Introduction: I didn't think that I would be doing this story so soon. After I had wrapped up Monster World Online and The Fairy Cage, I had decided to take a little break from this series. There were a few things about the future stories that I needed to rethink a little, and I've found that if I work on any writing project to too long I get sick of it. But after I had finished my most recent GX story, Ritual of Doom some thing happened that made me unable to write any story at all. The only exception was this one two-shot I did a little over two weeks ago.

Soon after that though, I found out that the Sword Art Online anime was streaming on Netflix. So I went ahead and watched it again. And as I watched it, I got the inspiration to start up this story. Thus begins this AU's version of the Fairy Dance arc from SAO.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Sword Art Online.

Prologue

It was a calm sunny afternoon as Kazuto Kirigaya, or Kirito as he had become known to some of his friends, arrived at a bus station in Domino City with his girlfriend, Asuna Yuuki. The couple had come to the city at the request of their old friend from the death game of Monster World Online, Yugi Muto. Yugi had told the couple that there was something important that he wanted to show them at the Domino City Museum. Though he wouldn't say what it was over the phone. So Kirito and Asuna came to the city as requested to find out what was going on.

"It looks like we got here a little early." Asuna observed as she and Kirito waited on the bench.

"Yeah, but just by five minutes." Kirito replied as he took a look at his watch. "I don't think we'll be waiting long."

"You wanna go somewhere after we're through with whatever Yugi wants to show us?" Asuna asked. "I heard there are some pretty good places to eat around here."

"Sounds good." Kirito agreed. "You know, it's been awhile since we've just hung out like this."

"I know." Asuna replied as she placed her hand on Kirito's. "And this time we don't have to worry about fighting monsters or clearing dungeons. We can just be together like a normal couple."

"Yeah. It's pretty nice." Kirito agreed as he began to relax a little.

"Well, this certainly is a pleasant surprise." A horribly familiar voice spoke, causing Kirito and Asuna to both go pale. "I never expected to run into the two of you here."

Kirito and Asuna quickly looked and rose to their feet. Standing to their left was a young man with long white hair wearing a blue jacket with a blue and white striped shirt and a pair of faded jeans. Hanging from his neck by a leather string was an odd gold ring-shaped pendant with a triangular panel that had an eye in the center and five ornaments hanging from the lower half. His eyes were like those of a demon or a killer and he had a wicked grin on his face. Kirito and Asuna quickly recognized this person as the one who ran MWO, Bakura.

"What the hell do you want now, you bastard?" Kirito demanded to know.

"Really, Kirito. I'd think you and I would be on better terms after the way I saved Asuna from that fool, Sugou a few days ago." Bakura calmly reminded him. "If I hadn't intervened, Asuna would still be his plaything."

"Yeah, well I know that you didn't do that for her or me." Kirito pointed out. "I know you're playing some kind of twisted game with us, and I've had enough! Now get lost!"

At this, Bakura chuckled. "Or what? You'll beat me? Remember, Kirito we're no longer player Monster World Online. You're powerless in this world, while I possess power beyond your comprehension. So do you still wish to pick a fight with me, mortal?"

"If you want a fight, Bakura I'll be more than happy to take you on!" a deep commanding voice interrupted.

Kirito and the others looked to see the arrival of a young man with odd mainly black star-shaped hair with blonde locks hanging down around his face. He had on a sleeveless black shirt with long black pants. Hanging from his neck by a silver chain was a gold pendant in the shape of an inverted pyramid with an eye-like symbol on the front. Kirito and the others instantly recognized this young man as Yugi.

"Ah, Yugi." Bakura greeted as Yugi approached. "I should've known you'd be coming here. The three of us were just having a friendly little chat."

"I heard most of this little chat of yours." Yugi responded as he got between Kirito and Bakura. "I already know all about how you rescued Asuna from Sugou Nobuyuki a few days ago when he tried to trap her in an online game of his own. And I'm sure you only did to further whatever twisted agenda you have. So why not just tell us what it is you're after?"

"…Very well. I might as well tell you why I saved Asuna." Bakura finally agreed. "Do you all remember the little vision we all had the time you saved that annoying little program, Yui?"

Kirito remembered the vision Bakura was talking about quite well. When he attempted to save an AI in the form of a young girl called Yui from being deleted, Yugi had used the power of his Millennium Puzzle to interfere with Bakura and buy some time. The resulting clash between the power of the Millennium Puzzle and the Millennium Ring resulted in the four of them witnessing a strange vision, one that seemed to show Yugi and an Egyptian Pharaoh and Kirito and Asuna as his guards.

"It seems that the four of us go back a long way." Bakura continued. "Kirito and Asuna are somehow connected to history of the Millennium Items. Which means they may hold part of the key to unlock the items' true power. So until I know for sure, I can't let anything sever happen to either of those two. That is why I saved Asuna from the fate of becoming a living doll, and why I let those two live after their characters were killed during our last encounter."

"Well whatever you're planning, I'm not going to let you get away with it!" Yugi declared.

"We'll see about that." Bakura responded. "The next stage of our game is about to begin, Yugi. So you'd better be ready."

With that, Bakura began to leave as he chuckled evilly to himself. Kirito breathed a sigh of relief as soon as he was out of sight.

"What the hell were you thinking, picking a fight with that psycho?" Asuna asked Kirito.

"I… I guess I wasn't." Kirito admitted. "Sorry."

"Idiot." Asuna responded.

"Kirito, the spirit of Bakura's Millennium Ring is a very dangerous individual." Yugi reminded him. "Confronting him like that could've been fatal."

"Yeah, I know. I just lost my cool for a minute there." Kirito replied. "But one thing's for sure. That's bastard's up to something."

"Yes, and I'm sure it won't be long before we find out what it is." Yugi agreed.

Author's Note: In case anyone missed it, I did a little one-shot after I did Monster World Online called The Fairy Cage. It was sort of a bonus story meant to be the bridge between MWO and this story. Due to certain scenes in that one-shot I had to give it an M rating. So it's understandable if not everyone has read it. But the events in that one-shot were referenced in this prologue, and will be touched upon again later in the story.

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