Boku wa Yami desu...
"OK, Ishizu. What will you need?" Yami asked. "A dark room, the Puzzle, and help from Ryou, Bakura, Seto and Marik. The others should stay as well. Their energy may well be required. And, Anzu, if you could, seven white candles." she listed. Anzu jogged off without a word. The others waited for an explantion.
"To return Yugi to his body, as before, I need to remove Yami's soul from it. I could make them switch places, Yami back in the Puzzle, but I felt he wouldn't want this. So I offered to go into the past, and bring Yami's body here, just as it was after his soul left it, and became imprisoned in the Puzzle. Then Yami can be put into his own body, with true life, and Yugi can return to his." Ishizu explained.
"Ah! And you need three items to bring it here!" Marik said, having knowledge of the ancient powers. "So what about me?" asked Seto. "You were an Ancient Egyptian Priest; you have considerable magic within you already." Ishizu said. Seto nodded. "I owe it to Yami." he said.
~oOOo~
"Everyone ready?" Ishizu asked. She had set the ritual up in Yugi's bedroom so that they could use the bed, and Yugi would wake up somewhere familiar. The bed hand been moved from the wall to the centre of the room, and Ishizu had arranged the seven candles around it. The five magical people in the room - other than Yami - postioned themselves around it too. "Yami, light the candles." Ishizu ordered. Quickly, Yami walked around the circle, lighting the candles with matches.
"Jonouchi, Anzu, Mai, stand in the circle, but behind us. If you feel tired, don't worry, it's just some of your energy being used. And DON'T blow the candles out, whatever you do." Ishizu instructed carefully. "Bakura, do you own the card Soul Exchange?" "Um... I have Cross-Tribute, if that's what you mean." He pulled the card out, and showed it to her. "Ah yes... foreign cards are changed. Cross Tribute will do."
She turned to Yami. "Are you ready for this? You will have to go to sleep. Marik's magic will aid in that, but when you wake up, you should be in your own body." Yami nodded nervously. "Then lay down." Yami lay down on the bed as told, and shut his eyes. He could feel a sudden coldness as magic from the Millennium Rod entered his mind, and pulled him into sleep.
~oOOo~
"Pharaoh..."
"Are you ready?"
Yami could hear voices floating around him in the darkness.
"Your rebirth is at hand... as is your revenge..."
"Revenge? What revenge?" Yami asked the voices.
"Against the Chiisai Pharaoh's killer!"
"Chiisai Pharaoh? Yugi?"
"Yes, Yugi, if that is what you call him. To the Shadows, he is known as the Chiisai Pharaoh."
"Well, who killed him, and may I remind you, he is not dead, just soul bound?"
"Satsujinsha!" the voices yelled. "In your time, he was known as Satsujinsha! Now he has a new name and identity..."
"Who is it?!"
"HIROTO HONDA SATSUJINSHA!"
(AN: Satsujinsha means 'murderer' and 'chiisai' means 'little')
~oOOo~
Ishizu was concentrating all of her energies into the glowing Tauk about her neck. High Priest Seto was helping her, though he wasn't sure how. Very gradually, next to the unconscious Yami, a form was appearing.
Finally, Ishizu stopped. The form was solid before them. A boy, appearing asleep, and appearing to be around sixteen.
He was dressed in a fine white kilt, with a wide golden band wrapping around his neck and shoulders, and a sheet of scarlet pouring down his back to about his waist. Across his forehead was a thick golden band, with the eye symbol of the Millennium Items on it. Either side of the eye were small fin-shaped pieces of gold. The band pushed blonde bangs back, and they then tumbled over it, except a few, which streaked up black and crimson hair.
Pharaoh Yami.
