Vigilantes Chapter 1: The Vigilant Obsidian Wolf, a yu-gi-oh fanfic

Zypher: Another new story for my growing list. I couldn't help but write this one, inspired by one of my favorite shows. So enjoy Vigilantes.

Prologue: In the darkest of nights, criminals run around, trying to make a living by robbing and stealing from others. The police could never succeed with capturing those that are tricky and can escape easily. But they never have a chance with the mysterious vigilantes on the watch. With their grace like movements, they are able to catch even the trickiest of criminals and deliver them to the police.

No one knows of their true identity or where they came from. Many who have seen them say that they were dressed in dark clothing and had the abilities of a wolf and the cunning of a fox.

When Yugi gets into trouble and meets them after they save him, will feelings lead the vigilantes to reveal themselves to the young boy? And what does a mastermind with a grudge against them want with the five items of the Moon?

Vigilantes

Chapter 1

A Saturday night, with cloudless skies and stars gleaming like little lights by the full moon. Upon a roof, two dark figures sat, watching for criminals that try to rob anything worth of value. In another part of the city, Yugi was walking home with a bag full of groceries. He lived in the game shop but was all alone. He had friends that care for him, but they had their own homes and couldn't stay with Yugi. His grandfather died from a riot that happen long ago.

His parents were long gone after a car crash and Yugi was only but a baby then. He had no other relatives but he was glad he was able to have friends to care for him now. He sighed softly. 'I wish I could have someone that will live with me. My friends have their own families to care for as well and I don't want to be a burden.' Yugi thought. As he went past an alley, a hand shot out and grabbed him, making him drop the bag as he was pulled inside and slammed up against a wall. "What's a kid like you doing out here all by your lonesome? Shouldn't you be home with your mommy?" The criminal spat as Yugi winced in pain.

"Let go of me." Yugi whimpered. "Oh no, you walked into my territory and now you have to pay by letting me have a little fun with you." The guy said with a greasy grin as he threw Yugi to the ground. "No! NO!" he screamed.

The two dark figures heard his cry and were quickly making their way to where he was. Piercing red eyes looking down into the alley and gasped. A thug was forcing himself onto a young child. The other growled lowly before jumping down, landing with the grace of a feline and snuck up behind him like a wolf on the prowl. "Let the boy go." he hissed. The thug turned back to see him and gaped. He heard rumors about two shadowed figures that roamed around Domino, protecting those from criminals, thugs, rapists, you name it. "I said, let the child go." The figure hissed again and the thug did as he was told and ran off, scared out of his wits. Yugi sat up and looked to him.

'I remember seeing something like him before but where?' Yugi thought. The figure came up to him and held a hand for him. Yugi grabbed it and the figure pulled him up. He dusted off his pants and looked up to him once more. "Thanks for helping me. I thought he would've raped me if you didn't come to help." Yugi whispered as they came out from the alley. Yugi was finally able to get a good look of the person that saved him and was in awe. Like many newspapers say, the shadowed figure wore a lot of black. His tail was like that of a dragon's but the top was covered with coarse fur like that of a wolf's or a fox's. His hands were covered with glove-like paws and his head covered with a ebony black wolf mask. All you could see was the person's crimson eyes.

Yugi blushed slightly when the person turned back to him, holding his bag. "Here, I believe this belongs to you." The vigilante spoke. Yugi nodded and took the bag from him. The vigilante knelt down to him and placed a paw on his cheek. "If you are ever in trouble again young one, don't hesitate to call us. We're always listening for the cry of the helpless." The vigilante said and Yugi nodded, his blush intensifying more. The vigilante got up once more and with a gust of wind which caused Yugi to cover his eyes, the vigilante was gone. Yugi looked around for him but all he saw was a note. He picked it up and read it.

"Under the light of the moon do the wolves hunt with might. If one calla for them then they shall come help in price for companion's light." Yugi read and smiled softly. 'He longs for company just as I do.' he thought as he headed home.

