Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium the Movie:

Into the Darkness

Orbital-1 Space Station, ~1 Year Ago

Yuni and Oblivion are have their final duel in aboard the station. Yuni is manifesting the power of Chaos around him. Oblivion chuckles. Yuni asks, "What's so amusing?"

Oblivion responds, "You are. You're hanging on by a mere thread, and yet you still cling to life. It's the same way that all of your friends acted. All of them thought that they could defeat me, but they all fell before my might."

Yuni appears angered. "Don't talk about my friends!"

"But why not? Aren't they the reason we're dueling like this right now? I've now sent the minds of five of those closest to you to the Realm of Darkness. All five them are either currently suffering there or have completely vanished from existence."

Yuni continues to get angrier. "Leave them out of this, or else I'll…"

"You'll what? You are bound by the laws of Chaos. You can't take any dark action against me. Your friends will continue to rot in Realm of Darkness, and you can do nothing about it!"

Yuni says under his breath, "Shut up…"

Oblivion puts a hand up to his ear and leans forward. "What was that? I couldn't hear you. I wonder…do you think that your friends and family blame you for the situation they're in? After all, you're the reason they're all there."

Yuni says slightly louder, "Shut up…"

Oblivion shrugs. "I guess that it's impossible to know, since they'll never be coming back. Your parents, Apep, Zenith, and Brutus, all gone forever, thanks to you."

Yuni shouts with extreme anger, "Shut up!" Yuni begins screaming intensely. The Chaos energy around is converted completely into dark energy. His one golden eye turns dark purple, matching the other. The yang on his hand disappears, leaving only the black yin. He looks directly at Oblivion. His face is now painted with pain, fury, and hatred. He holds his hand up towards the roof and declares, "Dark Chaos Draw!" As he speaks, it sounds as if a second voice, one that is dark, twisted, and evil, is overlaid with Yuni's. He gathers dark energy around his hand and swipes the top card off of his deck.

Yugi asks in horror, Yuni, what are you doing!?

I'm doing what I should have done from the start! I'm destroying Oblivion!

Oblivion smiles. "It would appear that you have allowed your inner demons to take hold. This should be interesting."

Yugi begs, Please Yuni, don't do this. It's not the way. You know that.

Yuni responds, No, this is the only way. Oblivion was right. I was barely hanging on. Oblivion must be stopped at all costs. The ends justify the means.

No Yuni…they don't…

Yuni ignores him and declares, "I activate Corrupted Chaos Relic: Lethal Arms of Zantel!" Yuni's Discordon, the Cyber-Tech Magician of Chaos becomes equipped with the card. It forms an armor made out of pure shadows. Several spikes jet out of various parts of the armor and wherever there is a crevice in the armor, you can see red energy flow. Discordon at first appears to be in pain. After several moments it opens its eyes, revealing them to now be glowing red. Its face is twisted, dark, and malevolent compared to its normal state.

Yugi tries to say, Yuni, you're hurting your monster! Stop this!

Yuni commands, If you don't support me, then get out of my mind! Yuni shouts out again, and a pulse of darkness is sent out of him.

Yugi shouts, No! and he is suddenly cut off as Yuni banishes him from his mind.

Yuni declares, "It's you and me Oblivion! And I'm taking you out!"

The Sanctuary of Chaos, Present Day

Yuni suddenly wakes up, shouting, "No!" He looks around in panic. He is in a grand chamber, decorated as if it were in a medieval castle, except with relics and imagery relating to Chaos. Yuni pants, and eventually calms down somewhat. He thinks, It was only a dream…

Yugi asks, Same dream?

Why do you even need to ask? You saw it yourself.

Yes, but I figured you might actually want to talk about it this time.

Yuni shakes his head. There's nothing to talk about. I made a mistake, and I have to get past it. It's that simple.

If it were that simple, you wouldn't allow for it to keep such a grasp over you.

Yuni sighs. It doesn't matter, that's why I came here.

Yuni's door suddenly open and Trope, Lux, and Nox come bursting in. Trope asks, "My lord, is everything all right!?"

Yuni nods. "Yeah, I'm fine…I had the dream again."

Trope nods slowly. "My lord, I believe that now would be the perfect time for us to start our next session."

Yuni looks out a window and objects, "But the Sun has not even risen yet."

Trope nods. "Exactly why we should start the session now."

Yuni reluctantly gets out of bed. "Alright, let's do this."

Yuni and Trope both sit in a meditative stance on top of one of the spires of the castle. The Sun is just starting to rise. Trope explains, "We are now at the time of dawn, one of the most peaceful and serene times of day. This is because it is part of the natural Cycle of Chaos. With day comes Light, and at night, Darkness. Only twice a day, at dusk and dawn, does Chaos balance itself. Chaos is what happens when Light and Darkness come together. Often, our ancestors believed that Darkness was a force of pure evil, and must be eliminated at all costs. To an extent, that mentality still exists today. Only those who are as enlightened as us can truly understand the meaning of Chaos."

