NOTE: Okay, I've been hearing a lot about pairings…and it's only supposed to be romance undertones. I'm focusing more on the "horror" prospect…but, as we know I can't live without seeing some romance. Just give me some time to jumble my thoughts together. Okies? I've heard for many different pairings, and I'm leaning towards my usual ones, but I don't want to upset people. Anywho, on with the story!

(PS: It's rated this way, just for "blood and gore," or at least more amounts of it, and rants about death and such, than I thought good for PG. However, it's a light PG-13 story, this is (my first one too). I just rated it this way to be safe. It's about the rating of "Pirates of the Caribbean," or "Spiderman."

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 2: Something Freaky Is Going On

"Bakura," Yami stated lowly, as he quickly took over Yugi's body. "What brings you out here?"

"What else, Pharaoh? Is this not the most lovely of atmosphere? The fear…the mystery…the lingering taste of death?" Bakura licked his lips.

Tea shuddered, "D-Death? D-Duke's not d-dead…is he?"

"Heavens no, dear girl," Bakura laughed, "His job has not yet been completed.

"Wait," Seto stepped in, "What job? How do you know of all this? Explain yourself!"

"Cool it, Kaiba. I merely know these things by…experience, and foresight. Well…not foresight, exactly. I just have a sense of these things. If you wish to prove me wrong, then go on inside and see for yourself of what has become of him," Bakura suggested.

"And how do we do that, you numbskull? The door is bolted shut," Seto replied, coolly, losing his patience and temper.

"With every door there is always a way in," Bakura simply stated.

"So let's break it down already!" Tristan punched his fist.

"I'm wit' Tristan!" Joey sided, "Let's break it down! Or open…. Whatevea'!"

"Yeah…. It can't be that hard. The door is really old, isn't it? Seto could break it down," Mokuba put faith into his brother.

"Guys…this thing is solid oak if you haven't noticed?" Serenity knocked on the door.

Something creaked.

Everyone turned to face the door. It was slowly opening….

"G-Guys…is that even p-physically p-possible?" Tea shook even more violently.

"I don't think so, hun, and I'm not one to pay attention in science class," Mai whispered.

"Big brother…what's happening!" Serenity held onto her brother's shirt.

"I-I dunno, sis. It was…bolted. An' now…it's openin'! Wit'out any 'elp!" Joey's knees began shaking.

"This is just like in the movies;" Tristan breathed heavily, "The place is haunted! Let's get outta here!" he turned suddenly and started high-tailing off the porch.

"Oh no you don't!" Mai grabbed his collar as he passed, "Duke's in there and we're ALL going in. Even if it kills us," she stated.

How she would regret saying that last sentence….

"…Come on then, you losers," Seto said coolly, briskly walking in, "There's no such things as ghost: like magic."

"WHAT DO YOU CALL ME!" Yami and Bakura shouted at his back.

Seto stopped and barely turned his head, "Freaks."

The yamis fumed. And their protégé's…or in Ryou's case, host, quickly took over, before anything got messy.

No doubt, though, that Bakura would return once he was finished fuming.

Mokuba trotted along after Seto, with Yugi in tail. Serenity clung to her brother as they walked in slowly, Tristan acting as a bodyguard for Serenity as well. Mai walked in after Joey, and Ryou followed. He stopped and turned around, though, seeing Tea not following.

"Tea? Whatever is the matter?"

"I just have a good feeling about this place. Something…something bad is going to happen. I just know it."

"I know the feeling. But half the time, it's paranoia, due to the fact that I hang around Bakura all the time," Ryou laughed lightly. Seeing this was not the time for jokes, he stopped. "…You coming?"

"I don't want to…but I have to," she replied, taking steps towards the door.

The gang slowly filtered into the front room. Seto took out his flashlight, flipped it on, and started looking over the room.

"It's a lot like our mansion," Mokuba whispered as the light slowly went over the ceiling, grand staircase, molded carpet and various other things.

"He's left many expensive things in here. Some of which I could use," Seto smirked, while running the flashlight over some of Gozaburo's valuables.

