Summary:

Ever wonder why Atem, Yugi, and Timaeus look so much a like? Why Atem and Timaeus like exactly a like? What if they each had a twin brother? And what if they all had ancient powers given to them as a birth-right?

Chapter Summary:

Yugi and Pegasus's first duel together.

Notes:

This chapter is based off episode 2 of Yu-Gi-Oh!

Born Destiny

Pegasus Comes In

"Dang, Joey. You stink at this game," mocks Tristan. As Joey has yet to make a move against Anzu. "Make a move already."

"Alright, alright. Hold ye horses Tristan. I'm trying to concentrate over here."

"Yeah trying being the key word," added Anzu.

After a little growling and some mutters from Joey, he finally makes his move. "How is this Anzu?" he asks as he plays Rock Ogre in attack mode. LV-3 ATK-800 DEF-1200.

Anzu looks at her hand and plays a monster card called Happy Lover in defense mode. LV-2 ATK-800 DEF-500.

"Alright! Happy Lover with that weak defense will lose easily against my Rock Ogre. What kind of move was that Anzu? Ha!"

"I guess I don't stand a chance. Well then. I'll play the magic card Breath of Light."

"Huh? What's that card do?"

"The Rock Ogre will be destroyed by sacred wind and disappear," explained Yugi.

"What?"

"And that brings your life points down to zero Joey," says Anzu. "I won again! You lose and I rock!"

"Joey really sucks . . . " muttered Tristan, not really caring whether Joey heard or not.

"Uhhh!" yelled Joey.

"Yugi? Why do I keep on losing? I can't win a game of Duel Monsters to save my life. Teach me what I'm doing wrong," begged Joey.

"Alright, let me take a look at your deck."

"Kay."

Yugi begins to look through Joeys deck. He doesn't even have to look past the tenth card to know what's wrong. "What is this?" Yugi looks back at Joey, "They are all monster cards?"

"Yeah! I collect strong monsters to attack with. Power house line-up, huh?"

"You'll never win with these cards, Joey. Duel Monsters is a game where you use monsters along with magic and trap cards in a balanced combination. Without any other cards, magic and trap cards will beat you every time."

Joey grabbed onto Yugi's shoulders, but not very hard. "Yugi! You've gotta help me learn more!"

"Well, my grandpa is the real game expert in the family. Maybe he can help." As they walked into the game shop, Yugi calls, "Grandpa! I've got you a new student!"

"What? A new student? Who?"

Joey sweat-drops. "Me Gramps. I was hoping that since you know more about Duel Monsters than anyone, that maybe you'd teach me."

"Me? Teach you?"

"Yeah! I can for some special Duel Monsters training!"

"But . . . what made you so serious all of a sudden?" asked Yugi.

"Huh? Because . . . I want to . . . compete . . . in a tournament . . . " he said sheepishly.

"You couldn't be dreaming of winning at this tournament for the money, could you?"

"No, not . . . " Joey broke off after the glare he got from Grandpa.

"You were aiming for the winning prize, the million dollars, correct?"

"Heh!" 'BUSTED!'

"Is that true Joey?" asked Yugi, kind of shocked.

Joey bows on the ground in front of Yugi. "Please Yugi! I really want to win the tournament! Please, help me convince him. I'll work really hard, I swear."

"But the selection tournament is going to start within less than a month," replies Yugi.

Grandpa does a "hmm" sound and closes his eyes. "I, Soloman, can teach him."

Joey looks back at Grandpa. "Gramps?"

"Don't judge my grandpa by his appearance; he's actually a first-rate duelist."

Grandpa looks at Yugi while closing his left eye. "Your words are implying something . . ." He looks back at Joey with a stern face. "But, the special training will be strict."

Joey gets a 'scared half to death' look on his face. "Yes, please teach me."

"Hmm, then to begin with, let me correct your thought about winning three million dollars . . . that impure thought . . . and teach you the heart of the cards." As Grandpa talks, he begins to crack his knuckles.

"Now, can you name the most powerful duel monster?" quizzes Grandpa.

"Huh? No."

"Can you name the weakest?"

"No."

"You do know what a trap card is don't you?"

"Kinda, eh, I have no idea."

"What kind of duelist are you?"

Joeys gets his 'scared half to death' look back.

"Aaaaahhhhh!" echoes Joey's screams.

"Once again!"

"AAAAHHHH!"

"Duel Monsters fans from all around the country . . . we finally reached the moment where the winner of the competition will be decided," announces the announcer at the Duel Monsters Competition on T.V. As he speaks fan all in the stadium are yelling and cheering. "Welcome to the Duel Monsters Duel Dome."

