(A/N: Chapter 10 is here at last Chibi Beginnings has reached Chapter 10!
Oh, and plans to show Seto versus Gozuboro are now no longer going to
happen. I mean, Seto's kinda' too possessed to face Gozuboro in chess.
I don't own Shaman King or Yugioh. I also don't own the Yugioh manga. You'll see what that's for soon enough.)
Chapter 10: Prepare for the Shadow Game!
Chibi Yoh and Chibi / Priest Seto stand on opposite sides of a small schoolyard-like baseball field. Seto stands at the second base position, and Chibi Yoh stands at the home plate position. Chibi Anna latches herself onto Chibi Yoh's arm.
Priest Seto: He possesses Chibi Seto entirely, corrupting his voice with a deep undertone. "Let the Shadow Game begin!"
Chibi Yoh: (STILL exhausted, remember...) "H-hau wee dew dys Shaddew Gaym ting?" (H-How do we do this Shadow Game thing?)
Atemu: He materializes next to Yoh. "I have no idea. In my day, Shadow Games were played with giant stone tablets. I am unsure of what to do without those tablets here."
Priest Seto: (possessed) "Hehehe, quite observant, Pharaoh. There aren't the stone tablets that we used to have back in those days. But do not be fooled, this match WILL be played with stone!"
Atemu: "How?"
Chibi Anna: (to Chibi Yoh) "Iy dowd uwdewstayd. Wiy dew ya gawda fiyd Settow? Wud yf... hee..." (I don't understand. Why do you have to fight Seto? What if... he...)
Chibi Yoh: He hugs her close. "Iy'w bee owkey, Annah. Dowd fowgedt, da Fawwow uv Eegipt iz awn miy siyd. Iy kawd wooz." (I'll be okay, Anna. Don't forget, the Pharaoh of Egypt is on my side. I can't lose.)
Priest Seto: (impatiently) "Now that your goodbyes are done, it's time to begin the game. Yes, it's true. This Shadow Game will involve monsters arising from stone."
Atemu: "Yes, I know. Go on."
Chibi Yoh: "Yeh, we'yw fawwin uzweep ovuw heew, sew huwee uwp!" (Yeah, we're falling asleep over here, so hurry up!)
Priest Seto: "Simply put, I will give you five minutes to gather seven stones. Small stones, big stones, it doesn't even matter to me. So long as you realize that forfeiting here and now is a better usage of your time and mine."
Chibi Yoh: (to Priest Seto) "Wuddevew, juwzd stawd da kwok!" (Whatever, just start the clock!) He places his hands on Anna's shoulders. (softly, to Anna) "Iy'w bee bak. Dowd wooz howp fow a sekond." (I'll be back. Don't lose hope for a second.) He runs towards the orphanage building.
Priest Seto: He shoots a glare at Anna. (confidently) "Heh. Take a good look. Because after our battle, all that'll be left of all that unshakable hope will be nothing more than a bloody mess at your feet!"
Chibi Anna: She shrinks away, no longer having Yoh by her side to protect her. (scared) "W-wuddew yew guwnew dew ta mee?" (W-what are you going to do to me?)
Atemu: (to Priest Seto) "SETO! Your battle is with Yoh, not with Anna, so leave her alone!"
Priest Seto: "Of course, Atemu, you're none the wiser. I do plan to do something to Anna. Which is why I'm going to let her be right now."
Atemu: (confused) "What? That makes no sense!"
Priest Seto: "Confused? All will be made clear soon enough, Pharaoh! Ahahahahah!"
Chibi Seto: Somehow, he breaks out of Priest Seto's control, leaving him, at the other end of the field. He is too frightened to take a step. (begging) "Please! Please help me!"
Priest Seto: "Shut up, you weak fool!" He retakes control and resumes shooting a blood-chilling stare at Anna.
Chibi Anna: (confused) "Wud?" (What?)
Atemu: He raises a fist. "Seto, you possess that boy against his will!"
Priest Seto: "Well, of course. Do you think that someone as powerful as me needs to ask permission to use the body of someone else to my own ends?"
Chibi Anna: (to the Chibi Seto inside) "Settow! Iy'm sawee, budt Keenow nevow gawdt tew haw tew exowsiyz speewidts... Iy wyzh Iy kuwd hewp..." (Seto! I'm sorry, but Kino never got to how to exorcise spirits... I wish I could help...)
Atemu: He glances down at Anna. "What? You are familiar with such possession?"
