Yugi's hand floated up to his heavy eyelids, feeling more exhausted than ever. Hoping Ryou's theory was right, Yugi forced his legs to keep moving. Surely his strength couldn't hold up for more than a couple more hours.
An eerie darkness snuck over the two boys, shadowing the whole hallway ahead. All the torches which gave them light in the maze had been extinguished from this specific hallway. It was impossible to see more than a few pity inches ahead. Ryou stopped, looking straight into the corridor. A small shudder -barely noticeable- scurried it's way up Ryou's spine.
"Yugi," Ryou's distinctive British accent came. "You should...come here..."
"Did you find it?" Yugi gaped. Adrenaline pumped through his veins as he sprinted towards his friend. Yugi's heart beat pounded in his ears, but he ignored it. He stopped running so he was on the edge of blackness and looked at Ryou.
"Well?" Yugi asked breathless from the run. He peered around, even though it was pointless to even try to see beyond the vast shadow.
Ryou gulped. "I-I didn't find the notebook..."
"What, then?" Yugi said, attitude flourished in his speech. The Shadow Game had taken away all of his patience. Ryou was slightly shocked from Yugi's attitude, he didn't even know Yugi was capable of being mean. It was the exact opposite of what everyone thought Mr. Motou's personality was like.
Getting over his surprise, Ryou held out a thin pale finger in front of him, his hand began to shake as Yugi saw a pair of ruby red orbs glimmering in the blackness. Was that what Ryou was talking about?
The so called lights disappeared for a quick second but then returned in a different place. This pattern repeated 5 times before Yugi had caught on that something was up.
"Wha-?" Yugi tried, unable to complete the word.
Boom, boom, boom.
Heavy footsteps were heard on the old concrete floor. Something was emerging from the dark! What could it be?
Boom.
The figure had stopped. The red lights appeared once again, as bright and as brilliant as ever.
Raaaaaaaa!
Yugi's ears perked. He knew that cry. That growl. It was very familiar...he heard it everytime this kid at school- Seto Kiba -played a card game called duel monsters...
Ryou knew it as well, it wasn't that hard to figure out what it was. Even an amateur duelist would've known...
"Is that-?" Ryou asked, even though he had a pretty good idea.
"It can't be..." Yugi said, realizing how stupid the idea sounded. "It's probably just Bakura trying to scare us..."
Ryou bit his lower lip looking at the ground. He let a shallow gasp escape his mouth as a giant blueish-white claw appeared out of the dark hallway.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Roared the creature, sparked with rage.
Yugi and Ryou began to back away, fearing for their lives once again. The creature took another step so the light reflected off it's giant blue talon spiked wings. There was absolutely no mistaking it.
In front of the two boys stood the one and only Blue- Eyes White Dragon.
Ryou looked the dragon in the eye, expecting to see (as the name suggested) blue eyes. Instead of seeing the usual ocean blue iris, Ryou saw a bloody red one. It was as if the dragon was in pain.
"How is this possible?" Yugi shouted over another loud growl from the beast.
"My guess is as good as yours." Ryou yelled back.
The dragon took another heavy step towards the pair. Yugi felt himself shake, never had he been as scared as he was now. Duel monsters were real?
As his shivers came more controlled, Yugi's eyes landed on the dragon's left claw web.
A black rectangle was pinched in-between the dragon's claws. Yugi's eyebrows flew up. This seriously couldn't be happening, Yugi now believed anything was possible in the Shadow Realm. The notebook him and Ryou had come all this way for was stuck in a Blue Eyes White Dragons claw. They had found it...now how the heck were they supposed to get it?
What do you want?
Yugi looked around, swearing he had heard a voice. It was low and stern, with a gruff sense to it. The voice hadn't really been said out-loud. It seemed like it was someone inside his brain.
"Who said that?" Yugi said, still peering around him.
It is I, you impulsive idiot. The Dragon.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Blue-eyes screeched. Ryou looked over at Yugi asking with his eyes if he had heard the voice too. Yugi returned his eye contact fearfully telling him he had.
"How are you...communicating with us?" Yugi questioned, still backing away.
The giant dragon snickered and lightly flapped it's wings twice. We're in the Land of the Shadows, anything is possible, human.
Yugi thought for a second and accepted the answer Blue-Eyes gave him. Who would've doubted anything after what they had been though? He stared at the black cased notebook, as did Ryou. None of them said anything for a couple of seconds. The dragon must've noticed because he broke the silence.
If you want this stupid human object, The Dragon motioned to the black notebook. You must prove you are worthy of it...
"And how do we do that?" Ryou asked shakily feeling a burst of courage within. He looked up, his head tilted as far vertical as his neck would allow.
3 riddles. This article isn't very big, so you don't need to do anything too hard. Time ends when that candle over there burns out.
Yugi and Ryou turned and looked over their shoulders, seeing a white candle about 7 inches high. That wouldn't give them very long.
Yugi and Ryou shared another glance. What if they didn't get it? What if they got it wrong? What if...? Yugi shook his head.
No.
Stop.
It wasn't the time to act like a baby. They needed to be heroes...the fate of Earth depended on it.
"Okay..?" Yugi gulped. His voice went higher at the end, making it sound like a question.
Ready? Let's begin!
The white candle magically lit and caused Yugi to jump back.
When you have me, you feel like sharing me. But, if you share me, you won't have me. What am I?
Yugi and Ryou blinked, feeling the pressure. This game was so on.
Hope you liked it! I really wanted to update before I go on vacation! Can YOU figure out the riddle? Good luck! :D
Review if you know!