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Shadow Game
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CHAPTER 7:
A dark aurea surrounded Yami and his eyes were losing shine. Yugi noted it but he wouldn't back off, instead he was more motivated because he knew Yami needed him, like a friend…
"Yami, fight him, please!" he said through the mind link without taking his eyes away from him.
Yami heard him clearly. He knew that was what he needed to do but he just couldn't. He couldn't go against what he always had known like his 'father'… yes, that 'dark voice', that monster, was actually his father…
The pressure was very unbereable, even for him who was used to live in extreme situations. His heart quickened his beating and sweat kept traveling along his cheeks getting lost in his neck. He didn't know what to do. In some way he felt like he was losing consciousness, like when he used 'execution' to save Anzu, and he was sure his father was causing it…
/"Yugi, listen clearly, you have to defeat me in order to get out of here and preserve your life"/ he said quickly because in any minute now he could lost all his senses
"What? No! If I defeat you, you could die… I don't want that!!"Yugi argued through the link. Yugi saw him knelt to grab the puzzle while he listened what he was saying inside his mind.
/"I would rather prefer… the death than being controlled"/ he paused a little. Yugi could feel the stress on his usual strong voice. /"Yugi, I can't fight him… please defeat me…"/
"Why? Try it; I'm here to help you!" Yugi yelled at him but he received an evil laugh
'Yugi, little scum, let's continue the game' Yugi heard him say that but his voice sounded double. Yami's voice and the one of his father…
"Yami! Don't giv--"Yugi stopped in mid-sentence when he saw Yami's eyes.
Completely shineless, he had taken control over him.
"Shit" Yugi murmured while staring how he tossed the millennium puzzle again towards the floor. It said front.
'Two steps at the front, brat! Now!' Yami's double voice yelled. Yugi was about to take the steps when he remembered something Yami had said to them when they were trapped.
"By connecting all your bodies in one, you summoned a great amount of energy that you directed into the puzzle…"
"And if I can help him to fight him by joining him with my life's energy? What would happen?" he raised his eyes to look at Yami determined.
'What are you murmuring?! Take the steps already!' he yelled again. Yugi, without previous advice took two giant steps that made him land in front of him and he grabbed his arms with his hands as strong as he could. Yami almost took a step back surprised at Yugi's suddenly action.
'What the…?'
"You never said how the steps could be taken" Yugi answered and started to work out his plan. He closed his eyes and concentrated his energy into Yami's body while contacting him through the link.
"Yami, can you hear me?"
'It's useless! Let me go, you little rat!' he started to struggle to get free but Yugi didn't let go, instead he tightened his grip. After a minute or two, Yugi could feel other energies beside him.
"Huh?" he mumbled and opened his eyes to see his three friends like ghostly golden brilliant figures smile at him and grab Yami as well by all the angles, so they were completely encircling him and connected to each other.
'Who are they? How…?' the dark voice couldn't finish because he felt how they were pushing him out of Yami's body, but he wouldn't give up without a fight…
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In that moment, a fight started between all of them…
Yami's P.O.V
I felt so confused, that I couldn't decide what to do… If obey my father as I always had done it or follow Yugi's words and those strange feeling that had started to make a way in my heart… and by struggling with myself, I couldn't take a decision quickly so, I put my guard down and my father took advantage of it. He slowly took control over me while I was deep in my own thoughts. The next I knew, I was standing in darkness in which only my body was visible. I couldn't move for some bizarre reason, I suppose that was because my father had take control over my body completely, thankfully not over my mind… yet.
So, I still was able to think a little, to think of what to do… I, who was used to think every kind of things, ironically in this situation, I couldn't do it straight… damn! I felt so lost! It was so frustrating for me to realize that they were other things than just death, darkness, loneliness, make others suffer, shadow magic…Those things formed me, transformed my soul into what I'm now, I never knew nothing more than that, always following my father's guidance made me feel it was the right thing to do, the only thing to do… that was my meaning of the life, but now… since I met Yugi, and saved that girl, Anzu, my meaning has become unstable, adding to that the interaction with Yugi's other friends… they unconsciously had opened a hidden door inside my little glass box I always had live. A way out of it
Friendship… I've heard that word, 'It would make you weak' my father always lectured me, and I believed him, until, I experienced the power of this single word… When Yugi and his friends got trapped here just because of me… just because they were worried, they went in such a trouble… No one had ever preoccupied about me, because I had no one, not even my father…
Now, I feel I'm losing… my father is winning as always… he's starting to work on my mind already, and I know that my thoughts, feelings and all I have on my mind for the last forty eight hours and made me act like I did, will soon be erased and lately, I will be my otherself again, laughing evilly with him without any memories at all…
That technice was called 'oblivion', and I always used it against my enemies… Now he was using it on me…
End P.O.V.
