I Guess I Have to Keep Writing These Titles Then...
Disclaimer (aka Tristan):D Qk Does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of the characters that are in the show! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
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D/N: BWUHAHAHAHAHAHAH! I have RETURN-ED:D How's every little thing going? Yes, yes, I know... I haven't updated for a few months now... Sorry about that. Ehehehe... But now I'm back, and you can all start reviewing and reading again! ... Not necessarily in that order, of course. Yes... I'm not greedy for reviews... Of course not... Now, I just want you all to know that what happens next in the story I didn't just pop in randomly because I was feeling a little evil. No, no, no, this was already in the original writing of the story. And you'll know what little scene I'm talking about because it'll be spoken of in like... yeah, the first... scene, I guess... of this chapter. ANYWAYS... (w00t! I've matched the same amount of reviews in this taking as in the original:D)
Just because I'm SOOOOOO nice, I've decided to grace you all with my replies.:
R.F.K.a.'...': Uh oh... You found out about the monkeys I sent to get all the orange and blue pickles in the world... Well, that's not good. That means I have to send out frogs now! Erm... right. (Eriso: Qk's not right. She's never right. She's not right in her head.) ... Which explains the existence of you. (Eriso: Yeah... I just realised that! HEY! I CAN CALL YOU A SCHIZO!) Not if you wanna live, you won't! (Eriso: Damn loopholes... ) Quite... Anyways, like I said, I have no problem with your name:D I know what it stands for, and therefore I am happy! Besides, it's not freakishly long like... uhm... (Eriso: Supercalifragjalisticexpialidocious.) ... Yes. Like the word from Mary Poppins. And you should know by now that Yamis can't cook!
Anaraz: Yes, I have this idea that if ever there were to be a friendship between Joey and Kaiba, Kaiba would call Joey Joey, since everyone calls him Joey - When in Rome and all that junk - but Joey would still call Kaiba Kaiba, since everyone - except Mokuba of course. But who cares what he does? - calls him that. But maybe there shall be a chapter in which Joey calls Kaiba 'Seto.' Maybe. Possibly. Probably. Whatever.
Flame Swordswoman: I have a weird way of doing that... I'm always writing out stories where it's all happy and funny out in the beginning and then it goes serious and then back to funny. It's like, "Kaiba, you smell like Cheetos! EHEHEHHEHEHE!" "I know Joey, you do too! EHEHEHHEHE!" "Ohmigod an asteroid killed my parents and sister and now I have no where to go and I'll have to be put into foster care..." "..." "CHEETOS! EHEHEHEHEHEEH!" Or something like that... Yeah...
Kaibasbabe: Naw, I decided to give him another chance at life in hopes that he would be changed with that near-death experience and leave everyone alone. Man... was I wrong!
Mandapandabug:O WHO'S WRITING THIS STORY! Yes... Sorry about my IittIe outburst. My doctor says the best thing to do for my outbursts is to eat the IittIe happy-piIIs he gives me! (Eriso: Oh dear God...) XD I Iove your idea of using the Ietter I for your 'L's! It's Iike nifty and spiffy and ness!
Hazel-Beka: I know how to feels to get told off my a family member for laughing too much. I was reading a really one story once and then I just couldn't stop laughing, and then my dad came downstairs and kicked me off of the computer for a month... Yes... T'was a dark day... BUT NOW IT'S BETTER:D
Yami Koibito: I really, really need to start a little shrine for Joey's hair. Everyone's mourning it. But you can join our little club that we have so far:D /hands Koibito a 'We Love Joey's Hair and Now We're Going to Sick an Army of Purple Penguins of Razatul Cuz He's Stupid and Needs to Die Cuz He Destroyed Joey's Beautiful Hair! club sticker. / Enjoy!
Killian: Actually... I'm not sure if that is good or bad for Bakura... I'd imagine it'd be good, because it's show that he wasn't that bad of a cook. :D Anyways, enjoy the chappie!
OOOO Whew! That was a TON of reviews! WHOOPIE :D I'M LOVED! OOOOLetting out a sharp cry of bewilderment, Bakura jumped back and fell back onto the ground.
Razatul smirked at him, as the sword flashed in whatever light was reflecting off of it. "Oops. My sword slipped."
Bakura, usually one to respond with an incredibly witty remark, simply let out an almost feral growl of anger. ... Aka, he yelped in pain.
"You... You stabbed him!" Joey gaped. "How could you stab him?"
Razatul rolled his eyes. "Really. I changed your little friend into a rat in order to corner him and suck out his life energy, which I eventually did, and brought you three here to my little realm to torture you and had a sword-fight with you using multiple blasts of magic and then I was almost poisoned by a muffin. And you're surprised that I stabbed him? My boy, that's the most normal thing that's happened all day!"
"He's got a point." Kaiba shrugged.
"Bakura, are you alright?" Yami asked, kneeling next to him.
Bakura sighed in frustration. "Oh, of course I am, dear pharaoh. I've only been stabbed in the stomach. I'm quite alright."
Yami nodded. "Okay. Good."
Bakura angrily grabbed Yami's shirt and pulled him down so they were eye to eye. "No. I'm. Not. All. Right. Idiot pharaoh! How in hell did you rule a country?"
"Yami, geez, I know you're 5000 years old, but even you should be able to pick up on sarcasm." Joey said.
Kaiba cleared his throat, calling attention to himself. "Can we please get back to the fact that there's a psychopathic freak with a sword a couple of feet away from us?"
Razatul smiled smugly. "Oh, that's alright. I think I'll give you fools a moment to think about your next move."
Joey blinked. "Next move?"
Razatul shook his head. "I think it's safe to say that all of you people's intelligence has been simultaneously deteriorating. Yes, your next move. I'm here with a sword. I just stabbed your friend after you thought I was dead. You have no weapons. Now what?"
