Project Shadow
"What do you mean, they escaped?! You fools!" the angry voice of Kaiba Seto yelled. "Find them immediately!"
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Yami was lying on a bed, in the medical department of the HQ. He was being examined by Ishizu.
"I don't understand... from these scans, this is perfectly natural..." she said, looking in bewilderment at several charts and read-outs. Yuugi was sitting by Yami's side. "I do..." he said, remembering Kaiba's words to them. "'You get to be the first two members of my genetically engineered army!' That's what he said. Yami's DNA had been altered!" he looked at Ishizu. "It would seem natural, because it's written into his genetic information!" Ishizu nodded. "But, why weren't you affected?" she asked. "I may be, but it hasn't shown up yet. They said I didn't respond as well as Yami." Yuugi said, the faintest hint of a smile on his face.
"Ohhhhh..." Yami stirred, opening his eyes, and focusing them on Yuugi. "Yuugi, what happened, where am I?" he said quickly, crimson eyes full of confusion. "Uhhh... you're in the medical department. And... I don't know how to say this... Is there a full length mirror here?" Yuugi said, looking around. Ishizu nodded, and fetched one. Yuugi helped Yami stand, to see himself in it. Yami's eyes widened as he saw the long demonic tail whipping around behind him, and sharp blades grown on his arms. "WHAT THE HELL?!?" he yelled.
"Yami, calm down! Kaiba did this. It was the experiment." Yuugi told him. Yami sat down on the bed. "Oni... 'demon'..." he murmured. Ishizu took his arm, and began cleaning up the blood on it. Yami watched sadly. "Yami, you're alright, aren't you?" Yuugi asked, sitting next to him. "Of course, aibou." Yami said dolefully. He smiled at Yuugi.
"Oh!" Ishizu jumped. "What is it?" Yami asked, looking at her. She pointed at the arm she had been cleaning. The long blades had disappeared. Yami blinked. "This is getting weirder." he said slowly. He felt a sudden influence over his emotions, and the blades reappeared, surfacing, painlessly this time, from his skin. "Yuugi!" he looked at his aibou. "Just testing!" Yuugi smirked, letting go of Yami's emotions. The blades disappeared again. "It would appear to be that you can control that part." Ishizu quickly cleaned up the remainder of the red stains, before Yami accidentally made the blades come back.
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"Is he okay? Can we see him?" four people asked Yuugi as he left the room. He nodded. "Oh, yes. Just... two at a time, and don't jump or anything. Don't make him mad in any way. I'll be back in a minute." Yuugi told them. Bakura and Ryou shrugged, and went in first.
Yami was sitting there, looking almost pleased with himself. "Y... you okay then, Yami?" Ryou asked. "Yep." Yami replied. "What was it then?" Bakura asked. "Kaiba." Yami stated. "Little more info?" Bakura asked him. Yami didn't reply. "Hello? Going to answer me?" Bakura said, sounding a little annoyed. Yami narrowed his eyes, getting to his feet. Flashes of steel raced down his forearms as he swept at Bakura. He made a shallow cut in Bakura's left cheek, but didn't stop trying to attack. At that point, Yuugi re-entered the room.
"Yami, stop!" he yelled, focusing his mind into changing Yami's emotions. Yami blinked, blades disappearing, and looked almost surprised to see Bakura on the floor, trying to hold him off. "Wh... what?" he asked. "I told you not to make him mad!" Yuugi said, as Yami offered a hand to help the tomb robber up, and it was accepted rather shakily. "Did I do it again? I'm sorry, Bakura!" Yami said, sitting down again. Yuugi smiled at Bakura. "He's already got me once." Yuugi showed Bakura and Ryou a hand which was wrapped in bandages. Yami was blushing, staring at the floor.
