Thank you for all the faves and follows, much love! I really did not expect a fic written for practice would be so well liked but happy day for all there. If anyone has a community here they wish to add this, or any or my other works, to feel free. Any ideas for future fics are also welcomed, I rather like this crossover.
WarNinGs: This is mostly a backstory and set up fic with some bonding thrown in. So yeah a rather dialoged heavy chapter, hopefully most of it will entertain you.
Aishi Say
"But can't you just pretend to be nice,
Can you at least pretend to be nice,
If you could just pretend to be nice,
Then everything in my life would be all right."
"Pretend To Be Nice" by Josie and the Pussycats, if it doesn't make you think of Kaiba I will be surprised.
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"Thanks again Kaiba, Armon is one hungry dead guy." Presley was not sure how they ate without a stomach for starters but let it go, he was not sure he wanted to know.
Kaiba shrugged, the weight of the takeout was nothing he could not handle, "It's only money, and Jounouchi is no better."
"Kaiba-kun," Yugi chided playfully, holding Mokuba's food in front of him as he walked.
"Would you like to see his room service bill Yugi?" Kaiba responded smirking just a little, that blonde sure could raid a fridge.
"I would rather not. Do the others get hungry too or just Armon?" Yugi was fascinated by the mummies, they were not scary at all once you got use to them.
"They eat but not very much, which is good because not everyone has their own company." Presley had no clue how Kaiba helped save the world and ran his company, let alone how he made it look so easy.
"They should not get hungry at all since their organs were removed, Jounouchi would call him what, a burger eating zombie?" Kaiba frowned deciding that was not completely inaccurate and so frowned a little deeper. Being a reborn high priest was not nearly as strange as being a mummy with a Beefy Burger addiction.
Yugi cringed a little, "Don't remind me, they did it to you and Yami once…creepy"
"Only if we had a body left to mummify, Shadow Magic can get messy. Scarab have any other tricks we should know about?" Kaiba preferred to know his target, all the better to crush them personally and thoroughly then not at all.
"Well Shelti, armor, power blasts, Hekka, he can also summon gods," Presley frowned ignoring the blinks. "Well weak versions maybe, they never seemed strong enough to be real gods."
Yugi frowned looking down at the plastic bag he was carrying, if he was so strong why not use that magic against them? "Kaiba-kun?"
"Unless his summoned gods can beat our decks I fail to see the problem, Blue Eyes will show him the fury it has every foe before." Kaiba was not impressed, priest knew their gods well and he would see just how real these so called gods were.
Yami frowned at his former servant, still too ready to crush anything that dared challenge or threaten what he cared for. -Aibou I agree they are likely weaker as the monsters we use in duels are but still, I will protect you.-
-I know Yami but I'm not worried. You and Kaiba-kun can beat anything, and he really wants to beat Scarab.- Yugi understood why, Kaiba had a soft spot for children and Presley was younger then they were. That man had made a fatal mistake in incurring Kaiba's wrath, not once but twice even. As much as he might still deny it in public he cared deeply for his rivals and would allow none but himself to defeat them, Yugi thought it was sweet in a very Kaiba kind of way.
"You mean in a Shadow Game thing? What happens if one of you would lose?" Presley had heard enough to guess what was going to happen to Scarab, but not if he managed to win.
"Depends on the rules of the game and the winner. When Kaiba and Yami dueled Yami crushed the evil rather then Kaiba's entire mind." Yugi was still not happy about that having to happen but Kaiba belong with them not against them. "So far only Bakura has come back after one. If one of us fell the other would claim victory and they would be fine."
"There will be no need for you or Yami to face him Yugi. I will crush the bug before he gets the bright idea to eat Yami." Kaiba did not want to think about that, if Yami's Ba was destroyed he would be lost forever. He could not allow that to happen, not for the world, the gumi, himself, he did not even want to think about it.
