[YGO Fic] Chibi For A Day - Part Twenty Two
※ Part Twenty Two: Stuck in a High Place
※ Warnings - None - just remember that this is the unrevised version.
※ Disclaimer - I obviously don't own it.
After a ‘nice’ kangaroo attendant went into the cage and coaxed Yami Malik out, the group was on their way again toward the tiger cages. Okay, so they were on their way again after Yami Malik decided to terrorize the poor attendant, who will be spending time in a nice padded room.
Yami Malik sat pouting on Yami Bakura’s shoulders; he wasn’t allowed to walk anywhere now because he’d run away and cause more trouble. Yugi sat atop Yami’s shoulders and the two frequently made faces at each other as their ‘vessels’ walked beside each other. Malik was happily sitting in Yami Bakura’s arms, sucking on the Millennium Rod like a piece of candy, or another hard thing.
Yami Malik’s foul mood however, was changed once they arrived at the tiger cages and found that it was feeding time. Yami Bakura set Malik down so he’d have a better grip of Yami Malik. Yami tried to put the chibi down but the boy gave him one pleading look with the ‘eyes’ and Yami picked him back up to hold him.
“Yay! Do we get to see bwood?” The little chibi asked from atop Yami Bakura’s shoulders. “I wanna see bwood!” The chibi screamed, gaining himself a lot of attention.
Upon looking around, Yami and Yami Bakura noticed that they were being looked at. “What?” Yami shrugged, “Haven’t you ever seen a child wanting to see blood before?” He asked as if it were an everyday thing. People blinked at them then quickly walked away, leaving them in peace.
Yami Bakura blinked, much like the people had, as he stared at Yami. Finally, the white-haired boy looked back into the tiger’s cage while Yami Malik cheered as a tiger ripped into its meal. “You realize that when Yugi turns back to normal he’s going to say that you’ve hung around me too much.” He spoke.
“Yes.” Yami sighed, as he looked down at the chibi still in his arms.
Having heard his name, Yugi looked at Yami Bakura then to his own yami. “Huh? I wike Batuwa!” He cried out in protest.
“Every chibi does.” Yami Bakura muttered under his breath, though a part of him liked all the chibis back. Course, he’d never admit that out loud.
“We’ll see when you grow up, okay Aibou?” Yami said to the little one.
“Otay.” Yugi smiled and went back to watching the tigers. There was a group of tigers out and about. One, who was obviously male, stood atop a rock watching the other’s play.
“That one’s definitely you Yami.” Yami Bakura cackled. “Thinks he’s all high and mighty.” He snickered softly.
Another tiger, who had been sneaking behind the one atop the rock, pounced, but the one sitting on the rock ducked, and the pouncing tiger had missed completely.
“That one is so you.” Yami teased right back as they watched the sailing tiger land right on top of another tiger. They all heard the tiger on the bottom begin to purr loudly.
Both yamis looked at each other and sighed, “Ryou.” They said at the same time.
“Scary thing is, he really does purr.” Yami Bakura mumbled as they watched another tiger stop a cat fight between two younger males. “The one with the shaggy hair, Joey.”
“I see it. The other has to be Tristan, and the one that stopped them is Tea.” Yami said and the tomb robber agreed.
There was a tiger who seemed to be off by himself, except for a little kitten who kept trying to get him to play. The older tiger only scoffed and looked away with his nose in the air.
“Seto!” Yugi giggled from Yami’s arms as he pointed to the tiger, causing Yami to laugh.
“That little one reminds me of Mokuba.” Yami smiled down at his light as Yugi nodded eagerly.
“Yuck.” Yami Bakura suddenly muttered, causing Yami to look at him strangely. “I just realized,” Yami Bakura began to explain, “How domestic this is, and I’ve already said how much I hate being domestic.” He growled as he kicked at a stone.
Yami chuckled, “Bakura, you’re sleeping with a mortal. You live in this time period. Get used to it, everything’s pretty domestic here.” He said.
