Chapter 12
Kidnapped! *hears the music again* o.O
Disclaimer: Geez, by chapter 12 I'd think you'd have it down by now........
Mojobubbles: -__________________- It. Is. So. Unfair. I. Think. I'm. Going. To. Scream.
Hiei: Oh just go ahead and scream......
Malik: *to Hiei* What, you care?
Hiei: No. I just figure that if she vents now, then she won't go psycho on us later. *plugs up ears*
Malik: o.o Good point. *plugs up ears too*
Mojobubbles: .......*screams at the top of her lungs*
All: . *plug up their ears*
Mojobubbles: *stops screaming* O.O
Kamilah: Feeling better now?
Mojobubbles: .......... *sobs and hugs Kamilah* IT'S NOT FAAAAIR, KAMI- CHAN!!
Kamilah: Aw, poor aibou.......
Hiei: *puts his hand on his katana and glares at readers* You all better review.....
Yami B: *raises eyebrow* Why?
Hiei: It's just that reviews make her happy. We want her to be happy.
Malik: Once again......you care?
Hiei: No. When she's not happy, like right now, we suffer.
Bakura: You wouldn't want us to suffer, would you, minna-san? *big watery anime eyes*
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(Yami: *reads review responses* Geez, she can go from hyper to psycho in seconds.....)
Review responses:
Blue Eyed Canadian Authoress: ^^ Ok, about your blooper ideas: 1. I NEVER THOUGHT OF THOSE! I LOVE M. ROD JOKES! 2. O.O Oddly, we already have a reason for Isis to not be able to say her lines without cracking up. Sharing brainwaves there.... 3. ^^ I used that one. ^^ Of couuurse you can come to the cast party! ^^ Shogo?
Shogo: ^^ *hands BECA an official invitation*
Mojobubbles: Hold on to that, the security's gonna be rather tight. Gotta keep out all the YGO haters. O.o Inu-Yasha gooooood! ^^ Mwoohaha. I was proud of that chappy. ^^ Especially the third person thing. *ego goes up a few notches*
yesim@-flamesofeternaldarkness: Ok, I'll ignore it. ^^ Moving on to the comments on your other reviews......*snuggles chibi Malik as well* His voice was just a 'little' weird in the dub though. O.o Ooh, Going Under rox my sox. The video's rather scary tho. o.o Especially when your computer's slow and it's, like, freezing all the time. Actually there is a point when Isis is really happy - when Malik gets rid of Yami Malik at the end of the final Yugi/Malik duel. I have a picture of all the Ishtars at the end, and Isis has this scary overly perky look on her face. o.o Yes, Yami Malik shoulda said stupid bastard or something to that effect, but one thing is that one of the readers is really really opposed to cursing and I didn't wanna offend her, plus ever since I found out that Yami Malik is technically 5 years old, I've had him acting like a spoiled brat. ^^
Arian Starswing: ^^ I suck at updating. ^^ Glad ya liked.
A Watcher: *blinks* Wellllll......I don't watch Card Captor Sakura so I have nooo idea who you're talking about, but you can glomp 'em anyway......*sweatdrop* ^^ But anyway, I'm glad you liked. I think chappie 11 is probably one of the best chapters so far......
Daricio: Mwooohahaha. Die TD! DIIIEEEEEE!!!! ^^
Katiekat1414: Eeeeww. Otaku on OOC pills is scary. I hateses it......*hisses* Yessss.......we hatessssssss it.......don't we, gollum......preciooouuuuusss......
Kamilah: *rolls eyes*
Mojobubbles: ^^ Right. YAY RISHID! *glomp glomp*
Kamilah: *sighs* Do I even need to say it?
Mojobubbles: V.V No scarring the pre-scarred. Katie, the blonde-messy haired dude was s'posed to be Joey, not Malik. Err......is that who you thought it was? *is stupid* *wonders what happened when you were talking about starboard fluff* Uh......yeaaaahhhhh.....^^UUUU
Nezumiiro: Yay MANGA! They are *not* picture books. ¬_¬
Kamilah: *to Kairi* HEY, who you calling pathetic!?!?
Mojobubbles: ^^ Oh dear. *warningly* Kami-chan......
Kamilah: ......*mutters under her breath and walks away*
Mojobubbles: Yes, yes I do have a pic of Inuyasha crying. ^^ Personally I think it's too cute/sad to be used as blackmail, but whatever floats your boat.....ok, in my bio, under the homepage thingy, there's a linkie to my blog/diary thingy. In an entry, I have linkies to the pics of him crying! ^^
Ice-Spirit Phoenix: Arigato! ^^ \V/
Ali: Well, I'm not the first to write a Yu-Gi-Oh!/Harry Potter crossover........^^U I've read some pretty darn good ones, too. ^^ But anyway, I'm glad you like mine!
Curtis Zidane Ziraa: ^^ *turns out lights and holds flashlight up to face* BOO! Heh, j/k. ^^ Glad ya like.
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Some of Madame Pomfrey's chocolate had been given out to the ones who'd been forced out. Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape had gone straight to the Shadow Realm with the help of the remaining Millennium Items, and the others waited.
About 10 minutes into the wait, the door burst open and Aneko, Lindsey, Adara, and Ginny appeared in the doorway.
"Harry!" Ginny cried, running over and hugging him, as Lindsey sat down on the floor next to Yugi and Aneko buried her head in Kaiba's chest. Adara stood in the doorway, her eyes wide.
"Where's Malik?!" she demanded. "And Kaya and Shogo and Ron and Bakura and Mokuba and Serenity!?"
"T-they took 'em," Joey said, his voice shaking. "Sirius an' some of the teachers are lookin' for 'em, but........" Joey slid down to the floor, his head buried in his hands, and Adara sat next to him, her arms wrapped around his shoulders.
Tea sat with her arm around Hermione, and Harry tightened his grip on Ginny. Aneko reached around and hugged Kaiba hard, while Tristan looked around at the rest of the weary group. Yugi and Yami were sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall, and Lindsey had her arm around Yugi's shoulders. Rishid and Isis stood in the corner, both of them looking anxious.
For a while, no one said anything. Suddenly, Yami smashed his fist against the floor.