Yuni, sounding slightly annoyed, comments, "Yeah, I know that all already. What does it have to do with my problems now?"

"It has everything to do with your problem. You are scared of your past, it haunts you. You are afraid that the Darkness that took control over you back when you fought Oblivion can do so again. You want to serve as the Lord of Chaos, but are not sure if you are qualified because of your history with Darkness. However, what you do not consider is that this Darkness you fear is fundamental to the universe." He beckons to the rising Sun. "How could there ever be a day, if there were not a night to accompany it? What is Darkness, but the absence of Light, and Light, the absence of Darkness? Light and Darkness, they are two sides of the same coin, inseparable. Lord Ragnarok, you must accept that this dark half of you exists. You can no more destroy the Darkness than you can stop the sun from setting. You must accept and embrace the fact that the Darkness is an integral part of you."

Yuni appears upset. "I came here to get help in ridding myself of the Darkness, not accepting it!"

"Lord Ragnarok, you should know right now that accepting the Darkness is what separates us from the likes of the Guardians of Order, or the Society of Light. You have faced both, and know them to be wrong. Do not make the same mistake they made. To ignore and fight the Darkness is to give it strength. Now meditate with me, and accept the Darkness within. Remember Lord Apophis, he turned to the Darkness for several years, and yet he was able to accept it and move on."

Yuni sighs. "You're right. I'm sorry for my outburst. I'll try." He closes his eyes and begins to take, slow, deliberate, and deep breaths in and out.

Trope guides him, "Within the Darkness there is Light, within the Light there is Darkness. Seemingly two forces, but in fact just an illusion. There is no Light, there is no Darkness, only Chaos."

Yuni continues to breathe in and out. Suddenly an image flashes in Yuni's mind. It is an image of his face, distorted and twisted by Darkness. Yuni leaps up and shouts in surprise.

Trope asks, "My lord, what bothers you?"

Yuni slowly shakes his head. "I'm sorry Trope, but I just can't do it. I know that I should, and I am probably an awful Lord of Chaos because I can't, but I just can't forget the horrid things I did, I can't accept that it's natural."

Trope nods. "Do not fret my lord, I know that it is hard, especially because you were not raised as a member of the Society of Chaos. I have faith in you. When the time comes, you will be able to accept your dark half. I will not force the issue."

Yuni sighs. "And until then, I will continue to be haunted by my past."

"I cannot help you if you are unwilling to accept the help."

"I'm sorry Trope. I really do appreciate your help."

"Do not worry my lord, maybe it would be best for you to return to normal settings anyways. Just do me a favor."

Yuni nods. "What?"

"Every day, at either dusk or dawn, I want you to meditate on the nature of Chaos. Maybe through these meditations you will find enlightenment."

Yuni nods. "I will."

Domino City

Yuni is walking down the streets of Domino, heading back home. He looks around and lets out a sigh of relief. It's good to be home again.

Yugi suggests, Maybe that's what you needed, a change in scenery. You've been secluded at the Sanctuary of Chaos for over a month now.

Maybe.

Yuni comes to a halt and looks up. On a holodisplay attached to a building above him, is his own face. A message plays saying, "You all know him, it's Yuni Oha, the King of Games himself, and now that he's teamed up with Schroeder Corp., the future is looking great for Duel Monsters!"

What is this!? I never signed any deal with Schroeder Corp.!

Yugi asks, Schroeder Corp., as in the company ran by Zigfried von Schroeder?

Yeah, the very same one. Since the whole fiasco at the KC Grand Championships, they've lost a lot of their notoriety, but they've somehow managed to hang on for all these years. Most people attribute that to the some very shady business tactics, trust me, they're not a company you want to be associated with. I have to fix this before they ruin my name. With that, Yuni walks into the building.

Once inside, a clerk behind the receptionist desksays, "Yuni Oha, we've been expecting you. If you would just take the teleportation pad up to the top floor, our CEO will meet with you."

Yuni looks at the clerk for a moment, but then decides to save it. He walks on to the pad and teleports up. He steps off the pad, now in the CEO's office. Behind a desk sits a tall man in a business suit, possibly a descendent of Zigfried von Schroeder, due to his pink hair. The CEO says, "Yuni Oha, what a pleasure to see you."

Yuni looks at him for a moment. "I assure you, the feeling is not mutual. Why is my name on your company's advertisement?"

The CEO laughs. "I can see why you might not like that. But do not worry. You see, we had an offer for you that you couldn't refuse, but since you were nowhere to be found, we had to go ahead and start airing the commercials without your consent. Let's get to business. Schroeder Corp. is willing to offer you however much money you desire in return for your services as are spokesperson." The CEO begins to pull out a contract.

