Zypher: And here we are with the wonderful sequel to Yami no Game: Death's Awakening! Everyone has been waiting long enough so here we are finally with the sequel to one of my best stories, Yami no Game: Dark Saga!
Disclaimer: No own, don't bother.
Summary: Danger comes once again to Yugi and his friends as they fight impending dangers to save the world. But along the way, they were determined to help Yami and Aqua recover lost memories and learn more about their past and how they exactly became demons.
Warnings: Blood, gore, some language and scarce chances of lemons and/or limes throughout the story. I'll give you warnings for the lemons and limes but if you don't like them, then back off.
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Yami no Game: Dark Saga
Chapter 1
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Duel Monsters! A trading card game where players become wizards who summon monsters and cast spells to do battle! Today, like all other days, everyone in my class was playing the game at recess.
"Ah ha! Take this, Myrrh! I attack with Rock Ogre Grotto!" Jou exclaimed as he placed the monster down on the field. "Go for it, Myrrh!" Someone cheered and she examined the cards in her hand. "Ok then. On my turn...I use this spell card. Wind of the Gods! The holy wind erodes your golem and turns to dust, giving me the win!" she said and Jou groaned.
"No! Not again!" he bemoaned as his life points went down to 0 again. She laughed softly. "You're so lame, Jou-kun!" Jou looked over to Yugi who quietly watched the duel and grabbed his shoulders, surprising him a bit.
"Yugi! Why...Why can't I win?! What am I doing wrong?!" he questioned desperately. Yugi lifted Jou's hands from his shoulders and looked up to him with a smile. "Show me your deck, Jou-kun." Yugi said and Jou handed him his deck. Yugi looked through it and gaped. "What's this?! You're entire deck's made up of monster cards! All 40 of them!" Yugi gasped. Jou grinned and nodded.
"That's right! I stuffed my deck with the strongest monsters I could find!"
"That's no good! The biggest strategy in this game is combining monsters and spells cards! Your opponent can easily see through your strategy if you focus on just attacking with your monsters alone." Yugi explained.
Jou groaned again and grabbed onto Yugi's shoulders again. "Yugi! Please! You gotta train me to play better!"
"Don't worry, I will! Come by the shop after school!" Yugi said before remembering something. "Oh yeah! That reminds me! You've chosen a great time! The finals of the Duel Monsters tournament is on TV at 5 tonight."
"It is? Let's watch it together!" Jou said, pumping a fist into the air excitedly.
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At the shop, Sugoroku was just changing the sign from open to close as Yugi, Myrrh and Jou walked up. "I'm home, jii-chan!" Yugi called and turned to see them. "Ah, Yugi! Welcome home! You're all here! Come on in then!" he said as he opened the door and walked inside with them following, the four dragons from the age old Dragon Cards game and Azura, the tiny Blue Eyes gifted to the elder from Keara after the events of Death-T clamoring in the sitting room to watch. "Why you close so early, Motou-san?" Myrrh asked. "I can't be watching the shop when the Duel Monsters finals are on! Even I would want to watch it and see who wins." he said before a thought dawned on him. "Oh yes, I almost forgot." he started as he went behind the counter and pulled out a box.
"A package came for you!"
"Really? Who's it from?" he asked.
"There was no return address anywhere on the box." Sugoroku explained as he handed Yugi the box. 'Hmm, I wonder what's inside then...' he thought before they all headed into the living room and got settled to watch the finals. Yami, Keara and Aqua walked in with a teapot and some snacks before Yami and Aqua settled down beside Yugi, placing everything down on the floor.
"This is exciting, isn't it?!" Yugi said, looking up to Yami. "It is. Seeing the top two duelists in Japan dueling for the No. 1 spot as the Duel Monsters champion in Japan is an exciting thing to see." Yami said before looking down to him. "Why didn't you enter? You probably could win against them."
