Yugi: alright everyone here's a late x-mas present for all the readers out there…
Sai: And thanx to all the reviewers out there…
Mokuba: and JK doesn't own YGO or HP so deal with it…
Hermione: now onto the chapter…
Chapter Four:
Yugi stepped from his shadow portal onto the docks. He saw no one there, but felt the recent us of Shadow Magic lingering in the air. The young shadow mage walked towards the docks to try and locate his challenger. As he drew closer to the place where he dueled a brainwashed Jou, he felt the shadow realm appear around him. Yugi saw an unconscious Jou hanging spread-eagled on a stone carving. Yugi was about to run to him when he heard an insane laugh surround him.
The teen stopped where he stood and waited for his tormentor to appear from the shadows they hid within. Soon a man with light blond hair and ice blue eyes stepped into his view. Yugi glared at the man, his hands crackling with his shadow magic. The man just waved his wand and five more stones appeared similar to the one Jou was tied to. As they became clearer Yugi saw Marik, Seth, Harry, Ron, and Hermione tied to them. Marik, Seth, and Harry all had various bruises and gashes visible. Yugi felt his anger rise to a peak at the man in front of him. He was about to blast the man into oblivion, when he noticed that Harry and Seth were convulsing in pain.
"Mr. Mutou, it is so nice to finally meet you face to face. I'm sure I can give the friend of my disowned son the warm welcome he deserves," Lucius Malfoy said waving his wand to stop the curse, "Perhaps a more willing audience will do. Because the ones I brought seem a little out of it, perhaps too much time being tortured and in the shadow realm."
"What do you want Malfoy," Yugi demanded.
"Why you of course… well my master does anyway," he replied.
Yugi was about to say something when he heard a shout that made his heart drop, "Brother?!"
Yugi turned and saw the rest of his friends and family behind him. He quickly turned to face the blond deatheater, hatred resonating through his whole being.
"Do not drag them into this. It is enough that you have drug Harry, Jounouchi, and the other prisoners into this. But they have nothing to do with this," Yugi snarled at the man.
"Tsk, tsk, calm yourself Mr. Mutou or else you'll just give yourself to the shadows," Malfoy said as Yugi's face paled and turned to horror, "Oh yes I know all about you and your powers… Your teacher was quite informative with the proper… how shall I say this… incentive. I know that when you allow your emotions to control you, the shadows begin to consume you. And you don't have your guard dog to help you this time."
"It does not matter, for I won't lose my control this time," Yugi said, "But know this the shadows will feast upon a soul tonight, just not mine."
"That is if you win this shadow game," Malfoy said.
"I shall… now name the terms to this duel," Yugi said coolly.
Malfoy smirked at the boy before beginning, "If I win this shadow game, you and Harry Potter shall become mine for the taking."
"You shall not bargain for Harry's life or soul in this game. He is not involved," Yugi said.
"Very well then just you, and if you win all of your friends shall go free," Malfoy finished.
"And you shall suffer a penalty game as well," Yugi told the man.
"Very well…a duel shall be the best way to handle this," Malfoy said tossing Yugi a duel disk, "Every time you take points from me your friend Jounouchi shall fell it. And every time you lose points you shall feel it."
"Let's Duel!" they both called out.
Lucius Malfoy: 4000
Yugi Mutou: 4000
"I'll begin," Malfoy said, "I shall lay one card face down and summon Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer (ATK/1800 DEF/700) in attack mode and end my turn."
Yugi drew his card and began, "I lay two cards face down and summon Big Shield Gardna in defense (DEF/2600) and end my turn."
"Very well Mr. Mutou I shall also lay a monster in defense and lay one more card face down," Malfoy said waving Yugi to go.
The tri-haired duelist drew his next card, "I summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior in defense mode and end my turn."
"Well since you won't attack I think I shall begin. First I flip Poison Mummy up and you receive 500 points direct damage," Malfoy said as a red and blue colored mummy attacked Yugi dropping him 500 points, "Next I sacrifice my mummy and Kycoo to summon Invader of Darkness…"
"I counter with my trap card Bottomless trap hole which will remove your card from play," Yugi said.
Malfoy glared at the teen, "I end then."
Yugi drew, "I play graceful charity."
Yugi drew three cards; trap hole, Black Magician, and trap jammer. He discarded his trap hole and book of secret arts.
"I lay one more monster face down and lay one more card and end my turn," Yugi said.
The duel continued on, each side countering the other's move perfectly. Yugi was winded from the life points he lost and Jou was becoming paler as the duel wore on. At some point during the duel, Seth woke up and has been attempting to fight his bonds. Soon the two duelists were coming down to their final cards. Yugi faced off against the elder Malfoy's Dark Ruler Ha Des and his Invader of Darkness. He drew his card and saw card destruction.
