Inashu: Well, I finally got off of my lazy butt and forced Karalen to write
more.
Karalen: What she means is that she wrote everything on a sheet of paper in school, then gave it to me to type.
Inashu: Heh, this chapter is full of angst, but it won't be as much as the next chapter! MWA HA HA!!! I'm so eeeeeviiiiil! (puts her pinky in her mouth)
Karalen: ...riiiiiiight. We do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, but we DO own Karalen, Inashu, and Yakari (she's not a Mary-sue, in fact, this is the only chapter she appears in). All right, on to the story!
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Yami kept staring out the window of the café as Anzu babbled on about friendship. He was in deep thought at the moment. Just recently, he had been picking out the annoying parts about Anzu...
'And yet, I'm picking out the good parts about Yugi...' He thought to himself. When Yugi told him to go with Anzu today, he really didn't want to, and that surprised him. Instead, he wanted to stay with Yugi and just...hold him. That scared him a little. 'I'm his guardian! I can't fall in love with Yugi!'
'But you already have, right? You're beginning to dislike Anzu, and liking Yugi even more than ever.' The reasonable part of his mind replied. Soon, both parts of his mind were at war with each other.
'But it's not right! Not only am I his guardian, but Yugi's a boy! It's not right!'
'Maybe to a narrow mind it isn't right, but people are being more open- minded these days. Besides, Bakura and Ryou are together, why can't you and Yugi be?'
'Because-'
But he was soon jerked out of his thoughts when Anzu latched onto his arm and started drooling. "Yami, you know you look incredibly hot today?" Anzu asked him in that annoying voice of hers.
Yami cringed. He shook the beast off of his arm...'wait a minute, since when did I start calling her a beast?'
'Since you found out that you love Yugi.'
'.........'
"YAAAAAMIIIIIIII!!! What'd you do that for?!" screeched Anzu.
"Anzu...I....I think I need to tell you something..."
Anzu, thinking Yami was just about to propose, stood tall and straightened her hair. "Yes, what is it Yami?"
"I...think...No, I know that...I want a break up."
Anzu gasped. She slowly sat in her seat and gazed at the table with tear- filled eyes. "But...why Yami?" she whispered.
"Well...it's because I-"
"It's because of that Yugi, isn't it?!" Anzu straightened in her chair. She seemed to forget that Yami was there, and made the biggest mistake of her life. "Why does that stupid brat always win?! He's worthless! He's weak, useless, sma-" Before she could finish her sentence, Yami grabbed her collar and glared death at her.
"Don't you dare talk that way about him!"
"Why Yami?! Why do you protect him?! He's nothing to everyone!"
"My aibou is far better than you are! When I tell the others what you think about him, they'll dump you and be on Yugi's side! Yugi's got friends. And you don't." With that, he punched her back in the chair. Anzu lost consciousness as she sagged in the seat, blood flowing freely from her now broken nose. As he exited the café to go home, his mind debated with himself again.
'Why did I just do that?'
'Because she was throwing vulgar remarks about your love.'
'My...love?'
'That's right! You defended Yugi, and probably just admitted to Anzu that you love him!'
'...maybe...maybe I do-'
Once again, Yami was interrupted. He felt fear. Immense fear. There was nothing dangerous around him, so what...
"Yugi..." He muttered, then he started to run as fast as he could back to the Game Shop. Only a few seconds later, his link with Yugi was ripped away. He came to a stop, shaking his head in disbelief. "No...this can't be..." He told himself, feeling weak in the knees all of the sudden. For some reason, a part of his mind told him that Yugi was still alive, so he continued his sprint back to the Game Shop. He prayed to all the gods that Yugi was all right.
'This can't be happening! No, not now! Especially when I'm sorting out my feelings! Yugi! What's wrong?! What's going on there?!'
Of course, there was no answer. After a few minutes, the Game Shop finally came into view. He tore into the house, and stopped. Nothing seemed unusual, except for....
"Oh no..." There, laying on the floor beside the window, was a bloodied note. With trembling hands, he picked up the note and read what was on there.
Four words made his heart stop.
'You hikari shall suffer.'
