Yami:O_O;Seto is still eating that bag of Chocolate?
Me:Yep.o_o;;
Yami:How much did you give the guy?
Me:About ..20 pounds.
YamiWhat?!?! Why didn't I get anything!?!
Me:^___^I don't know. Yami?
(Yami goes into a dark corner and plans to steal the remainer of Seto's chocolates)
Seto; 9_9 hey! I read that!
Me:*clears throat* And now the last chapter of the fanfic!Soo happy...
*~*~*~Important notice:there would be ALOT ALOT of these [blah blah blah] in this chapter becaues of the dueling scenes*~*~*~* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yami was riding the horse to its limits, the harsh sun baking the back of his neck."I have to keep going..I have to protect Tea." The horse seemed to read his thoughts and ran even faster, leaving deep traces of it's hoves in the yellow sand.
"Sire! Wait for us."
Yami slowed down the horse to a pace and looked behind him. Two of his most loyal magicians were following him."What are you doing here!?! You're supposed to be helping the others!"
The magicians, Asashi and Dameon, was startled at the pharoah's harsh words. "Pharoah, forgive us."started Asashi,"I know you'll be needing my assistance. You can't possibly believe you'll do this on your own.
"Please my Pharoah, we left the battlefield in good hands." Dameon said, looking Yami straight in the eyes." We seem to have the upper hand when I left."
"Fine," Yami said," But pick up your pace. Seto is already in the palace. We must hurry."
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"Finally." he thought to himself. "I can keep my promise." He clutched the necklace tightly in one hand as he held the rod in the other. "I'm back Celeste."
He eagerly walked the empty halls for Celeste. "Where is she? I can't find her." Seto wasn't used to the palace. It was at least twice as big as Yami's.
"You there." he said to a passing maid. The maid turned around and a look of shock ran over her face. She had never seen this man before. The maid was about to question him but noticed his head dress and shut her mouth.
"Where is the queen's bedchambers?" he asked. "The queen bed chambers?" she thought,"that was an unusual request." She shook off her suspicions and answered."Straight down and turn left. It is the second door to the right." She bowed low but Seto had impatiently started to walk towards the room.
Seto stopped at the door. Yami was closing in so he had to make this confrontation quick. His knees began to shake. How can he explain to Celeste what he had done? Will she even forgive him? Did she fall in love with Yami already? He shook his head.
Time was of the essence. He hoped that Celeste had kept her feelings about him the same. He took a deep breath and opened the doors.
Red curtains hung lazily in the window with large rays of sunlight entering the room. Flowers, paintings, and statues were placed around the room. And on the four post bed was a slender figure, apparently asleep....
"Celeste.." he mumured and walked slowly towards it. He couldn't beleive it. It was almost exactly alike the time he had said goodbye. With her sleeping......
He went closer. Her back was facing him and he couldn't see her face. Seto felt tears brimming in his eyes. Tears of happiness. He removed some of the sheets covering her hair to get a better look at her face. "What? She doesn't have brown hair..." he said to himself when he uncovered the blankets.
He moved in closer and sudied the face more. Shocked, he realized it wasn't Celeste. He angrily threw down the blankets he held in his hands, waking up the girl he thought was his love.
"Yami? Is that you?" Tea said when she woke up. She rubbed her eyes. Seeing the stranger, her first instinct was to scream. But she stopped herself when she realized who it was. "Seto? Is that you."
Seto looked at her angrily. He didn't answer her but instead asked her directly."Where is the Yami's wife?"
Tea didn't know what to say but answered,"I am Yami's wife. Don't you remember? Tea of Aeaos. We met at the party about three years ago. Where have y....?"
Seto cut her off. "What do you mean you're Yami's wife. His wife is Celeste, the recent's pharoah's daughter. Where is she?"
Tea looked at him in shock. "Seto...I don't know what You're talking about.." She thought harder. An expression of sadness went on her face. " You don't know do you?" she bit her lip,"Celeste died, Seto. A long time ago....about the time you disappeared."
This was a lie. Celeste couldn't have died. No. It just can't be true. How could she died? A picture of her face of the night he said goodbye to her appeared. Her perfect features, the peaceful look when she was asleep, her soft breathing, the gentle heartbeat, the tear-stained cheeks.....
"No! You lie. She couldn't have died!" he suddenly shouted, making Tea jump. Tea looked frightened but kept her postion. "Its true Seto. I won't lie to you." She felt a stinge of sympathy when she saw his tears."Had he loved her? " she wondered.
Seto looked back to her through angry blurry eyes. Then something hit him. The cauldron. It didn't show Celeste earlier when he was trying to use it. Maybe it didn't show Celeste....becaues it's magic couldn't see into the afterlife. That was the only reason he could think of for it not to work. But it meant that Celeste was really gone..forever.
He lowered his head. This was the first time he cried since the day his brother died. He was alone...again. Her image was the only thing that kept him going all these years...but it was just an image. He dreamed endlessly of them being together. Not as a pharoah and his queen, but as true love...destined to be with each other for all eternity.
But it was exactly that...a simple dream, nothing more. For three years, he'd been training to be with Celeste. For three years, he'd never known she was dead. He had broken a promise. Alone again.
Slowly, he took out the moon and star necklace from his fist. He examined the side of the moon and found the enscriptions:Celeste. It was worn and faded, scratched from the years of handling, but he could still read it.
"How could you, Celeste?" he said to himself,"I promised I'll be back. Why didn't you wait for me? I need you. I only did this for you." He thrusted the necklace across the room. He had suddenly remembered Tea watching him.
No matter. He could still live without love. He could finally see what's more important. "Tell Yami I would be back tonight. I challenge him to a duel. He'll figure out the rest." With that he disappeared with a cold cruel laughter that sent shivers down her spine.
Tea was stunned. Seto must've loved Celeste. "Poor guy." she whispered," She must've not returned his feelings." She suddenly remembered Seto throwing something on the floor. She quickly fell to the floor and searched the corner where the object was thrown into.
Feeling something, she brought it towards the rays of light and saw the elegant neclace. "Such workmanship," Tea mumured," I wonder why he threw it down with such rage."
Before she could examine it any further, her chamber doors slammed open. Tea turned around and saw Yami with his sword drawn, Asashi and Dameon behind him. When Yami saw Tea, he ran to her and held her tightly. He motioned Asashi and Dameon to search the room."Did Seto come here?"
"Yes." Tea answered, not knowing what all the concern was about.
He pulled away and looked her over."Did he hurt you?"
"No. Why would he?"
Yami hesistated in answering her question. "Tea...he changed. He's the one who opened the shadow realm. He started all this."
Tea looked at him curiously."Are you sure?"
"Positive."
"But..Why?"
"I don't know."
"Your Majesty. We didn't find anything." said Dameon. "Fine. Dameon, go back to the battlefield to help the others. Come back later to report the outcome. Asashi, stay here. We can't be too careful." Dameon bowed and quickly left the room.
Asashi looked at Yami and Tea uneasily. "I'll be outside to guard the door." With that said, he reached the doors and closed it tightly.
"Yami, Seto told me to tell you about some kind of challenge."
Yami suddenly turned pale. "A challenge? A duel?"
"Yeah. How did you know?"
Yami breathed in deeply. "I have to tell you something. On the day Seto left, we had a duel in the shadow realm."
"A duel? I thought that was just a rumor."
Yami looked uncomfortable. It was obvious he didn't want to recall the event. "It was true. He challenge me first and I had no choice but to except. His brother died by his own monster. I think that was why he left so suddenly. He took it pretty hard." He looked down. "What's that?" he said, noticing the necklace she clutched in her hand.
Tea had fogotten the necklace." Yami, I think his problems go deeper then just the lost of his brother. He didn't know about the death of Celeste," she looked at him for a moment and turned back," I think he fell in love with her and she didn't return his feelings. You should've seen his face when I told him. He looked so...so...so sad. "
Yami looked at her strangely. Tea had a gift with these kind of things. "Did he say anything about it?"
"No. He was quiet for a little while. When he snapped back, he threw this on the floor." Tea handed him the necklace.
