Chapter 11
Mana was now sleeping…well…suppose to be sleeping, on a pull out coach. Tea went home today with tears in her eyes. She felt bad for her. She really did care about Yugi…in a way…Tea reminded her of herself. Constantly worrying over their friends, did they truly notice?
She quietly sat there. Where were the others in her mind?
It seemed as if they left.
She sighed.
What kind of world was this?
It sounded like a world of war, and unjust. Even with the appearance of a happy-go-lucky place, it started to scare her. Like as if the happiness was a…mask. Creepy.
She closed her eyes again but too many things were on her mind. It had been a little more then a week since Yugi had left and they had no word from the others. She sighed again. When will things get any more…exciting?
And that's when it happened.
The phone rang.
She heard shuffling of feet and a mumbled, "hello?"
Then what she heard, for some reason, made her head skip.
"Hey gramps. Sorry to call you at such a late time, but just letting you know that we're coming home now. Some mix up with another country or something like that. Nothing to worry about I guess. We'll probably be back tomorrow. Anyways, I have to give the phone up to other guys who wanna call their folks, but I'll see you later."
"Alright, thanks for calling, Yugi."
"No problem. Sorry again about the hour."
"Come home safely."
There was a muffled sound before she heard, "I always do."
Those words hit her most. No matter how things went, they always seemed to turn out for the best. Why? Was fate smiling upon them? Or was this some lie to put them in a false sense of secturity? But then again, what did it matter? Things would turn out how they turned out. You cannot fight fate. It is like a chain around your soul. Except it or deny it, it matters not. The shackles will always be on you, weighing you down…
When did I get so depressing? She thought distastefully.
Well, Yugi will be back tomorrow. She can't really complain…
--Next Day—
Mana's POV:
I can't really explain…what it was. It was like someone shook me. Someone…grabbed my lungs and was squeezing them together. I felt like as if my head was on fire and my lips were burning. My eyes started to water. What was this…this feeling?
Then I opened my eyes. Yugi was staring at me, looking worried.
"Mana!"
Ma..,Mahado? Thank goodness!
"Yes, Mana. Listen, what you're feeling, it's the affect of Yugi's soul. He's recovered, and apparently has no idea how to restrain his spiritual powers. Are you listening? We need to get into his soul and fast."
But how can his spirit do all of this? I feel like I'm dying… Yes, I was complaining. But hey, it hurt!
"It's because his spiritual powers are overwhelming yours. We need to get in, and get this all taken care of. Do you understand? Tell him now that we have to enter his mind. Can you do that?"
He sounded so…panicked. So I quickly nodded my head, though I'm not quit sure why…
"Yugi."
He looked at me those big eyes. Goodness they looked so much like each other…
"We…we can enter your soul now."
A somewhat surprised look crossed Yugi's face. It took him a little bit to let it sink in, I guess. He finally got a somewhat serious look and said, "Alright. How do you do that?"
Good question.
"Um…"
Mahado to save the day.
"We'll guide you. As for Yugi…tell him that he may feel some discomfort. But it shouldn't last…"
"Alright…" I said outloud. I winced. The headache Yugi's aura caused me was getting worse.
When Yugi didn't say anything, I guess I kinda looked around to see where I was. Still on the pullout bed? I guess he noticed me looking around because then he said,
"The others left to drop Rebecca and the Professor out to work and I stayed behind incase you woke up."
I immedialty felt guilty, because he stayed behind seeing his friend off for me. It made me feel as if we were even more of a burden.
Yugi then showed that classic smile and said, "Don't worry about it. I see them often, they just had to go back to America for some research. They'll come around soon. I already said goodbye, don't sweat it."
Although I didn't quit understand the saying, "Don't sweat it," I did get what he was tryin to say. "A-Alright. Thanks for making me feel better." I let a weak smile show, I didn't know how to tell him… "Um… Yugi?"
He had stood up and was looking across the room. Maybe at the clock or something. I don't know…
"Ano?"
Another word I can't understand?
"Um… You know…entering your soul…might be kind of…painful."
Yugi gave somewhat…weird smile and said, "It's alright. I'm used to pain."
I didn't want to go into details, so for some unknown reason I smiled. I guess it's like my cover-up for most things. Confusion, sadness, anger, most things.
"A-Alright…"
Ready, Mahado? Please say yes…
I felt hot and I wanted to throw up. I really felt like sinking back into my old bed in Egypt. But it's not there, I reasoned.
"Yes. Are you ready?"
I looked at him and he nodded. He knew.
"Alright…let's do this." I said.
"Alright." He instructed me, "Put you hands up, right next to each other. Now…put them on his heart." I felt kind of…awkward. But Yugi didn't say anything, or comment on my blush.
"Okay…"
"Now, leave the rest of us..."
I saw my hands glow this dull blue. Then I could feel this pull on my hands like as if I was being sucked into Yugi…
And much to my surprise, I was.
I let out an, "eep!" before I was sucked into vortex.
It took me a moment, but before I knew it, I was in this whole other place…
I looked around. It looked like as if I was on top of one of those buildings they have in Yugi's time. Only…the sky was this blue color. Like as if…it wasn't real. It's hard to explain. As if someone…painted the sky. Blue. I know, it doesn't make sense to me either…
And the building I was on was this kind of stonish, gray color. I looked around and noticed Mahado and the others. Before I could say anything, I felt the ground below us tremble. I looked down and saw that the floor below us was coming apart. Alarmed, I squealed and before anyone could do anything, we fell. I didn't know where we were going, but I guess it happened so fast I really couldn't think. I prepared myself for a hard landing, only to find myself floating slowly to some kind of stone room. I looked around.
