Note to readers: Monster World is not Duel Monsters or as some call it, Magic and Wizards....nor did I make up Monster World. It is a real game, (fat chance of ever seeing it in the U.S.) and it was Bakura's favorite game in the manga. That is, until he became too afraid to play it , because his friends kept slipping into comas, or what seemed to be comas...let's take a moment to guess to who was behind that......... Anyway, if I make mistakes, forgive me. I had a very vague description on how this is played. All I can really do is make it interesting.^^
Bakura carefully assembled the pieces, choosing the ones he thought he could manipulate the easiest. If he was Penta playing this game, then how would he try to defeat himself and his Yami?
Yami Bakura scowled down at his hikari. Maybe Bakura deserved it, and maybe he didn't , but he was furious with him. Why did he have to grow closer to the boy? Maybe if hadn't gotten to care so much, seemed colder, Penta would have never picked up on the fact that Bakura meant something to him. Maybe he would have chosen his actions and his words more carefully.
Or better yet, Bakura could have just point blank refused, and pretended he didn't mind seeing Malik get hurt. He could have still stood up to the challenge on his own, and Penta may have bought it. But that wasn't his hikari.
He had to go and show concern for Malik. How could someone, who hid their concern for themself so well from the world, slip up so easily there?
No, he had to have some brilliant idea that was sure to get him killed. Just like when he was trapped in the Change of Heart Card.
" Yami?" Bakura, asked noticing his other half's demeanor. " What's wrong?"
" What's wrong? Oh nothing except that Malik's being held hostage downstairs by that freak, Yugi and the Pharoah who demolished my home are IN MY HOUSE, and you've gone and done something stupid , as usual!" Yami Bakura spat sarcastically.
Bakura looked mildly surprised with this outburst, rather than hurt. " Well if that's all, then we ought to be fine."
"WHAT?!" roared the Yami in disbelief.
" Well, not so surprisingly as I do share a life with you, I can think of situations that have been worse." Bakura explained, trying a cheerful approach. "Both of us are still here."
The clever little brat, thought Yami Bakura. He's not letting on that he knows I'm worried, however he does know. Curse him.
He was angrier still, that his hikari could tap deeper into his feelings than he knew.
" Listen - if you die , I'm not to blame!" Yami Bakura said suddenly.
With that he stormed out the room.
Bakura looked after his Yami, troubled.
" I would not blame you." He said quietly. Would you blame yourself? he added silently in his thoughts.
He was alone in the room. He sighed and stood up. He had all that he needed for this game.
He didn't feel afraid, really. Just hollow and sad. " He's angry at me. What am I going to do if he starts to distance himself from me? I can do this, but not alone."
Feeling empty indeed , Bakura hauled the 'necessities' downstairs.
It was a board game. And an RPG. That's what Monster World was. And there were pieces of terrain that could be added on, and change the story completely.
Yami Bakura in the meantime, was waiting by the stairs. He was caught between feeling annoyed at his hikari, and wanting to reassure him. The boy smiled at him briefly as he walked down stairs , but didn't really make eye contact.
The thief thought, 'Great, I've upset him again. Why does he have to take things so - '
The tomb robber paused in his thoughts when he noticed Bakura was way ahead of him, and hurried to catch up.
Bakura began setting up the board in the living room.
Yami, isn't that...? Yugi began.
Hai, aibou. It looks like Bakura has chosen Monster World. Yami answered.
Penta looked genuinely interested. " A board game?"
" Hai. You get two dice. One is numbered 1-10 and the other 20-30 or so on. You roll for your character's attack power. The closer you are to zero the higher the attack power you get, but the further away you get from zero, the weaker." Bakura explained.
Penta looked as though he found this odd, but left it be. He noticed a small computer at one end of the board. His eyes narrowed at the new contraption. " What I that?"
" The game control. That person plays Zork, the Dark Lord in the Kingdom of monster world. Meaning -"
" Meaning that would be me." Yami Bakura said, cutting him off and smirking.
Bakura frowned. He had dreaded this part, but he could no longer avoid it. " Actually Yami, if we are on the same side, then Penta must be Zork."
"NANI?!" bellowed Yami Bakura. He pointed at Penta. " HIM?! This traitor , this cheat , is not the 'lord' of anything, let alone the darkness! I -"
" No, he's right." Penta said , with an evil smirk of his own. " In this shadow game I am not allowing you two to fight in one body."
