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The Millennium Ritual
Chapter 6: Ambush
It was the next day, and the school bell had just rung. Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey had been looking all night for their lost loved ones. But they had no luck in finding them. They couldn't find Grandpa, Mokuba, or Serenity anywhere. It was as if they were wiped off the face of the planet. Yugi and Kaiba knew that the disappearances had some kind of connection with Aura, so they waited for her in the school courtyard, with Yugi explaining everything to Joey.
"Ok, so let me get this straight. . ." Joey said, sinking in all the information Yugi gave him. "From the info Aura told you. . ." Kaiba coughed. "And Kaiba, someone is looking for three people. . . why?"
"We don't know," Yugi said, "All we know is that someone dangerous is looking for three people. That's it."
"There must be another reason why they would choose our family members." Kaiba wondered to himself aloud.
"Well, why were Serenity, Mokuba, and Grandpa chosen, oh lord of the mysterious beyond?" Joey asked sarcastically. Kaiba, annoyed that Joey would interrupt his thoughts, was about to make a comeback, when Yugi suddenly said, "When Aura spoke to me, she said it had something to do with pure-hearted people."
"Pure-hearted people? What's that?" Joey asked out of curiosity.
"According to the books I have read, pure-hearted is a phrase people use to explain someone with no sins, regrets, and absolutely no evil in their hearts. Someone of pure innocence." Kaiba said immediately. Joey had a blank face, trying to understand what Kaiba said, but quickly he gave up.
"Then I guess that explains it," Yugi said, thinking, "Grandpa and the others must be pure-hearted. But why them? I'm sure there's plenty more people with pure-hearts. There must be another reason why they were particularly chosen."
"Well, I don't care what the other reason is! What I want to know is what are they gonna do with them?" Joey said, hysterical on what would happen to his little baby sister.
'Joey has a point,' Yugi thought, leaning against the tree they sat under. 'What will they do to them? What's their motive? What do they want?' Yugi was still pondering this, when suddenly the door to the school opened, with Aura stepping out of it.
"Riordan! We need to talk!" Kaiba yelled, walking up to her angrily. Joey and Yugi followed. Aura, seeing the small crowd coming, quickly ran back into the school. "What the. . .?" Kaiba said, confused at her departure. Quickly recovering, they ran inside the school, looking to find out that she could be anywhere.
"What? Where is she?" Joey said, confused.
"Rrr. So you want to make it tough, Riordan? Come on, let's split up." Said Kaiba, and so Kaiba went straight, Joey left, and Yugi taking the right hallway.
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"Yoo-hoo! Aura! Come out, come out, where ever you are!" Joey hollered, walking to each of the now empty classrooms. Joey looked in every single classroom, but couldn't find Aura in any of them. Grumbling, Joey went to the other side of the hallway, to reveal another hallway, with Aura in it. She was on a chair, with her arms and legs crossed. Joey grinned, and said, "Ha! I knew I can find you! Wait till I tell Yugi that I found you before anyone else!"
Aura didn't say anything. Instead, she just clapped her hands. "Bravo Joey, you found the new foreign exchange student. But just because you found her, doesn't mean you can catch her."
Joey frowned. What did she mean? Suddenly, with lightning speed she kicked Joey, and ran. Joey went flying to the wall. Slowly standing, chin on his hand, hollered, "WAIT!!!!!!!!!" But she was already gone.
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Kaiba was in the school's library, looking at every bookcase for a black haired girl. He moved a stack of books. Not there. He looked under the front desk. Not there either. Kaiba growled, not enjoying the hide and seek game he was playing. "Come on out Riordan! You can't hide forever! And when I find you, you are going to tell me where Mokuba is! If you hurt even a hair on him, you will be sorry you were ever born." He threatened, now looking behind the computers. Suddenly Kaiba heard the doors open. Quickly he hid behind the computer, trying to see the intruder. Black hair, blond streaks, school uniform, girl. 'It's Aura.' He thought wickedly. 'When she comes over here, I jump out and grab her. I'll take out all the information she knows, no matter what the cost.' After Kaiba's little speech, he turned to keep an eye on Aura. But as he turned, Aura suddenly disappeared. Quickly Kaiba looked around, searching for her. Suddenly he saw a shadow running in between the bookcases. He ran after the shadow, and it kept on running. It took a turn. He took a turn. It took a turn. Kaiba took a turn. The chase continued out of the library, with Joey, catching up behind them. The shadow who was Aura took a turn to the right, to only bump into Yugi. She fell facedown on the floor, unconscious.
