I DO NOT OWN YU-GI-OH!
After Life
Mana walked down a hall of the palace that was recreated for their afterlife as she thought about her best friend Atem, it has been 3,000 years since she last saw her best friend before he died sealing the Wicked God Zorc away. She sighed as she still felt great sadness just thinking about her best friend, she had great hopes that when she entered the After life she would find Atem there waiting for her beside her master Mahado but her hopes diminished after not finding him anywhere.
Of course she was still happy to see all the others such as her teacher Mahado, Isis, Karim, Seto, Shada, Aknadin (surprisingly after everything he did to them), Siamun Muran, Kisara a girl Seto had a great interest in, and the former Pharaoh and father of Atem, Akhenamkhanen.
Mana sighed as she wiped the tears that were threatening to fall before she walked into the throne room where the others were.
"Your late Mana." Mahado spoke as he saw his student.
"Sorry Master, I was just..." Mana looked down as Mahado understood why she was late, she was thinking about Atem again. He most of all understood how she felt since he was Atem's guardian and promised to protect the young Pharaoh no matter what, missed Atem just as everyone else.
Mahado walked over and put a hand on his student's shoulder as she looked up at him with tears in her eyes. "I understand Mana, but the Pharaoh has summoned us here for a reason and we need to be here in case of anything, this may be the after life but we still must be ready."
Mana wiped the tears away and nodded, she would protect this place for when the day Atem would return to them.
From the throne, Akhenamkhanen gave a small smile watching the two. He was grateful for all the priestess here and for all they did for his son when Atem was Pharaoh, which was why he hoped they would enjoy the gift they were about to receive.
"I've called you all here for an important reason." Akhenamkhanen spoke as he drew the attention of the others. "Last night, I was contacted by a man known as Bobasa."
"Bobasa?" Siamum spoke in confusion as no one knew who this man was, Mana felt as if she knew this person but quickly shook her head at the thought. "Who is this man and why did he contact you Akhenamkhanen, was it something of importance?"
"Yes it was..." The Former Pharaoh replied as he held a small mirror in his hand. "He is granting us the ability to look into the world of the living with this."
"Ability to see..." Karim spoke first before Shada finished his sentence. "Into the world of the living?"
"That's correct." Akhenamkhanen said before Seto spoke.
"Why would we need too see into the living world?" Seto asked. "Our time their is over with."
"He said that it would answer our greatest question that we've all wondered for 3,000 years..." Akhenamkhanen answered before he threw the mirror into the air and it expanded into a large screen. Everyone gathered and looked into the mirror as it began to show something...
A wall broke open as Archaeologists entered a small cavern that held several items.
"Splended," One of them spoke. "Plunderers haven't gotten this one yet!"
"Professor!" Another spoke as they saw a Golden Box with the eye of Anubis inscribed in the center. "That's..."
Seto's eyes widen as he saw the box that he himself sealed the pieces of the Millennium Puzzle into in Atem's tomb. He glared at the people who dared to enter it.
"This box!" The Professor spoke as he walked to it. "What if this is the Yami Ga..." Suddenly the professor fell as he held his throat as the others ran to him.
"What's happening to him?" Kisara asked Seto who was confused as well. Aknadin narrowed his eyes at the sight, could it have been something related to the Millennium items.
"That is the Puzzle of Yami!" The professor gasped out before he died.
"Puzzle of Darkness?" Mana spoke softly confused as to what they were seeing. She turned to her teacher. "What do you think he meant by that?"
"I don't know Mana, we need to keep watching to find out." Mahado replied never taking his eyes off the screen.
A bell rings at a school.
"Afternoon break!" a young voice yelled. "Let's play basketball!"
"I'll wait for the girls!"
In a classroom, sitting alone at his desk was a boy with black hair spiked up in the shape of a five-sided star. It's outlined with a long, pink streak and filtered with gold blond, jagged bangs. He played with a deck of cards making them into a castle.
"Hey Yuugi!" A voice called and caused the house of cards to fall revealing the boy, Yuugi's face.
