Bakura paled. Forty minutes? He and Yugi had less than an hour to live. So did Malik. He had to win this game. Quickly. He looked over at Yami Bakura.
The thief was glaring daggers at his yellow eyed opponent. Penta hated them both so much for something that was his own fault? It was ludicrous. He'd always been an arrogant brat, but this time he had pushed him too far.
The scum was going to kill his hikari, and the nearest person to a 'friend', he'd ever had. He couldn't speak for Yami, but he knew that the pharoah was fond of Yugi. He had to be furious also. He could sense it in the air.
" How dare he be so casual!" Yami growled. " How dare he stand there looking so calm!"
Yugi looked over at Malik. If only someone could use the rod. They could end this nightmare.
Bakura lifted off the cover of the mountain. Inside were little figurines of children. They had been real people as well. They were some bratty first graders whom Yami Bakura had turned into game pieces because they annoyed him so much one day. That was the short story anyway. And they were the first individuals that Bakura almost didn't feel sorry to see sealed away.
They immediately commenced in throwing stones at them.
" Go away!"
" Intruders! "
" You're not welcome here, spiky-headed losers!"
Bakura sweat dropped. Yami Bakura looked extremely agitated. His eyes were closed, and his mouth was twitching. Suddenly, " URESAI!"
The mountain children automatically stopped and gawked up at him.
Bakura took the moment of quiet to jump in with a question. " How do we defeat Zork?"
A little girl with braids looked up at them pensively. " Don't know."
" You lie!" Yami Bakura snapped.
"Hey, he's not the game controller this time." said a chubby little boy. He looked over at Penta.
" Yeah," added a brown haired kid. " There's a new freak controlling this game."
" So he can't hurt us." continued the chubby kid.
" We'll neeeeeeeeeeever teeeee-ell!" said the little girl gleefully, and the others laughed.
A vein went in the tombrobber's head. " I am not the game controller, but I can still annihilate you annoying little bunions!"
As he said those words, his character raised its daggers threateningly.
" Uh, Yami? Is that okay in the role play?" Bakura asked
" Who cares?!" the millenium spirit retorted
The children seemed cowed by Yami Bakura's threat. But little did they know, it was Penta's solemn glare they were quelling under.
I am in control of this game now. Things will be done differently. You brats will continue your role play, or you will die slowly. Understood?
Of course, none of the others heard this. Penta was aiming his thoughts at the rebellious little game captives.
" Aww, this is dull. Let's just tell them." said the brown haired boy.
" Y-yeah." the girl stammered.
" In the north forest you should find an outcast dragoon who should be able to give you a holy sword. You should be able to defeat Zork if you get it." muttered the chubby one sulkily.
" North forest?" Bakura mused. " A dragoon?"
" Let's move on, aibou." Yami Bakura urged, thinking about the time. To the children he growled, "If I find out you have lied, I won't kill you. I'll make you wish you were dead."
The children let out a sigh of relief as their piece was lowered back over the board and closed off.
Yami Bakura roled his dice. Luckily, he did not get a monster percentile number, so he was able to move on.
At the entrance of the south forest stood a ragged little boy dressed in green. Beside him was a horse drawn buggy.
" Greetings traveler." he said dully, in the voice of one who had long given up hope.
He had quite a different affect on Yami and Yugi than the orphan children. This little humbled figure induced pity, not annoyance. He wiped his dirty face on his sleeve, but that made him look even more pathetic.
" You can ride with me anywhere in the forest and not get caught by the monsters. The pay is extra if you take your companion along without him rolling his own dice. What will you do?"
" How much is the pay?" Yami Bakura asked.
" One hundred zenny." answered the child softly.
Between the two of them they had two hundred.
" We'll pay it." Yami Bakura said, sighing, all the while wondering if he couldn't steal it back. " Take us to the north forest."
" There is one other condition before I let you onto my buggy." said the boy, pushing his blonde hair away from his pointed ears. " You must let me join your party."
" Nani?!" Yami Bakura asked. " What for for?"
The boy looked sadly at the ground. " I'm sorry. I cannot say."
