Note: Yeah. Took me long enough to post this chapter. I know I know...I
finally found the outline for the whole story so now I don't need any
help on finishing it anymore. I can finally finish this story and move
on to work on All That Glitters a little more. That is...If I can ever
get reviews saying I should finish that one? Without any further ado, I
present to you Chapter 27 of The Dark Side!
The Dark Side: Truth Be Told

Last time, on The Dark Side:
'He will lead with his right side. He will dodge to the right, Lord
Akovara.' the Oracle said in a dull tone of voice.

"'Very good.'" Yoh smirked and said.

"How did he know I was planning to-?" Amidamaru gasped in his obvious
surprise.

"'I told you. He's my Oracle.'"
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'Change of plans. He will be using his left side. Then left again.
Right. Left, left, right, right, right, left..' the Oracle listed off
as he re-opened his eyes at last.

"Uhh-! I cannot make a move or even plan one without being warned of
before I can pull it off!" Amidamaru stuttered as Starshine's body just
barely shook in the light of the moon in both anticipation and slight
fear.

Knitting his brows together, Manta clinched his hands into fists as he
watched the scene continue, the two fighters- his friend Amidamaru's
soul; controling his future child Starshine's body, clashing against
his lover Yoh. What had happened in the course of their lives (or in
Amidamaru's case afterlife) to put them in the position where they'd be
faced up against this?

"Come on, Amidamaru! You've got Starshine's body you can beat this evil
spirit!" Manta called out from where he stood, earning a dark smirk
from Yoh.

"'It is a shame, Manta Oyamada, that you are sorely mistaken there!'"
he remarked.

Starshine shook off a shudder of weakness that was threatening to
overtake him. "Admit it, Akovara, that you are the one whom did all of
this! You are the one whom changed the course of how the past was made
to go! You are the one whom is at fault for erasing the memory of the
Egyptian prince and his lover of the truth of what happened so long ago
when Yeno-Da was spending his last few moments in the land of the
living. You are the one whom held the prince from going to him, and
bent the minds of the people to believing it was the Anu and Isi family
who were at fault for the early deaths of the Egyptian princesses!" he
yelled out.

"'I will admit such crimes to my name.'" Yoh replied as his sword's
metal met with that of Amidamaru's. "'For them to recall what was the
truth would ruin my plans. I could not afford the risk. My revenge will
be completed upon the destruction of the last line of the Egyptians who
aided to put me to sleep!'"

'Left, Lord Akovara!' the Oracle's voice came again as Amidamaru began
to attack a tenth time.

"I can't put up with his inputs anymore! Amidamaru! Are you thinking
what I'm thinking?" Starshine smirked as he jumped back from a second
slash attack from Yoh.

"I am, Lord Starshine!" Amidamaru agreed with a smirk appearing over
his face as well. "We will bind the Oracle with a form of the Sasi Do
Akovara's Binding Spell that he used on Lord Kaki-Ri and Lord Yeno!" he
finished saying.

"'What are you thinking?'" Yoh asked, his eyes narrowing in his slight
suspicion as he backed up a few feet from them.

"Don't you wish that you knew!" Manta retorted, which earned him a
sharp glare in response, causing the shorty to back up a little bit in
return.

Closing their eyes, Amidamaru and Starshine held their sword out in
front of them with the tip of the blade facing the sky, focusing their
energy on the blade. Moments later, a light gray and green mist formed
around the blade and their hands as they opened their eyes, the pupils
now taking on the color of both Amidamaru and Starshine's eyes. They
began to speak in unison, a spell reserved for High Archs. "Sans sis is
sar vasi si..Sans sis is sar vasi si.."

After a couple more repititions of the spell, the mist extended outword
and caught onto the Oracle, binding his foresight, speech, and ability.

"'What have you done?!'" Akovara screamed from within Yoh. "'What have
you just done to my Oracle?!'"

"We have bound his powers, Akovara, you cannot use his aid any longer
in this battle against the forces of good. We are even again."
Starshine replied as a smirk crossed his face and his eyes shone with
contentment.

"'You can't! I need his ability-!'"

"You are out of luck, Akovara!" Amidamaru called.

Yoh's eyes narrowed and a sharp glare hit them as he dashed forward,
his sword extended before him. "'You will pay for disabling my means of
sure victory!'" he growled as his sword made contact again with that of
Amidamaru's and Starshine's.

"You will not win, Akovara!" Starshine spat out.

"'I will not fail! This I give my word to!'"

"Amidamaru, Starshine, don't give up!" Manta called out to them. "You
can beat Akovara and free Yoh, I know you can! You have to!" he added.

Yoh's head snapped back over his shoulder to look at Manta as a
sinister grin spread across his face. "'Perhaps I am attacking from the
wrong angle..'" he muttered, though it was loud enough for all to hear
him. "'Perhaps I should be attacking from the starter of whom this body
loves!'"

In a split second, the possessed Shaman had turned to face Manta as his
eyes darkened further.

'This- no! This is just like my dream!' Manta realized as his eyes went
wide.