Well, the story I began earlier doesn't go so well... I'll finish it anayway, but I decided to begin a new story already. Yugi and Ryou end up inside a magical book called "Ra's Black Book", where their souls are seperated from those of their Yamis and the souls from their past. In order to get freed they will have to do some kind of trial.
Ryou: A trial? But I've just done a Science-test!
Ryou-Ran: But this is going to be a different kind of trial, Ryou, don't worry.
Ryou: (is curious) What kind of trial then?
Ryou-Ran: The usual thing, with lots of blood and those things...
Ryou: --" Worry.
Yami Bakura: You know, the dog just said the eggs are getting really warm.
Ryou-Ran: Hikari Lunar, you mean. Well, I guess they'll hatch soon.
Yami Bakura: (innocently) The warmer, the better, huh?
Ryou-Ran: Yes, indeed.
Yami Bakura: (holds a skillet) What if I ly them in some boiling water? They would hatch sooner, I guess.
Ryou-Ran: (Death-glare)
Yami Bakura: OO"
Ryou-Ran: (snatches skillet out of Yami Bakura's hand) And now you are going to eat this skillet whole!
Yami Bakura: OO" Whaaat?
Ryou: OO"
Ryou-Ran: Go on! There's salt and pepper on the table.
Yami Bakura:(grabs iron-saw, leaves)
Ryou-Ran: Okay, Ryou, will you do the disclaimer?
Ryou: Of course. Ahem...
Miho: Oh, Ryooooouuuu!
Ryou: OO (pales, runs away)
Miho: Isn't Bakura-San here? I'm sure I saw him running away.
Ryou-Ran: Yes, uh... he got sick! You know... puking, sweating, those things. (to herself) Now I can do the disclaimer all by myself again.
Disclaimer: Ryou-Ran does not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Ra's black book
History class. Every student found it boring, but this day two pupils were paying extra attention. The subject of the lesson was ancient Egypt. Yugi Muto and Ryou Bakura both knew they had Egyptian roots and were both interested. Joey, Tristan and Téa, on the other hand were being a few pests to the teacher and Miho was only paying attention to Ryou, much to Tristan's annoyance.
"Wheeler, Taylor, Gardner!"the teacher suddenly bellowed. "You will stay in detention today!" The whole class looked up in shock. Most of them had been in a semi-conscious state, Yugi and Ryou had both been penning things down and the sudden outburst of the teacher had startled them. Joey and Tristan grumbled something and Téa sat back with a surly expression on her face. The teacher went to stand between Ryou and Yugi and lay her hands on their backs. "These two boys at least show what working is like."she said. Yugi smiled, but Ryou turned red and hid his face behind his hair. Miho sent her friends an "Isn't he just perfect and so modest?" look.
"The day after tomorrow we will go visit a museum about Egypt."the teacher said. Smiles spread across Ryou's and Yugi's faces. "Maybe you will get interested by that a little more."
When the bell rang everybody exept Téa, Joey and Tristan wanted to leave the room. Ryou walked besides Yugi, but suddenly someone "slipped" and grabbed his hair for support. "OW!"Ryou cried as his head was jerked to the left. "Sorry, I slipped."the boy who had grabbed it loudly said, but then he whispered "Slimeball!" with his mouth close to wherever he thought Ryou's ear would be. He pulled Ryou's hair again and shouldered him out of the way. Yugi had seen him. "What's his problem?"he asked. Ryou rubbed the side of his head. "I do not have a clue."he said. "Oh, Bakura-San, did he hurt you?"a voice came. Ryou stretched his back with a start. "Uhh, no, Miho, I'm fine."he said. He wanted to leave, but Miho wanted to leave too and they got stuck with their shoulders in the door. "Ungh!"Ryou uttered. "Oh!"Miho said. It was, of course, her intention to get stuck. "Wait, this does not work."Ryou said, and stood back. "Why don't you go first." But Miho had different plans. "No, you go first."she sang. They wanted to leave the same time and again got stuck in the door. Téa completely cracked up.
