The High Priest's Secret Tomb
Summary: Now lost in the middle of a snowstorm, Kaiba and the geek convention seek refuge inside a cave. But considering their luck, the group soon stumble upon a hidden tomb filled with ancient dangers from the past...
Disclaimer: I do not own 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' Kazuki Takahashi, Warner Brothers, 4Kids Entertainment, and etc. does.
Chapter: Three Chimpanzee Narcissists
A Yu-Gi-Oh! Fanfiction
By Rune-Sorceress
In Domino High School...
"Alright, settle down class!" a teacher shouted over the regular squabble of students whom were trying in vain to settle themselves down on a mundane Monday. "Settle down everyone!" the teacher shouted once again. Startled out of their sluggish trance, all the students quickly sat down.
All was normal in the High School of Domino City.
Focusing their full attention to their teacher, she started, "Good, now let's begin on chapter 27, page 127, for...algebra!" But before the complaints even began, she turned around and said, "I was just kidding."
At this news everyone started cheering loudly, now fully awake and alive. "Yeah, go Ms. Dian!" cried a blonde young man, grinning like a fool.
"But," Ms. Dian interrupted, picking a pile of papers off her desk. "...you will be getting a 'we will be going on a field trip' speech instead."
Louder whoops of hoorays came and went from the students all around, only one person seemed completely out of place among the happy teens. Ms. Dian frowned, causing the others to turn towards the source of the clicking of keyboard pads.
None other than Seto Kaiba.
"Grrr! Rich boy, why not try showing a bit of enthusiasm for once?" Joey growled in annoyance.
Kaiba, not even looking away from his laptop, replied, "Because that's just not my style and besides, field trips are for little kiddies like you, you 3rd rate duelist."
Joey stood up with clenched fists as he shouted, "Oh yeah? How about you stand over here so I can deflate some of that fat ego of yours?"
"Joey, calm down," Yugi whispered, helplessly pulling him down to sit.
"Sit down, Joseph," the teacher ordered and with a huff, the blonde did as he was told. "I'm sorry you feel that way Mr. Kaiba, but it's mandatory by the School District that you go. It's going to be 70 percent of your overall grade for this last semester after all," Ms. Dian stated matter-of-factly.
Kaiba merely rolled his eyes and continued typing.
Then, with a small sigh she continued. "As I was saying, we're all going to be going to the Snow Mountain Resort for two weeks." Whispers of excitement quickly aroused. "Now, I want a parent or guardian to sign these papers by tomorrow." Ms. Dian handed out the papers from her desk.
Then turning around, she quickly resumed the lesson of the day again. "Mr. Wheeler, please answer the question," the woman called, indicating the blackboard in front of her.
"Huh? Uh, well, let's see..." Joey squinted his eyes while scratching the back of his head. "What does 60a + d/b equal if a equals 2, b equals 2, and d equals 4?" The blonde thought for what seemed like forever, but still came up with nothing.
His teacher shook her head as she irritably said, "If you had paid any attention to the past two week's lessons, Joseph, you would have known how to do this."
"Hehe, who says I don't know?" Joey sweat-dropped and hurriedly shouted, "Um...60abd!"
Every student fell off their seat in shock at Joey's idiotic answer.
"Incorrect." Ms. Dian then turned to Kaiba with a hopeful smile. "Care to correct him, Mr. Kaiba?"
The boy momentarily took his eyes away from his laptop's screen to calculate the equation on the board. "The answer is 122," Kaiba replied.
"Tch, wrong!" Joey stated smugly. "How did you come up with that answer? There are letters in the equation after all."
"Actually, the answer was correct," replied his teacher.
The blonde sixteen year old blinked, then began shaking in annoyance. He already knew what Kaiba was thinking and could just picture the expression on the boy's face. But still, Joey turned to glare at the brunette in the far corner of the class.
Kaiba was, as expected, smirking. Clearly gloating in satisfaction that Joey had made a big fool of himself, again. A vein or two were now evident on blonde's head.
The day seemed to drag on a little longer than usual, not because of a time alternating evil or anything. No, this was much worse. It was the first three periods on the first day of the week and everyone couldn't wait until that little hand landed on twelve. Indicating that it was time for, "LUNCH!"
