OK, I know everyone has said this before (I'm a little late, so sue me) but
dub Malik's voice really sucks. It sounds too much like the Green Goblin
from Spiderman and not at all like a 16 year old boy (and yes people Malik
is 16, it says so in the 10th subtitled DVD when Isis tells Yugi-tachi
about why Malik wants Yami dead). I have been withholding judgment (kind
of) because it would be marginally acceptable for Yami Malik (although the
Japanese voice is still better) and I wonder if they'll change it (like
that will happen) when the two become separate entities.
OK, chapter 10. Finally updated, been having a bit of trouble writing lately (homework, writer's block, etc.).
Yami Bakura's Egyptian name was apparently Nahkti, thanks to Rakia for the info.
Once again I do not own Yu-gi-oh or any of the other stuff that went into making this story, except my mind, I'm pretty sure I own my mind.
Malik: Are you sure about that?
YN: *Glares at Malik* Don't even try it mister.
Oh, also info on the Japanese card names comes from Edo's Yu-gi-oh site.
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Yami Bakura
"Your presence is requested at the palace immediately for a duel with the pharaoh." I looked down; the man who addressed me was a little shorter than I am and dressed as a simple servant.
Interesting, so the pharaoh himself had challenged me to a duel; I had, of course planned to challenge him eventually, but one doesn't just challenge the greatest duelist in Egypt without first preparing, I had hoped to hone my skills for at least a month before challenging him. "Interesting, what if I refuse?"
The man looked flustered; apparently the thought of refusing the pharaoh's request hadn't occurred to him. I laughed. "I'll come to the palace with you. As for the duel, well, I'll discuss it with pharaoh."
The man bowed and led me to the palace. No royal parade or anything, at least that was nice, I don't like being the center of attention. At the palace the guards let us through but as I entered I was stopped by the pharaoh's adviser. "Halt."
"Sir, we are here to see the pharaoh as per his instructions."
"I know that, but that riffraff won't see him like that, he reeks. Take him to the baths; once he's clean he can appear before the pharaoh."
I was sorely tempted to send him into darkness right there and then, yes I had never had what a modern person would call a decent bath but neither had most of Egypt. Long, luxurious baths were only for the wealthy and those wishing to risk the crocodiles in the Nile River. I did wash regularly and resented the accusation that I was some worthless tramp.
Grumbling I allowed myself to be shown to the common baths, of course the pharaoh's bath was off limits to riffraff like me.
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Yami Yugi
"You plan to use him don't you?" Seto and I were playing senet, an Egyptian board game. This was one of our favorite pastimes while we discussed topics, most recently these were the puzzle of the dark games.
"I do," I replied. "This is the first time in almost 1000 years that the millennium ring has appeared. In order for the plan to work we must have the owner of the ring as well as the ring itself."
"And you think finding another owner would be so difficult?" Seto moved a piece and smiled, he'd landed on a good square. "I think you should use the game of darkness to banish him, a trained priest can handle the ring."
"I don't know. The fact that this boy is the first in centuries to possess it suggests so."
"Where is he now?"
"My adviser said he wouldn't allow him to see me until he had washed up."
"I don't like that guy."
"Neither do I, he's too strict, and hungry for power. One of the servants even reported hearing him conspire to overthrow me." I moved and frowned, I had hit a bad square although the misfortune it bestowed wasn't too bad.
"You should get rid of him as soon as possible." Seto also hit a bad square, he would loose a turn.
"I know, however I will let him make the first move."
"Yamasen, when you have dueled with that guy, if you are still alive duel with me. If you win I will go along with the plan, however if I win you must let me find an alternate solution."
"I know your misgivings Seto; however I see no possible alternative." I moved a piece and smiled. "Looks like I win again."
A servant entered. "Your guest, Baku, has refreshed himself and seeks audience with you my pharaoh."
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Seto
Yamasen got up and walked out of the room. The guard was leading him even though he stayed a step behind Yamasen. No one but the royal guards precedes the pharaoh.
"You always win, my friend," I whispered when he was gone. I got up and started putting away the senet board. I didn't have to, the servants would have come in and done so, but this game, in a way, represented the bond between myself and the pharaoh.
