Helloo!!!!
Would: I'm sorry, work?? I am really sorry!!!!! I just had no idea how to do this chapter. It's weird really. I know what I want, but not if I can write it down just like that.......
So, I hope you guys like this chapter. I had a fantastic movie like thing in my head while reading it, but I'm not sure if you guys see the same thing as I do. Oh, oh.. I have a cliffhanger!!!! 0.0 So, don't hate me!!!!
In this chapter there's a lot Miroko vs. Shinna. Also memories, so that you know why Shinna is after Yami. But I guess that everybody already knows that, right??? :D And more: I wrote the translation behind the Ahimish language. Just to make it easier.
It goes like this: "Mel Premo (My son). It's pretty easy to understand, I think. I've done it this way before so I know that you readers are familiar with it. Please enjoy chapter 25!
Chapter 25
Eight Wings
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Yugi walked after Miroko through the hallways. He didn't know where they were going to, he had never been here before. The hallways were darker and sometimes Yugi could swear he saw bloodspatters on the wall. Dark, almost choking, air surrounded Yugi and he didn't dare to look at Miroko who walked before him. Who looked at the walls with a smile on her lips and death in her eyes. Yugi stopped.
"I don't like it here. Shouldn't we do the spell outside the palace?", he asked and Miroko stopped too. She looked at him, but there was no emotion behind those eyes. Still, there was an emotion in the air that Yugi knew well enough. Hatred.
"I like it here, so we shall stay here. Now, Yugi. Tell me about what you know", Miroko said. She stood just a little bit away, but Yugi could clearly feel what she felt. Hatred and joy, but Yugi didn't knew why. He just knew he had to keep quiet, say nothing that could be of use for her. So Yugi didn't say anything back and Miroko looked at him.
"Well? Tell me what you know. About the prophecy, I mean off course. What else could be of use to me?", Miroko said, but Yugi looked at her.
"I wish to leave", he said. His voice was steady, not the nerveous child he had always been. He had grown up and Yugi smiled slightly. Then he walked backwards. He didn't dare to turn around, his teachers had thaught him that. Never turn your back onto someone.
"Stay here!", Miroko called out and with almost purple eyes she looked at Yugi. Yugi gasped as he felt so much hatred swallow him. He couldn't breath and fell on his knees. This was something he had never felt before.
"You will tell me what you know, boy! Yami is mine, never yours!", the woman called out. In the black hair came purple streaks. In her hand Shinna held an orb filled with crackling Magic. Yugi tried to breath, but he couldn't. The hatred was choking him.
"Yami is my son!!", Shinna called out and was ready to throw the energy orb to Yugi. For a second nothing happened. Everything went so slow. One second he was in danger, ready to be killed and the other nothing happened, nothing was the matter. He wasn't killed.
"Tious!!", someone called out and Yugi took in a fresh gulp of oxygen when the hatred was gone. He saw feet before his eyes and a white gown and he backed away, until he could look up fully. Black hair flowed down a straight back. There was no purple and Yugi rose up.
"Miroko?", he asked softly. A soft face turned to him with oceanblue eyes. Yugi felt nothing and he frowned.
"Your feelings. They're neutral", Yugi whispered. Shinna was blown away by the force of her Magic collapsing against the defending wall that Miroko had produced. The real Miroko smiled slightly to Yugi with love and care.
"It would destroy you if you felt my feelings now too. Shinna's and my hatred towards each other would kill you. I don't want that, still… Go Yugi, go away. Go to Yami and leave the palace", Miroko said. She was dead-serious. Shinna rose up from the floor and walked back to them.
"He will not leave", she said, her hand filling with Magic. Miroko looked at her and then back at Yugi and with pleading eyes she looked at him.
"Please leave", she said. Yugi shook his head.
"How can I?? How will I know you'll survive?", Yugi called out. Shinna smirked, but Miroko sighed softly. She reached for the silver necklace that held the gown before her body. She undid it and let the gown fall down. Yugi gasped.
