promises to eat tomorrow morning."
Isis looked from Yuugi to the still slightly puppy eyed Yami, back to Yuugi. "Oh, fine." She relented, sighing but giving them a smile. "But I'm holding you to that promise, Yami Yuugi." She said, standing back up. "Sleep well." Isis wished, before waving at them and walking out the door.
Yuugi looked back at Yami. /There's something very wrong about an ancient dead guy making puppy eyes./
Yami smiled before shutting his eyes and turning slightly to get more comfortable. //Whatever works...//
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"Watch out!" Yami B shouted, before burying his face in the back of Malik's shirt as the blond narrowly missed a shop stand and turned his motorcycle down another strip of road.
"I'm not going to hit anything!" Malik shouted back, turning the vehicle again.
"Yes you are!" Yami B protested, still not looking up.
"No I won't!" Malik replied, before slamming on the brakes and skidding sideways across the street, causing the spirit behind him to crush his ribcage as the white haired thief held on for dear life.
When the motorcycle stopped, Malik calmly unbuckled his helmet, detached Yami B from his waist, and swung his leg off the bike so he could stand up. The teen just looked at Yami B, who seemed somewhat frozen. "Yo?" He asked cautiously.
Yami B carefully unbuckled his own helmet, taking it slowly off his head with shaking hands and staring at it blankly.
After a few seconds, it connected solidly with the side of Malik's head.
"Baka!" Yami B hissed angrily. "You could have killed me!"
Malik rubbed his head, glaring. "You would have just come back."
Yami B scowled and got off the motorcycle as well. "That is no excuse!" He said. "That's like saying that you're going to... Going to... I don't even know or care!" He shouted, jamming his hands into the pockets of his jacket. "That's it. I'm going to go rob somebody." He decided, stalking off in a randomly chosen direction.
Malik just shrugged and hung the helmets off the handlebars, and began walking his beloved motorcycle after the spirit.
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"Checkmate." Seto said boredly, putting his chin in his hand and looking at his opponent, who just stared at their side of the board.
"Again?" They asked hopefully.
"I've won 12 times." Seto replied. "No." He rolled his eyes as Serenity sighed in annoyance. Seto idly shoved the chess pieces around. "That game king had better get well soon, or I'm going to die of boredom." He muttered.
Joey, who was coming down the stairs, stopped to stare at Seto. "No way, did you actually say you wanted Yami for somethin'?" He asked, grinning evilly.
Seto lazily turned to look at him. "Only to combat boredom. Otherwise, he's annoying." He defended calmly.
"Sure." Joey said, still grinning. "I'll make sure an' tell him tomorra' that you miss him."
Seto rolled his eyes. "If you must." He replied, turning back around and resuming his poking of the chess pieces.
Joey sweatdropped, walking over and sitting down on the couch next to Ryou. "You must be really, really bored." He commented.
"Brilliant conclusion." Seto answered. He turned his attention to the white haired boy next to Joey. "Want to play chess?"
"Sure." Ryou answered, almost as bored as Seto. His yami refused to answer him through the link, he didn't have any books, and the Ishtars had no television. He moved into Serenity's spot and set up the chess pieces so he could play with Seto. He looked at Joey. "Oh, speaking of Yami Yuugi, how is he?" He asked kindly in concern.
Joey frowned slightly, leaning back and folding his arms. "He seems to be doing okay. Better than earlier this evening, at least." He answered.
Ryou nodded, and was about to say something else when Seto spoke up instead.
"Any idea yet what's wrong?" The brunette asked, his voice casual and seemingly uncaring as he placed the last few chess pieces on the board in their correct places.
"Nah." Joey said, not sounding very happy about the fact. "No idea. I really don't care, either, as long as Yami gets well, we finish up what we're doin' here in Egypt, and get back home."
"Assuming that our resident spirits know what they're doing and actually manage to banish... Whatever his name was." Seto muttered darkly. "I, for one, will be very annoyed if I wasted all this time and we fail."
"Nah, Kaiba, ya' won't be annoyed, you'll probably be dead." Joey said brightly. "Come ta' think of it, 'dat might not be so bad. But 'den again, I'd be dead too..."
