Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Always A Friend, Always A Guardian ❯ Under the Sea, Up in Space ( Chapter 12 )

Recap: Yugi was sent to the Temple of Doom. Yugioh followed Yugi into the vortex. It was a very good thing because there were many dangers. They faced things going from a heat-seeking missile to crystal spikes. They made it back safely.
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Chapter 12: Under the Sea, Up in Space

A week had passed since the Temple of Doom incident. Yugi and Yugioh hadn't told anyone about it because Yugi didn't want to re-live that experience. It was plaguing his dreams as it is. It is a very foggy day. The fog is so thick that you couldn't see another building until you bumped into it. Yugioh could see outside perfectly though.
'Being one with the air is sure useful. I can see through weather that is usually blinding to other people,' Yugioh thought. 'I hope that Yugi will want to go to the beach. I have something special planned for him.'
Yugi couldn't believe how foggy it was. The fog was all he could see. He soon heard the newspaper body drive up and throw a paper on the front lawn.
"I'll get it," Yugioh said. He went out, got the paper, and came back in.
Yugi was amazed by how fast Yugioh got the paper. "How can you see through this kind of fog?" he asked.
Yugioh chuckled a bit and responded, "Be patient with me Yugi. You will know what I didn't tell you before the day is out." "Do you want to go to the beach today, just you and me?" he added.
"Sure, I'd love to," Yugi responded. "When will we leave?" he added.
"Right now if you want," Yugioh responded. "Don't worry about the fog. I can see through it perfectly as you just witnessed," he added.
"Okay, let's go," Yugi said.
Yugi and Yugioh went outside.
"Hey boys, where are you going?" Solomon asked.
"We're going to the beach Grandpa," Yugi responded.
"Have fun you two," Solomon said.
"Don't worry. We will," Yugioh said. He picked up Yugi and flew to the beach.
The fog didn't hinder Yugioh's vision one bit. He was flying at his normal speed. Forty-five minutes later, they were at the beach near the Pacific Ocean. Yugioh landed and put Yugi down. There wasn't any fog where they were.
"I guess the fog came to the city from the ocean, and it's starting to burn off now," Yugi said.
Yugioh ran into the water and dove in. He surfaced and said, "Come on in Yugi."
Yugi ran in the ocean, and he and Yugioh dove in together. They swam around for about ten minutes. Then Yugioh did something that Yugi didn't expect. Yugioh spoke.
"Amazing isn't it?" he asked.
Yugi tried to respond, but he let out all his air. He took in water quickly and passed out. Yugioh grabbed him and quickly swam to shore. Once onshore, Yugioh gently laid Yugi down. Then he checked Yugi's pulse. It was weak and getting weaker.
Yugioh then started CPR on Yugi. After five attempts, nothing still happened. Then Yugioh's hands glowed white, and he pressed down on Yugi's chest five more times. Yugioh breathed into Yugi once more. Yugi took a harsh breath and started coughing up water. Yugioh embraced him and patted his back to aid him in getting all the water out.
"Are you all right?" Yugioh asked five minutes later.
"I am now," Yugi responded. "How can you breathe underwater?" he added.
"I see that I can't keep you waiting any longer," Yugioh responded. "To answer the questions you've asked me since the Temple of Doom incident, I am one with the elements," he added.
"Wow, so you are saying that you control them?" Yugi asked.
"Not exactly Yugi. I don't control them. I am like their partner, just as I am your partner," Yugioh responded.
"So, you becoming fire, arms turning into vines, blowing out the lava in one breath and just now with breathing underwater all deals with the elements?" Yugi asked.
"That's right," Yugioh responded. "Are you ready to go back in?" he added.
"How?" Yugi asked.
"Don't worry. I'll take care of that," Yugioh responded.
Yugi and Yugioh ran back in the water and dove in. Yugi was holding his breath. Yugioh's hand glowed white, and he touched the side of Yugi's face.
"Say something. It's all right," Yugioh said.
"What do you want me to say?" Yugi asked. He realized that he just spoke underwater.
"You said plenty already," Yugioh responded smiling.
