Excerpt from The Monarch and the Innocent II: The Ties of Destiny
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I can't remember anything. . . My memories are all so vague. It's all a blur to me. I can remember a few things. I can still feel the feeling of my spirit leaving my body. . . A soulless vessel falling to the floor, alone in a dark room, is what I can still remember. I can only recall the icy 'golden piece' leaving my hands and shattering like a fine glass as I fell to the artic floor as well. My face was pale, and my eyes were forever closed. . .
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Yugi's eyes shot open. He sat up quickly in bed, and he panted in fear. Only shadows of trees and the moonlight was only visible in the dark room; the wind began to 'play' with his hair because he left the window open. Yugi forced himself to calm down and he lay back down in his bed. He wanted to go to sleep, but he just couldn't; he didn't want to relive the nightmare again. Suddenly, he saw a shadow walk past him and he froze as it moved toward the open window. As soon as the moonlight touched the silhouette, his face was highly recognizable; it was Yami. The moonbeams around him made his ruby eyes seem more ethereal. He was only in his spirit form, but regardless of his transparency, he seemed more mysterious every time Yugi saw him.
"Yami?"
Yugi crawled out of bed and walked next to Yami. Yami gave Yugi a gaze of downheartedness.
"What's the matter Yami?"
"Oh, nothing. Just keeping watch, that's all."
"Yami, I know you better than that. I know when something's wrong and something's wrong. You can't trick me that easily! Besides, I'm fifteen, remember?"
"You're fourteen."
"Fifteen!"
"Fourteen!"
"Fifteen!"
"The grandfather clock hasn't started playing its bells yet. When you're fifteen, I'll tell you." Yami said playfully. Besides, he enjoyed seeing Yugi pout sometimes. It looked cute.
Immediately, the grandfather clock was heard after Yami finished his sentence. Yugi gave a smile of triumph.
"Now that I'm fifteen, you can tell me what happened!"
"Technically, you're not fifteen yet."
"And why's that?"
"Because, you weren't born at twelve in the morning! So there!"
"Yami! If you weren't a spirit, I would strangle you!"
Yami began to chuckle at that remark. Yugi laughed playfully as Yami was chuckling. Suddenly, Yami began to get serious all the sudden.
"Yami? What's going on??"
"I sense a darkness approaching . . ."
Yami returned to the Millennium Puzzle, which was on Yugi's studying desk, and Yugi began to run down the stairs to shut all the windows. Before he could close them all, he heard something shatter in his room! Yami had opened the mind link for Yugi to hear. His voice sounded alarmed.
// Yugi! Come back upstairs! Someone is stealing the Millennium Puzzle! //
Yugi's breath just stopped for a moment. He ran back upstairs and forced open his bedroom door. There, he saw a shadow crawling out of his open window with the Millennium Puzzle around their neck. Yugi quickly grabbed a flashlight and directed the light toward the thief.
"What? You're a girl?"
The girl ignored and jumped out of the window. Yugi couldn't stop her.
"No! Wait! Stop!!!"
Yugi ran to the window and jumped out of it. He tumbled on his way to the ground, but he managed to make it anyway. He saw the girl running away and he stopped he immediately.
"Where are you going? The Millennium Puzzle is mine!"
The girl stopped running. She slowly turned around.
"The Millennium Puzzle is rightfully mine."
Yugi gasped at her appearance. Her hair was long and straight, and it had crimson tips. It was silky and it shimmered in the moonlight. She had one, long, golden bang that carelessly played in the wind. She had ruby colored eyes that seemed more mysterious in the night sky; they seemed to glow in the dark. She was wearing a sorceress gown that had ancient writings on its ribbons. This girl was an amazing combination of beauty and mystery, all in one.
"How can the Millennium Puzzle be YOURS? I need it to fulfill my destiny!"
"Baka no Child! (Stupid Child) The Millennium Puzzle was in my possession! Only the Liberi Fatali can truly use the Millennium Puzzle."
Yugi stepped out of the shadows, revealing his face. The girl made a silent gasp.
"No! You ARE one of the Liberi Fatali! But how can that be!"
"What do you mean by Fated Children? Who are these Fated Children?"
