Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Sacrifice of Shadows ❯ Telekinesis and Teleportation ( Chapter 1 )

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Sacrifice of Shadows

by WSJ

WSJ: Welcome all to the third story in the Tales of the Child of Fate. The first one is Visions of the Heart and the second is All Saints Night, so if you haven't read those yet I would suggest you do, otherwise you'll be veeeery confused.

Unmei: If they're not already.

WSJ: Oh shuddup. Chiot, do disclaimer.

Chiot: *Rolls eyes* WSJ doesn't own YGO, but she does own various OCs, such as Jonathon, the Elementals, and Shen Bakura.

WSJ: *Grins* And here would be where some of the romance of later stories begins to develop. Ryou/Serenity, Joey/Mai, Tea/Yugi, and slight Isis/Shadi is I think all for now. ^_^ Enjoy!

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Sacrifice of Shadows

Chapter 1 - Telekinesis and Teleportation

Quote of the Chapter:

""Great Scott?" Did I actually just say "Great Scott?" Oh, that's just depressing..."
~(Ryou; DarkGatomon, As If!)

"All right aibou, just try it again," the yami said, placing his hands gently on his other's shoulders.

His hikari nodded, setting himself for his next attempt. "M'kay,"

Surprisingly, this scene, touching though it is, was not coming from the Moto house. Far from it actually, it came from the house of Bakura.

It had been a little over three months since Ryou was blinded and Bakura turned into a mortal. He'd long given up trying to find a way to get back to the Ring, and concentrated instead on helping Ryou with his own problems and powers.

"It's simple Ryou, just do your best and concentrate." Bakura said softly, his hands still on Ryou's shoulders.

Ryou rolled his cloudy brown eyes. "Oh duh, and that's why I failed the first time! I'd like to see you try this..." But he did as his yami said and concentrated. The two of them disappeared in a small flash of light and reappeared down in the kitchen. They were currently alone in the house, since Ryou's father was on a dig. He was due home sometime today, though. Christmas was only a week and a half away, and today began Christmas holidays from school.

"Thanks for the lift, Runt," Bakura smirked, heading for the fridge to find himself something to eat. As he passed he happened to glance at the clock hanging over the doorway and froze. "Damnit!! Ryou, we're gonna be late!!!"

Ryou yelped and with a flick of his hand his backpack rose off the table, easily floating close enough for him to grab it out of the air. Bakura rolled his eyes, grabbed his own bag and took Ryou by the hand, leading the blind boy toward the door.

For the past three months, Bakura had been going to school with Ryou, posing as his older brother. He was one class ahead of Ryou, which put him in the same grade as Yami Yugi and Mai. He would have been in the same grade as Ishtar too, but he and Malik went to a private academy across town. Although, they were thinking about transferring to Domino High...

It also would have put him in the same grade as Seto Kaiba, but he was rather, um, tied up. Three months ago the demon Kuroi had killed him, but Ryou had managed to save his soul by putting him into Mokuba's body. Now both brothers did their best to co-exist in a yami/hikari-like set-up.

Bakura had registered under the name of "Yami Bakura", but everyone called him Bakura since there were two kids "named" Yami in that class, himself and Yami, Yugi Moto's "older brother".

It had been a little hard for the others to accept Bakura's sudden convert to kindness, but they had mostly gotten used to it, especially Yugi, Malik, and their yamis, because of what had happened on Halloween the month before.

And although the "gang" knew that Bakura no longer beat his hikari and they were on better terms, only Yami and Yugi knew how deep their partnership really ran. It had had to do with a Halloween fiasco a month before... But that is a much different story.

"Bakura, slow down!" Ryou laughed as his other dragged him along the sidewalk. "I can't sense where to put my feet this fast!"

"Well, we can't afford to slow down..." Bakura said, contemplating. He then shrugged and picked Ryou up, tossing him over his shoulder to ride piggy-back.

Ryou squealed and clung to Bakura's neck, but he was grinning. "I could just teleport us there," he offered.

Bakura shook his head. "Nope, sorry. You still don't have much control over your powers, and I don't fancy winding up in Antarctica. Again."

Ryou pretended to pout. "It wasn't my fault!"

"Yes it was! And besides, someone might see us. We can't afford that yet."

Ryou and Bakura hadn't told anyone about Ryou's telekinetic powers, mostly because they still had no idea how strong he was or how much he could do. Yami, Yugi, Malik, and Ishtar knew, from that bit of Halloween terror last month, but they'd promised to keep it quiet.

