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Chapter Five: They came with the Night: Part Two
Mai's House: about 9:30
"That was some kiss from Tristan Serenity," said Tea as she walked in the door followed by Serenity
"So, you and Yami were partially making out!" Serenity teased Tea
"Oh shut up!" Both girl were laughing hysterically when Mai finally walked in
"What is so funny? Oh by the way Seren you own be big time for having to distract Joey from you and Tristan."
"Fine what do I have to do? And what is so funny is that Tea is giving me a bad time about the kiss Tristan gave me when her and Yami were basically making out, but she disagrees."
"I see and I will decide what I want you to do later. So what do you girls want to do?"
"Well I brought a whole bunch of movies."
"I hope they're not all chick flicks and friendship stories Tea."
"No Mai I brought a good mix of movies for tonight."
"Is popcorn included?"
"Serenity!" yelled Tea and Mai
"What? You can't watch movies without having popcorn."
"I know that it is just sometimes you sound so much like your brother it is scary. I mean after that whole pizza chant him and Tristan did in the limo the last thing we need is you asking about food." Replied Tea while trying he best not to laugh at the look on Serenity's face.
"And yes there is going to be popcorn, but I suggest that we all change into our comfy clothes before we start the movies." Stated Mai as if nothing had happened
"Where are we going to sleep tonight." Asked Serenity
"I figured we would just camp out in the TV room and watch movies till we all fall asleep. How does that sound?"
"Great!" said Serenity
"No problems here." Said Tea
Ten minutes later, or fifteen in Mai's case, the girls were back downstairs and trying to decide what movie to watch first. Not surprisingly Serenity wanted to watch what Mai called a 'Chick Flick' and Mai wanted to watch an action movie. Whereas Tea refused to get involved in the argument and instead went to make popcorn for when Mai and Serenity finally decide on a movie.
/It is really amazing how much those to can fight sometimes yet still be best friends/ Tea thought as she listened to the popcorn popping and what sounded like a pillow fight going on in the TV room. /I think maybe I should go play referee or just join in the fight. You never know it might be fun/ The popcorn finished and Tea put it into a bowl and went back to the TV room where Mai and Serenity were have a pillow fight and looked as if they were having the time of their life. /I think I will join them/ Putting the bowl of popcorn in a place out of harms way Tea picked up her pillow walked up behind Mai and gave her a good hit on her back.
"What the!" Mai twirled around to see Tea smiling at her and holding a pillow, "You're going to get it Tea!" Mai said with a smile, but before she could do anything Serenity and Tea both ganged up on her.
The pillow fight lasted for about twenty minutes, each girl to turns partnering with one another and ganging up on the one left out. The fight only ended when Mai almost broke a lamp that had belonged to her grandmother.
"Okay! Okay! Enough!" Mai yelled to stop Serenity and Tea who had now ganged up on her, "Lets just settle on a movie and eat popcorn."
"Agreed." Said Tea and Serenity
"So what movie should we watch?"
"Well what movies were you and Serenity fighting over?"
"Serenity wants to watch A Walk to Remember and I want to watch The Scorpion King."
"Sorry Seren, but I am going to go with Mai on this one."
"Come on Tea you like that movie too."
"Oh stop whining Seren, we will watch it after we watch The Scorpion King."
"Fine."
The girls settled into their sleeping bags and begin to watch The Scorpion King (Alexia: I love that movie!!) and then A Walk to Remember although Mai fell asleep half way through it. They watch one last movie that made them all fall asleep it was called For the Love of the Game. Tea had rented it because she heard it was good but it turned out to be boring.
Yugi's house: 10:00pm
The guys had finally gotten to Yugi's house half an hour after dropping the girls off. Yami and Yugi had switch again and Yugi was tired. He had never been in his soul room for so long. It had been kind of fun watching everyone, but he eventually got bored.
// Next time can we keep the amount of time I spend in there to less then almost ten hours!//
///Sorry, but please don't yell I can hear you perfectly well. Remember we share the same body.///
//Oh sorry//
"Hey Yugi! Come on!"
"Okay Joey! Just a second!"
///Yugi I really think you should get some sleep.///
//I will be fine for a little while. I would like to have some fun too you know.//
///All right but don't blame me when you start to fell weak.///
//Whatever//
///He'll never learn///
//I heard that//
///Dame!///
Yugi, Joey and Tristan spent the rest of the hour playing videogames. They didn't talk about the kisses they had shared with their girlfriends and it was for a good many reasons. One Tristan didn't want Joey to know that he had kissed Serenity, he could just see Joey reaction and it didn't look pretty. Also Joey was not one to talk about what him and Mai did and Yugi did not care to go back in his soul room so Yami could come out and talk about the kiss him and Tea had shared and the guys knew it to.
At eleven Tristan was the first one to fall over sleeping and then it was Yugi. Finally after about a half and hour Joey realized he had only been winning so easily because the other two had fallen asleep. So he decided to turn off the TV and also go to sleep.
Everyone from Kaiba's Mansion to Yugi's house was asleep and Pegasus having his Millennium Eye knew it. Pegasus, Marik, Jackson and a masked man waited patently outside of the Kaiba mansion, their black van hidden in the shadows. Pegasus M. Eye stopped glowing and he nodded to Marik who picked up his M. Rod and it began to glow.
//Mind slave please inform the other that it is time to capture Valentine, Garner and Wheeler.//
///Yes Master Marik///
Outside Mai's House: 12:30pm
Keith, Steps, and Duke watched as a glowing eye formed on the head of a man in purple robes who was with them. When the eye faded from his head he looked at them and simply said "Its time."
