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Chapter three; Awakening, and an invitation.

The first thing he felt was pain. His head hurt, almost as if somebody with a massive hammer had been hitting it with his hammer, repeatedly, for the last ten minutes.

He could feel cloth underneath him. He was lying on a bed, albeit an uncomfortable one.

His other half still seemed to be unconscious. That was good.

He opened his eyes. The ceiling above him was slightly rusted, and flaking at the corner. He sat up, and his white hair flopped over his eyes. He brushed it back with a grunt of annoyance, and surveyed his surroundings.

He was in a small room. Metal walls, metal floor, massive metal door. One bed. The walls a little worse for wear; again flaking with rust.

He stood up, ignoring the pounding pain in his head. Walking over to the door, he placed one hand against it, then his ear. He tapped it a couple times, listening to the small noise it made.

[Steel, or something like it. Four inches. No hinges.]

He placed his palm flat against the door, and called upon the power of the Millennium Ring. He was very surprised that, instead of passing through the door, he was blasted back by a burst of electricity.

[Electrically charged door. Blast it!]

OOO

"Ganondorf?"

Bowser lounged back on his shell, the workstation in front of him strewn with screwed-up pieces of paper. Ganondorf shoved him out of the way and crouched next to the monitor. Eyes narrowed, he looked at their guest. "He seems to have woken up."

"I was gonna say that." Bowser looked grumpily at the shattered pen in his paw. That was the fifth one today.

Ganondorf picked up one of the paper balls and unscrewed it, raising an eyebrow at the drawing inscribed upon it.

He burst out laughing.

"You're still planning how to kidnap that annoying Princess?"

Bowser grunted. "Yeah. So?"

Ganondorf chuckled. "I'm going to pay our guest a visit. Don't destroy anything while I'm gone."

He left the room, picking up a small circular object as he did so.

OOO

Well, he wasn't anything if not persistent. Three tries of the electric door later, and his hair stuck up (More than it usually did) and his hand was burned and red.

Worse, he had awoken his Hikari.

[[Please… Don't do it again-]]

[I'll get through this time.]

Zzak!

This time, he was blasted further, hitting the far wall with a dull thud. He landed on his feet, scowling.

Then, he felt the static in the air drop as the door disengaged. It slid open with a hiss, and the man who had kidnapped him – Ganondorf – walked through.

A knife appeared in Bakura's (unburned) hand. It would have seemed like magic, until you noticed the small pocket stitched into the lining of his shirt, just big enough to hold a flick-knife.

"Care to tell me where the hell I am, and why the hell you brought me here? Not to mention why you put me in a cell with an electrically charged door." Bakura brushed his bangs out of his face. Not an easy feat, when they're full of static electricity and kept sticking to your hand.

"All in due time." Ganondorf narrowed his eyes, and Bakura noticed him subtly hiding something behind his back. Ganondorf seemed to notice this, and he shifted his stance ever so slightly.

"How about you tell me now. The alternative is a visit to the Shadow Realm – and no return." Bakura shifted his stance too. His body was tense, like a coiled spring.

Ganondorf raised an eyebrow. "Try me."

Bakura growled and leapt at Ganondorf, the knife in his hand flashing as it aimed at his throat…

And Ganondorf leant back and whipped his hand out from behind his back, slapping it onto Bakura's chest. Bakura stumbled back, looking at the small, circular, purple thing. "What the…"

"I'd advise you not to move. That is a Motion-Sensor Bomb. Take one step and it blows up, destroying you, your host body-" Bakura's eyes widened "-And this entire room."

Bakura scowled and stayed still. "Fine. What do you want from me?"

"I want you to join us."

"What!?"

Ganondorf chuckled. "I knew you would react this way. Bowser did too – He's a good judge of character, for a giant turtle."

[Bowser?]

[[Super Mario villain.]]

"Why me?"

"All the darkest people from all the darkest universes are being brought together for the final fight. We will bring back the Master Hand, who is currently trapped in Subspace, and together – you, me, Bowser, Wario and King Dedede – will finally destroy the annoying pests that have been harrying us for this long."

Bakura rolled his eyes. "I'm not even going to pretend to know what Subspace is, or who King Dedede is. However, it would be better for the health of you and your cronies if you returned me back to my correct universe."

"That is impossible."

Bakura raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

"Your rival has also been brought here. If I were to send you back now, this universe would become unbalanced, and everyone in it will suffer a very painful death."

"And I care… why?"

Ganondorf was becoming impatient. "Fine. Have it this way – join us, or I detonate the bomb."

Bakura looked down at the bomb, primed on his chest. Then back up at Ganondorf.

[[I don't want to die…]]

[Be silent. You have no part in this debate.]

But in truth, Bakura didn't want to die either… And this may be his one chance to get rid of the Pharaoh.

"Fine."

"Good." Ganondorf swept his hand across the bomb on Bakura's chest, and it beeped and fell into his hand. He pocketed it. "Come with me. We need to find your abilities."

"My abilities?" Bakura followed Ganondorf out of the room.

Ganondorf sighed. Bloody noob. "This universe brings out your hidden abilities, and enhances those you already have. Therefore, we need to find them before they make themselves known on their own terms."

Bakura scowled. "I already know my abilities."

"No, you don't." Ganondorf started along a slightly rusted corridor, signalling the end of the conversation.

"Where are we, anyway?"

Ganondorf ignored him. Ryou stirred in the back of his mind.

[[I'm not sure yet… But I think this is the Battle Halberd!]]

[Meta Knights ship?]

[[The very same. King Dedede, by the way, is the main antagonist of the Kirby universe.]]

[Great. So I'm just another antagonist? What a cheery thought.]

[[Well, in fact-]]

Bakura blocked him out and returned to brooding, and making up ways that he could make Ganondorf suffer. No-one told the King of Thieves what to do.

Yugi's first experience in Brawl, next!

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