And he said 'let there be a third one!' Yep, that's right. I'm back, and
I'm'a write this story fer ya. Ahh... [stretches] Before I begin, I'd like
to thank a couple 'a people fer helping me with this story. There's Jamaal,
who has helped me write this more than he knows(he came up with a few of
the ideas here and left it up to me to write the things down, putting my
own little twist on it.). Then there's Jennifer, who gave me the courage
to post this stuff. And, of course, there's God. He gave me whatever hint
of talent I have. THANK YOU ALL!!!! ^_^
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Hitoshu sat in his chair, watching the movie in front of him. He hated lovey-dovey romances, and this was about as mushy as it gets. But he needed time to think, to reminisce about his ancient past. And to find out what he was going to do.*Shadow released me for a reason. I know it. But why?* He sat back, getting comfortable. It was time he tried to remember the events of his past. Maybe, just maybe, the past would give him the answer.
"No." The Pharaoh shook his head."You are not to enter the Temple of Seth. That cult will destroy you, Hitoshu." A sharp gust of wind burst into the palace, sending dust bouncing off of the gold walls. Hitoshu knelt."Your lord, I understand the dangers. But the leader of this cult is too powerful for even you to handle. You will need me." "I need no one to protect my throne. If this man decides to battle me for my throne, then so be it." He clutched the Millenium Puzzle around his neck and closed his eyes, sinking in thought. After a moment, he nodded."Fine. You may go to the temple. But you will not return to this palace." Hitoshu glared and walked off, exiting the palace. A blast of desert heat hit him, and the sun began to beat down on his head. He shielded his eyes and boarded the waiting caravan."To the Temple of Seth. It is now evil's turn to lose." The caravan traveled for two days. On the second night, Hitoshu saw, at last, the temple. It was a flat structure, about the size of two football fields in length and almost forty feet high, and covered with inscriptions. He forced the caravan to a stop, climbed off, and sent the other riders home. This would be a fight against the two most powerful warriors the world had ever known, and if he lost... he hated to think of this, and shook his head to clear the thought."I must win." He began to walk to the temple. At last, the sun rising above the horizon, he finally reached th first step. He climbed the stairs to the ritual area and prepared for his fight.
That was all he remembered. The fight had been vicious, and in the end the leader of the cult of Seth, Kayre, made Hitoshu part of his greatest experiment. Using the power of the most evil millenium item, Kayre transferred both himself and Hitoshu to the Shadow Realm to spend eternity in black nothingness. But he had retained his ability to exit whenever he wished. What made him leave and why he had released Hitoshu was a complete mystery, but Hitoshu knew what he had to do.*Whatever happens... I must win this time. Shadow can not be allowed to remain in this world.* He stood up and left the theatre.
Yugi sat in his bed. Night had come faster than usual, and he had been very tired since the duel against Joey had ended. He picked up his Millenium Puzzle and waited. Yami appeared beside him."You know, Yugi, that Joey was controlled by Shadow." "Well duh. The only question in my mind is who was Shadow, and why did he do what he did." Yugi sighed."Gees. We just can't get a break. The opponent always has to be just a little stronger than the last, huh?" "Yep. But this guy's dangerous, Yugi. Be careful." He disappeared. Yugi placed his Millenium Puzzle on the nightstand, sat back in his bed, and pulled the covers over him. *No matter how evil this Shadow guy is, I can beat him. I have to, for the world's sake.*