"How can I breathe underwater?" Yugi asked.
"Can you feel tingling within you?" Yugioh asked.
Yugi closed his eyes. He did feel tingling in his body. He smiled from it. Yugioh took Yugi's reaction as a yes.
"That tingly feeling is I using my powers to give you oxygen. You will have that oxygen until we leave the beach," Yugioh said.
"Great! Now we can swim for as long as we want," Yugi said.
They swam together. They swam slowly for Yugi to get a good look at the underwater life. Half an hour later, Yugi started getting tired. Yugioh took his hand and swam on. Yugi was grateful for the chance to rest as Yugioh gently dragged him. An hour later, Yugi was fully rested.
"Can we play Hide and Seek?" Yugi asked.
"Sure," Yugioh responded. "You hide, and I'll seek."
Yugi swam off to hide while Yugioh counted. Yugioh counted to thirty and swam to look for Yugi. He didn't use his powers because he knew he would be cheating. He would be caught dead before he ever decided to cheat.
Meanwhile, Yugi was still looking for a place to hide because the ocean was huge. He was unaware of a group of Great White sharks swimming toward him. Yugioh sensed the danger and sensed around for Yugi. He found the area that Yugi was in and streaked through the water in that direction. He had dropped the game for now. He was in front of Yugi in not too much time.
"Yugi, stay behind me," Yugioh said.
Yugi noted the protective tone in Yugioh's voice and did as told. The sharks were just about to go in for the kill when they saw Yugioh get in front of Yugi. They stopped right where they were. They noticed Yugioh's position in front of Yugi. Yugioh noticed the thinking look in their eyes and telepathically told them that Yugi is his friend. The sharks bowed their heads in apology and swam off. Yugioh then swam out from in front of Yugi.
"What was wrong?" Yugi asked.
"A group of Great White sharks was following you. If I didn't get to you like I did, they would've killed you," Yugioh responded. "I can communicate and understand any kind of animal. Let's put our game on hold for now. I don't want to have to do what I did in the case of those sharks with the other marine life," he added.
Yugi agreed, and they just went for a swim. Ten minutes later, a group of dolphins swam up to them.
"Hello Yugioh, how are you?" one of the dolphins asked in its language.
"I'm fine," Yugioh responded in the dolphin language. "How are you?" he added.
"We're fine. Who's your friend?" the dolphins said.
"This is my best friend Yugi," Yugioh said in English so Yugi could understand at least one part of the conversation.
One of the dolphins swam up to Yugi. "Would you like to swim on my back?" it asked.
Of course Yugi didn't understand what it was saying. Yugioh smiled because he knew what the dolphin asked.
"The dolphin asked if you would want to ride its back," Yugioh said.
"How do I do that?" Yugi asked.
"Just hold on to its dorsal fin. In other words the fin on its back," Yugioh responded.
Yugi gripped the dorsal fin, and the dolpin swam off. Yugioh swam in beside it. Soon, orcas, blue whales, octopi, squids, and all kinds of marine life swam along with them. Everything was in harmony as the group swam on.
Meanwhile, the evil sorcerer was disgusted at the sight of Yugi having a good time. 'He's having too much of a good time for my liking. It's time for a nasty welcoming committee,' he thought.
Back under the ocean, Yugi is now on the back of one of the blue whales. The group had a great time. They had a few hours of fun. Suddenly, a group of whales approached them.
"It looks like we have some more friends," Yugi said.
Yugioh begged to differ however. He sensed something terribly wrong with those whales. The other marine life sensed it as well, because they all encircled the blue whale that Yugi was on.
"I don't think those are friendly whales Yugi. I'm sensing something strange about them," Yugioh said. He tried to telepathically talk to them, but found out that they didn't have minds. 'If they don't have minds, that means....they're robotic!' he thought. "Get Yugi away from here! Those whales are robotic! Scatter, now!" Yugioh commanded.
Everyone scattered. The blue whale that Yugi was on was alone. The whale swam as fast as it could. The five robotic whales headed for Yugi, but Yugioh diverted three of them to attack him instead. Two blue whales came to help even things out. One of them rammed a robotic whale and swam away. The robotic whale followed. The blue whale made the robotic whale crash and explode on the sea floor with a little head straight for the ground and swim up at the last minute strategy.
