Here's the next one. I'm gonna have to change some things since there are five people in this game instead of four. Although, compared to season 0, I'm making Hanaski useful. I'll also have to do something about the last part of the Murder Mansion. Review please!
Everyone entered inside the mansion. It was so dark that it took some time for their eyes to adjust to the darkness. The floors creaked as the group entered inside the house and the door instantly closed. Everyone gasped and quickly looked behind the locked door. It was automatic, so they could not get out.
Atem kept his face focused. He had to pass this game in order to go to the next level of Death-T. It was the only way to save Seto from himself. Even Mokuba was counting on Atem to save his brother. He felt something in his pocket that made him gasp. Everyone stared at Atem as he got out his deck and felt its heartbeat.
"It's grandpa. He's fighting," Atem said while holding his deck.
"I hope he's doing okay," Joey said in worry.
"I'm sure he is," Hanaski told his friends, trying to cheer them up.
The mansion was big and there seemed to be no way out. Tristan asked aloud, "so, what now?"
"We should split up and find a way out of here," Joey replied.
Everyone split and searched through all directions to find an escape rout. There was no third floor since the stairs led to a ceiling. There were no basement stairs or a back door. All there was were a few rooms filled with cobwebs, old faded pictures, peeled painted walls, and an armored uniform of a soldier from the middle ages.
Atem found one of the armored uniforms and found a piece of paper on the front. It had the word "bllood" on it. He cocked his eyebrows in wonder. Why would this have the name "blood" and misspell it to "bllood"? He could sense Yugi questioning this as well.
"We should save this for later. It could be a clue out of here," Yugi suggested.
"I agree," Atem nodded before stuffing it in his pocket.
"HEY! I FOUND SOMETHING!" Tristan called from several rooms away.
Atem and the others followed Tristan's voice and found some sort of rectangular box with four holes in it. A hologram appeared over the gang. They gasped as Seto smirked with his arms crossed. Everyone gave the CEO President glares, except for Jouji. He was smiling at the hologram with curiosity.
"I see you've made it to Death-T 2, Murder Mansion. There's a reason it's called 'Murder Mansion.' You see, several months ago, there was a serial killer who was named The Chainsaw Killer. I hired him to be in charge of Death-T 2," Seto explained before everyone gave out a gasp. Hanaski grabbed a hold of Atem like he was the kid's life savor. For Atem, this was extremely awkward since Yugi was usually the one Hanaski would clutch onto.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Joey burst in anger.
"You must find a way out of this mansion in order to complete Death-T 2. To do that, you must use the box in front of you as your ticket out," Seto explained. A devious and suspicious smile appeared on his lips. "Put your hands through the holes to activate the switch."
"It's a trap!" Tristan warned everyone.
"Wait," Hanaski said, noticing something. "There are six of us and only four of those."
"Then you will have to decide amongst yourselves on who is willing to risk his... or her own life to win this game," Seto smirked. A shrug was shown on his body posture. "Oh the positive side. The two of you won't have to do a thing. So... who's it gonna be?"
Everyone gave glances. Atem closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He was willing to put his own life at risk and so were his friends, but who was going to stay behind? Everyone, maybe not Jouji, but everybody else was willing to put their own life at risk. Even Tea was willing to put her own life at risk.
"One thing's for sure, Jouji's gonna have to watch," Tristan said finally. "Tea, will you watch Jouji for me?"
"Why me?" Tea asked with narrowed eyebrows.
"Because he'll listen to you. He can't stand me, especially Atem, and I doubt if he'll listen to Joey," Tristan replied.
"What about Hanaski? There's no way I'm letting him do anything so dangerous and deadly!" Tea glared. Jouji was getting annoyed at Tea talking about Hanaski. Jouji wanted Tea to be worried about him, not some high school kid who couldn't keep his glasses on right.
"I'm going!" Hanaski declared bravely. He turned to Tea with a soft smile. "I'm sick of always being afraid of everything. Yugi once told me that I was the bravest guy he knew and I want to prove to myself that I can be a hero."
Tea was surprised by this reaction, but knew it was Yugi's and Atem's influence that made a difference. She smiled and said, "then I'll stay behind. You go get 'em and I'll stay and watch Jouji."
