Inner Apocalypse
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Or its characters! I only own my OC's, and the fanfic! I'm not getting any money out of this! Ok, back to the story…
Rated T for violence at times… Just in case.
Chapter 2- Opposite Reflections, Dark and Light, Hot and Cold
Roxanna
The person who emerged from the bushes, had long white hair, and chocolate colored eyes, and for some reason, he made me feel uneasy… I couldn't quite put my finger on it, there was just something different about him.
"Bakura!" Everyone but me gasped.
"What are you doing here, Bakura?" Joey asked.
"Same as you guys, I guess." The boy shrugged, and I detected the slightest bit of a British accent in his voice.
"You gave us a scare sneaking around those bushes." Tristan sighed with relief.
"Yeah, for a minute there, we thought we actually had something to worry about! Pretty silly, huh?" Joey laughed nervously.
"Hi, my names Bakura!" The boy smiled at me, a smile that sent shivers running down my spine.
"Roxanna." The uneasiness hadn't disappeared. And just like that, Bakura joined the five of us around the fire. And just to be safe, I sat as far away from him as I could.
I watched Joey stare intently at a Duel Monster's card he was holding. "
Joey, you've been staring at that card for like an hour, what's up?" Tristan asked.
"I'll tell you just don't laugh. Sometimes, in a duel, I pretend that it's me out there on the field swapping blows with whatever card my opponent has out. Isn't that dumb?" Joey laughed nervously.
"Well if you were, which card would you want to be?" Bakura asked.
"Uh… This one! The Flame Swordsman kicks everybody's butt, hah!" Joey stood up, holding the card, and pretended to slash at the air, with an invisible sword.
"Not my guy's, the Cyber Commander!" Tristan stood up, holding his card.
"You boys and your cards are hilarious!" Tea laughed.
"I think everyone has a card they can identify with, you should see if you can pick one for yourself, Tea." Yugi suggested.
"Ok, I pick this one Magician of Faith." Tea showed off her card.
"What, you got to be kidding me!" Tristan laughed.
"More like the Magician of Freaks if you ask me!" Joey nodded.
"Shut up!" Tea growled. Tristan and Joey whimpered, and hugged each other.
"Tell me which one you identify with, Yugi." Bakura turned towards him. "Oh that's easy, Dark Magician Hands down." Yugi held up his card.
"What about you, Roxy?" Bakura asked. Can't anyone tell I don't like any of the nicknames they give me? "Legendary Ice Angel." I held up the card hesitantly. The angel had big white, feathery wings, white hair, mini purple wings sticking out of the side of her head, a purple choker, a white and purple dress, and wielded a staff, about three feet, with clear ice crystals on either side.
"I might be out of the loo, but don't you guys think it's a little to be comparing ourselves to playing cards?" Tea asked.
"Maybe a little, but it's like grandpa says, it's not about the playing cards, it's about putting a little bit of your heart into anything that you care about. You know?" Yugi explained, and everybody nodded.
"So which card do you care about most, Bakura?" Yugi asked.
"This one is my favorite." Bakura held up a card, of an angel, half dark half light.
"Isn't that the Change of Heart card?" Yugi guessed.
"That's kind of a weird looking picture don't you think?" Joey asked.
"If you want to see how it works, we can have a duel right now, not for star chips, just for fun." Bakura suggested.
"Sure, after all this star chip stuff, it'll be nice to have a duel with no strings attached." Joey sighed. "
I agree, I think just a regular old duel sounds like a great idea." Yugi smiled. Am I the only person that doesn't trust this guy?
Bakura also suggested each of us to put our favorite cards in Yugi's deck, to make it seem like we were all playing. And since everybody agreed, I sighed and put my card in too. Bakura sat on one side of a tree stump, and the rest of us on the other, with a dueling mat on the stump. "
Before we get started, there's a little something I want to share with you all… Especially with Roxy and Yugi…" Bakura grinned mischeviously.
"What's that?" Tristan asked.
"Oh, you'll see." Bakura grinned. A tinkling sound filled the air, and the temperature dropped.
"What's he doing?" Tea whispered.
"This is getting freaky…" Joey gulped.
