Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ We Have A Lot in Common ❯ Going Home ( Chapter 11 )

Recap: Yugi and I were having fun with Timon and Pumbaa when we were sent to the world of no return. After a full day passed, we found out why the world was given its name. Yugi and I started becoming ghosts. Yugioh and Simba had two days to find us or we would be ghosts forever. It came down to the wire, but they found us in time for us to live again. Yugioh planned to leave with Yugi the next night.
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// is Yugioh mental talk
\ is my mental talk
\\ is Simba mental talk
# is Nala mental talk
~ is Kiara mental talk
* is Kovu mental talk
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Chapter 11: Going Home

Yugi and I slept peacefully as the day wore on. Yugioh and Simba silently talked about all the adventures and good times they had with us.
"Yugi and I had some great times with you and Keisha. The best time was watching her do her acts at the circus. She has awesome skill. She is a lot better than the performers at the circuses where Yugi and I are from," Yugioh said.
"She practices at least three times a week while the circus is in another area. She only gets better each time she practices. She practices new things to add to her acts as well," Simba said.
"The worse thing that happened was almost being too late to save Keisha and Yugi when they were almost fatally injured by our evil counterparts," Yugioh said.
"I know. I've never been more scared in my life. Losing Keisha is my greatest fear," Simba said.
"Losing Yugi is my greatest fear. I'd do just about anything to assure his safety," Yugioh said.
"I agree with you there," Simba said.
Meanwhile, the evil sorcerer planned for one more dangerous adventure before Yugi and Yugioh returned to their world. He liked his idea of splitting us up when he sent us to the underground world, and he would do the same thing as far as the splitting up part. The only exception is that what he had planned was going to be for Yugioh and me only.
"As a little farewell, I'll send the girl and the Pharaoh to the Shadow Realm. As an added nasty bonus to make it more dangerous, the Pharaoh's counterpart will also be there, but with every power he has," the evil sorcerer said.
Yugioh awakened Yugi and me at nightfall.
"Can you and I take a last walk through the Pridelands Yugioh?" I asked.
"I don't see why not. Yugi and I will be leaving later on anyway. It's too early to leave now," Yugioh responded.
"Have fun you two," Nala said.
"We will," I said as we walked out.
The evil sorcerer saw that his opportuntity was getting closer the farther into the jungle we went. Meanwhile, Mother Nature brought an unexpected surprise. A strong earthquake rattled the Pridelands. Back at Pride Rock, Yugi and the others were worried about the other animals and me.
"I'm really worried about Keisha," Yugi said.
"The others and I are too Yugi, but Yugioh is with her. He'll keep her safe," Kiara said.
The earthquake continued to shake up everything. The ground started to split from underneath me. I fell through. Before I fell too far, Yugioh grabbed my hand.
"Gotcha!" Yugioh said. "Now let's fly until the quake passes." He transported me to his back and flew into the air.
A tree began to fall as he gained altitude. One of the branches knocked me unconscious, and I fell off his back. The tree continued to fall, but it was above me.
"Keisha!" Yugioh cried. He dove after me. He soon caught me and flew on and out of the falling tree's path, as I regained consciousness. "Are you all right?" he asked.
"I am now," I responded.
The earthquake stopped after another half an hour. Yugioh landed and we continued walking. An hour later, the ground opened up, and Yugioh and I slid through. We slid into a dark vortex. Yugioh spread his wings and flew through it. He scooped me up as he continued through the dark vortex. He felt that there was something familiar with it.
"I've never seen a vortex so dark before," I said. "It gives me the creeps."
"I'm not sure what, but there's something familiar about this darkness," Yugioh said.
We arrived at the end a half hour later. Yugioh landed and set me down. Then he immediately recognized where we were.
"Oh no," Yugioh said.
"What is it? Where are we?" I asked.
"We're in the Shadow Realm," he responded.
"What's the Shadow Realm," I asked.
"It is a dangerous place where duel monsters live. Most of them aren't friendly at all. There are also some dangerous criminals that I sent here durnign my reign as Pharaoh," he responded. "I'm extremely concerned about you now," he added.
"Why's that?" I asked.
"Because Yugi almost lost his life here. When we dueled Pegasus, he brought us here. We had defeated his toon monsters using the Mind Shuffle, and he brought us here in desperation to win. Yugi's mind couldn't handle the strain of the Shadow Realm and the Mind Shuffle. It it wasn't for the bond of friendship he had with his friends, he would've died here," he responded.