Chibi Anna: "Wud yew tynk?" (What do you think?) She shakes her blue prayer beads. "Yew tynk deez aw fow fashin?" (You think I wear these for fashion?)
Priest Seto: "Which is why I need to dispose of Anna, because for every second in her presence, my power is lessened. Her very presence as an Itako-" He is interrupted as Chibi Seto retakes control.
Chibi Seto: (taking control again) "Anna! Please, help! Do something!"
Chibi Anna: (meekly and helplessly) "Settow..." (Seto...)
Chibi Seto: "Anna! During... that chess game... I'm sorry, that wasn't me, I swear-"
Priest Seto: He retakes control and grits his teeth. "Well, you can see how frustrating this gets, you two."
Chibi Anna: (faking confidence) "Yow'z guwna' kyw yew!" (Yoh's going to kill you!)
Priest Seto: He glances out the corner of his eye. "We'll see, won't we? Here comes your hero, Yoh. With his seven stones, no doubt."
Chibi Yoh: He jogs past Priest Seto and runs towards Anna at full speed. In his hands are several small stones. "Annah, Iy'm kummin!" (Anna! I'm coming!) He comes to a stop at the home plate of the baseball field, where Atemu and Anna wait for him.
Atemu: (glad) "Yow, yowr bak!" (Yoh, you're back!)
Chibi Yoh: He opens his hands for Atemu to see. "Chek 'im awdt, Iy tink Iy gawd cum wynnewz!" (Check 'em out, I think I got some winners!)
Atemu: He scrutinizes the seven smooth stones in Yoh's small hands. "Hmm, impressive, Yoh. We might just win this game yet." *Who am I trying to fool? Pretty stones don't guarantee us anything! It's the monsters inside that matter... We're doomed... All doomed!*
Priest Seto: "Well, it's time for the rules. We use our stones to invoke the monsters in the stones." He pulls seven stones from his pocket and holds up the stones. "These monsters will appear in the stones when the game begins. The object is to destroy all of a player's stones. But..." He grins maliciously.
Chibi Yoh: "Wud?" (What?)
Priest Seto: "But there is an alternate way to win. To kill the player, by wiping out his life. A player's life will be magically represented when the game begins. When that life runs out, a player will die. Similarly, losing all one's stones will cause the opponent to die. The last one living is the winner."
Chibi Yoh: "Sawds sippow enuff. Haw'z dis stawdt?" (Sounds simple enough. How does this start?)
Priest Seto: He glares at Atemu. "Would you like to explain that detail for me, Pharaoh?"
Atemu: He stares back. (morbidly) "We must pay our homage to the Shadows. With a live human offering by each participant..."
Chibi Yoh and Chibi Anna: They stare at Atemu in shock. "Wud?! Wiyv sakwofiyz?!" (What?! Live sacrifice?!)
Atemu: "Yes." He stares at Anna sorrowfully. "Do not worry, little one. The sacrifice will only be killed if the Shaodws are displeased with the sorcerer and he loses the Shadow Game."
Chibi Anna: She backsteps away. (panicing) "W-wud, Iy dow'd gedt idt, wiy yew staywin adt mee wiyk dadt? Wud yew neeyd tew expwayn fowr? Yow, dew sumfin!" (W-what, I don't get it, why are you staring at me like that? What did you need to explain for? Yoh, do something!)
Dark and ominous clouds gather in the sky.
Priest Seto: "Heh, hurry up, Yoh. The Shadows will only begin our game if the sacrifice is present!
Chibi Yoh: He turns to face Seto. "Hay, waydt! Wuddabowd yer sakwofiyz?" (Hey, wait! What about your sacrifice?)
Priest Seto: He points behind himself with his thumb. (calmly) "Right behind me."
Mokuba: He stands behind Priest Seto like a statue, staring on blankly.
Priest Seto: "Now, what about yours?"
Thunder can be heard in the sky as raging winds whip up. Chibi Yoh and Chibi Anna are nearly swept off their feet by the windstorm. They hold onto each other in order to keep from flying off. But to no avail.
Chibi Anna: The wind sends her flying out of Yoh's arms, and hurtling towards the baseball cage behind Yoh. She crashes onto the cage back-first and falls unconscious. As if living, the baseball cage mysteriously bends and wraps around Chibi Anna's hands, suspending her to the cage.
Chibi Yoh: He stares back in horror. "NOW, ANNAH!" (NO, ANNA!)
Atemu: He stands in place, unaffected by the freak windstorm. (hopelessly) "It's no use, Yoh, the Shadows are going to get their sacrifice one way or another. The only way to free her is to beat Seto." He stares at Priest Seto from across the field. "The only way out of a Shadow Game is through."