"Isn't this what we came here to prevent!?!?" he shouted angrily, jumping up and beginning to pace.
No one said anything; no one even moved. Except for Isis.
She slowly walked up to Yami, and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. "It's alright," she said quietly. "I'm scared too."
He bit his lip, and reached out and hugged her back.
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"What are you gonna do to us!?" Ron demanded, trying to steady his voice.
"Kill you, of course," Voldemort replied.
"You sure we're gonna be that easy to get rid of?" Malik demanded.
"Yes, actually I'm not really worried about that......" Voldemort trailed off amused, and looked at Bakura, who still seemed dazed.
Bakari growled, knowing exactly what was going on in Voldemort's twisted mind.
"The boy's stronger than you think," he said gruffly, thinking off all the injuries that he, Bakari, had inflicted on his light.
"We shall see," Voldemort said silkily.
"Yeah, we'll see what's left of you after we're through with you," Yami Malik smirked.
Voldemort smiled insanely. "I like you," he said to Yami Malik. "I almost regret that you're going to be killed when I murder your other half."
With that, there was a sudden rush of wind and flashing lights, and the group was suddenly hurled through a portal that appeared seemingly out of nowhere.
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Back in Hogwarts, everyone in Leorian's room jumped.
"Did you feel that?" Shogo whimpered, scooting closer to Adara and Joey.
"Something just happened," Yugi said quietly.
"Do.....do you think they're.....?" Rishid couldn't finish his sentence.
"No," Kaiba said firmly, subconsciously squeezing Aneko's hand tighter. "I think we'd feel it....."
"But we did feel something," Harry pointed out.
"It would feel different if they were dead, ok!?" Kaiba snapped, his voice shaking slightly.
"Seto's right," Isis said softly, still hugging Yami. "They're not dead."
But would that still be true when this was all over?
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"Mou hitori no atashi....." someone said kindly, and Kaya felt herself being lifted up.
(Ok, 'mou hitori no' means 'other of'. Since 'atashi' is the girl form of I, 'mou hitori no atashi' would be how a girl would say 'the other me', just like Yugi uses 'mou hitori no boku', for Yami, 'cause boku is the guy form of I. Get it?)
"Ow," she winced, her eyes snapping open. She blinked for a moment, then realized she was staring straight into the face of her yami, her other personality.
"Daijobu ka?" the other Kaya asked. Kaya nodded, looking around at the others who were rather dazed and confused.
"You two ok?" Sirius was asking, helping Serenity and Mokuba up. Ron was rubbing his head, having landed heavily on the ground.
"I'm sure that didn't help him one bit," Bakari said sourly, propping up Bakura against a headstone.
"Headstone....." Serenity said to herself. "We're in a graveyard?"
"Congratulations, you win the prize," Yami Malik answered, waving a hand in front of Malik's eyes, trying to get his other personality to focus.
"It was a rhetorical question," Kaya told him, noticing how Serenity visibly flinched and shied away.
"Well I answered it anyway," Yami Malik shot back.
"Please, don't fight," Bakura said softly.
"Bakura......" Kaya said gently, crawling over to him and wrapping her arms around his shoulders. He sighed and returned the hug.
"So......where are we?" Yami Malik said suddenly, turning to the others, figuring Malik would be ok later.
"A graveyard," Kaya answered smartly. Yami Malik rolled his eyes at her.
"Go to hell."
"Why don't you-" But Kaya never got to finish her sentence.
They were interrupted by a scream that echoed through the whole graveyard and sent birds in nearby trees into a frenzy.
"Malik!" they cried, clumsily darting toward their friend, who had become the next victim of the Cruciatus Curse.
"Don't c-come any closer!!!" Malik yelled, digging his nails into his palm, crouching low on the damp ground.
"It's ok," he choked. He smiled grimly. "I-I can take it. It-it feels l- like wh-white-hot knives, a-and we all know th-that I can deal with that, n- ne?"
"Yeah, well, last time you had an encounter with white-hot knives, you were gagged," Yami Malik, holding his ears and scowling. "You could've woken the dead just then."
"Not a bad idea," Bakari said to himself, pulling his deck out of his back pocket and using the power of the Millennium Ring to summon Headless Knight.
(*randomly imagines Bakari cheerleading* O.O )
With a roar, the monster sprang forth and swung his sword blindly into the mist.
There was a squeal as the one who had been inflicting the Cruciatus Curse on Malik fell back out of the mist, terrified of the monster. Malik gasped with relief, and fell backwards.
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Back in Hogwarts, Malik's pain did not go unnoticed.
Rishid suddenly slumped to the ground, gasping, and Isis grabbed Yami's arm. Adara felt it too, although not as bad as Rishid and Isis did.
"What's wrong?!" Tea exclaimed.
"It hurts!" Isis choked, and Yami clutched her protectively.
"The Cruciatus Curse!" Adara cried.
"But, how can they-?" Joey asked, looking concernedly at Adara.
"Malik-sama," Rishid said suddenly through clenched teeth. "It's what they're doing to Malik-sama!"
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Malik's attacker stared up at the Headless Knight. "P-please!" he whimpered. "I was ordered to!"
"Sniveling Wormtail," Voldemort said disgustedly, coming up out of the haze behind Malik's attacker. "Can't you see it's simply an illusion?"
"Are you sure?" the other Kaya asked dangerously. "Would you risk your right-hand man to find out?"
"Yes," Voldemort said, his lip curling.
Suddenly, the Headless Knight brought his huge blade crashing to the ground. Wormtail screamed and rolled out of the way, escaping only with a torn robe.
Voldemort stared from the piece of black cloth severed by the Headless Knight back to the others.
"I will make good use of that power," he said finally, grinning broadly.
"You know what!?" Sirius snapped suddenly. "I'm getting sick and tired of you and your over-confidence! You're worse than Yami Yugi, for God's sake! You think just because at one time you were the most powerful wizard in Britain, you can just waltz right up and take whatever you want!"
"Power doesn't work that way," Malik added quietly, slowly getting to his feet. "Believe me."
