Ok, I know I'm late! It has never taken me over two week to update this or
TBCS, but my busy life just keeps getting in the way! So please don't get
mad at me! I don't really have that much else to say except to thank all
of you faithful, excellent reviewers! You guys rock! Oh, please read my
note before the chapter! That's all!
Thanks everyone that reviewed! You guys get Halloween Candy! ^_^
NOTE: I keep forgetting and I finally remembered for once! My friend Una is an excellent writer! I would most appreciate it if you would check out her stories! First off, there's the Dragon Ball Bardock Chronicles! Even if you have never even heard of Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball Z or anything like that you should still read it! I've never seen it and yet she managed to get me to feel what was happening in her story! Then there is Yami's Living Puzzle! It is great!!! Yami, he...well, I would tell you more, but that would spoil it! You just have to check it out for yourself! ^_~ And while you're there leave her a nice review too!
Well, I think that's everything for now! On to the chapter!
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Chapter 8- Yami vs. Bakura: Mis dos cartas
The next day at school *right* before the last bell rings.
RIIIIIIIIINNNNNG!!!!
(A/N- so much for that first statement.) Yami gathered his belongings and headed out into the hall. He fought through the sea of blue and pink uniforms to his old gray locker. Quickly turning the combination and putting his books away, he slammed the locker door and rushed down the hallway again towards the freedom of the outside.
In his haste he did not even see Tea, Joey, Kerri, and Tristan standing nearby watching him closely. As they saw him rush off, Joey said, "Something's amiss here..."
"OOOO!!! Big word, Joey! When is the lightning going to strike us all dead?"
"Shut up, nimrod. We should follow him and see where he goes."
"Yeah, I think so too." Tea had turned unusually cold and bitter towards Yugi and Yami after the "Low Level Loser" incident. (A/N- LLL is Una's phrase! I don't own it)
They stalked through the hall after the only boy in the school (that I know of) with tri-colored hair. Following him, they found themselves outside amidst all of their peers that were hurrying on their way home. They stopped once they saw Yami call out to Bakura. Was he really switching sides? Would Yugi never return to being the sweet, innocent boy that had been their friend?
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"Bakura!" Yami made his way over to the albino and stopped in front of him.
"Oh, hey...um...Yugi. What's up?"
"I challenge you (and the spirit) to a duel! If you're not a chicken, you'd accept." Yami crossed him arms looking smug as he shifted all his wait to lean on his right leg giving him a look of arrogance.
Everyone in the courtyard turned to look at what was going on and waited to see what Bakura's answer would be. (I rhymed) Bakura looked around at all of them for a moment then quietly muttered, "I can't Yugi, I need to get home right away. I'm supposed to go to the store tonight."
"I knew it. I knew you would chicken out against me."
That's when the spirit decided it was time to take matters into his own hands. "That does it! I accept your challenge! And you will pay for what you just said to me!"
"I bet," was all that Yami said. He knew that if he said just the right thing he could provoke the spirit into a duel. "But if you don't mind, we'll do this MY WAY! I'm taking us to the realm of eternal darkness, and just so our lovely group of fans don't miss out, they can come too."
Bakura's eyes widened in shock. Was this the same Yugi, or even Yami, that he had dueled so many times before? It could not be. Not even Yami would put innocents in danger. He glanced around and found himself as well as Yugi and their classmates surrounded on all sides by the darkness of the Shadow Realm. Some of the younger Freshmen in the group were already starting to feel the effects of the Shadow Realm's powers.
Bakura glared at Yugi and noted the confident demeanor as well as the slanted eyes and spikier (if that's a word) hair. This was Yami, but what was wrong with him?
"Since when do you take innocents to the Shadow Realm?" Bakura used the powers of the Millennium Ring to send everyone but themselves out of the Shadow Realm and back to the Real World.
"Since when do you care about innocents?"
"What has gotten into you, Yami? I mean, I admire the dark change, you're actually starting to live up to your name, but this just isn't you. Besides we are at school. Why didn't you challenge me somewhere else?"
"Maybe I didn't want to you fool! Are you scared?"
"Of course not. I'm just curious as to what invoked this sudden change in you."
"Let's just say, I'm tired of playing the 'good guy'."
"Hm..."