"That's not of your concern. Until you realize the purpose of the Liberi Fatali, you can't have the Millennium Puzzle! I'm giving you a fair chance to tell me right now. But if you are not correct, it's fair game for me. I get to take back what I once owned."
// Yugi . . .I know the Liberi Fatali. //
/ You do? Tell me, or I'll lose you forever! I don't want to lose you! /
// I'm afraid I can't tell you. Our bond is weak, and my time using our mind link is limited. It looks like you're on you own. . . //
/ No! Yami! Don't leave me! /
"It looks like you can't answer me; you're spacing out a lot."
The Millennium Symbol appeared on her forehead, and she held out he hand.
"Ardente Veritate!"
Fire began to shoot out of the palm of her hand with a blaze of crimson fury. She made a fire barrier in front of Yugi so he couldn't pass any longer.
"I will see you again, destined one. You are not yet ready to contain the ancient powers of this Millennium Item. Until you understand your place as one of the Liberi Fatali, you can't keep it."
She began to walk away. When Yugi saw past the flames, he saw that she was going away, along with Yami.. Yugi still had one question in his mind as she was leaving him behind.
"Wait! Who are you!?"
"I am Miya, leader of the Liberi Fatali. I am the supreme ruler of them, and if you must know, I was named after my father."
"Your father??"
Suddenly, the flames disappeared and Miya vanished into thin air. Yugi was left to stare at the moon, contemplating on what just happened.
"Wait a minute. Her name is Miya! So that means her father is. . ."
A cold slap of reality hit Yugi. He now knew her father's name.
"Oh . . .my . . ."
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So did you guess who her father is? I think I made this mystery too easy, but I did it for a reason! It's extremely important to know who it is, because when the ACTUAL fanfiction comes out, this may be important information. Oh, by the way, 'Ardente Veritate' means 'burn with truth' just in case no one noticed that I didn't put the meaning up there. (J/k) But, it's a good name for a spell. Well, I'll be working on the sequel because I can't wait to put it on the Internet! If there are any parts that don't make sense, then I am so sorry about it. I was typing kind of fast. Well, until next time, see you later!
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I can't remember anything. . . My memories are all so vague. It's all a blur to me. I can remember a few things. I can still feel the feeling of my spirit leaving my body. . . A soulless vessel falling to the floor, alone in a dark room, is what I can still remember. I can only recall the icy 'golden piece' leaving my hands and shattering like a fine glass as I fell to the artic floor as well. My face was pale, and my eyes were forever closed. . .
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Yugi's eyes shot open. He sat up quickly in bed, and he panted in fear. Only shadows of trees and the moonlight was only visible in the dark room; the wind began to 'play' with his hair because he left the window open. Yugi forced himself to calm down and he lay back down in his bed. He wanted to go to sleep, but he just couldn't; he didn't want to relive the nightmare again. Suddenly, he saw a shadow walk past him and he froze as it moved toward the open window. As soon as the moonlight touched the silhouette, his face was highly recognizable; it was Yami. The moonbeams around him made his ruby eyes seem more ethereal. He was only in his spirit form, but regardless of his transparency, he seemed more mysterious every time Yugi saw him.
"Yami?"
Yugi crawled out of bed and walked next to Yami. Yami gave Yugi a gaze of downheartedness.
"What's the matter Yami?"
"Oh, nothing. Just keeping watch, that's all."
"Yami, I know you better than that. I know when something's wrong and something's wrong. You can't trick me that easily! Besides, I'm fifteen, remember?"
"You're fourteen."
"Fifteen!"
"Fourteen!"
"Fifteen!"
"The grandfather clock hasn't started playing its bells yet. When you're fifteen, I'll tell you." Yami said playfully. Besides, he enjoyed seeing Yugi pout sometimes. It looked cute.
Immediately, the grandfather clock was heard after Yami finished his sentence. Yugi gave a smile of triumph.
"Now that I'm fifteen, you can tell me what happened!"
"Technically, you're not fifteen yet."
"And why's that?"
"Because, you weren't born at twelve in the morning! So there!"
"Yami! If you weren't a spirit, I would strangle you!"
