Okay, here's the second part. Sorry the first part was so short. This is probably going to be four or five chapters. Comments are
appreciated! (Heck, I just like to know people are reading it!)
Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh or any of the characters (Though I'd like to rent Bakura-chan for a few days!)
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Chaper 2 - Nightmare and Illusion
Motou Yugi stared at the wall of his yami's soul room, shocked. Multi-coloured things like worms writhed and sqirmed over the stone. In the hallway lay Atem's unmoving spirit form, covered with the same rainbow things. Yugi walked slowly out of his room and knelt beside the Pharoah, gathering up the limp form in his arms. Atem's eyes were wide and staring, blank purple irises shading to crimson; his face was twisted in a ricus of terror and loathing.
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Atem woke to find himself chained in a black room, his hands over his head. His legs from the waist down were sumberged in icy-cold liquid. He tried to look around; all he saw was a group of devices in the light of two wall torches some twenty feet away. He tried to move his hands, but the chain held fast and he was numb from the waist down thanks to the liquid.
An unseen door opened and a procession of people entered, all dressed in black robes embroidered with gold entwined serpents. Atem gasped - he recognized the symbol of Set, the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and snakes.
The figures carried more people inside; Jounouchi, Anzu, Honda and Bakura. They all appeared to be semi-conscious; Jounouchi and Honda had bruises that spoke of struggle. One by one his friends were strapped to the devices, none of which looked healthy.
Atem closed his eyes for a moment and looked within for his aibou. There was no sense of him - hopefully Yugi was still locked in his soul room. He opened his eyes and saw that all the robed figures except one had left.
The last was quite a bit smaller than the rest, and when he threw back his hood Atem gasped in shock as Yugi's distinctive hair appeared. Yugi turned to glance over his shoulder at his yami. His wide violet eyes were cold and a cruel smile played on his lips. He was dressed in a sort of mockery of Atem's own pharonic regalia, but instead of the Sennen Eye his crown was surmounted with the twin serpents of Set. He no longer wore the Millennium Puzzle, but an amulet bearing the Sun Disk of Ra on a serpent-ended boat.
Without speaking he turned away, facing Anzu, who had been strapped to a wooden table. Gently he stroked her cheek until she came fully awake.
"Y-yugi?" she stammered. "What happened? Where are we?"
"It's okay, Anzu." he whispered in her ear; his voice was mocking. "Everything is fine."
Then with his free hand he brought up a dagger, placed it over her chest and cut downward.
Anzu screamed and blood spurted - the dagger came up red, but it sounded from her sobbing as though she still lived. Atem found himself pulling at his chains until blood oozed from his wrists, screaming "Aibou! No! What are you doing?"
Yugi glanced over his shoulder again, licked a bit of blood from the knife, and smiled.
"Don't worry, Pharoah." he said, voice cold and cruel as his smile had become. "Your turn will come soon enough." Then he turned back to Anzu. Atem watched in horror as his gentle, compassionate aibou tortured the helpless girl to death.
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Yugi woke in the outer world to find himself bound and gagged in a stone room. He looked around, and found nothing more than the pile of straw he was lying on, a barred wooden door and a feeble oil light to illuminate the cell. Then a lightness at his chest made him look down - the Puzzle was gone! Yugi moaned and tried to get his hands free. He couldn't just leave Atem spellbound and helpless within the Puzzle! But first he had to get free.
One nice thing about being so small - he was agile. It took a great deal of wriggling, but he managed to get his bound hands around to his front and use them to pull off the gag. Then he used his teeth to untie his hands.
Once free, Yugi stood and approached the cell door. It was barred, but unlike the Soul Room door he couldn't budge this one. However, he was close enough to hear the footsteps that approache on the far side. He stepped back as the bolt was thrown back and two large men stepped inside.
"Don't struggle, kid." one of them said, closing the door behind them. "We don't want you bruised for the ceremony."
"What ceremony?" Yugi demanded. He didn't bother asking about the Puzzle - by now he figured that asking nicely wasn't going to get it back for him. And struggling would be pointless. He stood dociley as the men, ignoring his question, wordlessly stripped his naked and washed him with a bucket of icy-cold water. Yugi blushed furiously as he shivered naked in front of them, but they didn't seem to notice as they roughly toweled him dry.
The man who had not spoken pulled out a bag from under his robes. Yugi blinked in surprise as they threw it at him.
"Dress in that, and hurry up." the first man ordered, and they left.
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Atem drooped lifelessly in his chains, despair and rage warring in him. He had watched Yugi systematically torture and kill all his friends; even Bakura had been helpless to stop it. He'd half-wanted Yugi to kill him next, just to escape the pain of betrayal, but no.
No. This had to be a dream, an illusion. Yugi would never, even do that. Would never deliberately cause another pain, nor laugh in a soft, creul voice at their pleas for mercy. This had to be a nightmare...
Unnoticed, Yugi had entered the room again. Atem gave him a glare and Yugi laughed.