"I'll go first."Miho said and wrenched herself through the door and past Ryou, holding his arms so she wouldn't fall. When she had left Ryou let out a sigh of relief. "Thas was scary!"he said. Yugi stifled a chuckle in his small hand. "I'm kind of exited about the visit to the museum."he said. "I think I'll alert Yami too. He'll like being surrounded by things from his past." Ryou nodded and smiled. "Where are you going now?"Yugi asked. Ryou looked at him. "Home."he said. "I don't know..." Yugi grabbed his arm. "Why don't you go to the Turtle Game Shop with me?"he asked. "Grandpa just got a delivery of new cards!" A little spark lit up in Ryou's dark eyes. "New cards?"he asked. "Wow! I'll go with you!" Ryou loved playing all kinds of games. Together they went to the toy shop.
After Ryou had bought himself a new upgrade pack Yugi took him to his room to drink some tea. As they drank, Yugi suddenly heard a long yawn. He looked up. Ryou was drinking his tea with a pink raised. "Did you yawn?"he asked. "No."Ryou said. "Did you hear someone yawn?" Yugi looked down at his Millennium Puzzle. "Oh, it was Yami."he said. The Puzzle began to glow and Yami formed a temporary body. He looked sleepy. "Hello, Yami."Ryou said. Yami yawned again. "Hello, Bakura-Kun."he said. And after a peak into Ryou's cup: "What are you drinking?" "Tea."Yugi said. "Do you want some?" Yami nodded. "I'll get some."Ryou said. "Yugi can't go too far away from you." He went to get a new cup of tea.
"Hey, Yami, there is something Bakura-Kun and I want to tell you."Yugi said as Ryou came in again. Yami accepted the tea, took an enormous swig and burned his mouth. "Be careful, it's hot."Ryou warned him a little too late. "Thank you."Yami said with as much dignity as he could bring up with a burned tongue. "We are going to visit a museum the day after tomorrow."Yugi said. Yami took such a tiny sip of his tea that Ryou muffled a chuckle in his hand. "Really?"the Yami asked, not very interested. "It's about Egypt."Yugi said. "PPPPPFFFFFFTT!"Yami spat, spraying tea all over Yugi and Ryou's pants. The two boys leapt up. "EH!"Yugi cried. "Egypt?"Yami asked, his eyes lighting up. "That's what I said."Yugi muttered, wiping the tea from his face. Ryou tried to clean his pants a bit. He could hear a thundering laugh that was very familiar to him. He surprised Yugi and Yami by punching himself powerfully in the chest. A vague cry of pain could be heard. "Sorry."he said. "There was a mosquito on my shirt."
Two days later they went to the museum. Yugi and Ryou were both exited. "Keep your eyes open, Yami."Yugi said. "You are going to like this." The class got a tour around the museum and eventually stopped at a table where a big, black book was displayed. "This is what is called "Ra's Black Book"."the guide said. "It was made by an Egyptian wizard about five-thousand years ago, after the death of the Pharaoh that had been reigning." Yugi and Ryou stretched their necks and looked at it. "Do you know about that book, Yami?"Yugi asked. "No."Yami said. "But she said it was made after my death, remember?" The guide took the book in her hands. "You can see it has been conserved incredibly well."she said. "Scientists managed to translate the ancient language it was written in. It says that when the book is opened if the owners of the seven items are present their souls will be parted. They will have to go through some kind of trial before they will be released from the Book's magic." Yugi and Ryou looked at each other in shock. Seven items... seven Millennium Items! "I don't know what items they mean."the guide said. "And we've opened that book dozens of times and nothing ever happened. We think it was just a joke. Here, I'll show you the pages." "NO! DON'T OPEN THAT BOOK!"two voices cried, but it was too late. The guide opened the book. The pages began to glow.
A double scream echoed through the room. Yugi fell onto his back, clutching at his temples. His Millennium Puzzle radiated a bright light. Ryou fell onto his knees. They could see something move underneath his uniform-jacket. He undid the front of his jacket and tore his T-shirt apart. The Millennium Ring hanging down his chest emanated a golden light too. The pointers were swinging madly.
The people of their class looked in shock at the Items that were thrashing around their necks. The Millennium Puzzle flashed once and the next moment Yami was lying besides Yugi, also groaning and tossing about. Yugi's Puzzle flashed once more and another Yami appeared, but this one had a copper-colored skin and wore a skirt, lots of jewels, earrings and also a Millennium Puzzle. The Pharaoh. The person Yami been when he was still alive.
