Fiery Charizard: Do you like Pokemon? I used to be into that. :) Anyways. I never said that Yami "was" the Cruel Angel. He is just the most likely candidate right now, ne? There might be a little shock to who it is. I never said it was Yami. :)

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Chapter Twelve: Tooku... tooku... haruka, tooku

Far Away.... Far Away .... Distant, far away

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"That is right." Succubus Knight nodded. "We are going to use weapons."

Jou slowly placed his hand down, holding his deck. "Weapons? But I dunno how ta use weapons, ya freaky bat lady!"

"Watch what you say, Jou." Succubus Knight laughed. "You just may not know half of what you thing, uh? And I chose this!" she held her two hands out, and there formed a blade with a dragon's head on it. "The Sword of Dark Destruction!"

Jou frowned. 'That is a magic card Yug always uses. It had the Darkness Monster's attack and defense by two-hundred, but this ain't no card game! It must really make her stronger! There must be a way..hey wait! What about that Final Fantasy game Honda is always playin' with Kero? Ya, dat Final Fantasy X! Of course. Jou, ya are very smart!' he held out his hand. "I chose my weapon." a long red blade appeared, with a strong silver handle. The hilt was decorated with extreme and in depth flames, and they seem to glow. "Flame Tan [1]!"

"Flame Tan." Succubus Knight smiled. "Lets see if this really brings you the power of hino [2]!"

"GO!"

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"Reiza no Tenshi Souro [3]!" Sheila threw a punch at the crystal wall. A crack formed, but nothing more. "Dammit!" she yelled and sighed. She knew that her soul engry wouldn't be enough to crack her prison, and her "aibou" was too busy toying with Yugi's friends.

"Nani?"

Sheila looked up to see another crystal prison above her. Yugi looked down at her, and she smiled. "Hiya, Yug! Glad to see your safe!" she then closed her eyes. A yellow light formed around her, and she transferred it into her fist. "Reiza no Tenshi Souro!" she yelled and punched the wall again, this time the crack was larger.

"What are you doing?" Yugi asked.

"Trying to break through with me 'Reiza no Tenshi Souro' attack, Yug." Sheila wondered how water could exist inside this prison, without them drowning. "Oi, I am a baka. We are souls, not people."

"Souls?! What happened to my body?" Yugi squeaked. "What happened to Yami? How did I die?"

"Woah, slow down tiger." Sheila smiled. "The best I can guess is that Silphe also took your soul away. That would most likely mean that Yami-dude has your body under control."

"Where is he? Why hasn't he saved me yet?" Yugi asked, worried about his yami.

"I am sure he is fine." Sheila winked. "I bet he is here right now, sleeping." she then turned and sighed. "Might as well sing a song, uh? I mean, nothing else to do!"

"Yami yo.... ame yo.... ima, oshiete. Tsuki yo... kaze yo... ima, kotaete. Tori yo... kumo yo... ima, oshiete. Nami yo.... kage yo.... ima, kotaete. Tooku.... tooku... haruka, tooku. [4]"

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Jou was slammed into a tree, and blocked the Knight's next attack. His sword wasn't as strong as hers, but he still fought. Mai was important to him, and he wouldn't let her down. Jou growled as the knight came face to face with him.

"Tell me, Jou." Succubus Knight smiled. "What is so important to you about her? She is snotty, and only cares about herself."

"She helped me out!" Jou growled. He threw her off, and ducked as he swung. "And she helped Yug out too! She is good in mah book!" Jou then tripped into the small lake and shook water away from his hair. He looked at his sword, and wished to Ra that he knew how to use it. He then rolled over as the sword came at him. Jou decided to try something. "Hino no akuma!" he held the sword above his head and a giant flaming demon appeared. It circled above them.

"No!" Succubus Knight gasped. "He has the ability of Spirit Power!" she cursed and blocked the huge flaming demon from hurting her. "You are strong, Jou! But not strong enough!" She held her sword out. "YAMI NO AKUMA!" she yelled. This time a large shadowed demon appeared, and crashed right into Jou.

Jou screamed in pain and fell back into a tree. Water tippled down his face, and he coughed up some blood. He weakly looked up, and wondered what could have been such a blow. His eyes widened as he saw the dark demon standing behind Succubus Knight. Jou picked up his sword. "I won't lose to you, witch!" he threw his sword into the air. "Pryo fea!" a small fairy appeared with fiery wings and a dress of fire. "Attack that one!"

The fea spun around and a large wild fire started. Mai screamed, but heard a voice in her head. /Don't be afraid. If you trust me, then you won't get hurt./ Mai nodded and let the fire touch her, but it was cool.