Yami frowned, the tone was the normal they-pissed-me-off-and-now-they-will pay tone but the eyes were wrong. Yugi was not looking at him so he did not see but his other self did, something painful was hurting him and there was nothing he could do. Taking control and holding him would likely only cause fighting, and the dropping of the takeout. Yugi could get away with more, they all knew he hugged, and he worried so, even Kaiba had a hard time yelling at him. It hurt that trying to give comfort would only add to his pain, why could only Yugi seem to ease it? -Aibou may I?-
Yugi looked around not really minding Kaiba once again planning on facing a foe alone, he was doing it out of kindness this time. He perked up when he heard Yami's often silent voice at his side, asking for control since this was not a duel or a fight. -Sure. Tell Kaiba thank you yourself.-
Yami turned his dark stare on his former subject, wanting to make all his pain just go away but knowing he did not have that power. "Kaiba do as you will with Scarab. He is beyond Yugi's help and he did hurt you."
"Please, lack of a decent night sleep for a week landed me in that bed not his pet staff," Kaiba scoffed rolling his eyes since he could not cross his arms. "And since when do I wait for you to allow me to hurt anyone? I am not one of your cheerleaders."
Yami sighed, pain always made him hiss, instinct made him want to hiss right back. "I highly doubt you did often when you actually cared to listen to me. Do as you wish, you always do anyway."
Kaiba blinked at the hurt tone, chasing him away would not save him from Scarab or the Dark Being. He wanted to growl at himself but he just looked away gritting his teeth, damn that man for turning him into this. "Yami…k'so."
Yugi reached out and laid a hand on Kaiba's arm drawing wide eyes, giving him a sympathetic smile, he knew tried or stressed the gumi reverted to old habits. "You both need some sleep. I'll see the others let you do that, they can get rather noisy excited."
Kaiba blinked when it turned out to be Yugi who he turned to face in frustration, finding only his normal understanding and forgiveness. "Yugi…" Trailing off he sighed, not sure what else to say he simply nodded accepting Yugi's offer without protest.
Yugi smiled when Kaiba nodded, no argument or apology given, he knew he had not meant to hiss. "All right lets get back then. I'm sure Armon is hungry."
"Yugi he was before we left," Presley assured him with a laugh as he started walking again.
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Nefretina turned smiling as her prince and his two new friends rounded the corner, "He's still sleeping." Long white locks swayed as she nodded towards the open door across from her, "They are talking in there with your friends Yugi."
"Thank you Nefretina. Can you tell them I'll be right in?" Yugi wanted a moment with Kaiba before joining his friends.
The female mummy nodded, she had no problem obeying this prince, let alone when he asked so nice. "Let me take those Kaiba, Armon will give you a moment."
"Kaiba-kun I know something is wrong…will you trust me?" Yugi knew he was tried but he also seemed distant, distant meant the past.
Kaiba sighed softly, eyes closed, "I do it's just…I'm not sure what it is. I'm not sleep deprived enough to be this off. Maybe I'm finally losing it after all this insanity? Go to your friends Yugi, I'll be all right."
Yugi walked up to Kaiba holding out the bag he had been holding, slipping his arms around his waist when he reached out and took it. "You are my friend Kaiba-kun, don't forget just because you're tried." Stepping back Yugi blushed a little at the blink, he was learning to not be so timid but it took time. "Sweet dreams, I will see you in the mourning."
Kaiba watched Yugi smile before he turned and entered his room to the cries of his friends, quite when greeting they were not. Touching his locket he sighed softly, Yugi was too sweet for his own good still. "Good night Yugi." Turning he entered his room ignoring Presley as he did so, completely forgetting he was even there.
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"I'm glad you three had some fun, Presley is really nice," Mokuba watched his brother type one handed as he made himself comfortable on the bed beside him. "Don't you think so?"
Kaiba glanced at this brother, left arm folded under his head, "He's another Yugi. What do you think of the others?"
"Well Nefertina is really nice, she seems to like you. Ja'Kal is cool, needs to lighten up just a bit like a few other people I know. Armon is really funny, not sure how the gold arm works. Rath I really don't like, he all but hates you." Mokuba was tried of people spending five minuets with his brother and writing him off as a monster or a punk, well he was sometimes.
