I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!, I just own my characters Sabrina and Zaria.
I put on my school uniform and then start fumbling with the Pendant. I finally get that old rope off and replace it with a thin silver chain that glitters slightly. It certainly looks a lot better. "So, Spirit, what do you think?"
She then appears next to me, "I guess its fine. A bit flashy though." She says.
"Well its better than having an itchy old rope hanging from my neck."
"True."
I grab my bag and walk out of my room and into Yugi's. "Hey Yugi, are you ready for school?" I ask.
"Yeah, hey, what do you think of the new chain?" he asks turning around. A huge thick metal chain holds the Puzzle around his neck.
"It's cool, but a bit thick."
"Well it's the best I could find."
"I feel those chains will come in handy though. Fate will probably bring more people that want their hands of the Puzzle and Pendant. I only wish that we knew more about our memories to help though." The Puzzle Spirit says.
The Pendant Spirit nods. "Well, then Yugi and I will help you guys figure it out." I say as we walk out the door. Both of the Spirits return to their Items soon after. Tea is waiting for us outside, "Hey guys." She says. We say goodbye to Grandpa and begin walking to school.
We begin walking through the downtown part when Yugi notices something. I follow his gaze to find a cloaked man with a crystal ball on a table next to him, "Futures told, fates unfold." He says. "Step up boy and I'll tell you your future."
Yugi walks up to the man. I don't trust that guy, but he seems familiar. "Sabrina, maybe this guy can tell us more about our Spirits." Yugi says.
"I don't know. But I guess if you want to, then make it quick." I say.
The man lifts his head toward the Millennium Puzzle, "Boy, in order to read your future, I must hold a personal item." He says. "Your necklace will do nicely."
"No, I'm sorry I can't." Yugi says.
"But then I can't properly read your fortune."
"But… err, alright, but only for a second." He says taking off the Puzzle. I still don't trust any of this.
The man holds the Puzzle in his hands. "Hmm, something's coming to me… I see that this Millennium Item… now belongs to me!" he says running off with it.
"The Puzzle!" Yugi says quickly running after him.
"Sabrina, what should we do?" Tea asks.
"Um, um. You go get help; I'll help chase him down. HURRY!" I say. I decide to head in another direction and see if I can cut the guy off. I start running to the other side of the buildings, but once I'm there I don't find anything. Crap!
Now I'm just running all over the place trying to find a way to get to Yugi. "Spirit, do you think you can sense the Puzzle Spirit?"
"I'll try." She says. I keep running in all different directions, hoping something will come up. "I can feel a slight presence not too far from here. Just head forward." She says.
Alright. I keep running forward until I'm at an abandoned part of town. The area doesn't look very safe. I then come in front of a warehouse. Could they be in here? As I walk closer to it, I can hear dueling arena sound effects. I don't know why, but I feel that Yugi is the one dueling. I open the fence gate and walk up to the door. I try to open the shed door, but it won't move so I try the smaller door on the side. This once opens more easily.
I open it up to find Yugi dueling… Bandit Keith!? Since when is he after Millennium Items?! "Yugi, what's going on?" I ask.
Yugi turns around, "Someone is possessing Bandit Keith and trying to get my Millennium Puzzle!" he says. His attention them turns back to the duel, "Now I'll sacrifice my Curse of Dragon and Gaia the Fierce Knight to summon Gaia the Dragon Champion!"
Gaia the Dragon Champion then attacks Keith's Mechanicalchaser, bringing Keith to 1250 Life Points. "Very impressive little Yugi." Keith says. His voice is demonic and only has slight hints of his original. He then switches his Megasonic Eye into defense mode, and then plays Machine Conversion Factory which will increase the ATK of his machines by 300. He then uses Machine King to destroy Gaia and bring Yugi down to 1800 Life Points.
"Now I've made Keith's machines almost invincible, so why don't you just hand over your Puzzle now? It would make a nice conclusion to our game anyway." Keith says.
"Your machines may be good, but they're still made of metal! So I play Maiku the Magical Mist, which will decrease your machine's power by 300. Now they're the perfect lightning rod, which gives me the chance to summon my Summoned Skull!" Yugi says.
Summoned Skull attacks Machine King, bringing Keith to 500 Life Points. Keith activates Graceful Charity and then activates the Zera Ritual card, which allows him to tribute his Ground Attacker Bugroth and Magesonic Eye to summon Zera the Mant. Zera then attacks Summoned Skull and destroys it, bringing Yugi to 1500 Life Points. Yugi draws and sets one monster and ends his turn. Keith summons Seiyaryu in attack mode and places one card face-down, along with playing Stop Defense, which switches Yugi's Koumori Dragon into attack mode. Seiyaryu attacks Koumori Dragon, bringing Yugi to 400 Life Points.
Yugi sets another monster. Seiyaryu attacks that one also and destroys it. Keith places two more card face-down and ends his turn and switches Zera the Mant into defense mode. "Okay, first I'll play one card face-down and then summon Dark Magician in defense mode. And then finally I'll play my Magical Hats magic card to hide him!" Yugi says.
"Too bad, but I play Magic Jammer! And then I'll play Curse of Fiend, which will switch the battle positions of every monster on the field." Keith says. So that's why he switched Zera into defense mode earlier! "Now Zera, attack!"
"Nice try, but I activate Mirror Force, which will bounce the attack right back at you!" Yugi says.
"I'll block that with Solemn Judgment!"