Chibi Yoh: He grits his teeth and turns to face Seto. "Wew, dat'z wud wew gunna' dew den!" (Well, that's what we're going to do then!) He grips the seven stones in his hands tightly.
Chibi Seto: "And now the sacrifices are in place, it's time to duel!" He holds up one of his seven stones confidently.
(A/N: Okay, there needed to be a bit of groundwork laid out before the duel between Yoh and Seto can actually happen.
And to all Anna-fans, let me make this ABUNDANTLY CLEAR! Anna is NOT dead yet, nor is Mokuba. For those of us who have seen the duel between YamiYugi and Yami Malik in the Yugioh anime or in the manga, the 'sacrifices' work exactly the same. Instead of the duelists themselves taking the pain of the attacks, the sacrifice takes the hit instead, and when the sacrifice is killed (which happens when the player's life points are reduced to zero), the losing duelist dies. In that case, good luck, Yoh. You'll need it.
For the most part, I'm going by the duel rules in the Yugioh manga, which is why I said that I didn't own it. Pretty much the same principles that you're familiar with, but there are some sleight changes that I threw in to account for the fact that the players aren't using cards just yet, and for some other reason that I won't tell you yet...
Duel Rules: -Once per turn, a player may throw out one stone and declare any attacks. The player may also invoke their spell during their turn. (see below for spell rules)
-2000 LP per player. The winner is the last duelist whose sacrifice is left standing (In other words, the last to have life points left is the winner).
-When a player's monster is destroyed by an attack declared by that player (for example, I command Kuriboh to attack Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon... yeah right), the player that declared the attack may make one free summon.
-One attack per monster per turn only. (Direct attacks ALLOWED.)
-Each player's spirit is allotted ONE magical spell per game.
-Instead of each sacrifice taking physical damage, part of that sacrifice's soul is erased. (But Yoh doesn't realize this yet ...) When the sacrifice's soul has been completely erased, the sacrifice is declared comatose and dead. The shadow magic then automatically drags the loser's soul(s) to the Shadow Realm.
-Each stone carries the soul of one monster used by the ghost on each side in their respective histories. (so Yoh can summon such monsters like Dark Magician, and Priest Seto will have access to his Blue Eyes White Dragon.)
Well, I hope this clears things up. Next chapter is the duel. Promise.)
I don't own Shaman King or Yugioh. I also don't own the Yugioh manga. You'll see what that's for soon enough.)
Chapter 10: Prepare for the Shadow Game!
Chibi Yoh and Chibi / Priest Seto stand on opposite sides of a small schoolyard-like baseball field. Seto stands at the second base position, and Chibi Yoh stands at the home plate position. Chibi Anna latches herself onto Chibi Yoh's arm.
Priest Seto: He possesses Chibi Seto entirely, corrupting his voice with a deep undertone. "Let the Shadow Game begin!"
Chibi Yoh: (STILL exhausted, remember...) "H-hau wee dew dys Shaddew Gaym ting?" (H-How do we do this Shadow Game thing?)
Atemu: He materializes next to Yoh. "I have no idea. In my day, Shadow Games were played with giant stone tablets. I am unsure of what to do without those tablets here."
Priest Seto: (possessed) "Hehehe, quite observant, Pharaoh. There aren't the stone tablets that we used to have back in those days. But do not be fooled, this match WILL be played with stone!"
Atemu: "How?"
Chibi Anna: (to Chibi Yoh) "Iy dowd uwdewstayd. Wiy dew ya gawda fiyd Settow? Wud yf... hee..." (I don't understand. Why do you have to fight Seto? What if... he...)
Chibi Yoh: He hugs her close. "Iy'w bee owkey, Annah. Dowd fowgedt, da Fawwow uv Eegipt iz awn miy siyd. Iy kawd wooz." (I'll be okay, Anna. Don't forget, the Pharaoh of Egypt is on my side. I can't lose.)
Priest Seto: (impatiently) "Now that your goodbyes are done, it's time to begin the game. Yes, it's true. This Shadow Game will involve monsters arising from stone."
Atemu: "Yes, I know. Go on."
Chibi Yoh: "Yeh, we'yw fawwin uzweep ovuw heew, sew huwee uwp!" (Yeah, we're falling asleep over here, so hurry up!)
Priest Seto: "Simply put, I will give you five minutes to gather seven stones. Small stones, big stones, it doesn't even matter to me. So long as you realize that forfeiting here and now is a better usage of your time and mine."
