Spawned this idea because at one time Winx Club was controlled by 4kids Entertainment, and Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters' English Dub was produced by them as well. This story takes place after the Doma Arc, in the place of the KC Grand Prix Tournament, and in parallel, it also takes place between the Wizards of the Black Circle and Tritannus Arc of Winx Club.
Enjoy!~
A dark shadow is cast on the town of Domino. Rain clouds are prevalent, and thunder booms in the distance.
On top of Kaiba Corporation, in the middle of the dueling arena/landing pad, a shadowed figure watches the scene of a sleeping town.
"Here...this is where the king of sleeping memories dwells...in the body of the pure vessel...Nameless Pharaoh...you are mine..."
In a flicker of light, he vanished as though he never existed.
Inside of the building, Seto Kaiba's right hand man, Roland, as well as a few researchers stagger into the Duel Ring server room, where solid vision data was stored and generated.
"Mister Kaiba! It's urgent!"
Seto himself stood before the server, glaring at the tremendous computer.
"I know, Roland...the Duel Ring Server is acting haywire...I hate to say this, but we may have to reboot it."
"But sir, it would take a full day for it's systems to come back online!" One of the scientists began.
"Don't you think I'm aware of that? I designed the darn thing. Until we root out the problem, the server stays shut down."
Seto walked over to a terminal, and began the process.
Within moments, the chilled room went dark with a woosh.
"No Duel Disk will operate until we've solved the anomaly." Seto described. "Better safe than sorry. Now, I want you all on this. If this is a virus or a hacking attempt, I want a firewall so strong it can never be breached. Understand?"
His employees gave nods, and verbal agreements.
"Good. Now get to work."
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As this occured, a young man with tri-toned, impossibly styled spiky hair, wearing blue pajamas and sleeping shirt sleeps in bed. Next to him on a night stand was a necklace with a pendant in the shape of a golden pyramid, that seemed to take in the moonlight filtering in from the skylight.
Seated on the desk was a single Duel Disk, with a deck of forty cards already loaded in.
Yugi Muto lay wracked with dark dreams, unable to sleep. With a gasp, he woke up. Someone had been watching him. In the corner of the room was a dark figure that he was unable to identify.
Before he could say anything, the room was swathed in darkness.
"AH!" Yugi screamed as his vision was obscured.
When the shadows finally retreated, the room was revealed to have been wrecked.
The teen glanced to the nightstand where the Millenium Puzzle sat. It was still there.
Yugi sighed. "Then what did it...m...my Duel Disk! My Deck!"
The desk his equipment was on had been split open, and the duel disk, as well as his main dueling deck that he and his alter ego shared was gone.
Grabbing the necklace from his bedside, Yugi ran out in his pajamas, screaming for the vandal to come back.
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Yugi found himself running through the streets of Domino in the dead of night, with only the moon to guide him.
A passerby stood before him on the sidewalk. He attempted to stop himself, but he wound up smacking right into the other teen that blocked his way.
"Yowch!" A light British accent cried.
The Pharaoh's vessel collected himself, shaking his head before focusing on who he'd just practically run down.
The boy with long snow white hair and lilac eyes rubbed his forehead.
"That was a fine way to say hello...Oh...it's you, Yugi! What are you doing up this late?"
Yugi warily met Bakura's gaze.
"I could say the same thing about you...don't call me judgemental, but you haven't been wearing the Millenium Ring, have you?"
"Not for a while, no..." Ryou answered. "Is something the matter?"
"I woke up to find some creep standing in the corner of my bedroom. Everything blacked out, and when it stopped, my bedroom was trashed, and my Duel Disk was gone...and my cards along with it!"
"No way! Who does that to somebody?"
A sinister laugh made it's presence known.
"I have a feeling we're about to find out..." Yugi replied.
A dark figure wearing a bandana to cover his mouth appeared, wearing a red bodysuit. Frighteningly enough, he had no pupils or irises. He had dirty brown hair, spiked up to the left side of his head.
In his hands was none other than Yugi's Duel Disk.
"Give it back to me!" Yugi shouted. "Those cards are precious to me, and I don't want them in the hands of a thief."
The man placed the Disk on the ground, and kicked it over the concrete to Yugi.
The boy stooped down and picked it up.
"Yugi Muto...show him to me...show me...the eyes of the Nameless Pharaoh!"
"The Pharaoh?" Yugi asked, before a spectral voice filled his ears.
'Partner...leave this to me.'
Yugi paused before nodding.
The eye in the center of the Puzzle around his neck gave it's signature golden glow as the Pharaoh took control. His eyes became sharper, almost aggressive, his shoes became boot-like, and his height increased slightly.
Yami Yugi glared at the red-clad stranger. "You wanted me? Well here I am!"
The intruder clutched his fist and a Duel Disk appeared on it as well.
