Note To Readers: PHEW! Semester finally over! Let the continuation of the fanfiction begin! Sorry for the long wait guys! I was up to my eyeballs in Finals. You guys have been awesome with the reviews so here comes chapter 14! Some of you were asking about Seto's past and Bloom being related to Kisara. The answer is yes. There is a connection. But you'll have to keep reading to find that out ;D
Chapter 14: Do You Want To Play A Game?
*Back At Eraklyon*
"SKY!? DUDE!? WHERE ARE YOU!?" Brandon's voice echoed as he wandered around the castle. No one seemed to have seen the king and ever since he returned from visiting Bloom he seemed as if he was preoccupied with something. No doubt it had to do with a certain redhead and this CEO of what was it called again? Right, Kaiba Corp. Some guy that Bloom was staying with. After looking around a bit more Brandon nearly jumped as his cell phone started ringing. "What now?!" Brandon groaned before he pulled out his phone. Uh oh. It was Stella his girlfriend and princess of Solaria. Hesitantly Brandon answered the phone. "Honey bear! We had a phone date scheduled and hour ago! We only get a break for lunch during this internship! And trust me it's way hard! I need to hear your voice just to get through the day." Stella complained. "I'm sorry Stella! But I've been too busy looking for Sky. He has a meeting and I can't seem to find him anywhere!...wait a moment..." Brandon paused as he heard Sky's voice nearby.
"Bingo!...Sorry, I'll call you later snookums! Promise!" Brandon apologized before he hung up and hurried to find Sky in none other than HIS room. "DUDE! I'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YO..." Brandon froze as he watched Sky playing with...cards? They weren't usual playing cards either. "SO...taken up a new hobby have we?" Brandon teased the blonde. "NO." Sky fired back immediately. "Domino is famous for this game called Duel monsters and the jerk whom Bloom is living with is supposed to be...what you call a highly skilled Duelist from what I had Timmy dig up for me! SO I'm going to BEAT that arrogant blowhard at his own game!" Sky spat. "Then I'll move Bloom into another apartment without HIM there!"
"...I think having Timmy do recon on this dude...is a bit, overboard man...besides all you're going to do is end up making a fool out of yourself..." Brandon warned. "Don't you trust Bloom? You've been going out for how many years now?" "I know that! But there's something about that guy I DON'T trust!" Sky exclaimed. "...Uhuh...and you're POSITIVE that you're not jealous?" Brandon raised his brow in doubt. "I DON'T GET JEALOUS!" Sky yelled back. "...Fine...just some friendly advice...now can you PLEASE put that stuff away and come to the meeting? Your parents are gonna kill me if you're any later!" "Fine..." Sky huffed before he got up and followed Brandon.
*Back At Domino City*
"Wow I never knew exactly how many different cards there were and the combinations you could use!" Bloom exclaimed. "Some duelists like the rich boy over here like ta have certain types of cards like Dragons for example." Joey pointed out. "And some people prefer to hold cards that draw out their animal instict...in wheeler's case a puppy dog..." Kaiba snickered. "FOR DA LAST TIME I AM NOT A DOG!" Joey spat as he twitched his eye. "You're right someone outta put you down..." "WHY YOU!" the blonde snarled. "Well, Joey is cute. With those big eyes of his and that blonde messy hair. He kinda is like a loveable puppy." Bloom admitted. "...GAH! BLOOM DON'T YOU START TOO!" Joey pleaded. Mr. Moto laughed a hearty chuckle as he came down the stairs.
