C.A.:*Smacks head on the table* Why am I writing this? I have enough to do, I'm starting my second job today, and I have two other stories and a pair of sequels to start I shouldn't be starting a new project.
Yami: Your doing this because Yugi and Pegasus wouldn't shut up remember?
C.A.: *Glares at Yami.* Shut up.
Yami: Look at it this way, at least your living up to your name, Crossover Authoress has finally done a crossover.
C.A.: *Still glaring*.....
Yami: Fine sulk. C.A. Doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh!, or Kingdom hearts or Resident Evil, or Gundam Wing or anything else that might show up. (To C.A.) You writing this and you don't even know how much of a Crossover this is going to be do you?
C.A.: Don't blame me for this one! This is all the Yugi-Muse's fault!
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Yu-Gi-Oh!--Realm Hearts--Chapter One -- The Shadow Realm falls
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Wide eyes looked around. It was so dark that he couldn't see anything beyond his hand. He walked forward and there was a flash of light, He still couldn't see anything, but he could see some people around him. Well if you could call them people.
Dark Magician
Dark Magician Girl
Celtic Guardian
Mystic Elf
Gaia The Dragon Knight.
Kuriboh.
They were all fighting, but he couldn't see what they were fighting. All he could make out were beedy yellow eyes, all he knew for sure was that they were not Duel Monsters. Dark Magician turned around and fired a blast of fire, it passed him and hit the thing behind him, he turned to see a black shadow like being with black antennae. Behind it was a three more.
"Run! You can't do anything for us, they've already got to the Keyhole!"
"The what?" He asked. Damn if he only had a weapon he could fight!
"The keyhole, the way to the Shadow Realm's heart." Mystic Elf Said taking him by the hand a pulling him away from the fight. Kuriboh was on his shoulder shivering with terror.
"Then we have to get it back!"
"Only the Keyblade can do that and you're not it's master. The shadow Realm is lost, try to save the other world!"
"But..!"
In the distance other humans could be seen, Bakura and Marik, they too were being dragged away from the fight. Bakura by Lady of faith and Marik by Isis.
Further away he could make out Seto, not usually one to run from a fight but he did have Mokuba with him. There may have been others even further away but he couldn't make it out.
The 'ground' shuddered under their feet.
"Goodbye." Mystic Elf said as he stared to fall...and fall...and...
Yugi Moto's eyes opened he sat up in bed breathing heavily.
/Yami?/
No answer.
/Yami, what was that? It didn't feel like a dream.../
/I...don't know. Something is wrong though...very wrong...look at the cards/
Yugi done as he was told and looked at his deck. All the cards were blank. Each and every one.
/Yami?/
/It's gone.../ Yami said slowly. /The Shadow Realm has been destroyed. /
There was a noise behind them and Yugi spun around to find Kuriboh sitting on his bed shivering.
/He was still on my shoulder when I fell./
A car drove past the house, the headlights lighting the clock on the wall letting Yugi see that it was almost four in the morning. The light also sent Kuriboh scurrying under the blankets.
Yugi blinked, that wasn't like Kuriboh at all, this was the monster who would pick fights with other monsters ten times it's size and a thousand times it's strength, and win.
/He just saw the end of his world Yugi, of course he's scared and shaken./ Yami said. /We need to calm him down, you know how...excitable he is. He might blow up on us./
/What about food?/ Yugi suggested
/Why food?/Yami asked
/It works on Joey./ Yugi answered
Yugi felt a mental shrug from Yami so Yugi took the trembling fur ball in his hands and took him down stairs to the kitchen.
Yugi made some toast for himself and looked for something for Kuriboh to eat. He didn't seem to like toast but cereal had gone down a treat, the only problem was that Kuriboh had been over enthusiastic in eating and had gotten Milk all over him. He was now splashing about in the sink. He seemed to like having a bath.
Then the phone started ringing.
"Er...Kuriboh your not going to drown if I leave you alone for a moment are you?" Yugi asked.
Kuriboh gave him a look that said 'What do you take me for?'
