Of Demons and Duel Monsters
By Infinite Freedom
Chapter 2: The Chaos at Leaf
"Dark Magic Attack" talking
'Damn' thinking
"Fist of Fate" Yugi/Yami talking when possessed by an Egyptian God Monster/Naruto talking when possessed by Kyuubi
'Hey Kit' Demon/Duel monster talking
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Yu-Gi-Oh
Now on with the Story.
The sky darkened, signaling the sun's departure, and the sky welcomed the moon within the darkness of night.
Night fell over the land, and two campfires burned brightly in the darkness. The Leaf shinobis had been walking for several hours now and were setting up camp. Naruto had laid the stranger down on the ground near the fire, making sure he was both warm and safe. Ever since their departure from the Sand Village, many questioned the miracle of the revival of their Kazekage, as well as the strangely attired boy that accompanied him.
Naruto suddenly felt two presences behind him, and turned. Kakashi and Sakura were there. Kakashi gave Naruto a single look, which he nodded, and took a step away, but still near his newfound friend.
"Sakura, check." Kakashi said in monotone, but his eye was serious.
"Yes, Kakashi-sensei." the pink-haired beauty answered.
She knelt down next to the tri-colored haired teen, making sure not to wake up. Gently, she put her left hand in his pocket and pulled out a small black leather wallet.
Opening it, she saw an ID card, revealing his identity and a set of pictures of his family and friends, well, mostly friends.
"I thought I already that his name was Yugi." Naruto complained, slightly disturbed by the fact that they were invading his friend's privacy.
"You did, but we have to acquire more information to report to Hokage-sama." Kakashi replied.
"Well I can tell you what I know already." Naruto continued on, and took Yugi's side deck, showing the monsters.
"These cards (shows the cards) are used to summon creatures known as Duel Monsters from a dimension known as the Shadow Realm. He also takes his power from that realm as well. That is all I know."
"Now let's see what the wallet can tell us." Kakashi said, his lone eye looking at Sakura.
"What does it contain, Sakura-san?" Lee inquired, curious of the unconscious boy.
"Its . . . strange . . . The ID card in here says that he's name is Yugi Motou, and he attends some sort of school called Domino High. I never heard of a school like that before. It also states that he's currently sixteen years old and he's from Domino City, Japan." she answered.
Now this bit of information puzzled everyone.
"Domino City? Japan?" Gai was clearly confused, question marks appearing around his bowl-cut head.
"Yugi Motou, eh? Now that's a cute name." Ten-Ten said with a small smirk on her lips.
"Sakura, is there anything else?" Neji inquired.
The Hyuuga genius wanted to know anything and everything about the stranger. To have such power that could almost blind his Byakugan eyes, he was very cautious of the young man.
Sakura took out the pictures and hand one to each of them. "I think these are of his friends and family." she said. "See? The one I have has him with several different people."
'I got to admit, the one with blonde hair looks hot!' Inner Sakura said. Sakura suppressed her inner self with the shaking of her head.
Naruto came over to her and compared her picture with his. "Sakura-chan, look here! This picture has him with a very old-looking guy next to him in front of a building. He might be his relative or something. Can't quite read the sign on the building, though." he told her.
"By the looks of it, that can be his grandfather. Look, they have the same color of eyes. Also the building is called the 'Kame Game Shop'. I can see it a bit more clearly then you, Naruto." she responded.
Rock Lee examined his photo closely. "This is strange. This picture here shows a guy that looks exactly like Yugi, but he's . . . different."
All looked at him, curious.
He showed them the picture, and indeed it was strange. The young man in it looked like a taller, older version of Yugi. The only real difference were the eyes and hair. Yugi's eyes held innocence and had a childlike quality, but this man's eyes were confident and mature.
"That must be his twin brother. He looks hot though!" Ten-Ten said with a giggle. Sakura agreed with her with a smile.
"There is something odd, though." Sakura said.
All eyes were upon her.
"Yugi and his supposed twin are never together in any picture. Still, in each, you can see that both are wearing the same necklace with a large, golden upside-down pyramid at the end. And it doesn't look like something that can be duplicated, it looks too precious . . ."