“Okay, okay, but it’s not just that.” The light haired yami sighed. “It’s this too…I mean, naming tigers after our - I mean your friends.”
Yami smiled slightly, “You had it right the first time Bakura. Our friends. And it’s not too bad.” He shrugged. “Hey! Let’s go find the turtles and frogs!” He cackled, “I’m sure we can find Weevil, Rex, Keith and Pegasus within those slimy creatures.”
So with the plan set, and as soon as Yami Malik would allow himself to be pulled away from the tigers, the group set out to find the reptile building. It didn’t take them long; it was right beside the Bird Sanctuary. And as soon as they drew near the building, Yami Bakura felt eyes on him. Turning slightly he found the source. Peacocks.
“Hurry up!” He growled as he pushed Yami into the building, along with the three kids.
“Watch it.” Yami spat as he picked whatever child was hugging his leg, scared of the dark. Somehow, he knew it wasn’t Yugi, but he didn’t mind the fact that Malik was now trying to crawl into his shirt to hide. It was actually kind of sweet coming from what used to be a very disturbed boy.
“Why’s it dawk in hewe?” Yami Malik asked as he took a hold of Yami Bakura’s hand so they wouldn’t get separated. Yami Bakura also picked Yugi up and the small boy crawled up onto the yami’s shoulders seeing as how Yami was a little busy trying to calm Malik.
“The reptiles come out during the night time.” A voice spoke, suddenly making everyone jump. What little light came from the cages, obviously holding said reptiles, shined on a figure and Yami narrowed his eyes to see.
“Rex Raptor!” He growled, annoyed.
“Geez, when you said we could find Rex within the slimy creatures, I didn’t think you meant literally.” Yami Bakura whispered to the pharaoh, who almost didn’t hold the laugh that almost escaped his mouth.
“Yugi Motou.” Rex growled back as he looked at Yami Bakura. “And that fairy white-haired kid.” He snorted.
Yami Bakura saw red. “What did he said about my aibou?” He growled lowly, only so Yami could hear.
“Look, Rex, we’re kinda busy, baby sitting and all.” Yami said as he pushed Yami Bakura passed the truly lucky mortal.
“Well have fun!” Rex rolled his eyes.
“Stupid dino freak, getting beaten by an amateur.” Yami Bakura muttered as he took Yugi and Yami Malik toward the first cage with lights. In the cage sat a crocodile. It only had one eye. Laughing to himself Yami Bakura snorted, “Pegasus.” He dubbed the croc and moved along as he felt Yami Malik tug at his hand.
“Did you hear that?” Yami suddenly stopped, causing Yami Bakura to run into him.
Rubbing his nose, but surprisingly not at all angry with the pharaoh, Yami Bakura replied, “No, what?” He asked.
“Shh! Listen.” Yami said and everyone stood and listened. It was soft at first, a scratching noise coming from above them, then suddenly there was a bunch of screeching and swooshing noises.
“Bats!” They all screamed and quickly made a haste exit to the door.
***
“I wanna see bugs!” Malik whined as he was being carried down the pathway toward the cafeteria.
“Aren’t you hungry yet? Yugi and Yami Malik are.” Yami Bakura looked down at the child.
“No!” Malik scowled and whapped Yami Bakura with the Millennium Rod. Yami Bakura growled and snatched the Rod from the child, causing Malik to whimper pitifully. “I sowwy.” He said softly, looking up at the yami with big purple chibi eyes.
Yami Bakura felt himself weakening under the gaze. “No! Must fight this! Why can’t I resist chibis?” He growled to himself then finally sighed and handed Malik his Rod.
“Yay!” Malik cheered as he hugged the golden object to his chest. Yami Bakura was sure that the eye was glaring at him. “Tanks Batuwa! I woves you!” The young Egyptian said as he wrapped his arms around Yami Bakura’s neck, hugging him tightly, almost a little too tightly.
