Strong Enough?
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HiKari is forced to leave to protect Makura from Pegasus, but is leaving just what Pegasus wanted HiKari to do?
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~HiKari_9:00 Saturday ~
Great, I know I can't tell Makura about this, or she'll make sure I don't go, but I don't want to leave her without her knowing where I've gone. She might think I was missing, and then she'd probably call up the President of Japan and tell him to declare a National emergency until I was found. HiKari thought to herself as she paced across her room.
"I know!" She said her thoughts aloud. " I'll leave a message with Mokuba, telling him to call Makura at 12:00 after I'm gone and tell her what happened."
I walked down the stairs and to the phone, then called Mokuba. I got his cell phone's answering machine. I thought that was a little odd, Mokuba not picking up his cell phone, but he must have just been busy. I left a message and hung up. I knew he'd check his messages before 12:00, but just in case he didn't I wrote a note to her saying to call Mokuba.
Now that I had that cleared up, I had to get ready.
~Makura_9:35 Saturday~
"HiKari!" I yelled up the stairs, "HiKari! I made your favorite dinner!"
HiKari yelled back down, "I'm going to bed."
I knew that had to be a lie, she always tried to stay up as late as possible. I sighed, "You and I both know you wouldn't go to bed at 9:35 on a Saturday night if someone paid you a million dollars! I worked overtime at Burger-Burger just to make you your favorite dinner, so you'd better get down here before I eat it all or…"
"Coming!" she yelled as she ran down the stairs, grabbed her plate and shoveled a large portion of food onto it, then ran back upstairs.
"Fine then!" I yelled up at her, "be ungrateful, and see if I ever work overtime at Burger-Burger ever again."
We both knew that it was an empty threat, seeing as I always made her favorite food and bought some chocolate on weekends. It was tradition, and who was I to break tradition?
I sighed. I never would understand that girl, but right now, I had other things to understand, namely, my math homework.
"You'd better be in bed by ten!" I yelled up at her, then going up to my own room to work on my math. (Here's one problem to show you how hard they were)
- 143kx – 784k(kst-tk) = 281x +299stk(k-kt+ks)
- kx(2) – 2k st(66) - 3x
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I sighed. It had taken an hour, but it was finally done. I got up to do my usual check through the house and then peeked in on HiKari. She was sleeping like a log.
"I guess she really was sleepy" I muttered to myself before heading off to bed myself.
~HiKari_11:00 Saturday~
I waited 10 minutes after Makura checked in on me before heading out. It was about a 20 minute walk from our house to the docks, but I managed to get there in time. Just as I arrived, I heard a familiar voice yelling. "Ya'd betta let me on da ship 'cause if ya don't you'll face da wrath of Joey Wheeler!"
Then I saw Yugi run up to Joey and the two strong men holding him back and give Joey something. The two strong men backed away, looking confused. I walked up to them. "Didn't Yugi already tell you Joey? You can't come." I said happily. I never really liked Joey.
Joey turned to me, "Yeah I can!" he said happily holding out a star chip, "I have onea these."
"No, you can't" I said again, "Yugi said that only those who got Pegasus's invitation would get to come. You can't just get on just because you have one little star chip."
"Anyone who has onea these can come, can't they, Yug. Tell her I'm right." Joey said, nudging Yugi
He took a while but then finally mumbeld, "All you need is a star chip to board."
I just stood there for a second, I was too shocked to speak. I finally got my voice, "You mean… she could have… Makura could have come?"
Yugi just sat there as Joey nodded and said, "Course she could have, didn't Yug tell ya?"
I was even more shocked, "You… knew? You knew she could have come and then lied to me? How can I trust you?"
"I didn't know any of this until just now." He stammered quickly, trying to redeem himself, "I thought Joey would probably have to go home and…"
"Probably? Yugi, don't lie. You knew Makura might have been able to come. There's no hiding that." I said.
"Well, I didn't really know, and I didn't want Joey to come either and… well, I was hoping it would be just you and me. I mean…" I couldn't take it anymore. He had lied to me and made me leave Makura alone. "Well, you know, mabey I never really liked you that much anyway. Mabey you and I should take a break!" I growled.
I could tell by the look in his eyes that he was hurt, but it was his fault… Still, he looked really sad and…
"We're still friends, right?" Yugi asked smiling up at me pleadingly.
That was it. I knew it really wasn't that much of his fault, and that smile was just too much. "Of course we are," I said, smiling down at him, then added, "Shorty."
I ran up the plank and on to the ship, Yugi chasing after me.