"Prince!?" Mana yelled in shock as she saw Yugi on the screen, who looked exactly like Atem when he was young except less confident. Everyone else stared at the screen, eyes wide as the looked at Yugi in shock save for Akhenamkhanen who could tell that this wasn't his son but possibly a reincarnation?
"Don't just play by yourself. Why not play basketball with us sometime?" offered the boy with the orange ball by the doorway.
"Eh? That's alright. The team I join would lose..." Yuugi replied shyly.
"This boy doesn't posses much confidence does he." Shada spoke. "Very opposite from our Pharaoh."
"Maybe..." Isis said softly looking at young Yugi.
"That's true." The other student said then left the room.
'I wish I could play a game with everyone sometimes.' Yuugi thought picking up his cards. 'I always bring a lot of games to school too...'
'I feel sorry for him...' Mana thought staring at Yugi in sadness as she couldn't help but think about Atem as a child.
Yuugi then gained a thought. 'Ah, that's right! What if I finish THAT today!' Yuugi picked up his bag and pulled out a gold box with an eye in the center.
"It's the same box from before!?" Siamun spoke up as they saw the Golden Box.
"This is my greatest treasure, but it's a complete secret." Yuugi grinned. "So, here's the quiz: 'The treasure in this box is something you can see, but you've never seen before.'"
"So!" Yugi said. "What is it?" He began to open the box before it was snatched from his grasp. He blinked before he looked at the person who snatched it. "Jounouchi-kun!"
"Yuugi," Jounouchi spoke as he looked at the box in boredom. "Why are you talking to yourself? Can see but can't see, saying a bunch of stuff I don't get."
"Ah!" Yuugi stood up and tried to reach for the golden box from the taller blonde. "Please return that!"
Jounouchi then threw the box into the air and hopped over a desk before he caught it again. "Man, timidly treasuring this box...You know Yuugi..."
Yuugi ran over to him as Jounouchi kept talking. "That's the part of you that really pisses me off." He continued. "Let me couch you into being more of a man! Come on, you want this box back right?! If so, then come at me full force!"
"That jerk." Mana growled looking at the image of Jounouchi on the screen in anger. She didn't like people who bullied the weak.
"I...I hate fighting and violence!" Yuugi yelled causing Jounouchi to cover his ears in pain.
"You got no guts, but you've got a loud voice!" Jounouchi exclaimed.
"Ah, just give me that box back." Yuugi begged to him.
"Yeah!" a new voice spoke. "Stop it Jounouchi."
They turned to see another student with brown hair pointed up.
"Oh?!" Jounouchi smirked. "You want something? 1 year, student president reject...clean up member Honda-kun."
Honda replied to Jounouchi annoyed. "I'm not a clean up member!" Honda then yelled. "I'm a beautification club member!"
"Beautification member?" Shada asked looking at Karim. "What has happen to the world we knew?"
"And what's with all these strange names and phrases like kun and san?" Siamun asked.
"Looks as though the world has evolved much." Isis spoke to Mahado who nodded.
"It was because of the Pharaoh, this world was able to evolve." He said smiling at bit.
"You're voice is loud too!" Was Jounouchi's only reply.
"Oh, it's true, I was not elected as student president but..." Honda smirked. "I'm reborn as a great man, as a beautification club member..."
Jounouchi turned to Yuugi as Honda kept talking and whispered. "By the way, what's in the box?"
"You can look." Yuugi replied. "Just don't lose it. It's EXTREMELY important to me."
Jounouchi looked into the box as Honda finally noticed them not listening to him and yelled. "Listen when a person's talking!"
All the Egyptians leaned in closer wanting to know what was in the box.
"What?" Jounouchi spoke. "How boring."
Suddenly a female student snatched the box from the blonde and gave it back to Yuugi. "Masaki!"
"Anzu!" Yuugi said in delight.
Anzu glared at the two guys. "If it's boring then give it back right away!" She said. "Also, bullying someone weaker than yourself, you're the boring one!"
"I'm not bullying the weak!" Jounouchi replied. "I'm making Yuugi a man..."
Mana snorted. "Liar, Ra have mercy on your soul."
"Shut up!" Anzu interrupted before a new girl walked in shocked.
"Miho-chan!"Honda exclaimed.
