"It's getting nasty out here again." Seto Kaiba said to his brother, looking sulkily at the ever darkening sky beyond Bakura's house.
" Yeah, I hear the weather's supposed to be like this all week!" Mokuba said cheerily, not in the least bit bothered.
" Why did you drag me here?" Kaiba demanded, sounding bored , but actually quite curious himself.
He'd never seen Bakura's house. It was Yami Bakura's home also, he reminded himself. So he should probably stay on guard.
" Aww come on. You've been worried about him ever since that day." Mokuba answered.
" What are you talking about?" the elder Kaiba asked, taken by surprise.
" That day I heard you talking to someone in your office - well it was more like yelling at first - anyway, I thought I heard Bakura kun's voice too." Mokuba explained. " When I asked about it, you just changed the subject and said it was nothing."
Mokuba paused and smirked at his brother. " You can hide it from other people, but not me. I know when something's bothering you, so I figured something probably happened to Bakura."
Kaiba found himself staring in shock , and to his great relief, he didn't have his jaw hanging open like some dogs he knew. *cough * Jounouchi*cough *
But he was amazed that a twelve year old could have that kind of perception on him, when even his most shrewd employees could not. Well it was useful to hide it now.
" Well - I'm right aren't I?" Mokuba said with a big I-got-you-grin.
Kaiba was trying not to smile despite himself. He couldn't stay mad at his brother, even though he was trying.
" You heard Bakura's voice the whole time then?"
" Yes, what happened that upset you, Ni Sama?"
" I can't talk about that, Mokuba." Kaiba said briskly.
" Can't you give me a hint?" Mokuba frowned.
Kaiba hesitated. He didn't want to say anyhing that would embarrass Bakura or give away any unnecessary information.
" Look, " he said suddenly. " You know how we grew up...and..."
He paused looking angry. " And I just don't think it's right for anyone to hurt a kid!"
Mokuba nodded looking a sad and a little nostalgic. He pulled open the door ....
* * * * *
Okay , so the spirit child survives. Yami Bakura said dully. Wonderful. But what happens to us, hikari? We're not ghosts.
He's not a normal spirit, Yami. Bakura reasurred him.
The spirit boy turned to the two travelers, his face alight with gratitude. " I took on the guise of a human, because I myslef wasn't sure who to trust, but you have led me to the monster that slaughtered me and left my kingdom under a spell for ages."
The boy turned serious again. " We can reawaken my kingdom, and take revenge only if you are able to role the right number with the dice. But it has to be the chosen one."
" What the - is this a joke?!" Yami Bakura demanded. " Our survival all depends on getting a measely number?!"
Penta let out a triumphant laugh. " I've already won! What chance do you have of rolling that one number?"
A trickle of sweat rolled down Yami Bakura's left cheek. For the first time in what seemed like a very long time he felt quite sick. Was this what fear was? Was this what he'd inflicted on Bakura?
Yet his Hikari was looking at him trustingly. " You role the dice , Yami."
" What?" Yami Bakura stared at the dice in his hikari's left hand. He lowered his voice so that Penta would not have the pleasure of adding more growth to his ego. " What makes you think I know the number?!"
" I don't." Bakura replied. " I'm thinking you don't need to."
" What does Bakura mean, Yami?" Yugi asked in a low voice off to the side.
" The Yami no Game brings out the true character of its players." Yami answered gravely. " It can tap the purest selflessness, the good, or the most malicious of evils in a person's heart. Bakura , who has been forced into the Shadow games before, probably realizes this. And even if he doesn't, he can probably sense it."
" Hai." Said Yugi beginning to understand a little. " You have said that these games were used to fight evil or pass judgement in ancient Egypt. So Bakua thinks it will choose his Yami?"
Yami hesitated, thinking. " ....It did favor him once over Penta. It may favor him him again. Penta lost the first time because his heart was weak, and filled with treachery. I can't see how he's improved since those days."
