Chapter 11 *DUN DUN DUN*
Trouble in the Shadow Realm! *hearing the 'DUUH-duh-duh-duh-DUH-duh-duh-duh- DUH-duh-duh-DUUUUUUH-dun' happy music from the beginning of the Japanese eppies, that plays whenever they show the episode title*
Disclaimer: DON'T YOU DARE STEAL THIS CHAPTER! THIS CHAPTER TOOK FREAKING FOREVER! But you can use all the dudes that Takahashi-san made up.
Mojobubbles: Y'know what? I'm just gonna get down to writing this chapter, after a few quick acts of random-hyper-ness and after I clear a few things up.
All: *gasp*
Mojobubbles: First off, I must sincerely apologize for the lack of update. There were many times when I got stuck, not to mention the sheer length of this chapter......and there was that time that Kikyo got a virus, and I went out of town for a week, and I was really stressed when school first started.......I must ask all TTT fans......is it just me and my friends, or are Malik and Smeagol alike? I mean, they're both schizophrenic and have psycho evil alter-egos.......
Malik: Would you stop comparing me to him!? @.@
Mojobubbles: Next I must impress upon you the hotness of Yoko Kurama. *goes rabid-fangirl* HE'S GOT A TAIL!!! *launches herself at Yoko Kurama's tail and starts petting it* My precioussssss......
Yoko Kurama: ^-_-^ Please, don't make me bite your head off.
Kamilah: *sigh* *throws catnip on the floor*
Yoko: CATNIP!!!!!!!! *starts rolling in the catnip*
Mojobubbles: ^.^U Now I've gotta introduce you to my latest muse-ish guy/cast member thing/person I drag around all the time, Hiei!!
Hiei: Glomp me again, and you die. *hand on katana*
Mojobubbles: What a cheery guy! ^^ Not that he means it. I annoy him, but he wouldn't go so far as to kill me. He's not that heartless. ^^ I think. ^^U
Hiei: Heh. You *think*.......*smirky smirk*
Mojobubbles: Next I must inform Yu Yu Hakusho fans that I have a picture of *Hiei* and *Yoko Kurama* laughing their asses off. Seriously. And to all Inu-Yasha fans, I have pictures of Inuyasha crying. Seriously. Anyway........I must also inform you all that probably the saddest anime movie of all time is 'Grave of the Fireflies'. V_V I almost cried.
Kamilah: Pleeeeeaaaaase, give us feeeeeedback! It's so important in this chapter!!!!! Not to mention we'd like at least 100 reviews by the time this is over.......
Mojobubbles: Oh yah, 2 things: one, you can still submit bloopers/ideas for stuff to happen at the cast party/songs that would fit on the soundtrack for what's going to be the last chapter of HPH, called 'DVD Extras!" Two: if you could glomp anyone from any anime, who would it be? Tell us who and what anime they're from. Or.......I guess you could give presents, if you're not into glomping......... Why? Oh, you'll see.......hehehNYEAHAHAHAHA!!!
Bakari: DON'T MAKE ME COPYRIGHT MY LAUGH!!!!!
Mojobubbles: *holds up bottle of AP* DON'T MAKE ME USE THIS!!!!
Bakari: ........I hate you.
(Heh, Kirstie should get that face......BUNNY EARS!)
Mojobubbles: And I confused a bunch of you with Sirius' appearance. To answer some questions I got:
When Sirius says 'some weird guy in a turban pops out of nowhere', that did happen in Egypt. Sirius was reminiscing to when he was in Egypt, and he had seen Isis and Malik and that's what he was talking about. He didn't mean that Shadi appeared to them in Domino. Also, Sirius did not necessarily sell the Millennium Ring, he was just there, in dog form, when it was sold. He didn't know exactly what the Ring was, just that it held a lot of magic and a very hostile spirit. I *did* go back and change that around a bit; that was rather confusing. ^_^ And then, another reviewer *coughKatiecough* thought Malik and Isis lived in ancient Egypt, so.........
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Review responses:
(I now have over 70 reviews on this story, making this my most popular story ever!!)
A Watcher: The only quintessence I had with book 5 was the fact that Cho had rapid mood swings, ____ died, and Harry screamed a lot. I mean, I know he's got a right to be rather angsty and rather pissed, but seriously!! But anyway.......that's my opinion, and you have yours, ne? ^_^ _____ MUST COME BACK! HE MUST NOT BE DEAD!!!! *sobs piteously*
Blue Eyed Canadian Authoress: BECA, to work in any parts of the fifth book into the plot of this story, I'd have to rewrite the whole fic. X_X So I'm just gonna continue. When I thought up this story, I didn't know quite when the fifth book would be released, nor did I know I'd still be writing this when it was.......X_X YAY! A FELLOW.....PERSON THAT THINKS RISHID IS UNDERRATED!!!! *glomps Rishid* Oh, and I know exactly when you could make an appearance. Not in the actual story, maybe, but in the cast party.......
Whispering Hope: Ok, I think I know what you mean. I answered questions I got about Sirius in the author notes. *points up* Hope that clears it up for ya! ^^;;;
yesim@*@k@*m@liklover/yesim@-flamesofeternaldarkness: DON'T HURT ME! o.o
katiekat1414: *snort snerk* Fuuunny-ness. MALTY YUGI!
Rnij and Mysterious A: No, actually, I can't prove it. ^_^U Like I said, I read it somewhere. Meaning somewhere on the Internet. And the Internet can be veeeeeery misinforming, especially in the case of fansites. And other sources too.....like my friend has a book about Yu-Gi-Oh! where they had a picture of Malik above Bakura's bio........but I digress. Naming him Bakari was just the way I chose to do this fic. *shrug* Anyway, thanks for the info. ^_^ I will *have* to keep that in mind for future reference, and I'm glad you like. ^^ (Oh yeah, and before you read chapter 6, I know that they never mentioned Bakura/Bakari/Yami Bakura having a sister, but I gave him one anyway. ^_~ And, who knows? His whole village was sacrificed, including any family he might've had.......)
Curtis Zidane Ziraa: Erm......at first I thought your review was a flame/you were annoyed about something, then you said you liked it.......maybe I'm just dumb, but I was confused by what you meant when you said "Yeesh. Thats the last time I'm gonna start a story where the authoress wtites long chaps when it's at the 10th chap in one big scoop."
Daricio: 4 hours away.......as long as I have my CD player and a bunch of batteries I'm good though ^_~ And they're not learning the spells, remember? They're learning......normal....Muggle-thingies o.o
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Yami: *looks all confident* *cards float in the background* Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh!
~~Malik stopped and blinked.
"What is with you!?" Joey demanded.
"He just asked.......if he could help me......." Malik said, scratching his head.
"Who?" Hermione said, looking around.
"M-my yami.........."~~
~~Hermione nodded, turning to Sirius. "We had to leave some of the others back at Hogsmeade. For one, the whole lot of us would attract attention, and two we didn't know how wise that would be, when the wizarding world's on the lookout for you."~~
~~"I just.......think it's suspicious," Sirius said. "I thought....Voldemort would've done something by now. You lot had best be on your guard....."~~
~~Harry felt the classroom sliding in and out of focus. Thoughts of his new friends drifted across his muggy mind......his eyelids drooped......tired......why though? Then suddenly.......
Eager, excited......evil......
Suddenly, with a jolt, Harry fell out of his chair, holding his head, his scar suddenly burning.
As heads turned in surprise, Harry felt a leaden ball of worry settle in his stomach.
That had just been too weird. Why had he suddenly felt as if......he was planning something.......something, evil......
Sirius *had* been right. They were going to have to be on their guard.~~
(Okkk.......here we goooo......*decides to dive right in with the Voldemort- coming-ness*)
"Class dismissed," Leorian said, about an hour later. "Oh, but I need a word with Mr. Potter, Miss Granger, Mr. Weasley, and our guests."
~Geez, what'd we do this time?~ Kaya mentally asked, as Lindsey and Adara walked out, promising to meet the group in the common room.
++Not sure......++
~~What makes you think you're in........trouble......~~
~Yami? You ok?~
~~No.......~~
++Why, what-?++
~~*H-he didn't use third person....!!!*~~
Suddenly, before they could move, or react, the door swung shut and was suddenly covered in a purple mist.
"I'd looove to see you try and get out of there," Leorian sneered, gesturing to the door.
"Y-you're not Leorian!" Joey stammered.
"Why, what gives you that idea?" Leorian asked, faking innocence.
"Because he speaks in third person," Kaiba said darkly. "And you're not."
Leorian suddenly looked down and stared at his desk, his shoulders shaking with laughter. "Huh. Heheheh.....AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"
//Ok, now, Bakura, now we know we're dealing with a psychopath,// Bakari said through the mental link, very placidly, as though this were an every day occurrence.
/.....what!?/
//Because psychotic people laugh like that. Believe me, I should know.//
/Bakari....how do we get out of this?/
//It's easy, Bakura!! Can't you see he's being....being......c-//
/Yami, what?! What is it?!/
The mind link was starting to sound like a poorly tuned radio; loud, then soft, then loud again......
//D-da.....damn.......sorry.......you-you're.....on.....your own now......//
Until it gave out completely.
Bakura looked down and saw a purple mist circling his Ring, much like the one that covered the door.
"Confused?" Leorian mocked. "All I did was lock the powers *and* the yamis in those items......"
Frantically, Yugi began to try and contact his yami through their link.
The link was dead.
He was so preoccupied he almost missed Leorian's next words -
"It'll make stealing them much easier for me, the Dark Lord.......Lord Voldemort........."
Everyone stared in shock at him. Malik seemed the most stunned, though. But when he saw the blank soulless look in Leorian's eyes, his fears were confirmed.
"Control," he mouthed, barely able to get the word past his lips.
