Shinsei Unmei: Path of Light and Darkness Chapter 16: Epilogue: End of the Beginning, a yu-gi-oh fanfic

Shinsei Unmei: Path of Light and Darkness

Epilogue: End of the Beginning

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Several days later, Yugi woke up in the hospital wing, bruised and dazed.

'Mou hitori no boku?' Yugi asked, groaning as his pain came back to him in full force.

"The stone?" he added aloud, slowly sitting up in his stiff hospital bed.

"The philosophers stone is safe Mr. Mutou, thanks to the actions of you and your friends." Professor Dumbledore replied, standing up from his bedside chair.

"Is everyone..."

"Yes Mr. Mutou, everyone is okay. In fact, yourself and Harry are the last to awaken." The headmaster replied, picking up a box from the foot of Yugi's bed.

"I don't suppose you would mind?" he asked, smiling at the box of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans.

Shaking his head, Yugi reached over to his bedside table, gingerly picking up the Sennen puzzle.

'Aibou, are you okay?' Yami no Yugi rushed, appearing beside his light before thinking about where he was.

Professor Dumbledore merely looked up at Yami no Yugi, who quickly returned to the Sennen puzzle when he noticed the headmaster eating some of Yugi's candy.

'Do you think he saw me?' Yami no Yugi asked, leaning against the door to his soul room.

'No, I just think he looked up at you for no reason. OF COURSE HE SAW YOU!' Yugi said sarcastically, bowing his head and sighing.

Yugi looked up at the professor and sighed in relief, it looked like he had not believed what he had seen, and therefore had gone back to rummaging through the jellybean container.

"Yugi?" Hermione knocked from the entrance of the Hospital Wing, walking in slowly to not wake him if he happened to still be sleeping.

"It is quite all right Ms. Granger, your friend is awake." Professor Dumbledore smiled, and he left the room.

Moments later, Seto, Marik, Ryou, and Ron came in as well, crowding around the spiky-haired boy.

"About time you woke up Mutou... A few more days and I would have claimed your title by default." Seto sneered, putting his arm across Hermione's shoulders.

"Don't let Kaiba fool you Yugi, he was just as worried as anyone else." Ryou beamed, getting a snicker from Marik as well.

"I just hope Harry is going to be all right. Whatever that spell was that he cast down there was a very powerful one, he might be out of it all summer." Hermione frowned, putting her hand up to touch the Sennen tauk.

"She's tried using that thing so many times it's likely to wear out on her before she can use it properly." Ryou whispered to Yugi, receiving a glare from Seto.

There was a brief glow from the Sennen puzzle and Yami no Yugi took over, sitting up fully and turning to get out of bed, pulling back the sheets.

"Welcome to the Dick van Dyke show!" Marik laughed, pretending to be a show host.

"What?" Yami no Yugi replied, standing up in his official "Hospital Gown".

"Never mind Mou hitori no Yugi, never mind." Ryou shook his head, hiding his grin.

Harry groaned loudly from the next bed over, drawing their attention.

Harry was walking through a small village in Wales (or maybe it was London...xx; ), his long black cloak swaying silently in the breeze.

He was standing outside a small cottage in the very center of the town, pulling out his wand, a whispered "Alohomora " unlocked the door, and he was inside, leaving no trace of his entrance.

Harry stalked quietly up the wooden stairs, carefully avoiding small cracks that would alert the occupants of his presence.

A man walked out of a room on the second floor, noticing Harry immediately.

"Lily! Take Harry, go! I'll try to hold him off!" the man screamed, dodging a curse cast by Harry.

"Avada Kedavra." Harry hissed, and the world went black as James Potter fell to the ground, dead.

Harry lifted from his body, rising through the clouds above Godric's Hollow without interference, soaring up into the darkness of the night.

Now Harry was standing on a sand dune overlooking an endless sea of dust, the mood fading into the morning sun.

Wrapping his priest robes around him tighter, a golden ankh swayed in the night breeze, shining faintly with the light of the white moon.

'Harry?' a familiar voice said from beside him, a lone figure with him upon the sand.

'Harry, I think it's time we leave.' Shadii added, reaching out his hand to touch Harry's shoulder.

There was a flash of light and Harry was in his own body, falling to the shifting ground of dust and sand.

