Dark Magician and Celtic Guardian: (Are about to read the next chapter.)
Jgal: (pops out of nowhere) Hey guys, how do you like it?
Celtic Guardian: Oh, Jgal, yeah uh, its great…
Dark Magician: (Glares at Celtic) I thought you said you snatched it from her while she was swimming with Water Omotics?
Celtic Guardian: Um….well…you see, Jgal….
Jgal: Quit babbling and click for the next chapter.
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QUEST FOR THE FORBIDDEN ONE
By,
Jgal
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
DIVE DOWN UNDER
MAGICIAN OF BLACK CHAOS
A crystal ball in Chaos's chambers shattered when Rabid Horseman was destroyed, "So he's fail me. Dark Magician is still alive and I still don't have the Forbidden pieces." Magician of black Chaos was watching the fight in one of his magic card globes, and you can bet he wasn't satisfied, "Those two are proving to more of a nuisance than I expected."
At that moment he heard a light feminine laughter behind him, "Aw, is your little brother picking on you?" Two long slender arms wrapped around Chaos's neck, followed by more giggles, "You ought to let me handle those troublemakers Chaos. Don't waste anymore of our soldiers." Magician of Black Chaos grinned and sighed, "We've been through this a hundred times, you can't duel them yet. Your powers aren't strong enough to handle them."
A tall blond girl in the shodows released Chaos and sat on the arm of his armchair., "And why not?! Dark is an easy picking and the elf would be a synch. You've got to give me a chance at them."
Black Chaos stood up from his chair making her fall in his place.
"Oof!" she moaned with surprise.
He looked around and smiled seeing how determined his apprentice could be while still being a silly teenager, "Alright, you want a mission I'll give you one."
"Really!?"
"I want you to go to Wasteland and retrieve the Forbidden piece there. As long as we have one of them Dark Magician won't be able to collect them all."
"Thanks Chaos! I won't let down!" She gave him a big hug and disappeared in a puff of pink smoke. Not a minute later a Witty Phantom appeared from the shadows, "Do you thinkto let her go off on her own like that? She does have some issues against Dark Magician herself you know."
Black Chaos ignored the fiend's concern, "Don't worry, she's never disappointed me before and she won't fail me now."
But the phantom disagreed, "You can't control her forevermaster. She's got too much of her father in her. No doubt she would want to avenge him."
Magician of Black Chaos activated another card to see our travelers again, "Too true."
CELTIC GUARDIAN
At last, they were out of the Mountain realm!
"Whoowe!" Celtic yelled running onto the sun kissed beaches of Umi as the waves crashed along the shoreline, "FINALLY! We're at Umi!" he said looked out on the crystal clear waters. "I've got to admit, this is a nice looking realm."
"Don't forget Warrior that this is only the entrance of the realm, the main part is far below the surface." said Dark Magician said putting on the last of his lavender armor.
At last they've made it to their original destination; after facing hard treacherous obstacles with Harpies, Dragons, Beast Warriors and viruses. They've grown stronger and more dependable since they first left on this journey, yet still, confrontation soured this unlikely friendship.
"So eh, where do we do now?" Celtic Guardian asked while stretching his arms.
"Wasteland should be our goal next." The Spellcaster said remembering Saggi's tournament.
"What!? You're actually falling for that dirty trick?! That clown just made that up to make us follow him into his trap!"
"True, but then again Dark Clowns tend to put a bit of truth into their lies. Sure he lead us in the wrong direction, but perhapes there IS a special tournament in Wasteland that has a piece of the Forbidden One as the first prize. We'll just need to go there and find out."
Celtic was sick of remembering that traitor, "Seesh! Is that stinking clown all we think about now!? There MIGHT be a tournament in Wasteland but it could also be another trap in case we figured out the clown's plan sooner and forced him to take us there."
"Oh and what do you suggest? Sit around here until we're old men?" Dark Magician questioned VERY disgruntle.
"Yeah. We can go to the 'Giai Power' tree in the Forest realm and ask the Lady Panthers there where the last three pieces are, since the Black Rage might still have those decoys up." Responded the elf after hesitating a bit, "They'rewell known fortune tellers lately."
"You would believe a few physic cats over my superior powers? Honestly Warrior you're sense of faith is as compatible as a Revival Jam."
