Shukumei Danpen: A New Destiny
Prologue: Recollections and The Letter
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Yugi had 500 life points, his Black Magician, and a covered trap. His opponent had God of Sun, Dragon Ra at ten thousand attack and defense points, a Magician Breaker trap, and 1 life point. Things were not in the young boy's favor.
"Marik, you may think you have me beat, but one turn can turn the duel in my favor" Yugi's alter ego and resident spirit, Yami no Yugi smirked, drawing a card to begin their turn.
This tournament had been their best by far, not a single loss, but the finals were another story. Yugi had easily beaten Joey in the first round, Marik took out Seto Kaiba in their first round match, Harry Potter had easily disposed of Mai Valentine, and Espa Roba had defeated Ron Weasley.
Yugi's second round was the hardest of the tournament, his opponent had been playing for less than a year, but had built up one of the best decks Yugi or his dark side had ever been faced with.. Harry Potter brought him down to a mere two-hundred-and-seventy-five life points before Yami no Yugi had figured out a flaw in Harry's nearly perfect deck.
Now, in the finals, Yugi was up against Marik, and had been on the defensive since his first turn. That was going to change with the card he just drew.
"Marik! I summon Kuriboh to the field!" Yami no Yugi cried, a look of sinister triumph on his face.
"Watch, as my covered Call of the Haunted returns my Black Magician Girl to the field, giving me a total of three monsters" Yami no Yugi had been waiting for a hand like this since the beginning of the duel.
"Spell activation, Repetitive Summon!" the Pharaoh bellowed, sliding his newest addition to his deck into the spell/trap slot in the center of his duel disk.
"Now, using my spell card, I sacrifice all three of my field monsters, half of my life points, and one card from my hand, to summon Saint Dragon Osiris!"
Marik smirked as the red God card appeared in holographic form from the sky, at a pathetic one thousand attack and defense points.
Yami no Yugi smirked, and pulled the last card from his dueling hand, a dark smile on his face.
"Now, to play a special spell card I may use only once per duel... Archaic Rejuvenation!" Yami no Yugi emphasized, his spell causing his deck holder to glow with a white aura.
Six cards were partially ejected, allowing him to easily pull them free. Marik still stood unconcerned, Dragon Ra was at ten thousand attack points, and Osiris was still at six thousand.
"Now, for the card that will turn the duel in my favor, Megamorph!" Yami no Yugi triumphantly smirked, watching his God card's attack points double, increasing to 10000.
"I finish my combination with Pot of Greed!" Yami no Yugi sneered, pulling two cards from his deck.
"Osiris, Thunder Force!" Yami no Yugi bellowed, his fist splayed.
They had just won Battle City, again. Now, all three God cards were with the Pharaoh again, soon to be returned to their respectful owners.
Yugi woke from his recurring dream, a splayed smile on his face. On the floor next to his bed, his best friend slept soundly on the floor, undisturbed by the shorter boy's awakening.
Harry Potter may have come in third in Battle City, but for his first tournament, he was so excited that he nearly wet his pants.
And he had reason to be excited, he had just ranked in the most prestigious tournament of the year, the annual income from a third rank in the BC tournament was more than Yugi's grandfather made in a year.
On the other hand, Harry had little be happy about, his parents were dead, he had been forced to live with repulsive relatives for ten years of his life, and he was completely isolated from the world in which he belonged. The wizarding world.
Last year, Harry, Yugi, and a few others discovered that they were to be enrolled at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, one of the most prestigious magic schools in the world.
When Yugi and Harry got up that morning, they sat around and watched a rerun of Tennis no Ojisama before going down to make breakfast.
As they were eating their cereal, a loud rapping at the door caused Harry to nearly choke on a recent chug of orange juice.
A few minutes later, there was a slight commotion, and an owl flew into the kitchen, two rolls of parchment attached to its legs.
After getting it away from his milk, Harry managed to detach the parchment, at which point the miniature bird flew away.
