JK: Ohayo peoples…
YJK: *still tied up* Mmnph!!!
Bakura: *also struggling against his bonds and giving JK deathly cold glares*
Ryou: *walks into room and sees Bakura tied up and being poked with a sharp objects* WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY YAMI!!!!!
JK: *backs away from angry Ryou (he's scary when he's angry by the way)* Um… well he was torturing my yami and well… um … gotta go *runs away from angry Ryou*
Ryou: *looks at tied up yami's and takes out pointy stick* well can't let them being bound go to waste… hehehe now I can get revenge Muwahahaha…
Joey: *walks in and sees insane Ryou poking yami's with a pointy stick* okay now that is just plain disturbing… and since JK is now MIA I guess it's up to me to give out the reviews…
DimitriFrancois: thanks for the review even though it was kinda short…
Dagger5: please let me borrow a dagger or two… And okay I'll share Yugi-kun only if you'll let me have Yami-chan every once in a while… and I give all rights to torture my yami as harshly or as long as you please…
Joey: *watches Ryou continue to poke the yami's and laugh insanely* now that JK is gone here's the next chapter…
Chapter 6: Oh how the Tides Turn.
*Domino City*
"Mokuba?" Yugi asked coming into the guest room.
"Yugi I don't think he is going to get any better," Mokuba said tears leaking from his eyes, "The doctors want me to think about…"
"Mokuba don't even think like that. We'll figure out what's wrong," Yugi said placing a hand on the boy's shoulder, "Now Jenni has agreed to stay with you while I talk to Ishizu."
"Okay," Mokuba said quietly.
"Yugi? Mokuba?" Jenni called out after coming into the apartment..
"We're upstairs," Yugi called down.
Jenni walked up the stairs and entered into the room, "Hey kid."
"Hi," Mokuba said.
"Well I will talk to you guys later," Yugi said heading out of the room.
Yugi went down stairs and left the card shop determined to get to the Domino Museum. Yami paced his soul room wracking his ancient Egyptian brain trying to figure out what happened to Seto Kaiba. Yugi just rolled his eyes at the Egyptian spirit sharing his mind. The short teen walked on to the train and tried to ignore Yami's pacing.
'' Yami could you please stop pacing. You are giving me a headache, '' Yugi said to the Egyptian spirit.
'Sorry Aibou, but I just cannot figure out what happened to Kaiba and Jhada,' Yami responded.
'' Yami we will figure it out soon, I promise, '' Yugi said.
'I hope anyway,' Yami continued.
'' Yami try and be a little positive here, '' Yugi fired at his darker half.
'Alright,' Yami said cutting the mind link.
The train stopped and Yugi got off heading towards the Domino Museum. He arrived at the entrance and spoke to the guard on duty. Soon Ishizu came to the entrance smiling at the short teen. She led him downstairs to her office where Malik and Ryou Bakura waited. As soon as the door closed Yami came out of the puzzle as well as Bakura, the spirit of the ring. The two ancient Egyptian spirits proceeded to glare at one another. Yugi sat down on one of the available chairs hoping that Yami and Bakurea don't try to send each other to the Shadow Realm.
"Ishizu do we know anything new on what happened to Kaiba, Sorcerer or Jade?" Yugi inquired.
"I have not been able to pinpoint the spell used to try and reverse it," Ishizu said, "Nor has the necklace provided anything else on this situation."
"What about Bakura Ryou? Has he been able to locate the Millennium Crystal using the ring?" Yugi asked the white haired British teen.
"No he hasn't. It's as if it didn't exist at all," Ryou answered.
"Which means she has returned to her own dimension," Yami remarked.
"So how do we get her back?" Malik put in.
"Who knows," came Bakura's nonchalant answer.
"Geez Tomb Robber, you could be a little more supportive and helpful than that," Yami said snidely causing the tomb robber to bristle in anger.
"Care to say that again Pharaoh no Baka," Bakura snarled.
The two spirits were almost at each other's throats, but their hikari's were holding them back; but just barely. Malik watched in amusement as they struggled to kill each other. What was surprising is that for Yugi being smaller than the Pharaoh he was doing a pretty good job of preventing the blood shed from occurring. As the moment Ishizu was becoming furious at the childish behavior of the 5,000 year old spirits. If the two spirits didn't clam up and behave she may just blow a vein.
"ENOUGH!" Ishizu shouted.
At the sound of the angry Egyptian woman's voice the two stopped and turned to face her.
"Ishizu?" Malik asked cautiously.