" Let's take him, Yami." said Bakura
Hikari, it could be a trap! the Yami protested.
Do really think so? Bakura asked. Look at all that Penta's done to get us here. Don't you think he'd try something more intricate?
Yami Bakura stared hard at the litte game character. Bakura was right. If this was a trap, then it was a trap so blunt it was insulting. And Penta hated sloppiness.
" Are you going to take him or not? You have thirty two minutes left." Penta said serenely, clearly bored.
" You can come." Yami Bakura told the boy. " But don't get in our way."
Surprisingly, the boy became cheerier when they agreed to take him. " Domo arigato, sirs. Get on the waggon. Off we go."
The wagon rolled along the stone road on the game board , and stopped at the north forest. Bakura lifted the forest top, and sure enough there was a little hut underneath.
"We've found the dragoon's house!" Bakura said excitedly. " All we have to do is ask for the sword, then we can go the castle."
A low, wicked cackle came from inside the hut. " You will never live to see my castle."
An old man exited. But it was no normal old man. His eyes were glowing red. Then his shape began to mutate and change.
" He's Zork!" Yami Bakura shouted.
" So there was a trap." Yami said grimly.
" Are they strong enough to beat him, Yami?" Yugi asked.
" I hope so aibou - remember , role plays don't always end the way you expect them too."
Penta laughed maniacly. " Really, and here I overestimated you! Did you really think it would be so easy to solve as that?"
" Those brats did lie!" Yami Bakura snarled.
" They didn't lie." Penta sneered. " They were given false information. I planted it there."
Bakura looked unusually calm. "Are you going to attack?"
Yami Bakura turned and looked at his hikari in confusion. The boy didn't look fazed.
" I'll wipe that calm look off your face little hikari." the black haired thief let out a chuckle. He pointed at the blonde haired kid. " But first, I shall demonstrate my power on this little dead weight."
" Go ahead." Bakura said indifferently. He smirked. " I want to see just how strong you are."
" Bakura!" Yugi and Yami yelled in unison.
And Yami Bakura yelled. " What are you encouraging him to show off for?!"
" Don't forget, Bakura , he's a living soul too!" Yugi cried.
Penta smirked evilly. " You will die regretting your words."
With that , Zork attacked the small figure. The blast of the attack hit the boy hard, it actually shook the board. There was dust and smoke where the boy had stood.
Yami Bakura stared in shock at his hikari. He had sacraficed another living soul just to test Penta's power? No. That wasn't his hikari. If so, then what had he become? Had all this madness made him snap?
" Bakura why did you do that?!" Yami shouted angrily.
" Watch." Bakura said , simply. " Is he really gone?"
A light was shining through the dust. It was the glowing figure of a boy, similar to one dressed in green, except now he wore silver, and a gold circlet around his head.
" He was a spirit the whole time." Yami Bakura whispered in awe.
" How can this be?!" Penta shouted. " Why aren't you dead?" He turned on Bakura. " YOU! You did something."
" If by that you mean I was keeping secrets of my own, then you are correct." Bakura said cheerfully. " And I think it's time things go in our favor, don't you agree, Yami?"
Yami Bakura was staring at his hikari in disbelief. " I can't believe YOU did something so sneaky!"
Penta glared at the pair of them.
He picked up the dice. " This isn't over. You will pay for mocking me."
( Annnnnnnd that concludes this chapter. I know I said it before, but I think the next chapter will definetly involve the Kaibas. I won't say why. I hope you have enjoyed this chapter. I'm so sorry it's late at night. But I lost track of time during the week. Ja ne!^^)
ElleFATE: I found links, but I appreciate your offer^^ thanks.
Hyozanryu: I always imagined so. It would affect me.
Mel: *glomps Mel * Thanx a bunch, but I'm not that great yet.
Fellow reader: don't worry I intend to finish.
Manga nut: Yeah, I was positive they had dice. Ewwww, he really impaled his hand? But I guess it should not surprise me.
Shining Charizard: Don't worry, I don't have the heart to make Malik suffer anymore than he has.
Grave Robbers Aman: And now he has 20 minutes! Kukkuku.
