A/N I should start and respond to all the feed back I have gotten over the chapter that contained the "Kingdom Heart's" song called 'Simple and Clean' I has come to my attention that I didn't include a disclaimer and the reason why is because I own the song!
Sakuya: .'' hanryo?
Crystalia : OK...I don't own Kingdom hearts or 'Simple and Clean' so please don't say that I was trying to steal it. I also am aware that the words were not like the original song. I used the song twice and both times the words were my own so that they fit with the scene and the story. I will be using other songs in the future but right now 'Simple and Clean' is my favorite. I also do not claim Yugi's dream sequence in the mentioned chapter (as in whatever chapter it was in) because it was actually Sora's dream from Kingdom hearts. Thank you to all who reviewed and numerous times informed me that I was both wrong and a thief. I am talking to RabidaboutAnime...the person who sent me 35 emails telling me I was wrong.... I get the point. Everyone else who informed me through reviews gets a hug from their favorite Yu-Gi-Oh character and my apologizes!
And just for the record Anzu, Jou, Yugi, Ryou, and Crystalia are all 10 and Yami, Bakura, and Sakuya are all around 17...I think I said this already but since this chapter involves ages I thought it would be best to remind everyone! Oh well. As long as I get my reviews then it's all right. Ok this chapter contains violence, blood, MILD cursing, and a lot of other things little kids shouldn't be reading...Unless they're going to review...
Yugi: Crystalia!!!
Yugi: *blushes* Er...I don't know what you're talking about...
Crystalia: EXACTLY! Anyway let's get to the fic...Bakura your turn to do the disclaimer.
Bakura: I don't want to do the damn disclaimer!
Crystalia: You will do the disclaimer or else I'll *whisper whisper whisper*
Bakura: Huh? What the hell do you say?
Ryou: She said that she'll hang you up by you shoelaces, butt naked, over a crowd of rabid fans...
Bakura: What's wrong with that?
Crystalia: When I said fans...I meant literally...
Bakura: . Crystalia doesn't own a damn thing...there are you happy?
Crystalia: Yes...very to be exact!
Bakura: Wait! I don't even have shoelaces!!!!
Crystalia: ^_^
Everyone: ~.~'
Chapter 15When good ideas go bad
"I can't believe it..." Anzu muttered.
"Yeah...I wonder how much they're selling those for?" Jou said.
"Jounochi!" she scolded. "That's not what I meant."
"Yeah but those Duel Systems were pretty cool!" he said, smiling. "I can see myself now. Go Baby Dragon!"
Anzu laughed. "Not really a name that would strike fear in the hearts of duelists!"
"Hey! My Baby Dragon is powerful! Right Yugi?" Jou asked.
"It is! All you have to do is use the Time Wizard card with it so that it becomes Thousand Year Dragon!" Yugi said. (I'm not sure if that's the name...Shame on me cause I have that card...I'm just too lazy to go and get it...)
"We're getting off topic." Bakura interjected. "What we need to do is decide if this Kaiba is the holder of the Millennium Eye or not."
"Just add up all the facts! His new product has the same eye like the other items do. He lives here in Japan and also had a hand in the creation of Duel Monsters. Plus he just looks shady so he's got to have the Eye!" Jou reasoned.
"I hate to say it...but that almost makes sense." Anzu said sighing. "Now the question is how are we going to get it from him?"
At this question the room went silent. "Stealing is not an option." Yami said, just as Bakura was about to say something, earning him a glare from the tomb raider.
"Why don't we just ask him for it?" Yugi suggested.
"That ain't going to work!" Jou exclaimed. "I know is type. All rich and stuck up! Probably don't even know he got the thing...it's probably just sitting on some shelf, waiting for us to come and take it!"
"There you go again Jou...thinking without your head again." Anzu snapped. "How do you suggest we sneak into his house huh? Have you even seen it? He has guards everywhere and one of the most high tech security systems in all the world. It's going to be near impossible to get in there!"
"And just how do you know all of that?" Jou asked, grinning.
"I...I just do!" Anzu retorted, blushing.
"Why don't we try asking first and then see about stealing?" Ryou suggested.
"What's with you people and stealing?" Yami asked, sighing.
"I've got an idea." Yugi said, catching everyone's attention. Yami didn't like the grin on his hikari's face. "This plan is fool proof!"
"Why did I just get a sudden chill?" Jou asked, as Yugi began explaining his plan.