"The both of you need to grow up. I've seen five year olds behave better than you two and you both have 5 millennia of wisdom. So behave like it," Ishizu said in a quiet voice that held barly restrained anger, "If you cannot act civil towards one another than I may need to take matters into my own hands. Now you will behave, do I make myself clear."
The ex-pharaoh just crossed his arms and turned his back to the tomb robber. Bakura on the other hand just sulked in the corner. Ishizu let it pass, seeing that they were not fighting anymore. She let out an exasperated breath before sitting behind her desk. Malik was trying to contain his mirth at the two spirits barely surviving Ishizu's wrath. He knew from experience that they got off easy.
"So now what?" Malik asked.
"We should probably look once again for any type of spell to send someone to a different dimension," Ishizu suggested, "Perhaps Bakura and Ryou could tackle that while myself, Yugi, and the Pharaoh try to figure out what happened to Seto Kaiba once again."
"Fine," came the response from Bakura before he went back into the ring.
"I shall speak to you later, Yugi," Ryou said leaving the office.
"See you, Sis, I'm heading to the hospital to check on the CEO," Malik said also leaving.
Yami went back to the puzzle as Yugi turned to leave, "Good-bye Ishizu. I will see what I can find out from my Grandpa on ancient spell and curses."
"Good-bye Yugi and good luck," Ishizu said as he left.
Yugi made his way through the bowels of the museum not noticing the shadow following him. As he reached the main floor of the museum he was nearly ran down by a teen age girl his age. Yugi picked himself up from the floor and offered hi hand to the girl. She accepted it gratefully and stood in front of the small teen. Yugi sized up the girl taking in her beauty. The girl stood about 5'3", startling sapphire eyes, beautiful golden skin, and almost glowing white hair. To the teens eyes she looked like a goddess. The girl smiled knowing that the spell had begun to take him. Yugi shook his head as an image of Jenni flashed before his eyes bringing him out of the trance. The girl frowned for a moment before smiling once again.
"Gomen about knocking you down," Yugi began, "I'm Yugi Motou."
"Hello Yugi, my mane is Sakura Mioshii. I am new to Domino City and was looking for the 'King of Games'," Sakura said sweetly.
"Well that would be me," Yugi said.
"You're much cuter than I have heard," Sakura said spinning her spell once again.
Yugi blushed at the compliment, "Arigato. Now why are you seeking me out?"
"I wish to learn Duel Monsters from you," Sakura told him.
"Well I'm not really the person to see. You see my Grandpa taught me how to play," Yugi told the teen.
"Perhaps your Grandfather will teach me?" inquired the teen.
"I-I'm not sure, but… how about I take you to the game shop and we can ask him. I'm not promising anything though," Yugi said.
"Okay," Sakura said.
Yugi led the girl out of the museum and down to the train. The shorter teen was having a hard time concentrating on anything or one besides Sakura at his side. Yami noticed this and was soon also entrapped by the seductress' spell. As the train stopped at Yugi's stop he led the girl to the Kame Game Shop. As he came in the door, Jenni greeted the teen with a hug. Yugi returned the hug but only half heartedly. Jenni noticed this and saw the girl behind him. She knew something was not right and glared at the new comer. Jenni moved to take Yugi to the apartment to speak to him when he seemed to snap out of it. He looked around puzzled at how he got home. Yugi looked around searching the room for something, but only saw Jenni there.
"Jenni?" Yugi began, "Ho-how did I get here? The last thing I remember is speaking with a girl at the museum."
"You don't remember leaving and coming here with a strange looking girl?" Jenni questioned.
"No I don't," Yugi answered honestly, "I'm going to go lie down. My head is killing me right now."
"I'll call everyone to come over so we…" Jenni started, but Yugi cut her off.
"No. I just need rest is all. I'll talk to you tomorrow," he said leaving the American to gape at where he just stood.
Jenni just shrugged and vowed to get to the bottom of this. She left the game shop and headed towards Ryou Bakura's house.
Sakura Mioshii watched the America girl leave the shop with disgust. Her form slowly began to change as it took the form of a living shadow once more. It returned back to the confines of the Shadow Realm where it had been banished over 5 millennia prior. It's faithful servant came into the room after being summoned. Anubis kneeled before his master awaiting instructions.
"Master have you successfully entranced the Pharaoh and his reincarnation?" Anubis inquired.
"No, it seems that the princess and her light are not the only ones to break through the spell. There seems to be another female equally as dangerous. Somehow I have to remove her from the equation, but how," the shadow stated pacing the floor, "Anubis…"
"Yes master," Anubis answered.
"The spell you used on the princess' light half will it work on this girl as well?" the shadow inquired.