"I know but I'm not that good of a duelist. You two are the best ones that I know of." Yugi said with a smile. "You should've entered yourself. Why didn't you?" he asked. Yami sighed lightly, placing a hand over Yugi's and stroking it softly. "If I ever join in a tournament, it will be to fight one person." Yami whispered.
Yugi thought about what he said then nodded. "You mean Kaiba. You want to fight him fair and square, right?" he said and Yami nodded. "Yes, I don't want him to battle me just because he wants to be number one but to battle me to show he can understand the game more than through power."
"I hear that Kaiba's still...in the hospital. He hasn't woken up yet and Ruby told me there was no change when I went to visit yesterday." Myrrh whispered softly. "I still..." Jou started then grew angry. "Even if he came back, I still wouldn't trust him! I'd never trust that creep and no matter what, I would never like him much lest love him! Never!" Jou replied angrily. "Maybe you should give him a chance. He was evil during Death-T, I know that much but maybe he honestly and truly likes you." Aqua then smirked. "It sure sounds like he did to me, especially when you got your hand trapped in that guillotine."
"Well, I don't care what he thinks. He put us through so much shit, it's not funny." Jou mumbled just as the finals showed up on the TV screen. They focused their attention on the tournament now, eating some snacks as they watched.
"For the thousands of Duel Monsters fans across the country, it all comes down to this moment! The final round of the Duel Monsters tournament is about to begin! Out of 200 duelists who made it through the regionals to this tournament, only one can claim the crown! The finalists are entering the stadium!" The announcer spoke as two figures appeared through the doorways.
"From East Japan! "Insector" Haga! Fourteen years old!" he announced and half the audience cheered in favor of him.
"From West Japan! "Dinosaur" Ryuzaki! Fifteen years old!" he announced again and the other half cheered for him. "Let the battle begin!" Ryuzaki and Haga walked into the duel box that was situated in the center of the stage as the announcer stood in front of it, explaining about the creation of it as they shuffled their decks
"I can hear your cards shaking in fear." Haga spoke and Ryuzaki only smirked.
"Whatever! My dinosaurs will crush you like an ant!" he replied before the announcer called the start of the duel.
They drew their five cards and began the duel. Back in the shop, Jou looked to Yugi. "Hey, Yugi! Who do you think will win this duel?" he questioned. "Insector Haga's specialty is an insect combo. He attacks by enhancing his insects with various armor cards and stuff like that! On the other hand, Dinosaur Ryuzaki uses the megaton, heavy hitting dinosaurs to overwhelm his opponent!" Yugi stated.
"If it's between insects and dinosaurs then there's no question! Ryuzaki going to win!" Jou exclaimed.
"Don't be so sure. Keep watching!" Yugi murmured as Ryuzaki made his move.
"Dinosaur Ryuzaki played his rare card, the most powerful of the dinosaurs, Two-Headed King Rex!" The announcer proclaimed. Haga looked at his hand before picking out his card of choice. "On the other side, Haga counters with..." The monster was played onto the field. "The Basic Insect!" Jou laughed as he saw the monster. "What's with that wimpy card? Ryuzaki's has this duel in the bag!" Jou said. 'No! Haga's setting a trap and Ryuzaki looks like he gonna fall for it!' Yugi thought.
"Go, King Rex! Kill that bug!" Ryuzaki declared and Haga chuckled to himself.
"You said "attack", didn't you? Your command activates this special card I've been hiding!" Haga said, flipping over the face down card he placed onto the field. 'What?! A trap card!' Ryuzaki thought in shock. "Infinite Dismissal! Your monster is sucked into the whirlpool of time, frozen for all eternity!" King Rex roared as the whirlpool engulfed him.
"No! King Rex!" Ryuzaki called. "Now, it's my turn!" Haga said as he place another card onto the field. "I power-up my Basic Insect with the Insect Gun Armor Level 5!" he said as the large cannon armor appeared on the back of his monster.