Tea turned to him. "What'd you say?!"
"Control. He's being.....mind-controlled!!!"
The ground suddenly seemingly gave way, and the friends fell down into a gaping black hole.
Hermione tried to scream but found she had no voice; she found Ron's hand and clung to it.
'What's going to happen to the others?' Kaiba thought frantically. 'Mokuba, and Joey's sister, and the rest of Malik's family, and..........'
Kaya, with her hand intertwined in Bakura's, looked around at the others, making sure that they were all there.
'Neesan......' Malik thought desperately. 'Be careful.....they'll come for you and Rishid next.....NEEEEEEEEESAAAAN!!!!!!!'
Finally, just when it seemed they couldn't fall any farther, the blackness seemed to press in on them even more, and they were soon unconscious.
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Another day, another boring history of magic class for Isis. She was staring down at her hands, blinking slowly, when it hit her like a bolt of lightning.
'NEEEEEEEEESAAAAN!!!!!!!'
"MALIK!" she cried, falling out of her seat. (Meh, anyone who've seen Isis' Malik-being-burned-to-a-crisp dream sequence will find that part sorta familiar........^^)
Everyone stared at her, but before Binns could say anything, the bell rang, signaling the end of classes for the day.
"Hey, you ok?" George asked from behind her.
"Something wrong?" Holly added.
Isis bit her lip. "Well, yes. I have to go find my brothers; it's very important. But....I'll meet you later, alright?"
They seemed a bit surprised, but they nodded. Isis turned and pushed through the crowd, walking as fast as she could.
Since Malik and the others had been in Leorian's, she decided to check there first.
As she pushed her way through the crowd, Isis felt her panic growing. Something was terribly wrong. Just then, she noticed Rishid pushing through the crowd streaming up the stairs.
'He must've sensed it too," Isis thought.
Finally, Rishid reached the bottom of the stairs. Giving Isis a look, she knew that he had been going to check Leorian's room as well.
Without a word, the siblings set off down the hall.
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Isis looked into the window in the door to Leorian's. Strange, the room was completely empty.......Hesitantly, she grabbed the door and swung it open.
Her eyes widened and she flung her hand out trying to regain her balance as she teetered dangerously on the edge of a gaping black hole. Rishid leaned forward and seized her hand, and the two of them looked over into the seemingly endless pit.
"They're down there," Rishid stated, and Isis nodded.
"We must go," she said quietly. "Malik and the others are in grave danger......."
Rishid nodded. "I will be right behind you."
Isis smiled slightly. "I know." 'Just like always,' she thought to herself. She held her breath, and gently tugged her hand out of Rishid's grip.
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(*singing along to the A*Teens version of 'Mamma Mia'* MY, MY HOW CAN I RESIST YOU!? MAMMA MIA, DOES IT SHOW AGAIN, MY, MY, JUST HOW MUCH I MISSED YOU!? YES I'VE BEEN BROKEN HEARTED, BLUE SINCE THE DAY WE PARTED!!!!!!!!!
Kamilah: ......I've never even heard her play that CD.........
Mojobubbles: Which means I haven't listened to it since last November.......*sweatdrop* WHEE! I LOVE THIS SONG! Yes, I do like Abba. SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT!? HUH!? HUH!? Eh-heh. Sorry. ^_________^ *jumps around* *sings* GIMME GIMME GIMME A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT!
Kamilah: ............
Mojobubbles: Eh-heh.....I'd shut up, but I'm-
Kamilah: -in a corner. We all know, aibou.
Mojobubbles: ........O____O I just remembered what this song used to be associated with........O_____O
Kamilah: ^^ You mean that Pokemon story you wrote in your head? *snigger*
Mojobubbles: O___O SHUT UP!!!!)
Just then, everyone woke up, and Voldemort killed them.
The end.
NOW I DON'T HAVE TO WRITE THIS ANYMORE!!!
(Er, yeaaaaaah. Gomen, people, all my loverly reviewers who give me the things that keep this story alive. I was just being weird. o.o
I am frustraaaaaated.......)
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Wind. Dark. Colors. Breathing. Choking.
The Shadow Realm.
Voldemort stood in front of his prisoners, including the real Aristole Leorian, laying unconscious and still on the ground.
He turned to one of the Japanese ones, the one with the blond messy hair. He raised his wand, grinning, having missed a good kill.
"Avada........kedrava!"
The jet of green light shot from his wand, and.......was seemingly absorbed.
Voldemort raised his eyebrow. Then he noticed that the Millennium Items were......glowing.
But he'd sealed their power, what-?
He frowned. This may be harder than he thought.
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"Anybody else get the feeling something's wrong?" Shogo said suddenly, back in the Gryffindor common room.
"Yeah, actually, I do," Ginny said, looking up from her conversation with Serenity.
"I'm surprised that niisama and the others haven't come back yet," Mokuba said worriedly.
"Yeah, I'm surprised Isis isn't back either," Holly said, joining the conversation.
"What do you mean?" Lindsey asked.
"She ran off at the end of History of Magic, saying she needed to go find her brother.......come to think of it, I dunno where Rishid got off to either....." Pondering the mystery, Holly walked off. "Gotta work on an essay for the ever-int-teresting P-professor Leorian," she sighed, mocking their teacher.
Lindsey frowned. "I just remembered something!"
*~*Flashback*~*
"Class dismissed," Leorian said, about an hour later. "Oh, but I need a word with Mr. Potter, Miss Granger, Mr. Weasley, and our guests."
*~*End flashback*~*
"When Leorian told them he needed to have a word with them......*he didn't use third person!*" Lindsey gasped.
Suddenly, Lindsey froze. "Wait a minute.......I just remembered something else.........in the beginning of defense against the dark arts, Harry fell off his chair and started clutching his scar......."
Ginny's eyes widened. "B-but that only happens.......he told me.....when You-Know-Who is around!"
"We have to get down to Leorian's room," Adara said solemnly. "Something is really, really wrong."
"Are you sure?" Serenity said, her eyes wide. "You could be walking into a trap!"
"We've gotta save them," Ginny said gravely.
"T-then......" Shogo looked to Serenity and Mokuba. "I'm coming too," he said determinedly.
"Me three," Mokuba added, standing up and staring as if to dare the three girls to talk him out of it.
"And me," Serenity said, sounding just as resolute as Mokuba.
"Ok," Lindsey said, nodding.
"We're wasting time, let's go!" Adara said impatiently.
"Yeah!" Mokuba said. "C'mon!"
And with that, the six of them set off for Leorian's room.
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Back in the Shadow Realm, Voldemort was rethinking his plan.
"My Lord?" Wormtongue......I mean Wormtail.....said cautiously. "They're awakening."
(Kamilah: *raises eyebrow* Wormtongue, aibou?
Mojobubbles: GACK! Too much LOTR. o.o)
For a moment, Voldemort said nothing. "Alright," he said, smiling. "Perfect."
"We're done in the Shadow Realm, Wormtail," he said suddenly. "We're going to the graveyard."
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"Hey......is everybody still here?" Kaya said, as they began to wake up.
"I-I think so," Yugi said, wincing as he sat up.
"I still can't contact Yami!" Bakura said, sounding distressed.
"Don't worry," Tea said comfortingly, sitting up. "We'll find them-"
"Quidditch practice!!" Ron said suddenly, sitting bolt upright and then groaning.
"Ohhhh.....I feel like I just got ran over by an 18-wheeler!" Joey groaned.
Harry sat up too, looking around. "Is this the......Shadow Realm?"
"Yep," Malik answered hoarsely.
"The one and only," Tristan added, blinking his eyes open.
"And.......that's the real Leorian," Harry said, pointing to the still and silent figure.
"He's still alive," Tea said, feeling his pulse. "But I doubt he'll wake up any time soon."
"Um......Hermione's not waking up," Ron said suddenly, crouching over his girlfriend. "'Mione......" he muttered to himself. "C'mon, get UP......" He reached over and squeezed her hand, and was relieved when she squeezed back.
"Ron," she whispered, her eyes fluttering open. "I'm sorry about the fight the other day."
"Naw, I should be apologizing," Ron said quietly. "You were right, I was being totally insensitive."
"I was worried we were going to die before we got a chance to make up," Hermione confessed, smiling slightly, as Ron drew her into his arms. She smiled wider and leaned against his shoulder, enjoying being enveloped in his embrace.
(YESSSS!!!! 'GOING UNDER' ON DA RADIO!! *doesn't care that a lot of you probably won't understand why that matters*)
"Um, I hate to break up the moment, guys, but Kaiba's not waking up either," Joey said nervously.
"Kaiba!" Tea exclaimed, gently shaking his arm. "C'mon, wake up!"
"Get off me, you idiots," Kaiba said suddenly, his eyes still closed. "I'm not dead."
"Where are we?" he asked, holding his head and looking around.
"The Shadow Realm, Seto," answered a smooth voice from behind them.
"Neesan!" Malik exclaimed happily, scrambling over to Isis and letting her draw him into her arms.
"We sensed something was wrong," Rishid stated.
"I thought you might," Malik said, hugging his sister. "I knew they'd probably come after you two as well."
"So.......now what?" Yugi said, looking around.
"Dunno........" Tristan said.
"It can't be.....over already, can it?" Tea said suddenly.
"On the contrary," Isis said, looking wary. "It's just begun."
(Leave it to Isis to be all dramatic and gloomy...........¬_¬)
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As it turned out, Serenity, Adara, Lindsey, Shogo, Mokuba, and Ginny weren't the only ones who sensed trouble. On their way down the stairs to Leorian's room, they bumped into Aneko.
"So....." she said simply. "On your way to Leorian's, right?"