"Sorry!" Anzu said to Miho. "That wasn't directed to you."
"I was suprised!" Miho replied. "There so many people that I still haven't had lunch..."
"That's no good!" Honda exclaimed. "I'll buy it for you right away!"
"Wait i'm going too!" Jounouchi said before both Honda and Jounouchi ran off.
"Those guys!" Anzu glared.
"How is it possible people like this exist?" Isis said face palming at how the guys were competing for a girl now.
"Shit she pisses me off!" Jounouchi said to Honda.
"Don't talk badly about Miho-chan!"
"Who's talking about Nosaku Miho?!" Jounouchi said. "I'm talking about Masaki, Masaki Anzu!"
"Shit." Jounouchi murmured. "Who's bullying the weak?!"
"You." Mana said.
"Mana I believe we all get the point." Mahado said to his student who blushed.
Suddenly both Jounouchi and Honda bumped into a larger student.
"You guys..." Ushio spoke. "What is this about bullying?"
"Nothing!" Jounouchi spoke before Honda covered the blonde's mouth nervously. "Nothing...really..."
"Bullying is no good..." Ushio said before walking away.
"Right...I understand!" Honda replied.
"Ah also...Be sure your student uniform is properly buttoned." Ushio said before leaving.
"Hey! I couldn't breathe!" The blond barked.
"Fool! Do you know who you were addressing?!" Honda asked him but only received a confused look. "Public moral member Ushio-san. All the school's rules were made by him. He's an amazing person."
"Ke! I wonder..." Jounouchi responded. "I don't get what he's trying to limit."
"Don't say such foolish things!" Honda responded.
"Ushio?" Seto spoke. "Sounds like everyone is afraid of him because of his strength and rules."
"Remind you of someone." Shada smirked as Seto glared at him.
"Impressive." Yuugi spoke to Anzu. "They're pretty scared of you , Anzu."
"If I act soft they'll mess with me." She said. "Yuugi, sometimes you've got to have guts."
"But, Jounouchi-kun isn't that bad a guy..." Yuugi responded shyly.
"Saying that about such a guy is why people mock you." Anzu said before she looked at the golden box. "By the way, what is this?"
"Oh right!" Yuugi grinned. "Anzu, you haven't seen this right? Let me show you my secret."
"I'll keep it secret." Anzu responded. "Let me see."
"Finally!" Mana exclaimed wanting too see what was in the box already as did the others.
Yuugi then removed the golden box's cover revealing the golden pieces inside the box.
Seto's eyes widen seeing the pieces after so long. "It really is..."
"Seto?" Kisara spoke looking at him confused. "What is it?"
Seto decided not to spoil anything wanting too see if Yuugi could solve it. "You'll find out soon."
"It's beautiful!" Anzu complimented as she picked up one of the pieces. "Are these parts? It's all scattered."
"It's a puzzle." Yuugi answered holding two other pieces. "I haven't finished it, so I don't know what it's shape is yet. So, it's something you can see, but can't."
"I see." Anzu replied.
"My house is a game shore, so we've got games from various countries." Yuugi said. "This is the prided find of someone who used to own the store. They found it in an Egyptian ruin, it's very rare puzzle."
"A Puzzle in an Egyptian ruin..." Akhenamkhanen spoke to himself having figured out what it was. He looked down at Seto too see his nephew also knew what it was. "Maybe..."
"Egypt?" Anzu said looking at the box.
"Well look, there's all these strange markings carved around the box." Yuugi said holding the box closer to her. "I'm guessing the meaning of this is written here. 'The person who solves this puzzle will have their wish granted.'" He said seriously before laughing. "Haha! Yeah, I said too much!"
Yuugi then looked down sadly. "Eh... You must think I'm dumb...I see it in your eyes."
"It's not dumb Yuugi!" Mana spoke a grinning. "It's nice to have a wish in your life."
"Mana you do know he can't hear you right?" Isis smiled at the girl who blushed again.
"Ahaha, no way." Anzu replied. "So what do you wish for?"
"No, no." Yuugi smiled. "This much definitely, definitely, definitely is a secret, okay."