"Attack!" A large beam came from the cannon, destroying Ryuzaki's King Rex and he laughed. "King Rex is dead!" Haga spoke and Ryuzaki gaped. 'I...I lost?!' he thought, frozen in shock as Haga walked out and the announcer came up beside him.
"And with a decisive blow, Insector Haga wins! He is the champion!"
"I can't believe it! That bug guy actually won!" Jou claimed in surprise. "And here to give you your trophy and prize money...is our special guest!" A figure appeared in the doorway and soon walked out. "The president of Industrial Illusions Inc. and the genius game designer who created Duel Monsters, the world's most popular collectible card game...Maximillion J. Pegasus!" The man in question smiled as he walked over to Haga, trophy in hand. He knelt down to him and handed him the trophy. "Congratulations!" he said as Haga took the trophy. "Th-Thank you!" he said.
"You must come to the tournament my company will be sponsoring!" Pegasus spoke and a small blush dusted Haga's face as he nodded. "Although the excitement is still running high in the stadium, we must sign off for now! Don't forget to collect all the limited edition Duel Monsters Tournament cards at duel centers near you!" The announcer spoke and everyone in the room turned to each other, talking about the duel. "Insector Haga, eh...? Can't say I'm surprised." Sugoroku said. "Me neither! But it sure was a great duel!" Yugi said excitedly.
"Watching that duel got me fired up! Now I get what you said about how even strong monsters can't stand against a good combo! C'mon, Yugi! Train me! Train me!" Jou exclaimed. "Ok!" Yugi replied. "Wait just a minute. Before you do that...I'd like to see what's in that package..." Sugoroku spoke. "Yeah, I'm also curious about what's in there as well." Aqua added.
"Oh yeah..." Yugi spoke, looking to the unmarked package. "I almost forgot about that..." He picked up the box and peeled away the tape. "We can play after I open this, Jou-kun!"
"I wonder what it is." Myrrh whispered as Yugi opened the box and they all peeked inside. "What the–! A strange glove...with star shaped chips! And an 8mm videotape...what is this...?" Yugi whispered, confused. Aqua picked up the tape and looked at it. "Maybe an explanation is on this tape." Aqua said as he handed the tape to Yugi. He nodded and went over to the TV, placing the tape into the 8mm player and the screen was blank before a picture showed up.
"Hello! At last we meet, Yugi-boy! It's so nice to meet you!" Pegasus greeted. "Hey! That's the guy who...!" Jou sputtered, he along with everyone else just as surprised seeing him. "He was just on TV...Pegasus, the creator of Duel Monsters!" Yugi spoke. "Now, now! Don't be so surprised! I just wanted to send a video letter to the esteemed Yugi-boy and his two lovers! The real champions!" Pegasus commented. 'How does he know that?!' Yugi thought, more appalled than surprised at how Pegasus knew about his relationship with Yami and Aqua.
"I understand your lovers are very skilled at Duel Monsters! After all...Yami, was it, defeated dear Kaiba-boy! Good job for him!" he said and Yami's eyes narrowed, feeling something suspicious about this. "Now, shall we get down to business, Yugi-boy? I want to test Yami's dueling skill right here and now! I challenge him to face this video recording of me at Duel Monsters!"
"What?! How can you play against someone on a videotape?" Sugoroku declared in surprise. "That's impossible! That's no challenge! He won't even know what cards Yami plays!"
"All right? Build your deck in front of the monitor! In five minutes, our duel will begin!" Pegasus spoke once more. Yugi looked to Yami who was still silent after hearing Pegasus' challenge. "Are you going to accept the challenge, Yami?" Yami looked down to him before nodding. "I will!" Yami assembled a deck with the cards that Yugi gave to him before looking back up to the screen. "My deck is ready." Yami said.
"Are you ready then? Let's go!"
"Duel!"
"Alright, I'll start with the Koumori Dragon—the Devil Dragon card!" Yami said, placing the card face up. Pegasus closed his eye and chuckled. "Let me guess...the Koumori Dragon, right...?" he spoke and they were astounded.
