Inner Apocalypse

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Or its characters! I only own my OC's, and the fanfic! I'm not getting any money out of this! Ok, back to the story… Just for entertainment purposes!

Rated T for violence at times… Just in case. Language at times.

And any questions about the story that won't make me spoil the story, ask me.

Chapter 8- Anger and Tears

Roxanna

Everyone, including Mai ran up the steps, and got to the front door of the castle. The guard glared at us, but when Mai, Joey, Yugi, and I showed him the star chips, he let us go. Mai placed her star chips in the door's lock, and it opened. The four of us stepped in, but Kemo (the guard) wasn't about to let Bakura, Tea, and Tristan in.

"No, you three don't even have dueling gloves!" Kemo said.

"But you have to let us in, we're the cheerleaders!" Tea sounded so cheerful, I almost gagged. Tristan and Bakura looked at Tea with 'wtf?' faces. Those poor guys…

"What do you losers think this is, a high school football game? No star chips, no entry!" Kemo growled. Then, an idea popped up, and I smirked.

"Hey, Mai!" I called, and whispered the plan into her ear. She nodded her head, signaling she'd do it. I fished the Millennium Gem out of my pocket and waited for my cue.

"You mean you can't do us this one little favor, not even for me?" Mai winked.

Kemo started blushing. "Absolutely not, Pegasus-"

I threw the gem into the air, and when it fell, caught it with both hands. The gem morphed and changed into a bow and arrow. And nobody noticed. Wonder how I knew how to do that… Then I got into position, holding the bow in one hand, and the arrow in the other. I closed one eye, aiming carefully. Then, I let go of the arrow. The arrow flung into the air at high speed, and notched itself into Kemo's hair. The arrow apparently didn't make a hole in the spiky hair like I wanted it to. But it got stuck, which I'm guessing is the result of way too much hair gel. The plan worked out even better than I planned, though.

"What the hell?" Kemo started trying to get the arrow out of his hair, but it stayed notched in his hair, not budging. He was too distracted to even pay any more attention to us.

The rest of us laughed, as we all ran into the castle, and locked Kemo out.

"Oh wow, Rox, nice one!" Joey laughed, and held up his hand for a high five. I slapped my hand hard against his, and he tried to hide the fact that his hand was growing red.

"Hey, I thought you were just going to throw something at him." Mai recalled.

"Eh, sending an arrow through is hair would be much more fun." There was an evil glint in my eye, and everyone backed away, clearly terrified of how easily I could kill any of them. "Gees, you know I wouldn't hurt you… Unless you get me mad." And with that, we walked down the entrance hall, up the stairs to a balcony area. And the person I saw made me almost want to kill him on sight.

Bandit Keith was leaning against the railing, and spotted us. "Well, if it isn't Big Tough Joey and his gang of dueling dummies?" That did it. I didn't even care if the others saw at this point.

I held up my bow. It started glowing, and turned back into the fragment of the gem. Then I threw it into the air, and slammed the gem onto my right wrist. And as usual, a sword appeared, attached to my wrist. Then I walked up the wide eyed Bandit Keith, and hit him on the head with the blunt side of the sword. He fell onto the floor, unconscious. "That's for taking all of my weapons and leaving us in that cave, you creep." I turned back to the group, and willed the sword to revert back, and the gem fell gracefully into my palm. "Ah, that got rid of my anger." I stuffed the gem back into my pocket, and dusted my hands off. The rest of the group gawked, as if I'd just done the impossible. Well, maybe I kinda did.

"How did you…?" Joey looked absolutely confused, and I don't blame him. Who sees a person turn a piece of stone into a sword every day? No regular person.

"Yeah… A little thing that can transform into weapons! My favorite toy." I grinned evilly, and the group eyed me even more cautiously than before.

A man walked in, and cleared his throat. "Welcome ,duelists. Hello, I'm Croquet, the chief tournament liaison. I'd like to congratulate you for making it this far in the tournament and want to provide you with some entertainment- an exhibition match between Pegasus and Kaiba. This match is going to show you what's in store for you… And why is a guy lying on the floor unconscious?" Croquet finally noticed Keith lying on the floor.

"Oh, I knocked him out." I smiled, as a look of disbelief crossed Croquet's face. Even though I didn't smile wide or much, I still looked very innocent. Nobody would have thought that I can kill almost anyone in the room if I really wanted to.

"Well, I'll give you a warning, no violence in the castle, or you'll be forced to leave. Now please enjoy the duel." Croquet said, and walked away.

