Previously on Yugioh: Dark Shadows

"Draw!" said Yuma, "Okay first I'm activating the Spell Card Heavy Storm! This rids the field of all Spell and Trap cards! Now I'm summoning Gagaga Girl!"

Gagaga Girl – ATK 1000; DEF 800; Level 3

"Let's go Gagaga Girl! Attack Jaden directly and end this duel!"

Jamie and Yuma – 2000; Jaden and Yusei – 0

As their LP hit 0 Jaden and Yusei were smiling.

"That was a fun and exciting duel guys you played well," Yusei said.

"Yeah man that was a blast," Jaden said agreeing with Yusei.

"You both played well it was tough there for a while," Jamie said smiling at them both.

"I totally felt the flow in that duel!" Yuma said excitedly, "We SO need to duel again sometime!"

They all laughed and agreed.

Chapter 3: The Shadow Captains

After the duel ended they all got serious again.

"I think we should leave as soon as possible to see Professor Hawkins," Yugi said, "Kaiba seen as you're in on this mission can we use your jet to fly there?"

"I'm only saying yes because I'm doing the whole saving the world thing with you Yugi, don't think this makes us friends or anything," Kaiba said.

"We ARE friends Kaiba, even if you can't admit it to yourself," Yugi replied.

"We should go then," Jamie said, "The sooner we see the Professor, the sooner we can find out what we need to know."

The 6 of them agreed and turned to the others.

"We will let you know whats going on when we know," Yusei said, "Until then stay vigilant and don't worry about us, we will be fine."

They walked off to the airstrip that was just beyond the Kaiba Dome. They filed into the jet and was soon in the air.

A few hours later they touched down in Domino City. As they got off the plane, Jamie could of sworn he had seen someone out of the corner of his eye…someone he knew very well. It's just my imagination, he thought, she can't be here.

They loaded into a taxi and Yugi gave the driver Professor Hawkins address. 15 minuets later they pulled up outside a big house.

"Wow the Professor must be doing well for himself," Jade said, excited at seeing the huge house.

Yugi chuckled and said, "Yes he does well."

They got out and walked up to the front door. Yugi knocked three times and a few seconds later a small girl with blonde pigtails answered the door.

"Yugi muffin!" the girl said, "I knew you'd return to see me!"

Yugi laughed and said, "Hello Rebecca, it's nice to see you again."

She leaped and gave Yugi a hug and invited them inside.

"You brought friends," Rebecca said.

"Yes Rebecca we're here to see your grandfather, this is Jamie, Yuma, Jaden, Yusei and of course you remember Kaiba," Yugi said, smiling.

"Nice to see you everyone," Rebecca said with a smile and then turned to Yugi and asked, "Why do you want to see my Grandpa?"

"We believe he has important information for us," Yugi said, "information that could help us save the world."

Just then, and old man walked down the stairs. He may have been old but the strength that radiated off him was impressive. Professor Hawkins was a medium built man with silvery hair and a silver moustache.

"Yugi!," Professor Hawkins said beaming, "How lovely to see you here again, but what brings you here?"

"We were sent here Professor," Yugi said, "We need to ask you a couple of things. But first let me introduce my friends. This is Jamie, Yuma, Jaden, Yusei and of course Kaiba."

They each greeted Professor Hawkins in turn. After the greetings were out of the way Professor Hawkins turned back to Yugi.

"How may I be of service Yugi?" he asked, slightly nervous.

"As I said we were sent here Professor, by Dr. Skylar," Yugi said, "He said you might have some information for us that would greatly help us."

"Dr. Skylar sent you here? He definitely must think that I know something then," Professor Hawkings said slightly confused.

Jamie spoke up then and said, "Professor, what do you know about the Legendary Gods of Olympus?"

"The Gods of Olympus?" Professor Hawkins asked curiously, "Well I know that they were once mortals. There was a huge battle and after they won they declared themselves Gods. Three brothers; Zeus, Hades and Poseidon ruled over Olympus and bore many children. Hercules is the only one that has ever been seen though. The others hide in the shadows, silently watching and waiting."

Everyone in the room was hanging on to the Professor's words. Yuma then piped up and said, "Professor do you know where we could find them? We have a mission to do. We believe that The Brothers are back; Dread, Fear and Shadow. And the only ones who can help us stop them are the Gods."

