A Shadow of His Former Self

Disclaimer: Don't own Yugioh, Red vs Blue or Halo.

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"Come in, Blue Command...repeat, come in Blue Command! This is Blood Gulch Outpost Alpha!"

"There, now your armor is clean!"

Yugi looked over his shoulder to see Ryou who was throwing away a dirty rag. He looked at himself and after spending a few hours of standing still, he could see his teal colored armor again. "Did you get all the black stuff off?" he asked, looking himself over.

"Come in Blood Gulch Outpost Alpha, this is Blue Command, come in Blood Gulch Outpost...,"

"Hush, Ryou," Yugi ordered. He flipped on his radio, happy that they finally got an answer, "Command, we need help!".

"Roger that Blood Gulch, what is your request?"

Yugi shook his head, " I don't know what the military term is for it, Command, but we are pretty fucked up down here! We need men!"

His radio crackled and after a few moments, Command came back.

"Dude...how long have you guys been there?"

"What? No...no no no no no no no! I mean we need more men to help us!" Yugi said quickly.

"Roger that, Blood Gulch. Did you get the tank we sent you?"

Yugi looked at Ryou who shrugged, then went back to his radio, "Yeah...but um...that got blown up too...," he said slowly.

"Wow...sucks to be you then,"

The teal armored player frowned and rolled his eyes, "Can you help us?".

"Well, here's what I can do," Command paused for a few moments, "The nearest area of Blue Soldiers is about 16 days away an-,"

"SIXTEEN DAYS! THAT'S ALMOST 2 WEEKS!" Yugi shrieked.

"...OR I can contact a nearby Freelancer and have him be there in about an hour," Command finished, annoyed at being interrupted.

Ryou looked at Yugi, and Yugi returned the stare. "Um...I like the 'in one hour' option," Ryou piped. Yugi nodded, "Yeah, me too. Command, we like the second option,".

"Roger that, Blood Gulch. I will be contacting Freelancer Angel and he'll be there within the next hour. Over and out,"

After the transmission ended, Ryou looked at Yugi, "What's a Freelancer?" he asked curiously. Yugi looked back at him, "It's someone who works on this game, taking neither Red or Blue Side. They're pretty much players for hire," he explained.

"Like a mercenary?"

"Right! Or like you when your rent is due!"

Ryou shook his head, "Honestly, this game is changing everyone I know...but that was good, Yugi,"

"Really, you think so?"

"Oh yeah,"

"Y-u-u-u-u-g-i-i-i-i,"

The two Blue Soldiers lifted their weapons and spun around to see a strange sight ahead of them. It was a soldier, much like them, except it wore white armor and it was transparent.

Yugi aimed his rifle at the entity, "Who the hell are you?" he demanded.

The white armored soldier turned to him, "I am the ghost of K-a-a-i-i-b-a-a-a...and I've come back with a warning..,"

Ryou shook his head, "You're not Kaiba. Kaiba was wearing blue armor...you're white!" he pointed out.

It looked at him, "RYOU, SHUT UP! I'm a frickin' ghost! Have you ever seen a blue ghost?".

Yugi nodded, "Yeah, it's definitely him...,"

Kaiba cursed under his breath, "Now I gotta start all over again...,". He cleared his throat and slowly turned to Yugi, "Y-u-u-u-g-i-i-i! I've come back with a warning...,"

"Is it really necessary to do the voice?" Yugi inquired.

The ghost sighed, "Fine...look, I've come back from the dead to give you a warning. Don't let-,"

"What's the warning?" Ryou asked, interrupting him.

"SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP FOR ONE SECOND AND I'LL TELL YOU!" Kaiba roared.

Ryou shrunk back a few feet, "Oh...sorry,".

"Seriously, I come back from the Great Beyond, or whatever the hell they have in this program to tell you guys something and you interrupt me! This isn't easy, Ryou! You think I can come and go as I please? It's take a lot of time to get here!"

"I said I was sorry...,"

"I mean, it's bad enough that you killed me, Ryou...I can't even get a word in edgewise!"

He sighed and turned back to Yugi, "Ok...look..,"

"Is this the warning?" Ryou asked.

Kaiba glared, "Ok, that's it. I swear to God, Ryou, your ass is haunted! When this thing is over, consider yourself haunted!"

Yugi nodded, "Yeah, Ryou...you're even starting to annoy me,"

Again he sighed and looked back at Yugi, "Look...remember when I told you I was playing on Sidewinder a few weeks before we started this?"

His teammate shook his head, "Uh...no,".

"Sidewinder? Isn't that the Ice Planet map?" Ryou asked him.

"Yes,"

"COOL! What was it like there with the tech stuff you use, Kaiba?"

"It was...cold, Ryou," he replied slowly.

The two of them stared at each other for a few moments.

"Just cold?"

"Jesus, Ryou. It's a map of a planet...made entirely of ice. It's fucking cold! What more do you want, a poem?"

"Ryou, just please let him talk," Yugi begged.

Kaiba nodded, "If I may? Ok here's how it went...,"

Flashback

I was partnered up with a player called Kilnorc and we were out on patrol with some of the other Blues and Kilnorc was in the middle of telling me all this stuff about his deck...

Kaiba stood on a large plain of ice and snow as a soldier in front of him counted off his fingers. "With Kuriboh, Physical Double...and Magic Cylinder, that completes it," he said happily. Kaiba rolled his eyes, but thanks to the visor, his partner didn't see it.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw movement, but when he looked, he couldn't see anything or anyone there.

That's when Angel showed up. One of the other players, Private Luffy was the first one to go. He was halfway across the base and suddenly he started screaming bloody murder.

Kaiba watched as the one known as Private Luffy started shooting at nothing, while running around in circles. "BLOODY MURDER! BLOODY MURDER!" Luffy screamed at the top of his lungs.

Before we knew what was going on...everyone was gone. Then Angel came for Kilnorc...he was the last one to go. Angel came up from behind, took out his skull and beat him to death with it.

Wait, how does someone beat someone else to death with their own skull? It doesn't seem physically possible...

That's exactly what Kilnorc kept screaming!

He watched in shock as a soldier in black battle armor began beating his teammate with his skull. "THIS DOESN'T SCREAM PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE!" Kilnorc screeched before Angel bashed him over the head again. With a death rattle, Kilnorc went down.

End Flashback

"...the point is...those Freelancer guys, are a very bad group of players, and Angel...is one of the best," Kaiba finished.

Ryou scratched his helmet, "If he's as bad-ass as you say he is...why didn't he take you down?" he asked curiously.

Kaiba shrugged, "To tell you the truth, I don't know why Angel didn't finish me off. I think it's because we've run into each other one before...,"

Yugi's eyes went wide, "Really? When? Where?"

The white armored spirit sighed, "Remember that girl I told you guys about? The one I was dating? Well...let's just say the reason we didn't get married was because of Angel...,". Suddenly, Kaiba began to become more and more transparent.

"Oh crap, I'm fading fast, guys. Look, listen to my warning, don't let Angel get involved here, ok?"

Yugi nodded, "You got it, Kaiba!"

"I mean it, Yugi! No fighting, no scouting, no nothing...just be sure...," Kaiba vanished before he could finish what he was saying, leaving Ryou and Yugi alone.

"So...Angel and Kaiba were after the same girl huh?"

Ryou shrugged, "I guess I was right...she was a slut,"

While these two kept talking...they didn't even notice a figure in black armor standing behind them, arms folded across his chest.

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Kilnorc: That's the end, sorry for the wait, ja ne!