Everyone looked over the railing, to see Kaiba standing on the walkway below us. And in his hand, he was clutching the locket, that contained pictures of me and Mokuba. What happened to Mokuba anyway? I did recall Seto saying something about saving Mokuba from Pegasus. On the opposite side of Kaiba, a door opened, and Pegasus stepped out.

"Kaiba- boy! It's such a pleasure seeing you again!" Pegasus' voice was so… Cheerful. I had to urge myself not to throw up.

"Cut the small talk, I'm dueling you to get my brother back!" Kaiba growled, and opened up his brief case, throwing one of the two duel disks at Pegasus. He caught it, and examined it.

"How do you expect me to duel with this, if I don't even know how to use it? But, I'll use you contraption, if I can get someone else to operate it for me. Don't worry, I'll still make all the strategic decisions, and the game play won't change at all." Pegasus smirked, definitely hiding something. He clapped his hands, and one of Pegasus' servants walked through the door, his hand holding the shackles that attached to the arm of… Mokuba? Except something was wrong with him, his eyes were so lifeless, so unfeeling, it shattered my heart just to look at him. The next emotion I felt was bitter rage. What the heck did that creep do to him? Where did the cute little boy I looked at as a little brother go? It almost seemed like… He didn't have a soul.

"Mokuba!" Kaiba cried out, but Mokuba just stared blankly into space.

"It's settled, I'll let Mokuba operate your device, and if you win, I'll let his soul go free." Pegasus handed Mokuba the disk. So he did take Mokuba's soul away! That jerk!

"Wait, no! We'll duel on your terms, just keep my brother out of this." Kaiba looked so torn when he found out that he had to duel his brother, I had to look away.

"Ok, fine by me. Take him away." Pegasus waved his hand, and one of his servants lead the lifeless Mokuba away. Then with a snap of his fingers, the walkway splits in half, and retracts towards the walls. Then a dueling arena descended down from the ceiling, and was placed in between Kaiba and Pegasus.


"Oh, sorry I'm late! I accidentally got lost in the forest!" an all too familiar, cheerful voice rang through the room. I was furious enough before, but now I'm outraged. Everyone tore their eyes away from the two about to duel, and turned around. Guess who decided to show up? Lucifer. "Hey, Anna!" He ran up to me, and had to bend down a little to ruffle my hair. My eye started twitching. "How have you been doing?"

"Oh are you one of Roxy's friends?" Yugi looked up at Lucifer and smiled. "Any one of Roxy's friends is one of mine!" But Lucifer's not, he's one of the few people I would love to stab like maybe a hundred times.

Lucifer smiled at each one of my friends, and told them his name. Each of my friends introduced themselves, before looking back at the duel, which had just started. When Lucifer was sure none of my friends were looking, he caught my eye. He pointed at the gang, and made a fake cutting motion at his neck with one hand. Meaning: If you do anything that makes me mad, I'll kill all of them. Won't that be a lot of fun? Then he smirked, and turned his attention to the duel. "Hey, Seto, what's up?" Lucifer waved.

Kaiba looked at him, and his eyes narrowed. Seto never liked Lucifer at the orphanage, and always was tempted to strangle him. The two never really got along, but they tried to around me. The worst thing that ever happened was Lucifer getting a bloody nose. At the time I got mad at Seto, but now… I would complain that he didn't beat him up enough. "Lucifer, how nice to see you." Seto's voice was filled with sarcasm, but Lucifer didn't even seem to mind. Kaiba focused back onto the duel, and as did the rest of us. Lucifer and I kept sneaking glares at each other every few seconds as the duel raged on. And Bandit Keith still stayed on the floor, out cold.


"Forgive me Mokuba… I tried my best." Seto murmured, as Pegasus took the last of his life points. I looked in disbelief as he lost. Then a cold shiver ran down my spine. What is Pegasus going to do to Kaiba, since he lost?

"Good match, Kaiba- boy! But not good enough to win back your brother. Don't worry, I'll save you the agony of carrying on in this world without him." Pegasus held up a blank card. A golden glow came from Pegasus, and filled the whole room. When the lights dimmed enough for everyone to see again, I covered my mouth in shock.

Kaiba stood there, his eyes were as blank and emotionless as Mokuba's.

Pegasus smirked, as he held two cards, one with Mokuba's picture, and one with Kaiba's. He held the two cards next to each other. 'Pegasus has their souls.' R whispered. I clenched my fists. "Ah, you two are so close, yet so far away! Now take that empty shell away, teach him to wash dishes or something." Two of Pegasus' servants dragged Kaiba's body away. That just ticked me off.

"Pegasus, you little son of a bitch! When I get my hands on you, you'll wish you never invited me to the freaking tournament!" I leaned on the edge of the railing, almost ready to jump at him, when the Lucifer held me back. "Stop, let me go! I'll do all of us a favor and beat the crap out of him!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Roxa, you're just as violent as ever." Lucifer smirked. "Now if you want the rest of that gem, I suggest you don't be so irrational."