Yugi looked intently at Yami Bakura. The thief took the dice from his hikari, looking pretty confident, but Yugi suspected he was allot more shaken than what he was showing outwardly.
Penta smirked at his white haired opponents. " Well? There's only five minutes left on the clock. You can prolong your fate , or roll the dice and end quickly."
No choice, the tombrobber thought. If I continue to stall, Bakura and Malik will die.
He glared at Penta , and threw the dice. Two things happened at once. The dice went rolling through the air, and a hole seemed to open in the blackness of the Shadow Realm from whence the Kaiba brothers rolled out.
" Gah! Ni-sama, where are we?!" Mokuba cried.
Kaiba , looking very disgruntled, hoisted Mokuba off of him. He looked livid. " I don't know, but if this is Yami Bakura's idea of fun, he's gonna pay!"
" Kaiba?!" both Yugi's cried in unison.
"I came to help too." Mokuba reminded them, looking annoyed.
The dice hit the board with an oddly deafening sound for two little dice. Bakura and his Yami were too wrapped up in that to pay much attention to the sudden arrival of the Kaibas.
It one dice stopped. A zero. The other one bounced a little , and stopped on Penta's side of the table. A seven.
They all froze. Even Kaiba and Mokuba seemed to have stopped breathing at this moment.
Zork let out an anguished cry, and seemed to explode.
A faint chime was heard, and the little spirit boy vanished. " Thank you." he breathed.
And though he was gone they could still hear his voice. " It took seven days for this world to be made. And now that our world is freed from Zork's evil, it can start again."
" Yami you did it!" Bakura cheered, causing the tombrobber to allow himself a slow smirk.
Penta was bent over the board clenching his fists. " How?" he whispered in silent fury. " I had it all planned through this time. He knew nothing. How did he defeat me again?!"
" They defeated you, Penta!" Yugi called out to the yellow eyed tombthief. " Now let us go!"
Poor Yami was doing the best he could in the meantime to fill in Kaiba and his brother.
Kaiba stopped him halfway through. " Whatever. It involves Yugi, and it involves HIM -" he glared at Yami Bakura. " - so I probably don't want to know what weirdness has transpired. They won, and there's a way out of here, that's all I care about."
" And Bakura seems to be okay." Mokuba put in. " So - how will we get out of this place? I feel like it's choking me."
A low hiss of disdain came from the black haired thief. He laughed quietly. " Fools. None of you will leave here alive. I have waited way too long."
" You piece of -" Yami Bakura began. Then he lost his words, practically shaking with anger. " - but no. I shouldn't have even dared to think...he never could be trusted, the lying murderer!"
" The game did not choose you Penta!" Yami shouted. " This realm will eventually devour you, no matter what you do!"
Penta smiled maniacally. " It doesn't matter. I can still take you all with me!"
The thief began to laugh.
Mokuba looked embarrassed that someone could sound that psyco, and Kaiba remained unimpressed. At least he did until Penta began to glow with a threatening green aura.
Malik moaned in his sleep. He clenched his fist, and seemed to be trying to fight something in his mind. His hands suddenly unclenched , and the rod rolled across the floor and stopped at Yami and Kaiba's feet.
Kaiba had stepped protectively in front of Mokuba and was not paying it any mind, but Yami glanced down. And even as the green light from Penta's glowing form became brighter, and refelcted off his skin and eyes, he was forming an idea. He glanced to the sennen rod back to Kaiba.
Bakura seemed to be getting weaker. His Yami observed this nervously. He was sweating allot more than he should be. He stepped closer to his hikari in case he collapsed.
The pharoah's hikari didn't look much better , but Yami was glancing at something that was glittering on the floor.
( Sucky way to end the chapter.^^; But Yami does have a plan, and maybe some of you guessed it. I'll replace this chapter if it has grammar errors later, or I won't be able to get it up before school. Hope ya enjoyed reading!)
