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Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. . . and it's probably a good cuz I would take forever on each episode and ppl would get angry.
The whole group walked in silence. Tea, Duke, Rebecca, Mokuba, Yugi, Serenity, Tristan and Joey were the good guys at this point. This was the group that would save the world. Somehow they had found an old apartment. It was deserted and so they entered it.
Of course it was dusty and dirty but it did contain an old couch and a wooden floor. It would serve as a quick rest stop. Serenity and Tea slept on the couch while everyone else was sprawled out on the floor. Joey looked around and made sure that everyone was asleep.
He sat up and walked over to the window. He had an uneasy feeling about this whole mess. That was exactly what it was, a mess. It seemed that whatever the Rangers wanted to do they could. He heard somebody else stirring around. It was Yugi. He walked over to where Joey was standing.
"What are you thinking about Joey?" Yugi asked. Joey shrugged. He had been extra quiet lately.
"Dis whole thing Yugi. I just got a bad feeling bout dis." he said. Yugi looked over at his friend.
"Yug, I need to go." Joey said. Yugi looked at him quizzically. He went to talk but Joey didn't give him a chance.
"Dere's something I've got to do . . . dis card and dis evil . . . it gives me a bad feeling. I'll be back as soon as I can. Take care of my sis for me, but dis thing I've got to do is urgent." Joey said hastily. Yugi just nodded, he didn't understand, but he just nodded.
"Thanks." Joey said before he quietly left. Yugi could only watch him from the window. He didn' t know what his friend was doing or where he was going, but he let him do it. Yugi moved over from the window and decided that sleep might be a good thing after all. Maybe something will come to him in his dreams.
People were walking all over the airport. They were busy tending to their own business. Mai knew she had to get on that plane back to America. Something was holding her back, and something was telling her not to go. She tried to ignore the feeling, but it didn't work.
Mai slowly walked over to the ticket line. Most people had already bought their tickets online, and right now Mai was in a bit of trouble. She had no money, and she was stuck here. Mai noticed that the secretary working there was a man. He seemed shy and timid. Mai waited for the line to end, and then she walked up.
"Can I help you?" the man asked. Mai stared into his blue eyes. She knew that he wasn't exactly a woman charmer, and she would use that to her advantage.
"Yes, I would like to know how much money a ticket to America would be?'' she asked in a very sweet tone. She was twisting her hair and pulling on her skirt. The man was blushing slightly.
"$250, but that's middle class . . . I'm guessing your upperclass . . . so umm . . . " he stumbled. Mai smiled at him.
"No middle class is fine." she replied. Mai leaned toward the counter. The man was turning beat red by now.
"Are you going to pay for this now?" the man asked. He could have slapped himself for being so blunt. Mai just smiled at him.
"Of course, I wouldn't want to waste your time. I'm sure you have a wife waiting somewhere for you." Mai answered. She held up her purse and rummaged through it knowing that it held no money.
"Well, your not wasting my time. I really don't have anyone waiting for me . . . " the man stumbled for words.
"That really surprises me, I thought a man like yourself would have tons of women falling all over him!" Mai said. The man turned a deeper shade of red. Mai was having too much fun teasing this man to notice someone had grabbed her shoulder. Mai quickly turned around.
"Mai, where do you think your going?" the man asked. Mai gave him a confused look.
"Who are you?" she asked. The man just laughed.
"Don't you remember me from our previous meeting?" he asked. Mai hid her fear.
"I'm sorry. You've got me confused with someone else." Mai said. The man just smiled. The man behind the counter was quite upset that the man interrupted their little conversation. The man grabbed Mai's arm and led her away from the counter.
"Who do you think you are?" she yelled at him. She pulled her arm away from him.
"I told you that you couldn't leave. You can only see my power in the darkness Mai, in the light I take a new form!" he said.
"So, in the dark you where a cape . . . wow I'm so afraid!" Mai said sarcastically. The man laughed. In the light he dressed normally. He had tan skin and brown hair that fell all over his face. He had green eyes, but they were dark and mysterious. He was well built and had a perfect smile.
