Shadowing Glory
The Sequel
'Thought'
"Spoken"
Reality (Normal Realm)
Fantasy (Card Realm)
~Dream~
[Shadow Realm]
/Yugi's voice in his head/
//Yami's voice in Yugi's head//
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Sequel: Part 4 – Defiant Isolation
["Nice to see you all have such high spirits,"
Yami stopped in his tracks and felt a cold chill run down his spine as his body tensed upon recognition of the voice. He watched as Yugi blinked at him, his brow furrowing in confusion, / what's up? /
"They can't hear me, unfortunately for them,"
Yami frowned, on the spot. // Yugi, did you just hear something? //
Yugi blinked again. / Hear what? …Did you? /
"I told you so," the voice sneered, "which is a shame really; I would so love to be able to play with their heads,"
Yami frowned even more, before waving it off to the others and letting them continue to move onwards.
"I see you don't like the idea of their involvement in this? Why don't we settle this, just you and me…?" Before the pharaoh could react, he found himself being engulfed by darkness before everything went black.
"Yami…? Yami!" Yugi spun round and began to tremble, "I can't sense Yami! Yami! Where are you! Yami!" the small duellist spun round and began to run back, where they had come from, panicking as his large violet eyes scanned frantically for any trace of the pharaoh, to no avail.
Dark Magician sighed, and walked towards Yugi, to try and raise his spirits a bit, "Yugi, I'm sure pharaoh will be okay, he can handle himself,"
Yugi stopped and placed his saddened gaze upon the creature quietly, waiting for Dark Magician to get to him; but just before he reached the little one, the floor beneath seemed to give way and Yugi found himself falling down.
Seeing this, the tall slender black mage gasped in horror before running over and leaping down after his master, just before the hole seemed to close up, sealing them both in.
Yami Bakura blinked, "….O-kay…" he said, as he let it all sink in.
He was alone; the pharaoh had disappeared into thin air, and the squirt and monster had fallen or leapt into some hole in the floor which had closed behind him. Convenient, to say the least.
'Hmm… perhaps now will be a good time to go after the Millennium Puzzle… if I can just lock onto the damn pharaoh's location, then I can get it with ease… but…' the snowy demon stared down at the ring round his neck, "this blasted child is weakening me… I'd have more of a chance if I…" he smirked, before his eyelids fluttered shut.
For a few moments, silence ensued before a glow filled the air and Yami Bakura stood separate from the form of Bakura, who dropped to the floor.
Large chocolate fatigued eyes looked up with fear as they looked around the surroundings. The darker one smirked, looking at him, "Have fun," he sneered before walking off.
Bakura's eyes widened as he attempted to scramble to his feet, "No wait! Don't leave me here!" he cried out in vain, as the other disappeared from sight, seemingly eaten by shadows. "…no…" he murmured fearfully, clutching his arms, "…I… don't want to lose my soul… or be trapped here…don't…leave me…"
But his pleas were unheard.
* * * * * *
Mystical Elf dropped her hands and panted, trying to catch her breath. That had been her third try, and it had failed just as quickly as the other two attempts. She looked up at the other elf sadly, "I'm sorry… I still can't get a lock on Dark, or Yugi," she watched as he dropped his head, "…that's it, I guess."
Celtic Guardian looked up, frowning, "That's it? You can't seriously be giving up on them already?"
Mystical Elf sighed, "I can't get a lock on them, what else is there to do?"
Celtic Guardian paused, "…wait… what about that time you were separated from Dark and me…Dark couldn't lock on to you and so-"
"Of course! I see… give me a minute and then we can ask Dark himself,"
The blonde elf entwined her fingers and dropped her head, beginning to mutter incoherently under the watch of the other's intense amber eyes. Her words became increasing faster and louder, until a surge of white magic glowed around her and she snapped her eyes open, "It's done,"
The green-haired elf nodded, before speaking out, (Dark…?)
((…Celtic?))
(Thank God we got hold of you! What's going on?")
((Where do I start? I'm caught deep in some sort of trouble, and I can't talk long, I'm summoned here in the Shadow Realm under Yugi's energy.))
(Okay, I'll make it quick. So you're in the Shadow Realm? We'll be joining you, just keep safe and hold tight!)
Mystical Elf sighed as the glow dropped from around her and she caught back her breath. The elf swordsman turned to her, "Will you be able to get a lock on Dark in-"
"Yes, I will. We should leave now," the white mage pulled herself up to her feet.