"Normally I hide it away with Magic. This is the reason why I could find you, Shinna. This is why I could save Yugi from you. Every day since your back this scar burns like fire and beats like an angry heart", Miroko said as she softly traced a red coloured scar that went from her collarbone down to her hip. Then she looked at Yugi and smiled a little bit.
"I'll be fine. Tell Yami the war has started and leave. Save yourselves, please Yugi!", Miroko said when Yugi could only look into her eyes.
"But…", Yugi murmured. Shinna walked up to them and Miroko pushed him. Yugi could feel that hatred again, but this time it was also coming from Miroko. The woman couldn't hide her feelings any longer.
"She can steal skins, but no wings", Miroko whispered in Yugi's ear and Shinna fired off an orb filled with crackling Magic. Miroko rose up the defending wall again and Yugi ran off. He ran through the hallways and called Yami's name.
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Yami rose up from his bed at hearing his name like an echo in his ear. He stormed towards the door, feeling fear rise withing him. Once he had pulled the golden door open he saw his Nova come towards him and he caught his lover mid-run.
"Nova! It's okay, it's okay. Shush, shush", Yami whispered in Yugi's ear. Yugi was panting, somehow he had found his way back. Somehow he was in Yami's arms, feeling safe and protected. Then he looked up into crimson eyes.
"Shinna… She's here… Miroko fights… Fights her now", Yugi said, panting deeply. Yami looked at him and then boom went through the hallways.
"Amrah!!", Yami called out and wanted to run back to where Yugi had come from. Yugi stopped him, pulling at the male's clothing, throwing his arms around Yami's waist.
"Miroko saved me!! She wanted us to leave, all of us!! Everyone!!! She says the war has started! YAMI!!!!", Yugi called out when the older male wouldn't listen. Then something blew them onto the floor and Yugi looked at Yami. The king hugged him and they rose up from the floor.
"What was that?", Yugi asked, although he was almost sure he already knew.
"A wave of Magic. You're right. We have to leave. Let's call the others, let's call everyone", Yami said and with his hand in Yugi's they ran off towards the first door that they would come across to.
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Clothes were ripped, blood seeped from wounds. Not only Magic was used to fight with as Shinna scrapped her nails over Miroko's skin and Miroko hit her back. Purple eyes, purple hair, black clothing and a character so black as a shadow. Black hair, oceanblue eyes, white clothing and a character like light of a sunray. Goddess and Shajun, two powerful beings fighting each other with the same hatred. With the same power, with the same goal: kill the one you hate so much.
"What are you doing here?", Miroko asked. Her anger was colliding with Shinna's. She could feel it as a Lightur. She could see it in those purple eyes.
"I'm here for my son. You're in my way, as is that boy. That Yugi", Shinna said, her hatred growing.
"As were your parents?", Miroko asked and Shinna looked at her. Then the woman screamed.
"You know nothing!!! Nothing of what happened!! Nothing of how much I've suffered under my mother's gaze. She was slowly killing me!!!", Shinna screamed at Miroko. Miroko looked at her. Shinna's mother was Sekebeth, the Goddess of Family. Sekebeth had saved Miroko once, before Shinna could've killed her. Sekebeth had learned Miroko spells. Spells that belonged to Gods and Goddessess. Spells that had saved her life.
"You killed her. Just because you couldn't get what you wanted: Yami", Miroko said and Shinna's face wrinkled in anger.
"He's my son!", Shinna called out and Miroko looked at the Goddess.
"Never!! Elsr gave Yami to me!! Remember?? You murdered her!!", Miroko called back. Shinna screamed as her hand filled with Magic. The two Mages attacked each other. The bloodied walls their victims and watchers. Their blood decorating those walls, like so long ago.
