Disclaimer- Will you people stop pestering me! I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Me- I have kept up with my promise! I have updated in about 2-3 weeks!
Myself- Gasp! What has turned this about.
Me- Pre-Calc got boring so I started writing in it.
I- Great way to use your education. ;
Me- Not my fault we are moving so slowly that I am finished period assignments in 10 minutes.
Myself- Well I am proud of you. Pre-Calc will never come in use.
Me- I never said that…
Myself- Well it never will!
Me- Oh and to clear up a thing or two with the reviewers. When Seth said that Jou was going to be the only one that was going to marry him for him, I never meant that they where going to get married in this fic. It was a comparison of the relationship that he had with Jou and the relationship that Seto should be having with Jou. Sorry to confuse you guys!
I- I think you confused them even more.
Me- Well onto the fic!
I- But the confusion…
Souls and Hearts
Chap 9- A Meeting of 5,000 Years
"I'm back!" Malik shouted at the top of his lungs as he kicked open the door.
"Malik!" Yugi shouted back poking his head out from the kitchen doorway.
"Must you be so loud?" Seth groaned as he walked down from the upstairs.
"Seth!" Marik said in shock a hand over his heart in mockery.
"Be quiet. I just put Jou to sleep." Seth hissed pointing up the stairs.
"You put him to sleep eh?" Malik smirked slinking up to Seth's side.
"Not like that!" Yami fumed standing in the hallway. Everyone stared in wide-eyed horror as flames burst forth behind him and his eyes taking on a demonic red glow.
"Never knew the pharaoh was such a mother hen." Bakura smirked poking his head over Malik's shoulder.
"Ryou!" Malik squealed tackling the boy to the ground.
"Malik no!" Ryou shouted back in surprise as he was bowled over by the ecstatic Egyptian. Both the horrified looks and flames transferred to Bakura as he glared spiteful daggers at Malik. The red demonic glow in the eyes was an everyday occurrence on his part.
"What's going on with Bakura? He's never this protective of Ryou." Yugi whispered in Yami's ear.
"It's a natural thing to do when you're in love. I do that all the time." Yugi nodded his head in acceptance taking the answer in stride. Then he processed the words love, Ryou and Bakura in one sentence.
"WHAT!" Yugi whispered back quite loudly.
"Just be happy for him little one. I don't think he wishes for us to know the details let alone that he and Ryou and together now."
"You're telling me later right?" Yugi whispered using his most deadly tactic, the eyes.
"Yes love I'll tell you later." Yami sighed in defeat walking back into their make shift meeting room.
"So Yugi, what's this meeting about anyways? My sister has been bugging me about it since Yami called." Malik asked getting off Ryou and bouncing over to Yugi.
"I told her that she would have known if she still had the necklace." Marik piped up trying to sound powerful.
"And you got hit over the head with a frying pan for that." Malik sweat dropped.
"It was well worth it to see Ms. I have a stick shoved up my ass get all flustered and aggravated." Marik beamed absently rubbing the bump on his head.
"Well I don't know what this meeting is about. Yami just suddenly called it, though I am thinking it has to do with the 2 new cards Jou acquired."
"New cards?" Malik and Marik both perked up.
"What kind of new cards?" Ryou asked as Bakura was helping him off the ground.
"They were really interesting cards, twins but opposite of each other. Angel of Life and Angle of Death is what they are called. It also seems one cannot work without the other." Yugi said looking thoughtful.
"Bakura?" Ryou whispered in concern as the grip on his arm noticeably tightened and Bakura's eyes wider then Ryou had ever seen.
"It's nothing Ryou." Bakura whispered back easily lifting the boy to his feet.
"Yami would probably know more about this situation, so let's go into the meeting and see what he has to say." Seth ushered everyone into the den or now the Meeting Room.
"Nice to see everyone finally join." Yami said sarcastically motioning for everyone to take a seat.
"Ok what is this meeting all about?" Bakura asked in a rather annoyed fashion.
"There are events that have taken place that may lead to something bigger." Yami riddled getting nothing but blank or annoyed looks from everyone else in the room.
"Please speak in plain English or Egyptian. No one cares if you sound philosophical or not. This isn't a TV show!" Marik growled.
