Mou Hitori no Boku: True Darkness
"Thank you for your kindness, Yima." Yugi said, bowing politely. Yima shook her head. "No, no, the honour is mine! It is always a pleasure to serve the Pharaoh!" she said. Yami rolled his eyes. Yima ignored this, and handed each of them a pack. "Be careful with these. They contain special magic needed to access the Higher Realms. Also, some food, and other items you may require. I recieved a message from Imay this morning; all three Higher Guardians have gone missing. I wish you the greatest of luck in your quest."
The group hardly had time to bid her farewell, before they were falling towards the next Realm.
~
SPLASH!
THUD!
"OW!"
"CHIKAKUSO!"
"SHIT!"
"gurgle..."
Yami coughed, sitting up in the knee-depth water he had faller into, while Ryou and Seto sat rubbing sore patches on the beach. Yugi, who had been the one to swear loudly in Japanese, ('chikakuso' means damn or shit) looked in dismay at his damp, sandy bangs. "Oh, crap... it takes forever to get sand out of my hair!" he complained loudly. Yami got to his feet and walked to the beach, dripping. "I wish we didn't have to fall into these Realms..." he murmured, helping Yugi up. "Just be glad we're here, Yami-chan." Yugi commented. Seto stood, brushing sand from his trenchcoat. "So, Master of the Realms, where are we now?" he asked Yami, yet it was Ryou who answered. "Ring Realm." He indicated the Ring, glowing brightly as it hung about his neck.
'Finally, Bakura can come back!' he thought.
"Ryou, there's no Guardian to guide us this time; can your Ring locate Bakura or something?" Yugi asked.Ryou nodded. "Probably." he closed his eyes, holding the Ring before him. It glowed brighter, as one of the pointers rose to point out the direction.
"That can't be right!" Yami said, looking at the pointer. The golden arrow was pointing out to sea. "The Ring never lies, Yami!" Ryou said. "Out to sea we must go." Seto laughed as Yami looked suddenly very depressed. "Of course, you can't swim, can you, Pharaoh?" he laughed. Yami narrowed his eyes at Seto. "I seem to remember you in the past, Seto." he said slyly. "You wouldn't go anywhere near the Nile." Seto shook this off, with the reply "Well, the Nile's full of crocodiles, isn't it!" Yami shook his head. "You were afraid of the frogs, Seto. Not the crocodiles; the frogs." he informed the disbelieving teen. Seto glared darkly at him.
"Well, how are we going to this?" Yugi cut in. "I doubt we can swim far enough." "Then we'll have to use a boat." Yami said. "Pharaoh, we're on a beach. There's nothing to create a boat with!" Seto indicated the wide expanse of sand. The group stood in silence for a while, listening to the waves.
"Maybe Yima packed something we could use..." Yugi said, taking his pack from his back, and opening it up. After several minutes of removing items one by one, he finally pulled out a deep blue tunic. "What's this?" he asked. Yami examined it closely, running his fingers over the material. "It is..." he said. "A tunic made from the skin of a Great White." Yugi nearly dropped it in disgust. Yami smiled. "This solves our problem." he said brightly. Seto frowned. "And how does it do that, Pharaoh? It's a tunic." he said.
Yami smirked. "With your permission, Yugi." he said to his young aibou. Yugi shrugged, and held up the strange item of clothing to Yami. The older boy took it, and carefully pulled it down over Yugi's head, carefully doing up the belt at his koi's waist. "Watch." He took a few steps back. Yugi blinked, unsure of what was supposed to happen, until he exhaled.
As he went to take another breath, he found that he couldn't fill his lungs with much-needed air, no matter what he did. The wind felt very cold around his neck. "Yami, what's happening?" he wheezed out, clutching his throat. Yami smiled at him. "Come on." He bent down to pick Yugi up, before walking towards the sea, and dropping him in with a huge splash. Ryou's eyes widened in concern when Yugi did not get up out of the water.
"Well done, Yami, you've killed your aibou!" Seto laughed. Yami turned, and shook his head. "No I haven't" he said, pointing at the water. Yugi's hair and eyes were peeking up out of the blue water. His skin was strangely blue- green, and his eyes glittered with amusement. "I'm a fish!" he exclaimed in a water-garbled voice. "Not quite." said Yami. He opened his own pack, and put his own peculiar tunic on carefully. "Come on then! We haven't got all day!" he said in an amused voice, looking at the confused looks on his friends' faces. He splashed out into deeper water, Yugi following him.
