Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Demented Adventures of Angel Bakura ❯ 2. Side Events 1: Searching, Questioning, Discovering ( Chapter 7 )

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Dead or Alive: Yu Yu Hakusho

What forces itself up

Is a sense of an endless battle

The blood in my veins seethes

Even I can't stop it anymore

Dead or Alive

Nothin' Gonna Believe I'd like to believe

There is also the love I feel but

In the dry winds

I'm busting absolutely zero dreams

At the life that surpassed the night

What gleams in my eyes is a pretty lullaby

The one calling out to me

Is the mere unstained soul

I'm only gonna beat you

Nothin' Gonna Be Free It keeps repeating

There are also smiles I want to embrace but

I continue to run and search

For the absolutely hundred times sure epilogue

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Jade hadn’t been at school for three days. Rini hadn’t been at school for three days.

When Yumi found that out, after giving them the time to return and tell her and Anubis to their faces, she was on the infamous homicidal rage that made her uncles and parents rather famous among the dark circles that was after them. It was also in this time that Anubis had led her, during one of their many walks through the same park Angel disappeared in, to the Kaiba Mansion.

You see they had “questioned” (see “threatened”) the Moronic Duo’s friends and found out that they decided to go see some relatives in Nermia. Another words, in the transparent lie, they wanted to be far from Domino City before they found out. What they didn’t know is it wouldn’t save them.

In such case Yugi Motou was sitting in Seto Kaiba’s office on her lunch break having an internal debate with herself, Yami was away in Egypt with her grandfather excavating the Forgotten Pharaoh’s tomb with Marik and Malik. Ryou and Kourage were going through a time searching for Angel, Yumi and Anubis had been forced to go with their Uncle(s)/Father(s) for obvious reasons.

Seto had offered his help, but she had declined it. “It’s something else, Seto. Your computer probably won’t be able to find her.” Yugi had told him in a rather distracted tone of voice as he frowned. “But,” she continued, getting up as he sat back with his arms crossed and smirked, “can you find where Setsuna Meioh shipped her niece and daughter off to? I think I want to step in for a talk.”

He smirked and tapped something on his keyboard.

“That I can do, I’ll send Mokuba over with it… he says I don’t let him visit you enough any more.” He stated as she paused, half way to the door.

“I hear the bed sores are painful and walking is good for the legs.” She stated as he growled, glaring daggers as she bolted out of the door in case of randomly flying pencils or pens. He swore he could hear her laughter echoing off of the corridors.

“At least I can nail her with one thing- she and the others are soon to be moving closer to us.”

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After three days of hunting, and helping the group to send Yumi and Anubis off before they got their selves into more trouble then needed, specifically with the police or “Destiny’s Damned Daughter” as they called the Sailor Scouts.

Kourage and Ryou had been searching for clues, minus the fact of their daughter’s enemies, to her disappearance and only came up with the tingle of familiar magic tainted with that of the planets and something else. So they decided to approach the Queen of Shadow Realm about it, meaning they broke into the Motou Game Shop (renamed from the “Turtle Game Shop” after Seto and Solomon struck a deal concerning the games and KaibaCorp products being sold there) and had made themselves at home in the kitchen.

Yugi entered the Game Shop, which was closed for the week in order to restock and get the new things from KaibaCorp. That was her plan for tonight, baring nothing else happened. She knew that was shot straight to the Graveyard as soon as she noted that something was out of place.

She didn’t remember owning, or even having, shoes that looked like those that was sitting by the main counter. “Can life get any worse?” she asked the ever listening ceiling as something in the shadows snickered.

“Of course.” Shadi stated as he emerged from his shadowy hiding place.

“Thanks that really warms my heart, Grandpa Shadi.” Yugi stated stoically as he smiled.

“Now, child, the Robber and Ryou are upstairs waiting for you.” He stated, giving her a gentle push towards the steps.

“Damn. That means I can’t have that party tonight.” She muttered sarcastically and bowed her head in defeat and marched up the steps.

Ryou seen Yugi enter, she didn’t even flinch at the should-have-be unexpected presence, it was also then that he noted she was staring at them with a look of questioning. The question being "What the hell are you doing in my kitchen and why are you here now?" he was willing to bet. At least she knew why they were there, which wasn’t any extension of a person's mental functions. Kourage knew she was expecting them to show up soon and he knew when her day off was so it just worked out well on one aspect of their mission. “Bad day at work, hun?” he asked sweetly as she evaded his hug, choosing to sit in the chair far from them.

“Okay, you now know my off day. What do you need and why are you here so early?” she asked as Ryou accepted her bluntness for a cut into her own time to do something, probably to help them but she’d never admit it.

“We were wondering if you could ask the God Cards if they know anything about the odd taint of magic we felt at the park where she was last rumored to be.” Ryou stated in answer as she sat back and crossed her arms.

“What does that have to do with my search for her?” Yugi asked a tad bit on the defensive side, which was also expected seeing she had spent every free moment on three things- living her life, searching for her son, and now searching for her goddaughter. They were waiting for her to collapse due to the stress of the self-brought on work. No one went to see the Shadow Gods without proper motivation or compensation for the troubles ahead. This rule also applied to Yugi because they tended to draw her and Yami into months of poker games without even trying. So it would have to be something that she was a sucker for…

“Alright, picture having dinner with us for a week without having to do your own cooking and cleaning.” Ryou stated as she looked skeptical.