"Really?" Voldemort said, his playful air gone. He was getting very annoyed with these Muggles and their little wizard friends. "You think that Lord Voldemort, heir of Salazar Slytherin himself, is not worthy to take the Millennium Items?"
The others looked at him squarely, and nodded. Well, all of the others except Kaya.
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Back in Hogwarts, Yami suddenly froze.
The name Salazar Slytherin drifted across his mind, for some reason he couldn't explain just then, and his eyes widened.
"Who......" he said slowly, turning to Hermione and Harry, "is Salazar Slytherin?"
"He was one of the founders of Hogwarts; the Slytherin house is named for him." Hermione looked at Yami strangely. "Why?"
He ignored her question. "Does he have any connection to Voldemort?" he asked urgently.
Harry nodded. "Voldemort is his heir......."
"Yami!" Isis exclaimed softly, turning to look at him. "Wasn't Salazar Slytherin the one that....?"
Yami stared off into space, as though he hadn't heard her question.
"Imagine," he murmured. "The heir against the heirs....."
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"Kaya, are you ok?" Mokuba asked, noticing that she had frozen.
"He's.....the heir......of the man that.....the man that......."
They stared at her expectantly.
"The man that fought a Shadow Duel against my parents.......and won."
Everyone's eyes widened.
"That's how you knew about the Items, isn't it?" Kaya asked, her voice shaking slightly. "That's what he wanted, and you......"
"Very good, you've figured it out," Voldemort said, his overly friendly air back again.
"And........that's why you've separated me and Yami. After all, he was the one that saved the Items from Slytherin 3,000 years ago, right?"
"Once again, you've figured it out. I'm impressed. Of course, unlike my dear ancestor, I'm prepared. I have a plan of attack." He took out his wand, and looked over them all.
Everyone looked at each other uneasily.
"What are you planning to do?" Serenity demanded, trying to keep her voice from shaking.
"Well, see, I've learned that simply using the Killing Curse doesn't work; your Items are too powerful. So.......I'm planning to use the Cruciatus Curse, until I've broken *every single one of you*," Voldemort told them, smiling in a way that reminded everyone who'd been at Battle City of the way that Malik smiled after he admitted to them all that he was the real Malik, right before he lost complete control of his body to his yami.
(D00d.....Yami Malik's dub voice is so weird......)
"Voldemort clearly does not understand the meaning of a yami," Bakari glared.
"What's say....we teach him?" Yami Malik smirked, and the other Kaya nodded, smiling slightly.
Bakari's frown turned to a smirk as the other two stepped up next to him.
"You see, Voldemort, yamis need to protect their hikaris, because we kind of would be screwed without them," Bakari said placidly.
"I'm different, though," Yami Malik added. "But what the hell; I'll help kick your ass."
"And we're going to send you straight to the Shadow Realm," the other Kaya said arrogantly, and it was easy to see who her other half was related to.
"If anyone deserves that hell, it's you," Malik put in, having been trapped there while his yami was in control of his body.
"Never destroy another's life again," Bakura said softly, his eyes narrowed. "Whether directly or indirectly. No one deserves to suffer that much......no one, except you, maybe."
"Send us a postcard, will you?" Mokuba asked, and Ron and Serenity nodded emphatically.
"Hey, get over here!" Bakari called, jerking his head back at the others.
They all stood shoulder to shoulder, forming a barrier against the most evil wizard the world ever knew.
Slowly but surely, a ring of light began to surround them.
"Crucio! CRUCIO!" Voldemort cried. "Avada kedrava!"
"IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO!?" Bakari and Yami Malik screamed at him at the same time. But then they realized that a ring of darkness was starting to form around Voldemort.
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"......anyone else feel that?" Yugi asked in a small voice.
"It's a duel. It's a game of dark versus light," Yami replied, his own voice tense.
And maybe because he was too worried, or because he agreed, for once Kaiba made no smart remark about there was 'such thing as the forces of dark versus light' or something.
"Don't worry," Rishid said softly, startling them all. "No matter how hopeless it looks, it will turn out in the end. Even if it looks as though the dark is overpowering, as though there will never be light again.......The light will overcome the dark, I know it. People can surprise you in that way. I've seen it happen before......."
Isis smiled and gently pulled away from Yami. She walked over to Rishid and laid her head against his shoulder, blinking away sudden tears.
She knew exactly what he was talking about.
(*hugs the Ishtars* ^____^)
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"Incendio!" Voldemort managed to yell out, the spell flying from his wand and striking both Bakura and Mokuba, who flew backward, unconscious.
But before anyone could do anything, the rings of light grew brighter, and suddenly the whole graveyard was engulfed in light, although they could see a portal to the Shadow Realm open behind their opponent.
"WEEEEEEEE WIIIIIIIN!!!!" Yami Malik screamed over the roar of wind and light. Voldemort screamed too, but anyone could see that it was not a happy scream. (oO)
And when the light faded, the portal was gone.
And so were Voldemort and Wormtail.
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Back in Hogwarts, Harry fell out of his seat, biting back a scream and clutching his scar.
But despite the pain, he laughed, ignoring the looks on his friends' faces that clearly said, 'Have you lost it?'
"They won!" Harry cried. "They beat Voldemort!"
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"Oniiichan......"
Bakura groaned.
Voices were melting together. The only words he could pick out were 'coming to' and 'bump on the head' and 'smashed into that headstone'.
And he could pick out a girl's voice.
"Oniiiiichan......"
He knew that voice.......he knew it, whose was it?
"Amane," he mumbled. "Amane....."
"Oniichan," the voice said softly, and it sounded as though the owner was about to cry.
"What's wrong?" Bakura mumbled, raising his hand, but unable to open his eyes.
"I love you, oniichan."
Bakura felt a hand grasp his own.
"I love you too," he whispered, slowly opening his eyes.
He saw a pair of wide chocolate-brown eyes that could only belong to a female, and wisps of purplish-white hair brushed his cheek. A pale, rounded face was inches from his own. The girl was not sickly; her face was just naturally pale.
Bakura grinned, and the girl grinned back.
"Just making sure you're ok," she said, sounding relieved.
"Ok," Bakura said softly. "You going now?"
