all disclaimers apply as usual
Seto was still in a bit of daze when he felt the cold splash of ice water upon his face.
"You pass out again and I win the duel by forfeit." Yami joked. Gaming threats always aroused the young CEO, even if there wasn't one.
Seto was still trying to deny what he saw, but it wasn't amounting to much in his mind so he gave up. He still denied his own past however...even if this form of 'Yugi' seemed eerily familiar.
"Aww, why don't you two kiss and make it all better." Bakura snickered from his bed.
Both Seto and Yami glared evilly at the thief, but it only prompted the thief to continue his banter. "Bring it on losers!"
Seto was about to stand and give the thief a nice solid fist in the face, but Yami placed a firm hand upon Seto's chest. It was a signal that it wasn't worthwhile.
"I've smacked him with a bedpan, exchanged verbal onslaughts, and still he continues. No sense in wasting energy by giving the idiot attention." Yami replied.
"Is he ALWAYS like this?" Mokuba asked.
"Probably has been since our past. All I know though is that he is one annoying, loud, obnoxious baffoon and the sooner I can leave this place the better."
"Your luck must run outside of duels then." Seto replied as he handed Yami a file. It was his medical file and the papers on top were his discharge papers. He was to be released first thing the next morning.
"How did you---"
"The file was attached to your door upon entering." But Seto was still bothered by Yami's appearance and the denial of his own past. "Are you really Yugi?"
"I am and I'm not. Yugi's body, but my own physical appearance. I know, you're not going to accept this, as you would call it, hocus pocus stuff, so I'm not going to waste your time with any more of an explanation."
"Hey, where's my papers!?" Bakura exclaimed suddenly feeling left out.
"You're a mutt. You don't have any papers." Seto joked back. It promptly shut the thief up for once as the thief pondered that for a moment. Then Seto turned back to Yami. "Your presence is requested as soon as you are able. Kaibaland in the east. I'm sure you know your way there." Seto told Yami as he tossed him a business card and plane ticket. "The others have been invited too since I know you have to drag the entire pound along otherwise you wouldn't show up."
"Wait, let me guess, you mean Yugi."
"I mean whichever personality keeps the title of best duelist. Though you will both be along by default am I not correct?"
"Heheheh, he thinks you're a nutcase king!" Bakura cackled.
"Then you're in worse shape than I thief!" Yami shot back. His patience and temper were actually wearing thin with the always tormenting thief.
"Why don't you just take this tape and mummify his mouth?" Seto shot back as he noticed tape and wrappings on a nearby exam table. Normally quiet Mokuba even had to chuckle. For him, this was an entirely new form of amusement. But, whenever he was around Yugi...some sort of excitement always occurred. He wished some of it would rub off on his brother. Seto turned to leave.
"So that's it? That's all you came here for?" Yami asked.
Seto raised an eyebrow. "What do you want...a kiss?"
Bakura burst open laughing! Yami and Seto both grabbed tape from the exam table and quieted the cackling thief. Unable to mouth his comeback, Bakura gave them the finger with his good hand.
Before Seto and Mokuba left, he tossed Yami one more thing. "Use this on him before you leave and don't say I ever didn't do anything for you. And don't do anything stupid en route to my place. I despise stepping into hospital facilities like this. And one more thing...I'm ruling your appearance off as a hoax. You're still Yugi Motou and that is that." Seto said as he strode pridefully out of the room.
Yami was used to Seto's denails by now. He shook his head slowly, but knew that it was an issue for Seto alone. It was an internal battle that the dragon master had to overcome on his own. Yami looked at the curious looking box. It seemed like they were chocolates...only the name Ex-lax gave away what they really were. He tucked the box into his shirt pocket and returned to his area. He flipped on the tv and realized he could actually hear it. He looked over at the restrained thief.
"What was that? I didn't quite hear what you said? Oh wait, you can't speak can you thief and you can't really move now either can you? Awww, too bad." Yami taunted as he flipped through the channels seeing some annoying show. He found a show on the women's channel about childbirth, complete with screaming, wailing babies. "This should be educational. I think I'll make my way down to the cafeteria for some real food of choice since I'm allowed to move about this hospital now." Yami replied with a jaunty salute to the VERY ticked off thief.
Pharaoh-11 (thanks to Kaiba) Thief-7
Yami found himself delighting in various desserts, particularly cheesecake and grapes. He then meandered into the gift shop and found other delicious remedies such as chocolate truffles. potato chips, and roasted almonds. He also grabbed a chocolate bar that looked similar to the stuff Kaiba had given him. Sure, he was going to share with the thief...only not quite the same goods. He asked the cashier to add it to his bill then proceeded to return to his room...only he didn't quite get there. As he rounded a corner, with a cherry lollipop in mouth, he ran into Tea, Rebecca, and Ishizu. With hands full and a lollipop in his mouth, Yami was unable to reply.
"Well, well...is this a craving of Yugi's or is does the almighty pharaoh actually have a sweet tooth?" Rebecca teased, taking full advantage of Yami's awkward situation.
"Rebecca, the hospital food isn't exactly high in sweet content. He's probably had enough bland food. And since he's being released tomorrow, they aren't exactly going to stop him from this." Tea defended. Yami nodded. In truth, he simply felt the need for some junk food, but he wasn't about to let anyone know that. An ancient pharaoh falling prey to the inticements of modern day munchies? Absurd!
Ishizu smiled politely. But in truth, it was an adorable sight. The mighty King of Games, normally laid back, cool, and unaffected by anything was caught red-handed indulging in modern day youthful desires such as cravings for munchies!
Slightly embarrassed, but unable to allow it to show, Yami, with lollipop still firmly in mouth, tipped his head and posture up in a dignified manner and continued on his way to his room.
