Authoress's notes: *grumble*
Bakura: What's the matter with you?
Kyoko: *grumble*
Ryou: well look who got out of the wrong side of the bed.
Kyoko: Don't start with me...
Yami: Spaz
Kyoko: *chucks roll of duck tape at him*
Yami: Ahhh! *Gets hit* Owwww
Duck tape: Quack!
Bakura: O_o;;
Ryou: Ok. Calm down. What's wrong?
Kyoko: *mumbles*
Bakura: wazzat?
Kyoko: I GOT HIT IN THE FACE WITH THE STUPID SOCCER BALL!!!
Yami: Ow.
Kyoko: What's worse is that my lip is about 10000000 times larger than it should be (look, hyperbole), my lip is shredded on the inside because of my damn braces and...
Ryou: And what?
Kyoko: I dunno. I'm just depressed. Dunno why.
Bakura: Well try not to spread the gloom. Some of us are quite mellow at the moment and are quite pleased with that.
Ryou: And why not use cheerful or happy?
Bakura: Ryou, the closest I can get to happy/cheerful is mellow. Closest I can get to joyful is hyper.
Kyoko: On a happier note, I have a one shot posted. Introspective fic *nodnod*. Please read. I got 6 reviews and I'm proud to say that they were none of my regular reviewers (I like you guys! I really do, but this is like meeting new people). It's called 'View on the other side' and I guess you all know who's POV it is *points at Bakura*
And they are finally going to get out of the... underground cavern/catacombs! Yeah, 6 chapters, god I need to move on. Anyhow I'm cutting the notes short and starting with the fic! ^_^ Record!
PLEASE READ MY NEW FIC! *Puppy eyes*
Disclaimer: All characters are © by Kazuki Takahashi. Aku, Kura, Kage, Hyakuhei and the plot are © by Kyoko-san
Current music: Around the world (la la la la, la la la la la la) by Atc. Thanks for the idea Hp-wannabe, music might help with the writing.
Warinings: Slight OOC-ness
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The Seven Curses of Egypt
Chapter 10 (double digits *faints out of sheer bewilderment*)
"The secret to flying is to throw yourself at the floor and miss."
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Where we last left our protagonists, Bakura has made the most horrible discovery... he's short. Along with the trauma of personal space violations on Ryou, Ishtar and Malik's part, we can only hope Bakura will remain sane. And as for the Bakura cuddling Yami incident, well let's just say there is more Bakura torture to follow. And be happy Kage fans for she is back... in black... like a cat... in a hat (?)... annnnnnnnnnd we are moving on.
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After much wandering around in pitch blackness due to the fact that key chain laser light batteries don't last as long as most hope, the group of allies finally... by a stroke of pure luck and the fact that the authoress deemed it so, got out of the catacombs of horror.
"Man I'm glad to be out of there." Malik said stretching in the back seat of the jeep. Yami and Ishtar had retreated to their rightful soul rooms. Bakura wished not to do so, saying his soul room had been soiled for reasons he wouldn't be explaining. So Malik, Yugi and Bakura sat in the back of the jeep and Ryou and his father sat in the front.
During all of this Bakura was abnormally depressed. Usually the spirit was irritated and grouchy and the occasional hyper. So Malik took this as an opportunity to test the limits of the somber spirit.
"So, Kura. Tell us about your little stay in the land down under."
"I have nothing to say due to the fact that I wasn't in a coherent state of mind during the events." Bakura's monotonous voice replied.
"You sound depressed." Yugi said, genuine worry in his voice. He new for a fact that a depressed spirit was not a healthy thing. Both for the host and spirit.
"I am not depressed. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. And I am not angry in the slightest." He said yet again in a droning voice.
"Then what's wrong?" Ryou piped up. He had just finished explaining yamis to his father. At first the man was quite shocked when he saw them. But true to the way of the Bakura family traits, calmed himself down easily enough.
"I cannot say." Bakura sighed, eyes looking out at the landscape beyond. "It's like an immense sadness but at the same time is not so. It is very hard to explain. Maybe a longing for things to return to how they were... before my life crumbled to ruins and I was left an urchin with an ominous past that most children would never experience. Whatever it is, it's eating me inside out and I'd rather not explain it any further."
"Stop talking all metaphorical and stuff. That kinda talk seems more like Yami no Yugi rambling. Coming from you... it's down right freaky." Malik said, eyeing Bakura like he was crazy (actually he already is crazy but yeah).
After that they let the dismal yami to his silent allegorical ramblings, knowing any further comments might be harmful to ones health.