Jouji grinned widely as he gave Tea a hug around the waist. She was his and his only. Tea ruffled the kid's hair while watching the boys put their hands through the holes with numbers over them. Joey put his hand through the 00 number, Tristan put his hand through the 01, Atem put his hand through the 10, and Hanaski put his hand through the 11. After the boys put their hand through the hole, they felt a metal clamp holding their hands in the hole.
"My hand, it's stuck!" Tristan responded.
"What have you done to us, Kaiba?" Joey demanded angrily.
"The game has begun. You must press the right switch in order to release the clamp from your wrists and open the escape rout. Here's the trick, if you press the wrong switch, or don't press the right one in five minutes, you'll have your hands chopped off and perhaps die from eternal bleeding," Seto smirked evilly.
"YOU BASTERD!" Joey responded.
"The clock is ticking. Which one is the right one? I'll give you a hint. The clue is in his mansion," Seto said. A smirk appeared as he leaned back on his chair. "I'll be watching to see how this turns out. It's boring from where I'm at."
"Well, this makes everything better," Tristan glared sarcastically.
"How are we supposed to know the right switch to press?" Joey asked in frustration.
Atem gasped and dug into his pocket to reveal the note that read "bllood." He smirked, "I think this may give us a hint."
"Blood?" Hanaski questioned with cocked eyebrows. "What's that mean?"
"I don't know," Atem replied with furrowed eyebrows.
"You solved the millennium puzzle right?" Joey asked as Atem nodded. "Maybe you can solve this puzzle."
"But... I don't know," Atem glared with sweat pouring down his face. "And it took me eight years to complete the puzzle! How can I solve this one?"
"Just like we did all the other ones!" Hanaski replied. A smile appeared on his face. "We believe in you, Atem."
Atem nodded and stared at the note. He only had, now three minutes to figure out which switch was the right one. Everyone was counting on him, even Yugi. What was it with the note that misspelled blood "bllood"? Wait, was there something with the name "bllood"?
"Common Atem! We don't have all day!" Tristan cried with sweat pouring from his face.
Seto was watching with no emotion, mostly at Atem. Something inside Seto was making him feel uneasy about this. He always acted calm when torturing his subjects or his enemies, so why was he feeling so uneasy about this? Why did he feel so cold inside? What was this he was feeling? It was pretty obvious inside him. He was scared, but of what?
Atem kept staring at the note with the word "bllood" and trying to figure out what this meant. Then, it hit him like a ton of bricks. He made a loud gasp and turned to Hanaski. At the same time, five minutes were up and the guillotine's sharp edge started dropping. Seto's eyes widened and a gasp escaped his mouth that was so quiet that nobody could hear it, especially since Atem said something.
"HANASKI!" Atem shouted and out of reflects, Hanaski pressed his switch and the blade stopped where it was.
"Hey, it stopped!" Tea cried in joy as the clamp released the bonds of the four boys.
Seto turned off the hologram recording and looked at the reflection of himself in the mirror on the wall. It was located inside the room where he was watching from several cameras of the group's movements. The CEO President saw himself with a horror-filled look that would only be seen in someone who almost lost someone from the hospital. There was so much relief in this reflection, because that someone was okay.
"It's getting worse," Seto glared at himself. "I'm starting to worry for that stupid bastard. I actually wanted him to win." Seto laid his arms against his legs and stared at the ground. "I suppose if he lost this one, it'd be too boring... yeah. It would be."
"Don't give me that!" The voice of nightmare shouted from behind that sent Seto chills down his spine. It was Gozaburo Kaiba. "You care about that stupid piece of trash! You like him! That's why you go to his house everyday in the first place!"
"No, he's my enemy!" Seto claimed in anger. "I don't care about Atem! He can die and go to hell for all I care!"
"HA! You lie like a three year old! If he lost that game, you'd be going to that room and calling an ambulance, hoping he'd be alive! You'd be crying at his bedpost everyday like a little girl!"