*~*Flashback*~*
Selina walked up behind Bakura and tapped him on the shoulder causing him to jerk around. He saw her and glared, "What do you want?"
"I want your help getting out of here."
A pause.
"I'm not that dumb. I can read your mind with the Millennium Eye. I know what you are planning! Why would I help you out of here so you can get all the Millennium Items before me? Then kill my hikari. Do you even know what that means? If you should accomplish that all of the yami's will be killed as well. I would never help you achieve something like this! If anybody is getting the Millennium Items it will be me. You are a crazed maniac and I would never do anything to help you." Venom dripped off his words, but Selina didn't seem to be phased by them.
"That's too bad. I guess I'll just have to quit in my conquest of Earth. But just so you know, I am NOT the only crazed maniac around here, Bakura. Good-bye."
'I do NOT like the way she said that! I had better keep an eye out for her,' Bakura thought to himself. He went back into the Ring so he could better watch out for his hikari.
*~*End Flashback*~*
(A/N- Wow, Hazel! Now we know why I put that in there when Selina could just get out on her own! It's so cool the way these things tie in like this!)
"I see what's going on here now. You aren't even Yugi or Yami at all. Selina, where are you?"
Yami's smirk faltered, but for only a second. If Bakura had not been looking for a sign then it would have just appeared to be his imagination at work. "I don't know anyone by the name of Selina."
"Of course you do. I know its you. You can't hide. You must be here or somewhere nearby to be controlling Yugi's mind."
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Outside of the Shadow Realm bubble.
"Woah! What was that?"
"I don't know, man, but I would rather not stick around to find out again!"
"Yeah!"
"I'm with you! Let's get out of here!"
Everyone fought to get out of the schoolyard and basically ran towards their houses afraid they would be sucked back into the bubble if they did not hurry to get away. The only one remaining were Tea, Joey, Tristan, and Kerri. They waited to see what the outcome of the event would be. Unbeknownst to them Selina was really controlling the duel and would decide the outcome that they were waiting for.
"What is that bubble-thing? Guys, what's going on?" Kerri asked, panic making her voice jumpy and quick.
"It's...well, you see...um. Oh, forget it! We might as well tell you now, their secrets are blown anyway. Yugi and Bakura have these magical objects called Millennium Items..." They explained everything to Kerri to the best of their ability, believing she had no former knowledge of the Millennium Items and the myth that surrounded these mystical objects.
When Bakura revealed the identity of Selina, Joey and the others had just finished explaining what was going on. "Oh, shoot!" Thankfully the others took it as a response to what they had just informed her of and tried to consol (is that how u spell it?) her.
"Yeah, I know. It's really not a good place to be if you can help it."
*~*Selina's P.O.V.*~*
'I wasn't talking about your pathetic thoughts on how horrible the Shadow Realm is, baka!'
'These blind fools. I have no time for these mortals. I'll just tune them out and concentrate on the main matter at hand here.'
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Yami snarled at Bakura and the albino knew he had struck home. "I do NOT have to be near him you fool! Does Marik need to be close to his victims in order to control them? No, so neither do I."
"No, your right. You do not HAVE to be close to them, but this time you are. I know who you are hiding behind too. You're the new student that hangs around with Yugi and his friends. The girl who's name starts with a K, Kerri, isn't it?"
Yami's scowl became more pronounced, but quickly transformed itself into a smirk. "Very good. You found out my identity. It really is too bad you won't be around long enough to share these opinions with anyone else."
"Maybe I will and maybe I won't. That is yet to be determined, but my hikari can hear every word we say and he will tell Yugi's friends."
Yami's brow furrowed and his smirk faltered again. After a brief pause and thoughtful look, the sneer returned in full swing, however.
"That may be so, but he won't be able to recall the event once I erase his memories of this event."
Bakura's eyes widened in fright. "Leave my hikari out of this!"
"He will be fine if you win. Now let's get started. The stakes are our Millennium Items. All of our Millennium Items."
"WHAT?!"
"Come now, Bakura. You know what I'm after. You know exactly what I want."
"Yes, but two for one is definitely not a fair deal! I've got more to lose in this duel than you do!"
"That's true, but when have you ever played fair? But since I'm such a good sportswoman, I'll let you have my hikari for whatever you want, as well as the puzzle, AND you are free to entrap my soul in the Shadow Realm. Think of all the times I've humiliated you, Bakura, you know you want to and since you are so confident you can win."
