((Disclaimer Stuff: Yuugi, Sakura and co. is property of Konami [Kazuki Takahashi] and CLAMP.))
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Authors Notes: With a little bit of thinking, I decided to change all the character's name into there Japanese form. I hope nobody really minds! -san, -chan and -kun are all end words and is proper to say to there elders or friends in Japan. If they are wrong, sorry! I'm not really Japanese :p
The Void
Duelist Kingdom, Japan 6-14-01 @ 9:45
"I can't loose..." Mutou Yuugi cried out.
"It's the end of the line, you have fallen..."
Gazing at the empty duel monster stadium, a sicken sense of reality swept over Yuugi. He vowed that he would rescue his friend, the Kaiba brother and his own grandpa... he had failed. Yuugi remain emotionless.
Subconsciously, he grab onto the puzzle. Clenching the puzzle into his fist, Yuugi gave a sharp pull and broke the chain, ignoring the pain from where it bit into his skin. It didn't matter to him, it would go away soon enough but the sorrow in his heart would never… Yuugi narrowed his eyes at the golden-colored item in his hand.
"I will be back, just watch…" There was an evil smirk on his face as the Millenium Puzzle in his hand fell into pieces and scattered around him.
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Domino City, Japan 10-14-02 @ 9:00 P.M
Kaiba sighed as he left the building of Kaiba Corp. It was growing dark, the sky turned from red to purple. Stars began to twinkle overhead as the sun set.
He smiled as he slowly walked down the sidewalk. Around him were busy people and laughing couples. He thought of how he became the number one duelist, around one year ago. Meeting Yuugi, Yuugi.... He had broken his promise that he would free his soul from Pegasus J. Crawford. But it didn't matter, someone did free him free. Whoever that was, he was grateful.
Kaiba frowned, he bump against someone. He swerved around, it was a girl with crimson black hair with a tinted of violet. She dissolved back into the crowd of people. A shudder ran down his spine. That girl looks so much like Yuugi. But he's gone... like what everyone else said. He sighed and shook his head. Not dead but the innocents of his childish self were gone.
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Domino City, Japan 10-15-02 @ 8:00 A.M
"Good morning Honda-kun..." Mazaki Anzu greeted as she entered the classroom. "Did you hear about the new students?"
"Really," Jounouchi Katsuya interrupted.
Honda sat down on an empty seat beside Jounouchi. "I thought you weren't interested in those things, Jounouchi-san."
Jounouchi patted hard onto Honda's back, making him fall of the chair. "Well my friend, if you noticed the past few days there had been a lot of new students enrolling in our school."
Honda glared at him, "Jounouchi … stop using so many big words that your brain can't even spell."
"All right! That's it! I'm gonna kick your-" Anzu sighed as she grab onto Jounouchi's shirt before he could attack.
Just then, the sensei walked in. Quickly, they hurried of to their seats.
"Everyone, there are going to be some new student joining us for the year," the teacher announced.
Jounouchi sighed gloomily as his teacher. But the sensei didn't happen to hear and continued to introduce the line of new students. "Please welcome Hirragizwa Eriol."
A boy walked in. Anzu gazed at the midnight blue eyes and the glossy blue hair. He bowed to the class. He was different from the other students, something about him was different. But she couldn't put here hands on it. She didn't notice something in her bag glowed as he walked past her.
"And please greet our other classmate, Tsukasa Mizu." A girl enter the room, Anzu stared. She wasn't wearing the uniform like every other girl, instead of wearing the uniforms pink dress she had a baggy black pants and a black tank top with a black trench coat. Anzu gazed at the girl... Was that Yuugi…? She shook the thought out of her head as the bell rang for lunch.
The students rushed to grab their lunches and head on towards the cafeteria, or their money to buy a lunch.
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Domino City, Japan 10-15-02 @ 3:02 P.M
Jounouchi had crack another joke as they headed home from school. Ryou, Anzu and Honda laughed at their friend. Bakura sudden felt something hit him, not an item but an aura of a person. He felt someone grab his soul and stuff him inside his soul room as Yami Bakura took his place.
