*Yes, another chapter people! It's finally here, whoopee! Anyway, I know I took long, but had things to do, but at least it's done. Anywho, I forgot to say that I will not be writing about the Noa saga, I rather not. Anyway, this chapter goes though things pretty quick, but like I said, I really want to get this fic done, so I hope you don't mind. Yeah, that is all. Read and enjoy!
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! I do not own!
Chapter 8~ It's almost time!
"Kaiba stop! You won't get any answers from him like that!" Yami told Kaiba as the CEO shook the Rare Hunter that was right now unconscious. Yami and him had been dueling two Rare Hunters who had told them that Yami's friends and Seto's brother had been taken. They had battled and conquered and now want to know where their friends and family were.
"This is useless! He's unconscious and won't tell me where my brother is!" Kaiba complained and could only growl. But he soon stopped when the person he held by the collar was beginning to talk. But it wasn't the actual person, it was Malik.
"So I see you two have managed to stay alive. I really thought you wouldn't be able to duel together, but I guess, I was wrong," Malik chuckled a bit.
"Malik! What have you done with my friends! I demand to know where they are!" Yami screamed to the crazed teen.
"I don't take orders from you, pharaoh!" Malik told him. 'Pharaoh?' Seto asked in his mind, 'what did he mean by that? There's no time to think about it, I must know where my brother is!'
"Malik, I want you to tell me where my brother is now!" Seto demanded.
"Sorry, Kaiba, I don't take orders from you either. But don't worry he's alright, and pharaoh…you're friends are really waiting to see you. Joey has some things to settle, and Tea, now we can't forget about her. My, my, she is one beauty, and to think, she hangs around losers like you. It's so hard to just keep my hands off her," both Yami and Seto gasped. 'Tea, he has you too!' Seto thought, he thought only Joey was captured, he didn't think she would be too. He was surely going to kill Malik if something happens to her and his brother.
"Malik, if you lay one finger on her, I'll make sure you pay dearly!" the anger that Yami felt was intense, he would surely do as he said, Malik will pay if something happens to her.
"I'll try not to, but I can't guarantee anything," he said smirking, enjoying that he could fool with Yami's mind.
"Enough of this!" Seto budded in, "we won the duel so we have every right to know where you have taken my brother and his friends!" Seto shouted, his patience was almost all gone.
"Well, I could just tell you, but where will the fun be in that? I would rather you look for them, and you better hurry, because I don't know what I might do. Also, Joey is really waiting to see you Yugi, so hurry," Malik said chuckling a bit.
"Malik, you bastard!" Yami whispered.
"I can't believe this!" Seto began to shout, "we won the duel and you won't even tell us where you're hiding them! You stupid bastard!"
"My, my what a temper. Calm yourself, Kaiba, or something may happen. Well, anyway, happy searching," with that said, Malik was gone. The Rare Hinter had his mind back, but he was unconscious, so it didn't really matter.
Seto and Yami just look at the motionless body and wondered where they should start looking. Who knows where there loved ones were, for all they knew they could be anywhere. It seemed hopeless, and, for once, impossible, even for Yami.
Seto looked to the sky and ten decided that he wasn't going to just stay there. If he had to look, then he was going to look in every place there was in the damn city. There will be no place where he would not have looked in. He didn't even care how long it took, he was going to find them. Swiftly he turned and started to walk. He past Yami, who looked a bit puzzled, but decided that he would follow. 'Seto would probably be able to find them, I should stick with him in the mean time,' Yami thought as he followed the CEO.
Seto didn't care whether Yami followed or not, he just hoped that the duelist won't start talking about nonsense as they search. He continued to walk until he reached the door to lead him down the building, but he stopped quickly when he heard a sound. Yami as well heard and turned to the direction of it, Kaiba did the same. Both were stunned when they saw what it was.
"Seto!!" it was one of Kaiba's helicopters and Mokuba was in it, calling to his brother.
"Mokuba," Seto whispered, relieved to see his brother was alright.
"Seto, I'm so glad that I found you!" Mokuba kept shouting, until he jumped out of the helicopter, and ran to his brother, hugging him.
"I'm glad that you're safe, Mokuba," Seto said as he hugged him back. Yami just smiled and was happy for Kaiba, but he wondered how Mokuba got away, and what of his friends?
"Mokuba, how exactly did you get away and did you see my friends?" Yami asked the smaller Kaiba.
"Yeah, I saw Tea, and she helped me escape. She would have too, but the stupid Rare Hunters stopped her before she could. I can take you to where she is so you can help her. We got to hurry, too, who knows what might happen!" Mokuba explained, as he now remembered that Tea was counting on him to get help.
"Yes you're right, Mokuba," Seto agreed, "Yugi, I will help you get your friends back, especially since Tea helped my brother, so get in the helicopter, and let's go," Seto said. He really did want to save Tea, but he couldn't let Yugi know that, so that's why he used that excuse.
"Right," was all Yami said, and soon all three got into the helicopter, hoping that everything will be alright.
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"There it is, that's the place that Tea and I were being held at!" Mokuba cried out, pointing down below. Seto and Yami took a look and raised one of their eyebrows, this was an odd place for a hideout, but then again, so was Malik. It was at the docks of Domino, a place where Seto would have least expected.
"I hope they are alright," Yami said, worried out of his mind. 'Tea better be! Or I will definitely kill Malik,' Seto thought.
As they got closer to the ground, they saw a lone figure standing there. To Yami's surprise it was Joey, but something wasn't right. Joey looked different in a way. Soon, the helicopter touched the ground and the three passengers quickly got out, and Yami swiftly walked to Joey.
"Joey are you alright! Where's Tea?" Yami asked. He continued to walk closer to Joey but stopped when Joy told him to.
"Stop right there, Yugi, don't come any closer!" the voice that he used immediately told Yami that something was not right.
"Joey, what's wrong?" Yami asked.
