And another chapter. My Ra, I'm so sorry I haven't updated sooner, but I've had lots of things with school... this week I'm having five test papers, for Mathematics, French, German, English and Biology. There are threehundred words to learn for French... No problem, a while ago I learned sixhundred in half an hour and got eight out of ten.
Has anyone seen Shark Tale already? It came out of the seventh in the Netherlands and I badly want the Ditch version on DVD. The name of the Dutch version is somewhat different; the English version is called "Shark Tale" and the Dutch one "Shark Tale Haaiensnaaier". Haaiensnaaier means "Shark-shredder". There are three YGO-voices in that movie... Fred Meyer (Mako), Theckla Grootenkamp (Téa), and Rolf Koster (RYOU!). Ryou plays Lenny, one of the mains! YEEPEEE!
Ryou: Well, I'm glad you like me.
Ryou-Ran: Of course I like you! (hugs Ryou)
Yami Bakura: (eagerly) Do you love me too?
Ryou-Ran: Of course, my sweetest Yami Bakura! (hugs Ybakura too)
Yami Bakura: (blushes) Heeh heeh heeh... Shall we go and drink some blood somewhere tonight? (flutters his eyelashes in a Miho-way)
Ryou-Ran: I'm sorry, but I'm just a mortal. Mortals get sick when they drink blood.
Yami Bakura: I can always kill you. There'll be enough room in my Ring for another soul...
Ryou-Ran: OO" Look, it's Shaadi! With his two Items!
Yami Bakura: YEEEAH! And off we go! (runs through the wall)
Shaadi: AAAAAAH! (runs away)
Touzokuou: --"
Moonlight: Is anyone going to be killed?
Ryou-Ran: Yeeaahhh... I guess...
Moonlight: Who?
Ryou: Me?
Ryou-Ran: Maybe.
Touzokuou: (goes mad) WHO?! TELL ME!
Ryou: Wooh, calm down!
Touzokuou: I'M CALM! (grunt, pant, gasp)
Moonlight: (knocks him out with sledge)
Touzokuou: XX
Moonlight: He is.
Ryou-Ran: Who's going to do the disclaimer?
King Yami: I am! Ryou-Ran does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! and those kinds of things.
Notice: Moonlight's slimy behaviour towards Yami and King Yami is not to be taken seriously.
Death of a Ruler
Yugi grabbed Ryou and shook him. Ryou's head rolled around. He did not wake up. Yami Bakura was a little paler than usual and rubbed his painful shoulders. Touzokuou sat near the hole and looked at the bones of the dead Shadow Soul. Yami and King Yami were standing near each other, not knowing what to say.
A bright flash of light lit up, again Moonlight came back alive. But this time he fell onto his knees and then on the floor. King Yami knelt down besides him and turned him to his back. Moonlight's eyed were half-closed and his face had ashened. He did not appear to recognise the face of the Pharaoh. "Moonlight, it's me! The Pharaoh!"King Yami said. "What is wrong with you?" Moonlight's eyes opened a little wider. "I... I did not get the chance to rest..."he weakly said. "I died too often without having rested. It drained me of my powers." Ryou had woken up and sat down besides Moonlight. He slapped his arms around his back and helped him sit up. "Everything will be just fine, Moonlight."he softly said. Moonlight lay a hand on Ryou's leg.
Suddenly he saw two thin, blue legs in front of his face. When he looked up he saw a blue uniform-jacket, a white T-shirt, the Millennium Ring and above that all a cruel face surrounded by white hair. The brown eyes were full of contempt. "Wy don't we just leave him here?"the face coldly asked, looking down at Moonlight. "He lost his powers. He's useless to us." Moonlight felt Ryou's grip tighten around him. King Yami's eyes shot fire. "He is one of us and we will not leave either of us behind!"he snarled. "But he'll just be in our way!"Yami Bakura protested.