So alas their ride back to the hotel in which Ryou, Bakura and Mr. Bakura (look... it's a generation... kinda) were staying in was mostly uneventful. There was a few conversations about trivial things such as books, movies, sports, the fact that Montreal's ass was being kicked by Tampa Bay in the Eastern Conference, which resulted in a feud between father and son (Mr. Bakura being a Tampa bay fan and Ryou just hating that particular team all together. Thus leaving the two Hikaris in the back to be utterly lost. Bakura, as usual, wasn't interested [1]).
Later the conversation took an ironic twist into more metaphorical things such as life, in which Bakura added his own two cents saying there was no meaning of life what's so ever and if there was it was that we were truly meant to die. That being said proved to Ryou's dad that Bakura was very cynical about pretty much everything. Ryou then told his yami that the meaning of life was to give life meaning. Which result in confusion on poor Yugi-kun's part. During that particular conversation Malik decided that the conversation was too 'deep' and took an afternoon snooze.
The conversation still continued in which Yami politely asked Yugi if he could take over, knowing there wasn't any room. Like a true Egyptian he proudly stated that the meaning of life was to please the Gods.
Other than that nothing really happened.
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In the room Ryou and Bakura shared the television was on. Ryou was at a restaurant having supper with his father, Yugi and Malik. Yami was forced to stay in the same room because Yugi said there was safety in numbers. He was currently watching the news. He didn't understand a single word of it, but the television was a hypnotic device to all yamis.
Bakura on the other hand was being his odd self. His torso was hanging off the bed with his head planted firmly on the ground. Yami figured it was some sort of outlandish voodoo meditation of some sort or another and didn't wish to be involved with such foolishness. So he left Bakura to his odd pastime and continued to be entranced by the television. (a/n: can't help but make Yami hypnotized. It's so funny ^_^)
Suddenly a loud knocking was heard at the door. Bakura, knowing Yami was glued to the screen, lifted himself up and walked over to the door. He grasped the door handle and was about to open it. But he stopped, remembering that Ryou advised not to open the door. He snorted at this. He wasn't a child.
Deep in the recess of his mind a voice laughed and another promptly reminded him that he lived by the rule of 'my maturity matches my shoe size'. Or it was one of the many rules.
But Bakura was a brave yami that didn't fear anything... even strangers (gasp). So Bakura, being the brave ex-tomb robber that he was, opened the door without fear.
"Room service!"
Cue Psycho music.
Before Bakura stood a girl with BIG yellow eyes, relatively short black hair and two Cat ears that protruded from the strands and a toothy smile that rivaled that of Joey's. (The horror, the terror, the fear, the dread, the... sheer cliché-ness of this line)
Now things rarely scare Bakura. Spiders are one of them, but we wont get into that little situation. No Bakura wasn't scared, mortified, terrified or freaked out. No Bakura was...
Disturbed.
Greatly.
And he promptly slammed the door in the girls face. (Bad Baku! Where are your manners?) Bakura marched back over to the bed and resumed his anomalous voodoo meditation. This time with earphones jammed over his ears, blaring some exotic African music, him mouthing along to the chant in a foreign language.
At this point, poor hypnotized Yami had finally overcome his enchantment and was staring at the white haired Egyptian.
"Odd ball." Yami said.
Bakura remained silent. But his arm lifted from its sprawled place on the floor and dramatically raised his middle finger, displaying his irritation. Yami sighed and left the unhinged yami to his unbalanced business. So Yami walked over to the window and opened the curtains...
"Room service!"
There was Kage, knocking on the window. Yami shrieked (yes, shrieked) and fell backwards in both fear and surprise. Kage giggled. "Silly Yami." She said, trying to cover her giggles.
Yami jumped up and closed the blinds, breathing deeply. When he looked back at the bed, Bakura was sitting there staring at him like he was a bit batty or had a few screws loose. They stared at each other for a long time until Bakura started bursting out with laughter, clutching his stomach. Yami raised an eyebrow at the thief's outburst.
"What's so funny?" Yami demanded, waving his arms in the air.
Bakura, who had just calmed himself to a fit of giggles roared in laughter again, laughing so hard that he fell of the bed with a soft thud. Yami chuckled at that. There was silences for six seconds until the laugher started all over again, with snickering, snorting and who knows what. Yami smiled and laughed too.
So it was true. Laughter is VERY contagious.
After the laughter quieted down, they heard something. Like something soft hitting metal. Yami and Bakura eyed the ceiling and both of them said at the same time "The vent."
Just then the vent opened and out fell Kage, covered in dust and dirt. She was in the middle of a coughing fit. After she was finished she got up and dusted herself off, cursing the dust bunnies (for you Nekonokage-chan, the dust bunnies). She turned to see the two yamis, staring at her. She smile and said...
"Idiots." (Ha! Thought that she was gonna say 'room service' hun? Well gotcha good! Didn't I?)
