Prophecy

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I don't own anything anime related. I only own my squishy pillow, which I stole from Jennie.

"When legend becomes reality,

Three warriors of ancient monsters will rampage the earth,

Of light, dark, and element.

Look to the Heavens,

They will come from there…"

Chapter 11 – EVIL BAKUUUUURA!

Jackie yawned and stretched, watching his uncle nod to sleep. Finally, Tien-Xiang blacked out, snoring slightly. Jackie got up from his chair, got a blanket, and set it on Tien. Going back to his seat, the boy wished he could get some coffee, but he was so close to finding the "Leak," he didn't dare leave the room. Besides, his uncle would scold him for not being alert at watching the computer screen.

A quiet click sound on top of the basement stairs. Turning around in his seat, Jackie saw that it was Erica, who was balancing three cups of cappuccinos on a tray.

Glancing at Tien-Xiang, Erica whispered, "Poor guy…he's been working 24/7. He came back from work and now this?"

Jackie shrugged and got a cup of coffee from Erica's hands. "Why are you outta bed?"

"Couldn't sleep." she simply replied.

"What about Jennie?"

"Snoring."

"Ah."

Jackie faced the computer again, numbers going on and off. Erica looked at the computer, too, and said, ""Almost finished?"

"Yeah. I think by next week, we'll be able to get the approximate place in where the leak is coming off from."

Erica nodded and drained her cup. "Mind if I try something?"

Jackie moved off his chair to make room for Erica as an answer.

"You know how the yamis are able to summon the Shadow Realm, right?" Erica inquired, typing rapidly.

"Yeah." Jackie responded. "What about 'em?"

"What if we are able to detect every single yami in Domino City and keep a close check on them to see if they use the Shadow Realm?"

"What good will that do?"

"Don't you get it? We can ask the yamis to stop doing the soul sucking thing which may stall the Realm from leaking any further."

"What if they don't want to cooperate?"

"Fight 'em."

"WHAT! Look, you may be a very lucky person during fights, but Jennie and I nearly lost everything! I'm not risking a loss as big as that."

"I know, but we might even be able to detect the leak even faster since I think the yamis' powers are similar to the Shadow Realm. Detect one point in which doesn't stop using the Realm, then hey! We find our winner!"

As Jackie thought about this, Erica pressed one final button and commented, "I set the comp up to scrounge for any ancient Egyptian power, so go to sleep and let it finish loading. You're making the computer sweat from pressure."

"Fiiiiine!" Jackie whined.

Then the two set Tien-Xiang on the couch and went up to go to bed.

Only that Erica couldn't go to sleep. One was because she couldn't shake off the shivery feeling in her skin and two was because she drank hers and Tien's cup of coffee. Getting up from bed and putting on some ordinary clothes, Erica stuffed her Exodia cards into her pocket, snuck out through the balcony, and down the vine rope next to it. Then she took Jennie's bike out of the garage. Hesitating, she also got a metal bat, just in case if anyone did anything strange at night.

Erica didn't know why she went to Domino Central Park. She just felt like going. Riding the bike around the place, she saw a familiar albino sitting on a park bench. Before she could call out, she noticed something strange about him. For some reason, she saw a dark aura around him that was pulsing like a beating heart. It didn't look friendly. Touching her Exodia deck for comfort, a gruesome sight of translucent bodies lying around the man met her eyes.

It seemed like Yami Bakura was on a hunting spree that night.

Remembering that one gets stronger the more one sends people to the Shadow Realm, Erica started to back away.

However, Bakura voice sneered, "What's wrong? Think I'm a murderer?"

Erica froze. Literally. Cursing the magic of the yami, Erica watched Bakura walk toward her until he was right in front of her. He lifted her face and turned it sideways as if inspecting it.

"Not bad. My hikari doesn't seem to have a bad taste." he smirked.

By accident, Erica's limp hand brushed against the Exodia cards in her pocket and immediately freed her from the evil magic that held her in place.

Slapping Bakura, Erica yelled, "Don't you ever touch me, you sick pervert!"