"Who's he-" Yugi started to ask, but was cut off.

Taking things is the least of your worries right now…. A voice carried through the house. Mai shrieked.

"That sounded-" Tristan started.

"Familiar," Mokuba ended.

"Like Duke," Tristan said.

"No, no. Not entirely, I don't think," Mokuba replied, "there was a deeper voice in there…."

Seto began turning the flashlight around the room.

The light landed on a pair of black shoes.

Serenity clutched her heart. That had freaked her out.

"I knew that was going to happen," Tristan crossed his arms. "It always happens in the movies."

"Well, for your information, this isn't a movie," Tea retorted, "At least…I don't think so," she took a side glance at Seto, starting to wonder if he had set them up. It would have been a very good prank, which Seto could have gotten a big laugh at. Heck, Tea had seen the shows and movies where people were sent somewhere, not knowing they were being taped, and horrible things happened. It meant to be very good entertainment.

Seto looked back at her, "You think I'd actually do something like that? Waste a bunch of money to see you geeks squirm? Actually…that's not a bad idea. But if you forget, I'm here too, you know."

"Yeah! But you haven't been scared squat!" Joey yelled at him, "You KNEW about all this stuff!"

"Did he know about that?" Seto raised his light to see that the speaker was indeed Duke. And he was pointing behind them. They all turned around and saw….

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The door was closed. And it was firmly bolted shut.

"WHAT? WHO DID DAT?" Joey exclaimed, rushing to the door, and trying futilely to pull it open. "If it opened once, it'll do it again!" Joey grunted, trying to heave the oak door open, still.

Tristan rushed over to help, "Dude! It's stuck now!"

"Of course it is, fools. There's no way out now. You're in my territory, and I plan to make use of it," Duke sneered evilly, his eyes a bright…way TOO bright…green. Suddenly, a strong look of fatigue crossed his face, and Duke fell to the floor, in a crumpled heap.

"Duke!" Serenity cried out, her hands over her mouth, rushing over to him.

"Serenity, wait! It could be dangerous over there!" Mokuba ran after her.

"Duke! Duke! Are you alright! PLEASE WAKE UP!" Serenity bent down and flipped him onto his back, surveying him, and shaking his shoulders. "DUKE! WAKE THE HECK UP!" She was in tears now. What was everyone saying about death…?

"Serenity, calm down. I'm sure he's alright…" Mokuba added, hesitantly, "Maybe he just passed out…."

"Yeah," Mai suddenly came up behind them, "look. He's still breathing. Calm down, girl."

"I can't! This is freakin' me out, guys! And…and…EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT DEATH!"

"Serenity…that was only Bakura," Yugi came over.

"But…but…what Duke said…taking stuff away is the least of our worries! What is the biggest of them? Huh? I'll tell you what! DEATH!" Serenity was breathing harshly now.

Good…good…. Serenity looked up, terror etched all over her face.

"I'M HEARING VOICES IN MY HEAD!" she screeched.

"Serenity, calm down," Mokuba was at her side now, his arms around her shoulders, rubbing her arms to calm her.

"I CAN'T!" she erupted into a waterfall of tears, "I WANT OUT!"

"Serenity!" Joey was over now, down on the floor beside his sister, ready to comfort her. He took her into his arms, away from Mokuba and started consoling her, "It's alrigh'…it's gonna be okay. Calm down, now. You're a Wheelea'! You have backbone, sis!"

"Some pep talk," Seto muttered. A jab in the ribs was someone's response. Seto grunted and looked in the direction from which the jab had come. Tea was watching concernedly. She glanced up at Seto and smirked. Seto glared back. What right did she have to do that?

Duke moaned suddenly. Everyone looked down. The boy's eyes fluttered open, lazily.

"What the…happened?" Duke sat up, rubbing his head. A wave of nausea over took him, but he held it down.

"You don't look so good…" Ryou said, "Your face is…pale. And has got hints of green too…."

"Don't feel the greatest either," Duke heaved, falling backwards. Tristan caught him.