Up on another roof, the person that helped Yugi watched. Another person landed beside him. "Playing hero again, Aqua?" The person asked. The person known as Aqua nodded. "Yeah, the boy is too innocent to be fated to such sin. I couldn't leave him alone to try and fight that thug off, Yami." Aqua huffed.

The other vigilante sat beside him. "Yes but you know we can't keep an eye on him and make sure the Lupine Prince isn't found by the Equine King. With him having the Black Cobra and Gold Scorpion, it will be hard. I know we both want companionship like before, Aqua, but we can't complete our mission that easily." Yami murmured and Aqua sighed. "I know, Yami." Aqua murmured as he watched Yugi once more before he left around the corner.

Yami placed a hand on his shoulder. "Come on, we need to get to the Domino Museum, I heard earlier that the New Moon Mirror was found and we need to get there before Pegasus." Yami spoke and they made their way off to get said item.

Two figures landed on the roof of the museum. "Are you sure this is where the New Moon Mirror is supposed to be? The last time we followed what you said, Pegasus almost killed us for failing." The first shadowed figure said, glaring at the golden yellow creature that was beside him. Wine red eyes glared at him as well. "Well sorry! It wasn't me fault that the Blue Moonstone was taken by those stupid wolf vigilantes before we could get it. But at least we got it back." The golden yellow sphinx spoke, using his scorpion like tail to carve out a hole big enough for them to slip inside.

"Fine! I don't care, as long as we don't fail this mission. Bakura and Marik can do a better job than us." The other spoke once more as he jumped inside, landing quietly. He shifted into a form of a cobra and slither under the infra-red sensors that covered most of the room where the mirror was held. He became his original form once more and cut off the security alarm and cameras so they wouldn't be found out. The other jumped down and walked over to the display that held the mirror. He used his tail to cut a hole through the glass and picked up the mirror. "That makes two. Only three more to go." The person said as the other walked back over to him.

"Shut up and come on Toben before the Wolves of the Four Moons get here." The person growled as he threw up a grappling hook through the hole up in the roof. "But we're already here." A voice said and they turned to see them. "What a sight for sore eyes. If it isn't the two wolves. Where's your two partners, the Sapphire Dragon and Scarlet Phoenix?" Crimson hissed.

"They are currently somewhere looking for the Red Moon Pendant. But for now, we are going to take care of you. Now hand over to New Moon Mirror, Black Cobra." Yami hissed. "Sorry, but we are not taking another failure. The Equine King wants us to find the Lupine Prince before you and we are not tolerant for failure again ever since we almost lost the Blue Moonstone." Crimson snapped as he prepared to fight, placing the mirror in his bag.

"You won't get away with this!" Aqua snarled as he brought out his weapon of choice, the Blade of Stars. Yami took out his Moonshine Whip and went to attack Crimson. He jumped up and brought out his Poisoned Daggers and went to slash at Yami's chest. While Yami was fighting with him, Aqua went to attack Toben.

Toben brought out his Scorpion Tail Ballista and went to attack Aqua as well.

The battle raged on and soon, the security was alerted and they have to stop where they were. "So sorry that our battle couldn't continue Yami, but we gotta go. Can't have some weak, pathetic security guards arresting us." Crimson teased as he threw a smoke bomb before both he and Toben escaped through the roof and into the night. As the smoke cleared, Yami and Aqua heard that the security guards were getting closer and they both left as well, turning into wolves of the night, Aqua hissed as he scratched himself on one of the exhibit models and some fur fell from his sleek coat as they jumped through the roof as well.

The guards made it into the room and saw that the mirror was gone. "Ishizu, we have a problem here." One of the guards spoke and a woman with long, black hair and blue eyes walked into the room. She sighed softly. "The prophecy is starting to come true. Soon, the Lupine Prince will be revealed once all five items of the moon are together. Hopefully the Wolves of the Four Moons succeed before Pegasus does." Ishizu said quietly as the guards examined the room.

