Authoress Notes: Another double chapter update. The Mazaki-torture is in the next chapter. ^_____^ ::goes to help LadyYami in her war against General Sock::
I do not own Yugioh or Duel Monsters.
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Dreams of Innocence
Chapter XVIII: Hidden Eyes
Dropping the pencil on his desk, Seto massaged his temples, grumbling. Glancing at the clock, he noticed that it was getting late.
"At least I finished..." he mumbled, looking down at the blueprints of the duel disk system for the upcoming tournament.
It resembled his first version, though it was smaller; about one half it's size. The only items that would fit on top were the Life Point counter and the deck holder. The sketches continued down to show once activating the right switch, the dueling 'platform' would fan out in a semi-circle around the arm system. Then, it would thicken down to reveal five slots under the five card places, where the Magic and Trap cards would be placed. Under each slot would be a small button that would be hit in order to activate the card.
The arm guard for it would close around the whole arm beneath the elbow, where the hologram chips would fly out, much like the one from Battle City, and settle for the monster holograms to appear.
"Simple, yet effective," he spoke to himself, studying the plans one last time. Then, with an annoyed sigh, he reached over for the phone. Dialing the number, he grumbled to himself incoherently. When the line picked-up on the other end, he said, "I need to speak to Crawford."
"One minute please." Within moments, Pegasus picked up.
"Hm...hello?"
"Crawford, I finished the plans, as you asked."
"Excellent Kiaba-boy!"
"Now it's your turn to work: where is this tournament going to be held?" he demanded, felling rather annoyed.
"There is a small isle off the coast America that I think will do nicely."
"What is it with you and islands?" Pegasus smirked on the other end.
"That's none of your concern. Golden Isle tournament will be held there."
" 'Golden Isle'?"
"It has a rather nice ring to it, doesn't it?"
"Cheh. Just...get it prepared."
"It's prepared all ready. The tournament can occur as soon as possible. When will the dueling disc systems be ready?"
"In two days."
"Then let us have the tournament next week, on Friday. I shall consult with Isis with some minor details." When his answer was the dial-tone, he shook hsi head, hanging up the phone. "The boy needs to learn some manners."
Malik stood in front of Anzu's home.
[Why so hesitant hikari? Let me have a little fun! Please?]
Malik snorted. {You'll kill the man.}
[...and the problem would be?]
{Just....let me handle this.} He easily found the Anzu's window, since her stuff was on the ground beneath it. As he went to grab it, he heard a man yelling angrily at someone.
"Don't you dare contradict me again!"
"How could you do that to Anzu? What has gotten into you?" argued a second, female voice. Malik flinched as he heard a loud smacking sound.
"Bitch!"
{Damn, what the hell is wrong with her dad?}
[I promise I won't kill him!]
{I'd rather pet a scorpion.} Mariku huffed, glaring within the Rod.
[Damn you.]
{Love you too.} However, Malik quickly cut the connection when he heard a loud crashing sound. Without even thinking (again), he climbed through the window and peeked around the door. His eyes widened to see a woman on the ground, whimpering as a man towered over her.
Isis hovered the documents, eyes red and tired. She ahd been pouring over the ancient ext for over nine hours now, trying to find something.
"The forbidden Seven...The Equation of Armageddon..." she continually repeated to herself, as she scanned the text. Each one was covered in ancient writing (hieroglyphics) and was doing her best to translate as much as possible.
Unknown to her, however, hidden in the shadows, someone was watching her. A piar of pink eyes gleamed in the shadows, almost laughing at the woman.
Letting herself fall onto the bed, Rowan heaved a heavy sigh. All she wanted to do now was sleep. Sleep for a very long time. Yet, something was nagging her in the back of her mind.
{The envelope!} Pulling herself up, she took the envelope back out of her purse. After staring at it for one moment, she opened it and dumped out the contents. All that fell out was a card.
Picking it up, she studied it, raising an eyebrow. " 'Priestess of the Immortals'. Hm...interesting..." She looked at the image. On it was a girl, dressed in robes of an Egyptian priestess. Her silver hair was flowing freely, a few of them curled towards their ends. The eyes were closed. Her arms were held out, the hands held up with a light glowing between them. "It's an effect monster," she commented and then read the description out loud, "Offer this card as a sacrifice once the field card 'Yami' is on the field. Then, sacrifice all fo your life points along with this to summon the-. The what?" Staring in disbelief, Rowan examined the card, but the text had ended right at 'the'. "Well, its attack may be crap, but its defense is good. Four-thousand... Damn, that's good."
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Mariku is gonna have a little fun in the next chapter...::big grin:: And the final, important character will appear as well. And then, all the characters that are important will have appeared in the story. Jaa ne! ~LadySaturn aka Sanji