Shadii stood observantly over him, his long white robe as still as death in the cold Egyptian air. The desert night was very different from the scorching days under the sun.

'Harry...' Shadii said solemnly, looking down at the boy with a mournful expression on his face.

'I... killed... my own parents...' Harry sobbed, tears falling from his eyes to the sand below him.

'No Harry-san. You were in the memory of your parent's death, you just happened to be in the body of the dark lord. You were merely a child at their passing.' Shadii corrected, putting his hand on Harry's shoulder to reassure him.

'But still...' the Gryffindor sniffed, wiping his eyes with the back of his hand. 'I'm pitiful.'

'No, and you're not in this alone either. Yugi, pharaoh, and the others are all here for you. Look, they're here in your mind as well.'

Harry looked up and saw a circle of people around him; Hermione, Yugi, Ryou, Marik, Seto, Ron, Shadii, Yami no Yugi, Aishisu, a second but much darker Ryou, an Egyptian man, and Seth were all there, in a circle around him.

'This Harry... Is just the end of the beginning, the beginning to a story in which we a play a part, a story called destiny.' Shadii smiled, reaching out his hand in a gesture of friendship.

Accepting his offer, Harry reached out his own hand to clasp Shadii's.

'I will always be here for you when you need me.'

Harry woke with a start in the hospital wing, surrounded by his friends.

"Harry!" Hermione exclaimed, lunging at him and wrapping her arms around him, nearly suffocating him in the process.

"Choking-" Harry coughed, and Hermione let go, apologizing over and over.

Just then, Madam Pomfrey bustled in, hurrying the group out.

"Mr. Mutou, if you're feeling better I suggest you change into your school clothes and get ready for the feast, Mr. Potter will be lucky if he makes it down there in time." Madam Pomfrey hustled, pushing him behind a curtain and handing him his clothes before leaving to check on someone down at the far end of the ward.

Yami no Yugi walked out of the hospital wing slowly, checking to make sure he had his deck and the Sennen puzzle (Yugi: How the hell could you miss that thing around your neck?!) before heading into the main corridor.

A few hours later, Yami no Yugi headed down to the hospital wing with the others, who were going to walk Harry down to the feast in the Great Hall.

Apparently, the exams had been cancelled, to everyone but Seto and Hermione's relief.

Seto had marched down to professor McGonagall's office as soon as he heard this, demanding to be given the exams to prove his studies.

As Marik and Yami no Yugi helped Harry walk, Seto and Ryou threw open the doors to the great hall, sending the room into silence.

The group walked at Harry's pace, slowly making their way to the Gryffindor table.

As soon as Harry was seated, Ryou and Seto went onto their own table, leaving the hall in awkward silence.

The headmaster stood up and all eyes were on him, his bright smile lifting their moods.

"Well, before the House Cup is awarded, I believe a few last minute points are to be handed out."

"First, to Mr. Ron Weasley, for the best game of chess Hogwarts has seen in years, I award Gryffindor House 50 points."

There was an outburst of applause, which was silenced as Dumbledore continued.

"Second, to Ms. Hermione Granger, for her cool logic and rational thought under pressure, I award 50 more points to Gryffindor House."

The Great hall burst into cheers (except the Slytherins), this tied Gryffindor and Slytherin for the lead!

"Next, for their immense courage, I award Mr. Yugi Muto, Mr. Harry Potter, and Mr. Marik Ishtar 50 points each."

The hall boomed with applause, Yami no Yugi ducking his head to hide his immense blush, but professor Dumbledore wasn't done yet.

"Lastly, for their courage and aid in the face of death, I award Mr. Seto Kaiba and Mr. Ryou Bakura of Ravenclaw house 50 points each."

"Lastly, for his quick thinking and ability to run swiftly (chuckle chuckle), I award Cedric Diggory of Hufflepuff 100 points, for without him, I would not have been notified of the events below the third floor corridor."

Harry thought the applause had been loud before, but this time, it was deafening. The point total now had Slytherin in last place, something nobody could remember happening in the last 15 years!

Dumbledore clapped his hands and the banners around the great hall changed from green to red, and from silver to gold, celebrating the Gryffindor's House Point victory.

The next day, everyone was busy getting ready to leave for summer, packing their belongings and scouring common rooms and dormitories for lost items.