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Yami Bakura
I paced the room angrily. How dare they make me wait like this when I had come at their insistence! It wasn't that I was annoyed at having to bathe, a long soak in a large tub was actually quite pleasant, it was everything. How dare they insist I come, how dare they disapprove of my lifestyle, how dare they keep me waiting when they had wanted to see me! I was getting angrier by the second when the pharaoh walked in.
"I am sorry for the inconvenience; I was in an important conference with my high priest."
"If you had an important conference," I sneered, "why did you insist on my coming today?"
"As pharaoh I get few breaks, today seemed relatively calm so I thought it would be a good day to challenge you."
"I see. And what exactly is the penalty for loosing this challenge?" I smiled, that caught him off guard. That reassured me; he had no idea what Kit had taught me. He probably thought I was just some street kid who'd gotten a millennium item and didn't know how to use it, I'd show him.
"If you loose the penalty is that your soul will be sealed away for eternity."
I laughed and he looked at me curiously. "Sealed? Inside what?"
"Inside the shadow realm."
"Shadow Realm?" I asked. Kit hadn't told me about this, of course she probably didn't know everything.
"You may have heard that the power of the millennium items comes from the dark world, however in the place where the light and dark worlds meet there is a place called the Shadow Realm. It is not part of either world but connects both and will consume the souls of any who enter it."
"I see, so if you are defeated you will also go to this shadow realm?"
"I won't loose."
"Feh, you are arrogant. Are you afraid of being destroyed? Fine, if I loose my soul will be sealed away, however if you loose your life is mine to do with as I please."
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Yami Yugi
"Fine." God would judge this match. It would be unfair to force him to be sealed when I would not accept some punishment.
We entered the dueling room and I looked over to see the latest sacrifice. It was a young man, a petty thief who had been caught, I had know idea what he had stolen but I could tell he was a thief, the bloody stump where his right hand should have been told me that. I felt bad, no matter what the results in these games someone had to die. If that boy was to survive I would have to kill Baku, if Baku won that boy, who had done less to deserve death, would die. 'Is this game really right?' I wondered. 'Sealing the monsters away has brought peace to the kingdom, but why must we fight like this and take lives?' No, this wasn't the time for doubt, if I doubted myself I wouldn't be able to concentrate like I needed to in a dark game. My opponent was standing on the other side; he looked cocky, too cocky for someone who had never fought one of these duels before. Maybe that's why he was so confident, he didn't know this was real, that someone would die today in this room.
"So pharaoh, are we actually going do duel or are you going to back out?"
"Duel, start!" I shouted. "I'll go first." He didn't object, by law the pharaoh always goes first. I scanned the tablets in front of me. Many were low level monsters but my faithful Black Magician was there, ready to serve me. In addition one of the god cards, Obelisk, the protector of the palace, was present. I wouldn't loose, that I was sure of. I was an undefeated duelist. Besides, I would have to win, for everyone's sakes. I should probably set a trap, but magic takes energy, even by using the energy stored in my millennium puzzle I didn't have infinite energy, plus if I used a trap that I never used it would take my concentration to maintain it, if I forgot about the magic it could accidentally erupt and hurt the priests watching.
"Summon Elven Swordsman to the field in attack pose." I raised my hand and a tablet rose from the floor and a warrior wearing green with pointy ears, catlike eyes and a face that for some reason reminded me of an antelope appeared. Well, I would see how he reacted to my card.
"Feh, that little thing? You've got to be kidding me. I'll summon Headless Knight and destroy your swordsman." He summoned a monster that appeared to be a knight in armor without a head. It dashed forward and struck down my swordsman. I could feel my swordsman die and felt my life-force decrease. Even if I wasn't killed by this game I would be knocked out if I lost. "Plus I'll add this spell." he chanted and a mark appeared.
................................... Yami Bakura
I stared at my enemy. This was the perfect plan and my opponent didn't even realize the trap he was stepping into.
"My turn," the pharaoh called across the room. "Summon Gazelle to the field and attack!"
