This won't include any dueling, which (to me) is a relief. Trust me, writing duels is not as easy as it looks. I'm also in the process of coming up with an anti pairing video to post on YouTube. I had a good song, but it included rape, so I'm gonna use the song Torn. Review please!
Everyone had made it inside the castle. Atem's new encouragement and reason to take down Pegasus gave him back his game face. Atem was willing to defeat Pegasus with everything he had. Seto was safe in the guest room, so all the teenager had to do was protect the key. If Pegasus got a hold of the second key, Kaiba Corporation would be in big trouble.
It was dinner time and soup was served for everyone, even Atem's friends. Pegasus was prepared to serve more than four people, which told Atem that Pegasus didn't expect the Player Killers to be a success or he was aware of Atem bringing friends along. Either way, there were four finalists: himself, Joey, Bandit Keith, and Mai Valentine.
Joey dug into the soup like a hungry bear. Apparently, he loved the soup, not that Atem could blame his blond friend. He took out his iPhone and turned it on. Solomon appeared on the screen.
"Hey grandpa, I made it to the final four," Atem announced.
"That's good, Atem! I'm proud of you. Funny how a whole day can pass by so quickly," Solomon grinned happily. Atem chuckled in response since his grandpa would turn off when the cell phone was off. For how the day would seem like a day to Atem would seem like a whole second to Solomon, if the cell phone was off that long.
"Unfortunately, Seto's back into in coma again."
"Oh my word! What happened?"
"He..." Atem muttered before eying Bandit Keith and the other employers. He whispered, "Pegasus sealed his soul inside a card. He also has the first key, if he gets the key from me, Kaiba Corp. will be his."
"That is awful!"
"I'm just gonna have to beat him in order to save the Kaiba brothers and you."
"Don't pressure yourself, Atem. Sometimes victory comes by taking things one step at a time."
"I'll try," Atem said with a smile. "I love you."
"I love you too, grandson. Don't pressure yourself too much."
"Ok."
Atem turned off his cell phone and began to eat his soup. He then felt his spoon hit something in the soup. His eyebrows rose before he scooped up the object with the spoon and found a round ball that looked like a replica of the millennium eye.
"Uh... I think there's something in our soup," Atem said as Joey scooped up another millennium eye replica.
"What the f***?" Joey glared as a screen appeared ahead of the table with Pegasus' face.
"IIIIIIItttttt's show time!" Pegasus announced with a bright smile. "How did you enjoy your soup?"
"THANKS FOR POISONING OUR SOUP, YOU MOTHER F***ING JERK!" Joey shouted as Atem rolled his eyes.
"Oh, the eye, it's part of today's meal. The Tournament Entree Bingo!"
"Bingo?" Mai questioned with a puzzled face.
"Yep, every participant should've been given a replica of the millennium eye. Just open it and you'll find your next opponent tomorrow," Pegasus explained. Everyone opened their millennium eye replica and found a note with letters from A-D. Atem had A, Mai had B, Bandit Keith had C, and Joey had D. "Now, time to announce who will be playing against whom."
Pegasus' face from the screen disappeared and replaced by a chart that explained which letter would duel what letter. A was against B and C was against D. Joey showed a wide smirk and jumped in the air with a fist-up.
"ALRIGHT!" Joey smirked excitedly. He pointed to Bandit Keith with his index finger. "IT'S PAYBACK TIME FOR TRAPPING US IN THAT CAVE!"
"Ha, whatever. I'm gonna kick your f***ing ass anyways," Bandit Keith smirked cockily.
"I guess it'll be you against me, Mai," Atem said with a soft smile.
"Yep and according to the chart, we play the first round," Mai replied before they both shook hands.
"Now, remember, you four must duel and show your cards Honor of the King's Right and Honor of the King's left. If you don't have these cards, you're disqualified," one of Pegasus' employers declared.
Bandit Keith seemed to be sweating alot. Since he never came here as a qualified member, he was never granted the two cards. Joey, on the other hand, had the two cards from Weevil. He was excited to be in the second round with Bandit Keith and make him pay for the incident in the cave. Revenge was written on Joey's face and was determined to not rest until Bandit Keith payed for forcing Joey to duel and locking him and his friends inside the cave.
