1 Chapter Forty-Nine:
Mirror 4: World
Amy's eyes snapped open.
The pain is gone...
She sat up quickly, hands searching her stomach for wounds. They were none, though there was a lot of dried blood.
She looked around her, noticing that she was in a bed. To her left was a bed with a sleeping Vy. To her right was an empty bed.
Where am I?
She got up from the bed, and looked at the floor. It was dirt, but her socks and shoes were waiting for her at the foot of her bed.
As she put them on, her thoughts raced. The last thing I remember was that I was about to lose to Mitsuhiko. Then it all went black. Did I lose? And where am I now?
A sound. Amy looked up from tying her shoes to see a white-robed woman, hair the same white colour.
"Hello, Amy Takahashi." she said. Claire appeared behind her. "My name is Ueno."
"Hello...Ueno." said Amy. "And Claire. Now...where are we? What happened...to Team Revenge?"
"You are in the World of the Mirror." said Ueno. "The World of the Inner Selves."
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"I'm bored."
Sinn, Edward Moonshadow's Inner Self, yawned. He was sitting with Imaria and Kenjima, all of them sitting in the big chairs of Gishinki's mansion, none saying anything until Sinn's worlds just then.
"If you're bored, then go talk to the Legendary Shadows or something." said Imaria, filing her nails. "I can hear Hell's whines from over here."
"Good point." Sinn stood up. "You guys better not miss me too much."
He walked, and as he did, he noticed something. Hell was there in the hallway already, back facing him.
"Yo, Hell!" said Sinn. "What's up?"
Hell turned around, then froze. As he saw Sinn's smiling face, his features changed to a glare.
In a split-second, the thirty foot difference between the two was covered. And Hell had Sinn pinned to a wall.
"YOU!" he yelled. "What the hell are you doing here?!"
"What are you talking about?" asked Sinn, now glaring back at Hell. "What kind of a greeting is this?"
"Don't talk shit with me!" yelled Hell, pounding Sinn's head against the wall. Blood started to drip. "What are you doing here, in this time? You should have died years ago! WHY THE HELL AREN'T YOU DEAD YET?!"
"What the hell...are you talking about...?"
"You know what I mean! Stop this bullshit, Salazare!"
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Mao: 4000/ Fan: 4000
Emperor: 4000/ Empress: 4000
"My turn first!" said Mao, drawing a card.
He looked at his hand. Father, you asshole. I'm going to defeat you. You and mother!
"I'll start with Zodiac Figure- Rat (500/500) in attack mode!" said Mao. As he said that, a small white rat appeared on the field. "And then I play one card face-down! I end my turn!"
As the card materialized, Emperor drew his card. "And now it's my turn. Mao, I know every card you have in your deck, and what kinds of effects they have. You won't be able to beat me."
He swiftly placed a card onto his duel disk. "I summon forth Dragonic Warrior (1500/1000) in attack mode!"
A giant warrior with a broadsword appeared on the field. He wore armour with shoulder plates that seemed to have the mouths of dragons. He lifted his huge sword.
"Next I play Dragonic Reinforcements!" he said, playing the spell card. "I now pay five hundred Life Points (EmpeLP: 3500) in order to special summon two more Dragonic Warriors (1500/1000 x2)!"
Two more of the monsters appeared, standing tall alongside the first one. "And I believe that should be enough for now."
"So it's my turn?" asked Fan. Emperor's eyes glared at her.
"LET ME FINISH, WORTHLESS WOMAN!" he yelled.
"Shut the hell up!" Mao yelled back. "Don't yell at my sister like that, you son of a bitch!"
Now Emperor and Mao were glaring at each other. Fan had drawn her card.
"Alright." she said, ignoring Emperor. "I summon forth Zodiac Figure- Sheep (900/1300) in defense mode! I end my turn!"
Empress now drew, and spoke. "I summon forth Chained Beast (400/900) in attack mode."
A snarling wolf appeared on the field, though each of its limbs were chained to a pole that had appeared as well.
"Then I end my turn." said Empress, emotionless.
"I draw!" said Mao. He looked at his hand again, and then observed the field. I can't defeat father's Dragonic Warriors, so I'll have to aim for the Chained Beast!
"Alright," said Mao, "Rat, attack and destroy Mother's monster! Bite it!"
As the Rat headed towards the monster, Emperor smiled.
"Fool." he said, laughing as the chain got in the way of the attack. "When you attack a "Chained" monster, the chain vanishes!"
Empress: 3900
And the chain did vanish, allowing the Chained Beast to run free (1900/2400). "Also, Empress' monster gains fifteen hundred attack and defense points. You have no chance of victory with ignorance like this, Mao..."
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"Not in the right world?" repeated Shinta. "What do you mean?"
Mina sighed, then pulled up a chair. She sat down. Each of the others, except for Zerima, then did the same. "Shinta, your world and this world are alike in the people that are within it. We are connected by the 'Power of Reverse'."
"Power of Reverse?" asked Shinta. "This world? My world? You're not making any sense!"
Another sigh. "Put simply, there are other personalities inside of people of your world, called 'Inner Selves'. The people of your world are called the 'Outer Selves'. Each 'Outer Self' and 'Inner Self' are similar people. And, as said before, we're connected by the 'Power of Reverse'."
"What is this 'Power of Reverse'?" asked Shinta.
"Two things, one in each world. One is the 'Mirror of Reverse'."
"And the other?"
"An Outer Self with no Inner Self. Genji Yamada, also known as Reverse."
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A small breeze floated across the field on the top of a hill. A lone man sat there, placing his head on his knee.
"Outer Selves are in this world..." muttered the man. "Familiar presences. Justin Maker. Edward Moonshadow. Ress Moonshadow. Vicky Menzuro. Amy Takahashi. Claire Takana."
He lifted his head up. "Two unfamiliar auras. Who are they?"
He stood up. "Well, I suppose I can ask about one. You, who has been following me for the past hour or so, show yourself."
Walking up the hill was now Akurei Kokuo, grinning. "Well, Reverse. It seems you have a strong aura-sensing ability. Rokanna was right in choosing you for one of her Inhumans."
Reverse, now looking straight at Akurei, laughed. "Rokanna? I haven't heard that name since I died. No, wait, before that. Her using me caused my death twice, so I don't think that bringing that name up will have me like you any more. Who are you?"
"Akurei Kokuo." said Akurei, smiling. "The Demon King. And you're Genji Yamada. You're also Reverse, King of the Mirror World."
Reverse smiled. "Well, Akurei...what o you want?"
"I want the location of a person who now resides in your world. Amy Takahashi, Kenshin Menzuro's love!"
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Next Time:
Mirror 5: Death
With action in every location, no one can rest! Shinta learns of Reverse, an old enemy of Kenshin's! He also learns who Kenjima really is to him!
Meanwhile, Amy mysteriously vanishes, finding herself now with Shinta Menzuro. But the reunion doesn't last long, for they realive that they're being followed!
Finally, Ress has decided to take half of Justin's injury upon himself. What will this mean for him? And who is Suoiciv Rellik, really?
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Author's Note: Sorry about the week-long absence, school has been keeping me very busy. Only three days left, though! But I'm gone from the 15th until the 21st, so there won't be any chapters until after then. Anyways...
More mysteries are revealed!
Reverse is alive, but in this world? Akurei is targeting Amy? Who is this 'Salazare', and why does Edward Moonshadow's Inner Self look like him?
Salazare...hm, I've heard that name somewhere before. :P
Please R&R!
-Salazare (there it is!)
