Zypher: And here with are with the next chapter and the start of Death-T! Man, I am finally happy to get here and yet sad since after this, there will be a few more chapters with other yami no games then Monster World and that will be it for this story pretty much except for the epilogues. I was going to make the epilogues basically ideas, including my own, that those who hit the kiriban for reviews have but I might make an exception depending on you readers.

If there's an idea, any one that may have popped into your mind as you read this story, tell me in your reviews and I'll write it up for an epilogue. At the most, there will be only four or five epilogues before the story is done completely and I get started on Yami no Game: Dark Saga which is the sequel. Anyways, glad you enjoyed the last chapter and hoped you'll enjoy this one.

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Yami no Game: Death's Awakening

Chapter 24

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In his room, Kaiba twisted and turned as he slept, a nightmare plaguing his dreams.

-Nightmare-

Kaiba, looking like his younger self, was running, running through a shadow laden room. A roar was heard behind him and he turned back just enough to see the Blue Eyes White Dragon trailing behind him, beating mighty wings as it flew. He continued to run until he tripped and fell, landing hard on the ground. He groaned as he sat back up and realized someone was in front of him. He looked up more to see Yami's eyes glaring down at him and he tried to move away only to stop as he touched the cool scales of the Blue Eyes' talons.

"Kaiba, you think you could get anything you want by harming others. You are such a naive child and you will pay dearly for trying to take what didn't belong to you and hurting someone in the process." Yami hissed as he walked closer, fangs gleaming in the dark. Kaiba quickly got up and ran from the Blue Eyes who roared its fury but he continued to run.

"You can't escape, Kaiba! You can't escape your punishment! The Gates of Darkness are opening and you won't be able to flee any longer!"

-End Nightmare-

He shot up in his bed, a cold sweat sheen plastered on his face. He breathed deeply, trying to get the nightmare clear from his mind. "It's always the same...That same dream..." he whispered, still breathing harshly. He got up and went over to his window, opening it and looked out to the sunny morning. The door opened and the butler walked inside. "Ohayou gozaimasu, Seto-sama..." he spoke. "As you requested, Yugi, his friend and two demon lovers spent the night at the mansion..."

"I see..." He snapped closed his metal briefcase and stood up straight as his butler placed on an elegant robe over his outfit after he changed. "I had planned to give them a special welcome, but Ruby and I couldn't stay awake..." He sighed lightly. "There are some nights when you can hardly wait until morning comes. How ironic to have that dream again last night." he whispered. 'But after this is over, I'll never have that nightmare again...'

'Yami and Aqua...Death-T starts today!'

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Yugi, Yami, Aqua and Jounouchi sat in the dining room once more. Yami and Aqua were silent and Yugi asked if Jounouchi felt any better from last night. "Yeah, I feel great. A good night's sleep was all I needed." he told him and he nodded. "But I do hate stayin' at Kaiba's house, though! Makes me feel like I owe him a favor or somethin'!" Yugi nodded in agreement. "I just hope Jii-chan isn't worried. I was out all night and didn't call him once..." Jounouchi agreed before changing the subject. "Hey Yugi...what's with this "open ceremony" that's supposed to be today?"

"Dunno. Mokuba didn't say anything about it last night. Said it was a secret." Yugi spoke, not mentioning anything about him becoming a victim to his deadly roulette game. "But I do have a bad feeling about it and so do they." he continued. "I can see that. They are pretty silent about this." Jounouchi pointed out. "At the moment, right now, it feels like we're in a jail. Like those guards are guardin' us so we won't escape the mansion...and they locked us in." he whispered, looking to Yugi. 'Yeah, and with their show of strength last night, who knows if they created something while we were sleeping to prevent them from getting us out. Kaiba does have the technology.' Yugi thought.

