Abandon all ideas of how the characters should be from here on out. They're all crazy and violent. That's what makes this fun! R&R! I don't own yugioh or the characters.
Chapter 1: The Blood King
Yugi walked out into the waste land. He gulped. Usually he'd go searching for the madhatter or the cat. Mad was an understatement of course. Now i'm sure you're thinking it's wonderland. All happy and cheerful. Tea parties and laughter right? Wrong. This is Underland. There is a huge difference. This is the land of the half dead. Not technically dead but close.
He gulped and walked forward. He got about five steps before he came to the white, no, red rabbit. It was a white rabbit but it was covered in blood.
"You're late." the rabbit smirked.
"Are you hurt?" Yugi asked.
The rabbit just laughed. It was dark chilling laugh. "Oh no. This is just from my lunch."
Yugi paled. "Y-you're lunch?"
"Oh yes. It squirmed quite a bit. But then again that's what makes it fun." the rabbit said before it turned to a pale man with white hair. His dark eyes focused on Yugi. Yugi felt the sudden urge to run but before he could the man slammed him to the ground. he smirked down at Yugi. "You're late for dinner." he said hungrily as syliva dripped from his mouth onto Yugi's face.
"No don't!" Yugi struggled. This never happened in any of his other nightmares. Why was this one different!?
"There's no use in fighting it. I may be a rabbit but that changes nothing when it comes to strength." the man smirked as he went to bite.
Yugi managed to kick him in the crotch. the man wheezed and fell to the side.
"You fucker." he groaned.
"Exactly. Nothing changes when you're a man." Yugi said as he quickly got up and ran.
Panting he ran as fast as his legs would take him. Not paying attention he ran anywhere just to escape the carniverous rabbit.
He soon slowed and panted trying to catch his breath. He looked around. This was new. He'd never been in a dark forest in his other nightmares. He never went past the waste land.
"And where do you think you're going?" Yugi turned to see a floating silver cat. His smirk was dark and evil.
"I-I'm lost." Yugi said.
"I see." he floated around Yugi. Circling him like a shark does it's prey. "And where did you intend to go?"
"I was just getting away from the rabbit." Yugi said nervously as he watched the cat.
"Ah you've met Ryou." his smirk widened.
Yugi gulped. "I-is that his name?"
"You better go then. He always hunts down the prey that escapes." he started to float away.
"Wait!" Yugi called.
"Yes?" the cat turned back to him.
"W-where am i?" Yugi asked.
"Where do you think you are?" The cat floated back to him.
"I don't know. Wonderland?" Yugi asked.
"Wonderland? Oh no ignorant human, you are in Underland." the cat sneered.
"Underland?" Yugi asked confused. "What's Underland?"
"Why the land of the half dead of course." the smirked before disappearing.
Yugi felt chills go down his back. "Hey wait! what does that mean!? What do you mean half dead!? You can't be half dead!" When he got no answer he started walking. He needed to get home. This dream needs to end.
Yugi soon for an old broken down house. The house was black and grey and looked like it hadn't been lived in for at the very least 50 years. He went closer and found a large coffin. He gulped and went into the yard. "Hello?"
The lid to the coffin swung open and a hand creeped out. It lifted out a man who had a wicked smile. "Well hello there." he smirked. He had tan skin and sandy blond hair. "There's no room in the coffin if that's what you're wondering."
"Wh-who are you?" Yugi asked.
"Why i'm the undertaker. I make the coffins." he smirked. "You always want the best coffins you see."
Yugi felt his blood go cold.
"Now let's get you sized for a coffin." he smirked and walked to Yugi.
"I-I don't need a coffin. What's wrong with you people!?" Yugi panicked as the man kept getting closer.
"Wrong? Oh no no no." he laughed a pure crazy laugh. "There is nothing wrong with us. We're simply being."
"Being?" Yugi backed away.
"Well we're not alive but we're not dead either now are we? Surely you know we're all mad here." he reached out to Yugi.
Yugi flinched back. "Don't touch me!"
The man grabbed his wrist and gasped before he smirked a jagged smirk. "You're living. We don't get many of you here. The ones we do Ryou eats. I must wonder how you managed to get past him. Oh do tell me." he jerked him close.
Yugi grunted as he stumbled into the man's arms. "L-let go." he struggled. The man's grip only tightened till it was too painful for Yugi's to move. "Ow! You're hurting me!"
"Now are you here to be the barer to the king?" he smirked and ran his fingers gently down Yugi's face. "Best be careful. Displease the the king and you'll suffer for eternity."
"W-what king?" Yugi stuttered.
"Ah perfect you aren't his then. You're up for grabs." he smirked and grabbed his chin forced him to look up at him. "Shall we get you fitted for a coffin then?"
