A/N: Thanks for all of the reviews!! I wasn't expecting to get over 6 in the first chapter, I guess I make good story
summeries. ;) And just a note-I won't always get the chapters out right away, since I'm also working on another story.
But, since FF.net is is being crappy, after I post this chapter, the next one will come shortly after. Well, here's the
next chapter. I hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pegasus. I don't own Yami(even though I want to), I don't own the whole frigging show. Heck,
I don't even own a pack of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards yet! So, don't sue me, I'm just writing this for fun, capeesh?
~Chapter 2~
Morning came. But it wasn't easy to tell, since there were no windows in Yugi's cell, but if you looked into the cracks
in the brick walls closely, you could see small rays of light.
That's what woke Yugi. A small ray of light hit Yugi's eyes, after a while making them feel hot. Yugi squinted his eyes,
and slowly opened them afterwards. He violet eyes closed again quickly, as the light went straight into his pupils. He
groaned irritatedly, and rolled onto his other side, and opened his eyes then. His eyes laid on the siloette of his mother,
who was sleeping. You could tell she didn't get very much sleep at night, since she had dark lines underneath her eyes. But
the thing that made Yugi really sad was that he saw small streaks down her cheeks, which were most likely left by tears. It
was probably because she missed Jii-chan a lot, like he did. That made Yugi sad. But, it might have been also because one of
Pegasus' goons must have beat her. That made him even sadder.
Yugi felt some pain in his heart, as he curled up into a ball, and continued to stare at his mother. Even she didn't get a bed,
she just let him have the blanket, to many of Yugi's protests. Yugi squeased his eyes shut, a tear falling from him as he choked
on a sob. Yugi felt like his heart was empty, now that Jii-chan was gone. 'I hate Pegasus.' He opened his eyes again, and the
fell on his puzzle, wrapped loosely around his neck. Yugi half smiled for the first time in a while. Even with his heart throbbing
with pain, it wasn't so bad with the puzzle around. As long as he had it, he knew Jii-chan would be around in a way...
But he had no idea of how much it would help out in the end.
A few minutes passed, after just staring into space, his thoughts of Jii-chan and his past before Pegasus twirling in his head. But
he was snapped out of his thoughts by the sound of foot steps, and bar doors opening. He looked up, fear striken. '..Don't let Pegasus
find the puzzle, Yugi..' Jii-chan's voice echoed in his head, as one of the guards, Kemo opened the door, and slide a mug of warm water
and a plate of three pieces of bread afterwards. "Here's your breakfast, eat up quickly; Akira will be by soon to bring you to your
chores for the day." With that, Kemo locked the steel barred door behind him, and walked away.
Yugi breathed out in releif. He didn't see the puzzle. 'I can't wear this now, if one of the them see this..' He shook his head, and
reluctantly took of the puzzle, and covered it with the blanket he was on, leaving a lump, but not one to be suspicsious of. He looked
at the bread and water, then looked at his mom. He walked over to her, and shook her shoulder a bit; he didn't have to lean down, since
he was pretty short for a thirteen year old. "Mom.." He started, "Get up, our..'food' is here, and we should eat it quikcly, Akira is coming
soon!"
His mother's brown eyes opened, and stared at her son for a few seconds. She sat up, and tried to smile a bit. Yugi looked up innocently at
her much taller mother. Even thought he was thirteen, he looked like a nine year old. "Yugi.." She hugged him tightly suddenly, "I'm sorry
we have to live through such a hell. But I promise, things will be different."
Yugi felt like crying, but held but his tears. He hugged his mom back, and nodded. 'I hope she's right,'
Tens minutes later, the man named Akira, that was partly the reason for Jii-chan's death, came walking down the hallway. "Alright, you slackers,
get up. I've got some jobs for you today. And kid, wipe that glare off of your face, or I'll whip ya!" Yugi looked away from Akira, but his anger
held towards the man. He had killed Jii-chan, and Yugi could never forgive him for that. He and his mother got up, and trudged out of their cell,
and as soon as they were out, had shackles placed on their wrists. That was the rule around there, so that it would be harder to try and escape, if
one even bothered to do so.