"The Pharaoh's right Keisha. Since you both follow rules down to the hilt, the rule is that you can't just teleport anywhere. The only way to get out is to defeat Yugioh's evil counterpart again. This time, the counterpart has the same powers as you do Pharaoh. Of course, you have to find him first, and before Keisha loses her life," the voice of the evil sorcerer said.
"He's right Keisha. Your mind is stronger than Yugi's but you won't be able to withstand the Shadow Realm's strain for long. But I can put a spell on you to block out the Shadow Realm's effects on you," Yugioh said.
"I knew that you could do that Yugioh so I added one more rule. You can't use your powers to help Keisha deal with this place," the voice of the evil sorcerer said.
"We have to hurry then Keisha. The sooner we get out, the better off you'll be. I don't want you to mentally communicate because that will quickly make you weak here. I'll do the mental communication since I can easily survive here," Yugioh siad. //Simba, can you hear me?//
\\I can hear you Yugioh. What's happened?\\
//The evil sorcerer sent Keisha and me to the Shadow Realm. His rules are that we can't just teleport out, and I can't aid Keisha in blocking out the effects of this place//
\\What do you mean by that?\\
//Yugi will tell you what I mean. I'll keep in contact with you. I don't want Keisha to mentally communicate because it will make her weak//
"What did he mean by what he said Yugi?" Simba said.
"It happened during Yugioh's and my second duel with Pegasus. He brought himself and us to the Shadow Realm. Since he had the Millennium Eye, he could easily survive. Yugioh could survive too because of the Shadow powers he had. Unfortunately, I wasn't so lucky. The Shadow Realm's strain and the Mind Shuffle strategy that Yugioh and I were using were too much for my mind to take. I would've lost my life if not for my friends," Yugi responded. "Yugioh can survive now due to the fact that he's invincible."
/What do you have to do to get out?/
//We have to find and defeat my evil counterpart again. This time, it has the same powers as I do//
/I hope that you get out soon/
//So do I. Keisha's life depends on it// "Let's get going," he said.
I nodded, and we started walking through the dangerous and deadly place. I used the power of the gem on my forehead to block out the Shadow Realm's effects. It held for now, and I hoped that I could hold off the Shadow Realm's effects until we found and defeated Yugioh's evil counterpart. An hour later, we came across the Ultimate Great Moth.
"What is that thing?" I asked.
"That's the Ultimate Great Moth. A jerk named Weevil has a card like that in his deck," Yugioh responded.
The moth took to the air and prepared to attack. It flapped its huge wings, and created a giant tornado. The tornado headed right for us. Yugioh stepped in front of me to block the wind from me. Being one with the air gave him a big advantage as the tornado didn't have any affect on him.
"What are you going to do?" I asked.
"I'm going to cut that tornado down," Yugioh responded.
"How are you going to do that?" I asked.
"You'll see," he responded. He spread his wings and slowly flapped them in the tornado's direction.
I noticed how hard he flapped them. It was like he was trying to create a wind that cuts things. As I looked on, that was the case. The huge tornado was being cut down. While Yugioh was busy cutting down the large tornado, the Great Moth grabbed me from behind him.
"Yugioh, help!" I cried.
"I'm on my way," Yugioh said. He finished cutting down the large tornado and flew off after the Great Moth. 'Now to catch this slowpoke,' he thought.
The Great Moth's huge size greatly affected how fast it could fly. It wasn't even a match to try to outsmart Yugioh because he got in front of it.
"Put her down," Yugioh said in a dangerously low voice.
Instead, it fired acid at him. The acid didn't do a thing to him. He turned himself into water, washing the acid off. Then he turned back to himself again.
"Is that all?" Yugioh asked in an annoyed tone. He fired a lightning bolt with concealed fire at it.
The moth cried in pain from the electricity and the fire. Yugioh got under me just as the moth let go. He flew away as the moth fell to the ground, paralyzed by the lightning bolt.
"Are you all right?" he asked.
"I am now thanks to you," I responded.
"Let's move on. I'm worried about how long you can block off the Shadow Realm's effects," he said and flew on. "We'll stay in the air for now," he added.
I nodded as he carried me through the air. By the next daybreak, we still didn't make much progress. Yugioh's evil twin was nowhere in sight. I slept as Yugioh flew on. I knew that I couldn't hold off the Shadow Realm's effects much longer. Yugioh sensed that my mental protection shield was weakening. He knew that it was only a matter of time until I started weakening as well.
