Basically, this is a haunted house thing that I did in 8th grade and I decided to put it into a Yu-gi-oh format, trading (on my couple of sheets) the fictional characters for the Yu-gioh cast. Here's hoping you have a blast reading it!
DraconicMaster(DM cos I'll get tired of typing DraconicMaster over and over again): Say hello to my very, very first story here!
Aerith(my main OC pretty much): For good reason... /rolls eyes/
DM: /glares at Aerith/ Kaiba? Disclaimer?
Kaiba: Aw hell, fine! DraconicMaster doesn't own Yu-gi-oh or
Aerith: But she does own me and her writings... /grins evilly at Kaiba/
Kaiba: Leave me- /Eyes DM for a second/ I'll sick her on you! Technically she can't do anything to me but she can make you disappear!
DM: Who says I can't do anything to you? Evil grin
Kaiba: I didn't say anything! /Acting innocent/
Chapter 1- A Couple Screams
"Like a house can really be haunted..." Kaiba said, looking up at the house. It was very dreary and seemed to glare down at everyone.
"And you've never believed a ghost story in your whole life?" Aerith snapped back. He shrugged.
"When I was a whole lot younger, sometimes." He replied.
"Kaiba, young? Yeah right..." Joey muttered but Kaiba heard. He quickly nailed the back of Joey's head with his hand, "Ow! What'd you do that for?" Kaiba shook his head, feigning pity. Aerith burst out in loud laughter. She got stares from the rest of the gang.
"What?" She asked, looking back, her laughter stopped. They all shook their heads and turned away, heading towards the 'haunted' house. Kaiba let a couple of laughs escape him and received a stare from Aerith.
"What are you looking at?" He said sharply. Aerith smiled and ran off after the others.
"Hey! Don't leave me with the nutcase!" She called after them, grinning from ear to ear.
"Nutcase?! Who are you calling a nutcase, Aerith?!" Kaiba ran after her, shouting curses.
The gang stepped inside, Aerith and Kaiba not speaking to each other. No one could do anything about it either. They looked around for a second. Stairs led up to a second floor but it was roped off, along with the hallway to their right."Doesn't look so 'haunted' to me..." Kaiba muttered, looking down the dusty corridors for a second. Another hallway led off to their left while two paths went around the stairs. Aerith took a step forward, snickering slightly. A scream echoed through the house and Aerith leapt back, onto Kaiba, and they both tumbled to the ground. Téa gave a shriek of fright and ran back towards the door.
"I didn't know you were so close behind me..." Aerith said to Kaiba finally. She helped him to his feet.
"I wasn't, you jumped back seven feet or so..." He replied, rubbing his neck.
"The doors won't open!" Téa nearly shrieked.
"Huh?" Aerith said, looking towards them. She sighed, "Téa, you just probably aren't strong enough to open them..." She walked over and pulled on them with one hand. They didn't budge. She pulled again with both hands, a confused look on her face. They still didn't give. Finally, she placed both feet on either side of the door and pulled for all she was worth. She dropped to the ground after a bit, "I think I strained something..." Kaiba snickered at her.
"I'll try." Joey said and backed up a bit before running full-speed at the door. It moved a little but still didn't open. Joey staggered to the ground, "Ow... my arm." Kaiba gave a sigh before stepping up. He quickly brought one leg up, just about to his chest and kicked the door. The doors really rattled this time but still didn't give.
"What the hell?" He said and backed up a couple of feet before nailing it again with his foot. They rattled even more but didn't budge for the most part. He stared at them for a second before shaking his head, "That can't be natural wood and locks..."
"Why don't we all pull on it at the same time?" Yugi offered, looking around. There was a slight murmur of agreement. Aerith got up from the ground and stretched before cracking her neck and fingers.
"All right, I'm ready." She said, looking with determination at the doors. She didn't see everyone staring at her until she looked around, "What?"
"Dat's just creepy..." Joey said and walked over towards the door.
"What is?" Aerith asked, confused.