Shadow smirked. With the cards he had collected(more like stolen...), he would finally remove his most hated enemy from existence. He sat in a graveyard, surrounded by tombstones. He loved being near the dead. They provided him comfort with their solace and silence, and the darkness of the night was beautiful. On nights like these, he remembered, he and Kya would walk through the desert sands. He would lead her to the Temple of Seth, where he would dazzle her with feats of incredible magic; summoning minor monsters to do his work, then returning them to the clay tablet they arose from. She would cheer, and his spirits would be lightened. A tear hit the dirt below him, waking him from his remonniscent dream. He had been crying. His memories were painful for him. Damn that pharaoh, Yami. A light rain had begun to trickle onto the ground, and lightning was flashing in the sky. A storm was coming. "Goodbye, world." He could fell the golden eagle-shaped band on his lower arm giving him power. These were the times he enjoyed- he would let his other half take over, then wake up the next morning with no memory of what he had done."For now." He focused and blacked out. Shadow stood up. His hair had gotten longer, and the tattoos under his eyes had gone from oddly shaped, almost like ax blades, to sharp points traveling down his cheek like knives."At last..." The silence of the cemetery was broken by his deep, raspy voice. The sound of evil incarnate."My mortal shackles have again been broken. It seems my host here has given me a bit more time in this world. And this time, someone will be dead when he wakes up." "Hello?" There was a sweet sounding, high pitched voice. Then he was almost blinded by a glaring light."This is private property. I must ask you to leave!" It was a security guard. She picked up her nightstick and moved the light from his face long enough for him to watch her gesture toward the gate. He smiled."I'm sorry, I did not realize that this was a privately owned area. After all," He looked at his Millenium Raptor, the eagle on its front shining in its golden beauty. The object was wrapped around his lower arm like a four inch long bracelet, and it glowed only when he was around, and ready to hurt someone. And right now it was almost as bright as the flashlight."This is a cemetery, no?" He laughed. She staggered back, nodding slowly. "Then I suppose your death will be accepted, in a place where death is considered normalcy." He lunged at her and shoved her to the ground. She tried to pull out her pistol, but he pinned her arm to the ground with his and tore open the shoulder of her blouse."This is the part I like the most." He bit into her shoulder. She screamed for a second, but soon she had stopped moving. He stood up and wiped his mouth, then felt her wrists. No pulse. Good sign."I hope you had a husband. Maybe now he will finally learn the same pain I have been through." He smiled and left the cemetery, taking her key to the gate and leaving her lying with her blood pooling slowly on the ground.
Hitoshu woke with a start. Evil was nearby. He could feel it."Who is here?" "It is me. Kayre. Of course, now I'm known as Shadow." Shadow stepped out of the darkness."I can finally defeat you in a duel, Hitoshu. Come, let us battle." "I just woke up, you jerk! Plus, how did you get in here?" "Oh, you didn't wake up. I used my Millenium Rod to tap into your mind, and now I'm here to tell you that if you don't fight me, I know all the right buttons to press to send you either hurtling into the Shadow Realm for eternity, or make you my mind slave." "What the hell are you?" Hitoshu found himself standing in a temple with stone plates in front of him. Shadow had a set of them, too. And priests lined the areas around them; Seth on the left, Osiris on the right."Fine." He looked around the temple, gazing in awe at its beautiful stone and gold structure."If we must duel, we shall duel the ancient way. Karim," Hitoshu turned towards one of his priests,"get me my Luster Dragon." Shadow laughed."I'll go first, then." For a brief moment, his face seemed to change. His tattoos and hair returned to normal- but then he came back, in all his fury."By summoning the Troop Dragon!" One of the smaller tablets lifted off of the ground, and a small dragon appeared above it, standing upright and carrying a long spear."Its your move." "I will use my powers to activate the Judge Man, who will slaughter your dragon with his rage!" A tablet in front of him lifted and flipped face-up, the Judge Man coming from it and launching itself at Shadow's dragon. "I will use my Trap Hole tablet, crushing your Judge Man in its deep hole. Then I will use-" He began to phase in and out, like a television with bad reception."No! That means the Millenium Ring is nearby. Ryou must still be alive!"