Keith knelt down by the front door to Mai's house and begin to pick the lock. About a minute or two later there was a small click and the door opened. The four men walked into the pitch black house being very careful not to bump into anything, they did not want to wake the girls. They checked all the downstairs rooms of the house then the upstairs but they could find no one.
"Duke I thought you said the three girls would be here." whispered an angry Steps
"They should be. There must be a room we missed."
They stood there thinking for a moment when they heard a faint sound coming from the back of the house. It sounded like a TV or a radio. The four men agreed to go have a look and see what was making all that noise. When the reacted the back of the house they saw a light coming from under a closed door. Keith was the one to open it
"They're in here."
Slowly the crept into the room, well all except for the Rare Hunter he stayed out side the TV room door just incase. All three of the pull a glass bottle and a rage for out of their coats and poured some of the liquid in the bottles onto the rages. But it was Duke who made the mistake of opening his bottle well he was kneeling next to Serenity because the smell of the chloroform woke up Serenity. She opened her eyes and saw Duke Devlin kneeling next to her with a bottle and a rage and what smelled like chloroform (Alexia: I have no idea if this stuff smells or not, but I am saying it does anyway) and did the first thing that came to her mind she screamed,
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
Mai and Tea woke with a start,
"Serenity what the hell is your prob." but Mai stopped right there when she saw Keith standing above her, Steps next to Tea and Duke kneeling by the screaming Serenity. Mai became scared and mad, more mad then scared and demanded from Keith, "What the hell are you doing in my house and how the hell did you get in!!"
"Oh I just picked the lock." Said Keith in a somewhat trilled voice
"Well if I were you, and thank god am not, I would get the hell out of my house right now!"
"I don't think I will, but there is something else that I will do."
"And what that?"
"Simply this." Keith grabbed Mai's arm, pulled her onto her feet and shoved the rage in his other had over her nose and mouth. But Mai expecting something like this was ready. Keith held her rather close to himself so Mai, being the girl she is, raised her left leg and kick him right in the nuts. Keith fell backwards almost in tears because of how hard she had kicked him. This shocked the two other in the room allowing Tea and Serenity time to get as far away from them as they could.
Sadly this did work for long, with the Rare Hunter guarding their only exit the girls didn't last for long. The fight lasted about fifteen minutes before the guys were able to knock the girls out with the chloroform-socked rages. But it wasn't as easy as they would have liked it for Tea, Serenity and Mai put up one hell of a fight. But the girls got a little bit of satisfaction from the fight, Mai beside kicking Keith in the nuts gave him a bloody lip and a rather sore stomach from where she had punched him. Serenity, surprising Duke, gave him a bloody nose, a cut over one of his eyes and a couple of bruises. Tea gave steps a bloody nose, black eye and a couple of bruises as well. But in the end the guys got the best of them.
Making sure no one was watching, the Rare Hunter lead the way out of the house to the Black van hidden in the shadows of the bushes right outside Mai's house. They set the girls in the back of the van and left. They had cleaned up everything they had knocked over and re-locked the door so nothing would look suspicious if anyone came looking for them. About half way to Yugi's house Marik called his Rare Hunter again,
//Have you finished your job?//
///Yes Master Marik. We have the girls and are now heading for little Yugi's house.///
//Excellent. I shall inform the others// Marik's Rod stopped glowing for only a moment then it illuminated once more. Across town in yet another black van a man in purple robs sat silent until an eye formed on his forehead.
///You have need for me Master Marik?///
//Yes, the others are on their way to little Yugi's house and they have the girls with them. I want you and Bakura to get in and get out as fast as you can. Do you understand?//
///Yes Master Marik. It shall be done just as you asked./// Marik's Rod stopped glowing and didn't start again.
"Everything is in order I presume?" asked Pegasus
"Yes, everything is going just as we planned."
"Excellent."
"This might be a stupid question, but if we were just going to kidnap them in the first place why hold the tournament?"
"For two very simple reasons. One I am sick and tired of Yugi or I should say the Pharaoh holding the title The King of Games for a game that I created. Seconded I also don't like Kaiba being the World Champion and if you read my rule book you will see that nether have to be in the tournament or present at the Finals to lose their titles."
"It is a you say simple yet brilliant."
"Thank you, now you must answer one of my question."
"I was not aware that we were trading questions for questions, but I will answer your question if it suites me."
"If you don't answer this question you might find one of you plans has a flaw in it."
"Are you threatening me Pegasus? Because if you are it may prove to be a deadly choice."
"It is not a threat Marik on the contrary it is a promise."
"Well that may prove to be just as deadly, but you might as well ask the question."
"Very well, my question is this: What is it you want with my daughter? I know you want to make her your queen, but why not just use the Queen herself and control her mind? If I am correct in my assumptions there is more to my daughter then I know."
"You are right Pegasus there is more to you daughter then you know. You know that your daughter had a past life much like the pharaoh; she was the Sorceress and a very powerful one at that. Isis as she was known was no ordinary Sorceress she was also half goddess; for inside her very soul dwelt the esseasn of the most powerful goddess in Egyptian history the goddess Isis. That is why they named her Isis; it was in honor of the goddess who had bestowed this gift upon her. Yami's father, who was Pharaoh at the time of her birth, was informed of this extraordinary child and gave her the Millennium Necklace when she was older. The Necklace enhanced her powers along with giving her new ones and aided helping her control them. Now you daughter Ariel still has these powers locked deep inside of her along with the spirit of the Necklace and she is beginning to unlock them."
