00 - Double Zero Wing
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Pan: It's official; I've gone insane.
Yugi: You always were insane.
Pan: You're mean.
Yugi: It's true. Who else would get bored watching TV, and put on Toonami, where an anime you positively hated is on, watch it, and decide you love
it, and write a crossover with your favourite anime?
Yami: What is it again? Gundam Wing?
Pan: I like Heero and Duo. And Trowa and Quatre.
Yami: Yes, but you have a crush on ME.
Pan: Your point being...?
Yami: You're 14, English, and live in a place where there are only four people who have ever heard of Yu-Gi-Oh! in the school. And you've dueled
them all.
Pan: And beaten them all! I am the Queen of Duel Monsters!
Yugi: Um... Pan?
Pan: Yeah?
Yugi: Fanfic. Write. Now.
Pan: Oh yeah. Yami, read this!
Yami: *takes paper from Pan* Panseru does not in anyway own Yu-Gi-Oh! or
Gundam Wing. She would like to own me, but will have to make do with pictures of me in leather. Nor does she own Nokia. Just A Nokia. A 3510i. And she's annoyed because she can't find any polyphonic anime tones for it.
Right... that's weird...
Pan: So? We've established that I'm insane. I'll just shut up and write
now.
Yugi: Thank you.
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Two Minds
"It's no use." Duo stated. Quatre sighed. "This system could by far out-do the Zero System, but it's so dangerous." he said, looking over the computer readouts for the latest test of the new system. "Gundam Double Zero needs two minds to function correctly." Duo looked up at the imposing black and gold Gundam in the hanger. They were standing at it's feet, with the other
Gundams lined up further along, having maintenance work done on them.
"Not even Heero could use this. And where would you find someone with two minds?" Duo asked, frowning. "In some other Universe!" Quatre said. "Well, I wish they could come to ours, before the colonies are destroyed! At this rate, the human race will be extinct!" Duo exclaimed, walking away. Quatre
typed in a password, locking Gundam Double Zero away, and followed.
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Yugi yawned, sitting up, and hitting his Time Wizard clock to make it stop beeping at him. He rubbed his eyes, and reached for the golden pyramid by the clock, looping the chain around his neck. The transparent form of Yami
Yugi appeared, sitting on the end of the bed.
"Good morning, Aibou! Sleep well?" the ex-Pharaoh asked brightly. Yugi nodded sleepily. "Well, except from strange dreams about giant robot-like
things fighting each other in space, I suppose." he said. Yami laughed. "Well, at least it's not about Ancient Egypt anymore." he joked. "You're
supposed to meet Ryou in an hour, by the way. I hope the tomb robber
doesn't choose to turn up." he pointed out. Yugi climbed out of bed. "I expect he will. Apparently Marik will be joining us too." he said, quickly getting dressed. Yami rolled his eyes. "Who's next, Seto Kaiba?" he said,
sarcastically. "Nope, it's a meeting of people with weird, psychotic or
otherwise mentally-disturbed Yamis." Yugi told him. Yami frowned. "Into
which of those categories to I fit?" he asked irritably. "Otherwise mentally-disturbed." Yugi said, opening the door. "Only due to your Penalty
Games though." he added, seeing the look on Yami's face. Yami abruptly
disappeared.
"Morning, dear!" Yugi's mom said, as her son joined herself and his
grandfather at the breakfast table. "Hi, mom. I'm going to meet some friends later, ok? I'll be back before dinner." Yugi said, sitting down, and grabbing some toast. "Alright. Oh, who were you talking to?" his mom asked. "When?" asked Yugi, taking a bite of his toast. "Just now, in your
room!" she said. Yugi nearly choked on the toast. He swallowed quickly.
"Cell phone." he lied, remembering the new item bought for him a week
before. "I didn't hear it ring. I would have noticed too; you have that song, what is it, A Yell of Thirst?" she said suspiciously. "I had it on silent overnight." Yugi told her, producing the Nokia from his pocket. He had been teaching Yami how to use it. And Yami had actually succeeded in learning to use it. "Alright... off you go then." Yugi's mom smiled. Yugi
left before any more awkward questions could be asked.
"Why does your mother keep eavesdropping on you?" Yami asked, appearing
next to Yugi. "Because she thinks I'm going mad and talking to myself."
Yugi put his hands in his pockets, and walked towards the arcade. "Why don't you just tell her?" Yami leaned over slightly to look down at Yugi.
