Disclaimer: Ya, like I said before, dun OWN Yu-Gi-Oh... Wish I did.. But I dun.. But hey! My Dueling skills are getting MUCH better now. I remind myself of Joey alot of the times any more. -blinks and coughs- ANYWAYS! Like I said, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, there, said it twice so them dorkish sue happy dorks wont SUE ME! x.x
Yu-Gi-Oh Darkness Ensues
Yami lied in his bed staring at the ceiling. He had alot on his mind that he had to sort out. First of all, yes, it had been a month and he was now in school again, second of all what Shadi had said to him the night he visited Yugi's grave, third of all him having to still get over the fact that Yugi wouldn't be coming back.
He sat up and sighed as he now tried to figure out what to do about this supposed oncoming threat. He still thought that he was no good without having Yugi to help him out. He could barely save the world the FIRST time around five thousand years ago. Back then he was alone and frightened, much like he was now.
Sure he had a couple of friends such as Joey, Mai, Tristan, and yes, even Kaiba and his kid brother Mokuba.. But he still felt very empty inside. There were a couple times now that he was sent to the hospital because he over dosed on alcohol and then he had purposely tried to kill himself. But every time it happened, something, or someone, kept bringing him back. He had to wonder if it was Yugi's doing, like he was telling him to hang on. But to what?
He again sighed as he got up and went down to the living room to watch some TV. He wasn't much for talking now a days, nor was he much for playing games or hanging out with people.
He sat on the couch and flipped thru the channels till he found something slightly interesting and watched it. He was ok for the time being, but that was until Yugi's grandfather came along. "I know your not much for talking to her, but Tea would like to talk to you.." came Sugoroku's voice from behind the couch.
Yami rolled his eyes as he sat up. "Talk about what?" he asked almost impatiently. She was the LAST person he wished to be bothered by at the moment. Sugoroku shrugged. "Beats me, she wont say except that it's important." the old man replied.
Yami shrugged a little. "Whatever." he said as he again slumped in the couch. Whatever she said to him had BETTER be important, he thought. First he had been pestered by Shadi about "great threats and dangers" and now Tea just HAD to talk to him. Probably to beg him to be her boyfriend again. He could swear she cared for no one but herself.
Tea turned the corner and looked to the slumped Yami. Though his thoughts were focused on irritations, his expression looked so tired, so weak. She frowned a little. "Um, Yami.. I know that your still not at your full strength or anything but I wanted to talk to you.." she began.
Yami made no replies so she took a seat off in a chair that faced him. His expression looked blank as he was now focused on other things. "I wanted to apologize for all my behaviors in the last year.. I know it was not right of me, and I wanted to just say sorry." She paused and watched Yami. Still nothing.
She sighed a little and looked to her lap. This was very hard for her, even though most would think she didn't care, she really did. "I'm also sorry about Yugi's death.. I was sad to hear about it." she said in a more quiet tone.
Then Yami moved to sit up. "Cut to the chase, Tea, I'm not feeling well." Yami said. Tea nodded a little. "What I wanted to say was, even though it was selfish and very rude of me, all my actions were basically out of jealousy." she finally stated.
Yami raised an eyebrow as he looked at her in sheer confusion. Jealousy? Of WHAT? Now THIS was getting interesting. Tea blinked and looked away. She knew he was confused, so she took in a breath to explain.
"You see, I was jealous of you, maybe even angry.. I felt that when you and Yugi became separate people and got together in a relationship that.. you were stealing him away from me." She again began to explain.
She heard him huff a little. "Right, like I'LL believe that?" he asked. He wasn't hers to begin with, nor was she his. Sure Yugi saw her as a sister but nothing more. "It's true, Yami.. He was my only friend, even though Joey and Tristan pretended to be.. they never really liked me." she said quietly. She felt so alone, maybe just as alone as Yami.
Yami crossed his arms across his chest and shook his head. "Whatever, Tea, but if you even want to think about being my friend again you have to earn my trust again, and trust me, it wont be easy." he stated as he looked away.
Shadi stood outside of the Game Store that was ran by Sugoroku and Yami. He had been avoiding the Pharaoh since the night he was at the graveyard, but he knew he would have to face him sooner or later. Might as well be sooner.