/He'll be fine Yugi./ Yami told him. /Answer the phone before it wakes up Mom [1] and Grandpa. It is only four in the morning./
Yugi answered the phone.
"Yugi I'm really sorry for phoning so early but-"
"It's okay I saw...so it's really gone?" Yugi asked. Then he heard a noise in the background. "What was that?"
"Someone followed me back."
"Me too...Kuriboh, what about you?"
"Lady Of Faith...She's currently crying and eating all my ice cream." Ryou sighed. "She's convinced White Silk Hat is dead."
"But she and Kuriboh survived there's no reason others haven't." Yugi said. "Did she tell you anything about a keyhole? Mystic Elf tried to tell me something but..."
"A keyhole no-" Ryou was interrupted by Lady of Faith. "Huh? okay okay...Yugi, Faith said every world has a keyhole which is the entrance to the worlds spiritual core. After those Shadow things had gotten to it the Shadow Realm was doomed."
"Ryou?"
"Yeah."
"If the duel monsters came back with after the destruction of the Shadow Realm. What happened to the things that destroyed it?"
"I think we had better phone the others." Ryou said.
"You saw the Ishtar's and Kaiba's too?" Yugi asked.
"Of course I did I'm not blind!" Bakura had taken over. "I'll phone the Ishtar's I'll leave the Kiaba brothers to you."
Bakura hung up.
"Sure give me the easy job." Yugi muttered. He checked in on Kuriboh. He was still splashing about so he dashed quietly upstairs too look for Kaiba's phone number. As he came back down he grabbed a towel and then took Kuriboh out of the sink.
Yugi knew the phone call would be long...unless of course Seto hung up on him before he could ask about the dream.
He sat by the phone, He started drying Kuriboh holding the phone to his ear with his elbow.
Ring-Ring
Ring-Ring
/Come on answer!/ Yami complained from his soul room.
Ring-Ring
Ring-
"Yes. Who is it?" Asked a voice that sounded to tried for Manners./He sounds in a good mood./ Yugi thought sarcastically.
"Hi Kiaba, It's Yugi Pleasedon'thangupIwouldn'tcallunlessitwasreallyimportant!"
There was a pause.
"Shit it wasn't just a nightmare was it?"
"Well Ryou just phone me, he has a Lady of faith eating his Ice cream and I have a wet Kuriboh sitting on my lap...Kuriboh don't eat the towel...and all the duel monster cards have blank faces..."
"Yugi do you always babble when you don't get enough sleep?"
"Huh?" Yugi blinked. "Sorry. No it wasn't a dream, is Mokuba okay?"
"I had just gotten him to sleep. I hope he still is he doesn't need to hear this."
"Since you thought this was a dream does that mean nothing came back with you?"
"Nothing that I saw, but I had this big white marble for lack of a better description, in my hand." Kiaba answered. "That mean anything to you?"
/Yami?/
/No, sorry./
"No I don't know anything like that."
"I see...what about Isis and Marik? I did see them there too didn't I?"
"I saw Isis but I thought it was Malik with her?" Yugi shook his head. "Well anyway, Bakura is phoning them."
"What about Duke Devlin?"
"What do you mean?"
"I think I saw him too, and Pegasus, they were far away though it was hard to make out." Kiaba said. "I think Pegasus was dragging Duke away from the fight."
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Duke opened his eyes wide and tried to sit up but instead fell out of the bed. He rubbed a hand though his hair over the now sore spot. He looked at his bed side clock. It was ten to four in the morning. forcing his breath and heart to slow down.
"Like hell I'm going to be able to sleep tonight." Duke said to himself walked to the kitchen he made him self some coffee if he was going to be a wake he had better be completely awake. He then made some toast and sat on his computer. The D.D.M. craze was starting to die down and Duke needed to come up with monsters for a new booster pack to pick up interest again. Ten minuets later the computer beeped as he got an e-mail. It was from Pegasus. He clicked it and a picture came up on the screen. It was the same creepy yellow eyed shadows Duke had seen in his dream, along with other sketches or the armoured and winged varieties. As well as a red haired red eyed girl. Under it was a message.