"Calm down, Joey!" Tea sighed. She honestly didn't see his fascination with food nor did she care to share the experience either.
"But Tea, it's time to eat!" Bakura's british accent rang as he picked up stride with the two
friends.
"Bring on the food, I'm starving man," Tristan said standing beside them.
"Hey guys..." Duke greeted, staring at Tea as she coughed in indignation. She was clearly advising him to rephrase his greeting. "...and only girl in the group. Sheesh Tea, do you need more girlfriends or what?" he kidded.
Giving him a piercing glare, Tea retorted, "Thanks, but no thanks. I think I have more than enough girlfriends already." The guys around her blinked, but before they could process the insult completely she changed the subject. "Hey, where's Yugi?"
"Over here!" the exuberant spiky headed boy called to them from over at a table.
"Hey Yugi," his friends greeted as they took a seat at the table outside. There was a bright and clear blue sky out that day with a nice breeze adding to the already perfect looking day.
"Hey guys, oh and Tea, hehe," Yugi quickly amended nervously. After he and his friends had settled down and finished with their idle talk of the day before, Yugi decided to give them the big news. "Hey, um, guys...?"
"Hmmm?" they asked, abruptly stopping what they were doing to face the teen. They knew it must be something important. Yugi didn't often have a serious face on unless it was something of immense importance.
"You remember that day, when we set Yami's spirit free, the tomb had collapsed after the duel and the Millennium Items had been buried underground, right?"
"Yeah." Tristan replied, raising an eyebrow. "Why though?"
"Well..." Yugi trailed off as he dug through his book bag and took out...the Millennium Puzzle.
They blinked several times, not believing their eyes, before everyone exclaimed, "WHAT?"
A moment of serene silence descended upon them as they continued to stare at the Item. "How?" Duke finally asked, breaking the silence.
With a shrug, Yugi explained, "Well, it arrived yesterday and it came with a letter from Ishizu. It said," and he took a piece of paper out and read:
Dear Yugi,
I hope you and your friends are doing well. Now, setting aside the idle chat I have urgent news to give you. This letter is to inform you of the current news here in Egypt, and as you have obviously noticed, I have sent you the Millennium Puzzle. As well as the Rod and the Ring. I only wish for you to keep two of them, but a bit on that later though.
To begin, the Bureau of Archeology has, most unfortunately, found the tomb quicker than I had anticipated. Luckily my brothers were able to stall for a few days, thus we retrieved all the Items. And now, with Shadi's help, we are currently shipping the Items to their present owners. The Ring goes to you because Priest Mahado in present days is the Dark Magician. But be careful using it around Bakura, I have reason to believe that the evil spirit somehow still resides inside the Item. If not careful, he could break free again.
If you could be so kind as to do me this favor, I would be most grateful. I want you to give the Rod to Kaiba. I would have sent it to him myself, but knowing the boy, the second he reads it is from Egypt, he will surely throw it away. Please explain the situation to him, though to further explain things to you now is at the moment quite difficult.
I have seen nothing nor sensed anything evil arising, but keep on your guard, I know something or someone led those excavators to dig in that area without our knowledge of it. Please take care of your friends and I will contact you when these matters are cleared.
Sincerely,
Ishizu Ishtar
P.S. Marik and Odion send their greetings to you and your friends.
"Oookay," Tea whistled, perplexed to say the very least.
"So now what do we do?" Joey asked after a while.
"I don't know, if Ishizu doesn't know what to do, then I'm clueless," Yugi replied worriedly.
"I'll just stay as faraway as possible from that Ring," Bakura piped in, fidgeting at the thought of being possessed by the evil spirit, again. They all subconsciously took a bite of their food, lost in their own thoughts.
"Speak of the evil high priest," Tristan commented sarcastically, rolling his eyes to the strolling Kaiba. It was actually rare to see the CEO out and about during lunch time, for the boy was usually hiding somewhere in the back of the school premises.
Joey shook his fist in the air menacingly. "That jerk embarrassed me in front of everyone in class today!" he muttered through gritted teeth.
Tea only snorted and said, "You did that all on your own. No one told you to burst out with the wrong answer and then yell out that Kaiba got it wrong too, when it was in fact right."