"I brought muffins and tea for everybody! I thought you kids might like a snack." Yugi's grandfather smiled. "Ah come on gramps we're not kids anymore!" Joey exclaimed. "You seem to be enjoying them though." Yugi smiled. "Anyways thanks, grandpa. These look delicious!" "So are you trying to teach Miss Bloom about the game of duel monsters?" "Yeah, she's not from out area so I thought it might be fun to teach her something new. Besides, i'm still trying to come up with a game of my own. I thought Bloom might be able to give me some ideas." Yugi pointed out. "Really? That's so cool!" Bloom exclaimed her blue eyes lit up. "But why would you want to do that if you're already so good at Duel Monsters?" "Mainly for fun," Yugi admitted. "Wow! So when you did we could all play it together! Kaiba could even help you market it! Right?" Bloom turned towards Kaiba as he tried to fight back the red tint of his cheeks.
"It has to be worth my time. But I'd consider it if his game ever made it that far." Kaiba responded. "I could help you! I could take the idea back to my planet and make it realm wide!" "That sounds too awesome to even come up with a response," Yugi confessed as he blushed a little as he scratched at his cheek. Joey made a face. "Hey! I could help too! I could go with yous to your planet! Yeah! Then I'd get ta see your world!" the blonde grinned. In but a moment Joey felt a sharp contact with Kaiba's left boot hit his toes tucked away in his shoes. Tears rimmed at his eyes from the pain nearly turning blue in the face. "What was that? I couldn't quite hear you...?" the CEO asked in a darkened tone of voice. "...F...Foot..." Joey squeaked. "Are you ok...Joey?" Bloom questioned. "...Me? Fine...just...fine..." the blonde managed to gasp out before Kaiba removed his foot.
"...Oh, I don't think Kaiba liked that..." Yugi pointed out speaking mainly to himself. {No I don't think he did...} Atem responded inwardly. "So tell me Yugi. How did you get to be the best Duelist in the world? Well, your world that is..." Bloom questioned. "Well, the Pharoah or Atem taught me a lot. We were always a team so in my opinion, that's the real secret behind my success." Yugi confessed softly. "WELL yeah dats true but it's those Egyptian God cards o his dat make em really invincible!" Joey spoke up. "Wow, those DO sound powerful..." Bloom murmured though the moment Joey mentioned them she felt this feeling surging within her. Visions that she couldn't explain. "...Do...Do you think I could see them?" the redhead questioned as she looked towards Yugi. Yugi froze as he looking deep into Bloom's eyes. He could tell there was this kind of seriousness in her wanting to see the God cards for herself.
"...Alright...wait here..." Yugi murmured before he got up. Slowly he made his way up the stairs. Kaiba's gaze turned towards Bloom. Suddenly he saw fire blazing all around him. A baby crying. Getting louder with each passing moment. {"PROTECT THE PRINCESS!"} Atem's voice echoed. Kaiba abruptly rose from his seat and ran out of the store. Sweat beat down his face as his heart thundered in his chest holding his head. His whole body trembling from the very sight of what he was seeing. "MAKE IT STOP! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS NONSENSE! WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS MEAN ANYWAY!?" he spat. "Kaiba." came a familiar voice which snapped the blue eyed male out of his trance. "Are you quite alright? Should I get a doctor...you look awfully pale..." Kaiba knew that voice. Slowly he forced himself to look up. It was Ryou Bakura. A face that he'd seen a bit too soon for his liking.
"I'm fine..." Kiba snapped coldly. "What are you doing here anyways?" the CEO questioned. "Why I'm here to see Yugi and the others. College is starting tomorrow after all. I wanted to be sure that everyone had their books and whatnot." Bakura mused. "Well isn't that cute...they're all inside Yugi's grandfather's shop...I was just on my way out...so if you'll excuse me..." "KAIBA!" Sky's voice came from behind Bakura nearly out of breath with his duel disk hooked onto his arm. "Oh great...and just when I thought this day couldn't possibly get any more annoying..." "Oh, do you two know each other?" Bakura questioned. "Unfortunately..." Both Kaiba and Sky answered at the same time.
