The Millennium Ritual
Disclaimer: I don't own YGO, only my characters.
Author's Note: Okay, it's too hard to write down Y. Bakura and Bakura. So instead, Y. Bakura will be Bakura, and Bakura will be Ryou.
Chapter 30: Bliss
"A what?" Yami asked, staring at Lucian.
The Shadow Monster smirked. "A duel. I think that you all people would know what that is." He walked over to Amunet and grasped her shoulder tightly. "Only, this duel will be a five way duel."
"A five way duel? What do you mean?" Mr. Motto replied questioningly.
"I'll let Bakura continue on," Lucian said coolly, with Bakura stepping forward toward Yami.
Staring at Yami, Bakura asked slyly, "You are familiar with a four way duel, are you not, Pharaoh?"
"Yes, what's your point?" Yami asked angrily, glaring at the tomb robber.
He grinned, happy to annoy the Pharaoh. Continuing, Bakura said, "When you duel against Lucian, you and himself will each have a partner, and you will duel each other just like in an original four way duel."
"Then why would it be called a five way duel?" Ishizu wondered.
"You are quite perceptive, Ishizu," Bakura said, smirking. Amunet stepped forward, standing by Bakura. "Here is the surprise; Amunet shall be on her own side, with no partner. Her job is to assist the team with the most life points in any way possible. But, you will not know HOW she shall help you. It shall be her decision whether to help a team. . . or destroy a team. Think of her as a wild card." Yami growled, annoyed.
'So that doesn't really give us much of an advantage,' Yugi said to Yami through mind link. 'That just means that Amunet will only help Lucian, and not us.'
'You're right, Yugi. This gives us nothing at all.' Yami thought, glaring at Lucian. The Shadow Monster grinned.
"Fine. Then I shall choose Ishizu to be my partn. . ." Yami started.
Lucian held up his hand, saying, "Not so fast, Pharaoh. You must duel with the Priest, while I shall duel with Bakura."
Shadi looked surprised. "Are you mad? How can Mr. Kaiba duel if he is in the Shadow Realm? You sent him there, do you not remember?"
"Of course I remember, my turbaned friend," Lucian said slyly, "That is why we shall wait. But, if the Priest does not arrive when the moonlight hits that mirror. . ." He pointed to an oval mirror. "you shall lose the duel, and worse."
"And what would that be?" Yami asked suspiciously.
Lucian smirked at him. "That you will find out later. Bakura!"
He turned his head, replying, "Yes Lucian?"
"Chain the Priests and Pharaoh up. We can't have them leaving the party so soon, should we?"
Nodding, Bakura said, "Yes Lucian," Grabbing a nearby chain, Bakura walked toward the four people, his Egyptian cape flapping behind him.
Kaiba ran across the darkening fog, shadow monsters beckoning to him. Each step he took gave him a splitting headache, his worst fears hitting him harder than a baseball bat.
'S-s-s-stupid Riordan," Kaiba thought, as a shadow monster threw a cloud of dust toward him, 'Why couldn't you just stay PUT? I wouldn't be going through this crap if you just listened!' As his pain grew, sweat beaded down his forehead, causing him to stop. Staring at the hour glass in his hand, he saw that a small amount of the sand went through.
'I still got a lot of time left,' Kaiba thought wryly, 'But still, this place is killing me. Better find Riordan and Ryou Bakura soon.'
But as he started to run once more, a pain grew inside his chest, making Kaiba clutch his sweater hard. Seeing it as a chance to move forward, the shadow monsters advanced on him slowly. Suddenly a dome of light surrounded him, causing the monsters to shrink away, hissing at it. As Kaiba looked down, he saw the Millennium Rod glowing. Staring at it, the pain shot at him once more, as Kaiba fell on one knee. He shut his eyes, wishing it would stop.
Then the pain stopped. As Kaiba opened his eyes once more, he caught a flash of the future, speeding forward.
Mokuba was laughing, as he blew out birthday candles on a cake.
Mr. Shields, Aura's father, shook Kaiba madly, anger spread across his face.
The Millennium Orb was laid shattered on the desert sand.
Tea, Duke, and Tristan were on hospital beds, heart monitors linked to them.
