Next chapter of Yugi in Underland. Please R&R!
Don't own Yugioh or the characters. this story however DOES belong to me.
Chapter 2- Returning Heir
Yugi was thrown into a room and the door slammed behind him. He then heard it click locked. Standing he looked looked around. This room wasn't that bad. Dark and the color of dried blood was the main theme but not too bad.
He walked over to the bed and sat down before someone came in. She had long black hair and like everyone else he'd seen her face was filled with stitches. The woman walked over to him and grabbed his cut arm which was still bleeding. Yugi winced at how tightly she held it.
"W-what are you doing?" Yugi stuttered.
"Shut up." She bit harshly at him. She took out a needle and thread. Without cleaning the cut or even giving him some sort of pain medication she started to stitch him up.
"Ow! Stop!" Yugi tried to jerk his arm free. She just tightened her grip and continued. He gave up and took the pain.
"You're getting black stitches." she said.
"Um does that mean there are other colors?" Yugi asked.
"Yes some prefer red over black, some like all black, and some do a combination of the two." she said.
Yugi thought about that. Now that he had a minute to sit and think he was sure Atem had all red.
"What's the people in this place?" Yugi asked.
"What do you mean?" She looked up at him.
"I mean it's like a freak show." Yugi said. She finished the last of the stitches. Damn she worked fast.
She stood and looked down at him. "Maybe you should consider this, while here you're the only odd one out." she said before leaving.
Yugi watched her leave as the exhaustion finally hit him. Yawning he tried to say awake as long as he could. He eventually passed out on the bed.
Yugi was woken up the next day by the door to his room swinging open and slamming the wall. He jumped awake to find the Crimson King smirking.
"Morning." he smirked at Yugi.
Yugi jumped up. He stared at him. "W-what are you gonna do?"
"Come on it's time for breakfast. You missed dessert last night. You really missed out on some good snacks." he smirked.
"I'm not hungry." Yugi said. Truthfully he was starving, but he still wasn't hungry enough to eat body parts. He refused to do that.
"You know you shouldn't be so quick to judge my food. I get all the best donors." He smirked before walking out. "Come."
Yugi followed. "Look I have some questions and i want them answered now. What did the undertaker mean by time limit? What exactly happens if I don't get out? And what's this curse? How could I possibly fix it?"
"You'll get your answers in due time." King Atem said.
Yugi wasn't sure why the man suddenly seemed sane. Last night he was all about the insanity but today something's changed.
Atem sat at the table they had last night. "Sit we'll give you some plants to eat."
Yugi nodded and sat down. "Thank you." Finally food he could eat.
As they waited for the food Atem talked.
"Now for your answers I will answer them as best I can." Atem said.
"Um thank you." Yugi said still sure what Atem's game was.
"The undertaker was talking about a time limit on the portal you used to get here." Atem said.
"The rabbit hole?" Yugi asked.
"Yes. It closes dusk tonight. Should you still be in Underland at the time of this you will turn to one of us."
"I-I'll die?"
"We are not dead!" Atem snapped making Yugi jump.
"S-sorry." Yugi said.
Atem took a deep breath. "You must understand how this works if you will have any chance of breaking the curse."
"Will you explain it please?" Yugi asked afraid to anger him again.
"I suppose i have to. You must renew your training if you are to accomplish your goal." Atem said.
"My goal. As in breaking the curse?" Yugi asked.
"Yes." Atem nodded as the food came.
Yugi looked away from it when it was put down. He still couldn't take the fact that it was a bunch of body parts. He looked at the plate that was put in front of him. His eyes widened when he saw what Atem meant by plants. It was plants alright and they were moving breathing living things. They had eyes and mouths and looked right at him with nothing but fear.
"Go on." Atem said as he an eye.
Yugi gulped as he stared at the plants. "I-I'm not hungry."
"What now you're gonna tell me you don't eat plants either?" Atem rolled his eyes.
"N-not like this no!" Yugi yelled.
"Then go hungry." Atem said as he picked up a hand. "Come on. Take a bite." he shoved it at Yugi.
Yugi flinched back. "No!" His chair fell back taking Yugi with it.
Wincing Yugi rolled over and held his head. "I hate this place. This guy is crazy!"
"Well that's not very polite. I've done nothing but be a good host and you return that hospitality by insulting me and my home." Atem stood as he rolled a few eyeballs around in his hand.