"What? He just guessed the name of my card!"
"This can't be...! How can he see the cards from across the screen?!" Sugoroku questioned, appalled. Pegasus chuckled again. You see...I knew that you were going to play that card! Why, I even know what's in your hand! You're planning to combine the Koumori Dragon with the Dragon Knight on your next turn to increase his attack power! Am I wrong?" Yami growled in anger, seeing that Pegasus guessed his strategy flawlessly.'Can he be reading my mind?' he thought.
"And of course, we can have that now...so I'll remove your dragon with my Dragon Capture Jar!" he said, showing the card and soon, the picture of the Koumori Dragon on the card was being sucked into the screen. 'This can't be...but it is...a yami no game!' Yami thought angrily. 'This won't be easy...I'm fighting the man that created the game! But how? How can a pre-recorded videotape read my cards. There's something wrong with this...'
"Aww. Come on, gloomy! Who do you look so angry all the time? It's just a game! Let's both enjoy it!" Pegasus said with a happy demeanor and Yami gritted his teeth. 'He's toying with me!'
"That's just dumb luck! He named a card at random and happened to get it right!" Jou claimed but Yami knew he was wrong. 'No, that wasn't just random chance! He's a shadow game player! Somehow, he can read my cards and my strategies!'
Sugoroku watched the duel intensely. 'But why...why in the world is this man challenging Yami?' He wondered.
"Now, shall we go on with the duel? It's your turn!" Pegasus said and Yami silently drew his card, seeing it to be another dragon. 'As long as he has the Dragon Capture Jar on the field, I can't use any dragon cards.' he thought, looking through his hand. "Now now, take your time. Remember, your friend Kaiba-boy? Even his Blue-Eyes White Dragon is powerless before this card!" he said, shocking Sugoroku. 'That card can even stop the Blue-Eyes! I never heard of such a card!'
"This is a new rare card that I just added. This game never stops evolving, does it? There's always a new card you've got to add to the collection..." Pegasus stated.
"Who cares?! Right now, I'll challenge you with this! Go, Silver Fang!" he said, placing the card down and Pegasus laughed once more. "I just knew you would play a beast card. And on your next turn, you would play Mystical Moon to make Silver Fang "savage" and make him stronger!"
'Again, he read my strategy!' Becoming worried, Yugi crawled over to his side, placing his hands upon his shoulders and rubbing them lightly to ease his anger. 'But I can't blame him. How can this pre-recorded video easily read out his strategies and cards when it can't see anything across the screen? It's just impossible and yet he's doing it without a second thought.'
Pegasus gave another chuckle as he drew his card and took another from his hand. "Beast monsters are weak against fire...so this card will be enough! The Dragon Piper is the only thing that can release the seal of the Dragon Capture Jar!" Pegasus conveyed.
'No! He's going to release my dragon!'
Once the now powered up Koumori Dragon appeared, the two monsters did battle but Silver Fang was easily incinerated by the dragon's flames.
"The devil dragon's hellfire destroys the wolf!" Pegasus exclaimed and Yami's life points decreased to 1500. "Wow! I heard you were pretty good but I know your strategy like the back of my hand! Must be a little jarring to you, huh?" Pegasus laughed at his own joke. "Get it? Jarring? That's a joke!"
"Very funny. Go, Great White!" The large shark monster appeared on the field and Pegasus calmly placed his monster onto the field. "Then I'll play Oscillo Hero!"
"Go get 'im, Yami!" Jou called. 'But it's no good! Yami's monster is a water type and its attack power will be halved when going against a thunder card like Oscillo Hero! Great White won't stand a chance!' Sugoroku thought with worry. The two monsters charged into battle and Pegasus called his attack. "Electric Strike! Elekizu!" Oscillo Hero made its attack, electrocuting the Great White and destroying it. "And your Great White is destroyed." Pegasus said calmly. 'This is insane! How does he know my plans?!'
