Prologue
"Blah blah" indicates speaking
"Blah blah" indicates mindspeak
"Blah blah" indicates Pokè speak
'Blah blah' indicates personal thoughts
Our story begins a few days after Battle City ended but before Yami entered his memory world.
It was another fine day in Domino city. The birds were chirping on the trees lining the busy car filled road. Every now and then someone would walk by and gaze up into the dusty blue sky. The endless skyscrapers towering above you while the trees blowing gently in the wind.
All this was lost on a boy named Yugi as sat under a shady tree playing his Pokémon game on his game boy advance. Yugi is 16 years old with red and black spiked hair and several yellow bangs of hair just above his forehead. Yugi was wearing a buckled collar with a long sleaved jacket over his white undershirt. Around his neck he wore on a chain a gold pyramid with several indents on it showing the individual pieces. On the front there was an eye shaped piece with two lines coming down from it. While one remained straight the other curved into itself. There was also a small ring on the top so Yugi could wear the chain around his neck.
"Yugi, are you going to sit there and play that game all day?"
Yugi looked up and saw the familiar transcendent face of Yami staring back at him.
"No, Why?"
"Because you suggested coming to the park to have fun and play games, not to play that game all day. How do you play anyway?" Yami's curiosity finally getting the better of him.
"Sorry, besides it's kinda had to have fun with someone only I can see."
"Point taken, you didn't answer my second question."
"I'll show you when we get home" Yugi said, standing up.
"Fine but, I'm going to keep you to that promise" and with that Yami disappeared into the Millennium Puzzle around Yugi's neck. Sighing, Yugi put his game boy advance inside his jacket and proceeded to walk the short mile home while ignoring the passing cars. On the way he tried to think of a way to explain his Pokémon game to a 5000 year old Pharaoh.
When he walked through the door he was pleasantly surprised to find his Grandpa on break, reading the newspaper at the table in the kitchen. Quietly he ducked through the back door and up the stairs into his room.
Yugi spent the next half hour teaching Yami the rules of his Pokémon game so that if he wanted to play he wouldn't delete the game. Yami learnt the rules quickly enough. Soon Yugi was telling Yami his favourite Pokémon was Pikachu because it was friendly, social and loyal, just like him. When his Grandpa called him down to help him with something.
When he saw what was going on he was shocked.
A teen with platinum coloured hair was standing in the door way. His pointed golden earrings unnaturally still while the four gold bands around his neck and the 6 on his arms shimmering against the warm glow of the sunny day outside. His purple-white shirt sleeveless shirt was flapping lazily in the outside wind. His black pants casting a menacing shadow.
Marik Ishtar was there but he didn't look normal. He looked like he was taken over by the Millennium Rod again, But that was impossible because the Rod was in Yugi's room. Yugi knew because he had passed it on his way downstairs.
"Well, look who finally turned up. I was thinking I would have to hurt one of your friends to bring you down." Mailk said icily. His violet eyes turning into a dark scowl.
"Mailk?" Yugi asked hesitantly.
"No, Marik"
"I thought you were in the shadow realm."
"I was but I broke free and look at all the friends I brought with me"
It was now that Yugi looked around and saw Téa, Tristan, Joey, Ryou and to Yugi bewilderment Kaiba, (all knocked out) pinned against the wall with some invisible force keeping them still.
"What are you doing Marik? Why are you here?" Yami asked, taking control of Yugi's body.
Instead of an answer Marik raised his hands and shot a burst of white power at Yami and his friends.
"Yugi, hold on, I can't... stop… whatever...he's...doing."
The next thing Yugi knew it was all dark.