The Millennium Ring flashed once too. Yami Bakura materialized besides Ryou. He leaned on one hand and his other hand was pressed against his chest. The Ring flashed once again. A muscular man with a copper skin, a scar on his cheek and white, plucky hair appeared. He wore a red cloack with white lighting on it and a yellow hood, a dark blue skirt, bracelets, and rings around his fingers. Touzokuou Bakura-Sama. Thief King Bakura-Sama. The Ring flashed a third time. A golden flash came out of Ryou's hair. It hit the floor besides Touzokuou and got a human form. It was a young man, a boy actually. His face was Ryou's, but copper-colored and also with a scar. His chest was thick and muscular. He wore a white skirt with a blue stripe, a necklace, bracelets with pointy ends as sharp as knives, his legs were plated with gold and he wore a pure white cloack with red lightning and a blue hood. His hair was much longer than Touzokuou's and stuck up like cat's ears on the back of his head. Moonlight Bakura. The person young Yami Bakura would have been if he hadn't become evil and, therefore, Touzokuou.
The others looked at them in shock. Yugi, Yami, King Yami and the four Bakuras were sucked into the book the guide was still holding. They tumbled through a suffocating darkness, screaming for help.
Moonlight and Touzokuou were the heaviest and came down first. They landed neatly on their feet. After them came the two other Bakuras. Moonlight caught Ryou in his arms. Touzokuou stretched out his arms to catch Yami Bakura, but at the last moment he retreated them so the Yami slammed a hole in the ground. Moonlight quickly put Ryou down and caught Yami with his left arm and King Yami with his right. Yugi fell on Touzokuou's back, forcing the air out of Touzokuou's lungs.
"Where are we?"King Yami asked in ancient Egyptian. "I believe we are inside Ra's Black Book."Yami answered. Yami Bakura climbed out of the hole. King Yami looked at Yami. "Who are you?"he asked. Yami made a bob with his head. "I am Yami Yugi. Five-thousand years ago I was the Pharaoh of Egypt."he said. King Yami looked at him dumbfounded. "So... you are me?"he asked. Yami nodded. "Well..."King Yami began. "How am I doing?" Appareantly he was more of a funmaker than the ever so serious Yami. Yugi and Yami laughed. This moment of levity gave them strength.
Moonlight was slapping the dust out of Ryou's clothes. "Are you okay, Ryou?"he asked. Ryou rubbed his forehead. "I'm still reeling."he said. He looked up at the sky and was shocked. "Look, Moonlight!"he said. "Joey!" Up in the sky they could see something that looked like a big window. Joey was looking down at them from the window and was shouting something at them.
"Hey! YUGI! YAAAAAAAAAAMI! OTHER YAAAAAAAAAMI! BAKUUUUUUUUUURA! CAN YOU HEEEEEAAAAAR MEEEEE?!"he screamed into the book. "We can hear you, Joey!" a tiny voice, recognisable as Yami's shouted back. "What happened?" "You got sucked into the book!"Joey squalled. He saw the small people inside the book walk around and saw Yami Bakura and Touzokuou kick into things. "Listen. There is somekind of mission you have to fulfill. Then you can get out again."Joey said. "Otherwhise you will all be killed!" Miho gasped. "No! Bakura-San!"she cried, buried her face in the shoulder of one of her friends and began to cry. "Die?!"Ryou whined. "I don't want to!" "Then you must listen to the clues we will give you."Joey said. "This book gives us clues about what you should do to get free." "Alright! Give us the first clue and we'll go on!"Yami Bakura snarled.
"Wait, there is a danger."Joey said. "Moonlight is immortal, and so are the Yamis, but the brown Yami over there and that white-haired orang-utan are not. When they are killed they will just disappear. Moonlight will just get up again, but you, Yami and Yami Bakura, will lose your powers and will become useless. And when Yugi and Bakura-Kun are killed the others will die too. So when Bakura-Kun dies Moonlight, Yami Bakura and Rambo will be gone forever. And when Yugi dies Yami and that brown guy will die too and never come back." His voice began to break. "Whatever you do... you must survive!" Everybody seemed impressed, exept for Touzokuou and Yami Bakura. Touzokuou brought his coarse face close to the window. "Who you call orang-utan, chimpansee?"he growled. Joey involuntarily stepped back, though Touzokuou could not come out of the book.
