A young man walked through the dark streets of Domino City; his long black
hair was tied back into a loose ponytail, his brown eyes, framed by small
silver colored glasses darted about the street gazing at the shadowed
buildings. His slim form was clothed in a white cotton short sleeve shirt
and dark blue denim pants and sneakers. A curious object, a bracelet with a
weaving design surrounding an eye, adorned his wrist.
The young man gasped and cupped his forehead in pain as he stumbled to lean against a building, his vision jumped in and out of focus as the sennen item began to take over his body. He slid down the building's brick wall to the filthy street beneath him even as he desperately clawed at his wrist, trying to remove the item with little success, leaving long bloody scratches in his flesh. Soon it was all over and the young man collapsed from the strain on his body, he gazed hazily at the item on his wrist before falling unconscious.
When the young man awoke, he was in a hospital bed. He glanced around and noticed a pale young man with long white hair sitting in a chair nearby, head bowed.
"Excuse me?" the young man ventured, "But who are you?"
The other young man looked up and broad smile on his face, his eyes closed.
"My name is Ryou Bakura, I found you in the street last night and brought you here, I hope you don't mind." He said cheerfully.
"No, I don't mind, thank you," The bed-ridden man said smiling, "My name's Akira Kazuki."
Ryou smiled and opened his brown eyes, his smile turning into a smirk as his eyes narrowed. He reached out and wrenched Akira's arm out from underneath the thin hospital sheets. He growled and pointed at the sennen item on his wrist,
"Now that we're introduced, you can tell me what this is!" He demanded in a cold tone.
At Ryou's actions the sennen item began to glow with an unnatural light, as the light faded, Ryou was me with a pair of eyes as cold as his own. Akira lifted his other arm and grasped Ryou's arm, his nails digging into the other man's arm.
"Well now, Thief King, you don't recognize it? After all, you created it," he said darkly.
"You!" Ryou said as he stood up and backed away from Akira after freeing himself.
"You betrayed me, you deceiving serpent! You let me fall into a downward spiral of insanity and eventual suicide! I should have killed you and fed you to the crocodiles!" Akira bellowed standing up, revenge and hatred burning in his eyes as he approached Ryou, fists clenching.
Ryou simply smirked and buried his left fist into Akira's gut, his right hand wrapping around his throat as he spun and pinned him to the wall behind him.
"Let's get one thing straight, what happened back then was completely unexpected. Yes, we expected a few things to go wrong, but nothing of this magnitude." The thief said angrily, nearing his face to the guard's.
"Liar," The guard spat.
The thief buried his fist harder into his opponent's belly, growling.
"Unless you want me to harm your host beyond all repair, I suggest you believe me," he snarled.
The guard bowed his head and nodded.
"Now then, we both know that your item is not a true sennen item, correct?" The thief asked.
"Yes,"
"And you are aware of the game Duel Monsters?"
"Yes, my host plays it, why?"
"It is the reincarnation of the Shadow Games."
"I had a feeling that it was, it is very similar," The guard said with a smirk.
Ryou smiled and released the guard, he laughed loudly.
"Good! Good! What would you say to me if for a small favor, I could undo all that was done to you in the past?"
"Would I remain as I am now? Requiring a host to survive?"
"Yes, but the item's corruption of your host's mind will end,"
"Tell me what to do,"
And so the thief explained that he required the Sennen Puzzle and it's powers to remove the item's corruptive nature. The guard nodded in agreement as Ryou finished his explanation.
"So all I need to do is defeat the current bearer of the Puzzle in a duel and take the item from them?"
"To put it simply yes, but it will not be so easy. First of all, the current bearer is the reincarnation of the pharaoh and he will not give up the item easily. Secondly, the pharaoh takes over his reincarnation's body via the item during duels, making it even harder to take the item." The thief said, "Trust me, I've tried."
"Very well then, if there's nothing else?" The guard said preparing to leave the room.
"Actually, there is something else. Rumor on the street is that a new tournament will begin within a few weeks; you and I will both enter it and we will make our way to finals. That is when we strike."