Akira walked behind the too, after closing the door shut, and made them join their lines. There was a line for women, another line for children,
a line for men, and another for the elders. The way Yugi's line went was separate from his mother, in fact, they went different from anyone else.
'He must be giving us 'special' treatment..'
The day dragged on as usual, Akira telling all of the kids what to do. Yesterday, the children got off early, but today there was lots to do; clean
the rooms, wash the morning dishes, and stuff like that. Lunchtime came, and like usual, the children ate separatly from everyone else. They all went
into a line, and waited for their small bowls to be filled with some kind of muck that made Yugi wanna throw up by the taste that resembled it of some
glue. 'I really hate this.'
After getting the muck, Yugi sat down at a table, alone as usual. This was the only time of the day that people were aloud to socialise, was at lunch.
It was only half an hour, but it was better than being whipped for everytime you tried to say something to a friend while they were working. But the truth
was, even at this place, Yugi had no friends. People found kinda freaky-ish, since he was so short, and his hair and eye colour was really strange. Nobody
bothered to talk to him..
The lunch time went on as usual, but around the middle of it, something happened that was very strange.
"Hey, get out of there, kid!"
Everyone's head turned to the back kitchen, silence filling the place as they watched Akira and another man drag out a boy that look thirteen like Yugi,
only he was the right height, and had brown eyes like his mother, and messy blonde hair.
Yugi gasped a little. That was Jounochi, a boy he had seen around before. They were made to work together every once in a while, and was known to kinda pick
fights with people, and he even stuck up for his little sister, Serenity(I don't know her japanese name) when she was in some sort of trouble.
"What do you think your doing, kid?!" shouted Akira.
Jounochi struggled a bit to get free, and sneered, "Hey, youse guys barely gave me and my sis any of that crap you called food, and we was hungry, so I went ta
get more!"
"You just violated rules, kid!" the other man growled.
"So, then I guess ya should give us some more of that slop, and that wouldn' happen then, eh?"
Yugi could stand to see this. All Jounochi was trying to do was get some more food for his sister! He shouldn't get in trouble for that!
"Why you-"
"Please, stop!" Yugi burst out suddenly, as he got some stares. The men looked at him, a scowl on their faces. Yugi froze after that, as he got up. "Um.." he started,
"Please don't get mad at him. He's just looking out for his little sister!"
Now he had everyone's attention, and a stare of disbelef came from Jounochi. "Listen, kid, he violated rules here, and he's going to get punished!"
"P-please don't, he won't do it again.." Yugi looked at Jounochi hopefully, and he caught on, and nodded a bit. "And I'll even give him some of my cr-I mean, food. OK?"
Akira and the other guard looked at each other. The other guard sighed, "Fine, but if he does it again-"
"Ya, I'll get whipped, we know da drill," said Jounochi, as he was let go. They growled at him quietly, but walked away.
Yugi smiled a bit. He wasn't sure whether it was the puppy eyes he gave them, or if they thought it wasn't worth bickering about, they let Jounochi go anyway, which made
him glad. 'At least he won't have to go through the pain Jii-chan did..'
The silence was broken once again, by the sound of chattering children. Jounochi sighed, and looked at Yugi. "Man, I can't believe you did that for me. Thanks a lot.."
Yugi half smiled at the blonde. "I'm just glad they didn't hurt you. I hate them, they're always on my family's tail for some reason.
"I wish I could give 'em the ol' one-two!" Jounochi growled.
"After all of what I know, violence doesn't solve a thing," Yugi sighed in reply.
Jounochi smiled a bit. "I know, but I use it if I have ta. By the way, I'm Jounochi, but ya can call me Jou. What your name?"
"Yugi," Yugi replied.
"Well, thanks again, Yugi. Wanna sit with me and my sis?" Jou asked him with a smile.
"Sure!" Yugi said back a little shyly. Both of them walked back towards another table, with in mind that Yugi finally had a friend.
//..This boy's life is a living hell! I guess I know why I was called then..//
Night fell around duelist kingdom, and the children held captive in the castle trudged back to their cells, wondering why their parents
weren't back by now. It was the second night in a row..