"Sorry to keep you waiting. Seto-sama and Ruby-sama will see you now." The butler spoke as he walked in and they turned to look to Kaiba and Ruby who were standing at the top of the stairs. Kaiba smiled warmly as he looked to them. "Good to see you, Yugi! I've missed you so much!" he greeted happily. /Must be a trick./ Yami growled through the link and Yugi nodded. "Why the long faces? It's been so long since we've seen you...come on! Let's have some fun together!" The brunet urged he walked down with Ruby trailing behind him.

"Cut the crap, Kaiba! You forced us to come here! And your brother almost killed us!" Aqua snapped. "Mokuba...? That was wrong of him to do...but boys will be boys, you'll have to forgive him for his little games."

"You don't get killed by "little games"!"

Yugi silenced Aqua, making him snarl as he sat back down, getting up earlier from his outburst. He cooed softly through the link to him, rubbing his snout as he looked back to Kaiba. "Where are you taking us?" Kaiba laughed under his breath. "A place you can only dream of!" he spoke before waving a hand to the door. "Well then...we're wasting time! We must leave at once!" he said and they got up to follow him out of the dining room and towards the front door. "I just can't wait for you three to see this, Yugi!" Kaiba spoke. "Have a good trip, Seto-sama and Ruby-sama!" The servants chorused as they bowed when they walked by.

The entered the limo and it started making it was to where the open ceremonies were to be held. "As you should know by now, both Ruby and I own Kaiba Corporation...we had to take over when our father, the founder, passed away weeks ago." Kaiba explained. "But our dream project is finally complete! I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as I have." he added, a hidden tone in his voice that they didn't catch on to. "Look! You can see it from here!" he said. "Our tower of dreams that soars over Domino!"

Fireworks went off as they drew closer to the building and both Jounouchi and Yugi looked to it in awe. "Wow! Ya actually built this skyscraper, Kaiba?!" Jounouchi exclaimed. He nodded. "Yes! This is "Kaiba Land"! It's an indoor amusement park!" he explained as the limo stopped and they walked out. "We have been waiting for you, sir." The servant greeted as they walked towards the entrance.

"Look! It's Kaiba and Jewelstone! The Game Kings!"

"The world's two greatest gamers! They're my heroes!"

"Hello everyone! Welcome to the grand opening of Kaiba Land!" Kaiba announced to the children who cheered. "Man, the kids like him. I can understand Ruby, but Kaiba...!" Jounouchi whispered. "Yugi! Kaiba Land is scheduled to open in three days but...There's a special event today, so we're opening the door to certain children by invitation only before the official opening. For free of course!" He then looked back to them. "And I want you to have fun too!"

"I'll have fun once I rip that pretty little head from your shoulders." Aqua hissed and Yugi reprimanded him. "Maybe I'm worrying too much." Yugi murmured. Yami, Jounouchi and Aqua were silent as he said this. 'I guess he's not as bad as I thought. If he keeps this up, maybe...we could become friends.' Jounouchi thought. "Well then, everyone! We are open! Welcome to Kaiba Land!" Kaiba announced and he gained cheers from the children as they all ran to the entrance of the amusement park.

"Look in that corner! Video games!" One cheered.

"And 3D simulation rides!" Another kid cried.

"Do you see now, Yugi? Our dream is to open Kaiba Land all over the world for children everywhere to enjoy!" he said. /Maybe we did misunderstand him to some extent./ Yugi said to the demons, looking to them. /I'm about as sure as fire that this all must be a trick. You know he wants revenge on us. He may want to complete his dream, which our powers say is true, but he still doesn't want his company's image to be ruined. He has something planned and we have to be careful./ Yami responded. "Fine by me! Let's go play too, Yugi!" Jounouchi called. He thought about it, looking back to Yami and Aqua. They were about to respond when they heard a voice. "I know what you did, Kaiba!" The man that appeared yelled. "You killed the CEO!" Kaiba's eyes darkened and Yami caught the look. /I knew it./

"You took over Kaiba Corp and drove the CEO, your own father, to commit suicide! You're the devil's incarnate!" he yelled. "Throw him out." Kaiba said to two guards. "Yes sir!" They both said, grabbing the man by his arms and dragged him out. "Let me go! He's the devil!" he continued to repeat as they dragged him out. "He used to be our father's right-hand man...but now he's a worthless has-been. There have been many rumors...our father's death was a tragedy, but we had nothing to do with it. I think our father was able to die in peace knowing we would take over for him..." he lied, knowing the complete truth but wasn't planning on telling them.

