Daricio: Blahdity blah. (Sweatdrop) My head hurts.
Malik: Write anyway.
Daricio: ... Ok, fine...
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Harry and the rest of the group walked stealthily under Bakura's invisibility shield that he cast upon them with the Ring. Unfortunately, Voldemort and Yami Bakura were ready for that. They had both cast spells so that they could see the group, and they turned invisible themselves.
And so it was that our brave young heroes were all brutally slaughtered and Darkness ruled the world. And Daricio's space bar key blew up and then suddenly began to work again.
The End.
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Daricio: ZZZzZZzzzZZZzzzzz
Malik: -.- (twitch) Daricio.....
Daricio: (mumble mumble) but the space bar key broke, mom...
Malik: (Twitch) Write the story correctly this time, Daricio.... And WAKE UP!! (Boot)
Daricio: (grumble grumble) Yeah, yeah, ok, I get it... (Sweatdrop) I just wish that I didn't have so much homework that I didn't feel like doing... Not failing Math, English, History, PE, and my computer class would be nice too... (Sweatdrop)
Malik: ... And while we're wishing, I wish I weren't a muse.
Daricio: I like to be amused.
Malik: -.- (juggles bright pink pencil sharpeners)
Daricio: (much grin) Ok, I'll write now.
Malik: (rolls eyes) Yay, finally. And no pulling stupid stunts like you did up there.
Daricio: But I want my spacebar key to work!
Malik: Too bad, I don't know how to fix computers. XP so you'll just have to push it harder.
Daricio: Poo. (turns to readers) This first part here is a bit that I was going to have at the end of my last chapter, but I got tired of writing... (sweatdrop) Go figure. But anyways, after that is where you're expecting to be in the chapter. Yeah. (sweatdrop) go read.
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Hermione ran as hard as she could, trying to get back to the school as fast as possible. As she ran, her mind was racing as well, attempting to figure out what to tell them that would convince them to come.
Yugi, she was fairly certain, would quickly come to her aid just by her asking him to. She could explain to him on the way back. Malik would be harder, as she didn't know him as well.
The bell for the end of the class period rang just as she was running up, out of breath. Hermione felt relieved; now she wouldn't have to say anything to the teachers.
She ran first towards the door of the detention room since it was closer, trying to catch Malik before he ran off to his next class. When she saw his white-blonde hair through the crowd of students, she called out to him.
"Malik, wait!"
He turned at the sound of his name, looking confused. The confusion turned to amusement when he saw who was calling him.
"Nice ditch of detention earlier, Hermione." He said when she caught up, grinning. "Couldn't have done it better my-"
"I need your help, Malik." Hermione interrupted. "and we have no time. Come on, we have to find Yugi."
Malik blinked at her, then nodded, his face now serious. "Right, his next class is Math, I believe. Come on."
The two hurried down the hallway. "So, any chance of you explaining this to me?" Malik wondered as they went.
"Wait till we find Yugi so I don't have to explain it twice." Hermione gasped, still out of breath from running so much.
They reached the classroom door and Hermione barged inside. "Yugi!" she cried when she spotted him.
His head shot up, his eyes confused. "Hermione? Malik?" He got out of his chair and hurried over to them, leaving his backpack on the ground.
Malik glanced at his own backpack and tossed it over to where Yugi's was. Then the three of them raced out of the school.
As they ran, Hermione quickly explained the situation as clearly as she could between hard breaths and an aching side.
By the time they reached the alleyway again, it was deserted. Hermione blinked and looked around. "Guys? Bakura? Harry? Ron?" she called, wondering where they had gotten off to.
"Right here, Hermione." Harry's voice seemed to come out of nowhere. A half second later, he, Ron, and Bakura seemed to materialize out of nowhere beside her.
"Invisibility feature on the Millennium Ring." Bakura explained. "We all set to go? Anybody have any questions?"
"Do we have a plan?" Malik wanted to know. "Or are we just going to run in there and generally get our butts kicked?"
Ron stopped. "Uh, the second one, I think." He said, grinning sheepishly.
"Great." Came the sarcastic reply.
"Have you guys ever done any real battle with your Millennium Items before?" Hermione asked the three holders.
"Well, no, not really." Yugi admitted. "It's helped with card games and stuff, but not really for shooting blasts of energy or anything like that... not as far as I know anyway..."
"I can summon Duel Monsters, and do this invisibility thing to hide you guys, but I think that's all I'll be able to do, besides lead you guys there..." Bakura said.
"The Millennium Rod may control minds, but not if the mind is too strong. I doubt I could control the Spirit of the Ring, much less a super-powered Spirit of the Ring and the Dark Lord that was supposedly able to almost take over the world at one point." Malik said.
