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not.
Inwe: Hello! You may have noticed my change of pen name, but my other one wasn't very original. I tried to update as soon as I could but now we've got an SRP (Science Research Project) to work on as well... It's not my fault I swear! Anyway... I'm going to make sure this seriously is longer! I know you all hate me for making you wait and then... these 1,300 word chapters... Reviewers, I am really sorry! Thanks for reviewing me! But moving on... This is kinda just them getting their bearings in the virtual world. Yeah, so enjoy!
P.S. There is a lot of Action/Adventure in this chappie.
Chapter 5: Get a Grip! (~after all my titles I finally came up with this one~)
"Yami, how could you be here?" Yugi asked in bewilderment.
"I...I don't know Yugi," the said person replied, sounding equally bewildered, "Can the others see me?"
Yami's eyes flicked around the group. It was still dim and he couldn't make out the expressions on their faces.
"Y...yami?" Téa stuttered. As her eyes adjusted she could see him more clearly then before. As much as she could deny it, Yami Yugi really did have his own body.
"Yami? Wha...? How could he be...?" Joey said loudly, "Am I goin' crazy?"
Yami looked from Yugi to himself, his expression unchanging. A long silence followed, during which the darkness began to thin out. In the changing light their surrounding were revealed to them. A faint mist floated around the gang, but through all this they could see they were standing on some kind of rocky plateau. On three of the sides the plateau stretched out as far as the eye could see. On the final side, after about hundred metres, the cliff fell away in a sheer drop. No wildlife at all could be heard, so the silence was strangely eerie.
"Well, I guess we should try to find out about where we are..." Bakura said matter-of-factly, trying to break the silence.
Everyone's attention jerked away from Yami and Yugi. They took in what they were seeing around them. The sky was ridiculously blue, and the rocks beneath their feet looked perfect. They were obviously the flaws of this virtual world. But the mist still lingered around their ankles.
/Yami?/ The voice through the soul room sounded stunned.
//Yes, Aibou?//
/How did this happen? How were we... separated?/
//I don't understand much either... It must have had something to do with Craine. I sensed evil aura coming from him.//
Téa finally spoke, her voice slightly shaky, "I think we should get moving, I mean we need to move if we're going to win, don't we?" She smiled shakily.
"Téa's right," Yami said and Téa felt a shiver down her spine, "We should find out more about this place, if we want to win."
"Alright! No group's gonna be a match for us!" Joey practically shouted enthusiastically.
"Well, alright you heard the man, let's go!" Mai said, sounding slightly different to her usual self.
Yugi, Tristan, Bakura and Serenity nodded in agreement. The gang bolted towards the cliff face, all of them slightly over-enthusiastic. They all stopped abruptly at the edge. The drop from the top was unbelievably high, the distance between the top and bottom seemed to keep going and going. Joey resisted the urge to shout something and see how long in took for the echo to bounce back. He didn't think Mai would appreciate it very much. He grinned sheepishly to himself at the thought.
Despite the dizzy feeling that overcame them as they looked down, they needed to find a way off the cliff. A narrow ledge ran across the wall a short way down. It traversed its way down the wall as far as the eye could see. This was their best chance to find a way down. But were they prepared to risk falling? Téa gaped at the distance down and took a step back. Yami's strategic mind was calculating whether or not it was possible to get down safely. Serenity followed Téa's actions and Tristan merely stared. Yugi was watching his hikari and Bakura seemed to be gathering all his courage together. Mai refused to let herself look flustered and from the outside it looked like she was perfectly calm and collected. Joey rearranged his face into what he clearly thought was a courageous one.
"I think it's possible to get down," Yami said finally, "It will be difficult, but it's a chance."
"What if we fall?" Téa said anxiously.
Yami gave her a small smile of encouragement and Téa's stomach flipped over. "We'll be fine, Téa," he said, with the faintest trace of warmness in his voice. Téa gave him a small nod.