Yugi was staring at the Dark Magician and Wingweaver card in his hand.
Aura was falling, as she reached out for a helping hand.
A tombstone was in a graveyard, with a name he could not see.
Suddenly it stopped, as the pain surcease in his chest. The dome disappeared, giving Kaiba time to recollect himself.
'What the heck was that?' Kaiba thought, standing up slowly. Staring at the hour glass, he saw that a little more sand went through. 'It doesn't matter now. I got to keep moving.'
Decision made, he ran forward, his Millennium Rod leading the way.
Aura screamed, hands flying in the air, as Ryou tried to calm her down. Ryou found Aura sprawled on the ground crying days before, and helped her as much as he can.
"Aura calm down! It's me, Ryou!" he cried, holding her tight.
"No! NO! GET OFF OF ME!" she screamed, fidgeting, "Seth! Seth NEEDS me! They're gonna KILL me!"
"No one is going to kill you Aura! Please, stay calm!" Ryou yelled, slapping her across the face. Aura stopped crying, as wisps of darkness flew around them.
"A-are we still in the Shadow Realm?" she whispered, shaking a little. Ryou sighed, nodding his head.
"Afraid so. We've been stuck here for days now. Possibly weeks. Good thing the monsters stopped bothering us." Ryou said, as Aura looked on sadly.
"I-I'm sorry Ryou. N-n-next time, I'll be more cooperative." Aura said quietly.
He shook his head, saying, "It's not your fault. This is the first time you've been here, isn't it? But the strange thing is, neither of us are. . . Well, dying. We're just, lingering here, as if we were waiting for something."
Aura nodded, saying, "Yes, it looks like it. But why? Why aren't we affected?"
"Who knows," he answered.
They were silent for a moment, as they sat across from each other.
"Is this your first time to the Shadow Realm, Ryou?" Aura asked quietly.
"No," he replied shortly.
"Aren't you ever scared?" Aura whispered.
"Of course, but now that you're here, I'm not scared anymore." Ryou said, shrugging.
"But why?"
"I really don't know, Aura. Maybe. . . Well, I don't know." Ryou shivered, holding his shoulders.
"Here," Aura said, giving him her cape, "I don't need it anymore." Ryou took it gratefully.
"What happens to you when you're in the Shadow Realm?" Aura asked.
"I get reoccurring dreams of my mother dying. What about you?"
"Same thing. I dream about the day my brother and my mother died."
"It sucks, doesn't it, to lose someone and everyone saying that they understand. . ."
"When they really don't?" Aura finished.
"Yeah," Ryou said, smiling wryly.
"Then, for the rest of your life, you have to pretend to be something you're not, just so. . ."
"People can leave you alone." Ryou finished.
"It's like being. . ."
"Trapped," Ryou finished once more.
Aura sighed, turning away. "Yeah. . . That's right. Only problem is that there is only one way out."
Ryou glanced at her, surprised. "And what's that?" Aura's eyes shifted to look at him.
"I think you already know that."
A small jeep drove toward the black pyramid, as five teenagers were seen in it. Joey, Tristan, Tea, Serenity, and Duke were sitting inside the vehicle, their hair moving with the wind.
"We're almost there, guys!" Joey cried out, standing up inside the car. Serenity and Tea nodded, as Duke and Tristan looked forward with a worried look.
"Do you guys see that?" Tristan yelled, pointing toward the pyramid. Everyone turned to look.
The sun was disappearing quickly. As it hid itself behind the sand dunes, the moon went up in its place.
"What in the world. . .?" Duke said, squinting at the birds in the sky. As the birds were flying, they suddenly stopped in mid-flight, standing very still. The winds that used to move the trees suddenly stopped, the trees tipped over.
Time sped forward, but life stopped.
"Who. . . What is doing this?" Tea said.
"Lucian," Serenity whispered, "But if every living thing stopped, why are we still moving?"
"I-I dunno Sis," Joey replied in awe, "But this just means that things gotten worse. Hurry up, Duke! There's no speed limit here!"
"Hang on to your seats, guys!" Duke yelled, stepping on the gas pedal hard. The car sped forward, as the moon crept forward in the sky, counting down to an unknown future.
Kaiba was close to his destination. He could feel it in his gut.