Yugi sat back down on his blanket, and sighed. 'Mom, where are you..?' He looked over to his side, and saw a big lump underneath it..
'Oh, I forgot about the puzzle!' Yugi took the sheet off of the puzzle, and placed it over his head once more. 'Hey...didn't I wish I'd
get a friend last night..? Hmm..maybe..naw, it couldn't be..could it?' Yugi blinked, and stared at the puzzle around his neck for a while.
He raised an eyebrow, but his gase was broken by a sound. He looked up, and looked all around. "What was that?" he asked himself quietly.
He got up, and tip-toed over to the bared door. He looked around, and spotted something that made him gasp.
"Stop, no!" shouted a women, who looked like she would be related to Jou. "Stop it!" She was being held down by the wrists on a gray brick
wall, by some shackles that the man in front of her put on. The man had a whip in his hand, which Yugi reconised who he was right away.
'Akira..!'
Akira smirked nastily, and smacked the whip on top of the woman. She screamed out in pain, feeling a tear fall down her cheek. Yugi winced
a bit.
"Why..." whimpered the woman.
"You broke my heart years ago, remember? Now..prepare to feel the pain!" Akira said, with hatred and sadness in his throat, and made the whip
come crashing down on her again, as she suddenly felt guilt well up inside of her. "Akira..stop!"
"No!" Akira sent the whip crashing on her body again, leaving a red mark on her shoulder, and another cry of pain echoing from the hallway, and
some whimpering from behind..must be from the cell that the woman came out of, which was most likely one of her kids.
Yugi felt some tears stream down his cheeks. He closed his eyes tightly. 'No..stop..please, that's enough! Leave her alone...don't kill her like
you did..Jii-chan..' He opened his eyes suddenly, full of sadness. anger, and for some reason, courage. Suddenly, his eyes caught a glimpse of
some glowing...glowing from the puzzle! "Wha..?" he muttered to himself, as it started to twirl around infront of him. The glow caught the attention
of Akira, but the woman wasn't conscious anymore, so she didn't notice it.
Yugi felt some sort of warmth wash over him, the same warmth from last night when he held the puzzle in his hands. //Don't worry, Yugi, I'm here.//
/Who are you?/
//A friend. But you can call me..Yami.//
"YU-GI-OOOOOOOOH!" Yugi suddenly shouted out, a glow wrapping over him, as he voice suddenly became deeper. When the glow faded, his clothes were new,
he was taller(but he was still a bit short), taking on the appearence of a 15 year old, and blond streaks were in his hair, and his eyes' innocent look
became serious, and slightly crimson, and a smirk laid on his face.
Yami looked around himself, and saw the bars in front of him. He raised an eyebrow, and was about to do something, when suddenly, he heard Akira shout
out, "Hey, what's going on there?"
"Come and see, coward," Yami said with a bit of a glare.
"What?! Coward? Why I should-" Akira came running towards the cell, and gasped at Yami. "W-what? Aren't you that kid--"
"I am, yet I am not."
"What kind of stunt are you pulling here, kid? And when did you go through a growth spurt?"
"That is of no concern of you, Akira. Now, leave that woman alone, and play my..game."
"What? Why should I? Your in that cell, and you can't stop me!"
"Oh really? Are you just afraid you'll lose?"
"No way! What is it?"
Yami smirked, and pulled out his duel monsters deck from his pocket. (Even though Yugi hated Pegasus, he still liked the game, and was pretty good at it, too.
His deck was his only possesion, except for the puzzle.) "The rules are simple. You draw a card, and I draw a card. Whoever has the weakest monster wins(I
changed it a bit from the show. ;)). If you win, then you may go about your buisness. But if I win..then I decide your fate." Yami concluded, his eyes narrowed.
"Haha! Whatever, you punk, I'm going to win." Akira pushed his hand into the cell, and pulled a card from the middle of the deck. He pulled his hand out, and
smirked at what he saw. "Ha! My monster is the Caeltic Guardian!"
