Chapter 5

Hey all! I actually got some reviews, and I'm happy about that! I only got one person giving me criticism! Ok, to answer some criticism questions:

I KNOW that my characters might seem a bit Mary-Sueish, but don't worry, I haven't fully gotten all the things wrong with Skye out. I based Aja on a friend of mine, so you're gonna have to live with the way she is

Yes, Kaiba is definitely OOC. Call it artistic license if you like, but I promise to not massacre him completely.

Aja beat Seto. Whoohoo! Sorry if this seems impossible, but guess what? MY STORY!

I know there are only seven items, but I decided to make one up. I thought that was pretty clear, I mean, it's something a lot of fanfic writers do.

Yeah, I think that's all I have to say, but to those who told me they like it, go you! ON WITH THE DISCLAIMER!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. I can't think of anything witty to say about this today……….

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"You okay?" Yugi asked as Skye wiped her eyes.

She nodded and got into the cab that was waiting for them outside. Yugi gave Skye a reassuring smile as the car took off.

"You ever been here?" Mokuba asked Skye as he gazed at the people on the street.

"Once. I stayed at a small Inn in Swiss Cottage." Skye replied. She actually loved London, and would be ecstatic if the situation weren't so dire.

"You'll have to show us around then." Yugi smiled as the car came to a halt in front of a hotel in Piccadilly.

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"Thank you all for being here."

Haburi was smiling at the mass of people in front of him in the far off country in England.

"I don't know about the rest of you, but I wasn't given a choice!" Aja shouted, extremely pissed.

"After I give a full explanation on this whole thing, I think you will gladly join me." Haburi said with a smirk.

Aja looked at Kaiba who was sitting next to her, expressionless.

IIIIIIII Three Weeks Later IIIIIII

Skye looked out of the window as Yami stared at her from across the room. She shuffled her deck quietly, and Mokuba was watching TV in the other room.

"It's been three weeks, and we still can't find Haburi's God damn house." Skye said, clenching her teeth.

Yami just sighed.

"AHHH!" she yelled, and she threw her deck across the room. She pounded her fist on the wall and sank to the floor.

Yami walked over to her crumpled form and he put his arms around her shaking body. She sobbed slightly.

"Aja is all I have left. I don't know what I would do if I lost her." Skye almost whispered.

"Shhhh. Shhh." Yami whispered as he stroked her hair.

Skye got up and straightened herself out. She looked out the window again, as she wiped away her last tear. The sun was setting, and it painted the sky with strokes of red and orange.

"You hungry?" she asked Yami, changing the subject.

"Huh?" Yami asked, wondering how she could be acting peppy when she was in tears just moments before.

"You hungry? I know a good pub around here."

"Uhhh, sure." He answered.

IIIIIIII A few minutes later IIIIIII

With Mokuba safely in the hotel with room service, Yami and Skye drank English beer at the local pub.

"Another." Skye motioned to the beer at her side.

Yami was fascinated at how she could switch emotions so suddenly.

"You?" the bartender asked Yami, motioning to his empty bottle.

"I'm fine." Yami said, and looked at the TV displaying English football.

Skye sighed, and turned to Yami.

"Is there anyone we haven't asked?" She asked Yami.

"Not as far as I know. No one really knows where Haburi is. He disappeared a while ago, actually."

Skye sighed and took a drink of beer.

It's pointless.

"You want to know where Haburi is?" a cloaked man next to Skye asked.

Skye lifted her head and turned to the man next to her. He put down his hood. He had a buff stature, and black hair. He was quite handsome

"You know?" Skye asked.

"I escaped from his mansion a few days after I was captured. I'll tell you everything you need to know… for a price." He gave Skye a toothy grin.

"What do you want?" Yami asked, leaning over the bar.

"What does anyone want? Money." He said, rubbing his thumb and fingers together.

Skye got out her wallet without hesitation and pulled out all of her DJing money.

"How much?" she asked.

"That should do." He said, taking it from Skye's outstretched hand.

"Now," he said, getting right to the point after pocketing the money. "Haburi has taken it upon himself to collect the most power hungry people in Japan. He plans to pair them up and send them to parts of the world to collect powerful cards. He's obsessed with this power thing."

"Sounds like rare hunters." Yami said under his breath.

"Pair them up?" Skye asked, ignoring Yami.

"Yes. Haburi thought that the ones most compatible would work better together. Two power-hungry maniacs are better than one."

Skye tried to ignore that the man had just called her best friend a maniac.

"That still doesn't tell me where this man is."

"Here." The man handed Skye a small piece of paper.

Once she opened it, she could see it was a map. There was an "x" on a city in Jersey. Skye was on her way back to the hotel before Yami could bat an eyelash. Yami took a gulp of beer, and looked over at the man who was smiling and counting the money.

"What is your name, sir?" he asked.

"Lelio." He said, not taking his eyes off the money.

