Big Games

Ch2

Yugi's almost cheered as he opened the door to his home, a small place in the back of the Game Shop that his grandfather owned. Not a huge establishment, but it housed many types of games, puzzles even a few hard to find action figures, it paid the bills and that's what mattered. Yugi wobbled himself up the stairs to his room trying not to make a sound as his grandpa watched television. If his grandfather even suspected that Yugi had been in danger, he would be all over the teen concerned and worried. Yugi didn't want that, not just because he hated long boring lectures he had heard a million times already, but because he hated to see his grandfather be bothered by everything the millennium puzzle blew Yugi's way.

"I'm going to bed grandpa, don't worry about dinner I'm fine." Yugi said, trying to hide the exhaustion in his voice as he slowly willed his legs to move.

"But its only 8:30 Yugi, are you feeling alright?" His grandpa asked, sounding a bit apprehensive, just what Yugi did not want. Yugi tried to quicken his pace while thinking up something to say before his grandfather came to see him barely able to make it up the stairs

"Had a busy day, just tired is all." He lied, the fact was he could hardly walk straight, and his body began to ache all over soon after his friends had dropped him home. All he wanted to see was his bed and planned to sleep in until noon the next day.

Literally flopping into his bed, he didn't even bother to remove his school uniform; he didn't think he could manage he felt so weak. He barely managed to get his shoes off and only did so because he did not want to dirty the floor. He managed somehow to get under the covers, his body screaming out for rest as every muscle in his body ached, not to mention a strange uncomfortable sensation that was only growing stronger as time past.

"Yugi, would you like me to take over for the night? You could stay in the soul room if you like." Yami offered, sensing that his partner was in pain that was increasing rapidly.

"No thanks, I wouldn't want to put you through this after going through that entire duel." Yugi replied half-yawning. "Besides, Isis said I should be fine in the morning… just let me… sleep… I'll be fine."

The spirit of the puzzle did not argue and smiled as he looked over his small host's body, curled up already half-asleep. He hoped Isis would be right, and he would be feeling his usual self in the morning, how he hated to see his little partner suffer, since it was mostly because of him that Yugi was placed in these dangerous situations. He gave his other half one last look, sensing something-strange emanating from his partners aura. He shrugged it off thinking it only a lingering presence of shadow magic. He gave a small bow to his brave friend before retreating to the puzzle for some overdue rest himself.

Yugi tried to get comfortable, but the slightest movement sent shocks of pain throughout his body. He winced as his arm started to twitch each jerk more painful then the last. He moved his other hand to massage it gently, hoping to end this horrid feeling that waved over him before it grew worse, it seemed to help a little. He let out a final sigh, just wanting to sleep and get the morning here as fast as possible. He braved the growing aches of his body and turned over, finally falling into a comfortable position and allowed himself to drift off to sleep, completely unaware of the surprise he would have the next day.

It was a clear night as the town slept, the stars shone brightly in the blue opaque sky. Such a beautiful scene it was that one could not think that anything could spoil it. Always something does though.

Hiding in the darkness out of sight, two men surveyed the Game Shop from a distance, invisible to all as they hid amongst the bushes dressed in their long black cloaks, evil deeds in their minds.

"You sure this is the right place?" One of the men whispered his voice raspy and cold as he tried to get a better glimpse inside the small store.

"Yes, I saw our target return here after he had defeated Ruze." The other responded his voice much deeper but still kept in a whisper.

The other man shifted from his spot, uncomfortable hiding out in the cool air surrounded by shrubbery. "I don't get how that little punk could have taken Ruze out like that. Ruze was a professional, he was a…"

"An idiot is what Ruze was." The man snarled back to his accomplice. "That punk wields the millennium puzzle, thus is the reincarnation of the pharaoh, thus holds the spirit of darkness THUS is the King of Games. We warned Ruze that a cheep trick that he attempted to pull would not work, but no the idiot went and got himself killed."

A frown was nearly missed in the darkness from the first man. "But, he's not dead, just in a coma last I saw."

"Heh." The deep voiced one chuckled. "Fool, when you play a shadow game and lose, you pay the ultimate price. Ruze lost his mind and soul to the shadows, he is not coming back, and therefore he is dead."

"Don't get how a kid could do that."

"He's not a kid when he's in a duel. That's the secret." The deep voiced one took out a pair of binoculars and looked about the Game Shop for any sign of 'the kid' "Now shut up and keep and eye out. The moment he leaves the house we are to act".

The hunters were stalking a prey with a treasure many would like to have their hands on. Unfortunately these many wanted it all for the wrong reasons, with intents of evil backing their motives. Tonight it was being watched, as the hunters stalked in the night waiting for their chance to strike.

A knock at the Game Shops main door took Yugi's grandfather by surprise. The old man put down the book he was reading and hobbled over to the door, to be greeted by the tall form of Jounouchi. The same goofy smile across his face as he shoved the last of a donut into his mouth.

"Ah Joey what brings you here?" Mr.Mutou asked

"I came to see if Yug' was feeling bett…uuh…" He caught himself in mid-sentence not wanting Solomon to think something bad had really happened to his grandson. "Feeling like... playing some basketball. Yeah! That's right basketball!" He clumsily corrected himself. He held his breath until Solomon took the bait.

