Fox: I'M SO SORRY!!!!!!! MY COMPOOTER BWOOK DOWN AND-AND-IT HATES ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOBS
SM: Sorry 'bout her. Fox? Shut up.
Fox: I'S SOOWWWYYYYY!!!!
SM: It's safe to assume they get it now.
Fox: Vewwy vewwy sowwy!
SM: --'' pays off people to act as reviewers and say that it's okay
Fox: Weally?
Reviewers: No. Really.
Fox: sniffs 'tay.
SM: AAAAAANNNNDDDDDDDD…on with the story!!
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"Yugi!" The former sprite-like child had already left in a swirling portal to the Shadow Realm.
Meanwhile…
Yugi looked around and swiftly located his foe. "What do you want? I thought I killed you!" Calmly, Yugi laid down his reply.
"I could ask you the same thing. What do you want with me and Yami?"
"Revenge." The human raised an eyebrow and feigned a cheery air, reminiscent of his old self.
"Oh? Then we have a lot in common! See my yami sacrificed his life so I wouldn't die. You were killing me. So its like this: you caused Yami's demise, and now I'm going to return the favor. Now I have to think of how I'm going to kill you. Do you prefer long and painful or the condensed version?"
"Nice speech, tiny. But you can't kill me! I-"
"Shuttup."
"-impossible to kill! I am-"
"I said be quiet."
"And you are weak and-"
"Will you shut your maw?"
"I bet-" Yugi snapped and a guillotine appeared, severing its head.
"Much better. Now, since you weren't quiet when I asked nicely, I get to choose how you die." A head reappeared on its neck. "It doesn't matter, you can't kill me!" The now average sized boy let him ramble this time. Casting an image of himself in his place, the ex-hikari went back home for a brief visit.
"YUGI!" Cried Anzu.
"That's right. Who else would I be?"
"Are you okay? After being in the SR so long?" Hearing Anzu's outburst, Grandpa had entered the kitchen.
"Yug!" He sighed.
"Of course I'm okay. The SR doesn't affect me any more than it affects you."
"Oh. Did you get your revenge"
"Not yet. Turns out this guy is a self-centered egocentric and apparently "invincible" shadow like creature. All he does is brag!"
Don't let your guard down little one>.He jumped.
"YAMI!?" The gang plus Grandpa stared.
I just reestablished contact. I apologize for the delay. We cannot hear or see each other, but our link is connected.>
/That's fantastic!/
"Uh…Yugi?"
"Sorry guys. Good news. For that bragging shadow blob too."
"Yami's back?"
"No, but we can talk. Do you guys want to come with me to the SR? It won't be pretty but I figured I should ask."
"Definitly. What about Joey and Ryou? They're gonna wanna come." Anzu and Grandpa looked at each other. If he refused, they both knew that he was to far gone for even Yami to save him.
"You're right. I'll ask Joey."
"What about Ryou?" They were in the Shadow Realm behind a conveniently placed dumpster.
"Hikari."
"Oh yeah." Joey appeared.
"Yug buddy! Give a guy some warnin' next time will ya? I was in the middle of the ninth innin' - waaahhh? Wher're we?"
"Figure it out." He snapped. "Do you want to stay? You're not going to like what you see, I'll warn you now." More than a little surprised and baffled by his friend's behavior, new look, and sudden stamina for the SR, he went with instinct.
"Yeah, I'm cool." He flashed his peace sign. Yugi vanished and replaced the image with himself. The Braggart didn't notice.
"-500 attacks from my 3rd hand on the left alone! I'll bet you can't compete with that!"
"You're right." Taken aback, it sputtered to a halt.
"Huh?"
"After all that, all you can manage is Huh? Are you deaf? I said you're right. As in, you are correct. I give up." All in the area blinked.
Behind the dumpster…
"He's just giving up? What'd he bring us here for?"
"He can't! I have to say something!"
"Anzu, wait!"
