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Anubis: Hello there. This is Chapter 2 of The Crown Ordeal.
Sekhmet: In the previous one you saw the devastating effects of the Deity Crown. Yugi is alone and abused by his family, and oh good that we didn't enter in details...
Anubis: The Millenium Puzzle is in Joey's hands, and is dormant for a strange reason...
Sekhmet: Tristan knows how to d-d-d-d-d-d-...-d-d-duel...
Anubis: Stop that. Anyway, Seto is still rich, Mokuba's long dead, Otogi is still the Dungeon Dice Monster champion, Pegasus hosts 2 games (and is still able to read minds with an Item), Tèa cheerleads Otogi...
Sekhmet: Anubis steals all my lines...
Anubis: Sekhmet whines a lot...
Sekhmet: Anubis is a dork...
Anubis: Sekmet steals camera...
Mortos: Mortos tells Anubis and Sekhmet to cut it out...
Anubis and Sekhmet: Anubis and Sekhmet shut up...
Mortos: And a new chapter begins. Weird, huh?
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CHAPTER 9: A Lighter Shade
...Para qué habré venido?
Esta mañana
Me cortó mi novia hawaiiana
y yo me pregunto...
para qué vine a Las Bahamas...
BAHAMAS. 8:00 AM.
Still in a reversed world, Saisyu located one of the artifacts, a helpful one this time, in the beach. He flew there really fast, and now got ready to do some research...
... Research? Nah, he was gonna have fun.
— Aaah... The fresh ocean scent... I am quite impressed. —
He was wearing a black T-shirt and green swimming shorts with the Deity Symbol in each of them.
(A/N: No, these aren't the Deity Shirt and Shorts, the symbol was ironed to them. And by the way, the little piece of text in Spanish on the beginning comes from a song called Nassau, by the Spanish group Hombres G.)
He also had a pair of binoculars hanging to his neck.
He walked by the beach, watching the people. Nobody seemed to have a Deity Artifact, much less the one he looked for.
— Now where can it be? —
He saw 2 people that caught his attention. One looked 8 years old, the other looked 16. Both had brown hair combed sideways, with 2 spikes pointing down, one black, and one white. The 8-year-old was sleeping peacefully in the sand, covered by a large, white towel. The other sat in a chair, wearing only his swimsuit, black shorts with fire prints, and had binoculars too. He was looking at the sea.
Saisyu turned around and saw the sea. He was quite amazed by the size and length of the waves.
But it was obvious that there was something that caught the guy's attention, so he looked through his binoculars.
2 kids building a castle.
A big fat lady, in a whale swimsuit, having a sun tan on her back. She looked like a whale stranded on shore.
A girl running around.
On further examination, she ran over the castle previously mentioned. The 2 boys chased her down.
A show-off posing his muscles.
A crowd around him.
A girl flirting with a guy.
The same guy blushing.
A woman holding hands with her little son, dipping in the sea.
An old man playing his guitar.
A seagull.
A crab.
An alien ship.
An alien.
Nothing out of the normal.
Saisyu then heard a "Pssst" coming from behind. He turned around and saw the guy he was watching before, signaling Saisyu to look at the waves.
Saisyu got his binoculars back on his head and looked.
He saw a surfer.
He zoomed in.
He was none other than Mako Tsunami, 3rd place duelist worldwide, and 7th place on Duelist Kingdom. Well... he was 4th place on this dimension.
Zoom in...
...he had shades on. Quite odd ones, though. They were all of the same material, what appeared to be gray-colored crystal. It had 11 red stars on top, and a semitransparent Deity Symbol on the right lens place.
... The Deity Shade.
Saisyu then took off his shirt, threw it to the guy who had helped him...
— What the hell am I going to do with... — he said, examining the shirt. — Well, it's really cool. —
... and got in the ocean.
With the Deity Form, he could shift some water into a surfboard, and he started chasing Mako. Mako noticed Saisyu and the other artifacts, and dashed off. Saisyu didn't hesitate and got right off behind.
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They had kept it up for quite a while.
3 hours had passed, and Saisyu was in the mouth of a wide cave. He couldn't see the other side, so he assumed it was curved up on the inside. He got in, hoping he could reach Mako inside.
He walked for what must had been 5 minutes.
Something was wrong.
He looked around. He couldn't see anything. He lifted his hand. Nothing. He tried to speak. Nothing.
He couldn't even hear his footsteps.
He couldn't even feel himself, as if he was...
...dead.
The silence and the darkness were complete.
He kept walking, starting to freak out at the fact he felt he wasn't going anywhere. He turned around.
Nothing.
He was stranded in the middle of the darkness...
He kept walking... until he felt the floor on his face. He had fallen.
He stayed there, on the floor.
"Every problem is surrounded by darkness."
He could hear in his mind the valuable lesson of Principal Anubis the day he graduated.
"Every person in the world has problems. And the darkness lurks around. Each step sinks us deeper and deeper inside."
He got up, hoping he was looking in the right direction.
