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Chap. 6: Black Shadow's Domination
Spirit World, Dark Palace
"L...lord Hiei? Something h...has gone..."
Hiei sighed, irritated as always by the incredible stupidity of the Ogre servants left over from Koenma's work force. Turning towards him with an eerie serenity, the Demon King delivered his ultimatum.
"You had better have an extremely good reason for disturbing me, Ogre. I am in the middle of a very important meeting."
The ogre looked as if he had swallowed a lump of hot coal. It did not take him long to understand what he had disturbed...and what would happen to him.
"Well, are you going to stand there like the imbecile you are, or explain yourself."
"It's Yugi, sir. He's infiltrated our defenses. We only figured this out now."
"You seem to forget that I know all that happens within the confines of the Makai regions, and you also seem to forget that I specifically told you and the other barbarians that I was not to be disturbed for ANY reason at all. For you see, Ogre, my business here is much more important than any news you and the scum that you live with can provide. So if you want to live to see your next paycheck, I strongly suggest you remove yourself from my presence and crawl back into the shit hole you crawled out from."
"Excuse me, sir?!"
Hiei lowered his head in a level of humiliated frustration that none had ever seen before. Apparently the fact that his inferior servants had never stood up to him before was something of deepest shame to him. Yet beneath the bowed head of the fire demon king, a sinister thought was mechanizing in his head.
Under no circumstances can I allow this disobedience to continue within my organization. If word gets out that a lowly ogre stood against me, there might very well be an absolute uprising against my entire association. I CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN.
The question is not, however, how I shall punish him. It is more a question of how I can use it to my utmost advantage. And I think I have just the plan.
Hiei lifted his head to face his subordinate with a look of cold fury that none had seen before. From the looks of it, the ogre was about to spend his last few hours in horrific agony.
"Ogre, you of all people should know that insubordination to a high official of the Imperialism is a capital offence. Under normal circumstances, I would have to have you executed. However, I still have other plans that require accomplishment.
"To this end, I have a small proposal that I am certain you will accept; if not, I will personally send you to the Lava Pit, where your scrawny body will be engulfed in the molten corpse of the Old World. Do we understand each other?"
"Yes, Lord Hiei. What is thy bidding?"
"Bring me Seto Kaiba and his dueling deck. The rest will explain itself."
The ogre ran out of the throne room as fast as possible.
Hiei turned towards his guests of honor. Each of these various gang bosses had requested an audience with the new king of Makai, and he had been quite happy to oblige them.
Each of these visitors had served him in one way or other; from Yami Bakura, the spirit of the Millennium Ring that had made allegiance with Hiei in exchange for physical manifestation , to Michael Seebach, also known as Schwarztchvald, a former reporter for the Paradigm press turned super terrorist, devoted to "enlightening" the people of the Domes, who now served as Hiei's most trusted right hand.
All of the people in this room shared one common goal: international domination.
Most interesting. Each and every single person in this room brought their dueling decks that I specifically designed for each one. Let's hope they have the dueling experience they told me they have.
Standing to his full height, the fire demon addressed his fellow operatives.
"Esteemed members of the Black Shadow Organization, you have called me here to discuss a plan that, according to my confidant, could give us dominion over the Millennium Items that have remained free, as well as the three Egyptian God cards, created by the original owner of the Millennium Eye. Youkai Kurama, I believe it was you that devised this plan?"
Youkai Kurama, a fox demon of infamous strategic and thievery, stood up from his chair.
"Yes, Hiei. This plan is sure to draw out our required targets.
"As each and every one of you know, about a week before Koenma's disappearance six months ago, a Duel Monsters tournament, devised by the late Alexander Rosewater, was in the process of planning. Once both Rosewater and Koenma were out of the way, our spies were able to take complete control of this tournament and grant us access to the Duel Disks and invitations necessary to enter. This way, we will be able to control the tournament's events perfectly.
"However, new complications arose when Hiei, using an ogre's deck, was defeated by Yugi Mouto and the spirit in his Millennium Puzzle, and when Seto Kaiba, president and CEO of Kaiba Corp, shut down our arms trade in Siberia. Since he is rumored to wield Obelisk the Tormentor and the Millennium Rod, he is also one of our chief targets.
"Our plan is to hold the tournament, and make sure that Yugi and Kaiba enter this tournament...AND LOSE!"
Hiei chuckled, then suddenly began laughing.
"Perfect", said Hiei as he regained his composure, "the plan will go according to schedule. This meeting is adjourned. I will see you all at the tournament."
And with this, the board members exited.
Not bad, eh? Several questions remain. What does Roger Smith play in all this? How did Yusuke meet Yugi and Joey? Does Kuwabara duel in the tournament?
All these question and more will be answered next time and later on in "Force of Darkness, hear my cry"!
Please don't flame me! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, so happy Turkey Day!
Oh, by the way, if you have any idea as to who Yugi, Joey, Roger, or Yusuke should duel first in the new tournament, let me know!