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Anime/Manga » Yu-Gi-Oh » Eternal Love Part 3: Battle for the Gods
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Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Or anything related to it what-so-ever. The only characters in this fic that are truly mine are:
Lady Aurora Phoenix, Lady Natara Fear (Cooper), Lady Sapphira Star (Raine), Dorian “Chaos” (Stanson), Bryant “Havoc” (Westbrook), Sanura, Zahara, Adais, Shadow, Panther, Lord Theron (yup… they’re back… and all the characters beginning with Lady Aurora Phoenix are copyrighted to me)
A/N: I understand many will not agree with a lot of what is written but that is why this is in the fantasy genre and not in just the general one. This is purely a concoction out of my own head and I am just going where the ideas lead me.
Chapter 30
I Have Found You
“That’s the second phone call in less than a half hour, Aurora, what’s going on?” Aurora looked down at Sapphira who was taking notes from a book spread open on her lap.
“Both Adais and Sanura have called me; seems the sorcerer’s vow is real enough.”
“What do you mean?” Natara asked, walking into the room with another armful of books.
“Adais told me that the mummy in Anubis’ sarcophagus just disappeared from the museum. The Pyramid of Light went with it. Then Sanura told me of a vision Yugi had. It seems Anubis may have connected with Seto’s jealousy. His constant need to be better than Yugi and Yami has fueled such a hate that Anubis’ spirit latched on to him and is using him to carry out the beginning of his plan to take down the Pharaoh.” She stopped talking as Pegasus appeared in the doorway, shaken. “Lose another duel, Pegasus?” He said nothing as he walked to the table and carefully sat down in his chair.
“I will take that for a yes,” Natara grinned.
“Pegasus, really, you called Kaiba the disappointment. All you have done was prove you aren’t even half the duelist you claimed to be when you had your Millennium Item.” He did not even look up at Aurora’s chiding words. She frowned. Normally that kind of comment from her would have set him off, but he seemed beside himself over something she could not be sure of. “Pegasus?”
“There was only one card, I swear,” he moaned to no one in particular. The women looked at each other, lost.
“What one card?” Sapphira asked him. He looked up then.
“I had only created one card that could have been strong enough to defeat the god cards.”
“And?” Aurora prompted when he made no move to continue.
“Kaiba said there were two cards in my deck. I still swear there was only one.” Aurora frowned.
“Pegasus, I told you to check your deck after the dream you had. Anubis had to have somehow made a card appear in your deck. It’s the only explanation. I can come up with.”
“But how? He’s dead,” Sapphira returned with a frown.
“Body, yes, but his spirit still walks. The chanting that has been common in all the visions concerning him has got to do with his moving around.”
“If that’s the case then shouldn’t we get back to Domino?” Natara asked. Aurora nodded.
“The sooner the better.”
“We’ll take my helicopter,” Pegasus offered.
“Very well, but we have to leave now.” There was a sudden bright flash in her head that made her stop in her tracks and cringe. Her hands came up to hold her head as if trying to prevent it from falling off her shoulders.
“Aurora?” Natara and Sapphira looked on stunned as their friend cried out.
“What’s going on?” Pegasus asked them.
“Looks like one of her stronger visions. She hasn’t had one of those in a long time,” Sapphira commented as she helped Aurora to sit down. “Come on, Aurora, tell us, what’s going on.”
“The gods, they’ve been summoned,” she informed them with a groan.
“That’s good right?”
“No, they didn’t stay long. The power of the Pyramid of Light has taken them out of the game.”
“But that wasn’t the card I had in my deck,” Pegasus said with a frown.
“It’s the card Anubis planted there for Seto. Yugi has been trapped within the confines of the Pharaoh’s puzzle. Joey and Tristan were pulled in as well. Seto and Yami are playing Anubis’ game now with stakes far greater than either of them can comprehend,” Aurora explained. Natara looked up at Pegasus. She was not one to typically give orders, but she knew Anubis. She knew the danger. She knew they had to get there like yesterday.
“Pegasus, get the chopper ready, now.” He did not argue. He called to the control room in his castle and informed them that a chopper was ready and waiting for them on the landing platform. Aurora stood and raced with them to the aircraft and jumped inside, taking her place and buckling up, as the others joined her and the helicopter lifted into the sky.
Let’s just hope when we get there, that we aren’t too late, she thought. My Pharaoh, please, hold on.
“Aurora,” Sapphira whispered, leaning closer to be heard. “We’ll never get there in time. Not at this pace.” Aurora nodded and motioned to get Natara’s attention. All three joined hands and closed their eyes. Pegasus watched silently as they each began to take on a soft colored hue. Aurora’s was white, Natara’s was a blue-violet, and Sapphira’s was a deep red. The pilot gasped when the colors seemed to envelope the aircraft.
“What’s going on?” He exclaimed. Pegasus shushed him and nodded to continue to keep his eye on the air. The Duel Monster creator did all he could to keep his mouth closed as he watched them work together in awe. The light began to overpower the senses and he could not help but shield his remaining eye from it. When he opened the eye and looked around, they were flying straight toward the Kaiba Duel Dome.
“It’s like we jumped ahead in time,” he murmured.
“Not quiet,” Aurora told him equally as soft. “I told you there were things about me you never knew. The same applies to my friends. We didn’t jump time. We simply moved the aircraft closer to our destination.”
“Amazing,” he breathed. “Just what are you?”
“A woman, just… better.”
“Approaching the Duel Dome, Mr. Pegasus,” the pilot informed them, stopping the conversation much to Aurora’s relief.
“Good, get in as close as you can.”
“Copy that.”
“That light,” Zahara breathed.
“It’s the same color as the Pyramid of Light,” Solomon added.
“We may already be too late,” Adais finished as he took off down the street once more.
“He’s calling out for energy,” she whispered.
“What?” Natara asked.
“Anubis, he needs life force energy to be reborn. He is using the energy given in the duel to regain his strength.” She cringed again as she sensed Yami take another attack. Be strong, I know you can do this.
Adais and Zahara’s breaths hissed in as they approached the Duel Dome with caution. Téa and Solomon carefully picked their way around the fallen debris.
“It looks like an earthquake hit this place,” Téa commented as the continued forward. They ducked under one of the doors that had been jarred open and slipped inside. They froze when they came to the foot of a large bright blue pyramid. “What is that thing?” she asked fearfully.
“That’s what I want to know.” They all turned to see Mokuba as Sanura helped him around some of the roof that had fallen in around them.
“Sanura? Are you all right?” Adais asked his sister. She nodded and frowned when Zahara came up to give a closer inspection.
“I said I was fine, Zahara, back off, please,” she said in a tightly controlled voice. Adais could not help but smile as they attempted to play the idea that they were not related.
“All right, fine. I was just checking.”
“What happened in here?” Solomon asked Sanura and Mokuba, trying to get back on the topic.
