A familiar chill ran up Yami's spine. This wasn't an ominous chill like the shadow games produced. This was the electrifying feeling of excitement. The sensation always seemed to coincide with Dark Magician's arrival, whether it be his hologram's appearance or the summoning of his spirit. As Yami held out the card that connected Dark Magician to this world, a breeze seemed to blow by the Pharaoh. Yami chose to ignore that he was in a closed-off room and focus on the figure that appeared in front of him.
The magician was much taller than Yami, even when he wasn't floating. His face was nearly always emotionless unless he was battling, a fact that would have usually peeked Yami's suspicions. The Pharaoh didn't trust anyone unless he thought he could read them. Yet, Yami always felt completely safe around this duel spirit. He could hardly explain it himself, but since the day Yugi got that card, Yami knew it was here to protect them.
Once Dark Magician was entirely in the room, he glanced around, most likely looking for an opponent. Yami did rarely call him unless it was a duel. Once the magician figured out there was no fight, he got down on one knee and bowed to Yami.
"You don't have to do that." Yami sighed. This over-politeness always made him feel uncomfortable, especially from a spirit he considered his card partner. The Dark Magician remained kneeled, head bowed to the floor. "…Please stand. I need your guidance." Yami said. Dark Magician immediately got to his feet and tapped the bottom of his scepter to the ground. While the scepter made no sound against the wooden floor, Yami knew that was the spirit's way of agreeing to talk.
Dark Magician was a strange spirit. He didn't quite feel the same as other duel spirits. Those other spirits had an aura about them that made you know they were powerful creatures, even small ones like Kuriboh. Dark Magician had no such aura. He also never spoke, and none of the other duel spirits seemed to know him… well, other than Dark Magician Girl.
…
Sometime after the Great Leviathan fell, Yugi was editing his deck with Yami. As he was looking through his cards, he pulled out Dark Magician Girl. It was then her spirit popped out on her own for the first time. She scared Yugi half to death and surprised the spirit of Dark Magician who had been by Yami's side. As soon as Dark Magician Girl saw Dark Magician, she flew into a joyful frenzy. She kept zipping around the room and demanding to know why he never came to the duel monster world anymore.
"All this time! Think of how many duels we've been in together, and you haven't spoken to me once. You were so quiet I didn't even think there was a spirit in that Dark Magician hologram!" Dark Magician Girl had said back then.
"Wait, you know Dark Magician?" Yugi asked.
"Of course, he was my master. Those little stories on our cards aren't just for fluff. But then, five thousand years ago, he got a human partner. That partnership took him away from the duel monster world. At the same time, I also got a human partner and became the Dominion of the Beast leader, so we lost contact. I think the last time we talked waaasss…." Dark Magician Girl's face scrunched up as she took on an expression Yami recognized. It was the same look he would have when he tried to remember his foggy past. Eventually, she gripped her head in frustration. "I can't remember! Strange, I usually have such a good memory... Anyway, I might have forgotten our last meeting, but I would never forget you, master!"
Dark Magician remained silent at the time, but his bright blue eyes seemed apologetic and almost sad. The more Dark Magician Girl continued to playfully berate Dark Magician, the more he fell back into his blank expression. This only seemed to get Dark Magician Girl more riled up. This cycle continued until Dark Magician held out his hand. Dark Magician Girl stopped, and she watched as Dark Magician drifted back to Yami's side. He stayed floating by Yami's spiritual form, not saying anything. This seemed to remind Dark Magician Girl of something because she became shocked, then saddened.
"Oh, you're not my master. Not anymore, at least…."
…
After that meeting, Dark Magician Girl was always friendly with Dark Magician, but she never sought him out. Again, this should have made Yami much more apprehensive of his chosen card partner. Yet, he had an unexplainable but unwavering faith in the card spirit.
"I need to know something. Why have the duel spirits gone quiet?" Yami said as he sat down on Yugi's bed.
