Silver Lily: Well, here it is. The end to the cliffie that I left last
time.
Jade: Just wait till you see what happens next.
Sunstone
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"I see thee still; and on thy blade and dungeon gouts of blood, which was not so before."
-William Shakespeare, Macbeth
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"Yu Gi Oh, the preist has revolted!"
The pharaoh's eyes snapped open, a string of curses spewing forth in every language he knew.
Selene ran into the room frantically searching for his clothes.
"What's happened so far," he demanded.
She pulled out his garments and threw them on the bed, preparing his makeup. The glare he would get today would be horrendous. "A third of the palace servants have disappeared and half of the Shadow wizards are gone. Yu Gi Oh, we have to hurry, he's opening gates to the Shadow Realm right and left!"
The kings cursed again.
"But there's more."
"More?"
Selene's blue-gray eyes were clouded with panic. "The gods are scorching the earth, sea and sky. All three of them! Yu Gi Oh, what are we going to do?" she squeaked.
Yuugi saw the blood on the pharaoh's face drain away. "A-all three of them?"
Selene's nod was just as grave.
"We have to move, quickly!" He started heading out the door.
"Wait!"
He whirled around.
"What about him?" She pointed to Yuugi. "What if he knows about him? He's not safe!"
The slave had never seen the cool, collected morning star panic. It scared him when Yu Gi Oh looked desperate. "What do I do? I can't be two places at once!"
She bit her tongue at the irony of that statement. "Aeyeta is coming, but we need at least two people here. Kekeweht,"
"No, I need him!"
The silver haired woman searched her mind. "Natuwhet, get Natuwhet!" She ran to the door where two medjai stood at the ready. "Get Natuwhet!" She cried.
In a flash he was there, as stressed as the rest of them, the apprentice right at his side.
"Stay with him, Aeyeta. Don't let your eyes off him, and watch him better than the eyes of Horus. Don't leave him, no matter what you do!"
The strawberry blonde nodded vigorously, taking her place right next to the ka of the pharaoh.
The king and his advisor were out of the room before Yuugi could even blink. "What's going on?" he asked.
"The shadow games. The traitor has let the monsters loose on the earth."
The ground shook violently underneath of them. Yuugi looked up frightened. "What was that?"
"A power surge. They're trying to bring everything back into balance."
"Will they succeed?"
"We'll have to wait and see."
All day they didn't dare leave the chambers, quakes constantly knocking them off their balance. Occasionally the slave could hear a tormented scream behind it, sometimes male, sometimes female. And other times, it didn't sound human at all. Natuwhet cursed every time the ground rumbled and seemed to breathe like some wild beast. "I should be there, they need my help! I feel so helpless in here!"
His chance to help came soon enough.
Yuugi's skin ran cold, chills inching its way down his spine. Some sort of breeze was blowing in through the balcony.
Yuugi averted his eyes, and saw a flash of silver streak across the sky.
"What was that?" he asked.
"What was what, Yuugi?"
"That." He pointed out the balcony as a small speck began to grow larger and larger. Aeyeta screamed, and Natuwhet choked.
A huge dragon composed of a metallic hide lunged forward and landed on the balcony, crushing the stone railings. It reared its massive head, screeching a ravenous battle cry. Blue eyes bore down on its opponent.
"The Blue Eyes," he heard one of them hiss.
Aeyeta stood and forced Yuugi behind her. She raised her arms, summoning the strongest creature she could, who was also her familiar. "I summon you, Suigin, God of the water!"
A massive blue creature with its own plates of armor came from what seemed out of no where, ready to protect its master and her charge.
"Spell binding circle, and I summon you, Hyozanru!"
The two stood there, calling upon different things that made no sense to the slave at all, but it seemed to be stopping whatever it was that tried to attack them.
Aeyeta slumped down next to the miniature pharaoh, exauhsted and breathing heavily. Natuwhet almost laughed. "Well, that was fun. Ready for round two?"
The strawberry blonde glared at him with her bright blue eyes.
"Seth was after him, old friend. That beast was his familiar, and his favorite. I can't believe we stopped it."
"Nor can I."
Late into the night the rumbling of the ground still continued, and Yuugi began to wonder if Yu Gi Oh would ever return. It wasn't till right around midnight did the chamber doors fly open.
Three people came toppling in, barely able to walk under their own exhaustion. Selene and Jade were carrying the pharaoh between them, who was dangerously flushed.
The two lovers dropped him onto the bed as Yuugi crawled up next to him. Selene forced him down, wrapping the pharaoh's arms around the slave's waist. Yu Gi Oh wasn't responding too much, just the occasional whimper, and the small tear that might trickle down his cheek.