"How do you know all this?"
"You forget Pegasus that I was raised on the Ancient Scriptures. I know about all Yami's little friends and the powers that they are just beginning to uncover. I know how to manipulate them and use them to our advantage."
"So I was right, you do just want my daughter's power and nothing else."
"No that is not the reason I want her. I could easily transpher her powers into the Queen as hard as that would be. I have my reasons for wanting her."
"Well I would like to know for the reasons can't have anything to do with love because you don't even know my daughter."
"Oh but I do know you daughter Pegasus and I do love her. I love you daughter more then anything. And that is the reason I hate Yami and Kaiba so much."
"Marik what in gods name are you talking about and don't you dare lie to me. I will not have anything happen to my daughter and I will not allow you anywhere near her if you don't give me a straight answer." Pegasus was staring daggers at Marik and his Eye was beginning to glow. Jackson who had been sitting quietly in the van moved further towards then man in black. Although this man disturbed him deeply he did not want to be near Pegasus and Marik just in case they started to fight. Jackson knew enough about the Items to know how deadly they could be and if anyone chose to fight with them you did not want to be anywhere near them. For even if you were a bystander your life could be in danger.
Marik on the other hand was deeply amused by all this. The look of horror on Jackson's face was enough to make him want to laugh out loud, which he hardly ever did. Pulse Pegasus' furry was enough to make him fall over laughing. The mere thought of this man acting like a father was almost to amusing to bear.
"Well sense you insist," Marik was smirking as he said this, "Again it all lies with in the Ancient Past. Isis did not grow up in the palace. It was not until she was about eighteen that she was taking away to the palace. For most of her life she lived in a small village about fifty miles from the Palace. In my past life I lived in the same village and our families were very good friends. I was Isis' childhood friend and we spent as much time as we could together. When we were older I begin to realize that I was falling in love with Isis and before she was taken away to the Palace I was going to or at least thinking about asking her to merry me. Sadly she was taken away before I could ask her or even ask her father's permission. About three months after she had gone I decided to go and visit her and tell her how I felt. When I told her, her face turned from joy to sorrow, she told me she did love me but only as a sister loves a brother. My heart broke and I did not think it could break anymore or that the pain could be any worse, how wrong I was. As I was leaving the palace I saw my one true love in the arms of the low life High Priest Seto." Marik became silent as if he was to disgusted to go on.
"So let me guess you were so hurt and angry that you turned to a life of stealing and murder to get back at the Pharaoh. And at some point you and the Tomb Robber Bakura teamed up."
"Correct and if any of you in this van ask me again about it I will kill you or worse I will send your soul to the Shadow Realm." Every one in the van become silent but they were all uncomfterible or at least Jackson was.
Outside of Yugi's House: about 1:35am
Bakura sat silently inside the black van that was parked in the shadows of Yugi's house. Bakura was not usually a patient person, but this was worth the wait. His last attempt to destroy the Pharaoh failed and he did want this one to fail as well. So if that meant being patient he was willing to indure the torture. Bakura was so deep in thought that he did not notice another black van turn the corner and stop just in front. One of the Rare Hunters that was with Bakura tapped him on the shoulder startling him and causing him to almost send the Hunter to the Shadow Realm, but he stopped just in time.
"What the hell were you think of!!! Never ever sneak up on me like that again. Because next time I will send you to the Shadow Realm."
"Yes Master Bakura."
"Now what is it that you want?"
"Just to inform that the others have arrived."
"Thank you. Now lets continue with the plan."
Bakura got out of the van and walked towards the second one. As he approached it a figure stepped out and it was non other than Bandit Keith; who to his disliking, not mentioning even more damage to his pride, was still limping and had a fat lip. Bakura was laughing under his breath when he saw the state Keith was in.
"I see we had a little bit of shall we say an encounter with a feisty girl." Bakura was mocking Keith
"Shut it Bakura! I am in no mood to put up with you sarcastic talk!"
Bakura's Ring appeared from under his shirt and was glowing. Bakura's eyes became menacing and pierced Keith's skin like a dagger. Keith begins to gasp for breath as his lungs begin to close as if there were to giant hands squeezing them.
"Wha-what.are.gasp.you.gasp.doing.gasp.to.me?" Keith fell to his knees clutching his chest and his face turning blue.
"It would be wish mortal for you to learn your place. I am an ancient spirit with power beyond anything your tiny brain could possibly comprehend. So I suggest you learn to hold your tongue in my presence or I my just remove it for you." His Ring stopped glowing and went back under his shirt. The pressure on Keith chest was released and he fell to the ground onto his stomach breathing heavily. Bakura just walked past him with a look of pure evil on his face.
Duke jumped out of the van just in time to see Keith fall to the ground and Bakura walk away. He was completely stund by what just happened. Keith was breathing but he was not moving, what kind of power did this Bakura have? Bakura walked straight up to Duke who jumped about a foot back, he didn't want to be near Bakura at the moment. Bakura merely laughed.
"What did you do to him?" Duke was almost whispering
"He needed to learn a lesson." Was all Bakura said.
"What kind of lesson?"
"Your are a little to curious for your own good mortal and unless you want to be in the same state I suggest you shut you mouth and continue with what you are suppose to be doing."
Duke called to Steps to come out of the van so they could get the job over and done with. This time though they were going in a little more prepared for a fight then last time. Each of them, including Keith who had finally stood up, was sporting a club just incase. Bakura carried nothing for he had his Ring and that was enough for him. This time there were four Rare Hunters with them, not including the one who was back in the second van guarding the girls, they knew that this would be even harder then before so they were not about to go in lightly.
