Ok, I wasn't planning on writing anything today. But, one of my plans was canceled and my moms out, so I have an hour and a half free time. I'm baby sitting, but she's watching Mickey Mouse.
Anywho, on with the chapter!
'I must fulfill big brothers wish. I must bring the staffs to my friends.' Yami thought as he trailed down the side of the mountain. He still held the box of staffs in his hands. What was he going to tell his friends, should he tell the truth? Should he tell them that he saw the angel of his deceased big brother? Well, if he didn't, how would he explain him being still alive, or the staffs? Oh it was all so complicated.
When he finally got back to the village, Kul Elna, he saw his friends gathered around something. He didn't know what though. 'What's over there?' Yami thought as he walked over. Some of the villagers were starring at him because of his cloak and cape. When Yami got closer, he heard his friends saying things like, 'It'll be ok' 'Stop crying' 'You still have us'. Who were they talking to?
He tapped Joey on the back. "Joey, what's going on?"
"Yugi's upset, his brother was taken." Joey said without turning around. 'Obviously he doesn't remember my voice. Then, why not have a little fun.' Yami thought, smirking evilly to himself.
"So, who cares? It'll happen to everyone eventually." Yami said in a very uncaring voice.
"We care! Yami was our friend!" Joey said, still not turning around fully enough to see Yami.
"He's just a kid, there will be many more. So, just loosing one won't matter."
"He didn't just loose one, he lost two of his brothers and his grandpa!" Joey was obviously getting mad now. Perfect.
"Oh well. So did I, and I'm not being pitied or crying my eyes out like some obnoxious little brat." That did it. Joey flung around and pinned Yami against the wall by his throat.
"Listen man! I don't know what your problem is, but- Yami?" Joey said, putting Yami down.
"Yeah, its me. You didn't recognize my voice so I decided to have a little fun." Yami said smirking evilly again. Joey punched his arm laughing, until he hugged Yami and started crying.
"I'm glad you're ok, I don't know how you're still alive though. But I won't ask, I'm just grateful it happened. We need to tell Yug'! He'll be so happy to see you! And, what are you wearing, and what's in that?" Joey asked pointing to the box in Yami's arms.
"You'll see, I'll show you when we get to everyone else. Lets go, Joe."
"You know I don't like that nickname!"
"That's why I call you it. Lets go already!" And with that, they went back over to the group of kids and teens comforting Yugi.
When they got there, Yugi had his hands buried in his hands, crying into them. Yami squeezed his way next to Yugi without him noticing. But everyone else did, so he told them to stay quiet by putting a finger in front of his mouth. Yami wrapped his arms around Yugi and pulled him into a hug. Yugi wasn't sure who was hugging him but he didn't care at the moment. He wanted as much comfort as he could get, so he didn't care who was hugging him, even if he didn't know them. He turned into Yami's chest and began crying his eyes out.
"Why did it have to be Yami?" He whimpered in between sobs.
"I don't know Aibou." Yami said, leaning down to kiss his brothers forehead. Yugi's eyes shot open. It couldn't be him, there was no way he was alive! But when Yugi looked up, it was him!
"Yami! You're alive!" Yugi cried happily, jumping back into his brothers arms and crying again. "How? H-how are you s-still alive?"
"Remember how I always told you how Atem was watching over us? Well, he saved me." Yugi starred at Yami in disbelief.
"But, Atem's dead. How could he have saved you?"
"Atem came down from the havens as an angel, and gave me a weapon." Yami said, picking up the lightning staff and showing it to his friends.
"Wow! A staff, that's cool! Now come on Pharaoh, what's in the box?" Joey said, handing over the box he'd been holding the whole time.
"To be honest, all I know is that it's a bunch of staffs Atem told me to give to you guys." Yami said, opening the box. Inside were boxes of many different colors and sizes. But they all had the same shape, a long staff with a crystal on the end.
"Cool! Which ones mine?" Joey said, looking through the box.
"Um-I don't know actually." Yami replied, looking into the box.
"What?" Joey called out, dropping the two staffs he had in his hands.
Yugi's gaze was caught by one of the staffs. It was beautiful to him, it was purple with a turquoise crystal on the tip. He just felt like it was calling out to him. He leaned over to pick it up. He felt the power coursing through him, it made him double over and scream in pain.
"Yugi!" Yami screamed seeing Yugi in so much pain. A beam of black light came down from the sky and around Yugi, lifting him off the ground. His clothes turned into a lavender cloak stopping just above his knees, with sleeves like a tank top, with a darker purple full body suit *Like a wet suit, it covered all over his arms, body, legs and feet. Also if you hadn't noticed,, it suppose to be like the dark magician.*
"Gensō no majutsu-shi!" (1) He yelled before softly landing back on the ground. Everyone was just starring at Yugi. After a while, Yugi started to stare at his staff like everyone else was. "I guess this ones mine." He said to finally break the silence.