"Luci, I suggest you don't make me mad right now." I seethed, an aura of hatred surrounding me. Lucifer backed up slightly.

"Fine, but…" Lucifer pulled out a lighter, and a spark of fire flickered on. Meaning: Don't make me have to burn this whole place down.

The rest of the gang looked nervously at the two of us, and now it was pretty clear that the two of us were definitely not friends.

"You wouldn't have the guts to, you coward!" I growled.

"Don't test me." Lucifer pocketed the lighter. "How are your parents?" Oh, he did not just say that!

"Don't you dare mention parents!" He had succeeded in making me mad over my limits. I clenched my fists, and hit a blow in his the gut. He bent down, clutching his stomach in pain, and Croquet walked back onto the balcony.

"Roxanna Hylkio, this is your last warning. If we catch you hurting another person in this castle, you are going to be disqualified." Croquet warned. Lucifer smirked, and stood upright. I would just love to give him another good bop in the face, but I'm a little too short.

"Ow… What did I miss?" Bandit Keith groaned, and sat up.

"Oh, shut the fuck up." I growled, and when Croquet looked away ,I kicked Keith in the shin.


Everyone was invited to have dinner in the dining room, but everyone went to their rooms first. I set down my bag, and sighed. I had told the gang that I would explain to them a little bit about what happened on the balcony if they met me in my room. Hm… How do I explain any of what happened to them? And the gang arrived sooner than I thought. While they sat on the couches, I sat on the bed.

"So what did you want to tell us?" Mai asked.

I cleared my throat, and paused, before I started telling them the all so sad tale of my life. "I was eight when my parents decided to move to Domino City. You might not believe it, but back then, my hair color was white. My older brother, Ryan, and I were both excited. But on the way to Domino, something happened. Our car malfunctioned, and started driving on its own. Before the car drove off a cliff, Ryan pushed me out of the car. So I only survived, while the rest of my family died in the accident. People wouldn't even show me their bodies. After the accident, my hair turned black. Then I was forced to live in an orphanage, where I met Lucifer. We became good friends immediately. Then, a man came to the orphanage, known as Professor Night. He decided to adopt both me and Lucifer. The both of us were excited, finally being able to be adopted. But something unexpected happened. The professor chose to only adopt me. I complained, but was dragged out of the orphanage, leaving a broken hearted Lucifer all alone. We didn't see each other for a long time, until that tournament. It was a Duel Monster's one, and the two of us didn't know that we were both in it until we faced each other in the final match. The two of us were both surprised, but Lucifer seemed really angry. I ended up winning. But when I got home, I-I s-sa-saw…" I couldn't finish my story. Tears formed at my eyes, and I started crying.

Yugi walked over to me, and hugged me. "It's ok."

"N-No, it's n-not, L-Lu-Lucifer he, k-killed him. He killed my adoptive dad! He stole one of my most precious belongings, and burned my house! After that, my hair turned grey. N-nothing's alright!" The tears just wouldn't stop.

Now everyone went over to comfort me, but I could tell they were heartbroken from hearing my story. But not half as broken as I felt.

"Hey, Rox, it's ok. That's never going to happen again." Joey assured me.

"Yeah, and when this tournament's over, if we ever see that creep again, we'll beat the crap out of him." Tristan patted my head.

"Wait, then who's taking care of you now?" Tea asked.

"Nobody, I take care of myself." I finally calmed down.

"What about school? You never mentioned one." Bakura noticed.

"I don't go to one, I learn everything from the bookstore I own." I shrugged. "Come on, let's go to the dining room, I'm starving." The others left my room before I did, and I picked up my bag. I wasn't going to leave that thing behind again. I opened my door, and bumped into somebody. "Oh, I'm so sorry-!" I gasped, when I saw who it was.

"Oh, no need to apologize, I didn't look where I was walking." The person smirked, and I felt my blood boil.


Author's Notes: I'm leaving you on a cliffhanger! Thanks to all of my readers, reviewers, and ect. I'm happy people are actually reading my story! ^^


Roxanna: 'runs into room holding script' I just found out who killed my parents! I'm gonna kill you,-

'Yami and Yugi run into the room and dragged Roxy away before she could say the name'

Riley: Ok, who gave Rox the script?

'Everyone points at R'

R: What, she told me she wouldn't kill the person! She said she just wanted to know who it was…

Riley: And you believed her? Don' you remember what happened to Melvin?

Everyone: Who's Melvin?

Riley: Exactly.