"And then we'd all be stuck together in the afterlife, forever." Ryou said bemusedly, moving a pawn forward.
"Some heaven." Joey laughed. "Stuck with Kaiba forever..."
"Very funny, Wheeler." Seto said, rolling his eyes. "Though I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have to worry about it." He added, smirking devilishly.
Joey looked over at him. "Oh? Why not?" He asked.
"Because I'm making damn sure I go to hell." Seto answered, a decidedly determined tone in his voice.
Ryou, Mokuba, and Serenity laughed, and Joey grinned broadly. "No way Kaiba, didja' actually make a joke?"
Seto shook his head, still smirking. "No. I intend full well to go to hell. That way I don't have to be nice to people. That and I don't like white."
Joey joined Ryou, Serenity, and Mokuba in laughing, and Seto just smiled and rolled his eyes.
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A/N: Don't comment on the ending. I sat there for ten minutes, and after realizing I had no idea for a good ending, this is what happened. XD
Anyway, hope you liked and please review!
Ryuujin Dragon King: Heh, can't promise on how long chapters will be, but I'll work on making them longer. ^_^ Glad you liked Yami B and Malik's reunion, too. Seems I did good, since almost everyone is mentioning it. ^_^ Isis*Yami is a pretty cute couple. ^_^ Glad you liked their interaction.
My OC has been okayed, so she'll show up, but she's not especially important. But way, way, WAY into Itsumo, you'll probably see why I wanted to add her. And I think I like the yamis' speech too. ^_^ So that's staying. And yep, I know what you think of honorifics. ^_^ But I can't decide yet, since I keep confusing people as to what they are. XD Thanks for the review!
C.A.: Heh, I did good on a title name for once, then? ^_^ Yay, your favorite lines are the same as mine! I think that says something...
Glad you liked Yami B, Malik, Isis, and Rishid in the chapter, and I'll work on letting Mai and Ryou show their faces more. ^_^ Thanks for the review, which didn't get sent to me in an alert and I almost missed. XD Stupid ff.net...
Borath: I nearly had a heart attack when I saw how long your review was. *Is floating happily now*
You read the story again? ^_^ Well, here are the answers to your questions. About Yami letting Yami B live in the palace, that will be resolved... Er... Possibly soon, if not then it will definitely be explained in Itsumo. Don't worry. ^_^ Unfortunately, I'm keeping this story mostly non-romance of any sort, so there'll be no darkshipping. But I really should write a darkshipping fic sometime, since it's my favorite couple.
About the magic, the two had no real idea that they could combine magic with each other until Nebenkharu or whatever I decided to change his name to seemed worried about it. Yami B was grasping at straws and bluffed his way out of the situation, gaining a bit of useful info at the same time. And while Yami B has more memory than Yami, his isn't quite full either. He remembers much more about things he's learned, such as the ancient language, but not a lot about details of what he's done.
Glad you liked the interaction between Yami B and Malik, since they're so much fun to write together. And I'm also happy that Isis and Rishid are sufficiently in character. I've seen nothing of Rishid besides some manga and the dub, so I wasn't quite sure. And everyone now owes Isis, the losers. XD She soooo saved them.
I'm also pleased to know that you thought that Ryuuji and Serenity being tricked was realistic, since I was sitting here going... 'Is anyone going to buy this?'
Poor Yami's not getting a break in this chapter either. *Innocent whistle* And I keep forgetting what the point of the story is too. XD There was some movie, I can't remember which, that I would always watch and then think, 'Oh, wait, so THAT'S what they were doing...' Now I'm going to think of this every time, and get very frustrated that I can't remember which movie it is. XD
Alrighty, yay! I think the OC's staying, then. I'm happy too, since I'd wanted her but didn't want to too badly turn people away. O.o
Well, yay on the speech patterns too. XD I think they're staying how they are.
Okies, as for the names, I'm getting more and more inclined to change Ryou to... Well... Ryou. Yami B will keep his name for the moment, until his real name is revealed (Which should be, hopefully, a few chapters.) I had Malik call Yami B 'Yami Bakura' because of, well, yeah, Ryou being called Bakura. And only Joey is stupid/brave enough to call Yami B 'Yami B' to his face as a nickname, since his name is (at the moment) technically Yami Bakura. And that sentence made no sense, I know. XD Yami is also referred to as Yami Yuugi by anyone who's not close to him, as'll be shown in the chapter.