Solemn Judgment comes with the price of decreasing Keith's Life Points to 250. Zera continues the attack on Dark Magician, which brings Yugi to only 100 Life Points. Yugi then sets a monster and places one card face-down. "I'll play Tribute to the Doomed! It allows me to destroy any monster on your side of the field!" Keith says.
"Think again, I activate the Living Arrow! This will fire any Magic attack right back at you!" Yugi says. Zera the Mant is then destroyed.
I then look over at Keith who looks different now. "Where am I?" he says. Was he freed from whoever was controlling him? Yugi doesn't seem to notice this though, "Now it's time for me to end this duel and win back my Millennium Puzzle!" he says.
"Yugi Muto! What are you doing here!?" Keith says. He then bursts into a scream, "There's someone inside my head! Shut up and duel! Go away!" he shouts as if he was talking with himself.
"Keith whose controlling you!?" Yugi asks.
His answer is just a bunch of screams and phrases such as "Go away!". He then runs onto the dueling field and reaches the Millennium Puzzle, "If I can't have this Puzzle, then no one can!" he says as he smashes the Puzzle.
"NO!" Yugi and I say in unison.
Keith continues with the screaming, when all of the sudden Bakura shows up and kicks Keith off the field. Now Keith finally shuts up. "Bakura, where'd you come from?" I ask as I step onto the arena.
"Tea told me what happened, so I came here to check it out." He says.
The three of us then start picking up the pieces of the Millennium Puzzle, "Man, Keith really did a number to your Millennium Puzzle, but better shattered than stolen I suppose." Bakura says.
"Yeah, I guess so. It took me years to complete this the first time, but I might have a better chance the second time around." Yugi says.
Yugi walks up to the Puzzle and stares at it for a minute. "Oh Yugi, I'm afraid you missed with one piece." Bakura says giving it to him.
"Oh, thanks Bakura. Maybe you should head back to school now." Yugi says.
"Yeah, I'll see you there." He says walking out the door.
Now Yugi and I are left in here. I try yanking at the pole holding the chain of the Puzzle, but it won't budge. Keith then wakes up again and continues with the screaming, "Whoever you are, leave me alone!" he says. He grabs a pole and starts swinging it around him.
"Keith, stop it!" I say.
He doesn't stop though. He ends up hitting a fuse box, and then runs out. The electricity coming from the fuse box sparks around until part of the building catches on fire. Crap! With that done, I start yanking the chain even more, but it still won't move. "We've got to hurry! This fire is spreading like crazy!" Yugi says.
"Just get out of here, and I'll keep trying to free it!" I say yanking on the chain more.
"No, I can't just leave you here to die!"
"If you stay, you'll meet the same fate!" I say. My hands are starting to burn slightly, since the metal of the chain is getting too hot.
"I don't care! I'll just have to try and put the Puzzle back together, and then maybe the Spirit will survive!"
I'm not sure of this at first, but I agree. It would be better if the Spirits survived. I hold all of the pieces, which are also growing warmer, while Yugi starts trying to put them into place. "No pressure Yugi, but this fire is getter bigger by the minute!" I say.
"Y-yeah, I'm on it." He says.
The two of us start coughing and getter dizzy from the lack of oxygen, but we still stay. Now flaming pieces of wood are raining from the sky and landing almost on top of us. I hear a loud crash, but think nothing of it, "Okay Yugi, just a few more pieces." I say as I almost lose my balance.
"Yugi! Sabrina!" I hear behind us. I look through blurry vision to see Joey and Tristan below the dueling arena. "Come on you guys! We've got to get out of here!" Tristan says.
"Yugi has to finish the Millennium Puzzle! We have to save the Spirit of the Puzzle!" I shout.
I hand Yugi the final piece, which he puts into place. "Yes!" Yugi says. I go to tug on the burning hot chain again, but it still won't move. Joey and Tristan walk up next to us and move Yugi out of the way, since he's almost about to faint.
Joey and I start yanking at the chain and fiddling with it as Tristan grabs Yugi's deck from the dueling platform. I look over through my blurry eyes and notice a pole on the ground, "Hey Joey, g-grab that pole r-right down t-there." I say pointing.
He grabs it and start hitting the chain with it, "N-no, don't do th-that. Put it through the h-hole." I say.
"Oh, right, that would work." He says putting the pole into place. Joey and I start pulling, until finally the chain comes out.
"A-alright..." I say. That was the last thing I remember though. I must've passed out and then was taken to the hospital, because that's where I woke up.
I wake up in a bed and look over to see Yugi asleep in the one next to me. My skin feels red-hot and is sore all over. "Hey Sabrina, your awake!" Joey says.
"Yeah, did we free the Puzzle? And is Yugi okay?" I ask.
"Yugi's fine, he's just taking a nap. He woke up about half an hour ago. And luckily, we did end up freeing the Puzzle, and it only cost Tristan and I some minor burns. But, of course, you and Yugi's burns were more severe than ours." Joey says.
I look at my hands and notice there are bandages wrapped around them, along with more bandages on my cheeks, arms, and legs. This was only a small price to pay though. "Anyway, I just want to thank you guys for saving Yugi and I. Plus, the Millennium Puzzle." I say.
"No problem, at least we can consider ourselves heroes now!" Tristan says.
"Yeah, and for your reward, you guys can have my hospital food." I say.
"Alright!" the both say.
As I watch them eat, I can't help but have a ton of things on my mind. I wonder who was controlling Keith? And will we ever see him again? Of course we will. Only next time, we'll be ready for him. We'd be best to protect the Items with everything we've got.
Yay! I started Season Two! Can't wait for the next chapter!