Edited 7/29/13
If you think last chapter was crazy…wait til you read this one!
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I do not under any circumstances, own Yu-gi-oh. If I did, then Bakura would have been saved just like the rest of the villains. And there would be a lot of Darkshipping.
I own: The OC Characters, the plot, the Realm of Light, the title Queen Crazy, my Bakura plushie, my Bakura poster and of course myself.
Warning: This story is Darkshipping/Casteshipping so if you have some type of problem with the pairing of Bakura and Atem then you obviously need to hit the back button because I love that pairing. So I'm writing this story. This is a Yaoi story as well and there will be eventually a lemon. If you don't like that either then I suggests you just leave this page.
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Chapter Twenty-four: The War
[Atem's POV]:
"What the hell is that?" Mariku cried eyes wider than saucers.
"It's Diabound!" Zorc spat.
"Who the hell is Diabound?" Mariku asked.
"It's Bakura's Ka, don't you remember me telling you about it fool?!" Zorc hissed.
I didn't say anything, I sat in the cage staring at the back of Diabound, she had grown a lot. I thought she had been destroyed when Bakura sacrificed himself, but apparently that wasn't the case.
But where had she come from? I glanced over at Bakura; he was unconscious, lying on the concrete, not moving at all. What happened to him? I looked back over at Zorc and Mariku. Mariku walked over to where Zorc was.
"We need to get rid of that thing!" Mariku hissed. He chanted something, using the Rod to summon the Mask Beast Des Gardius.
"Attack!" Mariku shouted.
"You fool!" Zorc cried. "That monster is too weak for Touzoku's Ka!"
Mariku didn't listen, Des Gardius attacked Diabound. Diabound sent out her famous Helical Shock Wave, sending Mariku's monster back into the wall, the wall shattered.
Mariku's eyes widened.
"I told you fool, none of your pathetic monsters are going to win!" Zorc laughed "Only I can defeat Diabound!"
Diabound hissed, her snake tail waving in the air, fangs baring at Mariku and Zorc.
"Well, if we can't defeat Diabound, we can use monsters to destroy the cage." Mariku said with a laugh.
Zorc smirked, "I like the sound of that."
Mariku summoned Makyura, the Destructor. "Makyura, attack the cage!" Mariku yelled.
Makyura started to attack the cage. My eyes widened this was it. I would be dead here soon. Diabound blasted the monster with another Helical Shock Wave, but Makyura moved out of the way. The blast hit Zorc instead, who was conjuring up some shadow magic, which disappeared when Diabound's attack hit him.
Zorc snarled "Why you little!" Zorc sent flames at Diabound who moved out of the way, the flames hit the cage. I was inches away from the lava now, the bottom to the cage was halfway in the lava. I scooted up to the "safe" half, this was really it this time. Diabound looked over at me, noticing I was about to fall in the lava, she used her tail, wrapping it around my waist, jerking me out, throwing me across the room. I landed hard on the concrete. I groaned in pain, my head hurt really badly, I was still handcuffed with the shadow bindings.
Makyura ran over to Diabound attacking her, Diabound growled sending another attack, hitting Mariku's monster head on, needless to say that monster won't show his face around Diabound anymore.
I leaned against the wall, watching. Zorc lifted his dragon spitting fire at Diabound, Diabound cried, being slammed against the opposite wall.
"Come on Diabound!" Zorc cackled. "Get your lazy ass up!"
Lazy? Did he seriously just say Diabound was lazy? Diabound was a lot of things, but lazy wasn't one of them! Diabound was extremely powerful. She had been equal in power with Obelisk the Tormentor and Slifer the Sky Dragon, her special ability allowed her to take any abilities from any monster once she had defeated them. Zorc said that Bakura had trained growing up, I'm sure he trained Diabound as well, so why would Zorc…
Diabound hissed flying over head of Zorc blasting him with Helical Shock Wave. Zorc growled lifting his hand, sending some flames her way, Diabound dodged the attack. Zorc hissed in frustration.
I couldn't believe this. Diabound was fighting Zorc, but why? I had fought Diabound a lot, I destroyed her when I summoned Ra, and, of course, Bakura used his hourglass to reverse time saving himself and his creature. I watched, staring in awe. Diabound was holding her own against Zorc, but how was she even summoned? Bakura was out cold. I looked over at him again, he still hadn't moved. I hope he was okay….
