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What if #2: What if Yami Bakura held all 7 Millennium Items?

Chapter 2: The God Cards show their face, Bakura's power is shown.

Domino City; 5:13 PM, Mutou Games Shop. After school, Yugi stopped at a local vender for something to eat, now arriving home to his Grandfathers shop, he notices a line of people standing outside the door of his home.

Yugi Mutou: Blinks. "Huh, whats with this huge line of people, the shops never this busy. Is Grandpa having a sale today?" Blinks again the walks close to the line noticing people holding Duel Monsters cards and talking with each other as they wait.

Man number 1: "I am telling you, with the help of my Summoned Skull deck, I am sure to be the grand prize winner!"

Man number 2: Pushes in front of man number 1 "If your so sure your deck is all that then why are you in line to buy more cards? Besides, my Buster Blade will crush your wimpy Summoned Skull hands down."

Girl: Pushes both the guys out of line and stares at them as they look at her in fright, holding each other. "You two couldn't crush a walnut, much less each other. My Dragon cards would toss you both to the wayside and if you want proof..." Grabs both guys by the shirts as they cry and reel in fear "I'll prove it to you right now, how about a Duel!"

Both guys get up and run away screaming for their mommy as Yugi watches and blinks.

Girl: The girl closes her eyes, puts her hands on her hips and smirks. "Thought so." Turns and looks at everyone standing behind her looking at her. "What are you looking at, close your fly traps and stop staring or you're next!!"

Everyone in the line quickly turns and gets back in line, trying not to look at the weird girl as she places herself back in line.

Yugi: Blinks yet again. "Maybe I better use the back entrance today... heh heh heh." Yugi walks around to the back of his Grandfathers store and uses his key to open the back door and walk inside. He notices the stock room where all the games and cards are kept is very low today with hardly anything in it. Yugi walks up thru a hallway leading to the store to find his grandfather being swamped by 40 different customers, all trying to buy cards and various toys while poor Soguroku works the register at top speed, trying to keep up with all his customers.

Grandpa: Grabs and rings up 5 packs of cards. Put them in a bag and gives the customer his change. "Thank you, please come again but not today please." Grabs another customers merchandise and rings it up. "Thank you, but please don't come back today." He continues this rhythm with a steady never-ending flow of customers.

Yugi: watches in awe as his Grandfather runs back and forth between customers as fast as his old legs can carry him. "Hi Grandpa, I’m um.. home." Yugi finally blurts out.

Grandpa: Looks back behind him and sees Yugi. "Yugi my boy, your finally home. It's been flooded ever since the announcement of the Duel Monsters International Championship. You need to help me out here kid, I haven't taken a break all day. Then when your done minding the register, you can sweep out, do your homework, take out the trash." Put his hand on his chin and thinks. "Hmm, what else. Oh yes, and give that Anzu girl a call."

Yugi: blinks and looks at his grandpa in amazement. "All of that, Grandpa, I have been at school all day. Can't I please have a little less to do?"  Yugi hunches over and exhales deeply.

Grandpa: Thinks for a moment and then smiles. "Okay Yugi, you're right. I guess it is a little much for a young boy to take on after a long day of studies. You can call Anzu tomorrow." Pushes Yugi to the register and walks away. "Be sure and give correct change Yugi."

Yugi: looks and smirks at all the customers in front of him. "Oh yeah... heh heh... I will Grandpa, yeah, I will. Thanks for the break Grandpa... you're too good to me." Sighs and begins ringing up peoples purchases. Yugi notices someone pushing thru the crowd and hollers out. “Hey you, stay in line like everyone else. There is plenty of cards for everyone.”

A man in a black t-shirt pushes his way to the front of the crowd and up to the register where Yugi stands. He reaches into his pocket and pulls a gun out and points it at Yugi, Yugi steps backward in fear as everyone begins to scream and clear out of the shop. Yugi’s grandfather hears this and runs to the front where they are and stands in fear as he sees a gun pointed at his grandson’s head.

Grandpa: “Oh my god Yugi!!”

Thief: “All you have to do is give me the money in the register and those Duel Monsters card boxes and I will let you live. Now hand em over to me.” Puts the gun to Yugi’s forehead. “Do it now or you and the old man get it.”