He disappeared after a second and reappeared in Yugi's old room. He assumed correctly as Yami was sitting on the bed staring down at the deck that used to be Yugi's, that he held in his hand. He then sighed and never looked up at Shadi. "What do you want this time..?" he asked in a low voice.
Shadi took another step into the room and looked down at Yami. "You wont do anything about this new threat will you?" he asked, doubting the Pharaoh would. Yami shrugged some as he continued to stare down at the Duel Monsters deck. "Why should I?" he asked back. He then slumped even more as he closed his eyes. "It's not like I'll get Yugi back in return.." he said almost wishing that that were the case.
Shadi sighed some and turned away. "I knew you wouldn't do it. After all when I first entered your soul room you were nothing more then some Pharaoh who could've cared less.. Why did I ever get my hopes up to high about you changing your ways." said Shadi.
It was mostly a taunt, to get Yami to do what he was destined to do. He heard Yami get to his feet behind him and almost wanted to hide, because he knew the Pharaoh's anger was nothing to play with. "Take that back!" Yami shouted.
Shadi blinked. Now he did it, he struck Yami in the pride. No one usually ever did this and lived to tell the tale. "Take it back now, Shadi!" his tone, it sounded so demanding, like he was commanding Shadi to do what he was told.
This wasn't a good thing either. Ever since Yugi's death Yami had been slipping further and further into his old ways when he was the Pharaoh of Egypt. He was almost becoming his darker self, the self that was respected by mostly fear.
Shadi tried to remain calm as he turned to face Yami. "Please, Yami. Calm yourself." Shadi said lightly. Boy, and he thought a little reverse psychology couldn't hurt anyone, but here he was probably about to be killed on the spot.
Yami tried to regain his cool, noticing it now for the first time. He couldn't keep himself in line anymore. Could it be because he no longer had Yugi to help him? Or could it be because he was just to emotional BECAUSE Yugi wasn't there. He really didn't know.
Yami then looked away from Shadi. "Why should I help you, after all you slaughtered over hundreds just because they only seek to find the answers of their past. So why should you even care?" Yami then asked as he sat back down onto the bed.
Shadi frowned. He really didn't think of it that way, until now. Now, for the first time in his life, he regretted it too. "Because... it's your duty." he said weakly. Yami only chuckled under his breath. It was also his duty to protect Yugi, but look what good THAT did. "I'll think about it." was the only thing he said.
Yami had almost started to heal now, he was again attending school every day, socializing some, and even gaining a better mood. But though as hard as he tried he was still having trouble sleeping. Why that was he was unsure of. He was continuously having these weird dreams. They were very blurred, and even dark. But he could hear a familiar voice screaming for him, screaming for help. Yet, somehow that voice wasn't familiar. It was very confusing really.
He smirked to himself as he thought of these dreams. It was as if it were a puzzle that he must solve. Kinda like how Yugi had worked for eight years before finally solving his Millennium Puzzle. Yami had almost wished that he hadn't. Maybe he would still be alive now.
No, he couldn't start thinking of that again. Not now. He lightly shook his head and tried to concentrate on his math assignment. Math was farley easy for him, considering he used it all the time in Duel Monsters and other games. Yes, games were now the only thing he now had and lived for, though he hadn't done much of that.
But that was when a sudden flash of sorts zipped across his mind's eye, as if telling him something wasn't right. He straightened himself out in his chair and looked around the class room. Kids murmured quietly as they did their math assignments.
He again shook his head unsure of what was wrong and went back to staring blankly at his paper. He frowned seeing he had only completed one math problem. He was just so easily distracted today.
Then again it flashed in his head but he got a picture along with it. It looked like a dark small place, and an outline of a person was seen in it pounding on something above them. He blinked in confusion. It seemed so familiar, but why?
He then felt someone rest their hand on his shoulder and blinked. "You ok, Yami?" asked Bakura with his British accent. He again blinked as he looked up to see the white haired boy standing behind him. "Uhh.. Ya, I'm fine." he said as he again started working on his class work.
Bakura shrugged and sat down next to him. Yami glimpsed up at Bakura from the corner of his eye. "So, you doing any better lately?" Bakura asked. He hadn't talked to Yami or Yugi much in the last year. Well he had been an exchange student for a little while. Yami shrugged a little as he quickly solved the third problem.
