The Challenge
Chapter 17
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Things became very interesting with Karimu in our group. He and Mahaado kept us very entertained with all of their pranks. None of them involved anyone getting hurt, but at least two or three that resulted in Malik, Marik, or Bakura chasing after them. Those three are the two Ancient Priests favorite victims. Bakura and the others would chase them while shouting things in Egyptian.
The first time it happened Yugi came over and asked me what they said. I had a hard enough time not laughing to explain in. It is a good thing I didn't because I realized that those two have a very colorful vocabulary.
"You stupid Priests! Get back here so I can pound your face in." I heard Bakura's voice yell suddenly out, very anger too.
I looked around and saw Bakura run after a laughing Karimu. His normal silver-white hair whipped behind him in a new bright pink color. I laughed at the sight, causing him to stop and glare at me.
"Find something funny Pharaoh?" He asked me darkly.
"Oh no Bakura, I think pink is a very good color of hair. It looks really good on you." I said keeping a straight face.
The tomb raider blushed a bright pink and lunged at me. I laughed lightly as I took a step back, causing him to land on his face in front of me.
"I see it matches your face too!"
"Shut your mouth!"
I laughed again and made my way away from the screaming Spirit to the two laughing pranksters. By the look of things, this whole thing was Mahaado's idea. They were pointing and laughing loudly at Bakura.
"Look, I enjoy jokes as much as the next guy, but I think you two need to leave those two alone. Bakura is really mad." I said sternly.
The two bowed their heads respectfully to me and grinned.
"Alright my Lord, we'll leave him alone."
"Besides, the only reason he is really mad is because Isis saw his new hair and thought it looked...'cute' on him." Karimu explained with a laugh.
I smiled at that.
"And also, we found a new target." Mahaado finished.
"Its not me is it?"
"Oh no, and its not your Hikari either. We find this to be a much better replacement."
I followed the two's eyes across the room. They stopped on another white hair multimillionaire who was at the moment picking some lint of his clothes.
"Your new target is Pegasus?" I asked laughing.
"Yes, he seems like the perfect choice."
"Just as long as Akunadin doesn't find out or he'll kill us."
"For the last time Karimu, We're Already Dead!"
I laughed at the twos faces. They were quite the pair.
"Its an analogy."
"Well you need to pick better ones!"
"Its not like Akunadin would kill us even if we were alive."
"Yeah he would."
"...Oh yeah..."
I laughed again.
"What am I going to do with you two?" I asked between laughs.
"Well...we could always get rid of Mahaado. He's not that important." Karimu suggested with a grin.
"I am as important as you!" Argued Mahaado angrily.
"I am an Ancient Spirit and a protector of the Millennium Key and Scales. You, Mahaado, are nothing but a silly Duel Monster." Karimu explained waving his had at his friend.
"Silly? Silly! I'll have you know I am the Dark Magician. I am the most powerful magic card in the game, and once a Priest too."
"A silly card, you are nothing compared to the all powerful Karimu."
Karimu winked at me as he continued to tease his friend. A moment later he was clutching his head as the mage held his staff out, threatening to do it again.
"Now the all powerful Karimu has a all powerful headache." Mahaado said with a laugh.
"That hurt you jerk!"
"Well don't do it again"
The two glared darkly at each other and all I could do was stare.
"That was a quick change of tones."
"I am sorry my Lord, we just got carried away." Mahaado explained calmly.
"Yeah Mahaado is important to the group. He gives out really hard headaches to who ever don't believe it too. Jeez, what is that stupid staff made out of anyways?"
"It's a magical staff, not even I know what is in it."
He held the staff to himself fondly. A small smile on his face.
"Well it hurts what ever it is."
"Then that will be a reminder to treat me better next time."
"Not unless you knocked some brain cells out of my head. I might have forgotten it."
Mahaado raised the staff up again.
"Allow me to remind you then."
"Heh, not matter how hard you try, you will never fix that dumb brain of his..." Called a new voice.
