Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Unfufilled Vow ❯ The Ouija ( Chapter 5 )

Wow so many reviews, and to think this all started when I saw that strange face in my window, wait, that was a drunken frat boy at 3:00 in the morning. Oh well, This chapter is dedicated and inspired by my Aunt, who, I might add, is the reason I was never aloud to play with a Ouija board as a child.

One day, when my aunt was younger, she stayed home from church because she wasn't feeling very well. She had a guy friend over and decided to play with the Ouija board he brought with him. (It's suppose to work better with a male and female on opposite sides.) After a while it started moving so they asked it a few questions. Finally she asked "who are you" and it spelled out N-O-T-G-O-D When he mother and older sister arrived home they found all of the light turned on, her friend had run off, and the broken Ouija board locked in the basement. My aunt was OK but she never went near a Ouija board again.

I've never tried it so I can't say for sure if it works or not, but there are a lot of people that say it does. I guess it's pretty obvious what this chapter it about. As we turn away from the mirror let us play an evil game with…

The Ouija board

To say the teen Seto Kaiba was a wreck was an understatement. While he didn't have any more nightmares the pervious night, he and his brother got very little sleep. He could not get the horrid visions from the funeral and his nightmares out of his head. For the life of him he couldn't figure out why this whole mess was effecting him like this. For God's sake he wasn't this upset when he pushed his own adoptive father out of a window. That he should have felt guilty for, but he wasn't. This he had no reason to feel guilty, but he was. He paused for a moment, 'Where did that come from? I do not feel guilty; I had nothing to do with the pup-Jou's death. I didn't kill him, I didn't hire anyone to kill him, I didn't even threaten his life. Well, no more then usual.' He sighed and rested his head and hands ignoring the teacher lecture. He was like that for sometime until he felt someone pocking him. He looked up to see Yugi nudging him.

"Um, Kaiba? Class is over."

`Over? I just put my head down a moment ago' He glanced around to see an empty classroom. Yugi was the only one in the room with him.

"Must have been really board, I didn't even notice." He moved to pick up his briefcase when he noticed Yugi was still staring at him. "Can I help you with something?"

Yugi took a good look at the taller boy. His eyes were almost bloodshot and his hair was messy, very unusual for the teenage CTO. "Kaiba are you OK? No offence, but you look like hell."

Kaiba twitched. He had never known Yugi to make rude comments like that. Yami maybe, but never Yugi. `I must really look like shit if Yugi's has to be the one to tell me.' Of course he wouldn't let Yugi know the real reason.

"Sorry if my appearance offends you. Mokuba's been having bad nightmares lately. If he doesn't sleep, then I don't sleep, plan and simple." Kaiba then headed out the door. "Now if you'll excuse me."

He was about to head off to his next class when his teacher suddenly blocked his path. "Mr. Kaiba, I know young people such as yourself find History incredibly boring and I can forgive a little daydreaming but I will not tolerate a student sleeping through and entire class!"

Inwardly he groaned. Ishida sensei was probably the one teacher he couldn't glare down. She was an old maid who did take shit from anyone and Kaiba was convinced that she had it in for him. "I'm sorry I haven't been getting much sleep. It won't happen again." He absolutely HATED apologizing to her but he couldn't afford to get stuck with detention today. Once every two weeks was the one night he dedicated to his little brother and nothing else.

"I aim to make sure of that. Today after school I'm giving you-"

"Please wait Ishida sensei!" Yugi spoke up. "The reason he was up so late was because he was helping me with my report and then he had to stay up even later to work on his own."

She gave the boy a questionable look. "Why were you working with you partner he the one who's suppose to…" She stopped after the realization sunk in. Yugi's partner was none other then Jounouchi Katsuya. "Oh dear." She said not missing the slight flinch in Yugi's eyes. "Well, I guess I could let it slide just this once." She turned to Kaiba. "But if it happens again I don't care what your excuse is I'll handle your detention personally."

He made a quick bow and excused himself. He was not surprised to hear footsteps behind him so he stopped to let him catch up. "Hey Kaiba, wait up!" Kaiba waited for the shorter boy to meet him. "I…thought you might want to talk."

"There's nothing to talk about. But if you want to talk tell me why you lied to get me out of trouble."

"Why don't you tell me why you lied to Ishida sensei." Yugi countered.

"What makes you think I lied?"

"I don't think anyone else heard, but you were muttering something in your sleep…something about Jounouchi." Kaiba's eyes widened. Just what did Yugi hear and what was it he muttered.

"What exactly did you think you heard?"

"I…couldn't make out too much. Something about Jounouchi, red fingerprints and…a time. 12:57. So what does it all mean?" Kaiba kept a straight face on the outside but inside he was struggling to keep himself together. He didn't want anyone getting involved with his personal life and especially Yugi. 12:57, wasn't that the time he woke up after having that nightmare last night. Why would he remember that and why did it seem important some how? Best not to think about it.