Bakura nodded, wiping the blood from his cheek. "So, what has happened?" he asked edgily. "Yami has been made into a part-Oni." Yuugi told him. "Demon?" Ryou said, frowning. "Yes, but it's not too bad, because the experiment wasn't completed. Only blades and a tail, which Yami actually likes." Yuugi smiled, making Yami get up and show them. It was a long, thin, black tail, reaching down to Yami's ankles as an extension of his spine.
Ryou got up. "I think Malik and Marik want to see you. See ya later!" He said, leaving the room. "Yeah, see ya. I'm on duty for the rest of the day." Bakura added, following.
Yami sat down again. "I hope I don't do that to everyone I meet..." he said, sighing, and looking at Yuugi. "Of course you won't! It's just you have learnt to control it properly yet." Yuugi said reassuringly, as the two Egyptian boys came in.
"Hiya, Yami!" Malik said, smiling. Marik was still standing by the door, sticking his head out and talking to someone. "MARIK!" Malik said loudly. Marik jumped. "You can talk to Bakura and Ryou later. Right now, we're talking to Yami and Yuugi." Malik told him. Marik came fully into the room, closing the door behind him. "Sorry." he apologised quickly. "What's with that cut on Bakura's face? I was sure he didn't have it earlier..." he said to Malik, more quietly, but still audibly. Yami looked the floor and blushed.
"So, what is actually happening to you, then?" Malik asked, changing the subject. "I've been made into a part-Oni, by Kaiba's experiments." Yami said, looking up. "But it's not too bad, because it wasn't completed. I've got a tail, and a pair of blades influenced by my emotions. About Bakura's cut..." he hesitated. "If anyone annoys me, or gets angry with me, I 'automatically' defend myself... which is more like attacking." Marik edged away a bit; he was the most likely person to annoy Yami.
"That's all fine in here..." Malik said. "But are we going to do in HQ? Make an announcement that if you annoy Puzzle 01, he's likely to kill you?" Yuugi frowned, obviously having not thought of this before. "Certain people we will have to tell. Red Eyes, Faith, Harpy, you get the idea. But Yami doesn't have a lot of contact with the lower-ranking agents. They don't need to know." he said. "Other than that, I'll have to stay with Yami, until he's learnt to control himself more, because I can influence his emotions." Yami nodded approval.
There was a knock on the door. "Come in!" Yami called. Ishizu opened the door. "There's something very important on TV, now. Come on!" she said, leading them towards the main intelligence room.
The room was very dark, apart from the glowing computer screens, and the large television screen on the wall, currently displayed Kaiba making a speech.
"I beg the citizens of Domino not to panic; I have all my best men and the police force searching for these two boys. On no condition should you approach them; they are armed and very dangerous. If you see these two boys, please enter the nearest public building, and warn everyone." Kaiba said, with a very fake smile.
Two photographs now filled the screen. One of Yuugi, the other of Yami. "Oh, shit!" Yami said, biting his lip (which had only just healed from the night before) and clenching his fists. The blades on his arms shot out; slower than before, but they still came. "Yami, calm down..." Yuugi said, taking his darker half's hand. Yami looked down at him, and smiled, blades disappearing.
Yuugi noticed many of the other people in the room giving Yami strange looks. Mainly because his tail was whipping about in a very obvious, agitated fashion.
"People!" Ishizu called. "I assure you, neither Yami nor Yuugi is dangerous in any way, unless you annoy, upset, or get angry at Yami. You are perfectly safe." Many people whispered to their neighbour, before turning back to what they were doing.
"Come on, Yami, I think we have a meeting to call." Yuugi led Yami towards their own office, which had the PA microphone in it.
~*~
Yami sighed, and made the announcement.
"Will the following please report to the Puzzle Agents' office at 1600 hours; Faith Agent, Red-Eyes Agent, Harpy Agent, Ring 01 and 02, Rod 01 and 02. That is all." He put the microphone down.
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1600 Hours.
