Union through Separation

Chapter 16

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!… and maybe that's for the best.

"Oh yeah?" Tea said. "You and what army?"

"Bakura grinned an evil grin. "Funny you should ask…"

Reaching into his pocket, Bakura pulled out a handful of cards—Duel Monster cards, naturally. He tossed them onto the ground. With a flash of the Millennium Ring, the cards came to life. Tea couldn't believe it. Man-eater Bug, Earl of Demise, Headless Knight, and all of those other scary buggers that Bakura usually kept in his deck, they were standing right there in the flesh… and looking none too friendly.

"You wanted an army," Bakura said, "well here it is! And we're going to make you our first P.O.W.'s!"

"Yami, how is this possible?" Tea asked with a hint of fear in her voice. "He doesn't have a duel disk."

"Clearly he's tapped into the powers of his Millennium Item," answered Yami, taking up a defensive posture in front of Tea.

"Here's the deal, Pharaoh," Bakura said. "My monsters will fight your monsters. If I win, I get your body and all of its powers. If you win, I will leave you and your 'female acquaintance' alone… for a while at least."

"I didn't bring my deck with me," Yami said.

Bakura smirked. "Well isn't that a shame. I guess that means you lose by default. Too bad for you… but not for me!"

Bakura snapped his fingers and his creepy crew began slowly advancing on Yami and Tea. Tea didn't like where this was going at all. Yami, however, remained relatively unafraid as he stood his ground, despite the fact that he seemed to be at a disadvantage.

"I may not have my deck on me, Yami stated, "but that doesn't mean I'm completely defenceless." The Eye of Horus glowed on Yami's forehead. A bright light enveloped his body and when it cleared, Yami's attire had changed. Instead of the black suit he'd been wearing for dinner, he was now dressed in the royal garb of an Egyptian pharaoh.

Tea was shocked. He looks just like he did in my dream!

Bakura laughed. "Nice duds. Do you honestly think that a change in wardrobe is going to save you?"

"No, this will!" And with that, Yami charged at the monsters and began fighting them barehanded. It was an impressive sight to behold indeed. The Pharaoh was performing amazing combat moves that would have put Keanu Reeves to shame. (A.N. Not only that, but his face was much more expressive!) Yet no matter how many times Yami knocked the beasts down, they always got back up again.

"How thoroughly amusing," Bakura said with a smirk. "But the only way to permanently defeat my Duel Monsters is with other Duel Monsters. Face it, you've lost, Pharaoh! Your body will be mine!"

Yami now bore an expression of concern as he looked over at Tea. "Get out of here, now! This isn't safe anymore!"

Tea didn't know what to do. As scared as the situation was making her, she knew she couldn't just desert Yami like this… could she? What can I do to help anyway? I don't have any powers.

The monsters started to gang up on Yami, who was now showing signs of fatigue from all the fighting. Headless Knight prepared to deliver a finishing blow. It was all over for the Pharaoh. But then…

"Not so fast, Bakura!"

From seemingly out of nowhere, a powerful energy blast vaporised the Headless Knight, much to everyone's surprise.

"What?" Bakura turned to his right, as did everybody else. There was the Dark Magician, and standing next to him was Yugi Mutou who'd been trailing Bakura all night (A.N. but of course, you've probably figured that out by now).

"Hey Yami, I thought you might need some backup!" The young lad tossed to Yami his own deck of cards that' he'd been putting together ever since regaining his body.

"You couldn't have come at a better time," Yami said, impressed that his young friend had learned how to tap into the powers of the Millennium Puzzle so quickly. Reaching into the deck and pulling out a card, Yami summoned one of his favourite monsters into existence: the red Dark Magician, the one that Yugi had acquired during the Battle City tournament. (A.N. Although I don't recall if Yugi took the card that he'd rightfully won, I'm going to assume that he did.)

So now there were two Dark Magicians against the spooky servants of Bakura. However, the Tombrobber was not overtly concerned. He simply summoned more of his monsters. The battle now became even more intense. (A.N. I suck at describing fight scenes. And I also seem to have an affinity with plugging my stories full of author's notes!) In the end, the Dark Magicians found themselves being overwhelmed by superior numbers.

It was not going well for our heroes at all.

Tea hated this feeling of powerlessness even more. If only there was someway I could help!

"What are you still doing here?" Yami asked. "I told you to go!"

"No, no, Pharaoh," Bakura insisted. "Let her stay. I have 'plans' for her when this done."

Tea didn't like the sound of that. What plans?

"Leave her alone!" Yami demanded. "She hasn't done anything to you!"

"Oh it's not about what she's done to me. It's about what she's going to do to me. You see, once I have your body and all the powers needed to rule this world, the first thing I'm going to do is make Tea part of my harem."

"Your harem?" Tea did not respond well to that at all.

"Oh yes. I also plan to include Mai, and Ishizu, and perhaps Serenity as well. She's a bit young, but her breasts are coming in quite nicely." Bakura chuckled. "What's wrong Tea? Would you rather have me all to yourself? Not willing to share?"

For Tea, this was the final straw. "THAT'S IT!"

Bakura's smugness was suddenly replaced by shock. Yami and Yugi bore similar expressions as well. Tea couldn't understand why because she couldn't see it.

The Eye of Horus had appeared on her forehead.

TO BE CONTINUED

Man, do I know where to end a chapter or what? Please R & R!