Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Three-In-One Combo ❯ Gold on the Scale ( Chapter 4 )
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By: Indigo Tantarian 
The Scales are stolen and much arguing ensues.
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Comedy | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.17.2003 | Pages: 3 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 246 | Status: Work In Progress
The Scales are stolen and much arguing ensues.
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Comedy | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.17.2003 | Pages: 3 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 246 | Status: Work In Progress
Author's Notes: Yay, reviews! Keep them coming!! First of all, thank you soooooo much to lily22 for giving me the script for the second part of the Shadi episode. I really appreciate it, and I'll use it in the next two chapters! And thanks to Wallace (for lack of another name) for the ideas he sent me. I like them, and may use them after Shadi finishes in Yugi's mind. Oh, and I made some fanart for this story! It's Ankh and Scale. They're at http://indigo.1afm.com/images/ankhdraw.gif and http://indigo.1afm.com/images/scaledraw.gif Ankh looks younger than he is, but that's just how he came out. He's the cutest thing I've ever drawn!! Scale came out pretty well too! So go look! Not much Scale in this chapter, but there's a good reason for that. And I'm afraid Ankh and Scale may be a bit out of character towards the end. But oh well... Enjoy! And review, PLEASE!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of its characters. I do, however, own Ankh and Scale... I may even make them my official muses... Heh heh...
Three-In-One Combo!
/This should be enough money for quite a while. And every Item is with its owner, or at least a relative of its owner. I feel that much has been accomplished today./
//Oh, definitely.//
Shadi ignored the crowd brushing past him. /I should buy some food. Then perhaps I'll take some of that olf gold and have it melted down./
//Into what?//
/I have a feeling miniature Millennium Items might be popular./
//Still looking for more money?//
/It never hurts. Besides, the goldsmith owes me a favor. And he's admired you ever since I met him./
//Oh, I'm flattered!
Shadi stopped to buy some food, and then he returned home. It wasn't until he glanced at the resting place of the Millennium Items and saw no glint of gold that he remembered Scale. He was going to put it away when he realized that Scale was gone.
/Ankh, do you know where Scale is?/
//...What? I wasn't even paying attention to him. I can't sense him anywhere!//
/He can just appear back here whenever he's wreaked enough havok, I suppose.../
//But he was too worn out to even insult anyone. Maybe we'd better go look for him.//
/Too bad we don't have the Ring to lead us to him anymore... But you should be able to feel his soul when we get close, shouldn't you?/
//Maybe... His energy was so low that I'd have to be right next to him to be sure, though.//
Shadi sighed in resignation. /All right, let's go./
//You don't have to sound so reluctant. He may be deranged, psychotic... strange... eccentric... um... well, I'm sure he has some redeeming qualities. He's... er... useful. Sometimes.//
/Thank you Ankh, you've sufficiently lowered my level of enthusiasm. Shall we go now?
Shadi walked outside and looked around. Not knowing what else to do, he retraced his steps back to the market.
/Look at peoples' souls. Try to find one who recognizes me and has a suspicious feel. And if he's thinking about a set of golden Scales, that would help as well./
//All right...// Now that Ankh didn't have to actively keep Scale from gaining power over the other Items, he had plenty of power to do some soul-searching through the crowd. //Hmm... I think... try over there.//
So Shadi followed the pull of the Ankh. They went from one end of town to the other.
/Well? Anything?/
//I'm not sure, I lost the thought... Wait, over there!//
/You're sure this time?/
//Yes. I'm positive.//
Shadi walked quickly in the direction Ankh indicated. He went back through the market, made a left, and found himself at the goldsmith's forge. There was one person waiting. Shadi walked slowly to the back of the line.
//He's there. With that man. The dirty one in front of you.//
/That one? How disgusting.../
//Scale? Don't worry, we'll get you out of here in a minute.//
\\What!? What do you mean "in a minute"!? Get over here now! Where are you going? Get that festering glob of camel spittle you call a master and get over here!! You fools! Your father was a boar!! Your mother drank from drainage ditches!!\\
//He's... not very happy about the delay. He... says you should hurry.//
/I imagine he said a bit more than that./
Nevertheless, Shadi walked quickly back home, shoved his extra gold into a bag, and went straight back. The man who had Scale was now standing near the goldsmith, who was looking at the Millennium Scales with great interest. He obviously wanted to keep them in their current form instead of melting them down. But the dirty man shook his head, so the goldsmith shrugged. He picked up the Scales with a pair of long tongs and stuck them in the forge.