Yuni says sternly, "No deal."

"Good, good, just sign- Did you just say no deal!?"

"Yes, I did. I want nothing to do with your company. Now take my name off your commercials."

The CEO is in shock. "But…but…you could be rich…" Yuni turns around and walks out. The CEO shouts, "You're making a big mistake!"

Yuni is in his room now. Via a holographic communication device, he's talking to Tori and Brutus. Brutus says, "I'm sorry you couldn't solve your problem, but I'm glad you're back Yuni."

Tori nods. "Yeah, so am I."

Yuni shrugs. "Did you guys see the commercial from Schroeder Corp.?"

They both nod awkwardly. Tori says, "Yeah, we tried to call you to tell you, but you were in seclusion mode and all."

Yuni shrugs. "Whatever, I got it figured out."

Tori suddenly says, "Hey, I've got an idea! Do you guys remember Professor Jones from the Domino Academy of Dueling History?"

Brutus nods. "Yeah, he was the guy who told us about the possibility of Yugoha's existence before we really knew anything about it."

"Yeah, that was him. Anyways, he's recently uncovered a groundbreaking artifact in Egypt, and thought I might be interested in seeing him excavate it firsthand. I was going to leave first thing tomorrow, but since you're back Yuni, why don't we all go?"

Yuni nods. "That could be interesting. Sure. I'll meet you guys at the teleportation station tomorrow morning."

Tori replies, "Alright then, I'll see you tomorrow."

Brutus says, "Yeah, see you tomorrow guys."

The next day, Yuni is waiting at the teleportation station for his friends. From behind him Tori shouts, "Yuni!" She runs up from behind him and hugs him. Brutus comes in a bear hugs them both, picking them up off the ground. He sets them down.

Yuni says, "Tori, Brutus, great to see you again."

Tori says, "Well, we better get on the way." They wait in line until it's their turn and step on to the teleportation pad.

They step off at the other side and walk outside. They are in the deserts of Egypt. Nearby, sitting in a hover car, Professor Jones calls, "Tori, over here!" The group looks over and then runs to him. They all get into the hover car and they drive off.

Tori asks, "How are you Professor?"

The professor laughs. "I can't complain considering my old age. I wasn't expecting to see you here Yuni."

Yuni explains, "Tori invited us, I hope you don't mind."

"Oh, it's no problem at all, in fact I was hoping you might come. I think that this artifact might be of some interest to you."

Tori asks, "So what did you find?"

"An undiscovered Egyptian temple. Some sort of holy ground."

Brutus asks, "What's so special about it?"

The professor smiles. "What's special is the object of worship. The entire temple seems to be built around the impact crater of a meteorite. What's even more interesting are some of the carvings associated with it. We're almost there, why don't you wait until we get there?" As he's saying that, they begin to approach the excavation site. A large temple built of stone is coming out of the sand.

They park and get out. Professor Jones leads them to the entrance of the temple. He warns them, "Make sure you don't touch anything. This stuff is almost 10,000 years old."

Yuni asks, "So it comes from after the period of the Nameless Pharaoh?"

Jones nods. "Yes, it appears to have first been built several generations later. However, that is actually part of the reason I thought you might be interested in coming here. Follow me." They enter the temple. After walking through a series of corridors, leading to the heart of the temple. After a while of travel, they make it to their destination; a large chamber covered in hieroglyphics. In the center of the chamber is the same meteorite that was seen crashing earlier.

Yuni looks at the meteorite. A faint whisper says, "Yu-Gi-Oh…"

Yuni looks around. "Did any of you say something?" Everyone shakes their heads. "Didn't any of you hear that whisper?" Once again everyone shakes their heads. "I could have sworn I heard a whisper."

The professor suggests, "Sometimes the wind blows through the corridors, making a whisper-like sound. That's what you heard."

Yuni shrugs. "If you say so."

Jones walks over to a wall. "Anyways, this is what I wanted you to see."

Yuni, Tori, and Brutus walk over. On the wall is a large hieroglyph of a person. It has the unmistakable hair of Yuni and the other Yu-Gi-Oh reincarnations. It is covered by some sort of dark purple shading. Yugi comments, That's not Atem. While it looks close, Yugi is right, the image does not match any previously seen hieroglyph of Atem.

Tori asks, "So was this temple built to honor Ate…I mean the Nameless Pharaoh?"

Jones shakes his head. "No. That's what I thought at first too, but then I started translating the text. According to it, those who touched the meteorite would occasionally have visions of that figure. At first, it was believed to be a ghost of the Pharaoh, but over time it was realized that this spirit was much darker than the Pharaoh ever was, and knew nothing of Egyptian culture."

Yuni, Brutus, and Tori all look at each, thinking about the implications. Yuni thinks, It's definitely not me or you, it's not Atem or Timaeus, and there's no way it's Yu-Gi-Oh…

Yuni finishes, It's another incarnation of Yu-Gi-Oh! How is that possible?

