Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Wishing Worlds ❯ Chapter 5

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Wishing Worlds

Disclaimer: If you haven't guessed by now I don't actually own Yu-gi-oh! Or the movie "It's a Wonderful Life." If you already guessed this, then your prize is a new chapter of my story. I'm sorry to say there are no refunds if you don't like your prize.

Ok I feel I should say that this chapter might not be what people are expecting. There is no Yugi torture in this chapter except for bad jokes and angst. Let me point out that here begins Angst Country. The action will probably be back next chapter. Duh, what am I saying- of course the action will be back next chapter, the Fearsome Foursome (Mai, Tristan, Joey, and Seto) need to show off how well they work as a team. Or how horrible, either one works for me…

Marik <smirks as he views his new army of stone> Foolish mortals of the world beware! I am now ready to unleash my terrifying army of obedient slaves on the unsuspecting population.

WeirdtheNorn <looks around for Yugi> Hey! Crazy ruler guy! Where's your living minion?

Marik <scowls> That disappointment is no longer any slave of mine. He passed out from all the sugar. I have returned to my true servants who are too enlightened to eat chocolate.

WeirdtheNorn <smirks> You mean they're too stupid to know how to eat. I forget Marik- why exactly were you assembling this army for?

Marik <confused> Um, to take over the world?

WeirdtheNorn <shakes head> You did that last week.

Marik <more confused> Was I successful?

WeirdtheNorn <snorts> Do you really think you'd be talking to pebbles if you were?

Marik <still confused> Is this some kind of trick question? Is it multiple choice? I think I'm going to have to write this down and think about it. I'll get back to you later mortal. <wanders off aimlessly>

WeirdtheNorn <sighs> Ok now that I've stumped the new world leader for awhile, onto the next chapter. Enjoy reading and tell me what you think.

Chapter 5

Yugi groaned as he came back to consciousness. His head was pounding and he couldn't seem to remember anything. What exactly had Joey talked him into doing last night that made him feel so awful? He slowly opened his eyes only to immediate close them again. This wasn't Joey's fault. That honor lied with the man sitting in an armchair across from him with a twisted smile on his face. "Pegasus," Yugi whispered, realizing he was still trapped in his nightmare.

"You're upset aren't you? I can tell you're upset." Pegasus insisted in a tone almost bordering on concern. Yugi opened his eyes in surprise, and sat up when he realized that Pegasus looked worried.

"Oh course I'm upset. You kidnapped me! What am I supposed to feel- happy?" Yugi burst out. Pegasus nodded in understanding.

"I must apologize Yugi-boy. Here I go to all the work of kidnapping you and I put you in a guest room. You were expecting a dungeon weren't you? I'm a horrible host." Pegasus declared. Yugi stared at Pegasus in shock, not sure what to make of him. It was true he was lying on a bed in a room similar to the one he had been given in Duelist Kingdom finals, but what did that matter to Pegasus?

"Does this mean you're letting me go?" Yugi asked hopefully. Pegasus laughed.

"You certainly are amusing Yugi-boy. Tell me, do you duel? My last guest did nothing but threaten me and brag about his brother. I do hope you will provide more entertaining." Pegasus said. Yugi shook his head and stood up. Pegasus watched carefully, but did nothing to stop him.

"I'm not going to duel you Pegasus. I'm not going to become some new form of entertainment for you. You have no right to do this to me. I'm sorry about your wife dying but this is wrong. You can't tear people away from their families, their homes. Having money doesn't give you the right to mess in other's lives. I'm not going to just stand here and let you do this." Yugi shouted. Pegasus watched him silently, his usual cheerful expression fading as his wife was mentioned, replaced with a frown as Yugi continued his berate.

"That's enough Yugi." Pegasus said quietly, holding out a hand. Yugi ignored him but instead raced for the door, wrenching it open and falling into the arms of a very surprised Duke Devlin.

"Duke? What are you doing here? Did you come with Joey and Tristan? Are you here to save me?" Yugi asked, amethyst eyes sparkling with hope. Hope was quickly squashed however when Duke simply stared at him with a puzzled smile on his face.

