Things Unseen; Sequel to the Millennium Ritual
Disclaimer: . . . . MRSC (Moldy Rotten Stinky Cheese)
Chapter 16: A Hidden Meaning
Immediately they started in formation; Badru tossed one of his swords towards Adio and shot the chakrum with his bullet, splinters of the sharp metal scratching across his face. Adio protected Raziya from the flying disk by slamming the sword against it, shattering easily. Chike and Chuma disappeared, their one task beginning.
With a shaky laugh, Raziya went down and said quickly, "Err, maybe I should stay in the car? Yeah, I'll do that. . ." She gave out a yip as an arrow sped across her face, quickly climbing in and shutting the door. Maeve took out another arrow as she stared at her opponents, Bakura glaring at Adio as they fought a head on sword battle. Set continued throwing his chakrums at Badru, Badru caught one too many times. But no one paid attention to the captives.
Chike and Chuma quietly released the three men, whispering proudly, "And you thought we were no help. If it wasn't for us, you guys could have been caught like this forever, with that weird brother of yours. . ."
"You mean you know?!" Kaiba whispered annoyingly, his eyes darting back towards the battle scene. The twins shrugged; quickly they motioned them towards another location, where they would be safe from the danger.
As Maeve held a shield spell against the many splintering blows from various weapons, she saw her brother silently escaping. But she made no move to stop them, now just determined to stop the armed man from shooting her. Her green eyes sparkled at the plan slowly developing in her mind. Unfortunately, as Badru shot towards Bakura, he dodged out of the way as the bullet flew towards Yami's body. Maeve felt her heart stop beating; she yelled out, "Atemu!!" Yami turned his head and saw the bullet coming closer, his eyes widening in fear.
Quickly murmuring a spell, she slashed her fingers left and right, an X appearing in the air and cutting the bullet in two, exploding just as it made contact with Yami's shoulder. He fell back from the impact, held back by Sadiki and Kaiba, staring at Maeve in disbelief. Bakura suddenly stopped as he stared at her in confusion, Set taking his last chakrums and watching her. The crew looked at her, finally noticing how she looked like A, and wondering how in the world she grew longer hair. Yami felt his heart race; does his sister remember?
Looking this way and that, Maeve said in a quick voice, "S-Stop them! They're getting away!" Bakura and Set made no move; they stared at her in suspicion, wondering which side she was on. Sweat began dripping down her throat. 'I cannot lose. . .'
Maeve bit her lip as she quickly took out an arrow and launched it towards Yami's thigh, Yami screaming in pain. Kaiba and Sadiki now found the control in their muscles; they began running as fast as they could towards the limo. Adio and Badru retreated also, tossing their weapons across their chests and running inside the automobile. Chike and Chuma ran as fast as gazelles inside the car, Kaiba and Sadiki quickly followed, tossing the Pharaoh inside.
Bakura shook his head, pointing towards the car and yelling out, "Set! Toss the chakrum towards the motor of the car!" Set sneered at him, but tossed the sharp disk towards the car, Raziya sleeping on the wheel.
Chike nearly jumped out of his seat as he saw the disk flying towards the car. In a rushed voice Adio shook the twins' cousin, screaming, "Wake up Raziya! Wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up!!"
She replied with a snore, swatting an invisible fly. When the chakrum slammed against the hood of the car, everyone began yelling at her, screaming and banging her head against the wheel. Raziya wouldn't budge. As Bakura, Set and Maeve began advancing towards them, Chuma yelled out in an annoyingly persuasive voice, "By the word of all gods, is that a golden plate of cheese burgers?!"
Raziya woke with a start and started the car, exclaiming happily, "Where?!" With an eager smack of the lips, she pulled out and screeched her wheels fast against the sand, driving towards an unreal dream. The three pulled back, shielding their eyes from the opposing mixture of sand and wind. When they opened their eyes seconds later, the limousine was no where in sight.
In the car everyone heaved a big sigh as Chuma and Chike grinned at each other. Chike said with a proud air, "Good idea."
Chuma smirked and swatted away invisible dust, leaning back on the chair with a sigh, saying, "Combine Raziya's two most favorite things, treasure and cheese burgers, and she'll do just about anything for you."
Yami looked out of the window as sea salt slapped against his face, Zuka unsuccessfully cleaning up the wound caused by the arrow. The Pharaoh winced as the process slowly continued, asked once too many times by Zuka, "Does it hurt? Sorry, never was the medicine expert on this boat. That was A's job. . ." Yami frowned each time he said it. It just reminded him of what happened before. Yami stared at the necklace he kept from the Nubian elder. Something about it was familiar. . . But what? Yugi stared at Yami with worry.
Meanwhile Sadiki leaned against the post of A's room, staring at the various items throughout the small space. He heaved a heavy sigh as he stared at the abnormally messy room, seeing various items such as books and clothing all scattered about the hard wood floor. Walking to the bunk by the window, he sat down and buried his face in his hands, thinking of what would happen next.
