Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Tomb-Scape ❯ Lunch and Stories ( Chapter 6 )

Mokuba: Last time on Tomb-Scape Yami and Marik found a strange brown cloud in the shadow realm.

Equilla: what it really means is that it wasn't much of a cliff-hanger last time so just reminding you of an earlier part.

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Having quickly gotten bored of the lunch time conversation and reassurances to Yugi, Yami and Malik had decided to go back to the shadow realm to check on the irregularity.

Finally finishing his lunch, after pushing it worriedly around his plate three times Marik gave a received sigh.
“I'm glad you enjoyed the exhibit, and I'm sorry it didn't shed any more light on the matter,” Ishizu commented sipping her 2nd tea.

“It's ok,” Yugi replied giving a reassuring smile, “I'm sure they will turn up soon anyway.”

Marik nodded happy that Yugi was feeling more reassured about it, though he was just hoping that he wasn't getting his hopes too high. He did hope that everything came out the best for Ryou, but he also knew if it didn't, then Yugi would be hit harder then he would. Suddenly he was brought out of his thoughts by Malik cursing over the connection.

He glanced towards Yugi seeing if he got any messages from Yami that would explain the swearing, though Yugi looked just as confused as he did.

“Is something wrong?” Ishizu asked concerned seeing the looks on both of the boys' faces.

Shaking his head Yugi regained his smile, “no, just thought I heard something is all.”
Marik nodded in agreement trying to recontact his darker side.

 

 

“Nothing we do here is going to make a difference pharaoh,” Malik commented, just as bored as he was watching the others eat.

“We have to at least find out what this thing is doing here,” Yami replied trying to see through the thick brown fog.

“And how are `we' going to do that,” Malik snickered coming over to him, “it didn't really work last time you tried touching it. But I won't mind the entertainment if you try to do that again. We've also been forbidden from destroying it remember."

“I have a slight idea of what we can do,” Yami replied before shoving Malik swearing into the fog.

Yami laughed briefly before a tanned arm reached out and pulled him into the pressing fog.

“Why did you do that for,” Yami yelled at the spiky haired male.

“Me, you pushed me in, in the first place,” Malik yelled back glaring at the offending spirit.

Yami was no longer listening to him, but was instead looking around at the sandy floors and dark stone walls around them.

 

 

Yugi watched the pyramids move past as they travelled along the Nile. He wasn't too sure at first on going but again it wasn't something that he wanted to miss. They were going to be spending the night out at the Valley of the Kings. Something which Marik had said the archaeologists had been daring each other to do so for weeks now. Yugi liked the idea as he hoped that it might help them to maybe hear Ryou better at night time. Marik didn't want to point out to Yugi that Ryou probably would be half starved to death, but some things just slip out.

 

Yugi looked slightly pained at Marik briefly but then perked up, “That's ok, I don't think he ever ate anything when Bakura was controlling him in battle city. From the way he would eat after being released at any rate.”

Marik blinked at Yugi's answer at first then burst out laughing, “ he did eat a lot then didn't he.”
Yugi nodded grinning widely, until a swell came up rocking the boat roughly turning Yugi slightly green around the face.

“You ok?” Marik asked looking worried at his slight bodied friend.

Yugi shook his head which just made the matter worse, and he quickly leaned over the edge of the boat emptying out his recently eaten lunch.

 

As the sky grew dark Yugi was glad for the circle of lamps and torches that the others had set up. He wasn't so happy about the stories they had decided to tell. As one of the Americans finished up a slightly perverted ghost story Yugi was both confused and deeply scared, to Marik's relief that Yugi didn't seem to understand the more perverted parts of the story, keeping up his innocent look.

That was something which the others camping over had caught onto, which wasn't handling very well for Yugi, as whenever the same confused look washed over his face when some of them hit the others, caused them to burst out laughing, and for his head to get ruffled again.

 

As Yugi's new shivers and yelps of fear from the latest story caused some of the more awing girls to give him a group hug Marik spotted lights coming from one of the further off tombs.

“Hey,” he asked the person to his left, “ why are the lights on over there?”

The guy glanced over frowning, “ not sure. I think that is tomb I 16, the lights shouldn't be on.”

“That's ok,” Marik commented sitting up, “I'll go see what is going on, just make sure they don't give Yugi nightmares tonight please.”

The guy laughed looking to the colourful haired boy, “with the attention he is getting I'm sure he will forget those stories soon.”

Shaking his head Marik made his way through the darkness to the lightly lit tomb.

 

Slowly edging his way down the stairs, keeping a hand on the wall Marik followed the light ahead of him, cursing himself for not having the forethought of bringing one of the torches with him. Finally reaching end of the corridor he looked in surprised at seeing a familiar figure standing over the glass cased open

Khalid glared down at the decrepit corpse despisingly.

“Khalid what are you doing down here?” Marik asked confused as to why the new friend should be there so late, “ are you sleeping over the night as well.”

Not getting any response from the solemn faced Egyptian Marik spoke again, “look we really should get out of here, we aren't supposed to be down here.”

“He didn't deserve a place like this,” he finally spoke breaking his silence.
“What?” Marik replied rather surprised by the sudden statement.

“He is a cold blooded murder, he doesn't deserve such lavish tomb,” he answered

glaring at the mummy.

Getting slightly creeped out Marik started wishing that he had told the others before heading down, “What are you talking about?”
Snapping his gaze away from the entombed body Khalid looked to Marik giving him a warm smile, “nothing important, shall we head up now.”
Marik stood mouth open as he watched the fellow Egyptian pass by him heading back towards the exit of the tomb with the slightly old looking lamp.

Quickly coming back to his senses Marik chased back after Khalid, “I didn't know you were staying over the night. Won't your parents be worried?”
Khalid smiled looking back at him, “my parents don't really mind, and the others invited me. I think mainly to help with putting up and taking down the tents.”

Marik smiled slightly at the joke, “come on we best rescue Yugi before they scar him for life with their stories.

 

 

Finally noticing their surroundings Malik gapped, “where are we?”

“I, I think we are inside the fog,” Yami replied stuttering.

“What is this place,” asked looking towards him expecting a knowledgeable answer.

“I don't know, it isn't the shadow realm or or,” Yami answered unsure of himself, “I don't like this place, it isn't right.”

“What do you mean it isn't right,” Malik protested slightly scared by the unfamiliar surroundings.

Then something came to Yami, “We have to go back right now. I know where this place feels familiar with.”
“What, what are you going on about?” Malik asked angry at the pharaoh.

“I'll explain later,” Yami replied returning to the puzzle to escape the fog.

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Bak ura watched in amazement as the light flickered out again. He could see I just around the corner, and it looked so warm. But he was sure that it was a trick of her, trying to lure him out again. He wasn't going to be anyone's dinner.

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Equilla: happy no cryptic bits
Mokuba; what do you call that bit right at the end then, huh, what do you call that!
Equilla: a bakura update
Mokuba; …. People please review to rescue me from her, please

Equilla: ^_^