The magician stared at him a few moments. It felt like his blue eyes were looking into Yami's very core. Then Dark Magician blinked and seemed confused. He raised his scepter and used it to point at Yugi in a Muto family photo.
"Yugi is gone. That is why I need your help." Yami said as his gaze fell to the floor. The most emotion Yami had ever seen from the spirit came when the mage's eyes widened, and he fell back in shock. The magician seemed honestly terrified. "He's missing. I think it has something to do with duel spirits, but since I haven't been able to talk to any lately, you are all I have."
Dark Magician returned to his emotionless self when he realized Yugi was only missing. But for a moment, Yami thought he saw relief on the magician's face. Dark Magician then looked around the room. His eyes eventually fell on the Millennium Puzzle. He floated over and gestured for Yami to lift up the puzzle.
"When Yugi left, this puzzle changed too. It doesn't feel like it's made of metal anymore. It's more like a rock." Yami sighed as Dark Magician studied the pyramid. The magician then tapped his scepter to it. A yellow spark came from the eye at the center. "I can tell it still has some magic, but it's so minimal I wouldn't have felt it without looking for it. Let's hope I don't have to stop any shadow games anytime soon."
Dark Magician gave Yami a wary look and pulled away. The magician paced the room, much like Yami did when worried. Then Dark Magician stopped and looked out the window. Out there, Yami could see the darkening Domino city with KaibaCorp's main building towering over everything. Dark Magician then looked to Yami and the Millennium Puzzle. He pointed at a clock, then at himself.
"Time and you?" Yami asked. Dark Magician shook his head and started to glide towards the window. He went right through the wall. He then stuck his head back in to point to the clock and himself again.
"You'll be back?" Yami asked. Dark Magician nodded and pointed at Yami's door. The magician shook his head as he gestured from Yami to the door, then he disappeared from view.
Yami sighed and flopped back on the bed. "Don't leave, and you'll be back." He guessed to the empty room. This was probably the worst thing Dark Magician could have asked of him. Yami felt like he had to do something. He couldn't just lie around while Yugi could be in danger. As he thought about getting up and maybe following the spirit, that unexplainable gut feeling returned. He trusted Dark Magician more than almost anyone, even more than some of his dear friends. So, the Pharaoh waited. He stayed in Yugi's room and stared at the ceiling. It felt like if he got up, he would start pacing. With how tired this entire day had made him, he needed all the energy he could save.
About thirty minutes later, Dark Magician appeared once again in the room. Yami immediately woke up from his quick nap, only to find Dark Magician bowing to him again.
"I said you do not need to do that! What did you find?" Yami grumbled in frustration. The magician got up, not affected by Yami's anger in the slightest, and pointed out the window. Yami ran to the window and looked out just in time to be blinded. There was a great flash as black fire collided with white scales. Yami shaded his eyes to see two dragons fighting over the city skyline. It was Joey's Red-Eyes Black Dragon and one of Seto's Blue-Eyes.
"What are they doing?!" Yami asked as he looked back to Dark Magician. The magician once again pointed at the fight. Yami turned to see Blue-Eyes grab Red-Eyes by the throat and throw him towards Kaiba Tower. The black dragon fell through the building's wall and reappeared higher up the tower.
"You want me to go to them?" Yami asked. Dark Magician nodded. Yami sighed and watched as the battle continued up towards the top of the tower. "Kaiba's going to love to see me at this hour," Yami said as he looked out to the black sky. Then other lights caught his attention as he looked down to see Junior driving up with the other Mutos.
"They're not going to like me traveling the city this late either," Yami said. He then pulled away from the window and jumped into Yugi's bed. He didn't even take off his shoes as he covered his entire body in blankets. Dark Magician watched on as Junior and Yui came up the stairs. He then floated away from view as the hallway light crept into the dark bedroom.
"Is Yugi already asleep? Sure, it's late but hasn't he always been a night owl?" Junior asked.