"You sensed it too?" Mokuba asked anxiously, running up to his new friend. At first, he and the others had teased the couple non-stop.......but Mokuba found he really liked his brother's girlfriend, and she took a liking to him as well.
"I'm sure they're fine, Mokuba," Aneko grinned, although she seemed to be reassuring herself more than Mokuba.
"Can we go?" Adara said, always the impatient one. "We're wasting time!"
They descended lower, trying to ignore the ominous dark clouds outside and the rain that was beginning to fall.
Suddenly, just as they had entered the corridor, one of the windows shattered, and a huge black shape flew through them.
The girls and Mokuba yelled in surprise and jumped backwards, at what they recognized to be a huge dog shook itself off.
The dog looked up at them, and suddenly he grew taller.....his front legs lengthened and changed colors and became arms, his back legs becoming two human legs.......the ears disappeared into his hair, which seemed to be lengthening.....finally, his face morphed into that of a human, and the seven were face-to-face with Sirius' human form.
Aneko, Lindsey, and Adara stared in shock and horror, recognizing the gaunt body and pale face instantly.
"Scream and I'll have to kill you," Sirius said in a low voice.
For a moment, no one said anything..........
"Sirius!" Ginny said happily, running up and hugging him. "I thought you left again after you sent Harry that letter!"
Sirius ignored her question and gently pushed her off. "What are you lot doing down here?"
"Going to rescue the others," Shogo said defiantly.
Sirius nodded, looking slightly confused. "Apparently none of the staff has sensed it......dunno why....."
"We think it's got something to do with the defense against the dark arts teacher," Aneko said cautiously.
"We were going to his room," Serenity explained.
"And we're *not* going back to the common room," Ginny added boldly, looking up at Sirius as if daring her friend to send them all back.
"Alright, fine," Sirius sighed, seeing there was no point in arguing. "Just......don't do anything stupid," Sirius added Siriusly.....I mean seriously.
(Kamilah: *rolls eyes* She just had to have a Sirius-serious pun in there somewhere.....)
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At the door to Leorian's, the group paused. Sirius peered through the window.
"Everything *looks* normal....." he said slowly.
"Come one, let's keep going!" Serenity pleaded.
"I'm going in!" Shogo said determinedly, throwing the door open.
What occurred next happened so fast that afterward the group was never quite sure as to what exactly happened.
Shogo, in his eagerness, flew right off the floor down the gaping crevice in the room. Serenity, attempting to help him, ended up falling too, and when Mokuba pushed forward to see what had happened, he tripped over someone's robe, or foot maybe, and fell down after the other two.
For a moment, no one said anything.
"........damn," Adara murmured.
"You four, go find a teacher and get help," Sirius said urgently. "I'm going down after them."
The girls, still slightly stunned, nodded and yanked themselves out of their stupor.
They were flying down the hallway before Sirius had even fully transformed into dog form.
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(*finds out I missed the Shaman King sneak preview that was on the 30th* .....crud. -_-)
"Ow......" Shogo mumbled, looking around.
Serenity's eyes fluttered open. "Are you three ok?" she asked.
"I think I heard some voices from over there," Mokuba said suddenly.
"My voice, maybe?" Sirius inquired, coming out of the shadows. The three jumped.
"Don't DO that!" Shogo exclaimed, clutching his chest.
"No........I heard other voices," Mokuba said, staring off into the mist. 'Niisama..........'
"Well, you were the ones that went capsizing down into that hole.....thingy....." Sirius was saying, receiving vehement protests from both Serenity and Shogo. That was when Mokuba felt it. A sort of twang in his heart......
"They're close," he said suddenly, his voice low. The others turned to look at him. "Niisama!" he called, suddenly turning and running off.
The others looked at each other, but ran after him.
"Mokuba, wait up!" Sirius called. Suddenly, Mokuba stopped, his body tense, and the others nearly crashed into him and one another.
"See that?" Mokuba whispered.
"Yeah..........." Shogo said, looking in the same direction as Mokuba.
"That light......" Serenity murmured.
"I don't like that," Sirius said suspiciously. "Where could it be coming from?"
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Back with Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Yugi's gang, they had finally regained enough strength to stumble around. They knew that it wasn't over yet, but was it possible to escape, even with the Items locked? After all, they didn't know of Voldemort's troubles or his plans for them.
As they stumbled around, those with Millennium Items noticed something strange - the Items were glowing.
"Hey, you guys hear 'dose voices?" Joey asked, looking around wearily.
"Yeah......I hear them too........." Ron said.
"Someone's coming!" Tea exclaimed, pointing through the mist.
"NIISAMA!" screamed a voice, and it sounded close, very close.
"MOKUBA!" Kaiba shouted, running forward.
"Niisama!" Mokuba yelled, finally breaking through the mist and throwing his arms around his brother's waist.
"Joey!" someone else shrieked, and Serenity suddenly ran through the mist and straight into Joey's arms.
Finally, two more dark figures took shape, and Sirius and Shogo stepped forward.
It was a happy reunion, even though they all knew that their feelings of elatedness wouldn't last long.
And they were right.
"What a beautiful sight," said a high cold voice that seemingly came from all directions. "Too bad your little reunion is going to end in tragedy." Evil laughter echoed all around them, and they were suddenly engulfed in blackness.
It was pressing in on them, seemingly choking the life out of them........
The last thing any of them remembered before passing out yet again was a penetrating white light, and voices calling out to them.......
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Back in the castle, the girls were pausing to catch their breath. They'd run all the way down the hall from Leorian's room and up the stairs to the main level, and still no teacher.
"Isn't the-staff room-on the bottom level?" Ginny panted.
The girls suddenly looked at each other, obviously wondering why they hadn't remembered that before. Taking deep breaths, they ran off back down the stairs.
If only they'd remembered that both the Slytherin dormitory, and Snape's classroom, were down there too.......
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"Get up already!"
"Leave him alone, Psycho......." said a second voice.
"I just don't understand it," said a third, this one belonging to a female. "I thought we were sealed inside.......?"
"I dunno!" said another female voice. "But freedom's gooooooood!"
"Ishtar, get UP!" said the first voice.
Malik groaned slightly, feeling someone roughly shaking his shoulders.
"Get off of him!" a deeper voice commanded.
"Alright, fine," the first voice sneered. "What do *you* propose we do, *pharaoh*? Just sit here and wait for Voldemort to come along and kill them all?"
That voice....Malik knew that voice....it haunted his dreams and belonged to the one who'd ruined his life.......Malik suddenly sat bolt upright.
"YOU!" Malik gasped, staring straight at his yami.
"Cut the crap, and get up," his yami said, rolling his eyes.
Malik frantically looked around, trying to reorient himself. His friends, Sirius, Rishid, and Isis were strewn on the ground, unmoving and silent. Malik shot a terrified look to his yami.
"Calm down," Bakari said, noticing Malik's panic.
"He didn't do anything," Yami said, crouching down next to the Egyptian and putting a hand on his shoulder. "It was Voldemort, remember?"
Malik nodded slowly. "Where are we again?"
"We're still in the Shadow Realm, ding-dong," Yami Malik snapped.
"Would you shut up already!?" Bakari yelled, smacking Yami Malik in the head.
"You can't tell me what to do!" Yami Malik hollered, brandishing the Millennium Rod at Bakari.
"That has no effect on me, remember?" Bakari taunted, smirking.
"Oh yeah....." Yami Malik muttered, glancing at Rishid, remembering the time that he'd attempted to murder Malik's brother, when Bakari had stepped in and stopped him.
"Don't you *dare*," Malik hissed, warily watching his yami's every move.
"Would you quit acting like I'm waiting for the perfect second to murder you all!?"
Malik blinked at him. "Aren't you?"
Yami Malik scowled. "Now, wait a minute, baka-!"
"Stop it, all of you," Yami commanded, seeing that the others weren't going to wake for a while and instead keeping watch.
"Oh shut it, prince-sama," Bakari yawned. (That's what he calls Yami in the manga, btw........Yami B likes mocking people o.o)
"You're not the boss of anyone anymore," Yami Malik taunted, sticking his tongue out.
"I'm still better than youuuuu!" Yami pouted.
As they yamis began to fight, Malik noticed two others, standing off to the side. They resembled Kaya and Isis, but Malik could tell it wasn't them. It seemed as though their personalities had been turned upside down........then he remembered. Whenever Voldemort took them to the Shadow Realm, those girls would come out of nowhere.......so those were.....Kaya and Isis' yamis?
Yes, they were......they were like his; not a part of their Items, but a part of themselves......their alternate selves........
"Are they always like this?" asked a voice in Malik's ear. He jumped, then turned to face Sirius, who was watching the yamis with a raised eyebrow.
"Yup," Malik said.
"That's yours?" Sirius asked, pointing to Yami Malik.
"Yup," Malik said.
"He's not like the other two, is he?"
"Nope."
"He doesn't come from an Item, he comes from......you."
Malik nodded, then hesitated. "He's the one that 'turned my aura upside down'. He's acting like he's changed but.....I'm not taking any chances."
"I can't blame you," Sirius shrugged.
Malik nodded slowly, watching the three yamis arguing over who-knows-what.
He sighed. "Why hasn't anyone come yet?" he asked Sirius. "Besides you, Shogo, Mokuba, and Serenity, that is."
"Dunno," Sirius said. "I don't think wizards can sense the Shadow Realm.....I just sensed something was wrong. And so did Aneko, Adara, Ginny, and Lindsey."
Malik's eyes widened. "Are they ok?!"
"Last time I saw them, they were," Sirius replied. "After Mokuba, Serenity, and Shogo fell down that hole, I sent the girls for help......and apparently they're having trouble."
Yes, they were having trouble right as Sirius said those words.
Trouble in the form of Draco Malfoy.
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(This is happening as Malik's waking up.)
