~ . . . ~ = Yami's thoughts
+ . . . + = Gary's thoughts
A man and a boy suddenly zipped past Ryou, Gary, and May, almost falling into the giant, dark crater. He stopped and turned around. The boy did the same.
"I am so sorry," the man said. "I was after my son . . . I thought I saw him run through this park . . ."
Gary recognized the man as Kyle's father and the boy as his brother, Mike. However, neither of them recognized Ryou or Gary.
"That's okay," said Gary, smiling. "I hope you find him soon." He briefly remembered his recent duel with Kyle.
As Kyle's father and brother were dashing on, Gary heard Mike say, "I'm POSITIVE, dad. He told me that he had enough of his rebellion - this Yugi business."
"If that's true," his father said with a short breath, "then why did he run from us just now?"
+Where could Kyle be headed off to? Why would HE want anything to do with Yugi? He's been acting so weird today . . .+
Gary looked at May and Ryou, who had his eyes closed and his hands cupping his Millennium Ring, which had somehow passed through his clothing! The sky was become dark, and Gary clutched the Necklace in his pocket because it was shining very obviously by now. He closed his eyes . . .
* * *Image* * *
"Yugi!" cried the white-haired, evil-looking person that Gary had seen in his previous dream. "It's time!"
Yugi fell to his knees and tried to assemble the broken Millennium Puzzle, but the cloaked figure from before threw down a rod into the ground, almost hitting Yugi's little hand.
"Without that other spirit with you, you are vulnerable to any Shadow Game we play!" the white-haired person yelled.
"Bakura, please!" Yugi pleaded.
"Let the Shadow Game begin!" cried the cloaked figure.
Yugi, already feeling weak due to the nature of the Shadow Realm, knew he could not beat Bakura and the other person, who he had previously called Malik.
Bakura and Malik stated that the Shadow Game would involve Duel Monsters cards. Each player would draw a card from his deck. The person with the card with the highest Attack points would win - that is, gain possession of the Millennium items of the two losers.
Bakura was the first to draw. He pulled a card and frowned. He had pulled the weak Man-Eater Bug. "Blasted bug!" he cried in despair, knowing that he had already lost.
Malik reached for his own deck. He pulled out a monster that Yugi could not identify in all his dizziness. All he knew was that its Attack was at a strong 2000.
Yugi's hand was trembling as he weakly drew from his deck. "I have many cards in my deck that can -" he began. But before he could lift the top card, Malik brushed his Millennium Rod at the deck, causing the top card to flutter down to the ground. Too weak to pick it up, Yugi just drew the next card, which was the Female Dark Magician, with an Attack at 2000 as well.
The tie was to be broken by a second draw, but by then, Yugi was too weak to even stand. He fell to his knees again, with deck still in hand. He drew the Dark Magician (2500).
Malik drew his next card and laughed like no mortal could ever laugh. He showed his card to Bakura and Yugi. It was his god card, God of Ra.
Yugi's eyes widened fiercely. He could not let Malik use the Millennium items to destroy the world! While Malik removed the Millennium Ring from Bakura's neck (Bakura called him a traitor just then), Yugi gathered up his last strength. He bent down, swung his leg, and tripped Malik.
The Millennium Rod flew through the air and landed right in Malik's heart when he hit the ground. Yugi fell. The Shadow Realm proved to be fatal to him. A few seconds later, Bakura's normal half fell to his death as well. Without his Millennium Ring, which was now in the grip of the dying Malik, Bakura's normal spirit had emerged. He could not survive in the Shadow Realm on his own, either. A shiny eye fell out of his pocket.
The dying Malik, as his last action, pulled the Rod from his body and used it and the Ring to try to revive himself, but in his jerky movements, it only caused a huge explosion, making a huge crater at the death site.
The vision stopped.
* * *End vision* * *
Gary opened his eyes. They were full of tears. He felt as though he were crying for two people. Finally, the truth had been revealed - to both him AND Yami.