Moonlight grabbed Touzokuou's shoulder and pulled him back. "If you want to survive we must protect Ryou of everthing that will come."he said. Touzokuou looked at him furiously. "And who tells me what to do?"he snapped. "I do."Moonlight calmly said. Touzokuou lashed out at him, but Moonlight grabbed his hand. His purple-blue eyes locked with Touzokuou's somber purple-grey ones. "Don't you understand that we'll all die if Ryou gets killed?"he hissed. Yami Bakura interfeered. "You should listen, idiot."he said. "Moonshine over there's right." "It's Moonlight."Moonlight said, but they didn't listen to him. "And who the hell are you?"Touzokuou asked. Yami Bakura placed his hands in his sides. "I am the King of Thieves."he arroganly said. Touzokuou slapped himself on the chest. "Ha! That can't be! I am the King of Thieves!"he sneered. Yami Bakura had expected that answer. "Look at this!"he said and activated his Ring.
Touzokuou saw himself walk through the sand, with around his neck the Millennium Ring. He saw himself kill the Pharaoh. He saw himself fall into an endless hole with a wound in the the chest. When he finally hit the ground his features changed into those of Yami Bakura. The Ring stopped glowing. Touzokuou looked at Yami Bakura, who was grinning arrogantly. "Ah, I see, you are me."Touzokuou rimed. Yami Bakura's grin grew wider.
"Shouldn't we start our missions and get over with it?"King Yami interfeered. Touzokuou turned to him. "I-don't-listen-too-you!"he snarled, tapping with his finger on King Yami's chestbone. The very next moment someone grabbed his wrist and threw him upside-down to the floor. "Don't you talk to the Pharaoh like that!"Moonlight's angry voice came. He loomed over the fallen King of Thieves. His eyes were glowing a blue light. Ryou appeared behind him, scared. Touzokuou leapt up again and went to stand before Moonlight, who took an attack-pose. The two Egyptian men were a match for each other.
"STOP!"a voice came from above. "Are you men or just a bunch of children?!" It was Téa and she was angry. "Your first obstacle is on it's way right now!" The ground began to tremble. The three Yugis and four Bakuras looked at their West. They saw a big cloud of dust coming. "It's a whole army!"Yami shouted. "OH MY GOD!"Ryou exclaimed. "What should we do?"Yugi asked, his voice high of fear. The seven people formed a circle. "We should try to protect our hosts as much as possible."Yami said. "If something happens to them we will all die." Yami Bakura nodded. "My... uh... brother is immortal."Touzokuou said, making a gesture with his head in the direction of Moonlight. "Perhaps he should be in the front line, because he will come back whenever he's killed." "Okay."King Yami said. "We all have our own powers. Touzokuou and Moonlight have the Power of Darkness, Yami, Yami Bakura and I posses Millennium Magic. We must protect Bakura and Yugi at all cost." "Good."Yami said. "All take position." He and King Yami went to stand in front of Yugi. Touzokuou and Yami Bakura went to stand in front of Ryou. Moonlight walked about thirty feet ahead and balled his fists in front of his face.
"You must beat the leader of the Ancient Warriors, but that will be very hard."Téa said. "The warriors will keep coming until one of you has killed their leader. If you don't beat him they will keep fighting until Yugi and Bakura-Kun are dead." All the Spirits present emitted a growl. The big cloud of dust kept coming closer. Moonlight bent his back. His hands began to glow faintly. So did the Puzzles and the Ring, and Touzokuou's hands.
They could now clearly see the forms of the warriors. Moonlight cut the knot and spread his arms. A big ball of dark energy that had been building up flew in the direction of the warriors. About ten of them screamed out and tumbled out of their saddles. Touzokuou fired a black beam too and more warriors fell, like a scyte had swung over them. Yami and King Yami both bellowed "Oblivion!" and tried to Mind-Crush as many warriors as possible. The pointers of Yami Bakura's Ring all pointed in the direction of the charging men and some of them were enveloped in a golden light and vanished. Yugi and Ryou were pressed against each other and tried not to cry out.
