A/N Ya! A new chapter is up and ready and it didn't even take me a month this time! So how is everyone feeling? I'm feeling great! . Unless you count the SAT's this Saturday…or the fact that Christmas is coming up and I still have to get gifts for my friends…or the fact that I haven't heard from my top college choice yet…other then that I'm fine…really. Anyway…I see that the Harry Potter fic isn't working. It only got one review…and that was a flame, so I'm taking it down, re-writing it, and then posting it again. I refuse to give up!
Yami: Yes…even when you really should…
Crystalia: Shut up you spike head! Hey who here got the first edition of Shonen Jump. For those of you who don't know, it's a magazine that has Yu-Gi-Oh and is starting from the real beginning (when Yugi and Jou weren't best friends) Anyway…if you have it, did you notice anything about our dark spirited, spiked haired cutie? I sure as hell did!
Yami: Hey! It's the first issue!
Crystalia: You look like something out of night of the living dead! You look like Yugi exept with too much shadowing and a REALLY BAD hairstyle. Why are the spikes so damn wavy? And I thought Malik was sadistic…a game to see who can stab themselves for money with out drawing blood…dude…you're sick!
Yami: Blame the manga artist! . It's not fair…I'm supposed to be a hottie…
Bakura: HA HA HA! Now I am the hottie!
Crystalia: Actually the real hotties are Yugi and Ryou…
Yami & Bakura: U.U
Crystalia: ^.^ now on to the fic! Ryou it's your turn to do the disclaimer!
Ryou: Crystalia-chan doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh during the day…at night between 11:59pm and 12:00am though…well let's just say she does…
Crystalia: Thank you! Oh and to make up for all the cruel cliffhangers this chapter is real long and answers all questions about Yugi's dream. R&R!!!
Chapter 13
Duel for the Ring 2
"You go first." Tendo demanded, not trusting his opponent.
"Fine." Yami muttered before rolling the die. He sighed when it landed on four. 'Yugi. I don't know where you are, but I promise to win this game and save you.' Yami thought to himself as he flipped over the forth card.
It read 'Thunder" and showed thick bolts of electricity striking a shadowed figure. Almost at once the card darkened and volts shot down striking Yami mercilessly. He didn't cry out though. Instead he slumped forward, breathing hard, as the thunder stopped. Concerned Anzu and Jou moved forward, but Bakura grabbed Anzu's arm and stopped them.
"Damn it Bakura!" Anzu yelled as he let her go. "Can't you see that Yami is in trouble?"
"Of coarse I can see that…but the rules of the Shadow Realm clearly state that any outside interference is an automatic forfeit. Besides I know that he will win…" he said looking down at his hikari. "He has to…"
"Your turn." Yami said hoarsely. "That is unless you want to give up!"
"Never!" Tendo shouted, throwing the die roughly. It landed on two. "Ha! Now we shall se who is the King of Games!"
With that Tendo turned his second card over revealing a picture of enormous flames with the word 'Inferno' written underneath.
"Oh shit…" he muttered as the card erupted with fire. He screamed out as the fire quickly scorched his cloths and singed his hair. "Damn you Yugioh!"
Yami just smirked as he rolled again, this time landing a three. Inhaling nervously Yami flipped the third card revealing the word 'Gale' and a picture of a strong looking wind. Again Yami was bombarded, only this time by razor wind, which cut at his cloths and skin.
Tendo begrudgingly took the die and rolled a six. He was smiled and Yami looked at him in fear. 'Could it be? Could he have gotten the Hikari card?' Yami's fears were short lived when Tendo revealed his card, which read 'Waterfall' and showed a picture of a somewhat gentle looking waterfall. He laughed as the cold water fell on him, soaking him entirely.
"If only every card could be this nice!" he gloated as Yami calmly picked up the die.
"That's not good for him in the least…poor fool" Bakura muttered.
"Why you say that?" Jou asked.
"You'll find out soon enough…"
Yami smirked and took his turn. He got a six also. His hand was steady as he flipped over the sixth card. It read 'Vine' and had a picture of intricate vines on it. Yami cursed as thick black vines wrapped around his body, cutting off his air supply. Unlike the other cards, these vines didn't disappear.
"This isn't good at all." Bakura muttered a hint of fear in his voice. Upon Jou and Anzu's looks of confusion he continued. "Those vines will stay the entire game until he draws fire but that's not all..."
"What!?!" Jou yelled, frustrated.
"Look at what they have played so far and do the math. Yami's gotten Thunder, Wind, and Vine. Tendo's gotten Fire and Water…that's five different elements…but they each have the same elements so that means…"
"Each of them only has one of the game ending cards!" Anzu finished, panicked.
"But then that means that one of them is playing only to lose!" Jou concluded.
