NOTE: First off, sorry about the format on the previous chapter. I couldn't really "space out" my different ideas. wouldn't let me…really. So, I'm gonna try some different stuff next chapter (because this chapter is all one idea). So, if you don't understand a thing of this first half of the notice, that's okay. Anyway…more to do with the story….
Have you ever wondered what happened to the present people's minds (Yugi, Tea, Joey, etc.)? Well, in this chapter, you find out! Bet-cha didn't see that coming…. Hehe, yep, so this chapter is devoted to them. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Okay, since I can't come up with a good disclaimer, I'm just gonna say that I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Enough said. Geez, I'm getting' lame….
Chapter 15: "Enter the Shadow Realm"
Joey groaned as he lay on the floor of the vast blackness surrounding him. He rolled over, bored to the fullest extent. He'd been lying there for quite a while actually. Of course, the Shadow Realm wasn't exactly the most fun place to be. All that was there, in his section of the Realm, were his friends (and in Kaiba's case, enemy), and a large symbol of an eye, or rather, the eye represented on the Millennium Items.
Yes, earlier, Shadi, Ishizu and Marik had told the others why they were trapped here. It was quite a severe shock. Kaiba (with his hate for magic) had quite a few nasty things to say. But, it had been awhile since then.
And now, Joey was bored as can be. During the first few days (of course, they didn't know when a day ended or began), Joey had thrown all of the insults possible at Kaiba, while Seto retorted. This almost resulted in a horrid bit of fighting. Luckily, before that happened, Mokuba and Noa were able to hold their brother back, and Tristan and Duke held back Joey.
Now look at that ratio. Think of Noa and Mokuba each as half a person (height and weight wise). Therefore, it only took one "person" to hold Seto back and two to hold back Joey. That's kind of pathetic…knowing that a good number would be needed to hold back Seto, and he only needed one at the time….
Joey groaned again, adding in a special moan. He was waiting for it. It was the only good side to being bored.
"WILL YOU SHUT THE HECK UP!" Seto Kaiba shouted from the opposite side of the section, while sitting with his head on his upright knees.
Yes, Joey got to annoy Kaiba.
"AH!" Serenity jumped up. She had been taking a nap to pass the time. Joey noticed this.
"Hey, rich-boy! You woke up my sister! SHUT UP!" Joey cried back.
"WHAT ABOUT YOU, YOU MUTT?" Seto replied angrily. They shouted back and forth to each other. Noa and Mokuba looked at each other. Here we go again….
The two arguing finally jumped up and neared each other, ready to tear each other's limbs off. After a month of being cramped up with each other, they were nauseous.
But now, even Shadi had had enough. He had been rubbing his temples thoughtfully, trying to think up something to get them out of here. He finally cracked.
"WILL YOU TWO STOP BICKERING THIS INSTANT! ONE CAN'T THINK IN THE MIDST OF YOU TWO!"
Kaiba and Joey stared at him, as did the others. That was the first outburst they had ever heard from the usually serene man.
Yugi sighed. This constant fighting was getting really, REALLY annoying. Tea was with him on that. Ticked off, she stood up and walked over to the two. They turned to face her.
"What'd ya want, Tea?" Joey inquired. She pushed him away from Kaiba. Then, she took her try at pushing Seto away. Not wholly expecting it, he only stumbled backwards a few steps.
"Now, I'm warning you two…stop all of this arguing. You're driving us all insane! I want each of you on opposite corners, NOW!" she commanded.
"Yes ma'am!" Joey saluted, sarcastically. But knowing Tea's temper, he retreated to one side of the segment of the Realm.
"Now you," Tea turned to Seto.
"No one gives me orders," Seto turned his head, not wanting to look at her.
"Well, guess what? I JUST DID!" she shrieked. Seto was a bit taken aback. He slowly stepped backwards to the opposite side of the room. Tea sighed, content, and returned to her seat next to Yugi and Ishizu.
Ishizu had her eyes closed and her head down, trying to get some sort of rest. Marik was pacing the room, worried beyond all reason (still, after a month in this time period). Mai was now braiding Serenity's hair, just to have something to do, and please Joey's sister.
Altogether, it was a very boring experience. Except, when the eye symbol near them began to glow.
"What's up with that?" Yugi inquired.
Tristan stood up and walked over to it. He examined it. But while examining it, he looked through the eye. And that's where he saw where they were.
"Hey! It's our world!" he cried out. Everybody jumped up, ready to be rid of this forsaken Realm. "Wait…this isn't where we were…this looks like Egypt or something.