Suddenly in that environment full of darkness, Yami raised a little his cloudy and distant red eyes which showed him a blurry scene. He was losing the sight, but managed to distinguish golden lights approach him.
"What could that be?" he didn't have the slightest idea, he just decided to wait for it, anyway he was screwed already so, didn't mind at all whatever that could be. He closed his eyes to avoid the blazing light; his eyes weren't working well after all…
The spark of life in him was slowly disintegrating, so at this point, nothing cared for him anymore. Suddenly, he felt four pair of hands grab him on his arms and shoulders, he flinched, truly he hadn't expected that… That tiny spark inside him seemed to revive and automatically he shivered and inhaled deeply and loudly, like when a baby takes the first breath of the life… Then, he let it out and opened his eyes again. Disbelief covered his expression when he saw who were standing in front of him. Amazingly, that light was Yugi and his friends, all smiling at him while giving their strength and energy for him to continue…
"Yugi… everyone…" he mumbled
"Yami! Can you hear me?" Yugi's voice crackled on his head desperately. Yami understood he was just seeing their life's energy, but either way, his heart jumped with a feeling he couldn't name when he saw them… it was joy and gratitude…
/"Yugi, I can hear you. How have you do it? I mean, it's not the time to ask but still…"/
"Let's just say I just remembered something you said"
/"Yugi thanks…"/
"Hey, don't need to, that's what friends do!"
/"Friends"/
"Of course! Did you think I was going to do nothing? You have yet some questions to answer young men!" Yami smiled to himself
"Really, now I'm your friend, just like Anzu, Tristan and Joey, we are all here to help you"
/"I know"/
These final words of Yugi made it. The pressure on his body and mind started to diminish. Yami, with the help of Yugi and gang, were pushing his father out. In no time he recovered the control and opened his eyes to see just Yugi grabbing him strongly by the arms and with closed eyes. He was about to tell Yugi to open his eyes when his capted a figure slowly forming at his right with the living shadows that surrounded the entire place.
He just kept looking at the slowly forming figure in silence so intently that he failed to notice that Yugi had opened his violet round eyes.
Yugi stared at him and smiled widely to see that his plan had worked, in part thanks to his friends… he had amazing and truthfull friends…
Yami had recovered consciousness and the control but he was now looking intently at something on his right. Yugi followed his line of vision and saw what Yami was so concentrated about.
There was a man, an old one by the looks of it, crossed arms around his chest. He was dressed all in black and he couldn't see well his face, it was covered by the shadows…
'Yami, you have been a bad boy' his voice was like a thunder cutting a tree, no wonder why he was named the 'dark voice'… Yugi felt Yami flinch under his grip. He turned to look at his eyes and saw mixed expressions and that shine again… he was glad to see it again. Yugi released his grip and Yami didn't move, he still was facing Yugi but his head tilted at the right.
"Your manipulation ends here" he stated with the strong and determined voice Yugi had heard from him since he met him.
'Don't be silly! What manipulation?! I'm your father for Ra's sake!' At this statement, Yugi widened his eyes in shock.
"Your father?" he asked in a murmur. Yami answered without looking at him. "Unfortunately…"
'I heard that. I'm so hurt!'
"That won't work on me. You have no feelings to begin with!"
'Oh, and you do?' he counterattacked
Silence followed. Yugi noted Yami hesitate and he stepped in front of him facing the old man figure.
"Of course he has!" Yami looked at him surprised. Since when the papers had changed? Now Yugi was braver than before and was able to stand like that. He liked that, he was becoming strong.
An evil laugh followed after that.
'You think so? It seems you don't know him as much as I do. After all, I'm the reason for him to be standing!' Yugi bit his lip. He was right… he didn't know him a lot; he met him just two days ago…
Yugi felt Yami's hand on his shoulder. He turned around and looked up to meet his gaze. His sharp red eyes were once more expressionless. He spoke slowly.
"Yugi, you have opened a new door for me. Thanks for considering me a friend after all you went through the test. You have proven to be worthy of the puzzle…" he was interrupted by the dark voice 'What? The test is no over!'
Yami ignored him. Yugi stared briefly at the old man when he spoke but Yami made him look at him again by putting his other hand on his other shoulder. "You have to go back, you already helped me a lot and I don't want you to get hurt. Besides, your friends must be worried about you and throwing murderous threats against me for keeping you here…" The dark voice growled loudly. Yugi protested.
"But--"
"No 'buts'. You are returning now"
'I won't let him go back! You both will suffer! One for interfere and the other to have betrayed me! Yami, you will suffer more!'
Suddenly a black ball of magic was thrown at Yugi. All happened in a slow motion.