And look up to the main note at the very top about the honorifics. XD Thanks for the huge review!
YamiAra: *Falls over with happiness that people are reading her story so many times* Yami B has turned over a new leaf. Besides eating, he decided to have... Gasp, manners. XD And Yami's whole little problem will be revealed once I think of it. XD No, just kidding. It shouldn't be to many more chapters. But that's what I said about getting to Egypt, too. Mwa ha ha!
Mafdet's an evil little girl. XD I've got a bunch of cats as well, (5. O.o) and they're all idiots too. Seems everyone likes the speech how it is, too, so it shall stay. ^_^ Oh, speaking of curses, my brother came up with the dumbest one: 'May stealth monkeys burn down your outhouses.' Strange, my brother is... Anyway, thanks for the review!
BlackScarab: Answers to your questions: Not saying, and hopefully. XD As for the questions of my own, I'm giving my decisions later on down the page.
Yay, my OC's comin' in! ^_^ And as for the speech... Well...
*Missed the Nefertiti special* I really wanted to watch it too! *Wails and sniffs* Thanks for the review!
jen: You actually want to know about the enemy guy's who name I can't even remember even though he's mine? (Just kidding, it's Nebenkharu, but you get the point. XD) Wow, coolies! Well, he may get a bio in an upcoming new section of my page, so if he does, I'll make sure to post the address in my bio. ^_^
The group's gonna' do a ton in Egypt. In fact, they don't leave Egypt until the end of Itsumo. ^_^ And for other plotlines... You'll have to see! Thanks for the review!
Ashita: Don't worry about forgetting to review. ^_^ I'm horrid about it. XD I'm not gonna' comment on the questions of mine, since I'll give my decisions in the other notes. ^_^
Glad you liked the chapter! For some reason, I think it would be hilarious to stick Yami B with a road map and make him be navigator on a road trip. *Grin*
bast4: I'm glad you like it so much, and that you put me on your favorites! I'm working on the updates. XD I actually had to scrap most of this chapter and redo it, but once I did that, it got much better. Anyway, thanks for the review!
Wingleader Sora Jade: Heh, I think that chapter 18's title was my favorite. XD
At first, the Ryou/Bakura thing confused me endlessly. XD I was reading all these fics and going... 'Who?' But now, I keep thinking of Ryou as... Ryou... So, yeah. XD Also, I'm happy you think that the OC sounds cute. ^_^ She really is.
I liiiiiiiike Serenity*Ryuuji. *Grin* Glad you liked their scenes. As for Yami, ain't tellin'. Thanks for the review!
Other Notes: I've decided on everything but the honorifics, since not everyone knows what they are and I wanna' think about it a lot, too.
As for Ryou, he's now Ryou from this chapter onward and will be changed to such as I go along in the revisions. Yami B will still be Yami B until his name is revealed, which I'm somewhat worried about since, oddly enough, it's the same name that another person uses and I don't want them mad at me since I really didn't know they were using it until I had already decided on it. O.o So... Yeah. I'll worry about that more when we actually get to the chapter when it's revealed.
My OC has been voted onto the island. XD So she'll be showing up soon to stay for a few chapters, and if people like her she may play a continuing side role but it's not really likely. XD The people that she comes with will be staying though... *Evil cackle* And no, they're not OCs.
Speech patterns for the yamis will stay the same, with minor adjustments if I really don't like how something sounds. ^_^'
Like I said, haven't decided on the honorifics yet. ^_^ Thanks to everyone who gave me their opinion!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh. *Waves flag boredly*
Warnings: Cursing. Surprised?
Summary of Last Time: The group got duped by people at the airport, ended up with no idea of what to do, thankfully ran into Isis, and were invited back to her house where they met up with Rishid and Malik.