Yami raised an eyebrow, then looked down at Yugi and Yami Malik. The two chibis were walking down the path right beside Yami, Yami Malik holding Yugi’s hand. He wondered if Yami Malik were to turn the chibi eyes on him, if he could in fact resist. Sensing someone looking at him, Yami Malik looked up looking right at Yami. He smiled, then looked away. Eh, Yami thought, probably not.
They reached the outdoor cafeteria that had been set up for visitors visiting all day, (Mentally Yami blanched at the idea of spending all day with chibis at the zoo.) and as Yami Bakura took the brats to find a table, Yami went to grab the food. He ordered hotdogs for everyone and handed the cashier Kaiba’s MasterCard.
Oh yeah, Yami even had to admit, Yami Bakura was good.
Speaking of which…Yami raised an eyebrow as he looked at the table where the chibis sat, but no Yami Bakura. Setting the food on the table, he looked at Malik, who was still slightly pouting. “Where’s Yami Bakura?” He asked.
“Hiding fwom da biwdies.” Malik replied, pointing behind him and up.
Yami looked and found a tree, following it up he saw the white-haired thief sitting on a high branch, below him on the ground were three peacocks, looking up at him.
“I…see.” Yami blinked, then decided to help out his fellow spirit and went to shoo the birds away. “It’s safe now.” Yami called, looking up at the other spirit.
“That’s what they want you to think!” Yami Bakura hissed as he clutched to the tree. “Oh shit.” He mumbled, but Yami heard him.
“What is it now?” The pharaoh sighed, wondering how he was ever going to get Yami Bakura down from there.
“I just remembered something I forgot.” Yami Bakura replied darkly.
“What’s that?” Yami rolled his eyes. “Oh geez, you didn’t forget the Millennium Ring or the Rod somewhere, did you?” He asked in a bit of a panic. If one of the items were to fall into the wrong hands, well, it just wouldn’t be good.
“Oh no, nothing as simple as that.” Yami Bakura muttered.
“Then what?” Yami demanded, in his ‘I’m the pharaoh, you’d better damn well do what I command’ voice.
Yami Bakura sighed pitifully. “I forgot I was afraid of heights.”
※ Warnings - None - just remember that this is the unrevised version.
※ Disclaimer - I obviously don't own it.
After a ‘nice’ kangaroo attendant went into the cage and coaxed Yami Malik out, the group was on their way again toward the tiger cages. Okay, so they were on their way again after Yami Malik decided to terrorize the poor attendant, who will be spending time in a nice padded room.
Yami Malik sat pouting on Yami Bakura’s shoulders; he wasn’t allowed to walk anywhere now because he’d run away and cause more trouble. Yugi sat atop Yami’s shoulders and the two frequently made faces at each other as their ‘vessels’ walked beside each other. Malik was happily sitting in Yami Bakura’s arms, sucking on the Millennium Rod like a piece of candy, or another hard thing.
Yami Malik’s foul mood however, was changed once they arrived at the tiger cages and found that it was feeding time. Yami Bakura set Malik down so he’d have a better grip of Yami Malik. Yami tried to put the chibi down but the boy gave him one pleading look with the ‘eyes’ and Yami picked him back up to hold him.
“Yay! Do we get to see bwood?” The little chibi asked from atop Yami Bakura’s shoulders. “I wanna see bwood!” The chibi screamed, gaining himself a lot of attention.
Upon looking around, Yami and Yami Bakura noticed that they were being looked at. “What?” Yami shrugged, “Haven’t you ever seen a child wanting to see blood before?” He asked as if it were an everyday thing. People blinked at them then quickly walked away, leaving them in peace.
Yami Bakura blinked, much like the people had, as he stared at Yami. Finally, the white-haired boy looked back into the tiger’s cage while Yami Malik cheered as a tiger ripped into its meal. “You realize that when Yugi turns back to normal he’s going to say that you’ve hung around me too much.” He spoke.
“Yes.” Yami sighed, as he looked down at the chibi still in his arms.
Having heard his name, Yugi looked at Yami Bakura then to his own yami. “Huh? I wike Batuwa!” He cried out in protest.
