Between Angels And Demons
Chapter 9: Finding the Pieces
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~*~ In The Pyramids Of Giza, 16 years later ~*~
Sugoroku Motou dusted off the small area of the tomb that he was working in. He wiped the sweat off of his brow and sighed as he rocked back onto his heels and looked up to the roof where the pyramid had been opened. He smiled as he brought the small piece of gold up to the light and watched it glitter in the light.
"Finally, the last piece. Yugi will be so happy."
"What's that Sugoroku?" a tall white haired man asked as he approached an odd golden item in his own hand.
Sugoroku turned to his companion. "Oh I was just saying Yugi will be so happy. I finally found the last piece of that puzzle he was working on. What's that you got there? A present for Ryou?"
His companion nodded. "Yeah... he really is gonna love this... I just feel like it belongs to him anyway. I don't know why though..."
Sugoroku nodded. "It was the same for me about the puzzle. It just felt like it belonged to him."
In a dark corner Michael and Raphael watched unnoticed, nodding before blending with the shadows and leaving silently.
~*~
"They have the items... At least Yugi and Ryou do. What of Malik?"
A dark skinned angel stepped forward, his wings glowing. "Malik has the rod. The incubi are sealed in them, and don't remember anything either. They'll meet once Yami, or shall I call him, Yu-Gi-Oh is freed."
Michael and Raphael nodded. "Good, thank you Uriel."
~*~
Yugi was running quickly down the hall waving a large manila envelope, a smile covering his face. He finally reached his desk and sat quickly, his boxers and loose shirt shifting around his small form.
*Clink*
"I can't believe it..."
*Clink*
"I got the last piece from grandpa today, and I'll have it finished soon!"
He ripped the envelope open swiftly and threw the paper down as he pulled the final piece of the golden puzzle out. He had been saving piece after piece as his grandpa had sent them. It had started when he was ten and his grandpa had sent him the top piece of the puzzle for his tenth birthday, and every time another piece was found at one of the many digs he attended in Egypt he was sent a new piece or two.
Yugi looked over the piece and ran his thumb over the golden eye on the front of the piece. He smiled as he slowly slipped it into place. He watched in surprise and wonder as the upside down pyramid shape glowed brightly. He blinked and shielded his face with his arms as a white flash filled the room and looked up in surprise upon finding a tall version of himself standing before him.
"Are you the one that freed me from the puzzle?"
Yugi gulped at the silky sounding voice. "Y-yes I am."
~*~
Ryou fingered the golden ring that his father had sent him. It creeped him out, and he could have sworn he heard a voice from it earlier. He sighed and picked it up, slipping his fingers over the eye and pyramid shape. He then slipped his finger over the rope that held it and put the rope around his neck.
A bright flash of crimson filled his room and the next thing he knew he was pinned against the wall, a knife to his throat as a tall mirror of himself pressed and held him there.
"I've finally been awakened! Oh Re it feels good. But awakened by a scrawny thing like you...." The spirit stopped and looked over Ryou. "At least you have looks. My name is Bakura, I am a spirit. You are?" He slipped his knife away and into a hidden pouch in the small of his back.
"R-ryou..."
~*~
Malik slipped the hidden knife in his rod out and ran it gently over his skin, letting it draw a thin stream of blood on his arm. He watched as the blood slipped onto the blade and resheathed it, not bothering to wipe the blood off. He then felt himself being surrounded by darkness and looked up to see a gleam and ducked, feeling the blade that had been aimed at him pass over his head. The next thing he knew he was pinned face down to the ground.
"So you've awakened me. How foolish of you little one." A voice hissed into his ear. He didn't even move the slightest at the voice.
"Took you long enough to wake up."
~*~
Uriel smiled as he watched the confused Marik look over Malik, his eyes widening as Malik approached him without fear.
"I'm glad that I told him. He had to know. They all do, but neither he nor I can directly tell the others. They must find it all out on their own."
He stretched his wings skyward and flew quickly back to the inner sanctum, hoping no one had noticed his absence.
~*~
"Your name is Yugi?"
Yugi nodded.
"Now... this is odd. My name is Yu-Gi-Oh. And we look... alike. The only way I know of that we are different aside from height is that I am a spirit."
Yugi nodded and realized that he was wearing only his boxers and a loose tee shirt. It had been so hot that this was comfortable. He blushed crimson and pulled out a pair of sweats and pulled them on quickly. "Yes well I'm sure you have good reason for being here but please go away until I'm dressed again?"