Yami looked over it and gasp when he saw the side. "Tea, I think this was Celeste's. Look, her name is enscribe on it." He showed her the enscriptions. Tea looked puzzled. "But why would Seto have it?"
"I don't know." he started." Maybe Seto took it or something,but its not like him. Come to think of it..."
"What?"
"On the day of the duel, Celeste did show concerns for Seto. And I think I saw him talking to her, at the party where it was annouced our engagement."
"Still, it doesn't prove that Celeste had the same feelings for Seto."
"Did you tell him how she died?" Yami asked suddenly. Tea tried to recall the conversation. "No. I didn't."
"Tea. Celeste really did love Seto. Just trust me on this one."
"But how do you know for sure?"
"There's something about Celeste's death that I haven't told you about..."
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Seto stood silently beside the river where she and him first met. The water was still clear enough to see his reflection. When he saw the tear trails along his face he angrily tried to wash it away in the water.
"What am I doing here?!?! I don't need these memories." He sat down on the bank and allowed his fingers to feel the effect of the rushing water.
Everything was the same. It seemed the river itself wanted to remind Seto of what happened here. He almost wanted to turn his head around to check if a beautiful raven haired girl was watching him. The millenium rod began to fall loosely in between his fingers.
The sun was sinking below the horizon, causing the sky around it to turn a beautiful shade of red, organge, and pink. "Stop this!" he scolded himself. "She's gone and nothing will ever bring her back!"
He slammed the rod in the water, rippling the sad reflection. "Show me the battle." he said to the water once it calmed down. He waved his arm over the water once and a picture of the battle appeared. He smirked when he saw the battered soilders being overwhelmed by his forces.
"Soon." he thought,"I would rule over this world. After I defeat Yami in a duel, his puzzle will be mine and nothing will stop me."
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Yami walked into the old arena. He dreaded this place very much. Asashi had manage to gather some chanters in time and was lighting up the old torches. Everything seemed the way it was left, that was part of the enchantment placed upon it.
The chanters stood in line behind the stadium, where Yami was to duel Seto.
"Pharoah?" Asashi started," How do you know this is the right place?"
Yami walked to one of the seats and sat on the cold slab of stone. "Belive me, Asashi, He'll show."
The sky was getting darker, it was almost time. The torches grew even brighter as the room was overcome with silence. Yami held his breath. What if he was wrong?
A cold chill suddenly blew into the room. Seto appeared with his own chanters behind him. His millenium rod was glowing in his tightly drawn fist.
"So," said Seto with amusement."You actually showed up?"
Ymi stood up from his seat. "I never back down from a challenge Seto. Lets begin."
Seto smirked even wider. Yami started to walk towards his side but Asashi stopped him."Please Pharoah, let me duel him." Yami looked at him. Asashi was good, but not good enough to defeat Seto.
Seto heard Asashi's request. "Fine. Let the novice duel me. It gives me a chance to warm up."
Yami look from Asashi to Seto. If Asashi dueled Seto first, maybe he would know more about Seto's advances in his dueling skills. He could see some of Seto's tactics and maybe help him if he needed to duel Seto. Relunctantly, Yami nodded and took back his seat.
The chanters knew their que and quickly transported them to the shadow realm. In a few moments, which seemed like centuries, they were in the shadow realm. The room started shaking violently.
When it all stopped , Asashi stepped forward and looked across the stadium at Seto. "You traiterous coward! I'm going to make you pay for your deceptions."
Seto ignored this remark and looked at Yami. Shadows were covering half of his face. "Yami, mark my words."Yami faced him, his face showing no expression. "When I'm done with this loser, I will be the victor in our match."
Yami didn't say anything. Seto grinned. Probably too scared to talk. Asashi took out his scepter. It was carved out of strong wood and wasn't as good as the millenium items themselves but it was still powerful.
Seto laughed at the stick. He could already tell it wasn't much to deal with. Asashi was the first to start. "I call the battle ox!" A few stone tablets appeared and the chanting started.
Asashi instantly started attacking one Seto's tablets and revealed La Geiin (is that how you spell it?) the mystical genie.
"Your genie is strong but my monster was stronger." said Asashi, getting overconfident.
"What a loud mouth." Seto thought to himself. I'm not going to even bother wasting more energy on this worthless duel. "
"Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Seto screamed. Yami turned his head sharply. The blue eyes white dragon? The one who killed his brother? Did Seto learned to control it yet?
Seto's chanters repeated the spell and sacrificed the two remaining tablet on Seto's field. "You have both served me well, now, help me call forth the great Dragon of the shadow realm!" The two monsters glowed and disappeared in a flash of bright light. Yami squinted his eyes through the shine and saw the outline of the blue eyes white dragon.
Asashi looked stun. None of the monsters he had was nearly that powerful. Seto hesistated slightly in attacking Asashi but shook it off. "White lightning!"
The blue eyes was in complete control this time and obidiently demolished the Battle Ox. Yami stood up, he knew what was about to happen next.
Asashi stood still, too stun to speak. Seto turned his cold blue eyes towards him. "White Lightning!" The dragon turned its' mighty head and attacked Asashi. Asashi let out a final scream before he was banished to the shadow realm.
Yami didn't say anything. His hands tightly balled into fists as he slammed it to the stone armrests on the chair. He couldn't do anything about it. The game was played to the rules: The winner gets to chose the loser's fate
***[IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTES: The following duel is very unrealistic to the real thing. please don't yell at me for my pathetic attempt in writing a duel. Thank you]***
After the light subsided, Yami could clearly see Seto smirking.
Yami stepped forward, visibly shaking in anger over the loss of his loyal magician. Seto enjoyed every moment of Yami's anger and pain.
"Ready Yami?" said Seto from across the stadium. Yami glared at him as his puzzled sarted to glow. "Seto. I will avenge Asashi. I will never allow a person like you to win a duel this important."
Seto didn't say anything. Instead, he beckoned the stone tablets to appear before him and waited for Yami to do the same. Yami, with help from the chanters, did.
Seto wanted this to go slowly and as agonizing as possible for Yami. "I call the man-eater bug!"
"I call the mystical elf!"
"Is that all you have Yami?" snickered the brunette, comparing the man- eater bug with the elf.
Yami stood silently but another stone tablet had appeared next to him. The mystical elf was chanting. [ one of the mystical elf's powers is to transfer its power into any monster the dulelists choses]
Seto knew what Yami was planning. "Attack Man-eater bug!" The monster instantly flew into action and, with one swipe, wiped out the mystical elf.
Seto looked at Yami's face to see his reaction. Why isn't he more shocked? Seto grew nervous as Yami bagan to turn over his face down tablet. It was the Dark Magician.
"Dark Magic Attack!"
Before his very eyes, the man-eater bug was destroyed. Seto looked merely amused as some of the debris covered him. "How does it feel Yami? To be played around?"
"What are you talking about, Seto?"
Seto kept a tight grin on his face and set a tablet on the field. "Your turn Yami."
Yami was puzzled at the sudden change of mood. He was worried about the face down tablet. It might hold the blue eyes. He thought of ways to possibly defend himself from it.
"What's talking so long Yami? You're not considering begging for mercy are you?"
Yami looked at the cold glare Seto gave him. Should I tell him? I might not get the chance to. But I promised Celeste I would. What's the point though? He'd probably wouldn't believe me..unless....
Yami had stumbled onto a plan. He quickly layed down two tablets on the field.
Seto wasn't worried. He revealed the Blue eyes white dragon in the stone tablet. He was about to attack but Yami had stopped him.
"Go! Reborn the monster!"
Seto was surprised at this move. What does he want to revive?
"Mystical Elf!" Yami was planning to reborn the mystical elf. With her in play, he could raise his dark magician's attack power higher than his blue eyes and destroy the beloved dragon.
"Quickly! Attack the Mystical Elf!"
The dragon went on full assault to the elf but Yami had expected it. "Spell- binding circle!" Seto's dragon was now helpless as the Dark Magician grew stronger. It's power was now greater then the dragon's.
