spiritfire: (watching One Piece)... It's summer!!!
Chapter XXXVI. Defy Fate
Cerberus was wreaking havoc and mayhem as Yami and Yugi were trying to help the people of this continent. Sora just finished slaying all the Heartless, jump towards the dog's back and gave it a little rodeo. Cerberus was trying to get him off but Sora knew how to handle this since he fought Cerberus before about four times. Riku and the others went where Yugi and Yami were and saw that the Keyblade Master was having a little fun of his own.
Hades was still in fury since Yugi refused the offer so he launched his Fire Spell on them. Luckily, Yugi countered it with his Spell Breaker Spell. Riku hurriedly pointed the Keyblade on the god's neck. The god of the underworld chuckled and Riku just simply glared at him. Sora on the other hand whacked his Keylade on Cerberus' head knocking it unconscious. He slid himself down and went to the others.
"Nice try but nothing can beat us!" Sora said, readying his weapon. Hades let an amusing laugh and everyone's mind were filled with question marks, wondering what's he's laughing about. Suddenly, Cerberus got up and somehow his head was having veins all over its head then the symbol of the Heartless came out. Yugi felt the tremble and so did Yami.
"Oh god !!!" Yami whispered as the dog fired meteor on its mouth. Everyone had to run as the meteor gave a loud bang. Sora just glared at Hades who apparently enjoying himself. Riku on the other hand frowned at this.
Cerberus stared at Yugi intently while everyone else were preparing whatever that 'dog' would do. At first, it growled for a moment but when the spiky-haired teen tried to 'pet' Cerberus, it let out a painful howl. Light began to glow from Yugi's fingers and all of a sudden, the symbol of the Heartless began to fade and Hades' pet fainted. Everyone stared in shock and had no idea what happened.
Yugi's eyes turned silver immediately. He kneeled down and placed his hand on Cerberus' head. A white glow came by and somehow it teleported Cerberus back to its domain: The Underworld.
"Ummmm, can anybody tell me what happened?" Sora asked. Everyone shook their heads but Hades' jaw dropped as if that it's something unexpected.
"Oathkeeper!" Yugi commanded and the white Keyblade appeared on his left hand and the Dark Magic Staff turned to a keyblade just as the same time Oathkeeper appeared. Riku stared and began to understand something that Sora hasn't or is it? Anyway, after Oathkeeper was summoned, the spiky-haired teen turned to Sora and to the Keyblade Master's shock, his eyes became silver.
Yugi let a small glow from his index finger and placed it inside Sora's heart then he stared at the Keyblade Master.
"Valor, Wisdom, Master, and Final forms without energy of others." Yugi said, simply then glared at Hades who knew that his situation is already bad as it is. He took a step backward but before he could get away, Yugi was already at his back. He tapped him and Hades looked like he'd seen a ghost.
"Give me strength!" Sora commanded and light began to enveloped all over is body. Yami and Riku had to shield their eyes for a moment even Hades himself. The light finally died down and to everyone's amazement except Riku, Sora's color of clothing became red and black. What's more interesting was he now has a second Keyblade on his left hand. It has a moon shaped design but the length is similar to Sora's Star Seeker Keyblade.
"Uh-oh!" Hades gulped. Yugi and Sora's weapons began to glow a little then all of a sudden; they did something that was never done before: Combination attack of a mage and a warrior.
"Bravecross!" Sora and Yugi yelled. First, Yugi gave Hades a good toss upward towards the sky then Sora jumped and whacked Hades to the ground. Next, the spiky-haired teen began to charged energy from his staff and froze him. Finally, the Keyblade Master launched a double slash on Hades giving him tremendous damage. Hades tried to retreat but Yugi glared at him.
"Um, can we talk about this?" Hades said, groveling. Everyone looked at each other then Riku pointed his keyblade to the god of the Underworld. He gulped a lot and Yami's magic began to cackled with electricity. Even Yugi was about to cast his spell.
"How about we say…no?" Yami said and Hades sweat dropped and panicked. Yami cast thunder spell, Riku slashed him and Yugi gave Hades a burning hell of his life. Sora had to contact Hercules and luckily, he came. Seeing the damage, he was angry of what he did.