/Yami, please. Relax and don't get stressed. I'm just as shocked and angry at this as well./ Yugi spoke through the link and Yami nodded. "I understand your shock...but this is reality! You cannot defeat me..."
"Don't listen to him, Yami! Don't give up!" Myrrh cried. Pegasus closed his eyes before speaking again. "Now I think it's about time...let me tell you the other reason I challenged you. It wasn't just for fun...Hear this, Yami-boy! If you lose this game, you must take part in a tournament my company, Industrial Illusions, is holding! That event will determine the true champion of Duel Monsters—the Duelist King!"
'Duelist King?' Yami thought silently, not all that interested in the title.
"To be honest, I'd wanted to invite Kaiba-boy as well...but it's too bad...I hear he not going to recover. But anyways, of course, the one who becomes "king" will be awarded a large sum of money! And also something even more valuable! Wait till you find out what it is!" Pegasus said cheerfully and Yami snorted. "I'm not interested in any event of yours!" Yami said before looking concerned. "What if I refuse...?"
"Oh no no no! You can't refuse...because you can't defeat me! You can't escape!"
Yami chuckled. "Oh really...! Well, I haven't lost yet and I won't lose!"
"Ok then...let's keep playing! That's the spirit. Frankly, I knew you'd say that."
"Don't mock me!" Yami snapped as he drew his card then looked to his hand. 'There has to be a way why Pegasus can read my hand! What can it be?' he thought as he picked up a card from his hand. 'I'll play this card next...but wait...I just picked this card without thinking...I was depending on my sixth sense! But...what if I thought was my sixth sense was actually planned by my opponent? That'd be just like reading my hand...I'll test this theory then.' he thought and quickly placed a card face down.
"Everyone!" he called and they all responded with a 'yes'. "You haven't seen the card I played, right?" he asked. "Nope, none of us saw it." Aqua said, getting nods from the others surrounding the field. He looked down to Yugi. "You didn't see it either, right?" he asked him. "No, I didn't see it either." Yugi replied.
"Alright. I want everyone to use their sixth sense to tell me what this card is!"
"What?! We aren't psychics, Yami! We can't do that!" Jou exclaimed.
"That doesn't matter! Just say whatever pops into your head first!" They nodded and closed their eyes in thought. Sugoroku was the first to say something. "It's just a feeling...but I got the picture of a skull!" he said. "I'm thinking of a cool warrior!" Jou said with a grin as he pictured said warrior.
"I thought along the same thing jii-chan did. Some sort of skeleton." Myrrh said. "Me too." Aqua, Keara and Yugi chorused. 'I was right. Five out of six guessed a Zombie-type monster. That wasn't just a coincidence!' He smirked lightly.'Now I get it! I know how he could "see through my cards!"'
Pegasus laughed with glee as he pulled a card from his hand. "Well! It's my turn! I so hate to repeat myself...but I know just what card you're playing! An undead! A zombie-type card!" he said, shocking everyone except for Yami. "What's going on?! He said the same thing we did!" Aqua stated.
"I'll play Rogue Doll! The Rogue Doll obliterates all zombie type monsters with her "Holy Light of Shining Chaos!" he said as the monster appeared on the field. "I knew it..." Yami whispered. "He's inserting frames into the film! He's using subliminal messaging!"
"Subliminal messaging?! You mean the technique where you flash pictures on the screen for just an instant? Your brain picks it up but you don't remember it consciously? Could he really do that?" Sugoroku spoke and Yami nodded as he explained the situation and the test he tried with everyone.
"Even if what you said could possibly be true, this battle is mine! I win!" he said. "Is that so? The card I played face down was...The Black Magician!" he said as the purple robed magician appeared. This surprised Pegasus and with a devastating blow, Rogue Doll was destroyed. Seeing this, Pegasus smirked. 'Very good! So far you pass! Now let me show you my true power!' he thought. "Heh...I also knew it was about time...for you to see through my trick." he spoke and Yami only laughed. "Don't be a sore loser! You big cheat!" he spoke. "Believe what you want but I still knew you were going to play the Black Magician, I just took the hit to keep things fair. Now comes the real duel!"
