You are My Super Star
Chapter
13—Can't Go Home
by
YYY
"You know I'm coming?" Joey asks.
"Of course. Who did you think gave you the info that Yami is kidnapped in Limbo?" Anuradha says. "It was a trap to lure you here. After Yami died, I saw you following Yami in Limbo. I realize that you and Yami must be friends. I kidnapped Yami so you'll come and get him."
"This is all a trap to get me here?" Joey says.
"Of course! You're the bunny of the moon, the guardian of dreams. You and I are like mortal enemies. I waited for milleniums for a chance to kill you." Anuradha laughs, "but I never get to leave the Limbo, so I can't hurt you. When I see you coming to the Limbo to send Yami on his journey, I can't miss this chance to kill you. I took Yami so you'll be back to Limbo to search for him. I got it all planned out, you sneak into Limbo to play, the demons go and get you. I even told that demons where you were hiding!"
"That's why the demons know where to find me!" Joey says.
"Yeah, I was watching you the moment you entered Limbo. And the demons would have eaten you, if your friend there didn't show up in time to save you. By the way, he doesn't look too good." Anuradha says.
"Seto?" Joey calls.
Seto is kneeing disappearing. "My time is running out."
--In the human world—
Yugi shouts, "how come he is still not moving? Didn't you give him the injection already?"
"I did!" Pegasus shouts.
"Are you sure you're doing it correctly?" Yugi shouts.
"I don't know! I was never a drug user when I was young." Pegasus shouts, "I never used a needle in my entire life."
Hakkai checks Seto's pulse. "He is getting weak. He is going to be gone really soon if we don't get him back." Hakkai says.
"Come on, Seto! Wake up!" Pegasus shouts.
--Back in the Limbo—
Seto is losing consciousness. He tries to keep a clear head but he can feel his soul being pulled away from the Limbo. Anuradha laughs, "Seto is going to be gone soon, and no one is going to save you. You're going to be my dinner for tonight! I'm craving for bunny foot."
--At human world—
Hakkai shouts, "we are going to lose Seto! We have to do something!"
"He is not breathing!" Yugi shouts.
"Give him CPR now!" Sanzo shouts. Hakkai does so at once.
"Come on, Seto! Wake up!" Yugi cries.
--At Limbo—
Anuradha takes the bunny and heads to the stove. "How should I cook you, bunny? Should I steam you? Grill you? Or should I bake you?" The dream destroyer says to the bunny.
Seto says weakly, "leave the bunny alone."
Anuradha says to Seto, "Go back to your world, human. Your body is not going to be able to last much longer without a soul. If you don't go back now your body will die and your soul will not be able to get back to human world."
"Seto, go back! You can't stay here!" Joey says.
"If your soul cannot go back to human world, you will have to go the world of the dead. Or you can stay at the Limbo forever." Anuradha laughs. The witch lady puts the moon rabbit on the stove.
Seto watches as the witch starts the fire. The small helpless bunny struggles fruitlessly on the fire. Seto stands up and shouts, "I Said LEAVE THE RABBIT ALONE!"
"Seto! No!" Joey shouts.
--At Human world—
Hakkai puts Seto down. "Seto is dead." Hakkai said.
"No!" Pegasus shouts, "You stupid crazy stubborn eccentric son of a…"
Yugi senses something wrong with Joey. He walks up to Joey and touches Joey's nose. "Joey isn't breathing!" Yugi exclaims.
"What? Something must have happened down there in Limbo!" Hakkai says.
Yugi watches Joey and Seto lying in front of his eyes. "First is Yami, then now Usagi and his lover. I must be bad luck. Anyone who comes close to me die. I killed them all."
"Don't blame yourself." Pegasus says.
Yugi takes Seto's pills bottle and says, "Let me just take this and kill myself." Yugi says.
"Are you crazy! Give me the bottle now!" Pegasus shouts.
"No!" Yugi shouts.
"I'm going to go down there." Sanzo says.
"You can't go there! The air down there is poisonous to us! If we go down there the air will erode our body." Hakkai says.
"It's better than standing here and do nothing." Sanzo says.
"But how are you going to find them in Limbo? It has no boundaries! It goes on for eternity!" Hakkai says.
"The little boy will be my guide." Sanzo says.
Yugi looks at Sanzo. Sanzo says, "your love for Yami and Joey is a unbreakable bond if you really love them enough to die for them. I can just use your love as a guide."
"Don't be crazy! If you are lost down there you'll disappear forever. No afterlife, no reincarnation!" Hakkai shouts.
"Even if I disappear it doesn't make any difference. It's not like there is something here that make me want to live." Sanzo says.
"Don't do this! There are two bodies here already! We don't need another one!" Hakkai shouts.
"I'm ordered to take Joey back, and I'll do whatever it takes to carry out my order." Sanzo says.
"But…" Hakkai says.
"I can do it." Yugi says, "trust me. I can guide you to Yami and Joey."
"Fine, then I'll go." Sanzo says.
--Back in the Limbo—
Seto pushes the witch away and picks up the small bunny. "Are you okay?" Seto asks.
Joey is coughing since a lot of smoke from the cooking fire gets into his lung, but there is not burn mark on the bunny. "Why do you do this? You're dead now!" Joey yells.
"I will die a thousand times before I let this woman put her hands on you." Seto says.
"You're merely a human! What makes you think you can stop my demons?" Anuradha asks.
A group of demons attack Seto and Joey. All the demons are 9ft tall, 1000 pounds, scary looking and has strength to crush a pick up truck with on punch. "I'm going to squash you into a prune and then I'm going to make dinner with Joey." Anuradha says.