Chibi Yoh: (to Priest Seto) "Wuddevew, juwzd stawd da kwok!" (Whatever, just start the clock!) He places his hands on Anna's shoulders. (softly, to Anna) "Iy'w bee bak. Dowd wooz howp fow a sekond." (I'll be back. Don't lose hope for a second.) He runs towards the orphanage building.
Priest Seto: He shoots a glare at Anna. (confidently) "Heh. Take a good look. Because after our battle, all that'll be left of all that unshakable hope will be nothing more than a bloody mess at your feet!"
Chibi Anna: She shrinks away, no longer having Yoh by her side to protect her. (scared) "W-wuddew yew guwnew dew ta mee?" (W-what are you going to do to me?)
Atemu: (to Priest Seto) "SETO! Your battle is with Yoh, not with Anna, so leave her alone!"
Priest Seto: "Of course, Atemu, you're none the wiser. I do plan to do something to Anna. Which is why I'm going to let her be right now."
Atemu: (confused) "What? That makes no sense!"
Priest Seto: "Confused? All will be made clear soon enough, Pharaoh! Ahahahahah!"
Chibi Seto: Somehow, he breaks out of Priest Seto's control, leaving him, at the other end of the field. He is too frightened to take a step. (begging) "Please! Please help me!"
Priest Seto: "Shut up, you weak fool!" He retakes control and resumes shooting a blood-chilling stare at Anna.
Chibi Anna: (confused) "Wud?" (What?)
Atemu: He raises a fist. "Seto, you possess that boy against his will!"
Priest Seto: "Well, of course. Do you think that someone as powerful as me needs to ask permission to use the body of someone else to my own ends?"
Chibi Anna: (to the Chibi Seto inside) "Settow! Iy'm sawee, budt Keenow nevow gawdt tew haw tew exowsiyz speewidts... Iy wyzh Iy kuwd hewp..." (Seto! I'm sorry, but Kino never got to how to exorcise spirits... I wish I could help...)
Atemu: He glances down at Anna. "What? You are familiar with such possession?"
Chibi Anna: "Wud yew tynk?" (What do you think?) She shakes her blue prayer beads. "Yew tynk deez aw fow fashin?" (You think I wear these for fashion?)
Priest Seto: "Which is why I need to dispose of Anna, because for every second in her presence, my power is lessened. Her very presence as an Itako-" He is interrupted as Chibi Seto retakes control.
Chibi Seto: (taking control again) "Anna! Please, help! Do something!"
Chibi Anna: (meekly and helplessly) "Settow..." (Seto...)
Chibi Seto: "Anna! During... that chess game... I'm sorry, that wasn't me, I swear-"
Priest Seto: He retakes control and grits his teeth. "Well, you can see how frustrating this gets, you two."
Chibi Anna: (faking confidence) "Yow'z guwna' kyw yew!" (Yoh's going to kill you!)
Priest Seto: He glances out the corner of his eye. "We'll see, won't we? Here comes your hero, Yoh. With his seven stones, no doubt."
Chibi Yoh: He jogs past Priest Seto and runs towards Anna at full speed. In his hands are several small stones. "Annah, Iy'm kummin!" (Anna! I'm coming!) He comes to a stop at the home plate of the baseball field, where Atemu and Anna wait for him.
Atemu: (glad) "Yow, yowr bak!" (Yoh, you're back!)
Chibi Yoh: He opens his hands for Atemu to see. "Chek 'im awdt, Iy tink Iy gawd cum wynnewz!" (Check 'em out, I think I got some winners!)
Atemu: He scrutinizes the seven smooth stones in Yoh's small hands. "Hmm, impressive, Yoh. We might just win this game yet." *Who am I trying to fool? Pretty stones don't guarantee us anything! It's the monsters inside that matter... We're doomed... All doomed!*
Priest Seto: "Well, it's time for the rules. We use our stones to invoke the monsters in the stones." He pulls seven stones from his pocket and holds up the stones. "These monsters will appear in the stones when the game begins. The object is to destroy all of a player's stones. But..." He grins maliciously.
Chibi Yoh: "Wud?" (What?)
Priest Seto: "But there is an alternate way to win. To kill the player, by wiping out his life. A player's life will be magically represented when the game begins. When that life runs out, a player will die. Similarly, losing all one's stones will cause the opponent to die. The last one living is the winner."
Chibi Yoh: "Sawds sippow enuff. Haw'z dis stawdt?" (Sounds simple enough. How does this start?)
