NOTE: Hey! Well, all you Yami fans are going to be happy now, at least, I hope. This is where Yami makes his first appearance (in the actual story, not any flashbacks, like Chapter 1). Not a very big one, I might add, but he appears. He hasn't spoken for the whole night; I wonder what he was up to? Oh, and…I put y'all in more suspense! The start of the story ISN'T about Seto and Tea! Hehe, I'm being evil…which isn't a good thing…forgive me. Anyway, please read and review! (I got a little; quote LITTLE, carried away there.)
Disclaimer: I have about just as much a chance of owning Yu-Gi-Oh! as Mythology does in being real. Do I make my point? If I don't…I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Point said.
Chapter 8: Past: Opened
Joey was still dancing with Mai. But now, Mai was just a little curious about their earlier conversation.
"Joey, what's up with Kaiba? You told Tristan and Duke to go find out, yet you aren't racing to find out as well. What do you know?"
"I don't know nothin'!" Joey proclaimed.
"Sure you don't. And by your use of double negatives, you really mean that you DO know something. Come on, won't you tell me?" Mai gave Joey a look with puppy eyes.
"Er…" Joey stuttered, "No. I can't. Like I said, I know nothing!"
"Aw, Joey, won't you tell me? Just me? For me?" she whispered in his ear. Her soft breath felt comfortingly warm against his ear. He shivered. This was going to be hard to resist.
"I don't know anything, Mai, "he protested, but less sternly this time. Mai was beginning to see a breakthrough.
"Are you sure?" Mai cooed and kissed Joey on the cheek. He went crimson immediately.
"Well…."
"Well, what?" Mai looked at him with her eyelids lowered. Joey pried his gaze away from those beautiful, purple eyes.
"Like I said before, I…." Mai kissed him on the check again, "might know something. Mai smiled at him, good, we're getting somewhere, she thought. Joey opened his mouth to reveal the contents of Kaiba's crush when Noa and Ishizu waltzed past him. He took one look at Noa and shut his mouth. He couldn't tell. It would probably get him in a load of trouble with Kaiba, and he didn't want to be in trouble with Kaiba. It had happened before, his mouth getting him into trouble with Mr. Big-shot.
"What were you going to say?" Mai inquired calmly, but inside, she was getting frustrated.
"Nothing. I was going to say nothing," Joey retorted. Mai still wasn't going to give up. She just wanted to wait a little bit before trying again.
Bakura and Yugi walked outside and to the left. Bakura led him over to a shady patch of trees, where even the moon hardly shown through. Then, they stopped, and Bakura turned to face Yugi.
"Yugi, I wanted to talk to you about something."
"Yeah, okay, what is it?"
"Well…." Yugi cut him off then.
"Bakura, I think I also need to discuss something with you," Yugi commented, looking at his shoes. Yami Bakura was in no mood to here a "foolish mortal's" troubles, but at that time, the real Ryou Bakura had most of the control. His manners were far more self-less that Yami Bakura's.
"Well, you first then," Ryou smiled, "I can wait."
"Thanks. Well, it's about…oh, I don't know how to bring this up…well…." Yugi began blushing madly, embarrassed about the topic he wanted to discuss.
"You wanted to talk about Tea, yes?" Ryou answered for him.
"Well, yes. You're a very close friend and all, and since we're in someplace private, I just wanted to know some stuff. Like, has she ever said anything to you, about me?"
"As a matter of fact…."
"Or, have you ever liked someone? What's it like?"
"Actually…."
"Did she like you back?" Yugi rambled on nervously.
"Yugi…."
"I don't know what to do. I want to tell her how I feel, but I don't know how she'll take it," Yugi looked around anxiously.
All Ryou could do was smile. He knew Yugi was nervous, and he'd do anything to help his friend. But by this time, Yami Bakura was getting frustrated and slowly creeping over the line of control. Ryou, on the other hand was losing it.
"Yugi, forget what I wanted to talk about," Ryou said, half trying to help his friend and half trying to keep his dark side from obtaining Yugi's Millennium Items, "We can talk about my idea later. Why don't you go ask Tea to dance? Maybe then you'll sum up enough courage to tell her. I do say, I believe it's the perfect time."
Yugi looked up at him, "You know, Bakura, you're right. Thanks." He ran off back to the hall. Yami Bakura was now toying with Ryou's mind.
