Ultimate Yu-Gi-Oh!
Rated K+
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Ultimate Yu-Gi-Oh!
Story Arc 1
The
Shadow Games
Battle 03:
Key Keeper! The Secret of Yugi Revealed! Part I
"An Egyptian exhibit?" Joey, Tristan, and Tea gasped at Yugi's comment. They were in their classroom before class started as Yugi was explaining to them what his grandpa told him.
"Yup! It's opening tomorrow at the Domino Museum!" he said.
"That sounds interesting, let's go!" Tea approved as Joey and Tristan nodded.
"The college professor who discovered the pharaoh's tomb is one of my grandpa's friends, Professor Yoshimori." Yugi revealed. "He invited us, so we can get in for free!"
"Didn't they find a mummy?" Tristan asked, freaking Joey out.
"Yerk!" he screamed. "A m-mummy? I don't wanna get cursed!"
"Egypt is such a mystical place." Tea confirmed. "Isn't that where you got your Millennium Puzzle from, Yugi?"
"Yup, my good ol' Millennium Puzzle!" Yugi said as he held it up in the air.
"Didn't your grandpa say that the people who found it died mysteriously?" Tea asked, frightened as Joey and Tristan shuddered in fear.
"Yugi, y-you're not cursed, are you?" Joey asked.
"No, of course not." Yugi unknowingly lied. Lately, there have been some incidences where I lost my memory, but you guys shouldn't know that.
"Tomorrow's Sunday. Let's meet at the museum at 1:00!" Tea decided as the boys agreed.
"Wow, an Egyptian exhibit." Yugi said to himself as he raised his hands over his head. "I love this stuff! I can't wait!"
The next day, the Yugi, Joey, Tristan, Tea, and Solomon arrived at the Domino Museum, wearing their own idea of casual clothing. Joey just wore a jacket that read, "Tough Enough" and a pair of jeans. Tristan wore a white T-shirt with pitch-black pants. Tea wore a white shirt under a light pink jacket with blue jean shorts. Yugi just wore his school uniform jacket with a black shirt under it that read, "MAGI" in indistinctive writing.
"Muto!" a man yelled as he approached the five.
"Yoshimori, it's good to see you again!" Solomon said as the two shook hands. "Everyone, this is Professor Yoshimori. Yoshimori, this is my grandson Yugi and his friends Wheeler Joey, Taylor Tristan, and Gardner Tea."
"Whoa!" Joey exclaimed. "You're famous! You're the guy who found the Pharaoh's Tomb!" A hefty man wearing a red and white tuxedo and a red hat walked towards them. "Who're you?"
"I am Kanekaru, owner of the Domino Museum!" the man smiled. He then shot a glance at Yugi and gasped. "You! You hold the legendary Millennium Puzzle? You must show it to me!" Yugi removed it from his neck as Kanekaru snatched it from his hands. "T…this is wonderful! Such an important piece of pharaonic history…and it's hanging around your neck! You must let me display it in the museum!"
"Why should I do that?" Yugi asked. "I can't let go of my treasure for that long…how about for one day?"
"Oh, yes!" Kanekaru agreed. "One day's enough!" Kanekaru then looked at it evilly. One day's enough…
Inside, Yoshimori was showing the group a lot of Egyptian artifacts.
"I thought archaeologists were treasure hunters with dreams of hitting it big…" Yugi said to Yoshimori.
"Ah, that's only in the movies. In fact, archaeology is one of the worst paid jobs." Yoshimori answered. "But after a few months and years of searching, you open the door to something no one has ever seen before and it gets exciting."
"Well, excuse me for a minute, everyone!" Kanekaru said as he began to leave. "I'm going to put the Millennium Puzzle on play!"
Somehow, I don't feel right without the Puzzle… Yugi thought.
"That's awesome Yugi, your treasure's gonna be famous!" Joey encouraged as the group began to move ahead, except for Yugi and Yoshimori.
"Sorry, Yugi…" he started. "I know you didn't want to lend him your puzzle."
"Oh, it's only for one day!" Yugi smiled.
"He can be a little self-centered…" Yoshimori said.
Yugi was staring at a dead mummy through a display case.
"Man, that's really cool!" he said as a man in an Egyptian robe carrying a golden scale and wearing a golden key around his neck approached him. He had tears in his eyes and was staring at the mummy.
"Why are you crying?" Yugi asked him.
"These tears are not mine…" the man said. "This shriveled form…he has become a doll of dust…but still he is an eternal pharaoh…his spirit lives on with his name. Even the eternal sleep is denied…the cry of his soul becomes tears and flow down my cheeks." Yugi then stared at his golden scale.
That's weird…he thought. He's carrying a scale… The man then rubbed Yugi's hair.
"You're a nice little boy…" he said as he walked away, leaving a very angry Yugi.
"Little boy!" he shouted. "I'm in High School!" Joey then ran to him.
"Yugi, your Millennium Puzzle is on display!" he shouted as Yugi ran towards the display case. Kanekaru was standing there, with a potential business buyer.
"We'll talk about the price ten minutes before closing time!" Kanekaru finalized as the buyer smiled.
"Yes, Mr. Kanekaru! I will pay any price for the Millennium Puzzle!" He then ran out of the exhibit room.
Heh…that puzzle's gonna make me a bundle! Kanekaru thought. I'll have to give Yugi some to shut him up…like a picture to remember it by!
A few minutes later, everyone was exiting the museum, really happy about what they saw today.