"Yes, well, Rath is convinced I am unfit to have held my former rank, considering I was in power about 2 millennia before he was I doubt that. If he annoys you let me know and I will blast him again, it's rather relaxing." Kaiba couldn't could care less about the serpent powered mummy, as long as he did not hurt Mokuba or Yugi he could pout all he wanted.
"That means Presley and Yami are really distantly related huh? That has to be strange, I'm glad I don't have any sorta dead relatives running around." Mokuba knew theirs were dead dead, or still alive those were dead to them.
Kaiba frowned at that, Yugi seemed fine with the whole thing, Yami as well, neither were what he would call normal. So far they had not even learned if Yami knew the Gumi before, or if Mokuba had even existed, a thought he did not like at all. "Yami and I fight enough to be related, Yugi is a lot like you, that is enough."
Mokuba smiled, hands resting on his right ankle, left foot on the floor, as he leaned close, "You're a great brother Niisama. Whatcha doing anyway?"
"Looking through some notes, it has been a hectic week. This Stone guy Scarab is posing as likely ran into Moto-san at least once. I wonder if he knew anything of the rumors that had attracted him?" Kaiba did not like that idea. While Scarab seemed unfamiliar with the Items he did see their power and wanted it, a power he was still getting use to.
"So Scarab became this Stone guy? Why?" Mokuba had not asked much about him, he was more interested in how everyone was getting along.
"Stone let him out so it was convenient, the fact Stone had a private fortune was a bonus. There is about as much on Scarab as there is us, luckly most people don't know what they are looking at when they see it." Kaiba frowned in thought, people like Scarab pissed him off, that alone made him want to kill him.
Mokuba thought back on the first time he had seen the tablets, he had been struck by the pose of the two rivals. "Find something good?"
"A legend that is likely based off the spell he used, stealing a Ka to live the life times of 50 men. Not sure exactly how long that would be but since they reined around 3000 years ago I'd side with maybe 5000 if you are unlucky." Kaiba frowned again, why did people write theses sort of things down for crazy people to use anyway?
"You think anyone from your time could have used this spell? They'd be like a walking mummy…why would you want to be?" Mokuba did not like the idea of living so long you basically looked like a walking mummy.
Kaiba shook his head at the question, "I doubt it. The people of our time seemed to enjoy placing bits of Ba into inanimate objects rather then keeping the body alive."
"That's kinda creepy really, being stuck in a card was no fun, or a virtual statue, but for thousands of years…you think they were unaware that whole time?" Yami was awfully sane for a guy who had been alone in the dark for that long otherwise.
"I would imagine Yami was, Bakura was likely mildly aware anytime someone took his Ring. The rest of us simply remained dead until now, why now I am not sure." Kaiba sighed closing his eyes, "If it was that old man's fault I don't feel bad about ripping his card anymore."
"Yo kid…oh, sorry, didn't know he was still dead." Jounouchi apologized not even surprised there was an open laptop, it was Kaiba.
"I'm not dead baka, what?" Kaiba asked opening his eyes and frowning at the blonde, "Out with it Jounouchi?"
"There is no need to growl Kaiba, good mourning by the way," Anzu greeted giving Kaiba a smile, he really was not so bad once you got to know him.
"Mazaki. Care to tell me what you two want, or do I have to try yelling next?" Kaiba knew the blonde could be flaky but Anzu was normally more reliable.
"Oh, Presley knows a nice place for lunch and wanted to know if you two wanted to come along. Yugi said you might still be sleeping since you are, well, you." Anzu was not sure what he had been reading, but he did not look like he had been working on anything company related.
Kaiba arched an eyebrow at her, sounded more like Yugi but Presley was from around here. "You people really do need to carry more cash."
"Niisama that's a little rude, even teasing. You need some coffee," Mokuba teased as Kaiba shut down his laptop.
"It's still true, and coffee sounds good." Kaiba ruffled black hair as he stood and walked past his brother, smirking at his laughs as his hand was batted away. Frowning at the pair in his doorway he arched his brow again, "Shall I move you?"
"Were you ever a morning person?" Jounouchi asked moving aside allowing Kaiba to walk past him, he knew he was not one, too early.