The next morning, Yugi headed to school and his friends greeted him. "Hey Yugi, there was something new in the newspapers today. They say there was a robbery at the museum and the New Moon Mirror was stolen. All they found at the crime scene was a trace of wolf fur and a note." Jounouchi said. "Really?" Yugi asked, remembering the familiar wolf vigilante that saved him yesterday. 'But it couldn't have been him. I know he wouldn't steal anything.' He asked for the paper and Jounouchi gave it to him. He looked through the article and saw the piece that talked about the note that was left there.

"Ishizu, the museum curator told that the note is important to some sort of prophecy that will happen in the coming days. She also speaks that whoever the black fur belongs to isn't the one who stolen the New Moon Mirror. Her answer left the police baffled but they are still on a search for whoever stolen the mirror and matches the fur sample that was left." The article read. Yugi was worried. He remembered the color of the person's fur that saved him from last night.

'I can't believe what they say. Ishizu knows the truth. I should go talk with her before they capture the wrong person.' Yugi thought as he handed the paper back to Jounouchi. "We better get to class before we're late. You guys don't mind if I head somewhere after school, do you?" Yugi asked. "Of course not, just be careful. I heard that there was another jailbreak and criminals are roaming around the streets like flies." Diamond murmured.

Yugi nodded and they went inside to start their morning classes.

Yami and Aqua sat upon a building, this time not wearing their wolf identity. They were looking in a bowl of water that was showing them another two figures. "How's it going, Seto?" Yami asked. "Not so good, we can't locate the Red Moon Pendant here in Egypt. Do you think it changed its location?" Seto asked. "It may have, was it a red moon there last night?" Aqua asked and he nodded. "Then it definitely changed locations. We'll check out where it got transferred to and we'll contact you later." Yami said and he nodded before the image disappeared.

Yami sighed. "So far, Pegasus has two of the items, the New Moon Mirror and the Blue Moonstone. All we have is the Full Moon Charm. What we're missing is the Red Moon Pendant and the Gold Moon Bracelet. We'll never find the prince if we don't get those items before Pegasus along with getting the items he has now." Yami said. "But what can we do? He has four of the greatest hunters on his side. The Black Cobra and the Gold Scorpion along with their partners Bronze Jackal and Silver Falcon." Aqua said. "We'll figure something out. We weren't sent on this mission to fail." Yami murmured. He nodded and looked up when they heard a howl.

A silver wolf jumped down in front of them, looking to them with yellow eyes. "Silver Fang, what are you doing here? I thought you were up north." Yami murmured. /I was but it seems you two need some help. I heard that the Black Cobra and Gold Scorpion gotten hold of the New Moon Mirror. I know that finding the prince is major for the Moon Wolf clan./ Silver Fang said.

"So, what are we going to do?" Aqua asked. /The Gold Moon Bracelet is hidden somewhere in the city. The Equine King has no clue where it is but I do. He has already sent out Bronze Jackal and Silver Falcon to see if they could find it so we must hurry./ Silver Fang spoke. They nodded and started to jump from roof to roof, hoping they would find the bracelet before Pegasus' lackeys do.

After school, Yugi waved goodbye to his friends before he left for the museum. They museum was empty and Yugi thought that Ishizu wouldn't be there. "Young one, you have come to ask me about what happened last night, haven't you?" Ishizu asked as she came out from another hallway. He turned to her and nodded. "Yes, I met someone last night and he happened to have saved me from a thug. He wore a lot of black and had paws and tail of an ebony black wolf. Even his wolf mask was that color. The article that talked about the accident last night fit that description and I'm worried the police may mistake him for whoever stole the New Moon Mirror." Yugi explained.

"I know that you are worried but don't worry. He along with his partner have the cunning of a fox so getting captured by the police isn't an option. They are doing this for a reason that is very important to them. Come with me." Ishizu said as she led Yugi into a hidden room that wasn't part of the exhibits. Inside, it was like a planetarium room. Stars lit the room dimly and an artificial full moon hung above them. "What is this room?" Yugi asked. "This room tells the legend of the Wolves of the Four Moons." Ishizu said as a picture showed up in the artificial sky in a bout of mist.