(Meanwhile)
Yugi opened his eyes to see that he was in a small room. He sat up, and found that he was on an uncomfortable bed. Looking around, he saw that there was nothing else in the room, except for a small fox sitting in the corner of the room. The fox's light blue eyes watched him intently as Yugi came over to it. He slowly reached out a hand to it. The fox moved away slowly, knowing that it couldn't get too attached to the boy. Yugi, a little hurt by this display, simply sat down in front of the fox.
"Call me crazy for talking to you, but you seem to be the only one in this place. I guess I'm stuck here..."
"You mean you're not afraid?"
Yugi jumped when he heard a girl's voice answer him. He looked around the room to find the source, but his eyes just went back to the fox. "You...you can talk?"
"Of course I can. I'm a kitsune, so I can change between fox and human."
"Oh...well, could you please turn human? It's kind of weird talking to a fox..."
The fox seemed to smile. "Very well." It said. Smoke surrounded the fox, and when the smoke cleared, a human kitsune took it's spot. "Here I am!" she said.
"Who are you?" asked Yugi.
"I'm called Inashu. You don't have to introduce yourself, I already know all about you." She said, knowing that it was dangerous to talk to the boy. Then she would get attached to him, and she wouldn't be able to do what her master wanted her to do. Then...Karalen wouldn't come back.
"Why am I here? And where am I? Where's Yami?"
"Whoa, one question at a time! I can't tell you where you are, sorry. Your yami should come soon, according to Inari's predictions. And..."
"And what?"
"Well...Inari is a fox god. He's seen a behavior in Yami that for some reason seemed unacceptable to him. He wants to punish Yami for it."
"What?! But what did Yami ever do?!"
"I can't tell you that. Anyway, he seems to think that the only way he can hurt Yami is...to hurt you."
Yugi stared at her. He couldn't believe this! He had to get out of here!
"Inashu! You have to help me out! Please!" he begged, giving her his puppy eyes.
Inashu looked away and whispered, "I can't Yugi. Inari-sama isn't just any god. He's MY god. He's the god that I worship, that all kitsune's worship. If I go against him, I'd be going against the rules. Plus, he would punish me as well...he's already punishing me..."
"How?"
"In order to walk freely in this world, he had to take over a body. Well, me with my thick skull, gave him my best and only friend, Karalen. He promised that he would give her back, but I'm not so sure. I can feel her life energy going down. Karalen's dying."
"I'm...sorry. But I promise, if you help me out, I can help save her for you!"
"You don't understand Yugi! I CAN'T!" With that, she changed back into a fox and ran out of a little hole in the wall. Yugi tried to crawl through the hole, but it was way to small for him. He leaned against the wall, pulled his knees up, and rested his head in them. "Yami, where are you?"
(Later)
Yami fell to his knees, clutching the note in his hand. This can't be real! It had to be some sort of nightmare! He knew that it wasn't though....He got up, and ran out the door into the darkness of the night.
'I have to find him! If I don't, my love may get hurt, or worse!'
'You called him love! Oh, happy day!'
'Shut up brain! It's NOT a happy day! And yes, I admitted that I loved him! And I do, with all my heart! Why did it have to get a situation like this to help me realize-'
Again, he was interrupted.
"It's not safe for a teenager like yourself to wander around here." Said a voice.
Yami turned, and a few feet away was what seemed like a teenaged girl. The girl withdrew a card from her deck, looked at it, then glared up at Yami. "I'm older than you think!" she yelled, then her face was set emotionless again.
"As am I." Yami replied. The woman had a very strange sense of style. The base of her hair was black, then it faded to white as it traveled to the tips of her spiky hair. A mask hid her right side of her face. The mask had a yellow eye, a black teardrop, and a red smile. On the other side of her face, she had a red iris without any pupil. The eye looked at him without any expression. Her right side of her shirt was black and the other side was white, while her sleeved stretched all the way down to her ankles. Her pants were completely the opposite, with her right leg white and the other black. Her shoes were the same pattern as her shirt. Most unusual indeed.
"You are on a mission, correct? Then come with me, I shall help you." She said, then they both disappeared.
