Disclaimer = I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh in any way.
**********
"The Final Battle of Duelist Kingdom, Yugi Mutou versus Pegasus Crawford.
The winner will be declared King of Games." said Croquet's bored voice.
Yugi had Dueled Mai ("Go get 'em girl, Teenage Show-off!" sang Selene.).
Joey had Dueled Bandit Keith ("Thief versus Thief, the ultimate showdown!"
cat-called Selene.) And Joey versus Yugi ("RAH RAH, MAKE A DRAW!" yelled
Selene.) It was the battle which everyone had been waiting for, of course,
everyone except Selene.
"You can do this Yugi!" cheered Tea.
"Give him all you got!" cheered Tristan.
"You're the best Duelist, he'll be a cinch." cheered Joey.
"Erm... Go Yugi." said 'Ryou'.
"I'm issued 20% of the winnings!" cheered Selene.
"But I'm giving the money to Joey." Yugi replied.
"Shut up, I wasn't talking to you!" Selene said. Everyone except Pegasus
sweat dropped.
"Let the Match begin." announced Croquet.
**********
"Guys... I'm going to step out for a second." Selene was feeling very
strange. Not 'Wolf-ish', just strange.
"Yeah, and go find out where Ryou and Tristan went. Sickening. Not even
here to cheer Yugi on, those fools." mumbled Joey.
"Whatever." said Selene, she would probably faint first, her head was
starting to spin.
**********
"What IS this!" asked Selene, painfully holding her head. It was as though
something was trying to get out from within her. And the fact that her Left
earring was tugging at her ear was no help. Wait a second, TUGGING?
"What on earth?!?!?" shouted Selene. She went in front of a mirror to
examine it.
"Whoa!" said Selene. The earring was glowing bright gold. And all of the
dangly-things were pointing in a direction.
"I'd better get back..." said Selene to herself. But her head was feeling
Heavier by the minute.
"Oh no you won't." said a voice.
"WHAT?!? WHO SAID THAT?!?!?" exclaimed Selene.
"I did." said the voice. All of a sudden the tugging was too powerful.
Selene saw shadows encircle her. Ancient Hieroglyphs came in front of her
eyes. She was about to scream out, but suddenly, she wasn't there anymore.
"Out at last!" said a girl, standing in front of the mirror, where Selene
was standing just a moment before. The girl looked somewhat liked Selene,
the same face and height, but she was more different. Her hair was curlier,
and her eyes were completely blue. She looked at herself in the mirror and
gave a mirthless laugh.
"Free! Free from that wretched Hikari-girl and that Selene. ." she said.
She looked around.
"I won't go back to either of them. I'll find another vessel. A SOUL-LESS
vessel." she said. But who? All of a sudden her earring pointed to the
door.
"That way." she exited into the corridor.
**********
"Hmmm." The girl walked along the way her left earring pointed. She didn't
know where it was leading her, but the Left Millennium Earring had never
failed her. All of a sudden her earring pointed downward.
"What's this?" she asked aloud. She was standing in front of some sort of
dungeon. Her eyes spotted a shadowy figure on the ground.
"Who...?" she asked. The person didn't reply. She moved closer. A very tall
boy was crumpled to the side. His brown hair was all messy, as though he
had been there for a long time, and clutched to his side was a brief-case.
The girl felt a sudden surge of anger, for some reason. She looked at the
boy again.
"Is his soul gone?" questioned the Girl. The Earring flashed in reply.
"Ah, I would have preferred a female, but he will do just fine." She was
about to enter his cell, when she was interrupted.
"I wouldn't try that if I were you." said a cold voice from behind her. She
turned around.
"And who are you, as though it really matters?" she asked in an equally
cold voice.
"That is no concern of yours, but I may tell you if you tell me yours." he
replied.
"My name is Kage, a name you will come to fear. As for your name, I care
not."
"It's Bakura. A name YOU will come to dread."
"I'm shaking. Spare me, I beg of you." she said sarcastically. She turned
back to the brown-haired boy.
"I wouldn't do that." Bakura repeated. She paid no attention to him. She
stepped into the boy.
BANG!
She was tossed back. She groaned and got up as the manacles on her wrists
glowed. Bakura laughed.
"I told you, you wouldn't get far." he smirked.
"You know nothing! I am...trapped." she said this more to herself than
Bakura. Her face hardened.
"I will be free! I'll have all the Millennium items, and then... FREEDOM!"
whether she said this in anguish or anger, Bakura couldn't tell. She
continued talking aloud to herself.
"The Ankh, Tauk, Eye, Scales, Rod, Ring, Puzzle, all shall be mine!"
"Hold you're tongue, you know not to whom you speak." said Bakura, his eyes
flashing dangerously. What nerve she had to speak of the Millennium Items,
as though she already owned them.
"Oh... the Ring. I suppose I'll have to start with you."
"Are you challenging ME to a Shadow Game?" he said, amused. "I'll have to
warn you then, Defeat doesn't like my company."
"I'll have to warn YOU that I have 2 Millennium Items, while you have only
one. The odds are against you." Kage looked hungrily at the Ring. Bakura
thought for a moment.
'She DOES have 2 Millennium Items. I'll be finished in a second. Perhaps I
can obtain them by a more subtle approach.' He thought.
"Kage, why should we fight? We are both powerful. Instead of fighting each
other, why can't we help each other?" he asked smoothly.
"You sound like someone I thoroughly despise." she said scowling. She
looked down longingly at the soul-less boy, then at her manacles. She
turned to leave.
"You only need the Millennium Items to be free?" asked Bakura. She turned
around and sighed.
"You need them for nothing else?" he asked again. She shook her head.
"I'll help you get them. I'll even find you a human vessel."
"What's the catch?" she asked suspiciously.
"You have to give me your pretty Earrings. After all, you'll have no use
for them afterwards." he said seriously. It was Kage's turn to think.
'I can USE this idiot. I'll get him to find the other Millenium Items with
me, and then, His PRETTY Ring will be around my neck, along with the other
Items.'
"Alright. I'll be your partner. But I'll give you my Earrings AFTER I'm
free." she said.
"Deal." He said extending his hand to shake it. She scoffed and returned to
where Yugi and Pegasus were dueling.
"Aren't you coming?"
"Do you Care?" he turned to stare at her, when he noticed...
"Is that a TAIL?" he asked, nearly shouting. Kage smirked.
"Afraid of it?" she asked. The tail crept up his arm.
"Cut it out!" he said to Kage.
"Tail rarely listens to me, so there's no point in asking it to stop." She
replied coolly, as the tail started rubbing against him. "Oh, it likes
you."
"Fascinating, now make it stop." He said coldly.
"You can't teach an old tail new tricks." she said. The tail slapped her
face. Kage stood stunned a minute, then shouted,
"You want to be sheared?" she asked menacingly. The tail shuddered and fell
down again. She turned once again to leave.
"Aren't you coming to watch?" she repeated.
"I, unlike you, am not trapped by my foolish Aibou. I'm getting my own
body."
"That boy who I found?" she asked angrily. All her efforts would be used by
another.
"No, that boy is protected by some ancient magic. No one can enter him.
There are other soul-less vessels. I'm getting one of them. Good-bye. With
any luck, I might look different when you see me again." He left along a
corridor. He kept his back to her so that she wouldn't see the wicked smile
that he wore. Unfortunately, Kage was doing the same.
**********
R&R. Did you like Kage? Just wait till you meet her counter-part. From now
on Yami Bakura will be called Bakura.