Yami Pandora: Thank you for the reviews! I am so glad people like my fic, because my first review for my other fic was rather… negative. But oh well. Just one review isn't gonna put me down and discontinue. Don't care what the dumbass said about me anyway.
subtleblade: so happy you like it! Please wait till I finish the chapter before you fall off your seat though. : )
Nachzes Black-Rider: Oops, I guess I forgot that part. And you can spell his name! Well something which I hope you find drastic will happen, I'm just not going to tell you what.
Marik's-Gurl21: um… thanks for that… unusual review, oh well, I found it quite funny!
I've talked enough now, so I'm going to shut up and continue.
Chapter 11
(Last Time)
"The Pharaoh needs his ass saving? Looks like I'm going to have some new baiting material. You can count me in; I want to rub his face in it. Ha. A tomb robber saving a Pharaoh" he finished with an evil laugh. Everyone rolled their eyes and sweat dropped, knowing that Bakura was indeed going to tease Yami about this for weeks. Seto cheered up hearing everyone's agreement and stood up. "Well, just how are we going to get him out then?" he asked
(This Time)
Yami awoke to find himself in a small room. He didn't know where he was, but he knew his head hurt like hell. He sat up and looked around. The room was nothing special. Just plain grey walls, a large metal door and there were no windows. Well, guess I won't be escaping any time soon he thought to himself. 'Yugi?' he asked through the mind link. 'Yami? Where are you? Are you OK? Can you get out?...' came the quick response from Yugi. Yami laughed in spite of himself. 'I don't know where I am, though I can here the sea, I'm fine but I have a severe head ache and no I can't get out' Yami said. Yami felt worry and concern through Yugi's end and said 'don't worry, I'll be fine' although he knew he would most probably get hurt. 'We're coming to find you. Kaiba got a letter from this Maniakku Yokoshima guy, asking him to give himself up for yo…' Yugi began, but Yami cut him off 'don't let Seto give himself up for me. I don't want him to suffer that man again'. Yami was worried and scared for Seto. He had been hurt so much in the past, he didn't want him to suffer anymore. Yami heard no more from the link. He looked around again, trying to find some way out. He tried to use his Shadow magic, but for some reason it didn't work. "DAMN" he yelled.
"Now, now Yami, don't get into such a temper" came a cold voice through the sound of the door being unlocked. Yami swung round to see the smirking face of Maniakku Yokoshima. He glared at the figure in front of him. This was the man who had brought his love so much pain. "Don't be like that. You will be reunited with your friends soon enough, though how you are to be reunited is up to my dear Seto" Maniakku said. Yami's glare intensified.
"I will not allow you to use me to get to Seto" Yami snarled. Maniakku's smirk deepened. He walked over to Yami and grabbed his face; looking into his eyes and said "I think you will find you have no choice in the matter" he sneered and pushed Yami to the floor. He walked out leaving Yami to worry about both his and Seto's fate.
Seto, Yugi and the gang were trying to find someway to keep both Seto and Yami safe from harm. They weren't having much luck so far; all their plans had one flaw or another in them. All their plans involved at least one of them having to make contact with Maniakku, which they couldn't afford, as Seto's description of this man told them he was ruthless and would do anything to get what he wanted.
"Argh" tea screamed. The others turned their heads around to look (or in Seto's case glare) at her. "This is so frustrating. We can't think of any plan to get Yami out! Why don't you just turn yourself over Kaiba?". Seto flinched and everyone noticed.
"No" Yugi said. "Yami made me promise I wouldn't let Kaiba give himself over, I would never forgive myself if that happened". Tea scowled but didn't say anymore on the matter. She threw the occasional glare at Seto, which he gladly returned. Seto sighed.
"What?" Yugi asked.
"Maybe the only way to get him back is for me to give myself up. Maniakku is very smart, a bastard but a smart bastard. He will have made sure that there is no way for us to get Yami out" Seto said with downcast eyes. Everyone gasped when they heard the great Seto Kaiba giving up.
"No way" Joey yelled. "Yami doesn't want that to happen, so I'm gonna make sure it doesn't, you got that?". Seto managed a weak smile at the fact that Joey Wheeler was backing him.
"What's the deal with you anyway? You've never cared about any of us before. Why start now?" Tea snapped. The whole room fell in an awkward silence. Seto glared at her and said "It's none of your business. When we get Yami back, maybe then I'll tell you". Tea crossed her arms and glared at Seto.
