Second part of the special! Here ya go!

also, I should probably say this, just to be sure. (I don't own Twister. Its for last chapter) People sue for stupid reasons. I don't want to become a person who was sued for a stupid reason.

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Becoming Death

Chapter 9

Dark ran through the streets that were filled with chaos. Fires were everywhere, lights were out and the city looked ready to collapse on itself. He gritted his teeth and continued to follow his mother's aura.

She had his friends; no doubt she was going to use them for the final sacrifice. He couldn't let that happen. 'How ironic,' he thought. 'I see the pharaoh who sealed my father away as my friend.'

But he liked Atem, of course, not in that way. Anzu wouldn't let him live. Heck, if he had more time to get to know Atem more, he would probably see him as a fatherly figure.

He turned down a street and stopped. Someone was here.

"Hello, Prince." A snobbish voice said in a loud voice. He turned on his heel and found himself facing Lily, a young, powerful demon. "I had no idea that you were still alive, I figured you were dead."

"Shows what you know since I'm standing right in front of you." He replied evenly. She shrieked in rage and threw a handful of black fire at him. He merely swatted it aside with the back of his hand. He remembered in the past that he had thought that she was the most powerful female demon around. Now she was weak.

She looked in shock and used both of her hands to throw her black fire, but it had the same effect. "What have you become?" she snarled. He smirked and muttered a spell under his breath.

"Something beyond even you, Lily." She bared her teeth and rushed at him but he opened a portal to his old home. "So sorry, Lily."

She screamed as she fell into the portal and closed it quickly before another demon could escape. He looked down the ally where he sensed his mother's dark magic. He came up to a wall and pressed his hand against the dirty wall. His hand, which should have come up against a hard surface, instead his hand slipped into the wall.

"So she's using a different dimension, no wonder we couldn't find her at first." He said as the pieces fell into place. He stood up straight and walked through.

When he came out on the other side, he found himself in a place that seemed to be stained with blood. There was a valley of sorts up ahead. He walked towards the ledge and peeked in.

Horror shot through him like a bullet from a gun. They were chained up like animals. Sucking in some air he turned to the next horrified sight.

The souls.

They looked so pitiful screaming and crying against the barrier that held them. The tiny fisted hands of children crying for their parents beat at it but it was no use. The hate for his mother nearly grew blinding. He jumped down into the valley.

"Queen of Zorc! I demand that you realize my friends and those souls!" Time seemed to stop as he yelled. The souls stopped and all looked at him and his friends looked up. Atem's eyes widened in shock and Yugi gasped.

Dark watched his mother turn to him; her red eyes met his brown eyes. He refused to back down; he wouldn't be the one to look away. "Let them go." He hissed.

She smiled and laughed at him. "What is this? A mere child telling me, the Queen of Darkness, what to do?" She laughed. "Maybe I shall keep you as a pet."

"Sorry to burst your bubble lady, but I'm no one's pet." He snarled. She stopped laughing and faced him again. A sneer formed on her face as a black sword formed in her hand.

"What could you possibly do?" she whispered.

Atem finally found his voice. "No! Dark don't do this, go, run, get out of here!" he yelled.

Dark turned to him, surprised. There was concern on everyone's face. They were concerned for his safety. That was when he realized that he couldn't leave them, not even if they hated him after, he had to stay and protect them. He shook his head. "I can't do that; Anzu would be so ashamed if I cared for my own safety at this point." He turned to face his mother again. "One last time, let them go and the souls, and you can go back to your King, alive."

She snarled at him and with a single step she was flying at him, her sword tip aimed for his heart.

"DARK!"

He closed his eyes and let the power that he had held at bay for so long, go. He was once again the size of a young man, his brown eyes changed to a glowing crimson as a sword made of shadows formed in his hand. With a single swing he disarmed his mother and using the punching skills that Anzu had made him do without the mercy of a break until he got it right, his fist slammed into her chest.

She screamed as she was flung backwards into a rock wall. There was dead silence, not even a whisper from the souls was made. Atem, the priests, and the gang stood there in shock at what they had just seen. Dark turned to them. "I'm sorry."

"Dark," Mana asked. "What's going on?"

"TRAITOR!" a scream of fury rose from Zorc's Queen. She got up and pointed at him, the insanity was clear in her eyes. "You, my flesh and blood, betrayed us!"

Jason's eyes narrowed. "Flesh and blood . . ." he whispered before his eyes widened. "You, you're the son of Zorc." He growled, struggling against the chains. "I knew you were no good, the moment I saw you with that Anzu Mazaki-"

"Anzu is dead." Yugi groaned, holding a hand to his head. Atem turned to his friend, who was on his knees now.

"What?"

"She died pushing a child out of on-coming traffic; there was no way to save her . . ."

"But Yugi, we saw her-"

"That wasn't Anzu!" Tristan yelled. He turned to Dark. "I bet he used her body and made a copy of her personality just to get close to us!" Atem turned to Dark but the boy was staring straight at his mother, his gaze filled with hate.

"I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you for all the pain you caused me, for those souls, and for Anzu's friends, you are weak now, compared to me." He growled.

She laughed at him. "Really now, Dark? I am Queen, remember?" she sneered.

He smirked. "And as I recall, I only ran away, you are the only one who calls me traitor, I actually, have more power over you."

She snarled. "I will always be your father's favorite; he will never look to you!"

"Good! I don't want him, I don't want you, and I don't want this damned blood!" he yelled. Atem couldn't believe what he was hearing . . . or could he?

The she-demon screamed and raised her newly formed sword and ran at Atem. "No!" Dark screamed as he bolted towards Atem. If he was right about this then he could get there in time.

She was in front of him now, her sword raised high above her head, then, she swung down in a deadly arc. Dark used the rest of his strength and rushed forward. "NO!" he repeated.

Atem's eyes were closed, waiting for the end. He heard the sound of blood spattering. Confusion formed inside him, there was no pain. Was it because the wound was numb at first? He cracked open an eye and found out why.

Because there was no wound.

Dark had been the one to take the blow.

"No." he whispered. "No, Dark!" he yelled as the boy fell on his knees. Slowly, he got up from the ground, his legs shaking in effort to stay up while his blood pooled around him. His sword was still in his hand, despite the fact that it was shaking.

"I'm not done yet." He said, the strain on his voice obvious. He lifted the sword and Atem watched it change to a scythe.

"What are you going to do with a farmer's fool?" the Queen laughed. Dark joined her, causing her to stop.

"What am I going to do? This!" He yelled, slamming the blade of the scythe in the ground, causing the ground to break, the crack was heading toward the barrier that held the souls.

"NO!" She screamed at it shattered into a million pieces. Dark fell to the ground, his blood pooling around him.

"Dark," Atem whispered. "Dark, get up!"

The souls floated out of the portal dimension to Death, no doubt. Dark gave Atem a smile filled with pain. "Sorry, Atem." He gave a shaky breath before he closed his eyes.


Is Dark going to die? Oh well, you can wait a while longer for that. MWA HA HA HA!

I'm so evil.

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