Zypher: Hello everybody and welcome to chapter 4 of Star Children. All have you know, Yami and the others appear to be very evil as of now but don't worry, they'll have a big change of heart in this chapter. But I better shut it now or else I may give away more of the chapter.
Note: Also, I forgot to mention somewhere in the story is that most of the jewels is the shape of the item their named after. Ex: The Alexandrite Pyramid would look exactly like a pyramid made of Alexandrite.
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Star Children
Chapter 4
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As they were leaving the Master Tower, they decided that while they were out, they would go and get another jewel since the chaos done at the tower would render the Ancient Raiders still for a while as they straighten everything back there.
"But what happen if we get caught again?" Yugi asked, unaware that the tracking device was still on him. "I'm sure we won't after what happen at the Master Tower. I think they'll be working on getting that orb back on track then to know another jewel has been taken. What are we aiming for this time?" Malik questioned.
"We'll go for the Amethyst Lotus since it's far from the Master tower and by the time they get there, the jewel will be ours and we'll be long gone." Diamond said and they nodded.
"Come on, its best we get armed so we can at least take out the guards there." she continued and they left to head back home before leaving for the southeast tower. On the way, they received another message from Maitrin that told them about what the Ancient Raiders' boss was planning and they knew they have to work fast before the ritual to bring back Atlantis and the Great Beast commences.
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Yami watched on the monitor about where they were heading and smirked lightly. "They're heading for the southeast tower to get the Amethyst Lotus. Let's leave them alone this time." Yami said. "But why? We can't let them just walk off scott-free with the Lotus, the boss will kill us." Toben addressed.
"Don't worry. These were orders from the boss himself. He said he was coming over to discuss what to do about the Star Children as they are called." Yami announced as he stood. "Come on, we best get to the conference room and wait for him." He spoke and they nodded as they left.
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They weren't waiting long as the door to the conference room opened and a turquoise haired man wearing a white business suit walked inside. "Greetings to you all. I'm glad we were able to meet after I heard what happened." the man said and they nodded. "Anyways, back to business, what did you want to talk to us about the Star Children?" Yami asked.
"Ah yes, the Star Children. As I told you before, they are working for a man named Maitrin who is trying to save this city from the fate that was placed on it. He gathered those children since they were the only few that were able to wield shadow monsters and not be affected by the magic of the jewels. And I have noticed why." the man said.
"Why, Dartz?" Aqua asked.
"Because, they happened to be the reincarnated soul mates of your Ancient Egyptian past. And since you don't remember your past, that's why you didn't recognize them at first." Dartz explained. They gaped at the new information he told them.
"But if they are our reincarnated soul mates, shouldn't they be able to recognize us as well or at least have some sort of memory flashback about their past?" Seto asked.
"Technically they would but not on their own. There was a legend that these jewels that I have collected was once good before an evil sorcerer took them and made them evil. Each jewel was given to a specific person in the past.
"The Pharaoh was keeper of the Obelisk's Ruby, the Lord was keeper of the Eye of Osiris, the Priest keeper of the Majestic Sapphire, the Assassin keeper of the Amethyst Lotus, the Seeker keeper of the Oasis Emerald, the Advisor keeper of the Eye of Bastet, the Tomb Keeper keeper of Ra's Garnet, and the Tomb Robber keeper of the Alexandrite Pyramid. Each of these jewels was supposedly given to their soul mates to hold their memories but when the sorcerer got them, the evil covered their memories with the power to capture souls and was never heard about again." Dartz explained.
"So, if they were to collect and hold the jewel that was given to them by their soulmate..." Yami started. "Then they will gain their memories back and learn about us Immortals." Marik finished.
"And that's why you need to collect those jewels back from them. As much as I hate hearing about your past, we mustn't let those jewels fall into Maitrin's hands." Dartz said and they nodded. "Come on, we best get to the southeast tower before they get away with the Amethyst Lotus." Ruby said as they got up and left.
