OK every one i would like to think all me reviews your all awesome, and i have 220 hits, which means you people ether hate my story or are lazy and have no wish to review it and that makes me sad. i don't own Yugioh but i do own Anu so ha you can't take her.
Chapter 10: Fate of the pharaoh
ANUS POV….
The loud blonde, the dice boy and the food boy had left a while ago heading after my master. I was sitting outside by the door watching the horizon, the girls I was left to protect were sitting in chairs behind me and the sun was coming up.
Please be OK masters, don't fall to the darkness, and don't make me alone again. I whined and the nice smelling girl looked at me with sad eyes.
"Don't you worry Anu, Yugi will come back"
She didn't doubt my masters power but she did know the seal was evil and hard to beat, I hope she was right, I don't want her to be a liar, but I had a bad feeling about this.
YAMIS POV… Don't worry, it will be off and on the duel, I hated this episode so I wasn't looking forward to writing it
I stopped the horse and saw my opponent so I reined the horse again and said
"Let's do this"
The horse ran down the side of the hill and came to a stop and the cliff, it then jumped and I jumped of the horse landing on my feet. Crazy man
"Very impressive cowboy" Raphael said as I walked across the bridge. "But you'll need more than just a few rodeo tricks to get your self out of this"
"You see" he continued as I got closer to him "while my associates are satisfied with stealing the souls of your friends, I'm not"
I glared at him and he glared back. I now was standing on the plateau facing him.
"I did my part" I said "now release the Professor as you promised"
"He's already been set free"
So this was a trap, great pharaoh you walked right into this one.
"But since you came all the way, you might as well stay a while"
He pulled of his trench coat and threw it to the ground. He also picked up to axes. What the heck is he going to do with those? He then threw them at me, I side stepped each one and looked back realizing I had not been there target.
They slammed into the wood on the bridge with perfect aim and the bridge fell. I was trapped.
"So you're going to stick around right" he asked. Not like I had any choice. "Cause like I said before pharaoh, your friends aren't good enough, I need to capture the soul of the pharaoh himself, so I can save the world"
I laughed, he had it backwards
"Save the world, don't you see that what your doing is going to destroy the world or are you so insane that you can't tell the deference" oh burn
I glared at him and he said
"I am just fine, its you who's blind to what's going on, your fighting on the wrong side"
OK this was stupid, what did he mean by this.
"Explain your self" I said
"This world is a dark and lonely place to live, it been poisoned by mankind, all I am trying to do is fix what's been ruined by people like you and I will do it by locking your spirit away for good"
OK this was getting old, I could not remember my past, I have people hunting me down for reasons I don't know, and I have been locked away before, 5000 years of darkness, not fun. So I said
"Who do you think you are?"
"Look" he said "the names Raphael and I called you here to duel not shoot the breeze, I've waited for this moment long enough and I have no intention of putting our fight off for another minute so lets go"
We stared at each other, testing our will, to see who would look away first. Finally I said
"You have given me no choice but, know this in the end righteousness will prevail and justices shall be served" got to be one of the cheeses lines in the whole show
"That's just what I am hopping for" he said and we activated our duel disks.
The sun was up now, glaring at us from the side, bathing the arena in a blinding light. A big contrast to the fact we were about to fight for our souls.
"LETS DUEL!!" we both said the traditional line.
Suddenly I noticed something about Raphael; his aura is pure, pure for someone who was trying to destroy the world.
"Something seems different about this guy" Yugi spoke up from his soul room, noticing the same thing I did.
"I agree Yugi; he has some sort of hidden power"
I was knocked out of my observation by him declaring he would start things off. He played his magic card and my eyes narrowed, the duel had officially begun.
ANU'S POV…..
I was still sitting in front of the car/house thing. The girls were inside now, I felt like something horrifying was going to happen, and soon. My ears perked up as I heard the girl's conversation.
"Your grandpa has the right idea; we all could use a couple of z's" the nice smelling girl said
"Not me" the smart blonde said "I've been doing some research on the web and I think I'm on to something."
