Title: Seventh Piece
Author: Tyrone I.G. Shawver
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Seto/Atemu, Bakura/Malik, Yuugi/Ryou Katsuya/?
Spoilers: none, it's an AU
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Gi Oh nor do I own 'The Fifth Element', as this is based off of that movie a lot (as you can tell). You DO NOT need to have seen 'The Fifth Element'; it doesn't really follow the story line much at all except for the first few chapters. (And that the movie is Egyptian based is an added bonus -)
Warnings: Shounen-ai/Yaoi (obviously), bad language, probably some plot holes (not on purpose), maybe some lime.
Summery: Once again, it's the Future. Flying cars, cloning technology, androids, the whole shebang. Unfortunately this also includes the occasional space alien attack, but that comes later.
Meet Seto Kiba, one time trillionair and CEO of the largest and most profitable company on earth, before it all went down hill because of reasons beyond anyone's control. Now staying in a rented apartment and living off of tips at a popular restaurant, Seto is at the bottom of the money chain.
Until one night on the way home, something, or someone, falls into the backseat of his car. And Seto doesn't think he's human.
Status: 1/?
IMPORTANT NOTE!!!!: Pleasepleasepleaseplease don't kill me for this! I made a very slight change to Atemu/Yami's hair. Instead of being gold, black, and purple highlights, it is gold and dark red. EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM IS THE SAME!! But if you want my reasons for this change, here they are:
1: is that in the story, he is the Egyptian Atemu, so his skin is darker and his hair is lighter because of the sun. Hair naturally gets lighter in the sun (I realize this is a weak reason, but oh well)
2: is that he needs to look more different from Yuugi with a good reason.
3: is because it looks cool, dammit! I've seen many, many doujinshi and other pics that have Atemu with redder hair and it's awesome!
And that's why. I'll understand why some people will not like this, but look at it this way: Yuugi and Yami's hair is probably only two colors, gold and dark purple. It just looks black and is shown partially black because it's a dark shade of purple.
SO, put simply, Yami/Atemu's hair is gold and dark red, and Yuugi's hair is gold and dark purple.
Ugh, my notes and stuff are going to get longer than the story itself if I'm not careful
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"Speech" is talking
"Speech" is in Arabic
'Speech' is thought
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Chapter I: Discovery
"So, what have you got for me, professor?"
"Well, Mr. Takeshi, the astronauts brought back several very interesting artifacts from the spaceship, as you know." The scientist pushed up his glasses. "One of these artifacts was a gold, pyramid shaped object with strange symbols on it. (AN: Egyptian is such a dead language now that hardly anyone knows about it anymore and can't recognize the language, just FYI). What-"
"Yes, yes, I know all of this. Tell me something I haven't heard a million times already." The tall, dark haired man waved at the scientist impatiently, cutting him off.
Professor Mabo bit back a sigh as he and Hito Takeshi continued to walk through the gleaming metal hallway. Their destination – a pair of double doors and another thick metal door behind them – was just ahead, so he took out his key card while still speaking to the powerful man beside him. "The gold pyramid, it appeared at first, was simply a possession of perhaps a high ranking alien, but looking closer we realized something very peculiar…" he trailed off, trying to build the suspense.
Hito Takeshi rolled his eyes minutely and waited patiently for the other to realize that he was not impressed.
The scientist coughed in embarrassment, opening the double doors and entering into a black light room. The white flecks in his hair became vivid in the light and Takeshi's suit seemed to be made of luminescent marble. Prof. Mabo began opening the numerous locks on the heavy doors. "While we were running tests on the item, we found two interesting facts about the gold pyramid. One was that it appeared to be a very complicated puzzle, though no one has yet found a way to disassemble it. The other was that there was residue of DNA on it. Living DNA."
Takeshi raised an eyebrow. This was, indeed, peculiar and interesting. "Alien DNA, I presume. Perhaps it was left from the owner?"
The professor nodded his head. The door was unlocked now, but both men wanted to finish their conversation before entering the room beyond. "That was precisely what we think. And so, we have taken the DNA and the gold pyramid and put it into our RE-DNA machine."
"You're what?"
"It stands for Reassembling and Embodiment of DNA." (AN: yes, bad, I know )
Takeshi bit back a sigh. "Yes, but what does it do?"
Professor Mabo smiled in a secret sort of way, as though amused as Takeshi's lack of knowledge about such a machine. "Perhaps, Mr. Takeshi, I should show you what I am talking about."
'About time' thought Takeshi as Mabo leaned heavily on the door and opened it slowly.
Inside lay a white room bare of anything save for a large, glass like tube and machine in the center of the floor. A single object lay within the tube, a brilliantly gold pyramid, which gave off an unearthly feel. Men and a couple of women were sitting at a large control panel a few feet from the machine. One woman looked up at the two men as they entered; one looking smug and the other looking mildly interested, though he was trying to hide it.