When they were gone, Dartz smiled silently to himself. 'They may believe in my faux story now but they will never learn that I was the sorcerer in the past that took these jewels and made them evil. And I will not let those Star Children turn the Ancient Raiders against me and ruin my chances of bringing back Atlantis and the Great Beast. Those jewels and the Raiders are the key to reforming this world.' he thought as he got up. He took out a small, silver whistle from his pocket and blew through it but no sound emitted from it. But soon, a turquoise dragon/sphinx came in through the window and landed before him.
"What do you want, Master Dartz?" the dragon/sphinx asked. "Zira, I want you to follow the Star Children back to their hideout. If Yami and he others don't succeed with saving the Amethyst Lotus and the other jewels, I want you to get them for me." Dartz said and he nodded as he flew off once more.
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When they got to the southeast tower, they made it up to the roof and Diamond looked inside to see that the Amethyst Lotus was heavily guarded by shadow monsters. "Well, it looks like this will be difficult from the last time so we best head in together so we can get rid of the monsters first. Malik, start working with disabling the cameras and sensors." Diamond ordered and he nodded as he took out his laptop. Yugi thought that they may need more help than their shadow monsters and took out a small flute and played a short song before he heard Kitchu coming to them.
The large serpent landed and nuzzled him, worried that he was hurt or something. "Don't worry, Kitchu. I'm fine. I was more worried about you since you never came home." Yugi said, patting the serpent's snout. "Ok, the cameras and sensors are offline. What do you want us to do next?" Malik asked. "We need to get in there and get those monsters out of the way so I trust you, Yugi, to take Kitchu in there and get the Lotus while we're distracting the monsters." Diamond said and he nodded.
"Alright, let's move." Diamond said as she let Ryou climb onto her back. Jou got on Kaiser's back while Malik got on Topaz's and they flew inside, catching the attention of the monsters quickly and they were off, flying through the corridors of the tower quickly before splitting up.
When they were gone, Yugi got onto Kitchu's back and went inside as well. Kitchu landed beside the jewel case and Yugi climbed off, going up to it and removing it slowly. He was about to take the jewel but looked back when he heard Kitchu hiss in pain. He saw Aqua holding Kitchu by his wings painfully and Yami looking to him.
"Yami, what are you doing here?" Yugi asked. "What else? I'm the Pharaoh of the Ancient Raiders and I was told by my boss to watch the Amethyst Lotus and that means you can't take it." Yami said as he summoned the Spirit of the Pharaoh.
Yugi backed away slightly towards the Amethyst Lotus, hoping to grab it but seeing as he can't make a quick get away with Kitchu unable to get away from Aqua's grip, he summoned Dark Magician Girl. "Fine, if that's the way you want it." Yugi whispered. 'Although I hate to fight you but I can't avoid it. You're in our way of our mission and as much as I'm starting to love you, I can't be with you.' he thought painfully at the thought that he had to fight the one he loves now.
"Go Dark Magician Girl, attack his Spirit of the Pharaoh!" Yugi called and she charged right into battle. Although she wasn't as strong as the monster, she continued to fight with him.
While Yami or Aqua wasn't paying attention, he summoned Gazelle and he told him to go and free Kitchu. He did as he was told and snuck up behind Aqua and was about to pounce on him but was stopped by the Ancient Gear Beast. Hr growled and was ready to fight him off, no matter how strong he was compared to him.
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As soon as they split up and two of the monsters were following them, she landed and Ryou sent out Guardian Angel Joan while she sent out Hyozanryu. They easily defeated the two monsters but something was wrong as the monsters disappeared from their sight. "Something's about happen Diamond, I can feel it." Ryou said.
She nodded and looked around. A Nobleman-Eater Bug came up behind them and without warning, grabbed onto Ryou. He yelped when the monster grabbed him and Diamond turned around quickly. "Ryou!" Diamond cried and was about to send Hyozanryu to attack but she stopped when she heard a voice.
"I wouldn't do that unless you want to lose both of your monsters." Crimson murmured as he came out from the shadows, Bakura right behind him with a Mechanical Hound by his side. "What do you want with us?" she growled. "We don't want anything from you, we are here to make sure you don't get the Amethyst Lotus." Bakura said.
