I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! I get tired of doing disclaimers, but I don't wanna
get sued, so I do them. Deal with it. Now, on with it already!
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"I'm real sorry about that, Sarah," Ryou said. "I won't let them get to you."
Sarah shook her head. "It's ok. You saw how I took Bakura out with that handbag!" She struck a pose and winked. They laughed.
"But right now, we have to get everything ready for Tristan's party!" Tea said, balancing on a ladder and hanging streamers from the ceiling of the Game Shop. "By the way, thanks a lot for letting us use the shop for our party, Mr. Moto!"
Yugi's grandpa nodded. "It's ok! I just can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees the place all decorated up!"
"Yeah, this place needs some color!" Yugi said.
"Are you saying my shop looks boring?" Mr. Moto rounded on him.
"Ehh...no, of course not, Grandpa!" he reassured him, giggling nervously.
They all suddenly heard a noise and looked around at Joey. He was throwing insults at the balloons and streamers, who wouldn't stay taped to the ceiling. Suddenly, he dropped the tape on his toe and he screamed, bobbing up and down. Doing this, he tripped and fell off the ladder. They all gasped and closed their eyes as the thud echoed throughout the shop. "CRAAAAAAAAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed. "THAT HURT!!!!!!"
"Oh Joey, are you alright?!" Tea asked and they all ran to him.
"Do I look like I'm alright, woman?!" he asked, clutching his head. Suddenly, he opened his eyes really wide and screamed, "I KNEW I WAS FORGETTING SOMETHING!!!"
"What is it?" Yugi asked.
"Yami's still locked in the bathroom at school!" Joey yelled.
"WHAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?!?"
Yami backed up to the back of the stall and ran forward once again. He crashed into the door with a grunt, but it still didn't move. "Darn it! I've been in here for over an hour!" he grumbled. "I bet they forgot about me..." He got up off the floor and ran against the door one more time, then seeing it had no effect, sat down on the floor again with his head in his palm. "If they just would have let me get them! I could have beaten him up on the spot, but NOOOOOOOOO, they had to lock me in a BATHROOM!" he yelled, his voice echoing in the empty room.
"Yami, is that you?"
"Joey?"
"Yeah. Sorry for leavin you in here so long. We kinda—"
"Forgot about me?"
The door opened with a loud crack and Joey appeared in the doorway, a pitiful look on his face. He laughed nervously and put his hand behind his head. "Yeah, I guess we did. Sorry, but Bakura was being a real jerk! We got so mad, we just stormed off without thinking!"
Ryou appeared beside him, along with Yugi. "We're sorry. But at least we got some of the party stuff done!" Yugi said hopefully.
"Hummmf," was all Yami said. He got up and walked out of the bathroom and saw Tea standing outside. "I couldn't come in," she said. "You forgive us?" she asked with pleading eyes.
Yami smiled at her and his friends. "Let's go finish setting up. We only have one more day to finish!" They walked out of the school and down the street and they passed by an alleyway. They saw some guys lying on the ground in it. "Whoa, what happened?" Joey asked.
"Those punks Bakura and Marik jumped us and got all our cash," one said. "They also asked where a Mr. Moto's game shop was. Said something about meeting some people there."
"Oh no!" Tea screamed and clapped her hands over her mouth. "Mr. Moto and Sarah are still there hanging signs!"
"Sarah!!" Ryou yelled and ran off down the street. The rest took off after him, leaving the beat-up boys with confused thoughts and faces.
They arrived at the shop and looked at the scene in terror. All the decorations they had worked so hard on were in ruins on the floor, and some tables were overturned. "Grandpa!! Sarah!!" Yugi called. "I don't see or hear anyone!"
"Let's look upstairs!" Yami said. They ran up to the second floor of the shop, where Yami, Yugi, and Mr. Moto lived. They finally found him huddled in a corner, holding a wet rag to his eyes, which was black.
"Grandpa!! What happened?" Yugi yelled.
"It was those two again," he said. "Those two you keep talking about, Marik and Bakura. They came in and asked where you all were and I said I didn't know. They said thought I was lying and that they didn't like liars, and thy...attacked me. I came too, but the place was trashed and I couldn't find your friend Sarah anywhere. I looked and looked around the building, but she's gone!"
Ryou cringed. She shouldn't have stayed behind...should have come with us... Suddenly he remembered what Bakura had said. "We'll take a substitution..." Then he had looked at Sarah! "You guys remember what he said about a substitution earlier when Yami didn't show?!" he asked.
Joey said, "Yeah, you're right! I bet that's why he got her! We have to find them before she gets in some serious trouble!"