"It should," Anubis said.
"Very good. Seduce her and kiss her. I will make sure to have little Yugi Motou there to witness it. And take the form of whomever she is the closest to," it said.
"Yes master," Anubis said before disappearing.
"Soon my Pharaoh, I shall finish what I began 5 millennia ago," it cackled into the dark reaches of the Shadow Realm.
Anubis followed Jenni as she made her way towards another's home. She paused momentarily to ring a door bell. Soon a silver white haired teen opened the door, ushering the girl into the house. Anubis blended back into the shadows and soon appeared in the teens living room ,staying concealed within the dark confines of the shadows. He watched her interact with this boy knowing this is the person he will need to take the form of. He left the room leaving the two to their business. Jenni felt something watching her and as she turned around she saw nothing.
"Jenni what's wrong?" Ryou asked the American
"Huh?" Jenni said startled by Ryou talking, "Sorry I thought someone was watching me."
"There's no one there or else I would of noticed it," Bakura said appearing next to Ryou.
"Whatever, anyways there's something rotten in Denmar… er … Domino City," Jenni said.
Bakura just stared blankly at the American as Ryou barely contained his laughter, "Why do you say that?"
"Because I think someone is after Yugi," Jenni began, "When he came home a strange girl was with him and he didn't even notice me."
"Are you sure someone is after him or are you jealous of this girl and assume she's after him," Bakura fired at the girl.
Jenni's temper rose as she locked her fiery gaze upon Bakura's icy glare, forgetting to mention that Yugi also had temporary memory loss, "Are you insinuating that I'm jealous of him being with another girl…"
Bakura smirked and was about to respond, but Ryou stepped in and fixed a pointed gaze on to his darker half, "No we are not, but just listen to yourself. You do sound slightly jealous."
"If only you could of seen his face. His normally laughing eyes were void of all emotion and were dead and lifeless," Jenni said defending herself, "I mean why would I make up something like this?!"
"Maybe because most women are snakes and it's in their nature to lie to get what they want," Bakura responded nonchalantly.
Jenni's eyes flashed dangerously as she walked up to the spirit. In the blink of an eye Bakura was now sporting a very painful and red cheek caused by the American's slap. Jenni ran out of the house leaving a stunned Ryou and a surprised Bakura to gape after her retreating form. Jenni knew at that moment she was going to have to figure out how to make Yugi realize that girl was not normal. Anubis followed the girl to her residence making sure that he was never seen, a plan now forming in his mind.
Yugi sat at the game shop's counter waiting on a customer to come in. the small teen was toning out the frantic complaints from the resident spirit in his mind about how boring it was. Yugi couldn't back out on a promise he made to his grandfather though. The sound of the shop's bell brought him from his thoughts.
"Can I help you?" Yugi asked out of habit.
"I thought you were going to introduce me to your Grandfather so I can learn Duel Monsters," the girl said coming up to the counter.
"Oh… yeah. Sorry but he's not here right now, but you can stay and talk if you want," Yugi told her.
"Okay," Sakura said.
Soon the teens were deep in conversation and they didn't notice the shadow enter the room to watch them. The day grew later and soon Grandpa Motou came into the shop with Mokuba close behind him.
"Yugi you can go out no if you want," Grandpa Motou said, "Oh, who's your friend?"
"I'm Sakura Mioshii," she said politely, "I was speaking to Yugi about Duel Monsters and my wanting to learn."
"So your interested huh, well come by tomorrow and perhaps I can teach you," Grandpa Motou said.
"Thank you," Sakura responded with a slight nod of her head, "Yugi could you walk me home?"
"Okay. See you later Grandpa, Mokuba," Yugi called out.
"Be careful," Grandpa Motou told his grandson.
"Bye Yugi," Mokuba said.
Yugi and Sakura left the game shop and she led Yugi towards the park. Sakura began her spell waiting until Anubis had finished his job. Soon the two sat down on the park bench to wait. Anubis took the form of Ryou Bakura and went to Jenni's home quickly. He rang the bell and waited.
"Hello? Can I assist you with something young man?" a butler asked after he answered the door.
"It's okay Randolph I've got it," came Jenni's response, "Ryou what are you doig here?!"
"I wanted to ask you to join me for a walk," Ryou/Anubis said allowing the spell to over take her.
"Uh… I'm not sure. I was about to go see Yugi actually," Jenni answered.
"We can go by afterwards if you would like," he suggested increasing the spell, sensing a strong barrier around her mind.
"Actually Ryou, I wouldn't feel comfortable going with you until I make sure Yugi is okay," Jenni told the teen.
