Crossing Magic

A/N: Okay! ^.^; Sorry it took so long to update!!! I was just really waiting for school to get out. That way, it'd be so much easier for me to post more often. ^_^ There wouldn't be any distractions. Hee hee… Anyways, hope you like the chapter! Please Review!!!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Harry Potter. Just my computer, Anime DVDs, and this fanfic!

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Seto smirked as Snape yelled. He'd gotten Merik to lend him an Egyptian cobra and placed it on Snape's desk. The black-haired professor was jumping away from the spitting reptile. (A/N: WOO HOO!!!! ^.^) Yugi snickered lightly and motioned towards the door. Noticing everybody was too preoccupied with Merik's cobra, the Japanese/Egyptian gang snuck out of the dungeons. By now, Merik and Seto were doubled up with laughter, Jou and Yugi as well. Ryou just walked beside them, an amused smile spread across his lips. Inside his soul room, Bakura was howling with laughter. Malik and Yami had no idea what was going on with them, as they were drinking booze in the Pharaoh's soul room. The two had invited Bakura, but the Tomb Robber, strangely enough, declined.

Yami sighed softly, taking another swig of the alcoholic substance. The blood-colored liquid made him wince as it burned his throat. The pharaoh, as high and elegant as he was, rarely got drunk on purpose. The Tomb Keeper and Tomb Robber knew he did it only when he was very upset. Malik just shrugged that fact off and stood, stumbling a bit.

"Y-Yami…Ima' go see if 'Kura is c-coming…" his speech was slurred from the amount of alcohol he'd consumed.

The crimson-eyed pharaoh nodded, taking another sip. "Go ahead…"

Malik blinked and rubbed his eyes a few times before stepping through a hidden door in the Shadows of Yami's soul room.

~*~*In Bakura's soul room*~*~

The Tomb Robber raised a dignified eyebrow at his platinum blonde-haired companion. "So, let me get this straight; you and the Pharaoh are drinking? Why in Ra's name is YAMI drinking NOW?!"

Malik shrugged. "D-don't know."

The male rolled his eyes and stood up. He didn't know why Yami was acting up all of a sudden. The regal pharaoh was usually nothing but serious.

::I don't understand it…Yami hasn't changed that much. Has he? No, the Pharaoh's still the same deep down. Soon he'll be his cold-hearted self, not even the Light can save him…::

Bakura grabbed the semi-drunk Malik and dragged him to Yami's soul room. Somehow, the three soul rooms were connected by doors held in between the grasps of the Shadows, allowing them transport to the three rooms. Bakura marched up to the Egyptian King, lifting him up by his leather shirt.

"PHARAOH! WHAT IN RA'S NAME IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"

Yami pushed him away, causing him to fall back on the stairs of his soul room. He grimaced as he realized there would be a rather nasty bruise there later. He glared at the Tomb Robber.

"What do you want, Bakura?!"

"I WANT YOU TO STOP SULKING AROUND DAMMIT!!!"

The crimson-eyed Egyptian looked startled. He couldn't believe Bakura, the Thief King and Malik, his little 'side kick' were here telling him what to do. He felt a pang of guilt as he thought of what might occur when 'it' happened. A look of utter helplessness and sorrow filled his eyes. His response to them was almost inaudible.

"When I go back to how I was…I might hurt you all…and Yugi…"

The Tomb Robber looked at his fellow Holder of the Shadows sympathetically, even though sympathy was NOT his normal thing.

"Yami…just…" he sighed, not knowing what to say, "Just…don't worry…Malik and I will make sure nothing bad happens. That's an Egyptian to Egyptian promise…"

For the first time in many millenniums, tears stung Pharaoh Atemu's eyes. He held back a sob, causing his lithe frame to shake.

"I don't want to hurt anyone anymore!" he thrust himself onto the white-haired robber.

Bakura gently patted his back, still uncomfortable with being nice. He allowed the Prince of Shadows cry into his chest, looking at Malik for help. The ancient Tomb Keeper/Robber just shrugged. Bakura scowled.

~*~*Outside the soul rooms*~*~

Jou looked at his violet-eyed friend worriedly. "Yug…are ya al'ight? Ya haven't been lookin' too great…"

The boy ran a hand through his tri-colored hair. "Hai, I'm fine. It's Yami…I think…I feel as if the world is going to end or something…Not literally though, just emotionally."

Anzu and the others exchanged glances. Merik and Ishizu though, didn't. Was their Pharaoh returning to rule over Egypt? He could, considering the fact he could have his own body when he left the confines of the Millennium Puzzle. The hikari rubbed his temples wearily and glanced at the others.

"I think I'm just going to go back to the dorm. I'll talk to you later…"

The gang watched their leather-clad comrade head back up the marble staircase, to the Gryffindor Common Room.

Mai tapped her crossed arms. Something was up, and she planned to find out. She had a hunch that the Egyptians knew what was going on. She gazed at the Ishtars and away again.

"Seto…I want to talk to you privately…"

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A/N: Finally! I hope you guys aren't mad at me for taking so long. =( At least now I have time to finish ALL of my stories that I postponed AND start and finish new ones! ^__^ If you review, I'll post at least two chapters a day! Thanks! Please Review now!!!

~Karasu8~

Chapter Ten