Methinks that this will be a long fanfic... thankyou to everyone who is
reading it! It means a lot to me to have this read, considering that it is
my first try at one. I hope that you like it so far... I know that there's
been a lot of talking, but there will be more action further on. I think.
It's kinda got a life of it's own... spooky! Does this happen to all
writers?
Chapter 9
A worried efficiency seemed to have gripped the town by the time Grandpa and Arthur reached it. People were packing up stalls and shuttering windows and children were being ushered by their parents into houses. Everyone was hurrying like ants before a rain.
'What's going on?' Grandpa asked a young man hurrying by. He said something quickly in another language and pointed to the sky, and then hurried on.
'Solomon, the winds are picking up. The sandstorms that cancelled the flights must have reached us,' explained Arthur, a worried expression creasing his features.
'A sandstorm? But the kids-'
'We can't head back out there now. We wouldn't have much chance finding them in a storm and it might be dangerous. They'll have enough sense to stay in the pyramid, and we can go and find them as soon as the storm lifts.'
Grandpa frowned in concern
'I hope they're okay..'
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'Are you.. real?' Tea asked tentatively of the spirit.
He smiled and clenched a hand experimentally.
'It appears so.'
Yugi stared up in amazement from the floor - he didn't quite trust his legs yet to support him. The mysterious spirit of his puzzle had somehow manifested itself in an older, taller and more confidant form of him.. it was unbelievable. And disturbing. It was like watching the reflection in the mirror move of its own accord. The magic in the wall had somehow created a body for Yami, an imperfect copy of Yugi's.
Yami chuckled at Yugi's astonishment.
'Well, I was right.. the wall did have defences. Although I would have preferred not to have taken the chance.'
Joey sweatdropped and mumbled something about it being an accident. Kaiba was still speechless, although he had backed away to a somewhat safer distance. When he finally found his voice, it was low and controlled.
'Who are you?'
He glared accusingly at Yami, as if expecting him to attack them all at any second. The fact that the others seemed to recognize him did little to allay his suspicions - if anything, it seemed that he now mistrusted them as well.
Yami's voice took on a more serious tone as he addressed Kaiba.
'I am the spirit who was locked away in Yugi's millennium puzzle. The magic of this wall has somehow created a body for me.. most likely a projection of Yugi's, which is why we look so alike. You may call me Yami.'
Kaiba's eyes narrowed further.
'You're a ghost?'
'...Of a kind.'
'And you honestly expect me to believe in ghosts and magic? Please...'
Yami gave a miniscule shrug to show that he didn't care what Kaiba chose to believe or not believe.
'If you have a better explanation... But I would have thought that Yugi and I had demonstrated the magic of the cards and the millennium items on numerous enough occasions to have you believe it. Not to mention Pegasus.' Kaiba didn't seem to have an answer to this - he was remembering Pegasus' inexplicable abilities during duels, and his claim to have removed Mokuba's soul.. even Kaiba's own nightmarish experiences as a misplaced soul, which he still wasn't certain was only a dream.
Perhaps they are telling the truth, he thought. But if that is true... what have I gotten myself into? He shook his head... perhaps some fresh air, away from these inexplicable circumstances, was in order.
Leaving Kaiba to his internal debate, Yami was helping up his former host who seemed to have recovered. Yugi smiled at him, the initial shock giving way to happy amazement.
'Wow.. this is so cool. For once I can actually talk to you without people thinking I'm spacing out or something!'
Tristan finally found his tongue.
'You guys remember when I said that nothing that happens to us would surprise me anymore?'
'Yeah..' answered Joey.
'I was wrong.'
Tea shook her head.
'The big problem is, how are we going to explain this to everyone? Especially your Grandpa, Yugi. I don't think that he's going to buy some story about a long-lost grandson.'
'Wrong.' Kaiba's voice came from near the entrance, and they started up to see. Seeking fresh air, he had tried to leave the chamber. Unfortunately, the strong breezes that had filled the room moments ago had slackened, and now he had discovered the reason.