"The duelist chosen by all high school students of the whole country . . . who shall the winner be out of one hundred chosen contestants?"

"Last weeks winners were . . . Weevil Underwood, fourteen years old, representative of Western Japan . . ."

"And Rex Raptor, fifteen years old, representative of Eastern Japan."

As their names were called they each appeared on the duel field for the upcoming duel.

"Damn, it was supposed to be me out-there fighting," says Joey.

Anzu turns to him, "But you tried your best already. Didn't you get the Best Eight ranking at the selection round?"

"Well, yeah," replies Joey.

"You went through some intense special training this month, huh?" asked Yugi.

With his eyes closed, Joey flashbacks to part of his training.

He was shuffling his cards when he dropped all of them to the ground and he collapsed. "Grandpa, I can't take it anymore."

Grandpa had a wood sword and slams it onto the table, scaring Joey, "It's still not good enough." Joey jumped up because he got startled. "Joey, your level of skill is still not good enough for the tournament."

Out of Joey's flashback, Tristan says, "You still got the Best Eight rank within the pre-rounds within the city."

Anzu starts giggling and Joey drops his head in shame. "I really can't face Grandpa who set up the special training for me."

Behind them Grandpa walks in. "What did you say about me?"

Joey turns around on the couch completely. "Sorry Grandpa."

"Young one you did well."

"Uh."

"I thought you were 'a broken piece of wood that cannot be used' and would not be able to enter the tournament. You tried very hard."

Joey unconsciously let out his held breath and he felt water build in his eyes. "Grand . . . Grandpa."

He made the move to hug him, but Grandpa managed to step out of the way just in time, and landed on the floor. "Oh, right, Yugi, I got a package for you."

"A package? Who sent it?" asked Yugi.

"It doesn't say who sent it."

Yugi took the package from her grandfather. "Huh? What is this thing?"

Joey interrupts her questioning by asking his own question. "But, Yugi, why didn't you enter the tournament? You would win for sure if you entered."

"I am determined to enter the competition with that person," replies Yugi, completely serious.

"It's Kaiba, right?" asks Anzu.

"Yes. I'll have a clean duel with Kaiba again when he learns about the heart of the cards."

Joeys runs his hand through his hair and mutters, "I won't trust that guy."

Then they hear cheers erupting from the T.V. "Oh, it seems to be beginning," comment Tristan.

"Yugi, which side has the upper hand?" asks Joey.

"Weevil Underwood is good at attacking with combinations of magic cards and insect type monster cards. The other side, Rex Raptor, is good at using dinosaur type monsters cards' powerful attack points to get ahead of his opponents."

"Comparing insects to dinosaurs, the outcome of the battle of very obvious. The winner is definitely Rex," Joeys says very cocky.

"No, I think it's hard to tell."

"Until now, both of us have shown our high levels," says Rex. "Let's us this to determine the outcome." He plays a monster onto the field in attack mode.

"Rex Raptor uses the super rare card, Two-Headed King Rex." LV-4 ATK-1600 DEF-1200. "How is that?"

Weevil simply laughs. "I'll use this card," he says as he plays his chosen monster into attack mode.

"The other side, Weevil Underwood used Basic Insect." LV-2 ATK-500 DEF-700.

"Why would he use such a weak monster?" asked Joey. "It seems that it is still Rex who wins."

"No, Weevil has set a trap" says Yugi.

With a victorious smile Rex gives his attack, "Two-Headed Rex, Attack!"

Weevil begins laughing again. "You said 'attack' now right? 'Attack' is the trigger of my trap card. My trap, Doodlebugs Messiah, activates."

"What did you say?" asked Rex. "A trap card?"

"King Rex will enter the vortex and will not be able to move."

"What?" yelled Rex. "King Rex!"

"And it's my turn. Basic Insect and the magic card Insect Armor Level Five, combine together." The armor added to his insect, raising its attack points. Weevil pointed at Rex's King Rex and yelled his command. "Attack!"

The bug fired its laser and destroyed the King Rex. "King Rex is destroyed."

Rex stared in shock for a moment then lowers his head in defeat. "I lost."

"At this instant, it is decided that the winner is the contestant Weevil Underwood!" says the announcer.

"Weevil Underwood really won?" mutters Joey.

"The winner, Weevil Underwood, will be a trophy and a prize," says the announcer. "The presenter is the honored president of Industrial Illusions . . . who is also the genius game designer that created Duel Monsters."

