Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Dreams of Darkness ❯ Darkness Beyond the Door ( Chapter 2 )

This chapter is being written at about midnight ^_^! I'm tired, but I wanna finish this chapter. Oh yeah, thanks for the review Takai Kitsune (and of course to the others that reviewed my story, but she was the first to review it, so I thought she should get a special mention). This was my first story on the Internet.

Dreams of Darkness

Chapter 2:Darkness beyond the door

Eventually, he encountered a door in the blackness, and even as he reached forward to open the door, it opened by itself….

…to reveal a massive room, wreathed in shadows, with the only light coming from torches burning in holders along the walls. They cast flickering shadows upon the ceiling and walls, occasionally illuminating areas that had been in darkness. Yami turned his head to try and take in the absolute massiveness of the room when a glint of light on shining metal caught his attention. Back in the shadows there was a figure, Yami warily took a few steps closer, and even as he moved, the object in the shadows began to move and finally the figure resolved itself into a person.

He was the same height as Yami, and as the figure moved into the light Yami was able to see that this person was more or less his exact replica, aside from what the person was wearing, they looked exactly the same. His replica wore a linen kilt of cream and wore sandals of leather upon his feet. As Yami's eyes travelled up his body, he saw that the figure wore a sword at his side, sheathed in a leather scabbard that was decorated with strange symbols and designs. Upon the arms and legs of the stranger were gold bands, and around his neck he wore a gold torque, again decorated with more of the strange symbols. Also around his neck , he wore the Puzzle. And finally, as Yami's eyes came to rest upon his head, he wore a crown of gold, with a symbol of an eye as the centrepiece. As he saw this, Yami thought that he had seen the symbol before, and began to search his memory for what it might be. He also felt a strong feeling of recognition for that crown. But what could it be? Suddenly he realised; that was the self-same symbol that was on the puzzle, on the centre-piece. Could this mean that this figure was somehow something to do with the powers of the Puzzle? Yami decided to try speaking with his double, to try and find out who he was.

"Who are you?" he asked. But the figure did not reply. Yami tried again, "What is your purpose in being here?". Then his double's mouth opened, but the words that came out were completely incomprehensible (Ancient Egyptian language). His double seemed to realise that he didn't understand, and then pointed to the Puzzle that he wore and then at Yami. Yami looked down at his chest and then back at his double before it hit him, his double wanted to know why he wasn't wearing the Puzzle. He didn't know how to explain that the Puzzle now controlled him, rather than the way that his double seemed to suggest, that he controlled the Puzzle. His double seemed at a loss for what to do, staring at the floor for a few seconds before looking up. Suddenly his double stepped forward and grabbed Yami by his shirt, he then passed the loop that held the Puzzle around his neck around both of their necks. He then pressed their foreheads together so that they were touching. He began to mutter something in that strange language of his under his breath, then Yami felt a strange warmth begin to form on his forehead. His double forced Yami's head straight so that he could look straight into his eyes, those eyes seemed to bore into Yami, cutting past his defences and piercing straight through to his inner mind.

Finally Yami was able to close his eyes, but when he opened them again, he was no longer within that dark room he had just been in, he was now in a desert landscape, beside an oasis. He felt a hand gently touch his shoulder, and whipped around, standing there was his double, a gentle smile on his face. He seemed to understand Yami's confusion and motioned for him to sit down underneath a tree beside the cool water. Then he opened his mouth and began to speak, "I know you are wondering how we got here and who I am, and probably why you can now understand me. But I will explain that later. For now, just call me Atemu. I am here to help guide you along the way to regaining your memories. If you are wondering where we are, we are in your inner mind, which is the only place where we can communicate like this, outside of here, we will not be able to understand each other until you have remembered how to speak my language."

"What do you mean, "until you have remembered how to speak my language"?" Yami asked. How could he know this man's language, when he had never even heard it before?

"Oh, you will find out, as you regain your memories, you may find you know me better than you think," replied his double. Why must he be so cryptic? Yami wondered. "In fact, you may find that I am not quite what I appear to be," continued his double. "Come now, we must exit your inner mind, once we are back into your soul room, we must communicate by means of signals, but just trust me, I will help you to uncover your memories." And with that, his double disappeared and with a flash of blinding light, Yami was back in the massive chamber that he had first entered by.

Before him stood his double, who motioned for him to follow, and reached for one of the flickering torches as he approached a doorway that had not been visible before, hidden in the shadows but was now illuminated by the torch that was held by Atemu. As he approached the doorway Yami began to feel a strange tingling that ran through his entire body, he stopped and looked around, wondering what the source of this strange sensation could be. Atemu turned, noticing his obvious discomfort, "The reason that you are feeling this is because the Puzzle is trying to deny you access to your memories, it is warning you that there is a test to be completed. Before you may pass through this doorway, you must first pass a test, if you fail this test, not only will you be unable to regain your memories, they will be permanently gone, and you will never have access to them again."

"What does this test entail?" Yami asked.

Atemu turned to him from the doorway and said, "You must face your worst memories of the past, and some of your greatest fears, and I warn you now, this is only the first of many tests that await you. Are you sure you have the strength to overcome them?"

And with that, Atemu disappeared through the darkness of the doorway. Just as Yami was about to pass through the doorway, the tingling sensation sharply increased in volume until it became a physical pain. There was a brilliant flash of light, and then Yami experienced intense pain, feeling like something was driving into his soul and would not release him. He fought it with all his strength, but it was no use, he could not break free. Suddenly, he felt like he was falling, then realised that he was actually floating above a scene inside a temple. There was a figure on a stone altar, chained down and bloody. Yami felt himself drawn towards it, strongly pulled until there was another flash of light…and then he was the person on the altar, he felt the fear and agony of this being as if it were his own, in fact, it was his own. He could feel the cold metal of the restraints, and the despair that there was no escape. A dark figure approached him, a dark blot against an even darker background. As it drew closer, Yami could see that it held a knife, and Yami began to tremble with fear. He was helpless, unable to defend himself….

The figure drew even closer, until it stood above Yami and a face was now visible. The face smirked evilly, and then lowered the knife and began to trace patterns with it across Yami's bare chest, leaving trails of blood in it's wake. Yami began to struggle in earnest now; the pain from the knife was beginning to become unbearable. But the more he struggled, the deeper the knife went into his skin. Suddenly, the knife was put to his neck, and the man whispered, "I have waited a long time for this pharaoh, and at last, the time has come to take my revenge..". As he said this, the knife began to sink in deeper and deeper, causing more blood to flow….Yami was going to die before he even regained his memories….

Chapter notes:

Atemu is Yami's real name that is revealed to him in later editions of the manga when he recovers his memories and discovers that he truly was a pharaoh

What will happen to Yami? Will he live or die? You'll have to read the next chappie to find out!

Ok, if you liked this and want more, I will try and update this again every few days, I also tried to make this chapter longer than the last. Bye ^_^