I couldn't go look up your names and reply this time, 'cause the site was having trouble. Gomen ne!
" Yeah, I hear the weather's supposed to be like this all week!" Mokuba said cheerily, not in the least bit bothered.
" Why did you drag me here?" Kaiba demanded, sounding bored , but actually quite curious himself.
He'd never seen Bakura's house. It was Yami Bakura's home also, he reminded himself. So he should probably stay on guard.
" Aww come on. You've been worried about him ever since that day." Mokuba answered.
" What are you talking about?" the elder Kaiba asked, taken by surprise.
" That day I heard you talking to someone in your office - well it was more like yelling at first - anyway, I thought I heard Bakura kun's voice too." Mokuba explained. " When I asked about it, you just changed the subject and said it was nothing."
Mokuba paused and smirked at his brother. " You can hide it from other people, but not me. I know when something's bothering you, so I figured something probably happened to Bakura."
Kaiba found himself staring in shock , and to his great relief, he didn't have his jaw hanging open like some dogs he knew. *cough * Jounouchi*cough *
But he was amazed that a twelve year old could have that kind of perception on him, when even his most shrewd employees could not. Well it was useful to hide it now.
" Well - I'm right aren't I?" Mokuba said with a big I-got-you-grin.
Kaiba was trying not to smile despite himself. He couldn't stay mad at his brother, even though he was trying.
" You heard Bakura's voice the whole time then?"
" Yes, what happened that upset you, Ni Sama?"
" I can't talk about that, Mokuba." Kaiba said briskly.
" Can't you give me a hint?" Mokuba frowned.
Kaiba hesitated. He didn't want to say anyhing that would embarrass Bakura or give away any unnecessary information.
" Look, " he said suddenly. " You know how we grew up...and..."
He paused looking angry. " And I just don't think it's right for anyone to hurt a kid!"
Mokuba nodded looking a sad and a little nostalgic. He pulled open the door ....
* * * * *
Okay , so the spirit child survives. Yami Bakura said dully. Wonderful. But what happens to us, hikari? We're not ghosts.
He's not a normal spirit, Yami. Bakura reasurred him.
The spirit boy turned to the two travelers, his face alight with gratitude. " I took on the guise of a human, because I myslef wasn't sure who to trust, but you have led me to the monster that slaughtered me and left my kingdom under a spell for ages."
The boy turned serious again. " We can reawaken my kingdom, and take revenge only if you are able to role the right number with the dice. But it has to be the chosen one."
" What the - is this a joke?!" Yami Bakura demanded. " Our survival all depends on getting a measely number?!"
Penta let out a triumphant laugh. " I've already won! What chance do you have of rolling that one number?"
A trickle of sweat rolled down Yami Bakura's left cheek. For the first time in what seemed like a very long time he felt quite sick. Was this what fear was? Was this what he'd inflicted on Bakura?
Yet his Hikari was looking at him trustingly. " You role the dice , Yami."
" What?" Yami Bakura stared at the dice in his hikari's left hand. He lowered his voice so that Penta would not have the pleasure of adding more growth to his ego. " What makes you think I know the number?!"
" I don't." Bakura replied. " I'm thinking you don't need to."
" What does Bakura mean, Yami?" Yugi asked in a low voice off to the side.
" The Yami no Game brings out the true character of its players." Yami answered gravely. " It can tap the purest selflessness, the good, or the most malicious of evils in a person's heart. Bakura , who has been forced into the Shadow games before, probably realizes this. And even if he doesn't, he can probably sense it."
" Hai." Said Yugi beginning to understand a little. " You have said that these games were used to fight evil or pass judgement in ancient Egypt. So Bakua thinks it will choose his Yami?"
Yami hesitated, thinking. " ....It did favor him once over Penta. It may favor him him again. Penta lost the first time because his heart was weak, and filled with treachery. I can't see how he's improved since those days."