Kaiba turned to look over his shoulder as he half rolled his white sleeves up his lower arms, "I highly doubt I was a priest of Ra. Yugi you do not have to send half the Gumi to ask me a question, really."
Yugi smiled up at Kaiba not minding his slight annoyance at the Gumi invading his room first thing, it was Kaiba after all. "Gomen Kaiba-kun but you know we rarely do anything alone. Are you two coming too?" He did not wish to assume that just because Kaiba had come out of his room in normal clothes that he was going to join them, he had no idea what he had packed.
"You all hardly brought enough money to shop, and to all go out and eat as you do so yes, you close your mouth." Kaiba smirked when Jounouchi closed his mouth from behind him, "Besides Mokuba enjoys spending time with all of you."
"Well we all can't be Bruce Wayne now can we? What do you think Mokuba?" Jounouchi asked when the dark haired youth walked up to his brother with a smile.
"Niisama has more fun. Are the mummies coming too?" Mokuba asked when he did not see the four strange but nice dead guardians anywhere.
"Nope, Armon would attached a bit of attention, and it would be best to limit Rath's time around your brother." Presley agreed that was a good idea, Kaiba was not always one for restraint.
"Well I don't have Wadjet's patience for him," Kaiba muttered, ignoring the questioning looks as he clipped his com onto his collar as always. "What now?"
"Who now?" Jounouchi knew a few gods, everyone did, but while the word sounded familiar he had nothing.
Kaiba sighed as he often did when people did not know something he felt they should, "A serpent goddess, a protector of Ra, and the cobra you see on royal headdresses."
"Kaiba-kun you wore a winged serpent…for her?" Yugi had seen the cobra, it made sense since one did not want to tangle with a posed cobra.
"Wadjet was one of a few warrior goddess who were fierce protectors of the Pharaoh and his people, Bast later being replaced by Sekhmet was another. You've seen me mad I think it was rather fitting." Kaiba smirked, the Gumi had all seen why he had been so well respected in the past and the present.
"Shouldn't you two get along better if you are both tied to this snake lady?" Jounouchi had heard of the two cats, Sekhmet sounded like Kaiba mad alright.
Kaiba sighed as he rubbed the bridge of his nose, "Snakes are also a sign of power and the demon god Apophis, who later was merged, then was all but replaced with Set. We both may protect our pharaohs but that is all we have in common. I'm surprised you all haven't bothered learning anything since befriending Yami."
"That eye is named after her…did you read up on them, or do you remember it all?" Yugi wanted to know more about Yami's world but he had learned gods were often merged, had several names, were even sometimes aspects of other gods. It all sounded rather confusing but Kaiba had been a priest, knowing which god to call on for what had been one of his duties.
"A little of both, the gods of our time were not identical to the gods of theirs, a fact I doubt Rath has considered. Don't worry too much about it Yugi there were many gods around to protect a pharaoh, you also have me." Kaiba liked to know things, knowing the gods was not a bad idea since Shadow Magic alone was not his only weapon.
Yugi smiled up at Kaiba before hugging him for a moment, "I know Kaiba-kun. Even when you hated me you'd still protect us, and very well I might add. Come on, we can pick up some take out for Armon on our way home."
Presley smiled at Yugi's quick show of affection, he was getting pretty good at stealing a quick hug before Kaiba could growl at him. Mokuba took his brother's arm pulling him up next to Yugi before walking beside him holding his arm. Mokuba was lucky to have a big brother to look after him, though he was kind of glad he did not have one himself. "About shopping, I can make sure you guys aren't ripped off, we aren't all as honest as me around here."
"Well we do have a few souvenirs to pick up…you really won't mind taking us all shopping Presley?" Anzu asked a little unsure, men did not often volunteer to go shopping with non-family or girlfriends.
"Sure, it's nothing really, besides I like you guys too." Presley wanted to get to know them all a little better, for all he knew they had all walked this world before.
"Sorry Anzu we can't keep him," Jounouchi teased patting Presley's shoulder smirking a little, he was a cute kid.
