Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Always A Friend, Always A Guardian ❯ Find the Power Within to save Yugi ( Chapter 4 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Recap: Yugioh has returned to his kingdom. The people are glad that he is back to his gentle self again. Somewhere, Yami Malik is planning to kill Yugi.

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Chapter 4: Find the Power withing to save Yugi


Two months have passed since the Shadow Realm incident. Yugi's grandfather has returned from his exhibition, and is running the shop again. Yugioh is ruling his kingdom with a gentle hand, but also with justice and wisdom. The people couldn't have asked for a better ruler.
Meanwhile, Yami Malik is almost ready to put his plan into action. A week ago while Seto Kaiba was on a business trip, Yami Malik stole his three Blue Eyes White Dragon cards as well as the card that fuses them into the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
'Now that Yugioh is gone, I can easily kill Yugi. There will be no one powerful enough to stop me,' Yami Malik thought.
Meanwhile, Seto Kaiba returned from his business trip. He went to his room to find it a mess. He looked on his desk and saw that his three Blue Eyes White Dragon cards, and a Polymerization card were stolen. He found a note in their place.
The note said, "Hello Kaiba. I'm sure that you found out about my presence here. Your security never suspected a thing due to my magic. Your Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon will be just what I need to kill Yugi. Just think, Yugi killed by your own cards hahahaha. Yami Malik."
'I better call Yugi. He is going to be in big trouble,' Kaiba thought (A/N: In the series, Kaiba is a jerk who needs to open his eyes and his heart. In this story, he has opened his eyes and heart. He has become good friends with Yugi and the gang.). He picked up the phone and dialed Yugi's number.
At the Turtle Games Shop, the phone rang.
"Moto residence," Solomon Moto said.
"Good afternoon Mr. Moto, this is Kaiba. May I speak to Yugi please?" Kaiba said.
"Hold on a sec please," Solomon said as he called his grandson over.
"Hello, this is Yugi," Yugi said.
"Yugi, this is Kaiba. I was calling to warn you of the big trouble that you are in. When I came back from my business trip a few minutes ago, I found my room trashed. I looked on the desk to see that the cards I use to create the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon were stolen. In their place I found a note from Yami Malik saying that he was going to use them to kill you," Kaiba said.
"Thank you," Yugi said with extreme worry in his voice.
"Don't worry, I'll get my cards back somehow," Kaiba said to reassure Yugi. "I'll be in touch when I can, bye."
"Bye," Yugi said as he hung up the phone. He mentally panicked immediately afterwards. /What am I going to do? I can't face that/ He was so deep in his state of panic, he didn't realize that he just talked to Yugioh.
Yugioh heard and felt that Yugi was very scared. //Yugi, what's wrong? Why are you so scared?//
/I just got a call from Kaiba. He told me that the cards used to form the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon were stolen from him by Yami Malik/
//This is bad. Be very careful Yugi. Tell the rest of your friends about it//
/Okay/
Yugioh still sensed that Yugi was scared. //Don't worry Yugi. I'll be there if you get into danger//
"Yugi, what's wrong?" Solomon asked when he saw Yugi's blank expression.
"Yami Malik stole the cards Kaiba uses to create the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon," Yugi responded.
"Oh dear, this is bad," Solomon said.
"That's what Yugioh said," Yugi said.
Yugi called his friends, telling them to meet at his house. In half an hour, they were all there.
"What's wrong Yugi?" Te`a asked.
Yugi was in a state of panic again. Kaiba noticed and decided to tell the others for him.
"When I returned from my business trip, I found my room a mess. I looked on my desk and saw that the cards I used to create the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon were missing. I found a note saying that they were going to be used to kill Yugi. The note was from Yami Malik," Kaiba responded.
"This is bad," Te`a said.
"That's the third time I heard that today," Yugi said.
"Third? Who else did you tell?" Kaiba asked.
"I told grandpa and Yugioh," Yugi responded.
Meanwhile, Yugioh was very worried about Yugi's situation. Jaime walked up to the throne and saw his father's worried state.
"Father, what's wrong?" Jaime asked.
