Kachie: AHHH! -runs around in circles, still being chased by Kaiba- Get away from meee!
Kaiba: -Snarls and picks up speed now- GET BACK HERE!!
Yami: -blinks and begins to run after Kaiba- Kaiba! Calm down!
Kachie: -Begins to cry- The troll's did it I swear!!
Kaiba: I don't care if the Wicked Witch of the West did it! Give back my Joey! -Lunges out at Kachie and misses, falling on his stomach-
Kachie: GAAHH! GET AWAY! -Runs up a tree and hides on a branch- Yami-chaaaan, help!
Yami: o.o; -jumps onto Kaiba and tries to pin him to the ground- Killing the author isn't gonna get Yugi and Joey back, Kaiba!
Yami K: o.o -Watches the scene trying not to laugh-
Kaiba: -Crawls to the tree with Yami attached to him- Just let me kill her! I swear I'll make it quick and painless!
Yami: O.o; I can't let you!
Kachie: AHHH! -cries and tries to climb higher into the tree- I'll get them back I swear! Just leave me alooone!
Yami K: O_o; They're gonna be busy fer a bit so I'll introduce this chappy..
Kachie: Yami K!!! HELP!! -cries some more- I'm Scaaaaared!
Yami K: o.o; -Looks back to the readers after glancing at Kachie- o_o Anyways.. I hope you'll enjoy the story..
Kaiba: I'll just remove her legs and arms! She wont need them! -climbs the tree with Yami STILL attached to his legs-
Kachie: I DO need those! -shrieks and clings to the highest branch-
Yami K: -turns and runs to help her hikari- o.o
Yu-Gi-Oh Trails Continues
Yami and Kaiba had been wondering around a strange and rather large chamber. It was cold, dry and slightly moist. The lighting was also very dim and there seemed to have been a slight gust of wind every now and then. Yami guessed that there must have been an opening to the outside somewhere around here.
Yami looked around as Kaiba seemed to have lead the way. He was walking at a quick striding pace, and Yami had troubles keeping up with him. Finally they spotted a separate corridor and decided to go down it. "I sense Yugi's near by.. Joey has to be with him." Yami commented half way down the hall.
But before they reached the end Yami suddenly collapsed onto his hands and knees, feeling sick suddenly. Sick and dizzy. He didn't understand why, but when he tried getting up again he fell over onto his side.
Kaiba stopped and looked to Yami with confusion. "What's with YOU, Motou?" he questioned impatiently. He was in a hurry to get Joey back and couldn't afford delays. Yami shook his head as Kaiba knelt down next to him. His irritation lit up only a little when he noticed the overly blood soaked bandage on Yami's head. He must have been suffering from too much damage to his head and blood loss.
Kaiba sat down as Yami felt too sick to get up again. "Maybe we should rest.. You don't look too good." Kaiba said slowly. Well he might need Yami for when he faced the guy that kidnapped his Joey. Yami groaned a little as he ignored his ill feelings and began to stand again anyways. "No.. if we wait.. Yugi and Joey might not be there by the time WE get there." Yami said slowly.
Kaiba blinked and sighed. Yami was too stubborn to admit his condition, and Kaiba understood. But of course the Pharaoh might have been right as well.. If they wait too long.. maybe.. He stood, pushing this thought aside and helped Yami down the hall now. He was determined to get Joey back!
"Everything's ready, Lord Ekuma.." said a hooded man. The Dark Lord Ekuma smirked and waved the man away as he looked around. They were in a room that was like a giant porch or something. Off to the side were two cages, and at least three dozen guards hustled about doing what they needed to for Yami's and Kaiba's arrival.
He examined the cages a little closer and beamed with pride at his work. Yugi Motou and Joey Wheeler were in their own cages. While Joey was thrashing about and shouting in his cage, demanding to be freed along with his friend Yugi, Yugi was out cold. It was either due to the shock of being captured, the beating he had received, or both. Well, he was already injured before they had taken him, but Ekuma provoked his wounds and gave him a few more.
