This chapter is not good word wise. I just could not clean up all of the repetition of sentence structure and other things.
The Grief That's There
At his castle, Pegasus had everything set up for his friends' arrival from Domino. It seemed everything he heard from Domino brought his mood down. Even today, he was feeling more down, the worst he had been since his Eye was stolen and he just wish he could shake it. Then he felt like something was calling him. To find what was calling him, he went outside of his castle taking his deck with him and putting it into a duel disk. Far away from his castle, he walked into a cave that inside had a small, but deep, pool. At the bottom of the pool, there was a necklace that still looked new even though it had been submerged in water for a long while. After gazing at the pool, Pegasus placed the duel disk with his deck near the wall of the cave, took in a huge breath, and then dived down into the pool. When he reached the bottom, he grabbed the necklace and surfaced. He placed the necklace on the floor of the cave before trying to pull himself out of the pool. However, he was unable to pull himself out of the pool and he just continued to look at the necklace that meant to him many bright and happy memories.
After the flight from Domino, Yugi step off the plane and onto the grounds of Duelist Kingdom. Looking around, he saw nothing had changed since he and friends had been there. From the landing strip, they walked up to the castle and only Croquet was there. "I am sorry if you were expecting Pegasus to be here, but I have not seen him today so far," said Croquet bowing.
Yamisite looked towards the sky after Croquet finished. "Since he knows this island far better than anyone else, it will be hard to find him. We will put our stuff in rooms and then we will search for your employer, Croquet. This is very unusual with him," said Yamisite.
"Thank you for your help," said Croquet before going into the castle.
They walked into the castle with Croquet leading them to their rooms. After dropping off their things, they met at the entrance and divided up into pairs. They left and went to search the island for more than hour, but returned to the castle empty handed. Disappointed, they went to the dinning room that the Duelist Kingdom finalists had been ushered in and waited around even though it was boring. At lunch, Croquet ate with them and everyone could tell that Pegasus not being there had effected him. Yamisite looked up from his plate to look out at Croquet. "I ask you, Croquet, to tell me what concerns you about Max," said Yamisite wanting to know what ails his friend.
"Every since his Millennium Eye was stolen, he has been prone to get colds more often and he has been down. I am worried that he will get a cold that he can't get over," said Croquet.
"There is no use in worring about that," said Yamisite in an attempt to ease Croquet's concerns, "because Max is quite headstrong and you would not be able to do anything to stop him."
"I guess you are right," said Croquet sighing.
It was quite for awhile while everyone finished eating, but then Yugi rose from his seat. "I think we should duel to past time. There is no use in worrying," said Yugi.
"I've been waiting to see how good my son is," Yamisite replied back.
"I guess you two can duel here since both have those duel disks," said Croquet. "The table should not be in the way."
"It would be a pain if we did need to move it," said Yamisite before looking at his son. "We will both need to go and get our decks and duel disks." said Yamisite.
Yugi nodded and both left, but it did not take long until both of them return and activate their duel disks. "I will be first, my son! Draw! I place two cards face down. Now, appear Dragon Chick (1500/1200). I end my turn," said Yamisite.
"It has been a long time since I've seen your deck, but that doesn't mean victory for you because my deck has been updated," said Yugi as he drawled his card. "I summon Dragon of Fire's Dark (1500/100) and equip him with Call of Dragons that powers my dragon up by five hundred points for each dragon on my opponents field. Now I can destroy your Chick, but first, I lay one card on the field face down. Attack his Chick, Dragon of Fire's Dark!" Yugi's Dragon of Fire's Dark took flight and dove at the Yamisite's Dragon Chick making it shatter.
"Ha, that was only a scratch on me. You have to do better than that. I activate my trap Call of the Spellcasters. Now, I can call forth a spell caster that is of eight stars, twice the level of the monster I lost. I call forth Dark Magician," said Yamisite as he slapped down the Dark Magician on his duel disk making the purple robed magician appear.
"You want this to be a magician duel. Then I shall activate Rewarded Summon! Now I can summon a monster that is a level five or higher since I successfully destroyed your monster. I summon my own Dark Magician. I play the rest of my hand face down," said Yugi laying down three cards as his own Dark Magician appeared.
"My turn. I summon Dragon Heart (1000/2000). I play two face downs. Now Dark Magician attack his Dragon of Fire's Dark," said Yamisite.
"I activate Magician's Circle. Chose a spellcaster-type monster that has 2000 or less attack and I will chose one. I choose Silent Magician Lv.4," said Yugi with a grin.