"Shh. He's sick. Must have been too tired." Yui whispered. Their voices disappeared as they went into their room. Once they were gone, Yami held his breath as he heard Grandpa's footsteps stop at his door. Yami heard as the older man sighed, then the hallway light disappeared as Grandpa closed the door. Once the shop became quiet, Yami silently hopped out of bed. To his relief, Dark Magician was still there.
Yami grabbed his deck and cellphone (mostly because Yugi had always taken the technology with him when he left the house). He then tip-toed through the noiseless shop. As he went, he couldn't help but feel a familiarity with the dark scene. It was like many years ago when he would sneak out to punish bullies. When the shadows were all he knew…
'I still have to deal with those victims… One problem at a time, Yami. First, find Yugi, then worry about your old enemies.'
Yami held by Grandpa's door to make sure he could hear his slow breathing. Never take for granted that Grandpa was asleep was something he had learned early on; while Yui took sleeping pills, Grandpa was a light sleeper. As Yami waited to make sure Grandpa was asleep, he wondered why he was still doing this. Grandpa knew everything at this point; why not ask him for help? Yami looked questioningly from Grandpa's door to Dark Magician. The mage shook his head like he somehow knew what Yami was about to ask him.
Yami slid past Grandpa's room, down the stairs, and to the window with the broken lock. He slipped the window open and slinked outside, closing the window behind him. Yami then looked around the shadowy city. On this side of the shop, there was no lamp post, leaving everything in darkness. This was something Yami felt more comfortable with when he had first woken up. Now that he was less shadow, the gloom seemed more foreboding, especially without Yugi's spirit by his side. It gave everything a twisted edge. Yami unconsciously held onto the Millennium Puzzle's chain as his eyes shifted from side to side. Dark Magician then floated past him. The magician turned back to the Pharaoh and waited for him to follow. He silently led Yami through the dark the entire trip. Quietly, the two ran through Domino city, dodging shady-looking people and streetlamps. After what turned out to be an uneventful trip, they found the great tower.
"Now for the hard part," Yami whispered as he looked up at the tallest skyscraper in the city. At the very top, if Yami craned his neck, he could still hear faint roars. He then looked back down to see workers as they left the building. They were all wearing fancy suits and dress shirts. Yami felt the loose-fitting summer clothes Yugi had thrown on this morning. He looked the opposite of official.
Yami put on a stern face. The face of someone that knew where they were going and strode into the building. Once past the group of workers leaving at the end of their shift, only one woman was working at the front desk. She was lazily leaning on one hand as she played some game on her computer. Yami walked right up, surprising her and making her lose her game.
"What are you doing here, kid? This place isn't a playground." She huffed.
"I am Yugi Muto," Yami said, hoping that his name alone would be enough. The woman just kept glaring at him.
Yami found himself standing on his tip-toes just to see over the tall desk. Yami hid his twinge of embarrassment. He knew it would be hard to look like he was supposed to be here if he couldn't even stand over the desk.
"I am here to see Seto Kaiba. I'm his… friend." Yami made up, knowing full well that friend didn't describe even half of their relationship.
At the CEO's name, the woman immediately sat up straighter. "Kaiba? Look, not just anyone can see him, especially this late. Do you have an appointment or something?"
"Look up my name," Yami said.
The woman didn't look convinced, but she did as asked and typed his name in. As her eyes scanned the screen, her whole demeanor changed. Her face went pale a moment before she put on a honey-sweet smile.
"Oh, please forgive my rudeness, sir. Just give me one more second." She then really leaned in towards her computer screen and frantically read whatever Kaiba had by Yugi's name. Once done, she looked around the empty front area. "Are you the only one here?"
"Yes, Ma'am," Yami said, knowing the woman couldn't see Dark Magician floating by his side.
"No, uh 'dork patrol' with you?" She asked with an embarrassed grin.
"No. Just me and my deck." Mentioning his deck seemed to be the right thing to say. The woman immediately typed something in and gestured towards the elevator.