"What am I supposed to say, 'Oh, hi mom, by the way, I have an Ancient
Egyptian Pharaoh living in my Millenium Puzzle. Just so you're not surprised if someone KILLS me because of him'?" Yugi exclaimed. "Well, if that's the way you feel..." Yami frowned, and started to disappear. Yugi immediately reached out to him, an apologetic look on his face. "I didn't mean it like that, I'm sorry!" he said very quickly. "So you should be."
Yami smiled, hugging his partner.
"Aw, aren't they cute?" a sarcastic voice said behind them. Yami let go of
Yugi and looked over his shoulder. Yugi turned around and waved at a
fellow, very sorry-looking hikari, Ryou. Yami and Bakura were glaring
daggers at each other.
"I'm very sorry about Bakura, Yugi." Ryou said, smiling. "I'm not sure what
he's got against Yami." Bakura and Yami both looked at him. "Maybe it's something to do with the fact that the Pharaoh threw me in prison forty-
three times!" Bakura said angrily. "I thought it was forty-five." Yami said, thinking. "Forty-three. You should be asking what he's got against me!" Bakura yelled. "Right. One; you stole two hundred and sixty-nine items from tombs, including several ushabti, and once, a large golden chest full of priceless artefacts. How did you get that out anyway? Oh, and two; One of the priceless artefacts he stole was the MILLENIUM RING!" Yami yelled
back. "Well, the dead guys don't need them." Bakura said. "And I was
obviously destined to have the Ring, because I have Ryou as my
reincarnation." Yami rolled his eyes, and turned to storm off. Yugi and
Ryou noticed that a crowd was forming around them. Both hikaris
sweatdropped. "Er... rehearsing for drama class?" Yugi said quickly,
running after Yami. "Extra credit if we perform in public." Ryou added,
quickly grabbing Bakura's arm, and dragging him off.
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"You're late." Marik stated simply as the four walked into the arcade. "Their fault." both Yugi and Ryou said, pointing at the two yamis who were glaring daggers again. "Well, anyhow, they put a new game in. Well, more like a whole building attached out back. War, I think it's called. It's a
laser game; want to try it?" Marik asked, smiling. "Since when have I turned down a game?" Yugi grinned. Marik frowned. "It's alright; the games I, or rather Yami, have played would fill a book, and you haven't known me long." Yugi told him, as the five wandered towards a sign indicating where
the game was.
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"Right, so we have to wear this funny armour, and shoot things with the gun?" Bakura said, confirming what Ryou had just explained to him. They were all wearing the laser-sensitive black armour required for the game,
and holding laser guns. "And we only paid for a one-team game, because we're an odd number, and Yami no Marik is NOT joining us on any account." Yugi added. "Ready?" They all nodded, and walked through the door into a
dark room.
They quickly found that it was riddled with obstacles. Holographic monsters (courtesy of Seto Kaiba) would try to shoot them with lasers; ten hits and you were out. The aim of the game was to try and navigate the dark room, towards a target. Each player had to land one shot on the target for them to win, but at the same time, they had to protect their own target from the
holographic fire.
After fifteen minutes, only Bakura and Yami had managed to hit the target, Bakura with four hits and Yami with two. Yami followed Yugi as the younger one made his attempt on the target. The dark spirit kept looking over his shoulder to check for danger behind them, and he walked straight into Yugi,
who had stopped moving.
Yami followed Yugi's line of sight; he was staring at another pair of boys, one with platinum blonde hair, the other with long brown hair in a braid
down his back. The figures were distorted, as if being watched on a bad
quality film strip.
The game began to fade around them. The figures disappeared, and the two
went out cold as everything went dark.
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"Bakura, what's going on?!" Ryou exclaimed, looking around in fright as they found themselves in a long metal hallway. "How should I know?" Bakura
said loudly. "Shh!" came a third voice; Marik. Three people turned a corner, walking towards them. "Who are you kids?" the tallest one said. He had long blonde hair; almost matching Bakura and Ryou's silvery white in
colour. "And what are you doing on Libra?"
Bakura stepped forward to speak. "Boku wa Bakura desu, soushite korera Ryou
Bakura to Marik Ishtar desu." he said. (I'm Bakura, and these are Ryou Bakura and Marik Ishtar) The three people looked confused. "What?" the tall man said. A shorter girl with icy blue eyes and similar blonde hair spoke up. "I think they are using some silly made-up language." she said, in a
voice as icy as her eyes.