'I can't go back to the Fates now,' Sadiki thought, 'they know that I'm against them. But why did they want to kill Aura? Was it because Maeve is back? Well, that brings up a whole other series of questions. The High Priest and Healer came back from the dead, and the Tomb Robber. But why them? And why are they working for Apis?' Sadiki frowned; he didn't like the way this was going. Not only did his brother hold three very powerful pawns in his hands, but he also had captured his queen on the other side, Aura.
'It's just like a chess game,' Sadiki thought with bitterness, 'and he took one of the most valuable pieces of the game. And with the most powerful people on his side, it's slim to none for me to win. But how did he convince them? It seems like he's waiting for something. . . Waiting to strike at the last moment. To keep his enemy suspended in a trance, before seeping his fangs in, like a snake.'
Sadiki's eyes widened as he thought of it. "Like a snake." Where has he said that before? It was like da javu, knowing that he heard something like that before, a long time ago, so long ago that he can't even remember. But when was it? Why did he say such a strange comparison?
"Looks like someone is in deep thought," a voice said, breaking through Sadiki's heavy trance. There's that word again, but Sadiki paid no heed as his eyes furrowed at Kaiba, his eyes inspecting the messy room.
Immediately Sadiki stood, feeling offended that he would step in so easily. "What are you doing here?" he snapped, glaring as Kaiba picked up a picture frame from the table. Kaiba didn't answer; he stared at the picture in his hand, seeing a group of six well fed and happy men, one of them caught in the arms of a golden black haired girl, the same man standing in front of him now. He raised his eyebrows, placing the picture back down on the table.
"Well, it looks like she had a good time while people in Japan were at her funeral," Kaiba said simply, looking around the room once more. "This is Aura's room." Sadiki didn't answer; he didn't have any reason to conform his answer. Kaiba then slanted his eyes towards the Egyptian, saying in a sly voice, "Just how did you meet Aura, anyway?"
"It's too long to explain," Sadiki muttered, looking to another direction. 'And too hard to say.' Kaiba raised his eyebrows once more, then sat down on the table and set up his laptop, quickly going onto the internet server and going to Kaiba Corp's website. "What are you doing?"
Kaiba turned and gave him a blank stare. "Can't a CEO look at his company's status?" He turned back to the computer and clicked on a link to the shares of the company as Sadiki stared at him blankly.
"Don't you care about Yugi's condition, or even want to know why Maeve and a person who looks exactly like you is out in the world? Do you even care about what's happening to Aura?" he snapped, annoyed at Kaiba's numbness towards the current situation. Kaiba didn't turn his head to answer.
"It's nothing," he murmured, "there's a reasonable explanation for everything. Enari just wants to get my company, that's all." Sadiki wanted to punch him at that moment; does he really only think about his company? But really, Kaiba Corp wasn't the only thing on Kaiba's mind. He began pressing harder on the keyboard as he searched in another window for information about Apis Enari.
Suddenly his eyes glanced towards the window with the Kaiba Corp shares. Of course, shares of his company was bought from people everyday; it was usually very slow. But something about the percentage was strange. His shares of the company was dropping slowly, but surely, now to a 70 percent. He squinted as he stared at the one person buying 30 percent of his shares.
Share Holder: Maeve Enari
Percentage of shares in cart: 55 percent
Percentage Increase: 25 percent
The email cursor suddenly popped onto the screen, repeating "You got mail" over and over, the email from the same person buying the shares to his company. Sadiki was confused at the silence coming from Kaiba; was something wrong? Sadiki walked forward and stared at the computer screen.
Kaiba felt petrified in his seat. Maeve was buying out his company.
Maeve quietly sipped on her wine glass, the dark red liquid seeping in between her lips. After a gulp she gave a content sigh, circling the rim of the glass with her index finger and looking out to the balcony. The sun broke out into the chamber and left its mark, glittering upon every surface. Her laptop had a blank cursor to it, the email already sent to its destination. 'Quite luxurious Apis Enari is,' she thought, a glint in her green eyes. 'He's given me his best room. . .'
She blinked as a click was heard behind her, Maeve taking no notice as she continued her moment of peace. She closed her eyes. A foot step came closer to her, then stopped, then continued on again, only to stop once more. A smile appeared on her face, crossing her legs and elegantly tapping her fingers against the hard wooden table.
"If you have something to say Set," she murmured, sipping the wine once more, "just come up and tell me. We are working for the same man, as you may know."
Set frowned as he sat across the table from her, staring at Maeve with seriousness spread across his face. "Maeve," he said, crossing his arms on the table with one raised suspicious eyebrow, "what are you planning?"
Maeve gave him an unsettling smile, murmuring, "I have no idea what you are talking about."
"You know what I mean," Set snapped, glaring at her. "You have something up your sleeve, don't you. . .?" Maeve sipped her wine once more.
"My dear Set, if there is anyone to be accused of something, it should be you," she replied, her eyes flashing a warning. Set continued to stare at her, his fingers continuously tapping against the table. Oh dear, he still didn't know what she meant. This was going to be long. She took another sip.
