Do Not Own Naruto or Yugioh!

Attack/Defence: 1000/1500

Talking: "Seriously?"

Thoughts: 'WHAT?!'

Previously:

The rest of the pages were all covered in layered chakra.

Sasuke snapped on her sharingan.

A message stood out.

You will know when the time is right.

At Domino High

With Sasuke…

'Keep calm… Keep calm… Keep… Never mind'

Sasuke twitched again as another defeated cry escaped Joey.

She had been watching Yugi duel against Joey for a while and she was sure that she had already lost more brain cells this past hour than in her whole life.

Glancing back to the book on her desk, she tried to focus on another way to read the hieroglyphics.

The chakra or 'magic' surrounding the pages prevented her from continuing.

The ex-kunoichi growled lowly in frustration.

The other five books Cain had given her were useless and did not have any information on the shadow games not that this one explained anything.

Sighing she closed the book before turning to the window, resting her cheek against the palm of her hand.

Despite her annoyance the Uchiha was bored.

There was nothing to do in this world. She had tried training and expanding her chakra reserves but nothing changed. Her cursed seal hadn't worked either.

The sage had limited her chakra much to her displeasure.

Then there was the millennium items, a problem all together but no one seemed to know anything about them which limited her knowledge.

The lack of knowledge on the items maddened her.

Sasuke had seriously considered stealing Ryou's or Yugi's items but there was a chance of ending up in the shadow realms; a place she knew nothing about and she did not want to risk that for fear of being stuck there without a way out.

"Hey Sasuke, we're going to my grandpa's game shop, do you wanna come?" Switching her gaze to Yugi she nodded earning a kind smile in reply.

The Uchiha was bored anyway.

Infront of game shop…

Sasuke walked alongside Yugi as they enter the game shop.

She discreetly glanced back.

She was well aware of their fellow stalker but remained silent, curious to see why Kaiba of all people would be interested in a small run-down game shop when he had a whole company in the palm of his hand that was dedicated to duel monsters.

"Sasuke, it's good to see you again," Solomon Muto greeted breaking her train of thoughts.

'That's why he looked familiar, he's Yugi's grandfather'

"Hn," she replied as he chuckled warmly.

"Wait! You know Yugi's grandpa Uchiha?" Sasuke ignored Wheeler, spinning to skim though the cards in the store.

"She bought some cards from here about a week ago," Solomon answered him seeing as Sasuke had pointedly ignored the question.

"What cards did you buy?" Tea asked curiously looking over the Uchiha's shoulder as the nuke-nin flicked though a set of spell cards.

"A few monster cards and a few spell cards," Sasuke answered nonchalantly.

"How come?" Yugi queried. "You already have awesome cards"

"I needed a full deck," Sasuke explained.

The sage had only given her 29 cards and she needed to buy 11 more to have a full deck so she could actually play the game.

Yugi nodded in understanding before turning to his grandfather pleadingly.

"Gramps can you show my friends your awesome super rare card?"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow intrigued at the sudden request.

"Rare card? You mean my special card?" answered Solomon thoughtfully, a hand on his chin.

"Please?" Yugi and Joey begged causing the old man to laugh.

"I don't take this card out often," he paused. "Ready, here it is"

Sasuke blinked. She wasn't expecting that.

He held out the fourth and final blue eyes white dragon.

Maybe she should warn him to keep it hidden from Kaiba. He had followed them after all.

"The blue eyes white dragon card is so rare and so powerful that I don't let it out on my hands," he enlightened dramatically just as Tristan reached for the card.

"It doesn't look special to me," he said apathetically as Solomon snatched it away.

"This card is priceless," the old man glared at Tristan, holding the card closely.

Sasuke rolled her eyes. At this moment, the door to the shop opened revealing Seto Kaiba.

That was her cue to leave.

She observed Kaiba fleetingly before turning to her so called group of friends.

'I might as well get out of here before the drama begins'

"Good bye," she called before walking past Kaiba without any explanation.

Sasuke did not have a hero-complex like the dobe and she had much better things to do than watch them fight over a card.

Her research about the shadow games was getting her nowhere and she had no leads on how to get out of this place.

If only she had the Rinnegan and the Mangekyō. Life would be so much easier.

She was getting off topic. The only thing left for her to look into so she could occupy herself with was the duel cards themselves. So far all she knew about them was that they were once ancient monsters used in shadow games and that they were created by Maximillion Pegasus.