[For those who are confused by this, here's the simple way of doing it: Seto's dragon was 3000 attack points. Dark Magicians was 2500. If the Mistical elf transfer her attack power (800) to Dark Magicians, the dark magician would have the attack power 3300:thus higher then the dragon's. Yet again...please don't yell at me for my pathetic attempt in writing duels..I be very much unsmarts. ]
"Dark magic attack!" Seto could see the dark magicians' cold stare as he destroyed his dragon.
Seto knew his dragon couldn't escape the spell-binding circle. The dragon was helpless.
"You'll pay for that Yami." said a truly angry Seto." You'll pay for everything."
Yami stared up at him, with sympathy. "Seto, if you would just open your mind, you'll see who is to blame."
"What are you blabbing about!?!!" spitted Seto fiercly.
"Open your mind Seto!" Seto didn't have time to react. It happened so fast. He felt himself being pulled away from his body. His soul was being transported by Yami.
*~*~*~*~Yami's memory*~*~*~*~*~
Seto was in a room. The room was familiar. Gazing at the gold decorations of furniture, it belonged to a person of high power. The elegantly carved wooden table held a single bowl of uneaten fruits with a single plate untouched bread.There were a balcony with red draperies and a four post bed with gold trimmings on the sheets. As he looked around, he began to recognize the room. It was the same room Seto had said goodbye to Celeste.
He didn't want to be in this place. Yami was doing this to him, torturing him. He tried to snap back to the arena but his magic was blocked. Yami was keeping him here with the magic of his millenium puzzle. "How stupid,"thought Seto,"His magic would be deminish quickly. All I have to do is wait until his magic is weakened enough to escape back into the duel."
Seto still felt uncomfortable in the room, though. It caused memories to flood back to him. Memories he'd rather keep erased. He looked around the room to try to distract himself from the thoughts. That was when he noticed the figure standing in the balcony. The huge drapery had almost concealed the entire body.
His knees weakened. He couldn't help his himself as he began to walk closer. Why was he doing this to himself? Celeste was dead. This was all an illusion. He was just making it worst to see her again.
But he couldn't help it. His heart pounded painfully in his chest as he reached the balcony. Celeste stood leaning on the railing as she looked at the sunset beyond the gates.
He reached out for her, to touch her cheek, when his hand went through the flesh. His heart sank. It had all seemed so real, that he had almost forgotten that it was an illusion.
Seto satified himself on just observing her. He couldn't help but see some differences then from what he remembered. As always, clothes she wore was clean and crisp, and her hair was straight and shimmered in the last rays of light.
What he noticed hte most was how pale and fragile she looked. Her skin seemed to lost their color and she looked so....vulnerable. What he noticed most was her eyes. The cheeks didn't have tear stains but her eyes had a sort of emptyness within them. It was blank. No sparkle. No happiness.
"Celeste," he mumured. At that moment, she turned behind her and faced Seto. For a fleeting second, he thought she knew his presence in the room. He looked at her hopefully.
Celeste's face relaxed slightly. "Hello, Yami." Seto turned around and saw Yami walking into the room and closing the door behind him. Seto squinted his eyes angrily as Yami approached Celeste.
"Take your hands off of her!" he yelled as Yami held her hands and directed her on the bed. The demand fell on deaf ears.
"Celeste, you have to eat something. You need your strength for the wedding tomorrow." Yami said, kissing her on the forehead. Enraged, Seto stomped forward and tried to tackle him. He fell right through Yami.
Cleste looked at him. "I know," she said in a raspy voice. She looked at Yami."Tell me the truth,Yami. Do you want us to get married?" Seto looked up in interest.
Yami seemed to ponder the question. His shoulders slumped. "I'm sorry Celeste. I just don't feel right marrying somebody after...under these conditions."
Celeste smiled."I don't want to either."
"Really? Why?"Yami said.
She turned away from him. "I love someone eles." "Does she still love me?"Seto thought.
Yami smiled happily."This is great! Maybe we don't have to get married after all. Come on." he said jumping from the bed and grabbing her wrist."Lets talk to your father."
Celeste refused to move. Yami let go of her wrist."What's wrong?" Yami was surprised to see that she was crying.
He sat back down next to her. Seto moved in closer. He could barely hear what she said.
"The person I'm in love with.."she said between sobs."I think he was just using me. He said ..." Seto quickly moved away and held his hands over his ears to drown out Celeste's words. "She's talking about me...."he thought," She thinks I was using her. I don't deserve to be in her presence." He was on his knees, tears escaping from his eyes.
Celeste contiued."I can't tell anyone, either. My father wants me to marry you so much. He'll probably die of shock becaues of his age."
Yami didn't know what to say. He wrapped his arms around her and tried comforting her. "Who is it!?!? I'll make him pay!"
Celeste only cried more. "Please don't."
"Why not? Anybody who does that to you deserves to die miserably." Yami said angrily. Seto secrectly agreed with Yami.
Celeste stopped and quickly wiped out the tears still streaming from her eyes. Her lips trembled. "I know it was wrong of what he did. But I don't care. He was so gentle, Yami. I can't just wipe him out of my memory." Seto stood up and looked at her. Him? Gentle? How could she think those thoughts after all those hurtful words he said to her?
Yami looked puzzled but accepted the answer. "Fine, but can you at least tell me who it is?"
Celeste hesitated. "You'll know. Trust me. You'll know it when you meet him."
"Why are you telling me this?" Yami asked.
"Becaues I know you can be trusted. And also, I want you to do something for me." She said.
Yami kissed her hand gently. "Anything." Seto's jealousy flickered.
Celeste thought about it. "If you ever meet him again, tell him I'm waiting for him...to tell him I still love him." Seto looked at her. Does she have any idea she was going to die in a few weeks?Maybe even sooner?
"Why can't you tell him?"
Celeste swallowed hard."Just promise me, Yami. Just in case I'm..not here."
Yami nodded solemnly and hugged her again. "I promise Celeste. I promise if I ever meet him, I'll tell him you still love him." Celeste smiled. Seto stood opened mouth as he watched this unfold.
"What about the wedding tomorrow? Do you still want to go on with it?" asked Yami hesitantly.
"We'll see, Yami. Maybe I can find the courage to tell father..." her voice drifted away. Yami walked towards the doorway but turned back to Celeste before going out. He could see her lying in bed, looking out the balcony before she finally drifted off to sleep. "Goodnight."she whispered. "Goodnight," Seto whispered back.
The room suddenly started spinning.
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Yami had used alot of the puzzle's magic. He was panting severly while Seto stood still as a statue. His soul was beginning to return to the shell.
Yami had finally fulfilled his promise. He couldn't find any other way to make Seto believe in what Celeste had said. But it had weakened him. He wasn't able to call on any more monsters. The powered up Dark Magicain was his only monster. Sure, he could've attacked while Seto's body was lifeless but he had honor and pride. He had refused to do it.
Seto eyed Yami. "What happened to Celeste?"
Yami didn't expect the camly said question. "She died the next morning, before the wedding. One of her servants found her lifeless on the bed."
Seto didn't flinched. That explained the untouched food on the table of her room. "Her father? How did he die?"
"Died of a heart attack after I told about her death."
Seto still didn't say anything. His face emotionless. The millenium rod grew warmer in his fist.
There was a moment of cold silence.
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Dameon watched as the allies became overwhelmed. There was simply too much of them and there seemed to be no end to the hoards of monsters.
He watched as King Bakura, Shadi, Isis, and Malik, desperately tried to maintain their control over the army of advancing dark creatures. Somehow, their millenium items were met with a protective shield of some kind.
"This is no use!" he heard Bakura screamed. "Our millenium items aren't working against some of them."
"I don't know how!" Shadi said as he summoned Mammoth Graveyard to destroy the nearest monster. "It must be a stronger power somehow protecting some of them."
"Protecting the stronger ones!" said Isis, "It's only protecting those five right there." She nodded to the far back of the army where a small group of the hooded figures huddled together, summoning another monster." They seem to be the leaders."
"Great!" grumbled Malik."How can we break through to get them? If we can somehow kill them, this will be alot more easier."
