Duel Four
Yugi was walking home alone today. Honda and Jounochi got detention for breaking two windows in the gym with a basketball, and Anzu had to stay after to catch up on work she missed in class(she lost her homework after being kidnapped) Being used to having his friends accompaying him, Yugi felt very lonely, more so then he used to. As always, the Millenium Puzzle hung from his neck, with a thick new chain to make sure no one tried to steal it.
"Psst, Yugi"
The voice sounded familiar but Yugi couldn't make it out. It came from an alleyway. He was deciding whether to go in or not when his arm was grabbed and he was yanked in. Stumbling forward, Yugi had no time to think, and he felt something hit him hard on the back of the head. Everything went Black.
Yugi awoke with a throbbing headache, he vision was rather blurry but began to get better. He could hear that voice saying something but it sounded like"bligffey" to him. He shook his head and saw Yami standing above him,
saying "wake up"He rubbed his head, no blood. It was nightime outside, his grandpa was probaly worried sick.
"Yami, what are you doing?"asked Yugi.
"It's not you I want, I want Game King"said Yami.
"Who?"asked Yugi.
Yami grabbed him by the shirt collar then roughly shoved him down. Yugi noticed Yami had a Black eye.
Yami then kicked Yugi in the ribs. Yugi yelped in pain, not even listening as Yami demanded Game King to come out. The puzzle glew, and Dark Yugi appeared, standing up.
"You again, I didn't think I'd have to worry about you again"said Dark Yugi.
"You beat me, something I won't tollerate. We're gonna tie it up right here, then I'll defeat you in another game some other time. I won't let anyone keep a victory over my head. Don't think for a second that I forgot the defeat you handed me Game King. All I've thought about for a long time was how you beat me, and then how you used somekind of magic to torture and humiliate me"said Yami.
"You're lucky to have survived for another game. Most losers are never seen again, you are one of the few,
but you may not make it thrugh a second game"said Dark Yugi.
"Don't worry, I'll crush you this time"said Yami.
"Why do you insist on fighting like this?"asked Dark Yugi.
Yami merely spat on the ground, then wiped her mouth. Dark Yugi looked at her closely, his eyes filled with a revelation. He saw Yami's Black eye, but more importantly, he saw the small rip in her shirt, with blood slowly flowing through. Yami held it once or twice but it was quick.
"You're in no condition Yami, face me in any game and you'll die for certain"said Dark Yugi.
"Don't make excuses, after I win this and then beat you again, I'll kill you for the frustration you've caused"said Yami.
"What happened to you?"asked Dark Yugi.
"None of your buisness"said Yami spitting again.
Yami coughed that time. Dakr Yugi looked at the ground, she had spat out blood. There was also some falling down from her stomach. Dark Yugi shook his head and began walking away. Yami gave him a growl and took out her knife.
"Walk away and I'll kill you!"said Yami running up with the knife.
Dark Yugi saw her coming and easily sidestepped it. Yami fell face first onto the ground, yelping in pain from her stomach. Dark Yugi bent down bside her, Yami tried shoving him away but the blood spilling was making her dizzy.
"Who did this to you?"asked Dark Yugi.
Yami didn't awnser, she just layed there in pain, mumbling something about a game but Dark Yugi knew another game would mean death for her. Suddenly an idea came to his head.
"Allright Yami, here's the game. You have twenty seconds to tell me who did this to you. If you win, it's a victory for you, making us tied. Game Start"
Yami growled in anger, this was not the kind of game she wanted to play. She started getting up to her knees,
there were fifteen seconds leaft.
"This is one game I can't afford to win"thought Dark Yugi.
"My, f-father"said Yami before collapsing into unconciousness.
Dark Yugi smiled.
"Looks like you win"
Mr Hikari nearly yanked the door from it's hinges at the knock. Dark Yugi stood there, holding an unconcious Yami in her hands. Mr Hikar smiled. Though he tried to hide it, Dark Yugi could see the sinister curl in his lips and the evil look in his eyes as he took her.
"Thank you kid, I was worried about her. I'll get her help right away"he said taking her into his arms.
He placed her body gently on the couch.
"When you wake up, you're going to get it"he thought.