"Fine, I accept, and in the end you will lose to me! If you're dueling then I can't lose! You never were that good of a strategist! I'll cream you!"
"Oh, I forgot to mention the fact that the game is not an original duel monsters game either. It's just a little Yami no game (shadow game) I made up just for this occasion. It's called, 'Mis dos cartas'."
"My two cards?"
(I did NOT want to write a duel monster game! I wrote one for TBCS II and it was really long!)
"Yes, the rules are simple; you can pick two cards out of your deck. Any two, and you can't change your mind once you lay them down and no more or less than two cards. After each of us have laid our cards down, we will play regular duel monsters, meaning the same rules apply, but there are no life points. The owner of the duel monster left standing is the winner. Any questions?"
"No."
"Good. Game start!"
Bakura searched through his deck for cards that he thought might be useful in this game. He figured that unless Selina slipped some different cards into Yugi's deck he would be using the cards he always used which meant she would probably pick Yugi's favorite card-The Dark Magician. There were no cards in Bakura's deck that could match the attack points of the Dark Magician, which was probably why Selina had challenged him to a duel like this. But if that was what she was expecting, then she was expecting him to fall into the trap.
But what kind of magic card should he lay down? Not an equip card, that, more than likely, would not be of much help. Which left, trap and defense magic. He could use a card to attack Yugi's monster or he could pick a card that could defend against an attack it might have...But wait! What if Bakura were to use a trap AND defense magic card at the same time! Bakura just happened to have one and he remembered it was one of Yugi's favorite magic cards. Mirror Force. It was the perfect solution! Yami or Selina would never suspect. (A/N- I'm sure Bakura doesn't have these cards, but still, play along)
'So all I have to do is appear to fall into her trap while really, I'm setting one of my own. HAHAHA! It's perfect. I'll just pick my highest monster, which only has 2000 attack points and let myself be "caught",' Bakura thought to himself pleasantly.
"All right, I'm ready how about you?"
"I'm all set! It's time to flip over the cards and see what we find! This should be interesting!"
"Indeed."
"Go Dark Magician!"
2500/2100
"And I play my King of Yamimakai!"
2000/1530
The blue and purple spellcaster, wizard and the darkness wielding fiend appeared out of the Shadow Realm and faced off.
"Go Dark Magician and attack his King of Yamimakai!" The Dark Magician came in for the kill and just as it was about to attack Bakura flipped over his...
"Go Mirror Force and reflect his attack back at him!"
The Mirror Force reflection caused the Dark Magician to be blown apart from its own attack.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's how you planned on beating me! Look at that! Your monster is destroyed and that means I win! Now, as you promised hand over your puzzle AND your hikari. This is going to be so much fun! I can get back at you for everything!"
"Not so fast, Bakura. I haven't played my magic card yet."
"It doesn't matter! Your magician is already gone! You've lost the game Pharaoh! AHAHAHA!"
"Go Reborn the Monster!"
"WHAT?!"
"Revive the Dark Magician and destroy his monster!" In one fatal blow the King of Yamimakai was destroyed.
"NOOOO!"
"Yes, now hand over your Millennium Ring and the Millennium Eye!"
Bakura sunk to his knees and was no longer able to stand up. The spirit of Bakura's Millennium Ring had always gone after Yugi and his Millennium Puzzle so the consequences of losing were not usually really that drastic, so what if he got sent to the Shadow Realm. He could come back any time he wanted. But he had never lost his Millennium Item in a duel before (that I know of).
Yami, seeing his opponent lost in his thoughts and not capable of handing him the Millennium Items he had won, walked over to the Tomb Robber and took them from the thief himself. The spirit merely looked up at him in depression for a few minutes before slowly fading away into the item revealing the original Bakura. Selina used her magic to erase his memories, but instead of being subtle she took a more direct, a more painful, approach, unlike she had done with Joey and the others. When she was done, Bakura had fainted to the ground and Yami stalked off dispersing the power of the Shadow Realm so that everything had turned back to normal.
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The Shadow Realm bubble began to disappear giving Tea, Tristan, Kerri, and Joey a clear view of the damage. They saw Bakura laying unconscious on the ground and Yami walking away with a smirk on his face. Kerri burst into sobs and cried, "How could you do something like this, Yugi?"
