Chapter Twelve
~No, no, no! Yugi, that's not at all what you should have done in this situation!~
Yugi sighed mentally. He was in the middle of re-training himself to duel without Yami, and unfortunately Yami wasn't the most forgiving of coaches. Well then, what should I have done?
~Well, your opponent has just activated his trap card. For this you go through the basic trap card posture.~
Yugi thought for a second. "Oh, no!" Yugi said, making his eyebrows quiver. "That card has shattered my defenses! I need to believe in the heart of the cards!"
~Very good.
Now, draw Swords of Revealing Light.~
Um…
Yami? There's a lot of cards in this
deck, I can't just draw whatever one I want…
~BELIEVE IN THE HEART OF THE FREAKIN' CARDS!~
Yami, it's not THAT important.
~Yugi, you absolutely suck at dueling without me. Yet, it is now the evening of the second to last day before our match with Pegasus, in which our lives depend on your ability to duel without me. I'D SAY IT'S THAT GODDAMN IMPORTANT!~
Point taken. But shouldn't you be looking on the bright side?
~That's your department. And in any case, WHAT bright side?!~
Well, it can't get any worse.
The door slammed open, and none other than Rebecca Hawkins burst into the room with luggage.
"HI, YUGI! IT'S MEEEEEEE! REBECCA! AND I BROUGHT TEDDY! ISN'T HE CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!" Rebecca roared.
For the first time since this affair had started, Yugi and Yami had the exact same thought: It just got worse.
"Oh, hello Rebecca. Hi. How are you?" Yugi said in tones of forced cheerfulness.
"I came to be in the big tournament that Kaiba was having, but he cancelled it! So I called my grandpa, and he said I can move in with you for a whole entire month!"
~Oh, dear lord. We're doomed.~
S-she can't be serious! A MONTH?! This isn't a hotel!
~WAIT! Yugi, we're going to die in a day and a half, so it doesn't
matter how long she stays!~
You're right! See, I knew you could look on the bright
side.
~ Shut up. ~
"Um, are you sure you wanna stay here for a whole-"
"OF COURSE!" Rebecca shouted, dropping her bags and spinning Teddy around in a circle. "Teddy and I are going to have lots of fun here! Right Teddy?"
"…"
"Well, it's already almost midnight, so I'm going to kick you out of your room, and get some sleep! C'mon, Teddy!" Rebecca chirped, and skipped up the stairs.
Yami, I hope I'm not the only one who's terrified. She just… kicked us out of our room… and there's nothing we can do about it.
~ I BET THIS IS A PLOT BY PEGASUS TO DISTRACT US! Get back to training! Now, you still need to draw Swords of Revealing Light. ~
Yugi placed his hand on his desk, mumbled half-heartedly about the heart of the cards, and drew Karibo.
~ No, no, no, NO! YOU SUCK! ~ Yami shouted in their mind.
I have a plan, Yami.
~ And does it involve drawing Swords of Revealing Light? ~
No…
~ Then I really don't care about it! ~
Oh, you will when you hear it! We pack minimal luggage, get in a plane, and fly to Scotland.
~ Scotland? ~
Yes. There, we dive into the Loch Ness and hide out in one of Nessie's caves. I don't think even PEGASUS can find us there!
~ First class flight? ~
Sure. Grandpa won't mind if I steal his wallet.
~ Then I'm all for it. It's easier than drawing Swords of Revealing Light when you're short and a loser. ~
You're not much taller that I am.
~ But you're much more of a loser than I am. ~
Are not.
~ Are too. ~
Are not.
~ Are too. ~
Alright, can we argue once we get to Scotland?
~ Good plan. ~
The "two" stealthily snuck in Yugi's room, packed his stuff without waking the now-snoring Rebecca, and tiptoed to the door. Then the grandfather clock chimed midnight.
~ YUGI! ~
WHAT?!
~
We now have… have… ::sob:: only one day and five hours until the beginning of
the end! ~
Y'mean, Kaiba started his tournament at 5:00 a.m.?
~ He wanted to make us suffer. And he knows how much you like sleeping in. ~
But Kaiba cancelled his tournament.
~ I know THAT, but Pegasus didn't cancel his revenge! So, once 5:00 comes around, we can begin counting down until his revenge! ~
Not if we're in Scotland! C'mon Yami, let's go learn to play bagpipes!
~ I bet it's less dangerous than Duel Monsters. Damn, who would've thought being good at a card game would force us to leave the country in the middle of the night? ~
True, true.
Yugi put his hand on the door knob, and turned it… and ran directly into Malik.
"Uh…uh… hi!" Yugi squeaked.
