"If earned another chance at life would you take it?"
Silence was all that can be heard, until the sound of a creaking branch broke this silence. The moon hung high in the sky giving off plenty of light, yet the shadows seem to engulf the light immediately, leaving only the dark to be shown. In the distance an owl hooted and soon the silence came back again. Not long the darkness was invaded by light. No it is not the moonlight, but the light of humankind. Angry shouts could be heard and soon the shouts became louder and louder until it is a chant, a song. The torches they held scared away the animals lingering, the darkness was then engulfed by the light.
The humans seem to be searching for something with anger and fear residing in their eyes and faces. Four small voices whispered to each other. "Come on. We got to go! "said one of the voices. "I'm sorry this might be my limit..."said another voice that was slightly lower than the first voice. Even though it was night, there was just enough light to see what was going on. Four young boys huddled and supported each other. One boy who has spiky hair with the colours of black and purple and rebellious grey coloured eyes was supporting another boy who looked to be the same age as him. The other boy had the hair colours of red and green and had oddly bright red eyes.
Behind them was yet another boy who looked the same age. This one had yellow bangs and blue hair. His eyed shone a beautiful clear blue. The one in front who seemed to be leading was another boy who looked to be the same age as the rest of them. This boy had the hair colours of purple and pink with a venomous pink hue to his eyes. What was the most fascinating thing was that all four boys shared identical faces.
"Quick, they are gaining onto us!" the boy with the yellow bangs said. "Hush! Now stop being so loud or else we will get found out" the boy with pink eyes hissed. They could hear the shouts getting louder and louder. "Quick! Find them! They must be destroyed and we will be saved from this curse! ""They are an abomination!" "My child will be saved!" the shouts said. "Please hurry Yuri" the yellow and blue haired kid said to the one at the front. The boy who was Yuri said, "I'm trying Yugo!" The red and green haired boy groaned in pain due to a slight shift in his position. "Are you okay Yuya?" the boy supporting him said. "Ya. I'm fine. Don't worry about me Yuto. "The four boys then heard a shout behind them, "Their, they are! Don't let them escape! "
"Shoot! We have been found! "Yuri hissed. He started to run and the other three boys followed him. The angry mob followed behind them. Some of the men threw stones at them and managed to hit Yugo in the face. Yugo cursed under his breath from the pain, but continued to run. Then the mob shot arrows at them. One managed to hit Yuya in the leg while the other in Yuto's shoulder. They both fell down to the ground and knocked Yuri off his feet. Yugo ran over and started helping them get up, but got shot in the back in the process. He collapsed beside Yuto.
"Ha...Ha... We did it. Our curse will now be lifted. "A man walked over to them. All four boys glared at the man weakly. "It's not fair. We didn't do anything... "Yuya said weakly. "Then curse yourself for being born into this world and since I might as well be kind. I won't let anyone see your dying bodies. " the man sneered. He snapped his fingers and instantly the boys were dragged to the side of a ravine. "No one wants to see your dead bodies. Bye Bye. " the man said and then the boys were kicked off the edge and into the never ending darkness.
A huge shadow lurked in the darkness. The shadow seemed to be taking a stroll through the dead of the night. It was humming along to the cricket's chirp and eventually stumbled upon four small broken bodies. Their limbs were all in awkward angles and blood was splattered everywhere.
What amazed the shadow was the fact that they were still barely alive, but yet all are at death's door. One of the boys weakly looked at the shadow and the shadow met with the boy's oddly red eyes. "Are... are you...God? " the shadow opened his eyes in surprise and cackled a bone chilling laugh. "Ho... It is the first time I have been called that. Sadly, no I am not God, but you humans may classify me as the demon. " the shadow said.