"No expense was spared on Kaiba Land. Everything in the park is on the cutting edge of technology. Go ahead and try out 3D simulation rides!" They weren't told twice and both Jounouchi and Yugi headed to one of the many rides there were in the park, amazed at the lifelike reality of the monsters. Once they were off, Kaiba led Yugi, Jou, Yami and Aqua off to another area. "If you think that was fun, the real fun has yet to come! What I'm about to show you is the biggest attraction of this opening ceremony! I've prepared a special show for you and your lovers, Yugi!"

"Just for…us?" He wondered. 'I think Yami may be right about him being up to something more than I thought.'

"You didn't have to, really." As they walked, they began to hear the sounds of cheering getting closer. "I can hear people cheering." Kaiba smirked softly as he looked down to the still clueless Yugi. "It's beyond these doors! After you! You've got reserved seats!"

Yami opened the door and Yugi walked in, hearing that the audience was cheering for Kaiba. "What the...?" Jounouchi whispered. "It looks like an arena!" Yugi exclaimed. "And there's a cube in the middle!" he continued. "Yeah but look who's in the cube." Yami hissed. Yugi did as he was told and gasped. "Jii-chan!" Yugi cried. 'What is he doing here?!' he wondered, running over to the cube. "Jii-chan!" he called again. He looked down to see him there. "Yugi!" he called back but neither could hear the other. "I can see his lips moving but I can't hear what he's saying!" Yugi cried. Yami and Aqua ran over and knowing they couldn't show their demon strength with so many people watching, they could only comfort him. "Yugi!" His jii-chan called again. 'It's no good! He can't hear me! Last night, Kaiba's men kidnapped me and brought me here...they said they'd kill Yugi if I didn't come along! Thank goodness he's safe!' he thought.

'Yugi! Kaiba's up to something! Hopefully you figure out what before you are hurt.'

"Jii-chan!" Yugi called, trying to get to the door of the cube but a guard blocked his way and backed him away from the dome. "Stay back!" Kaiba soon walked in, making the crowd's cheers even louder. "No one can beat Kaiba at any game!" One of the crowd members said. 'Yugi...your demon lovers humiliated me at Duel Monsters and my Game Masters at their own games! The day has come to avenge that shame and defeat them once and for all!' Kaiba thought as he removed the robe. 'You will repay me with your death!'

"Jii-chan!" Yugi whimpered, not wanting to bear witness to whatever Kaiba had planned with his grandfather. "I knew it! What's he up to?!" Jounouchi shouted. "For your entertainment, you will now witness a match of world's #1 collectible card game, Duel Monsters! My challenger is this gentleman, Motou Sugoroku! He is said to be a game master who has never lost a duel!" Kaiba announced.

"Duel Monsters! Jii-chan and Kaiba?!" They heard the raving of the children, thinking that Sugoroku wouldn't be able to win against Kaiba. 'Yugi...I will win!' Sugoroku thought, pulling out his deck. "He looks serious." Yugi murmured. "Let's hope that he can win. Knowing Kaiba, he will throw everything at him. If he uses a 3D simulator, he could be hurt." Yami responded. "Oh no." Kaiba walked into the cube dome and sat down. "Now old man...don't hold back! Hit me with your strongest cards!" Kaiba told him. "Don't worry, I plan to." he said back.

