"Get away!" Aoi screamed. Bakura (A/N: Dark guy is Bakura, good guy is Ryou ) held out his hand.
"The Millennium Puzzle or the rest of eternity in the shadow realm?"
"I'd prefer…" she started, "none of the above!"
Aoi then shoved Bakura off balance and fled the scene. But it wasn't long before she found herself surrounded in darkness.
"There is no 'none of the above' available for your choice little girl," Bakura stood behind her with the ring glowing on his chest. She suddenly looked at him crossly. Just who does he think he is? The dark feeling was back…
"Tomb robber, "she pointed suddenly, "Let me out before I make you do so."
"And how are you going do that?" he mocked. Now how did this girl know I was a tomb robber? Perhaps little Yugi told her… Aoi smirked.
"If you think your shadow powers can overpower me," she gave him a cold smile, "then you're wrong."
"You have shadow powers?!"
"Oh my, did I actually have the great tomb robber shocked? I am honored."
"Well we won't know who is more powerful unless we duel, won't we?" Bakura challenged, trying hard to quickly overcome his shock.
"Unfortunately I have no time for that." He stopped shuffling.
"You don't actually think I'm just going let you go after listening to that?"
"Well, of course not. Considering that personality of yours."
"Good. Then what shall we be doing?"
"Alright," she began, "let's make this a short game. Each of us will shuffle our deck and keep drawing until we draw a monster to play. Then we use the other cards we have drawn to aid it during its battle with the opponent's monster, so it's sort of like a mini duel, but we don't take turns, attack when you can. If the first card you draw is a monster, then good luck having it fight with no support. But remember, victory does not always rest upon the one who is strongest. First one to have their summon defeated, loses. Also, you may play your traps or magic cards directly from your hand anytime you wish."
"Sounds simple enough."
Both drew cards and laid out their monster.
Aoi: 5 cards in hand
Mystical Elf: 1500/2700 (Horn of the Unicorn ATK, DEF 700 added)
Bakura: 4 cards in hand
Wall of Illusion: 1000/1850
Bakura growled at the number of cards in his hand compared to Aoi's.
"Attack!" Aoi commanded, and the elf leapt forward.
"Dark Illusion!" (A/N: I made up this attack, doesn't exist in the show)
Mystical Elf let out a beam of magical energy that the Wall of Illusion had countered with a mist of darkness. It filled the whole field, blinding the elf and Aoi.
"Let's see how you can find my wall of illusion now!" Bakura smirked. Aoi twitched an eyebrow, and closed her eyes casually.
"Well then," continued Bakura, crossing his arms, "let's watch you destroy my monster in this nasty fog. But first I'll equip it with Black Pendant, adding 500 attack points to my monster."
Aoi: 5 cards in hand
Mystical Elf: 1500/2700 (Horn of the Unicorn ATK, DEF 700 added)
Bakura: 3 cards in hand
Wall of Illusion: 1500/1850 (Black Pendant ATK 500 added)
"That mist won't hide your monster for long. It can run, but it can't hide," Aoi shrugged, "I play Sword of Deep-Seated (ATK, DEF 500), then Swords of Revealing Light!"
Bakura seemed worried.
"And I attack!"
"Demon's Axe!" Bakura countered. Aoi's eyes widened.
Aoi: 3 cards in hand
Mystical Elf: 2000/3200 (Malevolent Nuzzler, Sword of Deep-Seated (ATK 1200, DEF 500 added)
Bakura: 2 cards in hand
Wall of Illusion: 2500/1850 (Black Pendant, Demon's Axe ATK 1500 added)
Bakura grinned.
"My, my, aren't we excited," said Aoi as she drew out yet another card from her hand, "I'll play Magical Cylinder (A/N: Is that what it's called? Anyway, it returns the opponent's attack back at their monster) then," she winked.
"Then I'll counter with Negate Attack."
"Ok, then I play Magic Jammer!" she grinned happily, "now my dear elf, attack."
"What?!" Bakura thought, she counters every move I make…how …and where did she get all those rare cards??
The super-charged elf charged towards Bakura as be began to panick inside. He looked at his hand. If I had a choice, I wouldn't use this…but I suppose I don't…damn that girl…
Just before the elf's attack reached Bakura, he activated the last card he had drawn.
"Final Destruction!" (A/N: Sends everything on the field and all the cards in both player's hands to the graveyard. Sorry if I got the name wrong again, I only have the jap versions of these cards! XX and I still suck at dueling uu)
"Final Destruction?!" gasped Aoi, just before a great light embraced the entire arena and blinded all.
Within the blinding light above her, someone was walking away.
"Where are you going?"
He didn't answer me, he left me.
"Come back, don't leave me."
How could he have done this to me? Even after what I did for him?
"Please, come back!"
In the light of the hospital room, Aoi slowly gained consciousness. Her head hurt, and she was feeling as dizzy as ever.
He left…
She sat up shakily and shook her head. Where's Bakura…? I wonder what happened…she finally took a look around the white room. Hospital? She stared dreamily in front of her and saw Yami on her lap.
"Yami?" he snorted on her lap and muttered,
"five more minutes…" Aoi was confused.
"Er…" I wonder what he's doing on my lap…and the thought hit her. I'm in the hospital, Yami's on my lap. That duel with Bakura earlier ended with super bright light. Hmm…according to the classics of anime, I must have fainted! She thought.
"Took me long enough to figure that out…" she said out loud.