Akhenamkhanen couldn't help a small smile on his face remembering his son as a child after seeing Yuugi act like this.
"What's that?" Honda asked.
"Something I took out of Yuugi's treasure box just now." Jounouchi answered. "I just got a glimpse of it, but it looked like a puzzle. In other worlds if he's missing this piece, he can't solve it."
"Why that no good bastard!" Mana yelled. "How dare he take a piece of Yuugi's treasure!"
"Jounouchi, you've always been a hopeless guy. but you're really hopeless!" Honda said. "How about listening to your brain?"
"By the way, aren't you going off to buy lunch?" Joounouchi changed the subject.
"Nooo!" Honda yelled running off in a hurry.
Jounouchi looked out a nearby window facing a canal before he threw the puzzle piece into the water.
'How's that a treasure. Always acting like a child... Yuugi that guy...that pisses me off!' The blond thought as he walks off.
Seto was now as angry as Mana at Jounouchi as he saw him throw a piece of the Puzzle away. How Seto wished he was still alive so he could summon Kisara's White Dragon form too teach this dog what happens when you mess with his cousin's puzzle.
"You're Yuugi Motou," Ushio walked up too Yuugi who was leaving school.
"Yes?" Yuugi answered.
"Actually I want to ask you something," Ushio looked at Yuugi with serious eyes. "Are you being bullied by certain students in your class?"
"What? Nothing like that's happens to me?" Yuugi answered confused.
"Why is Yuugi lying?" Mana asked confused. "We all know those guys do mess with him all the time?"
No one knew the answer to that question.
"Wait a moment." Ushio said. "A person like you would reply like that. I must properly investigate this."
"You can relax Yuugi-kun." Ushio smirked. "From now on, I, Ushio, will be your bodyguard."
"Bodyguard!?"
"Eh?!" Yuugi looked shocked. "But I really haven't experienced that. Excuse me!"
Yuugi ran off nervously as he thought. 'What the heck was that? Weirdo.'
"Someone you shouldn't be around Yuugi-kun!" Mana yelled at the screen.
"Yuugi-kun?" Mahado stared at her as did the others.
"What..." Mana blushed. "I thought thats how everyone now spoke in the living world."
"I'm home!" Yuugi called before he saw someone in the store. "Anzu!"
"It's been so long since I came over to play." Anzu smiled at him.
"You're late Yuugi." A elderly man said with a smile. He had tanned skin, faded brown eyes and white hair with 6 spikes at the front and a beard and mustache. He had a red bandanna over his head, was wearing a pink shirt and light brown dungarees.
"WAIT ISN'T THAT!?" Everyone turned to Siamun who stared at the screen in shock as he saw...HIMSELF!?
Akhenamkhanen hummed a bit as he went back to his reincarnation theory from before, could this be why they were watching.
"By the way Anzu-Chan, you've grown so much." Solomon said, turning to the red-head.
"Especially your chest! It's finally 80 cm? Wonderful!" He cheered and winked at the girl.
"Siamun is a pervert!?" Mana yelled and pointed at the old man.
"Huh!?" Siamun looked shocked and shrunk back in fear as Isis, Kisara and Mana glared at him.
Anzu laughed, nervously. "What's with this old man?" she thought to herself.
"By the way Yuugi, I heard from Anzu-Chan. That puzzle, you still haven't given up on that?" Solomon asked.
"Who's giving up!?" Yuugi asked in disbelief.
"That puzzle is belong human knowledge, you can't do it. By the way, there's a lot of history behind it." Solomon told his grand-son.
"History?"
"History?" Anzu questioned.
Solomon sent her a look that would creep anybody out. Yuugi got a curious look on his face.
"An excavation team found the Millennium Puzzle… They brought the Pharaoh's box from a giant valley. But, everyone in the excavation died mysteriously. The last person left this behind because he wanted to live. Yami Game." Solomon said, sounding mysterious.
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...WHAT!?
"Millennium Puzzle..." Aknadin spoke with shock in his voice. The Millennium Items were still around even after all this time.
"But wasn't Atem..." Mana trailed off as everyone else felt sadness remembering Atem's sacrifice.
"Yuugi, this puzzle sounds dangerous." Anzu warned.
