Ultimate Yu-Gi-Oh!

Rated K+

DarkMagicEradicator67

Summary: This is the Ultimate Marvel version of Yu-Gi-Oh, including updated versions of the Monster World, Death T Games, Duelist Kingdom, DDD, Battle City, Grand Prix, Memory World, and the Ceremonial Battle.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of its characters. They belong to KONAMI & Kazuki Takahashi. It is also noted that a few things will be changed here, and I will not be including the character Nosaka Miho in the story, since she didn't exist in the manga. I will also be calling Duel Monsters by its original name, "Magic & Wizards".

Ultimate Yu-Gi-Oh!


Story Arc 1

The Shadow Games

Battle 01:

Your Move! A Shadow Game Begins

The history of gaming is said to extend 3,000 years into the past. To the times of ancient Egypt, games served as magic ceremonies to foretell the fortunes of men and kings, and even to change a person's fate. Such ceremonies were known as Shadow Games. In the present, a certain youth solves the Millennium Puzzle and becomes heir to the shadow games. This boy, who possesses two hearts: one of light and one of darkness, was known to men as…Yu-Gi-Oh!

"It's lunchtime!" the students of Domino High exclaimed as they ran out of the school to do some fun things like playing basketball, eating, or just sitting around to talk about stuff. In only a few minutes, the whole student body was outside enjoying their lunch period…all except shy tenth grader Yugi Muto. He was a short kid with spiky blonde/black hair with high red spikes. He was still sitting at his desk, holding a mini-golden sarcophagus with some sort of eye on the front.

"Hey Yugi!" a boy with a basketball hollered. "Quit playing games by yourself and come play basketball for once!"

"That's okay…" Yugi began. "…my team would just lose." The boy then ran out the door, leaving a saddened Yugi. I wish I could play games with someone, but I have to finish that puzzle today. He thought as he opened his golden box to reveal many golden pieces. "It's my golden treasure!" he exclaimed as a hand swooped in and snatched it. Yugi looked up to see Tristan Taylor holding it high and Joey Wheeler snickering.

"What are you talking to yourself about, Yugi!" Tristan laughed. "You win the prize for creepy!"

"Something you see, but have never seen before?" Joey joked.

"Tristan, give it back!" Yugi shouted as he continuously tried to jump up and catch it, but it was too high.

"Pass, Joey!" Tristan yelled as he threw it at Joey, who caught it with ease.

"Only a girl would care about a box." He said. "Watching you makes me sick, so…I'm gonna teach you how to become a man! You want this box? Then, give me all you got!"

"I hate fighting!" Yugi cried. "Anyways, please give it back."

"What's in here, anyways?" Joey asked as he lifted open the lid, but a female arm seized it from him. This hand belonged to Tea Gardner, Yugi's friend since Elementary School.

"If you think it's dumb," she hollered. "…then give it back to him!"

"We'll get you back, mark my words!" Tristan replied as he and Joey ran out the door. Tea then walked towards Yugi.

"Here you go, Yugi." She said as she put the box on his desk. "It's something special, isn't it?"

"Yes, thank you Tea," Yugi said.

"All the guys here are like that." Tea remarked. "On the basketball court, I thought the guys were passing to girls a lot…found out they were peeking when girls made their shots! Never play basketball in a skirt!" Yugi smiled at the thought of skirt-wearing girls shooting for a basket and their panties showing.

Basketball…good. Yugi thought.

"By the way, what's in that box?" Tea asked as Yugi removed the lid to show many golden pieces.

"It's a puzzle!" Yugi smiled as he held up some of the pieces. "I've never finished it, so it's 'Something I See, but Never Seen Before. My grandpa says it was found in Egypt, since there are hieroglyphics carved on it."

"Well maybe, if you solve the puzzle, you get one wish." Tea said.

"Yea, like the Dragon Balls." Yugi said, referring to a very popular manga as Tea laughed.

"So, what is your wish?" she inquired as Yugi chuckled.

"Sorry, but that is absolutely a secret!" he said as he continued to put pieces together.

Joey and Tristan were walking down the hallway, still mad at Tea for what she did to them.

"Damn, she makes me so mad!" Tristan exclaimed as a tall student bumped them onto the ground.

"What were you saying about bullies…?" he asked.

"Nothing." Joey said harshly. "You keep outta this." Tristan then pulled Joey away from the student and whispered in his ear.

"Joey, who do you think you're picking a fight with? That's the ogre of a hall monitor, Ushio! He makes all of the rules at the school; even the teachers are too scared to say anything to him!" The two looked up to see that Ushio was gone, and they were relieved.

"Don't worry," Joey reassured as he took something out of his pocket. "I've got something very interesting." He released his fist to reveal the center piece of Yugi's puzzle, carved with the same eye that was on the box.

"Nice work, man." Tristan sneered as Joey opened a window.

"Now that he doesn't have one piece, he won't be able to solve it!" he explained as he threw the piece out the window and in the school swimming pool, and it sunk to the bottom.

When school was over, everyone started piling out of the schools and headed off to their homes. Yugi was walking silently as he passed Ushio.