"Yeah, I think my mom would have something to say about that." Presley had no idea how to explain his friends to his mother let alone these people. What little family they were close to seemed to know most of what was going on, his mother would never let him leave the house if she knew someone was trying to kill him…again.
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"Ishizu's place is cool, though she hasn't told us much about who we were and what we did." Anzu could guess but she wanted to know how close they were. Seto and Yami's relationship seemed a little complicated, but at least they all knew they had one.
Kaiba frowned setting his mug down glancing at his fellow blue eyed brunette, "She hasn't mentioned any of you at all."
Jounouchi frowned swallowing, that cool tone could get on his nerves, "At least we know which side we were on."
"Jounouchi-kun," Yugi chided, Kaiba had not snapped so there was no need to snap at him. Ishizu had not spoken of his friends, other then Kaiba, and facing off in a duel did not mean he had been evil. They had faced off a few times in this life as well as fighting side by side, he would not write Seto off as a bad guy just like that.
Kaiba interlaced his fingers eyeing the blonde, "Perhaps. The unimportant details are hardly something she is going to bring up in one of her show and tell sessions. If he annoys me Yugi I will yell at him myself."
"We are not unimportant details jerk. She hasn't mentioned Mokuba either so there," Jounouchi muttered before taking another bite of his burger.
Kaiba arched a brow amused by Jounouchi's defensiveness, "I never said you were. If you were guards, or minor priests, you would have been powerless to stop the Dark Being, whereas Yami and I were not. Perhaps you need some more sleep if you are going to act like a child." Taking his mug he sipped his coffee ignoring the glare.
"He has a point really. Ishizu can't answer every little question we might have, we are together now, that is what matters." Anzu was sure they had all been friends, well maybe not Seto, and did not need some vision to confirm it.
"Makes sense, my best friends died and returned for me so why wouldn't all of you?" Presley was fine with not knowing the grisly details of his friend's deaths, Yami and Yugi probably were too.
"Even her Item uses her power, just not like ours do. We'd wear her out, though I would like to know a little more about before the fighting." Yugi would love to see what his friends had all looked liked, Kaiba looked so like Seto he imagined they all did really.
"I'm pretty sure we don't have anything like that at the museum, but we might. Rath has been kinda busy, so he hasn't been able go through everything. Plus mom would freak about all the touching," Presley knew really nasty stuff usually gave off a vibe but some things were dormant until activated.
"Kaiba-kun you think you could sense anything? I'm not sure I like the idea of glass being the only thing between someone and something like our Items." Yugi had seen many shows, moves, ect where someone touched something they shouldn't have and something very bad happened, got lose, and/or killed them.
Kaiba frowned at the question, silent for a moment before shrugging, "I could try, between the two of us anything with that kind of latent magic should register. Would you like me to purchases any artifacts we come across as well?"
"You don't have to be so snide Kaiba, really, he just wants to help." Anzu shook her head, his teasing tone could be so damn rude sounding it could be all but impossible to tell if he meant to be mean sometimes.
"He kinda has a point Anzu, if they did find something dangerous they couldn't just take it with them, or destroy it. It could get Presley's mom in trouble, or start an international incident for starters." Honda did not like the idea of Yugi getting into that kind of trouble, he could hardly save the world if he was in jail.
"That's what lawyers are for," Kaiba muttered, he knew more about international law then they did combined. "If anything dangerous is there it should be dealt with, we might not be the only two groups of reborn Egyptians running around this city."
"I had no idea others like me existed so it is possible. Scarab hasn't gone after anything really besides me, he has the time I guess. Right now he is probably looking up anything he can about both of you." Presley wanted to know more about their war but now was hardly the time or place, besides they did not have all the answers themselves.
Kaiba chuckled shaking his head getting looks, "What is so funny Kaiba?" Yami asked not sure what was so amusing, Kaiba could be rather dark. Yugi just shrugged not sure what was funny either, at least is was just an amused laugh.
"The only thing that will tell him of our past are those cursed pet rocks of Ishizu's, and they are not exactly helpful. Unless he didn't know I'm rich, and might have killed my step father, and you're a game savant he won't be finding much with Google." Whoever had taken care of the clean up had done nice work, his own searches had found little and he knew what he was looking for…mostly.