'My deck holds the strongest card on earth, the Blue Eyes White Dragon! The moment I draw that card, I win!' he thought. "Life point count at 2000, 40 cards in your deck!" Kaiba spoke. "Game Start!" They watched as the duel commenced. Both fought at high levels but Yugi could see that his grandfather was starting to have problems with seeing the 3D realistic monsters. Even he was starting to make the audience think differently as he dueled. The duel continued on longer, Yugi still fearing the safety of his jii-chan. Sugoroku drew his card and saw it was the Blue Eyes White Dragon. "It's over, Kaiba. I win!" he said. "I've drawn the Blue Eyes White Dragon! When I put this card down, it's game over!"

Kaiba was expressionless but a glint in his eyes showed his surprise that he drew the card. "Then I...choose to play this card." he started, placing a card down which shocked Sugoroku. "And on the next turn..." he continued, placing another card down and soon, he had all three of his Blue Eyes out on the field. 'Three Blue Eyes White Dragon cards?!' Kaiba laughed as he watched his expression. 'I...I lose!'

'Oh no! Jii-chan lost!' Yugi thought in fear. "You should know only four of the Blue Eyes White Dragon cards are known to exist. Of course, they are in the hands of fanatic collectors around the world. Ruby and I searched them out...one in Germany, one in America, one in Hong Kong and you, old man! Of course, none of them agreed when I told them to hand it over...so I used a bit of force...I used all my wealth to force them into bankruptcy, or I made deals with the mafia...one of them even committed suicide!" he explained. 'What a terrible man!' Sugoroku thought. He took his card and held it in both hands.

"This is your punishment for losing to me! And to your card for betraying me last time!" he snarled, ripping it in half. 'My Blue Eyes White Dragon...!' Kaiba laughed out loud as he looked down to him. "Now I'm the only one with this card in the entire world! Now, old man! I'll give you a penalty game!" The cube began to fill with dark mist until monsters of all kinds appeared, roaring and snarling as they advanced onto Sugoroku. He screamed in terror trying to get away from them. Kaiba only laughed more as he watched with a sickening glee. "Now you'll know "death" by virtual reality!"

"Jii-chan!" Yugi cried, falling to his knees. /That bastard! He's using our abilities to torture others./ Aqua hissed. /Yugi! We'll help your grandfather./ Yami said as they moved the guard that blocked them from coming any closer to the dome and ran over. They stopped thought as Kaiba walked out and looked to them. "Let him out, Kaiba!" Yami growled, keeping his instincts down so he wouldn't reveal them to the people around them. He only chuckled and didn't bother to respond to their wish. "We've done human experiments in that simulator. We discovered that the average human goes insane in about 10 minutes. If we don't stop it soon, Yugi's grandfather will be destroyed..."

Yami snarled, wishing he could attack him at the moment but held the urge down. "I only have one condition for stopping the simulator! You two and Yugi must swear to face the hidden attraction of Kaiba Land, "Death-T"! The theme park of death that I built to exact my revenge on you three!" he demanded. Yugi finally got up from his knees and ran over to them. Jounouchi only stood off to the side, knowing if he got any closer to Kaiba, he may do something rash.

/We will have to do this. To save your grandfather, Yugi./ Yami told him. /But what if what he has in this theme park of death is enough to kill you? I don't want to lose you./ Yugi pleaded. /We have to. It's either our safety or that of your grandfather's, Yugi./ Yugi knew Aqua was right and soon agreed. "We'll face Death-T." Yugi whispered softly. Kaiba chuckled again before turning to another guard. "Shut off the simulator." he said and the guard did as he was told. Yami ran in once the smoke cleared and helped the older man out of the dome. Yugi ran over as well, asking him if he was alright. "Y-Yugi...I'm sorry I lost..." he said, wheezing lightly. "Don't speak, jii-chan. You need to recover." He shook his head lightly and looked to him.

