Yami Malik licked his lips as he watched Arkane's legs get sliced, having lost the duel to Yami.
He sipped his wine, as Yami walked out in disgust.
"Very good pharoah, I believe that's your last locator card. We'll meet in the finals, and I'll even bring some
friends along for the ride"said Yami Malik.
Yami Malik noticed one of his rare hunters running up to him, almost out of breath. He gulped down the rest of his wine
and wiped his lips. He set the glass down and stood up to face the hunter, who stopped quickly.
"This better be good"said Yami Malik.
"Someone's been attacking our rare hunters, all of them were told to give you a message of death according to them"said
the hunter.
Yami Malik allready knew who it was and laughed.
"Looks like Bakura's still holding a grudge against me, now he'll be coming for poor little Rika. I'll be ready
for the fool. None of the Rare hunters are to even look at him, is that clear? I'll handle him in my own special way"
Malik was pretty itimidating though they managed to stand still in front of him. Yami Malik however, they were trembiling
whenever in his presence, no matter how hard they tried to appear strong. Yami Malik found it amusing.
He decided to pay a visit to someone special.
He snickered at the site of Ichizu, lifeless and seemed to take no notice of him.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you yet. What fun would that be, I need you aware and attentive so
that it'll be worth the time"
With that he walked away, his face stretching out a little.
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Henry, RIka and Takato sat in their cell, looking for any means of escape. They were sitting on the floor
next to eachother, their arms shackled above them.
Even if they could somehow break the shackles, Rare Hunters always seemed to be walking by, even though they ignored the
trio, if they tried to escape that wouldn't be the case.
At first it was quite painful having their arms stretched up so much, but by now it had gone away.
They lost all track of time, they could've been there anywhere from a week to a year in their mindsets.
Henry tried to take the blame, however Rika and Takato assured him that they'd rather be captive alongside him then to
be worrying without a clue.
Yami Malik rarely walked by, and when he did he usualy never said anything. Like the Rare Hunters, Henry, Rika and Takato
were scared to death of Yami Malik. Not only did he look frightening, but his voice was frightening, he was sedistic, and
they were at his mercy.
Rika's thoughts often shifted to Bakura, and she held onto the hope that he would come and get them out of their. She
never told Takato or Henry because they wouldn't approve of her being in love with someone that much older then her.
The nights were cold, and sleeping was difficult and uncomfortable in their positions.
At first they had tried breaking free, but that idea was quickly trashed, the shackles being made of pure steel
and stuck there tight.The shackles queezed around their wrists, so they couldn't slip out of it.
They were basicly stuck.
Henry had also blamed himself for losing however they all knew there was nothing he could've done to change things.
They had to face the facts that they were captives and that Malik now owned the Winged Dragon of Ra, and could control
it easily.
Rika also told them of how he had another God card, Orisis.
They of course knew nothing of the third egyptian God card, however it mattered little.
"I wish Rennamon were here, she could get us out and crush that creep"thought Rika.
They all gapsed and nearly jumped, their hearts beating fast when Yami Malik stepped out and opened the cage.
None of them could get out a word.
"Don't worry, you'll rejoin your friends soon enough. However we have buisness to attend to first"
Yami Malik had Alice by his side, Takato and Henry in disbelief however they were too scared to say anything.
As soon as Rika was free, Alice grabbed Rika, one arm around her throat with the other one holding Rika's arms against
her body. Yami Malik closed the cell door and they all leaft.
"What could he want with Rika? I thought he'd want me, I was the one who had Ra after all"said Henry.
"This is all just a game to him now, and without our Digimon we're helpless"said Takato.
"Their must be a way to contact them"
"But we don't have our Digivices"said Takato.
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Bakura was done with the threats, it was time for the attack.
His millenium ring tugged him towards Yami Malik, just as he wanted.
As the tug got harder, it meant Yami Malik was closer.
His eyes were those of a murderer, and that's what he intended to do.
His eyes widened when he heared wimpering, a familiar one.
"Rika?"
He rushed down quickly, and turned the corner.
Yami Malik picked Rika up by the head, kneed her gut and slammed her face into the wall, with Alice just watching.
Rika was crying, from the sheer agony.
Yami Malik laughed.
"Not very tough now, are you?"
Yami Malik was sent flying back against the wall. His upper back took the most damage however he easily stood up,
seeing Bakura. He sent him flying back into the wall as well.
"Ba, kura"said weakly.
Yami Bakura stood up. Both of them went at the same time, however neither one could budge the other.