They reappeared in a small room. The room had incense candles lit all around it, and it had a single desk in front of it. The woman sat at the desk and looked up at Yami. He was currently trying to get out of the room, but found out that the door was locked tight. He turned back to her and asked, "Who are you?"
"I am light. I can guide others, and help them on their way. I am darkness. I have a mysterious aura, that not even you can understand. My name is Yakari."
She withdrew a card from her deck, and set it in the middle of the table. "Welcome to my home...Yami."
Yami did a double-take at her. How did she...
"For that is your name, is it not?"
Yami nodded weakly, then looked at the card on the table. It was the magic card, Yami. "What do you want with me?!" he exclaimed, backing away a bit.
"I only want to tell your fortune, for I am a mere fortune teller. I may be able to help you on your mission. You are searching for someone? I can help find the person for you. Please, take a seat."
When Yami heard that she may be able to find Yugi, he instantly sat in the chair. Despite her way of freaking him out, he had to find Yugi!
Yakari withdrew a card, and placed it a little to the right.
"Celtic Guardian...you are a guardian to someone." She continued drawing cards, setting them next to each other.
"Change of Heart...you once loved someone, but now you love someone else.
"Baron of the Fiend Sword...the person you once loved was sneaky and cruel. Has a slutty personality as well."
Yami nodded his head. He really agreed with the way she described Anzu.
"Kuriboh...the one you now love is small and innocent, but stronger than he looks."
Wait a minute...how did she know that Yugi was a he?!
"Celtic Guardian again. You protect the one you love, correct?"
Yami nodded, a faint tint of pink raising on his cheeks. Yakari drew three other cards, and held them in her hand. After a few seconds, her eye widened considerably for the first time Yami met her.
"You want to do WHAT with him?!" Yakari yelled, a huge sweatdrop appearing. Yami fought to fight the huge blush that was arriving on his cheeks, but it was impossible. Yakari shook her head, then resumed her emotionless expression. She withdrew eight cards this time, and laid them all face up. She pointed to each one as she explained where Yugi was.
"Yugi is trapped somewhere. It's east of town, where the gangsters reside. He is in the smallest building there, an old abandoned warehouse. The warehouse seems like it'll collapse anytime, with its broken windows and missing boards. There will be guards there." She explained. She put them back in her deck and shuffled it. Then she took out three cards and placed them face down on the table. "This will help determine the type of situation he's in. The first card will tell how he feels about the situation, and the second shall tell what will happen to him." With that said, she flipped up the first one. "Last Will...Yugi feels that something terrible will happen to him, and is regretting things he's done and has not done." Yakari flipped up the second card, and closed her eye for a few seconds. Once she opened, she looked up at Yami and said, "Sorcerer of the Doomed...if you don't hurry...Yugi WILL die."
"WHAT?!" Yami jumped out of his chair. He felt that he had all the information he needed. He was about to dash out the door, until he heard an almost inaudible gasp from Yakari. He sighed, then turned to see what was the matter. She had three cards in her hand, and showed them to Yami. The first one was the Silver Fang. The second and third one were ones that Yami didn't recognize...Yakari pointed to the second one.
"This is called The Light of a Broken Heart. Yugi has a light personality, innocent and naïve. But someone has broken his heart. The worst thing you can do is break the heart of a person like that."
Yami winced inwardly at this. Why did he get the feeling that all of this was his fault? Yakari pointed to the last card.
"This is called The Blood of the Innocent. As of now, Yugi is in both physical and mental pain. Judging by the attack power...the pain that he is feeling is critical. You must go, now!"
With that, Yami heard a clicking sound. He yanked open the now unlocked door, and dashed out into the night to find this building.
'I'm coming, hikari...'
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Inashu: And the plot thickens!
Karalen: ...I wasn't in there at all...
Inashu: But you were mentioned! Besides, it wouldn't technically be you in there, it would've been Inari.
Karalen: Oh...do you really worship Inari?
Inashu: Heck no! But I had to make up a reason as to why I couldn't help Yugi!
Karalen: I see.
Inashu: What will happen to Yugi? Find out in the next chapter! See that nice pretty button down there? Push it! I want a review!