Yami Yugi put his own on, expecting it to activate, but it did not.
"What?"
"Hmph...so that upstart decided to shut his server down, eh? No matter...we'll play this in the traditional way..." The intruder lifted his arms, and the area was cloaked in darkness.
The Pharaoh gasped. "This heavy atmosphere...a Shadow Game?"
Almost immediately, his Disk activated, blades swinging into position. It didn't light up, however, nor did it display a Life Point score. Instead, the reader displayed a golden bar.
"Nameless Pharaoh! I'm going to take your power, and cast you into eternal darkness!"
Yami Yugi grimaced. "You'll have to beat me first!"
"Let's duel!"
The two duelists drew their cards. Bakura watched on, with a mysterious leer.
"The first move is mine...I draw a card." The intruder began, taking a sixth card. "I summon Archfiend Soldier in attack mode!" A purple skinned demon with a skeletal frame, wearing a cape and carrying a fiendish dagger appeared. (1900ATK/100DEF)
"I set two cards and end my turn."
"My turn. I draw!" Yami Yugi declared. "First, I'll summon Giant Soldier of Stone in defense mode!" A tremendous golem appeared, kneeling in defensive position. (1300ATK/2000DEF)
"Next I'll play a face down card of my own. Your move."
"I expected more from you. Draw!" His opponent exclaimed. "I summon Mystic Tomato!" A large tomato with a demonic face appeared. (1400ATK/1200DEF)
"Next I'll play Shield Crash! It destroys any defending monster!"
Giant Soldier of Stone was struck down and reduced to rubble by a beam of energy.
"Mystic Tomato attack his life points directly!" The tomato lunged at Yami, only for him to hit his Disk.
"I activate Soul Resurrection! This will special summon a Normal Monster from my graveyard in defense mode!"
Giant Soldier of Stone reappeared, causing the perilous plant to halt it's advance.
The intruder angrily stomped the sidewalk. "End of turn."
Yami Yugi made another draw. "I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior!" A red armored knight appeared, carrying a longsword and shield. The Spell Counter on his shield lit up. (1600ATK-1900ATK/1000DEF)
"Breaker, attack Mystic Tomato!" Breaker charged in, cutting the tomato creature in two.
?-3500 Lp.
"You neglected to recall the Tomato's effect. When it's destroyed in a battle, it will allow me to special summon a DARK monster with 1500 or fewer attack points. I will summon Archfiend Hieress." An attractive female fiend with a wicked smirk appeared. She wore a ram's skull to obscure her face. (1000ATK/0)
Yami Yugi placed two cards face down to end his turn.
"I've been waiting to meet you for a long time, Nameless Pharaoh...too long..."
"Is that so?" Yami Yugi asked. "I can only imagine that you're after my Millenium Puzzle, or the Egyptian God Cards...perhaps both."
"Heh...heh...heh-heh-heh-heh! Oh yes, I'll take them...but that is only the spoils of the victor...I am here for revenge!"
"Revenge for what?"
"You'll see...soon enough...everyone will see!"
"What do you mean by that?" The Pharaoh asked.
The intruder suddenly started to chuckle.
"This world...is connected. Of course, you yourself have seen it...the Dominion of the Beasts for example is naturally connected to this one."
Yugi's ghostly form appeared next to his doppleganger. 'Other me, be careful! This guy is giving me bad vibes!'
Yami grimaced. 'How does he know about the Dominion of the Beasts? Did he spy on us somehow when we were fighting Dartz?'
"Allow me to continue. I sacrifice Archfiend Hieress and Archfiend Soldier...to summon Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror!"
The intruder's Fiend type servants vanished in pillars of darkness that entertwined to create a massive, abominous, centaurian demon, with multiple legs and arms. (3000ATK/2000DEF)
"It's as strong as the Blue-Eyes!" Yami shouted.
"This is Terrorking Archfiend's original, true form! The ruler of all wickedness! First things first, I'll use his ability. By removing an 'Archfiend' Monster in my graveyard, I can destroy a card on the field!" One of Yami's face down cards was struck down by wicked lightning. "And now I'll have him attack that Breaker!" The demon charged Breaker.
"I activate my Trap! Mirror Force will defend my warrior!" Yami attested.
"I think not. Counter Trap, Ultimate Providence!" The red-clad duelist shouted, as his face down lifted. His opponent eyed it, confused.
"I've never heard of 'Ultimate Providence...'"
"It's a powerful Counter Trap Card...by discarding a card of the same type, in this case a Trap Card, I can negate and destroy it!"
In a discordant harmony of lightning and shockwaves, Yami Yugi was thrown backward as his Mirror Force was shredded, along with Breaker. He gave a cry as he hit the pavement.
Yami Yugi-2900 Lp.
The intruder smirked.
"Your move..."