"Yami Game? What's that? I like it." Yuugi said to himself as he looked at the box that held the peaces of the Millennium Puzzle.
Solomon walked over and pointed at the box.
"Look at the symbols carved in this box. 'The one who solves me will receive my dark knowledge and power'." Solomon read of the box.
"I see." Yuugi said with a lot of seriousness in his voice before he grinned. "So my wish will come true! I'm excited! I'm definitely going to finish it!"
"Return it! It's a treasure after all!" Solomon cried and tried to snatch the puzzle from his grandson.
"You're only thinking of value! No!" Yuugi yelled.
"Even after hearing all of that, the kid still wants to complete the Puzzle." Seto said. "He's braver than I thought or stupid."
"I always get stuck here." Yuugi sighed as the puzzle in my hand looked like a demolished pyramid. He felt very tired and fell asleep at his desk in his room.
"It really is the Millennium Puzzle." Shada said as they all looked at the incomplete item.
'Atem...' Mana stared sadly at it, the item Atem wore when he was Pharaoh.
"Yuugi-Kun, a moment?" Ushio asked. He dragged Yuugi outside.
"Ushio-san, why do you want to see me?" Yuugi asked innocently, as Ushio lead them behind the school.
"Come with me, I'm sure you'll be pleased." Ushio grinned as they turned the corner.
Yuugi gasped.
There were 5 of Ushio's 'soldiers' along with a badly injured Jounouchi and Honda.
"I-it hurts!" Honda was able to say.
"Jounouchi-kun! Honda-kun!" Yuugi yelled and ran to the injured boy's aid, but Ushio stopped him.
Everyone watched the event play silently.
"What do you think, Yuugi-Kun?" Ushio asked proudly.
"What is this?" Yuugi asked.
"I told you, Yuugi-Kun. I, Ushio, will be your bodyguard. That's why we've been punishing these bullies." Ushio said with a smirk and pointed to himself.
"No… Ushio-San, this is just too horrible! Are you okay Jounouchi-Kun? Honda-Kun?" Yuugi yelled in shock and sadness as he ran over to the badly beaten boys.
Jounouchi lifted his head and looked at Yuugi. "Yuugi… Damn you… Are you satisfied?" Jounouchi asked, heartlessly.
"You're wrong. Do you think I'd ask for such a horrible thing?" Yuugi asked.
"Move Yuugi! We are not done with the punishing." Ushio said and pushed the boy aside. Yuugi's face looked like he was watching a horror movie.
Ushio kicked Jounouchi in the stomach and knocked him against the wall. Yuugi's face became even more frightened.
Yuugi jumped in front of Ushio to try and protect Jounouchi and Honda.
"Stop it!" Yuugi yelled.
"Well, well Yuugi-Kun. Are you covering for these guys? What a strange guy. Here's your chance to dispel any resentment you have. Punch! Kick!" Ushio encouraged with a smirk.
"Do you think…I can do that to my friends!?" Yuugi exclaimed.
"Friends?" Mana glared. "Look at how they treated you, how could you consider them friends?"
"Mana he can't hear you remember." Manado reminded his student.
"Friends?" Jounouchi asked.
Ushio just laughed.
"What a rare guy! Friends you say? They're bullies who exploited you." Ushio said mockingly.
"They weren't bullying me. Jounouchi-Kun just wanted me to be a man." Yuugi explained.
"Hmm, I guess someone could see it that way?" Karim said a little confused. Living world people were strange this day in age.
"Man, you're a complete weirdo." Ushio commented. "Very well. By the way Yuugi-Kun, it's time for you to pay up. Total cost of my bodyguard fees, 20,000 yen." Ushio smirked.
"20,000 yen!?" Yuugi asked.
"I'm gonna guess that's a lot of money." Siamun said as no one knew the currency.
"What'll I do? 20,000 yen!? I don't have that kind of allowance." Yuugi asked himself. "But what'll I do? What should I do? Why me…" Yuugi asked himself. He looked at his hands, to find himself fiddling with the Millennium Puzzle. "How can I be working on the puzzle at a time like this?" Yuugi asked.