"Hey, great job Yug'! You've caught her!" Joey said, running up to Yugi's side. Kaiba lifted her head by her hair. She groaned.
"Yup, she's still alive." Joey said.
"Yeah, and when she awakes, we'll be waiting for the answers on the captives." Kaiba said, with a slight satisfaction in his voice.
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Aura was laid down on Yugi's bed in the game shop, while Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey were discussing their options on what to do when she wakes. Tea, Tristan, Bakura, and Duke were there also, wanting to help them on their rescue mission.
"So do you think she's behind all the kidnappings?" Bakura asked, after Joey and Yugi explained everything that happened in the last few days.
Yugi sighed. "I'm not sure Bakura," Yugi said, deep in thought, "She was the one who told it to me in the first place. But if she was behind it, why would she tell us?"
"It makes you wonder what her motive is in all this mess is." Tristan said, with Duke and Tea nodding.
"All I'm wondering is why this is happening. What is the master plan for the kidnappings?" Duke said.
"Duke is right," Tea said, stepping in the conversation. "Why is this happening? Do you think it has something to do with Pegasus? Or Marik?"
"Impossible. Pegasus is long gone, and I don't think Marik will mess with us anyway." Kaiba answered, leaning against the kitchen cabinet.
"Well we won't find out what this is until we talk to Miss Egypt there. Why don't we check up on her shall we?" Joey asked, so they all went up the stairs. Slowly, they opened the door. Tea peeked in.
"Well, how is she?" Tristan asked. Tea didn't say anything, but slowly opened the door.
"See for yourself."
They looked. And do you know what they found? Nothing. Aura was gone, the window was opened. The person with their answers disappeared, out to the dark streets.
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"I can't believe she's gone!" Kaiba said, angrily. "I told you we should have someone guard the room! If you only listened. . ."
"Calm down, Kaiba, she would have escaped anyway, because she would have totally kicked the guard's butt." Duke said, referring to Joey's little scene at the school. They were outside, looking out for the escaped prisoner. Yugi decided that they would not split up, so they were all together, looking.
"Hey, let's turn here." Tristan said, pointing to a turn to the right. They nodded, and went Tristan's way, with Kaiba still mumbling about a guard. The turn was long; it seemed to go on for hours. Until they found it was a dead end.
"Oh great job Tristan," Duke said, annoyed. "You just led us to a dead end. Great job Smart one!"
"Hey, at least I had an idea of where to go to you dunce bucket!" Tristan said back.
"Oh, why you little. . .!"
"SHH!!!!" Tea said, shushing them both. "Do you hear that?"
The gang and Kaiba quieted and listened. At first they didn't hear anything. But they definitely saw something. All around them, hooded men appeared from the shadows, grinning. One of them stepped closer to them.
"We'd like to have a word with you Mr. Kaiba, Mr. Moto." The hooded man said, still grinning.
"I don't think so." Kaiba said, and they all turned, only to find more hooded men behind them. There were 15 men in all.
"I'm sorry, but you have no choice." He said, stepping closer. Tea hid behind Joey.
"Oh, but I believe they do have a choice." A female voice said.
Suddenly, another hooded person fell from the sky, landing on her feet.
"Yes, they have a choice indeed." She said. Then the hooded figure, under her breath, said a language not known by the gang. But for some reason, Yugi and Kaiba could understand the strange language.
By the all mighty power of Ra,
Protect us from the wrath of their hooded pawns,
Using the power of shadow and light,
Cloak us in an abyss of darkness,
So that we shall be not be grasped by their clutches.
Suddenly a swirling black shadow came out of nowhere, and covered them until they disappeared with only the hooded men in the alleyway, not realizing that their soon to be captives were now gone.
To be continued. . .
I just have one thing to say about this chapter. That spell I made up myself ^_^. Oh and that I hoped you like my chapter. And uh review. Yeah review.