"Hades, I thought my father told you not to meddle any other worlds." Hercules said, angrily. "Then again, you wouldn't listen to my father or the Keyblade Master."
"A…ehehehehe uh-oh," Hades gulped and Hercules punched him way way way down below where he belongs.
"Geez, his thinking is way beyond me! Well, I'll make sure to tell my dad that Hades won't be a much of a problem anymore, Sora, Later!" Hercules said as Sora used the Keyblade to open the portal back to the Olympus Coliseum.
Yugi walked away from everyone while Sora and the others had to clean up the mess Hades made. Luckily, no one was hurt but the festival is already ruined no thanks to Cerberus. Cid and Kaiba came after seeing one of their security cameras about the danger they had.
"You guys, okay?" Cid asked and everyone nodded. Kaiba noticed that Yugi wasn't around and asked where he went. Unfortunately, they have no idea and this time not even Yami could do something about this. Sora on the other hand had one idea where he might go so he lets the others clean up the mess while he tries to find him.
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Yugi was at the secret lake where Sora apparently show him when they were touring the continent. He stared at his wrist and out came some kind of shackles. There was some kind of writing that he couldn't understand and to himself, he might force to remove it. Using his levitation magic, Yugi began to walk on the water, staring at the stars.
"Thank god, it didn't broke but I was tempted to release it because Hades made an offer I couldn't refuse and did I do something to Sora? Man I barely remembered everything!" Yugi said when he heard a sound coming from the bushes. Preparing his weapon, he cast a low-level spell but the spell he cast was bounced back.
"Relax, it's me!" Sora said and it was him indeed. Yugi put down his weapon and stared at the Keyblade Master.
"What do you want?" Yugi growled, not looking at Sora. The Keyblade Master sighed and removed his shoes then he walked towards the water. Laying his Keyblade down, he stared at the stars as well.
"Yugi, I should thank you for my summons and drive forms though I was puzzled that a guy like you could do something about my powers without using the energy of my allies." Sora said, starting the conversation.
"What are you talking about? I barely remembered what I did to you!" Yugi said in exasperation.
"Hmmm…Yugi, can I ask you something?" Sora asked and the spiky-haired teen nodded.
"Those silver eyes, I know I've seen those in books before. Tell me, are you what I think you are?" Sora asked in curiosity.
"What are you talking about?" Yugi asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Etherealians…!" Sora said and Yugi's face went pale.
"Uh, how did you know that?" the spiky-haired teen asked.
"All Etherealians have silver eyes and they cast unknown magic. In addition, they can learned magic from their enemies, fast learners and alter the magic of others just like what you did to my drive forms which usually requires the energy of my party namely Donald and Goofy and it's been a long time since I last used them." Sora explained.
"To tell you the truth, I really don't know who I really am but my parents told me back at the Spirit Gate that I can't tell you guys until I learned something about the Etherealians. Until I learned something from this, you can't tell anyone." Yugi said firmly and the Keyblade Master understood.
"Okay, I won't tell and by the way, we were able to find a way to get you home." Sora said. "It's in the Continent of Amenti."
"You mean the desert continent?" Yugi asked and Sora nodded.
"From our references, it'll be a bit dangerous due to the fact that nobody lives here anymore so after the festival, I'll tell the others of the destination." the Keyblade Master said. "And…"
Sora went in front of Yugi and saw the shackles in his wrist. Opening his hand, his keyblade appeared and destroyed it. All of a sudden, several colors went berserk but Sora used the power of the Keyblade to neutralize it. After that, it settled itself down. Yugi started and wondered what just happened.
"I know you were tempted to accept Hades' offer and the fact that he hurt, His Highness, Prince Yami, pains you more. Wondering how I knew about those shackles in your wrist well…my keyblade has the power to sense people's hearts and your heart bears a tremendous sadness. Those shackles are what they called the Bladarian seals. They seal uncontrollable magic and it seems you had one so you don't have to worry about that anymore. You can use it if you like." Sora said, as he left the lake. "You better enjoy the rest of the night then." With that he left Yugi all alone.
