Zypher: Thank you all for reading and reviewing the last chapter of Yami no Game. I do hope you will enjoy this chapter as well.

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Yami no Game: Death's Awakening

Chapter 5

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As the weekend came up, Yugi was eager to spend it with his new friends that he gained over time. Yami watched as he got prepared for the day. /So, what are you and your friends planning to do today?/ Yami asked. "Don't know, we may spend the day at the park or something." Yugi replied. /That sounds nice. Hope you have a good time./ The demon spoke before disappearing back into the puzzle. Yugi finished getting ready before heading downstairs to have a quick breakfast and bid his grandfather goodbye as he left.

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In the park, Jounouchi was comforting Honda. "It's alright, Honda. You'll get another chance soon." Jounouchi murmured. "I hope so." he bemoaned. Yugi came into the park minutes later and walked over to them. "Hey guys." he greeted before looking to Honda. "What's wrong, Honda?" he asked. "Earlier today, he went ta tell Miho his feelings for her but she declined, sayin' she didn't want 'em ta have any problems, especially at school. So she agreed ta be friends instead." Jounouchi explained. "Oh, don't worry, Honda. I'm sure you two will be together soon." Yugi reassured, patting his shoulder. "I hope so, as long as she's not taken by someone else by the time we graduate from high school." Honda murmured. "Hey, I'm sure she would want to be with you, Honda. You did risk a lot when Chono-sensei found that present you gave to her."

"But you guys risked yourselves as well. You could've been expelled because of me." Honda murmured. "But you're our friend now so we'll risk anything." Yugi stated. Honda smiled. "Thanks, guys. I could never think of better friends than you. We only got to know each other so well from that same puzzle." he murmured. "Alright, enough of this mushy stuff. We're 'bout ta sound like Anzu before she became an arrogant bitch. What should we do today?" Jounouchi asked. "How about we head to the mall for a while before going over to the arcade to play a few games." Yugi suggested and they agreed before leaving out the park.

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At the mall, Anzu was there as well, doing her window shopping for the latest fashion. She was thinking about the mysterious deaths around the school and their causes. The girl pondered of what the link to it all could be. 'I mean, who in the whole entire city would kill someone like Ushio just for bullying the pathetic runt? They would've let him get away scott-free after a little reprimanding but not kill him.' she thought before thinking about the puzzle that she saw around Yugi's neck that day he was trying to help her after Kujirada's attack. 'Then again, that puzzle was a little creepy. Maybe he had something to do with it. All these killings did start when he came in wearing it. I would never know unless I see something weird happening that involves the brat and that puzzle.' she thought as she continued walking.

She saw Yugi along with his friends walking into the mall and grinned. 'And this may be the perfect opportunity.' she thought once more before trailing behind them.

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Yugi and the others walked around a bit, going into different stores, fooling around a bit by trying on different outfits and such. Anzu, secretly concealing herself in different places so they couldn't find her, almost growled in irritation. 'There's something suspicious about that pendant and I'm going to find out one way or another.' she thought as she followed them out the store and into another. They soon decided to split up and Anzu went to follow Yugi. Yugi looked at some of the outfits, contemplating on some of the looks and how it would be on him. Yami appeared by his side and looked as well. /I think this would look nice on you./ he said, fingering one outfit done in full leather, straps wrapped around the legs with buckles on some of them. It also came with an embroidered collar along with two other straps that one place on your wrists or upper arms. Yugi blushed lightly. "Oh no, I don't think that will suit me at all. Seems too risqué for me..." he whispered. /Oh but I think it does, aibou. This would probably give you that innocent but secretly devilish look to you./ Yami spoke. Yugi blushed even more. "You really think so, mou hitori no boku?" he asked, looking to the other spirit. Anzu watched, seeing him talking with someone but didn't see the other. 'Now who could he be talking with?' Anzu wondered as she continued to watch him.

