I hope you enjoyed the last chapter, cuz it's only gonna get better!
Chapter 5
--at Kaiba Corp. 11:00 pm--
Kaiba sat in his office watching tv that was only a few feet in front of him. "We are doing everything we can to catch this bandit, but sadly we haven't seen him..."
"I doubt it...they never do all they can do..." Kaiba said under his breath. All of a sudden he heard an evil cackle outside his door. "Huh? What was that?" Kaiba slowly walked to the door and it automatically opened, he looked down the left hall...nothing, the right, Mokuba! "What's he doing up?" Mokuba turned the corner and Kaiba slowly followed him. Mokuba walked outside the door with an evil look on his face. "What's he up to?" Mokuba walked down a dark alley where sitting next to a box was Weevil Underwood.
"It's you!" Weevil exclaimed. "Why did a little pest like you drag me out in the middle of the night?"
"Did you bring what I asked, you little fool?" Mokuba asked getting impatient. Kaiba hid around the corner and watched as his little brother interrigated little Weevil.
"Why should I give them to you?" Weevil crossed his arms, closed his eyes and stuck his nose in the air.
"Because if you don't I'll steal your mortal soul!"
"Oh please!"
"Give me the cards or perish!" Mokuba yelled. Kaiba couldn't believe his eyes, is this the same little brother he once knew or was it someone else? Weevil laughed.
"I'll give them to you...if you tell me what's in it for me?"
"I'm growing impatient with you mortal, what's in it for you? Well you get to keep your soul and if you don't hand over the cards now, I'll steal it away from you." Mokuba clenched his fists by his sides and gnashed his teeth together. Weevil laughed again.
"You really think you can play me like a cheep card, I'm thinking cash for my reward." Weevil said taking two cards out of his back pocket.
"How bout this as your reward?" An eye symbol appeared on Mokuba's forehead and Weevil stared at it. All of a sudden, Weevil and his soul separated and his soul was sucked into the eye with Weevil screaming. Weevil's lifeless body fell to the ground and the cards fell out of his hand. Kaiba's eyes opened wide and he scowled at his little brother and headed back to Kaiba Corp with his hands in his pockets. Mokuba leaned over and picked up the two cards. They were Exodia's arms! Mokuba laughed. "Only two more cards to go, and my evil plan to go into action." Mokuba poked his head out around the corner and watched as Kaiba walked towards Kaiba Corp. "My dear brother thinks that I don't know he was spying on me, and he's sure to ask questions to almost anyone...luckily there's only one person who can stop me, so I better get rid of it before it can get in my way, or I can at least shake her up a bit." Mokuba laughed softly and then broke into a huge evil laugh.
--at the Game Shop--
Iris was once again asleep on the couch and Yugi smiled as he headed up to his room. The Pharoah appeared next to him. "We sure did learn a lot today about Iris, didn't we?"
"Yeah...somehow she has something to do with the person that took your granpa's soul, but I can't figure out how they're connected." Yugi quickly changed into his pajamas.
"Well one thing's for sure, we may need to listen to Ishizu's advice and watch after her closely. Not only does she have something to do with what's going on, she also knows a lot about your past, which can be really useful." The Pharoah nodded his head. "I can't believe that you two were best friends...huh, go figure..."
"Yugi...as her best friend, I apologize for the trouble she's caused you."
"What'd ya mean?"
"With your grandpa and all that. I'm sorry, I promise I'll do everything in my power to restore his soul."
"Thanks Pharoah and I'll help out as much as I can."
"But first we both need some sleep." The Pharoah said smiling.
"Right, good night Pharoah." Yugi turned off the light and he jumped in the bed. The Pharoah nodded and disappeared. Yugi snuggled under the covers and smiled. Iris was fast asleep on the couch and her eyes slowly blinked open. She sat up and rubbed her face. Iris stood up, yawned, and walked to the kitchen. She walked over to the water faucet and just stood there looking at it.
"Hmm...I wonder how this works..." Iris looked at it and tried to figure out how to turn it on. She watch Yugi do it earlier so maybe she can do it too. "Maybe if I push this button." She tried pressing the knob down...nothing came out..."Grr...why did everything have to change?" She accidentally turned it while she was being frustrated. Water shot out of the faucet, scaring Iris and she jumped down to the ground with a scream. She quivered on the floor for a minute and noticed nothing was happening to her. Iris sat up and looked at the faucet and saw the water. She looked at it in amazement and then jumped up and started dancing around. "Ha! I did it, i did it, i did it, i did it!" As she was dancing around, a black liquid fell out of the faucet instead of water. She noticed it as it crawled out of the sink and onto the floor. "Uh...was that supposed to happen?" All of a sudden the liquid grew into Mokuba and Iris screamed.