"Weird… I feel like crap… I feel like I'm going to solve the puzzle today." Yuugi said clipped a couple of peaces together.
"There… Wow! Perhaps… Perhaps…!?" Yuugi exclaimed. Then he stood up. "I did it! I did it! All that's left is to put in the final peace and it's done." Yuugi cheered.
Everyone stared sadly since they knew what happen to the final piece.
He reached into the box, but felt nothing in it.
"Not here… The last part…" Yuugi gasped. "No!"
As dusk beckoned, Jounouchi and Honda walked along the channel outside the school. The blond of the duo looked down at the puzzle piece that stood at the bottom and remembered what Yuugi said about him and Honda being his friend.
"Are you listening...AH!?" Honda looked stunned as Jounouchi jumped into the canal. "Hey, hey!"
"What is he doing?" Kisara asked confused.
Isis smiled. "Helping a friend out."
"With out that part, the puzzle is incomplete! My wish won't come true! Please! Be at school!" Yuugi yelled in distress.
He ran strait thought the gates...
"Yo Yuugi-Kun."
And came face-to-face with Ushio.
"Ushio-San." Yuugi gasped.
"Wait, how did that guy know Yuugi would be their?" Mana asked confused. "And why would he even be waiting for Yuugi like that is he psychic or something?"
"How should we know Mana, we aren't alive anymore." Siamun told the girl annoyed with all the questions.
"You brought the bodyguard fee right? Good boy." Ushio said like a mad man.
"No!" Yuugi gasped. "I just left something a school and came to pick it up! Anyway, I can't…" Yuugi trailed off.
"Humm, Then I guess you're going to need some education." Ushio said with a sly grin.
"What education." Mahado glared at the screen.
"I did it!" Jounouchi held up the piece. "I found it!"
"Alright Jounouchi!" Mana cheered seeing the final piece in his hand. He may have been a jerk but at least he's starting to turn around.
Suddenly a towel landed on his hand. He looked up to see Honda.
"As a beautification club member, I commonly handle dirty objects..." Honda said. "However, you better buy me a new towel."
Jounouchi yelled. "What did you say?! Damn cheapskate!"
Honda then turned his head and saw Ushio walking with Yuugi to the back of the school.
"That guy."
"What is he up too?" Seto spoke mostly too himself.
Yuugi was kicked into a wall by Ushio bruised by the taller student.
"Yuugi!" Mana exclaimed in shock as they saw him get beat up. Seto, Siamum, Mahado and even Akhenamkhanen glared since Yuugi was a nice boy and didn't deserve that kind of treatment.
"That's enough for today. Tomorrow we'll show the fruits of your 'education'." Ushio laughed.
"Hey!"
"Huh?" Ushio turned to see Jounouchi and Honda.
"What? It's the bullies." Ushio said mockingly.
"Yuugi! Hey! Hang on!" Jounouchi yelled and ran over to help him.
"I… Asked the puzzle… For some true friends." Yuugi mumbled.
"That's his wish..." Isis spoke. "His wish was to have friends..."
Everyone stared at the screen quietly.
Jounouchi heard him and put something in his hand.
"Ushio-San! Up till now, I've respected you… But… I can't let this stand!" Honda yelled.
"How do you respect a guy like that?" Karim asked.
"Oh! You think 2 on 1 is going to make you win?" Ushio challenged.
The 2 teens charged and yelled at the top of their lungs.
"I… I made a wish on the puzzle..." Yuugi thought. "I told it I wanted true friends."
At that moment, Jounouchi got punched in the face by Ushio.
"Someone who will never betray me…"
Honda tried an attack from behind, but Honda was kicked in his stomach.
"A true friend who will never betray me…"
Then Jounouchi was punched again.
"No matter what…"
So was Honda.
"Yuugi..." Mana spoke quietly and sadly feeling helpless as they watched.
"This is what happens to those who defy me! Remember this!" Ushio yelled and started to walk off, laughing.
Mahado glared at Ushio, he wished their was something that could be done to help.
"Jounouchi-Kun! Honda-Kun!" Yuugi yelled.
"Ah...I can't wake them up. If only if I…" Yuugi trailed off and looked at his hand. It was the last part for the Millennium Puzzle.
