Hey yall! Bet you guys thought I was never coming back, huh? Well, in honor of getting an A on my English project that I did yesterday, I got off my lazy butt and actually wrote another chapter. Finals are coming now, so I can't promise much, but I'll try to update again soon, okay? Thanks for all the reviews. You guys rock!
I didn't get a lot of riddle guesses. Oh well. The answer's in this chapter.
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Oh, this might be a little short, but bear with me, at least it's here!
Ch.8
"So there's some freak from the shadow realm trying to capture Yugi?" Jonouchi asked a pacing Yami.
"Yep," Yugi confirmed.
"Man, you cannot catch a break, can you?"
"Nope," he agreed.
Yugi slumped further into the couch. Honda was leaning near the door and Jounochi was sitting on the floor. Yami had done the best he could to summarize the situation.
The new door was finally installed. The four of them had been sneezing form the saw dust a good half hour upon arriving.
Honda and Jounochi had agreed to help keep lookout all night as soon as they heard Yugi might be in danger.
An hour later, Jounochi jumped up ad gave the couch a vicious kick. "Man, this stinks! I can't stand just sitting here, waiting for something to happen. We should be on the offensive, not that two bit psycho witch!"
"Sit down and quit making a fool of yourself!" Honda rolled his eyes. "Yami and Yugi already said they don't know where she came from, let alone how to find her now."
"Well, both Bakura and whats-her-name were attacked in their soul rooms, right? So she's connected to there somehow!" Jounochi said triumphantly.
"We have thought of that, Jou," Yugi said quietly. "But if she was able to hold both Bakura and Shion long enough to hold Ryou and Kamui, then the same thing might happen to Yami."
"And so we are forced to let her make the first move," Yami said tensely.
Yugi yawned. "We should try to get some sleep if we can. Otherwise, she can just wait until we're too tired to move, let alone fight."
"I'll take the first watch," Yami offered.
"Alright, Yami," Jounochi was already stretching out on the floor. "Wake me if ya hear something, or if ya get tired."
Yami watched all the others drift off to sleep. He suppressed a laugh as Jounochi rolled over, mumbling about pudding.
Not trusting himself to stay awake, he rose and quietly paced the floor. The sky was dark and the streetlamp shone in through the window, casting the room into a labyrinth of shadows.
He sighed and leaned against the newly erected door…and sunk into it! The door wasn't solid, it was more like quicksand! As he fell into the illusion, the answer to the stupid riddle flashed through his mind.
How do you get a man out of a room with no doors or windows? Through the doorway or course!
(A/N: Don't kill me! I like this riddle, okay?)
"Yugi, run!" he yelled as the illusion of the door faded into the form of the fire yami. Yugi barely had time to open his eyes before the fire yami's dark flames engulfed him. Springing from her hand, the flames wrapped around the bewildered and frightened hikari as he struggled to get away.
Jounochi and Honda were on their feet in a flash and as one they dove at the fire yami. She moved to sidestep them, but Jounochi's fist grazed her cheek as he fell to the ground.
"You hit me…" She seemed stunned by the concept. "Nobody hits me!"
"Then call me Nobody, 'cause I'm gonna do a lot more than that if ya don't let my pal go," Jounochi threatened. Honda nodded in agreement.
"Well said," Yami stepped forward. He tensed, knowing full well that his hikari was still in the madwoman's power.
"I am releasing the other yamis," the fire yami announced suddenly. "I couldn't have held them much longer anyway." I suggest you all hurry." A sudden grin lit up her features. Madness rolled with insanity as it sparked in her eyes. She looked at Yami and began to sing:
"Light and dark the two undying
Holding tight the earth below
Holding fast the bond unbreaking
See the strength between them flow.
Pure sweet notes of flowing darkness
Wrap around your dying light
Hold them close and comfort vainly
For soon ends this final night."
With the last note, she and Yugi vanished. "No!" Yami leaped forward, but it was too late. There was a blinding flash and Bakura appeared, followed closely by Shion.
"Where's Ryou?!" Bakura demanded, eyes flashing around the room.
"Gone," said Yami shortly and his tone of voice made the others take a quick step back. "She has them. All three."
And…that's it! I know, it's short, but live with it, please? Originally, I had planned to write this part as part of the previous chapter, but I wanted to give people a chance to try the riddle.
Looks at Poem Uh, that doesn't sound good does it?
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