Hi ya, y'all! I'm so happy today. I'M HOME AND NOT GROUNDED FROM THE
COMPUTER!!! That's a record. I was at my grandma's all week cause my
parents decided to take a cruise. WAH!! THEY DIDN'T TAKE ME!! Oh well,
here's chapter eight. Enjoy!
"Oh. Hello Angelina." Bakura greeted nonchalantly, imitating his hikari's voice as closely as possible. Angelina had somehow caught up to him, even though he was currently in an empty classroom, completely lost.
"Hi Bakura! Listen, I just wanted to tell you, you've got keeper. The rest of the team got together and agreed you were the best. Your reserve is Ron Weasley, he's decent, but you're loads better. I'll be seeing you then!" She said briskly, and running off.
"Wait a minute, Johnson!!" Bakura cried. "I need directions to the tower. I'm lost." Angelina laughed. (okay, that was a stupid scene. cool!)
"Yugi Muto." Yugi jumped from the cold voice behind him.
"Oh. Bakura, you scared me. What do you want?" Yugi smiled his little kawaii smile, which Bakura attempted to ignore.
"Your notes." He answered simply. "I was asleep through most of the classes." He explained quickly. Yugi just smiled again.
"You have to ask Hermione." He told him sweetly. "I only took three of the classes you took, and all of those were practical. Didn't you skip Arithmancy?" He asked.
"Oh yeah. nevermind then, I'll be on my way!" He said heartily. "Oh, and Ryou's fine, he'll be out of the hospital wing soon. I have to go see him, and hopefully avoid any questions again. That Snape guy followed me all the way to Ryou, it was freaky. Ooh, I know!" And with that, he ran up to his dormitory. Yugi rolled his eyes.
"Ryou! Ryou, come read this, something's wrong back in Egypt!" Malik cried. It was Saturday morning, and Ryou still hadn't got out of the hospital wing. Malik had run in, a paper in hand, followed quickly by Yugi. "Isis went home last night with just a note, and it's in Arabic, she even forgot to write in English. Here!" He shoved it under Ryou's nose.
Malik,
Sorry to leave so soon. Rishid's in trouble at home. Be on your guard, several tablets describing the Sennen items were stolen. Guards dead, no obvious reasons for death. Looks like magic. I have to go home and help out. Won't be back, I've already been replaced. Watch out for Harry Potter. I hear from Dumbledore that Voldemort will not rest until he's dead. Let him know of the dangers as soon as Dumbledore sees fit. I will see you as soon as I can. Take care.
Isis
Ryou's eyes widened. "You mean. Another psycho after the Items? This is getting a bit ridiculous, when Rishid and Isis are getting involved. I mean, sure, Isis has the tauk, but it shouldn't go any deeper than that, she should stay here to keep it safe!" Malik sighed.
"Yeah. That brings us to another thing." Yugi held out the tauk. "We went to breakfast this morning, Yami had a bad feeling, but we didn't think anything of it. Dumbledore found us and asked us if we knew anything about what happened. And then, Nightshade swooped in holding that note. Dumbledore will be here soon, demanding an explanation. We told them mostly everything about them, but we never told them the dangers." Yugi said.
"Well this just really sucks! No one else needs to get into this, and I just know that somehow half the school will get sucked in by this Voldemort person. And your cousin, Ryou, that Harry kid, if this is that Voldemort guy's fault, then he's the one who they're after, or so Isis says. What if they get a hold of the Sennen Items and use them against him. I don't sense hardly any Shadow Power, he wouldn't last five minutes in the Shadow Realm!" Malik hissed.
"I can hardly, and I have Yami!" Yugi cried. Ryou nodded. They had no time to discuss this, as Professor Dumbledore) had rushed in. The Yamis split and sat down, looking alert and worried. (Yes, Bakura was worried, got it!) Ryou sat up attentively, and Yugi and Malik remained standing, staring at their feet.
"Hello, again." said Dumbledore calmly. The boys remained silent. "I see that you have not told us everything, apparently." Bakura looked directly at the man.
