Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ New Rules, New Game ❯ Episode 2: Shadow of a Thought ( Chapter 2 )

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**word** flashback
//word// Yami talking to Yugi




New Rules, New Game
Episode 2: Shadow of a Thought


"Shadow Realm!" A man screams.


Yugi jerks awake, panting and covered in sweat.
//"Aibou, dai jou bu?"//
"Hai...it was just a nightmare..."

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"Vha do you mean I can't hang with him?"
"He's with the Brotherhood!" scolds Scott.
"He's my friend!"
"He's dangerous, Kurt!"
"It's not his fault!"
"There's something wrong with him, Kurt," cuts in Jean. "That shadow I sensed in him...it completely took over."
"But-"
"Jean is right." Professor X rolls into the living room. "It seems young Yugi isn't in control of himself. He may hurt you without meaning to."
"But...this isn't fair..."
"I'm sorry, Kurt, but this is for the best. For now at least."

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Bayville High's principal office...

"It's alright, Yugi. Yesterday's mission was merely a test and I must say, we were impressed."
"But...I failed."
"No, your mission was to distract them. You were very successful. We were surprised to find you could concentrate your powers like that. Do you have any other talents?"
"I don't know. It just comes to me when I need it."
"I see." The bell rings. "Enjoy your day, Yugi."
"Okay, bye Mystique."
"And Yugi?"
"Hai?"
"If the X-Men bother you just go to one of the Brotherhood. They'll help you." The Japanese boy smiles.
"Hai!"

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"What's Blueboy's problem?" asks Rouge.
"He's totally upset he can't hang with that new kid anymore, ya know?" answers Kitty.
"Hn, that's all?"
"The runt didn't seem like much to me," butts in Evan.
"Cept he woulda nailed yer sorry ass if Kurt hadn't pushed ya outta the way," cracks Rouge.
"Oh WHATEVER. He's just a pushover! Look how fast Kurt beat him!"
"That's not how it happened..."
"Whoa, like Kurt, where did you come from?"
"That's not what happened at all. It was a game to him, he didn't even try to fight."
"Freaky," comments Rouge.
"Yah, I guess."

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Something about Kurt is bothering Yugi. He can't place his finger on what the problem is with the other boy, he can't concentrate at all because of it.
The professor reads in a monotone voice. "Many cultures throughout history have 'items of power'. It's believed these artifacts were used to transfer energy through the being or from being to being, even from God himself. If you would turn to page 257 you can see some of these artifacts from around the world." Mercifully the bell rings.
"Kurt! Wait!" Yugi runs after his taller friend, but quickly loses him in the rushing crowd. "...Kurt..."

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Kurt's back is slammed against the wall. "Ow! Hey! Vha's your pro-it's you..." Yami's eyes are sharp and dangerous.
"You have one minute to explain yourself, starting when your back hit the wall, or I challenge you to a game you can't possibly win."
"Explain vhat?!"
"Why are you avoiding my Yugi!"
"Your Yugi?" Yami grinds him into the wall with a threatening glare.
"30 seconds."
"Okay! Okay! Sheesh..." Kurt hangs his head. "I was told to avoid him." Yami tosses him with ease; Kurt lands roughly on the ground.
"By who?!" He stares coldly down at the hologram boy.
"Hey! Leave him alone!" The Egyptian casually glances at the approaching X-Men.
"I see..." He turns back to Kurt. "Don't you hurt Yugi again." Yami takes off.
"You okay, Kurt?" asks Jean as Scott helps the boy up.
"Yah, I'm okay."
"What did he want?" questions their redheaded leader.
"For me...to stop avoiding him..."
"So he beats you up?! What sort of crap is that?!"
"He didn't beat me up! He just...tossed me around a little..."
"Dammit!" curses Evan. "I'm gonna teach him a lesson!"
"Evan! Like, wait!" calls out Kitty to little effect.