He turned around and saw that the boy was gone. He simply shrugged and tapped Yami's face to make sure she was out cold. She was. He felt the bandages around her stomach. He was relieved, he didn't have to worry about keeping her alive himself. Walking up the stairs, he kept looking down to make sure she was asleep still. She was. He opened the door and had to use all his strength to keep him from screaming as he saw Dark Yugi in the room. The room was rather small, it must've been an attic. It had a normal sized bed, nothing big. All around the room were things like whips, belts, long lengths of rope, knives, tazors, and and other objects, some rather sickening to think of.
"What, how did you get up here! Oh forget it, get out of my house before I have you arrested!"he said.
Dark Yugi was staring right at him when he opened the door, which nearly gave him a heart attack.
He was not smiling.
"Just as I thought, no wonder Yami's so angry and hateful. The rage she can't take out on you she takes out on everyone else"said Dark Yugi.
Yami's father picked a tazor off the floor and turned it on.
"I'll tell you what. What do you say to a game?"
"A game!"he yelled.
"Ssssh, the object of the game is to try and kill me without waking your daughter up. Game Start!"
However Yami's father ran up to him screaming in range, narrowly missing Dark Yugi who sidestepped. He fell the ground nearly zapping himself with the tasor but he got back up and went after Dark Yugi again, who sidestepped him again and caused him to nearly plunge into the living room. Running again, Dark Yugi got ready to sidestep again however he saw water spraying behind Yami's father. Yami's father looked down and saw Yami awake with the hose from outside. The tasor was on, and he couldn't turn it off in time. Dark Yugi raced down the stairs as her father was electrified, screaming in pain.
Game Over.
Yami turned off the hose and threw it back outside. She turned to Dark Yugi angrily and was about to slug him but Dark Yugi narrowly dodged, Yami holding her ribs.
"Who do you think you are! I handle my own problems!"she said.
"You were unconcious Yami, you would've been at his mercy"said Dark Yugi.
"I'd rather kill him myself then have any help. He's dead now, and I'm glad. As for you, we still have a score-
Dark Yugi slapped her with nearly all his strength, knocking Yami to the ground. Her face stun but she was allright. She stood up angrily and tried to kick Dark Yugi but her sides hurt before she could extend the kick out.
"Yami, look at you. You're possesed by your rage, you're taking it out on everyone. No one deserves what was being done to you but you're no better then him when you abuse others. You hurt Jounochi, you hurt my aibou,
you've hurt others as well. Now look what you've done, you killed him"
"Better me then you"spay Yami.
"I never intended to kill him, merely wound him. You've taken another's life away. He could've easily killed you by now but he's kept you alive. Now you must live with the death of-
"I'M GLAD! HE'S DEAD, I DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER ABUSE FROM HIM ANYMORE! NOW I'M FREE TO HURT AND KILL WHOEVER THE HELL GET'S IN MY WAY, INCLUDING YOU!"yelled Yami, her eyes widening in lust.
Dark Yugi sighed and snapped his fingers. Soon a thick Black mist shrouded them, there was only enough light to see. Yami reconized the place and smiled.
"So we're finally going to play?"asked Yami.
Dark Yugi nodded.
"Game Start!"he said pointing to her right.
Yami looked up and saw herself, naked and shackled to the Black surroundings. She was bruised from the head down, her eyes closed. Yami rubbed her eyes out, but it was still there. She was growling with rage like a rabbid dog and turned around to face Dark Yugi.
"What the hell is this!"she yelled, her eyes now full of anger.
"That is you Yami, that is who you are inside"
"What an insult! I'm not some helpless little girl who needs to be rescued!"she spat.
"Maybe not in a physical sense but your mind is warped, full of mistargeted rage and a lust to break other people like you have been broken by your father. You are bound by your darkness, you have stripped yourself of your true passion and have beaten yourself into this monster. Now's your chance to win the tie breaker"
Stairs appeared in front of Yami, leading right up to her otherself who was still unconcious. Yami's rage lessened, she was becoming more curious now.
"The object of the game is to free her. Game Start!"
Yami brushed her hair back.
"That's it, no time limit?"