"Why?" the man jeered, not affected by the slap. "You wouldn't mind if my hikari touches you."

Furious, Erica grabbed the metal bat and swung it at Bakura's ribs. Instead, the yami held it with one hand, crushed it, and threw it away, leaving the bat clanking down the cement. Then he held Erica's wrist so she wouldn't be able to run away.

"DON'T TOUCH ME!" the girl screamed.

She stomped on the albino's foot, making him release one of her hands from surprise. Erica grabbed Bakura's Millennium Ring and tried to rip it off. Black electric bolts shot out making a circle of light around the two. Frantically, Bakura tried to wrench Erica's grip off his necklace, but she wouldn't give it up. With strains and some struggling, the rope that held the millennium item snapped. Instantly, Yami Bakura disappeared into the real Bakura and fainted, collapsing onto Erica's shoulder. Making a face and stumbling because of his weight, Erica fell.

Jennie woke up suddenly, yelling out, "ERICA!"

Looking around, she figured that her sight was just a nightmare…or was it? Shuddering, Jennie looked outside the window and spotted Erica throwing pebbles at her window. So that was the annoying sound that woke her up.

Opening the window, Jennie hissed, "What the hell are you doing outside…with my bike…and Bakura?"

Erica snapped, "Just get down and open the damn door!"

When the two finally set Bakura onto Erica's bed, Jennie slumped into a chair and said breathlessly, "What did you do!"

In a few minutes, Erica told her tale. Her friend sighed and took the Millennium Ring.

"I had a dream," Jennie started, "That you were in trouble at a park when this guy attacked you. Now I see that it wasn't just any dream."

Erica said nothing as she took the Ring back and walked over to the wall. Tapping it once, it opened, revealing a safe. Gently, Erica set the Ring inside it.

Then Jennie pointed out, "You do know that you'll only stall B.K. from getting that back."

The other girl smiled and winked, "When he does, I'm pretty sure all of us can hear it!"

Jennie shook her head and left the room, whispering, "Sleep in the guest room tonight…unless you want to sleep next to the cute albino boy here."

Erica chased the evil friend out of the room, slapping her hard on the back of her hand. Yup. They're good friends.

Summer vacation was about to arrive and the trio never figured out what to tell Bakura in how he ended up at their house. Jackie and Jennie just settled to tell him that he sleep walked all the way to their mansion. Strangely, Bakura accepted this stupid and obvious lie. Also, the Millennium Ring remained in Erica's safe, quiet and normal. Still, Erica and the others didn't take any chances, sealing the artifact with many locks, both physically and electronically.

Unfortunately, Jennie's birthday was getting closer and everyone knew what that meant: pure chaos and World War III

Finally, Dooms Day arrived and Jackie and Jennie already knew this day was going to be a handful since Jennie started the day off by eating a huge chocolate bar. Already Jennie was zipping around, yelling in everyone's ears.

"Mornin' everyone!" Jennie screamed, shaking the windows. "Today is my birthday!"

Everyone chorused (even Tien-Xiang who woke up groggy) in monotone, "We know."

"It's a fine day! The day is sunny, everyone is happy and- WHOA! Look at the size of this bar, man!"

"We know."

"REALLY? Ohmigod! Look at the time! Time for good, ole school! Cheers, Tien!"

Suddenly Jennie dragged Erica and Jackie out of their seats and propelled them to school. Erica and Jackie were half conscious while Jennie was yelling and shouting. Soon they arrived at school, Jennie marching forward and the other two practically sleep walking. Yugi saw the three and raced to them.

"Happy birthday, Jennie!" he cheerfully said.

Jennie energetically greeted back and ran off to somewhere. Erica sat on a bench, yawning, and Jackie rubbed his eyes.

"Didn't have a good sleep?" Yugi asked sympathetically.

They both nodded and suddenly shouted in panic when Jennie popped out of nowhere.

"IT'S MY B-DAY!" she screamed.

With annoyment, Jackie and Erica snapped, "WE KNOW!"

Jennie simply cackled madly and stalked off to bother a crow.