"No." Hitoshu shook his head."Bakura Ryou was killed in a duel against Marik during the championships. Somehow the Millenium Ring survived and is nearby. Why, Shadow? Are you weakened by its power?" "Of course not..." Shadow was struggling to keep hold on his power."I have got to leave... I... I left the oven on." He disappeared. Hitoshu woke up, this time in Ishizu's egyptian exhibit. He stood up and looked around, confused at how he had managed to arrive in this place."I see you've survived your confrontation with The Lost One, Hitoshu." Hitoshu turned in the direction of the voice to find Shadi standing by the Tablet of Osiris and holding the Millenium Ring."This is the record of your duel history. Do you remember the chief priests writing this while you cast your spells to summon the most powerful monsters in the world?" "No." Hitoshu walked to the tablet and looked it up and down."What's with the whole shattered part down here?" Shadi sighed."That was a part that our people broke after your duel with Shadow. They had written into the inscription that you would win, but when you didn't return... they of course assumed the worst." "Dang." Hitoshu ran his hand through his brown hair."Okay. Well, why am I here? Just to see this?" "No. I need you to know something. Shadow is not all powerful." "I know that. I could beat him in a duel-" "That's not what I mean." Shadi looked at his Millenium Key."I have seen Shadow's soul. He hates the pharaoh's spirit because... he believes that the pharaoh started the great war, and that the pharaoh killed his love." "What? Shadow? In love? Wow. I guess miracles can happen." "Kya was Shadow's one true love. He adored her, and when he saw Slifer destroy the Sumerian army... and his love... he snapped. That is what drew him from the pharaoh, and made him create the Millenium Raptor, and the Shadow Realm... every action since that day has been to get revenge on the pharaoh." "So... all this is over a girl?" "You'd be amazed what effect the female of our species can have. But the important thing is that Kya is alive now. Fate has chosen to reborn her in a vessel that you shall soon meet. You must reunite Shadow with Kya, or," Shadi smirked,"I think you know what will happen. You must do this, Hitoshu. And eh, don't turn to Ishizu for help." "What? Why?" "You'll see." Shadi disappeared. Lights flicked on, and Ishizu stood in the hallway, looking angrily at Hitoshu."Who are you and why are you in my museum?" _______________________________________________________________________ One thing I want to say. Damn you, Jamaal. He gave me that 'miracles can happen' part. Really made me mad, so don't even try to understand it. I just want everyone in the world to know. How ironic, too, that it's HIS character that says that. I swear... JAMAAL RASHAUN-ALEXANDER HARDY, I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!!!!! ALSO! I know this one was all historical and stuff, but hey... it has to be done. This way everyone knows the story, and it stops being so very confusing. ^_^'
Hitoshu sat in his chair, watching the movie in front of him. He hated lovey-dovey romances, and this was about as mushy as it gets. But he needed time to think, to reminisce about his ancient past. And to find out what he was going to do.*Shadow released me for a reason. I know it. But why?* He sat back, getting comfortable. It was time he tried to remember the events of his past. Maybe, just maybe, the past would give him the answer.
"No." The Pharaoh shook his head."You are not to enter the Temple of Seth. That cult will destroy you, Hitoshu." A sharp gust of wind burst into the palace, sending dust bouncing off of the gold walls. Hitoshu knelt."Your lord, I understand the dangers. But the leader of this cult is too powerful for even you to handle. You will need me." "I need no one to protect my throne. If this man decides to battle me for my throne, then so be it." He clutched the Millenium Puzzle around his neck and closed his eyes, sinking in thought. After a moment, he nodded."Fine. You may go to the temple. But you will not return to this palace." Hitoshu glared and walked off, exiting the palace. A blast of desert heat hit him, and the sun began to beat down on his head. He shielded his eyes and boarded the waiting caravan."To the Temple of Seth. It is now evil's turn to lose." The caravan traveled for two days. On the second night, Hitoshu saw, at last, the temple. It was a flat structure, about the size of two football fields in length and almost forty feet high, and covered with inscriptions. He forced the caravan to a stop, climbed off, and sent the other riders home. This would be a fight against the two most powerful warriors the world had ever known, and if he lost... he hated to think of this, and shook his head to clear the thought."I must win." He began to walk to the temple. At last, the sun rising above the horizon, he finally reached th first step. He climbed the stairs to the ritual area and prepared for his fight.