The guard nodded and spat in his hand, the thief did the same and they shook hands. The thief and guard both relinquished control to their hosts, both young men looked at each other and collapsed due to the mental and physical stress placed on them.
The young man gasped and cupped his forehead in pain as he stumbled to lean against a building, his vision jumped in and out of focus as the sennen item began to take over his body. He slid down the building's brick wall to the filthy street beneath him even as he desperately clawed at his wrist, trying to remove the item with little success, leaving long bloody scratches in his flesh. Soon it was all over and the young man collapsed from the strain on his body, he gazed hazily at the item on his wrist before falling unconscious.
When the young man awoke, he was in a hospital bed. He glanced around and noticed a pale young man with long white hair sitting in a chair nearby, head bowed.
"Excuse me?" the young man ventured, "But who are you?"
The other young man looked up and broad smile on his face, his eyes closed.
"My name is Ryou Bakura, I found you in the street last night and brought you here, I hope you don't mind." He said cheerfully.
"No, I don't mind, thank you," The bed-ridden man said smiling, "My name's Akira Kazuki."
Ryou smiled and opened his brown eyes, his smile turning into a smirk as his eyes narrowed. He reached out and wrenched Akira's arm out from underneath the thin hospital sheets. He growled and pointed at the sennen item on his wrist,
"Now that we're introduced, you can tell me what this is!" He demanded in a cold tone.
At Ryou's actions the sennen item began to glow with an unnatural light, as the light faded, Ryou was me with a pair of eyes as cold as his own. Akira lifted his other arm and grasped Ryou's arm, his nails digging into the other man's arm.
"Well now, Thief King, you don't recognize it? After all, you created it," he said darkly.
"You!" Ryou said as he stood up and backed away from Akira after freeing himself.
"You betrayed me, you deceiving serpent! You let me fall into a downward spiral of insanity and eventual suicide! I should have killed you and fed you to the crocodiles!" Akira bellowed standing up, revenge and hatred burning in his eyes as he approached Ryou, fists clenching.
Ryou simply smirked and buried his left fist into Akira's gut, his right hand wrapping around his throat as he spun and pinned him to the wall behind him.
"Let's get one thing straight, what happened back then was completely unexpected. Yes, we expected a few things to go wrong, but nothing of this magnitude." The thief said angrily, nearing his face to the guard's.
"Liar," The guard spat.
The thief buried his fist harder into his opponent's belly, growling.
"Unless you want me to harm your host beyond all repair, I suggest you believe me," he snarled.
The guard bowed his head and nodded.
"Now then, we both know that your item is not a true sennen item, correct?" The thief asked.
"Yes,"
"And you are aware of the game Duel Monsters?"
"Yes, my host plays it, why?"
"It is the reincarnation of the Shadow Games."
"I had a feeling that it was, it is very similar," The guard said with a smirk.
Ryou smiled and released the guard, he laughed loudly.
"Good! Good! What would you say to me if for a small favor, I could undo all that was done to you in the past?"
"Would I remain as I am now? Requiring a host to survive?"
"Yes, but the item's corruption of your host's mind will end,"
"Tell me what to do,"
And so the thief explained that he required the Sennen Puzzle and it's powers to remove the item's corruptive nature. The guard nodded in agreement as Ryou finished his explanation.
"So all I need to do is defeat the current bearer of the Puzzle in a duel and take the item from them?"
"To put it simply yes, but it will not be so easy. First of all, the current bearer is the reincarnation of the pharaoh and he will not give up the item easily. Secondly, the pharaoh takes over his reincarnation's body via the item during duels, making it even harder to take the item." The thief said, "Trust me, I've tried."
"Very well then, if there's nothing else?" The guard said preparing to leave the room.
"Actually, there is something else. Rumor on the street is that a new tournament will begin within a few weeks; you and I will both enter it and we will make our way to finals. That is when we strike."
The guard nodded and spat in his hand, the thief did the same and they shook hands. The thief and guard both relinquished control to their hosts, both young men looked at each other and collapsed due to the mental and physical stress placed on them.