"That night, it didn't seem necessary to point out the dangers of the Shadow Realm. From what I see, you people have plenty to worry about as it is, without bothering with our safety. Tell us what you know, and we will tell you what we know." Yugi made a noise as though to protest, but his Yami stopped him.
"Very well." Dumbledore nodded. He waved his wand and a chair appeared by the bed. He took a seat in it, and began to explain.
"As you may well already know, fifteen years ago, Voldemort was one of the most powerful wizards in the entire world. It seemed that he would never be stopped, as though he were immortal. But one Halloween night, he made the mistake of going to kill the Potters. And that is where most everyone thought he had met his end. As he went to kill Harry, he didn't know that he would not be killing him that night, but instead starting the terms of a Prophecy that was made shortly before Harry's birth. He did not know that his own curse would backfire. You see, his mother died to save him, giving him protection from being killed that night. And so, Harry got his scar, marking him as Voldemort's equal. Recently, Voldemort has come back. And the prophecy says that only Harry can kill him, as only Voldemort can kill Harry."
"Does Harry know?" Yami immediately asked. Dumbledore shook his head sadly.
"Not yet." The hikaris took a moment. Even Bakura blinked a few times.
"A prophecy does not make it so." He told the man defiantly. "If it were, then I would no longer be here, and the pharaoh wouldn't be either. You make your own fate."
"I must agree, from what I understand, you have broken a few of your own. But, is it also not true that an alternative can be more dangerous?" They took a moment to stare at one another. Everyone was slightly taken aback when Bakura was the first to go down, for not even he could stand the icy glare.
"I believe it is my turn to listen."
"Right. Well, as the tomb robber told you, we didn't want to drag anyone else into this. We figured it was our business to deal with the psychos stupid enough to try and face me for my own Sennen Puzzle, like I would give it up." He paused and glanced at Malik. "We've been able to defend ourselves from the others, what made this demon any different? Although your magic is incredibly weak in comparison to our own, it seems that if we tried we would fail, more than likely losing our hikaris in the process.
"After seeing what has happened to Isis and Rishid. and well, the dead guards left behind, we became even more angry. If they really wanted information on the Sennen Items, he should have left those two out of it! They should have come to us, at least we're used to it."
"I see. What are the other dangers of the shadow realm?" The professor asked.
"Well, the obvious one, from a couple nights ago. Like Yami told you, no average mortal could last very long in the shadow realm. As powerful as we are with the Sennen Items, Yugi and I can't take it for long periods of time. It will devour your very soul. The worst possible punishment imaginable is being banished to the Shadow Realm. I should know, my Yami has before. I'm not sure of the truthfulness of this, but I've heard that if you stay there and allow yourself to be consumed, you'll be turned into one of the darker monsters. Man Eater Bug, Dark Necrophilia, Morphing Jar. etcetera, etcetera, etcetera." He counted off.
"Basically, all the monsters in your deck."
"Change of Heart!"
"Half demon, then, whatever. But I doubt that theory, 'cause then where would the nice or neutral things come from? You know, Empress Judge and such."
"Kuriboh!" Ryou teased. Bakura laughed.
"Maybe I'm finally rubbing off on you, aibou!" Bakura said between laughs. Ryou froze. No one but Bakura seemed to notice though.
"Well, I suppose you'd best be getting back. Ryou, Madam Pomfrey says it's alright for you to go as well."
"Um. one more thing!" Malik said. "Who replaced Isis?" Dumbledore smiled, his eyes twinkling.
"You probably don't know of him. He was a teacher here two years ago. His name is Remus Lupin."
"Well, Ginny-chan, we have a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher." Ryou said, slightly annoyed.
"Really? Where'd Professor Ishtar go?" She asked, looking up from her homework.
"Home. She and Malik, and their stepbrother, Rishid, own a museum in Cairo. Something rather important was stolen, and it really doesn't make sense because no one is really able to interpret it. Not unless they have an idea of what it's about, anyway." He pointed to his shirt, under which his ring was hidden. Quite frankly, he was glad he had someone else to talk to about this sort of stuff. Sure, Malik, Bakura, Yugi and Yami were okay, but just the fact that he knew them so well made it so boring to talk about. He already knew everything they would say.