"Not this time"said Dark Yugi with a smile.
"How pathetic, I just untie a few simple knots"she said running up.
"It won't be so easy"thought Dark Yugi.
Yami had to catch her breath when she reached the top. Looking up at her other self, she saw that she was still unconcious. Standing up, she began untieing the coil around her leg however there was no knot. She began to pull but it was too tight. Getting angry, she took out a knife to cut it but couldn't.
"You can't break it with brute force Yami, in order to free yourself and win the game, you must relinquish your anger and hate"he said.
"What's he talking about?"thought Yami.
"Think Yami, think about what you've done and what's been done to you"said Dark Yugi.
Yami did as he said, thinking about the sickening abuse her father had put her through. She merely grew more angry at how helpless she was. Then she thought about, as Dark Yugi said, about what she had done. She began to actualy see her memories like old home movies in front of her, on the stomach of her otherself. When she saw what she did, she couldn't believe it.
"I, I couldn't have done all that"said Yami.
"You did, whatever memories you are seeing are those from your mind"
Her otherself became free, the coils breaking. She fell into Yami's arms, tears were coming from Yami's eyes.
She closed them to stop the tears but it didn't help. She clutched her head, sobbing. More memories came of people being burned alive, skinned to death, beaten to death, and what she did to Jounochi. She felt sick to her stomach.
"Please Game King, no more, I can't take it"she said.
The mist faded away, the body of her father with it. Dark Yugi walked over to her, still on her knees sobbing.
She kept repeating what do I do without looking up.
"You've won the game Yami"said Dark Yugi.
Yami raised her tear filled face.
"Now what do I do?"she asked.
"Make a fresh start. Hatred no longer rules you. Do you promise to never do anything like that again?"
Yami noded, not even looking at him.
"Thank you Game King"she said with more tears falling out.
Little Yugi yawned, when Yami realised Game King was gone. He looked at Yami weirdly.
"What's going on?"he asked.
Yami wiped the tears away.
"C'mon little guy, I better get you home. Don't worry, I'll take responsibility. You live in the game shop right?"
To Continue....
Yugi was walking home alone today. Honda and Jounochi got detention for breaking two windows in the gym with a basketball, and Anzu had to stay after to catch up on work she missed in class(she lost her homework after being kidnapped) Being used to having his friends accompaying him, Yugi felt very lonely, more so then he used to. As always, the Millenium Puzzle hung from his neck, with a thick new chain to make sure no one tried to steal it.
"Psst, Yugi"
The voice sounded familiar but Yugi couldn't make it out. It came from an alleyway. He was deciding whether to go in or not when his arm was grabbed and he was yanked in. Stumbling forward, Yugi had no time to think, and he felt something hit him hard on the back of the head. Everything went Black.
Yugi awoke with a throbbing headache, he vision was rather blurry but began to get better. He could hear that voice saying something but it sounded like"bligffey" to him. He shook his head and saw Yami standing above him,
saying "wake up"He rubbed his head, no blood. It was nightime outside, his grandpa was probaly worried sick.
"Yami, what are you doing?"asked Yugi.
"It's not you I want, I want Game King"said Yami.
"Who?"asked Yugi.
Yami grabbed him by the shirt collar then roughly shoved him down. Yugi noticed Yami had a Black eye.
Yami then kicked Yugi in the ribs. Yugi yelped in pain, not even listening as Yami demanded Game King to come out. The puzzle glew, and Dark Yugi appeared, standing up.
"You again, I didn't think I'd have to worry about you again"said Dark Yugi.
"You beat me, something I won't tollerate. We're gonna tie it up right here, then I'll defeat you in another game some other time. I won't let anyone keep a victory over my head. Don't think for a second that I forgot the defeat you handed me Game King. All I've thought about for a long time was how you beat me, and then how you used somekind of magic to torture and humiliate me"said Yami.
"You're lucky to have survived for another game. Most losers are never seen again, you are one of the few,
but you may not make it thrugh a second game"said Dark Yugi.
"Don't worry, I'll crush you this time"said Yami.
"Why do you insist on fighting like this?"asked Dark Yugi.