"You want it? You got it, Pegasus!" he hissed. "As you can see, you're only fighting a video of me...and there's only so much film left of this tape! So let's add a time limit to this game! I'll put this timer in the upper right corner of the screen!" he explained as a timer with 15:00 set on it appeared.
"When this counter reaches zero, the person with the most life points left wins the game! We have fifteen minutes left...and of course, a penalty game awaits the loser!" he spoke as the timer started. 'A penalty game!' Yami thought in shock. 'So that means he must have some sort of Sennen item!'
Pegasus still retained his smirk. 'You cannot defeat me...I've been scanning your mind the entire time! It's your fate to take part in my tournament...to come to Duelist Kingdom!' he thought. It was now 13:58 and Yami hissed. "Whatever! Let's get on with the game!" Yami growled, knowing if they waste any more time, the game will soon end and Yami was determined to finish off his life points and defeat Pegasus for good. "Alright! It's your turn!" Pegasus spoke. "Ok then! The Black Magician will kill the Devil Dragon!" Yami commanded.
"I'll take you on!" The two monsters battled and another Black Magic attack destroyed Koumori Dragon. "Oh no~!" Pegasus said in fake astonishment and Yami smirked. "You're nothing, Pegasus! Your life is running out!"
Sugoroku smiled. 'Just what I'd expect! Yami's fighting well! As long as he keeps his Black Magician on the field, his victory is assured.' he thought. "My turn..." Pegasus spoke, drawing his card. 'You still don't know, Yami-boy...I'm pulling the strings here and my victory was already made when you accepted my challenge!' he thought as he took a glance at the card he drew and gave a wide smile. "Oh my gosh! I can't believe it!" he said happily. Aqua shivered. "Man, is he always this perky about everything?" he questioned.
Pegasus ignored the question and showed the card. "My next card happens to be the Illusionist Faceless Mage!" Yugi was surprised at seeing the card and also worried. 'That's card incredibly rare that even I never seen it before in action but I feel that Pegasus has something else planned with that monster.'Even Sugoroku was amazed at seeing the card as much as Yugi was. 'And now, I'm not so sure the Black Magician will be on the field long...'
"The Black Magician has higher attack points. Doesn't that mean he wins the battle between the two?" Myrrh asked and Sugoroku shook his head. "No. In Duel Monsters, attack strength isn't the only thing that determines the battle. The monsters and magic-users that each player summons belong to a particular type or element! And some are stronger or weaker against other types!" Sugoroku explained. "So you're saying that even if they have higher attack points, they can lose if they're not the right type of monster!" Jou declared.
"Correct! That was makes strategy so essential in the game!"
"And I'm not done yet! I play the Illusion card, Eye of Deception! And now I combo attack the Black Magician!" Pegasus called.
"And I'm ready for whatever you throw at me! Go Black Magician, Black Magic attack!"
"Eye of Deception Illusion!"
The two monsters made their attack and in a bout of power, everyone wondered who won. The attack finally subsided and they saw both monsters were unharmed. "It's a draw!" Yugi spoke softly but Pegasus' life points decreased down to 300. "Ohh, so close..." Yami took a glance at the timer and it read 05:03.
'About five minutes left before the counter reaches zero...I could keep my life points by staying out of fights and playing on the defensive. That way, I'd win for sure...But that's the path a coward would take! Yugi looks up to Aqua and I when we duel and I'm not going to take the path of a coward in front of him.'
"I'll fight to the end! Your life points will go down to zero, Pegasus!" Yami said as he drew his card. "I send out Celtic Guardian! Destroy the Illusionist Faceless Mage!" Celtic Guardian jumped in to attack and Pegasus smirked. 'He fell for it! He thinks the mage is defenseless but he'll be in for a surprise!' Pegasus thought. A cry was torn from Celtic Guardian as an unexpected blast hit him. 'How is this possible? Celtic Guardian was hit! But the mage didn't move so how...!'Yami was dumbfounded as he tried to see the source of the attack.