"Cracking your neck... it sounds like you're... breaking it." Yugi said; he still had a grimace on his face before he shook it away, "Whose going to be at the door?" Everyone looked at him. He shrugged. After a bit, they had everybody in line. Yugi was first, at the doors, Téa behind him, Joey after her, Tristan after him, Aerith, then finally at the back Kaiba. He really didn't want to have anything to do with it but Aerith convinced him otherwise. Yugi got a firm hold on the doorknobs, "All right, pull!" After a minute they were still pulling.
"Shouldn't the damn thing be open by fucking now?!" Aerith yelled, feeling her hands slipping from Tristan. She didn't get an answer. Suddenly Yugi's hands slipped on the handles and everyone went toppling backwards. Since he was at the back, Kaiba was on the bottom of the pile.
"Get the hell off me Aerith!" He shouted. Aerith had gotten turned around slightly and they lay face to face.
"I've got four fucking people on me, how do you expect me to do that?!" She shouted back, trying to keep away from him. A suddenly elbow in the back stopped that and she was suddenly looking Kaiba straight in the eye, "Oops..." She whispered. They stared blankly for a second before someone pulled Aerith up from on top of him. He lay there for a second before leaping up to his feet.
"All right, what the hell do we do now?" He snapped. Téa screamed again, starring up the stairs. Kaiba raised an eyebrow slightly before turning around. His mouth dropped open slightly. There was a young woman coming down the stairs, her brown hair went down gently past her shoulders, she was barefoot and wore a long, probably silk, dress and oval-like glasses.
"She's a fucking ghost..." Aerith said, a bit of awe in her voice. She was completely right as the woman reached the foot of the stairs, a black candle in her hand, where Kaiba was standing, completely open-mouthed at her. She held the candle out and walked straight through him without a problem, candle going over his shoulder. He staggered backwards after a second.
"What- what the hell's going on?" He asked, staring after her. Aerith shook her head.
"And you don't believe in ghosts?" She asked.
"I might now!" Kaiba shouted back.
"Follow me please." The woman said, looking up at them. They could see a long cut across her throat, it had to have been slit before she was killed. Aerith shivered slightly. She smiled at them and Aerith gave a sigh. She pulled Kaiba to his feet and started towards the ghost.
"Where are you going?" Kaiba yelled at her. Aerith turned and walked backwards for a bit.
"I figure that there can't be any harm in this, I mean after all, this is an amusement park haunted house, isn't it?" She answered, shrugging.
"What if it isn't?" He asked, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"Then I'm dead. Either way, I'm not going to stand around and let any killers kill me in front of the door there." Aerith replied and turned back around, "I'm gonna find a way out of here." Kaiba looked at the door for a second then Aerith before following. The ghost looked slightly happier and led the two of them down the hall.
"She's a real ghost, right?" Kaiba whispered to Aerith as they followed the spirit.
"Yeah, she's floating... half a foot or so off the floor..." Aerith rolled her eyes, "Then again she could just be holograms, like projected from a duel disk."
"You think I've got something to do with this?" He asked her, keeping his voice slightly low. Aerith shook her head.
"No, I don't think so, or else you wouldn't have been shocked when she walked through you." Aerith replied.
"I've got the feeling that this was a bad idea..." He suddenly muttered.
"So do I, but I'm dealing. I figure that it can't be that bad." She said back, shrugging again. The woman leading them suddenly stopped and smiled bigger, showing a few teeth. The two of them turned around and saw the rest of the group coming down the hall after them. They managed to catch up and the woman kept walking.
"This way please." She said. Suddenly the hall opened up into a big room with pictures all over the walls. The group stepped into the middle of the room and looked about. The woman smiled again before stepping up to a picture, holding the candle up towards it.
"What's she doin'?" Joey asked.
"I think we're about to get our history lesson..." Kaiba muttered, giving a sigh.
"All work and no play, huh?" Aerith snickered.
"Shut up."