The three of us spun around and found ourselves face to face with Rosetta and Selena. Now, I never have seen those two next to each other until now, but they really do look alike. The only visible difference was the silver streak that ran through Selena's hair. She was smirking at me. Yet Rosetta seemed uncomfortable about something. She couldn't look at me in the eye.
"What do you two want?" I asked darkly.
"I would think the guests here would learn to threat their hosts with more curtsy. I mean, we give you food and a place to sleep. I would call this parricide."
"Paradise? This is hell to some of us." I snapped.
"Oh is your light unhappy?" Selena asked with an evil grin. "I can fix that..."
She then snapped her fingers and I heard some commotion behind us.
"Let me go!" I heard Yugi yell.
I spun around and watched in horror as Yugi struggled in the strong arms of the Celtic Guardian. He wasn't the only one. All of the other Hikari's were being held by different Duel Monsters. The only one that was captured and brought away was Isis. She was standing behind a furious Bakura. He had his arm out in a protective matter.
"I will kill you for taking Ryou away, but I wont let you touch Isis!" He snarled.
Selena stepped forward and smirked.
"I will take her, and I will do it personally.
She shot her hand up in the air, revealing her Millennium Bracelet. The golden object glistered in the light. She then began to move her wrist in slow small circles. As she was doing this, a mysterious gold ring appeared above them. I stared at the ring curiously and then looked at the two women.
"Try this ring on for size." Selena called out.
The ring came down quickly upon the two. Bakura had enough time to push Isis out of the way. She landed on the ground as the ring circled around him. It closed up, trapping his arms to his side. Isis raised her head and looked at him with horror.
"What magic is this?" She asked frightened.
Selena clutched her hand together. The ring glowed and began to send these weird shocks through Bakura. He yelled out in pain and trashed about. Seeing this, I tried to make my way over to help him.
I didn't get farther than two steps towards them when Selena jumped out in front of me. She grinned brightly at me.
"Where do you think your going?"
"I'm going to help my friends." I snarled, glaring at her full of hatred.
"Well that's too bad. I can't let you interfere."
With that she brought her arm back and punched me hard in the stomach. The air rushed out of me as I dropped to the ground. She laughed again.
"And now, to retrieve the girl."
She made her way past me towards the two. She then pasted Bakura and towards Isis. The Egyptian woman pushed back from the evil grinning woman.
"Get away from her!" Yelled Bakura.
Selena looked back at him and grinned. With a flick of her wrist the ring got brighter and Bakura's screams louder.
"Bakura!" Isis yelled trying to get to him.
She tried, but she didn't get far. As if in slow motion she was stopped. She was running past Selena towards the Tomb Raider when the girl whipped around. She knocked Isis in the back of the head with all of her might. Isis eyes rolled to the back of her head as she fell to the ground. Bakura watched in horror, as she lay flat on the ground, two feet away from him.
"Isis!!" He yelled.
She lay motionless on the ground. Bakura tried to get to her, to make sure she was okay, but every time he tried to move the ring shocked him again. Once he was too exhaustion to move anymore, he collapsed to the ground. He raised his head up and stared into Isis face, which was next to him.
"Isis? Hey are you okay? Please Isis, wake up!" He whispered to her.
"She's out cold." Selena said walking up to them.
"Don't you touch her!"
"I never thought you would care so much for a person that's not Ryou, Bakura. Its almost as if you love this woman." She laughed at that.
Bakura didn't answer her.
"Ah, so you do love her!"
She laughed again and kicked Bakura in the stomach. He rolled over in pain and fainted. Selena smiled darkly and picked up the unconscious Isis. She placed the woman on her shoulder and turned to walk towards me.
"Listen carefully Yami, I only wish to say this once. Since the ancient powers of the items wont let me use the powers by just stealing them, I challenge you to a duel. If I win, you and the others forfeit the Millennium Items. If you win, then I will return the Hikari's back to you, and you can go home. I'll be back soon to tell you all the rule, sleep well."
With that she vanished with Isis, and I passed out.
