Mou Hitori no Boku: True Darkness
"Through here." Imay pushed open a golden door, which wasn't there before. Beyond it, there was total darkness. Yami looked to Seto, and stepped through it, his form disappearing as he did. A little more hesitantly, Seto followed. The door shut behind them.
~oOOo~
Yami blinked, shielding his eyes against a bright sun. He felt Seto next to him, but felt strangely alone without the Puzzle. He was standing in a town square, surrounded by hundreds of people, all focusing their attention on one tiny figure standing on a platform.
"Today, my friends!" he called. "I will give this, to the person who so takes it from my hand, for he will be most deserving." He held up a golden set of scales. Yami's eyes widened. 'The Millennium Scale!' he thought. 'I have to get it back... that's what the challenge is!' Seto looked uninterested. Yami, on the other hand, was joining the crowd trying to take hold of the golden artifact.
He pushed his way through many people, until he found himself right by the platform, looking up at the Scale. He was about to reach up and take it, when...
"WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" He heard a cry behind him. Turning, he saw a small child, sobbing, one arm hanging useless by it's side. Everyone was pushing by it, taking no notice. It opened watery blue eyes to look at the Pharaoh, singled out from the crowd by his unmoving body. In an instant, the child was pushed from view.
Yami looked up. The Scale was right there, waiting for him to take it. He looked back into the crowd, searching for the child. His crimson eyes fixed upon it's still body, lying on the floor. "Life is more important ." he said, diving into the crowd to retrieve the child. Picking it up in his arms, he looked around for some way to get away from the stampeding feet.
'The platform!'
Scrambling back towards the wooden stage, he pushed the child up onto it, and climbed up himself.
The crowd froze.
The man with the Scale disappeared.
The crowd vanished, all except for Seto.
The small child woke up, and in a flash, was Imay.
"Justice is the quality of fairness, and being able to do the right thing. You demonstrated this well, Pharaoh." She said, pulling him to his feet. "And for passing the challenge, I give you the Millennium Scale. Good above Evil, always." She vanished. Yami took hold of the Millennium Scale. There was a whirling sensation, and he found himself stepping out of the gold door, with Seto.
~oOOo~
"Yami!" Yugi exclaimed, jumping up and wrapping his arms around his darker's waist. "You're alright!"
Yami looked at him. "Of course I am. And I passed the challenge." he said, taking his Puzzle back from Yugi. "And I commend you. Now, go on your way! Good luck!" Imay said from the side of the room. "Thank you, Imay! Goodbye!" Yugi said.
They felt the whole of the Seventh Realm dissolving around them, and themselves being lifted into the air. Yami felt for Yugi's hand. All went dark...
"Through here." Imay pushed open a golden door, which wasn't there before. Beyond it, there was total darkness. Yami looked to Seto, and stepped through it, his form disappearing as he did. A little more hesitantly, Seto followed. The door shut behind them.
~oOOo~
Yami blinked, shielding his eyes against a bright sun. He felt Seto next to him, but felt strangely alone without the Puzzle. He was standing in a town square, surrounded by hundreds of people, all focusing their attention on one tiny figure standing on a platform.
"Today, my friends!" he called. "I will give this, to the person who so takes it from my hand, for he will be most deserving." He held up a golden set of scales. Yami's eyes widened. 'The Millennium Scale!' he thought. 'I have to get it back... that's what the challenge is!' Seto looked uninterested. Yami, on the other hand, was joining the crowd trying to take hold of the golden artifact.
He pushed his way through many people, until he found himself right by the platform, looking up at the Scale. He was about to reach up and take it, when...
"WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" He heard a cry behind him. Turning, he saw a small child, sobbing, one arm hanging useless by it's side. Everyone was pushing by it, taking no notice. It opened watery blue eyes to look at the Pharaoh, singled out from the crowd by his unmoving body. In an instant, the child was pushed from view.
Yami looked up. The Scale was right there, waiting for him to take it. He looked back into the crowd, searching for the child. His crimson eyes fixed upon it's still body, lying on the floor. "Life is more important ." he said, diving into the crowd to retrieve the child. Picking it up in his arms, he looked around for some way to get away from the stampeding feet.
'The platform!'
Scrambling back towards the wooden stage, he pushed the child up onto it, and climbed up himself.
The crowd froze.
The man with the Scale disappeared.
The crowd vanished, all except for Seto.
The small child woke up, and in a flash, was Imay.
"Justice is the quality of fairness, and being able to do the right thing. You demonstrated this well, Pharaoh." She said, pulling him to his feet. "And for passing the challenge, I give you the Millennium Scale. Good above Evil, always." She vanished. Yami took hold of the Millennium Scale. There was a whirling sensation, and he found himself stepping out of the gold door, with Seto.
~oOOo~
"Yami!" Yugi exclaimed, jumping up and wrapping his arms around his darker's waist. "You're alright!"
Yami looked at him. "Of course I am. And I passed the challenge." he said, taking his Puzzle back from Yugi. "And I commend you. Now, go on your way! Good luck!" Imay said from the side of the room. "Thank you, Imay! Goodbye!" Yugi said.
They felt the whole of the Seventh Realm dissolving around them, and themselves being lifted into the air. Yami felt for Yugi's hand. All went dark...