He then looked to the door way, waiting for the Pharaoh and his friend Kaiba. He knew his victory against Yami would be easy, due to his OWN injuries. Yami was hanging to life by nothing more then a THREAD. This was even better then he thought! With both Yami and Yugi clinging to life, it was TORTURE.
All well, he thought. Let the boy come and die with his lover and two friends. The more agony he was in, the more pleasure it gave Ekuma. This was a dream come true, and an even more perfect plan then his original plan.
Kaiba saw a light glowing brightly at the end of the hall. With Yami nearly passed out, he helped the boy down the hall until they finally emerged on the other side. "Ah finally, your here." came the dark silky voice of the man behind it all.
Yami gained a scowl at the man as Kaiba looked around and found the two cages. "Joey!" he shouted out as he forgot about helping Yami stand and ran over to his cage. The guards reacted by grabbing Kaiba and pinned the struggling CEO to a pillar. There they tide him up tightly to it as Yami fell to his knees and coughed loudly. His head ache had increased, and he could barely see at this point.
"Seto!" Joey screamed as the CEO and President of Kaiba Corp tried to break free of his bonds. Yami barely heard Joey's shouts and slowly got to his feet, inserting his deck into his duel disk system. He finally got to his feet as he looked to Ekuma. "You want my powers and the world so bad?! You have to DUEL me for it!" Yami then shouted as he stumbled closer to the man who was sitting on his comfortable chair.
The man lifted his arm up and a duel disk system of his own appeared with his deck already inserted. "Way ahead of you, Pharaoh!" he blurted out as his system came to life, his life points counting up to four-thousand. Yami grunted as he held up his duel disk system as it unfolded and his life points counted up to four-thousand as well.
About this time Yugi slowly came to. His eye sight was blurry and he couldn't feel much at the moment. He slowly looked around to see where he was and that's when his eyes landed on a familiar outline of a figure. "Ya-Yami?" he asked rather quietly. Actually, it was so quiet, he could barely hear HIMSELF. But his eyes slowly came into focus and it WAS Yami that he was looking at.
He slowly sat himself up and leaned against one cage wall as he saw his lover slowly draw five cards. His movements seemed sluggish, almost as if he was having a hard time moving and thinking. He wasn't sure why this was either. He only felt concerned about it.
Yami blinked as he felt concern flow through that link he had with Yugi. He glimpsed around the room, not having noticed the cages until now, and his eyes widened. "Yugi!" he shouted out as he lost his balance for a moment and quickly regained it. /Yami.. be careful..\ Yami heard Yugi say before he blacked out temporarily.
Ekuma looked to his opponent as he smirked. "Well, as the saying goes, 'Let's Duel'!" shouted Ekuma as he decided to go first. He drew his sixth card and smirked a bit. This duel would be over in an instant with HIM as the victor, NOT Yami.
Yami watched the guy a bit as he placed his first monster card on the field. "I play Dark King of the Abyss in attack mode! [1550] Then I'll play my magic card Mystic Plasma Zone!" he declared. Yami's eyes narrowed a little as the monster card on the field grew stronger by five-hundred points. He then placed another card face down on the field. "I end my turn." he then said cooley.
Yami again grunted in slight pain as his body seemed to tingle a little. In example, if his foot were asleep then it decided to wake up. He drew his sixth card with determination in his mind and sighed. He looked his hand over knowing he didn't have much luck. Perhaps rebuilding his deck was a bad idea..
"I'll play Ameba in attack mode, then I play Kaiser Colosseum." Yami stated with a slight smirk of his own. After ending his turn his Ameba card would inflict 2000 direct damage, cutting Ekuma's life points in half in an instant. Of course it was a risky move with his monster being weaker then Ekuma's, but if he had to sacrifice to do this, then so be it.
The Dark Lord grumbled as his life points were halved with the beginning of his turn, but he would pay the Pharaoh back for this. He drew his card and smirked once more. He then placed the magic card Hitokama onto the field. "Fine, I play Hitokama, and take 800 of your life points!" he declared as a huge fireball appeared from no where and rushed down onto Yami, exploding on impact. This move alone caused the poor guy to fly back and fall on his back with a surprised shout. Then before Yami had a chance to get back up the man made his monster attack the Ameba card, forcing Yami's life points to go down to 1450.
