The Darkness returns

The Pharaoh together with Yugi and his other friends from the future managed to defeat Zorc the Dark One, but did they defeat the darkness forever or did they only stop it temporarily? To find out read this story.

Chapter 1- A new adventure begins

IN THE WORLD OF THE PHARAOH'S MEMORIES,

The Creator of Light used her power to destroy Zorc the Dark One, but while they all celebrated no one noticed that a small piece of Zorc's spirit had survived but it was weak, it was not going to survive for long.

I'm not going to let it end like this, I will destroy this world, but I won't survive unless I find a host, human or spirit, to hang onto until I have gained the strength to survive on my own wait I have a idea, Zorc thought before he flew towards the stone sanctuaries. He went into Seto's sanctuary and saw just what he needed, a creature, Kaiser Dragon, which was pretty powerful, not near the level of the Egyptian Gods but it was still good enough for him, he entered it's stone tablet and fused with the dragon, mutating it. Now he would wait until it was time to finish what he started, to destroy mankind.

IN THE AFTERLIFE, AFTER THE CEREMONIAL DUEL,

The Pharaoh aka Atem sat in the palace garden and was thinking about his time in the future and his friends, he was especially thinking about Yugi, he sighed Suddenly a pair of arms hugged him around his body from behind. He heard a voice he knew well, "Are you thinking about the people you know from the future Atem?" Atem turned around and looked at Mana, "Yes Mana I was thinking about them, I miss them, especially Yugi, he and I were together for so long that I expect to hear his thoughts from time to time".

Mana smiled and kissed his cheek, Atem blushed, he and Mana had gotten together soon after he came to the afterlife, "it's alright to miss them Atem, but your time with them was over, you fulfilled your destiny by destroying Zorc forever", but when Mana said that Atem got a serious look on his face and he looked down into the ground. Mana looked worried, she knew that look, "What's wrong Atem?" He looked at Mana, I'm not sure he's gone for good Mana". She got scared and asked what he meant, "We destroyed his body yes, but I can still feel a small piece of him in the world of the living, I couldn't back in the world of the living but once I got here I started to feel it, I'm worried Mana", Mana was about to say something when Seto came running, they looked at him as he stopped in front of Atem.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you Pharaoh, but something weird has happened, the stone tablet of Kaiser Dragon in my sanctuary has disappear", Atem stood up, "What do you mean it disappeared Seto?", "Just what I said it's tablet just disappeared in thin air". Atem looked down, the only reason he could come up with about this was that Kaiser Dragon's spirit no longer existed.

Just as Atem thought that he got a vision from the day he and his friends destroyed Zorc, he saw a piece of his spirit survive and how it went to Seto's stone sanctuary and how it fused itself with the stone tablet of Kaiser Dragon. He gasped as the vision ended and Seto caught him before he fell to the ground, Mana was at his side worried but she got terrified over what he said, "I knew it, a piece of Zorc survived, he fused himself with Kaiser Dragon and mutated the dragon, that's the reason why it's gone now, Zorc is going to use this new form and try to finish what he started for 5 000 years ago, he going to destroy the world of the future".

Mana and Seto looked at each other worried, Atem got up on his feet again, "I've to find a way to contact Yugi and the others, they are going to have fight this new evil and I'm going to help them as much as I can from here", Seto and Mana nodded, they knew he would say that, Atem looked up in the sky and thought:

Don't worry Yugi, I'm not going to let anything happen to you and the others, I promise that I will help you defeat this new abomination Zorc has created.

AT THE SAME TIME IN THE WORLD OF THE LIVING, WITH YUGI,

It had gone four months since Atem returned to the afterlife and Yugi's and his friends lives had gone back to normal, right now they had just had gym and they had an obstacle course. During the four months that had gone since the Pharaoh had left the world of the living and Yugi had changed a lot, after a lot of nagging so did Yugi begin to come with Joey and Tristan to the gym to train his body, he made unbelievable result in short time to everyone's surprise. He had gotten a lot better in their gym class as well since he finished the obstacle course on the third place after Joey and Tristan, now they were changing back to their school uniforms and were going to have lunch, when Yugi suddenly got a vision.

VISION,

A dark creature roared in the air, it were covered in shadows so it couldn't be seen completely, it was facing of against the three Egyptian gods, Blue-Eyes Shinning Dragon and Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon. The gods prepared their attacks as well as Shinning Dragon and Darkness Dragon, the dark creature laughed and said with a voice that sounded pretty similar to Zorc's: "You think that even the combined power of these pathetic creatures will be enough to defeat me". Obelisk released his Fist of Fury, Slifer fired his Thunder Force, Ra flew towards him in as the Egyptian god Phoenix, Shinning Dragon fired his Shinning Neutron Blast and Darkness fired his Inferno Dark Fire, even with all these attacks coming towards him so did the creature laugh.

END OF VISION,

Yugi flinched and looked quickly around, Max, a classmate asked if he was okay, Yugi looked at him with a forced smile, "Yes Max I'm okay, I just thought I heard something but I must just have imagined it". Max accepted the answer and didn't think more about it but Joey and Tristan didn't buy it, they knew the look on Yugi's face, something was up and they was going to find out.