Celtic Guardian collapsed and soon, another figure appeared behind the fallen monster. "It can't be! The Black Magician attacked Celtic Guardian!" Aqua said, appalled. 'That's right! The Black Magician was hit with the Eye of Deception and that meant the Faceless Mage had control of him for one turn! Can Pegasus really see the future?!' Yami thought, his life points decreasing down to 200. "Now...that's the end of my turn...and time is almost up!" Pegasus said, looking to the timer that now read 00:13 and counting. Pegasus applauded as he looked to Yami. "That was such a good fight! Nice try, though!" he said and Yami snarled.
8 seconds were now left and Yami was still determined to not lose the duel. "The game's not over yet!" he said as he drew his card. 'I won't give up!'
He smirked as he looked to his card. "A Demon trumps an Illusionist so I play Summoned Skull! My final move will finish you off!" Yami said. Pegasus only laughed to himself. 'But can you attack before the counter reaches zero...?'
"Demon Lightning!" Yami called and Summoned Skull roared as it sent out its attack. But unfortunately, before the attack can hit, the timer reached zero. "Game over!" Pegasus called and the attack froze just an inch before hitting the mage as the monsters disappeared. "Whew! That was close...if that battle had gone on I would've lost...or would I?" Yami growled and lowered his head. "Yami!" Yugi whispered as he wrapped his arms around him.
"My dear Yami-boy...you have even more talent than I expected...I predict we will meet again at the Duelist Kingdom."
"I told you, I'm not joining that tournament!" Yami barked.
"I know you said that but I had something planned so you can't escape! Penalty game!" A bright light shined from the screen, causing everyone to cover their eyes. Once the light dimmed, they opened their eyes and looked back to the screen. They didn't know though that Sugoroku slumped to the floor, eyes blank. Jou turned to look to Sugoroku and saw he collapsed. "Jii-chan! Hey, jii-chan!" he called but he didn't get a respond. Yugi looked over when Jou didn't get a response from his grandfather and left Yami's side.
"Jii-chan! Jii-chan, wake up!" he cried, shaking the older man. "What's wrong?" he whispered. Pegasus chuckled, catching their attention again. "Finally, let me show you how I could read your hand." he lifted the hair that covered his face and revealed the golden eye in place of his regular eye. "It was the power of my Sennen Eye! Mind Scan! The power to see into the heart of your opponent!" he spoke, mainly directed at Yami. 'The Sennen Eye! He did have another Sennen item! '
Pegasus chuckled once more as the picture started to fade. "Now, let's meet at my kingdom. If you defeat me, your "something special" will be returned..." Pegasus' picture finally disappeared and in place was Sugoroku. "Yugi! Yugi!" he called and Yugi ran over to the TV. "Jii-chan!" Everyone was astounded to see him trapped in the video and Yami closed his eyes, going silent. 'I can't believe I lost...and with it, lost jii-chan's soul. I failed you, love.' He stood and left the room quietly, heading upstairs.
Myrrh turned to see him leave and frowned, rabbit ears flattening in sadness.
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Zypher: And there you are. The start of the sequel and a long chapter to boot! Hoped you all enjoyed and I'll get started with the next chapter ASAP! And as a gift for all of you keeping patient with me with getting the sequel out, I came up with the idea of making short stories that will talk about the duel monsters' point of view after duels they have been in.
I may add pairings in them if you want them but if you don't want pairings, just tell me, without getting mad and causing problems just because of the pairings in general, and I'll just continue with the stories with all the monsters being best friends and such like that, even though that's how most of them will be focused unless you all really feel alright with monster pairings. These all will be short compared to the main chapter but I hope you all like it either way.
Also, if you have any suggestions of monster pairings, please keep them with the humanoid monsters, then I'll add them in.
