A/N: For the dumb people who don't go on fan-fiction very much, ~*~ means a scene change. Just thought I should clear that up.

I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!

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Searching The Darkness

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Chapter 2:

The Pathway To The Unknown.

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*THUD*

"Ow," Yami said, he landed with his face in the dirt, he got up slowly to see he was surrounded in a dark, thick, black fog.

"Well, this is a nice holiday resort," Yami said sarcastically. "Now, to find Yugi."

Off in the distance he saw a small flame, as he approached it, it went out and revealed another flame further in the distance.

"Well I guess I'm supposed to follow these things," he said to himself. And as he followed more flames started to appear. Until he reached a large building, another flame appeared inside the house. Yami opened the door slowly.

There was a old man sitting on a chair with a strange objected in his hand.

"Excuse..."

"You wish to ask me if I have seen a young boy," the strange old man said.

"How did you know?" Yami asked, quite intrigued.

"That is not important, what is important is that you find your hikari as soon as possible, or you will not be able to exist."

"What do you mean?" Yami asked.

"As each day you are separated from you hikari, part of you will slowly disappear. But I don't mean physically, I mean mentally."

"I don't understand."

"Your mind is desecrating as we speak, you need to find you hikari in seven Earth days, or you will no longer exist."

"Well I can't sit around here all day, I'm going to find my hikari." Yami got up and was about to leave when the man said...

"Be warned, each day will get hard for your mind, don't waste any time, and don't trust anyone"

"I won't," Yami replied. He went out to see a large town that had just appeared out of nowhere. He walked down to take a look around. As he was walking, he was thinking about what the old man said. 'Don't trust anyone'. What did he mean, should he trust him? Was he all alone in this world? Was there no one there to help him? He had too much on his mind, he just needed to find Yugi. His mind was already feeling heavy. He just needed to get to the town.

~*~

"Yami?" Yugi said is a cold and scared voice, "Where are you, I'm scared." Yugi was locked in an extremely small cell with only a candle for some light. The cell was old dark and uncomfortable. Around Yugi was some other cell with only the remains of human body parts left in them. A strange man walked up and down every two hours giving Yugi bread and cheese. Yugi had tried to talk to him, but he didn't say a word. "I need a plan to get out of here," Yugi said to himself, "But how?"

~*~

"What kind of a strange place is this?" Yami had managed to reach the town where he was headed, but there was not a soul to be seen. "Where the hell is everybody?" Yami said, when he heard a little girl laughing at the end of the street. "Hey you!" Yami yelled, "Can you help me?" The little girl ran off. "HEY WAIT!" Yami shouted, and stupidly Yami ran after her. Yami ran for miles, through ditches, down cliffs and ran miles of swampland when the little girl ran into a cave. "Wow, this is just like on of those old detective movies!" Yami thought to himself. Yami entered the cave slowly. There was an altar surrounded by candles with a strange medallion in the middle. "Man, hasn't anyone heard of a light switch around here?"

*POOF*

A strange man popped up.

"HOLY SHIT!" Yami screamed, "You have to warn people before you do that."

"I know you want to find your hikari and I can help, however you need to pass seven tests in order to find your hikari, each one is more challenging then the next."

"Why should I trust you?" Yami asked.

"Because I work for the man who sent your hikari to this Realm."

"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Yami yelled.

"Maybe, but you have already passed your first test by following the girl to this place, she will help you on your journey. Her name is Kita, use her to your advantage."

*POOF*

The man was gone.

"Well, one down six to go." Yami said.

"Your first test is to find your way to the mountains of the lost souls." Kita said.

"And where are they?"

"You have to find them yourself."

"Well let's get going."

~*~

Yugi was still stuck in the corner of the tight cell thinking about how to get out. He had thought of a couple of ideas, but most of them involved a high risk or him exploding.

"I should try to use the guard to my advantage." Yugi thought, then he curled up and went to sleep.

~*~

"Sir, I have given the Pharaoh the seven challenges and the girl."

"Excellent, everything's going together swimmingly. Ha ha ha ha ha!"

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What will happen next? Will Yami pass the challenges? Will Yugi get out? Find out in Chapter 3: The Path to Hell.

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