Mou Hitori no Boku: True Darkness
Pan: Thank you for all of your reviews.
To S. Chensu and her sister: I am aware of what gluttony is; it's just that eating and drinking excessively wouldn't fit in with the story, or any of their personalities correctly. Therefore, in looking in a theasaurus, the word 'greed' is a synonym for 'gluttony', and Seto's greed for power made him take Yugi's card. But covetousness is in a different Realm (The Ring Realm, I think...)
Also, since you have just started watching Yu-Gi-Oh! (as you mentioned in your reviews) you might not have understood correctly; in the English dub of Yu-Gi-Oh!, the characters lived in America, but this fic is based on the original Japanese version - where the characters reside in Japan. I do thank you for your comments, and I'm not being nasty - just explaining a couple of things.
But then again, for those of you who do know plenty about Yu-Gi-Oh!, I did screw up and call the Millennium Ankh the Millennium Key... that was a bit stupid. Oh well...
~~~
Soon, they came to a clearing, in which stood a small wooden hut. It seemed to be growing itself; green leaves covered the roof, and lower down branches intertwined to make walls. Maiy opened up the door, and led the others in.
The hut contained a single room, and a small fireplace. Maiy pointed to a small, neatly-made bed for Yami. Yugi carefully helped his darker half to lie down on it. Yami gave him a soft smile.
"So, you intend to find the new Master of the Realms?" Maiy inquired. Ryou nodded. "Yes, Yami... Pharaoh Panseru believes the Shadow Realm is becoming unstable, so we must find a new Master." Ryou explained, changing what he called Yami, as he received an evil look from Maiy. "Then, you must require the Key! I see you already have the Scale." she said brightly. In the confusion, none of them had noticed the the Scale had disappeared. Now, as they looked around for it, they saw a single card which had fallen from Yami's jacket pocket, displaying the Scale on the front.
"I require the purest of heart for my challenge." Maiy stated. "One who has suffered, but retained innocence. One who has power, but will not use it unless it is completely nessercary." The eyes of Ryou, Seto and Yami all turned towards Yugi. His amethyst eyes widened. "Me?!" he exclaimed. Yami smiled at him weakly. "Yes, you have suffered, even in the short time I've been with you, but you're still innocent. You share my power, but you would never dream of using it. It has to be you, Yugi." Yugi shook his head. "W... why not Ryou?" he stuttered. "I'm... not all that innocent." the white-haired teen blushed. Slowly, Yugi nodded. "Yami, I'm scared..." he whispered, bending down over the proud Pharaoh. "Don't be, Yugi." Yami stroked one of Yugi's soft cheeks. "I'm here for you. Even if she stops you from contacting me, I will be here. I have faith in you, aibou." Yugi turned to Maiy. "I will take the challenge for the Key." he said.
"Remove your Puzzle. You are to do this alone." Maiy ordered him. Yugi looked to Yami.
/You'll disappear, won't you?/
//No, my Soul Room will just leave your mind.//
/Ok then./
Yugi pulled the chain over his head, and placed it in Yami's hands.
"Yugi, you may leave the challenge anytime you wish. Nothing inside will physically hurt you." Maiy pointed to the fire. The orange-red flames died to a faded green ember. Yugi took a deep breath, and stepped in.
~oOOo~
It was dark. It reminded Yugi of the Shadow Realm, but he felt no weakness.
"Come on, Tea, I've got tickets for that new movie."
"Joey?" Yugi asked the darkness. He saw his friend in front of him, with Tristan and Tea. "What?" Joey turned around. "Sorry, bud, only got three tickets. Next time, ok?" Yugi smiled. "Alright, Joey." He watched the three leave, not without feeling a slight twang of envy in his heart.
"I summon Dark Magician, and attack to eliminate your life points!"
A strong, familiar voice. "Yami?"
"Yugi, we did it. We won!" His darker half appeared before him. "Yami, that was great!" Tea ran up to congratulate Yami. "Yeah, that was a great victory." That was Joey. "Now, let's go see if Seto's gonna pay up on his bet." The three walked off, forgetting Yugi, who was left alone again.
"Yami does always tend to get the attention. What about me? He couldn't do anything without me..."
The surroundings changed; a stone palace, and the Pharaoh sitting at one end of the room, watching a Shadow Duel. Something happened the Yugi couldn't see, and Yami held up his hand. "That is against the rules. You lose automatically, and are banished to the Shadow Realm." One of the players screamed, and vanished, as did the surroundings. Back to the darkness.
"He can do without me. He doesn't need me... ahh! This challenge is making me think bad things! I want out!" He turned around to see a door. "Yami could do this better than I could." He reached for the door handle.
"I have faith in you, aibou." Yami's voice rang through his mind. "I have faith..."
"Yami!" Yugi pulled his hand back from the door. "That's right! Yami has faith in me, so do all the others. So I've got to have faith in myself!" The door vanished, and was replaced by the golden Millennium Key.
As he reached out to grab it, there was a bright flash, and he was suddenly back in the hut, with Yami and the others. In his hand was a card with the Millennium Key on it.
"Your faith is true, Little Pharaoh." Maiy said. "You'll do well, if the Shadow Realm chooses you." Yugi ran back to join Yami, slipping the Millennium Puzzle back around his own neck. "Thank you, Maiy." he said. Maiy smiled gently. "And I wish you well too, Pharaoh, Little Tomb Robber and High Priest." She bowed to them.
"Good luck in the next Realm."