"Mm-hm," the girl nodded. Her smile faded slightly and her lip quivered. She buried her head in his chest.
"I love you."
Bakura nodded, closing eyes to keep the tears back. "I....I love you too, Amane."
He opened his eyes again, and saw that she was gone.
He felt someone lift him into a sitting position, and everything came back into focus. His friends were staring at him, looking rather scared.
"Daijobu?" Kaya asked softly.
Bakura nodded, wiping his eyes. "Just kind of sore."
"You were hallucinating," Ron said bluntly.
Bakura blinked. "Oh."
"Nice, Ron," Sirius groaned.
Bakura turned and saw it was his yami holding him up.
Bakari's eyes were wide and questioning.
'That really happened, didn't it?' they asked.
Bakura smiled and nodded slightly.
Bakari nodded too, and raised his eyebrows.
/What's with that look?/
//What look?//
/That skeptical look./
//Hey, I believe you....//
/Oh, sure./
//I'm serious! I've talked to dead people plenty of times; I know what it's like.//
Bakura sighed exasperatedly. "Is Mokuba alright?" he asked concernedly, noticing the boy laying motionless in Sirius' arms.
"He'll be fine," Sirius assured. "He just got whacked around more than you did."
"Um......I have a question," Serenity said hesitantly. Everyone turned to her. "How are we getting back to Hogwarts?" They all tensed, realizing they weren't quite sure.
Just then, as though as an answer to her problems, a familiar voice called out, "Anyone here?"
"Snape!" Sirius hollered. "We're here!"
"Where?"
"Just get your ass over here and help me!"
Suddenly, Snape, McGonagall, and Dumbledore appeared through the mist.
"How'd you find us?" Malik asked, feeling weak with relief.
"In his haste, Voldemort forgot to seal the portal he used to take you from the Shadow Realm here. The others back at the castle used their powers to bring us to the Shadow Realm, and everything just went from there," Dumbledore explained, winking.
"Wait......where's You-know-who?" Snape asked.
"Banished," Yami Malik grinned.
"To the darkest recesses of the Shadow Realm," the other Kaya added.
"You know, we get enough talk like that from your other's brother," Bakari pointed out, still supporting Bakura.
"Can we just go now?" Kaya sighed.
Dumbledore smiled. "Yes. All I have to say is that you all have shown bravery and strength beyond anything I could have imagined."
Suddenly, there was another rush of wind and a flash of light.
'I bet most of these spells are mostly show,' Bakari thought to himself, keeping a tight grip on Bakura's arm as they were transported back to Hogwarts.
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Back in Leorian's room, the others suddenly stared at each other.
"They're back!" they all cried at once, and tore out of Leorian's room.
They ran up to the entranceway, and saw their friends and siblings, standing there, looking weary but happy.
For a few moments, everyone just stood and stared at each other.
But Serenity broke the silence. "Oniichan!" she cried, running forward and hugging Joey.
Hermione practically tackled Ron, and Kaya flew at Yami. Malik grinned, watching the reunions, when suddenly Adara stalked over and slapped him in the face.
"YOU IDIOT!" she screamed, throwing her arms around him.
Malik grinned and hugged her back. "I swear, I have the most violent girlfriend in all of England."
"I can't believe you ran off and did that! You could've gotten killed, you could've gotten banished to that Shadow place, you could've-"
Adara shut up when Malik placed his lips squarely on hers.
They broke away, and Malik noticed Isis and Rishid standing there, looking rather out of place. He grinned again and, after squeezing Adara's hand again, strode over to them.
Isis smiled at him for a moment, before leaning forward and hugging Malik as though he would be snatched away from her again at any moment.
"Sorry about that," Malik said quietly. "I hope you weren't too worried."
"It's alright," Isis said softly.
Malik felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned, and grinned at Rishid, who had to smile back. Malik, on a whim, reached out and hugged his brother.
"Thanks for taking care of Isis for me," he whispered.
The reunion was happy - for everyone except Kaiba, that is. Because Mokuba had yet to wake up.
Sirius had laid Mokuba gently on the floor, and Seto had sat down right there on the tiled ground and pulled his brother in his arms.
"You gotta wake up, kid," he whispered. "Aneko's really worried."
Suddenly, as though someone had come along and slapped him in the face, Seto remembered a scene from not too long ago.
(Ok, I'm going to completely screw around with the timeline here and stick in a Noa-Arc-Happening. O.O)
He remembered kneeling on that rock, reaching for Mokuba, when Noa had turned them both into statues.......
He still wasn't sure how his stepbrother had managed it, but every time he thought about it it made his skin crawl. He remembered the odd sensation; it was as though his mind had been separated from his body. It was the same feeling he got when he had gone into his own virtual world, except that time he had been confident he'd come out again.
Then he remembered when suddenly, he could move his limbs again, and how Mokuba had flown into his arms. He remembered how good it felt, and he realized that he'd been uncertain that he'd ever be able to hug Mokuba again.
He remembered that, although he'd never admit it in a thousand years, but he'd almost cried.
"Nii....sama....."
Seto was yanked back into the present, and he looked hopefully down at Mokuba.
Mokuba groaned and looked up, blinking. "Hi," he said hoarsely.
"Hey, kid," Seto said, smiling with relief.
And then he realized that what that bald guy....Rishid, or whatever, had said back in Leorian's room.
He looked around at all the others, rejoicing to be back in each other's arms, and he realized that it was true.
The light overcomes the dark........
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Mojobubbles: *looks at the author's notes in the beginning and sighs*
All: *eye her warily*
Mojobubbles: .....Let me take a moment to apologize.
Malik: Oh yes, can't have your precious reviewers mad at you......
Mojobubbles: No, Malik, I'm apologizing to my posse thingy too. See..........this year, so far things have been really stressful. It's been a while since I was upset about......that......but I left it up there because I just.....I just.......ah whatever. I just wanna say I'm sorry, minna, and I wanna thank you for putting up with my bitches and rants and lack of update. ^______^ You guys are like the screaming fans on the sidelines that inspire sportsy people to get out there and play, and for that I'm grateful. \V/!!
Kamilah: ^^ Very well put, aibou. NOW POST!
