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~Chapter 4~
~Awakening~
"I...must be dreaming..." Yuugi murmured to himself in disbelief. He sat down on his purple sheeted bed, looking down at his hands. He had taken Jounouchi to the school
nurse after the fight, and the nurse said he would be fine after some rest, relieving Yuugi momentarily. He was also thankful that his grandpa was currently not home,
or else the old man would have had a seizure. His grandson? Doing these crazy things like beating the crap out of Yamato?? Yuugi wouldn't have believed it himself if it
didn't already happen.
"It's not a dream," Yami no Yuugi said calmly, appearing beside his omote, still looking as transparent as a ghost, or in his case, spirit.
"But how? How can I just suddenly have all of this strength in me?"
"You've always had great strength in you, aibou," Yami no Yuugi said simply.
Yuugi shook his head. "I meant physical strength. I mean...I beat up a Yamato-kun," Yuugi bit his lower lip, now feeling very guilty. "I've...never even hit someone before, mou hitori no boku. Now I attack Yamato like that?" Yuugi paused. "Well, I didn't necessarily attack him, he hurt Jounouchi first, but I think I might have broke his hand or something when I caught his fist." Yuugi choked on a small, sad sob. "I hate fighting," he whispered softly.
Yami no Yuugi sat down beside Yuugi on the soft bed, and wrapped his transparent arm around his shorter half's shoulder. "I know, my aibou," said Yami no Yuugi, "But from what I heard, you actually did a very brave thing back there. You stood up for your friend. And for some reason, you were able to back-up your feelings. I'm sorry that you're feeling this guilt, but..." Yami no Yuugi smiled slightly. "I'm proud of you."
Yuugi looked up at Yami no Yuugi, tears threatening to fall. "Really?" Yuugi choked out.
Yami no Yuugi nodded. "I always have been,"
Yuugi rubbed his eyes with his arm in order to wipe away his unshed tears. "Still...what puzzles me is, how did this happen?"
Yami no Yuugi stared into the distance for a moment, apparently deep in thought. "...Can you do anything else? Other than suddenly having this strength, I mean,"
Yuugi blinked, and thought for a moment. "I...think...I can see things before they happen. But not everything; only danger,"
Yami no Yuugi nodded. "I see," Yami no Yuugi dropped his arm from Yuugi's shoulder, and started to swing his legs back and forth. "What happened last night that wouldn't happen any other normal night?"
Silence. "That spider!" they both exclaimed.
The Green Goblin, in disguise as Harry Osborn, was late, or as he liked to call it, 'fashionably' late.
But that didn't bother him much. He'd only arrived in Domino City just last night, and he had to scout out the town on his glider so he'd get to know his surroundings, or more importantly, where the museum was.
What was his excuse to be in Japan, you ask? Knowing well about the famous KaibaCorp's residence right in the heart of Domino, that would be the perfect cover-up for his plans. He'd act out that he wanted to form an affiliation with KaibaCorp, so he'd take a trip to Japan to meet with Seto Kaiba himself to discuss such businesses.
But now, he was late, since he was out on his glider again just an hour earlier to get some fresh air. Goblin check his watch as he continued to walk along the long halls of KaibaCorp, briefcase in hand, and wearing a formal suit; 4:45pm. Not to bad; he'd have figured he'd be much later than this.
Then, suddenly, a flash of long black hair snuck up from behind him and literally ran over him, and knocking him face first onto the hard floor, knocking the wind out of him. "Nii-sama!!" The bunch of hair shouted as it continued forward. Wait a second, it sounded like a young boy...
"Grr," Goblin grumbled, as he stood himself up, brushing off his suit. Stupid kids getting in his way...he'd be the first to die.
"I assume that you're Harry Osborn," A cold voice sounded from in front of him. He looked forward, and saw none other than Seto Kaiba, with the mess of black hair beside him, tugging at his sleeve hyperly.
"So, that spider did this to me?" Yuugi asked, eye wide for the umpteenth time.
"Apparently," replied Yami no Yuugi.
Yuugi pinched his muscular arm. "Ow!" he shouted out in reflex. Nope, not a dream.
Yami no Yuugi was walking back and forth across Yuugi's bedroom, no sound coming from his light footsteps. "...For some reason," Yami no Yuugi started, "I can't help but think there's more to this than we think,"
"What do you mean?" questioned Yuugi.