Bakura only nodded some as he could tell that Yami would never be ok, not for a long time anyways. He then noticed that a picture was hanging half way out of his jacket pocket. It was of Yami and Yugi together, both smiling, both seeming to enjoy life.
Bakura then got to his feet. The bell for lunch was about to ring. "Well, see you around." He said to Yami with a small wave. Yami nodded as he was now on the 16th problem. Bakura then walked off and left the Pharaoh alone to do his school work.
Yami sighed and slumped as he reached down for that picture Bakura had noticed. He held it in his hand and stared down at it. The picture was a little wrinkled due to too much handling. In the picture he was holding Yugi from behind around the waist. Yugi had his bright smile, the kind that could even light up the Shadow Realm. That was what sadden Yami's heart again.
"Is everything ready?" came a dark and sinister sounding voice. One hooded figure almost cringed in fear and kept his face hidden in the shadows of his hood. "Almost, my Master." he answered, his voice slightly trembling.
The "master" smirked to himself as he turned away from his little servant and sat down on a rather large and cushioned chair. It almost seemed like a chair that belonged to a thrown. He crossed his legs and rested his arms on the chair's arm rests.
He was preparing for his coming into the world of humans, the world that was so vulnerable since that Pharaoh Yami had decided to turn his back to them since his lover died. He couldn't ask for better timing.
But of course he had the ultimate plan. He found the mistakes that Maximillion Pegasus and Mallik Ishtar had made, meaning he knew exactly what to do and what NOT to do. That was why his plan was so perfect, absolutely perfect. And he couldn't even settle for anything less.
"Soon, Pharaoh, you will FINALLY be beaten and I will take your place as King and rule the very world that you turned your back on!" He shouted out to anyone who dared oppose him and cackled loudly as well and his voice echoed through out the chambers of his little Shadow Palace.
Soon, very soon, he will destroy the Pharaoh and his name and claim the thrown that he had now abandoned. Oh yes, he will rule the world in his place and show them all what fear really meant!
Yami couldn't stop having those weird visions for the life of him! Every time he tried to sleep he saw some person pounding on something above them, shouting and screaming for help. The thing that bothered him the most was that this person was calling for him. But why was beyond him, and how they knew him was just as much of a mystery.
He finally sat up grumbling to himself. It was getting on his nerves that such a trivial puzzle was bugging him not only while he was awake but now while he was trying to sleep! He sighed some as he sat there thinking and tried to calm his thoughts so that he could sleep. But he saw no signs of these things stopping any time soon.
Some random kid wandered the streets of Domino looking for this person named Yami. He was to challenge him to a duel so that this person who hired him knew what to expect in his newest deck, and how he used it.
The kid frowned and slumped as he continued to look for this person. He knew Yami by reputation only. He knew that he was the top ranked Duelist in the world. He was even better then that Yugi Motou who he had heard passed away a few months ago.
He stared down at his deck. He might have been the best Duelist from his town, but that wasn't saying much. His town's Duelists were pretty sloppy with the game really. He knew he would be slaughtered within two turns by Yami. This Yami WAS the King of Games after all.
He then turned the corner to some other street that seemed less busy and ran into someone taller then he. Well that could be anyone, he was only 4'9 after all. He wasn't that tough either, very skinny and not well built. He looked up to find the person he was looking for.
"Excuse me, I didn't see you there." Yami said with a blink or two. His voice seemed rather deep, and he was even more attractive looking in person then on TV. The smaller boy blinked back and blushed. "Um, are you Yami?" he asked quietly.
Yami blinked again and raised an eyebrow. "Ya, why?" he asked almost wondering about this boy. He watched him pull out a Duel Monsters deck from his pocket and shrugged. "I.. I was wondering if I could duel you? I've always wondered what it would be like and so.." he said staring down at his pathetic deck. It was what he thought of as a beat down deck. But it wasn't the very best ever.
Yami slumped a little and shoved his hands in his pocket. "I don't know.. I haven't dueled in a while, I might be rusty now." he replied. Honestly he didn't feel like dueling the kid but shrugged. "Sure, whatever." He said as he dug out his own deck. Wow, guess he really DID need this thing today.
