1st Duel [Video]

[duelistoflegend]

There's a shot of the sky before the view reorients itself. Then, suddenly, there's a tanned face staring at the screen, looking surprised and annoyed all at the same time. What's strange however, is that the hairstyle looks eerily familiar, except for wild and said figure is decked out on an outfit probably more suited for a desert than his current environment. Not to mention... is that gold?

Surprisingly, though, he doesn't seem to be that out of place using the device. Probably from all that exposure to technology thanks to Yugi and the others.]

I'm fairly certain that this is not where I was supposed to be.

[ Because last he remembered, he was in Egypt, Ancient Egypt. Not... here, wherever here is.

Not to mention, if he wasn't trapped in the world of memories any longer, shouldn't- ]

And if anyone could tell me where Yugi Mutou is, it would be greatly appreciated.

Comments

[dreamtamer]

It was a program. It was just trying to do what it was programmed to do, but it didn't understand that change wasn't a bad thing.

[duelistoflegend]

[ Okay, Atem can follow that a little. From what he understands about modern technology, he picked up through Yugi and his friends, and the Kaibas. ]

So it was programmed to work a certain way and couldn't think any other way.

[ Well, people could be like that too, he supposes. Look at the thief, he was so blinded by his hatred (which Atem would admit that was deserved), but he couldn't look beyond that to see other ideas besides mass destruction. ]

[dreamtamer]

In some ways it evolved and learned, just like the digimon had evolved from what they had been once. But the D-Reaper... Its original purpose was to stop the digimon from evolving too quickly. It was supposed to be a kind of balance.

But when the digimon had evolved past the need for that, the D-Reaper was still there. It was still trying to do the same thing. And it decided that because everything had evolved beyond its parameters, it need to erase everything.

It did some really terrible things. It hurt one of my friends a lot. But even now, I don't think I could hate it. Is that strange?

[duelistoflegend]

No, I don't think so. It just means that you have an overwhelming capacity for compassion. For both friends and enemies.

[ He's quiet for a long moment. ]

Yugi is very much the same way.

[dreamtamer]

[Takato's face falls. ]

No, I don't think I'm like that at all.

[duelistoflegend]

And why is that?

[dreamtamer]

[He is silent for a moment.]

Something terrible happened to a friend of mine, and I got angry. Really angry. And I think I became something even more terrible.

[duelistoflegend]

.... perhaps you're more like the both of us then.

I did the same, somewhat. I ignored Yugi's warnings and did something I shouldn't have done and Yugi payed the price for it.

[dreamtamer]

Was he okay after?

[duelistoflegend]

He was, yes. And he forgave me when I often think he should not have.