'Just hang on Keisha,' he thought. He awakened me at nightfall. "Are you all right?" he asked.
"I can't hold off the Shadows too much longer. They're starting to overpower me," I responded.
"Until we find my evil counterpart, I don't want you to talk. You need to save your strength to survive here longer. But I'm afraid that the Shadows will completely overpower and kill you if we don't get out in time," he said.
/Yugioh?/
//Yes Yugi//
/Have you found your counterpart yet?/
//I'm afraid not. There's even worse news. The Shadows are starting to take their toll on Keisha. I only hope that we find my counterpart before she dies here//
\\I hope so too, and so does everyone else\\
Yugioh continued to carry me through the darkness when a familiar and friendly figure came up to us. "I'm glad to see you Curse of Dragon," he said before putting me on its back. He flew on beside it. "Have you seen anyone who looks exactly like me?" he asked.
Curse of Dragon shook its head no in response. Then, Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl flew up to us.
"I'm so glad we found you my lord," Dark Magician said.
"We saw someone who looked exactly like you. We thought it was you until we saw the person's black wings," Dark Magician Girl said.
"Can you take us to him?" Yugioh asked.
"Of course my lord," Dark Magician responded.
"Who's the young girl?" Dark Magician Girl asked.
"This is my friend Keisha. I need to get her out of here as soon as possible. She won't last long in this place. I can feel her getting really weak now," Yugioh responded.
Dark Magician nodded, and he and Dark Magician Girl led the way. Other unfriendly duel monsters confronted us, but Yugioh, Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl made quick work of them. I couldn't take the overwhelming strain any longer and passed out. In passing out, I fell off Curse of Dragon's back.
"Keisha!" Dark Magician cried.
"I'll get her!" Yugioh said as he dove after me. He caught me and flew back up to the others. "I'll carry her the rest of the way," he added.
The others nodded and continued on. We still weren't there when the next morning came.
"How is she my lord?" Dark Magician Girl asked.
"She's getting physically and mentally weaker. She'll die tomorrow morning if we don't get her out of here," Yugioh responded.
"She's been doing a good job in resisting the Shadows so far. Don't worry though. We're almost there," Dark Magician said.
In a few more hours, they saw Yugioh's counterpart. Yugioh put me in Dark Magician's arms before they landed.
"So, you finally made it," Yugioh's counterpart said.
"Yeah, now to take care of you," Yugioh said. "Keep her safe my friend," he said to Dark Magician.
"I willl," Dark Magician said.
"So will I," Dark Magicain Girl said.
"As you know, your little friend has until tomorrow morning to survive here. I'll make sure to keep you here till then," the counterpart said.
"You might have the same powers as me, but my care and concern for Keisha will aid me in getting rid of you," Yugioh said.
"Is that so? Well let's rumble then," the counterpart said. He and Yugioh squared up, preparing to fight.
'I've got to make this quick. Keisha's like depends on me,' Yugioh thought.
The counterpart gave the first strike. He flew into the air and fired down fiery arrows from a fire bow. Yugioh absorbed the energy and sent it back at double intensity. The counterpart countered with a watery force field.
'It seems as though the evil sorcerer made a mistake. If the counterpart were invincible like me, he wouldn't have had to douse my fire with water. Hopefully, that mistake will help the battle end quicker,' Yugioh thought as he fired a stream of very powerful fire.
The stream of fire penetrated the watery field, evaporating it. The fiery stream also made contact with the counterpart's chest, and he fell to the ground. He healed himself and was ready for action again.
"Thought you had me didn't you? My orders are to keep you here until your little friend dies," the counterpart said.
"That won't happen," Yugioh said as he prepared to battle again.
Yugioh kept getting hits on the counterpart, but it kept healing itself. That went on all day and into the night. Yugioh proved to have a lot more stamina as well because the counterpart got weaker the more it healed itself.
"Seems like you can't heal as long as I can," Yugioh said. You're so weak, that you won't be able to heal yourself if I get another hit in on you."
Knowing that Yugioh was right, the counterpart made an unexpected move. It snapped its fingers, and I appeared in its arms. It then flew off in the direction of the bottomless cliffs. It intended to drop me. I would surely die while I fell for the rest of my life if it made it there.
"You must hurry my lord. Your counterpart is heading for the bottomless cliffs," Dark Magician said.
"It intends for her to fall until and after she dies," Dark Magician Girl said.