"This is David Vladimir, the founder of this building." The man in the picture looked very stern, especially because he was dressed like some army general or something like that.
"Look, it's you Kaiba." Aerith joked and got a couple of laughs out of everyone. Kaiba glared at her.
"Unfortunately, when he was thirty-six, he seems to have killed himself, execution-style with one bullet from a Colt revolver to the head." Aerith's laughs turned into loud, barking coughs. Everyone else quickly stopped their laughs and went slightly pale. The woman continued nonetheless, "His wife, Isabella, is pictured here next to him. She inherited this place after his death and lived in it for a few more years before she also died. They found her lying on her bathroom floor, both wrists slit open." The second picture the spirit was holding the candle up to, had a beautiful woman in it, looking very relaxed.
"Ain't she pretty..." Joey murmured and Téa elbowed him in the stomach, "Ugh!" Aerith broke out into snickers.
"The next picture is of David Vladimir's son-in-law and his daughter." The son-in-law was very handsome, even by today's standards, while his wife looked like a mix of mother and father, stern yet relaxed. Aerith slightly nudged Téa and nodded towards the picture, smiling. They both giggled. The apparition looked back up at the photo, "The son-in-law is Joseph Stowe and his wife is Catherine."
"What wuz dat for?" Joey asked the two girls. Aerith shook her head.
"Nothing..." She glanced at Téa who caught her glance before they burst out into laughs again.
"Both were murdered in this place." The girls stopped their laughs suddenly and stared, "The next one is Joseph and Catherine's only son, Ray Stowe, who did not marry and left all his possessions to his favorite nephew, whom you will see in the next mural." Téa and Aerith looked at each other, the mural of Ray Stowe, then at each other again. They giggled once again. Kaiba looked at them for a second before shaking his head.
"Shut up Aerith." He muttered, nailing Aerith in the side with his elbow. She gave a yelp of pain, called him a jerk, and stomped on his foot, "OW!" He yelled out. Another round of snickers came and he glared at everyone.
"Ray's nephew is Jonathan McClellan, pictured here with his wife and niece. His wife, Michelle, was never able to bear children and Jonathan's brother and brother's wife died, so he adopted their niece, Nancy." The specter continued, smiling oddly, "A few people on the street, said to be business associates of Jonathan, came into their house one night and murdered everyone except for Nancy and her pet cat, Lara. The two of them hid in a vent in Nancy's parent's room. Michelle was raped once or twice before she was killed and Jonathan was killed soon after, made to watch the rape of his wife. Nancy saw it all and ever afterwards had a twisted look on life. She had only one child and threw herself off of the roof of this building at age thirty-three." A few members of the group looked sick. The phantom didn't seem to care though and went on, "This is a painting of Nancy and her daughter, Robin, along with a couple of her cats."
A long while later, the group was on their last four or five pictures when all of a sudden, the phantom stopped, looking towards the front hall, starring with a horrified look in her eyes. Aerith looked down the hall for a second.
"Uh... Ma'am... what's wrong?" She asked after a second.
"Ma'am?" Kaiba asked her, a slight smirk on his face.
"It was the only thing I could think of!" Aerith hissed back.
"... He's back..." The ghost whispered, never taking her eyes off of the hall.
"Who's back?!" Téa cried out. Suddenly, the apparition vanished and the candle she had been holding fell to the ground, starting a small fire. Joey, Tristan, and Yugi leapt forwards and started stamping out the flames. Aerith looked down the hall and something caught her eye.
"Huh?" She said out-loud, drawing Kaiba's attention to her.
"What the hell are you looking at?" He snapped at her.
"I saw something down there; I'm gonna go check it out." Aerith said, starting towards the hall.
"Not without me. You've got a knack for trouble." Kaiba started after her.
"Saw something, gonna go check it out!" Aerith yelled to the rest of the group and the two teenagers ran off down the hall.
Aerith stopped for a second in the main hall, peering around the room. Kaiba stood beside her.