"What did she eat?" Teá said, sitting next to Erica.

"Chocolate." Jackie and the girl said.

"Oh."

"Does she ever…ever get this insane, except for her birthday?" Yugi inquired.

"At our birthdays and at Christmas. Also at Valentine's Day so the boys could get scared at her insanity and give her candy to stop bullying them." Erica answered.

Everyone stared at Jennie who caught the crow and was tearing at its feathers. Suddenly, a group of crows attacked Jennie while she threw curses at them. Taking refuge in the school building, the birthday girl remained there.

Erica shook her head and sighed, "Today is going to be a loooong day…"

During art class, which was taken outside, Jennie had finally blown off her hyper-ness and was her half-insane self again…though some parts of crazyness still remained in her. For example: when a cute boy sat next to Jennie, she glared at him and when her was about to say hi, Jennie started to chuck colored pencils at him. Running away, he stayed away from her for the rest of his life.

"You know you could've been nicer." Erica snapped, picking up Jennie's pencils.

Jennie stuck her tongue out and went back to work. Erica rolled her eyes and jumped slightly when Bakura tapped her shoulder.

"Oh, hi, B.K." she said without any emotion whatsoever.

Bakura helped pick up the rest of the drawing utensils and set it in Jennie's art box. "Will she be alright like that?"

Before she could even respond, Jennie shoved a very primitive picture of Seto, Erica, and Bakura, or at least that was what Bakura thought it was, into Erica's face. Bakura looked over Erica's shoulder to see Jennie's "masterpiece." Erica was crushing Seto with a mallet, though there was a heart above his head. In the background was Bakura holding pom-poms, yelling and basically looking like a cheerleader.

Immediately, Erica glared at the bored-out-of-her-mind girl and Bakura hid his face in embarrassment.

"What the crap!" Erica yelled. "What's with the cross-dressing albino girl, bleeding brown guy, and the messy, black-haired yak!"

Jennie tilted her head and pointed out, "The bleeding brown guy is Seto and the black-haired yak is you-"

"WHAT!"

"And the person that you called a cross-dressing albino is…well…Bakura."

"Oh $#&!"

Everyone in the class looked at Erica and started to whisper among themselves. Erica turned toward Bakura and apologized, "Oh, B.K.! Please don't take me too personally! I didn't…"

Bakura blushed even more and walked away. Then Erica threw Jennie a dirty glance in which Jennie responded innocently by shrugging.

"I'm sooooo gonna kill you after school!" Erica mouthed out.

Jennie simply sniggered.

For the rest of the day, Bakura hardly glanced at Erica and she herself was too embarrassed to apologize properly. She just blamed Jennie. Jackie, however, had an uncomfortable day at the same time as when Erica commented about the bisexual albino picture. As the hacker casually walked past some people and was looking around for a good place to sit and an easy thing to sketch, he spotted Seto Kaiba poking at his sketch book quite viciously.

Creeping up on him, Jackie commented, "Why don't you draw a rock, since you already have the dots for it?"

Seto flinched and snapped, "Why should I care! I have a company to run and I'm here drawing idiotic objects that aren't even alive!"

Jackie sat next to Kaiba and pointed at the fuming Erica, "Then sketch her. She's breathing and animate."

Seto gave the boy an even look and went back to killing his paper. Jackie sighed and decided to draw a bench under a huge oak tree. After focusing on his picture, Jackie decided to take a break since his hand was cramping. Blowing the eraser dust off the paper, he noticed that Seto was actually drawing and not murdering his pencil point. Taking a peek at the boy's work, he smiled slightly. Kaiba actually took his advice; drawing Erica and it wasn't bad.

"Oh that's sweet." Jackie whispered

Protectively, Seto covered his paper and gave Jackie a death glare. The male answered by focusing on his art work again. Before Jackie could start on the shading, Teá plopped down next to the hacker-boy and smiled sweetly at him. Jackie almost threw up.

"Um…hi, Teá…what brings you here?" Jackie asked weakly.