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Even though Sakuya wasn't sure about what a hospital was, she knew she didn't like them. She had been asleep when her hikari had woken up and found her mother in the living room and had been awakened by the drastic changes in her emotions. So naturally she had come out from the Bell. She was upset that her light looked so frail and scared but really didn't know how to comfort her. It didn't help that the doctor had tried to take Crystalia into another room without Sakuya so she attacked him. Crystalia excused her outburst by saying that Sakuya was her older sister and that she was very over protective. The doctor bought it and promised not to press charges but Sakuya noticed that when ever he'd come to tell them the stasis of Crystalia's mother, he would bring a security guard.
Frankly Sakuya was mad with Crystalia's mom. From what she understood the woman had taken too much of some sort of drug and had taken ill. 'Why even bother taking it if it was so dangerous?' she asked herself as her hikari spoke with another doctor.
She watched as the man shook his head and walked away, leaving the small girl standing there with tears in her eyes. Crystalia sighed as she sat down next to Sakuya and lent against her.
"What did the healer say?" Sakuya asked.
"He said we can't go in until her condition stabilizes..." Crystalia muttered.
Sakuya didn't say anything, but tensed up as a woman and a man in black suits walked up to them. Something about the pair told her not to trust them.
"Hello." The woman greeted. "Are you Crystalia?"
Crystalia sat up and nodded, eyeing the woman with suspicion. "Yes...why?"
"My name is Ms. Janson and this is Mr. Halds and we'd like to ask you a few questions." She said, glancing at Sakuya. "In private."
"No." Sakuya stated flatly.
Both Ms. Janson and Mr. Halds stared at her but Crystalia waved her hand. "This is my sister Sakuya..." Mr. Halds and Ms. Janson looked at each other and nodded.
"Ok...we won't separate you right now...but I still have to ask you some questions." Ms. Janson said. "Now have you ever seen your mother use any types of drugs before?"
Crystalia was startled by the question. She wasn't sure whether or not to answer truthfully. Mr. Halds seemed to see that she wasn't sure because he stepped forward.
"It's ok." He said, his voice somewhat gentle. "You won't get in trouble. We just need to know so to be able to help you mom get better."
"Y...yes..." Crystalia whispered, a sickening nervous feeling in her stomach.
"Good." Ms. Janson said, patting her back, which only caused her to flinch. "Now...how often would you say you mother uses drugs?"
"I don't know..." she muttered.
"Ok...do you know if she uses any other drugs or if she abuses alcohol?" the woman continued.
"I...I don't know..." getting slightly annoyed. Just how was she supposed to know.
"Do you know if you father ever used any drugs?"
That's when Crystalia snapped. "What in the...My father never did any drugs!" she yelled.
"Of coarse not dear." Ms. Janson said, giving Mr. Halds a look. "Now tell me...has your mother ever hit you...you can be honest."
"I don't want to answer any more of your stupid questions." Crystalia spat.
Ms. Janson only smiled before turning and speaking to her partner. She could feel Sakuya tense up as they turned back to them. Mr. Janson reached out and grabbed her wrist.
"What?" Sakuya shouted as the man began to drag Crystalia away. She moved forward but Ms. Janson blocked her way.
"We're just taking her to our facilities until our investigation is complete..." she explained. "There's no need to panic...you'll also be going to a safe home until everything is settled."
"Like hell I will!" she shouted so loud that some of the doctors had stopped to watch. "You give me back my hikari before I really lose my temper!"
"Now now..." Ms. Janson began, placing a hand on her shoulder. She never got to finish her sentence though because in an instant she was flung across the room, where she slammed into a wall.
"Fool!" Sakuya spat, ignoring the shouts from doctors for her to stop. She ran down the hall towards her hikari's screams, using her powers to throw a security guard who made the mistake of trying to stop her. Since she wasn't sure how automatic doors worked Sakuya just blasted them, littering the floor with glass and metal. In the parking lot she could see her light struggling against Mr. Halds who was trying to get her into a car.
"Let her go!" Sakuya said, feeling that this was enough warning to the man. She didn't want to attack him out right.
"This is for her own good!" he said, still struggling to get Crystalia into the car. "Don't you want her to be happy?"
Sakuya paused. Would going with these people make Crystalia happy? Crystalia seemed to sense her hesitation because she glared at her.
"Don't let them take me anywhere! I don't want to go!" she yelled.
Sakuya could feel the same strong power she had felt in the Shadow Realm coming from her light now and decided to save the ignorant man before Crystalia accidentally blew him to bits. Without effort she sent him flying into the same car he was trying to push Crystalia in and magically locked the doors. Crystalia ran over and hugged her, crying. Sakuya didn't say anything. Instead she teleported them to the Apartment where Isia and Tendo were suppose to be staying, hoping that they had room for two more.