The Millennium Ritual
Chapter 6: Ambush
It was the next day, and the school bell had just rung. Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey had been looking all night for their lost loved ones. But they had no luck in finding them. They couldn't find Grandpa, Mokuba, or Serenity anywhere. It was as if they were wiped off the face of the planet. Yugi and Kaiba knew that the disappearances had some kind of connection with Aura, so they waited for her in the school courtyard, with Yugi explaining everything to Joey.
"Ok, so let me get this straight. . ." Joey said, sinking in all the information Yugi gave him. "From the info Aura told you. . ." Kaiba coughed. "And Kaiba, someone is looking for three people. . . why?"
"We don't know," Yugi said, "All we know is that someone dangerous is looking for three people. That's it."
"There must be another reason why they would choose our family members." Kaiba wondered to himself aloud.
"Well, why were Serenity, Mokuba, and Grandpa chosen, oh lord of the mysterious beyond?" Joey asked sarcastically. Kaiba, annoyed that Joey would interrupt his thoughts, was about to make a comeback, when Yugi suddenly said, "When Aura spoke to me, she said it had something to do with pure-hearted people."
"Pure-hearted people? What's that?" Joey asked out of curiosity.
"According to the books I have read, pure-hearted is a phrase people use to explain someone with no sins, regrets, and absolutely no evil in their hearts. Someone of pure innocence." Kaiba said immediately. Joey had a blank face, trying to understand what Kaiba said, but quickly he gave up.
"Then I guess that explains it," Yugi said, thinking, "Grandpa and the others must be pure-hearted. But why them? I'm sure there's plenty more people with pure-hearts. There must be another reason why they were particularly chosen."
"Well, I don't care what the other reason is! What I want to know is what are they gonna do with them?" Joey said, hysterical on what would happen to his little baby sister.
'Joey has a point,' Yugi thought, leaning against the tree they sat under. 'What will they do to them? What's their motive? What do they want?' Yugi was still pondering this, when suddenly the door to the school opened, with Aura stepping out of it.
"Riordan! We need to talk!" Kaiba yelled, walking up to her angrily. Joey and Yugi followed. Aura, seeing the small crowd coming, quickly ran back into the school. "What the. . .?" Kaiba said, confused at her departure. Quickly recovering, they ran inside the school, looking to find out that she could be anywhere.
"What? Where is she?" Joey said, confused.
"Rrr. So you want to make it tough, Riordan? Come on, let's split up." Said Kaiba, and so Kaiba went straight, Joey left, and Yugi taking the right hallway.
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"Yoo-hoo! Aura! Come out, come out, where ever you are!" Joey hollered, walking to each of the now empty classrooms. Joey looked in every single classroom, but couldn't find Aura in any of them. Grumbling, Joey went to the other side of the hallway, to reveal another hallway, with Aura in it. She was on a chair, with her arms and legs crossed. Joey grinned, and said, "Ha! I knew I can find you! Wait till I tell Yugi that I found you before anyone else!"
Aura didn't say anything. Instead, she just clapped her hands. "Bravo Joey, you found the new foreign exchange student. But just because you found her, doesn't mean you can catch her."
Joey frowned. What did she mean? Suddenly, with lightning speed she kicked Joey, and ran. Joey went flying to the wall. Slowly standing, chin on his hand, hollered, "WAIT!!!!!!!!!" But she was already gone.
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Kaiba was in the school's library, looking at every bookcase for a black haired girl. He moved a stack of books. Not there. He looked under the front desk. Not there either. Kaiba growled, not enjoying the hide and seek game he was playing. "Come on out Riordan! You can't hide forever! And when I find you, you are going to tell me where Mokuba is! If you hurt even a hair on him, you will be sorry you were ever born." He threatened, now looking behind the computers. Suddenly Kaiba heard the doors open. Quickly he hid behind the computer, trying to see the intruder. Black hair, blond streaks, school uniform, girl. 'It's Aura.' He thought wickedly. 'When she comes over here, I jump out and grab her. I'll take out all the information she knows, no matter what the cost.' After Kaiba's little speech, he turned to keep an eye on Aura. But as he turned, Aura suddenly disappeared. Quickly Kaiba looked around, searching for her. Suddenly he saw a shadow running in between the bookcases. He ran after the shadow, and it kept on running. It took a turn. He took a turn. It took a turn. Kaiba took a turn. The chase continued out of the library, with Joey, catching up behind them. The shadow who was Aura took a turn to the right, to only bump into Yugi. She fell facedown on the floor, unconscious.
