Gemini
Seth starred at his pharaoh quietly, beginning to wonder of perhaps being a ruler had finally knocked him off his rocker.
"The future."
"That's right." Yugioh took another sip of his wine, then returned back to his morning meal.
"Five thousand years."
"Yep."
Seth looked back at Yuugi who was happily eating away the contents of his plate. "And this 'Seto Kaiba' is my reincarnation?"
"So I'm told." The pharaoh reached for a piece of fruit.
Seth was silent yet again. This was, for some strange reason, hard for him to digest this new information. "Hmm." He went back to his breakfast.
He would need time to dwell on this, but he would soon find out that yes, indeed, it was all true, and it all did make utterly clear sense. Why else would Yugioh have been fine before he was sealed within the puzzle, then come back unreasonable and cruel? Why else could Yuugi be the only one to make him happy and sane? Yuugi was, in every way, Yugioh's balance.
"So, ah, what does Yuugi think about all of this?"
The pharaoh looked over at his light, seeing him still thoroughly absorbed in his meal. "I think that he's happy, so long as we're not separated."
The priest frowned. "And what about this Shadii person that you had been told about? What is it he wants?"
Seth noticed the pharaoh's grip on his cup become tighter. "Apparently, he's the one that separated me and Yuugi in the first place. He is supposedly coming back to bring Yuugi to his own time." Yugioh growled. "I will not allow it. Yuugi stays with me. He is mine."
Yuugi looked up from his breakfast, frowning at his darkness. "Yami? Subete migi?" He grabbed one the Yugioh's hands with his own, concern written all over his features.
"What does it mean," Seth inquired.
"I think he's worried," Yugioh stated, giving a gentle squeeze and a comforting smile in return. "Hai."
Yuugi looked shocked for a moment, face suddenly becoming adorned with a smile. So his darkness was learning a bit of his language, too.
Seth shook his head, not understanding, and decided to finish his meal.
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The pharaoh stood in his chambers, amazed that his smaller counterpart had learned how to wrap the linen around himself so quickly. Both had decided to take a bath before beginning any duties for the day, needing to clean up fully from the night before.
Yuugi was happily chattering away, half to himself, half to the room around him. "Toshiyori ga, atarashii koto o manabu no wa konnan da. Ha!" He clasped the linen, then put on his sandals. He turned to Yugioh. "Done."
The pharaoh smiled. Yuugi was learning very quickly. Walking up to him, the pharaoh wrapped him up in a kiss, handing him the gold crown Yuugi refused to wear at night. "Arigatou," he replied, a little breathless, then put the gold band on his forehead.
Suddenly, and without warning, Yuugi went very rigid, his eyes turning from dancing amethysts to cold, frightened violet.
"Darkness," he breathed, his fingers digging in softly to the pharaoh's flesh.
"Yuugi, what is it," he asked, worried.
Yuugi was silent for a moment, still refusing to move. "Look."
Yugioh looked up, realizing that they weren't in their chambers any more. In fact, they weren't even in Egypt any more.
"The Shadow Realm," Yugioh stated, surprised that he hadn't noticed where they were. Then again, he was so used to being in it from all of the duels he'd ever been in, it was no wonder. Second nature it felt to him to have the shadows caressing his skin and the darkness to want to consume him.
"Oh, gods, he brought us here," Yuugi whispered.
Yugioh knew that language had no meaning here, no matter what is was that one spoke. He and Yuugi could understand every word uttered here, and even if, for instance, one had intended it to be in a different language, it would not make any difference.
"You mean Shadii," the pharaoh stated.
"Yes. Shadii."
It was silent for a moment. They needed to get out of here, and Yugioh was desperately trying to devise a way to do so. Only the victor of a game could leave the Shadow Realm, unless they were directly escorted by a duel monster. Which, in all cases, was very, very rare.
"Where is he," Yuugi asked, looking around him at the darkness and shadows he could not see through.
"He's waiting, until we separate, or do something rash."
Yuugi held tighter to his darkness. "He will not win."
Yugioh nestled his face into Yuugi's silk-soft hair. "Never. We won't let him. I won't let him."
Yuugi held on tightly to his darkness. "What are we going to do?"
Yugioh frowned. "We'll think of something. Shadii is not getting his hands on you."
"We'll just see about that."
Their heads turned to look directly in front of them, seeing a small figure slowly start to take shape within the shadows. Yuugi scowled when those pupil-less blue eyes became visible.
"I'm not going anywhere, Shadii. You made a mistake in keeping me in the present time. I belong with my darkness."
"You belong in the time in which you were born, just as the pharaoh does. Yugioh's rule is not yet over, and your life in Japan is not yet over. It's time for you to go home, Yuugi. Now." The Egyptian held up his Ankh, ready to use force if necessary.