"Mr. Pegasus J. Crawford!"

Said person appeared out of an opening in the floor bringing him up into the room. He is easily identified by his long white hair and his red suit. In his hands was a gold trophy.

Weevil climbed out of the platform as Pegasus began to walk up to him. "Congratulations."

Weevil, a little stunned, simply said, "Th-thank you."

"Under the conditions, I invite you to join an event my company organized," says Pegasus with a calm smile on his face.

Meanwhile Weevil is blushing at what he is offered.

"Mr. Pegasus, the event that we organized will probably attract many duelists," said one of Pegasus's guards as they rode away from the tournament in Pegasus's limo.

"No. In the tournament, none of the duelists can thrill me," says Pegasus with his eye closed. "What about the thing I mentioned about before?"

"I already sent it, according to your orders."

Pegasus opens his eye. "Really?"

"Yugi," says Grandpa, "I still wonder about what is in the package."

"Ah, right. What is it?" wonders Yugi as she opens the box.

As she opens the box everyone gasps.

"What is this?" asks Anzu. Inside the box is a video tape, two stars, and a glove with some star shaped openings.

"The video tape probably has some instructions," offers Tristan.

"On the video tape?" asks Yugi.

"Let's check it out," says Joey.

"Ok." As she says that she puts in the tape in the V.C.R. and presses play. At first it is only static, and then they see a familiar face.

"Hello, nice to meet you, Yugi-girl."

"He is . . . " says Joey.

"The guy who just appeared on T.V. a while ago," says Anzu.

"He is the creator of Duel Monsters," says Grandpa. "Pegasus J. Crawford."

"This is a video letter from me to Yugi-girl. I have heard of some terribly interesting things about you Yugi-girl."

"Huh?" mutters Yugi.

"I know that you defeated Kaiba-boy. That's why I want to test your skills. But there is a time limit for this duel. The starting life points are two thousand. When it reaches the time limit of fifteen minutes, the side with the higher life points shall be the winner. Do you understand?"

"What?" asked Yugi, a little confused.

"He wants Yugi to have a duel with him through the video?" asked Joey.

"How could this be possible?" asked Tristan.

Pegasus only chuckled and lifted his head. The hair that normally covered his left eye moved with the movement and showed a golden eye that looked just like the eye on Yugi's Millennium Puzzle.

The eye began to glow and everyone froze, with the exception of Yugi. The surroundings changed into a black and blue background with nothing else in sight.

"Grandpa, Joey, Tristan, Anzu!" she yelled though they still didn't move.

Pegasus began to laugh again. "Nobody can disturb us. We can start now, Yugi-girl."

"Is this a shadow game?" Yugi asked panicked and fearing if she is correct.

Then, Yugi's puzzle began to glow. She became taller, her hair changed, and her voice deepened. "Then I'll accept," she said proudly. "Now start the clock and make your move."

"Commanding aren't we," said Pegasus. He suddenly smirked and said, "Duel start." Then the timer began to count down.

15:00

14:59

"I'll start first." He says as he plays one face down card. "Done. Your turn, Yugi-girl."

Yugi drew her card. "Alright. I'll play this card . . . "

Through his hair, Pegasus's left eye began to glow. "You are going to play the Komori Dragon, right?"

"What?" Yugi's card was indeed the Komori Dragon. LV-4 ATK-1500 DEF-1200

"I knew you would play that card." Pegasus smirked again. "I'll use the trap card, Dragon Capture Jar, to seal the Komori Dragon in the pot.

The Komori Dragon appeared above Yugi and was pulled into the T.V. and into the jar.

'This is crazy,' thought Yugi. 'First he predicts my card, and then he brings the monster on the card to life.'

"This dark dimension we are in is known as the shadow realm. A mystical place where monsters and be summoned and the impossible is quite possible."

"But that can't be true."

"Tell me Yugi, do you believe there is magic in these cards?"

"Don't you know? You invented this game."

"What if I told you I didn't?"

"Huh?"

"In ancient times, Egyptians called this the shadow game. Powerful pharaohs would hold mystical duels in other dimensions, just as we are doing now. But not with cards. They battled with real cards and real magic. Magical forces, so powerful, the Egyptians lost control of them, and nearly destroyed the entire world."

"It's a good story Pegasus, but these monsters can't be real." As soon as the last word got out of her mouth she felt immense pain. She gripped her head to try to soothe the pain. As piece of a memory drifted through his mind, actually not really her mind. The memory was from the spirit's vessel.