"Ah, how nice, but I'm afraid he's still asleep."

"Wow, its almost 2:00 Yug' is normally a morning person." Jou said, a hint of worry crossed his mind as he thought of what happened the night before.

"Yes, he did say he had a busy day last night, maybe he's just overslept I'll go wake him up." Solomon smiled and offered Joey to come in and wait. "I won't be long."

knock knock

Solomon knocked twice before a groan was heard from the other side of the door. Something along the lines of 'just five more minutes' told Solomon that everything was all right. He slowly opened the door and entered his grandson's room, avoiding the mess of clothes and general random stuff strewn about the floor.

He held back a laugh at the sight before him; all he could see was reddish tuffs of spiky hair poking out from under the covers of Yugi's bed. "Yugi, its past two, Joey is waiting for you downstairs don't you think its time to get up?" His grandpa spoke quietly. He only received incoherent mumbling in return. "Fine be that way, more fun for me." He said, as an evil grin crossed his face.

Grabbing the covers he counted to three before yanking them off the bed determined to wake poor Yugi. He was not ready for what he saw was hiding under the light blue blankets; Solomon's jaw nearly hit the floor.

Yugi shot up straight as the rush of cold air hit him, all sense of sleep gone in an instant. Rubbing at his eyes he looked to his grandfather a bit annoyed. "Grandpa why'd you have to go and… do… grandpa?" Yugi asked as he looked at his grandfather's strange expression, his eyes were wide with shock and his mouth opened as if to scream. "Grandpa what's wrong!" Yugi got up and rushed to his side, scared his grandfather maybe pulled something while trying to wake him.

"Wha… what… wha…" Solomon muttered, his eyes growing even wider as Yugi now stood before him. Yugi now noticed something strange, something no one ever had to do in his presence before… His grandfather, in his trance, was looking up at him.

Now feeling quite strange, Yugi looked down at himself. He blinked over and over trying to make sure nothing was in his eyes. He looked back at his grandfather who was still in a state of shock, he wanted some reassurance he wasn't going insane, we wanted to make sure he wasn't still sleeping. Just to make sure he wasn't seeing things, he turned to his wall mirror, and let out a panicked shock-stricken yell at what he saw.

He was HUGE! Yugi, the one nicknamed 'little' Yugi was now the complete opposite of that name. From what was a short, meek skinny teenager hours before, was now a powerhouse of muscle. Though he still retained some of his naturally thin frame, his limbs were now thick and covered with chords of solid muscle. His shoulders were wide and rounded, his chest heaved with every breath he took and he was taking many, since he was on the brink of hyperventilating upon noticing this revelation.

He ran his hand over his abdomen to feel it rock hard, sharp defined hills stuck out from under his now tight fighting sleeveless leather shirt. He raised one of his arms and looked over it, clenching and unclenching his hand watching as his forearm swelled with sinew and power. He placed his other hand over his right bicep and froze as he felt its bulging presence; he flexed it only to watch wide eyed as it swelled into an even bigger knot.

"YAMIIII!!!" Yugi blasted down his mind link to the spirit of the millennium puzzle whom was still resting himself. The spirit soon materialized next to Yugi, wondering what the problem could be. He soon saw and nearly choked… if a spirit could choke that is… being already dead and all.

"By Ra.. what has happened to you!" Yami too took on the same look as Yugi's grandfather, jaw dropping and eyes nearly bugging out his head.

"Um…" Yugi pointed at the image of the pharaoh, indicating something was wrong with him as well. Yami looked down at himself and for once was lost for words.

"Whoa…" It would seem that sharing the hosts' body had an effect on the physical appearance of the spirit as well. For Yami too was now much larger then he should be. Much MUCH larger. The spirit continued to look from himself to Yugi, sputtering things in Egyptian that one could only imagine where profanities.

By this time Joey had ran upstairs, upon hearing Yugi scream then nothing else for a while, he had to know what was going on. He slid into Yugi's room and jumped back at the sight of his friend who was now about his height. His feet slid out from under him and he fell right on his ass, making him have to look up in awe at his friend's sudden change in appearance.

"What the hell!" Joey swore as he got back up. "Yug' buddy what the heck happened!"

"I… I… I…" Yugi tried to answer, but instead found himself feeling overwhelmed as he took another look at himself, the room began to spin and the next thing he saw was the floor coming up to greet him as he fainted. For once no one tried to catch the poor teen, not just because they were still in a daze, but because he was now about three times his normal mass, and Joey had mentioned before that Yugi was heavier then he looked. He didn't want to think of what his 'little' friend weighed now.

The small room shook terribly as the spiky haired teen fell to the floor with a loud thud. Grandfather and friend just continued to look on astounded and without any clue of what to do.

"Just when I thought his life couldn't get any weirder." Solomon said, finally coming out of his daze. "My poor grandson." Solomon spoke finally dropping the bed covers that he had pulled from off of Yugi. His voice soft almost saddened. "What has caused this now?"