After Yami was lead to a public Dueling arena they set themselves up for a duel. It was one of Kaiba's old Duelist Kingdom models. That was ok though, Yami didn't mind. He set his newly assembled deck on the deck zone after shuffling. "Ok, kid, I hope you know what your doing.." Yami said as the other person started drawing his hand. "I wouldn't worry, I do know what I'm doing." he said gaining some confidence.
Boy, he couldn't believe he was hired to duel Yami! Yami was always one of his biggest role models in this last year or so. He had defeated Yugi Motou in the last tournament after all.
Yami drew his hand and took a look at it. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't that great either. In his hand were the Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress #1, Time Seal, Dark Hole, Trap hole, and Dark Magician Girl. He looked up to the boy. "We duel by Battle City Rules, minus the rare card thing.. Four thousand life points, tributes, yada yada." Yami said as he sighed a little.
The boy nodded. "Then I'll go first!" he replied as he looked his hand over. Ok.. so what could he use? He looked his hand over and frowned. He held mostly magic cards, and those were all power up cards. He did have a couple of monsters but should he put them in attack or defensive mode. Maybe he could play his Warrior Dai Grepher and use his Black Pendent to raise it's attack points.
He did just that. "I'll play Warrior Dai Grepher in attack mode! I'll also play Black Pendent on it raising it's attack by 500 points!" he declared. He smirked to himself now. Not that bad of a first move, he thought. Yami had to agree.
Now it was Yami's turn. He couldn't do much but draw his next card and hope for the best. "First I play two face down cards and play one monster in defense mode." said Yami. He had placed his Trap Hole and Time Seal and played his Beta the Magnet Warrior in defense mode. It was all he could really do for now.
The boy drew one card and looked it over. It was the ultra rare United We Stand card. With this he could raise his monster's attack points by another 800 points. But should he was the question. He shrugged to himself, why not? "Fine, I'll activate this special card and raise my monster's attack by 800 points, making him 3000 points!" he declared. Yami blinked a little as he looked at his hand. He had a De-Spell, so he could easily move it back down to 2200 again.
But the boy wasn't done. "I'll attack your face down card and destroy it!" As commanded, his monster charged towards the face down card as it was now revealed as Beta the Magnet Warrior. It was then shattered into pieces and removed from the battle field to the graveyard.
But soon Yami had gained the upper hand, as always. He might of had a slippery beginning, which almost cost him a duel, but he pulled the winning card right from his ass. With that he wiped out whatever life points his opponent had. Well, so Yami didn't lose his touch after all.
He was lowered back down the ground and looked to the other boy as he looked down at his deck with a small smile. "Your not too bad, but you do need a little bit of practice." Yami said as he tucked his deck in his pocket.
"Yes, well, it was great to duel with you, but I must be off." he said. Yami blinked as the boy turned and left the dueling arena. That was odd, he thought. He never even learned the boy's name.
"M-Master.. I'm afraid we have some bad news." said a random hooded servant. The ruler of the Shadow Palace looked down at him menacingly. He then got to his feat and slowly made his way to the now fear filled hooded man. He grabbed him by the collar of his cloak and lifted him off the ground easily. "Their CAN'T be ANY imperfections, you hear me?! Whatever it is, FIX IT!" he shouted loudly enough so that everyone knew never to say such things to him again.
He then dropped the now de-hooded man to the ground. He lost his balance and fell over onto his stomach and was then kicked, hard, in the gut and he rolled in pain, screaming loudly. "Now, tell me what this "problem" is!" He demanded, readying himself to kick the man again.
He slowly caught his breath and cringed, holding his stomach. "I-it's Sha-Shadi.. He's try-trying to resurrect so-someone.." the man stuttered. He couldn't speak that well since he had lost his air.
The master's eyes went so wide he thought they would fall out of his head. He slowly backed to his chair. No, if Shadi was involved, that meant that the Elders were too. He knew that the Elders usually could have cared less as to WHAT happened to the human race, but for some reason they did now. Or maybe they have all along and knew that the Pharaoh was the one capable keeping the humans safe. But who was Shadi now resurrecting?
Notes: Ok, so it was short, but it introduced the bad guy at least. And as for the "Elders" I thought of throwing in a weird twist that I dun know what to do with yet... O_o so this should be interesting. Another thing, it was mostly an in between shits thing, plus a little info. So the new bad guy is an obsessed perfectionist! Woot! Now the next chapter I think will be the last, I'm not sure if I'll split it into two or not. We'll find out, ne? Well see ya laters!
