Yu-Gi-Oh!
Legend of the Blue-Eyes
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Or Janime.net, or those other games which I refer to so PLEASE don't come after me!!
Accessing KaibaCorp mainframe
Entering file 002log.txt
Historian's Database:
What happened last episode? Seto Kaiba fought against the Duel Robot, and triumphed easily. However, he was exposed to the spirit of Kisara. Who is this girl, and what does she have to do with him?
Accessing file 002characters.txt
Character Information:
The Yu-Gi-Oh main gang comes in. You didn't think I would make a pure Seto story, did you? Well, I was thinking about it, but no. I'm using the Japanese names, because I don't have an e with something on top for Anzu Mazaki. Just doesn't seem right…
Yugi-Yugi
Joey-Jonouchi
Tristan-Honda
Tea (yerk…doesn't look nice)-Anzu
Miho Nosaka-student in DHS from Series 00
Grandpa-Suguruko Mutou
Odion-Rashid
Marik-Malik
Ishizu-Isis
Accessing file 002duellog.txt
Duel Information:
There is more emphasis on games here. Remember, that Kaiba is also a master gamer. Duel Monsters is vital, yes, but not the only game in the world. Sadly, I can't play Shogi, or Go (anyone know and can tell me something about these two?), or any other Japanese game, but I have done research on ancient Egyptian games like Senet or Twenty Squares.
Accessing file 002thanks.txt
Works Cited and Thanks to:
Mugendai, for supporting my writing and Kisara! I think Kisara's love and pure mind for Seto is AWESOME!
Kikoken, for saying I'm a kick-ass writer! I like that, hehe!
Both of you guys are such accomplished authors, (authoresses?), and I'm really grateful for your kind reviews!
This chapter pays homage to all of those game designers out there, and the programmers that realize their dreams. I aspire to be a game designer as well, and really admire guys like Hideo Kojima (MGS series, Konami), Sakaguchi-san (FF series, Parasite Eve series, Squaresoft), and many many more people.
I don't own PlayOnline or FFXI. I'm just assuming that it's alive and kicking in the future!
La Pucelle: Tactics belongs to Nippon Ichi.
Chapter Two: Revelations of Egypt
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Domino High School
Yugi sat at his chair trying hard not to fall asleep as the computer teacher droned on and on about various techniques for debugging and programming. He really didn't know a thing about this, and neither did he want to. From the loud snores coming from the other side of his Soul Room, Yugi guessed that his other half was sleeping as well. He tried to occupy himself by opening up the old game Final Fantasy XI and leveling up, but that was too boring as well. Grandpa would not like it when he got the PlayOnline bill for the month, which was charged even though Yugi didn't use it often.
It was hot and humid, the period after lunch, and perfect for sleeping in. not pondering over pages and pages of long equations. Who knew that computer programming could be so tedious?
Jonouchi was drooling all over the table, and Anzu quickly grabbed his laptop before it could short-circuit and fry Jonouchi, giving him a reproving glare which he ignored, naturally, being asleep and all. Honda was at the back of the class, staring dreamily at Miho Nosaka all the time, and hardly aware of anything else that transpired.
After Battle City, Honda had become slightly more famous than usual, second only to Jonouchi and Yugi, and Miho had shown some interest towards him. Glad for his friend, Yugi returned to shyly replying to the date offers and outright requests to be his girlfriend that he got from the net. At least he was extremely popular now.
"…and now, who can demonstrate how to……"
Yugi looked towards Kaiba's seat. Kaiba was the only one to get anything in this class, and the only one to volunteer for anything, presumably to show off his skill to the others.
Much to his surprise, Kaiba was fast asleep as well, slumped on his desk behind the laptop that prevented the aged sensei from seeing his slumber. (What was such an old man doing teaching the latest computer programs anyway!?) A window on his screen showed several programs running: A KaibaCorp math program, the current stocks, a new design, and strangely, a game. It appeared to be La Pucelle: Tactics.
"…no-one? Kaiba, Seto Kaiba, what about you?"
"…grmblfzzzzzzz…"
This was one of those days.
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Seto yawned and picked up his briefcase. "…can't believe I slept in class…what a position for a CEO to be seen in." He cast a dirty look at the huge crowd of fangirls that was just trying to pounce on him the moment he walked out, knowing they must have seen everything and would try to blackmail him into sleeping with them. Another glare was sent to the Yugi gang (well, what else?), including that mutt Jonouchi who had just woken up. He wouldn't get any flak, because he was a mutt, but Seto would never hear the end of it from Mokuba (who would complain he was working too hard), his PR officer (who would complain about the image Kaiba set), his security chief (who would complain about the vulnerable position he was, and insist on guards at the school), and-
"Hey, Kaiba!"
Seto started, and glanced around to see Yugi and the rest of them standing behind him. "Kaiba, do you wanna come with us to visit the Egyptian exhibit? It's Isis' last day here in Domino, and we were going to give her, Malik and Rashid a farewell party!"
