Yugi: Kitty, I don't want to stay home forever!
Kitty: I know, Yugi-chan.
Yugi: (blinks) But-
Kitty: Just start the chapter.
Yugi: (sighs) R&R!
Chapter Three:
Help from a Car and a Kitty
Kitty sat down on the corner of Yugi's bed, her eyes focused on the floor and her head in her hands. She looked quite unhappy, to put it lightly.
Yugi hated seeing his girlfriend like this. He sat down beside her and kissed her cheek.
"Are you okay, love?" he asked.
Kitty looked up at her boyfriend. "It's just not fair! You and Harry-kun didn't do anything, and yet you're still getting punished! And September will start in less than a week…"
Atem appeared in his spirit form next to Kitty, with an identical look of misery on his face.
"This is all my fault," he said in a monotone, "If I hadn't been running after Dobby, we never would've gotten into this mess."
"Mom probably would've blamed me anyway," Yugi snapped, "She only blamed Harry-kun because he was right next to me."
"Well, I guess Dobby will be happy," Harry muttered, "I mean, you don't deserve to leave Hogwarts because of Dobby's stupid attempt to keep me away from school…"
The three mortals and one spirit sighed.
"Well, I'll make sure you guys get back to Hogwarts," Kitty growled, "You were right, Yugi-chan, magic would be able to help us in a emergency. Besides, Hogwarts might be able to help you unlock more of Atem's secret powers."
"But I don't see how we could ever go back," Yugi said sadly, "We've got no way to get back to England without Mom finding out…"
But Yugi hadn't seen the determined look in Kitty's hazel eyes…if he had, he might've realized how serious she really was.
Yugi tried to sleep well on the floor next to his bed where Harry was sleeping, but he didn't do a very good job of it, and it wasn't even the feel of the cold floor that made it difficult. It was his dreams.
Yugi found himself in a golden casket like an ancient Egyptian mummy would be in, which was behind glass in a museum…the Domino Museum.
Yugi tried to move his feet, but they were tied up. He looked down, to see they were bound in old linen.
He wasn't just in a mummy's casket: HE WAS IN THE PLACE OF A MUMMY!
People walked past his casket, pointing and poking the glass occasionally. Finally, Joey came up, Mai and Serenity next to him.
Yugi tried calling to them, "Help me! Get me out of here!"
But his words were stifled by the glass, even though he could hear Serenity read a marker beside the display.
"'Yugi Mutou: a fine duelist in youth; expelled from a wizard school at sixteen and never heard from since.' That's sad."
"Quite sad, actually," Yugi heard Mai say.
"Nah…I bet that guy didn't even know how to play a Duel Monsters card the right way up," Joey smirked.
The three left in choruses of laughter.
"Joey-kun!" Yugi screamed, "Mai-kun! Serenity-kun! Come back!"
Other people came around the glass. One in the very back Yugi recognized as Marik.
"Marik-kun!" Yugi yelled, "Marik-kun!"
But Marik didn't answer, instead going over to Kara and picking up one of his twins before leaving with her.
Then up came Dobby.
"Dobby!" Yugi whispered in relief, "Dobby, you've got to get me out of here! Help me out of here!"
Dobby shook his head. "Harry Potter and his friend are safe here, sir!"
"What…?"
Harry was across the way in a similar casket, apparently asleep.
"Dobby, you can't leave us here, you-"
Yugi stared at the spot Dobby had stood in horror.
/He's gone…Yami-kun, we've got to get out of here!/
Silence.
/Yami-kun?/
Atem still didn't answer as Seto, Mokuba and Melisanne approached.
"Kaiba-kun!" Yugi said.
Whether he heard Yugi or not, Seto peered through the glass in derision.
"I knew I'd become superior to him one day," he whispered, "It's just too bad I didn't get to humiliate him in a duel first…ah well."
Seto laughed like he used to: cold…unfeeling…scornful. It was a laugh that echoed in Yugi's ears even after he left the dream world and…
Awoke in his own bed.
Or was it really just echoing?
Yugi blinked. Someone was still laughing.
He looked up at his window to see…
"Kaiba-kun!"
Seto laughed. "Really, Yugi-kun, I didn't think I appeared in your dreams that much, let alone enough for you to shout my name in them…"
Yugi felt himself blush despite himself. He must have been talking in his sleep.
"Shut up," he snapped, before running over to the window, "But how…?"
The rest of the words faded away as he stared at how Seto was high enough to look through his window.
Seto was in the driver's seat of a turquoise-colored Ford Anglia parked in midair, and grinning from the passenger's seat next to Seto was Ron.
"But…but…" Yugi was almost speechless, "But…the magic rules…"
"Funny you mention that," Seto smirked, "This is Ron's father's car. He enchanted it, we're only borrowing it for our own purpose, a.k.a. rescuing you and Harry-kun from the horror of missing your second year at Hogwarts."
Yugi grinned. "I definitely owe you for this, Seto…"
"Excuse me?" came a voice from the backseat, "It was I who suggested this, even if Seto's the only one here with a driver's license."
"I could've done it," a second voice muttered, "But my driving record isn't exactly spotless."
"Dare-kun? Marik-kun?" Yugi said in surprise, "How many of you guys are here?"
"All of us, of course," Hermione muttered, "The backseat was enchanted to fit any number of people."
"Wake Harry-kun up and let's go," said Ryou, "We're driving straight to England and should make it to Ron-kun's house by late morning."
Yugi grinned, before running over to the sleeping Brit.
"ROAD TRIP!" Yugi yelled as he jumped on the bed.
After calming Harry down a bit, the two boys got their stuff together and threw their suitcases into the trunk before Seto tried to turn the car around so they could get in…
But Seto hit the edge of the windowsill pretty hard.