"Bakura, they don't speak Japanese!" Marik said "Let me try, I know more English than you, and it's more likely they speak that." Bakura nodded, and Marik began to speak slowly in English. "We are sorry." he said. "We are
from Japan, ano... don't speak much eigo. I mean English." The tall man
frowned. "You are from Japan?"
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"Ow... my head..." Yugi said, sitting up slowly, and rubbing his head. He
was lying on some hard floor; and he could see Yami about a metre away, looking around, confused. "Where are we, Yami?" Yugi asked. They were still
wearing the armour, and holding the guns from the game. Yami pulled his
hikari to his feet. "I have no idea, aibou." Yami said plainly.
"Why did you even bother building the Double Zero? It's useless!" An
American accented voice echoed down the hall. "It's experimental." A quieter voice said. There were footsteps coming towards them, and before the confused pair could move, the owners of the voices turned the corner,
and were facing Yami and Yugi.
"Yami! It was them I saw in the game!" Yugi said quietly. "Yes..." Yami
said quietly. The brown haired boy looked at the other. "What did they say?" he said. The blonde boy shrugged. The brown haired boy looked back at
Yami and Yugi, and suddenly spotted the two laser guns in their hands. "Quatre, they're armed!" he exclaimed, pulling his own gun out of his belt,
and pointing it at them.
"Nani?!" Yami and Yugi dropped the game lasers, and stepped back, unfortunately against a wall. "OK, guys, tell me who you are, why you're
here, and I won't kill you." the boy with the gun said, moving towards
them. Yugi bit his lip. "Gomen yo, demo, boku wa nihongo desu, eigo hanasenai!" he said. "What?" the boy said. "In English, please?" The blonde boy, Quatre put his hand on the boy's shoulder. "Duo, I don't think they speak English. I didn't catch much of what he did say, but 'gomen yo' is
Japanese for 'sorry', from what Heero's taught me." he said. "They're Japanese?" Duo said, lowering his gun. "Well, they'll have to talk to Heero then." Quatre nodded, and thought for a moment. "Kocchi?" he said slowly.
"'This way?'" Yami repeated. "He wants us to follow him." Yugi said. "They only speak English." He turned to Quatre. "Speak only little English." he
said, very slowly; he never did like English class. Quatre smiled, and nodded. "We take you to someone who speaks Japanese." he said. "Kocchi." he repeated. Yugi and Yami followed where Quatre led them; Duo walking behind
and looking very suspicious of them.
Eventually, they reached a comfortable looking room. Yugi had had a funny
feeling since he got here; that he suddenly seemed lighter. It didn't, therefore, come as a surprise when one of the three others in the room was
floating in the air. The other two were sitting down, either reading
something, or staring blankly out a window. Both had brown hair; much
shorter than Duo's. The floating boy looked Chinese to Yugi.
"Hey, Quatre, who've you brought with you?" said the boy at the window, turning around as they entered. "Don't know, Trowa." Quatre smiled. "Yeah, we found them hanging around in the hallways." Duo added. "But they need to talk to Heero." The boy called Trowa looked pointedly at the boy who was sitting and reading. He either hadn't, or was acting as if he hadn't, heard them. "Heero, pull yourself out of your little world!" Duo said, taking a
seat. Heero looked up. "What?" he asked quietly.
"You are Japanese. You speak Japanese. Me and Quatre found two kids who speak Japanese, but not English. Therefore, you have to talk to them." Duo
pointed at Yami and Yugi. Heero looked at them, with a midly interested
expression. "Come here." he said in Japanese. Yami and Yugi walked to Heero, and Quatre sat down by Duo. Trowa had come over from the window, and
the 'floating boy' was no longer floating, but watching intently. Heero
stood up to face them. He was slightly taller than Yami.
"Right then. Who are you?" Heero asked. Yugi smiled, happy that he could
finally understand someone. "I'm Yugi Muto. This is Yami." he replied. Heero repeated the reply in English, for the benefit of their 'spectators',
followed by "What are you doing on Peacemillion?" Yami answered that question. "One: We don't know. Two: What on Earth is Peacemillion?" Heero
laughed, repeating the phrase in English. "Peacemillion isn't on Earth. It's in space." He indicated the window. It dawned on Yugi that this was
why he had been feeling light, and that boy had been floating.