"I've been waiting a long time for this, pharaoh! Now it is time to destroy you!" Joey said, ignoring Yami's question completely.
"What in the world are you talking about, Joey?!" Mokuba shouted, he was confused as everyone else.
"Follow me, pharaoh," Joey simply said and walked off.
"Joey, wait!" Yami tried to stop him but he knew he couldn't, "Damn, this must be Malik's doing! He probably has control of Joey's mind!" Seto looked at Yami and was wondering what the hell he was talking about, and when he was about to speak, he stopped immediately when he heard an all to familiar voice.
"That is correct, pharaoh, I do have him under my control, but as you can see that's not all I have. Yes, your dearest friend Tea is in my control also!" everyone turned around and couldn't believe what they saw. Yami and Seto were both angry, and Mokuba was just shocked.
"Malik, you bastard! Leave my friends alone! They have nothing to do with this!" Yami told Malik, hoping that he would release them.
"I rather not, Yugi, but if you want them to be safe, I suggest you follow the girl," Malik warned, as he controlled Tea to walk pass the three people. Yami just watched her and followed her, as well as Seto and Mokuba.
They didn't walk long, it only took a couple of minutes. Tea, or rather Malik, told Yami to follow her, and listen to her instructions. Malik was telling him that he was to duel his friend Joey. The rules were quite simple, beat the other person before time runs out. The winner will be able to go free while the loser will plummet into the ocean. This of course angered Yami. No matter what, it seemed that either way someone was going to get hurt, this is something that will definitely be hard to overcome. What could he possibly do? Not dueling will get both him and Joey to the bottom of the ocean and losing or winning will get one of them to the bottom as well. This wasn't good at all.
"This isn't right, Seto we can't let this go on any further, you have to stop this!" Mokuba said as he watched in horror what was about to occur.
"You're right, Mokuba," Kaiba said then turned to the two duelist, "I cannot let this duel go one any further! As the administrator of this tournament, this duel will be stopped!"
"I'm afraid not, Kaiba!" Seto eyes widen when he heard those words. He slowly turned his head and couldn't believe what he was about to see. Tea was walking up to a chair and when she sat down, some type of straps had fastened around her wrists and ankles. The next thing was what really shocked him, a huge object was soon on top of Tea. The only thing holding it was thick wire, and what was worse there was a bomb.
Yami turned around to see what Kaiba was looking at and couldn't believe this! "Malik!" he couldn't stand this anymore. His friends were in danger because of him, and if something happened to them, he would never forgive himself.
"Malik what the hell do you think you are doing?" Kaiba demanded.
"Well, I knew that in some way you would interfere, and I can't have that now can I? So I thought that maybe putting sweet little Tea under a huge boulder would keep you from prying. So remember, try to stop this duel, the bomb will go Kaboom! Then you can say goodbye to dear Tea!" Malik said. Seto looked on in worry and knew he couldn't do anything now. This was really now up to Yugi.
"Bastard!" was all that Seto could say.
"Oh, and I think it would be best that Tea watched. We wouldn't want her to miss out on all the fun, now would we?" Malik chuckled and soon his min control on Tea was gone, and she was waking up. Upon coming back into reality, Tea looked at everything and wondered what was going on. Why were Yugi and Joey over there, looking like they were about to duel? And why was she strapped to a chair?
"Now then, let get this duel started!" Joey said as the time began to tick.
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Bakura looked at the ceiling of the hospital room. He was bored and really wanted to know what was happening out there. He had doubts about what Malik planned. Maybe it would have been better if he was there watching over Tea, then he may feel less worried. 'For all I know, that stupid idiot could have put her in some sort of danger. I swear he will die horribly if I find her hurt or worse dead!' he thought as he turned his head to the left. He was disgusted by who he saw. Yugi's grand father was sitting on the chair next to him, sleeping.
'Why the hell am I still here? I should get out while I have the chance!' he said in mind. He sighed, wondering if now was the best time to leave. He really should, especially since he had to gather some locator cards.
Yami Bakura slowly sat up and looked around, and at Yugi's grandfather. He doubted anyone would notice that he was gone. It'll probably take the nurses or doctors a while to figure it out. He smirked, imagining the faces of the medical persons, as he was able to get away. 'Yes, it would be humorous.'
Slowly he took off the blanket and was about to get out of bed when someone came into his room. He immediately stopped what he was doing and looked at the person who was in his room. It was Krade, the boy who had arrived at his school the same day he had. Krade was a kind boy, who was well liked by the girls and envied by the boys. But there was always something about him that made Bakura unsure about him. He was…different, that's for sure.
"What are you doing here, Krade? Are you sick?" Bakura asked in the way original Bakura would ask.
"No, I'm not, actually, I'm here because I volunteer here. I see you, however, are here because you're hurt" Krade said as he pointed at Bakura's injury.
"Yeah, got into a little fight," Bakura lied.
"I see, well, glad you're still here. I have this letter for you, but I don't know who it's from," the green eyed boy walked up to the browned eyed boy and handed him the letter. Bakura looked at it funny and wondered what was in it.
"Thanks…" Bakura said with no emotion. Krade just smiled.
"No problem. Anyway, I have to get back to work, so I hope you get better soon. Goodbye, Bakura," Krade said very politely and left the room. 'There is something odd about him,' Bakura thought, but soon diminished his thought and looked at the letter.
He wondered who sent this letter, the only people that knew he was at the hospital were Tea, Malik, Joey, and Mr. Motou. But, it couldn't be from Yugi's grandfather, he was right beside him, snoring, and looking quite foolish with that bubble in his nose. Tea and Joey wouldn't send him a letter, not if Malik has them, and Malik, he didn't think he would have time. So then who?
"Well, maybe reading it would help," he said to himself, opening the letter. What he read was not what he would have expected. In fact, what he read was making his blood boil. His eye was twitching and he could feel the anger building up rapidly. His only thought was that he must kill Malik.