Chapter 17
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Things became very interesting with Karimu in our group. He and Mahaado kept us very entertained with all of their pranks. None of them involved anyone getting hurt, but at least two or three that resulted in Malik, Marik, or Bakura chasing after them. Those three are the two Ancient Priests favorite victims. Bakura and the others would chase them while shouting things in Egyptian.
The first time it happened Yugi came over and asked me what they said. I had a hard enough time not laughing to explain in. It is a good thing I didn't because I realized that those two have a very colorful vocabulary.
"You stupid Priests! Get back here so I can pound your face in." I heard Bakura's voice yell suddenly out, very anger too.
I looked around and saw Bakura run after a laughing Karimu. His normal silver-white hair whipped behind him in a new bright pink color. I laughed at the sight, causing him to stop and glare at me.
"Find something funny Pharaoh?" He asked me darkly.
"Oh no Bakura, I think pink is a very good color of hair. It looks really good on you." I said keeping a straight face.
The tomb raider blushed a bright pink and lunged at me. I laughed lightly as I took a step back, causing him to land on his face in front of me.
"I see it matches your face too!"
"Shut your mouth!"
I laughed again and made my way away from the screaming Spirit to the two laughing pranksters. By the look of things, this whole thing was Mahaado's idea. They were pointing and laughing loudly at Bakura.
"Look, I enjoy jokes as much as the next guy, but I think you two need to leave those two alone. Bakura is really mad." I said sternly.
The two bowed their heads respectfully to me and grinned.
"Alright my Lord, we'll leave him alone."
"Besides, the only reason he is really mad is because Isis saw his new hair and thought it looked...'cute' on him." Karimu explained with a laugh.
I smiled at that.
"And also, we found a new target." Mahaado finished.
"Its not me is it?"
"Oh no, and its not your Hikari either. We find this to be a much better replacement."
I followed the two's eyes across the room. They stopped on another white hair multimillionaire who was at the moment picking some lint of his clothes.
"Your new target is Pegasus?" I asked laughing.
"Yes, he seems like the perfect choice."
"Just as long as Akunadin doesn't find out or he'll kill us."
"For the last time Karimu, We're Already Dead!"
I laughed at the twos faces. They were quite the pair.
"Its an analogy."
"Well you need to pick better ones!"
"Its not like Akunadin would kill us even if we were alive."
"Yeah he would."
"...Oh yeah..."
I laughed again.
"What am I going to do with you two?" I asked between laughs.
"Well...we could always get rid of Mahaado. He's not that important." Karimu suggested with a grin.
"I am as important as you!" Argued Mahaado angrily.
"I am an Ancient Spirit and a protector of the Millennium Key and Scales. You, Mahaado, are nothing but a silly Duel Monster." Karimu explained waving his had at his friend.
"Silly? Silly! I'll have you know I am the Dark Magician. I am the most powerful magic card in the game, and once a Priest too."
"A silly card, you are nothing compared to the all powerful Karimu."
Karimu winked at me as he continued to tease his friend. A moment later he was clutching his head as the mage held his staff out, threatening to do it again.
"Now the all powerful Karimu has a all powerful headache." Mahaado said with a laugh.
"That hurt you jerk!"
"Well don't do it again"
The two glared darkly at each other and all I could do was stare.
"That was a quick change of tones."
"I am sorry my Lord, we just got carried away." Mahaado explained calmly.
"Yeah Mahaado is important to the group. He gives out really hard headaches to who ever don't believe it too. Jeez, what is that stupid staff made out of anyways?"
"It's a magical staff, not even I know what is in it."
He held the staff to himself fondly. A small smile on his face.
"Well it hurts what ever it is."
"Then that will be a reminder to treat me better next time."
"Not unless you knocked some brain cells out of my head. I might have forgotten it."
Mahaado raised the staff up again.
"Allow me to remind you then."
"Heh, not matter how hard you try, you will never fix that dumb brain of his..." Called a new voice.
