Disclaimer: I don't own either series of Ranma or Yugi-oh just writing these for fun if forget this in the other I probably add one later if it bothers anyone.

Chapter four: The Shadow Games return

Ranma found himself walkthrough the corridors of his mind to find it has change quite a bit. What really startled him was that he was even seeing it instead having a normal dream. He went up and down staircases through doors mostly lead back to where he started. It all seemed too weird if was not walking through his own mindscape he would think he had really lost. How would explain something that looked like something from out of the twilight zone. He came upon two rooms.

Ranma hmm this be my room of the mind seeing it reflects my thoughts and memories... but what is this other room with weird eye symbol on it...wonder what is in. on way to find out.

He felt the door it felt strange and ancient like thousands of years old. He grabbed a hold of the handle and turned it in to see the room had many hieroglyphs all on the walls stone. The writing all seemed Egyptian as his eyes wonder they fell upon a figure. A closer look caused Ranma to fall on his butt and surprise.

Ranma "Who the heck are you? You look just like me with few differences."

Yami "I'm ya...."

Before Ranma could get any answer from him he received rude awakening with nice big bucket of water extra cold to wake him courtesy his uncute fiancée. He woke with startled yell that changed in pitch as he changed.

Ranma "why did you do that for uncute tomboy ... ah great now I have to take a warm bath."

Akane "get going or we are going to be late if you don't get going..."

Ranma "nag ....nag I know you don't have to tell me I know."

Ranma was washed up and within minutes he was out the door wearing his uniform eating his breakfast on his way to school leaving Akane in his dust. Akane ran after him steaming mad that he didn't wait for her. Ranma ran into Joey and Tristan at the front gate of school apparently they had been waiting for him.

Ranma "Hey guy. What is up? You been waiting long? "

Joey" nah Ranma just glad we didn't wait long for you otherwise we wouldn't have time talk before lunch time....hmm what is that you got there around your neck there I have not seen that before it is new?"

Tristan "doesn't that look familiar. Isn't that the puzzle that were play keep away with?"

Ranma "The very same and thanks to you guys I completed it last night. The strange thing is I blacked out after seeing a yellow light. Freaky huh? But then again it is nothing. So lets get to class we can talk about what we are going to do at lunch."

Joey "That is cool you finished it. Ok let's get"

Tristan "yeah the sooner we get to class the sooner we can sleep away the boring classes away."

They head to class still chatting away just missing an angry Akane who was being calmed down by her usual friends so that she wouldn't maim Ranma or his new friends. Ranma half way through his last class before lunch fell asleep and was sent into hall to hold water buckets until the end of class. He didn't have to wait long because both Joey and Tristan got sent out for disrupting the teacher with spitballs.

Ranma "ah great of all the things I had to be stuck holding had to be water buckets. It just had to be water just my luck."

Joey "What is matter with it just little water nothing to worry about we do this all the time."

Tristan "yeah what is a matter little water never hurt anyone."

Tristan and Joey start playing around with their water bucket splashing each other while Ranma was pressing as much as possible to other wall as both Joey and Tristan set their sight on Ranma with remaining water. Ranma tries to get away from them, but ends up getting corner and next thing can be heard is a big splash. Joey and Tristan look on in puzzlement as soaked red head girl was now standing in the same spot.

Joey "um... miss where my friend go and who the heck are you?"

Tristan "are you new girl and if so why are you not wearing uniform."

Ranma's face faults as she holds her head not sure she could fake it for long. She decided to explain the curse to them, which at first they were skeptical until saw Ranma change back with hot water.

Tristan "geeze you got it bad I hate to have a father like that I wouldn't wish that on anyone."

Joey "me either I want beat the living tar out of him a regular basis ...well seeing its lunch time why don't we go."

Ranma "Yeah sure."

The lunchtime flew by as well as the remainder of the school day. Ranma, Tristan, and Joey only got sent out into the hall for the remainder of classes for not paying attention until the teacher hit them in head with chalk pieces. They started walking home together after school had let out. They decide to head to grabs something else to eat.