"He's as good as dead, that bastard!" Bakura yelled, but it didn't wake up the old man. He crunched up the paper in his hand and quickly got out of bed. With pure determination in his eyes, he set forth to kill Malik, or…cause him pain. Why? Because in the letter it read four words that he never wanted to see in one sentence: "Tea is in danger."
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The battle between Joey and Yami was soon coming to an end. Time was running out and the two friends didn't seem like they wanted to duel. Joey was having a hard time trying to control himself, but Malik's mind control was very strong. Yugi, which had taken the place of Yami, was trying his best to help Joey. He managed to help him greatly, but Joey had to fight as hard as he could to get in full control. Yugi just hoped it was soon, because time was not on their side right now.
"Joey, you can do it! You must snap out it, come on Joey!" Tea screamed form her seat. Her heart was racing, for fear of what might happen to her friends. This just wasn't right! Joey and Yugi were best friends, they weren't enemies. They never would go against each other, never! 'If only there was something I can do,' Tea thought hopelessly. She looked away fro the duelist and looked at Seto. 'Seto might be able to help, I just hope he'll do it…but knowing him, he would never let anything happen to me, and if he stops this duel, I'm dead for sure. But…I don't; care what happens to me, they have to be stopped!'
"Kaiba, you must do something! Stop this duel now before they get killed! You must help them!" Tea shouted to Seto. He turned his gaze from the duel to her and looked at her with sad eyes. He would always try his best to do what she wanted him to do, but this time he couldn't. No! He would be responsible for her death, he swore he would protect her, and he was going to do just that! But he didn't want her to feel so hopeless, there just ha to be something he could do to help her friends as well as her. 'But what?!' Seto asked.
"There isn't anything we can do, Tea. If we interfere, then you will…" Mokuba couldn't finish his sentence. He didn't want to believe that she would leave him and is brother. He felt the same towards her like his brother, she was like a sister.
"I don't care what happens to me, I just want them to be safe!" Tea told him.
"Don't be ridiculous, Gardner, there is no point in doing anything so rash," Seto said, and said no more. He better think of something quick or this people were going to lose their lives.
He tried to think hard, but his thoughts were soon cut off when he heard a noise. Tea and the Kaiba brothers turned their heads to see who had just arrived. To their surprise it was Mai, Tristan, Duke, and a short female, who Tea presumed to be Serenity. The people in the car quickly got out and ran toward the brothers.
"Hey what's going on? Why is Joseph dueling Yugi?" Mai said.
"Huh, my brother?" Serenity asked, wondering what was going on. Only a little longer and she could remove the band aids around her face. No one answered Mai's question, and Seto didn't want to. He had to figure out a way to save them all. 'I could save Tea by knocking out the guy, but he might press the button before I can get to him. If only I can get rid of that bomb! Wait, that's it! I need to get rid of the bomb and if I can't do it on land then it'll have to be done on air,' Seto thought as he quickly press a button that was on his collar. 'I hope this works.'
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Bakura could not believe what he was seeing. He didn't care that Yugi and Joey were dueling, he only cared for the fact that Tea was truly in danger! How could Malik have possibly been thinking when placing that huge thing on top of her?! 'He is going to be murdered brutally, I swear it!' he thought as he ran to where he knew Malik was. Of course Bakura was smart enough to ask where Malik will be during the tournament, and lucky enough that Malik told him.
Bakura ran as quickly as he could until he found the place he was looking for. Sure he could have gone and tried to save Tea, but that would be a big risk. It was smarter o just go to the source. When he entered the port, he could see Malik not to far from him. Walking quietly and swiftly, he got onto the boat the Malik was on. Slowly now, he crept up to him and when he was very close to him, he grabbed a dagger, one that he had for quite a while now. He thought it was best to keep a weapon with him at times.
"I thought you said no harm will come to the girl, Malik," Bakura said harshly. Malik jumped a little, but it wasn't noticed by Bakura. Malik could never understand why the boy made him have a bit of fear. But right now wasn't the time to think about it. Malik slowly turned around to face him and looked at him with a small smirk.
"But she isn't hurt, now is she?" he said.
"But she will be if that thing falls on her! No, she won't be hurt, she'll be killed! I swear Malik I'm going to kill you for putting her in such danger!" Bakura held the dagger tightly and pointed it at the blonde boy. Malik just looked on, not really worried, but still had a bit of it.
"Her friends would not be foolish enough to get her killed. You have nothing to worry about," Malik countered.
"It doesn't matter! I just don't like the fact that you have put her in harms way! Anything could happen! I swear I won't let this go unpunished, she must never be put in danger, not as long as I live!" Bakura countered back. His eyes showed total hatred, and it was actually scaring Malik. Yami Malik, who was watching everything, couldn't help but feel like he had seen Bakura this way before. Feeling hatred toward someone that was not him, but someone who had taken something from Bakura…or was it someone?
"Well, I can't do anything now…" Malik stopped in mid sentence when he was seeing what was happening through Joeys eyes. Tea had been freed. That stupid Kaiba managed to save her, and the duel between Joey and Yugi wasn't looking to good.
"What's wrong?" Bakura asked as he raised a brow.
"You won't have to worry about Tea, she safe now," Malik told the white hair boy. Bakura looked confused, but he believed what he said. Looking at the dagger he was holding, he decided to put it away. He didn't know why he was so angry, yes it was because Tea was in danger, but he was angrier than he has ever felt before. Maybe it was because he was afraid…afraid of losing her again. That had to it.
"Whatever," Bakura simply said as he walked away, "I'll meet you at the finals."
'That's all he can say after the way he acted? What's wrong with him?' Malik wondered, wishing that his other half had an answer.
'My guess…he probably cares way to much for that girl,' Y. Malik responded.
'Probably,' Malik said.