"Do bad guys use Google?" Jounouchi asked agreeing with Kaiba's theory, if the fancy system he had couldn't find it not many could.
Presley frowned at the causally mention of that nasty rumor, he wouldn't put it past him if it came down to life or death. "So no owner's manuals?"
"It took eight years to piece this together so if it was smashed that would keep him form using it, but the others are not in pieces." Yami touched his prison knowing Bakura wanted them all so Scarab may as well once he learned what they were.
"He smashes it he loses out on you for lunch, stupid move on his part. The fool has no idea how many there are, or what they can really do, even we don't remember the full extent of their powers." Kaiba could care less what the others could do right then, they were not around to be used in this fight.
"Will they work for just anyone, or is there a trick to them?" Presley knew talented magic user could get around certain safety measures, but he was not sure if these Items had any.
Yami frowned thinking that over, so far only the Eye and Rod had been used by non-former Item wielders, they had done just fine. "So far most who have wielded them wielded one in the past, those that did not knew about our magic. It is possible Scarab could use some of their tricks just by having them…Kaiba you were the magic user not me."
"Please, you used the Puzzle just fine. Not knowing just what each Item can do it would slow him down, and Shadow Magic tends to bite back hard when misused. The Rod is a nasty toy and I am in no mood to share." Kaiba smirked, Marik had used a few of it's tricks on the Gumi and it had never chosen him, nasty indeed.
"You never are but I agree, the Rod's ability to control is not something I want an evil soul to have." Yami took his Puzzle in his hands, "Intact I can fight him for control of his body, your's has no such safeguard."
"It seems most don't, I mean only two do…shouldn't they all?" Anzu was not sure a trapped soul was the best safeguard, but some spell could have been cast. Kaiba seemed to handle the Rod just fine now that he had accepted it. The fight had been won, Mokuba was as harmless as Yugi, and was just as powerless against Shadow Magic.
"Yeah, like in Sci Fi guns that only shoot for their owners," Jounouchi was not big on all the magic talking either, but safeguards made sense.
Kaiba rolled his eyes, "They were hidden for a reason. I am sure anyone with the knowledge could use any of the Items, not just Yami. If that is true safeguarding them would not protect them form those who would know how to use them, which were the only ones to hold them then."
"Um, hello, Bakura was so not a priest, or whatever, so there goes that." Jounouchi countered looking smug, frowning when Kaiba and Yami glanced at each other, "What?"
"Anyone who wins a Shadow Duel can claim an Item as their own, he likely defeated the former owner in combat as Seto tried to do to me." Yami knew his only real competition was the young man sitting so near, Yugi would never challenge him for control of the Puzzle, or anything else for that matter.
Kaiba nodded in agreement ignoring the blonde's mockery, he knew little of magic or the old ways, "Bakura has tried more then once. Scarab is too young to know what true power they hold. He is a user of magic so he would have an easier time figuring it out then one of your clueless friends."
"There you go again with the writing us off. Just cause you two are the ones on those tablets doesn't mean we are useless. We've been there every fight, same as you," Jounouchi muttered glaring at Kaiba, not please he kept making points.
Kaiba sighed before sipping his coffee, Yugi's patience was astounding. "You are no sorcerer or priest Jounouchi, magic is not for you to wield, let alone truly understand. Toying with magics you cannot wield causes many problems, you all have seen this, so relax, and stop taking everything so personally."
"Kaiba is correct, we were masters of our powers and they still did not save us, you all should avoid them as much as possible." Yami did not wish to see his friend hurt because they felt compelled to try and wield Shadow Magic when they were not meant to. Turning to Kaiba he frowned, wondering if Seto was in there somewhere shaking his head at his friends for melding in his domain of expertise as Kaiba would. "You do not have to sound so indifferent Kaiba, even if you are. They have stood by me in this life and are owed some respect."
