The Eighth Millennium Item: Chapter 3
A/N: Thanks for the idea, Gema J. Gall, I might use it in the story... I'm not sure yet, but I'll keep it in mind. Please review, everyone.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
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~Sara's POV~
I fly quickly, quietly, my own ragged breathing and rapid heartbeat shattering the silence.
My Yami has already collapsed from exhaustion, so I took her place, but I'm getting tired, too.
I squint in the distance, seeing what looks like Domino City...
only to gasp in horror at the sight that I do see.
There's fires burning everywhere, where's there's no fires, there's charred ruins of homes and stores, the streets are virtually empty, with only people that are dressed as Yami Bakura's servants wandering around, obviously looking for me.
What happened?
'As you can see, Yami Bakura attacked this city, and won easily... there are few people that live here now, but Yugi, his friends, and Kaiba live here. And even Kaiba is somewhat reluctantly helping Yugi's group fight Yami Bakura.'
I blink in shock, in denial that one person alone could destroy such a prosperous city, and that my Yami knows all about this.
'What? You think that you were the only one to get tortured? I had to see everything that Yami Bakura had done ever since he got all of the Items.' She sounds bitter and jaded, only a hint of sadness of the events she had to probably witness.
Making me think about what else had happened to this world, and giving me second thoughts about killing someone.
But is it right to take someone's life? Even after all Yami Bakura has done?
I don't know...
'You have to stop him... think about the lives you'll save, and what if it was your own family down there?'
I didn't know what to say, so I said nothing.
There was nothing said after that.
It was a long silent flight to Domino.
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'Land here.' My Yami says shortly, 'right between those two standing docking areas at the pier.'
I look around, noticing that there are only two standing dock areas left.
I land with a crash, tumbling head over heels and stopping short of being in plain sight.
Of course, it's kinda hard to hide Slifer in the first place...
"I didn't know Slifer could do that..."
'Good job, I give that a .5 out of ten... Why don't you just tell the whole world where we are?' My Yami says sarcastically.
"Hey, you never told me how to land! I never did it before!" I say, getting up, wincing as my aggravated wounds protest.
'.... Well, we need to get out of here, so lets get going!'
"How do I transform back?"
I can hear the smile in my Yami's voice as she says, 'just picture yourself, and you'll be back to your own body.
I feel myself shrinking, my long snake-like body vanishing back into my thin and short, but muscular frame. The legs shrivel back to my normal legs and my feet shrink and have toes instead of claws, as do my arms and hands, I feel my face changing, back to a human face, and then, finally, my wings vanish.
I stand there, exhausted, feeling the powers of the glass still flowing through my body, scaring me and exciting me at the same time.
'Great, now lets get going.' My Yami says sadly, reminding myself of what happened in the city, and now I have to look at it up close.
I nod, slipping quietly between the alleyways, pinning myself against a wall at the sound of footsteps approaching, and then quietly slipping out when they are gone.
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I walk slowly along, it being hours since I landed.
The place is worse on the ground than in the air...
rats and vermin scurry around, the only living things in sight other than Yami Bakura's slaves, them feeding on things I don't even want to know what they are, the first one I checked made me lose everything I had eaten the day before.
Not that I had much to eat, anyways.
Fires that have been probably burning for years still illuminate the area brightly, casting an eerie light to the people that are out.
Of course...
that's only me and Yami Bakura's slaves.
The buildings and homes are destroyed, only leaving charred hints of a life before Yami Bakura's reign of terror began, and I really am starting to doubt if anyone lives here, even Yugi and his friends.
I peek around a corner, only to have a hand grab my mouth and yank me back.
I struggle ferociously, the mere thought of going back to Yami Bakura, not to mention what he would to me when I got there was enough for me to fight the person off, no matter how injured I am.
"Shh! It's all right! What are you doing here?!" A quiet female voice whispers as I yank free, eyes widening in recognition as see the girl standing in front of me.
She stands a few inches taller than me, with wrecked shoulder length brown hair and haunted blue eyes. Her clothes are in tatters, and her body is covered in scars that obviously been there for a long time...
it was her eyes that scared me the most.
They were haunted, sad, the eyes of a person that had seen too much in her life,
and full of anger and distrust.
I stumble back, shocked to see a person that was so full of friendship and niceness on the show have so much hatred.