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"This is not going to work..." Anzu muttered, struggling not to laugh. "It's just to simple."
"Exactly..." Yugi said, smiling also. "That's why it can't fail!"
"I want to know why I had to be dressed like this though!" Jou yelled. He was currently dressed in a white blouse and a long black skirt along with black heeled boots and a blonde wig. (ooh! Jou in drag!)
"I don't see why you're complaining..." Yami said, not managing to hide his own smile. He was dressed in a simple sweater and black pants set, though he didn't care for the sweater much.
"You're wearing pant's while I'm dressed like some kind of...some kind of..."
"Girl!" Anzu finished for him.
"I already explained that both you and Yami are the tallest and therefore the only ones who can do this right." Yugi explained.
"Bakura's older then me...and he looks more like a girl then me too!" Jou complained.
"I already explained this too. While you're distracting Kaiba Bakura will be breaking into his room...hopefully he doesn't keep the Eye with him." Yugi muttered.
"And just what will you be doing?" Jou asked.
"Me, Anzu and Ryou will be distracting the guards. Now stop worrying or else your lipstick will smudge." Yugi scolded.
"Why can't Bakura do this instead?" Jou whined.
"He can't because he the only one here with experience with theft!" Yugi said. "Now will you stop complaining!"
"It's still not fair..."
"Does everyone know what they have to do?" Yugi asked, receiving nods all around. "Ok then let's get that Millennium Eye!"
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Kaiba was not in a good mood. First of all an order of parts he had made a month ago was late and second that damn Pegasus was harassing him again. Wanted to thank him on his ingenious, but still not realistic, new Duel System...What did that fool want a system so real that his Blue Eyes White Dragon could actually bit him in the ass!
He was even more upset when the doorbell rang just as he was walking by. Normally Kaiba would never even think about opening the door for others, but since he was in a bad mood he was looking for someone to yell at. He was taken back when he saw a young man and what he assumed to be a woman standing on his doorstep.
"What do you want?" he snapped.
"Hello! My name is Jessie and this is my husband Yoki and we are here from the...er...Wizards of the Coast Company in America." Jou said, smiling and using a high pitched voice in an attempt to sound like a girl.
"I don't remember scheduling an appointment with you..." Kaiba said frowning.
"Of coarse you did." Jou said quickly. "Don't you remember...we wanted to feature your new system on the American market..."
"Hmm...I still don't remember, but perhaps my secretary forgot to inform me." Kaiba said. Of coarse he knew he had never scheduled any such appointment and by now he was almost sure that Jessie was a man. But he wanted to know why any man would dress up in such an outfit so he let them in. "My office is this way." He said turning to a room to their left.
Jou smiled behind Kaiba's back while Yami only sighed. He could only hope that Bakura had found what they were after.
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Bakura smiled. "Piece of cake." He said to himself as the window he was breaking into, slid open. The times might have changed but the method was still the same.
Silently Bakura crawled into the room and looked around. It looked as if he was in an office of some kind.
"Now...where would he hide it?" he asked himself.
Carefully Bakura began opening draws and looking behind the paintings that hung in the room. After a while he decided that the Millennium Eye was not in this room, so he silently moved to the hall so to go to the next room. He was surprised to see the hall had many doors and a flight of stairs on one end that led both up and down stairs.
"How in the name of Ra am I going to find that damn thing in this place!" he muttered, as he dodged into another room, which looked a lot like the last one he was in.
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"Ok guys...it's up to us to keep the guards busy!" Yugi said. "You ready?"
Anzu and Ryou nodded. Yugi then stood and moved to the side of the building. Cautiously he looked around the corner to see two guards talking near a tree. One was very large while the other was slim. Looking back at Anzu and Ryou to make sure they were ready, Yugi leapt out and began hopping up and down.
"Hey you!" he yelled, catching their attention. "Yeah! Your mother was a collie!" he yelled thinking of his best insult.
"What?" said the fat guard while the other began to laugh.
"You heard me! You mother was a dog!" Yugi yelled.
"Why you little..." he seethed.
"Calm down Kenta. He's just a kid, trying to get ya all mad. Calm down." The other guard said, smiling.
Unfortunately Kenta listened. "Yea...he ain't nothin' but a runt anyway."