"Wonder what Yami wants..." could be heard faintly through the door, spoken by Anzu's voice as she knocked. "Come in, and sit down!" Yuugi said cheerfully. The seven agents requested to be there entered; Bakura had made a deal with Honda so that he could attend.
Yami was standing in a dark corner, hardly visible.
All seven sat down in the chairs in front of the desk, on which Yuugi was sitting.
"You are all fully aware that me and Yami were captured yesterday, and taken to Kaiba's labs. We both had experiments performed on us, neither of which were completed in time, before we were rescued. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it.) the effects of the experiment done on Yami surfaced early this morning. Ring and Rod already know this. This is mostly for Faith, Red-Eyes and Harpy." Yuugi said. Yami stepped out into the light.
There was a sharp intake of breath from Mai, a rather loud gasp from Anzu, and Jonouchi didn't appear to be surprised much, but the look on his face said it all.
The gasp of shock from Anzu irritated Yami slightly. He had to look down at the floor, and clench his fists to try and resist the reaction to annoyance
Yuugi quickly continued. "You, as the agents most likely to contact with Yami, are here to be warned. At this current place in time, you can get seriously injured if you annoy, anger or upset Yami in any way. You do not need to know how, Bakura already knows perfectly well, and I hope the others among you who do not know never find out. Just... don't do it. You may go."
As they all got up to leave, Yami noticed that Anzu would not look directly at him.
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Pan: I am being very nice here! Third chapter in three days! By the way, this story has got the most reviews for the first two chapters of any of my other ones! ^-^
Just answering some reviews:
Pharaoh's Queen: Since I wrote it. Heh.
Crystal-chan: Yuugi did not respond correctly to the experiment, because he's the lighter half. I'm putting more influence on Yami being dark. If you want to know why, it's because the experiment was to change them into Onis (demons). Demons being evil (and dark), Yami is good ( and dark) making him part-Oni, whereas Yuugi is good (and light) meant the experiment wouldn't work. Or hasn't been seen to work yet...
Everyone else: Thanks for reviewing!
"What do you mean, they escaped?! You fools!" the angry voice of Kaiba Seto yelled. "Find them immediately!"
~*~
Yami was lying on a bed, in the medical department of the HQ. He was being examined by Ishizu.
"I don't understand... from these scans, this is perfectly natural..." she said, looking in bewilderment at several charts and read-outs. Yuugi was sitting by Yami's side. "I do..." he said, remembering Kaiba's words to them. "'You get to be the first two members of my genetically engineered army!' That's what he said. Yami's DNA had been altered!" he looked at Ishizu. "It would seem natural, because it's written into his genetic information!" Ishizu nodded. "But, why weren't you affected?" she asked. "I may be, but it hasn't shown up yet. They said I didn't respond as well as Yami." Yuugi said, the faintest hint of a smile on his face.
"Ohhhhh..." Yami stirred, opening his eyes, and focusing them on Yuugi. "Yuugi, what happened, where am I?" he said quickly, crimson eyes full of confusion. "Uhhh... you're in the medical department. And... I don't know how to say this... Is there a full length mirror here?" Yuugi said, looking around. Ishizu nodded, and fetched one. Yuugi helped Yami stand, to see himself in it. Yami's eyes widened as he saw the long demonic tail whipping around behind him, and sharp blades grown on his arms. "WHAT THE HELL?!?" he yelled.
"Yami, calm down! Kaiba did this. It was the experiment." Yuugi told him. Yami sat down on the bed. "Oni... 'demon'..." he murmured. Ishizu took his arm, and began cleaning up the blood on it. Yami watched sadly. "Yami, you're alright, aren't you?" Yuugi asked, sitting next to him. "Of course, aibou." Yami said dolefully. He smiled at Yuugi.