"Wait a second, your not trading duel monster cards again are ya"
"no, I've found this strange article, its about a crews ship that sunk about 12 years ago, and a boy who saved himself by swimming to an island, he spent three years of his life all alone on that deserted island and according to the story he did nothing but practice playing duel monsters over and over again. Until he was rescued, and get this his name was Raphael"
I sat up from my laying position and looked at the window I was now under.
"The guy that's dueling Yugi" the nice smelling girl said.
"Exactly"
I heard movement and then a voice of protest.
"Wait"
"Let go of me"
So the girl was planning on something, I wonder.
"Relax Rebecca, Yugi can handle that guy"
I knew the girls words were true, I laid down again and looked out at the desert, if they were true why I got the feeling someone wasn't coming back from the duel, someone we wanted to comeback.
YAMIS POV…
The duel had been going on for a while. He suddenly said I couldn't understand the connection he had with his cards. I was appalled by this very thought.
"I'm afraid you're mistaken, I also share a bond with deck, and I trust and respect them, every one of my cards" I said
"Oh yeah, well take a look at these" he said
He pulled his two monsters off the duel disk and held them up, I looked at the cards closely and say the picture was faded, thee were a few rips on the card. The cards were falling apart.
"His cards are almost completely wiped out" I thought to Yugi.
"I've plaid these cards hundreds of times and even though they're falling apart I will never replace them. I've sworn to protect them the way they protected me because 12 years ago these monsters saved my life"
This was interesting, I now a small bit of respect for this man, now I wanted to know why he would join a man like Darts. As if reading my mind he said
"When I was a kid I was fooled into believing the word was happy place but, soon I discovered the truth; that nothings fare and no one gets what they disserve."
I frowned at his logic and said
"What a sad way to see the world"
"Yeah well life is sad, and the sooner you realize that the better off you'll be. I odda know, I use to have everything a kid could ever want"
I noticed when he said this there was a deep sadness, a longing for something of the past behind his words and my feelings of pity for him grew. He continued his story
"Until one day everything was taken away form me. I knew something was wrong, we were headed straight for a title wave and there was no turning back, it was the last time I saw my family. The storm was over just as quickly as it came, my family made it to a rescue boat but, I was left behind. I thought my mind was playing tricks on me but, surly someone else was on this island. Maybe even my family, it didn't take long for me to realize that I was alone. Everything I once had was gone. Who would watch over me now? All I had were the close on my back and my duel monsters cards. I knew I had two choices; sit around and feel sorry from myself or toughen up and move on. And if I wanted to survive the dissension was simple. There was no time for weakness."
I looked at him in pity, forced to grow up in one sitting just so you could live but that didn't explain why he joined Darts
"I learned at a young age that the world is cold and lonely. I had lost my child hood that day but, I gained something more important; the truth and undying trust for the only family I had. My three guardian cards, these duel monsters meant everything to me. The guardians kept me strong and sane. They saved me from losing my mind and I owed it to those cards to save them. We shared a powerful bond. These monsters got me through the hardest years of my life and they continue to protect me"
This story was a sad one but it still didn't explain why he was with darts. I understood why he saw the world the way he did, left all alone with his cards for who knows how long, but to destroy the world.
"Raphael, if you truly respected you cards then why do you use them for evil"
"Evil pharaoh, what you consider evil I look at as saving the planet from falling apart at the hands of people like you and your little friends. It's my destiny. I always wondered why me. Then after spending three long years on that island I finally got my answer. How could I have missed it? It was an entire city right off the coast, I was saved. So after I woke up on a rescue boat, they said found me unconscious floating on a raff. I made the cover of news papers and magazines around the world. 'Miracle boy rejoins civilization after being stranded on an island for years.' Civilization, please the world I came back to was anything but. That island may havebeen lonely but, at least it was a peaceful place to live. And unlike the outside world pharaoh, there was no one on that disserted island who cold walks out on me. Like my family did."
Did he truly believe his family walked away from him forever, did Darts twist his broken mind into believing that, I could see the tears, he was heart broken.