"You look dressed to me."
"Yeah well I'm not."
"Are those not pants?"
"Yes they are but... Fine. I'm dressed. Why are you here?"
"You awakened me."
"All I did was..." That was when it hit him. "You came out of the puzzle when I finished it."
Yu-Gi-Oh smirked. "Yes. And I am here as your protector."
~*~
Bakura eyed Ryou as he sat on the edge of Ryou's bed. Ryou was sitting a foot away, his eyes downcast and his cheeks flaming. Unlike Yugi, Ryou had been caught in only an oversized tee shirt. He had crossed his legs to keep his more private areas hidden from view. Bakura smiled.
"You can stay naked and let me see what you're so desperately hiding from me, or you can put some pants on."
Ryou stood and walked awkwardly to his dresser. He picked up a pair of shorts and quickly pulled them up and on before turning to face a practically drooling Bakura.
"What?"
"Nothing. You got a nice looking ass is all."
Ryou blushed. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm supposed to be your protector."
"Protector? Why? Did my dad pay you?"
"Pay me? No you idiot. I'm a spirit and you woke me. Now I'm yours to command, though I can rebel and kill you at any time."
~*~
Marik looked at Malik as if the boy had dropped on his head in front of him. "You can't be serious." His heart told him to believe the boy, but his head told him how ridiculous it all sounded.
Malik merely sat there, arms folded, not bothering with pants. His oversized shirt flopped around his hips as he sat back and smiled at Marik.
"I'm very serious koi. You were an incubi and I an angel, and we were killed along with our friends. I've also been told that because of it you and your friends are bonded to the items. My friends and I are reborn as humans to live and find you and the other items. We have to sacrifice ourselves to bring the items, and you three back."
"So… I have friends… and we're supposed to be angels?"
"Yes."
"Bullshit."
Suddenly a pair of eyes glowed and a deep tan angel came walked out of the shadows. "No bullshit Marik. I am Uriel. And you are going to help me and Ryou to show the others the truth. They can't be told directly, but I'll be damned if I'll let them stay in the dark."
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Fox: Well... What about Seto and Jou?
You'll see...
Fox: Don't make me get you know who on your ass...
O.O! *runs off to type more*
Fox: You guys owe me.
Chapter 9: Finding the Pieces
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~*~ In The Pyramids Of Giza, 16 years later ~*~
Sugoroku Motou dusted off the small area of the tomb that he was working in. He wiped the sweat off of his brow and sighed as he rocked back onto his heels and looked up to the roof where the pyramid had been opened. He smiled as he brought the small piece of gold up to the light and watched it glitter in the light.
"Finally, the last piece. Yugi will be so happy."
"What's that Sugoroku?" a tall white haired man asked as he approached an odd golden item in his own hand.
Sugoroku turned to his companion. "Oh I was just saying Yugi will be so happy. I finally found the last piece of that puzzle he was working on. What's that you got there? A present for Ryou?"
His companion nodded. "Yeah... he really is gonna love this... I just feel like it belongs to him anyway. I don't know why though..."
Sugoroku nodded. "It was the same for me about the puzzle. It just felt like it belonged to him."
In a dark corner Michael and Raphael watched unnoticed, nodding before blending with the shadows and leaving silently.
~*~
"They have the items... At least Yugi and Ryou do. What of Malik?"
A dark skinned angel stepped forward, his wings glowing. "Malik has the rod. The incubi are sealed in them, and don't remember anything either. They'll meet once Yami, or shall I call him, Yu-Gi-Oh is freed."
Michael and Raphael nodded. "Good, thank you Uriel."
~*~
Yugi was running quickly down the hall waving a large manila envelope, a smile covering his face. He finally reached his desk and sat quickly, his boxers and loose shirt shifting around his small form.
*Clink*
"I can't believe it..."
*Clink*
"I got the last piece from grandpa today, and I'll have it finished soon!"
He ripped the envelope open swiftly and threw the paper down as he pulled the final piece of the golden puzzle out. He had been saving piece after piece as his grandpa had sent them. It had started when he was ten and his grandpa had sent him the top piece of the puzzle for his tenth birthday, and every time another piece was found at one of the many digs he attended in Egypt he was sent a new piece or two.
Yugi looked over the piece and ran his thumb over the golden eye on the front of the piece. He smiled as he slowly slipped it into place. He watched in surprise and wonder as the upside down pyramid shape glowed brightly. He blinked and shielded his face with his arms as a white flash filled the room and looked up in surprise upon finding a tall version of himself standing before him.
