Mou Hitori no Boku: True Darkness
A shocked silence hushed through the crowd. First, they had seen one of the best duelists in the world pass out during a duel, then an almost exact duplicate had turned up next to him. Yugi, however, was not concerned by this. Joey lifted Yami down from the platform, and Yugi collected up his scattered, and in a few cases, damaged deck.
As soon as all the cards had been retrieved, Yugi and Joey pushed their way through the people, some trying to ask questions, some on mobile phones, and some trying to follow.
Once outside, they turned to run as fast as they could to Yugi's house. As they passed an alleyway, they both felt hands on their shoulders, pulling them into the dark passage. "Hey! Let us go!" Joey yelled.
"Is that how you say 'hi' to someone you haven't seen for six months?" a familiar voice asked. Yugi turned. "Ryou! Bakura!" he exclaimed happily. "Yes yes, hi Yugi, and Joey," Ryou said impatiently. "Look, we just saw what happened at the arcade. Let Bakura carry Yami," Joey nodded. "I know he's stronger than me. Now, come on!" Joey turned Yami's still form over to Bakura, and they ran towards Yugi's house.
~oOOo~
"Where am I?" Yami heard himself say. Once again, he found himself in the dark domain of the Shadow Realm, the still figures of all his friends around him, locked away in crystal.
"You're home, Yami." a familiar, but menacing voice said. A shadowed figure appeared in front of him. "Who are you?!" Yami exclaimed, taking a step back. An unknown light fell across the figure.Yami looked into mirrored crimson eyes.
"I, Yami, am you." the figure smirked.
"You're not me... I can feel it..." Yami said. "Oh, but I am you, Pharaoh. You forced me away, as soon as you started to care for that little aibou of yours. A hidden part of your personality. Remember the Games?" Yami shuddered at the memory of all the pain he caused to those who 'trespassed in his soul'. "Ah, I see you do." the other him said. "Then you should know my name. I chose to become seperate from you, so I have a new name, Yugiou!" He smirked again, and walked closer to Yami. "You see, I intend to become the new Master of the Shadow Realm, Yami. And I'll destroy anyone who gets in my way, be it you, Yugi, or anyone else! Farewell for now..."
Yugiou faded away, and Yami felt himself returning to reality.
~oOOo~
"Hey, he's waking up!" Yugi said happily. Yami sat up, finding himself in his bed. He looked at the others. "Hi. What happened?" he asked. He got no answer, as Yugi jumped onto him, hugging him tightly. He fell backwards onto the soft pillows again. "Ok, ok! Yugi, you're choking me!" he yelled. Yugi let go. "You passed out while you were dueling. Joey stopped it, and we brought you here." he said innocently.
"You ok now, Yami?" Bakura asked. "Oh, yeah, thanks... Bakura?!?" This time, Yami jumped right out of bed, and somehow ended up sitting on the floor. "Yeah, hi." Bakura said, trying not to laugh at Yami. Yami slowly stood up, and nodded a 'hi' to Ryou.
"Right now, I'm glad you came back," he said, re-assuming his royal air. "I felt something, during that duel, as I ordered my Dark Magician to attack." Yugi looked up, worried. "What was it?" he asked. Yami sighed. "The Shadow Realm, then something knocking me out, from inside my own mind. I'm afraid that the Shadow Realm needs a new master; my time is obviously over. I think the binding magic I used in Egypt has weakened, due to the loss of the Puzzle and Ring. Although we still have them, the power from them is inside us, and the magic I used commanded the Millennium Items to be keys to the power, and now they are powerless..."
Bakura nodded in response to the brief explanation. "So it's got to be someone with a considerable amount of magic, but not you?" he asked. "Well, it could possibly be me again, but I doubt it." Yami answered. "That narrows it down to..." Bakura said, thinking of all the possibilities. "Me, Ryou, Yugi, Marik, Ishizu, Shadi or, unfortunately, Seto Kaiba." Yami gave a small amused smile. "And out of those it's more likely to be Yugi or Kaiba. Yugi because of his connections to me, and Kaiba because of his connections to the High Priest of my time. Doesn't rule the others out though." "We'll get them all here. There's got to be some way to know!" Bakura said.