"You don't know what danger you are putting the city and its people into. Maitrin told us everything he knows about your boss and he's evil. He lies to you just to make sure his plans aren't ruined. Did you ever think of that once in a while?" Diamond said and that caused them to think.
'What if she was telling the truth? What am I thinking, they're the enemy and we can't believe a thing they say. But why does my heart try to tell me otherwise?' Crimson thought. He sighed lightly. "Nobleman-Eater Bug, let him go." Crimson commanded and the monster did so. "What are you doing, Crimson?" Bakura asked.
"I have a feeling she's telling the truth. I never did like Dartz the first time we met. He may be up to something that we don't know about." Crimson explained. "It's best we tell the others the same." he continued as he left, Nobleman-Eater Bug following behind him.
Bakura watched him go and then turned to them. "Well, I might have to agree with Crimson on this but that doesn't mean we are letting you take all the jewels from their towers. If what you say is true and Dartz turns out to only be using us, then we may consider something else." Bakura spoke before he got onto the Mechanical Hound's back and ran off.
"Well, that's was narrowly avoided but if they're here then that's means the rest of them are here as well. Yugi might be in trouble fighting with the Pharaoh and the Lord." Diamond said and he nodded. He let Joan head back into the Shadow Realm and climbed onto Hyozanryu's back with Diamond and they flew off back to where the Amethyst Lotus was.
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With Jou and Kaiser, they were in a tough battle with a Blue Eyes White Dragon and Cyber Dragon. Jou's Red Eyes Black Dragon and Kaiser's Megarock Dragon were doing pretty well to fight them off but they were getting weaker as the battle raged on. "Give up, you have no chance of standing up to my Blue Eyes." Seto said as his dragon was in a griplock with Red Eyes, each trying to make the other submit.
"I'm not giving up! We won't let you or the other Ancient Raiders get away with doing your boss' dirty work. I bet you don't even know what he's truly up to, do you?" Jou growled.
"No and we don't care." Ruby said, sending another Cyber Dragon out to fuse with the one he had out already to make the Cyber Twin Dragon. The two headed dragon roared as he went for Megarock Dragon once again.
"Well, I bet you will care after we tell you! Your boss isn't as he seems! He's only using you to protect them jewels until his master plan come into play! After that, he will destroy everything in sight with the Great Beast and you along with the other Ancient Raiders are only helping to make that plan come true! What makes you think he won't kill you two off after he's done with everything he wanted you to do for him?!" Kaiser spoke and that made them stop the battle.
"Seto, you don't think he's telling the truth, do you?" Ruby asked, looking to him. "I don't know anymore." Seto whispered, looking down silently. Blue Eyes, concerned for his master, released Red Eyes, walking over to him. He patted his snout lightly before looking back up again.
"Alright, I have no idea if what you told us is true or you're just using this as a ploy to get the jewels while we're distracted about this but I'll let you off from this battle but don't think I will be this trusting the next time we meet." Seto said as he climbed onto Blue Eyes' back. He flew off and Ruby looked back to him before calling Cyber Twin Dragon over and the two headed dragon did so, lowering one head so he can get on.
"We'll take you chat into memory but like Seto said, you won't be let off so easily the next time if this isn't true." Ruby said as they disappeared farther into the dark hall. They watched as they go before climbing onto the respective monster's back and headed to the main room once more before Yugi got hurt.
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With Malik and Topaz, they weren't having such a hard time with Marik's Hieracosphinx and Toben's Chaosrider Gustaph. Malik's Strike Ninja and Topaz's Manticore of Darkness took them down easily although they kept getting back up, ready for more.
"Will you just give up already? You don't even know what you boss is truly up to so why do you bother with continuing to do as he says?" Topaz asked.
"Because he promised to bring back our soul mates from the past back to us. You don't know how much we miss them and we're not going to let you or your little friends ruin that chance for us." Marik hissed.