/Yes, I do and I bet Aqua would think the same./ Yugi nodded but sighed. "Even if you said it would look good on me, I can't afford it. I don't have enough money on me." Yami saw his distress and placed a hand on his shoulder. /I can help with that./ he whispered and before he knew it, 1000 yen bills were in his hands. /Will that be enough in your modern currency?/ he questioned. "Yes!...But how did you get all this?" he asked. /If you remember from Aqua's story, we believed to be kings from a distant past for when we woke, we found ourselves with a massive fortune of gold piled away in a room after some exploration. All I did was a little conversion to some of those fortunes that you can use. I promise you; it's not counterfeits./ Yami explained. Yugi smiled. "Thank you but do you really want to use your fortunes for money just for me? You don't have to." Yugi whispered. /But I want to. Aqua and I want to give you the best things in life that no other can give you. You are our little master and we will do anything to please you and make you happy./ Yami replied with a smile. Yugi thanked him once more before taking the outfit and left for the counter. Anzu, who continued to watch, was appalled to see the amount of money he gained from out of thin air. 'That tears it! There's something up with that thing and I'm going to find out exactly what it is.' she thought as she once again tailed Yugi as he left out after buying the outfit.

He stopped at a few more stores before meeting up with his friends at the food court. "Hey, are you guys hungry?" Yugi asked. "Yeah but we didn't bring nothin' ta buy anythin'." Jounouchi replied. "Don't worry about that! I'll pay for lunch today!" Jounouchi and Honda smiled. "Thanks." They both said before they told him what they wanted and he was off to go make their orders. Anzu finally gave up with her little search for answers and walked towards Yugi, grasping his shoulder and turned him around. "Alright, Motou, I want answers and I want them now! What's up with that little pendant of yours?" she demanded. "Why do you want to know so bad? You don't care about anything that has to deal with me." Yugi huffed. "Well I care now cause for some reason, I'm suspecting that you're the cause for these deaths that have been happening 'round the school. We all know that Ushio used to bully you for cash for his protection and now he's dead! Did you have something to do with that?" Anzu demanded once more. "No, I don't even know how these things happened! When something dangerous happens to me, I black out! Somehow I end up back in my room once all is said and done." Yugi explained. "Well, there must be something about that necklace of yours and I know you know something about it. So tell me now or so help me I'll..." she started but stopped when she saw the growing shadows behind him. It formed into a silhouette that looked like him but possessed glowing cerise eyes which were fixed onto her.

"Leave...now."

She stepped back in horror before running off. Yami's silhouette narrowed its eyes once more before slipping away silently. Yugi saw the horrified look to whatever was behind him in her eyes as he watched her run off. He turned to see what it was but saw nothing. 'What...scared her away?' he thought before he went back to get their meals and headed back to the table after paying for it.

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Yami snarled slightly, knowing that Anzu was going to become a menace soon enough with her prodding. 'I should kill her off swiftly but I imagine she will become a fun target to mess with. I'll keep her alive for a short while before I kill her.' Yami considered with a sharp grin. Aqua came up behind him. "So, what are you thinking about now?" he asked. "I'm thinking about our latest target. The girl that refused Yugi's help when she lost her measly digital pet. I think we'll have fun with her~" Yami explained. "Really? And what did she do to anger you this time? I know you and your games and you would never play with your food outside of one unless it's for a good reason."

"She's becoming too suspicious. If she's learns of the myth to the puzzle and tells aibou enough to make it believable, I will not take that sitting down. Will you join me in this little game?" Yami asked, looked back to him. Aqua grinned as well. "Of course. I'm not going to take losing Yugi sitting down either..."

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After their time at the mall, Yugi and the others headed over to the arcade to play a few games until it got late and they all left to head home for the night. "Today was wonderful. Don't you agree, mou hitori no boku?" he asked and the spirit appeared. /Yes, I thought it went pretty well. Especially since I was there to help you, aibou. I thank you for accepting the things I gave to you./ Yami said. "You don't have to thank me for that but I did appreciate the money you gave for me and my friends. Are you sure you won't miss those fortunes?" he asked. /I assure you that we won't, aibou. Anything that is ours we give to you and hopefully you'll give anything that is yours to us./

"Of course I would. You and Aqua are a part of me. I couldn't deny anything you want." Yugi murmured. Yami smiled and deep in his mind, he was happy to hear this. 'Now this should make things easier. Once the time comes, we'll have you, little one.' he thought as they soon reached the game shop and Yami went back into the puzzle for the time being. Yugi greeted his grandfather before heading upstairs to his room to place the outfit he gotten today into his closet before deciding to take a nap. When he was asleep, the puzzle glowed and shadows engulfed the room before leaving out and went to look for Anzu.