Yami no Yuugi stopped walking, and looked directly at Yuugi, crimson-violet eyes meeting normal violet. "I mean two things- one, I can feel more power in both of us; since I share your body, it makes sense we also share powers, like for instance, our...physical being," Yami no Yuugi pointed to his arms, which were bulkier than they would have been a few days ago.
Yuugi narrowed his eyes. "Like what?"
Yami no Yuugi closed his eyes. "That I am unsure of," he then smirked. "For the moment."
"What you mean?"
He opened his eyes again, excitement dancing in them. "Since I have access into your soul room, aibou, maybe there's now a clue to what they are in there."
"What would you be expecting to find in there?" Yuugi frowned.
"A Reader's manual, perhaps,"
Yuugi laughed a little. "I wish," he smiled. "Still, I think it would be worth a shot." Yuugi blinked, and became serious. "But what was the other meaning?"
Yami no Yuugi also became totally serious, now back in character. "Our destiny is still very unclear, aibou," he started, "Maybe we were given these powers for a reason; to help fulfill our destiny in some way; but I am still uncertain about that theory."
Yuugi thought for a moment, his brow furrowed. "I guess so," Yuugi said slowly, "It makes sense...in an odd way. But, if it is true, then I really should know what I can really do!" Yuugi stood up, and spread his arms out, his face determined. 'Go on and look around inside me, mou hitori, no boku, I'm ready."
Yami no Yuugi nodded, and evaporated back into the puzzle. Yuugi now remained quiet, anxiously awaiting Yami no Yuugi's answers.
"Yes, I am," lied the Goblin, hiding his smirk. "Mr. Kaiba I presume?"
Kaiba nodded, then narrowed his eyes. "You're late," he said flatly.
Goblin couldn't help but look away for a moment from Kaiba's cold blue stare. "Yes, I realize that," he replied.
"I find that tardy people are unreliable and incompetent people, so there for, you are one of those people," snarled Kaiba. "You wouldn't hire someone if they were late, would you?"
"No, I guess not," Goblin replied bluntly.
"I'm glad we agree on this," Kaiba concluded. "I suggest you leave my corporation now, and not dare to show your ugly face around here again." He turned around, and started to walk. "Mokuba, let's go."
"Coming, nii-sama!" The mess of black hair, 'Mokuba', squeaked, and followed his big brother down the halls.
Goblin stood still for a moment, dumbfounded. Then, his face broke into a snarl. Incompetent? Unreliable? Ugly?? No one talks to the Green Goblin like that! Goblin growled angrily, clutching tightly at his briefcase handle, pretending it was Seto Kaiba's neck. Kaiba would pay dearly for insulting him.
Yami no Yuugi found himself back in the halls of his and Yuugi's soul room, staring straight ahead. He blinked, and looked directly at his omote's room. A purple mist was being emitted from the open
room, appearing very mysterious and mystic. Yami no Yuugi narrowed his eyes in wonder. That wasn't there before...
He looked back at his soul room, and was surprised to see the eye of horus on his soul room door was glowing a faint purple. How odd...
Shaking his head, Yami no Yuugi advanced towards his omote's soul room. He peered into it, taking in his surroundings. Everything was normal, as it should be, all of Yuugi's toys and puzzles scattered on the floor, his bed neatly made in the corner. Really the only thing out of place was the strange purple mist that lofted around the room. Here, it was thin, but as he looked deeper into the room, the mist became thicker. Yami no Yuugi stepped into the room, slightly slouched forward. It wasn't that he was afraid or anything, but the room was so small; it was meant only for people of Yuugi's height, and no one else. He walked deeper into his omote's soul room, treading cautiously, incase something would happen.
But nothing happened, until his reached the very back of Yuugi's soul room. There, the lighting wasn't so good, and it was mostly empty and slightly dusty. But, near the corner of the room, was a spider-web, and a small dusty TV stuck in the middle.
Curious, Yami no Yuugi walked further, towards the shining silver web. On it, was a button that read 'play', and various other ones like 'fast-forward' and 'pause'. Wondering what would happen, Yami no Yuugi pressed the red button. The black screen of the TV turned staticy for a minute, but then shifted to the feature presentation.