Yugi turned his head and saw that big ball heading at him, he was paralyzed. Yami reactioned quickly without thinking, he pushed Yugi out of the ball way with all his body just in time when the ball hitted him. He didn't scream, just grimaced in pain falling on top of Yugi protecting him with all his body.
"Yami!" Yugi cried worriedly. Yami didn't move immediately. That was a direct hit. Out of his clothes, streams of smoke made his way into the air showing were the impact was made. He raised slowly his head and pushed himself off Yugi with his hands on the floor for support. Yugi tried to help him stand but Yami grabbed his shoulder again and smiled.
"I'm fine aibou" Yugi smiled widely.
Yami had called him 'partner', that meant he considered him a friend too. Happiness filled his heart but the smile died of his face when he saw him grimace again and a stream of blood make his way out of his closed mouth. Yugi didn't know what to say, he was dead worried about him. Yami did know what to say.
"Don't worry. Now 'Return'!" he commanded and before Yugi could protest, a light involved him and disappeared completely only heard a distant voice yell an irritated 'No'!!
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In the outside world, Anzu, Joey and Tristan were still locked up inside Anzu's room. A while ago they had broken the little 'circle of magic' and nothing had happened since that. They started to get worrier than before, fearing that something really bad could have happened to Yugi…
"Guys, did you think that it worked?" Anzu asked out of hope
"I don't know, maybe--" Joey stopped and signaled with his finger at Yugi
All turned to see what was Joey signaling.
Yugi seated himself in the bed abruptly, like if he had some kind of nightmare, indeed that was what he had…
"Yugi!!" all his friends exclaimed and rushed themselves on top of Yugi. Yugi smiled reassuringly at them.
"Hi everyone. I'm forever in debt with you!"-he said while the others took seat positions around him.
"Why is that? What happened?" Anzu asked feeling an urgent need to know. Yugi sighed before starting the tale.
"When you were out of the puzzle, Yami made me remain to apply the 'puzzle test', it was horrible…" Yugi was interrupted by Tristan "That son of--" "Cut it off Taylor" Joey reprimanded him
"No Tristan, don't blame him" Yugi continued "He had no choise. During that test happened a lot of things, among them, I learned that Yami was being controlled by his father" he threw it straight and waited for their reaction
"Controlled?" Joey asked "By his father?" Anzu asked
"Yes, his father is a dark voice in the puzzle, so I think the puzzle has its bad part…"
"So, what happened?" Tristan wanted him to continue
"Yami wanted to help me in the test, but that monster forbidded him of doing it, but Yami ignored him. That's why that thing started to take control over him and he said to me that he couldn't fight him… So, a weird idea stuck in my mind and I decided for it. I made my way to grab him and infuse in him my energy so that evil one could get out, that is when you all enter here…"
Joey was astonished, so Tristan and Anzu.
"You mean, we helped you with our energy, so you feel it? You feel we were trying to help you out here??" Anzu asked stunned
"Yeah! That is why I'm forever in debt with all of you, because with your help, Yami was able to take control over himself again…"
"Wow" Tristan murmured
"But…" Yugi's face went from happy to a sad one
"But?" Joey asked
"The dark voice didn't like what we did, and how Yami was acting against him, so he attacked us"- Yugi said lowering his head. All were silent. "He threw at me a dark ball and I was paralyzed, I wasn't thinking…"
Anzu could foresee what was coming after that and she covered her mouth with her hands in shock and fear
"Yami saved me. He pushed me away of the ball way and took the hit for me…" Yugi's eyes started to water. All were still in silent, not knowing what to say. "The last thing I remember before being overwhelmed by that blazing light is his pained expression and a word he had said to me… aibou"
"Partner" Anzu mumbled
"Yes, he considered me a friend…"
"And what is he going to do? He is hurt!" Anzu asked desperately.
"I suppose he is going to fight him" Tristan murmured
"I just hope he wins…" Yugi said lowering his eyes at the puzzle in front of him
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After Yugi was gone, Yami stood a minute kneeled with his head hanging and his hands supporting him on the floor. He shut closed his eyes tight trying to get rid of the throbbing sensation his head felt. He had received the impact on his back but he felt it on his head…
'You're such an asshole!! How dare you to send him back when I said the test is no over?!' the figure started to take closer steps towards him but stopped when he saw Yami stood up and firmly cross his arms around his chest. He spat at his right some of the blood gathering in his mouth and with the back of his hand removed the stream left on the corner of it.
"What is this?" he said referring to the blood "Something you forgot to mention? How is it I'm bleeding?" he said. Now in his voice was no hesitation or fear. He was now sure of himself, thanks to Yugi, and her friends…
'That's nothing' he said like it was no big deal
"Nothing? That proves you haven't been honest with me! You have been hiding things from me! What else have you been hiding? I demand you to tell me!" he hissed dangerously throwing daggers with his eyes.
'What would you do if I don't want?' he threated him but Yami was expecting that.