"Yes…" Bakura whispered. " This game just got a lot harder…I just hope that pharaoh knows what he's doing…"
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Yugi slowly opened his eyes and almost screamed but caught himself in time. He was surprised to find himself laying on the floor of what looked like his room back at the game shop. He was even more surprised to see a young man standing over him. He had long very light blue hair and equally light blue cat-like eyes. He was very tall and seemed very serious. (A/N Picture Yue from Card Captor Sakura without the wings)
"Who…who are you?" Yugi asked as he got to his feet. "How did I get here?"
"I am a messenger in a way and I am called Tuskigo." He said flatly" You are hear for now because this is the safest place for you to be."
Yugi fidgeted under Tuskigo's gaze for a while before blurting out "I had a dream…"
"A vision." Tuskigo interrupted.
"I…I didn't really understand it all…if it was a vision it made no sense to me…" Yugi explained.
"Hmm…tell me the vision and I'll see if I can help you." He said. As Yugi retold his dream Tuskigo remained silent, except when Yugi said he couldn't remember something. Then Tuskigo would go back and fill in the gaps. Yugi wondered how this stranger knew the dream and why he wanted him to retell it if he already seemed to know everything about it, but then again Tuskigo seemed like the type of person who knew what you were thinking before you even thought it.
"Interesting…" was all Tuskigo said when Yugi was finished.
"What's so interesting? What does it all mean?" Yugi asked.
"Leave it to the gods to make a vision so confusing…" Tuskigo muttered to himself grimacing. "The water represents turmoil and the sand means time. This girl, Crystalia…her role in this dream suggests that she has a secret as dark as your own. The comets hint that it's a dangerous one that will put the very Earth in danger and the fact that you yourself were a comet means that you will be directly involved. This boy, Ryou, it seems that he too will play an important role, but the fact that he couldn't help you in the dream may implies that when the time does come he may not be able to help then. Now the wave represents danger to both you and the one you called Yami, though why you were separated I'm not sure…" Tuskigo said frowning slightly.
"The picture though…that is the key to this entire thing and the part that you must remember…no matter what." Tuskigo said, gazing down at Yugi. "The picture suggests that you and Crystalia are destined to meet and the 'eye' means that you are both destined to follow a path traveled down many a millennia ago…and like in the vision…if you make one wrong move it could all shatter and be lost…"
Yugi seemed to think over what Tuskigo just said when he suddenly remembered something. "What about the bird? There was a giant bird that flew out from the broken glass. What could that have meant?"
Tuskigo appeared to be surprised by this last bit of information. "I have no idea Yugi…birds have many meanings in both vision and dreams. They could represent live or death. Hope or despair, sometimes they even mean that something is shrouded…" he explained. "So in other words this bird you saw could mean everything or nothing at all…"
Tuskigo knelt so that he was eye to eye with Yugi and frowned. "There is an epic battle coming and you little Yugi are at the very center of it… There isn't much I can do to help you…but," he said, reaching into his robes and pulling out four Duel Monster Cards. "Add these to your deck…you'll see that these cards will aid you greatly."
Tuskigo held up the first card. It had a picture of a woman with large white-feathered wings and flowing powder blue robes and it read 'Angel Song'. "This card allows you to give up to three of your monster cards the gift of flight along with a 700 attack point power boost." He said, holding up the next card.
It showed what looked like two men standing back to back, about to run away from each other and it read 'Reverse Play'. "This card makes it so that you and your opponent have to start over again, with the original life points and everything…but be careful…this card can backfire." Tuskigo explained, showing another card.
This one had a picture of a bright gold star being held in the palm of a young girl. It read 'Final Wish'. "Now this one is both rare and powerful. It allows you to make any demand of your opponent, besides forfeit that is. But you will only get this card in your hand when you really need it."
"And finally I give you this…and it's just for you favorite card too." Tuskigo said, smiling slightly as he held up the card. It had a picture of what looked like the Dark Magician and the Dark Magician Girl, each holding the other's hand and a brilliant purple light emitting from where they touched. It read 'Dark Magic Bind'. "I can tell that this is going to be one of your favorites and I'll let you play it to find out just what it does…" Tuskigo said, handing Yugi his new cards.
"How can I thank you for all your help?" Yugi asked.
At this Tuskigo laughed, though it sounded oddly pained. "You little one have done more then you know…just keep dreaming…" Yugi only nodded, smiling. "Come…I think it's time you get back to your friends…I know you yami is worried about you…" Tuskigo said before picking Yugi up and walking. The minute he moved the image of Yugi's room fell away and the darkness of the Shadow Realm returned, only now it seemed less dark with Tuskigo by Yugi's side.
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Tendo chucked at Yami's predicament. "Look at you Yugioh…perhaps your slumber has dulled your senses." He scoffed, picking up the die. "But I am not as slow witted as you."
With that the die was cast and landed on one causing both Yami and Bakura to smile at the card that Tendo had gotten.