Preview of this Time: People duel a little, more comedy, Malik takes Yami B out into the city. XD
Japanese:
Baka - Idiot
Onegai - Please
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Eien; part 19
by: Amiasha
Malik walked upstairs to his room, to retrieve his deck. Yami B had practically begged him, whether or not he admitted it, to play duel monsters with him, and Malik was more than happy to oblige. Unfortunately, once he got to his room and opened the door, he found that somebody else was already in there.
"... Isis?" He asked, raising an eyebrow as he saw his sister stacking his stuff up and... Putting it away? "Why the hell are you cleaning my room?" The blond Egyptian asked in confusion.
"Don't curse. And it's because I can't stand how you keep it." Isis answered calmly, folding a pair of cargo pants and placing them in a drawer.
"But..." Malik said, still very puzzled. "Why do you care now? It's been this way since last month..."
Isis continued her work, replying simply, "I never needed to spend much time in your room until now."
Malik blinked a few times, trying to figure out what in the world his sister was talking about. "Could you please tell me what in the world you mean by that?"
Isis, having cleaned the room to her liking, stood up, brushing her hands together and looking at the lavender eyed boy. "I've given the Pharaoh my room, so I'm sleeping in yours and you're staying with Rishid." As Malik's mouth dropped open and he started to protest, she cut him off. "And don't argue unless you'd like to get a job and support me, instead of the other way around."
Malik, still wide eyed with surprise, just stood there as Isis walked around him and out the door. After a few seconds, he blinked twice and shrugged, grabbing his deck and heading back downstairs to duel Yami B.
Said white haired thief was sitting on the couch, absently shuffling his deck in boredom as he waited. He looked up as the platinum blond returned.
"So, Yami Bakura, are we going to play by Battle City rules?" Malik asked, shuffling his deck a few times before placing it on the coffee table and motioning for Yami B to come over.
"That's fine." Yami B answered, walking over like Malik had wanted and sitting down on the couch. Malik himself sat down on the floor opposite him, so they could lay out their cards on the table.
Malik flipped the scorepad he'd brought with him to a blank page, and wrote 'Yami Bakura: 4000, Malik: 4000.' He reached out for his cards, drawing his hand, and Yami B took the hint and did the same. Malik looked up at Yami B. "You can go first."
Yami B nodded, drawing another card. He looked them over for a moment before moving. "I'm placing a card face down." He said, laying one card in the magic/trap zone. And also, a monster face down in defense mode." He did so, then looked at his friend. "Your move."
Malik drew, inspecting his hand like Yami B had. "I'm playing out Dream Clown (1200/900) in attack mode, and attacking your face down monster."
Yami B gave a triumphant smile, and flipped up him monster. "Morphing Jar." He announced proudly. "We both must discard our hands and draw new ones."
Malik sighed, knowing he walked right into that. Whenever Yami B played a card facedown, it meant it had a flip effect. Annoyedly, he placed his hand in the graveyard, and drew five more.
Yami B did the same, smirking slightly. "It's still your move." He reminded.
Malik nodded, pulling a card from his hand and placing it on the glass table. "Jar of Greed." He said. He was sure that Yami B knew what it did and didn't bother explaining, drawing two new cards and adding them to his hand.
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Yuugi yawned, stretching and brushing Yami's bangs back again. Joey was stretched out over the foot of the bed, his mouth hanging open and a small bit of drool hanging out of it. Sugoroku had pulled up a chair and was dozing slightly, arms folded and an annoyed look on his face.
The blond and the youngest and oldest Motou had been waiting nearly an hour for food to be done, since it took awhile to cook for so many people. Yuugi was about to fall asleep like his companions, but wanted to stay awake to watch over his dark.
As if on cue, the door opened and Isis walked in. "Hello, Yuugi." She greeted gently, seeing that the other three occupants of the room were sleeping.
Yuugi nodded to her, giving her a sad smile. "Hi."
Isis gave him her own smile in return and walked over to sit down next to him, startling Joey to awakeness and causing him to fall off the bed in surprise. The Egyptian woman ignored him as if nothing had ever happened. "Any change?" She asked Yuugi, taking the cloth away from Yami's forehead and checking his fever again.