Yami began to chuckle at that remark. Yugi laughed playfully as Yami was chuckling. Suddenly, Yami began to get serious all the sudden.
"Yami? What's going on??"
"I sense a darkness approaching . . ."
Yami returned to the Millennium Puzzle, which was on Yugi's studying desk, and Yugi began to run down the stairs to shut all the windows. Before he could close them all, he heard something shatter in his room! Yami had opened the mind link for Yugi to hear. His voice sounded alarmed.
// Yugi! Come back upstairs! Someone is stealing the Millennium Puzzle! //
Yugi's breath just stopped for a moment. He ran back upstairs and forced open his bedroom door. There, he saw a shadow crawling out of his open window with the Millennium Puzzle around their neck. Yugi quickly grabbed a flashlight and directed the light toward the thief.
"What? You're a girl?"
The girl ignored and jumped out of the window. Yugi couldn't stop her.
"No! Wait! Stop!!!"
Yugi ran to the window and jumped out of it. He tumbled on his way to the ground, but he managed to make it anyway. He saw the girl running away and he stopped he immediately.
"Where are you going? The Millennium Puzzle is mine!"
The girl stopped running. She slowly turned around.
"The Millennium Puzzle is rightfully mine."
Yugi gasped at her appearance. Her hair was long and straight, and it had crimson tips. It was silky and it shimmered in the moonlight. She had one, long, golden bang that carelessly played in the wind. She had ruby colored eyes that seemed more mysterious in the night sky; they seemed to glow in the dark. She was wearing a sorceress gown that had ancient writings on its ribbons. This girl was an amazing combination of beauty and mystery, all in one.
"How can the Millennium Puzzle be YOURS? I need it to fulfill my destiny!"
"Baka no Child! (Stupid Child) The Millennium Puzzle was in my possession! Only the Liberi Fatali can truly use the Millennium Puzzle."
Yugi stepped out of the shadows, revealing his face. The girl made a silent gasp.
"No! You ARE one of the Liberi Fatali! But how can that be!"
"What do you mean by Fated Children? Who are these Fated Children?"
"That's not of your concern. Until you realize the purpose of the Liberi Fatali, you can't have the Millennium Puzzle! I'm giving you a fair chance to tell me right now. But if you are not correct, it's fair game for me. I get to take back what I once owned."
// Yugi . . .I know the Liberi Fatali. //
/ You do? Tell me, or I'll lose you forever! I don't want to lose you! /
// I'm afraid I can't tell you. Our bond is weak, and my time using our mind link is limited. It looks like you're on you own. . . //
/ No! Yami! Don't leave me! /
"It looks like you can't answer me; you're spacing out a lot."
The Millennium Symbol appeared on her forehead, and she held out he hand.
"Ardente Veritate!"
Fire began to shoot out of the palm of her hand with a blaze of crimson fury. She made a fire barrier in front of Yugi so he couldn't pass any longer.
"I will see you again, destined one. You are not yet ready to contain the ancient powers of this Millennium Item. Until you understand your place as one of the Liberi Fatali, you can't keep it."
She began to walk away. When Yugi saw past the flames, he saw that she was going away, along with Yami.. Yugi still had one question in his mind as she was leaving him behind.
"Wait! Who are you!?"
"I am Miya, leader of the Liberi Fatali. I am the supreme ruler of them, and if you must know, I was named after my father."
"Your father??"
Suddenly, the flames disappeared and Miya vanished into thin air. Yugi was left to stare at the moon, contemplating on what just happened.
"Wait a minute. Her name is Miya! So that means her father is. . ."
A cold slap of reality hit Yugi. He now knew her father's name.
"Oh . . .my . . ."
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So did you guess who her father is? I think I made this mystery too easy, but I did it for a reason! It's extremely important to know who it is, because when the ACTUAL fanfiction comes out, this may be important information. Oh, by the way, 'Ardente Veritate' means 'burn with truth' just in case no one noticed that I didn't put the meaning up there. (J/k) But, it's a good name for a spell. Well, I'll be working on the sequel because I can't wait to put it on the Internet! If there are any parts that don't make sense, then I am so sorry about it. I was typing kind of fast. Well, until next time, see you later!