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Screams, everywhere. Screaming, she was it herself. Crying sounds near her ear. She ran away quickly, there was nothing she could do anymore for her. There was nothing to be saved but him. She ran off as quickly as possible.
She was followed by men, a female as well. She could see them when she stopped before rounding a corner. She ran through the hallways. Blood was smeared against the walls. Blood and pain and misery were surrounding her. Feathers, feathers everywhere.
"Miktolam pay de kih (Give up the boy)".
"Nei!!" And she ran faster, faster. Her bare feet were drumming on the floor, on the ground. They kept chasing her, there was nothing to be done. Nothing to see, but pain. Nothing to hear, but screams…
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"I lost my child and Yami is my son!", Shinna called out. Miroko looked at her.
"Never!", she called back. Yami was her son, she had taken care of him, protected him against this Witch. Against this woman that caused so much pain.
"Yes he is!! Elsr should've given him to me. He's my son, my lost child", Shinna said. Her face was bloodied, her hands were red of producing crackling Magic. Her hatred was still burning inside her as she looked at Miroko with her purple eyes.
"You wanted to steal a child", Miroko answered back.
"I lost my child!!", Shinna called out.
"My lover was murdered!!! Do you see me stealing another!?", Miroko called back and Shinna threw Magic at her in rage.
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"Elsr!", Miroko called out and she kneeled down at the side of a woman. A pale hand grabbed hers and she looked into ruby eyes. Blood seeped onto the floor and touched her gown. Touched her skin. Miroko shook her head as blood seeped into crimson red hair.
"Miroko. Mel Premo… (My son)", Elsr whispered. She was choking in her blood and tears streamed down Miroko's face. Elsr had been the mother she had always wished for. She didn't want to loose another she loved so much. Laughing could be heard across the room and heels touched the floor. Miroko looked at Elsr.
"Amrah… (Mother…) Yami's Amrah… (Yami's Mother…) Tu salumtem Yami. (You have to teach Yami.) Kema, natalee Elsr… (Please, life Elsr…)", Miroko begged. Her voice was soft, she was trying to hold back her screams of pain. Her tears of grief. Elsr gave her a soft smile, her eyes almost closed.
"Tu bis Yami's Amrah kimi… (You are Yami's Mother now…)", Elsr said and closed her eyes. Miroko gaped at the dying Queen for only a second, then she bowed her head. Miroko's shoulders were shaking and tears fell onto almost dead hands.
"Mel Haïto tu… (I love you…)", Miroko whispered, before looking up. She stared at the purple haired woman and screamed. Shinna looked at her, looked at the woman who rose up from the floor. Purple eyes connected with oceanblue ones and hatred flowed over that line.
"Yimmiri Ka'hish! (Murdering Witch!) Yami ki mel premo kimi. (Yami is my son now) Megera, Ka'hish! (Be gone, Witch!)", Miroko said. Bloodied she walked over to the crib that stood not far away from Shinna. Shinna frowned.
"Tu thir tu mahise maï? (You think you can stop me?)", Shinna asked mocking Miroko. Miroko knew she had to hurry. She ran to the crib, but Shinna held out her hand and when Miroko turned to her Magic crossed her skin from her collarbone to her hip. Miroko screamed as black light burned on her skin. Shinna smirked and stepped over Miroko's fallen body towards the crib. Miroko stared at nothing, hearing voices in her head. A soft hand touched the wound and Miroko smiled.
"Chell", she whispered. Shinna turned around and rose an eyebrow.
"You should be dead", Shinna said, raising her hand with Magic. Miroko opened her mouth.
"Tu nerashe'o tamikje, nimera tamaï… (You can steal skins, never wings…)", the black-haired woman whispered. Shinna frowned as Miroko rose up. The bleeding wound turned red. The bleeding stopped and the skin closed together, leaving a dark red scar. Miroko smiled.