Yugi turned to him and scooted back as Atem continued forward. He gasped softly when he hit a wall behind him. Atem grabbed him by his shirt and lifted him till his feet were dangling. He smirked at him. "You remember nothing. You need new lessons."
"I-I've never been here!" Yugi yelled as he struggled. "Let me go! I want to go home!"
"You are home." he smirked dropping him. "Let's go you must be reminded of your lessons."
"No. I'm not going anywhere with you." He growled.
Atem smirked and started walking. "Don't you want to know how to get home?" he asked not bothering to look back at him.
Yugi opened his mouth to say something before closing it. He hesitated a full 10 seconds before following him. He needed to get home. Who knows what his grandfather is thinking happened to him.
He followed Atem down many dark and creepy halls before coming to a black door. He smirked at Yugi again and opened it. He shoved Yugi in before slamming the door. Yugi fell to the ground. He got up and ran to the door banging on it.
"Let me out! Let me out!" Yugi screamed. He banged on the door more. "Let-" he was cut off by his own coughing. He looked around the room to see a purple gas drifting. He banged harder in a panic. "Let me out! Let me out please!" He coughed more as his banging became slower and softer. Falling to his knees becoming weak he coughed more and passed out.
Yugi was about 6 as he ran as fast as he could after Atem. He couldn't catch him. He knew he could't. And his magic wasn't working. How could he possibly catch someone taller older and stronger than him?
"Tem! You're cheating!" Yugi whine when Atem used his wings to hover just out of Yugi's reach.
"No I'm using my resources as you should be." Atem said smugly.
"I can't! You know I can't! I'm not smart enough!" Yugi said.
"That's a lie. You are lying to yourself just because of how you are treated." Atem said landing. He looked down at the small boy. "Just because your father tells you you're not strong does not make it true. Now fly. Do it Yugi. Open your wings and fly." Atem told him. "Or you'll be left behind for dark to come bringing the monsters with it." he smirked.
"No! Please don't leave me!" Yugi cried. "I-I'm trying!"
"Not hard enough! No more trying! Do it! Do it now!" Atem yelled at him.
Yugi felt tears fall. "I-I can't. I can't do it."
"Useless. Maybe your father is right." Atem looked at him harshly. "I should just leave you here. Let the rabbit devour you. He would love it after all. You would make a nice snack for him."
"No please don't leave me. Please." Yugi cried. "I'll do it! I'll do it!"
"Then do it." Atem growled.
Yugi gulped and tensed. He tried to force out his wings. He needed them. He felt his back rip before his wings popped out of it.
"I did it! I did it Tem!" He said excited.
"Good now fly." Atem said before lifting off the ground.
Yugi stared at him in disbelief. "What?"
"Fly or I leave you." Atem said.
Yugi watched how Atem's wings flapped and tried to move his own the same way. he started to lift off the ground.
"I'm doing it! I'm doing it!" Yugi said. He followed Atem.
*scene change*
Atem watched Yugi run away from the rabbit as he cried. "Tem help!" Yugi screamed.
"Help yourself." he said coldly.
Yugi looked behind him finding the rabbit catching up. He spread his wings and flew up.
"Not gonna work. The rabbit is an experienced hunter." Atem said.
Yugi watched the rabbit continue running in his direction and jump. It nearly got his foot too.
Yugi squealed and flew away. "Tem please."
"No use your magic. It was given to you for a reason. Use it Yugi." Atem said.
Yugi looked at him. "I can't. I don-" Yugi was cut off by the rabbit tackling him.
Yugi screamed as the he tried to push the rabbit off. It tried to bite him anywhere it got the chance. Yugi screamed for Atem's help but his screams were ignored. He knew Atem wasn't going to help but he still continued calling for it.
"Help yourself Yugi. Use the magic given to you. It's there for a reason." Atem said.
Yugi cried in pure terror and threw up his hands. Before he knew what was going on the rabbit was thrown off him by a purple light. Yugi sat up as the rabbit ran away. He looked at his hands. They looked covered in purple fire. The weird part was that it didn't burn. His hands felt nice, cool even. But he couldn't understand why.
He looked to Atem who was smirking down at him. "Its about time."
*scene change*
Atem sat reading as Yugi stared at the empty box.
"Tem it's not gonna work. I can't make it appear." Yugi was now 8 and trying to make a cake appear in a box. He'd been at it for hours and nothing appeared. Atem swore he could do it.
"Focus and it will." Atem said.
