Yami Yami Yugi: You guys must be thrilled. A chapter a day? It's amazing!
Jou: Yeah, amazing I'm still alive over here. This woman is a nightmare!
Yugi: What are you talking about? I love her!
Jou: You're only saying that because she gives you sugary substances every day.
Yugi: So?
YYY: Wow! Can't beat that logic! So anyway, I am also happy to say that with this new breakthrough in typing, the Lemon is almost done. Just a few more adjustments and you will be getting e-mails.
Jou: But keep in mind this is her first lemon.
Yugi: Right, so be nice. And anybody, you can still be put on the mailing list for it. It's never too late.
YYY: So if you asked for the lemon, please check your e-mails in the following week. The subject will be SetoxJou Yami Yami Yugi's Lemon. It's almost done!
Disclaimer: Not mine... Blah blah blah. Yadda Yadda. You know.
Chapter Ten
Two cloaked figures approached the palace at a quick pace. Easily passing by the guards, they slowed down as they approached a bunch of windows with bars on them.
"Well?" Bakura asked. "Which one is it?"
"This one," Ishtar said moving to one of the windows. These two bars come loose, so we can fit in easily."
It took them only a minute to get the bars loose, get inside, and slip them back into place. Silently, they slipped out of the empty cell and into the palace.
Yugi sat quietly on in of the chairs in the Pharaoh's room. He was alone at the moment, and had plenty of time to think. They had all been separated once again, but luckily nobody had figured out what was causing this, so he had his powers. But he didn't dare use them. That would be a foolish mistake. He knew very well he was being watched.
So for the past hours he had been sitting in the chair, unmoving, and staring at the floor. Night had already fallen, and he tried to figure out exactly how long he had been sitting there. But his mind kept wandering to what had happened to his friends. He could just see them being tortured or something for information. He shuddered and hoped he was wrong.
The door swung open and Yugi looked up, expecting to see the Pharaoh. But instead Jounouchi was pushed in by a guard.
"Five Minutes!" the man shouted before closing the door. Jounouchi took no notice but rushed to his friend and placed his hands on his shoulders.
"Yugi, are you alright? Have they hurt you?" he whispered.
Yugi shook his head. "No I'm fine. How did you get here?" he whispered back.
"I screamed and stomped and threw a temper tantrum until they let me see you."
"You could have gotten in real trouble you know," Yugi whispered with a concerned look on his face.
"Like we aren't already in trouble. Listen," he lowered his voice even more. "I'd be out of here in a second, but I can't teleport any other people. My powers have been dormant for so long, it could be a while before I can. And that's if I get a chance to practice. So we'll have to find a different way to escape."
"Then what, Jounouchi? We'd have nowhere to go. Our best chance is to stay here unless our lives are threatened. Okay?"
Jounouchi sighed and nodded. "Alright. Have you had any word of Ryou of Malik?"
"Nothing. I hoped you would. I hope they're alright."
"Me too." Footsteps could be heard outside. "I guess I have to go. Stay strong Yugi, we'll figure out something."
Yugi nodded and gave his friend a quick hug before he was taken away again.
A few moments later Yami came in. His face was expressionless as he walked in and sat on the bed. He motioned for Yugi to sit next to him. Yugi did as he was told, keeping his head down the entire time.
There were a few minutes of silence before Yami spoke.
"Yugi, when you first came here I told you that I would not hurt you. I intend to keep that promise, but I need something from you." He looked at the younger boy, who kept his eyes down. "I need you to tell me what's going on. Tell me what was going on in that room. Tell me why your friends were not affected by the Millennium Rod. I need to know, Yugi."
Yugi still didn't look up or speak. Yami lifted his chin so he would look at him. "Tell me Yugi."
"Come here, Jounouchi." Seto said when the boy returned. He was sitting on one of the couches in his room with his arms and legs crossed, and a hard expression on his face.
Jounouchi scowled, but did as he was told, and sat next to the High Priest.
"What are you," Seto said. His voice was still and calm. "You can do these things like when you changed the daggers and that trick with your deck. Why?" He looked at him. "What are you?"
Jounouchi turned away. "I don't have to tell you anything. Ow!" Seto had gripped his arm and twisted it slightly.
