Zypher: I'm glad you all enjoyed the last chapter! Glad you enjoyed the lemon too! Anyways, we finally get to the arrival of Ryou and Diamond and, sadly, the last few chapters of Yami no Game: Death's Awakening. My last and final kiriban will be at 175 so keep those reviews coming! Now here's the next chapter for you all!
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Yami no Game: Death's Awakening
Chapter 35
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Yugi sat in his classroom with a glow on his face, still thinking about the night he shared with Yami and Aqua while waiting for the teacher to come in. He looked up though when he heard a girl run in. "Hey, big news! Did you hear! Two transfer students are coming to our class!" The girl spoke to another. "Wow! Really?!" The girl nodded. "Yes! And the first was a guy!"
"Did you see him?! What's he like?!"
"Oh, I saw him! He's really cute!"
Yugi listened in on this and started to wonder exactly who the new transfer students were. The door soon opened as the teacher walked in with a white-haired teen and a girl with a well-maintained coat of snow-white fur. "Here he is!" A girl whispered, giggling to herself. "Ooh! He's high level alright!" Another girl whispered and the female snorted, tail whipping side to side. The teacher coughed and got their attention. "Ahem...attention everyone...we have two new students joining us today..." he spoke. Ryou smiled warmly to the class. "My name is Ryou Bakura and this is my half-sibling, Diamond Rose. We're pleased to meet you all." he said.
Yugi gave a smile as well. 'Bakura Ryou and Diamond Rose...maybe we could become friends...' Yugi thought. "Now, where should we sit you two...Ah, the two seats next to Jounouchi is open..." The teacher offered as Jounouchi started flailing his arms. "That's me! Over here!" he called. Ryou nodded and both he and Diamond started walking over to their seats. The girls groaned at seeing him sit next to Jou.
"Eww! Be careful, Bakura-san!"
"Don't let Jounouchi pollute you!"
"Me pollute him! Why I oughta-" Jounouchi growled but Diamond touched his shoulder. "Don't worry about them. We usually ignore any comments the girls give to him." she said as he grinned. They sat down and Ryou turned to look at Jou. "It's nice to meet you, Jounouchi!" Ryou greeted. "Same here and no need ta call me Jounouchi! Just call me Jou! And while we're at it, let's be friends!" Jounouchi exclaimed and Diamond smiled. "Sure, why not. We could use some good friends while we're here." she said. They quieted at the teacher got started with the lesson.
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At break, Yugi, Zella and Honda came over to greet Ryou and Diamond. "Ryou, Diamond, these are my buds!" Jounouchi introduced.
"Hi, I'm Yugi."
"And this is Honda and Zella." Jounouchi greeted for them. Zella smiled brightly. "Nice to meet you both!" she said. They nodded and then started to ask questions about one another. When Yugi mentioned the game shop, that caught Ryou's attention. "Wow, Yugi...your family runs a game store?" he asked and the smaller boy nodded. "Yeah. Do you like games, Ryou?" He nodded. "Yes, both Diamond and I love to play games. We especially like board and tabletop games...our favorite is Monster World...have you heard of it before?"
"Wow...Monster World! That sounds fun!" Jounouchi turned to look at Yugi. "What kind of game is Monster World?" he asked. "Monster World is a combination board and roleplaying game! You know, like "Hobgoblin" or "Mazes and Monsters"! One person plays the "Dark Master" and the monsters while the other people play a group of adventurers. Together they act out a story using miniature lead figures on a playing field. The Dark Master wins if he defeats all the adventurers but in turn, if the adventurers defeat the Dark Master, who is like the boss of the game, they win.
"The neat thing about Monster World is that the board is made of connecting blocks that can be arranged anyway you like. You can also buy blocks to expand your playing field. There are forests, villages, castles and mountains and by arranging them, you could come up with a new adventure each time you play!" Yugi explained. "Well I'm impressed, Yugi. You sure know your games." Diamond praised. Yugi smiled and his friends started to talk about it excitedly. "This sounds fun! How about we all come to play Monster World with you two?" Zella said, looking to them.
Diamond looked down quietly and Ryou didn't say anything for a while. "Um...o-ok then." Yugi saw this and started to wonder about their behavior. 'They don't seem really into it. I wonder why?' Ryou looked back to Yugi, seeing the Sennen Puzzle around his neck. "Oh...by the way, here's something I've been meaning to ask you...where did you get that pendant, Yugi?" he asked. "Oh this? It's called the Sennen Puzzle. I don't know much about it, but I heard it came from a tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh in Egypt and rumored to hold two spirits within it." he explained, not wanting to mention anything about Yami and Aqua to Ryou and Diamond just yet.