Yami merely spat on the ground, then wiped her mouth. Dark Yugi looked at her closely, his eyes filled with a revelation. He saw Yami's Black eye, but more importantly, he saw the small rip in her shirt, with blood slowly flowing through. Yami held it once or twice but it was quick.
"You're in no condition Yami, face me in any game and you'll die for certain"said Dark Yugi.
"Don't make excuses, after I win this and then beat you again, I'll kill you for the frustration you've caused"said Yami.
"What happened to you?"asked Dark Yugi.
"None of your buisness"said Yami spitting again.
Yami coughed that time. Dakr Yugi looked at the ground, she had spat out blood. There was also some falling down from her stomach. Dark Yugi shook his head and began walking away. Yami gave him a growl and took out her knife.
"Walk away and I'll kill you!"said Yami running up with the knife.
Dark Yugi saw her coming and easily sidestepped it. Yami fell face first onto the ground, yelping in pain from her stomach. Dark Yugi bent down bside her, Yami tried shoving him away but the blood spilling was making her dizzy.
"Who did this to you?"asked Dark Yugi.
Yami didn't awnser, she just layed there in pain, mumbling something about a game but Dark Yugi knew another game would mean death for her. Suddenly an idea came to his head.
"Allright Yami, here's the game. You have twenty seconds to tell me who did this to you. If you win, it's a victory for you, making us tied. Game Start"
Yami growled in anger, this was not the kind of game she wanted to play. She started getting up to her knees,
there were fifteen seconds leaft.
"This is one game I can't afford to win"thought Dark Yugi.
"My, f-father"said Yami before collapsing into unconciousness.
Dark Yugi smiled.
"Looks like you win"
Mr Hikari nearly yanked the door from it's hinges at the knock. Dark Yugi stood there, holding an unconcious Yami in her hands. Mr Hikar smiled. Though he tried to hide it, Dark Yugi could see the sinister curl in his lips and the evil look in his eyes as he took her.
"Thank you kid, I was worried about her. I'll get her help right away"he said taking her into his arms.
He placed her body gently on the couch.
"When you wake up, you're going to get it"he thought.
He turned around and saw that the boy was gone. He simply shrugged and tapped Yami's face to make sure she was out cold. She was. He felt the bandages around her stomach. He was relieved, he didn't have to worry about keeping her alive himself. Walking up the stairs, he kept looking down to make sure she was asleep still. She was. He opened the door and had to use all his strength to keep him from screaming as he saw Dark Yugi in the room. The room was rather small, it must've been an attic. It had a normal sized bed, nothing big. All around the room were things like whips, belts, long lengths of rope, knives, tazors, and and other objects, some rather sickening to think of.
"What, how did you get up here! Oh forget it, get out of my house before I have you arrested!"he said.
Dark Yugi was staring right at him when he opened the door, which nearly gave him a heart attack.
He was not smiling.
"Just as I thought, no wonder Yami's so angry and hateful. The rage she can't take out on you she takes out on everyone else"said Dark Yugi.
Yami's father picked a tazor off the floor and turned it on.
"I'll tell you what. What do you say to a game?"
"A game!"he yelled.
"Ssssh, the object of the game is to try and kill me without waking your daughter up. Game Start!"
However Yami's father ran up to him screaming in range, narrowly missing Dark Yugi who sidestepped. He fell the ground nearly zapping himself with the tasor but he got back up and went after Dark Yugi again, who sidestepped him again and caused him to nearly plunge into the living room. Running again, Dark Yugi got ready to sidestep again however he saw water spraying behind Yami's father. Yami's father looked down and saw Yami awake with the hose from outside. The tasor was on, and he couldn't turn it off in time. Dark Yugi raced down the stairs as her father was electrified, screaming in pain.
Game Over.
Yami turned off the hose and threw it back outside. She turned to Dark Yugi angrily and was about to slug him but Dark Yugi narrowly dodged, Yami holding her ribs.
"Who do you think you are! I handle my own problems!"she said.
"You were unconcious Yami, you would've been at his mercy"said Dark Yugi.