“Every chibi does.” Yami Bakura muttered under his breath, though a part of him liked all the chibis back. Course, he’d never admit that out loud.
“We’ll see when you grow up, okay Aibou?” Yami said to the little one.
“Otay.” Yugi smiled and went back to watching the tigers. There was a group of tigers out and about. One, who was obviously male, stood atop a rock watching the other’s play.
“That one’s definitely you Yami.” Yami Bakura cackled. “Thinks he’s all high and mighty.” He snickered softly.
Another tiger, who had been sneaking behind the one atop the rock, pounced, but the one sitting on the rock ducked, and the pouncing tiger had missed completely.
“That one is so you.” Yami teased right back as they watched the sailing tiger land right on top of another tiger. They all heard the tiger on the bottom begin to purr loudly.
Both yamis looked at each other and sighed, “Ryou.” They said at the same time.
“Scary thing is, he really does purr.” Yami Bakura mumbled as they watched another tiger stop a cat fight between two younger males. “The one with the shaggy hair, Joey.”
“I see it. The other has to be Tristan, and the one that stopped them is Tea.” Yami said and the tomb robber agreed.
There was a tiger who seemed to be off by himself, except for a little kitten who kept trying to get him to play. The older tiger only scoffed and looked away with his nose in the air.
“Seto!” Yugi giggled from Yami’s arms as he pointed to the tiger, causing Yami to laugh.
“That little one reminds me of Mokuba.” Yami smiled down at his light as Yugi nodded eagerly.
“Yuck.” Yami Bakura suddenly muttered, causing Yami to look at him strangely. “I just realized,” Yami Bakura began to explain, “How domestic this is, and I’ve already said how much I hate being domestic.” He growled as he kicked at a stone.
Yami chuckled, “Bakura, you’re sleeping with a mortal. You live in this time period. Get used to it, everything’s pretty domestic here.” He said.
“Okay, okay, but it’s not just that.” The light haired yami sighed. “It’s this too…I mean, naming tigers after our - I mean your friends.”
Yami smiled slightly, “You had it right the first time Bakura. Our friends. And it’s not too bad.” He shrugged. “Hey! Let’s go find the turtles and frogs!” He cackled, “I’m sure we can find Weevil, Rex, Keith and Pegasus within those slimy creatures.”
So with the plan set, and as soon as Yami Malik would allow himself to be pulled away from the tigers, the group set out to find the reptile building. It didn’t take them long; it was right beside the Bird Sanctuary. And as soon as they drew near the building, Yami Bakura felt eyes on him. Turning slightly he found the source. Peacocks.
“Hurry up!” He growled as he pushed Yami into the building, along with the three kids.
“Watch it.” Yami spat as he picked whatever child was hugging his leg, scared of the dark. Somehow, he knew it wasn’t Yugi, but he didn’t mind the fact that Malik was now trying to crawl into his shirt to hide. It was actually kind of sweet coming from what used to be a very disturbed boy.
“Why’s it dawk in hewe?” Yami Malik asked as he took a hold of Yami Bakura’s hand so they wouldn’t get separated. Yami Bakura also picked Yugi up and the small boy crawled up onto the yami’s shoulders seeing as how Yami was a little busy trying to calm Malik.
“The reptiles come out during the night time.” A voice spoke, suddenly making everyone jump. What little light came from the cages, obviously holding said reptiles, shined on a figure and Yami narrowed his eyes to see.
“Rex Raptor!” He growled, annoyed.
“Geez, when you said we could find Rex within the slimy creatures, I didn’t think you meant literally.” Yami Bakura whispered to the pharaoh, who almost didn’t hold the laugh that almost escaped his mouth.
“Yugi Motou.” Rex growled back as he looked at Yami Bakura. “And that fairy white-haired kid.” He snorted.
Yami Bakura saw red. “What did he said about my aibou?” He growled lowly, only so Yami could hear.
