Me: Hello peoples! I know I have not been very active in the last two years, but meh, ideas are hard to come by.

Me: Now, to summon my A/N characters!

Me: (Draws out Ryuseiga and slashes the air) I CALL UPON THE SHADOWS TO BRING FORTH ATEM, YUGI, and INUYASHA!

Atem, Yugi, and InuYasha fall from the sky...

InuYasha: Kuso! Not this again! You brought me in AGAIN?!

Me: Meh, InuYasha, remember that you are at MY mercy. I CALL UPON THE SHADOWS TO BRING FORTH HIGURASHI KAGOME!

Kagome falls from the sky...

Kagome: Hello!

Me: At least she is nice... (grumbles) Oh could you deal with InuYasha there, he was being disrespectful to me!

Kagome: WHAT?! InuYasha...

InuYasha: Kuso...

Kagome: OSUWARI!!

WHAM!

Yugi and Atem sit up..

Yugi: Oh no... this place looks awfully familiar...

Atem: (mutters under breath) this place looks like the Shadow Realm...

Me: Relax Yugi, Atem! Technically, this is beyond the shadows... Anyways, I need to start working on this thing here, so InuYasha, do the disclaimer, its on the desk...

InuYasha: (grumbles) This is a first, anyways... This baka here doesn't own me or my friends and enemies. That honor belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Those brats and his groupies (points to Atem and Yugi) aren't owned by the baka either. They are owned by Kazuki Takahashi...

Atem: WHAT?! BRATS?! I'LL GIVE YOU BRATS!! (Invokes Millennium Puzzle and summons Magician of Black Chaos)

Yugi: Hey! We aren't brats! (Invokes Millennium Puzzle and summons Dark Magician)

InuYasha: As if those freaky mages bother me, I'll blast them away with Tessaiga!

Atem & Yugi: Mages, Attack!

InuYasha: (raises sword, brings downward) Backlash Wave!

Yugi: Negate Attack!

Me: (sighs) while they are fighting amongst themselves, might as well start the story... (Pauses) Wait a minute... INUYASHA!!

Note: Yami no Game thoughts

"Yami no Game" Speech

Yami no Game Flashback text

/Yami no Game/ Atem mind link

/"Yami no Game"/ Yugi mind link thoughts

\Yami no Game\ Bakura mind link

\"Yami no Game"\ Ryou mind link thoughts

The stupid girl is late! A certain dog eared man running towards a well thought. Since we beat Naraku, life has become pretty easy. Still there is the mess with the Jewel still here. The dog eared man was really InuYasha, a hanyou from the Feudal Era of Japan. InuYasha jumped into the well, transporting himself 500 years into the future, to the Modern Era of Japan, where he planned to tell Kagome, the girl--no, woman-- that he loves her. As he ran towards the house, he heard excited chatter from the backyard.

"Now Dark Magician Girl, attack with Dark Magic Attack and end this duel!" Kagome yelled.

InuYasha noticed a blast in the backyard, from where Kagome was yelling! "Hold on Kagome!" InuYasha yelled.

"Arrgh! I lost again to you, sis. How do you do it?" the voice of a young boy, Souta, Kagome's younger brother, wailed.

InuYasha arrived only to see Souta on his knees on the ground, Kagome standing tall with the Shikon no Tama around her neck and a strange silvery thing attached to her left arm, and a blonde girl with a strange blue outfit fading away. InuYasha noticed that Souta has the same strange silvery thing attached to his left arm as well. InuYasha was confused.

"Hey InuYasha!" Kagome calls out.

"Keh, what was that about?" InuYasha asked with a rude snort.

"That was a duel," Kagome replied.

"A duel?"

"Yes, a duel. A Duel Monsters match is called a duel. You use a combination of spells, traps, and various monsters to defeat your opponents. Why? Think it is stupid?"

"Yeah, why not battle yourself?"

"It's for fun, InuYasha. Besides, it is rumored that the game wasn't always for fun. The game has origins in Egypt--a country far away, in Africa— over 5000 years ago known then as Shadow Games. It was rumored that sorcerers and priests used the game to battle for power. The games threatened to destroy the entire world! But, a brave Pharaoh locked the magic of the Shadow Games away at the cost of his own life. Other rumors state that the Pharaoh didn't die, rather he sealed his soul away to lock the magic. Sounds familiar, huh?" Kagome recanted. She had seen on TV a show dedicated to the history of the game, and she was fascinated by it. She had also seen the press conferences of Ishizu Ishtar.

"Sounds an awful lot like the Shikon no Tama's origins..." InuYasha murmured. He remembered some of the hasty geography lessons that Kagome gave him over the years they had traveled to collect the shards in order to defeat Naraku and he knew where Egypt was relatively. He knew at least it was far away. He also knew that 5 millennia is a rather long time a game to exist. He was intrigued. He didn't want to sound pathetic, but he wanted to learn how to play the game. Then he remembered what he wanted to say to her.

"Kagome, I know I probably haven't been the best of partners during our journey to defeat Naraku, but... I wanted to say that I love you, Kagome. I am not saying that I have not loved Kikyou, but Kikyou is in the past... And, I think it is time for me to move forward..." InuYasha said quietly.

Kagome was absolutely stunned. She knew that Kikyou had long since been destroyed by Naraku, but she granted InuYasha time to mourn. She knew that that she just wanted him to be happy, and that meant that she needed to give him time to grieve as he had not been able to when she first died. She started to tear up.

"Oh man, I didn't mean to make you cry, Kagome, I thought you would be happy!" InuYasha exclaimed.

"I am, these are tears of joy!" Kagome cried back.

"Uhh, ok... I have one question though..." InuYasha began.

"What?"

"Can you teach me this Duel Monsters game?"

Kagome merely started laughing like crazy while tearing up.

Me: Well, that's it for chapter 1!

InuYasha: Well, that was strange...

Yugi: When do I show up?

Atem: And what about me?

Me: Well, I know that Yugi will show up soon, but I need to figure out something for you Atem... We will see...