After everyone had gone and Yugi was about to leave the locker room did he find himself face to face with Joey and Tristan, "Something wrong guys?", "We're the ones who should ask you that Yug, why did you look so worried, don't say it's nothing because we know when something is wrong just by looking at your face", Joey said and Tristan agreed. Yugi sighed, he walked over to a bench and sat down, "Okay guys, I just had a vision, I saw the Egyptian gods, Kaiba's Shinning Dragon and your Darkness Dragon Joey fighting a dark creature, I couldn't see it completely, Joey's eyes narrowed. He had gotten his hands on his Darkness Dragon a few weeks ago, right before a Duel Monsters tournament, "You think this means that our lives are going to go crazy again?" Yugi nodded, "I've had dreams about this as well, I first thought about it as only dreams until I saw it just now, I think when we help Atem stop Zorc so didn't we stop the shadow games for good". Tristan and Joey looked at each other, they knew for sure now that their lives would be turned upside down again.

Later at the lunch they told Tea about what had happened, she sighed as she realized as well that their life would get complicated again, no one of them could concentrate on the school after that (of course Joey and Tristan barely paid attention as it was) and was only thinking about Yugi's vision.

LATER AT KAME GAME, YUGI'S GRAMPA'S GAME SHOP,

Yugi was sitting in his room and tried to do his homework but he couldn't focus because of his vision so he walked over to his bed and sat down on it with his back against the wall while he was thinking:

I don't know what my vision means but if the gods is in it I hope that means that Atem is getting back because we're going to need him if the world is going to go crazy again, Yugi thought while he missed his closest friend.

LATER THAT NIGHT,

Yugi was sleeping peacefully until he heard Slifer the Sky Dragon roar and got a dream about himself standing on Slifer's head and ordered the dragon to attack, but suddenly he were standing in a white space with nothing around him. He heard someone call out to him, he turned around and saw Joey and Kaiba, "Hey Yug, you know what's going on here?" Yugi shook his head and said that he had no idea, but then they heard a voice all of them knew well, "I will explain it for you three". They turned around and saw the Pharaoh aka Atem standing there.

Before anyone of them could react so had Yugi thrown himself at Atem and hugged his closest friend, Atem smiled and hugged Yugi back, Yugi looked at Atem's face, "I can't believe it, I thought we would never see you again". Atem smiled and looked at Joey who put a hand on Atem's shoulder, "Atem, good to see you old buddy", Atem when looked at Kaiba who only nodded his head at him. Yugi and Joey gave Atem a little space and when Yugi asked: "What's going on Atem? I have had weird dreams and a vision". Atem looked at them, "A piece of Zorc survived The Creator of Light's attack and fused itself with the stone tablet of Kaiser Dragon, mutating the dragon and making it cease to exist, he's going to try to destroy the future". Yugi, Joey and Kaiba looked at each other, before the ceremonial duel Kaiba would have been in denial about this but after seeing Yugi and the Pharaoh side by side he couldn't do that anymore. Yugi looked back at Atem, " Are you coming back to help us Atem?" Atem looked sadly back at Yugi, "I wish Yugi but I can't, my mission in the future is over so I can't come back".

Yugi got worried when he heard that, "We need you Atem, we are going to need the power of the three Egyptian gods and only you can control the real creatures". Atem smiled at Yugi, "You're wrong Yugi, you are a modern day version of me, your times version of the ancient Pharaoh, which means that you can control the gods as well".

Yugi's eyes widened, "Me? No Atem I can't I'm not strong or worthy enough", Atem put his hands on Yugi's shoulders while he smiled at him, "Stop doubting yourself Yugi, believe in yourself and your power, I believe in you and so does our friends". Yugi looked at Joey who smiled at him and nodded, Kaiba just looked at them, Atem took a few steps back and held out his hand towards them, "I'm going to give the three of you the power to summon shadow creatures and also give your another ability that might come in handy, you will learn about this ability when the time comes".

Yugi, Joey and Kaiba felt a powerful energy flow through their bodies, Yugi felt his mind fading away which meant that they must be waking up, he looked at Atem one last time, "We will stop this evil Atem, we will finished off Zorc once and for all". Atem smiled at him, "I know you will Yugi, and I will appear in your dreams and give you warnings and tips as well as advices", Yugi smiled one last time before Atem disappeared from his sight.

Yugi sat up in his bed and gasped sweaty, he looked around in his room, at first he thought that it had all been another dream until he heard Slifer and Ra roar and Obelisk growl, he looked at his deck and saw it glow and shifting between the colors of the three Egyptian gods. He got up from the bed and walked over to his deck and picked up the three cards on the top and looked at the gods, he had looked at them earlier that evening when he was thinking about his dreams and the vision.

Looks like we really got contacted by Atem, looks like the world is about to go crazy again and it's up to me, Joey and Kaiba to stop this madness, and we will stop it, Yugi thought before he heard the phone ring, it was three in the morning and he wondered who it could be.

He came out of his room just as his grandpa answered the phone, "Kame shop, who is this? Joey? Why are you calling at this hour?" Yugi walked over and told his grandpa that he would talk to Joey and told his grandpa to go back to sleep. Grandpa gave him the phone and went back to bed, "Hi Joey, I guess that you also met Atem in your dream", "you're right Yug, after I woke up I heard my Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon roar from my deck, looks like a new adventures is about to begin for us Yugi", Yugi agreed, they decided to call their friends tomorrow and talked with them about what they had just learned.

A piece of Zorc survived and is planning to destroy the world of the future, can Yugi, Joey and Kaiba who Atem entrusted the mission to defeat him and save the world from destruction again? Continue to read to find out and please give me reviews and tips about what can be better, in the next chapter it will be practice with shadow creatures.