"Hello, my dear." Iris fell to the ground and almost passed out. Mokuba walked up to her smiling evily. "This is a warning and a warning only. You stay out of my way or your fate may be theirs..." Mokuba opened his jacket and there were two cards, one had Yugi's Grandpa on it and the other had Weevil's. She heard them cry out to her asking for help and she gasped. Mokuba laughed as he closed his jacket back. Iris screamed as Mokuba walked closer to her, the scream woke Yugi up and he jumped out of bed. The necklace around Iris' neck began to glow brightly. As it grew brighter it lit up the room. The light was too much for Mokuba to take as he covered his face with his arm. Mokuba melted down back into the black liquid and began to climb up the sink just as Yugi jumped down the stairs.
"Iris!" Yugi watched as the black liquid pushed through the water and back up the sink causing the knob to turn back and the water to stop. Finally all was quiet as the starstruck Iris and Yugi were scared out of their minds. Yugi finally ran over to her and helped her up. "Are you ok?"
"I'm not sure..." Iris couldn't take her eyes off the sink. "...the future certainly has some strange things..."
--the next morning at the museum--
Kaiba walked into the museum with an angry look on his face. He looked around. "Where are you, Ishizu?" Ishizu walked up behind him.
"I'm right here, Seto." Kaiba turned to her.
"You will call me Kaiba, and Kaiba only. I have a problem..."
"And you think I can fix it..."
"Well, your Millinneum Necklace allows you to see into the future, so I think you can help. Something has possessed my little brother, Mokuba. He's not acting like himself."
"What would you like me to do about it?" Ishizu asked.
"Look into the future and see what's wrong with him!"
"Kaiba, my Millinneum Necklace allows me to see into the past and future, not look after your brother."
"Listen you, I don't have time for your little mind tricks, can you at least tell me of someone who can help."
"There is only one person who can help your brother..."
--back at the Game Shop--
Iris opened Yugi's bedroom door. "Hey Yugi, Can I..." Iris looked at his bed and noticed that he was still asleep, she covered her mouth quickly. Iris shrugged and almost walked out of the room when something caught her eye. There on the desk was Yugi's Millinneum Puzzle. She slowly walked up to it and picked it up. She looked at it and was amazed. She'd seen this somewhere before... "Where have I...?" She was so busy looking at the puzzle she didn't notice that Yugi had woken up.
"It's called the Millinneum Puzzle." Iris jumped and looked at him.
"I'm sorry, I walked in to ask you something and you were asleep and I saw this and thought it looked familiar."
"It's alright." Yugi stood up and walked over to her. "The Pharoah's spirit was sealed in there 5,000 years ago."
"How did it get in there?"
"I don't know..." Yugi lowered his head. "...The Pharoah doesn't remember anything...and I feel helpless not being able to help him." Iris looked at him. "So...what did you wanna ask me?" Iris handed him the puzzle and he put it around his neck.
"Well, I was maybe wondering if I could go back to the museum. There was something there that looked really familiar and I want to check it out again."
"If you give me a minute to change, I can go with you."
"Well...I was really hoping to go there alone but..." Iris said looking at the ground.
"Nonsense. I can come, I'm getting curious about this thing that attacked you last night, maybe there's something there that can help us track this guy down." Iris looked at him and smiled.
"I'll just wait outside, Yugi." Iris walked down the stairs and walked out the door. She saw someone and jumped. Behind her, leaning on the wall by the door was Kaiba.
"I'm guessing you're Iris, am I right?" Kaiba asked. Iris scowled and crossed her arms.
"That depends on who's asking."
"Don't give me a snappy tone! I need your help and whether you like it or not, you're going to help me."
"What makes you think I can help you and what makes you think I would help you even if I could?" Iris asked getting angry, but Kaiba was getting even angrier.
"You will help me! I'll pay you." Kaiba took out his checkbook. Iris was amazed as she looked at it with wide eyes. "How much do you want?" Iris was confused as she looked at his face. "Well, name your price, I can give you anything you want."
"Price?"
"Yeah, you know like money."
"What's money?" Iris had the most confusing face on as she looked from Kaiba's face to the checkbook.
"Oh so you're going to play stupid! Listen you lowlife, my little brother needs help and I don't have time to play games with you, so name your price!" Iris kept the same confused look on her face, just as Yugi walked outside.
"Ok, Iris I'm...ready?" Yugi saw Kaiba and looked at him with surprise. "Kaiba? What are you doing here?" Kaiba ignored him and looked at Iris.
"We'll finish this conversation later..." Kaiba handed her a card. "Come to this address and make sure to leave the little punk here." Kaiba turned and walked away as Iris looked at the card. She looked at both sides till she saw the writing on it. It was a business card with the address of Kaiba Corp, and on the back it said 'Come to the roof...'
"What was that all about?" Iris watched as Kaiba walked away.
"You certainly have some strange people in this time period. People stealing people's souls, people are stuck in the tv, people fall out of faucets and now people are randomly coming up to me like they know me."
"Uh...most of that doesn't normally happen." Yugi laughed. "Come on." The two walked toward the museum once again.
--with Kaiba--
'That girl better be able to help me...because if she can't, no one can...Mokuba wasn't in bed this morning, which means he's still out there somewhere. I sure hope he's alright...whatever's going on, he better be alright...'
Well that's enough for now, I'm probably killing all you with the suspense, haha, sorry, there's still a lot more to come!