Lucius Malfoy: 2400
Yugi Mutou: 550
"I activate the spell card, Card Destruction," Yugi called out.
Both duelist discarded their hands and drew new ones, "So Mr. Mutou it seems that you are down to your last few moves. So make them count."
"I plan on it. First I activate Spell Economics which lets me activate magic cards without paying life points. Now I shall premature burial my Black Magician and monster reborn my Red-Eyes Black Dragon," Yugi began, "Now I sacrifice my Black Magician, my Red-Eyes Black Dragon, and my mystical elf to summon the mighty God Sirius (5000/5000). Come forth my powerful beast."
The shadow realm broke forth with lightening and thunder as an orb of light descended upon the group. Soon a great red serpent like dragon broke from the orb and let out a mighty roar. Malfoy could only stare at the huge beast before him.
"Now Malfoy this is where it ends…Osirius attack now and end this shadow game," Yugi commanded.
The God Osirius fired his attack at Malfoy's monsters, destroying them instantly dropping his life points to zero. Yugi made sure that he could not counter the attack before dismissing his monsters with a silent thank you. He went to where Malfoy stood and waited for him to release his prisoners.
"Now Malfoy release my friends and leave this place. I shall not punish you this time, but know this… If you so even dare to breath the same air as any of my family or friends or show your face near me I will not hesitate to send your mind to feed the shadows or perhaps Ma'ats pet Am'mit," Yugi told the man, "Now leave. Tell your master that I will not take kindly to anyone who harms my friends."
Malfoy released the shadow realm he summoned before disapparating. Jou fell to the ground still unconscious, followed by Harry, Hermione, Marik, Ron, and Seth. Seth stood from the ground shakily before going to Marik and Harry's sides. The two teens woke up still unsure about what happened or where they were. Bakura went to Hermione's side quickly to check on her. He let go a sigh of relief when he saw she was only unconscious not hurt. Yugi went to Jou's side and saw that he was just now waking up. The blond duelist moaned as he sat up from the ground, clutching his head as a headache assaulted his brain.
"Wha' happened?" he asked, "One minut' I was talkin' wit' Kaiba tha' next I am wakin' up here wit' a bad headache."
"Someone used you as bait to lure Yugi into a duel," Ryou said.
"I take it Yug' won then," Jou stated.
"Yes I did," Yugi said solemnly.
"Why the long face? I mean you just dueled an amazing duel aibou," Yami said.
Yugi sighed and began walking away from the group. Everyone watched him, confused by his behavior. Bakura lifted Hermione from the ground and followed the hikari from the docks. The rest of the friends followed suit. Soon the motley crew arrived at Kaiba's manor, only because it was the closest. Kaiba led them into the family room and told whoever needed to call any family to call them and let them know where they were. Horus found his way to Kaiba's carrying a letter from Remus informing Yugi of Harry's disappearance. Yugi quickly wrote back that Harry, Ron, and Hermione were safe and sound same for Marik and Seth. As soon as Horus left, the young man found his way back into the family room where everyone was gathered.
"Now Ron, Harry, Hermione…how did you guys end up there as well?" Yugi asked ignoring the two yami's for the moment.
"Ambushed coming home," Harry said.
"Same except I was in London going to the Leaky Cauldron," Ron explained, "I was meeting my family after I was done sightseeing muggle London."
"I was in Egypt visiting and working with Ishizu," Hermione told them.
"Okay so it seems they have been watching us very closely," Kaiba said sitting on one of the wing back chairs.
"Yes so I suggest perhaps we should stay here tonight and leave for the Leaky Cauldron in the morning," Yugi said.
"Okay, but what about our belongings?" Hermione asked.
"Well Ishizu can send your stuff to the Leaky Cauldron and Ron I assume our stuff is already there," Yugi said as he nodded in agreement, "And Harry I'll take you in the morning to get our stuff. The rest of us can get it now."
The group left to go collect what they needed and say good-bye to their families. Jounouchi followed Yami back to the game shop where he decided to stay. Yugi decided to go ahead and take Harry to his house then take his school trunk to the Leaky Cauldron. Yugi iven arranged for five rooms an went ahead and paid for four of them until the first of September. The fifth was only paid for a week. As Harry and Yugi arrived, Seto ushered them into the dining room where dinner waited for them. As everyone finished eating, the teens began filtering off to bed knowing that they had an early morning.
Soon the sun rose, along with it a young shadow mage. Yugi instructed the various pets to go wake their owners, while he sent an overactive Kuribo shadow monster to wake anyone left. Soon there were various shouts and thumps as the sleeping students were awoken so rudely. Soon an all too familiar shout was heard throughout the manor. Bakura came stomping down the stairs and upon seeing the mirth in the tri-haired teens eyes he instantly knew who sent the crazy Leonoria into his room.