Sasuke stopped abruptly.

Infront of her stood Ryou Bakura who had also stopped and was looking at her with a soft smile which she could tell was an act. The last Uchiha had been around Kabuto for three years and then Tobi for a few months.

She can spot a facade from a mile away.

The ex-kunoichi could also see the dark energy of the ring surrounding the albino so it wasn't Ryou she was currently standing infront of but one of the spirits of the millennium ring.

"Bakura," she nodded to him masking her uneasiness with aloofness.

The S-ranked missing-nin wasn't sure how someone would kill a spirit, she could always chidori it but that would also kill Ryou not that she cared if he died but she'd have the police after her.

So chidori was crossed out. Maybe her genjutsu worked on it?

"Sasuke," he responded softly. "What are you doing here?"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow but answered nonetheless. No reason for her to make him more suspicious.

"Avoiding the drama"

His face morphed into confusion.

"Yugi's grandfather owns a game shop and he showed us his blue eyes white dragon then Kaiba walked in," she supplied watching him connect the dots.

"Kaiba?" he inquired trying to appear unsure.

Sasuke rolled her eyes as she sent him a cold smirk. He tensed.

"You're a duel monsters player are you not? And pretty much every duellist knows about Kaiba's unhealthy obsession with blue eyes"

Her smirk widened at his surprise.

"How do you know that I play duel monsters?" He probed.

"The way you reacted during my duel. Only a duellist would have known that there aren't many demon type cards or a spell card called massacre," she informed with a half-truth.

She had to give it to the spirit, he was a much better actor than Kabuto and Tobi combined.

"Would you like to duel?" A dark gleam flashed though his eyes, disappearing just as quickly as it came.

Sasuke considered the proposal. If she played him now, she would probably be playing a shadow game, a risk she did not want to take especially if she might end up in the shadow realm but then there was also the fact that she would learn more about the shadow games if she was in one.

Weighing the pros and cons Sasuke decided to wait before entering a shadow game as it was safer that way. She needed time and information to prepare.

"No, not today. Maybe later," she rejected calmly. "I've got things to do"

"Oh ok, I'd love to play against you though. Your cards are interesting," he said disappointment colouring his tone.

Even without her sharingan, the Uchiha could feel the built up of shadow magic in the millennium ring.

She needed to leave and fast.

Sasuke twitched subtly. "Anther time then"

"Sure," He smiled softly. "I'll see you later I guess"

Raising her hand in a short wave, Sasuke strode past him until she reached the other side of the street. The dark aura around Bakura made her sick.

The Uchiha rushed into the first alleyway she saw, flinching as she felt a cold breeze brush against her.

Someone was here.

Turning she was sure that no one was around. There were only shadows yet she could still feel a dark presence lurking though them.

Shaking her head, she body flickered away.

There was more to this world than she had first thought.

Mystery person… Or not so mystery person…

(Pretty sure it's obvious who it is…)

Unknown to the kunoichi, two pair of eyes watched the scene from the shadows in shock as she disappeared in a swirl of blue lightning.

'Sasuke Uchiha?' He thought to himself as a maniacal grin made its way to his face.

"Interesting," he muttered aloud.

Sasuke's house

In Sasuke's room

A few hours later…

Sasuke lay on her stomach, on her bed wearing a pair of black shorts and a black tank top with an Uchiha emblem she had customised on the back of it.

She was currently scrolling through the internet on anything about duel monsters, shadow games and even magic but all she found was a bunch of rubbish and made up nonsense. She couldn't help but wonder why people put such uselessness on there to begin with, though she still found the internet to be very useful in accessing information.

She had stolen a laptop from an electronics store along with her phone and had made sure to wipe the workers minds clean to prevent being caught as they were too expensive to buy. The phone was useful in contacting people and it would have made life years easier if there were some in the elemental countries. She wouldn't have had to travel all over the place or send a summon just to deliver a message.

Sitting up, she silently wondered if her summoning jutsu still worked. She hadn't had anytime to use it these past two weeks.

'Might as well give it a try'

Going through the required seals, Sasuke drew a bit of blood, wiping it across the palm of her hand; she silently brought her hand to the ground mentally calling the name of the jutsu.

Smoke poofed out as she removed her hand. She watched almost desperately as the smoke began to fade.