"Who is it?"
"Do you know a Remus Lupin?" Ginny gasped, and her eyes widened.
"Professor Lupin! Oh, that's wonderful, he's coming back!! Oh, we have to go tell the others, they'll be positively ecstatic!" She cried.
"Yeah. okay." He murmured halfheartedly.
"Harry! Harry, you won't believe it!! Professor Lupin's coming back!" Harry stared at the two in disbelief.
"Are you kidding!!" Ron finally busted. Ginny shook her head.
"That's odd. Where'd Ishtar go?" Hermione asked.
"Home." Malik answered from behind her, making the girl jump. "A few things were stolen at the museum we own. It's rather stupid though, they killed all the guards to get something they'll misread anyway. No one understands it."
"Really? No ideas whatsoever?" She inquired.
"Well, if I told you, Bakura or Yugi there would kill you, and then me. Not really worth it. Anyway, this guy's going to replace her, at least until things back home are all cleared up. I still worry though, that maybe they can read the tablets. that there would be bad, as then we would probably be killed anyway."
"I wouldn't kill you, honestly." Ryou defended. "Sure, I might hurt you really bad, and make you suffer for slipping up again, but I could never kill you. Not yet, anyway."
"I don't know if I would. Nah, my hands are too stained to be bothered with ridding of you." Malik raised an eyebrow.
"Was that Yugi talking?"
"No, it's the evil spirit that takes over his body once in a while!"
~~~~Hermione's POV~~~~
"No, it's the evil spirit that takes over his body once in a while!" Yugi said. Only. I don't know why, but that struck a chord in my head. Where had I heard that before!! And then that little comment about stained- hands. That definitely wasn't very Yugi-like. Still. Evil Spirit. That was it!! The Millennium Puzzle!!
"I'm going to the library!" I told them hurriedly. But I didn't go to the library. Not straight away, anyway. I went to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office. Professor Lupin was about to walk out as I knocked on the door.
"Oh! Hello, Hermione. I suppose if you're looking for Professor Ish-
"No," I cut him off. "All I need is to get a book out of the Restricted Section of the library. Please, it's very important." I handed him a note. He looked at it for a moment.
"You can read Arabic?" I sighed and nodded. "Yes, I learned last year. But can I have it?" He considered it for a moment.
"Is this about the new students?" He asked unexpectedly. I blinked several times. "You certainly have sharpened from your Third year." He said quietly. "But I'm afraid their permission is much more valuable than mine. You'll have to ask them. I'd go with Ryou, he's the least likely to be amazed by your skills. He figured out Sirius was an Animagus at a glance." Once again, I blinked.
"How?" I asked.
"I honestly don't know." He answered simply. I frowned and stalked off to the library. Even if I couldn't get something out of the restricted section, I was sure to find something.
Sure enough, I found what I needed, without that particular book. Turned out, it was somewhat common Egyptian Mythology.
It is said that the eight Millennium Items are hidden and protected in the tomb of the Nameless Pharaoh. Of the seven total, the most powerful is believed to be the Puzzle. It is rumored to give the owner powers beyond belief. If one is to collect all Seven, he will control all the powers of the Pharaoh, as the powers of the ever-rumored Shadow Realm. It is told that one could rule the entire world with such powers.
Of all the mysterious powers of the items, the most peculiar could be the 'Rearranging' powers of the Ankh. This allows the owner to walk through the mind of any being, called a 'Soul Room.' A soul room is decorated with the inner self of the person...
Okay, that was enough for now. I took the book out and ran back to the dormitory. This would be weird. Yugi, with powers beyond belief? What was up with that? It didn't mention anything about an evil spirit either!!
HAHA!! That was my evil version of a cliffhanger!! Yea!!
See the purple button. I COMMAND YOU TO PRESS IT!! Heh he. Cartoon Network is evil. Rurouni Kenshin is only on once a week, and hasn't even gotten to Soujirou's breakdown yet!! Used to, that might be a week. BUT NOW IT'S A WHOLE FREAKIN' MONTH!! We don't even know who Tomoe is supposed to be, us Cartoon-net workers.! Thank goodness for online manga translations.
