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Soul Thief
"Yugi this package came for you", said Solomon reappearing with large packaged box in his hands.
He set it down on the table.
"A package? For me?" asked Yugi as he opened it.
There was a video tape a glow and two star chips present in the large box.
"A video tape", said Joey. "Put it in Yug", he said eagerly.
Yugi put the tape in the VCR and the creator of duel monsters appeared on the screen.
"Greetings Yugi-boy and Naruto-boy, it's a pleasure. I am Maximillion Pegasus", he greeted with a grin.
"The creator of Duel Monsters?" asked Solomon.
"That's correct my wrinkled friend, I did create Duel Monsters. I'm here because I have a propostion for Yugi-boy and Naruto-boy", he chuckled as he observed their confused face.
"The tape just answered your questions", said Joey a little frazzled by this notion.
"How do you know their names?" asked Tea.
"I'm glad you asked Miss Gardner", he chuckled. "The simple answer is….I know everything there is to know about everyone who plays my game", he answered with complete confidence in his statement.
"That's a bold claim", said Naruto as he narrowed his eyes.
Pegasus removed a few strands of hair that were blocking the view from his left.
"So that's how it is huh?" asked Naruto.
"My it would seem that my rouse has been uncovered, how perceptive of you Naruto-boy", he smiled at the young boy as he watched him switch his line of sight, from his bracelet to his own eye.
"You can cut the crap", said Naruto. "I know when I'm being strung along, you do know everything right?" he asked.
"That's right kiddo", he chuckled holding his hand over his mouth.
"I guess my question would by why are you here?" asked Yugi defensively.
"Ah yes….there is that", he removed his hair again from his left eye. "Perhaps we should talk in a more….private, setting", a dark magic erupted from his golden eye as everything around Naruto and Yugi froze and became discoloured.
The temperature dropped and it suddenly became very hard for both of them to breathe.
"Naruto let me take over now, I can survive here in the shadow realm much easier", said Yami Naruto as he appeared above Naruto.
Dark Yugi did the same as he hovered above Yugi.
"He's right, let us take over now", both Yugi and Naruto feel unconscious but not before they tapped into their item's power.
The two spirits that inhabited them appeared before Pegasus seemingly unaffected by the shadow realm's effects.
"Why would you bring to boys to this place?" asked Yami Yugi.
"My this is an interesting turn of events, to think that they would both be able to tap into the power of their items at will", he looked at the two mature spirits, both glared at him.
"Why the long faces", suddenly his eye glowed. "My eye shows me a great deal of things, you Naruto-boy are very comfortable here in the shadows aren't you", he smirked.
"So what if I am you old fool?" he asked.
"Well only those who inhabit the shadows can be so at ease, even Yugi and I struggle a little", he chuckled.
"What are you saying?" asked the spirit of the bracelet.
"Hmm…nothing at all Naruto-boy, now why don't we talk just you and me", he chuckled as his eye glowed again. Pegasus split himself into two copies, both complete identical in every way. "Now that that's settled", both the copies clicked their fingers and Yugi and the real Pegasus disappeared.
"What did you do with Yugi?" asked Yami Naruto in anger.
"Why nothing at all I just want to play a little game with you", he smirked. "See this here", he held his palm out and the faceless mage card appeared in his hand the card spun ominously.
"We'll have ourselves a Special Shadow Game", he grinned as the card disappeared in black wisps.
"Special Shadow Game?" asked Yami Naruto.
"That's right Naruto-boy", he chuckled. "The Ancient Egyptians played the Shadow Games in order to gain power, plain and simple. Using various means of sorcery,they were able to send themselves into an alternate dimension where their duel would not be interrupted. Similar to the dimension we inhabit now", he gestured around him.
"Cheating is strictly forbidden, punishable by death", Yami Naruto narrowed his eyes at the man.
"In the Shadow Games, the sorcerers' skills would be tested by seeing how powerful of monsters they can summon, and how powerful a spell they can cast to power up their monsters. The power of the monsters could best be harnessed by the Millennium Items. Created for the purpose of defending Egypt, they were put into the possession of the Pharaoh and his seven priests. And oh look you and I seem to be the holders two of the eight mystical Millennium items", he laughed as he removed the hair away from his eye.
