Ryou Bakura, Film Maker
After this,3 chappies left!
Chapter 8
Yugi and Yami
"Okay, get those lights ready." Bakura said, clapping. Thanks to Téa's generous donation of funds, Bakura could happily afford real equipment.
"I'm here." Téa said, running in wearing a pink jacket and pink shorts. The jacket was buttoned tightly.
"Okay, Yugi's already here, let's go." He said, leading Téa to the fireplace, where Yugi was waiting. "Okay Yugi, this is one of the romantic scenes, with heat and chemistry, k? So make it real, make it good, and above all, be sensitive and polite, because Téa's going to take off her jacket." Yugi furrowed his brow as Bakura crossed to behind the camera.
"With all due respect Mr. Bakura, I don't think that's a big deal." Yugi said.
"Well it is a big deal, because she's wearing nothing under it." Bakura explained. Yugi's eyes widened.
"Huh?" He squeaked.
"Okay, marker…sound…" Bakura said. Téa reached down and unbuttoned all but one button on her jacket and took a breath. "And…action!" Bakura said. Téa stared into Yugi's eyes.
"Atemu…please, I know you don't remember me…what we had." She whispered. "But I still love you, and I need you. Need you…now." Téa bit her lip and undid the last button, shrugging her jacket off to the floor. Yugi just stared down for a moment before turning to Bakura.
"They're…they're beautiful." He whispered. Bakura nodded and hung his head.
"And…cut." He muttered.
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"Hey Ryou, how's this?" Joey asked. He was wearing an odd pair of glasses with a long electrical cable connected to a buzzer in his hand. Joey pushed the buzzer, and the glasses lit his eyes up in a blue glow. "I just need to attach the mask parts to hide the harness, Whadda ya thin? Drake called and said they've welded the 'bot together, they just need to wire up the lighting and test the sound. Isn't it great? We can shoot the final scene in a few days!" Joey cheered. Bakura nodded half-heartedly. Joey frowned and slowly walked into the living room where the gang was sitting. "What's with him?" He asked, sitting down.
"Yami still has to do the meeting with Seth, and we still can't get a hold of him." Malik explained, covering for his friend. Mai looked at the calendar. Hm…it was Friday.
"I know where Yami is going to be at 4 this afternoon." She said. Bakura suddenly appeared in the door of his office.
"Where?" He asked. Mai smiled.
"He's going to be at Youko and Kitsune at 4 to pick up a suit." She said sweetly. Bakura nodded.
"Check, let's roll."
-Across the Street from Youko and Kitsune Clothier-
-3:55 PM-
"Check, is the wire ready? Sound mike planted?" Bakura asked, looking out the window for Yami. This time, rather than use the van and risk Yami noticing, they were hiding out in a small diner across the street.
"Yup." Malik replied, setting up the camera.
"Téa, Yugi and Kaiba in costume?" Bakura continued.
"Check, Yugi's putting on the harness." Malik confirmed. Bakura looked out the window and pulled out his walkie talkies.
"Yugi, get ready to dive, you're on in 1." He said, watching Yami's car drive down the street. "Remember, just sweep him off and make sure he stays away for the shot, don't hurt him." Bakura picked up the second walkie-talkie. "Kaiba, Téa, standby for cue." He said. Yami parked and got out with Tristan. "Action!" He hissed.
"Man, I feel so much better now." Yami sighed, smiling. "That time with Dartz really helped." He said, walking forward with Tristan behind him. Bakura looked out the window to see Yugi wearing a suit of bony armor with a black cape (1).
"Go Yugi!" Bakura ordered. Yugi nodded and dove forward, the harness around his waist and the zip wire leading to the ground holding him.
"Dartz is right, there's no magic." Yami continued. "I'm sure it was all in my head." Tristan started to reply, and was cut off as Yugi caught him in the chest.
"Whoa!" Tristan cried, Yugi's momentum pulling him into the bushes. Yami frowned.
"Whoa?" He asked, turning. "Tristan? Hey Tristan!" He called. He shrugged and turned back to meet a blue chestplate. "Hey now, what's the deal?" Yami muttered.
"You thought you could escape me?" Kaiba sneered, pushing Yami to the ground.
"Hey!" Yami cried, getting up.
"5000 years and thousands of miles won't erase what you've done, Atemu." Kaiba sneered, reaching into his waistband. "I let you live all those centuries ago, and now I'll fix that, by doing what I should have done and sealing your soul in the Shadow Realm!" Yami stumbled back.
"Hey, back off, no-no on the soul-sealing!" He yelled. Téa ran on screen and flung her arms around him.
"My Pharaoh, thank the Gods I have found you!" She cried.
"Get out of the way Anzu, this is between me and Atemu!" Kaiba snapped. Téa spun around.
"Seth, this vendetta is pointless, he doesn't remember you!" She pleaded. Kaiba pulled a short, golden scepter from his waistband.