Teá said, completely oblivious to Jackie uneasy state, "Well, you know, I thought you needed some help so, um…yeah."

Seto snickered and whispered to Jackie, "Good luck with your girlfriend."

Jackie hissed, "At least I have a girl chasing me, while your center of attention hardly knows that you exist!"

Kaiba scowled and looked at his drawing.

Jackie too frowned. He didn't mean to say that, but eh, he deserved it.

After school finally came and, yes, Erica did try to kill Jennie. She kept poking Jennie with a plastic knife, pointy side.

"Hey, HEY! Stop that!" Jennie snapped, pulling the knife out of Erica's hands. She just stuck her tongue out.

Jackie rolled his eyes and muttered, "The YuGiOh cast is coming up."

Erica and Jennie waved at the group. Soon, they all set off to the trio's mansion, already planning some party ideas.

"We'll play Hide and Seek in the Dark-" Erica smiled.

Jennie continued, "We'll play Pin the Donkey, Extreme Style…"

"Play Hot and Cold!" Jackie yelled.

Then Jennie smirked evilly. "And play Seven Minutes in Heaven."

Jackie and Erica shook their heads desperately, but Joey asked, "What the heck is that game?"

"Well!" Jennie started (Erica slapped her forehead). "Seven Minutes in Heaven is when you have a bottle, spin it, make the pair go into a closet for seven minutes and who knows! Something special may happen!"

Jennie nudged Bakura and he blushed a deep red. Erica just blinked while everyone laughed. Why did everything have to be so confusing?

"Okay, so…um…" Jennie pondered and her friends waited patiently for her plans. "Well, we can't play Seven Minutes in Heaven and Hide and Seek in the Dark since it's still sunny outside…but we can play Hot and Cold and Pin the Donkey, Extreme Style."

"What's that? I mean the Pin the Donkey thing." Tristan questioned.

Jackie explained, "You guys already know what Pin the Donkey is, right?"

The YuGiOh cast nodded their heads.

"Well, this time the donkey picture is in a high place or a place impossible to reach. You're blindfolded, of course."

"That seems fun." Yugi said, cheerful as usual.

Jennie jumped up and ran off to somewhere and came back with donkey picture, a piece of cloth, and a donkey's tail. Then she climbed on top of the couch, and taped the picture on the sloping ceiling.

"Er…how are we supposed to get that?" Joey said, looking at Jennie climb down.

Erica bounced on the couch and smiled, "That's the point!"

Jackie laughed as everyone groaned.

For three hours, all of them tried to reach the picture blindfolded and it was hilarious in how everyone jumped and fell, tripping on something. They only stopped when Joey fell, tripped over a chair, toppling a vase in which Tristan saved only barely. The next game was Hot and Cold and Erica took such a long time to find her hat, they just gave up on her. Actually, Jennie was the one who threw her cap, getting it from the roof ("How am I supposed to know that it was up THERE!"). Finally, at nine o'clock nighttime, it was dark enough to play Hide and Seek in the dark. Jennie and Bakura went around and cleared the place while Erica and Jackie took away anything that might break into the next room. Joey and Tristan moved the heavy objects while Yugi and Teá stood by and watched. Eventually the game began, Yugi being the first to count. Teá turned off the lights and hid somewhere.

"Ow! You stepped on my foot!" Erica hissed, squishing into the coat rack with Jackie.

Jackie whispered angrily, "Why'd you follow me anyway?"

"To be blunt, Yugi will see you first, instead of me."

Jackie glared at his friend, but she didn't notice. Suddenly everyone heard Yugi cry out and a loud thump followed.

In a pained voice, Bakura said, "You found me, Yugi…Now can you please get off me?"

Of course Bakura had to be the one to count, but after a few minutes or so, Ryou didn't come in to find them. Immediately Jackie and Jennie knew something was wrong. Erica was completely clueless. Jennie came over from behind the couch to her friends.

"Let's go." she whispered. Jackie nodded and dragged Erica after him.

Teá saw a bright glow from behind the door and saw a taller Yugi walk out, following the other three.