“Mokuba, is Yugi inside that thing?” Téa added. Mokuba nodded.
“Yeah, he’s in there, and so’s my brother. What is it?”
“It looks like a super-sized version of that Pyramid of Light that was taken from the museum earlier,” Solomon commented. Adais nodded.
“I wouldn’t be surprised.”
“That was the name of the card Mr. Kaiba played before all this happened,” Sanura told them.
“But none of this was done by the holograms, or else it would have disappeared when the cave in happened,” Mokuba added.
“Then how could this be happening?” Téa asked.
“It has to be Anubis,” Zahara said softly.
“It was a part of the legend,” Solomon agreed.
“‘The day will come when darkness comes from light. The Sorcerer shall rise again to take his place as king; he promise fulfilled.’” Zahara looked at Adais incredulously.
“You mean to tell me you memorized the legend?” He shrugged.
“I get bored sometimes at work.” His sister shook her head and rolled her eyes. “Anyway, if Kaiba had that card and used it to bring this to the field, having them trapped inside it is just what Anubis needs.”
“What do you mean? Will my brother be all right?” Adais looked down at Mokuba.
“If we find a way to get through to him soon, he may have a chance. Right now Anubis is using them to make his vow to return and take control a reality.” Mokuba turned to look up at the pyramid again.
“This is crazy. We have to find a way to get them out of that thing.”
“If we can get them out of that thing,” Téa muttered hopelessly. Adais looked up at the pyramid again, remembering his earlier words to his son.
“The Pharaoh has another partner who can help him when the time comes,” Adais said with a glance at his son. “There is a prophecy that was written on the sarcophagus that is supposed to be the key. Figure it out and you will have your answer.”
“‘The Eye that sees what’s yet to come; it’s vision shall be fulfilled, unless blinded by events predetermined thus light and shadows both be killed.’”
Adais closed his eyes and swallowed hard.
Remember the words I told you, my son. Only you are in a position to help the Pharaoh now. A shrill dragon’s scream cut through the silence in the dome and they realized the monitors were still picking up the actions within the Pyramid.
“Can it be? A dragon I have never seen before? “Solomon asked the question more to himself than anyone else. They listened as Seto explained that for every dragon in his graveyard his Blue Eyes Shining Dragon gained an extra five hundred life points. He had five dragons in his graveyard so the extra boost gave his shining dragon forty-five hundred attack points. Yami showed no fear as his magician began to glow.
“Don’t forget that due to my sorcerer’s special power, your dragon’s points decrease!”
“I don’t think so, Yugi, not this time. My dragon’s Shining Diffusion will take care of that.” They watched as Yami faltered when the magician’s spell was deactivated by the attack from the Dragon.
“But that’s not possible!”
“It is, Yugi. See, my dragon is so powerful it allows me to choose which magic trap, or special ability affects it. Just face it; your days as a champion duelist are over!” Seto’s face held a look a strong determination and Yami scowled. “Now, my Blue Eyes, hit him again with Shining Neutron Blast!” The dragon did as commanded and the monitors were temporarily blinded in the attack.
When the screen came back on to view, they saw the magician was destroyed and Yami was taken down to two hundred life points. Adais, Zahara, and Sanura all gave worried looks to each other when they saw the condition of their father’s spirit. He was barely hanging on, his strength leaving him with every lost life point. Zahara and Sanura forgot about their earlier squabble and reached to hold each other’s hand. Adais soon joined them. They knew there was nothing they could do but watch, but they wanted to find some way to reach their father’s spirit to let him know he was not alone.
“How do you like it?” Seto taunted. “The pain, the sting of defeat? I felt it for too long.” The Pharaoh’s children winced when they saw a bright blue and white stream of light exit from their father’s back and he fell forward to the ground.
“Yugi!” Solomon called out.
“Please, get up!” Téa cried, her tears evident in her voice. But he did not move. The Puzzle fell to the floor with a thunk and his eyes closed. Adais felt Zahara’s hand tremble in his and he gave it a squeeze. He only wished he felt as confident in his own reassurance though. Sanura bowed her head and struggled to breathe. It was hard for them to see him fall and know they could not jump in to stop this. They heard Téa’s pleas behind them.
“What has gotten into my brother?” Mokuba wondered aloud. He would have been proud of Seto for his win, but to him, this felt wrong on too many levels.
“Adais, what’s happened to Yugi?” Téa asked. Adais shook his head.
“Every time he loses life points he loses his life energy.”
“But how?”
“That pyramid as I have said is a source of great power. It has created a dark shadow game. It ends when one or both players are lifeless on the floor. The one who created it, needs their energy to be reborn.”
“No,” Zahara whispered. A single tear slipped down her face. “It can’t end like this. It just can’t.”
“Don’t worry, Zahara,” Sanura said softly. “It won’t. He’s strong. He’ll make it through this. Just watch.” There was a gasp as the energy around the pyramid began to grow. Adais pulled in front of his sisters and shoved them all backward as it began to glow.
“Now what’s going on?” Téa shouted.
“I don’t know, but the energy is so strong it’s making my pacemaker go crazy,” Solomon told her. Adais knew he had to get them farther back if only for Solomon’s sake so he continued to push them farther.
“Get back! We don’t know what could happen. Let’s try to stay out of harm’s way here!”
“Good idea!” Mokuba shouted back over the rumble being created by the energy of the pyramid. Lightning struck down around them and more of the roof came crumbling to the ground. Pieces striking the pyramid were absorbed by the walls keeping the duelists protected. The spectators found themselves quickly running out of space to run as the floors began to split under their feet.
“Anyone else have any bright ideas?” Téa asked as she jumped over one crack to amore stable piece of floor.
“Up here!” They all looked up to see Pegasus waving at them from a helicopter. A rope ladder was tossed down to them.
“Yeah, get up that ladder and fast,” Adais returned, his voice sounding colder than he had intended.
“I’d hurry up!” Pegasus shouted down to them as more of the floor broke up under them. It took only an instant to spur them into action as each climbed up the ladder far enough to be hoisted clear of the dome. Once safe, they climbed the rest of the way and collapsed onto the floor of the aircraft.
“You have perfect timing as usual, Aurora,” Solomon told her with a half smile as he held a hand to his chest.
“Are you all right, Solomon?” Aurora asked him, concern flashing in her deep blue eyes. He nodded his head and sat up a little more. Mokuba looked up at Pegasus with a scowl.
“What are you doing here?” Aurora arched an eyebrow in partial amusement as Pegasus frowned.
“How about we start with a thank you, you little ingrate? If I hadn’t figured out what this whole Pyramid of Light thing was, you’d all be crushed.” Three feminine coughs caught their attention and Pegasus grinned as he looked up to see Natara, Sapphira and Aurora all glaring at him with their arms folded in front of their chests.
“What he means, is as soon as we put the pieces together we knew we didn’t have much time after your brother left the castle,” Natara corrected. Pegasus rolled his eyes once before staring down at the pyramid below them.