Joey then turned to glare at his friends who were trying to suppress their laughing. "Who's side are you all on anyway?" he demanded. "Hey, you evil high priest! We have something that belongs to you!" the blonde had turned to shout at the impassive Kaiba. "Hey, don't ignore us! You know who you are! Yeah just keep walking moneybags!"
When the boy had finished with his rant, he turned towards his friends...only to see them walking away, embarrassed out of their minds. "Hey!"
Kaiba on the other hand hadn't heard a single thing, for he was too busy listening to his mini radio, which was currently tuned on the News Broadcast Live.
"In today's news, we are here live in Egypt," said the man on the radio.
'Just my luck, of all the things to be on today, it had to be on Egypt,' Kaiba thought bitterly.
"...where the Bureau of Archeology has found yet another tomb. Some experts believe it to be a ceremonial sanctuary, probably where many sacrificial rituals were performed. Others believe it to be a battling stage or a praying temple of some sort. Nothing else is available to report on at the moment. The Ishtar family have no comments on the matter and will therefore not allow anyone to further investiga-,"
Kaiba had clicked the radio off as the bell rang. The only thing he did catch from Joey's rampage was...
"Hey!" Joey shouted as he ran to catch up with his friends.
"Geeks," Kaiba muttered, sending the group a glare as he continued to make his way inside the school building. So other than Joey's outburst, lunch ended rather uneventfully.
After school, three and a half hours later...
"Okay guys, Kaiba's walking home today and I have everything ready. I practiced what I was going to tell him yesterday, all day, so-," Yugi was interrupted from his explanation.
"Is that why you couldn't come to the Arcade with us?" Joey asked, miffed.
Yugi sweat-dropped and answered, "Yeah, anyway, we just have to keep our cool and you ALL have to be nice." He then turned to Joey with a pleading look on his face as he begged, "Please Joey, please. Whatever you do, don't argue with him or insult him, alright?"
The blonde just waved a dismissive hand and reassured his friend that he wouldn't. "Don't sweat it Yug, mum's the word."
"There he is now," Tea warned. Kaiba ambled down the middle of the park, but took no notice of the six ahead of him, his eyes being too glued to his book and all.
'Must not, promised Yugi, will...not.' Joey's eye began to twitch as he fought to keep his mouth clamped shut.
"Alright now, we'll just walk up to him and calmly explai-," Yugi was yet again cut short on his explanation. He hit his head with the palm of his hand repeatedly as Joey did what he had just promised not to do.
"Hey, bookworm! We need to talk to you!" Joey shouted.
He couldn't help it, he just couldn't. He would have missed a perfectly good chance to insult Kaiba!
"Way to keep a low profile, man!" Tristan yelled, hitting his friend over the head.
"Yeah Joey, what happened to 'mum's the word'?" Tea scolded.
Bakura then began to panic, saying, "He looks awfully angry, I say we run while we still have the chance!" The albino headed boy started for a beeline out of the park, but was held at bay by Duke.
All around poor Yugi, his friends were bickering. He sighed and began to chant a mantra in his head. 'Stay calm Yugi, whatever you do just stay ca-,'
"Yugi?" a voice inquired confusedly.
"Aaaahhhh!" Yugi panicked, looking from side to side and around him until he just completely lost all patience. Running up to Kaiba he shoved the Rod into his hands and said, "Consider it a gift from all of us!" And then he turned and hurriedly shouted, "Run for it!"
Yugi and his friends ran off at the speed of light, leaving a stupefied Kaiba in their track dust.
Looking down at his hands, Kaiba found the Millennium Rod's golden eye staring up at him.
"Ah!" he shouted and dropped it, a clattering echo following.
Three minutes passed as he stared at it in disdain. He might not believe in all the silly hocus-pocus superstition, but that thing still creeped him out. Stooping down to pick the thing up, he quickly tossed it into his book bag. Kaiba was afraid it was maybe contagious and that he might catch something like whatever Marik had caught.
Some great gift.
Picking up the pace, he stuffed his book away as well, not daring to look back. Something or someone was watching him, he could feel it on his back.
"That...was...close," Bakura panted as the others trailed behind him, equally as tired from the sprint they had taken for the last seven blocks.
