THIS IS HALLOWEEN

A Yu-Gi-Oh! Halloween Story

Incarnation Two: King of Games

Yuugi sighed, edging against the wall as much as he could in his kitchen. The dusty man, practically a dark duplicate of him, wandered around the kitchen, inspecting everything without touching it. His red eye darted around quickly, his left eye still hidden under his dusty blond bangs. Yuugi could now see the full details of him. He had cobwebs adorning his hair and dust clattered all over his cloak. Atop his bangs on the left side of his face was what looked to be a pumpkin mask, yet it wasn't a friendly looking one. It had narrowed eyes with black slits as pupils and a truly demented smile on. Across the left side of the pumpkin was a series of stitches.

The darker Yuugi turned to the younger and shorter one, feeling the gaze of the younger one. His large crazed eye sent panic through Yuugi's soul, and the eyebrow of the darker one lifted up, in a questioning manner. Yuugi noted the pointed teeth that cave from the line of the darker self's lip, and the dark circle around his eye. His eyes fell to the tie on the cloak, finding the puzzle. Yuugi glared at the darker self, he must have stolen the puzzle he put together!

"You stole my puzzle!" Yuugi shouted, pointing his finger at him. Yuugi stayed close to the wall. "You thief, give it back to me now before I call the cops on you!"

The darker self blinked, his crazed eye showing confusion. Then a curved smile appeared on his lips. "Come now Yuugi, I did not steal your precious Puzzle." He chuckled, but to Yuugi it sounded more like the laugh of a crazed man. "The puzzle you solved is merely a duplicate of the one you see here."

"…duplicate?" Yuugi blinked. "You mean….as in, a copy? How the hell could someone copy THAT thing?!"

"Do not yell so loud, you can wake the dead with that tone of voice." The darker self said flatly. "And do believe me, the dead don't like to be awoke, little Yuugi." He sighed. "It takes so long to get them asleep again, a true hassle."

"You are crazy." Yuugi mumbled. "Get out of my house. And where is my Jii-chan?!"

The darker self's head tilted to the side a bit, and he blinked. He seemed surprised then another curved smile appeared. "Your grandfather? Ah, yes…I suppose you wouldn't know, if you were foolish enough to solve the duplicate puzzle." He sighed and came over to the Japanese bow, towering over him. "You are no longer in your world, Yuugi, yet you are not in my world. Currently you are stuck in the passing portal…or dimension between our worlds. As soon as it reaches midnight you will return to your world…well, I will go to your world as well."

"I…didn't catch any of that. Did you call me stupid?" Yuugi glared.

"If that is how you wish to take it, than yes, I called you foolish…or, stupid, as you said." The darker self chuckled. "I shall try to explain in simple terms. You are stuck in a portal that connects your world with mine."

"Your…world…? What the hell are you!?" Yuugi shrieked.

"It is not a matter of what, but whom." The darker self sighed, his red eye twitched in annoyance of Yuugi's shriek. "And I shall warn you but a second time, do not shout. If you do, I'll personally let the dead rip that vocal cord out of your throat." Yuugi gulped, backing up against the wall. "I have many names…King of the Underworld, Hades…King of Tricks, King of Games…." He smiled, seemingly fond of all these, his pointed teeth shinning. "But my name is Atemu. In the days of my youth I was known as Sa-Ra Atemu…the Son of Ra Atemu..or perhaps now a days you would know that as Pharaoh."

"Pharaoh….from Egypt?!" Yuugi gasped. "You….are old."

"Well yes, you stated the obvious." Atemu sighed. "My reign in Egypt was within the thirteenth dynasty, about three thousand years ago. I ruled there for a few years after being born unto human parents. I was able to master the Millennium Items and seal a great evil from my home world within them. Sadly this caused the portals between my world, the human world, and the monster world to close. Since then I have ruled my true home world as King. There, you have been informed more…are you happy?"

"So…if the portal is closed, how the hell are you here?"

"You solved my puzzle? You are rather stupid." Atemu smiled, watching as Yuugi's anger grew. "On All Hallows Eve the portal between my world and yours opens for this night…but now that the power of the Millennium Puzzle has been awakened, the rest of the Millennium Items have awoken as well. Which means that the portal is open until the items are destroyed."

"So…it's like Halloween….forever?" Yuugi asked, and Atemu nodded. Yuugi stared at the king in shock and let out another shriek. "You cannot be serious! I don't want it to be Halloween forever! I want to sleep; I don't want to live in eternal night! Go back to your world!"

"Think of it this way, little Yuugi." Atemu turned and walked back to the fridge he was inspecting. "You do not have to worry about that history exam you did not study for." Yuugi glared, remembering that the Puzzle had made it so the King could read his mind, and his memories. "What do you humans eat anyways? I do hope it is something more eatable then week old cantaloupe…or bugs. Bugs get very old after a while."