A weird shaped Ring, appeared on his shirt, strung around his neck with a string. And the same symbol of both Millennium items Yugi and I possessed was on the ring.
"No, it can't be!" Yugi's eyes widened.
"Another Millenium Item!" I gasped.
"Yes, and the magic of my Millenium Ring will take us to the Shadow Realm!" Bakura's voice was deeper, and more sinister sounding. The forest around us morphed into a dark shadowy place.
"Man, I hate magic!" Joey gulped.
"Why are you doing this,Bakura?" Yugi asked.
"You have something I want, and I aim to take it!" the Ring glowed, and I felt like I was being ripped in two, before everything went blank.
Yami Bakura
They fell onto the floor, their bodies motionless, their souls trapped within their favorite cards. I smirked, already feeling triumphant. I was expecting more of a fight…
"That wasn't too difficult, their souls have been locked away, and now after waiting for countless centuries, the legendary Millennium Puzzle, and Hourglass, is mine!" I reached for the puzzle first. And I found myself pinned to the ground, a knife at my throat.
"If you lay a finger on him, I'll personally stab you, ten… No, ten thousand times." I stared into the bright blue eyes, of none other than the spirit of the Millennium Hourglass. Her voice was menacing, but her face was kind and happy.
"Now, now, you don't have to get things ugly… I'm surprised you still protect him, yet you don't remember a thing about him, or you, do you?" I smiled, as she looked utterly confused, and heartbroken. That was my chance. I knocked the knife out of her hand, and it clattered to the floor. Then I kicked her aside. I stood up, and dusted myself off. "What's your name? At least you should have one, before I kill you." I smirked, advancing towards her.
"… Just call me R." The girl winced, as if each step I took was a stab to her heart. But she remained calm, and collected, not the least bit frightened of dying.
"That's pathetic. You don't even know your own name. Well, R, least you won't have the burden of worrying over your past when I... Take care of you." I reached into my pocket, and pulled out a knife of my own.
"That's not going to happen." A bright glow emanated from the Millennium Puzzle, and Yugi got up, but the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle was in control.
"Oh great, now I have to deal with two of you…" I groaned.
"Take us back to our realm, and return our friend's souls to their bodies… Now." Yami commanded.
"Hmph, fine, but only if you win, in a Shadow Game against me… But if I win, then I get both of your Millennium Items." I agreed grudgingly, and stuffed my knife into my pocket. R eyed me wearily, before grabbing her knife, and tucking it safely into a secret compartment in her shirt sleeve.
Important: I'll be calling the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle Yami, so everyone will know the difference. The spirit of the Millennium Ring will be called Bakura in this chapter, but I'll call him Yami Bakura later on. And just as a little warning, R has a sense of humor at the weirdest times…
R
"Bakura, what have you done, why have you taken us to the Shadow Realm?" Yami asked. "
Bakura? Bakura's no longer here." Bakura smiled evilly.
"If you're not Bakura, who are you?" Yami demanded.
"I am a thief and a stealer of souls, and I have done terrible things in my quest to possess the Millennium Items, you do remember the legends don't you? Whosoever wields all eight Millennium Items will possess power unimaginable! And before I'm done with you, both Millennuim Items will be mine!" Bakura smirked.
"That's not going to happen, whoever you are!" Yami declared.
"Please, oh, Ra, make BB lose!" I murmured. "Who's BB?" Yami looked confused. "Short for Bad Bakura." I replied, causing Bakura to anime fall and Yami to anime sweat drop.
"Let the Shadow Games, begin!" Bakura regained his posture.
Yami and I sat on the one side of the tree stump, and Bakura on the other.
"The first turn is yours." Bakura offered.
"And my first card, the Cyber Commander, Tristan's favorite!" Yami placed the card on the field in defense mode. The card glowed, and then a mini form of Tristan appeared on it, dressed up like the Cyber Commander. My eyes widened in surprise.
"Tristan?" Yami and I gasped.
"Huh, what a weird dream! Where am I, what's going on here? Ah!" Tristan looked our way and screamed.
"Bakura must have used his Millennium Ring to trap Tristan's soul within his favorite card!" Yami realized.