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Each member of the group was holding onto the cliff edge for dear life. While actually on the ledge, the drop looked even more menacing. Every now and then one of them would look down and would feel their heads spin. They knew that if they slipped once, they would almost surely fall to their deaths. Or their virtual deaths, who knows if they could die in this world? It wasn't a pleasant feeling, really. The first to stumble was Mai. She was walking behind Joey and made a miscalculation of where to put her foot. One of the rocks underneath her feet crumbled and she grabbed at the wall in blind terror. It all happened in slow motion, as Joey reached out frantically and grabbed for her hand. Somehow her feet were still on the ledge, even though her hands had lost their grip. Her hand connected with Joey's and he hauled her upwards. He was standing on a thicker part of the ledge; there was enough standing room for both him and Mai. They crashed into the wall together, Mai on top of Joey. They both sat there, dazed, for a couple of moments, panting heavily.
When Mai got her wits about her, she stood up abruptly, hiding her face from Joey's. (~I've got awful writer's block so...~) "Thanks... Joey..." she muttered, just loud enough for him to hear.
Joey's face fell slightly but he recovered and said, "No problem, you would have done de same. Wouldn't you?"
Mai avoided Joey's eyes, scared that his own eyes would make her falter. She nodded, saying, "Of course."
Joey impulsively grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back round to face him. He opened his mouth to say something when...
"We'd better keep moving! We need to get down before it gets dark!" a voice called from someway along the ledge. Joey and Mai's heads snapped sideways and Joey pulled his hand away quickly. (~I love doing that! *manic laugh*~)
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Meanwhile, closer towards the bottom, Téa was having her own problems. If she had known that they'd be climbing and traversing across cliff faces, she wouldn't have worn a skirt. Her concentration wasn't as full as it could have been.
"Are you alright back there, Téa?" Yami called back.
Téa's concentration faltered completely. She couldn't help it! Like Mai, her foot missed its mark. She put her foot down on thin air... but found nothing to place it on. It happened so fast that even Yami's quick reflexes were fast enough to save her. Her surprise made her lose the grip she had on the rocks and... she fell. She plummeted downwards, no rational thought reaching her head, and the only thing coming from her mouth a scream that echoed around the whole valley. The wind whistled as it flew past her, but no words could describe just how terrified she was. Everyone's faces showed the terror they were feeling. Yami looked desperately at the group, looking for a single thing that could help save her. His face showed nothing more than pain. His eyes rested on... Joey's dueling deck. It was a split second decision that saved Téa's life. He pulled his own deck out, cursing his own stupidity for not having thought of it earlier, and shouted,
"I summon the Curse of Dragon!"
A blinding light emitted from the card that Yami held in the air. The golden dragon let out a shrill cry before it raced downwards. Everyone's faces changed from terror to almost relief, but she wasn't safe yet.
The dragon caught up with her falling body and swooped underneath it. With a dull thud, Téa landed on the dragon. She opened her eyes slowly, hoping that she wasn't imagining it all. But the dragon was still there. She almost wept tears of relief. She gripped onto the dragon as it swung back upwards, towards the rest of the gang.
Téa slid off the dragon's back, onto the ledge. Her legs could not support her and she collapsed. Her last sight was Yami's smiling face before she fainted.
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So that was the chapter. Umm... I know there wasn't much YamixTéa; I was concentrating more on JoeyxMai... How was it? Was it long enough? REVIEW ME! *ahem* I promise I would have updated earlier if I could... blame to teachers at SGHS! I guess that's what you get when you go to a Selective High... *scowl* -_-"I'm not really angry! I never really do get angry... And by the way, I agreed to do this so... read Luthien-Anwaman's 'The New Tournament'. It's Romance/Action/Adventure and the couples are *drumroll*: YamixTéa (^_^), JoeyxMai (^_^) and SetoxSerenity! It's 23 chapters long, about 37000 words long and has 165 reviews. So until next chapter... Farewell!