"So, that's it. You want someone back from the past to come back to you? You don't know what your boss is truly up to. He doesn't want to help bring your lover back, he wants to bring back Atlantis and the Great Beast using the jewels." Malik explained. "We're not going to believe you unless we hear him say that ourselves. Only then will we worry about keeping the jewels away from him but for now, we will take care of you." Marik said as he sent Hieracosphinx to attack Strike Ninja again.
It was then he realized, the more he fought with Malik, the more it pains him. But what is what he was thinking about. When Hieracosphinx was able to knock Strike Ninja out of the battle which caused some harm to Malik, he felt it as well.
His heart was telling him this was wrong and he tried to not listen to it but it was too powerful. "Hieracosphinx, stop!" he called and the monster stopped before he could hurt Malik. "I don't know what up with me but I'll let you off for now. My heart makes me feel pain every time you do and I'm still wondering why. When we meet again, I will be rid of this weakness and will kill you if I need to." Marik muttered as he climbed onto Hieracosphinx's back and left. Toben followed behind him, never turning to look back at Topaz.
"Well, since this battle is over, let's hurry and get back to Yugi before he gets hurt." Malik said and Topaz nodded as they left.
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Mana continued to fight with the Spirit of the Pharaoh, none of them letting their guard down. "Give up, Yugi. You won't be able to win." Yami said. Yugi's friends were able to make it into the room in time just as Mana was finally beaten by the Spirit of the Pharaoh. "Pharaoh! Stop this right now! There's no need to fight us anymore!" Ryou cried and he turned toward him.
"And why do you wish to stop me?"
"Because, we are not your enemies! We shouldn't be really telling you this but you need to know. You boss is the evil one here. He's trying to trick you into believing there was some good in placing these jewels in the towers. He wants to bring back an ancient civilization along with a great beast that will destroy the world and its people. He doesn't want to help you or the other Ancient Raiders get your wish at all." Diamond explained.
Yami thought about this. 'She could be right but how can we believe them if we don't have proof about what Dartz is planning?' he thought. "Maybe but we don't have proof that he is planning something such as what you told us but as long as we don't know, we will continue to work with him but if we find out that he is only using us for his selfish gain, them we may come and help you out with taking the jewels from the towers." Yami said.
While he was distracted with talking with Diamond, Yugi quietly snuck over to the pedestal and took the Amethyst Lotus, placing it into his pouch. "Alright, so, do we come to an agreement?" she asked and he nodded.
"If we find out was Dartz is truly planning as you say, we will help you and take down Dartz, but if we don't find out such, we will still be enemies and when we cross paths, it will be to battle, no hesitations." Yami said and they nodded. Aqua let his monster leave back into the shadows once more and let go of his hold on Kitchu. Kitchu slithered over to Yugi's side and looked to Yami and Aqua. Yami glanced over at Yugi and sighed.
He knew for a fact that he was his reincarnated mate the more he looked at him but with the rivalry between the Ancient Raiders and the Star Children, there was no possible way of them to be together.
"Well, we best get going now. We won't mention anything about our meeting to the boss but we will keep a close eye on him since he will be staying with us for a while. Like I said, if what you told us is our boss' true plan, we will get the jewels but for now, we will continue to do our duty until otherwise." Yami spoke.
Aqua summoned Chaos Emperor Dragon for Yami and he mounted onto his back and flew off through the large sky window that was still open. Aqua followed behind them, leaving Yugi and the others alone in the tower. "Well, at least we were able to reach an agreement with them but we still can't trust them until they decide to work with us to save Domino and the whole entire world for that matter." Jou said as he lied on Red Eyes' side. She crooned softly before picking him up by his shirt collar and placed him onto her back and flew off.
"We best get back now. It's getting late and keeping our monsters out any longer after the battles we've been through will drain us." Topaz said as the Manticore of Darkness picked him up and flew out as well. The rest followed and headed home, unaware of whom followed behind them. "Yugi, was you able to get the Lotus before the battle with Yami started?" Diamond asked. He nodded.
"Well, I didn't get it exactly before the battle started but I was able to get it while you were talking with him and Aqua." Yugi said.