Frowning Yugi stopped hopping. This wasn't supposed to happen. Struggling to think of something insulting, Yugi tried to remember some of the curses his father used to use. (I apologize now for little Yugi's fowl mouth. I promise he'll wash his mouth out with soap as soon as he's done. ^.^)
"You fucking loser!" Yugi yelled, taking not only the guards, but Anzu and Ryou by surprise. "You're a god damn asshole!"
"Watch your mouth kid!" Kenta shouted.
"Make me you nasty mother fucker!" Yugi taunted. "Your mother wasn't nothing but a dumb whore!"
"Brat!" Kenta yelled, about to move forward, but the other guars grabbed his shirt so to stop him.
"That's right stay there! I already know you're too scared to come after me! Guess that's why you're a BITCH!!!!!!!"
"I'm gonna kill ya! I'm gonna kick ya ass!" Kenta yelled, breaking free and running towards him. Yugi wouldn't have thought that someone so big could run so fast.
He ran and was soon joined by Ryou and Anzu. "When he catches you remind me to get a good kick or two in." Anzu said. "Since when were you able to curse like that?"
Yugi blushed. "Er...T.V?"
When they reached the front of the house Yugi, Anzu and Ryou split up, Kenta following Yugi and his partner following Ryou. Yugi smiled inwardly as his pursuer slowed down.
'This is going to be a piece of cake.' He said to himself just before he ran into something hard. Stunned it took Yugi a moment to realize what he ran into, but when he did see he groaned.
"Great...just great..." he muttered.
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"So what interests does your company have with my Holo Duel Systems?" Kaiba asked, sitting at his desk.
"Er...well...we are interested in manufacturing your product and distributing it out among some of our customers in the U.S." Jou said.
"Hmm...that's odd..." Kaiba said, smirking. "Since I don't do business in the United States...I do believe it's Pegasus that does business with your company."
Jou gulped nervously while Yami crossed his arms annoyed.
"So that could only mean one of two things." Kaiba continued. "One your both imposters and if you are then let's just say you'll regret it...or your who you say you are and are just looking to strike a deal with me."
By now Jou was sweating slightly. "Er...Yami?" he whispered hoping Kaiba didn't hear him. "I got a bad feeling about this..."
"Now I think that you are imposters...actually I'm quite sure of it." Seto said, leaning back in his chair.
"What?!" Jou shouted, almost forgetting to talk let a girl. "What kind of thing is that to say! Come on honey! I don't think we want to do any business with such a rude young man!"
Jou got up and quickly made his way towards the door with Yami close behind. In a quick movement Jou had opened the door and was about to go out when he was suddenly confronted by a rather large guard who was holding a familiar figure by his neck.
"Yugi!" Yami shouted as the guard roughly dropped the boy to the floor. Yami was about to open a big can of whoop-ass (hehehe!) but a subtle nod from Kaiba sent the guard on his way.
"You bastard!" Jou yelled. "You knew all along that Yami and me weren't from any damn company! Didn't you?"
"Hmm...Mrs. Jessie I do believe that your voice sound a lot like one of a man." Kaiba said, his smirk widening. "Of coarse I knew! Not that that really matters." He said, sitting back down. "Now let's wait for the rest of your little group."
"Y...you know about the others?" Yugi stammered as Yami helped him to his feet.
"Naturally. I do have one of the best security systems in Japan...I know about the girl and the white haired boy running around outside...and the other young man that is prowling around upstairs...my men are rounding them all up right now and as soon as you are all here..." Kaiba paused, his eyes gleaming maliciously "Then we'll decide what to do..."
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Anzu stopped by a tree, panting for breath. Somehow she and Ryou had gotten separated. As quiet as she could, Anzu walked around the side of the house. She stopped when she heard voices coming from near by.
"Stop struggling boy...you're only making things harder for yourself..." A gruff voice said. Anzu assumed that the boy struggling was either Yugi or Ryou.
"Damn...what am I going to do?" she asked herself as the pair got closer.
"Maybe you should run too?" a voice suggested.
"No...I can't leave my friend behind...wait!?" she gasped, turning around to see a young boy with long sleek black hair standing next to her. "Who are you?"
"I should be asking you that..." the boy said. "You'd better hide or else you'll get caught too."
Anzu didn't argue. Instead she ducked behind a group of near by garbage cans and held her breath as the guard came near. He was holding a still squirming Ryou.
"Master Mokuba? What are you doing out here? Didn't your brother tell you to stay inside until all of the intruders were caught?" the man said.
"Yeah...but I think I left one of my books out here and I was just going to look for it...don't worry it'll only take a moment. Then I'll be right back in my room!" Mokuba said.
