It's Temple Time, Baby!
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D/N: Bwuahhahaha... I'm back. Yes, I know you all thought you got rid of me, but you didn't because now I'm back with another story. Damn, that took like... how long? Yeah... well, sorry. My internet crashed a while back and I was like, 'Well, if I can't even post the story, I'm sure as hell ain't writing it!' So here we are, months later. I hope all you readers aren't too angry at me... Please, throw only tomatoes and pillows. No hard candy. Okay! On with the chapter! (Eriso: Just when you thought she had an attack of common sense and stopped writing... ) ... When the hell did you come back? I thought I locked you up! (Eriso: I have my ways.) Quite. Anyways...
I'm Finally Going to Give You Your Long-Awaited Answers to Your Burning Questions:Ghostboy: :D A newcomer! Welcome to the reviewing list of O.D.a.M! I'm glad you like my story so much. Are you serious? All the chapters at once? You're almost as dedicated to reading as me! Well... it's better than watching Pokemon, I suppose. ... And I'm back to Pokemon references. Shutting up now.
Prozac pandA: Yeah, why are you always one of the last people to review my chapters? Get a story alert, dammit:O Yes, I seem to have a great talent for pulling out good chapters right after I finish my writer's block. I just hope it kicks in this time... I also have a great talent for getting writer's block. Blah. And Razatul... hmm... what can be said about Razatul? He's a freak who has a split personality... I think I'll make him stupid again today, just for the hell of it. "Even though he's a self-proclaimed spiteful psychopathic villain bent on revenge who has an unending thirst for self satisfaction and gratification." THAT IS AN AWESOME LINE! You have to tell me if I can add that in at some point. That's just so awesomely-cool:D Aww, and I'm sorry I didn't respond to you last review section. I feel really bad now... Here, have some candy:D
Hazel-Beka: Yes... Kaiba and Bakura... I don't know why, but that just popped into my head randomly. I'm sorry you had to suffer through it and read through the slits of your fingers to protect your virgin eyes as I've probably made every person who read it go blind in horror and okay I'm shutting up now. Yeah, I'm sorry about the short chapter... That bit that I left you guys with so little for so long... Sorry about that!
Yami Koibito: :D I know, don't stickers rule? Whoo... Yugi's in an insane rampage over Yami. That's always what I pictured, somehow...
R.F.K.a.'...': :O NOOOOOOOOO! MY FROGS! I'm calling a C-KaRDA attack on you! (Enter the Crazy, Killer and Rubber Duck Attack ducks) AND DON'T EAT THOSE! But really, people actually ask what '...' means? Wow... they're... not very smart, for lack of a better term. But you have to admit, your name is just so intriguing that people simply have to ask about it:D You're famous! Or infamous, whichever you prefer. Sorry about the shortness and Razatul's intelligence swings... no real explanation for those there. NOOOOOOOO! MY FROGS,(
Sunshine pie: YES! Another new-comer! Welcome to the O.D.a.M reviewing list! Here's complimentary sticker! I don't know why I chose the name Diane. It just seems like such a motherly look-I've-dumped-my-kid-in-a-crap-part-of-town-with-a-father-who-stereotypically-beats-him-aren't-I-cool? name. I'm glad you approve of the choice:D
Anaraz: YES I AM! BWUHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!
OooOOOooO"You do?" Bakura blinked from Kaiba's back.
"I think so." Joey said, while he ran through the red desert. "I remember tripping over a pointy, metal, triangle thing that could pass for the tip of a pyramid when I ran back to you guys after fighting Razatul. The temple was a pyramid, right?"
"Pyramids were used for those of royal blood." Bakura told him. "Gaelia was not royal. She was buried in a highly adorned temple."
"So... what was it then?" Joey asked.
"A temple."
"Okay... what was it in the shape of?"
"A temple."
"Did it have a pointy, metal thing at the top?"
"No, that's a pyramid. She was buried in a temple, you stupid boy!" Bakura growled. "How many times must I repeat myself?"