"Think of the things he did for you!"a not so loud, but clear voice said. Yami Bakura looked down in surprise. The person who had said it was his Yadonushi. Ryou looked up at him with a grim expression on his delicate face. "Count your blessings. Moonlight is one of ours." Moonlight looked up at the usually submissive boy. He, Moonlight, had physically protected Ryou, but now Ryou was protecting him with words. Yami Bakura was too stupified to say a word, so Ryou just continued his sermon. "Moonlight protected us from the Ancient Warriors."he said, his voice still soft. "He sacrificed himself over and over again to find out where the holes were so we would not fall in and die. He suffered pain, but only thought about the pain we would not have to suffer thanks to him. And you want to leave him behind?" Everybody looked at him in surprise. Ryou had touched the hearts of the Yugis. Yami Bakura was pissed and Touzokuou was amused, wondering what the reaction of the evil Yami would be. "My Yadonushi does not tell me what to do, Bakura!"Yami Bakura bellowed, accidentally spitting in Moonlight's face. Ryou looked up at him, still with that grim face. "I do not tell you what to do, I just try to change your mind. Can we now go on? I would like to leave this place as soon as possible."he calmly said. He and King Yami carefully hauled the bewildered Moonlight to his feet and helped him walk. Yugi looked up at Ryou with an impressed look on his round face. Yami Bakura stomped behind them with a face like a bull with a nail through his hoove and Touzokuou was suffering from a silent fit of laughter.
No more holes were on their way and soon they reached the piramid. There was some kind of arena in front of it. Moonlight sank to the floor and took a breather. Yami Bakura threw him angry looks. Yami walked to the center of the arena. "What are we supposed to do here?"he asked. Joey's face appeared behind the big window. "The book says you'll have to fight the Ancient Protector of the Piramid of Ra."he said. "I don't know what that is supposed to mean." "Hhuhhh! I don't like the sound of that!"Yugi told Ryou. Ryou looked at Moonlight. "Do you have any idea about what that Protector is supposed to be?"he asked. He saw Moonlight shivered a bit. "The Protector is a fearsome creature that kills everybody trying to enter Ra's sacred piramide."the Shadow Soul quietly said. "It can not be passed by ordinary mortals. The only people who have ever seen it were killed by it." Touzokuou had been nodding. "We aren't ordinary mortals."he said. "We have powers. I'll challenge it. You are too weak, you won't stand a chance." He walked to the center of the arena too. "Protector of the Piramid of Ra!"he blustered. "I, Touzokuou Bakura-Sama, Thief King Bakura, challenge you!"
The ground began to tremble. Touzokuou stepped back. At the center of the arena the sand began to move and formed a little mountain. A few antennae appeared, and then something that looked like an enormous insect with thick scales on its body. Everybody looked up at it in awe, exept for Yami Bakura and Touzokuou. Moonlight cringed when he saw the Protector appear.
Touzokuou, on the other hand, immediately rushed forward and hit the creature on the head with his fist. The blow would have killed an ordinary man, but Touzokuou only managed to twist his wrist. The Protector looked at Touzokuou with a thousand tiny eyes and touched his chest with its antennae. "Don't touch me."the Egyptian magician snapped, grabbed an antenna and broke it. Immediately the enormous creature reared in pain and kicked Touzokuou away. "Watch out!"King Yami cried. "It is angry!" Touzokuou got up. "Well, you are telling me nothing I don't know, Pharaoh!"he shouted. "And I've got news for you too: I'm angry too!" He formed a circle with his hands and fired off a big black ball that hit the Protector on its chest. The thick scales absorbed all the energy. Touzokuou growled and fired another ball, but that was absorbed too.
"He can never win..."Moonlight said. "Nobody can beat the Protector!" Ryou had been standing behind him. "Touzokuou is strong."he said. "Maybe he can beat him." Moonlight shook no. His gaze darkened. "He can't! Nobody can withstand the divine powers of Ra's Protector."he said.
Touzokuou had observed the Protector and had noticed the creature was slow, thanks to its size. It lashed out at him with one of its legs, but Touzokuou jumped over it. Within a second he was standing at the Protector's side and began punching on a scale that did no look so thick, over and over again at the same spot. Soon there came a crack in it.
The Protector uttered a shriek and swung one of its arms in Touzokuou's direction. Touzokuou saw the arm too late. He jumped back, but the sharp claw on the end of the arm cut through the muscles on his chest and grazed his ribs. Touzokuou cried out in pain and shock and tried to run away. The others watched in horror how an enormous amount of blood oozed from the cut in his chest. Touzokuou fell, scrambled up again and ran in the direction of the Yamis, who backed away from him. The Protector followed.
Suddenly the thing fired a white fluid from its mouth. It hit Touzokuou's legs. Touzokuou got stuck and fell on his tormented chest. The white stuff was some kind of glue. The next moment he was stepped upon by the Protector.
The others could hear his ribs and spine crack. They saw Touzokuou's eyes bulge and saw blood exploding from his mouth. His white hair was colored pink. When the Protector withdrew its leg Touzokuou was dead. Yami Bakura quickly ran forward and pulled the broken man out of the arena. Moonlight looked at Touzokuou. "He could not win..."he sadly said.