Sasuke mentally jumped in relief.

It had worked.

"Sssassuke-sssama," a small black snake hissed. "Orochimaru-sssama sssaid your name wasss off the sssnake contract and everyone elssse iss looking for you. You jussst vanissshed"

"Kuro," she addressed as the snake slid across the ground looking at her attire blankly.

"I was unsure if I could do a summon," she admitted. "The sage sent me here for some reason"

She picked up the snake and placed it near the window. A surprised hiss escaped the black snake.

"Where are we?" Kuro asked after a few seconds of stunned silence.

"A place called Domino city," she explained monotonously rotating to the window, watching the cars drive by. "We're in a completely different dimension"

"I can't keep you here any longer without tiring myself out," Sasuke continued against her pride.

"The sage sealed away most of my reserves. Tell whoever is looking for me that I'm fine. And I need a favour. Can you ask around about the shadow realm? I'm sure Orochimaru will know something and I will need chakra replenishing pills along with some kunai, shuriken and senbon when I summon you again. "

The snake bowed. "Stay well Sssassuke-sssama," it disappeared with a puff of smoke.

Sasuke leaned against the wall as the chakra drain hit her. Using the shunshin then the summoning jutsu was not ideal especially with her lack of chakra but at least she knew that the summoning jutsu still worked.

Sasuke finally felt hope after the two weeks in this dimension. There was a chance of going home no matter how slim it was.

Her mood now much brighter than it was before caused her to forget about her other problem as she lay on her bed happily. The mood was broken swiftly as her phone rang.

The Uchiha's eye twitched.

"Hello?" she answered the phone, letting ice seep through her voice plainly conveying her displeasure.

"Ahh Sasuke?" Yugi asked nervous, wincing at the sharpness of her tone.

"What is it Yugi?" Sasuke muttered annoyed.

"Can you help please? My grandpa was kidnapped by Kaiba," At this Sasuke looked sceptical.

"Where?" she questioned at the same time grabbing her jacket and deck.

"KaibaCorp," Yugi responded relieved.

"I'll meet you there," she said hanging up.

Putting on a pair of black converse Sasuke left the apartment. She jumped on the roof of the neighbouring building to the next, not wanting to waste the minimal amount of chakra she had left with a shunshin in case of needing it later.

Sasuke was not expecting Kaiba to go as far as kidnapping just for a card –which he possessed three of.

Arriving infront of the specified location in record time, Sasuke walked inside the elevator which reached her destination just in time for her to see Kaiba bring out the blue eyes card that she assumed he had taken and hold it out to tear.

Acting quickly, she casted a simple genjutsu, swapping the blue eyes white dragon with a card from her deck –Abyss Flower– and watched it get torn in half.

'Oh well, there goes a useless card. At least I have the blue-eyes now.'

Five gasps sounded infront of her as she held the genjutsu in place making them see that Kaiba had actually ripped apart a blue-eyes.

"Grandpa's most treasured card!" Yugi exclaimed horrified. "How can you do such a thing?"

"Y-Yugi take this," Solomon held out his deck for you Yugi to take. "Teach Kaiba respect for the heart of the cards Yugi"

Sasuke rested against the wall as she viewed the scene in apathy.

'The heart of the cards eh?'

"But Grandpa, you need to get to the hospital," Yugi countered shakily.

"Take him Yugi! We can take care of your Grandpa while you take care of creepy Kaiba!" Joey bellowed.

It was like watching a teen drama show that she'd seen on TV. She nearly killed herself when she watched it. The people of this world were utterly ridiculous.

"Ok!" Yugi grabbed the out stretched deck as he turned to Tea who marked their hands in permanent marker as a symbol of their 'friendship.'

Sasuke held in laughter as she tried to keep her calm demeanour. She was glad that they still hadn't realized that she was propped on the wall behind them.

The symbol looked horrible.

'A smiley face was their symbol of friendship. Seriously? And here I thought Naruto was stupid.'

They called an ambulance and spun around gasping as they saw her. She raised a hand, casually greeting them.

"Sasuke?" Tea shouted. "When did you get here?"

"I've been here the whole time," she commented her gaze shifting to Kaiba.

'He's covered in shadows and dark energy. It's radiating off of him in waves.'

Tristan picked up Solomon and ran towards the ambulance with Tea and Joey hot on his heels.

