Author's Note: Welcome to the Abyss, Can't say much without giving away the plot but things should be explained in the first couple of chapters, Also no OC's and this takes place about a year after the end of the Anime.
Note: This is how Yu-Gi-Oh! – Shadow Rising was meant to be done.
Prologue – Seeing You Again
Mai Saviour
Location: Domino Japan, Motou Games Shop Date: May 30 2005
A man with spiky Tri-colour hair sighed leaning his arms on the top of a counter in his games shop, not many customers today, but Yugi Motou mused that it was winter and people didn't really want to come to a Games Shop in the snow.
Yugi fiddled absently with the Millennium Puzzle that hung from a strong steel chain around his neck, these days it was a relic of a happier time that Yugi wore out of habit. Yugi sighed again and looked up at the clock on the wall.
'It's only four thirty.' Yugi thought, he wondered what he'd have been doing this time a year ago, Yugi guessed that the gang would have been here they'd be just hanging out, talking about school, complaining about homework, he missed those days.
Yugi decided to take a walk and clear his head, he grabbed his jacket from the coat hanger behind the door to the living area. Yugi put the jacket on and wondered if he'd be warm enough out in the cold wearing a dark grey shirt and black pants plus the jacket, he grabbed his deck belt and secured it around his hips loosening his neck belt slightly stepping out into the cold placing the closed sign on the door before locking up.
Yugi wandered down the streets of Domino having no idea where he was going, the only thing that disturbed his thoughts was the sound of his own feet crunching on the snow, Yugi let his mind wander, it finally settled on running Crawling by Linkin Park through his head,
'Crawling in my skin, these wounds they will not heal.' He sung mentally hoping he wouldn't get stuck on a line not realizing he'd begun humming the music quietly.
Men followed him, they were dressed in black cloaks with the Millennium symbol on the top of the hoods, at first only one or two followed, but it slowly but surely became more every block one or two more joined they came from both directions until they became a total of ten.
Yugi was so lost in thought that he bumped into one of them, "Oh sorry." He mumbled turning to go around the person he'd bumped into but was blocked by another.
"Hand over your deck and money to us kid." The person he'd bumped into ordered.
Yugi backed up slightly realizing he was surrounded, "Or what?" Yugi questioned.
The guy smirked pulling a switch blade from his cloak, "Or things are going to get really ugly." He said.
Yugi put up his fists glaring a hole through the man with the switch blade, "Well then?" He asked.
Meanwhile a Black Alfa Romeo Spider GTV pulled into the neighbourhood the woman behind the wheel was going to visit someone she saw a large group of people descending on what appeared to be another, fists rose and fell onto another person below, the woman wondered what was going on when she heard a yell of pain, the voice was familiar to the woman, she sped up.
"Grab his deck." The guy in the cloak yelled kicking Yugi in the side, another of the goons ripped Yugi's deck belt from his waist, Yugi had gotten off several good blows onto the people that were attacking him, but the numbers game was to much for Yugi, for once Yugi found a game he couldn't win.
"Time to finish the job." The goon with the switch blade said smiling.
Yugi felt he was about to bite it, he glared into the face of the person that was about to either kill him or wound him with cold defiance, "Well what are you waiting for are you afraid?" Yugi questioned with unwavering confidence.
"No." The man said about to plunge the switch blade into Yugi when the roar of a car engine drew his attention seconds later the car hits him screeching to a halt next to Yugi, the car door opened a female voice yelled "GET IN?!" at him and Yugi didn't need to be told twice grabbing his deck belt that had dropped from the hand of the goon moments before he got hit Yugi threw himself into the car, the person behind the wheel floored it out of the area the speed at which she took off slammed the door of the car shut.
Yugi winced as he placed himself in the passenger seat properly, he guessed that he'd bruised a rib or two during the fight, "Hey thanks for saving me…" Yugi began to say turning to look at the person who'd saved him, then he stopped seeing the person who'd saved him.
"MAI?!"
Next – Things Changed