Yugi looked intently at Yami Bakura. The thief took the dice from his hikari, looking pretty confident, but Yugi suspected he was allot more shaken than what he was showing outwardly.
Penta smirked at his white haired opponents. " Well? There's only five minutes left on the clock. You can prolong your fate , or roll the dice and end quickly."
No choice, the tombrobber thought. If I continue to stall, Bakura and Malik will die.
He glared at Penta , and threw the dice. Two things happened at once. The dice went rolling through the air, and a hole seemed to open in the blackness of the Shadow Realm from whence the Kaiba brothers rolled out.
" Gah! Ni-sama, where are we?!" Mokuba cried.
Kaiba , looking very disgruntled, hoisted Mokuba off of him. He looked livid. " I don't know, but if this is Yami Bakura's idea of fun, he's gonna pay!"
" Kaiba?!" both Yugi's cried in unison.
"I came to help too." Mokuba reminded them, looking annoyed.
The dice hit the board with an oddly deafening sound for two little dice. Bakura and his Yami were too wrapped up in that to pay much attention to the sudden arrival of the Kaibas.
It one dice stopped. A zero. The other one bounced a little , and stopped on Penta's side of the table. A seven.
They all froze. Even Kaiba and Mokuba seemed to have stopped breathing at this moment.
Zork let out an anguished cry, and seemed to explode.
A faint chime was heard, and the little spirit boy vanished. " Thank you." he breathed.
And though he was gone they could still hear his voice. " It took seven days for this world to be made. And now that our world is freed from Zork's evil, it can start again."
" Yami you did it!" Bakura cheered, causing the tombrobber to allow himself a slow smirk.
Penta was bent over the board clenching his fists. " How?" he whispered in silent fury. " I had it all planned through this time. He knew nothing. How did he defeat me again?!"
" They defeated you, Penta!" Yugi called out to the yellow eyed tombthief. " Now let us go!"
Poor Yami was doing the best he could in the meantime to fill in Kaiba and his brother.
Kaiba stopped him halfway through. " Whatever. It involves Yugi, and it involves HIM -" he glared at Yami Bakura. " - so I probably don't want to know what weirdness has transpired. They won, and there's a way out of here, that's all I care about."
" And Bakura seems to be okay." Mokuba put in. " So - how will we get out of this place? I feel like it's choking me."
A low hiss of disdain came from the black haired thief. He laughed quietly. " Fools. None of you will leave here alive. I have waited way too long."
" You piece of -" Yami Bakura began. Then he lost his words, practically shaking with anger. " - but no. I shouldn't have even dared to think...he never could be trusted, the lying murderer!"
" The game did not choose you Penta!" Yami shouted. " This realm will eventually devour you, no matter what you do!"
Penta smiled maniacally. " It doesn't matter. I can still take you all with me!"
The thief began to laugh.
Mokuba looked embarrassed that someone could sound that psyco, and Kaiba remained unimpressed. At least he did until Penta began to glow with a threatening green aura.
Malik moaned in his sleep. He clenched his fist, and seemed to be trying to fight something in his mind. His hands suddenly unclenched , and the rod rolled across the floor and stopped at Yami and Kaiba's feet.
Kaiba had stepped protectively in front of Mokuba and was not paying it any mind, but Yami glanced down. And even as the green light from Penta's glowing form became brighter, and refelcted off his skin and eyes, he was forming an idea. He glanced to the sennen rod back to Kaiba.
Bakura seemed to be getting weaker. His Yami observed this nervously. He was sweating allot more than he should be. He stepped closer to his hikari in case he collapsed.
The pharoah's hikari didn't look much better , but Yami was glancing at something that was glittering on the floor.
( Sucky way to end the chapter.^^; But Yami does have a plan, and maybe some of you guessed it. I'll replace this chapter if it has grammar errors later, or I won't be able to get it up before school. Hope ya enjoyed reading!)
I couldn't go look up your names and reply this time, 'cause the site was having trouble. Gomen ne!