Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Power of Two: Yami Bakura and Yugioh ❯ The Imposter ( Chapter 3 )

Recap: Yugi and Bakura were sent to the Prehistoric World. Yugioh and Yami Bakura tried to follow, but they were separated themselves. The four of them ended up separated from one another. They are reunited at the first calls of danger. After a few more dangers, all four of them are sent back to their world.
/ is Yugi mental talk
// is Yugioh mental talk
\ is Bakura mental talk
\\ is Yami Bakura mental talk
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Chapter 3: The Imposter

It was a peaceful night for Yugi and Bakura. After what happened in the Prehistoric world, all they wanted was peace. They both slept very peacefully.
//How's Bakura doing?//
\\He's fine Yugioh. Is Yugi all right?\\
//Yes, Yugi's fine too. He went straight to bed//
\\Bakura did the same\\
//I'm glad that he's all right//
\\I'm glad that Yugi's all right too\\
//Well, good night//
\\Good night\\
Meanwhile, the evil sorcerer was at work on a sinister creation. It was a formless creature. He equipped it with raw, chemical and radioactive energy. That way, a normal person could die by just touching it. He had it so the creature could be harmless or deadly.
'My creation is complete. It will follow my every command. It will be a perfect part of my plan,' he thought. 'Soon my pet, soon you will play your part of my plan.'
The next morning was a bright and sunny one. Yugioh awakened Yugi. Yugi got up and stretched.
"Good morning," Yugi said.
"Good morning to you too," Yugioh said. "Are you okay?" he added.
"Yeah, that rest did me good," Yugi responded. He went into the bathroom to shower and brush his teeth. He came out half an hour later. He went down into the kitchen and had his breakfast.
After breakfast, the phone rang. Yugi picked up the phone.
"Hello, Moto residence," Yugi said.
"Hey Yugi, it's Bakura. The others and I were wondering if you and Yugioh would like to meet us at the park," Bakura said.
"Sure, we'll come," Yugi said. He turned to Yugioh and said," Bakura asked me if you and I could meet him and the others at the park."
"Of course we can go," Yugioh said.
"I want to walk there," Yugi said.
"That is no problem," Yugioh said.
They went outside and walked side by side. They arrived half an hour later.
"He Yug'," Joey said.
Yugi and Yugioh looked ahead and saw the gang there.
"Hi guys," Yugi said.
"What kept you?" Mokuba asked.
"Yugi wanted to walk here. It's a nice day for one anyway," Yugioh responded.
"You have a point. Bakura and I just got here because we walked," Yami Bakura said.
Everyone else agreed. They all walked to the lake to see the ducks. Bakura took out a bag of breadcrumbs and started feeding them. A couple of swans soon joined the ducks. The swans also ate the breadcrumbs thrown in the water.
The ducks and swans swam close enough so the gang could pet them. Yugi gently scratched one of the ducks head. The duck quacked in pleasure. The rest of the gang petted the ducks and swans. An hour later, the ducks and swans flew away.
Then Yugioh said, "I need to be with Yami Bakura for a while. We'll be back as soon as possible."
"Okay," everyone said.
Yugioh and Yami Bakura spread their wings and flew up. They waved at the others before flying off.
"Is there anything you want to talk about?" Yami Bakura asked.
"No, I just want to fly without Yugi this time," Yugioh responded.
"Okay," Yami Bakura said smiling.
They just flew on. Back at the pond, Yugi and the others were just talking to one another when three people walked toward them. They were two guys and a girl. They were all light skinned. The girl was in pink, one guy was in red, and the other guy was in black.
"Hi, who are you?" Yugi said, wanting to be friendly.
"My name is Christie. The one is red is Billy, and the one in black is Robbie," the girl responded.
Kaiba didn't trust them. He felt something not right about them. Mokuba noticed the look.
"What's wrong big brother?" Mokuba asked.
"Something's not right about those three," Kaiba responded.
"We just met them. Give them a chance," Mokuba said.
"You're right. I'm probably being paranoid," Kaiba said as he dismissed his thought.
If only Kaiba kept the thought about something being wrong about the three new comers. The three people were in reality the evil sorcerer's minions. They were in disguise. They were sent to earn Yugi's trust and then separate him from his friends. Billy, Christie and Robbie were told to be careful that Yugi would be in no danger so Yugioh and Yami Bakura wouldn't suspect anything.
Yugi, Billy, Christie, Bakura, Robbie and the others went for a walk through the park as they talked with one another. They enjoyed themselves. Billy, Christie and Robbie were just about ready to put the plan into action.
An hour later, Christie asked, "Yugi, can you come with Billy, Robbie and me?"
"Sure," Yugi responded. He walked with Christie and her friends.
Meanwhile, the evil sorcerer watched from his crystal ball. "Excellent, now I can put phase two into action," he said. He unleashed his creation. "Now, turn yourself into Yugi."
The creature formed itself into an exact duplicate of Yugi. Every detail down to the eyes was perfectly copied.
"Wait for a few hours, then join Yugi's friends," the evil sorcerer said.
