Chapter 7 - Goodbye Sanity

[Whoooo! Bwahahaha! I spent a weekend watching Japanese eps of Malik-sama and his dark half o_o now I'm on a Malik and Yami Malik high! You read the title! No more sanity! Disclaimer: I don't own ze stuff but it would be nice if I could have Malik-sama in my house o_O then I could torture the troubled person!]
Kaiba looked at Chikara helplessly, not knowing what to do. Besides Mokuba, she was the only thing he actually cared about and wanted to protect. He gently placed his hand on her back and pulled back a bit as she stiffened.

"Please Chikara...at least look at me," pleaded Kaiba.

Chikara did nothing and Kaiba felt worse.

"Please...forgive me," pleaded Kaiba quietly. "I'm sorry..."

Those words caused Chikara to lift her head and look at Kaiba in question. What was he sorry for? Why was he to be forgiven?.........

"I could have protected you...and your parents. Somehow, I could have prevented this all in some unexplainable way...just please don't be like this anymore. There are too many people that care for you!" continued Kaiba.

Chikara narrowed her eyes, almost sadly and looked down at the floor in front of her, still not saying word. Kaiba attempted to put his hand on his shoulder and sighed mentally with relief, as she did not pull away. He gently stroked Chikara's head, brushing away some strands of her hair out of her face. One half of Chikara, the one that truly loved Seto Kaiba, wanted to end all of the suffering and try to get on with her life. But the other half of her was at an advantage. She would not let go of the fact that her lighter half would want to let the killer live, after all he did.

Chikara closed her eyes and just accepted the comforting that the elder Kaiba was giving her. She did not care if she fell asleep, or if everything suddenly went better. She heard herself yawn a bit and lied down, using Kaiba's lap as a pillow and curled her tail around her feet. [A.N: If Tora-Kun was reading this, she would have many many comments to say about this.........I wonder if she's reading this now o_O;]

For the first time, well in a long time since everything turned for the worst, Kaiba smiled and got the feeling that Chikara was going back to her normal self for real this time. No strings attached or anything else going wrong. He continued stroking Chikara's head lightly as she started falling asleep and didn't really remember the fact that Malik was still outside of the room.........and his Yami was still around.........

Meanwhile, Malik was waiting in the hallway outside of Chikara's room with his arms crossed and he was leaning against a wall. He looked at the floor with half-closed eyes and some of his hair fell over his face. It had been well over ten minutes since Kaiba went in to visit Chikara and Malik was sleepy. He stayed up the entire night, trying not to freak himself out by the situation. He knew something bad was going to happen but he felt powerless. He had spent the first five minutes looking through the folder, after some negotiations, and Malik was starting to fall asleep.

He yawned and rubbed his eyes with one hand, thinking to himself. 'If only there was a way to fix this problem...'

Malik used his hand to shield his eyes from the lights that illuminated the hallway and looked at the floor again. As he tried to stay awake, his yami was sitting in his soul room with his shirt removed. Yami Malik lightly tapped one end of the millennium rod on the stone floor of his soul room.

"It is only a matter of time..." Yami Malik said to himself as he smirked. "As soon as he is asleep, he'll be out for a good while...and that will give me plenty of time to accomplish my business for today...I am quite sure that Yami Bakura is waiting..."

No sooner had he said that, Malik had started opening the door to Chikara's room, barely awake and his yami took the chance. Kaiba looked back at the door and his eyes widened as he saw the door slam open and Yami Malik grinning evilly. Kaiba jumped up, after carefully making sure that Chikara wouldn't fall off of the bed, and eyed Yami Malik cautiously, knowing that he, himself, was in no position to fight.

"You........." growled Kaiba as he glanced at Chikara, then back at Yami Malik, who was starting to approach them.

"Yes, always me isn't it........." answered Yami Malik rather slyly. "I've come to collect my little asset........."

Kaiba slowly clenched a fist as Yami Malik stopped beside the bed. "You can't have her. Besides, you cannot get out of here without being seen."

Yami Malik chuckled a bit, rather sickly and tapped the end of the millennium rod on his left hand. "Let me tell you something.........I am taking the girl with me. And second of all, you do not know her at all........."

"What do you mean by that?" asked Kaiba with curiosity.

"I mean by what I said. I know a hell of a lot more things about her than you will ever know........." said Yami Malik as he shifted his gaze towards Chikara. "Trust me, you pathetic mortal. She is better off with me than any of you........."

Kaiba growled as the psychotic spirit firmly grasped the back of Chikara's shirt and proceeded to pick her up.

"Leave her alone," snapped Kaiba as he took a step towards Yami Malik. "She's far too weak to be wandering around. Especially with the likes of you!"

Yami Malik looked up with the most evil looking smirk on his face and pointed the millennium rod directly at Kaiba. "The likes of me, eh? Well.........I beg to differ......"