"What happened to him?" His face was creased in what looked like pain, brows furrowed together.
"Stay close to him little love, he needs you right now. All day long the traitor has been sending him images, illusions of you being killed and tortured in unspeakable ways. When he wakes, he needs to see that you are all right lest he go mad. Don't leave him. Not until he has fully rested and the nightmares have past." Her voice sounded strained and tired. Urgency almost greater than when she had rushed in that morning.
Yuugi nodded, clutching tightly to the pharaoh's neck.
"Selene, I must tell you something," Aeyeta whispered.
"Yes," she asked wearily.
"We were attacked by the Blue Eyes today."
"Y-you were?"
"We stopped it, but we are extremely tired."
"We should stay here tonight. If something happens, Yu Gi Oh is in no condition to fight anything."
Aeyeta agreed. Jade had already fallen asleep at the foot of the pharaoh's bed.
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All night long Yuugi would awaken to the cries of his lover next to him, more tears streaking down his face. And, ever so gently, Yuugi would wipe or kiss them away and whisper soothing words until the shaking stopped.
Selene would at times cry next to Jade, who clutched her closer than before The pharaoh wasn't the only one who had received horrid pictures.
Aeyeta was having nightmares, too.
Nobody received much sleep that night.
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"No, no, no," she cried in her sleep. "No, no," her mouth was in a perfect O, the only plea that could escape her lips.
"Aeyeta, wake up. Aeyeta!" Selene shook the girl until she would rise from her troubled slumber.
She did, eventually, gasping and crying. "No, no," she continued.
What is it?" her mentor demanded.
"We're doomed. We're all doom. 'The darkness will rise, and the doors will open. Traitor will turn traitor, and the gods will scorn.' We're doomed. The darkness will rise, oh gods, it will rise. Will chaos roam as we feared? What's going on? No, no. . ." The girl cried, and the rooms other occupants looked somber and saddened. Aeyeta had foresight, a gift that she didn't want right now.
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Silver Lily: Well, I know that it was short, but next chapter I'm going to explain what happened in the gaming room. . .
Jade: Hope we spelled the names of the monsters right, couldn't be sure since we don't have those cards.
Silver Lily: Don't get too hung up on the cliffie, the last chapters are winding down. Keep reading! And R&R!!!!
Jade: Just wait till you see what happens next.
Sunstone
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"I see thee still; and on thy blade and dungeon gouts of blood, which was not so before."
-William Shakespeare, Macbeth
* * * * * * * * *
"Yu Gi Oh, the preist has revolted!"
The pharaoh's eyes snapped open, a string of curses spewing forth in every language he knew.
Selene ran into the room frantically searching for his clothes.
"What's happened so far," he demanded.
She pulled out his garments and threw them on the bed, preparing his makeup. The glare he would get today would be horrendous. "A third of the palace servants have disappeared and half of the Shadow wizards are gone. Yu Gi Oh, we have to hurry, he's opening gates to the Shadow Realm right and left!"
The kings cursed again.
"But there's more."
"More?"
Selene's blue-gray eyes were clouded with panic. "The gods are scorching the earth, sea and sky. All three of them! Yu Gi Oh, what are we going to do?" she squeaked.
Yuugi saw the blood on the pharaoh's face drain away. "A-all three of them?"
Selene's nod was just as grave.
"We have to move, quickly!" He started heading out the door.
"Wait!"
He whirled around.
"What about him?" She pointed to Yuugi. "What if he knows about him? He's not safe!"
The slave had never seen the cool, collected morning star panic. It scared him when Yu Gi Oh looked desperate. "What do I do? I can't be two places at once!"
She bit her tongue at the irony of that statement. "Aeyeta is coming, but we need at least two people here. Kekeweht,"
"No, I need him!"
The silver haired woman searched her mind. "Natuwhet, get Natuwhet!" She ran to the door where two medjai stood at the ready. "Get Natuwhet!" She cried.
In a flash he was there, as stressed as the rest of them, the apprentice right at his side.
"Stay with him, Aeyeta. Don't let your eyes off him, and watch him better than the eyes of Horus. Don't leave him, no matter what you do!"
The strawberry blonde nodded vigorously, taking her place right next to the ka of the pharaoh.
The king and his advisor were out of the room before Yuugi could even blink. "What's going on?" he asked.
"The shadow games. The traitor has let the monsters loose on the earth."
The ground shook violently underneath of them. Yuugi looked up frightened. "What was that?"
"A power surge. They're trying to bring everything back into balance."
"Will they succeed?"
"We'll have to wait and see."