“How about dinner till Yami and them return AND you two help Shadi with the Game Shop for the next three weeks.” She stated as Kourage jumped up and shook her hand.

“Agreed.” He stated, obviously remembering there was worse things to be agreeing too especially if Yami was about to add to it.

“Without a word to Yami or the rest and you don't cook, Kourage.” She added as they both accepted that. “Well, off to the Shadow Realms!” Yugi declared and was gone as Shadi stood in the doorway with a grin.

“Come on then, there is cleaning to do and moving to start.” He stated as they frowned.

So was born Shadi the Slave Driver.

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Obelisk, Ra, Slifer, and Exodia felt a shiver run down their magical spines or such as the Dimensional Voices were still pleased. The Gods felt one of their Guardians entering the olden palace and knew that they realized what had happened.

Yugi sighed in happiness as she stepped onto the sandy path leading to the Shadow Palace. The olden Egyptian Palace stood tall above the rest of the area, set on a tall desert plateau that overlooked every sub-realm of the Shadow Realms. Any person that stood in or about the palace could see anything- from the forest to the mountain and then to the glittering sea and all else in between- and it was a truly beautiful sight to behold.

The stone and marble still looked knew as she entered the main area and then the throne room. The throne room was how she recalled it in her and Yami’s memories, minus one difference. In the center of the airy room sat three statues- one of a dragon with encased in pure crystal with it’s wings full extended and an odd staff sticking from its breast, another was of an obsidian like mineral with it’s body pressed to the ground and mouth open as a whip was wrapped around it’s long neck, and the last was a stone statue of a dragon standing on it’s hind legs with a blade of sorts embedded in it’s breast.

Her visits had brought her here many times, but she never knew the story behind the dragons. No one did, at the moment. All she knew was that the time when trouble would bring about a repeat of history was when they would be awakened and until then she and the others were to guard them from harm.

“Queen Nepha, they have been expecting you.” The Dark Magician stated as she frowned.

“That’s unnerving.” She muttered under her breath and followed the Magician past the statues and into a familiar place. “Not another adventure into Limbo.” She whined with good reason. She didn’t want to see Serenity or such yet.

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Yami Motou was twitching madly as he tried to shake Rebecca Hawkins from his arm. They had been excavating his tomb for the last few weeks, sending Anubis and Yumi off to see Grandpa Ishtar for the time. Rebecca, all though younger then them, was still flirting and Marik was also getting rather pissed off.

“Say, Solomon, what do you expect this to be?” Arthur asked as he picked up a glowing white stone. Yami pulled away from his, Arthur’s mind you, granddaughter and approached him.

“It looks to be apart of something.” He stated as Malik glanced up from his recording of his resting place in the chamber they were in and seen Yami pick the stone up. Marik was the first one to also see his discomfort with something.

Then again Marik had always been observant of how people acted when they lied and when he noticed that Arthur Hawkins had pale a bit he was suspicious. It didn't help that the old professor also was trying to recover the stone from Yami's hand and focus.

“Is there anything you care to tell us, Professor Hawkins?” he asked innocently as the few that knew him looked uneasy now. “Marik” and “innocent” aren’t two things you could put in a sentence without “die consequences for lying” and “you’ll be my mind slave” in some situations.

“No, why would I be hiding anything?” he stated as Yami’s eyes narrowed, giving Malik enough time to get the other two out for some fresh air and a brief enjoyment of the fact the sun was still out.

“Marik? Care to do the honors?” Yami asked as the High Guard smirked and pulled the Millennium Rod from his bag. Arthur’s eyes went wide as he recognized one of the items from the turban man’s collection, which came from the discovery of Shadi’s Tomb a few years back.

“Of course.”

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“Yugi! It’s been so long since you and Yami visited.” Ra stated as she arched an eyebrow and glanced over the present company. She seen them and was familiar with them, the Shadow Gods, but the balls of floating colored stuff was enough to freak her out a bit.

“Angel Bakura has disappeared and I am the chosen representative to see if you know anything about it.” She stated, crossing her arms. “Do you know or is this a waste of time?”

“Actually…” Oblesik started to tell her, most of them were uneasy around her some weird reason. She chalked it up to the fact she had their cards in reach and could easily destroy them.

“We asked them for an alliance so we could choose a Guardian that isn’t so… like a stereo-typed princess.” The green ball stated as Yugi blinked and then sat down in the dark chair that appeared for her.

Talking balls of light. This was WAY out of her league now.

“Why Angel?” she asked as the red one laughed.

“It would be a swift kick in the ass to Jade Meioh for what she has done.” It stated proudly as Yugi’s head promptly met the table.

“Can I stay here till I get the full story or until Kourage and Ryou gain the balls to come search me out?” she asked, her words muffled by the table as Slifer laughed and rested a claw on her back.

“We could always another player.”

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The twitching man on the floor was the least of their concerns as Yami glanced at Marik. “Now it looks like our job just got slightly harder. We now have to go find a submersible, hopefully the one he used, and then go steal and then find the tomb. Not to mention...” Marik stated brightly as Yami arched an eyebrow and looked at him oddly. “Admit it, Pharaoh, we have to!”

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