"Shejuns samari, Shinna. (Shejuns are family, Shinna.) Chell…", Miroko whispered, thinking back of her care-taker. Tears streamed down while she looked up at Shinna who looked at her, gaped at her. Miroko took her chance and grabbed the small baby out of his crib and ran off. She ran out of the room while a loud roar spread over the sky. Miroko knew she had to run away quickly, her Queen had died and took Dragons with her. Dragons which collapsed onto the roofs and took lives with them to the afterlife.
Miroko ran, hearing herself scream.
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Bloodied, Miroko leaned back against the wall. Shinna wasn't defeated either, both thinking back to those days. Miroko could see scars through the black clothes. Scars that hurt so much. And then it didn't matter she stole skins, scars were always there.
"Tell me the prophecy", Shinna said, ordering an answer. Miroko looked at her.
"The eye that-", Miroko said shaking her head.
"I know that part!! Tell me what it means!", Shinna yelled and fired an orb towards Miroko. Miroko pushed herself off the wall and opened her hand.
"Shiye!!", Miroko called out and lightwaves rode the air through the room. Cracks in the walls became bigger, the ground shook. Shinna called up a defending wall, but the wall shook as well, more cuts appeared on her body. Miroko looked at Shinna.
"It's simple. You die at the end of the prophecy", Miroko said. Shinna looked back, panting. She tasted the blood on her tongue, her own blood, and spit it out.
"Never. I live forever!", Shinna said.
"No. Light and Shadow shall both be killed. You die", Miroko said.
"No!! Shadow is Shadur. Yami will die and so will you!! You are the Lightur, the only one I know of!! You shall die, Miroko", Shinna said. Miroko smiled.
"Perhaps, but I will take you with me. You can steal skins, Shinna, but you cannot steal wings. And you cannot steal my son either", Miroko said. Light bursted out of her back and four pair of wings shot out of Miroko. Proudly she stood there and Shinna looked at her.
"He's my son!!", Shinna called out and Miroko looked at her one more time.
"Never!!", Miroko called out and with two equal battle-cries the two woman attacked each other. Feathers flew around the room as Miroko rose to the air and came down with White Magic. The building shook as Black Magic crashed against Miroko's.
'Mel Premo'.
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(Hides under her bed)
That was ending!!! I hoped you liked the chapter and before you (hopefully) review, I'd like to explain some things.
First of all: Chell. Chell is Miroko's caretaker. She also appears in chapter 14 and she is the one who also sees how Miroko's lover is murdered. Chell will not appear much after this. Just if she does, then I hope you will remember her.
Second of all: Why not so much Yugi/Yami?.... Well, because they will appear in the next chapter again. This chapter is more that every reader of this story knows why Shinna and Miroko hate each other so much. And why Shinna is after Yami all the time.
Third of all: Elsr. I hope you all still remember her. If not, then I already explained she's Yami's mom. She won't show up much anymore. Maybe at the ending. Elsr was a Drahun, that's why feathers fill the room all the time. They're ripped from her wings.
Fourth of all: Stealing Skins. Shinna can steal skins by tasting the blood of another. By touching it. That's why Anzu is hurt so much and that's also why Shinna kills so many people. She needs the blood to steal a skin. That's why she could turn into Miroko, because of the scar she had given Miroko.
Fifth of all: Gods and Goddessess. Shinna is the last one left, as you all know. That's why the weather is acting strange and why the white pigeon Nunu went to Miroko instead of another God or Goddess. Shinna is Yun, the Fourth Goddess of Death and Unluck. I called her Shinna even before I knew this: but it might be nice to know. Four is indeed the number for Death in Japan and you pronounce that as "shi". Or, that's what I've read for over more than 10 internetpages. That's why I gave Shinna the name of being the Fourth Goddess. It might be farfetched, but I kinda liked it.
I hope you readers now understand a little bit more. I'm sorry for my long explaining, but I just felt like it. I hope to have chapter 26 ready by next week!!! And that you all don't have to wait that long anymore!!!!!
Until next time!!!