“Your brother thinks he got that card from me, but what he doesn’t know is that card was placed in my deck as a set up by an ancient madman who tried to take over the world more than three thousand years ago.”
“Taking a wild guess here, his name wouldn’t be Anubis would it?” Mokuba asked idly.
“You’ve heard of him?”
“Only just recently.” Téa looked down at the pyramid as the helicopter made a circle around the dome. They caught sight of a red glowing Eye of Horus.
“There has to be a way we can stop this and help them.” Aurora had caught sight of the Eye as well and closed her eyes. It’s power called out to her, but that wasn’t all she heard. Her sensitive hearing picked up a familiar dark voice that made her blood freeze.
“Foolish mortals, there is nothing you can do to stop my rebirth. I have become one with the Pharaoh through his realm and now his life force feeds my own.”
Don’t listen to him, Yugi, she thought desperately. He can be stopped. You have the power and will to stop him, I know you do. You are as brave as the Pharaoh. The Pharaoh’s blood runs through your veins. Don’t give in to the hopeless words Anubis tells you. Her thoughts were interrupted when Téa suddenly jumped up beside her and climbed to the door of the helicopter.
“Téa! Are you out of your mind?” Mokuba shouted to her.
“Sit down before you fall!” Solomon added.
“Foolish Girl, you’ll throw the whole aircraft into a tailspin!” Pegasus lectured. She seemed to hear none of it, though.
“My friends need me, I just know it,” was her only response as she began to tilt forward.
“No!” Aurora cried out, leaping forward to grab her. There had been too many people in the aircraft, however, and she was unable to capture her balance as Téa’s weight pulled them both out of the helicopter.
“Hold on!” Several voices called out and Aurora barely felt the hands grabbing a hold of their bodies as her spirit was pulled free from it and taken toward the Eye of Horus. She opened her eyes to see Téa’s spirit was caught up in her arms.
Great, the one girl who hates me the most and I have to latch onto her, she thought with an inward groan. Aurora’s children blinked in shock and sat numbly back on their seats.
“Okay, someone tell me what just happened?” Mokuba asked with a frown.
“Will do,” Natara told him. “As soon as we figure it out ourselves.”
“How’d you find us?” Joey asked.
“Are you kidding? Remember the friendship symbol we drew?” She held up her hand as a piece of the symbol seemed to glow on the back of it. Her smile matched the purity of their friendship and Aurora could not help but feel the hope the girl instilled in her friends. A look around the room, however, gave her a very uneasy feeling. The sarcophagus at the far end brought back more memories than she cared to relish at the moment. It also brought on a wave of anger.
“Of course we do,” Tristan assured Téa.
“The ink may be gone, but our friendship will always remain,” Joey added with a grin. Yugi looked down at the back of his hand as Téa seemed to float closer to him.
“We’re all here with you. We’ll always be with you,” she told him softly. Yugi looked up and around at his friend.
“Thanks guys,” he told them, placing his hand in front of him. The others did the same.
“Friends till the end,” they all said in unison. Aurora frowned, her eyes narrowing as an ominous laughter filled the dark room. She turned to glance over her shoulder when she heard a cry and Yugi called out Téa’s name. She watched as the girl was pulled away from her friends and suspended up in the air.
“Your pathetic little bond is nothing against my power,” the gruff voice told them.
“Anubis,” Aurora growled.
“A pleasure to see you again, my queen,” the voice taunted. Four pairs of eyes blinked in shock as Aurora glared at the sarcophagus.
“The pleasure is yours, I assure you.”
“Care to try your trick again?”
“Nope,” she said with a smirk. “I don’t need to. There is another who will take you out this time.”
“Say what you will, but soon my soul will be completely restored and when that happens, your world will then be shrouded in darkness.”
“You know, I’m really not much of a dark person,” Joey told the voice.
“Yeah, I’m much more partial to the light,” Tristan agreed. Aurora rolled her eyes but said nothing.
“The end is at hand. You should be begging for my mercy yet you continue on about friendship and togetherness? So be it! The group that fights together, dies together!” Aurora and Téa both cried out as a golden beam shot from the carving above the sarcophagus and struck them, releasing them of the spiritual hold that had kept them both suspended above the army of undead. The glow around them faded and they quickly dropped. Their names were called out by the boys.
“Look out!” Yugi shouted. Téa closed her eyes and did a spin kick to clear her landing. Aurora raised her hand and a white staff appeared allowing her the extra room to clear another path for herself.
“I coulda done dat,” Joey tried to convince his friends as he blinked in shock at Téa.
“Nice, a weapon out of thin air,” Tristan breathed, impressed. Téa let out a scream as she realized what she had just done and Aurora’s head dropped in frustration only a moment before she regained her fighting stance. Behind her Joey and Tristan leapt into action as Téa ran from mummy to mummy in a complete freak out. Aurora grunted as she struck at another small group before leaping over a few others to land near Yugi.
“Yugi, listen to me; you have to get to that sarcophagus. You will find what you need to help defeat Anubis in there,” she told him as she struck at another mummy coming toward them.
“But how will I know what I need?”
“You’ll know. Remember the prophecy, Yugi. ‘The Eye that sees what’s yet to come; it’s vision shall be fulfilled, unless blinded by events predetermined, thus light and shadows both be killed.’ Yugi, the answer is in the prophecy. I’ll help clear you a path, the rest is up to you. The Pharaoh needs you, right now, Yugi. He can barely sense you from in here. He feels alone. He needs you to prove to him that you are still alive by succeeding in this task. I have faith in you. I know you can do this.” Yugi looked across the room. His friends were trying their best to fend off the mummies all the while swallowing their fear. His fearful eyes took on a determined look.
“Right, I will do this. For the Pharaoh, but most importantly, for my friends.” Aurora smiled and started down the stairs, clearing the path for Yugi one mummy at a time.
“I’ll take you as far as the platform, the rest you’ll have to do on your own,” she promised him. He followed behind her and stopped only when she brought both feet together to leap up and over him. He turned to see her behind him, guarding him. “I’ve done my part this time, Yugi. The rest is up to you.” Yugi turned back to the sarcophagus and Aurora prayed that he would figure the prophecy out soon. She could feel Yami weakening even more as Anubis continued to pull at his energy. Please Yugi, hurry.
The mood in the helicopter was somber as they looked at the two soulless bodies resting on the floor. Adais swallowed hard and brushed the hair away from his mother’s face as Mokuba placed a blanket over Téa’s lifeless form.
“What were they thinking?” Pegasus asked. Solomon shrugged. He opened his mouth to speak when the monitors and speakers kicked back on below them. Pegasus flipped a switch on the control panel to increase the ability to hear what was being said between Seto and Yami.
