Fallen Angel

Chapter 26. Failure before conducted

Enjoy is all I can say...

And now…the continuation!

The angels had been gone for two hours when they returned to the angel world. Yugi had reported back to the king that they had found nothing. They didn't see Darcy at all while they were there and the only conversations they listened in on was what they were going to do on the weekend, their recent innocent hunts and sex. But other than that, nothing about an upcoming war or a plot against angels to put them in any kind of harm.

The angels that went on the scouting mission were relaxing and at ease, however they all stuck together, waiting for another mission. Eligh had gone to check up on Kyeyah yet again and Sharay and Yugi were with the gang.

The king had come out of his castle, two guard angels at his side too, and was about to make an announcement but his intentions were put on hold as the sky's started to glow a real bright light. Then suddenly, everyone started to feel a strong tug that wouldn't stop pulling them up into the sky. Even Yugi couldn't break free of the invisible-like force.

In the demon world. Darcy had just returned from searching for Kielnah by himself. He landed on the roof of his castle and looked down at his town. He sighed before noticing a white wing feather. He picked it up and examined it. It glowed in the moonlight and he instantly knew it was Yugi's.

"Yugi's wings always glowed like this. He's been here, I wander why." Darcy told himself.

Seconds later, Darcy had to shield his eyes as the skies glowed suddenly. Demons everywhere started to fly every where, frantic at the impending light. Then, a tug with such force, pulled every demon towards the light and none could resist it.

Mai and Joey awoke in an underground tunnel of dirt and rock. They sat up and crawled to each other, asking if the other was ok, both answering that they were fine in almost perfect unison. They stood up and looked around. Mai called the names of their friends while Joey tapped the walls as if to find a hollow spot.

Surprisingly they heard the voice that belonged to Tristan answer Mai's call. The couple met up with him when they followed his voice down the tunnel.

"Yo Tristan. You ok?" asked Joey.

"Yeah. What about you two?" asked Tristan.

"We're fine. Do you think Tea and Atem are here too somewhere?" asked Mai.

"Probably. I mean we're important but we're not protagonists right?" answered Tristan.

"Den lets find 'em. Dey cant be to far." said Joey. And at that the trio walked down the dark tunnel in search of Atem and Tea.

Atem had awoken in a real dark and cold cavern. He tried lifting himself up but as soon as he tried he felt a weight on top of his stomach. He looked down and saw Tea still unconscious.

"Tea?! Tea wake up." said Atem quietly incase he woke up something that could possible eat them or maul them to death, but loud enough to wake her up. She winced before opening her eyes. She looked up at Atem and groggily got off of him.

"Where are we?" she asked.

"I don't know. But I don't like it here. I think we should find the others." answered Atem as he stood. He helped her up and the two walked over to a wall and followed it until they came to an exit. They held hands so they wouldn't loose each other too.

The demon oracle stood up and brushed himself off before looking around. He didn't look confused or surprised at his location, which was a dirt and rock tunnel, but then again, he had silently predicted that this would happen.

'So. The time nears.' he thought before he was joined by an angel that came around the corner and hadn't looked up. "So what will you do now? Will you find your angels and attack thinking that it was the demons fault for bringing you here?" asked the demon oracle, though he didn't need to ask this question.

The angel king looked up and stopped himself from gasping. He settled after the seeing that it was just the demon oracle and he approached him calmly.

"You are correct. After all, I know I didn't bring us here, I admit, I do not have the power to bring me here. So where are we?" asked the king.

"And you think that we demons have the power to bring you and every other angel and demon here?" asked the demon oracle, ignoring his question as he was not certain of their whereabouts.

"What do you mean every other angel and demon?" asked the king.

"Come now. You are important, as the angels king but your not that important." answered the demon oracle.

"WHAT?! I'M NOT THAT IMPORTANT? HAVE YOU ANY IDEA WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO OLD MAN?" yelled the king in nothing but pure anger and hatred.

"Yes of course. I did just call you the king you know. And I suppose you are important…but that time was long ago. You are no longer needed in the circle of life for the angels." the demon oracle answered calmly.

"HOW DARE YOU?!" yelled the king as he summoned a large white magic ball and through it at the demon oracle. But luckily for him, he had already foreseen this fight and knows how it ends, so he dodged the attack and turned to face the king. He held out his hands at his sides and raised them as if beckoning someone to rise. Two balls of rainbow coloured swirled at the palms of his hands and soon his body started to glow a bright white light. The king was confused as he had no idea what was happening. As soon as the demon oracle was glowing enough so he couldn't be seen, he released the balls at the king and the white aura followed and weaved in between the two balls of energy.

The attack hit the king and sent him flying into the wall, creating a cave, big enough for someone to stand and lie flat in. The king, now resting on the ground and leaning against the wall, close to death, looked up when the demon oracle approached and stood in front of him, the white aura trail hovering above his head, eager to attack the angel and end his life.

"For future reference, which you will not be using, it would be wise not to attack an oracle no matter which race they are from. Not when we oracles not only have our race trait power but Spirit magic(1) as well." said the demon oracle before the white aura raced down at the demon king and dug itself into his chest.

Mai, Joey and Tristan were having no luck in finding anyone or a way out. They felt like they had been walking for ages and in circles because every wall looked very close to the same, just rock, dirt and the occasional dead root that stuck out of the roof and along the floor. They started to wander if they were the only ones there, but then they wandered if they were going the right way and if there was anything living in the tunnel that would be hungry.

