(A/N: This is an SK/YGO crossover. So I posted this in both Yugioh and
Shaman King. So if you notice that there is a clone fic out there similar
to this one, check the author first before reporting me, because I'm
posting this in Yugioh and Shaman King. I also might make a sequel
involving more YGO characters if you give me a favorable opinion to the
poll at the end of the fic. But it would spoil the story to ask now, so
READ FIRST, then REVIEW and include your opinion to the review.
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* This icon refers to anything thought by characters, and will be placed around a thought like a quote. EX: *thought by character*
(A/N:...) This will be my way of communicating crucial story points to the reader. After all, I'm hoping to attract readers from BOTH genres.
(scenery)----- This will refer to changes in scenery in most cases. Any more information about this may spoil the story, though... The ending's THAT good!
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Chapter 2: A New Friend?
At a table in the park, Yoh and Manta took a rest after running to Funbari Junior High once already. Yoh gasps for air as he sits on a bench. Manta sat in a chair next to him, also gasping and wiping sweat off his forehead.
Yoh: "One... lap... down... one... to...go..."
Manta: "I'm not sure about you, Yoh, but after following you all that ways, I feel like I could participate in a Shaman Fight!"
Yoh: "Shh!" He begins to whisper to Manta as he sees Bakura out the corner of his eye sitting at another table, shuffling a deck of cards. "Non-shaman guy around. Keep the shaman thing hush-hush around 'em. People think that stuff is weird."
Manta: He whispers back at Yoh. "Hey, Yoh! It's that guy from this morning!"
Bakura: He stops shuffling the cards in his hands, then glances over to Yoh and Manta. He gets up off the chair he sat at, and proceeds to the table at which Manta and Yoh were leaning on. He leaned up on the table and whispered to the two with his non-evil voice. "Psst. Why are you whispering? Are you still hiding from that bully you told me about this morning?"
Manta and Yoh jolted up after Bakura asks his question.
Yoh: "GAA! Hey, man, could ya' not do that? You spooked me for a second!"
Manta: "Spooked? You scared the daylights outta' me!"
Bakura: "Reeeeealllly sorry, guys, but I just have a grudge against bullies, and I want to help out." He holds up his deck of cards and begins to shuffle. "You see, you may not believe me, but I have... uh..." He stops shuffling his cards, then places the cards on the table face down. "Please don't alienate me, but I'm... uh... a spirit controller...." He shuts his eyes unconfidently, preparing to be shunned by the two.
Yoh and Manta stare at each other with shocked looks on their faces.
Yoh: He stands up quickly. "You mean you're a shaman?!"
Bakura: He holds up his hands. "Please, please, I only use my powers for good! Don't tell anyone! I'm just another kid!" He pauses.
Manta: After an awkward silence, Manta is the first to speak. "That's it?" He glances to Yoh, then to Bakura.
Yoh: "Awesome! Nice to know that I'm not alone, seeing ghosts and training myself for the Shaman Fight." (to Manta) "See? Not all shamans are like Tao Ren, causing chaos wherever they go."
Bakura: He lowers his hand and sighs. "Because, like I said, I use my powers for good all the time! Oh, and I never told you my name. Sorry. I'm Bakura."
Yoh: "Name's Yoh. And my friend's Manta. Nice to meet you, Bakura."
Bakura: "Then you'd love to meet my ghost. He's a real pal!"
Yami Bakura: He took over Bakura's body as the Millennium Ring appeared on a brown stringed necklace around Bakura's neck. Bakura's eyes became narrower, and his voice deepened. He smiled widely. "Hello. I'm Ryou. But everyone calls me Yami Bakura."
Manta: He places his large book on the table and flips through it quickly. "Hmm. Yami, yami, I've heard that word before..." He flips through his book.
Yoh: "Whatcha' lookin' for, Manta?" He glances down at his friend.
Manta: He places his finger in the book. "Ah, here it is." (reading aloud) "Yami: 1) A spirit capable of forceful possession and casting illusions. Thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt, and whose reincarnations are present to this day. 2) The name of a pharaoh, who, according to Egyptian legend had awakened a power that created monsters that terrorized weak-willed Egyptians."