Ranma "lets gets something else to eat I'm starved is there good place around here to get something to eat."

Tristan "sorry guys I have get home to baby sit." He left Joey and Ranma to hangout as they prated ways."

Joey "sure I heard a new burger place open why don't eat there I hear the burgers are to die for."

Tea walks by them.

Ranma "hey Tea why don't join us for a bite to eat at the new burger place that open."

Joey "yeah me and Ranma were just about to go. So why don't you come and join us."

Tea "you don't want to go there really I heard the food is real bad and its over priced. I would join you besides that but I got to go right home start my homework. Later guys."

Tea took off in the opposite direction of her house, but neither them seem to noticed this fact. She didn't want anyone to know that she held a job if anyone found she might have lost her job for faking her age to get hired. She sighed as she got on her waitress uniform and started taking orders. As she went to get a few tables order from the kitchen Ranma and Joey came in came and sat down pulling up menus. Tea places the orders on the tables and goes to wait on Joey and Ranma.

Tea "welcome to Burger Palace may I take your order..."

Ranma "me and Joey both want a number one meal plea..... Tea you work here? "

Joey "I didn't you had a job here."

Tea walks off to get their food and watches them laughing it up thinking they must be here to make her lose her job and making jokes about her behind her back. She didn't understand how they could be doing this too her. She went got their stuff and slammed their food down on the table.

Tea "There is your food eat up...... you look hot why don't cool off."

She splashes Ranma soda him and causes him to change forms giving her quite the shock to her system. Falling on her butt.

Tea "wha.... the where did Ranma go and whose this red head?"

Joey "um... you are looking at Ranma."

Ranma "yeah and you didn't have to dump my soda on me."

Ranma after cleaning up self explained the whole trip to Juesenkyou and the curse he acquired there. He changed back with little hot water as Tea went back to her current bad mood after recovering from being startled.

Tea "what are guys doing here? Are you two trying doing purposely trying to cause me to lose my job?"

Ranma "no. We had no you worked here. All we wanted was get something to eat sorry."

Tea "its ok."

Joey "so why are you working here anyways?"

Tea "ok promise not to laugh you two. I'm saving to go to dance school once we graduate"

Ranma "why would we laugh at you that sound great you'll be dancer.... I have a great idea you could use the martial dojo in the back of place I'm staying at after I have talk with Mr. Tendo."

Joey "We never laugh at we respect your dreams and we never laugh your our friend."

Tea "um...thanks Joey....Ranma you are the best sorry about earlier."

After awhile of talking between Tea's orders everything was going great almost like nothing ruin it. Tea's boss even gave her few compliments as he popped his head to see how she was doing. As soon as the boss that was when everything went down the hill. As soon as he left a guy stepped out from a table to declare a stick up as points his gun at Tea.

Robber "alright everyone down on the floor. Now don't anyone try anything or she gets it as any would be hero that tries something funny."

Everyone got down right after that except for Joey and Ranma who the robber didn't trust let made them sit where they were while all the others were on the floor as ordered to as the robber sat down in the at the table.

Robber "you with the pig-tail get me all the money from the registers and get me a number 1 and make snappy."

Ranma "fine..."

He goes up and gets all the money for the robber as well the food. He places the food and money on the table resisting the urge to taking out the robber with force was too risky. He racked his brain for idea as takes all

Ranma thinks [what can I do. There are too many in danger to throw any of my punches and I can't get to near him without pulling that trigger he may shoot anyone including my new friends....what can I do I need help they need my help...]

Then it came his millennium puzzle started shake and with flash of yellow light the spirit of puzzle took over resulting slight changes to Ranma's appearance. His increased slightly in height and along with his hair which gleamed every so slightly, other than that his hairstyle was little messy not much difference could be seen between the forms.