Ryou, or what Gary thought was Ryou, still had his hands cupped around the Millennium Ring. The sky looked like the darkness of the place Yugi had fallen in his vision.
"No! A Shadow Game!" he cried, trembling in fear.
May laughed manically. "Just what I was hoping for!! Now, I can win your Millennium items just by playing a simple game!"
Gary realized that history was repeating itself again.
+No! I can't let this happen! I made a promise to Yami . . .+
Yami suddenly took over. He was crying manically, tears raging from his mysterious eyes.
"What's the matter, Gary?" May asked, waving the rod that she had in her holster, the Millennium Rod. Afraid to play this little game?"
"No!" Yami shouted ferociously. "I refuse to risk our lives in the Shadow Realm!"
The spirit of the Millennium Ring laughed. "I'm afraid you don't have a choice in the matter. I may have lost this game before, but I have a new host with a new deck, and I swear I'll take you both down this time!"
May nodded. "I know about these games . . . such magical games they are. And I will win!"
The spirit of the Millennium Ring pulled out Ryou's deck from his pocket, but in his haste, something fell out.
Yami caught a glimpse of it before Ryou picked it up. "The God of Osiris!" he cried, thinking about his own god card.
May pulled a card from her pocket as well. It was the third god card, Ra! She laughed. "I guess I have one of those cryptic cards, too! I was given this card when I was a little girl, so it means so very much to me. I guess we have EVERYTHING riding on this little game, eh? Let us begin!"
"Same game as last time," Ryou's evil spirit said.
"Last time?" May asked. Ryou's evil spirit explained the rules to her.
Yami, however, KNEW the rules already, from the depressing vision he had had shortly before.
"The same game won't have the same result!" Yami cried, taking out Gary's deck.
"You're right, Gary," May said. "You'll find that things will come around in my favor now."
"That lesson will cost you your existence -- again!" Ryou's spirit added. "Let the Shadow Game begin!" He reached for the top card of his deck. "And this time, I WILL win!"
(To be continued.)
A man and a boy suddenly zipped past Ryou, Gary, and May, almost falling into the giant, dark crater. He stopped and turned around. The boy did the same.
"I am so sorry," the man said. "I was after my son . . . I thought I saw him run through this park . . ."
Gary recognized the man as Kyle's father and the boy as his brother, Mike. However, neither of them recognized Ryou or Gary.
"That's okay," said Gary, smiling. "I hope you find him soon." He briefly remembered his recent duel with Kyle.
As Kyle's father and brother were dashing on, Gary heard Mike say, "I'm POSITIVE, dad. He told me that he had enough of his rebellion - this Yugi business."
"If that's true," his father said with a short breath, "then why did he run from us just now?"
+Where could Kyle be headed off to? Why would HE want anything to do with Yugi? He's been acting so weird today . . .+
Gary looked at May and Ryou, who had his eyes closed and his hands cupping his Millennium Ring, which had somehow passed through his clothing! The sky was become dark, and Gary clutched the Necklace in his pocket because it was shining very obviously by now. He closed his eyes . . .
* * *Image* * *
"Yugi!" cried the white-haired, evil-looking person that Gary had seen in his previous dream. "It's time!"
Yugi fell to his knees and tried to assemble the broken Millennium Puzzle, but the cloaked figure from before threw down a rod into the ground, almost hitting Yugi's little hand.
"Without that other spirit with you, you are vulnerable to any Shadow Game we play!" the white-haired person yelled.
"Bakura, please!" Yugi pleaded.
"Let the Shadow Game begin!" cried the cloaked figure.
Yugi, already feeling weak due to the nature of the Shadow Realm, knew he could not beat Bakura and the other person, who he had previously called Malik.
Bakura and Malik stated that the Shadow Game would involve Duel Monsters cards. Each player would draw a card from his deck. The person with the card with the highest Attack points would win - that is, gain possession of the Millennium items of the two losers.