They turned a sharp corner and hoped that it would be the end but, as if just to spite their wishes, they came to another tunnel of rock, dirt and the occasional dead root that stuck out of the roof and along the floor. They hung their heads and let their arms become limp.

"Awwww." said the trio in unison.

"Damn it." said Joey afterwards.

Atem and Tea walked down a tunnel outside the cavern. They had been walking for about half an hour now and they had no idea if they were going the right way or not. They turned right and kept walking but soon stopped when they heard someone walking towards them from behind a corner on the left. They couldn't see the person, they just heard their footsteps. They wandered if it could be their friends but then they wandered if the person was good or not.

Their wandering was ceased when Nahthaies walked around the corner with his head down and his hands in his pockets. He looked up and jumped when he saw Atem and Tea. He didn't expect to see them here.

"You!" the trio said in unison. They happened to have said it a bit too loud because it echoed through the tunnel and they heard a loud bang noise come from the tunnel behind Nahthaies. Nahthaies turned to see a large solid boulder rolling towards him real fast, so he acted on instinct and flew towards Atem and Tea and sub-consciously picked them up and flew down the tunnel Atem and Tea had come from.

"Whoa!" escaped Tea's mouth as her feet left the ground and her hands were separated from Atem's.

"HEY LET US GO!" shouted Atem before he and Tea looked to where they were. Their eye's grew wide when they saw the boulder almost on their tail. Atem and Tea then decided to hold on to the arm that was carrying them and they held it tightly.

"Dont let us go." they said in unison as Nahthaies raced through the tunnel as fast as he could. Although it did prove difficult as the tunnel was too small to reach Nahthaies's wing span. He'd have no problem if the tunnel was bigger but he would have to make do with what he's got.

The demon oracle was now sitting down crossed legged in the cave where he had murdered the angel king, who had dispersed when the white aura had finished sucking the life out of him. There was now no evidence that the king had been there in the first place, except the cave he left, but that could be excused.

The demon oracle sat silently with his eyes closed, listening to nothing but silence and his thoughts as they were his only company. However, he was soon jogged out of his trance as a large bang was heard outside and up the tunnel. He did know the future events but he was startled by the disturbance because he did not know every detail of the events to come.

He quietly sighed, and went back to his meditation, waiting for his moment to shine. Possible litterally.

Joey, Mai and Tristan was walking down the tunnel they had turned into. Joey was of coarse, in front, leading the small group of friends with his eyed closed and his head held high for a reason that remained unknown to Mai and Tristan. Due to Joey's lack of perceptiveness, he failed to notice a thick root sticking out of the ground and in result, he tripped over it. He was quite lucky though because he grabbed onto a branch that was sticking out of the wall but it turned out to be a lever which made the floor beneath him collapse.

"Whoa! Help me." said Joey as he hung onto the lever branch so he wouldn't fall into what seemed like a bottomless pit. Mai and Tristan raced over to where the floor ended and reached for Joey. Joey let go of one hand and attempted to grab Tristan's but couldn't, so Mai held onto Tristan's waist while Tristan leaned in closer to Joey, stretching out his arm as much as it would allow him.

"Justa … little … more." said Tristan as both he and Joey held out there arms.

Their fingers brushed against the others which inspired them to reach further until they finally grabbed each others forearms and held on tightly. The branch was becoming loose under Joey's weight. That much was evident because it slowly budged it's way out further from the wall.

"Joey jump, I've got you." said Tristan. Joey nodded and let go of the branch and kicked off the wall towards Tristan, grabbing hold of the floor edge as he did so. Just in time too, because when Joey let go of the branch, it was freed and fell. Whether its fall ended only it, and the ground would know. Tristan pulled Joey up until he was half on the ground. Then Mai let go of Tristan and helped him pull Joey up.

Once up, the trio collapsed on the ground, panting hard.

"Danks guys. … I … owe ya one." said Joey as he lifted himself onto his elbows.

"No problem…Joey." said Tristan.

"When we … get back home…remind me to … get you a leash." said Mai.

"A set o' wings wouldn' be too bad." said Joey.

"Heh, if that's the case, sign me up too." laughed Tristan.

The trio then stood up and looked at the pit in front of them pitifully.

"Well, looks like we aint goin dat way anymore." said Joey. Mai and Tristan nodded before turning around and looking up at the tunnel they had to climb. They had been travelling downwards for a while now and they had just rescued Joey from falling into a whole, now they had to walk up the same tunnel they were previously coming down from.

"Awwww…" said the trio after Joey had turned around and had come to the same conclusion the other two had.

To be continued…

(1) Spirit Magic: Okay, spirit magic is a special type of magic that only beings with a connection to the cosmos, like the demon oracle, can use. No demon or angel is even capable of using or learning it like Kielnah is with electricity, and it's very powerful since it uses the spirits of their ancestors to litterally suck out the victims life.

Ha heh heh…if you couldn't tell I just wanted to have a bit of fun with all of them in this chapter. Hey I have to have a bit of a humor fic in this story somewhere right? Anyway, this chapter still runs along the storyline so I guess its kinda a filler fic but its not, you know? Anyway, I did finish this last night, but my internet wasn't working so that's why I've posted it today, bright and early. Well it is here anyway…Also I hated the angel king, I have no idea why I made him, I guess that's why I made Yugi's past self hate him too and why I killed him in this chapter. He he, evil. Anyway, hope you enjoyed…

Later.

Next chapter: New Alliances