Professor Hawkins face fell, "If The Brothers are back then you will definitely need the Gods help. I've heard rumours that they are kept hidden," he turned to Jamie while he said this, "in your old duel dojo, Jamie."

Jamie was perplexed, all this time the Gods could have been under his nose and he didn't realise it? Why didn't his master tell him?

"Seek out the dojo and talk to your old master," Professor Hawkins said, "He will be able to assist you greatly."

Jamie just nodded unable to speak. He couldn't believe all of this, after 5 long years he was going to return to the place where it all began.

"Looks like it's back to New Domino City then," Yuma said anxious to get going.

A few hours later and they were back in New Domino. They made a quick stop off at the Kaiba Dome to let the others know what was going and that they shouldn't be too long in getting back – possibly a couple of days. As they were getting ready to depart, something was niggling at Jamie. He turned round to Yuma and was about to say something but thought better of it. Should he tell Yuma who he thought he had seen? Had he even seen her or was it just wishful thinking? Yuma turned around and regarded his brother.

"What's up bro?" he asked.
"Nothing…it's nothing," Jamie replied with a smile, hoping he had convinced his brother.

"Hmm…okay," Yuma said, not entirely convinced but he let it drop.

Half an hour later they were set to go. They said their goodbyes to the others and set out.

"You do know where you're going don't you?" Kaiba asked, not entirely convinced that Jamie knew his way.
"I've walked this path before Kaiba," Jamie replied, "I remember it like it was yesterday."

Not long into the walk Jaden had declared that he needed to stop and have a rest. The others agreed this would be a good idea.

"Let's not stay too long though," Yusei said, "We need to make haste if we're going to reach the dojo."

Suddenly Jamie looked up and spotted something – or rather someone. Standing on the edge of the forest they had reached was a hooded figure in a long dark cloak. The figure advanced towards them and Jamie went on the defensive. The others soon followed suit.
"Stay vigilant and aware," Jamie said, "There could be more of them."

The hooded figure stopped before them and lowered her cloak. A young woman stood there. She had long white hair and bright blue eyes…eyes that Jamie remembered.

"It is you," he said slowly, "I thought I saw you earlier…what are you doing here Cleo?"

Cleo smiled, but it was twisted smile, "I've been tracking you ever since you arrived in Domino City, Jamie."

"You know her?" Yugi asked, "How?"

"Me, Yuma and Cleo are old friends…actually me and Cleo were…involved for a while," Jamie said.

"Those days are long gone now Jamie," Cleo said, "I'm a different person now."

"What do you mean?" Jamie asked.

"Follow me and you will find out…if you dare," Cleo said laughing.

"It could be a trap," Yusei said.

"We have no choice," Jamie replied, "We need to find out what she knows and why she's following us."

The others agreed with this and they started to follow Cleo. She led them through the forest into a clearing where 5 other hooded figures were waiting.

"What's the meaning of this Cleo?" Yuma demanded, "Who are these people?"

Cleo turned around and smiled again, "We are The Shadow Captains, Yuma."

All of them suddenly froze. The Shadow Captains, the ones Dr. Skylar had warned them about. This was bad, really bad.

In turn the other hooded figures each lowered their hoods. As they did the group became more and more shocked. Each of The Shadow Captains was someone they knew.
"Kalin," Yusei said.

"Bakura," Yugi said.

"Noah," Kaiba said.

"Yubel," Jaden said.

"Vector," Yuma said.

"I thought The Shadow Captains came from the Old Age?" Jamie said, confused.

"The original Shadow Captains did," Kalin said, "However they weren't…adequate for the job at hand. The Brothers decided to let them go and recruit new Captains…that's how we got the job." He said this with great delight as if it was an honour to be serving The Brothers.

"First a Dark Signer now a Shadow Captain Kalin?" Yusei said outraged, "Don't you ever learn?"

Kalin regarded his old friend, "Be quiet Yusei, you know nothing about me anymore. I live for power now, and that's exactly what The Brothers have given me!"

Yusei couldn't believe what he was hearing. After he defeated Kalin when he was a Dark Signer he thought he had dispelled his lust for power…apparently not.