Kaiba arched a brow at Yami before smirking a little amused by his chiding, some things would never change no matter how much time passed, or how many lives relived. "I am indifferent Yami, is your memory failing? As long as they stay out of my way I won't let them get themselves killed playing with magic, promise."
Yami sighed shaking his head at the dark humor, that bastard stepfather's influence might never be completely gone, but he would not let it get any worst. "Fair, but try and be a little more considerate sounding, Mokuba does like them."
"The kid is great, how did that happen again?" Jounouchi cooed at Kaiba, sometimes he really did wonder how the Kaiba they had first met had raised such a sweet kid.
Kaiba frowned at the blonde for a moment before smirking, bowing his head, "Touché."
"Say what now?" Jounouchi asked frowning at the calm smirk, coffee did strange things to some people.
"It's French Jounouchi, think good one," Anzu explained not surprised they bantered so much, put someone with the aloof feline thing and the loyal but not overly bright canine thing together and it happened.
"Americans use it all the time, swords not so much. So this is normal, good to know," Presley was starting to see how saving the world a few times only to know the hardest fight had yet to come could wear on the nerves a bit.
"Actually this is new, norm use to be those three could not be this close for this long without a lot more fighting, and not the playful banter kind." Anzu sipped her tea ignoring the males frowning at her, the truth hurt sometimes.
"Yeah, well, I prefer this norm to that norm," Honda chimed in, Jounouchi and Kaiba in a fist fight would not end well for anyone.
"First person to say friendship will be paying their own way from here on," Kaiba muttered not in the mood to have some sappy sentiment shoved down his throat.
"Kaiba really," Yami half chided before chuckling, "I guess we can get sappy huh?"
"Can? God, you all can be as sickening as a Christmas special, I prefer not scaring other people with dribble." Kaiba rolled his eyes, arms lazily crossed on the table, he was not joking and that was a little sad.
"I don't know, they seem alright to me, of course I hang around with a bunch of dead people a lot." Presley could see how this many sappy people could annoy Kaiba very quickly.
"Hey question? If Kaiba here roasts Scarab with some White Lighting what happens to your dead friends?" Jounouchi knew they were back to kill some shadow thing, after that he was not sure.
"If? That is like his favorite thing to do," Honda had to admit that dragon hit like a tank, but it was still funny to use if.
"I'm not sure. They are back to protect my soul, which I am using, they might go back with my pastself. I'd miss them, but I can't keep four mummies around forever, you guys?" Presley understood a Yami was a soul from the past with powers, Yami was a good one, Bakura an evil one. Seto had been reborn and no one seemed sure what powers he had besides the Rod's granted abilities, but he would not drop dead when they won.
Yami sighed, "Likely I would move on and meet all my friends when they died in this life. However, since I am tied to this Item I may need to be released from it."
"Don't worry about it right now man. So this Scarab guy really has been around for over three thousand years?" Jounouchi did not get the live forever thing, didn't seem to help any of the Yami much.
"Pretty much. The spell he used will ware off soon enough, I think, but I'd rather win before then. I know you guys have your own problems so I want to thank you for helping me out here." Presley knew a little growling was just Kaiba's way, not everyone rushed to help others.
"It was my job as a Sacred Guardian, besides he reminds me too much of Gosobro to not want to kill." Kaiba frowned at the memory of that man, and some dark figure he only half remembered.
"Don't tell anyone but old Fangs here has a soft spot for kids, isn't it sweet?" Jounouchi teased wincing when a steel toe connected with his shin just hard enough to smart.
"Can we just kill him? I mean I know he is evil and all, but he is human…isn't he?" Anzu knew the monsters they had faced were not human anymore, or never had been. Killing monsters and transformed humans was one thing, but someone still human did not sit well with her.
Kaiba rolled his eyes, "What he is is irrelevant, he will be judged by the Gods, and fall by my power. If he was controlled by some dark force he has lived far longer then he should have already."
"I have agree with Kaiba on this one Anzu, human or not he is over three thousand years old, and wants to eat a child's soul." Honda shook his head, "I'd rather Kaiba did the deed then Yugi."