The Spirits and Yamis did the best they could, but the warriors soon surrounded Moonlight and tried to destroy him. Moonlight's sharp bracelets flashed in all directions and killed lots of men, but suddenly one raised his sword and broke one of the bracelets. Moonlight grabbed his wrist. The sharp sword had made a deep cut in it. Red blood poured down. He looked up. The warrior looked at him and raised his sword again. He did not have a face. He wanted to bring the sword down, but suddenly he was caught in a tower of golden flames and vanished. The sword fell with a thud down into the sand. Moonlight picked it up and went to fight the warriors with it.
Some of the warriors got past the raging Shadow Soul and reached Touzokuou, King Yami and the Yamis. But they could not get past the Spirits. The powers of the Millennium Items and Darkness stopped them. And Touzokuou had a sharp knife they were afraid of.
One of the warriors lashed out and hit Yami's shoulder. Yami fell onto one knee without making a sound. "Yami!"Yugi and Ryou chorussed. Yami touched his shoulder and looked at the blood on his hand. "Don't worry."he groaned. "I'm fine..." He stood again and continued fighting. Things were really spinning out of control right now. Moonlight was standing in a sea of warriors that threatened to overflow him. Touzokuou and Yami Bakura were litterally knocking the warriors away. Yami and King Yami were still Mind-Crushing people.
Suddenly a horse of one of the warriors reared. It's hoove hit Moonlight on the head. The Yugis and Bakuras could hear the horrible sound of a skull cracking. Moonlight fell to the floor and was run over by the warriors. Ryou watched in horror. The warriors now began to get really close. The Spirits were having a hard time stopping them. Yami suffered from the wound in his shoulder. Touzokuou's knuckles had burst. Yami Bakura bled from a cut in his cheek. King Yami had been hit by the blunt end of a sword and was reeling on his feet. Yugi and Ryou were unharmed, but really scared to die.
Behind the bunch of fighting men Moonlight stood up again and charged, with a furious scream. Suddenly he noticed something. He had seen the warriors did not have faces. But at his right, really close to him, he saw a warrior with a face. A cold, cruel face. That had to be the leader. Moonlight raised his hand and slipped the throat of the man with his bracelet.
Immediately all the warriors disappeared. The Spirits and Hikaris looked around, confused. Yami moaned and allowed himself to fall on his knees. King Yami sat down on his knees and looked at Yami's shoulder. Yami Bakura took a handkerchief out of his pocket and pressed it against his cheek. Touzokuou wrapped a cloth around his hands. Moonlight cleaned his bracelets with sand. Yugi and Ryou sighed, relieved.
"You passed the first test."Téa said. "And everybody is still alive, thank god." "Who did it?"Yami asked, trying to ignore King Yami, who was fimbling with his shoulder. "Moonlight."Tea said. "He saw the leader and killed him." "Well done!"Yami said and gave Moonlight one of his rare smiles. Moonlight smiled back. "Before you can go on to the next level your wounds will be healed."Tea read aloud. Promptly the wounds on the bodies of Yami, Yami Bakura and Touzokuou vanished. King Yami did not feel dizzy any more.
The people of the class had crowded around the book. All the Egyptian things the souls inside it said were translated for them; there were subtitles running down the pages, like they were watching TV.
"Now it's time for the second trial."Tea said. "You will have to walk to the North until you find a few palm-trees." The small group of people did so, wondering what their next test would be.
And so far chapter one! Producing chapter two already. Lots of torture to come...
Yami Bakura: OW OW AAAARGH OOAAH!
Moonlight: What's wrong with him?
Ryou: Ryou-Ran forced him to eat a skillet and now he's got a belly-ache.
Moonlight: OO" A skillet?
Touzokuou: Why would she want him to eat a skillet?
Moonlight: Yes, a fresh apple would be much more tasty.
Yugi: He wanted to boil Ryou-Ran's eggs in it.
Ryou: So Ryou-Ran forced him to eat the skillet.
Yami Bakura: Ow ow, I'm dying!
King Yami: You can't. You're dead already.
Yami Bakura: I'm dying a second time! Oh oh ooooooh! Have mercy! (tosses about)
King Yami: --"
Next chappie coming up soon. Read my other fic too, I've got it completely finished in my laptop. I would be a great bummer to delete it. Please review.