"Where are we?"
"This is Yugi's soul's core." Isis said calmly. Had they been expecting that?
"Alright…now…where is the spell…"
"Perhaps the spell will be giving off strong spiritual waves?" Kalim suggested.
Well, obviously there wasn't much else we could do, so I quietly added, "That makes sense…"
"I am sensing a strong spiritual pull this way…" Shada said, and we quietly followed.
We continued to walk down the creepy halls. I could hear our footsteps echo down the hallways. What an…empty core, I thought. I didn't want to say anything though, so I kept my mouth shut.
We continued to walk until we hit a dead end.
I didn't try to hide my annoyance by groaning and saying, "A dead end?"
"No, this is it,"Akumunkanon said. I looked at the wall.
These strange writings…where have I seen them before…
Crap.
"Those…" I started.
"Are in…" Kalim said afterwards.
"The Pharaoh's reincartaion's…" Seto added to the chain.
"Lanuage." Isis ending.
Again. Crap.
"We'll, can we, fetch him?"
I heard a clicking of the tongue before Seto spoke. "I suppose it was foolish of us to think that we could open the spell. It is in his mind. Why wouldn't it be in his language? Do you think that we could, send a message?"
Shada then said, "I believe that we can actually call his spirit in. By using one of his spirit's monsters…"
"Dark Magician." Mahado called upon. The monster appeared, bowed and ready for action. "Can you call Yugi's spirit?" The magician nodded and stood up.
After the magician stood up, he silently raised his staff, and then sent off pulses. It was a way to draw the soul into the soul, if that made sense. After a moment, we felt another presence. It was Yugi.
We stared at him before he said, "Need help?" I felt kind of embarrassed for some reason, but I nodded.
Yugi just stared, waiting for the answer.
Siamun spoke up, "Can you read this?"
Yugi stepped forward, and gazed at the wall.
"Yeah…?"
Atem finally spoke, "Can you read it out loud?"
"Sure I…"
And that was when the room around us exploded.
I heard chuckling…oh gosh I knew that voice…
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?"
That voice…the voice of a snake.
The voice of Bakura.
Before any of us could reply, Bakura let his spirit monster loose.
"Quick! Siamun, Mana, Kalim, Shada, Isis, Seto! We have to protect the pharaohs! Make sure the chant is used!"
Normal POV:
They quickly summonded their soul monsters, and the battle begun. The walls around them began to shake with the force. "We have to hurry!" Atem said.
Yugi nodded before reading,
"Umm… Wings that have once touched the world…um…"
"In your language, boy! In your language!" Akumunkanon yelled over the sound of the roaring monsters.
They were running out of time…
"Oh um…"
Then as the chant when on, it was as if the world had stopped. The noise of the monsters went unheard as the words of the spell were being read,
"ichido zutto sekai ni furete iru raito no tsubasa
kurayami no masuku niyotte ima oowa rete
ichido shimesa reteita junsui na raito
subeteshikashi kaze no chiri no hanten ha ima aru
kurayami de hitasa reru
watashi ha kabe ni miru
shi ha watashi wo gyoushi suru
hakushokukou no bougai
ima watashi haanatani yobu
tasshi , raito no fuzai gakore ijou aruyounishinasai
tenshi no seishin ga watashitachi ni utau younishinasai
soshite kurayami hakore ijou denai
mohaya watashitachi ha giji raito ni manzoku shinai
houfu na tsuchi ga tochi wo mita shi , kansou shitano tori kae ruyounishinasai
soshite kurayami hakore ijou denai
kono 1 tsuhaanatani atae ru
kono mono youki toshite tsuyosa
karui teru yakiwo kyoka shinasai
soshite kurayami hakore ijou denai"
The world then went into a world of white.
The spell was used.
Good had one.
As always… Mana thought with a smile.
The white light had banished Bakura into shadow relm, where he belong. The only thing left…was goodbye.
They slowly turned to Yugi.
A window of light remained, and Yugi stared at it.
"That is your gate back, back to the real world." Shada said.
"Okay…" He said with a sigh. "So, goodbye then?"
Atem slowly nodded.
"Alright, take care." Yugi slowly walked towards the light before Mana shouted out, "Yugi!"
He stopped.
"Please…I…I hope to see you in the world of the dead!" She said, tears in her eyes.
Yugi just continued walking silently, a thumbs up in the air.
And this is when our story comes to an end.
What did you think? I really don't like it. But I've lost interest in this story. So I just quickly finished it up. There was a whole bunch I wanted to add, but I really don't think that I can fit it all in. So this is good bye to this story. Hope you liked my sorry excuse for an ending, but I really am glad to get this off my chest. Thanks!
Sesshoumaru Minion.
Here is the English version of Yugi's chant:
The wings of light that have once touched the world
Now covered by the mask of dark
The pure light that was once shown
Is all now but a speck of dust in the wind
Soaked in Darkness
I look upon a wall
Death stares down at me
Blocking the white light
Now I call onto you
Reach down and let the absence of light be no more
Let the spirits of angels sing to us
And the darkness be no more
No longer shall we be satisfied with fake light
Let rich soil fill the lands and replace the dry
And the darkness be no more
This one gives onto you
This ones strength as a vessel
Let the light shine
And the darkness be no more
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I actually think that I made this when I was like...eleven years old or something like that. That's why it's kind of cheap sounding, but hey. It looks good in Japanese. XD