Don't you just hate real life sometimes! Bleh! I'm so sorry I haven't updated in so long but you know how real life is. Sometimes, it just gets in the way. ;) So, to make it up to you, I've made this chapter extra long. :) I hope you like!
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Labyrinth, Yami Style Chapter 5
Ryou and Yugi fell, each letting out a yelp of surprise. Suddenly, something stopped them. The things seemed to be grabbing at each of them.
Ryou blinked, "What in Kami's name are those?"
Taking a closer look, Yugi's eyes widened. "They look like hands."
"Hands?"
"Uh-huh." Yugi struggled a bit, trying to break free. "I think we're in trouble." He gasped out as the hand that held him gripped tighter. "And there's nobody to help us."
Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice spoke up. "What do you mean by that? We are helping!"
"Nani?!?! Who said that?"
"We did!" Suddenly, a pair of hands next to Ryou contorted itself, shaping itself into a face. "We're the helping hands! Now which way would you two like to go?"
"Go?" Ryou asked, a bit confused.
"Uh-huh." The face asked, "Up or down?"
"Um......" Ryou looked over towards Yugi for help. Yugi shrugged as best as he could. Looking down, he nodded slightly. "Well, since we're already heading there, I guess we'll go down."
"Alright! They chose down!" Suddenly, the two boys heard snickering. "Did we chose wrong?" Ryou asked, paling slightly.
"Too late now!" One of the hands replied as the boys were passed downwards from one pair of hands to another. A few minutes went by as the boys were passed. Finally, a manhole was spotted and two of the hands lifted the top from it. Yugi and then Ryou was dropped through it as the cover was replaced with a bang.
The boys found themselves in complete darkness, on the floor of what looked like a small cell. As their eyes adjusted, both Yugi and Ryou looked at one another. Now what trouble were they in?
Back in the castle, Jareth was not amused.
Staring into one of his crystal globes, he frowned. Yugi and Ryou should not have been able to make it this far. Were the two dark ones in the other room that important to these two? Jareth went over and sat upon his throne. Speaking of those two.....he sat the crystal down and rubbed his temples, the beginning of a headache just starting. Three toilets were now missing within his castle and he had a feeling, he wasn't going to able to find them. He chuckled softly as he realized now exactly why the Yamis had been sent to him in the first place. If this is what the two boys had to go through everyday......
Either way, he needed to send the boys back to the beginning. Picking up the crystal again, he spun it until Hoggle's face suddenly appeared. "Hoggle?" Jareth called.
"Yes, your majesty?"
"The boys are in the oubliette." Jareth replied, "You need to see that they are led back to the beginning."
A frown appeared on Hoggle's face. "That won't be easy your majesty, both of them are quite determined to reach you."
"Just do it!"
"Yes, your majesty." Hoggle frowned as Jareth spun the crystal again, Hoggle's face disappearing. Jareth smirked and sat back in his seat. The boys would never reach him in time.
Yugi and Ryou sat on the floor of the cell. Ryou sighed softly as he tried to see. "Now what should we....." A scratching sound halted his sentence, "What was that?"
Yugi reached for his koi's hand, giving it a squeeze. "Who's there?" He asked.
"It's just me." A gruff voice replied.
"Hoggle?"
"Yep." A sound was made as a match was lit. Looking around, Yugi and Ryou spotted Hoggle standing there, a torch in one hand, which was now lit, and a match in the other.
"Are we glad to see you." Ryou smiled.
Hoggle blinked, then a small smile lit his face, "Well, I'm glad to see you too." He replied, a small blush appearing on his face. He wasn't exactly used to be acknowledged that way.
"So what are you doing here and how did you get here?" Yugi asked.
"Well, as soon as I layed eyes on you two I knew you were going to get yourselves into trouble, so I came to help you." Hoggle replied, shrugging.
"You're going to help us figure out the labyrinth?" Yugi smiled.
Hoggle sighed and shook his head, "You two don't realize where you are, do you?"
The two looked around, frowns appearing on their faces. "Incase you haven't noticed, there aren't any doors around here nor windows. You're both in an oubliette. You know what that is, right?"
Ryou thought back for a second. The word sounded familiar. Suddenly, it came to him. "Isn't an oubliette a place where one is forgotten about?"
"Exactly." Hoggle nodded.
Both boys frowned. Jareth was just going to forget about them? "That's horrible!" Ryou exclaimed.
Hoggle nodded as he motioned for both of the boys to follow him. Heading into a corner, he held up the torch. Yugi gasped, stepping back on reflex. "What's wrong Yu.....oh my!"
Propped up against the wall was a skeleton. Yugi shuddered as Ryou placed his hands on the smaller one's shoulders. Hoggle turned towards them, "You see, this ain't the place for the two of you. You keep going, you're both gonna end up like that poor fella."
Yugi shook his head, eyes still on the skeleton. "It doesn't matter. We're not leaving here until we find our darker halves." Ryou nodded, agreeing.
Hoggle frowned, "Forget about them. I know a nice shortcut right out of this labyrinth."
"There's no way we're giving up! We're doing just fine." Ryou growled. Yugi chuckled softly under his breath. It seems he wasn't the only one that had been hanging around too much with his Yami. At that moment, Ryou looked and sounded almost like Bakura.