"Tea?!" I whisper in disbelief, even though I know it's true.
Her eyes harden even more than they are, and I start to worry that she might to do something to me, as she looks me up and down warily.
"How do you know my name?!" She demands, a harsh edge in her voice.
"It's a long story..." I say, and then sway dizzily, flying over here, the effects of my landing and aggravating my wounds, and then wandering the streets looking for someone other than Yami Bakura's slaves finally catching up to me.
"Hey, are you okay?!" Tea asks, sounding for a second like her old self.
"Yeah... I'm just exhausted," I yawn.
"I would help you, but..." her voice trails off, eyes widening at the sight of the Millennium Glass around my neck.
She grabs my wrist, and without further explanation, drags me away from the street I was about to go on.
"This way..." she hisses without another word, or an explanation of where we're going.
I follow, too tired to protest and not really having anywhere else to go, anyways.
She leads me deep underground, through charred ruins that used to be subway tunnels, and through a door, where it's shut behind us.
"Report. And who's HER?!" A deep voice demands, and as soon as Tea lets go of my wrist, I whirl around, about to demand what's going on...
only to stop short.
He's tall, taller than I am by a good six inches, a patch over one eye, and a scar on the other, the rest of his face covered in scars as well, his hair, which used to be spiked, hangs low below his shoulders, and his open eye is full of pain and horror.
"Yami Yugi." I whisper in shock.
He glares at me suspiciously, then sees the glass and relaxes, "So... you have finally come." He says quietly.
I look at him, confused, as the others surround me, all in terrible shape like Tea, but none of them as bad as Yami Yugi.
"Can someone please tell me what's going on?!" I demand, feeling uncomfortable by all the stares that I'm getting, and how much they have changed from the show.
"Please sit..." Yami Yugi says quietly, gesturing towards a chair.
I sit slowly; wincing as my wounds protest a little, and feeling the cushion sag under my weight.
Yami Yugi looks at Joey, who leaves at once. "Don't worry, we'll patch you up." He says reassuringly.
Yami Yugi looks back at me, and sits in the only other chair in the room to start the story...
TBC...
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A/N: Please review.
A/N: Thanks for the idea, Gema J. Gall, I might use it in the story... I'm not sure yet, but I'll keep it in mind. Please review, everyone.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
~*~
~Sara's POV~
I fly quickly, quietly, my own ragged breathing and rapid heartbeat shattering the silence.
My Yami has already collapsed from exhaustion, so I took her place, but I'm getting tired, too.
I squint in the distance, seeing what looks like Domino City...
only to gasp in horror at the sight that I do see.
There's fires burning everywhere, where's there's no fires, there's charred ruins of homes and stores, the streets are virtually empty, with only people that are dressed as Yami Bakura's servants wandering around, obviously looking for me.
What happened?
'As you can see, Yami Bakura attacked this city, and won easily... there are few people that live here now, but Yugi, his friends, and Kaiba live here. And even Kaiba is somewhat reluctantly helping Yugi's group fight Yami Bakura.'
I blink in shock, in denial that one person alone could destroy such a prosperous city, and that my Yami knows all about this.
'What? You think that you were the only one to get tortured? I had to see everything that Yami Bakura had done ever since he got all of the Items.' She sounds bitter and jaded, only a hint of sadness of the events she had to probably witness.
Making me think about what else had happened to this world, and giving me second thoughts about killing someone.
But is it right to take someone's life? Even after all Yami Bakura has done?
I don't know...
'You have to stop him... think about the lives you'll save, and what if it was your own family down there?'
I didn't know what to say, so I said nothing.
There was nothing said after that.
It was a long silent flight to Domino.
~*~
'Land here.' My Yami says shortly, 'right between those two standing docking areas at the pier.'
I look around, noticing that there are only two standing dock areas left.
I land with a crash, tumbling head over heels and stopping short of being in plain sight.
Of course, it's kinda hard to hide Slifer in the first place...
"I didn't know Slifer could do that..."
'Good job, I give that a .5 out of ten... Why don't you just tell the whole world where we are?' My Yami says sarcastically.
"Hey, you never told me how to land! I never did it before!" I say, getting up, wincing as my aggravated wounds protest.
'.... Well, we need to get out of here, so lets get going!'