"Are you a vampire?"

Atemu let out a cold crazed laugh. "No! I am just a damned soul that is all." He looked down at the puzzle that he wore, seeing that it was glowing. "Ah, well, look there. Seems as if its time to go. Get your puzzle Yuugi, you'll enjoy this." He disappeared within a black light. Yuugi looked around quickly and bolted up the stairs, seeing the puzzle still on the table.

"Ah…he's gone, maybe I can sleep."

Do hurry little Yuugi, this site will only be special once before you get used to seeing this. Confused? Look at the mirror.

Yuugi turned to the mirror with the puzzle around his neck. He shrieked as he saw Atemu as his reflection. Atemu simply sighed.

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Yuugi slowly went down the stairs, a large jacket on. He looked around, seeing his grandfather asleep at the counter. He snuck past him and put his hand on the door. He glanced over his shoulder, seeing Atemu behind him, smiling. Yuugi shuddered, feeling compelled to do as Atemu said. He opened the door and stepped outside, seeing his normal home. Candy and pumpkins were spread out everywhere and a fog covered the town. Yuugi walked down the road then felt as if he was pulled back and fell back onto the ground. He glared at Atemu in pain.

The king was looking over at the children dressed up. He watched as they walked through him as if he were a ghost, not there. His eye twitched in confusion and he looked at Yuugi. "What is this? All Hallows Eve was the night of the dead…"

"Now a days it is a holiday for dressing up." Yuugi explained, standing up and rubbing his head. Atemu looked around again, seeing the broken pumpkins and hay everywhere. "You are coming with me; I got to get something for this headache you've given me." He stuffed his hands in his jacket and walked down the street. Atemu hovered behind him, his cloak disappearing into the ground it seemed. Yuugi rounded a corner and pointed to the store. "I'm going in there, you stay out here, got it?" he walked inside the store.

Atemu scoffed, looking around at the city again. The thought of a mere human bossing him around was completely idiotic. He looked over his shoulder slowly as a tall blond ran towards him. Atemu didn't bother to move, the human would run right through him like the others anyways. But the blond collided with him, sending Atemu to the ground. The blond also fell to the ground and got up, apologizing quickly.

"Man I am so sorry I wasn't watching where I was going, can't see a thing through this fog…woa, is that you Yugi?" the blond asked hurriedly. Atemu picked himself up and the cloak folded over him quickly. "That's an awesome costume, I thought you weren't dressing up!"

Atemu's only visible eyebrow went up, trying to go through the assorted memories that he gained when Yuugi solved the puzzle. There were so many, and many that Atemu really wished that he didn't remember…he shuddered. He looked back at the blond as he rambled off about how 'awesome' the costume was. Costume? This was his royal outfit in his own world. Atemu's eye twitched as the blond began to mess with his cobweb filled hair.

"Cobwebs in the hair, fangs, a glowing eye on your forehead…you're even taller! Man Yuugi you went all out didn't you?" he smiled at him. "Woa…is that a contact? Your eye is fricken red, that's so cool."

"…Jou?"

The blond and Atemu turned back to Yuugi who had a bag in his head. The blond, identified as Jounouchi looked at Yuugi, and then at Atemu, then back at Yuugi, confused. Atemu smiled his curved smile, sending shivers down the blond's spine.

"Who the hell is that?!"

"Uh….Jou…this is," Yuugi wondered on how to say it. "This is …."

"Lemmie guess. He is your secret brother that loves Halloween, raised in America, and just appeared out of no where?" Jounouchi asked, smirking.

"Where did you come up with such a stupid story?" Atemu asked. He scoffed as Jounouchi glared. "I am Sa-Ra Atemu. King of the Underworld, as the ancients liked to call it. I suppose you can see me because you are a friend of Yuugi's….or perhaps it is that you are one of those chosen." Jounouchi and Yuugi shared a confused look. "When my world and your worlds merge, there were supposed to be certain chosen ones who could see us and inform the world of our existence until everyone is able to see us. That is why those children in those…. 'costumes' ran right through me. Although children are supposed to see the spirits of my world…hm."

"Yuugi….who the heck is this? He is talking weird….I don't get any of it." Jounouchi sighed.

"If I were to tell you that I solved an Ancient Egyptian puzzle that opened up the doorway between our world and a world that was ruled by demons and things, would you believe me?" Yuugi asked. Jounouchi stared blankly at him, and Yuugi sighed. "You see this?" he indicated to the puzzle. "This is an ancient relic, it holds magic."

"Yuugi solved it and unleashed my world into his." Atemu finished. "Now the spirits, ghouls, demons, and other assorted creatures of my world are merging with yours. You two and perhaps others will be able to see them. If you do no harm to us, we will do none to you. Now Yuugi, what is in that box?"