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Story By Leanne Brown


[ Story ]

Main Characters–Take a look at fanart if your not really getting the picture of their clothes cause I’m no good at describing them. I do not own any of Yu-gi-oh and this is my second ever story so I apologise if it goes off abit.

[ Characters ]

Yugi Moto – Normal Clothes.

Yami Yugi – Normal

T?a – Light Blue strap top, brown skirt, creamy jacket, white trainers.

Joey – Normal.

Bakura – Normal.

Yami Bakura – Normal

Tristain – Normal.

Duke – Normal.

Serenidy – Normal.

Seto Kaiba – Normal.

Mokaba – Normal.

Ishizu – Normal.

Marik – Normal.

Grandpa – Normal.

Shaudi – Normal.

Mai – Changes.

Other characters mentioned.

 

[ New Characters ]

Sarah – Dark Green hair, Red top, dark green trousers, high-healed shoes.

Tara – (Buffy) Mid-length, straight, Blondie-white hair, blue top with one long sleeve, other shoulder bare, 3quater jeans, white socks and trainers. Silver Snowflake necklace with clear diamond in the middle of it and matching earrings.

Willow – (Buffy) Short, wavy, natural red hair, golden silk, button-up top, white trousers with two yellow stripes down each side and Yellow and white trainers. Silver star necklace with red ruby in the middle of it and matching earrings.

Angelus –Changes but wears The Light Of The Evenstar all the way through. Pale skin, straight, Jet-black hair that comes to her shoulders in a side parting.

This story does use things and characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Lord of the Rings 3.

Story (12)

Mai Valentine walked down the dark, wet, dull street towards the game shop where she hoped to find all of her answers from the Pharaoh Yami who should have known about stuff like this. Mai didn’t care that the rain was falling heavily down upon her or that she was already soaked to the skin because her big, blue and fluffy coat had no hood, she just kept clutching it around her mid-riff. Hopefully no one else would notice until she was ready to tell everyone, after she told Yami that is.

T?a: “You so ate the last cookies, Joey!”

Joey: “I only had six of them, T?a!”

T?a: “Yeah…six dozen!!!”

Yugi: “Come on guys, don’t fight, it’s a party and it’s not like there isn’t anymore downstairs, right Grandpa?”

Grandpa: “Actually Yugi, Joey did eat all the Cookies.”

Yugi, Yami, T?a, Joey, Bakura, Tristain, Duke, Serenidy and Mokaba were all at the Game Shop in the living-room celebrating Yugi’s birthday, the music was rocking, the presents all beamed in the light and everyone was talking, either sat down with food or stood up with a drink. Ishizu and Marik were coming later.

Bakura: “I can bake some more if you want.”

Duke: “No way!!! Gramps! Don’t let him anywhere near your cooker!!!”

Grandpa: “Why’s that Duke?”

Tristain: “Cause today, in Cookery Class, we were making pancakes, and he, (nods at Bakura) put the gas on the grill but didn’t light it for about ten minuets, then he went to light it with a match and the whole thing blew up!”

Bakura, who blushed one hell of a deep red, embarrassed said: “I never ment to make it blow, I just couldn’t get the ignition button to move.”

Tristain: “Sure Bakura!”

Everyone was laughing, even Bakura, when a knock came on the downstairs door.

Serenidy: “That’s probably Marik and Ishizu, they did say that they were coming around half past eight with a scary movie.”

Joey: “Marik doesn’t need to bring a scary movie, all you do is look at his face and you end up having nightmares for a week!”

Mokaba: “ That wasn’t very nice Joey, and it’s really not that funny you guys!”

ALL: “Ya it is!”

Downstairs: Knock knock knock.

Serenidy: “No-one move, I’ll get it.”

Joey: “Yeah, and can you please make sure that I didn’t eat all the cookies please sis?”

Serenidy: “Okay, but I bet you a tenner that you did eat all of them Joey!”

Tristain + Duke: “I second that!!” They gave each other evil looks afterwards.

