This chapter was a complete bitch to write! That's all I'm going to say! Enjoy! :D
/Hikari to Yami/
\Yami to Hikari\
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yugioh, trust me sexy fans, you'd know, I know you would
Warnings: My usual "blah" applies so if you don't know what that means then it means there are lemons and other things that aren't suitable for 12 year olds :D
Chapter Three: Darkness Falls
An ear piercing shriek of pain engulfed the room. Dartz took a step back, waiting. Mai twitched in her sleep but didn't make any indications that she would be moving. Dartz glanced at her for a moment before turning to Ryou. The boy lay unconscious on the floor, his body shaking violently, blood pouring out of his mouth. His eyes snapped open for a moment, looking straight at Dartz, but they weren't really looking at anything. Just staring at nothing.
He gasped for air, reaching his hand toward Dartz who didn't say or do anything. His plan was working. Ryou shot up, screaming. Darkness surrounded the area. Then, he fell to the ground, blood bubbling out of the corners of his mouth.
[Bakura's POV]:
What the fuck
OW!
Something is going on. Something bad but what is it? Without the Millennium Ring it's hard for me to focus on the outside world, and the fact that Ryou is screaming bloody murder out there isn't helping anything. What is he screaming out? I knew that we had ridden a motorcycle to get into this place we are….
Whatever that is, and somehow or another someone else is with us. But we're not even awake! I was sound asleep and so was Ryou then I woke up to him screaming. I couldn't take control! What's going on? No one can contain me! Yet they were! But I didn't sense a Millennium Item anywhere! The Pharaoh has those! Even my Ring! Which I need to get back!
Someone was hurting Ryou and that is something that I will NOT tolerate! Sure I hurt him but I need the kid. I will not have some mortal who thinks he can bully my Hikari get away with it! Our body spasms out of control, screams of pain rupture throughout the room, echoing off the walls. I hear no one else, see nothing else. It's dark, swirling around me, engulfing my very being. Our eyes shoot open, yet I can't see anything. Everything black, Ryou reaches a hand out before collapsing, blood pouring out of our mouth.
Slowly, I open our eyes. Pain ruptures through my body. I shiver, why is it so bloody cold in here? I try to sit up but the pain is overwhelming. My head spins, hammers pound. I hear a chuckle in the distance.
Someone's here
"Well, I see that you've finally woke up" the voice says.
I turn my head to see who the voice is: a man dressed in white, long blue-green hair. His eyes are the color of blue-green and gold. He wears a charm that looks familiar the stone that the man had around his neck when the Pharaoh dueled him.
I don't say anything, trying to take in everything. The floor is freezing. I try to sit up again, this time slowly. I manage, leaning against a wall that's beside of me. I look around, where am I? Snake statues and such are off to the side. The man stares at me, smirking.
"Wh-what the hell do you want?" I hissed.
"What I want you will know in due time" the man said "What you want however is some clothes"
My eyes widened then I look down to see that I have no clothes on. Umm…where did they go? Did this fool rape me or some shit?
"Mind telling me where the fuck my clothes are?" I spat.
"On your other half of course" he replied.
I blinked. What was he…?
"You do not share a body with Ryou Bakura anymore" the man states.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You don't get it do you?" he asked.
"GET WHAT?!" I scream "Why the fuck am I here! What is going on!?"
The man just laughs.
"So much anger, so much rage" he says walking over to me.
"Don't come near me" I hiss. I try to stand but I'm unable to. I press my back against the cold stone wall.
"You should be thanking me" he says stopping about a foot in front of me.
"And why is that?" I asked glaring up at him.
"Because I gave you you're on body" he replied.
My eyes widened. I-I had my own body how?
"From the expression on your face, it appears that you are at lost for words, dear thief" the man said with a smug across his lips.
I don't say anything. Just stare up at him. Who is he? How did I get my own body? Better yet why did I get my own body? What did he know about me?
"Look" I finally say "I don't know what game you're playing, mortal but…"
"I'm older than you are" the man said cutting me off "You are in my layer now and you do as I say"
"Fat chance" I hiss "I don't take orders from anyone"
"Ah yes I know" he said smirking "The infamous Akefia Bakura Touzoku, the King of Thieves"
"What?" I asked blinking.
"I know everything about you" the man said.
"How would you know anything about me fool?!" I shouted.