"Do any of you know the Memipo legend besides Seth and me?"
"I remember Isis and my mother talking about it on occasion, but never actually heard the legend." Malik confessed.
"Know each version by heart. It was the talk of the thieves' guild when the tablet was brought over." Bakura boasted.
"Then please share it Bakura, Seth and I only know what the translator told us."
"You only translated half of it. And even that was still off."
"Which half?" Seth asked a bit skeptical.
"The second half, though I have to give you some credit, that was the important half. The language was Greek but a rare dialect of Greek."
"He said he knew every dialect that there was." Yami defended trying to prove his choice in council members was always a good choice.
"Because the town that you found it in had its own special dialect, one of the top thieves's was born and raised in that town."
"Then tell us the true legend of smart one." Marik teased.
"It correctly reads: A person shall try to take over and fail. 2 friends will fight to the death taking the shadow realm down to hell with them. Out of the ashes an Egyptian child shall carry the summon power to be brought back when the days of old are renewed."
"It makes a lot more sense then the translation that we had." Yami mumbled to himself.
"We looked all over for this child that the legend spoke of. No one in Egypt carried such a power." Seth said looking for Yami to back him up.
"Did you only check the people born in Egypt?" Ryou asked.
"Yes for they are true Egyptian children born under the sun god Ra. No one else should have applied." Seth answered back slightly irked that Ryou would have asked that question.
"It could have meant anyone in Egypt at that time. Who says the Shadow Realm is as discriminate as we are?" Malik voiced out getting nods around the room.
"There where how many slaves brought into Egypt from many different nations. It would have taken months to search through all of them. It took months alone just to search the cities and towns of Egypt knowing who was Egyptian and who was not." Seth pointed out.
"Yami did you ever check out Jou back then?" Yugi asked tilting his head to the side.
"No he was a slave brought over from Asia and given to Seth for his spirit and beauty." Yami answered back still not getting to what Yugi was trying to say.
"Don't you think he could be the one that the legend is talking about? You said yourself that his ESP levels are off the charts. The highest you have ever seen."
"That would be a smart choice, put the power in a foreign slave that was close to the pharaoh but not close enough." Marik smirked finally thinking of a logical explanation to the problem.
"Then why not in Yugi?" Ryou asked quietly.
"That would have been to close. Yami would have checked him foreign or not." Bakura answered.
"How are we going to prove its Jou? It there like some little stone that lights up when it is close to the carrier?" Malik asked hoping the operation would be a simple one.
"The better question is how we are going to get the power out of him." Seth groaned.
"I remember my father telling me of rituals various cultures would do to release trapped power. But all those where barbaric and required a sacrifice of some sort. I doubt we are going to find a willing virgin or a pig." Ryou spoke out his thoughts as he tried to think of a way to release said power. None of his father's information was helping at the moment.
"We are not killing him." Seth growled.
"No we are not Seth, times have changed and so should our methods. But we are going to need a way to release the power when the time is right." Yami spoke in a serious tone his eyes narrowing.
Me- And that is it for chapter 9!
Myself- Finally!
I- Wow that was a relatively painless update time.
Me- Ok people here is going to be the breakdown for the next update. I am going to try and get chapter 12 written really, really soon. Actually I am half way done with it, perks of getting bored in Pre-Calc. Yet I am going to Hawaii, I know aren't I the lucky one, with my friends for April Vacation so I am not sure when I am going to get the time to update. Since my birthday is in like a few weeks and getting the parties done and packing and last minute shopping I am not sure when I am going to find the time. But I will try!
Myself- We are going with you on this vacation aren't we?
I- Yea I know, think how much inspiration your muses are going to get!
Me- It's a 2 hour flight and then a 9 hour flight. Can you stay quiet that long I?
I- Nope.
Myself- I can.
Me- Yea…so I may get more written then I thought on this plane flight! But after the trip I will really try to catch up and update this ASAP. April/May is a busy time for me.
Myself- Ok now you are making excuses.
Me- Well thank you reviewers for reading and telling me your comments. It always makes my day to see that someone liked my story. So please continue to send those comments!
I- Byes for now!
Me- That's my line I!