Disclaimer: Right now, I don't need this because Kingdom Anime is mine. However, YGO isn't so that's what this is for!
Summary: This happens after battle city and before everything else. Everyone in the YGO gang gets an invitation to a special contest set up by the board of directors at a famous school. The Rules: Stay in a rather big house at the top of a hill, with no contact with the outside world, last person in there wins. The catch: Two homicidal spirits (No, I don't mean Yami Marik and Yami Bakura) are out to kill them. Of course, no one believes it at first, but then, why are Seto and Mokuba acting weirdly? Best read on Halloween, or on a stormy night.
Warning: Character deaths, betrayal of blood, gore (I mean Yami Bakura only gore)
Note: I'll be using Dub names & the yamis have separate bodies.
So…Read on…if you dare…
(Setting: Kame shop, Yugi's room)
Yugi was shifting through the mail he received that morning. It was the first day of his summer vacation, and he was excited because His grandfather was supposed to write him a letter concerning his and Yugi's mom's whereabouts as they are visiting the U.S. Yugi had declined to accompany them, saying that he'd rather stay close to his friends.
"Where is it? Where is it?" He asked himself as he shifted through the papers.
Then, he came across a royal purple envelope. He picked it up just as Yami passed by his room.
"What's that?" The ex-pharaoh asked, poking his head in the room.
"I don't know…some sort of invite…" Yugi replied, spotting the gold ink on the envelope.
"Too extravagant for Pegasus, too purple for Kaiba…" Yami mused, examining the envelope.
Yugi opened it and inside was a pale purple piece of stationary paper written in gold ink.
To Messrs. Yugi and Yami Motou,
I've invited you and some others to a little contest of mine. The rules are simple, stay in a rather secluded house, far away from civilization and communications of any sort. The rules will be explained further if you wish to participate. Just come to Domino Park fountain at 3 P.M tomorrow.
Also, if you are going to participate, please bring clothing enough for 2 weeks.
Thank you for taking your time to read this.
Signed, Sonja Marcy Edachi of the Kalahari High Animasters.
"What do you think?" Yugi asked as he looked up from the letter.
"Hmm…I don't know…It seems different from the other tournaments that we have gone too…" Yami pondered.
"I've heard of Kalahari high…" Yugi said suddenly, recalling something their teacher said. "Ms. Mauricio said that Kalahari high is like the most prestigious school for gamers. It's like a regular school, but their extra classes are for the mastery of all the games ever created."
"Now I'm interested." Yami said, a hungry look in his red-violet eyes. "I wish to participate in this. I want to question this 'Sonja' person further…"
"Okay it sounds really challenging!" Yugi said happily, jumping off his bed. "Come on! If we're going to pack enough for two weeks, we've got to find a way to stuff all our leather jackets into a few bags by tomorrow!"
(The next morning)
Yugi and Yami arrived at the fountain five minutes ahead of schedule, and to their surprise, most of their acquaintances were already there! Joey and Tristan were snickering as Seto was trying to calm down a sugar-high Mokuba, Tea, Serenity, Mai and Ishizu were trading beauty secrets amongst themselves and Marik, Malik and Bakura were talking about who knows what in hushed voices with Rishid watching over them.
Ryou, the only one who wasn't talking, came up to them. "Hello," he said, "I see you've been invited by Sonja as well…"
Yugi nodded and asked, "Is everyone going to the contest?"
Joey and Tristan, who snapped up their heads as they heard Yugi's voice, ushered him over.
"Heya, Yuge! You psyched for the contest by Kalahari?" He asked.
"Yeah, since all you guys are going! Why are you so excited?" Yugi asked, confused.
"Are you kidding?" Mokuba asked, still in a sugar high and talking faster than usual. "Kalahari High's contests are always so cool! I heard from my chat mate there that if they involve royal purple invitations, the grand prize is a scholarship for the year you're in until graduation!"
"The weird thing is…I can understand what he said." Tristan mused.
"So can I…" Said a voice behind them.
They all turned around and saw a girl just around their age, with golden blonde hair and chocolate brown eyes. She was smiling happily at them, twirling a lock of her hair that came loose from her high ponytail. She was wearing a white blouse with a purple ribbon on a choker. Her purple knee length skirt was so neatly pressed that she could pass as Seto's secretary.
"Hey all, thank you for choosing to participate." She said, bowing slightly. "If you're wondering, I'm Sonja Edachi. I was the one who sent you all those invites."
"You? But you're barely 16!" Mai cried out.
"Seto Kaiba is 16 and he's president of his own company. Don't tell me there's a permit on that!" Sonja retorted, glancing at Seto for an instant as he smirked.
"What's with the all purple attire?" Serenity asked, looking over Sonja's outfit.
"This is the uniform of the Kalahari high Animasters."
"What a dreadful designer." Mai mused, clicking her tongue.
"Anyway…" Sonja interjected, rolling her eyes. "You'll all be joining in?"
Everyone nodded.
"Alright then! So all of you come with me…"
She led all of them to an open field, which to their amazement, housed a gigantic aircraft. It was as big as Seto's Battleship, but it looked more as if it was suited for space travel. It had a gigantic satellite on top of what seemed to be the bridge, and a rooftop deck right behind it. It was painted a beautiful metallic jet black, with a silver cone-like nose and five jet boosters at the rear. On the tail wing was a symbol of a strange multicolored star.