Yami Hitokiri: lol
Lunis: *glomp!* thankyou!
The thief was glaring daggers at his yellow eyed opponent. Penta hated them both so much for something that was his own fault? It was ludicrous. He'd always been an arrogant brat, but this time he had pushed him too far.
The scum was going to kill his hikari, and the nearest person to a 'friend', he'd ever had. He couldn't speak for Yami, but he knew that the pharoah was fond of Yugi. He had to be furious also. He could sense it in the air.
" How dare he be so casual!" Yami growled. " How dare he stand there looking so calm!"
Yugi looked over at Malik. If only someone could use the rod. They could end this nightmare.
Bakura lifted off the cover of the mountain. Inside were little figurines of children. They had been real people as well. They were some bratty first graders whom Yami Bakura had turned into game pieces because they annoyed him so much one day. That was the short story anyway. And they were the first individuals that Bakura almost didn't feel sorry to see sealed away.
They immediately commenced in throwing stones at them.
" Go away!"
" Intruders! "
" You're not welcome here, spiky-headed losers!"
Bakura sweat dropped. Yami Bakura looked extremely agitated. His eyes were closed, and his mouth was twitching. Suddenly, " URESAI!"
The mountain children automatically stopped and gawked up at him.
Bakura took the moment of quiet to jump in with a question. " How do we defeat Zork?"
A little girl with braids looked up at them pensively. " Don't know."
" You lie!" Yami Bakura snapped.
"Hey, he's not the game controller this time." said a chubby little boy. He looked over at Penta.
" Yeah," added a brown haired kid. " There's a new freak controlling this game."
" So he can't hurt us." continued the chubby kid.
" We'll neeeeeeeeeeever teeeee-ell!" said the little girl gleefully, and the others laughed.
A vein went in the tombrobber's head. " I am not the game controller, but I can still annihilate you annoying little bunions!"
As he said those words, his character raised its daggers threateningly.
" Uh, Yami? Is that okay in the role play?" Bakura asked
" Who cares?!" the millenium spirit retorted
The children seemed cowed by Yami Bakura's threat. But little did they know, it was Penta's solemn glare they were quelling under.
I am in control of this game now. Things will be done differently. You brats will continue your role play, or you will die slowly. Understood?
Of course, none of the others heard this. Penta was aiming his thoughts at the rebellious little game captives.
" Aww, this is dull. Let's just tell them." said the brown haired boy.
" Y-yeah." the girl stammered.
" In the north forest you should find an outcast dragoon who should be able to give you a holy sword. You should be able to defeat Zork if you get it." muttered the chubby one sulkily.
" North forest?" Bakura mused. " A dragoon?"
" Let's move on, aibou." Yami Bakura urged, thinking about the time. To the children he growled, "If I find out you have lied, I won't kill you. I'll make you wish you were dead."
The children let out a sigh of relief as their piece was lowered back over the board and closed off.
Yami Bakura roled his dice. Luckily, he did not get a monster percentile number, so he was able to move on.
At the entrance of the south forest stood a ragged little boy dressed in green. Beside him was a horse drawn buggy.
" Greetings traveler." he said dully, in the voice of one who had long given up hope.
He had quite a different affect on Yami and Yugi than the orphan children. This little humbled figure induced pity, not annoyance. He wiped his dirty face on his sleeve, but that made him look even more pathetic.
" You can ride with me anywhere in the forest and not get caught by the monsters. The pay is extra if you take your companion along without him rolling his own dice. What will you do?"
" How much is the pay?" Yami Bakura asked.
" One hundred zenny." answered the child softly.
Between the two of them they had two hundred.
" We'll pay it." Yami Bakura said, sighing, all the while wondering if he couldn't steal it back. " Take us to the north forest."
" There is one other condition before I let you onto my buggy." said the boy, pushing his blonde hair away from his pointed ears. " You must let me join your party."
" Nani?!" Yami Bakura asked. " What for for?"
The boy looked sadly at the ground. " I'm sorry. I cannot say."
" Let's take him, Yami." said Bakura
Hikari, it could be a trap! the Yami protested.
