Waking The Gods
My name is Spiritrunner181 and I have been cruising fanfiction for years with the intent to finally write a story of my own. With some time finally on my hands I decided to start with this, a story about one of my favorite childhood characters, Seto Kaiba. I had always been fascinated with his character and how he interacts to the other protagonists due to his training from Gozaboro. He will stay in that character for this story with few deviations. I am rating this story M due to language and violence in upcoming chapters as well as a little romance. I hope you enjoy my first fanfic. Waking the Gods.
Years have passed since Atem's departure to the next world and Seto Kaiba has been trying to get on with life as expected, However unexpected events with a distinctly Egyptian feel keep plaging him at every corner. After a terrifying encounter with Anubis leaves him questioning his own humanity he decides to travel to Egypt to put a stop to these visions once and for all. What happens on his journey will not only affect the past but his future.
"Welcome Duelists to the Midnight Monster Mash!" He had proclaimed to his fans at the newly opened Kaiba land. "Tonight we unveil the newest in Holographic Technology, not only can you project you favorite cards into reality but now you can customize worlds to give your cards a distinct advantage or disadvantage depending on your skill!" The crowds roared at the thought of jungles for their dinosaur types and temples for their spell casters. Here to kick things off is our Grand Marshall Mokuba Kaiba!" Mokuba sprang to life feeding off of the crowds energy "Are you guys ready to rock!? Then lets get it rolling!
Leaving his brother to the crowd control Kaiba had made his way to the master control room to supervise the systems for the MMM Tournament. He watched as the many dualists took joy in his creations. His eyes landed on Monitor number three which had his own brother duelling a regional champ. As Mokuba summoned a monster something appeared to flash on his screen. "Hmm?" He spun the security cameras around for a better look. A second flash, of what looked strangely like a figure appeared. Mokuba and the other dualist seemed unaware of the figure. To Kaiba the figure was materializing and becoming more menacing by the minute. "ROLAND! Lock down area three
immediately and stop the duel!" Kaiba commanded. "But sir, I see nothing wrong?" The guard replied" Seto rounded on him snarling "Nothing wrong! Do you not see that creature on the screen? It must be a hologram glitch, and after Zeigfried I'm not taking chances!" Indeed what Kaiba was seeing was menacing, a hulking creature with the body of a man but the head of jackal, blood red eyes and sabre tiped claws on both his hands and feet. Markings around the creatures eyes reminded him of the eye of udjat. He wore gold hieroglyphic engraved necklaces and appeared to be staring directly at Seto. "But Sir we don't see anything! Perhaps it is one of the duelists monsters with a specialeffect?" Roland sputtered, worried about his boss, he had been under a lot of stress lately.
"Roland, how long have you been my bodyguard" Kaiba stated eyes cold and hard. " 10 years sir" he replied nervously. "And in those years how many times has something strange or abnormal happened?" He prodded. "Many times sir" Roland said with a gulp. "How many of those times have or could have resulted in injury, negative publicity of KC or near death experiences?" "More than necessary sir, we will lock down the duel area immediately and return master Mokuba to you" Seeing that his boss had a rather fair point and knowing of his legendary temper decided to not press his luck.
With that resolved he turned back to his screen only to find the face of the creature staring right at him. "Who are you? What do you want from me? Kaiba roared half out of anger the other half fear" In a deep almost inhuman voice it answered " Ye who has forsaken his ancient heritage, the sight of the reincarnation of Preist Seto sitting before me is appauling. He who was a light to those around him has been replaced by a darkness to everyone around him." Where he sought to protect those of lower stature, you stomp on them. Where he used the white dragon to bring peace you brought destruction. Where he was a friend to the great pharaoh Atem, you shunned him for your own selfish needs. Even now that the past has been shown to you still renounce it. What have you to say for yourself?"
Kaiba finding the courage to speak, in a low but steady voice "Why do you creatures keep haunting me? I don't have to explain myself to some cheap trick! I work for the future to make a better life for my brother and I. The future is unlimited, but the past is but a trace of memory! Just like you and every other member of the Egypt geek squad should be a trace of my memory and nothing more! Now as I have asked and my patience is wearing, who are you so can I can banish you from my thoughts."
The creature looked in a bout of rage for a second then slowly smiling and laughing which would have given an human not named Seto Kaiba chills. "Ah, you are a favorite of mine to watch you know? So full of knowledge yet so ignorant at the same time. I am Anubis, god of the underworld and weigher of mens souls. I am here to give you a little preview courtesy of King Atem's ever
present worry about the new world he left behind. Due to your travels you have been exposed to my brothers Ra, Osiris, and Obelisk. Yet even with that you still refuse your destiny, you see the story doesn't end with King Atem returning to peace. King Seto, his successor also wanders this world in search of his resting place. However instead of a great evil resurfacing it is a great reconnection that will ease his spirit. King Atem sensed your unwillingness to davel in your heritage so he sent me to awaken your inner light. If you do not realize this, many innocent will suffer at the hands of your ignorance!" The Deity started to fade away "We will meet again, my King"
Just then Mokuba bust through the door, "Seto, what's wrong? Why did you cancel my duel?
You told me the other day that I could finally enter on my own and then you shut it down?" He said clearly irritated. "Mokuba it was for your own safety" he said trying to grasp what had just happened. "Yeah right, looks like you could use more safety then I was just about to win now it just looks like my big brother is playing behind the scenes, you know-" "MOKUBA will you shut the hell up, do you not remember Zeigfried or Dartz? I canceled it because of a safety risk to YOU! Now go see to the tournament while I clear my mind".