Yami no Game: Dark Saga

Chapter 32

0

After a few more extensive tests of the new duel disk, Seto finally deemed it ready. He smirked as he looked to his new product. 'The next generation duel disk is finally ready. Let the curtain rise on a new kind of duel tournament that will be the biggest ever!' he thought to himself before giving a nod to Ruby. Ruby yawned a little before he got to work inputting information on any and nearly every capable duelist that would get wind of this tournament. 'Now, I must start the play at the best location. The place where the ancient duelists and their cards sleep in stone. Gather duelists by the gravestone of your predecessors and show them what you've become after 3000 years!'

0

At the museum, within the Egyptian exhibit, Yami and Aqua looked up to the tablet that was presented behind glass. Keara smiled a little as she looked up to the tablet. "The 3000 year old pharaoh and the ancient battle..." she whispered and Yami nodded. 'Yes, this is me no doubt...' he thought before looking to Aqua. "This proves the writings within the puzzle. I was the pharaoh from 3000 years ago who was trapped in the puzzle alongside his trusted friend and sovereign to share the same throne which was you." Aqua nodded to this and sighed. "No wonder our memories were so scrambled when we were brought back. But there are still so many answers that are left unanswered. Now that we know of this, what is the accident that left us to become what we are now?" he murmured then looked down. "And what of Yugi? What if we pursue this and have to eventually return to rest? This will leave Yugi heartbroken and I don't want that to happen." he whispered and Yami sighed.

"Guess we won't know until we actually do pursue this." Yami spoke as he looked to the tablet. 'I don't want to leave him either but if its destiny, we probably won't be able to change it after getting in so deep...' he thought as he looked to the other duelist carved into the tablet. 'And there's no doubt, Seto's a player into this as well.' They heard footsteps and turned to see Ishizu walking over to them. "Ah, so this is Yami and Aqua. I heard of your names mentioned but nothing else." she spoke. "Who are you?" Aqua inquired. "I am Ishizu Ishtar. For a thousand years I was in charge of protecting a piece of the pharaoh's and sovereign's memories." The woman, Ishizu, spoke and when Yami looked to the item around her slender neck, he gasped. 'A Sennen item!' She looked down then back up to him. "I see you recognized this item. Yes, it is as you think. This is the Sennen Tauk and it allows me to see into the near future. This is what alerted me to your visit. It also told me of a great battle that will soon be waged in this very town."

"A great battle?" Aqua questioned and she nodded. "Yes, you both came here for answers which chose the path fate wanted you two take. A fate of fighting..." she explained and Yami's eyes narrowed at her words. "Yami, to regain your and Aqua's memories, you must collect all eight of the Sennen items." she spoke before he raised a hand. "I'll listen to more but first tell me...are you an enemy?" he questioned and Keara stepped in, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Calm yourself. She is no enemy. I can see that much just by looking at her. I know you both been through enough with people possessing the items for evil but she is one that will not treat you that way." Keara said and Yami looked back to her. "How do you know that?"

"She is right though. My item is no enemy of yours. But the foe to appear before you both, will be the possessor of the last Sennen item." Ishizu confirmed. "And that battle will be a battle to regain your true memories but those alone won't provide all the answers. Only a portion of them." They nodded before Keara deemed that they were done here. With another nod, they left but Keara hung behind a little. "When will you tell them, Priestess Kearitona?" Ishizu questioned. "Soon enough. After Battle City when we head back to their ancestral homeland." she whispered before she left. Ishizu nodded as she watched her go before heading back to her duties. 'Let's see what fate has in store for you two.' she thought to herself. As they left, Yami was still contemplating over the thoughts of what he had just learned. "Keara, Yugi doesn't know that we came here. I hate keeping secrets from him or the others but I don't want any of them to know about Ishizu or the stone slab just yet." Yami stated.

"Why not?" she voiced. "We have already thought over the consequences that may come to pass once we have our true memories back. While he wants to help us find these, his deepest desire is he doesn't want us to cross over should the path lead us to such. We both need to think of that choice ourselves but hopefully, whatever our final decision is, it will be taken with a strong heart from all three of us." he explained and she smiled before nodding. Yami pulled out the deck resting in the deck holder on his belt. 'This deck was built between the two of us. If I kept secrets from him, this deck won't work to its full potential.'

"But the moment he understand who we were before we became demons, then it will reveal its true power." he murmured before looking up. Aqua bristled as well as he looked around. "Something's wrong with the atmosphere here." he spoke. "Yami! Aqua!" A voice called and they turned to look, seeing a very familiar woman coming over to them. "Mai? What are you doing here?" Aqua questioned. She looked to him quizzically. 'They don't know...' Mai thought as she blinked. "You don't know? Didn't one of you get the info about what happening today? You surely couldn't be here by accident." she spoke and Yami shrugged. "What info?"

"Holy–! I'm surprised! But I'm sure with senses like you two have, you felt the aura in the air." Mai spoke and Yami nodded. "Yeah, the strong presence of duelists."

"There are duelists from all over the country here. Even some familiar faces trying to get themselves back into the circuit." she claimed before looking over to Yami. "A few days ago, a weird invitation which was more like a clue was published into card magazines and posted online. "Come to the place where the ancient cards slumber in the stones". Along with it was a date a time. Today and right now. They're supposed to be announcing a huge duel monster tournament! It going to be the biggest Japan has seen to date!" Mai explained and Yami nodded. 'Must be Seto's doing.'

Mai was glancing down to him as he looked about to the amount of duelists that were waiting in the square. 'It couldn't be a mere coincidence that he found his way here. His duelist instinct borders on psychic after all that I've witnessed throughout Duelist Kingdom. Not including the demon thing.' she thought before looking up, feeling the crowd stirring as a new presence made its way into the square. Seto Kaiba looked at the gathering with a smirk, Mokuba and Ruby right beside him. "Rumors say he's the one that gave the information..." Mai whispered to Yami and he nodded. 'He must be hosting this tournament then.' Mokuba chuckled softly as he looked to everyone gathered. "You were right, nii-sama! Duelists are here from all over to join!" he said happily before looking up to him. Ruby nodded before stepping forward. "Listen carefully! In this town, the day after tomorrow...a duel monster tournament will begin!" he spoke and that roused the crowd's attention.

"There are only two conditions to enter this tournament! Rule number one, you must have a 40 card deck at the ready with at least one rare card! And rule two is that you must get the next gen duel disk prepared by KaibaCorp. for the tournament!" he announced, taking the duel disk that Mokuba handed to him and held it up. "All duels played in this tournament will be of a high risk. Both players, when encountered, must ante up. The loser will have to give up their rarest card to the winner." Seto declared with a smirk upon his face and Yami huffed. 'So, the players will have to give up their rarest card. This will prove to be a challenging match then.' he thought. The idea of having every rare card of every player there now got the crowd in an uproar. "Those cards will be mine!"

"Where will the tournament be held?!" Seto stepped up to speak the next line. "The stage is all of Domino City! In two days' time, this city will become Battle City!" he called and that got the crowd roaring in hype for the tournament that was to begin in two days. Where Yami stood, he held a steely gaze up to the host of the tournament.

'Battle City, huh? Guess this is the beginning to my fate of fighting...'

0

Zypher: There, after a long enough wait [and a relatively short chapter], we're onto Battle City! Be prepared for many duels, secrets and other things as we begin this arc. And for those that haven't yet, my poll for this year's Halloween story is slowly drawing to a close so if you haven't voted yet, please go to my profile and vote for which story you would like to see this year. But for now, see you later with another chapter.