Karalen: What she means is that she wrote everything on a sheet of paper in school, then gave it to me to type.
Inashu: Heh, this chapter is full of angst, but it won't be as much as the next chapter! MWA HA HA!!! I'm so eeeeeviiiiil! (puts her pinky in her mouth)
Karalen: ...riiiiiiight. We do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, but we DO own Karalen, Inashu, and Yakari (she's not a Mary-sue, in fact, this is the only chapter she appears in). All right, on to the story!
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Yami kept staring out the window of the café as Anzu babbled on about friendship. He was in deep thought at the moment. Just recently, he had been picking out the annoying parts about Anzu...
'And yet, I'm picking out the good parts about Yugi...' He thought to himself. When Yugi told him to go with Anzu today, he really didn't want to, and that surprised him. Instead, he wanted to stay with Yugi and just...hold him. That scared him a little. 'I'm his guardian! I can't fall in love with Yugi!'
'But you already have, right? You're beginning to dislike Anzu, and liking Yugi even more than ever.' The reasonable part of his mind replied. Soon, both parts of his mind were at war with each other.
'But it's not right! Not only am I his guardian, but Yugi's a boy! It's not right!'
'Maybe to a narrow mind it isn't right, but people are being more open- minded these days. Besides, Bakura and Ryou are together, why can't you and Yugi be?'
'Because-'
But he was soon jerked out of his thoughts when Anzu latched onto his arm and started drooling. "Yami, you know you look incredibly hot today?" Anzu asked him in that annoying voice of hers.
Yami cringed. He shook the beast off of his arm...'wait a minute, since when did I start calling her a beast?'
'Since you found out that you love Yugi.'
'.........'
"YAAAAAMIIIIIIII!!! What'd you do that for?!" screeched Anzu.
"Anzu...I....I think I need to tell you something..."
Anzu, thinking Yami was just about to propose, stood tall and straightened her hair. "Yes, what is it Yami?"
"I...think...No, I know that...I want a break up."
Anzu gasped. She slowly sat in her seat and gazed at the table with tear- filled eyes. "But...why Yami?" she whispered.
"Well...it's because I-"
"It's because of that Yugi, isn't it?!" Anzu straightened in her chair. She seemed to forget that Yami was there, and made the biggest mistake of her life. "Why does that stupid brat always win?! He's worthless! He's weak, useless, sma-" Before she could finish her sentence, Yami grabbed her collar and glared death at her.
"Don't you dare talk that way about him!"
"Why Yami?! Why do you protect him?! He's nothing to everyone!"
"My aibou is far better than you are! When I tell the others what you think about him, they'll dump you and be on Yugi's side! Yugi's got friends. And you don't." With that, he punched her back in the chair. Anzu lost consciousness as she sagged in the seat, blood flowing freely from her now broken nose. As he exited the café to go home, his mind debated with himself again.
'Why did I just do that?'
'Because she was throwing vulgar remarks about your love.'
'My...love?'
'That's right! You defended Yugi, and probably just admitted to Anzu that you love him!'
'...maybe...maybe I do-'
Once again, Yami was interrupted. He felt fear. Immense fear. There was nothing dangerous around him, so what...
"Yugi..." He muttered, then he started to run as fast as he could back to the Game Shop. Only a few seconds later, his link with Yugi was ripped away. He came to a stop, shaking his head in disbelief. "No...this can't be..." He told himself, feeling weak in the knees all of the sudden. For some reason, a part of his mind told him that Yugi was still alive, so he continued his sprint back to the Game Shop. He prayed to all the gods that Yugi was all right.
'This can't be happening! No, not now! Especially when I'm sorting out my feelings! Yugi! What's wrong?! What's going on there?!'
Of course, there was no answer. After a few minutes, the Game Shop finally came into view. He tore into the house, and stopped. Nothing seemed unusual, except for....
"Oh no..." There, laying on the floor beside the window, was a bloodied note. With trembling hands, he picked up the note and read what was on there.
Four words made his heart stop.
'You hikari shall suffer.'