"I choose Dark Magician Girl," said Yamisite, but he thought to himself, 'This is not good. Yugi knows what I will do. He is going to activate something that I can't counter.'
"I continue my attack of Dark Magician upon your Dragon of Fire's Dark," said Yamisite.
"Not if I got a say in it. I activate Time Jump. Three battle phases have past and now I can activate another card, Hand Deck Destruction. When battle phases have been skipped, this card activates and you discard your hand before drawing the same number of cards, but the other effect activates since you have only 3 or less cards. You discard your hand and then draw a hand of five cards. Since you drawled cards, Silent Magician Lv. 4 gets a counter, but I activate this card. It is called Card Draw. Each card will be counted as separate drawls. That means four more counters on Silent Magician," said Yugi.
"I still attack your Dragon of Fire's Dark," said Yamisite. "You have 7300 LP and I have 7500 LP, a two hundred lead. I end my turn."
'This is time for me to drawl something real good,' thought Yugi as drawls his card. Silent Magician was ready to level up and Dark Magician was still out on the field. "I level up Silent Magician (3500/1000). Next, I activate Reload. I will drawl until I have six cards for the cost of 1000 LP," said Yugi as he drawled six cards. "I summon Blue Twin Dragon of North Lv. 3!" The dragon bellowed out its cry as it appeared on the field. "Now I play Master's Sacrifice. I pay half of my 1300 in life points to level up one of my monsters and I choose Blue Twin Dragon of North. Blue Twin Dragon of North Lv. 8 (2700/1000), come forth!"
"Who knew he had that card?" said Téa.
"You have done well my son, but can you get through my traps?" asked Yamisite.
"I activate Field Destruction! Now all trap and spell cards are gone! Now attack, Silent Magician LV. 8, his Dark Magician and my Dark Magician attack his Dark Magician Girl. Now Blue Twin Dragon of North LV 8 attack his Dragon Heart. 3100 LP have been taken out of you," said Yugi.
"Dragon Heart allows me to summon Orange Dragon of the Triscorn (2800/100)," said Yamisite as an orange dragon appeared.
"I end my turn with a face down card," said Yugi.
"I summon a defense monster. Now my dragon attack his Dark Magician," said Yamisite.
"I activate Negate Attack. Sorry, but I can't let you worm any more life points out of me," said Yugi.
"With 4400 LP left, you can destroy me if you can get rid of my face down monster," said Yamisite. "I end my turn."
"I draw. This time you will not escape. I play Fissure. Your dragon is now gone. Dark Magician attack the face down monster," said Yugi as the monster revealed itself with 2000 defense. "Now, my dragon attack his life points directly. Silent Magician finish him off"
As the duel disks turned off, Yugi's monsters were smiling in victory. At that moment, everyone's eyes were drawn to the hallway to see Pegasus, who was completely wet. None of his hair covered his face and seeing Pegasus entire face just sent chills down Yugi's back. Atemu notice it too. //This is just not like him,// tml Atemu
/I know. It's just… I don't know how to help him,/ tml Yugi.
As Pegasus walked by, Yamisite allowed it to happen even though everyone knew he was concern for his friends and when Sarget and Cardagan started to get up, he glared at them. As they heard Pegasus's door shut, a minute of silence passed before everyone stopped looking at the door except for Yamisite."I've only seen him once like that and it was when his wife died. I don't know what is going on with him," said Jarcas looking at the celing.
"Why did you not let us go?" asked Sarget.
"There is no use in counseling him in his current state," said Yamisite as he continued to look at the doorway.
"None of my friends have seen him without his hair in front of his face. I am torn about what I should think about him," said Yugi looking at the table.
"He is just like the King of Beasts," said Atemu as he glanced at Yamisite. "The King of Beasts did show us his gouged out eye."
"Yamisite, what can we do for him?" Sowarn asked.
"I don't know. Ever since his brother did that one thing we don't how he did it, he has been different and unable to control his feelings. When his feelings take control, he is an entirely different person," said Yamisite. "Jarcas, I don't know if you know things that could help him."
"I don't know a thing," said Jarcas with a shrug of his shoulders. "He has been thrust into growing up because of his brother."
"I will leave him alone, but, Croquet, we need to keep a close eye on him," said Yamisite.
"I understand, but what did his brother do? I have never heard much about his past," asked Croquet.
"Don't you think it is strange that he is the only Shark that cannot summon his crest monster on command?" Yamiste paused. "Well, the rest of us can, but he can't because of what his brother did. His brother did something that took away his natural shadow magic."
"How did he do that?"
