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Becoming Death
Chapter 7
Dark was sitting in his bed, waiting for everyone to sleep. His Master had left already. Already he could feel her power dimming. Growling, he got up and released his powers.
He opened his eyes to a world that wasn't so big anymore. He was maybe an inch taller then his Master now. Summoning his scythe, he spread his awareness over the house, double checking.
Once he assured himself that everyone was sleeping, he transported to Anzu.
He was in an ally. An inhuman screech filled the air as he turned to see his Master swing at a demon. A demon that he knew!
She turned to him when the demon turned to dust. "Dark, it's been a while since I've seen that form."
He shrugged, trying not to be drawn in by her. When she was at full blast as she was now, when she walked, she danced, when she danced, she put one under a spell, and when she put one under a spell, it was almost always a curse. "I thought I would join in and help. By the way, I knew that demon."
She tipped her head to the side. "Did you now? Who was he?"
"One of my father's high ranking generals. He's in charge of protecting my mother."
Anzu's eyes turned to stone at the mention of his mother. "Could it be her?"
"It might be, she'll do anything for father, but to do this? My father isn't that dumb. He relies on you just as much as the Afterlife does."
"Good point, Dark. Hmm . . . could she be doing this without his command?"
"That's the best bet. She's insane, remember? He'll mean one thing while she'll assume it another way."
Anzu rolled her eyes. "Stupid she-demon." She muttered. Dark nodded in agreement.
"When we'll the Pharaoh and the others tell your friends the info?" he asked, since the whole soul-taking didn't come up last night.
"When they wake up, he knows Yugi will sense it eventually."
Dark sighed. Her tone told him not to talk anymore. He took off to one ally, already sensing another demon. He didn't hear Anzu, so she was probably off doing her own thing. He spotted the demon then, in fact, there were several of them.
He smiled and let his rhythm sink in as he killed them all.
In the morning, after breakfast, everyone was sitting in Yugi's living room. The priests and Pharaohs were sitting on the opposite sofas. "What's going on, Atem?" Yugi asked.
"A problem. You guys ready to deal with magic again?" he asked. The gang looked at him for a moment before smiling.
"Just like the good old days, huh? I see why not, I'm kinda ready for this boringness to end anyway."
"Ditto dude." Tristan grinned at him. "So what's happening?" he asked.
"The worst thing that could possibly happen. Someone is taking souls." Jason said. "Though our Afterlife is closed to others, it doesn't mean it's completely closed. Death is connected to all Afterlifes, therefore, if Death should fade, the so does every other Afterlife."
A shocked gasp filled the room. "What do you mean, Death is connected to all?"
"Death is the ultimate gateway to the Afterlifes, she or he is connected to them so that, if there is another spirit like Atem out and about, Death can take the soul and send it to the correct place."
Rebecca asked the question this time. "What do you mean, she or he? Can Death switch genders?"
Jason smiled and was about to answer, but it was Anzu answered. "I read this in a book somewhere," she paused. "Supposedly, Death is like a generation line, the blood chooses the best person to continue what the very first Death started, but Death can often go against the blood and will choose their reincarnation or something like that, making it a type of power play. Death can be any gender."
"Is there a time limit?" Mai asked as everyone blinked at what she just said.
Anzu shook her head. "The book didn't say anything like that." She turned to Jason. "Do you know?'
He nodded. "What you just said, is correct. You should tell me that book, I would like to see who wrote it. Anyway, each Death needs an ability, one that will let he or she stand out. If not, then they have about a thousand years, but for those who gain an ability, if its strong, they'll be Death much longer than a thousand years, but if its weak, then their years as Death is limited. The last Death only had his scythe for ten years."
"What was his ability?" Anzu asked, her voice stiff.
"Ah, I believe it was something about his voice . . . hold on, let me think . . . ah! He could make his voice echo across areas, an odd ability, but still, gave him ten years."
"What was the shortest time?" Yugi asked, slightly curious.
Jason smiled as everyone looked at him, curiosity shining in there eyes, even the spirits. "A minute, maybe two."
That shocked everyone. "A minute or two?" Rebecca repeated.
"Screwed up, right?" Jason laughed. "But, that's just how the line goes. Even though people in the past have made Gods of Death, none can actually be Death. The line is for a special selective few. The first Death made sure of that."
There was a short silence before Joey broke it. "Was there every a powerful Death?"
Jason laughed. "Death is always powerful, no matter how much time he or she has at being Death, they are powerful. But, the very first Death was. Lived for a long, long time. Killed the dinosaurs too."
"I thought Death takes on a human shape?"
"Most of the time," he told Tristan. "But every Death can shift into anything it wants. The first Death was made from dead stardust. It merely found out that it was conscious. I don't know anything, gods and goddess have not idea how old the Death line is. Death has most of the answers that we don't have to life and such, only Death knows such things."
"So . . ." Mana said. "Death is like, one step above the gods and goddess?"
"You could say that." Jason sighed and glared at her as she smirked at him.
"What was the first Death's ability?" Atem asked. "If it lived for such a long time, then the ability must have been great."
"Ah, a touché subject." Jason cringed slightly. "Legend says that the first Death had the ability to kill Gods and Goddesses, and let me tell you something, I'm glad that there will be no other Death like the first."
"But, I thought nothing could kill gods or goddesses." Yugi said.
Jason shook his head. "Not true when it came to the first Death. Even gods and goddesses get to a point where they're just done with existing so they have another god or goddess kill them. We are not as ultimate as we appear to be, so if there is another Death that gains the ability then we have to play low and give plenty of tribute."
Anzu smiled mentally. When she made herself known, she better get tribute. Dark came in then. "What's with all the talking?" he murmured sleepily. His black hair was messy and his eyes were puffy from sleep.
"Morning Dark, how'd you sleep?"
"Good." He muttered and shuffled off into the kitchen.
Mai smiled. "I swear Anzu, that is the most cutest little kid I have every seen, other then my own kids, of course."
She laughed. "Why thank you Mai, he is, isn't he?" Serenity was nodding, even the spirits were smiling. Anzu noticed that Atem's smile had much more warmth then the others. It made her wonder . . . was he starting to like Dark as a friend?
Well that's an amusing thought.
Pharaoh Atem was becoming friends with the son of his sworn enemy.
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