Tea walked up to him a gave him a good shove on the shoulder, an enraged look on her face. "What your problem? First you punch Joey, then you take our classmates to the Shadow Realm, and finally you leave Bakura like this! If you don't pull yourself together, Yugi, you may find us no longer friends."
Yami sneered at the incensed teen and pushed her back, harder, and replied, "Good."
Tea let out a small sound that seemed oddly enough to be an, "UH!"
Yami walked on not looking back as he went into an alley beside the school so he could go home.
"I'm going to go talk to him guys. I'll see if I can make him come back to us."
"But Kerri, you've seen what he's been doing and you know he's not going to listen to you."
"Maybe not, but I have to try."
Kerri ran off after Yugi, leaving the others standing where they were, waiting for her to come back. They were hoping, but it was a slim thread that they were clinging to.
Selina had Yami wait for her in a section of the alley as she caught up. When she checked to make sure no one had followed her, she whispered, "All right, good job. Now my slave, hand over my prize."
Yami, with a blank look in his eyes, robotically handed over the two magical objects he had obtained.
"Good." Then, after hiding her award, she released Yugi from her control. The petite youth looked at her with a clueless expression on his face and asked, "What's going on?"
"Oh, uh...I was just going to give you my phone number before you went home! You know, just to, uh, call me if you ever need anything," She smiled brightly and continued, "after all we are friends now!"
"Oh, thank you Kerri-chan! I guess I'd better be getting home now! Good- bye!" Yugi waved cheerily and Kerri waved back, just as enthusiastically.
When she came out of the alley, however, and back to the group, her head was downcast and she kept her eyes to the ground. As soon as she came close to Tea and everyone she glanced up and burst into tears, running the direction of her house.
Joey, Tristan, and Tea's hope deflated into nothingness and they sighed simultaneously, but where in such sour moods that they did not really care.
Bakura, it seemed was waking up at that time and groaned as he sat up.
"Oh, Bakura!" Tea squealed, "Are you alright?!"
"I'm ok, I guess. I just have a headache."
"Do you remember anything that happened? Can you tell us what Yami did, or what you guys said to each other?"
"No, gomen, but I don't remember anything at all."
"That's ok, don't worry about it, I guess."
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Yugi got home and finished his homework so he figured he would call the others and see if they wanted to get together at the arcade and do something. So he dialed Tea's number into the telephone.
RIIIING! RIIIING! RIIIING!
"Hello?"
"Oh, hi Tea! It's Yugi, I-"
CLICK.
"Tea? Are you there?"
BEEPBEEPBEEP.
'I wonder what's up with her. Maybe I'll call Joey and find out.' Yugi dialed his friends number and seemed to get the same response. He called all of his other friends, but to no avail. They all hung up on him as soon as he told them his name! What was going on here?
He was near tears when he remembered that just before he left school, Kerri had given him her phone number and told him to call her if he needed her. He decided to give it a try and she picked up after the third ring.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Kerri. It's Yugi..." Yugi waited, and waited for the dial tone, but it never came. He release the air trapped in his lungs that he had not even realized he had been holding.
"Um...Yugi? Are you still there?"
"Yeah. I was just expecting you to hang up on me."
"WHAT?! Why?"
"All of my other friends are and I have no idea why." His voice was sad and depressed sounding and it was obvious he was looking for some kind of comfort. Selina had other ideas though.
"I'm sorry, Yugi!" She cried. "It's all my fault! They're all mad at you because I'm here! It's obvious they don't like me and since you are hanging out with me and became my friend they've abandoned you! I'm so sorry!"
"Kerri! Don't be ridiculous! They aren't mad at me because of that! They aren't like that! Don't worry about a thing! I'm sure it's just nothing!"
Yugi continued to comfort the "hurting" girl as he thought to himself, 'I really don't have any idea what's going on here.'
A/N- Wow! That was long! 9 pages and it took me two days to write and I'm not supposed to be on the computer right now! I have homework in every subject that I have to do, that my mom told me to do before getting on the computer, but I can't help it! I'm addicted to the computer and writing and you guys! Oh, If you have any ideas for how I can do shadow games against the other Millennium Item holders it would be most helpful, cause I am not going to write in duels for them! Well, I gtg! Let's see if I can get this up before my mom figures out I'm using the net!