"YUGI!"
"Oh, damn!" Yugi muttered, grabbing the handle of the car door.
Yugi's mother threw open the door to her son's room…to find that both Yugi and Harry were gone and a car was flying off into the distance.
"I'LL BE BACK NEXT SUMMER, MOM!" Yugi yelled through the car window, "ATEM-KUN TOO!"
The Japanese boys roared with laughter as Seto put on the gas and drove off into the night.
"By the way," Ron said from the passenger seat, "You've got one of the best girlfriends I've ever seen…I mean, the look in her eyes when she said, 'I'm going to do anything I have to do to get Yugi's ass back to that school,' was enough to make my heart melt."
Yugi laughed. "Neko-chan is definitely one-of-a-kind…I'm going to have to pay her real well in bed when I get home…"The Brits were silent with awkward shock, but both Yugi and Seto grinned at their inside joke; neither of them had even suggested to their girlfriends to have sex yet.
"So…how'd you get a hold of this car?" Yugi asked Seto as the sun rose and all the others were sleeping.
"Ron's twin brothers," Seto replied. "Diana remembered that they had mentioned Mr. Weasley owning a flying car, so we wrote to Fred and George and asked if they could fly it over here. I let them take one of my jets back considering we needed the car to help you guys…not like they were complaining at having free food, entertainment and room service while flying homeward."
Yugi smiled. "You guys are the best."
Atem appeared in his spirit form next to Yugi. "Thanks from me, too. Makes me feel a little less guilty about getting Yugi-kun in trouble."
Seto tried not to look sour toward Atem like he always did. Luckily, Seth appeared next to him right then, so his expression could be ignored.
"Hey, at least you were curious about your past," the High Priest said, "I get Seto-chan in trouble all the time for no reason."
Seto glared at his Yami. "Oh, shut up before you hurt yourself…or rather, me, since you don't feel pain in your spirit form."
Seth smirked. "What? It's not my fault your secretary is a devout Christian who tried to send me back to Hell with an old fish tail…"
Atem laughed. "I could see that happening…I mean, you are Seth, after all."
Seth glared playfully at his cousin. "That's me! But, when you look at my Hikari," he added, giving Seto a teasing pinch to his cheek, "you would really think that he's more the type, ne?"
Seto rolled his eyes as he pushed his Yami off him. "Better being in the Underworld than having to tolerate with a fucked-up, cheerful version of yourself."
Seth pretended to look hurt. "It's not my fault that Mokuba-chan likes me better…"
"He does not," Seto snapped. "He just likes your forgiving, happy-go-lucky nature when he gets himself into trouble."
"Because it reminds him of you when you were younger," Seth said coolly as he laid back.
Seto opened his mouth to retort, but couldn't find anything to say, so he took out the map instead and pretended to navigate.
Seth sighed, and for the first time he looked sad.
"I just wish my Hikari would open up a bit," the High Priest said in an undertone to Yugi, "Otherwise he might make the same mistakes I've made in my life…"
Kitty: That's it!
Yugi: YAY! HARRY-KUN AND ME ARE GOING BACK!
Harry: Thank you, God...or should I say "thank you, Kitty?"
Kitty: Aw, shucks...
Lina: Reviews?
Kara: (looks) Four, and the first is from Meanae the Thorn!
Kitty: Soul Caliber is the funnest. I play it all the time with my step-bro Chezzie Cheese.
Lina: Your deck was STOLEN?
Atem: (wide-eyed) CALL THE SEARCH PARTIES!
(sirens flare, police investigate around Kitty's desk)
Kitty: We hope they find it... (a detective tries to pull down her pants to look for evidence) HEY! (kicks him away)
Yugi: (fuming) GET OUT OF HERE!
(search parties run away)
Kitty: Calm down, Yugi-chan.
Yugi: (smoke coming out of his ears) The only person allowed to touch around there is me!
Kitty: Yes, dear.
Yugi: (grins)
Others: (sweatdrop)
Lina: Next review: ANAYAS-CREATER.
Bakura: (rubbing his head) Ow...
Kitty: (chews innocently on a cookie) Yummy! These are tasty!
Diana: Here! (gives ANAYAS a huge bag of Kitty's mom's home-baked Toll House cookies: Delicious!!!)
Bakura: (pouts) I wanna cookie...
Lina: (eating a cookie) Say sorry.
Bakura: (glares) Sorry.
Lina: Not to me!
Bakura: (groans) ANAYAS, I'm sorry.
Kara: (sweatdrop) Next review.
Kitty: Next is Claire!
Yugi: Hey, I can't deny it! But family loyalty... (sighs)
Kitty: No, she doesn't know about my fanfic past. (eyes dart) That would be a disaster.
Atem: Tell me about it. (grins) And thanks to my cousin and his stubborn Hikari, we did escape.
Seto: (grumbling to himself)
Kitty: (grins) And why fight a good thing? (glomps Yugi)
Yugi: (kisses Kitty on the cheek) Love you too, Kitten.
Lina: Last but not least is ZeldaAlly!
Kitty: Hiya! Don't you worry, Yugi's going back...
Yugi: (sweatdrop) I'm glad you were able to resist...for the moment, anyhow...
Atem: (chewing on a cookie) These are good...
Seth: (eating cotton candy) Rather good for cotton...
Seto: It's not cotton!
Seth: Then why is it "cotton candy?"
Seto: Because it looks like cotton.
Seth:Then is it candy?
Seto: No.
Seth: Then what is it?
Seto: ...
Kitty: My birthday is tomorrow! YAY!
Yugi: Finally fourteen.
Kitty: (glomps Yugi) Yep!
Lina: R&R, peoples!