~oOOo~
"Yugi!" called Yami. "It's time for bed!" Yami stood at the bottom of the stairs, looking up. "OKAY!" Yugi yelled. Yami shook his head, and went up to Yugi's room. "What's with the yelling?" he asked. "I dunno." Yugi shrugged. "Well, don't yell, you'll wake up the neighbours. What are you doing?" Yami said. Yugi showed him Slifer the Sky Dragon, sealed in glass. "Just this. I don't like using it, so it's safer to seal it, hmm, Yami?" Yugi told his aibou. "Yes that's a good idea. We don't want anyone to get their hands on Slifer...." Yami's voice cut out. He froze, and stared straight ahead with deadened eyes. "Yami?" Yugi looked up, his amethyst eyes connected with Yami's frozen crimson ones.
Yugi immediatly got to his feet, never taking his eyes off Yami.
The life returned to Yami's eyes for a mere second, as he managed to whisper, "Yugi, help," before collapsing completely, eyes shut tight. Yugi looked on in horror, as Yami's body began to glow, and from it rose a new form.
This new person had cold, harsh, crimson eyes, and an evil smirk. Black and magenta hair stuck up in spikes, and golden bangs hanging about their face.
In fact, it was Yami.
~oOOo~
"Who are you? What did you do to Yami?" Yugi cried frantically, as the glow disappeared, leaving Yugi's Yami asleep on the floor, and another one standing before him. "I'm taking my revenge, since you asked." the new Yami said. "Revenge against _him_" He kicked Yami in the side. "You see, Yugi, even darker sides have darker sides, and I'm Yami's. You know me already. I cast the Batsu-Games."
Yugi covered his mouth. "You..." he said through his fingers. "You almost killed Kaiba too!" The new Yami nodded. "Yes. About that, you don't think you could have stopped me by yourself, do you? No. HE helped you too." He kicked Yami again. "And my name is Yugiou."
"You want revenge because we made you lose..." Yugi said. "Ah yes. And the Pharaoh's magic is weakening, as he loses his control over the Shadow Realm. You see, he forgot someone when he was telling the Tomb Robber who could be the next Master. I intend to be that Master. So, farewell for now, Chiisai Pharaoh. The next time you see me, it won't be so... nice." Yugiou dissolved back into Yami, who blinked his eyes, and got up. "Now I know what happened in that duel..." he said.
"Yugi, you've got to help me!"
A shocked silence hushed through the crowd. First, they had seen one of the best duelists in the world pass out during a duel, then an almost exact duplicate had turned up next to him. Yugi, however, was not concerned by this. Joey lifted Yami down from the platform, and Yugi collected up his scattered, and in a few cases, damaged deck.
As soon as all the cards had been retrieved, Yugi and Joey pushed their way through the people, some trying to ask questions, some on mobile phones, and some trying to follow.
Once outside, they turned to run as fast as they could to Yugi's house. As they passed an alleyway, they both felt hands on their shoulders, pulling them into the dark passage. "Hey! Let us go!" Joey yelled.
"Is that how you say 'hi' to someone you haven't seen for six months?" a familiar voice asked. Yugi turned. "Ryou! Bakura!" he exclaimed happily. "Yes yes, hi Yugi, and Joey," Ryou said impatiently. "Look, we just saw what happened at the arcade. Let Bakura carry Yami," Joey nodded. "I know he's stronger than me. Now, come on!" Joey turned Yami's still form over to Bakura, and they ran towards Yugi's house.
~oOOo~
"Where am I?" Yami heard himself say. Once again, he found himself in the dark domain of the Shadow Realm, the still figures of all his friends around him, locked away in crystal.
"You're home, Yami." a familiar, but menacing voice said. A shadowed figure appeared in front of him. "Who are you?!" Yami exclaimed, taking a step back. An unknown light fell across the figure.Yami looked into mirrored crimson eyes.
"I, Yami, am you." the figure smirked.
"You're not me... I can feel it..." Yami said. "Oh, but I am you, Pharaoh. You forced me away, as soon as you started to care for that little aibou of yours. A hidden part of your personality. Remember the Games?" Yami shuddered at the memory of all the pain he caused to those who 'trespassed in his soul'. "Ah, I see you do." the other him said. "Then you should know my name. I chose to become seperate from you, so I have a new name, Yugiou!" He smirked again, and walked closer to Yami. "You see, I intend to become the new Master of the Shadow Realm, Yami. And I'll destroy anyone who gets in my way, be it you, Yugi, or anyone else! Farewell for now..."