"Why did you attack the Pharaoh? He is your brother; I thought you would do something to protect him from our attacks. What is your motive?" he asked accusingly, staring at the computer screen in front of her. "What's that?" He reached out his hand to turn the laptop in order for him to see it more clearly, but Maeve slapped his hand away, giving no apology.
"It has nothing to do with you, you putrid slime," she snapped, closing the laptop. "Don't you have something to demolish, Priest?" She roughly placed her empty wine glass down, taking her laptop in one hand and holding her jacket in the other, walking out of the room. But before she could take another step, Set jumped off the table and ran in front of her, pointing the Millennium Rod straight at her.
Maeve stared at the small staff, saying, "Where did you get that?"
"Enari has his ways," Set smirked, his blue eyes peering above the sleek surface of the Rod. "You're doing something to Seto Kaiba, aren't you?" Maeve was surprised that he figured it out so quickly; she blinked.
Closing her eyes and giving an eerie smile, she murmured, "And why would you think that?"
"The way you've been acting around him and myself," he said, his lips suddenly curling into a frown. "It was strange. Just what is it. . . Do you have against myself and my reincarnation?" Maeve opened her eyes as a green spark flashed across her stare. Her hands shook slightly, one hand grasping the Millennium Orb.
"You still don't understand, do you?" she said. Set blinked; what is she talking about? She gave a sharp sigh and flicked her head the other direction, continuing, "I should have thought so." Set placed the Millennium Rod down, feeling no need to threaten but to play his part and listen. There was no need for violence. But what her response was, he would never know, for then Apis Enari walked in the room, Bakura following close behind with a glittering Millennium Ring around his neck.
Apis gave a mellow smile as he embraced Maeve, saying in a happy voice, "Ah, my blue lotus, how has the meeting with your brother went?"
"All according to plan," she murmured, biting back a shiver as his breath was felt against her neck. Bakura stared with uneasy eyes; he knew that she was up to something. But what? His eyes then shifted towards the Priest, their stares crossing one another as they thought the same thoughts. Apis gave no notice; he pulled back and slipped two scrolls in her jacket.
His golden eyes glittered as he murmured in her ear, "We'll discuss of them later." Maeve nodded, Set suspicious of what they spoke of. Apis then turned toward Set and Bakura, his tone now set in a rather serious voice, "Has the Pearl been set?"
Bakura nodded, shuffling his duel deck in his hands. "Yes. So far the Pearl has been doing quite well; no actual disturbances were found during the transformation."
Apis nodded and turned towards Set, saying in a strange voice, "And the captives?" Set didn't have to answer; the door opened as the four people inhabiting it stared at the wide spread of people walking pass the chamber with a sad, screaming posture towards an unknown destination. Apis grinned as he saw it, Maeve holding a sad, but neutral face when a group of children passed the door.
Clapping his hands, Apis smiled devilishly and said, "Well, I guess everything is in order, am I correct? Maeve dear, has the email been sent to Kaiba?"
"Yes," she murmured, her head bowed low.
"So he is informed of the current situation?"
"Yes."
"Good, very good," Apis Enari grinned, pushing his hand through his reckless brown hair and staring at the landscape of his estate. "Everything is almost ready. We just need one more thing. . ." Suddenly the clatter of chains grew louder as the four stared back at the steady flow of prisoners, finding a mass of teenagers that grew familiar through Maeve's eyes. "And here's the bait."
"Argh! Get your hands off me you shmuck!" Joey spat out, slapping his buttercup hair against the guards' face. Tea, Tristan, and Mr. Moto struggled to be set free as Ryou and Mokuba marched quietly behind them, feeling a loss in the pits of their stomach. A triumphant laugh made their heads lift up, staring with a startled expression as Ryou saw Bakura, and as Mokuba saw Set.
"Seto!" he screamed, struggling to get closer to the man he thought was his brother. Set stared at him blankly. Ryou didn't say anything towards Bakura; he knew that he was still alive. Bakura gave a smile to him, and whether it was an intentionally good smile or not, Ryou did not know. Mokuba couldn't understand; what was he doing with Apis Enari?
That was then his vision shifted towards Maeve, his eyes widening in surprise as his brain processed that it was Aura he was seeing, not Maeve. "Au-!" he started, reaching out his hand.
The door slammed in front of him as he was pressed forward into the dark chamber approaching him, not knowing of the horrible nightmare that lain inside of it.
To Be Continued. . .
Wow, it's been awhile. Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed this, and to clear up a few things, in the chapter before it mentioned the word ba, which is, yes, another Egyptian term for your soul, as your ka is your life force. Ahem, and for some others, Maeve and Apis is not married. Do you hear me? NOT MARRIED. She just used his last name for some weird reason.
And another thing. The ages.
Apis Enari - 26 years old
Sadiki - 20
Chike and Chuma - 18
Adio - 21
Zuka and Badru - 19
Aura/A - 18
YGO cast - 18
Mr. Moto - Who knows.
Yami, Maeve, Bakura, Set - 3000 (though they don't look it)
Fates - Really, REALLY old.
Further info shall be released in the future. Remember that this story takes part a year later than the first fanfic, so everyone is a year older.