They stood firmly back to back with each other with their own monsters protecting them. It seemed completely hopeless. They already had their hands full with the army and it didn't seem likely they could just walk up to them.
Dameon summoned his Curse of Dragon and blocked an entire army from an enemy monster's attack. He could already see some of his fellow allies falling in front of him. The ones he was unable to reach in time.
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Seto stared at Yami. His eyes squinting through the tears. Yami stood silently as he watched what Seto was going to do next.
"What am I doing?" Seto thught to himself," Is Yami really my enemy?" He then felt an unmeasurable anger coming from deep within his body. The anger that he kept inside since he saw his father die in front of his eyes.
Yes! Yami isn't my enemy, but the world is his enemy! Seto had his parents taking from him, the cruel treatment from his adopted father, his brother dying in his arms, and his only love dying without even being there with her. All those things happening to him at such a young age.
All those times seeing the people happy and smiling in the villages and towns. The looks they gave him when he was begging for food near the orphange. The solitude of being a loner. And no one even went beyond words of sympathy for the boy. The world deserved this. He would make sure of it.
After he defeats Yami, nothing will stand in his way. Yami was just an obstacle that he had to completely destroy before going on to his reign of destruction.
The milleniujm rod seemed to glow with the same type of anger. Without warning, he called upon three tablets. Yami, shocked at the suden movement, quickly prepared the Dark magicain. There was only one thing that those tablets were for.
"Too bad you wasted all that energy Yami, "smirked Seto," nothing could save you now."
Yami gulped but stood his ground.
Seto turned over the two tablets, revealing the two blue eyes. "And I call upon this card, Reborn the monster to bring back the last Dragon. Thus forming the ultimate creature:The Blue Eyes Ulitimate Dragon!"
The chanters behind him started speaking in strange tones. It quickly sounded in incredible speeds. This was considered alot of spells in one turn.
This was only the second time he had ever called upon the dragon. He remembered the first time quite well. He wasn't going to make any mistakes this time. The millenium rod glowed brightly then ever before. Its magic literally boiling the air around it.
" White Lightning!"Seto shouted as the Dragon's three heads turned to face him. The Dark Magician stood in front of Yami to defend the Pharoah.
With a single blast, the Dark Magician was gone. Yami crossed his arms over his face to block himself from the dust and debris that engulfed him completly.
"Any last words before I send you to the shadow realm?"
Yami was speechless. An ugly look on his face. How could Seto be lke this? He just watched Celeste's last day and it didn't affect him at all! That heartless [you know what]! He gripped tighter in anger as he thought harder of Celeste. Someone like him doesn't deserve the love she had.
He suddenly felt a slight pinch in one of his fist. Shocked, he opened it and found the moon and star necklace. He'd completely forgotten he had it.
"Goodbye Yami!" Seto yelled. "Neutron Blast!" The dragon didn't attack right away, instead, it came closer until Yami could actually feel its warm breath. Seto didn't know what it was doing but thought it was great to see the look of fear in Yami's eyes.
Yami still stood his ground, still clutching the necklace. "Seto," he said as his voice was trembling with anger,"I give you my sympathy."
Seto anger rose. He hated that word but still wore the same grin. "You seemed to forget who's in control Yami. With one command, I could send you to an eternity of darkness." He chuckled.
Yami stared blankly at Seto. "I might not have a longer life than you, Seto. But at least I didn't live as alone, sad, or pathetic as you'll be."
Seto's shoulders sagged but his eyes grew brighter with his forehead wrinkled in anger."Attack Dragon! Silence him forever!"
In one throw, Yami had manage to throw the necklace across the stadium. It landed right in front Seto's feet. The dragon seemed to be savoring the moment, swaying patiently from side to side before decding on attacking.
Seto lookeddown as he felt a slight nudge on his sandal. He bent down and picked up the object. Mouth gaping, he saw the name Celeste on a silver moon.
He brought it closer to him and examined it further. He looked at Yami and saw the Dragon taking its time in attacking the young pharoah. Could he really go through with this? Could he kill Yami? The one person who comforted Celeste when he couldn't?
He scoffed. No. If anything would be her last wish, it was to spare the young man. But Yami would surely come back for Seto if he didn't kill him now.
Before he could stop himself, he found himself screaming the dragon to come back to the tablet. Yami gave Seto a puzzled look but the dragon didn't seem to hear its master.
"Come back Dragon. I order you!" he screamed, waving the rod towards the dragon. The dragon turned all its three heads and seemed to snicker at the boy.
"What are you doing?! I command you!" He clutched the rod with both hands and sent a bolt of light to the creature. He had learned while training with his grandfather how to handle the rod into commanding a monster. But Seto was tired from the duels, his magic barely left a scratch on the dragon's armour.
Three pairs of eyes looked at Seto hungrily. Three pairs of cold angry eyes. "Oh no." Seto thought as his rod dropped to the floor. This was just like when his brother was killed. He closed his eyes. He didn't want to see his destruction.
It didn't come. Seto opened his eyes and saw the monster turn around to face Yami.
"Why," Seto thought," Why didn't it..." but his thoughts were interrupted by the sight that the monster coming towards Yami. Seto ran to the other side, not fully developed a plan of what to do. He just wanted to do this for Celeste.
An idea crossed his mind when he finally reached the two. Yami stood bravely, staring at the monster. The Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon ready for an attack. When the dragon launched its attack, Seto sprinted in the air and knocked Yami as hard as he could out of the way.
Seto felt the full force of the monster's attack.
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Back at the battlefield, Dameon limped from side to side and struggled to stand up. He leaned himself to what seemed to be leftover from a burned out building. "We're not going to make it," he thought glumly as a group of his comrades was wiped out a few miles away. The screams were defeaning.
Bakura, Shadi, Isis, and Malik also seemed to lost hope of ever winning the battle. "If only we coud kill the leaders." said Malik. "They're the ones who are the most important. Their monsters are the most powerful."
"Damn that stupid shield of theirs. We can't even touch them." Isis said. She was exhausted. The only monster left was the Silver Fang.
"Look!" Shadi suddenly spoke out. "Its depleting!" They all turned to look at the group. It was true. The aura aroudn them flickered about 3 times until it finally gave out. The people inside didn't seem to notice. Bakura smirked. This was their chance.
"Armed Ninja!" he shouted. The Armed Ninja quickly appeared and rushed to the group. With incredible strength and agility, it seemed to glide over the battlefield and reached the group without grabbing any attention.
The five hooded figures suddenly noticed what had happened and made a desperate run from the Ninja. But in one swipe of its sword, the men were all decapitated.
The battlefield changed. Overhalf of the monsters were gone, the stronger half. The army seemed to be in complete disaray at he sudden change and seemed to retreat in all direction. The black clouds above them was penetrated by rays of sunlight.
Dameon couldn't believe this was happening. He quickly summoned the most monsters he could muster and attack some of the retreating men.
"This was easier then I thought," thought Malik smugly.
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The dragon felt weaker. It retreated slowly into three seperate tablets.
Seto opened his eyes weakly. His body was in agonizing pain. No matter. He wouldn't feel it for long. He could already feel his life seperate itself from the burned body. With all the strength he could muster, he turned his head slowly to see Yami knocked to wall, unconscious. He had a few scrapes from where Seto pushed him but he'd recover.
The chanters had remained forgotten in the shadows. They had watched all this unfold without even flinching. Noticing the condition of the two duelists, they figured out the duel was over and ,together, prepared themselves to chant the spell to bring them back to their own times.
Seto heard the voices of the chanters taking them home. He closed his eyes and thought of being with Celeste in the afterlife. With a peaceful smile on his face, he left his tired body.
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Me:Yes! I finally finished! So happy, happy, happy!
Seto:I have a stomach ache from all that chocolate.......*moans*
Me:Finally my revenge is soooo sweet ^___^ I knew you couldn't resist the chocolate.
Seto:*about to barf* I gotta..*runs away*
Yami: So thats it? No more fanfic?*looks hopeful*
Me:Maybe...*smirks evily*
Yami:WHAT?!?!? Are you kidding?!?