Eventualy both of them just stopped.
"Our items are evenly matched, we'll never get anywhere this way"
"Look Malik, you can do whatever you want with those other brats, because I could care less about them.
However I want Rika, and I will bring her back by force if nescesary"
Yami Malik stepped on Rika's head, muffiling her cry of pain(Rika was face down so her face wasn't as damaged)
"So we'll have ourselves a shadow game. The winner keeps Rika, the loser, dies"
"Bakura, don't"said Rika weakly.
Yami Malik drove his foot down harder to shut her up.
Yami Bakura nodded. Yami Malik was pleased.
Yami Malik hoisted his rod at Alice.
"Watch over her"
Alice nodded, staring over the half concious and battered Rika. She then dragged Rika into the corner and sat in front of her.
Yami Malik raised his rod, and they were surrounded by the fog of the shadow realm.
"You just signed your death warrant"said Yami Bakura.
Yami Malik just chuckled.
"We'll see, in the meantime, I'll explain the ruels of this match"
Yami Bakura had a look of suprise as somekind of shadow knife appeared in his hand.
One came in Yami Malik's hand as well.
"THis is how it works. Everytime one of us loses lifepoints, we must stab ourselves with this knife, sharper and
more painful then a normal knife ten times full"
Yami Bakura chuckled.
"You think a little pain will be of inconvienence for me? Surely this is a jest"said Yami Bakura.
"Jest I don't. So how about it?"
"I accept. Now let's duel"
Both of them started at four thousand lifepoints.
Yami Malik nodded to Yami Bakura, signaling him to make the first move.
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"I can't hear a thing, what's going on?"asked Takato.
"It's too far away, we'll never hear anything. I just hope to God he isn't doing anything to Rika, I, I-
"You really like her, don't you?"asked Takato.
Henry couldn't wipe away the tears streaming down his cheeks. He looked towards Takato and nodded.
"Hey, it's cool. Don't worry, I won't tell Rika"said Takato.
"Assuming she makes it back"said Henry beggining to break into a sob.
"Everything's going to be fine"said Takato.
"But do you really mean that?"
Takato sighed and shook his head.
"I don't know"
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Yami Bakura drew his first card.
"I summon Headless Knight, defence mode"
The being had silver armor on with gold tiles around the shoulders, a red cape, and as the name
suggests, no head. It's stats showed as 1450/1700.
"Now I place one card face down"
Yami Malik drew.
"Activate trap card, Multiple Destruction!"
"What's that?"
"We must both discard our hand and draw five new cards. By doing this, I lose one hundred
lifepoints for every card I discard"
Yami Malik chuckled as he discarded his hand. Yami Bakura's lifepoints now stood at thirty six hundred.
Yami Malik and Yami Bakura both drew their new hands, however Yami Malik held his cards at the side.
"What are you doing, make a move!"demanded Yami Bakura.
"Did you forget or were you boasting about your tolerance of pain. You lost lifepoints, so you must stab
yourself"
Yami Bakura took the shadow knife from his waist where he put it, and stabbed himself in the arm. He let out a gasp of pain,
clenching his arm as he lost blood.
"Perhaps you should have RIka kiss that all better for you"
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Alice now sat ontop of Rika, who had by now passed out into unconciousness.
Her face showed that of someone in pain. Even her dreams weren't pleasant. Once again, she was reliving the memory
of the day her father leaft, which would happen whenever she went to sleep or fell unconcious. She now dreaded sleep,
she couldn't escape her suffering even for a second.
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Yami Bakura growled, and retook his stance.
"I place one card face down, and summon Lord of Poison in attack mode"
The creature looked semi-human, his eyes unseen, in heavy Purple armor with a matching purple cape and crown.
His stats showed as 1600/1600.
"I end my turn"
Yami Bakura drew, and laughed.
Yami Malik grunted.
"What's the joke?"
"Multiple Destruction forced me to discard three monsters, so now I remove them from play in order to
summon Dark Necrofear!"
The creature was now played as a Duel Monster rather then an illusion from the millenium ring.
It's stats showed as 2200/2800.
"Then I switch my Headless Knight to attack mode. Dark NecroFear, attack his monster!"
Dark Necrofear harshly and swiftly slashed through the monster, lowering Yami Malik's lifepoints to
thirty four hundred.
"Now you must suffer your own penalty"
Yami Malik stabbed himself, seeming to enjoy it.
"He's a masochist too, on a much higher level though. Oh well"thought Yami Bakura.