He ran faster, as drops of blood appeared on his white trench coat. His face was filled with small scratches, made from the monsters sharp claws. Some of the monsters he recognized from Duel Monsters, like the Pale Beast he saw just moments ago. But Kaiba had no time to waste; time was running out, and fast.
'Too fast,' Kaiba thought suspiciously, 'One minute I have lots of time; the next the hour glass is half full. What is up?' Growling, he jumped over a pit a shadow monster made just for him.
Suddenly his foot was caught fast in mud-like guck, as Kaiba tried to pull it out. In his pursuit, Kaiba fell face forward on the ground, as more muck went in his face.
"DAMN IT!!" he screamed, as little ferret-like creatures appeared, giggling hard.
Angry, he kicked one of the ferrets. Hissing at him, they scrambled away, giggling some more. Wiping the "thing" off his face, he closed his eyes. Opening them once more, a face loomed in front of him.
Jumping backwards, he saw that the face was himself. A perfect mirror image. Kaiba stared at him dumbfounded, as the mirror Kaiba grinned and blew a raspberry at him.
"Shut up," Kaiba said.
"Shut up!" Mirror Kaiba mimicked, laughing and jumping up and down.
"Move out of my way."
Mirror Kaiba shook his head so hard, his hair swished this way and that. "Nope, nope, nope!"
"MOVE!!" Kaiba yelled.
"Pretty please?" mirror Kaiba asked, batting his eyelashes.
Now as you know, this disturbed Kaiba VERY much. Besides, wouldn't you be afraid if you saw yourself in a PINK trench coat, acting very feminine?
'What kind of twisted world am I in?' Kaiba thought.
"Don't mind him," a voice said. Suddenly another Kaiba walked forward, wearing a fancy suit with an eyepiece in his left eye, "He lived with a rather, ah, UNATURAL family."
Before the real Kaiba can say anything, more Kaibas started sprouting out. There was a lazy Kaiba, a baby Kaiba, an angry Kaiba, you name it. But either way, this was driving the real Kaiba toward the very edge.
"Who the heck are you?!" Kaiba cried, scared for the very first time in his life.
"YOU!!" they said in unison.
They advanced on him with a menacing look. Kaiba backed away slowly.
Suddenly a bright light engulfed the Kaibas, as the Kaibas backed away angrily. When the light disappeared, it turned out that they were all the Copycat monster card. As they ran away, Kaiba looked at them in a dazed look. Shaking his head, he ran foreword, seeing something ahead of him. Even though it was dark, he could tell who it was.
Aura.
Kaiba suddenly stopped running, slowing down to a walk. 'How long has it been since. . . that day?' he thought, 'Will she remember me? Crap, Seto, don't think about it now, you don't have time for that!' He stared at the hour glass, seeing that he only had fifteen minutes left. Suddenly he reached to where Aura was.
Her eyes were blank, as she giggled happily. As Kaiba looked around, he saw Ryou tied up by snake-like creatures, his eyes heavy.
"K-Kaiba. . . Help her. . ." Ryou whispered, pointing to Aura. Kaiba turned to look at her once more.
She was hugging a shadow monster's head, stroking it as if it was a fluffy teddy bear. "Do you want nappy time, Seth?" she asked, smiling and giggling again. Quickly Kaiba ran over to Ryou and cut the snakes away with the Millennium Rod. Ryou fell to the ground, as the snakes disappeared into the air.
Ryou jumped up and ran up to Aura, shaking her. "Aura, wake up!!"
"We're gonna need a blanket, Mama. Seth will be cold." Aura said, her eyes still blank.
"Aura!" Kaiba said, crouching beside her, "What happened to you?"
Aura turned her head at him, tilting her head. "Oh, Rasa, is that you? Can you go get me warm milk and honey bread? That's Seth's favorite snack."
"Ryou, what happened. . .?" Kaiba asked, turning toward Ryou.
"M-monsters attacked us. . . And suddenly this. . . this CLOUD. . . went over Aura's head. . . and now she's like this. . ." Ryou said, trying to get the monster's head out of Aura's grasp.
"Mama, I can take care of him. Don't worry, he won't get hurt," Aura said, with an iron grip on the head.
"Wake up, Aura!" Kaiba screamed, shaking her.
