Chapter 8: Seto's Plan, Our Last Hope!
Her eyes slowly forced their way open as she awoke, lying in the street where she was left for dead. Ishizu wiped the dried blood, her blood, away from her eyes as she slowly gets to her feet.
Ishizu: "What...happened to me?" Ishizu spoke while staring down at her shirt, once white and now dark crimson, soaked in the plasma of the body. "Malik...no...it was not him...whoever it was...is trying to cause trouble here."
Ishizu began walking down the street. Domino City was completely silent, and even worse, it was shrouded in nearly complete darkness. An occasional street light allowed Ishizu to see where she was going. She was weak...dying...and she needed help fast.
Almost a quarter mile down the road, Ishizu steps in something.
Ishizu: "A puddle? It doesn't seem to have rained..."
Ishizu squats down, mumbling about the pain this action caused her. She touched the puddle...It was blood.
Ishizu: "What the hell has happened he..." Ishizu is cut short by visions of Sugoroku's challenge, and the duel between Bakura, Yugi, and Shadi. "Sugoroku...Malik...Yugi..." She puts her face into her hands. "How could I let this happen??"
As Ishizu stood up and removed her hands from her face, she was met with one more vision. A vision of pure darkness, a vision of only a voice.
"There is only one person who can help you...as long as she is not late."
Ishizu: "That was...the voice of the Pharaoh...his last words. But what could they possibly mean?"
Ishizu, deep in thought, takes a step, and slips...
Tap...tap tap...tap tap tap...
Seto: "Almost done. My deck may not be able to win often against his in a normal duel, so I'll have to rearrange the odds a little by changing the rules."
Tap tap...beep!
Computer: "Congratulations! Your program has been completed and saved!"
Seto: "Good, computer, switch to duel mode, we have to test this out before Bakura gets here."
Yami Bakura: "Test what out before Bakura gets here?"
Yami Bakura walks out of the shadows in the corner of the room and stands a few feet behind Seto.
Yami Bakura: "What do you have there Seto boy? Looks like a program..." By now, Yami Bakura is right next to Seto's face, staring at the computer. "You wouldn't be foolish enough to try and make me fight you in a program you've never tested would you?" Yami Bakura produces a wide, mocking grin, as he backs a little away from Seto.
Seto: turning to face Yami Bakura. "How the hell did you get in here? How long have you been there?"
Yami Bakura: "Long enough I suppose. Shall we test out your new program? I can't wait to feel truly infinite power."
Seto is quiet for a moment, weighing his decisions. If he accepted, and his program was a failure, he is certainly doomed. If he declined, there was no telling what the Spirit was already capable of. Seto nods...and walks over to a machine. After the push of a few buttons, Seto's lab shifts into an open meadow, a hologram of it anyway.
Yami Bakura: "This is your plan? To fight me in an outdoor simulation? Haha!"
Seto: With his eyes staring downward, seemingly in deep concentration. "Watch yourself, or this won't be much of a test of anything." Seto points upward, as six shining lights speed downward toward them.
"Anzu...Anzu Mazaki...WAKE UP MAZAKI!"
Anzu, who was soundly sleeping, springs out of her bed, frightened half to death.
Anzu: wiping her eyes. "Huh? What's going on?" Anzu opened her eyes. "Mai!! What are you doing here?"
Mai: "I was passing through, so I came to visit you guys, then suddenly everything went dark, as if a big storm was coming. But it's completely calm outside! It was a pain in the butt to find my way here even, how can you sleep through an event like this?"
Anzu: "An event like...what?"
Mai walks over to Anzu's window and yanks the covers off of them. The city is completely dark in her area.
Mai: "It's like a ghost town out there. I can't seem to find any form of life at all!"
Anzu: "What about Sugoroku...and Yugi...and Jonouchi?"
Mai: "No one was home, although the card shop was wide open! It's like I'm in a weird dream or something."
Anzu: "It can't be a dream, I'm here too. Although, I do feel kind of strange."
Mai: "Right, well anyway, where is everyone?"
Anzu: "I don't know, I've been sleeping for a long while I guess. I was so tired after carrying Bakura to the hospital so I..."
Mai: "Hospital??? What have you people been doing here since I've been gone?"
Anzu: "He was attacked Mai, we found him in an alleyway." Anzu looks out the window. "This was before all of this darkness though, the day was normal then."
Mai: "Maybe we should find the hospital and Bakura, he might know something about this."
Anzu: "I guess so, let me get dressed, then we'll go."
Anzu climbs out of her bed, neatly laying the sheets down. She changes out of her nightie into something more appropriate for walking about and joins Mai outside of her house.
'God speed be with you Mazaki, Kujaku...one of you will make the difference in this war we are facing.'
At the hospital...
Bakura: "Do you really think that would work?"
??????: "If what you told me is true, it is our only hope. Thank you Bakura. Now, rest up, your visitors will be arriving soon."
Bakura: "Wait...what should I call you? You know my name, and I know nothing about you."
??????: "What do you want to know?"
Bakura: "Well, a name would help."
??????: "My...name?...I hide amongst the shadows, I no longer have any need for a name. Even if I did, my...name...wouldn't be important."
Bakura: "You hide amongst the shadows? Then...that is what I will call you, Shadow."
Shadow: "Fine...Shadow it is. See you soon Bakura."
Shadow turns and walks out of Bakura's room, apparently with some newfound information. Bakura lays back and rests, awaiting Anzu and Mai, as Shadow told him that they would be coming.
What will Mai and Anzu think about Bakura's visitor, and who could he be? More importantly, Kaiba and Yami Bakura are about to duel for the last God card the Spirit needs, but will Kaiba's program work against this Millennium Spirit? What is the plan anyway? Chapter 9: Divine Removal, Sealing Lights of Hope!