Yu-Gi-Oh Darkness Ensues
Yami lied in his bed staring at the ceiling. He had alot on his mind that he had to sort out. First of all, yes, it had been a month and he was now in school again, second of all what Shadi had said to him the night he visited Yugi's grave, third of all him having to still get over the fact that Yugi wouldn't be coming back.
He sat up and sighed as he now tried to figure out what to do about this supposed oncoming threat. He still thought that he was no good without having Yugi to help him out. He could barely save the world the FIRST time around five thousand years ago. Back then he was alone and frightened, much like he was now.
Sure he had a couple of friends such as Joey, Mai, Tristan, and yes, even Kaiba and his kid brother Mokuba.. But he still felt very empty inside. There were a couple times now that he was sent to the hospital because he over dosed on alcohol and then he had purposely tried to kill himself. But every time it happened, something, or someone, kept bringing him back. He had to wonder if it was Yugi's doing, like he was telling him to hang on. But to what?
He again sighed as he got up and went down to the living room to watch some TV. He wasn't much for talking now a days, nor was he much for playing games or hanging out with people.
He sat on the couch and flipped thru the channels till he found something slightly interesting and watched it. He was ok for the time being, but that was until Yugi's grandfather came along. "I know your not much for talking to her, but Tea would like to talk to you.." came Sugoroku's voice from behind the couch.
Yami rolled his eyes as he sat up. "Talk about what?" he asked almost impatiently. She was the LAST person he wished to be bothered by at the moment. Sugoroku shrugged. "Beats me, she wont say except that it's important." the old man replied.
Yami shrugged a little. "Whatever." he said as he again slumped in the couch. Whatever she said to him had BETTER be important, he thought. First he had been pestered by Shadi about "great threats and dangers" and now Tea just HAD to talk to him. Probably to beg him to be her boyfriend again. He could swear she cared for no one but herself.
Tea turned the corner and looked to the slumped Yami. Though his thoughts were focused on irritations, his expression looked so tired, so weak. She frowned a little. "Um, Yami.. I know that your still not at your full strength or anything but I wanted to talk to you.." she began.
Yami made no replies so she took a seat off in a chair that faced him. His expression looked blank as he was now focused on other things. "I wanted to apologize for all my behaviors in the last year.. I know it was not right of me, and I wanted to just say sorry." She paused and watched Yami. Still nothing.
She sighed a little and looked to her lap. This was very hard for her, even though most would think she didn't care, she really did. "I'm also sorry about Yugi's death.. I was sad to hear about it." she said in a more quiet tone.
Then Yami moved to sit up. "Cut to the chase, Tea, I'm not feeling well." Yami said. Tea nodded a little. "What I wanted to say was, even though it was selfish and very rude of me, all my actions were basically out of jealousy." she finally stated.
Yami raised an eyebrow as he looked at her in sheer confusion. Jealousy? Of WHAT? Now THIS was getting interesting. Tea blinked and looked away. She knew he was confused, so she took in a breath to explain.
"You see, I was jealous of you, maybe even angry.. I felt that when you and Yugi became separate people and got together in a relationship that.. you were stealing him away from me." She again began to explain.
She heard him huff a little. "Right, like I'LL believe that?" he asked. He wasn't hers to begin with, nor was she his. Sure Yugi saw her as a sister but nothing more. "It's true, Yami.. He was my only friend, even though Joey and Tristan pretended to be.. they never really liked me." she said quietly. She felt so alone, maybe just as alone as Yami.
Yami crossed his arms across his chest and shook his head. "Whatever, Tea, but if you even want to think about being my friend again you have to earn my trust again, and trust me, it wont be easy." he stated as he looked away.
Shadi stood outside of the Game Store that was ran by Sugoroku and Yami. He had been avoiding the Pharaoh since the night he was at the graveyard, but he knew he would have to face him sooner or later. Might as well be sooner.
He disappeared after a second and reappeared in Yugi's old room. He assumed correctly as Yami was sitting on the bed staring down at the deck that used to be Yugi's, that he held in his hand. He then sighed and never looked up at Shadi. "What do you want this time..?" he asked in a low voice.
