Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Gorgeous Carat (YGO version) ❯ Petite Rebecca's Case Part 4 ( Chapter 6 )
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By: Lsama-no-miko 
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Mystery / Romance / Suspense / Drama | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 01.11.2008 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 160 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Mystery / Romance / Suspense / Drama | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 01.11.2008 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 160 | Status: Work In Progress
Gorgeous Carat (YGO Version)
By Sakura (aka L-sama no Miko)
Chapter 6: Petite Rebecca's Case Part 4
Yugi winced in pain, grasping his arm, blood seeping through his fingers.
“YUGI!!!” screamed Rebecca at seeing her ‘brother’ get shot.
“R-Rebecca…” he gasped, “Run down that tunnel, I’ll be right behind you!” The little blonde looked torn between staying with her injured friend and escaping. The taller boy gave her a pleading look, seeing that Atem had successfully managed to escape with her grandfather. Biting her lip, Rebecca let out a stifled whimper then made a mad dash for the still open door.
“You ain’t getting away!” the thug shouted, turning to point the gun at the girl. Yugi screamed and ran at the man. With what could have only been sheer, dumb, luck, the petit boy managed to kick the gun from the man’s hand, causing him to drop it and cradle his now badly bruised hand.
“You imbecile!” Mai spat and rushed after the now fleeing boy only to trip on the hem of her dress and crash into her henchman, knocking them to the dirt floor in a tangled heap.
After several moments of running, Yugi leaned against the wall, panting when he saw the detective waiting for him. “D-Did they make it?” he asked, worriedly.
“Both the old man and Rebecca are waiting up ahead. Are you all right?” he asked, narrowing his eyes at the blood stained sleeve of the boy’s shirt.
“I-I’m fine.”
“I just can’t get you,” the man said, shaking his head.
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Meanwhile, Mai was screaming her lungs out, frustrated that she’d been saddled with such bumbling idiots for henchmen. “Move it you snail brains!” she yelled at the scrambling men, “They’ll get away if you don’t get the lard out!”
“B-But we ain’t go no lights, ma’am,” one thug stammered. Meanwhile, the other thug was still desperately searching for his gun. “Where’s the damned gun?!”
“Why me?” Mai moaned, rolling her eyes upwards.
*****************************************************************
Yugi paused, noticing that the passage he, Atem, Rebecca, and Monsieur Hawkins were using looked a bit different. “I don’t think we’re going the right way,” he said to his taller look-alike. “I don’t remember it looking like this.”
“We’re using a branch tunnel,” the detective explained, “I want to make it hard for them to catch up.” Yugi said nothing else, it did make sense.
A few more minutes later, the old man stopped suddenly after feeling no air under his foot. He stumbled back slightly, knocking a pebble loose and sending it off the edge of what appeared to be a cliff. “Not to be a bother or anything,” he said, looking rather pale, “But our path seems to drop rather suddenly here.”
Yugi cautiously crept forward and widened his eyes at the precarious drop they’d almost missed in the dim lantern light. “Did we take the wrong branch?” he asked. Rebecca glared along with her ‘brother’ at the detective.
“I honestly didn’t know that was there,” Atem defended, “I’m the one who’s trying to save you remember?” Sighing, he led them back toward the main path.
“They ain’t down here!” came a not so friendly voice from their original path. “You check down dat way!”
“Damn!” cursed the detective.
As if one cue, a burly thug appeared a few feet behind them. “Oi!” he shouted “I found ‘em!”
Both Yugi and Atem lunged at the man, simultaneously kicking him in the face. The man fell back, hitting his head against the wall and denting it before slumping unconscious to the floor. The petite blonde let out a whistle in awe. “Nice work,” the old man said appreciatively.
“Monsieur Hawkins, Rebecca!” Yugi said, dragging the girl, “Let’s get out of here!”
“Not so fast, hon,” Mai said cocking her gun as she they attempted to flee down the man passage.
“Mai!” the old man cried in apprehension.
The petit boy let out a frustrated yell and ran over to the blonde woman. “Yugi!” Atem shouted, unable to stop the crazed boy.
“W-What do you think you’re doing?!” Mai screamed as Yugi grabbed onto her arms, preventing her from shooting them.
“Go!!!!” he ordered, desperately trying to hold onto the now struggling woman. Atem then grabbed Rebecca and darted back down the dead end again.