Just like before Keith picked the lock of the door and they entered. They were getting ready to split up and look for the three guys when a noise on there left startled them. Using his quick thinking Bakura hid them in the shadows by making the night even darker and the shadows deeper. The noise had come from the kitchen Joey had woken up just as they entered the house but never heard them because he was only thinking about how hungry he was. They watched as Joey grab a cold slice of pizza from the fridge and go back in the living room.
Bakura kept them hid in the shadows until he was sure that Joey was sound asleep after eating his pizza. The shadow that surrounded them lifted and they headed towards the living room were Joey had gone. The TV and the game system were still on and Yugi and Tristan were asleep in front of them. Joey on the other hand had settled himself on the couch in front of the TV. Every one pulled there clubs out of their belts and walked up to one of the sleeping guys.
Bakura walked up to Yugi well Duke stood next to the sleeping Tristan next to Yugi. Keith with a sadistic smile on his face stood next to Joey with his club ready to strike. Two of the Rare Hunters and Steps waited inside the room, while the other two Hunters waited outside the room just incase someone happened to get past. As Bakura had expected Yugi was the first to wake, Yami had obviously warned him of the danger in the house. Yugi who was still half asleep only though, at first, that Ryou had come back.
"Ryou? When did you get back? And how did you get in my." Yugi abruptly stopped as his realized that it was not Ryou in front of him but the evil spirit Bakura. When he realized that it was the Tomb Robber his Puzzle glowed bring Yami out and waking up Tristan and Joey.
"So the Pharaoh is man enough to face me. I had hopped so." Bakura had a smirk on his face.
"What the hell is going on here!?! I mean come on can't a guy get some sleep!?!" Joey was not too happy and he was even less happy when he saw Keith
"Who invited this asshole to the party?"
"Shut up mutt!" Keith hit Joey in the head with the club, but we all know Joey has a hard head so it didn't do much except to make him even angrier. Next thing every one knew Keith and Joey were on the floor through punch after punch at each other.
"Give it to him Joey. Give him a left and a right and another left!" Tristan yelled instructions to Joey, but this annoyed Duke
"Shut up Tyler!" Duke was the one to throw the first punch
"Well if this isn't amusing?" said Bakura
"What are you doing here Tomb Robber?"
"Just do my a job that was assigned to me, but it is more like fun. Considering that I am here to get you and I already have your Queen." Bakura was smiling as if it was Christmas
"If you dare hurt Tea I will rip you limb from limb!"
"I see I struck a nerve, but don't worry she is fine for now and for what I hear she can fight." That was the last straw for Yami him and Bakura engaged in a Shadow game of the mind. However it was not for either of their Items it was merely for strength.
Meanwhile Joey seemed to have the upper hand in his fight with Keith. That was until Keith brought out his secret weapon.
"Oh by the way Wheeler I have you girlfriend and your beloved sister. I must say Mai is sure good looking." Joey was so stunned that Keith was able to knock him off his feet. The same went for Tristan, he had heard what Keith said and was pissed off. If anything happened to Serenity he would kill Duke. He knew Duke liked Serenity but he never thought he would go as far as kidnapping her.
The fist fights and the Shadow Game continued for who knows how long and it was obvious to the two Rare Hunters outside the room that it was not going to end anytime soon. The fight continued for another twenty minutes before the Hunters decided to stop it. They signaled they others in the room, who abruptly stopped what they were doing and quickly put on mask. Before Yami, Joey or Tristan could figure out what was going on the room filled up with smoke. The last thing any of them remembered was a room full of smoke and then nothing.
As the smoke cleared the damage that had been done could be seen. The coffee table had split in two after Joey and Keith's fight spilled onto it. Two lamps lay on the ground in pieces and the game system was smashed. Every one who had been in the fight, with the exception on Yami and Bakura, was bruised and bleeding. The Rare Hunter grabbed the three passed out figures lying on the floor and left the house. Bakura, Steps, Keith and Duke didn't bother to clean anything up considering that too much had been broken. The only thing they did was lock the door again on their way out.
The Hunters loaded Yami, Joey, and Tristan into the van that Bakura was driving and got in themselves. The others got in the second van happy that the fight was over. Keith was ready to pass out after being beating up by Mai and then having a fight with Joey he was in the worst shape of all of them. Thankfully the girls had not woken up and no one noticed what was going on.
In the first van Bakura had taken a walkie-talkie from out of the glove compartment and called Pegasus.
"Pegasus pick up this is Bakura."
"What is it Bakura?"
"We finished our job and Yugi did not call Kaiba. They didn't even know what hit them."
"Good head back to the hideout and we will meet you back there in an hour or so."
"As you wish." Bakura put down the walkie-talkie and put the van in drive. He pulled up along side the other van and Duke, who was driving, rolled down the window.
"News from the boss?"
"He wants us to go back to the hideout and wait there for further instruction."
"Okay we will follow you."
They left Yugi's house.
In front of the Kaiba Mansion
"They have completed their job and Kaiba is unaware that we are waiting outside."
"Our plan seem to be going rather smoothly with the exception of them get hurt, but that is the price you pay for successes."
"Shall we go in and get them?"
"I think so, Kaiba will never know what hit him." (Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. It is getting a little more intense and it will get even more intense. PLEASE R&R!!!! THANKS!!!)
Quick Thank Yous:
Kaz for another review, THANK YOU!!!!! Angel for my third review, THANK YOU!!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't not own Yu-Gi-Oh!!! I wish I did, but I don't!!!
