Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ We Have A Lot in Common ❯ Trapped with Nowhere to Go ( Chapter 3 )

Recap: Simba and I gave Yugioh and Yugi a sky tour of the Pridelands. During the tour, Simba, Yugioh and I found out how much we had in common; even though we were from two different worlds. We all did stunts to make the tour more fun. Yugi wanted to have a ground tour. I showed him around. Two griffins followed and swooped down to grab us. We tried to get away, but got put to sleep while they flew away with us.
/ is Yugi mental talk
// 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 3: Trapped with Nowhere to Go

The griffins took us farther and farther away from the Pridelands. Yugi and I were still out from the sleep dust. Fortunately, my call for help got through. I was able to make it a few seconds before I fell asleep.
At Pride Rock, Simba, Nala, Kiara, Kovu and Yugioh were wondering what to do.
| Flashback |
"I'm very grateful to Keisha for giving Yugi a tour," Yugioh said.
"It's nothing I assure you. She's always....." Simba started to say.
\Help.....us\
"That was Keisha!" Yugioh shouted.
"And she and Yugi are in trouble," Kovu said.
~Auntie Keisha, where are you?~
There was no answer.
"They must be out cold," Nala said.
"We have to find them," Simba said.

| End Flashback |

The griffins flew on. The evil sorcerer appeared in the air soon. He snapped his fingers and he and the griffins disappeared. They reappeared in a strange dimension.
"That sleep dust will keep them out until tomorrow night. Let's go. I want to watch them try to get out of this place," the evil sorcerer said. He and the griffins disappeared. 'Now to delay their friends,' he thought. He reappeared at Pride Rock.
"Why are you here, and what have you done with Keisha and Yugi?" Yugioh asked.
"Such temper, I'm here to give you and Simba a chance to free your friends," the evil sorcerer responded.
"What are we to do?" Simba asked.
The evil sorcerer transported Simba and Yugioh to the other end of the dimension. "You're on the other side of this dimension. All you have to do is make it to them. Here's the catch, you can't fly or run at all. You must walk. You can do whatever when you've found them. If you should break this rule, I'll kill your friends on the spot," the voice of the evil sorcerer said.
"I knew there was a catch," Simba said.
"We might as well start walking. We have a long way to go," Yugioh said.
Simba nodded, and he and Yugioh began the very long walk to Yugi and me. By the next nightfall, they were still nowhere close to us. The sleep dust wore off and Yugi and I awakened. We looked at our surroundings.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"You're in my parallel dimension," the voice of the evil sorcerer responded. "I would keep close to one another if I were you. Lurking within the dimension is your evil counterparts. If you're not careful, you could end up alone with one and not even know it," he added.
"Well, let's get going," Yugi said.
I nodded, and we started walking. We were unaware of four figures watching us.
"Should we attack now?" one of them asked.
"Nah, let's follow them for now. We'll attack when the time is right," a second one said.
The four figures followed quietly. Yugi and I came to a river. It was long and very wide.
"Looks like were going for a swim," I said. I jumped in.]
Yugi jumped in as well. We started across. Halfway across, Yugi felt something under him. He was pulled down immediately afterwards.
"Yugi!" I shouted. I dove after him. I looked around and gasped.
Yugi was being drawn down by an octopus. I swam over and gave it a stun blast. The blast knocked the octopus unconscious, and it let go of Yugi. I grabbed him around the waist and swam to the surface. He woke up soon afterwards sputtering water.
"Are you all right?" I asked.
"I am now," he responded. "What happened?" he added.
"You were pulled down by an octopus. I stunned it and brought you back up," I responded.
"Thank you," he said.
"It's nothing," I said.
We continued swiming. Half an hour later, we reached the other side. Yugi got out first. As I got out, he gasped and his eyes grew wide. I no longer had clothes on, but there were seashells on my breast. Instead of seeing my legs, he saw a light pink fin make up the second half of my body.
"Are you a fish?" Yugi asked.
"No, I'm a mermaid," I responded. "My fin will change to legs soon. I'm only a mermaid when I'm in water," I added.
Half an hour later, my fin changed back into legs and my clothes reappeared on my body. We continued walking. An hour later, Yugi was exhausted, and we sat down to rest. The we heard cackling nearby.
"That's weird. Two of the four people cackling sound just like us," Yugi said.
"Yeah, and the other two sound like Yugioh and Simba. It must be our evil counterparts," I added.
At daybreak, we slept where we were. Our counterparts watched us, ready to attack soon.
"Let's attack now," my counterpart said.
"No, we need to separate them first," Yugioh's counterpart said.
"Let's do it now," Yugi's counterpart said.
"I agree," Simba's counterpart said.
"Agreed," Yugioh's counterpart said. He flew by and quietly flew off with Yugi. He took Yugi to a different part of the dimension. He disappeared when my counterpart appeared.
She slept next to Yugi so she wouldn't raise suspicion. Yugi's counterpart slept next to me so I too wouldn't suspect anything.
"Now we wait," Yugioh's counterpart said.
"Yes. Our Yugi and Keisha will lead them to a dead end. Then we attack and kill them while they're still separated," Simba's counterpart said.
At nightfall, I awakened with what I thought was Yugi.
"Good evening," I said.
He didn't respond.
"Something wrong?" I asked.
"No, I'm sorry for not answering you," he responded.
'Hmm, there's something funny about this,' I thought. "Let's get going," I said.
He nodded, and we started walking. Five hours later, he spoke up.
"I know a way out," he said.
"How? And how are you now able to walk for this long without tiring out?" I asked.
"I saw the way out in a dream, and I still feel refreshed after my sleep," he responded, obviously lying.