I laughed. "This is too easy pharaoh! Activate trap Hexagram Curse!" The mark on the floor in front of me flared and changed into a bright hexagram which wrapped around Gazelle. "Now I'll sacrifice Headless Knight and call out Demon Summon and attack your gazelle." The Headless Knight vanished into a whirlwind of dark energy out of which rose what looked like a giant skinned body with demon wings, face and head. It roared and sent out a bolt of lightning that fried the pharaoh's gazelle. I laughed as the wind from the monster's destruction whipped my hair and clothes. "What's wrong pharaoh? I thought you were supposed to be good, but I've practically brought you to your knees!"
He chuckled. "Are you sure Baku? Power isn't the only thing that's important, either in this game or in life." He chanted something, words I could not catch, but then I wasn't suppose to. "Swords of Light!" he shouted as swords rained down, paralyzing my Demon. "This will keep your monsters sealed for three turns; in the mean time I call Ruiz in defense mode."
"Three turns? What will that do?"
"Wait and see Baku."
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Three turns later. "You're three free turns are over pharaoh," I sneered as the swords vanished from around my monster. "What have they gotten you anyway?"
"I have everything I need to show you god." The pharaoh raised his right hand and I felt power stirring throughout the room. Power like I've never felt before. "I'll use Ruiz, Gremlin and Silver Fang to call out Obelisk, the protector of the palace." He smiled. "It's over Baku, you've fought valiantly. Obelisk, attack the Demon." Obelisk's fist shot toward my Demon, it wouldn't completely destroy my life points, not that it mattered, I couldn't fight a god.
"Obelisk, stop!" I looked behind me and saw Kit standing in the doorway. How had she gotten here anyway? I thought this was supposed to be a private duel. I thought she was supposed to be in Europe. She ran onto the field between the two sets of monsters and held out her arms. "Stop Obelisk, don't attack, this boy isn't your enemy the pharaoh is. Obelisk?" The god's hand connected with my Demon, shattering it into a million pieces. She stopped and stared, the god hadn't even paid attention to her, not that that surprised me, she isn't really a duelist. "Obelisk? Why are you working for these heretics?" Kit's voice fell, confused. Her ears lowered and she started to shrink back, whatever had made her bold before had vanished.
"Who is this? A yokai? Well I'm happy to see you young lady, it makes my job so much easier when my pray comes to me," the high priest sounded confident. I tensed, Kit was my friend, wasn't she? Even if she wasn't I didn't really want her to be sealed away. Kit also heard the man's voice, I'm sure that if her face hadn't been covered by white and gray fur she would have blanched.
"Kit, get back! This isn't your duel!" I shouted and she turned to look at me confused.
"Why doesn't he respond? Can't he hear me?"
"Kit." I walked up to her and slapped her. "Run away, you'll get caught if you stay here."
"Baku. Our gods are dead. I always thought they were just imprisoned, that if they were freed everything would be fine. But Obelisk can't even disobey."
"Are you going to continue the duel Baku?" Asked the pharaoh from across the room, "Or would you rather surrender?"
"I'm going to loose anyway aren't I?"
"Yes, there are no miracles that can stop god."
"Pharaoh, whether I surrender or not, will you let this girl leave?"
"Why?"
"She has done nothing to you or anyone else that makes her deserve the fate your high priest would give her. If you would seal an innocent girl away, maybe it is you and not I who should be destroyed."
"Her kind has been responsible for countless deaths among our people. Why should we spare her on the word of a thief?" asked the high priest coldly.
Kit looked up at him and her eyes hardened. "You!" She spat angrily. "You're the bastard who massacred my village! Even if our gods are dead and there is no hope for my people I'll still see you dead before I'm sealed."
"Feh, if you think you have a chance I'll accept a challenge from you. First lets finish this duel."
"Pharaoh, it's been fun, but I'm afraid I'm not ready to be sealed away just yet." I put my hands up around the ring and used its power to knock out everyone human in the room. "We will meet again, and next time I shall be the winner!" I laughed as I started to walk out of the room. Behind me Kit looked up, she had been affected by the power but not as much as the humans.
"Baku?" she whispered.