Yami then said, "Very well. It is now my turn." He closed his eyes, pulled out a card from the deck, and opened his eyes. He smirked. "And I have pulled Kuribo!
You lose."
Akira's jaw dropped, but then smiled. "Ha! You still can't do a thing about me! Your trapped, and the doors are all locked!"
Yami laughed quietly. "I fear you are mistaken. I won, so I decide your fate." Suddenly, the eye of Horus glowed on his head, and Akira gasped. "You have killed
someone, and almost again, Akira, and you will never kill again as long as I can help it. Mind crush!" Yami placed his hand in front of himself, and a wave hit
Akira, and he screamed. He fell to his knees, his soul stripped from him, his body barely alive. The eye of Horus faded away, and Yami reached through the bars, and
put his hand into Akira's pocket, and pulled out a key. He unlocked the cell door, and took the Caetic Guardian, and put it in his pocket with his deck. He ran
towards the woman, who was still unconscious. He sighed a bit, and sat her up. The woman let out a groan. "Easy there," Yami said soothingly.
The woman looked up, and saw Yami. She lookd over, and gasped at the sight of Akira. "W-what happened to him..?"
Yami ignored the question, and asked her, looking towards the cell in front of the them, "Is this where you came from?"
The woman nodded, and said, "Thank you..whoever you are."
Yami smiled. "Just helping people." He opened the door, and laid the woman on a matress in the corner, and said, "I would free you..but that wouldn't be fair to your
children." Yami out of the corner of his eye saw Serenity, and Jou, in the corner, Serenity crying, and Jou trying to comfort her. Jou looked up, and squinted his eyes.
"Yugi..?" Jou whispered.
Yami looked back at Jou's mother, and said, "Don't worry, you'll all be free someday. I promise." He walked out of the room, and closed the barred door behind him. Jou ran
up to the bars, and watched Yami walk down the hall, but not before painting something on the wall with some nearby ashes. 'He looks a lot like Yugi..but that can't be him!
..Could it?'
* * *
Yugi's eyes slowly opened, a small groan escaping his lips. He blinked a few times, then sat up. His head was trobbing, as he flopped back down. "Mom..?" Yugi asked weakly.
No answer. He looked to his side, and noticed that his mother wasn't there. But there was a note. Yugi got up, swaying a little, so he crawled instead. He picked up the note,
and read:
'Dear Yugi,
As you know, I'm not here. I came in last night, and early this morning, Kemo came along gathering up all of the women. I left this note before I left, and right now, I am
doing something for Pegasus. But, I'm sure you'll find out what it's about soon enough.
Mother'
Yugi raised an eyebrow. What did she mean, you'll find out soon enough? Yugi blinked a couple of times, and fell back again. His puzzle flapped around on his neck as he moved
around, seeming a bit shinier than usual; Yugi didn't notice, though. He closed his eyes, and sighed. He heard some voices after a few seconds, and opened his eyes. He remained
quiet so that he would be able to hear what they said..
"I still can't believe what happened to Akira!" shouted a man. He was oviously the one who was holding back Joe yesterday.
"Me neither, amigo, but I say he deserved it." said the other man, with somewhat of a spanish accent.
"Don't say that, Panchito! He may have deserved it, but I still can't understand how his soul could be stripped from him, just like that!"
"Rintaro, it is quite simple...it's a mystery."
"Ugh! It may be a mystery, but it has to be solved! That's why Pegasus anted all of the women searching the area, to see if anyone suspicious was still in the area!"
"Si. But why the women? Why not the men?"
"Oh, I don't know. Probably because the men are out trying to take over another country or somethin'."
"Oh."
Yugi heard some more footsteps go by, and the voices ended. Yugi's eyes widened. 'What? His...SOUL was stolen? How?...What happened last night, anyway?' Yugi turned to his side,
'..And why am I getting this sinking feeling that I have something to do with it..?' Yugi closed his eyes, and thought hard about the night before. It was basicly a blank, so he
opened his eyes. Yugi sighed, and closed his eyes again, the puzzle glimmering slightly around his neck.