Yugi’s grandfather without hesitation runs and puts all the money in the cash register in a bag along with every box of Duel Monsters cards on the shelf and hands them to the thief. Yugi stands there scared, crying and fearing for his life.

Grandpa:” Here, please, just don’t hurt my grandson. Please just leave Yugi alone, and don’t hurt him.”

Thief: takes the bag and smiles. “Okay old man, I won’t hurt your grandson.” He points the gun at Grandpa. “But I never said anything about you now did I?”

Yugi: Watches in horror as the Thief fires and the bullet hits his Grandfather in the chest, causing him to fall to the floor in pain. Yugi runs and kneels beside his Grandfather. “Grandpa!! Grandpa, please hold on. Please hold on Grandpa…” Yugi says as he kneels next to his shot Grandfather crying as he watches his Grandfather reel in pain.

The Thief turns and runs out the door, as he is leaving, he bumps into Yugi’s best friend Jounouchi, knocking him down. The Thief drops the bag but keeps on running. Jounouchi hears Yugi crying, he runs to the counter to see Yugi and his grandfather, surrounded by a small pool of blood. Jounouchi runs and grabs the telephone and calls 9-11.

Jounouchi: “Hello, my name is Jounouchi. My friends Grandfather has been shot, we need and ambulance right away please.” Jounouchi says as he watches Yugi crying over his Grandfather, who has now passed out from pain and blood loss. Jounouchi closes his eyes and turns his head, as the sight is too painful to look at.

3 Hours have passed since the incident. Yugi Mutou and Jounouchi sit in the waiting room of the hospital. Yugi sits there, staring at the floor as Jounouchi looks at Yugi and frowns. Jounouchi turns his attention to the television mounted on the wall if the waiting room, where there is an interesting commercial that catches his eye.

Television: “Come one come all to the Duel Monsters International Championship Tournament. The Tournament is set to begin in just 3 days in downtown Domino, don’t miss your chance at greatness Duelists. There will be a big celebration as well as fireworks, food, rides and performances by musical Idol Takemara Nakuchi. It is free to enter, and the tournament winner will receive a commerative trophy, a special rare Duel Monsters Trading Card, and a Fifty Thousand dollar cash prize. So get yourselves ready, because it’s time to Duel at the Duel Monsters International Championship.”

Yugi: Looks up for a moment as the commercial is played, then hangs his head back down. “Grandpa pleaded with that thief…”

Jounouchi: Looks ay Yugi “What, did you say Yugi?”

Yugi: clenches his pants with his fists. “Grandpa begged him not to hurt me. And now Grandpa’s… he’s…” Yugi falls and his hands and knees and begins crying.

Jounouchi: Jumps out of his chair and kneels in front of Yugi, putting his hands on Yugi’s shoulders. “Yugi, snap out of it man. There was nothing you could do, don’t beat yourself up about it. Gramps will be fine, he’s a tough old bird. Yugi please calm down for your Grandfather. He wouldn’t want you like this.”

Yugi looks up and sees a concerned Jounouchi looking into his eyes. He cries a little more, then Jounouchi wipes some tears from his eyes and smiles at him.

Jounouchi: “Your Grandpa will be fine, I know he will Yuge.”

Yugi: Stops crying and smiles at Jounouchi. “Jounouchi, when I made my wish…” Cups the Millennium Puzzle in his hands and holds it. “The wish on this puzzle. I wished to one day have good friends. My wish wasn’t granted, I didn’t get good friends.” Jounouchi looks at Yugi puzzled as Yugi tilts his head and smiles. “I got family….”

Jounouchi smiles again and hugs Yugi as they kneel on the floor. A nurse walks up to them, they stop hugging and look up at her.

Nurse: “Mister Soguroku is in stable condition. You are his family correct?" 

Yugi: He and Jounouchi stand up quickly. “Yes, I am his grandson.”

Nurse: Motions for them to follow her. “Please come this way, you may come and see him. The doctor removed the bullet and we have stopped the bleeding. We are waiting on the X-Ray to see the full extent of the damage, however it was imperative that the bullet be removed immediately to avoid risk of lead poisoning. The doctor will see you soon after we get the X-Rays back.” The nurse leads them to a room and lets them in, they walk in and she closes the door behind them.

