A/N: Yes, I know I told you I would update Sunday and I know that it's now
Tuesday..actually it's Wednesday for some of my readers. Anyway, Sorry
about the delay I sorta died temporarily. This chapter will be a little of
the pattern, everyone is in it..except the Unknown, that comes later.
Dog Tags
Jounouchi handed the letter over to Marik who read it, then handed it over to Kaiba. Seto had to almost stifle a laugh, he was right about Yugi and he knew it. Managing to keep his usual stone face he looked up at Marik. "Well..this is certainly an interesting predicament." He said blankly.
Jou wanted to hit him. 'God Damn him, he'd probably be laughing right now if I wasn't sittin' right here..' Also managing to contain himself, Jou looked up at Marik. "Well, what are we gonna do?"
"I have absolutely no idea." Marik stared at him. "It's not like there's anything we CAN do.considering we have no idea where he is and I think if Ryou didn't send all of the information, there must be a good reason. Eventually we'll run into him and find out, I'll make sure of it." His eyes flashed.
At the oddest of times, the sound of an approaching helicopter could be heard. "Oh!" Marik exclaimed slightly taken aback by the sound. "That should be one of the returned men from the incident a few weeks ago. Your troop will still have to stay here, they still aren't allow to fight just yet.C'mon, let's go see if it's Honda."
The three of them made their way out of the tent and looked up into the sky at the black mechanism lowering towards them. Marik shivered, he still didn't like that sound. Immediately, someone jumped from the doorless chopper and stumbled clutching their chest, obviously over excerpting themselves believing that their wound had totally healed. "Yep.dat's Honda," Jou said sighing knowing how arrogant his friend could sometimes be.
Marik was the one to run up to him in order to explain his new position as Sergeant. The two soon began arguing; Marik saying he'd gotten there himself and Honda saying it was partially his doing because he was the one shot. A weak defense yes, but then again this IS Honda we're talking about.
Seto looked over at Jou and noticed that he was wearing two dog tags. "You're not still wearing this, are you?" he said reaching for the supposedly fake tag Jou had always worn. Taking a step back, Jounouchi became defensive.
"Ey, don't touch dat!" he exclaimed.
"What's the big deal?" Seto asked with a raised eyebrow.
"It was my dad's." Jou said lowly as he stared at the ground.
"You too, huh?" Seto said. Katsuya looked up at him in a confused manner. Slowly, Seto reached under his shirt and removed two dog tags; his own and his father's.
"YA never told me dat-" Jou began but Seto cut him off.
"You didn't need to know before now." Seto said before walking away, not wanting to deal with Honda and his gloating of recovering from his nearly fatal wound. Jounouchi sighed. 'I am neva gonna understand dat guy.' He thought as he ran to greet Honda.
*Ryou*
Ryou lay sleeping in his tent in the early hours of the day. He had been very glad when he was finally allowed to sleep, for though nothing in his area had happened, he still had to patrol the area at odd hours of the night. Suddenly a screaming alarm brought him flying from his cot in a paniced state. Having fallen asleep in his uniform, he dashed out of the tent ready for whatever had caused the disturbance.
He was immediately sent into a world of chaos. People were running in all different directions as explosions set off all around him and the sky light up orange in some places. Falling to the ground, he began to crawl, trying not to be trampled. He had to reach some sort of trench or something with these bombs being set off but it was a futile attempt. He was stepped on almost instantly and was almost unable to get up afterward. Once he was up however, an odd sort of instinct took over him.
He readied his sniping gun, the one he had been keeping by his bedside each night, and let his body take control. 'Run' was the first thing that came into his mind, and he did run. Swiftly and stealthily, he dashed into a deeper part of the jungle. He backed against a tree and aimed his gun, his eyes moving slowly around his area. 'Someone had to be here to plant and set off those explosives.' he deducted. 'They must still be in close proximity, I can't let them escape.' He darted off into the darkness determined to catch whoever had found their location.
*Yugi*
Yugi moved slowly in the interminable darkness. Peering through the lush bushes he could tell that there was a military camp here. 'But is it our military or the other side?' he wondered. He crouched and waited for movement to see which side this camp was on.
Now at that same time, Honda who was eager to get back to this war slipped out of his tent armed with his gun and decided to take a small walk around the camp and surrounding jungles.
Sensing the movement, Yugi tensed. He aimed carefully. 'Someone must've heard me sneaking around out here!' he thought. Shaking, he clicked the gun into position though he had a sinking feeling he wouldn't be able to use it. Honda heard the click. He dashed over to where Yugi was then jumped on him assuming him to be one of the enemy.
Yugi screamed and attempted to fight off his assailant; but it was to no avail, this guy was too strong and in all the confusion, one single shot rang out, echoed, and then silenced. The grip around him loosened, and a small thump was heard as the limp body hit the soft soil. His heart racing, Yugi began to panic. 'Oh god, oh god, oh god, oh god.' He groped around in the dark until he found the place he was looking for, the man's neck. No pulse. 'Oh no..' he thought entering a state of hysteria. Noticing, the man had a flashlight attached to his belt, Yugi grabbed it a flicked it on.