"How do I transform back?"
I can hear the smile in my Yami's voice as she says, 'just picture yourself, and you'll be back to your own body.
I feel myself shrinking, my long snake-like body vanishing back into my thin and short, but muscular frame. The legs shrivel back to my normal legs and my feet shrink and have toes instead of claws, as do my arms and hands, I feel my face changing, back to a human face, and then, finally, my wings vanish.
I stand there, exhausted, feeling the powers of the glass still flowing through my body, scaring me and exciting me at the same time.
'Great, now lets get going.' My Yami says sadly, reminding myself of what happened in the city, and now I have to look at it up close.
I nod, slipping quietly between the alleyways, pinning myself against a wall at the sound of footsteps approaching, and then quietly slipping out when they are gone.
~*~
I walk slowly along, it being hours since I landed.
The place is worse on the ground than in the air...
rats and vermin scurry around, the only living things in sight other than Yami Bakura's slaves, them feeding on things I don't even want to know what they are, the first one I checked made me lose everything I had eaten the day before.
Not that I had much to eat, anyways.
Fires that have been probably burning for years still illuminate the area brightly, casting an eerie light to the people that are out.
Of course...
that's only me and Yami Bakura's slaves.
The buildings and homes are destroyed, only leaving charred hints of a life before Yami Bakura's reign of terror began, and I really am starting to doubt if anyone lives here, even Yugi and his friends.
I peek around a corner, only to have a hand grab my mouth and yank me back.
I struggle ferociously, the mere thought of going back to Yami Bakura, not to mention what he would to me when I got there was enough for me to fight the person off, no matter how injured I am.
"Shh! It's all right! What are you doing here?!" A quiet female voice whispers as I yank free, eyes widening in recognition as see the girl standing in front of me.
She stands a few inches taller than me, with wrecked shoulder length brown hair and haunted blue eyes. Her clothes are in tatters, and her body is covered in scars that obviously been there for a long time...
it was her eyes that scared me the most.
They were haunted, sad, the eyes of a person that had seen too much in her life,
and full of anger and distrust.
I stumble back, shocked to see a person that was so full of friendship and niceness on the show have so much hatred.
"Tea?!" I whisper in disbelief, even though I know it's true.
Her eyes harden even more than they are, and I start to worry that she might to do something to me, as she looks me up and down warily.
"How do you know my name?!" She demands, a harsh edge in her voice.
"It's a long story..." I say, and then sway dizzily, flying over here, the effects of my landing and aggravating my wounds, and then wandering the streets looking for someone other than Yami Bakura's slaves finally catching up to me.
"Hey, are you okay?!" Tea asks, sounding for a second like her old self.
"Yeah... I'm just exhausted," I yawn.
"I would help you, but..." her voice trails off, eyes widening at the sight of the Millennium Glass around my neck.
She grabs my wrist, and without further explanation, drags me away from the street I was about to go on.
"This way..." she hisses without another word, or an explanation of where we're going.
I follow, too tired to protest and not really having anywhere else to go, anyways.
She leads me deep underground, through charred ruins that used to be subway tunnels, and through a door, where it's shut behind us.
"Report. And who's HER?!" A deep voice demands, and as soon as Tea lets go of my wrist, I whirl around, about to demand what's going on...
only to stop short.
He's tall, taller than I am by a good six inches, a patch over one eye, and a scar on the other, the rest of his face covered in scars as well, his hair, which used to be spiked, hangs low below his shoulders, and his open eye is full of pain and horror.
"Yami Yugi." I whisper in shock.
He glares at me suspiciously, then sees the glass and relaxes, "So... you have finally come." He says quietly.
I look at him, confused, as the others surround me, all in terrible shape like Tea, but none of them as bad as Yami Yugi.
"Can someone please tell me what's going on?!" I demand, feeling uncomfortable by all the stares that I'm getting, and how much they have changed from the show.
"Please sit..." Yami Yugi says quietly, gesturing towards a chair.
I sit slowly; wincing as my wounds protest a little, and feeling the cushion sag under my weight.
Yami Yugi looks at Joey, who leaves at once. "Don't worry, we'll patch you up." He says reassuringly.
Yami Yugi looks back at me, and sits in the only other chair in the room to start the story...
TBC...
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A/N: Please review.