"This…" Yuugi was amazed at it. He looked to his right and saw the rest of the puzzle, just sitting there. Yuugi reached forward and placed the last part of the Millennium Puzzle in it's place.
Then the puzzle began glow.
"Huh the Millennium Puzzle...!?" Siamun spoke in shock.
"It's activating!" Aknadin finished as they all stared in shock. How could this be happening.
A golden beam shot out of the puzzle and hit Yuugi as his shadow began to grow behind him before they eye of Anubis opened on the shadow.
"What's happening to Yuugi?" Mana asked confused.
"Is the Puzzle, giving him power?" Shada spoke.
Akhenamkhanen felt something was about to happen that would finally answer his questions.
Ushio was leaving before a deep voice spoke. "So..it's game time."
"That voice..." Karim started as everyone's eyes widen. It couldn't be...
Mana and Akhenamkhanen paid even closer attention than the others now.
Ushio looked behind him and the next thing he knew he was on top of a dome-like tower dangling the rope.
"What are you?!" Ushio exclaimed as he grabbed the rope. He then looked up as he saw the Millennium Puzzle glowing as it illuminated the wearer revealing Yami no Yuugi.
"ATEM!" Mana yelled in shock, joy and confusion all at once as she saw her best friend after 3,000 years.
"The Pharaoh!" Shada exclaimed.
"He's alive!?" Karim spoke next in shock.
"After so long!?" Isis continued.
"But how!?" Siamun asked.
"Theirs something different about him..." Seto said to himself as he noticed the look of Darkness in Atem's eyes.
Akhenamkhanen was silent as he stared at the image of Atem after so long. His boy was in front of him in the world of the living. But how he wondered.
"Bastard! Yugi!"
"Yo! Ushio-san." Yami spoke smirking. " I've got what you want right here."
"Atem?" Mahado spoke up hearing the voice, it was Atem's voice but...
"Wait why did he confuse him for Yuugi?" Kisara asked. "He's twice Yuugi's size?"
"What?! You got the money?" Ushio laughed. "So you brought it. Then I wouldn't have needed to put you through that. So hurry and hand it over!" Ushio yelled greedily.
"How boring, just handing it over." Yami said with amusement.
"What!" Ushio yelled.
"How bout it? Have a little game with me." Yami offered.
"Game?" Everyone asked.
"Game" Ushio questioned with disbelief.
"But it's no ordinary game..." Yami warned. "It's a Yami no Game!"
"Game of Darkness!" Isis exclaimed. "But the Pharaoh..."
"Something isn't right with him..." Shada said.
"It must be Zorc." Seto spoke as everyone looked at him. "Atem sealed Zorc away with the Millennium Puzzle meaning...Atem must now have the powers of darkness as well as light within him now."
Mana stared at Atem in shock after hearing what Seto said. "Atem..."
"Ha! Interesting." Ushio yelled, " I, Ushio have never lost at any game! I accept"
"Impressive, Ushio-san." Yami replied. "Here we go." He jumped down and slid down the dome and pulled out a deck of cards making a line of face down cards. The rope that has been tied on both of their waist evened out.
"What is he doing!?" Mana yelled angrily. "Is he an idiot!"
Yami explained the rules. "The rules are simple. Flip over these cards, person goes up by the value on the card...The other goes down."
"Simple enough." Mahado nodded at this game.
Yami continued. "The person who makes it to the top wins the prize."
"Alright, I got it!" Ushio said. "Then I'll start!"
He picked up...
"10 of diamonds. Well Yugi, better prepare yourself! 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10" Ushio counted up.
Then Yami picked a...
"I also got a 10." He smirked moving up 10 to even things up.
"Go Atem!" Mana cheered for her friend in this game.
Ushio got a 2 of spades, catching up.
Yami chuckled. "Well we can't that now..." Then he picked up another card. "Queen of Spades."
"What?!" Ushio yelled moving down.
"3 of diamonds!"
"9 of hearts."
"6 of clubs!"
"Jack of spades."
"It would be more interesting if we knew what most of these cards numbers meant." Siamun grumbled as they watched the game continue.