"In a hurry, girls?" said a drawling voice from behind the girls, as they ran down the hall.
"None of-your business-Malfoy!" Lindsey puffed.
"Oh, my excuse me," Malfoy said. "I shouldn't have interrupted you four......you've got Muggles to go associate with."
"Yeah," Aneko said, her patience wearing very thin. "Yeah, I've gotta go spend my time with Muggle scum instead of *perfect purebloods* like you," she spat.
(FUEL IS NUMBER 1! FUEL IS NUMBER 1! FUEL IS NUMBER 1! *sings* something something touch your skin.....something something my disease and I can breathe.......AND ALL OF YOUR WAYS, ALL YOU DREAM, FALLS ON ME, IT FALLS ON ME!
Kamilah: *fwap* FOCUS!)
"Like the Weasleys......" Malfoy said coolly. "I still can't believe you've sunken down to *that* level, Aneko."
The girls froze.
"Would you shut up!?" Adara yelled.
"Aw, did I hurt the ickle Weasley's feelings?" Malfoy sneered. "Is she going to go run to her revolting brother and company?"
"SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!" Ginny screamed.
"I've had it up to here with you!!!" Lindsey added, drawing her wand. Adara, Ginny, and Aneko followed suit.
"What's the trouble here?" came a silky, dangerously low voice from behind them.
"Professor!" Malfoy said in mock-relief. "I just don't understand it! I just met these four, and then they started drawing their wands on me........"
Snape raised his eyebrow and turned to the girls. "Indeed........girls, how do you explain yourselves?"
"Everyone's in trouble!" Adara gasped.
"You-Know-Who came and blew some big hole in Leorian's floor!" Ginny added.
"We think they fell down it!" Lindsey said.
"You've got to do something, Professor!" Aneko shouted.
"Rubbish," snapped Snape. (Ooh, bit of a tongue twister there.....) "Complete rubbish. A disgraceful attempt to senselessly attack on one of my students."
"That's not true!!!" the girls shouted at the same time.
"SILENCE!" Snape roared. "You four are rapidly losing house points!"
"But they really are in trouble!" Lindsey cried.
".......PADFOOT!" Ginny said. "Padfoot came to help!"
"We saw him," Adara said breathlessly. "He jumped through that window, look......" She turned and pointed down the hallway, were a hole in the window was visible.
Snape paused. Malfoy's grin had faded. "Malfoy," Snape said sharply. "Back to the common room."
"Professor-!" Malfoy objected, but Snape held his hand up.
"Just go!" he ordered.
Malfoy, looking slightly put out, turned and headed back.
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Snape turned his greasy head to the girls, pausing outside the door to Leorian's room.
"If this is a trick......" Snape warned.
"Just look," Aneko said.
Snape turned back to the door, and slowly pushed it open.
He stuck his head inside the door, and stopped for a moment. Suddenly, he turned back to the girls, his pale face much paler than usual.
"You four.......report to my office immediately. I can take it from here."
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(*shades eyes* Sibling fluff ahoy, off the starboard side.....thingy....! o.o)
Fifteen minutes later, McGonagall's urgent voice floated throughout the castle. "All students will remain in their dormitories until further notice; *no exceptions.* All teachers please report to Professor Leorian's room. That is all."
Of course, the friends still trapped in the Shadow Realm didn't hear that.
Finally, they were waking up, once again.
It was quite a jumble of noise when the discovered that the Millennium Items were apparently no longer sealed.
"Yami!" shouted Kaya, Yugi, and Bakura all at once, Yugi and Bakura running to their respective yamis, Kaya to her brother.
"Hikari!" Yami Malik shouted, running up to Malik and hugging him around the neck, mainly because none of the non-yamis had noticed him yet, and also because he knew it'd annoy Malik.
"Geroff me," Malik scowled.
Well, Yami Malik's display of 'affection' certainly had the effect he was after; they all turned to look at him, the non-yamis shocked.
"Hey, look who's back?" Malik said dryly to the others, trying to pry his yami off him.
"What......is *he* doing here!?" Mokuba exclaimed. Kaya warily regarded Yami Malik, having heard a lot about him but not really meeting him face to face, while Serenity inched closer to Joey. He'd nearly died because of Yami Malik......
"Dunno," Malik said. "But he hasn't tried to murder anyone.......yet."
Yami Malik suddenly glared at Malik, his joking demeanor gone.
"Don't you think you should be more worried about-"
"You're funny," said a cold high voice (AAAAH! IT'S DUBBIE MALIK! o.o), and a pale-skinned hand appeared seemingly out of nowhere to drape itself across Yami Malik's shoulders. Yami Malik jumped backwards, hissing at the voice.
"This guy's really, really evil," Yami Malik hissed.
"No, really?" Malik asked sarcastically, even though his voice wavered.
"We're getting sick of your games, Voldemort," Yami Yugi glared, stepping up in the direction of Voldemort's voice, his arms folded across his chest and his eyes narrowed.
"I am as well," Voldemort sighed, appearing out of nowhere. "And I've come to the conclusion that the only way to take those Items is-"
"The only way you'll get your filthy hands on the Millennium Items is when you pry them out of my cold, dead hands!!" Bakari interjected.
That was a mistake.
"I know," Voldemort said, his lip curling. "And since you've volunteered your Item first........"
He whipped out his wand, and pointed it straight at the tomb robber.
"Hmm....." Suddenly he turned to Bakura. "If I break your spirit first, then your annoying dead tomb robbing friend will be gone for good."
Before anyone had time to react, Voldemort had raised his wand at Bakura, and cried, "Crucio!"
Bakura collapsed to the ground, feeling as though someone was cutting through his flesh with thousands of white-hot knives.
He dug his fingernails into his arms so hard it drew blood. He couldn't scream.......he knew he couldn't give in......
Finally, the pain lifted, and Bakura fell forward, breathing heavily. He felt strong arms grab him before he hit the ground, and heard his yami sounding positively furious.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Bakari screamed, clutching Bakura protectively. The tomb robber wasn't exactly sure what 'crucio' had done to Bakura, but it was obvious it wasn't enjoyable.
"Wh-what'd he do to him!?" Joey gasped.
"The Cruciatus Curse," Hermione said, looking stricken.
"It's torture," Harry said, sounding stunned. "It hurts."
"Ah, yes, Potter......" Voldemort said silkily, turning now to Harry. "You should know what it feels like, shouldn't you......."
"Avada Kedrava!" Voldemort shouted suddenly, pointing his wand at.........
//YUGI! LET ME TAKE OVER!!//
/But, Yami-!/
But Yami wasn't about to listen to arguments with his aibou's life at stake. He pushed Yugi's mind aside, and held his hand out, the Eye of Horus glowing on his forehead.
The spell hit Yami's hand head-on, and at that moment, something rather odd happened. Kaya's necklace began to glow, as did the Puzzle. The green glow of the Killing Curse dissipated, leaving a stunned silence among them.
"That was weird," Tristan stated.
"What happened?" Tea asked.
"I'm not sure......" Isis said slowly, even though Tea's was a rhetorical question. "I think.....because the two holders of those particular items share such a close bond......."
"They helped each other?" Kaiba offered.
"Yes," Isis said, nodding slowly.
"Interesting," Voldemort said, fingering his wand. "Very interesting.........but I know what to do......." He closed his eyes and began chanting something under his breath.
"I don't like the looks of this......" Malik said uneasily.
Suddenly, there was a huge light that engulfed everything and everyone.
Kaya turned to Yami, only to discover that he was beginning to fade. He was trying to tell her something, but when she stretched her hand out to meet his, she passed right through him.
"What's happening!?" Serenity cried, as she noticed Joey in the same situation as Yami.
But Joey and Yami weren't the only ones disappearing. So were Kaiba, Harry, Hermione, Tea, Tristan, Shogo, Isis, and Rishid.
Soon, left in the Shadow Realm, it was only Malik and his yami, Serenity, Mokuba, Ron, Sirius, Bakura and his yami, and Kaya and her yami.
"Where are they!?" Mokuba shouted. "What did you do to them!?"
"I sent them back," Voldemort said, sounding amused. "I have no further use of them -" He paused, looking at his captives. "-Until I kill you."
Voldemort's evil laughter echoed through the Shadow Realm as the 7 of them and the 3 yamis with them were magically transported away from the dreaded Shadow Realm.
Although.....their new destination was unknown.
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Back in Hogwarts, those who had been sent back suddenly appeared in Leorian's room, just as the door flung open to reveal 3 very bewildered- looking teachers.
"W-what on earth-?" McGonagall stuttered.
Dumbledore sighed heavily, looking around at the few who'd made it out, collapsed onto their knees and breathing heavily. "We're too late," Dumbledore sighed.
Snape turned to him sharply. "'Too late?' You mean-"
"He means they're gone," Kaiba rasped.
"They've been.......kidnapped," Isis choked.
(DUH-DUH DUH-DUH DUUNNNN!)
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Mojobubbles: DOOOOOONE! *falls over gasping for air* x.x
Kamilah: o.O It wasn't that hard......
Mojobubbles: It was kind of rushed......I've gotta go pack and such because I'm going out of town for the weekend, and I was dying to get this up before I left.......OOH! BEFORE I FAINT FROM EXHAUSTION, HERE'S A RANDOM BIT OF INFO!!!
You know those annoying CGI Barbie movies? Wellll.....BARBIE'S PLAYED BY THE SAME GIRL THAT DOES DUB-SANGO! And that's funneh, because in the Barbie- Nutcracker thingy, Miroku plays the Nutcracker-Ken-type guy!!! ^^
Kamilah: ^^ Please review! We're trying to get up to 100 reviews! \V/
(At not quite 45 pages, this chapter has broken the record of 35 pages as the longest chapter/thing I've posted. ^^ Um, yay?)