Grandpa: “Come on, eat up, the foods gonna end up going to Joey if no-one else eats it.”

Everyone sat down, talked to each other and started eating the food on the table in front of them. Yami appeared to Yugi.

Yami: “Happy Birthday Yugi, I hope you’re having a good time!”

Yugi: “Thanks, you know, if you remember when your birthday is and we all celebrate that, then I’ll end up having two birthdays a year and lots of presents too! (Laughs)”

Serenidy walked in through the door and said, “Hey guys, look who’s come!”

Everybody turned round and looked as Seto Kaiba and Mai walked in.

T?a: “Great! The party crashers are here.”

Mai: (sarcastically to T?a) “Missed you too babe,” (plainly to everyone else) “Hi guys, happy b-day Yugi.”

She handed him a card with one hand but the other kept her coat clutched around her belly. Seto just stood and leaned against the wall with an emotionless look on his face.

Serenidy: “Here Mai, Let me take your coat.”

Mai: “NO! I mean…err…no thanks…I’ll…. I’ll keep it on….i feel a little cold.”

She sat herself down between Joey and Bakura, slowly and gently then avoided eye contact with everyone.

Serenidy: “Okay. Joey! You did eat all the cookies so gimme that tenner!”

Joey: “Oh Man!!!”

T?a: “So…. Mai…(she looked stonily at her but Mai didn’t look back) what have you been up to in the short time you’ve been gone, cause it was only like, six weeks ago that the Battle City Tournament ended.”

Mai: “Not much.”

Yugi: “Mai, are you alright?”

Mai: “No…Um…Yugi, (she looked up at him) can I have a word with you…alone please?”

Yugi: “Yeah, ok…just go through there, we’ll go into the dinning-room.”

Mai got up slowly and walked out; Yugi followed and shut the door behind him.

Duke: “What was all that about?”

T?a: “Dunno, but don’t you think that Mai was acting strange and the way she didn’t let Serenidy take her coat for her?”

Mokaba: “Yeah and the strange way that she sat down.”

Seto: “Mokaba! I thought I told you to come home at eight! You know we’ve got a lot to do back at Kaiba Corp!”

Mokaba: “Yeah, but Seto-”

Seto: “No buts!! You’re coming home now.”

Mokaba: “Can’t we stay for another ten minuets or so?”

Seto: “…*sighs moodily*…”

Joey: “Yeah, go on Kaiba, let the kid have some fun, or else he’ll end up turning out like you.”

Seto folded his arms, glared at Joey and said: “What’s that supposed to mean Wheeler?”

T?a: “Oh you two! Can’t you just stop arguing for an hour or so?”

Joey mumbled: “He started it.”

Downstairs door: Knock knock knock

Yami Bakura: (Uses Bakura’s sweet voice) “I’ll get it this time, Joey, why don’t you put some more music or something on, (thinks to himself in his dark voice) while I go listen to Mai and little Yugi’s conversation through the power of my Millennium Ring.”

Bakura had said earlier on that he was going to the loo but Yami Bakura took over his body and raided Yugi’s room till he found his missing ring, then he hid it under his jumper.

Mai: “Yugi…um…it’s actually the Pharaoh I wanted to talk to.”

Yugi: “Ok”

They switched bodies.

Yami: “What is it that you wanted?”

Mai: “Ok, here we go,”

She breathed in deeply and breathed out really slowly saying: “Pharaoh, before I tell you this, you have to promise me that you and Yugi won’t tell anyone else about this until I’m ready, ok? Promise me.”

Yami: “I promise, can you tell me!”

Mai gave him a look.

Yami: “What?”

Mai turned around away from him, taking her coat off: “Alright, this may shock you quite a bit cause I’m still trying to get over the fact that…oh boy…”

Yami: “You know you can tell me anything.”

Mai turned around to face Yami very quickly and almost cried: “I’m eight months pregnant…with a baby that has no father!!!”

Yami: “…Oh…”

There was an extremely long pause between them. Meanwhile, Yami Bakura had let Marik and Ishizu into the living room and he was having no success what so ever in listening in on Mai and the Pharaoh’s conversation, someone or something was blocking his way.