"My friend Yugi is in a terrible situation," Yugioh responded.
"You never told me about this," Jaime said.
"I couldn't bear to tell anyone, but I will have to now. You see Jaime, Yami Malik is after him. I not too long ago finished talking with Yugi through our mental link. He told me that the cards that his friend Kaiba uses to create the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon were stolen by Yami Malik," Yugioh said.
Suddenly, a voice said, "Yugioh, you must find the power withinn yourself to be able to help Yugi."
"What do you mean Great Spirit?" Yugioh asked.
"There are powers within you that are waiting to be discovered. Your Millennium powers are nothing compared to the powers inside of you," the Great Spirit responded.
"Why are the powers hidden from my father?" Jaime asked.
"If your father didn't become evil, he would have been mastered them already. These powers can never be used if the person is evil," the Great Spirit responded. "You have powers that are greater than anything in the universe combined Yugioh," he added.
"What do I need to do?" Yugioh asked.
"I will take you to an abandoned part of the kingdom. You will go through vigorous training to unlock your powers and abilities," the Great Spirit responded.
Yugioh was taken to a huge underground palace.
"This is where you will train. This training will unlock your powers and abilities. By the end of the training, you won't have any need for the Millenium Items anymore. That's why you don't have them with you," the Great Spirit said.
"I never knew this place existed. It is even bigger than my palace," Yugioh said in amazement.
"This place has been abandoned long before you were born," the Great Spirit said.
Yugioh entered and the Great Spirit placed a force field over the palace.
"How should I begin my training?" Yugioh asked.
"Start by flying through this palace as fast as you can. When you've finished that, run as fast as you can through the palace," the Great Spirit responded.
Yugioh spread his wings and flew through the palace. He flew as fast as he currently could. Then, he began to speed up even more. He is flying faster than the speed of light, a speed that is so fast that he returns to the start in pratically no time.
Then he lands and starts running. He feels himself running at the same speed that he just flew at. Again he returns to the start in practically no time flat. 'I could never fly or run this fast until two months ago. For some reason, I don't feel the slightest bit tired either,' he thought.
"As you guessed, you can now fly and run at very high speeds. You went faster than the speed of light. Increased speed is one of your hidden abilities. As you also found out, you weren't even the least bit tired. You can fly to infinity and back, even at top speed, without feeling tired," the Great Spirit said.
Yugioh walks through the palace. He notices a lot of broken columns on the ground.
"As you can see, there are many columns here. A few feet ahead is the largest part of all the broken columns," the Great Spirit said.
Sure enough, there was a large part of a column a few feet ahead. Yugioh stopped in front of it.
"Lift it," the Great Spirit said simply.
Yugioh bent down and put his hands under the column. He felt energy within him giving him strength, and he lifted the broken column with no trouble at all. "How am I this strong?" he asked.
"The broken column was only a small test compared to what you will be able to lift. Great strength is another one of your abilities. You will be able to lift things from the light weight of a feather to the heaviest thing in the universe," the Great Spirit responded.
A fiery path is suddenly created.
"You don't have th puzzle with you, but it really won't matter. I want you to walk through this fiery path.
Yugioh did as he was told without question. He had faith that he wouldn't be harmed as he walked into the flames. As he walked, he realized that he couldn't even feel a bit of the fire's awesome heat. Half an hour later, he was out of the path. There isn't even a scratch on him.
"As you found out, you are invulnerable. The fire was as hot as the hottest star in space," the Great Spirit said.
"If that was the case, then why didn't this place burn down?" Yugioh asked.
"I have put a heat resistant spell on this place. The force field is part of the heat resistant spell. There is nothing that can match my powers. I am the creator of the universe," the Great Spirit responded. "Even though my powers are far greater than yours, your powers are still far stronger than anything in the universe combined. I am not a being of the universe," he added.
Yugioh knew that being invincible would be a big help in protecting Yugi.
"Your training has only begun Yugioh. When you'll finish depends on you," the Great Spirit said.
"I am ready," Yugioh said.
After one day passed, Yugioh had successfully mastered the powers of invisibility, teleportation, levitation, and creation.