Me:Maybe.....*smirks even evilier*
[The next chapter is just a few important author's notes]
Me:Yep.o_o;;
Yami:How much did you give the guy?
Me:About ..20 pounds.
YamiWhat?!?! Why didn't I get anything!?!
Me:^___^I don't know. Yami?
(Yami goes into a dark corner and plans to steal the remainer of Seto's chocolates)
Seto; 9_9 hey! I read that!
Me:*clears throat* And now the last chapter of the fanfic!Soo happy...
*~*~*~Important notice:there would be ALOT ALOT of these [blah blah blah] in this chapter becaues of the dueling scenes*~*~*~* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yami was riding the horse to its limits, the harsh sun baking the back of his neck."I have to keep going..I have to protect Tea." The horse seemed to read his thoughts and ran even faster, leaving deep traces of it's hoves in the yellow sand.
"Sire! Wait for us."
Yami slowed down the horse to a pace and looked behind him. Two of his most loyal magicians were following him."What are you doing here!?! You're supposed to be helping the others!"
The magicians, Asashi and Dameon, was startled at the pharoah's harsh words. "Pharoah, forgive us."started Asashi,"I know you'll be needing my assistance. You can't possibly believe you'll do this on your own.
"Please my Pharoah, we left the battlefield in good hands." Dameon said, looking Yami straight in the eyes." We seem to have the upper hand when I left."
"Fine," Yami said," But pick up your pace. Seto is already in the palace. We must hurry."
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"Finally." he thought to himself. "I can keep my promise." He clutched the necklace tightly in one hand as he held the rod in the other. "I'm back Celeste."
He eagerly walked the empty halls for Celeste. "Where is she? I can't find her." Seto wasn't used to the palace. It was at least twice as big as Yami's.
"You there." he said to a passing maid. The maid turned around and a look of shock ran over her face. She had never seen this man before. The maid was about to question him but noticed his head dress and shut her mouth.
"Where is the queen's bedchambers?" he asked. "The queen bed chambers?" she thought,"that was an unusual request." She shook off her suspicions and answered."Straight down and turn left. It is the second door to the right." She bowed low but Seto had impatiently started to walk towards the room.
Seto stopped at the door. Yami was closing in so he had to make this confrontation quick. His knees began to shake. How can he explain to Celeste what he had done? Will she even forgive him? Did she fall in love with Yami already? He shook his head.
Time was of the essence. He hoped that Celeste had kept her feelings about him the same. He took a deep breath and opened the doors.
Red curtains hung lazily in the window with large rays of sunlight entering the room. Flowers, paintings, and statues were placed around the room. And on the four post bed was a slender figure, apparently asleep....
"Celeste.." he mumured and walked slowly towards it. He couldn't beleive it. It was almost exactly alike the time he had said goodbye. With her sleeping......
He went closer. Her back was facing him and he couldn't see her face. Seto felt tears brimming in his eyes. Tears of happiness. He removed some of the sheets covering her hair to get a better look at her face. "What? She doesn't have brown hair..." he said to himself when he uncovered the blankets.
He moved in closer and sudied the face more. Shocked, he realized it wasn't Celeste. He angrily threw down the blankets he held in his hands, waking up the girl he thought was his love.
"Yami? Is that you?" Tea said when she woke up. She rubbed her eyes. Seeing the stranger, her first instinct was to scream. But she stopped herself when she realized who it was. "Seto? Is that you."
Seto looked at her angrily. He didn't answer her but instead asked her directly."Where is the Yami's wife?"
Tea didn't know what to say but answered,"I am Yami's wife. Don't you remember? Tea of Aeaos. We met at the party about three years ago. Where have y....?"
Seto cut her off. "What do you mean you're Yami's wife. His wife is Celeste, the recent's pharoah's daughter. Where is she?"
Tea looked at him in shock. "Seto...I don't know what You're talking about.." She thought harder. An expression of sadness went on her face. " You don't know do you?" she bit her lip,"Celeste died, Seto. A long time ago....about the time you disappeared."
This was a lie. Celeste couldn't have died. No. It just can't be true. How could she died? A picture of her face of the night he said goodbye to her appeared. Her perfect features, the peaceful look when she was asleep, her soft breathing, the gentle heartbeat, the tear-stained cheeks.....
"No! You lie. She couldn't have died!" he suddenly shouted, making Tea jump. Tea looked frightened but kept her postion. "Its true Seto. I won't lie to you." She felt a stinge of sympathy when she saw his tears."Had he loved her? " she wondered.
Seto looked back to her through angry blurry eyes. Then something hit him. The cauldron. It didn't show Celeste earlier when he was trying to use it. Maybe it didn't show Celeste....becaues it's magic couldn't see into the afterlife. That was the only reason he could think of for it not to work. But it meant that Celeste was really gone..forever.
He lowered his head. This was the first time he cried since the day his brother died. He was alone...again. Her image was the only thing that kept him going all these years...but it was just an image. He dreamed endlessly of them being together. Not as a pharoah and his queen, but as true love...destined to be with each other for all eternity.
But it was exactly that...a simple dream, nothing more. For three years, he'd been training to be with Celeste. For three years, he'd never known she was dead. He had broken a promise. Alone again.
Slowly, he took out the moon and star necklace from his fist. He examined the side of the moon and found the enscriptions:Celeste. It was worn and faded, scratched from the years of handling, but he could still read it.
"How could you, Celeste?" he said to himself,"I promised I'll be back. Why didn't you wait for me? I need you. I only did this for you." He thrusted the necklace across the room. He had suddenly remembered Tea watching him.
No matter. He could still live without love. He could finally see what's more important. "Tell Yami I would be back tonight. I challenge him to a duel. He'll figure out the rest." With that he disappeared with a cold cruel laughter that sent shivers down her spine.
Tea was stunned. Seto must've loved Celeste. "Poor guy." she whispered," She must've not returned his feelings." She suddenly remembered Seto throwing something on the floor. She quickly fell to the floor and searched the corner where the object was thrown into.
Feeling something, she brought it towards the rays of light and saw the elegant neclace. "Such workmanship," Tea mumured," I wonder why he threw it down with such rage."
Before she could examine it any further, her chamber doors slammed open. Tea turned around and saw Yami with his sword drawn, Asashi and Dameon behind him. When Yami saw Tea, he ran to her and held her tightly. He motioned Asashi and Dameon to search the room."Did Seto come here?"
"Yes." Tea answered, not knowing what all the concern was about.
He pulled away and looked her over."Did he hurt you?"
"No. Why would he?"
Yami hesistated in answering her question. "Tea...he changed. He's the one who opened the shadow realm. He started all this."
Tea looked at him curiously."Are you sure?"
"Positive."
"But..Why?"
"I don't know."
"Your Majesty. We didn't find anything." said Dameon. "Fine. Dameon, go back to the battlefield to help the others. Come back later to report the outcome. Asashi, stay here. We can't be too careful." Dameon bowed and quickly left the room.
Asashi looked at Yami and Tea uneasily. "I'll be outside to guard the door." With that said, he reached the doors and closed it tightly.
"Yami, Seto told me to tell you about some kind of challenge."
Yami suddenly turned pale. "A challenge? A duel?"
"Yeah. How did you know?"
Yami breathed in deeply. "I have to tell you something. On the day Seto left, we had a duel in the shadow realm."
"A duel? I thought that was just a rumor."
Yami looked uncomfortable. It was obvious he didn't want to recall the event. "It was true. He challenge me first and I had no choice but to except. His brother died by his own monster. I think that was why he left so suddenly. He took it pretty hard." He looked down. "What's that?" he said, noticing the necklace she clutched in her hand.
Tea had fogotten the necklace." Yami, I think his problems go deeper then just the lost of his brother. He didn't know about the death of Celeste," she looked at him for a moment and turned back," I think he fell in love with her and she didn't return his feelings. You should've seen his face when I told him. He looked so...so...so sad. "
Yami looked at her strangely. Tea had a gift with these kind of things. "Did he say anything about it?"
"No. He was quiet for a little while. When he snapped back, he threw this on the floor." Tea handed him the necklace.
