Project Duo
P. Shadow Dimension
"Nearly there..." Seto said, watching the blue bar move slowly to the other side of the screen as it installed the programs. "Done!" Yuugi was watching intently over the new agent's shoulder. Yami leaned against a wall, and Ryou and Bakura stood waiting.
"Sorry... we're... late!" Malik said, bursting into the room with his partner. Yami snickered. "Bet I know what you were up to!" he said. Malik blushed. "Care to elaborate, Pharaoh?" Marik said threateningly. "No." Yami returned his attention to the computer.
"Now, listen everyone. I need you to understand exactly what is going on." Seto said, spinning in his chair to face them (Pan: ooh, spinny chair!). "Yami, when the screen turns green, I need you to open the portal." he instructed. "Right beside the computer."
"Remind me why we're here?" Bakura said. "Well..." Seto said. "It's likely that when the other Yami and Yuugi appear, they'll be very confused. And knowing Yami, as soon as he saw himself, he would try and attack, believing it to be some kind of trap. When that happens, I want Bakura and Marik to restrain him, and Ryou and Malik to restrain Yuugi, to a certain degree." He explained the whole thing very matter-of-factly.
"Now, is everyone ready?" Seto asked. His cursor hovered over the 'Run Program' button. Yami moved forward, beginning to focus his powers in the Millennium Puzzle, also watching the screen intently for the green...
**~~**~~**~~**
"I don't feel so great..." Yami murmured as his vision began to grow fuzzy. He felt the Puzzle activate, against his will, but felt too weak to suppress it. In a burst of power, a gaping portal to the Shadow Realm opened before him. The last thing he felt was himself, and Yuugi being dragged into the dark domain...
**~~**~~**~~**
"Go!" Yuugi cried as the screen turned green. Yami let loose the power of the Puzzle, and opened up the dark portal. The computer whirred; electricity flowed around the portal, the extra energy provided by Seto's program making a hole between the two dimensions.
With a great flash of light, two figures burst from the portal, and Seto's computer pretty much blew up. Yami closed the portal, and turned his attention to what appeared to be himself, rubbing his head, and getting up off of the floor. "Bakura, Marik!" he said quickly, the two dark spirits rushing forward to hold back the second Yami.
"What the hell happened?" the second Yami said, shaking his head. He looked up as he felt two people grab his arms, and his eyes immediately met an identical pair.
"That worked then!" Seto said. Ryou nodded, gently help the other Yuugi up, as he could see he was sick.
"LET GO OF ME!" Yami yelled. "Shh, quiet down, Pharaoh!" Bakura said. "Tomb robber?" Yami looked at Bakura. He whipped his head around to look at his other captor. "Grave keeper? What are you doing here?! And WHO is THAT?!" he said, looking at what appeared to be an exact replica of him.
The Oni-Yami wisely remained silent.
"Where's my aibou? Where's Yuugi?" Yami tried to twist around, looking for his Yuugi. Bakura eased his grip on one arm, allowing the ex-Pharaoh to turn and see that Yuugi was fine, supported by Ryou and Malik. "I'm fine, Yami." Yuugi said, smiling.
"Now, explanation time!" Seto stood up, rubbing his hands. His face was a little sooty, from having a computer blow up in his face. "I am correct in thinking that you are Panseru, or Yami-no-Yuugi?" he asked the restrained Yami. Yami growled. "I am Yami. Do NOT call me Panseru." he muttered. "OK then." Seto stood by the Oni-Yami. "You will probably not believe any of this. This is the year 2501. I am Seto Kaiba..." "I know that." "OK. And you appear to recognise the others, Bakura, Marik, Malik and Ryou. This is the harder part to believe. We have brought you into an alternate dimension to your own. That is why there is another of you, and another of Yuugi." Seto paused.
Yami looked up at him with clear ruby eyes. "I believe you perfectly." he said. Seto looked confused. "With all the strange stuff that's happened to me... well, this is not hard to believe." Bakura and Marik let go. Yami brushed the creases out of his jacket sleeves, and walked up to the Oni- Yami.
"But you're certainly not normal, ne?" he said. "Obviously." Oni-Yami replied. "I am an Oni. So is MY Yuugi, but not physically." Yami nodded. "Now, if you don't mind, I did keep Yuugi off school today for a reason, and changing dimensions isn't exactly better for him, so..." Oni-Yami nodded. "Ryou, Malik, take him to the hospital wing. We'll have him sorted in no time." Ryou and Malik carried the sick boy out of the room.