Later, as they got off the Hogwarts express and passed through the barrier that sealed platform nine and three quarters, the group of first years stood together for the last time during the school year.

"Where are you going for summer Seto? Ryou said you weren't going back to Japan." Yugi asked, his body not hurting as much.

"He's taking me to Egypt." Hermione blushed, waving to her parents over Yugi's shoulder.

"Yeah, Isis is going to teach her how to use the Sennen tauk. I wonder if self defense magic is forbidden during holiday too?" Marik replied, a slight sneer on his lips.

"Why?"

"Because Seto and Hermione are gonna tell her parents about their "relationship". It might get nasty."

Snickering, Yugi and Ryou headed off towards the street, their flight to Domino left in an hour and a half.

"I wonder whose in charge of Kaiba's tournament?" Ryou wondered aloud, stuffing his luggage into the trunk of a taxi.

"Probably Mokuba"

As they were flying over the continent of Asia, Yugi fell asleep to a random song on his CD player.

Uwebe dake de ima mo

Kimi wo moteasonderu

Kimi wa nani mo kizukanu

MINUS ni kouru ai

Muguchi na kimi ni, muguchina ai de

Muguchi na fukai kan wo

Muguchi na boku ni, muguchi na ai de

Muguchi na kizuato

Juuhachi-nin me no kimi

Boku ni kizuite inai

Yasashisa ni urazuketa

Kouri tsuita kono ai wo

Shizuka na kimi ni, shizuka na ai de

Shizuka na kaikan koroshi

Shizuka na boku ni, shizuka na ai de

Shizuka na...

Kaerenai, kaereru ni muguchi na ai

Shizuka ni, shizuka ni karame au futari

Kokoro muguchi ni, kokoro shizuka de

Kokoro ni hamukete

Kokoro muguchi ni, kokoro shizuka de

Kokoro moteasonde mite mo

Kaerenai, kaereru ni muguchi na ai

Shizuka ni, shizuka ni karame au futari

Kaerenai, kaereru ni muguchi na ai

Shizuka ni, shizuka ni karame au futari

Kaerenai, kaereru ni muguchi na ai

(Kimi aru mite mo Nani mo kanzai)

Shizuka ni, shizuka ni karame au futari

(Soete zutto damou Sarereta misa Boku wo mukashi no kizu ni Kuramedama.)

Itsu kara ka anata ni kizuite ita demo

Anata no soba ni ireru dake de ii no

Boku wa saigo ni kimi wo dakishimeta

Kore ga saigo ni naru to mo shirazu ni

Ryou sat beside the slumbering Yugi, flipping through his duel monsters deck.

'This time' he began, stopping at one card in particular, 'I won't lose.'

As Yugi and Ryou disembarked the plane, a lone figure came out behind them, dressed in a black shirt, dark blue jeans, and a pitch black trench coat, his appearance drew attention from everyone save the two boys in front of him.

Smirking, he pulled a cell phone out of his coat and hit a number, speaking into it no louder than a whisper.

Unbeknownst to Yugi, this single man followed him home, and would cause them much trouble in the future...

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Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh or Harry Potter, just this story.

A/N: Now that you've read, review.

A/N: The end of the first story! If anyone cares, I'm going to begin soon on the next book. The Chamber of Secrets! Of course, it's not going to be named that. Yokan by Dir en Grey is not owned by me (of course) but everyone should check it out!

Maruken: Hai, Seth is an interesting character to say the least...

Artemis: Thanks.

KrystalFox: I guess Marik can blow up your school, as long as he doesn't get caught! I need him for my stories XX. Don't run into walls too much, it begins to hurt... ;

MistressofBakura- Thanks, I was trying to get a little humor in, but most of the time cut it out in the beta, because it was just stupid. In the alpha of this chapter, Marik called Seto a puppy and Seto was trying to break his neck.

Shinigami- Akunadin? Where? Oh... that Akunadin... The dude in the sennen eye... Can't say too much about that, but I can tell you he is still corrupted by darkness hinthint.

I didn't hit my review goal TT, but thank you to everyone who read and reviewed, and read the sequel when it comes out!

Hint/Spoiler: Yokan means "premonition" in Japanese... Well, okay maybe that's not actually a spoiler... I don't really know, I just like the song...