'The big problem is, how are we going to get out of here?'
The stone doors had been left open slightly, allowing a steady cascade of sand to create miniature dunes on the floor. The sand outside had already crept up to a quarter of the doors' full height, making it impossible to move even with all of them straining against it. Hot wind still whistled through the narrow opening, carrying the smell of sand and dust and stinging the faces of any who faced it.
'A sandstorm - it's going to bury us!' cried Tristan.
'I'm too young to die!' panicked Joey.
The two began digging frantically at the sand that had pooled inside the chamber, trying to clear it away from the door. Their efforts were more or less futile as more sand immediately came rushing in. If the situation weren't so serious, it would have been almost comical.
'Guys, guys - chill! Grandpa and the Professor know we're out here, they'll come and dig us out when it's over! Don't worry!' Tea exclaimed.
Just then Yugi noticed that Yami hadn't followed them up the stairs when Kaiba had called out. He went back down and found him tracing a finger up and down the lines of glyphs on the walls, silently mouthing the words of a long-dead language.
'What is it?' Yugi asked.
Still looking at the writing, Yami answered.
'Mainly records of duels... some warnings to keep away... and.. Here!'
He pointed to a passage and quickly scanned it.
'Once accepted by the guarding spells.. well, we know what they are, now.. then the doors will open when touched by similar magic..'
He thought for a while, and then finally turned to Yugi, who had been standing silently so as to not interrupt.
'Touch the puzzle to the wall - that's probably the easiest way.'
Yugi blinked in surprise, then realised that the golden object was the one thing that had not been duplicated. He nervously approached the wall, then took a steadying breath and touched the face of the puzzle that had the eye on it to the stone.
For a moment nothing happened. Then a low rumbling started to shake the room. Yugi pulled the puzzle away in surprise, but the noise didn't stop. The imprint of the eye was outlined on the dark stone in golden light, which flared, and a seam appeared in the rock. Slowly, the doors separated and slid apart into the walls. Small deposits of dust fell from the ceiling and the rocks shook under the pressure. Finally, the rumbling stopped, and the dust cleared... to reveal a dark stone passageway that stretched on ahead.
The others came running down the stairs, coughing from the disturbed dust. They stared in amazement at what had replaced a seemingly solid stone wall.
'I think we might have found another way out,' announced Yami.
There was a momentary silence.
'So... who wants to go in first?' wondered Tristan.
'Hang on! It might be dangerous in there,' argued Tea. 'We're much better off waiting for the others.'
'And miss the chance to explore? Not likely!' Joey was most enthusiastic. 'This is just like all those mummy movies!'
'Exactly. And do you remember what _happens_ to the people who go exploring in those movies?'
'Ummmm.. good point.'
'Tea's right,' said Yami seriously. 'Opening that was too easy - there are bound to be other defenses if a separation spell was thought necessary. Whatever's in there... someone doesn't want it to be accessed by the wrong people.'
But before anyone else could answer, a moan was heard in the darkness of the tunnel. Joey, Tristan, Yugi and Tea freaked out and began getting as far away from the shadowed entrance as they could. Kaiba looked worried, but didn't run. Yami grabbed a torch from a holder and went inside.
'Yami!' called Yugi nervously, but was interrupted by Joey.
'He'll be fine.. he can't die twice, right?'
Yugi didn't agree or disagree, but looked worriedly at the entrance. After a few moments, Yami's voice was heard in the shadow.
'It's okay!'
They nervously entered, and after a while found him, the light of his torch making dark shadows flicker across the walls. He was crouched over another person, who was recognizable even in the dim light. Impossibly, they were not the first to walk down that hallway. For Bakura lay on the ground, semi-conscious.
I told you I didn't forget about Bakura! But how did he get there? Hmmmm.. that's for me to know and you to find out! Heh, heh (evil grin). The channel I see Yu-gi-oh on is showing old eps, which I am a bit grrrrrrr at but it's better than nothing. The last one was funny.. Bakura ran around setting off traps (inspiration! Ha ha) Thankyou 4 readin, pleez stay tuned!