"But I have a new family now" he said
"How can you blame mankind for what happened to you." I said wandering how mankind fit into a boat crash. Should it not be nature then if they ran into a wave?
"I told you, people are evil. But it wasn't always that way, once the world was perfect and when I got back from that island I saw this ancient paradise with my own eyes"
"I don't know what lies you were told but I know that no good can come from your plan."
"Don't worry pharaoh; you won't be around to see how my plan turns out"
"Wrong. I am not going anywhere"
"We'll see" he said glaring at me.
I shook my head and declared it my move. I drew and the duel was back on.
ANU'S POV…
I was sniffing around the car/house thing looking for the two twerps, I know they came with us but where did they go. I caught there sent and a sent of a burnt metal in the direction my master went, that's just great. I turned back to the trailer and sat in front of the two girls who were sitting on the steps and listened to the two girls conversation again.
"I'm still kind of confused about one thing Tea, it something my gramps said in the museum; he told us that there was two Yugi's"
Oh so she was confused about the fact my master had two minds, oh how I wish I could talk.
"Well not exactly, see there really is just one Yugi but he sort of has this other side to him, you know it's like a tougher more confident Yugi" said the nice girl
I smiled a bit; I could tell the nice smelling girl sort of liked the other master. And the smart blonde likes the master.
"Well I like the sweet and charming side" said the smart blonde. I rest my case. "I will never forget the day we met. He was such a genital men, I never met any one as nice as Yugi, but I suppose he needs the tougher side of his personality also. That's why he always wins, when they work together there's nothing that can stop them."
I walked over and placed my head on the nice smelling girls lap and she placed her hand on my head.
"Yeah there probably betting the pants off that biker freak right now"
I smiled but something in my gut was telling me this duel was going to end horribly.
YAMIS POV…
I had summoned Dark magician girl and Timaus and had fused them together. I now had Dark Magician girl the dragon knight protecting me. I had the monster attack the Guardian destroying it.
"You will not be so lucky next time"
"We will see" I said
Something was confusing me, why had he not played the seal of Orichalcos yet, all the other bikers played it on there first few turns, what was he planning or was he waiting to draw it.
He activated a magic card called self tribute, wind began to flow to him forming a ball of light in his chest, what was happening. The light stop and his guardian reformed on the felid.
"Wait what's going on?" I said
I stood there shocked, he just gave up 1000 points to save his monster, and he really does care about those cards. Why, why was he on Darts his side, what at Darts told him that made him think like this, it didn't add up?
"Shocking isn't, that a duelist can have so much abreaction for his monsters. Unlike you I actually care about my cards you only banish them as soon as a better one comes along"
I closed my eyes in frustration, this man was really taxing my nerves, and it was like he was trying to mess with my head.
"What I value all of my cards,"
"Look your disrespectful as everyone else pharaoh"
"That's enough, let's duel"
I wanted to say more, how me and Yugi had put all of our heart, soul and time into this deck, how each and every monster was real and had to be respected, cherished, and played. Every monster had a purpose. I would have said so but he probably turns my words inside out.
"What's wrong you upset because I know you better than you know yourself? Face it every person in the world has darkness in there heart, and your no exception. Your problem is you're afraid to admit it. But deep down your evil" he continued to taunt. "The worlds been like this for the last 1000 years, we use to live in paradise but then the ancient stone showed up"
I said "what ancient stone are you talking about?"
He reached for his necklace. A small green stone I had come to know very well held in a silver base and a small scull holding in to the base. It gleamed when it caught hold of the sunlight.
"Don't you know, I'm talking about the stone of Orichalcos, it came to test us and most of use failed? The stone unlocked the darkness that was buried in the heart of man kind only a few turned out to be pure. A huge battle broke out between good and evil and in the end the evil side one"
my eyes widened at this conclusion, he was saying the stone was here to help man kind but judging by his story the stone seemed to destroy man kind, what had darts told this boy.
"Who ever told you that story is lying to you , the only evil that his around your neck, that stone is nothing but bad news, you were there when Anu sensed its evil, changed, surly Darts told you of there kind. The magic hunters and how they hunt dark magic."