"It means nothing, just meaningless dribble. Now I must be on my way, I don't need to get in trouble with another teacher." And with that he walked away ignoring Yugi trying to call out to him.

"Kaiba wait a minute! If you know something please tell me." But the teen just walked off without another word. Yugi sighed and was almost surprised to hear Yami's voice.

//Aibou? What has happened?// Yugi looked back in the direction Kaiba left in.

/I…I get the feeling there's something wrong with Kaiba. Something that has to do with Jounouchi's death./

//Something wrong? Like what? Do you think he's hiding something?//

/…/

//Yugi?//

/Maybe not hiding something…I'm just not sure. I thought…no never mind./

//Aibou what ever it is you can tell me, you know that.//

/It's strange…for some reason when I'm around Kaiba it's almost like Jounouchi-kun's there as well. Like…he hasn't fully left yet./

//I'm afraid I don't understand.//

/I don't really get it myself and I don't think Kaiba does either."

* * *

He was glad to be going home. He was looking forward to spending a quiet evening with his little brother away from all the stress of school and work. Maybe then he could start to forget about his nightmare. But he wasn't going to think about that right now. Now he had to pick up a coconut. He admitted it was a strange request but if Mokuba wanted to have a coconut for dessert tonight then so be it. It would be easier to pick up some shredded coconuts or canned but he wanted a whole one shell and all. And since they were out of season he had to go to a special market that got exotic fruit imported. The limo had no place to park so Kaiba told the driver to swing back in about 10-15 minutes. He was able to find what he was looking for and picked up two just in case. As he waited for the limo he happened to pass by a fortuneteller's stand. It was just a little table set up near some shops but as he walked by the old woman running the booth called out to him.

"You seem troubled young man, care to tell old granny your worries?" He stopped and gave he an annoyed look.

"I'm not giving you any money so go bug someone else." He was about to walk away but her next phrase made him stop in his tracks.

"But its not just anyone who has a spirit accompany them." He tried not to show his surprise but his eyes gave him away. "Ah, yes I see, it's the soul of a young man with light hair and pretty brown eyes." Kaiba turned around to face her.

"Look lady if this is some kind of sick joke-"

"Now you listen to me young man. You'd best not ignore a warning from the grave. The young spirit has something to saw and I suggest you listen. For some reason he is connected to you and I also sense that time is running out, for what I can not say. But know this, ignoring this will only make it worse mark my words." He was about to make a snide comment back but then he heard his limo's car horn. He looked back only to find the old woman and her stand gone without a trace of ever being there.

* * *

Yugi had just gotten home from school and immediately went to his room, looking for something. "Now where did Grandpa said he put it." He scanned his room eventually looking up at the top of his bookcase. "There it is!" The boy reached up but his short stature prevented him from reaching his goal.

//Aibou, let me help you.// but this only frustrated Yugi further.

/I can get it myself./ He was always a bit sensitive about his height. He tried jumping but when that failed he grabbed a chair. "How did Grandpa get it up there he no bigger than me?" He stood on the edge of the chair reaching as far as he could.

//Aibou, this is dangerous, please let me help you!// With one long desperate reach Yugi grabbed a hold of his goal.

/I said I GOT IT!/ But at that moment he lost his balance and fell to the ground with various items falling on his head.

Yami jumped out of the puzzle worried about the young duelist. "AIBOU! Are you alright?" More embarrassed then hurt Yugi plucked himself up and dusted himself off.

"Yeah, I'm find." He pick up what he was looking for a medium size cardboard box still unopened. He looked at it sadly not really wanting to open it.

"Yugi, you know you don't have to do this right away." He sighed and sat down on his bed as he opened the box.

"No, I've put this off long enough. Its not like this is going to get any easier." He carefully removed each item with care. He never thought he would have to go though a friend's belongings after they died.

"Shizuka gave this to me after the funeral, she said she wanted me to have some things to remember her brother by." Yami put a hand on his shoulder to show his support. The first thing he pulled out was Jou's yearbook. It was signed by all of Jou's friends, himself included. He smiled a bit as some of the more pleasant memories came to him. How he first befriend Jou after standing up for him against that bully. And how Jou spend hours in the pool to retrieve his missing puzzle piece thus sealing their friendship. He put the book down and found an envelope. Inside were photos. Some of them were old but most of them were of Yugi and the gang. There were even some from the duelist kingdom. He held up one of the photo with a mixture of pride and sadness. It was a shot of him and Jounouchi arm and arm both displaying their 10 star chips. He was so proud of his best friend that day. When everyone said he couldn't do it or he wasn't good enough he proved them all wrong. `And you did it, didn't you Jounouchi-kun. You fought your way to the top and even though you had to loose to me you never gave up and you came though for Shizuka. I'm, proud of you, my friend.' He let a single tear roll down his cheek. All of this stuff made it final, Jou wasn't coming back to claim his belongings, he was gone.