"And once his soul is trapped in darkness, he'll forget everything else!" Kaiba roared, holding the scepter in the air. He pushed a hidden button on the staff, and an eye-symbol on the tip of the scepter glowed. "Prepare for an eternity of misery!" Kaiba snarled, flinging the staff out. Téa grabbed his hand and wrestled the scepter from him before pushing him to the wall. She pushed the button for the glow, and Kaiba pretended to struggle to move.
"Run Atemu, I cannot hold him!" Téa pleaded. Yami nodded and bolted across the street.
"You cannot escape me Atemu!" Kaiba roared. Yami continued running.
"He's running, he's running…" Bakura said to himself. Then he gasped. "SHIT! He's running towards us, he's coming here!" He thought fast. "Quick, swing to Mai and Drake!" Bakura urged. Malik swung to film the crew members playing poker in the corner with Joey behind Mai, just as Yami flung open the door and rushed in the diner. "CUT!" Bakura yelled, grabbing Yami's attention. Mai, Joey and Drake looked up.
"Joey, you've gotta do better than that!" Bakura moaned. "Mai is betting your engagement ring, the symbol of your love, in a poker game with her ex-boyfriend, how does that make you feel?" Joey raised an eyebrow.
"Huh? You two dated?" He asked, looking down at Mai and Drake. Both shook their heads.
"C'mon, he's like, ten years my junior." Mai scoffed.
"And I could do way better." Drake added. Mai shot him a dirty look. Bakura pretended to notice Yami.
"Oh hi! Malik, look who it is!" He said, turning Malik- and the camera- to Yami. "We're shooting a movie here it's called uh, um….'For the Love of the Game'. Can we help you?" He asked. Yami gulped.
"You gotta run, there are some weird-ass people around here…" He panted. He looked out the window and pointed at Kaiba marching across the street. "Shit!" Yami spun and dashed out the back.
"Go go!" Bakura hissed, running after him with Malik in tow. Yami dashed into the alleyway and tore down it at light speed, vanishing around the corner. Kaiba growled and held his scepter into the air.
"This isn't over Atemu!" He roared.
"And CUT!" Bakura cheered. He took a breath and smiled as the gang all assembled in the alley, even Yugi.
"Guys, we have one final scene." Bakura whispered. "This is it!" The gang cheered.
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The gang was now sitting in Bakura's home, enjoying a dinner of various ordered-in places.
"Téa, the lovely Anzu, let's hear it for her!" Bakura cheered. The gang clapped. "Kaiba, the ruthless and cunning High Priest Seth!" The gang clapped again. "Mai, the peasant Kisara and the holder of the White Dragon!" Mai rolled her eyes. "And of course, Yugi, Yami's official stunt double!" Bakura slapped a high-five with Yugi across the table.
"Well…thanks." Yugi muttered.
"What's wrong?" Bakura asked, noticing a low tone. Yugi shrugged.
"I fell kinda weird here…you know, my only contribution is looking like Yami. I like the errand running, I actually do something. You know, I get the coffee, order it, pay for it, I get the cream and all that. But a stunt double, all I do is look like someone. What is that?"
"That's a gift!" Bakura encouraged. "You're a spitting image of Yami Muto, that's a gift! How many other people can do that? That's amazing." Yugi grinned sheepishly as Bakura ate a spoonful of rice.
"Well it's not that great a gift. C'mon, I am his brother." He muttered. Bakura's eyes bulged, and he turned to cough, choking on his rice. "But that's why I enjoy working here. All my life, people just see me as Yami's little bro. It's nice to be my own person."
"You mean people have used you as a way to get to Yami?" Mai asked. Yugi nodded.
"Yeah, it isn't easy being related to a star. I mean, my parents are always gushing over how great he is, it's hard living in his shadow. You know he hasn't been home for Christmas in two years? He's always off filming something."
"That is so sad." Téa muttered, shaking her head.
"Yeah, that's another great thing, I get to work with him on this." Yugi said. "I really love you guys, you've all been so great to me. Especially you Mr. Bakura. It's nice to be working on account of my own talent, and not just the fact I'm Yami's brother." Bakura nodded wearily and played with his rice.
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"I can't believe this." Bakura muttered. It was late, and everyone had gone home, save for Malik who was in Bakura's office.
"What? That you have the brother of the world's hottest action star in your pocket? That you can find out where Yami will be anytime, anywhere?"
"All that, and that I have a conscience." Bakura grumbled. "I could exploit him, I could use him to get to Yami, but damn it! He said he loves us, Malik! How can I betray that?" Malik was about to answer when the phone rang. Bakura sighed and picked it up.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Mr. Bakura, its Yugi." The caller said. Bakura sat up. "I heard Mai tell ya where Yami was today, and with the final scene and all, you might wanna know this. Yami is heading out to Paradias at 3 pm on Monday." Bakura nodded.
"Okay, thanks." He said. He hung up. "That was Yugi. Yami is heading to Paradias on Monday at 3." Malik shrugged.
"So?" Bakura thought.
"I won't exploit Yugi like that. But, he told me that of his own free will." Bakura grinned. "I'm calling Drake to get that robot ready by Monday. We're shooting the final scene!"
1: Lord of Dragons, in other words.