Yami slowly and wearily got to his feet, chuckling a little under his breath. It was a weak chuckle, but it pissed the Dark Lord off enough. "What's so funny?!" he demanded in turn. Once Yami had his balance he discarded his monster to the graveyard. "You destroyed my only monster, there for, you destroyed YOUR only monster." he explained as he again chuckled.
Ekuma was confused by this, but as Yami had said, his monster suddenly broke away like glass with a shriek and disappeared. "Explain yourself!" he then shouted out. Yami drew his card, indicating his turn began. "Thanks to Kaiser Colosseum, no matter what you do, if I have one monster, you may summon one monster.. If I have none, then you too have none." he explained as he glanced at his hand.
The man wasn't too happy about this Kaiser Colosseum card now. Yami then summoned Giant Germ to the field. "I play Giant Germ, in attack mode, and thanks to your Mystic Plasma Zone field card my monster gains 500 more attack points." Yami gloated. Ekuma was obviously no master duelist.
But suddenly, before Yami could celebrate this move, Ekuma's face down card suddenly revealed itself. "Then I play Trap Hole." he said with a smirk. Fine, two can play at this game, he thought. If he had no monsters, then Yami wont have any, meaning his life points were safe for now.
Yami frowned as his Giant Germ was destroyed and discarded to the graveyard. "Fine, I pass." he stated quietly. He suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, probably from his injury and stumbled a little, but soon got his balance again. He knew he wouldn't last very long like this. Meaning he needed to win this duel, and fast.
The man drew a card and smirked at himself. "What do you know? Another Hitokama magic card." the man chuckled. He then played it on the field and once more Yami was attacked with a giant fireball. Again Yami flew back and landed hard on his back with a grunt and then a shout of pain.
The man cackled as Yami's life points went down by another 800, and Yami's inability to get to his feet again. "Might as well stay there, Pharaoh! I already have you beat!" he shouted out with a laugh.
Yami was about to pass out and give in to his sudden urge to sleep, but that was until he felt something tugging in the back of his mind. He slowly looked to his side to see Yugi's saddened and pain filled eyes starring at him. /Don't give up, Yami.. The world needs you.. I need you..\ came Yugi's quiet voice in his head.
Yami slowly sat up, nodding once at Yugi, regaining some hope on making it through this duel. He slowly stood, just in time to see Ekuma's smirks and grins fade into an angered frown. "You want more, eh? Fine, but I warn you, I will not let in." he said with a dangerous tone.
Yami drew his card and frowned back. "I don't give in very easily either." he replied as he looked his card over. Harpie's Feather Duster. He had gotten this card in a duel a while back. He stuck it in his hand and looked the rest of his cards over.
"First I play this monster card in defense mode." Yami started. He then placed a magic card in his duel disk's magic/trap card slot. "Then I play Monster Reborn to summon your Dark King of the Abyss to my field in attack mode." he ended as he gained a second monster. He smirked as that ended his turn. Now his opponent was sweating. That's what he wanted. To make this guy be tortured by his own stupidity.
Actually, this was probably the easiest duel he had ever been through. He watched as Ekuma's fear filled expressions disappeared. "Fine, I play my Whiptail Crow in attack mode. Then I play Swords of Revealing Light!" he declared. Yami should have finished him while he had the chance! He cackled as Yami's cocky expressions turned to frustration.
Yami looked at his hand as if pre-planning any moves he could do. It wasn't very much, but he could play his Harpie's Feather Duster. But then he had the monster to worry about. It was stronger then his Dark King of the Abyss by one hundred points. /Don't give up, Yami. You can do this..\ came Yugi's reassuring voice. Again Yami looked to the boy and nodded.
"I will destroy your Dark King of Abyss with my Whiptail Crow and wipe one-hundred life points away, then I end my turn." Yami only had 550 life points left while his opponent had 1500 still. He drew his card and looked at it. it was Raigeki! With this he could destroy his Whiptail Crow and use his face down card to destroy more of Ekuma's life points!