"It's most likely Ancient Egypt," Ishizu commented.
"Yeah…and there's a building up ahead. It's night I suppose, because it's dark and there's a light on in the building," Tristan continued.
"What sort of structure?" Shadi interrogated.
"I dunno…there are some pillars in front of it; kind of pointed at the top," Tristan explained.
"Obelisks," Marik said.
"Yeah, whatever…wait, now we're behind one…can't see anything…wait! We're peeking out from behind the pillar now…there are two people in the light of the temple…they're…. AH! WHAT THE CRAP!"
"Oh, if I don't know that phrase," Duke commented, running over to Tristan, "What'd you see? Last time you said that, Tea and Kaiba were…."
"OW!" Noa cried out in agony. Everyone spun around to look at him. He was jumping up and down, holding his foot. Mokuba stood next to him, trying to look innocent.
"MOKUBA, WHAT THE HE--" Noa started. Mokuba coughed.
"DID YOU DO THAT FOR? DA--" Mokuba coughed again, during Noa's exclamation.
"What did you do?" Seto inquired.
"Nothing, Seto, awesome brother of mine," Mokuba smiled sweetly.
"Right," Seto dragged out.
"Honest!" Mokuba said. Sure, Moke…we'll believe that you didn't step on Noa's foot (really hard) so that he would shout really loud and distract everyone from hearing Duke about to reveal what he and Tristan had seen Kaiba and Tea do. Sure….
"Why'd you do it?" Serenity asked.
"D-do what?" Mokuba stuttered.
"Step on my godforsaken foot!" Noa retaliated.
"Who says I stepped on it?" Mokuba continued, trying to draw them away from the eye. While this argument raged on, Tristan put his hand against the eye, to lean against "a wall," so that he could relax while watching the bickering. But when he did so, he began phasing through the eye.
"AH! Help!" Tristan cried out. Everyone turned to face him.
"Whoa! Gotcha!" Duke cried out, pulling on Tristan's jacket to help him out.
"Wait!" Yugi exclaimed.
"Why?" Tristan inquired.
"What it…."
"That's our ticket out!" Marik cried out, seeing what Yugi was about to say.
"Yes!" Ishizu complied.
"Of course…we all must go through it to return to our time," Shadi returned.
"Well, let's go!" Duke pointed out. But just as he was about to stick a hand through it, the eye dimmed, and became solid again.
"Hey? What's the matter with this thing" Tristan knocked on it.
"Seems we can only exit at certain times," Marik said.
"Aw man! Who knows when the next portal will open?" Joey cried out, stomping his foot on the ground. Don't worry Joey…you won't have to wait too much longer….
After the gang had settled back down, Duke sat next to Tristan, "What did you see?"
"Well…." Tristan began, but at that moment, Kaiba came up to them, pulled them up and held them up by their collars. No one was paying any attention to them, absorbed in their own boredom.
He glared a Duke, "I KNOW what you were about to say back there…." He left the sentence dangling.
"Y-you did?" Duke squeaked.
"YES! Now," he turned to face Tristan, "what was out there?"
"Well, I dunno…just some people…de ja vu, really…that's all," Tristan ended.
"What do you mean by de ja vu?" Seto inquired menacingly.
"Well…some people were just…um…kissing, that's all," he smirked, knowing that combined, the de ja vu comment and the kissing comment were getting to Kaiba.
Kaiba reddened slightly but glared at them, "You will NEVER tell ANYONE about that, you hear?"
"I have no idea what you could be talking about," Tristan lied, trying to get Kaiba to admit what he had done.
"You know very well what I mean," Seto said.
"You know…those two people out there looked a lot like you and…." Seto didn't let him finish.
"YOU WILL TELL NO ONE ABOUT THIS! OR THAT!" he added, dropping them on the ground. "Got it?"
Duke rubbed his neck, "Yeah, got it."
"Good." Seto turned around and walked away.
"Touchy guy," Duke commented.
"You can say that again," Tristan replied. But, he still wondered about what he had seen outside, and what he had seen Kaiba and Tea doing. What was up? He was sorely confused…but nonetheless, beginning to form some connections in his mind….
So…how'd you like it? Sorry it was so short, but that's all I had to say. Anywho…are you making the connections? With the time / portal openings and the Tea / Seto events? Well? Have you got it? If you don't, ask me in a review and I'll either answer it in the next chapter, my profile page, or email. Ta-ta! Review!