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"Oh. Hello Angelina." Bakura greeted nonchalantly, imitating his hikari's voice as closely as possible. Angelina had somehow caught up to him, even though he was currently in an empty classroom, completely lost.
"Hi Bakura! Listen, I just wanted to tell you, you've got keeper. The rest of the team got together and agreed you were the best. Your reserve is Ron Weasley, he's decent, but you're loads better. I'll be seeing you then!" She said briskly, and running off.
"Wait a minute, Johnson!!" Bakura cried. "I need directions to the tower. I'm lost." Angelina laughed. (okay, that was a stupid scene. cool!)
"Yugi Muto." Yugi jumped from the cold voice behind him.
"Oh. Bakura, you scared me. What do you want?" Yugi smiled his little kawaii smile, which Bakura attempted to ignore.
"Your notes." He answered simply. "I was asleep through most of the classes." He explained quickly. Yugi just smiled again.
"You have to ask Hermione." He told him sweetly. "I only took three of the classes you took, and all of those were practical. Didn't you skip Arithmancy?" He asked.
"Oh yeah. nevermind then, I'll be on my way!" He said heartily. "Oh, and Ryou's fine, he'll be out of the hospital wing soon. I have to go see him, and hopefully avoid any questions again. That Snape guy followed me all the way to Ryou, it was freaky. Ooh, I know!" And with that, he ran up to his dormitory. Yugi rolled his eyes.
"Ryou! Ryou, come read this, something's wrong back in Egypt!" Malik cried. It was Saturday morning, and Ryou still hadn't got out of the hospital wing. Malik had run in, a paper in hand, followed quickly by Yugi. "Isis went home last night with just a note, and it's in Arabic, she even forgot to write in English. Here!" He shoved it under Ryou's nose.
Malik,
Sorry to leave so soon. Rishid's in trouble at home. Be on your guard, several tablets describing the Sennen items were stolen. Guards dead, no obvious reasons for death. Looks like magic. I have to go home and help out. Won't be back, I've already been replaced. Watch out for Harry Potter. I hear from Dumbledore that Voldemort will not rest until he's dead. Let him know of the dangers as soon as Dumbledore sees fit. I will see you as soon as I can. Take care.
Isis
Ryou's eyes widened. "You mean. Another psycho after the Items? This is getting a bit ridiculous, when Rishid and Isis are getting involved. I mean, sure, Isis has the tauk, but it shouldn't go any deeper than that, she should stay here to keep it safe!" Malik sighed.
"Yeah. That brings us to another thing." Yugi held out the tauk. "We went to breakfast this morning, Yami had a bad feeling, but we didn't think anything of it. Dumbledore found us and asked us if we knew anything about what happened. And then, Nightshade swooped in holding that note. Dumbledore will be here soon, demanding an explanation. We told them mostly everything about them, but we never told them the dangers." Yugi said.
"Well this just really sucks! No one else needs to get into this, and I just know that somehow half the school will get sucked in by this Voldemort person. And your cousin, Ryou, that Harry kid, if this is that Voldemort guy's fault, then he's the one who they're after, or so Isis says. What if they get a hold of the Sennen Items and use them against him. I don't sense hardly any Shadow Power, he wouldn't last five minutes in the Shadow Realm!" Malik hissed.
"I can hardly, and I have Yami!" Yugi cried. Ryou nodded. They had no time to discuss this, as Professor Dumbledore) had rushed in. The Yamis split and sat down, looking alert and worried. (Yes, Bakura was worried, got it!) Ryou sat up attentively, and Yugi and Malik remained standing, staring at their feet.
"Hello, again." said Dumbledore calmly. The boys remained silent. "I see that you have not told us everything, apparently." Bakura looked directly at the man.
"That night, it didn't seem necessary to point out the dangers of the Shadow Realm. From what I see, you people have plenty to worry about as it is, without bothering with our safety. Tell us what you know, and we will tell you what we know." Yugi made a noise as though to protest, but his Yami stopped him.
