Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Darkness Arising ❯ Prologue ( Chapter 1 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

az: Huh… I think I'll start another fic. Right now, I still had another one or two last chapters for Lost Identity. But I can't get to it now coz I can't access my USB. Hope I could when I got back to Selangor… me here at my family's temporary resident in Terengganu and I just had to use my USB… but my god forsaken sis had made my day dark when she caused the aforementioned prob. by trying to open it with ma's laptop…

A/N: I set this after Lost Identity timeline… but this is not quite its direct sequel. Still, I appreciate the support… and this is a crossover…

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh or Cardcaptor Sakura in either the anime or the manga. If I OWNED Yugioh, or the aforesaid anime... I would be representing Malaysia in YGO! Tournament… Characters and original excerpts from the fic are copyrights of Kazuki Takahashi and CLAMP.

Darkness arising…

Prologue

Written by Azzie/Az .. Alienna Azuani .. YamiAzzie

`Umm, interesting…', sighed Professor Arthur Hopkins as he looked into the snapshots of one of the findings that his team had found. It so happened that these snapshots were taken from a hidden cavern found inside of the ruins of one of the ancient monuments in Egypt. As he scrutinized the pictures to decipher the meanings, a familiar mark was found.

The professor gasped as he immediately got up to the phone…

Mutou Sugoroku chirped happily to himself as he lazily dusted the counters inside his small shop. He was so at an easy mood, for an old man like him. And it cannot be helped, since now Yugi had finally finished his degree and had returned to stay with him again. Boy, how he had loved this only grandson of his… it can't be helped, he had raised him for a very long time! Added with the fact that now, his son Akira had been able to come visiting him more often than before and they won't have to keep it from Yugi anymore.

Yes, he was a happy old man. Besides, he was glad that now Yugi had been able to live like a normal person. No more suspicious people coming to kill or destroy the world, to threaten Yugi's life again. The only danger that Yugi could receive now maybe the onslaught of duelists wanting to challenge him or those crazy fangirls that loves to chase after him and Seto because of their duelist fame. And it seemed that he had grown even more cheerful ever since the events of the last three years. The old man hummed again as he heard the doorbell rang…

`Ohoho… irasshaimase!! What can I do-`. The old man crooned before he gasped in surprise as the visitor smiled at him. `Hi, old friend! Pardon me for coming so suddenly but there's something I wanted to talk to you…', said Arthur grimly as Sugoroku's face fell.

To think that he had just thought that nothing could disturb the peaceful lives of his family again for a long time…

Ring----!!

`I'll get it, o-nii-san!!', cried Shizuka as she dashed towards the phone. Yes, she was here, you guys were not dreaming. Right now Jyounouchi and his sister had been living together in this new apartment of his after Shizuka insisted that she had wanted to stay close with her brother. Well, considering that Shizuka had constantly traveled far to visit him often, their mum had agreed to let her stayed with him. Along with the fact that Jyounouchi's father had been sent to a rehabilitation center, there's nothing to worry about her safety.

Jyounouchi glanced towards his sister as he finished watering the potted plants at the balcony…

`Ah, yes… oh, no… Yugi-san was not here. Oh?... okay, ja…', she said as she put down the phone. `What is it… Shizuka?', cried Jyounouchi as she glanced at him. Shizuka shook her head. `Yugi's grandfather just called… he's trying to find him. He's not at Anzu's place or Honda's…', she said as Jyounouchi sighed.

`So that leaves one place that he's at. Come on… let's fetch Yugi!! I hadn't had that guy's number… so it seems that we have to go to his house…', he said as Shizuka looked at him, puzzled. `Whose house?!', she asked as she dreaded the answer…

`Why, at Kaiba's residence!!', he cried, noticing Shizuka's blushing face. `Oh… haa?!', she gasped as Jyounouchi dragged her along. `Don't worry… I knew that guy would be pleased if I brought you along…'

`O-nii-san-!!', cried Shizuka in panic as her brother ran out to call a taxi…

Jyounouchi shrugged nervously at the butler as he and Shizuka continued explaining. `-so that's why… umm, then… is Yugi here?', he said as the butler nodded in reply. `Yes, he is. He's with Seto-sama and Mokuba-sama upstairs in his bedroom. Please… let me lead you to it…', said the butler as Jyounouchi and Shizuka followed him along.

/BITE HIM!!/

Shizuka jumped as she heard the harsh voice coming from one of the rooms. The butler smiled as he begged his leave. `You can find the room on your own then, I don't have to show you the room. Good day…', he said as Jyounouchi watched the butler leave…

/Half-Lycan, half-vampire… but stro-nger that both!/ Out came another cold voice, followed by another set of strange voices and eerie music. Jyounouchi sighed at the thought of it. `Man-! When you're watching a movie at home… you don't need to open the volume so loud!!', he cried as he dragged Shizuka towards the source of the commotion.

He pushed the door open too violently as Shizuka was caught by surprise. But that alone had not left them prepared for the sight beyond the room…

Silence overcomes the two siblings as Underworld continued on the set.