"Fortunately for you guys…we won't be duelling you yet. Our masters have told us to wait," Noah said, "We just wanted you to know who we were and to tell you that we WILL be coming for you soon…and we will destroy you. You will never find the Gods and you will fail in your mission."

"Not likely!" Jaden said looking at Yubel even though it was Noah who had spoken, "You will never stop us Yubel! As long as we believe in ourselves and each other there is nothing we can't do!"

Yubel just laughed at this, it was a horrible, menacing laugh. "Pathetic," she said, "Really pathetic. You believe that FREINDSHIP can save you? Hahaha, you know nothing of the dark powers that we possess. Powers that come from The Abyss itself!"

"We will leave you for now," Cleo said, "But expect to see us soon…very soon."

And with that a cloud of dark smoke enveloped them and they disappeared. The group was still shocked at the revelation; no one spoke for a few minutes.

"So we have a new problem," Yugi said.

Jamie nodded, "Yes we do Yugi and we need to solve it. We need to save our friends."

"Speaking of that," Yusei said speaking to Jamie, "What's with you and Cleo? You said you two were involved."

With a sigh Jamie started talking, "We grew up together. Me, Yuma, Kari and Cleo. Kari and Cleo were best friends and we just tagged along. Cleo and I started getting real close, getting to know each other. Before we knew it we had fallen for each other and started dating. Kari wasn't TOO impressed that her best friend was dating her brother but she soon came round to the idea. Yuma was ecstatic about it and was happy for me. We dated for a few months and then all of a sudden, Cleo disappeared. I looked for her for months but never found a trace of her. I was heartbroken. Now I know why she disappeared…she was recruited as a Shadow Captain. I need to save her, as do you all with your friends.

"Well I can agree with that," Yusei said, "Me and Kalin have been through a lot together…and I will save him."

"Well I don't care what happens to Noah," Kaiba said, "He can rot for all I care."

Jamie shook his head, "No Kaiba, that's just the point. You DO care. I saw how you looked at Noah, you was concerned for him. He may have put you through a rough time but he is still your family…and deep down you want and need to save him."

"You're delusional," Kaiba said, "I don't care about that little runt."

"You keep convincing yourself that no-one is your friend and you don't care about anyone but yourself and Mokuba," Yugi said, "But that's not true is it Kaiba? Look at all the times we have worked together. Stopping Dartz and Zorc to name two."

"I didn't do that out of friendship Yugi!" said Kaiba, getting pissed off, "I did it because it was the right thing to do at the time!"

Yugi shook his head, "Kaiba, one day you will learn that there are people that care about you, and consider you a friend."

"Whatever," Kaiba said unconvinced and walked away.

"Well there's one thing that we can agree on," Yuma said darkly, "And that's that Vector doesn't deserve to be saved."

Jamie turned and looked at his brother as thought he was going to disagree with him however he said, "I agree Yuma. Vector put us through a lot and nearly destroyed us. He's the only person I don't care about saving."

"What happened with Vector?" Jaden asked.
Yuma and Jamie filled them in about how Vector nearly destroyed them with the rest of the Barians and the Number Cards. After they were done everyone was convinced that Vector didn't deserve to be saved.

"Well now that's out of the way, let's go find Kaiba and get to the dojo," Jamie said.

They found Kaiba on the other end of the forest. He was staring at something in the distance.

"Is that the dojo?" Kaiba asked, intrigued.

A huge building was at the top of the mountains. It was oriental in design and had two huge stone monuments on the outside.

"Yes," Jamie said, "That's where I learnt to duel 5 years ago." He had a familiar feeling return to him. He remembered every duel practice and lesson that he had ever done inside that very building. When he graduated from the dojo his master said that he was very proud of him and that he had been one of the best and top students he ever had the pleasure of teaching.

They walked up the long stairway leading to the dojo. As they approached the door Jamie got nervous. It had been a long time since he saw his old master. He knocked on the door loudly and it echoed all around them. The huge door swung open by itself and they walked inside.

Inside the dojo there were many pictures hung around the walls – pictures of people that were in the group.

"Hey look! There's a picture of Yugi and Kaiba in the Battle City Finals! And over there is Jaden duelling Nightshroud!" Yusei said, awed at the pictures.

Around them students young and old alike were studying and duelling. It brought back memories to Jamie and he couldn't help but smile.

