Chapter 16: At Nightfall 2
Thanx to those reviews.. now i know that some people actually read this story! here is the next chapter !
TillEverMore: I'll try to make as much kaiba as I can... cuz we all just can't get enough..lol
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Joey and Mai were walking up the streets of Domino doing the same thing as all of the others were. Looking for any signs of the mummies. It was a little awkward for the two, seeing as they haven't seen each other in a pretty long time. The last time that Joey saw Mai was when he dueled her when she was under the Oricalcos spell. (AN: remember that when she woke up his soul was already taken, so they never saw each other since) He was a little mad at her for not saying goodbye, but he missed her too much to be mad at her for long.
"So Mai, how ya been?" He asked her.
"I've been pretty good. Needed to clear my head of some things. Plus traveling gets pretty boring after a while, so I decided to come visit you. Not to mention the rumors about these mummy things. Once I heard about that, I knew that you guys had to be involved somehow, seeing as bad things always come your way. No offense."
Joey laughed at this. It was true, bad things always did come there way. Well mainly Yugi's way, but since they were his friends, they stuck by him no matter what. So you could say bad things came their way too. "Well I'm glad that you decided to come. But I have to ask you this. Why didn't you come back after the whole oricalcos thing?"
Mai took a deep breath before answering. "After the whole things with Dartz and all, I wasn't ready to face you guys. Well especially you Joey. I mean it was my fault that your soul was taken. My jealousy and greed caused the darkness in my heart to grow to the point that all of the good things were forgotten." She took another deep breath. "I thought you were angry at me because while you guys were trying to save the world, I kept getting in the way and causing a problem."
Joey grabbed Mai, but not too hard. "Mai, there is no way that I was mad at you! It's not your fault that all of this happened. Plus I sort of blam myself for what happened to you. I wasn't able to save you from the shadow realm intime when you dueled Marik in Battle City. If that never happened, you wouldn't have had anything to fear causing you not to fall into Dartz's grasp."
"It's not your fault that I was weak Joey." Mai told him. "That was my own problem, and that's another reason why I didn't come back. I needed to prove to myself that I'm not as weak as I was. I'm sorry if I made you mad or worried, but it was something I had to do."
"It's okay. I understand now." Joey said with a smile.
Just then, Joey thought he smelt something. "Hey, do you smell that?"
"Joey, now is not the time to feed your face." Mai said in annoyance.
Joey told her it wasn't food, but something else. So the two went towards the smell.
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Kaiba couldn't sit in his office any longer. That encounter with Ginny caused him to lose thought on any work that he was doing. Not that he could really concentrate to begin with. He dicided to leave his office and head home. Maybe a good nigt's sleep would help take his mind off of things. Plus it was a long day to begin with. He walked out of Kaiba Corp and headed down the street. He could have had a limo take him home, but he figured the fresh air would do him some good.
"Damn Ginny, and her getting angry at me! Then again it is my fault. Wait! What am I doing? I never admit that I'm wrong! But there is something about her that makes her different from the other morons I talk to."
"Of course it's your fault! Why do you insist on pushing Ginny away!" Kaiba realized it was the good half of his concsience talking to him.
"Great! Now I have offically gone crazy! I'm not going to listen to this becuase it's all just because of a lack of sleep!" Kaiba thought. "So where is you're other half?" He asked.
"You don't need his help now anyway. But listen to me, I'm the only shot you have to make this thing right. I'm not saying fall in love with the girl or anything, but you can't go on hating everyone that has something against you!" With that, his concscience disappeared.
He decided to cut through the park because it would get him to the Kaiba Mansion faster. As he was walking, Kaiba stopped. He saw Ginny sitting on one of the park benches. He wasn't sure if he should walk over there or not. Besides it was dark out, so why was she even here. In the end, Kaiba decided to go over there.
"What do you want?" Ginny asked with her voice filled with anger.
"Look, I'm not one for apologizing or anything, but it's okay that you didn't tell me that you were Pegasus's niece. Plus I can see why you wouldn't tell me something like that anyway."