"Shh, use your inside voice, Rasa. Seth is SLEEPING, remember?" Aura whispered, rocking the head, "Don't worry, baby brother, I'll protect you. I PROMISE."
"Oh Aura," Ryou whispered, hugging her. Aura didn't notice, as she continued to stare at the head.
Kaiba couldn't take it anymore. Thrusting Ryou off of her, Kaiba grabbed her by her shirt and slapped her across the face.
"WAKE UP RIORDAN!!" Kaiba screamed. The slap sent Aura sliding across the ground, her eyes not blank anymore. She got up slowly, trembling a little. Aura kicked the head away from her, her hands covering her face.
"Aura. . ." Ryou said, walking toward her. Helping her up, Aura snapped away her hand from him, shadows covering her face.
"Lets go," Kaiba ordered, as Ryou followed him, "we only have a little bit of time left." As he started walking back, he noticed that Aura wasn't following.
Turning his head, Kaiba said, "Didn't you hear me? Move."
"No. . ." she whispered, fists shaking.
Ryou glanced back, surprised, "What?"
"NO!! I WILL NOT LEAVE WITH THAT KNIVING SNAKE!!" Aura screamed.
"What?" Kaiba said.
"I won't leave with you! You can't just. . . just BEAT me and expect me to follow you! I'm better than THAT!" she yelled.
"What are you talking about, Aura?" Ryou said, "He was trying to help you. . ."
"I don't care! Kaiba, do you really expect me to follow you, when you don't even believe in all this mess?!" she said, spilling angry tears.
"Aura. . ." Kaiba started, but was soon interrupted.
"Father treated me the same way you did now and six years ago! He always used to slap me, telling me to forget Mama, to forget Seth! How can he say that about his family?! I should've figured out before; you are just as EVIL as him!!" Aura screamed, her eyes glowing, "I...WILL...NOT!!!!"
Aura screamed, as it threw the three people out of the Shadow Realm and in the real world. Kaiba landed on the hard ground, as Yami, Ishizu, Shadi, and Mr. Motto looked on in surprise.
Bakura lost control of his body, making him retreat to his soul room, and Ryou taking control.
"Ryou! You're back!" Yami said happily, as Ryou and Kaiba quickly untied the chains on them.
"Good work, Mr. Kaiba. You brought them back just in time," Shadi said, smiling.
"But. . . But I didn't," Kaiba whispered. Everyone, including Ryou, looked at him strangely.
"What do you mean, you didn't?" Ishizu asked.
"Where is Aura?" Mr. Motto asked. They were soon to find out.
Suddenly they turned toward Lucian and Amunet. They were clutching their heads tightly, groaning loudly.
"W-W-What is happening?" Ryou asked frighteningly.
Amunet and Lucian screamed, as Amunet turned into a white phoenix and Lucian turning into a black phoenix. When Lucian left the body, Aura was back to normal, unconscious.
"Aura!" Yami yelled, running toward her.
Suddenly Aura stood up, floating in the thin air. Her hair flowed with the wind, as Aura's eyes remained closed.
"Yugi!!" Joey yelled, running towards them. Quickly following was Tristan, Duke, Serenity, and Tea. And with them was. . .
"Mokuba!" Kaiba screamed, running toward his little brother and hugging him tight.
"Joey! Tea! Tristan! Duke! Serenity! You're all right!" Yami said, as the whole group was together.
"We searched for you immediately when you disappeared," Tea said, smiling.
"How did you find us?" Ishizu asked.
Before Joey can answer, Aura opened her eyes, sending a shiver down everyone's spine.
"Uh, you guys, what's wrong with Aura?" Tristan asked.
"And what are those birds circling around her?" Duke asked.
As they stared at Aura, she tilted her head at them, as the phoenixes rubbed their heads against her. Aura patted the birds comfortingly.
"A-Aura?" Mokuba whispered.
Aura smiled sweetly, too sweetly. "Hush little baby," Aura whispered, as the phoenixes kept circling around her, "It will be all over in a moment. . ."
Aura raised her hand, a sword appearing in it, stained with blood. "It will be all over. . ."
To Be Continued. . .
Lalalalala. . . man, I read some WEIRD stuff this week.
