Yami no Game: Death's Awakening Chapter 14: Witchcraft Trickery, a yu-gi-oh fanfic

Zypher: Thank you all for reading the last chapter. Since I had all these chapters planned beforehand, I just had to get them out before I started with any other story for the moment. So I hope you will enjoy this next installment of Yami no Game: Death's Awakening.

Yami no Game: Death's Awakening

Chapter 14

In an abandoned mansion not far from Domino City, three cloaked figures stood around a cauldron. One threw in some more ingredients to the bubbling mixture. "Soon, we'll have what we need." One of the figures spoke as the other two nodded in agreement, their wicked laughter echoing through the empty halls of the mansion.

After dealing with Shadi and his games along with saving Yami and Aqua from a life of loneliness, Yugi happily spent more time with his two new demonic yet gentle lovers. He still made time for his friends but now, Yami and Aqua joined with them more often just to be by Yugi's side. Today, they were in the shop, Yugi's grandfather telling them of a new series of Duel Monsters cards that he was about to sell. Jou, Zella and Honda walked through the door, greeting Yugi, Yami and Aqua. "So, is your jii-chan back with that new shipment of cards yet?" Zella asked. "No, not yet but he should be getting here soon." Yugi replied and no sooner after he mentioned that, he walked in with a box. "Ah, nice to see you all. I see you have come to see the new Duel Monsters cards, haven't you?" he asked and they nodded. "Alright then, here they are." he said as he opened the box and they all looked inside to see the new packs. "Wow, they look so cool!" Jou exclaimed. "Yeah! And who knows what kind of rare cards they may have!"

"Well, as a gift, you each can have one." Sugoroku said with a smile. Zella looked to him, astonished. "Really?!" she asked and he nodded. "Sugoi!" Yugi said happily as he reached in for one. The others did so as well and opened their packs, looking through the cards. Yugi bubbled with joy as he came upon a rare one. While they were admiring their new cards, someone wearing a cloak entered the shop, posing like an everyday passerby. The cloaked figure watched them silently as they stayed away from the group, looking as if they were examining another piece of merchandise. "Look at this, jii-chan! I got this card!" Yugi exclaimed, showing his grandfather the card. "Ah, I see you got the Violet Hecate, one out of three rare cards called the Hecate Witches. It is very valuable and you should keep it safe." Sugoroku said and the others looked at the card as well. "Only you deserve the best." Yami cooed, wrapping an arm around his shoulders. They were unaware the cloaked figure listened in before leaving out the shop as quietly as they came.

The next day at school, which Yami and Aqua accompanied Yugi to, Yugi was opening his locker to grab his books for his first class when an envelope fell out. He looked down, curious, and picked up the note. He turned it to the back and saw the heart shaped sticker keeping the envelope closed. Yami growled slightly, thinking of who would dare send his koi a love letter. "I say you should get rid of it, Yugi. Who knows who could've sent it." Aqua murmured. "Well, I'm curious to see who it came from. Let's just see who sent it." They were defiant for a moment before they nodded. He opened the envelope and took out the letter that was inside.

Hello,

Sending this letter may have surprised you. I just wanted to express my feelings for you that I kept in my mind. Can you show up to meet me? I'll be at Domino Park. Please come after school.

Kageyama Risa

Yami snorted. "The girl is obviously crazy if she thinks you will go to meet her." he muttered. "Well, I probably wouldn't for your sake but I don't want her to be left out there alone."

"You can't be serious, Yugi. Don't worry about her. She'll be fine." Aqua grumbled as Yugi grabbed his books and headed off to class. "I'll just go and see what she wants and that will be the last time I'll ever see her. Will that work?" Yugi questioned, looking to them. "Fine, you can go see her but that's the only time. For some reason, I can't trust this girl and it's not because she likes you." Yami murmured as they disappeared back into the puzzle.