"I play Harpie's Feather duster to destroy you Swords of Revealing Lights!" he declared. He then played Raigeki face up. "Then I play Raigeki to destroy your monster!" he announced. The Dark Lord growled as he discarded his monster and Swords of Revealing light along with his Mystic Plasma Zone. But Yami wasn't done. "I then activate my Man-Eater Bug and attack your life point directly!" And as commanded his Man-eater took a chunk from Ekuma's life points.
With this said and done, Ekuma drew his card. He grumbled. Nothing he could use. "I play one magic card face down and end my turn.." he grumbled. Yami felt a wave of reassuring feelings from Yugi suddenly and looked over at him. /Remember what you told me? Trust in the heart of the cards.. You can beat him..\ he said weakly. Yami nodded as he looked to Ekuma.
He closed his eyes, fully trusting his cards and deck. Heart of the Cards, don't fail me now.. He thought. He drew his card and brought it up to his face. He smirked as he looked up at the man who had been tormenting him, Yugi, Joey, and Kaiba. "This is it, who ever you are. I'll finish you off here and now!" he declared as his expression grew serious.
He slapped his newly drawn monster card onto his disk. "Your FINISHED!" he shouted now with whatever strength he had left. Ekuma's eyes widened with fear. "I play Harpies Brother in attack mode!" Yami once again declared. This time he wasn't taking any chances. He was going to end this, no more torturing his opponent. "Harpies Brother, attack his life points NOW!" He shouted.
With great speed and agility his monster flew over to his opponent and used the weapon on his arm and slashed away at Ekuma and his life points. The duel then ended and all the monsters and images disappeared. "NOOOO!" shouted Ekuma as he was suddenly banned to the Shadow Realm with the swift thinking of Yami.
Suddenly the cage doors opened to let out Yugi and Joey. Joey rushed over to Kaiba to let him loose while Yugi ignored his aching ribs and whatever else there were and ran over to Yami as he suddenly fell foreword onto his knees, then stomach and face.
Everything blurred and began to grow dark as his breathing slowed down by a great deal. He knew what was happening. The blow to his head must have done more damage to him then he thought. He was now lying there dieing. No, he was already dead. But he was amazed that he lasted even THIS long..
Yami concentrated his last bit of energy to a single thought to Yugi. //I love you, Yugi..\\ came the rather weak and quiet voice of Yami. "YAAAMI!" Yugi shouted as he slid to his knees just in time to see Yami's last breath and his eyes closed slowly. Yugi felt panicked, what just happened, why did Yami suddenly go limp? He couldn't understand. He couldn't even feel Yami's presence in their link.
He slowly reached out to shake Yami, as if to wake him. "Ya-Yami?" he asked quietly. By this time Joey and Kaiba came up to Yugi and knelt down next to him. "Is.. is he ok?" Joey asked silently as the tears filled Yugi's eyes now. Kaiba reached a hand over and felt at Yami's neck for a pulse.. and to his dismay found none.
Kaiba bowed his head down and shook it. Yami was gone. "I'm sorry, Yugi.." he said quietly, almost under his breath. Yugi looked from Kaiba to Yami's empty form. "No.. He can't be.." he said, his voice breaking. He reached out and rolled Yami onto his back and dragged his upper half into his lap, his arms tightly wrapped around his lifeless form. "No... Yami, please don't leave me.." Yugi pleaded in vain.
Kaiba turned away. It was indeed truly sad. Yami had given his life to make sure that the world had it's life and the people with in it. Including Yugi and their friends and family. "YAAAAAMI!" Yugi shouted out as his head looked up at the ceiling of the area, eyes tightly shut, and the tears began to pour..
Kachie: One more chapter! o.o; Just one more. Stick with me now! It's 2:53 in the morning and I've been working on this chapter ALL night..
Yami K: -Cries- That is totally sad! WAAAH!!
Kaiba: I agree.. poor Yugi..