The gigantic monster is about to squash Joey when Sanzo appears in front of the demons. Sanzo's body glows a golden light that blinds the demons and makes them fall down. "Give it up, witch. They're coming with me." Sanzo says.
"I'm not afraid of you. I know that you're in pain. The air here is lethal to you. You're in pain right now cause the atmosphere here is eating your skin." Anuradha says. "You might be Jade Emperor's all powerful nephew on the upper worlds, but here you're just another looser."
"I said, give it up. Even with half of my power I can still take you on with no problem." Sanzo says.
"I still have friends here." Anuradha smiles. The vine of a ski-high Poison Ivy demon plants grabs Sanzo from behind. "Sanzo!" Joey shouts as he tries to pull the vines away.
"Get out! Now!" Sanzo shouts.
"Yeah, right. Like this mutt is going to go just because you tell him too." Seto says. Seto and Joey pull the poison vines off Sanzo. The three of them then run to the ice block that is imprisoning Yami.
"Get him out of there!" Sanzo says to Joey.
Joey cases a spell to melt Yami's ice while Seto and Sanzo fight off the demons. "Come on! Come on!" Joey shouts. The ice melts slowly around Yami.
Seto and Sanzo try to fight off the demons but they are failing fast. Seto has a hard time since he never fights demons before. Sanzo is taking a heavy beating since the air is too much for Sanzo. He can't breath anymore and his skin is burning like fire. The usually powerful Sanzo has no strength and no speed today at all so the demon manages to put serious damages on him.
A demon punches Sanzo. Sanzo flies across the room and slams into the wall. Joey shouts, "Sanzo!"
"Melt the ice! Don't stop!" Sanzo yells. The demon attacks Sanzo again. By now Sanzo is covered in cuts and bruises.
The ice finally melts and Yami falls down to the ground. "Cold." Yami says weakly.
"Don't worry, you're okay now. I'm going to take you back to Yugi." Joey says as he picks up Yami.
"You two are going to stay here!" The dark witch shouts. She shoots ice blade to Joey and Yami. The demons are holding Seto and Sanzo down so the two of them can do nothing but watch Joey dodging the ice blade in fear.
"Ouch!" Joey cries in pain as one of the blades cut his thigh. The moon bunny falls to the floor.
"You're all going to die in here!" The witch shouts. She raises and ice blade towards Joey and Yami while the demon raises their axes toward Seto and Sanzo.
All four of them thought this is the end of them. There are no way they can get out of that alive. Suddenly, a bright light shines in the sky. Two dragons appear in the middle of the light. Thunder and lightening send down from the sky and destroy all the demons that are attacking Sanzo and Seto.
"The twin dragons!" Anuradha shouts.
"How dare you use stupid scam to try kill our bunny!" The prince of light shouts as he flies down from the sky. He knocks Anuradha away from Joey and Yami.
"Your highness!" Joey shouts.
"Hello, bunny. Sorry I'm late." The Prince smiles and hugs Joey.
"Come on, let's get out of here. Can you guys walk by yourself?" The prince asks.
"I'm okay, but I don't think Seto can walk by himself." Sanzo says.
"I'm fine." Seto mutters. The prince looks at Seto.
"Joey, your leg is wounded. It'll be hard for you to carry Yami. Why don't I carry Yami and you help Seto?" The prince says.
"Yes, your highness." Joey says. The bunny gives Yami to the prince of light.
"I can walk by myself." Seto says.
"You know you can't. Come on. It may be okay for you to stay here but Sanzo and I are gonna turn into mummy if we don't get out of here soon." The prince says.
Seto puts his arms around Joey's shoulder and let Joey supports him. "You must be really hurting now…" Joey says.
They get back to the river of Acheron and get on the Charon's ferry again. Seto and Joey sit down at the front of the ferry, Sanzo and Yami lay down in the middle and the prince sit at the back with the Charon. "I'm tired." Joey says.
"Get some sleep then. You have been through a lot. I'll wake you when we get back to the land of living." The prince says.
Joey closes his eyes and rests his head on Seto's lap. The prince smiles and says, "isn't this romantic. Joey's head is on your lap, the two of you on a ferry, travelling down the steam."
"We're not travelling down the steam. We're going down the Acheron and there are soul swimming all around us." Seto says. Joey feels cold and so he rolls up into a ball to keep warm. The little bunny looks so cute when he sleeps Seto's eyes can't help but soften a little bit. The Starr director takes off his jacket and puts it on top of Joey.
"Bunny is lucky to have met you. You really do care about Joey." The prince of light says.
"I just need him to put my company back on track, that's all." Seto says.
"We have arrived at the land of the leaving." Charon informs. The gang gets off the boat and heads toward the gate.
"Wait one second." A man wearing a black suit with black sunglasses stop them.
"What's the matter?" The prince of light asks.
"Seto is dead. He cannot return to the land of the living. Since he killed himself, he has to go to hell and burns in the eternal fire." The man in black says.
"No!" Joey cries, "you can't take him to burn in eternal fire! He didn't kill himself! He did that to save me!"
"Joey, stop. I did kill myself and I will go with them." Seto says.
"No! You can't! You did that to save me."
"I made a choice to kill myself. I didn't have to take the pills, I didn't have to keep staying here. I choose to stay here by myself so I will take the consequences." Seto says.
"But…" Joey cries.
"Keep this mindless mutt out of trouble, you all. Hell knows what kind of troubles he will get himself into without me watching him." Seto says to the other.
"Let's go." The man in black says.
TBC…