"Are you the one that freed me from the puzzle?"
Yugi gulped at the silky sounding voice. "Y-yes I am."
~*~
Ryou fingered the golden ring that his father had sent him. It creeped him out, and he could have sworn he heard a voice from it earlier. He sighed and picked it up, slipping his fingers over the eye and pyramid shape. He then slipped his finger over the rope that held it and put the rope around his neck.
A bright flash of crimson filled his room and the next thing he knew he was pinned against the wall, a knife to his throat as a tall mirror of himself pressed and held him there.
"I've finally been awakened! Oh Re it feels good. But awakened by a scrawny thing like you...." The spirit stopped and looked over Ryou. "At least you have looks. My name is Bakura, I am a spirit. You are?" He slipped his knife away and into a hidden pouch in the small of his back.
"R-ryou..."
~*~
Malik slipped the hidden knife in his rod out and ran it gently over his skin, letting it draw a thin stream of blood on his arm. He watched as the blood slipped onto the blade and resheathed it, not bothering to wipe the blood off. He then felt himself being surrounded by darkness and looked up to see a gleam and ducked, feeling the blade that had been aimed at him pass over his head. The next thing he knew he was pinned face down to the ground.
"So you've awakened me. How foolish of you little one." A voice hissed into his ear. He didn't even move the slightest at the voice.
"Took you long enough to wake up."
~*~
Uriel smiled as he watched the confused Marik look over Malik, his eyes widening as Malik approached him without fear.
"I'm glad that I told him. He had to know. They all do, but neither he nor I can directly tell the others. They must find it all out on their own."
He stretched his wings skyward and flew quickly back to the inner sanctum, hoping no one had noticed his absence.
~*~
"Your name is Yugi?"
Yugi nodded.
"Now... this is odd. My name is Yu-Gi-Oh. And we look... alike. The only way I know of that we are different aside from height is that I am a spirit."
Yugi nodded and realized that he was wearing only his boxers and a loose tee shirt. It had been so hot that this was comfortable. He blushed crimson and pulled out a pair of sweats and pulled them on quickly. "Yes well I'm sure you have good reason for being here but please go away until I'm dressed again?"
"You look dressed to me."
"Yeah well I'm not."
"Are those not pants?"
"Yes they are but... Fine. I'm dressed. Why are you here?"
"You awakened me."
"All I did was..." That was when it hit him. "You came out of the puzzle when I finished it."
Yu-Gi-Oh smirked. "Yes. And I am here as your protector."
~*~
Bakura eyed Ryou as he sat on the edge of Ryou's bed. Ryou was sitting a foot away, his eyes downcast and his cheeks flaming. Unlike Yugi, Ryou had been caught in only an oversized tee shirt. He had crossed his legs to keep his more private areas hidden from view. Bakura smiled.
"You can stay naked and let me see what you're so desperately hiding from me, or you can put some pants on."
Ryou stood and walked awkwardly to his dresser. He picked up a pair of shorts and quickly pulled them up and on before turning to face a practically drooling Bakura.
"What?"
"Nothing. You got a nice looking ass is all."
Ryou blushed. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm supposed to be your protector."
"Protector? Why? Did my dad pay you?"
"Pay me? No you idiot. I'm a spirit and you woke me. Now I'm yours to command, though I can rebel and kill you at any time."
~*~
Marik looked at Malik as if the boy had dropped on his head in front of him. "You can't be serious." His heart told him to believe the boy, but his head told him how ridiculous it all sounded.
Malik merely sat there, arms folded, not bothering with pants. His oversized shirt flopped around his hips as he sat back and smiled at Marik.
"I'm very serious koi. You were an incubi and I an angel, and we were killed along with our friends. I've also been told that because of it you and your friends are bonded to the items. My friends and I are reborn as humans to live and find you and the other items. We have to sacrifice ourselves to bring the items, and you three back."
"So… I have friends… and we're supposed to be angels?"
"Yes."
"Bullshit."
Suddenly a pair of eyes glowed and a deep tan angel came walked out of the shadows. "No bullshit Marik. I am Uriel. And you are going to help me and Ryou to show the others the truth. They can't be told directly, but I'll be damned if I'll let them stay in the dark."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Fox: Well... What about Seto and Jou?
You'll see...
Fox: Don't make me get you know who on your ass...
O.O! *runs off to type more*
Fox: You guys owe me.