Kachie: Stay tuned, there IS a surprise ending!
Kaiba: -Snarls and picks up speed now- GET BACK HERE!!
Yami: -blinks and begins to run after Kaiba- Kaiba! Calm down!
Kachie: -Begins to cry- The troll's did it I swear!!
Kaiba: I don't care if the Wicked Witch of the West did it! Give back my Joey! -Lunges out at Kachie and misses, falling on his stomach-
Kachie: GAAHH! GET AWAY! -Runs up a tree and hides on a branch- Yami-chaaaan, help!
Yami: o.o; -jumps onto Kaiba and tries to pin him to the ground- Killing the author isn't gonna get Yugi and Joey back, Kaiba!
Yami K: o.o -Watches the scene trying not to laugh-
Kaiba: -Crawls to the tree with Yami attached to him- Just let me kill her! I swear I'll make it quick and painless!
Yami: O.o; I can't let you!
Kachie: AHHH! -cries and tries to climb higher into the tree- I'll get them back I swear! Just leave me alooone!
Yami K: O_o; They're gonna be busy fer a bit so I'll introduce this chappy..
Kachie: Yami K!!! HELP!! -cries some more- I'm Scaaaaared!
Yami K: o.o; -Looks back to the readers after glancing at Kachie- o_o Anyways.. I hope you'll enjoy the story..
Kaiba: I'll just remove her legs and arms! She wont need them! -climbs the tree with Yami STILL attached to his legs-
Kachie: I DO need those! -shrieks and clings to the highest branch-
Yami K: -turns and runs to help her hikari- o.o
Yu-Gi-Oh Trails Continues
Yami and Kaiba had been wondering around a strange and rather large chamber. It was cold, dry and slightly moist. The lighting was also very dim and there seemed to have been a slight gust of wind every now and then. Yami guessed that there must have been an opening to the outside somewhere around here.
Yami looked around as Kaiba seemed to have lead the way. He was walking at a quick striding pace, and Yami had troubles keeping up with him. Finally they spotted a separate corridor and decided to go down it. "I sense Yugi's near by.. Joey has to be with him." Yami commented half way down the hall.
But before they reached the end Yami suddenly collapsed onto his hands and knees, feeling sick suddenly. Sick and dizzy. He didn't understand why, but when he tried getting up again he fell over onto his side.
Kaiba stopped and looked to Yami with confusion. "What's with YOU, Motou?" he questioned impatiently. He was in a hurry to get Joey back and couldn't afford delays. Yami shook his head as Kaiba knelt down next to him. His irritation lit up only a little when he noticed the overly blood soaked bandage on Yami's head. He must have been suffering from too much damage to his head and blood loss.
Kaiba sat down as Yami felt too sick to get up again. "Maybe we should rest.. You don't look too good." Kaiba said slowly. Well he might need Yami for when he faced the guy that kidnapped his Joey. Yami groaned a little as he ignored his ill feelings and began to stand again anyways. "No.. if we wait.. Yugi and Joey might not be there by the time WE get there." Yami said slowly.
Kaiba blinked and sighed. Yami was too stubborn to admit his condition, and Kaiba understood. But of course the Pharaoh might have been right as well.. If they wait too long.. maybe.. He stood, pushing this thought aside and helped Yami down the hall now. He was determined to get Joey back!
"Everything's ready, Lord Ekuma.." said a hooded man. The Dark Lord Ekuma smirked and waved the man away as he looked around. They were in a room that was like a giant porch or something. Off to the side were two cages, and at least three dozen guards hustled about doing what they needed to for Yami's and Kaiba's arrival.
He examined the cages a little closer and beamed with pride at his work. Yugi Motou and Joey Wheeler were in their own cages. While Joey was thrashing about and shouting in his cage, demanding to be freed along with his friend Yugi, Yugi was out cold. It was either due to the shock of being captured, the beating he had received, or both. Well, he was already injured before they had taken him, but Ekuma provoked his wounds and gave him a few more.