Priest Seto: He glares at Atemu. "Would you like to explain that detail for me, Pharaoh?"
Atemu: He stares back. (morbidly) "We must pay our homage to the Shadows. With a live human offering by each participant..."
Chibi Yoh and Chibi Anna: They stare at Atemu in shock. "Wud?! Wiyv sakwofiyz?!" (What?! Live sacrifice?!)
Atemu: "Yes." He stares at Anna sorrowfully. "Do not worry, little one. The sacrifice will only be killed if the Shaodws are displeased with the sorcerer and he loses the Shadow Game."
Chibi Anna: She backsteps away. (panicing) "W-wud, Iy dow'd gedt idt, wiy yew staywin adt mee wiyk dadt? Wud yew neeyd tew expwayn fowr? Yow, dew sumfin!" (W-what, I don't get it, why are you staring at me like that? What did you need to explain for? Yoh, do something!)
Dark and ominous clouds gather in the sky.
Priest Seto: "Heh, hurry up, Yoh. The Shadows will only begin our game if the sacrifice is present!
Chibi Yoh: He turns to face Seto. "Hay, waydt! Wuddabowd yer sakwofiyz?" (Hey, wait! What about your sacrifice?)
Priest Seto: He points behind himself with his thumb. (calmly) "Right behind me."
Mokuba: He stands behind Priest Seto like a statue, staring on blankly.
Priest Seto: "Now, what about yours?"
Thunder can be heard in the sky as raging winds whip up. Chibi Yoh and Chibi Anna are nearly swept off their feet by the windstorm. They hold onto each other in order to keep from flying off. But to no avail.
Chibi Anna: The wind sends her flying out of Yoh's arms, and hurtling towards the baseball cage behind Yoh. She crashes onto the cage back-first and falls unconscious. As if living, the baseball cage mysteriously bends and wraps around Chibi Anna's hands, suspending her to the cage.
Chibi Yoh: He stares back in horror. "NOW, ANNAH!" (NO, ANNA!)
Atemu: He stands in place, unaffected by the freak windstorm. (hopelessly) "It's no use, Yoh, the Shadows are going to get their sacrifice one way or another. The only way to free her is to beat Seto." He stares at Priest Seto from across the field. "The only way out of a Shadow Game is through."
Chibi Yoh: He grits his teeth and turns to face Seto. "Wew, dat'z wud wew gunna' dew den!" (Well, that's what we're going to do then!) He grips the seven stones in his hands tightly.
Chibi Seto: "And now the sacrifices are in place, it's time to duel!" He holds up one of his seven stones confidently.
(A/N: Okay, there needed to be a bit of groundwork laid out before the duel between Yoh and Seto can actually happen.
And to all Anna-fans, let me make this ABUNDANTLY CLEAR! Anna is NOT dead yet, nor is Mokuba. For those of us who have seen the duel between YamiYugi and Yami Malik in the Yugioh anime or in the manga, the 'sacrifices' work exactly the same. Instead of the duelists themselves taking the pain of the attacks, the sacrifice takes the hit instead, and when the sacrifice is killed (which happens when the player's life points are reduced to zero), the losing duelist dies. In that case, good luck, Yoh. You'll need it.
For the most part, I'm going by the duel rules in the Yugioh manga, which is why I said that I didn't own it. Pretty much the same principles that you're familiar with, but there are some sleight changes that I threw in to account for the fact that the players aren't using cards just yet, and for some other reason that I won't tell you yet...
Duel Rules: -Once per turn, a player may throw out one stone and declare any attacks. The player may also invoke their spell during their turn. (see below for spell rules)
-2000 LP per player. The winner is the last duelist whose sacrifice is left standing (In other words, the last to have life points left is the winner).
-When a player's monster is destroyed by an attack declared by that player (for example, I command Kuriboh to attack Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon... yeah right), the player that declared the attack may make one free summon.
-One attack per monster per turn only. (Direct attacks ALLOWED.)
-Each player's spirit is allotted ONE magical spell per game.
-Instead of each sacrifice taking physical damage, part of that sacrifice's soul is erased. (But Yoh doesn't realize this yet ...) When the sacrifice's soul has been completely erased, the sacrifice is declared comatose and dead. The shadow magic then automatically drags the loser's soul(s) to the Shadow Realm.
-Each stone carries the soul of one monster used by the ghost on each side in their respective histories. (so Yoh can summon such monsters like Dark Magician, and Priest Seto will have access to his Blue Eyes White Dragon.)
Well, I hope this clears things up. Next chapter is the duel. Promise.)