"Yuugi!" There was a grin on his face. It's been a while since he felt that strong aura.
"What!" They all exclaimed at once, even Bakura, which was looking through the Millenium Ring.
"He is back." Yami Bakura glanced up towards the sky, and surely there was an airplane and someone with violet eye's staring down at them. Yami Bakura broke into a run after the plane.
"Where are you going?" Honda shouted at him. Everyone else nodded.
'Foolish mortals don't tell me they forgot already.'
"Tanka Shrine, now get a move on it!" he snapped.
'Its just is beginning…'
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Tomoeda, Japan 10-15-02 @ 4:14
Li Syaoran stared out the window of his room. The leaves were taking colors of golden brown. Things had been quiet for several years now; he was living a regular teenage boy's life. No more hunting for Clow Cards.
Looking at a leaf falling gently with the wind, his vision struggled to stay force on the sky. He blends down and clapped his hand on his ear; there were sounds around him, whispers. Suddenly his vision turned pitch black….
There were black spheres around him. Lightning struck through the space around him, he struggled to look around.
'Where had I seen those spheres before in my life …?' He suddenly paused, 'The Void card!' He skinned around, facing a person. His hand was on Syaoran's arm.
"How did you get in here?" he demanded. His eyes were icy blue. Syaoran could feel his courage tremble beneath the cold stare.
The person pulled out a golden key, "Never mind what you saw, forget this place and go back!"
"Merin, Is Sakura still here?" he gasped. He was leaning against the wall and shook his head to clear up his vision. Chestnut brown hair tumbled into his amber eyes, pain was written over them. His head began to spin again when he heard foot steps running towards his room.
Looking up, his amber eyes caught an emerald one staring back at him. "Are you ok, Syaoran-kun?"
He nodded, but turned and face outside, turning from Li Merin, Kinomoto Sakura and Daidouji Tomoyo. They all looked at him with hurt in their eyes. After all those times fighting together to catch the Clow Cards, they had bond together.
"I'm fine," he groaned as the pain came back.
Everyone gave a hand to Syaoran, but he refuels to take it and got up by himself. One knee suddenly buckled, Syaoran slipped. "The Final Revelation, be careful Sakura…. void-" He fainted in her arms. And everything went black.
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Domino City, Japan 10-15-02 @ 6:46
It was late evening, the sun touching the horizon, bathing everything in an orange-red glow.
"Ryou, are you sure this is the place?" Jounouchi asked he stared at a stone entrance. "Is this really the Tanka Shrine? Looks like it just came out of a ghost story..."
Honda and Anzu laugh uncomfortably as the yami glared at Jounouchi.
My name is Bakura! Get it right, or better yet I will send you to the shadow realm."
Jounouchi sweat-dropped at the Yami's comment, and shrink back from the pouting look-a-like Bakura Ryou.
A light gust of wind blew at their faces, a soft ring of bells were heard. They all stared at each other, where was it coming from? The wind blew harder and the sound of bells got closer.
There was a long silent upon the four friends; the only thing that was heard was the bells. As if drawn by some force; Yami Bakura, Jounouchi, Anzu and Honda looked up.
There was a dragon in front of them, its wing was half full and red evil eyes were upon them. The huge dragon thrashed its spiked tail into the stone entrance; becoming a pile of rocks. They all ran away when it shot fire into the air.
Yami Bakura stopped at few feet away and pulled out his deck of cards, "Waboku!" A shield wrapped itself around Jounouchi as the rock boulder hit the ground and the shield disappear.
Yami Bakura took another few step back from Jounouchi, a strange light in his eyes, "What are you waiting for, MOVE!" Yami Bakura cried, his voice was shocked it lost every trace of a snarl.
The ground shifted as the dragon roamed around. Anzu shot a panicked glance back at the huge monster. She threw herself on to the ground as a scorched smell thickened, filling up her lungs.
A flare burst of power prevent the schoolgirl's rush, knocking her to the ground, her light brown hair tumble across her face. She clenched her eyes and drew back, frightened to wait for the final blow, as fireball flew at her.