~To Be Continued..~
A/N; I hope you all enjoyed that chapter! Review! ^^
summeries. ;) And just a note-I won't always get the chapters out right away, since I'm also working on another story.
But, since FF.net is is being crappy, after I post this chapter, the next one will come shortly after. Well, here's the
next chapter. I hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pegasus. I don't own Yami(even though I want to), I don't own the whole frigging show. Heck,
I don't even own a pack of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards yet! So, don't sue me, I'm just writing this for fun, capeesh?
~Chapter 2~
Morning came. But it wasn't easy to tell, since there were no windows in Yugi's cell, but if you looked into the cracks
in the brick walls closely, you could see small rays of light.
That's what woke Yugi. A small ray of light hit Yugi's eyes, after a while making them feel hot. Yugi squinted his eyes,
and slowly opened them afterwards. He violet eyes closed again quickly, as the light went straight into his pupils. He
groaned irritatedly, and rolled onto his other side, and opened his eyes then. His eyes laid on the siloette of his mother,
who was sleeping. You could tell she didn't get very much sleep at night, since she had dark lines underneath her eyes. But
the thing that made Yugi really sad was that he saw small streaks down her cheeks, which were most likely left by tears. It
was probably because she missed Jii-chan a lot, like he did. That made Yugi sad. But, it might have been also because one of
Pegasus' goons must have beat her. That made him even sadder.
Yugi felt some pain in his heart, as he curled up into a ball, and continued to stare at his mother. Even she didn't get a bed,
she just let him have the blanket, to many of Yugi's protests. Yugi squeased his eyes shut, a tear falling from him as he choked
on a sob. Yugi felt like his heart was empty, now that Jii-chan was gone. 'I hate Pegasus.' He opened his eyes again, and the
fell on his puzzle, wrapped loosely around his neck. Yugi half smiled for the first time in a while. Even with his heart throbbing
with pain, it wasn't so bad with the puzzle around. As long as he had it, he knew Jii-chan would be around in a way...
But he had no idea of how much it would help out in the end.
A few minutes passed, after just staring into space, his thoughts of Jii-chan and his past before Pegasus twirling in his head. But
he was snapped out of his thoughts by the sound of foot steps, and bar doors opening. He looked up, fear striken. '..Don't let Pegasus
find the puzzle, Yugi..' Jii-chan's voice echoed in his head, as one of the guards, Kemo opened the door, and slide a mug of warm water
and a plate of three pieces of bread afterwards. "Here's your breakfast, eat up quickly; Akira will be by soon to bring you to your
chores for the day." With that, Kemo locked the steel barred door behind him, and walked away.
Yugi breathed out in releif. He didn't see the puzzle. 'I can't wear this now, if one of the them see this..' He shook his head, and
reluctantly took of the puzzle, and covered it with the blanket he was on, leaving a lump, but not one to be suspicsious of. He looked
at the bread and water, then looked at his mom. He walked over to her, and shook her shoulder a bit; he didn't have to lean down, since
he was pretty short for a thirteen year old. "Mom.." He started, "Get up, our..'food' is here, and we should eat it quikcly, Akira is coming
soon!"
His mother's brown eyes opened, and stared at her son for a few seconds. She sat up, and tried to smile a bit. Yugi looked up innocently at
her much taller mother. Even thought he was thirteen, he looked like a nine year old. "Yugi.." She hugged him tightly suddenly, "I'm sorry
we have to live through such a hell. But I promise, things will be different."
Yugi felt like crying, but held but his tears. He hugged his mom back, and nodded. 'I hope she's right,'
Tens minutes later, the man named Akira, that was partly the reason for Jii-chan's death, came walking down the hallway. "Alright, you slackers,
get up. I've got some jobs for you today. And kid, wipe that glare off of your face, or I'll whip ya!" Yugi looked away from Akira, but his anger
held towards the man. He had killed Jii-chan, and Yugi could never forgive him for that. He and his mother got up, and trudged out of their cell,
and as soon as they were out, had shackles placed on their wrists. That was the rule around there, so that it would be harder to try and escape, if
one even bothered to do so.
