Prophecy
Disclaimer: My psychiatrist says that I don't own YuGiOh. He says that I need to get help. He says that I'm crazy. My psychiatrist is my chair.
"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 12 – Seven Minutes in Hell
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" Yami yelled, looking at the unconscious Bakura and the trio.
Apparently, during Jennie's party, Bakura had tried to take his stolen millennium item back, but created much noise in doing so. So, after Jennie, Jackie, and Erica had knocked out Yami Bakura with their awesome ninja skills (Jackie crashed on top of Bakura after falling off a suspending bed drape), Yami had come in, seeing all this with his own eyes.
The three friends looked at each other warily and shrugged.
"Um…B.K. fell asleep and…er…" Jennie hesitated.
Jackie shook his head and said, "We'll explain later, but right now isn't such a good time."
Erica agreed and added, "But we can tell you that you yamis are very important to us, as well as the world, from the actions that you do presently."
Yami narrowed his eyes and demanded, "What actions?"
Jennie rolled her eyes and snapped, "I wanted to say this for a long time: JUST SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO US FOR ONCE, PHARAOH!"
"Explain to me soon then-" the tri-haired dude started, but stopped when the four heard some heard harsh arguing downstairs.
"What are you doing here, Kaiba?"
"The question us, what are you doing here?"
"I'm here because of Jennie's birthday!"
"Shut up, Joey! You'll attract Erica's and Jennie's attention!"
"Yes, be silent, puppy."
"WHY I OUTTA-"
The trio looked at each other with Yami and all of them raced downstairs. Jennie, being the slightly reckless one, slid down the railing, reaching the bottom first. She ran to the front door and saw Joey trying to kick Seto, but was held back by Tristan. Teá was trying to persuade Seto Kaiba to get out without being impolite.
Jennie smiled mischievously. She greeted, "Oh, Kaiba! Glad you came! We're just about to start our best game, but it wouldn't be fun without you, would it? The more the merrier I always say!"
Seto and the others gave a puzzled look and when Jennie's other two friends came, included with Yami, there grew even more awkward silence.
"Um…hi, Kaiba." Erica waved, giving a suspicious glance at Jennie.
Seto nodded and glared slightly at Yami.
Jennie suddenly yelled, breaking the tension almost too completely, "LET'S PLAY SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN!"
Soon after everyone realized that Seto came over just to return Erica's notes for science class, they just ignored this and forced Kaiba to join in the party (at least that concept was for Jennie) and to bring Mokuba with him. While the raven-haired boy watched with interest, eating cookies, Jackie brought a soda bottle. It was still full with the cap on, but no one really noticed. Jennie told the rules and when she was almost finished, a loud th-th-thump and a pained yell was heard. Ryou tumbled into the living room doorway, clutching his head. Tristan helped Bakura up and set him next to Joey.
"Um…I think Yugi should start…" Jennie said, wary of both Ryou's health and his evil yami.
While Yugi spun the bottle, Jackie whispered, "Bakura has the millennium item…Ironically, I can sense it."
Jennie nodded gravely and met eyes with Erica. They both knew this could easily become dangerous.
The bottle spun slowly and eventually pointed to Joey and Tristan. If you took out the weird thoughts, than it would've been funny. Then everyone agreed to shorten the time to five minutes since it was too boring and slow to be seven minutes. After they came out, it was Teá's turn. The bottle rolled around and stopped on her and Jackie. Teá smiled while Jackie winced. Erica tried not to laugh.
"Have a good time, Jackie-boy!" Jennie winked.
Jackie cursed at his friend while he was pushed in by Joey. While Erica turned off the light for the closet, everyone except for Seto crowded by the door to eavesdrop on anything interesting.
"So…um…how long have you been friends with Erica and Jennie?" Teá asked.
Jackie moved to the other end of the small and narrow closet and muttered, "Erica is seven years and Jennie is three years."
"Oh, I see. Had any…um…dates?"
"Ha! If you mean Erica and Jennie, then I rather date a monkey since they're so similar."
Suddenly the closet door boomed as Jennie yelled, "I HEARD THAT, YOU MONGROL!"
Jackie coughed awkwardly and Teá tried to make herself more comfortable. Then she said quietly, "I mean, besides your friends."
The boy cleaned his glasses in nervousness and stammered, "Uh…um…I-I had arranged dates because of my parents, but no…i-if you count the boring times I had with the blind dates. Why? You want to go out with me or s-something?"
Teá whispered, "If I can…"
Everyone outside the door oooed and ahhhed. Then Jennie opened the door, making Jackie and Teá blink several times from the light.