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"Wow, so this is the airship the finals will take place in?" Tea asked Seto as she looked up to see how high the blimp was. After the ordeal with Joey and Yugi's duel, Tea decided she would go with Kaiba and see where the finals would be held at. As she looked at the huge airship, she couldn't stop thinking about what happen not to long ago. When she was strapped in the chair, she felt really hopeless and helpless. But she was thankful that she has a friends like Seto, who would destroy a helicopter just to save her. She was going to have to repay Seto big time, but later, right now she was preoccupied with other matters. Well, at least Joey and Yugi were okay after the duel. Joey and Yugi did get dragged into the water, but Joey saved Yugi, while Joey's sister, Serenity, saved Joey. All ended well, but there was still fear among the group. What will Malik do next and when will he strike?
"Are you alright, Tea?" Seto asked as he starred worriedly at her. Tea just smiled at him.
"Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry," she told him, "anyway, when will the finals begin?"
"One more hour and the finalists will have to make there way here," he answered.
"Okay," was all she said as she walked away, where? Anywhere, she just needed to think. Seto didn't follow, he knew she wanted to be alone.
One hour later, Tea had arrived back at the place where the huge blimp was at. Upon arriving she saw Yugi and her other friends all there. She walked up to them and greeted them. She had asked if all the finalists were there, but it seemed four was missing.
"I wonder who else managed to get six locator cards," Joey said as he admired his.
"Who cares, I just want to duel and get this over with," Mai said, looking quite bored.
"I wonder when Malik will arrive," Yugi had an angry look when he said that name, he could never forgive Malik for he what he has done.
Tea looked at him with worry, she really hoped that no one will get hurt during the finals. Malik was really becoming a big problem, and he had to be stopped. 'I hope Malik won't come, but that time that I was there in the dark room…something didn't feel right, the Malik I saw, I think…no…I know that wasn't him, but then who is Malik?' Tea saw images flash before her, images of a person that she seen only in her dream, that face had finally become clear, but she had no clue who it was. But maybe she did, 'could it be…'
"Tea? Tea?!" Tea snapped out of her thoughts and looked at Yugi who had a worried look.
"Sorry, did you say something?" Tea asked, pushing her thoughts away.
"I said that three other finalists have arrived, and Malik is one of them," he told her.
"Oh, I see," she said as she looked at the other finalists. She was surprised when she saw Bakura and Namu. How was it possible that Bakura was one of the finalists when he was in the hospital? How in the world did he manage to get six locator cards so soon? And Namu, didn't he say he wasn't good at dueling? 'Odd simply odd,' she thought.
"Listen up, will all of the finalists please proceed into the ship. You will all be directed to your rooms and will have further instructions later," a person that works for Kaiba said. Everyone looked around wondering where the eighth finalist was. But Kaiba told them not to worry about and get I the blimp. Yugi and the other finalists went in, but when Tristan, Duke, Serenity tried to enter, they were stopped by one of the employees of Seto.
"I'm sorry but only finalist may enter the airship," he told them.
"Oh come on, but we want to see the duels, especially Serenity, she wants to see her brother duel," Tristan said as he pointed to the girl behind him.
"I'm sorry but I cannot allow you enter," he said again and Duke and Tristan began to complain. Tea watched them and walked slowly to Kaiba.
"Will you please let them go inside, they really want to be there for their friends," she told him. Seto sighed, he didn't really want to, but it really didn't matter.
"Just let them go," Kaiba yelled to hi employee. He nodded his head and let the people go inside. Tea smiled and followed them, glad that Seto agreed.
"Sir, what about the eighth duelist, should we wait for them?" employee asked Seto.
"No, we're leaving now, if they didn't bother to show up in time then I don't care if they're here or not," Seto told him and, with his brother proceeded into the ship.
The worker prepared the ship so it was ready to go, but soon stopped when he saw someone coming. It was the final duelist, so he waited for her and when she was inside he closed the airship and everything was ready to go.
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Tea looked at the sleeping Bakura. He was in bad shape, but he was going to be alright. The duel that he was in really took a lot out of him. It was between him and Yami, and of course, Yami had won. But he would have definitely have lost if it wasn't for that god card he has.
"Poor Bakura, he didn't even want to be a part of this, but that spirit, it controlled him. That spirit…" Tea felt scared, the spirit they discovered was one that they had met before. But all this time, Tea believed it was a dream. She didn't want to believe anything else, but it was all true. The spirit was the one who had kissed her, who embraced her…who made her feel so different. And seeing him, it impacted her greatly. Image after image, Tea saw so many things, but, of course, none seemed to make sense.
"He knew, he probably knew what they meant…but Yami destroyed him, didn't he?" Tea sighed, the Millennium Ring that Bakura had was gone, and that would mean so was the spirit. Tea sighed again, somehow, she felt that she was close to knowing, but now her chances seem slim.
Meanwhile, Joey and the fake Malik were finished dueling. Joey had won the duel and soon the gang had figured out who the real Malik was. All along it had been Namu, who was having a very hard time controlling himself. His other half was trying to take over, over and because Rashid, the one they believed was Malik, was no longer awake, he could not stop it. He held on to his head as if it were in pain. He couldn't control Yami Malik.
'Enough is enough, I will take over from here! Malik it's now my turn!' Y. Malik yelled as he soon completely took over the body of Malik. Yugi and the gang saw the difference in him and wondered what was going to happen next, but only time will tell.
Tea gasped as she felt a sharp pain in her head. She felt dizzy and was breathing hard. 'What is going on out there?' she wondered. She closed her eyes tightly wishing it would take away what she felt. But nothing helped, and she fell off the chair she was sitting on. Trying so hard to bare the pain, but soon it was gone, and she was left there confused and breathless. Tea took a deep breath, and knew that something had happened. Slowly, she drifted out of reality, her illness coming.
"It will finally be clear…everything will finally be known…" That's all she knew before sleep took over.