"Do something you fool!" Zorc snapped as he continued to attack Diabound.
"What the hell do you want me to do?" Mariku hissed jumping out of the way as another attack blasted beside of him. "All my monsters are too weak to defeat this creature!"
"I'll deal with Diabound, you get the Pharaoh away from Bakura!" Zorc hissed blasting another fire ball at Diabound. Diabound blasted Zorc sending him flying into the wall that Des Gardius had been flung into, completely shattering the wall, the place looked like a complete disaster. The cage I was in had fallen into the lava, instantly the metal bars melted away, the ground shook. Bakura's jail cell had been left untouched.
"Kind of hard to get over there when you keep blasting the place down!" Mariku shouted.
"Not my problem, figure it out Mariku, you're smart, wait that's a lie, you're an idiot!" Zorc yelled
"Whatever!" Mariku yelled he looked over at me. He was on the opposite side, the lava was in-between us, the concrete around the lava was beginning to crack, the only way he would be able to get to me would be to walk around to where Bakura was, then jump, but I doubt he could make that.
"This would be so much easier if I could summon Ra." Mariku mumbled under his breath. He stood there for a while trying to figure out what to do. Zorc and Diabound continued their fights, blasting each other; the place was shattering bit by bit. Zorc flew up, tackling Diabound to the ground, knocking her into the wall beside of me.
"Are you going to stand there or do something fool?" Zorc hissed not even looking at Mariku. Diabound bit Zorc with her tail. Zorc hissed, trying to blast me but Diabound blasted him.
"I'm trying to figure out what to do!" Mariku shouted. "I can't get over to the pharaoh"
"Then do something else!" Zorc snapped. "If you want Touzoku then you need to think, stop being a damn idiot for once in your life, it's right in front of you!"
My eyes widened. I knew exactly where this was going. Mariku smirked turning around; he lifted the Rod undoing the bindings Bakura and my bindings. I stood up slowly only to jump to get away from almost being squished by a giant piece of rock.
Mariku opened the door to the jail; he picked Bakura up, holding the Millennium Rod with the other.
"Oh Pharaoh," Mariku said pressing the Millennium Rod against Bakura's throat
"Let him go!" I warned.
"Now, what kind of fun would that be?" Mariku laughed.
"I'll show you fun when I get over there!" I yelled.
"You can't come over here, look around you," he said lifting his hand, gesturing around the place. "This place is almost destroyed; under the floor is nothing but lava, which means that once the floor goes, everyone will be in the lava. But how are you going to get over here? You don't have a Millennium Item, so you can't protect yourself or summon any monsters, face it Pharaoh, you're going to lose."
He was right, the floor cracked inch by inch, each attack that Diabound and Zorc blasted, whenever they avoided each other's attacks, the walls would crumble and shake. The floor would shatter piece by piece, the lava seeping through the cracks. What was I supposed to do? There was a giant gap between the side I was on and the other side, I couldn't jump, I would never make it, but I couldn't just stand here either.
I looked over at Diabound; she had her tail wrapped around Zorc's neck, blasting him at the same time. Zorc grabbed Diabound throwing her off, she hit the wall hard. This wasn't looking too good, seconds were ticking by. Bakura's existence was on the line as well as my own. Would this truly be the end? I would cease to exist because of Mariku and Zorc? Why was Diabound here? She didn't need to risk herself….I gasped in realization.
"Diabound is protecting me." I said.
"If you say so." Mariku said with a shrug.
"What do you mean?" I asked. "It's obvious that she is. So explain."
"Bakura doesn't care anything about you, he's trying to kill you!" Mariku laughed.
"If that were the case, then why didn't he let me die before Diabound came out and why is he passed out?" I asked.
"Oh that's just a trick." Mariku said. "He wants you to think he's saving you because he wants to get all the glory for killing you."
"You're lying!" I hissed. "I know Bakura, I've known him for over five-thousand years! Don't play that shit Mariku! Bakura is always straight-forward and to the point."
"If you say so that's not the real Bakura though." he said."That's the side he wanted you to see."