"…"
He turned and walked away without saying a word, but was rather unexpectedly blocked by Anzu, who glared furiously at him.
"KAIBA! Don't you have any concern for their feelings? Isis helped you out so much by giving you the God cards, and-"
His sapphire eyes flashed, and was about to walk off when he remembered the dreams from last night. That girl…with blue eyes and white skin…
Seeing that he was staring at the floor, motionless, Yugi came over and gently tapped the taller CEO on his shoulder. "Kaiba? Are you alright?"
Blue eyes…what am I doing? I need to find her…I have a feeling that she's in danger…and am I going to let her die…
…again?
His eyes shot up as the memory hit him with all the force of a hammer, and Kaiba turned to look at the rest of the gang, now accompanied by that librarian Nosaka. "…come with me. I'll take you all to the Museum."
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A huge, eight-wheel Honda limousine screeched into the museum grounds, and Seto was out before the car had even stopped. His blue uniform cleared the vehicle at a run, and he realized they were just in time before the movers packed up the last of the exhibits.
Behind them, emerging rather dazedly, was Yugi and his friends. "W-W-W-W-here's Kaiba?" His head was still jarred from the acceleration, and his mouth felt bitter from bile he had choked back.
Miho had fainted, and Honda appeared to be the only unruffled person as he put on his best macho image and carried the girl out, following a very green Jonouchi and a wobbly Anzu. Incidentally, she was saying she could hardly walk, and staring pointedly at Yugi.
"A-hem!"
"I wonder what's up with him…he didn't seem himself today…"
Oblivious to Anzu, Yugi was still trying to stand upright and walk into the museum, while Jonouchi held a hand to his mouth and staggered slowly forwards, following Yugi. Honda had gone on ahead, grinning broadly.
"Hey…Yugi! I'm still here! I can't move my legs! I can't walk! Hellooooooooooooooooo………."
Too late, they were already in the museum, and Anzu detected another repeat of the Dark Table Role Playing Game where everyone had ignored her.
Seto meanwhile was stopped by two guards, but a quick flash of his ID and some money was enough for him to make his way in. His briefcase, which held a top of the line laptop, flashed dimly in the dark halls of the museum.
I-I seem to know where I should go. I need to get to that tablet room in the basement…
He rounded a corner, and flew down stairs, heeding not the cries of Yugi and his friends to slow down. I need to-I need to save her. I don't know who she is…but I failed once.
I cannot lose again.
He tried a door, and found it locked. To his surprise, a key came from behind, handed to him by a very familiar person.
"Isis."
The Egyptian official nodded, and she gestured into the room. "Your destiny lies inside, Seto Kaiba. I don't have the Necklace anymore, but I can still predict some things." She unlocked it, and bade him enter.
He hesitated, angry at himself, but knowing that the hasty stroke would often miss. "Isis, what's in there?"
She shook her head, and only told him to go in once more, a note of urgency in her voice.
The CEO of KaibaCorp nodded, and headed in, right hand shifting the briefcase to the left and reaching into his school uniform.
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Yugi and the others skidded to a halt by the door, Miho now well enough to walk and gazing rather adoringly at Honda. The spiky-haired owner of the Millennium Puzzle gasped for breath and looked up at Isis. She answered his unspoken question.
"He has entered, my Pharaoh."
From the shadows behind, Malik and Rashid emerged, looking rather grim. Yugi noticed that their hands bore bandages and a crimson scar traced its line down Rashid's head. They bowed in greeting.
That oh-so-familiar pulse of the Puzzle sounded, and Yugi's other half emerged, the Eye glowing on his forehead. As the world was created, Ra had sent His Eye to seek his missing children, while another eye had taken abode in the socket. When the loyal Eye had returned, it was furious at finding its spot taken, and in gratitude, Ra placed the Eye in his forehead.
"Isis, tell me! What is behind that door?"
She gestured at the duo behind her, and spoke softly.
"There is a force in there; a force that cries out for Seto. There is light, and there is darkness in that room. They clash, but with such power that we fear this museum might soon collapse." Pointing at the bandaged hands of Malik and Rashid, she explained further.
"They tried to seal it, using the ancient wards of Pharaoh, but to no avail. Five guards who had accompanied them in are now lost inside, and the last spoke of a-"
Malik cut in, his eyes wide in fear. "-he spoke of a Shadow Game."
The ancient spirit of the puzzle was furious, and inquired further about the identity of that force inside. "How can it play a Shadow Game?! I thought after we sealed-"
"It is no stranger to you, Pharaoh. The light, is something you have seen before. The dark, is an old acquaintance of yours." She smiled slightly. "A very old acquaintance."
Yami Yugi touched the door, and reached for the doorknob as Isis, Malik and Rashid all yelled at him not to do so. "Don't! Pharaoh, it will only accept Seto Kaiba!"