As I was running away, I ran straight into a girl. As soon as I saw her, I knew who she was, "You're Mai Valentine!" I said, staring at her in awe. She was the only female duelist besides myself invited. She was a legend, One of only two girls to ever participate in any Duel Monsters nationwide tournament. She had always been my inspiration for playing duel monsters. Her and Makura. She was the other contestant only she was in America's nationals. I had almost made it, but was beaten by this kid named Rebecca. Why I invited when she wasn't. I thought to myself, but that thought was shoved aside as Mai said, "and you must be HiKari Bruder. You almost made it to America's nationals."
"You… know about me?" I asked.
"Of course, I keep tabs on all female duelists. After all, we girls are the smart ones who are gonna win it all," She said as she winked at me.
Then she motioned to Joey and Yugi, "Who are those, your fanclub?"
"Yug and I are great and mighty duelists!" Joey said.
"Well, I'll see you 'Great and mighty duelists' later" She said, then turned to me and said, "If you have any trouble with these bozos, you can hang with me," then she walked away.
I sighed, it was going to be hard being without Makura, but it was sure to be an adventure.
~Makura_Sunday Morning~
Too early I thought to myself Well, at least It's HiKari's turn to make breakfast.
HiKari always made the most delicious omelets the world has ever known, but as I walked down the stairs, I couldn't smell even the slightest scent of them cooking. "That lazybum" I said to myself, "probably isn't even awake yet."
I'd better go and wake her up I thought to myself as I walked back up the stairs and to her bedroom. As I walked in, I saw a white piece of paper taped to the wall. I went over and read it.
*_Don't worry, I'll only be gone for a couple of days.
I told Mokuba where I was, and you should have received his phone call by now.
If not, call his cell phone 38#-9233
Love ya,
Kari_*
I stared at the note. At fist I was confused, then scared, then just plain mad. I ran to the phone and dialed the number.
beep… beep… beep…
The phone connection was dead.
I called Yugi….
No answer.
I ran downstairs, and was just about to call the President of Japan and tell him to declare a national emergency until HiKari was found when I remembered the package HiKari got yesterday. I ran to the box and opened it. Inside was a videotape. Mabey this will explain things I said as I slid the videotape into the video player.
Onscreen I saw a man that I recognized in a second. It was Pegasus J. Crawford, Founder of Industrial Illusions, the company that made duel monsters!
"What the F*** have you done with my sister!" I yelled at the TV Screen.
"Nothing much, Makura-girl," Pegasus on the screen replied, "Just invited her to my duelist tournament. She's on the boat to the duelist kingdom with Yugi-boy right now."
I was freaked out, but that didn't matter. I needed to know what would happen to HiKari. "What do you want with her?" I asked.
"I wanted to get her out of the way," Pegasus on the screen replied, "But now that she can't interfere, I don't really care what happens to her."
"In your way? How could HiKari get in your way?" I asked furiously, "You're the head of Industrial Illusions. Little people like HiKari and me aren't important enough for you."
"You don't understand, Makura-Girl," Pegasus on the screen replied, "You're very important. You're the reason HiKari was invited to my tournament, and you're going to go outside your apartment and get on the jet outside that will take you to the duelist kingdom."
"Why in the He\\ do you want to take me?" I yelled. "And will I get to see HiKari when I get there."
"B-e-c-a-u-s-e" he said in a long, drawn out voice, "You're the ideal captive."
"I'm a he\\ of a lot stronger then you!" I yelled at the TV screen, "You won't torture me into doing anything. You should have picked someone weak, like Tea."
"That's the point," Pegasus on the screen replied, "If they see the strongest obeying me, then the weak will know that they don't even have a chance. Plus, your life is valuable to both Yugi-boy and Kaiba-boy, the two targets of my game. If I were to put your life on the line as the cost of my defeat… along with Mokuba-boy's here," The camera shifted to a picture of a battered and beaten Mokuba lying on the floor, "Then It'll be an offer neither of them can refuse." Then he added, "and there may be some fatal accidents if you don't follow my exact orders, so go and get in the jet. I'll see you at the duelist kingdom, Makura-girl."
The TV went blank. I ran upstairs to pack my bags. I put in a picture of HiKari and I, the last of the chocolate that I had saved for HiKari, and a blanket. That was all I needed. Then I went downstairs and into the jet. As I stared out the window, looking at the picture of HiKari, only one thought went though my mind:
Is she alright?
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Awright! This chapter was of decent length!!!!
What will happen next? To tell you the truth, I've only a faint Idea where this fic is going, so any suggestions are appreciated ^-^
And don't worry, Kari, Mokuba will be freed in a later chapter. You can still have him ^-^
Firea: LAZYBUM! *Pours punch over my head*
Kura: I HATE math homework
This fic is for the best little sister in the whole world, HiKari!
O.o Wait, not little, she's taller than me…
This fic is for the best younger sister in the whole world, HiKari!
^-^ There we go!
-Kura