The memory was of a little girl, which looked like a smaller version of Yugi. She was in Yugi's current bedroom. One second she was alone, and then there were two people with her. One in black and one in white. Both of their faces were hidden and no voices were heard except the girl's.

Suddenly the spirit was thrown back to reality.

"What's wrong Yugi-girl. Feeling ill?"

"I'm fine." The spirit couldn't help but wonder why one of Yugi's memories had surfaced. And why did it cause such pain.

"Well, you say these monsters are not real. Then tell that to my Dragon Piper," said Pegasus as he played his chosen monster onto the field. LV-3 ATK-200 DEF-1800. The monster appeared and began to play its flute, pulling the Komori Dragon into the pot.

"Then I'll use this card," said Yugi as she chose her card and played it on the field. "Silver Fang!" LV-3 ATK-1200 DEF-800.

Silver Fang appeared from its card and the Komori Dragon's head came through the T.V. screen and blew fire at Silver fang, destroying it.

Yugi: 2000 – 1500

Pegasus: 2000

"As you can see Yugi-girl these monsters are very real. And also quite dangerous."

"Ah, Yugi-girl, you really are quite entertaining. You are so defiant and yet helpless." Pegasus began to look more serious. "And so completely ignorant of the power of your Millennium Puzzle."

"What?"

"Five thousand years ago, a powerful pharaoh locked the power of the shadow games away."

"What's this have to do with me?"

"The pharaoh captured these vast magical energies in seven mystical Millennium Items."

"Millennium Items? Your saying that . . . my puzzle's one of them?"

"Yes. And there are mystical energies locked within it. Magic that could change your life forever," Pegasus pointed at him, "if you only know how to unleash it."

"But why are you telling me this?"

"Why? Because I simply need you to know. But perhaps I have said too much. So let's go to a new topic. You cannot defeat me. If you lose, then you must participate in the event organized by me. It'll be a competition to determine who will be the real King of Games for Duel Monsters."

"King of Games?"

"That's right. The one who wins the title of King of Games will be given a large amount of prize money and reputation."

"Ha. I'm not interested in this kind of event. What if I decline?"

"No, no, you don't have the right to decline. Because you cannot even defeat me. I won't forgive you if you run away."

"I haven't lost yet," reminded Yugi.

"Okay, let's keep playing the game then." He places one card face down. "My turn is over. Well, Yugi-girl, it's your turn."

'There must be some reason why Pegasus can see my cards,' thought Yugi. 'Why?'

Pegasus pulled back the hair over his left eye to show that gold eye of his.

'Next I'll play this card and bury the Dragon Piper,' she thought as she prepared to play her card. 'Wait. He definitely knows what I'm about to do. But how? It has to have something to do with that weird eye of his.' She thought back to when Pegasus pulled back the hair over his eye. 'That's it, isn't it? That weird eye must, somehow, let him see the cards in my hand. So no matter which card I pick, he's already one step ahead.' Yugi suddenly smiled. 'But that gives me an idea.'

"Well Yugi-girl, it's your turn."

'Pegaus is expecting me to play a card from my hand,' thought Yugi as she closed her eyes. 'But what if I play a card even I haven't seen yet.' She opened her eyes. 'What happens if I draw a new card straight from the deck without even looking at it?'

She drew her card and placed it face down on the field.

As she began to turn her card over Pegasus spoke up. "You don't have to start your attack. Your card should be an undead type. I play this card," said Pegasus as he turned over his face-down card. "Sun Shower! All undead type monsters are destroyed under the sunshine."

Yugi smirks with a smug face. "I was right. This seems to be the end of your magic power. Although you can read the cards in my hand, you cannot read what card I draw from the deck."

"My card is . . ." she says as she turns over her card to reveal . . .

"The Dark Magician!" LV-7 ATK-2500 DEF-2100

Pegasus is calm for a moment, and then puts up a fake upset look. "No! It's not an undead type?"

"First, I'll use the Dark Magician to attack the Komori Dragon!"

Pegasus shows a slightly shocked look then composes his face. "Why don't you attack the Dragon Piper?"

"I have a duty to my cards. It would be sad to have the game end when it is still under my opponent's control."

Pegasus lowered his head and closed his eyes. "That consideration will be fatal."

"Dark Magician!" The Dark Magician appeared from its card and took an offensive pose. "Dark Magic Attack!"

The magician held his left hand forward and attacked the dragon with his magic, destroying it, with Pegasus screaming as it disappeared.

Yugi: 1500

Pegasus: 2000 – 1200

Pegasus began to laugh. "Okay, you found the weakness of my magic, it was a good match. But it seems that you underestimate my ability."