"I did promise, didn't I Pharaoh? It's your turn now."
"This isn't real..." Atem murmured.
With a cold laugh, Yugi touched the amulet at his chest and the water began to rise, over Atem's chest, then shoulders. "Then I guess you die ignorant. And when you die, my yami, I gain your power. I will be the only King of Games, and you will be nothing more than a memory."
The cold of the liquid seemed to have invaded his heart, numbing it. He felt the despair and the anger fuse into a new emotion, one he'd not felt in too long. Cold anger that chilled his mind as the water chilled his body. All the pain, the betrayal, turned to hate.
"I will destroy you!" Atem shouted as the water closed over his head.
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Two minutes after they had left, the two men re-entered the cell. Yugi had managed to get on the white robe and figured out the sandals; the jewelry had proved more of a problem, but he'd gotten everything but the elaborate winged crown on. That he held limply in one hand. They had given his the clothes of an Egyptian pharaoh - he recognized them now. But he refused to put on the mockery of a crown, with it's twined snakes.
"Come on, boy." The first man grabbed the crown and arranged the heavy gold on his head. Then they shackled him and all but dragged him from the cell.
A few confusing moments later he was in a much larger stone room, this one dimly lit. He must have been out of it for awhile, because the moon shone through a skylight. He was dragged to a stone pillar and chain to it; the guards roughly forced him to kneel.
A man dressed as a priest from Ancient Egypt walked over to Yugi. He had the characteristic dark skin of the Arabic peoples - his eyes were dark and cold. He reminded Yugi somewhat of Shadi, but it plainly was not him.
"Greetings, Yugi-chan." the man said. "I see you made it in time. I am glad you could join us."
Like I had a choice. Yugi thought to himself. "What are you doing?" he demanded. "Where's my Puzzle? Why..."
The man cut Yugi off with a raised hand. "I direct your attention to the centre of the chamber, Yugi-chan. Gaze hither and all your questions will be answered.
In the indicated area, Yugi saw a heavy stone slab - on it was a carved and gilded sarcophogus. Suspended over it was the Millennium Puzzle and around it were four jars carved with the heads of gods.
"The sarcophogus contains the mummified remains of your friend, the Nameless Pharaoh. The canopic jars there contain his organs, the Puzzle his spirit. We intend to bring him back to life, and to use his power to rule this planet."
"He'll never co-operate!" Yugi exclaimed. "He would never..."
"Yes he will, Yugi-chan. Because when he wakes, the first thing he will do it destroy you. And without his hikari to balance his darkness, he will drown the world in shadows.
appreciated! (Heck, I just like to know people are reading it!)
Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh or any of the characters (Though I'd like to rent Bakura-chan for a few days!)
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Chaper 2 - Nightmare and Illusion
Motou Yugi stared at the wall of his yami's soul room, shocked. Multi-coloured things like worms writhed and sqirmed over the stone. In the hallway lay Atem's unmoving spirit form, covered with the same rainbow things. Yugi walked slowly out of his room and knelt beside the Pharoah, gathering up the limp form in his arms. Atem's eyes were wide and staring, blank purple irises shading to crimson; his face was twisted in a ricus of terror and loathing.
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Atem woke to find himself chained in a black room, his hands over his head. His legs from the waist down were sumberged in icy-cold liquid. He tried to look around; all he saw was a group of devices in the light of two wall torches some twenty feet away. He tried to move his hands, but the chain held fast and he was numb from the waist down thanks to the liquid.
An unseen door opened and a procession of people entered, all dressed in black robes embroidered with gold entwined serpents. Atem gasped - he recognized the symbol of Set, the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and snakes.
The figures carried more people inside; Jounouchi, Anzu, Honda and Bakura. They all appeared to be semi-conscious; Jounouchi and Honda had bruises that spoke of struggle. One by one his friends were strapped to the devices, none of which looked healthy.
Atem closed his eyes for a moment and looked within for his aibou. There was no sense of him - hopefully Yugi was still locked in his soul room. He opened his eyes and saw that all the robed figures except one had left.
The last was quite a bit smaller than the rest, and when he threw back his hood Atem gasped in shock as Yugi's distinctive hair appeared. Yugi turned to glance over his shoulder at his yami. His wide violet eyes were cold and a cruel smile played on his lips. He was dressed in a sort of mockery of Atem's own pharonic regalia, but instead of the Sennen Eye his crown was surmounted with the twin serpents of Set. He no longer wore the Millennium Puzzle, but an amulet bearing the Sun Disk of Ra on a serpent-ended boat.
Without speaking he turned away, facing Anzu, who had been strapped to a wooden table. Gently he stroked her cheek until she came fully awake.
"Y-yugi?" she stammered. "What happened? Where are we?"
"It's okay, Anzu." he whispered in her ear; his voice was mocking. "Everything is fine."
Then with his free hand he brought up a dagger, placed it over her chest and cut downward.