The three of us spun around and found ourselves face to face with Rosetta and Selena. Now, I never have seen those two next to each other until now, but they really do look alike. The only visible difference was the silver streak that ran through Selena's hair. She was smirking at me. Yet Rosetta seemed uncomfortable about something. She couldn't look at me in the eye.
"What do you two want?" I asked darkly.
"I would think the guests here would learn to threat their hosts with more curtsy. I mean, we give you food and a place to sleep. I would call this parricide."
"Paradise? This is hell to some of us." I snapped.
"Oh is your light unhappy?" Selena asked with an evil grin. "I can fix that..."
She then snapped her fingers and I heard some commotion behind us.
"Let me go!" I heard Yugi yell.
I spun around and watched in horror as Yugi struggled in the strong arms of the Celtic Guardian. He wasn't the only one. All of the other Hikari's were being held by different Duel Monsters. The only one that was captured and brought away was Isis. She was standing behind a furious Bakura. He had his arm out in a protective matter.
"I will kill you for taking Ryou away, but I wont let you touch Isis!" He snarled.
Selena stepped forward and smirked.
"I will take her, and I will do it personally.
She shot her hand up in the air, revealing her Millennium Bracelet. The golden object glistered in the light. She then began to move her wrist in slow small circles. As she was doing this, a mysterious gold ring appeared above them. I stared at the ring curiously and then looked at the two women.
"Try this ring on for size." Selena called out.
The ring came down quickly upon the two. Bakura had enough time to push Isis out of the way. She landed on the ground as the ring circled around him. It closed up, trapping his arms to his side. Isis raised her head and looked at him with horror.
"What magic is this?" She asked frightened.
Selena clutched her hand together. The ring glowed and began to send these weird shocks through Bakura. He yelled out in pain and trashed about. Seeing this, I tried to make my way over to help him.
I didn't get farther than two steps towards them when Selena jumped out in front of me. She grinned brightly at me.
"Where do you think your going?"
"I'm going to help my friends." I snarled, glaring at her full of hatred.
"Well that's too bad. I can't let you interfere."
With that she brought her arm back and punched me hard in the stomach. The air rushed out of me as I dropped to the ground. She laughed again.
"And now, to retrieve the girl."
She made her way past me towards the two. She then pasted Bakura and towards Isis. The Egyptian woman pushed back from the evil grinning woman.
"Get away from her!" Yelled Bakura.
Selena looked back at him and grinned. With a flick of her wrist the ring got brighter and Bakura's screams louder.
"Bakura!" Isis yelled trying to get to him.
She tried, but she didn't get far. As if in slow motion she was stopped. She was running past Selena towards the Tomb Raider when the girl whipped around. She knocked Isis in the back of the head with all of her might. Isis eyes rolled to the back of her head as she fell to the ground. Bakura watched in horror, as she lay flat on the ground, two feet away from him.
"Isis!!" He yelled.
She lay motionless on the ground. Bakura tried to get to her, to make sure she was okay, but every time he tried to move the ring shocked him again. Once he was too exhaustion to move anymore, he collapsed to the ground. He raised his head up and stared into Isis face, which was next to him.
"Isis? Hey are you okay? Please Isis, wake up!" He whispered to her.
"She's out cold." Selena said walking up to them.
"Don't you touch her!"
"I never thought you would care so much for a person that's not Ryou, Bakura. Its almost as if you love this woman." She laughed at that.
Bakura didn't answer her.
"Ah, so you do love her!"
She laughed again and kicked Bakura in the stomach. He rolled over in pain and fainted. Selena smiled darkly and picked up the unconscious Isis. She placed the woman on her shoulder and turned to walk towards me.
"Listen carefully Yami, I only wish to say this once. Since the ancient powers of the items wont let me use the powers by just stealing them, I challenge you to a duel. If I win, you and the others forfeit the Millennium Items. If you win, then I will return the Hikari's back to you, and you can go home. I'll be back soon to tell you all the rule, sleep well."
With that she vanished with Isis, and I passed out.