Thanks everyone that reviewed! You guys get Halloween Candy! ^_^
NOTE: I keep forgetting and I finally remembered for once! My friend Una is an excellent writer! I would most appreciate it if you would check out her stories! First off, there's the Dragon Ball Bardock Chronicles! Even if you have never even heard of Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball Z or anything like that you should still read it! I've never seen it and yet she managed to get me to feel what was happening in her story! Then there is Yami's Living Puzzle! It is great!!! Yami, he...well, I would tell you more, but that would spoil it! You just have to check it out for yourself! ^_~ And while you're there leave her a nice review too!
Well, I think that's everything for now! On to the chapter!
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Chapter 8- Yami vs. Bakura: Mis dos cartas
The next day at school *right* before the last bell rings.
RIIIIIIIIINNNNNG!!!!
(A/N- so much for that first statement.) Yami gathered his belongings and headed out into the hall. He fought through the sea of blue and pink uniforms to his old gray locker. Quickly turning the combination and putting his books away, he slammed the locker door and rushed down the hallway again towards the freedom of the outside.
In his haste he did not even see Tea, Joey, Kerri, and Tristan standing nearby watching him closely. As they saw him rush off, Joey said, "Something's amiss here..."
"OOOO!!! Big word, Joey! When is the lightning going to strike us all dead?"
"Shut up, nimrod. We should follow him and see where he goes."
"Yeah, I think so too." Tea had turned unusually cold and bitter towards Yugi and Yami after the "Low Level Loser" incident. (A/N- LLL is Una's phrase! I don't own it)
They stalked through the hall after the only boy in the school (that I know of) with tri-colored hair. Following him, they found themselves outside amidst all of their peers that were hurrying on their way home. They stopped once they saw Yami call out to Bakura. Was he really switching sides? Would Yugi never return to being the sweet, innocent boy that had been their friend?
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"Bakura!" Yami made his way over to the albino and stopped in front of him.
"Oh, hey...um...Yugi. What's up?"
"I challenge you (and the spirit) to a duel! If you're not a chicken, you'd accept." Yami crossed him arms looking smug as he shifted all his wait to lean on his right leg giving him a look of arrogance.
Everyone in the courtyard turned to look at what was going on and waited to see what Bakura's answer would be. (I rhymed) Bakura looked around at all of them for a moment then quietly muttered, "I can't Yugi, I need to get home right away. I'm supposed to go to the store tonight."
"I knew it. I knew you would chicken out against me."
That's when the spirit decided it was time to take matters into his own hands. "That does it! I accept your challenge! And you will pay for what you just said to me!"
"I bet," was all that Yami said. He knew that if he said just the right thing he could provoke the spirit into a duel. "But if you don't mind, we'll do this MY WAY! I'm taking us to the realm of eternal darkness, and just so our lovely group of fans don't miss out, they can come too."
Bakura's eyes widened in shock. Was this the same Yugi, or even Yami, that he had dueled so many times before? It could not be. Not even Yami would put innocents in danger. He glanced around and found himself as well as Yugi and their classmates surrounded on all sides by the darkness of the Shadow Realm. Some of the younger Freshmen in the group were already starting to feel the effects of the Shadow Realm's powers.
Bakura glared at Yugi and noted the confident demeanor as well as the slanted eyes and spikier (if that's a word) hair. This was Yami, but what was wrong with him?
"Since when do you take innocents to the Shadow Realm?" Bakura used the powers of the Millennium Ring to send everyone but themselves out of the Shadow Realm and back to the Real World.
"Since when do you care about innocents?"
"What has gotten into you, Yami? I mean, I admire the dark change, you're actually starting to live up to your name, but this just isn't you. Besides we are at school. Why didn't you challenge me somewhere else?"
"Maybe I didn't want to you fool! Are you scared?"
"Of course not. I'm just curious as to what invoked this sudden change in you."
"Let's just say, I'm tired of playing the 'good guy'."
"Hm..."
*~*Flashback*~*
Selina walked up behind Bakura and tapped him on the shoulder causing him to jerk around. He saw her and glared, "What do you want?"
"I want your help getting out of here."