Inwe: Hello! You may have noticed my change of pen name, but my other one wasn't very original. I tried to update as soon as I could but now we've got an SRP (Science Research Project) to work on as well... It's not my fault I swear! Anyway... I'm going to make sure this seriously is longer! I know you all hate me for making you wait and then... these 1,300 word chapters... Reviewers, I am really sorry! Thanks for reviewing me! But moving on... This is kinda just them getting their bearings in the virtual world. Yeah, so enjoy!
P.S. There is a lot of Action/Adventure in this chappie.
Chapter 5: Get a Grip! (~after all my titles I finally came up with this one~)
"Yami, how could you be here?" Yugi asked in bewilderment.
"I...I don't know Yugi," the said person replied, sounding equally bewildered, "Can the others see me?"
Yami's eyes flicked around the group. It was still dim and he couldn't make out the expressions on their faces.
"Y...yami?" Téa stuttered. As her eyes adjusted she could see him more clearly then before. As much as she could deny it, Yami Yugi really did have his own body.
"Yami? Wha...? How could he be...?" Joey said loudly, "Am I goin' crazy?"
Yami looked from Yugi to himself, his expression unchanging. A long silence followed, during which the darkness began to thin out. In the changing light their surrounding were revealed to them. A faint mist floated around the gang, but through all this they could see they were standing on some kind of rocky plateau. On three of the sides the plateau stretched out as far as the eye could see. On the final side, after about hundred metres, the cliff fell away in a sheer drop. No wildlife at all could be heard, so the silence was strangely eerie.
"Well, I guess we should try to find out about where we are..." Bakura said matter-of-factly, trying to break the silence.
Everyone's attention jerked away from Yami and Yugi. They took in what they were seeing around them. The sky was ridiculously blue, and the rocks beneath their feet looked perfect. They were obviously the flaws of this virtual world. But the mist still lingered around their ankles.
/Yami?/ The voice through the soul room sounded stunned.
//Yes, Aibou?//
/How did this happen? How were we... separated?/
//I don't understand much either... It must have had something to do with Craine. I sensed evil aura coming from him.//
Téa finally spoke, her voice slightly shaky, "I think we should get moving, I mean we need to move if we're going to win, don't we?" She smiled shakily.
"Téa's right," Yami said and Téa felt a shiver down her spine, "We should find out more about this place, if we want to win."
"Alright! No group's gonna be a match for us!" Joey practically shouted enthusiastically.
"Well, alright you heard the man, let's go!" Mai said, sounding slightly different to her usual self.
Yugi, Tristan, Bakura and Serenity nodded in agreement. The gang bolted towards the cliff face, all of them slightly over-enthusiastic. They all stopped abruptly at the edge. The drop from the top was unbelievably high, the distance between the top and bottom seemed to keep going and going. Joey resisted the urge to shout something and see how long in took for the echo to bounce back. He didn't think Mai would appreciate it very much. He grinned sheepishly to himself at the thought.
Despite the dizzy feeling that overcame them as they looked down, they needed to find a way off the cliff. A narrow ledge ran across the wall a short way down. It traversed its way down the wall as far as the eye could see. This was their best chance to find a way down. But were they prepared to risk falling? Téa gaped at the distance down and took a step back. Yami's strategic mind was calculating whether or not it was possible to get down safely. Serenity followed Téa's actions and Tristan merely stared. Yugi was watching his hikari and Bakura seemed to be gathering all his courage together. Mai refused to let herself look flustered and from the outside it looked like she was perfectly calm and collected. Joey rearranged his face into what he clearly thought was a courageous one.
"I think it's possible to get down," Yami said finally, "It will be difficult, but it's a chance."
"What if we fall?" Téa said anxiously.
Yami gave her a small smile of encouragement and Téa's stomach flipped over. "We'll be fine, Téa," he said, with the faintest trace of warmness in his voice. Téa gave him a small nod.