He ordered another attack, brining Yami Malik down to Ninteen hundred and fifty.
"Your turn"
Yami Malik laughed as he drew.
"Now I activate Rope of Life, brining back my Lord of poison with eight hundred extra attack points"
His stats now showed as 2400/1600.
"Then I summon Dark Javolete"
The semi-human monstrosity appeared, with stats of 1200/800.
"Lord of Poison, destroy his Headless Knight!"
Yami Bakura growled as his lifepoints lowered to twenty five hundred and fifty.
"Now for my Javolete's special effect, lowering your monster's attack by eight hundred, brning it down to fourteen
hundred. Then I play Black Pendant, raising my monster's attack to seventeen hundred. Now attack!"
Yami Bakura snickered this time, stabbing himself as his lifepoints went to Twenty two hundred and fifty.
"Idiot! By destroying DarkNecroFear, you've allowed me to play Dark Sanctuary!"
The fog was now surrounded by a sky of Red with a mix of Black, eyes watching from everywhere.
Yami Bakura drew.
"I place one card face down and play Dark Door. Now you can only attack once per turn. Go"
Yami Malik drew, and chuckeld.
"It's a shame this must end so quickly, but now we finish this. First I play Monster Reborn to revive one monster I lost
because of your trap, Morphing Jar"
The jar was brown, with a large Black face inside. It's stats showed as 700/500.
"Now I sacrafice my monsters to summon this, the Winged Dragon of Ra!"
Yami Bakura gasped as the winged dragon hovered over all, with stats of 4300/2900.
"Sorry, but your magic card won't work on Ra, so now attack!"
"It can't end this-
The blast engulfed him, causing his body to slowly melt.
Yami Bakura snickered.
"I am the shadows, I am the Darkness, I can never die. I'll be back soon enough"
The shadows faded away, with Rika awakening.
"No"she thought weakly.
Yami Bakura's millenium ring was lying on the ground. She knew he had lost.
"Bakura"said Rika weakly, sobbing.
"Not such a tough girl now. I've exposed you for what you are, a scared little
girl with no one to turn to"
"Bakura, I loved you"said Rika weakly,
She collapsed, overwhelmed by sorrow.
"You'll be just like Rika and Bakura soon enough pharoah, weak and dead"
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He sipped his wine, as Yami walked out in disgust.
"Very good pharoah, I believe that's your last locator card. We'll meet in the finals, and I'll even bring some
friends along for the ride"said Yami Malik.
Yami Malik noticed one of his rare hunters running up to him, almost out of breath. He gulped down the rest of his wine
and wiped his lips. He set the glass down and stood up to face the hunter, who stopped quickly.
"This better be good"said Yami Malik.
"Someone's been attacking our rare hunters, all of them were told to give you a message of death according to them"said
the hunter.
Yami Malik allready knew who it was and laughed.
"Looks like Bakura's still holding a grudge against me, now he'll be coming for poor little Rika. I'll be ready
for the fool. None of the Rare hunters are to even look at him, is that clear? I'll handle him in my own special way"
Malik was pretty itimidating though they managed to stand still in front of him. Yami Malik however, they were trembiling
whenever in his presence, no matter how hard they tried to appear strong. Yami Malik found it amusing.
He decided to pay a visit to someone special.
He snickered at the site of Ichizu, lifeless and seemed to take no notice of him.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you yet. What fun would that be, I need you aware and attentive so
that it'll be worth the time"
With that he walked away, his face stretching out a little.
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Henry, RIka and Takato sat in their cell, looking for any means of escape. They were sitting on the floor
next to eachother, their arms shackled above them.
Even if they could somehow break the shackles, Rare Hunters always seemed to be walking by, even though they ignored the
trio, if they tried to escape that wouldn't be the case.
At first it was quite painful having their arms stretched up so much, but by now it had gone away.
They lost all track of time, they could've been there anywhere from a week to a year in their mindsets.
Henry tried to take the blame, however Rika and Takato assured him that they'd rather be captive alongside him then to
be worrying without a clue.
Yami Malik rarely walked by, and when he did he usualy never said anything. Like the Rare Hunters, Henry, Rika and Takato
were scared to death of Yami Malik. Not only did he look frightening, but his voice was frightening, he was sedistic, and
they were at his mercy.
Rika's thoughts often shifted to Bakura, and she held onto the hope that he would come and get them out of their. She
never told Takato or Henry because they wouldn't approve of her being in love with someone that much older then her.