That was all he remembered. The fight had been vicious, and in the end the leader of the cult of Seth, Kayre, made Hitoshu part of his greatest experiment. Using the power of the most evil millenium item, Kayre transferred both himself and Hitoshu to the Shadow Realm to spend eternity in black nothingness. But he had retained his ability to exit whenever he wished. What made him leave and why he had released Hitoshu was a complete mystery, but Hitoshu knew what he had to do.*Whatever happens... I must win this time. Shadow can not be allowed to remain in this world.* He stood up and left the theatre.
Yugi sat in his bed. Night had come faster than usual, and he had been very tired since the duel against Joey had ended. He picked up his Millenium Puzzle and waited. Yami appeared beside him."You know, Yugi, that Joey was controlled by Shadow." "Well duh. The only question in my mind is who was Shadow, and why did he do what he did." Yugi sighed."Gees. We just can't get a break. The opponent always has to be just a little stronger than the last, huh?" "Yep. But this guy's dangerous, Yugi. Be careful." He disappeared. Yugi placed his Millenium Puzzle on the nightstand, sat back in his bed, and pulled the covers over him. *No matter how evil this Shadow guy is, I can beat him. I have to, for the world's sake.*
Shadow smirked. With the cards he had collected(more like stolen...), he would finally remove his most hated enemy from existence. He sat in a graveyard, surrounded by tombstones. He loved being near the dead. They provided him comfort with their solace and silence, and the darkness of the night was beautiful. On nights like these, he remembered, he and Kya would walk through the desert sands. He would lead her to the Temple of Seth, where he would dazzle her with feats of incredible magic; summoning minor monsters to do his work, then returning them to the clay tablet they arose from. She would cheer, and his spirits would be lightened. A tear hit the dirt below him, waking him from his remonniscent dream. He had been crying. His memories were painful for him. Damn that pharaoh, Yami. A light rain had begun to trickle onto the ground, and lightning was flashing in the sky. A storm was coming. "Goodbye, world." He could fell the golden eagle-shaped band on his lower arm giving him power. These were the times he enjoyed- he would let his other half take over, then wake up the next morning with no memory of what he had done."For now." He focused and blacked out. Shadow stood up. His hair had gotten longer, and the tattoos under his eyes had gone from oddly shaped, almost like ax blades, to sharp points traveling down his cheek like knives."At last..." The silence of the cemetery was broken by his deep, raspy voice. The sound of evil incarnate."My mortal shackles have again been broken. It seems my host here has given me a bit more time in this world. And this time, someone will be dead when he wakes up." "Hello?" There was a sweet sounding, high pitched voice. Then he was almost blinded by a glaring light."This is private property. I must ask you to leave!" It was a security guard. She picked up her nightstick and moved the light from his face long enough for him to watch her gesture toward the gate. He smiled."I'm sorry, I did not realize that this was a privately owned area. After all," He looked at his Millenium Raptor, the eagle on its front shining in its golden beauty. The object was wrapped around his lower arm like a four inch long bracelet, and it glowed only when he was around, and ready to hurt someone. And right now it was almost as bright as the flashlight."This is a cemetery, no?" He laughed. She staggered back, nodding slowly. "Then I suppose your death will be accepted, in a place where death is considered normalcy." He lunged at her and shoved her to the ground. She tried to pull out her pistol, but he pinned her arm to the ground with his and tore open the shoulder of her blouse."This is the part I like the most." He bit into her shoulder. She screamed for a second, but soon she had stopped moving. He stood up and wiped his mouth, then felt her wrists. No pulse. Good sign."I hope you had a husband. Maybe now he will finally learn the same pain I have been through." He smiled and left the cemetery, taking her key to the gate and leaving her lying with her blood pooling slowly on the ground.