/.../ = Thinking //...// = Talking to spirit or Marik talking to his mind slaves ///./// = Spirit talking back or the mind slaves talking back
Chapter Five: They came with the Night: Part Two
Mai's House: about 9:30
"That was some kiss from Tristan Serenity," said Tea as she walked in the door followed by Serenity
"So, you and Yami were partially making out!" Serenity teased Tea
"Oh shut up!" Both girl were laughing hysterically when Mai finally walked in
"What is so funny? Oh by the way Seren you own be big time for having to distract Joey from you and Tristan."
"Fine what do I have to do? And what is so funny is that Tea is giving me a bad time about the kiss Tristan gave me when her and Yami were basically making out, but she disagrees."
"I see and I will decide what I want you to do later. So what do you girls want to do?"
"Well I brought a whole bunch of movies."
"I hope they're not all chick flicks and friendship stories Tea."
"No Mai I brought a good mix of movies for tonight."
"Is popcorn included?"
"Serenity!" yelled Tea and Mai
"What? You can't watch movies without having popcorn."
"I know that it is just sometimes you sound so much like your brother it is scary. I mean after that whole pizza chant him and Tristan did in the limo the last thing we need is you asking about food." Replied Tea while trying he best not to laugh at the look on Serenity's face.
"And yes there is going to be popcorn, but I suggest that we all change into our comfy clothes before we start the movies." Stated Mai as if nothing had happened
"Where are we going to sleep tonight." Asked Serenity
"I figured we would just camp out in the TV room and watch movies till we all fall asleep. How does that sound?"
"Great!" said Serenity
"No problems here." Said Tea
Ten minutes later, or fifteen in Mai's case, the girls were back downstairs and trying to decide what movie to watch first. Not surprisingly Serenity wanted to watch what Mai called a 'Chick Flick' and Mai wanted to watch an action movie. Whereas Tea refused to get involved in the argument and instead went to make popcorn for when Mai and Serenity finally decide on a movie.
/It is really amazing how much those to can fight sometimes yet still be best friends/ Tea thought as she listened to the popcorn popping and what sounded like a pillow fight going on in the TV room. /I think maybe I should go play referee or just join in the fight. You never know it might be fun/ The popcorn finished and Tea put it into a bowl and went back to the TV room where Mai and Serenity were have a pillow fight and looked as if they were having the time of their life. /I think I will join them/ Putting the bowl of popcorn in a place out of harms way Tea picked up her pillow walked up behind Mai and gave her a good hit on her back.
"What the!" Mai twirled around to see Tea smiling at her and holding a pillow, "You're going to get it Tea!" Mai said with a smile, but before she could do anything Serenity and Tea both ganged up on her.
The pillow fight lasted for about twenty minutes, each girl to turns partnering with one another and ganging up on the one left out. The fight only ended when Mai almost broke a lamp that had belonged to her grandmother.
"Okay! Okay! Enough!" Mai yelled to stop Serenity and Tea who had now ganged up on her, "Lets just settle on a movie and eat popcorn."
"Agreed." Said Tea and Serenity
"So what movie should we watch?"
"Well what movies were you and Serenity fighting over?"
"Serenity wants to watch A Walk to Remember and I want to watch The Scorpion King."
"Sorry Seren, but I am going to go with Mai on this one."
"Come on Tea you like that movie too."
"Oh stop whining Seren, we will watch it after we watch The Scorpion King."
"Fine."
The girls settled into their sleeping bags and begin to watch The Scorpion King (Alexia: I love that movie!!) and then A Walk to Remember although Mai fell asleep half way through it. They watch one last movie that made them all fall asleep it was called For the Love of the Game. Tea had rented it because she heard it was good but it turned out to be boring.
Yugi's house: 10:00pm
The guys had finally gotten to Yugi's house half an hour after dropping the girls off. Yami and Yugi had switch again and Yugi was tired. He had never been in his soul room for so long. It had been kind of fun watching everyone, but he eventually got bored.
// Next time can we keep the amount of time I spend in there to less then almost ten hours!//
///Sorry, but please don't yell I can hear you perfectly well. Remember we share the same body.///
//Oh sorry//
"Hey Yugi! Come on!"
"Okay Joey! Just a second!"
///Yugi I really think you should get some sleep.///
//I will be fine for a little while. I would like to have some fun too you know.//
///All right but don't blame me when you start to fell weak.///
//Whatever//
///He'll never learn///
//I heard that//
///Dame!///
Yugi, Joey and Tristan spent the rest of the hour playing videogames. They didn't talk about the kisses they had shared with their girlfriends and it was for a good many reasons. One Tristan didn't want Joey to know that he had kissed Serenity, he could just see Joey reaction and it didn't look pretty. Also Joey was not one to talk about what him and Mai did and Yugi did not care to go back in his soul room so Yami could come out and talk about the kiss him and Tea had shared and the guys knew it to.
At eleven Tristan was the first one to fall over sleeping and then it was Yugi. Finally after about a half and hour Joey realized he had only been winning so easily because the other two had fallen asleep. So he decided to turn off the TV and also go to sleep.
Everyone from Kaiba's Mansion to Yugi's house was asleep and Pegasus having his Millennium Eye knew it. Pegasus, Marik, Jackson and a masked man waited patently outside of the Kaiba mansion, their black van hidden in the shadows. Pegasus M. Eye stopped glowing and he nodded to Marik who picked up his M. Rod and it began to glow.