"N-no! let me go!" Yugi screamed.
He just laughed. "Its not like you'll escape. And even if you do, there's no way you'll find you're way out of Underland by next dusk."
Yugi froze. "What? There's a time limit?"
"Of course. If you don't find you're way out by dusk tomorrow you become one of us." he smirked. "But by the time i'm done with you you'll never get back."
"Let go! I'm not a barer! I just want to go home! I'm not some stupid barer! My name is Yugi!" Yugi struggled.
the undertaker stopped. "Yugi?"
Yugi looked at him. "Y-yes. Yugi."
"As in the Yugi?" the undertaker let him go.
"What are you-" before he could finish the undertaker covered his mouth.
"Don't speak you're name. You have to understand the power it has." he said
Yugi looked at him in pure confusion.
"You must go to the crimson king." the undertaker said removing his hand.
"What are you talking about? I'm not going to some king. I want to go home!" Yugi said.
"You must break the curse upon Underland. In order to do that you must go see him. Before the white king catches you." the undertaker said. "We must take you." he grabs Yugi's hand and starts pulling him along.
"Wait! I don't even know what you're talking about!" Yugi tried to pull free. "I just want to wake up and be at home!"
"Wake up?" the undertaker turned to him. "What are you talking about wake up. This is no dream. This is your fate."
"Fate?" Yugi asked.
"Yes now come." he jerked him along.
It was half way to the giant red castle and Yugi gave up fighting. He guessed he should just go along with it. It might worsen the situation for him to struggle. the undertaker dragged him up to the castle where two guards immediately put their swords to his and Yugi's throats.
"Name your intent." one growled.
"To bring the Unmei Chii to the Crimson King." the undertaker said.
"This is he?" the other asked.
"Yes." the undertaker nodded once.
"Prove it." the first guard told the undertaker.
"Kid say your name." the undertaker told Yugi.
"But you said not to-"
"I know what I said. Just tell them your name." he ordered.
"Y-Yugi." Yugi stuttered.
They gasped and put their swords away. "We apologize deeply sir." they bowed to Yugi. "You're free to go obviously." they stepped aside and let Yugi and the undertaker enter.
once the doors closed behind them Yugi looked at the undertaker. "What's going on? Why did they bow to me?"
"Because you're him. You're the one who will break the curse." the undertaker said before pulling him again.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Yugi tried to reason with him. But why even try? These people are all crazy!
The undertaker practically dragged him to a huge set of doors. He was taken into a dark room. There he was pulled in front of a man and forced to his knee while the undertaker went down as well.
"My King." the undertaker said.
"What is the meaning of this Marik?" the king's voice thundered through the large room. Yugi tensed from it.
"This is the one sir. The Unmei Chii." the undertaker said.
The king jumped to his feet. "You must tell lies!"
"Never my king. It is he. Yugi." the undertaker said.
"Stand. Both of you." the king ordered.
The undertaker stood first and Yugi slowly followed. He looked at the King. He knew why he was called the crimson king. His eyes and hair were both crimson.
The king moved to Yugi and circled him. Yugi stood perfectly still. It was more terrifying than when the cat circled him.
"You are Yugi?" the king demanded.
"Y-Yes s-sir." Yugi stuttered.
"Do you not remember me?" the king asked harshly.
"I-I um..huh?" Yugi asked. Remember him!? he'd never been here before! this was just a damn dream and he honestly couldn't wait till he woke up!
"I see. Then you are to go through it all again i see." the king said as he came to in front of Yugi. Yugi gulped as he looked up at him.
"All of what?" Yugi asked nervously.
the king grabbed his face. He smirked wickedly. "Training of course."
Yugi whimpered.
"Did the undertaker not tell you? We all are mad here. Come. Join the crazy." He smirked before letting go of his face. He started to walk away.
Yugi hesitantly followed. As they walked they passed by many rooms. One caught his eye. Inside there was a group of people surrounding a small animal of some sort. He slowed and watched them. Before he knew what was happening they all grabbed a limb and tore the animal apart as his shrieked. One of them looked at Yugi after he bit into the limb he had. Blood flowed down his face as he smirked at Yugi. Yugi's eyes widened before running in horror to catch up to the king. He felt like he was going to vomit. What was wrong with these people!?
They passed many rooms like this before they came to a set of doors. The guards opened them and let them out. The king led Yugi out to what looked like was supposed to be a garden. Yugi felt his lunch come up at the sight of it. It was a dark tree and bush filled land. Heads littered the ground, trees, and bushes. A creek of blood flowed into a pond of blood. in the pond limbs floated. Hands, feet, fingers, toes, even an ear and nose. Yugi turned away to vomit.
"Isn't it beautiful?" the king asked Yugi.
Yugi stared at him in horror. "What the hell is wrong with you!?"