All of them checked the pictures, and indeed Sakura was right.
"But, where is that necklace of his now?" the student of Jiraiya asked.
"He must have not been wearing it when he arrived. Regardless, I believe that necklace is not important now." Kakashi stated. "Tomorrow, we head out bright and early."
"Should we check his device and the cards that are in it?" Rock Lee asked.
Gai said "No, Lee. We will wait until he is up. We do not know what he is carrying, and to tamper with them with no knowledge on how they work could prove disastrous."
"Yosh." Lee replied, understanding.
All agreed, and Sakura took back the pictures and put them back in the wallet. She put it back in Yugi's pocket, but she hovered above him for a few moments. She was gazing at his innocent-like features, her hands softly brushing back his golden bangs.
"I don't know how you got here, where you're from, or why you are here . . . but that you. You saved one of Naruto's precious persons and I know he deeply appreciates that." she whispered to him. She slowly stepped away, and looked back once, a warm smile upon her face, before turning in for the night.
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Next morning
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The sun was barely up, it's crimson rays only slipping upon the land, and already the Leaf shinobi/kunoichi were up and moving. Neji and Rock Lee were removing any traces of their whereabouts, while Naruto carried Yugi on his back.
It would take around 6 to 7 hours to reach Konohagukure. Sakura and Ten-ten were having a conversation on their own, most likely about boys and Kakashi and Gai had finished writing down the reports of the recent occurrences, as well as Yugi's sudden appearance.
Kakashi pricked his thumb, drawing a small amount of blood.
He kneeled and put it on the ground, shouted.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"
A medium-sized dog appeared, fur dark brown and eyes a dark gray. Kakashi and Gai handed the canine their reports, which stuck it within its collar, which had a compartment for such things. He specifically was a carrier/messenger out of the summons Kakashi had.
"Go to Konoha and give these to Tsunade-sama, understand?" the spiky silver-haired Jounin instructed. The dog nodded, then took off like the wind, a mere blur disappearing over the horizon.
"I'm sure Hokage-sama will be very interested when she reads our reports." Gai said to his comrade. Kakashi merely shrugged, and went back to reading his orange hentai book.
Back with Sakura and Ten-Ten, the two girls were talking about Yugi. "He seems so young! Hard to believe he's around our age." Sakura stated.
"I'll say. I bet people mistake him for a 10 year-old." Ten-Ten replied. "Say, you think he has a girlfriend?"
Sakura was silent, but for only a moment.
"Ten-Ten! You can't be thinking like that! You have Neji!" Sakura hissed at her.
The weapon's expert simply smirked and answered "Hey, I was just curious. Besides, Neji is still a bit on the cold side to me."
This made Sakura snicker, oh Neji was in for it now!
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At the Sand Village
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Temari and Kankurou anxiously awaited the condition of their younger brother, who amazingly, was sleeping soundly within a bed in the hospital. Shortly after Chiyo and Gaara had returned to the village, the Kazekage was overcome with exhaustion, and fell asleep on the spot. Many panicked at the thought of the Sand demon being released, and were about to attack his prone form when they suddenly realized that nothing was happening.
The old woman had taken him to the hospital to be treated and taken care of. Making sure he was secure, the woman left to go tell the two siblings the good news.
When the two heard the news, they were just ecstatic and anxious. Their brother was alive, and it was thanks to the stranger who had appeared in the most dramatic of fashion, AND he fell asleep!
At first they expected the latter was either to be a cruel joke or they waited for Shukaku to come out of nowhere and bite their heads off. It was neither. Of course, they were stunned.
Well, they were after hearing that Gaara had been brought back from the Land of the Dead. They went to the hospital to find out more, but it was late at night and the staff refused to let them enter. So, they waited in the lobby all throughout the night.
A nurse came up to them and said "He is awake now. You can go see him.". She gave the duo the room number, and the Sand Siblings quickly made their way to the Kazekage's room.
Arriving at their destination, the two opened the doors to find Gaara sitting up. It was like he was expecting them.
There wasn't a frown or any monotonic expression upon his face.
The young man smiled at them, a small but warm smile.
"Good morning." He said to them.