Yugiou faded away, and Yami felt himself returning to reality.
~oOOo~
"Hey, he's waking up!" Yugi said happily. Yami sat up, finding himself in his bed. He looked at the others. "Hi. What happened?" he asked. He got no answer, as Yugi jumped onto him, hugging him tightly. He fell backwards onto the soft pillows again. "Ok, ok! Yugi, you're choking me!" he yelled. Yugi let go. "You passed out while you were dueling. Joey stopped it, and we brought you here." he said innocently.
"You ok now, Yami?" Bakura asked. "Oh, yeah, thanks... Bakura?!?" This time, Yami jumped right out of bed, and somehow ended up sitting on the floor. "Yeah, hi." Bakura said, trying not to laugh at Yami. Yami slowly stood up, and nodded a 'hi' to Ryou.
"Right now, I'm glad you came back," he said, re-assuming his royal air. "I felt something, during that duel, as I ordered my Dark Magician to attack." Yugi looked up, worried. "What was it?" he asked. Yami sighed. "The Shadow Realm, then something knocking me out, from inside my own mind. I'm afraid that the Shadow Realm needs a new master; my time is obviously over. I think the binding magic I used in Egypt has weakened, due to the loss of the Puzzle and Ring. Although we still have them, the power from them is inside us, and the magic I used commanded the Millennium Items to be keys to the power, and now they are powerless..."
Bakura nodded in response to the brief explanation. "So it's got to be someone with a considerable amount of magic, but not you?" he asked. "Well, it could possibly be me again, but I doubt it." Yami answered. "That narrows it down to..." Bakura said, thinking of all the possibilities. "Me, Ryou, Yugi, Marik, Ishizu, Shadi or, unfortunately, Seto Kaiba." Yami gave a small amused smile. "And out of those it's more likely to be Yugi or Kaiba. Yugi because of his connections to me, and Kaiba because of his connections to the High Priest of my time. Doesn't rule the others out though." "We'll get them all here. There's got to be some way to know!" Bakura said.
~oOOo~
"Yugi!" called Yami. "It's time for bed!" Yami stood at the bottom of the stairs, looking up. "OKAY!" Yugi yelled. Yami shook his head, and went up to Yugi's room. "What's with the yelling?" he asked. "I dunno." Yugi shrugged. "Well, don't yell, you'll wake up the neighbours. What are you doing?" Yami said. Yugi showed him Slifer the Sky Dragon, sealed in glass. "Just this. I don't like using it, so it's safer to seal it, hmm, Yami?" Yugi told his aibou. "Yes that's a good idea. We don't want anyone to get their hands on Slifer...." Yami's voice cut out. He froze, and stared straight ahead with deadened eyes. "Yami?" Yugi looked up, his amethyst eyes connected with Yami's frozen crimson ones.
Yugi immediatly got to his feet, never taking his eyes off Yami.
The life returned to Yami's eyes for a mere second, as he managed to whisper, "Yugi, help," before collapsing completely, eyes shut tight. Yugi looked on in horror, as Yami's body began to glow, and from it rose a new form.
This new person had cold, harsh, crimson eyes, and an evil smirk. Black and magenta hair stuck up in spikes, and golden bangs hanging about their face.
In fact, it was Yami.
~oOOo~
"Who are you? What did you do to Yami?" Yugi cried frantically, as the glow disappeared, leaving Yugi's Yami asleep on the floor, and another one standing before him. "I'm taking my revenge, since you asked." the new Yami said. "Revenge against _him_" He kicked Yami in the side. "You see, Yugi, even darker sides have darker sides, and I'm Yami's. You know me already. I cast the Batsu-Games."
Yugi covered his mouth. "You..." he said through his fingers. "You almost killed Kaiba too!" The new Yami nodded. "Yes. About that, you don't think you could have stopped me by yourself, do you? No. HE helped you too." He kicked Yami again. "And my name is Yugiou."
"You want revenge because we made you lose..." Yugi said. "Ah yes. And the Pharaoh's magic is weakening, as he loses his control over the Shadow Realm. You see, he forgot someone when he was telling the Tomb Robber who could be the next Master. I intend to be that Master. So, farewell for now, Chiisai Pharaoh. The next time you see me, it won't be so... nice." Yugiou dissolved back into Yami, who blinked his eyes, and got up. "Now I know what happened in that duel..." he said.
"Yugi, you've got to help me!"