I tried to phone you but your line was busy. Did you have a nightmare and were these in it? If so I don't think it was a nightmare.-Pegasus.
Dukes eyes grew wide. WTF! How did Pegasus know I had a nightmare? How did he know those things where in it? What the hell is going ON!
Maybe coffee hadn't such a good idea.
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Andrew opened his brown eyes. He hadn't had a night mare but he knew there was something wrong. This feeling was confirmed when his fifteen year old sister walked into his room. He looked at the clock at the side of his bed.
"Did I wake you?"
"No An, I was already awake." Andrew said. "Is there something wrong?"
An nodded. She didn't seem sure how to put her problem in words. Andrew sighed.
"An or Anhai?" Andrew asked sitting up.
He had given An a silver armlet when she was six. Since then she had a second mind in her body, Anhai. He knew all about the shadow realm and had been surprised to find out that he was Anhai's father reincarnated. When An was ten she had been hit by a car. While she was in a coma Shadi had come and given Andrew his memories of his past lives. Shadi then offered to wake up An from the coma on one condition. They move to Domino City.
It turned out that he himself had been a guard to the Pharaoh and had died protecting him and Anhai had become a guard to Pharaoh Yami in his memory. And had suffered the same fate. Shadi had called her the Shadow guard, and this Shadi wanted Andrew to take his little sister and her pre-incarnate to Domino City for what? To guard the Pharaoh.
Well he had no choice, he had to accept the move so Shadi would wake up An and Anhai, But if anything happened to her, ether of her, Shadi's head would roll.
"We had this dream, Anhai recognised a few of the faces in it. I recognised others...but she said that...the shadow realm is gone." An said sitting on the edge of Andrews bed.
"An you said you and Anhai recognised people. How can that be? Anhai doesn't know any of your friends here does she?" Andrew asked.
"Er...not really." An rubbed the back of her neck.
Andrew frowned.
"Don't freak please." An asked.
"You found them haven't you, Pharaoh his light and the light?" Andrew demanded.
An nodded. "He's in school with me, I haven't spoken to him but Anhai recognised him. But that's not the problem. The Shadow realm is gone destroyed."
"Destroyed? When you said it was gone I thought you meant the connection to it had gone. How can a whole world be destroyed?" Andrew asked.
"I don't know." An answered. "Dark Elf tried to tell me something about a Keyhole but nether me or Anhai understands."
"Dark Elf? What about Mystic Elf? Isn't she your favourite?"
An shook her head. "I like Dark Elf and Queens double just as much as Mystic Elf but she can't help me all the time."
"Why?"
"The Pharaoh must come first, she's in his deck too."
"It all comes back to the Pharaoh doesn't it?" Andrew asked.
"Don't be like that Andrew it's not his fault."
"So the Shadow Realm is destroyed...what now?"
"I don't know...but what happens if it happens here too?"
Andrew hugged his sister trying to calm her down. Nothing is going to happen to this world. Was it? They sat like that for maybe and hour and a half An had fallen asleep. A light shimmered the corner of Andrews bed room and Shadi himself appeared. He looked beaten and scratched and bruised and generally as if he had been in a really big fight. With him was what Andrew recognised as the Dark Magician Girl.
"Shadow Guard." He said.
The girls eyes opened. More intense and older than An could ever be. It was Anhai. Andrew let her sit up but he gripped her arms tighter.
"Shadi." Andrew was surprised. An had never meat Shadi and he hadn't expected Anhai to know who this man was. "They're coming here aren't they?"
"No. They are already here." Shadi said. "I have to make preparations I need you to watch the Pharaoh...I have preparations to make to ensure that this world and the shadow realm can be restored.
Anhai looked to her reincarnate father, An's older brother. "I'm sorry Andrew. You know I have to go."
Andrew sighed and let go of Anhai's arms. "Just make me a promise."
Anhai nodded.
"Come back. Alive."
Anhai nodded with tears in her eyes. For a moment An was back in control of her body and she hugged her bother.
"I promise." She said.