Hoggle smiled gently, "You've both done great so far, but you're only on the edge of the labyrinth. From here on in, it's only going to get even worse."
As Ryou and Hoggle were talking, Yugi was observing. He had noticed a chain of ornaments hanging off of Hoggle's belt. Quickly, he spoke up, "Hoggle?"
"Yes?" Hoggle turned towards him. "You seem to like jewelry." Yugi smiled. Hoggle nodded, "Yeah, a bit. Why?"
"Well..." Yugi replied, reaching into his pocket. Suddenly, he pulled out a plastic bracelet. Something he had won out of one of the crane machines at the arcade. It was pretty cheap but Hoggle seemed to be eyeing it.
"How about this? If you help us find our way completely into the labyrinth, I'll give it to you?"
"Hmmm.....how about I just show you the way out?"
Ryou shook his head. "You were going to do that in the first place. Yugi will only give it to you if you show us how to get in!"
"How do you know that I know how to get in to the labyrinth?" Hoggle asked, eyebrow raising.
"You got here, didn't you?" Yugi asked.
Hoggle shook his head as he glanced at the skeleton, "Yeah, I got here, but where's your common sense? You two don't deserve to end up like that."
Both Yugi and Ryou sighed, "Fine, how about this." Yugi replied, "How about you take us as far as you can, then we'll figure out the rest of the way?"
Hoggle frowned, "I don't believe you two!"
"Aww, come on Hoggle." Yugi smiled, dangling the bracelet. "That's all you have to do."
With a sigh, Hoggle held out his arm as Yugi walked forwards placing the bracelet on his wrist. Walking over to a lone wooden bench that was in the room, Hoggle flipped it over. On the bottom of the bench was two doorknobs. Pulling one, the bench became a doorway on the wall. Opening the door, suddenly a bunch of buckets and broomsticks fell out.
"Oh damn!"
Yugi and Ryou both giggled as Hoggle grumbled. Placing the items back in the door, he closed it, then grasped the other doorknob pulling it open. "This is the right way, let's go."
Yugi and Ryou followed Hoggle into the corridor. The corridor was dark, the walls covered in grotesquely carved rock. As they mae their way down the corridor, suddenly a voice boomed out "DON'T GO ON!"
Both boys jumped, glancing around frantically. All they could see was Hoggle. Suddenly, Yugi spotted something. Carved into the wall, was a mouth. Looking up, he noticed that the mouth was part of a face. That also wasn't the only one.
Different faces lines the walls, each one calling a warning of go back or beware. Hoggle noticed the boys lagging behind and went back for them. "Come on, you two."
As they heading on, suddenly a small crystal ball came rolling from behind them. It rolled to the front and they watched it bounce ahead of them to an old blind beggar leaning against the wall. The ball bounced right into his hat that was sitting infront of him.
Suddenly, Hoggle groaned, his eyes widening and his mouth hanging open. The beggar suddenly turned towards them.
"So what have we here?" The beggar asked.
"Nothin' nothing at all!" Hoggle replied.
"Nothing!?!?!" The beggar rose. Throwing off the disguise, suddenly Jareth stood before them.
"Now Hoggle, could it be that you're helping these two?" Jareth asked.
"Helping? How?" Hoggle stuttered.
"By taking these two into the labyrinth."
Hoggle shook his head, "No no, your majesty. I was taking these two back to the beginning."
"What?!?" Both Yugi and Ryou exclaimed.
"And what is this around your wrist, Hoggle?" Jareth smirked.
"Um...nothing, nothing at all." Hoggle gulped, hiding his wrist behind his back. Jareth nodded.
"Good. Because if I found that you were betraying me Hoggle, I would be forced to put you headfirst into the bog of eternal stench!"
"Oh no, not that your majesty!" Hoggle shook his head, backing away.
"Oh yes, Hoggle." Turning away, he set his eyes upon Yugi and Ryou. "So Yugi, Ryou. How are you two enjoying my labyrinth?"
"It's a piece of cake." Yugi smiled as Ryou nodded.
"Oh really?" Jareth smiled. "How about we make it more entertaining then?" Suddenly, the clock with the thirteen hours appeared. The hands on in began to move faster as both boys gasped, "That's not fair!"
With that, Jareth summoned another crystal ball. Throwing it down the corridor, they heard a whirring sound. Hoggle gulped, his face becoming a mask of panic.
"So my labyrinth is a piece of cake is it? Well, let's see how you do with this?" Jareth laughed. With that, he vanished, his laughter still ringing through the air.
As Yugi, Ryou and Hoggle all stared down the corridor, suddenly a solid wall of furiously spinning knives and chopping cleavers began bearing down on them. Hoggle let out a yelp. "The Cleaners!!!" With that, he began to run.
"What?" Both boys stood frozen, too shocked to do anything. Suddenly, Hoggle's shout seemed to snap that out of their trance. "RUN!!!"
Ryou and Yugi soon caught up to Hoggle as the three raced down the corridor. Yugi's cry caught all of their attentions. "Oh no!!"
"Nani? What?" Ryou and Hoggle gasped as they noticed why Yugi had cried out. Infront of them was a door, a heavily barred door which closed off the rest of the corridor.
They were trapped!