"Stay here." Yami said. His three friends nodded, wondering in what was the problem.

Upstairs, Jennie took her metal bat, Jackie his stick (used for getting things off shelves), and Erica her pepper spray. They heard a boom of something and then another clang as a metal sound clashed on hard wood.

"Damn!" Erica yelled, kicking her locked bedroom.

Jackie and Jennie nodded at each other and ran at the door. After a few tries, Jennie's and Jackie's combined strengths struck the door practically off its hinges, making a racket that could wake a whole block.

Inside the room, Yami Bakura was holding the Millennium Ring, the safe-ruined.

Erica stepped forward and warned, "B.K., I know you're in there and you know you don't want to put that necklace on."

For a few seconds, Jennie thought she saw the innocent look of Ryou, but it disappeared quickly.

"Amusing, mortal." Bakura spat. "Hiding my Millennium item inside a pathetic safe. Did you really think it would stop me?"

Jackie stood up straight and contradicted, "Actually, the safe wasn't supposed to stop you. Only stall you so we could attack you!"

Jackie swung the stick at the evil Yami's hand, but it stopped in mid-air, lifting Jackie off the ground. Bakura's eye of Horus in his forehead glowed brightly as he watched the boy flail around.

"Shall I drop him?" Bakura asked, sneering.

Erica gritted her teeth and stomped hard on one of the wooden planks. It shot up on the other end, punching the albino in the jaws. Before Bakura could react, Erica did this again, again, and again. Jennie took this chance to tie a knot on one poster bed poles so Jackie could bounce on the horizontal draperies.

Bakura, however, grew enraged and jumped at Erica, flinging the Millennium Ring into the air by mistake. Jackie fell down and bounced on the trampoline-like drapes and swiftly grabbed the Egyptian relic as it flew up. Then Jennie joined in Erica's and Bakura's fight, whacking the yami's back with her metal bat. This continued for a few minutes, while Jackie cheered on. Suddenly the drapery ripped, sending Jackie tumbling down and falling on top of Bakura, knocking him out.

"Oi…my pancreas…" the boy moaned as Erica set Jackie on a chair. Jennie somehow lifted Bakura upon the bed.

"What are we going to do about Ryou…and his yami?" Jennie asked.

"And what are we going to tell the others?" Erica sighed, trying to break the Millennium item with Jennie's bat. Jackie was helping.

Jackie flung the Millennium Ring down hard and when he saw that it did no damage, he stood up and shrugged. "I think it's probably best to give this back to Bakura and-"

He was interrupted when his Exodia deck gave a slight tremor and a few sparks. This happened to Erica and Jennie, too.

"What the…" Erica drifted, looking at the door.

It was Yami Yugi.

(A/N: OH MY GOD, I AM DONE WITH THIS CHAPTER! (laughs) Well, I'm terribly sorry for the long wait. School's a total (insert insulting word here) and I didn't have as much time as to update this chapter…Also the prospect of typing up twelve pages of this chapter was kind of discouraging…

I was surprised to get a lot of reviews! I felt so loved and guilty for not updating quickly. I probably lost a lot of you beautiful reviewers because of my laziness…

I give thanks to candy-animelover600 officially my editor for Prophecy, carolsi13 yeah, Erica's in a love triangle now, and what Mokuba said was funny, seto'sfan001 naw, I couldn't let Seto do anything- he's never that bold! (laughs), Sailor Elf Orange soda drinking hobos and my lint? BRING IT ON, Atem's Queen of The Nile (laughs) lover boy funny, DarkHand27 er…thanks for the socks..., Hi SHUT UP! THIS STORY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME SO QUIT IT!

See? I have a lot of reviews! So happy! Well, I know I made some mistakes somewhere, so just ignore that and if you can't, tell me and I'll revise it as soon as I can. Um…The next chapter is going to be pretty fun since it's wholly based on Seven Minutes in Heaven. And, like Jennie said, something special may happen!

Now press the little purple button on the bottom. If you do, I'll give you a cookie. Cookie is your friend.)