Asuka02RedEva
Serenitymoon@lycos.com
Disclaimer: Silverfang is back in action. ^.^ i do not own YGO, etc.
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Just in case any of you don't know....this story takes place after Yami has beaten Pegasus. They are still on the island waiting to go back to Japan....(please excuse any errors i was extremely tired AND under the influence...*cough cough*...it's friday night! ...ok....Ja!) ~Asuka~
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Yami continued to walk along the trail following Bakura, (evil spirit, etc., just putting Bakura saves time). He wanted to end this quickly so the others wouldn't worry after all, they were going back to Japan tomorrow evening. His thoughts went to Anzu...In the back of his mind he did want to know how she felt about him, but he just couldn't bring himself to ask. He also knew that his aibou was in love with her...he decided quietly to let things be. Anzu, if she was in love, it would be with Yuugi...she had known him longer after all. He saw his reflection in a nearby pool of water, that was lit, courtesy of the moon's light.

'...I may look the same as I did 5,000 years ago...but...,' he sighed quietly, continuing along the path.

There was no dueling arenas in the area where Bakura led Yami. It wasn't as if the King of Games really needed an arena to duel anyways. An ordinary duel was not on either of their minds at the moment. Both possessed the ability to bring the cards to life on their own. Yami, however, over powered him quite easily in the magic department.

Bakura stopped, his back to Yami. "Alright, Pharoah...shall we begin?"

Yami nodded. "Hai, but first...what are the stakes?"

"Baka! The puzzle of course!," he snickered quietly. "What did you think I wanted?"

"And...if I should win?" Yami arched an eye brow. "...What is it, I get?"

"You WON'T win this time, so wipe that cocky smirk off your face."

Yami continued to smirk. "I do not wish to play a game where I will not get anything when I win."

Bakura growled faintly, obviously annoyed now. "Fine! IF you should win...then...I won't bother you for a while."

Yami snickered. "You can't even think of anything...PA-thetic...I suppose I have to pick the prize." He crossed his arms over his chest, closing his eyes. 'If I win...you leave the boy and my host alone...I can't destroy the Millenium item you were sealed in because I cannot remember that fact from my past. However, don't tempt me because sooner or later, I WILL remember."

"Wishful thinking on your part!"

Yami continued to stand there, his face unchanged. 'It's either that or I banish you to the shadow realm once more.'

A bead of sweat ran down Bakura's face. 'Shit...he's not kidding around...but I did get out of the shadow realm once. I'm sure I could do it again.'

'Don't count on it, I can make it that your soul will forever be trapped in turmoil.'

"Let's just duel! We'll see who will be victorious!," yelled Bakura.

Yami stood on one side of the cleared area in the woods, Bakura on the other; Yami took his dueling deck out and smirked. The moonlight lighting the area between the two.

"Let's duel!," the two yelled, their voices echoing through the woods only to be carried away by the night's air....

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Anzu slept peacefully in her tent. She was in the middle of a dream...
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She saw herself with a young man whose face was hidden by the shadows.

"What is it you want?," he asked her.

"I want to know who you are.," she replied, squinting, trying to make out his face.

A fog rolled in around the two...

"Anzu, you know who I am." Yami stepped forward.

"I know who you are...that part, I suppose is true...but...I don't know who you were, what you looked like...those things..."

"I've always looked just as I do now..." (not a lie) "The only difference is that my body was destroyed 5,000 years ago and my soul sealed in the puzzle." He placed his hand on her cheek. "Won't you tell me why you are so interested about me and my past?"

Anzu blushed and watched his eyes....

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The duel had started and Yami was in the lead. There was no dueling arena or hologram simulators near them. Yami had the Dragon of the fortress standing a few feet in front of him. Bakura had placed the man eater bug on the ground, it appeared a few feet in front of him as well.

Both were playing for keeps. The stakes were too high not to. The rules had changed...

"Attack!," both yelled at once. The area between them shook and the battle raged on...