"Yes master," the creature said. Its voice even sounded like Yugi's. It disappeared and reappeared in the park. It became invisible and waited.
Three hours went by, and there was still no sign of Yugi. The others (A/N: Yugioh and Yami Bakura are not back yet) were getting very worried.
"Where can Yugi be?" Bakura asked.
"I don't know," Kaiba responded. "We should go look for him," he added.
'It's time,' the creature thought. It became visible and walked towards the group. "I'm here guys," the creature said.
"Where are Billy, Christie and Robbie?" Joey asked.
"They went home," the creature responded simply.
Meanwhile, the real Yugi was in a condemned grocery store with Christie, Billy and Robbie. He was under a spell. The spell was made to have Yugi appear to be sleeping. In actuality, the spell was slowly, but painlessly killing him. His body was beginning to shut down.
The evil sorcerer appeared and said, "Nicely done my minions."
"Thank you master," Robbie said.
"Now all there's left is for my creature to kill Bakura," the evil sorcerer said. He disappeared.
Back at the park, everyone was unaware that the Yugi with them was a fake.
'Perfect, they are absolutely clueless that I'm not Yugi,' the creature thought smirking. It walked over to Bakura.
"So, how did you like Billy, Robbie and Christie?" Bakura asked, putting his hand on the creature's shoulder.
'It's a good thing that I can control my power. The others would be on to me if Bakura dropped dead right now,' the creature thought. "They were nice people," it said.
The creature talked with everyone. Three hours later, everyone waited for Yugioh adn Yami Bakura to return. The creature decided that now would be the best time to get the job done. It became radioactive and walked to Bakura. It had to conceal its power because Te`a told the others that Yugioh and Yami Bakura were coming in for a landing.
Yugioh and Yami Bakura landed.
"Did you have a good time?" Bakura asked.
"We sure did. We went flying. Yugioh wanted to fly without Yugi this time," Yami Bakura responded.
Yugioh had a very angry look on his face. Yami Bakura soon shared that look.
//That's not Yugi//
\\I know\\
"What is it?" Joey asked.
"Who are you?!" Yugioh angrily asked the Yugi double.
"Why are you asking him his name Yugioh?" Tristan asked.
"That's not Yugi," Yami Bakura said with the same anger as Yugioh.
"You've got to be kidding," Mokuba said.
"We don't joke when it comes to something like this," Yugioh said.
'My cover is blown. I might as well get the job done,' the creature thought. It became its true shape.
"Oh my goodness, it's hideous," Te`a said.
The thing was a white formless creature. It had two oval-shaped black eyes. With incredible speed for a formless creature, it charged at Bakura.
"Oh no you don't!" Yugioh shouted. He flew by, scooping up Bakura. He landed next to the group and put Bakura down. "Be alert everyone. I sense raw, chemical and radioactive energy coming from the creature. Only Yami Bakura and I can touch it without dying," he added.
The creature fired energy at Bakura. Yami Bakura stepped in front of Bakura and took every blow without being affected.
"Yugioh, you look for Yugi. I'll handle this creature," Yami Bakura said.
"Okay. Good luck," Yugioh said. He flew off.
Kaiba found a nearby payphone. He dialed Yugi's number and told Solomon what has happened. Solomon was worried sick to say the least. He prayed for Yugi's safe return. Everyone else was hoping for the same.
Yugioh flew hard. 'I've got to find Yugi,' he thought. //Yugi?// he tried.
There was no response.
Yugioh tried again to get the same result. He found something odd though. Even though Yugi wasn't responding, the link was still open. He sensed that Yugi was in a weird kind of sleep. He sensed that Yugi's breathing was getting shorter as if Yugi was slowly sleeping to death.
Yugioh sensed the area around Yugi. Yugioh got a fixed location and sped through the sky. 'I hope I'm in time,' he thought.
Meanwhile, Yami Bakura had taken care of the creature. He gave it a more powerful dose of the energy it was created from. It was destroyed.
"Is everyone okay," Yami Bakura asked.
"We are now thanks to you," Bakura responded.
Just then, Yami Bakura gasped. Yugioh had telepathically given him the bad message.
"What is it?" Te`a asked.
"I just got a telepathic message from Yugioh. He told me that Yugi is under a spell that is making him sleep until he dies," Yami Bakura responded.
Everyone gasped.
"I hope the he finds Yugi in time to stop the spell," Mokuba said.
"He is closing in on the place now," Yami Bakura said.
Meanwhile, Yugioh was yards away now. He arrived soon afterwards and phased through the ceiling, careful not to cause a cave in. He rushed to Yugi's side. He looked up to see one of the evil sorcerer's minions holding a vial.
"Who are you?" Yugioh asked.
"I'm Christie, and these guys are my friends Billy and Robbie. Your young friend was so naive. He never suspected that we worked for the evil sorcerer," Christie responded, waving the vial and grinning evilly.
Yugioh carefully approached her. 'That must be the cure for the spell,' he thought.
Christie lifted the vial above her head. "Don't come any closer Pharaoh. I will drop this vial, and Yugi will die," she said.
Yugioh did stop. Christie dropped the vial anyway.