"The ones that fall upon the darkness slowly rot in their souls until they die, miserably. Then the darkness grows strong within everyone close to him, like family and friends."
He started walking again.
"The darkness grows strong with everyone, making it easier to surrender and fall.
But the one that enlightens his self and trains his spirit, and lets the heart and the mind guide him, can beat the darkness and keep walking."
He couldn't hear his footsteps, but he was obviously going faster.
"Letting the desperation and the anxiety consume you is like digging your own grave. Just the one who wants to fall will fall."
The cave suddenly lightened up a little. Everything was audible once again. Saisyu had finally defeated the darkness within the problem around him: The cave.
He then saw he was running. He could feel the wind running past him, his feet collapsing on the floor with each step, the stinging pain of his legs after a hard exercise.
And he was enjoying every single second.
He then got to a large section of the cave. It was an underground lake.
And sitting at one of the rocks in the left side, was Mako Tsunami.
— Hey you! —
Saisyu got to Mako and tried to speak to him.
— Mako... —
— ...Tsunami. — was the answer.
— Well, explain. Why were you fleeing from me? —
— You're a stranger with a dangerous look. Should I continue? —
— Man... — Saisyu was startled. Mako, after all, was a simple man.
— So, what's your name? —
— My friends call me Saisyu. —
— And how do you call yourself? —
— As I said, my friends call me Saisyu. Are you considering I don't like me? —
— I underestimated you. Normally, nobody without the Shade would cross the Yami Hole of the Bahamas without dying in the process. —
— Yami Hole? You mean the hole that increases your spiritual powers? —
— Yes, in part. It's also a great place to relax and be alone to think. —
Saisyu looked around. Yes, it was pretty relaxing. The way the water reflected the new light in the cave, the colors of the walls, the smoothness of the rock...
— Yeah, I kinda get it. But to the point. You got something I need... —
— ...the Deity Shade, no? Well, I'll tell ya I had to find them by myself. If you want them... —
He took them off, stood up, and threw them on the lake.
— ...you'll have to do the same. —
Mako then sat down again, looking at Saisyu. Saisyu had, metaphorically speaking, the jaw on the ground.
— What? You just threw the freaking Deity Shade to the water? —
— I had to fish them out of the sea. Why don't you try? If you're really worthy, the Shades will find you. —
Saisyu sighed and transformed with the Deity Form.
— Transform combination – Tristan Hiroto plus amphibian! —
Once again, he was transformed into a triton with pointy hair.
He dived in. The light was really dim, so he felt as if he was swimming in Coca-Cola. Except this water wasn't sparkling.
— Now where was it? —
He couldn't see anything. Once again, he was covered in darkness.
And this time, all he could feel was water...
He swam further. Nothing. Not a trace.
— Mako, you'll be dead. —
Then, he noticed the Deity Eye began glowing. He could see a little red fish swimming by.
The Eye pointed all its spikes, a la Millenium Ring, to the right. He turned, and now it pointed forward.
He went in that direction, and there they were.
The Deity Shades.
He put them on. He was welcomed by a starting screen.
"Welcome new user. Adjusting the eyesight level... Done."
He now could see every single detail, including a really weird thing: That red fish was the only fish in the lake. It swam up, and... jumped out?!
Anyway, Saisyu simply got out and detransformed. He had hid the Shade.
— Don't tell me you didn't find the Shade. —
Saisyu simply answered pulling the Shade out of his pocket and putting it on.
— My god, you scared me. Anyway, see you around. And by the way, good luck fixing this dimension twist. —
As he said that, he disappeared. The cave was, once again, really dark.
— How did he know...? —
Text appeared in the Shades.
"You thought I'd forget to tell him?"
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Saisyu got out of the cave with the aid of the Shades. He then saw the little red fish, hopping around in the ground.
He grabbed it in his hands and got it back in the sea. The fish got off...
...and detransformed, showing he was the sleeping kid that was with the guy that had helped Saisyu.
— What in all the hells? — said Saisyu, surprised.
— He's an ability vampire, just like me. —
Saisyu turned around and saw the guy that had helped him.
— My name is Raize Kaidenshi. He's my brother, Zone. While he slept, he copied your ability to morph. He's really sneaky, dontcha think? —
Raize walked a little.
— If you need help with something or need a few techniques, call me. —
Raize approached to the water, ready to jump, but then turned around.
— By the way... —
He threw the T-shirt back to Saisyu.
— ...your shirt. —
He then jumped, and he and his brother started swimming back to the shore they were in the morning.
Saisyu just put the shirt back on, took off the Post-it with Raize's cellphone number (that sneaky kid) and summoned the Deity Wings. He got off, back to the hotel.
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Anubis: Well, this episode's over. Hope ya liked.
Sekhmet: By the way, if you're still wondering about Saisyu and Alana, their pasts, their problems and their relationship, there will be some chapters after this saga to clear out everything. You'll be amazed at how we arranged everything.
Mortos: See you later when the 10th chapter arrives.