I don't know…

The voice suddenly whispers again, "Yu-Gi-Oh…"

Yuni turns around and approaches the meteorite. He looks intensely at it. Without even thinking, he reaches his hand towards it. Before he even touches it, a spark of purple electricity leaps from the meteorite to his fingertips, and then is absorbed into him. After this, his eyes flash purple for a split second.

Professor Jones shouts, "Stop, don't touch that!"

Yuni's hand recoils. "Sorry…I don't know what got into me. I just felt like it was calling out to me."

Jones responds, "Don't worry about it, but don't do it again. It is a very delicate artifact."

Yuni nods. "Sorry."

The Professor turns back to the hieroglyphs and explains, "These inscriptions almost seem to describe a cult-like worship of the meteorite, unrelated to any other religious observance occurring in Egypt at the time, that's what really makes this find interesting." He continues to explain something as the scene fades out.

Domino City

The next day, Yuni is returning to his house. He steps inside and goes straight for the steps. As he's going up, his grandpa stops him by saying, "Yuni, you didn't think you were going to run off to your room without first telling me how your trip went, do you?"

Yuni sighs, turns around, and walks back down the stairs. "It was fine…I guess…" He turns around to go back up stairs.

His grandpa stops him again. "Yuni, we've barely talked at all for the past month. I can tell that's something's wrong, why don't you tell me? Maybe I can help you."

Yuni uncharacteristically sighs again. "There's nothing you can do to help me. Just leave me alone."

His grandpa gets angry, "Yuni Oha, don't take that tone with me!"

Yuni scoffs. "How about I do what I want." Forgetting about going up to his room, he turns around and exits the house.

Yuni's grandpa is baffled. He says to himself, "Yuni's never behaved that way before. What's wrong with him…?"

Tori and Brutus are standing in Yuni's house with his grandfather. He's explaining, "And then he just walked right out. You two are his best friends, do you know what's going on?"

Tori and Brutus look at each other with worry. Tori hesitates for a moment, and then says, "Since Yuni became King of Games, he's been under a lot of stress. I think that it's starting to get to him."

Yuni's grandpa nods. "Yeah, that's what he told me when he said he needed a vacation a month ago. I thought that he'd be better when he came back. I guess it's only gotten worse since then."

Brutus sadly nods. "Yeah, it would seem so."

"Do you two think that you could talk to him for me? See if there's anything you can do for him that I can't?"

They nod. Tori answers, "We'll do our best."

Brutus apologizes, "I'm so sorry about all this Mr. Oha. I wish we could do more."

Yuni's grandpa shrugs. "Don't worry about it, it's not your fault."

Tori and Brutus say good bye, turn around, and walk out. As they walk, Brutus asks, "Do you really think that Yuni's fear of his dark half has gone that far?"

Tori sighs. "I don't know. He seemed almost normal yesterday. Maybe he was just holding it back for our sake, and then he just had to let out his frustration today?"

Brutus shakes his head. "This is so unlike Yuni."

Tori points ahead. "Hey look, it's Yuni!"

Sure enough, just ahead of them, is Yuni. They run to catch up with him. Brutus calls, "Hey Yuni, we want to talk!"

Yuni turns around, he still seems upset. "Oh, hey guys."

Tori says, "We just talked to your grandpa. What happened?"

Yuni sighs. "I don't know. I feel really bad about it. I just suddenly felt an intense desire to be alone. Then, out of nowhere, I was overcome by a wave of intense anger. I'm just not sure what came over me."

Brutus asks, "Is there anything you want to talk to us about? Does it have anything to do with…your…"

Yuni seems agitated, "With my what? My problem? My fear!?"

Brutus slowly nods. "Maybe if you talk about it, you might feel better."

Yuni is now angered. "What makes you think that you know what's best for me!? I spent a month trying to get over it! Do you really think that you can offer me anything that I couldn't get at the Sanctuary of Chaos!?"

Brutus steps back, startled by Yuni. Tori, who is now angry as well, scolds, "Yuni, he just wanted to help! That's no way to treat your friend!"

Yuni looks at her. "Maybe you two aren't even my friends! You have no idea what I'm going through right now! No comprehension at all! Why don't you just leave me alone so that I can figure out things for myself?!" For a split, barely noticeable moment, Yuni's eyes turn dark purple. Yuni storms off in anger.

Brutus and Tori are left stunned and hurt. They look at each other, completely speechless.

Yuni continues to march angrily away. He shakes his head and says to himself, "What makes them think that they can help me? They've never been taken over by Darkness before." He stops and looks up at the building in front of him. "However, I think I know what could help…" He walks into the building. The scene moves upward, so a sign can be seen. It's the Schroeder Corp. building.