Seto couldn't say anything to object that statement. Fear swept across his face that turned pale. Gozaburo was right, if Atem never figured out which switch to pull, Seto would be calling 911. Not only that, but he'd be running to the Death-T 2 room, despite the Chainsaw Killer being in there, and trying to stop the bleeding. Seto would be crying and crying, hoping Atem wouldn't die on him. Seto would never have forgiven himself for this. Why was this happening? Why was he letting Atem get to him like this?
"You're weak, Seto! Just look at yourself. You care about this white trash and he's only here to make you be his friend! He's gonna succeed and you'll never run your company right! You're gonna let this Atem stop you around his feet!"
Seto reacted to this by taking a metal box of some sort and throwing it at Gozaburo's illusion and right into the mirror. Seto was holding back a huge lump on his throat as he panted. He was using his arms for support. Atem will soon make it to Death-T 5 and Seto would win victoriously, this he was sure of. He was not going to let Atem stomp him around like a weak piece of trash. While thinking this, Mokuba stood by the door watching his brother torture himself.
Meanwhile, the trapdoor opened and Tea hugged all four boys. Jouji stood there with his arms crossed. Why was Tea more focused on those four bozos than him? Tea was supposed to be his, or so Jouji was thinking. Yet, Tea always seemed to be clinging to the four guys through thick and thin. She was so happy that they were all okay.
"You guys made it!" Tea shouted happily. She looked at Atem. "How did you know?"
"The numbers 00, 01, 10, and 11 are in random order. Though, if you put them in the order 10, 11, 00, and 01, it would spell this note when merged together," Atem replied while showing the note. "The name 'blood' wasn't spelled right on this note. So, the answer was the very numbers spelled blood 'bllood'."
AN: For those of you that haven't read the manga. 10 makes a smaller case b, 11 makes ll, 00 makes oo, and 01 makes d. They merge together to make bllood. bllood is really numbers merged together. They're not really the letters. If you're still confused, comment me and I'll give you a better answer.
"Nice thinking!" Joey cheered before rubbing the back of his neck. "Even though it made no sense whatsoever."
"At least the way out is opened," Hanaski said while pointing to the opened trap door.
Jouji turned behind him and saw the opened trap door. Two huge arms appeared and trapped the boy in a flash. The kids gasped as Jouji cried, "AHHHHHHHHH HEEEELLLLLP!"
"JOUJI!" Everyone cried as they all showed mad glares.
"Great! If my sister finds out Jouji was harmed, she'll murder me!" Tristan cried.
"Then we'll rescue the little bastard!" Atem declared.
Everyone ran down the trap door and into a dark hallway. At the end was a small room with Jouji on top of a stoned table. He was clutching his legs with his arms and seemed to be shaking. Though, there was something odd about the way this kid was acting. He seemed scared, but also determined about something.
"GUYS! I'M OVER HERE!" Jouji called the gang. "Get me outta here!"
"Hello!" Seto greeted on a screen to the gang's right. "In this game, one of you is going to have to go inside. That is, unless you ever wanna see your precious twerp again."
"Well, at least Seto's doing us a favor," Atem smirked before being punched on the arm by Tristan. "OW!"
"I'll go in, he's my responsibility," Tristan declared.
"It might be dangerous, Tristan," Tea warned Tristan.
"Then I'll go!" Joey announced. "The kid did save our hides at the beginning. This will repay for that. Besides, I owe it to him."
Joey immediately entered inside the room and the door automatically closed. He noticed the floor was covered with tar, but was willing to slide over to the kid and rescue him. As soon as Joey put his hands under Jouji's arms, the kid clamped the cuff on Joey's left wrist.
"HEY! YOU LITTLE TRAITOR!" Joey shouted in anger.
"He said if I didn't, he'd kill me," Jouji whined in tears. "I wanna go home!"
A large man appeared with a screen on his chest with Seto's face. Seto was smirking in amusement since Joey had fallen for the toddler's trick. Seto explained, "here's how the rules are gonna work in this game. Think of it as a fight to the death. Each of you will pick a weapon to kill each other with in order to escape this death match."
"I don't like it here!" Jouji cried with weeping tears.
"I don't care what you do to me, Kaiba, but leave Jouji out of this!" Joey glared in anger and hatred.
"I'm afraid I can't do that. If you wanna rescue the kid, you must win this match. Good luck," Seto smirked as the screen turned off.