"No, you are going to tell us now Mr High-and-Mighty" Tea shouted. Seto looked at her sceptically.
"Whatever" he said darkly. "Yami and I are together. Happy?". With that he stood up and stormed out of the room. The others apart from Yugi, Mokuba and Joey sat there in shock. "Well, I'd better make sure he doesn't do anything drastic" Yugi said and ran after Seto. Tea's look of shock was still firmly on her face.
"How can Yami be seeing THAT" she whispered.
"Quite easily" Mokuba said dangerously. "They love each other, and nothing you can do or say will change that, got it?" he finished. Tea just sat there, her mouth opening and closing like a fish. "Well, let's get after Seto and Yugi" Mokuba said.
"Hey, Kaiba wait up" Yugi called. Seto reluctantly stopped and waited until Yugi caught up with him gasping for breath. Seto rolled his eyes and continued walking with Yugi along side him. "What are you going to do?" Yugi asked.
"I don't know. I want to get Yami out of there, but… at the same time, I don't want to be raped again" Seto said, tears forming in his eyes. "Maybe I should go and get Yami out" Seto said softly, but Yugi heard him.
"Don't you dare! Yami loves you and he won't let you sacrifice yourself for him" Yugi flared. Seto blinked. He'd never heard Yugi talk like that before. "But what if it's the only way? I don't want Yami to be hurt because I didn't go to Maniakku" Seto said, the tears he'd held now falling down his cheeks. Yugi looked sorrowfully at Seto, trying to think of some way to comfort him.
"Kaiba… you know Yami won't allow you to sacrifice yourself for him, he cares too much" Yugi said sadly.
"He doesn't have much choice of being saved" Seto said and took off towards the dock.
"Kaiba wait. Don't go, it will hurt Yami more than anything Maniakku can do to him" Yugi cried out. He tried to run after Seto, but Seto was just too fast and he soon lost sight of him. He still tried running to the dock though. When he got there, he saw Maniakku and several other men holding Yami while Seto walked nervously towards them. He heard Yami shout "Seto, I thought I told you not to come". He sounded heart broken that Seto had ignored his warning.
"I will not let you suffer what I have" Seto said sadly. Yugi quickly dialled Mokuba's number with his own mobile.
"Mokuba, you and the others need to get to the dock quick, Kaiba's going to give himself over" Yugi whispered quickly. A gasp was heard on the other end, then a frantic yelling as Mokuba told the others. "Alright Yami, we're on our way" Mokuba said and hung up. Yugi put his phone back in his pocket and turned back in time to hear "I'm glad you've decided to join us Seto, I thought you would've let him die you were taking so long. Maybe you can't resist me after all" Maniakku sneered.
"Know this. I'm only here to protect Yami, I never came because I wanted to, so don't think so highly of yourself" Seto shot back instinctively.
"If I were you, I'd watch what I say, your lover is still in our hands" Maniakku said angrily. "You are mine Seto, you should never have been with anyone else, only me" he said. Seto glared.
"I don't belong to anyone" Seto hissed. Maniakku's smirk disappeared and he knocked Seto to the floor with a fist. Yami cried out and tried to reach his lover, but was restrained by two men three times his size. As Yugi watched Yami struggle against the men, and see Maniakku approaching Seto, he heard a car driving up 'please be Mokuba and the guys' he pleaded silently. He heard the footsteps of people running and heard Mokuba's voice. Yugi ran over to the sounds. "Quickly, they're over there" Yugi said pointing to the direction of the men holding Maniakku and Seto. They rushed over to find Maniakku groping Seto (who had tears streaming down his face) and to see Yami being forced to watch while struggling furiously to help Seto. Joey, Tristan and Duke ran over to the first few men from behind and punched them over the head. The other men were soon in action to stop them as Maniakku tried to take Seto away. The men pulled guns out on the teenagers and they froze, not wanting to be shot. "Well Seto, looks like you brought some friends. Grab them and lets go" Maniakku said. They dragged the five struggling teenagers away, leaving Mokuba, Yugi, Tea, Ryou and Bakura alone behind the large crates which had been nearby.
"Oh no" Tea gasped. "Now they've got all of them. It's Kaiba's fault, he should never have involved us in his problem" she continued bitterly.
