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Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh GX or Jess, she still belongs to ladydream-chan.
Claimer: YAY! This ENTIRE STORY IS MINE! And the one or two or three OCs that show up that aren't Jess are also mine. :)
Remaining Chapters (Excluding this one): 3
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Narrative POV
Jesse limped back into Julie's room, miraculously unseen by hospital personal. Once he was inside the room, he closed the door behind him, leaning back against it.
"Jesse?" Alexis called. He looked up at her, seeing her rising from her chair. "Is everything okay?"
He smiled softly. "Giese is dead, so everything is better."
Alexis rushed over to him, throwing her arms around his neck and hugging him tightly, whispering, "Thank you."
He nodded and wrapped on arm around her in a loose hug, flinching slightly. She felt him, however, and immediately jumped back. "Are you okay?"
"I'll survive." He flinched again, clutching his side. "I think."
Alexis took his arm and lead him to his chair, helping him sit down. "Should I go get a doctor?"
"In a minute." Jesse grabbed his phone off of the nightstand next to Julie's bed. "I want to call Jaden first."
Alexis nodded and went to stand by the window, farther from Jesse and out of hearing if he whispered, which he would be. Jesse dialed a familiar number and pressed the phone to his ear, trying to keep his movement to a minimal; Giese really did a number on him.
'Jesse? What's wrong?' Jaden sounded concerned.
"Nothing."
'Then why are you calling?'
"That's just it, Jay. There is nothing wrong."
Jaden was silent for a minute. 'Let's pretend I have absolutely no idea what you mean.'
Jesse laughed. "Okay then, I'll explain. Giese is dead."
Jaden fell silent again. 'Dead?'
"Yeah."
'How?'
"The general way someone becomes dead."
'Okay, Captain Smartass. I'm serious. What happened? I thought you weren't leaving the hospital.'
"I didn't. Well, not technically. I had to leave to chase down Giese."
'Wait, wait, wait. Giese was at the hospital?'
Jesse's smile fell. "He wasn't just here, Jaden, he was in Julie's room."
'How the hell did he get into her room!'
Jesse sighed and rubbed his forehead. "I wanted to talk to the doctors, so I left."
'Is Alexis okay?'
Jesse looked up, seeing Alexis playing with her hair, staring out the window. "Yeah, she is. Julie is okay, thanks for your concern."
'Well then, great job, Jesse.' Jaden cleared his throat. 'I guess I owe you one.'
"Nah." Jesse smiled softly and smoothed hair off of Julie's forehead. "Let's call it even."
'Deal.'
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"I never noticed before but Domino City has a lot of abandoned districts," Kaiba said, glancing around the abandoned warehouse district, where he and Atem were walking.
"Perfect hiding places for revenge seeking Skulls," Atem agreed, looking around. Kaiba looked at him.
"I know we owed Mark for how he helped us, but why exactly are we getting involved in this? Look at what it's cost us. Atem, Marik's dead."
"Yes, Seto, I know." Atem looked at his long-time rival and friend. "But I can't know the Skulls are back and not help. The Bloods handled it all last time. Last year they also handled the Cribs while simultaneously disbanding themselves." Atem looked out into the ocean, stuffing his hands into his pants pockets. "Jaden and his fellow Bloods singlehandedly disbanded almost every gang in Japan." Atem looked back at Seto. "And they've never once asked for help."
"Except from the Cribs for disbanding the Skulls the first time."
"The Skulls, Cribs, and Bloods were all from the same town, Seto. What help would we have been in Ochi City?" Atem shrugged. "Besides, the Bloods have never asked for help before. I'm not about to turn my back on them now that they are reaching out for help."
Seto surrendered with a sigh, rolling his eyes. "Okay, you win." He groaned and rubbed his eyes. "Sense we're going to go full throttle with this, what's our next move?"
Atem pointed down a street of warehouses. "You go that way and I'll go this way."
"Sure, why not! Let's split up in an abandoned area of town filled with empty buildings that any Skull could be hiding in waiting for the perfect opportunity to jump out and slit our throats!" Kaiba looked at Atem. "Brilliant idea!"
Atem narrowed his eyes at him. "I'm not hoping for just any Skull and since when did you argue with me over my decisions involving the Pyramids?"
"This isn't about the Pyramids; this is about your need for revenge!"
"Are you saying you don't want to kill Bakura as well?"
Kaiba shook his head, muttering, "Don't turn this around to make me seem like the bad guy."
"Why in the world would I do that when you're doing a fantastic job doing it on your own?"
Kaiba's head snapped up, eyes blazing. "You know what? You're absolutely right! I shouldn't disagree with my great leader." Kaiba bowed and hurried off in the direction Atem had indicated. He turned around but continued to move backwards. "I'll contact you if I get jumped and killed, my magnificent leader!"
