Silver Lily: *giggles insanely*
Jade: What?
Silver Lily: *squeezes Yuugi plushie* Zuka-chan made all of these plushies for my story!! I have; an Aeyeta plushie, a Jade plushie, and a Yami plushie. I even have a Yami vampire plushie with cute little fangs!!! *squeals*
Jade: Oh joy, Oh rapture. . .
Silver Lily: On with the fic!!!
Sunstone
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From the trips I now and then take to childhood, I brought back, for this illustration, a bag of old religious images, solitary desires, and nightmares.
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Yu Gi Oh sighed heavily into his folded hands. This discussion was going nowhere very quickly.
"There has to be something we can do," Kekeweht reasoned.
"Like what?" Tekutet asked. "This is more than just a simple spell that he's been laboring over. He's been planning this for years. YEARS. So precise and meticulous was this planning, that it's impossible for it to go wrong. All of the elements required to kill a mortal soul have put into place. And we can't just not have him duel, who will seal the Shadow Realm, then? He is the _only_ one!"
All nine heads sat lowered in thought. All of the advisors were summoned for an emergency meeting in a futile attempt to figure out just what it was that they could do.
The hair on the back of Selene's neck began to rise. "Do you hear that, lover?" she whispered. Her blue-gray eyes were fixated on the main entrance.
"Hear what?"
The morning star felt a tingling sensation rumble deep within his bones. "It sounds like, like. . "
"A roaring ocean," Aeyeta breathed.
"What is it," Kekeweht asked, quite bewildered.
A palace guard came running in, frantic. His clothes were askew, and his spear was in hand. "My morning star, you must come quickly. All of Thebes stands outside our walls!" He cried, panicked.
Exchanging questioning looks, all nine of the room's occupants ran out. The noise was growing louder.
Selene stopped dead in her tracks. "The entire city is our here!"
The pharaoh's violet eyes widened to the size of saucers as he gazed about him, past the palace walls. Thousands it must have been, all yelling, roaring, shaking their fist and pointing in one spot off to his left.
Three medjai came into view, struggling with a figure in dirt covered robes. Bleach-blonde hair swiveled in the golden light, growls and grunts rolling over the throng of noise from the whole of Thebes.
"Pharaoh, this thief was caught today inside of the palace, stealing this." The black-garbed medjai handed Yu Gi Oh a large gold trinket. It was one gold ring, with a triangle in the center, and the mark of Horus.
"A sennen item," Jade sighed.
"The thief's name is Bakura."
The king had heard that name before. The infamous tomb robber. "Aren't you the one that stole from my father's pyramid?"
The white haired male growled, still struggling.
"My lord, all of Thebes has been trying to capture him for years. They want more done to him than just imprisonment for life. With all of the carnage that has been going on lately, they want you to do something to his soul," the guard replied gravely.
The king of Thebes looked out on his people again. Their screams filled his ears, their anger filled his heart.
Why did Egyptians have to be so moralistic sometimes?
He looked to Selene, who had her eyes on the ground. She hated locking up souls as much as he did, but with the anger of a city behind his actions, he didn't have much of a choice.
"So be it," his voice rang. "This thief will spend eternity with what he wanted most. He will be banished to this ring."
The pharaoh didn't register his palm being exposed. He didn't hear his voice crying 'oblivion' above the crowd. And he didn't want to see the empty look in the thief's eyes as he crumbled to the ground.
The crowd cheered with violent applause, but Yu Gi Oh did not stay to hear it. He left, and retreated back into the silent recesses of his palace.
He was back in his seat before the rest of the advisors had returned, head held in his hands.
"You didn't have a choice, Yu Gi Oh. With the city's anger where it was, they looked ready to try and overthrow you. The stress from yesterday is getting to everybody," Selene comforted.
"His ka will be born again alone, you know. It will be born incomplete and it will have a demented darkness to deal with." Yu Gi Oh replied, no tone resounded in his words. Simple observation.
Jade's eyes were misted over in thought. "Tekutet, didn't you say that all of the elements for the destruction of a mortal existence has been carefully brought together?"
"Yes."
"What if we altered the one element that is in our grasps?"
"How do you mean?" he asked curiously.
"This spell is to kill a mortal creature. But, what if he's already dead?"
Blue-gray eyes widened drastically. "No, beloved, you can't mean doing that," Selene gasped.