Marik: “Hi everyone, wow, it’s been a while hasn’t it? So where’s Yugi then?”

Yugi walked in very slowly and he used the wall for support with one hand, then he said: “I’m here.”

Joey: “Dear God!! What on earth did Mai do to you Yugi?”

Mai walked in wearing her coat again and said grumpily to him: “No-one of your bee’s wax, Joey!”

Ishizu: “Hi Mai, happy birthday Yugi.”

Yugi: “Thank you.”

Yugi slowly sat down on a chair and rested his chin upon his hands with his mouth slightly open, looking at the floor with a dazed look on his face. Mai went and sat back down in-between Joey and Yami Bakura.

Yami Bakura: (Thinking to himself) “What’s this? My millennium Ring is picking up a huge power source, and it’s coming from Mai!!!”

Female Voice 1: “So what kind of a party is this?”

Female Voice 2: “Defiantly not the kind that the Pharaoh Yami threw when it was his birthday.”

Everyone looked around and saw three women, all on one armchair, looking around the living room. One had light blue eyes, blonde-white hair that came down slightly past her shoulders wearing a blue top with one long sleeve, the other shoulder was bare and had no sleeve, she had 3quater jeans on, white socks and trainers and she wore a silver Snowflake necklace and matching earrings. Another one was a naturally deep redhead with waves in it, brown eyes and wearing a golden silk, button-up top, white trousers with two yellow stripes down each side with a silver star with a red ruby in the middle of it and matching earrings and Yellow and white trainers and the last had dark green hair and she was wearing an arm-less, red top, dark green trousers and High healed shoes. They were all wearing very heavy, black mascara and eyeliner.

Joey: “Excuse me, but who are you?”

Duke: “Yeah, and just how did you get in here?”

Green hair (female 3): (Ignoring Joey and Duke completely) “Oh yeah, remember that one time, when the Pharaoh Yami let us convert the main hall into the Moulin Rouge dance hall? That was right fun!!!”

N. Redhead: (sarcastically) “That’s only cause Angelus, (Anne-gel-lus) was the star of it all.”

Joey got up and walked over to the phone saying, “That’s it! I’m calling 911.”

Mai: “OUCH!”

The baby had suddenly kicked out at her as Joey said this. She grabbed her tummy but kept it hidden with her coat. The natural redhead saw this.

N.Redhead: “I wouldn’t do that if I were you...Joey!”

Joey: “What? How do you know my-oh who cares! I’m calling the cops!”

N.RedHead: “I said…NO!”

She suddenly appeared right in front of him and pressed his hand down on the phone.

Joey: “How…………(Scared tone of voice) how…. Did…. You…. Just… appear…right…. in…front…of…me…when…you (looked behind him over his shoulder)… were all the way over there?”

Blondie-White: (Appears right next to Joey) “That’s because them two (Points to the reds) are witches, I’m the Former Snow-Queen’s daughter.”

She said all this to him as if it were obvious. Tristain snorted.

Tristain: “Yeah, sure and I’m the Queen of England!!”

The woman with dark green hair appeared on his lap and wrapped one arm around him while lifting his drink up to her mouth with the other saying: “We can make you Queen of England if you want,”(takes a sip of his drink) “After all of this is over, that is.”

She looked over at Mai who suddenly realized that they knew about her little secret.

Seto: “Great, more Fairytale nonsense!”

Blondie-White: “And you haven’t changed abit Seto!”

T?a: “Look you three! You can either explain what your on about or you all can get out!”

Yugi: “No!” he stood up very quickly, “No, no, no! Yes T?a, they can explain everything but they’re not going because if they really are witches then they might be able to help with…”

He looked over at Mai who looked straight back.

N.Redhead: “Oh My God, Mai!!! (Everyone including Mai looked at her) You haven’t told any of them except for the Pharaoh? OH MY GOD!!! You’ve been carrying her for the past six weeks!!”