Yami looked at Kage, dressed as those ladies who do room service. "What are you doing here?"
Kage crossed her arms, smile long gone. "I work here moron."
Yami looked at her strangely. "But I thought you were going to be hired for a dig?"
Kage sighed. "Some guy called James Bakura, one of the leading archeologists fired me." (Bad Ryou's dad, BAD!!!! You fired her!)
"Why?"
"Because I kept hearing screams and voices down under the ground and that lead to scaring half the workers. Now everyone thinks I'm schizophrenic and he sent me to a shrink to help me with my 'problem'. I don't have a problem! I perfectly fine!" Then her voice changed. "You agree with me right?" she asked sweetly.
Bakura spoke up. "Lady you're Bi-polar. I'm afraid there is something wrong with you."
Kage glared at him. "Just... JUST SHUT UP!" She screamed, smoke coming out of her ears. This reminded Bakura of the silly American TV shows Ryou watched on the satellite. What was it called? The Bugs Bunny and Tweety show (don't own that). The simple thought of the silly show made Bakura double over and begin to laugh hysterically. Honestly, I think poor Bakura is now diagnosed with 'Uncontrollable Laughter Syndrome'. Welcome to the club Bakura.
Kage stared at the yami who was now rolling around on the floor, practically, no, IN hysterics. Kage, started to chuckle, which caught Yami's attention. Before long, both Kage and Bakura where gripping each other laughing, tears coming from their eyes. Poor Yami was dumbfounded, wondering what was so damn comical. But he knew better than to ask, because both were beyond the point of understanding.
~~10 minutes later~~
Yami sat on the floor, Bakura's headphones jammed over his ears blaring Yugi's 'Simple Plan' CD at max volume. (A/N: Couldn't think of any band, I would have chosen some other group, but I'm paranoid about spelling it wrong so yeah. This chapter Is so fun to write, I swear!)
What of Kage and Bakura? The two were on a humor high, bouncing on the bed singing along to 'Around the world' by Atc, using Ryou's stereo. The two didn't know the lyrics so they only sang the 'la la la la' parts. There was a loud 'thump', which singled that one of the two had fallen off the bed in their hyper state. There was a burst of laughter and another 'thud', which indicated that the other had fallen off.
Two minutes later Bakura and Kage were chatting along about their various ventures. Obviously both were exaggerating a little bit (Kage more than Bakura... because Bakura's ventures SEEM exaggerated). Well the two were having a grand old time, talking like long lost friends, even though they don't even know each others names...
~~20 minutes later~~
The door opened and in walked in Ryou and Yugi. Malik had went back home, stating that Isis was probably practically in hysterics and that he didn't want to be in any more trouble than he already was.
The site that greeted them was definitely odd. Bakura, who when they left was overly depressed, was now bouncing on the bed with the stereo playing 'All around the world'. What shocked them even more was that a worker (Kage) was jumping with him. Yugi gasped in surprise as he identified the worker as Kage, the crazy Cactuare girl (dun, dun, dun!!!).
After getting Kage to leave Bakura fell asleep due to exhaustion and Yami came out of his hiding place (the bathroom). Yugi and Yami went to their rooms and left Ryou to deal with the heap on his bed (Bakura). Now most think Ryou is a nice, kind and sweet person. WRONG! Well actually your half right. But a tired Ryou is a grumpy Ryou. So Ryou promptly pushed Bakura off the bed, which took a bit of muscle. Not that Bakura's heavy, it's just that Ryou's not the strongest person.
So after much cursing and nagging and throwing of objects (one being a chair) Bakura slept on the floor (mean Ryou) but he slept on the comforter, leaving Ryou with the sheets. So, basically they were pretty content with the sleeping arrangements.
Well one thing was for sure, they were exhausted because the music was still playing, over and over and over and over and over and over and over (sounds like a broken recorder).
~~Few days later, back in Japan~~
Ring...
Ring...
Ring...
Ring...
'Hello, you've reached the Bakura residence. I'm sorry we can't answer the phone right now. My dad is probably away on a trip. I'm either asleep, doing homework or out and Kura is probably being a lazy ass and not answering the phone or cursing at it. Please leave a nice message on the phone. And if this is Joey, please refrain from swearing. Thank-you and have a nice day!'
Beep!
"Hi guys! It's me Malik, but you probably already knew that. I'm just calling to see if you guys made it back ok. Are you still alive? I'm grounded (sweat drop). Isis had a heart attack when I went missing. Poor sis. She was about to call the National Guard to search for me. I'M LOVED! Well duh. I mean have you seen my fan club? Well I have to go. Oh Ishtar says hi and he's not forgiving you Bakura for the falling rocks. The guy can certainly hold a grudge... YES ISIS I'M GETTING OFF THE PHONE! Well toodlez!" (a/n: just keeping an update on dear Malik)
Beep!