"Who's your little friend? He looks tough, but can he deal with this? The White Magical Hat (WMH)!" Bakura set down the card, in attack mode. (Tristan- 750 DEF WMH- 1000 ATK) "Now attack!" he commanded.
A magician wearing a white cape materialized onto the field. The monster charged in Tristan's direction.
"Aw man, I must still be dreaming, yeah that's right, this is all just a really bad-AH!" Tristan yelled in pain, as the WMH punched him. Tristan disappeared in a flash of red.
"No ,Tristan!" Yami looked absolutely devastated, and I felt the same way.
"We'll get him back… One way or another." I glared at Bakura. "Aw, looks like that cards been defeated, and your poor friend's soul trapped within it!" he chuckled.
"What happened to Tristan?" I demanded.
"He's gone, on his way to the discard pile, or the graveyard, as you call it in duel monsters." Bakura smirked.
"No, it can't be, Tristan can't be… Gone…" Yami gasped.
"When you duel in the Shadow Realm, the stakes are always higher, Yugi, you made a sloppy move and your friend paid with his very soul. Now which of your friends will you sacrifice next?" Bakura laughed.
I glanced at Yami's cards, and the only monster that stood a chance against the WMH was…
"Joey's favorite card, the Flame Swordsman!" Yami slammed the card down, in attack mode.
Joey appeared on the card, a few inches tall, and wearing a costume that made him resemble the Flame Swordsman, wielding a sword. He blinked a few times. "Hey what gives? Hey Yugi, AHHH!" Joey turned towards us, and screamed. "What the, you and Rox are giants! Aw man, I finally cracked!" Joey gulped.
"Ello!" I waved, with a bright smile on my face.
"Eh, you feeling alright, Rox?" Joey looked confused, and worried.
"Of course I'm ok!" I laughed. (To those people who are confused, Roxanna is usually cold and not cheerful, so Joey's wondering why she's so cheerful.)
"Joey, listen to me, your soul is sealed inside your favorite card, you've become the Flame Swordsman!" Yami explained.
"I'm the WHO?" Joey yelled.
"If I don't win this, we can't restore you to normal, but if you're defeated in this battle, you'll be carried away off to the card graveyard, just like Tristan was." Yami continued.
"Graveyard?" Joey gulped.
"So long story short, he needs to win the duel, to restore everything back to normal, with your help." I summed things up.
"You want my help, you got my help!"Joey said confidently. "You sure you're ok?" Yami asked. "Ok? I figure I lost my mind, but I'm going to go with it. Now who wants a beating- huh?" Joey turned, and his face showed utter shock, as he saw Bakura.
"Giant Bakura? Now I know I'm nuts, I'm like six inches tall, wearing a dress, about to fight my giant friend?" Joey shook his head.
"That's not Bakura, it's an evil spirit from his Millennium Ring, also known as BB- Bad Bakura." I nodded.
"Well, I didn't understand a single thing you said, but the part about BB… So here goes nothing! Ahhhh!" Joey charged, and sliced the WMH. "Say good-bye to the cat in the hat!" Joey grinned, and the WMH exploded.
Bakura growled, as his Life Points dropped. (Bakura Life Points- 1200 Yami's LP- 2000) (Flame Swordsman ATK- 1800 WMH- 1000 ATK)
"Wow, man, I did it, now what?" Joey asked.
"Now it's his turn." Yami looked over at Bakura.
"You're little swordsman got lucky last time, Yugi, but not this time!" Bakura growled, and placed a monster facedown, in defense mode.
My eyes narrowed, wondering what he was up to.
"Why'd he place that face down?" Yami wondered.
"Cause he's afraid of what Joey the swordsman will do to it!" Joey suggested.
"Hang on Joey, it could be a trap!" Yami said.
"I'm going in!" Joey charged at the card.
"WAIT!" Yami yelled. I face palmed.
"Joey, you're going to kill us all." I muttered. The card flipped up, revealing a Morphing Jar. My eyes widened. That's not good!
The black creature flung itself at Joey. "Huh sah! Chop!" Joey sliced the creature, and the card fell back. "Tah, dah!" Joey smiled.
"What a dolt." Bakura laughed.
"It was a Morphing Jar!" Yami realized.