Ryou shrugged and pulled out his tunic. "What have we got to lose?" he said quietly, putting the tunic on, and following the Puzzle duo into the water. "Oh, just my dignity..." Seto said, having to take his trenchcoat off before he could put the unusual garment on, and going hesistantly out to sea.
As Yami saw the others approach, he duck-dived under the water's surface, closely followed by his aibou. As the other joined them, they had to take a moment to fully understand what had happened.
All of them had lost the ability to breath above water, but had managed to grow gills on their necks so as to be able to breath underwater. They were all blue-green colour as well now, but Yami's tanned skin had somehow become more blue than the others, so it was hard to tell where the tunic began on him. Ryou was amused by the fact that they had webbed fingers, Yugi was interested in his legs, which had somehow had lost their shoes, and had frog's feet attached to them instead of his regular feet. Seto was immensely bemused by all of this. "Tell me this wears off, Yami." He said, a stream of bubbles issuing from his mouth. "OK." Yami said calmly. "You'll return to normal as soon at you take the Umi tunic off." "Good..." Seto muttered.
"How come you can swim now?" Yugi asked suddenly, looking at Yami, who was floating casually in the water, flicking his froggy feet now and then so as to stay in the same place. Yami looked at him, and having to brush away his unruly bangs, which had decided to drift annoyingly in front of his eyes. "This tunic makes you able to swim, breathe, speak and see clearly underwater. Of course, slight... modifications have to be make to the human body to make this possible."
"So why am I green?" Ryou asked, looking at his hands. "Because, trust me, it looks immensely freaky in normal skin colour. And Kaiba makes a good frog." Yami answered. Seto glared at him darkly. "Aren't we here to rescue Bakura?" Yugi piped up before Seto could strangle Yami.
The Millennium Ring floated up in front of Ryou. It glowed, and its pointers indicated the direction. "Let's go!" Yugi said, kicking his legs, and swimming off in the direction the Ring pointed. "Wait for me, aibou!" Yami called, swimming after him.
"Under the sea... under the sea... things so much hotter, under the water, take it from me..." Yugi's playful voice floated back to them.
"Thank you for your kindness, Yima." Yugi said, bowing politely. Yima shook her head. "No, no, the honour is mine! It is always a pleasure to serve the Pharaoh!" she said. Yami rolled his eyes. Yima ignored this, and handed each of them a pack. "Be careful with these. They contain special magic needed to access the Higher Realms. Also, some food, and other items you may require. I recieved a message from Imay this morning; all three Higher Guardians have gone missing. I wish you the greatest of luck in your quest."
The group hardly had time to bid her farewell, before they were falling towards the next Realm.
~
SPLASH!
THUD!
"OW!"
"CHIKAKUSO!"
"SHIT!"
"gurgle..."
Yami coughed, sitting up in the knee-depth water he had faller into, while Ryou and Seto sat rubbing sore patches on the beach. Yugi, who had been the one to swear loudly in Japanese, ('chikakuso' means damn or shit) looked in dismay at his damp, sandy bangs. "Oh, crap... it takes forever to get sand out of my hair!" he complained loudly. Yami got to his feet and walked to the beach, dripping. "I wish we didn't have to fall into these Realms..." he murmured, helping Yugi up. "Just be glad we're here, Yami-chan." Yugi commented. Seto stood, brushing sand from his trenchcoat. "So, Master of the Realms, where are we now?" he asked Yami, yet it was Ryou who answered. "Ring Realm." He indicated the Ring, glowing brightly as it hung about his neck.
'Finally, Bakura can come back!' he thought.
"Ryou, there's no Guardian to guide us this time; can your Ring locate Bakura or something?" Yugi asked.Ryou nodded. "Probably." he closed his eyes, holding the Ring before him. It glowed brighter, as one of the pointers rose to point out the direction.
"That can't be right!" Yami said, looking at the pointer. The golden arrow was pointing out to sea. "The Ring never lies, Yami!" Ryou said. "Out to sea we must go." Seto laughed as Yami looked suddenly very depressed. "Of course, you can't swim, can you, Pharaoh?" he laughed. Yami narrowed his eyes at Seto. "I seem to remember you in the past, Seto." he said slyly. "You wouldn't go anywhere near the Nile." Seto shook this off, with the reply "Well, the Nile's full of crocodiles, isn't it!" Yami shook his head. "You were afraid of the frogs, Seto. Not the crocodiles; the frogs." he informed the disbelieving teen. Seto glared darkly at him.