Bakura stared at the phone. He hated the phone. He loathed the phone. He despised it with such a passion that cannot be explained by this amateur Authoress (and that's saying something!). So Bakura did what any yami would do when it was annoyed...
He went on a sugar-eating spree.
But where to find the sugar? You see Ryou is a smart little boy, albeit a bit annoying and he hid the sugar from his evil-quasi-albino-sugar-eating- bent-on-plotting-world-domination yami. In my expert opinion I would have to say this is a smart move on Ryou-Chan's part. I mean mortals cause enough trouble when on sugar highs. And our bodies are used to large consumptions of sugar. Yamis... well back then they had natural sugar, and even that was hard to get (so basically he could get sugar high from eating a lot of fruit while we wont). Probably only Yami could get his hands on it easily. Bakura probably couldn't get it that easily. Anyway... their bodies are not used to the mass amount of sugar thus having much energy. And their not used to it... I guess you get the picture now.
But Bakura is also very smart. He's a tomb robber and is very good at finding stuff (well he did have to know where he hid everything). So finding the sugar wasn't hard. Now with a sugar bag in hand Bakura sat on top of the refrigerator with a spoon and happily enjoyed his sugar. But Bakura likes to eat healthy but sugar doesn't count. So he brought a few strawberries with him. Let's just say Baku-chan is going to be sticky after this.
~~Time warp! WEEEEEEEE!~~
Ryou came home and shut the door. He had been at the park visiting his friends and had a lovely time, but all good things must come to an end. Ryou flopped down on the couch and fell asleep almost instantly.
~~Dream sequence (A/n: oh *=some ones voice ^=many voices)
A voice whispering...
*Black...*
*Black swirling round and round and round round round .*
*Void...*
*Void so empty and lost and empty and lost lost lost.*
*Blood...*
*Blood it's everywhere. On me on walls on people on _them_.*
*Them...*
*They killed mama. They killed papa. They kill kill kill...*
*Stop...*
*Make it stop. Make them stop. Make it all stop.*
*Dead...*
*Mama's dead. Papa's dead. Everyone is... dead dead dead dead DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
*Scream...*
*Scream scream scream scream SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
*Run...*
*Run away. Run away. Leave.*
*Frozen...*
*Frozen fear. Frozen. Can't move. Can stop watching...*
*Fire...*
*Fire burns flesh and gold and magic and melds them together...*
*Souls...*
*They're everywhere, screaming and crying and yelling and shrieking and grasping, reaching, pulling, pushing...*
*Whispering to me...*
*Don't talk to me. I'm not...*
A gasp.
*LEAVE ME ALONE!*
A flash of blue light then darkness, the void.
*your supposed to be dead... Stop haunting me*
^No...^
A scream of anguish and emotional pain...
Then silence...
^You'll never be alone... We're here... Always...^
~~End dream sequence (that was weird... Bakura: no duh)~~
Ryou woke up to the sound of the phone ringing (hours after Bakura's sugar high. Sorry kiddies no hyper Bakura, he's back to being temperamental...)
Ring...
Ring...
Rin—
"Moshi Moshi [2]" Ryou said.
"Hi Ryou it's me Yugi."
"Oh hi. Nice to hear from you. What's going on?"
"Ryou... you better turn on your TV..."
"Why is that?"
"Ryou... something... something is REALLY wrong."
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WHOOO! FIRST REAL CLIFFY! I'M SO PROUD!
[1] Well I don't know about Yugi, but I'm sure Malik knows nothing about hockey, living in Egypt and all. And Yugi probably knows nothing of the American league. And Bakura... he's to uninterested with such things.
[2] it means 'hello' when your answering the phone. Try it. It's funny. Well, not as funny as 'is that you Bob?' but that's another story... ^_^;;
Well I'm donne. Now before we move on... YES I KNOW BAKU WS OUT OF CHARACTER MAJORLY A SOME POINTS. But if you had some guy rummaging through your mind, I guess you'd be a bit bonkers too and prone to mood swings. And uncontrollable out bursts of laughter.
Thank you to my wonderful reviewers. (hugs them all) Mangos and Coffee Crisp (don't own that) for your kindness! ^_^ Thank you to:
Kage (Neko no Kage), Ente, Una1, Blackcat212, HP-wannabe69
Love you all!
Status: 10 chapters (still amazed)
Chapters left: lots still
Reviews per chapter: 5.2 (0.1 more than last time)
Well, I'm going to start planning chapter 11, bye!
All characters are © by Kazuki Takahashi. Aku, Kura, Kage, Hyakuhei and the plot are © by Kyoko-san
Bakura: What's the matter with you?
