Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Kokoro no Maho: Magic of the Heart ❯ Chapter 7: Kidnapped! ( Chapter 7 )

Kurama no Miko2003: This latest chapter of this fic is brought to you by the boredom known as Calculus-based Physics, second semester Calculus, and first year Chemistry. You can thank my wonderful AP teachers for teaching me all of this, hence, my boredom. Kaze no Uta, if you please.

Kaze no Uta: Kurama no Miko2003 does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! If she did, she'd be hanging out with Yami or Ryou, and not writing this fic!

Kurama no Miko2003: Thank you. Here's your coffee.

Kaze no Uta: *sips coffee* Ahhhh . . . the wonders of coffee.

Kurama no Miko2003: Let's leave him in his coffee-induced reverie, shall we? *clears throat* I'd like to thank everyone who has read and reviewed this fic! I truly enjoy reading your comments and your input is always welcome! It makes me want to update this fic more often just to hear from you! So, keep it up! And for those of you who're just reading and not reviewing, please, just write something! I'd really like to know how many people are actually reading this. Fanfiction.net doesn't keep track of how many hits I get without me paying for it, and (in case you can't figure it out already) as a poor college student, I don't have much money to spare! So, help me out by reviewing! (^_^) And for anyone who wishes to flame me, so be it! All flames shall be used to cook canned soup! (I've got to stay alive somehow, don't I? We all know dorm food's crap.) And /// … /// will be used for Duel Monster mind-link speech to any other character. Enough of my ranting, here's Chapter 7 of Kokoro no Maho ~ Magic of the Heart! There will be an adjustment to the format. I didn't realize that fanfiction.net won't do italics. So, all thoughts will be in single quotes (`'). If you want me to correct the previous chapters of this fic, let me know and I will.

Chapter 7 ~ Kidnapped

"K-Kaiba?!" Anzu exclaims, shocked. She turns around to face him. "H-how did you read my mind?"

"Don't worry about that." He leans in, his face mere centimeters from hers. "You're the one he's not worthy of."

"What do you care?!" she replies, pushing him away from her. `The one I love most rejected me . . . it's over.' "Leave me alone!"

`I'm getting nowhere with her like this! A change of tactics is in order.' "Actually, I was just looking for Mokuba. He ran off somewhere in this direction. I was just wondering if he was around here."

`What's with him? One minute he acts like he's trying to seduce me, the next he's saying something about looking for Mokuba!' "I haven't seen him. If you'll excuse me, I'm leaving." She turns around to walk away, but Kaiba takes hold of her arm. "What are you doing, Kaiba?"

"You're clearly in no shape to be going home on your own. Let me take you home in my limo."

"I don't need your help, Kaiba! I can take care of myself just fine!"

"Not right now, you can't; if you thought no one saw what your scene with Yami, you're wrong. I did." Anzu sank down to her knees, unable to hold back the tears any longer. "It's alright, Anzu. Why don't you let me take you home?" Anzu, unable to answer through her tears, nods in reply. `Wait . . . but didn't he say he was looking for Mokuba?'

// Mi-chan, answer me! Mi-chan, where are you? // Yami Sonomi shouts through the mind link. After searching through the maze for fifteen minutes, she was starting to get frantic.

/// I have found the young mistress. /// Mystical Sand's voice echoed through the mind link. /// You must come right away; the young mistress will not survive if she stays in the Shadow Realm much longer. I have already cast a spell to protect her from the Shadow Realm, but it only slows the effects. ///

// Where is she? //

/// Follow the trail of sand; I've cast a spell to lead you here. /// A trail of sand appears at Yami Sonomi's feet. Not hesitating for a moment, she runs, desperately hoping she would get there in time.

/// Hurry, my lord; the young master is not going to last much longer. The spell only slows the effects of the Shadow Realm. ///

// I know Black Magician. I'm following the trail spell you cast as fast as I can! // Yami inwardly growled. The path suddenly widens, revealing a clearing. An unconscious Yuugi and Sonomi lay in the middle, with a pair of very nervous Duel Monsters guarding them. Just as Yami begins to dash towards the two hikari, two people step out.

"Take another step towards them and they will be permanently trapped here," the first says.

"We challenge you to a game . . ." the second continues.

"And if we win, we get both of your Millennium Items!" the first says again.

"The game is simple! Summon a Duel Monster of your choice and duel with it. You lose when you become unconscious! The victors will be the last one on the team standing!"

"What's taking them so long?" Jounouchi asks, oblivious to the events within the building. He and Honda had been waiting for at least half an hour outside the House of Mirrors. Just then, Ryou and Bakura appear, yelling to get their attention.

"How long have they been in there?" Ryou asks, concerned for his friends. "Bakura said he detected the Shadow Realm being summoned forty-five minutes ago. We ran here as fast as we could, but it took longer than we anticipated. We can't exactly let people know about the Millennium Items, can we?"

"What happened?" Bakura asks.

"What do you care?" Honda asks.

Bakura gives Honda a cold glare. "I care because Ryou cares."

"Since when do you care about what Ryou cares about?" Jounouchi chimes in.

"Guys, we're not getting anywhere with this!" Ryou shouts. "The longer we stand here chatting, the worse it will be for Yuugi-kun and Sonomi-san!"

"What're you doing defending him for?! This-"

"Just tell us what happened, Jounouchi-kun!" Ryou yells, interrupting Jounouchi. "Look, we don't know what's happening in there. As far as we know, they could all be dead!"