He then looked to the door way, waiting for the Pharaoh and his friend Kaiba. He knew his victory against Yami would be easy, due to his OWN injuries. Yami was hanging to life by nothing more then a THREAD. This was even better then he thought! With both Yami and Yugi clinging to life, it was TORTURE.
All well, he thought. Let the boy come and die with his lover and two friends. The more agony he was in, the more pleasure it gave Ekuma. This was a dream come true, and an even more perfect plan then his original plan.
Kaiba saw a light glowing brightly at the end of the hall. With Yami nearly passed out, he helped the boy down the hall until they finally emerged on the other side. "Ah finally, your here." came the dark silky voice of the man behind it all.
Yami gained a scowl at the man as Kaiba looked around and found the two cages. "Joey!" he shouted out as he forgot about helping Yami stand and ran over to his cage. The guards reacted by grabbing Kaiba and pinned the struggling CEO to a pillar. There they tide him up tightly to it as Yami fell to his knees and coughed loudly. His head ache had increased, and he could barely see at this point.
"Seto!" Joey screamed as the CEO and President of Kaiba Corp tried to break free of his bonds. Yami barely heard Joey's shouts and slowly got to his feet, inserting his deck into his duel disk system. He finally got to his feet as he looked to Ekuma. "You want my powers and the world so bad?! You have to DUEL me for it!" Yami then shouted as he stumbled closer to the man who was sitting on his comfortable chair.
The man lifted his arm up and a duel disk system of his own appeared with his deck already inserted. "Way ahead of you, Pharaoh!" he blurted out as his system came to life, his life points counting up to four-thousand. Yami grunted as he held up his duel disk system as it unfolded and his life points counted up to four-thousand as well.
About this time Yugi slowly came to. His eye sight was blurry and he couldn't feel much at the moment. He slowly looked around to see where he was and that's when his eyes landed on a familiar outline of a figure. "Ya-Yami?" he asked rather quietly. Actually, it was so quiet, he could barely hear HIMSELF. But his eyes slowly came into focus and it WAS Yami that he was looking at.
He slowly sat himself up and leaned against one cage wall as he saw his lover slowly draw five cards. His movements seemed sluggish, almost as if he was having a hard time moving and thinking. He wasn't sure why this was either. He only felt concerned about it.
Yami blinked as he felt concern flow through that link he had with Yugi. He glimpsed around the room, not having noticed the cages until now, and his eyes widened. "Yugi!" he shouted out as he lost his balance for a moment and quickly regained it. /Yami.. be careful..\ Yami heard Yugi say before he blacked out temporarily.
Ekuma looked to his opponent as he smirked. "Well, as the saying goes, 'Let's Duel'!" shouted Ekuma as he decided to go first. He drew his sixth card and smirked a bit. This duel would be over in an instant with HIM as the victor, NOT Yami.
Yami watched the guy a bit as he placed his first monster card on the field. "I play Dark King of the Abyss in attack mode! [1550] Then I'll play my magic card Mystic Plasma Zone!" he declared. Yami's eyes narrowed a little as the monster card on the field grew stronger by five-hundred points. He then placed another card face down on the field. "I end my turn." he then said cooley.
Yami again grunted in slight pain as his body seemed to tingle a little. In example, if his foot were asleep then it decided to wake up. He drew his sixth card with determination in his mind and sighed. He looked his hand over knowing he didn't have much luck. Perhaps rebuilding his deck was a bad idea..
"I'll play Ameba in attack mode, then I play Kaiser Colosseum." Yami stated with a slight smirk of his own. After ending his turn his Ameba card would inflict 2000 direct damage, cutting Ekuma's life points in half in an instant. Of course it was a risky move with his monster being weaker then Ekuma's, but if he had to sacrifice to do this, then so be it.
The Dark Lord grumbled as his life points were halved with the beginning of his turn, but he would pay the Pharaoh back for this. He drew his card and smirked once more. He then placed the magic card Hitokama onto the field. "Fine, I play Hitokama, and take 800 of your life points!" he declared as a huge fireball appeared from no where and rushed down onto Yami, exploding on impact. This move alone caused the poor guy to fly back and fall on his back with a surprised shout. Then before Yami had a chance to get back up the man made his monster attack the Ameba card, forcing Yami's life points to go down to 1450.