"Guys, I think...Yami's...back," Yugi gasped for air, staring at the Puzzle around his neck for a split second.
His friends didn't comprehend what he was talking about though. "I thought we freed big Yugi already," Joey said.
"Hold on, I'll see if I can talk to him. To tell you the truth, I've tried talking to him, but he didn't answer. Hm, go figure," said the spiky headed boy with a small shrug. When he closed his eyes it indicated to his friends that he wouldn't be able to hear them if they tried to talk to him.
This was not a good idea on Yugi's behalf though...
"Yugi? What happened? I thought I was set free! Am I now stuck in the living forever?" Yami shouted in hysteria, making Yugi cringe in pain through the mind link.
'Yami! Calm down, you're hurting my ears!' shouted the short teen.
This abruptly made his counterpart fall silent. "Sorry," he said, sheepishly scratching the back of his head.
'Okay now,' Yugi sighed, now he was certain that there was something wrong. What or who had the power to bring back a dead spirit that had been set free? This idea troubled Yugi momentarily, but it was soon expelled when he remembered the presence of his old friend. 'Yami!'
It was the Pharaoh's turn to cringe at the loudness of Yugi's enthusiastic greeting. "Um, yes, I've been standing here for the past ten minutes. Are you feeling alright, Yugi? You look...unwell." Yami couldn't quite pinpoint it, his counterpart looked pale as if worried, guilty, and slightly edgy about something. Why though?
The teen laughed, but gave the facade up just as quickly, the spirit would find out sooner or later anyway. He then voiced his worries out. 'Well, it's just that we barely finished giving Kaiba his Rod, and I just have a bad feeling that we shouldn't hav-,' he was, again, interrupted.
"You gave Kaiba the Rod? It's suicide, he'll kill us all!" exclaimed the Spirit of the Puzzle, now aware of why Yugi was so worried.
'No, he won't! Remember he doesn't believe in magic?' Yugi defended, but now that he thought of it...maybe that was what had been worrying him.
"Still," Yami insisted, a look of skepticism crossing his face. The Pharaoh had forgotten for a moment about his crisis.
'Never mind,' the boy drove the subject off course, he couldn't help the coming dread of what he had just done. Somehow he knew nothing good would result from this. He didn't know why, he always wanted Kaiba to embrace his past, but now...maybe it was better left buried in the sands of Egypt. 'Come on, we better get home and we'll catch up over there,' Yugi said cheerfully.
"Very well," Yami nodded his agreement as he watched Yugi leave the black dream like plane they usually talked in.
Disconnecting from the link, Yugi found his friends standing around him, expectant faces waiting for him to tell them nothing was wrong. But unfortunately for them, everything was wrong. "It's official, something weird is going to happen," Yugi informed.
"I said this once, though I was rudely interrupted, and I'll say it again, why do weird things always happen to us?" Joey asked, turning and scanning the streets and sidewalks.
"Who are you looking for?" Bakura asked, also looking around and trying to catch sight of what Joey was so preoccupied with.
"That brat, Rebecca Hawkins. Last time I said that she popped out of nowhere and-," Joey froze in mid-sentence as an irritatingly squeaky voice called out to them. Technically the voice called out to Yugi, but still, when they called one of them, they addressed them as a group.
"Yugi, everyone!" the squeaky voice called out once more. They sweat-dropped and heaved long exasperated sighs. The small blonde was at the moment in a limo with her grandfather.
"Where are you going?" Tea asked after the leaving limo.
"To the airport for Egypt! I'll call you all when we get there!" Rebecca answered.
"We're going on a field trip soon, we won't be home!" Tea said, even more grateful for the field trip now.
"After then!" she grinned, waving good-bye to them. Everyone waved good-naturedly, although they were thankful she didn't get off the limo.
"Bye Yugi!" she shouted and he face faulted.
Tea only glared daggers at the back of the limo. 'Jealous of a nine year old squirt, pathetic,' reasoned the girl's rational side, though the irrational part only tried to silence it. And they waited until the limo was out of sight before continuing with their conversation.
"Don't do that, Joey!" Tristan scolded, at which his friend sheepishly gave a shrug to.