All day they didn't dare leave the chambers, quakes constantly knocking them off their balance. Occasionally the slave could hear a tormented scream behind it, sometimes male, sometimes female. And other times, it didn't sound human at all. Natuwhet cursed every time the ground rumbled and seemed to breathe like some wild beast. "I should be there, they need my help! I feel so helpless in here!"
His chance to help came soon enough.
Yuugi's skin ran cold, chills inching its way down his spine. Some sort of breeze was blowing in through the balcony.
Yuugi averted his eyes, and saw a flash of silver streak across the sky.
"What was that?" he asked.
"What was what, Yuugi?"
"That." He pointed out the balcony as a small speck began to grow larger and larger. Aeyeta screamed, and Natuwhet choked.
A huge dragon composed of a metallic hide lunged forward and landed on the balcony, crushing the stone railings. It reared its massive head, screeching a ravenous battle cry. Blue eyes bore down on its opponent.
"The Blue Eyes," he heard one of them hiss.
Aeyeta stood and forced Yuugi behind her. She raised her arms, summoning the strongest creature she could, who was also her familiar. "I summon you, Suigin, God of the water!"
A massive blue creature with its own plates of armor came from what seemed out of no where, ready to protect its master and her charge.
"Spell binding circle, and I summon you, Hyozanru!"
The two stood there, calling upon different things that made no sense to the slave at all, but it seemed to be stopping whatever it was that tried to attack them.
Aeyeta slumped down next to the miniature pharaoh, exauhsted and breathing heavily. Natuwhet almost laughed. "Well, that was fun. Ready for round two?"
The strawberry blonde glared at him with her bright blue eyes.
"Seth was after him, old friend. That beast was his familiar, and his favorite. I can't believe we stopped it."
"Nor can I."
Late into the night the rumbling of the ground still continued, and Yuugi began to wonder if Yu Gi Oh would ever return. It wasn't till right around midnight did the chamber doors fly open.
Three people came toppling in, barely able to walk under their own exhaustion. Selene and Jade were carrying the pharaoh between them, who was dangerously flushed.
The two lovers dropped him onto the bed as Yuugi crawled up next to him. Selene forced him down, wrapping the pharaoh's arms around the slave's waist. Yu Gi Oh wasn't responding too much, just the occasional whimper, and the small tear that might trickle down his cheek.
"What happened to him?" His face was creased in what looked like pain, brows furrowed together.
"Stay close to him little love, he needs you right now. All day long the traitor has been sending him images, illusions of you being killed and tortured in unspeakable ways. When he wakes, he needs to see that you are all right lest he go mad. Don't leave him. Not until he has fully rested and the nightmares have past." Her voice sounded strained and tired. Urgency almost greater than when she had rushed in that morning.
Yuugi nodded, clutching tightly to the pharaoh's neck.
"Selene, I must tell you something," Aeyeta whispered.
"Yes," she asked wearily.
"We were attacked by the Blue Eyes today."
"Y-you were?"
"We stopped it, but we are extremely tired."
"We should stay here tonight. If something happens, Yu Gi Oh is in no condition to fight anything."
Aeyeta agreed. Jade had already fallen asleep at the foot of the pharaoh's bed.
* * * * * * *
All night long Yuugi would awaken to the cries of his lover next to him, more tears streaking down his face. And, ever so gently, Yuugi would wipe or kiss them away and whisper soothing words until the shaking stopped.
Selene would at times cry next to Jade, who clutched her closer than before The pharaoh wasn't the only one who had received horrid pictures.
Aeyeta was having nightmares, too.
Nobody received much sleep that night.
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"No, no, no," she cried in her sleep. "No, no," her mouth was in a perfect O, the only plea that could escape her lips.
"Aeyeta, wake up. Aeyeta!" Selene shook the girl until she would rise from her troubled slumber.
She did, eventually, gasping and crying. "No, no," she continued.
What is it?" her mentor demanded.
"We're doomed. We're all doom. 'The darkness will rise, and the doors will open. Traitor will turn traitor, and the gods will scorn.' We're doomed. The darkness will rise, oh gods, it will rise. Will chaos roam as we feared? What's going on? No, no. . ." The girl cried, and the rooms other occupants looked somber and saddened. Aeyeta had foresight, a gift that she didn't want right now.
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Silver Lily: Well, I know that it was short, but next chapter I'm going to explain what happened in the gaming room. . .
Jade: Hope we spelled the names of the monsters right, couldn't be sure since we don't have those cards.
Silver Lily: Don't get too hung up on the cliffie, the last chapters are winding down. Keep reading! And R&R!!!!