"I'm immortal, just as you are" he said. "But I wasn't trap in an item" he walks closer to me. "No, I was once the king of Atlantis"
Atlantis? I've heard of that place before. Mother used to tell me stories about it. She said the civilization was destroyed. How could this…
"The city of Atlantis was destroyed before I was even born. How could you be the king? You must be living in a fantasy world. Of course with you mortals, I'm not surprised. The lives you people lead. You have no balance of anything" I said.
The man just smirks.
"I lived long before you did" he said with a smile "I was the last king before it was destroyed. As I've said before, I'm immortal too. I couldn't have been put inside one of the Millennium Items because they didn't exist in my time. No, I am being kept alive by another force"
"And that would be…"I asked.
"Orichalcos" he said.
I blink. Wasn't that the card that that the man played dueling the Pharaoh…the one that could trap souls?
"That is a damn card!" I shouted "How could that keep you alive?"
"The card was made for modern times" he said with a shrug "It's just another Duel Monster's card, but I use my powers to steal the souls of the loser of the duel"
So this was the fool that was trying to capture people's souls? Why would he give me my own body? Who was this man? What was going on?
"You look lost. I'm sure that you hate that" he chuckled.
"What do you want?" I snapped.
"Your soul"
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Yami, Tea, Tristan and Joey boarded a train to go to the airport to head to Florida. Everything seemed fine, until Yami got up to leave. He walked into an empty car, punching the wall.
"Why…" he asked himself. "I can't believe I did that!"
It only needs one of us Yugi's words echoed in Yami's mind.
Yami closed his eyes, his arm stretched out to keep himself from falling.
No Yugi!
"I lost him forever…Yami said letting go of the wall and sliding down.
The Train became vacant, the passengers not even real. The four friends searched for answers, searching throughout the train. Yami and Tea were on one side of the train while Joey and Tristan were on another, the cart spilt apart, the end rolling backwards and skidding to a stop. The front of the train moving along the rails at fast speeds, Yami and Tea searched for the conductor but to no avail. Yami climbed the ladder to the top only to find Weevil standing on top of the train, smirking.
Joey and Tristan climbed out of the train, Rex stopped them, wanting a duel. At first, Joey refused, but then he agreed.
Yami's duel was intense, almost losing because of Weevil's DNA surgery card and Insect Barrier.
"I have in my hand the card to save Yugi" Weevil said.
"Give it to me now!" Yami demanded.
"Ask nicely" Weevil taunted.
"If you don't…" Yami said.
"If I don't what, give you the card?" Weevil asked.
"I'm not going to ask you again" Yami threatened.
Weevil smirked ripping the card in half.
"Oh well, there goes Yugi" he said with a shrug. He looked over to see Yami's expression. He was livid.
Yami found a way to break through and the Orichalcos once again captured Weevil's soul. Soon after, Rex was captured. The train sliding down the hill, Yami and Tea screamed.
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[Bakura's POV]:
I burst into a fit of laughter.
"You want what?" I cried "my soul?! Do you know who I am! Fool!"
The man just smirked. "I do"
"Then you should know that I'm the one who steals souls" I said rather smug.
"You don't steal souls. You are too weak to steal them" he laughs.
"Well, come over here and I'll show you how weak I am!" I shouted.
He walks toward me, confidence surrounding him. I tap into my shadow powers, even without the Ring I still have the ability to tap into the shadow's power. I concentrate on the raw power surging through my weak body; slowly it engulfs me, running through my veins. I'm close, ready to blast this fool into next week.
But something happens. I can't feel anything. I try to conjure it again, nothing. I try to summon myself to the Shadow Realm but I can't see or feel it anymore. Suddenly burning pain shoots through my entire body. I let out a scream of pain.
I'm standing now. When did I stand? Green surrounded me. He stood in front of me, a green stone in his hand. The symbol on that card around my feet, he grasped the stone, muttering something that I don't recognize. What is he saying? I look at him, my body shivering as my strength is ripped from me.
Blood pours out of my mouth. I fall to the ground once again, hitting it hard.
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I slowly open my eyes. The room looks different than the last one we were in. I stand up, my legs shaking. What the hell was wrong with me? Such weakness! I managed to calm my body enough to stand up straight. I look ahead of me, there's a door I start to walk, but I fall, using my arms as a shield.
"Looks like you're finally awake" Dartz said opening the door.
"What do you want?" I asked standing up.
"I already told you what I wanted" Dartz said walking into the room.
"Well, you're not getting it!" I shouted.
"I will in due time" Dartz said.
"What is your game?" I asked.
"We're not playing a game" Dartz said. "I don't play games. You and the Pharaoh play games. I watched both of you, trying to kill each other. It's a shame really; such good souls try to destroy each other only to be brought to me in the end. The Pharaoh is upset, he lost his other half"
My eyes widened "WH-what?!"
