Willowwind: Back!
Legolas: (mutters)
Willowwind: I'd like to thank all those who reviewed. Review was down for two days and I still got eleven! Impressive...
Legolas: (sarcastically) Indeed.
Willowwind: So...let's reply to the reviews now!
Reviews:
Nachzes Black-Rider: Well...SOMEBODY's having mood swings...
Malik Ishtar Sekhmet: I got that name right, didn't I? Anyhoo...I'm not quite sure why I get hyper on croissants, either. Oh, and for your yami: Bonjour! Commen ca va, aujourd'hui? (blinks) I looked on spell-check for French, and it said I got the spellings all right. And it's been three years since my last French class. Ah well…. Thanks for reviewing, btw.
DreamCherry66: Thanks so much for reviewing! I love getting new readers! And I suppose I COULD start using food items…thanks again! That's actually a really good idea. And I'm starting to feel sorry for 'Kura, too. Maybe I'll start being nice to him in later chappies…but that wouldn't be as funny. So no. Sorry, Bakura, you're out of luck.
amanda.p.: Uh…thanks?
Her Sweetness: Thanks. I really don't need to take as much time as I'm taking, though…and that's where the problem is.
Computerfreak101: (gasp) YOU REVIEWED AGAIN! (glomps you) I thought you didn't like me anymore or something! And did you just get an account? You've never signed a review before…
Waffles4eva: Answer two questions for me. One: what the heck is a Black Eyed Susie? Two: how was it?
OneWhoWalksWithPigeons: Wow…thanks…you spent forty minutes wasting time for ME? I'm flattered…and they're all perfectly plausible items! Thank you so much!
My Seto: Well…actually…I usually feel like it, I just never have the time. I agree with the first two…but I have one of my own. Parents…blah blah blah….
fushdfkusjr: I'm just assuming that you pressed some random keys to get that name...and a metal sponge might work, if it was on something that Ryou could use to whack Bakura over the head with. That would hurt...
person: Thanks! And by 'egg beater', do you mean a whisk, or an electric one? I'm actually planning on using an electric one, and I already used a whisk, so...
shikyo666: Uh...you're welcome? And sorry about the coma thing...I hope you didn't die while I was stuck in writer's block...
Willowwind: There, now that I am done with that, I'm gonna rant about my computer. THE STUPID THING KEEPS AUTOMATICALLY MOVING PUNCTUATION OVER AND I DUNNO HOW TO STOP IT! It doesn't make too much difference, BUT IT'S STILL ANNOYING! There. I am finished my rant. Now, Legolas, do the disclaimer.
Legolas: (mutters) Fine. She doesn't own it. Any of it. And she wishes to warn all readers that Bakura is stupid and Ryou is evil and there will be some other OOC traits in characters...and not all of them intentional. She wishes to apologize for that.
Willowwind: Thank you! (glomps her muse) Now, on with the ficcie!
The Secret Journal of Bakura the GreatChapter Eleven
An old-looking car pulled up in front of hikari's driveway. I assumed it was the Pharaoh's midget. "You know what to do right?" I whispered, glancing downwards at the small, black ball of fluff that had taken my name. It nodded.
I slowly opened the door, and ran out to Yugi's car, trying as hard as I could to make my eyes look wider – more like hikari's.
"Ryou?" A pair of illegally-sized eyes greeted me as I opened the door of the car. "Why are you transparent?"
Time to think fast. Again.
"Uh...Bakura took control of my body before he left."
"Ah." Yugi looked sympathetic. "Where did you think he was?"
I checked the numbers I had scribbled down on my hand. "111th st. and 81st ave."
"What makes you think that?"
"He kept ranting about going there, and then I got a ransom note for by bunny."
"That said to leave it there?"
"Yup." I tried, and barely managed, to keep back a grin of triumph. I had distracted the midget, and my partner had just climbed into the car from the door that I had still left open.
"Okay. Well, then, let's get going!"
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Stupid Pharaoh's pipsqueak. He thinks he knows everything. But he has been outsmarted by me! And the Pharaoh obviously didn't figure it out, either, or he would have been out in a second. I guess I'm pretty good at impersonation...I should try this more often.
Anyhow, I'm off to wherever this place is (Yugi seems to know where he's going), and then I can find out who's threatening me and terminate them. And steal the picture and put it through a paper shredder. I have done everything the note told me to...and now I am safe from embarrassment because of that stupid picture.
Yugi said something about having to go through a gravel road. I wonder wha
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I think I may have figured it out.
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"Ryou! We're here!"
I jumped out and glanced around. It looked similar to every other street corner I've ever seen, complete with stoplight.
"I'm gonna go find a place to park! You start looking for your yami and bunny!"
'Argh. Stupid midget is too HAPPY. Must...kill...cheerfulness...' However, I managed to keep a slightly happy, but still worried look plastered on my face as Yugi drove off. And I started looking around. Several people passed by, but I saw no one who seemed to want to talk to me. And rightfully so; who would want to talk to a scary-albino-looking guy who's translucent? But that's beside the point.