Yami Bakura: "Well, I sure can't be the pharaoh... That accursed devil possesses one of my friends through the magic of the Millennium Puzzle." He shivers. "To think what that spirit has done with his powers to other of the innocent!"
(A/N: You realize that Yami Bakura is lying through his teeth. This is NOT, I repeat NOT OOC for Yami Bakura. Cunning and deceit are common play for him.)
Yoh: "Oh man. It must be hard to defeat a spirit with that much power on your own... I could probably never beat something like that in a Shaman Fight."
Manta: "I bet you could if Anna trained you hard enough!"
Yami Bakura: His voice becomes more aggressive and evil. "Hah! I've been facing Yami for three millennia, and I couldn't beat him! Not once!" He slams his fist against the table, then notices Yoh and Manta's shocked expressions. He reverts his voice back to the way he talked before. "Uh... I mean, nobody can defeat Yami. One can only watch as he carries out his EVIL plot to take over the world!" He notices that Yoh and Manta's expressions haven't changed from being stunned by his evil outburst. He clears his throat. "Ahem... Well, who is this Anna you speak of? She sounds like she's pushing you two around. I feel for you, and I think I have a way to get back at her WITHOUT her knowing that you two were behind it..."
Yoh and Manta's expressions changed to wide grins.
Yoh: "You can do that?"
Manta nudges Yoh in the side with his elbow, as if to hint him that he was saying something 'politically incorrect' about Anna.
Yoh: "Uh... I mean that... um..." He stuttered quickly. "uh... I would NEVER do something so underhanded to my fiancée!"
Yami Bakura: He looked down at the deck of cards that he shuffled. "No worries. Remember Manta's book? It said that I can summon illusions. Meaning nothing I summon is harmful." He picks up the top card of the deck, and then places it on the table face up. It was Morphing Jar. The ring that Yami Bakura wore glowed yellow as the card on the table glistened, and a gray, one-eyed specter flew out of it. It hovered around above the table, astounding Yoh and Manta.
Yoh: "Whoa, and that's an illusion?"
Manta: "It looks so real..." The specter turned to come at Manta, then charged at him. "Creepy, too!" The spirit almost collided with Manta, but Yami Bakura pulled on the 'tail' of the specter right before it was about to bite Manta. "And totally realistic!"
Yami Bakura: He innocently giggled as he shoved the spirit forcefully into the card that it came from. "I can also conjure such spirits in one's dreams. If you can get me close enough to Anna, I can cast a spell on her as she sleeps in order to make this illusion in her dreams. It'll leave her terrified for days!"
Yoh and Manta grinned widely again at the offer.
Yami Bakura: "Of course, I'll need help gathering as many spirits as needed for the spell. I'll need three spirits to use the magic. But being a shaman, that should be an easy task to accomplish."
Yoh: "It all depends. Will the spirits survive?"
Manta: "Yeah, sounds fishy to me..."
Yami Bakura: "Of course, the spirits will revert back to normal as soon as the apparition disappears. Spirit safe, indeed, Yoh." He reverts back to being Bakura.
Bakura: "And if there are any doubts, I use myself in these rituals all the time. I'll be one of the required ghosts." He reverts back to being Yami Bakura.
Yami Bakura: "Oh, and I did a little something for you, too. Just head back home and act as if you've been there for a while... I sent some illusions to do your exercises."
Yoh and Manta smile at each other.
Yoh: "Cool! So when can we do this? The whole dream thing?"
Yami Bakura: "Well as soon as you have the spirits, and Anna falls asleep, it can be done. I'll use myself for the stunt, and you must have a ghost to be a shaman. If you can round up another, we'll get it going tonight!"
Manta: He rubs his chin. "Ooh, I know who would be more than willing to help pull a prank on Anna."
Yoh and Manta: "HoroHoro!"
Yoh: "Meet us at the "EN" Inn at 11:00 tonight. Anna can be a sound sleeper, and she'll definitely be asleep by then."
Manta: "See ya' tonight, Yami Bakura!"
Yoh and Manta head to the inn as Yami Bakura stayed at the table.