"You imbecile! How could you let him go! You're such an idiot! Why I even bother with you!"
"Because you need me. Now, go away! I don't want you in my mind the rest of tonight, or anymore for that matter!"
"Well, we can't all get what we want, but I can start! And the first thing I want is control!" Yami Bakura yelled mentally.
"No! I won't let you harm anyone!"
"Too bad," and with tat, Yami Bakura took over. He sighed. Ryou was so annoying sometimes. He took the Millennium Eye out of his pocket and looked at it.
"Now, I have business to attend to," he walked off after Yugi. Meanwhile, Shadi stood invisible in the shadows, watching Yami Bakura with interest.
"So, here is my thief. Not only does he have the Eye, but he is after the other items too. I have to put a stop to this." Still invisible, Shadi walked off after Yami Bakura.
Marik stood off to one corner, alone. He was watching his sister dance with Noa. It was quite a sight. The two talked on and off, and Marik even saw his older sister laugh at times. Suddenly, he felt a vibration coming from his side. He looked down and saw that his Rod was shining and shaking slightly. The color drained from Marik's face. That couldn't be good.
Noa danced around with Ishizu. Every minute, he liked her a little more, as a friend. Yes, he was keeping in the friend zone, and denying a true feeling. He had even told himself earlier, as you might recall, that he liked having been alive so little, and not being able to have those emotions that his brothers had.
He looked up and saw Seto and Tea through the unblocked window to Seto's office. They had stopped dancing. They were near the middle of the office, but were still very visible to one on the first floor.
They were just about to pass Mokuba and Serenity. Mokuba was red in the cheeks, and Serenity seemed to be enjoying herself. Then, out of the corner of his eye, Noa saw Yugi come in through the front doors. He gasped slightly. Ishizu heard him.
"Is something the matter?" she inquired.
"No, nothing," Noa replied nervously. He couldn't let Yugi see Kaiba and Tea. Not only would it hurt Yugi, but it would also get Tea in trouble and Kaiba highly embarrassed and angry. Then, he'd take out his anger on the two brothers. That wasn't a pleasant experience. Just as they were passing Mokuba and Serenity, Noa whispered to his brother.
"Moke, we need to distract Yugi," then he was pulled away somewhere else, leaving Mokuba confused.
Mokuba looked around and saw Yugi. Then, he noticed the open window revealing Seto and Tea. Horrors ran through his head. He stopped dancing.
"Serenity, I 'm getting a little dizzy, can we stop for a minute?" Now, who knows? Maybe it was just an excuse. Maybe he really was dizzy, from dancing or from being so near Serenity. Who knows?
"Oh, sure," she was a little red in the cheeks to, probably from all the dancing, "So, you feel that way too?"
Mokuba spun around and looked at her, "What?"
Serenity flipped, "What? What did I say? Tell me! What did I say? I have no recollection of saying anything just now!"
"I'll…I'll talk to you in a minute. Just stay here. I'll be back," and Mokuba ran over to Yugi. Serenity slapped herself.
"What were you saying just a minute ago? You're such an idiot, Serenity!" she slapped herself again.
Mokuba ran up to Yugi, "Hey, Yugi!"
"Oh, hey, Mokuba. Listen, have you seen Tea? I need to ask her something."
"Tea? Well…no, but I need…" Mokuba began.
"Excuse me," Yugi pushed past Mokuba.
"Dang it! Need another plan," Mokuba looked around. He saw Joey dancing with Mai not far off.
"Ah! Joey! He'll know what to do!" Mokuba rushed over to Joey. Yugi meanwhile was looking around for Tea. He was near the wall with the door that led to Kaiba's office, and didn't have a very good view of the window. Therefore, when he looked up, he only saw a glimpse of Tea, just standing. He didn't see Kaiba.
"Hmm, I wonder what she's doing up there?" Yugi noticed the door and began to walk toward it.
"Joey!" Mokuba ran up.
"Oh, hey. What's up?" Joey answered. Mai sighed. What was with all these intrusions on her dance? She was just about to start pondering Joey again.
"Listen Joey, THE plan is about to get demolished," Mokuba whispered while slightly nodding his head in Yugi's direction. Mai didn't notice him, and was trying not to.