Duke: “Look, I hate to brake up whatever kind of sheraid this is, but could you please tell us who you are and what the hell your on about!”

Joey: “Yeah and how you know Yami and what Mai’s got to do with you.”

N.Redhead: “Alright! ALL RIGHT! Keep ya hair on! Ok, if you all insist, my name’s Willow and as Tara said, (points to the blond) Sarah (points to the green haired woman who made off with Tristain’s drink) and I are witches and she’s (the blond) the former Snow Queen’s daughter, Snow Queen herself and we’re here to help out with the pregnancy.”

Marik: “Pregnancy?”

Ishizu: “What Pregnancy?”

Willow: “THIS pregnancy!!!”

Willow strode over to Mai, pulled her up before she could do anything, brought her into a clear view of everyone and ripped her coat off reveling an eight month pregnant Mai. Everyone except Willow, Tara, Sarah, Yugi and Yami gasped and looked at Mai whose eyes immediately began to water.

Grandpa: “Wait just a minute! How can she be eight months when the Battle City Tournament ended six weeks ago? And I’m pretty sure she wasn’t pregnant then!”

Shaudi’s voice: “It’s because it’s a mystical pregnancy.”

Everyone looked around to see Shaudi rising up through the floor in a ghostly form and eventually becoming solid. Sarah was suddenly fighting the urge to scream ‘HE LIVES!!!’

Willow: “Long time no see, Shaudi!”

Yugi: “How do you know about this Shaudi?”

Tara: “Because he’s the one who helped us decide five thousand years ago who should play the part of ‘Mother’ to her.”

Joey: (in a kind of upset voice and still staring at Mai) “Her? Her who?”

Willow: “Only my best friend for the past five thousand years and our lady; Angelus!”

Sarah: “Does that name ring a bell with the Pharaoh, Yugi?”

Shaudi: “It should have done, but that would have been if he had his memory back.”

Yami Bakura suddenly froze at the sound of that name. It didn’t ring a bell with him, it rang an alarm.

Seto: “Alright! I’ve heard enough of this! I had enough fairytale nonsense from Ishizu to choke on in my Battle City Tournament and I certainly don’t need a load more of them from you four to choke on now!”

Ishizu: “Kaiba!”

Seto: “Happy birthday Yugi, now if you’ll excuse us, Mokaba and I have a lot of work to do.”

Mokaba sighed and said: “See ya around guys, happy birthday Yugi.”

He followed Seto out and closed the door behind him, but not before he took one last look at Mai’s tummy. He got a strange feeling about it, like he knew who was going to be born, an old friend or someone very close…

Willow: “Sorry about that Mai, but they had to know, cause they’re involved in this as much as you.”

Mai: “Well I was gonna tell them all later, but, it’s abit late now.”

Tara: “Scene as though, we’re gonna help you give birth to her, we need to crash at your place to help you out with everything, oh! (Addresses everyone else) And that reminds me, we’re taking Mai for a scan tomorrow at half past twelve at the clinic, so if anyone wants to come, your welcome and you’d all better be at the party.”

Serenidy: “Party?”

Sarah: “Yeah, Mai’s Party, at her house and it’s at half past seven and it ends at…eleven. You’ll all be there right?”

Everyone started mumbling in confused agreement and looking at each other.

Willow: “Good, so can we go to yours please Mai? Cause we have a lot of stuff to discuss and explain to you.”

Mai: “Yeah, ok…. err…. bye guys. Sorry to crash your party.”

She put her coat back on and Willow, Tara and Sarah followed her out and shut the door behind them, but Sarah stuck her head through the door again and said:

Sarah: “Shaudi, you might wanna explain all this the Pharaoh and you know who, and by the way, who ever baked those cookies downstairs, mummamiya!” (Shuts the door)

Joey: “Ha! My tenner please Serenidy and an apology T?a!”

T?a: “You’ll have it in the morning, cause it’s kinda late and everyone (she gave everyone else a look) should go home and get some sleep after all this.”

