1A/N Yes I am starting a new fic. I thought about doing this for a while but I wasn't too sure if it was a good idea with my other stories still out. Hopefully this turns out to be a good one. You tell me.
Disclaimer- I own nothing not even the song in here.
Summary- After an attempt to other throw him, Yami is thrown back into the living world, not as himself, but as a black lab. He returns to Yugi hoping to get help. Instead, he finds a completely changed hikari.
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Chapter 1
"Grab him! Don't let him out of your sight!" a soilder cried, charging after the black blurr that sprinted past him. A couple of Guards were on his heels as the black retriever galloped as fast as he could through the corridors. Crimson eyes flitted from one door to another trying to find an exit.
Pain seemed to spread through his body as a guard tackled him. His leg was killing him. The black lab yelped slightly then growled out of frustration. The guard tightly holding him seemed to ease off at the vicious snarl. Amusement flickered in blood stained eyes as the black lab let out another vicious growl. The guard completely let go this time and backed off slowly. "It's okay. No one is going to hurt you boy." he whispered somewhat soothingly.
The black animal snarled at the comment. He wasn't a dog, at least he wasn't suppose to be. He advanced on the frightened guard but paused when he heard more foot steps down the hall. More guards.
"Atemu!" A raspy whisper came from a door very close by. The dog turned abruptly and the rage bottom seemed to be turned off. He stood tall and watched a brown haired teen beckon him inside a tiny room. "Come, we have little time!"
The black lab turned to look at the corridor again and noticed his guard friend had sprinted down the hall in hopes to escape the angry beast. Tail wagging, the retriever trotted into the room Mana had motioned. Mana shut the door tightly and laid a wooden board across the opening in hopes to stall the guards. She turned to her friend and smiled sadly. "I don't know why this is happening. Can you understand me?"
The crimson eyed dog barked happily.
"Shhhh!" Mana whispered. "I don't think that door is going to hold them long." She knelt and put a hand on the dog's head. "I'm so sorry for all this. I don't understand it. Mahado told me they would cause you no harm. He said it was just to make you stronger."
The black lab cocked his head to the left and whined softly.
Tears filled the young maiden's eyes. "I don't know how to reverse the spell. If I can't changed you back how are you going to help your people?" She sniffed but froze when a slam came to the door to her right. She gasped as she stood, grabbing the dog by the back of the neck she dragged him to the further end of the room. A curtain covered the wall and she pulled on it harshly.
The black lab barked rather loudly at the sight before him. On the beautiful stone wall, another scene seemed to shimmer to life. A flowing view of buildings, cars, and many people crowding the streets flooded the ancient wall. The crimson eyes watched interest in the sight they were taking in.
Another slam to the door made both of the figures jump. "Mana, open this door!" commanded a rather angry magician. Mana shook slightly remained still. The lab growled loudly and made a motion to the door but Mana knelt before him, holding him back.
"No." She said sternly. "I used the magic I have left to create this for you. It leads you back to Domino City. You must go and find help. Find you Hikari, he will help us." She hugged her friend briefly before turned him towards the portal. The door behind them started to snap at the force of the magic being pushed on it. "Go!" Mana shouted, pushing him towards the portal.
The black lab whined slightly, grabbing hold of the teen's robes and trying to drag her in with him.
"No." she shook her head. "Only one may enter. The portal will only open once more to let you home. You must be ready at that time." She smiled at the lab, tears finally spilling down her face. "Good luck." She whispered before pushing the lab as hard as she could into the portal.
The door snapped open with such a force that wooden splinters came surging throughout the room. Mana watched as the portal closed on her friend. "I'll miss you." She said as guards swarmed in and tackled her to the floor. She made no struggle or motion to escape. Where would she run?
Mahado looked around the room. When he didn't sense their young former king, he glared at her. "Foolish girl."
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As we're sitting here starring each other down,
You open up your mouth, Let your lies spu out,
What are we doing here? It's wrong can't you see?
You want to leave me here, and forget about me.
The music made of the whole car shake as Yugi drove down Domino Boulivard. He bobbed his head to the music as he turned onto the road that would lead stright to the Kame Shop. After the end of a long day of school and work, he was ready to kick back for the night. His grandfather was on another exposition on Egypt and he had the whole place to himself.
You look me, in the face,
Tell me I'll, a disgrace,
You say that you're the vicitm,
I say you're full of shit.
Yugi started to sing alone to the heavy metal band smiling all the way. He loved this song. It made it perfectly clear how he felt on certain issues. He growled slightly when he felt his cell phone vibrate on his belt. He turned the music down to bare whisper and answered it rolling his eyes. "What?"
"Nice to hear from you, too." The teenager replied.
"Sorry Joey." Yugi replied glancing at the side streets to make sure no one was coming. "Long day at work."
"That must have been the only long day. You skipped your fourth mod. Yugi, dude you do realize that you are failing that class now, right?" Joey nagged him, irration building in his voice.
Yugi rolled his eyes again. "Joey, if I wanted to be spoken down to I would have called my grandfather. Is that the only reason why you called me? To tell me that I'm failing my Pre-calc class? I could have looked at my report card and saved a few phone minutes."
Joey sighed. "Yeah, because you use so many of them. Yug, what is going on with you man? You never want to hang out with the gang anymore, you aren't keeping up with your grades, and your attitude is somewhat–er– out of place?" There was a pause. "This isn't about him again is it?"
Yugi answered almost immediately, not wanting to discuss his former other half. "No."