\\YOU CRETIN!! GET THAT DIMWITTED SON OF A TROLLOP OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!!!!!\\
///Ah... Shadi... Scale is rather impatient...//
"This isn't melting like gold should. What metal is this?" the goldsmith asked. Since gold was a very soft metal, it should have begun to melt by now. However, Millennium Items had special protection against things like melting. But that was not much comfort to Scale.
Drawing strongly on the Ankh's power, Shadi took hold of the goldsmith's soul and made him act on his own wishes. The goldsmith immediately took the Scales out of the forge, dipped them in a barrel of water, giving off a cloud of steam, and set them on the stone counter to cool.
"What the hell do you think you're doing!?" the filthy man asked.
The goldsmith looked a bit confused, but he seemed sure enough about his answer. "I don't think I can melt this. And it's such beautiful craftsmanship, why would anyone want to?"
"You idiot, I can't sell this!" the thief screamed. "It's too recognizable!"
Shadi moved to stand by Scale. His hand hovered for a moment to be sure he didn't burn himself. Luckily it was cool enough to hold, so Shadi picked it up.
\\You imbecile... I'll make you pay...\\ Scale sounded very tired.
/Later. I hope you have enough strength to take revenge on this man first./
\\That lout has worse hygiene than YOU do. And he TOUCHED me. Of course I'm strong enough to banish that piece of filth.\\
/All right, just be careful. I won't bother questioning him./
"What are you doing with my -" the man started to say. As he spoke, the gray mist coming out of his mouth settled on one side of the Scales. A white feather had appeared on the other side. The feather's side rose as the other side sank.
"What's happening?" asked the frightened goldsmith.
"Hide. Now," Shadi commanded. Then he turned back to the thief. "You will pay with your soul for what you have done." There was no mercy in his voice.
Mist rose from the trembling ground. The god Anubis appeared. He quickly grabbed the man's head and shoved him down through the earth.
||NO MORE FOR A WHILE, MY FAITHFUL SERVANT. A GREAT MASSACRE OCCURRED RECENTLY NEARBY. I SHALL BE OCCUPIED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.|| The dark god grinned. Shadi bowed deeply as Anubis disappeared back into the ground.
//That's frightening...//
\\...wimp...\\ Scale gasped. Then he lapsed into unconsciousness.
/He'll be all right once he's had a few days to rest./
Assuring the goldsmith that nothing had happened and he should stop drinking so early in the day, Shadi walked home with his two Millennium Items.
Almost a year passed. Nothing exciting happened. Scale recovered and was back to his usual annoying self in no time.
For a while now, Shadi had felt the balance of the Millennium Items gradually slipping. He could tell it was about to severly upset the cosmic balance. The four Items here in Egypt obviously had nothing to do with this, so it must be the remaining three in Japan.
/It looks like we should be getting to Japan soon.../
\\I knew those losers couldn't do a simple thing like staying away from each other. Heh heh...\\
//I suppose this is all going according to your "plan"?//
\\Quiet! Of course it is! Are you prepared to join my, or will we have to take you by force?\\
//Are you really stupid enough to think any plan you have will work?//
/Stop it, both of you. I need to prepare for the transport ritual./
\\Are you crazy!? You want to do that?\\
//Oh no, that always makes me feel sick...//
/I know, it makes me sick as well. But I shudder to think what havoc Scale would wreak on an airplane./
\\Only what those idiots deserve!\\
/Yes, well... Anyway, this way we will save money and avoid having to find a place to stay./
\\You don't speak Japanese, you fool. How do you expect anyone there to understand you!?\\
/Scale, you really are slipping. If you would pay attention once in a while, you would know that I can use Ankh to make our souls understand one another./
//Yes, please remember that SOME of us have more than one talent.//
\\Oh, so now you think you're special, do you? All your so-called "talents" are the same. You just manipulate souls, who cares about that? You couldn't hurt a gnat unless you fell on it!\\
//Why would I WANT to!?//
\\PACIFIST!!\\
//SADIST!!//
/STOP! Both of you be quiet. It's not easy to prepare this ritual. I need to concentrate. So shut your mouths./
\\We're gold OBJECTS. We don't HAVE mouths.\\
/Don't try to be smart, you know you'll only fail./
Endnote: Well, what'd you think? I still need ideas for insults. And tell me how you like their pictures, too. And the more reviews I get, the faster I'll post new chapters. Really you guys, get a move on!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of its characters. I do, however, own Ankh and Scale... I may even make them my official muses... Heh heh...
