Superhero Shadow
Hello! Welcome to my new fic, Superhero Shadow! Just a few notes: 1) There are NO Millennium Items 2) Yugi and Yami (Ryou and Bakura too) are separate people. Never met either. 3) Duel Monsters won't play a big part. 4) Maybe a bit of shonen-ai, YxY, RxB. I came up with this while I was watching X- Men Evolution, and reading a book called The Great Pyramid Robbery, so... yeah. This fic is really AU, and probably quite a bit OOC. Excuse me for that.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! (much as I'd like to) The only stuff here that belongs to me is this computer I am typing this on. And maybe the plot.
Yugi stumbled out of bed, and down the stairs. Still half asleep, he switched the TV on, and sank into the sofa. He had been up late at a party the night before, and he was lucky that today was Saturday; no school. His girlfriend, Anzu Mazaki had dumped him for some idiot in a different class; he thought she said his name was Hiroto Honda. He never liked her that much anyway.
"... and an attack on the Domino City Airport was stopped by the mystery boy, Shadow. All eyewitnesses say he appears around sixteen, but no-one ever gets a good look at him. Police are trying to track him down, but have had no success..."
Yugi had just cut into a news report. This one, about Domino's "superhero", Shadow. The city was obsessed with finding the boy; police were suspicious of him, others just wanted to be known as 'the one who caught Shadow'. Yugi didn't care either way. If he wanted to be hidden, let him, was what he was always saying to his best friend, Jonouchi Katsuya, another Shadow tracker.
Precisely at that moment, there was a knock at the door. Yugi groaned, and went to answer it.
"Morning, Yuug." said the blonde boy standing there. "Oh, hi, Jonouchi. I only just got up. Had a rough time with that bitch Anzu. Dumped me for Hiroto Honda." Yugi said, allowing his friend to come in. "Hiroto Honda? He's on the track team. Not good at it either." Jonouchi said, his gaze becoming distracted by the television, still going on about Shadow.
"Another sighting? Oh well, I missed it this time." he said, as Yugi went to get himself some breakfast. "Look, he doesn't want to be found!" Yugi said, laughing. "Yeah, I know, you keep telling me that. But don't you think it would be cool to do something like that? You know, go and save the city, that kind of thing?" Jonouchi declared. "You know, that sounds like that Sailor Moon show that Anzu likes so much." Yugi commented. "Ooh, Yuug, you got some dirt on her! Sailor Moon is like, for eleven year olds!" Jonouchi laughed out loud. Yugi grinned.
An hour later, Yugi was fully dressed, in black sleeveless shirt and black trousers. "Arcade?" Jonouchi asked. Yugi grinned, and nodded.
The arcade, The Web, was swarming with kids, all around Yugi and Jonouchi's age, fifteen. Jonouchi pointed out a brunette girl, watching as if bored to tears, while some tall guy in a brown trenchcoat played a racing game. "It's Anzu!" Yugi said. "Ignore her!" Jonouchi said, pulling his friend away. "They've got a new cyber cafe section here! We can get on the Internet, and chat to someone in England!" Yugi's violet eyes widened, and they rushed over to the cyber cafe.
It wasn't too hard to find a chat room; here was one with two other people in it already, TombRaider and The_Ring. Yugi logged on as 'King_of_Games'. He was well known throughout his school for is expertise at most kinds of games, so it seemed fitting.
King_of_Games Konnichi wa!
TombRaider I kicked his sorry ass!
TombRaider Oh sorry. Hello.
The_Ring Hi. Japanese?
King_of_Games Hai.
King_of_GamesI mean, yes. Please be excusing my eigo.
King_of_Games I mean English.
The_Ring You're funny.
Red_Eyes Konnichi wa!
TombRaider Not another one!
King_of_Games Jonouchi-kun! What are you doing?
Red_Eyes Chatting, Yuug. What's it look like :P
The_Ring You guys know each other?
King_of_Games Hell yes! Red_Eyes is on a computer next to me!
King_of_Games mdwuehyduasiifauvs
Red_Eyes Haha.
King_of_Games You didn't have to prove it.
The_Ring So, you're both Japanese?
Red_Eyes Yes!
The_Ring Cool! Me and Bakura (that's TombRaider) are moving to Japan soon!
King_of_Games Whereabouts?
The_Ring Domino City.
TombRaider Heard of it?
King_of_Games We LIVE there!
The_Ring Wicked! We'll have to meet up sometime! Sorry, must go now. Supposed to be in bed.
Red_Eyes What? It's 10 am!
The_Ring Yes, in Japan. Not in England. Bye!