"I don't know Croquet. Only he and his brother knows," replied Yamiste as he looked out a window.
Pegasus was lying face down on his bed like a child pouting. As he laid there, he thought about the pool and what happened when his strength was gone and he could not raise himself from the pool.
As he felt his strength starting to give away, Pegasus tried to grip the ground around the pool only to realize in horror that the ground was not what he thought it was. As his body continued to slide back into the pool, he tried to find something sturdy to grab a hold of, but he could not. His strength finally gave away. He dropped into the pool like a rock and he breathed in some water before a hand of a spirit pulled him out of the pool. As he coughed up the water he had breathed in, he felt the spirit was somehow familiar, but he could not figure it out before he fainted. When he woke, the spirit wasn't there and he decided to walk back. As he walked, he remember that he forgot his deck and duel disk. He felt like he should be blaming himself, but didn't.
When the next day camel, Pegasus did not come out of his room and everyone was starting to worry about him. Mid-morning, Calendra and Carret made the decision to enter his room to talk some sense into the White Hawk. They could not get into his room because it was lock. After lunch, everyone was talking about it. "Why would he not talk?" said Yugi after finishing what was on his plate.
"I just don't know. He is my friend. I should have never took that trip and he would have never ended up like this," said Yamisite with his eyes gazed at the center of his plate.
"He is the reincarnation of the King of Beasts. Doesn't that tell you something, partner?" asked Atemu in realizing the connection.
"You do have a point," said Yugi.
"Maybe he will listen to you, Yamisite," said Calendra.
"I guess it would not hurt," said Yamisite before he left and walk down the hallway. before leaning against the door to his friend's room and start writing a note.
Yugi and Atemu walked towards the hallway, but they both peaked out down the hallway to see Yamisite leaning against the door to his friend's room, writing a note. "Do you think this will help things?" asked Yugi to Atemu.
"I don't know how good of friends they are or if their friendship is strong to tolerate this strain," said Atemu.
When Yamisite had finished writing the note, he folded it and put it in a envelope that he slip under the door. "Max, please don't take it all upon yourself. You do have friends who are all worried about you," said Yamisite before he got up. "You don't have to be alone."
Yugi and Atemu watched Yamisite as he walked off before two of them went off to their separate rooms.
After lunch, Téa and Rawdren were walking the castle's ramparts. They had so much to talk about. "I really don't understand why Yugi and Atemu look so much like each other," said Rawdren.
"I don't quite understand the concept of blood heirs, but that is why they look like each other. This whole Shark thing is new to me. It shouldn't surprise me, but it does," said Téa. "And then there's Pegasus and all that is associated with him."
"I met his eldest brother and he seems all powerful in Sharks terms. I can understand if something happened between them and that cause him to be more powerful than he really was born with," said Rawdren.
"Then there's the Legend of Domino. It says so much, I am told," said Téa, "and Yugi knows how to read at least a portion of it."
"I have heard that," said Rawdren, "but it is so strange that he is not willing to reveal it."
"Yugi has become a lot stronger than he used to be. He knows what he can say and not to say in order to make us have fear," said Téa. "Just trust me. I known him since he was young."
"You are probably the only who knows him best," said Rawdren.
"I think Atemu might know him better because they shared a body for about two years. It was weird that the ceremonial battle was done and the Shape Shifters stopped us," said Téa.
"Destiny is destiny and only the ones who know destiny are best apt at changing it," said Rawdren.
"You are right," said Téa.
As they continued to walk, two men in cloaks came from the sky and both landed like cats. "WHO ARE YOU AND HOW DID YOU GET HERE?" bellowed Rawdren as he got in front of Téa.
Pegasus had heard Yamisite, but waited until his friend had left before getting up. He look at his door and saw the note. He took it and read it. It read:
Maximillion,
I wish you would come out. It is terrible hard on us not seeing you. We are all worried about you. Please do come out. Yugi and Atemu both have stories to tell about the past and someone they met might interest you.
Your friend,
Yamisite
Pegasus sighed. Yamisite was always right and he could not go against it. He walked over to his window and heard the yell of Cardagan's son. He quickly open the window and saw Rawdren in front of Téa guarding her from two men in cloaks. He smiled and thought of the holes he had in his castle's wall that could get up to the ramparts. He grabbed a metal bar and went out through his window, but his plan did not go towards fruition. A dragon that one of the cloak figures had sent was so persuasive for him to get on the its back that he did. The dragon took him to the ramparts and landed on the ramparts. After Pegasus getting off the dragon, he went over to Rawdren and Téa. "What did you two want?" asked Rawdren a little more calmer now than when he first yelled.