"Okay! Let's get home and finish that puzzle!" Yugi said to himself as Ushio confronted him.

"You're Yugi…aren't you?" he asked as Yugi turned around.

"Yes…" he answered as Ushio smiled.

"I'm Ushio, the hall monitor, and I want to ask you something." Ushio began as Yugi nodded. "For a price, I'm gonna be your bodyguard!" Yugi nodded and walked off to his home faster than ever.

What was that about? He thought as he ran home.

A few minutes later, Yugi arrived at the Kame Game Shop, where he lived with his grandpa, Solomon Muto.

"Hey, Yugi!" a voice called. Yugi looked back to see Tea, running up to him. "I thought I'd come over to play." The two walked inside the game shop and saw Yugi's grandpa, very excited.

"Come on in!" he yelled. When Tea walked in, she let out a very loud scream, so loud that both Yugi and Solomon grasped their ears.

"Tea, it's rude to scream at people." Solomon said calmly.

"Yugi, you said the puzzle was a memento of your grandpa!" Tea whispered.

"I'M NOT DEAD YET!" Solomon screamed. "You've grown since I last saw you, Tea…especially your bust!" Tea's eyes widened when he said that and Yugi just sweatdropped.

"Come on Tea, let's finish that puzzle!" Yugi cried as he started to run up the stairs.

"Yugi, you still haven't given up on that puzzle?" Solomon asked as Yugi nodded. "The Millennium Puzzle is beyond human understanding. It's too hard for you, and it has all sorts of rumors that hatched from it."

"Rumors…?" Tea questioned.

"The Millennium Puzzle was discovered at the beginning of the 20th Century. A team of British archaeologists took it out of a Pharaoh's crypt in the Valley of Kings. However, afterward all those in the team died mysterious deaths…and as the last one died, he whispered… 'Shadow Games'…"

"Yugi, that puzzle is dangerous." Tea believed, but Yugi didn't listen to her.

"What are 'Shadow Games', they sound cool." He said as he walked up the stairs. Tea ran up after him.

"Crazy kids…" Solomon laughed as he went back to work.

Late at night, Yugi was still in his room with the light on, working on the Millennium Puzzle.

"I-I've got…to finish it…" Yugi whispered as he tired himself to sleep.

The next day at Domino High, Yugi was sitting in his desk at lunch, still tired from the night.

"I'm soooo tired." Yugi yawned. "I-I must've stayed up late, working on the puzzle." Ushio then walked into the room with an evil grin on his face.

"Yugi, could you uh, come with me for a sec?" he asked as Yugi gasped.

Outside, Yugi and Ushio walked through a dark alley and saw a beaten Joey and Tristan, lying on the floor.

"Joey! Tristan!" he cried as he glared at Ushio. "What have you done?"

"I told you Yugi, I'm your bodyguard." He laughed. "I decided to teach these punks a lesson: one they'll never forget!"

"Y-Yugi, you bastard…are you happy now?" Joey said weakly.

"It's not true!" he shouted. "You think I asked him to do this?"

"I'm not finished yet," Ushio scoffed as he kicked Joey in the stomach, making him cough up bits of blood.

"Stop!" Yugi cried, running in front of Joey and Tristan.

"You're protecting them after what they did to you?" Ushio asked. "This is your chance to get back at them for everything!"

"I can't do that to my friends!" Yugi shouted as Joey gasped.

H-his friends…?

"They weren't picking on me, they were teaching me how to become a man…" he explained as Ushio burst into laughter.

"You still have to pay what you owe me," he laughed. "Bodyguard charges…200,000 Yen."

"What?" Yugi cried. "200,000 Yen?"

"If you don't pay, then let's say you'll have their death on your hands!" Ushio threatened.

"Don't touch these two anymore!" Yugi ordered. "If you're going to hurt somebody, hurt me!" Ushio then picked Yugi up by the collar.

"Normally, I hate picking on people, but this isn't bullying, it's 'warning'!" he shouted as he punched Yugi in the face, kicked him in the stomach, and threw him against the wall.

"Y-Yugi, why are you protecting us?" Joey asked. "If you just stayed quiet, you wouldn't be in this situation!"

I made a wish on the puzzle…Yugi thought. I wish for friends: friends I can count on, and friends who can count on me no matter what.

"We'll leave it at that!" Ushio yelled as he began to leave. "200,000 Yen tomorrow or else!" As he left, Yugi, Joey, and Tristan lay beaten up on the floor.

Back in his room, Yugi was patching himself up after his beating with Ushio.

"The puzzle will take things off my mind." Yugi said as he opened his box. The puzzle was almost complete, except for the last part, which was floating at the bottom of the pool.

It's gone… Yugi thought as he pounded his fists on the table. The last piece of the puzzle is gone! I'll never get my wish! Suddenly, a rock tied to an envelope crashed through Yugi's window. He picked up the envelope and opened it to reveal the last piece.

"Yes, I found it!" Yugi cried as he looked out the window. He saw Joey walking away from the Kame Game Shop. Thank you, Joey.

