Hello again everyone, and welcome to Chapter Two. Here we find out just what the crap happened to Yugi in the end of Chapter One. We also get a few of the orcs introduced as characters, and...wait no, I can't say any thing else. Yugi would you please do what you made me give Kaiba a wet willie for?

Yugi: D. L. Sauron does not own Yu-Gi-Oh or Lord of the Rings. And the Pharaoh does not own the box of french fries he's trying to steal from me.

Yami: Rats. Foiled again.

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- 2. Waking Up In Mordor -

Yugi woke to find himself in a fairly large room with tall windows on one side that gave him a view of the black plain of Mordor and the glowing top of the volcano, which Sauron had told him was called Mount Doom. Several large torches lit the room with a warm flickering glow. Yugi sat up and was shocked to find himself in a large bed. But this one was larger than any he'd seen back home. It seemed at least twice that length. Yugi guessed it was Sauron's, since the Dark Lord was the only person Yugi knew who was twice the size of an ordinary man. Across the room form Yugi, there was a desk with large pieces of parchment strewn haphazardly across it. It reminded him of Joey's desk at school, except for the numerous ink pots and quill pens. A shelf behind the desk was filled with leather bound books, and more were in stacks on the floor. A large wardrobe stood in one corner. Its doors had ornate carvings of what looked like birds or dragons. Two doors led out of the room, the main entrance where Yugi could see the shadows of orcs passing up and down the hallway. The other was closed, and Yugi could see some kind of symbol carved into the wood. The handle was covered with dust, and Yugi guessed the door hadn't been used for quite some time. He wondered what was behind it and decided to ask Sauron when he saw him.

Yugi had been so immersed in his surroundings, he had failed to notice he wasn't alone in here. Now he saw the table in the middle of the room, where Sauron and several orcs were seated. They seemed to be having an intense discussion about something, for none of them had noticed he was awake. He was about to make his presence known when the Celtic Guardian appeared on the other side of the room. The orcs gasped in wonder and awe.

"Amazing!" cried one.

"So lifelike, yet my hand goes straight through it!" another said, pulling his hand in and out of Celtic Guardian's right arm.

"You are so easily amused. But I agree, it is a wondrous magic." said a female voice.

"What are you doing?" Yugi asked, making them all jump in surprise.

"Ah, good. You're awake." Sauron said, "We were just studying this strange...er, thing...that you had on your arm." He held up a familiar machine with a deck of cards in it. Yugi almost burst out laughing at the sight of his duel disk. He'd completely forgotten that he'd been wearing it when he came to Mordor. His internal laughter ceased as he realized that these people truly didn't understand what they were seeing.

"That's my duel disk. It's used when we duel each other where I come from." Yugi said.

"So it is a weapon?" one of the orcs, a particularly large one, asked.

"No!" Yugi cried,realizing just how alien this was to them. "In my world, a duel means a game of Duel Monsters. It's a game that you play with cards like these." He pulled several cards out of his deck and showed them to the orcs.

"Cards like this Curse of Dragon are monsters. The numbers tell you how strong their attack and defense are. The stars at the top give the monster a level."

"Sort of like a rank in the army?" asked the smaller male orc.

"Yes, except there no getting promoted or demoted." Yugi answered, relieved that he'd found a way to help them understand.

"Cards like this Polymerization are called magic cards. They let you do special things like fusing monsters together. And cards like this Mirror Force let you stop an oncoming attack from an opponent's monster."

"What happens if you don't stop the attack?" the little male, now starry-eyed, asked.

"You lose lifepoints. You start with four thousand lifepoints. How many you lose depends on the number of attack points the attacking monster has. The first player to lose all of their lifepoints loses the duel."

"Your world sounds like a strange place, I must say, Yugi." Sauron commented, "But now, please tell us the tale of how you came to be in Mordor."

So Yugi told them the entire story of the Millenium Puzzle, the Pharaoh, Marik's quest for power, and Yugi's and Yami's destiny to save the world from darkness. When he was through, the orcs attacked him with questions, the Pharaoh helping him with answers and supplying the ones Yugi didn't know. Sauron, however, seemed to be deep in thought about something. Without a word, he stood and silently slipped out of the room.

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The topmost room of Barad-dûr was dark when he arrived. He turned around quickly, making sure he hadn't been followed. When he was convinced he was alone, Sauron slipped inside and shut the door, locking it behind him to ensure that he wouldn't be disturbed. He pointed to the four brackets mounted on the walls, a flame springing forth in each torch as he pointed at it. His Palantir sat on its pedestal in the center of the room, its blackish-blue colors swirling about in ever changing it was not what he needed right now. The person he needed to speak with couldn't be reached by Palantir. He had a special device for this task. He went over to a small dressing table in one corner of thee room. He pulled a large blanket off to reveal a tall mirror. Its frame and stand were made of black wood, with twin phoenixes carved into the sides and one with its wings spread at the top. The silver glass clearly reflected his armored head, his great blue eyes shining out from the eyeholes of his helmet. In the flickering torchlight, it seemed his yes had a faint glow to them. He pressed his hand to the mirror and spoke the name of the person he had created the mirror to speak with.

"Galadriel." He removed his hand and waited. At first, the mirror remained clear, but then black smoke swirled around its surface and parted to reveal the face of the Lady of the Wood. Her eyes widened a bit when she saw who had contacted her, but she remained otherwise motionless.

"Dark Lord. What is it you wish to say to me?"

"The prophecy, my lady. The one you spoke of when last we talked. Do you remember what it said?" She thought for a moment before answering.

"It was an unusual one that did not appear in the form of a verse. It spoke of the day when a great enemy shall rise from his own ashes. He will seek his revenge on the one who betrayed him, and in this, he shall succeed, unless the One With Two Souls shall come. Then He with Two Souls shall confront the enemy, and slay him with the Sword of Light which he hath forged with She Who Lay In Hiding. On that day, the Great Enemy, and all those who follow him shall face the ultimate defeat. Only then will peace be restored to all."

"Yes, yes, that's the one." Sauron nodded.

"Why does this interest you so?" she asked.

"You remember the boy I told you about?"

"Yugi?" she asked. "Yes. What about him, Sauron?" She could sense anxiety in the Dark Lord's voice as it became softer and more grave. She froze, wide-eyed, at his next words.

"Galadriel...Yugi has two souls!"

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Now we start to see that Yugi has a bigger part to play than just a tenth walker or a substitute for Frodo. Wonder what the rest of it means, though. You'll just have to keep reviewing and reading to find out!

Atem: When do I come in?

D. L. : You don't. You're Yami in this story, you don't know your name's Atem yet, and this story is going to focus more on Yugi than you.

Atem: You suck. (pouts)

D. L. : (rolls eyes) Drama king.