"Wrong!" I shouted.
Mariku blinked.
"I know the real Bakura because I've met Bakura's family. He gets his bluntness from his mother, and people who are blunt do not side step anything! Every battle I've had with Bakura, Bakura never once set his people to attack me! He always did it! So if Bakura wanted me to die then he would have me dead! Something else is going on!" I shouted.
"You think you're so smart, but you're not!" Mariku yelled."You're nothing! You can't get over here to save your precious Bakura!" Mariku sneered pressing the knife deeper into Bakura's throat. I clenched my fists at my sides. This was bad; this was really, really bad. How could I get over there to save him? He was in Mariku's hands, but I couldn't stand here. No I had to do something! I wasn't going to let Bakura fall! I came here to save Bakura, that's what I planned on doing. I stepped back a few feet, I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to make it or not, but I had to try.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Mariku cried as I started running, getting ready to jump. I braced myself, this was it: I was either going to make it to the other side or fall into a pit of lava.
"You'll never make it fool!" Mariku cried he let go of Bakura pointing the Rod toward me, slinging me against the wall. I groaned in pain, my head was splitting. I stood up slowly, my vision swam. I was seeing double of everything.
I tried again, the same thing happened over and over and over again.
"Give it up Pharaoh!" Mariku cackled "You're weak! I knew I should have been pharaoh all along! If you truly love him then you wouldn't have hurt him! If you truly love him then let him go! He'll never be happy with you! He belongs with me! I love him! I'll protect him, I'll love him! You can't love him! He'll always want to be in control, you can't give him what he needs! Give him up!"
"He needs to be with his family." I said slowly standing up."He needs to experience how it feels without chains around him. He needs to let go of the past, and he needs to realize that Zorc used him. He needs someone to talk to, someone to listen to what he has to say, he needs to be happy, he needs to be saved from himself!" I shouted. "He needs his soul mate."
"Well, if he needs his soul mate then I'm here, so I'll be taking him now." Mariku said he walked over to where Bakura was, picking him up.
"You're NOT his soul mate!" I hissed. "You're a horrible person! If you truly loved Bakura like you said then you would let him go! You keep telling me to let him go but I'm here to make sure he becomes happy. I don't care what happens to me, Bakura's happiness is everything to me! I love Bakura, more than anything in this world! All you're doing is using him for your own selfish needs; Bakura is not a play toy! I will not stand here and listen to you say you love him and know him because you do not! I do! Yes, I have done him wrong and yes he has done me wrong, but I'm willing to forgive him. I'm here to save him, you will not have Bakura!"
Mariku started to say something but was cut off, his eyes widened as Diabound blasted him with White Lightning, sending him flying across the room, Zorc was lying on the ground, I knew he'd get up soon, so I had to act fast, using all the strength I could muster, I jumped. Half way, I thought I would fall, but Diabound caught me placing me beside of Bakura.
I knelt down, rolling Bakura over, he wasn't breathing or anything. My heart stopped. What? How was this happening?! And was Diabound able to come out if….tears fell from my eyes. The whole building shook but I didn't care, Zorc had awoken and Diabound was attacking him once again. I held Bakura in my arms. I couldn't believe this….he was gone. I failed him. I failed the Gods, I failed Koranna, Azizi, Nalori,…Adom. They would never see him again because I didn't act fast enough.
I couldn't go back to the Afterlife, not like this. Bakura was gone. I couldn't save him. There was nowhere else for me to go. I realized what was missing in the Afterlife, I spent all that time glad that Bakura was gone, hoping that I would never see him again. I was so angry when Nalori came up to me, demanding that I save Bakura. I wanted nothing to do with him, I despised him for what pain he had caused the world, I hated him for the pain he caused my friends and me. I wanted him gone, never to return.
Then I met Azizi and everything changed, I realized that I couldn't keep him from his family. I had to do the right thing, so I did. I finally talked to the Gods and Horakhty granted me permission to access her realm so that I could save Bakura, but I only had a year to do so.
When I entered the Realm of Light, Bakura was nowhere to be found. I searched everywhere for him, I finally found him on a mountain near a creek, we argued and I told him about his family, he didn't want to hear it and took off again. After a while, I finally found him, we of course argued again, but something felt different….