"If you want him, Shadii, you're going to have to pry him out of my arms. Why not over a Shadow Game?"
Shadii sneered. "I'm not that stupid, pharaoh. You cannot be defeated in a duel, it is your destiny to hold such capabilities. No, I will only be using force to retrieve Yuugi."
Yugioh frowned, bracing himself for what was to come. "So be it."
The Sennen Ankh flared to life, gold and purple energies shooting out towards the pharaoh and his light.
Yuugi felt the puzzle glow with warmth against his chest, pulsating with a growing life to defend him.
In a flash of blinding light, Yuugi realized the puzzle hadn't had time to activate to produce a shield.
"Look Yuugi," his darkness whispered in his ear. Indeed, Yuugi did look up, seeing the swirls of darkness dancing about in front of them.
"The Shadows protected us?"
Shadii looked speechless. His own shadow powers had turned against him? How? He shook his head, determined. "Then I'll use powers other than that of shadow." And in his hands, a silvery blue orb began to grow in size and brilliance.
Yuugi attempted to activate the puzzle to create a shield again, finding that once more it wasn't needed.
The Dark Magician was standing before the two of them, warding off Shadii's powers. "Mahaado," Yugioh whispered, not able to remember all that the magician had done for him in Japan. The pharaoh's last memory of the priest was when he had been doomed to the fate of being a Duel Monster for eternity.
The sorcerer turned and gave a weak grin.
A bone chilling roar sounded behind them, glimmers of white suddenly filling their vision.
Shadii visibly backed up when four Blue Eyes positioned themselves in front of the twin rulers.
Yuugi's mouth went slack. "Kaiba's Blue Eyes, and ours. Look darkness," Yuugi pointed to the one dragon placed directly in front of them. "That's ours! You can see a small scar across his chest, where Kaiba ripped up his card!"
"Kaiba did what?!" Yugioh asked, suddenly angry. Yuugi smiled. "It happened a long time ago. We've made a mends, in a sense. And fixed the card to the best of our ability."
Great pounding echoed behind them, growing louder and louder.
"Obelisk," Yugioh stated, seeing the mammoth sized creature stalk up next to them.
Flashes of gold to their left, and a cry for war. "The god Ra, Malik's monster!" Yuugi exclaimed.
"Yuugi," the pharaoh began.
"Yeah?" Yuugi asked.
"Do you know anyone who had a Relinquished?"
Yuugi turned dumbstruck at seeing the floating, gangly creature by their side. "Yeah," he said weakly. "Pegasus's monster. I can't believe it."
Pleated red armor began to wrap around them, and a startled Yuugi and Yugioh looked up to see the two great jaws of Osiris, the sky god, glaring down Shadii with a vengeance. An earth shattering battle cry filled the dark void of the shadow realm around them.
Shadii looked starkly white, unable to believe what he was seeing.
"It would appear," Yugioh stated, "that even the gods are against you, Shadii."
"No," the Egyptian began, his once brightly glowing Ankh now dull and lifeless.
"You know the rules," the pharaoh began again, his voice ominous and harsh. "In this strange game of holding the shadow's and monster's affections, we won."
Shadii dumbly shook his head, backing up all the further. "No," he said louder.
Osiris roared angrily, the god's entire body vibrating with the effort. The Blue Eyes' joined in as well, Ra flying off to capture the departing Egyptian in his massive jaws.
Yuugi looked on horrified as the cries of agony filled his ears until Yugioh turned his head so he could not see, shielding him from the carnage.
"Why," he whispered, surprised that his darkness could hear him through the screams.
"Because the Shadows demand one sacrifice should outside forces enter this realm. The only way around it is if one is escorted directly by a duel monster."
Not wanting to have anyone dead on his account, Yuugi simply shook his head, realizing that Shadii would not have found any monster to be his guide.
The screams quieted to simple little gurgles, then simply fading into sounds of utter silence.
Yugioh looked up as one of the Blue Eyes dropped the Ankh at their feet. Silently, he picked it up, ready to go back home. "And so it is done."
Grabbing hold again of his brooding light, Yugioh closed his eyes, finding himself back in his bed chambers again once he reopened them.
The voice of his high priest filled his ears. "Yugioh, where have you been? You're supposed to be at the court room right now!" Seth stopped, noticing the tense air in the room. "What happened?"
Yuugi did not look up. Yugioh stood silent for a moment, looking at the gold item in his hand. "It would appear that the threat of Shadii is no more. We can now rest easy at night." He looked up at Seth. "I'll give you the details this evening. You won't believe what happened."
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Wow. This really sucked. It would appear that I am in the mood to write some fluff scenes, as that is all that I can think about at the moment. R&R! please? Better stuff on the way, and some interesting views yet to come.