Anhai walked into the hall to grab her long black coat to where over her purple pyjamas. Then Anhai was back and left with Shadi. Dark Magician Girl remained.
"You aren't going with them?" Andrew asked.
The card shook her head. "I have the power to save one city full of people from destruction. This one was chosen."
"Why?" Andrew asked.
"The Chosen one lives here."
"The Pharaoh. It's always the Pharaoh." Andrew muttered.
"It's not that!" The Dark Magician Girl shouted making Andrew jump. "I can only save people connected to the Pharaoh because I'm connected to him. If I could save other people I would!"
Andrew blinked.
"But why are you here? What can I do to help?"
Dark Magician Girl sighed. "This will leave me unable to defend myself. Anhai will defend the Pharaoh, will you look after me?"
"Me?"
"Yes, you. You are connected to Egypt. you have power sleeping inside of you. If you need it, it will awaken."
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Pegasus was luckily staying in a hotel in domino he had come to visit Duke and see if he could help him with designing the new Dungeon Dice Monsters booster pack. Duke had gotten on his motorbike and ridden over here once he had calmed down enough to get dressed. Pegasus insisted on trying to see Yugi, that night.
"Pegasus he's still going to be asleep." Duke insisted.
"Trust me Devlin-boy." Pegasus said. "If there is something wrong with the Shadow Realm Yugi-boy will be awake."
"Shadow Realm?" Duke asked.
Pegasus looked at Duke. "Your telling me that you've been friends with Yugi for what a month now and you still know nothing about the Shadow realm? or Yami?"
"Yami?" Duke asked.
Pegasus sighed. "I'd better explain it then, just try not to look at me as if I'm crazy when I do. You see I didn't really invent Duke monsters, well I invented some of the monsters[2] but the game itself was one that was played over three thousand years go in Egypt. I just re-invented it for modern times."
Duke blinked. He opened his mouth to speak when he heard Pegasus's driver shout, he felt the car swerve then flip as if thrown by a massive hand then for Duke and Pegasus everything when black.
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It was now Six in the morning. Yugi and Ryou had gathered everyone they had seen in the dream in the park. It was alright for Ryou who's father was yet again out of town or Seto who only had to answer to Mokuba who was probably going to be asleep until noon and wouldn't even know that Seto had been out. Isis and Malik lived with only Rashid who was with them. But Yugi was going to have to make sure his mother wouldn't find out. Grandpa was alright he knew Yugi wouldn't sneak out unless it was important but his mother didn't know about Yami, she would never understand.
Yugi sighed and looked around. Lady of faith was sniffing sitting next to Ryou. Kuriboh was sitting on her shoulder purring trying to make her feel better.
"Seto I thought you were going to try and get Duke?" Yugi asked.
"I tried his phone was engaged and so was Pegasus." Seto said toying with the white stone he had found after he had woken up.
"You have Pegasus's number?" Bakura asked eyebrows rising.
"We were Business associates, and I have a photo graphic memory." Seto said. "Sometimes I wish I didn't."
"What are we actually going to do? I mean we couldn't do anything to save the Shadow Realm." lady of Faith said.
"My my lady of faith hardly living up to your name."
The group turned to see Shadi, Mokuba, who was holding the Millennium Scales and a girl with red eyes and red hair, she wore a long black coat but Bakura knew there was a Silver Armlet on one of her arms. She was the one who had spoken.
"The shadow Guard and the Item Guardian. This must be bad." Bakura said glaring at the pair.
"Mokuba what are you doing here?" Seto demanded as the boy ran into his arms.
"We had to bring him Mr Kiaba." The girl said looking suddenly more innocent just like a...
"Your like me aren't you?" Yugi asked. Bakura rolled his eyes.
The girl nodded. "My name is An, but I think under the current circumstances you'll get to know Anhai more than me."
Shadi stepped forward. "The time has come for all the items to be connected to their Hikaris and Yamis."
"Dose that mean that I have to give my Rod to Seto?" Malik asked.
"No." Shadi held out the Scales. "Seto Kiaba will now be the Yami of the Scales and Mokuba Kiaba will be the Hikari of the Scales."