"Now, let's see which weapon I can use to tear you apart!" The Chainsaw man shouted.
"Joey!" Hanaski cried.
"I can't choose any of those weapons! I need to bust out of this bizarre place!" Joey thought.
"There has to be a way out!" Atem said.
"This is perfect," the Chainsaw man smirked deviously. He grabbed the chainsaw and turned it on. "NOW, I SHALL CRUSH YOU!"
"YAHHHHH!" Joey responded as he slid around to dodge the attacks while on the tar. He was so busy avoiding it, he wasn't able to think of a plan to get himself and Jouji out of this mess.
"I WILL CRUSH YOU LIKE A BUG!" The Chainsaw Man smirked evilly, still trying to cut Joey into pieces. Jouji was crying and weeping while this whole charade was going on.
"I WANT MOMMY!" Jouji cried with steams of hot tears running down his cheeks.
Joey slid over to Jouji to keep the chainsaw from cutting the kid open while he was on the table when this serial killer was swinging his chainsaw everywhere. Just when Joey snatched the kid, the Chainsaw Man drove the chainsaw on the stone and it bounced off and made the man trip on the tar. This gave Joey time to think of a plan. He had the weeping kid in his arms.
Atem, the whole time, was trying to think of a way to help Joey. What could he use to get rid of this guy? There had to be a way! Yugi held an idea and appeared by Atem.
"That candle over there!" Yugi shouted while pointing to the candle inside the room.
"Joey, use that candle over there!" Atem shouted. Joey looked at the candle and picked it up. Under the candle was a sharp edge that could be used to unlock the cuff and the door.
"Great idea, Atem!" Joey grinned excitedly as he unlocked the cuff and unlocked the door. He stared at the candle and had an idea.
Joey used the cuff he unlocked with the candle holder and clamped the cuff to the bars to the door. He then put the sharp point of the candle holder through the holes of the chains to the cuff. He smirked while watching the Chainsaw Man finally get on his feet with his chainsaw in his hands. Joey had to play this right or this plan would get the Chainsaw Man, Jouji, and himself killed.
The Chainsaw Man held his chainsaw up in the air as the cuff to his hand yanked on the chain to open the door and drop the candle. Joey took the kid and dashed through the door before the candle fell and made the whole room burn, thanks to the tar that fed the fire quite well. Everyone sighed deeply in relief as Atem closed the door before the fire could spread to their room as well.
"That was too close," Atem sighed.
"I WANT MOMMY!" Jouji cried before running to Atem and putting his arms around his waist. "I don't like this game! Please take me home, Atem!"
Everyone stared at this scene with blinking eyes. Atem seemed surprised and startled by this reaction, but gave the crying kid a hug anyways.
"We'll be out of here soon, I promise," Atem promised as he wiped Jouji's tears.
"I never thought I'd say this, but you're not an ass like Mommy says. That guy, he's an ass, especially Mr. Kaiba. I thought he was a great man till now. He almost killed me."
"I know," Atem said, while putting two hands on Jouji's shoulders. "Can you stay strong for a few more rounds? I promise my friends and I will protect you, even Tea."
"Ok," Jouji agreed with a nod.
"Awww, I guess you don't hate the kid as much as you say huh?" Tea smirked.
"SHUT THE F*** UP!" Atem glared.
"It's ok. Atem and Jouji have this love/hate relationship. It's complicated," Tristan shrugged as Atem gave his friend a death glare.
"I guess it's time for Death-T 3," Hanaski said, changing the subject.
"Yes," Atem agreed, showing a bold face. "Let's go."
The group headed into an elevator that was revealed through a stone wall. Everyone went inside as the elevator shot up. Atem took the deck from his pocket and felt his grandfather fighting for his life. He knew that Solomon was counting on him to finish this game and bring Seto back. It was only a matter of time before the elevator door opened to reveal a white room.
Everyone gasped and entered the room before the elevator door closed from behind them followed by another door that trapped the teenagers inside. The walls were white and there was no ceiling on the top. There was no way in or out except a large vent on the top of the wall that was too high for the teenagers to reach.
"Now what?" Hanaski asked.
"We wait," Atem replied as they all stared at the large vent on the top.