Akira walked behind the too, after closing the door shut, and made them join their lines. There was a line for women, another line for children,
a line for men, and another for the elders. The way Yugi's line went was separate from his mother, in fact, they went different from anyone else.
'He must be giving us 'special' treatment..'
The day dragged on as usual, Akira telling all of the kids what to do. Yesterday, the children got off early, but today there was lots to do; clean
the rooms, wash the morning dishes, and stuff like that. Lunchtime came, and like usual, the children ate separatly from everyone else. They all went
into a line, and waited for their small bowls to be filled with some kind of muck that made Yugi wanna throw up by the taste that resembled it of some
glue. 'I really hate this.'
After getting the muck, Yugi sat down at a table, alone as usual. This was the only time of the day that people were aloud to socialise, was at lunch.
It was only half an hour, but it was better than being whipped for everytime you tried to say something to a friend while they were working. But the truth
was, even at this place, Yugi had no friends. People found kinda freaky-ish, since he was so short, and his hair and eye colour was really strange. Nobody
bothered to talk to him..
The lunch time went on as usual, but around the middle of it, something happened that was very strange.
"Hey, get out of there, kid!"
Everyone's head turned to the back kitchen, silence filling the place as they watched Akira and another man drag out a boy that look thirteen like Yugi,
only he was the right height, and had brown eyes like his mother, and messy blonde hair.
Yugi gasped a little. That was Jounochi, a boy he had seen around before. They were made to work together every once in a while, and was known to kinda pick
fights with people, and he even stuck up for his little sister, Serenity(I don't know her japanese name) when she was in some sort of trouble.
"What do you think your doing, kid?!" shouted Akira.
Jounochi struggled a bit to get free, and sneered, "Hey, youse guys barely gave me and my sis any of that crap you called food, and we was hungry, so I went ta
get more!"
"You just violated rules, kid!" the other man growled.
"So, then I guess ya should give us some more of that slop, and that wouldn' happen then, eh?"
Yugi could stand to see this. All Jounochi was trying to do was get some more food for his sister! He shouldn't get in trouble for that!
"Why you-"
"Please, stop!" Yugi burst out suddenly, as he got some stares. The men looked at him, a scowl on their faces. Yugi froze after that, as he got up. "Um.." he started,
"Please don't get mad at him. He's just looking out for his little sister!"
Now he had everyone's attention, and a stare of disbelef came from Jounochi. "Listen, kid, he violated rules here, and he's going to get punished!"
"P-please don't, he won't do it again.." Yugi looked at Jounochi hopefully, and he caught on, and nodded a bit. "And I'll even give him some of my cr-I mean, food. OK?"
Akira and the other guard looked at each other. The other guard sighed, "Fine, but if he does it again-"
"Ya, I'll get whipped, we know da drill," said Jounochi, as he was let go. They growled at him quietly, but walked away.
Yugi smiled a bit. He wasn't sure whether it was the puppy eyes he gave them, or if they thought it wasn't worth bickering about, they let Jounochi go anyway, which made
him glad. 'At least he won't have to go through the pain Jii-chan did..'
The silence was broken once again, by the sound of chattering children. Jounochi sighed, and looked at Yugi. "Man, I can't believe you did that for me. Thanks a lot.."
Yugi half smiled at the blonde. "I'm just glad they didn't hurt you. I hate them, they're always on my family's tail for some reason.
"I wish I could give 'em the ol' one-two!" Jounochi growled.
"After all of what I know, violence doesn't solve a thing," Yugi sighed in reply.
Jounochi smiled a bit. "I know, but I use it if I have ta. By the way, I'm Jounochi, but ya can call me Jou. What your name?"
"Yugi," Yugi replied.
"Well, thanks again, Yugi. Wanna sit with me and my sis?" Jou asked him with a smile.
"Sure!" Yugi said back a little shyly. Both of them walked back towards another table, with in mind that Yugi finally had a friend.
//..This boy's life is a living hell! I guess I know why I was called then..//
Night fell around duelist kingdom, and the children held captive in the castle trudged back to their cells, wondering why their parents
weren't back by now. It was the second night in a row..