A pause.
"I'm not that dumb. I can read your mind with the Millennium Eye. I know what you are planning! Why would I help you out of here so you can get all the Millennium Items before me? Then kill my hikari. Do you even know what that means? If you should accomplish that all of the yami's will be killed as well. I would never help you achieve something like this! If anybody is getting the Millennium Items it will be me. You are a crazed maniac and I would never do anything to help you." Venom dripped off his words, but Selina didn't seem to be phased by them.
"That's too bad. I guess I'll just have to quit in my conquest of Earth. But just so you know, I am NOT the only crazed maniac around here, Bakura. Good-bye."
'I do NOT like the way she said that! I had better keep an eye out for her,' Bakura thought to himself. He went back into the Ring so he could better watch out for his hikari.
*~*End Flashback*~*
(A/N- Wow, Hazel! Now we know why I put that in there when Selina could just get out on her own! It's so cool the way these things tie in like this!)
"I see what's going on here now. You aren't even Yugi or Yami at all. Selina, where are you?"
Yami's smirk faltered, but for only a second. If Bakura had not been looking for a sign then it would have just appeared to be his imagination at work. "I don't know anyone by the name of Selina."
"Of course you do. I know its you. You can't hide. You must be here or somewhere nearby to be controlling Yugi's mind."
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Outside of the Shadow Realm bubble.
"Woah! What was that?"
"I don't know, man, but I would rather not stick around to find out again!"
"Yeah!"
"I'm with you! Let's get out of here!"
Everyone fought to get out of the schoolyard and basically ran towards their houses afraid they would be sucked back into the bubble if they did not hurry to get away. The only one remaining were Tea, Joey, Tristan, and Kerri. They waited to see what the outcome of the event would be. Unbeknownst to them Selina was really controlling the duel and would decide the outcome that they were waiting for.
"What is that bubble-thing? Guys, what's going on?" Kerri asked, panic making her voice jumpy and quick.
"It's...well, you see...um. Oh, forget it! We might as well tell you now, their secrets are blown anyway. Yugi and Bakura have these magical objects called Millennium Items..." They explained everything to Kerri to the best of their ability, believing she had no former knowledge of the Millennium Items and the myth that surrounded these mystical objects.
When Bakura revealed the identity of Selina, Joey and the others had just finished explaining what was going on. "Oh, shoot!" Thankfully the others took it as a response to what they had just informed her of and tried to consol (is that how u spell it?) her.
"Yeah, I know. It's really not a good place to be if you can help it."
*~*Selina's P.O.V.*~*
'I wasn't talking about your pathetic thoughts on how horrible the Shadow Realm is, baka!'
'These blind fools. I have no time for these mortals. I'll just tune them out and concentrate on the main matter at hand here.'
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Yami snarled at Bakura and the albino knew he had struck home. "I do NOT have to be near him you fool! Does Marik need to be close to his victims in order to control them? No, so neither do I."
"No, your right. You do not HAVE to be close to them, but this time you are. I know who you are hiding behind too. You're the new student that hangs around with Yugi and his friends. The girl who's name starts with a K, Kerri, isn't it?"
Yami's scowl became more pronounced, but quickly transformed itself into a smirk. "Very good. You found out my identity. It really is too bad you won't be around long enough to share these opinions with anyone else."
"Maybe I will and maybe I won't. That is yet to be determined, but my hikari can hear every word we say and he will tell Yugi's friends."
Yami's brow furrowed and his smirk faltered again. After a brief pause and thoughtful look, the sneer returned in full swing, however.
"That may be so, but he won't be able to recall the event once I erase his memories of this event."
Bakura's eyes widened in fright. "Leave my hikari out of this!"
"He will be fine if you win. Now let's get started. The stakes are our Millennium Items. All of our Millennium Items."
"WHAT?!"
"Come now, Bakura. You know what I'm after. You know exactly what I want."
"Yes, but two for one is definitely not a fair deal! I've got more to lose in this duel than you do!"
"That's true, but when have you ever played fair? But since I'm such a good sportswoman, I'll let you have my hikari for whatever you want, as well as the puzzle, AND you are free to entrap my soul in the Shadow Realm. Think of all the times I've humiliated you, Bakura, you know you want to and since you are so confident you can win."