"My eye shows me a great many things and it shows me the darkness that inhabits your soul Naruto-boy, although you're not that little brat are you, you're different presence entirely. But for my memory's sake I'll just call you Naruto for now", he smirked as Yami Naruto clenched his fist.
"What if I refuse to play your idiotic game?!" he exclaimed in anger at being talked to like a child.
"Then you don't want save your little brother?" he chuckled in amusement.
"My brother? What have you done with him you sick freak?!" he shouted in shock and outrage.
"He certainly was a feisty one, he fought me every step of the way but of course a mere child posed no threat to me. Although you must give credit where credit is due for him to resist the shadows like he did was truly remarkable", he narrowed his visible.
"Which is why I challenge you to this Shadow Game...to….satisfy my curiosity", he sighed.
"Give my brother back you monster!" demanded Yami Naruto.
"Now, now let's not get upset he's right here with us, perfectly safe", he pulled a card from his back pocket with Ren's distressed face imprinted on it.
"What have you done with him", growled Yami Naruto. "If you hurt him I swear to God I'll make you suffer", he snarled.
"Tsk, tsk that temper", he mocked. "If you want your brother's soul back you'll have to play my game", he smirked.
"You're toying with his life like it can be discarded. What kind of a sick freak are you?" he asked in an furious tone.
"I'll take that as a yes, now Naruto-boy this isn't like a normal due so pay attention", he watched as Yami Naruto eyes analysed him.
"Now this duel will not have life points and we will only battle with our strongest monster as the Egyptian scriptures command", the Faceless Mage appeared in front of Pegasus. "We each summon a monster to this Shadow Relam", Naruto gasped.
"This is exactly like Duel Monsters….are you trying to tell me that you invented Duel Monsters based on these Shadow Games?" he asked shocked.
"Ahhh….my you've impressed me again", he nodded. "You are indeed correct, I did experience the ancient game as it once was and I modernised it and created Duel Monster", he laughed as he watched Naruto shift uncomfortably.
"Now Naruto-boy, unlike the game you play, my game involves real monsters", he explained.
"The monsters are real?" he asked. "Then that means that-
"Right again Naruto-boy your life hangs in the balance, now summon your monster enough talk, I must test my hypothesis", he grinned as Naruto held out his palm.
'Okay, I call Kyuubi!' he thought as the Kyuubi card appeared in his hand. "That's a good start y'know", he said as he grabbed the card and held it out in front of him.
The mighty beast appeared baring his fangs at the mage.
"Now that's an impressive card, I've seen it once before but that's a story for another time", he brushed his shoulder.
"Very well now, if this game is like Duel Monsters but with no life points I must attack you to attain victory, correct?" he asked.
"That's right Naruto-boy come at me with all you've got, but first you must be aware of the fact that our monsters aren't the only ones that will be duelling, yes you and I will be pitting our Millennium items against one another", he grinned at Yami Naruto's confused face.
"You can summon the spirit yet you do not comprehend the power locked away inside?" he asked mockingly. "Well that's unfortunate….observe boy", Pegasus' eye became visible through his hair as a beam of blue light struck Naruto in the chest.
He instantly cried out in pain as he was flung back onto the floor. His head bounced back as the impact echoed through the empty space.
"And just like that he's down folks, can Naruto-boy recover? Or is he down for the count, it looks like Pegasus will be keeping his little brother's soul, how sad",
he said like a sing song mockingly. Yami Naruto sat up clenching the area struck on his chest.
"So this is the shadow power you spoke of", the Kyuubi turned behind him to watch Yami Naruto struggle to his feet.
"Well you aren't as strong as you think if that's all you got, I may not know how to tap into these powers right now, but I can assure you that my might fox will crush your mage in one fell swoop, no go attack!" ordered Yami Naruto as Kyuubi roared and charged the mage on all fours.
"Not so fast kiddo, mage use your ability to shield yourself and then strike back with your shadow ball", he laughed the Kyuubi bounced off the invisible barrier.
