Yami no Game: Dark Saga
Chapter 37
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The Battle City tournament continued on and within its depths, Yami walked in search of his next opponent.'They're all hiding somewhere in this city...the Rare Hunters.' he thought as he looked about with sharp eyes like that of the hunter he was.'And Malik, possessor of a Sennen item, lurks somewhere to watch and controls them from the shadows. I don't know what his motive is but are they planning to ambush me? But no matter...just you wait...for I will hunt you down myself!'
From his location, Malik sat, gaze dark as another Rare Hunter stood before him. "So, have you found out the owner of Obelisk?" he questioned.
"Yes, Lord Malik."
"Who is it?"
"Seto Kaiba. Domino City, North Block "C" is where he's located after being dropped off." The pawn spoke and he smirked. "I should have known." he murmured.
"But then how did he get such a card in his possession though?"
"I can only imagine." Topaz spoke from his spot beside Malik. "He would only host a tournament of this caliber just because he has such a card. And there is no doubt he will try to unify the gods in his hands." he explained and the pawn nodded once more as Malik was left to his thoughts.'Sister, only you had the last remaining god. You must have sensed a possible future by handing it over to Kaiba...to hand it over and for him to begin such a tournament like this...then you must have known that my fate and Yami's would intersect each other in the midst of battle.' he thought silently.'But the gods will unite in my hands along with the title of King!'
"Lord Malik, shall we assemble the Ghouls to go after Kaiba while he's still located in North Block?" The pawn asked.
"Kaiba is an exceedingly good Duel Monsters player. Even the Ghouls will have trouble fighting him as long as the god card rests in his hands. So to fight a god card, you need to use a god card." he said and the pawn gasped, knowing where the master was going with such words.
"You wouldn't...!"
"Yes I would. I'll go to Battle City personally as the wielder of the Sun Dragon Ra." he said.
"But Lord Malik, you mustn't dirty your hands with such work. Leave us Ghouls to claim the gods for you."
"It wouldn't matter for I know I will have to challenge him soon enough anyway. So let's leave him be. He might just end up becoming useful to us on the sidelines." Malik said before looking to them. "Put somebody on watch for Seto Kaiba and make sure not to lose him. But before that, I have someone else to entertain me...Yami." he whispered darkly and the pawn knew such. He as well as the others knew that Malik only uses the words 'entertain' with matters of such hatred. Topaz knew what his sibling wanted and pointed to another Rare Hunter. "You. Where is Yami's location right now?"
"My lord? Are you certain...?"
"Yes, now stop asking and tell us where he is."
He nodded before getting information from another Rare Hunter. "His location currently is East "B" block but he's heading towards "E" block." he spoke.
Malik nodded and sat there pondering. The pawn watched on curiously.'Our number one objective is to collect the remaining god card and yet the lords are after Yami. What could they need him for?'
"Hmm...I see..." Malik said, smirking softly. "There is only one place he could be going right now..." he spoke before looking up once more. "Call Ghoul number 2, Pandora the Conjurer. Tell him to prepare for a duel. Yami should soon appear right before him." he said and the pawn nodded although surprised and yet confused just a tad. "It'll take us a while to arrive at Domino City. So let the demon play with Pandora for a bit." The pawn nodded once more.
"I've also ordered him to keep an eye on Yami's friends."
"Good. We'll use them in some way too. Especially since one has close connection with Kaiba and chances are, they will collide and make our job even easier should my pawn fail to follow orders and lose Kaiba." he said before moving to stand and walked off, waving for Topaz to follow as they walked off, moving over to a display case that held one card behind the glass. The Sun Dragon Ra waited there and Malik lifted the glass, removing the card and glanced to it.
'The Sun Dragon Ra...beware, Yami for I must take care of you with my own hands!' he thought before removing the cloak, revealing his bare chest as well as his back that was littered with scars of ancient carvings. 'I swear by the scars that carve my flesh and the collar upon Topaz...these scars of hatred that I will defeat you!'
Topaz placed a hand on his shoulder and Malik looked to him, accepting the small token of comfort. "I know, Malik. We will never forgive him for what he has done, for what that demon has caused! We shall never forgive him for killing Father!" he hissed and Malik nodded before Topaz passed his shirt to cover the scars before getting everything ready for departure.
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-Battle City Domino City, East Section: 10:36 a.m.-
Yami looked around once more, seeing crowds of duelists but none were the targets of his concern. Aqua was up in the skies to keep an eye out from there to give the other a bird's eye view. 'Where could they be? Somewhere in this crowd are Ghouls waiting to prey upon duelists...using their filthy bootleg copies to win their duels with no challenge and take honest cards with no effort!' he thought with a growl. 'There has to be a clue in finding them...'
/I wonder what Jou could be doing./ Yugi spoke through the link.
/Are you worried about him, little one?/ he questioned.