Atem was determined to get to Pegasus and make him pay for locking his grandpa's soul and for trapping Seto's and Mokuba's soul. The teenager knew he was under Pegasus' mercy as long as the rich billionaire held those cards of his dear loved ones. Atem knew the only way to save them was to play this game Pegasus' way. For right now, he had to prepare his deck for tomorrow. Luckily, his friends had rooms as well, so Atem had privacy.
That night, all the duelists were in their rooms preparing their decks. Atem took his time, and had Yugi's help as well, to build his deck. By the time it was done, it was already 10:00 at night. Atem liked the sight of dark nights like these. The blackness was like his blanket. He stared out the dark sky out the window and smiled pleasantly before hearing the door open. It was Ryan.
"Ryan, you need anything?" Atem asked.
"There's something I need to show you," Ryan said as Atem nodded. He followed his white-haired friend down the staircase. They were at the dining room where everyone ate their soup. At first, Atem stared at Ryan with a confused look, then he pointed over-top of the entrance. "Look."
Atem gasped and saw two huge pictures over the entrance, which he never noticed surprisingly. One was of a beautiful blond woman with an expensive looking dress and the other was Shadi. These two pictures were painted as if done by a professional. Though, Atem could tell Pegasus did these, seeing his name was on the bottom-right hand corner of the pictures. This meant that Pegasus had met Shadi once before.
"It's just like I thought. Pegasus knows something about the millennium items," Ryan whispered as Atem stared at the pictures again. Shadi, indeed, still held the millennium key around his neck. "After the tournament, we can find out more about these millennium items."
"Perhaps," Atem agreed. He sighed deeply before turning to Ryan. "I'm also worried about Mokuba. We should probably try to find his shelled body, so Pegasus doesn't have us completely in his mercy. It's bad enough he has their souls."
"Good idea," Ryan smirked before showing a serious look. "The question is, how in this world are we gonna find him?"
"We'll just have to search. We've got all night and I don't want to wait a moment longer before Pegasus rapes Mokuba or something."
"You seriously believe he'll do that, not that I'd be surprised if he did?"
"I don't know, and to be honest, I don't wanna know."
"Then I suppose we should start looking."
Ryan and Atem walked out of the dining room. They crept through the hallway, which was quiet without a soul in sight. Atem saw two guards guarding an entrance to some sort of dungeon looking area. This gave him suspicion. Why would two guards guard a room unless it had something valuable or worth protecting? Atem showed a wide smirk.
"We need to take the guards out," Atem whispered to Ryan.
"How? It's not like we can easily keep them off guard," Ryan asked with furrowed eyebrows.
"I think I have an idea," Atem smirked as he cradled the millennium puzzle. He concentrated on the dark powers as the guards freaked out and ran from their positions. "Looks like I'm getting the hang of this."
"Nice," Ryan smirked as him and Atem ran toward the dungeon area, which were stairs that led to an actual dungeon. Atem stared at across the dark hall and saw several cells. One of them held Mokuba, who was lying on the cold stoned ground.
Out of reflects, Atem ran to the cell and grabbed the two bars that separated him and the small boy sleeping on the stoned ground. He cried, "MOKUBA!"
"Looks like we'll need a key for that," Ryan said before they heard a gun reloading.
Atem eyed behind him and saw a guard with a pistol in his hand. He narrowed his eyebrows as the guard had a chuckle escape his lips.
"You thought you could get away, did ya?" the guard smirked.
"To be honest, I sorta figured you'd be following us," Atem smirked as his millennium puzzle glowed and the guard grabbed his head.
"No! NO! GET AWAY! GET AWAY!" the guard cried as Atem snatched the keys from his belt. He also happened to grab the gun too before the guard saw Atem and Ryan again. He held his hands up since Atem held a pistol that was pointed at him. "Wha... how'd you do that?"
"You can tell Pegasus he can kiss my ass," Atem smirked as Ryan unlocked the prison gate and swung Mokuba over his shoulder. "And your boss isn't the only one with a millennium item. If he can use millennium items, so can I."