"Fine, I accept, and in the end you will lose to me! If you're dueling then I can't lose! You never were that good of a strategist! I'll cream you!"
"Oh, I forgot to mention the fact that the game is not an original duel monsters game either. It's just a little Yami no game (shadow game) I made up just for this occasion. It's called, 'Mis dos cartas'."
"My two cards?"
(I did NOT want to write a duel monster game! I wrote one for TBCS II and it was really long!)
"Yes, the rules are simple; you can pick two cards out of your deck. Any two, and you can't change your mind once you lay them down and no more or less than two cards. After each of us have laid our cards down, we will play regular duel monsters, meaning the same rules apply, but there are no life points. The owner of the duel monster left standing is the winner. Any questions?"
"No."
"Good. Game start!"
Bakura searched through his deck for cards that he thought might be useful in this game. He figured that unless Selina slipped some different cards into Yugi's deck he would be using the cards he always used which meant she would probably pick Yugi's favorite card-The Dark Magician. There were no cards in Bakura's deck that could match the attack points of the Dark Magician, which was probably why Selina had challenged him to a duel like this. But if that was what she was expecting, then she was expecting him to fall into the trap.
But what kind of magic card should he lay down? Not an equip card, that, more than likely, would not be of much help. Which left, trap and defense magic. He could use a card to attack Yugi's monster or he could pick a card that could defend against an attack it might have...But wait! What if Bakura were to use a trap AND defense magic card at the same time! Bakura just happened to have one and he remembered it was one of Yugi's favorite magic cards. Mirror Force. It was the perfect solution! Yami or Selina would never suspect. (A/N- I'm sure Bakura doesn't have these cards, but still, play along)
'So all I have to do is appear to fall into her trap while really, I'm setting one of my own. HAHAHA! It's perfect. I'll just pick my highest monster, which only has 2000 attack points and let myself be "caught",' Bakura thought to himself pleasantly.
"All right, I'm ready how about you?"
"I'm all set! It's time to flip over the cards and see what we find! This should be interesting!"
"Indeed."
"Go Dark Magician!"
2500/2100
"And I play my King of Yamimakai!"
2000/1530
The blue and purple spellcaster, wizard and the darkness wielding fiend appeared out of the Shadow Realm and faced off.
"Go Dark Magician and attack his King of Yamimakai!" The Dark Magician came in for the kill and just as it was about to attack Bakura flipped over his...
"Go Mirror Force and reflect his attack back at him!"
The Mirror Force reflection caused the Dark Magician to be blown apart from its own attack.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's how you planned on beating me! Look at that! Your monster is destroyed and that means I win! Now, as you promised hand over your puzzle AND your hikari. This is going to be so much fun! I can get back at you for everything!"
"Not so fast, Bakura. I haven't played my magic card yet."
"It doesn't matter! Your magician is already gone! You've lost the game Pharaoh! AHAHAHA!"
"Go Reborn the Monster!"
"WHAT?!"
"Revive the Dark Magician and destroy his monster!" In one fatal blow the King of Yamimakai was destroyed.
"NOOOO!"
"Yes, now hand over your Millennium Ring and the Millennium Eye!"
Bakura sunk to his knees and was no longer able to stand up. The spirit of Bakura's Millennium Ring had always gone after Yugi and his Millennium Puzzle so the consequences of losing were not usually really that drastic, so what if he got sent to the Shadow Realm. He could come back any time he wanted. But he had never lost his Millennium Item in a duel before (that I know of).
Yami, seeing his opponent lost in his thoughts and not capable of handing him the Millennium Items he had won, walked over to the Tomb Robber and took them from the thief himself. The spirit merely looked up at him in depression for a few minutes before slowly fading away into the item revealing the original Bakura. Selina used her magic to erase his memories, but instead of being subtle she took a more direct, a more painful, approach, unlike she had done with Joey and the others. When she was done, Bakura had fainted to the ground and Yami stalked off dispersing the power of the Shadow Realm so that everything had turned back to normal.
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The Shadow Realm bubble began to disappear giving Tea, Tristan, Kerri, and Joey a clear view of the damage. They saw Bakura laying unconscious on the ground and Yami walking away with a smirk on his face. Kerri burst into sobs and cried, "How could you do something like this, Yugi?"
