Shinsei Unmei: Path of Light and Darkness Chapter Six: Yami no Seto, a yu-gi-oh fanfic

Shinsei Unmei: Path of Light and Darkness

Chapter Six: Yami no Seto

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On Friday night, Harry and Yugi took their new brooms (still carefully wrapped) to the Quidditch pitch, opening them while they waited for Oliver to show up. "Hey, Harry. Why don't we ride them real quick before Oliver gets here?" Yugi suggested as they waited, looking for a way to pass the time.

The boys clambered onto their brooms, pushing off the ground simultaneously. Yugi almost immediately relinquished control to Yami no Yugi, his own fear of heights making him woozy.

Yami no Yugi sped over to one of the goal posts, weaving in and around them with ease. "Harry! Watch this!" he called, flying forward in a spiral, and nearly strangling himself with the rope of the Sennen puzzle.

"Oy! You two! Get down here!" Oliver Wood called, waving his hands toward himself. Once they were both on the ground, Oliver turned to a wooden crate behind him.

As he explained the rules of the game, he opened the crate and gestured to each ball as he mentioned it. The quaffle, bludgers, and the golden snitch. "Now that you understand, I want to see how good you are, let's get you both up in the air..."

For the next few weeks, Harry and Yugi's lives were nothing but classes, homework, and Quidditch practice, Oliver having decided to train twice as hard to get used to their two new players.

On the day of Halloween, the school was full of excitement, the upcoming feast being highly anticipated. In Charms, they were supposed to be learning a levitation charm, but it wasn't going so well.

Hermione was the only one in their class to successfully levitate her feather, putting the rest of the class in a very bad mood.

"I swear, she wouldn't know half as much as she does if she had something else to do," Marik commented as they left, heading upstairs to drop their bags in their dormitory before heading down to the feast. "Too bad she's too much of a know-it-all to make any friends."

A few moments later, Hermione ran past Marik and Yugi, holding her books close to her as she wept.

"Marik, that was a little much." Yugi commented dryly, watching her turn the corner. "She deserved it! Always showing off like that!" Marik replied, rolling his eyes in frustration.

As they were in their third helpings at the feast, Yugi looked towards the Great Hall doors just as they burst open. "TROLL! IN THE DUNGEONS!!" Professor Quirrell shrieked, running half way down the main aisle. "Thought you ought to know..."

He collapsed instantly, sending the room into mass panic. As several teachers, including Dumbledore, shot streamers and fireworks out of their wands, the headmaster began to speak.

"Prefects, lead your Houses to your common rooms immediately, food will be sent from the kitchens shortly." He spoke in a voice no louder than usual, causing the entire hall to silence itself to hear him.

"Okay." He added, turning and leading the teachers out a side door.

"Marik! Hermione doesn't know about the troll!" Yugi exclaimed, leading him off to the side. "Where the hell is she?" Marik replied, expressing mild concern for her safety.

"She's in the girl's lavatory." Seto said from behind them, making both Gryffindors jump.

"How the hell do you know Kaiba?" Marik replied as they hurried upstairs, stopping at a disgusting smell on the first floor.

"I hear things." Seto replied icily, looking cautiously around the corner. "What's that thing doing up here?" he muttered to himself, walking as close to the wall as he could as he rounded the corner.

"We need to keep it out of-" Seto began as the troll entered a door down the corridor. "Why?" Marik asked, just as a high-pitched scream filled their ears.

"That's why!" Seto called as he ran towards the door at full sprint, the two younger boys catching up moments later.

As they entered the lavatory, they realized they didn't have much time. Hermione was cornered.

"Use your damned Symbolen Rod thing!" Seto yelled, pulling out his wand. "Vermillious!" he bellowed, shooting an array of sparks at the troll, getting it to turn its attention from Hermione.

"You try it if you want it so bad! And it's the Sennen rod. Honestly, "Symbolen rod thing", get it right!" Marik smirked as he tossed the rod to Seto, who caught it instantly.

As soon as Seto's hand touched the Sennen rod, the Wedjat eye began to shine brilliantly, filling the lavatory with light.

When the light dimmed, Seto no longer looked himself, his appearances much darker. "Sparisc n' ombra!" Seto spat, waving the Sennen rod once in an arc in front of his body.