"I guess so." Ryou said, looking down at the staffs. "I wish we knew whose was whose."
"I can help with that."
Everyone turned to the voice they heard. It was Atem, but, he didn't look the way he did when he came to Yami at the top of the mountain. He didn't have the wings of an angel, and he wasn't glowing either. He looked, human. He too held a staff, it was white with a gold crystal on the end of it.
"A-Atem?" Yugi asked, moving closer. Atem smiled and nodded.
"Hello Yugi. It's nice to finally see you again." Atem's voice wasn't as angelic as when he talked to Yami, he sounded more like he did when he was alive. Yugi ran up and gave him a hug, crying once again.
"Atem! How is all this possible? I'm so confused, Yami lived, and you're alive! How?" Yugi asked, the question muffled because his face was in Atem's chest.
"I was granted the privilege of returning to Earth to help you train."
"Then, can you help us find out who's staff is who's?" Joey asked, looking around at the staffs in the box still.
"Yes, I can." Atem said, walking over to the box. He picked up a pure white staff, everything even the crystal was white. He walked over to Ryou. "This one is yours, the light staff." He handed Ryou the staff.
Ryou started to glow, and laugh. "It tingles!" Then a beam of light, like everyone else, came down from the sky around him and lifted his off the ground. His clothes turned into a pure white cloak, covering his feet with long sleeves. He grew wings, cream colored with fluff on the top and feathers going down to about his waist. When the beam of light went away, he didn't land on the ground, he flew.
"Hey! How do I get down? I'm scared of heights!" Ryou called flailing his arms. Atem sprouted wings and flew up to Ryou. He grabbed his hand and pulled him down. "Oh, thank you. You'll have to help me."
"Yes, yes I will. They're hard to use at first." Atem said, his wings disappearing. Ryou's stayed though. Atem walked back to the box and grabbed two staffs. One was black with a red crystal. The other was white with a sky-blue crystal. "These are yours. Joey, the power of Red Eyes, and Kaiba, the power of Blue Eyes. Separate, these two are powerful, but, when working together, they are almost unstoppable."
"Wait, I have to work with him?" Seto asked in an irritated voice.
"Yes, if you want more power, then you will have to learn to get along Kaiba. And you too Joey." Atem gave them there staffs.
"Wait, isn't the Blue Eyes and the Red Eyes the legendary dragons?" Joey asked, looking at his staff. He thought it looked cool.
"Yes, and now you have the same powers they do." Atem said, as Joey and Seto also started glowing, Joey red and Seto white. Joey's clothes changed into a full body suit, skin tight and black colored. His eyes turned red. He also grew wings, black like the Red Eyes Black Dragon.
Seto's clothes turned into a white full body suit, skin tight and white colored. His blue eyes glowed a brighter blue then normal. He sprouted wings, white like the Blue Eyes White Dragon.
"Wow! This is so cool!" Joey said, examining himself. "How do I use this?" He asked Atem.
"When the time comes, you'll know."
"How?" Obviously Joey wanted to use it right away.
"What's mine?" Marik asked, running up to Atem with a hand in the air.
"Hm, ah! This one." he said, bending over and picking up a white staff with a blue crystal. "The ice staff."
"Ooh! It's pretty!" Marik took the staff. He started glowing, but didn't get lifted off the ground. His clothes turned into a shin tight cloak that stopped just above his knees. It was light blue. A necklace appeared around his neck, a crystal in the shape of a snow flake. His hair was tied up into a ponytail, using a dark blue ribbon.
"Why am I in a pony tail?" Marik said, pulling at his hair.
"Because, it's you're hair. It's too long and could get in the way." Atem replied.
"But, what about Ryou? His hair's longer than mine!" Marik said, flailing his arms in Ryou's direction.
"I don't know then. It's just because." Atem said, seeing that Marik was right.
"My brother got his, what about mine?" Malik said, stepping up.
"This one." Atem said, holding up a pink staff, completely pink.
"But, that's pink. I'm not a girl!" Malik said, pointing an accusing finger at the inanimate object.
"Malik, look at half the people here. They're in cloaks, looking somewhat like dresses. You can deal with a pink staff." Yami said, jabbing him with his staff.
"Ow, stop that! Ugh. Fine." He took his staff, when he did, his head started pounding. He gripped his head, growling in pain. His brother gasped. His clothes transformed into a dark pink, skin tight body suit. A yellow eye began glowing on his forehead. After his transformation, his head stopped hurting.
"At least I'm not in a dress. But, what's my power?" Malik asked looking at his arms.
"The staff strengthens your mind. Telekinesis, mind reading, mind control, and much knowledge. Very powerful!" Atem told Malik, who beamed.
"Awesome!"