Others except Shaudi and Joey: “Yes” “Errr…. Better go” “need to go to bed” “It’s is late” “bye Yugi” “Better go”

Grandpa: “I’ll um… leave you to it then Yugi.”

He walked out after everyone and shut the door behind him.

Joey: “So Shaudi, are you gonna explain what’s really going on then?”

Yugi then turned into Yami who said: “Yes Shaudi, there’s a few questions I’d like you to answer for me.”

Shaudi: “You both may want to sit down for this.”

Yami and Joey looked at each other, then back at Shaudi as they sat down on the sofa and Shaudi sat down on the armchair in front of them. Mai got into her car and started up the engine. Willow sat in the front, Sarah and Tara jumped into the back.

Mai: “Is anyone hungry?”

Willow: “Am starving!”

Mai: “OK it’s just, there this fast-food bar I’ve been wanting to go to all week. Fast-food, it’s a fast served food that’s-”

Tara began to giggle and said: “It’s alright Mai, we know what fast food is. We’ve been here since before the start of Battle City and we’ve learned all about Fast-food and restaurants and stuff.”

Sarah: “Yeah, we were astounded by all the buildings and everything when we first came here but we’re all fast learners and picked up on everything really, really quickly.”

Mai: “So you lot and her, if that’s what this baby is, (quickly looks at her tummy then back on the road) aren’t from this time or something?”

Willow: “We’ll explain everything when we get to yours and we’ve got summat to eat.”

Mai pulled up at the Big Mac’s drive through.

Speaker box: “Welcome to Big Mac, can I take your order please?”

Willow: “I’ll order, (to the speaker box) Yeah, I’d like four double cheese burgers, four large fries and four smarties Mcflurrys, (to Mai and the rest) so what do you guys want?”

Mai drove out of the drive through, munching on her fries and down to her house. She pulled up in the driveway and got out, the other three girls did the same but they never stopped staring at Mai’s large house.

Tara: “Wow Mai!! Nice crib! Who else lives here with you?”

Mai: “Just me…. and…”

She stopped, placed one hand on her tummy and stared at the pavement. Sarah noticed Mai’s face, went, put an arm around her, and started to lead her up to the door.

Sarah: “Come on, when we get some food down our necks, then we’ll explain everything.”

Willow: “Come on! Get the keys out!”

Tara: “Yeah the food’s getting cold, and that’s not just cause I’m touching it.”

Mai unlocked the door, went in and put her coat on a rack next to it, then walked down the five steps to the living room and sat down on one of the sofas. The other three girls walked down the steps slowly, taking in the view of the house. There was a wide screen T.V. on the wall, 3 large, black-leather sofas in the middle of the room, the one that Mai had just sat herself down on, was facing the T.V. directly, the other two sofas were facing each other, the large set of stairs looked like they were made out of black marble and they were stuck right on the wall next to the door. The blood-red carpet covered the landing that had at least six bedrooms and two large bathrooms on it. There were another two bathrooms downstairs, the kitchen looked more like a bar and there was a small empty room under the stairs, which had a small staircase it’s self, which lead to the basement.

Sarah: “Wow! Think of all the party’s you can have in this place!”

Mai: “So, I guess you three are really party animals then?”

Willow sat down and curled up next to Mai: “Yep, but it was really Annie, (she nodded at Mai’s tummy) who was the real party animal! She didn’t want to play the part of a fairytale, damsel-in-distress princess to a brave king and his lovely queen, she just wanted to get down and dirty! She learned how to be a fighter and how to wheeled a sword from her father and the guards. She really knew how to create a stir with the royal court in dance at her own and Yami’s celebrations.”

Sarah and Tara were laid out on the other two sofas facing each other and chucking fries at each other but Sarah was having less luck at hitting her target cause she was laid out on her back but Tara was on her stomach and getting Sarah every time.

Mai: “So are you three going to tell me who you really are and how all this (looks down at her tummy) happened.”

Sarah and Tara suddenly stopped throwing fries at each other and got comfy on the sofas looking at Mai and Willow.

Tara: “Where do you want us to start first?”

Mai: “Who you are.”