Chapter 9
A worried efficiency seemed to have gripped the town by the time Grandpa and Arthur reached it. People were packing up stalls and shuttering windows and children were being ushered by their parents into houses. Everyone was hurrying like ants before a rain.
'What's going on?' Grandpa asked a young man hurrying by. He said something quickly in another language and pointed to the sky, and then hurried on.
'Solomon, the winds are picking up. The sandstorms that cancelled the flights must have reached us,' explained Arthur, a worried expression creasing his features.
'A sandstorm? But the kids-'
'We can't head back out there now. We wouldn't have much chance finding them in a storm and it might be dangerous. They'll have enough sense to stay in the pyramid, and we can go and find them as soon as the storm lifts.'
Grandpa frowned in concern
'I hope they're okay..'
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'Are you.. real?' Tea asked tentatively of the spirit.
He smiled and clenched a hand experimentally.
'It appears so.'
Yugi stared up in amazement from the floor - he didn't quite trust his legs yet to support him. The mysterious spirit of his puzzle had somehow manifested itself in an older, taller and more confidant form of him.. it was unbelievable. And disturbing. It was like watching the reflection in the mirror move of its own accord. The magic in the wall had somehow created a body for Yami, an imperfect copy of Yugi's.
Yami chuckled at Yugi's astonishment.
'Well, I was right.. the wall did have defences. Although I would have preferred not to have taken the chance.'
Joey sweatdropped and mumbled something about it being an accident. Kaiba was still speechless, although he had backed away to a somewhat safer distance. When he finally found his voice, it was low and controlled.
'Who are you?'
He glared accusingly at Yami, as if expecting him to attack them all at any second. The fact that the others seemed to recognize him did little to allay his suspicions - if anything, it seemed that he now mistrusted them as well.
Yami's voice took on a more serious tone as he addressed Kaiba.
'I am the spirit who was locked away in Yugi's millennium puzzle. The magic of this wall has somehow created a body for me.. most likely a projection of Yugi's, which is why we look so alike. You may call me Yami.'
Kaiba's eyes narrowed further.
'You're a ghost?'
'...Of a kind.'
'And you honestly expect me to believe in ghosts and magic? Please...'
Yami gave a miniscule shrug to show that he didn't care what Kaiba chose to believe or not believe.
'If you have a better explanation... But I would have thought that Yugi and I had demonstrated the magic of the cards and the millennium items on numerous enough occasions to have you believe it. Not to mention Pegasus.' Kaiba didn't seem to have an answer to this - he was remembering Pegasus' inexplicable abilities during duels, and his claim to have removed Mokuba's soul.. even Kaiba's own nightmarish experiences as a misplaced soul, which he still wasn't certain was only a dream.
Perhaps they are telling the truth, he thought. But if that is true... what have I gotten myself into? He shook his head... perhaps some fresh air, away from these inexplicable circumstances, was in order.
Leaving Kaiba to his internal debate, Yami was helping up his former host who seemed to have recovered. Yugi smiled at him, the initial shock giving way to happy amazement.
'Wow.. this is so cool. For once I can actually talk to you without people thinking I'm spacing out or something!'
Tristan finally found his tongue.
'You guys remember when I said that nothing that happens to us would surprise me anymore?'
'Yeah..' answered Joey.
'I was wrong.'
Tea shook her head.
'The big problem is, how are we going to explain this to everyone? Especially your Grandpa, Yugi. I don't think that he's going to buy some story about a long-lost grandson.'
'Wrong.' Kaiba's voice came from near the entrance, and they started up to see. Seeking fresh air, he had tried to leave the chamber. Unfortunately, the strong breezes that had filled the room moments ago had slackened, and now he had discovered the reason.
'The big problem is, how are we going to get out of here?'