"Leave? Where are you going?" Both elves spun round to see another figure in the doorway. Her semi-long blonde hair bounced as she smiled, her rouge cheeks warming her face. Mystical Elf walked over, "Magi, will you come along?"
Dark Magician Girl blinked, "Sure! …but where are we going?"
The Celtic Guardian shook his head and sighed as Mystical Elf smiled at the other mage, "The Shadow Realm, to help out Dark."
"Okay," both the blondes began to walk together, chattering, and Celtic Guardian walked past them impatiently.
Just his luck to be stuck with both of them without Dark… he was beginning to think the black mage was having it much better than he was…
* * * * * *
"You," Yami growled, getting into a fighting stance.
The dark Yami laughed, "Of course, who else?" its expression turned sombre, "we have something to settle," it spat as it leapt forward at the pharaoh, readying a fist.
Yami dodged from the punch, sending out a swooping leg, only to have it caught and held firmly. He then launched his free leg at the shadow, only to have it lean out of the way and grab hold; Yami then balanced on his arms and flung the dark Yami into the air, only to have it land on its feet.
"Nice, but," the shadow smirked, "You'll have to do better than that if you want to save the others too,"
Yami's eyes widened, "what have you done to them?!" he demanded.
"Nothing, yet. You'll see soon enough though…"
The shadowy Yami launched straight into a flying kick, which Yami stepped out of the line of, before landing a kick, only to have a dark fist connect with his jaw. After stumbling back, the pharaoh's eyes widened as he saw shadows running round the dark Yami's arm, solidifying into a black sword, before jumping back as the dark blade swung at him; unfortunately the blade ripping through his layers of clothing, just catching the flesh on his stomach.
This could only mean trouble…
* * * * * *
Yugi's eyelids slowly fluttered open and he found himself cradled in a pair of long, slender arms. He groaned a little as he raised a hand to his head, and his large violet eyes locked with the bright blue gaze of the black mage.
Yugi frowned as he saw an expression of desperation etched on the Dark Magician's face, and almost jumped out of his skin as a shadowy creature leapt at them, the mage leaping over it just in time with him still in his arms.
"…What happened…?" Yugi questioned, looking round to see more of the creatures closing in on them, from every direction.
"It was a trap, the 'floor' you were standing upon collapsed, and after I jumped in after you it sealed us in this place," the mage paused, quickly shuffling Yugi into the support of one of his arms leaving the one clutching the long staff mobile, before smacking another advancing beast in the face with it, knocking it back, "you were knocked out by the huge pressure increase in the drop, luckily I managed to catch with you and take most of the fall, then… these creatures began to approach…"
Yugi buried into Dark Magician as a group of four all leapt at them at once. He felt a sudden tingle as the black mage raised his staff and sent out a blast of dark magic, incinerating the creatures, "What are we going to do?" Yugi yelped, as more began to form around them.
"…We'll have to wait; hopefully help will arrive before you lose too much energy for me to keep us safe," he kicked another one back as he swung his staff behind, knocking away another two before leaping up and jumping upon another's head, and landing on his feet out of the circle of creatures, "the best thing for me to do is keep moving, I shouldn't tire, and it does not require energy, unlike my magic." he began to run, Yugi still holding on tightly.
* * * * * *
Yami held his hand tightly over his bleeding side, panting as he stepped back cautiously. 'I can't keep fighting like this… I'm beginning to feel the effects of my injury…' he raised his focus upon the figure clutching the weapon, before straightening up and taking a deep breath. "I have no other choice…" he extended an arm and shut his eyes as the third eye appeared on his forehead.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. You would try to mind crush me?"
Yami opened his eyes and frowned.
"I am still part of you; if you destroy my mind, then you destroy your own. And if you die, who will save Yugi, now? You know he cannot handle the strain of the Shadow Realm for much longer, and that monster is running on his energy. And of course, the other spirit detests him, and without you there to do anything…"
Yami growled, knowing that the shadowy creature was speaking the truth, and dropped his hand.
Before he could react, a horde of shadowy tentacles erupted from out of the ground, wrapping tightly round his ankles, and shooting up his body, suffocating him.
'Yugi… I…have to help him…' his mind screamed out as his vision began to blur. The last thing Yami saw was the dark twisted malevolent features of his own face, leaning over him.
"Retribution will be mine…"
The words echoed round the pharaoh's mind as he slid out of the pandemonium of consciousness and into the tranquil blackness of unconsciousness.
To Be Continued…