"What's the mater Ushio-san? Nothing left?" Yami taunted. "I'm 1 step away from the top."
"Shut up! The next card I pick will turn things around!" Ushio shouted angrily. That card was a Joker.
"J-Joker..." He said in shock.
"Too bad Ushio-san. Joker is a miss. My turn."
"What?! Don't screw with me! You fixed this from the beginning!" Ushio accused.
"That bastard!" Mana yelled. "Atem doesn't cheat, your just jealous of his skills!"
Mahado gave up trying to convince Mana that they couldn't hear her.
"Ace of Diamonds. Victory is mine" Yami said calmly.
"Shut up!" Shouted an angry Ushio as he climbed up the top.
"Breaking the rules? If you do that, you'll face something terrible." Yami explained.
Everyone looked at each other.
Ushio the tried to punch Yami which he dodged.
"I knew you couldn't obey the rules." Yami said as he was falling.
"Fall!" Ushio yelled as he cut the rope and Yami fell and Ushio laughed and grabbed the money. "I did it!"
"ATEM!" Almost everyone yelled as they watched him fall. Mana fell on her knees as Mahado tried to comfort her, they only just got him back and too see him fall to his death...
"What is this?!" Ushio growled. "It's not money!"
"The Door of Darkness has opened" Yami said ominously.
Everyone looked back up at the screen in disbelief hearing Atem's voice.
"What?!" Ushio screamed. Then the antennae gave way and Ushio fell.
Yami watched him fall as he held onto the Millennium Puzzle he stabbed into the wall and spoke.
"Saving himself with his Puzzle." Seto smirked. "How fitting."
Mana wiped the tears away as she grinned in joy seeing Atem ok.
Akhenamkhanen continued to stare not speaking watching his son speak.
"The Yami no Game shows a person's true character. You will be swallowed by your own greed."
"What?!" Ushio said before he grinned. "It's alright, I'll just get wet!"
Then worm-like monsters appeared out of the water and appeared to eat Ushio.
The next day at school students found Ushio in a fetal position on the ground.
"I'm scared..." Ushio mumbled as a tear escaped his eye.
"Did Atem do that?" Shada asked. "I never seen him this ruthless?"
"Hey, you hear?" A girl asked.
"About, Ushio-San?" Another questioned.
"He was in such shock he was hospitalized!" A 3rd girl stated.
"I wonder what happened to that guy." The 1st said out loud.
"Atem happened." Mana grinned.
Yuugi giggled as he walked down the hall.
"My treasure." He smiled fondly at the now completed Millennium Puzzle that was shaped like a pyramid.
"Yo Yuugi." Jounouchi greeted them leaning against a wall.
"Jounouchi-Kun! Good Morning!" Yuugi greeted back.
"I'm following your example, I brought my treasure today. Want to see?" Jounouchi said with a grin.
Yuugi nodded.
"What treasure does he have?" Mana scoffed still mad at Jounouchi for how he treated Yuugi earlier.
"Heh, heh, too bad! My treasure… You can see it but you can not, so I can't show it to you!" Jounouchi smiled, but sweat-dropped.
"Huh? What's wrong with me today?" Jounouchi asked himself.
"You can see it, but you can't?" Yuugi questioned.
"It's 'friendship'." Jounouchi told them. "We can see it in each other… But you can't see courage itself right?"
Yuugi started to cry happily. "Yeah!"
"Looks like Yuugi's wish has been fulfilled." Isis smiled watching the screen with the others all smiling.
"Why am I spouting all these lousy lines today?" Jounouchi questioned himself with a blush of embarrassment.
"So… Class is starting!" Jounouchi yelled and ran away, leaving his shoe behind.
"Jounouchi-Kun, you dropped you shoe!" Yuugi called and chased after him.
The screen then turned blank as everyone stared at it getting their thoughts together as to what happened...
Atem was alive...
The Millennium Items were back...
Atem was Alive...
Yuugi got his wish...
ATEM WAS ALIVE...
After a few minutes of silence Mana spoke.
"Can we watch more?"
Sorrry if everyone seemed OCC but after 3,000 years in the afterlife you would think they would mellow down a bit,
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