(Meanwhile)
Yugi opened his eyes to see that he was in a small room. He sat up, and found that he was on an uncomfortable bed. Looking around, he saw that there was nothing else in the room, except for a small fox sitting in the corner of the room. The fox's light blue eyes watched him intently as Yugi came over to it. He slowly reached out a hand to it. The fox moved away slowly, knowing that it couldn't get too attached to the boy. Yugi, a little hurt by this display, simply sat down in front of the fox.
"Call me crazy for talking to you, but you seem to be the only one in this place. I guess I'm stuck here..."
"You mean you're not afraid?"
Yugi jumped when he heard a girl's voice answer him. He looked around the room to find the source, but his eyes just went back to the fox. "You...you can talk?"
"Of course I can. I'm a kitsune, so I can change between fox and human."
"Oh...well, could you please turn human? It's kind of weird talking to a fox..."
The fox seemed to smile. "Very well." It said. Smoke surrounded the fox, and when the smoke cleared, a human kitsune took it's spot. "Here I am!" she said.
"Who are you?" asked Yugi.
"I'm called Inashu. You don't have to introduce yourself, I already know all about you." She said, knowing that it was dangerous to talk to the boy. Then she would get attached to him, and she wouldn't be able to do what her master wanted her to do. Then...Karalen wouldn't come back.
"Why am I here? And where am I? Where's Yami?"
"Whoa, one question at a time! I can't tell you where you are, sorry. Your yami should come soon, according to Inari's predictions. And..."
"And what?"
"Well...Inari is a fox god. He's seen a behavior in Yami that for some reason seemed unacceptable to him. He wants to punish Yami for it."
"What?! But what did Yami ever do?!"
"I can't tell you that. Anyway, he seems to think that the only way he can hurt Yami is...to hurt you."
Yugi stared at her. He couldn't believe this! He had to get out of here!
"Inashu! You have to help me out! Please!" he begged, giving her his puppy eyes.
Inashu looked away and whispered, "I can't Yugi. Inari-sama isn't just any god. He's MY god. He's the god that I worship, that all kitsune's worship. If I go against him, I'd be going against the rules. Plus, he would punish me as well...he's already punishing me..."
"How?"
"In order to walk freely in this world, he had to take over a body. Well, me with my thick skull, gave him my best and only friend, Karalen. He promised that he would give her back, but I'm not so sure. I can feel her life energy going down. Karalen's dying."
"I'm...sorry. But I promise, if you help me out, I can help save her for you!"
"You don't understand Yugi! I CAN'T!" With that, she changed back into a fox and ran out of a little hole in the wall. Yugi tried to crawl through the hole, but it was way to small for him. He leaned against the wall, pulled his knees up, and rested his head in them. "Yami, where are you?"
(Later)
Yami fell to his knees, clutching the note in his hand. This can't be real! It had to be some sort of nightmare! He knew that it wasn't though....He got up, and ran out the door into the darkness of the night.
'I have to find him! If I don't, my love may get hurt, or worse!'
'You called him love! Oh, happy day!'
'Shut up brain! It's NOT a happy day! And yes, I admitted that I loved him! And I do, with all my heart! Why did it have to get a situation like this to help me realize-'
Again, he was interrupted.
"It's not safe for a teenager like yourself to wander around here." Said a voice.
Yami turned, and a few feet away was what seemed like a teenaged girl. The girl withdrew a card from her deck, looked at it, then glared up at Yami. "I'm older than you think!" she yelled, then her face was set emotionless again.
"As am I." Yami replied. The woman had a very strange sense of style. The base of her hair was black, then it faded to white as it traveled to the tips of her spiky hair. A mask hid her right side of her face. The mask had a yellow eye, a black teardrop, and a red smile. On the other side of her face, she had a red iris without any pupil. The eye looked at him without any expression. Her right side of her shirt was black and the other side was white, while her sleeved stretched all the way down to her ankles. Her pants were completely the opposite, with her right leg white and the other black. Her shoes were the same pattern as her shirt. Most unusual indeed.
"You are on a mission, correct? Then come with me, I shall help you." She said, then they both disappeared.