/Yami?/

//Quiet aibou, do not distract me...//

/...O-Okay..../ Yuugi sounded a little hurt. Yami had never told him to be quiet before.

//Gomen Nasai, aibou. This battle is very important for our futures...I must protect you now so please trust me.//

/Alright Yami...be careful.../

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"Hmmm? Won't you tell me, Anzu?"

"I...I just want to know more about you is all....," she replied nervously looking down.

Yami continued to look down at her, he smiled for a moment. "It's alright, Anzu....if you don't want to tell me then it's fine."

"But I l---"

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Anzu slowly opened her eyes...she looked around the dark tent and then sat up...

'How'd I get here?' her thoughts then went to Yami. She remembered having a chill and how he held her keeping her warm. 'I must have fallen asleep.,' she thought and blushed, remembering how it felt being in his arms. It had been a wonderful feeling. She had felt so loved and warm, as if nothing could hurt her, not as long as he held her.

"What's wrong with me? It's not like I actually know, Yami." She found herself stating out loud. "Well...that isn't entirely true...he DID save me at Burger World AND he did help Yuugi save his grandpa...It's not like he's a bad guy or anything...he's just not Yuugi. He's confident and even cocky...he..." She sighed and shook her head. "Why am I even thinking like that?"

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"Reduced to parlor tricks?," Bakura asked, smirking. "Looks like I've got the upper hand..."

Yami had placed the Dark Magician on the ground (no arena so not a field) and then used the magicial hats to conceal the Dark Magician.

"Your move.," he stated, calmly.

Bakura continued to smirk. "This will be over soon; Doma, the Angel of Silence, attack the third hat!"

Yami watched the attack come towards the magical hat....

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Anzu had come out of the tent and found that the campsite was very quiet. She had grabbed a black, zip-up, jacket and walked down the path in the woods leading to the beach. She needed to clear her mind...

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Yami smirked, "You've activated my trap...spell binding circle! Now my Dark Magician can easily take down Doma. Dark Magician! Dark magic attack!"

Bakura scowled and growled quietly obviously angry.

"Your life points have been reduced to 300."

Yami lead by 350...the game was obviously going to be a close one...

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It had finally come down to the end of the match...Bakura had three monsters in position; Baron of the Fiend Sword, the Whitty Phantom, and the Stern Mystic...

Yami was definately out numbered but no fear of losing appeared on his face. He smirked and then started to chuckle quietly. A purple fire appeared in his eyes once more.

"What are you laughing at? Have you gone mad, finally figuring it out, that you have no chance in hell of winning?"

"On the contrary...I DO ...and isn't it ironic that the same move I used on Mai to win will be used to destroy you?"

With that, Yami played Gaia the fierced knight and then Kuribo. He then used his ritual card, to create the Black Luster Soldier.

Bakura knew he was beaten. "Sorry to run...," he said with a smirk "...but I really must be going." With that said he called back his three monsters and took off running. 'Damn Pharoah!'

"You've cheated...." Yami suddenly appeared in front of Bakura. The eye of Horus on his forhead. "You've opened the gate of darkness."

"Don't give me that gate of darkness, shit!"

Suddenly, Yami held out his hand and the gate of darkness appeared. The Millenium Ring suddenly disappeared from around Bakura's neck.

"What are you doing?!"

"Sending you to the shadow realm. I've won and you have cheated..." Yami watched as the Millenium Ring was blown into the gateway....

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Yami bent down next to Bakura. Bakura had fallen unconcious....

/Yami?/

//Hai, aibou, he will be fine...//

/What about the spirit fo the Millenium Ring?/

//He won't stay in the shadow realm forever...but for now Ryou will be safe from the evil in the Millenium Ring.//

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Anzu arrived at the beach about 15 minutes later. The walk had been longer than she had anticipated. When she looked towards the incoming waves, something caught her attention.

'Nani?!'

There was Yami sitting on the sand, one leg propped up so that he rested his arm on his knee and his chin on the arm.

'He looks so sad...'

She started towards him....

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