"Really now? Do you mind if we can see it?" Diamond asked once she heard Ryou ask about the puzzle. Yugi nodded and removed the puzzle from around his neck and handed it to Diamond. She took hold of it and looked to it in wonder. "This is very intriguing. Actually we also..." she gasped and held a hand to her chest. Ryou started to worry and winced, his face grimacing from the pain. Yugi stated to worry and asked if they were alright. "It's nothing..." Diamond wheezed as she handed the puzzle back to him.
"Here's your puzzle...back." she murmured as he took it from her, still worrying that she and Ryou were hurt in some way. 'Why does my chest hurt? I can't be from that gem pendant I have.' She took a glance over to Ryou and saw him wince in pain again. But soon, the pain vanished from them as fast as it came and they looked up to see a few girls and some boys walk into the class. "Hey, Jounouchi! Don't hog Bakura-san and Rose-san all to yourself!" One of the girls snapped. The others agreed and he snorted.
The groups of girls and boys dragged them off, saying that they will show them around the school and such. Jounouchi snorted again as he lied his head on his desk. "Guys like Ryou have all the luck!" he groaned. "Hey, it's already odd enough seeing all those boys hound Diamond. I thought it was worse when I came." Zella said. "But all in all, I think Ryou and Diamond are nice people and would become great friends!" Yugi said. "Yeah! You're right! I'm sure of that myself!" Jounouchi added.
'We'll have to play Monster World with them sometime.'
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"There's the bathroom!"
"And this is the music room!"
The group continued to lead them through the school, showing them the different classrooms. Ryou only agreed shyly, not well with many girls other than Diamond. "And next is..." As they continued to walk, a teacher saw them walk by and came to stop them in their tracks. "Hey you! You think you two can walk around the school with a flock of girls and boys?! Whose class are you supposed to be in?!" he demanded.
"Oh no, it's Karita-sensei, the P.E. teacher!" A girl whispered. "This isn't going to go well..." A boy groaned. Karita looked down at them with a grim smile before speaking again. "You're the two new kids that just transferred here, aren't you? I hear you two had some problems in your last school..." he said before grabbing a fistful of Ryou's hair and pulling at it. "However, there are rules at Domino High, mister! Like this hair!" Karita snapped, tugging at it again and making Ryou wince.
"Long hair for boys is against the rules!" He then turned to Diamond who bristled at how Ryou was poorly handled. "And as for you, missy, the same applies to you! Long hair past mid back is not allowed!" The girls and boys started to protest but knew they couldn't do much because Karita was a teacher. Karita looked down to them, still having a grip on Ryou's hair. "Listen and listen well, I want to see you both with short hair by tomorrow! When I see you accomplish that, I'll treat you as students of this school!" he snapped before letting go of Ryou's hair and walked off with a laugh.
"He's awful!" A girl cried. Another went over to Ryou to ask if he was alright. "Yes...I'm fine. I'm sorry but could I be alone for a while?" They nodded and he soon walked off, Diamond following him. Once they were in a secluded part of the school, Ryou sighed and looked up to Diamond. "Did it happen to you, too? Did your chest start hurting suddenly?" he asked and she nodded. "Yeah. I don't know what's going on, but it started even since I held Yugi's pendant." she murmured before reaching for the gold chain around her neck and pulled at it, revealing a pendant with a large gem on it. The gem itself was about the size of her palm and was embedded in an intricate gold base. Inside the gem was the Sennen eye which looked as if it was sealed inside the center of the gem.
Ryou pulled out his own pendant that was a large ring with five points and a triangle on the inside with the same eye on it. They both heard laughter and looked around, seeing no one. 'Something is going on...we always hear someone but then no one is there.' Ryou thought before they both placed their pendants away and headed back to their classes without seeing the group of girls and boys who had to scatter once another teacher told them to stop loitering around.
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After school, they were leaving out when Yugi and the others caught up with them. "Hey, Ryou-kun! Diamond-chan!" Yugi called as they came over to them. They were surprised to see them but smiled. "Hi everyone!" Ryou greeted, turning to meet them. "I was talking to my friends and they'd loved to play Monster World tomorrow! What do you two think? Can we come to your house to play? If not, we can go to my house and play the game." Yugi explained.