"Oh!" Ishizu jumped. "What is it?" Yami asked, looking at her. She pointed at the arm she had been cleaning. The long blades had disappeared. Yami blinked. "This is getting weirder." he said slowly. He felt a sudden influence over his emotions, and the blades reappeared, surfacing, painlessly this time, from his skin. "Yuugi!" he looked at his aibou. "Just testing!" Yuugi smirked, letting go of Yami's emotions. The blades disappeared again. "It would appear to be that you can control that part." Ishizu quickly cleaned up the remainder of the red stains, before Yami accidentally made the blades come back.
~*~
"Is he okay? Can we see him?" four people asked Yuugi as he left the room. He nodded. "Oh, yes. Just... two at a time, and don't jump or anything. Don't make him mad in any way. I'll be back in a minute." Yuugi told them. Bakura and Ryou shrugged, and went in first.
Yami was sitting there, looking almost pleased with himself. "Y... you okay then, Yami?" Ryou asked. "Yep." Yami replied. "What was it then?" Bakura asked. "Kaiba." Yami stated. "Little more info?" Bakura asked him. Yami didn't reply. "Hello? Going to answer me?" Bakura said, sounding a little annoyed. Yami narrowed his eyes, getting to his feet. Flashes of steel raced down his forearms as he swept at Bakura. He made a shallow cut in Bakura's left cheek, but didn't stop trying to attack. At that point, Yuugi re-entered the room.
"Yami, stop!" he yelled, focusing his mind into changing Yami's emotions. Yami blinked, blades disappearing, and looked almost surprised to see Bakura on the floor, trying to hold him off. "Wh... what?" he asked. "I told you not to make him mad!" Yuugi said, as Yami offered a hand to help the tomb robber up, and it was accepted rather shakily. "Did I do it again? I'm sorry, Bakura!" Yami said, sitting down again. Yuugi smiled at Bakura. "He's already got me once." Yuugi showed Bakura and Ryou a hand which was wrapped in bandages. Yami was blushing, staring at the floor.
Bakura nodded, wiping the blood from his cheek. "So, what has happened?" he asked edgily. "Yami has been made into a part-Oni." Yuugi told him. "Demon?" Ryou said, frowning. "Yes, but it's not too bad, because the experiment wasn't completed. Only blades and a tail, which Yami actually likes." Yuugi smiled, making Yami get up and show them. It was a long, thin, black tail, reaching down to Yami's ankles as an extension of his spine.
Ryou got up. "I think Malik and Marik want to see you. See ya later!" He said, leaving the room. "Yeah, see ya. I'm on duty for the rest of the day." Bakura added, following.
Yami sat down again. "I hope I don't do that to everyone I meet..." he said, sighing, and looking at Yuugi. "Of course you won't! It's just you have learnt to control it properly yet." Yuugi said reassuringly, as the two Egyptian boys came in.
"Hiya, Yami!" Malik said, smiling. Marik was still standing by the door, sticking his head out and talking to someone. "MARIK!" Malik said loudly. Marik jumped. "You can talk to Bakura and Ryou later. Right now, we're talking to Yami and Yuugi." Malik told him. Marik came fully into the room, closing the door behind him. "Sorry." he apologised quickly. "What's with that cut on Bakura's face? I was sure he didn't have it earlier..." he said to Malik, more quietly, but still audibly. Yami looked the floor and blushed.
"So, what is actually happening to you, then?" Malik asked, changing the subject. "I've been made into a part-Oni, by Kaiba's experiments." Yami said, looking up. "But it's not too bad, because it wasn't completed. I've got a tail, and a pair of blades influenced by my emotions. About Bakura's cut..." he hesitated. "If anyone annoys me, or gets angry with me, I 'automatically' defend myself... which is more like attacking." Marik edged away a bit; he was the most likely person to annoy Yami.
"That's all fine in here..." Malik said. "But are we going to do in HQ? Make an announcement that if you annoy Puzzle 01, he's likely to kill you?" Yuugi frowned, obviously having not thought of this before. "Certain people we will have to tell. Red Eyes, Faith, Harpy, you get the idea. But Yami doesn't have a lot of contact with the lower-ranking agents. They don't need to know." he said. "Other than that, I'll have to stay with Yami, until he's learnt to control himself more, because I can influence his emotions." Yami nodded approval.