"Long ago, in a kingdom high above the clouds, there lived a prince. He was very lonely and sad. His parents were gone and so was his grandfather. So he was left to rule the Sky alone. His wish was to have a companion but his friends of the other planets could not stay for they have to keep rule over their own kingdoms.

"But in the night, when the moon shined above his kingdom, a silver wolf came to him with a riddle that may solve his problem. 'What is the light that shines at night but disappears in daylight's might?' The wolf said. The young prince tried hard to think of the answer for he has never been able to witness such because he always stayed inside the palace. But he remembered that the wolf appeared at night but never came at daylight's time.

"He guessed that it was the moon that appears at night and disappears in daylight's might and his answer was correct. The wolf granted his wish and told him to wait outside when the moon was full. The young prince was glad that his wish for company will come true. So on the night of the full moon, two wolves appeared, one black and the other a ghostly white with a crimson colored mark on his back and paws. But they deceived the little prince and became a human and dragon.

"The little prince was surprised but soon gotten used to them being around. But what the little prince didn't know was that the two wolves loved him more than a brother and vowed to protect him. But there was a problem. A man that was always named the Equine King wanted to marry the young Sky Prince. He confronted him with the proposal but was stopped by the two wolves. He wasn't planning to give up so easily and fought a battle to the death for the boy's hand in marriage. The two wolves lost and the prince cried for them.

"He banished the man away to never return and the silver wolf came back later that night. The prince asked for another wish from the wolf and he was happy to grant him that wish. The prince wanted the two he loved to come back to him and the wolf granted his wish along with him to become the prince of the wolves so he has the power to banish the Equine King forever under the moon and stars. The three of them lived happily under the shine of the moon.

"The day they were to marry, under a beautiful gold moon, the Equine King came back and killed off the prince before their vows can be completed. The silver wolf wanted to help his remaining kin and made five items of the Moon and sent the prince's soul down to earth to be reborn and hidden from the Equine King, now known as Pegasus. In order to find the prince, they need the Red Moon Pendant, Gold Moon Bracelet, Blue Moonstone, Full Moon Charm and the New Moon Mirror.

"In this time, those three are still hunting for said items to bring back the prince, the two wolves for their love and Pegasus for the boy's hand once again, no matter whether he resists. Pegasus also wants to kill the two wolves once and for all so they won't be a problem. And he has help now." Ishizu recited, the mist changing from the last scene from the past to a picture of Pegasus and four figures beside him.

One was a black sphinx wearing armor made of snakeskin tinted black, a hood like a cobra's that came from his neck and the face mask resembling the deadly king cobra. The fangs that protruded from his mouth carried deadly venom that with one bite, a human victim would be dead. He was equipped with daggers that were poisonous.

The golden yellow sphinx wore gold armor that was like the shell of a scorpion and his tail was like a scorpion's as well, stinger and all. Deadly pinchers came from the side of his muzzle and he carried a ballista that looked like a scorpion's tail. The white-haired teen had a pair of jackal ears, tail and paws and that were a bronzed color. His eyes were a dark brown and he had two bronze sais hanging from his belt. The other had spiky platinum blond hair, dark lavender eyes, a pair of silver falcon wings on his back and a mask that resembled a falcon's beak. He had a deadly axe strapped onto his back and taloned feet with sharp claws.

"They are the Black Cobra, Silver Falcon, Gold Scorpion and Bronze Jackal. They are the best treasure hunters alive and are working for Pegasus to find the five Moon items. In return, Pegasus would grant them someone to have as a companion for like the prince, they were lonely as well and are desperate for anyone that looks good to them that they could love." Ishizu explained. Yugi nodded as he looked back to the mist that showed them. 'If they are searching, I better keep away from them. They could be major trouble and could use me for bait if they are planning to capture hostages instead of finding someone.' Yugi thought.