//Mind slave please inform the other that it is time to capture Valentine, Garner and Wheeler.//
///Yes Master Marik///
Outside Mai's House: 12:30pm
Keith, Steps, and Duke watched as a glowing eye formed on the head of a man in purple robes who was with them. When the eye faded from his head he looked at them and simply said "Its time."
Keith knelt down by the front door to Mai's house and begin to pick the lock. About a minute or two later there was a small click and the door opened. The four men walked into the pitch black house being very careful not to bump into anything, they did not want to wake the girls. They checked all the downstairs rooms of the house then the upstairs but they could find no one.
"Duke I thought you said the three girls would be here." whispered an angry Steps
"They should be. There must be a room we missed."
They stood there thinking for a moment when they heard a faint sound coming from the back of the house. It sounded like a TV or a radio. The four men agreed to go have a look and see what was making all that noise. When the reacted the back of the house they saw a light coming from under a closed door. Keith was the one to open it
"They're in here."
Slowly the crept into the room, well all except for the Rare Hunter he stayed out side the TV room door just incase. All three of the pull a glass bottle and a rage for out of their coats and poured some of the liquid in the bottles onto the rages. But it was Duke who made the mistake of opening his bottle well he was kneeling next to Serenity because the smell of the chloroform woke up Serenity. She opened her eyes and saw Duke Devlin kneeling next to her with a bottle and a rage and what smelled like chloroform (Alexia: I have no idea if this stuff smells or not, but I am saying it does anyway) and did the first thing that came to her mind she screamed,
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
Mai and Tea woke with a start,
"Serenity what the hell is your prob." but Mai stopped right there when she saw Keith standing above her, Steps next to Tea and Duke kneeling by the screaming Serenity. Mai became scared and mad, more mad then scared and demanded from Keith, "What the hell are you doing in my house and how the hell did you get in!!"
"Oh I just picked the lock." Said Keith in a somewhat trilled voice
"Well if I were you, and thank god am not, I would get the hell out of my house right now!"
"I don't think I will, but there is something else that I will do."
"And what that?"
"Simply this." Keith grabbed Mai's arm, pulled her onto her feet and shoved the rage in his other had over her nose and mouth. But Mai expecting something like this was ready. Keith held her rather close to himself so Mai, being the girl she is, raised her left leg and kick him right in the nuts. Keith fell backwards almost in tears because of how hard she had kicked him. This shocked the two other in the room allowing Tea and Serenity time to get as far away from them as they could.
Sadly this did work for long, with the Rare Hunter guarding their only exit the girls didn't last for long. The fight lasted about fifteen minutes before the guys were able to knock the girls out with the chloroform-socked rages. But it wasn't as easy as they would have liked it for Tea, Serenity and Mai put up one hell of a fight. But the girls got a little bit of satisfaction from the fight, Mai beside kicking Keith in the nuts gave him a bloody lip and a rather sore stomach from where she had punched him. Serenity, surprising Duke, gave him a bloody nose, a cut over one of his eyes and a couple of bruises. Tea gave steps a bloody nose, black eye and a couple of bruises as well. But in the end the guys got the best of them.
Making sure no one was watching, the Rare Hunter lead the way out of the house to the Black van hidden in the shadows of the bushes right outside Mai's house. They set the girls in the back of the van and left. They had cleaned up everything they had knocked over and re-locked the door so nothing would look suspicious if anyone came looking for them. About half way to Yugi's house Marik called his Rare Hunter again,
//Have you finished your job?//
///Yes Master Marik. We have the girls and are now heading for little Yugi's house.///
//Excellent. I shall inform the others// Marik's Rod stopped glowing for only a moment then it illuminated once more. Across town in yet another black van a man in purple robs sat silent until an eye formed on his forehead.
///You have need for me Master Marik?///
//Yes, the others are on their way to little Yugi's house and they have the girls with them. I want you and Bakura to get in and get out as fast as you can. Do you understand?//
///Yes Master Marik. It shall be done just as you asked./// Marik's Rod stopped glowing and didn't start again.
"Everything is in order I presume?" asked Pegasus
"Yes, everything is going just as we planned."
"Excellent."
"This might be a stupid question, but if we were just going to kidnap them in the first place why hold the tournament?"
"For two very simple reasons. One I am sick and tired of Yugi or I should say the Pharaoh holding the title The King of Games for a game that I created. Seconded I also don't like Kaiba being the World Champion and if you read my rule book you will see that nether have to be in the tournament or present at the Finals to lose their titles."
"It is a you say simple yet brilliant."
"Thank you, now you must answer one of my question."
"I was not aware that we were trading questions for questions, but I will answer your question if it suites me."
"If you don't answer this question you might find one of you plans has a flaw in it."
"Are you threatening me Pegasus? Because if you are it may prove to be a deadly choice."
"It is not a threat Marik on the contrary it is a promise."
"Well that may prove to be just as deadly, but you might as well ask the question."
"Very well, my question is this: What is it you want with my daughter? I know you want to make her your queen, but why not just use the Queen herself and control her mind? If I am correct in my assumptions there is more to my daughter then I know."
"You are right Pegasus there is more to you daughter then you know. You know that your daughter had a past life much like the pharaoh; she was the Sorceress and a very powerful one at that. Isis as she was known was no ordinary Sorceress she was also half goddess; for inside her very soul dwelt the esseasn of the most powerful goddess in Egyptian history the goddess Isis. That is why they named her Isis; it was in honor of the goddess who had bestowed this gift upon her. Yami's father, who was Pharaoh at the time of her birth, was informed of this extraordinary child and gave her the Millennium Necklace when she was older. The Necklace enhanced her powers along with giving her new ones and aided helping her control them. Now you daughter Ariel still has these powers locked deep inside of her along with the spirit of the Necklace and she is beginning to unlock them."