Tara: “Ok here we go. Willow.”

Willow: (Sarcastically to Tara) “Thanks Tara… (Breaths deeply and looks at Mai) Ok…you know our names and me and Sarah are witches and Tara is the Snow Queen, but here’s what I didn’t want to say in front of the rest of them.”

Mai: “Tell me, I need to know.”

Tara: “Our lady Angelus, or Annie as we mostly like to call her, was the daughter to the King of Gondor, Aragorn Elessar and his Queen, Arwen Undomiel. All three of us were Annie’s ladies-in-waiting as well as her best friends.”

Mai: “Ok, with you so far, girls in waiting to a country I’ve never heard of…”

Sarah: “King Aragorn was friends with Yami’s father even before Yami and Angelus were born, and after Yami’s father died, Gondor’s alliance with Egypt was put on a stand still, so the King was going to form a new alliance with the new Pharaoh of Egypt, he brought his daughter along for six months every year to Egypt and the last time we went, he brought his daughter, Annie’s “I’m a real, hard, hotshot” betrothal and us of course to the palace where we would stay for abit while the Alliance went ahead.”

Tara: “Aragorn left during the first week of the stay because Gondor was attacked but he desperately needed this alliance, so he left us all behind to make it work.”

Willow: “Angelus gave spectacular plays and dances for Yami, who she eventually had a huge crush on, even though she denied it. Her fianc?e however, was not impressed; he really hated Yami, for obvious reasons and after Angelus called a stop on their wedding and she and Yami pulled a prank to get rid of him, he left, we all stayed however. Angelus was also the King’s rebble and arrogant, only daughter, an expert duelist, dancer, fighter and a demon slayer.”

Tara: “Willow and I taught the priest spells and potions that they never knew existed, it really helped Egypt and after Angelus saved Yami’s life affair few times and vice-versa, the pharaoh was more than willing to form an alliance with the Queen-to-be. Angelus was made the crowned princess at least a month after that but she didn’t go home.”

Sarah: “Gondor was mainly under the control of the House of Stewards ever since then. Angelus stayed in Egypt in the royal palace for at least five years only sending letters to Gondor when they asked for her counseling. Her mother stayed at Gondor, but visited Annie whenever she could. Yami kept asking her why she didn’t want to go back but all he never really got an answer.”

Tara: “That was until it, happened.”

Mai: “What? What happened?”

Sarah: “Well…it… it that lead to all this.”

She pointed to Mai’s midriff.

Mai: “Go on!”

Willow: “Just before the Pharaoh sacrificed himself to save his people and the world, Angelus was taken over by a Legendary Spirit monster. The high Priests and the maids did everything they could to try to save her; Medicine, prayers, even the power of their Millennium Items couldn’t do anything to change her condition. Eventually, she died and that thing took over, but there was one way to bring her back. I went behind everyone’s back and did something that not even the Pharaoh himself knew about. The previous Pharaoh; Yami’s father, left behind seven books of dark shadow magic as well as the seven Millennium Items. The books were heavily guarded and the tomb they were in was heavily laid down with traps and spells and stuff, but being the witch and dedicated friend that I am, (she looked very pleased with herself) I got past them all and I stole all seven books. I was willing to do anything to make sure that Angelus lived again, anyway, in the books, I found a forbidden, dark and powerful spell which gave Angelus another chance to live but at one hell of a terrible price, that I am quite happy to say, I have nearly paid; I can’t have any children of my own until Angelus is re-born. So anyway, Shada or should I say, Shaudi caught me as I was coming out of the tomb with all seven books in my arms. I begged him not to tell Pharaoh and let me get on with the ritual. He said no at first and tried to take the books from me, but Angelus always told me that I shouldn’t go down without a fight, and after a little, persuasion, (she had an evil grin on her face at this point) Shaudi helped me get the stuff I needed for it to work. I had to steal the Millennium Rod off the Priest Seto to make the ritual work and the Millennium Necklace off of the Priestess Isis that I needed to see the future with. We decided that now, this present time, would be the best time to deliver Angelus. And that’s where you come in Mai, we chose you to carry Angelus until her body’s re-created.”