Kidnapped! *hears the music again* o.O
Disclaimer: Geez, by chapter 12 I'd think you'd have it down by now........
Mojobubbles: -__________________- It. Is. So. Unfair. I. Think. I'm. Going. To. Scream.
Hiei: Oh just go ahead and scream......
Malik: *to Hiei* What, you care?
Hiei: No. I just figure that if she vents now, then she won't go psycho on us later. *plugs up ears*
Malik: o.o Good point. *plugs up ears too*
Mojobubbles: .......*screams at the top of her lungs*
All: . *plug up their ears*
Mojobubbles: *stops screaming* O.O
Kamilah: Feeling better now?
Mojobubbles: .......... *sobs and hugs Kamilah* IT'S NOT FAAAAIR, KAMI- CHAN!!
Kamilah: Aw, poor aibou.......
Hiei: *puts his hand on his katana and glares at readers* You all better review.....
Yami B: *raises eyebrow* Why?
Hiei: It's just that reviews make her happy. We want her to be happy.
Malik: Once again......you care?
Hiei: No. When she's not happy, like right now, we suffer.
Bakura: You wouldn't want us to suffer, would you, minna-san? *big watery anime eyes*
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(Yami: *reads review responses* Geez, she can go from hyper to psycho in seconds.....)
Review responses:
Blue Eyed Canadian Authoress: ^^ Ok, about your blooper ideas: 1. I NEVER THOUGHT OF THOSE! I LOVE M. ROD JOKES! 2. O.O Oddly, we already have a reason for Isis to not be able to say her lines without cracking up. Sharing brainwaves there.... 3. ^^ I used that one. ^^ Of couuurse you can come to the cast party! ^^ Shogo?
Shogo: ^^ *hands BECA an official invitation*
Mojobubbles: Hold on to that, the security's gonna be rather tight. Gotta keep out all the YGO haters. O.o Inu-Yasha gooooood! ^^ Mwoohaha. I was proud of that chappy. ^^ Especially the third person thing. *ego goes up a few notches*
yesim@-flamesofeternaldarkness: Ok, I'll ignore it. ^^ Moving on to the comments on your other reviews......*snuggles chibi Malik as well* His voice was just a 'little' weird in the dub though. O.o Ooh, Going Under rox my sox. The video's rather scary tho. o.o Especially when your computer's slow and it's, like, freezing all the time. Actually there is a point when Isis is really happy - when Malik gets rid of Yami Malik at the end of the final Yugi/Malik duel. I have a picture of all the Ishtars at the end, and Isis has this scary overly perky look on her face. o.o Yes, Yami Malik shoulda said stupid bastard or something to that effect, but one thing is that one of the readers is really really opposed to cursing and I didn't wanna offend her, plus ever since I found out that Yami Malik is technically 5 years old, I've had him acting like a spoiled brat. ^^
Arian Starswing: ^^ I suck at updating. ^^ Glad ya liked.
A Watcher: *blinks* Wellllll......I don't watch Card Captor Sakura so I have nooo idea who you're talking about, but you can glomp 'em anyway......*sweatdrop* ^^ But anyway, I'm glad you liked. I think chappie 11 is probably one of the best chapters so far......
Daricio: Mwooohahaha. Die TD! DIIIEEEEEE!!!! ^^
Katiekat1414: Eeeeww. Otaku on OOC pills is scary. I hateses it......*hisses* Yessss.......we hatessssssss it.......don't we, gollum......preciooouuuuusss......
Kamilah: *rolls eyes*
Mojobubbles: ^^ Right. YAY RISHID! *glomp glomp*
Kamilah: *sighs* Do I even need to say it?
Mojobubbles: V.V No scarring the pre-scarred. Katie, the blonde-messy haired dude was s'posed to be Joey, not Malik. Err......is that who you thought it was? *is stupid* *wonders what happened when you were talking about starboard fluff* Uh......yeaaaahhhhh.....^^UUUU
Nezumiiro: Yay MANGA! They are *not* picture books. ¬_¬
Kamilah: *to Kairi* HEY, who you calling pathetic!?!?
Mojobubbles: ^^ Oh dear. *warningly* Kami-chan......
Kamilah: ......*mutters under her breath and walks away*
Mojobubbles: Yes, yes I do have a pic of Inuyasha crying. ^^ Personally I think it's too cute/sad to be used as blackmail, but whatever floats your boat.....ok, in my bio, under the homepage thingy, there's a linkie to my blog/diary thingy. In an entry, I have linkies to the pics of him crying! ^^
Ice-Spirit Phoenix: Arigato! ^^ \V/
Ali: Well, I'm not the first to write a Yu-Gi-Oh!/Harry Potter crossover........^^U I've read some pretty darn good ones, too. ^^ But anyway, I'm glad you like mine!
Curtis Zidane Ziraa: ^^ *turns out lights and holds flashlight up to face* BOO! Heh, j/k. ^^ Glad ya like.
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Some of Madame Pomfrey's chocolate had been given out to the ones who'd been forced out. Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape had gone straight to the Shadow Realm with the help of the remaining Millennium Items, and the others waited.
About 10 minutes into the wait, the door burst open and Aneko, Lindsey, Adara, and Ginny appeared in the doorway.
"Harry!" Ginny cried, running over and hugging him, as Lindsey sat down on the floor next to Yugi and Aneko buried her head in Kaiba's chest. Adara stood in the doorway, her eyes wide.
"Where's Malik?!" she demanded. "And Kaya and Shogo and Ron and Bakura and Mokuba and Serenity!?"
"T-they took 'em," Joey said, his voice shaking. "Sirius an' some of the teachers are lookin' for 'em, but........" Joey slid down to the floor, his head buried in his hands, and Adara sat next to him, her arms wrapped around his shoulders.
Tea sat with her arm around Hermione, and Harry tightened his grip on Ginny. Aneko reached around and hugged Kaiba hard, while Tristan looked around at the rest of the weary group. Yugi and Yami were sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall, and Lindsey had her arm around Yugi's shoulders. Rishid and Isis stood in the corner, both of them looking anxious.
For a while, no one said anything. Suddenly, Yami smashed his fist against the floor.