"Why not? Once the puzzle is completed, we can reverse it. Because then all of the items will be complete."
"What are you talking about," everyone questioned the debating lovers. Neither seemed to hear them.
"What if something goes wrong? What if a piece of the puzzle is stolen, or worse?"
"We don't have much of choice. It's either this, or we loose him forever, and the shadow realm stays open."
"What!?" the pharaoh demanded. "What do you mean 'already dead'?"
"Oh, I wish that the puzzle was done now, cause then it could protect him from the spell." Her silver head dropped to her hands.
"Selene, even that is not a sure bet. And you know that I don't like to gamble. We _have_ to. There's no other way."
"What!!" Everyone yelled. Everyone, that is, accept a certain apprentice.
"Aeyeta," Selene said.
"No," she shook her strawberry blonde head. "I won't. I-I can't. Please, don't make me," she pleaded.
"You have to friend. You have to," Selene pressed.
"No," she continued.
"You're the only one that has connections. You're the only one that can. You have to. You have to summon Ramses the damned. We must make the pharaoh a vampire."
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Yu Gi Oh sighed, dreading the days to come. Sleepily, he pressed his way into his chambers, Yuugi waiting patiently for him by the balcony like he always did.
The slave looked around as the door creaked, then smiled. "I sure do like sunsets, don't you?"
He nodded sadly. "Yes, I always have." He walked over to his little replica and wrapped his arms around the back of the little one's waist. This might be the last peaceful night the two of them would have together for a long time.
"Did you find out a way to stop that spell, yet?"
"Yes, we did."
"Will it work?" Yuugi looked up at him hopefully, wide violet eyes brimming with concern.
"Yes, we believe that it will." Yu Gi Oh gave him a reassuring squeeze. "Let's go to bed, little one. This might be the last good-night's rest that we get in a very long time."
"All right."
The two retired to the soft, feather filled bed, ready to sleep for as long as possible. Warmth flooded the entire room, and the soft embrace of two lovers, two halves of the same soul, lay in each others' arms, feeling their hearts beat in time with each other. It wasn't long till both were sound asleep.
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Silver Lily: Yes, I know that it's short! I'm sorry!!!!! This is a VERY important chapter, though. The next one. . . hehehehehe, vampires!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jade: What?
Silver Lily: *squeezes Yuugi plushie* Zuka-chan made all of these plushies for my story!! I have; an Aeyeta plushie, a Jade plushie, and a Yami plushie. I even have a Yami vampire plushie with cute little fangs!!! *squeals*
Jade: Oh joy, Oh rapture. . .
Silver Lily: On with the fic!!!
Sunstone
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From the trips I now and then take to childhood, I brought back, for this illustration, a bag of old religious images, solitary desires, and nightmares.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Yu Gi Oh sighed heavily into his folded hands. This discussion was going nowhere very quickly.
"There has to be something we can do," Kekeweht reasoned.
"Like what?" Tekutet asked. "This is more than just a simple spell that he's been laboring over. He's been planning this for years. YEARS. So precise and meticulous was this planning, that it's impossible for it to go wrong. All of the elements required to kill a mortal soul have put into place. And we can't just not have him duel, who will seal the Shadow Realm, then? He is the _only_ one!"
All nine heads sat lowered in thought. All of the advisors were summoned for an emergency meeting in a futile attempt to figure out just what it was that they could do.
The hair on the back of Selene's neck began to rise. "Do you hear that, lover?" she whispered. Her blue-gray eyes were fixated on the main entrance.
"Hear what?"
The morning star felt a tingling sensation rumble deep within his bones. "It sounds like, like. . "
"A roaring ocean," Aeyeta breathed.
"What is it," Kekeweht asked, quite bewildered.
A palace guard came running in, frantic. His clothes were askew, and his spear was in hand. "My morning star, you must come quickly. All of Thebes stands outside our walls!" He cried, panicked.
Exchanging questioning looks, all nine of the room's occupants ran out. The noise was growing louder.
Selene stopped dead in her tracks. "The entire city is our here!"
The pharaoh's violet eyes widened to the size of saucers as he gazed about him, past the palace walls. Thousands it must have been, all yelling, roaring, shaking their fist and pointing in one spot off to his left.
Three medjai came into view, struggling with a figure in dirt covered robes. Bleach-blonde hair swiveled in the golden light, growls and grunts rolling over the throng of noise from the whole of Thebes.