"We were just getting out when the mirrors shattered in there! We tried to get back in, but the doors wouldn't budge!" Jounouchi replies.

"The doors . . . they're locked, but they're also held by shadow magic!" Bakura realizes, collecting power from the Ring. It glows; its eye emitting a singular beam of light. "Ryou, stay here; I'm going in."

"But Bakura," Ryou starts. Bakura puts up a single index finger up to his lips to silence him.

"I will get them out. If they are trapped in there by shadow magic, it is also very likely that they were brought to the Shadow Realm itself. You would not last very long in there, Ryou." Ryou knew he could not argue with his Yami's logic. He gives Bakura a look that read "come back safely". Bakura replies with a confident smile.

"What are your terms?" Yami asks, glancing over at the unconscious hikari. I don't have much time . . . both of them won't last long in here. They've already lost consciousness . . .

"If we win, we get both of your Millennium Items. And of course, if we lose, we will return these two children to you. Do you agree to these terms?"

"Yes," both Yami Sonomi and Yami reply in unison.

"Choose your monsters, we've already summoned ours," Yami orders as the Black Magician and Mystical Sand appear next to their respective masters.

"Yes . . . we shall. I summon the Black Luster Soldier!" the first says. The warrior appears; its face and expression equally blank.

"And I shall summon the Millennium Shield!" the second replies. "It shall protect the Black Luster Soldier."

"Crap. This isn't good . . ." Yami starts.

"I know. Their monsters have way more power than ours," Yami Sonomi finishes.

"But if we can't give up hope yet! They never said we couldn't power up our monsters either," Yami continues.

"Yes, they only said we could choose only one monster . . . I think the magic cards in our deck are still usable," Yami Sonomi replies.

"Ready?" the first lackey says again.

"You shall lose no matter what you do," the second finishes.

"Begin game!" all four people say in unison.

"Black Luster Soldier, attack Mystical Sand!"

"I play the Trap card Spellbinding Circle and play Megamorph!" Yami Sonomi shouts. The soldier was now trapped inside a hexing circle and Mystical Sand gained 500 points in both attack and defense. (AN: I'm quite aware the card doesn't really work that way in the game, but like I said earlier, I'm going off the YGO GBC game, Dark Duel Stories. Just bear with me, k?) "Mystical Sand, attack Black Luster Soldier!" The witch casts a spell towards the helpless swordsman when . . .

"Not so fast. Millennium Shield, block the attack! And I play Harpie's Feather Duster, which removes all trap cards in play!" The attack was blocked and the soldier was freed.

"Hehe, now you're finished," Yami confidently says, pulling two cards out of his deck. "First, I activate Brain Control and take over your Millennium Shield! Now, I activate Black Illusion Ritual and sacrifice your shield and my Black Magician to summon the Chaos Mage (Divine, 2800/2600 => 3640/3380)! And since this is the Shadow Realm, he gets a 30% field power bonus . . . it counts as the Dark field! Chaos Mage, attack the Black Luster Soldier!" The mage raises his staff and attacks the other monster, causing it to lay defeated on the ground.

"Now, as per our agreement, return the two lights to us!" Yami Sonomi shouts.

"Hehe . . . we said we'd return them, but we never agreed on when," the second says, walking over to the hikari. "Therefore, it's still within the rules to do this." He grabs both Yuugi and Sonomi and vanishes; before the two yamis could react, the other had vanished as well.

"Kuso!" Yami curses as the Shadow Realm dissipated.

"Lose, did you?" Yami Bakura sneers as he approaches. Even though he had long promised Ryou he would not hurt the Pharaoh and his friends, it did not mean he could not annoy the Pharaoh with his sneering.

"Shut up, tomb robber!" Yami replies, furious with himself. `How could I have missed that technicality? Now Yuugi and Sonomi are in the enemy's hands . . . and we still have no idea who the enemy _is_!'

Elsewhere in the shadows, another person was watching through the eyes of the two lackeys. "Yes, Pharaoh, be angry with yourself . . . you shall fail everyone you know. And as for that bitch . . . she'll be useful yet . . . she helped me once without knowing it . . . and she'll do it again." He looks down at the unconscious girl he carried. "But first . . . I think I'll put her to good use . . ." The girl stirs, her shoulder-length brown hair shifting as she turns into the person's warmth. "Yes, Pharaoh . . . I _will_ have my revenge."

~To be continued . . . ~

Kurama no Miko2003: Okay, bonus points to anyone who can figure out who's the mystery person! That last paragraph should've been more than enough to let you know!

Hiei: Took you long enough to get this chapter out.

Kurama no Miko2003: Oh, shut up! I had a massive Writer's Block from hell, all right?! As a matter of fact, it's still there. And you better stay quiet unless you want me to kill you off!

Kurama: Good thing I'm on her good side . . .

Yami: I'd _never_ make such a stupid mistake. Like I'd lose my aibou to some lackey from some unknown person!

Kurama no Miko2003: That's what they all say, until they make said mistake.

Yuugi and Sonomi: Waaa! I got kidnapped! Don't kill me off!

Kurama no Miko2003: So, review, peoples! (Especially all you MediaMiner people!) If you want to know their fate, review! Flames will be accepted; I mean, hey, if you don't like this fic `n you wanna tell me, so be it! I can't stop you . . . besides, I gotta have _something_ to cook my canned soup and ramen over, don't I? (^_~)