Yugi just smirked at the former tomb robber before he stalked back upstairs to change. Soon the group made their way into the family room where the larger of Kaiba's fireplaces sat. Kaiba pulled out a bag of Floo powder and Ryou decided to go first. After he disappeared, his darker half went next. One by one they all went into the fireplace and disappeared to only reappear at the Leaky Cauldron. As they began to stand, Yami noticed Yugi was already there. The young man led the group upstairs and gave them their room assignments.
As they situated them selves, Yugi chose that moment to head into Diagon Alley and over to Flourish and Blotts' bookstore. As he walked in, Tim, the store clerk, approached him. Yugi began skimming through a few of the books and decided none of them fit with his criteria. As Yugi started to give up hope he saw an aged book on the top shelf. He pulled it down and thumbed through a few of the pages. As he looked through it further he saw it mostly pertained to Shadow Magic, wandless magic, possessed items, unforgivable curses, and so forth. He took the book to Tim.
"Excuse me. You wouldn't happen to have more copies of this book would you?" Yugi inquired.
"Hmm…I'm not sure. Let me check the storage room," he said disappearing.
As the man left, Karim came out to stretch his legs, "You know Master Yugi you could use an expansion of your soul rooms."
"It isn't my fault that I now have two people residing in my mind," Yugi snapped at the Shadow monster.
"Have you found a book yet for the class?" Karim questioned, ignoring Yugi's bad mood.
"Perhaps. I wonder if the book store has copies of it," Yugi told his friend as Tim returned.
"Ah… I am sorry to say we do not. And they no longer make copies of it. It is too hard to recreate the hieroglyphs within the pages," Tim told him.
"It is alright. I shall take this one anyways," Yugi said paying for the book, "Now to find that shop I stumbled into my first year I attended."
Yugi finally found the shop, hiding his appearance under his cloak. He saw the elderly Egyptian man come out of the back room. Yugi approached him and set the book onto the counter.
"Can you make copies of this book, old one?" Yugi inquired.
"Ah a shadow mage in Diagon Alley. Now I have seen everything," the old man commented, "Let me see…ah yes the Book of Shadows… I didn't know any still existed. Yes, yes I can make copies. How many?"
"About ten should do," Yugi said, "Deliver them to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in care of the Advance Defense Against Dark Arts teacher."
"Very well sir," the elderly man said.
Yugi paid for the copies before stepping out into the midday sun. The young man kept the hood to his cloak p as he walked around Diagon Alley. He saw Sai, Luna, Yami, and Malik sitting at the Ice Cream Shop (can't remember the name). The crimson-amethyst eyed mage headed towards them. Yugi contacted Yami through their mind link telling him he was in his cloak. Yami brought over an extra chair for his other half to join them. Yugi sat down to enjoy his chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream cone and chat with his sister and darker half.
The conversation stayed light as the four students tried to stay away from any talk of Hogwart's. As they sat there, their class lists began glowing briefly before stopping. Luna puller hers out and saw that a new book was added to the list. The Book of Shadow: A Guide to Protecting Yourself. The list also stated that there will be copies available in class. Yugi tried to hide the smirk that was beginning to form upon his lips.
"What's wrong Luna?" Yugi asked some how managing a straight face.
"It seems our new class finally has a book," she said, "But we can't purchase one ourselves. It says it will be provided."
"Cool. I wonder what our new teacher will be like," Malik asked.
"Probably like all the others," Ron said coming up to the table, "They won't last for long."
"But Shadi has," Hermione said as Bakura held her protectively.
(AN: to clarify, Shadi took up the regular DADA position the year before and will continue teaching it again this year)
"But he's not normal. Hell I don't think he's even human to tell you the truth," Marik said as he sat down, pulling Draco into his lap.
The Slytherin teen snuggled into the spirits chest, "I guess we'll have to wait until the feast to find out."
"Um…guys, where's Kaiba and Mokuba," Yami asked suddenly.
"Right here," Kaiba said coming up to the table, Mokuba trailing behind carrying a cage, "Mokuba went to get a pet since I promised him one if he kept his grades up by his third year."
Yugi got up from the table donning his cloak once more, Sai set her hand upon his arm, "Brother where are you going?"
"Since you guys only have a week left before you have to leave, I figured I would head home and get in touch with Ishizu," Yugi told them, "Enjoy the school year. This new Advance DADA class sound fun. I want you to write me to say how it is."
"Good-bye brother. I'll see you next year," Sai said pulling him into a hug.
The rest of his friends also wished him well before the shadow mage left.
Yugi: well that's the end of that…
Sai: sorry about the shortness of the chappie but if we continue it will just be too long…
Jou: but if you give JK 3-5 reviews she should give you wonderful readers an update…also the muse thief is still at large so beware…
Mokuba: and now that JK is happily married… she should be able to update more…
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