"Pig." Yami said, tipping the bartender and walking out the back door.

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Mokuba blinked, and saw that he was in the back of a car. He clutched his warm blanket, and saw Skye staring out the window next to him. He looked out his own window to not recognize anything. They were in the country, and there was green as far as the eye could see. He yawned.

"Where are we?" Mokuba asked, leaning his head back onto the seat.

"Jersey." Skye answered, without turning to him.

Not even bothering to ask where in the hell that was, Mokuba asked another question.

"Why?"

"We think Haburi might be here." Skye answered, still refusing to look at the small boy.

"Go back to sleep Mokuba, we'll wake you when we get there." Yami told Mokuba.

Yami was sitting in the front passenger seat, also looking out his window. Mokuba nodded, and let himself drift off into sleep.

Skye watched the black haired boy sleep as she shuffled her deck in her hands.

He's just GOTTA be here. She thought to herself. He's just GOTTA.

Yami looked back at her. She had a very determined look on her face, and Yami decided not to bother her now. She hadn't spoken a word to him since the night before. Skye caught his gaze, and he turned back around in his seat, almost blushing. As soon as he turned his gaze back to the road, he could see a mansion in the distance.

"Is that it?" Skye asked from the back.

Yami wasn't sure if she was talking or not.

"Yup." The taxi driver said.

I guess not. Yami thought. He had never cared for anyone's attention before; he wondered why he would care now.

Skye took out the sennen statue from her back pocket with her gloved hands. She was sure to never touch it with her bare hands, that would open the mind link with Aja. As much as she wanted to contact her friend, Aja told her to not try to contact her. She might get caught.

Now I see why she calls me "inu". I'm so god fucking damn loyal!

"You shouldn't wake Mokuba. It might be to dangerous for him." Yami said as the car parked outside the gates.

Skye nodded, and tucked the sleeping boy in.

"We'll be back." Skye said to the driver with a smile.

He nodded to her, and Yami and Skye trudged up the grassy hill to the front of the manor. The gates had been open, for some unknown reason.

"HABURI!" Skye yelled, pounding on the door.

To her surprise, it opened. She peeked inside, and sensing no danger, she walked in. Yami followed her, and they wandered the empty halls. There was expensive art on the walls, and brilliant chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. It was all quite dashing and classy. Only one thing was wrong with the whole place. No people.

"There's no one here." Skye said to Yami, who was partially glad he was being spoken to again.

"I wonder where everyone is." He replied, looking in the kitchen.

"My God." He heard Skye say from across the hall.

There was a staircase leading to the biggest dueling arena Yami had ever seen. It was even more threatening than the ones he had dueled in when he was in the shadow realm. The walls were black, and the arena seemed to give off a light of it's own.

"What the hell?" Skye exclaimed as the descended the stairs.

She walked around the room for a while, just taking in her surroundings. This was all so weird. Skye didn't care what Aja had asked her to do, she was going to try and reach Aja. She took off her gloves and threw them on the floor. Skye reached in her back pocket and grabbed her half of the sennen statue.

Aja? AHHHHH!

Skye hit the floor with a thud, and clenched her teeth. Yami leaped down the stairs and rushed over to her.

"What's wrong?" he asked her.

"Aja closed the link or something. I…. I can't reach her." Skye said with empty eyes.

"That was my last hope. Now I cant even contact her mentally!"

"What are you talking about contacting her mentally?" Yami asked.

Oh yeah, I never told him.

"The sennen statue allows us to connect our minds. I've talked to her this way before, but not for at least three weeks. She seems to have severed the link."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Yami asked her.

"I don't know. I felt like I might be betraying Aja in some way. I don't know…." She ran her fingers through her hair.

"Look, Skye." Yami said.

Skye snapped her head up to look at him.

"You are a very aggressive person when it comes to strangers, and even some of your friends… But you're downright passive when it comes to Aja."

"I told you," Skye replied, "Aja's all I have left. That's why I don't challenge her anymore. I'm afraid that she'll get angry with me and I wont have anything. She's a completely different person when she duels. A close friend can become her worst enemy."

Yami nodded, and hugged Skye. Even though Skye was much taller than Yami, they were both sitting on the floor, which allowed Yami to rest his chin on Skye's head.

"We'll find her Skye." He said, "Don't worry, we'll find her."

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Aja lowered her sunglasses to the end of her nose and looked to her left. Kaiba looked back at her with a smirk playing across his lips.

"We're back." She said, looking around Domino airport and all of it's unsuspecting victims.

"Indeed." Kaiba answered.

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YAY! That took FOREVER to write, and I decided that all of my chapters will be AT LEAST 2000 words long. This one is approx. 1,974 words, but it's just a start. I know it's been a while since I last updated, but don't worry, I plan on having one or two out each week. I'm proud of myself because I finally have the whole thing planned out, right up to the sequel! So don't fret, even after it's over, it's not over! Please review!