"So, you'll probably have to fill Yami in on things for now?" Duke asked. The King of Games merely nodded, and after agreeing on this, they all said their good-byes and departed.
At the Kaiba residence...
"Seto, you're home!" Kaiba's only sibling ran up to the gates to meet his brother halfway.
"Finally," replied the older sibling. Seto Kaiba may be quite athletic, but truth be told, he did not favor walking, hence the limo. "Have they fixed it yet?" he asked hopefully.
"Yup!" Mokuba laughed, glad that at least he knew his brother was normal, even if other people didn't see that. "They said it had to do with the carburetor in the engine that was malfunctioning or something," the raven headed boy explained.
The elder only sighed and ruffled Mokuba's already messy enough hair. And so Kaiba started off their regular routine of exchanges. "How was your day at school?" he asked.
"Same old, same old," Mokuba replied, earning himself a glare. He knew how much his brother hated it when he parroted him. With a short laugh, Mokuba handed his brother a slip. "I have to go camping with my class tomorrow actually."
Kaiba scowled. "You too, huh?" At the smaller boy's questioning look, Kaiba answered, "It's mandatory I go on a field trip to the Snow Mountain Resort." They both entered the mansion as Kaiba handed Mokuba his slip back. "Alright then, go pack up beforehand," advised the eldest sibling, giving his younger brother a small push towards the stairs. Mokuba cheered all the while he traveled to his room.
'Foolish boy...they will never suspect,' a croaky voice whispered, almost as if though they were standing beside the now alone brunette.
Seto was startled and looked up the stairs, but no one was there nor was there anyone behind him. Ascending to the second floor Kaiba heard it again.
'He will never be strong enough.'
"Who's there?" the boy inquired, his voice echoing down the empty halls. He was hearing things now. Kaiba felt the eyes boring into his back once more. 'I'm getting paranoid,' he thought and retreated off to his room for the remaining day.
At the Game Shop...
"Yugi! Wake up!" Yami shouted as loud as possible, almost believing that at this rate Yugi's grandpa might even hear him.
"H-huh?" Yugi groggily sat up and stared at Yami, who was taking deep breaths from all the yelling. 'Yami? What happened? Why are you yelling?' asked the boy with a yawn.
"I had...been...yelling for...the last...25 minutes!" he stated.
'Why?' his counterpart questioned. The spirit looked as if to faint, but instead he helpfully pointed at the small digital clock on the night stand.
Squinting to get a better look, Yugi still didn't get it. 'Hmmm, 7:45, so what if it-, oh no!' Yami shook his head as his counterpart ran around the room like a maniac with a bad hair day. 'I'm late, why didn't you wake me up?' Yugi demanded in panic.
"Hmph! Your grandpa tried as hard as he could to get you out of bed, but obviously Joey isn't the only one who can sleep through a stampede of elephants!" The pharaoh was floating in midair, giving him a knowing nod. Yugi took this moment to glare at him, but the Pharaoh then pointed to the clock again.
Taking the hint, the teen ran downstairs, choked down his food in one gulp and ran for the door. "Bye Grandpa!" Yugi waved to the sweeping old man along the way, who chuckled at his grandson's growing bad habit.
'Please don't ring, please don't ring!' Yugi managed to reach the gates of the school and run up to his 3rd floor classroom just in time. 'What is it...with...fast sprints...these days...?' he thought, slowly making his way to his seat.
"Hey Yugi," all his friends greeted.
"Hey," was all the boy was able to get out before collapsing in his chair.
Tea glanced at her friend and shook her head, asking, "Woke up late again?" Her answer was a feeble nod from the sleepy boy.
"Alright class," Ms. Dian entered the class and quickly started off the day. "...please hand in your slips from yesterday." Shuffles of paper around the room could be heard before all slips were handed in. "Good, everyone great job. Now I have one last thing to explain before the trip, the rules."
The students' excited faces right away turned gloomy at the sound of the word rules. The woman clapped her hands to catch their attention again. "Come on, don't look so mortified kids. I'll make it as fast as possible, alright?" When she received no answer the teacher only continued on to the rules.