Yugi and Jonouchi shut off their computers. "Well, that was fun." Jonouchi commented. The two got up to leave.
On their way out the door, Yugi bumped into another boy. "Oh, I'm sorry." he said, having to look up to see the boy's face, because he himself was so short. "S'alright, kid." the boy said, walking off as if nothing had happened. He was dressed in all black, with spiked, tri-coloured hair, much like Yugi's. "I swear I've seen him somewhere before..." Yugi murmured.
Jonouchi grabbed Yugi's hand, and pulled him out. "Look, I know it sounds stupid, but can we go to the museum? I need to finish my History homework." he said. "Oh, sure. I don't mind." Yugi replied, distracted.
There was a huge Egyptian exhibit at the museum at the moment. Security was so high, Yugi and Jonouchi had to show ID cards before they went in. They wandered through the rooms, with Jonouchi frantically copying things from the cards which accompanied the various objects.
In the central room, there were ten guards, despite the few people there. A solid gold statue of Anubis was set in the centre. It glittered in the spotlights shone on it, illuminating with reflected light the otherwise dim room.
While they were staring at it, and reading about it, there came a loud explosion from above. The room was plunged into momentary darkness, as the lights blew, and before daylight shone in. Yugi and Jonouchi were thrown away from the statue. In the confusion, someone let off a smokescreen, and when it cleared, the statue was gone. The guards looked to Jonouchi and Yugi immediately. "They don't think..." murmured Jonouchi. "I think they do." Yugi said. "RUN!" The two got to their feet, and sprinted out of the museum, the guards in pursuit. They turned towards Yugi's house, and they were running as fast as they could, but the guards were gaining.
A black car with tinted windows pulled up beside them. One of the windows was wound down, and a voice told the pair to get in. Somehow, Yugi knew the voice, but he couldn't place it. They both jumped into the car, which pulled away, even before Jonouchi and Yugi could see who was driving.
"Shadow!" Jonouchi hissed after making sure he was all there, and looking at the driver. That made Yugi look up. "It IS you!" he exclaimed. "Who were you expecting, Santa Claus? Those idiot guards are still after us, in another car. Can you drive?" Shadow said quickly. Yugi shook his head. "Tough, you are now." Shdow stood up on the seat, and Yugi reached across to desperately keep the car under control. The sun roof was open, so now Shadow's upper body was outside the car. A blue car was behind them, crammed full of museum guards. One of them lent out the window with a gun, and shot at Shadow, but it missed. Instead, Shadow shot a thick liquid from something on his wrist, all over the road. The guards car stuck in it, unable to move.
The guard fired again, this time, catching Shadow in the shoulder. He yelled, and sat down, clutching his shoulder.
"You okay, Shadow-sama?" Jonouchi asked. "I'll be alright, and 'san' will do." he said, through obvious pain in his shoulder. By this time, Yugi had clumsily steered the car to his house. Sure, he knocked down his garden fence, but that could be repaired. Yugi jumped out.
"Shadow-san, come on!" he urged. "Why?" Shadow asked. "Well, that bleeding needs to be stopped." Yugi pointed out. The red liquid was beginning to seep through Shadow's gloved fingers. "Okay then." Jonouchi helped his hero out of the car, annd into the house. For the first time, Yugi got a good look at Shadow.
He was wearing a black sleeveless top, and trousers, a little like Yugi's. There was a black and silver mask over his eyes, and he wore black gloves and boots.
Yugi got Shadow to sit down on the sofa, while Jonouchi ran around looking for bandages.
"I suppose I should thank you." Shadow said. "No, that's alright." Yugi said, using tissues to soak up some of the blood until Jonouchi found some bandages. "Well, unfortuantely, it won't be long until somebody finds my car and we're caught." Shadow sighed. "Not if we're clever about this." Jonouchi said, finally handing a roll of white cloth to Yugi. "What do you mean?" Shadow asked, hissing in pain as Yugi put some antiseptic on his arm. "Well, simple, you borrow some of Yugi's clothes, and stay here, and if someone comes along, we tell them that you crashed the car, and ran off." Jonouchi said. "A good plan, I suppose. But I just met you. How do I know that I can trust you with my secret?" Shadow said, narrowing crimson eyes through his mask. "Your secret's safe." Yugi said, concentrating on winding bandages around the 'superhero's' arm. "We won't tell." Yugi fixed the bandage in place, and leaned back, with his arms around his knees. "Promise?" the mystery boy asked, making sure. Both of them nodded.
Jonouchi almost held his breath as Shadow's good arm went up to remove the mask.
"You!" Yugi exclaimed. "I saw you earlier!"
The boy smiled.