"It won't get its wish," Yugioh said as he flew for the bottomless cliffs. He and the counterpart arrived at the same time, but from different directions. 'Good, my counterpart isn't over the cliff yet,' he thought as he got in front of if. "Let her go," he said.
"I will...down the cliffs," the counterpart said as it dove below Yugioh.
"Oh no you don't!" Yugioh shouted. He concentrated his fire, electrical and pure and raw energy into one devastating beam. "Eat this," he said as he fired the beam at his counterpart.
The beam made contact, and the counterpart fell into the cliffs. He laughed maniacally.
"I might be going down, but I'm taking your friend with me," he said.
"Guess again you big phony!" Yugioh said. He snapped his fingers, and I appeared in his arms while the counterpart fell alone, too weakened by the beam to heal itself. 'Now to get out of here,' he thought. He teleported out and reappeared in Pride Rock.
"Is auntie Keisha all right?" Kiara asked.
"She'll be fine Kiara. She'll make a full recovery tomorrow night. I'm just glad I got her out in time," Yugioh responded.
"I'm glad she's okay. We should leave after she wakes up," Yugi said.
"I was just about to say that Yugi. It wouldn't be fair if she didn't get a chance to say goodbye," Yugioh said as he placed my head, neck and shoulders on the side of Simba's body before lying me down completely.
The next morning, Yugi rested on Nala. He was very relieved that I was going to be fine. At nightfall, Simba awakened us.
"Are you all right Keisha?" Yugi asked.
"Yes, and I owe my life to Yugioh," I responded.
"You don't owe a thing Keisha. I really care about you," Yugioh said.
"As do I," Yugi said. "We'd better be leaving now."
A portal appeared in the air, and Yugioh scooped up Yugi.
"I hope you visit us again," Simba said.
"We most definitely will. This place is amazing and very beautiful. We've never seen anything like it so far," Yugi said as Yugioh agreed.
"Hold on Yugi. Farewell Simba, Keisha, Nala, Kiara and Kovu. Hopefully we'll meet again someday," Yugioh said as he flew into the air.
"Goodbye and thanks for everything you did for me," I said waving.
"Don't mention it Keisha and goodbye," Yugioh said.
"Goodbye," Yugi said waving before putting his arms around Yugioh's neck.
Yugioh flew through the portal and arrived on the ground at the game shop ten minutes later. He retracted his wings. It was just starting to get dark. Yugioh carried Yugi to their room and put him in the bed. The Yugioh changed Yugi into a pair of pajamas and made the adjustment so Yugi would sleep during the night again. A few hours later, Yugi fell asleep.
The next morning, Yugioh awakened Yugi. Yugi showered and got dressed. He and Yugi went downstairs to find Solomon and the others waiting. They were very relieved to see Yugi and Yugioh back safely.
"We were so worried about you guys," Bakura said.
"Yeah, we're glad that you're back," Yami Bakura said.
"Where did you end up anyway?" Tristan asked.
"We ended up in the Pridelands," Yugi responded. "It was very beautiful. It was more beautiful than the movie showed it. We actually met Simba, his family and friends. They're all very nice."
"Simba and Keisha showed us around the Pridelands by air and on the ground. Keisha is quite the athlete. She's short, but she can do a lot of things that her height would normally forbid. She can do stunts on Simba while he's in the air, and run and swim longer than anyone other than Simba, Nala, Kiara, Kovu and me," Yugioh added.
"Wow, if she entered the Olympics, she would probably win all of the gold medals," Tristan said.
"She probably would," Yugi said. "I've never seen a person who could very easily do well in the Olympics."
Yugi and Yugioh spent the rest of the morning and some of the afternoon telling them about all the good times they had with Simba and me. They left some things out becuase they were hoping that Simba and I would visit so that their friends could find out firsthand. For example, Yugi or Yugioh didn't tell them how short I was, that I was Simba's sister, I was a mermaid and that I was the star of a circus.
'I'll never forget your world Keisha and Simba. I hope that you can visit us,' Yugi thought.


The end. Sorry for the long wait. I couldn't get my thoughts straight because I was thinking about my other fics. As you know, the finished sequel is The Power of Two: Yami Bakura and Yugioh, and the sequel to that is Teaming Up with the Superfriends. I'm working on the next chapter of A Mutant Family and am about 1/3 of the way done so look out for it because that is the next chapter I plan to update. I'm getting my thoughts together for the next chapter of Teaming Up with the Superfriends and can sure use a suggestion for how it should go.
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