Towershipping (Yami no Marik x Jonouchi x Kaiba)

There was a single reason why the three of them were there.

His name was Yugi Mutou.

One wanted to kill him.

One wanted to best him.

One was only there to support him.

But for each to accomplish their tasks, they had to face each other. Each of them believed themselves ready. But each of them made the same, terrible mistake.

They underestimated the others.

The one with maniacal violet eyes could not see through his bloodlust. In his barely concealed frenzy, he could not see past his fantasy of seeing Yugi Mutou die. His opponents were mere building block towers in the way, to be flicked over with ease. But that careless confidence was his undoing, when the one with fiery spirit in his brown eyes struck without warning.

The one with the fiery spirit told himself he was here for Yugi. He told himself that he was here only to assist his best friend. He promised himself to try his absolute hardest on his own. But he ignored his real motives: his need to prove himself. His insatiable hunger for some measure of recognition. He was here for Yugi – but he was also here for himself. He used all his power to choose his opponent, believing blindly in his own abilities and his dreams of success – and though with his fire he got the match he wanted, he was still the first to fall.

The last of the trio, the one with blue eyes that spoke of times long forgotten, times even he suppressed, thought himself above them all. Only Yugi was worth his best. Only Yugi was worthy to be his opponent. He would regain his former titles, become the king of the game, and more importantly, king of the gods themselves. His opponents were only chess pieces in the way of the king, not fit to be considered. Pride came before his fall: though he gained the opponent he sought, he was the next to drop.

Only a single thread binds these immensely different souls: and that thread is their disregard for each other.

Each had their eyes on what they wanted.

And each one lost it because they refused to see the obstacles for what they were.

A/N: Very abstract-ish. I enjoyed it, though. Next is Tourneyshipping (Yami no Yugi x Haga).