"You son of a bitch!" The guard cursed as Atem forced him into the cell Mokuba was in and locked it.
Atem and Ryan returned out of the dungeon and quickly ran to the guest room. Ryan laid Mokuba next to where Seto was lying in. Now, Seto and Mokuba were safe and sound, at least their bodies were. Their souls may've still been in Pegasus' hands, but their bodies were now untouched. Pegasus wouldn't be able to do anything to the bodies. Still, they were in his mercy as long as he had their souls trapped.
"Ryan, even though Pegasus doesn't have them, they might get taken. You mind staying and watching over these guys?" Atem asked.
"Of course," Ryan replied as Atem gave him the pistol once held by the guard.
"If any of Pegasus' guards come here and touch them, shoot 'em."
"Right!" Ryan agreed with a slight smirk. "You better get some sleep. You've got a big day ahead of you."
"Right," Atem agreed before sitting by Seto's bedside and brushing his fingers through that straight brown hair. "Get some rest, Seto. I won't let your sacrifice be in vain."
Atem then got up and walked out the door. He walked on his way to his room, but not before seeing a shadow at Joey's bedroom door. This startled Atem and gave him a short gasp. The shadow froze in place as Atem rose two eyebrows.
"Joey, are you okay?" Atem asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," the voice replied, but not in Joey's voice.
"Wait, you're not Joey! What are you doing in Joey's room?" Atem demanded with suspicion. Bandit Keith responded by grabbing a hold of Atem's shirt and picking him up from the ground.
"GO BACK TO SLEEP YOU MOTHER F***ING PIECE OF SHIT!" Bandit Keith shouted before punching Atem square on the face. Atem's body hit the door and bonked the head. Atem wiped the blood from his mouth and stood back up. "F***! YOU'RE STILL STANDING?"
"You wanna fight? I'll fight and you can just go straight to hell!" Atem glared before dodging one of Bandit Keith's punches. He slipped behind Bandit Keith and kicked the back of the knees before pushing the rest of his body face-down. Atem sat on top of Bandit Keith's upper body and held two wrists to the floor.
"GET OFF ME, YOU F***ING BITCH!"
"You maybe good at Duel Monsters, but you sure suck in street fighting. I used to work at a gang that stole and raped women on a daily basis, so don't try messing with me!" Atem threatened. Bandit Keith responded by throwing off a glare. At the same time, Joey happened to have opened the door from his room.
"What the hell happened?" Joey asked awestruck as soon as he saw his friend holding Bandit Keith down.
"Your opponent was in your room. Think you can search him to see what he was up to?" Atem asked smirkingly as Joey searched Bandit Keith and found the blank card "Honor of the King's Left." "Guess that answers the question. Somebody didn't sign up for the competition or lost his cards."
"You f***ing bitch!" Bandit Keith seethed through his teeth.
"Normally, I'd take these, but I'm gonna need you to be here in order to kick your f***ing ass!" Joey spat before dropping the card in front of the American thief. "I already got the King's Right, so I don't need that f***ing card. It's yours."
"Then looks like my work here is done," Atem said before releasing Bandit Keith and giving him room to stand. "And I'll do worse if you go sneaking into my friend's room again."
"Whatever, just f*** off," Bandit Keith spat before picking up the stolen card and walking into his room.
Tea happened to have opened the door and saw Joey and Atem in the hall. Atem had some blood on his mouth, which told the young girl that he had been in a fight. Tea gasped, relieved it wasn't Yugi, and asked, "what happened?"
"Bandit Keith decided to choose tonight to start a fight," Atem replied.
"Com'on Atem, let's see what damage he did," Tea said while grabbing Atem's arm and leading him to her room.
"What are you, my nurse?"
"Suck it up, hothead!"
Tea got out a warm wet rag to wipe the blood, so the busted lip would heal. Atem felt so embarrassed, but sucked it up, since Tea was trying to help. Joey eventually grew tired and left out of Tea's room and into his room. Atem stayed to wash his face before going back into his room.
"Thanks Tea," Atem thanked.
"What are friends for?" Tea replied.