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Kit
I was confused. My gods, what had happened to them anyway? Obelisk acted as if it was just a puppet of the human pharaoh, were Ra and Osiris like that too? I had been certain that Baku would loose the match, against god there is no hope, none at all.
I looked around, everyone who had been in the room had been standing, the pharaoh had fallen but, that was strange, one of the stone tablets, with an image of a magician holding a staff, had risen up and caught him. That was odd, could the monster actually like the pharaoh? That seemed odd; even if it was his special monster why protect him if it wasn't called on? Sure, I had protected Baku, but, well, that was different, he wasn't my master he was a friend, sort of. Baku had grown dark since I first met him. I wondered if it was the effect of the ring.
I shook my head again to clear it. I'd better go; when these guys woke up they would be dangerous. I looked over at the high priest, crumpled on the ground where he'd fallen. I could take my revenge now, but ... no killing a helpless opponent is wrong.
I turned and was about to leave when suddenly I heard a high pitched sound. I think I heard myself cry out, but I'm not sure because I passed out.
"Well well, it looks like this yokai whistle works just fine," chuckled the pharaoh's right hand man, Simon Muran.
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Pseudo-cliffhanger, I'm afraid Baku can't be sacrificed just yet. What will happen to him? I haven't a clue right now.
Elven Swordsman: Celtic Guardian. I've observed that this is the card Yami Yugi summons as an opener if he doesn't take his opponent seriously.
Demon Summon: Summoned Skull. Guess 4Kids didn't like the idea of giving kids the notion that they can summon demons.
Hexagram Curse: Spellbinding Circle. If you look even in the dubbed anime a hexagram (6 pointed star) appears around the affected monster. I guess 4Kids doesn't like the occult themes involved in hexagrams.
Ruiz: Beaver Warrior. No idea. Earth/Animal Warrior/4/1200/1500
Gremlin: Feral Imp. Does look like a gremlin (again 4Kids logic in changing this escapes me).
I know, someone's going to complain about how easily Yami Yugi was getting beaten at the beginning of the match. That is for three reasons: One is that Yami Bakura is no pushover, and in his past life I've read he was really strong so that only the god cards could hurt his monster, Diabound. The other reason is as I said before Yami Yugi always uses Elven Swordsman when he doesn't take his opponent seriously and almost always ends up getting his royal behind kicked at first because of it. The third reason is simply that a one-sided match is boring.
OK, chapter 10. Finally updated, been having a bit of trouble writing lately (homework, writer's block, etc.).
Yami Bakura's Egyptian name was apparently Nahkti, thanks to Rakia for the info.
Once again I do not own Yu-gi-oh or any of the other stuff that went into making this story, except my mind, I'm pretty sure I own my mind.
Malik: Are you sure about that?
YN: *Glares at Malik* Don't even try it mister.
Oh, also info on the Japanese card names comes from Edo's Yu-gi-oh site.
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Yami Bakura
"Your presence is requested at the palace immediately for a duel with the pharaoh." I looked down; the man who addressed me was a little shorter than I am and dressed as a simple servant.
Interesting, so the pharaoh himself had challenged me to a duel; I had, of course planned to challenge him eventually, but one doesn't just challenge the greatest duelist in Egypt without first preparing, I had hoped to hone my skills for at least a month before challenging him. "Interesting, what if I refuse?"
The man looked flustered; apparently the thought of refusing the pharaoh's request hadn't occurred to him. I laughed. "I'll come to the palace with you. As for the duel, well, I'll discuss it with pharaoh."
The man bowed and led me to the palace. No royal parade or anything, at least that was nice, I don't like being the center of attention. At the palace the guards let us through but as I entered I was stopped by the pharaoh's adviser. "Halt."
"Sir, we are here to see the pharaoh as per his instructions."
"I know that, but that riffraff won't see him like that, he reeks. Take him to the baths; once he's clean he can appear before the pharaoh."
I was sorely tempted to send him into darkness right there and then, yes I had never had what a modern person would call a decent bath but neither had most of Egypt. Long, luxurious baths were only for the wealthy and those wishing to risk the crocodiles in the Nile River. I did wash regularly and resented the accusation that I was some worthless tramp.