“Don’t just stand there?!” bellowed Mai, “Get after them!”
“Yes ma’am!” replied the first thug, drawing his gun.
“No use, we’ll have to jump,” Atem said when they reached the cliff. He then prayed that there was something to land on at the other side and leapt over the crevasse. He let out his breath upon reaching solid ground once more.
“I’m not leaving Yugi!” Rebecca cried refusing to budge. Letting out an extremely annoyed huff, the detective leapt back across and scooped up the kicking and screaming child before leaping across yet one more time.
“YUGI!!!!” she screamed as she saw the boy get conked on the head by the butt of a thug’s gun. Seeing that the boy couldn’t be helped, Monsieur Hawkins leapt across the pit, stumbling a bit before finding his footing on the other side.
“You… You idiots!!!” screamed a now very irate Mai, “How could you let them get away?! They were right there and you dunderheads let them go!”
“It ain’t our fault,” the thug muttered, “How was I supposed t’know they do somethin’ like that?!”
“Now we’ve got to clear everything out of here because of you,” Mai grumbled.
“You want me ta get rid of ‘im?” the thug asked indicating the unconscious Yugi.
“Don’t be a complete fool!” she snapped, “He could be useful to us. Pick him up and get moving.
Nodding, the henchman grabbed Yugi and slung him over his shoulder as if he were nothing more than a sack of potatoes.
*********************************************
Later, Atem had safely escorted Rebecca and her grandfather to Noir’s mansion and was now discussing – or rather, arguing – about what to do about Yugi.
“So what?” spat the thief, “He ran off on his own. It’s his fault for getting caught!”
“That may be true,” agreed Atem, “But wasn’t that kid in your care? Aren’t you being a bit harsh?”
Noir glared at the detective, hating how he was able to guess at the thief’s true feelings. “Yugi only got captured because of you!” he yelled, “You had to go and put crazy ideas into his head! It’s because of that, that I now have more annoyances to deal with. Since when did I look like a good Samaritan?!”
Atem let out a loud laugh, “Oh that’s a good one! A corrupt loan shark turns into a Samaritan! Now I have even more respect for you Bakura Akefia Courland.”
A vein popped on the white haired man’s forehead. “I just had enough of you Atem Khemet! Leave!”
“My, how cold!” the spiky haired man said with mock hurt, “Well, I guess I’ll have to save that poor boy all by myself. Please forgive me for wasting your precious time.” He then stormed out the study and heading for the front door.
“Monsieur Atem!” called Rebecca as she ran down the stairs, “I-I’m coming too! Big Brother Yugi’s gonna die if we don’t hurry!”
“That’s why you’ve got to stay here, petite. Don’t worry I’ll definitely save Yugi.”
“You shouldn’t make promises you can’t keep,” Noir said coming to investigate Rebecca’s shouts. “Besides, it looks like they fled the coop. How do you think you’ll find them now, Monsieur Oh-so-clever Detective?”
Atem bristled at the insult to his abilities. “I’ve… I’ve got some ideas,” he said, not so confidently.
Sighing, the thief shook his head. “Malik!” he called.
“Yes?!” the blond boy answered, coming from the kitchen.
“Show our ‘guests’ out will you? You know the ones you-know-where. I bet they’ll lead us right to a lovely pair of amethysts.”
“You got it!” the Egyptian chirped. ‘Don’t let this get to you,’ he scolded himself. ‘Can’t let Noir see I’m still not right with all this. “I’ll have Rex and Weevil tail them. ‘He’s your boss!’ he chided, ‘Just your boss. Besides, he’s not like that!’ He then fled into the house in search of the two henchmen.
“I can’t thank you enough, Monsieur Courland,” Rebecca’s grandfather, “But I don’t think I should be troubling you like this. I never meant to get innocents like you involved. If you don’t mind, I’d like to report to the gendarmes now. It’s about time I paid for my misdoings.”
“Don’t be a fool,” the thief said coldly. “The gendarmes have their hands in the ‘Black Hand’s’ pockets. You’re just as trapped as Yugi is.”
“Aren’t you even concerned one bit for your friend?!” countered the old man.
“Yugi’s fine,” he said nonchalantly, “Rishid bring ‘it’ here will you?” he asked a tall bald Egyptian man with tattoos on one side of his face.
“Yes sir,” Rishid replied.