Joey saw through the lie. "Yugi, he wouldn't want you to drag yourself down because of him. I can almost guarantee that he wanted you to be happy."
"I am happy." Yugi laughed out loud. "Why wouldn't I be?" He asked. He stopped at another stop sign and looked both ways before continuing. "Joey listen, if you really want me to be 'myself' again just leave me alone and wait for me to come around."
"Yugi, it has been 3 months. You do realize he isn't coming back right?" Joey asked curiously.
Yugi felt like a child. Of course I know that. Why else would I be so angry? "Duh!" Yugi replied. "Joey, I'm on my way home, can I call you back later. I have a lot of stuff I have to do aro—,"
There was a sudden gasp and Joey thought he heard a thud. "Yugi?" There wasn't a reply. "Yugi, man you alright?!" His voice rising in panic.
Yugi remained still. He just hit something. "Y-yeah." He caught his breath for a second. "I gotta go." He said and hung up not bothering to pay attention to his friend's protest. Yugi slowly got out of the car. The street wasn't busy so no one was behind him waiting to pass. Yugi walked carefully to the front of his car.
A black mound lay in front of his car. Yugi crept closer and noticed it was a dog. He cursed under his breath. He had never hit anything before. His heart jumped at the possibility that he just killed some kid's pet. Carefully he made his way to the side of the animal.
"Hello?" He asked quietly, poking the dog's side. "Please be okay." Yugi jumped when the dog whined softly and picked it's head up. Yugi froze when the dog looked at him. Crimson. Yugi shuddered slightly. He hated that color. The dog panted and wagged it's tail as if happy to see him. Yugi smirked slightly. "You should be more careful." He said to the dog.
The black lab sat up and then stood up wagging it's tail greatfully. It seem's fine. Yugi thought. Carefully he outstretched his hand and allowed the dog to sniff him. When he seemed comfortable with the scent he started barking, making Yugi draw his hand back. The black lab pranced around him happily.
Yugi frowned confused. "Where is your owner?" He asked quietly. He put his hand on the dog's head and looked under his neck. No collar. "You can't be a stray. You're too tame." Yugi watched the dog yap at him a little while longer. Yugi shrugged. "I don't know where you came from but you better get back home. It is getting late and I'm sure your owner misses you."
Yugi turned around and started to head back to his open drivers side door. The dog beat him there and hopped into his car. He sat on the passenger's side seat and wagged his tail. Yugi laughed slightly. "No." He said. "You can't come with me." He grabbed the crimson eyes black lab and tried to pull him out of the car. The dog wouldn't budge. Yugi got annoyed after a while. "Listen, mutt! I have no food for you. Go away."
The black cocked his head and whimpered. Yugi noticed the dog seemed to not enjoy his attitude. Well I'm not exactly enjoying you're company. He thought angrily. Yugi walked to the passenger's side door and opened it. "Get out." he said more sternly.
The dog looked at the cold pavement at Yugi's feet and then back up at him. He whi8ned softly and then jumped out of the car. Yugi was surprised by this sudden obedience. "Um, good." Yugi shut the door and walked over to his side. He got in and shut the door behind him. The black lab jumped on his hind feet and put his paws on the car. "Hey! Don't do that!" Yugi snapped after buckling his seat belt. "You'll ruin the paint job!"
The dog got down when Yugi started the car. Yugi made sure the dog was out of reach before he drove off towards home. Yugi looked in the rear view mirror and saw the dog standing in the middle of the road watching him leave. He had his head cocked to one side and sat down slowly. Yugi felt a pain ping his heart for leaving the dog there but it wasn't his to take care of. Who knows what kind of disease he may have anyway!
Yugi drove for about five more minutes before coming to a stop in front of the Kame Shop. He got out of the car and looked around. He wasn't in much of a mood to go inside yet. The air was cool and surprisingly clean for the fall night. Yugi sighed and started walking down the street. A walk would do him good before he went inside. He considered going after the dog to see if he was still sitting there but decided to go on a much crowded route.
As Yugi walked he thought was the past few months. He couldn't lie. It was hard not seeing his other self anymore. He missed him a lot. Not just him either, all of his friends missed the former Pharaoh. Yugi frowned angrily. I understand he had to leave. I really do. But couldn't he of let me know that he was going to miss me? Let me know that this decision wasn't easy for him? Or maybe it was. Maybe he wanted to be a Pharaoh more than he ever wanted to be a Yami.
Yugi's stomach growled signaling him it was time to go home and fix up something to eat. Yugi looked at his watch. He had been walking about a half hour. He shrugged and walked to the edge of his road, happy to see the Kame Shop lights. Yugi strolled up to the front door and unlocked it.
He puched it open and was about to enter when something whirled past him into his house. Yugi froze, panick pumping through his veins. Yugi flicked on the side light and looked around. Yugi sighed almost relieved. A black lab stood in the center of the Kame Shop wagging his tail. "You have to be kidding me." Yugi shook his head. He walked inside and point outside. "Out!" Yugi demanded hoping the dog would be just as obedient as last time.
Yugi thought wrong. The black lab sat in the midddle of the floor and raised a paw at him. Yugi waited for what seemed like minutes. Crimson and Violet starred each other down. Yugi shut the door making the lab look happy. He turned to the strange dog. "One night. That is it!" Yugi declare and was then ambushed by a happy dog.
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A/N Okay, that is the end of chapter one. I would like to dedicate this chapter to AtemuYuugi34 for just plain awesomeness. I decided that I'm going to dedicate a chapter to a good writer, one that I have been reading up on. Let me know if you have some good stroies.