Just then a small old man had appeared behind them. They were commenting on the pictures and how well the students were doing in their duels and studies.

"Yes they are doing well, but no one studied harder or duelled with so much heart as you Jamie," the old man said.

Jamie recognized the voice and turned around quickly. As he saw the old man he had a huge smile on his face.
"Master Hideyoshi!" Jamie exclaimed, "It's good to see you again sir!"

Hideyoshi smiled tiredly and said, "And the same goes for you Jamie, but do tell what has brought you back here? Surely you don't need any more lessons? I saw your first pro duel and I was very impressed."

Jamie smiled at this and said, "Thankyou Master. But no I'm not back to study again, we have come here of utmost importance and we believe you can help us."

"I can certainly try," Hideyoshi said, "What's the matter?"

"We're here on an important mission. We have reason to believe that The Brothers are back. In fact just recently we confirmed this…we met their Captains. Professor Hawkins sent us here because he believes you know where the Legendary Gods of Olympus are," Jamie said.

"I knew you'd return here one day with this mission. You were my very best student while you was here," Hideyoshi said with pride, "Follow me."

He led them into a side room, one which Jamie had never entered before.

"I didn't even know this room existed Master," he said looking around at the room.

The room itself was quite plain and small, however Jamie sensed that he had brought them in here for a reason.

"No you wouldn't have," Hideyoshi said, "I never told you or any other student about this room. It's my own private room…and you're about to see why."

He walked over to the table in the middle of the room and opened one of the drawers on it. He pulled out a small box and opened it.

"Take a look at these," he said, turning around to the group.

In his hand he held four cards. It took a few seconds for them to realise what he was holding.

"But these are the Gods!" Yugi said, "The Legendary Gods of Olympus!"

Hideyoshi smiled and said, "Yes you're right Yugi, that's exactly who they are. I've been waiting for all of you to come for quite a while now. After all you are the six Legendary Duellists the prophecies have spoken of."

"Master, how long have you had these cards?" Jamie asked.

"Oh, a long time now," Hideyoshi said vaguely, "They were entrusted to me by an old friend and I promised I would look after them until the time came where they would need to be used. And that time is now."

He turned back around and set the cards on the table. As he turned back to the group he got serious.

"But first, Jamie, we need to see if you are worthy of holding these cards."

He started to chant, "Gods of Olympus hear me now, move along us and allow us to speak to you freely!"

There was a loud boom and a figure appeared before them. He was big and muscly and power radiated from him. Power like they had never witnessed before.

"Why have you summoned me, Hideyoshi?" the figures voice boomed around the tiny room.

"Zeus, I bring before you my best and brightest student. We need to see if he is worthy of holding the cards. The Brothers have returned and we need your help," Hideyoshi said with the slightest of respect in his voice.

"The Brothers have returned?" Zeus said, "Interesting…I thought we had sealed them away for good. Very well Hideyoshi if this student of yours is as good as you say he is he may very well be worthy to hold the cards. However he will need to prove himself first. Which of these is your student?"

Jamie stepped forward and said "I am, sir."

"Hmm, very well. Your test will be to duel your old master…and win. Only then will you be able to hold the cards."

Jamie considered this for several minutes. Duel my old master? He thought, can I really do that? Can I win against him? He taught me everything that I know….he then checked himself. Of course I can do this! This is my final test and if I believe in myself and my deck there's no obstacle I can't overcome! He turned back to Zeus and said, "I accept your challenge."

Next time on Yugioh: Dark Shadows

Jamie: Prepare yourself Master! This is one duel I won't lose!

Hideyoshi: You're good Jamie but I'm better! I taught you everything you know!

Yusei: This duel is going to go down in history!

Yugi: Jamie isn't looking so good

Yuma: Bro! I lend you my power!

Jamie: GO SHINING DRAW!

That and more on the next Episode of Yugioh: Dark Shadows

Hi guys! This is the first Episode that doesn't contain a duel. This is because I wanted to add a bit more backstory to Jamie and Yuma and I'm dedicating the next Episode mostly to the duel. More backstory will be added to Jamie, Yuma and Cleo in a few episodes (flashbacks will occur) and you will get to find out how they came to be freinds and how Jamie and Cleo connected with each other. As always critique and help is always welcome. Hope you enjoyed this episode!