The sight before him was something he had wished he'd never seen. Blood was everywhere, including all over him. But it was not only the blood that was disturbing but who the blood belonged to that shocked him into a complete state of panic, hysteria, and guilt. He covered his mouth, his eyes growing large. Quickly he shut the light off at the sight of his friend Honda.
"I killed him!" he screamed as he turned and bolted from the sight. "WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?!" Once he was sufficiently far from the sight of Honda, Yugi once again broke down into confused, wracking sobs. Gripping his head, he lay in a ball in the darkness. "Why.Why did he have to die? Why did I have to kill him?! I don't' understand, this isn't right." he said aloud between sobs and screams. Yugi lay there weeping for who knows long until he eventually passed out from the emotional trauma.
*Marik, Jounouchi, Seto*
Jou sat up in the darkness. Something had woken him up.a sound of some kind, but he couldn't really remember. 'Oh well...it was probably just Kaiba snoring.Wait, Kaiba is always awake by now, maybe he heard whatever it was too.' Getting stiffly out of his cot, he ran smack into Seto as he was running into the tent. "God, don't' you EVER watch where you're going?!" Seto snapped angrily. "C'mon, get out here, now there's something YOU need to see!" Practically dragging Jou, he led him outside to a small spot just outside the camp.
Jou gasped at what he saw next. "H-Honda? B-Buddy?" he stuttered. He bent down to check for some kind of pulse when Seto put a hand on him
"Don't bother, I already checked, he's been dead a few hours." Jou nodded numbly, maybe this was just a bad dream. "But look here." Seto shined a light on something just to the right of Honda's mutilated body. "Foot prints..bloody foot prints. They're from whoever killed him." Jou's anger flared.
"Well let's go out there, find whoever did it, and kill 'em!" Jou screamed.
"We'll have to get permission from Marik or the Lieutenant if we want to go." Seto explained calmly.
"I don't give a fuck, god damnit, I'm goin' out dere.." Jou said feeling extremely upset.
"Fine, but if we get in trouble for this, I will kill you." Seto growled lowly.
"Yea, yea, C'mon let's get goin', We gotta get dis guy!" Jou dashed off with the light following the prints. Seto, not wanting to be left in the dark, followed Jou quickly. But little did they know what surprise awaited them at the end of the bloody trail...
END CHAPTER EIGHT
A/N: Well.that was morbid. Review and 9 will be up sooner then this one was.
Dog Tags
Jounouchi handed the letter over to Marik who read it, then handed it over to Kaiba. Seto had to almost stifle a laugh, he was right about Yugi and he knew it. Managing to keep his usual stone face he looked up at Marik. "Well..this is certainly an interesting predicament." He said blankly.
Jou wanted to hit him. 'God Damn him, he'd probably be laughing right now if I wasn't sittin' right here..' Also managing to contain himself, Jou looked up at Marik. "Well, what are we gonna do?"
"I have absolutely no idea." Marik stared at him. "It's not like there's anything we CAN do.considering we have no idea where he is and I think if Ryou didn't send all of the information, there must be a good reason. Eventually we'll run into him and find out, I'll make sure of it." His eyes flashed.
At the oddest of times, the sound of an approaching helicopter could be heard. "Oh!" Marik exclaimed slightly taken aback by the sound. "That should be one of the returned men from the incident a few weeks ago. Your troop will still have to stay here, they still aren't allow to fight just yet.C'mon, let's go see if it's Honda."
The three of them made their way out of the tent and looked up into the sky at the black mechanism lowering towards them. Marik shivered, he still didn't like that sound. Immediately, someone jumped from the doorless chopper and stumbled clutching their chest, obviously over excerpting themselves believing that their wound had totally healed. "Yep.dat's Honda," Jou said sighing knowing how arrogant his friend could sometimes be.
Marik was the one to run up to him in order to explain his new position as Sergeant. The two soon began arguing; Marik saying he'd gotten there himself and Honda saying it was partially his doing because he was the one shot. A weak defense yes, but then again this IS Honda we're talking about.
Seto looked over at Jou and noticed that he was wearing two dog tags. "You're not still wearing this, are you?" he said reaching for the supposedly fake tag Jou had always worn. Taking a step back, Jounouchi became defensive.
"Ey, don't touch dat!" he exclaimed.
"What's the big deal?" Seto asked with a raised eyebrow.
"It was my dad's." Jou said lowly as he stared at the ground.
"You too, huh?" Seto said. Katsuya looked up at him in a confused manner. Slowly, Seto reached under his shirt and removed two dog tags; his own and his father's.
"YA never told me dat-" Jou began but Seto cut him off.