Shadi took another step into the room and looked down at Yami. "You wont do anything about this new threat will you?" he asked, doubting the Pharaoh would. Yami shrugged some as he continued to stare down at the Duel Monsters deck. "Why should I?" he asked back. He then slumped even more as he closed his eyes. "It's not like I'll get Yugi back in return.." he said almost wishing that that were the case.
Shadi sighed some and turned away. "I knew you wouldn't do it. After all when I first entered your soul room you were nothing more then some Pharaoh who could've cared less.. Why did I ever get my hopes up to high about you changing your ways." said Shadi.
It was mostly a taunt, to get Yami to do what he was destined to do. He heard Yami get to his feet behind him and almost wanted to hide, because he knew the Pharaoh's anger was nothing to play with. "Take that back!" Yami shouted.
Shadi blinked. Now he did it, he struck Yami in the pride. No one usually ever did this and lived to tell the tale. "Take it back now, Shadi!" his tone, it sounded so demanding, like he was commanding Shadi to do what he was told.
This wasn't a good thing either. Ever since Yugi's death Yami had been slipping further and further into his old ways when he was the Pharaoh of Egypt. He was almost becoming his darker self, the self that was respected by mostly fear.
Shadi tried to remain calm as he turned to face Yami. "Please, Yami. Calm yourself." Shadi said lightly. Boy, and he thought a little reverse psychology couldn't hurt anyone, but here he was probably about to be killed on the spot.
Yami tried to regain his cool, noticing it now for the first time. He couldn't keep himself in line anymore. Could it be because he no longer had Yugi to help him? Or could it be because he was just to emotional BECAUSE Yugi wasn't there. He really didn't know.
Yami then looked away from Shadi. "Why should I help you, after all you slaughtered over hundreds just because they only seek to find the answers of their past. So why should you even care?" Yami then asked as he sat back down onto the bed.
Shadi frowned. He really didn't think of it that way, until now. Now, for the first time in his life, he regretted it too. "Because... it's your duty." he said weakly. Yami only chuckled under his breath. It was also his duty to protect Yugi, but look what good THAT did. "I'll think about it." was the only thing he said.
Yami had almost started to heal now, he was again attending school every day, socializing some, and even gaining a better mood. But though as hard as he tried he was still having trouble sleeping. Why that was he was unsure of. He was continuously having these weird dreams. They were very blurred, and even dark. But he could hear a familiar voice screaming for him, screaming for help. Yet, somehow that voice wasn't familiar. It was very confusing really.
He smirked to himself as he thought of these dreams. It was as if it were a puzzle that he must solve. Kinda like how Yugi had worked for eight years before finally solving his Millennium Puzzle. Yami had almost wished that he hadn't. Maybe he would still be alive now.
No, he couldn't start thinking of that again. Not now. He lightly shook his head and tried to concentrate on his math assignment. Math was farley easy for him, considering he used it all the time in Duel Monsters and other games. Yes, games were now the only thing he now had and lived for, though he hadn't done much of that.
But that was when a sudden flash of sorts zipped across his mind's eye, as if telling him something wasn't right. He straightened himself out in his chair and looked around the class room. Kids murmured quietly as they did their math assignments.
He again shook his head unsure of what was wrong and went back to staring blankly at his paper. He frowned seeing he had only completed one math problem. He was just so easily distracted today.
Then again it flashed in his head but he got a picture along with it. It looked like a dark small place, and an outline of a person was seen in it pounding on something above them. He blinked in confusion. It seemed so familiar, but why?
He then felt someone rest their hand on his shoulder and blinked. "You ok, Yami?" asked Bakura with his British accent. He again blinked as he looked up to see the white haired boy standing behind him. "Uhh.. Ya, I'm fine." he said as he again started working on his class work.
Bakura shrugged and sat down next to him. Yami glimpsed up at Bakura from the corner of his eye. "So, you doing any better lately?" Bakura asked. He hadn't talked to Yami or Yugi much in the last year. Well he had been an exchange student for a little while. Yami shrugged a little as he quickly solved the third problem.
Bakura only nodded some as he could tell that Yami would never be ok, not for a long time anyways. He then noticed that a picture was hanging half way out of his jacket pocket. It was of Yami and Yugi together, both smiling, both seeming to enjoy life.