Disclaimer: I don't own YGO, only my characters.
Author's Note: Okay, it's too hard to write down Y. Bakura and Bakura. So instead, Y. Bakura will be Bakura, and Bakura will be Ryou.
Chapter 30: Bliss
"A what?" Yami asked, staring at Lucian.
The Shadow Monster smirked. "A duel. I think that you all people would know what that is." He walked over to Amunet and grasped her shoulder tightly. "Only, this duel will be a five way duel."
"A five way duel? What do you mean?" Mr. Motto replied questioningly.
"I'll let Bakura continue on," Lucian said coolly, with Bakura stepping forward toward Yami.
Staring at Yami, Bakura asked slyly, "You are familiar with a four way duel, are you not, Pharaoh?"
"Yes, what's your point?" Yami asked angrily, glaring at the tomb robber.
He grinned, happy to annoy the Pharaoh. Continuing, Bakura said, "When you duel against Lucian, you and himself will each have a partner, and you will duel each other just like in an original four way duel."
"Then why would it be called a five way duel?" Ishizu wondered.
"You are quite perceptive, Ishizu," Bakura said, smirking. Amunet stepped forward, standing by Bakura. "Here is the surprise; Amunet shall be on her own side, with no partner. Her job is to assist the team with the most life points in any way possible. But, you will not know HOW she shall help you. It shall be her decision whether to help a team. . . or destroy a team. Think of her as a wild card." Yami growled, annoyed.
'So that doesn't really give us much of an advantage,' Yugi said to Yami through mind link. 'That just means that Amunet will only help Lucian, and not us.'
'You're right, Yugi. This gives us nothing at all.' Yami thought, glaring at Lucian. The Shadow Monster grinned.
"Fine. Then I shall choose Ishizu to be my partn. . ." Yami started.
Lucian held up his hand, saying, "Not so fast, Pharaoh. You must duel with the Priest, while I shall duel with Bakura."
Shadi looked surprised. "Are you mad? How can Mr. Kaiba duel if he is in the Shadow Realm? You sent him there, do you not remember?"
"Of course I remember, my turbaned friend," Lucian said slyly, "That is why we shall wait. But, if the Priest does not arrive when the moonlight hits that mirror. . ." He pointed to an oval mirror. "you shall lose the duel, and worse."
"And what would that be?" Yami asked suspiciously.
Lucian smirked at him. "That you will find out later. Bakura!"
He turned his head, replying, "Yes Lucian?"
"Chain the Priests and Pharaoh up. We can't have them leaving the party so soon, should we?"
Nodding, Bakura said, "Yes Lucian," Grabbing a nearby chain, Bakura walked toward the four people, his Egyptian cape flapping behind him.
Kaiba ran across the darkening fog, shadow monsters beckoning to him. Each step he took gave him a splitting headache, his worst fears hitting him harder than a baseball bat.
'S-s-s-stupid Riordan," Kaiba thought, as a shadow monster threw a cloud of dust toward him, 'Why couldn't you just stay PUT? I wouldn't be going through this crap if you just listened!' As his pain grew, sweat beaded down his forehead, causing him to stop. Staring at the hour glass in his hand, he saw that a small amount of the sand went through.
'I still got a lot of time left,' Kaiba thought wryly, 'But still, this place is killing me. Better find Riordan and Ryou Bakura soon.'
But as he started to run once more, a pain grew inside his chest, making Kaiba clutch his sweater hard. Seeing it as a chance to move forward, the shadow monsters advanced on him slowly. Suddenly a dome of light surrounded him, causing the monsters to shrink away, hissing at it. As Kaiba looked down, he saw the Millennium Rod glowing. Staring at it, the pain shot at him once more, as Kaiba fell on one knee. He shut his eyes, wishing it would stop.
Then the pain stopped. As Kaiba opened his eyes once more, he caught a flash of the future, speeding forward.
Mokuba was laughing, as he blew out birthday candles on a cake.
Mr. Shields, Aura's father, shook Kaiba madly, anger spread across his face.
The Millennium Orb was laid shattered on the desert sand.
Tea, Duke, and Tristan were on hospital beds, heart monitors linked to them.
Yugi was staring at the Dark Magician and Wingweaver card in his hand.