“Oh, how the mighty have fallen,” Seto boasted as Yami struggled to stand up. “Lying there on the ground like a dog waiting to be put out of it’s misery. Get up and I can finish it for you.” There was a brief pause before Seto continued. The group gasped when it sounds as though two voices were coming from his mouth. “Get up so I can knock you back down!”
“Brother?” Mokuba whispered, too scared to think straight. Natara and Sapphira looked at each other, their faces grim.
“Anubis,” they said softly in unison. They turned back to the screen to see Yami sit up. Sweat beaded on his brow. A light of grim memory seemed to shine in his eyes. A small part of him had begun to remember.
“Well, Pharaoh? Your move. Will you attack while I hold her near?” Yami’s eyes widened again as the voice echoed in his head. There was a brief flash of a woman in white, her arms bound behind her back. Her head was lowered so he could not see her face, but he could tell that she was with child. Adais’ words filtered into his mind as he remembered listening to the conversation Yugi had back at the museum with his father.
“The Pharaoh was forced into a battle with the sorcerer when his queen was taken captive. He was even more concerned as the queen was expecting to be a mother within the next month.”
“This Queen… She is the one who destroyed that sorcerer?”
“Not in the way you are thinking. It is true that she made the final move, but she and the Pharaoh had to work together. It was something she always said. He could never defeat the sorcerer on his own.” Yami tried once again to talk some sense into Seto’s mind. A part of him realized, though, that his opponent was already too far under the control of the sorcerer. Still, he could not help but try.
“Something’s not right here Kaiba and you know it.”
“Spare me, you just can’t stand that your reputation’s at stake.” Yami’s eyes closed a moment. He wished that just for a moment, Seto would listen to reason. Unfortunately, reason was no where to be found when it came to his adversary.
“You honestly have no idea what’s at stake here,” Yami told him with a growl. He struggled slightly as he pulled a card from his deck to make his turn. “I don’t care what the cost, Kaiba, I cannot let you win this duel.” Big Shield Gardna appeared in front of him in defense mode.
“I’m beginning to think you’re the one who has no idea what this is all about,” Seto chided him. “Payback, revenge,” Seto pulled a card from his deck and placed it face down on the field. “I can promise this card will see that it happens, too.” Mokuba’s gaze was distracted from the duel as the helicopter made another circle around the dome.
“Look, down there!” The others looked in the direction Mokuba pointed.
“It’s Joey and Tristan,” Solomon told them.
“We gotta get down there,” Mokuba said to Pegasus. The older man nodded and motioned for his pilot to take them closer so they could depart from the aircraft. They had just reached the landing the teens’ bodies had fallen when Seto’s dragon made another attack. Zahara watched her father as he struggled to remain standing under the pressure.
“I told you this duel was going to be different, Yugi,” Seto started. As she listened, she caught the other voice as it came through in combination with Seto’s once again. “You may have beaten me in the past, but there is nothing you can do to stop me from having my revenge. I hope you’re ready, ‘cause you’re finished!” The mingling of voices gave her chills and she shivered.
“Kind of freaky, isn’t it?” Natara asked softly as she came up beside her and peered over the railing at the monitor.
“I just wish I could see them for real and not on a monitor screen,” Zahara admitted with a sigh.
“He’ll be all right. You just have to believe that, okay?” The younger woman nodded and stared up at the monitor again.
“I’m not finished yet,” Yami told the CEO as he pulled another card. “I activate Pot of Greed!”
“So go ahead and draw your two pathetic cards. Not like they’ll help you anyway.”
“I summon Watapon in defense mode and because I used Pot of Greed to summon Watapon, I can summon another monster to the field. I choose Obnoxious Celtic Guardian! It’s your move.”
“Riiight. You expect me to believe you will stop me using a cream puff and an elf? What kind of fool do you take me for?” Yami avoided a response to Seto’s comment. “Fine, suit yourself. My card of demise sends my Spear Dragon to the graveyard, increasing my Shining Dragon’s points by another five hundred.”
“Please Kaiba, you have got to listen to me!”
“I’ll listen to no one! All I want to hear from you,” the group flinched as the double voice returned to finish Seto’s retort, “is your anguished cry of defeat!”
“Kaiba, for the last time, I am begging you to stop this!”
“As much as it pleases me to hear you beg, I must decline.”
“Kaiba! People are getting hurt. Lives are in danger. Lives of those we both care about. Even the life of your brother. Please, Kaiba, listen to me for once in your life. This Pyramid of Light is the source of it all. You have to stop it before anyone else gets hurt.” Sanura and Adais lifted their mother’s limp body and placed it alongside Téa, Joey, and Tristan as their father spoke. Pegasus turned to listen. He had grown to know that when Yugi spoke, it was wise to listen. Seeing so many new things that day only fed his reasoning in listening more.
“There is a dark presence here, Kaiba. Even you can’t deny it. With every life point lost, we both become weaker.” Yami lifted his hand and pointed at Seto. “I know you can feel it. We must stop, before it’s too late!” Seto lowered his head for a moment with a growl. Sanura joined her sister and Natara at the railing and looked at the monitor. She frowned at the look of concentration on Seto’s face.
“He’s fighting something,” she said softly.
“Do you think he knows what father says is true?” Sanura shook her head.
“Even if he did, he’s too proud a man to admit it. No, this is something else altogether.” Her words were verified when Seto looked up at Yami once again.
“I’m afraid for you, it’s already, too, late, Yugi!”
“No, Kaiba, please, you mustn’t do this! We still have time to stop this madness! All we have to do is end. This. Duel.!”
“Funny you should say that. That was exactly what I had in mind. Shining Blue Eyes, activate your final special ability!”
“No, you are playing with forces you do not understand!”
“I activate Shining Nova! The power is so powerful it will destroy itself plus any card I choose, and I choose to destroy: the Pyramid of Light!” Gasps were heard on the landing as everyone turned to watch the attack.
“Can he really destroy the card that has created so much havoc?” Pegasus asked.
“Looks like he’s going to try,” Adais answered tensely.
“Your reign as the King of Games is over! That title will be back where it should have been all along. With me! Not only will I take back my title and the respect that comes with it, but I will also lay claim to your three Egyptian god cards!”
“No!” Zahara whispered, her eyes wide. “He needs those!” Natara gripped her hand tightly and kept her expression blank as she watched the duel. The dragon attacked and everyone watched with bated breath, waiting for the field to be free of the blue pyramid. Several cries of shock went up when the attack ended and the pyramid remained. Seto’s eyes widened and he lost his cool and controlled look as he tried to figure out what went wrong. Evil laughter filled the dome.
“This, I cannot allow!” An ominous voice called out from within the Pyramid.
“Is that?” Sanura started to ask before her voice gave out on her. Natara nodded her head.
“That would be the voice of Anubis,” Sapphira answered.
“How was the Pyramid of Light not destroyed?” Yami called out to Seto. The CEO frowned in confusion.
“The Pyramid of Light endures, because I will it, so great is my power,” the voice responded. Yami looked around for the source of the voice. Once again the voice called out to buried pieces of his memory. He knew who was speaking and his heart beat with fury.