The nights were cold, and sleeping was difficult and uncomfortable in their positions.
At first they had tried breaking free, but that idea was quickly trashed, the shackles being made of pure steel
and stuck there tight.The shackles queezed around their wrists, so they couldn't slip out of it.
They were basicly stuck.
Henry had also blamed himself for losing however they all knew there was nothing he could've done to change things.
They had to face the facts that they were captives and that Malik now owned the Winged Dragon of Ra, and could control
it easily.
Rika also told them of how he had another God card, Orisis.
They of course knew nothing of the third egyptian God card, however it mattered little.
"I wish Rennamon were here, she could get us out and crush that creep"thought Rika.
They all gapsed and nearly jumped, their hearts beating fast when Yami Malik stepped out and opened the cage.
None of them could get out a word.
"Don't worry, you'll rejoin your friends soon enough. However we have buisness to attend to first"
Yami Malik had Alice by his side, Takato and Henry in disbelief however they were too scared to say anything.
As soon as Rika was free, Alice grabbed Rika, one arm around her throat with the other one holding Rika's arms against
her body. Yami Malik closed the cell door and they all leaft.
"What could he want with Rika? I thought he'd want me, I was the one who had Ra after all"said Henry.
"This is all just a game to him now, and without our Digimon we're helpless"said Takato.
"Their must be a way to contact them"
"But we don't have our Digivices"said Takato.
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Bakura was done with the threats, it was time for the attack.
His millenium ring tugged him towards Yami Malik, just as he wanted.
As the tug got harder, it meant Yami Malik was closer.
His eyes were those of a murderer, and that's what he intended to do.
His eyes widened when he heared wimpering, a familiar one.
"Rika?"
He rushed down quickly, and turned the corner.
Yami Malik picked Rika up by the head, kneed her gut and slammed her face into the wall, with Alice just watching.
Rika was crying, from the sheer agony.
Yami Malik laughed.
"Not very tough now, are you?"
Yami Malik was sent flying back against the wall. His upper back took the most damage however he easily stood up,
seeing Bakura. He sent him flying back into the wall as well.
"Ba, kura"said weakly.
Yami Bakura stood up. Both of them went at the same time, however neither one could budge the other.
Eventualy both of them just stopped.
"Our items are evenly matched, we'll never get anywhere this way"
"Look Malik, you can do whatever you want with those other brats, because I could care less about them.
However I want Rika, and I will bring her back by force if nescesary"
Yami Malik stepped on Rika's head, muffiling her cry of pain(Rika was face down so her face wasn't as damaged)
"So we'll have ourselves a shadow game. The winner keeps Rika, the loser, dies"
"Bakura, don't"said Rika weakly.
Yami Malik drove his foot down harder to shut her up.
Yami Bakura nodded. Yami Malik was pleased.
Yami Malik hoisted his rod at Alice.
"Watch over her"
Alice nodded, staring over the half concious and battered Rika. She then dragged Rika into the corner and sat in front of her.
Yami Malik raised his rod, and they were surrounded by the fog of the shadow realm.
"You just signed your death warrant"said Yami Bakura.
Yami Malik just chuckled.
"We'll see, in the meantime, I'll explain the ruels of this match"
Yami Bakura had a look of suprise as somekind of shadow knife appeared in his hand.
One came in Yami Malik's hand as well.
"THis is how it works. Everytime one of us loses lifepoints, we must stab ourselves with this knife, sharper and
more painful then a normal knife ten times full"
Yami Bakura chuckled.
"You think a little pain will be of inconvienence for me? Surely this is a jest"said Yami Bakura.
"Jest I don't. So how about it?"
"I accept. Now let's duel"
Both of them started at four thousand lifepoints.
Yami Malik nodded to Yami Bakura, signaling him to make the first move.
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"I can't hear a thing, what's going on?"asked Takato.
"It's too far away, we'll never hear anything. I just hope to God he isn't doing anything to Rika, I, I-
"You really like her, don't you?"asked Takato.
Henry couldn't wipe away the tears streaming down his cheeks. He looked towards Takato and nodded.
"Hey, it's cool. Don't worry, I won't tell Rika"said Takato.
"Assuming she makes it back"said Henry beggining to break into a sob.
"Everything's going to be fine"said Takato.
"But do you really mean that?"
Takato sighed and shook his head.
"I don't know"
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Yami Bakura drew his first card.
"I summon Headless Knight, defence mode"
The being had silver armor on with gold tiles around the shoulders, a red cape, and as the name
suggests, no head. It's stats showed as 1450/1700.