"Welcome, Mr. Muto. On floor sixty-four is the dueling arena. I'll tell Mr. Kaiba about your arrival and-"
"I'm going to the top floor."
"I'm sorry?"
"I'm going to the top floor. I've already wasted enough of my time here," Yami said, doing his best-entitled brat voice and striding past the desk. Inside the elevator was another woman that worked the elevator's buttons and had the keys to all the floors. She looked to the front desk with trepidation as Yami walked in and ordered for the top level. The front desk woman shrugged. The elevator then closed, headed for the top floor.
Once on top, Yami headed out without another word. He didn't know if he was supposed to tip the elevator lady, but even if he was, he didn't have the money for it. So, he chose to keep up his rude façade and walk out without acknowledging the lady.
Before the open roof was a small sitting room. As Yami walked through it, he heard desperate cries just outside. He then ran past the room and threw open the doors. In front of him was a jet landing pad. In this large open space were four dragon spirits. One of the male Blue-Eyes and the one female Blue-Eyes was along the side as they watched a fight. In the middle of the makeshift arena was the other male Blue-Eyes as he stood on Red-Eyes and held his neck in a death clamp.
"Give in!" The attacking Blue-Eyes demanded.
"Never!"
"Stop!" Yami yelled as he ran onto the battlefield.
The Blue-Eyes hesitated a moment and looked to the female. She was turned to Dark Magician as he had just floated to her side. The two stared at each other, silently communicating in a way none of the others knew. Then she nodded to her dragon companion. He grudgingly let go of Red-Eyes and stepped back.
Red-Eyes clutched his neck as he righted himself. Yami ran to the black dragon's side as Dark Magician continued to "talk" with the female.
"Hello, Pharaoh, what are you doing here?" Red-Eyes tried to say casually. He wasn't particularly persuasive since his voice box squeaked every other syllable.
"I'm here because I saw you two fighting. What happened?" Yami asked.
"Oh, just dragons fighting. It's our instinct to fight when we meet other dragons." Red-Eyes tried to wave away. The two male Blue-Eyes then snickered, making Red-Eyes growl. This growl turned into a squeaky cough causing the two to laugh harder.
"This flying gecko tried to rope us into fixing his mistake. We would not have even thought of helping this whelp if it was not for our Lady's kind heart." One male said as he gestured to the female Blue-Eyes still conversing with Dark Magician.
"She felt sorry for him and said if he could defeat one of us in battle, we would help. Of course, he could not." The other male said with a condescending grin.
"Heh, yeah, right. That female talks about as much as your Dark Magician does. I sometimes swear that those two aren't even duel spirits." Red-Eyes whispered to Yami as he got up. "Those other Blue-Eyes just want an excuse to not get off their lazy tails."
The two males seemed to have heard that because they both lunged at Red-Eyes at the same time. Red-Eyes yelped in fear and jumped behind Yami. The two then burst out laughing again and slapped their wings against each others'.
Yami shook his head and walked forward. "I'm not here to mediate a fight. What I need to know is why duel spirits have seemingly disappeared from this world."
This got the two Blue-Eyes to shut their jaws. They immediately looked back to the female for guidance. She seemed done with Dark Magician and turned away from him. She glanced at the two males and shook her head. She then looked down at Yami, her expression just as blank as Dark Magician's. Yami felt like she was trying to find something in his face. Whatever it was, she seemed not to see it as she turned away with a snort.
The female Blue-Eyes then walked right up to Red-Eyes and glared at him. Red-Eyes walked on two legs while the Blue-Eyes species moved on four. Despite the height difference, she seemed to make Red-Eyes smaller compared to her graceful and powerful form.
"Eh, I get it, I lost. I'll just get out of your way..." Red-Eyes tried. The female just kept staring him down with that soul-piercing glare. She wouldn't let Red-Eyes turn away. "Alright, fine! It's my fault the spirits have gone quiet. Well, me and that Gandora's fault."