"All that was fun!" Yugi shouted. "I wish I could go to Egypt!"
"Yoshimori, thank you so much!" Solomon said as he shook hands with Yoshimori.
"It's my pleasure!" he said. "Say, why don't you come by the lab, and I'll show you more! Well, I have to go back to the university."
"Goodbye!" Everyone waved as Yugi remembered the reason he came here.
"So, what do you guys want to do now?" Tea asked.
"I'll wait here until closing time!" Yugi requested. "I need to get my Puzzle back before I go home!"
"I have to get back to the store…" Solomon said.
"We'll see you tomorrow, Yugi!" Tea waved as they all went their separate ways. Yugi just leaned against the wall and checked his watch.
"4:30…30 minutes left." Yugi said as he continued to wait.
In his office, Mr. Kanekaru was throwing the Millennium Puzzle up and down through the air as if it were his own.
"Since my investment funded the discovery of the Pharaoh's tomb, I can make a fortune off the Millennium Puzzle!" he cheered. A knock then went on his door. "Come on in!" The door creaked open as the same Egyptian man from before entered the room. "Wha…?" he gasped. "Who the hell are you?"
"My bloodline has guarded the pharaoh's tomb for 3,000 years." He said. "I am a servant of Anubis."
"A…A…Anubis…?" Kanekaru panted. "The Egyptian God of Death…?"
"Because of your greed, another tomb in the Valley of Kings has been defiled." He spoke. "You have trespassed in the territory of the gods, so you will go on trial!"
"Y-you're from the Egyptian government, aren't you?" Kanekaru asked. "I don't sell antiques on the black market!" The Egyptian then placed his scale on the table Kanekaru was sitting at.
"You know the scene of the Final Judgment in the 125th chapter of what you call 'The Book of the Dead'." He said. "This is the scale of truth!"
The Final Judgment…! Kanekaru told himself. When the deeds of the deceased are weighed before Osiris, the Lord of the Underworld! On one side of the scale is the feather of Ma'at, Goddess of Truth…on the other side is the Heart of the Deceased, representing their soul. If their sins are heavier than the feather, the deceased is fed to Ammit, a monster combining parts of a crocodile, a hippo, and a lion! But, it's only a myth after all…
"We now begin the game!" The Egyptian said. "The Shadow Game!" He then placed the feather on the left scale. "On this side of the scales, I place the Feather of Ma'at. As you can see, the scales are balanced. Now, I will ask you several questions. If you do not tell the truth, the other side will grow heavy…with the weight of your crimes. If that side of the scale shall touch the ground…a penalty game awaits you."
What's with this guy? Kanekaru asked.
"First question:" The Egyptian began. "A young girl falls into a deep well. You are the only one who happens to see it. However, at your feet lies a golden ring the girl was wearing…what do you do?"
"I save her!" Kanekaru lied. "I'll save the girl!" The scale of the deceased began to weigh down a bit. "What…? I told the truth!"
"Next question," The Egyptian said.
Meanwhile outside, Yugi looked at his watch and saw it was 5:00.
"All right! The museum is about to close!" Yugi exclaimed. "Time to get my puzzle back!" Yugi then ran inside the museum.
Back in the room, the scale of the deceased was about to touch the desk.
"B-but I wasn't lying!" he pleaded. "I was telling the truth!"
"Very well…before the last question, I will tell you about the penalty game" Egyptian said. "It waits in your very heart." As if on cue, the chair Kanekaru was sitting on began to take a demonic appearance.
"T-the chair is changing!" Kanekaru screamed.
"That is Ammit." The Egyptian said. "It is the monster that has taken up the residence in your room of soul. The final question: Have you defiled the territory of the Gods and sold their treasure to fatten your own pockets?"
"S-STOP IT!" Kanekaru yelled. "I'LL PAY YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT TO STOP!" The scale of the deceased then touched the ground of the table.
"There is no truth in your room of soul." The Egyptian revealed. "There is only greed." Ammit then opened its giant jaws and engulfed Kanekaru within them. The Egyptian then turned around to see something he thought he'd never see again.
"The M-Millennium Puzzle…?" he gaped. "Does this mean somebody has awakened the Shadow Games? Who on Earth could it be…?" Yugi then entered the room to see the Egyptian holding the Millennium Puzzle in his hands.
"Excuse me…" Yugi began. "May you return my puzzle?"
Impossible… the Egyptian thought. It can't be this boy! I must find out if this boy truly is the heir of the Shadow Games with my Millennium Key. The Egyptian removed his key from his neck and pointed it at Yugi's head. He then turned it, and there was a bright light.
The Egyptian appeared in a dark hallway, with two doors.
Th…this boy has two rooms in his soul! He realized as he walked closer to the door on the left. The door to one room is open…it's scattered with toys, but it is pure…no thoughts of darkness. The Egyptian then turned to the right and stared at the black door with hieroglyphics written on it and the Eye of Horus on it. But the other door…The Egyptian gasped as the dark door began to open by itself. The door is able to reveal itself. When the door opened, Yugi was standing there, but he didn't look like he usually did. He was a bit taller, more spikes in his hair, and a harsher look in his eyes.
"Well, well…" the "Other" Yugi spoke. "…a visitor in my room. Come in…if you dare, a game awaits you."
TO BE CONTINUED…
Who is this Other Yugi What will the Egyptian face in this Shadow Game?
Ultimate Yu-Gi-Oh!
Battle 04:
Key Keeper! The Secret of Yugi Revealed! Part II