Aura was falling, as she reached out for a helping hand.
A tombstone was in a graveyard, with a name he could not see.
Suddenly it stopped, as the pain surcease in his chest. The dome disappeared, giving Kaiba time to recollect himself.
'What the heck was that?' Kaiba thought, standing up slowly. Staring at the hour glass, he saw that a little more sand went through. 'It doesn't matter now. I got to keep moving.'
Decision made, he ran forward, his Millennium Rod leading the way.
Aura screamed, hands flying in the air, as Ryou tried to calm her down. Ryou found Aura sprawled on the ground crying days before, and helped her as much as he can.
"Aura calm down! It's me, Ryou!" he cried, holding her tight.
"No! NO! GET OFF OF ME!" she screamed, fidgeting, "Seth! Seth NEEDS me! They're gonna KILL me!"
"No one is going to kill you Aura! Please, stay calm!" Ryou yelled, slapping her across the face. Aura stopped crying, as wisps of darkness flew around them.
"A-are we still in the Shadow Realm?" she whispered, shaking a little. Ryou sighed, nodding his head.
"Afraid so. We've been stuck here for days now. Possibly weeks. Good thing the monsters stopped bothering us." Ryou said, as Aura looked on sadly.
"I-I'm sorry Ryou. N-n-next time, I'll be more cooperative." Aura said quietly.
He shook his head, saying, "It's not your fault. This is the first time you've been here, isn't it? But the strange thing is, neither of us are. . . Well, dying. We're just, lingering here, as if we were waiting for something."
Aura nodded, saying, "Yes, it looks like it. But why? Why aren't we affected?"
"Who knows," he answered.
They were silent for a moment, as they sat across from each other.
"Is this your first time to the Shadow Realm, Ryou?" Aura asked quietly.
"No," he replied shortly.
"Aren't you ever scared?" Aura whispered.
"Of course, but now that you're here, I'm not scared anymore." Ryou said, shrugging.
"But why?"
"I really don't know, Aura. Maybe. . . Well, I don't know." Ryou shivered, holding his shoulders.
"Here," Aura said, giving him her cape, "I don't need it anymore." Ryou took it gratefully.
"What happens to you when you're in the Shadow Realm?" Aura asked.
"I get reoccurring dreams of my mother dying. What about you?"
"Same thing. I dream about the day my brother and my mother died."
"It sucks, doesn't it, to lose someone and everyone saying that they understand. . ."
"When they really don't?" Aura finished.
"Yeah," Ryou said, smiling wryly.
"Then, for the rest of your life, you have to pretend to be something you're not, just so. . ."
"People can leave you alone." Ryou finished.
"It's like being. . ."
"Trapped," Ryou finished once more.
Aura sighed, turning away. "Yeah. . . That's right. Only problem is that there is only one way out."
Ryou glanced at her, surprised. "And what's that?" Aura's eyes shifted to look at him.
"I think you already know that."
A small jeep drove toward the black pyramid, as five teenagers were seen in it. Joey, Tristan, Tea, Serenity, and Duke were sitting inside the vehicle, their hair moving with the wind.
"We're almost there, guys!" Joey cried out, standing up inside the car. Serenity and Tea nodded, as Duke and Tristan looked forward with a worried look.
"Do you guys see that?" Tristan yelled, pointing toward the pyramid. Everyone turned to look.
The sun was disappearing quickly. As it hid itself behind the sand dunes, the moon went up in its place.
"What in the world. . .?" Duke said, squinting at the birds in the sky. As the birds were flying, they suddenly stopped in mid-flight, standing very still. The winds that used to move the trees suddenly stopped, the trees tipped over.
Time sped forward, but life stopped.
"Who. . . What is doing this?" Tea said.
"Lucian," Serenity whispered, "But if every living thing stopped, why are we still moving?"
"I-I dunno Sis," Joey replied in awe, "But this just means that things gotten worse. Hurry up, Duke! There's no speed limit here!"
"Hang on to your seats, guys!" Duke yelled, stepping on the gas pedal hard. The car sped forward, as the moon crept forward in the sky, counting down to an unknown future.
Kaiba was close to his destination. He could feel it in his gut.