On the screen, images flashed on it. Many of them Yami no Yuugi didn't recognize, and realized that this TV represented Yuugi's forgotten memories. He now wondered if he had something like this in his soul room, too.
Not really interested in memories from times when Yuugi was a toddler, Yami no Yuugi pressed the fast-forward button on the TV. After a few minutes, he pressed play again; now things were getting interesting. Forget the manual, thought Yami no Yuugi, This is better! On the screen now, was the dream Yuugi had had the night before of the spider attacking him. After that, it showed images of Yuugi apparently climbing a wall, shooting some sticky substance out of his wrists, jumping from building to building...those were very fuzzy, like a vision of the future, or a secret. After that, it replayed the fight between Yuugi and Yamato, which Yami no Yuugi saw for the first time. He now understood why Yuugi was so worked up about it now, which made him want to strangle Yamato.
Then, he thought of something else. Oh, Ra, this is getting strange, Now he saw a picture of himself(or Yuugi, whoever) in some sort of...costume...
Teenagers, thought Spider-man, AKA Peter Parker, In a way, I'm glad I'm not one anymore. Some of them are good kids, others you could live without. I swear, the Yamato kid reminded me of a younger Stone Cold or
something... He shook his masked head, the black webs gleaming in the afternoon sunlight. He shot a web from his wrist, soaring through the air like a bird. Speaking of Stone Cold, I wonder if Gobby's here yet?
He narrowed his blue eyes under his mask, I wouldn't doubt it if he hasn't set an apartment building on fire already, the pyro, His expression turned grim, unknown to the rest of the world. I hope I'm doing
the right thing here. If anything happens to MJ... he didn't go further into that thought. There was no way he'd let anything happen to her. Or anyone else; not as long as he was Spider-man.
Spider-man looked around as he glided through the air. God, how hard could it be to find an old geezer in pretty much his birthday suit on a glider? Shouldn't he stick out like a sore thumb?? Ie-cha...
After doing a flip in the air, he landed on top of a tall building, with a bright sign on it that said 'KaibaCorp' on it in surprisingly, English. He peered over the edge of the building, the haunting white optics of his mask unblinking.
Walking out of the building right then, was a tall young man with short brown hair and cold blue eyes, with a small black haired boy walking beside him. Hey, that guy looks like one of my students, thought Spider-man. Seto Kaiba? I think so; I didn't know he had a brother. Or that he owned a company! Or, maybe his parents do? No, I remember in the teacher's lounge at the school the teachers were talking about him and his company. Looks like the education system is working right after all! he chuckled softly to himself. You'd think a guy like him would be more popular; but he seems like such a loner... Spider-man blinked. Kinda like I was in high school. He sighed to himself. Poor guy, I know how he feels not having any friends. Hopefully, I can get rid of the Goblin before anything happens around here...
Yuugi was startled to see Yami no Yuugi pop out of the puzzle in front of him.
"I found out what we needed to know," smiled Yami no Yuugi.
"What? What did you find?" asked Yuugi, excited.
"Well, not exactly what I expected," admitted Yami no Yuugi, but then broke into a half smile. "But, it was better than nothing. It seems that...well, your subconscious mind is already telling you about your gifts. That spider... put more spider into you than we think."
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying that you can do other stuff a spider can," explained Yami no Yuugi, pocketing his hands and assuming his usual confident stance. "It's hard to explain, but you not only have great strength and this 'sixth sense', but you can also climb walls, jump great distances, have incredibly swift reflexes, and are even able to spin webs, just like a spider. This is...incredible. I've never seen anything like this, as far back as I can remember." Yami no Yuugi frowned momentarily, but then glanced back at Yuugi void of emotion, awaiting the young boy's reaction.
Yuugi stared at Yami no Yuugi incredulously. Then, he sputtered, "W-what? Are you sure, mou hitori no boku?"
"Unless my eyes deceive me, yes," Yami no Yuugi confirmed.
Yuugi blinked, his mouth hanging open. Then, his mood doing a 180, broke into a grin. "Wow! Cool!" He laughed a little, making Yami no Yuugi wonder for a split second if his aibou had cracked. "God, this is just...incredible! I mean, how often does this kind of thing happen to someone?"
"About as often as a boy solving the sennen puzzle and having me share their body," Yami no Yuugi replied humourously.