The stone doors had been left open slightly, allowing a steady cascade of sand to create miniature dunes on the floor. The sand outside had already crept up to a quarter of the doors' full height, making it impossible to move even with all of them straining against it. Hot wind still whistled through the narrow opening, carrying the smell of sand and dust and stinging the faces of any who faced it.
'A sandstorm - it's going to bury us!' cried Tristan.
'I'm too young to die!' panicked Joey.
The two began digging frantically at the sand that had pooled inside the chamber, trying to clear it away from the door. Their efforts were more or less futile as more sand immediately came rushing in. If the situation weren't so serious, it would have been almost comical.
'Guys, guys - chill! Grandpa and the Professor know we're out here, they'll come and dig us out when it's over! Don't worry!' Tea exclaimed.
Just then Yugi noticed that Yami hadn't followed them up the stairs when Kaiba had called out. He went back down and found him tracing a finger up and down the lines of glyphs on the walls, silently mouthing the words of a long-dead language.
'What is it?' Yugi asked.
Still looking at the writing, Yami answered.
'Mainly records of duels... some warnings to keep away... and.. Here!'
He pointed to a passage and quickly scanned it.
'Once accepted by the guarding spells.. well, we know what they are, now.. then the doors will open when touched by similar magic..'
He thought for a while, and then finally turned to Yugi, who had been standing silently so as to not interrupt.
'Touch the puzzle to the wall - that's probably the easiest way.'
Yugi blinked in surprise, then realised that the golden object was the one thing that had not been duplicated. He nervously approached the wall, then took a steadying breath and touched the face of the puzzle that had the eye on it to the stone.
For a moment nothing happened. Then a low rumbling started to shake the room. Yugi pulled the puzzle away in surprise, but the noise didn't stop. The imprint of the eye was outlined on the dark stone in golden light, which flared, and a seam appeared in the rock. Slowly, the doors separated and slid apart into the walls. Small deposits of dust fell from the ceiling and the rocks shook under the pressure. Finally, the rumbling stopped, and the dust cleared... to reveal a dark stone passageway that stretched on ahead.
The others came running down the stairs, coughing from the disturbed dust. They stared in amazement at what had replaced a seemingly solid stone wall.
'I think we might have found another way out,' announced Yami.
There was a momentary silence.
'So... who wants to go in first?' wondered Tristan.
'Hang on! It might be dangerous in there,' argued Tea. 'We're much better off waiting for the others.'
'And miss the chance to explore? Not likely!' Joey was most enthusiastic. 'This is just like all those mummy movies!'
'Exactly. And do you remember what _happens_ to the people who go exploring in those movies?'
'Ummmm.. good point.'
'Tea's right,' said Yami seriously. 'Opening that was too easy - there are bound to be other defenses if a separation spell was thought necessary. Whatever's in there... someone doesn't want it to be accessed by the wrong people.'
But before anyone else could answer, a moan was heard in the darkness of the tunnel. Joey, Tristan, Yugi and Tea freaked out and began getting as far away from the shadowed entrance as they could. Kaiba looked worried, but didn't run. Yami grabbed a torch from a holder and went inside.
'Yami!' called Yugi nervously, but was interrupted by Joey.
'He'll be fine.. he can't die twice, right?'
Yugi didn't agree or disagree, but looked worriedly at the entrance. After a few moments, Yami's voice was heard in the shadow.
'It's okay!'
They nervously entered, and after a while found him, the light of his torch making dark shadows flicker across the walls. He was crouched over another person, who was recognizable even in the dim light. Impossibly, they were not the first to walk down that hallway. For Bakura lay on the ground, semi-conscious.
I told you I didn't forget about Bakura! But how did he get there? Hmmmm.. that's for me to know and you to find out! Heh, heh (evil grin). The channel I see Yu-gi-oh on is showing old eps, which I am a bit grrrrrrr at but it's better than nothing. The last one was funny.. Bakura ran around setting off traps (inspiration! Ha ha) Thankyou 4 readin, pleez stay tuned!