The Millennium Ritual
Chapter 17: Silent Secrets
Yami Bakura was thrown out of Aura's mind, falling to the floor. Slowly standing, his fists trembling, he thought, 'She's back. The stupid old hag is back.' Yami Bakura stared at Aura who was still asleep. 'So the girl has been hiding her all this time, quite interesting.' He stared at the broken pieces of the vase, wishing he had a vase to break also.
"This is going to harder than I thought. I think it's time to meet some old friends." Yami Bakura said, walking out into the hallway, then into the darkness of the night.
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Seto Kaiba's POV
"Seto!" Mokuba screamed, running toward me.
"M-Mokey?!" I cried out, thinking that I hadn't called him that for years.
"Seto, is that you?" He asked, jumping into my arms and hugging me tight.
I didn't reply, because I was too shocked to see that my little brother was back in my arms. Instead, I just hugged him back, wishing that Mokuba will never leave again. I'm surprised I was worried this much about him.
"I-I was so scared, Seto! They threatened to kill you and Aura if I didn't bring you guys to them! Thank you so much for saving me!" Mokuba said happily, hugging me some more.
Suddenly he stopped, and began to dart his eyes this way and that, searching for something.
"What's wrong, Mokuba?" I asked him, standing up and searching for what Mokuba was possibly looking for.
"Where's Aura?" He asked, now looking at me straight in the eyes.
"She went back to save the others, I think. Come on, let's go home." I replied, taking his hand and walking the other way. Mokuba took his hand away, and I saw anger in his blue-violet eyes.
"And you're not trying to save the others too!?" He asked angrily, backing away from me.
"What are you talking about, Mokuba? The reason why I was here was to save you! Now come on, the helicopter is here." Taking his hand once more, I walked toward the copter, but then Mokuba resisted once more.
"You don't care, don't you!? You don't care about what's going to happen to them! All you care about is us! That's it!" He screamed at me.
"But, Mokuba. . ." I started, but he interrupted me.
"You're just going to leave, aren't you!? Just like you did to Aura when we were little, she needed our help then, and you just kicked her out the door! You kicked out my best friend! How could you do it now?!" Mokuba said, tears streaming down his face.
"Mokey. . ." I said walking towards him. He grabbed a stick and tossed it in my direction. I dodged it, but inside I felt as if he made a direct hit.
"NO!!! I'm not going to abandon Aura again! She gave us so much, Seto, and I got to repay her!" He ran towards the darkness, disappearing in the shadows. I saw him running toward Aura and the others, all of whom seemed unconscious.
"Mokuba!" I screamed. I ran the same way Mokuba ran. Then, suddenly, right when Mokuba landed on his right foot, the whole place exploded, killing everyone with it.
"MOKUBA!!!!"
I screamed until the burning flames engulfed me also.
~*~
"Mokuba!!!" I screamed, sitting up in my bed, sweat dripping down my head. I sighed, and said, "It's just a dream. Just a dream." Falling back to the bed, I thought, 'But it seemed so real.' And for the first time in my life, I felt alone.
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"Good morning, everyone!" Tea said happily, obviously having a good sleep. But unlike Tea, It seemed as if Kaiba and Yugi both had terrible nightmares.
"Good morning," Yugi replied quietly, thinking about the dream he had about his grandfather. 'I'm coming Grandpa." He thought.
Kaiba just grunted in response.
Tea, a little worried, then turned to Aura, and asked, "Did you have a good sleep, Aura?"
"Do I have to answer?" She shot back, just glancing at Tea.
"Uh, no I guess. Aren't you going to eat?" Tea asked politely.
Aura shrugged, and said, "Not hungry. Where are Joey and Tristan?"
"Playing duel monsters, I suppose." Tea replied. Nodding, Aura walked to the door and into the hallway. As she walked however, Yugi noticed that her hand was bandaged.
Curious and worried, he asked, "Aura, what happened to your hand?" Kaiba and Tea turned to look also.
Quickly hiding her hand behind her cape, she said, "Nothing, nothing. Just a little accident, that's all." Yugi wasn't so sure that was it.
Suddenly Duke walked in, and asked everyone, "Hey, have you guys seen Bakura anywhere?"
"No, why you ask?" Tea asked.
"I haven't seen him ever since last night." Duke replied back.
Aura stopped in her tracks, thinking about the strange dream she had the night before. 'So it was him. . .' she thought, her teeth grinding. 'How dare you, Bakura. I should have known you would use your Millennium Ring.'