Temari rushed to Gaara and hugged him tightly, tears of relief flowing down her face. Kankurou stood by her, smiling at him. The fan-wielder removed herself from him and examined Gaara closely.
"Are you alright? Are you still hurt anyway?" she asked in a semi-frantic voice.
Gaara calmed her down with a firm but warm hand upon her shoulder.
"I'm okay, really."
Then his smile fell and said "I'm alive, but Shukaku . . . is gone. I can't help, but feel a part of me torn away . . ."
Kankurou went wide-eyed at this statement. "I guess Chiyo was telling the truth then."
He said with a worried note "The Akatsuki has Shukaku's power now. How will they use it?"
Temari pulled up a nearby chair and sat down. "Gaara, please tell us everything! We want to know what happened from you." she asked calmly.
Then Gaara began to tell his tale to his brother and sister.
"When I was finally killed . . . I stood within a darkness. This darkness . . . it was so full . . . so murky . . . so . . . dead . . . it made me feel so cold . . . so numb . . . so non-existent . . ." He shivered from the thought.
"I ran through it, trying to find a way out, and I tried to scream, but no sound came out of my throat. It was . . . agonizing . . . being alone, just alone . . . no voice within my head . . . and then . . . this ear-splitting silence was too much." He closed his eyes, and had his right hand covering his face.
"I was lost within the darkness, within the Land of the Dead if that was what Chiyo called it. It seemed like hours, I went on, trying to keep myself from collapsing from the ear-splitting silence, not a single thought within my mind. I slowly but surely was being drowned within the darkness . . . I was slowly being drained of life. Not life life, but my soul, it was being torn apart by it all . . ." Gaara sighed, and opened his eyes, and saw that his brother and sister were listening intently. He soon gazed at the open window, and sighed.
"When all seemed lost, when I was going to give into the darkness, I heard footsteps, FOOTSTEPS within the place that silenced all. And I looked up, and saw the the shape of a boy. His body . . . it shined of a bright golden aura that slowly tore the darkness apart, and around him, like some sort of guardian a giant long red dragon glided around his figure. That entity would put most demons to shame! Then I felt the warmth of their auras, which suddenly engulfed me and gave me warmth." He stopped there and once again laid his eyes upon his siblings.
Temari and Kankuro were stunned, and speechless. It just seemed too good to be true. And their brother was alive and well in front of them.
"Gaara, did they really take this stranger back to the Leaf?" Temari asked softly. Inside of her, however, waves of gratitude were rolling all around.
Gaara nodded and answered "Yes, Temari. I was a bit disoriented at the time, and I believed it would be best if they took him there. I'm willing to bet that the Hokage would like to speak to him." He smirked at that.
Temari hugged her brother once again, this time he hugged back, making her cry tears of joy. Suddenly, she spoke out, "Gaara, Kankurou. I'm going to the Leaf Village." she stated.
"What!" Kankurou exclaimed. A nurse nearby asked them to quiet down.
"I want to find this stranger and personally thank him for bringing Gaara back. Besides, I have this weird feeling in my soul that's nagging me to meet him." Temari explained the best she could, but she couldn't tell what she was feeling.
The Kazekage managed a small smile.
"I'm going with you, as soon as I'm back to full health. I would like to thank him myself."
The puppet user protested "But if you leave, Gaara, who'll stay in charge of the Sand Village? You shouldn't leave just like that."
"I leave you in charge of things, Kankurou."
"But…" Kankurou was shocked.
"I trust you'll handle things well in my absence?" Gaara gave a confident smirk.
Kankurou sighed and showed a slight smirk, and gave a thumbs up.
"Of course! You can count on me!"
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Back in the Leaf
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The ANUB ninjas were assembled in a large room, awaiting for Tsunade. Each and everyone one of them were talking, wondering on why Tsunade called everyone up once again! Pretty soon, the busty blonde leader of Konoha and her assistant came onto the platform. The ninjas gave them their undivided attention, silencing immediately.
"Everyone, listen up! I have called you all in here to discuss some things. I feel that a powerful force has surfaced upon our world, and it is much stronger then the presence of Kyuubi from long ago." the Hokage started to say.