"Anyways thanks for showing me to Yugi's house." Sky thanked Bakura. "No problem. I needed to see Yugi too. So it really wasn't out of my way or anything." the snow white haired male smiled. "...So that's how it is..." Kaiba muttered. "I do hope you've read the rule book thoroughly and prepared yourself a paper bag for the embarrassment that you're going to experience when you lose..." the blue eyed male smirked. Joey poked his head outside the window as Yugi made his way down. "Something wrong Joey?" Yugi questioned as Bloom slowly stood up and paused as she noticed Yugi holding a golden box.
"Yeah, it looks like its gonna come ta blows with that Sky dude and rich boy!" Joey exclaimed making a face. "Oh, an Bakura's here too." "Oh no!" Bloom cried and hurried out the door. This wasn't going to be pretty. "Wait for me!" Joey cried as Yugi followed after him. "HEY! BAKURA! LONG TIME NO SEE!" Joey waved. "Hi, Joey! Hi, Yugi. It's nice to see you again. Sorry about not contacting you earlier. I had a lot of preparing for school. But it looks as if you're already experiencing some excitement on your end." Bakura pointed out. "You could say that," Yugi admitted.
"So are you ready to do this or what!? Or have you changed your mind? Tell you what I'll let you back out now if you agree to leave Bloom alone and let her move into a proper apartment complex." Sky muttered. "Sky stop! This isn't about that anymore! It's just a friendly duel! Kaiba told me himself!" Bloom argued. "That may be so Bloom but to me this IS personal..." Sky muttered. Bloom narrowed her eyes groaning. "SKY LISTEN TO ME!" she yelled at him but neither Kaiba nor Sky were interested in anything else but tearing the other to pieces. "...Interesting..." Bakura smirked as he watched the tension emerge from both opponents. "Wait! Sky you're not planning on challenging Kaiba are you?" Bakura gasped.
"You BET I am!" Sky fired back. "I need to teach this guy a lesson!" "But there's no way you can win! Kaiba is the second best Duelist next to Yugi and with you being new to the game and all-" "Impossible doesn't exist in my book! I'm going to BEAT him!" the blonde spat. "...Well if you must insist upon this...at least use THIS in your deck..." Bakura murmured softly as he held out a card towards Sky. "What is it?" Sky questioned as he carefully grasped the edge of the card and looked at the image upon it. "It's a powerful magic card. "It's called Change Of Heart...my favorite card in the entire game...I think with this in your deck you might stand a chance." Bakura told Sky.
"Very well. Thanks, Bakura. I owe you one." Sky offered a smile and shuffled the card into his deck. {Yugi..I have a bad feeling about this...} Atem muttered Inwardly to Yugi. "...Bakura no longer has the Millenium Ring...I think you're just uneasy from everything that's happened..." {Yes...that's what I am worried about...} the Pharoah confessed. "Enough stalling! Let's duel!" Kaiba muttered before both opponents readied their duel disks. They each drew six cards in their hand starting with 4000 life points. "I SWARE I AM GOING TO BEAT YOU AT YOUR OWN GAME!" Sky proclaimed. "Wait Wait...I think I've heard this one before..." Kaiba taunted before he looked at one of his cards.
"For my first move, I summon FireYarou in attack mode!" Kaiba exclaimed. His beast having 1300 attack points and 1000 defense points. "Your move pretty boy..." Sky narrowed his eyes and drew. "Fine...I place Thunder Kid down in attack mode! which has 700 attack points and 600 defense points." "... I can read..." Kaiba muttered dryly. "Surfer boy's toast! He shoulda played dat card in defense mode!" Joey nearly threw a fit. Even HE knew that. "Appearances can be deceiving Joey..." Yugi reminded him. "I end my turn..." Sky muttered. Kaiba drew next. "I summon Ryu-Kenshin to the field!" Kaiba exclaimed as the monster manifested on the field. "FireYarou! Attack his Thunder Kid!" he ordered before FireYarou unleashed a ball of fire blowing Thunder Kid to pieces. Sky groaned in frustration as the force nearly blew him back. Sky's life points knocked down to 3400. "AND NOW! A DIRECT ATTACK ON HIS LIFE POINTS RYU-KENSHIN!"