12:13 am: Domino City; The Red Light District. A man in a black T-Shirt is sitting on a crate behind a warehouse smoking a cigarette and counting money. He counts the money out and puts it in a nice stack next to him and pats it with his hand laughing slightly. It is the Thief who shot Sugoroku just a few hours earlier.

Thief: Exhales cigarette smoke and laughs rubbing the big stack of money next to him. “Oh man, 3,700 smackers in one day. Would have been more if I hadn’t bumped into that little punk running outta that store. That old guy had some serious bread. Had a geek for a kid, but serious bread nonetheless. Guess I’ll have to pay the old man a visit sometime, if he lives anyway.” Smirks and continues to smoke his cigarette.

A shadow casts over the man. He looks up and sees a dark and shadowed figure standing before him with a mysterious glowing eye on his forehead. The thief jerks back as he realizes who the figure standing before him is.

Thief: “Hey, you’re that kid from the shop earlier. Yeah, you are called Yugi right. You’re the kid of that old geezer I shot today.” Gets up and walks closer to him and looks him in the eyes. “Yeah, hey sorry about your dad or whatever. But if you like, I can put you in the hospital bed next to him.” He pulls his gun from his pocket and puts it to Yugi’s forehead.

Yugi grabs the gun quickly and tosses it back behind him. The thief swings on Yugi, but he quickly dodges and jumps away from the Thief.

Yami Yugi: “You have made a venture into the regions of my heart and disturbed it’s peace. We will play a game to decide your fate. If you win, I shall let you go free. If you lose however, you will face Punishment and the money will be returned to the people you robbed.”

Thief: Looks at Yugi, his eyes widen in disbelief. “You mean all I have to do is beat you and I walk away scott free?”

Yami Yugi: Smirks at him and closes his eyes. “It is not just an ordinary game, that would be too easy. This is my game.” Yugi opens his eyes and looks at the thief. “The Game of Darkness.”

Thief: “Game of Darkness, checkers whatever. All I know is that you said I win I go free.”

Yami Yugi: “That’s true, I did say that. However history shows that freedom is not easily attained, one must work hard to obtain his freedom. Such is the case here and now.” Yugi reaches into his shirt and pulls out a large box. He opens it, and inside are lots of tiny Jacks and a red ball with an eye on it. Yugi takes the ball out and pours the Jacks onto the ground. He then takes a rock and draws a pale white circle around the Jacks. “There, it is ready.”

Thief: Looks at Yugi and the supposed Dark Game he has set up for them. “Jacks… you call Jacks the Game of Darkness? I played this crap in pre-school, what are you trying to pull? This is the most bullshit I have ever seen.”

Yami Yugi: He simply looks at the man and smiles an evil grin. “This is not ordinary Jacks. These Jacks have 6 pins, one has a rounded tip, and the other tips are razor sharp. The rules are simple, you hit the ball on the ground, grab the Jacks and catch the ball before it hits the ground again or it doesn’t count and your Jacks get returned to the circle. You must pick a Jack up by the round tip on that one pin. If you pick it up by other than the rounded tip, 3 Jacks are given to your opponent. If you prick yourself you automatically lose. If you give up, you lose as well.” Smirks and looks at the thief. “It is simple enough isn’t it?”

Thief: “Hah, is that it? Kid, you are soo dead, and I get to walk away with no worries as we agreed. I’ll let you start, since I am in a good mood today.” Grins and watches Yami Yugi.

Yami Yugi: “As you wish, there are 25 Jack, winner is the one who has the most Jack when all are taken. Game Start.”  Yugi bounces the red ball, he quickly moves his hand and pick up two jack in his fingers and catches the red ball before it hits the ground. “That’s two, your turn.” He hands the ball to the thief.

Thief: Takes the ball, bounces it and picks up one jack while just barely catching the ball. “Damn it, only one. Oh well, I’ll catch up. Your turn I guess.” Hands the ball back to Yugi.

Yami Yugi: He takes the ball and closes his eyes. He bounces the ball, and quickly grabs three Jacks in his fingers before catching the ball with his other hand. He smirks and looks at the thief. “Catch up, do you think you can really get anywhere with just one Jack at a time? Your turn.” Yugi tosses the ball and smiles as the thief catches it.