" You'd kill him!"Yami cried, gesturing at Bakura.
" Bakura's a hikari! He can't survive in the Shadow Realm!" Yugi cried, not soon forgetting his own experience.
Penta waved that away indifferently. " My magic would protect them ...." Here he grinned maliciously. " ..assuming they defeated me before it wore off."
" What do you mean 'them'?" Yami Bakura snapped. " I am not the hikari. I am strong enough. The shadow realm can't harm me."
" I mean him." Penta jerked a thumb over his shoulder at Yugi, snickering a little.
" Yugi isn't playing the game!" Yami protested.
" No." Penta glared at Yami. " But you are all going to the shadow realm, and I need him as your insurance that you won't pull anything foolish."
Yami let out a yell of rage, and leaped forward. He grabbed the thief by the collar of his clothing. Penta just smiled. " See? You are already reckless. I don't what kind of powers you have, and you might even harm me." He laughed like he doubted it. " But I could hurt Malik even more."
Yami's eyes widened. Then he growled and backed off.
Yugi looked afraid, but determined. He stayed silent. He felt better knowing they would actually see the match.
" We've wasted time. Let's begin."
The room seemed to ripple like water , and faded out into the blackness. All that remained was the game board , and the sofa that Malik lay asleep on.
Penta walked over to the game control. A frown of displeasure overtook his face. " It seems your hikari has already programmed your characters. Pity. I think you'd have made a wonderful drudge or peasant."
" Do you?" Yami Bakura smiled, sarcastically. " Well that's about all a person needs to amount to anyway to take you down."
Penta laughed. " You're cocky as always. Good. It will make savoring your defeat more enjoyable."
Two game pieces rose from the board. Bakura's white priest, and a character with eyes narrowed in an annoyed look, a brown garb, pointy shoes, and a belt tucked full of daggers. It had Yami Bakura's hair, and Yami was furiously struggling to keep from laughing.
Yugi, lost in thoughts , and in all his innocence never dreaming they would come out of his mouth said , "Oh my. A psychotic porquipine wearing pointy shoes. And it's armed with daggers."
Yami Bakura , who had been staring in disbelief up until now, turned and yelled , " WHY YOU - !"
"Aieeeeeeeeee! Gomen!" Yugi ran to hide behind Yami who had lost all control doubled over laughing.
" Well I can't tell the difference overall, tomb robber!" Yami gasped, chuckling wildly.
Alarmed, Bakura put a restraining hand on his Yami's shoulder. A vein went in his head. Invisible steam seemed to be rising off of him. " U-URESAI!" (means 'shut up'.)
Penta who looked very amused indeed at Yami Bakura's humiliation only said , " For the first , and probably last time, I have to agree with the Pharoah."
Yami Bakura snatched up his dice glaring at Penta. " I'm going to wipe that smug look of your face!"
" Very well. Game start."
( I don't know how to feel about this chapter. I'm glad the game finally has begun. And I don't know if it'll last more than two chapters. Man, I'm gonna have a job thinking up a scenario for this. I also have a retreat next weekend. And a convention for beta three days this week. So if next weekend I haven't updated it isn't because I abandoned the fic, it's because I couldn't write.)
DMG Hikaru: Nope. As you can see it is a totally different game.
Rikki the Fox: Well, I've only read part one of monster world. So I dunno how accurate this'll be.
Grave Robbers Aman: I agree. I made him to be a villain after all.
Shining Charizard: No, can't say I've used my elbow^^
Ciu Sune: The dance was fun. And I feel allot better. Thank you.
Manga nut: lol. Yes Penta is a freakish thing, isn't he?
JudyNFran: Ok. I'm usually polite to reviewers, and I will continue to try, but you have royally peeved me. I do believe I pointed out my little 'no no' somewhere in one of the chapters. Yup, I did. Read before you review. And I don't mind when people review about my mistakes, but while you're at it, you could at least review the story as well.
Lunis: writing the actual match will be tough. *sigh *
Yami Hitokiri: No, Bakura is not weak at all. No one weak could have ever gone through what he went through without being insane.
Mel: thanks^^ I have been busy as well.