“’It’?” Hawkins asked curiously.
Within moments, the tall Egyptian returned, carrying a stuffed bear.
“Teddy?! But didn’t Mai say she had that?!”
“I found this fellow’s eyes interesting so I pulled a switch. Sorry about that kid,” he added to the glaring girl. “As long as they believe we have the real bear, Yugi won’t be harmed.”
“B-But,” stammered Rebecca, “I threw them away in the Seine! Those pretty rocks were bad! They made Grandfather change! If they went far away, Grandfather would go back to normal.”
“Rebecca…” the old man said, hugging his crying granddaughter.
“I put pebbles in Teddy,” she went on, “i-it’ll be bad for Yugi if they find out!”
Noir stared at the sobbing girl for a few minutes before grinning like a Cheshire cat. “Want to see a trick?” he asked. The girl looked at him, confused then gasped as he ripped the bear’s head off. Reaching inside, he pulled out a handful of jewels, much the surprise of both.
“I’m a loan shark,” admitted the white haired man, “But I don’t just give money out. Only as long as the interest piles up.”
“You don’t expect me to pay for those, do you?!” Hawkins queried indignantly.
“Because of your mess, Monsieur Haawkins, I’ll be losing money. And them to Yugi’s debt,” he said and Rishid nodded silently making a note. “He really screwed up this time, to think he’s the only caught.”
‘I’ll get my precious living amethyst back,’ vowed the thief, ‘If he’s going to be destroyed, it’ll be at my own hands! No one else’s!’
~TBC~
Sakura: Whoo!! Another chapter done!
Yami: Two words onna, Mind…
Jade: (pinches the back of Yami’s neck)
Sakura: Thanx Jade!
Jade: I didn’t do it for your sake. It’d be bad if the only one who can get Luke and I out of here were to be harmed in any way.
Sakura: Meanie. T_T Anyhoo, I apologize for the short chapter this time. My how time’s flown. I’ve only got one more chapter for this arc and then thing’s are gonna really get interesting for our dear boys. Won’t say though. 8P You’ll just have to wait.
Jade: And they say I’m a tease.
Luke: I think that Chocobo music of hers is rotting her brain. I know it is mine.
Sakura: Oh hush up! Anyway, I think you know what to do minna, right? Just be warned that any and all flamers will be handed over to Orochimaru-sama and Kabuto-kun. Jya ne! ^_^
By Sakura (aka L-sama no Miko)
Chapter 6: Petite Rebecca's Case Part 4
Yugi winced in pain, grasping his arm, blood seeping through his fingers.
“YUGI!!!” screamed Rebecca at seeing her ‘brother’ get shot.
“R-Rebecca…” he gasped, “Run down that tunnel, I’ll be right behind you!” The little blonde looked torn between staying with her injured friend and escaping. The taller boy gave her a pleading look, seeing that Atem had successfully managed to escape with her grandfather. Biting her lip, Rebecca let out a stifled whimper then made a mad dash for the still open door.
“You ain’t getting away!” the thug shouted, turning to point the gun at the girl. Yugi screamed and ran at the man. With what could have only been sheer, dumb, luck, the petit boy managed to kick the gun from the man’s hand, causing him to drop it and cradle his now badly bruised hand.
“You imbecile!” Mai spat and rushed after the now fleeing boy only to trip on the hem of her dress and crash into her henchman, knocking them to the dirt floor in a tangled heap.
After several moments of running, Yugi leaned against the wall, panting when he saw the detective waiting for him. “D-Did they make it?” he asked, worriedly.
“Both the old man and Rebecca are waiting up ahead. Are you all right?” he asked, narrowing his eyes at the blood stained sleeve of the boy’s shirt.
“I-I’m fine.”
“I just can’t get you,” the man said, shaking his head.
*******************************************************
Meanwhile, Mai was screaming her lungs out, frustrated that she’d been saddled with such bumbling idiots for henchmen. “Move it you snail brains!” she yelled at the scrambling men, “They’ll get away if you don’t get the lard out!”
“B-But we ain’t go no lights, ma’am,” one thug stammered. Meanwhile, the other thug was still desperately searching for his gun. “Where’s the damned gun?!”
“Why me?” Mai moaned, rolling her eyes upwards.