Yugioh took care of another robotic whale with his electric personality. Then Yugioh and the two blue whales teamed up on the third robotic whale. The two blue whales rammed into it to keep it distracted, and Yugioh finished it off by slicing it in half via a karate chop.
Then Yugioh sensed around to find where Yugi was. He sensed other marine life close to where Yugi was. [Yugi is near your location. Find and protect him. I'll be there soon] Yugioh telepathically told them.
The sea animals looked for Yugi. They soon found him.
[We found him] an orca told Yugioh.
[Keep him safe] Yugioh said. //Yugi, I want you to duck inside the blue whale's mouth. You'll be safer in there// Yugioh then told the blue whale what he told Yugi.
Yugi went inside the blue whale's mouth. The blue whale dodged the remaining two robotic whales' onslaughts. It was a bumpy ride for Yugi, but he was safe. The orcas and sharks teamed up and took out one of the two robotic whales. The last one then let a long needle out of the top of its head. It charged for where its sensors said that Yugi was inside the whale.
Fortunately, Yugioh had arrived and saw what the robotic whale was up to. "Oh no you don't!" he shouted. He swam quickly and was in front of the robotic whale. He stopped it by putting only one finger on its head. It was paralyzed by his strength. He then gave it a big charge of electricity, and it blew up.
//You can come out Yugi. It's safe now//
Yugi asked the whale to open its mouth. The whale did so, and Yugi swam out.
"Are you okay?" Yugioh asked.
"I am, thanks to all of you," Yugi responded. "I'm ready to continue our swim," he added.
"Let's play Hide and Seek again. We don't have to worry about other marine life anymore," Yugioh said.
They played until the light left the water. The marine life swam away. Yugioh picked up Yugi. He spread his wings and flew out of the water, and back home. They arrived in a few hours due to how far they were in the ocean before leaving. Solomon saw Yugioh coming in for a landing and opened the door. Yugioh landed and put Yugi down. They both went in and sat down on the couch.
"You two must've had a terrific time to be out all day," Solomon said.
"We did Grandpa. Yugioh took me for a swim in the ocean. Yugioh can breathe underwater as well as understand and talk to all kinds of animals. He used his powers to give me oxygen so I cold breathe underwater as well.
I got to swim with most of the marine life. Even the sharks just swam peacefully. It was a great experience," Yugi said.
"How are you able to do what Yugi said?" Solomon asked.
Yugioh told Solomon exactly what he told Yugi. Solomon was amazed. Yugi went upstairs to get ready for bed. He came back down an hour later to eat dinner. He finished in ten minutes and went back upstairs. Half an hour later, he was fast asleep in bed. His dreams were filled with the wondrous underwater world.
Yugioh came into the room and smiled. He walked over to Yugi's side and kissed his forehead. Solomon followed Yugioh into the room. He smiled at the sight and left the two alone. Yugioh took his place at Yugi's desk and watched over him.
'If you thought that being under the ocean was good, wait until tomorrow. You'll have a much better time,' Yugioh thought as he watched over Yugi.
The next morning was sunny and bright. Yugioh awakened Yugi and went downstairs. Yugi got dressed. He went down and had breakfast. After breakfast, he just sat on the couch for awhile. An hour later, Yugioh sat next to him.
"There's a marvelous place I want to show you. Do you want to go?" Yugioh said.
"I'd love to," Yugi responded.
Yugioh picked Yugi up and walked to the door. The door opened by magic, and Yugioh went outside. The door closed as Yugioh spread his wings and flew off. He flew higher. He was above the clouds in an hour, but he still went higher. Yugi was anxious to see the marvelous place. He felt Yugioh's magic coursing through him again.
"Where are you taking me?" Yugi asked.
"You'll see. There's no place on earth like it. We still have a long way to go," Yugioh responded. 'You will absolutely love outer space Yugi. I guarantee it,' he thought.