"You're very cunning, tricking that man . . . but you can't fool me." he whispered.
"What are you talking about?" she asked, this man was crazy.
"I know you fear me, but what you mostly fear is yourself." he replied. Mai started walking out of the airport, she just wanted to get away from this guy.
"Now Mai, don't run away from your fate." he said as he followed her. Mai kept walking and she tried to ignore him. He quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her into a dark alleyway. His eyes became very dark. The green had turned black. He was once again one with the darkness.
"I know you want your friends to be happy. They will be happier without you, in fact they don' t even care about you!" the man told her.
"Yes they do!" Mai screamed back. The man just laughed.
"Hmm, you don't believe me . . . but you believe Valon when he told you how it was!" the man answered. Mai stopped squirming and screaming.
"I know your hurting, and you can't escape your future if you don't escape your past!" the man told her. Mai tried not to listen, but it wasn't working. All of her will was fading.
"No, they do . . . " Mai whispered. The man was holding her against the wall. His hand reached into Mai's pocket. He pulled out the Worst Fear of Souls card. Mai gasped.
"Hold it." he commanded. He slipped into her hand. Suddenly she felt a rush of power. All the anger and fear inside of her was rising.
"I know you feel it Mai." he told her. He put his hand in hers. He squeezed the card.
"Give in to it Mai." he commanded.
"No, I won't!" she screamed. He just laughed.
"You know what I can do to you. Also, you will be gone and once you're gone you can't cause Joseph any more pain, now can you?" he asked. She looked into his eyes. It made her body hurt, staring into them. They just had that effect.
"Why are you doing this?'' she asked using the last bit of her bravery.
"Well, since you are going to die anyway, I will tell you. You are a friend of Yugi's. Yugi took something away from me! It was supposed to be mine! Fate told me that it was supposed to be mine, but I never got it. I was banished to the Shadow Realm, as a punishment for failing to retrieve the item. Most people hate the Shadow Realm. I grew fond of it. I wondered in it for a long time, and I was exposed to everyone fears. The only thing I knew was whose fault it was. It was Yugi's." he started to say.
"What do I have to do with it?" Mai asked him.
"Well, I noticed you in the Shadow Realm Mai. I thought you were beautiful right from the start. I know your every fear. Living in the shadow realm changed me. Instead of dying, I live off of it. It fused in me a very special kind of magic. I could read the future. I could control fate, but my powers are limited. I can only use them with people in the shadow realm. I knew my future is to take over the world, but I had to wait for many people to fall. While I waited, I saw you. I read your future and I saw that you were involved with Yugi and his people. I knew you were supposed to destroy Joey Wheeler, but you didn't." he continued. Mai was drawn into looking at his eyes.
"There was just something about you, you were so hopeless . . . but you were full of so much power. I looked into your future again and I saw it. I saw you kill Joey Wheeler. I saw that once Joey was gone, Yugi would soon fall. Of course Mai, I never counted on meeting you. I never counted on getting out, but I did. I became strong off of your fear and we had a special bond. Mai, I'm the voice in your head telling you nobody cares. I'm the whisper in your dreams that tells you it's over. I am your darkness." he finished. Mai tried to push him away, but it didn't work.
"Where are your friends now? It's only you and me. I would invite you to rule the world with me, but I know you don't need anybody. Isn't that right? Everyone thinks your independent and don't need anybody, but you do. I know you need somebody. Right here right now you can have me and me power or you can die alone to save your pitiful friends. The choice is up to you." he told her.
"You're sick!" she yelled at him. He only laughed. He plunged into kiss her. Slowly she fell at the touch of his lips. It stung and it felt like a poison was going though her. She fell to her knees, and she was completely gone.
"Now, I will fulfill your destiny for you!" he laughed. Suddenly his body changed. He looked exactly like Mai. He fed so much off of her fear that he could become her. He walked off toward the group. He had an exact replica of her deck, and he had his own duel disk. Yugi would pay, and he would do it by taking down his best friend, then him. The man laughed wickedly while casting one look at the real Mai's body.
"Now the fun begins!" he said.