"Hey, Heero, how come they got here without knowing?" Duo said, a
suspicious note in his voice. Heero asked Yami and Yugi the question. "Um... well we were playing a laser game, and suddenly we were here." Yugi
answered, blushing. Once again, Heero repeated the phrase in English. Quatre looked up, and asked them in slow Japanese "What year is it?" Yami looked surprised at the question. "2003, AD." He answered, obviously. Heero
repeated it. "Wrong!" Duo said. "It's 195 AC."
"Then you're not from now." Heero said to them. "Quatre, what state was the Earth in in OUR 2003 AD?" he asked, Quatre being the most highly educated
of all of them. "The first colony of space was launched. It was put in
orbit above Northern America." he answered.
"Yami, Yugi, have you heard of space colonies?" Heero asked. Both shook their heads. "Then they are neither from here or now." Heero said to the others. "Quatre, repeating everything's really annoying, can you get some translator bands?" he asked. Quatre nodded, and left. Heero made Yami and
Yugi sit down. "How old are you two?" he asked. "Fifteen." replied Yugi
smiling; he had been asked a NORMAL question. "Five-thousand and seventeen." Yami said, forgetting his normal act as Yugi's older brother,
and earning a nudge from Yugi.
"Five... thousand... and... seventeen?" Heero said slowly and
disbelieveingly. Quatre reappeared with what looked like two golden bracelets. He gave them to Heero. "Put these on; everyone will be able to
understand you." he told Yugi and Yami, who complied immediately. "Very long story." Yugi smiled awkwardly at Heero. "All you need to know is that Yami is part of me because of this Puzzle. He's like... an extension of my mind." Yami glared at Yugi. "I am NOT an extension. I am a fully developed mind, personality and soul who happens to share your existence." he said.
"They made more sense in Japanese." Trowa said. "Two... minds..." Quatre said. "Do you both exist within the same body?" he asked. "Sort of. We can
if we want, but its more normal for me to appear like this." Yami said. "Perfect!" Quatre exclaimed. "Quatre, you're going to go mess around with the Double Zero again, aren't you?" said Duo. But Quatre was already gone.
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Pan: It's official; I've gone insane.
Yugi: You always were insane.
Pan: You're mean.
Yugi: It's true. Who else would get bored watching TV, and put on Toonami, where an anime you positively hated is on, watch it, and decide you love
it, and write a crossover with your favourite anime?
Yami: What is it again? Gundam Wing?
Pan: I like Heero and Duo. And Trowa and Quatre.
Yami: Yes, but you have a crush on ME.
Pan: Your point being...?
Yami: You're 14, English, and live in a place where there are only four people who have ever heard of Yu-Gi-Oh! in the school. And you've dueled
them all.
Pan: And beaten them all! I am the Queen of Duel Monsters!
Yugi: Um... Pan?
Pan: Yeah?
Yugi: Fanfic. Write. Now.
Pan: Oh yeah. Yami, read this!
Yami: *takes paper from Pan* Panseru does not in anyway own Yu-Gi-Oh! or
Gundam Wing. She would like to own me, but will have to make do with pictures of me in leather. Nor does she own Nokia. Just A Nokia. A 3510i. And she's annoyed because she can't find any polyphonic anime tones for it.
Right... that's weird...
Pan: So? We've established that I'm insane. I'll just shut up and write
now.
Yugi: Thank you.
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Two Minds
"It's no use." Duo stated. Quatre sighed. "This system could by far out-do the Zero System, but it's so dangerous." he said, looking over the computer readouts for the latest test of the new system. "Gundam Double Zero needs two minds to function correctly." Duo looked up at the imposing black and gold Gundam in the hanger. They were standing at it's feet, with the other
Gundams lined up further along, having maintenance work done on them.
"Not even Heero could use this. And where would you find someone with two minds?" Duo asked, frowning. "In some other Universe!" Quatre said. "Well, I wish they could come to ours, before the colonies are destroyed! At this rate, the human race will be extinct!" Duo exclaimed, walking away. Quatre
typed in a password, locking Gundam Double Zero away, and followed.
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Yugi yawned, sitting up, and hitting his Time Wizard clock to make it stop beeping at him. He rubbed his eyes, and reached for the golden pyramid by the clock, looping the chain around his neck. The transparent form of Yami
Yugi appeared, sitting on the end of the bed.