"Whoa there. Relax, we're all here for ya," Tristan said.

"What happened?" Duke asked again.

"That's what we want to know…from you," Mai interjected.

"Yeah!" Joey exclaimed, "What was wit' coming' in here an' all?"

"I led you in here?" Duke inquired.

"Heck, yeah," Mai retorted.

"Oh…. I don't know. I don't…remember anything…coming in here…or whatever," Duke replied.

"So, you don't even know how you got into the house in the first place?" Tea asked, "It's hard to believe the door opened by itself for us in the first place, but for you too? That would be weird…."

"I swear I don't remember…. Much, at least. I do remember…a light sensation. It was a floating feeling…kind of like I was…I dunno…a ghost for a moment. Just a moment though. No longer…."

Seto was trying to bput two and two together, "So, are you trying to say you…phased through the door? What kind of baloney is that?"

"It doesn't' seem like much "baloney,"" Ryou stated, "This house, I must say, is pretty wacky. First, Duke becomes possessed-"

"POSSESSED?" everyone gaped at him.

"Well, yes," Ryou explained, "Wasn't he? Did no one else notice the glazed…and then bright eyes? The secondary voice within his? The darkness? I mean come on people! It was SO OBVIOUS!" Ryou became…so…un-Ryou like. Everyone just looked at the British boy as if someone had possessed him.

"Alright, look. Let's just try to get out of here already. Nobody wants to be here, unless they're a brainless idiot," Mai directed at Seto, seeing that he wanted to further explore his house, "So, let's break a window or something."

"Not on my property!" Seto accused.

"Isn't it being torn down anyway, Seto?" Mokuba asked.

"Mokuba!" Seto threw out.

"Ah! So we can break a window!" Joey jumped up.

"I have not yet approved that!" Seto pointed a finger at him.

"Screw you," Joey rushed over to a window.

"Wheeler!" Seto shouted, "Get your hind back here this instant!"

Joey stuck out his tongue, "NAH!"

"You imbecile!" Seto ran over and grabbed him by the collar, pushing him against the wall. Er…wall window that is…with most extreme force.

"YOU IDIOT!" Seto yelled into Joey's face.

"Guys…" Yugi started.

"WHAT?" Seto spun around.

"Uh…Kaiba? How hard did you shove Joey against that window?"

"Ow…enough to give me a serious pain in ma' back," Joey winced.

"…It didn't break," Yugi said.

"Your point?" Seto threw out.

"Well…if some strong force is supposed to break a window…that would have broken it, right? But…it didn't break," Yugi explained.

Everyone looked at the window. Indeed, there wasn't even a single crack.

"What-" Tristan started.

"The-" Joey said.

"Heck," Duke finished.

Seto analyzed it all, "…That's impossible…." He dropped Joey down, and looked around quickly for a piece of furniture. He found a crummy end table, and picked it up. He hurled it at the window with as much strength as possible.

But there was no crash.

There was no shatter.

All the table did was shatter on contact with the window.

The opposite way from what everyone had thought would happen. Splinters of wood flew everywhere around them. Once the place was calm again, Mokuba started.

"Seto…that wasn't supposed to happen…was it?"

Seto just stared at the table, shock registering all over his features, "This…can't…be…happening…. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" he roared. Seto feel to the ground and pounded his fists on the ground, "WHAT THE CRAP IS WRONG WITH THIS GODFORSAKEN PLACE!"

Everyone shivered at Seto's uproar. He was angry…. And no one was safe when Seto Kaiba was angry.

Tea turned away from the group. She couldn't take this anymore. They had to get out. She looked around, using the extra rays of light from the fallen flashlight that emitted to other parts of the room.

Her eyes traveled the length staircase, from bottom to top. Her eyes widened

when she saw the top.

"Oh…my…God," she whispered….

Hey! Sorry it's sort of short. Nothing much scary in here. Just suspense, I guess…and mystery. And a cliffie! YEAH! Well, I posted this up as an extra-special Halloween treat, so I hope you enjoyed it! PLEASE REVIEW!