Disclaimer: I don't own Yu gi oh or any concepts or names that you recognize. Although I do own some of my own ideas and OCs.

Anyways R/R and also I will have more information for my story, like character bios and stuff on my other website. It won't be anything you have to know to understand the story but it gives some spoilers and detailed info that you might want to know. Also Kaiba and some of the others are very OOC, but it all fits in somehow.

So ENJOY!

(btw: Everything that happened in the anime did happen, but everything's been reset and so that all changes. If your confused email me or post in my group any questions or comments and I'll answer! And I'm going to refer to Malik as the good half and Marik as the bad half so I don't get confused or anyone else)

(Check out my profile for the link to the site withmore info)

Prequel

After Marik, the dark half, was defeated and sent to the Shadow Realm, he was angry and vowed revenge on all involved with Battle City. For years he vowed death to his enemies and to destroy the "Pharaoh's" entire world. He spent his time planning his revenge.

One day he met a woman who had sold her soul to darkness and become a witch. She was impressed by Marik and his history and decided to assist him in his revenge. She found a way to bring him back. To do that, his good side, Malik, had to be defeated. She cast a spell that sent Malik's mind to the Shadow Realm in place of Marik. Once he was gone, Marik took over his body and was ready for his revenge. First he and the witch, Zarina, performed a forbidden ceremony of dark arts. They were able to change the past and present (of this lifetime) as everyone knew it. The Pharaoh's vessel and his friends had never met and nothing had ever happened as far as his enemies knew. A backfiring of the spell caused him to forget which one of the group was the "vessel." He's set out to find him and destroy him as his friends. Of course he couldn't do that alone. He found people whose soul or mind had been touched by evil originally. He made them his warriors and servants. Among them are his 5 Horsemen (the Shadow Riders) and his assassins/agents known as the Shadow Rulers.

Everything has changed from the way it was supposed to be. Yugi and his friends have never met and he has never been in any duel. Duel monsters are real, not holograms, used for more than dueling and are summoned from cards their spirits are held in. Most humans have special abilities and powers they use on a normal basis.

Seto Kaiba is the CEO of Kaiba Corps. He and his younger brother, Mokuba are well known and despised. When they were younger his cousin mysteriously disappeared and he has a feeling it was more than foul play.

A few others know the truth about what Marik did. Among them is Malik's sister Ishizu Ishtar. She knew that her brother had been sent to the Shadow Realm and vowed to defeat Marik. She became part of an organization called "The Oracle." Their job is to find the Pharaoh and defeat Marik's forces. She appeared to Kaiba and showed him the truth and how things are supposed to be. He joined her and became part of the group. Ishizu later finds Yugi and gives him the puzzle, telling him that he has to take a journey and find out the meaning behind it. So he sets to discover what she's talking about and figure out exactly what the story is behind the puzzle and Marik. And along the way he just might find the people who helped him out before.

A/N: Well whaddya think? Hate it? Like it? Need to know more? Like I said before if you check out my site for it you may find more info, but you don't have to know any of it.

Next Time: Yugi is given the puzzle and sets out on what could be the biggest adventure of his life. More characters will be introduced and you'll find out more about Marik and his Shadow Forces. Also what about that mysterious group known as "The Oracle"?