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"Hey you!"
"Nani?" Yugi blinks large innocent eyes.
"Ya little punk!" The black boy snatches Yugi's tiny wrist in a crushing grip.
"Itai! Stop it! You're hurting me!"
"I'll teach ya to mess with one of us!"
"YAME!" Evan is roughly pushed away.
"KeepyourhandsoffthekidDaniels!" orders Pietro.
"Yugi! Dai jou bu ka?" Lance looks the small boy over. Yugi sniffles, holding his wrist.
"Hai..." The bigger boy growls at Evan.
"You asshole! Look what you did!"


"Oh man! If Evan beats him up I'll never forgive myself!"
"Calm down, Kurt, they're just over he-!" Jean gets cut off as the ground shakes fiercely.
"Like, whooooa!" Kitty falls through a nearby wall with her phasing ability. Kurt promptly scrambles around the corner.


"My god!" The place is already a battleground. The ground is torn up, the wall cracked, and bony spikes are everywhere. Lance, Evan, and Pietro have gotten flat-out physical while Yugi shouts in the background.
"Guys! Stop it! Don't fight!" Yugi's pleads go ignored. Kurt runs over to him.
"Yugi! You okay?"
"Hai, but they won't stop fighting!"
The others charge around the corner. Scott yanks Lance off Evan before he can get another punch in; Jean tosses Pietro away with her telekinetic powers. "I don't need ya'll's help!" complains Evan. He has a bloody lip and his left eye is swelling.
"Like, whatever," Kitty says.
Pietro sits up. "Ooh...someone get the name of that train?"
"Scott! Stop it!"
"Like, Lance! Knock it off!" The two boys are doing their damnest to beat the tar out of each other. Lance has a nasty cut on his cheek, probably from one of Evan's spikes.
"Guys! Stop!" Before Kurt could stop him, Yugi charges between the two boys, trying to push them away from one another. This only results in Scott accidentally striking the little Japanese boy. He falls easily, landing on his injured wrist.
"AHH!"
"Yugi!" cries Kurt.
"YUGI!" Lance punches Scott in the nose then kneels down by the boy. "Yugi?!"
"Scott!" Jean and Kitty hurry over to look at him.
"Damn, man. He got ya good that time," comments Evan.
"Yugi!" Pietro zips over to the little guy's side, Kurt torn between his two friends. "Youallrightkid?" Growl. "Eep!" The silver-haired boy backs away in a hurry, causing everyone to look to see what's happening.
Violet switches with red, the colors flickering between each other. The foreign boy glares death at bloodied-nose Scott before howling in pain, nearly arching in half against a surprised Lance.

He falls limp.

"YUGI?!" Lance scoops the boy up and dashes to the nurse's office.
"Heywaitforme!" Zoom!
"I..." Kurt looks between Scott and the disappearing form of Lance and Pietro with Yugi.
"Like, go on! Check on him!"
"Thanks, Kitty!" He runs off.
"What the shit was that?"
"Later, Evan," answers Jean, helping Scoot clean up his mess with a handkerchief, she had already patched Evan up as best she could.
"Like, ew. Maybe you should see the nurse too."
"Ah'm `ine. Not broken o' `n'thang."

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"Are you sure you don't know what happened?" The nurse looks suspicious, especially since Lance and Pietro are sporting their own injuries.
"Does it matter?! He's hurt!"
"Calm down, mister. I've bandaged his wrist. Right now all he needs is some rest. Now, let me take care of those cuts." The nurse deals with them, Kurt silently watching over Yugi as he sleeps.


In Yami's corner of Yugi's soul...

"Kuso. It causes too much strain on Yugi's psyche when I try to completely take over more than once a day. There has to be a better way."

**"Many cultures throughout history have 'items of power'. It's believed these artifacts were used to transfer energy through the being or from being to being..."**

Yami grins. He has an idea.


A shadow of a thought.




Well, it took me long enough to get this part done. No thanks to my Muse who got writers' block on the last half. :P
I hope this lives up to any expectations...

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MEOW!