Yami looked over it and gasp when he saw the side. "Tea, I think this was Celeste's. Look, her name is enscribe on it." He showed her the enscriptions. Tea looked puzzled. "But why would Seto have it?"
"I don't know." he started." Maybe Seto took it or something,but its not like him. Come to think of it..."
"What?"
"On the day of the duel, Celeste did show concerns for Seto. And I think I saw him talking to her, at the party where it was annouced our engagement."
"Still, it doesn't prove that Celeste had the same feelings for Seto."
"Did you tell him how she died?" Yami asked suddenly. Tea tried to recall the conversation. "No. I didn't."
"Tea. Celeste really did love Seto. Just trust me on this one."
"But how do you know for sure?"
"There's something about Celeste's death that I haven't told you about..."
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Seto stood silently beside the river where she and him first met. The water was still clear enough to see his reflection. When he saw the tear trails along his face he angrily tried to wash it away in the water.
"What am I doing here?!?! I don't need these memories." He sat down on the bank and allowed his fingers to feel the effect of the rushing water.
Everything was the same. It seemed the river itself wanted to remind Seto of what happened here. He almost wanted to turn his head around to check if a beautiful raven haired girl was watching him. The millenium rod began to fall loosely in between his fingers.
The sun was sinking below the horizon, causing the sky around it to turn a beautiful shade of red, organge, and pink. "Stop this!" he scolded himself. "She's gone and nothing will ever bring her back!"
He slammed the rod in the water, rippling the sad reflection. "Show me the battle." he said to the water once it calmed down. He waved his arm over the water once and a picture of the battle appeared. He smirked when he saw the battered soilders being overwhelmed by his forces.
"Soon." he thought,"I would rule over this world. After I defeat Yami in a duel, his puzzle will be mine and nothing will stop me."
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Yami walked into the old arena. He dreaded this place very much. Asashi had manage to gather some chanters in time and was lighting up the old torches. Everything seemed the way it was left, that was part of the enchantment placed upon it.
The chanters stood in line behind the stadium, where Yami was to duel Seto.
"Pharoah?" Asashi started," How do you know this is the right place?"
Yami walked to one of the seats and sat on the cold slab of stone. "Belive me, Asashi, He'll show."
The sky was getting darker, it was almost time. The torches grew even brighter as the room was overcome with silence. Yami held his breath. What if he was wrong?
A cold chill suddenly blew into the room. Seto appeared with his own chanters behind him. His millenium rod was glowing in his tightly drawn fist.
"So," said Seto with amusement."You actually showed up?"
Ymi stood up from his seat. "I never back down from a challenge Seto. Lets begin."
Seto smirked even wider. Yami started to walk towards his side but Asashi stopped him."Please Pharoah, let me duel him." Yami looked at him. Asashi was good, but not good enough to defeat Seto.
Seto heard Asashi's request. "Fine. Let the novice duel me. It gives me a chance to warm up."
Yami look from Asashi to Seto. If Asashi dueled Seto first, maybe he would know more about Seto's advances in his dueling skills. He could see some of Seto's tactics and maybe help him if he needed to duel Seto. Relunctantly, Yami nodded and took back his seat.
The chanters knew their que and quickly transported them to the shadow realm. In a few moments, which seemed like centuries, they were in the shadow realm. The room started shaking violently.
When it all stopped , Asashi stepped forward and looked across the stadium at Seto. "You traiterous coward! I'm going to make you pay for your deceptions."
Seto ignored this remark and looked at Yami. Shadows were covering half of his face. "Yami, mark my words."Yami faced him, his face showing no expression. "When I'm done with this loser, I will be the victor in our match."
Yami didn't say anything. Seto grinned. Probably too scared to talk. Asashi took out his scepter. It was carved out of strong wood and wasn't as good as the millenium items themselves but it was still powerful.
Seto laughed at the stick. He could already tell it wasn't much to deal with. Asashi was the first to start. "I call the battle ox!" A few stone tablets appeared and the chanting started.
Asashi instantly started attacking one Seto's tablets and revealed La Geiin (is that how you spell it?) the mystical genie.
"Your genie is strong but my monster was stronger." said Asashi, getting overconfident.
"What a loud mouth." Seto thought to himself. I'm not going to even bother wasting more energy on this worthless duel. "
"Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Seto screamed. Yami turned his head sharply. The blue eyes white dragon? The one who killed his brother? Did Seto learned to control it yet?
Seto's chanters repeated the spell and sacrificed the two remaining tablet on Seto's field. "You have both served me well, now, help me call forth the great Dragon of the shadow realm!" The two monsters glowed and disappeared in a flash of bright light. Yami squinted his eyes through the shine and saw the outline of the blue eyes white dragon.
Asashi looked stun. None of the monsters he had was nearly that powerful. Seto hesistated slightly in attacking Asashi but shook it off. "White lightning!"
The blue eyes was in complete control this time and obidiently demolished the Battle Ox. Yami stood up, he knew what was about to happen next.
Asashi stood still, too stun to speak. Seto turned his cold blue eyes towards him. "White Lightning!" The dragon turned its' mighty head and attacked Asashi. Asashi let out a final scream before he was banished to the shadow realm.
Yami didn't say anything. His hands tightly balled into fists as he slammed it to the stone armrests on the chair. He couldn't do anything about it. The game was played to the rules: The winner gets to chose the loser's fate
***[IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTES: The following duel is very unrealistic to the real thing. please don't yell at me for my pathetic attempt in writing a duel. Thank you]***
After the light subsided, Yami could clearly see Seto smirking.
Yami stepped forward, visibly shaking in anger over the loss of his loyal magician. Seto enjoyed every moment of Yami's anger and pain.
"Ready Yami?" said Seto from across the stadium. Yami glared at him as his puzzled sarted to glow. "Seto. I will avenge Asashi. I will never allow a person like you to win a duel this important."
Seto didn't say anything. Instead, he beckoned the stone tablets to appear before him and waited for Yami to do the same. Yami, with help from the chanters, did.
Seto wanted this to go slowly and as agonizing as possible for Yami. "I call the man-eater bug!"
"I call the mystical elf!"
"Is that all you have Yami?" snickered the brunette, comparing the man- eater bug with the elf.
Yami stood silently but another stone tablet had appeared next to him. The mystical elf was chanting. [ one of the mystical elf's powers is to transfer its power into any monster the dulelists choses]
Seto knew what Yami was planning. "Attack Man-eater bug!" The monster instantly flew into action and, with one swipe, wiped out the mystical elf.
Seto looked at Yami's face to see his reaction. Why isn't he more shocked? Seto grew nervous as Yami bagan to turn over his face down tablet. It was the Dark Magician.
"Dark Magic Attack!"
Before his very eyes, the man-eater bug was destroyed. Seto looked merely amused as some of the debris covered him. "How does it feel Yami? To be played around?"
"What are you talking about, Seto?"
Seto kept a tight grin on his face and set a tablet on the field. "Your turn Yami."
Yami was puzzled at the sudden change of mood. He was worried about the face down tablet. It might hold the blue eyes. He thought of ways to possibly defend himself from it.
"What's talking so long Yami? You're not considering begging for mercy are you?"
Yami looked at the cold glare Seto gave him. Should I tell him? I might not get the chance to. But I promised Celeste I would. What's the point though? He'd probably wouldn't believe me..unless....
Yami had stumbled onto a plan. He quickly layed down two tablets on the field.
Seto wasn't worried. He revealed the Blue eyes white dragon in the stone tablet. He was about to attack but Yami had stopped him.
"Go! Reborn the monster!"
Seto was surprised at this move. What does he want to revive?
"Mystical Elf!" Yami was planning to reborn the mystical elf. With her in play, he could raise his dark magician's attack power higher than his blue eyes and destroy the beloved dragon.
"Quickly! Attack the Mystical Elf!"
The dragon went on full assault to the elf but Yami had expected it. "Spell- binding circle!" Seto's dragon was now helpless as the Dark Magician grew stronger. It's power was now greater then the dragon's.