"Um, Atem? We were wondering what our powers were?" The group of the four youngest asked. This was Mokuba, Serenity, Tristan and Tea.
"Ah, yes. The little ones! I remember the day you all were born, I was sixteen when Serenity was born, you've gotten much bigger since the last time I've seen you." *That would make Atem 29* Atem said, picking up the last four staffs.
"Tea, you have the power of air. Tristan, you have the power of Earth. Serenity, you have the power of water, you would work well with Marik. And little Mokie, you have the power of invisibility. A big power for a little man. You think you can handle it?" Atem asked
Atem had always loved little kids. That's why he always liked being the oldest. Because he had little brothers to care for, and friends who had little brothers and sisters. He always was happy to baby sit. He would always talk about some day wanting to grow up and marry a beautiful girl and have kids of his own. But that was before he got sacrificed.
"Yup, I can do it!" Mokuba replied, taking his staff. They all started to glow, Everyone's clothed turned into cloaks, except Mokuba, who had a full body suit. Serenity's cloak was dark blue, as was he staff and crystal. Tristan's was a light brown, with a dark brown staff that had a light brown crystal on top. Tea's was a grayish color with a grey staff and a white crystal. Mokuba's suit was white, and had a small black cape that stopped mid back. It tied by a string in the front. It wasn't as big as Yami's.
"Wow! We look so cool!" Tristan said. "But, I could do with out the dress."
"It's not a dress, it's a cloak. Even men wear cloaks Tristan." Tea said to he twin.
"Hey, Atem. What's your power?" Serenity asked Atem. Atem smiled and picked Serenity up, who was short for being thirteen, so she was light.
"My power, is the power of an angel." Atem said.
"What's that do?" Serenity asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I can fly, and summon other angels and the three Egyptian Gods." Atem said. Marik and Malik gasped.
"You don't mean…" Marik started.
"…Slifer, Obelisk, and Ra?" Malik finished.
"Yes, them." Atem said before putting Serenity back down.
"What's so special about them?" Mokuba asked Marik.
"The three Egyptian Gods are the most powerful beings out there. Ra is the god of Light. Obelisk is the god of war. Slifer is the god of the sky and space. Together, they create the being that created all life. They are very powerful and can defeat the darkness itself, like they did long ago along side the nameless Pharaoh." Marik explained, his voice serious for once and not all high pitched and crazy.
"What's a Pharaoh?" Tea asked. "Isn't that what you guys call Yami all the time?"
"Yes, a Pharaoh is the person who ruled over ancient Egypt long ago. Yami closely resembles him, the nameless Pharaoh. Actually, Atem looks more like the nameless Pharaoh the Yami, but Yami just got the nickname."
"When did this turn into an ancient Egyptian history lesson?" Seto scoffed.
"You have a good point there, Kaiba. We should be celebrating our awesome new outfits! Look at me, I have wings!" Joey said excitedly.
"Yeah, and we get to do this, well what ever this is, with our brothers and sisters! That makes it even awesome!" Mokuba exclaimed, glomping Seto.
Ryou's face saddened. "Yeah, I wish my brother was here." Yugi walked over and put a hand on Ryou's shoulder.
"It's ok Ryou, where ever Bakura is, I'm sure he's ok." Yugi said.
"Yeah, I'm sure he would have liked one of these staffs though." Ryou said, looking at his staff.
"Oh, Bakura has a staff." Atem said.
"He does? When did he get one?" Ryou asked, confused.
"He found one. The power of darkness. That staff is a pain to control, you have to try to not get consumed by the darkness. Bakura wasn't strong enough, now he has a totally new attitude. He has gained the title 'Thief King' because of his stealing. He has a beast at his side, the god of darkness, Diabound. Bakura can also control the shadow realm and the sacrificed spirits of Kul Elna, and he can control the 'Shadow Games'. But luckily, some of us can also." Atem explained.
"Who?" Yugi asked.
"Me, Yami, Marik, Malik, Ryou and you Yugi. Quite a bunch, huh?" Atem said the last part, cocking his head to the side.
"So, why did we get these powers anyways?" Tea asked.
"So we can defeat Bakura, and his army of evil spirits." Atem relied, his soft face beginning to fill with anger.
"But that's my brother!" Ryou cried out.
"I know, Ryou'" Atem said in an apologetic tone of voice.
"How do we defeat big brother then?" Ryou asked.
"We need to kill him."
Ooh, cliff hanger, somewhat! So we know everyone's powers, it's a little much to remember, but I won't leave that to you to remember on your own. And, review, please? Nice reviews make my day, especially if I've had a really crappy one. And, everyone in there costumes would make a really cool looking fanart, if someone does that, that would be awesome! You would have to post it somewhere so I can see it!
(1) Yugi yelled 'Illusion Magician' in Japanese. Everyone will get there own phrase eventually.