"So?" He asked and they both looked down the taped off hall. A flash of movement caught their eyes. They looked at each other for a second, "You planned this didn't you?"
"Didn't know a thing about it." Aerith replied starting towards the hall. She paused to pull the police tape away, "Coming?"
"Yeah." Kaiba answered and started down the hall after her. They ended up in a sitting room and they looked around for a second. Aerith walked into the room and saw a man on the stairs; he was close to the top and almost out of sight.
"Hey!" She yelled at him. Kaiba came up and stood beside Aerith, looking up at the man. The person suddenly pulled something from his pocket... something very shiny. He pulled it up and threw it at Aerith. She screamed in fright and then in pain when the knife suddenly was sticking out of her right forearm. She clutched at it as the man started back up the stairs, to the room above. Aerith fell and sat against the wall, her face a mask of pain. Kaiba quickly leaned down beside her and thought for a second.
"Can you move your fingers?" He asked. Aerith looked up at him and then back down at her hand a couple of times. She carefully moved each finger a little, wincing. Blood ran from the wound like a river. Kaiba pulled his jacket sleeve up a little and ripped off a bit of his shirt, "Hold out your arm." Footsteps thundered down the hall towards them. Aerith nervously held out her arm, the knife sticking straight up. He reached up and curled his fingers around the handle, "Ready?" Aerith bit her lip and nodded before squeezing her eyes tightly shut. Kaiba looked at her face to the knife a couple of times before pulling it out. Aerith screamed out in pain again. He threw the knife to the side as the rest of the gang came running in.
"What did you do to her?!" Téa yelled at him.
"He didn't do anything." Aerith said, the pain still clearly on her face, "Some dude on the stairs did this. I yelled 'Hey' at him and he throws a knife at me. Nice greeting, huh?" Kaiba quickly put the ripped shirtsleeve on the wound, tying it around tightly.
"Can you still move your fingers?" He asked and she wiggled them, "Good." He got up and looked at the stairs.
"Are you okay?" Yugi asked Aerith.
"Yeah, everything except my arm and my pride." Aerith replied, getting up, "Thanks to him I can still move my fingers..." She nodded towards Kaiba. She looked at him for a second, "Thanks, I owe you a lot." Kaiba looked away from her.
"Hmph..." was his answer. Aerith laughed slightly while Joey almost ran at him.
"I'll take that as a 'you're welcome' you cold thing..." Aerith laughed. Kaiba started up the stairs.
"You should be more careful." He replied, not even looking at her.
"And that would be a 'yes'." She started up the stairs after him, the rest of the group following her. At the top was an empty room with only a pool table in the center, the walls were painted a bright, dark red. Kaiba took a couple of steps into the room when suddenly something fell from the ceiling. Aerith let a frightened yell pass her lips and Téa screamed in horror. The person from earlier hung from the ceiling, rope tied tightly around his neck. He was limp as he swung back and forth for a second.
"Is he really a dead person?" Yugi asked, looking up at the dead man, eyes wide.
"Looks pretty dead to me." Kaiba said, walking up closer, "His neck snapped when he fell. You break your neck, you die." Aerith shivered slightly and didn't say anything.
"Check." Téa said. Her eyes were wide with horror.
"What?" Kaiba asked, surprised slightly of the demand out of Téa.
"Check to see if he's dead." Téa said, nodding towards the man. Aerith nodded with her.
"Whatever..." Kaiba turned back around to face him, "Hey stupid!"
"What?" Joey asked. Aerith burst out into laughter.
"Not you, mutt." Kaiba sharply said at Joey, "The dead idiot hanging from the ceiling." He gestured towards the man hanging from the ceiling.
"Whoops..." Joey said, quickly looking away, his face flushed.
"He still looks dead." Kaiba said, turning his back to the dead man, shrugging slightly. As he took a step forward, something clasped around his neck. His fingers flew up to get it off but found a hand around his neck.
"I don't think I'm dead..." A raspy voice said. Kaiba was lifted off of the floor and turned around. He found himself looking into the 'dead' man's face. The man's eyes were open and were a crimson color.