"I have already said that I would, taking back the Rod meant taking back everything that went with it. My brother is not safe until that thing is dead once and for all." Kaiba sighed rubbing the bridge of his nose, "I will not let it live again."
Yami opened his mouth to say something comforting when Mokuba appeared frowning at his brother's annoyed expression. "There you are Mokuba."
"Yeah, long line," Mokuba licked his ice cream before sitting down beside his brother, "Niisama?"
"We were discussing Scarab and whether we should kill him." Kaiba answered turning to his brother before smiling, "Couldn't get a bigger one?"
"Nope. You and Yami have sent lots of those Jackal guys to the Shadow Realm and stuff, they were human so why not Scarab too?" Mokuba asked before licking his ice cream, Scarab was even worst then any of the Jackals, and no one had batted an eyelash of them.
Kaiba glanced at the Gumi, overly sentimental fools the lot of them. "Oh the bug will be facing Blue Eyes before joining those weak minded fools."
"You don't have to sound so happy about it Kaiba, you were a priest weren't you?" Anzu did not like this conversation, the fact Mokuba showed so little concern made her worry about him.
"And what does that have to do with anything? We were not pacifist anymore then our gods are, have you not been paying attention? Baka shoujo." Kaiba muttered just about fed up with little Miss Sunshine over there.
"Enough!" Yami hissed not liking where this was going either. "Anzu our ways are not yours, Scarab must either be slain, or imprisoned alive until the spell kills him. I prefer the mercy of a swift death to how many years all alone in the dark. We all know how violently protective Kaiba is, we have all seen it, and none of you complain so much when it is you his actions save. None of you can face Scarab so do not judge those of us that can, and will."
Presley blinked right along with everyone else, he had expected Yami to put his foot down, but not quite like that. "Look Scarab killed me, my friends, my dad, and who knows how many others so I won't be sad to see him go. It'll be nice when it is finally all over."
Kaiba sighed, crossing his arms on the table as he leaned forward a bit, "I am sick and tired of the past messing up my life so I know exactly how you feel Presley. The next time he shows himself we'll show him how the Sacred Guardians fought their wars, and how we ended them. So shall we go window-shopping for cursed things now, or you people's various souvenirs?"
"What's cursed?" Mokuba asked confused, he was sure there were fakes around, but those did not really hurt anyone who bought them.
"Presley's mother's museum, it seems Rath has neglected to make sure there was nothing nasty lying about, we had some trouble with such things back home." Kaiba shrugged, "Guards are rather useless."
"They sure are against magic. Can't we go after closing Nissama, magic can be kinda loud?" Mokuba had seen a few fights, normal people would not understand what was going on.
"I could just bespell them so they forgot, but a check would be faster. Presley I'm sure you don't want me to use my Item on your mother." Kaiba had no problem with either way, the others would prefer he use his money not his Item to get his way.
"Other then saving her yeah, no offense or anything, but I try to keep her away from magic." Presley was not exactly sure what magic Kaiba could do, but controlling people sounded like something they should avoid.
"None taken, overshadowed loved ones are rather disturbing, just trust me on that. Yami you think the three of us could handle it?" Exposing normal people to possibly cursed or possessed item when it could be avoided was foolish, his powers could only do so much at one time.
"I don't see why not, our Items will protect us as best as they can. Presley do you have any magic, or just your Guardians?" Yami knew not every Pharaoh had magic, if they did guards would not really be needed, he was still not sure why he had them in the past with Seto around, the others, and whatever magics he held.
"Not really, and I'm pretty fine with that. Mom would freak enough if she knew who I really am, let alone if I could summon monsters or whatever." Presley had to admit it would be fun if he could now and then, but all the time would get him in trouble.
"We can make sure you are unharmed, Kaiba is very good at what he does. With that settled we should see to shopping then." Yami glanced at his friends looking for thoughts or protests, and not just from Kaiba.
"I ain't happy about being left out, but curses can't be fought by normal people outside of the Mummy, I could so be Rick." Jounouchi grinned, shooting down mummies he could handle.
Kaiba rolled his eyes but decided to let that one slide, "No they can't. Let's get going since you people have way too many people to shop for."
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