Thief: “Damn it…” He bounces the ball and succeeds in picking up one Jack before having to catch the ball. He curses as he hands the ball back to Yugi, who continues smiling a dark and mysterious smile.

Yami Yugi: “The game gets steadily more difficult. There are less Jack for you to take, and I have five where you merely have two. “ Yugi bounces the ball and manages to pick up 2 more Jack before catching the red ball. “That is two more towards my victory, and 2 less for you to have. Your turn.”

Thief: He takes the ball and bounces it really high, despite the extra time her bought himself, he still only manages to pick up one Jack before catching the ball. He holds the red ball and squeezes it in his hand. “This games is rigged, how the hell can you take so many at one time without messing up?!? “You are cheating some how, cheating violates the rules doesn’t it, so I win automatically. I give up but I am not the one being punished. Heh, it is you who will face punishment.” The thief runs and grabs the gun from where Yugi tossed it earlier and aims it at Yugi. “Die Yugi!!” The thief fires the gun at Yugi.

Yami Yugi: His Millennium Puzzle glows a bright golden color. Using the magic of the Millennium Puzzle, the bullets are easily deflected. The Thief stares in awe, as Yugi stands unharmed by the bullets. “You broke the rules.” The eye on Yugi’s head glows a mysterious glow, and Yugi raises his arm. “You face Punishment Game of Fate. Prepare yourself.” The Thief stands there as Yugi casts Punishment Game on the Thief. “Punishment Game of fate. Darkness; Illusions of Seclusion.”

Thief: Awakens in a black and cold place. “Huh, where am I? What’s going on, were is everything??” The thief runs around in the darkness screaming and calling for people. His cries echo, and there is no one, nothing. The thief is completely and totally alone, with no one and nothing. “Oh god what is this place, where am I? Please anyone, please come here and help me. Where is everything!!!!!”

Yami Yugi: Watches as the body of the thief jerks back and forth on the ground next to him. “You have nothing but darkness and hate in your heart, forever will you live in that Darkness. You will live in that horrible place in your mind for the rest of your life.” Walks over to the crate and picks up the stack of money the thief had left there. “The police will give this back to the people you stole it from. Maybe in your next life, you won’t be so foolish as to break the rules heh heh.” Yugi walks away, leaving the thief behind on his way to the police to give them the money. “Game Over.”

At the same time elsewhere, Isis Isthal and her brother Malik are in a museum in Domino City. Isis has come to Domino to see a new exhibit the Museum has from a recent dig in the Valley of the Kings. Malik however has come for a different reason, he desires the death of Yugi Mutou and also desires the God Card he holds; The Saint Dragon of Osiris. Isis is reading the inscriptions on a stone tablet as her brother Malik sits and waits for her to finish.

Malik: “Isis could you please hurry up, this is the most boring crap ever. It’s probably just an old Egyptian calendar or something. If we’re lucky it’s an old lunch menu, that thing is worthless. I have much more important matters to attend to, like finding Yugi Mutou and getting Osiris from him.”

Isis: “Malik, this tablet was recovered in the Valley of the Kings. Not far from where the Millennium Puzzle was discovered. Plus look the these markings.” She points to a strange eye and a few other symbols. “This could hold a key to discovering the truth about the Millennium Items and the mysteries that shroud them.”

Malik: This catches his attention. “So it’s a lunch menu with information behind the Millennium Items. Interesting.” Malik gets up and stands next to Isis looking at the tablet. “What does it say, I can’t figure out these characters.”

Isis: “That’s just it, this is not Egyptian at all. These writings are not hieroglyphics and I cannot place what they could be. I see some hieroglyphics; they clearly state the words “warning” and “Millennia”. That why I believe this is related to the Millennium Items. Malik I am so confused.” Holds her head with her hand and closes her eyes. “What on earth does it say, I know it has to be important.”

A voice: “You worry so much about what that means, while you stress over how important it might be. What if I told you that tablet is not important at all to you.”

Malik and Isis turn around quickly, and before them stands the cold figure of Yami Bakura.

Bakura: “Actually, I am what you should worry about right now. I am still quite upset about how you betrayed me Malik.” Clenches his fist and screams at Malik. “It is payback time for what you did, and you will pay with the blood of you and your sister.”