“What is going on? Show yourself, whoever you are!” Seto commanded.
“You mean you did not know?” The voice laughed again. “I have been here the whole time; whispering in your ear.”
“The whole- No! That can’t be! This must be some sort of trick!”
“Kaiba! Look out!” Yami shouted as a grey puddle appeared behind the CEO. Out of the puddle a figure began to emerge. Seto turned and stopped cold, his eyes wide as the figure reached out and grabbed him by his head. He cried out in shock and confusion. “Kaiba, no!” Yami shouted again as the CEO was lifted off his feet.
“You have served me well, my puppet, but you have out lived your usefulness!” The figure tossed Seto aside like a rag doll. He landed hard several feet away and remained still.
“Kaiba!” Yami called out again, but he received no response from his fallen opponent. He turned back and watched as the figure continued his transformation. From his chest, the artifact from the museum pulled free and shone brightly. Long blond hair fall elegantly over his shoulders and a long red cloak draped itself down his back. Instantly, Yami saw the scene in his memory. The battle that had taken place in the Temple of the Book of the Dead. (1) He knew the monsters this man would play. He also knew there was very little chance of him succeeding.
My queen helped me then, but she is not here now. I cannot possibly defeat him alone, but how can I do this without forfeiting the duel? Yami glared daggers at his new, yet old, opponent.
“So it’s been you behind all of this! Manipulating Kaiba all along! The man who had claimed to be the Egyptian Lord of the Dead: Anubis.”
“I am pleased that you remember me all these years, my Pharaoh. It makes my vengeance that much sweeter. You will fall and my reign of destruction shall begin again!”
“Egyptian Lord of the Dead," Yami scoffed. "You aren’t even worthy to hold open the door!”
“Ick, that guy is Anubis?” Zahara cringed at the sight of him. Sanura shrugged.
“He’s not that bad looking.” Her siblings turned to stare at her as if she had grown a second head. She backed up with a sheepish grin. “What? Not like I meant that! I was only saying…” her voice trialed off and she shook her head. “Never mind.”
“Either way, this is the guy that nearly killed ou-” Adais paused as Pegasus, Mokuba, and two of Pegasus’ men came to join him at the railing. “The queen,” he said instead.
“The souls of your mortal friends have already fallen, Pharaoh; trapped within the walls of your puzzle,” Anubis informed Yami. Sanura blinked and Zahara gasped. Yami pulled up sharply and looked down at his puzzle before bowing his head in silent prayer.
“But… they… they can’t be gone,” Sanura breathed. Zahara shook her head.
“Anubis is playing mind games with him. I can still sense my mother’s presence,” She assured her sister. Natara and Sapphira agreed.
“Yugi’s tough. He’s fine, I’m sure,” Adais added for Solomon’s comfort.
“Poor Pharaoh, your friends are gone; lost in the confines of the Labyrinth of the Dead. No one is here to help you this time.” Yami tensed, still bowed over the puzzle.
“You’re wrong,” he snarled, his temper barely controlled. His eyes flashed red and orange flames. Natara and Sapphira jumped at the sudden sensation and looked at each other in shock. “I can still sense them. They are still with me. I will fight to protect them. No matter what happens, I will not let your evil plan come to light, Anubis!” Yami vowed, standing straighter to face the evil sorcerer head on. A purple light seemed to glow around Anubis, but as the group of spectators watched, they saw what appeared to be red flames surrounding Yami.
“Can it be?” Natara blinked.
“I think it is!” Sapphira breathed.
“What’s going on?” Mokuba asked them.
“Something we didn’t think would happen so soon,” Sapphira responded. “You see…” She stopped not sure how to continue.
“The Pharaoh had been given access to special powers when he was alive and in power three thousand plus years ago. A power that reacts to his emotions and burns as brightly as his soul. We didn’t think he still had access to those powers right now,” Natara continued.
“He has had them all along,” Zahara commented lightly.
“He has?” The younger blond nodded.
“Yes, I saw them in Duelist Kingdom during his duel with Panic. Panic had used fire as a tactic to first through Yami off his game and then later as a means to destroy him. But it was as if the fire bent to his command. All it did was form this wall around him that protected him from the attack.”(2)
“Wow,” Natara whispered. I guess not all of him was lost when he was sealed away then.”
“I always wondered why there was never another chosen one,” Sapphira said with a nod. They ignored the questionable glances turned in their direction as they quietly discussed the situation. After a moment, everyone turned back to the duel as it began again.
“All I must do is defeat you in this duel and my prophecy will be fulfilled. The dark Shadow Magic that you so carefully locked away centuries ago will be at my hands to release. You will be destroyed. The world will be mine once more.” Two duel cards appeared in Anubis’ outstretched hands as he spoke and a small light surrounded them. “And with the Pyramid of Light at my control, there is nothing you can do to stop me!” Dark mist swirled around the pyramid making it difficult for the others to watch the duel play out. “I summon the terrible beasts, Andro Sphinx and Sphinx Teleia!” Yami drew a card from his deck and gave it a long look before placing it face down on the duel disk.
“Search your deck from now until Doomsday, but you have nothing that can defeat my creatures. No, my Pharaoh, I’m afraid your last day, is today. Now watch as the last of your defense is ripped away!” A card appeared face down in front of Anubis as Sphinx Teleia roared and attacked Yami’s Obnoxious Celtic Guardian. Yami flinched slightly as the elf was slashed to shreds before him. Next Andro Sphinx attacked his Watapon, and half of it’s points were deducted from Yami’s life points.
“Now, you are left with a weak one hundred life points left.”
“Oh, no!” Mokuba cried out.
“Yugi!” Solomon shouted down. Anubis laughed wholeheartedly.
“Your fate is sealed, Pharaoh. Soon you will be the relic buried away.” Yami looked down at the card he drew. His last card.
“Fate has another path for me, of that I am certain, so your idea of my future will have to wait,” he told the sorcerer. He only wished he felt as confident as he sounded.
“All right, enough of this,” Aurora growled. “White Light Strike!” There was a bright blast of light and several of the mummies disintegrated into dust. This time, they did not return.
“Awesome!” Joey cheered.
“Just like in the movies,” Tristan smiled before ducking as another mummy came up behind him.
“Yeah, but like the movies, my gifts have their limits…” She glanced over her shoulder as Yugi struggled to lift the lid of the sarcophagus. She jumped backward to help him push it off. “I take it you figured it out?”
“Yeah, I think so. ‘Events predetermined” is another way of saying Fate. The Dagger of Fate is the key to ending this, right?” Aurora smiled.
“You got it. Now all you have to do is find the Dagger of Fate and put it to work for you.” She stepped behind him again to ward off the approaching mummies while Yugi rummaged through the empty sarcophagus.
