Yugi turned around to face the person who spoke. He was surprised to see someone identical to Yami. He looked at both in total confusion.
"Shajaki? Yami Who's that? "
"Let me introduce myself, then. I forgot that you don't know me. I'm Shajaki, Yami's twin brother."
"EVIL twin brother." Added yami coldly.
"If you say so." He grinned.
"I thought you were dead. Why are you here?"
"I never died, you did. After 5000 years, maybe I need to give you explanation about the stuff you never understood, dear."
Yami's eyes narrowed angrily.
"I'm the one who wanted your death because you had the throne. It was OUR dad's kingdom but I got nothing and you had everything since you were his favorite son. Spoiled bastard in my opinion! It was insulting for someone like me!"
"You never got anything because you were too corrupted for it!"
"Shut up! Don't interrupt me or else you won't know… Maybe you remember I was the leader of the "Army of the Soulless Brothers". Here, let me show you instead of talking. I do not want to scare your little lady with all I have to say..."
Shajaki raised his hand and cast a spell on Yami.
He began shaking uncontrollably.
"What have you done to him, fiend?!" Asked Yugi holding him against her chest.
"Don't worry about him. He's safe FOR NOW as I'm just showing him some of my memories. You're a gorgeous little creature. You would have been a good sex slave, when I owned some."
He moved the back of his hand on Yugi's cheek. She hastily pushed it away.
"Brat!"
He smacked her across the face with great force.
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The lady in Yugi's dream, apparently responsible for Yami's death, walked to a throne and bowed to the man there.
"The pharaoh has died, master. You may take his place now before someone realizes it"
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Yami was, then, transported a few years later. Shaadi, the millennium items' guardian, was standing in front of Shajaki, obviously mad.
He recognized his palace.
"You killed him. I am the one guarding the millennium items. Even if the pharaoh Yami is no longer in our world, part of his soul is entrapped in the puzzle. I've come to take it back from you."
"What!? His soul still lives in that stupid puzzle?"
Shajaki withdrew his sword and threatened to attack Shaadi.
"I have many guards around here, you cannot escape. You will now, show me where you keep the other objects like this one."
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The scene showed Shaadi chained up and Shajaki following him with two swords in his hands. His army was behind them
"Remember, one wrong move and you're dead."
They were walking in a dark hallway, lit by magical torches on the wall. Shaadi struggled a bit.
"What's the matter? Cannot use your magic to break the chains? Oh maybe because of the ritual I used on you, yeah"
He laughed evilly.
Shaadi frowned and let out a sigh. They arrived in a room. Empty slots, one for each of the millennium items, were pierced in the wall in front of them. A lot of old, dusty tomes were set on a table too.
"I told you! They are no longer here, see for yourself now?"
"Well thanks Shaadi! That's not what I wanted, anyway. I just wanted to see where you kept them and I see you left some information and magic books here. I can feel the power from them. You're too nice! It's a valuable gift. I will remember it."
He stared at them all.
"You are powerful ally but, you know, there are rumons that whoever kills you and tastes your blood, gains your power. I don't know if they're true but surely worth testing! You will be more useful to me in that way."
(WARNING: The next part of my text is HIGHLY violent and disgusting. You may want to skip to the following lines and simply pretend that Shaadi has died. If so, simply don't read what's between the stars. This way, I will not offend any of you. Since this story already contains most styles of writing i.e. : romance, drama, adventure etc… I wanted a bit of "horror". Don't say you weren't warned! Thanks.)
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"Shaadi, understanding the plan, tried to escape one more time, in vain.
The evil one took both of his swords and pressed them to his throat, slightly cutting his skin and making him bleed.
"A death like that would be too easy, not amusing and painless. I want to see you suffer."
Shajaki ordered someone to hold his victim and took a spear from one his guards. He drove it through Shaadi's body, making sure not to pierce the vital organs for survival.
He watched as blood started to soak his foe's clothes.
"Great! Now let's do something different, my friend!"
Shajaki took his blades again and cut Shaadi's shirt open. He, then, began cutting his chest, slowly skinning his defenseless victim. He removed a strip of skin and held it high above his head.
"This will let me have your magical strength. Along with my physical, I'll be stronger than anyone else. This is only the beginning of my victory"
"Be… damned…"
He licked the strip before throwing it away.
Shajaki resumed his activities and continued until death resulted. He tore away the remaining pieces of Shaadi's clothes. He drove both of his swords in the dead's genitals and pushed upwards. He did a perpendicular motion, cutting his lower chest to empty the body of most useless stuff such as intestines. He, then, began shredding the rest of the corpse to pieces with both his blades. He maneuvered them gracefully, creating a flawless dance of death. Bones, organs and the rest seemed to be the same thing to his sharp weapons. Blood splattered all over the walls and the guards.
When he got to the heart, Shajaki paused, leaned forward and took a bite, enjoying the taste of the powerful red fluid of life. He pushed his tongue in the newly made hole and sucked some more blood before pulling away. When the fiend swallowed it, he suddenly felt strong, unstoppable. He moved up and cut the cadaver's head off, throwing it behind himself at the other people present. He spun around to face everybody.
"I am the king of my dad's kingdom, the leader you all and the new millennium guardian. Kneel before me, 'Army of the soulless brothers'!"
He raised his head and arms towards the ceiling and let out a cry of joy and ecstasy. Blood dripped from his wide open mouth.
Shajaki threw both of his blood-stained swords, aiming the nearest guard's face. A last wave of blood splashed the wall…
Yami was terrified by the cruelty of his brother and completely disgusted.
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The next part showed Shajaki sitting at the desk in the same room, reading Shaadi's journal.