After school, Yugi told his friends where he was going, not mentioning the note or the girl he was about to meet. "I'll see you all tomorrow." Yugi said as he climbed onto Tu Long's back and he walked off towards the park. When he got there, he slid off Tu Long's back, unaware that Yami and Aqua came out from the puzzle and hid in a nearby bush to see who this girl was. 'If she actually swoons our little master, I'll kill her myself.' Yami thought with a slight growl. Yugi sat on the bench, Tu Long settled beside him. Soon, a blue-haired girl wearing a formal uniform from an all girls' school came into the park, holding a wrapped present. She smiled as she saw Yugi sitting there and waved to him, walking over. "Hi, you must be Yugi." she greeted. "Yeah, that's me." Yugi replied as he stood. "Oh, I am so glad I could meet you! Here, I made this for you." she said, handing him the present and he opened it, finding it to be a handmade shirt. Yugi admired the shirt in awe and Risa looked down, gazing at the puzzle. She went to reach for it but a faint fiery red glow stopped her. She almost felt the hatred and demonic energy coming from the puzzle causing her to hiss as she felt the evil emitting from the puzzle. Yugi looked up to her. "Are you alright?" he asked and she smiled, nodding.

"Yes, I'm fine. I better head home now. I hope we can meet again." Risa said and Yugi nodded before he watched her walk off. 'I wonder what she could see in me?' he thought as he climbed onto Tu Long's back and he took him home, Yami and Aqua returning to the puzzle silently, still angered that the girl dared to even try becoming Yugi's girlfriend. 'If she tries anything to makes him become hers, I will rip off her head and throw her remains into the ocean for the sharks.' Yami growled within the puzzle.

Once Yugi was home, he decided to have a duel with his jii-chan, placing his new Violet Hecate into his deck. Yugi's mind was still on the matter of Risa and why she chose now to meet with him and confess her love. 'She probably knew about me beforehand so why didn't she think about this before? But of course, that may have been a bad idea with how Yami and Aqua felt for me and yet never told me. They probably would've hurt her for taking that chance away from them or probably left me sooner just to let me be happy without them in the way.' Yugi thought then looked up when he heard his grandfather call him. "Yugi, you should pay attention or your Hecate will pay the price for it." he said as he laid down a few more cards before giving the turn to Yugi. He was about to take his turn when the phone rang and Sugoroku went to answer it. It was silent before Yugi looked up when he called his name. "Yugi, there's someone named Risa calling you." He said and Yugi got off the stool to get the phone. He took it from his grandfather and he went back into the game shop to clean up their cards, ending the duel for tonight.

"Hi Yugi!" Risa said cheerfully over the phone. "Hi, Risa. Why are you calling so late?" he asked.

"Just to ask if you would meet me again at the park tomorrow."

"I guess I can." he murmured and she was happy to hear that. "Great! I'll see you tomorrow then!" she replied with the same bounce in her tone before the line went dead. Yugi hung up the phone as well and sighed. 'I need to do something before I upset them again. I don't want them to leave me. Not again.' he thought before he headed upstairs to get ready for bed and talk with Yami and Aqua in their soul room.

Before he felt into the embrace of slumber for the night, he made himself comfortable in bed and headed into their soul room, standing near the door. "Yami? Aqua? Are you still in here?" he called softly. They appeared out of the shadows and looked to him. "Is there something you need, little one?" Aqua asked. "Yes, I want to ask you something." Yugi whispered. They nodded. "Come, let's head into your soul room instead." Yami spoke as they walked out and went into the warm comfort of Yugi's soul room. Yugi sat down on the soft white bed and both Yami and Aqua stood in front of him. "Now, what do you wish to ask us?" Yami questioned and Yugi looked up to them. "Yami, Aqua...are you two upset because of Risa trying to become my girlfriend?" Yugi asked softly. "Yes, we are upset cause she dares to make advances when we already have you as our own as you have us. But if you wish to still see her then we won't mind as long as you don't go to her permanently." Aqua answered. "But you won't leave me again...will you?" he asked, tears coming to his eyes as he stood up from the bed and ran to Yami, wrapping his arms around his waist.

"I don't want you two to be upset enough to leave me again." he whispered in choked sobs. Yami wrapped his arms around him gently and kissed the tips of his hair. "No, we won't leave you again. You don't need your fragile heart to be broken once again because of our departure." he whispered and Yugi nodded quietly against his chest. "Thank you. I really hate to upset you two enough to leave me and have no way of reaching you again."

