Youngbountygirl: FINALLY! We get a battle scene. There will be one in the Shadow Realm too, but patients, as they say, is a virtue. Now, time to finally see shit get real.
Yugi stayed close to Jaden. His friends stayed behind, being that there was little room for a number of people to fit inside the elevator. Alexander strapped his arrow carrier around his back, while Julius strapped his sword belt and readied his javelin. Jaden looked around in curiosity, noticing that Dowger just stood with eyes fully closed and Yugi seemed to be watching the elevator doors. Jaden bit his bottom lip until everyone heard the ringing sound of the elevator.
Everyone got out of the elevator, entering the roof part of the mansion. It seemed like a dark room with concrete floor, metal walls, and a narrow passage with only one small safe at the side. Yugi walked to the safe and pressed several numbers. Jaden's eyebrows rose.
"You know the code to Kaiba's gun safe?" Jaden asked.
"Eh, I saw him type the code and I kinda copied it in my mind. I'd normally not do this, but we're going to need some fire power," Yugi replied, entering the code,75631, opening the safe and getting out a shot gun and some ammo, loading it up. He also grabbed a pistol and three clips just as a backup.
"I thought you're not supposed to have those, besides for hunting," Jaden said.
"I doubt if anyone will hear the shots on the roof this high up and besides that, this is the strongest weapon here I know how to use," Yugi replied, climbing up the stairs behind the three kings. Jaden followed behind Yugi, turning his duel disk on.
Yugi stood next to Jaden and Julius and Alexander stood beside Dowger, who stood with her right fist on her left palm and eyes closed. Jaden stared curiously at what Dowger was trying to do, but had no time to answer that as everyone saw three snake-like dragons that were like shadows in the sky. The middle one began shooting flames as Jaden placed down the Negate Attack trap card and a swirling vortex instantly sucked up the flames. At the same time, Dowger's eyes began to turn black and the flames attacking her and the other two kings were engulfed in darkness and deceased.
"Whoa!" Jaden responded in amazement as Yugi put the back of the gun against his right shoulder and touched his cheek to the gun, one eye open, as he pulled the trigger and the bullet struck the first dragon on the very left, bursting it at the head and making the body fall right at Jaden's and Yugi's feet. "EH!" It seemed so shadowy and ghost-like, it made Jaden wonder how the bullet shot it down.
"Jaden focus!" Yugi cried out as Jaden nodded, then summoned Yubel just in time before him and Yugi were burned alive by the two other dragons. Yubel caught the attack and threw it back at the middle dragon with intense looking eyes.
The dragon, which Yugi shot, roared with a booming shrieking sound. Yugi put his hand out, his forehead showing the Eye of Horus as his eyes glowed red. The dragon shrieked once more before falling dead. Yugi panted, then reloaded his gun.
"How'd you do that?" Jaden asked.
"I gave him a penalty game. Whatever I shot down, I can add dark essence to the bullet, so I can instantly give anyone I shoot a penalty game without hosting a Shadow Game," Yugi explained, showing a smirk. "I usually don't give anyone a penalty game, then again, I'm more merciful to a common thief than to animals, especially dragons after the Orichalcos incident."
Alexander kept shooting the last dragon with his bow and arrow, which glowed a brilliant light. It hit the dragon, which began to shock the dragon as if Zeus struck a lightning bolt at it. It screeched loud enough to make the trio's ears ring. Julius took out his sword and shouted in some sort of Roman language before fire struck from his sword and hit the dragon. It shot fire from its mouth, Dowger's eyes turning black once more and decreasing the flames. Dowger's eyes then turned to bright white light and began glowing like the star.
The dragon attacking the three kings screeched in pain from its eyes being blinded by the light. Alexander shot another arrow at the dragon and it fell right on the roof. The light from Dowger ceased, revealing the dragon with black blood oozing from Alexander's arrows and Julius' attack with his flaming sword. Yugi and Jaden were covering their eyes from the light, amazed at Dowger's brilliant powers of yin and yang.
Suddenly, arrows began shooting from the sky, one of them hitting Yugi at the back of the shoulder.
"YAH!" Yugi cried.
"Yubel, protect us!" Jaden ordered as Yubel stopped the arrows aiming for him and Yugi and shooting the arrows back at whoever shot them. Jaden ran to Yugi and snapped the bottom part of the arrow in two before pulling the arrow, from the top, out of his shoulder.
"Thanks," Yugi thanked Jaden, looking up and trying to find whoever many shot him.
Darkness seemed to be engulfing the sky where the five were at. Shadow creatures that looked like Slenderman, only they were just shadows and had no tentacles came swooping down. Yugi quickly got out a Duel Monsters Card from his pocket and pointed it at five of the shadow Slenderman creatures as four blue hats with question marks on them covered them all. Yugi aimed, then shot all of the hats, making all of the shadow creatures disappear instantly.
"You can make Duel Monsters cards come to life too?" Jaden asked in amazement, summoning his Neos, Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin, and Neo-Spacian Humming Bird to fight the shadow creatures.
"Yep," Yugi replied, reloading his gun.
"Wait, Humming Bird, think you can help Yugi?" Jaden asked Neo-Spacian Humming Bird as he nodded, then made Jaden's cards glow and Yugi's wound instantly healed.
"Thanks," Yugi thanked once more.