The boy with the red eyes closed his half lidded eyes as to indicate that he was slipping away. The rest of the boys seemed to be the same. "Say... I have taken an interest... Do you want to live? "the shadow asked. The four boys all opened their eyes half way and stared at the shadow. Yellow cold eyes stared back at them. Before one could answer the shadow scooped up the bodies and disappeared into the dead of the night
All he could see was darkness. A never ending darkness. He tried shouting, but nothing came out of his mouth. The next thing he knew that he was running. He didn't know why, but soon he did. Behind him was a blinding light. It was weird since mostly everyone would run towards the light and not away from it. He didn't know why he was running away, but he feared it. He wanted to stay in the darkness. All of a sudden two eyes glowed and a shadow engulfed him.
Yuya woke up with a startle. He was sweating and fully awake. "Wow what a crazy dream... "Yuya said in relief. He then noticed that something was really odd. He looked around and saw that he was in a vast room. The walls were a sickly pale blue and some of the paint was peeling off. Oddly enough the rest of the room looked pretty new. A chandelier hung in the middle of the room and a fluffy white rug below it. Yuya looked to his right and saw Yuto sleeping in another bed and in front is Yuri. Beside him was
Yugo sleeping soundly.
Yuya smiled at the sight of them sleeping, but soon shuddered. All the memories came back to him, the horrible fact that they were being hunted down by an angry mob. They soon met their end when they fell off the ravine. Wait…Weren't they supposed to be dead?! Yuya quickly looked at his leg. The leg that was supposed to be shot was completely healed and looked perfectly normal. Even he, himself felt normal, despite all that happened. Yuya's mind was in shambles. He didn't know what to think anymore. Are they dead or alive? Was it all a dream or perhaps reality? Yuya suddenly heard a rustle and snapped his head in the direction of the sound.
Yuto was getting up and rubbing his eyes. He slowly looked up and made eye contact with Yuya. "Yuya? What are you doing?" Yuto drowsily asked. He then snapped open his eyes and said, "Yuya. Wha-What happened?"
Yuto looked at him with big confused and scared eyes. Yuya looked at the bed sheet and didn't answer. Well, how could he? He himself didn't even know what was going on. Yuri was the third to wake up from his sleep. He yawned and stretched his arms. "Yuto? Yuya? What are you guys doing? I thou-" Yuri suddenly stopped in his sentence and quickly looked around him.
"Wait…Aren't we supposed to be dead? I mean we fell off the ravine…" he trailed off. Yugo however was stuck in his sleep like a newborn baby. Yuri stared at him and got out of bed. He smirked and pinched Yugo in the muscles between the shoulders and the neck.
Yugo jolted awake and head butted Yuri in the forehead. They both turned away from each other and held their foreheads in pain. "Wha-What are you doing Yuri?!" Yugo yelled. "Nothing, I just wanted to wake you up." Yuri replied. "Alright, alright. Enough fooling around. We need to know what is going on here." Yuto said. Yuya nodded at his words and the two became quiet. "First off what happened? Why are we here? Didn't we get killed by the villagers?" Yuto continued. Yugo, Yuri and Yuya looked at him and nodded in agreement. "So why are we still alive?"
"Well I would say that maybe all of that was a dream" Yuri said.
"I doubt it. I felt the pain. It felt too real to be fake" Yugo said.
"Well either way, we are alive and healthy" Yuto said.
Yuya opened his mouth to say something, but quickly closed it. "What's wrong?" Yuto asked. "Well… When we fell off the ravine, a huge shadow approached us. I think I was the only one who saw it, but I can't remember the rest…" Yuya trailed off. The entire room then fell silent. They all remembered what happened then. A huge shadow approached them and asked them whether they wanted to be alive or not.
They all thought the same thing without any hesitation and suddenly they were engulfed into the shadow. "What…the…hell happened anyways…" Yugo said. They heard a knock and all four quickly whipped around to see a tall man in the doorway. "Well, you sleepyheads finally woke up huh?" The strange man said. The four didn't move and the man continued "Well, to be afraid and confused is as expected. Anyways, you guys follow me"
(I don't own Yu Gi Oh Arc V or the characters. All of their rights belong to their respected owners.)