"Oh, Yugi," Malik sneered, "I hope I'm not inturrupting anything…"
"Uh, of course not! Why are you at my house in the middle of the night?" Yugi squeaked.
"Why do you THINK?"
"Eep!"
"HEY YUGI!" Rebecca shrieked, coming downstairs, "WHO'S THAT?"
"… Rebecca this is Malik Malik this is Rebecca say hi to eachother for a couple of hours while I make it to the bus stop BYE!" Yugi then ran out the door, carrying his luggage.
"WOW! Do you play DUEL MONSTERS?!" Rebecca asked.
"Why do you care, little girl?" Malik asked, not particularly caring for a response.
"Because I am REBECCA! Me and TEDDY are the American Champions! Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, Teddy?"
Malik smiled in an evil manner. "Would you like to play a game?"
"YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYY! Teddy's heard of you! Teddy's heard you're really good! Teddy wants you to know that he'd like to play against you! Teddy also wants you to know that he's heard of your card-stealing-soul-banishing act, and that if you try anything freaky there's a gun hidden inside Teddy and I'll bust a cap in your ass."
"… have you ever considered becoming a Rare Hunter?"
"Do I get paid."
"As much as you can steal."
"Deal."
Malik and Rebecca shook hands. And Malik shook hands with Teddy.
"Would you people keep it down?" A robed and slippered figure came out of what was apparently the bathroom. "Some people are trying to sleep…"
"BAKURA?" Malik exclaimed, "What were you doing in Yugi's bathroom?"
"Sleeping."
"Oh, were you boys having a sleepover?"
"No." Suddenly, Bakura's visage changed to his darker-eyed Yami. "Persist in asking questions, and it will cost you your soul!"
Malik laughed. "Oh PLEASE Bakura, I can banish souls much better than you can."
"Can not."
"Can too."
"Can not."
"Can too."
Rebecca at this point shrugged and went back to sleep.
"I am the ultimate evil!"
"Are not."
"Are too."
"Are not."
"Let's settle this in a Shadow Game!" Malik declared.
"Uhm, I've read ahead in episode guides," Yami Bakura said hesitantly, "and I know for a fact that if we duel you'll kick my arse into next week. So, instead, let's play a FIRST SEASON OF YUGIOH GAME™."
"How does that work?"
"Well, let's play the Silence Game. Whoever makes a sound first loses, and the winner gets to banish his soul to-"
"ANOTHER DIMENSION!" Malik blurted.
"… what?"
"Never mind."
"… as I was saying, the winner banishes the loser's soul to the Shadow Realm, or can just maim him or torture him."
"That sounds good."
Both YuGiOh villains sat on Yugi's couch.
"Begin… NOW!"
Yami, I want to go to sleeeeeeep… Bakura whimpered.
~ Bakura, now is NOT the time to be complaining about a lack of sleep! ~
But… but… first I had to spend the night in Yugi's BATHROOM, and now I have to sit through you defending your ego!
~ Bakura, could you rant just a little quieter? Or, even better, SHUT UP?! ~
But I'm tiiiiiiiiiired…
~ If you shut up, I'll… I'll… I'll take you to Dairy Queen™ after we win. ~
REALLY?!
~ Bakura, QUIT THINKING SO LOUD! ~
Sorry! Bakura began whispering conspiratorially. So, how're ya gonna win this?
~ By having you shut up? ~
Oh! Okay! … … … … … … zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
~ BAKURA! ~
What? I'm sleepy!
~ YOU'VE NEVER SNORED BEFORE IN YOUR LIFE! ~
AH HA! So you finally admit it!
~ Oh shut up! ~
Okay…
Meanwhile:
Yugi sat happily in his seat in first class. He had his head phones on, and was listening to the in-flight movie while eating peanuts. He felt slightly guilty about leaving his friends to die, but he was sure they wouldn't have liked being woken up.
Suddenly, the in-flight movie stopped, and a disturbingly familiar voice came over the headphones.
"So, Yugi-boy, going somewhere?"
~You must be joking.~ Yami thought.
Pegasus turned around and waved at them from the pilot's seat. They could feel the plane turning around to head back to Japan.
"HOW DOES HE DO THAT?!?!" Yugi roared.
~I should have known this wouldn't work. Yugi, it's 5:00, we've only got twenty-four hours until the scheduled beginning of Kaiba's tournament!~
Which means we've only got thirty hours to live. That tournament was supposed to end at ten!
-Sounds right to me, Yugi-boy,- Pegasus thought.
Wh- hey! Stop that!
-Make me.-
Sighing deeply, Yugi and Yami settled into their chair for the flight back to Domino. For the second time that night, they shared the same thought: We're doomed.
-Sounds right to me, Yugi-boy.-