"Don't worry, you won't lose us again." Aqua whispered as he walked over and nuzzled him. "Now why don't you get some rest. You do have school tomorrow." Yami murmured as he lifted the younger and placed him in bed, covering and tucking him in. They were about to leave when he called to them. "Please...don't go. Stay with me tonight." They complied with their young love's wish and slipped in beside him, Yugi sighing happily to have them by his side. "I love you." he whispered softly. "And we return your love with our own." Aqua purred, placing a kiss upon his cheek.

Yugi yawned softly and snuggled into the pillow, falling asleep quietly. Yami and Aqua watched him sleep with a smile before they too joined him in slumber.

The next day, at the end of the school day, Yugi told his friends that he had something to do before climbing onto Tu Long's back once more to head to the park. He sat at the bench once more, waiting for Risa. She walked down the pathway, in her hands another gift. She smiled when she saw Yugi waiting for her and walked over quickly. "Glad to see you again, Yugi!" she greeted, holding out her latest gift. He was tempted to not take it but to keep her happy, he took it and unwrap it, looking to the handmade scarf she made for him. "Thanks, Risa." he murmured before turning his amethyst gaze onto her. "Risa, I have something to ask you."

"Ask away." she told him. "When did you start to like me?" he asked, not telling her anything about him already spoken for. "I can't describe it. When I first saw you in the shop, it was just love at first sight. I couldn't deny it." she replied and he nodded. The teen stood from the bench and thanked her for the gift before he climbed onto Tu Long's back and he walked back towards the game shop. But as he left, he never noticed the evil glare she gave his back.

With all these gifts she was showering him, he knew it would be soon before she tries more than gift giving. He couldn't allow that time to come so he planned to refuse her love and tell her he was already seeing someone tomorrow after school. Yami and Aqua were happy to hear this and promised to get a gift for him that was infinitely better than what Risa offered. But when they got back, Sugoroku told them that Yugi had fallen ill. "But how? He never went near anyone that was sick or caught something from somewhere else." Aqua murmured as they walked up to his bedroom. "I knew there was something wrong. It must be something dealing with that Risa girl." Yami muttered with a growl as they enter the bedroom to only encounter Yugi being cared for by Risa herself. She looked up when she heard someone come in and smiled. "Oh hello. I believe we never met before. I'm Kageyama Risa." she introduced. Yami snorted lightly before introducing themselves. They looked over to Yugi who was resting and quietly walked over to him, ignoring Risa at the bedside. Aqua gently stroked Yugi's fevered head and sighed lightly.

"Is there any medicine left?" he asked, not looking to Risa. "No, he took the last bit before he fell asleep." The demon nodded before he got up. "Yami, I'm going to head to the store to get some medicine for Yugi." he spoke and he nodded. He took Jin Long with him as he made his way to the pharmacy and grabbed a bottle of medicine. He headed back home but when he got upstairs, he saw that she already had medicine for the young hikari. 'But how? I never saw her come into the pharmacy while I was there.' he thought before putting the medicine into the medicine cabinet. He walked back into the room and saw Yami was back in there, absent when he came back a few minutes ago. "Yami, tell me. Did you see Risa leave at all while I was gone?" he asked. "No, I stayed in here for a while then went downstairs to get something to drink. I never heard anyone come in ever since." Aqua snarled lightly and looked to him. "You may be right, something is wrong about this girl and we need to find out soon before Yugi gets hurt." he snapped and Yami nodded.

Risa looked up to them with a small smile. "May I ask you two a favor and head to the supermarket? We have no more ice." Risa spoke and they nodded. 'I need to get rid of them both somehow but if one goes, the other will stay so I need to think of another way.' she thought, a grim look crossing her face.

Aqua handed Jin Long the money and told him what they needed before he watched the dragon fly off. Without them noticing, another girl snuck in from the back door with a bag of ice and left it in the kitchen before leaving just as quietly as she came to not catch their attention.

As Jin Long took the bag of ice and some oranges to help cure Yugi's mysterious illness faster from the shopkeeper, he didn't notice the girl that looked exactly like Risa appear in front of him. He looked up just in time as the girl pushed him, using the momentum of shock to knock him down. He growled but by the time he got back up, she was gone. 'There's something odd going on. I better head back quickly.' he thought as he flew off once more.

