Chapter 1:
Yami sat at the window of the RV. Rebecca and her Grandfather were in town and the others were sitting outside. Yami rubbed the orichalcos stone on his necklace while remembering yesterday's duel. It had started off as he'd expected, the same way it always did. Then Rafael had given him "The Sea of Orichalcos" at things started to get strange. He had sworn not to play the card, because it was evil, wasn't it? Of course it was... Yugi had been there, begging him not to play it, and for a while he listened. The card, though, seemed to want him to do the opposite of what his partner wanted. It remained in his hand and the longer he held it, trying not to look at it, the more he felt he needed to use it. It was telling him so. Things were starting to get rough on the field as well. He was losing. The card was his only hope to defeat Rafael; He had to play it. The moment he was about to place the card in his duel disc, somebody grabbed his arm, preventing him from moving it. Looking over he saw it was Yugi. The young boy looked desperate saying, "I won't let you play that card!"
Yami yanked his arm out of the boy's grip, shouting, "Its the only way!" and put the seal in play. He didn't really remember much of what happened after that. He's gone insane, become evil, he knew that much, but the specific details were hazy and out of focus. When his head cleared the monsters that had been on his side of the field were standing in front of him glowering. Then they all disappeared and he was attacked by Rafael's guardian and his life points dropped to zero. The seal started to close in on him then, readying to claim his soul, but he was shoved from behind out of the center. He turned around to see Yugi standing where he had been, with a sad look on his face. Maybe it was disappointment? Probably. The boy explained, "It only needs one of us. So i'm letting the seal take me instead."
Yami was shocked by this. He didn't want Yugi to take the fall for his mistake, "Yugi, no!"
But the boy was gone, taken by the seal to Ra-knows-where.
Now Yami sat at the window completely alone. The stone reminded him of that duel, how painful it had been to lose Yugi, but it also reminded him of something else. Rafael had said that Yami was evil. Though, at the time, he had given this statement no merit, the more he thought about it the more true it seemed. Professor Hawkins had spoke on an evil king as well. To Yami, it seemed that that king was him. After all, what kind of person would allow their partner to give up their soul for their mistake? What kind of person would sacrifice a child like that?!
He pounded his fist on the table, enraged with himself. In doing this he caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror. A glowing green symbol had appeared on his forehead when he had displayed his wrath toward himself. It was the orichalcos...
But why? How? This wasn't a duel and the card was in his deck all the way across the room. He was upset, angry with himself, but behind these feelings was something else: power, immense power. He hadn't noticed it before, but now he could feel it poisoning his mind, seeping into every part of his being. The ancient evil power, so potent he couldn't believe he hadn't noticed it sooner, coursed through his very veins. He stared at himself, the seal glowing bright on his forehead, and placed his hand on the mirror, wishing it weren't real. Playing the card did more than just affect him in the duel. It had infected him.