"I am trying to be patient with you," he said, his voice quivering slightly. "I am trying to be nice; to not hurt you. But you are making this very difficult." He released his arm. "I'll ask you again. What are you?"
The young boy rubbed his sore arm and looked down. "I'm not sure what I am," he said quietly, almost whispering. "I've always been able to do these things but I've never understood why. I just accepted it."
Seto frowned. That wasn't very helpful, but at least he was telling him something. It was a start.
"Can anybody else do things like this?"
Jounouchi didn't respond, but just looked in the other direction. Seto took it as a yes.
"Who? Who else?"
"I can't tell you," came the quiet reply.
"What?"
"I said I can't tell you."
"Why not?"
"Because I won't put them at risk!" he shouted standing up. Breathing heavily, he said in a low voice, "I won't tell you."
Seto frowned. He really wasn't going to tell him. True, he was already almost positive that his friends that were in the room could do these things, but he wanted to get it from him. But his loyalty was too strong. Seto sighed, knowing he wasn't going to get any farther with him.
"Fine. I'm going. I won't be back for awhile, so go to sleep or just sit around or something. But do not leave this room." With that last order, he left.
Jounouchi stood there for a few more moments before relaxing and falling onto Seto's bed. He was in such deep shit.
'What am I going to do?' he wondered to himself. 'It's only a matter of time before he figures out that the others have powers. And that's if he hasn't already. This is not good... Hey! This thing is pretty comfortable!' He sat up and hopped slightly. 'And bouncy.'
He bounced a few more times on his bottom and smiled. 'This is kind of fun.'
Seto met Yami and Isis in the throne room.
"Did you get anything out of him?" Yami asked.
Seto shook his head. "Not really. He sort of told me there were others who could do the sort of things he could, but refused to say who."
Yami nodded. "Yugi said that he could do things like that too, but wouldn't say what kinds of things. Other than that, his answer was pretty much the same. What about you Isis?"
She gave them a grim smile. "I got diddly squat from my two." Yami and Seto smirked at her choice of words. "It's obvious that both of them have at least some kind of power. But I couldn't get anything out of them, so I just sent them back to their quarters."
"So we have nothing except that they all can do at least something."
"Yeah, basically," Yami said.
They were interrupted by a pair of guards running in. "What is the meaning of this?" Yami ordered.
"Forgive me my Pharaoh," the first one said. "But there are intruders in the palace. They were spotted on the third floor corridor." Yami gasped. That was where the remaining two Millennium Items were. "We currently have several guards in pursuit."
"Good, we'll join them." He rushed out of the room with Seto, Isis, and finally the two guards behind him.
"You moron! You fucking idiot!"
"Stop yelling at me and keep going!" Ishtar shouted as they ran back to the cells. "How was I supposed to know it would trigger an alarm? That part of the plan was yours!"
Bakura made a rude gesture and ran faster. They were almost to the exit. "Which one is it?" he asked. They had lost the guards, for the moment, but they had to keep moving.
"This one!" He yanked the door open but and ran in. Bakura followed but then bumped into him.
"Why did you stop!" Ishtar pointer at the two slaves that were standing before them. "Damn! Just take them with us; they'll blab."
He grabbed one of the boys and yanked him through the window. Ishtar did the same and followed him.
Once outside the palace walls, they didn't stop running, but were able to talk. "At least we got what we came for," Ishtar said holding up the Millennium Eye. Bakura grinned and flashed him the Millennium Ring.
"My Pharaoh," a guard bowed in front of him. "The thieves have escaped, taking two of the Millennium Items with them."
Yami swore under his breath. "Anything else?" he said, trying to keep his voice steady.
"Nothing but a pair of slave that were in the cell they escaped from."
"Do you know the number of the cell?" he asked.
"It's number 26-8."
Yami swore again. That was the cell those two boys were in.
YYY: Well, there you have it. I love leaving them at cliffhangers.
Yugi: Yeah, but the reviewers don't seen to appreciate it very much.
Jou: Yeah, and they have those pointy objects that you have been threatened with before.
YYY: Oh, They'll get over it. I mean look! I'm doing a chapter a day here! I'm taking advantage of this while I'm still hot!