The woman, Hera Winn, stood and dusted non-existent dirt from her impeccable white lab coat and clicked over to the men. She nodded first to Professor Mabo, and then to Hito Takeshi, before stating in a clipped tone, "All preliminary tests have been performed without incedent. Maximum energy has been achieved and we are prepared to go ahead with the experiment." Her steel eyes were blank and without emotion, her robotic brain automatically running through the information and she then stood silently beside the men, awaiting her next instructions.
Mabo nodded. "Very well, kindly provide Mr. Takeshi with a pair of protective glasses and then proceed with the operation. Let's see an alien"
The android nodded and clicked away to retrieve a pair of clear glasses and then handed them to Takeshi. Mabo pulled out a pair of his own from an inside pocket and placed them on his nose. As the machine hummed to life, Takeshi couldn't help but move closer so that he could clearly see what was happening. The golden pyramid, he noticed, had an embossed, stylized eye in the middle of one panel. 'Strange, it looks very familiar.' Thought the man before the machine sprang to life.
(AN: Warning you in due time, it's been quite a while since I've seen 'the fifth element'. I'm making this all up and am using what little memories I have of the movie. Things are probably not going to be the same. And if they are, well, strange, that. XP)
Two mechanical arms within the tube suddenly came to life and took the gold object, scanning and 'feeling' it. The pyramid was put down, and suddenly, the arms blurred and whirred. Everyone was silent as bones began to slowly appear, a small skeleton lying in the tube minutes later, but the arms were still going on. Takeshi didn't look away as a humanoid being was slowly built, layer by layer. Soon, a male, child-like form was lying before them. The mechanical arms were adding the finishing touches; long, dark red hair and blond bangs took form around a dark skinned face, long eyelashes closed. The boy was powerfully built, and everyone soon realized that it was not a child but a fully grown male (AN: stop laughing, perverts…). He was exotically colored with dark, caramel skin and such strange hair. The golden pyramid lay within reach of the alien's hand, the exact color as the bangs and streaks in the beings' hair. His entire body was prone. Asleep? Maybe, but Takeshi thought he looked far too still.
Mabo suddenly appeared beside Takeshi. "He is not yet alive." he said as black straps came up from the floor of the tube and wrapped themselves around the boy's wrists, arms, chest, legs, and a larger one around his lower regions. "He still needs a charge. The straps are there to restrain him."
"'Restrain'?"
Takeshi's question was answered as suddenly an electric blue light flashed inside the tube and the boy shuddered violently as the shock ripped through him. Takeshi could see, for one instant, wide vibrant crimson eyes before the small form shook and thrashed, life filling him at an alarming rate. When the last blue shocks faded away, the straps detached and wrapped themselves around the boy, forming (though bit scanty) clothing.
The alien's eyes snapped open again, their crimson color drawing hushed gasps from a couple of people. He sat up so quickly he nearly hit his head against the top of the tube. His body still jerked and shuddered, and he didn't seem to know what to do with his limbs.
"It is strange how human he looks, isn't it, Mr. Takeshi?" Mabo murmured, watching as the boy waved his arms and legs, hitting against the tubes walls and looking wildly around. The alien's leg hit the gold pyramid and all movement ceased. The boy looked down and a shiver ran though his body at the sight of the pyramid. Quick as a flash he had grabbed it in one large hand and turned it over and over, inspecting it.
Everyone was quiet as they watched the alien. Takeshi started as the alien's eyes suddenly flashed up, locked with his, and then looked down again. He murmured something.
Mutters filled the room. It could talk?
Takeshi frowned and came closer to the tube. The alien looked up at him again and this time continued to hold his gaze. The slanted red eyes, though large and swirling, betrayed no emotion save confusion. His stare was so penetrating that Takeshi found himself hard pressed not to look away.
Not sure if the boy could hear him, Takeshi shook his head and said slowly, "I couldn't hear you…"
"Feen…?" the being said again.
The man frowned. "I'm sorry, I can't understand you."
The alien's eyebrows slanted down sharply and he barked out a string of words that made Takeshi's head spin.
The alien suddenly stopped. His hand clenched around the gold pyramid so tightly his knuckles turned white. A low reverberation sounded from him, like a growl, and suddenly the being began to pound his fist against the tubes wall. Thuds and yelling sounded through the room and Takeshi continued to stare at the boy.
"Mabo." He called sharply.
The scientist appeared at his elbow. "Yes?"
"Can the alien break the tube? He mustn't escape."
Mabo chuckled as though asked a stupid question. "No creature alive can break that tube from the inside. It'd be like a bird trying to crush an elephant." Mabo continued to chuckle, not noticing as the alien gave him a look which would have incinerated a truck.
He did, notice, however, as a sudden clang and crash sounded and the tube exploded.
Such was the force from within the tube that Mabo and Takeshi stumbled backward several steps, glass shards flying everywhere as people screamed and hid underneath chairs and desks.
Wiping a smear of blood from his cheek, Hito Takeshi looked up and found himself in quiet awe.
The alien had apparently resorted to using the gold pyramid to break the glass. The being stood unscathed amid the remaining glass, emitting such a powerful aura that his long hair seemed to float. One could almost see a glow- no, a shadow, around the alien, emitting from not only himself but the gold object in his hand. Almost delicately, he stepped from the platform the tube had rested on and walked between the shards of glass littering the floor.