"How do you know all this?"
"You forget Pegasus that I was raised on the Ancient Scriptures. I know about all Yami's little friends and the powers that they are just beginning to uncover. I know how to manipulate them and use them to our advantage."
"So I was right, you do just want my daughter's power and nothing else."
"No that is not the reason I want her. I could easily transpher her powers into the Queen as hard as that would be. I have my reasons for wanting her."
"Well I would like to know for the reasons can't have anything to do with love because you don't even know my daughter."
"Oh but I do know you daughter Pegasus and I do love her. I love you daughter more then anything. And that is the reason I hate Yami and Kaiba so much."
"Marik what in gods name are you talking about and don't you dare lie to me. I will not have anything happen to my daughter and I will not allow you anywhere near her if you don't give me a straight answer." Pegasus was staring daggers at Marik and his Eye was beginning to glow. Jackson who had been sitting quietly in the van moved further towards then man in black. Although this man disturbed him deeply he did not want to be near Pegasus and Marik just in case they started to fight. Jackson knew enough about the Items to know how deadly they could be and if anyone chose to fight with them you did not want to be anywhere near them. For even if you were a bystander your life could be in danger.
Marik on the other hand was deeply amused by all this. The look of horror on Jackson's face was enough to make him want to laugh out loud, which he hardly ever did. Pulse Pegasus' furry was enough to make him fall over laughing. The mere thought of this man acting like a father was almost to amusing to bear.
"Well sense you insist," Marik was smirking as he said this, "Again it all lies with in the Ancient Past. Isis did not grow up in the palace. It was not until she was about eighteen that she was taking away to the palace. For most of her life she lived in a small village about fifty miles from the Palace. In my past life I lived in the same village and our families were very good friends. I was Isis' childhood friend and we spent as much time as we could together. When we were older I begin to realize that I was falling in love with Isis and before she was taken away to the Palace I was going to or at least thinking about asking her to merry me. Sadly she was taken away before I could ask her or even ask her father's permission. About three months after she had gone I decided to go and visit her and tell her how I felt. When I told her, her face turned from joy to sorrow, she told me she did love me but only as a sister loves a brother. My heart broke and I did not think it could break anymore or that the pain could be any worse, how wrong I was. As I was leaving the palace I saw my one true love in the arms of the low life High Priest Seto." Marik became silent as if he was to disgusted to go on.
"So let me guess you were so hurt and angry that you turned to a life of stealing and murder to get back at the Pharaoh. And at some point you and the Tomb Robber Bakura teamed up."
"Correct and if any of you in this van ask me again about it I will kill you or worse I will send your soul to the Shadow Realm." Every one in the van become silent but they were all uncomfterible or at least Jackson was.
Outside of Yugi's House: about 1:35am
Bakura sat silently inside the black van that was parked in the shadows of Yugi's house. Bakura was not usually a patient person, but this was worth the wait. His last attempt to destroy the Pharaoh failed and he did want this one to fail as well. So if that meant being patient he was willing to indure the torture. Bakura was so deep in thought that he did not notice another black van turn the corner and stop just in front. One of the Rare Hunters that was with Bakura tapped him on the shoulder startling him and causing him to almost send the Hunter to the Shadow Realm, but he stopped just in time.
"What the hell were you think of!!! Never ever sneak up on me like that again. Because next time I will send you to the Shadow Realm."
"Yes Master Bakura."
"Now what is it that you want?"
"Just to inform that the others have arrived."
"Thank you. Now lets continue with the plan."
Bakura got out of the van and walked towards the second one. As he approached it a figure stepped out and it was non other than Bandit Keith; who to his disliking, not mentioning even more damage to his pride, was still limping and had a fat lip. Bakura was laughing under his breath when he saw the state Keith was in.
"I see we had a little bit of shall we say an encounter with a feisty girl." Bakura was mocking Keith
"Shut it Bakura! I am in no mood to put up with you sarcastic talk!"
Bakura's Ring appeared from under his shirt and was glowing. Bakura's eyes became menacing and pierced Keith's skin like a dagger. Keith begins to gasp for breath as his lungs begin to close as if there were to giant hands squeezing them.
"Wha-what.are.gasp.you.gasp.doing.gasp.to.me?" Keith fell to his knees clutching his chest and his face turning blue.
"It would be wish mortal for you to learn your place. I am an ancient spirit with power beyond anything your tiny brain could possibly comprehend. So I suggest you learn to hold your tongue in my presence or I my just remove it for you." His Ring stopped glowing and went back under his shirt. The pressure on Keith chest was released and he fell to the ground onto his stomach breathing heavily. Bakura just walked past him with a look of pure evil on his face.
Duke jumped out of the van just in time to see Keith fall to the ground and Bakura walk away. He was completely stund by what just happened. Keith was breathing but he was not moving, what kind of power did this Bakura have? Bakura walked straight up to Duke who jumped about a foot back, he didn't want to be near Bakura at the moment. Bakura merely laughed.
"What did you do to him?" Duke was almost whispering
"He needed to learn a lesson." Was all Bakura said.
"What kind of lesson?"
"Your are a little to curious for your own good mortal and unless you want to be in the same state I suggest you shut you mouth and continue with what you are suppose to be doing."