“Please be in here somewhere,” she heard him plead. She grinned when she heard his grateful shout. “Here we go. I just hope Fate is on our side!” Aurora turned to look as Yugi cocked his arm back and heaved the dagger at a bright orb of light in the Eye of Horus on the tablet. Her breath hissed in and time seemed to stand still as it hurtled and crashed against the tablet before falling with a clatter to the floor. “No!” Yugi failed to notice the small chip the dagger had caused in the stone. He gasped as the chip cracked and spread. Golden lightning spread the crack even more as pieces of it began to shatter and fall.
“Great work, Yugi,” Aurora praised him as the mummies began to fall where they stood. “I knew you could do it.” A bright white light filled the room as the walls of the puzzle faded from sight.
“What do you think happened?” Mokuba asked.
“Yugi figured out the prophecy,” Natara answered with a grin.
“Now if Yami can just defeat Anubis with his power weakened like this, everyone will be safe again,” Sapphira added with a bright smile of her own.
“I play double spell,” Yami told Anubis as he discarded a card form his hand. “The magic allows me to call out a card from my opponent’s graveyard. The card I wish to use is Monster Reborn. So now, come forth, mighty Blue Eyes Shining Dragon!” The great beast rose from the depths behind Yami. “I have a hunch this time your pyramid will not be able to stand up to the attack of this great dragon.” Anubis scowled as Yami called out his attack. “Go, Shining Nova! Destroy the Pyramid of Light!”
The crowd watched with bated breath as once again the dragon summoned all it’s power for this one devastating attack. They feared Anubis would have another trick to pull out at the last moment, but as they watched, cracks began to appear and piece by piece the pyramid began to fall apart.
“Impossible!” Anubis roared. Pegasus turned at the sound of a soft moan and motioned to the others that Joey, Tristan, Téa, and Aurora had begun to wake up. Slowly, they stood and made their way to the railing. Adais, Zahara, and Sanura all gave grateful looks to their mother while Natara and Sapphira hugged her. Joey, Téa, and Tristan looked at each other trying to figure out what had happened.
“Don’t celebrate just yet,” Aurora told her friends and family softly. “This battle isn’t over.” They all nodded and turned back to the duel. Anubis scowled openly, his rage to hot to be controlled.
“And with the Pyramid destroyed, I shall end my turn,” Yami told him, an air of finality in his voice.
“You’re opponent tried and failed to destroy the pyramid with that dragon. You alone couldn’t make such a difference,” Anubis challenged him.
“That’s because once again, he wasn’t alone, Anubis.” The sorcerer and Yami both looked up at the voice that had spoke. Yami’s eyes widened briefly at the shock of seeing Aurora on the landing, but something glimmered beside him and he smiled. “He was never alone.” Yami nodded.
“Nor will I ever be alone,” he added. Anubis growled again.
“Fine, you destroyed the card, but you haven’t destroyed the pyramid around my neck. Now, behold it’s awesome power!” He lifted his hand and a creature pulled itself from the ground in front of him. “I am taking a page from your book, Pharaoh. Two heads are apparently better than one.” They all watched as the form took on it’s greatest shape. “Theinen, The Great Sphinx, Arise!” Anubis reached down to the pendant. “Now, Pyramid of Light, feed my beast with dead souls set free!” Dark spirits circled the duelists before filling the two heads of Anubis’ creature. Aurora gasped and clung to the railing.
“What is that thing?” Sapphira breathed.
“Remember when he said he was gearing up to create a larger monster during their very first meet?” Aurora reminded her friend in a voice barely above a whisper. Her friend nodded. “That was the beast he never got the chance to call.”
“Three thousand years ago, your queen interrupted our duel with her cheap trick brought about by Osiris. Because of that, I was never able to call forth my ultimate creature of destruction. But now, my Theinen is here and ready to rip you to shreds. This time, your queen can’t stop me.” A low growl came from Aurora’s throat, but she said nothing. She knew he was right. A quick glance at Yami’s controlled face calmed her however. His crimson eyes had locked on the card that Seto had played before Anubis had interrupted the duel to make his presence known. She realized with a grin that he had a plan.
“My queen may not be here to stop you, but that does not mean you can’t be stopped, Anubis. This is still a duel after all and I still have one face down card left to play. I, now, activate Reverse of Reverse which allows me to play the last card played by Kaiba!” The card in front of Anubis rose to show that Seto had placed Return from the Different Dimension as his last card. Pegasus smiled and Mokuba cheered. Sanura relaxed and even gave a small laugh as the tension in the air seemed to settle.
“What is this?” Anubis demanded.
“Kaiba had mentioned early on in the duel about handing me the perfect defeat. He meant by destroying me with my own Egyptian god cards.” As Yami spoke a portal opened above him and one by one the gods returned to the field. “Now my gods, combined yourselves for infinite power!” The gods did as commanded and Anubis took a step back. Ra soared above Slifer and Obelisk before stopping to take it’s place. Aurora closed her eyes and opened her arms to free the fiery spirit within her so that it could join to make Ra become it’s ultimate form. This time, there was no pain as she freely allowed the god to become the Egyptian god Phoenix. (3) The rest of the group watched in awe.
“So this is what happened when Marik had Ra?” Natara nodded at Mokuba.
“There is no pain when she willingly gives the Phoenix spirit to the god. And it allows the god monster even greater strength. This time it will be used as it was intended. To help the Pharaoh against his enemy.” Yami saw the change and looked up at Aurora again. A part of him felt complete again. Like this was a natural thing for them.
“No, not again!” Anubis shouted.
“Yes, Anubis! You should have listened to my message from Osiris the first time and remained in your place. Now, once again, we have combinedour efforts to see you destroyed!” Aurora called back down to him. He snarled at her, but had no time to react as Yami called out his attack.
“Go, Titan Firestorm!” Another form of power begged to be released from Yami as the fire grew and neared Anubis’ creature. His fingers tingled and his body burned. He looked up at Aurora, his crimson eyes almost black in the light of the flames.
You feel it, don’t you? The power hidden inside? She asked him through their mental link.
What is this?
The power given to you by one of my own. Blaze’s Fire Wrath. (4) The power needing to be released… The Fire Storm. It is your gift. Use it as you will, Yami. He looked down at his hands and closed his eyes. Theinen was destroyed behind him and the attack began to weaken, but Yami was not done yet. He raised his hand and allowed the power to be free.
“Flaming Fire Strike!” He shouted out. The blood red flames appeared as if from no where and mingled together with the Titan Firestorm as it struck Anubis.
“He did it!” Natara and Sapphira exclaimed both in amazement and joy. Aurora smiled and nodded her head. The spirit with him was definitely alive, which was good news to know for her task later. Cheers and whoops for joy were heard all around as Anubis gave a final shout before melting into a puddle of black ooze onto the floor. His pendant shattered and one by one the god cards faded from sight. Aurora felt her ka return to her once more as Ra joined the others. Yami lowered his arm and breathed a sigh of relief. Tired from the fight, Yami closed his eyes and allowed Yugi to return to his body. The first thing Yugi did was rush to Seto’s side.