"Firstly then, you will all be required to bring a satchel for your clothes only. I am being serious when I say that there will be no games, no toys, and no make-up. Nor will there be allowed any laptops or electronics for that matter." Ms. Dian sent a warning glance at Kaiba, who only glared at her with the most loathing glare possible. "Secondly, you will be needing a sturdy backpack for the equipment you will be carrying for the hike. If you don't have one then we will provide it for you."
"And thirdly, you will all be assigned into groups of four, your partners have already been randomly chosen. The matter is not changeable nor are your partners, so don't even start." When she finished her explanation the woman turned around and set off to write some problems down on the board. "We're leaving tomorrow at 6:30 a.m. sharp, so come extra early," she concluded.
Bakura then raised his hand and asked, "Will other classes be going with us?"
"Yes, four other classes, hence the reason you all need to be put into a group of four people. Girls with girls and boys with boys. Just think of it as meeting and making new friends you didn't even know anything about," she said cheerfully. The class groaned, Kaiba scoffed, and the teacher began the her lesson. "Mr. Mutou, please answer question..."
"Aw man," Joey complained and shouted in outrage, "...we don't get to choose partners!" The boy had thought that he would have been the one to choose his roommates or at least be left on his own.
"Don't worry Joey, it's not like we won't be able to see each other," Tea tried lifting everyone's mood.
"Tea's right," Yugi said. Just a while ago the boy had explained to everyone that Yami would have a new experience, living in the desert all his life and all.
Yami had come out and had asked multiple questions like, "What is this...snow? Is it a game?"
Everyone sweat-dropped. "You'll see," they always told him.
"We still haven't reached Ishizu," said the spiky headed teen anxiously, again worried about who could be so strong as to revive a spirit that was already set free.
"Ah, don't worry," Duke assured his friends. "...just keep your eyes peeled open for anything out of the ordinary. Other than that, enjoy this vacation from school we'll have."
All cheered for their freedom from the 'torture prison,' as Joey referred to it.
6:10 a.m. the next morning...
"Bye squirt, remember what I told you."
"Don't worry Seto, this is what camp is for. To learn self-defense and self-survival," Mokuba said, waving to his brother as he walked towards his school's entrance.
In the limo towards his school, Kaiba sighed. 'Just two more months,' he thought, tapping his fingers on his satchel nervously. 'Then I can completely focus on my work. I doubt this trip will be any good at all.' He had a feeling that this was going to earn him more worries than relief. And so his worries began even before he arrived at school to leave to the field trip.
The thought about how much work he would have to miss in the two week absence that he wasn't at work plagued him to no end.
'I could not have done it better myself,' that voice whispered once more, but the fifteen year old was too busy trying to calculate the amount of work he would have to even notice.
The front of the school...
"Okay class, listen up, I will be reading out the assigned groups. You will then sit down in two mini groups each on the bus," Ms. Dian said, gathering her class into single file. The students barely nodded though.
"Yugi Mutou... Bakura Ryou... Jake Anderson... and Jimmy Michael..." their teacher called and they sluggishly got onto the bus. "Tea Gardner... Melissa Hima... Lanette Michelle... and Amie Nin..." she called again.
This was how it went until the teacher finally reached the last group. "Well, it's obvious who you four are partnered up to, you're the only ones left!"
"Yeah! Tristan, Duke, we're all partners!" Joey exclaimed happily.
"Alright!" Tristan high fived his best friend.
"Great. But who's the our fourth roommate?" Duke thought to ask and looked about them.
"You're kidding, right? Why am I grouped with the three chimpanzee narcissists?" their fourth roommate shouted. He stormed past the three onto the bus and sat on the left side next to the window.
"Does that answer your question?" Tristan asked while Joey glared, willing the bus to explode.
Duke sighed. "Surprise, surprise. Kaiba's always the party pooper, he had to ruin our vacation somehow."
With that said, the trio entered the bus. Joey sitting to the right side of the bus, Tristan next to him. The reason being that Joey had tried to pummel Kaiba for calling him a chimpanzee narcissist, but he cooled off on his side of the bus afterwards.
So Duke ended up sitting next to the young CEO, annoyed at being insulted as well, but trying his best not to lash out at him.
Ms. Dian sighed, her blonde hair swishing as she shook her head. Grabbing her satchel, she boarded and took her seat in the school bus, and off they went for two weeks as roommates.
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