[For those who are confused by this, here's the simple way of doing it: Seto's dragon was 3000 attack points. Dark Magicians was 2500. If the Mistical elf transfer her attack power (800) to Dark Magicians, the dark magician would have the attack power 3300:thus higher then the dragon's. Yet again...please don't yell at me for my pathetic attempt in writing duels..I be very much unsmarts. ]
"Dark magic attack!" Seto could see the dark magicians' cold stare as he destroyed his dragon.
Seto knew his dragon couldn't escape the spell-binding circle. The dragon was helpless.
"You'll pay for that Yami." said a truly angry Seto." You'll pay for everything."
Yami stared up at him, with sympathy. "Seto, if you would just open your mind, you'll see who is to blame."
"What are you blabbing about!?!!" spitted Seto fiercly.
"Open your mind Seto!" Seto didn't have time to react. It happened so fast. He felt himself being pulled away from his body. His soul was being transported by Yami.
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Seto was in a room. The room was familiar. Gazing at the gold decorations of furniture, it belonged to a person of high power. The elegantly carved wooden table held a single bowl of uneaten fruits with a single plate untouched bread.There were a balcony with red draperies and a four post bed with gold trimmings on the sheets. As he looked around, he began to recognize the room. It was the same room Seto had said goodbye to Celeste.
He didn't want to be in this place. Yami was doing this to him, torturing him. He tried to snap back to the arena but his magic was blocked. Yami was keeping him here with the magic of his millenium puzzle. "How stupid,"thought Seto,"His magic would be deminish quickly. All I have to do is wait until his magic is weakened enough to escape back into the duel."
Seto still felt uncomfortable in the room, though. It caused memories to flood back to him. Memories he'd rather keep erased. He looked around the room to try to distract himself from the thoughts. That was when he noticed the figure standing in the balcony. The huge drapery had almost concealed the entire body.
His knees weakened. He couldn't help his himself as he began to walk closer. Why was he doing this to himself? Celeste was dead. This was all an illusion. He was just making it worst to see her again.
But he couldn't help it. His heart pounded painfully in his chest as he reached the balcony. Celeste stood leaning on the railing as she looked at the sunset beyond the gates.
He reached out for her, to touch her cheek, when his hand went through the flesh. His heart sank. It had all seemed so real, that he had almost forgotten that it was an illusion.
Seto satified himself on just observing her. He couldn't help but see some differences then from what he remembered. As always, clothes she wore was clean and crisp, and her hair was straight and shimmered in the last rays of light.
What he noticed hte most was how pale and fragile she looked. Her skin seemed to lost their color and she looked so....vulnerable. What he noticed most was her eyes. The cheeks didn't have tear stains but her eyes had a sort of emptyness within them. It was blank. No sparkle. No happiness.
"Celeste," he mumured. At that moment, she turned behind her and faced Seto. For a fleeting second, he thought she knew his presence in the room. He looked at her hopefully.
Celeste's face relaxed slightly. "Hello, Yami." Seto turned around and saw Yami walking into the room and closing the door behind him. Seto squinted his eyes angrily as Yami approached Celeste.
"Take your hands off of her!" he yelled as Yami held her hands and directed her on the bed. The demand fell on deaf ears.
"Celeste, you have to eat something. You need your strength for the wedding tomorrow." Yami said, kissing her on the forehead. Enraged, Seto stomped forward and tried to tackle him. He fell right through Yami.
Cleste looked at him. "I know," she said in a raspy voice. She looked at Yami."Tell me the truth,Yami. Do you want us to get married?" Seto looked up in interest.
Yami seemed to ponder the question. His shoulders slumped. "I'm sorry Celeste. I just don't feel right marrying somebody after...under these conditions."
Celeste smiled."I don't want to either."
"Really? Why?"Yami said.
She turned away from him. "I love someone eles." "Does she still love me?"Seto thought.
Yami smiled happily."This is great! Maybe we don't have to get married after all. Come on." he said jumping from the bed and grabbing her wrist."Lets talk to your father."
Celeste refused to move. Yami let go of her wrist."What's wrong?" Yami was surprised to see that she was crying.
He sat back down next to her. Seto moved in closer. He could barely hear what she said.
"The person I'm in love with.."she said between sobs."I think he was just using me. He said ..." Seto quickly moved away and held his hands over his ears to drown out Celeste's words. "She's talking about me...."he thought," She thinks I was using her. I don't deserve to be in her presence." He was on his knees, tears escaping from his eyes.
Celeste contiued."I can't tell anyone, either. My father wants me to marry you so much. He'll probably die of shock becaues of his age."
Yami didn't know what to say. He wrapped his arms around her and tried comforting her. "Who is it!?!? I'll make him pay!"
Celeste only cried more. "Please don't."
"Why not? Anybody who does that to you deserves to die miserably." Yami said angrily. Seto secrectly agreed with Yami.
Celeste stopped and quickly wiped out the tears still streaming from her eyes. Her lips trembled. "I know it was wrong of what he did. But I don't care. He was so gentle, Yami. I can't just wipe him out of my memory." Seto stood up and looked at her. Him? Gentle? How could she think those thoughts after all those hurtful words he said to her?
Yami looked puzzled but accepted the answer. "Fine, but can you at least tell me who it is?"
Celeste hesitated. "You'll know. Trust me. You'll know it when you meet him."
"Why are you telling me this?" Yami asked.
"Becaues I know you can be trusted. And also, I want you to do something for me." She said.
Yami kissed her hand gently. "Anything." Seto's jealousy flickered.
Celeste thought about it. "If you ever meet him again, tell him I'm waiting for him...to tell him I still love him." Seto looked at her. Does she have any idea she was going to die in a few weeks?Maybe even sooner?
"Why can't you tell him?"
Celeste swallowed hard."Just promise me, Yami. Just in case I'm..not here."
Yami nodded solemnly and hugged her again. "I promise Celeste. I promise if I ever meet him, I'll tell him you still love him." Celeste smiled. Seto stood opened mouth as he watched this unfold.
"What about the wedding tomorrow? Do you still want to go on with it?" asked Yami hesitantly.
"We'll see, Yami. Maybe I can find the courage to tell father..." her voice drifted away. Yami walked towards the doorway but turned back to Celeste before going out. He could see her lying in bed, looking out the balcony before she finally drifted off to sleep. "Goodnight."she whispered. "Goodnight," Seto whispered back.
The room suddenly started spinning.
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Yami had used alot of the puzzle's magic. He was panting severly while Seto stood still as a statue. His soul was beginning to return to the shell.
Yami had finally fulfilled his promise. He couldn't find any other way to make Seto believe in what Celeste had said. But it had weakened him. He wasn't able to call on any more monsters. The powered up Dark Magicain was his only monster. Sure, he could've attacked while Seto's body was lifeless but he had honor and pride. He had refused to do it.
Seto eyed Yami. "What happened to Celeste?"
Yami didn't expect the camly said question. "She died the next morning, before the wedding. One of her servants found her lifeless on the bed."
Seto didn't flinched. That explained the untouched food on the table of her room. "Her father? How did he die?"
"Died of a heart attack after I told about her death."
Seto still didn't say anything. His face emotionless. The millenium rod grew warmer in his fist.
There was a moment of cold silence.
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Dameon watched as the allies became overwhelmed. There was simply too much of them and there seemed to be no end to the hoards of monsters.
He watched as King Bakura, Shadi, Isis, and Malik, desperately tried to maintain their control over the army of advancing dark creatures. Somehow, their millenium items were met with a protective shield of some kind.
"This is no use!" he heard Bakura screamed. "Our millenium items aren't working against some of them."
"I don't know how!" Shadi said as he summoned Mammoth Graveyard to destroy the nearest monster. "It must be a stronger power somehow protecting some of them."
"Protecting the stronger ones!" said Isis, "It's only protecting those five right there." She nodded to the far back of the army where a small group of the hooded figures huddled together, summoning another monster." They seem to be the leaders."
"Great!" grumbled Malik."How can we break through to get them? If we can somehow kill them, this will be alot more easier."
They stood firmly back to back with each other with their own monsters protecting them. It seemed completely hopeless. They already had their hands full with the army and it didn't seem likely they could just walk up to them.