He ran faster, as drops of blood appeared on his white trench coat. His face was filled with small scratches, made from the monsters sharp claws. Some of the monsters he recognized from Duel Monsters, like the Pale Beast he saw just moments ago. But Kaiba had no time to waste; time was running out, and fast.
'Too fast,' Kaiba thought suspiciously, 'One minute I have lots of time; the next the hour glass is half full. What is up?' Growling, he jumped over a pit a shadow monster made just for him.
Suddenly his foot was caught fast in mud-like guck, as Kaiba tried to pull it out. In his pursuit, Kaiba fell face forward on the ground, as more muck went in his face.
"DAMN IT!!" he screamed, as little ferret-like creatures appeared, giggling hard.
Angry, he kicked one of the ferrets. Hissing at him, they scrambled away, giggling some more. Wiping the "thing" off his face, he closed his eyes. Opening them once more, a face loomed in front of him.
Jumping backwards, he saw that the face was himself. A perfect mirror image. Kaiba stared at him dumbfounded, as the mirror Kaiba grinned and blew a raspberry at him.
"Shut up," Kaiba said.
"Shut up!" Mirror Kaiba mimicked, laughing and jumping up and down.
"Move out of my way."
Mirror Kaiba shook his head so hard, his hair swished this way and that. "Nope, nope, nope!"
"MOVE!!" Kaiba yelled.
"Pretty please?" mirror Kaiba asked, batting his eyelashes.
Now as you know, this disturbed Kaiba VERY much. Besides, wouldn't you be afraid if you saw yourself in a PINK trench coat, acting very feminine?
'What kind of twisted world am I in?' Kaiba thought.
"Don't mind him," a voice said. Suddenly another Kaiba walked forward, wearing a fancy suit with an eyepiece in his left eye, "He lived with a rather, ah, UNATURAL family."
Before the real Kaiba can say anything, more Kaibas started sprouting out. There was a lazy Kaiba, a baby Kaiba, an angry Kaiba, you name it. But either way, this was driving the real Kaiba toward the very edge.
"Who the heck are you?!" Kaiba cried, scared for the very first time in his life.
"YOU!!" they said in unison.
They advanced on him with a menacing look. Kaiba backed away slowly.
Suddenly a bright light engulfed the Kaibas, as the Kaibas backed away angrily. When the light disappeared, it turned out that they were all the Copycat monster card. As they ran away, Kaiba looked at them in a dazed look. Shaking his head, he ran foreword, seeing something ahead of him. Even though it was dark, he could tell who it was.
Aura.
Kaiba suddenly stopped running, slowing down to a walk. 'How long has it been since. . . that day?' he thought, 'Will she remember me? Crap, Seto, don't think about it now, you don't have time for that!' He stared at the hour glass, seeing that he only had fifteen minutes left. Suddenly he reached to where Aura was.
Her eyes were blank, as she giggled happily. As Kaiba looked around, he saw Ryou tied up by snake-like creatures, his eyes heavy.
"K-Kaiba. . . Help her. . ." Ryou whispered, pointing to Aura. Kaiba turned to look at her once more.
She was hugging a shadow monster's head, stroking it as if it was a fluffy teddy bear. "Do you want nappy time, Seth?" she asked, smiling and giggling again. Quickly Kaiba ran over to Ryou and cut the snakes away with the Millennium Rod. Ryou fell to the ground, as the snakes disappeared into the air.
Ryou jumped up and ran up to Aura, shaking her. "Aura, wake up!!"
"We're gonna need a blanket, Mama. Seth will be cold." Aura said, her eyes still blank.
"Aura!" Kaiba said, crouching beside her, "What happened to you?"
Aura turned her head at him, tilting her head. "Oh, Rasa, is that you? Can you go get me warm milk and honey bread? That's Seth's favorite snack."
"Ryou, what happened. . .?" Kaiba asked, turning toward Ryou.
"M-monsters attacked us. . . And suddenly this. . . this CLOUD. . . went over Aura's head. . . and now she's like this. . ." Ryou said, trying to get the monster's head out of Aura's grasp.
"Mama, I can take care of him. Don't worry, he won't get hurt," Aura said, with an iron grip on the head.
"Wake up, Aura!" Kaiba screamed, shaking her.