Anzu screamed and blood spurted - the dagger came up red, but it sounded from her sobbing as though she still lived. Atem found himself pulling at his chains until blood oozed from his wrists, screaming "Aibou! No! What are you doing?"
Yugi glanced over his shoulder again, licked a bit of blood from the knife, and smiled.
"Don't worry, Pharoah." he said, voice cold and cruel as his smile had become. "Your turn will come soon enough." Then he turned back to Anzu. Atem watched in horror as his gentle, compassionate aibou tortured the helpless girl to death.
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Yugi woke in the outer world to find himself bound and gagged in a stone room. He looked around, and found nothing more than the pile of straw he was lying on, a barred wooden door and a feeble oil light to illuminate the cell. Then a lightness at his chest made him look down - the Puzzle was gone! Yugi moaned and tried to get his hands free. He couldn't just leave Atem spellbound and helpless within the Puzzle! But first he had to get free.
One nice thing about being so small - he was agile. It took a great deal of wriggling, but he managed to get his bound hands around to his front and use them to pull off the gag. Then he used his teeth to untie his hands.
Once free, Yugi stood and approached the cell door. It was barred, but unlike the Soul Room door he couldn't budge this one. However, he was close enough to hear the footsteps that approache on the far side. He stepped back as the bolt was thrown back and two large men stepped inside.
"Don't struggle, kid." one of them said, closing the door behind them. "We don't want you bruised for the ceremony."
"What ceremony?" Yugi demanded. He didn't bother asking about the Puzzle - by now he figured that asking nicely wasn't going to get it back for him. And struggling would be pointless. He stood dociley as the men, ignoring his question, wordlessly stripped his naked and washed him with a bucket of icy-cold water. Yugi blushed furiously as he shivered naked in front of them, but they didn't seem to notice as they roughly toweled him dry.
The man who had not spoken pulled out a bag from under his robes. Yugi blinked in surprise as they threw it at him.
"Dress in that, and hurry up." the first man ordered, and they left.
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Atem drooped lifelessly in his chains, despair and rage warring in him. He had watched Yugi systematically torture and kill all his friends; even Bakura had been helpless to stop it. He'd half-wanted Yugi to kill him next, just to escape the pain of betrayal, but no.
No. This had to be a dream, an illusion. Yugi would never, even do that. Would never deliberately cause another pain, nor laugh in a soft, creul voice at their pleas for mercy. This had to be a nightmare...
Unnoticed, Yugi had entered the room again. Atem gave him a glare and Yugi laughed.
"I did promise, didn't I Pharaoh? It's your turn now."
"This isn't real..." Atem murmured.
With a cold laugh, Yugi touched the amulet at his chest and the water began to rise, over Atem's chest, then shoulders. "Then I guess you die ignorant. And when you die, my yami, I gain your power. I will be the only King of Games, and you will be nothing more than a memory."
The cold of the liquid seemed to have invaded his heart, numbing it. He felt the despair and the anger fuse into a new emotion, one he'd not felt in too long. Cold anger that chilled his mind as the water chilled his body. All the pain, the betrayal, turned to hate.
"I will destroy you!" Atem shouted as the water closed over his head.
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Two minutes after they had left, the two men re-entered the cell. Yugi had managed to get on the white robe and figured out the sandals; the jewelry had proved more of a problem, but he'd gotten everything but the elaborate winged crown on. That he held limply in one hand. They had given his the clothes of an Egyptian pharaoh - he recognized them now. But he refused to put on the mockery of a crown, with it's twined snakes.
"Come on, boy." The first man grabbed the crown and arranged the heavy gold on his head. Then they shackled him and all but dragged him from the cell.
A few confusing moments later he was in a much larger stone room, this one dimly lit. He must have been out of it for awhile, because the moon shone through a skylight. He was dragged to a stone pillar and chain to it; the guards roughly forced him to kneel.
A man dressed as a priest from Ancient Egypt walked over to Yugi. He had the characteristic dark skin of the Arabic peoples - his eyes were dark and cold. He reminded Yugi somewhat of Shadi, but it plainly was not him.
"Greetings, Yugi-chan." the man said. "I see you made it in time. I am glad you could join us."
Like I had a choice. Yugi thought to himself. "What are you doing?" he demanded. "Where's my Puzzle? Why..."
The man cut Yugi off with a raised hand. "I direct your attention to the centre of the chamber, Yugi-chan. Gaze hither and all your questions will be answered.
In the indicated area, Yugi saw a heavy stone slab - on it was a carved and gilded sarcophogus. Suspended over it was the Millennium Puzzle and around it were four jars carved with the heads of gods.
"The sarcophogus contains the mummified remains of your friend, the Nameless Pharaoh. The canopic jars there contain his organs, the Puzzle his spirit. We intend to bring him back to life, and to use his power to rule this planet."
"He'll never co-operate!" Yugi exclaimed. "He would never..."
"Yes he will, Yugi-chan. Because when he wakes, the first thing he will do it destroy you. And without his hikari to balance his darkness, he will drown the world in shadows.