"Huh, a Morphing Jar, did I screw up?" Joey gulped.
"Yeah, big time, Joey. When you attack a Morphing Jar, both players have to discard their entire hand, you know put the cards in the graveyard. Just be grateful nobody's soul card's in his hand right now." I sighed.
"Oh, sorry, Yug!" Joey kneeled and bowed, sounding absolutely ashamed.
Yami put his hand in the graveyard, and drew new cards. My eyes widened as he drew the Dark Magician and the Legendary Ice Angel. This should be interesting… What'll happen when he plays it? And what happens if the Angel's summoned?
"With a new hand, comes a whole new perspective, the game, ever shifting, new dangers surround every turn." Bakura smiled slyly, as he placed two monsters face down, in defense mode.
"The Dark Magician!" Yami placed the card on the field, in attack mode. And to my astonishment, Yugi emerged on the field as the Dark Magician.
I looked back and forth between the two, and managed to detect a difference. The Yugi playing the game was more serious, confident. The Yugi on the field was more kind, innocent. So, Yugi's situation is just like Roxy's… (I know you're not supposed to summon two monsters in the same turn, but who cares :P)
"Legendary Ice Angel!" The card glowed, and Roxy materialized, as the angel. "I'll also play a card that lets me revive monsters, Reborn the Monster!" the spell card glowed, and Tristan in his costume appeared on the field.
"Huh, what the, Joey, Yugi, Roxy, you guys dreaming this too?" Tristan gasped.
"Uh this ain't no dream, Tristan, this is just me going insane, this is just one big delusion." Joey sighed.
"But one second ago, I was up there!" Yugi murmured.
"Yeah if you're down here, who's up there?" Tristan looked at Yami.
"I don't know…" Yugi said. "Don't you?" Yami asked. "Well, I noticed that sometimes, when I duel, it feels as if someone is guiding me." Yugi recalled.
Yami nodded.
"And sometimes it's like I can hear a strong voice calling out to me from my Millenium Puzzle, an ancient powerful voice." Yugi continued.
Roxy looked surprised.
"Huh?" Joey said.
"Really?" Tristan gasped.
"I'm not sure what it's all about guys, but I'm pretty sure we can trust him, whoever he is." Yugi sighed.
"Hey, if the big guy is ok in your book, then he's ok by me." Joey grinned.
"Yeah, but what about the double Roxy's?' Tristan asked.
Yugi
Everyone turned towards Roxy, to see her glaring at the bigger version of her. The other Roxy merely smiled back, as if the two were opposites.
"Hi," the big Roxy looked at us, and smiled brightly. "And if it's alright with you guys, call me R."
"Hmph." Roxy turned away.
"It's like the two are opposites." Tristan whispered.
"Well, we can't worry about that, I'm gonna bash me some Bakura." Joey smirked.
"Hang on Joey, I was played so I have to move. Dark Magic Attack!" I yelled. The card rose up, revealing a Morphing Jar.
"No, another Morphing Jar!" I groaned. The creature exploded.
"We'll have to send all the cards in our hands to the graveyard again." Bakura smirked. (Again, nobody knows the difference between Yugi and Yami yet or Roxy and R, but just so that it doesn't get confusing, I'll call them Yugi, and Yami, and Roxy and R.)
"I'm sorry." I turned towards Yami.
"It's ok man, I did the same thing." Joey said. Yami drew his cards, and his eyes widened.
"No, the Magician of Faith!" he looked at the card.
"Hmm, isn't that Tea's favorite card? Do you suppose that her mortal soul is trapped within it? Hmm, I wonder. Maybe you should play it and find out. But then again, you don't know what I'm playing here, so you might be putting her in danger. A dilemma, and while you decide, I'll just activate this trap card, Just Desserts!" Bakura smiled wickedly, as he placed two monster cards face down, and flipped over a trap card .
"No!" Yami gasped.
"Uh oh… That's not good!" R gulped. A ghostly colored hand appeared, close to Yami's face.
"I think you'll find that it helps you come to grips with your situation." Bakura smirked, as the hand squeezed Yami's face, and he life points dropped. (Bakura LP: 1200 Yami LP: 500) "Just Desserts take 500 points from each of your monsters on the field, and you'll feel like each and every point has been ripped from your beating heart. But why haven't you lost?" Bakura's grin faded.