-Shadow Realm: Yami and Yugi's Deck (They'll probably share the same deck up until the ceremonial battle then Yami will use his own demon based deck but still include the Black Magician and Black Magician Girl)-
The monsters Yami used in the duel with Pegasus gathered up with the rest of the monsters that were all in Yugi, Yami and Aqua's decks in a space that all three decks shared together. Black Magician paced silently, still angry at himself for letting the Faceless Mage control him.'But I guess I didn't really stand a chance since spellcasters are weak compared to illusionists…' he thought and then looked up when he heard Celtic Guardian walk by. 'And worse enough, I hurt him.'He followed him and watched as he sat down, nursing the bruises he got from the Black Magic attack.
"Oh, I wish I could kill that mage right now. Mahaado didn't have to go through that and hurt one of his friends." Celtic murmured to himself. "If that stupid Pegasus guy didn't use the Eye of Deception, Master Yami would've won." Mahaado walked over and sat down next to him. "Are you alright, Celtic?" he asked and Celtic looked to him. "I'm alright. Mad but alright." he replied. "You're not…mad at me, are you?" Mahaado asked.
"Of course not! I know you wouldn't hurt anyone intentionally. It was all that stupid Eye of Deception illusion that mage placed on you." Celtic said as he moved to stand and winced. Mahaado stood as well and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Here. Let me help." he whispered and waved his staff.
Celtic was engulfed in a bright light and soon, all the bruises were gone and Celtic felt loads better. He smiled as he looked to the spellcaster. "Thanks, Mahaado. I didn't know you knew healing spells." Mahaado smiled as well. "Yeah, I've been training with many magic spells and studying various tomes. You don't think I wouldn't learn a few healing spells while I'm at it, do you?"
"Guess not. Well, with those healing spells, I'm sure Silver Fang, Koumori Dragon and Great White can use some healing too." Celtic said and he nodded and they both walked off to where the other monsters were and searched for them.
They found Silver Fang being tended by Death Wolf and said wolf looked up when he heard them come. /"What brings you here, Mahaado?"/ he asked. "Just come to tend to Silver Fang's burns." he said and Death Wolf nodded.
/"Thank you. I've been searching for Mystical Elf all day when Silver Fang came in here with all these burns from Koumori Dragon and I couldn't find her anywhere. I'm glad you came."/ Death Wolf spoke and moved out the way so Mahaado can heal Silver Fang.
Once that was done, he and Celtic went to look for Koumori Dragon and Great White and healed their wounds before they went to sit off to the side, watching the monsters of the three decks as they talked and played games.
"How bad do you think it will be with Master Yami entering that tournament?" Celtic asked.
"Shouldn't be too bad. He is a strong duelist and I know losing this duel wasn't his fault. I know he'll win and get back at Pegasus for what he did. I just hope I won't fail him again." Mahaado said, lowering his head. Celtic frowned and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Don't be that way. You are a strong monster, Mahaado, and Master Yami wouldn't think of you any less than that. He puts all his trust in his monsters and we didn't fail him yet." He gave the magician a friendly hug. "And we will help him get through that tournament. You can count on that."
Mahaado looked up to him before smiling and nodded. "Alright." He yawned and Celtic pouted. "All that magic use must've made you tired. You need to get some rest." He got up, pulling Mahaado up with him and started shooing him off to where the spellcaster monster stayed. Once they got there, Celtic shooed him inside and Mahaado turned to look to him. "Fine, I'll get some rest. Best rest up for the duels that will come soon. See you later, Celtic." he said as he walked inside.
"Seeya, Mahaado!" he said with a wave before walking off, ready to do some training now that his bruises were healed.
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Zypher: There, that's the end of that little story. Remember, if you want monster pairings, tell me which ones and I'll add them in. Don't make an argument with me about them and just tell me nicely if you just want the monsters to be friends. So far no pairings of any kind will show unless you are alright with them and want then in the short stories.