Dameon summoned his Curse of Dragon and blocked an entire army from an enemy monster's attack. He could already see some of his fellow allies falling in front of him. The ones he was unable to reach in time.
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Seto stared at Yami. His eyes squinting through the tears. Yami stood silently as he watched what Seto was going to do next.
"What am I doing?" Seto thught to himself," Is Yami really my enemy?" He then felt an unmeasurable anger coming from deep within his body. The anger that he kept inside since he saw his father die in front of his eyes.
Yes! Yami isn't my enemy, but the world is his enemy! Seto had his parents taking from him, the cruel treatment from his adopted father, his brother dying in his arms, and his only love dying without even being there with her. All those things happening to him at such a young age.
All those times seeing the people happy and smiling in the villages and towns. The looks they gave him when he was begging for food near the orphange. The solitude of being a loner. And no one even went beyond words of sympathy for the boy. The world deserved this. He would make sure of it.
After he defeats Yami, nothing will stand in his way. Yami was just an obstacle that he had to completely destroy before going on to his reign of destruction.
The milleniujm rod seemed to glow with the same type of anger. Without warning, he called upon three tablets. Yami, shocked at the suden movement, quickly prepared the Dark magicain. There was only one thing that those tablets were for.
"Too bad you wasted all that energy Yami, "smirked Seto," nothing could save you now."
Yami gulped but stood his ground.
Seto turned over the two tablets, revealing the two blue eyes. "And I call upon this card, Reborn the monster to bring back the last Dragon. Thus forming the ultimate creature:The Blue Eyes Ulitimate Dragon!"
The chanters behind him started speaking in strange tones. It quickly sounded in incredible speeds. This was considered alot of spells in one turn.
This was only the second time he had ever called upon the dragon. He remembered the first time quite well. He wasn't going to make any mistakes this time. The millenium rod glowed brightly then ever before. Its magic literally boiling the air around it.
" White Lightning!"Seto shouted as the Dragon's three heads turned to face him. The Dark Magician stood in front of Yami to defend the Pharoah.
With a single blast, the Dark Magician was gone. Yami crossed his arms over his face to block himself from the dust and debris that engulfed him completly.
"Any last words before I send you to the shadow realm?"
Yami was speechless. An ugly look on his face. How could Seto be lke this? He just watched Celeste's last day and it didn't affect him at all! That heartless [you know what]! He gripped tighter in anger as he thought harder of Celeste. Someone like him doesn't deserve the love she had.
He suddenly felt a slight pinch in one of his fist. Shocked, he opened it and found the moon and star necklace. He'd completely forgotten he had it.
"Goodbye Yami!" Seto yelled. "Neutron Blast!" The dragon didn't attack right away, instead, it came closer until Yami could actually feel its warm breath. Seto didn't know what it was doing but thought it was great to see the look of fear in Yami's eyes.
Yami still stood his ground, still clutching the necklace. "Seto," he said as his voice was trembling with anger,"I give you my sympathy."
Seto anger rose. He hated that word but still wore the same grin. "You seemed to forget who's in control Yami. With one command, I could send you to an eternity of darkness." He chuckled.
Yami stared blankly at Seto. "I might not have a longer life than you, Seto. But at least I didn't live as alone, sad, or pathetic as you'll be."
Seto's shoulders sagged but his eyes grew brighter with his forehead wrinkled in anger."Attack Dragon! Silence him forever!"
In one throw, Yami had manage to throw the necklace across the stadium. It landed right in front Seto's feet. The dragon seemed to be savoring the moment, swaying patiently from side to side before decding on attacking.
Seto lookeddown as he felt a slight nudge on his sandal. He bent down and picked up the object. Mouth gaping, he saw the name Celeste on a silver moon.
He brought it closer to him and examined it further. He looked at Yami and saw the Dragon taking its time in attacking the young pharoah. Could he really go through with this? Could he kill Yami? The one person who comforted Celeste when he couldn't?
He scoffed. No. If anything would be her last wish, it was to spare the young man. But Yami would surely come back for Seto if he didn't kill him now.
Before he could stop himself, he found himself screaming the dragon to come back to the tablet. Yami gave Seto a puzzled look but the dragon didn't seem to hear its master.
"Come back Dragon. I order you!" he screamed, waving the rod towards the dragon. The dragon turned all its three heads and seemed to snicker at the boy.
"What are you doing?! I command you!" He clutched the rod with both hands and sent a bolt of light to the creature. He had learned while training with his grandfather how to handle the rod into commanding a monster. But Seto was tired from the duels, his magic barely left a scratch on the dragon's armour.
Three pairs of eyes looked at Seto hungrily. Three pairs of cold angry eyes. "Oh no." Seto thought as his rod dropped to the floor. This was just like when his brother was killed. He closed his eyes. He didn't want to see his destruction.
It didn't come. Seto opened his eyes and saw the monster turn around to face Yami.
"Why," Seto thought," Why didn't it..." but his thoughts were interrupted by the sight that the monster coming towards Yami. Seto ran to the other side, not fully developed a plan of what to do. He just wanted to do this for Celeste.
An idea crossed his mind when he finally reached the two. Yami stood bravely, staring at the monster. The Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon ready for an attack. When the dragon launched its attack, Seto sprinted in the air and knocked Yami as hard as he could out of the way.
Seto felt the full force of the monster's attack.
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Back at the battlefield, Dameon limped from side to side and struggled to stand up. He leaned himself to what seemed to be leftover from a burned out building. "We're not going to make it," he thought glumly as a group of his comrades was wiped out a few miles away. The screams were defeaning.
Bakura, Shadi, Isis, and Malik also seemed to lost hope of ever winning the battle. "If only we coud kill the leaders." said Malik. "They're the ones who are the most important. Their monsters are the most powerful."
"Damn that stupid shield of theirs. We can't even touch them." Isis said. She was exhausted. The only monster left was the Silver Fang.
"Look!" Shadi suddenly spoke out. "Its depleting!" They all turned to look at the group. It was true. The aura aroudn them flickered about 3 times until it finally gave out. The people inside didn't seem to notice. Bakura smirked. This was their chance.
"Armed Ninja!" he shouted. The Armed Ninja quickly appeared and rushed to the group. With incredible strength and agility, it seemed to glide over the battlefield and reached the group without grabbing any attention.
The five hooded figures suddenly noticed what had happened and made a desperate run from the Ninja. But in one swipe of its sword, the men were all decapitated.
The battlefield changed. Overhalf of the monsters were gone, the stronger half. The army seemed to be in complete disaray at he sudden change and seemed to retreat in all direction. The black clouds above them was penetrated by rays of sunlight.
Dameon couldn't believe this was happening. He quickly summoned the most monsters he could muster and attack some of the retreating men.
"This was easier then I thought," thought Malik smugly.
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The dragon felt weaker. It retreated slowly into three seperate tablets.
Seto opened his eyes weakly. His body was in agonizing pain. No matter. He wouldn't feel it for long. He could already feel his life seperate itself from the burned body. With all the strength he could muster, he turned his head slowly to see Yami knocked to wall, unconscious. He had a few scrapes from where Seto pushed him but he'd recover.
The chanters had remained forgotten in the shadows. They had watched all this unfold without even flinching. Noticing the condition of the two duelists, they figured out the duel was over and ,together, prepared themselves to chant the spell to bring them back to their own times.
Seto heard the voices of the chanters taking them home. He closed his eyes and thought of being with Celeste in the afterlife. With a peaceful smile on his face, he left his tired body.
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Me:Yes! I finally finished! So happy, happy, happy!
Seto:I have a stomach ache from all that chocolate.......*moans*
Me:Finally my revenge is soooo sweet ^___^ I knew you couldn't resist the chocolate.
Seto:*about to barf* I gotta..*runs away*
Yami: So thats it? No more fanfic?*looks hopeful*
Me:Maybe...*smirks evily*
Yami:WHAT?!?!? Are you kidding?!?
Me:Maybe.....*smirks even evilier*
[The next chapter is just a few important author's notes]