※ Part Eleven: More Chibi’s
※ Warnings - More bad thoughts about the Millennium Rod, crying Malik (I bet you all thought it was Ryou! *L*) - just remember that this is the unrevised version.
※ Disclaimer - I obviously don't own it.
Yami and Yami Bakura jumped at the sound and raced through the darkness to where the sound was coming from. Yami had grabbed a candle so they could see and they found that they were in a study of some sort. Ryou stood on a desk, still naked and holding the Millennium Rod, and on the floor in front of him, Malik sat on the floor cradling broken pieces of a vase.
Malik was the one crying.
“That vase was priceless! You little imp! How dare you break something so valuable!” The Egyptian growled and lunged at the little boy.
Ryou jumped away in time, which caused Malik to fall over the desk and land upside down in the leather chair. Ryou giggled and jumped down, waving the Millennium Rod in the air. “Yi-yi-yi-yi!” He called, then ran out of the room again.
Yami looked at Yami Bakura as Yami Bakura turned to Yami. “Battle cry?” Yami questioned.
“I’d say so.” Yami Bakura nodded as Malik ran passed them. There was another crash and the two calmly walked out of the room. “I think you’d better call your light, he’s probably worried.” Yami Bakura pointed out as they stopped at a phone.
“Right.” Yami nodded and checked if the phone was still working. He heard the tone and quickly dialed the number to the game shop.
“Hello, Turtle Game Shop, how can I help you?” It wasn’t Yugi’s voice, but Yami recognized it.
“Mokuba?” He questioned.
“Yami!” Mokuba said, “Just a minute! Yugi! It’s Yami!” He called in the background.
There were some muffling sounds then Yugi came on the line. “Yami? Where the hell are you?” Uh-oh, Yugi sounded mad.
“Calm down Yugi, we sneaked out and took Ryou to the park. Malik found us and it started to rain, so we’re at his place.” Yami said when there was another crash in the background, followed by Malik’s yelling and Ryou’s giggling and battle cry.
“What’s going on over there?” Yugi wondered.
“Ryou stole Malik’s Millennium Rod and won’t give it back. The power’s off over here, so they’re running around in the dark and breaking things.” Yami shrugged even though Yugi couldn’t see it.
“Well…as soon as the storm clears come home! Ryou has to go to school tomorrow as soon as he changes back, that already means that he misses the first class.” Yugi sighed.
“Promise, I have to go. It suddenly got quiet and I’m not sure who could be in more trouble…Ryou or Malik.” Yami said and quickly said goodbye before hanging up. He and Yami Bakura ran into the room where the noise had last been coming from.
Holding up the candle so they could see, they spotted Malik on the floor, knocked out cold with Ryou sitting on his stomach, much how he had when it had been Yugi. Ryou poked Malik’s nose. “I know I killed you.” Ryou mumbled.
“What’d you hit him with?” Yami Bakura asked as he picked Ryou up.
Ryou only held up the Rod.
“Ah, I see.” Yami Bakura nodded, but just as he did, the rod began to glow and there was a flash, forcing everyone to cover their eyes. When they looked again, Yami Malik stood there, glaring at them.
“I was sleeping! Who the hell woke me up?” He demanded, then saw his light lying on the floor. Raising an eyebrow, Yami Malik looked at the two.
Yami and Yami Bakura both pointed to Ryou who looked up at Yami Malik with big brown chibi eyes. “What’s with the cute kid?” Yami Malik wondered.
Said cute kid’s eyes narrowed. “DON’T CALL ME CUTE!” Ryou yelled as loud as he could, waking Malik from his coma.
The Egyptian sat up. “Ow, my head.” He whined as he stood up. He saw his yami. “When did you get here?” He asked.
“A minute ago. I want this explained, right now.” Yami Malik demanded as he snatched the Rod from Ryou’s tiny fingers.
Ryou gasped, “Mine!” He growled.
“No, mine!” Yami Malik hissed back.
“No, mine!” Malik growled and grabbed the Rod from Yami Malik.
“Pweas?” Ryou stuck out his bottom lip and gave them both his big brown chibi eyes. “I onwy want to pway wit it. I’ll be caweful, and I won’t hit anyone anymoe.” He promised as he looked cutely at the floor.
Malik sighed, and handed over the rod. “Who could resist a naked chibi giving big brown chibi eyes?” He sighed, turning to Yami Malik who only rolled his eyes.
Ryou cheered as he hugged the Millennium Rod to his chest.
Yami sighed and began to tell him the story as well.
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“Spell? What was the spell?” Yami Malik asked at the end of the story.
“In English it said: ‘What used to be, is not what is. What was tall, is now what is small. Growing up, or growing down. Innocence is the key. The key to the way you’re supposed to be. Good, bad, bad good. Go back to your childhood.’ Joey read it but it was in French and then Tristan turned into a chibi for twenty-four hours and then Tea was. Now, it’s Ryou’s turn.” Yami sighed.
“French? What did that sound like?” Yami Malik wondered.
Yami recited the spell from memory.
“Ce qui était, n'est pas ce qui est.
Ce qui était grand, est maintenant ce qui est petit.
Grandissant, ou accroissant vers le bas.
L'innocence est la clef.
La clef à la manière you.re censée pour être.
Bons, mauvais, mauvais bons
Vont de nouveau à votre enfance.”
At the same time that he finished there was the rumbling of loud thunder and lightning hit the house, causing Ryou to scream and Yami to drop the candle, which went out as soon as it hit the floor.
“Oh great. Ryou, calm down.” Yami Bakura was heard in the darkness.
Ryou could be heard sniffing. “I scawed!” The little boy whined.
“Nothing to be scared about. Shh.” Yami Bakura was glad that it was dark, so nobody could see him cradling his light.
Suddenly, as if the gods hated him, (oh wait, they did) the lights came back on and he blushed as Yami looked at him with a grin. But they were both interrupted by Ryou’s sudden giggle (again his face was devoid of any tears). They looked at him and he was pointing to the floor. Following his finger they both gasped at what they saw.
Two pairs of big chibi eyes looked up at them.
They were both lavender.
And they were both naked.
Yami Bakura groaned. “Oh great, this is just what we need.” He sighed as the thunder rumbled across the sky again, causing all three chibis to scream. Chibi Malik began to cry and Chibi Yami Malik raced over to him to comfort him.
Ryou struggled until Yami Bakura set him on the floor. The white-haired chibi ran over to the two and handed Malik his Millennium Rod. That calmed the boy slightly and he stuck one of the wing tips into his mouth and began to suck on it.
“I think he’s teething.” Yami sighed as he went over to the three chibis and picked the smallest up. Malik still sniffled slightly in Yami’s arms, but he had calmed now that he had his Rod to suck on. Okay, I’m not even going to comment on that one. Yami realized as he shook his head. “We have to get them back to the Game Shop. At least there we know nobody else will find out about this.” He sighed.
Yami Bakura agreed. “But I have an important question to ask. How do the two of us, get three naked chibis across the city when we have no way of transportation and with it raining?” He wondered.
Yami began to think, when he spotted some change sitting on a desk. They were in Malik’s room. “We take the bus.” He announced, grabbing the change and then going to the closet to grab three T-shirts. They were big (well, not that big considering Malik didn’t really have a long T-shirt in the house), but they covered the three chibis.
“Right.” Yami Bakura nodded, seeing no other way. He helped Yami dress the chibis, and then they left to find the nearest bus stop.