"No." Yuugi said, looking down and away. "He hasn't moved, or spoken in his sleep, or anything." They teen's eyes misted again, but he angrily blinked back his tears.
Isis nodded absently, gently moving her fingers from Yami's forehead to the side of his neck so she could check his pulse. After a few seconds she took her hand away, then pulled the blankets again up around Yami's shoulders. "Dinner is finished." She finally said, looking up at Yuugi, the now awake Sugoroku, and Joey who had finally reappeared from the floor. "You can either eat up here or downstairs, whichever you like. We'll try to get Yami to eat something afterwards."
Yuugi nodded in acknowledgment, and Isis touched him gently on the shoulder before leaving again. Joey stood up and stretched. "Ya' want me to bring some food back up to you two?" Joey asked Yuugi and Sugoroku, paused his stretching with his arms still over his head.
Yuugi looked at his grandfather, then back at Joey and nodded, smiling faintly. "Thanks, Joey."
"No problem." Joey replied, ruffling Yuugi's hair before bounding out the door after food.
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Malik just sighed. "Alright, fine, I give up." He said, rolling his eyes at Yami B who grinned evilly.
The white haired spirit was somewhat pleased with himself after trouncing Malik so well in their duel monsters game. Their final life points were 3800 to 0, Yami B winning.
Malik gathered up his cards and put them in the pocket of his cargo pants. He watched absently as Yami B stacked up his own, his mind somewhere else.
The rest of the group that wasn't upstairs or Isis, Malik, or Yami B were eating. Some had all crammed around the table, with the rest eating on the floor, on the couches, or, in Ryou's case, on the coffee table. The whole adventure so far had been explained, with many comments that weren't really needed from many people.
Isis was at the stove again, cooking something else. Malik just rolled his eyes. To say that his sister liked to cook was an understatement.
Malik turned back to Yami B, who was staring off into the distance with a ditzy look on his face, and almost laughed. "Yami Bakura?" He asked.
Yami B looked lazily over at him. "Yes?" He asked in an equally lazy tone.
"I have an idea. Let's go out and see if we can find anything interesting going on in the city." Malik suggested. A devious grin started to grow on his face. "We could always find some unsuspecting people and-"
"Malik Ishtar, don't you dare." Isis said calmly but sternly from the kitchen. "I want you to stay away from other people's pockets. You get plenty of spending money from me, and there's absolutely no reason to steal from people."
Malik pouted slightly, putting his hands on his hips. "Fine." He said in annoyance.
Yami B snickered, rolling his eyes. "Some force of evil you are." He commented with barely noticeable sarcasm.
"I know." Malik said with fake pride, lifting his nose into the air.
Yami B grinned at this display, when a thought struck him. "Speaking of forces of evil... Your multiple personality disorder isn't going to show itself, is it?"
Malik looked at him. "If you mean my yami, no, I don't think so. I haven't heard anything from him since the Battle City finals."
Yami B nodded slowly. "That's good." He said simply. He looked back up at his blond friend. "Well, let's go." He suggested, standing up and placing his deck in the pocket of his jacket.
Malik grinned. "Lemme get some money, and tell Isis what we're doing, and then I'll get you a helmet so we can ride the motorcycle." He dashed off up to his room.
Yami B, left in the dust cloud, blinked a few times before echoing dumbly, "Motorcycle?"
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"I'm bored." Tristan said.
"I don't care." Tea replied.
"I'm bored." Tristan repeated.
"I still don't care."
Ryuuji rolled his eyes and sighed loudly, leaning back in his chair. Besides him, Tea and Tristan were the only ones left at the table. Mai, and Serenity were on the couch talking, Seto was sulking for some unknown reason off in the corner, Mokuba and Ryou were playing cards, Isis was cooking, Rishid was helping Isis, Malik had raced off to his room, and Yami B was just standing in the middle of the room, opening and closing his mouth. The rest, being Joey, Yuugi, Yami, and Sugoroku, were upstairs.
The black haired boy rolled his eyes again as Tristan and Tea began arguing about how much salt should be put on food, and wondered if perhaps Tea's mind had been temporarily switched with Joey's by the way she and Tristan were acting together. Ryuuji shrugged, not really caring too much, and got up from his seat to go over and talk to Serenity.