“Look, Rex, we’re kinda busy, baby sitting and all.” Yami said as he pushed Yami Bakura passed the truly lucky mortal.
“Well have fun!” Rex rolled his eyes.
“Stupid dino freak, getting beaten by an amateur.” Yami Bakura muttered as he took Yugi and Yami Malik toward the first cage with lights. In the cage sat a crocodile. It only had one eye. Laughing to himself Yami Bakura snorted, “Pegasus.” He dubbed the croc and moved along as he felt Yami Malik tug at his hand.
“Did you hear that?” Yami suddenly stopped, causing Yami Bakura to run into him.
Rubbing his nose, but surprisingly not at all angry with the pharaoh, Yami Bakura replied, “No, what?” He asked.
“Shh! Listen.” Yami said and everyone stood and listened. It was soft at first, a scratching noise coming from above them, then suddenly there was a bunch of screeching and swooshing noises.
“Bats!” They all screamed and quickly made a haste exit to the door.
***
“I wanna see bugs!” Malik whined as he was being carried down the pathway toward the cafeteria.
“Aren’t you hungry yet? Yugi and Yami Malik are.” Yami Bakura looked down at the child.
“No!” Malik scowled and whapped Yami Bakura with the Millennium Rod. Yami Bakura growled and snatched the Rod from the child, causing Malik to whimper pitifully. “I sowwy.” He said softly, looking up at the yami with big purple chibi eyes.
Yami Bakura felt himself weakening under the gaze. “No! Must fight this! Why can’t I resist chibis?” He growled to himself then finally sighed and handed Malik his Rod.
“Yay!” Malik cheered as he hugged the golden object to his chest. Yami Bakura was sure that the eye was glaring at him. “Tanks Batuwa! I woves you!” The young Egyptian said as he wrapped his arms around Yami Bakura’s neck, hugging him tightly, almost a little too tightly.
Yami raised an eyebrow, then looked down at Yugi and Yami Malik. The two chibis were walking down the path right beside Yami, Yami Malik holding Yugi’s hand. He wondered if Yami Malik were to turn the chibi eyes on him, if he could in fact resist. Sensing someone looking at him, Yami Malik looked up looking right at Yami. He smiled, then looked away. Eh, Yami thought, probably not.
They reached the outdoor cafeteria that had been set up for visitors visiting all day, (Mentally Yami blanched at the idea of spending all day with chibis at the zoo.) and as Yami Bakura took the brats to find a table, Yami went to grab the food. He ordered hotdogs for everyone and handed the cashier Kaiba’s MasterCard.
Oh yeah, Yami even had to admit, Yami Bakura was good.
Speaking of which…Yami raised an eyebrow as he looked at the table where the chibis sat, but no Yami Bakura. Setting the food on the table, he looked at Malik, who was still slightly pouting. “Where’s Yami Bakura?” He asked.
“Hiding fwom da biwdies.” Malik replied, pointing behind him and up.
Yami looked and found a tree, following it up he saw the white-haired thief sitting on a high branch, below him on the ground were three peacocks, looking up at him.
“I…see.” Yami blinked, then decided to help out his fellow spirit and went to shoo the birds away. “It’s safe now.” Yami called, looking up at the other spirit.
“That’s what they want you to think!” Yami Bakura hissed as he clutched to the tree. “Oh shit.” He mumbled, but Yami heard him.
“What is it now?” The pharaoh sighed, wondering how he was ever going to get Yami Bakura down from there.
“I just remembered something I forgot.” Yami Bakura replied darkly.
“What’s that?” Yami rolled his eyes. “Oh geez, you didn’t forget the Millennium Ring or the Rod somewhere, did you?” He asked in a bit of a panic. If one of the items were to fall into the wrong hands, well, it just wouldn’t be good.
“Oh no, nothing as simple as that.” Yami Bakura muttered.
“Then what?” Yami demanded, in his ‘I’m the pharaoh, you’d better damn well do what I command’ voice.
Yami Bakura sighed pitifully. “I forgot I was afraid of heights.”