"This leaves the dilemma of... names." Seto said. "It's too confusing both of you being Yami, and both Yuugi's." Oni-Yami looked at Seto. "Our half is easily settled. Just call me Oni." he said. "Since you're changing your name, I think we can change my Yuugi's. He says he doesn't object, and wants to be called Futari." Yami relayed his aibou's thought-speech. Oni smiled, understandingly. (Pan: 'Futari' means 'two people')
"Now, we got you here for a reason, we'll need to explain some things." Bakura said. "Come on!" He walked out of the room, followed by Marik. "After you, Oni-san." Yami said. Seto turned back to his computer, attempting to fix it's burnt-out circuits.
~~~
"Here you are, Yuugi." Malik said to the boy sitting in bed. "We've developed a lot of cures; this one should make you feel better." He handed a cup filled with medicine to the newly named 'Futari'. Futari bit his lip, and accepted the medicine very hesitantly. He wouldn't let his eyes meet Malik's. Both Ryou and Malik noticed this, and Malik frowned in confusion.
Just then, the door opened. "Hey, Yuugi, what's up?" Ryou said cheerfully. "Nothing but the ceiling, Ryou." Yuugi said, grinning. He walked over to the bed. "Hi." he said to Futari. "We haven't been introduced properly, though I doubt we need to be. You wanted to be called Futari, right?" Futari smiled (having taken his medicine). "Yes, that's right. And you three are Yuugi, Ryou, and Malik." Futari said, scowling a bit as he said Malik's name.
"Well, Yami-chan... sorry, he's Oni-chan now..." Yuugi began. Futari smiled at the affectionate 'chan'. "...is explaining everything to YOUR Yami, so they sent me to do the same for you." Yuugi checked that the door was closed. "This is Project Shadow, a secret organization that was created to stop Kaiba Corporation from performing it's secret activities. Two months ago, we managed to shut it down, including a procedure they were executing on humans, called the Oni Genesis." Yuugi explained. Futari grinned a little. "Back home, Yami-san and I pretty much saved Kaiba Corp. twice..." he said quietly, then stopping to allow Yuugi to continue. "Now, with information from Dragon Agent... I'm not supposed to disclose names... we have found that Industrial Illusions is actually behind all the genetic experiments, and was manipulating Kaiba Corp. with a hostage." Yuugi finished. There was a moment of silence. "Dragon Agent is Seto Kaiba, and the hostage is Mokuba Kaiba." Futari said. The three others in the room were stunned. "How... how did you know?!" Malik asked. "The only person I know who would go by the name of Dragon Agent is Seto Kaiba, as in the Blue Eyes White Dragon, and Industrial Illusions kidnapped Mokuba Kaiba and used him as a hostage in my dimension once." Futari explained simply.
"OK then..." Yuugi said. "Well, some things you do need to know; our code- names. I'm Puzzle Agent 02, Oni is Puzzle Agent 01, Malik and Marik are the Rod Agents, and Ryou and Bakura are the Ring Agents. Hikaris are numbered '02' and Yamis as '01'. Jonouchi Katsuya is Red-Eyes Agent, Mai Kujaku is Harpy Agent, and Ishizu Ishtar is Tauk Agent." Futari nodded, then frowned. "What about Honda Hiroto and Anzu Mazaki?" he asked. "Honda Hiroto, or Cyber Agent was found to be a traitor, and was... 'disposed of'. Anzu Mazaki... Faith Agent... it's not my place to tell you. I'll just say, it was because of Oni. Maybe he will tell you one day." Yuugi said slowly. He glanced at the clock. "Well, we didn't bring you here for nothing; we've got to go to a mission briefing in fifteen minutes. Don't worry about it; we won't make you do anything yet. I've got to go. See you later!" Yuugi waved as he left the room.
Malik put a hand to Futari's forehead, to check his temperature. Futari shrank away from his touch, looking a little afraid. Malik sighed. "Look, kid, do you mind telling me what problem you have with me?" he asked irritably. Futari smiled weakly. "Well, about four months ago in my dimension, you attempted to steal the Millennium Puzzle, kill me on five seperate occasions, take away Yami-san's power, stole the Kami-no-Cardo, controlled my best friend into making him duel me, killed Mai Kujaku, killed Jonouchi Katsuya, do I really need to continue?" He paused for breath. "I can think of more." Ryou and Malik sweatdropped. "No... no, that'll be fine... just get it through your head now, that I'm NOT going to hurt you." Malik said. Futari smiled. "That's OK then!"