Tristan, who seemed to have hawk eyes when it had to do with Ryuuji and Serenity, suddenly stopped his argument, jumped up, and rushed over to intercept Ryuuji before he got near their shared romantic interest.
Tea sighed, looking away as the two started bickering. She's finished her meal and wasn't really all that hungry anyway, so she wasn't exactly sure what she was doing at the table. Deciding she may as well get up, she stood and walked over to see if she could help Isis in any way.
Isis smiled at her as she walked up. "Hello, Tea." She greeted, and Rishid nodded his head as well toward the brunette.
"Hi." Tea replied to them both. "Is there any thing I can do to help you?" She asked.
Isis smiled again. "Well, actually, yes." She said. "I'm going upstairs to see if we can get our Pharaoh to eat anything. Could you make sure nothing down here gets broken by your group?" She asked, perfectly calmly as if it was everyday that she had a bunch of teenagers that were stressed and had short tempers in her house.
"No problem." Tea answered, laughing. Then she became serious again. "How's Yami?" She asked.
The Egyptian woman considered her answer for a few seconds. "It's not really possible to tell. Last I saw him he was still asleep. We'll know if he's getting better or worse by tonight, though." Seeing the downcast look on Tea's face, she added, "But don't worry. I'm sure he'll be fine." She gave Tea a reassuring touch on the shoulder.
Tea smiled. "Yeah, you're right." She agreed. A loud thump from the other room drew her attention back to the boys who had seemingly started and actual fight instead of a play one. The brunette sweatdropped. "I'd better go fix that..." She muttered, stalking off and readying her purse.
Isis laughed and headed upstairs.
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"I'm dragging Yami B out into the city with me; we'll be back in a few hours." Malik said quickly as he brushed past his sister on the way back down to the living room.
"You're what?" Isis asked, looking at the blond. "Malik, it's very late. I don't want you out at this time, and you know that." She scolded.
Malik glared. "Isis. Relax. I handled my evil other personality, which I think was much more dangerous that going out at dark. And besides, I have both the Rod and a powerful ancient spirit with me. Don't worry." He said, then smiled innocently.
Isis just stared at him. Or, more specifically, his lavender eyes that had gone wide and sparkly. She sighed. "Alright. But only a few hours, and be very, very careful."
"I will, don't worry!" Malik said, already running down the stairs.
Isis rolled her eyes. "Why do I even bother..."
Malik trotted across the white carpet surprisingly cheerfully, and tossed Yami B a black helmet. "That should fit you." He said, rolling his eyes as the white haired thief just stared at it. "I'm going to unchain the motorcycle and make sure it had gas. Come out and meet me when you've figured out the helmet." He said, turning on his heel and stalking out the door with a lavender helmet under his arm.
Yami B blinked again, looking at the helmet. 'I won't be defeated by this.' He decided, scowling at it. 'But why in Ra's name would I need something like this to ride that death trap Malik calls a motorcycle?'
"Hey, Yami Bakura." Tristan said, walking up calmly toward him. "Need help?" He asked.
Yami B scowled darkly at him. "No, I don't need help you silly mortal, I can figure this out on my own. It not- Hey!" He said in annoyance and Tristan plucked the helmet out of his hands, deftly flipped it right side up, and set in on the spirit's head.
"Hold still and I'll adjust the straps." Tristan said lazily, very amused by the dumbfounded look on Yami B's face. Today had not been a good day for the two ancient Egyptians. Yamis = 0, Mortals = 1.
Yami B continued to growl at Tristan as the dark haired teen tightened the straps of the helmet to fit. "You damn mortals are NOT winning." He said.
Tristan's eyes bugged out and he straightened quickly, staring at Yami B in shock. "You're a damn mindreader!" He accused, pointing at the spirit.
Yami B rolled his eyes. "No I'm not. I just know how you think."
Tristan raised an eyebrow. "That's still way too creepily accurate. There's no way you really guessed that." He said disbelievingly.
"You're right." Yami B sighed. "You spoke outloud, baka." He said, putting his hands on his hips. "And are you done?" He asked, gesturing vaguely at his helmet.