Yami slowly and wearily got to his feet, chuckling a little under his breath. It was a weak chuckle, but it pissed the Dark Lord off enough. "What's so funny?!" he demanded in turn. Once Yami had his balance he discarded his monster to the graveyard. "You destroyed my only monster, there for, you destroyed YOUR only monster." he explained as he again chuckled.
Ekuma was confused by this, but as Yami had said, his monster suddenly broke away like glass with a shriek and disappeared. "Explain yourself!" he then shouted out. Yami drew his card, indicating his turn began. "Thanks to Kaiser Colosseum, no matter what you do, if I have one monster, you may summon one monster.. If I have none, then you too have none." he explained as he glanced at his hand.
The man wasn't too happy about this Kaiser Colosseum card now. Yami then summoned Giant Germ to the field. "I play Giant Germ, in attack mode, and thanks to your Mystic Plasma Zone field card my monster gains 500 more attack points." Yami gloated. Ekuma was obviously no master duelist.
But suddenly, before Yami could celebrate this move, Ekuma's face down card suddenly revealed itself. "Then I play Trap Hole." he said with a smirk. Fine, two can play at this game, he thought. If he had no monsters, then Yami wont have any, meaning his life points were safe for now.
Yami frowned as his Giant Germ was destroyed and discarded to the graveyard. "Fine, I pass." he stated quietly. He suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, probably from his injury and stumbled a little, but soon got his balance again. He knew he wouldn't last very long like this. Meaning he needed to win this duel, and fast.
The man drew a card and smirked at himself. "What do you know? Another Hitokama magic card." the man chuckled. He then played it on the field and once more Yami was attacked with a giant fireball. Again Yami flew back and landed hard on his back with a grunt and then a shout of pain.
The man cackled as Yami's life points went down by another 800, and Yami's inability to get to his feet again. "Might as well stay there, Pharaoh! I already have you beat!" he shouted out with a laugh.
Yami was about to pass out and give in to his sudden urge to sleep, but that was until he felt something tugging in the back of his mind. He slowly looked to his side to see Yugi's saddened and pain filled eyes starring at him. /Don't give up, Yami.. The world needs you.. I need you..\ came Yugi's quiet voice in his head.
Yami slowly sat up, nodding once at Yugi, regaining some hope on making it through this duel. He slowly stood, just in time to see Ekuma's smirks and grins fade into an angered frown. "You want more, eh? Fine, but I warn you, I will not let in." he said with a dangerous tone.
Yami drew his card and frowned back. "I don't give in very easily either." he replied as he looked his card over. Harpie's Feather Duster. He had gotten this card in a duel a while back. He stuck it in his hand and looked the rest of his cards over.
"First I play this monster card in defense mode." Yami started. He then placed a magic card in his duel disk's magic/trap card slot. "Then I play Monster Reborn to summon your Dark King of the Abyss to my field in attack mode." he ended as he gained a second monster. He smirked as that ended his turn. Now his opponent was sweating. That's what he wanted. To make this guy be tortured by his own stupidity.
Actually, this was probably the easiest duel he had ever been through. He watched as Ekuma's fear filled expressions disappeared. "Fine, I play my Whiptail Crow in attack mode. Then I play Swords of Revealing Light!" he declared. Yami should have finished him while he had the chance! He cackled as Yami's cocky expressions turned to frustration.
Yami looked at his hand as if pre-planning any moves he could do. It wasn't very much, but he could play his Harpie's Feather Duster. But then he had the monster to worry about. It was stronger then his Dark King of the Abyss by one hundred points. /Don't give up, Yami. You can do this..\ came Yugi's reassuring voice. Again Yami looked to the boy and nodded.
"I will destroy your Dark King of Abyss with my Whiptail Crow and wipe one-hundred life points away, then I end my turn." Yami only had 550 life points left while his opponent had 1500 still. He drew his card and looked at it. it was Raigeki! With this he could destroy his Whiptail Crow and use his face down card to destroy more of Ekuma's life points!