Joey looked over in the direction Mokuba gestured. He took a sharp intake of breath. Sure, he knew about his best friend's feelings for Tea, but he also wanted to get some good blackmails and shots at Kaiba by knowing his secret. It was just one good prank anyway, he decided. This was the one time he would have to go against Yugi's wishes. But, he wouldn't do it with Yugi knowing directly.
"Alright, gotcha. Leave it to me," but even though Joey sounded confident, he had no plans up his sleeve.
Mai was still trying not to notice Mokuba. She turned Joey's head back towards her, "So Joey, what do you know? What did you want to tell me before? Then, an idea struck Joey. He cussed in his mind. This was going to take A LOT of sacrifice on his part.
"Just a second," he played along. Mai was so shocked at her victory, that she didn't really notice when Joey bent down and whispered to Mokuba.
"Alright. Everything's under control. But, if you want a great shot, get your flippen camera ready." Mokuba was still just a tad confused, but he walked a few paces back anyway and put a hand on his camera in his pocket. Yugi was nearing the door quickly. Joey led Mai just a little closer to Yugi. Now, Yugi was within earshot, and would be able to hear everything. And soon, everyone would hear it all too.
"You really want to know what I was going to say to you, Mai?" Joey said, staring into her eyes.
"Yes," she replied. Mokuba pulled his camera out just a tad, still not sure what Joey was up to. Yugi had his hand outstretched.
"I was going to say…."
"Yes?" Yugi could see the two out of the corner of his eye, and hear them slightly (they were whispering), but he didn't pay much attention.
"Mai," Joey started, then said very, very, VERY quickly, and much louder, "I love you!" He grabbed her by the base of her head and kissed her smack dab on the lips. Mai was COMPLETELY shocked and stood there like a loose rag doll.
"What the crap," Mokuba muttered. He pulled his camera out, now aware of what Joey had said to him. Everyone around the two stopped in their tracks. Even Noa and Ishizu saw this and stopped. This was DEFINITELY a first: Joey Wheeler kissing a girl. They knew he fell completely out of focus over hot girls, but this was a first.
Yugi, now aware of Joey kissing Mai, stopped dead. He wanted to know what exactly was going on. Joey would NEVER under any circumstances tell Mai about his huge crush for her.
Tristan and Duke were still absorbed in the screen placed in Seto's office. But then, in the panel right next to it, Duke noticed a shot of the dancing hall. And it was pretty much centered on Joey and Mai.
"What the crap!" Duke hollered.
"Ah!" Tristan fell backwards, now out of his gaze at the other screen, "What the heck's the matter with you?"
"Look, you idiot!" Tristan took a look.
"What the crap!"
"Exactly!" Duke exclaimed, "What the heck is wrong with him? What's going on! Argh, I'm so confused!" he started pulling at his already messed up black hair.
"Alright, calm down, there's gotta be some explanation for this. Then, he turned back to the camera screen in Seto's office, "AH! What the crap!"
"Argh, what now!" Duke said looking over, "Ah! What the crap!"
Marik wasn't paying attention to Joey's attempt to distract Yugi. He was more concerned with a certain white-haired spirit entering the hall, with the Millennium Ring showing around his neck, glowing brightly. Yami Bakura was advancing towards Yugi, not fazed at all by the "foolish mortal's" kissing frenzy. Marik didn't have any good feelings about this whatsoever. So, naturally, he followed him, unaware that another Egyptian, whom also possessed Millennium Items, was following the same tomb robber.
Mokuba still stood in front of Joey and Mai (and Joey was still kissing her. He had to admit, he'd been waiting to do that for a LONG time). But, Mokuba was more interested in seeing if Yugi was going to stay there or not. Noa noticed his brother with the camera half pulled out of his pocket. He sighed, seeing Mokuba not paying attention, walked over, and grabbed it.
Mokuba spun his head around, "Hey! What was that-" Noa snapped a picture in two seconds and gracefully handed it back to Mokuba. Then, he walked back to Ishizu as if nothing had just happened.
Mokuba turned back around and looked down at the camera, "Gees, impatient kid."
Suddenly, Yugi felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and stared into the deep eyes of Yami Bakura. Then, he noticed the glowing Ring around his neck.
"What the? Bakura? How did you…? Where did you get the…."
"Bakura? Bakura is no longer here, you fool. Now, I believe you have something I want," the yami replied. The Millennium Puzzle glowed dimly, and Yugi grew about an inch taller.
"So, you've returned, tomb robber. You've returned for the soul purpose of taking my puzzle. Well, it's not going to happen," Yami declared, glaring at him.
