Chapter 3
Yugi stood here against the wall, barely able to breathe as Jou pinned him there by the throat.
"Jou, we're here to get his puzzle, not to kill him!" Honda warned, gesturing towards the puzzle around Yugi's neck.
"Aw. but this is fun, besides, what's the difference. 'The Master' doesn't care so long as we get the puzzle," Jou smirked, pressing harder onto Yugi.
"P-Please. stop." Yugi whimpered. "Stop? I'm just getting started!" Jou grinned, tossing Yugi into the pool.
Yugi, who couldn't swim very well, splashed around for a few moments before the Millennium Puzzle glowed, and he got taller. Yugi swam to the side of the pool and pulled himself out of the water.
"So, you think you can just go around hurting people, and then get away with it?" He asked harshly. He smirked, "Well, then think again." He thought for a few moments. Sensing that the two weren't doing this of their own free will, decided how to solve this. "How about a game?" He asked.
"A-a game?" Jou asked. A game didn't sound too bad.
"What kind of game?" Honda asked quickly, so that Jou wouldn't get them both killed.
"A shadow game," Yami pulled two dice from his pocket. "On these dice are the numbers 1, 2, and 3. One the other three faces there are Xs. The idea is to roll a one, a two, and then a three, in that order. Do you understand, bullies?"
"I'll take you on! Lady Luck is on my side!" Jou walked forward taking the dice. He rolled an X on the first try.
"Lady Luck is on your side, huh?" Honda asked coldly.
"And now, punishment game!"
"WHAT?" The two 'bullies' yelled in union.
The Millennium puzzle glowed brightly, and then the darkness within the two bullies was pulled from them.
"IT WASN'T OUR FAULT, I SWARE IT, 'The Master' made us do it!" Jou said quickly.
"Who is 'The Master'?" Yugi asked.
"I. we don't know his name. He just had us call him master. Hey Yugi, what's up with you? I mean, you uh. grew like, a foot in about 5 seconds."
"I am not Yugi, my name is Ootagi I was the Pharaoh back in Egypt, about 5000 years ago."
"That's cool, OH LOOKIE! A PURPLE GUY! LOOKIE! LOOKIE! IT'S A PURPLE GUY!" Jou jumped up and down excitedly.
Ootagi turned to look. "That's not a 'Purple Guy' that's Vulma. He's a Dark Magician."
"Vulma, like the vacuum?" Honda asked.
"No stupid, like the purple guy!"
Ootagi sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. Vulma walked over to him, and bowed. "Pharaoh, you are needed in the Shadow Realm."
"Can I come?" Jou asked jumping next to Ootagi. "Please, I've always wanted to go to the. the. um. what did you call it again?"
"The Shadow Realm, and no you can't come!" Ootagi snapped.
"Of course you can, Lord Jono, ready?" The Dark Magician waved his staff, and transported them both to the Shadow Realm.
As the two vanished Weevil Underwood came running toward Honda, only to make a sad attempt at tackling him, then trying to beat out of him where the two had gone.
* * *
"Who's Lord Jono?" Jou asked as the two walked along in no particular path.
"He was one of my best friends. oh, Jou. I hope I never see you again because you endanger my hikari," at this Ootagi relinquished control unto Yugi.
"Where am I?" Yugi asked, and then saw Jou. "S-stay away from me," Yugi warned. "Wait. why aren't I wet?" Yugi continued to get more and more confused until Jou finished explaining everything that had happened.
"Ootagi? Wait, what happened to Vulma?" Yugi asked, looking around.
"I don't know." Jou shrugged, and then the two heard a scream pierce through the air. "What was that?"
"No idea, let's go check it out!" Yugi started running towards the sound, Jou right behind him.
Yugi stood here against the wall, barely able to breathe as Jou pinned him there by the throat.
"Jou, we're here to get his puzzle, not to kill him!" Honda warned, gesturing towards the puzzle around Yugi's neck.
"Aw. but this is fun, besides, what's the difference. 'The Master' doesn't care so long as we get the puzzle," Jou smirked, pressing harder onto Yugi.
"P-Please. stop." Yugi whimpered. "Stop? I'm just getting started!" Jou grinned, tossing Yugi into the pool.
Yugi, who couldn't swim very well, splashed around for a few moments before the Millennium Puzzle glowed, and he got taller. Yugi swam to the side of the pool and pulled himself out of the water.
"So, you think you can just go around hurting people, and then get away with it?" He asked harshly. He smirked, "Well, then think again." He thought for a few moments. Sensing that the two weren't doing this of their own free will, decided how to solve this. "How about a game?" He asked.
"A-a game?" Jou asked. A game didn't sound too bad.
"What kind of game?" Honda asked quickly, so that Jou wouldn't get them both killed.
"A shadow game," Yami pulled two dice from his pocket. "On these dice are the numbers 1, 2, and 3. One the other three faces there are Xs. The idea is to roll a one, a two, and then a three, in that order. Do you understand, bullies?"
"I'll take you on! Lady Luck is on my side!" Jou walked forward taking the dice. He rolled an X on the first try.
"Lady Luck is on your side, huh?" Honda asked coldly.
"And now, punishment game!"
"WHAT?" The two 'bullies' yelled in union.
The Millennium puzzle glowed brightly, and then the darkness within the two bullies was pulled from them.
"IT WASN'T OUR FAULT, I SWARE IT, 'The Master' made us do it!" Jou said quickly.
"Who is 'The Master'?" Yugi asked.
"I. we don't know his name. He just had us call him master. Hey Yugi, what's up with you? I mean, you uh. grew like, a foot in about 5 seconds."
"I am not Yugi, my name is Ootagi I was the Pharaoh back in Egypt, about 5000 years ago."
"That's cool, OH LOOKIE! A PURPLE GUY! LOOKIE! LOOKIE! IT'S A PURPLE GUY!" Jou jumped up and down excitedly.
Ootagi turned to look. "That's not a 'Purple Guy' that's Vulma. He's a Dark Magician."
"Vulma, like the vacuum?" Honda asked.
"No stupid, like the purple guy!"
Ootagi sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. Vulma walked over to him, and bowed. "Pharaoh, you are needed in the Shadow Realm."
"Can I come?" Jou asked jumping next to Ootagi. "Please, I've always wanted to go to the. the. um. what did you call it again?"
"The Shadow Realm, and no you can't come!" Ootagi snapped.
"Of course you can, Lord Jono, ready?" The Dark Magician waved his staff, and transported them both to the Shadow Realm.
As the two vanished Weevil Underwood came running toward Honda, only to make a sad attempt at tackling him, then trying to beat out of him where the two had gone.
* * *
"Who's Lord Jono?" Jou asked as the two walked along in no particular path.
"He was one of my best friends. oh, Jou. I hope I never see you again because you endanger my hikari," at this Ootagi relinquished control unto Yugi.
"Where am I?" Yugi asked, and then saw Jou. "S-stay away from me," Yugi warned. "Wait. why aren't I wet?" Yugi continued to get more and more confused until Jou finished explaining everything that had happened.
"Ootagi? Wait, what happened to Vulma?" Yugi asked, looking around.
"I don't know." Jou shrugged, and then the two heard a scream pierce through the air. "What was that?"
"No idea, let's go check it out!" Yugi started running towards the sound, Jou right behind him.