I glanced around at the seemingly endless sea of people for anyone who looked slightly out of the ordinary...and spotted my first target. Someone, wearing a black leather trenchcoat with a hood pulled up over his head, was approaching. He stopped right in front of me.
"Tomb robber," he hissed, "where's the pharaoh and the bunny?"
I moved slightly to let the stranger see behind me, where Bakura was innocently munching on some grass that happened to grow in the cracks between the sidewalk blocks. Snorting, the newcomer turned back to me. "And the pharaoh?"
"Coming."
Just at that moment, Yugi ran up. "Sorry it took so long, Ryou, but..." He stopped as he saw the stranger. "Friend of yours?"
I gave a small, humourless laugh. "Not exactly." Then I held out my hand, and Bakura jumped up into it. Yugi's eyes widened slightly – although I'm still not quite sure how that's possible – as he finally realized who I was. Then the Millennium Puzzle began to glow, and Yugi grew slightly, and his eyes shrunk.
"TOMB ROBBER!"
"We don't have time for introductions, pharaoh." Sometimes, I can't help but wonder at my own quick-wittedness.
"What do you want with my hikari? Why did you bring him here?"
"First answer: nothing. Second answer: because he brought you along. Now follow." Yami stayed put.
I was about to make some sort of slight on the pharaoh's courage, but the stranger interrupted...by pulling out a gun and aiming it at the pharaoh. "We don't have all night. Come on."
Yami drew himself up – as much as is humanly possible for him, that is – and glared. "I can't die, and you know it."
"Yes. But your precious hikari can. So...do you come with us, or do you sacrifice your hikari for a pass to the Shadow Realm?"
Yami's glare intensified, but he began walking forwards. The stranger fell behinds us, keeping the gun ready in case either of us should run. He turned his glare sideways at me. "You're going to the Shadow Realm for this, tomb robber."
"You'd have to beat me in a duel for that, pharaoh-no-baka."
"You say it like it would be a challenge, tomb-robber-no-baka."
"Throwing my insults back at me?"
"I use what works."
"Oh, so you're not clever enough to think of your own insults, so you steal someone else's?"
"I do not steal."
"Hey, you two." We both glanced back. The stranger had stopped by a black sedan with shaded windows. "Once you two stop bickering like an old married couple, you can get in the car."
We both gave him death glares as we got into the car.
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Hn. Stupid pharaoh. He's busy ranting to me about how I could very well get us all killed, and if I was a decent person, I wouldn't have gotten anyone into this mess. He's also saying something about if I had any shame, I'd jump off a cliff and save him the trouble of pushing me.
Tuning out now...
This could be a very interesting step in the proceedings...and a very dangerous one. I may have to watch my step... But if my plan succeeds, the world will soon be mine! And then I can make it a better place to live in...
And I think I know where to start. The pharaoh is annoying. People would benefit muchly from his death.
What do you mean 'muchly isn't a word?' MUCHLY IS A PERFECTLY GOOD WORD! So get rid of the stupid red line. Yes. THAT one. (A/N: (slaps Bakura) You broke down the fourth wall, idiot! There is no red line in your journal!) Hmm...maybe there isn't a red line...BUT IT'S STILL A WORD! YOU DARE TO INSULT THE MUCHLYNESS OF MUCHLY!
Ah. We have arrived. We shall discuss this later...
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"Welcome to my home."
"Oh, so it's you." Heh. I am so good at hiding my emotion.
"Naturally." Violet eyes glanced at the pharaoh's face, which was well on it's way to matching the purple hue. "Well, do come in. We have...things to discuss."
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Willowwind: Yet another chapter done. (yawns) And high time, too. I wouldn't have finished it tonight if I didn't have...a motivation. I promised Waffles4eva that this chapter would be up today, so you can all thank her.
Legolas: DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Willowwind: (tiredly knocks the knife out of Legolas' hand with a small burst of telepathic energy) So...sorry this chappie was so short...BUT I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT! Now that it is summer...unless I am gone or busy beyond belief, updates will be WEEKLY. Yes. You heard me. WEEKLY.
Legolas: Kill me now.
Willowwind: (smile) You can thank Waffles4eva for that one, too. She said she'd fall out of her chair if I did. AND YOU'D BETTER! (turns back to audience) In other news, I'm posting this and going to bed. Goodnight, and leave a review, or I shall sic an angry Ryou on you.
Just one little thought...I've thought of a way to make this fic wind down pretty quick here...and it actually makes sense. So...unless you really want me to make the fic longer, and TELL me so...(coughBLACKMAILcough) I shall end the fic that way...in which case, we have...oh...four more chapters, give or take. Oh, and I shall NOT be counting two people's opinions on this: Legolas'...
Legolas: (sulks)
Willowwind: ...and Nachzes Black-Rider's. She'll tell me to quit now. I know she will. Now, I am leaving to post, so I can actually KEEP my promise, and post before tomorrow. REVIEW!