"Now I place one card face down"
Yami Malik drew.
"Activate trap card, Multiple Destruction!"
"What's that?"
"We must both discard our hand and draw five new cards. By doing this, I lose one hundred
lifepoints for every card I discard"
Yami Malik chuckled as he discarded his hand. Yami Bakura's lifepoints now stood at thirty six hundred.
Yami Malik and Yami Bakura both drew their new hands, however Yami Malik held his cards at the side.
"What are you doing, make a move!"demanded Yami Bakura.
"Did you forget or were you boasting about your tolerance of pain. You lost lifepoints, so you must stab
yourself"
Yami Bakura took the shadow knife from his waist where he put it, and stabbed himself in the arm. He let out a gasp of pain,
clenching his arm as he lost blood.
"Perhaps you should have RIka kiss that all better for you"
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Alice now sat ontop of Rika, who had by now passed out into unconciousness.
Her face showed that of someone in pain. Even her dreams weren't pleasant. Once again, she was reliving the memory
of the day her father leaft, which would happen whenever she went to sleep or fell unconcious. She now dreaded sleep,
she couldn't escape her suffering even for a second.
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Yami Bakura growled, and retook his stance.
"I place one card face down, and summon Lord of Poison in attack mode"
The creature looked semi-human, his eyes unseen, in heavy Purple armor with a matching purple cape and crown.
His stats showed as 1600/1600.
"I end my turn"
Yami Bakura drew, and laughed.
Yami Malik grunted.
"What's the joke?"
"Multiple Destruction forced me to discard three monsters, so now I remove them from play in order to
summon Dark Necrofear!"
The creature was now played as a Duel Monster rather then an illusion from the millenium ring.
It's stats showed as 2200/2800.
"Then I switch my Headless Knight to attack mode. Dark NecroFear, attack his monster!"
Dark Necrofear harshly and swiftly slashed through the monster, lowering Yami Malik's lifepoints to
thirty four hundred.
"Now you must suffer your own penalty"
Yami Malik stabbed himself, seeming to enjoy it.
"He's a masochist too, on a much higher level though. Oh well"thought Yami Bakura.
He ordered another attack, brining Yami Malik down to Ninteen hundred and fifty.
"Your turn"
Yami Malik laughed as he drew.
"Now I activate Rope of Life, brining back my Lord of poison with eight hundred extra attack points"
His stats now showed as 2400/1600.
"Then I summon Dark Javolete"
The semi-human monstrosity appeared, with stats of 1200/800.
"Lord of Poison, destroy his Headless Knight!"
Yami Bakura growled as his lifepoints lowered to twenty five hundred and fifty.
"Now for my Javolete's special effect, lowering your monster's attack by eight hundred, brning it down to fourteen
hundred. Then I play Black Pendant, raising my monster's attack to seventeen hundred. Now attack!"
Yami Bakura snickered this time, stabbing himself as his lifepoints went to Twenty two hundred and fifty.
"Idiot! By destroying DarkNecroFear, you've allowed me to play Dark Sanctuary!"
The fog was now surrounded by a sky of Red with a mix of Black, eyes watching from everywhere.
Yami Bakura drew.
"I place one card face down and play Dark Door. Now you can only attack once per turn. Go"
Yami Malik drew, and chuckeld.
"It's a shame this must end so quickly, but now we finish this. First I play Monster Reborn to revive one monster I lost
because of your trap, Morphing Jar"
The jar was brown, with a large Black face inside. It's stats showed as 700/500.
"Now I sacrafice my monsters to summon this, the Winged Dragon of Ra!"
Yami Bakura gasped as the winged dragon hovered over all, with stats of 4300/2900.
"Sorry, but your magic card won't work on Ra, so now attack!"
"It can't end this-
The blast engulfed him, causing his body to slowly melt.
Yami Bakura snickered.
"I am the shadows, I am the Darkness, I can never die. I'll be back soon enough"
The shadows faded away, with Rika awakening.
"No"she thought weakly.
Yami Bakura's millenium ring was lying on the ground. She knew he had lost.
"Bakura"said Rika weakly, sobbing.
"Not such a tough girl now. I've exposed you for what you are, a scared little
girl with no one to turn to"
"Bakura, I loved you"said Rika weakly,
She collapsed, overwhelmed by sorrow.
"You'll be just like Rika and Bakura soon enough pharoah, weak and dead"
TBC
Sorry this took so long. REVIEW!