Tea walked up to him a gave him a good shove on the shoulder, an enraged look on her face. "What your problem? First you punch Joey, then you take our classmates to the Shadow Realm, and finally you leave Bakura like this! If you don't pull yourself together, Yugi, you may find us no longer friends."
Yami sneered at the incensed teen and pushed her back, harder, and replied, "Good."
Tea let out a small sound that seemed oddly enough to be an, "UH!"
Yami walked on not looking back as he went into an alley beside the school so he could go home.
"I'm going to go talk to him guys. I'll see if I can make him come back to us."
"But Kerri, you've seen what he's been doing and you know he's not going to listen to you."
"Maybe not, but I have to try."
Kerri ran off after Yugi, leaving the others standing where they were, waiting for her to come back. They were hoping, but it was a slim thread that they were clinging to.
Selina had Yami wait for her in a section of the alley as she caught up. When she checked to make sure no one had followed her, she whispered, "All right, good job. Now my slave, hand over my prize."
Yami, with a blank look in his eyes, robotically handed over the two magical objects he had obtained.
"Good." Then, after hiding her award, she released Yugi from her control. The petite youth looked at her with a clueless expression on his face and asked, "What's going on?"
"Oh, uh...I was just going to give you my phone number before you went home! You know, just to, uh, call me if you ever need anything," She smiled brightly and continued, "after all we are friends now!"
"Oh, thank you Kerri-chan! I guess I'd better be getting home now! Good- bye!" Yugi waved cheerily and Kerri waved back, just as enthusiastically.
When she came out of the alley, however, and back to the group, her head was downcast and she kept her eyes to the ground. As soon as she came close to Tea and everyone she glanced up and burst into tears, running the direction of her house.
Joey, Tristan, and Tea's hope deflated into nothingness and they sighed simultaneously, but where in such sour moods that they did not really care.
Bakura, it seemed was waking up at that time and groaned as he sat up.
"Oh, Bakura!" Tea squealed, "Are you alright?!"
"I'm ok, I guess. I just have a headache."
"Do you remember anything that happened? Can you tell us what Yami did, or what you guys said to each other?"
"No, gomen, but I don't remember anything at all."
"That's ok, don't worry about it, I guess."
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Yugi got home and finished his homework so he figured he would call the others and see if they wanted to get together at the arcade and do something. So he dialed Tea's number into the telephone.
RIIIING! RIIIING! RIIIING!
"Hello?"
"Oh, hi Tea! It's Yugi, I-"
CLICK.
"Tea? Are you there?"
BEEPBEEPBEEP.
'I wonder what's up with her. Maybe I'll call Joey and find out.' Yugi dialed his friends number and seemed to get the same response. He called all of his other friends, but to no avail. They all hung up on him as soon as he told them his name! What was going on here?
He was near tears when he remembered that just before he left school, Kerri had given him her phone number and told him to call her if he needed her. He decided to give it a try and she picked up after the third ring.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Kerri. It's Yugi..." Yugi waited, and waited for the dial tone, but it never came. He release the air trapped in his lungs that he had not even realized he had been holding.
"Um...Yugi? Are you still there?"
"Yeah. I was just expecting you to hang up on me."
"WHAT?! Why?"
"All of my other friends are and I have no idea why." His voice was sad and depressed sounding and it was obvious he was looking for some kind of comfort. Selina had other ideas though.
"I'm sorry, Yugi!" She cried. "It's all my fault! They're all mad at you because I'm here! It's obvious they don't like me and since you are hanging out with me and became my friend they've abandoned you! I'm so sorry!"
"Kerri! Don't be ridiculous! They aren't mad at me because of that! They aren't like that! Don't worry about a thing! I'm sure it's just nothing!"
Yugi continued to comfort the "hurting" girl as he thought to himself, 'I really don't have any idea what's going on here.'
A/N- Wow! That was long! 9 pages and it took me two days to write and I'm not supposed to be on the computer right now! I have homework in every subject that I have to do, that my mom told me to do before getting on the computer, but I can't help it! I'm addicted to the computer and writing and you guys! Oh, If you have any ideas for how I can do shadow games against the other Millennium Item holders it would be most helpful, cause I am not going to write in duels for them! Well, I gtg! Let's see if I can get this up before my mom figures out I'm using the net!