"…and the soul of the pharaoh who passed away was imprisoned within his puzzle. It shattered to pieces upon his death. The other part of his spirit went free. I have to ensure that his second halfgets the puzzle when the time has come or else nobody will be able to reform it."
He grinned and closed the book.
"Oh I'll do that, if not, I won't ever be able to slay him once and for all."
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The following scene was in the middle of a forest. A young girl was running in it, happily with other kids.
"There! It's Yami's second half's first reincarnation but what took it so long to come back to life?"
He looked down in thought.
"Who cares, they will soon be mine!"
He dropped the box containing the puzzle pieces and disappeared.
The wiccan girl came across the ancient box. She opened it and found the pieces. She gazed at them, amazed.
* * *
Yami was brought back to reality. He gently shook Yugi, anger showing in his amethyst eyes.
"Dear! I know why you had a dream about my death. It's too clear to me now! You're my second half! You're the light part of myself and I'm your dark; we complete each other in a perfect way!
When I died, you escaped the puzzle while I was entrapped in it then you reincarnated into the mage! That's why you have her look! Because that's what you first looked like.
"You're wise, Yami. You understood it all. Bravo!"
He applauded sarcastically.
"I'm you and you're me…? Yet we're so different because we evolved apart and because I'm pure and you are… less than me?"
"Exactly."
"Well enough talking here. I've come here to get rid of you both and that's what I'll do."
"Leave Yugi alone! Fight me! If you win, you can fight him… I mean her… not before!"
"Very well, brother. I've gained magic abilities when I killed Shaadi as you saw. I don't think you have as much power as me, do you?"
Shajaki raised his right hand and closed his eyes. He pointed a finger towards Yami and a bolt of lightning struck him.
Yami fell to his knees, in mid-air. He valiantly lifted his head.
"MIND CRUSH!"
The millennium eye glowed on his forehead as the psychic blast hit Shajaki.
"Mind crush is supposed to eliminate the evil part in you. Since you're corrupted to the core, all it will do is paralyzing you for a bit."
"So what? What can you ever to do me, Yami?"
He's right… I'm not that strong magically…
"I still got some attacks!"
He started humming an ancient song. A blue flame appeared around Shajaki, followed by a red, green, yellow, black, white. They began spinning rapidly, eventually forming only one color.
"Fire explosions!" Ordered Yami.
They exploded on Shajaki simultaneously. Since he couldn't dodge, the attack fully hit him. He struggled a little, slowly regaining the control of his body.
"Well, what's that? You didn't like magic, brother yet you learnt some simple tricks? How amazing!"
Sarcasm was still easily noticeable in his voice.
Yami frowned. He extended his right arm and concentrated all of his energy into his hand. His hand turned into a fist and flew to collide with Shajaki's jaw rapidly.
The energy greatly enhanced the punch before spreading in the opponent's body as a negative flow. The move would have been deadly to any mortal but to a spirit… it was like a scratch on a diamond surface.
"Is that the best you can do?"
"Let me teach you how to really fight. While you have your mind blast that is a psychic attack, in this case useless. I may use summons… Chaos Flare!"
Three evil spirits emerged out of nowhere and went through Yami's chest, stealing 1/4 of his vital energy. Yami bent over, clenching his fists.
"Don't forget that the kind of energy I just stole from you is like blood in real life. Lose most of it and that could be your end."
Yami gazed at Yugi, despair showed in his eyes.
"I will not be able to win against him… Please go! Flee before it's too late! He can harm your physical form but not kill it. He… has the millennium guardian's powers… He's much stronger than I am…"
Yugi shook her head violently, tears welling up in her eyes.
"I wanted to let you try a desperate attack but you're taking too long. Air Strike!"
Small shockwaves hit Yami's chest at an impressive speed.
"Now that you're weakened, I'll ban you from this world for 10 years, as it is the maximum I can do! Say goodbye to you're dark half, Yugi! Bye bye brother, You'll now know what hell Is like. I cast… Dark Hole!"
"No! Yami!"
Yugi hurried and floated in front of Yami, protectively. He fully took the hit. A black whirlwind formed in his chest.
"Yugi…"
Yami weakly raised his arm.
"I may not have my deck but I have mastered…de-spell…"
The spell stopped, saving the light one just in time.
"How courageous, little Yugi. Are you such in a hurry of leaving us? I thought you would want to stay a bit more…"
"We should settle this in real life. Then, at least, I could help."
A single tear rolled down his cheek, falling in Yami's hair. He slowly started to heal.
"Yugi… You're so pure, your tears can heal… You're not worthless here. As for you, demon!"
He looked around.
"I cast Iron Shell to protect me and Yugi."
He lowered his voice, seemingly whispering to himself.
"…and It's the last thing I can do… I no longer have magical energy also known as mana…"
A huge barrier appeared.
"I'll pierce it with Razor Wind!"
Wind started blowing so hard in the small area that it sliced as much as if a thousands knives falling from the sky would.
"Yami, what are we going to do?"
"I'm sorry to say this but there isn't anything I can do…"
They hugged tightly.
"I told you to go before it was too late…I'm sorry… I failed protecting you."
"It's okay… You did your best!"
Yami licked a tear running down the girl's cheek.
"I love you"
They both exclaimed it with perfect timing.
Yami tilted his head to touch her lips with his, gently at first; a slight gazing of their lips. They moved away, just enough to speak.
"How much would I hope that this isn't the end. I just wanted to meet you! Is it bad?"
As an answer, his arms encircled her in a warm, highly protecting embrace.
They resumed their previous action and the feathery kiss turned to passionate. Dark and light molded as one again…
The barrier began to shatter and Shajaki released his dark hole on the lovers.
A flash blinded everyone…
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