※ Part Twenty One: Attack of the Killer Birds
※ Warnings - None - just remember that this is the unrevised version.
※ Disclaimer - I obviously don't own it.
After a 47-minute rant about how emu’s were far from bloodthirsty the group arrived at the zoo. Yami had explained to Yami Bakura what an emu was and the tomb robber wasn’t at all too pleased. And although Yami had lost his hearing, and interest, Yami Bakura’s little speech had amused the chibis so they had been quiet.
Yugi giggled from atop Yami Bakura’s shoulders while Malik had giggled from Yami’s shoulders. Yami Malik (who had been forced to walk because he had too much energy) had stayed close so he could collect any blackmail he could from Yami Bakura’s words. So far, he had a lot to tell Ryou. What? Did you actually think that Yami MALIK was a sweet and innocent chibi? Naïve maybe, but he knew what could get Yami Bakura into trouble.
They paid for the tickets and went inside the large park. Kaiba had offered to give them his MasterCard this time, only the deal had been that Yami Bakura didn’t come within range of touching it.
“I have a feeling that something is going to happen.” Yami Bakura eyed the three chibis who now stood in front of him giving him their most innocent chibi eyes.
“Don’t be so negative.” Yami shook his head. “So where do you three want to go first?” He asked.
“Biwds!” Yugi cried.
“Tigews! Is it feeding time?” Yami Malik wondered to himself.
“Bugs.” Malik finished.
Yami and Yami Bakura looked at each other. Yami decided to speak up first. “Okay guys, we’ll go see the birds, since the sanctuary is right here. Then we’ll find the tigers, and then the bugs. Okay?” He asked.
The three chibis cheered and the group entered the bird sanctuary.
The building was built like a glass pyramid, though it was nowhere near as big. Inside the building there was a very large garden with tall trees and a lot of shrubs. There was a path that spectators could walk along and take a look at all the birds. Now the birds flew freely anywhere they felt like through the building.
Yami Bakura found this out as soon as he entered the building and had about three blue jays dive bomb him. “Gah!” He yelled as he ducked behind Yami as the three birds squawked at him. “What the hell is wrong with them?”
Yami smirked. “Well, it’s well known that all animals can sense evil.” He said and heard Yami Bakura growl lowly. The three chibis looked at each other then all took off into different directions. “Ah! Get back here! Yugi!” Yami began to run after the smallest boy.
Yami Bakura snorted. “Well, if animals can sense evil than everything should hide from those chibis.” He mumbled to himself as he started to look for Malik and Yami Malik. After a few minutes, Yami Bakura felt as though he were being watched. He looked all around him, but found nothing, except birds of course. “Great, now I’m paranoid.” He shook his head as he continued to walk down the path. From a distance he heard Yami say something about ‘stupid birds’ which was followed by Egyptian curses.
Of course it had been followed by an ‘I’m telling Ryou!’ from Yami Malik.
Shaking his head again Yami Bakura stopped by a large tree, which had a bunch of ferns around its large roots. He looked down at the ferns and noticed that one had a Millennium Rod growing out of it. Pretending that he hadn’t noticed he studied the tree, muttering to himself until he got close enough to dive into the plants. “Gotcha!” He yelled triumphantly as he held up Malik and the Millennium Rod.
“Hi Batuwa!” Malik grinned innocently as he waved at the older boy.
“Yeah, yeah, act as innocent as you want. Both you and I know that it’s a lie.” Yami Bakura rolled his eyes as he placed Malik on his shoulders.
“Batuwa?” Malik suddenly questioned. “What’s that?” He wondered and Yami Bakura looked up to see the chibi looking behind him.
Turning around to look Yami Bakura stopped. “It seems like an ambush of peacocks.” Yami Bakura said slowly as the ringleader of the group of ten or so birds stepped forward. Yami Bakura stepped back only to trip on one of the tree’s roots. He fell back, losing his grip on Malik. The ten or so peacocks, looked at each other then rushed over to the fallen body, not allowing him to get up.
“Gah! Yami! Get your royal ass over here and get these freaking birds away from me!” Yami Bakura yelled before he was dog piled and practically suffocated with feathers. After fighting for a few minutes he finally got rid of all the birds, the feathers on the other hand stuck to him like glue. “Great, now I’m going to be a walking pillow!” He growled, then realized that he no longer had Malik, or the Millennium Rod.
