Chapter Two
Shut Up
Yugi kept his eyes shut. "That was just a dream," he muttered. "I must have fallen asleep. I only dreamed that a five-thousand-year-old Egyptian pharaoh lives in my puzzle. That's all it was. Just a dream." He slowly opened his eyes and groaned. "And I'm still asleep."
"Actually, you're awake now," said Yami. "You fainted. I'm not a dream. And it's my puzzle."
Yugi turned over and buried his head under a pillow. "Stop arguin' with me. I'll decide if I'm asleep or not, thank you. An' the puzzle belongs to me. Grampa gave it to me."
Yami pulled the pillow away. "Get up, Yugi. I wanna ask you some questions."
"Huh, you really must be a pharaoh," muttered Yugi, pulling the pillow back over his head. "You're certainly bossy enough."
"Hey, I'm not bossy!"
Yugi scoffed skeptically. "What, the word 'please' didn't exist five thousand years ago?"
"No need to get sarcastic with me, shorty."
"Quit callin' me shorty."
"Quit callin' me bossy."
"Shut up."
"Oh, you said I was bossy?"
"Shut up."
"Is that all you're going to say?"
"Shut up."
"I guess so."
"Shut up."
"You sure have a limited vocabulary."
"Shut up."
"Are you going to say that all day?"
"Shut up."
"Why do I even keep asking you questions?" muttered Yugi to himself.
"Shut up."
"I wasn't even talking to you!"
"Shut up."
Yami sighed.
"Shut up."
"What -- "
"Shut up."
"There's something seriously wrong with you."
"Shut up."
Yami looked at Yugi warily and began edging away, nearly tripping over something in Yugi's floor.
"Shut up."
Yami crossed his arms and glared at Yugi. "Look, shorty, I'm gonna be around for a while, so we're gonna have to learn to get along with each other."
A slightly scared expression appeared on Yugi's face. "Wh-what do you mean, you're gonna be around for a while?"
"When someone successfully puts together my puzzle and puts it on, then I become a part of them. From now on, I'm sort of like your alter ego. I reside in your mind as well as my puzzle..."
"You mean my puzzle."
Yami sighed and put a hand over his eyes. "Alright, how 'bout it's our puzzle?"
"Oh, alright."
"Now, I reside in your mind as well as..."
"You mean you're just a figment of my imagination? Good! So if I imagine that you're not here, then you won't be!"
"Will you stop interrupting me? As I was saying, I reside in your mind as well as my puzzle, and you and I can share your body, or I can take over completely."
"Oh, no you don't. I'm gonna find some way to get rid of you."
Yami smirked. "Good luck. I will, however," he added, "make a deal with you. Duel me, and if you win, though you can't get rid of me I will leave you alone."
"And if you win?"
"You admit the puzzle is mine and I get to take over whenever I want."
"Wait...how do you know about the Duel Monsters game anyway?"
"Oh, good, I was afraid dueling wouldn't be around after five thousand years. You do duel, right?"
Yugi pulled out his deck. "Sure I duel. Grampa gave me this deck, too. And, you're in a card shop. Grampa sells Duel Monsters cards."
Yami looked at Yugi's deck curiously. "Cards? What happened to the stone tablets that the monsters reside in?"
Yugi looked at him suspiciously. "Stone tablets? O...kay, now going back to thinking you're some sort of whacko. Maximillion Pegasus invented Duel Monsters."
Yami made a disbelieving noise in the back of his throat. "We Egyptians harnessed the power of the Shadow Monsters. And if you don't think so, then how do you explain how I know that the Dark Magician's attack is Dark Magic Attack? How do I know Blue-Eyes White Dragon's attack is White Lightning?"
Yugi looked surprised. "How do you know about Blue-Eyes? There's only four of those cards left in existence."
"Told ya," said Yami smugly. "And I'm the number one duelist as well. My Dark Magician has never let me down."
"The Dark Magician is your favorite monster?"
"Yes. Why are you so surprised?"
"Because it's my favorite monster!"
Yami nodded. "Well, that makes sense."
"Huh?"
"Destiny has chosen you to receive the puzzle. Did you think it was mere coincidence that you and I look alike, and we both have the same favorite monster?"
"Wha -- destiny? What're you talkin' about now? And we do not look that much alike."
"You're right. I'm much better looking. And taller."
"Watch it, buster. Why don't you just go poof, or whatever you ghost-spirit things do?"
Yami looked highly affronted. "I do not go 'poof'."
"Shut up."
"Don't start."
"Shut up."
"Yugi -- "
"Shut up."
"Would you -- "
"Shut up."
I've gotta work on the next chapter, so it probably won't be up so quickly. I just got this one up so soon because it was already typed up…well, a while ago anyway. Last year, I dunno. It's been a while.
Aurora – You just said 'a while' twice in the same paragraph.
I'm well aware of that.
Aurora – So you're not gonna change it to make you sound less repetitive?
Would you go away? With you around, I'm also well aware of how Yugi feels in this story.
Aurora – Are you saying I'm an annoying yami?
Yes.
Aurora – (smirks) Thanks for the compliment.
(sweatdrops)