Kaiba growled and prepared for the worst. He watched as the eye of the millennium rod glow brightly with an almost blinding white light then the next thing he felt was a force slamming him into a wall. Kaiba winced immensely as he fell back to the ground, unable to move from the intense and almost unbearable pain in his head. The last thing he heard or saw was Yami Malik laughing maniacally and picking up Chikara, who was still unaware of anything that was going on around her. Everything went quiet and dark as Kaiba blacked out, unable to stand the pain.

Yami Malik walked out into the empty hallway and saw a fire alarm switch. He leaned over and read the letters, smirking.

"Set off in case of emergency.........well.........for the mortals this will be hell soon enough," he said has he pulled the switch down.

The fire bells started ringing on all floors of the mental hospital as all the doors unlocked. Yami Malik slipped down a stairway to the first floor, managing to avoid any people who were just surfacing from their rooms. He kicked the door open to the outside and found that the parking lot was empty, for now. He took no chance waiting and ran off of the property, not being spotted by any of the security as they tried to get everyone out of the building safely.

After it was confirmed that there was no fire, one of the doctors immediately ran over to Chikara's room and saw that the door was open. He stepped inside and found the unconscious Seto Kaiba lying on the ground, with Chikara no where in sight.
At the Kaiba residence, the others were still somewhat nervous and they all jumped when they heard the telephone ringing. Bakura was not present because he said he was going for a short walk outside.

Isis picked up the phone and brought it to her ear. "Hello?"

"This is the home of Mister Kaiba, correct?" asked a voice.

The others started gathering around Isis. "Yes, it is, but this is Isis Ishtar speaking. What seems to be the problem?"

"This concerns Mister Kaiba, Miss Chikara and we may think your brother as well. Malik Ishtar, is it?"

Isis bit her bottom lip. "Yes, continue."

"Apparently, Mister Kaiba and your brother had come over to visit Miss Chikara. After a while, the fire alarm was pulled and your brother and Chikara were missing. We found Seto Kaiba unconscious in Chikara's room. Well, hang on a moment. Perhaps Mister Kaiba would like to explain this better." said the voice as he handed the phone to Kaiba.

"Isis!" practically yelled Kaiba. "It's Chikara! She's gone! And your brother, I mean the spirit! Whatever he is! He's taken her!"

"Calm down," said Isis quickly, starting to get worried. "I knew something bad was going to happen and we have to find my brother immediately. Chikara is very vulnerable right now in the state that she's in. He'll soon be able to make her do whatever he wants."

"What do you mean by that?!" asked Kaiba, getting very agitated. "Why is no one filling me in on any of this!?"

"Just meet us outside of your mansion and I'll explain everything. This will shock you but you must know." said Isis as she glanced at all the others.

Kaiba inhaled slowly then spoke in the phone very quietly. "Fine." Then he hung up.

Isis hung up the phone then something hit her suddenly. Her eyes widened and she looked at Yugi.

"Where is Bakura?" she asked quickly, hoping that she was wrong.

"He's not back yet, why?" asked Yugi, starting to get nervous as well.

"Damn it!" cursed Isis. "Did he say where he was going?"

"N-no. Is something wrong?" asked Yugi as he sort of leaned back from Isis' cursing.

"Alright, listen up! Everyone get moving and we must meet Kaiba in front of his mansion immediately. I'll need your complete cooperation for these next few moments. At the second, please refrain from asking any questions. I'll explain all of this in due time." [A.N: Alright, I got these next ideas from a very odd dream I had and it gave me an inspiration o_O; Just to warn you, it will be a little odd and have sort of a twist to it all .; ANYWAYS.........just saying that my mind is a little overactive sometimes when I'm not o_o]
Yami Malik brought Chikara back to her own home, without her even waking up. He sat in one of the chairs in the living room in the dark with Chikara sitting on his lap, still sleeping and unaware of anything that was going on. He had his eyes closed and one arm protectively around her waist, with the other lightly holding her by her left shoulder diagonally across her stomach and chest.

'These clueless mortals.........' he thought to himself silently as he waited for Yami Bakura to arrive. 'They know nothing about her power.........what she is or how she's even like. Unlike them, I know many things about her......'

The front door of the house quietly opened then it was shut. Yami Malik knew who was in the house and waited patiently as the footsteps came into the room.

"So you made it after all, my good friend........." he said quietly, being careful not to wake Chikara up.

"Yes, I did. Do you doubt my ability to fool the mortals?" asked Yami Bakura with slight bitterness, as he walked out from behind the chair. "And I do not really enjoy being called your friend.........considering what you did to me in Battle City."

Yami Malik opened his eyes half way and looked at Yami Bakura. "That was then.........this is now. Now is the time to get revenge on those pathetic mortals.........and show them what real fear is."

"You are aware that I could backstab you at any time........." said Yami Bakura slyly as he started pacing around the room.

"If I didn't trust you enough, then I wouldn't have called you, now would I?" answered Yami Malik, smirking.

"Another point taken," said Yami Bakura as he leaned against a wall, crossing his arms. "What exactly do you have planned for the girl.........from the looks of things, you look pretty comfortable and you are enjoying yourself."