Her eyes slowly forced their way open as she awoke, lying in the street where she was left for dead. Ishizu wiped the dried blood, her blood, away from her eyes as she slowly gets to her feet.
Ishizu: "What...happened to me?" Ishizu spoke while staring down at her shirt, once white and now dark crimson, soaked in the plasma of the body. "Malik...no...it was not him...whoever it was...is trying to cause trouble here."
Ishizu began walking down the street. Domino City was completely silent, and even worse, it was shrouded in nearly complete darkness. An occasional street light allowed Ishizu to see where she was going. She was weak...dying...and she needed help fast.
Almost a quarter mile down the road, Ishizu steps in something.
Ishizu: "A puddle? It doesn't seem to have rained..."
Ishizu squats down, mumbling about the pain this action caused her. She touched the puddle...It was blood.
Ishizu: "What the hell has happened he..." Ishizu is cut short by visions of Sugoroku's challenge, and the duel between Bakura, Yugi, and Shadi. "Sugoroku...Malik...Yugi..." She puts her face into her hands. "How could I let this happen??"
As Ishizu stood up and removed her hands from her face, she was met with one more vision. A vision of pure darkness, a vision of only a voice.
"There is only one person who can help you...as long as she is not late."
Ishizu: "That was...the voice of the Pharaoh...his last words. But what could they possibly mean?"
Ishizu, deep in thought, takes a step, and slips...
Tap...tap tap...tap tap tap...
Seto: "Almost done. My deck may not be able to win often against his in a normal duel, so I'll have to rearrange the odds a little by changing the rules."
Tap tap...beep!
Computer: "Congratulations! Your program has been completed and saved!"
Seto: "Good, computer, switch to duel mode, we have to test this out before Bakura gets here."
Yami Bakura: "Test what out before Bakura gets here?"
Yami Bakura walks out of the shadows in the corner of the room and stands a few feet behind Seto.
Yami Bakura: "What do you have there Seto boy? Looks like a program..." By now, Yami Bakura is right next to Seto's face, staring at the computer. "You wouldn't be foolish enough to try and make me fight you in a program you've never tested would you?" Yami Bakura produces a wide, mocking grin, as he backs a little away from Seto.
Seto: turning to face Yami Bakura. "How the hell did you get in here? How long have you been there?"
Yami Bakura: "Long enough I suppose. Shall we test out your new program? I can't wait to feel truly infinite power."
Seto is quiet for a moment, weighing his decisions. If he accepted, and his program was a failure, he is certainly doomed. If he declined, there was no telling what the Spirit was already capable of. Seto nods...and walks over to a machine. After the push of a few buttons, Seto's lab shifts into an open meadow, a hologram of it anyway.
Yami Bakura: "This is your plan? To fight me in an outdoor simulation? Haha!"
Seto: With his eyes staring downward, seemingly in deep concentration. "Watch yourself, or this won't be much of a test of anything." Seto points upward, as six shining lights speed downward toward them.
"Anzu...Anzu Mazaki...WAKE UP MAZAKI!"
Anzu, who was soundly sleeping, springs out of her bed, frightened half to death.
Anzu: wiping her eyes. "Huh? What's going on?" Anzu opened her eyes. "Mai!! What are you doing here?"
Mai: "I was passing through, so I came to visit you guys, then suddenly everything went dark, as if a big storm was coming. But it's completely calm outside! It was a pain in the butt to find my way here even, how can you sleep through an event like this?"
Anzu: "An event like...what?"
Mai walks over to Anzu's window and yanks the covers off of them. The city is completely dark in her area.
Mai: "It's like a ghost town out there. I can't seem to find any form of life at all!"
Anzu: "What about Sugoroku...and Yugi...and Jonouchi?"
Mai: "No one was home, although the card shop was wide open! It's like I'm in a weird dream or something."
Anzu: "It can't be a dream, I'm here too. Although, I do feel kind of strange."
Mai: "Right, well anyway, where is everyone?"
Anzu: "I don't know, I've been sleeping for a long while I guess. I was so tired after carrying Bakura to the hospital so I..."
Mai: "Hospital??? What have you people been doing here since I've been gone?"
Anzu: "He was attacked Mai, we found him in an alleyway." Anzu looks out the window. "This was before all of this darkness though, the day was normal then."
Mai: "Maybe we should find the hospital and Bakura, he might know something about this."
Anzu: "I guess so, let me get dressed, then we'll go."
Anzu climbs out of her bed, neatly laying the sheets down. She changes out of her nightie into something more appropriate for walking about and joins Mai outside of her house.
'God speed be with you Mazaki, Kujaku...one of you will make the difference in this war we are facing.'
At the hospital...
Bakura: "Do you really think that would work?"
??????: "If what you told me is true, it is our only hope. Thank you Bakura. Now, rest up, your visitors will be arriving soon."
Bakura: "Wait...what should I call you? You know my name, and I know nothing about you."
??????: "What do you want to know?"
Bakura: "Well, a name would help."
??????: "My...name?...I hide amongst the shadows, I no longer have any need for a name. Even if I did, my...name...wouldn't be important."
Bakura: "You hide amongst the shadows? Then...that is what I will call you, Shadow."
Shadow: "Fine...Shadow it is. See you soon Bakura."
Shadow turns and walks out of Bakura's room, apparently with some newfound information. Bakura lays back and rests, awaiting Anzu and Mai, as Shadow told him that they would be coming.
What will Mai and Anzu think about Bakura's visitor, and who could he be? More importantly, Kaiba and Yami Bakura are about to duel for the last God card the Spirit needs, but will Kaiba's program work against this Millennium Spirit? What is the plan anyway? Chapter 9: Divine Removal, Sealing Lights of Hope!