Suddenly, they were falling through darkness again...
Pan: Thank you for all of your reviews.
To S. Chensu and her sister: I am aware of what gluttony is; it's just that eating and drinking excessively wouldn't fit in with the story, or any of their personalities correctly. Therefore, in looking in a theasaurus, the word 'greed' is a synonym for 'gluttony', and Seto's greed for power made him take Yugi's card. But covetousness is in a different Realm (The Ring Realm, I think...)
Also, since you have just started watching Yu-Gi-Oh! (as you mentioned in your reviews) you might not have understood correctly; in the English dub of Yu-Gi-Oh!, the characters lived in America, but this fic is based on the original Japanese version - where the characters reside in Japan. I do thank you for your comments, and I'm not being nasty - just explaining a couple of things.
But then again, for those of you who do know plenty about Yu-Gi-Oh!, I did screw up and call the Millennium Ankh the Millennium Key... that was a bit stupid. Oh well...
~~~
Soon, they came to a clearing, in which stood a small wooden hut. It seemed to be growing itself; green leaves covered the roof, and lower down branches intertwined to make walls. Maiy opened up the door, and led the others in.
The hut contained a single room, and a small fireplace. Maiy pointed to a small, neatly-made bed for Yami. Yugi carefully helped his darker half to lie down on it. Yami gave him a soft smile.
"So, you intend to find the new Master of the Realms?" Maiy inquired. Ryou nodded. "Yes, Yami... Pharaoh Panseru believes the Shadow Realm is becoming unstable, so we must find a new Master." Ryou explained, changing what he called Yami, as he received an evil look from Maiy. "Then, you must require the Key! I see you already have the Scale." she said brightly. In the confusion, none of them had noticed the the Scale had disappeared. Now, as they looked around for it, they saw a single card which had fallen from Yami's jacket pocket, displaying the Scale on the front.
"I require the purest of heart for my challenge." Maiy stated. "One who has suffered, but retained innocence. One who has power, but will not use it unless it is completely nessercary." The eyes of Ryou, Seto and Yami all turned towards Yugi. His amethyst eyes widened. "Me?!" he exclaimed. Yami smiled at him weakly. "Yes, you have suffered, even in the short time I've been with you, but you're still innocent. You share my power, but you would never dream of using it. It has to be you, Yugi." Yugi shook his head. "W... why not Ryou?" he stuttered. "I'm... not all that innocent." the white-haired teen blushed. Slowly, Yugi nodded. "Yami, I'm scared..." he whispered, bending down over the proud Pharaoh. "Don't be, Yugi." Yami stroked one of Yugi's soft cheeks. "I'm here for you. Even if she stops you from contacting me, I will be here. I have faith in you, aibou." Yugi turned to Maiy. "I will take the challenge for the Key." he said.
"Remove your Puzzle. You are to do this alone." Maiy ordered him. Yugi looked to Yami.
/You'll disappear, won't you?/
//No, my Soul Room will just leave your mind.//
/Ok then./
Yugi pulled the chain over his head, and placed it in Yami's hands.
"Yugi, you may leave the challenge anytime you wish. Nothing inside will physically hurt you." Maiy pointed to the fire. The orange-red flames died to a faded green ember. Yugi took a deep breath, and stepped in.
~oOOo~
It was dark. It reminded Yugi of the Shadow Realm, but he felt no weakness.
"Come on, Tea, I've got tickets for that new movie."
"Joey?" Yugi asked the darkness. He saw his friend in front of him, with Tristan and Tea. "What?" Joey turned around. "Sorry, bud, only got three tickets. Next time, ok?" Yugi smiled. "Alright, Joey." He watched the three leave, not without feeling a slight twang of envy in his heart.
"I summon Dark Magician, and attack to eliminate your life points!"
A strong, familiar voice. "Yami?"
"Yugi, we did it. We won!" His darker half appeared before him. "Yami, that was great!" Tea ran up to congratulate Yami. "Yeah, that was a great victory." That was Joey. "Now, let's go see if Seto's gonna pay up on his bet." The three walked off, forgetting Yugi, who was left alone again.
"Yami does always tend to get the attention. What about me? He couldn't do anything without me..."
The surroundings changed; a stone palace, and the Pharaoh sitting at one end of the room, watching a Shadow Duel. Something happened the Yugi couldn't see, and Yami held up his hand. "That is against the rules. You lose automatically, and are banished to the Shadow Realm." One of the players screamed, and vanished, as did the surroundings. Back to the darkness.
"He can do without me. He doesn't need me... ahh! This challenge is making me think bad things! I want out!" He turned around to see a door. "Yami could do this better than I could." He reached for the door handle.
"I have faith in you, aibou." Yami's voice rang through his mind. "I have faith..."
"Yami!" Yugi pulled his hand back from the door. "That's right! Yami has faith in me, so do all the others. So I've got to have faith in myself!" The door vanished, and was replaced by the golden Millennium Key.
As he reached out to grab it, there was a bright flash, and he was suddenly back in the hut, with Yami and the others. In his hand was a card with the Millennium Key on it.
"Your faith is true, Little Pharaoh." Maiy said. "You'll do well, if the Shadow Realm chooses you." Yugi ran back to join Yami, slipping the Millennium Puzzle back around his own neck. "Thank you, Maiy." he said. Maiy smiled gently. "And I wish you well too, Pharaoh, Little Tomb Robber and High Priest." She bowed to them.
"Good luck in the next Realm."
Suddenly, they were falling through darkness again...