Yami's eyes instantly widened when he heard that dragon's name again. "Gandora? As in the Dragon of Destruction?"
"The very same." Red-Eyes sighed. He tried to walk away, but the female kept coldly staring him down. "Fine! I'll explain everything. Just stop judging me!" He spat as he sat down. The female's expression never changed, but she turned away and walked back to the two males. The three laid on their bellies with their legs tucked under them, the males still leering at Red-Eyes.
"This soft-hearted idiot tries to go for a female way out of his league, and in doing so, accidentally banished the three Legendary Knights." A male said.
"I did not! I'll have you know I was seduced into doing it by her magical wiles." Red-Eyes snapped. Yami was still stuck on the Legendary Knights' involvement as the three dragons began to argue.
"You said the Legendary Knights? As in the knights we freed from their dragon bodies?" Yami cut into the dragons' quarrel.
"Yep, after the whole Dartz incident, they went back to protecting the various borders in the duel monsters world," Red-Eyes explained. At that point, Dark Magician came to Yami's side and used his magic to produce a floating map of the spirit world. Each territory was split up by what type of creature lived there and at what level.
"We Blue-Eyes do not go to the duel world anymore since Seto freed us from less worthy card holders. We owe our lives to him, and we'll stay by his side till the end of time. Even if he can not see us." One male said proudly. His brother, at the same time, lifted his wings in self-importance. The female's blank face didn't change.
"Yeah, yeah. While those three waste tons of energy living in the human world, I normally live here." Red-Eyes said as he pointed to a mountain in a land marked as the Dominion of the Beasts. "This land is for weak monsters and those that want a break from fighting. It's said to be a perfect land, and I would have to agree. The Legendary Knights have to guard every domain since the Silent archetype doesn't do that job anymore. But the Knights guard this land the most aggressively because it has the wishing well trap card."
Yami's breath caught in his throat. "A wishing well? Do they protect it because it actually grants wishes?"
"Something like that," Red-Eyes answered.
"The well is not that powerful." One of the Blue-Eyes said. "It is more of a teleporter. It hears your wish and will teleport in what you need. It can't create or destroy."
"It's also my job to watch over it," Red-Eyes said with his wings flaring in pride. "I even get paid in extra wishes. Though, the Knights did think was an odd request."
"It's a job in which you failed!"
Red-Eyes glared at the Blue-Eyes but chose to ignore them this time. "As a high attack monster, it's unusual for me to be in the Dominion of the Beasts. Most can't make it through the barrier unless they are at 1500 ATK or less. But since I guard the well, I'm allowed in." Red-Eyes continued, clearly trying to impress Yami. So far, the Pharaoh was more focused on the Gandora and banished knights.
"So anyway, something weird happens a month or so ago. One portal into the Dominion of the Beasts is halfway up the mountain the wishing well is at the top of. It's normal for me to see new monsters living on the mountain as they get used to the land. That changed when I found a single Gandora on the mountain. Can you believe it?! I thought that species died out ages ago, yet there she was, eating some giant piece of white fruit. What's even stranger is that Gandora were once pretty powerful. I didn't think a dragon like her could get past the barrier."
"Get to the good part!" A Blue-Eyes yelled.
"I'm gettin' there. I'm gettin' there!" Red-Eyes snarled, less squeakily this time. "So, I watched this female for a while, and while she does scare the occasional monster, she's harmless." Red-Eyes's gaze then fell off towards the distance as he smiled to himself, most likely remembering something he liked. "I even thought about going down to talk to her when she comes up to me! There are a ton of riddles and traps in front of the wishing well. However, she blows through them all, literally. Of course, I'm supposed to stop someone from doing that, but I let her. She just seemed so determined that I didn't have the heart to force her to solve the riddles."