"But we may be able to beat him, if we attack with the two of us."Yami said. He looked at Yami Bakura, who was boiling over with fury. The two Yamis nodded to each other and stepped out in the ring. "Yami, no!"Yugi cried. Yami raised his hand. "Somebody has got to do it!"he shouted. They faced the Protector. "We challenge you!"Yami bellowed. He took his cape off and threw it to Yugi, who caught it and covered Touzokuou's face and chest with it. "We'll make you pay for what you did to Touzokuou."Yami Bakura hissed. He had not forgotten Touzokuou's soul was his, though they were at the moment locked up in different bodies. Ryou looked down at Moonlight. Moonlight had closed his eyes and appeared to have fallen asleep, but Ryou saw the Shadow Soul clench his jaw when he heard Yami challenge the Protector.
The two Yamis activated their Millennium Items. The Protector was caught in a tower of golden light. It squirmed, but most of the energy was again absorbed by its scales. The insect raised its paws to hit Yami and Yami Bakura, but the two Yamis were too fast and evaded them easily. Again the used their Millennium Magic, but the creature had been prepared and made the attack return to the Yami it originated from. Both ancient Spirits were sent sprawling. Yami Bakura banged with his head into a rock and was dizzy for a few seconds, in which the Protector came closer to him. It wanted to plunge its paw in Yami Bakura's thin chest, but the next moment Yami had jumped on the back of the creature and grabbed the antena Touzokuou had broken before he died. He had his hand filled with sand and began to rub it in the broken end of the antenna. The Protector shrieked in pain and shook Yami off. Yami rolled over the floor and landed besides Yami Bakura, who had gotten up again. Yami Bakura activated his Millennium Ring, but before he could launch an attack the Protector emitted a high, penetrating sound.
Yami and Yami Bakura covered their ears and began screaming. Ryou watched in amazement. He did not feel anything. Neither did King Yami, Moonlight and Yugi. Moonlight had opened his eyes again and looked at the two disoriented Yamis that stumbled around, pushing their hands against their ears. "That's the Cry of the Protector."he said. "It only affects undead souls, like Yamis." Ryou looked at him. "It's something like nails scratching over a piece of smooth metal, but then worse."
The sound had stopped. Yami's knees buckled and he almost fell down. Yami Bakura looked up, his face dripping with sweat. "Oh, Ra! That wasn't fun!"he panted. Yami looked up at him. "Maybe this is a weird time to ask Ra for help, don't you think?"he asked. Yami Bakura's hand went for the Ring around his neck. The pointers began to tremble. Then three of them pointed in the direction of the Protector, but two of them pointed at Ryou. The Ring hanging down Ryou's chest began to glow too. All the pointers directed at the Protector. Ryou uttered a shocked cry when a blue ray was emanated from both his and Yami Bakura's Ring. The beams hit the Protector in the eyes. The insect shrieked again and began swinging its paws frantically. The eyes had become white. The Protector was blind.
The Protector was blind, but it still had a sonar so he could sense Yami Bakura. It began to chase the Yami around the arena, but was slower than before. The attack had almost worn Yami Bakura out, so he just circled around the furious insect so Yami could attack it.
Yami's sharp eyes had noticed the place where Touzokuou Bakura-Sama had broken its armor. He focussed on the crack. He saw Yami Bakura was getting tired. He activated his Puzzle and his powers hit the broken scale.
The Protector made an unexpected move with its leg and slammed Yami Bakura against the ground. It turned to a shocked Yami. Yami tried to run for it, but once again the creature emitted the high, shrieking sound that had hurt both Yamis before. Now it concentrated all of its powers on Yami.
Yami screamed out, a scream that was drowned out by the sound the big bug produced. He reeled and fell onto his back. The Protector watched him fall. Yami Bakura quickly rushed over to him, picked him up and carried him out of the arena. "This is the end of the Pharaoh!"he harshly said and threw Yami to the floor. Everybody crowded around Yami's small form and looked at the tiny streamlet of blood that trickled from the corner of his mouth. "Ra, why are you doing this to us?"King Yami asked the sky. "Yamiii!"Yugi and Ryou cried. Yami Bakura said nothing, but slumped down, completely exhausted. "Nothing can beat that thing."he said.
Suddenly a reedy scream filled the air. Everybody spun around and saw it was Moonlight. The Shadow Soul was sitting on his knees in the sand and screamed the lungs out of his body. It was no scream of pain. It was a scream of deep, intense sadness. Moonlight scooped up a handful of sand and began to rub in it his own face. "No, Moonlight!"Ryou cried. "Don't do that!" Moonlight did not listen to him and rubbed his face with sand until it was covered with tiny scratches. He punched himself in the chest like a gorilla and tore his cloack into shreds.