Joey was silent for a moment, thinking to himself. Finally he asked, "Did that temple have... like... a pointy thing attached to-"
"Temple!" Bakura snapped. "Hit him, Priest!" So Kaiba began to smack Joey on the head. "Temple! Temple, temple, temple, temple, temple!"
"Alrightalrightalrightalright!" Joey cried out, trying to dodge the onslaught of attacks. "Okay! Fine! Temple. Not pyramid."
Yami shook his head. "So, Joey, where's the temple?"
"Well... I tripped over something that was like a pyramid." Joey said. "And since Bakura has... viciously insisted that it's not a pyramid, I'm not sure if it's what we're looking for at all."
"We don't seem to have any alternative." Yami pointed out. "We've got no other leads. Whatever you claim you tripped over must be what we're looking for or at least a clue of some kind."
"Clues can be pointy." Kaiba stated, in a very matter-of-fact voice.
"So, where is it?" Bakura urged.
"Uh..." Joey looked back in the direction of which they came. "Well... back that way, I think."
"Back... there?" Kaiba curled his lip in disgust. "With that? Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that what we were running from in the first place?"
"He must have figured out our plans somehow." Yami murmured. "He's trying to guard that pointy thing. It must be the temple."
Joey stuck his tongue out at Bakura. "Temples can be pointy, too!"
Bakura glared, before calling out, "High Priest, attack!" and soon the beating of Joey began again.
Yami continued to think to himself amidst the noise of Joey's cries of pain, Kaiba's loud smacking, and Bakura's gleeful yells of 'Blood, blood!' about their next move. "We'll have to form some sort of battle plan..." He mused. "Two of us will have to distract Razatul while the other two search for the temple."
"It can't be me who has to distract Razatul." Bakura told him, as he bounced along on Kaiba's back as he chased after Joey, who had suddenly remembered he had legs. "I'm wounded."
"And it can't be me, either." Kaiba added. "I'm carrying Bakura."
"And it can't - ow! - be me!" Joey yelped, covering his head with his hands. "I'm the only one who actually knows where the pyramid is!"
"Temple, temple, temple!" Bakura shrieked.
Yami's eyes widened. "What? I can't possibly be expected to go up against him alone!"
"Good luck, pharaoh!"
"Keep him busy!"
"Have fun! Ow, Kaiba!"
Yami thought about this for a moment, calculating. "Joey will carry Bakura, and Kaiba and I will distract Razatul."
"What?" All action stopped immediately, as they stared at him in disbelief. (It's 1:26am:D)
"Why do I have to carry Bakura? He'll keep hitting me!"
"That's only because you don't know the difference between a temple and a pyramid!"
"Why do I have to distract Razatul?"
"Because he loves you, Gaelia!"
"Shut up, Wheeler!"
"The High Priest has no fighting skills whatsoever!"
"I'll have you know I've mastered ten different forms of martial arts!"
"Well, that won't save you when he's blasting you to bits with Shadow Magic, now will it?"
"Well, it's not like I'm going to fight him. I've suffered enough!"
"Yes, we all see your hair."
"Like yours is any better? Cut your hair, you freak!"
"I'll have you know this is the latest fashion!"
"Yes, we know! 5000 years late!"
"You're one to talk, mullet-boy!"
"It's not a mullet!"
"Right then," Yami clapped his hands together. "It's agreed. Kaiba, put Bakura onto Joey's back and we'll get moving."
The three began to continue bickering, as Yami observed them with a withering look. Something was wrong with this realm. People here got stupid too fast.
Or maybe he was just noticing it.
OooOO Ten minutes later OOooO
"Alright, there he is." Yami whispered to the other three. They were hiding in the shadow of the giant rock, and were spying Razatul, sitting on the ground and fiddling with his sword. "Everyone know what to do?"
"Scream like a banshee and tackle him?" Kaiba asked.
"Run around in circles and hope I trip?" Joey suggested.