(AN: The English card, 'Soul Exchange' was originally called 'Cross Tribute'. Ishizu is Egyptian, so she would know it by 'Soul Exchange', while Ryou is Japanese, so he would know it by 'Cross Tribute')
"OK, Ishizu. What will you need?" Yami asked. "A dark room, the Puzzle, and help from Ryou, Bakura, Seto and Marik. The others should stay as well. Their energy may well be required. And, Anzu, if you could, seven white candles." she listed. Anzu jogged off without a word. The others waited for an explantion.
"To return Yugi to his body, as before, I need to remove Yami's soul from it. I could make them switch places, Yami back in the Puzzle, but I felt he wouldn't want this. So I offered to go into the past, and bring Yami's body here, just as it was after his soul left it, and became imprisoned in the Puzzle. Then Yami can be put into his own body, with true life, and Yugi can return to his." Ishizu explained.
"Ah! And you need three items to bring it here!" Marik said, having knowledge of the ancient powers. "So what about me?" asked Seto. "You were an Ancient Egyptian Priest; you have considerable magic within you already." Ishizu said. Seto nodded. "I owe it to Yami." he said.
~oOOo~
"Everyone ready?" Ishizu asked. She had set the ritual up in Yugi's bedroom so that they could use the bed, and Yugi would wake up somewhere familiar. The bed hand been moved from the wall to the centre of the room, and Ishizu had arranged the seven candles around it. The five magical people in the room - other than Yami - postioned themselves around it too. "Yami, light the candles." Ishizu ordered. Quickly, Yami walked around the circle, lighting the candles with matches.
"Jonouchi, Anzu, Mai, stand in the circle, but behind us. If you feel tired, don't worry, it's just some of your energy being used. And DON'T blow the candles out, whatever you do." Ishizu instructed carefully. "Bakura, do you own the card Soul Exchange?" "Um... I have Cross-Tribute, if that's what you mean." He pulled the card out, and showed it to her. "Ah yes... foreign cards are changed. Cross Tribute will do."
She turned to Yami. "Are you ready for this? You will have to go to sleep. Marik's magic will aid in that, but when you wake up, you should be in your own body." Yami nodded nervously. "Then lay down." Yami lay down on the bed as told, and shut his eyes. He could feel a sudden coldness as magic from the Millennium Rod entered his mind, and pulled him into sleep.
~oOOo~
"Pharaoh..."
"Are you ready?"
Yami could hear voices floating around him in the darkness.
"Your rebirth is at hand... as is your revenge..."
"Revenge? What revenge?" Yami asked the voices.
"Against the Chiisai Pharaoh's killer!"
"Chiisai Pharaoh? Yugi?"
"Yes, Yugi, if that is what you call him. To the Shadows, he is known as the Chiisai Pharaoh."
"Well, who killed him, and may I remind you, he is not dead, just soul bound?"
"Satsujinsha!" the voices yelled. "In your time, he was known as Satsujinsha! Now he has a new name and identity..."
"Who is it?!"
"HIROTO HONDA SATSUJINSHA!"
(AN: Satsujinsha means 'murderer' and 'chiisai' means 'little')
~oOOo~
Ishizu was concentrating all of her energies into the glowing Tauk about her neck. High Priest Seto was helping her, though he wasn't sure how. Very gradually, next to the unconscious Yami, a form was appearing.
Finally, Ishizu stopped. The form was solid before them. A boy, appearing asleep, and appearing to be around sixteen.
He was dressed in a fine white kilt, with a wide golden band wrapping around his neck and shoulders, and a sheet of scarlet pouring down his back to about his waist. Across his forehead was a thick golden band, with the eye symbol of the Millennium Items on it. Either side of the eye were small fin-shaped pieces of gold. The band pushed blonde bangs back, and they then tumbled over it, except a few, which streaked up black and crimson hair.
Pharaoh Yami.
(AN: The English card, 'Soul Exchange' was originally called 'Cross Tribute'. Ishizu is Egyptian, so she would know it by 'Soul Exchange', while Ryou is Japanese, so he would know it by 'Cross Tribute')
