Chapter 10: Dark Magician

Domain of the Dark Magician:

The train pulled to a stop in the middle of a beautiful garden in bright sunlight. There was also a massive tower that was in a spiral fashion and bore surprising resemblance to the Tower of Babel. The moment the group got off the train, it vanished.

Takuya: There goes our ride.

Joey: No worries. It'll be back.

Tyranno: Yeah, Joey and I are used to those kind of trains.

They saw three people trying to burst into the tower. One was a woman with red hair that flowed back into a point, the other was a guy with blue hair, and the lost one was some cat thing.

Sonic: Uh…is there a reason why you guys are trying to gatecrash?

Red Head: We sent some of our lackeys in there to check out if this guy's as tough as they say he is.

Blue Dude: Well, you see, once he's a Dark Soul, it doesn't matter, because he'll have to listen to US.

Group: Dark Soul?!

Cat Thing: Ya know, the tings that come from people who've lost their souls or had them contaminated by darkness.

Sonic: If you want a hobby, try tennis.

Red Head: Who asked you?!

The three turned around. The redhead was Jessie, the blue dude was James, and the cat was Meowth; they Team Rocket. They then made motions as if they knew Tyranno and Joey, but were kind of afraid of them. Tyranno and Joey got angry faces as they looked at them.

Team Rocket: WHAT?! YOU'RE THE KING'S LACKEYS!

Joey and Tyranno: WHAT?! YOU'RE TEAM ROCKET!

Takuya: You KNOW these guys?

Tyranno: Sure do. Team Rocket's been causing trouble for ages. King Yugi's predecessor, King Pegasus, sent them into the Shadow Realm for their crimes. I wonder how they escaped. They're also some of the wimpiest guys you'll ever meet.

James: Quite simple. Lucemon let us out and…

Jessie then punched him.

Jessie: Don't go blabbing about THAT.

Meowth: But, we can't let ya get away, so we'll have our Dark Souls tear you into confetti!

Several Black Magic Dark Souls appeared.

Takuya: How do you like your Dark Souls?

Takuya changed into Agunimon.

Agunimon: Flame broiled, or GRILLED?!

After they beat the Dark Souls, they found Team Rocket running for it.

Sonic: Oh no, you don't.

Sonic zoomed off after Team Rocket and the speed forced them back. The rest of the group ran over to them.

Takuya: Who's in this place that's got you so interested?

Jessie: Who else? The Dark Magician.

Joey: The Dark Magician?!

Joey sped off for the tower with speed to rival Sonic and Cheetor. Well, maybe Cheetor.

Takuya: Who's the Dark Magician?

Tyranno: "Who's the Dark Magician?" HE was King Yugi's master. He taught him everything he knows about magic and philosophy!

Takuya: Well, let's get to him!

Takuya, Sonic, Cheetor, and Arthur zoomed off, but Tyranno stayed behind with Team Rocket.

Tyranno: Now, before I send you guys flying, does anyone need to use the bathroom?

There was a pause then Meowth raised his hand.

Meowth: I do.

Tyranno: Well, too bad!

Tyranno then delivered s huge uppercut to the cat.

Tyranno: Anyone else?

Jessie raised her hand and Tyranno sent her flying as well.

Tyranno: Anyone else?

James didn't answer.

James: I know what fate awaits me…I KNOW! I'LL DO IT MYSELF!


James then punched himself and sent himself flying to join Jesse and Meowth.

Team Rocket: Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!

ding

Tyranno: (Cleaning hands) Done and done.

Joey: Hey, Hassleberry! Hurry up, will ya?!

Tyranno then zipped after the rest of the group.

After fighting through many floors of Dark Souls, they came to the top floor.

Joey: Dark Souls, Dark Souls, and EVEN MORE Dark Souls! Things haven't changed one bit!

Voice: The answer you seek is beyond the door.

Takuya: That voice…I've heard it before.

Sonic: Hey, who're THESE guys?

Sonic was pointing at two statues, standing side-by-side at the start of a hallway. One looked like a tiger with eagle wings, the other looked like Knuckles, but Takuya guessed (though he still didn't know much about the inhabitants of Station Square) that this one was female.

Cheetor: Beats me.

Arthur: Let's just check out this Dark Magician guy.

They went into the room, which looked like Dumbledore's office in Harry Potter. There was a seat turned to them and a purple spike was pointing out. Joey and Tyranno bowed in a gesture of honor.

Tyranno: Good to finally meet ya in person, DM.

The chair turned to show the Dark Magician.

Dark Magician: Sir Joey, Captain Tyranno, at ease.

Takuya: Hey!

Joey: Show some respect, Taky.

Dark Magician: So, YOU are the Takuya that my friends Zane Truesdale and Dartz told me about. And you people must be Sonic the hedgehog, Cheetor, and Arthur Read.

Sonic: Ya know it.

Dark Magician: Now, your training shall begin.