"Good morning, Aibou! Sleep well?" the ex-Pharaoh asked brightly. Yugi nodded sleepily. "Well, except from strange dreams about giant robot-like
things fighting each other in space, I suppose." he said. Yami laughed. "Well, at least it's not about Ancient Egypt anymore." he joked. "You're
supposed to meet Ryou in an hour, by the way. I hope the tomb robber
doesn't choose to turn up." he pointed out. Yugi climbed out of bed. "I expect he will. Apparently Marik will be joining us too." he said, quickly getting dressed. Yami rolled his eyes. "Who's next, Seto Kaiba?" he said,
sarcastically. "Nope, it's a meeting of people with weird, psychotic or
otherwise mentally-disturbed Yamis." Yugi told him. Yami frowned. "Into
which of those categories to I fit?" he asked irritably. "Otherwise mentally-disturbed." Yugi said, opening the door. "Only due to your Penalty
Games though." he added, seeing the look on Yami's face. Yami abruptly
disappeared.
"Morning, dear!" Yugi's mom said, as her son joined herself and his
grandfather at the breakfast table. "Hi, mom. I'm going to meet some friends later, ok? I'll be back before dinner." Yugi said, sitting down, and grabbing some toast. "Alright. Oh, who were you talking to?" his mom asked. "When?" asked Yugi, taking a bite of his toast. "Just now, in your
room!" she said. Yugi nearly choked on the toast. He swallowed quickly.
"Cell phone." he lied, remembering the new item bought for him a week
before. "I didn't hear it ring. I would have noticed too; you have that song, what is it, A Yell of Thirst?" she said suspiciously. "I had it on silent overnight." Yugi told her, producing the Nokia from his pocket. He had been teaching Yami how to use it. And Yami had actually succeeded in learning to use it. "Alright... off you go then." Yugi's mom smiled. Yugi
left before any more awkward questions could be asked.
"Why does your mother keep eavesdropping on you?" Yami asked, appearing
next to Yugi. "Because she thinks I'm going mad and talking to myself."
Yugi put his hands in his pockets, and walked towards the arcade. "Why don't you just tell her?" Yami leaned over slightly to look down at Yugi.
"What am I supposed to say, 'Oh, hi mom, by the way, I have an Ancient
Egyptian Pharaoh living in my Millenium Puzzle. Just so you're not surprised if someone KILLS me because of him'?" Yugi exclaimed. "Well, if that's the way you feel..." Yami frowned, and started to disappear. Yugi immediately reached out to him, an apologetic look on his face. "I didn't mean it like that, I'm sorry!" he said very quickly. "So you should be."
Yami smiled, hugging his partner.
"Aw, aren't they cute?" a sarcastic voice said behind them. Yami let go of
Yugi and looked over his shoulder. Yugi turned around and waved at a
fellow, very sorry-looking hikari, Ryou. Yami and Bakura were glaring
daggers at each other.
"I'm very sorry about Bakura, Yugi." Ryou said, smiling. "I'm not sure what
he's got against Yami." Bakura and Yami both looked at him. "Maybe it's something to do with the fact that the Pharaoh threw me in prison forty-
three times!" Bakura said angrily. "I thought it was forty-five." Yami said, thinking. "Forty-three. You should be asking what he's got against me!" Bakura yelled. "Right. One; you stole two hundred and sixty-nine items from tombs, including several ushabti, and once, a large golden chest full of priceless artefacts. How did you get that out anyway? Oh, and two; One of the priceless artefacts he stole was the MILLENIUM RING!" Yami yelled
back. "Well, the dead guys don't need them." Bakura said. "And I was
obviously destined to have the Ring, because I have Ryou as my
reincarnation." Yami rolled his eyes, and turned to storm off. Yugi and
Ryou noticed that a crowd was forming around them. Both hikaris
sweatdropped. "Er... rehearsing for drama class?" Yugi said quickly,
running after Yami. "Extra credit if we perform in public." Ryou added,
quickly grabbing Bakura's arm, and dragging him off.
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"You're late." Marik stated simply as the four walked into the arcade. "Their fault." both Yugi and Ryou said, pointing at the two yamis who were glaring daggers again. "Well, anyhow, they put a new game in. Well, more like a whole building attached out back. War, I think it's called. It's a
laser game; want to try it?" Marik asked, smiling. "Since when have I turned down a game?" Yugi grinned. Marik frowned. "It's alright; the games I, or rather Yami, have played would fill a book, and you haven't known me long." Yugi told him, as the five wandered towards a sign indicating where
the game was.