Grumbling I allowed myself to be shown to the common baths, of course the pharaoh's bath was off limits to riffraff like me.
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Yami Yugi
"You plan to use him don't you?" Seto and I were playing senet, an Egyptian board game. This was one of our favorite pastimes while we discussed topics, most recently these were the puzzle of the dark games.
"I do," I replied. "This is the first time in almost 1000 years that the millennium ring has appeared. In order for the plan to work we must have the owner of the ring as well as the ring itself."
"And you think finding another owner would be so difficult?" Seto moved a piece and smiled, he'd landed on a good square. "I think you should use the game of darkness to banish him, a trained priest can handle the ring."
"I don't know. The fact that this boy is the first in centuries to possess it suggests so."
"Where is he now?"
"My adviser said he wouldn't allow him to see me until he had washed up."
"I don't like that guy."
"Neither do I, he's too strict, and hungry for power. One of the servants even reported hearing him conspire to overthrow me." I moved and frowned, I had hit a bad square although the misfortune it bestowed wasn't too bad.
"You should get rid of him as soon as possible." Seto also hit a bad square, he would loose a turn.
"I know, however I will let him make the first move."
"Yamasen, when you have dueled with that guy, if you are still alive duel with me. If you win I will go along with the plan, however if I win you must let me find an alternate solution."
"I know your misgivings Seto; however I see no possible alternative." I moved a piece and smiled. "Looks like I win again."
A servant entered. "Your guest, Baku, has refreshed himself and seeks audience with you my pharaoh."
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Seto
Yamasen got up and walked out of the room. The guard was leading him even though he stayed a step behind Yamasen. No one but the royal guards precedes the pharaoh.
"You always win, my friend," I whispered when he was gone. I got up and started putting away the senet board. I didn't have to, the servants would have come in and done so, but this game, in a way, represented the bond between myself and the pharaoh.
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Yami Bakura
I paced the room angrily. How dare they make me wait like this when I had come at their insistence! It wasn't that I was annoyed at having to bathe, a long soak in a large tub was actually quite pleasant, it was everything. How dare they insist I come, how dare they disapprove of my lifestyle, how dare they keep me waiting when they had wanted to see me! I was getting angrier by the second when the pharaoh walked in.
"I am sorry for the inconvenience; I was in an important conference with my high priest."
"If you had an important conference," I sneered, "why did you insist on my coming today?"
"As pharaoh I get few breaks, today seemed relatively calm so I thought it would be a good day to challenge you."
"I see. And what exactly is the penalty for loosing this challenge?" I smiled, that caught him off guard. That reassured me; he had no idea what Kit had taught me. He probably thought I was just some street kid who'd gotten a millennium item and didn't know how to use it, I'd show him.
"If you loose the penalty is that your soul will be sealed away for eternity."
I laughed and he looked at me curiously. "Sealed? Inside what?"
"Inside the shadow realm."
"Shadow Realm?" I asked. Kit hadn't told me about this, of course she probably didn't know everything.
"You may have heard that the power of the millennium items comes from the dark world, however in the place where the light and dark worlds meet there is a place called the Shadow Realm. It is not part of either world but connects both and will consume the souls of any who enter it."
"I see, so if you are defeated you will also go to this shadow realm?"
"I won't loose."
"Feh, you are arrogant. Are you afraid of being destroyed? Fine, if I loose my soul will be sealed away, however if you loose your life is mine to do with as I please."
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Yami Yugi
"Fine." God would judge this match. It would be unfair to force him to be sealed when I would not accept some punishment.
We entered the dueling room and I looked over to see the latest sacrifice. It was a young man, a petty thief who had been caught, I had know idea what he had stolen but I could tell he was a thief, the bloody stump where his right hand should have been told me that. I felt bad, no matter what the results in these games someone had to die. If that boy was to survive I would have to kill Baku, if Baku won that boy, who had done less to deserve death, would die. 'Is this game really right?' I wondered. 'Sealing the monsters away has brought peace to the kingdom, but why must we fight like this and take lives?' No, this wasn't the time for doubt, if I doubted myself I wouldn't be able to concentrate like I needed to in a dark game. My opponent was standing on the other side; he looked cocky, too cocky for someone who had never fought one of these duels before. Maybe that's why he was so confident, he didn't know this was real, that someone would die today in this room.