Kyoko: *grumble*
Ryou: well look who got out of the wrong side of the bed.
Kyoko: Don't start with me...
Yami: Spaz
Kyoko: *chucks roll of duck tape at him*
Yami: Ahhh! *Gets hit* Owwww
Duck tape: Quack!
Bakura: O_o;;
Ryou: Ok. Calm down. What's wrong?
Kyoko: *mumbles*
Bakura: wazzat?
Kyoko: I GOT HIT IN THE FACE WITH THE STUPID SOCCER BALL!!!
Yami: Ow.
Kyoko: What's worse is that my lip is about 10000000 times larger than it should be (look, hyperbole), my lip is shredded on the inside because of my damn braces and...
Ryou: And what?
Kyoko: I dunno. I'm just depressed. Dunno why.
Bakura: Well try not to spread the gloom. Some of us are quite mellow at the moment and are quite pleased with that.
Ryou: And why not use cheerful or happy?
Bakura: Ryou, the closest I can get to happy/cheerful is mellow. Closest I can get to joyful is hyper.
Kyoko: On a happier note, I have a one shot posted. Introspective fic *nodnod*. Please read. I got 6 reviews and I'm proud to say that they were none of my regular reviewers (I like you guys! I really do, but this is like meeting new people). It's called 'View on the other side' and I guess you all know who's POV it is *points at Bakura*
And they are finally going to get out of the... underground cavern/catacombs! Yeah, 6 chapters, god I need to move on. Anyhow I'm cutting the notes short and starting with the fic! ^_^ Record!
PLEASE READ MY NEW FIC! *Puppy eyes*
Disclaimer: All characters are © by Kazuki Takahashi. Aku, Kura, Kage, Hyakuhei and the plot are © by Kyoko-san
Current music: Around the world (la la la la, la la la la la la) by Atc. Thanks for the idea Hp-wannabe, music might help with the writing.
Warinings: Slight OOC-ness
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The Seven Curses of Egypt
Chapter 10 (double digits *faints out of sheer bewilderment*)
"The secret to flying is to throw yourself at the floor and miss."
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Where we last left our protagonists, Bakura has made the most horrible discovery... he's short. Along with the trauma of personal space violations on Ryou, Ishtar and Malik's part, we can only hope Bakura will remain sane. And as for the Bakura cuddling Yami incident, well let's just say there is more Bakura torture to follow. And be happy Kage fans for she is back... in black... like a cat... in a hat (?)... annnnnnnnnnd we are moving on.
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After much wandering around in pitch blackness due to the fact that key chain laser light batteries don't last as long as most hope, the group of allies finally... by a stroke of pure luck and the fact that the authoress deemed it so, got out of the catacombs of horror.
"Man I'm glad to be out of there." Malik said stretching in the back seat of the jeep. Yami and Ishtar had retreated to their rightful soul rooms. Bakura wished not to do so, saying his soul room had been soiled for reasons he wouldn't be explaining. So Malik, Yugi and Bakura sat in the back of the jeep and Ryou and his father sat in the front.
During all of this Bakura was abnormally depressed. Usually the spirit was irritated and grouchy and the occasional hyper. So Malik took this as an opportunity to test the limits of the somber spirit.
"So, Kura. Tell us about your little stay in the land down under."
"I have nothing to say due to the fact that I wasn't in a coherent state of mind during the events." Bakura's monotonous voice replied.
"You sound depressed." Yugi said, genuine worry in his voice. He new for a fact that a depressed spirit was not a healthy thing. Both for the host and spirit.
"I am not depressed. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. And I am not angry in the slightest." He said yet again in a droning voice.
"Then what's wrong?" Ryou piped up. He had just finished explaining yamis to his father. At first the man was quite shocked when he saw them. But true to the way of the Bakura family traits, calmed himself down easily enough.
"I cannot say." Bakura sighed, eyes looking out at the landscape beyond. "It's like an immense sadness but at the same time is not so. It is very hard to explain. Maybe a longing for things to return to how they were... before my life crumbled to ruins and I was left an urchin with an ominous past that most children would never experience. Whatever it is, it's eating me inside out and I'd rather not explain it any further."
"Stop talking all metaphorical and stuff. That kinda talk seems more like Yami no Yugi rambling. Coming from you... it's down right freaky." Malik said, eyeing Bakura like he was crazy (actually he already is crazy but yeah).
After that they let the dismal yami to his silent allegorical ramblings, knowing any further comments might be harmful to ones health.