"SHUT UP!" Mokuba shouted. "It's not Seto's fault. You think he asked for this to happen? It's not his fault that Yami was taken" he ranted.
"Yes it is, if he had never gotten with Yami, they would never have tried to use him against us" Tea screeched.
"Of course they wouldn't, they would have used me, and knowing Yami, he would've been involved with all you lot too" Mokuba countered. Tea sputtered, unable to come up with a retort for Mokuba's answer.
"I still say it's Kaiba's fault, now we've got more of them to save!" Tea said sulkily. "This is going to be impossible" she said.
"No it won't" said Ryou suddenly. The others looked at him curiously. He blushed at the attention and continued "Well… we've got Bakura, he was one of the best…" Ryou started but was cut off by Bakura's protest.
"I know what you're going to say, and I wasn't one of the best, I was the best" he said indignantly. Ryou rolled his eyes and continued.
"Yes we have the best Tomb Robber from Ancient Egypt. He should be able to track them down easily" Ryou said, inflating Bakura's ego further. Ryou noticed this and rolled his eyes again to which Bakura mock-pouted. "Well, we'd better try to find out where they went, huh?" Yugi said.
"I want to know why you never told us of this before Ryou" Tea snapped at the white haired boy. Ryou flinched under the glare he was receiving from the obviously pissed off girl.
"Um… it must have slipped my mind, what with all that happened" Ryou said nervously. Bakura growled, a warning for Tea to back off which she didn't pay any attention to. "IT SLIPPED YOUR MIND? HOW COULD IT SLIP YOUR MIND, YAMI WAS KIDNAPPED AND YOU FORGOT ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO GET HIM BACK? HOW COULD YOU DO SOMETHING SO STUPID? YOU SHOULD BE THE ONE IN THAT MANIAC'S IMPRISONMENT, NOT YAMI, TRISTAN, JOEY AND DUKE, YOU" Tea ranted, making tears form in Ryou's eyes.
"I… I'm sorry, it was an honest mistake" he stammered. Bakura was seething that his hikari was close to tears.
"Listen cheer leader, back off from my hikari, unless you want a one way trip to the Shadow Realm" he hissed. Mokuba and Yugi watched the display nervously, neither one being able to believe that Tea could be so cruel.
"Come on guys, we have to get the others back. Fighting isn't going to help" Yugi said. "Don't worry Ryou, it's not your fault" he added when he saw Ryou's regretful face. Bakura placed his arms comfortingly around Ryou and pulled him into a hug before starting to track Maniakku down.
Random Song – Nightwish, Over the Hills and Far Away
They came for him one winter's night.
Arrested, he was bound.
They said there'd been a robbery,
his pistol had been found.
They marched him to the station house,
he waited for the dawn.
And as they led him to the dock,
he knew that he'd been wronged.
"You stand accused of robbery,"
he heard the bailiff say.
He knew without an alibi,
tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom.
Over the hills and far away,
for ten long years he'll count the days.
Over the mountains and the seas,
a prisoner's life for him there'll be.
He knew that it would cost him dear,
but yet he dare not say.
Where he had been that fateful night,
a secret it must stay.
He had to fight back tears of rage.
His heart beat like a drum.
For with the wife of his best friend,
he spent his final night of freedom.
Over the hills and far away,
he swears he will return one day.
Far from the mountains and the seas,
back in her arms he swears he'll be.
Over the hills and far away.
Over the hills and,
over the hills and,
over the hills and far away.
Each night within his prison cell,
he looks out through the bars.
He reads the letters that she wrote.
One day he'll know the taste of freedom.
Over the hills and far away,
she prays he will return one day.
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
back in his arms he swears she'll be.
Over the hills and far away,
he swears he will return one day.
Far from the mountains and the seas,
back in her arms he swears he'll be.
Over the hills and far away,
she prays he will return one day.
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
back in his arms is where she'll be.
Over the hills,
over the hills and far away.
Over the hills,
over the hills and far away.
Yami Pandora: I hope you enjoyed that chapter. I'm not going to be able to update for a few days, I'm going to my dads house for the bank holiday. When I get back I'll be expecting lots of reviews, so get reviewing! I've also got G.C.S.E exams coming up and around a week and a half, so I'm going to up to my eyeballs in revision… sob sob.