Spirit "hey why don't we make your this heist something that you will remember. I suggest we play a shadow game and the loser of this shadow game will have to play the penalty game unless you are too scared..."

Joey "Ranma ...what are you doing.."

Robber "what is a shadow game...."

Spirit "simple this in this particular shadow game we will use your knife there and pile of money you got there. Next we put we take turns stabbing the bills that are lying on are other hand. The loser is the one that either stabs them or has the least amount money in the end of the game wins. Anyone trying to win by killing the other automatically forfeits the shadow game. So you still game."

Robber "sure you snot nose brat I hope your ready to lose."

The game starts the spirit just stabs small amounts in first couple rounds while the robber stabs rather large amounts of money. The pile start dwindle down rather rapidly at rate of switch turns the robber had a lot more money and looked like he was going to win by his slightly larger pile of money. But the greed of the robber starts to get the best of him as starts to stabbing the money harder.

Spirit "I see its getting harder for control that hand of yours the more take the harder it will be to control your greed. Your turn."

The robber finds what the spirit says is true and starts to sweat as his self control of his greed weighs heavily down upon him. He couldn't hold back his arm any longer he makes desperate move without thinking. He takes the knife feeling he still win as long as off Ranma with quick swipe, which swipes at Ranma throat. To his dismay Ranma puts up his arm and the knife falls to floor, as it is knock from his hand. He tries to shoot Ranma only find his gun missing.

Spirit "you lose now its time to play a penalty game 'the illusion of avarice'."

The millennium puzzle eye flashes its yellow symbol hits the robber's on the head as he starting seeing imaginary money falling the sky as grabs for it. Shortly later the puzzle come as they are baffled why he was grabbing at noting yelling money. They cart him off harmlessly as everyone is still shocked they didn't notice Ranma missing from the table. The spirit return to place in Ranma's mind reverts back to Ranma normal appearance.

Ranma "hey guys what you staring at me for you look as if I grew extra arms or something."

Tea "you could say that what were you thinking he could have shot you. That was crazy trying to deal with him yourself not only you could have been shot, but anyone else what were you thinking."

Ranma "what do you guys mean I don't recall doing anything though I wish I did then I felt so helpless if it were just me I be fine. So sorry I don't remember anything after placing the food on the table."

Joey "what mean you don't remember... what was that you did to him. He was grasping at empty space yelling something about money. If my opinion he finally flipped totally."

Tea "hmm yeah but other than pulling that stunt you saved everyone here lives. They even gave you a reward."

She motions to give it to Ranma puts his hands around hers that were holding the reward.

Ranma "keep it put it towards your dance school I don't need that money mostly likely I end up being blackmailed out of it knowing my luck besides it's the least I can do for a friend."

Joey "well I think I have had enough for one day see you two in class tomorrow hopefully nothing happens like today. Later you two."

Ranma "yeah me too see at school."

Tea "Yeah thanks Ranma you're the greatest."

They all leave for home after their long tiring day, but unnoticed to the three teens someone had been watching them from the shadows silently taking mental notes of the events witness at the restaurant as well as school. She seemed to be pleased as well interested as start talking under cloak that hide her whole body.

Cloaked Figure "grow strong pharaoh for the shadow of evil is awakening and mankind will need your guidance through the dark times that are to come. For you alone have the power to prevent this world from plunging into total darkness."

The cloaked vanished with flap of cloak into thin air if anyone noticed her they would think they were seeing things.

AN: well that's it for this chapter been awhile since posted anything been real busy with other stories I'm writing along with work and helping out with the house. Hopefully I will get the next chapter sometime soon than this one. I also start started writing a third story Titled Legend of the Red Twilight if want to more about it submit your question and I probably answer them at the end of the next chapter.

Next chapter: cards, dice, and revelations.

A familiar figure rolls into Domino city one which Ranma never wanted to see again for caused enough trouble with his games. This time around it's going to be a lot different. Also something changes and revelation occur involving Ranma's mother Nodoka Saotome...tune in next time.