So alas their ride back to the hotel in which Ryou, Bakura and Mr. Bakura (look... it's a generation... kinda) were staying in was mostly uneventful. There was a few conversations about trivial things such as books, movies, sports, the fact that Montreal's ass was being kicked by Tampa Bay in the Eastern Conference, which resulted in a feud between father and son (Mr. Bakura being a Tampa bay fan and Ryou just hating that particular team all together. Thus leaving the two Hikaris in the back to be utterly lost. Bakura, as usual, wasn't interested [1]).
Later the conversation took an ironic twist into more metaphorical things such as life, in which Bakura added his own two cents saying there was no meaning of life what's so ever and if there was it was that we were truly meant to die. That being said proved to Ryou's dad that Bakura was very cynical about pretty much everything. Ryou then told his yami that the meaning of life was to give life meaning. Which result in confusion on poor Yugi-kun's part. During that particular conversation Malik decided that the conversation was too 'deep' and took an afternoon snooze.
The conversation still continued in which Yami politely asked Yugi if he could take over, knowing there wasn't any room. Like a true Egyptian he proudly stated that the meaning of life was to please the Gods.
Other than that nothing really happened.
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In the room Ryou and Bakura shared the television was on. Ryou was at a restaurant having supper with his father, Yugi and Malik. Yami was forced to stay in the same room because Yugi said there was safety in numbers. He was currently watching the news. He didn't understand a single word of it, but the television was a hypnotic device to all yamis.
Bakura on the other hand was being his odd self. His torso was hanging off the bed with his head planted firmly on the ground. Yami figured it was some sort of outlandish voodoo meditation of some sort or another and didn't wish to be involved with such foolishness. So he left Bakura to his odd pastime and continued to be entranced by the television. (a/n: can't help but make Yami hypnotized. It's so funny ^_^)
Suddenly a loud knocking was heard at the door. Bakura, knowing Yami was glued to the screen, lifted himself up and walked over to the door. He grasped the door handle and was about to open it. But he stopped, remembering that Ryou advised not to open the door. He snorted at this. He wasn't a child.
Deep in the recess of his mind a voice laughed and another promptly reminded him that he lived by the rule of 'my maturity matches my shoe size'. Or it was one of the many rules.
But Bakura was a brave yami that didn't fear anything... even strangers (gasp). So Bakura, being the brave ex-tomb robber that he was, opened the door without fear.
"Room service!"
Cue Psycho music.
Before Bakura stood a girl with BIG yellow eyes, relatively short black hair and two Cat ears that protruded from the strands and a toothy smile that rivaled that of Joey's. (The horror, the terror, the fear, the dread, the... sheer cliché-ness of this line)
Now things rarely scare Bakura. Spiders are one of them, but we wont get into that little situation. No Bakura wasn't scared, mortified, terrified or freaked out. No Bakura was...
Disturbed.
Greatly.
And he promptly slammed the door in the girls face. (Bad Baku! Where are your manners?) Bakura marched back over to the bed and resumed his anomalous voodoo meditation. This time with earphones jammed over his ears, blaring some exotic African music, him mouthing along to the chant in a foreign language.
At this point, poor hypnotized Yami had finally overcome his enchantment and was staring at the white haired Egyptian.
"Odd ball." Yami said.
Bakura remained silent. But his arm lifted from its sprawled place on the floor and dramatically raised his middle finger, displaying his irritation. Yami sighed and left the unhinged yami to his unbalanced business. So Yami walked over to the window and opened the curtains...
"Room service!"
There was Kage, knocking on the window. Yami shrieked (yes, shrieked) and fell backwards in both fear and surprise. Kage giggled. "Silly Yami." She said, trying to cover her giggles.
Yami jumped up and closed the blinds, breathing deeply. When he looked back at the bed, Bakura was sitting there staring at him like he was a bit batty or had a few screws loose. They stared at each other for a long time until Bakura started bursting out with laughter, clutching his stomach. Yami raised an eyebrow at the thief's outburst.
"What's so funny?" Yami demanded, waving his arms in the air.
Bakura, who had just calmed himself to a fit of giggles roared in laughter again, laughing so hard that he fell of the bed with a soft thud. Yami chuckled at that. There was silences for six seconds until the laugher started all over again, with snickering, snorting and who knows what. Yami smiled and laughed too.
So it was true. Laughter is VERY contagious.
After the laughter quieted down, they heard something. Like something soft hitting metal. Yami and Bakura eyed the ceiling and both of them said at the same time "The vent."
Just then the vent opened and out fell Kage, covered in dust and dirt. She was in the middle of a coughing fit. After she was finished she got up and dusted herself off, cursing the dust bunnies (for you Nekonokage-chan, the dust bunnies). She turned to see the two yamis, staring at her. She smile and said...
"Idiots." (Ha! Thought that she was gonna say 'room service' hun? Well gotcha good! Didn't I?)