Ginny looked at Seto for a minute. "Well, I can forgive you, but that doesn't mean I not still mad."
"Whatever! It's not like she won't get over it." He thought. Then Kaiba was about to keep on walking when Ginny said something else.
"Oh yeah, you have to promise me something."
"What is that?"
"You have to promise that even though I'm helping my Uncle Max out, that won't have anything to do with us."
Kaiba thought about this for a minute. If he made that promise then he could kiss taking over Industrial Illusions goodbye. Then again, his company was doing better, so there was no need to worry. Or maybe that's why Pegasus's needs Ginny's help. Some last chance to try and bring his company back to some sort of glory of what it once was. "Okay fine, it's not like I have anything to worry about."
Ginny just gave him a look, but said nothing. She asked if she could walk with him, and grudingly he agreed. As the two were walking, they ran into two other people.
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Marik was on the look out for any signs of mummies. "Why did I have to volunteer to take the little kids!" Not that he would say anything outloud. Besides, he could take on the mummies if they came. He just needed to make sure that Mokuba and Rebecca stayed out of his way. He wished Alana was here because he could use her company, but he told her to stay home because he didn't want to put her in any kind of danger. Thanks to her, he was living the life he enjoyed now.
:Flashback: Marik had just come back from Domino with Ishizu and Odion. The whole Battle City Tornament had wiped him out. Not to mention he had lost years of his life thanks to the evil within him. But now that he was back, it was time to start over with a good life. Just as he walked in, a woman ran up and gave him a big hug!
"Marik! You're back! I knew Ishizu wouldn't let me down!" The Alana said, but stopped when she saw the look on his face. "What's wrong?"
"Alana, I have let you down so many times in the past. You should have married Risho when you had the chance." He told her.
"That's easy. I didn't love Risho! Marik, I love you. You were the chosen tomb keeper, not him, so I was bound to marry you anyway. Everything that happened was in the past, so I'm not mad. Besides I knew that wasn't the real you. And when Ishizu told me she was going to try and rescue you from the darkness, I knew I couldn't give up!"
Soon after that the two were married. Of course Risho wasn't happy, but he still believe that he had a chance with Alana. Marik made sure that wouldn't happen, so seeing as he was the tomb keeper, he had Risho sent off to another temple. :End Flashback:
Marik was brought out of his memory, by Rebecca's voice. "Ummm Marik, I think there might be a problem." She said.
When he looked to see what she was talking about, Marik saw them. There were about ten mummies! "You two better get back." He said to them.
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Yami and Cassandra were walking up the streets just like the others were doing. Cassandra was still thinking about the conversation she and Tea had earlier about Yugi. She still couldn't believe that Tea didn't like Yugi as more than a friend. She actually felt sorry for him. Judging by the conversation she heard between him and Yami, she could only imagine how he must feel when Tea turns him down.
"So, how did you come across the item with Kira's spirit in it?" Yami asked, bringing Cassandra back to reality.
"My grandfather found it in one of his digs, and thought it looked pretty, so he gave it to me." She told him. She wasn't stupid, Cassandra knew that Yami was just trying to make small talk. But she wasn't going to say anything about it, just go along.
"I was just wondering, is there anything that you know about my past that you haven't mentioned?" Yami asked.
Cassandra had to think of what to say. There was no way that she could tell him about all of the flashbacks and dreams that she was having. "Nothing I can think of." She said. Though she hated to lie, she had to do it. Now wasn't a good time to talk about things like that.
Yami was going to say something in protest, but didn't because he heard something. When he looked to see what it was, he saw some of the mummies! "Stay behind me." He said to Cassandra.
Kira began to take over. "You don't need to protect me. I can handle myself, but thanks for the offer."
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As Yugi and Tea were walking towards the noise, Yugi couldn't get over the fact that Tea turned him down. But now wasn't the time to think of things like that. They found themselves walking towards an ally. When they looked to see what the noise was, they saw someone walking towards them.
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thats all for chapter 16th! it seems pretty long to me. but thats a good thing for you guys.. lol there are so many cliff hangers, so you'll just have to wait to find out! please R&R!