"My name is Yami."
Hello! Welcome to my new fic, Superhero Shadow! Just a few notes: 1) There are NO Millennium Items 2) Yugi and Yami (Ryou and Bakura too) are separate people. Never met either. 3) Duel Monsters won't play a big part. 4) Maybe a bit of shonen-ai, YxY, RxB. I came up with this while I was watching X- Men Evolution, and reading a book called The Great Pyramid Robbery, so... yeah. This fic is really AU, and probably quite a bit OOC. Excuse me for that.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! (much as I'd like to) The only stuff here that belongs to me is this computer I am typing this on. And maybe the plot.
Yugi stumbled out of bed, and down the stairs. Still half asleep, he switched the TV on, and sank into the sofa. He had been up late at a party the night before, and he was lucky that today was Saturday; no school. His girlfriend, Anzu Mazaki had dumped him for some idiot in a different class; he thought she said his name was Hiroto Honda. He never liked her that much anyway.
"... and an attack on the Domino City Airport was stopped by the mystery boy, Shadow. All eyewitnesses say he appears around sixteen, but no-one ever gets a good look at him. Police are trying to track him down, but have had no success..."
Yugi had just cut into a news report. This one, about Domino's "superhero", Shadow. The city was obsessed with finding the boy; police were suspicious of him, others just wanted to be known as 'the one who caught Shadow'. Yugi didn't care either way. If he wanted to be hidden, let him, was what he was always saying to his best friend, Jonouchi Katsuya, another Shadow tracker.
Precisely at that moment, there was a knock at the door. Yugi groaned, and went to answer it.
"Morning, Yuug." said the blonde boy standing there. "Oh, hi, Jonouchi. I only just got up. Had a rough time with that bitch Anzu. Dumped me for Hiroto Honda." Yugi said, allowing his friend to come in. "Hiroto Honda? He's on the track team. Not good at it either." Jonouchi said, his gaze becoming distracted by the television, still going on about Shadow.
"Another sighting? Oh well, I missed it this time." he said, as Yugi went to get himself some breakfast. "Look, he doesn't want to be found!" Yugi said, laughing. "Yeah, I know, you keep telling me that. But don't you think it would be cool to do something like that? You know, go and save the city, that kind of thing?" Jonouchi declared. "You know, that sounds like that Sailor Moon show that Anzu likes so much." Yugi commented. "Ooh, Yuug, you got some dirt on her! Sailor Moon is like, for eleven year olds!" Jonouchi laughed out loud. Yugi grinned.
An hour later, Yugi was fully dressed, in black sleeveless shirt and black trousers. "Arcade?" Jonouchi asked. Yugi grinned, and nodded.
The arcade, The Web, was swarming with kids, all around Yugi and Jonouchi's age, fifteen. Jonouchi pointed out a brunette girl, watching as if bored to tears, while some tall guy in a brown trenchcoat played a racing game. "It's Anzu!" Yugi said. "Ignore her!" Jonouchi said, pulling his friend away. "They've got a new cyber cafe section here! We can get on the Internet, and chat to someone in England!" Yugi's violet eyes widened, and they rushed over to the cyber cafe.
It wasn't too hard to find a chat room; here was one with two other people in it already, TombRaider and The_Ring. Yugi logged on as 'King_of_Games'. He was well known throughout his school for is expertise at most kinds of games, so it seemed fitting.
King_of_Games Konnichi wa!
TombRaider I kicked his sorry ass!
TombRaider Oh sorry. Hello.
The_Ring Hi. Japanese?
King_of_Games Hai.
King_of_GamesI mean, yes. Please be excusing my eigo.
King_of_Games I mean English.
The_Ring You're funny.
Red_Eyes Konnichi wa!
TombRaider Not another one!
King_of_Games Jonouchi-kun! What are you doing?
Red_Eyes Chatting, Yuug. What's it look like :P
The_Ring You guys know each other?
King_of_Games Hell yes! Red_Eyes is on a computer next to me!
King_of_Games mdwuehyduasiifauvs
Red_Eyes Haha.
King_of_Games You didn't have to prove it.
The_Ring So, you're both Japanese?
Red_Eyes Yes!
The_Ring Cool! Me and Bakura (that's TombRaider) are moving to Japan soon!
King_of_Games Whereabouts?
The_Ring Domino City.
TombRaider Heard of it?
King_of_Games We LIVE there!
The_Ring Wicked! We'll have to meet up sometime! Sorry, must go now. Supposed to be in bed.
Red_Eyes What? It's 10 am!
The_Ring Yes, in Japan. Not in England. Bye!