As Yami no Yugi and Marik watched on, the troll began to disappear, quickly consumed by a dark force. "Seto?" Yami no Yugi asked curiously, noticing the minor changes in his Ravenclaw friend.

"Mr.'s Kaiba, Mutou, and Ishtar! This is a girl's lavatory!" professor McGonagall shrieked, looking around at the destroyed fixtures. Yami no Yugi turned to see professors Dumbledore, Snape, Quirrell and McGonagall standing in the entry, Dumbledore's expression grave.

"That's enough Minerva, professors, I believe this danger has been taken care of." With that, Dumbledore dismissed the three professors, staring intently at Seto.

"Mr. Kaiba, was there a troll in here?" he asked gently, his eyes alert. "Does it look like there was a troll in here?" Seto snapped back, the Sennen rod shining briefly afterwards.

"Marik! What did you do to this thing?!" Seto roared, staring at the rod. "I notice it never blinds you-" Seto added, then saw professor Dumbledore. "Oh, hello professor."

Dumbledore left the lavatory without a word, his head bowed in silence.

"What was that about?" Seto asked, staring at Yami no Yugi.

"We'll tell you later, Seto."

Yami no Yugi and Marik left, resigned to their fate. "Thank you!" Hermione cried as she lunged at Seto, wrapping her arms around his waist. "Huh?" Seto grunted as he tried to figure out why the hell she was hugging him.

'Well... This is different.' Seto thought bemusedly as she let go, wiping tears from her face.

Hermione left quickly after she let go of Seto, hurrying back up to the Gryffindor common room.

'Hm... She's kind of hot when she drops the snob act.' Seto thought with a smirk, walking back to his own dormitory.

Seto crawled back into the Ravenclaw common room that night to find it filled with people, all declaring they would challenge the troll themselves.

Seto bypassed everyone else and went straight to bed, leaving his homework for the morning. As he drifted into sleep, the Sennen rod that he had forgotten to return to Marik glowed softly, the Wedjat eye pointing towards Seto.

Seto appeared in a dimly lit room filled with various machines and electronics, with the comforting feeling of home. He explored it for a short while, and then examined a peculiar door; it was archaic in origin, completely standing out from the rest of the room.

As he put his right hand on it, it opened with a click, revealing a short corridor beyond.

Seto stepped out into the corridor, noticing right off the door directly across from the one he was just in. This door was archaic too, but had a symbol of the god Obelisk inscribed in its stone.

Seto slowly raised his hand to the engraving, touching it with his index and middle fingers. Upon contact, Kaiba knew he had made a mistake, a feeling of imprisoned darkness sent him flying back into the room he had began in, hurling him backwards with tremendous force.

Seto looked up to see the closed door opposite this room opening, a figure emerging from the darkness. "Thank you my descendant, you are able to do something right." A mirror like image of him said as he walked through the door.

Yami no Seto splayed his fist towards Seto and the door to the room he was in slammed shut, a loud click signaling its locking.

"Hey!" Seto bellowed, jumping up and running to the door, pounding on it in rage.

In the first year boys Ravenclaw dormitory, Seto Kaiba awoke and sat up slowly, a slight sneer on his face.

Getting out of bed, Seto picked up the Sennen rod and threw on his robes, walking back downstairs.

The next morning, Charms class was rather boring, until Seto decided to liven it up. "You call that a levitating charm?" he sneered, faking a yawn. "Why, yes Mr. Kaiba. Unless of course, you can do something better?" Professor Flitwick replied, who had just levitated his desk four feet off the ground.

That, of course, was the wrong thing to say. "Of course I can, you blubbering old fool!" Seto laughed, "maviemtos!" he bellowed, waving his right hand upwards.

The desk not only levitated, but flew up into the air, smashing into the ceiling and splintering.

"Ten points from Ravenclaw Mr. Kaiba, and that was not levitation, but the art of flying. There's a vast difference!" professor Flitwick squeaked, waving his wand over the remnants of his desk.

"Does it look like I care?" Seto replied, standing up and leaving the classroom, leaving Yugi and Marik speechless. "Uh, professor? We'll go get him!" Yugi and Marik called, already halfway out the door.

Yugi and Marik ran in different directions down the corridor, Yugi to the right, Marik to the left. It ended up being Yugi that found Seto, walking down the Grand Staircase.