Mai: “Why me?”

Tara: “We thought you and what’s his name?……Oh yeah! Joey Wheeler would be the perfect couple to play the part of foster parents and raise Angelus.”

Mai: “JOEY WHEELER? I’m sorry but that’s where I draw the line!! Have you seen him eat? Who ever said we were a couple, and have you seen him eat?!”

Sarah: “Well…you both are expert duelists and you have VERY strong feeling for each other, even though you don’t want your friends to find out and-”

Mai sharply cut off the rest of Sarah’s sentence and quickly said: “O.k. so are you gonna tell me how this Angelus or Annie got inside me and how six weeks tuned me into an eight month, pregnant woman?”

Willow: “When the Monster took over Angelus’s body, it destroyed her soul, but I made a deal with some people high up and the ritual I preformed let her come back, then I had to channel her soul into you so she’d have a body and she had to be re-born to have one, and because your pregnancy is mystical, it only takes a few weeks for the body to fuse with it and grow. Or would you prefer a natural pregnancy and carry her for nine months instead of a few weeks?”

Mai: “No, no! A few weeks are perfectly all right with me! ( - _ -’)”

Sarah: “Shaudi’s explaining all this to the Pharaoh and Mr. Wheeler right now. I think we need some party food and drink for tomorrow night and maybe some for now, so I’ll go grab summat.”

Mai: “What? But it’s half past eleven, none of the shops are open now!”

Sarah: “I’m a witch Mai, I can get anything I want, when I want and how I want, so what do you guys want?”

Mai had an extremely confused look on her face at this point but Willow and Tara’s requests never ended. Sarah grabbed a coat from the rack and walked out with Willow and Tara still yelling at her.

Tara: “-and don’t forget the Strawberry’s! So Mai, (looks over at Mai) which bedrooms can us three crash in then?”

Mai: “…err….”

About a block away, Sarah pulled her coat tightly around her as the strong, cold, high winds and thrashing rain beat down on her face and her hands. She walked past about seven or eight shops when someone, suddenly, with long, white, spiky hair grabbed her shoulder and flung her against the ally wall.

Sarah: “OOW!!!!! What the hell do you think your doing?”

Yami Bakura pressed her back onto the wall and held the Millennium Ring up to her face and it started glowing eerily.

Yami Bakura: “Stop struggling, this won’t hurt…. much.”

He went straight into her mind and walked through several doors until he got to her memory and listened to the conversation that she, Mai and the other two girls had just had. Then he walked out with a big, evil grin on his face.

When he came out of Sarah’s mind, he put the Ring back around his neck and said: “Thank you for your co-operation, here’s your reward…”

And he stabbed her through her chest with a knife but kept her mouth covered with his hand so she couldn’t scream. Then he walked off leaving her to die on the cold, concrete floor. ’At last,’ he thought ‘she’s coming back…’

Meanwhile, back at the Games shop-

Shaudi: “-and it wouldn’t surprise me if she’s born in the next few days.”

Joey: “Oh boy! I mean, ‘Girl’.”

Yami: “Well, err…well, congratulations Joey!”

Joey: “Huh?”

He gave Yami an extremely blank look.

Yami: “Well…. you are going to play part of a father to Mai’s daughter, aren’t you?”

Joey: “Well yeah…I guess so.”

Yami: “So, shouldn’t you be happy?”

Joey: "Hey! Yeah! I’m going to be a daddy…. ALL RIGHT!!!! I’m gonna be a daddy!!! I’m gonna be a daddy!!! I’m gonna be a daddy!!! Wow! Hey, we should call the others and tell them!”

Yami: “Alright.”

Shaudi: “It is late, I must go.”

Shaudi got up, bowed down low to both Yami and Joey then he vanished.

Yugi appeared to Yami: “This is great! Someone from your past is coming and if this ‘Angelus’s’ memory was preserved then maybe she can fill in all the blank spots in ...

 

[ to be continued...]

 

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