Yami looked at Kage, dressed as those ladies who do room service. "What are you doing here?"
Kage crossed her arms, smile long gone. "I work here moron."
Yami looked at her strangely. "But I thought you were going to be hired for a dig?"
Kage sighed. "Some guy called James Bakura, one of the leading archeologists fired me." (Bad Ryou's dad, BAD!!!! You fired her!)
"Why?"
"Because I kept hearing screams and voices down under the ground and that lead to scaring half the workers. Now everyone thinks I'm schizophrenic and he sent me to a shrink to help me with my 'problem'. I don't have a problem! I perfectly fine!" Then her voice changed. "You agree with me right?" she asked sweetly.
Bakura spoke up. "Lady you're Bi-polar. I'm afraid there is something wrong with you."
Kage glared at him. "Just... JUST SHUT UP!" She screamed, smoke coming out of her ears. This reminded Bakura of the silly American TV shows Ryou watched on the satellite. What was it called? The Bugs Bunny and Tweety show (don't own that). The simple thought of the silly show made Bakura double over and begin to laugh hysterically. Honestly, I think poor Bakura is now diagnosed with 'Uncontrollable Laughter Syndrome'. Welcome to the club Bakura.
Kage stared at the yami who was now rolling around on the floor, practically, no, IN hysterics. Kage, started to chuckle, which caught Yami's attention. Before long, both Kage and Bakura where gripping each other laughing, tears coming from their eyes. Poor Yami was dumbfounded, wondering what was so damn comical. But he knew better than to ask, because both were beyond the point of understanding.
~~10 minutes later~~
Yami sat on the floor, Bakura's headphones jammed over his ears blaring Yugi's 'Simple Plan' CD at max volume. (A/N: Couldn't think of any band, I would have chosen some other group, but I'm paranoid about spelling it wrong so yeah. This chapter Is so fun to write, I swear!)
What of Kage and Bakura? The two were on a humor high, bouncing on the bed singing along to 'Around the world' by Atc, using Ryou's stereo. The two didn't know the lyrics so they only sang the 'la la la la' parts. There was a loud 'thump', which singled that one of the two had fallen off the bed in their hyper state. There was a burst of laughter and another 'thud', which indicated that the other had fallen off.
Two minutes later Bakura and Kage were chatting along about their various ventures. Obviously both were exaggerating a little bit (Kage more than Bakura... because Bakura's ventures SEEM exaggerated). Well the two were having a grand old time, talking like long lost friends, even though they don't even know each others names...
~~20 minutes later~~
The door opened and in walked in Ryou and Yugi. Malik had went back home, stating that Isis was probably practically in hysterics and that he didn't want to be in any more trouble than he already was.
The site that greeted them was definitely odd. Bakura, who when they left was overly depressed, was now bouncing on the bed with the stereo playing 'All around the world'. What shocked them even more was that a worker (Kage) was jumping with him. Yugi gasped in surprise as he identified the worker as Kage, the crazy Cactuare girl (dun, dun, dun!!!).
After getting Kage to leave Bakura fell asleep due to exhaustion and Yami came out of his hiding place (the bathroom). Yugi and Yami went to their rooms and left Ryou to deal with the heap on his bed (Bakura). Now most think Ryou is a nice, kind and sweet person. WRONG! Well actually your half right. But a tired Ryou is a grumpy Ryou. So Ryou promptly pushed Bakura off the bed, which took a bit of muscle. Not that Bakura's heavy, it's just that Ryou's not the strongest person.
So after much cursing and nagging and throwing of objects (one being a chair) Bakura slept on the floor (mean Ryou) but he slept on the comforter, leaving Ryou with the sheets. So, basically they were pretty content with the sleeping arrangements.
Well one thing was for sure, they were exhausted because the music was still playing, over and over and over and over and over and over and over (sounds like a broken recorder).
~~Few days later, back in Japan~~
Ring...
Ring...
Ring...
Ring...
'Hello, you've reached the Bakura residence. I'm sorry we can't answer the phone right now. My dad is probably away on a trip. I'm either asleep, doing homework or out and Kura is probably being a lazy ass and not answering the phone or cursing at it. Please leave a nice message on the phone. And if this is Joey, please refrain from swearing. Thank-you and have a nice day!'
Beep!
"Hi guys! It's me Malik, but you probably already knew that. I'm just calling to see if you guys made it back ok. Are you still alive? I'm grounded (sweat drop). Isis had a heart attack when I went missing. Poor sis. She was about to call the National Guard to search for me. I'M LOVED! Well duh. I mean have you seen my fan club? Well I have to go. Oh Ishtar says hi and he's not forgiving you Bakura for the falling rocks. The guy can certainly hold a grudge... YES ISIS I'M GETTING OFF THE PHONE! Well toodlez!" (a/n: just keeping an update on dear Malik)
Beep!