"The turn I'm summoned, I can change into a different type of card for that entire turn, and I chose to be a spell card, so I don't count as a monster." Roxy smirked. Even though Roxy managed to save us this time…
"Are you going to be ok?" everyone turned towards Yami, who was had his fist close to his heart, and shaking in pain. "Yes, but one more attack like that, and it's over!" he winced.
Roxanna
Yami grunted, and set a card facedown, in defense mode. The card glowed, and lifted up the tiniest bit. Tea, who was dressed up as the Magician of Faith looked around. "Hey, what's up?" She smiled in our direction.
"Oh boy!" Joey gulped, and an anime sweat drop formed on all of our faces.
Everyone stood in front of Tea, trying to block her from view.
"Hey guys, don't you think it's a little early for Halloween? Huh, what the, what's this?" Tea looked at the staff she was wielding.
"Shush, Bakura, Yugi, and Roxy are big dueling giants, and are fighting for our souls!" Joey whispered.
"But Yugi and Roxy are right here!" Tea looked confused.
"Oh, well the big guy's not really me, but he's not really not me, uh…" Yugi fought for words to explain the situation. "It's complicated, but it has something to do with the Millennium Items, Bakura, Roxy, and I have. It's some kind of magic." Yugi sighed.
"Magic? So I'm not crazy!" Tea sighed with relief.
"Not unless we're all going crazy." Yugi smiled.
"Just think of it this way,Tea, there's two Yugi's. The cool one up there and the puny one down here. There's two Roxy's too, the nice one up there, and the mean one down here." Joey smiled.
Me and Yugi anime fell. "That's not how it works at all!" Yugi yelled.
"And who are you calling mean?" I growled, an anime vein mark on my head.
"Just a joke, relax!" Joey laughed nervoulsy.
"You forget that here, I have the powers of the Dark Magician." Yugi walked forward.
"Uh, Yugi, I wouldn't do that if I were you…" Tristan gulped.
"I'll show you who's puny around here!" he growled, and pointed his staff at a card.
I shrugged, and aimed my staff at the other card.
"Oh boy…" Joey sighed. The same monster materialized on both cards.
"Yugi, wait!" Yami yelled.
"Roxy!" R gulped.
"Dark Magic Attack!" Yugi held his hand up, and the monster exploded.
"Blizzard Storm!" I yelled, and my hands glowed. A vortex of ice crystals shot out of my staff, and disintegrated the creature.
"Alright!" Joey smiled. "Great job, you two!" Tea urged. I felt alright then, but a jolt of electricity arced through my body.
I grunted, and kneeled onto the floor. By the looks of it, Yugi was having the same problem.
"What was that?" Tristan asked.
"Whatever it was, it's making me go numb." Yugi winced.
"Hang in there!" Joey said.
"Yugi!" Yami yelled.
"Oh Roxy, you have to be careful…" R sighed.
"You can't attack the Electric Lizard without some rather shocking feedback. A lesson your two friends won't soon forget." Bakura laughed.
"All right soul stealer, I'll place my next card face down. And it's your move." Yami put the card, which I guessed was a trap card, on the field.
Joey and Tristan tried to push Tea's card down to hide Tea.
"Don't bother you fools, I can see her perfectly well ." Bakura laughed.
"Now I have all five of you right where I want you, helpless on the field, easy prey for my Man Eater Bug!" Bakura put the card face down, in attack mode.
"Man Eater Bug? Glad I'm a girl!" Tea gulped.
"Yugi, what's that card do?" Joey asked.
"The Man Eater Bug can automatically destroy one card on the field, as soon as it's flipped up." Yugi stuttered.
Everyone shivered. "Well that's certainly not good." Tea gulped.
"Guys, I really don't want to go back to that graveyard." Tristan sighed.
"Don't worry Tristan, none of us are going back, we'll destroy that bug before he plays it!" Joey said.
"You really don't know Duel Monsters well enough do you? The second you attack it, the card will activate." I explained.
"Graveyard here I come." Tristan sighed.
"What are you saying, that one of us is going to end up worm food?" Joey gasped.