"DAMN IT!" Sky cursed. That was 1,000 life points taken out of his hide. 2400 LP left. "Hang in there Sky!" Bloom exclaimed. "Or maybe not..." Yugi retracted his earlier statement. "I end my turn...why don't you try and actually TRY to put up a fight?" Kaiba suggested before Sky drew. "Aw man...I summon Thunder Kid in attack mode." Sky made a face. "I end my turn...oh! I forgot to put it defense mode!" Sky panicked. "Too little too late! FireYarou! Attack his thunder kid! Then Ryu-Kenshin! ATTACK HIM DIRECTLY!" Kaiba spat. Sky could hardly believe it as he was knocked on his ass as his life point count was knocked down to zero. "I warned you...it's 100 years too early for you to challenge me..." Kaiba muttered as Sky narrowed his eyes angrily clenching his fist. "...Hey, look at dat..." Joey pointed out before everyone froze as some kind of dark energy was emerging from the cards in Sky's hand. "What the-"
"What the-" Kaiba began. "YOU BASTARD! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Sky snarled. "I could ask you the SAME question!" the blue-eyed male fired back before a dark chuckle escaped from Bakura. {NO!} Atem cried. "BAKURA!" Yugi cried out. "I'm afraid Bakura is here no longer...so the KING wants a lesson on Duel Monster's eh?" Yami Bakura grinned as he turned his gaze towards Sky. "Well then...why don't I teach you how the game was MEANT to be played! HAHAHAHA!" Yami Bakura roared with a laughter filled with Malice in his eyes. "AND WELCOME THE NEW ERA OF SHADOW GAMES!" the ancient spirit of the millennium ring held up his hand as he glowed red revealing a tattoo of some sort. Seeping with a dark purple aura. Suddenly chains shot up from below Sky and Kaiba ensnaring them in their grasp.
"NO! KAIBA! SKY!" Bloom cried out as fear washed over her. "HOLD ON! I'LL SAVE YOU!" she swore and. "WINX BELIEVIX!" the Faerie screamed out but nothing happened. Horror swelled in Bloom's blue eyes. "BELIEVIX!" she cried again. "I...I don't understand! Why!? WHY CAN'T I TRANSFORM!?" Bloom screamed as tears filled her eyes. She could only watch as the two were being overwhelmed by a dark purple orb that was drawing Kaiba and Sky in. "YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS BAKURA!" Yugi cried before his the Millenium puzzled illuminated brightly Yugi transforming into Yami Yugi. "COME BACK!" Bloom pleaded and ran towards the shadows anyways. "LET THEM GO!" "BLOOM STAY BACK!" Joey cried out. "NO!"Bloom refused. She was not going to sit by and let this happen! Powers or no powers!" Bloom swore as she saw Sky unconscious from the effect of the dark magic at work. Sky was too far in but if only she could just get to him maybe she could find a way to rescue Sky too!
"DON'T COME ANY CLOSER!"Kaiba yelled abruptly once he finally grasped the chain choking him and pulled it back with all the strength he could muster. "Wheeler's right! You'll get ensnared just like we are! Don't worry about us! You have to get away from here now!" "B-BUT!" "We'll find a way out...of this somehow...I promise that...I'm not going to allow this bastard to take me down so easily...until then..." Kaiba paused struggling to reach with his other hand as he snapped off his duel monsters locket and tossed it to her. Bloom barely caught it clinging to it until her fingers turned white at the tips.
"Yugi...listen to me...and listen to me good...you better not let anything happen to her or Mokuba...understand...? Otherwise, I'll make you regret it..." Kaiba muttered as blood dripped down the sides of his mouth before he was rendered unconscious. "KAIBAAAAAA!" Bloom screamed as tears streamed down her face reaching out towards him. Until he was gone.
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