Trouble in the Shadow Realm! *hearing the 'DUUH-duh-duh-duh-DUH-duh-duh-duh- DUH-duh-duh-DUUUUUUH-dun' happy music from the beginning of the Japanese eppies, that plays whenever they show the episode title*
Disclaimer: DON'T YOU DARE STEAL THIS CHAPTER! THIS CHAPTER TOOK FREAKING FOREVER! But you can use all the dudes that Takahashi-san made up.
Mojobubbles: Y'know what? I'm just gonna get down to writing this chapter, after a few quick acts of random-hyper-ness and after I clear a few things up.
All: *gasp*
Mojobubbles: First off, I must sincerely apologize for the lack of update. There were many times when I got stuck, not to mention the sheer length of this chapter......and there was that time that Kikyo got a virus, and I went out of town for a week, and I was really stressed when school first started.......I must ask all TTT fans......is it just me and my friends, or are Malik and Smeagol alike? I mean, they're both schizophrenic and have psycho evil alter-egos.......
Malik: Would you stop comparing me to him!? @.@
Mojobubbles: Next I must impress upon you the hotness of Yoko Kurama. *goes rabid-fangirl* HE'S GOT A TAIL!!! *launches herself at Yoko Kurama's tail and starts petting it* My precioussssss......
Yoko Kurama: ^-_-^ Please, don't make me bite your head off.
Kamilah: *sigh* *throws catnip on the floor*
Yoko: CATNIP!!!!!!!! *starts rolling in the catnip*
Mojobubbles: ^.^U Now I've gotta introduce you to my latest muse-ish guy/cast member thing/person I drag around all the time, Hiei!!
Hiei: Glomp me again, and you die. *hand on katana*
Mojobubbles: What a cheery guy! ^^ Not that he means it. I annoy him, but he wouldn't go so far as to kill me. He's not that heartless. ^^ I think. ^^U
Hiei: Heh. You *think*.......*smirky smirk*
Mojobubbles: Next I must inform Yu Yu Hakusho fans that I have a picture of *Hiei* and *Yoko Kurama* laughing their asses off. Seriously. And to all Inu-Yasha fans, I have pictures of Inuyasha crying. Seriously. Anyway........I must also inform you all that probably the saddest anime movie of all time is 'Grave of the Fireflies'. V_V I almost cried.
Kamilah: Pleeeeeaaaaase, give us feeeeeedback! It's so important in this chapter!!!!! Not to mention we'd like at least 100 reviews by the time this is over.......
Mojobubbles: Oh yah, 2 things: one, you can still submit bloopers/ideas for stuff to happen at the cast party/songs that would fit on the soundtrack for what's going to be the last chapter of HPH, called 'DVD Extras!" Two: if you could glomp anyone from any anime, who would it be? Tell us who and what anime they're from. Or.......I guess you could give presents, if you're not into glomping......... Why? Oh, you'll see.......hehehNYEAHAHAHAHA!!!
Bakari: DON'T MAKE ME COPYRIGHT MY LAUGH!!!!!
Mojobubbles: *holds up bottle of AP* DON'T MAKE ME USE THIS!!!!
Bakari: ........I hate you.
(Heh, Kirstie should get that face......BUNNY EARS!)
Mojobubbles: And I confused a bunch of you with Sirius' appearance. To answer some questions I got:
When Sirius says 'some weird guy in a turban pops out of nowhere', that did happen in Egypt. Sirius was reminiscing to when he was in Egypt, and he had seen Isis and Malik and that's what he was talking about. He didn't mean that Shadi appeared to them in Domino. Also, Sirius did not necessarily sell the Millennium Ring, he was just there, in dog form, when it was sold. He didn't know exactly what the Ring was, just that it held a lot of magic and a very hostile spirit. I *did* go back and change that around a bit; that was rather confusing. ^_^ And then, another reviewer *coughKatiecough* thought Malik and Isis lived in ancient Egypt, so.........
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Review responses:
(I now have over 70 reviews on this story, making this my most popular story ever!!)
A Watcher: The only quintessence I had with book 5 was the fact that Cho had rapid mood swings, ____ died, and Harry screamed a lot. I mean, I know he's got a right to be rather angsty and rather pissed, but seriously!! But anyway.......that's my opinion, and you have yours, ne? ^_^ _____ MUST COME BACK! HE MUST NOT BE DEAD!!!! *sobs piteously*
Blue Eyed Canadian Authoress: BECA, to work in any parts of the fifth book into the plot of this story, I'd have to rewrite the whole fic. X_X So I'm just gonna continue. When I thought up this story, I didn't know quite when the fifth book would be released, nor did I know I'd still be writing this when it was.......X_X YAY! A FELLOW.....PERSON THAT THINKS RISHID IS UNDERRATED!!!! *glomps Rishid* Oh, and I know exactly when you could make an appearance. Not in the actual story, maybe, but in the cast party.......
Whispering Hope: Ok, I think I know what you mean. I answered questions I got about Sirius in the author notes. *points up* Hope that clears it up for ya! ^^;;;
yesim@*@k@*m@liklover/yesim@-flamesofeternaldarkness: DON'T HURT ME! o.o
katiekat1414: *snort snerk* Fuuunny-ness. MALTY YUGI!
Rnij and Mysterious A: No, actually, I can't prove it. ^_^U Like I said, I read it somewhere. Meaning somewhere on the Internet. And the Internet can be veeeeeery misinforming, especially in the case of fansites. And other sources too.....like my friend has a book about Yu-Gi-Oh! where they had a picture of Malik above Bakura's bio........but I digress. Naming him Bakari was just the way I chose to do this fic. *shrug* Anyway, thanks for the info. ^_^ I will *have* to keep that in mind for future reference, and I'm glad you like. ^^ (Oh yeah, and before you read chapter 6, I know that they never mentioned Bakura/Bakari/Yami Bakura having a sister, but I gave him one anyway. ^_~ And, who knows? His whole village was sacrificed, including any family he might've had.......)
Curtis Zidane Ziraa: Erm......at first I thought your review was a flame/you were annoyed about something, then you said you liked it.......maybe I'm just dumb, but I was confused by what you meant when you said "Yeesh. Thats the last time I'm gonna start a story where the authoress wtites long chaps when it's at the 10th chap in one big scoop."
Daricio: 4 hours away.......as long as I have my CD player and a bunch of batteries I'm good though ^_~ And they're not learning the spells, remember? They're learning......normal....Muggle-thingies o.o
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Yami: *looks all confident* *cards float in the background* Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh!
~~Malik stopped and blinked.
"What is with you!?" Joey demanded.
"He just asked.......if he could help me......." Malik said, scratching his head.
"Who?" Hermione said, looking around.
"M-my yami.........."~~
~~Hermione nodded, turning to Sirius. "We had to leave some of the others back at Hogsmeade. For one, the whole lot of us would attract attention, and two we didn't know how wise that would be, when the wizarding world's on the lookout for you."~~
~~"I just.......think it's suspicious," Sirius said. "I thought....Voldemort would've done something by now. You lot had best be on your guard....."~~
~~Harry felt the classroom sliding in and out of focus. Thoughts of his new friends drifted across his muggy mind......his eyelids drooped......tired......why though? Then suddenly.......
Eager, excited......evil......
Suddenly, with a jolt, Harry fell out of his chair, holding his head, his scar suddenly burning.
As heads turned in surprise, Harry felt a leaden ball of worry settle in his stomach.
That had just been too weird. Why had he suddenly felt as if......he was planning something.......something, evil......
Sirius *had* been right. They were going to have to be on their guard.~~
(Okkk.......here we goooo......*decides to dive right in with the Voldemort- coming-ness*)
"Class dismissed," Leorian said, about an hour later. "Oh, but I need a word with Mr. Potter, Miss Granger, Mr. Weasley, and our guests."
~Geez, what'd we do this time?~ Kaya mentally asked, as Lindsey and Adara walked out, promising to meet the group in the common room.
++Not sure......++
~~What makes you think you're in........trouble......~~
~Yami? You ok?~
~~No.......~~
++Why, what-?++
~~*H-he didn't use third person....!!!*~~
Suddenly, before they could move, or react, the door swung shut and was suddenly covered in a purple mist.
"I'd looove to see you try and get out of there," Leorian sneered, gesturing to the door.
"Y-you're not Leorian!" Joey stammered.
"Why, what gives you that idea?" Leorian asked, faking innocence.
"Because he speaks in third person," Kaiba said darkly. "And you're not."
Leorian suddenly looked down and stared at his desk, his shoulders shaking with laughter. "Huh. Heheheh.....AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"
//Ok, now, Bakura, now we know we're dealing with a psychopath,// Bakari said through the mental link, very placidly, as though this were an every day occurrence.
/.....what!?/
//Because psychotic people laugh like that. Believe me, I should know.//
/Bakari....how do we get out of this?/
//It's easy, Bakura!! Can't you see he's being....being......c-//
/Yami, what?! What is it?!/
The mind link was starting to sound like a poorly tuned radio; loud, then soft, then loud again......
//D-da.....damn.......sorry.......you-you're.....on.....your own now......//
Until it gave out completely.
Bakura looked down and saw a purple mist circling his Ring, much like the one that covered the door.
"Confused?" Leorian mocked. "All I did was lock the powers *and* the yamis in those items......"
Frantically, Yugi began to try and contact his yami through their link.
The link was dead.
He was so preoccupied he almost missed Leorian's next words -
"It'll make stealing them much easier for me, the Dark Lord.......Lord Voldemort........."
Everyone stared in shock at him. Malik seemed the most stunned, though. But when he saw the blank soulless look in Leorian's eyes, his fears were confirmed.
"Control," he mouthed, barely able to get the word past his lips.