Bakura then got to his feet. The bell for lunch was about to ring. "Well, see you around." He said to Yami with a small wave. Yami nodded as he was now on the 16th problem. Bakura then walked off and left the Pharaoh alone to do his school work.
Yami sighed and slumped as he reached down for that picture Bakura had noticed. He held it in his hand and stared down at it. The picture was a little wrinkled due to too much handling. In the picture he was holding Yugi from behind around the waist. Yugi had his bright smile, the kind that could even light up the Shadow Realm. That was what sadden Yami's heart again.
"Is everything ready?" came a dark and sinister sounding voice. One hooded figure almost cringed in fear and kept his face hidden in the shadows of his hood. "Almost, my Master." he answered, his voice slightly trembling.
The "master" smirked to himself as he turned away from his little servant and sat down on a rather large and cushioned chair. It almost seemed like a chair that belonged to a thrown. He crossed his legs and rested his arms on the chair's arm rests.
He was preparing for his coming into the world of humans, the world that was so vulnerable since that Pharaoh Yami had decided to turn his back to them since his lover died. He couldn't ask for better timing.
But of course he had the ultimate plan. He found the mistakes that Maximillion Pegasus and Mallik Ishtar had made, meaning he knew exactly what to do and what NOT to do. That was why his plan was so perfect, absolutely perfect. And he couldn't even settle for anything less.
"Soon, Pharaoh, you will FINALLY be beaten and I will take your place as King and rule the very world that you turned your back on!" He shouted out to anyone who dared oppose him and cackled loudly as well and his voice echoed through out the chambers of his little Shadow Palace.
Soon, very soon, he will destroy the Pharaoh and his name and claim the thrown that he had now abandoned. Oh yes, he will rule the world in his place and show them all what fear really meant!
Yami couldn't stop having those weird visions for the life of him! Every time he tried to sleep he saw some person pounding on something above them, shouting and screaming for help. The thing that bothered him the most was that this person was calling for him. But why was beyond him, and how they knew him was just as much of a mystery.
He finally sat up grumbling to himself. It was getting on his nerves that such a trivial puzzle was bugging him not only while he was awake but now while he was trying to sleep! He sighed some as he sat there thinking and tried to calm his thoughts so that he could sleep. But he saw no signs of these things stopping any time soon.
Some random kid wandered the streets of Domino looking for this person named Yami. He was to challenge him to a duel so that this person who hired him knew what to expect in his newest deck, and how he used it.
The kid frowned and slumped as he continued to look for this person. He knew Yami by reputation only. He knew that he was the top ranked Duelist in the world. He was even better then that Yugi Motou who he had heard passed away a few months ago.
He stared down at his deck. He might have been the best Duelist from his town, but that wasn't saying much. His town's Duelists were pretty sloppy with the game really. He knew he would be slaughtered within two turns by Yami. This Yami WAS the King of Games after all.
He then turned the corner to some other street that seemed less busy and ran into someone taller then he. Well that could be anyone, he was only 4'9 after all. He wasn't that tough either, very skinny and not well built. He looked up to find the person he was looking for.
"Excuse me, I didn't see you there." Yami said with a blink or two. His voice seemed rather deep, and he was even more attractive looking in person then on TV. The smaller boy blinked back and blushed. "Um, are you Yami?" he asked quietly.
Yami blinked again and raised an eyebrow. "Ya, why?" he asked almost wondering about this boy. He watched him pull out a Duel Monsters deck from his pocket and shrugged. "I.. I was wondering if I could duel you? I've always wondered what it would be like and so.." he said staring down at his pathetic deck. It was what he thought of as a beat down deck. But it wasn't the very best ever.
Yami slumped a little and shoved his hands in his pocket. "I don't know.. I haven't dueled in a while, I might be rusty now." he replied. Honestly he didn't feel like dueling the kid but shrugged. "Sure, whatever." He said as he dug out his own deck. Wow, guess he really DID need this thing today.
After Yami was lead to a public Dueling arena they set themselves up for a duel. It was one of Kaiba's old Duelist Kingdom models. That was ok though, Yami didn't mind. He set his newly assembled deck on the deck zone after shuffling. "Ok, kid, I hope you know what your doing.." Yami said as the other person started drawing his hand. "I wouldn't worry, I do know what I'm doing." he said gaining some confidence.