It then brought its hands together and formed a ball of shadow energy from the dimension. He launched the ball at Kyuubi who jumped over it but Yami Naruto's reflexes weren't as in tune as the cunning fox's. He barely dodged and the shadow ball grazed his hip destroying a large portion of his jacket. He growled as he held the burnt skin and threw off the jacket with a scowl.
"Kyuubi use your bijudama and put an end to this farce at once!" ordered Yami Naruto as he pointed forward.
Kyuubi quickly charged it his attack and launched it at the mage who was left powerless and was destroyed in a fire storm.
"Your mage is no more, now release my little brother and return Yugi and I to the world of mortals!" he demanded.
To his shock Pegasus simply laughed off his threatening tone and waved his hands in front of him.
"Something you find funny old man?" asked Yami Naruto dangerously.
"Now, why would I do that we're having a great time here, well you certainly are. That attack would have killed a normal person, my hypothesis has now been proven", he chuckled as he brought his hand in front his mouth.
"Have you no honour!?" questioned Yami Naruto.
"Ah…no, honour is for those who allow themselves to be beaten by means that our beyond their control, I refuse to lose", said Pegasus his tone sharpening.
"You'd better hurry home Naruto-boy, we wouldn't want your pregnant mother to have an….accident now would we now?" he grinned. "And as for your brother, if you want him back you'll have to face me in a duel for his soul, but not here", he chuckled.
"As you see I am but an illusion", Naruto growled. "The stage is set Naruto-boy, I'll see you at Duellist Kingdom", he laughed as he and Yugi were taken simultaneously out of the shadow space.
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Yugi watched as his grandfather's soul was taken by Pegasus. "Grandpa!" he exclaimed as his soul was taken into the screen. Naruto breathed heavily next to him as the television shut off.
Naruto was in worse shape than him as his face and clothes were dirty and his jacket was missing. He clenched his chest as he glared at the screen. He struggled to his feet as the world around them began to return back to normal. He feel back to his knees as Yugi quickly rushed to his side holding him up.
"Are you alright?" he asked concerned.
When the others came to they all looked around shocked. It passed when they all laid eyes on the duo in front of them.
"Naruto, Yug are you two alright?" asked Joey jumping to his friends' aid.
"We have to get Naruto to a doctor he-
"No", he struggled out.
"Oh no Mr Muto", said Tristian as he helped him up.
"Grandpa!" shouted Yugi as he rushed to his Grandfather's side.
"C'mon man you're no shape to argue now let's go", Joey went to pick him up but Naruto pushed him away.
"What's the matter with you!?" yelled Tristian we need to get you both to the hospital and quick.
"I have to get home…..my mum and little brother", he wheezed as he stood to his feet. Tea stood in front of him as he turned around.
"But you're hurt", she said with a sad look and a soft tone.
"It doesn't matter….they aren't safe and-
"Please", she said grabbing his hands.
"But I-
"If you're worried about your family then we'll call and ambulance for them", said Tea with concern.
"Naruto you're in no condition to do anything and if you do anything to strenuous you'll hurt yourself even more", her voice growing sterner with each word. "A-
Alright", he said weakly as Tea let go of his hands and Joey picked him up onto his back. Tristian did the same with Solomon as they all ran outside and piled into Joey's car.
"I'll meet you guys there?" said Tristian as he raced behind the building toward his car. Luckily Joey had parked in front of the GAME shop so it wasn't much of a task getting them into the car.
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Joey quickly made it to the hospital and not long afterward Solomon and Naruto were taken for treatment. Naruto was given some pain killers and his wounds were wrapped in bandages. Nothing too serious except for some burns, Solomon however was a different story, but he remained in a stable condition with an oxygen mask over his nose and mouth as the doctor's examined him. Naruto now laid on the hospital bed in nothing but his pants. He had been given his own room, the curtains were open and the moonlight was peering into the small space. Tears cascaded down his tanned skin as he sat above the sheets in a pair of pants. The spirit of the ring appeared at the end of his bed with his arms crossed and a concerned look on his face.
"Are you alright Naruto, I'm sorry about your condition….and your family", he said sorrowfully.
Naruto nodded.