Chibi Death: I never said he killed the teacher. He trapped him in a game piece. Actually, I dunno his fate. Yami Bakura said that the teacher didn't treat Bakura with respect, so....in his weird little mind. Anyway, in the last chapter his guard was down. Which happens to the best of us. He can afford to be sentimental.
KokoroHikaru: no links seem to be working for manga lately.*frown
Bakura carefully assembled the pieces, choosing the ones he thought he could manipulate the easiest. If he was Penta playing this game, then how would he try to defeat himself and his Yami?
Yami Bakura scowled down at his hikari. Maybe Bakura deserved it, and maybe he didn't , but he was furious with him. Why did he have to grow closer to the boy? Maybe if hadn't gotten to care so much, seemed colder, Penta would have never picked up on the fact that Bakura meant something to him. Maybe he would have chosen his actions and his words more carefully.
Or better yet, Bakura could have just point blank refused, and pretended he didn't mind seeing Malik get hurt. He could have still stood up to the challenge on his own, and Penta may have bought it. But that wasn't his hikari.
He had to go and show concern for Malik. How could someone, who hid their concern for themself so well from the world, slip up so easily there?
No, he had to have some brilliant idea that was sure to get him killed. Just like when he was trapped in the Change of Heart Card.
" Yami?" Bakura, asked noticing his other half's demeanor. " What's wrong?"
" What's wrong? Oh nothing except that Malik's being held hostage downstairs by that freak, Yugi and the Pharoah who demolished my home are IN MY HOUSE, and you've gone and done something stupid , as usual!" Yami Bakura spat sarcastically.
Bakura looked mildly surprised with this outburst, rather than hurt. " Well if that's all, then we ought to be fine."
"WHAT?!" roared the Yami in disbelief.
" Well, not so surprisingly as I do share a life with you, I can think of situations that have been worse." Bakura explained, trying a cheerful approach. "Both of us are still here."
The clever little brat, thought Yami Bakura. He's not letting on that he knows I'm worried, however he does know. Curse him.
He was angrier still, that his hikari could tap deeper into his feelings than he knew.
" Listen - if you die , I'm not to blame!" Yami Bakura said suddenly.
With that he stormed out the room.
Bakura looked after his Yami, troubled.
" I would not blame you." He said quietly. Would you blame yourself? he added silently in his thoughts.
He was alone in the room. He sighed and stood up. He had all that he needed for this game.
He didn't feel afraid, really. Just hollow and sad. " He's angry at me. What am I going to do if he starts to distance himself from me? I can do this, but not alone."
Feeling empty indeed , Bakura hauled the 'necessities' downstairs.
It was a board game. And an RPG. That's what Monster World was. And there were pieces of terrain that could be added on, and change the story completely.
Yami Bakura in the meantime, was waiting by the stairs. He was caught between feeling annoyed at his hikari, and wanting to reassure him. The boy smiled at him briefly as he walked down stairs , but didn't really make eye contact.
The thief thought, 'Great, I've upset him again. Why does he have to take things so - '
The tomb robber paused in his thoughts when he noticed Bakura was way ahead of him, and hurried to catch up.
Bakura began setting up the board in the living room.
Yami, isn't that...? Yugi began.
Hai, aibou. It looks like Bakura has chosen Monster World. Yami answered.
Penta looked genuinely interested. " A board game?"
" Hai. You get two dice. One is numbered 1-10 and the other 20-30 or so on. You roll for your character's attack power. The closer you are to zero the higher the attack power you get, but the further away you get from zero, the weaker." Bakura explained.
Penta looked as though he found this odd, but left it be. He noticed a small computer at one end of the board. His eyes narrowed at the new contraption. " What I that?"
" The game control. That person plays Zork, the Dark Lord in the Kingdom of monster world. Meaning -"
" Meaning that would be me." Yami Bakura said, cutting him off and smirking.
Bakura frowned. He had dreaded this part, but he could no longer avoid it. " Actually Yami, if we are on the same side, then Penta must be Zork."
"NANI?!" bellowed Yami Bakura. He pointed at Penta. " HIM?! This traitor , this cheat , is not the 'lord' of anything, let alone the darkness! I -"
" No, he's right." Penta said , with an evil smirk of his own. " In this shadow game I am not allowing you two to fight in one body."
" You'd kill him!"Yami cried, gesturing at Bakura.
" Bakura's a hikari! He can't survive in the Shadow Realm!" Yugi cried, not soon forgetting his own experience.