Yugi sat back down on his blanket, and sighed. 'Mom, where are you..?' He looked over to his side, and saw a big lump underneath it..
'Oh, I forgot about the puzzle!' Yugi took the sheet off of the puzzle, and placed it over his head once more. 'Hey...didn't I wish I'd
get a friend last night..? Hmm..maybe..naw, it couldn't be..could it?' Yugi blinked, and stared at the puzzle around his neck for a while.
He raised an eyebrow, but his gase was broken by a sound. He looked up, and looked all around. "What was that?" he asked himself quietly.
He got up, and tip-toed over to the bared door. He looked around, and spotted something that made him gasp.
"Stop, no!" shouted a women, who looked like she would be related to Jou. "Stop it!" She was being held down by the wrists on a gray brick
wall, by some shackles that the man in front of her put on. The man had a whip in his hand, which Yugi reconised who he was right away.
'Akira..!'
Akira smirked nastily, and smacked the whip on top of the woman. She screamed out in pain, feeling a tear fall down her cheek. Yugi winced
a bit.
"Why..." whimpered the woman.
"You broke my heart years ago, remember? Now..prepare to feel the pain!" Akira said, with hatred and sadness in his throat, and made the whip
come crashing down on her again, as she suddenly felt guilt well up inside of her. "Akira..stop!"
"No!" Akira sent the whip crashing on her body again, leaving a red mark on her shoulder, and another cry of pain echoing from the hallway, and
some whimpering from behind..must be from the cell that the woman came out of, which was most likely one of her kids.
Yugi felt some tears stream down his cheeks. He closed his eyes tightly. 'No..stop..please, that's enough! Leave her alone...don't kill her like
you did..Jii-chan..' He opened his eyes suddenly, full of sadness. anger, and for some reason, courage. Suddenly, his eyes caught a glimpse of
some glowing...glowing from the puzzle! "Wha..?" he muttered to himself, as it started to twirl around infront of him. The glow caught the attention
of Akira, but the woman wasn't conscious anymore, so she didn't notice it.
Yugi felt some sort of warmth wash over him, the same warmth from last night when he held the puzzle in his hands. //Don't worry, Yugi, I'm here.//
/Who are you?/
//A friend. But you can call me..Yami.//
"YU-GI-OOOOOOOOH!" Yugi suddenly shouted out, a glow wrapping over him, as he voice suddenly became deeper. When the glow faded, his clothes were new,
he was taller(but he was still a bit short), taking on the appearence of a 15 year old, and blond streaks were in his hair, and his eyes' innocent look
became serious, and slightly crimson, and a smirk laid on his face.
Yami looked around himself, and saw the bars in front of him. He raised an eyebrow, and was about to do something, when suddenly, he heard Akira shout
out, "Hey, what's going on there?"
"Come and see, coward," Yami said with a bit of a glare.
"What?! Coward? Why I should-" Akira came running towards the cell, and gasped at Yami. "W-what? Aren't you that kid--"
"I am, yet I am not."
"What kind of stunt are you pulling here, kid? And when did you go through a growth spurt?"
"That is of no concern of you, Akira. Now, leave that woman alone, and play my..game."
"What? Why should I? Your in that cell, and you can't stop me!"
"Oh really? Are you just afraid you'll lose?"
"No way! What is it?"
Yami smirked, and pulled out his duel monsters deck from his pocket. (Even though Yugi hated Pegasus, he still liked the game, and was pretty good at it, too.
His deck was his only possesion, except for the puzzle.) "The rules are simple. You draw a card, and I draw a card. Whoever has the weakest monster wins(I
changed it a bit from the show. ;)). If you win, then you may go about your buisness. But if I win..then I decide your fate." Yami concluded, his eyes narrowed.
"Haha! Whatever, you punk, I'm going to win." Akira pushed his hand into the cell, and pulled a card from the middle of the deck. He pulled his hand out, and
smirked at what he saw. "Ha! My monster is the Caeltic Guardian!"