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After cleaning all the mess Hades' made, they were able to get back on track with the festival. Everyone enjoyed it and it seems that it really didn't matter whether it was a mess or not. Sora came back with the others and began asking him where Yugi went. The Keyblade Master told them it would be better if they leave him alone. Also, he asked some privacy on Yami, Riku and Kaiba. He informed them about the only way for Yugi to go back to the Solarian Continent is the Continent of Amenti.
"The continent of Amenti…huh…." Kaiba said, musing to himself.
"Yugi…." Yami said as he stared to the sky when Yugi finally came back.
"You looked like you're worried about me." Yugi said and the prince turned around to see that it was him.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"Don't worry, I'm fine!" Yugi said as all of them enjoyed the festival.
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The next day, Sora, Riku, Yami, Kaiba and Yugi were at the main entrance of the Kingheartia Continent. As they were about to leave, Yugi stared at the city for a second.
"Yugi, you o—" Sora said when Riku shut his mouth.
"Did you forget that once he leaves the continent the hold on the emotion seal will be gone?" Riku said and Sora understood. Yami and Kaiba realized it as well.
"It's good to have emotions once in a while but I guess there are some things that were not meant to be." Yugi said, his eyes stared at the ground.
"Don't say that! And besides, I was able to get you know a little and so did they!" Yami said firmly. Yugi chuckled and to everyone's surprised, he laughed.
"You're such an idiot, you know that. Come one, let's get out of here" Yugi smirked and finally all of them left the continent. As for the emotion seal, the hold was gone.
"The continent of Amenti… Yami…this is going to be going to be troublesome since he saw the hieroglyphics. Better be careful" Yugi said as they left. Little did they know that the continent of Amenti will be the beginning of their worse nightmare but it doesn't matter to those guys right?. Anyway, their destination was not too far and the party arrived at the desert. Practically it was huge desert filled with unknown path and who knows what will happen. They entered the desert unaware of what will happen.
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Meanwhile in the palace, something was stirring at the tomb and saw travelers were outside his 'kingdom'. When he saw Yami was there, he was grinning as if he was waiting for him. Little did he know that an old man was watching him as well then he went someplace below him.
"Sire, he's here." the old man said, referring to a tomb that was written in hieroglyphics. A spirit rose from the tomb and suddenly it took shape of a human. A man most preferably. He was wearing a golden crown with a third e and his eyes wer crimson red, his hair is similar to Yami and his skin is in deep brown, the markings of his heritage. Also, he wears a lot of jewelry on his wrist and on his upper arms.
"So, he did huh and looks like he has company." he said as he peers through a necklace that has a similar design to the Millennium Puzzle. "But I'm a bit worried about you-know-what."
"Hmmm, for now all we can do is wait until they arrive." he said to the old man and he agrees.
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Yugi felt a familiar jolt around him as if something or someone is expecting them and from his point of view, this desert could be dangerous since they were on the place where the souls sleeps and most probably, somthing about Yami's relation from the pictures he saw that Yugi read back in Alexandria. He knew it would be hard but when Sora told him that it was the only way for him to get back to where he came from.
"Something the matter?" Sora asked.
"Why did you and Riku come with us?" Yugi asked as they were walking towards their destination.
"Hmmmm, I really don't know but I always get the feeling that ...I... no...we might be of a help." Sora replied.
"Is that what you think?" Yugi asked in a cold tone.
"Wow, so that what's it's like having no emotions at all." Sora said to himself then replied. "Maybe."
While Yugi and Sora were having a quiet time getting along with each other. Riku and Yami had their way of spending on getting along with each other. Kaiba on the other hand didn't want to say anything but would rather listen instead.
"So what's it's like to be with Sora?" Yami asked and Riku hums.
"Not bad just as long as he doesn't do anything stupid." he chuckles.
"I heard that!!!" Sora yelled at his best friend and Yugi sweatdropped a little.
"I think it's kinda strange. The fact I was able to wield the Keyblade...it feels nostalgic and yet I feel protection all around me. But no matter what you feel, darkness will be there." Sora said, feeling distant.
"Maybe but for me ...I felt something that can be see but cannot be seen or somethin like that." Yugi said, shrugging. "I hope everything will be alright 'cause I have a bad feeling about this."
spiritfire: Sorry, it took so long no thanks to my thesis work and exams but now its summer and I'm already prepared updates for the next chappie. Enjoy!