"It wasn't your fault, I'm just worried about my mum and little brother", he sighed.
"All is not lost, I will help you and together we can defeat Pegasus at his own game", he said with confidence.
"You'd do that for me?" asked Naruto.
"Of course, we're friends", he stated with equal confidence as his last statement. Naruto wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Thank you Yami", said Naruto gratefully.
Suddenly the lights turned on and the door was opened as Yugi, Tea and Joey stepped through quickly. Joey was holding a package under his arm, the contents not weighing a whole lot.
"You should be resting, the doctor said that he was going to keep you overnight, you might have some internal damage", commented Tea in a concerned tone.
"Well lucky me", he sighed. "Thank you for lookin' out for me though", commented Naruto with a small smile.
"Hey what are friends for pal, Tristian ah….he's bringing your mum to your room. She was pretty angry, even though she small she really packs a punch", said Joey with a smile. "Ren's room is on the other side of the hospital in the children's ward", he finished as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Are they alright?" he asked hopefully.
"Your mum is alright and so is the baby, but Ren he's just like Grandpa, your Grandparents suffered some shock but they're fine as well", said Yugi in a solemn tone.
"This was also picked up by your house", said Joey as he put the package on bed. He quickly opened it; the contents were the same as Yugi's package. A glove and two star chips.
"Good", said Naruto. "Thanks for bringing it", he smiled again.
"Why would you want this it's from Pegasus?" asked Tea.
"Because I'm going to his tournament to win back my little brother's soul", he said adamantly looking up at them.
"That psycho he'll-
"My mind's made up", he said with finality.
"Naruto Namikaze!" Naruto's eyebrow twitched as his expression changed.
"Who's that?" asked Yugi.
"Mrs Namikaze you can't shout in-
Tristian's voice became muffled as the door swung open and Kushina flew through the door.
"Oh no mu-
Kushina began shaking Naruto by shoulder's back and forth.
"Are you trying to make me go into labour early!? You scared your mother half to death, why are you so reckless!?" the group watched on with horrid looks as the angry mother ranted.
"Oh my poor baby", she then began to hug him and cry.
Tristian crawled through the door way.
"This is crazy, one minute she's angry and the next she's crying her eyes out", moaned Tristian on the sterile floor.
"Don't you dolts know anything about Pregnancy?" asked Tea.
Her response was a consecutive number on head shakes.
"Ah men", she shook her head.
"Mum…don't cry, I'm fine", soothed Naruto as his mother choked him.
She suddenly grabbed him by the shoulders.
"The hell happened to my baby boy Naruto?" she asked dangerously. Naruto gulped.
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Naruto told her everything about Kaiba and his crazy sister and how that all led into the Shadow Game he had with Pegasus and how he got hurt. Then the hard bit about Ren's soul being stolen as well as Yugi's Grandpa's. He also told her that he had a way of getting it back by entering the tournament and confronting Pegasus and retrieving Ren's soul. When he had finished she sat down on the chair next to his bed with her hands resting on her belly.
"Let me guess….you're going to enter the tournament to get your brother back right?" asked Kushina.
"She can tell the future?" asked Joey in shocked.
"Sorry ma'am he's a little slow", said Yugi with a small chuckle.
"You're all very sweet for helping my family, thank you all very much", she sighed. "Naruto is very lucky to have friends like you", she smiled.
"I know your mind is made up, you take after me in that aspect", she giggled when he smiled. "So go and kick his ass and get your brother back", she punched her open palm.
"Naruto….your mum is awesome!" shouted Joey.
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Naruto stood still with no shirt and shoes on next to his little brother's bed. He watched as the moonlight danced across his motionless face.
"I know you can't hear me right now", he sighed and rested his palms on the railing on the bed.
"But I promise little, I will get your soul back. You just rest as much as you need okay", he pulled the cover up to his chin. Yami appeared and put his hand on his shoulder. "We will get him back Naruto, we can defeat this evil, together", he said softly with a smile.
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Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, the story is rolling along. I didn't want to go with the norm and have Pegasus duel Yugi….well he did duel him, I just went with a different route and I hope you all enjoyed it.
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