Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction
Bonds to the Past
By: Gema J. Gall
Disclaimer: sigh Do you people get as bored reading these disclaimers as I do writing them? I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! I don't own Drake or Lara, they belong to Ryumasa. I do own Shayla. Oh, and Seto Kaiba is MINE! Kidnaps Kaiba
AN/ This AU fic picks up right after Joe lost to Yami Marik in the BC Finals. Now, Bonds to the Past is actually a spin-off to my story; Shayla's Story 3. If you've read SS3, welcome back! If you're new here, I'd encourage you to read SS3 and its prequels, but I am going to make the first part of this newbie friendly to the OCs. So I hope new readers will stick around as much as the old.
End of Battle City Saga
"Joe! Joe!" sobbed Serenity over her brother's unmoving form. The doctors had finished their work on him. He was now wired to monitors that recorded his vital signs, which were not as they should be.
"This has gone way too far!" exclaimed Tristan. He was back away from Joe's bed, pounding his fist on the wall at random intervals. He looked about ready to punch someone's face in, and there was little doubt whose face that was.
"First Bakura, then Mai, and now Joe…" Téa shook her head. She had placed an arm around Serenity as was trying to comfort her. But Joe's younger sister seemed beyond comforting at the moment.
"Is there anything we can do?" Lara asked, mostly rhetorically. She was by the door with her boyfriend, Drake. Lara had long violet hair and was wearing a glittery shirt to match. Her lilac eyes were normally mischievous and flirty, but now they were somber and sad. The only sparkly came from a locket that hung from her neck.
"Beating Marik at a duel is the only thing I can think of," answered Drake. "Shadow magic needs to be undone with shadow magic." His hand, which was covered by a golden gauntlet, clenched into a fist. "And thanks to Mr. Egomaniac, I can't enter." Drake was the adopted son of Maximilian Pegasus. He had fire red hair and ember-like eyes. His dueling deck was made solely of dragons. However, because of Seto Kaiba's insistence at an early take off, Drake and Lara had missed the first round of the finals, having arrived just as Kaiba beat Ishizu in an Industrial Illusion helicopter. Again at Kaiba's insistence, Drake was not allowed to compete because he was late, though he had six locator cards.
Drake had an ulterior motive for wanting to compete in this tournament. He had only seen an Egyptian god card in the prior duel. Nonetheless, being such an avid dragon duelist, he had his eyes on Ra. But his reason for entering Battle City, besides settling a dragon duelist score with Kaiba, was to find the Millennial Eye. He knew how the Millennial Items always seemed to turn up during these kinds of tournament, and was hoping to find the Millennial Eye and return it to his dad, so that Pegasus might wake from the coma he had slipped into right after the theft of the Eye. Those that had been there for the Duelist Kingdom tournament thought he was nuts, but Drake had all reason to believe his dad was now free of the evil influence of the Eye, and rightly so.
"I'm sure Kaiba's just afraid to duel you," soothed Lara.
"We need to be focusing on Marik," said Tristan. His upper lip curled in a little bit. "He's the reason for all of this!"
"Calm down, yelling isn't going to help us any now," said Duke.
"It's not fair!" exclaimed Kevin. Kevin was the newest member of the group. He had been a competitor in Battle City, but failed to get enough locator cards when the Big 5 decided to us him as their guinea pig in their latest virtual world trap. That's how he met the gang. Kevin was from America. He was only as tall as Yami Yu-Gi, minus the hair. Kevin's hair was spiky blond. He wore jeans and a red blazer over a plain white t-shirt. His dad was an archaeologist, who had actually studied with Prof Hawkins and Grandpa Motou. Now Kevin was wishing he had paid more attention to the "myths" his dad was always talking about, since those myths were now proven to be true. "Joe was just trying to help Mai! It's not fair!"
"Kevin, chill," said Téa, still with an arm around Serenity.
"I need some air," Kevin said, turning and heading out of the hospital wing.