"Isn't this what we came here to prevent!?!?" he shouted angrily, jumping up and beginning to pace.
No one said anything; no one even moved. Except for Isis.
She slowly walked up to Yami, and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. "It's alright," she said quietly. "I'm scared too."
He bit his lip, and reached out and hugged her back.
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"What are you gonna do to us!?" Ron demanded, trying to steady his voice.
"Kill you, of course," Voldemort replied.
"You sure we're gonna be that easy to get rid of?" Malik demanded.
"Yes, actually I'm not really worried about that......" Voldemort trailed off amused, and looked at Bakura, who still seemed dazed.
Bakari growled, knowing exactly what was going on in Voldemort's twisted mind.
"The boy's stronger than you think," he said gruffly, thinking off all the injuries that he, Bakari, had inflicted on his light.
"We shall see," Voldemort said silkily.
"Yeah, we'll see what's left of you after we're through with you," Yami Malik smirked.
Voldemort smiled insanely. "I like you," he said to Yami Malik. "I almost regret that you're going to be killed when I murder your other half."
With that, there was a sudden rush of wind and flashing lights, and the group was suddenly hurled through a portal that appeared seemingly out of nowhere.
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Back in Hogwarts, everyone in Leorian's room jumped.
"Did you feel that?" Shogo whimpered, scooting closer to Adara and Joey.
"Something just happened," Yugi said quietly.
"Do.....do you think they're.....?" Rishid couldn't finish his sentence.
"No," Kaiba said firmly, subconsciously squeezing Aneko's hand tighter. "I think we'd feel it....."
"But we did feel something," Harry pointed out.
"It would feel different if they were dead, ok!?" Kaiba snapped, his voice shaking slightly.
"Seto's right," Isis said softly, still hugging Yami. "They're not dead."
But would that still be true when this was all over?
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"Mou hitori no atashi....." someone said kindly, and Kaya felt herself being lifted up.
(Ok, 'mou hitori no' means 'other of'. Since 'atashi' is the girl form of I, 'mou hitori no atashi' would be how a girl would say 'the other me', just like Yugi uses 'mou hitori no boku', for Yami, 'cause boku is the guy form of I. Get it?)
"Ow," she winced, her eyes snapping open. She blinked for a moment, then realized she was staring straight into the face of her yami, her other personality.
"Daijobu ka?" the other Kaya asked. Kaya nodded, looking around at the others who were rather dazed and confused.
"You two ok?" Sirius was asking, helping Serenity and Mokuba up. Ron was rubbing his head, having landed heavily on the ground.
"I'm sure that didn't help him one bit," Bakari said sourly, propping up Bakura against a headstone.
"Headstone....." Serenity said to herself. "We're in a graveyard?"
"Congratulations, you win the prize," Yami Malik answered, waving a hand in front of Malik's eyes, trying to get his other personality to focus.
"It was a rhetorical question," Kaya told him, noticing how Serenity visibly flinched and shied away.
"Well I answered it anyway," Yami Malik shot back.
"Please, don't fight," Bakura said softly.
"Bakura......" Kaya said gently, crawling over to him and wrapping her arms around his shoulders. He sighed and returned the hug.
"So......where are we?" Yami Malik said suddenly, turning to the others, figuring Malik would be ok later.
"A graveyard," Kaya answered smartly. Yami Malik rolled his eyes at her.
"Go to hell."
"Why don't you-" But Kaya never got to finish her sentence.
They were interrupted by a scream that echoed through the whole graveyard and sent birds in nearby trees into a frenzy.
"Malik!" they cried, clumsily darting toward their friend, who had become the next victim of the Cruciatus Curse.
"Don't c-come any closer!!!" Malik yelled, digging his nails into his palm, crouching low on the damp ground.
"It's ok," he choked. He smiled grimly. "I-I can take it. It-it feels l- like wh-white-hot knives, a-and we all know th-that I can deal with that, n- ne?"
"Yeah, well, last time you had an encounter with white-hot knives, you were gagged," Yami Malik, holding his ears and scowling. "You could've woken the dead just then."
"Not a bad idea," Bakari said to himself, pulling his deck out of his back pocket and using the power of the Millennium Ring to summon Headless Knight.
(*randomly imagines Bakari cheerleading* O.O )
With a roar, the monster sprang forth and swung his sword blindly into the mist.
There was a squeal as the one who had been inflicting the Cruciatus Curse on Malik fell back out of the mist, terrified of the monster. Malik gasped with relief, and fell backwards.
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Back in Hogwarts, Malik's pain did not go unnoticed.
Rishid suddenly slumped to the ground, gasping, and Isis grabbed Yami's arm. Adara felt it too, although not as bad as Rishid and Isis did.
"What's wrong?!" Tea exclaimed.
"It hurts!" Isis choked, and Yami clutched her protectively.
"The Cruciatus Curse!" Adara cried.
"But, how can they-?" Joey asked, looking concernedly at Adara.
"Malik-sama," Rishid said suddenly through clenched teeth. "It's what they're doing to Malik-sama!"
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Malik's attacker stared up at the Headless Knight. "P-please!" he whimpered. "I was ordered to!"
"Sniveling Wormtail," Voldemort said disgustedly, coming up out of the haze behind Malik's attacker. "Can't you see it's simply an illusion?"
"Are you sure?" the other Kaya asked dangerously. "Would you risk your right-hand man to find out?"
"Yes," Voldemort said, his lip curling.
Suddenly, the Headless Knight brought his huge blade crashing to the ground. Wormtail screamed and rolled out of the way, escaping only with a torn robe.
Voldemort stared from the piece of black cloth severed by the Headless Knight back to the others.
"I will make good use of that power," he said finally, grinning broadly.
"You know what!?" Sirius snapped suddenly. "I'm getting sick and tired of you and your over-confidence! You're worse than Yami Yugi, for God's sake! You think just because at one time you were the most powerful wizard in Britain, you can just waltz right up and take whatever you want!"
"Power doesn't work that way," Malik added quietly, slowly getting to his feet. "Believe me."