"Let's go!" Yami and Yugi said. They ran down stairs, apologizing to Mr. Moto for leaving so quickly as they went. "We'll come back and take care of you as soon as we find her and make sure she's ok!" Tea called to him. They all went outside and split up, searching different parts of the streets.
Sarah had a piece of cloth stuffed in her mouth and a rope around her hands. Bakura had her slung over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. She kept kicking him in the stomach, but he only tightened his grip on her. Marik was walking behind them, smirking up at her. Jerks, she kept thinking. She would have said a lot more to them if not for the cloth in her mouth. She couldn't see where they were taking her, but it didn't look the least bit familiar. That's what I get for being new here, she thought hopelessly.
"We're here," Bakura said. He dropped her on the hard cement and Marik came in behind him, sliding a block over the opening. They were in a part of town far away from the school and shop. It was known as 'the slums,' because no one ever went there except to hide or plan trouble. In other words, it was Marik and Bakura's favorite place to be. In fact, they came here so often, they had a little campsite set up. All around Sarah there were blankets and old chairs, where they often sat to think and talk. There was even a small cooler in a corner that they restocked every week. She would have found it very crafty if she had not been so scared and angry.
"Now, remind me why we brought her here," Marik said, sitting in one of the chairs.
"Just stirring up dust with the dweebs," Bakura said casually, sitting in the other. "They'll get all stressed out trying to find her, and then he'll have to fight me in order to get her back." He smiled at his plan.
"Holding me for ransom? That's so lame!" Sarah had managed to get the cloth out of her mouth. She was prepared to talk until their ears bled. She could be annoying if she wanted to.
"Aw, who asked you?" Bakura said. "You just sit there and be quiet."
As if. "I don't think so. I want to know why you and Yami hate each other so much, and why you're so eager to fight him."
Bakura looked at her with annoyance. "You don't want to know. You really don't."
"Yes I do."
"Nope."
"Uh-huh!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"NO! Now shut up!!" he said, standing up and preparing to hit her. She shrank back and closed her eyes. Once again he noticed things about her that he liked. She looks so cute when she's helpless, he thought, smirking. He sat back down and arched an eyebrow at Marik.
"What?" he asked.
"I think I know how to pass the time while we wait for our little group of heroes to show up."
Sarah looked up at him with fear in her eyes.
"I'm real sorry about that, Sarah," Ryou said. "I won't let them get to you."
Sarah shook her head. "It's ok. You saw how I took Bakura out with that handbag!" She struck a pose and winked. They laughed.
"But right now, we have to get everything ready for Tristan's party!" Tea said, balancing on a ladder and hanging streamers from the ceiling of the Game Shop. "By the way, thanks a lot for letting us use the shop for our party, Mr. Moto!"
Yugi's grandpa nodded. "It's ok! I just can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees the place all decorated up!"
"Yeah, this place needs some color!" Yugi said.
"Are you saying my shop looks boring?" Mr. Moto rounded on him.
"Ehh...no, of course not, Grandpa!" he reassured him, giggling nervously.
They all suddenly heard a noise and looked around at Joey. He was throwing insults at the balloons and streamers, who wouldn't stay taped to the ceiling. Suddenly, he dropped the tape on his toe and he screamed, bobbing up and down. Doing this, he tripped and fell off the ladder. They all gasped and closed their eyes as the thud echoed throughout the shop. "CRAAAAAAAAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed. "THAT HURT!!!!!!"
"Oh Joey, are you alright?!" Tea asked and they all ran to him.
"Do I look like I'm alright, woman?!" he asked, clutching his head. Suddenly, he opened his eyes really wide and screamed, "I KNEW I WAS FORGETTING SOMETHING!!!"
"What is it?" Yugi asked.
"Yami's still locked in the bathroom at school!" Joey yelled.
"WHAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?!?"
Yami backed up to the back of the stall and ran forward once again. He crashed into the door with a grunt, but it still didn't move. "Darn it! I've been in here for over an hour!" he grumbled. "I bet they forgot about me..." He got up off the floor and ran against the door one more time, then seeing it had no effect, sat down on the floor again with his head in his palm. "If they just would have let me get them! I could have beaten him up on the spot, but NOOOOOOOOO, they had to lock me in a BATHROOM!" he yelled, his voice echoing in the empty room.
"Yami, is that you?"
"Joey?"
"Yeah. Sorry for leavin you in here so long. We kinda—"
"Forgot about me?"