Tea turned to him. "What'd you say?!"
"Control. He's being.....mind-controlled!!!"
The ground suddenly seemingly gave way, and the friends fell down into a gaping black hole.
Hermione tried to scream but found she had no voice; she found Ron's hand and clung to it.
'What's going to happen to the others?' Kaiba thought frantically. 'Mokuba, and Joey's sister, and the rest of Malik's family, and..........'
Kaya, with her hand intertwined in Bakura's, looked around at the others, making sure that they were all there.
'Neesan......' Malik thought desperately. 'Be careful.....they'll come for you and Rishid next.....NEEEEEEEEESAAAAN!!!!!!!'
Finally, just when it seemed they couldn't fall any farther, the blackness seemed to press in on them even more, and they were soon unconscious.
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Another day, another boring history of magic class for Isis. She was staring down at her hands, blinking slowly, when it hit her like a bolt of lightning.
'NEEEEEEEEESAAAAN!!!!!!!'
"MALIK!" she cried, falling out of her seat. (Meh, anyone who've seen Isis' Malik-being-burned-to-a-crisp dream sequence will find that part sorta familiar........^^)
Everyone stared at her, but before Binns could say anything, the bell rang, signaling the end of classes for the day.
"Hey, you ok?" George asked from behind her.
"Something wrong?" Holly added.
Isis bit her lip. "Well, yes. I have to go find my brothers; it's very important. But....I'll meet you later, alright?"
They seemed a bit surprised, but they nodded. Isis turned and pushed through the crowd, walking as fast as she could.
Since Malik and the others had been in Leorian's, she decided to check there first.
As she pushed her way through the crowd, Isis felt her panic growing. Something was terribly wrong. Just then, she noticed Rishid pushing through the crowd streaming up the stairs.
'He must've sensed it too," Isis thought.
Finally, Rishid reached the bottom of the stairs. Giving Isis a look, she knew that he had been going to check Leorian's room as well.
Without a word, the siblings set off down the hall.
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Isis looked into the window in the door to Leorian's. Strange, the room was completely empty.......Hesitantly, she grabbed the door and swung it open.
Her eyes widened and she flung her hand out trying to regain her balance as she teetered dangerously on the edge of a gaping black hole. Rishid leaned forward and seized her hand, and the two of them looked over into the seemingly endless pit.
"They're down there," Rishid stated, and Isis nodded.
"We must go," she said quietly. "Malik and the others are in grave danger......."
Rishid nodded. "I will be right behind you."
Isis smiled slightly. "I know." 'Just like always,' she thought to herself. She held her breath, and gently tugged her hand out of Rishid's grip.
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(*singing along to the A*Teens version of 'Mamma Mia'* MY, MY HOW CAN I RESIST YOU!? MAMMA MIA, DOES IT SHOW AGAIN, MY, MY, JUST HOW MUCH I MISSED YOU!? YES I'VE BEEN BROKEN HEARTED, BLUE SINCE THE DAY WE PARTED!!!!!!!!!
Kamilah: ......I've never even heard her play that CD.........
Mojobubbles: Which means I haven't listened to it since last November.......*sweatdrop* WHEE! I LOVE THIS SONG! Yes, I do like Abba. SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT!? HUH!? HUH!? Eh-heh. Sorry. ^_________^ *jumps around* *sings* GIMME GIMME GIMME A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT!
Kamilah: ............
Mojobubbles: Eh-heh.....I'd shut up, but I'm-
Kamilah: -in a corner. We all know, aibou.
Mojobubbles: ........O____O I just remembered what this song used to be associated with........O_____O
Kamilah: ^^ You mean that Pokemon story you wrote in your head? *snigger*
Mojobubbles: O___O SHUT UP!!!!)
Just then, everyone woke up, and Voldemort killed them.
The end.
NOW I DON'T HAVE TO WRITE THIS ANYMORE!!!
(Er, yeaaaaaah. Gomen, people, all my loverly reviewers who give me the things that keep this story alive. I was just being weird. o.o
I am frustraaaaaated.......)
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Wind. Dark. Colors. Breathing. Choking.
The Shadow Realm.
Voldemort stood in front of his prisoners, including the real Aristole Leorian, laying unconscious and still on the ground.
He turned to one of the Japanese ones, the one with the blond messy hair. He raised his wand, grinning, having missed a good kill.
"Avada........kedrava!"
The jet of green light shot from his wand, and.......was seemingly absorbed.
Voldemort raised his eyebrow. Then he noticed that the Millennium Items were......glowing.
But he'd sealed their power, what-?
He frowned. This may be harder than he thought.
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"Anybody else get the feeling something's wrong?" Shogo said suddenly, back in the Gryffindor common room.
"Yeah, actually, I do," Ginny said, looking up from her conversation with Serenity.
"I'm surprised that niisama and the others haven't come back yet," Mokuba said worriedly.
"Yeah, I'm surprised Isis isn't back either," Holly said, joining the conversation.
"What do you mean?" Lindsey asked.
"She ran off at the end of History of Magic, saying she needed to go find her brother.......come to think of it, I dunno where Rishid got off to either....." Pondering the mystery, Holly walked off. "Gotta work on an essay for the ever-int-teresting P-professor Leorian," she sighed, mocking their teacher.
Lindsey frowned. "I just remembered something!"
*~*Flashback*~*
"Class dismissed," Leorian said, about an hour later. "Oh, but I need a word with Mr. Potter, Miss Granger, Mr. Weasley, and our guests."
*~*End flashback*~*
"When Leorian told them he needed to have a word with them......*he didn't use third person!*" Lindsey gasped.
Suddenly, Lindsey froze. "Wait a minute.......I just remembered something else.........in the beginning of defense against the dark arts, Harry fell off his chair and started clutching his scar......."
Ginny's eyes widened. "B-but that only happens.......he told me.....when You-Know-Who is around!"
"We have to get down to Leorian's room," Adara said solemnly. "Something is really, really wrong."
"Are you sure?" Serenity said, her eyes wide. "You could be walking into a trap!"
"We've gotta save them," Ginny said gravely.
"T-then......" Shogo looked to Serenity and Mokuba. "I'm coming too," he said determinedly.
"Me three," Mokuba added, standing up and staring as if to dare the three girls to talk him out of it.
"And me," Serenity said, sounding just as resolute as Mokuba.
"Ok," Lindsey said, nodding.
"We're wasting time, let's go!" Adara said impatiently.
"Yeah!" Mokuba said. "C'mon!"
And with that, the six of them set off for Leorian's room.
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Back in the Shadow Realm, Voldemort was rethinking his plan.
"My Lord?" Wormtongue......I mean Wormtail.....said cautiously. "They're awakening."
(Kamilah: *raises eyebrow* Wormtongue, aibou?
Mojobubbles: GACK! Too much LOTR. o.o)
For a moment, Voldemort said nothing. "Alright," he said, smiling. "Perfect."
"We're done in the Shadow Realm, Wormtail," he said suddenly. "We're going to the graveyard."
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"Hey......is everybody still here?" Kaya said, as they began to wake up.
"I-I think so," Yugi said, wincing as he sat up.
"I still can't contact Yami!" Bakura said, sounding distressed.
"Don't worry," Tea said comfortingly, sitting up. "We'll find them-"
"Quidditch practice!!" Ron said suddenly, sitting bolt upright and then groaning.
"Ohhhh.....I feel like I just got ran over by an 18-wheeler!" Joey groaned.
Harry sat up too, looking around. "Is this the......Shadow Realm?"
"Yep," Malik answered hoarsely.
"The one and only," Tristan added, blinking his eyes open.
"And.......that's the real Leorian," Harry said, pointing to the still and silent figure.
"He's still alive," Tea said, feeling his pulse. "But I doubt he'll wake up any time soon."
"Um......Hermione's not waking up," Ron said suddenly, crouching over his girlfriend. "'Mione......" he muttered to himself. "C'mon, get UP......" He reached over and squeezed her hand, and was relieved when she squeezed back.
"Ron," she whispered, her eyes fluttering open. "I'm sorry about the fight the other day."
"Naw, I should be apologizing," Ron said quietly. "You were right, I was being totally insensitive."
"I was worried we were going to die before we got a chance to make up," Hermione confessed, smiling slightly, as Ron drew her into his arms. She smiled wider and leaned against his shoulder, enjoying being enveloped in his embrace.
(YESSSS!!!! 'GOING UNDER' ON DA RADIO!! *doesn't care that a lot of you probably won't understand why that matters*)
"Um, I hate to break up the moment, guys, but Kaiba's not waking up either," Joey said nervously.
"Kaiba!" Tea exclaimed, gently shaking his arm. "C'mon, wake up!"
"Get off me, you idiots," Kaiba said suddenly, his eyes still closed. "I'm not dead."
"Where are we?" he asked, holding his head and looking around.
"The Shadow Realm, Seto," answered a smooth voice from behind them.
"Neesan!" Malik exclaimed happily, scrambling over to Isis and letting her draw him into her arms.
"We sensed something was wrong," Rishid stated.
"I thought you might," Malik said, hugging his sister. "I knew they'd probably come after you two as well."
"So.......now what?" Yugi said, looking around.
"Dunno........" Tristan said.
"It can't be.....over already, can it?" Tea said suddenly.
"On the contrary," Isis said, looking wary. "It's just begun."
(Leave it to Isis to be all dramatic and gloomy...........¬_¬)
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As it turned out, Serenity, Adara, Lindsey, Shogo, Mokuba, and Ginny weren't the only ones who sensed trouble. On their way down the stairs to Leorian's room, they bumped into Aneko.
"So....." she said simply. "On your way to Leorian's, right?"
"You sensed it too?" Mokuba asked anxiously, running up to his new friend. At first, he and the others had teased the couple non-stop.......but Mokuba found he really liked his brother's girlfriend, and she took a liking to him as well.
