Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, regrettably. That honor belongs to Takahashi Kazuki

However, Dark Millennium, the Millennium Bracelet, the Demon Cards, the Spirit Hunters of Set, and Darius Kincaid are all mine.

Chapter Two

Dark Prophecy

IN an apartment in Riverside, California, a man sat in a dimly lit room, the only light came from a spider lamp behind his chair, so that the five lamps cast a dim glow on the man

He was dressed in black pants, and a dark red turtleneck, On the floor beside him, was a long black trenchcoat, and on the trenchcoat was a dueling disk. The man shook his brown hair out of his eyes and looked down at the dueling disk, his hazel eyes glinting softly. "Once again, my dueling skills are enough to make sure that I am one step closer to getting to Japan, and to keep my eyes on Yugi and his friends." A transparent figure appeared before the man, resembling him in every detail, except for the fact that there were three whit steaks in his hair, and his eyes where crimson.

'Yes aibou,' the figure projected into the man's head, as he leaned on the arm of the chair. 'Protecting the Nameless Pharoah is our responisibilty. It was mine 5,000 years ago, when the Pharoah was alive, and when you found the Millennium Bracelet that you now wear, and set my spirit free Darius...' The figure stopped as the man stood up, and looked at the spirit exasperatedly.

"Yes, Darmouk, I know all about that, that's why I left the so called 'Holy Order of Set'...but now I know what it really is...'Dark Millenium'" he said, with a soft sigh as the Spirit Darmouk moved closer to him. "Not that I am objectionable to you taking me away from that evil order, and are guiding me on the correct path" Darius chuckled softly as he shook his head ruefully, and pulled a deck of cards out of his pants pocket. "And, not only did I take the Millenium Bracelet from the Master, but I also took the most powerful Demon Card from him" Darmouk grinned, then laughed silently.

'Indeed, and with the Demon Card of the Shadowsouls, if you need to use it in a duel, its effects would be most helpful to you" The Spirit said in his mind quietly, 'But you know if you use that card incorrectly you risk your own soul.' Darius nodded, and rolled up his left sleeve, revealing a thick golden bracelet on his wrist, with the Eye of Horus gleaming in the center.

"You're right, as always, Darmouk, but with the Millenium Bracelet, and my ever-growing control of its powers, including the Shadow Magicks contained within, I feel that I will not be running the risk of losing my soul." Darius said, as he turned on the television, just in time to catch the news annoucement, with a press photo pf Seto Kaiba. "Hey now," He murmured as he sat on the armrest of his chair. "This might be something about the new duel tournement that Kaiba Corp is setting up."

"...and in today's news, Seto Kaiba, the CEO of Kaiba Corp, announced today that he would be holding a new tournament. Kaiba, the 17 year old high school student at Domino High School, and champion Duel Monsters duelist, will be sending out invitations for the tournament tonight. Duelists who are on Mr. Kaiba's llist, will be noptified by telephone." No sooner then had the announcer made the remark, then Darius's cellphone rang, and he pulled t out of his pocket, seeing the "Number Unlisted" on the callscreen.

"Allo? Darius Kincaid here," He said, and then chuckled as he heard a rough voice.

"Mr.Kincaid, this is Seto Kaiba, of Kaiba Corp, calling to invite you to my upcoming tournament in Domino, Japan, in two weeks." Kaiba said, as he took a deep breath, "I trust I can count on seeing you in the tournament?"

"Of course, Mr. Kaiba," Darius said, as he smirked at Darmouk. "But tell me, will I have a chance of facing either you or Yugi Mutouh?" Kaiba snarled softly at Darius's question.

"-IF- you are good enough, of course you have a chance at facing me, as for Yugi, that loser will duel anyone he wants to":

"Why Kaiba, if I didn't know any better, I'd say you were -jealous- of the man who handed you your ass several times when you have gone up against him."

"I did not call you to be insulted, Kincaid! I called you to find out if a lowly duelist like yourself, who some how managed to show some skill as to be invited to one of MY tournaments!"

"Calm down, Kaiba, you're much too young to be having a heart attack so soon...altho I'd say running Gozaburos's company all by yourself is stressful." Darius said, and chuckled softly. "Of course I'll be there, and who should I contact when I get to Japan?"

"Contact Roland at Kaiba Corp," Kaiba said, as he slowly began to calm down. "He will inform you as to the details of being a duelist. Goodbye, Mir. Kincaid"

Darius chuckled as he heard the dial tone, and Darmouk shook hgis head and sighed mentally.

'Hikari, that wasn't as wise as you thought it would be, remember, Seto Kaiba is the reincarnmation of the High Priest back in Ancient Egypt' he telepathically admonished his partner, as Darius shook his head, shaking with laughter.

"I know, Darmouk, and I just couldn't help myself, but we know one thing for certain." He said, as he walked towards his bedroom, the Spirit of the Bracelet trailing behind him.

'Really? What's that?'

"That Kaiba and Yugi will be together, and maybe the others will be there as well. I need to watch over all of them, to make sure that Dark Millenium doesn't try to play any of their mind games"

A.N

Whew! Chapter 2 done in all of one day...and as you cn tell, the third chapter's going to be dealing with the gang in Domino. I wanted to build up some pre-story before the actual story itself, and get a little bit more time to come up with names for the 7 Demon Cards. Si, in a way, this is a delay tactic, but hopefully Chapter 3 will be up by Monday.

Now, onto the Reader Review Thanks section

To Natalie Greene, and sweetirish, Thank you for your reviews, hope you like the fic as it comes along

To L.M.G.T, Yes, I know this isn't my best,. But like I said, I've been sorely lacking serious creativity flow, I promise the next few chapters will be better.

And to all of the rest of you, please R&R