"What is he doing?"Yugi asked. "His Pharaoh was killed and now he torments himself out of sadness."Yami Bakura answered. Moonlight pointed one of his bracelets to his face. He closed his eyes and then stuck it in his forehead, just above his left eye. He pulled the bracelet down, until he had drawn a bloody line that reached his lower jaw. Then he drew two little lines that crossed the main line. He had copied the scar he had on his right cheek. He hadn't flinched. Then he leapt up and wanted to walk in the direction of the arena, but Ryou jumped in front of him. "Don't do it, Moonlight!"he cried. "It will only hurt you! Nobody can beat that creature." Moonlight looked at him and showed his teeth. They were no longer human teeth, but the teeth of a cat, a predator. The pupils of his eyes had the shape of those of cats. His hair billowed around his shoulders like the mane of a lion. His thick muscles were trembling, filled with power that needed to be unleashed. His bronze skin was wet and slippery. The blood ran down his neck. Ryou looked at him with a begging look in his big brown eyes. "Please, Moonlight!"he pleaded. Moonlight pushed him aside and began walking on, but again Ryou blocked him the way. "I won't let you!"he shouted. His eyes were full of persevearance.
Moonlight hissed like a cat and lashed out. His fist hit Ryou in the chest. Ryou cried in pain and flew back, into King Yami's arms. He clutched at his chest and winced. Moonlight continued walking until he faced the Protector. The creature could not see him, but could smell the scent of Moonlight's blood. It lashed out at him with its claw. Moonlight leapt up high and landed on its back. The creature shook him off and kicked him. Moonlight rolled over the ground, but did not feel any pain. He stood again and reached out for the sky. The sky became dark. The sun disappeared and a round, silver moon appeared. Moonlight had used his Powers of Darkness to turn day into night. The moonlight lit up Moonlight's white hair and give it a mystical blue color. Moonlight's eyes were radiating a silver light, like the light of the moon. His hands formed a circle. He combined the Powers of Darkness with the power of the moonlight. It formed a big, silver ball between his hands. He fired the ball with a furious scream.
It hit the Protector on the head and drilled inself a way through its body. It uttered a last shriek and then died.
Moonlight collapsed and fell onto his side. Ryou coughed and immediately cried out again. A little bit of blood ran down his chin. King Yami took Ryou's shirt off and looked at the chest of the frail boy. He made his fingers run over Ryou's ribs. He felt three of them were broken and one of them had punctured Ryou's lung. Yugi ran over to Moonlight. Moonlight was trembling. The burning pain the wound in his cheek had caused him finally struck him. Yugi looked at the face of the Shadow Soul. Moonlight's eyes were cramped shut. His teeth were normal human teeth again. "What have I done?"he cried. "What have I done? I... I hurt Ryou... I..." Yugi stroked him over the hair. Moonlight was feeling really guilty. "It is all my fault!"he suddenly screamed. "I do not deserve to live!" Before Yugi could stop him he cut his own throat. His body numbed and fell in Yugi's arms. Yugi watched in shock as the blood of the Shadow Soul soaked his jacket.
"He'll come back."Yami Bakura shortly said. And he was right, Moonlight suddenly stirred in Yugi's arms. The wound on his cheek and the scratches on his face vanished. "Damn!"was the first thing he said. "I can't die!" Yami Bakura grabbed his stomach and broke into a howling laughter. Moonlight thanked Yugi and walked over to Ryou. Ryou looked up at him. His eyes were half-open and his fingernails were colored purple. His breathing rasped. King Yami held him in a tender grip. Moonlight looked down at Ryou with a look of pure sadness on his face. Then he fell to his knees and pressed his forehead in the sand. "Will you forgive me, Ryou?"he cried. "Please..." Ryou raised his hand, but it fell back on his chest again. "I under... understand."he rasped. Moonlight still pushed his face in the sand. "I did not want to hurt you!"he more or less sniffled, sounding miserable. "I know."Ryou answered. "Get... up!" Moonlight denied. "I'm not worth looking at you!"he whined.