"Heh, ya, I guess you're right," Yuugi smiled. Then, as a spur of the moment, Yuugi jumped off his bed and walked towards a nearby wall.
"What are you planning, aibou?" asked Yami no Yuugi, his eyes watching Yuugi continuously.
"This," Yuugi placed his fingertips onto the wall, and slowly started to climb it. He only at first worried that he would fall, but Yuugi soon grew confident that as long as he wanted to stay on it, he would. Pretty soon, he was upside down on his ceiling, his bangs now sticking up with the rest of his height-defying hair-do. "Oh my god, this is awesome! Mou hitori no boku, you've got to try this!"
"Is this really the time to fool around, mou hitori no ore?" frowned Yami no Yuugi, hiding his amazement in his voice, but his eyes told otherwise.
"Think of this as an experiment," said Yuugi. "Now, you've got to try this out!" Yuugi let his hands fall free from the ceiling, and was now hanging by only his sockless feet. "Weee!" shouted Yuugi childishly.
"Aibou, stop that, you're going to break your neck!" ordered Yami no Yuugi in a panicked voice.
"You'll have to make me," Yuugi grinned, pulling Yami no Yuugi in like a fish on a hook.
Yami no Yuugi took the bait; he disappeared from view, and Yuugi suddenly felt the rush of gravity hit as Yami no Yuugi took over his body, and was pushed back into his soul room. Heh.
Meanwhile, Yami no Yuugi then realized that he was now hanging upside-down, in Yuugi's body. "Ack!" he choked, trying not to scream. He turned blue in slight fear, "Oh god, please don't fall," he whispered to himself.
/It's alright, mou hitori no boku, as long as you don't want to, you won't be able to fall,/ assured Yuugi from their mind link.
//You sure, aibou?//
/If I wasn't, I wouldn't have done this in the first place!/
//...Good point. Alright, I trust your judgement. By the way,// Yami no Yuugi crouched down on the ceiling, which would have looked funny from a normal person's view, //I have something else to tell you. Or, you could just see for yourself. At the back of your soul room, there's a TV in a web.//
/Is that where this strange smoke is coming from?/
//Yes. Anyway, turn the TV on when you get there. Go forward until you see you climbing a wall. Watch, until you see me, or yourself, in a costume. I think that's a sign for something.//
/A sign for what?/
//...That we must go under cover, hide your gifts.//
/You mean like a superhero??/ Yuugi asked, excited.
//...I guess so.//
/Cool! So I guess if I like it, we could use that for our costume!...But what's a TV doing in my soul room in the first place?/
//Don't ask me; I just come with the puzzle.//
/Very funny./
The spirit of the ring, Yami no Bakura, was happy; that's not a good thing. That's because he was happy only for the soul reason that he had won control over his omote, Bakura's body once more. Little did he know, that same thing had happened to
another evil spirit; the Green Goblin.
Yami no Bakura walked down the streets of Domino, an evil sneer across his face. His sennen ring glowed, it for once not hidden behind his omote's white button-up shirt. In fact, Yami no Bakura left his shirt half undone, 'because he knows you love it'.
No one paid attention to the boy with the silver blonde hair, who happened to look like if you even gave him the wrong type of glance, he would rip out your heart and eat it for dinner. Little wonder why no one looked directly at him then.
Earlier that day, Yami no Bakura sensed a disturbance in Domino City's atmosphere. It wasn't anything especially 'magical', but it sure as hell was very evil. But it was so faint, like it was buried, that he wouldn't have been very surprised if only one other person noticed it. Otherwise Yami no Yuugi.
Yami no Bakura's sneer grew; how he loathed the spirit of the sennen puzzle. How many times he had foiled his plans, and kept him from obtaining the sennen items. The first chance he would get he would crush him like the bug he was. Which was one of the reasons why he was investigating this disturbance in the balance in the first place; to see if Yami no Yuugi was there, so he could steal his puzzle. But the other reason was very simple-- he wanted to competition. He continued on towards just west of KaibaCorp, eager to find out who was this mysterious evil. If he had the sennen tauk, though, he would have known what would happen next...
~To Be Continued...~
A/N: Hope you enjoyed this installement! The tension is starting to build, eh? ~_^ What will happen next? You want to know? You really want to know? Really? Really? Really??! Well, sorry, I can't tell you; that would be spoiling
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