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Each member of the group was holding onto the cliff edge for dear life. While actually on the ledge, the drop looked even more menacing. Every now and then one of them would look down and would feel their heads spin. They knew that if they slipped once, they would almost surely fall to their deaths. Or their virtual deaths, who knows if they could die in this world? It wasn't a pleasant feeling, really. The first to stumble was Mai. She was walking behind Joey and made a miscalculation of where to put her foot. One of the rocks underneath her feet crumbled and she grabbed at the wall in blind terror. It all happened in slow motion, as Joey reached out frantically and grabbed for her hand. Somehow her feet were still on the ledge, even though her hands had lost their grip. Her hand connected with Joey's and he hauled her upwards. He was standing on a thicker part of the ledge; there was enough standing room for both him and Mai. They crashed into the wall together, Mai on top of Joey. They both sat there, dazed, for a couple of moments, panting heavily.
When Mai got her wits about her, she stood up abruptly, hiding her face from Joey's. (~I've got awful writer's block so...~) "Thanks... Joey..." she muttered, just loud enough for him to hear.
Joey's face fell slightly but he recovered and said, "No problem, you would have done de same. Wouldn't you?"
Mai avoided Joey's eyes, scared that his own eyes would make her falter. She nodded, saying, "Of course."
Joey impulsively grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back round to face him. He opened his mouth to say something when...
"We'd better keep moving! We need to get down before it gets dark!" a voice called from someway along the ledge. Joey and Mai's heads snapped sideways and Joey pulled his hand away quickly. (~I love doing that! *manic laugh*~)
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Meanwhile, closer towards the bottom, Téa was having her own problems. If she had known that they'd be climbing and traversing across cliff faces, she wouldn't have worn a skirt. Her concentration wasn't as full as it could have been.
"Are you alright back there, Téa?" Yami called back.
Téa's concentration faltered completely. She couldn't help it! Like Mai, her foot missed its mark. She put her foot down on thin air... but found nothing to place it on. It happened so fast that even Yami's quick reflexes were fast enough to save her. Her surprise made her lose the grip she had on the rocks and... she fell. She plummeted downwards, no rational thought reaching her head, and the only thing coming from her mouth a scream that echoed around the whole valley. The wind whistled as it flew past her, but no words could describe just how terrified she was. Everyone's faces showed the terror they were feeling. Yami looked desperately at the group, looking for a single thing that could help save her. His face showed nothing more than pain. His eyes rested on... Joey's dueling deck. It was a split second decision that saved Téa's life. He pulled his own deck out, cursing his own stupidity for not having thought of it earlier, and shouted,
"I summon the Curse of Dragon!"
A blinding light emitted from the card that Yami held in the air. The golden dragon let out a shrill cry before it raced downwards. Everyone's faces changed from terror to almost relief, but she wasn't safe yet.
The dragon caught up with her falling body and swooped underneath it. With a dull thud, Téa landed on the dragon. She opened her eyes slowly, hoping that she wasn't imagining it all. But the dragon was still there. She almost wept tears of relief. She gripped onto the dragon as it swung back upwards, towards the rest of the gang.
Téa slid off the dragon's back, onto the ledge. Her legs could not support her and she collapsed. Her last sight was Yami's smiling face before she fainted.
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So that was the chapter. Umm... I know there wasn't much YamixTéa; I was concentrating more on JoeyxMai... How was it? Was it long enough? REVIEW ME! *ahem* I promise I would have updated earlier if I could... blame to teachers at SGHS! I guess that's what you get when you go to a Selective High... *scowl* -_-"I'm not really angry! I never really do get angry... And by the way, I agreed to do this so... read Luthien-Anwaman's 'The New Tournament'. It's Romance/Action/Adventure and the couples are *drumroll*: YamixTéa (^_^), JoeyxMai (^_^) and SetoxSerenity! It's 23 chapters long, about 37000 words long and has 165 reviews. So until next chapter... Farewell!