"FUUKA SHOURAI!"
Immediately, the fire was enveloped in wind and knocked the black dragon back a few feet. Anzu eye's darted around. That voice... it was familiar. She flinched at the voice that haunted her dreams and nightmares. It was a voice that she would have never forgotten. Not in a hundred or thousands lifetimes.
Anzu felt uncomfortable at his presence but she refused to run up to him and hug the friend she had long wanted to see, "I-is that r-really you?" She couldn't believe what she said. Of course it was him, he was right in front of her, but yet she couldn't believe her eyes. Yuugi.
Yuugi said nothing, but his eyes said plenty.
"Yuugi!" Anzu shrieked.
The dragon charged.
A cry escaped from Yuugi, he was frightened beyond his mind but somehow the danger Anzu was in made him move. Quickly, he pushed Anzu and covered her with his body. Quickly, Yuugi drew out a card.
"Mirror Force!!" Inches from their heads the ball of fire deflected back to the dragon. There was a huge black cloud and the dragon disappeared.
"Mazaki-chan, are you okay?" he asked, breathlessly.
He looked down to the girl, her body was limp and her head rolled of towards the side. Looking at the unconscious girl in his arm, something that has been there since she first arrived into his world, yet he never noticed, He loved her.
Yami Bakura went over to check out what was going on. A duel monsters card flew into his palms. 'Blackland Fire Dragon' it look so much like the Dragon they fought against.
"So everything is coming true?" Yami Bakura muttered. He quickly hid the card in his pockets and walked over towards the couple.
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No! Yuugi! Don't leave me! Anzu was standing on a duel monsters stadium. Looking down, she saw one of the puzzles pieces of the Millennium Puzzle. Yuugi...
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Domino City, Japan 10-15-02 @ 11:55 P.M
Anzu opened her eyes to the view of her room's white ceiling. The room was dark, the windows open and the curtains flutter in the slight breeze from outside. Was this a dream? How did she get back here?
Worried, Anzu sat up on her bed. Her eyes adjust to the little lit room. A dark shape sat beside her bed near her. There he was. Yuugi slept on the counter, arms curled around his head.
Anzu couldn't keep a small smile from escaping. Somehow, she knew Yuugi had saved her from the event. He saved me from the dragon and he brought me home. She decided to get a blanket for him, tiptoeing through the silent house, she opened the door next to the bathroom and pulled out a warm soft grayish blanket. When she got back, her face fell.
Yuugi was gone.
Anzu hurried over to her window and peered out towards the street below, surely, Yuugi was seen walking of in the night. Anzu sighed and sink back into her bed, staring once again at her ceiling.
It was past mid-night. Most of the people in Domino had already ate dinner and spend time with there family in there homes for the whole evening. However, to Yuugi, it brought nothing but misery.
The porcupine head returned back home, dragging his feet he grumbled to himself about his miserable life. If a year ago, he would be happily with his Grandpa laughed together with his friends over the television until everyone fell asleep on the couch and tetchily Yuugi didn't know where he was.
Yuugi went down the steps into the Game Shop. His arm crossed, he sighed. He was thinking about selling this place, but it had so many memories. With a troubled heart and worried mind, he silently started to clean up the place.
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Domino City, Japan 10-16-02 @ 8:14 A.M
A girl came rushing in the classroom. "You guys, did you here that Yuugi-kun returned?" All the people who had known him gathered around her.
"Really, did you see him?" A boy asked the blond hair girl. She smiled and nodded. There was an excited mumble over the clutter of people.
The teacher came in. Quickly, the student hurried back to their seats.
"Students, we have another new student in our tenth grade class. You might remember him from last year and as the worlds number two world champions in Duel Monster. Yuugi Mutou has come back to Japan after a year in North America! Please give him a warm round of applauses."
There was an amused smile on his face as Yuugi bowed to the class. He looked around the classroom, a pair of violet and mid-night blue eyes staring at him. Why did they stand out so much?