"I wish to know is this: Where are the two who we met in the past?" asked the one cloak men who summoned the dragon.
Just with that statement, Téa realized who the two were because Yugi had told them on the trip on the plane to Duelist Kingdom about Sharek and Gasa. "You are the two that Yugi talked about the whole time coming here. You are Sharek and Gasa the King of Beasts," said Téa.
Sharek took off his cloak and Gasa was doing the same when he snapped back. "Don't ever call me by my name," said Gasa to Téa.
"You are such a strange man, King of Beasts," said Pegasus.
Gasa fixed his eyes onto Pegasus. "Why do you have your hair covering your eye?" asked Gasa.
Pegasus looked at Gasa and was stun at what he saw. 'I should do him a favor,' thought Pegasus. He pulled back his hair from his face and starred at Gasa. "I am surprised to see someone else who has had an eye missing because of what happened in their own past," said Pegasus.
"I didn't thought the Gods would take it literally," said Gasa as he walked up to Pegasus and hold out his hand. "What misery has happened in your life? I really do want to know," said Gasa.
"Why do you want to know my misery? I will tell you. The one I loved died and I spent years chasing for a way to bring her back. I found it in the Millennium Items, but they had their own problems. I held the Millennium Eye, but evil trap in one of the Millennium Items steeled it from me and I no longer have two eyes. Since you defiled my honor, we shall have to fight. My deck is not with me, but my swords are in my room and we will fight with our swords," said Pegasus.
"Sharek, have your Dragon of Kings take him to his room for I accept his challenge," said Gasa.
"Wha… how did that happen?" asked Rawdren.
"My friend is quite a darer," said Sharek.
Pegasus got onto the Dragon of Kings and got into his room. He unlocked his room and grabbed his swords before walking down to the entrance of his castle. He sent the Dragon of Kings to lead his challenger to the entrance. He reached the entrance at the same time that Rawdren, Téa, Sharek, and the bold Gasa had reached it. He lead them through the castle to a room below the area that he had held the Duelist Kingdom finals. The room had a picture, but it was covered in black and another door was in the back of the room. Pegasus entered first and then he looked back. "Tell Croquet, I need my armor," said Pegasus.
After hearing that, Téa decided to go and she went upstairs to find Croquet. Everyone she encountered asked her what she was looking for and then decided to help. She finally found Croquet and everyone of the Sharks and those related to them was heading down to the room. When Téa got back to the room, everyone was inside and the picture covered in black had been uncovered as the picture of his wife. Gasa was admiring the painting and Pegasus was putting on the armor he asked for. "Hello, Téa," said Yugi who was standing next to Atemu.
"So these two were the ones you met," said Téa.
"What's the story with Gasa and Pegasus?" asked Yugi.
"Gasa asked Pegasus for his life's misery and that was when things got their fireworks. Pegasus was the one who came out of his room and Sharek had his Dragon of Kings to bring up Pegasus," said Téa.
"Dad did say he would be wild like this only when someone gives him an insult and only his brother has done that. I wouldn't be surprise if he sees Gasa as his brother," said Yugi.
Pegasus finished putting on the armor. On both of his arms, he had a small shield with a hawk on them. He had a helmet on and it covered his whole face except for his eye. He turned around and Gasa stepped forward. "It is time to do this," said Pegasus as he took up two swords.
"I am ready," said Gasa as he also pulled out two swords.
The two started to fight and it was intense. Both were starting to show weariness and then Pegasus clasped to his knees. Yamisite, Cardagan, and Sarget raced to him and grabbed a hold of him. "We are not letting you fight any longer, Max," said Yamisite.
"You've always been right. You felt the Legend would come true in our lifetime and I completely forgot it," said Pegasus, "but this time I feel something else. I have a part far bigger to play and I can't play it until me and my brother balance power between us."
"I will drag him here," said Jarcas.
Jarcas began to walk out through the door, but Croquet appeared. "Master, Domino is in trouble," said Croquet.
"What kind of trouble?" asked Yamisite.
Cliffy time! This how I came to the conclusion Yugi and Atemu were sharing a body for about two years. I got it from the manga that has the start of Dungeon Dice part and Tristen mentions they had moved up a grade meaning a year has past and I am assuming that Battle City and Memory World took a little more than six months. Now for the preview. The eldest Pegasus heir appears and Sharek and Gasa learns about the modern world. Then what is happening in Domino and the Legend comes true again. Next chapter: Evil Unleashed.