~Ari~
I watch Yami from the cliff. He just sits down there and doesn't do anything. "Is he still blaming himself for what happened to Yugi?" I ask Ironheart.
"Yes. He needs to repair the hole within his heart." He says.
Yami continues to just sit there, but I suppose he needs to be alone. I look up at the sky and it begins to turn dark and has lightning running through it. What's happing? It can't be a storm, can it? The ground starts shaking violently and the ground next to Yami begins to crack. I can feel a dark presence coming from down there though.
A dark aura rises out of the cracks and forms in the shape of a soldier-like creature. I can't make out too many details from here, but I think I can see the Orichalcos symbol on his head. "The Pharaoh must be careful. That beast is more dangerous than he knows." Ironheart says.
"So, you've seen that thing before?" I say.
Ironheart merely nods, "I faced that beast in the battle of Atlantis against the evil Lord Dartz."
"So, you two were there? All that time ago?"
Chris and Ironheart nod. I look back over to where Yami is to see that the sky above them is even darker, if that's possible. A spinning green circle then comes out of the clouds. "Yami, get out of there!" I shout.
Too late. The circle forms around Yami and the soldier and the Seal of Orichalcos is completed. Does that beast want to duel him? The soldier summons a monster and it goes in for an attack on Yami. Before it hits though, a barrier forms around Yami and protects him. "Pharaoh, the lost spirits of Atlantis are here to protect you! Summon your own creatures and you will be assisted!" Ironheart shouts.
Yami nods and then fuses Gazelle and Berfomet together to summon Chimera. It then destroys the other beast on the field and the soldier is down to 2800 Life Points. The beast reappears with more attack points, but Chimera destroys it again, bringing the soldier down to 2100. Yami activates Fissure to destroy the beast once more, but it just comes back again.
It then destroys Chimera, but Yami can still summon Gazelle from his Graveyard. Yami has 3700 Life Points. The beast goes to attack Gazelle, but Yami activates Mirror Force, but the beast comes right back. Gazelle is then destroyed and Yami is down to 2300. I'm worried that he could lose, even though it might be unlikely.
Yami summons Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, but it gets attacked, but not destroyed due to its effect. Yami is now down to 800 Life Points. Okay, now losing could be likely. "Can't we help him?" I say.
"There is one way." Ironheart grabs the Timaeus card from his robe, "I must return it to him." He then runs down the cliff side and heads toward Yami.
"Grandpa, don't!" Chris says, "Oh, he'll never fight those evil spirits alone. Sky, come on we're going to help!"
Chris gets onto the back of Sky and begins to run down the cliff. Well, I guess I can help out too. I begin to follow them down the cliff and hope that I can help in any way. Ironheart almost makes it to where the Seal is, but is then shot down by a flash of lightning. Oh my gosh!
I run toward Ironheart's body, which his flesh is burning, but he isn't dead yet. Chris and Sky come up to him as well, "Grandpa, say something!" Chris says.
"Is there anything we can do?" I say.
"C-Chris, take this card to t-the Pharaoh." He says holding it out to her. She takes the card and then Ironheart disappears into thin air.
"Grandpa, don't leave!" Chris says. She begins to cry, but then tries to wipe away her tears. "Ari, stay back. Sky and I can handle this."
"You can't go alone! You'll be killed!" I say.
She ignores me and then gets onto Sky's back and they run off toward the Seal. I run after them, because I know they can't do this alone. As they run, Sky is shot down and then disappears. Chris gets back onto her feet, but is then shot down herself. "Chris!" I shout.
I run up to her body, "You're going to be alright, Chris." I lie. I know she won't survive.
"I-I need to bring the P-Pharaoh this c-card." She says.
I nod and pick her up. I start running toward the Seal, which I can hear Yami yelling at me to stay back, but I ignore him. I run to the edge of the Seal and try to put my hand through the Seal, but it shocks my hand. I still hold Chris in my arms, and looks on the verge of death."What now?" I say.
Chris weakly holds her hand out to the Seal and is able to put her hand through it. "P-Pharaoh, here, take this." She says.
Yami grabs the Eye of Timaeus from her, "Thank you." He says.
"N-no, I should be t-thanking you."
With that said, she disappears from my arms and I know she's dead. There's no time to morn her death though, because that soldier keeps trying to attack. "Yami, I know that Timaeus will trust you if you just believe in him. If you going to use him, do it now." I say.
He nods and turns around to face the beast. "I sacrifice Celtic Guardian in order to summon Dark Magician Girl! Next, I call forth the Eye of Timaeus! Now fuse together!" he says.
The two of them then destroy the beast and breaks the Seal. I run up and hug Yami, "I'm proud of you. You are worthy of using Timaeus." I say.
He nods, "It came at a heavy price though. Ironheart, Chris, and Sky are all in the grasp of Dartz now." He says.
"We'll save them, just like we will with Yugi."
He nods sadly, but seems to accept the fact that Yugi was taken now. "Come on, we need to find the others." He says.
We walk away from the area and begin to climb up a cliff. This one is a lot higher than the cliff we came down from and a bit steeper too. Yami climbs up first, with me behind him. He reaches the top and then holds out his hand to me. I grasp it and get pulled up to the top. "What's the plan now?" I ask.
"The train tracks. They seem to head back where we left the others. Hopefully, they haven't wandered off and we can find them down there." Yami says.
We begin walking down the tracks. We've been walking for quite a while, but then something comes to mind, "Wait, what if the gang isn't even on the tracks?" I say.
"Then they have to be somewhere around here." Yami says.
"Wait, do you see that?" I say pointing upward.
He looks up at the sky and those same arrays of lights appear. The ones that appeared that night the Great Beast first appeared. "What does it mean?" Yami says.
When I was writing this, I expected it to be longer, but hey; I got a chapter up, right? I'm gonna try and work on the Yami/Ari scenes a bit more, but the plot gets in the way. I try to find time to fit them in, but sometimes I feel I can't fit it in. Sorry 'bout that.