Harry frowned. "So, while they have the entire world's magic supply, we get a few Duel Monsters to fight for us?"
"Not necessarily." Hermione mused. She pulled out her wand and looked it over. "If we can somehow channel the magic of the Millennium Items into our wands, then we'd be able to use our spells. They think they have all the magic, they won't know what hit them..."
Malik blinked. "That might work... Use them like giant batteries. Yugi and I could hide somewhere, maybe underneath one of Bakura's invisibility spells, and we could focus our energies to whoever needed it."
Yugi nodded, his face brightening. "Sounds like a plan to me."
"Then what are we waiting for?" Ron said, sounding braver than he felt.
"Let's kick Tomb Robber butt!" Malik cried, starting off down one of the alleys. He stopped halfway down, turning back with a sheepish grin. "Ah, Bakura, why don't YOU lead the way, since I have no idea where we're going."
The rest laughed and Bakura took the lead, throwing up an invisibility spell around them as they started out. The Ring's steady glow finally led them to an open area in the alleyways.
At first glance, the place seemed to be abandoned, but if one looked closely, they would see a darkly clad figure waiting in the shadows of the corner across from where the group entered.
Slowly, they shifted sideways, trying to see who was over there.
Suddenly, the figure stirred, looking up into the alleyway. "No use trying to hide from me, Bakura." The voice hissed. "I can hear you walking. Do you have something to say to me, or are you just sneaking around for no reason?"
Harry froze. "That's Voldemort, not Yami Bakura!!" he hissed to the rest of them. Bakura's eyes widened and quickly, the Millennium Ring glowed.
A few feet ahead of them, as if appearing out from under an invisibility cloak, Yami Bakura suddenly appeared, his own Ring glowing as well. "Do I ever just sneak around for no reason, you imbecile?! I was looking for you."
Voldemort stepped out of the shadows. "Oh, really? For what reason?"
"Oh, nothing much, really. Just a simple matter of Power Control." Yami Bakura said pointedly. "And you not giving me my fair share."
Voldemort looked bored. "I told you already, tomb robber, the Millennium Ring can only hold so much power within it, and-"
Yami Bakura interrupted him with a laugh. "Foolish mortal..." he said, his voice low. "The holding spell on the Millennium Ring has been broken and you know it. This Item could hold all the power in the entire world within it. And you know it."
"All the power?" Voldemort sounded amused. "My, my, it does sound as though you are planning on double crossing me."
"And ditto to you, apparently." Yami Bakura said dryly.
Voldemort sighed. "Such a pity that I shall now have to kill you and that pathetic host of yours."
Yami Bakura laughed. "Too bad that I feel no such qualms about killing you."
The two began to circle.
Bakura was starting to sweat. "I don't think I can hold up the illusion and attack at the same time!" he whispered.
"Illusion?" Ron whispered back, confused. "You mean...?"
"Yami Bakura better show up soon, or we're in quite a bit of trouble." Bakura answered.
Malik rolled his eyes, taking out his Millennium Rod. "You've been around your yami too long." He whispered. The Rod activated and Bakura's eyes went blank.
Hermione stared. "What are you doing?!" she hissed.
Malik smirked. "No time, explain later." He muttered. "'Yami Bakura' is about to pull a Yami Malik..."
The illusion of Yami Bakura suddenly straightened up, smirked, and turned around. "Then again, perhaps maybe you're just not worth my time."
Voldemort looked furious. "You dare turn your back on me?!" he spat angrily.
"Yes." Yami Bakura began to walk away. "I'll deal with you later, fool."
Voldemort turned red in the face, raising his wand. "Oh, that is it. Avada Kedavra!"
Yami Bakura sidestepped the curse, smirking at Voldemort over his shoulder. The Millennium Ring around his neck began to glow. "That your best shot? Pity. Let me show you mine."
Voldemort sneered at him, readying himself for the attack. A huge blast of yellow-white light came exploding towards him.
"Finite Incantum!" Voldemort cried, attempting negate the attack coming at him. The attack, and Yami Bakura, vanished.
Voldemort had a total of two seconds tops to blink and stare at the spot where the teenage spirit had been standing before he was suddenly pinned to the alley wall by what looked like greenish-purple electricity.
Hermione jumped forward. "Expelliarmus!" She yelled, sending Voldemort's wand flying away. Bakura's eyes cleared back to normal and he looked around in slight confusion.
Malik kept his hold on Voldemort's restraints with the Millennium Rod. "Sorry, Bakura, I was thinking fast."
Bakura nodded, dropping the invisibility and walking towards the Dark Lord.
Voldemort glared at them all. "I'm not through with you, brats." He hissed. "Your power can't hold me here forever."
"No, but mine can, you traitor." Yami Bakura's voice rang darkly from the rooftop of a nearby house. The purple lightning around Voldemort vanished, replaced by a solid, steady gold force field.
