Mokie & y.bakura: *looks unimpressed*
Me: plus y. bakura's my fav yami and mokie…..well he sure is a cutey! *pets head*
Mokie: lotsa does not own ygo. *turns evil* Mwa hahaha…..
chap. 6 Bakura in VR world
Y. bakura's POV*****
After my little shadow trick with the brat, my mood grows sour. Part of my soul still resides in the millenium wall chambers, after a mind slave smashed it against the wall and I got a hold of one piece, back in Ryou's body. The place I am in has many multi-chambers and stairs case leading every which way. Ah, home sweet home.
"You haven't got rid of me yet, brat," I say aloud, climbing through an arched doorway. "You haven't got rid of me ye-et," I say in a sing-song, looking up at the never ending ceilings while walking.
Instantly the floor collapses beneath my feet. Quickly, I roll to the side and hang on to a ledge, smirking at the yawning black void beneath me. Useless traps, like always.
I land with a jump on some sturdier ground, part of the ledge breaking off in my hand. Oh, well. The pharaoh's soulroom is crumbling……good. Then his soul will be shattered.I toss it over my shoulder, expecting to hear the echoing clank of the thin walls.
"Bakura? What are you doing here?"
taken slightly off guard, I roll, neatly to one side and face my enemy, like a cobra. No…..not the pharaoh….it's his weaker hikari. How perfect…..
"I'm lost, Yugi…" I say in Ryou's voice. "Please help me……"
He takes a step closer, and I noticed his step is tentative. I can do a pretty good imitation of my former hikari, even the soul is purely mine. "I-I…..something happened after Marik defeated me and I'm here……."
"Oh..... We'd better wait for Yami, then….right now, he's up against one---"
"No!" I say quickly, startling him. "You have to help me with something. Come here."
He comes, a little reluctantly. Suddenly, I throw myself against a golden wall of the maze. A crack forms, and begins to grow wider while he stares in shock. The trusting idiot.
The pharaoh's soul room shakes violently. The winding staircases start to crumble off on top of us. Grinning, I smash another wall with my shoulder; the trembling gets worse.
"Stop it! You're not Ryou, are you..?!" he cries. "How did you get in here?!"
"Are you going to tell on me?" I mock, yelling to be heard over the shaking. "I'll make this stop if you help me. Otherwise…."
"Why do you need my help?!" he clenches his fists. "Tell me!"
I touch the walls and the shaking stops. "I guess we have a deal. I need to get my Ring back to the Kaiba's brother again to control his body." I say, knowing he will remember none of this later, anyway.
"Mokuba?!" His eyes grow fat. "Why HIM?!" he stammers in surprise.
"Ah, Yu-gi." I smile and shake my head with a low chuckle. "There's so much you don't know…..but right now I need to sap some of your magic. You don't mind, do you?!" I grin and take a menacing step towards him with outstretched hands..
*****Mokie's POV******
After I threw that gold circle with the points off, I followed my big brother through another virtual door Noah left for us. I could tell Seto was in a tense mood, even though his back was to me. His shoulders were set rigid as we entered.
A large building, strangely familiar with a grated wire fence stood in the middle. Next to it, a small playground with just a swing, one monkey bar and a sad looking merry go round stood in the sandbox. I saw Seto's jaw twitch in sight of it.
"This is the old orphanage…." I gasped, my eyes growing bigger, taking everything in. The rush of memories makes me feel like a hundred years old somehow. "There I am in the swing! But how could Noah know that I spent the whole day there when we first arrived, big brother?"
"I have no idea." He says shortly and quickly moves forward towards the front door. I hear a car drive up, and sadly remember us being dropped off because no one wanted us anymore. The car door opens, a tall, wide man gets out. Beside me, Seto turns halfway.
"Step-father….." I say shakily, as the man walks right past us with the headmistress of the orphanage. As if in a trance, I follow.
"…..the stench is killing me. you do bathe these urchins, don't you?" the man is saying to her. I remember that swinging step of his very well. I glance at my brother, but his expression doesn't flicker.
Peeking through the window, I see …..me and my brother. The old, half broken TV is on, a static-ky voice says, "In today's news, Gozaburo Kaiba, grand chessmaster, donates half of his winnings to a local charity….."
I tremble suddenly, not wanting to hear or see any more of our past. "Somehow, Noah's program activates on memories," I hear Seto say in murmur, where he's joined me by the window. "I know I've never heard of such a thing." he continues.
This doesn't make me feel any better, but by then I am used to it. I find myself looking back and forth from him to the brother I used to know in the window. That one is smiling, as the old me looks helplessly down because I'd lost again. A big lump swells at my throat; I look at the two of us with longing. The old us….
"…..what, are you afraid you'll be beat by a kid or something?!" the young Seto is saying to the man. "If I win, you'll have to adopt my brother and me……do we have a deal?!"
No…. I think, knowing what's gonna happen next. I bow my head, fighting the urge to burst into the classroom and try to stop the future from happening.