"Very well." Dumbledore nodded. He waved his wand and a chair appeared by the bed. He took a seat in it, and began to explain.
"As you may well already know, fifteen years ago, Voldemort was one of the most powerful wizards in the entire world. It seemed that he would never be stopped, as though he were immortal. But one Halloween night, he made the mistake of going to kill the Potters. And that is where most everyone thought he had met his end. As he went to kill Harry, he didn't know that he would not be killing him that night, but instead starting the terms of a Prophecy that was made shortly before Harry's birth. He did not know that his own curse would backfire. You see, his mother died to save him, giving him protection from being killed that night. And so, Harry got his scar, marking him as Voldemort's equal. Recently, Voldemort has come back. And the prophecy says that only Harry can kill him, as only Voldemort can kill Harry."
"Does Harry know?" Yami immediately asked. Dumbledore shook his head sadly.
"Not yet." The hikaris took a moment. Even Bakura blinked a few times.
"A prophecy does not make it so." He told the man defiantly. "If it were, then I would no longer be here, and the pharaoh wouldn't be either. You make your own fate."
"I must agree, from what I understand, you have broken a few of your own. But, is it also not true that an alternative can be more dangerous?" They took a moment to stare at one another. Everyone was slightly taken aback when Bakura was the first to go down, for not even he could stand the icy glare.
"I believe it is my turn to listen."
"Right. Well, as the tomb robber told you, we didn't want to drag anyone else into this. We figured it was our business to deal with the psychos stupid enough to try and face me for my own Sennen Puzzle, like I would give it up." He paused and glanced at Malik. "We've been able to defend ourselves from the others, what made this demon any different? Although your magic is incredibly weak in comparison to our own, it seems that if we tried we would fail, more than likely losing our hikaris in the process.
"After seeing what has happened to Isis and Rishid. and well, the dead guards left behind, we became even more angry. If they really wanted information on the Sennen Items, he should have left those two out of it! They should have come to us, at least we're used to it."
"I see. What are the other dangers of the shadow realm?" The professor asked.
"Well, the obvious one, from a couple nights ago. Like Yami told you, no average mortal could last very long in the shadow realm. As powerful as we are with the Sennen Items, Yugi and I can't take it for long periods of time. It will devour your very soul. The worst possible punishment imaginable is being banished to the Shadow Realm. I should know, my Yami has before. I'm not sure of the truthfulness of this, but I've heard that if you stay there and allow yourself to be consumed, you'll be turned into one of the darker monsters. Man Eater Bug, Dark Necrophilia, Morphing Jar. etcetera, etcetera, etcetera." He counted off.
"Basically, all the monsters in your deck."
"Change of Heart!"
"Half demon, then, whatever. But I doubt that theory, 'cause then where would the nice or neutral things come from? You know, Empress Judge and such."
"Kuriboh!" Ryou teased. Bakura laughed.
"Maybe I'm finally rubbing off on you, aibou!" Bakura said between laughs. Ryou froze. No one but Bakura seemed to notice though.
"Well, I suppose you'd best be getting back. Ryou, Madam Pomfrey says it's alright for you to go as well."
"Um. one more thing!" Malik said. "Who replaced Isis?" Dumbledore smiled, his eyes twinkling.
"You probably don't know of him. He was a teacher here two years ago. His name is Remus Lupin."
"Well, Ginny-chan, we have a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher." Ryou said, slightly annoyed.
"Really? Where'd Professor Ishtar go?" She asked, looking up from her homework.
"Home. She and Malik, and their stepbrother, Rishid, own a museum in Cairo. Something rather important was stolen, and it really doesn't make sense because no one is really able to interpret it. Not unless they have an idea of what it's about, anyway." He pointed to his shirt, under which his ring was hidden. Quite frankly, he was glad he had someone else to talk to about this sort of stuff. Sure, Malik, Bakura, Yugi and Yami were okay, but just the fact that he knew them so well made it so boring to talk about. He already knew everything they would say.
"Who is it?"