"Some trick." Succubus Knight laughed.

Suddenly the fire then turned into a larger fiery demon. He engulfed them all, and died down. Mai and Jou stood un-harmed, but Succubus Knight cursed.

"I am done playing your games, little one." she growled. "EYE OF ILLUSION!" she cried. The same demon appeared again, and then it swarmed at Jou.

Jou let out a cry of terror and pain, and felt as if he were being burned alive. The fire burnt down, and he fell to the ground, in worse pain than before. He weakly opened is eyes and watched in horror as Succubus Knight stole Mai's soul from his eyes. 'No..this is how Yami must have felt...' he then closed his eyes and all he knew was darkness.

"JOU!" Sakura yelled and ran into the feild. She screamed when she saw Jou on the ground. She was frozen, and Anzu pushed by her.

Anzu got to the ground and rolled Jou over. "Good he has a pulse. Someone help me get him back to the room, hurry!"

Honda helped Anzu out, while Syaraon and Sakura looked for what could have happened. Yami stood up and helplessly looked down at Mai's empty shell. He turned. "It seems as if Jou was trying to save her."

Sakura bent down and horror struck her eyes. "Just like Yugi.." she looked back up at them. "We have to go now."

"We can't." Syaraon said. "Jou is out of it, really out of it."

"He was using his soul power, Syaraon!" Sakura yelled. "The same power that you, me, and even Yami and Bakura have! His used his item that his soul was given, this blade! He was lucky he wasn't killed!"

Yami turned around and looked at the darkened pink sky, it looked magenta. He remembered how he used to look at it all the time while he was inside the Crystal World, for two months he had. He was scared of this place, but he wouldn't let the others know. Yami narrowed his eyes. "I'll get you back, aibou, nothing will stop me!"

Sakura looked at Syaraon, who sighed.

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Yugi curled into a small ball and his eyes grew large as he saw the souls of others moving through the pink walls of the wall. He buried his face in his legs. "Yami..I miss you...Yami...where are you?" he looked up, and if he could cry, he most defiantly would. He remembered a song Sakura made, and softly began to sing to himself:

"[5]

Sasayaku kodachi kara tobidatsu tori no you ni Mugen no ashita e to habataite hoshii Yasumete 'ta tsubasa wo hirogeru sono hi made Kanashimi wa itsu demo watashi ni azukete ite."

Yugi stopped and looked through the crystal ceiling. "Yami."

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Yugioh looked up as Yugi smiled at him. The Pharaoh smiled back, and the two walked together through the streets of Thinis. Suddenly Yugi asked if he could play with the others kids, and Yugioh smiled and nodded. He watched as his aibou played catch.

Suddenly the ball went into the street, and Yugi ran after it. Yugioh was pulled back as a cart headed for Yugi.

"Don't your highness, he is nothing more than a slave!" a guard said.

"Aibou! Hikari!" Yugioh screamed as Yugi was hit by the cart. He pulled Yugi's body out, and cradled it. His tears fell on his pale light's face, and he sobbed. Many couldn't believe this one boy meant so much to the Pharaoh. Yugioh looked up evily at the one who had hurt his aibou, and he stood up. He brought a long knife out and killed him.

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Yami got up from his bed. The feeling of his aibou clouded his judgement, and his thoughts. He got the feeling Yugi was dead...and he wanted to join him. Yami walked to the place were Jou had battled, and picked up a part of Jou's blade.....



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end of chapter 12! Here are the translations:

[1] - Flame Tan is Tidus's weapon, but I had NO idea what it looked like.

[2] - Hino - Japanese - Fire

[3] - Reiza no Tenshi Souro! - Laser Angel Soul!

[4] - Yami yo.... ame yo.... ima, oshiete. Tsuki yo... kaze yo... ima, kotaete. Tori yo... kumo yo... ima, oshiete. Nami yo.... kage yo.... ima, kotaete. Tooku.... tooku... haruka, tooku - Japanese - Oh, darkness... Oh, rain... Please, now tell me. Oh, moon... Oh, wind... Please, now answer me. Oh, birds... Oh, clouds... Please, now tell me. Oh, waves... Oh, shadows... Please, now answer me.

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Sasayaku kodachi kara tobidatsu tori no you ni Mugen no ashita e to habataite hoshii Yasumete 'ta tsubasa wo hirogeru sono hi made Kanashimi wa itsu demo watashi ni azukete ite - Japanese - Like a bird taking flight from still whispering trees. I want to fly toward an infinite tomorrow. My rested wings will unfold until that day. Sorrow has always been left with me.

Please don't kill me. :)