Project Shadow
Marik led the way back to the exit, while Malik spoke rapidly to Tauk Agent, informing Project Shadow of the imminent success of the mission.
{{Well done, Ring and Rod Agents. You will find a car outside waiting for you.}}
"Tell them to wait a while... we have a problem." Malik said. The problem was, they had just been surrounded by twenty or so armed guards.
"You are trespassing on, and stealing, Kaiba Corp. property." the chief guard informed them. "Hey, hey, since when have I belonged to anyone?" Yami said. Yuugi spoke up next. "It was YOU who stole us!" he said. "From whom?" he was asked. "Ano... ano..." Yuugi said slowly. "I am not at liberty to divulge that information." Bakura hit his forehead. "Tauk, we've got big trouble..." Malik said quietly.
"Then I can only assume that you are opposing Kaiba Corp." The guard aimed his gun, intending to disable, not kill, Yuugi.
"Don't you dare hurt my aibou! Mind Crush!" Yami jumped before Yuugi, and released his attack. The strike burst from his outstretched fingertips more powerfully, and bigger than ever before. In a rush of white light, half of the guards fell to the ground, their bodies soulless. Yami stared in amazement at his own hand. "I don't believe that's ever happened before..." Marik and Bakura quickly 'disabled' the remaining, shocked guards, making sure they would never tell anything they had heard. All six escaped, Yami in partial shock.
~*~
"Yami! Yuugi! You're alright!" Jonouchi sprinted towards them as they entered the secret headquarters of Project Shadow; a network of tunnels and chambers weaving their way around sewers underneath Domino City; between the Kame Game Shop and Domino High. Yuugi smiled at his friend, but Yami looked at him with a dazed look in his eyes. "Yami? You okay, bud?" Jonouchi asked, looking concerned. Yami shook away his dizziness. "Fine, Jo- kun. Just tired." he answered. Jonouchi was about to send them towards bed, but Anzu came running towards them, several papers in hand.
"Puzzle, 01 and 02." she stated in a secretary-like voice. Yuugi hit his forehead; as the leaders of Project Shadow, they had to receive reports every time they entered the place. "Today's report is mostly intelligence, no major occurrences other than the obvious..." She began to read from the papers; movements of Kaiba's men, etc. Yami coughed. "Anzu, please, can this wait until morning? Yuugi and I are both very tired." he said wiltingly. Anzu looked up. "Oh, of course, sir." she smiled. "Home it is then, Yuugi." Yami said. "Oh, no, no, no!" Anzu said quickly. "You're to stay here. The Kame Game Shop is the first place they'll look; it's for your safety." Yuugi looked crestfallen. There was not much accommodation inside the HQ, and he was looking forward to a decent night with Yami, at home. "Alright then. Lead the way." he said. "See ya tomorrow." Jonouchi said. The two Puzzle Agents followed Anzu towards the 'bedrooms'. "Goodnight." she said, leaving them in a rather small room, and closing the door. Yuugi sighed, and looked at the two single, quite uncomfortable looking beds. "Night, then, Yuugi." Yami lay down on one of the beds, falling asleep almost as his head touched the pillow. Yuugi lay down on his, and stared at the ceiling until he fell asleep.
~*~
"Where am I?" Yami sat up. He wasn't in the bedroom anymore; it looked more like the Shadow Realm. "Ooh, it's the Pharaoh." a voice said. "Where's his aibou?" said another. "Didn't you hear? He didn't respond correctly." yet another said. "What is all this?" Yami shouted. "Don't yell. You'll wake up soon, and be Oni. In fact, you'll wake now." a voice told him. A blinding flash of light, soon followed by a flash of pain.
~*~
Yami winced, sitting up for real. Pain was shooting down his spine. He stifled a cry, seeing that Yuugi was still asleep. He bit his lip until it bled, and looked down at his hands. There was a sharp pain underneath the skin of his forearms, in two long lines. He let out a loud shout, unable to stop it, as the pain burst up through his arms, splitting the skin apart to make way for two long sharp blades. Blood ran down his arms, as he got to his feet. Yuugi awoke, apparently in a very light sleep.
"What's wrong, Yami?" he said, before he noticed the long streams of blood dripping onto the floor. "Yami!" he exclaimed, his eyes wide. "Yu... Yuugi... what's happening t... to m... me?" Yami asked eyes full of tears, more of shock than of pain. "I don't know, Yami," Yuugi said, hugging his Yami, full of worry, and not caring that his clothes were quickly soaking up his darker half's blood. "Come on, Ishizu will know what to do." Yuugi took Yami's hand, and led him out into the nearly deserted HQ. It was three in the morning; the only people up were on night patrol, and Ishizu didn't sleep much. She was nearly always working.
"Ishizu!" Yuugi called. Yami had slumped to the floor in the corridor of her office. "Yuugi, what is it? Oh, dear Ra..." Ishizu hurried out at Yuugi's call, and jumped at the sight of Yami. She pulled out a walkie talkie like item. "Ring, Rod, I need you all in my office corridor, now. There's an emergency involving Puzzle 01." she said. "Affirmative." said a unison of four voices, sleepy, but ready. There were all there within two minutes.
"Ok..." said Malik. "Since when did Yami have a tail?"