"You have mastered true invisibility Yugioh. Just like the spell I put over your kingdom, you can't be detected by anything. Even other magic and the most advanced technology won't be able to know where you are," the Great Spirit said. "Now, you must know how to heal without having to use the Millennium Puzzle. Appearing before you now is the body of a bloodied female. You will have to focus on only healing the child to be able to heal her," he added.
Yugioh put his hand on the person, concentrated on what he was told to do, and successfully healed her. She disappeared, only for more people to appear. By the end of the day, healing was like second nature to Yugioh.
"You're doing well Yugioh. I expected nothing less from you. You should be done by the end of the week," the Great Spirit said.
"I'll do anything you ask of me," Yugioh said.
"Take your shoes off. You don't need them anymore," the Great Spirit said.
Yugioh took off his sandals and flung them across the room. They smashed against the wall.
"I will give you your next ability, and that is the knowledge of the world. You will also have the knowledge all the locations in the world and universe," the Great Spirit said as he gave Yugioh the ability. "Your final part of the training will be to master the elements," he added.
"You mean control them?" Yugioh asked.
"No, I don't mean control them. I mean becoming one with them," the Great Spirit responded.
"So, you're saying that instead of controlling the elements, I will be their partner?" Yugioh asked.
"Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying," the Great Spirit responded. "To become one with the elements, I will take you to different spots of the world. The first place is inside an active volcano," he added.
Yugioh was taken to the inside of Hawaii's volcano.
"This is the most active volcano in the world. It hasn't stopped erupting for over 15 years. To be one with fire, you will have to clear your mind and focus your powers into the lava of this volcano," the Great Spirit said.
Yugioh cleared his mind and concentrated hard to connect with the lava of the volcano. As the day progressed, he felt the heat of the lava becoming one with him. He looked at his hands to see them turning into fire. Soon his entire body was on fire; however, he didn't feel the heat. He was becoming one with the lava. By the end of the day, he had completely joined with the lava.
"Well done Yugioh. The lava has accepted you as its partner. You are now one with fire. The next element is water," the Great Spirit said.
Yugioh was transported to the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
"This is the Pacific Ocean, the largest ocean in the world. To become one with water, you will have to communicate with some of the life at the bottom of the ocean. That means that you will have to go to the bottom of the ocean. Don't hold your breath. You will find out why not later," the Great Spirit said.
Yugioh dove underwater. Using his speed, he was standing on the ocean floor in no time. He cleared his mind to reach out to the marine life. A group of dolphins heard his call and swam to him.
"Hello friend," one of the dolphins said in its language.
Yugioh understood what the dolphin said. "Hello to you too," he said in its language.
By speaking in its language, he found out that he could breathe underwater. He continued to talk with the dolphins. After talking for half the day, the dolphins left. Yugioh concentrated on becoming one with the water. He felt the water slowly merging with him. He felt himself becoming water. He swam along with the current of the water. By the end of the day, he had become one with the element of water.
He was then transported to a forest.
"To become one the earth element, you will have to communicate your body to the ground, and the trees. You will also have to be in harmony with the animals here," the Great Spirit said.
"How do I communicate my body?" Yugioh asked.
"You will find out," the Great Spirit responded.
Yugioh slowly walked through the forest. The ground suddenly felt soft underneath his bare feet. It was like he was showing his respect for the ground's delicate nature, and the ground was responding to his respect for it. His feet melted into the ground a little when he stopped ten minutes later. He was able to feel the process of how the ground produces plants.
A couple of hours later, he was in harmony with the ground. He then walked over to a nearby tree. It was a redwood. It towered above him in its radiance and beauty. He put his hand on it. He cleared his mind and was able to link to the tree. Through the link, he was able to feel the tree's strengths and weaknesses as well. By the middle of the day, he had merged with the tree.
Then he walked through the forest again. A few hours later, he came across a group of forest animals. They saw him and smiled. They felt that he was one with the trees and the ground that they lived or trodded on.
"Hello friend," the bear grunted.
"Hello to you," Yugioh said in the bear's language.
"We would be honored to be in harmony with you," a bird chirped.
