I shouldn't be doing this. I really, REALLY shouldn't be doing this.

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After this bit, I have less than a whole chapter's writing remaining to post, and I've gone nowhere with this fic. Posting this will only raise your hopes and then you'll all get mad at me when I can't keep the fic going anymore.

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Unless, of course, something else happens...(coughlucrativebribecoughcough)

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Kudos to anyone who knows which card Kaiba is being blackmailed with! (coughhackkaibamancoughwheezechoke)

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Disclaimer: Authoress does not own Yugioh

Claimer: Authoress owns Terra-chan (patent pending) and all the other made-up stuff that she came up with (patent pending)
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Being able to hear his rescuer's reactions to the note was entertaining. Especially when the other three - except for Kaiba-boy, of course - groaned about the Millennium Eye, at which point Croquet mentioned that his employer no longer possessed said Millennium Item.

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Then there was a ruckus at the far end of the corridor. The guards went to investigate, and then didn't come back. Being knocked unconscious and then locked inside another cell did have that effect on one's location.

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Terra's squawks heralded the immediate approach of the rescue party.

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"You've gotta be kiddin' me!" he heard the blonde exclaim, "Dis is da spiffiest dungeon I've eva seen!"

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Yep, there they were. And Kaiba-boy looked to be in fine fettle, what with Terra perched happily on his head. Croquet was fumbling around with some keys, and the others were gawking at the upholstery.

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"Oh, wonderful! So you did get my note after all," Pegasus greeted them from his chair, "Come on in, pull up a seat!"

"I don't have time for your pathetic games, Pegasus," Kaiba-boy growled, "I've helped you out, now you have to promise to keep that ridiculous card off the market."

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"Oh? And which card was that again?" Pegasus replied, pulling on a thoughtful expression, "You're so sensitive…in fact, Kaiba-boy, what you need is a vacation!"

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He got a growl in response. Mixed in with the growl were the words 'You-know-which-card-you-psychopath', which Pegasus felt free to ignore. Especially as standing around and chatting wasn't exactly a wonderful option right now.

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Letting Kaiba-boy lead the way back down the corridor - Terra still perched happily enough on his head - Pegasus found himself being besieged by questions that he didn't know the answers to, like what was going on and who had taken over the manor. Remaining cheerful on the outside, he calmly explained that there was no point in drawing attention to themselves with noise, unless they wanted to hear their answers inside of one of the less-nicely upholstered cells in the dungeon, and continued to follow Kaiba-boy.

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Except that Kaiba-boy was completely lost.

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"Now I know we passed dis one thing three times already," Jonouchi remarked, further irritating Kaiba-boy and starting an argument on the possible existence (and if so, the maximum size) of the blond one's intelligence.

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And in her usual manner, Terra came to the rescue.

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"Braawc, come on now, we all know you're both equally stupid, hoo-hoo!" she chirped.

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This very un-birdlike response was more than enough to shut the argument down instantly.

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"She's got a definite point, you know," Pegasus made a point of remarking aloud.

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Before this could be fought over, Terra giggled loudly and left her perch on Kaiba-boy's head for one on Pegasus' shoulder.

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"Is that some sort of animatronic bird?" Kaiba-boy asked, eyeing Terra suspiciously.

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/What is 'ah-nah-ma-tron-ick'/ one of the two Yugi-boys asked the other.

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"Kaiba-boy's just asking if this is a robotic bird," Pegasus calmly answered him, thus freaking those two out as well - just to keep things even - before turning to the 'thing' Jonouchi had pointed out in the first place.

That being an old wall hanging. It was there to brighten the hallway - it that very well, being done in all bright colors - and also to conceal the lever that opened the secret staircase on the other side of the corridor.

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"And the reason she - a fully non-artificial creature, by the way Kaiba-boy - is right is because you've been lost for the last ten minutes. And don't you try denying it!"

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"Are you going to explain how and why you can still do that anytime soon?" Yugi-boy inquired.

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"Perhaps later. Right now, why don't we all go down here and avoid being captured in the next five minutes?"