Yami Yami Yugi: This has got to be the fastest update I've ever done. I think.
Yugi: Nah. You were way better at the very beginning.
Jou: Yeah, then you sort of slacked off at chapter four.
Yugi: And from there she just really got lazy.
Jou: Three months for a second rate chapter.
Yugi: shaking head Very unprofessional.
YYY: Alright already! I get it.
Jou: And you can't forget the time she left the story alone in mid chapter for two months and didn't give it a single thought.
Yugi: Or that she skipped out on the Lemon entirely!
YYY: Yugi! Jou!
Disclaimer: I can happily say that I don't own any Yu-Gi-Oh characters because I have stolen them away for a twenty five million hundred dollar bill award. And unless someone decides to pay up, I'm keeping them.
Chapter Nine
"Yami, this is serious," Seto said pacing the room. Only he, Yami, and Isis were present as they wanted to discuss it privately. "I mean if he has those kinds of powers, then who knows what else he could do?"
"And who else could do it," Isis cut in. "I mean it's very unlikely that he's the only one who can do this. He could have friends, family."
Yami nodded. "Yes. I suspect Yugi may have similar powers. He does have a strange aura around him. At first I thought it was just that I was attracted to him, but now..." He frowned. "And it also didn't appear until last night."
"Yeah," Seto said. "Yeah, that's right. That Jounouchi's aura didn't really appear till last night after, ahem. Well, until last night."
"After what, Seto?" Yami teased. "Go on. You can tell us." He put an arm over his shoulder and grinned.
Seto rolled his eyes. "Please. And you are supposed to be Pharaoh, 'Mr. Maturity'?" He shoved him away and turned around to hide his blush.
Yami tackled him from behind and landed on his back piggy-back style. "Come on, Seto! Please?"
The High Priest scowled. "Get off of me!" Yami just grinned and started to mess up his friend's hair.
"Hmm. I wonder." The two of them paused in their antics. Seto lifted his head causing Yami, who was being supported by it, to fall to the floor.
"What?"
"Well, I have a theory that the two of them getting this power might have something to do with being close together. Yami, what time did you notice this aura?"
"I think it was a little while after we went in to bed," Yami said.
"Really?" Seto smirked. "Then what happened?"
"Oh shut up. I haven't done anything to him yet. Unlike you. You haven't stopped blushing since I mentioned it earlier."
"You keep your mouth shut! At least I'm not afraid to do anything with my slave."
"I'm not afraid of anything!"
"Oh yeah? Well what about that Zombie monster that I scared you with that made you wet your pants? Huh, well?"
"That was a long time ago. I was five and stupid."
"Aha! So you admit it. You said you're stupid!"
"I did not you liar!"
"Porcupine head!"
"Big nose!"
"Hey! You want to duel for this?"
"You're on!"
"CHILDERN!"
Yami and Seto jumped and looked at Isis.
"Would you please stop your fighting? We have more important things to discuss. What were you fighting about anyway?"
"Umm, I don't remember. Do you?"
"Not a clue."
"Oh, okay."
Isis sighed and sat down. These two were absolutely useless.
"So then he's okay?" Malik asked. Jounouchi was just finishing his story of what happened and how he got to the palace. "I mean, he didn't really hurt you or anything."
Jounouchi scoffed. "Please. I hate him. He can run headlong into a hungry heard of Twin-Headed Fire Dragons for all I care."
"But Jounouchi, you said he wasn't that bad," Yugi said.
"He wasn't. But I still hate him."
Ryou sighed. "Okay, next subject. Jounouchi, you said he took your band off. So can you..."
"Oh yeah!" He jumped up. "I think I tested most of them already. I did a test with water and made his High Priestly ness slip. Then I transfigured... oops."
"What?"
"I did in front of the whole council. They know!"
"Jounouchi! How could you?" Malik shouted.
"Two daggers were thrown at me! I was just acting on reflex. Of course I probably wouldn't have had to if I didn't do anything if I didn't show off at his little brother's training session. Ow!"
Ryou had slapped him upside the head. "Anything else?"
"Well I did sort of mention that I had a deck and showed it to him... Ow! Will you quit that!" Malik had added another bump to his head.
"Anything else, our dear friend Jounouchi?"
"Well, I did manage get a little girl sent to the Shadow Realm, but I got him to bring her back! Hey!" Three hands landed on his head this time. "Okay! Alright already! That's it I swear."
"Well," Yugi said. "It's really no harm done. ("Except to my head!" Jounouchi said) we can just have Ryou clear that part of their memories later. So have you tried teleporting yet?"
"Yes."
"Ahh!" Malik shouted as Jounouchi appeared behind him, earning him another bump to his collection.
"Well, I guess that's everything. Except..." A smile appeared on Yugi's face as he pulled out his deck. Jounouchi grinned and followed the suit.
"I summon, Dark Magician!"
"I summon, Flame Swordsman!"
Yami frowned and took out him deck. He held out one card in front of him and his Dark Magician bowed before him. "What is it?" He asked the monster.
"Master," the magician replied. "I have detected to presence of another Dark Magician in the Palace."
"What!"
"Another one?"
"Where is it?" Yami asked.
"In the Northwest corridor. The second conference room."
Yami took off, the other two at his heels. He didn't understand it. The Pharaoh, and the Pharaoh alone should have control over the Dark Magician. So how could another one get in the palace? But what concerned him the most was that it was in the same room as Yugi and his friends. This meant that someone was either attacking them, or one of them summoned the Magician.
He could see the room ahead. As he drew nearer, he could hear laughing coming from inside. He was almost there.
Yami burst through the door, causing the occupants to jump and look toward him. Three of them bowed the next second, but Yugi just sort of fell backwards onto his bottom. They were alone. There was no dark magician, or any sort of monster, to speak of in this room.
He looked at his won Dark Magician. "Well?"
"It was gone the second we entered."
"Can you find the source?"
"No."
"Seto?"
"Right." The High Priest took out the Millennium Rod and prepared to force one of them to tell them what happened. He pointed it at Jounouchi and began to enter his mind. But before he got a chance to take control, he was forced back. The next thing he knew, both he and his slave were thrown backwards and onto the floor.
Seto frowned. The same thing happened when Mokuba tried. He was still young, so he didn't think much of it, but he didn't expect himself to be pushed out.
"Try one of the others," Yami said. Seto nodded and tried the one with white hair. The same thing happened.
"I don't understand it! They are immune to the Rod or something.
Yami nodded and looked at the nervous slaves. There was something wrong with them...
YYY: I know it's really short, but hey! I got it out really fast. I mean look! It's the day after!
Yugi: So now it's up to you. Do you want shorter chapters and fast updates...
Jou: Or long chapters and monthly updates?
YYY: I think I know your answer, but it's still nice to ask.
Yugi: And we want more reviews! The last batch was a big disappointment.
Jou: Yeah! What was it, like five or six. If you guys don't step up we may just bring in Pegasus and make him sing karaoke for you.
YYY: With that threat in mind, see you all next time.