"You didn't need to know before now." Seto said before walking away, not wanting to deal with Honda and his gloating of recovering from his nearly fatal wound. Jounouchi sighed. 'I am neva gonna understand dat guy.' He thought as he ran to greet Honda.
*Ryou*
Ryou lay sleeping in his tent in the early hours of the day. He had been very glad when he was finally allowed to sleep, for though nothing in his area had happened, he still had to patrol the area at odd hours of the night. Suddenly a screaming alarm brought him flying from his cot in a paniced state. Having fallen asleep in his uniform, he dashed out of the tent ready for whatever had caused the disturbance.
He was immediately sent into a world of chaos. People were running in all different directions as explosions set off all around him and the sky light up orange in some places. Falling to the ground, he began to crawl, trying not to be trampled. He had to reach some sort of trench or something with these bombs being set off but it was a futile attempt. He was stepped on almost instantly and was almost unable to get up afterward. Once he was up however, an odd sort of instinct took over him.
He readied his sniping gun, the one he had been keeping by his bedside each night, and let his body take control. 'Run' was the first thing that came into his mind, and he did run. Swiftly and stealthily, he dashed into a deeper part of the jungle. He backed against a tree and aimed his gun, his eyes moving slowly around his area. 'Someone had to be here to plant and set off those explosives.' he deducted. 'They must still be in close proximity, I can't let them escape.' He darted off into the darkness determined to catch whoever had found their location.
*Yugi*
Yugi moved slowly in the interminable darkness. Peering through the lush bushes he could tell that there was a military camp here. 'But is it our military or the other side?' he wondered. He crouched and waited for movement to see which side this camp was on.
Now at that same time, Honda who was eager to get back to this war slipped out of his tent armed with his gun and decided to take a small walk around the camp and surrounding jungles.
Sensing the movement, Yugi tensed. He aimed carefully. 'Someone must've heard me sneaking around out here!' he thought. Shaking, he clicked the gun into position though he had a sinking feeling he wouldn't be able to use it. Honda heard the click. He dashed over to where Yugi was then jumped on him assuming him to be one of the enemy.
Yugi screamed and attempted to fight off his assailant; but it was to no avail, this guy was too strong and in all the confusion, one single shot rang out, echoed, and then silenced. The grip around him loosened, and a small thump was heard as the limp body hit the soft soil. His heart racing, Yugi began to panic. 'Oh god, oh god, oh god, oh god.' He groped around in the dark until he found the place he was looking for, the man's neck. No pulse. 'Oh no..' he thought entering a state of hysteria. Noticing, the man had a flashlight attached to his belt, Yugi grabbed it a flicked it on.
The sight before him was something he had wished he'd never seen. Blood was everywhere, including all over him. But it was not only the blood that was disturbing but who the blood belonged to that shocked him into a complete state of panic, hysteria, and guilt. He covered his mouth, his eyes growing large. Quickly he shut the light off at the sight of his friend Honda.
"I killed him!" he screamed as he turned and bolted from the sight. "WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?!" Once he was sufficiently far from the sight of Honda, Yugi once again broke down into confused, wracking sobs. Gripping his head, he lay in a ball in the darkness. "Why.Why did he have to die? Why did I have to kill him?! I don't' understand, this isn't right." he said aloud between sobs and screams. Yugi lay there weeping for who knows long until he eventually passed out from the emotional trauma.
*Marik, Jounouchi, Seto*
Jou sat up in the darkness. Something had woken him up.a sound of some kind, but he couldn't really remember. 'Oh well...it was probably just Kaiba snoring.Wait, Kaiba is always awake by now, maybe he heard whatever it was too.' Getting stiffly out of his cot, he ran smack into Seto as he was running into the tent. "God, don't' you EVER watch where you're going?!" Seto snapped angrily. "C'mon, get out here, now there's something YOU need to see!" Practically dragging Jou, he led him outside to a small spot just outside the camp.
Jou gasped at what he saw next. "H-Honda? B-Buddy?" he stuttered. He bent down to check for some kind of pulse when Seto put a hand on him
"Don't bother, I already checked, he's been dead a few hours." Jou nodded numbly, maybe this was just a bad dream. "But look here." Seto shined a light on something just to the right of Honda's mutilated body. "Foot prints..bloody foot prints. They're from whoever killed him." Jou's anger flared.
"Well let's go out there, find whoever did it, and kill 'em!" Jou screamed.
"We'll have to get permission from Marik or the Lieutenant if we want to go." Seto explained calmly.
"I don't give a fuck, god damnit, I'm goin' out dere.." Jou said feeling extremely upset.
"Fine, but if we get in trouble for this, I will kill you." Seto growled lowly.
"Yea, yea, C'mon let's get goin', We gotta get dis guy!" Jou dashed off with the light following the prints. Seto, not wanting to be left in the dark, followed Jou quickly. But little did they know what surprise awaited them at the end of the bloody trail...
END CHAPTER EIGHT
A/N: Well.that was morbid. Review and 9 will be up sooner then this one was.