"I play Harpie's Feather duster to destroy you Swords of Revealing Lights!" he declared. He then played Raigeki face up. "Then I play Raigeki to destroy your monster!" he announced. The Dark Lord growled as he discarded his monster and Swords of Revealing light along with his Mystic Plasma Zone. But Yami wasn't done. "I then activate my Man-Eater Bug and attack your life point directly!" And as commanded his Man-eater took a chunk from Ekuma's life points.
With this said and done, Ekuma drew his card. He grumbled. Nothing he could use. "I play one magic card face down and end my turn.." he grumbled. Yami felt a wave of reassuring feelings from Yugi suddenly and looked over at him. /Remember what you told me? Trust in the heart of the cards.. You can beat him..\ he said weakly. Yami nodded as he looked to Ekuma.
He closed his eyes, fully trusting his cards and deck. Heart of the Cards, don't fail me now.. He thought. He drew his card and brought it up to his face. He smirked as he looked up at the man who had been tormenting him, Yugi, Joey, and Kaiba. "This is it, who ever you are. I'll finish you off here and now!" he declared as his expression grew serious.
He slapped his newly drawn monster card onto his disk. "Your FINISHED!" he shouted now with whatever strength he had left. Ekuma's eyes widened with fear. "I play Harpies Brother in attack mode!" Yami once again declared. This time he wasn't taking any chances. He was going to end this, no more torturing his opponent. "Harpies Brother, attack his life points NOW!" He shouted.
With great speed and agility his monster flew over to his opponent and used the weapon on his arm and slashed away at Ekuma and his life points. The duel then ended and all the monsters and images disappeared. "NOOOO!" shouted Ekuma as he was suddenly banned to the Shadow Realm with the swift thinking of Yami.
Suddenly the cage doors opened to let out Yugi and Joey. Joey rushed over to Kaiba to let him loose while Yugi ignored his aching ribs and whatever else there were and ran over to Yami as he suddenly fell foreword onto his knees, then stomach and face.
Everything blurred and began to grow dark as his breathing slowed down by a great deal. He knew what was happening. The blow to his head must have done more damage to him then he thought. He was now lying there dieing. No, he was already dead. But he was amazed that he lasted even THIS long..
Yami concentrated his last bit of energy to a single thought to Yugi. //I love you, Yugi..\\ came the rather weak and quiet voice of Yami. "YAAAMI!" Yugi shouted as he slid to his knees just in time to see Yami's last breath and his eyes closed slowly. Yugi felt panicked, what just happened, why did Yami suddenly go limp? He couldn't understand. He couldn't even feel Yami's presence in their link.
He slowly reached out to shake Yami, as if to wake him. "Ya-Yami?" he asked quietly. By this time Joey and Kaiba came up to Yugi and knelt down next to him. "Is.. is he ok?" Joey asked silently as the tears filled Yugi's eyes now. Kaiba reached a hand over and felt at Yami's neck for a pulse.. and to his dismay found none.
Kaiba bowed his head down and shook it. Yami was gone. "I'm sorry, Yugi.." he said quietly, almost under his breath. Yugi looked from Kaiba to Yami's empty form. "No.. He can't be.." he said, his voice breaking. He reached out and rolled Yami onto his back and dragged his upper half into his lap, his arms tightly wrapped around his lifeless form. "No... Yami, please don't leave me.." Yugi pleaded in vain.
Kaiba turned away. It was indeed truly sad. Yami had given his life to make sure that the world had it's life and the people with in it. Including Yugi and their friends and family. "YAAAAAMI!" Yugi shouted out as his head looked up at the ceiling of the area, eyes tightly shut, and the tears began to pour..
Kachie: One more chapter! o.o; Just one more. Stick with me now! It's 2:53 in the morning and I've been working on this chapter ALL night..
Yami K: -Cries- That is totally sad! WAAAH!!
Kaiba: I agree.. poor Yugi..
Kachie: Stay tuned, there IS a surprise ending!