Yami Yugi growled, before placing a hand on his Deck. "Draw!" He shouted, taking the card from the top.
"How's this? I activate Fissure!" He plugged the green bordered card into his Disk. "It destroys your weakest monster. And that Archfiend Emperor is the only one that fits the description!"
The ground started to shake as a crack opened up underneath the abominable fiend.
"Not so fast. I use another Ultimate Providence!" A second of the strange Counter Traps flipped up.
He took a copy of Terraforming and slotted it into his graveyard.
The ground sealed back up.
Despite the Magic Card's failure, Yami Yugi smirked.
"What's so funny?"
"By using that second Counter Trap, you're left with no cards in your back wall to reinforce your monsters. I sacrifice Giant Soldier of Stone to summon Dark Magician Girl!"
The golem vanished in a flurry of hearts as the cute blond mage appeared. (2000ATK/1700DEF)
"Then I'll use Dark Burning Attack!" He put another card into his Disk.
"Isn't that the name of her attack?"
"It is, but this is a Magic Card variation that can be activated when I control her. It grants her the power to destroy all monsters my opponent controls!"
Dark Magician Girl raised her wand and transferred intense magic energy, exploding in a burst, that blew the colossal fiend away.
"And there's more. She's still allowed to attack the turn I use this effect! Go!"
Dark Magician Girl aimed her wand at the intruder.
"From my hand, I use the effect of Battle Fader!" The stranger yelled. "I special summon it to the field and instantly end the battle phase!"
A strange fiend that resembled a pendulum appeared. (0ATK/0DEF)
Yami grimaced. "Turn over."
"That was a smart play, making me waste my best Counter on that weak Starter Deck Magic Card...I commend you, Pharaoh. But the game has just begun." He drew a card.
"I set one monster, and one card. That is all."
Bakura silently gazed at the duel in progress, but little did either player know, he was not himself.
In his mind, Yami Bakura, the spirit dwelling in the Millenium Ring had control.
'Heh-heh heh heh...'
Yami Yugi drew his card.
"My move is Card of Sanctity." He played the card, and a blue light filled the blackness around them. "This allows both players to draw until we each hold six cards!"
He and his opponent proceeded to do so.
The Pharaoh scanned his replenished hand with scrutiny.
He had Dark Magician, and Dark Magic Veil, but with the two face down cards, it would be difficult.
On the offhand, he had also picked up Slifer the Sky Dragon.
He ignored them, and went immediately for the card between them.
"I set one card and attack your face down monster! Dark Burning Attack!" Dark Magician Girl shot a blast of dark magic at the concealed monster.
It flipped up, revealing a grotesque mummy-like creature.
As soon as the blast hit, a silhoutte of the mummy lunged at Dark Magician Girl, grabbing her tightly by the shoulders and not letting go. She screamed as she was dragged down into a graveyard portal.
"What was that! Dark Magician Girl is-"
"When a Grave Squirmer is destroyed in battle, it takes the monster that destroyed it along for the ride!" His opponent declared.
"Fine. Your move." Yami Yugi said.
"Then I'll just draw a card...and sacrifice Battle Fader for Beast of Talwar!" The pendulum-like fiend vanished, and was replaced by a fiendish warrior carrying a pair of swords. (2400ATK/2150DEF)
"Attack his life points directly! Talwar Terror!" The fiend warrior advanced on Yami Yugi, before being bisected by a magical ring. (2400-1700ATK)
"Spellbinding Circle will make sure you Talwar won't be terrorizing me anytime soon!" Yami boasted.
"Very well...Turn end."
Yami Yugi drew his next card. "And now, I'll use Dark Magic Veil!" A magical ring appeared around him.
"With this, I pay 1000 Life Points and summon my ever faithful ally, Dark Magician!"
The purple robed wizard appeared, twirling his staff before striking his pose inside a ring of runes. (2500ATK/2100DEF)
Yami held up another Magic Card. "Next comes Thousand Knives, which will shred your Beast of Talwar!"
Innumerable knives appeared around Dark Magician, who thrusted his arms out, sending them at the intruder's fiend, cutting him to ribbons.
"Now, whoever you are, prepare yourself! Dark Magician! Dark Magic Attack!"
Dark Magician loosed a powerful wave of eldritch power at the opponent, sending him backward.
?-1000 Lp.
Oddly enough, he started laughing.
"Eh-heh-heh-heh-heh...you've triggered my next Trap Card! Damage Gate!"
His face down flipped up, and a mystic gate appeared.
"When I take battle damage, this card will let me special summon a monster with no more attack points than the damage I took. So guess who's back? It's Talwar!"
The green-skinned beast reappeared, brandishing it's swords. (2400ATK/)
"Him again? Fine. I'll place one more card on the field, and end my turn."
The intruder drew his card again, placing another on his Disk.