Joey and Kaiba looked at each other and shrugged. Then, looking back at Razatul, Joey asked, "Uh... Can we have a moment to think about this?"
Razatul smiled, taking a few steps back.
The four huddled together on the ground. "Yami, Bakura, can you guys do something?" Joey asked.
"I can do lots of things." Bakura snorted.
Kaiba narrowed his eyes. "He means can you do anything to get rid of Razatul?"
Yami shook his head. "Shadow Magic isn't nearly as strong here as it is in other places."
"Speak for yourself." Bakura muttered. "And since when did you two become such good friends that you can now interpret each other's words?"
Kaiba, completely ignoring Bakura's grievous wound (that they weren't tending to), grabbed him by the collar of his jacket, raising a fist in front of his face. "Since I kicked your ass!"
"You haven't done anything of the sort!" Bakura protested.
"Doesn't mean I won't." Kaiba growled, letting go. "Now, Bakura, can you do anything seeing as how Yami is apparently a useless, waste of space?"
"Excuse me!" Yami gasped.
"You're excused." The brunette snapped.
Bakura thought for a moment. "Hmmm... what can I do... what can I do... Well, I suppose there is one thing we can do to get away from Razatul for a moment."
"And that would be... ?" Joey asked.
Bakura looked at Kaiba. "Pick me up."
Kaiba blinked. "Excuse me?"
"I said, 'Pick me up, you delectable, hunk of man, you.'" Bakura smiled sweetly.
Kaiba now officially had every reason to die of shock.
"I'm kidding, stupid." Bakura rolled his eyes. "But seriously, pick me up on your back. Then I'll tell you how to get away from him."
Kaiba paused for a moment, eyeing him curiously. "No funny business..." He muttered, putting Bakura in a piggy-back position. (EWWWWWW! BAD THOUGHTS! BAD THOUGHTS!)
"Of course not." Bakura replied. "Pay no attention to my wiggling about up here or my little sounds."
Kaiba looked sick.
"Okay, okay, knock it off you two." Joey cut in, waving his hands. "Alright, Bakura. What do we do now?"
"It's quite simple. We... RUN!" Bakura cried, as the group began tearing off in the direction opposite of Razatul. "Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow! Kaiba! God! Would it kill you to run a little more smoothly? Injured spirit on your back!"
"I'll drop you." Came the short reply.
Yami looked behind him. "Razatul isn't moving. Why isn't he moving?"
"Maybe because he knows that running is completely futile since he owns this realm and can stop us from anywhere since he doesn't need to follow us." Joey suggested. He received shocked looks. "Oh, come on! I'm entitled to a good suggestion every now and then, aren't I?"
"He said 'entitled.'" Kaiba whispered loudly to Bakura. "Won't that make his brain explode?"
"No, but that's about his limit." Bakura replied.
"Bakura, if what I said was right," Joey said, "Then what are we going to do? Isn't there some way of stopping him?"
"Of course there is." Bakura told him. "This is Razatul's own private Realm. Every private Realm has the mind of its owner in various objects. We can turn his own fears against him."
"Wow. That makes no sense." Joey rolled his eyes.
Bakura growled in frustration. "I mean, the owner of the Realm will have his different feelings and such symbolised in different ways. It's much like a Soul Room. Usually, to enter a certain part of the spirit's mind, you must travel through a certain door or something. That's the simplest way, and pretty much the only way in a Soul Room. Personal Realms, however, have things like... temples, mountains, forests... even chairs. Say someone was afraid of the dark, and that was their most powerful fear. Then in order to enter someone's fears - all of them - you must enter what their strongest fear symbolises. So go into a dark cave and you'll find all of the person's fears."
"It makes a little sense." Kaiba said. "Only it brings up a new problem. What's Razatul's biggest fear? And more importantly, what in hell would it be symbolised as? There's nothing here! Unless he's afraid of quicksand or dirt in his shoes, we're out of luck."
Yami thought on the go. (Multi-tasking! YAY! See? Men can do it too!) "Razatul's biggest fear... It'd have something to do with Gaelia, wouldn't it?"
"Gaelia... Gaelia was buried in an underground temple. It was hidden away from the world. Razatul would never go to it until the day he tried to resurrect her." Bakura's eyes lit up. "So that's it! Razatul's greatest fears would be symbolised into Gaelia's temple!"
"Gee, that's great, Bakura!" Joey replied sarcastically. "Only one little problem."
"What? Nonsense!" Bakura snapped. "My plan is perfect! How dare you try and find imperfection in the perfectness of my perfect plan!" (God, I hate the word perfect now. TOTALLY lost its meaning. The spelling doesn't go with the meaning AT all.)
"Oh no?" Joey snapped back. "We are in the middle of a blood-red desert! There is nothing around us but sand! And unless you have a map with you, we're going to be spending the rest of our lives digging around in the ground trying to find some temple that could very well not exist!"
"The symbols are not allowed to be completely hidden from view, Wheeler." Bakura said. "It should be sticking up."
"Wait a minute..." Joey said, his mind racing back furiously through time. ... Aka a couple of hours.
- O - o - O - Flashback Time! - O - o - O -
FLASH
Joey tripped and fell flat on his face...
FLASH
... looked behind himself and saw a rock sticking up out of the ground...
FLASH
... a chunk of metal! Smooth metal, pointy too, which meant it must have been shaped into something...
FLASH
... a pointy chunk of metal wouldn't do any good for anyone anyway...
- O - o - O -
"I know where the temple is!" Joey cried.
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D/N: I know, I know, it's a really short chapter. Like I said, I had writer's block. Sorry to any reviewers I didn't respond it in my response thing up top. Wow, this was a REALLY short chapter. I'll try to get the next one up right away though.