When I looked into his eyes everything changed. I fell, and I fell so hard. I couldn't help but kiss him, I wanted him, I wanted him close to me, being with him, I was complete, and I was whole. I was happy, truly happy, being in his arms, being touched by him.
Now, I'll never experience that again, Azizi and Mother were right….
I was in love with Bakura
"Poor Pharaoh!" Mariku cackled. "Your baby is all dead now!"
I gently placed Bakura down. I stood up, turning around to face Mariku who was standing near the jail he hadn't been saying anything was beyond me, not that I cared, but still, it was strange, perhaps he was trying to help Zorc defeat Diabound.
"I'm going to kill you!" I yelled.
"Don't bother, you can't even touch me!" Mariku laughed. "Now, I'm going to take my prize." he started to walk over to me but he fell. My eyes widened when he was holding on to the poles, his feet inches from the lava. I stood there, he could grab my hand and I could pull him up, but this could be a trick too.
I looked over at Zorc and Diabound, they were still blasting each other, the place shook, the jail started to crumple. I looked down at Mariku who was trying to pull himself up, but he kept sliding back down. I knew I was going to regret this. I knelt down, holding the bars with one hand; I reached my other hand out. Mariku blinked confused by my actions.
"Grab on!" I yelled "Or you're going to be swallowed by Zorc's lava."
Mariku hesitated for a long time, glaring at him; he probably thought I was tricking him. The room was close to collapsing all together, I saw a flash of Slifer's Thunder Force fly overhead completely shattering another wall. The floor cracked more, there was hardly any left.
"NOW!" I shouted.
Mariku grabbed my hand. I tried to lift him, but he pulled me down. Bakura slid toward us, all of us falling; we were inches from the lava. Mariku tried to reach for his Rod but it was too far to reach, he had dropped it when he fell. Mariku had me by the leg; I held onto the poles, Bakura was up against my back. I couldn't save Bakura and Mariku, I knew that. If I tried to pull Mariku up again he would pull me down, causing Bakura to fall as well. I was the only thing preventing Bakura from falling in the lava. But on the other hand, if I let Mariku fall, then that might cause the rest of the area we were on to fall into the lava, thus, Bakura and I would as well.
"Do something Pharaoh!" Mariku cried struggling to keep from touching the lava, his toes were inches from it. He tightened his grip on my legs.
I moved trying to back up, pushing Bakura with me, Mariku started lifting slowly. The place shook more, Zorc blasting where we were, the wall cracked.
"Looks like the three stooges are in a bind!" Zorc laughed.
"What is the point in all of this?" I yelled as the wall continued to crack.
"Is it not obvious?" Zorc laughed. "I'm here to destroy the world, with you three out of the way; I'll be able to do so."
"Three?" I asked.
"Yes." Zorc replied rolling his eyes, "three, can't you count fool?!"
"I can count!" I yelled jerking myself back. Mariku's grip tighting on me even more. "But Mariku is on your side"
"I don't need that fool anymore!" Zorc cackled. Mariku's eyes widened.
"You used me!" Mariku shouted.
"Of course!" Zorc laughed. "What did you expect? Did you honestly think I cared about how you felt about Touzoku; he's mine he will always be mine! If I can't have him no one can! Since he's dead now, I'll take the pleasure of eliminating all of you! Take a look around, Diabound is down for the count, she can't save you! I planned this: all of it! I knew that Bakura would somehow summon Diabound, it was perfect timing too. I used you to lure Atem and Bakura together, I needed someone that thought they had strong feelings for Bakura, so I used you." Zorc smirked,"but look on the bright side, at least you get to be with the one you love!"
"You're horrible!" I shouted. "How can you do that to someone!"
"What's it to you pharaoh?" Zorc asked "Mariku was trying to take Bakura away from you; he tried to take your power before you sent him here."
"Maybe so, but that doesn't mean he needs to die! That doesn't mean that he deserves to be you puppet! He's not! He may have been created but he's still a person, he's capable of change, everyone is! They just have to be given a chance!"
"Chances are for cowards!" Zorc laughed
"The only coward around here is you" I snapped
"What?!" Zorc cried his body shaking with anger, his eyes full of rage and hatred.
