Disclaimer: See last chapter
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"What do you mean, he's been lost?" Yami exclaimed, drawing attention back his and Layweh's way.
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"I mean that he's been lost as in he's taking a one-way trip on the afterlife express and it already left, that's what I mean by his being lost!" Layweh huffed, "This is really bad, and its only getting worse! Micha's might have been an accident, and Katha - well, she wasn't the same after the final battle, we were all expecting her to toss herself off…but Oralldor was smart and young enough to keep himself going!"
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Yami's face was so dark that Joey hesitated a solid five minutes before he dared to speak up and ask what was going on. The spirit/god, apparently having forgotten that anyone else was there, blinked a few times before responding.
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"You do remember what I told you, about the war?" Yami asked Joey.
When Joey nodded, Layweh piped up, "Basically, those of us who fought on the on the HighGod's side and lived through 'till the end are sort-of in charge of things here when the HighGod's not here, which is pretty much all the time. But since the end of the war, some of us have died unexpectedly. The first one seemed to be an accident, and Micha didn't actually go through the battles with us anyway, and the second one…well, we thought it was a suicide -"
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Malik made a startled choking noise.
"How do gods commit suicide?" Malik demanded.
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"I wouldn't ask," Yami murmured, shutting Malik up right away, "It is…unpleasant."
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"Anyway," Layweh continued, "Katha's death was unexpected, since she seemed to be doing okay, but we could accept it…but this latest death was not only a week ago at the earliest, it was also clearly an assassination. And it was by someone your stinky buddy was supposed to keep from doing things like that, eh, Yuugioh?"
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"And you want me to talk to him."
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Layweh shrugged.
"Talk to him, beat him into a bloody pulp, whichever," the goddess said bluntly, "I don't care if he obeyed Kazul in the war, he was evil then and he's still evil. So when you go, I'm coming too."
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"…What about us?" Joey piped up.
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"What about us?" Malik asked the other blonde."Hey, I want ta see what's been going on," Joey said, "And besides, don't forget we gotta look for Yug' too."
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"Don't bring them," Layweh exclaimed, "They'll just get squished, and where will I find little cuties like them then, HUH?"
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"…No, they'd better come along with us," Yami said, ignoring how Joey and Malik were inching slowly away from Layweh.
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"Um…no offense, Pharaoh, but you honestly expect us to be helpful in fighting some sort of evil god?" Malik asked.
"You'd rather be left here all by yourselves?" Yami asked back.
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((Are we both coming with you, Master?)) Laurel piped up.
"You're bringing both your Creatures because I brought both my Creatures, is that it?" Layweh blinked.
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Yami frowned to himself. He was only playing a hunch…but he had a pretty good history when it came to playing, if he did say so himself. And this hunch said that Malik, Joey, and himself needed to stick together right now, and as far as godhood went, your Creatures counted as yourself in most matters. Not that he really wanted to try and explain his line of reasoning to anyone right now.
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"…Something like that," Yami answered instead.
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Layweh sighed.
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"Sometimes you can be so annoyingly spooky and secretive, Yuugioh…fine, we'll all go, and when these two yummies get eaten, it'll be all on your own pointy head."
"Eaten?" Malik blinked, "Um…"
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"Did she say yummies?" Joey gagged, "I coulda lived a long time without hearing dat - like the rest of my life, for example."
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With almost no further ado - Joey and Malik needed things like the Vortex and how Yami could 'suddenly' change into a giant red ball of light explained to them before any of them could leave - Layweh opened the gaping and swirling maw of light that was the Vortex which would lead them to another island.
Odd, how one could so look forward to meeting an evil person.