"Figure what out?" she looked up and saw Yami staring her.
"Nothing," a down right lie, she knew.
"You sure?" said Yami instinctively.
"Yes." I must have fainted before I even talked to Yugi earlier…I hope.
"Ok…" Yami replied
Those cards Bakura had…I don't remember him having those in the show…but…
"Aoi?"
they did exist in my fic?
Yami tapped her shoulder hard.
So then…does that mean this whole world…is actually my fan fic?? But why do some parts still differ from my storyline?
"AOI!!!"
Wow that is so cool! No wonder it seemed like a mixed version, I was in my own version!
Yami had slapped her when she finally came out of thought.
"You slapped me because??"
"You acted like you got possessed by something."
"I was thinking," she answered, half glaring at him. Why the heck is he so concerned anyway…
"Sorry, I over did it a bit."
"Why isn't Yugi out?"
"I…wanted to see if you were okay." Aoi stared at him in astonishment. He's actually worried about me that much? Cool. Or maybe there's another reason. Or, maybe…cackles mentally because I'm the reincarnation of his queen in this fic…oooo I am soooo lucky! (A/N: tsk tsk Aoi, naughty girl!)
"Oh…" Aoi responded sweetly, "so you're worried about me?" Yami glowed red.
"Y-Yes…?"
"I see," she said, twirling a bit of hair near her cheek.
"ANYway," Yami had managed to push back the embarrassment for a moment and gather himself up to speak properly, "I wanted to ask you something."
"Ask me…?"
"Your millennium item," he held up Aoi's Millennium Falcon. Aoi gasped. She tried to take it back but Yami held it out of her reach.
"I believe you've been hiding this from us," he said.
"But I-I thought…wasn't that…"
"A dream?" Yami concluded for her, "no, it wasn't. You fainted after your item started glowing. "
"So the duel was only a dream…" she muttered.
"Duel?" Aoi looked away. I don't remember this part in my fic…
"Look, Yami," she started hesitantly, "can we discuss this somewhere else? Please."
"Alright, we'll see what the doctor says."
Aoi and Yami walked down a deserted street, they were heading back to the turtle game shop. It was late in the afternoon, and was beginning to get dark.
"So now, can you tell me about that millennium item of yours Aoi?" he handed Aoi the falcon and she nodded.
"To be honest…I don't know much about the item myself. I got it in an old shop while visiting Egypt with my family a few years earlier. All I know is, it's got some shadow powers in it and probably a s-I mean that's it."
"I see," Yami eyed her with a small look of suspicion, "and you are positive that is all you know?"
"I…suppose…"
"The shadow games being brought back is a very dangerous threat to the world, Aoi. You must understand that."
"I know."
"Remember what Isis said about what had happened to the world when I lived. It was at the brink of destruction before I sealed away the shadow games."
"I know!"
"Then you should know perfectly well you need to tell me what's going on! You can't just deal with it all by yourself! You're not strong enough!"
The last sentence echoed in her head.
You're not strong enough!
"Yes, I am!" she yelled and glared straight into Yami's eyes. For a moment, Yami was taken back from her sudden outburst, but he tried to push Aoi back down. Aoi forced herself back up and got out of bed.
"Stop worrying about me so much!" she screamed and just walked out the door. Yami was frozen; just for that last sentence she had said to him, something was oddly familiar with her tone. He could've sworn he'd heard it before, and somehow it made him feel guilty…He tried to look for her again, but failed.
"Guess I'll head home then…I'm sure she'll return…" he muttered to himself.
Looks like you really hit an emotional spot
I realize that…
on the streets
Ugh! I can't believe Yami's like an overprotective granny. What does he think I am? His baby?? She stomped angrily off into the streets, to wherever her legs carried her. Eventually, they brought her back to the museum (which was closed at the time), and back into the room of the tablet of the nameless pharaoh…
She looked up. "What's this…?"
She wandered into the room again where the tablet was displayed. Then she looked up again, towards the tablet beside the one of the nameless pharaoh. There was a woman shown, who seemed to be getting strangled by ropes from all sides. And above her, a picture of the pharaoh was present, and seemed to be the one controlling the ropes.
A sudden feeling of anger gripped Aoi. For some reason unknown to her, the picture on the tablet made her blood boil.
The dark feeling was back again, and her mind slowly slipped into a state of unconsciousness.
The Millennium Falcon flickered again, but this time an evil light was glowing within the darkness. It was no longer gold…no longer a warm, golden light. A feeling of hatred was in the air, as she silently marched out of the museum. The sky was dark now, and the streets were almost deserted except for a few paupers and black cats in the night. However, they all kept a distant from Aoi. An aura of darkness surrounded her and they could see it even in the darkness as she proceeded towards the turtle game shop.
For a moment, a robber dared to sneak up behind her in a dark alley. But before he could confront her, Aoi took off the millennium falcon absent-mindedly and in a flash, blood was splattered across the brick wall in the alley. She continued towards Yugi's house.
Pharaoh…Back at the Turtle Game shop, Yugi looked out his window depressingly. Yami was in his soul room, grumbling in frustration.
You think something might've happened to her, Yami?
I wish I knew Yugi…
SM: Just had to slip in a weeny bit of violence in the last part ;;
Aoi: scratches head I didn't know I do stuff like that.
SM: Well, if you read again, maybe you'll realize it's not really you
Aoi: does so, blinks Um, okay.
SM: Please R&R!!