Long ago, when the pyramids were still young, Egyptian kings played a game of great and terrible power. From these Shadow Games erupted into a war that threatened to destroy the entire world. Until a brave and powerful pharaoh locked the magic away, imprisoning it for all eternity within the mystical Millennium Items. You guessed it! My second fic is based off of Yu-Gi-Oh! What will happen it this madness? Let's find out!
Yugi sat on his bed, looking out at the night. Yami had been gone for a long time for five hours. Where is he? Yugi thought as he looked at the clock beside his bed. It was nine o'clock. This was the third time Yami had been gone that week. For Yugi, this was the last time. He walked downstairs into the shop area of his grandfather's game store. He knew that his grandfather had a pistol in one of the drawers. He finally found it in the drawer to the left of the cases with the Egyptian God Cards he owned for quite some time. He placed a bullet inside of the stock and held it up near his head.
"Farewell, pharaoh," he whispered. Those were his final words as he pulled the trigger. No one was there to see him die. Not a soul heard the gunshot or his last breath. He was the only one in the game shop.
"Yugi! I'm back!" Yami called as he entered the store. He saw the boy's feet sticking out from behind the counter. "You know better than to sleep down here. Your room's upstairs." He laughed as he picked up the body, not realizing that his best friend was dead. He went into his room, and laughed again as he placed Yugi on the bed. Then, as he was about to leave, he saw the bullet hole on the side of Yugi's head. Tears rolled down his face as he saw Yugi, eyes glazed and blood trickling down onto the white sheets.
"What have you done, Yugi?" he sobbed as he knelt by his friend. "I'm so sorry." There was a knock on the door downstairs.
"Hey, Yugi!" a cheerful voice called. "You in there or not?" Yami didn't know what to say to Yugi's friend, Joey Wheeler.
"The door's open, Joey," he yelled from Yugi's room. Joey burst into the room, smiling gleefully.
"Hey, where's Yuge?" he asked as he looked around the room. Then, he looked down at the body. "There he is, sleeping like a baby!" Yami didn't like what he just heard. He picked Yugi's body up and held it in Joey's face.
"What do you see, Joey!" he screeched, tears streaming from his indigo eyes. "Tell me!" Joey understood what Yami was telling him.
"Oh, man," Joey whispered as he saw the bullet hole. "This is very bad news. I'd better call Tristan and Tea and tell them to get over here." So, without any haste, Tristan Taylor and Tea Gardener made their way into the game store.
"Thank goodness you're here, guys," Joey whispered. "The Pharaoh's in pretty bad shape right now. Tristan, Tea, this may shock you." He opened the bedroom door and Tristan was the first one to speak.
"Oh, man," he choked. "Yugi's dead? How?"
"He shot himself in the head with his grandfather's pistol," Tea replied, tears filling her diamond blue eyes. "Poor Yugi."
"It's all my fault," Yami whispered. "I should have been here to stop him."
"Just where were you, Pharaoh?" Tea asked, placing a hand on Yami's shoulder.
"I was with Ishizu to figure out the remains of my ancient past," Yami explained. "I was gone for so long, but I still couldn't figure out my days as pharaoh."
"Well, at least you tried," Tristan said, looking down at his shoes. "I still can't believe that Yugi, our friend from three years, is now gone forever." Yami twitched as he held the boy close to his heart.
"May your soul rest in peace, Yugi," he whispered as Joey, Tristan, and Tea slowly trudged out of the darkened room, leaving the pharaoh and the dead boy, alone.
(sighs) Pretty sad, isn't it? The next chapter will be up soon, just as soon as I think of something for Chapter 4 for "The Key is Calling Out to Me." Until then, be on the lookout for my next chapter!