"He...he's a terrible person...he'll do anything to win a game...even taking a life of another..." he continued no matter how much Yugi begged for him to try and relax so he could recover. "Yugi..." he whispered, holding his deck. "Th-These cards are the ones I used in my duel...I lost but I'm sure you or your two friends can used them to defeat him. These cards are my soul...I believe in you that you can defeat him." Yugi nodded, gripping the cards as Jounouchi ran over, saying that he called an ambulance and soon, the paramedics came and placed Sugoroku onto a stretcher.

Yami placed a hand upon Yugi's shoulder and he looked up to him. He could see the sadness and guilt in his eyes with the fact he couldn't do a thing to help his grandfather without revealing their powers. 'We'll defeat him. And we'll use the cards my jii-chan gave me to do so.' Yugi turned to Kaiba when he heard him laugh. "Does your grandfather really think you could defeat me with those when he couldn't beat me with them himself?!"

"I promised my jii-chan! I'll beat you with these cards!" Yugi snapped as he glared at him. The brunet laughed again, pulling out his three Blue Eyes. "Oh, you will, will you? I have three of the most powerful cards on earth, the Blue Eyes White Dragon! And you don't even have one! Not now!"

'I know! You tore up jii-chan's Blue Eyes, coward! The card he loved most...the card of Jii-chan's heart!' he thought. "Don't worry. A rematch with one of your lovers is what I've wanted from the beginning but you could always take their place if you're so determined." Kaiba said. 'And this time, the probability of my winning is over 99 percent...'

"The stage for our duel will be the dome at the top of the building! We're on the second floor now. Each deadly game you clear brings you closer to the top. But I'm sure you will never conquer Death-T! Not even your demons can get by without feeling some pain!"

"Kaiba! Count me in too! I'm not lettin' 'em go in alone! Who knows what kind of tricks you are up to!" Jounouchi demanded as he stood beside them. 'Hmm, wasn't expecting him to join but I should've known he would protect his friends...just like a little puppy. Oh well, just need to change my calculations a bit.' Kaiba thought. "Listen Kaiba! I could punch ya in yer lily-white face right here and now! But that wouldn't mean anythin'! Yugi'll beat you at yer card game! And I'll stake my life to make sure he along with Yami and Aqua get there ta do it!"

"Noble words, Jou-kun. Thank you." Aqua said and he gave him a grin and a thumbs up. "Don't forget about me!" Another voice said and they turned to see Honda standing there. "Honda?!" Jounouchi exclaimed. "What's with the kid on your back?" he questioned after spotting the child. "Ah, this thing? My sister made me babysit her kid. He kept whining to go to Kaiba Land...so here we are. Then we saw ya coming in here and felt something bad was going down." Honda explained. "Yaay! Kaiba's gonna win!" The baby cheered and Honda conked him over the head. "Shaddup, ya little brat!" he yelled. "Whoa, Honda! Don't make him cry!"

"That hurt, Hiroto! I'll tell mommy!"

"Just shut up!"

/They're doing all this for me. I can't thank them enough./ Yugi whispered to Yami. /We can think of a way to repay them back for sticking with us this far. Like Kaiba said, I'm sure that he has something planned that could damage or kill us and I have a feeling he won't believe in those old folk cures for demons, vampires and the like. His methods will contain brute force and these bodies can only handle so much at the state they're in./

/You're probably right. Just make sure you're careful./

"So, let's start the game already!" Aqua growled. "Fine. Open the gate of Death-T!" he commanded and a steel encased door with Death-T printed on it hissed as air was let out and the door slid open. "Step through the gate, Yugi! We're all waiting for you!" Some of the children in the audience started to beg about going into the attraction as well but Kaiba didn't pay no mind to them. "Ready, everyone?" Yami asked and they nodded. They started walking towards the open gate and once they were inside, Kaiba said some parting words that they didn't care about and the doors slammed shut behind them.

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Zypher: And that's all for this chapter. Now we're finally getting to the good part! Death-T is now underway and they're on their way to their first game. What tricks will Kaiba have up his sleeve this time? Well, you'll just have to find out in the next chapter but I hope you all enjoy this one. See you later.