“Kaiba! Are you all right? Please, let me help you,” Yugi begged as Seto struggled to sit up with a groan.
“I can take care of myself,” Seto insisted stubbornly, slowly standing as if to prove his words. His actions were halted when familiar ominous laughter filled the dome again. Aurora scanned the room and spotted the jewel from the Pyramid beginning to take on a dark glow.
“Yugi!” She called out. He turned around to see the dark glow turned red.
“What the-” Seto started, unable to finish his thought.
“Shadows take light, creatures be born; let’s see how well you play this game when the monsters are real!” Anubis shouted as a dog-like creature formed out of the ooze the sorcerer had melted into.
“Monsters?” Joey asked.
“For real?” Tristan added.
“Uh-oh,” Téa cringed, ducking behind the teens.
“It is no longer time to duel. Now it is time to die!” The creature turned it’s head and spewed black light at Yugi and Seto, striking their duel decks and sending their cards flying about them. “Nothing in your pathetic decks of cards can save you now! Seto shouted in agony as his duel disk sparked. He closed his eyes and grabbed his arm.
“Seto!” Mokuba called out.
“Yugi!” Téa chimed in.
“What do we do?” Natara asked Aurora.
“We stay here. Yugi can do this. He needs to do this.”
“It appears you are one card short, Pharaoh,” Anubis taunted.
“He may be, but I’m not!” Joey hollered out, pulling his deck free. “Attack!” His two monsters leapt up into the air and rushed down to the creature, but their attacks meant nothing to the monster. It took one swipe with it’s head and sent them flying like flies hit with a flyswatter.
“Be gone, pests!” Anubis roared. “You have no concept of my power. And now the end begins!” There was another blast of black and blue fire that struck the ceiling above the heads of Pegasus and the others.
“Suddenly, staying here doesn’t seem like a safe idea,” Zahara commented lightly as she looked up to see a large chunk of the ceiling coming down on them.
“Agreed,” Aurora told her.
“Let’s get outta ‘ere!” Joey called out. “Before we’re done for!” There was a break in the falling debris and they turned to see the Blue Eyes Toon Dragon and the Toon Dark Magician Girl holding up a large piece of the ceiling.
“They can’t hold it for long, come on,” Pegasus ushered them toward the stairs. It was their only means to escape with the power being cut during the attack.
“Sapphira, can you help us with this?” Aurora asked her friend as they all dodged the crumbling walls of the dome. Her friend nodded and closed her eyes long enough to call upon her own strength.
“Moonlight Circle!” A faint moveable protective barrier appeared around each person as they ran to keep the debris from falling on them. They did not stop until they all reached the pavement outside the dome. Once safely away, the protective barrier faded from sight.
“I hope Yugi comes back out of there all right,” Téa said softly as they watched the light show at the top of the Duel Dome.
“I’m sure he’ll be fine,” Solomon assured her, his fear shaking his voice slightly. Mokuba stared at the dome with tears in his eyes as he thought about his brother. Sapphira placed a hand around the boy’s shoulders to comfort him. Aurora smiled faintly as she watched them together. It was the first time Sapphira had allowed herself to have actual contact with her grandson. She only wished the conditions were better than they were.
A bright blue light soared up through an opening and as they watched the Blue Eyes Shining Dragon prepared for one final attack. They all flinched at the snarling inside the dome. Black and blue flames struck out at the dragon and the attack was repelled by the powerful light. The dragon became the night’s second full moon, lighting up everything in sight to a point it almost seemed like day. It gave a mighty call to the night before it self destructed and faded silently away. Left in the dark, the group waited to see who emerged.
“Big Brother!” Mokuba cried out as Seto staggered onto the street. He dropped to his knee and embraced his younger brother, pulling back only when he felt the sting in his arm. Sanura ducked her head into the helicopter and pulled out a first aid kit. Silently, she approached her boss and knelt on the ground beside him. He said nothing as she began to bandage the wounded arm. Téa looked up to the sky.
“He’s not coming back, is he?”
“Perhaps I should have another look at that prophecy to see what it foretells for the future,” Solomon commented idly. Pegasus scoffed.
“Oh please, old man, Anubis is gone, no one would return after suffering a defeat as humiliating as that.”
“And that means you are here, why?” Seto retorted.
“Kaiba,” Yugi whispered.
“Spare me the bull about friendship, Yugi. I don’t want to, nor am I in the mood to, hear it.” Sanura closed the kit and stood as Seto stood and made his way to Yugi and the others. “If it hadn’t been for the freak crashing the duel, we both know the winner would have been me. So enjoy the slim victory while you can.”
“Man, is it nice to have the old Kaiba back,” Yugi returned with a bright smile.
“Really? Well don’t get too happy. This conversation’s over. We’ll duel again.” Mokuba ran up to his brother as he walked to the limo. Sanura gave an apologetic smile and wave before hurrying to join them. Solomon turned to his grandson.
“You know, I’m glad he didn’t bring up all the damage done to the Duel Dome, because I don’t think his insurance is going to cover all this.”
“Kaiba’s got plenty of money, Grandpa. It won’t be long and the Duel Dome will be back up and running as it used to,” Yugi told him cheerfully. “He has a lot of money, but there are a couple of things he doesn’t have.”
“Oh?” Adais arched an eyebrow at his son.
“Yeah, he doesn’t have one of these,” he replied holding up the Millennium Puzzle. “And unless he changes, he’ll never have best friends like these,” he continued as he motioned to Téa, Joey, and Tristan. “He thinks victory is everything. He doesn’t realize that isn’t the reason why I play and that’s why I am able to win… or lose if I have to. See Victory means nothing if I don’t have anyone to share it with. Only then can you really be a winner.”
“Very well said, Yugi,” Aurora applauded lightly. Her smile lit up her eyes for the first time in a long time. She could not have been more proud.
“Now that’s all settled, let’s say we all get back home,” Solomon suggested.
“Consider me already gone,” Pegasus told him as he turned to climb into his helicopter. “And Aurora? Next time, don’t be such a stranger.”
“Don’t worry, Pegasus, we’ll meet again soon,” she assured him with a nod. They all covered their faces as the helicopter started up to protect themselves from the dirt being spun up by the propellers. When he had gone, they all began to make their way back toward town on foot. Aurora, Natara, Sapphira, and Zahara listened quietly at the back of the group. Joey and Tristan did their best to reenact the scenes from the Millennium Puzzle.
“And den, dere were dese mummies; they were all over da place, but I wasn’t scared.”
“You weren’t scared? You were shittin’ bricks man!” Tristan corrected, grabbing him into a headlock and grinding his fist into Joey’s head.