Penta waved that away indifferently. " My magic would protect them ...." Here he grinned maliciously. " ..assuming they defeated me before it wore off."
" What do you mean 'them'?" Yami Bakura snapped. " I am not the hikari. I am strong enough. The shadow realm can't harm me."
" I mean him." Penta jerked a thumb over his shoulder at Yugi, snickering a little.
" Yugi isn't playing the game!" Yami protested.
" No." Penta glared at Yami. " But you are all going to the shadow realm, and I need him as your insurance that you won't pull anything foolish."
Yami let out a yell of rage, and leaped forward. He grabbed the thief by the collar of his clothing. Penta just smiled. " See? You are already reckless. I don't what kind of powers you have, and you might even harm me." He laughed like he doubted it. " But I could hurt Malik even more."
Yami's eyes widened. Then he growled and backed off.
Yugi looked afraid, but determined. He stayed silent. He felt better knowing they would actually see the match.
" We've wasted time. Let's begin."
The room seemed to ripple like water , and faded out into the blackness. All that remained was the game board , and the sofa that Malik lay asleep on.
Penta walked over to the game control. A frown of displeasure overtook his face. " It seems your hikari has already programmed your characters. Pity. I think you'd have made a wonderful drudge or peasant."
" Do you?" Yami Bakura smiled, sarcastically. " Well that's about all a person needs to amount to anyway to take you down."
Penta laughed. " You're cocky as always. Good. It will make savoring your defeat more enjoyable."
Two game pieces rose from the board. Bakura's white priest, and a character with eyes narrowed in an annoyed look, a brown garb, pointy shoes, and a belt tucked full of daggers. It had Yami Bakura's hair, and Yami was furiously struggling to keep from laughing.
Yugi, lost in thoughts , and in all his innocence never dreaming they would come out of his mouth said , "Oh my. A psychotic porquipine wearing pointy shoes. And it's armed with daggers."
Yami Bakura , who had been staring in disbelief up until now, turned and yelled , " WHY YOU - !"
"Aieeeeeeeeee! Gomen!" Yugi ran to hide behind Yami who had lost all control doubled over laughing.
" Well I can't tell the difference overall, tomb robber!" Yami gasped, chuckling wildly.
Alarmed, Bakura put a restraining hand on his Yami's shoulder. A vein went in his head. Invisible steam seemed to be rising off of him. " U-URESAI!" (means 'shut up'.)
Penta who looked very amused indeed at Yami Bakura's humiliation only said , " For the first , and probably last time, I have to agree with the Pharoah."
Yami Bakura snatched up his dice glaring at Penta. " I'm going to wipe that smug look of your face!"
" Very well. Game start."
( I don't know how to feel about this chapter. I'm glad the game finally has begun. And I don't know if it'll last more than two chapters. Man, I'm gonna have a job thinking up a scenario for this. I also have a retreat next weekend. And a convention for beta three days this week. So if next weekend I haven't updated it isn't because I abandoned the fic, it's because I couldn't write.)
DMG Hikaru: Nope. As you can see it is a totally different game.
Rikki the Fox: Well, I've only read part one of monster world. So I dunno how accurate this'll be.
Grave Robbers Aman: I agree. I made him to be a villain after all.
Shining Charizard: No, can't say I've used my elbow^^
Ciu Sune: The dance was fun. And I feel allot better. Thank you.
Manga nut: lol. Yes Penta is a freakish thing, isn't he?
JudyNFran: Ok. I'm usually polite to reviewers, and I will continue to try, but you have royally peeved me. I do believe I pointed out my little 'no no' somewhere in one of the chapters. Yup, I did. Read before you review. And I don't mind when people review about my mistakes, but while you're at it, you could at least review the story as well.
Lunis: writing the actual match will be tough. *sigh *
Yami Hitokiri: No, Bakura is not weak at all. No one weak could have ever gone through what he went through without being insane.
Mel: thanks^^ I have been busy as well.
Chibi Death: I never said he killed the teacher. He trapped him in a game piece. Actually, I dunno his fate. Yami Bakura said that the teacher didn't treat Bakura with respect, so....in his weird little mind. Anyway, in the last chapter his guard was down. Which happens to the best of us. He can afford to be sentimental.
KokoroHikaru: no links seem to be working for manga lately.*frown