*****************************************************************
Yugi paused, noticing that the passage he, Atem, Rebecca, and Monsieur Hawkins were using looked a bit different. “I don’t think we’re going the right way,” he said to his taller look-alike. “I don’t remember it looking like this.”
“We’re using a branch tunnel,” the detective explained, “I want to make it hard for them to catch up.” Yugi said nothing else, it did make sense.
A few more minutes later, the old man stopped suddenly after feeling no air under his foot. He stumbled back slightly, knocking a pebble loose and sending it off the edge of what appeared to be a cliff. “Not to be a bother or anything,” he said, looking rather pale, “But our path seems to drop rather suddenly here.”
Yugi cautiously crept forward and widened his eyes at the precarious drop they’d almost missed in the dim lantern light. “Did we take the wrong branch?” he asked. Rebecca glared along with her ‘brother’ at the detective.
“I honestly didn’t know that was there,” Atem defended, “I’m the one who’s trying to save you remember?” Sighing, he led them back toward the main path.
“They ain’t down here!” came a not so friendly voice from their original path. “You check down dat way!”
“Damn!” cursed the detective.
As if one cue, a burly thug appeared a few feet behind them. “Oi!” he shouted “I found ‘em!”
Both Yugi and Atem lunged at the man, simultaneously kicking him in the face. The man fell back, hitting his head against the wall and denting it before slumping unconscious to the floor. The petite blonde let out a whistle in awe. “Nice work,” the old man said appreciatively.
“Monsieur Hawkins, Rebecca!” Yugi said, dragging the girl, “Let’s get out of here!”
“Not so fast, hon,” Mai said cocking her gun as she they attempted to flee down the man passage.
“Mai!” the old man cried in apprehension.
The petit boy let out a frustrated yell and ran over to the blonde woman. “Yugi!” Atem shouted, unable to stop the crazed boy.
“W-What do you think you’re doing?!” Mai screamed as Yugi grabbed onto her arms, preventing her from shooting them.
“Go!!!!” he ordered, desperately trying to hold onto the now struggling woman. Atem then grabbed Rebecca and darted back down the dead end again.
“Don’t just stand there?!” bellowed Mai, “Get after them!”
“Yes ma’am!” replied the first thug, drawing his gun.
“No use, we’ll have to jump,” Atem said when they reached the cliff. He then prayed that there was something to land on at the other side and leapt over the crevasse. He let out his breath upon reaching solid ground once more.
“I’m not leaving Yugi!” Rebecca cried refusing to budge. Letting out an extremely annoyed huff, the detective leapt back across and scooped up the kicking and screaming child before leaping across yet one more time.
“YUGI!!!!” she screamed as she saw the boy get conked on the head by the butt of a thug’s gun. Seeing that the boy couldn’t be helped, Monsieur Hawkins leapt across the pit, stumbling a bit before finding his footing on the other side.
“You… You idiots!!!” screamed a now very irate Mai, “How could you let them get away?! They were right there and you dunderheads let them go!”
“It ain’t our fault,” the thug muttered, “How was I supposed t’know they do somethin’ like that?!”
“Now we’ve got to clear everything out of here because of you,” Mai grumbled.
“You want me ta get rid of ‘im?” the thug asked indicating the unconscious Yugi.
“Don’t be a complete fool!” she snapped, “He could be useful to us. Pick him up and get moving.
Nodding, the henchman grabbed Yugi and slung him over his shoulder as if he were nothing more than a sack of potatoes.
*********************************************
Later, Atem had safely escorted Rebecca and her grandfather to Noir’s mansion and was now discussing – or rather, arguing – about what to do about Yugi.
“So what?” spat the thief, “He ran off on his own. It’s his fault for getting caught!”
“That may be true,” agreed Atem, “But wasn’t that kid in your care? Aren’t you being a bit harsh?”
Noir glared at the detective, hating how he was able to guess at the thief’s true feelings. “Yugi only got captured because of you!” he yelled, “You had to go and put crazy ideas into his head! It’s because of that, that I now have more annoyances to deal with. Since when did I look like a good Samaritan?!”
Atem let out a loud laugh, “Oh that’s a good one! A corrupt loan shark turns into a Samaritan! Now I have even more respect for you Bakura Akefia Courland.”
A vein popped on the white haired man’s forehead. “I just had enough of you Atem Khemet! Leave!”
“My, how cold!” the spiky haired man said with mock hurt, “Well, I guess I’ll have to save that poor boy all by myself. Please forgive me for wasting your precious time.” He then stormed out the study and heading for the front door.