Takuya: Training? What for? We don't need to know how to fight.

Dark Magician: Not that kind of training. You will need a certain knowledge of the enemies you shall face.

Dark Magician waved his staff and a life-like figure of Arthur appeared.

Arthur: What the…?!

Arthur then turned into a Shade Dark Soul.

Dark Magician: If anyone, like you, Arthur, had their souls contaminated beyond repair by the darkness or had it stolen, they would convert into a Dark Soul. But you already know this.

Joey: Obviously.

Dark Magician: In that case, you'll need a proper teaching about the other enemies that you shall face.

Dark Magician waved his staff again and a picture of Takuya and Tohokari appeared.

Takuya: THAT'S Tohokari!

Dark Magician: Yes, he is your Darkness. Darknesses are more complicated than normal people, or Lights as the Darknesses call us. They lay eggs, NOT give birth to live young like us. The young stay in the eggs for three months before turning into this.

He held out his hand and a small creature that looked like a cross between a caterpillar and a Heartless from Kingdom Hearts was in his palm.

Dark Magician: This is a Dark Larva. The Darknesses remain in this form until they find a suitable person. When they do, they go into a cocoon, usually for three days, THEN they hatch as full-fledged Darknesses.

Joey: THAT'S weird.

Dark Magician waved his staff again and five people, who were wearing black, Sith Lord-esque cloaks, appeared.

Dark Magician: Darknesses all have one thing in common--the natural ability to use magic, but there are some who have far stronger abilities than just magic. These Darknesses have joined together to create a rival group to the Society of Shadows called the Legion of Darkness. Their leader and Lucemon despise each other with every fiber of their beings and have warred for years. Fortunately, Bakura is in the Legion and is leaking information to Yugi.

Joey: Speakin' of which, where is Yug?

Dark Magician: He and Koji are currently in Station Square.

Takuya: Then why are we standing around HERE? Let's get to double S.

Dark Magician: Not yet. You see, the Sovereign sent them there for a reason, which I will tell you later. But now, there is something you must learn about the cards.

Takuya: No need for that. Zane already told me about the cards.

Dark Magician: But his knowledge, like any other human's about the cards, is incomplete. Come.

Dark Magician led them into a large library. He stepped on a pedestal as well as Takuya and co. and the pedestal rose like an elevator until it was almost at the ceiling. Dark Magician took out a rather large volume and flipped through the pages until he came at a certain page.

Dark Magician: (Reading out of the book) "Uncounted millennia ago, at the very beginning, the very first Lord of Souls, called Exodia, made ten cards out of pure elemental energy."

Arthur: You mean that there are MORE cards other than fire, light, and wind?

Dark Magician: Yes. But, let me continue. "He made these cards to combat a certain evil that threatened to destroy all life. They succeeded and locked the evil away, but at a terrible price. The spirits were drained of their strength and went into a deep slumber. Their powers were converted into cards and scattered across the worlds. Occasionally, they did lend their power to certain individuals, but they didn't give them their full powers. But a year ago, everything changed. The cards gave their loyalty to the individuals that they had chosen." THOSE people are you, Takuya, and your friends Zoë and Koji.

Takuya: What are these other cards? And what do they do?

Dark Magician: They wield the powers of Thunder, Ice, Water, Earth, Metal, Wood, and Darkness. From what we can tell, only the Metal Card has been reported to have an owner. The cards of Earth and Darkness have fallen into the wrong hands; one is in the Legion's while the other is in Lucemon's. As for the others, I don't know.

Joey: Well, if Lucemon has that card, then we gotta get it back!

Dark Magician: Don't do anything reckless, Joey. Do you want to hibernate for another year?

Takuya: WHAT?! YOU MEAN WE WERE OUT FOR A YEAR?!

Dark Magician: Yes. Now you must start on your second journey. But to do it, you'll need to be stronger. My apprentice, Dark Magician Girl, might be able to help you.

He pointed to a door and the group walked in. They found Dark Magician Girl meditating along with Card Captor's Sakura.

Takuya: Uh…did we come at a bad time?

Dark Magician girl's eyes flew open.

Dark Magician Girl: No. Not at all.

She stood up and took in Takuya by getting very close.

Takuya: Is this REALLY necessary?

Dark Magician Girl: So, my master sent you to me for upgrades?

Sakura: Let ME do it, master.

Sakura seemed to have snapped out of her meditation pose.

Dark Magician: Sorry, Sakura. You're not quite ready. I'll do it.

Dark Magician Girl waved her wand and pink sparks flew around Takuya and co. When they vanished, Takuya examined himself to find that nothing really changed.

Takuya: Uh…what just happened?

Tyranno: I don't know, but (flexes his muscles) I FEEL AS STRONG AS AN OX!

Sonic then looked at his shoes.

Sonic: And what happened to my shoes?

Sonic found that his shoes were now more like Shadow's, only a bit less…ominous looking.