/Well, he doesn't have his trump card Red-Eyes so I'm just a tad worried. I have the feeling that with such good players that Seto would omit him from the tournament not out of spite but to protect her from being taken by a duelist unfit to wield her except for Jou./ Yugi said and Yami could only nod, reaching into the deck box and brought out the dragon in question. He could feel her worry as well for her previous owner but also the blinding determination that she would return to Jou's hand soon enough. /Love, this card holds all of Jou-kun's courage. We hold it right here in our hands and no one will gain her from us./ he spoke and Yugi nodded, seeing where he was going.
/So Jou is working to get his favorite card back so we gave him something to fight for!/
/Exactly. Holding onto her for him will give him the chance to show his true strength./
/Ok, I see now! This is wonderful! I know he'll survive Battle City! He just has to!/ Yugi said and Yami chuckled softly as he continued to looked to the Red-Eyes, feeling her soul speak to him.'When the time comes, I'll accept his challenge head-on! Katsuya Jounouchi...the duelist!'
Yugi sat within his soul room, pillow held close to his chest. 'It won't matter which one of us wins...it'll still be a duel to remember.' he thought before gasping softly. /Oh, Yami, I hope you didn't hear my thoughts. I don't was to despair you with the fact that your memories are still lost from before you met me./ he said but didn't get a response. He tilted his head curiously before realizing Yami's gaze was watching the Red-Eyes intently. /Yami?/
Cerise eyes widened in realization which startled the younger. /What's wrong?/
"Remember what you told me, love? That Seto would possibly omit Jou-kun from the tournament so he wouldn't lose the Red-Eyes? I knew there was something odd that day but I didn't point it out before." he whispered softly. /What was it?/
"The clerk said he was under-leveled to join the tournament upon the first check. When Jou was making a scene, he eventually said there was a bug which allowed him to enter. Then he was attacked the night just before the tournament...and yet they challenged him with a duel disk, knowing he was a tournament participant. They knew he had the Red-Eyes but how is the question..." he questioned.
Yugi gasped as it came to him. /The card shop! The clerk looked up our information when handing out the Duel Disks! If Ruby was in charge of preparing for the tournament with leveling players based on skills then everything would be legal and even he wouldn't change the levels for any duelist right then and there!/ he said and Yami growled. "So that's it..." he hissed before taking off with unnatural speed since flying would only raise too many questions.
'That store is a front for the Rare Hunters! Don't you dare move, scum, for I'm coming after you!' It didn't take him long to reach the hobby shop where they received their duel disks, a closed sign on the door and lights all out but Yami didn't believe such a farce.
He walked over to the door and rested a hand on the handle. "Closed..." he whispered before pushing the door opened, revealing it wasn't locked. /Yami...I have a bad feeling about this.../ Yugi whispered but the other soothed his soul as he stepped inside, claws out just in case as he stepped into the dark shop. He walked over to the counter where the computer rested, now facing him. It came on by itself and he growled slightly as he looked around. /Yami, look there, your information is on the screen./ Yugi spoke as he looked back to the screen.
But soon, the screen began to glitch as the Black Magician's face changed, revealing a darker form before emerging from the computer, grinning darkly.
"Yami, I have been expecting you. I knew from the start you would return here to confront me." The monster spoke as he looked down to him. "My master Pandora will duel you."
He growled, claws tensed and the other Black Magician laughed before pointing his staff at him. "I'll show you who is the true master of the spellcasters...the mighty Pandora the Conjurer!" he spoke once more and Yami only snorted as he looked to another corner of the room. "Stop your petty tricks and come out, Ghoul." he spoke.
A clap was heard as a spotlight came on behind said Ghoul, revealing Pandora to him. "Welcome, I am the second Ghoul. My name is Pandora as my magician has told you." he spoke as the Black Magician moved over to Pandora. "But I also go by the Conjurer, the Black Magician user..."
"Black Magician user, huh?" he questioned mockingly.
"Yami, I know you as well use the Black Magician in your deck and you've defeated man foes with him. But I am the true master of magicians! No one can beat my Black Magician!"
"Is that so? We'll just have to see about that then. Out of the thousands of cards available, duelists build their decks out of the trust of their monsters and themselves. The cards choose their masters as well." he said, bringing out his duel disk and pulled out his own Black Magician which materialized right behind him, glaring at the faux copy behind the enemy.
"Card and duelist! Bound by trust will they show their true potential but none of you Rare Hunters have a heart to trust, the heart of a duelist!" Those words made both monster and duelist cringe and growl at the demon. "So with that, I'll accept your challenge, Pandora! I'll fight you, magician vs. magician and we'll see who's fit to wield the Black Magician!" Yami said, eyes narrowed in determination.
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Zypher: And here with are with the beginning of another big battle now with Yami vs. Pandora. I can already see the next one being a long one but it will be worth it to read. Might get started on it soon since it'll be a doozy of a chapter. Early start, early finish. But any who, hoped you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you later with another. Also the poll is up on whether I should keep going on with the Duel Monsters stories in my profile so if you haven't voted yet, now's the time. First option to hit 10 will be the option I go with for the rest of this story. Ja ne, readers.