"Yes, I am." Tristan said, declining to respond to the earlier comments.
"Good." Yami B said, stalking out of the house without another word.
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Yami was not pleased. Somewhere, he'd registered that somebody was shaking him. It was very, very annoying, since he was really trying to sleep and didn't want to wake up for anything unless a.) He really, really, REALLY had to save one of his friends, or b.) He was crowned king of modern day Egypt. But since someone was shaking him, he didn't figure it was a., and b. was too unlikely. So that was it, he was going back to sleep.
"Yami..."
Now someone was talking to him, too. Was it too much to ask to be left alone? He rarely slept in, and felt that he should at least deserve it this once. Or... Had he already slept in and needed to get up and run the gameshop or something?
"Yami, wake up."
Something was bothering him though, and telling him he really should open his eyes and see what was going on. So very begrudgingly, Yami forced open his heavy eyes and blearily tried to see who needed him so much.
"Yami!"
The spirit was proud of himself; he was right, it was Yuugi who was talking to him. He blinked slowly, and as he opened his eyes again he noticed that next to Yuugi were their grandfather, Joey, and... Isis?
"Damnit..." Yami breathed softly in annoyance, suddenly remembering everything that had happened. He was at the Ishtar's in Egypt, and had gotten very sick. That was why Yuugi was trying to wake him up and was so happy when he finally showed some sign of life.
"You're awake!" Yuugi said happily, hugging Yami tightly. At the wheezing noise the spirit gave, Yuugi let go and sat back, looking sheepish. "Sorry... I didn't mean to squeeze you..." He apologized, unable to keep from smiling from his happiness as he did.
"That's alright..." Yami said, giving a weak smile to the others as he responded to Yuugi. "What time is it...?" He asked.
"About 9:00pm." Isis told him. She sat down on the bed next to him. "Hungry at all?" The Egyptian woman asked.
Yami shook his head slightly. "No." He answered firmly, obviously not having any intention of touching food.
/But Yami.../ Yuugi whined. /You really, really should eat something. It'll make you feel better. Part of the reason you're so weak could be from not eating at all since yesterday afternoon. You really should have eaten that bacon I offered you./
Yami almost laughed at the pouty tone in Yuugi's voice. //Aibou...// He protested. //It won't do me any good to eat and not be able to hold it down, which I don't think I can do right now. Can't I eat in the morning?// He asked, hoping to negotiate.
Yuugi scrunched up his noise in obvious disapproval, but turned to Isis anyway. "Isis, he wants to know if he can wait to eat until morning." He relayed.
Isis frowned, looking at Yami. "You really shouldn't. That'd be more than 36 hours without eating anything at all." She pointed out.
//It sounds worse when she says it that way...// Yami muttered through the link, getting a smile out of Yuugi. //But really, aibou, I want to go back to sleep. Onegai?// He pleaded, his eyes softening out and getting round.
"'Da puppy eyes! Resist, Yuugi!" Joey said, before descending into a fit of immature giggles.
Yuugi sighed before giggling some himself. /Only if Isis agrees./ He told his dark, before turning to the black haired woman. "Yami really, really wants to go back to sleep. He promises to eat tomorrow morning."
Isis looked from Yuugi to the still slightly puppy eyed Yami, back to Yuugi. "Oh, fine." She relented, sighing but giving them a smile. "But I'm holding you to that promise, Yami Yuugi." She said, standing back up. "Sleep well." Isis wished, before waving at them and walking out the door.
Yuugi looked back at Yami. /There's something very wrong about an ancient dead guy making puppy eyes./
Yami smiled before shutting his eyes and turning slightly to get more comfortable. //Whatever works...//
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"Watch out!" Yami B shouted, before burying his face in the back of Malik's shirt as the blond narrowly missed a shop stand and turned his motorcycle down another strip of road.
"I'm not going to hit anything!" Malik shouted back, turning the vehicle again.
"Yes you are!" Yami B protested, still not looking up.
"No I won't!" Malik replied, before slamming on the brakes and skidding sideways across the street, causing the spirit behind him to crush his ribcage as the white haired thief held on for dear life.