Yami suddenly appeared in front of him, carrying all three chibis. “Let’s get out of here, I was just attacked by a bunch of sparrows…what happened to you?” The pharaoh wondered.
“Peacocks.” Yami Bakura mumbled as he took Malik and Yami Malik from the other spirit. “Don’t ask. Can we get out of here now?” He mentioned as Yami Malik plucked him of a bunch of feathers.
Yami was quick to agree when a sparrow chirped from somewhere behind him. They ran out of the bird sanctuary and into the sun.
“Bye, bye biwdies!” Yugi waved as they walked away from the evil glass building.
“Wook!” Yami Malik pointed to a cage, “Monkeys!” He squealed excitedly. Yami and Yami Bakura walked over toward the cage filled with monkeys. They watched the furry critters play for a few minutes, then a small monkey came up to the bars separating them and held out his hand toward Malik.
“Monkey funny!” Malik giggled as he looked up at Yami Bakura. Suddenly they all heard a sweeping down and the monkey began to giggle at the same time Malik began to cry. “Monkey mean!” He sniffled.
Yami Bakura looked up to see that stupid monkey waving the Millennium Rod at them. He groaned. “If I had my powers I’d send that stupid monkey and those damn peacocks to the Shadow Realm.” He sighed as he handed Yami the light in his arms, then set down Yami Malik. “I’ll be right back.” He said and began to climb the bars into the cage. Unfortunately, he slipped and fell into the cage.
As Yami sweatdropped Yugi noticed something. “Oh! Da poow monkey!” He cried out. “He twying ta jump ovew Batuwa’s weg, but he cants!” The small chibi said, causing Yami to look up, his eyes went wide.
“That monkey isn’t trying to jump over Bakura’s leg.” Yami shook his head as he sighed, “Yami Bakura! Wake up you idiot!” He yelled down, causing the robber to stir. Yami Bakura sat up and held his head. Opening his eyes he came face to face with a monkey.
“Gah! Get away from me you perverted fur ball!” Yami Bakura sat up and quickly located the monkey holding the Millennium Rod. Slowly he slinked toward it, finally close enough he pounced, only to get a face full of dirt…among other things in a monkey’s cage. “Damn it! Why do the gods hate me?” He growled.
“Do you want the whole list?” Yami wondered, “I’m sure it’s because you cheated on Ryou with that monkey.” He teased.
“Pharaoh, you are so annoying, you make Kaiba look good.” Yami Bakura growled.
“Oh, so now you want Kaiba.” Yami grinned.
“Stop putting words into my mouth!” Yami Bakura yelled, scaring all the monkeys around him. The one monkey dropped the Millennium Rod and quickly ran up a tree. Huffing to himself, Yami Bakura grabbed the Rod and ran back to the fence. He quickly scaled the structure and this time landed on his feet.
Seeing his ‘toy’, Malik eagerly held out his hands. Yami Bakura handed it to him and the small boy hugged it to his chest. “Tanks Batuwa!” He cried happily.
Yami Bakura hesitated, then said, “You’re welcome.” Before he bent down to pick up Yami Malik. Only, he found that they had another problem. “Pharaoh, where the hell is Yami Malik?” He wondered, not panicking yet.
“Yami Malik?” Yami asked, and looked around, not seeing the chibi anywhere. “Oh Ra…” He mumbled.
“Great!” Yami Bakura shook his head, “Well, we’d better go look for him.” The white-haired tomb robber took Malik from the pharaoh and together the two ran down a path looking for the small boy.
About five minutes of running, they came to a large group of people. Yami Bakura looked at Yami at the same time while Yami looked at Yami Bakura. Chibi’s were known to attracted unwanted attention, and a large group of people was kind of a dead give away that a chibi was somewhere close. That or they were looking at a dead body.
The two spirits opted on the chibi.
They pushed through the group, not bothering with pleasantries. Two sets of eyes landed in the large cage where kangaroos were grazing on the long grasses. At first, neither of them saw anything, then Malik giggled and pointed to the kangaroo closest to them. They still didn’t see anything, then they noticed that the kangaroo’s joey, had two heads, and one of them was a human.
“Yami Malik!” Yami Bakura growled. “How the hell did you get in there?” He demanded from the outside of the cage. He wasn’t expecting an answer though he did hear the chibi giggle. Yami Bakura turned to Yami and leaned against the cage as if he were bored, “I have a question for you.” He stated.
“What?” Yami asked.
“How do we get him out of there?” Yami Bakura wondered.