/What are you doing!!?/ Cried Kraven as Lucian smirked at him. /You may have killed me… cousin!! But my will… is done, regardless/ The Lycan then dropped unceremoniously to the ground as he let out his last breath…

Shizuka sighed as she marched forwards to the set and switched the television; along with the DVD player, off. She turned around towards the remaining inhabitants in the room with such frustration that caught Jyounouchi by surprise.

Alas, such brief show of anger did not affect the three occupants as Yugi's head lolled on Kaiba's shoulder with the latter, obviously unawares of his surroundings as his brother had lied on his lap, unmoving. Shizuka flushed red as she watched the trio sleeping on the mattress that had been dragged to the floor, opposite to the television set. And finally, Jyounouchi released the amused laugh that had been trapped in his throat as they watched the scene inside the room…

Shizuka sighed as she looked around the room, feeling very stupid. But then, her eyes caught sight of some picture frames on the side of Seto's desk. Half of them were pictures of Seto and and Mokuba from the time they were adopted by Gouzaburo Kaiba until some recent pictures of their that included one which has Yugi, Malik, Isis, Bakura and them when Seto and his brother went to Egypt, three years ago. But, the other half of it had mostly consisted of...

Jyounouchi gave a cry as he started noticing the picture frames. 'Ee... what have we got her-', he was about to say. Embarrassed, Shizuka immediately gave a loud cry as Jyounouchi was taken aback. Instantly, she turned towards her boyfriend, Mokuba and Yugi to give them a wake up call.

`GOOD AFTERNO-ON', shouted Shizuka as instantly the threesome woke up, pretty much shaken up. Kaiba had instantly grabbed Mokuba close to him in fear as Yugi grabbed his arm for good measure. All three of them looked at Shizuka in horror as Jyounouchi stumbled on the floor, laughing his head off after seeing their stupid face and completely forgot about the picture frames.

Still, the threesome had remained dumbstruck as Shizuka, unable to keep the stern face any longer, joined her brother in his laughing spree while Kaiba blinked in confusion. He stared at Shizuka blankly before reality started to come back to him. `Aa… Shizuka-cha… nanda-SHIZUKA-CHAN!!?', cried Seto in shock as Yugi and Mokuba immediately pulled away from him. Blushing profusely, he quickly pulled his brother and Yugi up as he dragged everyone out of his bedroom…

`Mmm-hmm!! What-what brings you two here? It's-it's not usual to see you guys here…', stuttered Seto as Mokuba chuckled at the look of his brother's embarrassed face. Yugi smiled nervously as he glanced briskly at him. `Did my grandpa call you guys?', he said, as Jyounouchi nodded in response. `Oh!!', he gasped as he realized that he hadn't brought his cellphone along. He shrugged at the silliness that ensued because of that. `But isn't it great? Now Shizuka-chan got to visit Seto's bedroom-!', cried Yugi as he jumped, after Seto had smacked his hip. 'Baka!! Yugi-kun...', snapped Seto as Yugi made a silly face.

Yugi laughed merrily as he tried to grab Seto's hand from strangling him. `Aa, sou desu ne.. doshite no? Ano futari-tomo kimashita-?', he said as Seto gave up the fight.

Shizuka looked up at them, cheeks slightly red after Yugi's sly remarks just now. `Grandpa Mutou wanted you to come home quickly for there is something urgent he wants to see you..', she cried as a strange dread shot into both Yugi and Seto's heart. A feeling of uneasiness overflowed unto them as both ceased to smile.

`Naze--?', chorused both of them as Shizuka, Jyounouchi and Mokuba stared at them for suddenly becoming so serious…

A white dragon and a purple-clad magician stood before her. There was a blinding light… and the magician and dragon struggled with their powers, but they were unsuccessful. The blast destroyed them despite everything as the beam of light attacked the people behind them, to whom they were protecting…

There was a scream of agony coming out as the blast dies out in a brilliantly display of light…!

Sakura Kinomoto woke up shakily as she stared at her brother's concerned eyes…

`KYAAAA!!!', she shouted as both of them pulled away in surprise. Touya frowned at his sister as he mumbled about some dinosaur that had nightmares. Sakura leered at her brother as she looked out of the living room window. What a scary dream!! It seemed so real…, she thought as she flashed a reassuring smile at the brother. `Don't worry… I just had a nightmare!!', she cried as Touya made a face at her.

`Hah!! Remind me to not let you fall in sleep in the evenings ever again!! Boy, I never thought that a dinosaur could scream so loud!!', he said as he stuck a finger in his ears before he walked away.

`O-nii-san!!!', shouted Sakura in anger as she contemplates about the strange dreams she'd just had…

TBC

Translation

'Aa… sou desu, doshite no? Ano futari-tomo kimashita-?' - Oh, why is it? Both of you coming here?

az: Hmm... Sorry for the abrupt change. I'm deleting the two OCs that I created; Meena and Mahamud to be replaced by Rebecca. And I already changed the chapter 21 to 23 of Lost Identity for that matter. Thanks… and another disclaimer…

Scenes and excerpts from Underworld are copyrights of Colombia Pictures and their associates