Very near gliding, the alien stepped between the startled men and walked towards the door, every eye trained on him. He reached out a hand to open it-
"STOP HIM!" Everyone's heads whipped around to see Professor Mabo standing and pointing at the alien, shoulders hunched and eyes burning.
Immediately a battalion of guards emerged from hidden doors, guns trained on the small figure at the main door. The alien froze, along with every other person in the room. Crimson eyes trailed over the weapons aimed at him. His eyes flickered, the bright red swirling into a darker, thick blood color. His hand clenched around the gold pyramid, a frown set into his face. "Ana raieh." His deep voice resonated with a commanding tone that even the highly trained guards wavered for a moment before setting their guns higher, concentration firmly set on their faces.
The alien suddenly snarled, a deep growling from before resonating through the room. He whirled around then and yanked open the doors, sprinting through them and out of sight.
There was a momentary pause and silence..."WELL?? What are you waiting for??? AFTER HIM!!" Yelled professor Mabo at the guards who immediately took off after the alien.
A relative silence filled the room before people began to get up and brush themselves off, talking in hushed voices. Takeshi stood straight and stared out through the doors, barely registering Mabo barking at Hera Winn to close and seal all exits.
Mabo, satisfied that the android would see to his orders, turned to Takeshi with a firm smirk on his face. "Do not fret, Mr. Takeshi. The alien will not leave this building, I assure you."
Takeshi could only nod grimly.
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Harsh panting filled his ears, nearly drowning out all sounds as he peeked around the door of his hiding place. He didn't understand why they were chasing him, or why he was here in the first place. His last memory was a burning heat, and the warm hands of his keeper pushing him into the crawlspace before shutting and locking his only exit. Now he was somewhere very white, full of grey people who carried dangerous weapons, and were hunting him.
Another set of clanking boots sounded outside his place and he pulled his head back swiftly. The guard raced pass and turned down another hallway, his footsteps fading into the distance.
He looked around himself, breathing deeply, looking for a way out. He knew he had to get out! But how…
A whirring sound came from above him and he saw a grate. An opening! Jumping to reach it, his fingers closed around the handle and pulled, but it wouldn't budge. Frowning, he saw that there were screws holding it shut. Growling, he pulled hard, and with a screeching clang the whole grate fell off and fell to the floor.
Knowing someone would have heard it, he jumped once more and managed to haul his thin frame through the hole. Moments later he heard footsteps once again and he scrambled through the metal duct, trying to ignore the bitingly cold wind which whipped at him from behind. It was hard going, the gold pyramid in one hand made a clang every time he set it down and caused him to be unbalanced most of the time.
Finally, after having to stop numerous times to prevent anyone below from hearing him, he reached the end of the tunnel. There was another duct going down, but a single slot showed a ray of light from ahead. Freedom was just a wall away!
Reaching out over the hole, he managed to secure three fingers within the slot and leaned forward to see, but suddenly lost his balance. With a scream he pitched forward and fell down the chute, banging into the walls and hitting his head too many times to count. For one second he thought he had lost the pyramid, but when he finally hit the end with a sickening crunch, he found the item lying silently next to him, glinting warmly.
He lay there for moments, trying to get his head to stop spinning and to assure himself that his body was indeed intact, just hurting a lot.
'Ra it hurts…'
Painfully he lifted his head, seeing yet again a slot of light, except this time there was an actual opening. Something with propellers and a grating blocked the way, but that could easily be taken care of.
As soon as he got up.
Rationalization caught up with him and yelled that someone had to have heard all the noise he made. Pushing himself up with trembling arms, he stood (this duct was much higher than the last) and retrieved the gold pyramid, which warmed him at its touch. Stumbling forward, he took a better look at the propellers in front of him.
They were not moving. They looked a bit flimsy, but there was a protective grating in front of them and another behind. Dull sunlight shone through the slots and he was suddenly so filled with the need to see the light that he backed up a few steps, and then ran bodily at the grating.
He had misjudged the strength of the grating and fan. Instead of him bouncing back, he continued to move forward and he suddenly found himself teetering on the edge of an outcrop, watching as the fan and grating fell down, down, down…
He sucked in a sharp breath and, for a moment, he almost came back onto the ledge. But then a strong gust of wind swept by him, and the ledge was suddenly barren.
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My first YuGiOh story, it came to me on the way to karate. I truly don't know why 'The Fifth Element', but if you got this far, you must be interested, right? Right??
Now, I don't know a lick of Arabic, so all phrases and words I will be getting from this site: #ws (just add the http:www stuff in front, k?)
I'll be putting translations for anything Atemu or anyone else says down here in order of when they are said:
Where?
I'm going.
I sincerely apologize to anyone who speaks Arabic if I am butchering your language. I take blame, but I really am getting almost all of what's in here from the site above, so go complain to them (and please tell me kindly what I can change!)
Lastly, Hito Takeshi, Prof. Mibo, and the android Hera Winn are my own creations, please don't use them!
Thanks! Until next time, all.
(Oh yeah, review too!)