"Well how about if I escort you there. I wouldn't feel right if you were attacked," Ryou/Anubis said.
Jenni thought for a moment before answering, "Well okay then, come on."
"Thank you," Ryou/Anubis said.
"Randolph tell dad I'll be home later," Jenni shouted at the butler before walking out the door.
"So Ryou why the sudden nobility act. I wouldn't think the Tomb Robbing snake would allow his hikari to perform such acts of nobility," Jenni said actually looking for a battle of wits from the spirit.
"Well… um … he's currently … ah … sleeping," Ryou/Anubis said, unsure how to answer the teen.
Jenni looked at Ryou trying to figure out what was wrong, "Are you okay Ryou?"
"Yeah why?" the silver-white haired teen asked.
"Nothing," Jenni said, feeling as if something was off with her friend.
The two teens continued to walk towards the Kame Game Shop. Ryou led Jenni through the park as a short cut. Anubis was becoming impatient with the child next to him because her will is stronger than he realized. He was his mistress sitting with the young pharaoh and knew the moment was nearly upon them. Unaware to Jenni, Anubis signaled to Ashtika/Sakura that he was ready.
Sakura turned to the nearly spellbound child, "Yugi isn't that Jenni with that boy there?"
"Huh?" Yugi said before turning to the girl, "Actually yeah. She's with Bakura."
"Okay. Wanna go talk to her?" Sakura asked.
"Sure," Yugi said getting up to see Jenni and Ryou.
As the two teens approached the American girl and British boy Yugi saw something very unexpected. Ryou leaned in and kissed Jenni full on the lips. And to the boys spelled eyes, Jenni's look of surprise was turned into a look of enjoyment. Yugi felt his heart breaking as he watched this. Soon the two broke apart and Jenni saw Yugi watching her. The tri-color haired teen ran from the girl, tears shining in his large innocent eyes. Jenni pushed Ryou away from her and went after Yugi. The American teen was so preoccupied with Yugi that she didn't notice Ryou change into the Jackal headed god, Anubis.
'Oh God what have I done,' Jenni thought as she ran, 'Oh why is this happening now.'
"Yugi please wait up. Let me explain," Jenni called out to him, "Please."
Yugi stopped and faced the girl anger in his eyes, "Fine, talk."
Jenni winced at his harsh tone of voice, "Yugi what you saw was a mistake. I don't even know what happened."
"How can someone kissing you be a mistake?" Yugi shot back.
"I-I was on my way to see you. I was worried about you after yesterday," Jenni began.
"Why?" Yugi simply asked.
"Because…" Jenni paused trying to figure out how to tell him her theory of him being controlled.
"Because…" Yugi prodded.
Jenni looked into Yugi's eyes, "Because I feel that girl you met yesterday has done something to you."
"What are you talking about? You mean Sakura?" he inquired.
"Yes. I think she's not who she says she is," Jenni tried fruitfully to explain.
Yugi gave off a harsh laugh, "You're just jealous that I was with another girl, aren't you. You figured that by kissing Ryou Bakura you would make me jealous. Well it didn't work. You're not even half the friend Sakura is."
"Yugi what are you saying?" Jenni asked quietly.
"Leave. I don't ever want to speak to you again. Go back to Bakura, I'm sure he will appreciate a two-timing snake such s you," Yugi spat out before stalking back to the park.
Jenni watched him leave feeling a tear roll down her cheek, "Good-bye Yugi."
Jenni began walking to her home now feeling truly alone. Yugi entered the park and found Sakura waiting for him. It was nearly dark and the park lights began clicking on . Sakura embraced the small teen feeling his anger and resentment seething under his skin. She knew that the spirit residing in the puzzle was also feeling the same as his hikari. Wisps of shadow magic surrounded the boy as he led Sakura to her home.
"Good-night Yugi," Sakura said, "I shall see you tomorrow at the game shop."
"Alright Sakura," Yugi said in a half dead voice.
Yugi left the girl and headed back towards the game shop.
JK: *runs in dodging flying produce* sorry peoples gotta fly too many rotten veggies comin' my way… *runs out the door*
Ryou: *still poking the yami's* Oooooo… funny yami's grimace when poked with nice pointy sticks…
Joey: *still watching insane Ryou* Okay people Ryou has officially checked out so, you know the drill 3-5 reviews will get another chappie and possible the nice people in the clean white coats carrying needles full of yummie stuff to help Ryou and JK…
Ryou: *looks at Joey* yummie goodness please…
Joey: see you next issue
Ja Ne