"I don't know, but I know what bitches are for," Atem teased as Tea rolled her eyes. Atem's face then turned serious. "Listen, when you and Yugi started going out I... was a bit harsh. I'm sorry. You're a good person Tea and I'm glad you and Yugi are together."
"Let me guess, you're becoming more understandable about our relationship now that you have a girl to love."
"Yeah," Atem blushed while rubbing the back of his neck. "I get it now. For right now, Serenity is at the hospital and will be there for a while, but I'll figure out some way to work this whole dating thing out. My reputation will keep the double dating thing unrumored. I'll still have to figure out how to pull it off with Serenity. I don't know how to tell her that I'm sharing a body with an annoying pest who's dating a bitch."
"You're hilarious," Tea replied, rolling her eyes. "I'm sure you'll think of something. I'm not sure how to explain to anyone about this paranormal fiasco."
"You're probably right," Atem said before letting out a sigh. "Anyways, Yugi wants to say goodnight."
Atem changed to Yugi and he sat next to Tea on the bed side. He wrapped his arms around Tea and laid a gentle kiss on those soft lips before whispering, "goodnight."
"Goodnight, Yugi," Tea replied before kissing her boyfriend back.
Yugi got off the bed before leaving the room. He walked straight into his room and turned off the lights to head for bed. He plopped on the bed as a deep sigh escaped his mouth. Tonight had been a crazy night. Atem had dinner, which ended up deciding who would play against who in the tournament. Then, Atem snuck into the dungeon that Pegasus owned to retrieve Mokuba's body. Now, Atem just finished picking a fight with Bandit Keith not too long ago and Yugi still felt the pain from that punch.
Atem's spirited form laid over Yugi with the chin laying over his shoulder. Atem felt so stressed from the past two days of entering the tournament. He just wanted to rest and sleep, never waking up, not in a suicidal way of course. The darkness filled the sky like a blanket. Atem liked the feeling of the dark night and imagined himself being surrounded by pure darkness like his most cherished dream. Yugi nuzzled his face inside Atem's neck.
"Brother," Yugi said, snapping out of Atem's trance. "I know I've told you this a million times, but... I love you."
"I love you too," Atem replied after pulling his head up and stroking Yugi's soft cheeks. "Did you know that?"
"I know it, but it sounds sweeter when you say it," Yugi said before wrapping his arms around his brother and holding him tightly. "I'm also nervous about the tournament. Pegasus said that if we lose, than both of us will be trapped into two soul cards... we'll be apart forever."
"Yugi," Atem said before pushing Yugi's gold bangs from that childish face. "We're not gonna separate. We'll win and rescue the Kaiba Brothers and Grandpa."
"But... aren't you nervous? Aren't you afraid we'll lose each other?" Yugi asked before pushing Yami onto the bed on his back while having his face nuzzled. Yugi needed comforting by his brother. "I love you. I don't want to lose you," He admitted, arms still around Atem's neck and his head under it. "I want to stay with you forever and ever. I can't imagine my life without you, brother."
"I can't either, Yugi," Atem admitted while holding Yugi closely and laying a kiss on his neck. "I'm nervous about this too, but I know we'll defeat Pegasus together. We're a team Yugi and we always will be. We haven't come all this way for nothing and if anything happens to us, we can count on our friends."
"Really?"
"I know we can," Atem said while stroking Yugi's cheek once again. Yugi placed his hand on Atem's cheek and stroked it with his thumb.
"I overheard you tell Ryan last night that I looked cute when I sleep. I kinda think the same about you," Yugi admitted as Atem showed a smirk. "You're like a soft talking teddy bear."
"It doesn't matter, Yugi. You're cuter than any person I know."
"What about Serenity?"
"She's a different kind of cute, Yugi," Atem replied while rolling her eyes. "She's the hot stuff cute, while you're the puppy cute."
"A teddy bear is cuter and you know it."
"I guess beauty's in the eyes of the beholder."
"Isn't that for romantic..."
"Suck it up, Yugi, you know what I mean!"
"Whatev," Yugi giggled while rolling his eyes before kissing Atem on the cheek. "Goodnight brother."
"Goodnight, Yugi," Atem replied before laying his cheek next against Yugi's and letting sleep take control of him.