Chapter Eleven - Kidnap!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Yu-Gi-Oh, and I'm not making any money from this fic
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kyla and Nia were sitting on the grass outside school at lunchtime. They'd just finished eating, and Nia still couldn't get over the fact that Kyla had, by a fluke, won her first holographic duel.
"I mean, it was so cool!" Nia exclaimed enthusiastically. "I was so worried about you after the Electric Lizard. And I nearly had a heart attack when Riku's Gale Lizard attacked your life points!"
"Well... Thank you for worrying about me," Kyla said with a small smile. Smiling didn't feel so weird now. She was getting more used to being at least a little happy. "It was certainly very different to playing just with the cards," she added.
"I guess using holograms would be," Nia replied. "They would definitely freak me out." She shuddered.
"Is that why you flatly refused to even go near the stand and duel?" Kyla wanted to know.
"Um, yeah," Nia answered, blushing slightly. "Kind of silly, huh?"
"Not really," Kyla said with a small frown. "If you really don't like dueling using holograms, then you don't have to. It's as simple as that, Nia."
See? Nareen's voice said in Kyla's mind. It's not that difficult to be nice to people... Is it, Kyla?
I never said it wasn't! Kyla protested. That wasn't fair, Nareen. Just because you changed too late, it doesn't mean that I've changed too late. I'm still here, after all. Your spirit may have been sealed away... But mine hasn't been.
I wouldn't be so sure that you haven't changed too late, Nareen replied.
What's that supposed to mean? Kyla demanded.
Remember that Ryou's got that weird golden ring-shaped necklace? Nareen answered. That's the millennium ring. When I first saw it, I recognised it in some deep way because of the special... abilities... that I have. And I know that it holds Bakura's spirit, though I could not say how or why. But Bakura is evil.
Oh, no, Kyla whispered. Nareen, isn't there any way that Bakura could be stopped?
You mean by us? Nareen sighed. I know that Bakura wasn't always evil... In fact, he and the Pharaoh used to be quite good friends.
Oh, yes, Kyla said. Pharaoh Yami. Is it possible that his spirit could be trapped in Yugi's necklace thingy?
I don't know, Nareen replied. You'll have to ask Nia to ask Ina that.
All right, Kyla sighed.
"Interesting conversation?" Nia asked curiously.
Kyla nodded. "You know Bakura?" she said. "Nareen told me that his spirit is trapped in Ryou's millennium ring... Which sort of makes him Ryou's yami, I guess. Anyway, does Ina know if Yugi's necklace thingy holds the spirit of Pharaoh Yami?"
"Hold on, let me check." Nia paused for a long moment, then looked at Kyla. "Ina says that he is."
Oh, no, Nareen groaned. That's really not good. But Bakura must have some good in him, Kyla said. He didn't seem too evil in those dream memories... Besides, he was clearly in love with you back in Ancient Egypt. He probably still is.
Maybe you're right, Nareen replied with a sigh. But she didn't sound very convinced at all.
"Hey, do you know anything about Pegasus?" Nia asked suddenly.
"No, not really," Kyla answered.
"Ok," Nia replied. "I think I have a picture of him in a magazine." She started looking through her bag, and finally picked out a magazine. She flipped to a specific page, and then held the magazine up for Kyla to see.
Kyla stared at the picture. Odd, she thought to herself. He looks familiar... But I know that I've never seen him before in my life! Ok, maybe I have seen him... And just remembered subconsciously. That must be it! Because there's no other explanation.
"You know, I've been thinking," Nia said suddenly after putting the magazine away.
Kyla raised an eyebrow inquiringly. "What is it?" she wanted to know.
"I want you to have this," Nia told Kyla, handing her friend a card.
Kyla took it, and stared at it.
It was The Light Princess.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A couple of days later, Nia and Kyla arrived at Riku's house.
After quizzing the two on various cards and their effects, strategies, and the rules of Duel Monsters, Riku finally said, "All right. I think that you two have learned everything you possibly can about Duel Monsters. Anything else, you're going to have to learn by actually dueling."
Nia and Kyla exchanged glances, and then Nia grinned. "All right!" she exclaimed, pumping her fist in the air.
"However," Riku continued. "There is something that I think belongs to each of you. But you have to promise to take care of them."
"We will," Nia said while Kyla merely nodded.
"All right. I will just go and get them." With those words, Riku left the room.
What is he talking about? Kyla silently asked her yami.
Wait and see, Nareen replied mysteriously, clearly amused.
I think that you're keeping secrets just to annoy me, Kyla muttered.
Nareen just laughed as Riku came back into the room. He held out two objects - one to Nia, and one to Kyla.
Nia gasped. "It can't be!" she cried.
The two objects were a crystal star and a crystal bracelet.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
That evening, Nia was walking home. She was mostly concentrating on the crystal bracelet which she knew held her yami, Ina.
That's weird, Nia silently commented to Ina. How come Riku had these two crystal items? And aren't there more than two?
Those two crystal items have been passed down through Riku's family for centuries, Ina answered. And as for the other crystal items? Well, find Riana... And you'll probably find them.
Well... That means that we're going to have to find Riana, then, Nia replied cheerfully.
Ina didn't reply, because, at that moment, a familiar figure stepped out of the shadows and into Nia's path.
Nia stopped dead. "Ryou!" she gasped. "What are you doing here? Is Yugi around?"
The teenager just smiled. "I'm not Ryou," he replied. Then, before Nia could do anything, he took hold of her arm, and made her disappear.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Read and review, please!