Hitoshu woke with a start. Evil was nearby. He could feel it."Who is here?" "It is me. Kayre. Of course, now I'm known as Shadow." Shadow stepped out of the darkness."I can finally defeat you in a duel, Hitoshu. Come, let us battle." "I just woke up, you jerk! Plus, how did you get in here?" "Oh, you didn't wake up. I used my Millenium Rod to tap into your mind, and now I'm here to tell you that if you don't fight me, I know all the right buttons to press to send you either hurtling into the Shadow Realm for eternity, or make you my mind slave." "What the hell are you?" Hitoshu found himself standing in a temple with stone plates in front of him. Shadow had a set of them, too. And priests lined the areas around them; Seth on the left, Osiris on the right."Fine." He looked around the temple, gazing in awe at its beautiful stone and gold structure."If we must duel, we shall duel the ancient way. Karim," Hitoshu turned towards one of his priests,"get me my Luster Dragon." Shadow laughed."I'll go first, then." For a brief moment, his face seemed to change. His tattoos and hair returned to normal- but then he came back, in all his fury."By summoning the Troop Dragon!" One of the smaller tablets lifted off of the ground, and a small dragon appeared above it, standing upright and carrying a long spear."Its your move." "I will use my powers to activate the Judge Man, who will slaughter your dragon with his rage!" A tablet in front of him lifted and flipped face-up, the Judge Man coming from it and launching itself at Shadow's dragon. "I will use my Trap Hole tablet, crushing your Judge Man in its deep hole. Then I will use-" He began to phase in and out, like a television with bad reception."No! That means the Millenium Ring is nearby. Ryou must still be alive!"
"No." Hitoshu shook his head."Bakura Ryou was killed in a duel against Marik during the championships. Somehow the Millenium Ring survived and is nearby. Why, Shadow? Are you weakened by its power?" "Of course not..." Shadow was struggling to keep hold on his power."I have got to leave... I... I left the oven on." He disappeared. Hitoshu woke up, this time in Ishizu's egyptian exhibit. He stood up and looked around, confused at how he had managed to arrive in this place."I see you've survived your confrontation with The Lost One, Hitoshu." Hitoshu turned in the direction of the voice to find Shadi standing by the Tablet of Osiris and holding the Millenium Ring."This is the record of your duel history. Do you remember the chief priests writing this while you cast your spells to summon the most powerful monsters in the world?" "No." Hitoshu walked to the tablet and looked it up and down."What's with the whole shattered part down here?" Shadi sighed."That was a part that our people broke after your duel with Shadow. They had written into the inscription that you would win, but when you didn't return... they of course assumed the worst." "Dang." Hitoshu ran his hand through his brown hair."Okay. Well, why am I here? Just to see this?" "No. I need you to know something. Shadow is not all powerful." "I know that. I could beat him in a duel-" "That's not what I mean." Shadi looked at his Millenium Key."I have seen Shadow's soul. He hates the pharaoh's spirit because... he believes that the pharaoh started the great war, and that the pharaoh killed his love." "What? Shadow? In love? Wow. I guess miracles can happen." "Kya was Shadow's one true love. He adored her, and when he saw Slifer destroy the Sumerian army... and his love... he snapped. That is what drew him from the pharaoh, and made him create the Millenium Raptor, and the Shadow Realm... every action since that day has been to get revenge on the pharaoh." "So... all this is over a girl?" "You'd be amazed what effect the female of our species can have. But the important thing is that Kya is alive now. Fate has chosen to reborn her in a vessel that you shall soon meet. You must reunite Shadow with Kya, or," Shadi smirked,"I think you know what will happen. You must do this, Hitoshu. And eh, don't turn to Ishizu for help." "What? Why?" "You'll see." Shadi disappeared. Lights flicked on, and Ishizu stood in the hallway, looking angrily at Hitoshu."Who are you and why are you in my museum?" _______________________________________________________________________ One thing I want to say. Damn you, Jamaal. He gave me that 'miracles can happen' part. Really made me mad, so don't even try to understand it. I just want everyone in the world to know. How ironic, too, that it's HIS character that says that. I swear... JAMAAL RASHAUN-ALEXANDER HARDY, I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!!!!! ALSO! I know this one was all historical and stuff, but hey... it has to be done. This way everyone knows the story, and it stops being so very confusing. ^_^'