The door opened with a loud crack and Joey appeared in the doorway, a pitiful look on his face. He laughed nervously and put his hand behind his head. "Yeah, I guess we did. Sorry, but Bakura was being a real jerk! We got so mad, we just stormed off without thinking!"
Ryou appeared beside him, along with Yugi. "We're sorry. But at least we got some of the party stuff done!" Yugi said hopefully.
"Hummmf," was all Yami said. He got up and walked out of the bathroom and saw Tea standing outside. "I couldn't come in," she said. "You forgive us?" she asked with pleading eyes.
Yami smiled at her and his friends. "Let's go finish setting up. We only have one more day to finish!" They walked out of the school and down the street and they passed by an alleyway. They saw some guys lying on the ground in it. "Whoa, what happened?" Joey asked.
"Those punks Bakura and Marik jumped us and got all our cash," one said. "They also asked where a Mr. Moto's game shop was. Said something about meeting some people there."
"Oh no!" Tea screamed and clapped her hands over her mouth. "Mr. Moto and Sarah are still there hanging signs!"
"Sarah!!" Ryou yelled and ran off down the street. The rest took off after him, leaving the beat-up boys with confused thoughts and faces.
They arrived at the shop and looked at the scene in terror. All the decorations they had worked so hard on were in ruins on the floor, and some tables were overturned. "Grandpa!! Sarah!!" Yugi called. "I don't see or hear anyone!"
"Let's look upstairs!" Yami said. They ran up to the second floor of the shop, where Yami, Yugi, and Mr. Moto lived. They finally found him huddled in a corner, holding a wet rag to his eyes, which was black.
"Grandpa!! What happened?" Yugi yelled.
"It was those two again," he said. "Those two you keep talking about, Marik and Bakura. They came in and asked where you all were and I said I didn't know. They said thought I was lying and that they didn't like liars, and thy...attacked me. I came too, but the place was trashed and I couldn't find your friend Sarah anywhere. I looked and looked around the building, but she's gone!"
Ryou cringed. She shouldn't have stayed behind...should have come with us... Suddenly he remembered what Bakura had said. "We'll take a substitution..." Then he had looked at Sarah! "You guys remember what he said about a substitution earlier when Yami didn't show?!" he asked.
Joey said, "Yeah, you're right! I bet that's why he got her! We have to find them before she gets in some serious trouble!"
"Let's go!" Yami and Yugi said. They ran down stairs, apologizing to Mr. Moto for leaving so quickly as they went. "We'll come back and take care of you as soon as we find her and make sure she's ok!" Tea called to him. They all went outside and split up, searching different parts of the streets.
Sarah had a piece of cloth stuffed in her mouth and a rope around her hands. Bakura had her slung over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. She kept kicking him in the stomach, but he only tightened his grip on her. Marik was walking behind them, smirking up at her. Jerks, she kept thinking. She would have said a lot more to them if not for the cloth in her mouth. She couldn't see where they were taking her, but it didn't look the least bit familiar. That's what I get for being new here, she thought hopelessly.
"We're here," Bakura said. He dropped her on the hard cement and Marik came in behind him, sliding a block over the opening. They were in a part of town far away from the school and shop. It was known as 'the slums,' because no one ever went there except to hide or plan trouble. In other words, it was Marik and Bakura's favorite place to be. In fact, they came here so often, they had a little campsite set up. All around Sarah there were blankets and old chairs, where they often sat to think and talk. There was even a small cooler in a corner that they restocked every week. She would have found it very crafty if she had not been so scared and angry.
"Now, remind me why we brought her here," Marik said, sitting in one of the chairs.
"Just stirring up dust with the dweebs," Bakura said casually, sitting in the other. "They'll get all stressed out trying to find her, and then he'll have to fight me in order to get her back." He smiled at his plan.
"Holding me for ransom? That's so lame!" Sarah had managed to get the cloth out of her mouth. She was prepared to talk until their ears bled. She could be annoying if she wanted to.
"Aw, who asked you?" Bakura said. "You just sit there and be quiet."
As if. "I don't think so. I want to know why you and Yami hate each other so much, and why you're so eager to fight him."
Bakura looked at her with annoyance. "You don't want to know. You really don't."
"Yes I do."
"Nope."
"Uh-huh!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"NO! Now shut up!!" he said, standing up and preparing to hit her. She shrank back and closed her eyes. Once again he noticed things about her that he liked. She looks so cute when she's helpless, he thought, smirking. He sat back down and arched an eyebrow at Marik.
"What?" he asked.
"I think I know how to pass the time while we wait for our little group of heroes to show up."
Sarah looked up at him with fear in her eyes.