Disclaimer:
I do not own Yu-gi-oh. Nor do I own the characters in this
story.
Author's Notes:
Just a little heads-up. This
fanfic is under the belief that every card in the Yu-gi-oh game has
power locked in it, like the stone tablets back in the Pharaoh's
day.
However, only someone with the power of the Shadow Realm
can unlock it. So please don't get mad at me when you try for hours
to get your Summoned Skull out of its card and it doesn't work. You
probably don't have and magic powers
anyway.
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Chapter 3:
Dark Powers
The two thugs backed up a little when they saw
Tiffany change. I did not change her body to match mine; that would
be too much. Instead I changed the color of her hair to a dark
purple. It was just enough to let them know that this wasn't the
same girl they'd snuck up on.
"You stupid oafs," I
snapped with Tiffany's voice, but with a much more angry tone. "How
could you stoop so low as to sneak up on a poor helpless girl?"
The
two shabby-looking men were surprised by the change. "He told us
she would be more dangerous then she looked," the first thug
muttered angrily. His leer made stretched the tattoo on his face,
making the dragon's head look as if it were roaring.
The
second one sneered. He pulled a switchblade from the pocket of his
tattered leather jacket and popped it open. "We'll see about
that." He charged forward, aiming to slash Tiffany's
face.
The Millennium Puzzle flashed, and one of Tiffany's
cards came out of her deck: Mirror Force. The card floated out of her
deck box and began to glow. An invisible barrier formed around her
body just before the blade touched her cheek. The thug's knife
shattered to pieces the instant it touched the barrier, and both
thugs were thrown back against the side of the building.
I glanced at the card and noticed that the picture was blank. The words were also faded out, leaving only the purple background to hint at what type of card it had been. I realized that I had used up the power of one of Tiffany's favorite cards, and I didn't know if it would ever be restored.
"So much for hiding my presence," I thought bitterly.
"What...what was that?" the first thug stuttered.
"I am so gonna kill this little witch!" the second one screamed. He charged forward with his fists raised. His friend hesitated, but he ran after him.
Not
wanting to use more cards then necessary, I reached out with my mind
to the Shadow Realm. Dark energy flowed into my spirit, building up
my powers. I charged up for a moment. Then I released the energies in
a blast of Shadow magic. Once again, my attackers found themselves
with their backs against a wall.
The first thug became scared
and ran off, but the one who had attacked me with a knife was filled
with fury. He pulled out a hand gun of some kind and began to fire at
me.
With a surge of power, I activated another of Tiffany's
cards. This time, I made sure it was a common card: Dark Hole. A huge
vortex appeared before me and absorbed most of the bullets. However,
one grazed Tiffany's cheek, and another nailed her in the thigh.
But
the Dark Hole wasn't done. It pulled the gun-crazed punk in as well.
With a shriek he was gone. Then the Dark Hole vanished as well,
leaving only a blank green card behind.
I leaned Tiffany's
body against the wall and breathed heavily. A lot of damage had been
done to her, and there were no healing cards in her deck. I began to
feel her nerves cry from the strike she had received on the back of
her head. Blood began to pour down her leg from the gunshot wound. I
had to do something before she woke up.
Because of the shot in
her leg, I could not walk. So instead, I levitated her down the
street and to her house, hoping no one would see her. It felt strange
to levitate in a human body, but I managed it somehow.
I
floated through the door and found Tiffany's parents sitting in the
living room reading. Not wanting to attract attention, I tried to
slip by quietly. I didn't want to have to explain how their daughter
had been shot or how she could float above the ground.
As it
turned out, I didn't need to worry. They didn't even notice when I
bumped into the buffet as I tried to float up towards the stairs. I
managed to catch a vase before it tipped over and fell.
When I
arrived in Tiffany's room, I locked the door and pulled out a shoebox
from under her bed. It was where she kept all the Yu-gi-oh cards that
she didn't use in her deck.
The first card I found was Goblin
Secret Remedy. With the skills I'd learned in the Shadow Realm, I
reached into the power sealed within the card and unlocked its
healing ability.
A
large leaf floated up out of the card, leaving it blank like the
others. The leaf settled down on Tiffany's chest and soaked into
her body.
Not much happened since it was a very weak healing
card. The cut on her cheek shrank a bit, and the bullet hole in her
leg stopped bleeding. Still, she was a long way from being healed.
I
dug through her cards for a stronger one and found Dian Keto the Cure
Master. This one completely healed her cheek and greatly reduced the
bruises on her back and the bump on her head. The wound on her leg
scabbed over as if she had been shot ages ago, and I could feel that
it was working once again. Plus, a great deal of the blood that had
stained her pants absorbed back into her body.
I began to dig
through for another cure card when I felt Tiffany's mind begin to
awake. I quickly dove into her bed and pulled the covers on. Then I
slipped back into the puzzle and hid from her mind.
I don't
know how she reacted to what had happened. I stayed completely out of
her mind for fear of her discovering my presence. It was my hope that
she would think everything would be a dream and soon forget the whole
ordeal. It wasn't a realistic hope. After all, she was still hurt a
little, and there were a few blank cards on her dresser to account
for.
Nevertheless,
I stayed in the puzzle and waited it
out.
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Originally,
this chapter was suppose to be longer, but I realized that it would
reveal too much of the plot.
Next up, Tiffany begins to put
clues together, and we have the start of the first full duel.
Please
R&R!