"It seems I will have to find the real answers by myself then" he said and raised a hand towards him while the other let it hanging at his side.
'What are you going to--' the dark voice stopped when he saw the third eye on his forehead. 'Pharaoh, you can't! I'm your father!'
Yami just chuckled.
"You are contradicting yourself. If I'm pharaoh, like you said, then… I can" and with that he yelled strongly "'Shadow Prison'" and the figure of his father started disappearing but he could hear the last he said
'You know this will not last forever! When I return you will pay!' and he faded completely letting behind a tiny black cloud slowly disappearing…
Yami relaxed and the third eye faded. He slowly let his hand fall at his side.
"I know. By the time you return, I will have some answers…" he murmured.
The living shadows started to withdraw and he found himself standing in the middle of his chamber, with the stairs and doors all over.
"Sweet home" he sighed and seated himself in the nearby stair.
He stayed in silence by a moment and then decided to talk to his aibou…
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Yugi and gang still were at Anzu's house because of the storm that had developed and was not ending by now. So, they took turns to call at their respective houses to advice they were staying there, until the storm ended or in defect, until tomorrow morning. Tristan was the last to call and he was in the phone now.
"Yugi, what did your grandpa said?" asked Joey
"He said it was ok, just to take care" he answered and turned to look at Tristan who was hanging up the phone.
"Well it is done. Now what we are going to do?" said Tristan yawning
Anzu looked at the clock. It read 22:30.
"It's late already… You guys are sleeping in the couch" she stated and went to obtain some blankets and pillows for them
"Rock, paper and scissors?" asked Joey at Tristan and Yugi. They nodded.
That was just the fair way to obtain the couch, the rest were sleeping on the carpet in the floor. Guess who won?
"Yeah! It was very fair!" exclaimed Joey making himself comfortable on the couch.
"Yeah right" mumbled Tristan. Yugi smiled. Anzu returned with the blankets and pillows. She saw Joey making himself comfortable on the couch. She raised an eyebrow.
"Rock, paper and scissors?" They nodded. "He is unbeatable at that…" she murmured giving the things to the guys.
"Or he is just too lucky…" Tristan said and went to make an improvised bed in the floor. Yugi did the same besides him.
"Sleep well" she said and turned to look at Yugi "If anything happens, just call ok?" He nodded. Anzu smiled and went into her bedroom. The tiredness they felt was so great that in minutes they were asleep. Well, Joey and Tristan. Yugi was still awake, staring at the ceiling with his hands behind his head.
/"Aibou, hi"/ Yugi heard Yami through the link, he smiled widely
"Yami! You okay?"
/"Yeah, thanks to you and your friends I'm okay"/
"You mean our friends"
/"Yes, that's what I mean"/
"And your father? What happened?"
/"I send him to the shadow prison by some time, I hope it will last long enough for me to find some answers…"/
"Some answers?"
/"Yes, that monster lied to me. I need to find who am I and why I ended here"/
"I understand you, and we will help you"
/"Thanks aibou"/
"Want to come out for a while? I bet you want to scape of that labyrinth for a while don't you?"
Yami stared at his environment. He felt suffocate.
/"I don't want to bother you"/
"You are not going to bother me. I can sleep in my mind room"
/"Okay, but just a little while"/
"Take your time"
With that, they switched. The puzzle shined a little and in the next second Yami was laying on the improvised bed besides Tristan.
He stood up taking extremely care to not bother them, and stared at his surroundings. This was a nice house, he wondered if this was Yugi's house or one of his friends. Well, this definitely was not Yugi's house, because he would be slepping on his room and not in the floor…though, he would be more than willing to give his bed so his female friend could sleep well…
He started to walk ramdomly around and spotted the kitchen. He took a seat on the breakfast-bar and leaned in it with his elbows. He wanted something to drink, his throath tasted like metal. He put his hand on his mouth and coughed lightly. He looked at his hand and saw blood in it…
"The side-effects of my actions… that hit is still affecting me…" he was going to search something to clean his hand when he felt a presence behind him. He turned around to see who it was.
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Anzu had entered in her room and layied on her bed, staring at the ceiling. She wondered how Yami was doing. She tried to close her eyes to obligue her body to sleep but she just couldn't. Her mind kept drifting back at him.
She stood up of her bed once more, and decided to go take some drink; maybe the water could give her false satisfaction to his body and make her sleep, so with that in mind, she headed downstairs for that glass of water.
When she was going to enter in the kitchen, she heard a light cough coming from it.
"Maybe one of the guys is awake"
She entered and saw Yugi seated on the breakfast-bar. She approached him and was going to say something when she saw blood in his hand. Then, he turned around and she immediately knew he was not Yugi…
"Yami?"
Sharp red eyes meaned to her that the question was pointless…
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