"Do you know a Remus Lupin?" Ginny gasped, and her eyes widened.
"Professor Lupin! Oh, that's wonderful, he's coming back!! Oh, we have to go tell the others, they'll be positively ecstatic!" She cried.
"Yeah. okay." He murmured halfheartedly.
"Harry! Harry, you won't believe it!! Professor Lupin's coming back!" Harry stared at the two in disbelief.
"Are you kidding!!" Ron finally busted. Ginny shook her head.
"That's odd. Where'd Ishtar go?" Hermione asked.
"Home." Malik answered from behind her, making the girl jump. "A few things were stolen at the museum we own. It's rather stupid though, they killed all the guards to get something they'll misread anyway. No one understands it."
"Really? No ideas whatsoever?" She inquired.
"Well, if I told you, Bakura or Yugi there would kill you, and then me. Not really worth it. Anyway, this guy's going to replace her, at least until things back home are all cleared up. I still worry though, that maybe they can read the tablets. that there would be bad, as then we would probably be killed anyway."
"I wouldn't kill you, honestly." Ryou defended. "Sure, I might hurt you really bad, and make you suffer for slipping up again, but I could never kill you. Not yet, anyway."
"I don't know if I would. Nah, my hands are too stained to be bothered with ridding of you." Malik raised an eyebrow.
"Was that Yugi talking?"
"No, it's the evil spirit that takes over his body once in a while!"
~~~~Hermione's POV~~~~
"No, it's the evil spirit that takes over his body once in a while!" Yugi said. Only. I don't know why, but that struck a chord in my head. Where had I heard that before!! And then that little comment about stained- hands. That definitely wasn't very Yugi-like. Still. Evil Spirit. That was it!! The Millennium Puzzle!!
"I'm going to the library!" I told them hurriedly. But I didn't go to the library. Not straight away, anyway. I went to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office. Professor Lupin was about to walk out as I knocked on the door.
"Oh! Hello, Hermione. I suppose if you're looking for Professor Ish-
"No," I cut him off. "All I need is to get a book out of the Restricted Section of the library. Please, it's very important." I handed him a note. He looked at it for a moment.
"You can read Arabic?" I sighed and nodded. "Yes, I learned last year. But can I have it?" He considered it for a moment.
"Is this about the new students?" He asked unexpectedly. I blinked several times. "You certainly have sharpened from your Third year." He said quietly. "But I'm afraid their permission is much more valuable than mine. You'll have to ask them. I'd go with Ryou, he's the least likely to be amazed by your skills. He figured out Sirius was an Animagus at a glance." Once again, I blinked.
"How?" I asked.
"I honestly don't know." He answered simply. I frowned and stalked off to the library. Even if I couldn't get something out of the restricted section, I was sure to find something.
Sure enough, I found what I needed, without that particular book. Turned out, it was somewhat common Egyptian Mythology.
It is said that the eight Millennium Items are hidden and protected in the tomb of the Nameless Pharaoh. Of the seven total, the most powerful is believed to be the Puzzle. It is rumored to give the owner powers beyond belief. If one is to collect all Seven, he will control all the powers of the Pharaoh, as the powers of the ever-rumored Shadow Realm. It is told that one could rule the entire world with such powers.
Of all the mysterious powers of the items, the most peculiar could be the 'Rearranging' powers of the Ankh. This allows the owner to walk through the mind of any being, called a 'Soul Room.' A soul room is decorated with the inner self of the person...
Okay, that was enough for now. I took the book out and ran back to the dormitory. This would be weird. Yugi, with powers beyond belief? What was up with that? It didn't mention anything about an evil spirit either!!
HAHA!! That was my evil version of a cliffhanger!! Yea!!
See the purple button. I COMMAND YOU TO PRESS IT!! Heh he. Cartoon Network is evil. Rurouni Kenshin is only on once a week, and hasn't even gotten to Soujirou's breakdown yet!! Used to, that might be a week. BUT NOW IT'S A WHOLE FREAKIN' MONTH!! We don't even know who Tomoe is supposed to be, us Cartoon-net workers.! Thank goodness for online manga translations.
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