"Really?" Voldemort said, his playful air gone. He was getting very annoyed with these Muggles and their little wizard friends. "You think that Lord Voldemort, heir of Salazar Slytherin himself, is not worthy to take the Millennium Items?"
The others looked at him squarely, and nodded. Well, all of the others except Kaya.
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Back in Hogwarts, Yami suddenly froze.
The name Salazar Slytherin drifted across his mind, for some reason he couldn't explain just then, and his eyes widened.
"Who......" he said slowly, turning to Hermione and Harry, "is Salazar Slytherin?"
"He was one of the founders of Hogwarts; the Slytherin house is named for him." Hermione looked at Yami strangely. "Why?"
He ignored her question. "Does he have any connection to Voldemort?" he asked urgently.
Harry nodded. "Voldemort is his heir......."
"Yami!" Isis exclaimed softly, turning to look at him. "Wasn't Salazar Slytherin the one that....?"
Yami stared off into space, as though he hadn't heard her question.
"Imagine," he murmured. "The heir against the heirs....."
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"Kaya, are you ok?" Mokuba asked, noticing that she had frozen.
"He's.....the heir......of the man that.....the man that......."
They stared at her expectantly.
"The man that fought a Shadow Duel against my parents.......and won."
Everyone's eyes widened.
"That's how you knew about the Items, isn't it?" Kaya asked, her voice shaking slightly. "That's what he wanted, and you......"
"Very good, you've figured it out," Voldemort said, his overly friendly air back again.
"And........that's why you've separated me and Yami. After all, he was the one that saved the Items from Slytherin 3,000 years ago, right?"
"Once again, you've figured it out. I'm impressed. Of course, unlike my dear ancestor, I'm prepared. I have a plan of attack." He took out his wand, and looked over them all.
Everyone looked at each other uneasily.
"What are you planning to do?" Serenity demanded, trying to keep her voice from shaking.
"Well, see, I've learned that simply using the Killing Curse doesn't work; your Items are too powerful. So.......I'm planning to use the Cruciatus Curse, until I've broken *every single one of you*," Voldemort told them, smiling in a way that reminded everyone who'd been at Battle City of the way that Malik smiled after he admitted to them all that he was the real Malik, right before he lost complete control of his body to his yami.
(D00d.....Yami Malik's dub voice is so weird......)
"Voldemort clearly does not understand the meaning of a yami," Bakari glared.
"What's say....we teach him?" Yami Malik smirked, and the other Kaya nodded, smiling slightly.
Bakari's frown turned to a smirk as the other two stepped up next to him.
"You see, Voldemort, yamis need to protect their hikaris, because we kind of would be screwed without them," Bakari said placidly.
"I'm different, though," Yami Malik added. "But what the hell; I'll help kick your ass."
"And we're going to send you straight to the Shadow Realm," the other Kaya said arrogantly, and it was easy to see who her other half was related to.
"If anyone deserves that hell, it's you," Malik put in, having been trapped there while his yami was in control of his body.
"Never destroy another's life again," Bakura said softly, his eyes narrowed. "Whether directly or indirectly. No one deserves to suffer that much......no one, except you, maybe."
"Send us a postcard, will you?" Mokuba asked, and Ron and Serenity nodded emphatically.
"Hey, get over here!" Bakari called, jerking his head back at the others.
They all stood shoulder to shoulder, forming a barrier against the most evil wizard the world ever knew.
Slowly but surely, a ring of light began to surround them.
"Crucio! CRUCIO!" Voldemort cried. "Avada kedrava!"
"IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO!?" Bakari and Yami Malik screamed at him at the same time. But then they realized that a ring of darkness was starting to form around Voldemort.
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"......anyone else feel that?" Yugi asked in a small voice.
"It's a duel. It's a game of dark versus light," Yami replied, his own voice tense.
And maybe because he was too worried, or because he agreed, for once Kaiba made no smart remark about there was 'such thing as the forces of dark versus light' or something.
"Don't worry," Rishid said softly, startling them all. "No matter how hopeless it looks, it will turn out in the end. Even if it looks as though the dark is overpowering, as though there will never be light again.......The light will overcome the dark, I know it. People can surprise you in that way. I've seen it happen before......."
Isis smiled and gently pulled away from Yami. She walked over to Rishid and laid her head against his shoulder, blinking away sudden tears.
She knew exactly what he was talking about.
(*hugs the Ishtars* ^____^)
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"Incendio!" Voldemort managed to yell out, the spell flying from his wand and striking both Bakura and Mokuba, who flew backward, unconscious.
But before anyone could do anything, the rings of light grew brighter, and suddenly the whole graveyard was engulfed in light, although they could see a portal to the Shadow Realm open behind their opponent.
"WEEEEEEEE WIIIIIIIN!!!!" Yami Malik screamed over the roar of wind and light. Voldemort screamed too, but anyone could see that it was not a happy scream. (oO)
And when the light faded, the portal was gone.
And so were Voldemort and Wormtail.
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Back in Hogwarts, Harry fell out of his seat, biting back a scream and clutching his scar.
But despite the pain, he laughed, ignoring the looks on his friends' faces that clearly said, 'Have you lost it?'
"They won!" Harry cried. "They beat Voldemort!"
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"Oniiichan......"
Bakura groaned.
Voices were melting together. The only words he could pick out were 'coming to' and 'bump on the head' and 'smashed into that headstone'.
And he could pick out a girl's voice.
"Oniiiiichan......"
He knew that voice.......he knew it, whose was it?
"Amane," he mumbled. "Amane....."
"Oniichan," the voice said softly, and it sounded as though the owner was about to cry.
"What's wrong?" Bakura mumbled, raising his hand, but unable to open his eyes.
"I love you, oniichan."
Bakura felt a hand grasp his own.
"I love you too," he whispered, slowly opening his eyes.
He saw a pair of wide chocolate-brown eyes that could only belong to a female, and wisps of purplish-white hair brushed his cheek. A pale, rounded face was inches from his own. The girl was not sickly; her face was just naturally pale.
Bakura grinned, and the girl grinned back.
"Just making sure you're ok," she said, sounding relieved.
"Ok," Bakura said softly. "You going now?"