"Oh...well..." Ryou went silent after that and Yugi started to worry again. "You don't want to...?" he asked softly. "No, that's not it! We would love to play the game with you! All of you!" Diamond spoke for Ryou but sighed. "The thing is...at our last school, we used to get together with our friends to play roleplaying games...but when we did, a strange thing would happen..." She took a deep breath before continuing. "People who played games with us would lose consciousness. They're still in a coma in the hospital...you may not believe me but it's true." This shocked them and Yugi was about to walk forward to comfort them but Ryou's voice stopped him.
"That sort of thing kept happening, so people started avoiding us...that's why we kept changing schools. Now we're living in an apartment by ourselves, away from our family..." Ryou whispered, gripping the handle of his schoolbag. "We want to be friends with you! And we want to play games but...I decided that we both agreed on. Diamond and I don't want to lose any more friends...so you shouldn't get close to us..." The teen wiped away tears before leaving. Diamond watched him go before turning back to Yugi and his friends. "We'll see you...if it's possible." she whispered before leaving as well.
"Diamond-chan! Ryou-kun! Don't go!" Yugi called but they were already gone. 'People going into comas because of a game. That can't be possible...can it?' he wondered before deciding to head home, saying goodbye to his friends as he left.
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Later that night, Ryou was in his room, writing a letter to his bio sister. Diamond was in the room with him but was reading a book quietly to herself. A deep chuckle was heard and Ryou looked up. 'That voice again!' he thought as the person chuckled again. /"So...you can hear me now, can you?"/ The voice spoke. Ryou stood up from his chair and looked around. "Who's there?!" His outburst caught Diamond's attention and she looked over to him. "Is something wrong, Ryou?"
"That voice. It came back." he replied in a whisper.
"It did?! I didn't hear anything!" she gasped as she got up and walked over to him. Another voice snickered and this time, Diamond heard it. It was almost as if it was right in her ear. /"I guess from now on, we'll be able to speak with our hosts...truly a day to remember!"/ he spoke before laughing. "Who are you people and why do you keep speaking to us?!" she demanded.
Neither voice didn't answer to her question but one did speak up again. /"It truly is and something else worth remembering...we've finally met him! The other boy with a Sennen item...after 3,000 years. The Sennen items must be resonating with each other to produce a field of some kind...and that's why you two can hear us now..."/ The first spoke. "Who are you? What is this voice that keeps plaguing my mind?!" Ryou cried, falling to his knees. /"Who are we, you ask...we've been with you two for a long time...hiding within you...within the ring and gem of wisdom, the Sennen Ring and Sennen Gem..."/
"The Sennen Ring and Gem? You mean these pendants...?!" Diamond hissed before trying to pull off the pendant from around her neck but it wouldn't budge. She gasped and pulled away her shirt to see the pendant was embedded into her chest. She gasped and tried to remove it, but it wouldn't move at all. "Ryou! The pendant! It won't move. Hurry and get rid of yours!" she cried as he tried to do the same but his wouldn't move either. Moving to unbutton his shirt left him to see the points digging under his skin, thin rivulets of blood seeping from the wound. Both voices laughed in grim satisfaction.
/"Now you can't take us off...because of you two, we've finally found the bearer of the Sennen Puzzle...we've decided to keep you as our hosts permanently!"/ Ryou shook his head and tried to remove the ring but it wouldn't move, and blood continued to spill from the wounds. "No! No! Get out! Get out of my body and leave Diamond alone as well!"
/"Now, now...don't be so cold to us. Believe me when I say, it feels good in here! In you~!"/ The voice purred and the other laughed, agreeing with him. /"And instead of paying rent, we grant wishes! Your wishes! Why, we've granted them almost every day..."/ The voice whispered. "Huh...?" Ryou asked in shock. /"Didn't you two think this when you were playing those games? "How fun this is"! "I wish we could play games with my friends forever"! We granted that wish for you both!"/
"Wh...What are you talking about...Y-You can't mean those..." Diamond started but the other voice silenced her. /"Well...you'll realize soon enough..."/ he murmured. /"In any case, this is our chance to get our hands on the Sennen Puzzle! Especially without the spirits inhabiting it! If we let this opportunity go by, I don't know how long we'll have to wait for another one...the Sennen items are relics that house souls from the past...like a memorial or portable tombs...however...if there's a guardian of the tomb...there must also be a thief to rob the tomb!"/ The voice said with a laugh.