"Shh, use your inside voice, Rasa. Seth is SLEEPING, remember?" Aura whispered, rocking the head, "Don't worry, baby brother, I'll protect you. I PROMISE."
"Oh Aura," Ryou whispered, hugging her. Aura didn't notice, as she continued to stare at the head.
Kaiba couldn't take it anymore. Thrusting Ryou off of her, Kaiba grabbed her by her shirt and slapped her across the face.
"WAKE UP RIORDAN!!" Kaiba screamed. The slap sent Aura sliding across the ground, her eyes not blank anymore. She got up slowly, trembling a little. Aura kicked the head away from her, her hands covering her face.
"Aura. . ." Ryou said, walking toward her. Helping her up, Aura snapped away her hand from him, shadows covering her face.
"Lets go," Kaiba ordered, as Ryou followed him, "we only have a little bit of time left." As he started walking back, he noticed that Aura wasn't following.
Turning his head, Kaiba said, "Didn't you hear me? Move."
"No. . ." she whispered, fists shaking.
Ryou glanced back, surprised, "What?"
"NO!! I WILL NOT LEAVE WITH THAT KNIVING SNAKE!!" Aura screamed.
"What?" Kaiba said.
"I won't leave with you! You can't just. . . just BEAT me and expect me to follow you! I'm better than THAT!" she yelled.
"What are you talking about, Aura?" Ryou said, "He was trying to help you. . ."
"I don't care! Kaiba, do you really expect me to follow you, when you don't even believe in all this mess?!" she said, spilling angry tears.
"Aura. . ." Kaiba started, but was soon interrupted.
"Father treated me the same way you did now and six years ago! He always used to slap me, telling me to forget Mama, to forget Seth! How can he say that about his family?! I should've figured out before; you are just as EVIL as him!!" Aura screamed, her eyes glowing, "I...WILL...NOT!!!!"
Aura screamed, as it threw the three people out of the Shadow Realm and in the real world. Kaiba landed on the hard ground, as Yami, Ishizu, Shadi, and Mr. Motto looked on in surprise.
Bakura lost control of his body, making him retreat to his soul room, and Ryou taking control.
"Ryou! You're back!" Yami said happily, as Ryou and Kaiba quickly untied the chains on them.
"Good work, Mr. Kaiba. You brought them back just in time," Shadi said, smiling.
"But. . . But I didn't," Kaiba whispered. Everyone, including Ryou, looked at him strangely.
"What do you mean, you didn't?" Ishizu asked.
"Where is Aura?" Mr. Motto asked. They were soon to find out.
Suddenly they turned toward Lucian and Amunet. They were clutching their heads tightly, groaning loudly.
"W-W-What is happening?" Ryou asked frighteningly.
Amunet and Lucian screamed, as Amunet turned into a white phoenix and Lucian turning into a black phoenix. When Lucian left the body, Aura was back to normal, unconscious.
"Aura!" Yami yelled, running toward her.
Suddenly Aura stood up, floating in the thin air. Her hair flowed with the wind, as Aura's eyes remained closed.
"Yugi!!" Joey yelled, running towards them. Quickly following was Tristan, Duke, Serenity, and Tea. And with them was. . .
"Mokuba!" Kaiba screamed, running toward his little brother and hugging him tight.
"Joey! Tea! Tristan! Duke! Serenity! You're all right!" Yami said, as the whole group was together.
"We searched for you immediately when you disappeared," Tea said, smiling.
"How did you find us?" Ishizu asked.
Before Joey can answer, Aura opened her eyes, sending a shiver down everyone's spine.
"Uh, you guys, what's wrong with Aura?" Tristan asked.
"And what are those birds circling around her?" Duke asked.
As they stared at Aura, she tilted her head at them, as the phoenixes rubbed their heads against her. Aura patted the birds comfortingly.
"A-Aura?" Mokuba whispered.
Aura smiled sweetly, too sweetly. "Hush little baby," Aura whispered, as the phoenixes kept circling around her, "It will be all over in a moment. . ."
Aura raised her hand, a sword appearing in it, stained with blood. "It will be all over. . ."
To Be Continued. . .
Lalalalala. . . man, I read some WEIRD stuff this week.