"Mm-hm," the girl nodded. Her smile faded slightly and her lip quivered. She buried her head in his chest.
"I love you."
Bakura nodded, closing eyes to keep the tears back. "I....I love you too, Amane."
He opened his eyes again, and saw that she was gone.
He felt someone lift him into a sitting position, and everything came back into focus. His friends were staring at him, looking rather scared.
"Daijobu?" Kaya asked softly.
Bakura nodded, wiping his eyes. "Just kind of sore."
"You were hallucinating," Ron said bluntly.
Bakura blinked. "Oh."
"Nice, Ron," Sirius groaned.
Bakura turned and saw it was his yami holding him up.
Bakari's eyes were wide and questioning.
'That really happened, didn't it?' they asked.
Bakura smiled and nodded slightly.
Bakari nodded too, and raised his eyebrows.
/What's with that look?/
//What look?//
/That skeptical look./
//Hey, I believe you....//
/Oh, sure./
//I'm serious! I've talked to dead people plenty of times; I know what it's like.//
Bakura sighed exasperatedly. "Is Mokuba alright?" he asked concernedly, noticing the boy laying motionless in Sirius' arms.
"He'll be fine," Sirius assured. "He just got whacked around more than you did."
"Um......I have a question," Serenity said hesitantly. Everyone turned to her. "How are we getting back to Hogwarts?" They all tensed, realizing they weren't quite sure.
Just then, as though as an answer to her problems, a familiar voice called out, "Anyone here?"
"Snape!" Sirius hollered. "We're here!"
"Where?"
"Just get your ass over here and help me!"
Suddenly, Snape, McGonagall, and Dumbledore appeared through the mist.
"How'd you find us?" Malik asked, feeling weak with relief.
"In his haste, Voldemort forgot to seal the portal he used to take you from the Shadow Realm here. The others back at the castle used their powers to bring us to the Shadow Realm, and everything just went from there," Dumbledore explained, winking.
"Wait......where's You-know-who?" Snape asked.
"Banished," Yami Malik grinned.
"To the darkest recesses of the Shadow Realm," the other Kaya added.
"You know, we get enough talk like that from your other's brother," Bakari pointed out, still supporting Bakura.
"Can we just go now?" Kaya sighed.
Dumbledore smiled. "Yes. All I have to say is that you all have shown bravery and strength beyond anything I could have imagined."
Suddenly, there was another rush of wind and a flash of light.
'I bet most of these spells are mostly show,' Bakari thought to himself, keeping a tight grip on Bakura's arm as they were transported back to Hogwarts.
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Back in Leorian's room, the others suddenly stared at each other.
"They're back!" they all cried at once, and tore out of Leorian's room.
They ran up to the entranceway, and saw their friends and siblings, standing there, looking weary but happy.
For a few moments, everyone just stood and stared at each other.
But Serenity broke the silence. "Oniichan!" she cried, running forward and hugging Joey.
Hermione practically tackled Ron, and Kaya flew at Yami. Malik grinned, watching the reunions, when suddenly Adara stalked over and slapped him in the face.
"YOU IDIOT!" she screamed, throwing her arms around him.
Malik grinned and hugged her back. "I swear, I have the most violent girlfriend in all of England."
"I can't believe you ran off and did that! You could've gotten killed, you could've gotten banished to that Shadow place, you could've-"
Adara shut up when Malik placed his lips squarely on hers.
They broke away, and Malik noticed Isis and Rishid standing there, looking rather out of place. He grinned again and, after squeezing Adara's hand again, strode over to them.
Isis smiled at him for a moment, before leaning forward and hugging Malik as though he would be snatched away from her again at any moment.
"Sorry about that," Malik said quietly. "I hope you weren't too worried."
"It's alright," Isis said softly.
Malik felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned, and grinned at Rishid, who had to smile back. Malik, on a whim, reached out and hugged his brother.
"Thanks for taking care of Isis for me," he whispered.
The reunion was happy - for everyone except Kaiba, that is. Because Mokuba had yet to wake up.
Sirius had laid Mokuba gently on the floor, and Seto had sat down right there on the tiled ground and pulled his brother in his arms.
"You gotta wake up, kid," he whispered. "Aneko's really worried."
Suddenly, as though someone had come along and slapped him in the face, Seto remembered a scene from not too long ago.
(Ok, I'm going to completely screw around with the timeline here and stick in a Noa-Arc-Happening. O.O)
He remembered kneeling on that rock, reaching for Mokuba, when Noa had turned them both into statues.......
He still wasn't sure how his stepbrother had managed it, but every time he thought about it it made his skin crawl. He remembered the odd sensation; it was as though his mind had been separated from his body. It was the same feeling he got when he had gone into his own virtual world, except that time he had been confident he'd come out again.
Then he remembered when suddenly, he could move his limbs again, and how Mokuba had flown into his arms. He remembered how good it felt, and he realized that he'd been uncertain that he'd ever be able to hug Mokuba again.
He remembered that, although he'd never admit it in a thousand years, but he'd almost cried.
"Nii....sama....."
Seto was yanked back into the present, and he looked hopefully down at Mokuba.
Mokuba groaned and looked up, blinking. "Hi," he said hoarsely.
"Hey, kid," Seto said, smiling with relief.
And then he realized that what that bald guy....Rishid, or whatever, had said back in Leorian's room.
He looked around at all the others, rejoicing to be back in each other's arms, and he realized that it was true.
The light overcomes the dark........
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Mojobubbles: *looks at the author's notes in the beginning and sighs*
All: *eye her warily*
Mojobubbles: .....Let me take a moment to apologize.
Malik: Oh yes, can't have your precious reviewers mad at you......
Mojobubbles: No, Malik, I'm apologizing to my posse thingy too. See..........this year, so far things have been really stressful. It's been a while since I was upset about......that......but I left it up there because I just.....I just.......ah whatever. I just wanna say I'm sorry, minna, and I wanna thank you for putting up with my bitches and rants and lack of update. ^______^ You guys are like the screaming fans on the sidelines that inspire sportsy people to get out there and play, and for that I'm grateful. \V/!!
Kamilah: ^^ Very well put, aibou. NOW POST!