Yami then said, "Very well. It is now my turn." He closed his eyes, pulled out a card from the deck, and opened his eyes. He smirked. "And I have pulled Kuribo!
You lose."
Akira's jaw dropped, but then smiled. "Ha! You still can't do a thing about me! Your trapped, and the doors are all locked!"
Yami laughed quietly. "I fear you are mistaken. I won, so I decide your fate." Suddenly, the eye of Horus glowed on his head, and Akira gasped. "You have killed
someone, and almost again, Akira, and you will never kill again as long as I can help it. Mind crush!" Yami placed his hand in front of himself, and a wave hit
Akira, and he screamed. He fell to his knees, his soul stripped from him, his body barely alive. The eye of Horus faded away, and Yami reached through the bars, and
put his hand into Akira's pocket, and pulled out a key. He unlocked the cell door, and took the Caetic Guardian, and put it in his pocket with his deck. He ran
towards the woman, who was still unconscious. He sighed a bit, and sat her up. The woman let out a groan. "Easy there," Yami said soothingly.
The woman looked up, and saw Yami. She lookd over, and gasped at the sight of Akira. "W-what happened to him..?"
Yami ignored the question, and asked her, looking towards the cell in front of the them, "Is this where you came from?"
The woman nodded, and said, "Thank you..whoever you are."
Yami smiled. "Just helping people." He opened the door, and laid the woman on a matress in the corner, and said, "I would free you..but that wouldn't be fair to your
children." Yami out of the corner of his eye saw Serenity, and Jou, in the corner, Serenity crying, and Jou trying to comfort her. Jou looked up, and squinted his eyes.
"Yugi..?" Jou whispered.
Yami looked back at Jou's mother, and said, "Don't worry, you'll all be free someday. I promise." He walked out of the room, and closed the barred door behind him. Jou ran
up to the bars, and watched Yami walk down the hall, but not before painting something on the wall with some nearby ashes. 'He looks a lot like Yugi..but that can't be him!
..Could it?'
* * *
Yugi's eyes slowly opened, a small groan escaping his lips. He blinked a few times, then sat up. His head was trobbing, as he flopped back down. "Mom..?" Yugi asked weakly.
No answer. He looked to his side, and noticed that his mother wasn't there. But there was a note. Yugi got up, swaying a little, so he crawled instead. He picked up the note,
and read:
'Dear Yugi,
As you know, I'm not here. I came in last night, and early this morning, Kemo came along gathering up all of the women. I left this note before I left, and right now, I am
doing something for Pegasus. But, I'm sure you'll find out what it's about soon enough.
Mother'
Yugi raised an eyebrow. What did she mean, you'll find out soon enough? Yugi blinked a couple of times, and fell back again. His puzzle flapped around on his neck as he moved
around, seeming a bit shinier than usual; Yugi didn't notice, though. He closed his eyes, and sighed. He heard some voices after a few seconds, and opened his eyes. He remained
quiet so that he would be able to hear what they said..
"I still can't believe what happened to Akira!" shouted a man. He was oviously the one who was holding back Joe yesterday.
"Me neither, amigo, but I say he deserved it." said the other man, with somewhat of a spanish accent.
"Don't say that, Panchito! He may have deserved it, but I still can't understand how his soul could be stripped from him, just like that!"
"Rintaro, it is quite simple...it's a mystery."
"Ugh! It may be a mystery, but it has to be solved! That's why Pegasus anted all of the women searching the area, to see if anyone suspicious was still in the area!"
"Si. But why the women? Why not the men?"
"Oh, I don't know. Probably because the men are out trying to take over another country or somethin'."
"Oh."
Yugi heard some more footsteps go by, and the voices ended. Yugi's eyes widened. 'What? His...SOUL was stolen? How?...What happened last night, anyway?' Yugi turned to his side,
'..And why am I getting this sinking feeling that I have something to do with it..?' Yugi closed his eyes, and thought hard about the night before. It was basicly a blank, so he
opened his eyes. Yugi sighed, and closed his eyes again, the puzzle glimmering slightly around his neck.
~To Be Continued..~
A/N; I hope you all enjoyed that chapter! Review! ^^