Yami Bakura jumped down from the roof nimbly and made his way over to his ex-partner in crime. "You know, I honestly don't know why I continue to ally myself with fools like you."
Voldemort glared. "So you were the one doing this."
Yami Bakura shrugged. "No, not at all. In fact, the only reason you were able to do any spells whatsoever is because I was feeding you magic." He glanced at Harry, Hermione, Ron, Bakura, Malik, and Yugi. "It appears that I've either underestimated my hikari and his friends, or I overestimated your own abilities. Probably the latter."
(A/n: Ladder, what ladder? (begins searching for a ladder) I don't see a ladder...)
Voldemort growled (at Daricio's stupid pun). He was about to say something back, when Yugi very suddenly shouted "NOW!"
Yami Bakura turned towards the sound in confusion. "Wha..?"
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" Three voices yelled at the same time.
The three spells raced towards the ancient thief from different locations of the alleyway, making it impossible for him to dodge.
Yami Bakura smirked. The three spells ricocheted off a hidden force shield around him, bouncing wildly. One hit a random cat, which fell to the ground, one bounced off a rooftop and hit Voldemort, and the third went straight back and hit the one who cast it.
"Hermione!" Ron and Harry ran over quickly to make sure she was ok and to undo the spell.
Yami Bakura stretched his hand out, creating a magical wall between them and her. "You children are definitely annoying, I'll give you that much. But do you seriously think that you can defeat me that easily?"
Harry glared at him, readying his wand and racking his brain for a good spell.
Yami Bakura waved his hand lazily and Harry and Ron's wands flew out of their hands, landing neatly beside Hermione. "You're completely powerless. None of the Millennium Items were made for any sort of combat, and now you haven't even got your stupid stick things. I really must thank you for getting rid of my insolent partner, but now it's time for all of you to die."
A maniacal grin spread over his face as the Millennium Ring began to shine brighter and brighter.
"Yugi! Shield!" Malik yelled desperately. Yugi did so as quickly as possible.
Bakura pulled out his deck and held up a card, his own Millennium Ring glowing brightly. "Necromancer, defend!"
"Spear Dragon, same!" Malik joined him.
Yami Bakura laughed insanely, then was hidden from view behind a blaze of light hauntingly similar to that of the illusion from before, only this time it was headed straight at them.
The blast hit Yugi's shield first, struggling to overcome the powerful ancient magic. Yugi grit his teeth in concentration of holding the power back, but it didn't take long for the sheer amount of magic contained in the blast to overpower him.
The magic shield faded as Yugi lost consciousness.
"Yugi!" Ron glanced back at him, but everybody's attention was on the blast that was now headed for Malik's monster. The same battle of will went on with the intense noise of the powerwave pounding in everybody's ears.
Malik cried out as he forced every bit of magic he could into defending his monster. He dropped to his knees, his eyes tightly shut, his hands clenched around the Millennium Rod.
"You can do it, Malik!" Ron said encouragingly, keeping fear-filled eyes locked on the Spear Dragon.
"I...... I... Sorry...." Malik let out through clenched teeth. "...Can't... hold... any... longer...."
The Spear Dragon shattered into a million pieces and Malik blacked out.
"Kuso," Bakura hissed, bracing himself as the blast came for his monster next. "NECROMANCER, DEFEND!" he yelled.
Monster and magic met with a crash, neither willing to give up.
It was the same deal over again, millennium magic defending, wave of power trying to get through, and the magic of the teens seemed to be losing. Harry and Ron each took ahold of Bakura's hands, lending him some of their own strength as well.
Tiny cracks began to appear in Bakura's monster, small bits of light shining through.
Bakura let out a growl that turned into a scream of anguish as he continued to pour magic into the survival of his monster. "YAMI BAKURA, YOU WILL NOT GET THROUGH!!!" He yelled.
Harry looked worriedly at the monster, biting his lip. "We hope..." he whispered to himself.
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Daricio: MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Now I can have another chapter to this!!! NYAHAHAHAHA!!! Although, I must warn you, the next chapter is going to be rather anti-climatic and dumb. (sweatdrop) Oh, and by the way, this battle scene has got to be the cheesiest thing I have ever written. XP (sweatdrop)
Malik: (staring) You knocked me out.
Daricio: .... Yes, yes I did.
Malik: (still staring) .... You meanie.
Daricio: (sweatdrop) ANYWAYS... Next chapter coming soon... Let's hope that my evil spacebar will start working correctly by then... thanks to , because that's where I gotsted spell ideas for the story... And cookies to those who can spot the two cameo appearances in here...
Malik: ....... meanie...
Daricio: (rolls eyes) Anywhos, review please!!! (big cheesy grin)