When the motorcycle stopped, Malik calmly unbuckled his helmet, detached Yami B from his waist, and swung his leg off the bike so he could stand up. The teen just looked at Yami B, who seemed somewhat frozen. "Yo?" He asked cautiously.
Yami B carefully unbuckled his own helmet, taking it slowly off his head with shaking hands and staring at it blankly.
After a few seconds, it connected solidly with the side of Malik's head.
"Baka!" Yami B hissed angrily. "You could have killed me!"
Malik rubbed his head, glaring. "You would have just come back."
Yami B scowled and got off the motorcycle as well. "That is no excuse!" He said. "That's like saying that you're going to... Going to... I don't even know or care!" He shouted, jamming his hands into the pockets of his jacket. "That's it. I'm going to go rob somebody." He decided, stalking off in a randomly chosen direction.
Malik just shrugged and hung the helmets off the handlebars, and began walking his beloved motorcycle after the spirit.
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"Checkmate." Seto said boredly, putting his chin in his hand and looking at his opponent, who just stared at their side of the board.
"Again?" They asked hopefully.
"I've won 12 times." Seto replied. "No." He rolled his eyes as Serenity sighed in annoyance. Seto idly shoved the chess pieces around. "That game king had better get well soon, or I'm going to die of boredom." He muttered.
Joey, who was coming down the stairs, stopped to stare at Seto. "No way, did you actually say you wanted Yami for somethin'?" He asked, grinning evilly.
Seto lazily turned to look at him. "Only to combat boredom. Otherwise, he's annoying." He defended calmly.
"Sure." Joey said, still grinning. "I'll make sure an' tell him tomorra' that you miss him."
Seto rolled his eyes. "If you must." He replied, turning back around and resuming his poking of the chess pieces.
Joey sweatdropped, walking over and sitting down on the couch next to Ryou. "You must be really, really bored." He commented.
"Brilliant conclusion." Seto answered. He turned his attention to the white haired boy next to Joey. "Want to play chess?"
"Sure." Ryou answered, almost as bored as Seto. His yami refused to answer him through the link, he didn't have any books, and the Ishtars had no television. He moved into Serenity's spot and set up the chess pieces so he could play with Seto. He looked at Joey. "Oh, speaking of Yami Yuugi, how is he?" He asked kindly in concern.
Joey frowned slightly, leaning back and folding his arms. "He seems to be doing okay. Better than earlier this evening, at least." He answered.
Ryou nodded, and was about to say something else when Seto spoke up instead.
"Any idea yet what's wrong?" The brunette asked, his voice casual and seemingly uncaring as he placed the last few chess pieces on the board in their correct places.
"Nah." Joey said, not sounding very happy about the fact. "No idea. I really don't care, either, as long as Yami gets well, we finish up what we're doin' here in Egypt, and get back home."
"Assuming that our resident spirits know what they're doing and actually manage to banish... Whatever his name was." Seto muttered darkly. "I, for one, will be very annoyed if I wasted all this time and we fail."
"Nah, Kaiba, ya' won't be annoyed, you'll probably be dead." Joey said brightly. "Come ta' think of it, 'dat might not be so bad. But 'den again, I'd be dead too..."
"And then we'd all be stuck together in the afterlife, forever." Ryou said bemusedly, moving a pawn forward.
"Some heaven." Joey laughed. "Stuck with Kaiba forever..."
"Very funny, Wheeler." Seto said, rolling his eyes. "Though I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have to worry about it." He added, smirking devilishly.
Joey looked over at him. "Oh? Why not?" He asked.
"Because I'm making damn sure I go to hell." Seto answered, a decidedly determined tone in his voice.
Ryou, Mokuba, and Serenity laughed, and Joey grinned broadly. "No way Kaiba, didja' actually make a joke?"
Seto shook his head, still smirking. "No. I intend full well to go to hell. That way I don't have to be nice to people. That and I don't like white."
Joey joined Ryou, Serenity, and Mokuba in laughing, and Seto just smiled and rolled his eyes.
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A/N: Don't comment on the ending. I sat there for ten minutes, and after realizing I had no idea for a good ending, this is what happened. XD
Anyway, hope you liked and please review!