At nightfall, Yugi went to sleep as Yugioh flew on. Yugioh then flew at his maximum speed to get to their destination much faster. Yugi was protected from the speed and wind by Yugioh's powers. Yugioh was in outer space in almost no time. He hovered in place and waited for the earth's position to signal morning in Japan {1}. About ten hours later, it was dawn in Japan.
"Wake up Yugi," Yugioh said softly.
Yugi opened his eyes. A breath-taking sight awaited him.
"Whoa, we're in outer space," Yugi said. He realized that he was able to breathe in space. He knew that Yugioh was giving him oxygen again. He also felt magical warmth to protect him from the extreme cold temperature.
"Yes we are," Yugioh said. He flew on.
Yugi was totally speechless. He just let his eyes take in the sight. In an hour's time, they saw many of the constellations and a few of the other planets. Then a familiar constellation approached them. Only, it was real.
"Look, it's Pegasus the flying horse. He's beautiful," Yugi said.
"Yes he is," Yugioh said. He knew that the Great Spirit had a hand in the horse being real.
The Great Spirit confirmed Yugioh's guess.
"May I ride him?" Yugi asked.
"I don't see why not," Yugioh responded. He put Yugi on Pegasus.
Pegasus flew off with Yugioh flying beside him. They all had a good time just flying through space. An hour later, they came to Saturn.
"Do you want to go ice skating Yugi?" Yugioh asked.
"I'd like to, but I don't know how," Yugi responded.
"Don't worry. I can teach you," Yugioh said.
"You can?" Yugi asked.
"Yes. I came here before and ice skated on Saturn's rings," Yugioh responded. He grabbed Yugi around the waist and lifted him off Pegasus' back. He flew down and landed on the rings. He let go of Yugi.
Yugi slipped and would have fallen if Yugioh didn't stretch his arms behind Yugi. Yugioh held Yugi's hand and moved along the ice. Yugi mimicked his movements and soon got the hang of it. Yugioh let Yugi have another try by himself. Yugi was doing just fine. Yugioh smiled and skated alongside him.
"You're doing fine," Yugioh said.
"This is fun," Yugi said.
Pegasus just smiled as his new friends. Watching them reminded him of a girl and lion that he knew. He loved giving her rides every time she and the lion came to space {2}.
Yugioh did a front flip, a triple back flip, and landed perfectly back on the rings. Then he did an orbital quadruple axel.
"Wow! You're incredible!" Yugi said in amazement.
"Honestly, this is nothing compared to what I can fully do," Yugioh said. "Want to go ice skating on Pluto?" he added.
"Sure!" Yugi responded. He jumped off the rings and floated over to Pegasus. He got on Pegasus' back, and they flew to Pluto.
A few hours later, the arrived and landed on Pluto. Yugi got off Pegasus' back and walked to the frozen river. Yugioh followed, and they ice skated again.
Yugioh did tricks again. He stopped in one spot and spun thirty times before doing a triple axel. Then he did a handstand and ice skated on his hands. He did the same stunts on his hands and more before coming back down on his feet.
"You are amazing," Yugi said. "If you were to enter a figure skating contest, you would win hands down." Then he yawned.
"It's time for us to be heading back," Yugioh said. He picked up Yugi and prepared to teleport. Before doing so, he said, "Don't worry Pegasus. We'll meet again." He teleported and reappeared inside the game shop.
"Did you have fun?" Solomon quietly asked.
"We had a blast," Yugioh responded. He laid Yugi on the couch and put a nearby blanket over him. He told Solomon all about their time.
"There's always something new about you," Solomon said. "I'm glad that Yugi is having a wonderful time."
Yugioh sat on the right end of the couch to watch Yugi sleep. Solomon soon retreated to his room to sleep. Things were going to be nice and peaceful.


Th-Th-Th-That's the end folks! Sequal is We Have A Lot in Common.
{1} Remember when Yugioh flew to outer space in chapter 4? Well part of his training there was to be able to know what time of day it was in the world from looking at it from afar.
{2} You've probably figured out that the lion is Simba, but who's the girl? You'll know by reading the sequel.