Yami Bakura looked at him strangely, "Speaking of souls…." He held up his Millennium, Ring. It began glowing.
"No! I will allow no harm to befall my protégé," Yami protested.
"Too bad," the evil spirit proclaimed, "What does he have to live for anyway?" Yami Bakura looked up at the window above them. This, my friends is called FORESHADOWING, or the literary term for being a psychic. Yes, by looking at the window, Bakura knows what's about to happen, is really pleased, and loves to see hearts broken, even though Yugi doesn't, and won't know (at least, I don't think he will) about what's soon to happen.
Shadi stood, yes, invisible, behind Bakura, ready for any help the Pharaoh might need. Marik was racing over. In the corner of her eye, Ishizu noticed he brother running. She also saw a small collection of Millennium Items by a door in the wall. Not only did she see them, but she also sensed them. One can only say that Ishizu knew that Shadi stood there, and could feel a strange sensation in the pit of her stomach. It signaled that something was about to change….
"I think I still owe you something, Tea. And I just want you to know…." He said this all very quickly, then immediately swooped down and kissed her. Tea, though thoroughly surprised at first, kissed him back. Yes, they were making out. Kaiba's hands were on Tea's waist and her arms were around is neck. (This was about the time where both Tristan and Duke exclaimed, "What the crap!")
Ishizu felt a strange jolt inside. She looked over and saw her brother running towards Yugi. He was almost there. The eye symbols on the items had begun glowing (save the Millennium Key. With that, the whole object glowed).
She threw out her hand, "Marik, stop!" Everybody looked at her. Joey stopped kissing Mai and looked around at the Egyptian. Marik turned his head to acknowledge his sibling, but he had already entered the midst of the Millennium Items. Every Item at that second glowed completely and brighter than ever.
Shadi appeared out of thin air, staring down at the Key in amazement. Everybody gasped at seeing his appearance. The Millennium Item holders tried moving, yet they could not.
"What the heck? I'm stuck!" Yami Bakura raged.
"Yes, me too!" Marik replied gazing down at his Rod. Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, the Items vanished. They were still rooted to the ground though.
"Where'd my puzzle go?" Yami inquired to nobody. Yami Bakura dug through his pockets. Drat, it's gone, he thought to himself, cursing. Shadi was equally surprised, but had a hard time showing it. Ishizu ran over to them.
"No, stop!" Shadi exclaimed suddenly. Ishizu halted.
"Why?"
"It's not safe. Something might happen," he replied.
"Something is going to happen, you twit," Yami Bakura snapped back, "It's exactly what you were prophesying. Something's happened from the past. Now, we get to go back in time." He smiled evilly at this comment.
"WHAT?" Yami roared. There was great exclamation and murmuring throughout the crowd, having heard what the evil spirit had spoken. But, they also wondered, how could that be true?
At that second, the Items reappeared. Everyone turned to look at them. This time though, they were floating; in the middle of the ring of possessors. They stood in a line, pretty much. The Eye floated on top. Under the Eye was the Millennium Puzzle. Below it sat the Necklace. Underneath Ishizu's previous possession was the Millennium Scale, with the two scales projecting slightly at an angle. Thus, the Ring sat beneath that, with three of the pointers angled slightly left and downward, and the two others projected slightly to the right, pointed almost downwards. At an angle under the set of three pointers on the Ring, the Key floated, and opposite it, under the other two pointers; the Rod sat, angled. All in all, it seemed to, in a way, make an outline of a human body.
Yugi felt himself come back out from the corridors of his and Yami's minds. Yami had vanished. Then, many of the guests could swear (and those familiar with the Millennium Items were positive) that they saw the shadow of Yami outlined within the Millennium Items. Yami's shadow slowly opened his violet eyes. The Items glowed and blinded everyone in the area. Memories of a sandy desert filled their minds. Mostly everyone was confused and wondering what was happening.
Like I said, mostly everyone. Tea and Seto felt no change. They were completely unaware of what was happening. Actually, the making out felt familiar…like a something of long ago….
So, how'd you like it? Wasn't that so flippin' good? It was so…so suspenseful, or whatever. That was such a dang good chapter, I have to admit. Yeah! Now it's on to Part Two! Yeah! Haha! What's in store for everyone now? Hehe, only I know, but you'll find out! Read and review!