"What?"

"It's my turn," said Pegasus as he drew his card. As he saw his card, "Whoa, unbelievable." He showed his card to Yugi. "This is the fearsome Illusionist Faceless Mage." LV-5 ATK-1200 DEF-2200.

"This is the first time I have seen this rare card. But, of the magician types, Dark Magician's magic should be the most powerful."

"I'll add the magic card Eye of Illusion and for a combo attack on Dark Magician!"

"I'll take it," said Yugi. "Dark Magician! Dark Magic Attack!"

The Dark Magician fired its attack, as well as the Faceless Mage. Their attacks collided with each other.

"Which side won?" asked Yugi as he waited for the smoke to clear so they could see the winner. When the smoke cleared both magicians were standing. "A tie?" Yugi asked. Pegasus smirked. "If it's a tie, then both should have disappeared. Could this be the Eye of Illusion's effect?"

05:02

05:01

05:00

'The counter of the video will get to zero in five minutes. If I don't attack, I can still win by maintaining my life points. But this is a strategy that people with no guts would use. I will fight until the end!' Yugi got ready to draw her card for the turn. 'The only way out is to get Pegasus's life points to zero.' She drew her card. 'That's the real victory!'

She placed a monster onto the field in attack mode. "I'll use the Celtic Guardian, to attack the Faceless Mage! The Celtic Guardian's attack power is stronger, the Celtic Guardian wins." LV-4 ATK-1400 DEF-1200

"Whoa. So you started the attack? The Eye of Illusion not only can raise the attack power of my mage."

"What?" A blast of energy hit the Celtic Guardian, destroying it.

Yugi: 1500 – 400

Pegasus: 1200

"Why would the Celtic Guardian . . . ?" asked Yugi to no one. Then Yugi noticed another figure standing behind the Faceless Mage. "You are . . . " The figure appeared to be the Dark Magician. With the Eye of Horus on his chest and a life-less look in his eyes. "Dark Magician! Damn it! The Eye of Illusion had the Dark Magician under its control for this turn."

'Pegasus really can read my mind.'

Pegasus played one card face down as he said, "Well, after I finish my turn, time will be up." He began to clap his hands. "Nice duel, Yugi-girl."

00:10

00:09

"The game isn't over yet! My last card is Summoned Skull!" Yugi played her card in attack mode. LV-6 ATK-2500 DEF-1200. "Attack!"

00:03

The Summoned Skull appeared and charged at the enemy to strike.

00:02

The Summoned Skull zeroed in on its target as it got closer.

00:01

It was only a few feet away.

00:00

Inches from the Faceless Mage, it and Summoned Skull both disappeared.

Pegasus closed his eyes. "Game over!" He reopened his eyes. "Oh, that was dangerous, if that battle was counted, I would have lost."

Yugi: 400

Pegasus: 1200

"Yugi-girl, your ability was far better than my estimation. And next time we will duel for far higher stakes. I have a feeling that we will duel at Duelist Kingdom."

"What if I don't want to?"

Pegasus waved his finger in the air. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. You cannot run away." Pegasus pulled the hair over his left eye away and Yugi gasped in shock. "The power is from my Millennium Eye's dark power."

"Millennium Eye?"

"Let's meet again at the Duelist Kingdom. If you want to take back your precious treasure." His Millennium Eye began to glow and a beam of light shot out past Yugi, who had to cover her eyes from the light, and to her grandfather. A see-through version of him was then pulled from his body and into the T.V.

Yugi opened her to see her grandfather in the T.V.

"Yugi . . . " gasped Grandpa from inside the T.V.

Yugi changed back to her normal self and blinked at first.

"Yugi . . . "

"Grandpa!" yelled Yugi. Then Grandpa's image faded, causing Yugi to gasp in shock.

"Yes we will duel again Yugi. How else will you ever reclaim your Grandfather's soul?"

The area around them began to fade as they return to the living room. At the same time everyone became mobile. Except for one, who fell limp to the floor.

"Grandpa! Grandpa! Grandpa!"

Yugi was on her bed crying. Little did she know that she had two people listening to her.

One was the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle. Angry at himself for not defeating Pegasus and saddened at the state Yugi was in. Now the girl that freed him is in such an emotional state.

The other was a figure cloaked in all black. The figure sat on the roof of the game shop with its legs drawn to its chest, with its arms wrapped securely around its legs. The figure was silently crying, to the same degree as Yugi.

Disclaimer:

I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! It belongs to Kazuki Takahashi.