A thought popped into his mind as he looked at them closely. "Wait! They look like four of my friends! My friends could be in danger if they see them!" Yugi exclaimed. "Don't worry, I believe that the two wolves will help you out before anything bad happens." Ishizu reassured. Yugi nodded even though he was still worried for the safety of his friends. "You best get home Yugi, it's starting to get late." Ishizu said and he nodded as he left from the room then realized something. "Wait, how did she know my name?" Yugi wondered before he left.

Ryou and Diamond were heading home after a long day of games at the arcade. "I don't know why Mr. Conner gave us so much homework." Diamond groaned as they rounded the corner. "Don't worry, Diamond. You must be tired so if you like, I'll do your homework for you so you can rest. We do have the same class." Ryou said with a smile. She smiled as well. "Thanks, Ryou." she said. Unknown to them, two figures watched them from above. "Well, well. Look what we have here. A boy that looks like me and a little girl that resembles you, Crimson." The teen said, bronzed jackal ears twitching slightly. "Shut up, Bakura. I can see that. So what are we going to do with them?" Crimson asked with a grumble.

"We follow them. That boy is good enough to be the companion I seek and I will have him no matter what. We just need to slip by Pegasus when we have them. Remember, he is looking for hostages that will lure out the Wolves of the Four Moons" Bakura said.

Crimson nodded and they went to follow Ryou and Diamond back home.

As Yugi was walking home, he saw something glimmer in the grass and he walked over, picking up the item. It was a gold bracelet with an engraved picture of the full moon on the white pearl that was on the bracelet. "It's so pretty. I wonder who lost it?" Yugi wondered as he placed the bracelet on. He continued the rest of the way home and went up to his room after locking the door to the game shop so no criminals will try and sneak inside and steal something.

He laid down in bed and looked at the bracelet once more before he went to bed.

A shadowed form appeared in his skylight and with silence, he opened the window and jumped down. "I know Yami told me to not worry about the boy but I can't help it. I feel as if we should remember him somewhere." Aqua whispered as he admired the young boy and saw something shining from his wrist. He took a closer look and gasped. "It's the Gold Moon Bracelet. But how did he find it?" Aqua asked himself.

"Well, if he has it then I better stay with him tonight. Can't let Pegasus or his lackeys find out about him." he murmured once more and turned into an ebony black wolf and jumped onto the bed, making sure he didn't wake up the smaller boy and laid down beside him. 'You deserve a companion just like Yami and I. I'll watch over you until our wish comes true and we find our little moon prince once more.' Aqua thought and he fell asleep.

Pegasus grinned as he looked at the two items he had. "The New Moon Mirror and the Blue Moonstone. Just three more left and soon, I'll find the little prince and make him mine again. He along with the world and those two wolves won't be able to stop me ever again." Pegasus cackled. A person came out from another room, wine red eyes glaring at him. "That's all wonderful and shit, horse boy, but when are we getting our little companions? Toben's not doing all this searching for nothing." Toben said.

"Don't worry, my lovely scorpion," Pegasus started. "Don't call Toben that." Toben growled. "Fine, Toben. I'll get you a companion since you as well as the others are starved for love just like me. I'll make sure your companion is the greatest you have ever seen before. As beautiful as the moon, sun and stars. He will be so irresistible that you will take him to bed as fast as you see him." Pegasus promised.

"He better or else Toben will pump your bloodstream so full of venom that you will die before you came say your own name." Toben growled, tail swaying with anger and the stinger dripping venom onto the floor. "Like I said, do not worry. How about this. I'll go and look for someone for you and Marik now while you two go and help Bakura and Crimson with finding the Gold Moon Bracelet before those two lousy moon wolves. I sensed that it's somewhere in the city now." Pegasus said.

Toben nodded as he walked over to him and grabbed his head, craning it backwards to show his main blood vein and held the stinger of his tail up to it. "The two you bring back better look stunning that me and Marik will be going insane with lust and love or else." Toben hissed before he left, readjusting the gold scorpion mask he wore.

Zypher: Well, that's it for chapter one. Please review while I start on the next chapter.