P. Shadow Dimension
"Nearly there..." Seto said, watching the blue bar move slowly to the other side of the screen as it installed the programs. "Done!" Yuugi was watching intently over the new agent's shoulder. Yami leaned against a wall, and Ryou and Bakura stood waiting.
"Sorry... we're... late!" Malik said, bursting into the room with his partner. Yami snickered. "Bet I know what you were up to!" he said. Malik blushed. "Care to elaborate, Pharaoh?" Marik said threateningly. "No." Yami returned his attention to the computer.
"Now, listen everyone. I need you to understand exactly what is going on." Seto said, spinning in his chair to face them (Pan: ooh, spinny chair!). "Yami, when the screen turns green, I need you to open the portal." he instructed. "Right beside the computer."
"Remind me why we're here?" Bakura said. "Well..." Seto said. "It's likely that when the other Yami and Yuugi appear, they'll be very confused. And knowing Yami, as soon as he saw himself, he would try and attack, believing it to be some kind of trap. When that happens, I want Bakura and Marik to restrain him, and Ryou and Malik to restrain Yuugi, to a certain degree." He explained the whole thing very matter-of-factly.
"Now, is everyone ready?" Seto asked. His cursor hovered over the 'Run Program' button. Yami moved forward, beginning to focus his powers in the Millennium Puzzle, also watching the screen intently for the green...
**~~**~~**~~**
"I don't feel so great..." Yami murmured as his vision began to grow fuzzy. He felt the Puzzle activate, against his will, but felt too weak to suppress it. In a burst of power, a gaping portal to the Shadow Realm opened before him. The last thing he felt was himself, and Yuugi being dragged into the dark domain...
**~~**~~**~~**
"Go!" Yuugi cried as the screen turned green. Yami let loose the power of the Puzzle, and opened up the dark portal. The computer whirred; electricity flowed around the portal, the extra energy provided by Seto's program making a hole between the two dimensions.
With a great flash of light, two figures burst from the portal, and Seto's computer pretty much blew up. Yami closed the portal, and turned his attention to what appeared to be himself, rubbing his head, and getting up off of the floor. "Bakura, Marik!" he said quickly, the two dark spirits rushing forward to hold back the second Yami.
"What the hell happened?" the second Yami said, shaking his head. He looked up as he felt two people grab his arms, and his eyes immediately met an identical pair.
"That worked then!" Seto said. Ryou nodded, gently help the other Yuugi up, as he could see he was sick.
"LET GO OF ME!" Yami yelled. "Shh, quiet down, Pharaoh!" Bakura said. "Tomb robber?" Yami looked at Bakura. He whipped his head around to look at his other captor. "Grave keeper? What are you doing here?! And WHO is THAT?!" he said, looking at what appeared to be an exact replica of him.
The Oni-Yami wisely remained silent.
"Where's my aibou? Where's Yuugi?" Yami tried to twist around, looking for his Yuugi. Bakura eased his grip on one arm, allowing the ex-Pharaoh to turn and see that Yuugi was fine, supported by Ryou and Malik. "I'm fine, Yami." Yuugi said, smiling.
"Now, explanation time!" Seto stood up, rubbing his hands. His face was a little sooty, from having a computer blow up in his face. "I am correct in thinking that you are Panseru, or Yami-no-Yuugi?" he asked the restrained Yami. Yami growled. "I am Yami. Do NOT call me Panseru." he muttered. "OK then." Seto stood by the Oni-Yami. "You will probably not believe any of this. This is the year 2501. I am Seto Kaiba..." "I know that." "OK. And you appear to recognise the others, Bakura, Marik, Malik and Ryou. This is the harder part to believe. We have brought you into an alternate dimension to your own. That is why there is another of you, and another of Yuugi." Seto paused.
Yami looked up at him with clear ruby eyes. "I believe you perfectly." he said. Seto looked confused. "With all the strange stuff that's happened to me... well, this is not hard to believe." Bakura and Marik let go. Yami brushed the creases out of his jacket sleeves, and walked up to the Oni- Yami.
"But you're certainly not normal, ne?" he said. "Obviously." Oni-Yami replied. "I am an Oni. So is MY Yuugi, but not physically." Yami nodded. "Now, if you don't mind, I did keep Yuugi off school today for a reason, and changing dimensions isn't exactly better for him, so..." Oni-Yami nodded. "Ryou, Malik, take him to the hospital wing. We'll have him sorted in no time." Ryou and Malik carried the sick boy out of the room.