"Come on, you lovebirds! Time to figure out who the next victims are!" Erica laughed, running to take her seat.
Teá blushed and Jackie wouldn't let go of Jennie's arm. He was trying to break it. This time Tristan spun the bottle and it pointed to him and Jennie. As five minutes went by and when Jackie opened the door, Jennie was putting Tristan in a headlock.
"Oh, hi! We were just wrestling to pass the time!" Jennie smiled. Tristan just gagged.
Blinking, everyone cautiously went back to their circle. Then Joey spun and it ended up on him and Teá. However, before Teá could get up, Jennie pointed at the ceiling and Bakura, Erica, and Seto looked after her finger. Then she changed the bottle to Erica and Ryou. Then Jackie changed it to Erica and Seto, but Jennie switched it again.
Erica and the other two looked confused, but when Erica saw that she was paired up with Bakura, she jumped up and clung to the sofa. "I'm not going in the closet! NEVER!"
Joey and Tristan dragged the girl, but had a tough time since she had a death grip with the couch.
Teá, meanwhile, was laughing and Seto was glowering. Bakura was blushing. Jackie and Jennie were arguing furiously, though.
"Are you crazy?" Jackie hissed.
Jennie snapped, "What's so bad about pairing her up with Bakura? After all, he DOES like her!"
"Yeah, but remember that Ryou has the millennium ring? Yami Bakura? THE AMBUSH THIRTY MINUTES AGO?"
"Oh crap."
Before the two could stop them, Joey and Tristan dumped Erica inside and Bakura, who was also tossed in.
"Have a fun time!" the two boys laughed. Yugi, who turned into Yami, grasped Jennie's and Jackie's shoulders.
"You do know that you have made a rather large mistake." Yami said, worry in his eyes.
"We know!" the two moaned.
In the closet, however…
The two was stuck. The boxes around them were piercing their backs and the coasts above them filled their noses with mothball smells. Apparently, the closet didn't have much room and so Erica and Bakura shifted around until Erica was on Bakura's legs and the boy was trapped underneath. They couldn't move an inch more.
"Erm…this is very uncomfortable…" Bakura whispered. His foot was numbing.
"Tell me about it!" Erica chuckled, moving her hand. She hit Bakura's nose by mistake. "Sorry!"
Ryou twitched. Unfortunately his hands were a bit tied up. His right was under him and his left was holding Erica's back so she wouldn't fall back into the boxes. Suddenly his nose went itchy.
"Uh…could you-" Before Ryou could ask, Erica gently scratched his nose.
Surprised, Bakura sneezed and murmured a thanks. He tapped his fingers on the floor.
Erica wet her lips and stumbled, "I'm sorry about…you know…the cross-dressing thing. I should've watched out in what I was saying."
Bakura smiled. "Oh, it's alright. I knew you mistakened me for…something else. It's alright."
Erica sighed. "How many more minutes?"
"I don't know."
Then the girl shifted around until Ryou flinched. His leg was cramping.
"Oops, sorry 'bout that." Erica muttered, going back to her original position.
Then Bakura's breathing slowed and his head fell onto Erica's shoulder.
'He fell asleep!' Erica thought. 'This can't be good…'
Unfortunately, she was right. As soon as Ryou fell asleep, the yami arouse and the closet was full of light as the millennium ring glowed.
"What a coincidence that my hikari's love is in his lap right now." Bakura sneered, trying to move his body. Apparently, the blasted girl held him in place.
"What are you talking about, leech?" Erica snapped, crossing her arms.
Bakura glared at the girl and growled, "I should send you to the Shadow Realm for your insolence!"
Erica simply stretched the boy's cheeks. "Apparently you can't do that, can you? Nevertheless move!"
Bakura's eyes twitched and hissed back, "I could easily send you to Hell if I wanted to! I don't need my hands, you know!"
"Then why don't you?"
"Because I won't."
"…Wha?"
Erica stopped expanding the albino's red cheeks and looked at the yami, who adverted his eyes away from her.
"Why not?" Erica repeated.
Bakura gritted his teeth and said in a very quiet voice, "My hikari seems to be very fond of you…as do I."
"Sorry, I didn't hear you. Repeat that again?" Erica asked.
Bakura gave her an irritated looks and snapped, "Because you are not even worth my time!"
Erica hit the man hard on the head, but as she did so, she fell even further in, making Bakura fall back and sending boxes flying.
"Worthless human…" he muttered, pushing a box off of his face. Erica was right on top of him, face very close to his.