"I sacrifice Beast of Talwar for Great Maju Garzett!"
The sword wielder vanished and was replaced by a fiend that exuded a powerful aura. (0ATK/0DEF)
"This beast's attack points are double that of the monster sacrificed to summon him!" (4800ATK/0DEF)
'It's stronger than Kaiba's Ultimate Dragon!' Yugi called next to Yami Yugi.
"Now my great beast, destroy Dark Magician, and the nameless Pharaoh!" The mighty Garzett charged in, aiming to rend Dark Magician to pieces.
Yami hit a button on his Disk.
"I activate Magical Hats!"
Four silk top hats appeared on the field, Dark Magician hiding under one. The hats shuffled violently, in an attempt to obscure the Spellcaster.
"Enough of this! Attack a hat now!" Garzett rammed it's fist into a hat, but no Magician to be found.
The intruder gritted his teeth.
"End of turn..."
Yami Yugi made a draw. "I play the Magic Card Pot of Greed! This will allow me to draw two new cards."
The grinning jar appeared, before vanishing as it's master drew.
"This duel is over. I'll use two more Magic Cards.
"Dark Spear!" Dark Magician's wand became an ornate spear. "Now whenever Dark Magician attacks a defense mode monster, you'll still take damage equal to the difference in attack and defense points!
"And Block Attack!"
"Th...that!?" The intruder shouted.
"It switched an attack position monster into defense position!" Great Maju Garzett started to kneel.
"Dark Magician attack with Dark Spear Pierce!" Yami Yugi shouted.
The mage slammed the spear he held into the Fiend, shattering him. The intruder screamed as the force of the blow hit.
?-0 Lp.
The hologram effects vanished, but the fog brought about by the Shadow Game persisted.
"Now. I want to know. How do you know about me, and what are your plans? What do you want revenge on me for?"
The intruder rose to meet his eyes, his own now glowing with an eerie yellow light.
"All in good time, my Pharaoh...all in good...Gah! No...not yet...Curse them! Curse them all, I'm not done!"
Yami Yugi and Bakura both took a step back as he rose back to his feet. An evil miasma emanating from the stranger.
He grit his teeth as he felt a force blow through him.
"Fine then...you can rot in THIS world!"
"Who are you talking to?!" Yami exclaimed. "I demand to know!"
The red bodysuited duelist threw up his hands and uttered something that neither the Pharaoh, nor Bakura could hear, and he took on an intense red glow.
"Yugi! What's going on!?" Bakura asked, now returned to his senses.
"I...I don't know, but I sense a powerful presence coming from him!" The Pharaoh replied.
All of a sudden, the entire scene erupted in flame! The two teenagers did their best to shield themselves. Yami Yugi gasped at the sight before him.
An immense dragon spiraled from the fire that came from the intruder, and passed right through the Pharaoh's body, leaving him with a fuzzy feeling coursing through him.
Inside of Ryou Bakura's body, the Spirit of the Ring panicked at the undertaking.
'What IS THIS!? I sense a surge of pure...LIGHT energy!' He spat mentally in disgust.
With one final burst, the fires finally cleared, leaving scorched concrete around them.
Yami finally opened his eyes, but to his shock, he and Ryou had not been burned in the slightest.
He looked around, but saw no sign of the intruder.
But lying near where he had stood were two unconscious forms. Both female. They were roughly eighteen years of age. The first had blazing red hair(ACTUAL red, not normal human red hair) and wore a blue and yellow shirt, with light skinny jeans. The other had an exotic tan skin, with platinum blond and brown hair, wearing a pink midriff-revealing shirt and kahki pants.
Bewildered, Yami Yugi took another look around before rushing to their aide.
"Bakura! Help me get these two back to Kame Game, now!"
No response from his white haired friend.
"Bakura!?" The Pharaoh looked up to see Ryou, but his face was frozen in a terrified expression. "Bakura! Are you alright!? Bakura!"
Finally, Ryou answered. "Erh-yes! I'm fine!"
Yami Yugi hefted the red head over his shoulder. "Can you carry the other girl?"
"I...I think so!"
"Good. Help me get them back to Kame Game, so that we can try to find out who they are!"
"S...shouldn't we call the police?"
"Bakura, when have we EVER called the police in a situation like this?"
Ryou gulped. "I...I see your point."
Yami Yugi got a head start. Ryou was a little too weak to carry his charge, so Yami Bakura took control of him whenever the Pharaoh had his back turned.
The evil spirit nervously followed behind him.
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How was that for an opening chapter? I know, my Duel Scripting sucks.
How will Yugi and friends react to their guests when they discover that fairies are real, and not just pictures on trading cards, and who was the mysterious intruder challenging the Pharaoh!?
Chapter 2: "A Fairy Tale Come to Life" coming soon!
Until then, rate and review~