"Hold on." Seto said. "The Yami's are all sprits, and as you can see I'm alive."
"That's not right, Look at the Yami of the Rod." An said. "From what Shadi has told me, he's not a spirit, He's another part of Malik. There isn't any reason why one can't still be alive."
"Wait a second." Malik said looking worried. "Marik is trapped within one corner of my mind, you don't really want to wake him up do you?"
"No." An said. "That fact he exists is enough for this, I think. Right Shadi?"
Shadi nodded"There is something else we need. Bakura I have to have the eye."
"Why should I give it to you?" Bakura demanded.
"To save Duke and Pegasus." Shadi said.
"What!" Yugi asked. Duke doesn't have anything to do with the Shadow realm, and nether dose Pegasus anymore."
An sighed. "Duke and Pegasus had the same dream as us. They were on their way to see you Yugi when the car was attacked...they may both die."
"Why should..." Bakura shut his mouth when An shot a blast of fire from her hand to the ground before him. He stepped aback to stop his pants leg catching fire.
"An I didn't give you that power to threaten the Item holders with." Shadi said.
An shrugged. "We need the item, I'm willing to have a Barbeque to get it."
"Feh...fine take it." Bakura tossed the Eye to Shadi.
Both Shadi and the girl were about to go when the saw something moving in the distance. It seemed to be living shadows with little yellow eyes.
Anhai replaced An.
"Shadi get the Eye to Pegasus, I'll take care of these."
Shadi looked back at Anhai for a moment before nodded and fading into ground. Anhai turned to the others.
"Run."
"No we want to help!" Yugi demanded.
"You can't help now just go!" Anhai ordered.
Yugi still tried to stay but Isis took hold of him and dragged him off with the others.
They were surprised when they ran into non other than Tea, Tristan, Joey and Milo.
"What are you doing here?" Yugi asked.
"Your mother phoned us, she's worried sick Yugi. What are you doing out at this time?" Milo asked.
Yugi sighed. "I don't have time down but...look out!"
"Like I'm going t..."
Malik charged past Milo and attacked the shadow that had been about to attack her from behind.
"What...what was that?"
"Don't know, all we know is that they destroyed the shadow realm and probably going to do the same to this one.
"What?" Milo asked. "Shadow realm?"
"We'll explain later." Bakura said nastily shutting Milo up for now.
"What are they doing here?" Tea asked.
"And is that the Lady of Faith with you?" Joey added. "And a Kuriboh?"
"They want to destroy this world too, yes and yes." Seto said.
"What is causing those blasts of fire in the park?"
"Her names are An and Anhai, she let us get away from a bunch of those things in the park now can we move!" Malik exclaimed.
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Shadi appeared in the hospital and headed towards Pegasus bed. He was connected to tubes and monitors. He was in a coma, and it didn't look like he was going to snap out of it. Shadi had the eye in one hand and the Ankh in the other. He touched the Ankh to Pegasus's forehead and entered his mind.
He found himself in a grassy field. Pegasus was looking at a blond lady who had her back to him. Pegasus looked over his shoulder and saw Shadi.
"Hello Shadi." He said sadly. "She won't join her yet, she said there's something I have to do still, and then you show up. Why do I feel your the one who's going to tell me what I still have to do?"
Shadi sighed. It was plain to see how much Pegasus wanted to join his wife.
"You know how you got here?" He asked.
Pegasus nodded. "How's Duke."
"He's dieing." Shadi answered "And so are you."
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[1]I know nothing about Yugi's mother save that she is only in the manga and that she worries about Yugi talking to himself. Any information anyone can give on her will help me a LOT.
[2] I doubt that they had the machine monsters in the Ancient Egyptian Shadow Games. So I'm crediting Pegasus with their creation. ^_^
And sorry but I can't promise when the next chapter will show.
Please Review if you want to find out if Pegasus and Duke survive. And tell me if this chapter is long enough, I always think my chapters are too short which I hate because I like decent length chapters to read.
C.A.: Say goodbye muses.
Muses: Goodbye muses.