"I'm sure they're fine, Mokuba," Aneko grinned, although she seemed to be reassuring herself more than Mokuba.
"Can we go?" Adara said, always the impatient one. "We're wasting time!"
They descended lower, trying to ignore the ominous dark clouds outside and the rain that was beginning to fall.
Suddenly, just as they had entered the corridor, one of the windows shattered, and a huge black shape flew through them.
The girls and Mokuba yelled in surprise and jumped backwards, at what they recognized to be a huge dog shook itself off.
The dog looked up at them, and suddenly he grew taller.....his front legs lengthened and changed colors and became arms, his back legs becoming two human legs.......the ears disappeared into his hair, which seemed to be lengthening.....finally, his face morphed into that of a human, and the seven were face-to-face with Sirius' human form.
Aneko, Lindsey, and Adara stared in shock and horror, recognizing the gaunt body and pale face instantly.
"Scream and I'll have to kill you," Sirius said in a low voice.
For a moment, no one said anything..........
"Sirius!" Ginny said happily, running up and hugging him. "I thought you left again after you sent Harry that letter!"
Sirius ignored her question and gently pushed her off. "What are you lot doing down here?"
"Going to rescue the others," Shogo said defiantly.
Sirius nodded, looking slightly confused. "Apparently none of the staff has sensed it......dunno why....."
"We think it's got something to do with the defense against the dark arts teacher," Aneko said cautiously.
"We were going to his room," Serenity explained.
"And we're *not* going back to the common room," Ginny added boldly, looking up at Sirius as if daring her friend to send them all back.
"Alright, fine," Sirius sighed, seeing there was no point in arguing. "Just......don't do anything stupid," Sirius added Siriusly.....I mean seriously.
(Kamilah: *rolls eyes* She just had to have a Sirius-serious pun in there somewhere.....)
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At the door to Leorian's, the group paused. Sirius peered through the window.
"Everything *looks* normal....." he said slowly.
"Come one, let's keep going!" Serenity pleaded.
"I'm going in!" Shogo said determinedly, throwing the door open.
What occurred next happened so fast that afterward the group was never quite sure as to what exactly happened.
Shogo, in his eagerness, flew right off the floor down the gaping crevice in the room. Serenity, attempting to help him, ended up falling too, and when Mokuba pushed forward to see what had happened, he tripped over someone's robe, or foot maybe, and fell down after the other two.
For a moment, no one said anything.
"........damn," Adara murmured.
"You four, go find a teacher and get help," Sirius said urgently. "I'm going down after them."
The girls, still slightly stunned, nodded and yanked themselves out of their stupor.
They were flying down the hallway before Sirius had even fully transformed into dog form.
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(*finds out I missed the Shaman King sneak preview that was on the 30th* .....crud. -_-)
"Ow......" Shogo mumbled, looking around.
Serenity's eyes fluttered open. "Are you three ok?" she asked.
"I think I heard some voices from over there," Mokuba said suddenly.
"My voice, maybe?" Sirius inquired, coming out of the shadows. The three jumped.
"Don't DO that!" Shogo exclaimed, clutching his chest.
"No........I heard other voices," Mokuba said, staring off into the mist. 'Niisama..........'
"Well, you were the ones that went capsizing down into that hole.....thingy....." Sirius was saying, receiving vehement protests from both Serenity and Shogo. That was when Mokuba felt it. A sort of twang in his heart......
"They're close," he said suddenly, his voice low. The others turned to look at him. "Niisama!" he called, suddenly turning and running off.
The others looked at each other, but ran after him.
"Mokuba, wait up!" Sirius called. Suddenly, Mokuba stopped, his body tense, and the others nearly crashed into him and one another.
"See that?" Mokuba whispered.
"Yeah..........." Shogo said, looking in the same direction as Mokuba.
"That light......" Serenity murmured.
"I don't like that," Sirius said suspiciously. "Where could it be coming from?"
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Back with Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Yugi's gang, they had finally regained enough strength to stumble around. They knew that it wasn't over yet, but was it possible to escape, even with the Items locked? After all, they didn't know of Voldemort's troubles or his plans for them.
As they stumbled around, those with Millennium Items noticed something strange - the Items were glowing.
"Hey, you guys hear 'dose voices?" Joey asked, looking around wearily.
"Yeah......I hear them too........." Ron said.
"Someone's coming!" Tea exclaimed, pointing through the mist.
"NIISAMA!" screamed a voice, and it sounded close, very close.
"MOKUBA!" Kaiba shouted, running forward.
"Niisama!" Mokuba yelled, finally breaking through the mist and throwing his arms around his brother's waist.
"Joey!" someone else shrieked, and Serenity suddenly ran through the mist and straight into Joey's arms.
Finally, two more dark figures took shape, and Sirius and Shogo stepped forward.
It was a happy reunion, even though they all knew that their feelings of elatedness wouldn't last long.
And they were right.
"What a beautiful sight," said a high cold voice that seemingly came from all directions. "Too bad your little reunion is going to end in tragedy." Evil laughter echoed all around them, and they were suddenly engulfed in blackness.
It was pressing in on them, seemingly choking the life out of them........
The last thing any of them remembered before passing out yet again was a penetrating white light, and voices calling out to them.......
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Back in the castle, the girls were pausing to catch their breath. They'd run all the way down the hall from Leorian's room and up the stairs to the main level, and still no teacher.
"Isn't the-staff room-on the bottom level?" Ginny panted.
The girls suddenly looked at each other, obviously wondering why they hadn't remembered that before. Taking deep breaths, they ran off back down the stairs.
If only they'd remembered that both the Slytherin dormitory, and Snape's classroom, were down there too.......
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"Get up already!"
"Leave him alone, Psycho......." said a second voice.
"I just don't understand it," said a third, this one belonging to a female. "I thought we were sealed inside.......?"
"I dunno!" said another female voice. "But freedom's gooooooood!"
"Ishtar, get UP!" said the first voice.
Malik groaned slightly, feeling someone roughly shaking his shoulders.
"Get off of him!" a deeper voice commanded.
"Alright, fine," the first voice sneered. "What do *you* propose we do, *pharaoh*? Just sit here and wait for Voldemort to come along and kill them all?"
That voice....Malik knew that voice....it haunted his dreams and belonged to the one who'd ruined his life.......Malik suddenly sat bolt upright.
"YOU!" Malik gasped, staring straight at his yami.
"Cut the crap, and get up," his yami said, rolling his eyes.
Malik frantically looked around, trying to reorient himself. His friends, Sirius, Rishid, and Isis were strewn on the ground, unmoving and silent. Malik shot a terrified look to his yami.
"Calm down," Bakari said, noticing Malik's panic.
"He didn't do anything," Yami said, crouching down next to the Egyptian and putting a hand on his shoulder. "It was Voldemort, remember?"
Malik nodded slowly. "Where are we again?"
"We're still in the Shadow Realm, ding-dong," Yami Malik snapped.
"Would you shut up already!?" Bakari yelled, smacking Yami Malik in the head.
"You can't tell me what to do!" Yami Malik hollered, brandishing the Millennium Rod at Bakari.
"That has no effect on me, remember?" Bakari taunted, smirking.
"Oh yeah....." Yami Malik muttered, glancing at Rishid, remembering the time that he'd attempted to murder Malik's brother, when Bakari had stepped in and stopped him.
"Don't you *dare*," Malik hissed, warily watching his yami's every move.
"Would you quit acting like I'm waiting for the perfect second to murder you all!?"
Malik blinked at him. "Aren't you?"
Yami Malik scowled. "Now, wait a minute, baka-!"
"Stop it, all of you," Yami commanded, seeing that the others weren't going to wake for a while and instead keeping watch.
"Oh shut it, prince-sama," Bakari yawned. (That's what he calls Yami in the manga, btw........Yami B likes mocking people o.o)
"You're not the boss of anyone anymore," Yami Malik taunted, sticking his tongue out.
"I'm still better than youuuuu!" Yami pouted.
As they yamis began to fight, Malik noticed two others, standing off to the side. They resembled Kaya and Isis, but Malik could tell it wasn't them. It seemed as though their personalities had been turned upside down........then he remembered. Whenever Voldemort took them to the Shadow Realm, those girls would come out of nowhere.......so those were.....Kaya and Isis' yamis?
Yes, they were......they were like his; not a part of their Items, but a part of themselves......their alternate selves........
"Are they always like this?" asked a voice in Malik's ear. He jumped, then turned to face Sirius, who was watching the yamis with a raised eyebrow.
"Yup," Malik said.
"That's yours?" Sirius asked, pointing to Yami Malik.
"Yup," Malik said.
"He's not like the other two, is he?"
"Nope."
"He doesn't come from an Item, he comes from......you."
Malik nodded, then hesitated. "He's the one that 'turned my aura upside down'. He's acting like he's changed but.....I'm not taking any chances."
"I can't blame you," Sirius shrugged.
Malik nodded slowly, watching the three yamis arguing over who-knows-what.
He sighed. "Why hasn't anyone come yet?" he asked Sirius. "Besides you, Shogo, Mokuba, and Serenity, that is."
"Dunno," Sirius said. "I don't think wizards can sense the Shadow Realm.....I just sensed something was wrong. And so did Aneko, Adara, Ginny, and Lindsey."
Malik's eyes widened. "Are they ok?!"
"Last time I saw them, they were," Sirius replied. "After Mokuba, Serenity, and Shogo fell down that hole, I sent the girls for help......and apparently they're having trouble."
Yes, they were having trouble right as Sirius said those words.
Trouble in the form of Draco Malfoy.
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(This is happening as Malik's waking up.)