"Hey, great job Yug'! You've caught her!" Joey said, running up to Yugi's side. Kaiba lifted her head by her hair. She groaned.
"Yup, she's still alive." Joey said.
"Yeah, and when she awakes, we'll be waiting for the answers on the captives." Kaiba said, with a slight satisfaction in his voice.
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Aura was laid down on Yugi's bed in the game shop, while Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey were discussing their options on what to do when she wakes. Tea, Tristan, Bakura, and Duke were there also, wanting to help them on their rescue mission.
"So do you think she's behind all the kidnappings?" Bakura asked, after Joey and Yugi explained everything that happened in the last few days.
Yugi sighed. "I'm not sure Bakura," Yugi said, deep in thought, "She was the one who told it to me in the first place. But if she was behind it, why would she tell us?"
"It makes you wonder what her motive is in all this mess is." Tristan said, with Duke and Tea nodding.
"All I'm wondering is why this is happening. What is the master plan for the kidnappings?" Duke said.
"Duke is right," Tea said, stepping in the conversation. "Why is this happening? Do you think it has something to do with Pegasus? Or Marik?"
"Impossible. Pegasus is long gone, and I don't think Marik will mess with us anyway." Kaiba answered, leaning against the kitchen cabinet.
"Well we won't find out what this is until we talk to Miss Egypt there. Why don't we check up on her shall we?" Joey asked, so they all went up the stairs. Slowly, they opened the door. Tea peeked in.
"Well, how is she?" Tristan asked. Tea didn't say anything, but slowly opened the door.
"See for yourself."
They looked. And do you know what they found? Nothing. Aura was gone, the window was opened. The person with their answers disappeared, out to the dark streets.
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"I can't believe she's gone!" Kaiba said, angrily. "I told you we should have someone guard the room! If you only listened. . ."
"Calm down, Kaiba, she would have escaped anyway, because she would have totally kicked the guard's butt." Duke said, referring to Joey's little scene at the school. They were outside, looking out for the escaped prisoner. Yugi decided that they would not split up, so they were all together, looking.
"Hey, let's turn here." Tristan said, pointing to a turn to the right. They nodded, and went Tristan's way, with Kaiba still mumbling about a guard. The turn was long; it seemed to go on for hours. Until they found it was a dead end.
"Oh great job Tristan," Duke said, annoyed. "You just led us to a dead end. Great job Smart one!"
"Hey, at least I had an idea of where to go to you dunce bucket!" Tristan said back.
"Oh, why you little. . .!"
"SHH!!!!" Tea said, shushing them both. "Do you hear that?"
The gang and Kaiba quieted and listened. At first they didn't hear anything. But they definitely saw something. All around them, hooded men appeared from the shadows, grinning. One of them stepped closer to them.
"We'd like to have a word with you Mr. Kaiba, Mr. Moto." The hooded man said, still grinning.
"I don't think so." Kaiba said, and they all turned, only to find more hooded men behind them. There were 15 men in all.
"I'm sorry, but you have no choice." He said, stepping closer. Tea hid behind Joey.
"Oh, but I believe they do have a choice." A female voice said.
Suddenly, another hooded person fell from the sky, landing on her feet.
"Yes, they have a choice indeed." She said. Then the hooded figure, under her breath, said a language not known by the gang. But for some reason, Yugi and Kaiba could understand the strange language.
By the all mighty power of Ra,
Protect us from the wrath of their hooded pawns,
Using the power of shadow and light,
Cloak us in an abyss of darkness,
So that we shall be not be grasped by their clutches.
Suddenly a swirling black shadow came out of nowhere, and covered them until they disappeared with only the hooded men in the alleyway, not realizing that their soon to be captives were now gone.
To be continued. . .
I just have one thing to say about this chapter. That spell I made up myself ^_^. Oh and that I hoped you like my chapter. And uh review. Yeah review.