"So pharaoh, are we actually going do duel or are you going to back out?"
"Duel, start!" I shouted. "I'll go first." He didn't object, by law the pharaoh always goes first. I scanned the tablets in front of me. Many were low level monsters but my faithful Black Magician was there, ready to serve me. In addition one of the god cards, Obelisk, the protector of the palace, was present. I wouldn't loose, that I was sure of. I was an undefeated duelist. Besides, I would have to win, for everyone's sakes. I should probably set a trap, but magic takes energy, even by using the energy stored in my millennium puzzle I didn't have infinite energy, plus if I used a trap that I never used it would take my concentration to maintain it, if I forgot about the magic it could accidentally erupt and hurt the priests watching.
"Summon Elven Swordsman to the field in attack pose." I raised my hand and a tablet rose from the floor and a warrior wearing green with pointy ears, catlike eyes and a face that for some reason reminded me of an antelope appeared. Well, I would see how he reacted to my card.
"Feh, that little thing? You've got to be kidding me. I'll summon Headless Knight and destroy your swordsman." He summoned a monster that appeared to be a knight in armor without a head. It dashed forward and struck down my swordsman. I could feel my swordsman die and felt my life-force decrease. Even if I wasn't killed by this game I would be knocked out if I lost. "Plus I'll add this spell." he chanted and a mark appeared.
................................... Yami Bakura
I stared at my enemy. This was the perfect plan and my opponent didn't even realize the trap he was stepping into.
"My turn," the pharaoh called across the room. "Summon Gazelle to the field and attack!"
I laughed. "This is too easy pharaoh! Activate trap Hexagram Curse!" The mark on the floor in front of me flared and changed into a bright hexagram which wrapped around Gazelle. "Now I'll sacrifice Headless Knight and call out Demon Summon and attack your gazelle." The Headless Knight vanished into a whirlwind of dark energy out of which rose what looked like a giant skinned body with demon wings, face and head. It roared and sent out a bolt of lightning that fried the pharaoh's gazelle. I laughed as the wind from the monster's destruction whipped my hair and clothes. "What's wrong pharaoh? I thought you were supposed to be good, but I've practically brought you to your knees!"
He chuckled. "Are you sure Baku? Power isn't the only thing that's important, either in this game or in life." He chanted something, words I could not catch, but then I wasn't suppose to. "Swords of Light!" he shouted as swords rained down, paralyzing my Demon. "This will keep your monsters sealed for three turns; in the mean time I call Ruiz in defense mode."
"Three turns? What will that do?"
"Wait and see Baku."
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Three turns later. "You're three free turns are over pharaoh," I sneered as the swords vanished from around my monster. "What have they gotten you anyway?"
"I have everything I need to show you god." The pharaoh raised his right hand and I felt power stirring throughout the room. Power like I've never felt before. "I'll use Ruiz, Gremlin and Silver Fang to call out Obelisk, the protector of the palace." He smiled. "It's over Baku, you've fought valiantly. Obelisk, attack the Demon." Obelisk's fist shot toward my Demon, it wouldn't completely destroy my life points, not that it mattered, I couldn't fight a god.
"Obelisk, stop!" I looked behind me and saw Kit standing in the doorway. How had she gotten here anyway? I thought this was supposed to be a private duel. I thought she was supposed to be in Europe. She ran onto the field between the two sets of monsters and held out her arms. "Stop Obelisk, don't attack, this boy isn't your enemy the pharaoh is. Obelisk?" The god's hand connected with my Demon, shattering it into a million pieces. She stopped and stared, the god hadn't even paid attention to her, not that that surprised me, she isn't really a duelist. "Obelisk? Why are you working for these heretics?" Kit's voice fell, confused. Her ears lowered and she started to shrink back, whatever had made her bold before had vanished.