When he got back, he was told that Risa somehow already had ice and he told them of what happened at the market. "We need to figure this out and fast. Yugi may be in danger because of this petulant child." Yami growled and they nodded. Jin Long took the ice and oranges into the kitchen while they headed upstairs. They entered the room once again and glared at Risa. "Alright, Risa. What's going on here? We sent our dragon to go grab some ice and he has told us you have pushed him at the market." Yami hissed. "But I never left the room. I was here the whole entire time." Risa said and Yugi, who they now saw was awake, nodded. "Yes, she was here the whole entire time and never left my bedside." he whispered. They nodded and moved Risa to sit by his bedside. She sighed lightly and stood. "Well, I better get home." she murmured and looked to Yugi.

"I hope you feel better soon and as thanks for my services, why don't you give me a gift." she suggested and he looked to her. "...What do you want?" he asked and she looked to his deck sitting on the nightstand, seeing the Violet Hecate sitting on the top. "How about that Violet Hecate card. I have always wanted one." she said and Yami growled. "No, you can't have that. That is a special card for Yugi and he would never give it up." Yami snapped, looking to her. She looked angry at that and left without another word. Yami snorted and stroked Yugi's head calmly, putting the younger boy back to sleep.

'Good riddance...'

Later that night, Yugi woke up to hearing shuffling in his room and sat up, seeing a shadowed figure digging through his room in search of something. "Hey, who are you?" he whispered as he got up from the bed. The figure looked at him and he gasped when he saw it was Risa but it wasn't how she looked when he saw her before. "Risa?!" he cried in shock but the girl only attacked him, her hands wrapping around his neck. Yami and Aqua headed back into the puzzle for the night but came out as their demon forms to deal with the intruder. Yami snarled as he climbed off the bed. "Let him go!" he hissed and she did so. "Why are you here, girl?" he questioned as he stood in front of Yugi to protect him. "I'm here to get the Violet Hecate whether he gives it to me or not!" Risa snapped as two more girls appeared that looked exactly like her. "So that's how you always had the things you needed once one of us left to get what you needed. So it was you who caused him to get sick!" Aqua growled. They laughed and the demons hissed in annoyance.

"You won't get the Violet Hecate." Yami murmured as he picked up Yugi's cards that were scattered on the floor as well as Yugi. They were at a standstill before both Yami and Aqua jumped in the air, taking their time of shock to make it out of the skylight and out into the city. Risa growled as they went to follow them.

Yugi gripped Yami's shirt lightly, feeling his fever coming back to him. Aqua, seeing this, let a cool tendril of shadows cover his forehead. "Don't worry, Yugi-koi. We'll get away from them soon." he said and he nodded lightly. They landed in a nearby alley and laid Yugi against the wall. They went to opposite sides of the alley to watch out for the three sisters but were unaware that they were already there. One grabbed Yugi, gaining a choked scream from him. They turned back and growled. "How did you get here before us?!" Yami snapped. "Now, now. You don't want his fever to get worse, do you?" Risa questioned and he growled even more. "You crossed the line by causing him to get sick. I don't know how but I won't let this go unpunished." he hissed as the shadows gathered around them and a table appeared before them.

"We'll have a duel and if we win, you will be dealt with in a way you wouldn't imagine but if you win, you'll get the Violet Hecate in exchange for Yugi." he said and they nodded. They shuffled their decks and took their five cards, the sisters grinning as they got what they needed to finish the duel faster. "I'll start first." Yami said as he placed down Pyramid Turtle in defense mode. "Now, look at the strength that the Hecate Witches contain." Risa spoke as she placed down the Red Hecate with an attack of 2700 and easily destroyed the Pyramid Turtle. "You naive fools. I use Pyramid Turtle special ability to send out Vampire Lord." he said as the Pyramid Turtle disappeared from the field and the Vampire Lord took its place.