/"Now...since I'm feeling good tonight, let us pay our rent and maybe get a feast from the unworthy souls that dare cross our path..."/ he spoke and Ryou gasped. "No! W-What are you up to?!" he spoke, wanting to know exactly what was being planned but the voice only laughed darkly. /"...So you want short hair? You may not believe us, but we care for our masters, our landlords...that gym teacher swore at you both, didn't he...?"/ he spoke and Ryou gasped.
"Don't...!"
/Sleep our sweet prince and princess...sleep.../ Was the last thing they heard before unconsciousness took them in its embrace, no matter how much Diamond tried to fight it.
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At the school, Karita was about to head home when he heard someone coming towards him and before he could get a word out, the words "Penalty Game!" Was all he heard before his body slumped onto the ground, now devoid of a soul. The demon walked over and reached down to grab the miniature figure from the ground beside Karita. "His soul is now sealed into this miniature. From now on, you'll act your part as a living piece in our campaign world!" he growled before looking to the other.
"Now that we have some freedom, a nice big meal is in order. Right, Bakura?" The demon asked and the other grinned, showing sharp fangs. "Yes. Ryou and Diamond always kept us sealed away out of fear of our last incident and won't let us out for a meal when we desire one. We pay our rent by giving them friends to always be there to play games but they must also give us what we want." Bakura hummed as he walked off. "And what we want is a true form and we can't gain one locked away. We can only get one by devouring flesh and souls..." he continued as they went to look for unworthy souls to use for their nightly meal.
'And we will get what we want so we can claim what we desire...Ryou, my sweet little prince...you will soon be mine...'
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The next day, Yugi and the others were worried when Ryou or Diamond didn't come to school that day. They were walking down the street, heading to their apartment and were in awe when they saw exactly where they lived. "This is the apartment where they live?! It's huge!" Jounouchi gasped in awe before getting over it and look to them. "We all know what the plan is, right? Ryou-kun and Diamond-chan must be staying home, down in the dumps!"
"Yup!"
"Lucky for them, they're our friends! We're going to go play games until we prove that those people going into comas was just a coincidence!" The group nodded as they started heading up to the apartment. "Say, Jounouchi! Did you hear that Karita-sensei was taken to the hospital in a coma? Isn't that weird?" Honda explained. "That stupid P.E. teacher? Serves him right!" Jounouchi grumbled. "Hey Yugi, why didn't you invite Yami and Aqua?" Zella asked. "They needed some rest. They wanted to come with me to school but I didn't want them to fall asleep on their feet." Yugi replied and she nodded. They finally reached their apartment and rang the doorbell. Ryou opened the door and was surprised to see them there.
"Y-Yugi?! Everyone..."
"We came over to play with you and Diamond, Ryou!" Zella said. "Let's all play Monster World together!" Yugi exclaimed and he shook his head. "No! Get out of..." He abruptly stopped and looked behind then back to them, a small smile on his face. His features looked as if they changed marginally but nothing out of the ordinary for the group of friends to catch on to. "...the hall and come on in! I'm so glad you could all make it today...right this way." 'Ryou' whispered as he led them inside.
"Don't mind if I do! Sorry we didn't call ahead..." Jounouchi exclaimed as they slipped out of their shoes at the door and walked in. Yugi didn't say anything but was curious about Ryou. 'Did his expression change suddenly…?' he thought then shook his head. "Must be my imagination..." he whispered. "Diamond and I just had this feeling that you all would come over! You're our friends after all..." 'Ryou' spoke, leading them to his and Diamond's shared room. "I wish I had an apartment like this!" Jounouchi gasped as he looked around with excitement.
'That was close...don't be mean, my sweet prince...it would be rude to turn away your friends after they've came over to play...' Bakura thought with a silent laugh. "I've already got the game all set up and Diamond's waiting for us in our room!" he said as he opened the door and they all gasped at they looked to the huge field map. "This is so cool!" Yugi exclaimed.
"Monster World, the adventure board game! This is our custom battle board!" 'Diamond' explained, no one noticing the two rings of midnight black around her wrists or her eyes being a shade of crimson instead of the usual dark blue. "Now, let's do some roleplaying!" 'Ryou' announced, a dark look in his eyes. 'Or should I say...a yami no game...!' he thought, laughing silently in his mind. In their soul rooms, Ryou and Diamond banged on the doors, desperately trying to escape the trap that not only their friends were in but themselves as well to the demons. They had to get out and warn their friends of the danger they were about to get themselves into.
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Zypher: And this is all for today! Hoped you all enjoyed and will be waiting for the next one which will soon be on its way! See you soon!