"There's dignity for you. Nothing like a royal brush off eh?" Rebecca laughed as they followed. They didn't expect the sight they saw upon entering! The thief, hands taped to the bed rails and mouth taped several times was NOT a happy camper. He grunted as he caught sight of the pharaoh.
"He finally got to you eh Yami?" Tea asked as Yami set the munchies on the nightstand and finally took the lollipop out of his mouth.
"Kaiba's idea. I personally wanted to stick a fork up his ass, but Kaiba's idea was more rational."
"Speaking of ass...I'm sure we could arrange for a colonic for him." Rebecca mentioned.
"Colonic?" Yami asked. The term didn't remind him of anything though half the modern terms used in the hospital seemed like a language nobody but the people in white knew. Meanwhile Bakura's eyes went slightly wide. He didn't know what a colonic was but it was in reference to his ass and that couldn't be good.
Tea whispered in Yami's ear. "A tube goes up and cleans that entire area out by flushing it with water. I hear it's VERY unpleasant."
Yami's eyes went wide as he envisioned such a disgusting thing then recomposed himself and smirked. Maybe there was little need for the ex-lax. But he tapped the box hidden on the other side of his nightstand. "But this will have a similar effect no?"
"Yes, but minus the discomfort of the tube up his butt."
"I can't be that mean. For some reason I feel that to be on his level and I consider myself well above it..whenever I can. Ah, he'll have a hard enough time trying to constantly get up and use the bathroom with that hard cast on arm and leg. This stuff says fast-acting. So if I give him a large enough dose..." Yami replied softly.
"Still cruel Yami. But be warned...you'd better time that near your release or you will also suffer the consequences of it." Tea said as she mock-plugged her nose to let him know exactly what the effect would be.
Yami nodded.
"Now about these treats Yami..." Tea dragged on. She wasn't about to let the king off the hook just yet...he was adorable when in a strange situation afterall!
"Saving them for Yugi?" Yami quickly replied but in the form of a question as he donned his cutest face possible. If he were Yugi, the cute face would work, but for him, it just came out as sexy charm.
Rebecca and Tea both ruffled the pharaoh's spikey hair. "Nice try. Just don't eat all those at once or you'll both be dueling for use of the toilet. You'll be worshipping it while he'll be disgracing it." Tea giggled.
"Your grandfather, Joey, and the rest of us will be here in the morning for your release. Oh and Bakura...don't go anywhere eh?" Rebecca joked as she and Tea left the room giggling.
When all visitors were gone, Yami finally turned to his successful munchie raid. He popped open a bag of chips, flipped the tv channel to the Sport of Kings...horseracing...and began crunching happily. While watching, he could feel eyes upon him...staring at him unblinking. But, he waited until a commercial break before responding to the unwavering eyeballs.
"What's the matter thief? Cat got your tongue? Oh wait, that's tape, not a cat. Heheh, my mistake. What was that? I can't hear you through all that tape in front of your mouth."
The thief's eyes narrowed to lethal slits. If only they were something more than a threat. But...he was a bit incapacitated at this time. Briefly he tried his strength to break the tape that bonded his hands to the bed rails, but to no avail. His legs were free, but with one in a complete cast, he couldn't maneuver either at all.
"Don't worry thief. I'm NOT that dispassionate. I'll release you...just not right now." Yami replied as he leaned back on his bed and popped grapes in his mouth as if he truly was a pampered king once again. "Mmmm..." he said for added effect on Bakura's behalf. He knew the thief was still watching his every move. A dirty idea formed in Yami's mind as he was leaning back, enjoying the grapes and adding erotic sounds as an exaggerrated tease, but he fought to toss it out. He had his own dignity to think about afterall. But still, he was extremely curious as to what effect it would have upon the thief. At this time, it was something he could do and the thief couldn't. Then he thought about Yugi and tossed it out completely. If it was just his own body and mind, he probably would've succumbed to the idea...but it wasn't and Yugi certainly wouldn't go THAT far as to do THAT in a semi-public setting such as this. He was already getting a desired effect from the thief anyway by the sounds of the occasional squeaks of the bed from the thief testing his strength and trying to squirm out of his confinement.
Later that evening...
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!" a nurse replied as she came in to check on her patients and found one bound by tape.
Bakura's eyes and head nod motioned towards Yami who tried his best to place a halo over his head, but counldn't hide the spade tail and horns upon him.
"Had enough of his cackling eh?" the nurse asked Yami who nodded innocently. "Can't say that I blame you, but this is against hospital regulations. We can't leave him like this." the nurse said as she began to undo all the tape that restrained Bakura's mouth and hands. "I can't say it's been a pleasure with you two, but best of luck." she said out of the blue. She then jotted something down on Bakura's medical file and departed.
Bakura leaned forward in his bed towards the king. "Be afraid king. I highly suggest...for your own safety...you do not fall asleep tonight." the thief seethed.
"Idle threats from an invalid." Yami replied as he stood and walked over to Bakura's file. "Let's see...what did she add in your nasty column this time?" Yami teased as he opened the file. His eyes went wide for a moment. "Th-this can't be?!" he said aloud, though he shouldn't of.
"What king?" Bakura asked semi-nicely as he wanted to know what Yami had discovered that stunned the pharaoh. Yami had no choice but to respond since the thief would badger him until he did.
"You must have won the favor of some god though I have no idea how...you're being released tomorrow to!"
Bakura laid back onto his pillow and smiled the most evil smug smile he could. Anything that caused the pharaoh discomfort was of great pleasure to the thief.
Pharaoh-11 Thief-8 (thanks to the gods that be)
to be continued...