Risa growled and set some cards before giving him the turn. He smirked as he drew and set a card face down. "Now, let me show you the powers of the darkness and shadows. I sacrifice Vampire Lord to summon Vampire Genesis and I'll end my turn." he said. "It makes me wonder why you didn't use this chance to attack but it makes it better for me. Now, I'll summon Yellow Hecate in attack mode and end my turn." she said and he nodded. He drew and smirked. "I set two cards face down and one in defense before I use Card Destruction." he said and they growled as they discarded their hand and drew another but smirked even more as they got the card they needed to defeat Yami. But they never saw the flash in his eyes as he gained the cards he needed as well. "It's your turn." he said and Risa laughed in glee. "Ah, you should've destroyed our witches while you had the chance. Now, I'll summon the Violet Hecate and when combine together, they create the ultimate Hecate who has attack equal to your Vampire Genesis." Risa said. "But we won't attack yet for we have a way to destroy your Vampire Genesis and your face down." Risa said as her sisters giggled as they were close to winning.

"But you never know what resides in my deck. I now flip over Double Coston and use its special ability to summon my Black Magician." he said as the purple robed magician appeared before the hulking form of Vampire Genesis. "This will be your last turn before you are defeated for good." he said and they growled. "You can't defeat us with that puny magician." she said as she drew her card. "Now my Hecate, attack his Black Magician!" she commanded and the witch went to launch her attack. "Not so fast, I use Draining Shield to take her attack points and add it to my life points." he said as Black Magician had a shield materialize in front of him and took the attack. Risa snorted and ended her turn. "Now, for your defeat. I use Dedication Through Light and Darkness to sacrifice my Black Magician for Black Magician of Chaos." he said as plumes of black smoke engulfed the Black Magician and left in his place was the Black Magician of Chaos. Risa laughed in mirth. "He can't destroy my Hecate." she pointed but saw the gleam in his eyes. "Not now, he can't. First, I equip Axe of Despair onto my Vampire Genesis," he said as the large axe appeared in the beast's hands.

"And now, I equip Malevolent Nuzzler onto Black Magician of Chaos, making his attack 3500 which is enough to defeat your Hecate. Attack Black Magician of Chaos with Chaos Scepter Blast!" Yami called and the magician launched the large spear of black energy towards the Hecate, ending her life and takes 500 life points from the sisters, leaving them with 3500. "Any last words?" he asked, his Vampire Genesis grinning with glee as he held the axe in his hands. "No? Fine then. Vampire Genesis, finish them off." The large beast swung the axe, leaving a large gash upon them as their life points decreased down to 0. The shadows disappeared and their bodies left on the ground. Yami and Aqua absorbed their souls before Aqua went to pick up Yugi.

He was asleep but his fever was still high so they quickly made their way back home to care for their love. After they left, a man walked into the alley and looked down to the three Kageyama sisters. He knelt down and checked the pulse of one, not finding any. Another walked into the alley only it was someone of a different breed. "What happened here?" The redhead asked, tail shifting a bit. "Don't know but I'm glad these three witchcraft sisters are gone." The first muttered before looking down to the cards on the ground. "And it looks like we're dealing with someone who knows more magic. Feh. Magic isn't real." he finished as he walked off towards the limo parked there.

The other sighed and followed behind him. "Seto, one day you'll believe this magic is real. But for now, I suggest we find out whoever defeated them and try out your dueling skills with them as well." he spoke and the brunet nodded before leaving. A duelist worth his skill would be a fine opponent but there was still one thing he had to accomplish.

To find the last rare card he was missing from his deck.

Back home, Yugi's fever broke and he smiled up to Yami and Aqua. "Thanks for taking care of Risa for me." he whispered and they nodded. "She hurt you and she had to be dealt with. She's lucky we gave her a little mercy and took her and her sisters' souls instead of both souls and flesh." Yami replied as he stroked Yugi's head. "Now get some rest. We'll burn that stuff she gave you so you won't get sick again if that what caused you to fall ill in the first place." he continued and Yugi thanked them once more before falling asleep. 'One day, I'll figure out a way to repay them back for everything they did. Now that I understand why they deal death to those that harm me or my friends, I can repay them back more than just giving them my love. I'll have to wait but hopefully it will be soon.' he thought.

Zypher: And there's the end of chapter 14 and the arrival of Seto and Ruby. What will they be up to this time. Well, you'll find out in a few more chapters. But for now, I hoped you enjoyed this chapter and will be waiting for the next. See you soon.