"Well there's another way, and we're standing on it." Yugi said. Everyone looked to see the card Yami played on the field.
"Right the trap big Yugi played!" Tristan recalled.
"Right, but I'm afraid to use it, it requires that we sacrifice a creature." Yugi winced.
"You mean one of us ?" Tea gulped.
"Don't worry, Tea, I'll go!" Tristan volunteered.
"No way Tristan!" Tea yelled.
"Think about it, the Man Eater Bug is going to take one of us out no matter what we do, at least this way, I'm taking it out too-Ugh!" Tristan got interrupted, as Joey hit him in the stomach with the hilt of his sword. "I guess you disagree…" and he collapsed on the ground.
"You just got back from the graveyard, if anyone should go, it should be me!" Joey stated.
"Joey, wait!" Yugi yelled.
"You're being stupid, get back here!" I growled.
"It's too late!" Tea gulped.
Joey charged, and stood above the Man Eater Bug's card.
"How tough can this bug be?" He asked, and the card glowed.
The bug was rose from the card, and sent Joey flying into the air. Joey landed on the bug's back, and had his arms around the bug's neck, a sword blocking the jaws from destroying Joey. The bug flung around, growling.
"Big Yugi, use the trap, do it, do it, now! Please, I don't want my friends to get hurt! Sacrifice me!" Joey struggled to remain on the bug, as it thrashed around.
Yami nodded. "I'm activating a trap, sacrificing my Flame Swordsman to do so. The Horn of Heaven! Blasting it's Celestial Tune directly at your Man Eater Bug, obliterating it from the field, once and for all." Yami flipped over the card.
The bug and Joey started to glow. The numb feeling faded away for both me and Yugi, as the two of us slowly stood up.
"But Joey!" Yugi murmured.
"What's happening to him?" Tea asked.
"They're disappearing!" Tristan gasped.
That Joey… Am I actually starting to worry about these guys?
"Don't worry about me!" Joey yelled, and they exploded.
Everyone had looks of disbelief on their faces, and I struggled to keep my face normal.
"He's gone… Just like that, my best buddy's gone." Tristan's voice was strained.
"Don't worry, you'll soon be joining him in the graveyard. You can spend eternity together." Bakura chuckled.
"You know I change my mind, you're not a Bad Bakura, you're an Evil Soul." R growled, her voice dripping with venom.
"I hope you don't harbor any illusions about rescuing your friend Joey from the graveyard. You already played Reborn the Monster, the only way to get him back, and soon the Reaper of Cards will claim his soul, forever." Bakura smirked.
"Poor Joey, he sacrificed himself, he can't be gone…" A tear fell from Tea's face, onto the ground, and she glowed.
"Wait, she's the Magician of Faith! Her tear activated the special effect of her favorite card." Yugi gasped.
"That's right and the effect of the Magician of Faith allows me to bring back one card from the discard pile, and add it to my hand." Yami explained. "And the card I choose… Reborn the Monster, which I play now!" Yami slammed the card down, and Joey appeared.
He clutched his head and whimpered, "No, I don't want to 'insert crying noises' - huh?" He looked around, confused. "Joey!" Everyone sighed with relief.
"You're back!" Yugi smiled.
"Never do that again, you made us worry!" I playfully hit him on the back of his head.
"Ouch, ok!" he laughed.
"You waste your time and your turns rescuing these foolish mortals." Bakura sighed.
"My friends are never a waste of time. Make your move." Yami stated. "
I bet he's just jealous because he doesn't have any friends." R whispered, just enough so that I could hear.
"Oh I'll move, and you will lose. This is the play that will win me the match, and the two Millennium Items. First I'll play the Lady of Faith in attack mode, and then that card that will turn your friends against one another, the Change of Heart." Bakura held up the card.
"Change of Heart, isn't that Bakura's favorite card?" Yugi gulped.
"And a very magical card it is, with this card, I can turn you against your comrades. The very friends you sought to protect will now destroy." Bakura laughed.
"No, I refuse!" Yugi stated. "You won't have a choice in the matter, the Change of Heart card allows me to control any opposing monster, I just haven't decided to pick you or Roxanna yet." Bakura grinned.