Three-In-One Combo!
/This should be enough money for quite a while. And every Item is with its owner, or at least a relative of its owner. I feel that much has been accomplished today./
//Oh, definitely.//
Shadi ignored the crowd brushing past him. /I should buy some food. Then perhaps I'll take some of that olf gold and have it melted down./
//Into what?//
/I have a feeling miniature Millennium Items might be popular./
//Still looking for more money?//
/It never hurts. Besides, the goldsmith owes me a favor. And he's admired you ever since I met him./
//Oh, I'm flattered!
Shadi stopped to buy some food, and then he returned home. It wasn't until he glanced at the resting place of the Millennium Items and saw no glint of gold that he remembered Scale. He was going to put it away when he realized that Scale was gone.
/Ankh, do you know where Scale is?/
//...What? I wasn't even paying attention to him. I can't sense him anywhere!//
/He can just appear back here whenever he's wreaked enough havok, I suppose.../
//But he was too worn out to even insult anyone. Maybe we'd better go look for him.//
/Too bad we don't have the Ring to lead us to him anymore... But you should be able to feel his soul when we get close, shouldn't you?/
//Maybe... His energy was so low that I'd have to be right next to him to be sure, though.//
Shadi sighed in resignation. /All right, let's go./
//You don't have to sound so reluctant. He may be deranged, psychotic... strange... eccentric... um... well, I'm sure he has some redeeming qualities. He's... er... useful. Sometimes.//
/Thank you Ankh, you've sufficiently lowered my level of enthusiasm. Shall we go now?
Shadi walked outside and looked around. Not knowing what else to do, he retraced his steps back to the market.
/Look at peoples' souls. Try to find one who recognizes me and has a suspicious feel. And if he's thinking about a set of golden Scales, that would help as well./
//All right...// Now that Ankh didn't have to actively keep Scale from gaining power over the other Items, he had plenty of power to do some soul-searching through the crowd. //Hmm... I think... try over there.//
So Shadi followed the pull of the Ankh. They went from one end of town to the other.
/Well? Anything?/
//I'm not sure, I lost the thought... Wait, over there!//
/You're sure this time?/
//Yes. I'm positive.//
Shadi walked quickly in the direction Ankh indicated. He went back through the market, made a left, and found himself at the goldsmith's forge. There was one person waiting. Shadi walked slowly to the back of the line.
//He's there. With that man. The dirty one in front of you.//
/That one? How disgusting.../
//Scale? Don't worry, we'll get you out of here in a minute.//
\\What!? What do you mean "in a minute"!? Get over here now! Where are you going? Get that festering glob of camel spittle you call a master and get over here!! You fools! Your father was a boar!! Your mother drank from drainage ditches!!\\
//He's... not very happy about the delay. He... says you should hurry.//
/I imagine he said a bit more than that./
Nevertheless, Shadi walked quickly back home, shoved his extra gold into a bag, and went straight back. The man who had Scale was now standing near the goldsmith, who was looking at the Millennium Scales with great interest. He obviously wanted to keep them in their current form instead of melting them down. But the dirty man shook his head, so the goldsmith shrugged. He picked up the Scales with a pair of long tongs and stuck them in the forge.
\\YOU CRETIN!! GET THAT DIMWITTED SON OF A TROLLOP OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!!!!!\\
///Ah... Shadi... Scale is rather impatient...//
"This isn't melting like gold should. What metal is this?" the goldsmith asked. Since gold was a very soft metal, it should have begun to melt by now. However, Millennium Items had special protection against things like melting. But that was not much comfort to Scale.