'Now I know that he isn't Yugi. Yugi isn't as athletic as I am and we would've had to stop way before now. I bet he doesn't have a clue on how to get out either. It's time to bust this phony's brigade,' I thought.
"You're not Yugi. If you were, we would've had to stop to rest three hours ago. Yugi isn't as athletic as me, and he most likely doesn't have a clue on how to get out," I said.
"You're right, but what can you do about it? Yugi is with your counterpart even as we speak," he said.
I started to go when the counterpart stopped me. "Get out of my way!" I shouted.
"Make me," he said.
"You asked for it," I said. I flipped over him, back kicking him as I went over. He was on his face.
"Oh you'll pay for that," he said as he got up. He snapped his fingers and we were standing on two ends of a thin stone bridge with a long drop below. "The rules are simple. Whoever is left standing wins. If you win, the ground will return to normal and you can move on. However if I should win, you will die and the ground will come back together anyway, sealing you in."
We both ran at each other. He reached out to push me off, but I expected that. I flipped over him and landed back on the bridge in perfect balance. He ran at me again. I back flipped, kicking him in the face before I came back down.
He was having a hard time keeping his balance now, but he managed to stay on. We went at it for two hours, neither side giving in. I finally got the break I needed. The counterpart started slowing down a lot because of how long we were fighting. I roundhouse kicked him in the face. He was caught totally off guard, and fell off the bridge. The ground turned back to normal.
'I have to find Yugi,' I thought.
A trail appeared before me.
"Follow this trail and you'll find Yugi," the Great Spirit said.
"Thank you," I said. I quickly ran down the trail. An hour later, I found him walking with my counterpart. "Yugi!" I shouted.
Yugi stopped and looked back. He was confused. There were two of me.
'I don't understand. Which one is the real Keisha?' he thought.
As an answer to his unspoken question, my counterpart fired a laser beam at me. I ran out of the way. That action told Yugi which one was the real one. I told him that I never attack or fight unless I absolutely have to. I didn't attack my counterpart, she attacked me.
"Hey, you're not Keisha. If you were, you wouldn't have had a reason to attack. She didn't attack you, and Keisha told me that she doesn't fight unless it's the only way," Yugi said. He ran to me, and we looked at my counterpart.
"I see our little divide and conquer failed," we heard two voices say.
We looked up to see Simba and Yugioh's counterparts flying down.
"However, you're still in trouble," Yugioh's counterpart said.
Yugioh's counterpart had black wings. Yugi knew that Yugioh's wings were black once, but that was when he was evil. I knew that I wasn't looking at Simba because there was a special mark that I should've been able to see on his front right paw. The mark was the holding of paw and hand inside a circle. Only Simba and I could see each other's mark, but this one didn't have it.
"Well Yugi, I'm sure you have this move memorized," Yugioh's counterpart said. He stretched his arm out toward me.
'Oh no, he's going to Crush her!' Yugi thought. "Keisha, he's going to Crush you!" he shouted.
"What's that?" I asked.
"Oh you'll find out soon enough," Yugioh's counterpart responded. His hand glowed with energy.
Yugi ran to me and pushed me out the way. He was in the way of the Crush spell and was hit instead of me. He screamed out in severe pain.
"Yugi!" I shouted.
"Oh, you'll be joining him real soon," my counterpart said.
Meanwhile, Simba and Yugioh sensed Yugi's plight.
"Oh no, a Crush spell!" Yugioh said.
"What's that?" Simba asked.
"A Crush spell is a wave of extreme pressure going through the body of whoever the spell is cast on. This one was close to maximum power. I've never heard Yugi scream that intensely before," Yugioh responded.
"I hope we're not too late," Simba said.
"You and me both Simba," Yugioh said.
Meanwhile, Yugi was unconscious on the floor.
"Yugi, please wake up!" I cried desperately.
"You might as well save your breath. He won't be waking up anytime soon," Yugioh's counterpart said.
'We need to get out of here. But how? I can't let Yugi die,' I thought.
//Keisha!//
\Yugioh?\
//Yes. Are you all right?//
\Yes. For now anyway\
\\Hold on, we'll be there as soon as we can\\
\Where are you?\
\\The evil sorcerer sent us to the other side of this dimension. He told us not to fly or run until we find you. He told us that he would kill you if we did\\
/That sounds like him all right\
//Is Yugi all right?//
\I don't know. He's unconscious\
//What's your position?//
\I'm surrounded by your my and Simba's counterparts\
//Just hang in there//
\I aaahhh!\
\\Keisha, are you all right?!\\
There was no response.
//Keisha!// "She's hurt! I can sense it," Yugioh said.
"I can too," Simba said.
"If only we could fly to them right now," Yugioh said.
"I know how you feel," Simba said.
Meanwhile, I regained consciousness and staggered to my feet. I screamed in pain because it hurt to stand.
"So you're up. You won't be for long," my counterpart said.
"I assume you didn't like my way of severing your link," Simba's counterpart said.
I was determined to stay alive.
"Say goodbye," Simba's counterpart said as he fired an energy beam at me.
I staggered out of the way. My counterpart couldn't run out of the way in time, and she was killed on contact. Now the two most powerful of the counterparts were left.
'This is bad. How can I defeat them. Even though their powers are of evil, their still a lot more powerful than me,' I thought.


Whew! Another cliffie! Don't worry. Things will get a lot better in the next chapter. Preview for Chapter 4: The Rescue: The two most powerful of the four counterparts put up a relentless assault against me. I am weary from battling Yugi's counterpart, and my injury. They double team me, making my injury even worse. I am left on the ground battered and beating, hanging on by a thread like Yugi is. Simba and Yugioh finally find Yugi and me. Is it too late for Yugi and me?