Yami Bakura: *I'll make a killing, soon! Literally!*
(A/N: Creeeeeepyyyyyy! Yami Bakura is going after Anna in order to gain shadow power. He even portrayed YamiYugi as the bad guy, and himself as a good guy. What's his master plan? Find out as you keep reading!)
* This icon refers to anything thought by characters, and will be placed around a thought like a quote. EX: *thought by character*
(A/N:...) This will be my way of communicating crucial story points to the reader. After all, I'm hoping to attract readers from BOTH genres.
(scenery)----- This will refer to changes in scenery in most cases. Any more information about this may spoil the story, though... The ending's THAT good!
Voice: This is used to describe a voice whose speaker cannot be seen or easily identified. It's one of my signature author thingies.
Chapter 2: A New Friend?
At a table in the park, Yoh and Manta took a rest after running to Funbari Junior High once already. Yoh gasps for air as he sits on a bench. Manta sat in a chair next to him, also gasping and wiping sweat off his forehead.
Yoh: "One... lap... down... one... to...go..."
Manta: "I'm not sure about you, Yoh, but after following you all that ways, I feel like I could participate in a Shaman Fight!"
Yoh: "Shh!" He begins to whisper to Manta as he sees Bakura out the corner of his eye sitting at another table, shuffling a deck of cards. "Non-shaman guy around. Keep the shaman thing hush-hush around 'em. People think that stuff is weird."
Manta: He whispers back at Yoh. "Hey, Yoh! It's that guy from this morning!"
Bakura: He stops shuffling the cards in his hands, then glances over to Yoh and Manta. He gets up off the chair he sat at, and proceeds to the table at which Manta and Yoh were leaning on. He leaned up on the table and whispered to the two with his non-evil voice. "Psst. Why are you whispering? Are you still hiding from that bully you told me about this morning?"
Manta and Yoh jolted up after Bakura asks his question.
Yoh: "GAA! Hey, man, could ya' not do that? You spooked me for a second!"
Manta: "Spooked? You scared the daylights outta' me!"
Bakura: "Reeeeealllly sorry, guys, but I just have a grudge against bullies, and I want to help out." He holds up his deck of cards and begins to shuffle. "You see, you may not believe me, but I have... uh..." He stops shuffling his cards, then places the cards on the table face down. "Please don't alienate me, but I'm... uh... a spirit controller...." He shuts his eyes unconfidently, preparing to be shunned by the two.
Yoh and Manta stare at each other with shocked looks on their faces.
Yoh: He stands up quickly. "You mean you're a shaman?!"
Bakura: He holds up his hands. "Please, please, I only use my powers for good! Don't tell anyone! I'm just another kid!" He pauses.
Manta: After an awkward silence, Manta is the first to speak. "That's it?" He glances to Yoh, then to Bakura.
Yoh: "Awesome! Nice to know that I'm not alone, seeing ghosts and training myself for the Shaman Fight." (to Manta) "See? Not all shamans are like Tao Ren, causing chaos wherever they go."
Bakura: He lowers his hand and sighs. "Because, like I said, I use my powers for good all the time! Oh, and I never told you my name. Sorry. I'm Bakura."
Yoh: "Name's Yoh. And my friend's Manta. Nice to meet you, Bakura."
Bakura: "Then you'd love to meet my ghost. He's a real pal!"
Yami Bakura: He took over Bakura's body as the Millennium Ring appeared on a brown stringed necklace around Bakura's neck. Bakura's eyes became narrower, and his voice deepened. He smiled widely. "Hello. I'm Ryou. But everyone calls me Yami Bakura."
Manta: He places his large book on the table and flips through it quickly. "Hmm. Yami, yami, I've heard that word before..." He flips through his book.
Yoh: "Whatcha' lookin' for, Manta?" He glances down at his friend.
Manta: He places his finger in the book. "Ah, here it is." (reading aloud) "Yami: 1) A spirit capable of forceful possession and casting illusions. Thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt, and whose reincarnations are present to this day. 2) The name of a pharaoh, who, according to Egyptian legend had awakened a power that created monsters that terrorized weak-willed Egyptians."
Yami Bakura: "Well, I sure can't be the pharaoh... That accursed devil possesses one of my friends through the magic of the Millennium Puzzle." He shivers. "To think what that spirit has done with his powers to other of the innocent!"