“You sure you weren’t talkin’ ‘bout yerself, dere, man?” Joey retorted shoving Tristan away from him. Téa and Yugi laughed as they jumped out of their friends’ way and continued to walk. Yugi dropped back to speak quietly with Aurora when they neared the game shop.
“Ms. Aurora?”
“Yes, Yugi?”
“Yami wants to meet with you if he can. I know that things didn’t go so well the last time you talked, but please. I think you really need to talk to him.” Aurora sighed and bowed her head.
“You are right. I will meet him. I have to be at the dance club. If it’s not too much, have him meet me there in two hours.” Yugi nodded and flashed a smile.
“He’ll be there. It’ll just give me more time to rest while he’s out in the world.” She returned the smile and waved as they parted ways.
“Aurora!” She turned back to see Adais calling her.
“Yes?” He approached her and grinned.
“I take it Yugi will be out late tonight?”
“Not too late. But yes. I guess the Pharaoh has some things he wishes to speak with me about.”
“I wouldn’t doubt it. Good luck then and talk to you later.” He tenderly placed his hand on her shoulder before returning to Yugi and Solomon.
“And then it was just us,” Zahara commented as they hailed a cab for the rest of the way to their home. Natara, Sapphira, and Zahara got out when they arrived but Aurora waved them on.
“I’ll be home later. I have some work to take care of.”
“All right, just be careful. Theron hasn’t done much since his attack that took your crystal. He’s sure to be gearing up for an attack soon,” Sapphira cautioned her friend.
“I know. I’ll be careful, don’t worry.” She said her good bye and the cab drove away.
“So what’s good here?” She blinked and looked up, immediately feeling herself falling into a sea of crimson. She recovered quickly.
“Depends on what you want,” she replied evenly. He smiled and she could not help but laugh softly. “I hear you wished to speak with me again.”
“Are you going to run off this time?” Aurora pulled her cell phone off the clip on her belt and placed it on the counter to show him she had shut it off.
“I’ve no intention on leaving this time. I hadn’t meant to the last time.”
“I understand, now anyway.” Yami sighed and looked down a moment. “I always wondered about the connection you and I had. But this thing with Anubis; it did something to my mind. I saw things I couldn’t make very much sense out of.”
“Like what?”
“When I first heard his laugh, I saw a flash of a vision. A dark room with a woman bound as a prisoner. I never saw her face. I remembered hearing the legend Adais told Yugi when they met at the museum.”
“What did he tell him?”
“It was about the Pharaoh’s queen. The strength he had from her. The way they worked together to defeat Anubis the first time. The woman I saw in the vision; she was with child.”
“Three of them actually,” Aurora told him softly. He looked up.
“So the woman in the vision? She really was the queen?” Aurora nodded. Yami frowned again. “But Anubis acted as though he recognized you. And you spoke to him like you knew him as well.”
“That’s because I did. Yami…” She hesitated before taking a breath. “I was that queen. I was the one. That was what I was about to tell you when Pegasus called me.” Yami was silent a moment, letting her words sink in.
“And the power I felt? The one you said was from your kind?”
“It is a power that chooses its owner. I was a stranger to your land. But you cared for me when I was ill. You gave me a home knowing I had no where else to go. You were kind to my friends. The one of our team who did not make it through our last battle, he sought you out in a vision. As thanks for your kindness to us, he relinquished his power to you; so that you could use it when needed in the future.” There was a moment of silence.
“The children?”
“Safe. Around here somewhere. Their identities will be revealed soon enough. All of them will be anyway. You know of one.” Yami thought a moment.
“Zahara.” Aurora nodded. “That explains why I have felt so protective of her since I first met her.”
“You will see as your memories return that a lot of things that were confusing before will begin to make a great deal more sense.”
“Like the real reason behind why I feel the urge to be near you all the time?”
“Well… that could be one of two reasons actually,” she chided him with a smirk. He lowered his head and laughed. Aurora moved to come out from behind the counter and sat on a barstool near him. Her gaze seemed blank as she stared out over the misty dance floor. She had forgotten eh fog machine was set up to go with certain songs in the player. Yami followed her gaze.
“It calls to you, doesn’t it?” He whispered. She nodded, still not looking at him. She caught his movement out of the corner of her eye as he slipped around to move in front of her. Gently, he took her hands and guided her to the floor. The music seemed to flow around them. Carefully, he placed a hand on her waist and kept his other hand clasped in hers. Memories of royal balls flashed in her head and she closed her eyes, feeling herself flow along with the music. They stepped easily in time, spinning and moving close together as if they had never forgotten. At one point, she had her back against him and he leaned his head down, his lips touching her neck. A slight chill ran down her spine and she turned back around to face him. He cupped her chin in his hand and she gave in to his kiss once more. The mist swirled around them until they were hidden from view.
“I’ve found you, Aurora. Just like I promised,” he whispered before tasting her lips again.
“Father, word has finally come through. A man named Dartz is at the moment in control of the power you have been seeking. He has been located somewhere in the states of America.”
“America, you say? Hmm, I guess it’s time we go on a little road trip then, don’t you think, Shadow?” The white haired man glanced up at the one he called father and quirked an eyebrow. “Have the jet fueled up and ready to go. I’ll meet you on the landing in ten minutes.” Shadow bowed his head again and left the room. Lord Theron grinned.
“So, the power I seek is finally within reach. It is only a matter of time. Only a matter of time before the last of Aurora’s clan is finally destroyed and the world is mine again.” His evil laughter echoed through out the empty corridors of the building. “I hope you are ready for company, Dartz. Ready or not, here I come…”
Notes:
References to comments or previous battles are found here:
(1) Chapters 40 and 41 of eternal Love Part 1: The Beginning
(2) Chapter 17 of Eternal Love Part 2: Returning Spirits
(3) Chapter 21 of Eternal Love Part 3: Battle for the Gods
(4) Chapter 2 of Eternal Love Part 1: The Beginning
Whew… a lot to cover in that chapter… Hope I didn’t lose anyone XD
And yes, you saw that right. Part 4 of Eternal Love is now set to begin. As warned, this version of Doma is going to be different. The same duels and characters and events, yes, but a lot of changes, Partnerships, twists and turns… I am still debating if Grand Prix will be combined with Doma or not in this turn or if I will wait and have it at as part of part 5 as we return to the Pharaoh’s memories with the strongest twist to the YGO ending. Yes, our journey is almost done.
Eternal Love Part 4: Chosen
Yami tries to recover his memories and unknowingly becomes the pawn in a game that could destroy the world... Rated M for violence and some very mild mature content (genre- Fantasy/Romance)
Hope you enjoy and catch you in chapter 1 of Eternal Love part 4!
Regards,
-LadyPhoenix99
PS: No, Yami and Aurora didn't actually get it on... though it seems like it, there has been a very good reason for it... think Adais is Aurora's son. He is also Yugi's father... so... her being with Yami while he is still a part of Yugi is a bit too wrong for me to think... doesn't mean I don't have plans for them in the next part however...