Yugi and Jonouchi shut off their computers. "Well, that was fun." Jonouchi commented. The two got up to leave.
On their way out the door, Yugi bumped into another boy. "Oh, I'm sorry." he said, having to look up to see the boy's face, because he himself was so short. "S'alright, kid." the boy said, walking off as if nothing had happened. He was dressed in all black, with spiked, tri-coloured hair, much like Yugi's. "I swear I've seen him somewhere before..." Yugi murmured.
Jonouchi grabbed Yugi's hand, and pulled him out. "Look, I know it sounds stupid, but can we go to the museum? I need to finish my History homework." he said. "Oh, sure. I don't mind." Yugi replied, distracted.
There was a huge Egyptian exhibit at the museum at the moment. Security was so high, Yugi and Jonouchi had to show ID cards before they went in. They wandered through the rooms, with Jonouchi frantically copying things from the cards which accompanied the various objects.
In the central room, there were ten guards, despite the few people there. A solid gold statue of Anubis was set in the centre. It glittered in the spotlights shone on it, illuminating with reflected light the otherwise dim room.
While they were staring at it, and reading about it, there came a loud explosion from above. The room was plunged into momentary darkness, as the lights blew, and before daylight shone in. Yugi and Jonouchi were thrown away from the statue. In the confusion, someone let off a smokescreen, and when it cleared, the statue was gone. The guards looked to Jonouchi and Yugi immediately. "They don't think..." murmured Jonouchi. "I think they do." Yugi said. "RUN!" The two got to their feet, and sprinted out of the museum, the guards in pursuit. They turned towards Yugi's house, and they were running as fast as they could, but the guards were gaining.
A black car with tinted windows pulled up beside them. One of the windows was wound down, and a voice told the pair to get in. Somehow, Yugi knew the voice, but he couldn't place it. They both jumped into the car, which pulled away, even before Jonouchi and Yugi could see who was driving.
"Shadow!" Jonouchi hissed after making sure he was all there, and looking at the driver. That made Yugi look up. "It IS you!" he exclaimed. "Who were you expecting, Santa Claus? Those idiot guards are still after us, in another car. Can you drive?" Shadow said quickly. Yugi shook his head. "Tough, you are now." Shdow stood up on the seat, and Yugi reached across to desperately keep the car under control. The sun roof was open, so now Shadow's upper body was outside the car. A blue car was behind them, crammed full of museum guards. One of them lent out the window with a gun, and shot at Shadow, but it missed. Instead, Shadow shot a thick liquid from something on his wrist, all over the road. The guards car stuck in it, unable to move.
The guard fired again, this time, catching Shadow in the shoulder. He yelled, and sat down, clutching his shoulder.
"You okay, Shadow-sama?" Jonouchi asked. "I'll be alright, and 'san' will do." he said, through obvious pain in his shoulder. By this time, Yugi had clumsily steered the car to his house. Sure, he knocked down his garden fence, but that could be repaired. Yugi jumped out.
"Shadow-san, come on!" he urged. "Why?" Shadow asked. "Well, that bleeding needs to be stopped." Yugi pointed out. The red liquid was beginning to seep through Shadow's gloved fingers. "Okay then." Jonouchi helped his hero out of the car, annd into the house. For the first time, Yugi got a good look at Shadow.
He was wearing a black sleeveless top, and trousers, a little like Yugi's. There was a black and silver mask over his eyes, and he wore black gloves and boots.
Yugi got Shadow to sit down on the sofa, while Jonouchi ran around looking for bandages.
"I suppose I should thank you." Shadow said. "No, that's alright." Yugi said, using tissues to soak up some of the blood until Jonouchi found some bandages. "Well, unfortuantely, it won't be long until somebody finds my car and we're caught." Shadow sighed. "Not if we're clever about this." Jonouchi said, finally handing a roll of white cloth to Yugi. "What do you mean?" Shadow asked, hissing in pain as Yugi put some antiseptic on his arm. "Well, simple, you borrow some of Yugi's clothes, and stay here, and if someone comes along, we tell them that you crashed the car, and ran off." Jonouchi said. "A good plan, I suppose. But I just met you. How do I know that I can trust you with my secret?" Shadow said, narrowing crimson eyes through his mask. "Your secret's safe." Yugi said, concentrating on winding bandages around the 'superhero's' arm. "We won't tell." Yugi fixed the bandage in place, and leaned back, with his arms around his knees. "Promise?" the mystery boy asked, making sure. Both of them nodded.
Jonouchi almost held his breath as Shadow's good arm went up to remove the mask.
"You!" Yugi exclaimed. "I saw you earlier!"
The boy smiled.
"My name is Yami."