Do really think so? Bakura asked. Look at all that Penta's done to get us here. Don't you think he'd try something more intricate?
Yami Bakura stared hard at the litte game character. Bakura was right. If this was a trap, then it was a trap so blunt it was insulting. And Penta hated sloppiness.
" Are you going to take him or not? You have thirty two minutes left." Penta said serenely, clearly bored.
" You can come." Yami Bakura told the boy. " But don't get in our way."
Surprisingly, the boy became cheerier when they agreed to take him. " Domo arigato, sirs. Get on the waggon. Off we go."
The wagon rolled along the stone road on the game board , and stopped at the north forest. Bakura lifted the forest top, and sure enough there was a little hut underneath.
"We've found the dragoon's house!" Bakura said excitedly. " All we have to do is ask for the sword, then we can go the castle."
A low, wicked cackle came from inside the hut. " You will never live to see my castle."
An old man exited. But it was no normal old man. His eyes were glowing red. Then his shape began to mutate and change.
" He's Zork!" Yami Bakura shouted.
" So there was a trap." Yami said grimly.
" Are they strong enough to beat him, Yami?" Yugi asked.
" I hope so aibou - remember , role plays don't always end the way you expect them too."
Penta laughed maniacly. " Really, and here I overestimated you! Did you really think it would be so easy to solve as that?"
" Those brats did lie!" Yami Bakura snarled.
" They didn't lie." Penta sneered. " They were given false information. I planted it there."
Bakura looked unusually calm. "Are you going to attack?"
Yami Bakura turned and looked at his hikari in confusion. The boy didn't look fazed.
" I'll wipe that calm look off your face little hikari." the black haired thief let out a chuckle. He pointed at the blonde haired kid. " But first, I shall demonstrate my power on this little dead weight."
" Go ahead." Bakura said indifferently. He smirked. " I want to see just how strong you are."
" Bakura!" Yugi and Yami yelled in unison.
And Yami Bakura yelled. " What are you encouraging him to show off for?!"
" Don't forget, Bakura , he's a living soul too!" Yugi cried.
Penta smirked evilly. " You will die regretting your words."
With that , Zork attacked the small figure. The blast of the attack hit the boy hard, it actually shook the board. There was dust and smoke where the boy had stood.
Yami Bakura stared in shock at his hikari. He had sacraficed another living soul just to test Penta's power? No. That wasn't his hikari. If so, then what had he become? Had all this madness made him snap?
" Bakura why did you do that?!" Yami shouted angrily.
" Watch." Bakura said , simply. " Is he really gone?"
A light was shining through the dust. It was the glowing figure of a boy, similar to one dressed in green, except now he wore silver, and a gold circlet around his head.
" He was a spirit the whole time." Yami Bakura whispered in awe.
" How can this be?!" Penta shouted. " Why aren't you dead?" He turned on Bakura. " YOU! You did something."
" If by that you mean I was keeping secrets of my own, then you are correct." Bakura said cheerfully. " And I think it's time things go in our favor, don't you agree, Yami?"
Yami Bakura was staring at his hikari in disbelief. " I can't believe YOU did something so sneaky!"
Penta glared at the pair of them.
He picked up the dice. " This isn't over. You will pay for mocking me."
( Annnnnnnd that concludes this chapter. I know I said it before, but I think the next chapter will definetly involve the Kaibas. I won't say why. I hope you have enjoyed this chapter. I'm so sorry it's late at night. But I lost track of time during the week. Ja ne!^^)
ElleFATE: I found links, but I appreciate your offer^^ thanks.
Hyozanryu: I always imagined so. It would affect me.
Mel: *glomps Mel * Thanx a bunch, but I'm not that great yet.
Fellow reader: don't worry I intend to finish.
Manga nut: Yeah, I was positive they had dice. Ewwww, he really impaled his hand? But I guess it should not surprise me.
Shining Charizard: Don't worry, I don't have the heart to make Malik suffer anymore than he has.
Grave Robbers Aman: And now he has 20 minutes! Kukkuku.
Yami Hitokiri: lol
Lunis: *glomp!* thankyou!