There was a knock on the door. "Come in!" Yami called. Ishizu opened the door. "There's something very important on TV, now. Come on!" she said, leading them towards the main intelligence room.
The room was very dark, apart from the glowing computer screens, and the large television screen on the wall, currently displayed Kaiba making a speech.
"I beg the citizens of Domino not to panic; I have all my best men and the police force searching for these two boys. On no condition should you approach them; they are armed and very dangerous. If you see these two boys, please enter the nearest public building, and warn everyone." Kaiba said, with a very fake smile.
Two photographs now filled the screen. One of Yuugi, the other of Yami. "Oh, shit!" Yami said, biting his lip (which had only just healed from the night before) and clenching his fists. The blades on his arms shot out; slower than before, but they still came. "Yami, calm down..." Yuugi said, taking his darker half's hand. Yami looked down at him, and smiled, blades disappearing.
Yuugi noticed many of the other people in the room giving Yami strange looks. Mainly because his tail was whipping about in a very obvious, agitated fashion.
"People!" Ishizu called. "I assure you, neither Yami nor Yuugi is dangerous in any way, unless you annoy, upset, or get angry at Yami. You are perfectly safe." Many people whispered to their neighbour, before turning back to what they were doing.
"Come on, Yami, I think we have a meeting to call." Yuugi led Yami towards their own office, which had the PA microphone in it.
~*~
Yami sighed, and made the announcement.
"Will the following please report to the Puzzle Agents' office at 1600 hours; Faith Agent, Red-Eyes Agent, Harpy Agent, Ring 01 and 02, Rod 01 and 02. That is all." He put the microphone down.
~*~
1600 Hours.
"Wonder what Yami wants..." could be heard faintly through the door, spoken by Anzu's voice as she knocked. "Come in, and sit down!" Yuugi said cheerfully. The seven agents requested to be there entered; Bakura had made a deal with Honda so that he could attend.
Yami was standing in a dark corner, hardly visible.
All seven sat down in the chairs in front of the desk, on which Yuugi was sitting.
"You are all fully aware that me and Yami were captured yesterday, and taken to Kaiba's labs. We both had experiments performed on us, neither of which were completed in time, before we were rescued. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it.) the effects of the experiment done on Yami surfaced early this morning. Ring and Rod already know this. This is mostly for Faith, Red-Eyes and Harpy." Yuugi said. Yami stepped out into the light.
There was a sharp intake of breath from Mai, a rather loud gasp from Anzu, and Jonouchi didn't appear to be surprised much, but the look on his face said it all.
The gasp of shock from Anzu irritated Yami slightly. He had to look down at the floor, and clench his fists to try and resist the reaction to annoyance
Yuugi quickly continued. "You, as the agents most likely to contact with Yami, are here to be warned. At this current place in time, you can get seriously injured if you annoy, anger or upset Yami in any way. You do not need to know how, Bakura already knows perfectly well, and I hope the others among you who do not know never find out. Just... don't do it. You may go."
As they all got up to leave, Yami noticed that Anzu would not look directly at him.
~*~
Pan: I am being very nice here! Third chapter in three days! By the way, this story has got the most reviews for the first two chapters of any of my other ones! ^-^
Just answering some reviews:
Pharaoh's Queen: Since I wrote it. Heh.
Crystal-chan: Yuugi did not respond correctly to the experiment, because he's the lighter half. I'm putting more influence on Yami being dark. If you want to know why, it's because the experiment was to change them into Onis (demons). Demons being evil (and dark), Yami is good ( and dark) making him part-Oni, whereas Yuugi is good (and light) meant the experiment wouldn't work. Or hasn't been seen to work yet...
Everyone else: Thanks for reviewing!