"Do I know you?" the dice boy asked politely. Yugi sighed and extracted himself from the alternate version of his friend. He shook his head sadly, this boy was not the same one he had left behind. None of his friends were. He had been fooling himself that they were the same, wanting so badly to see his friends in these strangers. He was so deep in his misery that Yugi never saw Pegasus walk up behind him. He hardly noticed when the duel monsters creator put a hand on his shoulder and smiled at Duke.

"Hello Duke. This is Yugi Motou. He's going to be a guest of mine for awhile. But right now he's not feeling well, so if you'll excuse us?" Pegasus asked, pulling Yugi back into the room. Yugi went without a word. When he was sitting back on the bed he looked up at Pegasus. "Are you producing his game of dungeon dice monsters together?"

Pegasus nodded with a smile. "His game was quite popular and the way he handled the business spoke volumes about him. I recently signed papers with him to make him my business partner. Maybe someday I'll let him take over Industrial Illusions."

"And me? Where will I be?" Yugi asked softly. Pegasus turned to look at the closed door and then back at the spiky-haired youth.

"You are a mystery Yugi Motou. You know things you shouldn't and you say things that no one else would. For now, I think right here is the best place for you." Pegasus declared, standing up. "Until I get back my dungeon, of course. Then we can do this the proper way again."

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Bakura was quite comfortable in the dark. The damp, dark, torch lit corridors of Pegasus's dungeon suited him well. They suited him even better knowing exactly how mad he was making Pegasus by taking over his dungeon. And best of all, it kept him close to Yugi Motou. That boy was key to gaining the ultimate power of the millennium items. It was more than just having all those magical items. There was something else needed, and Bakura would bet anything that Yugi figured into that equation. But he had already given that piece away, and he feared what Pegasus might do if he demanded Yugi back. Would he take his millennium eye back? Would he insist on having the power Bakura himself coveted? There was no way Bakura was going to allow that to happen. So that left only one option. Yugi would have to be taken back. But without Pegasus's knowledge. Bakura would have to rely on his old skills as a tomb raider and thief. And when in doubt, it wouldn't hurt to add in the assistance of some magical golden objects…

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It was a tight fit under all the supplies. Mokuba Kaiba squirmed uncomfortably as he lay under a large supply of weapons, tools, and anything else Mai Valentine had declared necessary for a proper rescue mission. He knew that moving around was wrong, and that a real spy would remain perfectly still. But he just couldn't help it. He was hot, hungry, and his big brother's arguing with Joey was really annoying. If he wasn't trying to hide the fact that he snuck on board the helicopter, he would have stopped that argument long ago. Mentally, Mokuba told himself to renew his project "Get Big Brother a Life."

He had always admired his brother so much the way he had managed to find them a home, even after their parents died and they were sent to the orphanage. But somewhere along the line, Seto had gotten swept up in the lust for power. His brother had focused on the company, and he had lost the older brother who would do anything to see him smile. When Pegasus had taken him, he had almost lost hope in Seto. All those months of waiting had nearly confirmed his terrifying beliefs that a corporation had taken his place. And then Yugi Motou had come. That was the first time in years that Seto had called him "Moki." Yugi brought back hope, and more than that he brought friends, and the possibility of the kind of life that Mokuba had always dreamed for his big brother. Now that this hope was in front of his face, he was not going to let Pegasus take it from him. And he certainly wasn't going to put all his trust in Joey, Seto, Mai, and Tristan. His big brother knew nothing about saving people, only destroying them. And Joey and Tristan couldn't seem to take their eyes off Seto's secretary. In fact, Mokuba believed that Mai probably was the most responsible of the fearsome quartet. And yet how much hope could one put in a girl who thought black nail polish was an essential item in a rescue mission? No, when he came down to it, Mokuba would be the one needed to save Yugi. 'Please let me be strong enough, like my big brother,' Mokuba silently wished, holding on to his duel card locket and the happy memories from a better time.

Tbc…