"Hmph. Beat an old grandmaster on my first try." the grown Seto says, smirking at the window, watching. "Not bad for a twelve year old kid, eh?"
I hear a snap. in my head. "Well, at least you smiled once in a while back then!" I shout in a voice I've never heard before come out of my mouth. It takes us both aback; me especially. My heart hammers in my chest hard until I feel almost dizzy. "Now…..you're just a shell of the old you!"
"Mokuba…." He says gently. With an effort; I can tell. "Get a grip and calm down. Don't you know this is what Noah wants? He's trying to turn us against each other!"
I glare back, feeling my eyes sting and itch in the silence. "I don't care…..I'm gonna stop it!" Whirling, I reach for the doorknob, turn it and pull hard. I have to stop it from happening again…..
A cold black wind overtakes me, and instead of the classroom, I see a black hole with raging, choppy waves at the bottom. The orphanage disappears, and suddenly we're atop of a cliff. I snap out of it and start to fall with a loud gasp.
"Hold on……I got you." I feel his hand grab my arm, and I shake in fear as I dangle over in the air. Please don't let go…….i think, suddenly feeling like my old self again. Soon he pulls me up to safety, and I sit on the cold ground, shaking. We start to head out the door again.
Seto suddenly stops and turns. "Mokuba….." I think that he is about to scold me for my yelling. But no…. "…..There's a lot of I did that I regret but it's too late to change the past. What's done is done. Period. We have to look toward the future now."
I nod. There is nothing to say as we make our way out in silence. After awhile of walking, my neck begins to get a funny tingle. No, not again......
Remember me? I hear a rasp in my ear. I flinch hard. What…so silent? No warm greeting? A horrible cackle.
I utter a moan under my breath, my vision horribly blurring as he starts to force control of my body again. My hands reach up weakly. Oh no you don't! I think I'll take over now. I'm feeling powerful now, that I used Yugi's shadow power to transport my Ring back to you…..
"Yugi…..Yugi knows…..?" I murmur feebly, staggering along side my brother who is in his own world and thankfully doesn't hear me. Hope rises in my heart.
Heh….don't get your hopes up, 'Mokie'……I erased his memory so there IS no hope! The evil spirit appears in see-through form beside me, a ghostly outline against the trees. I shudder, grabbing my arms, trying to keep warm.
Cold? Heh heh……He grabs my head. His hands feel like a block of ice.
No…..leave ……me…… alone……. I sob, diving into blackness.
**Y.Bakura's POV*****
I decide to follow the brother, since I have no experience with this 'VR world', it's best to be with him, since the hapless fool believes me to be his flesh and blood. So little he knows. Then, when I see the way out of this nonsense, I will ditch him. He mutters something to me, and points to a building of some sort in the distance. We start to make our towards it. Perhaps he thinks it's a way out.
We're NOT gonna ditch him, so forget it! The brat struggles mercilessly. Let me go!he whines. Get outta my head!
Sorry, I sneer, looking around at the trees and bushes. I have never seen such greenery… /What, you've never seen a bush?!/ he snaps back.
No…..you little idiot……in Egypt there is no 'bushes'. Curiously, I touch one. It passes right through my hand. Weird.
That take him by surprise. /…..You're from Egypt……?/
Well, of course. Are all of you nitwits?! Don't ask any more questions! Such a naïve imbecile like him could never understand my plans. We reach the center of the building finally.
"Well, here we are." The taller brother says, scanning the place. "Our father's old company building......"
Holding my breath, I silently pick up a piece of long metal from the cement and crept slowly towards his turned back. It was time to make me move. Say goodbye to 'big brother'…..his bloodied carcass'll be here in this stupid VR world forever!
NO! He struggles violently to take over, but I am stronger. Yesssss….. I retort mentally, licking my lips in anticipation. Come on, we'll do finish him together……Suddenly the brother turns slightly and looks behind. The pipe drops from my hand with a loud clank. I freeze with my hand in midair. Meanwhile the brat takes advantage of this and forces control back of his body. Did he see me creeping up? I wonder inside. Well, I'll stay here until it's safe…..
From my soul room, I see what's going on. That pointy headed one, Tristan, suddenly appears and swings at the brat's brother, narrowly missing. I growl. It is his fault….. Looks like he'll be dead anyway, I smirk at the boy, who is staring in stunned silence at the scene.
So many things happened in a flash, I can't keep track of it all. But the next thing I know, that 'Tristan' is carrying us off in a motorcycle, with the brat's brother, aka the priest's reincarnation, in hot pursuit. Curses…... I consider taking over and knocking the guy out of the bike, but it would be too risky. I might be found out if 'Mokuba' was seen riding a high speed motorcycle with a limp guy hanging off. No, it was better to wait. I must learn to be more patient; my past mistakes had been due to too much hastiness.
Too bad patience and me don't mix very well……
Well, there u have it. I wrote this so long ago, during my 'angsty' period…..i'd had to swtich back. if dere r any mistakes its cuz of dat -_-;; As long as there are requests to continue I will.aren't i nice? I kept dis cuz I like it plus its a good break from the others so R&R