"News flash, albino. You're human, too."
The boy faced Erica and their noses barely touched. While violet eyes met amber brown ones, Bakura whispered, "For you, I will be..."
Then he inched closer. Before he could do anything disturbing (in which Erica was literally trying to move away from), the door opened and Yugi peeped in, along with Jackie, Jennie, and Seto.
"Oooo! Getting' cozy I see!" Jennie winked.
Erica blushed and tried to get up while the transformed-back Ryou got poked by cardboard boxes.
"Good…She's in one piece…" Yugi sighed.
Jackie nodded in relief as Jennie helped Erica up and Teá moving the boxes away so Bakura could get up. Soon everything was settled, except for Seto glaring at poor Bakura. Jackie spun the bottle. It landed on Joey and Jennie. Erica nudged the blond playfully while Jennie swaggered to the closet. It seemed like she was pretty confident that nothing weird would happen to her. Joey, on the other hand, was blushing and drooling like a puppy. Puppy love!
"Joey?"
"Y-yeah?"
"Don't do anything weird or I will put you in a head lock just like Tristan."
Joey looked at the shadow next to him and rubbed his arms nervously. Even if he liked Jennie, she sure was scary sometimes, especially in the dark. Jennie, however, was humming a song in her head to pass the time.
Five minutes went by without a problem and the two came out, Joey a little quiet and Jennie whistling.
"Why didn't you do anything?" Erica hissed, watching Seto spin the bottle grudgingly.
Joey whined quietly, "Because she threatened to put me in a head lock!"
Erica simply slapped her forehead. Suddenly oooo's and ahhhh's sound and Seto told everyone to shut up. Curious, Joey and Erica looked down. The bottle was on Seto and Erica.
Completely shocked, Erica ran to the kitchen for refuge while Jennie tried to drag her friend back. Everyone started to laugh, while Seto reddened and huffed slightly. Abruptly, a huge BONG erupted from the kitchen and Jennie came back, pushing a half-conscious girl in front of her. Puzzled, Yugi asked in what happened to Erica.
Jennie shoved the girl into the closet and sighed, "She crashed into the metal back door, trying to escape. She almost blacked out from the collision when I slipped and slammed her into the door."
Everyone stared incredulously at the birthday girl.
Finally Jackie yelled, "YOU IDIOT!"
"Um…So…what should we do, Kaiba?" Erica said, trying to adjust her eyes in the darkness.
Seto didn't respond and continued to stare at the locked closet door. Erica followed his gaze and grinned. Suddenly she kicked the door, making eavesdroppers on the other side yell in pain and drop to floor.
"Now we can talk!" Erica smiled, facing the quiet man.
Seto cleared his throat quietly and whispered, feeling the heat creep up his cheeks, "Do you…erm…like Bakura?"
Erica smothered a laugh and said, "Of course not! He's just a good friend! Besides, who would like a psychopath like me?"
'I would.' Kaiba thought, feeling dread fly away from his chest.
"Why?" the girl asked after.
Seto flinched inwardly and used his coldest voice, "I was just asking. After all, you were disgustingly close to Bakura in this very closet."
Indignant, Erica snapped, "So you think he was trying to kiss me? I think not!"
"Then what were you doing in his lap?"
"I had no space to move anywhere for your information, you sabotaging, cold-hearted, obsessed, evil gaming freak of freaky icy blue eyes that scare the living daylights out of me when you glare and arrogant ass that has nothing better to do but make other people suffer, you sadistic duelist that was beaten by Yugi, who, I must like to say, is way better than you, so stop chasing him around like a rabid fan girl, you highly competitive, moronic, idiotic, cynical, stupid GEEK!"
Erica was standing up during this full out insult attack, cornering Seto into the boxes, and when she finally stopped, she sat down on the floor, panting slightly. Meanwhile, Jennie and Jackie were laughing their heads off at the other side of the closet door.
"God, I didn't mean anything by the comment." Kaiba muttered, getting up from the boxes.
Erica made an angry noise and kicked him on the foot. Smirking, he sat up and playfully messed up Erica's hair. Laughing, she chucked something powdery into his face. Wiping it off, Seto noticed that it was flour.
"Where did you get this?" he asked.
Erica replied that it was from one of the boxes. Then they looked at each other mischievously.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" the girl asked.
"Almost exactly." the boy responded.
For the next two minutes, the two talked quietly and when the last minute was almost up, Erica was suddenly curious about something.
"Hey, Seto?" Erica said. "Do you like anyone besides Mokuba?"