Dartz chuckles "Oh yes, I have Yugi's soul"
"You're lying" I said "You can't possibly have his soul; he would have to lose a duel"
I look over at Dartz whose smirk widens with every word I say.
What? The Pharaoh lost!
"One of my men took care of the issue" he said "He didn't get me the soul of the Pharaoh but he did get me his Hikari. Which is will in turn get me the soul of the Pharaoh"
I let out a laugh.
"Care to share what's so assuming?" he asked.
"You" I replied.
Dartz gives me a look.
"You don't stand a chance against the Pharaoh!" I yelled.
"Oh but I do" he said.
He walked closer to me. I try to walk but then I remember that I'm chained to the wall.
"You're trapped thief" he said "There's no escaping"
"What is the point in all of this?" I hissed.
He walked further, backing me against the wall using the powers of the Orichalcos to send me against the wall, hard.
Ugh! I had to get back in control of things! I fall to the ground. He walked up to me, kneeling down.
"You're not so tough without the Millennium Ring or your powers are you?" he asked.
"Fu-fuck you" I hissed, my body trembling at the aftershocks of his powers. I can still feel the burning pain throughout my body.
"Your soul is exactly what I need" he said.
"What do you plan to do?" I asked my breath slowly becoming even again.
"Destroy you" he replied. Then he leaves.
I blink. What just happened? I look down to notice that I finally have some clothes. Thank Ra! I notice there's a bed off to the side. I walk toward it, only to be jerked backwards.
"What the fuck?" I shouted. I look down. There's nothing holding me back. I'm not chained down at all. So why does it seem that way? I try again and again to get to the bed, but to no avail. Finally, I lean against the wall, sliding down it. I close my eyes.
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Yami opened his eyes slowly, sitting up. He shook Tea awake.
"Where are we?" he asked.
"I'm not sure" Tea said.
They're in a barn of some sort, straw is all around them. Both of them covered with a blanket. Suddenly, a dog comes, jumping on Tea.
"No, Tea" Yami shouted but then calms down when the dog starts licking Tea's face. Said dog turns toward Yami doing the same thing.
"Sky, that's no way to treat our guests" a little girl said.
"Who are you?" Yami asked When the dog leaves to stand beside the girl.
"I'm Chriss and you've already met sky. Come on" she said.
Yami and Tea get up following the girl. An old man is standing a few feet away.
"I see that you finally woke up" the man said.
"Yes, thank you" Yami said.
"Here, this is yours" the man said handing Yami the deck. "I couldn't help notice you hold the Eye of Timaesus, the only one of its kind"
"Take it" Yami said handing the man the card. "I'm not worthy of it"
"That's not true!" Tea cried.
The man grabbed the card, giving Yami a look.
"I'll hold onto it until you're ready" the man said. "I've met a lot of people in my days, but never someone like you. You hold a great deal of loneliness."
"That's because I lost someone very important to me" Yami said "And I'm on a journey to find his soul"
"What will you do if you find it?" he asked.
"I'll apologize, for being a jerk and abandoning him" Yami replied.
"Hmm" the man said "Come this way"
They go into the area of the spirits. Some try to harm Yami but he pays no mind to them. Tea and the others watch as Yami finally makes it into the circle.
"Look Tea" Criss said pointing toward the area. Circles of light dance around in front of Yami. "It means a spirit is crossing over into our world"
Yami watched as Yugi manifested into the real world.
"Yugi, I found you!" Yami cried walking up to his other half, wrapping his arms around him. He passes through him.
Yami turned around, looking at Yugi.
"You came all this way, just to see me?" Yugi asked.
"Of course" Yami said.
Yugi didn't say anything.
"I'm sorry" Yami said "For betraying your trust. You knew that card was evil and you knew what was going to happen. I let my anger take over and you paid the price. I should be the one that's locked away, not you"
"What good is that going to do now?" Yugi asked "I'm the one that's locked away"
"I'm sorry" Yami said.
"Sorry doesn't cut it!" Yugi shouted "You're blind to everyone else's pain. You can only see your own misery and hardships. You don't want to see anyone else's"
"I-"Yami said.
"You said that you should be locked away? Well then I'll take care of that" Yugi said forming a duel disk on his arm.
"No, I don't mean it like that!" Yami shouted.
"Then what do you mean!" Yugi cried "Make up your mind"
"I'm not going to lose you again!" Yami shouted.