The king frowned. "You don't remember?"
"Remember what!? I've never been here and believe me iI'd remember this!" Yugi yelled.
"You don't remember that you decorated my garden." the king said.
Yugi's mouth fell open. "The hell I did! I didn't do this!"
"What's changed you?" the king stared down at him with narrowed eyes.
"For the love Ra! What the fuck are you talking about!?" Yugi screamed.
The king grabbed him and pinned him against a tree that had heads hanging from the branches. "You have been here. This is not a dream. This is real."
"N-no. It's a dream. A place like this...this...freak show can't exist." Yugi refused to believe him.
"You want proof?" the king smirked.
Yugi suddenly had chills. His smirk was worse than that of the carnivorous rabbit.
The king pulled out a jagged dagger and pulled Yugi's arm out. No matter how hard he tried Yugi couldn't pull it free. The king positioned the tip of the dagger on the inside of Yugi's forearm. He dug it in before he began dragging it down slowly. Yugi screamed and struggled to get free.
Soon there was a slice down Yugi's forearm as blood began to flow from it. Yugi stared in horror and tried to pull free again. The king smirked and leaned down to his arm. He licked Yugi's blood up before smirking at him with a blood filled smirk.
"Delicious." he smirked.
Yugi could just stare in speechless horror. This guy just cut almost his entire arm open then licked up the blood from it! If this was one of his dreams he would have woken up from that. It was real. This place, these people, the terror, it was all real.
"I-I want to go home." Yugi whimpered.
"Oh but why go now? I'm just about to sit down to dinner. Please join me." the king pulled him into the castle. He looked at a guard. "Get me the stitcher." he told the guards. "We must give little Yugi here his very first stitches. He's ready."
"Yes my king." one nodded and went.
"I-I don't need stitches." Yugi whimpered as the king forced Yugi into the first bright area he'd been since entering Underland. Yugi could now clearly see stitches were the only thing holding the king's face together. His eyes widened.
"Nonsense." The king smirked. "The stitches make who we are. After all we may only be half dead but we are still decomposing."
Yugi gulped. "I-I'm not half dead though! I'm completely alive!"
"For now." the king smirked and walked to a table. "Come sit and wait for the stitcher to stitch you up."
"Why not just call them the healer?" Yugi asked as he reluctantly sat at the table.
"We do not get healed here. We get put back together after we fall apart." the king said as servants brought out all kinds of foods.
Yugi looked at the food. He was glad his stomach was empty because if it wasn't he'd vomit all over again. The platters were filled with various body parts. Eyeballs, fingers, ears, tongues, brain. The list went on.
"Mmm it all looks so good doesn't it?" the king hummed as a plate was placed in front of him.
"Your heart my king." the servant said.
"Perfect." the king said before digging into it.
Yugi looked away. This place was worse than his nightmares. He couldn't believe he was really here.
"Sir would you like a tongue?" Yugi looked to see a female servant in front of him. He jumped back as he was speechless. She was grotesk. Her face was also filled with stitches but she was missing an eye. Where her eyeball is supposed to be you can just see an empty hole. You can see into her head!
"Oh ra what happened to your eye!?" Yugi freaked.
"My king was hungry for a snack." she smiled.
Yugi stared with wide eyes. "You people are sick!" he screamed before running out.
He needed to get out of here! He needed to get home! He ran down a hall and went through a door. that door brought him to three more halls filled with doors. he ran down the left and went through a door. another three halls with more doors. each door brought him to yet another three halls with at least 10 doors in each hall. He was never going to find his way out! He went through another door only this one brought him back to the room the king was dining in.
"You know it's very rude to run out on a meal." the king said as he ripped a tongue in half and popped one piece in his mouth.
"L-let me go. I'm going h-home." Yugi said.
"Eat. You must be famished." the king ignored him.
"I'm not eating body parts, you fucking freak show! I'm going home!" Yugi screamed.
"You can attempt it. But this castle is run my will. It only let's those i let it to leave. In other words.." the king wiped his mouth and got up. He walked over to Yugi and grabbed his throat. Yugi grabbed his wrist to try to make him let go. "..you're trapped here as long as I will it." he smirked at Yugi's struggling. "I suggest you keep me entertained. Those who bore me end up on my dinner table. And I've already said you taste delicious."
Yugi froze before the king let him go. "Take little Yugi here to is room." He started walking back to his seat before he stopped and turned back to Yugi. He smirked. "By the way, I'm Atem, the Crimson King, the Blood King. Welcome to my Freak Show." he smirked before Yugi was taken out of the room.
Hope it's creepy enough! if not let me know! i'll make it creepier! Oh the undertaker is another version of the mad hatter. instead of making hats he makes coffins since you know they're all half dead.