"Oh no you don't!" Yugioh shouted as he pointed at the vial.
The vial stopped falling. Yugioh fingered out the words come here, and the vial floated toward him. He grabbed it soon afterwards. Yugi's mouth was partially open. Yugioh poured the liquid in the vial into Yugi's mouth, and carefully sat him up to help him swallow.
Yugi's breathing became normal. He opened his eyes and saw Yugioh looking at him.
"What happened?" Yugi asked.
"I'll explain later," Yugioh responded. He looked up, but there was no sign of Christie, Robbie or Billy.
"You might have reversed the spell on Yugi, but now we'll seal him in his grave," the voice of the evil sorcerer said.
"What did he mean by that?" Yugi asked.
To answer his question, this exits were sealed shut. Then the building started crumbling.
"Me and my big mouth, this place is caving in," Yugi said.
Yugioh grabbed him and sat him on the floor. Then he spread his wings and arched himself over Yugi. "Get into as small of a position as you can," he said.
Yugi bunched himself up until his body was completely under Yugioh's. Yugi was fully protected from the cave in. Of course Yugioh wasn't affected one bit by the weight of the chunks that fell on top of him. Bakura and the others, except for Yami Bakura, watched in horror. Yami Bakura teleported them to the building just as it came down. Yami Bakura only smiled because he knew that Yugi was alive. Bakura noticed his Yami's smile and smiled too. Bakura got the message that Yugi was alive. The others were confused when they saw Bakura and his Yami smiling.
"What are you two smiling about?" Kaiba asked.
"Yugi is alive and well," Yami Bakura responded.
"Are you serious," Mokuba asked.
"Yes Mokuba, he's alive," Yami Bakura responded.
To prove Yami Bakura's statement, a large chunk of the crumbled building shook violently and went flying in pieces. Yami Bakura created a shield to protect the others from the debris. Soon afterwards, Yugioh stood up and helped Yugi up. Then Yugioh used his powers to clean himself and Yugi.
"Are you all right?" Te`a asked.
"I am now thanks to Yugioh," Yugi responded. "What happened?" he added.
"You made friends with the wrong people," Yugioh responded. "Billy, Christie and Robbie were the evil sorcerer's minions. They literally put a sleeping death spell on you. I sensed your body shut down as you were sleeping.
When I got here, Christie was waving the vial I gave you in the air. I approached her, but she threatened to drop it. She dropped it anyway, but I stopped its impact with the ground. After I gave the contents of the vial to you, I looked up to find that Christie, Billy and Robbie were gone. You know the rest," he added.
"If only I didn't dismiss my feeling about them, this never would've happened," Kaiba said.
"What do you mean?" Yami Bakura asked.
"They came to us. Yugi just wanted to be friendly, so he greeted them. My brother didn't trust htem. I told him to give them a chance, so he did," Mokuba said. "It's as much of my fault as it is my brother's," he added.
"You didn't know Mokuba. It's not your fault," Te`a said. "But that creature was horrifying."
"What creature?" Yugi asked.
"Three hours after you left, an imposter came. Of course we didn't know that then. It looked and sounded just like you. We talked with it. Three hours later Yugioh and Yami Bakura came back from their flight. They immediately knew that what we thought was you was an imposter. It revealed its true form, which was a formless creature. It charged for Bakura, but Yugioh flew him out of the way. Yugioh then warned us that the creature was a blend of radioactive, chemical and raw energy. Yami Bakura told Yugioh that he would deal with the creature.
Yugioh then took off to find you. Yami Bakura made fast work of the creature," Joey responded.
Yugioh picked up Yugi and flew for home. //Thanks Yami Bakura, you really came through today//
\\It was nothing Yugioh\\
Yugioh arrived at the game shop in ten minutes. Solomon was watching the window since after he talked to Kaiba. Seeing Yugioh land with Yugi in his arms brought Solomon great relief. Solomon opened the door.
Yugioh put Yugi down. Yugi ran to his grandfather, and they shared a five-minute hug.
"Are you all right?" Solomon asked.
"Yes Grandpa, thanks to Yugioh," Yugi responded.
"Thank you for saving my grandson Yugioh," Solomon said.
"It was nothing," Yugioh said. He and Yugi took turns explaining what happened.
An hour later, Yugi had his dinner. Half an hour after that, he went to his room and got into his pajamas. He was asleep seconds later. Yugioh came in and sat at Yugi's desk.
'Sleep well Yugi, you deserve it,' Yugioh thought.



Whew! I'm done. I hope that you're starting to see how the power of two is making a difference for Yugioh and Yami Bakura. Preview for Chapter 4: Abandoned at Sea: Yugi and friends go for a relaxing boat ride. The evil sorcerer doesn't let peace prevail. He causes rough waves that toss the ship. Everything seems okay for half the day. Then a big wave sends Yugi, Bakura and a rubber raft overboard. No one saw what happened because Yugi and Bakura were the only ones on deck when the wave hit. They climb into the raft and float away from the boat as the sea calms down. Will they be rescued, or will the sea claim them? Stay tuned.