"Well, how are we going to this?" Yugi cut in. "I doubt we can swim far enough." "Then we'll have to use a boat." Yami said. "Pharaoh, we're on a beach. There's nothing to create a boat with!" Seto indicated the wide expanse of sand. The group stood in silence for a while, listening to the waves.
"Maybe Yima packed something we could use..." Yugi said, taking his pack from his back, and opening it up. After several minutes of removing items one by one, he finally pulled out a deep blue tunic. "What's this?" he asked. Yami examined it closely, running his fingers over the material. "It is..." he said. "A tunic made from the skin of a Great White." Yugi nearly dropped it in disgust. Yami smiled. "This solves our problem." he said brightly. Seto frowned. "And how does it do that, Pharaoh? It's a tunic." he said.
Yami smirked. "With your permission, Yugi." he said to his young aibou. Yugi shrugged, and held up the strange item of clothing to Yami. The older boy took it, and carefully pulled it down over Yugi's head, carefully doing up the belt at his koi's waist. "Watch." He took a few steps back. Yugi blinked, unsure of what was supposed to happen, until he exhaled.
As he went to take another breath, he found that he couldn't fill his lungs with much-needed air, no matter what he did. The wind felt very cold around his neck. "Yami, what's happening?" he wheezed out, clutching his throat. Yami smiled at him. "Come on." He bent down to pick Yugi up, before walking towards the sea, and dropping him in with a huge splash. Ryou's eyes widened in concern when Yugi did not get up out of the water.
"Well done, Yami, you've killed your aibou!" Seto laughed. Yami turned, and shook his head. "No I haven't" he said, pointing at the water. Yugi's hair and eyes were peeking up out of the blue water. His skin was strangely blue- green, and his eyes glittered with amusement. "I'm a fish!" he exclaimed in a water-garbled voice. "Not quite." said Yami. He opened his own pack, and put his own peculiar tunic on carefully. "Come on then! We haven't got all day!" he said in an amused voice, looking at the confused looks on his friends' faces. He splashed out into deeper water, Yugi following him.
Ryou shrugged and pulled out his tunic. "What have we got to lose?" he said quietly, putting the tunic on, and following the Puzzle duo into the water. "Oh, just my dignity..." Seto said, having to take his trenchcoat off before he could put the unusual garment on, and going hesistantly out to sea.
As Yami saw the others approach, he duck-dived under the water's surface, closely followed by his aibou. As the other joined them, they had to take a moment to fully understand what had happened.
All of them had lost the ability to breath above water, but had managed to grow gills on their necks so as to be able to breath underwater. They were all blue-green colour as well now, but Yami's tanned skin had somehow become more blue than the others, so it was hard to tell where the tunic began on him. Ryou was amused by the fact that they had webbed fingers, Yugi was interested in his legs, which had somehow had lost their shoes, and had frog's feet attached to them instead of his regular feet. Seto was immensely bemused by all of this. "Tell me this wears off, Yami." He said, a stream of bubbles issuing from his mouth. "OK." Yami said calmly. "You'll return to normal as soon at you take the Umi tunic off." "Good..." Seto muttered.
"How come you can swim now?" Yugi asked suddenly, looking at Yami, who was floating casually in the water, flicking his froggy feet now and then so as to stay in the same place. Yami looked at him, and having to brush away his unruly bangs, which had decided to drift annoyingly in front of his eyes. "This tunic makes you able to swim, breathe, speak and see clearly underwater. Of course, slight... modifications have to be make to the human body to make this possible."
"So why am I green?" Ryou asked, looking at his hands. "Because, trust me, it looks immensely freaky in normal skin colour. And Kaiba makes a good frog." Yami answered. Seto glared at him darkly. "Aren't we here to rescue Bakura?" Yugi piped up before Seto could strangle Yami.
The Millennium Ring floated up in front of Ryou. It glowed, and its pointers indicated the direction. "Let's go!" Yugi said, kicking his legs, and swimming off in the direction the Ring pointed. "Wait for me, aibou!" Yami called, swimming after him.
"Under the sea... under the sea... things so much hotter, under the water, take it from me..." Yugi's playful voice floated back to them.