That pushed Celtic Guardian to the brink of his self-control. He threw off his helmet and slammed it on the sand, "That's it! It's one thing to criticize my judgment, another to still thrust a dead clown, but STOP CALLING ME WARRIOR!! My name is Celtic! Not Warrior! Not swordsman! Celtic! Cel-tic! Celtic! What does it take for you to get it right?!" he said to the point of screaming, "Above all that I'm getting sick of your constant delusion you have that you think you're superior than me!"
"This comes from a man who clams he would never harm any creature and battles with honor. You're a Duel Monster remember, and duel means fight no matter how underhanded or conniving! "
At that moment, when Dark turned toward the elf, his face came in contact with an oncomming fist.
Pow!
He fell flat on the ground with a hard thump, he covered his right eye with one hand as a serge of pain and shock rushed through his body.
"Is that what you mean? Guess it's not so great when you're the one on the ground." said Celtic as he rubbed his fist into his hand.
Now angered Dark Magician thrashed his strobe under Celtic's feet knocking him over.
He fell painfully onto his butt on the sand. His left ankle was nearly twisted around, "Ow. Alright, you're dead!"
At that both men lunged at each other in a violent brawl. They punched, pulled, scratched, and bit at each other while rolling around on the sand and gradually in the water.
Luckily the freezing ocean discouraged the boys from killing each other further and drove them back to dry land.
"Fine. You think you're so tough? Well let's see how well you'll fair if you're on your own without me!" the elf sneered angrily, whipping of some of the salt water from his face.
Dark Magician growled at him like a dog, "Just you wait. You'll be running back like a frightened child because you can't handle this yourself." "Alright, you take your Forbidden piece and I'll take mine. We'll see who gets the last three pieces."
"Fine."
"Fine!"
They gave each other a hatful glare and tried to restrain themselves from punching the heck out of one another again. In the end they just turned around and stormed away in their own separate ways across the sandy beach, each holding only one piece of The Forbidden One to guide them..It seems that for all they've been through, this was the end.
"I can't believe that nimrod of a wizard! Arg. After facing death he's still a murderous monster. I should have let him die back there in the mountains. At least that way this world would be safer." Celtic yelled to himself for a while, when at last he cooled down somewhat. He could never hold a temper long. "He thinks I'm going to the Forest realm again but he's wrong. I've got to get back to Sogen. I have to see if my brother's alright. I can still feel his pain from the attack."
(A.N. Elvin brothers can feel each other's feeling, pains, and powers. They can even communicate telepathically to each other if their close enough distance-wise.)
"Mother and Father left me that village and it's my duty to protect it. I shouldn't even be on thing mission. Dragons or no dragons, I'm going home!"
Celtic Guardian walked along the ocean waves for nearly an hour as they roared and crashed beside the mountain walls ahead with devastating force. By that time Celtic had finally cooled off all his anger. He remembered that the only he can truly keep his village safe was to be away from it, "Sigh. But there's no way I can find those pieces. It seems like Dark Magician is the only one who knows what he's doing. I always seem to be in the way." He reached into his pocket and pulled out his Forbidden piece. The gold tint in the Right Leg glowed and twinkled in his grasp. The Warrior gazed up into the sky, "Why me?"
Then a thought struck his mind, "Hey maybe this can work." The Guardian tried the locater spell again, focusing as much energy as he could. When the beam shot into the sky only two lights came from it. One went behind him and the other shot straight across the ocean.
"Crap. I can't cross that, and the other one would no doubt lead back to HIM. (Deep thought) Guess I better find a boat or something."
Suddenly, everything became quiet and still. The water had calmed down till not even a ripple was left.
"Nigiv riaf em ot emoc
yarp ym em ot emoc,
Ecorf efil ruoy rednerrus
Sloof wollef ruoy nioj dna
Aes naeco fo drayevrag ym ni."
(For translation put a small mirror beside each line.)
"What?"
A heavenly tune then filled the air with an enchanting melody. The sound was soothing, yet mysterious.
"Where's it coming from?" Celtic asked himself. He then walked up at a shallow area where a large rock stood just above the drop off like an island. There, sitting on top of the rock was a beautiful mermaid creature in which he had never seen before.
Her skin was a mild green like the sea foam, her hair was auburn, wavy and long. The tail was of a deep pink with orange fins, and she had a pink tank top made of fibers from sea plants.
She was singing by the shore when Celtic approached.