Instantly, a Millennium Eye appeared on the door, and Yami Yugi was hurled back forcibly, flying fifty feet across the hall and landing on some old sofas.
Anzu gave a scream, and ran towards the fallen Pharaoh. "Yugi, are you alright!?" She was outpaced only by Jonouchi and Honda, who were already helping the dazed King of Games up.
Inside the Soul Rooms that they shared, Yugi and his dark counterpart exchanged looks of dread and pain. All around them, pillars had fallen and walls had collapsed. This was no light magic. Anything that could penetrate to their soul and tear a gash into their very Ba was indeed formidable.
"Mou hitori no boku…what happened?"
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Seto headed into the abyss of darkness, his eyes trying to peer into the pitch black of the room. The light that emanated from his hand held object served only as a tight, narrow beam, unable to penetrate the metaphysical darkness.
The light fell on the corpse of a man eviscerated, and Seto recoiled. His hand brushed against something cold and wet, and the light revealed it as the head of another unfortunate soul. Blood was awash everywhere, and the faces bespoke of the tortures that they had gone through before blissful death claimed them.
"No-No, where am I!?"
Strange eyes peered down from the seemingly distant ceiling, and Seto resisted the urge to turn tail and flee.
Instead, he saw flashes of intense light emanating from the distance, and broke into a run, not knowing why, but knowing somehow that the girl was there.
…Kisara. That was her name!
Yelling at the top of his lungs, he cried, "Kisara!!!! I'm coming!"
And then, a great shaft of light tore through the ceiling, exposing them to the day, and Seto stopped. The object in his hand was revealed as a USP handgun with laser sight, holographic HUD, and a light. His deck shuddered, and seemed to glow with an otherworldly light, one that encompassed him and the former combatants.
"Ki-Kisara?"
A girl with pure white skin and blue hair hung crucified from a massive stone tablet, which was empty and polished. She wore only a short, ragged dress, and no shoes. However, a pair of angel-like, and yet, draconic, wings seemed to appear from her back, and a white being struggled to escape from her mind, torn out by dark magics.
It hit him again like a bomb. She WAS the spirit of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. And those images from the past; the empty tablet, him carrying her prone body…
History repeats itself.
With a cry of grief and anguish, he fell to his knees before her, and watched as her very Ka was absorbed into the stone. Her eyes flickered open, briefly, but enough for her to see him.
She spoke in an ancient tongue, which he did not understand on the spot, and smiled at him. That made him feel wretched.
"Why-Why are you happy to see me!? I'm too late…again!" Her smile persisted, a sad smile that spoke volumes. Seto could not hold back the tide of tears, and a crystal droplet rolled off his chin. "Is-How-can I save you?"
The white dragon emerged fully this time, and Kisara held back pain as her spirit was ripped from her and set into the tablet, which took on the image of that card which he saw in yesterday's vision. Three White Dragons rising from the limp body of the girl.
"…Kisara…I-I'm sorry…"
He grimaced as she died again, still smiling at him, not angry at him for forsaking her again. He knew everything, yet he knew nothing. Why was he even here, why was he feeling so sad to see her die? Yet, he knew the history of this, the history of his White Dragon, the history of Kisara.
And then, someone was behind him, and he spun around, handgun coming to rest exactly where that person's heart was.
"You."
The figure smiled, and the Millennium Eye flashed from his left socket. Grizzled skin ended in a white beard, and a hood covered some of his forehead. Yet, Seto knew that person he had never seen before; knew and hated him with a vengeance not his own. The Millennium Rod shone as well from his hands, and Seto felt something like anger. Anger at one who has stolen his items.
The Rod was his.
That aged figure smiled, and raised a deck of cards. "I challenge you, to a game. A Shadow Game, and the victor gets one of his wishes granted, with help from my Millennium Eye…" He was lying, and they both knew it.
Seto lowered his gun, knowing it was useless to shoot the old bastard. His eyes stared at the floor, still misty with the tears of regret, and it was a while before he raised them to gaze at his erstwhile father. Dark energy radiated out from that hooded man's body, and he knew it was a trap. The odds were all stacked heavily against him, and from the ancient Senet board that lay nearby, he knew the game would not be Duel Monsters, thus giving him another disadvantage.
"I accept your challenge, Akunadin, Priest of the Pharaoh."
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Whoo, that took a while.
Now, I'm sure you must be wondering, how can such a scene take place in the basement of the museum? Well, the answer lies in magic; the Shadow Realm. Also, most of you guys must be wondering at my hasty writing.
Yeah, I just wanted to get to the good parts. I can't really tell a nice story, I just think of ideas…darn it. Anyways, to clear things up, Kisara is…now, if I told, it would ruin the next chapter. I hope that you awesome people will understand that this IS in fact a cliffy, and that much more will be revealed in the following chapters!
NEXT: Duel Monsters SENET!
Till then, sayonara!