"It also helps that it is the middle of Red-Eyes breeding season." A Blue-Eyes just had to shout. That made Red-Eyes truly growl, and he seemed ready to jump back into battle. The female stopped them this time as she slapped the back of the male's head with her wing. Both males looked apologetically to her, and she nodded to Red-Eyes to continue his story.
"So, the Gandora comes to me with this sob story about how her people are trying to get away from their enslavers. This Gandora was the only one of her kind allowed in the Dominion of the Beasts. She believed this land would be the only place her people could find peace, and I agreed at the time. I had no idea who was strong enough to enslave an entire race, especially such powerful dragons. Still, they'd definitely be too strong to come into this land.
"Then she really started pleading with her big red eyes and shaking her tail… I just couldn't turn her away. I was under her hypnotic spell. Because of this, I did something clearly not in my character. Using her hypnotic magic, she got me to say I'd use one of my extra wishes to get her people in. So, she didn't have to waste her one wish."
"You wished the Legendary Knights away," Yami said as he took in a sharp breath. He looked to Dark Magician, and the mage only solemnly nodded.
"I was expecting the wish to teleport the other Gandora in, not send the Legendary Knights away!" Red-Eyes yelped. He then crossed his arms and plopped back down as a grumpy child would. "Then she revealed she already had a mate."
"You…" Yami shook his head, not believing what Red-Eyes did and where his priorities laid. Yami then turned to Dark Magician and the Blue-Eyes for some sense. "That's why the other duel spirits have gone quiet?" he asked.
"When the Legendary Knights were banished, there were no guards for the borders, including the border to the human world. Everything went into magical lockdown. We could not travel there now even if we wanted to. Any monster in the duel world at the time is stuck there, and the rest is trapped out here." A Blue-Eyes explained with a shrug.
Yami then turned to Dark Magician. The magician stayed silently by his side. "You were in the human world when this happened?" Yami asked. Dark Magician made no movement or expression. Yami sighed and turned to Red-Eyes.
"If things are in lockdown, how are you here?"
"Again, you can thank that Gandora. Once I realized what my wish did, I asked her to use her wish to reverse it. Since I couldn't make another request from the well for another couple of months. She dared to ignore me and wish for something completely different. She went and wished for her hatchling back. Now I don't know this for sure, but the way she talked it sounded like her kid was dead. The wishing well can't bring back the dead, so usually, it ignores such a wish. Yet, when she wished, it began glowing red. I knew it was trying to teleport something in from another dimension. At the time, I thought maybe it was the dimension it took the Knights, so I jumped in and used the tunnel it made to travel here. Sadly, no knights. I just ended up on your roof earlier this morning." Red-Eyes said as he looked at Yami.
Yami stiffened, "Was I sitting in the middle of Yugi's room with a card packet in my hand when you teleported in?" he asked.
"Uhhh, yeah!"
"That was right when that glowing red card took Yugi!" Yami announced. This made both Dark Magician and the female Blue-Eyes widened their eyes.
"Are you alright, my lady?" One of the males asked as he and his brother looked to the wide-eyed female. Both she and Dark Magician rapidly regained their composure, but Yami wasn't so quick.
"Yugi must have been taken by that well. He has to be in the duel monster world." Yami said as he started to pace back and forth on the roof.
"Great! Wait, is Yugi secretly a Gandora hatchling or something?" Red-Eyes asked.
Yami shrugged. "I highly doubt it. He was foretold to help duel spirits; maybe this was just a step towards that prophecy?" Yami then looked to Dark Magician. The magician shrugged too.
"Well, this means we can all gain something from working together," Red-Eyes said as he hopped to his feet. "Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes, we all have a connection to the Knights thanks to our card partners. If we came together, we could summon them here. That way, they are at least in the parallel dimension to our home instead of being all out banished."
"You two have something to gain from this. All this will do for us is waste our limited energy." A male Blue-Eyes said.
"To live here full time, we have to conserve our energy well. Spending half of it to summon such powerful beings is not on our budget!" The other male said.