Dowger began to glow a brilliant light again, making Yugi and Jaden cover their eyes from the blinding light. As soon as the light faded, an extremely loud laughter was heard from the sky. Yugi and Jaden could only guess it was Shrone. Being face to face with him now made him seem strong and powerful.
"You humor me, mortals!" the voice said.
"My guess is you're Shrone. Why does every guy like you utter the term evil have to call everyone mortal? Is that like the villain's favorite word of the day?" Jaden asked with glaring eyes.
Yugi's eyes glowed red for a second before he darted, grabbed Jaden by the waist, slamming him against the concrete wall by the door to the roof, and a black bolt from the dark sky struck the area where Jaden was previously at. Laughter shook the sky as Jaden panted, sweat shown on his face from the fact he almost got himself killed.
"I haven't seen that look in ages. I remember when I first saw it after I killed your offspring, I believe it was about ten of them, am I wrong, Judai?" Shrone laughed.
"Shrone, kiss my god damn ass!" Yugi shouted as he pointed two cards at the sky. Atem suddenly appeared in his Pharaoh outfit, the Eye of Horus glowing on his forehead, shooting to the sky before Shrone began crying in pain, his darkness fading.
"Bastard!" Shrone cried out before his voice faded and the sky appeared again.
"What was that?" Jaden asked as Yugi showed him the trap card Judgement of the Pharaoh and the spell card Unity. "Sweet!"
Suddenly, a sword was pointed to Yugi's neck by Julius, who was shouting in Ancient Roman with such fury. Yugi's eyes bulged open. Yugi was confused why this guy was mad at him. He did weaken Shrone after all. Did he do something wrong? Dowger shouted at Julius in Chinese, then turned to him.
"Shrone will seek and kill you," Dowger told Yugi, sweat shown on his face.
Pharaoh Atem gasped, panting heavily after his temporary disappearance. His hand clasped around his chest as his face began turning pale. Tut took his friend by the shoulder, shaking him a bit. Pharaoh Atem turned to Tut, fear written in his eyes.
"Yugi... he attacked Shrone," Pharaoh Atem choked.
Judai turned, eyes widened and his jaw gaped. His lips then closed, showing a firm line, then nodded before telling Pharaoh Atem, "guard the child."
Pharaoh Atem ran through the crowd of children in the wilderness that was full of black trees and long grass. This part of the realm was like a black jungle where wild beasts would forever torment the prisoners, who came here. Pharaoh Atem found Atem, who was holding Mary, guiding him with the back of his hand.
"Stay with me, young one," Pharaoh Atem said softly as Atem nodded. The young infant was sleeping soundlessly on Atem's shoulder.
"Excuse me, but I'm still in charge of him!" Raiden snapped.
"And we're the ones that can let you stay here to die. You won't be the first Kaiba I gave a Penalty Game to," Pharaoh Atem replied as Raiden's eyes widened almost, then glared, staring at the ground and submitting.
Atem stared at the ground, keeping close to Pharaoh Atem. He waited until Raiden was gone before asking, "You wouldn't leave Ray here, would you?"
"No, but he also must know his place. After all, we're the ones protecting all of you from the dangers of this realm and Raiden should know that he can't always decide on what he wants."
"Ray can be a pain sometimes, but he's a good person. He always protects me and plays games with me," Atem said with a short smile.
"I know," Pharaoh Atem replied, showing a caring smile as he saw Atem smiling back.
Just then, a misty shadow appeared from the trees, then shifted right inside Atem. He gasped, then fell on the ground grasping his chest. Pharaoh Atem quickly grabbed Mary from Atem's hands and grasped his hand around the millennium puzzle around Atem's neck.
"Get out of the boy, Shrone!" Pharaoh Atem shouted, the eye of Horus glowing around his forehead. The children gathered, fear glittering in their eyes as the puzzle glowed and Atem began screaming and crying.
"DADDY! IT HURTS!" Atem screamed, tears forming in his eyes. Mary woke up and began crying bloody murder.
"I said get out of him!" Pharaoh Atem glared angrily, eyes glowing red, as he pressed the millennium puzzle against Atem's chest and Atem began gasping and his eyes instantly glowed red before the misty shadow was released from him. Pharaoh Atem took the child, grasping the puzzle around his neck, as the eye of Horus glowed brighter. "PENALTY GAME!" The shadowy figure sped away after receiving the Penalty game. Mary was still crying and Atem passed out. Raiden stood in utter shock as Pharaoh Atem gave him Mary. "You care for Mary, while I take Atem."
"Yes sir," Raiden submitted, taking Mary and trying to calm her down.
Pharaoh Atem checked Atem for a pulse. Luckily, he was still alive. Pharaoh Atem shook the child and he woke up gasping, then rubbed his eyes and began crying. Pharaoh Atem felt sorrowful for the child and helped him on his feet.
"It's okay, little one. He's gone. It was just parts of Shrone he left down here to terrorize your father. I want you to wipe those tears and keep walking. The farther we get from here the closer we'll be to your father. Everything's going to be alright, you understand?" Pharaoh Atem said as Atem looked up, lower lip hanging over, and nodded.
"Yes, Mr. Atem sir," Atem replied, still rubbing his eyes and trying to wipe his tears.
"Let's keep going. Let Raiden know when you can hold Mary," Pharaoh Atem said, getting up on his feet and signaling for everyone to keep walking. Atem eventually got to hold Mary again.