They reappeared in a small room. The room had incense candles lit all around it, and it had a single desk in front of it. The woman sat at the desk and looked up at Yami. He was currently trying to get out of the room, but found out that the door was locked tight. He turned back to her and asked, "Who are you?"
"I am light. I can guide others, and help them on their way. I am darkness. I have a mysterious aura, that not even you can understand. My name is Yakari."
She withdrew a card from her deck, and set it in the middle of the table. "Welcome to my home...Yami."
Yami did a double-take at her. How did she...
"For that is your name, is it not?"
Yami nodded weakly, then looked at the card on the table. It was the magic card, Yami. "What do you want with me?!" he exclaimed, backing away a bit.
"I only want to tell your fortune, for I am a mere fortune teller. I may be able to help you on your mission. You are searching for someone? I can help find the person for you. Please, take a seat."
When Yami heard that she may be able to find Yugi, he instantly sat in the chair. Despite her way of freaking him out, he had to find Yugi!
Yakari withdrew a card, and placed it a little to the right.
"Celtic Guardian...you are a guardian to someone." She continued drawing cards, setting them next to each other.
"Change of Heart...you once loved someone, but now you love someone else.
"Baron of the Fiend Sword...the person you once loved was sneaky and cruel. Has a slutty personality as well."
Yami nodded his head. He really agreed with the way she described Anzu.
"Kuriboh...the one you now love is small and innocent, but stronger than he looks."
Wait a minute...how did she know that Yugi was a he?!
"Celtic Guardian again. You protect the one you love, correct?"
Yami nodded, a faint tint of pink raising on his cheeks. Yakari drew three other cards, and held them in her hand. After a few seconds, her eye widened considerably for the first time Yami met her.
"You want to do WHAT with him?!" Yakari yelled, a huge sweatdrop appearing. Yami fought to fight the huge blush that was arriving on his cheeks, but it was impossible. Yakari shook her head, then resumed her emotionless expression. She withdrew eight cards this time, and laid them all face up. She pointed to each one as she explained where Yugi was.
"Yugi is trapped somewhere. It's east of town, where the gangsters reside. He is in the smallest building there, an old abandoned warehouse. The warehouse seems like it'll collapse anytime, with its broken windows and missing boards. There will be guards there." She explained. She put them back in her deck and shuffled it. Then she took out three cards and placed them face down on the table. "This will help determine the type of situation he's in. The first card will tell how he feels about the situation, and the second shall tell what will happen to him." With that said, she flipped up the first one. "Last Will...Yugi feels that something terrible will happen to him, and is regretting things he's done and has not done." Yakari flipped up the second card, and closed her eye for a few seconds. Once she opened, she looked up at Yami and said, "Sorcerer of the Doomed...if you don't hurry...Yugi WILL die."
"WHAT?!" Yami jumped out of his chair. He felt that he had all the information he needed. He was about to dash out the door, until he heard an almost inaudible gasp from Yakari. He sighed, then turned to see what was the matter. She had three cards in her hand, and showed them to Yami. The first one was the Silver Fang. The second and third one were ones that Yami didn't recognize...Yakari pointed to the second one.
"This is called The Light of a Broken Heart. Yugi has a light personality, innocent and naïve. But someone has broken his heart. The worst thing you can do is break the heart of a person like that."
Yami winced inwardly at this. Why did he get the feeling that all of this was his fault? Yakari pointed to the last card.
"This is called The Blood of the Innocent. As of now, Yugi is in both physical and mental pain. Judging by the attack power...the pain that he is feeling is critical. You must go, now!"
With that, Yami heard a clicking sound. He yanked open the now unlocked door, and dashed out into the night to find this building.
'I'm coming, hikari...'
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Inashu: And the plot thickens!
Karalen: ...I wasn't in there at all...
Inashu: But you were mentioned! Besides, it wouldn't technically be you in there, it would've been Inari.
Karalen: Oh...do you really worship Inari?
Inashu: Heck no! But I had to make up a reason as to why I couldn't help Yugi!
Karalen: I see.
Inashu: What will happen to Yugi? Find out in the next chapter! See that nice pretty button down there? Push it! I want a review!