Raphael sighed then said
"I do know the story but, then again you don't know the whole story do you, of course not because Anu can not tell you can her?"
My eyes narrowed what he was accusing Anu of.
"Anu as you call her now was created in Atlantis and she was Darts magic hunter."
My eyes widen at this thought, how could that be possible, how could a good creature join someone evil.
"She was assigned to him because he created her using the sacred stone, Darts created the magic hunters, but she betrayed him when the war broke out, she joined the evil side, she defied her master."
I shook my head; he had this whole story backwards and was in need of a series reality check. He was laughing now and I straitened up in confusion.
"You have got it wrong, the stone of Orichalcos simply shows us the truth pharaoh, that the majority of the world is heartless and evil"
"Your wrong" I shouted seething at this mans twisted thoughts
"How would you know" he said "I heard your memories were erased, if that's true how do you know you weren't an evil pharaoh"
My eyes widened again and I gasped and said
"That can't be, I may not remember much about my days as pharaoh but, I know that I once saved man kind"
I glowered trying not to show that his words struck me, I only knew what people told me, and I remembered nothing. Raphael was speaking again
"But the people you saved were evil so that means you are to"
"That's not true" I was wondering were he figured humans were evil, yes we're not perfect but we are not all evil.
Raphael didn't seem to believe me, he then said
"5000 years before you ruled as king the stone of Orichalcos appeared and never left, the world was divided into to sides; the pure of heart and those ruled by darkness. The two sides faced off in the most devastating battles the world has ever seen, were he to continue that fight and make sure our side wins. And while we may be out numbered but we have to things you don't. The power of the Orichalcos and the great leviathan there for we can collect the souls of man and offer them to the world most powerful beast that ever lived. Only then will the world return to the way it was a peaceful place with a worthy leader."
I sighed and lowered my duel disk to my side and said
"I am telling you, you've been brain washed"
"take a look around" he said "if things continue the way they are the entire planet is going to look like this desert, crumbling and void of any signs of life but that's not going to happen because I'll see to it that justice is served. And you're going to help me he hee hee..."
I just stared at him thinking he had lost his mind, why would I help him destroy the world or in his view 'save' it.
"You see pharaoh after 5000 years you spirit did come back so you could save the world, by surrounding your soul"
My eyes shrunk and said
"No that's a lie" how could he play with my concerns on why I was here. "Enough" I yelled "I am sick of hearing you justify your evil plan"
"I am afraid, it isn't my plan" he placed his hand across his chest "I am caring out the wishes of my master"
I glowered at him and asked even though I new the answer already "and just who is this master of yours Raphael"
"Well for starters he's a better leader than you were, that's right pharaoh my master told me all about your history as the king of Egypt. How you ruled as an evil dictator using the power of the shadow realm to control your subjects"
I glared at him, even though inside I was questioning, was this true. I said
"Wake up, he lied"
"How would you know you have no memory of your past, so is it not possible that your responsible for the destruction of Egypt, think about it"
I clenched my fists and said
"It can't be, I know I was a worthy pharaoh. I am the one who locked the dark Magic away"
I was angry, not a Raphael, ok maybe a bit mad at him, but mostly at the fact I could not tell him remembered truth, and only what those around me told me I was.
The Raphael smiled and said
"So you believe, but if you take a closer look at yourself you'll discover the truth. Your heart is dark and I am about to prove it."
He drew and the duel began again. He placed a card face down leaving both of us with one card has a hand. He then activated a magic card.
"It's called Exchange" he said
"What are you up to" I asked
"Normally exchange allows us to pick a card from our opponent's hand but you'll notice each of has only one card left. So that means we switch card."
I looked at my card and said
"Let's get on with it."
We walked to the middle of the field to switch. I held out my card and he took it, looked at it
"Necromancy uh, this lets me use a monster from your graveyard that means this card was useless to you any way" he said in an accusing tone. "Since I have no monsters in my grave yard"
"Fine, just hand me your card so we can continue" \
"As you wish, I think you'll be pretty pleased with this one" he said then handed me his card while he smiled like e were friends.
