Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the characters. The story
itself, however, is mine.
Jou, at first, just stood there slack jawed and eyes wide. He then came out of shock and pulled his hand out. Jou examined his hand thoroughly expecting to have been missing a finger or his whole hand for that matter. After careful examination Jou decided his hand was fine. He looked at the mirror then at his hand then at the mirror again. Then, slowly and carefully he lifted his hand to the mirror and stuck it through once more, only this time he pushed his hand in farther and kept it in longer. About a minute passed until Jou took his hand back out again.
"This is incredible!" Jou muttered to himself, "I've got to show this to Yuugi he'd probably know what it is."
With that Jou ran to the other end of the room threw open the door and raced up and down the hallway until he found the stairs going down. He did the same thing on the second story and did the same. When he got back down to the first level of the house he just about threw open every door until he found the way out of the house. The rain still hadn't stopped but the last thing on Jou's mind was worrying about if he was getting wet or not. However there was one thing that Jou had pretty much forgotten when he'd been running through the house and that was the other person inside. Still inside the house a man immerged from behind the library door. He'd been hiding there the whole time listening to Jou dash up and down the halls trying to find his way out. He went into the library and surveyed the room he saw that the statue had been moved from its place and the mirror had been reviled. He went up to the mirror and held his hand up to it. The mirror glowed an eerie red. The man chuckled darkly to himself and put his hand down. He turned to leave but not before stating to no in particular.
"Let the games begin."
Meanwhile back outside "nightmare castle", Joey was running as fast as he could toward his friend Yuugi's house when he finally got there he collapsed against the door and started pounding on it as hard as he could manage. The boy inside, startled by the person outside who was clearly trying with all their might to knock his front door off it's hinges, cautiously made his way to the door and looked through the eyehole. When he saw who it was he rolled his eyes and opened the door.
"Yuugi!"
"I'm sorry little boy I don't associate with people in the asylum." Yuugi leaned in quickly and started to shut the door. Joey grabbed it and pulled it open again.
"Yuugi! Come on! This is serious!" Joey yelled waving his hands in the air.
"Okay Okay calm down would you," Yuugi said stepping outside and closing the door behind him. "So what's going on?"
"There's something you have got to see now come on!" Jou exclaimed grabbing Yuugi by the wrist and pulling him off his doorstep, out of their neighborhood, and toward the old mansion.
"Jou!" Yuugi yelled running along side his friend so he wouldn't fall; he still had a good grip on his arm. "Where are you taking me?"
"To the old mansion by that abandoned road," Jou replied he looked back and saw Yuugi's curious expression then added, "You know the back way we take to come home from school."
"Yeah I know where you mean," Yuugi said, "But why are we going there?"
"Because I found something really cool there and you've got to see it."
"What did you find? You know what better question, why were you in that house to begin with?"
"I got caught in the storm because Mr. Friedman gave me detention and I need a place to stay for a while."
"You got detention? Again? What did you do this time?"
"I got bored in his class so I started playing basketball with my math book and a window broke somehow."
"How did you manage that?"
"I was practicing my free throws so sue me!"
"Knowing Mr. Friedman he probably will."
Jou stopped and looked back at his friend wondering if he was serious hopefully she wasn't but with Yuugi you sometimes never knew. He tried to figure out if he was serious for about five seconds before he remembered what he was doing. He then continued to drag Yuugi toward the house. When the house finally came into view Yuugi realized that he wasn't kidding about going in there. So he grabbed the nearest streetlight and pulled, hard, on the arm that Jou was latched on to. That sent him right smack on the ground, in a puddle no less.
"Hey!" Jou yelled turning around to glare at the shorter of the two.
"Hey nothing!" he yelled back, "What's so great that's in that house?"
"You'll see when we get there now come on!" Jou said urgently grabbing Yuugi's wrist again and pulling him toward the house.
Jou, at first, just stood there slack jawed and eyes wide. He then came out of shock and pulled his hand out. Jou examined his hand thoroughly expecting to have been missing a finger or his whole hand for that matter. After careful examination Jou decided his hand was fine. He looked at the mirror then at his hand then at the mirror again. Then, slowly and carefully he lifted his hand to the mirror and stuck it through once more, only this time he pushed his hand in farther and kept it in longer. About a minute passed until Jou took his hand back out again.
"This is incredible!" Jou muttered to himself, "I've got to show this to Yuugi he'd probably know what it is."
With that Jou ran to the other end of the room threw open the door and raced up and down the hallway until he found the stairs going down. He did the same thing on the second story and did the same. When he got back down to the first level of the house he just about threw open every door until he found the way out of the house. The rain still hadn't stopped but the last thing on Jou's mind was worrying about if he was getting wet or not. However there was one thing that Jou had pretty much forgotten when he'd been running through the house and that was the other person inside. Still inside the house a man immerged from behind the library door. He'd been hiding there the whole time listening to Jou dash up and down the halls trying to find his way out. He went into the library and surveyed the room he saw that the statue had been moved from its place and the mirror had been reviled. He went up to the mirror and held his hand up to it. The mirror glowed an eerie red. The man chuckled darkly to himself and put his hand down. He turned to leave but not before stating to no in particular.
"Let the games begin."
Meanwhile back outside "nightmare castle", Joey was running as fast as he could toward his friend Yuugi's house when he finally got there he collapsed against the door and started pounding on it as hard as he could manage. The boy inside, startled by the person outside who was clearly trying with all their might to knock his front door off it's hinges, cautiously made his way to the door and looked through the eyehole. When he saw who it was he rolled his eyes and opened the door.
"Yuugi!"
"I'm sorry little boy I don't associate with people in the asylum." Yuugi leaned in quickly and started to shut the door. Joey grabbed it and pulled it open again.
"Yuugi! Come on! This is serious!" Joey yelled waving his hands in the air.
"Okay Okay calm down would you," Yuugi said stepping outside and closing the door behind him. "So what's going on?"
"There's something you have got to see now come on!" Jou exclaimed grabbing Yuugi by the wrist and pulling him off his doorstep, out of their neighborhood, and toward the old mansion.
"Jou!" Yuugi yelled running along side his friend so he wouldn't fall; he still had a good grip on his arm. "Where are you taking me?"
"To the old mansion by that abandoned road," Jou replied he looked back and saw Yuugi's curious expression then added, "You know the back way we take to come home from school."
"Yeah I know where you mean," Yuugi said, "But why are we going there?"
"Because I found something really cool there and you've got to see it."
"What did you find? You know what better question, why were you in that house to begin with?"
"I got caught in the storm because Mr. Friedman gave me detention and I need a place to stay for a while."
"You got detention? Again? What did you do this time?"
"I got bored in his class so I started playing basketball with my math book and a window broke somehow."
"How did you manage that?"
"I was practicing my free throws so sue me!"
"Knowing Mr. Friedman he probably will."
Jou stopped and looked back at his friend wondering if he was serious hopefully she wasn't but with Yuugi you sometimes never knew. He tried to figure out if he was serious for about five seconds before he remembered what he was doing. He then continued to drag Yuugi toward the house. When the house finally came into view Yuugi realized that he wasn't kidding about going in there. So he grabbed the nearest streetlight and pulled, hard, on the arm that Jou was latched on to. That sent him right smack on the ground, in a puddle no less.
"Hey!" Jou yelled turning around to glare at the shorter of the two.
"Hey nothing!" he yelled back, "What's so great that's in that house?"
"You'll see when we get there now come on!" Jou said urgently grabbing Yuugi's wrist again and pulling him toward the house.