"That's good. We best lay off with the towers for a while and tell Master Maitrin what the Pharaoh decided to do if he found out the true reason his boss wanted to work with them. Once we get a decision from them if they plan to try and contact us in some way, we'll go back with working on getting the rest of the jewels." Diamond said and they nodded as they landed back at their home and went inside after sending their monsters to rest in the Shadow Realm.
When they were inside, Zira landed by the window and looked inside. He watched as Yugi placed the jewel in the hidden compartment with the others before flying off once more, perching himself on a rooftop until they were asleep.
'As much as I hate doing this, Dartz has my only weakness and if I don't do as he says, it will affect me terribly.' Zira thought and sighed. 'If only there was some way I can get my soul back from him then I can gladly help them with taking him down.' he thought once more and looked down the their small home with cool gold eyes that held much pain for what he was doing.
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Zypher: There, that will be all for this chapter. Before you all try to kill me, Zira is not an evil person. I repeat, Zira is not an evil person. Like he said, as long as Dartz has his soul, he has to obey or else he will lose his life truly. He's only staying alive because Dartz wants him to. Torture him but not Zira. Anyways, thanks for reading as usual and leave a nice review.
Note: I will now start leaving a list of the cards being used throughout the story so you know what effects they have and such if I plan to use said effects while they're in battle.
Card(s) used:
Cyber Dragon
MACHINE / EFFECT
If there is a monster on your opponent's side of the field and there are no monsters on your side of the field, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
ATK/ 2100 DEF/ 1600
Cybernetic Revolution
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Cyber Twin Dragon
MACHINE / FUSION / EFFECT
"Cyber Dragon" + "Cyber Dragon"
A Fusion Summon of this card can only be conducted with the above Fusion Material Monsters. This card can attack twice during the same Battle Phase.
ATK/ 2800 DEF/ 2100
Cybernetic Revolution
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Chaosrider Gustaph
WARRIOR / EFFECT
You can remove up to 2 Spell Cards in your Graveyard from play to increase the ATK of this monster by 300 points for each card removed from play until the end of your opponent's next turn. This effect can only be used once during your turn.
ATK/ 1400 DEF/ 1500
Invasion of Chaos
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Ancient Gear Beast
MACHINE / EFFECT
This card cannot be Special Summoned. The effects of your opponent's Effect Monster that this monster destroys as a result of battle are negated. If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate any Spell or Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step.
ATK/ 2000 DEF/ 2000
The Lost Millennium
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Nobleman-Eater Bug
INSECT / EFFECT
FLIP: Destroy 2 Monsters on the field.
ATK/ 900 DEF/ 1200
Soul of the Duelist
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Hieracosphinx
ROCK / EFFECT
As long as this card remains face up on your side of the field, your opponent cannot select a face down Defense Position monster as an attack target.
ATK/ 2400 DEF/ 1200
The Lost Millennium
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Mechanical Hound
MACHINE / EFFECT
While you have no cards in your hand, your opponent cannot activate Spell Cards.
ATK/ 2800 DEF/ 1500
Cybernetic Revolution
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Strike Ninja
WARRIOR / EFFECT
You can remove this card from play until the End Phase of this turn by removing 2 DARK monsters in you Graveyard from play. You can use this effect during either player's turn. You can only use this effect once per turn.
ATK/ 1700 DEF/ 1200
Invasion of Chaos
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Manticore of Darkness
BEAST-WARRIOR / EFFECT
During the End Phase of the turn this card is sent to the Graveyard, send 1 Beast, Beast-Warrior or Winged Beast Type Monster Card from your hand or your side of the field to the Graveyard to Special Summon this card from the Graveyard.
ATK/2300 DEF/1000
Invasion of Chaos
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Megarock Dragon
ROCK / EFFECT
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by removing from play a Rock-Type monster(s) in your Graveyard. The original ATK and DEF of this card become the number of Rock-Type monsters you removed from play when you Special Summoned this card X 700 points.
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The Lost Millennium