"You can't be serious. This is our home we're talking about. Without the Knights, it will be in serious trouble!" Red-Eyes pleaded.
"Trouble that you put it in. Besides, It is not even our home anymore. Our home is at Seto's side." A Blue-Eyes said as he and the other two stood up. All three then spread their wings to prepare for flight. "We are not wasting a good chunk of our energy just to get the Knights here. What would we even do when they got here? We cannot get back to the spirit world thanks to the lockdown, and neither can they. It is a waste of energy."
"Wait!" Yami yelled. The female immediately stopped, surprising the other two males. Yami then ran in front of them. "You have to help. Yugi's there."
"We do not care about our old home or the thousands of monsters that live there. Why would we care about one human?" A male asked him, and his brother's eyes narrowed.
"Because," Yami paused, trying to think of anything that would sway these selfish and prideful dragons. All they seemed to care about was Seto. 'Seto.' Yami thought. Then he said out loud. "Without that one human, I will never duel again." Immediately, both males began snarling.
"But, but Seto needs to duel and win against you!"
"It is the hope that he will beat you one day that keeps him working at top performance!"
"It will never happen unless I have Yugi by my side," Yami said as he crossed his arms. The two males roared and stomped, but Yami didn't budge. The female stayed behind her blue-eyed companions as they complained. Eventually, a small smile spread across her face. She walked up to Yami and touched her forehead to his, another little spark coming from the Millennium Puzzle. The two males froze as their lady showed her approval.
"You will help?" Yami whispered to her. Her vibrant azure eye met his violet eyes. Without words, they came to an understanding. She looked to her two male companions, and they hastily calmed down.
"Fine, we will help. But only if you find a way to the duel world first. We won't waste energy on a fool's errand." A male said.
"Yes!" Red-Eyes cheered. "Ok, now to figure out how to get back…." His happiness immediately flew away when he started to think about the enormous task in front of him. "Err, you know any portals to the duel world that have opened as of late?" He asked.
Yami shook his head. "I didn't even think portals like that could be opened other than in shadow games. If I had my magic, I'd try, but when that card took Yugi, my magic disappeared."
"Wait, the card! Do you still have it?" Red-Eyes asked.
"No, unless do you mean the trap card Wishing Well?" Yami asked, excitement returning to his voice.
"No, that wouldn't be it, though it might have helped the wishing well find its way to Yugi. It has to be the card that glowed red and took Yugi's soul." Red-Eyes growled. His tail wildly thumped against the ground as he let out his frustration.
"Then that glowing card still has to be around the house somewhere. If I find it, can we get Yugi?"
Red-Eyes gave a noncommittal shrug. "I think so."
Yami sighed, keeping his arms crossed. As he looked out at the starless night sky, Dark Magician came to his side and sat next to him. Just having the magician by Yami's side made him feel better, but that didn't stop this entire day from feeling like a series of increasingly annoying roadblocks. "I just want him found," Yami said to Dark Magician.
"Who found?"
Yami immediately turned to see Seto striding towards him. The three dragons quickly leaped to their human partner's side, pushing Red-Eyes off the roof in their speed. Yami heard Red-Eyes's furious roar as he caught himself a few stories down.
"I'll be at Joey's!" Red-Eyes yelled as he zipped by. "When you find the card, come and get me."
Yami didn't have time to think on Red-Eyes as he faced Seto Kaiba.
"You better have a good reason for being here, Yugi. And you better not say the world is in danger or that you need a ride to some exotic place because I am not in the mood."
Yami crossed his arms and stood as tall as he could. Seto still towered over him, but Yami would not back down. All to hide the fact Yami had no idea what to say. How do you explain chasing invisible dragons?
"I'm not here to duel," Yami said. Seto's scowl deepened. He opened his mouth to bark something when Yami cut in and continued. "I need to know about a man that used to work with Gozaburo. Specifically, in his private army."
Seto immediately shut his mouth. All his retorts, gone.