(A/N: You realize that Yami Bakura is lying through his teeth. This is NOT, I repeat NOT OOC for Yami Bakura. Cunning and deceit are common play for him.)
Yoh: "Oh man. It must be hard to defeat a spirit with that much power on your own... I could probably never beat something like that in a Shaman Fight."
Manta: "I bet you could if Anna trained you hard enough!"
Yami Bakura: His voice becomes more aggressive and evil. "Hah! I've been facing Yami for three millennia, and I couldn't beat him! Not once!" He slams his fist against the table, then notices Yoh and Manta's shocked expressions. He reverts his voice back to the way he talked before. "Uh... I mean, nobody can defeat Yami. One can only watch as he carries out his EVIL plot to take over the world!" He notices that Yoh and Manta's expressions haven't changed from being stunned by his evil outburst. He clears his throat. "Ahem... Well, who is this Anna you speak of? She sounds like she's pushing you two around. I feel for you, and I think I have a way to get back at her WITHOUT her knowing that you two were behind it..."
Yoh and Manta's expressions changed to wide grins.
Yoh: "You can do that?"
Manta nudges Yoh in the side with his elbow, as if to hint him that he was saying something 'politically incorrect' about Anna.
Yoh: "Uh... I mean that... um..." He stuttered quickly. "uh... I would NEVER do something so underhanded to my fiancée!"
Yami Bakura: He looked down at the deck of cards that he shuffled. "No worries. Remember Manta's book? It said that I can summon illusions. Meaning nothing I summon is harmful." He picks up the top card of the deck, and then places it on the table face up. It was Morphing Jar. The ring that Yami Bakura wore glowed yellow as the card on the table glistened, and a gray, one-eyed specter flew out of it. It hovered around above the table, astounding Yoh and Manta.
Yoh: "Whoa, and that's an illusion?"
Manta: "It looks so real..." The specter turned to come at Manta, then charged at him. "Creepy, too!" The spirit almost collided with Manta, but Yami Bakura pulled on the 'tail' of the specter right before it was about to bite Manta. "And totally realistic!"
Yami Bakura: He innocently giggled as he shoved the spirit forcefully into the card that it came from. "I can also conjure such spirits in one's dreams. If you can get me close enough to Anna, I can cast a spell on her as she sleeps in order to make this illusion in her dreams. It'll leave her terrified for days!"
Yoh and Manta grinned widely again at the offer.
Yami Bakura: "Of course, I'll need help gathering as many spirits as needed for the spell. I'll need three spirits to use the magic. But being a shaman, that should be an easy task to accomplish."
Yoh: "It all depends. Will the spirits survive?"
Manta: "Yeah, sounds fishy to me..."
Yami Bakura: "Of course, the spirits will revert back to normal as soon as the apparition disappears. Spirit safe, indeed, Yoh." He reverts back to being Bakura.
Bakura: "And if there are any doubts, I use myself in these rituals all the time. I'll be one of the required ghosts." He reverts back to being Yami Bakura.
Yami Bakura: "Oh, and I did a little something for you, too. Just head back home and act as if you've been there for a while... I sent some illusions to do your exercises."
Yoh and Manta smile at each other.
Yoh: "Cool! So when can we do this? The whole dream thing?"
Yami Bakura: "Well as soon as you have the spirits, and Anna falls asleep, it can be done. I'll use myself for the stunt, and you must have a ghost to be a shaman. If you can round up another, we'll get it going tonight!"
Manta: He rubs his chin. "Ooh, I know who would be more than willing to help pull a prank on Anna."
Yoh and Manta: "HoroHoro!"
Yoh: "Meet us at the "EN" Inn at 11:00 tonight. Anna can be a sound sleeper, and she'll definitely be asleep by then."
Manta: "See ya' tonight, Yami Bakura!"
Yoh and Manta head to the inn as Yami Bakura stayed at the table.
Yami Bakura: *I'll make a killing, soon! Literally!*
(A/N: Creeeeeepyyyyyy! Yami Bakura is going after Anna in order to gain shadow power. He even portrayed YamiYugi as the bad guy, and himself as a good guy. What's his master plan? Find out as you keep reading!)