"I am focused!" Yugi said. "Its not working. Can't I have a break? I'm hungry."
"If you're so hungry make food appear in that box. You will not move from that spot until it's done." Atem said glancing at him.
"But-"
"No." Atem said sternly.
Yugi pouted before looking at the box again. His stomach growled loudly. He was starving. Atem was going to starve him until he did it but he couldn't.
For a long time all Yugi could think about as he stared at the box was food and how hungry he was. He felt like he wasn't ever going to eat.
He was just about to tell Atem he couldn't do it when he saw a glimpse of a cake.
He gasped and looked at Atem. "Tem! I did! it was here!"
"A glimpse but you need a solidified cake in order to eat it. Keep trying." he said before looking back to his book.
Yugi looked at the box with a new determination. He was starving and he wanted that cake badly. He was determined to get it.
After a half hour he finally make a cake appear. He had done it! He made a cake appear out of thin air!
"I did it!" Yugi jumped up and cheered. "I made my cake appear!"
Atem looked. "Told you. Now I suppose you can eat."
Yugi looked for a fork and plate but couldn't find any. "Tem where are the plates and forks?"
"Make them appear. You did cake. Those should be easy for you." he smirked at the child.
Yugi huffed but thought about how much he wanted that cake. He looked at the coffee table Atem had his feet on and imagined a fork and plate. He focused hard and watched it appear.
He smiled and grabbed them. "I can do it!"
Atem closed his book and put it down before standing. He looked down at Atem. "One more lesson and you are ready to take over as king when you grow old enough."
Yugi looked up at him. "King?"
"Yes. That's why you're here. That's why I chose you. You are the descendant of many kings and the next in line. You will become king." Atem said.
"But...I don't want to be a king." Yugi said.
"You don't get a choice in this. You will be king when you are old enough." he said before walking away.
Yugi sat there staring at his cake before the vision changed once again.
*scene change*
"No! I'm not doing it!" Yugi screamed trying to get away from Atem.
"You will." Atem said holding him firmly.
They stood in front of the rabbit who was tied up and trying to get free.
"He tried to eat you. Or did you forget that?" Atem whispered in yugi's ear.
"Of course I remember!" Yugi glared at him.
"Then end him. Kill him Yugi. Think of it as a repayment for what he did to you 2 years ago." Atem whispered.
Yugi gulped. "No. No I can't!" Yugi looked away.
"You will if I release him." Atem said. He pushed Yugi back who still held the long dagger Atem hand put in his hand. Walking over to the rabbit he smirked at Yugi. "If I release him you will have no choice but to defend yourself." he smirked and untied one of the ropes.
"No Atem please don't! Please!" Yugi screamed dropping the dagger.
"Pick up the dagger Yugi. Do what you were born to do." Atem said untying another rope. 2 out of 4.
"I can't! I can't end a life! no matter what!" Yugi screamed.
Atem untied another rope. "You will have no choice." he said before untying the last one. The rabbit immediately ran at Yugi who ran.
Yugi ran away from the rabbit and looked for an escape that the rabbit wouldn't be able to follow. He opened his wings and flew up and threw some of his fire at him. The rabbit ran.
He panted and looked at Atem. Atem was clearly angry.
"You brat." Atem growled and flew to him. He grabbed the front of Yugi's shirt. "I told you to kill it! Useless child!"
Yugi whimpered. Atem teleported them to a room. He threw Yugi in before slamming the door closed.
Yugi jumped awake. It was that room. He was in the room Atem had thrown him in as a child. He remembered it now. They were never dreams. They were real. He was really here before and he was the heir. He was training to be the next heir. And he failed because he wouldn't kill the man eating rabbit. The same rabbit that tried to eat him when he'd arrived.
He sat against the wall staring down as all the lessons, over 3 years, ran through his mind. He looked down at his hands and had to wonder if he could still do it. The fire, the flying, everything.
After what felt like forever he gathered his nerves and stood. He imagined his wings from when he was a child and tried push them through his back. He felt ripping in his back as he did as a child before his wings popped out.
"Its true. I've been here. I have wings and probably magic too. Oh ra." he stood in shock as the door opened revealing Atem standing there looking proud of himself.
Yugi walked over to him. "What do I do?"
Yay! another chapter done! Please R&R!
Now here's the thing. i will not name names nor will i make drama but from now on if I stop a story and anyone wants to continue you need to ask me no matter what.