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"Right, so we have to wear this funny armour, and shoot things with the gun?" Bakura said, confirming what Ryou had just explained to him. They were all wearing the laser-sensitive black armour required for the game,
and holding laser guns. "And we only paid for a one-team game, because we're an odd number, and Yami no Marik is NOT joining us on any account." Yugi added. "Ready?" They all nodded, and walked through the door into a
dark room.
They quickly found that it was riddled with obstacles. Holographic monsters (courtesy of Seto Kaiba) would try to shoot them with lasers; ten hits and you were out. The aim of the game was to try and navigate the dark room, towards a target. Each player had to land one shot on the target for them to win, but at the same time, they had to protect their own target from the
holographic fire.
After fifteen minutes, only Bakura and Yami had managed to hit the target, Bakura with four hits and Yami with two. Yami followed Yugi as the younger one made his attempt on the target. The dark spirit kept looking over his shoulder to check for danger behind them, and he walked straight into Yugi,
who had stopped moving.
Yami followed Yugi's line of sight; he was staring at another pair of boys, one with platinum blonde hair, the other with long brown hair in a braid
down his back. The figures were distorted, as if being watched on a bad
quality film strip.
The game began to fade around them. The figures disappeared, and the two
went out cold as everything went dark.
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"Bakura, what's going on?!" Ryou exclaimed, looking around in fright as they found themselves in a long metal hallway. "How should I know?" Bakura
said loudly. "Shh!" came a third voice; Marik. Three people turned a corner, walking towards them. "Who are you kids?" the tallest one said. He had long blonde hair; almost matching Bakura and Ryou's silvery white in
colour. "And what are you doing on Libra?"
Bakura stepped forward to speak. "Boku wa Bakura desu, soushite korera Ryou
Bakura to Marik Ishtar desu." he said. (I'm Bakura, and these are Ryou Bakura and Marik Ishtar) The three people looked confused. "What?" the tall man said. A shorter girl with icy blue eyes and similar blonde hair spoke up. "I think they are using some silly made-up language." she said, in a
voice as icy as her eyes.
"Bakura, they don't speak Japanese!" Marik said "Let me try, I know more English than you, and it's more likely they speak that." Bakura nodded, and Marik began to speak slowly in English. "We are sorry." he said. "We are
from Japan, ano... don't speak much eigo. I mean English." The tall man
frowned. "You are from Japan?"
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"Ow... my head..." Yugi said, sitting up slowly, and rubbing his head. He
was lying on some hard floor; and he could see Yami about a metre away, looking around, confused. "Where are we, Yami?" Yugi asked. They were still
wearing the armour, and holding the guns from the game. Yami pulled his
hikari to his feet. "I have no idea, aibou." Yami said plainly.
"Why did you even bother building the Double Zero? It's useless!" An
American accented voice echoed down the hall. "It's experimental." A quieter voice said. There were footsteps coming towards them, and before the confused pair could move, the owners of the voices turned the corner,
and were facing Yami and Yugi.
"Yami! It was them I saw in the game!" Yugi said quietly. "Yes..." Yami
said quietly. The brown haired boy looked at the other. "What did they say?" he said. The blonde boy shrugged. The brown haired boy looked back at
Yami and Yugi, and suddenly spotted the two laser guns in their hands. "Quatre, they're armed!" he exclaimed, pulling his own gun out of his belt,
and pointing it at them.
"Nani?!" Yami and Yugi dropped the game lasers, and stepped back, unfortunately against a wall. "OK, guys, tell me who you are, why you're
here, and I won't kill you." the boy with the gun said, moving towards
them. Yugi bit his lip. "Gomen yo, demo, boku wa nihongo desu, eigo hanasenai!" he said. "What?" the boy said. "In English, please?" The blonde boy, Quatre put his hand on the boy's shoulder. "Duo, I don't think they speak English. I didn't catch much of what he did say, but 'gomen yo' is
Japanese for 'sorry', from what Heero's taught me." he said. "They're Japanese?" Duo said, lowering his gun. "Well, they'll have to talk to Heero then." Quatre nodded, and thought for a moment. "Kocchi?" he said slowly.