"Yes Grandpa?"
"I think he's bluffing. He might have become an expert liar but I can tell when he's lying."
"If you're sure…"
"Listen to Gramps, Anzu. Wisdon comes with age."
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In the main action part…………….
"I surrender. Hit me with everything you've got." The Braggart grinned at Yugi. The duelist fingered something in his pocket and fought a smile. Just as it released its attack, the high school-er whipped out a card. "MIRROR FORCE!!"
"You think a little piece of paper will save-AAAHHHHH!!!! WHAT WAS THAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?"
"I thought I already made that clear." He repeated his attack. And swore. And swore again. And kept it up until he figured out it was permanent. Then he played Swords of Revealing Light. The Braggart cringed. /Of course! Shadows die in light!/
Good thinking.>
/Yami! Thanks!/ He flooded the place with light. Unfortunately, filling a world created of darkness with light is not an easy task…
Yugi went to his knees, concentrating on light. Yugi! You're draining too much! Let up!>
"Yug!" Jou and Anzu raced around the dumpster and stood by their friend. "You're gonna kill yourself man!"
Stop Yugi!>
"Everyone be quiet please!!!!" The light increased. The young duelist, screaming a cry unknown to all who speak no ancient Egyptian, collapsed as the darkness was gone and with it, the shadow. Yugi didn't move. The light didn't waver. To the contrary, it grew brighter.
"Yugi!" Grandpa came out now to his grandson. He still didn't move. At all. No rise and fall of his chest, nothing. Anzu sunk to her knees, tears streaming down her face. Jou and Gramps just stood there in shock, neither quite believing the situation.
Somehow, no one really knows, Yugi was lifted into the air. He was turned vertical, and his face resumed a peaceful expression. The world around them seemed to dim while Yugi became brighter. Almost as if he was taking light from the new world around him.
He started to spin around in a way that would have been comical had it not been such a serious time. His eyes snapped open, but didn't appear to be focusing on anything.
He spun faster and faster and at some point there were two people spinning, back to back like they were standing on an ancient record player. They looked nearly identical. One disappeared. Yugi fell back to the floor and they were abruptly in Yugi's room where Ryou was waiting.
"What happened to Yugi?"
"He drained his energy to kill the shadow that was going to destroy the world and fell down and everything got really bright and he was spinning and there were two of him and then he was one again and then he plopped on the floor again like a ragdoll and then we were here." All: blink
"Oh."
During Anzu's monologue….
Yugi's eyes fluttered open.
/Yami?/
Thank the gods. I was so worried.>
/I'm alive?/
Yes!>
/Are you?/
Um…sort of…>
"What do you mean, "Sort of"? You're either alive or your not!"
Aibou, look around.>
"Why - oh."
"Yugi?"
"Grandpa? Jou? Anzu? Ryou? RYOU?! Where's Bakura?"
"Sleeping. You're awake!"
"Obviously!" /What do you mean sort of?/
I'm coming back.>
"Really?"
"Yug, if you're gonna talk to Yami, don't clue us in."
"He's awake! And ALIVE!! Who cares if he talks to him aloud?"
"You don't understand!!! He's coming back!"
"Who?"
"Yami! He's-"
"Here."
"YAMI!!!!!!" Later, the four people in the room swore they saw him shrink a little as he sprinted for the door.
"Aibou. Hikari, what happened to your eyes? Are you going to light the fireplace?" The older of the two was pulled into the puzzle which still dangled on the chain around Yugi's neck. Yugi looked down at it, then to where Yami was, the to his friends and Grandpa. His eyes returned to the way they were and their sparkle. Happiness returned to his face, and Yamicame out. "Well that was stra-" He never got to complete his sentence because at that moment his air supply was cut off by a pair of thin arms wrapped tightly around him in a bear hug. "Yugi-I-need-to-breathe!" Yugi looked up with shining eyes; eight at heart again.