Then Aura took Duke by the arm, holding tight.
"Hey, that hurts! Let go!" He said, struggling to get out.
"Where is he." She said, making the question into an order.
"Wha. . .?" He said, confused.
"Aura, let go!" Tea said, trying to release him. Aura paid no attention.
"Where is he? I'm asking you one more time, Duke," She said, looking at him face to face, "Where is the Guardian of the Millennium Ring?"
Yugi gasped. "But I thought we got rid of it a long time ago!" He said aloud.
Aura rolled her eyes, and said, "You can't separate a Millennium Item from its destined guardian. Out of all people, I thought you would know." She let go of Duke's arm.
"So he searched my mind and escaped. The coward. . ." Aura said, walking out of the hall and through the outside door. The rest followed her.
When they went outside, they saw Aura on her motorcycle and putting on her helmet. She tried out the gas petal, which worked perfectly.
"Where are you going!?" Kaiba asked over the engine, sand flying everywhere.
She didn't say anything, but tossed over a blue stone to Kaiba. Then, she pressed the gas petal, and drove away into the distance. Nobody said anything, as Kaiba stared at the blue stone. 'What are you saying, Aura?' Kaiba thought, looking at the distance.
~*~
'It's one thing to mess with me Tomb Robber,' Aura thought as she was speeding through sand dunes, 'It's another to mess with my mind and my friends.'
'I'll be fine, Aura. Just concentrate on the real task at hand.' The woman in her mind said.
'No, this is personal. He's going to pay for what he did.' She replied. The woman smiled as Aura drove into the streets of Egypt.
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Bakura walked into an alleyway, with a hooded man inside of it. Bakura smiled as he said, "Shanek, how wonderful to see you on a beautiful Egyptian day!"
"The same with me my friend," He said, as he shook hands with Bakura, "Now, what is the meaning of this meeting?"
"Ah my friend, I found out some very important information a night ago I think you want to hear." Bakura said, putting his arm around Shanek's shoulders.
"I can't wait to hear." He said, grinning. They laughed menacingly, not realizing that Aura was hot on their trail.
To Be Continued. . .
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Chapter 17: Silent Secrets
Yami Bakura was thrown out of Aura's mind, falling to the floor. Slowly standing, his fists trembling, he thought, 'She's back. The stupid old hag is back.' Yami Bakura stared at Aura who was still asleep. 'So the girl has been hiding her all this time, quite interesting.' He stared at the broken pieces of the vase, wishing he had a vase to break also.
"This is going to harder than I thought. I think it's time to meet some old friends." Yami Bakura said, walking out into the hallway, then into the darkness of the night.
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Seto Kaiba's POV
"Seto!" Mokuba screamed, running toward me.
"M-Mokey?!" I cried out, thinking that I hadn't called him that for years.
"Seto, is that you?" He asked, jumping into my arms and hugging me tight.
I didn't reply, because I was too shocked to see that my little brother was back in my arms. Instead, I just hugged him back, wishing that Mokuba will never leave again. I'm surprised I was worried this much about him.
"I-I was so scared, Seto! They threatened to kill you and Aura if I didn't bring you guys to them! Thank you so much for saving me!" Mokuba said happily, hugging me some more.
Suddenly he stopped, and began to dart his eyes this way and that, searching for something.
"What's wrong, Mokuba?" I asked him, standing up and searching for what Mokuba was possibly looking for.
"Where's Aura?" He asked, now looking at me straight in the eyes.
"She went back to save the others, I think. Come on, let's go home." I replied, taking his hand and walking the other way. Mokuba took his hand away, and I saw anger in his blue-violet eyes.
"And you're not trying to save the others too!?" He asked angrily, backing away from me.
"What are you talking about, Mokuba? The reason why I was here was to save you! Now come on, the helicopter is here." Taking his hand once more, I walked toward the copter, but then Mokuba resisted once more.
"You don't care, don't you!? You don't care about what's going to happen to them! All you care about is us! That's it!" He screamed at me.
"But, Mokuba. . ." I started, but he interrupted me.
"You're just going to leave, aren't you!? Just like you did to Aura when we were little, she needed our help then, and you just kicked her out the door! You kicked out my best friend! How could you do it now?!" Mokuba said, tears streaming down his face.
"Mokey. . ." I said walking towards him. He grabbed a stick and tossed it in my direction. I dodged it, but inside I felt as if he made a direct hit.