"In a hurry, girls?" said a drawling voice from behind the girls, as they ran down the hall.
"None of-your business-Malfoy!" Lindsey puffed.
"Oh, my excuse me," Malfoy said. "I shouldn't have interrupted you four......you've got Muggles to go associate with."
"Yeah," Aneko said, her patience wearing very thin. "Yeah, I've gotta go spend my time with Muggle scum instead of *perfect purebloods* like you," she spat.
(FUEL IS NUMBER 1! FUEL IS NUMBER 1! FUEL IS NUMBER 1! *sings* something something touch your skin.....something something my disease and I can breathe.......AND ALL OF YOUR WAYS, ALL YOU DREAM, FALLS ON ME, IT FALLS ON ME!
Kamilah: *fwap* FOCUS!)
"Like the Weasleys......" Malfoy said coolly. "I still can't believe you've sunken down to *that* level, Aneko."
The girls froze.
"Would you shut up!?" Adara yelled.
"Aw, did I hurt the ickle Weasley's feelings?" Malfoy sneered. "Is she going to go run to her revolting brother and company?"
"SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!" Ginny screamed.
"I've had it up to here with you!!!" Lindsey added, drawing her wand. Adara, Ginny, and Aneko followed suit.
"What's the trouble here?" came a silky, dangerously low voice from behind them.
"Professor!" Malfoy said in mock-relief. "I just don't understand it! I just met these four, and then they started drawing their wands on me........"
Snape raised his eyebrow and turned to the girls. "Indeed........girls, how do you explain yourselves?"
"Everyone's in trouble!" Adara gasped.
"You-Know-Who came and blew some big hole in Leorian's floor!" Ginny added.
"We think they fell down it!" Lindsey said.
"You've got to do something, Professor!" Aneko shouted.
"Rubbish," snapped Snape. (Ooh, bit of a tongue twister there.....) "Complete rubbish. A disgraceful attempt to senselessly attack on one of my students."
"That's not true!!!" the girls shouted at the same time.
"SILENCE!" Snape roared. "You four are rapidly losing house points!"
"But they really are in trouble!" Lindsey cried.
".......PADFOOT!" Ginny said. "Padfoot came to help!"
"We saw him," Adara said breathlessly. "He jumped through that window, look......" She turned and pointed down the hallway, were a hole in the window was visible.
Snape paused. Malfoy's grin had faded. "Malfoy," Snape said sharply. "Back to the common room."
"Professor-!" Malfoy objected, but Snape held his hand up.
"Just go!" he ordered.
Malfoy, looking slightly put out, turned and headed back.
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Snape turned his greasy head to the girls, pausing outside the door to Leorian's room.
"If this is a trick......" Snape warned.
"Just look," Aneko said.
Snape turned back to the door, and slowly pushed it open.
He stuck his head inside the door, and stopped for a moment. Suddenly, he turned back to the girls, his pale face much paler than usual.
"You four.......report to my office immediately. I can take it from here."
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(*shades eyes* Sibling fluff ahoy, off the starboard side.....thingy....! o.o)
Fifteen minutes later, McGonagall's urgent voice floated throughout the castle. "All students will remain in their dormitories until further notice; *no exceptions.* All teachers please report to Professor Leorian's room. That is all."
Of course, the friends still trapped in the Shadow Realm didn't hear that.
Finally, they were waking up, once again.
It was quite a jumble of noise when the discovered that the Millennium Items were apparently no longer sealed.
"Yami!" shouted Kaya, Yugi, and Bakura all at once, Yugi and Bakura running to their respective yamis, Kaya to her brother.
"Hikari!" Yami Malik shouted, running up to Malik and hugging him around the neck, mainly because none of the non-yamis had noticed him yet, and also because he knew it'd annoy Malik.
"Geroff me," Malik scowled.
Well, Yami Malik's display of 'affection' certainly had the effect he was after; they all turned to look at him, the non-yamis shocked.
"Hey, look who's back?" Malik said dryly to the others, trying to pry his yami off him.
"What......is *he* doing here!?" Mokuba exclaimed. Kaya warily regarded Yami Malik, having heard a lot about him but not really meeting him face to face, while Serenity inched closer to Joey. He'd nearly died because of Yami Malik......
"Dunno," Malik said. "But he hasn't tried to murder anyone.......yet."
Yami Malik suddenly glared at Malik, his joking demeanor gone.
"Don't you think you should be more worried about-"
"You're funny," said a cold high voice (AAAAH! IT'S DUBBIE MALIK! o.o), and a pale-skinned hand appeared seemingly out of nowhere to drape itself across Yami Malik's shoulders. Yami Malik jumped backwards, hissing at the voice.
"This guy's really, really evil," Yami Malik hissed.
"No, really?" Malik asked sarcastically, even though his voice wavered.
"We're getting sick of your games, Voldemort," Yami Yugi glared, stepping up in the direction of Voldemort's voice, his arms folded across his chest and his eyes narrowed.
"I am as well," Voldemort sighed, appearing out of nowhere. "And I've come to the conclusion that the only way to take those Items is-"
"The only way you'll get your filthy hands on the Millennium Items is when you pry them out of my cold, dead hands!!" Bakari interjected.
That was a mistake.
"I know," Voldemort said, his lip curling. "And since you've volunteered your Item first........"
He whipped out his wand, and pointed it straight at the tomb robber.
"Hmm....." Suddenly he turned to Bakura. "If I break your spirit first, then your annoying dead tomb robbing friend will be gone for good."
Before anyone had time to react, Voldemort had raised his wand at Bakura, and cried, "Crucio!"
Bakura collapsed to the ground, feeling as though someone was cutting through his flesh with thousands of white-hot knives.
He dug his fingernails into his arms so hard it drew blood. He couldn't scream.......he knew he couldn't give in......
Finally, the pain lifted, and Bakura fell forward, breathing heavily. He felt strong arms grab him before he hit the ground, and heard his yami sounding positively furious.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Bakari screamed, clutching Bakura protectively. The tomb robber wasn't exactly sure what 'crucio' had done to Bakura, but it was obvious it wasn't enjoyable.
"Wh-what'd he do to him!?" Joey gasped.
"The Cruciatus Curse," Hermione said, looking stricken.
"It's torture," Harry said, sounding stunned. "It hurts."
"Ah, yes, Potter......" Voldemort said silkily, turning now to Harry. "You should know what it feels like, shouldn't you......."
"Avada Kedrava!" Voldemort shouted suddenly, pointing his wand at.........
//YUGI! LET ME TAKE OVER!!//
/But, Yami-!/
But Yami wasn't about to listen to arguments with his aibou's life at stake. He pushed Yugi's mind aside, and held his hand out, the Eye of Horus glowing on his forehead.
The spell hit Yami's hand head-on, and at that moment, something rather odd happened. Kaya's necklace began to glow, as did the Puzzle. The green glow of the Killing Curse dissipated, leaving a stunned silence among them.
"That was weird," Tristan stated.
"What happened?" Tea asked.
"I'm not sure......" Isis said slowly, even though Tea's was a rhetorical question. "I think.....because the two holders of those particular items share such a close bond......."
"They helped each other?" Kaiba offered.
"Yes," Isis said, nodding slowly.
"Interesting," Voldemort said, fingering his wand. "Very interesting.........but I know what to do......." He closed his eyes and began chanting something under his breath.
"I don't like the looks of this......" Malik said uneasily.
Suddenly, there was a huge light that engulfed everything and everyone.
Kaya turned to Yami, only to discover that he was beginning to fade. He was trying to tell her something, but when she stretched her hand out to meet his, she passed right through him.
"What's happening!?" Serenity cried, as she noticed Joey in the same situation as Yami.
But Joey and Yami weren't the only ones disappearing. So were Kaiba, Harry, Hermione, Tea, Tristan, Shogo, Isis, and Rishid.
Soon, left in the Shadow Realm, it was only Malik and his yami, Serenity, Mokuba, Ron, Sirius, Bakura and his yami, and Kaya and her yami.
"Where are they!?" Mokuba shouted. "What did you do to them!?"
"I sent them back," Voldemort said, sounding amused. "I have no further use of them -" He paused, looking at his captives. "-Until I kill you."
Voldemort's evil laughter echoed through the Shadow Realm as the 7 of them and the 3 yamis with them were magically transported away from the dreaded Shadow Realm.
Although.....their new destination was unknown.
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Back in Hogwarts, those who had been sent back suddenly appeared in Leorian's room, just as the door flung open to reveal 3 very bewildered- looking teachers.
"W-what on earth-?" McGonagall stuttered.
Dumbledore sighed heavily, looking around at the few who'd made it out, collapsed onto their knees and breathing heavily. "We're too late," Dumbledore sighed.
Snape turned to him sharply. "'Too late?' You mean-"
"He means they're gone," Kaiba rasped.
"They've been.......kidnapped," Isis choked.
(DUH-DUH DUH-DUH DUUNNNN!)
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Mojobubbles: DOOOOOONE! *falls over gasping for air* x.x
Kamilah: o.O It wasn't that hard......
Mojobubbles: It was kind of rushed......I've gotta go pack and such because I'm going out of town for the weekend, and I was dying to get this up before I left.......OOH! BEFORE I FAINT FROM EXHAUSTION, HERE'S A RANDOM BIT OF INFO!!!
You know those annoying CGI Barbie movies? Wellll.....BARBIE'S PLAYED BY THE SAME GIRL THAT DOES DUB-SANGO! And that's funneh, because in the Barbie- Nutcracker thingy, Miroku plays the Nutcracker-Ken-type guy!!! ^^
Kamilah: ^^ Please review! We're trying to get up to 100 reviews! \V/
(At not quite 45 pages, this chapter has broken the record of 35 pages as the longest chapter/thing I've posted. ^^ Um, yay?)