Yami Malik chose to slightly ignore that comment. "You and I are both aware of the state she's in. Her mind and soul are extremely fragile and lost. We are going to set her straight and get our long deserved revenge. After the Battle City Tournament, I have been thinking long and hard.........Chikara has many powers. Ones which may bring this world and the shadow world as one, causing chaos and complete sheer torture to these blind mortals."

Yami Bakura nodded. "I like the idea so far...but how are you so confident that the girl will agree to do this..."

"I would not worry about that..." said Yami Malik as he looked at Chikara's face. "She is too weak at the moment and I know for a fact that she will not allow her sacrifices to go disregarded for...an eye for an eye, basically."

He lightly rested his chin on Chikara's left shoulder and sat back, holding her somewhat protectively.

"So you are claiming her, are you not?" asked Yami Bakura. "You seem to be very possessive of the girl at the moment..."

"If you must think that then go ahead. I am merely protecting her from the foolish mortals that let her kill herself." Stated Yami Malik flatly.
Back outside of Kaiba's mansion, the group waited sort of impatiently for Kaiba's limousine to arrive. Isis turned towards the group and started splitting them up.

"Alright. Joey, Tristan, and Mokuba. I want you three to see if you can check out that abandoned apartment building that was broken into a few days ago. Most likely, that's where my brother took Chikara before and try to find any clues, alright? If they are there, come straight back to the mansion, understand?" explained Isis.

"You got it," said Tristan and Joey.

"When my brother comes, tell him to be careful, okay?" asked Mokuba.

"Don't worry. I'll tell him that and I'm sure that he won't let anything happen to him." answered Isis nicely. "Now you three run along and remember what I told you!"

Isis watched the three start running to where were supposed to be then she looked back at the remaining people.

"Okay. Now Yugi, Yami and Tea. You three will come with Seto and I. For sure, Yami will want to hear this story." Explained Isis as she saw the black limousine pull up.

They all piled in and Kaiba was sitting hunched over, and completely nervous. He looked up at Isis.

"Explain everything to me," he said solemnly.

"First off, get your driver to take us to Chikara's house. But don't be too much in a rush. I have to tell you everything before we get there and I fear that my brother, Bakura and Chikara are there." Cut in Isis.

Kaiba nodded at the driver and he started pulling away from the Kaiba mansion.

"Alright. You do remember just before the Battle City Tournament, I told you about the millennium items and that you and Yugi were destined to fight a great battle once again, correct?" started Isis.

Kaiba nodded and crossed his arms. "Yes, what about it?"

Isis inhaled slowly then started explaining again. "Okay. Back in ancient Egypt, you were the priest with the millennium rod. But, my brother has the millennium rod and he will not give it up at all costs. And right there in that flaw is the problem."

"What problem?" asked Yugi as he sort of grew more interested in the tale.

"The problem is that Chikara, well; the spirit in her millennium item also knew the priest well in her life. Stories have it that the two were inseparable and they loved each other very dearly. Just like in the present, Kaiba and Chikara do care for each other very much. It was fate that brought them together and it will be fate to tear them apart." Continued Isis.

"Wait a moment. What do you mean that they will be torn apart?" asked Yami in question. "I do not understand."

Isis sighed. "Legends have it that the one that the priest loved was killed. She insisted on fighting with the men when they went out for battle but she got too careless one day. She was returned to the priest in horrible condition with a stomach wound so dreadful, it could not be healed. The priest stayed by her side until the day that she was at peace, in his arms. But this sad legend had a surprising twist. The day before her burial, her body was taken, stolen if you will, and she was somehow revived. It took the priest a long time to find out that she was living but she was turned for the evil side. She had many magical powers that could bring the world into chaos and destruction. Some of them were actually bringing the monsters to life and causing unexplainable fires and so on so forth. The priest, not wanting to lose his long lost love again, decided to join her and overthrow the pharaoh. Together, they were going to overthrow the pharaoh and the priest would be crowned the new pharaoh of Egypt, bringing chaos and darkness to rule over its people."

"So, that tablet you showed us before," cut in Tea. "It showed the battle between Yami and Kaiba! But that means..."

"Malik's Yami is taking back what he thinks is rightfully his and is going to repeat history once again. He will stop at nothing to attain his goals to rid this world of Yami and become powerful." Concluded Isis. "Since the spirit of Chikara's millennium item is purely evil, the Chikara that you and all of us know will be absorbed within overwhelming evil and she will be lost. We must prevent this from happening or the world is doomed, with no way out."

"...Chikara is completely helpless right now! She's too weak for anything and she might die," said Kaiba to himself.

"We must separate Yami Malik from Chikara as soon as possible. Yami Bakura is probably being tricked into assisting him and we have to stop this before it gets any worse." Said Isis as the limousine stopped outside of Chikara's house.
[And that's chapter 7 for you o_O; I hope you liked that one, tell me what you think about it and I'm starting the next chapter as soon as possible .]