"Who is that?" Celtic Guardian wondered. The mermaid just starred at him with her cool sea-blue eyes, then continued her song.
"Nigriv riaf em ot emoc
,erup dna eerf os ho
woleb nwod em htiw mioj
etaf yretaw ruoy teem dna"
The enchanting music filled the elf's ears, his eyes felt droopy and tired as her lullaby kept going.
DARK MAGICIAN
Meanwhile Dark Magician himself was handling his own dilemma. "That elf is an annoying arrogant little BAKA! Anyone can tell he isn't going back into the forest realm. He's going home. To Sogen. Where more of Chaos's dragon can find him easily. Fine. Let them eat him, it'll save me the trouble of killing him myself." The Spellcaster removed the Left Arm of the Forbidden One from his shirt. Gazing into it, the card sparkled from the reflecting light from the now calm waters. He slowly felt a black eye beginning to form on his face where Celtic had hit him, "I don't need anybody. not my brother, Not the Warrior, not the old sage, no one."
All of a sudden dark too heard a mysterious melody from the shores,
"Nigiv riaf em ot emoc yarp ym em ot emoc,"
the magician listened to the sing for a moment then shrugged, "It's just the Enchanting Mermaids, no real threat."
After walking on for another few minutes dark grew a bit nerves of the continuing hymns, "Wait a minute, why are they singing? They only sing when their hunting, and even then it's for prey that are much stronger than they are." His wariness then grew into worry, "I know that a mermaid's spell only works on virgins, so that means…" "(Gasp!) Celtic!"
CELTIC GUARDIAN
Step by step, Celtic walked into the cold water toward the mermaid. The sudden icey chill in his boots couldn't break him from the Fish monster's hypnotizing trance. "What's happening? I can't control myself. What's going on!?"
Now knee deep in the water the song draws him ever closer to the island. The Enchanting Mermaid splashed the surface to test how strong her power over him was. She smiled seeing how he didn't react to the sudden change in her movements and continued to near her.
"Celtic! Celtic stop!" out called a voice far away. But the elf just kept going.
DARK MAGICIAN
Running across the beach as fast as he could, the Spellcaster Dark Magician raced back to find the Warrior Celtic, "I hope I'm not right about this, this time."
Flashback:
"You don't have to like him, but I'm counting on you to keep that elf alive on your mission." A very disgruntled Dark Sage ordered the younger mage. "Don't dishonor me!"
:End Flashback
Finally he found the elf now with the water up his waist, and the mermaid still calling out to him.
"Celtic! Celtic stop!"
But the magician's voice had fallen on deaf ears. The Fish monster's spell became overwhelming for Celtic. He could no longer even think for himself anymore.
Dark rushed in front of the Warrior getting his robes seriously wet, "Celtic wake up! You've got to snap out of it. Don't let her song consume you!" he tried to get Celtic Guardian away by pushing on his shoulders backwards to dry land. Unfortunately the harder Dark pushed, the further into the water they went. The mage glanced up at the guardian's face, in shock he found that Celtic was in a blank stare. There were no signs of emotion of conciseness on the Warrior's face. Even his amber colored eyes and pupilsseemed to have disappeared.
"I've got to get him out of here before she gets her hands on him."
The Enchanting mermaid became frustrated with the Spellcaster's interference, so with a quick wave of her hand she commanded her victim to get rid of him.
Celtic grabbed Dark Magician by the arm and threw him face-first into the water.
Splash!
He lunged his head up for air, seeing Celtic had now reached the marmaid's rock, "No Celtic!"
But he was too late, for the mermaid had wrapped her arms around the elf warrior and dragged him below the surface of Umi, disappearing without a trace.
Dark glared at the ocean depths, desperate and worried. There was only one was to save Celtic Guardian now. "Darn it, and I just got my armor back on."
Dark Magician quickly removed his lavender shielding, cast them onto the beach, strapped his rod to his back, and plunged into the water.
Dark Magician: So you did the Disclaimer for Jgal in exchange for the files?
Celtic Guardian: Yeah. It was either that or clean the dragon chambers.
Jgal: Okay Dark, now it's your turn.
Dark Magician: (Sigh) Jgal doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh. (walks off)
Jgal: Hey! Where are you going?
Dark Magician: Where do you think? I got to get some scuba gear.
Celtic Guardian: Wait, I'm going with you.
Jgal: (Deep sigh) read and Review. Hang on I'm coming too!