I laughed."You're the one that's pathetic!" I shouted "You think you're so tough but you're not! You use people that have had things happen in their lives, you manipulate them to fit your needs! You're afraid of your sister! That's why you used Bakura to kill me because you knew I had a connection with her, but you know what! It backfired! You knew that I was Bakura's soul mate; you lied to Bakura telling him that love and happiness were evil, that my father ordered the attack on his village. When you failed at destroying the world, you used Mariku as bait to lure Bakura to you! You played with his mind, just like Bakura's promising him power and that he would be able to have Bakura and that Bakura would return his feelings! But you knew that he couldn't because Bakura isn't Mariku's soul mate! No, he's mine!"
Zorc threw his head back in a fit of laughter, the building continued to shake, the floor was cracking, Bakura pushing up against me, I pulled up, Mariku was slipping.
"How could you?!" Mariku shouted."I thought you wanted me to help you destroy the world!"
"I don't need any help doing that fool!" Zorc cried. "I'm the most powerful God in the world! No one can defeat me! I enjoyed having you as my puppets, but now it's time to go, farewell!" Zorc started forming some of his power, this was it. I closed my eyes, saying a prayer for everyone, praying to the Gods that Bakura's, Mariku's, and my family would be safe and happy. I waited for a while, nothing came. I heard some commotion going on.
"Diabound is back." Mariku said.
I opened my eyes and sure enough she was. Diabound blasted Zorc with White Lightning and then Thunder Force and Helical Shock Wave back to back; Zorc hissed in pain, falling to the ground, he fell into the lava, screaming in pain. He tried to reach for Diabound's tail but she jerked away, flying toward us. Zorc started swimming in the lava, going after Diabound. Zorc grabbed her, pulling her down. She roared in pain and frustration, the wall collapsed and we fell…..
"Fuck!" Mariku screamed.
"Mariku, grab the Rod!" I yelled as we fell.
"I don't know where it is!" he shouted frantically.
"Beside of you! Switch your hand and grab it!" I yelled
"Are you nuts?" he cried. "I'll fall!"
"I've got you!" I shouted "Just trust me!"
He hesitated, looking at me like I was crazy."Just trust me!" I yelled. He did. He grabbed the Rod.
"Use the Rod to get us out of here!" I yelled.
"Where?" he cried
"The Realm of Light, we need to get out of the Shadow Realm, as long as we're here, Zorc will have power, and he'll find a way to come after us!" I said
"Horakhty isn't going to let me go into the Realm of Light!" he yelled.
"Yes she will, trust me!" I shouted Mariku's feet started going into the lava he screamed in pain.
"Hurry up, we don't have much time!" I shouted looking over at Diabound and Zorc fighting.
Mariku said a chant after a while, we all ended in the Realm of Light. We fell through the Shadow Realm-Realm of Light gate, falling hard.
"Ow!" Mariku hissed rubbing his back. I slowly sat up. The lights and shadows were intertwining together, the gate hissing, the shadows were trying to take over, but the light wasn't backing off. Mariku stood up looking around.
"Hey where's the Rod and where's Bakura?" he asked.
I blinked slowly getting to my feet. I looked around as well; the Millennium Rod that had been in Mariku's hand was gone.
"I don't think the Rod can exist in this realm." I said looking up at him.
"Hmm" he said "So where's Bakura?"
"I don't know" I said softly
"Do you…" he said looking at the gate.
Oh no! No! No! He can't! He's still back there! I can't believe that we left him back there!
"We have to go back for him!" I yelled running towards the gate.
"Are you nuts?!" he cried "Bakura is probably in the lava and since Bakura is gone, that means Diabound doesn't have any power! Zorc will be taking over soon!"
"He's not in the lava!" I shouted. "I just know it!"
"Pharaoh, stop being so naïve!" he cried. "You know that he's in that lava! You were the only thing holding him back from falling; my strength must have not been enough to bring him here as well."
I clenched my fists, shaking with rage. I couldn't believe this! All that was in vain, Bakura was gone. I would never get to hear his voice again, I would never get to feel him, to touch him, to taste him, I would never get to tell him how much I loved him and what he meant to me. Tears fell from my eyes. I knew Mariku was watching but I didn't care. My whole body shook. I couldn't believe it. Bakura was really gone, truly gone, I failed everyone, and I couldn't save him!