"You better not." Bakura growled. "I'm wounded."
Yami sighed and shook his head. Was he the only sane one left?
"Beavers in the depths of the sea of ice-cream!" Razatul's voice rang out.
"Yup." Yami sighed again. "Alright, let's go."
Bakura and Joey began to move to the left, trying to get as close to the rock as they could without being seen. Yami and Kaiba went to the right, staying a little while away, ready to tackle Razatul should he catch sight of the others.
"You know," Kaiba said, when they were quite close to Razatul. "If Joey does die, and we haven't found the temple yet, we're screwed, you know. He hasn't told us where it is."
"I like cheese." Yami replied. Seeing the glance he got from Kaiba, he explained, "I figured I might as well begin lowering my IQ a bit, so I'll be able to join in the fun later."
"Somehow... I don't think that'll be too difficult..." Kaiba rolled his eyes. "Alright... so... what? We attack?"
"Yes."
"With what?"
"..."
"..."
"Oh, crap." Yami said. "I forgot about that."
Joey and Bakura, on the other hand, weren't having any better luck with their task, either.
"So where is it?" Bakura asked. "Is it this rock or something?"
"Yes, I tripped over this rock. That's it." Joey rolled his eyes. "No, it was somewhere between this rock and that place Razatul was fighting me."
Bakura began to growl deeply with frustration.
"What?" Joey asked. "It's not that bad. I mean, sure I know we're going to have to run around a little bit. Or I'm going to have to or whatever..."
"It's not that."
"Then what are you whining about?" Joey sighed.
Bakura shook his head. "You say it's between this rock and the ring of light you were fighting Razatul in."
"Yes."
"The ring of light is the second point."
"Yes."
"The of light that disappeared is the second point."
"... yes."
"You idiot." Bakura growled. "You dolt! You... you... nincompoop!"
"There's a golden oldie.." Joey murmured. "Alright, alright. So that ring vanished. Okay, no biggie. Uh... It was facing... the direction of... where Yami was facing! That's the direction!"
"Wheeler, you're an absolute idiot." Bakura growled again. "Do you see anything different about this rock?"
Joey looked at it very carefully. The smooth, grey rock towered over him, at about twice his height. "It... just looks like a rock to me."
"And what was it before...?" Bakura urged, an edge of venom in his voice.
Joey thought for a moment, before his face fell. "... A chair."
"Exactly. How can you be sure this is even the right rock?" Bakura demanded. "The other one - the one we seem to need - was a sort of beige colour. It wasn't even half the size of us. Congratulations, you've screwed us over."
"Me?" Joey snapped. "You're the one who cried 'run'! Besides, this place is completely full of magic. Maybe this is the right rock after all, and it just... changed shape?"
Bakura sighed in frustration. "Why would a rock change shape, Wheeler?"
"I don't know!" Joey cried. "I'm freaking out here, okay? I was supposed to be doing a tormenting project with Kaiba about getting to know each other! I wasn't supposed to be chasing down some freak, magic guy who goes around turning people into rats and sucks out their souls!"
"Life-energy."
"Whatever!" Joey snapped, then froze, as chills ran up and down his spine. He turned around to see behind him, and wound up face-to-face with Razatul.
OooOOOooO"He's gone!" Yami gasped. "He's gone! I just blinked and he disappeared!"
"What kind of cheap, lame-ass trick was that?" Kaiba rolled his eyes. "I'm supposed to believe that's magic?"
"Kaiba, don't you understand?" Yami hollered.
"I understand that that was pathetic." Kaiba sneered. "Wasn't there supposed to be a poof of smoke or something? Magic words? A flash of light? Something?"
"The banana's on the catwalk." Yami said.
"Oh my god!" Kaiba yelped. "We've lost track of Razatul! He could be anywhere!"
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D/N: Another chapter done. I have a feeling that was fairly short too... Yes, well, long overdue, isn't it? Everyone read Valentine's Day :D