"Pharaoh, this thief was caught today inside of the palace, stealing this." The black-garbed medjai handed Yu Gi Oh a large gold trinket. It was one gold ring, with a triangle in the center, and the mark of Horus.
"A sennen item," Jade sighed.
"The thief's name is Bakura."
The king had heard that name before. The infamous tomb robber. "Aren't you the one that stole from my father's pyramid?"
The white haired male growled, still struggling.
"My lord, all of Thebes has been trying to capture him for years. They want more done to him than just imprisonment for life. With all of the carnage that has been going on lately, they want you to do something to his soul," the guard replied gravely.
The king of Thebes looked out on his people again. Their screams filled his ears, their anger filled his heart.
Why did Egyptians have to be so moralistic sometimes?
He looked to Selene, who had her eyes on the ground. She hated locking up souls as much as he did, but with the anger of a city behind his actions, he didn't have much of a choice.
"So be it," his voice rang. "This thief will spend eternity with what he wanted most. He will be banished to this ring."
The pharaoh didn't register his palm being exposed. He didn't hear his voice crying 'oblivion' above the crowd. And he didn't want to see the empty look in the thief's eyes as he crumbled to the ground.
The crowd cheered with violent applause, but Yu Gi Oh did not stay to hear it. He left, and retreated back into the silent recesses of his palace.
He was back in his seat before the rest of the advisors had returned, head held in his hands.
"You didn't have a choice, Yu Gi Oh. With the city's anger where it was, they looked ready to try and overthrow you. The stress from yesterday is getting to everybody," Selene comforted.
"His ka will be born again alone, you know. It will be born incomplete and it will have a demented darkness to deal with." Yu Gi Oh replied, no tone resounded in his words. Simple observation.
Jade's eyes were misted over in thought. "Tekutet, didn't you say that all of the elements for the destruction of a mortal existence has been carefully brought together?"
"Yes."
"What if we altered the one element that is in our grasps?"
"How do you mean?" he asked curiously.
"This spell is to kill a mortal creature. But, what if he's already dead?"
Blue-gray eyes widened drastically. "No, beloved, you can't mean doing that," Selene gasped.
"Why not? Once the puzzle is completed, we can reverse it. Because then all of the items will be complete."
"What are you talking about," everyone questioned the debating lovers. Neither seemed to hear them.
"What if something goes wrong? What if a piece of the puzzle is stolen, or worse?"
"We don't have much of choice. It's either this, or we loose him forever, and the shadow realm stays open."
"What!?" the pharaoh demanded. "What do you mean 'already dead'?"
"Oh, I wish that the puzzle was done now, cause then it could protect him from the spell." Her silver head dropped to her hands.
"Selene, even that is not a sure bet. And you know that I don't like to gamble. We _have_ to. There's no other way."
"What!!" Everyone yelled. Everyone, that is, accept a certain apprentice.
"Aeyeta," Selene said.
"No," she shook her strawberry blonde head. "I won't. I-I can't. Please, don't make me," she pleaded.
"You have to friend. You have to," Selene pressed.
"No," she continued.
"You're the only one that has connections. You're the only one that can. You have to. You have to summon Ramses the damned. We must make the pharaoh a vampire."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Yu Gi Oh sighed, dreading the days to come. Sleepily, he pressed his way into his chambers, Yuugi waiting patiently for him by the balcony like he always did.
The slave looked around as the door creaked, then smiled. "I sure do like sunsets, don't you?"
He nodded sadly. "Yes, I always have." He walked over to his little replica and wrapped his arms around the back of the little one's waist. This might be the last peaceful night the two of them would have together for a long time.
"Did you find out a way to stop that spell, yet?"
"Yes, we did."
"Will it work?" Yuugi looked up at him hopefully, wide violet eyes brimming with concern.
"Yes, we believe that it will." Yu Gi Oh gave him a reassuring squeeze. "Let's go to bed, little one. This might be the last good-night's rest that we get in a very long time."
"All right."
The two retired to the soft, feather filled bed, ready to sleep for as long as possible. Warmth flooded the entire room, and the soft embrace of two lovers, two halves of the same soul, lay in each others' arms, feeling their hearts beat in time with each other. It wasn't long till both were sound asleep.
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Silver Lily: Yes, I know that it's short! I'm sorry!!!!! This is a VERY important chapter, though. The next one. . . hehehehehe, vampires!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!