"Marik's cruelty is getting to all of us," said Yu-Gi, sadly. "Kevin's right! It's not fair! I'm the one he wants! Why can't Marik leave everyone else alone?"
"Hey man, we're still in this together," reminded Tristan, holding up the back of one of his hands.
"That's right," agreed Téa, mimicking the motion. "And no one should be alone right now. I'm going to find Kevin. You guys try to help Serenity." Téa stood up and headed for the exit. Tristan and Duke both grinned, moving for Téa's seat next to Serenity at the same moment.
Kevin hurried out of the medical wing, not wanting to be with people when he felt this way. Téa stepped out behind him, catching up quickly.
"Why did this have to happen to Joe? Why!" Kevin exclaimed, pounding his fist into the wall.
"I don't know," answered Téa with a depressed sigh, approaching him. "I want than anything to believe everything that has happened didn't, but I know it's all true, a true nightmare. But somehow, I know Yu-Gi is going to win this and make everything right."
"It's not fair!" fumed Kevin. "Joe was just trying to help Mai!"
"I know! I know! This whole situation has my stomach tied into knots. Some many people have gotten hurt, the stakes are so high…."
"But why Joe?"
"Why Mai? Why Bakura? Why Odion?" asked Téa. "It seems like everyone has had to suffer because of Marik. Let me walk with you back to your room. You need to calm down. Shayla was like this when Marik defeated Mai."
"Thanks…."
"Don't mention it. I like helping my friends," answered Téa. "But try to calm yourself down, okay? Breaking your hand on the wall won't help Joe."
"I know," sighed Kevin. "I just really hate it when my friends get hurt. And…I don't want to see you hurt either."
"Thanks Kevin, but it's everyone else I'm worried about," said Téa, biting her lip. "I…I don't think any of us are safe until Marik is defeated."
A low voice chuckled behind them. "You actually think I can be defeated?"
They both turned around and gasped. "Marik!"
"What do you want, you evil freakazoid!" demanded Kevin, both hands tightening into fists.
Yami Marik merely grinned evilly at the fury in Kevin's eyes.
"You're going to pay for what you've done!" Kevin continued to fume.
"A mouse like you is no threat to me and my Millennial Rod," said Yami Marik, raising the Rod so that its head was pointing at both of them. Téa gulped, thought Kevin seemed to ticked to care.
"What is going on out here…Marik!" exclaimed Yami, instantly taking over. Yu-Gi had heard to commotion from in the hospital wing.
"Yu-Gi!" gasped Téa.
"Leave my friends alone!" growled Yami. "This madness has gone far enough!"
Yami Marik again replied with a large evil smirk. "Is that so pharaoh?" Something dangerous sparked in his eyes, and he lowered the rod. "Now I know exactly what I need to do to bring you too yours knees! When I am through with you, you'll be begging me to end your miserable existence. And then the power of your Millennial Puzzle, and the power of the world will be in my hands!" He laughed and flounced away, his cape waving behind him.
"Grr…" growled Yami.
/He's up to something, Yami/ cautioned Yu-Gi. /We need to be very careful. Too many people have been hurt by him. We need to duel him soon! That way we can save Mai's mind from the Shadow Realm and free Bakura from it entirely./
/I know, aibou/ replied Yami, still watching Yami Marik walk away.
"I didn't like that one bit," moaned Téa. "What can he be planning?"
"I know what he is planning," said Yami. "Marik is aiming to make more people suffer, in order to get to me."
"Hasn't he hurt enough people!" fumed Kevin.
"You're joking, right?" asked Téa, almost pleading.
"I wish I was," answered Yami, still keeping his eyes on Yami Marik.
"We need to warn everyone then!" exclaimed Téa. "Shayla, and the Kaibas, and Ishizu…we can't let Marik get them!"
"I agree," said Yami. He finally turned his gaze from Yami Marik and looked back in the hospital wing. "Let's tell the others, then go find everyone else and warn them. Marik is now completely out of control, and I don't think there is anything he won't do."