"NO!!! I'm not going to abandon Aura again! She gave us so much, Seto, and I got to repay her!" He ran towards the darkness, disappearing in the shadows. I saw him running toward Aura and the others, all of whom seemed unconscious.
"Mokuba!" I screamed. I ran the same way Mokuba ran. Then, suddenly, right when Mokuba landed on his right foot, the whole place exploded, killing everyone with it.
"MOKUBA!!!!"
I screamed until the burning flames engulfed me also.
~*~
"Mokuba!!!" I screamed, sitting up in my bed, sweat dripping down my head. I sighed, and said, "It's just a dream. Just a dream." Falling back to the bed, I thought, 'But it seemed so real.' And for the first time in my life, I felt alone.
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"Good morning, everyone!" Tea said happily, obviously having a good sleep. But unlike Tea, It seemed as if Kaiba and Yugi both had terrible nightmares.
"Good morning," Yugi replied quietly, thinking about the dream he had about his grandfather. 'I'm coming Grandpa." He thought.
Kaiba just grunted in response.
Tea, a little worried, then turned to Aura, and asked, "Did you have a good sleep, Aura?"
"Do I have to answer?" She shot back, just glancing at Tea.
"Uh, no I guess. Aren't you going to eat?" Tea asked politely.
Aura shrugged, and said, "Not hungry. Where are Joey and Tristan?"
"Playing duel monsters, I suppose." Tea replied. Nodding, Aura walked to the door and into the hallway. As she walked however, Yugi noticed that her hand was bandaged.
Curious and worried, he asked, "Aura, what happened to your hand?" Kaiba and Tea turned to look also.
Quickly hiding her hand behind her cape, she said, "Nothing, nothing. Just a little accident, that's all." Yugi wasn't so sure that was it.
Suddenly Duke walked in, and asked everyone, "Hey, have you guys seen Bakura anywhere?"
"No, why you ask?" Tea asked.
"I haven't seen him ever since last night." Duke replied back.
Aura stopped in her tracks, thinking about the strange dream she had the night before. 'So it was him. . .' she thought, her teeth grinding. 'How dare you, Bakura. I should have known you would use your Millennium Ring.'
Then Aura took Duke by the arm, holding tight.
"Hey, that hurts! Let go!" He said, struggling to get out.
"Where is he." She said, making the question into an order.
"Wha. . .?" He said, confused.
"Aura, let go!" Tea said, trying to release him. Aura paid no attention.
"Where is he? I'm asking you one more time, Duke," She said, looking at him face to face, "Where is the Guardian of the Millennium Ring?"
Yugi gasped. "But I thought we got rid of it a long time ago!" He said aloud.
Aura rolled her eyes, and said, "You can't separate a Millennium Item from its destined guardian. Out of all people, I thought you would know." She let go of Duke's arm.
"So he searched my mind and escaped. The coward. . ." Aura said, walking out of the hall and through the outside door. The rest followed her.
When they went outside, they saw Aura on her motorcycle and putting on her helmet. She tried out the gas petal, which worked perfectly.
"Where are you going!?" Kaiba asked over the engine, sand flying everywhere.
She didn't say anything, but tossed over a blue stone to Kaiba. Then, she pressed the gas petal, and drove away into the distance. Nobody said anything, as Kaiba stared at the blue stone. 'What are you saying, Aura?' Kaiba thought, looking at the distance.
~*~
'It's one thing to mess with me Tomb Robber,' Aura thought as she was speeding through sand dunes, 'It's another to mess with my mind and my friends.'
'I'll be fine, Aura. Just concentrate on the real task at hand.' The woman in her mind said.
'No, this is personal. He's going to pay for what he did.' She replied. The woman smiled as Aura drove into the streets of Egypt.
___________________________________________________________
Bakura walked into an alleyway, with a hooded man inside of it. Bakura smiled as he said, "Shanek, how wonderful to see you on a beautiful Egyptian day!"
"The same with me my friend," He said, as he shook hands with Bakura, "Now, what is the meaning of this meeting?"
"Ah my friend, I found out some very important information a night ago I think you want to hear." Bakura said, putting his arm around Shanek's shoulders.
"I can't wait to hear." He said, grinning. They laughed menacingly, not realizing that Aura was hot on their trail.
To Be Continued. . .
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Anyway, thanks for reading my story. Ahem. *turning to an unhappy Aura*
Say it.
Aura: No.
Say it.
Aura: No.
SAY IT!!!
Aura: Review too.
There that wasn't so hard. *smile*
Aura: *grumble*