This brought up a tremendous amount of panic and fear within all of the ANBU. To them all, anything that was more powerful then the Nine-Tailed Fox was very much bad news.
"SILENCE!" Shizune barked, making all silent once more.
"Thank you. Now, due to this nature, I am asking for all of you to be on absolute guard! When…" Tsunade was saying when a red dog skidded and soon ran up to her. The canine trotted up to her, wagging its tail happily. The Hokage took the paper from its collar, and the mutt disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Tsunade-sama, what is it?" Shizune inquired as her mentor read the papers. She saw immediately that they were reports and saw the names of both Kakashi and Gai on them. Tsunade was scanning them and her eyes widened considerably.
The blonde returned her attention back to the ANBU. "Everyone, listen up! I got reports from Kakashi and Gai, and it seems that the force that came into our world is coming here!" she announced.
That got everyone's attention immediately. Shizune was a bit scared now, hearing the force that was rumored to be stronger than the Kyuubi's approaching her village.
"Listen, this force is very powerful but also not to what we think. According to the reports, it seems that this force is actually a teenager named Yugi Motou. Little next to nothing is on him, but he managed to resurrect the Kazekage, Gaara of the Sand!" Tsunade stated. Everyone was now murmuring wildly, and even Shizune's brain was on overload.
'No one can resurrect the dead, not even Orochimaru or the demons!' the pretty kunoichi thought.
Tsunade called for silence, and the room slowly went quiet. "He is arriving some time today, but he currently unconscious, and by his health status reported here (she whaps the papers in her hand), he'll be out for awhile. Apparently, reviving Gaara took a lot out of him. So, when Yugi and the other arrive, he is to be put into the hospital. However, I want two ANBU to guard outside his room and one to guard him from within the room." she instructed.
The ninjas agreed with her. A kid that had the power to resurrect the dead without sacrifice, was not to be taken lightly. So, Tsunade assigned the appropriate ANBU to the tasks and started to tell the rest about what to do in case the boy wakes up.
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At the Hyuuga Estates
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Every known Elder of the Council was sitting in the meeting room, Hyuuga Hiashi sitting on a slightly higher platform. Hinata and her family were there as well, the slightly nervous girl wondering about the sudden action.
"Everyone, quiet down!" Hiashi commanded. The room slowly died out.
"I have called this meeting because of what I felt yesterday. I sensed that a major change is coming to our world, a force that is extremely great and powerful. And now, it seems that my suspicions have been confirmed." the Head of the Main House stated.
He continued "I received word earlier that a report from Kakashi and Gai came in. Apparently, the reports were for the Hokage. She announced that a teenage boy, around sixteen years of age, came into our world in the most unusual and wondrous display."
Hiashi continued, "Shortly after that, he rose up was seemingly possessed by something else to help revive Gaara of the Sand, the Kazekage who was claimed to be dead earlier within the report. Kakashi's Sharingan eye was useless, and Neji's Byakugan eyes were immediately blinded by what he saw. Apparently, this Yugi possesses something that is far more powerful then Kyuubi."
The whole room was in an uproar, and Hinata and Hanabi were just stunned.
'Someone that has something more powerful then the Kyuubi!' was the thought on both girls' minds.
Hiashi boomed loudly for silence, and the room quieted down.
Hiashi said "Little next to nothing is known about Yugi. After reviving Gaara, he was knocked out-cold due to chakra depletion. He is on his way here with the others, and will be put in a hospital under watch until he awakens."
"What shall we do, Hiashi-sama?" a Council member inquired.
"When this Yugi boy wakes up, he will be interrogated. The Hokage will hide no information from us. Even if she does, we will do what we can to make sure he is not a threat to us or Konoha." he answered, "By any means necessary."
As the Council put in questions to ask Yugi, Hinata and Hanabi left the room silently. They were thinking the same thought:
'Who by the leaf can have so much power to overcome the Byakugan?'
Here are the choices again
Naruto
The Hyuuga's
Tsunade
The Haruna's
The Yamanaka's
Or the Nara's
Konohamaru
Please know that you have more than one chance to vote because I am not going to have him stay with someone for a few chapters.
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See ya, Infinite Freedom, LAUNCH!