Sasuke headed towards one of the stands in the arena and sat, crossing her legs before turning to the duellists. Kaiba and Yugi examined her blankly before moving to their sides of the field.

Just as the duel was beginning, a bright light from the millennium item seized both Kaiba's and Sasuke's attention as they watch the spirit of the millennium puzzle took a hold of Yugi.

"What the-?!" Kaiba yelled in surprise. Sasuke merely blinked.

'Interesting,' she thought silently flashing her sharingan on and off quickly to get a good look at what happened.

It seemed that the spirit was now in control of Yugi's body, yet major differences in appearance were present. It reminded her of the times when Naruto and herself were influenced by the Kyuubi and cursed seal, how their appearance changed intensely and so did their power. But this was different. It was as if Yugi was possessed by someone else. It made her even more wary of the item.

Kaiba stated the rules before summoning his giant onto the field.

Sasuke watched in concealed amazement as a hologram of the monster appeared. She had to give it to Kaiba; he really knew how to make a game so much more interesting.

Yugi summoned the wing dragon just as Joey bolted towards the duel.

"Monsters? Real monsters!" He cried.

"They're holograms baka," Sasuke rolled her eyes at his stupidity.

She turned her gaze to the duel but here mind was elsewhere. It seemed that the spirits of the millennium puzzle and ring had the ability to take over their host. This would eventually be troublesome. The spirit from the looks of it appeared to be quite aware with what's going on which also means that they know what their 'host' does. She wondered if it was the same for the other items as well.

"Sasuke!" Joey shouted pulling her attention away from her thoughts.

Sasuke walked over to him as he watched in fascination when the spirit played the swords of revealing light to stop Kaiba's dragons from attacking.

"Yugi's dueling Kaiba and he's losing," He muttered worriedly.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. That was definitely not Yugi so unless he was both stupid and blind he should be able to tell the difference despite being a civilian. Choosing to keep quiet, Sasuke turned back to the duel just in time to see the spirit summon Exodia and defeat Kaiba.

Sasuke spun to leave but a dark build-up of energy caused her to do a quick one-eighty as she watched in astonishment as an eye appeared on the spirits forehead. The spirit sent a dark magic attack towards Kaiba banishing the shadows around him.

That was something else she certainly hadn't considered. The spirits could use magic and not just any type of magic… Shadow magic.

Picking up the ripped pieces of Abyss Flower, she enforced the genjutsu making sure that it would last for another 3 hours before placing it back on the floor.

Moving out of sight, Sasuke could barely keep the dark smirk off her face. She had a blue-eyes white dragon all to herself.

Using the last bit of chakra she had, Sasuke body flickered home, appearing in her bedroom, barely being able to identify her surroundings before she collapsed from chakra exhaustion onto her bed.

A Week Later…

Sasuke's house…

She withdrew her hand quickly as the light radiated intensely. She closed her eyes waiting for the brightness to die down. A second later the light was gone.

The book seemed to do that a lot.

Opening the book, it was still empty besides the first few pages. She flicked though them quickly before stopping on a page she was sure was formerly blank.

The millennium puzzle

Sasuke eyes widened. She was sure that wasn't there before. Why was it here now?

The ex-kunoichi closed her eyes in annoyance when she thought about a few sound theories as to why. She had to witness the magic of the items before they appeared in the book was her first guess and most likely true.

The Uchiha sighed as she fingered her self-proclaimed demon cards. She had assumed the cards would have some sort of special affect or ability as the sage had made them. Yet they seemed to do absolutely nothing but glow in different colours when she let her chakra seep through them though that happened to any card she filled with chakra and she still didn't know why.

So many mysteries just waiting to be solved but she chose to wait until she had some weapons and chakra pills with her before trying anything.

Right now she needed to head to Yugi's house.

Sasuke had already missed a week of school suffering chakra exhaustion and hadn't seen her 'friends' for the past week. Sasuke couldn't wait until she had enough chakra to summon again and get those chakra pills from Kuro.

Putting on her shoes, Sasuke stuffed her deck in her pocket before heading to Yugi's leaving her demon cards on her table.

Little did she know that, that was a mistake she shouldn't have done.

At Yugi's house…

"Yeah, grandpa sticky taped the card together and hid it away. He said that he didn't care that it was ripped, it was still precious to him," Yugi told them happily.