*Finally I am done. Two more chapters to go, and hopefully they'll be up soon, who knows. Anyway hoped you enjoy it. The next chapter should be better, hopefully, and people will remember things! So I think you will like it. Anyway, bye!
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! I do not own!
Chapter 8~ It's almost time!
"Kaiba stop! You won't get any answers from him like that!" Yami told Kaiba as the CEO shook the Rare Hunter that was right now unconscious. Yami and him had been dueling two Rare Hunters who had told them that Yami's friends and Seto's brother had been taken. They had battled and conquered and now want to know where their friends and family were.
"This is useless! He's unconscious and won't tell me where my brother is!" Kaiba complained and could only growl. But he soon stopped when the person he held by the collar was beginning to talk. But it wasn't the actual person, it was Malik.
"So I see you two have managed to stay alive. I really thought you wouldn't be able to duel together, but I guess, I was wrong," Malik chuckled a bit.
"Malik! What have you done with my friends! I demand to know where they are!" Yami screamed to the crazed teen.
"I don't take orders from you, pharaoh!" Malik told him. 'Pharaoh?' Seto asked in his mind, 'what did he mean by that? There's no time to think about it, I must know where my brother is!'
"Malik, I want you to tell me where my brother is now!" Seto demanded.
"Sorry, Kaiba, I don't take orders from you either. But don't worry he's alright, and pharaoh…you're friends are really waiting to see you. Joey has some things to settle, and Tea, now we can't forget about her. My, my, she is one beauty, and to think, she hangs around losers like you. It's so hard to just keep my hands off her," both Yami and Seto gasped. 'Tea, he has you too!' Seto thought, he thought only Joey was captured, he didn't think she would be too. He was surely going to kill Malik if something happens to her and his brother.
"Malik, if you lay one finger on her, I'll make sure you pay dearly!" the anger that Yami felt was intense, he would surely do as he said, Malik will pay if something happens to her.
"I'll try not to, but I can't guarantee anything," he said smirking, enjoying that he could fool with Yami's mind.
"Enough of this!" Seto budded in, "we won the duel so we have every right to know where you have taken my brother and his friends!" Seto shouted, his patience was almost all gone.
"Well, I could just tell you, but where will the fun be in that? I would rather you look for them, and you better hurry, because I don't know what I might do. Also, Joey is really waiting to see you Yugi, so hurry," Malik said chuckling a bit.
"Malik, you bastard!" Yami whispered.
"I can't believe this!" Seto began to shout, "we won the duel and you won't even tell us where you're hiding them! You stupid bastard!"
"My, my what a temper. Calm yourself, Kaiba, or something may happen. Well, anyway, happy searching," with that said, Malik was gone. The Rare Hinter had his mind back, but he was unconscious, so it didn't really matter.
Seto and Yami just look at the motionless body and wondered where they should start looking. Who knows where there loved ones were, for all they knew they could be anywhere. It seemed hopeless, and, for once, impossible, even for Yami.
Seto looked to the sky and ten decided that he wasn't going to just stay there. If he had to look, then he was going to look in every place there was in the damn city. There will be no place where he would not have looked in. He didn't even care how long it took, he was going to find them. Swiftly he turned and started to walk. He past Yami, who looked a bit puzzled, but decided that he would follow. 'Seto would probably be able to find them, I should stick with him in the mean time,' Yami thought as he followed the CEO.
Seto didn't care whether Yami followed or not, he just hoped that the duelist won't start talking about nonsense as they search. He continued to walk until he reached the door to lead him down the building, but he stopped quickly when he heard a sound. Yami as well heard and turned to the direction of it, Kaiba did the same. Both were stunned when they saw what it was.
"Seto!!" it was one of Kaiba's helicopters and Mokuba was in it, calling to his brother.
"Mokuba," Seto whispered, relieved to see his brother was alright.
"Seto, I'm so glad that I found you!" Mokuba kept shouting, until he jumped out of the helicopter, and ran to his brother, hugging him.
"I'm glad that you're safe, Mokuba," Seto said as he hugged him back. Yami just smiled and was happy for Kaiba, but he wondered how Mokuba got away, and what of his friends?
"Mokuba, how exactly did you get away and did you see my friends?" Yami asked the smaller Kaiba.
"Yeah, I saw Tea, and she helped me escape. She would have too, but the stupid Rare Hunters stopped her before she could. I can take you to where she is so you can help her. We got to hurry, too, who knows what might happen!" Mokuba explained, as he now remembered that Tea was counting on him to get help.
"Yes you're right, Mokuba," Seto agreed, "Yugi, I will help you get your friends back, especially since Tea helped my brother, so get in the helicopter, and let's go," Seto said. He really did want to save Tea, but he couldn't let Yugi know that, so that's why he used that excuse.
"Right," was all Yami said, and soon all three got into the helicopter, hoping that everything will be alright.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"There it is, that's the place that Tea and I were being held at!" Mokuba cried out, pointing down below. Seto and Yami took a look and raised one of their eyebrows, this was an odd place for a hideout, but then again, so was Malik. It was at the docks of Domino, a place where Seto would have least expected.
"I hope they are alright," Yami said, worried out of his mind. 'Tea better be! Or I will definitely kill Malik,' Seto thought.
As they got closer to the ground, they saw a lone figure standing there. To Yami's surprise it was Joey, but something wasn't right. Joey looked different in a way. Soon, the helicopter touched the ground and the three passengers quickly got out, and Yami swiftly walked to Joey.
"Joey are you alright! Where's Tea?" Yami asked. He continued to walk closer to Joey but stopped when Joy told him to.
"Stop right there, Yugi, don't come any closer!" the voice that he used immediately told Yami that something was not right.
"Joey, what's wrong?" Yami asked.
"I've been waiting a long time for this, pharaoh! Now it is time to destroy you!" Joey said, ignoring Yami's question completely.
"What in the world are you talking about, Joey?!" Mokuba shouted, he was confused as everyone else.