"Seto!" he called out, running even faster. "Hm?" Seto replied, turning slightly to show his attention. "Ah, pharaoh. We meet again." He sneered, returning to his walk down. "That's far enough!" Yami no Yugi bellowed as he switched places with Yugi, the Sennen puzzle flashing once.

Showing no reaction to this statement, Seto continued to head for the grounds. "Shadow Game! Hatashiai no Kuragari!" Yami no Yugi added, taking them both to the Shadow Realm.

"Took you long enough." Seto replied icily, his eyes full of malice. "Duel!"

Yami no Yugi: 4000/ Seto Kaiba: 4000

"I'll take the first turn!" Yami no Yugi exclaimed, drawing his card. "I summon Magnet Warrior Beta (1700)! Sign of attack!" he cried, watching his monster appear before him. "I down one card and end my turn."

Seto smirked and pulled a card from the magically acquired duel disks, looking through his hand. "I summon Lord of Dragons (1200)! Sign of offense!" he bellowed, his Spellcaster appearing in front of him. "Now I play the spell Heavy Storm, destroying your face down card!" Seto sneered again and pulled a third card form his hand. "Now, I play Raigeki and attack, dealing 1200 points of Life damage, ending turn with one down card."

Yami no Yugi: 2800/ Seto Kaiba: 4000

Yami no Yugi drew his card and smiled, this duel was won. "I play the spell card, Scapegoat!" he called, inserting the card into a spell/trap slot. "Now, I'll give you one chance to tell me why you have possessed Kaiba! Yami no Seto, I know it's you." He smirked, watching his opponent for surprise.

"How would you like it if you were imprisoned in the same Ra-be-damned room for a millennia? That idiot of a descendant couldn't control me, and the weak are useless." Priest Seto replied, pulling back a side of his robes to reveal the Sennen rod tucked into his belt.

"I was sealed within my own chamber for a millennia, but no matter, this shadow game will end that. I sacrifice three scapegoats for Saint Dragon, Osiris (3000)!" Yami no Yugi cried, throwing the God card onto his duel disk. At once, the red being that was Osiris appeared behind him, its seemingly infinite body coiling around itself. "Before attacking, Pot of Greed!" Yami no Yugi drew two cards, making a grand total of four.

"Counter spell! Trigger summon!" priest Set replied with a menacing laugh, pulling a card from his hand. "Special summon, Divine Soldier, Obelisk (4000)!"

Elsewhere

Marik was coming down the grand staircase when he felt it. A sudden wave of darkness was coursing through the castle, originating from directly in front of the grand staircase.

Marik ran to its source, hearing the slamming open of doors all through the castle. "The shadow realm?" he whispered, noticing the haziness that revealed a missing piece of the mortal realm.

Lost in thought, Marik didn't realize the appearance of the Sennen scales, which had shrunk to the size of an American quarter. The scales came to a rest in his robe pocket, glowing faintly.

"Ah, Marik. Whose in the Shadow Realm this time?" Yami no Bakura asked, walking down the grand staircase idly.

"Yami no Yugi" Marik returned, eyeing the haze with concern.

"Mr. Ishtar!" professor Snape exclaimed, walking towards him from the dungeons. "No!" Marik exclaimed as the potions master walked right into the haze, and disappeared.

"Suits him perfectly." Yami no Bakura sneered, folding his arms across his chest.

"What is this?" professor Dumbledore asked, appearing behind Yami no Bakura without either of them noticing his approach.

"Where has professor Snape gone?" professor McGonagall snapped, glaring at Yami no Bakura.

"Infinite darkness..." the thief replied, a warped sneer appearing on his face.

"I suggest you bring him back Mr. Bakura, or you may find your own fate in question." The headmaster frowned, folding his hands in the long sleeves of his robes.

"Is that a threat, old man?" Yami no Bakura drawled, his right hand slipping inside his robes.

"No, merely a statement."

'I have to do something! But without a Sennen item, going into the Shadow Realm is just throwing myself into death!' Marik thought, clenching his fists in frustration. 'Why am I in Gryffindor?! Brave and courageous, I'm worthless if I can't help my... my friends!'

'Then let me take over' a familiar voice said in Marik's head, and then the world went black.

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