"This is the Sky Trekker. It'll take you to the house if a flash." Sonja said eagerly, gesturing to the massive aircraft.
Everyone gawked. Even Kaiba was stunned at the craft. "So this is the Sky Trekker…" He thought aloud.
When everyone boarded, they were equally amazed by the near house-like interior of the plane.
-/- Skipping the flight -/-
The Trekker landed in front of an extravagant country house that was even bigger than the Kaiba Mansion. With a swimming pool to the left, Tennis, Basketball, and Garden to the right and even a fountain in front of it, it was the most extravagant house they have ever seen.
"Whoa…" Everyone (besides Seto) gasped.
"This is the Revastan manor, where you'll be staying in for two weeks. I'll tell you the rules inside.
-/- Inside in the main hall. -/-
The Sun was just about to set as everyone assembled in the main hall. Sonja was already there, looking rather disturbed.
"Okay, I've got to leave in a half-hour, so I've got to brief it to you straight." She said as everyone sat down.
"Okay, the rules are simple if you've watched the reality show 'Big Brother'. You can't get out of this estate, and you can't call outside. Internet is allowed, but only for those who really need it. I don't want anyone downloading porno." She explained, glaring slightly as Joey and Tristan snickered. "But I must warn you, it gets a little more complicated than that…"
"What do you mean?" Joey asked.
"I mean…have you seen the movie 'The Haunted Mansion?'" Sonja asked.
"I have." Tea answered, raising her hand.
"Good, because this is kind of like that…"
"No way!" Joey exclaimed. "You mean there're 99 ghosts here!"
"No don't be silly!" Sonja replied, laughing.
Joey wiped his brow.
"There are only two homicidal ones." Sonja added gravely as Joey's face went paler than Ryou's or Bakura's.
She pulled down at a rope hanging from the ceiling and a curtain parted, revealing a 4-foot tall portrait of two boys. One was around 17 and he had black hair and sky blue eyes, while the other was just around 11 or 12, with a mop of blonde hair with pale amethyst eyes.
"These are the Revastan brothers, Jason and Ethan. Their story is a rather interesting one…" She said as she told them the story…
"It was around the turn of the millennia, the year 2000, on this day, that an 11-year-old Jason Revastan spotted a young boy being chased across the front gates by a coated stranger at 10:30 p.m. It was a full moon so they were seen clearly at night. Now, Jason's father was a veteran soldier and sharpshooter, and Jason learned all the tricks of the trade from him. He got a rock, aimed and threw it at the man, who was knocked out on the spot. He rushed to the young boy's side and checked if he was okay. The boy, Ethan, was a street child, born and raised. The man was his boss in a little circle of beggars that Ethan was a part of. When Ethan could not take it any more, he ran, with the man in hot pursuit. When Jason checked the man closely, he found that he was dead. Apparently, it was David's famous shot to Goliath's forehead.
When Jason's parents heard the news, they adopted Ethan into their family. They lived happily for 4 years, and then…strange things started happening…"
"What? What happened?" Yugi asked curiously.
"On the 3rd anniversary of Ethan's adoption, both of the parents were murdered."
A collective gasp rang through the room as Sonja took a breath.
"It gets worse…they were both killed by a stab to the back. And the strange thing is…a cross mark on both of their cold, dead faces…"
Sonja traced a cross with her thumb, with the two lines meeting in between her eyes.
"And then the next year…that's when the tragedy happened…both Revastan Brothers were killed."
Joey gave a frightened squeak and leapt up in the air, only to land on his rear on the floor.
"Jason and Ethan drifted apart after the incident; Jason stayed on the right side of the estate and Ethan on the left side. Then, on thefourth anniversary, this very day two years ago, was when the murders happened. You see, that night, a minute to midnight, Ethan crept into Jason's room, two engraved daggers in his hands. When he got to the bed, Jason leapt out of bed, a 9 mm caliber pistol in his hand. The two brothers fought each other viciously, when at the 12th stroke of midnight, they both died…at each other's hands…"
Sonja pulled another cord and it revealed two human skulls, one smaller than the other was. The larger one had a cross mark similar to the one Sonja traced on her face. She smaller one had a single round hole in the center of the forehead. Under the skulls were two weapons. The Larger one had a rusty looking 9 mm pistol, while the smaller one had two rusty daggers with the engravings 'ER' on them.
"These were their skulls and their weapons. As you can see, the remnants of the final blow are still there. They say that every night, people could hear gunshots and clashing of metal against metal in the house. In addition, on this night, the chimes of an old grandfather clock every midnight. If you want to back out of this, I fully—"
"...know that this is a load of b--l!" Seto interrupted, causing a few people to jump in fright. "I am not going to be scared away by a ridiculous story!"
"Me neither!" Joey, Tristan, Marik and Bakura exclaimed in unison. Everyone else nodded his or her heads in agreement.
"If you all say so…Your rooms are clearly labeled, and for every 2 rooms there is a fully stocked bathroom." Sonja instructed. As she walked out the door, she turned back and said, "Oh and a little tip: 'If you hear any drum beats or guitar strums, run for the hills…"
She closed the doors, leaving a bewildered YGO cast behind.
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