"This leaves the dilemma of... names." Seto said. "It's too confusing both of you being Yami, and both Yuugi's." Oni-Yami looked at Seto. "Our half is easily settled. Just call me Oni." he said. "Since you're changing your name, I think we can change my Yuugi's. He says he doesn't object, and wants to be called Futari." Yami relayed his aibou's thought-speech. Oni smiled, understandingly. (Pan: 'Futari' means 'two people')
"Now, we got you here for a reason, we'll need to explain some things." Bakura said. "Come on!" He walked out of the room, followed by Marik. "After you, Oni-san." Yami said. Seto turned back to his computer, attempting to fix it's burnt-out circuits.
~~~
"Here you are, Yuugi." Malik said to the boy sitting in bed. "We've developed a lot of cures; this one should make you feel better." He handed a cup filled with medicine to the newly named 'Futari'. Futari bit his lip, and accepted the medicine very hesitantly. He wouldn't let his eyes meet Malik's. Both Ryou and Malik noticed this, and Malik frowned in confusion.
Just then, the door opened. "Hey, Yuugi, what's up?" Ryou said cheerfully. "Nothing but the ceiling, Ryou." Yuugi said, grinning. He walked over to the bed. "Hi." he said to Futari. "We haven't been introduced properly, though I doubt we need to be. You wanted to be called Futari, right?" Futari smiled (having taken his medicine). "Yes, that's right. And you three are Yuugi, Ryou, and Malik." Futari said, scowling a bit as he said Malik's name.
"Well, Yami-chan... sorry, he's Oni-chan now..." Yuugi began. Futari smiled at the affectionate 'chan'. "...is explaining everything to YOUR Yami, so they sent me to do the same for you." Yuugi checked that the door was closed. "This is Project Shadow, a secret organization that was created to stop Kaiba Corporation from performing it's secret activities. Two months ago, we managed to shut it down, including a procedure they were executing on humans, called the Oni Genesis." Yuugi explained. Futari grinned a little. "Back home, Yami-san and I pretty much saved Kaiba Corp. twice..." he said quietly, then stopping to allow Yuugi to continue. "Now, with information from Dragon Agent... I'm not supposed to disclose names... we have found that Industrial Illusions is actually behind all the genetic experiments, and was manipulating Kaiba Corp. with a hostage." Yuugi finished. There was a moment of silence. "Dragon Agent is Seto Kaiba, and the hostage is Mokuba Kaiba." Futari said. The three others in the room were stunned. "How... how did you know?!" Malik asked. "The only person I know who would go by the name of Dragon Agent is Seto Kaiba, as in the Blue Eyes White Dragon, and Industrial Illusions kidnapped Mokuba Kaiba and used him as a hostage in my dimension once." Futari explained simply.
"OK then..." Yuugi said. "Well, some things you do need to know; our code- names. I'm Puzzle Agent 02, Oni is Puzzle Agent 01, Malik and Marik are the Rod Agents, and Ryou and Bakura are the Ring Agents. Hikaris are numbered '02' and Yamis as '01'. Jonouchi Katsuya is Red-Eyes Agent, Mai Kujaku is Harpy Agent, and Ishizu Ishtar is Tauk Agent." Futari nodded, then frowned. "What about Honda Hiroto and Anzu Mazaki?" he asked. "Honda Hiroto, or Cyber Agent was found to be a traitor, and was... 'disposed of'. Anzu Mazaki... Faith Agent... it's not my place to tell you. I'll just say, it was because of Oni. Maybe he will tell you one day." Yuugi said slowly. He glanced at the clock. "Well, we didn't bring you here for nothing; we've got to go to a mission briefing in fifteen minutes. Don't worry about it; we won't make you do anything yet. I've got to go. See you later!" Yuugi waved as he left the room.
Malik put a hand to Futari's forehead, to check his temperature. Futari shrank away from his touch, looking a little afraid. Malik sighed. "Look, kid, do you mind telling me what problem you have with me?" he asked irritably. Futari smiled weakly. "Well, about four months ago in my dimension, you attempted to steal the Millennium Puzzle, kill me on five seperate occasions, take away Yami-san's power, stole the Kami-no-Cardo, controlled my best friend into making him duel me, killed Mai Kujaku, killed Jonouchi Katsuya, do I really need to continue?" He paused for breath. "I can think of more." Ryou and Malik sweatdropped. "No... no, that'll be fine... just get it through your head now, that I'm NOT going to hurt you." Malik said. Futari smiled. "That's OK then!"