Dark Magician Girl: THAT'S the spell. I increased Tyranno's strength, gave Sonic hover shoes. NOW you can fight ABOVE water.

Sonic: Well, THAT'S good news, especially considering that I can't swim.

Dark Magician Girl: I also upgraded Joey's element lance.

Joey spun his lance around and a blizzard came out.

Joey: WHOA! Ice!

Dark Magician Girl: Not just ice, but you can also use thunder. I upgraded Arthur's energy ball thrower.

Arthur summoned an energy ball, larger than he had ever made it before and threw it out, creating an explosion like a firework.

Arthur: Cool!

Dark Magician Girl: CAREFUL! Do you want to blow up the whole domain? I even upgraded Cheetor.

Cheetor was in his Beast Mode, but was now in his Transmetal 2 form.

Cheetor: What the heck?

Sonic: Hey Cheetor, your voice's different.

Dark Magician Girl: THAT'S because the spell...matured him a bit. Just see what it did to his robot mode.

Cheetor: Great idea. Cheetor, MAXIMIZE!

Cheetor shifted into his robot mode.

Cheetor: Whoa. Check me out.

Dark Magician Girl: And last, but not least, I upgraded your fire card. Now, you can use it whenever you want, not just in battle. You also have an alternate form.

Takuya: Well, let's check it out!

Takuya held out the fire card, which turned into fire and spun around him until he was engulfed in a whirlwind of fire. When it vanished, he was Burninggreymon.

Cheetor: Whoa, check YOU out.

Burninggreymon: This is awesome!

Dark Magician Girl: But you can't stay in it very long. Unlike Agunimon, this form will drain your energy.

Burninggreymon: Point taken.

Burninggreymon returned to being Takuya and the fire card reappeared in his hand. They went back into Dark Magician's room to find it deserted.

Sakura: He went down to the train tracks.

Takuya: Oh, hehehe…Thanks for the info, Sakura!

They went down to find the Dark Magician there.

Dark Magician: Glad to see your upgrades were done in due course. There are a few things you must know-during the year you were asleep, the worlds somehow realized the dangers of having Soul Mistresses, became independent worlds. So your journey will be a little easier. Second, new worlds have appeared, but have been sealed off to you. The Sovereign entrusted this job to Koji and Yugi. They will track down the gateways to let you into these worlds. The task of guarding these gates is entrusted to people in the worlds that you have visited before, with the exception of New Domino Town. In order for his task to succeed, Koji must remain one step ahead of you.

Takuya: Well, how do we get from world to world? Tyranno's sword was destroyed by Shendu.

Dark Magician: I know, so I asked Zane Truesdale to construct a ship for you. This train will lead you to New Domino Town.

Another train appeared, seemingly out of nowhere. Arthur almost fell flat on the floor.

Takuya: Well, what's our task?

Dark Magician: You'll figure it out. Until you do, the best you can do is protect the new worlds from chaos.

Takuya: Well then, we're off, DM.

They boarded the train and it departed. It went at high speeds and then vanished. Dark Magician was still gazing upon the place where it vanished. Sakura and Dark Magician Girl ran out.

Dark Magician Girl: You look worried, master.

Dark Magician: I am. Ever since Takuya turned into half a Dark Soul, part of it still lives within him.


Sakura: He seemed so nice, though.

Dark Magician: That's because his behavior hasn't acted up yet. When confronted with frustration or anything else that might cause a small amount of provocation, a fiery temper will burst out.

Dark Magician Girl: WHAT?! Why didn't you tell him?!

Dark Magician: This is HIS problem. He has to figure it out on his own.

Team Rocket

Jessie, James, and Meowth. Three evil villain wannabes who somehow managed to cause King Yugi's predecessor, King Pegasus, enough problems to banish them to the Shadow Realm. NOW they're working for Lucemon…he must be PRETTY desperate. These wimps first appeared in Pokemon 1998.

Dark Magician

King Yugi's mentor who's an expert in sorcery and has an entire world to himself. He's an immortal being who is constantly updating his volumes with present events. He taught Yugi all he needed to know about magic and philosophy. He is strict, but gentle all the same. He first appeared as Yugi's main monster in Yu-Gi-Oh: King of Games 2002.

Dark Magician Girl

The Dark Magician's old apprentice who passed some time ago. She's a bit more whimsical than Dark Magician and her style of magic is used less for household purposes and she mainly uses it to help those who need it. She even has her OWN apprentice. This form of Dark Magician Girl first appeared in Yu-Gi-Oh: Waking the Dragons 2005.

Sakura

She was your average teenager, but Dark Magician Girl obviously spotted something in her that others usually passed by. She's now her apprentice in sorcery, but is still wet behind the ears. She first appeared in Card Captors 2002.

Black Magic Dark Souls

The Dark Souls that Team Rocket brought to the Domain of the Dark Magician. They're weak in physical attacks, but are powerful in the ways of magic.