"Who is this? A yokai? Well I'm happy to see you young lady, it makes my job so much easier when my pray comes to me," the high priest sounded confident. I tensed, Kit was my friend, wasn't she? Even if she wasn't I didn't really want her to be sealed away. Kit also heard the man's voice, I'm sure that if her face hadn't been covered by white and gray fur she would have blanched.
"Kit, get back! This isn't your duel!" I shouted and she turned to look at me confused.
"Why doesn't he respond? Can't he hear me?"
"Kit." I walked up to her and slapped her. "Run away, you'll get caught if you stay here."
"Baku. Our gods are dead. I always thought they were just imprisoned, that if they were freed everything would be fine. But Obelisk can't even disobey."
"Are you going to continue the duel Baku?" Asked the pharaoh from across the room, "Or would you rather surrender?"
"I'm going to loose anyway aren't I?"
"Yes, there are no miracles that can stop god."
"Pharaoh, whether I surrender or not, will you let this girl leave?"
"Why?"
"She has done nothing to you or anyone else that makes her deserve the fate your high priest would give her. If you would seal an innocent girl away, maybe it is you and not I who should be destroyed."
"Her kind has been responsible for countless deaths among our people. Why should we spare her on the word of a thief?" asked the high priest coldly.
Kit looked up at him and her eyes hardened. "You!" She spat angrily. "You're the bastard who massacred my village! Even if our gods are dead and there is no hope for my people I'll still see you dead before I'm sealed."
"Feh, if you think you have a chance I'll accept a challenge from you. First lets finish this duel."
"Pharaoh, it's been fun, but I'm afraid I'm not ready to be sealed away just yet." I put my hands up around the ring and used its power to knock out everyone human in the room. "We will meet again, and next time I shall be the winner!" I laughed as I started to walk out of the room. Behind me Kit looked up, she had been affected by the power but not as much as the humans.
"Baku?" she whispered.
................................
Kit
I was confused. My gods, what had happened to them anyway? Obelisk acted as if it was just a puppet of the human pharaoh, were Ra and Osiris like that too? I had been certain that Baku would loose the match, against god there is no hope, none at all.
I looked around, everyone who had been in the room had been standing, the pharaoh had fallen but, that was strange, one of the stone tablets, with an image of a magician holding a staff, had risen up and caught him. That was odd, could the monster actually like the pharaoh? That seemed odd; even if it was his special monster why protect him if it wasn't called on? Sure, I had protected Baku, but, well, that was different, he wasn't my master he was a friend, sort of. Baku had grown dark since I first met him. I wondered if it was the effect of the ring.
I shook my head again to clear it. I'd better go; when these guys woke up they would be dangerous. I looked over at the high priest, crumpled on the ground where he'd fallen. I could take my revenge now, but ... no killing a helpless opponent is wrong.
I turned and was about to leave when suddenly I heard a high pitched sound. I think I heard myself cry out, but I'm not sure because I passed out.
"Well well, it looks like this yokai whistle works just fine," chuckled the pharaoh's right hand man, Simon Muran.
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Pseudo-cliffhanger, I'm afraid Baku can't be sacrificed just yet. What will happen to him? I haven't a clue right now.
Elven Swordsman: Celtic Guardian. I've observed that this is the card Yami Yugi summons as an opener if he doesn't take his opponent seriously.
Demon Summon: Summoned Skull. Guess 4Kids didn't like the idea of giving kids the notion that they can summon demons.
Hexagram Curse: Spellbinding Circle. If you look even in the dubbed anime a hexagram (6 pointed star) appears around the affected monster. I guess 4Kids doesn't like the occult themes involved in hexagrams.
Ruiz: Beaver Warrior. No idea. Earth/Animal Warrior/4/1200/1500
Gremlin: Feral Imp. Does look like a gremlin (again 4Kids logic in changing this escapes me).
I know, someone's going to complain about how easily Yami Yugi was getting beaten at the beginning of the match. That is for three reasons: One is that Yami Bakura is no pushover, and in his past life I've read he was really strong so that only the god cards could hurt his monster, Diabound. The other reason is as I said before Yami Yugi always uses Elven Swordsman when he doesn't take his opponent seriously and almost always ends up getting his royal behind kicked at first because of it. The third reason is simply that a one-sided match is boring.