Ryou did something completely unexpected; he raised his hand and gave Moolight a firm box on the ear, wherever Moonlight's ear would be. Moonlight looked up, reeling a bit. "Thank you, Ryou. I needed that."he said. Ryou breathed in deeply. "It... is... not.. your... fault."he panted. "And... if... if I die, you will be able to... to resurrect me again, because you were the one... that killed me." Moonlight looked at him. "Yes!"he said. "Unless..." Ryou weakly looked up at him. "Un... less... what?"he asked. Moonlight's gaze saddened. "Unless I vanish before I can resurrect you."he said. Ryou smiled vaguely. "Let's... just... hope... that... won't... hap... pen."he sighed.
King Yami held Ryou and heard the breath of the boy become fainter and fainter. Ryou had lost consciousness and was on his way out. Moonlight looked at him with a face full of guilt and sadness and held Ryou's hand. Yami Bakura paced around, looking tensed and on a moment kicked Yugi in the behind, just because he wanted to.
Ryou's breathing stopped. King Yami lay a hand in Ryou's thin neck and felt no heartbeat. He nodded at Moonlight, who immediately held two hands above Ryou's chest, closed his eyes and mumbled something. King Yami saw a blue light shining underneath Moonlight's eyelids and saw the big hands were radiating that light too. He saw the purple bruises on Ryou's chest disappear. Ryou began to breathe again and opened his eyes. "Don't move, Ryou."Moonlight said. "Moving will hurt you." Ryou nodded, but that minor motion made him cringe and groan already.
Moonlight stretched his hands out at the moon, like a little boy trying to grab it. His eyes reflected the silver moonlight. A ray of light fell on the moaning Ryou and lit up his features. His hair got that magical blue color too. The light cooled his hot forehead down and eased his pain. When Moonlight lowered his hands again Ryou had fallen asleep in King Yami's arms.
"My Ra! My Ra!"a harsh voice uttered. "We are supposed to be on a mission here and that boy takes a nap!" It was Yami Bakura and he was pretty pissed. Moonlight spun around with a start. A low "Grrr!" came from deep inside his throat. Yami Bakura was not impressed, walked around Ryou and tried to wake him up by jabbing him with his foot in the side. Ryou did not wake up. He was completely exhausted. King Yami sent the Yami a death glare, but Yami Bakura was dead already.
Yugi had been sniffing at Yami's side, but suddenly gave a yell. "Look, Yami's alive!"he shouted. "But he doesn't wake up!" Everybody but Ryou and Yami Bakura rushed over to the Yami and knel down besides him. Moonlight fell onto his knees. "Thank you, Ra!"he chanted, but Yugi gave him a jab in the arm. "Didn't Joey say the Yamis would come back after having been killed?"he asked. Moonlight rubbed his chin and then lay a hand on the back of his head. "Oh, yes."he said. "I forgot." King Yami slapped Yami in the face, but Yami did not stirr. Yami Bakura came to stand near them. "Don't forget the blonde guy said we would lose our powers after having been killed."he sharply said. "He will not wake up."
King Yami got up. "Alright. Let's enter the piramid. Moonlight, you carry Bakura-Kun, then I'll carry Yami."he said. He tried to pick Yami up, but the Yami was a dead weight in his arms. "Alright, alright! I'll do it!"Yami Bakura snapped, picked Yami up and swung him over his shoulder. "What about Touzokuou?"Yugi asked. They looked at the spot where Touzokuou had been. A red stain was all that was left of him. "He would disappear, remember?"Moonlight said. "Let's go before we run out of time." He took the peacefully sleeping Ryou in his arms. Together they went to the piramid.
Aw, isn't that cute, a sleeping Ryou?
Damn, now I forgot to check if there is any Bakura-participation in the YGO-movie. I went to the Lido-studio, the Luxor-cinema and the Trianon-cinema to find out about Haaiensnaaier, but I had forgotten to see if Rolf's name was written among the starring-list of the YGO-movie. If there's no Bakura-activity there's no YGO for me too.
Yami Bakura: And for just once everything depends on us Bakuras! (is proud)
Ryou-Ran: Yes, just for once. Though I'm pretty sure Rolf will be in YGO anyway. He does so many voices everywhere...
Touzokuou: Sigh...
Moonlight: What's the problem, Touzo?
Touzokuou: I'm dead.
Moonlight: Yes, that is so.
Touzokuou: It ain't fun.
Moonlight: I know. I've died many times.
Ryou-Ran: Chin up, Touzokuou! I'm sure you will show up again!
Touzokuou: R-really?
Ryou-Ran: Of course!
Touzokuou: Thank you! (wraps his arms around Moonlight's neck) WAAAHAAAH!
Moonlight: OO"
Ryou: zzz
Ryou-Ran: Isn't he just CUTE!
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