“Monsieur Atem!” called Rebecca as she ran down the stairs, “I-I’m coming too! Big Brother Yugi’s gonna die if we don’t hurry!”
“That’s why you’ve got to stay here, petite. Don’t worry I’ll definitely save Yugi.”
“You shouldn’t make promises you can’t keep,” Noir said coming to investigate Rebecca’s shouts. “Besides, it looks like they fled the coop. How do you think you’ll find them now, Monsieur Oh-so-clever Detective?”
Atem bristled at the insult to his abilities. “I’ve… I’ve got some ideas,” he said, not so confidently.
Sighing, the thief shook his head. “Malik!” he called.
“Yes?!” the blond boy answered, coming from the kitchen.
“Show our ‘guests’ out will you? You know the ones you-know-where. I bet they’ll lead us right to a lovely pair of amethysts.”
“You got it!” the Egyptian chirped. ‘Don’t let this get to you,’ he scolded himself. ‘Can’t let Noir see I’m still not right with all this. “I’ll have Rex and Weevil tail them. ‘He’s your boss!’ he chided, ‘Just your boss. Besides, he’s not like that!’ He then fled into the house in search of the two henchmen.
“I can’t thank you enough, Monsieur Courland,” Rebecca’s grandfather, “But I don’t think I should be troubling you like this. I never meant to get innocents like you involved. If you don’t mind, I’d like to report to the gendarmes now. It’s about time I paid for my misdoings.”
“Don’t be a fool,” the thief said coldly. “The gendarmes have their hands in the ‘Black Hand’s’ pockets. You’re just as trapped as Yugi is.”
“Aren’t you even concerned one bit for your friend?!” countered the old man.
“Yugi’s fine,” he said nonchalantly, “Rishid bring ‘it’ here will you?” he asked a tall bald Egyptian man with tattoos on one side of his face.
“Yes sir,” Rishid replied.
“’It’?” Hawkins asked curiously.
Within moments, the tall Egyptian returned, carrying a stuffed bear.
“Teddy?! But didn’t Mai say she had that?!”
“I found this fellow’s eyes interesting so I pulled a switch. Sorry about that kid,” he added to the glaring girl. “As long as they believe we have the real bear, Yugi won’t be harmed.”
“B-But,” stammered Rebecca, “I threw them away in the Seine! Those pretty rocks were bad! They made Grandfather change! If they went far away, Grandfather would go back to normal.”
“Rebecca…” the old man said, hugging his crying granddaughter.
“I put pebbles in Teddy,” she went on, “i-it’ll be bad for Yugi if they find out!”
Noir stared at the sobbing girl for a few minutes before grinning like a Cheshire cat. “Want to see a trick?” he asked. The girl looked at him, confused then gasped as he ripped the bear’s head off. Reaching inside, he pulled out a handful of jewels, much the surprise of both.
“I’m a loan shark,” admitted the white haired man, “But I don’t just give money out. Only as long as the interest piles up.”
“You don’t expect me to pay for those, do you?!” Hawkins queried indignantly.
“Because of your mess, Monsieur Haawkins, I’ll be losing money. And them to Yugi’s debt,” he said and Rishid nodded silently making a note. “He really screwed up this time, to think he’s the only caught.”
‘I’ll get my precious living amethyst back,’ vowed the thief, ‘If he’s going to be destroyed, it’ll be at my own hands! No one else’s!’
~TBC~
Sakura: Whoo!! Another chapter done!
Yami: Two words onna, Mind…
Jade: (pinches the back of Yami’s neck)
Sakura: Thanx Jade!
Jade: I didn’t do it for your sake. It’d be bad if the only one who can get Luke and I out of here were to be harmed in any way.
Sakura: Meanie. T_T Anyhoo, I apologize for the short chapter this time. My how time’s flown. I’ve only got one more chapter for this arc and then thing’s are gonna really get interesting for our dear boys. Won’t say though. 8P You’ll just have to wait.
Jade: And they say I’m a tease.
Luke: I think that Chocobo music of hers is rotting her brain. I know it is mine.
Sakura: Oh hush up! Anyway, I think you know what to do minna, right? Just be warned that any and all flamers will be handed over to Orochimaru-sama and Kabuto-kun. Jya ne! ^_^