"As I would be to be in harmony with you," Yugioh said in the bird's language.
He spent the rest of the day talking to the animals present. In doing so, he had become one with the forest.
"Well done Yugioh! You have become one with the animals. Those animals are a small fraction of the many animals you will be able to speak with. Now, for the final element. Fly about 4 1/2 miles into the air," the Great Spirit said.
Yugioh spread his wings and flew into the air. With a little speed boost, he was 4 1/2 miles into the air in a minute.
"This will be an easy one. To become one with the air, you have to create a wind strong enough to sends the clouds on your left thousands of miles, and a wind that will destroy the patch of smog behind you," the Great Spirit said.
"That is easy. I should have no trouble doing that one," Yugioh said. He turned to face the clouds and started flapping his wings in their direction. He flapped them faster and faster until he created a wind. The clouds started to drift in the direction that his wind was taking them. He increased the speed of his wings and sent the clouds far, far away. It was like the air itself was merging with him to blow the clouds far away.
Then he slowed and stopped flapping his wings. He turned to face the smog that was behind him. He started flapping his wings again, but slowly and with force. He created a wind that would pierce through just about anything like a hot knife through butter. The smog was completely destroyed by his piercing wind.
"Well done! Now to transport you into outer space," the Great Spirit said.
Yugioh was taken to outer space. He found out that he could breathe right away. There was no air, but he could breathe. He felt the energies of the stars, the moon, the sun, the planets and the asteroids as he slowly flew through space. By the end of the day, he had merged with the element of air and outer space.
"Excellent work Yugioh! Your natural ability to learn quickly has allowed you to breeze through your training. Now you are ready to protect Yugi whenever the time comes for it," the Great Spirit said.
Yugioh was transported back to the palace. Jaime was waiting for his return.
"Welcome back father," Jaime said. "I'd be safe to assume that your training went well."
"Better than you would ever imagine my son. I am one with the elements. I can understand and speak animal languages, and much more," Yugioh said.
"From this day forward Yugioh, you will no longer have the need or want to eat, drink or sleep. Your powers will nurture your body. You won't even have to take another bath. All you have to do is use your powers and your body will be cleaned. As far as understanding and speaking animal languages, that goes the same for people of other countries," the Great Spirit said.
The six Millennium Items appeared before their master.
"You will no longer need the powers of these items. Your powers are greater than these six items combined," the Great Spirit said.
"Will I still have my connection with Yugi?" Yugioh asked.
"Yes, you will. You are now able to do it on your own instead of having to have the puzzle," the Great Spirit said. Then he destroyed the items.
Meanwhile back in Japan, Yugi, Joey, Te`a and Tristan were in a forest. Ever since the news that the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon would be released to kill Yugi, his friends never let him out of their sight. Yugi began to feel like he is absolutely helpless. It is like his friends don't think that he can look out for himself. He couldn't even have a single moment of privacy because they turned him down when he requested it.
'It seems as though the only way I'll be able to get any privacy is if I sneak off,' Yugi thought. He decided not to do it until his friends were asleep.
Meanwhile, Yami Malik watched from behind a tree. 'Soon, I will strike. All I have to do is wait for Yugi to be alone, and then I can put my plan into action,' he thought.
Before nightfall, Bakura, Yami Bakura and Kaiba came by to talk. At nightfall, everyone except Joey slept in their sleeping bags. Joey was to be the watchman tonight. Yugi knew that the only way that he could leave undetected was if Joey fell asleep.
The next morning, Yugi awakened with the rising sun. He saw that Joey was fast asleep. He quietly got up and walked away. Yami Malik was awake the entire time.
'Ahhh, so you finally made your move Yugi. Now I will make mine,' Yami Malik thought. He then fused the three Blue Eyes White Dragon cards to create the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon. "Listen closely my servant. I want you to find and sieze Yugi. Take him to a place that is far away from any civilization. From there, kill him and report back to me," he said.
The dragon took off to carry out its orders. It flew swiftly. Meanwhile, Yugi was just walking along. He started to feel peaceful when he suddenly heard a roar. He looked up to see the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon heading right for him. The dragon came by fast, but he ducked its first pass with plenty of time to spare. He got up and started running.