"WHY?!" I screamed falling to my knees, as tears poured from my eyes. The pain, it hurt so bad, it hurt worse than when I had given myself over to the power of the Orichalcos, allowing it to influence me into using its magic to win a duel, but it backfired and Yugi's soul got captured. I had been extremely upset, blaming myself for what happened, but that was nothing compared to this.
I hit my fists hard on the ground, they left prints in the sand, and the light swirled around me. Tears continued to fall from my eyes; I didn't care to stop them. My heart was completely shattered. I felt as though I had lost half of my soul. Zorc was pure evil! He used Mariku and Bakura to do his dirty work; he used Bakura's need for control, his demanding personality and his loneliness to get what he wanted. He used Mariku's thirst for revenge and for someone to treat him as an equal to get what he wanted. Mariku escaped, but Bakura didn't.
He was gone…I would never see him again.
"You really do love him,don't you?" Mariku whispered in awe. I slowly stood up, turning around to face him. He didn't look at me, continuing to talk. "I didn't believe Zorc when he told me that. I thought he was playing tricks on me. I thought I was the one who loved Bakura." he looked over at me "I don't love Bakura, you do. He's your soul mate."
I nodded "I-
"I'm sorry," he said cutting me off. "I know that I've done wrong."
"It's not your fault." I said.
"Yes it is!" he shouted "I shouldn't have listened to Zorc!"
"Zorc is very manipulative." I said "He will say and do anything to get his way, He used you Mariku, and you were caught in his web."
Mariku's fists balled at his sides, he shook. "Still," he said "that doesn't give me the right to take your soul mate away from you. I could have been helping you save him, now he's gone and it's my fault! I'm so sorry!"
I blinked, I couldn't believe this! Mariku was actually crying! He was upset, very upset; he believed it was his fault that Bakura was gone. But it wasn't. It was mine! I was the one that was too weak, I was the one that didn't come prepared when I went into the Shadow Realm, but I didn't think that Zorc would have been there, I knew he was still alive but I thought his powers would have been stripped and he would have been locked away somewhere, but that wasn't the case, not by far.
Mariku trembled not looking at me.
"Mariku..." I said.
He didn't respond. This was too much, how much could one person take? I had been through so much, not nearly as much as Bakura had been, but a fairly good amount, I had waited over five thousand years to see my family and friends again, now I would never be able to. I came into the Realm of Light to save Bakura, but I failed him, I failed his family and Adom as well. I would never be able to be with him. My heart tore, I felt weak, and I was weak. Tears fell from my eyes without warning.
"Why is this happening?" I whispered.
"I'm going after Zorc!" Mariku announced walking over to the gate.
"Mariku!" I shouted running over toward him, I grabbed his arm, and he was inches from going into the Shadow Realm.
"What?" he hissed. "I need to destroy Zorc!"
"You can't though!" I shouted.
"The hell I can't!" he snapped jerking his arm, trying to get me to let go, but I held on. "Let go!"
"No!" I shouted. "You don't understand! I've battled Zorc, you haven't! I've used all three Gods together, Blue-eyes White Dragon, Blue-eyes Ultimate Dragon, the whole nine yards! There's only one way to defeat Zorc!"
"She's nowhere to be found, Pharaoh!" he yelled his eyes blazing with fury. "We have to defeat him some other way!"
"I know!" I cried,"But we can't! We have to think of something. You can't go into the Shadow Realm, he's the most powerful there."
"Then we need to lure him out here." Mariku said jerking his arm away, he turned around once again but I stopped him.
"I'm going in there." he said
"I can't let you do that." I said "We need to think of a plan."
"The plan is to defeat Zorc." he said "So that's what I'm doing"
I let out a frustrated sigh. "He will kill you."
"I don't care!" Mariku shouted "I killed Bakura!"
"No you did not!" I yelled
Suddenly Mariku and I were thrown backwards. We landed on the ground hard, Mariku fell on top of me. We got up slowly, everything on us was aching.
"What the?" we both gasped.