Bakura, Yugi, Yami, and Ryou did know, however, that Ryou's powers were unique to him, and not something gained from Millennium Items that the other hikaris would have. Bakura and Yami, after putting their heads together, decided that Ryou had inherited his psychic abilities from his mother, who, they learned from Shen, had also been a telepath.

Now that he didn't have to guide his hikari, Bakura was able to go much faster. He sprinted down the sidewalk, headed for school.

They arrived at Domino High a couple minutes later to find that they were not as late as they thought. Teens milled around the courtyard and Yugi, Yami, Joey, Tristan, and Tea were gathered next to the stairs leading to the school.

Joey grinned and nudged Yugi in the side. "Look at Ushio!" the blond prompted, snickering. Yugi did and giggled despite himself. The big bully was slowly edging away from the white-haired duo, who pretended to pay no attention to his obvious retreat.

Just after Ryou had gone blind, Ushio had taken advantage of his weakened state and beaten the crap out of him. If it weren't for Joey and Tristan, Ushio probably would have killed him. Joey and Tristan had then taken Ryou to the hospital, and Bakura got so mad that he challenged Ushio to a fight, one-on-one.

Bakura had come out of the fight mostly unscathed, save a nasty slash across the cheek from a knife Ushio carried (which had later faded to a vivid pink scar, a reminder of how far he would go to protect Ryou) and much shorter hair, again from the knife. However, Bakura also carried a knife, and Ushio definitely hadn't been so lucky. He was left with scars all over the place and Bakura had stabbed him hard enough in his right hand to leave it crippled.

Ushio was now very afraid of the white-haired yami (understandably so), and hadn't come near Ryou or Bakura since. He'd also stopped bullying Yugi, mainly because he was scared to death of what Bakura and Yami could do to him if they got together.

"Hi guys!" Ryou chirped as his yami let him down off his back. He had to restrain himself from levitating to the ground, remembering just in time that Joey, Tea, and Tristan didn't know about his powers.

"Hi," they responded.

"So," Joey asked, winking slyly at Bakura, but addressing Ryou. "Did'ja know that the new computer came in yesterday?"

Ryou blinked, cocking his head to one side. "New computer? I didn't know the school was getting any. And why only one?"

Joey grinned widely. "Well, it ain't a whole computer, just a keyboard. A braille keyboard."

Ryou's face lit up into a grin. "Seriously? Great! I was wondering what they were planning to do about my computer classes."

Yami glanced around and saw students beginning to wander into the school. "Let's go in," he said. "I already have two tardies this semester, and if I get another one it's a detention..." He could already see the wheels turning in Bakura's head, solving the "problem" of how to delay him, and Yami began to back away. "Oh no you don't!"

"Oh yes I do!" Bakura said, grinning as he chased Yami into the school. The others sweatdropped slightly, and Yugi and Ryou sighed, before heading in themselves.

~Somewhere just a single realm away...~

Briar-Rose chuckled slightly as she finally found what she was looking for; a musty scroll that had been shoved under several others in a forgotten room of what had once been the pharaoh's palace.

Careful not to damage the ancient papyrus she unrolled it, the sheer power pulsing from it sending a shiver up her spine. She didn't need to look at the title across the top of the page, proclaimed boldly in hieroglyphics, to know that it was what she'd been seeking for the past several weeks. And now, finally, here it was, in her hands.

The curse that would be any yami or hikari's undoing, the curse that would give her the upper hand and time to steal the heart she'd centered her eyes on, the curse that would get those meddling Item-users out of her way... Permanently.

Grinning sadistically to herself, Briar-Rose began to read from the scroll, feeling the magic of the curse take shape around her. This would be her revenge.

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WSJ: Whoo! One chapter down!

Unmei: *Rolls his eyes*

WSJ: *Grins* Ok, ok, I know this chapter was really short, and pretty boring, but it'll get a lot better, I promise. This was just setting the stage and giving a little back-ground info for the rest of the story.

Chapter 2: Ryou's sitting in class, minding his own business, when suddenly a mental scream, or several mental screams, give him a rather painful migraine. He comes back to his senses in time for Yugi to faint and realize that the screams he heard were those of Yugi, Mokuba, Malik, and a feminine one he couldn't identify. Not good. Joey, Bakura, and Ryou skip the rest of school to try to figure out what happened and Bakura comes to his own private conclusion: the Shadow Realm wants another heart.

God bless minna-san!