"Follow me, pharaoh," Joey simply said and walked off.
"Joey, wait!" Yami tried to stop him but he knew he couldn't, "Damn, this must be Malik's doing! He probably has control of Joey's mind!" Seto looked at Yami and was wondering what the hell he was talking about, and when he was about to speak, he stopped immediately when he heard an all to familiar voice.
"That is correct, pharaoh, I do have him under my control, but as you can see that's not all I have. Yes, your dearest friend Tea is in my control also!" everyone turned around and couldn't believe what they saw. Yami and Seto were both angry, and Mokuba was just shocked.
"Malik, you bastard! Leave my friends alone! They have nothing to do with this!" Yami told Malik, hoping that he would release them.
"I rather not, Yugi, but if you want them to be safe, I suggest you follow the girl," Malik warned, as he controlled Tea to walk pass the three people. Yami just watched her and followed her, as well as Seto and Mokuba.
They didn't walk long, it only took a couple of minutes. Tea, or rather Malik, told Yami to follow her, and listen to her instructions. Malik was telling him that he was to duel his friend Joey. The rules were quite simple, beat the other person before time runs out. The winner will be able to go free while the loser will plummet into the ocean. This of course angered Yami. No matter what, it seemed that either way someone was going to get hurt, this is something that will definitely be hard to overcome. What could he possibly do? Not dueling will get both him and Joey to the bottom of the ocean and losing or winning will get one of them to the bottom as well. This wasn't good at all.
"This isn't right, Seto we can't let this go on any further, you have to stop this!" Mokuba said as he watched in horror what was about to occur.
"You're right, Mokuba," Kaiba said then turned to the two duelist, "I cannot let this duel go one any further! As the administrator of this tournament, this duel will be stopped!"
"I'm afraid not, Kaiba!" Seto eyes widen when he heard those words. He slowly turned his head and couldn't believe what he was about to see. Tea was walking up to a chair and when she sat down, some type of straps had fastened around her wrists and ankles. The next thing was what really shocked him, a huge object was soon on top of Tea. The only thing holding it was thick wire, and what was worse there was a bomb.
Yami turned around to see what Kaiba was looking at and couldn't believe this! "Malik!" he couldn't stand this anymore. His friends were in danger because of him, and if something happened to them, he would never forgive himself.
"Malik what the hell do you think you are doing?" Kaiba demanded.
"Well, I knew that in some way you would interfere, and I can't have that now can I? So I thought that maybe putting sweet little Tea under a huge boulder would keep you from prying. So remember, try to stop this duel, the bomb will go Kaboom! Then you can say goodbye to dear Tea!" Malik said. Seto looked on in worry and knew he couldn't do anything now. This was really now up to Yugi.
"Bastard!" was all that Seto could say.
"Oh, and I think it would be best that Tea watched. We wouldn't want her to miss out on all the fun, now would we?" Malik chuckled and soon his min control on Tea was gone, and she was waking up. Upon coming back into reality, Tea looked at everything and wondered what was going on. Why were Yugi and Joey over there, looking like they were about to duel? And why was she strapped to a chair?
"Now then, let get this duel started!" Joey said as the time began to tick.
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Bakura looked at the ceiling of the hospital room. He was bored and really wanted to know what was happening out there. He had doubts about what Malik planned. Maybe it would have been better if he was there watching over Tea, then he may feel less worried. 'For all I know, that stupid idiot could have put her in some sort of danger. I swear he will die horribly if I find her hurt or worse dead!' he thought as he turned his head to the left. He was disgusted by who he saw. Yugi's grand father was sitting on the chair next to him, sleeping.
'Why the hell am I still here? I should get out while I have the chance!' he said in mind. He sighed, wondering if now was the best time to leave. He really should, especially since he had to gather some locator cards.
Yami Bakura slowly sat up and looked around, and at Yugi's grandfather. He doubted anyone would notice that he was gone. It'll probably take the nurses or doctors a while to figure it out. He smirked, imagining the faces of the medical persons, as he was able to get away. 'Yes, it would be humorous.'
Slowly he took off the blanket and was about to get out of bed when someone came into his room. He immediately stopped what he was doing and looked at the person who was in his room. It was Krade, the boy who had arrived at his school the same day he had. Krade was a kind boy, who was well liked by the girls and envied by the boys. But there was always something about him that made Bakura unsure about him. He was…different, that's for sure.
"What are you doing here, Krade? Are you sick?" Bakura asked in the way original Bakura would ask.
"No, I'm not, actually, I'm here because I volunteer here. I see you, however, are here because you're hurt" Krade said as he pointed at Bakura's injury.
"Yeah, got into a little fight," Bakura lied.
"I see, well, glad you're still here. I have this letter for you, but I don't know who it's from," the green eyed boy walked up to the browned eyed boy and handed him the letter. Bakura looked at it funny and wondered what was in it.
"Thanks…" Bakura said with no emotion. Krade just smiled.
"No problem. Anyway, I have to get back to work, so I hope you get better soon. Goodbye, Bakura," Krade said very politely and left the room. 'There is something odd about him,' Bakura thought, but soon diminished his thought and looked at the letter.
He wondered who sent this letter, the only people that knew he was at the hospital were Tea, Malik, Joey, and Mr. Motou. But, it couldn't be from Yugi's grandfather, he was right beside him, snoring, and looking quite foolish with that bubble in his nose. Tea and Joey wouldn't send him a letter, not if Malik has them, and Malik, he didn't think he would have time. So then who?
"Well, maybe reading it would help," he said to himself, opening the letter. What he read was not what he would have expected. In fact, what he read was making his blood boil. His eye was twitching and he could feel the anger building up rapidly. His only thought was that he must kill Malik.