"You know what, you're just some crazy person who has no friends and can't stand to see other people have them." I stuck my tongue out.
"Oh that does it!" Bakura growled.
"Leave the young ones out of this!" Yami growled.
"They're not part of this conflict!" R said.
"Why should I, by simply destroying them, I destroy you two as well. You're here to guide and protect the two of them? Then protect them from this!" Bakura slammed the Change of Heart onto the field. A glow blinded Yugi and I.
"Yugi, Roxy!" The rest of them shouted. When the light dimmed, my eyes widened at who I saw. Bakura?
(Up until now, I called Yami Bakura Bakura, but now I'm going to call Yami Bakura Y Bakura…)
"Bakura!" Yugi gasped.
"The real Bakura!" Tea yelled. He was on the field, looking a lot like the angel on the Change of Heart Card.
"So your soul was sealed into your favorite card too!" Yugi realized. "
I want to help, but we must act quickly." Bakura flew, and merged with the Lady of Faith. "I've taken over one of his cards instead of yours. I'll control her while you attack me. You can win against the evil Bakura." Bakura yelled.
"I can't, I'd be destroying you, sending you to the graveyard." Yugi gulped.
"I don't care, it's better than being enslaved by an evil spirit! Do it!" Bakura commanded.
"Be quiet!" Y Bakura demanded.
"I have a better idea!" Yami said, and his Puzzle, as well as the Hourglass began to glow.
"If the evil magic of Bakura's Millennium Ring can pull souls from people, perhaps the power of our Millennium Items can put them back." Yami continued.
Bakura blinked, back in his old body.
"But where's the evil dude?" Joey asked. "This can't be!" Y Bakura yelled, from inside the Lady of Faith's body.
"Ready Yugi?" I asked.
He nodded. "Dark Magic attack!" Yugi yelled.
Y Bakura screamed, as he exploded into mini particles.
We got back to the real world.
"You ok Bakura?" Yugi asked.
"I am now, thanks to you, and your friends." Bakura smiled gratefully.
"Where did you get your Millennium Ring?" Yugi asked. "
My father picked it up on one of his trips, he told me it's from ancient Egypt. I think that's where their all from. He was shopping in a merchant bazaar, when the Millennium Ring caught his eye. The man who sold the ring to my father said it had something to do with Duel Monsters. But that never made any sense to me, since the card game is new and the Ring is really ancient. When my father got back, he gave it to me. He felt I was destined to have it." Bakura explained.
"Oh, uh, Roxy can I ask you two things?" Yugi asked.
"Sure." I replied.
"Where'd you get your Hourglass, and is there a reason you're here at this tournament? It seems everybody has a reason, I'm here to rescue my grandpa, and Joey's here to earn money for his sister's eye operation." Yugi said.
"Oh, my adoptive father gave this to me, he found it during an exhibition in a tomb, but he couldn't find a name in the tomb. And as for why I'm here… Well I have some… Unfinished business with someone." I flicked a bug that landed on my pant leg away.
"Oh."
"I dreamt that Bakura went totally mental." Tristan yawned.
"Same here, last time I sleep with dueling cards under my pillow." Joey sighed. "
Sleep well guys?" Bakura smiled at them.
"Bakura!" Joey and Tristan yelled, and hugged each other, screaming.
"Hands off!" Tristan said.
"You grabbed me first." Joey stated.
The two glanced at each other, and jumped away.
Everyone started laughing, and I even cracked a small smile.
"I dreamt we were dressed as duel monsters, and there were two Yugi's and Roxy's!" Tea frowned.
I scratched my head, and the night was pierced with a scream.
"What was that?" Joey asked.
"I don't know, but whatever it is, we'll face it together." Yugi said, as we ran towards the noise.
I stopped, and my hourglass glowed. Another vision, at this time?
Vision: It was pitch black, and I couldn't see a thing… When the darkness was destroyed by a glowing white sword. I blinked, and saw that the others were already ahead of me. No time to think about the vision now. I shook off the feeling that something bad was going to happen, and ran to catch up with the others.
Author's Notes: So… Yeah. Hope you liked the chapter! Reviews are appreciated. I know… It's kinda long, isn't it?