Unrolling the one addressed to him, he recognized the back to school letter from Hogwarts, and read the supply list aloud:
The Standard Book of Spells, Grade Two
By Miranda Goshawk
Break with a Banshee
By Gilderoy Lockhart
Gadding with Ghouls
By Gilderoy Lockhart
Holidays with Hags
By Gilderoy Lockhart
Travels with Trolls
By Gilderoy Lockhart
Voyages with Vampires
By Gilderoy Lockhart
Wanderings with Werewolves
By Gilderoy Lockhart
Year with the Yeti
By Gilderoy Lockhart
"Wow, this Lockhart guy must be really good. He's written all of the books except our Standard Book of Spells." Harry noted, with a slight snigger at the name.
'That, or he's a complete maniac bent on world domination.' Yami no Yugi chimed, a slight hint of humor in his voice.
'Mou hitori no Boku, do we have to suspect everyone? I mean, we don't even know what this guy looks like!' Yugi replied, annoyance in his voice. Ever since their encounter with Voldemort in the hidden chamber containing the Sorcerer's stone, Yami no Yugi had been overly protective of his light half.
"Yeah Pharaoh, not everybody wants to kill you. Take me for example, I want to kill professor Snape." Harry chimed in, unknowingly having eavesdropped on their conversation, thanks to the power of his Millennium Ankh.
"Harry!" Yugi glared, looking down at the golden ankh hanging from around the English boy's neck.
"Huh?" the English boy wondered dumbfounded, then looked down at the ankh around his neck too. "Oh."
Harry had received the Millennium ankh last year at Hogwarts, among other things.
The second the Millennium item entered his life, things had never been the same. The resident spirit of the Millennium ankh, Shadii, was the ancestor of the present Shadi, the leader of the cult sworn to protect the Millennium items, and their secrets, using any means necessary.
Occasionally, Harry would unknowingly tap into other peoples' minds and souls without realizing it. This had thrown him into more than one awkward situation.
At the thought of his other spirit, Harry unconsciously gripped the Ankh tightly, a faint golden aura pulsating around the Egyptian item.
Slowly, the faint but solid form of Shadii appeared behind him, his white, sand-stained Egyptian robes settling around his feet.
"Pharaoh, another year is to begin soon. And, I fear this year will be similar to our first year at Hogwarts..." Shadii murmured, the ankh around his neck shining faintly.
"Hm?" Harry replied, looking over his shoulder at his guardian spirit. "We are all in more danger this year, including those loosely tied to our destiny."
"Don't be so down Shadii, we've already beat Voldemort once, he should be even easier the second time around!" Yugi chimed, popping open the trunk at the foot of his bed.
Reaching in delicately, Yugi pulled out a long and slender wand, ten inches of cedar with a core of phoenix tail feather.
"It's only been a summer since we left, but it feels like we've been cut off entirely..." Yugi sighed, looking over to a moving picture of their friends from the magical school.
Hermione and Seto were in Egypt with Marik, Isis, and Hermione's parents, Ron was with his parents, Harry was staying with Yugi for the summer thanks to the Battle City tournament, and Ryou was just across town on his own.
"Voldemort is not our only worry. I am still concerned about Marik, his ability to control the Millennium items in his possession worries me, I am afraid the combined powers within them may be too much for his spirit to handle. Before we separated for the summer, I sensed an imbalance in his chakra. Two positive influences, and two negative influences, one that I could barely sense, but that was present all the same."
Yugi nodded solemnly once and his eyes glazed over, and Yami no Yugi appeared transparently behind his lighter half.
"I trust Marik will learn to control himself, and we will all be there to help him if he needs it." Yami no Yugi said sternly, a responding flash from the Millennium puzzle following his words.
"Yes pharaoh, all will go well in the end... Just not in the way you might think..." a robed figure outside the Kame game shop smirked, a faint symbol pulsating on the back of his hand... A cross between the familiar Orichalcos and black serpent.
Voldemort had found an ally just in time for the new school year at Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
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