"He's as good as dead, that bastard!" Bakura yelled, but it didn't wake up the old man. He crunched up the paper in his hand and quickly got out of bed. With pure determination in his eyes, he set forth to kill Malik, or…cause him pain. Why? Because in the letter it read four words that he never wanted to see in one sentence: "Tea is in danger."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The battle between Joey and Yami was soon coming to an end. Time was running out and the two friends didn't seem like they wanted to duel. Joey was having a hard time trying to control himself, but Malik's mind control was very strong. Yugi, which had taken the place of Yami, was trying his best to help Joey. He managed to help him greatly, but Joey had to fight as hard as he could to get in full control. Yugi just hoped it was soon, because time was not on their side right now.
"Joey, you can do it! You must snap out it, come on Joey!" Tea screamed form her seat. Her heart was racing, for fear of what might happen to her friends. This just wasn't right! Joey and Yugi were best friends, they weren't enemies. They never would go against each other, never! 'If only there was something I can do,' Tea thought hopelessly. She looked away fro the duelist and looked at Seto. 'Seto might be able to help, I just hope he'll do it…but knowing him, he would never let anything happen to me, and if he stops this duel, I'm dead for sure. But…I don't; care what happens to me, they have to be stopped!'
"Kaiba, you must do something! Stop this duel now before they get killed! You must help them!" Tea shouted to Seto. He turned his gaze from the duel to her and looked at her with sad eyes. He would always try his best to do what she wanted him to do, but this time he couldn't. No! He would be responsible for her death, he swore he would protect her, and he was going to do just that! But he didn't want her to feel so hopeless, there just ha to be something he could do to help her friends as well as her. 'But what?!' Seto asked.
"There isn't anything we can do, Tea. If we interfere, then you will…" Mokuba couldn't finish his sentence. He didn't want to believe that she would leave him and is brother. He felt the same towards her like his brother, she was like a sister.
"I don't care what happens to me, I just want them to be safe!" Tea told him.
"Don't be ridiculous, Gardner, there is no point in doing anything so rash," Seto said, and said no more. He better think of something quick or this people were going to lose their lives.
He tried to think hard, but his thoughts were soon cut off when he heard a noise. Tea and the Kaiba brothers turned their heads to see who had just arrived. To their surprise it was Mai, Tristan, Duke, and a short female, who Tea presumed to be Serenity. The people in the car quickly got out and ran toward the brothers.
"Hey what's going on? Why is Joseph dueling Yugi?" Mai said.
"Huh, my brother?" Serenity asked, wondering what was going on. Only a little longer and she could remove the band aids around her face. No one answered Mai's question, and Seto didn't want to. He had to figure out a way to save them all. 'I could save Tea by knocking out the guy, but he might press the button before I can get to him. If only I can get rid of that bomb! Wait, that's it! I need to get rid of the bomb and if I can't do it on land then it'll have to be done on air,' Seto thought as he quickly press a button that was on his collar. 'I hope this works.'
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Bakura could not believe what he was seeing. He didn't care that Yugi and Joey were dueling, he only cared for the fact that Tea was truly in danger! How could Malik have possibly been thinking when placing that huge thing on top of her?! 'He is going to be murdered brutally, I swear it!' he thought as he ran to where he knew Malik was. Of course Bakura was smart enough to ask where Malik will be during the tournament, and lucky enough that Malik told him.
Bakura ran as quickly as he could until he found the place he was looking for. Sure he could have gone and tried to save Tea, but that would be a big risk. It was smarter o just go to the source. When he entered the port, he could see Malik not to far from him. Walking quietly and swiftly, he got onto the boat the Malik was on. Slowly now, he crept up to him and when he was very close to him, he grabbed a dagger, one that he had for quite a while now. He thought it was best to keep a weapon with him at times.
"I thought you said no harm will come to the girl, Malik," Bakura said harshly. Malik jumped a little, but it wasn't noticed by Bakura. Malik could never understand why the boy made him have a bit of fear. But right now wasn't the time to think about it. Malik slowly turned around to face him and looked at him with a small smirk.
"But she isn't hurt, now is she?" he said.
"But she will be if that thing falls on her! No, she won't be hurt, she'll be killed! I swear Malik I'm going to kill you for putting her in such danger!" Bakura held the dagger tightly and pointed it at the blonde boy. Malik just looked on, not really worried, but still had a bit of it.
"Her friends would not be foolish enough to get her killed. You have nothing to worry about," Malik countered.
"It doesn't matter! I just don't like the fact that you have put her in harms way! Anything could happen! I swear I won't let this go unpunished, she must never be put in danger, not as long as I live!" Bakura countered back. His eyes showed total hatred, and it was actually scaring Malik. Yami Malik, who was watching everything, couldn't help but feel like he had seen Bakura this way before. Feeling hatred toward someone that was not him, but someone who had taken something from Bakura…or was it someone?
"Well, I can't do anything now…" Malik stopped in mid sentence when he was seeing what was happening through Joeys eyes. Tea had been freed. That stupid Kaiba managed to save her, and the duel between Joey and Yugi wasn't looking to good.
"What's wrong?" Bakura asked as he raised a brow.
"You won't have to worry about Tea, she safe now," Malik told the white hair boy. Bakura looked confused, but he believed what he said. Looking at the dagger he was holding, he decided to put it away. He didn't know why he was so angry, yes it was because Tea was in danger, but he was angrier than he has ever felt before. Maybe it was because he was afraid…afraid of losing her again. That had to it.
"Whatever," Bakura simply said as he walked away, "I'll meet you at the finals."
'That's all he can say after the way he acted? What's wrong with him?' Malik wondered, wishing that his other half had an answer.
'My guess…he probably cares way to much for that girl,' Y. Malik responded.
