So, there will be a duel in this chapter, but it will be cut short because I have to make this chapter short. Unfortunately, I still have a lot of chores to do…..so anyways, here's the chapter!
"Akhenaden? It can't be," Kaiba said, looking as surprised as I had ever seen him. But with that surprise, there was a bit of disbelief.
"Kaiba, you really should know by now, anything is possible," Ryan drawled lazily, walking away from us, "Destiny is a powerful thing." He turned toward us.
"I've already said multiple times, I don't believe in destiny!" Kaiba shouted, "The only thing that controls my future is me! I'm going to make my own things happen!"
"If you believe so, Kaiba," Ryan replied indifferently. I was fuming inside, anger boiled up my body into my head. I grabbed a small, round disk-like thing from the table beside me and flung it at Ryan as hard as I could. It was inches from his face when he raised his hand and caught it neatly out of the air.
"Nice try, Kisara," Ryan smirked, "But remember, I have backup. Magic backup from Akhenaden."
"I don't care, just let my friends go!" I screamed, "What can they possibly have that you want?"
"Oh, they already served their purpose," Ryan said, "They brought you here."
"Enough of this, I challenge you to a duel, freak," Kaiba declared angrily, "If you win, you can do whatever you want. If I win, you let everyone go and speak no more nonsense about ruling the world."
"This should be interesting," Ryan raised his eyebrows, "I accept!"
Kaiba's life points were down to 2000 while Ryan's was 3000.
"I draw!" Kaiba said, "And I put another card face down and end my turn!"
"Ahh, Kaiba," Ryan smiled menacingly, "Your life points are almost gone. I attack your Koumori Dragon with my Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier, destroying them both. You might as well quit now, I play Hinotama, which takes away five hundred of your life points."
"Kaiba!" Yugi said suddenly, "Don't give up! One card can change the whole duel, you just can't surrender!"
"I wasn't going to, idiot," Kaiba scoffed and drew another card and smiled, "I play Kaiser Sea Horse and sacrifice it, using its special effect, which is to count as two sacrifices for a light monster. Then, I summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Then I attack you directly, lowering your life points to zero. You lose. Now let everyone go."
Ryan looked shocked. His eyes were wide and his bright green eyes had turned a darker green. He clenched his fists and glared at us. Then he smiled ominously.
"You didn't expect me to keep my promise, did you, Kaiba?" Ryan asked.
"What?"
"I'm not letting anyone go." Ryan smiled.
"You-You what?" I was stuttering in my anger.
"You heard me. I'm not letting anyone go. I don't actually keep my promises." Then Ryan's face froze. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, they weren't his usual green. They were red, blood red. And instead of a round pupil was an almond shape, like a cat's.
"Hello, Seto," Ryan said. But it wasn't his voice. This voice was older, more indifferent than Ryan's.
"Who are you?" Kaiba asked.
"You don't recognize me, I'm hurt," Ryan-or whoever-said, "I was your father, Akhenaden."
"W-What?" Anzu turned pale.
"Yes, and I'm here to dispose of that girl that kept you from being pharaoh when I asked you to!" Akhenaden, in Ryan's body, said.
"You're not hurting Kisara!" Kaiba shouted, and then he told me to untie everyone.
I nodded and untied Anzu, then Yugi and Jonouchi, then Honda and Bakura. When I got to Hayari and Shinkou, they smiled at me and stood up by themselves. Then they untied Kansei.
Akhenaden fired a stream of purple energy at me. But I dodged it and it went through the wall, leaving a hole about as big as two volleyballs. Even the concrete path below the wall had burn marks on it, leaving a small, dark circle in the path. Then he hurled the same round disk that I threw at him at Kansei. I pushed her away and told her to hold something to shield herself with.
"Kisara!" Kaiba shouted and pushed me out of the way of a purple energy beam that was fired at me while I was busy instructing Kansei. I fell backwards onto the ground, with Kaiba right next to me, "You saved my life, I saved yours."
"Very sweet, Kaiba," Akhenaden said, "But my energy beams can fire through two people, so if you try to save your dearest Kisara, you'll be killed, along with her. Allow me to demonstrate." He shot another purple beam at both of us. Kaiba tightened his arms around me and I put my head into his chest, getting ready to feel the extreme pain of the evil beam.
I stayed in that position for a few seconds, but no pain came to me. I heard a small exploding sound. I uncurled myself from Kaiba's chest and looked around for Ryan hesitantly. He was nowhere to be found. But I gasped at the sight that I did find.
"No!" I screamed
"I'm so sorry, Kisara," Bakura said sadly
The best friends that I ever had, Hayari and Shinkou, were lying on the ground. Hayari's blood was pouring out onto the tiled floors and staining her white shirt. Her long black hair was splayed out wildly around her head. She held a small mirror in her hands, its splintered fragments around her. Shinkou looked better, but not by much. She had cuts all over her face where blood was dripping down her chin. You could see the blood stains on her shirt.
"They died to save you and Kaiba," Anzu said, her voice breaking, and she put her arms around my shoulders as I broke down and started crying.
Even though Hayari and Shinkou died, at least it was for Kaiba and Kisara to stay alive. Next chapter will be the last chapter, but I'm thinking about writing an alternate ending where everyone lives! I've wrote so many sad things where people die, now I just want to make everyone live.