Duke called to Steps to come out of the van so they could get the job over and done with. This time though they were going in a little more prepared for a fight then last time. Each of them, including Keith who had finally stood up, was sporting a club just incase. Bakura carried nothing for he had his Ring and that was enough for him. This time there were four Rare Hunters with them, not including the one who was back in the second van guarding the girls, they knew that this would be even harder then before so they were not about to go in lightly.
Just like before Keith picked the lock of the door and they entered. They were getting ready to split up and look for the three guys when a noise on there left startled them. Using his quick thinking Bakura hid them in the shadows by making the night even darker and the shadows deeper. The noise had come from the kitchen Joey had woken up just as they entered the house but never heard them because he was only thinking about how hungry he was. They watched as Joey grab a cold slice of pizza from the fridge and go back in the living room.
Bakura kept them hid in the shadows until he was sure that Joey was sound asleep after eating his pizza. The shadow that surrounded them lifted and they headed towards the living room were Joey had gone. The TV and the game system were still on and Yugi and Tristan were asleep in front of them. Joey on the other hand had settled himself on the couch in front of the TV. Every one pulled there clubs out of their belts and walked up to one of the sleeping guys.
Bakura walked up to Yugi well Duke stood next to the sleeping Tristan next to Yugi. Keith with a sadistic smile on his face stood next to Joey with his club ready to strike. Two of the Rare Hunters and Steps waited inside the room, while the other two Hunters waited outside the room just incase someone happened to get past. As Bakura had expected Yugi was the first to wake, Yami had obviously warned him of the danger in the house. Yugi who was still half asleep only though, at first, that Ryou had come back.
"Ryou? When did you get back? And how did you get in my." Yugi abruptly stopped as his realized that it was not Ryou in front of him but the evil spirit Bakura. When he realized that it was the Tomb Robber his Puzzle glowed bring Yami out and waking up Tristan and Joey.
"So the Pharaoh is man enough to face me. I had hopped so." Bakura had a smirk on his face.
"What the hell is going on here!?! I mean come on can't a guy get some sleep!?!" Joey was not too happy and he was even less happy when he saw Keith
"Who invited this asshole to the party?"
"Shut up mutt!" Keith hit Joey in the head with the club, but we all know Joey has a hard head so it didn't do much except to make him even angrier. Next thing every one knew Keith and Joey were on the floor through punch after punch at each other.
"Give it to him Joey. Give him a left and a right and another left!" Tristan yelled instructions to Joey, but this annoyed Duke
"Shut up Tyler!" Duke was the one to throw the first punch
"Well if this isn't amusing?" said Bakura
"What are you doing here Tomb Robber?"
"Just do my a job that was assigned to me, but it is more like fun. Considering that I am here to get you and I already have your Queen." Bakura was smiling as if it was Christmas
"If you dare hurt Tea I will rip you limb from limb!"
"I see I struck a nerve, but don't worry she is fine for now and for what I hear she can fight." That was the last straw for Yami him and Bakura engaged in a Shadow game of the mind. However it was not for either of their Items it was merely for strength.
Meanwhile Joey seemed to have the upper hand in his fight with Keith. That was until Keith brought out his secret weapon.
"Oh by the way Wheeler I have you girlfriend and your beloved sister. I must say Mai is sure good looking." Joey was so stunned that Keith was able to knock him off his feet. The same went for Tristan, he had heard what Keith said and was pissed off. If anything happened to Serenity he would kill Duke. He knew Duke liked Serenity but he never thought he would go as far as kidnapping her.
The fist fights and the Shadow Game continued for who knows how long and it was obvious to the two Rare Hunters outside the room that it was not going to end anytime soon. The fight continued for another twenty minutes before the Hunters decided to stop it. They signaled they others in the room, who abruptly stopped what they were doing and quickly put on mask. Before Yami, Joey or Tristan could figure out what was going on the room filled up with smoke. The last thing any of them remembered was a room full of smoke and then nothing.
As the smoke cleared the damage that had been done could be seen. The coffee table had split in two after Joey and Keith's fight spilled onto it. Two lamps lay on the ground in pieces and the game system was smashed. Every one who had been in the fight, with the exception on Yami and Bakura, was bruised and bleeding. The Rare Hunter grabbed the three passed out figures lying on the floor and left the house. Bakura, Steps, Keith and Duke didn't bother to clean anything up considering that too much had been broken. The only thing they did was lock the door again on their way out.
The Hunters loaded Yami, Joey, and Tristan into the van that Bakura was driving and got in themselves. The others got in the second van happy that the fight was over. Keith was ready to pass out after being beating up by Mai and then having a fight with Joey he was in the worst shape of all of them. Thankfully the girls had not woken up and no one noticed what was going on.
In the first van Bakura had taken a walkie-talkie from out of the glove compartment and called Pegasus.
"Pegasus pick up this is Bakura."
"What is it Bakura?"
"We finished our job and Yugi did not call Kaiba. They didn't even know what hit them."
"Good head back to the hideout and we will meet you back there in an hour or so."
"As you wish." Bakura put down the walkie-talkie and put the van in drive. He pulled up along side the other van and Duke, who was driving, rolled down the window.
"News from the boss?"
"He wants us to go back to the hideout and wait there for further instruction."
"Okay we will follow you."
They left Yugi's house.
In front of the Kaiba Mansion
"They have completed their job and Kaiba is unaware that we are waiting outside."
"Our plan seem to be going rather smoothly with the exception of them get hurt, but that is the price you pay for successes."
"Shall we go in and get them?"
"I think so, Kaiba will never know what hit him." (Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. It is getting a little more intense and it will get even more intense. PLEASE R&R!!!! THANKS!!!)