'Probably,' Malik said.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Wow, so this is the airship the finals will take place in?" Tea asked Seto as she looked up to see how high the blimp was. After the ordeal with Joey and Yugi's duel, Tea decided she would go with Kaiba and see where the finals would be held at. As she looked at the huge airship, she couldn't stop thinking about what happen not to long ago. When she was strapped in the chair, she felt really hopeless and helpless. But she was thankful that she has a friends like Seto, who would destroy a helicopter just to save her. She was going to have to repay Seto big time, but later, right now she was preoccupied with other matters. Well, at least Joey and Yugi were okay after the duel. Joey and Yugi did get dragged into the water, but Joey saved Yugi, while Joey's sister, Serenity, saved Joey. All ended well, but there was still fear among the group. What will Malik do next and when will he strike?
"Are you alright, Tea?" Seto asked as he starred worriedly at her. Tea just smiled at him.
"Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry," she told him, "anyway, when will the finals begin?"
"One more hour and the finalists will have to make there way here," he answered.
"Okay," was all she said as she walked away, where? Anywhere, she just needed to think. Seto didn't follow, he knew she wanted to be alone.
One hour later, Tea had arrived back at the place where the huge blimp was at. Upon arriving she saw Yugi and her other friends all there. She walked up to them and greeted them. She had asked if all the finalists were there, but it seemed four was missing.
"I wonder who else managed to get six locator cards," Joey said as he admired his.
"Who cares, I just want to duel and get this over with," Mai said, looking quite bored.
"I wonder when Malik will arrive," Yugi had an angry look when he said that name, he could never forgive Malik for he what he has done.
Tea looked at him with worry, she really hoped that no one will get hurt during the finals. Malik was really becoming a big problem, and he had to be stopped. 'I hope Malik won't come, but that time that I was there in the dark room…something didn't feel right, the Malik I saw, I think…no…I know that wasn't him, but then who is Malik?' Tea saw images flash before her, images of a person that she seen only in her dream, that face had finally become clear, but she had no clue who it was. But maybe she did, 'could it be…'
"Tea? Tea?!" Tea snapped out of her thoughts and looked at Yugi who had a worried look.
"Sorry, did you say something?" Tea asked, pushing her thoughts away.
"I said that three other finalists have arrived, and Malik is one of them," he told her.
"Oh, I see," she said as she looked at the other finalists. She was surprised when she saw Bakura and Namu. How was it possible that Bakura was one of the finalists when he was in the hospital? How in the world did he manage to get six locator cards so soon? And Namu, didn't he say he wasn't good at dueling? 'Odd simply odd,' she thought.
"Listen up, will all of the finalists please proceed into the ship. You will all be directed to your rooms and will have further instructions later," a person that works for Kaiba said. Everyone looked around wondering where the eighth finalist was. But Kaiba told them not to worry about and get I the blimp. Yugi and the other finalists went in, but when Tristan, Duke, Serenity tried to enter, they were stopped by one of the employees of Seto.
"I'm sorry but only finalist may enter the airship," he told them.
"Oh come on, but we want to see the duels, especially Serenity, she wants to see her brother duel," Tristan said as he pointed to the girl behind him.
"I'm sorry but I cannot allow you enter," he said again and Duke and Tristan began to complain. Tea watched them and walked slowly to Kaiba.
"Will you please let them go inside, they really want to be there for their friends," she told him. Seto sighed, he didn't really want to, but it really didn't matter.
"Just let them go," Kaiba yelled to hi employee. He nodded his head and let the people go inside. Tea smiled and followed them, glad that Seto agreed.
"Sir, what about the eighth duelist, should we wait for them?" employee asked Seto.
"No, we're leaving now, if they didn't bother to show up in time then I don't care if they're here or not," Seto told him and, with his brother proceeded into the ship.
The worker prepared the ship so it was ready to go, but soon stopped when he saw someone coming. It was the final duelist, so he waited for her and when she was inside he closed the airship and everything was ready to go.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tea looked at the sleeping Bakura. He was in bad shape, but he was going to be alright. The duel that he was in really took a lot out of him. It was between him and Yami, and of course, Yami had won. But he would have definitely have lost if it wasn't for that god card he has.
"Poor Bakura, he didn't even want to be a part of this, but that spirit, it controlled him. That spirit…" Tea felt scared, the spirit they discovered was one that they had met before. But all this time, Tea believed it was a dream. She didn't want to believe anything else, but it was all true. The spirit was the one who had kissed her, who embraced her…who made her feel so different. And seeing him, it impacted her greatly. Image after image, Tea saw so many things, but, of course, none seemed to make sense.
"He knew, he probably knew what they meant…but Yami destroyed him, didn't he?" Tea sighed, the Millennium Ring that Bakura had was gone, and that would mean so was the spirit. Tea sighed again, somehow, she felt that she was close to knowing, but now her chances seem slim.
Meanwhile, Joey and the fake Malik were finished dueling. Joey had won the duel and soon the gang had figured out who the real Malik was. All along it had been Namu, who was having a very hard time controlling himself. His other half was trying to take over, over and because Rashid, the one they believed was Malik, was no longer awake, he could not stop it. He held on to his head as if it were in pain. He couldn't control Yami Malik.
'Enough is enough, I will take over from here! Malik it's now my turn!' Y. Malik yelled as he soon completely took over the body of Malik. Yugi and the gang saw the difference in him and wondered what was going to happen next, but only time will tell.
Tea gasped as she felt a sharp pain in her head. She felt dizzy and was breathing hard. 'What is going on out there?' she wondered. She closed her eyes tightly wishing it would take away what she felt. But nothing helped, and she fell off the chair she was sitting on. Trying so hard to bare the pain, but soon it was gone, and she was left there confused and breathless. Tea took a deep breath, and knew that something had happened. Slowly, she drifted out of reality, her illness coming.
"It will finally be clear…everything will finally be known…" That's all she knew before sleep took over.
*Finally I am done. Two more chapters to go, and hopefully they'll be up soon, who knows. Anyway hoped you enjoy it. The next chapter should be better, hopefully, and people will remember things! So I think you will like it. Anyway, bye!