Boy, he couldn't believe he was hired to duel Yami! Yami was always one of his biggest role models in this last year or so. He had defeated Yugi Motou in the last tournament after all.
Yami drew his hand and took a look at it. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't that great either. In his hand were the Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress #1, Time Seal, Dark Hole, Trap hole, and Dark Magician Girl. He looked up to the boy. "We duel by Battle City Rules, minus the rare card thing.. Four thousand life points, tributes, yada yada." Yami said as he sighed a little.
The boy nodded. "Then I'll go first!" he replied as he looked his hand over. Ok.. so what could he use? He looked his hand over and frowned. He held mostly magic cards, and those were all power up cards. He did have a couple of monsters but should he put them in attack or defensive mode. Maybe he could play his Warrior Dai Grepher and use his Black Pendent to raise it's attack points.
He did just that. "I'll play Warrior Dai Grepher in attack mode! I'll also play Black Pendent on it raising it's attack by 500 points!" he declared. He smirked to himself now. Not that bad of a first move, he thought. Yami had to agree.
Now it was Yami's turn. He couldn't do much but draw his next card and hope for the best. "First I play two face down cards and play one monster in defense mode." said Yami. He had placed his Trap Hole and Time Seal and played his Beta the Magnet Warrior in defense mode. It was all he could really do for now.
The boy drew one card and looked it over. It was the ultra rare United We Stand card. With this he could raise his monster's attack points by another 800 points. But should he was the question. He shrugged to himself, why not? "Fine, I'll activate this special card and raise my monster's attack by 800 points, making him 3000 points!" he declared. Yami blinked a little as he looked at his hand. He had a De-Spell, so he could easily move it back down to 2200 again.
But the boy wasn't done. "I'll attack your face down card and destroy it!" As commanded, his monster charged towards the face down card as it was now revealed as Beta the Magnet Warrior. It was then shattered into pieces and removed from the battle field to the graveyard.
But soon Yami had gained the upper hand, as always. He might of had a slippery beginning, which almost cost him a duel, but he pulled the winning card right from his ass. With that he wiped out whatever life points his opponent had. Well, so Yami didn't lose his touch after all.
He was lowered back down the ground and looked to the other boy as he looked down at his deck with a small smile. "Your not too bad, but you do need a little bit of practice." Yami said as he tucked his deck in his pocket.
"Yes, well, it was great to duel with you, but I must be off." he said. Yami blinked as the boy turned and left the dueling arena. That was odd, he thought. He never even learned the boy's name.
"M-Master.. I'm afraid we have some bad news." said a random hooded servant. The ruler of the Shadow Palace looked down at him menacingly. He then got to his feat and slowly made his way to the now fear filled hooded man. He grabbed him by the collar of his cloak and lifted him off the ground easily. "Their CAN'T be ANY imperfections, you hear me?! Whatever it is, FIX IT!" he shouted loudly enough so that everyone knew never to say such things to him again.
He then dropped the now de-hooded man to the ground. He lost his balance and fell over onto his stomach and was then kicked, hard, in the gut and he rolled in pain, screaming loudly. "Now, tell me what this "problem" is!" He demanded, readying himself to kick the man again.
He slowly caught his breath and cringed, holding his stomach. "I-it's Sha-Shadi.. He's try-trying to resurrect so-someone.." the man stuttered. He couldn't speak that well since he had lost his air.
The master's eyes went so wide he thought they would fall out of his head. He slowly backed to his chair. No, if Shadi was involved, that meant that the Elders were too. He knew that the Elders usually could have cared less as to WHAT happened to the human race, but for some reason they did now. Or maybe they have all along and knew that the Pharaoh was the one capable keeping the humans safe. But who was Shadi now resurrecting?
Notes: Ok, so it was short, but it introduced the bad guy at least. And as for the "Elders" I thought of throwing in a weird twist that I dun know what to do with yet... O_o so this should be interesting. Another thing, it was mostly an in between shits thing, plus a little info. So the new bad guy is an obsessed perfectionist! Woot! Now the next chapter I think will be the last, I'm not sure if I'll split it into two or not. We'll find out, ne? Well see ya laters!