Yami put his arms around the boy in a comforting embrace. "He will be missed little one, but as long as you hold onto his memory he will forever live within us." He nodded wiping his eyes.

"I know, it's just…it's just so hard."

"I know, Yugi, I know." Yugi flipped though some more of the photos when one caught his eye. It looked like a mistake at first but he though he could see a figure in the shadows of the picture. It was just a bunch of bushes most likely someone had hit the button by mistake. But he could swear the figure looked a little like Jounouchi but surly he was mistaken.

"Say Yami, what do you make of this one?" Yami took a look.

"Looks like a developing error, when was it taken?" They both looked in the corner to read the little red date displayed on every picture.

"That's weird, it's not showing a date it's showing a time. 12:57." He paused for a moment. "Why does that sound so familiar?"

* * *

That evening at the Kaiba mansion proved to be quite a day. Mokuba and Seto spent a good half-hour trying to open the darn coconut. And Kaiba learned an important lesson; coconut are filled with liquid. His little brother laughed as Seto wrung out his shirt. He got the feeling that his little brother had planned the whole thing. He didn't get mad however, they both had fun that afternoon although he'd deny to his dying breath. After dinner Mokuba brought a large bag to the kitchen table.

"Onii-sama, I got a new board game can we try it out tonight?"

"Sure Mokuba. What's the game?" The child looked away guilty.

"Promise you won't get mad?" Kaiba looked up. What kind of board game would make him mad at his little brother?

"What's the game?"

"Promise first."

"OK, OK, I promise. Now what's the game?"

Mokuba pulled the box out of the bag and displayed it for his older brother waiting for a reaction. Seto's eyes widened as he read the title. "Ouija"

"Mokuba why do you keep dragging this out. Jounouchi is dead, you keep having nightmares, and it's starting to take over our lives." Mokuba pouted.

"But Onii-sama, I think Jounouchi-kun is trying to tell us something, something important. Maybe if he says what he needs to say he'll leave us alone."

"Then why didn't he tell you like he did about the funeral?"

"Well he never really `spoke' to me, I don't think he can.' The young boy pointed to his neck. "I think it has something to do with that black thing around his neck." Kaiba knew he had to stop this before it went to far.

"Enough of this! Jounouchi is not haunting us and there's no such thing a ghost."

Mokuba frowned but then smirked. "Well if there's no such thing then the board won't work so there's no harm in playing with it right?" Kaiba smirked, his brother was growing crafty like himself. With logic like that he just couldn't say `no'.

"I guess it won't hurt, but please don't move the pointer on purpose."

"Alright, I get the board set up." The boy said with a smile as he rushed off to light some candles and darken the room. Suddenly Kaiba was beginning to this was a bad idea.

* * *

The brothers sat across from each other the board facing Kaiba. It was a rectangle shaped peace of wood with an image if the sun in the upper left hand corner and a moon in the upper right. The words `YES' and `NO' were at the top while the word `GOODBYE' rested at the bottom. The alphabet stretched in a vertical line with numbers forming a curve above them.

"OK Onii-sama, this is how it works. We both have to put our hands on the pointer and concentrate on Jounouchi-kun. Don't try to move the pointer. Whenever you want to end the communication move the pointer to the word `GOODBYE' and that will make the spirit go away."

They put their hands on the pointer and closed their eyes. "We call upon the spirit of Jounouchi Katsuya. Jounouchi-kun please hear our call. Come to us, we wish to speak with you." Mokuba chanted never taking his hands off the pointer. Kaiba pretended to fallow along but he just couldn't take any of this seriously. He didn't even raise an eyebrow when he felt the pointer start to move. `Mokuba must be desperate.' He thought to himself as his brother continued.

"Who are you? Who are we speaking with." The pointer began to move slowly spelling out a word.

J-O-U

"Mokuba I thought I told you not to move the pointer by yourself." Kaiba scolded his younger brother but Mokuba looked up looking confused and a little pale.

"Y-you mean you didn't move it?" Now Kaiba was the one confused. Could his brother be telling the truth or mealy pulling the wool over his eyes. This time Kaiba asked a question.

"If you're really Jounouchi, then how did I win the duel with Yugi Moto at Duelist Kingdom?" Inwardly he smirked. He had told his younger brother how he had won with his ultimate Blue-Eyes but he left out the part where he threatened to throw himself of the building to stop Yugi from attacking. The pointer began to move again.

Y-O-U-C-H-E-A-T-E-D

"What?" `Mokuba couldn't have known about that.' The child in question looked at his brother.

"Onii-sama, what's going on?" But them the pointer started moving again.