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Anzu was on the path home, still frightened by that little experience at the mall with Yugi. 'What was that shadow?! It looked like him but it wasn't. There's something about that puzzle and I'm going to find out one way or another. I could be famous for discovering the murderer of those people.' Anzu thought, unaware of the slinking shadows gathering around her until she realized it was darker than usual, and it wasn't even close to nightfall yet. "So, you think you can figure out the secret to aibou's treasure do you? You must be pretty stupid to think so and we'll be glad to show just how stupid you are~" A voice hissed and she turned, trying to find the speaker. "Who are you?! Show yourself!" she shouted, looking through the expanse of shadows but didn't find no one, only heard menacing laughter. "Why should we show ourselves to you? You're nothing but a simple weak soul that could barely sate our hunger...but to us, every soul is worth it just to regain a body and acquire our host as ours forever..." Another spoke.

"What do you mean? Who are you!?" she shouted once more and saw two figures appear through the shadows, each holding some sort of golden relic around their necks. The brunette gasped when she noticed one looked exactly like Yugi, only with extreme differences that contrasted the petite teen. She saw the same puzzle hanging from around his neck and knew she may have found the long awaited secret to the puzzle and the mysterious deaths. "You're...you two must be the one that has been killing people all this time..." Anzu whispered, frightened now that she was in their presence. "Witty observation. So what are you going to do? Tell some high priced TV company about us? Go to the radio station and tell them about demons controlling a young high school student? Not only will they not believe you and think you're crazy but even if they did, we won't tolerate more knowing about us and you would suffer for your actions." Aqua whispered. They laughed once more and she shivered in fear.

"Please, let me go. I promise I won't tell anyone about you two." she whimpered. "You may say that but your mind betrays your words. We shouldn't let you go but just to save us the chance to worry about devouring your powerless soul and unappealing flesh, we'll play a little game." Yami murmured as a Duel Monsters deck appeared before them. "The little game we're going to play is a little number game. We'll pick a card and whoever has the highest attack points will win." he explained and she nodded. "Go ahead and pick." Anzu hesitantly reached out, grabbing a card from the top of the deck and looked to it. She looked at it in horror. "The Wicked Worm Beast?! How could I pick such a terrible card?!" she wondered in mortification. "Because, that's how your soul is, wicked and disgusting." Yami purred as he picked his card. "Archfiend of Gilfer. Looks like I win." he said with a smirk.

"No, I don't want to die!" she cried, falling onto her knees. Yami snorted. "So pathetic yet this is enjoyable." he mused to Aqua who nodded. "Stand up, you pathetic mortal." he ordered and she did. "We'll give you this warning. Do not tell anyone, and I mean anyone, about us and you'll be able to live a little longer. But your life is only short-lived because we will come for you again. When we do, another game will be issued and lives will be at stake. You lose and both your soul and body are ours to feast from." Yami said before everything was shrouded in shadows and she found herself back on the sidewalk, the shadows gone from her sight. She looked around once more and gulped, remembering Yami's warning before running her way back to her home just to be off the streets. 'I need to tell someone, anyone...but I can't or else they'll come after me. There has to be someway how I can slip under their radar and tell someone of those demons.' she thought.

From the rooftops, Aqua was crouched down, watching, and listened to her thoughts being cast out loudly that he could hear them from Yugi's room if he was there. 'Such a foolish child. She really thinks she can get away with this and threaten Yugi's life?' he thought before he stood. "Watching shadows of the night, follow the girl in her adverse plight. Make sure that our secret is not revealed and Yugi's light is safely concealed." he whispered and shadows gathered until it became a black, wolf-like beast. "Dae Raca, follow that girl for she may reveal Yugi's secret about us and we don't want him to fall into unnecessary danger." Aqua said and the beast nodded before leaping off the roof and went to follow Anzu with silent footsteps like the wind. When his job was done, he became the shadows as well and made his way back to the game shop.

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Zypher: And that's all for that chapter. Yes, it's time for Anzu torture and I'm loving it! Other ideas for her torture are always appreciated so send them in! She probably won't last long, probably up until chapter 7 or 8 if I don't plan to kill her off sooner but either way, who cares! Anyways, enough of my ramblings, I hope you all loved this chapter to bits and will be waiting for the next. And I will see you all soon in the next installment.

Note: Dae Raca is the elven name I gave to Black Dog Beast Bow from Challenge of the Kombat as a little spoiler for you readers so you'll know. It means Shadow Wolf, pretty nifty since that's how he looks like and I love that name.