Atem glared at him until he was out of sight. "He's been spending too much time with Joey." Atem sighed and went on his own way. He walked past many warehouses until he stopped at one; warehouse 25F. "Something feels odd about this one." He grabbed his walkie-talkie, speaking into it, "Seto, get over to warehouse 25F. I think Bakura may be inside."
'Are you going to even wait for me?'
"No, but I want you to get here as soon as you can."
'I'll be there in five.'
"I'm not waiting," Atem said, hanging up his walkie-talkie. He walked up to the door of warehouse, heart pounding in his ears as he pushed open the rusted door. It fell on the floor, scattering rust and dust around the barren room.
In the middle of the room stood Bakura.
"I was wondering just how long it would take you to arrive," he said, smirking.
"Obviously not long," Atem said, stepping into the warehouse.
"Where's Joey and your other Pyramids?"
"Out hunting your other Skulls."
Bakura laughed. "Hunting my other Skulls. Pharaoh, I think you guys misunderstand. These new Skulls have no loyalty to one another."
Atem raised an eyebrow. "What about your leader?"
"What? Some phone in the middle of a dimly lit building in the attic of some rundown bar in Domino? Neither Kalin nor I know who the hell our supposed 'leader' is, so we've taken things into our own hands." Bakura paused for a moment. "At least for some things."
"What things?"
"Well, this for example." Bakura ripped a knife from his belt and, with a flick of his wrist, threw the knife so it dug itself into Atem's shoulder.
"Gah!" Atem reached up to pull the knife out but was caught off guard by Bakura, who snuck up behind him, kicking him in the back. Atem fell to the ground, forcing the knife deeper into his shoulder.
"Stabbed in the front and kicked in the back." Bakura laughed and kicked Atem in the side, hard. The pharaoh rolled a few feet before managing to stop. He quickly rose to his feet, breathing deeply.
"What things have you taken into your own hands, Bakura?"
Bakura waved his hand in a dismissing manner, grabbing another knife from his belt. "Relax. The only thing Kalin and I have taken into our own hands is this." He threw the knife again, this time so it found home in Atem's thigh. Before he could do anything about the two knives in him, Bakura jumped up. He grabbed the hilt of both knives and shoved them deeper into Atem, forcing him against a wall.
"Damn!" Atem, hands still free, punched Bakura in the face. The thief king flipped out of the way, laughing like a lunatic. "What do you mean, Bakura!"
"What I mean, Pharaoh, is that Kalin and I are not waiting any longer. The leader wanted us to prolong your torture, to keep you Pyramids and the Signers chasing your tails until he was ready to take out Jaden Yuki." Bakura raised his right hand to his face. Sense they weren't far apart, Atem could see the red on it: blood, his blood. "We're going to kill all of you and let the leader have his way with Yuki and all of his friends." He licked the blood from his palm.
Atem wrinkled his nose, tearing the knives from his thigh and shoulder, dropping them on the ground. "What does your leader have against Jaden?"
Bakura shrugged, dropping his arm. "I don't know and, honestly, I don't care." Bakura rolled his shoulders, popping his neck. "Now, are we going to stand here and talk or are we going to fight?"
Atem shook his head. "No, this fight is over." He raised his arm, hand open, and extended it toward Bakura. "Goodbye, Bakura."
"What are you doing?" Bakura cocked his head to the side, looking at Atem puzzled.
"Mind Crush!"
Bakura blinked a few times before he threw his head back and laughed out loud. "You really are an idiot! That stupid thing won't work on me!"
"I know," Atem said, suddenly standing behind Bakura. The thief stopped laughing, feeling something cool being pressed against his back. "It was just a distraction."
BANG!
Atem released his grip on Bakura's arm and let him fall to the ground, dead. He placed his gun back where he had it hidden and stepped over the corpse on the ground. As he approached the door he entered, Kaiba rushed in, gun drawn.
"You're late," Atem said, smiling softly.
Kaiba looked up and saw what just unfolded not ten seconds ago. "So it would seem." He put his gun away. He opened his mouth, about to say something, when he got a confused look on his face. "What in the world?"
Atem stopped and turned around, eyes following Kaiba's line of sight. He was looking at Bakura's body, watching as it slowly turned to sand. After a moment, all that remained of the great Thief King Bakura was a pile of sand.
"What just happened?" Kaiba asked.
"His time on this plane is done. He's returned to the sands of time, where he belongs," Atem said. He looked at Kaiba, seeing the famous 'you've got to be shitting me' look. Atem just chuckled and clapped Kaiba's shoulder. "Glad to see you haven't changed, Kaiba. Now let's get out of here."
Kaiba shrugged Atem's hand off and left, muttering something Atem couldn't make out. As the two Pyramids left the warehouse, the sands of their enemy began to blow away. With their fellow Pyramid finally avenged, and one more Skull down, the Pyramids could finally feel at peace.
At least for now.
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Wow…weird ending. It's 3:15 a.m. right now…so I'm a little out of it.
Still, I like it! XD
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