The guard was already busy with Ryou so he didn't argue. Anzu waited until he had left to come out of her hiding place.
"Why didn't you give me up?" Anzu asked.
"Well because you don't look like a threat..." Mokuba said honestly.
"You know what...you remind me a lot of a friend of mine..." Anzu said off handedly. "Well...now I'm not sure what to do...they've caught Ryou..."
"Is that his name...hmm...what's the short boy's name with the spiked hair?"
Mokuba asked.
"You mean Yugi...don't tell me he got caught too?"
"Yup...my big brother is in his office right now with him and these other two people..." Mokuba said. "Why are you guys sneaking around here anyway?"
"We were here to get something that your brother has..." Anzu said, continuing when she saw the somewhat fearful look in Mokuba's eyes. "We weren't stealing anything real important...honest...we only need it because...you wouldn't believe me if I told you..."
"Try me..." Mokuba dared, crossing his arms.
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"Ryou! Are you alright?" Yugi asked as the boy was shoved into the room.
"Yeah...I think so...guess we failed huh?" Ryou asked as Yugi lead him to a chair.
"Hmm...that leaves the girl and our thief upstairs..." Kaiba said, pressing a button on his desk. At once a flat screen television descended from the ceiling. "Let's see how our thief is doing..."
All in the room went quiet as they watched Bakura creep along a wall. He looked back and forth before entering a room.
"Damn house..." he muttered. "How am I going to find anything if all the rooms look the same?"
Closing the door Bakura was prepared to inspect this room too, but a low growl made him turn around quickly.
"Oh dear..." Ryou muttered, looking at the screen with worry filled eyes.
"What in the name of Ra!" Bakura yelled. Trying to open the door only to find it locked. "What sort of demon is that!"
In fact the demon Bakura was afraid of was a rather large pit bull, but him being an ancient Egyptian spirit and ancient Egypt being a dog free place, naturally he thought it was some kind of demon.
The dog barked loudly at Bakura causing him to back up against the door. "In all my years! Could this be Horus coming to make me pay for all the wrongs I've done?" he muttered.
As the dog neared baring it's teeth Bakura snapped. "There is no way I'm going to show you any fear demon!" he shouted to the dog. "I banish you to the Shadow Realm!" he said and with a wave of his hand the dog had vanished.
"Bakura!" Ryou shouted at the image. Almost everyone was surprised when Bakura did stop.
"What?" he shouted back, sounding very annoyed.
"Bring that dog back!" Ryou yelled, not to talk while using their mind link.
"What that demon! Of coarse I won't! Did you see that thing? It had the eyes of Enthria herself! You want me to bring that beast back to earth?" Bakura said, crossing his arms.
"That was not a demon! It was a dog! Now bring it back!" Ryou shouted.
"Fine...but don't blame me when it burns down all of your villages and stuff..." Bakura muttered before waving his hand. The dog reappeared, only now it looked both frail and scared out of its mind. Yelping it backed away from Bakura, who after a moment vanished from the room.
A flash from Ryou's Ring let them all know that Bakura had returned to the Ring and a moment later the spirit reappeared before his light a look of pure annoyance on his face.
"Now what's all this shouting about? Since when do you talk aloud when speaking through the Ring?" he asked.
"Bakura we've been caught..." Yami explained, sighing.
Bakura and everyone else turned to look at Kaiba who no longer wore his smug smile. Instead there was a look of both fear and confusion on his face.
"What in the...What the hell did you just do to that dog? How did you get from upstairs to down here?" he asked.
"Er...this is all very easy to explain..." Yugi began just as the door to the office burst open.
At the door stood Anzu and a boy with wild black hair. "Big brother!" he shouted. "You'll never believe what these people want and where they are from!"
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A/N Hehehe a bit of comedy mixed up in there! A good chapter if you ask me...very long too...oh well. At least Kaiba and Mokuba are here now! I feel sorry for Crystalia...just to let you know things will only be going downhill for her...Anyway we all know that Kaiba doesn't have the Millennium Eye...Pegasus does, but for reasons, which should be clear our hero's made a mistake. To be honest this was the only way I could think of bringing Kaiba into the story.
Oh well...here's a summary of next chapter. I think I'm going to start putting these at the end of every chapter...Now that Kaiba has meet everyone and knows what they were breaking into his house for, will he help them with their quest. What's this Sakuya's challenged Pegasus to a Shadow Duel for his Millennium Item? And who's this strange girl Crystalia's having dreams about? This and more in the next chapter of Blood of the Innocent, Chapter 15 Heart of Stone.