I took it and we both began to walk back to our spots he was laughing so I asked what was so funny. Finally looked at the card and gasped
The card in my hand was the seal.
"Oh no, I can't use this, not the seal of Orichalcos"
"It's to late" Raphael said from his spot "the stone around your neck as already begun to revel your dark side."
I looked at him then at the stone to see it glow; I grabbed it to shield it from view as Raphael said
"The Orichalcos never lies, ever since it first appeared on earth the stones been testing people. It knows who the evil ones are. And when it detects the darkness inside of you for the first time in centuries you'll get to see who you really are. Of course you don't have to activate that card if you don't want to but, I have a feeling you will, so go ahead and make your next move pharaoh"
I glare at the card and his words but he was right I didn't haveto play the card but then why give it to me, was he just trying to taunt me. Yugi appeared next to me and said
"No matter what happens you can't use that card" I could hear the forceful ness and worry in his voice.
"Yes but,"
"But nothing that card is evil don't play it" Yugi was using our mind link so he could stair at me. I could see the bags under his eyes from worry and I realized they were worse on him then me.
I smiled a bit and said
"Very well Yugi"
I knew he was right about the card but why did it feel like there was a war going on in my heart.
"It's my move" I said
A little ways in the duel I found my self on my knees. Timaus was incased in ice along with my Dark Magician girl and I had my life points just attacked directly. I had to turn this duel around.
"It looks like this duel is just about over; in fact you automatically lose when your next turn is done"
This got my attraction so I looked up and said
"You're wrong"
I drew and his purity of the cemetery card activated so my life points dropped to 600. This was not good.
"Now you have one turn left. There's only one way to save your self and you know what I'm talking about, now play the card I gave you"
There was that battle in my heart again, the one where to forces were struggling. One side was reminding me of my promise to Yugi and the other was telling me this was the only way
"No Pharaoh please there's another way out of this" Yugi's voice pleaded with me
I stood and said "if I lose now then two worlds will be destroyed."
What was happening, the pain from the two forces in my heart was becoming fiercer.
"I won't lose this duel" I said as I tried to stand.
"I will take you down Raphael," I said angrily "so I activate my card of sanctity; both of us must draw from our decks until we have six cards in our hand."
The said card I played was glowing and we both drew while I ignored Raphael's comment from under his breath.
I felt the pain flare up again and I saw the seal around my neck so I grasped it. I looked at the cards I had and said
"I am out of options there is only one card in my hand that can free my Dragon so I can win the duel, I must play the seal of Orichalcos"
I clenched my eyes shut at the pain I felt from my heart, like a part of me was dieing, I suddenly felt something latch on to my arm that held the seal. I looked up to see Yugi holding on to it.
"Pharaoh NO" he said
"Let go" I said
"No, you don't know what you're doing." He said.
I felt anger flare up in me and for the first time it was at Yugi.
"Let go" I said more fiercely
"Listen to me" he said in a pleading voice has his grip became tighter "this card is effecting your mind"
"We're going to lose the duel; can't you see, trust me it's the only way Yugi. We must do this, NOW LET ME GO"
I ripped my arm from his grasp and I heard his weak plea and a part of me was pleading with me to listen but a much larger part was whispering in my ear to play the card, save the world, win win win.
The one whispering in my ear won and I said
"Now I activate THE SEAL OF ORCHALCOS"
I started at Raphael and thought almost darkly, he gave me this card and now I was going to crush him with it. All my thoughts were away from Yugi, from anything but winning. Suddenly a small voice broke through that made me realize something right when the seal activated
"What have I done" that was my last thought before any and all thoughts of good, light Yugivanished? Has it did I gave an agonizing scream, I heard another scream and I briefly thought of Yugi before all I saw was black.
"Nice work pharaoh I knew you had it in you, now let's see what the Orichalcos reviles about you. Are you good, or are you Evil"
A part of me in the small back of my mind was screaming but I pushed it back and chuckled in my head; what did he think
I knew the seal was on my fore heard and I scowled at my opponent. He was going to regret giving me this card and I was going to make him pay.
To be continued…
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