Yugi put the last piece inside and the Millennium Puzzle was completed. My grandpa told me whosoever solves the Millennium Puzzle shall inherit the Shadow Games and pass the judgment on evil. The Millennium Puzzle's eye began to flash wildly as a similar eye appeared on Yugi's forehead. The flash brightened up the whole room and when it vanished, Yugi's shadow appeared on the wall with the puzzle eye on it and a deep voice spoke.

"I think Ushio might be the one getting into trouble…"

Ushio was walking to the school, wondering why he was called here.

"I can't believe that Yugi called me out..." He laughed as he came to the school's entrance. He then saw Yugi, who looked different. His hair had more spikes, he was a bit taller, and he had a harsher look in his eyes.

"Thanks for coming, Ushio!" Yugi snickered.

"Don't think that costume will scare me, so hand over the money!" Ushio demanded as Yugi derided.

"It's right here," the more confident Yugi laughed, "and I've raised it to 400,000 Yen, 200,000 more than what is required."

"Alright, so hand it over!" Ushio shouted.

"But this much money…" Yugi said. "It wouldn't be any fun to just hand it over, so…how about you play a game with me!"

"A game…?" Ushio gasped.

"Right…but not just any game…a Shadow Game!" Yugi said. "How about it? If you win, you get 200,000 more Yen! We just need one tool, like that knife you've got hidden, Ushio."

Stunned by how Yugi saw it, Ushio took it out from his back pocket and held it up.

"Let the game begin." Ushio heard Yugi say. A few seconds later, Ushio found himself tied to a rope on the edge of a building. He grabbed onto the rope as he looked up to see a pole with a shadow leaning on it. A triangular flash from the center of the shadow brightened up the whole shadow to reveal Another Yugi, with purple flames in his eyes.

"Damn you, Yugi!" Ushio shouted as he struggled to keep his grasp on the rope. Yugi then jumped off the ledge to reveal that he was tied to a rope as well, and as he fell down towards him, he formed a line of cards with his deck of cards. The rope stopped as he approached Ushio.

"The rules are simple." Yugi began. "We take turns drawing cards. You can only climb up the number indicated on the card…while the other person lowers the same amount. The fastest one making it to the top can obtain the prize."

"Alright, I'll go first." Ushio said as he picked up a card. "10 of Diamonds! How do you like that, Yugi?" Ushio went up ten spaces as Yugi went down 10 spaces.

"This one's a Jack." Yugi smirked.

"2 of Spades!"

"Queen of Spades!"

"3 of Diamonds!"

"9 of Hearts!"

"6 of Clubs!"

"Jack of Spades!"

Pretty soon, Ushio was at the bottom while Yugi was one step from the top.

"J-Joker…?" Ushio drew as he gasped.

"It isn't a shame, Ushio." Yugi said. "The Joker is at the end of the line."

"Y-you planned this from the start, didn't you?" Ushio shouted as Yugi drew his final card.

"Ace of Diamonds, it's my win." Yugi laughed as Ushio became angry.

"I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!" he screamed as he climbed up the wall to get the prize.

"Are you breaking the rules?" Yugi asked in a playful tone. "Doing such thing will result in very bad consequences."

"Shut up!" Ushio shouted as he tried to punch Yugi, but he moved out of the way and began to fall.

"Just like I thought," he started. "You couldn't obey the rules."

"Take this!" Ushio hollered as he broke Yugi's rope, sending him plunging into the seas.

"Ha ha! Ha ha!" Ushio laughed. "I did it!" Ushio took the tape off the prize and it was revealed to be…another deck of cards. "What's this…this isn't money!"

"The gateway to darkness has been opened…" Ushio heard Yugi's voice say. Ushio then began to fall and he saw Yugi holding onto the Millennium Puzzle, which was held in with the wall.

"The Shadow Game expresses a person's true nature." Yugi said as the Eye of Horus (Millennium Symbol) appeared on his forehead. "You are lost in the darkness of your own desires."

Ushio landed back on the school grounds as Yugi walked towards him, still bearing the Eye of Horus.

"This is only seen by those who penetrate my soul." Yugi said as a psychotic look formed in his eyes. He then pointed his finger at Ushio and howled, "PENALTY GAME!"

In his mind, Ushio was falling down into a river, and soon he was engulfed by sea serpents and demons.

"Aaaaaaaagh!" Ushio screamed as he awaited his fate.

Back at school, all of the students were staring at Ushio, who was shivering in fear of the events that took place yesterday.

"M-mommy, I'm scared!" he kept saying repeatedly as everyone just watched them. Yugi walked by, back to normal, and he was confronted by Joey.

"Yugi, listen." Joey said. "If you can keep a treasure, then so can I!"

"What is it?" Yugi asked, curious of what Joey was referring to.

"I'll give you a hint." Joey said. "It's 'Something You Can Show, But Can't See'." Yugi looked puzzled as Joey laughed. "It's friendship. Thanks for showing me that we're friends."

"O-okay!" Yugi exclaimed.

"Well, see you later in class!" Joey shouted as he ran off.

Looks like my wish came true after all. Yugi thought as the Eye of Horus on the Millennium Puzzle began to shine.

COMING SOON…

ULTIMATE YU-GI-OH!

BATTLE 02: The One-Inch Terror!