Drawing strongly on the Ankh's power, Shadi took hold of the goldsmith's soul and made him act on his own wishes. The goldsmith immediately took the Scales out of the forge, dipped them in a barrel of water, giving off a cloud of steam, and set them on the stone counter to cool.
"What the hell do you think you're doing!?" the filthy man asked.
The goldsmith looked a bit confused, but he seemed sure enough about his answer. "I don't think I can melt this. And it's such beautiful craftsmanship, why would anyone want to?"
"You idiot, I can't sell this!" the thief screamed. "It's too recognizable!"
Shadi moved to stand by Scale. His hand hovered for a moment to be sure he didn't burn himself. Luckily it was cool enough to hold, so Shadi picked it up.
\\You imbecile... I'll make you pay...\\ Scale sounded very tired.
/Later. I hope you have enough strength to take revenge on this man first./
\\That lout has worse hygiene than YOU do. And he TOUCHED me. Of course I'm strong enough to banish that piece of filth.\\
/All right, just be careful. I won't bother questioning him./
"What are you doing with my -" the man started to say. As he spoke, the gray mist coming out of his mouth settled on one side of the Scales. A white feather had appeared on the other side. The feather's side rose as the other side sank.
"What's happening?" asked the frightened goldsmith.
"Hide. Now," Shadi commanded. Then he turned back to the thief. "You will pay with your soul for what you have done." There was no mercy in his voice.
Mist rose from the trembling ground. The god Anubis appeared. He quickly grabbed the man's head and shoved him down through the earth.
||NO MORE FOR A WHILE, MY FAITHFUL SERVANT. A GREAT MASSACRE OCCURRED RECENTLY NEARBY. I SHALL BE OCCUPIED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.|| The dark god grinned. Shadi bowed deeply as Anubis disappeared back into the ground.
//That's frightening...//
\\...wimp...\\ Scale gasped. Then he lapsed into unconsciousness.
/He'll be all right once he's had a few days to rest./
Assuring the goldsmith that nothing had happened and he should stop drinking so early in the day, Shadi walked home with his two Millennium Items.
Almost a year passed. Nothing exciting happened. Scale recovered and was back to his usual annoying self in no time.
For a while now, Shadi had felt the balance of the Millennium Items gradually slipping. He could tell it was about to severly upset the cosmic balance. The four Items here in Egypt obviously had nothing to do with this, so it must be the remaining three in Japan.
/It looks like we should be getting to Japan soon.../
\\I knew those losers couldn't do a simple thing like staying away from each other. Heh heh...\\
//I suppose this is all going according to your "plan"?//
\\Quiet! Of course it is! Are you prepared to join my, or will we have to take you by force?\\
//Are you really stupid enough to think any plan you have will work?//
/Stop it, both of you. I need to prepare for the transport ritual./
\\Are you crazy!? You want to do that?\\
//Oh no, that always makes me feel sick...//
/I know, it makes me sick as well. But I shudder to think what havoc Scale would wreak on an airplane./
\\Only what those idiots deserve!\\
/Yes, well... Anyway, this way we will save money and avoid having to find a place to stay./
\\You don't speak Japanese, you fool. How do you expect anyone there to understand you!?\\
/Scale, you really are slipping. If you would pay attention once in a while, you would know that I can use Ankh to make our souls understand one another./
//Yes, please remember that SOME of us have more than one talent.//
\\Oh, so now you think you're special, do you? All your so-called "talents" are the same. You just manipulate souls, who cares about that? You couldn't hurt a gnat unless you fell on it!\\
//Why would I WANT to!?//
\\PACIFIST!!\\
//SADIST!!//
/STOP! Both of you be quiet. It's not easy to prepare this ritual. I need to concentrate. So shut your mouths./
\\We're gold OBJECTS. We don't HAVE mouths.\\
/Don't try to be smart, you know you'll only fail./
Endnote: Well, what'd you think? I still need ideas for insults. And tell me how you like their pictures, too. And the more reviews I get, the faster I'll post new chapters. Really you guys, get a move on!