Bakura was the first to draw. He pulled a card and frowned. He had pulled the weak Man-Eater Bug. "Blasted bug!" he cried in despair, knowing that he had already lost.
Malik reached for his own deck. He pulled out a monster that Yugi could not identify in all his dizziness. All he knew was that its Attack was at a strong 2000.
Yugi's hand was trembling as he weakly drew from his deck. "I have many cards in my deck that can -" he began. But before he could lift the top card, Malik brushed his Millennium Rod at the deck, causing the top card to flutter down to the ground. Too weak to pick it up, Yugi just drew the next card, which was the Female Dark Magician, with an Attack at 2000 as well.
The tie was to be broken by a second draw, but by then, Yugi was too weak to even stand. He fell to his knees again, with deck still in hand. He drew the Dark Magician (2500).
Malik drew his next card and laughed like no mortal could ever laugh. He showed his card to Bakura and Yugi. It was his god card, God of Ra.
Yugi's eyes widened fiercely. He could not let Malik use the Millennium items to destroy the world! While Malik removed the Millennium Ring from Bakura's neck (Bakura called him a traitor just then), Yugi gathered up his last strength. He bent down, swung his leg, and tripped Malik.
The Millennium Rod flew through the air and landed right in Malik's heart when he hit the ground. Yugi fell. The Shadow Realm proved to be fatal to him. A few seconds later, Bakura's normal half fell to his death as well. Without his Millennium Ring, which was now in the grip of the dying Malik, Bakura's normal spirit had emerged. He could not survive in the Shadow Realm on his own, either. A shiny eye fell out of his pocket.
The dying Malik, as his last action, pulled the Rod from his body and used it and the Ring to try to revive himself, but in his jerky movements, it only caused a huge explosion, making a huge crater at the death site.
The vision stopped.
* * *End vision* * *
Gary opened his eyes. They were full of tears. He felt as though he were crying for two people. Finally, the truth had been revealed - to both him AND Yami.
Ryou, or what Gary thought was Ryou, still had his hands cupped around the Millennium Ring. The sky looked like the darkness of the place Yugi had fallen in his vision.
"No! A Shadow Game!" he cried, trembling in fear.
May laughed manically. "Just what I was hoping for!! Now, I can win your Millennium items just by playing a simple game!"
Gary realized that history was repeating itself again.
+No! I can't let this happen! I made a promise to Yami . . .+
Yami suddenly took over. He was crying manically, tears raging from his mysterious eyes.
"What's the matter, Gary?" May asked, waving the rod that she had in her holster, the Millennium Rod. Afraid to play this little game?"
"No!" Yami shouted ferociously. "I refuse to risk our lives in the Shadow Realm!"
The spirit of the Millennium Ring laughed. "I'm afraid you don't have a choice in the matter. I may have lost this game before, but I have a new host with a new deck, and I swear I'll take you both down this time!"
May nodded. "I know about these games . . . such magical games they are. And I will win!"
The spirit of the Millennium Ring pulled out Ryou's deck from his pocket, but in his haste, something fell out.
Yami caught a glimpse of it before Ryou picked it up. "The God of Osiris!" he cried, thinking about his own god card.
May pulled a card from her pocket as well. It was the third god card, Ra! She laughed. "I guess I have one of those cryptic cards, too! I was given this card when I was a little girl, so it means so very much to me. I guess we have EVERYTHING riding on this little game, eh? Let us begin!"
"Same game as last time," Ryou's evil spirit said.
"Last time?" May asked. Ryou's evil spirit explained the rules to her.
Yami, however, KNEW the rules already, from the depressing vision he had had shortly before.
"The same game won't have the same result!" Yami cried, taking out Gary's deck.
"You're right, Gary," May said. "You'll find that things will come around in my favor now."
"That lesson will cost you your existence -- again!" Ryou's spirit added. "Let the Shadow Game begin!" He reached for the top card of his deck. "And this time, I WILL win!"
(To be continued.)