Y-U-G-I-W-O-U-L-D-N-T-L-E-T-Y-O-U-D-I-E-B-A-S-T-A-R-D

Keeping one hand on the pointer Mokuba wrote down the message on a notepad. "Yugi wouldn't let you die bastard?"

"That's it, Mokuba I don't know how you found out but this has got to stop!"

"What are saying Onii-sama, is it true? And I'm not doing it I swear!" Mokuba gestured taking his hands off the pointer.

"Enough this has gone too far! There is no such thing as-"

"Onii-sama look at the board!" Sure enough the pointer was moving again with out Mokuba's hand any ware near it.

`What the, Mokuba really wasn't doing it.' The pointer raced around the board as Mokuba jotted down the cryptic message.

G-O-T-O-H-E-L-L-K-A-I-B-A

"Go to hell Kaiba' He sounds mad."

`Well he certainly sounds like the mutt.' He thought as the pointer moved again.

Y-O-U-R-F-A-U-L-T

"My fault?" Kaiba exclaimed. "How is your death MY fault!" He stopped. `I did not just say that, I am not talking to a board game.' The pointer nearly shot out of his hand.

Y-O-U-L-E-F-T-M-E-T-O-D-I-E

His eyes went wide. "Left you to die? How is that possible? I had nothing to do with your capture or death. What could I have possibly have done to have saved you?" the pointer moved slowly then with more force.

T-U-R-N-A-R-O-U-N-D

And then the phrase was repeated again and again.

T-U-R-N-A-R-O-U-N-D-T-U-R-N-A-R-O-U-N-D-T-U-R-N-A-R-O-U-N-D-T-U- R-N-A-R-O-U-N-D

At this point Kaiba was getting a little freaked out so he forced the pointer to `GOODBYE' but the pointer shout out of his hands to the word `NO'

Mokuba gulped. "I think he still has something to say." Kaiba stared down at the board. He couldn't explain it or denied it anymore. It was really Jounouchi speaking to him through this cheep board game.

"Then let him speak. Jou, if you can hear me then tell me…who did this to you.

I-D-O-N-T-K-N-O-W

"So you don't know your killer?" The pointer went up to the word `NO'

"Where were you being held?"

I-D-O-N-T-K-N-O-W

Kaiba was growing frustrated. "Well what do you know?"

1-2-5-7

`Why does he keep bring that up? "What does that mean?"

F-I-N-D-M-Y-K-I-L-L-E-R

"You didn't answer my question."

"Onii-sama, put your hands back on the pointer I think he loosing the connection." It was true Kaiba could feel that he was loosing his hold. "Jou, I need something more to go on tell me something I can use."

H-U-R-R-Y

The word came out slower then normal it wouldn't be long before the connection was lost. "Hurry for what? What are you trying to say?"

D-A-N-G-E-R- D-A-N-G-E-R- D-A-N-G-E-R- D-A-N-G-E-R- D-A-N-G-E-R- D-A-N-G-E-R-

No matter what he did the same word kept repeating and repeating until suddenly the board burst into flames. Mokuba jumped back while Kaiba grabbed the fire extinguisher. After the fire was out the Kaiba brother took a moment to reflect on what just happened. Finally Mokuba spoke up.

"So…are you really going to help find Jounouchi-kun's killer?" Kaiba was still a little stunned so it took him a moment before he realized that he was still holding the extinguisher. Dropping it with a `clank' he turned around walking out of the room.

"Onii-sama?" The elder Kaiba nudged Mokuba up the stairs.

"Go to bed Mokuba. I'll talk to you in the morning."

"But-" Kaiba gently pushed him into his room.

"No buts, I need some aspirin." `And something to drink.' He added to himself as he closed the door. But as he began to walk away he heard Mokuba scream.

"AAHhh!"

"Mokuba, What's wrong?" He flung the door open and gasped at the sight before him. The word `DANGER' was written all over the walls and the ceiling. A black blur came rushing out and latched onto Kaiba's leg.

"Ican'tsleepherecanIsleepwithyouagainIknowIsaidIwouldn'tbutLOOK! " Kaiba hugged the young boy and took him to his room without argument. "Thanks big brother."

"No problem kiddo." As the brothers settled down in the large bed they began to feel more at ease. But when Kaiba turned out the light the phrase `TURN AROUND' appeared in bright letters all over the room.

There was a moment of silence before Mokuba spoke up again. "Do you think the servants will let us stay with them tonight.

To be continued in…The Investigation.

Kaiba has had enough. The search for Jounouchi's killed becomes his personal mission but as he goes deeper into the case the facts surrounding become clearer. He must also confront the brutal reality of what really happened to Jou. Can Kaiba find the killer before he looses his mind? And why is Yugi following the teen CEO? See you then. -Shiroi Misa