Marik led the way back to the exit, while Malik spoke rapidly to Tauk Agent, informing Project Shadow of the imminent success of the mission.
{{Well done, Ring and Rod Agents. You will find a car outside waiting for you.}}
"Tell them to wait a while... we have a problem." Malik said. The problem was, they had just been surrounded by twenty or so armed guards.
"You are trespassing on, and stealing, Kaiba Corp. property." the chief guard informed them. "Hey, hey, since when have I belonged to anyone?" Yami said. Yuugi spoke up next. "It was YOU who stole us!" he said. "From whom?" he was asked. "Ano... ano..." Yuugi said slowly. "I am not at liberty to divulge that information." Bakura hit his forehead. "Tauk, we've got big trouble..." Malik said quietly.
"Then I can only assume that you are opposing Kaiba Corp." The guard aimed his gun, intending to disable, not kill, Yuugi.
"Don't you dare hurt my aibou! Mind Crush!" Yami jumped before Yuugi, and released his attack. The strike burst from his outstretched fingertips more powerfully, and bigger than ever before. In a rush of white light, half of the guards fell to the ground, their bodies soulless. Yami stared in amazement at his own hand. "I don't believe that's ever happened before..." Marik and Bakura quickly 'disabled' the remaining, shocked guards, making sure they would never tell anything they had heard. All six escaped, Yami in partial shock.
~*~
"Yami! Yuugi! You're alright!" Jonouchi sprinted towards them as they entered the secret headquarters of Project Shadow; a network of tunnels and chambers weaving their way around sewers underneath Domino City; between the Kame Game Shop and Domino High. Yuugi smiled at his friend, but Yami looked at him with a dazed look in his eyes. "Yami? You okay, bud?" Jonouchi asked, looking concerned. Yami shook away his dizziness. "Fine, Jo- kun. Just tired." he answered. Jonouchi was about to send them towards bed, but Anzu came running towards them, several papers in hand.
"Puzzle, 01 and 02." she stated in a secretary-like voice. Yuugi hit his forehead; as the leaders of Project Shadow, they had to receive reports every time they entered the place. "Today's report is mostly intelligence, no major occurrences other than the obvious..." She began to read from the papers; movements of Kaiba's men, etc. Yami coughed. "Anzu, please, can this wait until morning? Yuugi and I are both very tired." he said wiltingly. Anzu looked up. "Oh, of course, sir." she smiled. "Home it is then, Yuugi." Yami said. "Oh, no, no, no!" Anzu said quickly. "You're to stay here. The Kame Game Shop is the first place they'll look; it's for your safety." Yuugi looked crestfallen. There was not much accommodation inside the HQ, and he was looking forward to a decent night with Yami, at home. "Alright then. Lead the way." he said. "See ya tomorrow." Jonouchi said. The two Puzzle Agents followed Anzu towards the 'bedrooms'. "Goodnight." she said, leaving them in a rather small room, and closing the door. Yuugi sighed, and looked at the two single, quite uncomfortable looking beds. "Night, then, Yuugi." Yami lay down on one of the beds, falling asleep almost as his head touched the pillow. Yuugi lay down on his, and stared at the ceiling until he fell asleep.
~*~
"Where am I?" Yami sat up. He wasn't in the bedroom anymore; it looked more like the Shadow Realm. "Ooh, it's the Pharaoh." a voice said. "Where's his aibou?" said another. "Didn't you hear? He didn't respond correctly." yet another said. "What is all this?" Yami shouted. "Don't yell. You'll wake up soon, and be Oni. In fact, you'll wake now." a voice told him. A blinding flash of light, soon followed by a flash of pain.
~*~
Yami winced, sitting up for real. Pain was shooting down his spine. He stifled a cry, seeing that Yuugi was still asleep. He bit his lip until it bled, and looked down at his hands. There was a sharp pain underneath the skin of his forearms, in two long lines. He let out a loud shout, unable to stop it, as the pain burst up through his arms, splitting the skin apart to make way for two long sharp blades. Blood ran down his arms, as he got to his feet. Yuugi awoke, apparently in a very light sleep.
"What's wrong, Yami?" he said, before he noticed the long streams of blood dripping onto the floor. "Yami!" he exclaimed, his eyes wide. "Yu... Yuugi... what's happening t... to m... me?" Yami asked eyes full of tears, more of shock than of pain. "I don't know, Yami," Yuugi said, hugging his Yami, full of worry, and not caring that his clothes were quickly soaking up his darker half's blood. "Come on, Ishizu will know what to do." Yuugi took Yami's hand, and led him out into the nearly deserted HQ. It was three in the morning; the only people up were on night patrol, and Ishizu didn't sleep much. She was nearly always working.
"Ishizu!" Yuugi called. Yami had slumped to the floor in the corridor of her office. "Yuugi, what is it? Oh, dear Ra..." Ishizu hurried out at Yuugi's call, and jumped at the sight of Yami. She pulled out a walkie talkie like item. "Ring, Rod, I need you all in my office corridor, now. There's an emergency involving Puzzle 01." she said. "Affirmative." said a unison of four voices, sleepy, but ready. There were all there within two minutes.
"Ok..." said Malik. "Since when did Yami have a tail?"