Malik: “You. It’s you, Bakura. How dare you threaten me as you have. I seriously doubt you can spill even a drop of my blood Bakura, as you are foolish. I still can’t believe you thought we could help one another, you were foolish Bakura.” Malik takes out the Millennium Rod and points it at Bakura.

Bakura: Smiles an evil grin. “So, I see you brought it with you. This works out better than I could have ever hoped, I get my revenge as well as two more items to add to my already growing collection. I have 4 of the 7 Millennium Items already, how does that make you feel Malik?”

Malik: Looks at Bakura with a look of great disbelif. He in his mind, cannot believe that alone, Bakura had already obtained 4 of the 7 Millennium items. “No… it can’t be true.”

Isis: “There is no way you could have 4, even if you had Yugi Mutou’s puzzle, you still wouldn’t have our Millennium Items, and there is no way you could have Shadi’s-“

Bakura: interrupts her. “Not Mutou’s, but Shadi’s yes. He was a breeze once he lost the game. Now Malik and Isis, I have a little proposition for you. You hand over you Ra and the Millennium Items you both have, and I may just go easy on you. Resist and you will suffer dearly. Your choice.”

Malik: “Like I would ever give anything of mine to you.” Holds his Millennium Rod out and reveals it’s blade much to Bakura’s surprise. “I’ll kill you and take all of your Millennium Items for myself.” Malik charges Bakura and slashes his forearm. He tries to stab Bakura again, but Bakura punches him and makes him fall backwards. Isis runs over to him and sees if he is okay. They both look up and watch as Bakura laughs and smiles. “What are you smiling about you bastard, don’t think you have won with a mere punch.”

Bakura: Reaches into his pocket and removes his deck of Duel Monsters cards. He draws one card and shows it to them. It is a card covered in Scarab Beetles called Swarm of Scarab Beetles. 500/1000. Bakura’s Millennium Ring glows and he smiles at Malik and Isis. “You made a foolish mistake Malik, and because of it you and your sister will pay the Ultimate Price. Face the consequences of your poor judgment and greet fate!”

Isis holds her brother Malik as Bakura uses magic to bring the Swarm of Scarab Beetles card to life. 1000’s of Scarab Beetles flood out from the card and attack Isis and Malik. They try to swat the Beetles off, but in seconds, the Scarab Beetles consume them both. Bakura calls the Beetles back and they return to the card, which Bakura puts in his deck and walks over to where Malik and Isis were. There remains nothing of them, the only things the Beetles did not consume were The Millennium Rod, the Millennium Tauk, Malik and Isis’s clothes and the contents of their pockets.

Bakura: “Well Malik, a pathetic end for a pathetic man. You should have known better then to fall out of my orders Malik, and I am sorry to say, you and your sister paid the price for your foolishness.” Bakura reaches down and picks up Malik’s pants, he reaches into the pocket and pulls out a deck of cards. He searches thru it and picks out one card and drops the rest on the floor. “Here it is, the God of Ra; The Sun God. This will go nicely with those cards I swiped from those children earlier.” Bakura puts the card in with his deck and pockets it. He bends down and picks up the Millennium Rod and Tauk and smiles a deep and evil grin. “Finally, it is almost at hand. Soon, I will have all the Millennium Items and all 3 of the God Cards. Then I will have the power of the Millennia and the world will be mine to control.”

Bakura walks off laughing, a few minutes after he leaves, two Museum guards show up at the scene.

Guard #1: “What in the hell do you make of this Frank?”

Guard #2: “I don’t know Phil.” He bends down and picks up Malik’s pants. “All I know is Miss Isis and Mister Malik are running around naked somewhere.”

Elsewhere, flying above an ocean in a helicopter, Pegasus J. Crawford is on his way to Domino City, gazing out the window at the clear night sky.

Pegasus: “I will see you again…my love…”

Bakura now has 6 of the Millennium Items and has now obtained Ra the Sun God from Malik. With these powers, does Yugi Mutou stand a chance even with the aide of Osiris and his Millennium Puzzle? What will become of Yugi’s Grandfather? And what will Seto Kaiba do if Bakura comes looking for Obleisk? And what will Pegasus do upon arriving in Domino? Stay tuned for the next chapter. “The Tournament Begins, Match one: Seto Kaiba versus Jounouchi”