"I'd rather kill him myself then have any help. He's dead now, and I'm glad. As for you, we still have a score-
Dark Yugi slapped her with nearly all his strength, knocking Yami to the ground. Her face stun but she was allright. She stood up angrily and tried to kick Dark Yugi but her sides hurt before she could extend the kick out.
"Yami, look at you. You're possesed by your rage, you're taking it out on everyone. No one deserves what was being done to you but you're no better then him when you abuse others. You hurt Jounochi, you hurt my aibou,
you've hurt others as well. Now look what you've done, you killed him"
"Better me then you"spay Yami.
"I never intended to kill him, merely wound him. You've taken another's life away. He could've easily killed you by now but he's kept you alive. Now you must live with the death of-
"I'M GLAD! HE'S DEAD, I DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER ABUSE FROM HIM ANYMORE! NOW I'M FREE TO HURT AND KILL WHOEVER THE HELL GET'S IN MY WAY, INCLUDING YOU!"yelled Yami, her eyes widening in lust.
Dark Yugi sighed and snapped his fingers. Soon a thick Black mist shrouded them, there was only enough light to see. Yami reconized the place and smiled.
"So we're finally going to play?"asked Yami.
Dark Yugi nodded.
"Game Start!"he said pointing to her right.
Yami looked up and saw herself, naked and shackled to the Black surroundings. She was bruised from the head down, her eyes closed. Yami rubbed her eyes out, but it was still there. She was growling with rage like a rabbid dog and turned around to face Dark Yugi.
"What the hell is this!"she yelled, her eyes now full of anger.
"That is you Yami, that is who you are inside"
"What an insult! I'm not some helpless little girl who needs to be rescued!"she spat.
"Maybe not in a physical sense but your mind is warped, full of mistargeted rage and a lust to break other people like you have been broken by your father. You are bound by your darkness, you have stripped yourself of your true passion and have beaten yourself into this monster. Now's your chance to win the tie breaker"
Stairs appeared in front of Yami, leading right up to her otherself who was still unconcious. Yami's rage lessened, she was becoming more curious now.
"The object of the game is to free her. Game Start!"
Yami brushed her hair back.
"That's it, no time limit?"
"Not this time"said Dark Yugi with a smile.
"How pathetic, I just untie a few simple knots"she said running up.
"It won't be so easy"thought Dark Yugi.
Yami had to catch her breath when she reached the top. Looking up at her other self, she saw that she was still unconcious. Standing up, she began untieing the coil around her leg however there was no knot. She began to pull but it was too tight. Getting angry, she took out a knife to cut it but couldn't.
"You can't break it with brute force Yami, in order to free yourself and win the game, you must relinquish your anger and hate"he said.
"What's he talking about?"thought Yami.
"Think Yami, think about what you've done and what's been done to you"said Dark Yugi.
Yami did as he said, thinking about the sickening abuse her father had put her through. She merely grew more angry at how helpless she was. Then she thought about, as Dark Yugi said, about what she had done. She began to actualy see her memories like old home movies in front of her, on the stomach of her otherself. When she saw what she did, she couldn't believe it.
"I, I couldn't have done all that"said Yami.
"You did, whatever memories you are seeing are those from your mind"
Her otherself became free, the coils breaking. She fell into Yami's arms, tears were coming from Yami's eyes.
She closed them to stop the tears but it didn't help. She clutched her head, sobbing. More memories came of people being burned alive, skinned to death, beaten to death, and what she did to Jounochi. She felt sick to her stomach.
"Please Game King, no more, I can't take it"she said.
The mist faded away, the body of her father with it. Dark Yugi walked over to her, still on her knees sobbing.
She kept repeating what do I do without looking up.
"You've won the game Yami"said Dark Yugi.
Yami raised her tear filled face.
"Now what do I do?"she asked.
"Make a fresh start. Hatred no longer rules you. Do you promise to never do anything like that again?"
Yami noded, not even looking at him.
"Thank you Game King"she said with more tears falling out.
Little Yugi yawned, when Yami realised Game King was gone. He looked at Yami weirdly.
"What's going on?"he asked.
Yami wiped the tears away.
"C'mon little guy, I better get you home. Don't worry, I'll take responsibility. You live in the game shop right?"
To Continue....