The dragon gave chase. It dives at Yugi again. Yugi just barely gets out of the way this time. He hopes to get to his friends before the dragon can get him. That hope is sent down the drain as the dragon captures him on the third pass (A/N: Like they say, third time's a charm). He screams as he is taken away at a pretty good speed.
The scream causes Joey and the others to wake up.
"That sounded like Yugi," Bakura said.
"And he's in trouble," Yami Bakura added.
Joey feels really bad about falling asleep when he was "supposed" to keep watch.
In Egypt, Yugioh was talking with Jaime when he sensed that Yugi was in big trouble.
"What is it father?" Jaime asked.
"Yugi's in grave danger. I can sense that he was captured by the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon," Yugioh responded.
"You're right Yugioh. Yugi was captured by the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon," the Great Spirit said.
"Father, you must go to him! I'll handle things until you come back," Jaime said.
Yugioh nodded. He went outside the palace, spread his wings, and took off. He teleported to where the dragon was and gave chase. He became invisible, but only to the dragon. He wanted Yugi to see him. //Yugi//
/Yugioh? Where are you?/
//Look over your right shoulder//
Yugi looked over his right shoulder and saw Yugioh. The dragon felt Yugi's movement. It looked down at him to see him looking over his shoulder. It looked in the same direction, but didn't see anything. Yugi noticed that.
/How am I able to see you when the dragon can't?/
//I have made myself invisible to only the dragon//
The dragon flew on, unaware that it was being followed. Yugioh used his powers to quietly transport Yugi into his arms. Then Yugioh made Yugi invisible to the dragon. The dragon felt open air in its talons. It looked and saw that it no longer had Yugi. It was confused on how Yugi could've gotten away.
Yugioh prepares to use the element of fire. He unwraps his right arm from under Yugi's knees and stretches it toward the dragon. Yugi sees Yugioh's hand glow orange. The next thing Yugi sees is a stream of fire going from Yugioh's hand to the dragon. Yugioh made the fire undetectable for the dragon. The dragon got hit and is sent back into the Shadow Realm. Then Yugioh wraps his right arm under Yugi's knees again.
"Are you all right?" Yugioh asked.
"Yes, thanks to you," Yugi responded.
"Care to tell me what happened?" Yugioh asked.
"You know about when I first got the news about the cards used to form the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon being stolen. Well, since then, Joey, Te`a and Tristan have never let me have any privacy. I felt like a newborn baby. At dawn, I woke up to find my friends sleeping. I snuck off so I could get some privacy. I was enjoying it when the dragon attacked. I tried to get back to my friends, but the dragon grabbed me," Yugi responded.
"Let's go back to your friends Yugi. We will get this straightened out," Yugioh said as he flies toward the place where Yugi's friends are.
They arrived in half an hour, and Yugioh placed Yugi down. Yugi's friends were relieved beyond meaning to see that Yugi was safe.
"Yugi! Thank goodness you're safe," Te`a said.
"We were all so worried about you," Tristan said.
"What happened?" Bakura asked.
"He was captured by the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon," Yugioh responded.
"Now I really shouldn't have decided to rest my eyes," Joey said.
"That's why I snuck off in the first place. You wouldn't give me any privacy. I felt like a newborn baby instead of a teenager," Yugi said.
"I'm sorry Yug. I guess I got carried away. I will try my best to do better with understanding your feelings," Joey said.
Te`a and Tristan agreed.
"That's all right guys. Just be careful next time," Yugi said.
"Well, I have to get back to my kingdom. Call if you need me," Yugioh said. He took off into the sky.
"Bye!" Yugi said.
Yugioh then disappeared. Meanwhile, Yami Malik was angered by the set back.
'Yugioh is more formidable than I thought. No matter though, I have a new plan just waiting to be put into action,' Yami Malik thought.



Whoa! What is this new plan? Preview for Chapter 5: A New Ruler: A year has gone by. Yugioh returns to Japan to be able to protect Yugi better. But who is the new Pharaoh? Review to find out.