Kaiba hesitated and said with uncertainty, "Um…no."
"Oh. Okay. You're probably lying, but it's not my business."
Seto looked at the shadow of Erica's face and saw that she was also looking at him. Her golden brown eyes seemed to glimmer like an owl.
"I…I meant to tell you something, Lee, but I'm not too sure about it myself." Kaiba took a big breath. "I…uh…wanted to say that I, um, I-"
He was cut off suddenly when Jennie yelled, "Time's out!"
The doorknob started to turn and Kaiba sighed with regret. Erica quickly glanced at the moody teen with innocent curiosity and when the door opened…
FWOOOOOM!
Jennie was suddenly covered head to foot in white flour, with Erica and Seto holding the flour bags. There was awkward silence. Then Jackie started to choke, sputter, and finally laughed out loud. Soon everyone else was laughing.
"ERICA!" Jennie shrieked.
She jumped at the girl and when Erica dodged the lunge, she crashed into the closet. Seto and his partner split both ways and when Jennie chased after her friend, she slipped on the soda bottle that was used for the game. With a powerful spin, the soda bottle burst, shooting the cap at the wall (making a huge dent) and spraying its contents all over the laughing bystanders. The YuGiOh cast was soaked and so was Jackie. Then Mokuba chucked the left over flour on the floor at Tristan, he tackled the boy into Yugi, and soon it was a full out soda and flour fight.
It lasted until Tien-Xiang came home.
When he came into the chaos room, he saw that it was a complete mess and so were the others. No matter how much he yelled for them to stop, the noise was too great. Now he was angry. Walking over to his nephew, he grabbed Jackie's shirt collar and dragged him out of the room.
In the kitchen, Jackie finally noticed his uncle.
"What is the meaning of this! I at least expected to see you three to be spotless, but, instead, my living room is a complete mess!" Tien roared.
Jackie cringed and snapped back, "We were just having fun! Or is it our mission so important that we can't have any? We're teenagers! We were going to clean up afterwards!"
"You'd better!" Tien-Xiang growled.
He turned away, slammed his suitcase on the counter, and went outside. Then he came back with the garden hose, muttering to himself in Chinese. Jackie immediately knew what his uncle was going to do. He did this when he had a party and Jennie and Erica was creating havoc.
Covering his face in embarrassment, he heard his uncle turn on the hose and spray everyone in the room. There were some shrieks and curses, but when everyone saw who the person was that blasted the water, there was dead silence.
In a cold, quiet voice, Jackie heard Tien-Xiang politely tell the guests to leave. In a few minutes, the boy heard the front door close and his two best friends quietly go upstairs to clean up and change. Jackie went up the other stairs and did the same.
The party ended in melancholy joy.
(A/N: FINALLY I AM DONE! Thanks to a special someone (coughcandy-animelover600cough), I was forced to update this chapter two days earlier than it was supposed to. Grr…evil editor…..
Anyway, I had a fun time typing this up and I noticed some "awkward" things that I had to revise. One example is this:
"Apparently, the closet didn't have much room and so Erica and Bakura shifted around until Erica was on Bakura's legs and the boy was trapped underneath. They couldn't move an inch more."
It was originally this:
"Erica and Bakura shifted around until Erica was on Bakura's lap and the boy was trapped underneath, unable to breath from the pressure."
That just sounds…wrong. Either that or I have a sick mind.
…
Probably the latter. (sweatdrop)
Besides, I knew that was bad to put there since my "editor" was laughing her head off when I read this sentence to her. There are other mistakes like this one, but not even my editor knows all of them. No one will ever know…
Er…yeah. Thanks to all my wonderful, devoted reviewers. I wouldn't be continuing this story if it wasn't for you guys! Really. I would be too lazy if wasn't for reviewers telling me to update or they would mug me with a sock puppet. So, here are the reviewers:
Atem's Queen of The Nile man, I hope you're still not deaf from the dance you went to…Here's a hearing aid. (throws a cotton ball at you); candy-animelover600 NOW DRINK THE STUPID TEA! DAMN, BLACK-MAILING EDITOR!; DarkHand27 yes, I love making cliffhangers, yes, Yami's hair fit through the doorway, and yes, you will get your cookie in due time; TudeDeluxe I like your name. Sounds like something from Oreos…; TudeDeluxe AKA Dez are you the same person as the other TudeDeluxe?; Hi yeah, nice to meet you, too.
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Well, that's it for today! I'll probably update again around Thanksgiving so look out for the next chapter then! CAOI!)