"Holy shit!" Joey yelled, seeing what was going on. The group stared blankly for a bit, watching the teenager struggle against the so-called dead person. Kaiba gasped for breath, trying to kick at the person. Not one of his kicks connected. Aerith and Joey suddenly leapt forward and tried to free him. Aerith leapt up on the pool table and tried drawing the man's attention away. Joey tried pulling the man's hands off of Kaiba's neck. He had to be at least a foot off the ground though and Joey had to jump up onto the pool table to help. Tristan quickly ran up as well and leapt up behind the man. He nailed the man in the back of the head and it didn't do anything. Aerith stood for a second before reaching down to her shoes. Joey saw her, "Dis ain't da time ta tie your shoes Aerith!" He shouted at her.
"I'm not!" She shouted back and came back up with her pocketknife. She quickly rammed it straight into the man's arm. He screamed and dropped Kaiba to the ground. Aerith quickly pulled the knife back and leapt off of the pool table, "You stabbed me and I stab you." She commented. Kaiba looked slightly dazed but otherwise fine, Aerith put the pocketknife back into her sock. Tristan also leapt down, turning to look at the dead man. He had gone back to acting or being dead and hung limp again. Aerith walked over closer for a second before pulling the man's hand out from the noose. A loud crack was heard and the man hung limper. Aerith leapt back, her mouth open in horror.
"You just fucking killed him, Aerith..." Kaiba said from the floor in awe, he hadn't gotten up yet. Red marks were etched onto his neck from the man's fingers clutching him too tightly.
"I- I- I didn't- I didn't mean to!" Aerith said, walking backwards away from the dead man, her eyes on him. She reached the stairs and moved her foot backwards towards empty space.
"Aerith!" Joey yelled and Kaiba looked over at her. She was just about to fall down the stairs. His eyes widened slightly, "Someone grab a hold o' her!" Joey shouted, jumping down from the pool table. Aerith suddenly started toppling backwards, "Aerith!" Joey screamed when suddenly Aerith stopped falling and, instead, was yanked forward. She fell to the ground, on top of Kaiba. He had a hand clasped around one of Aerith's but quickly let go.
"Thanks..." Aerith managed out.
"My thanks will be when you get the hell off of me..." Kaiba groaned from Aerith's weight. Aerith got up, staggering a little but just fine. Joey ran over to her and quickly checked to see if she was okay as Kaiba got up from the ground and dusted himself off. Joey turned to look at Kaiba.
"I think you've actually got a conscience in der..." Joey said, grinning slightly. Kaiba glared at him.
"Shut up, Mutt." Kaiba said and walked off, towards the stairs. A scream was suddenly heard and Kaiba froze, his foot almost down to the top step. He stared down the stairs for a bit.
"If everyone's here, then who did that?" Téa asked, fear clearly imprinted on her voice. Everyone was silent.
"Let's go check it out..." Aerith suggested. Kaiba started back down the stairs, Aerith following once again. The four other teenagers looked at each other.
"We should follow them right?" Tristan asked and Téa sighed before starting down the stairs after the other two. Yugi quickly followed her when suddenly another scream was heard, not Aerith's or Téa's though, a woman's nonetheless. Joey and Tristan quickly ran down the stairs after exchanging glances.
DM: Read and reply please! I'd really appriciate it! Tell me whether it's good or bad and things like that, you know, constructive critisism? All flames will be used to fuel Aerith's temper and you really don't want to do that, she can get real mad...
Aerith: Damn straight I can!
Kaiba: Hell no! Do not flame, she'll take all her anger out on me!
DM: Ignore them, read and reply, pretty please? With sugar on top? /puppy-dog eyes/
Aerith and Kaiba: You do not need sugar!
DM: A nice review and I'll post the next chapter as soon as I can. My mom doesn't let me go online that much soooo.... Yeah, so if you review and it takes me like a month to get it up, blame my mom.