Sasuke couldn't help but feel a twinge of guilt however she pushed it away quickly. The card was hers now and if by chance she finds a stronger card, she may give it back.

"Do you think there's any way to fix it?" Tea asked curiously but received a sad nod in reply.

"It's all Kaiba's fault! You should have taken one of his blue eyes when you defeated him," Joey exclaimed with Tristan nodding in agreement.

"What do you think Sasuke?" Tea turned to Sasuke who was lost in thought.

Sasuke shrugged before smirking enigmatically. "Hn"

"Anyway I'm just glad that grandpa has his treasured card back," Yugi cheered.

"Hey Yugi, You've got a package addressed to you," Solomon called from somewhere downstairs. He appeared holding a box as he handed it to the tri-hair coloured teen.

"Who's it from?" Yugi examined the box with innocent curiously.

Sasuke turned her gaze to the box. She could feel magic from inside it. It was similar to the millennium puzzle but different in a way. The power was more commanding and flowing unlike the millennium puzzle's which was wild and uncontrolled.

"It's from industrial illusions?" Yugi stated.

"Industrial illusion? Aren't they the company in charge of the duel monsters game? Why are they sending a package to you?" Joey commented in disbelief.

"Is it possible that they heard that I defeated the world champion?" Yugi asked.

"Do you mean Kaiba?" Tea wondered.

How could they have heard of the game? She was sure that Kaiba was too prideful to admit defeat to anyone and his brother wouldn't let anyone know either. Even if Joey spread rumours about Kaiba's defeat no one would've believed him. That only left one option.

They were being watched.

How though? Was it even possible? It must have been shadow magic. She did not know much about it but it was a possibility she had to consider. If they could be watched with shadow magic without even knowing she didn't want to think what other things a person can do with that kind of power.

Yugi opened his package. It contained a glove, two star chips and a video tape that radiated shadow magic.

"Pop it in and check it out," Joey said impatiently.

Yugi placed the tape in the video player and Maximillion Pegasus appeared on the screen.

"Greetings little Yugi, I am Maximillion Pegasus," He stated.

"I have heard some terrible interesting news about you. You impressive defeat of Seto Kaiba intrigued me so much that I decided to investigate your dueling skills… Personally. Right here right now we shall hold a special duel and we will play with a strict time limit of 15 minutes and the player with the highest life points will be the winner," he continued.

"Eh He can't seriously expect you to play against a video game?" Joey blurted out.

'A shadow game?' I guess I'll finally be able to see one,' Sasuke thought cunningly.

Pegasus chuckled coldly.

"No it's magic," His millennium eye glowed as they were transferred to the shadow realm.

"Everything's dark and cold and the others stopped moving! What have you done to them? We have you taken us?" Yugi yelled.

Sasuke glared at the screen coldly.

"What a pleasant surprise. It seemed that you were dragged along with us into the game," he informed her, laughing evilly. "And to answer your question you are no longer in the world you know but I'll return you two after our game"

"Then it's time to duel!" Yugi exclaimed as the spirit of the puzzle took over once again.

Sasuke sat to the side observing the game as she placed a mind barrier around her thoughts. She felt Pegasus's magic pocking into her mind and used her chakra to push it out. She had a lot of practice at it with her brother's constant attempts to destroy her mind.

However the fact remained that she was still suffering from chakra exhaustion so she couldn't keep her mind protected for long. She needed them to end this duel quickly.

Focusing all her attention on stopping Pegasus from mind-raping her, Sasuke lost track of time. Before she knew it, she watched as Yugi lost the duel and thereby the shadow game.

The millennium eye glowed and her eyes widened in disbelief when it ripped out Solomon's soul from his body. If only she had enough chakra to activate her sharingan to see how it happened.

The shadows around them dispersed and they were sent back to their 'world'. Yugi ran to the TV screen, bailing his fist as he called out for his grandfather.

Sasuke could just make out Tea holding on to her.

"Sa…ke? What's... wrong… you?" The Uchiha could barely decipher the question as she slowly fell to the floor.

The world was getting darker and darker by the second and she couldn't comprehend Tea's or was it Joey's, Tristan's or Yugi's anxious screams.

She could feel herself getting weaker and weaker before she succumbed to the exhaustion.

Everything faded away just as she whispered two words.

"Cha… kra ex… haust… ion"