"'This way?'" Yami repeated. "He wants us to follow him." Yugi said. "They only speak English." He turned to Quatre. "Speak only little English." he
said, very slowly; he never did like English class. Quatre smiled, and nodded. "We take you to someone who speaks Japanese." he said. "Kocchi." he repeated. Yugi and Yami followed where Quatre led them; Duo walking behind
and looking very suspicious of them.
Eventually, they reached a comfortable looking room. Yugi had had a funny
feeling since he got here; that he suddenly seemed lighter. It didn't, therefore, come as a surprise when one of the three others in the room was
floating in the air. The other two were sitting down, either reading
something, or staring blankly out a window. Both had brown hair; much
shorter than Duo's. The floating boy looked Chinese to Yugi.
"Hey, Quatre, who've you brought with you?" said the boy at the window, turning around as they entered. "Don't know, Trowa." Quatre smiled. "Yeah, we found them hanging around in the hallways." Duo added. "But they need to talk to Heero." The boy called Trowa looked pointedly at the boy who was sitting and reading. He either hadn't, or was acting as if he hadn't, heard them. "Heero, pull yourself out of your little world!" Duo said, taking a
seat. Heero looked up. "What?" he asked quietly.
"You are Japanese. You speak Japanese. Me and Quatre found two kids who speak Japanese, but not English. Therefore, you have to talk to them." Duo
pointed at Yami and Yugi. Heero looked at them, with a midly interested
expression. "Come here." he said in Japanese. Yami and Yugi walked to Heero, and Quatre sat down by Duo. Trowa had come over from the window, and
the 'floating boy' was no longer floating, but watching intently. Heero
stood up to face them. He was slightly taller than Yami.
"Right then. Who are you?" Heero asked. Yugi smiled, happy that he could
finally understand someone. "I'm Yugi Muto. This is Yami." he replied. Heero repeated the reply in English, for the benefit of their 'spectators',
followed by "What are you doing on Peacemillion?" Yami answered that question. "One: We don't know. Two: What on Earth is Peacemillion?" Heero
laughed, repeating the phrase in English. "Peacemillion isn't on Earth. It's in space." He indicated the window. It dawned on Yugi that this was
why he had been feeling light, and that boy had been floating.
"Hey, Heero, how come they got here without knowing?" Duo said, a
suspicious note in his voice. Heero asked Yami and Yugi the question. "Um... well we were playing a laser game, and suddenly we were here." Yugi
answered, blushing. Once again, Heero repeated the phrase in English. Quatre looked up, and asked them in slow Japanese "What year is it?" Yami looked surprised at the question. "2003, AD." He answered, obviously. Heero
repeated it. "Wrong!" Duo said. "It's 195 AC."
"Then you're not from now." Heero said to them. "Quatre, what state was the Earth in in OUR 2003 AD?" he asked, Quatre being the most highly educated
of all of them. "The first colony of space was launched. It was put in
orbit above Northern America." he answered.
"Yami, Yugi, have you heard of space colonies?" Heero asked. Both shook their heads. "Then they are neither from here or now." Heero said to the others. "Quatre, repeating everything's really annoying, can you get some translator bands?" he asked. Quatre nodded, and left. Heero made Yami and
Yugi sit down. "How old are you two?" he asked. "Fifteen." replied Yugi
smiling; he had been asked a NORMAL question. "Five-thousand and seventeen." Yami said, forgetting his normal act as Yugi's older brother,
and earning a nudge from Yugi.
"Five... thousand... and... seventeen?" Heero said slowly and
disbelieveingly. Quatre reappeared with what looked like two golden bracelets. He gave them to Heero. "Put these on; everyone will be able to
understand you." he told Yugi and Yami, who complied immediately. "Very long story." Yugi smiled awkwardly at Heero. "All you need to know is that Yami is part of me because of this Puzzle. He's like... an extension of my mind." Yami glared at Yugi. "I am NOT an extension. I am a fully developed mind, personality and soul who happens to share your existence." he said.
"They made more sense in Japanese." Trowa said. "Two... minds..." Quatre said. "Do you both exist within the same body?" he asked. "Sort of. We can
if we want, but its more normal for me to appear like this." Yami said. "Perfect!" Quatre exclaimed. "Quatre, you're going to go mess around with the Double Zero again, aren't you?" said Duo. But Quatre was already gone.