"What the hell? Oh no!" Tendo shouted as the 'Thunder' card sent electricity through him. It was made worse by the fact that he was soaking wet. By the time the sparks had died down Tendo looked a lot less like a wizard and more like an overcooked chicken. Naturally Jou laughed.
Somehow Yami managed to free his hand so that he could roll the die. He prayed silently as it landed on two. Again Yami managed to turn over his second card revealing the 'Inferno' card but this time when it was activated it burned the vines away and not Yami.
"As you can see I am not a feeble as you first believed." Yami said confidently. "I will win this game and make you pay for everything that you have done."
Tendo only sneered as he took his turn and rolled a four. The card was 'Gale' and at once he was bombarded with the strong, freezing wind which only made his wounds hurt more.
"Now we are evenly matched and somewhere between us lies the hikari and the yami cards…only one of us has the hikari card…the other has the yami. It's now up to fate to see who is going to win this duel…" Yami said, looking down at his pair of cards. "Choose one of the two and let's see who the true king of games is."
Tendo looked down at his choices and placed a somewhat shaky hand on the card on his left. Yami closed his eyes and picked the card on his right. At the same time they both picked up their choices. A sly grin crossed Tendo's face while Yami's eyes widened.
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"What?" Jou shouted. "I can't see! What card did he draw?"
At that moment a light flashed before the three. (Ryou's unconscious remember) It took a moment for Jou to realize that it was Yugi standing in front of him.
"Yugi! You're all right!" Jou shouted, restraining himself from hugging the small boy.
"OF coarse I am…" Yugi said as if he had never vanished in the first place, before he looked down at Ryou and then Bakura. Before he could speak thought there was a forceful blast of wind and a creepy howling sound, which made all eyes return to the duel which was concluding.
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Tendo didn't scream as a dark crevasse opened at his feet, nor did he react when thousands of hands reached out and slowly began dragging him into the abyss. Instead he smiled up cryptically to Yami.
"You've won the battle Yugioh but what of the next? We won't stop until all the Millennium Items are in our grasp!" Tendo said.
"There won't be any other games for you…this game is over. You have lost and must now suffer, that is how the Shadow Games are played." Yami said before his card (the hikari of coarse) burst with light, which healed his wounds.
"You fool! Didn't you hear me when I said my master was the true ruler of this realm! He shall not let me be harmed."
Yami only shrugged. " I don't know what sort of false gad you are speaking of, but it doesn't matter now." He said turning to his friends and smiling when he saw Yugi there among them. "Now as agreed my hikari and his friends shall be freed along with the Ring bearer (I've wanted to call Ryou that forever! Frodo rules!) and his yami."
"I will not allow it!" Tendo shouted as the hands drew him deeper.
Yami's puzzle began to glow and he grinned. "It looks as if you have no say in the matter…" he said before he, Yugi, Jou, Anzu, Ryou, and Bakura all vanished.
It wasn't long after they had left until Anastu appeared which was good for Tendo because he was almost completely consumed by the wrath seeking hands.
"My lord…"
"I do not have time for failure." Anastu stated flatly. "I do not have time for those who do not succeed in their task!"
"But my lord the pharaoh challenged me to a Shadow Game for the Ring…"
"Yes I know… and the lose of that game was your alone."
A look of fear flashed in Tendo's eyes as he began to struggle fiercely against the hands. "You're not going to leave me here…are you?"
"I shall send for you later…when I think you've fully understood the reason why you shouldn't fail me." He said strolling away.
At his words the hands moved faster, pulling Tendo down into the depths of the Shadow Realm where he would suffer unimaginable torture.
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A/N Wow! That was one hell of a chapter…don't you agree. Well worth the wait. I promise the next chapter will be good…and very important! I hope everyone is enjoying the fic so far!
Oh! And I have a big request that some of you would like. I need one of you lovely reviewers to become a character in this fic for me. Before you all jump for joy at the chance to be near your favorite character let me tell you the rules: 1 no boys…sorry but there are enough boys in this fic. 2 you will be the holder of the Millenium Anhk for the simple reason of that if I left it as Shaddi having the two items it would get too confusing later. Plus the Scales are just as good (if not better) at judging a person then the Anhk, which if you ask me is one evil item…or at least it will be. 3 You must be all right with being a VERY Bad person, or should I say evil because this character is going to do some nasty things to our little innocent Yugi and Ryou so be prepared. 4 Don't expect to live very long. This character will be around for nine chapters at the most so don't be expecting an Oscar or anything.
Well…that's about it! First GIRL to email me her name (for the fic that is) wins the part. Please don't write names like Red_Blaze_0001234 because you won't be picked and don't pick a name like Sara or Betty because as nice as they are those types of names won't fit very well. Just pick something Egyptian sounding or Japanese. Oh and to the person who wondered about Asitire and Crystalia's names, Crystalia is American (I think I said that before) and Asitire's name is Latin for something that will be revealed much much later! Ok so that's about it! See you next chapter and please remember to R&R!!!!!!