Bakura stared at the phone. He hated the phone. He loathed the phone. He despised it with such a passion that cannot be explained by this amateur Authoress (and that's saying something!). So Bakura did what any yami would do when it was annoyed...
He went on a sugar-eating spree.
But where to find the sugar? You see Ryou is a smart little boy, albeit a bit annoying and he hid the sugar from his evil-quasi-albino-sugar-eating- bent-on-plotting-world-domination yami. In my expert opinion I would have to say this is a smart move on Ryou-Chan's part. I mean mortals cause enough trouble when on sugar highs. And our bodies are used to large consumptions of sugar. Yamis... well back then they had natural sugar, and even that was hard to get (so basically he could get sugar high from eating a lot of fruit while we wont). Probably only Yami could get his hands on it easily. Bakura probably couldn't get it that easily. Anyway... their bodies are not used to the mass amount of sugar thus having much energy. And their not used to it... I guess you get the picture now.
But Bakura is also very smart. He's a tomb robber and is very good at finding stuff (well he did have to know where he hid everything). So finding the sugar wasn't hard. Now with a sugar bag in hand Bakura sat on top of the refrigerator with a spoon and happily enjoyed his sugar. But Bakura likes to eat healthy but sugar doesn't count. So he brought a few strawberries with him. Let's just say Baku-chan is going to be sticky after this.
~~Time warp! WEEEEEEEE!~~
Ryou came home and shut the door. He had been at the park visiting his friends and had a lovely time, but all good things must come to an end. Ryou flopped down on the couch and fell asleep almost instantly.
~~Dream sequence (A/n: oh *=some ones voice ^=many voices)
A voice whispering...
*Black...*
*Black swirling round and round and round round round .*
*Void...*
*Void so empty and lost and empty and lost lost lost.*
*Blood...*
*Blood it's everywhere. On me on walls on people on _them_.*
*Them...*
*They killed mama. They killed papa. They kill kill kill...*
*Stop...*
*Make it stop. Make them stop. Make it all stop.*
*Dead...*
*Mama's dead. Papa's dead. Everyone is... dead dead dead dead DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
*Scream...*
*Scream scream scream scream SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
*Run...*
*Run away. Run away. Leave.*
*Frozen...*
*Frozen fear. Frozen. Can't move. Can stop watching...*
*Fire...*
*Fire burns flesh and gold and magic and melds them together...*
*Souls...*
*They're everywhere, screaming and crying and yelling and shrieking and grasping, reaching, pulling, pushing...*
*Whispering to me...*
*Don't talk to me. I'm not...*
A gasp.
*LEAVE ME ALONE!*
A flash of blue light then darkness, the void.
*your supposed to be dead... Stop haunting me*
^No...^
A scream of anguish and emotional pain...
Then silence...
^You'll never be alone... We're here... Always...^
~~End dream sequence (that was weird... Bakura: no duh)~~
Ryou woke up to the sound of the phone ringing (hours after Bakura's sugar high. Sorry kiddies no hyper Bakura, he's back to being temperamental...)
Ring...
Ring...
Rin—
"Moshi Moshi [2]" Ryou said.
"Hi Ryou it's me Yugi."
"Oh hi. Nice to hear from you. What's going on?"
"Ryou... you better turn on your TV..."
"Why is that?"
"Ryou... something... something is REALLY wrong."
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WHOOO! FIRST REAL CLIFFY! I'M SO PROUD!
[1] Well I don't know about Yugi, but I'm sure Malik knows nothing about hockey, living in Egypt and all. And Yugi probably knows nothing of the American league. And Bakura... he's to uninterested with such things.
[2] it means 'hello' when your answering the phone. Try it. It's funny. Well, not as funny as 'is that you Bob?' but that's another story... ^_^;;
Well I'm donne. Now before we move on... YES I KNOW BAKU WS OUT OF CHARACTER MAJORLY A SOME POINTS. But if you had some guy rummaging through your mind, I guess you'd be a bit bonkers too and prone to mood swings. And uncontrollable out bursts of laughter.
Thank you to my wonderful reviewers. (hugs them all) Mangos and Coffee Crisp (don't own that) for your kindness! ^_^ Thank you to:
Kage (Neko no Kage), Ente, Una1, Blackcat212, HP-wannabe69
Love you all!
Status: 10 chapters (still amazed)
Chapters left: lots still
Reviews per chapter: 5.2 (0.1 more than last time)
Well, I'm going to start planning chapter 11, bye!
All characters are © by Kazuki Takahashi. Aku, Kura, Kage, Hyakuhei and the plot are © by Kyoko-san