"Of course Maceleab." Karia glared. "I would recognize my eldest brother's
schemes anywhere."
"I was wondering when you would finally make yourself known Karia. After all these years, you finally decided to show your pathetic face."
"If anyone here is pathetic it is you Maceleab." She countered. "What gave you the right to posses the body of Kelly and Yugi's father? They have nothing to do with the problem between you, Yami, and me. You should have just left them out of it."
"Now why would I do such a thing? If I can't get my revenge in the flesh anymore, I'll just get it through someone else. And why not the father of your reincarnations?" He smirked. "I do believe it is a brilliant plan if I do say so myself."
* * *
"What is going on?" Tristan furrowed his brows. "She isn't going by the plan."
"Karia............" Joey mumbled.
"What?" Tristan looked to Joey and his eyes went wide. "Joey?! What happened to your face?"
Joey's face now had scars all over his face, and one that looked fresh on his right cheek. His arms and legs were the same. But besides the scars, something else was different about him. His eyes didn't hold the same shine they used to, they held a look of pure hatred and yet, had a look of love in them.
"Joey?" Tristan stood up and looked at his best friend. "Joey answer me."
"Joey isn't present." His voice was deeper.
"Who the heck are you?" Tristan took a step back.
"You know my name Honda." He stated as he brushed past Tristan and started to the warehouse doors.
* * *
'Who's voices are those?' Yugi asked himself mentally as he slowly regained consciousness.
/Yugi, are you alright?/ Yami's voice filtered through his head.
'Yami?'
/Yes, it's me Yugi. You must get up and out of here./
'What is going on?'
/The spirit of our elder brother has possessed you father. He is bent on his revenge against us and has decided to carry it on into this life. Unfortunately, Karia had to deal with him all these years./
'I want to help you Yami. You and Karia. She is still in my sister's body and if Kelly is staying, I am. I'm not going to let her get hurt.'
/Are you sure Yugi? I can take actual form when the three of us are in one area./
'I'm sure Yami, I trust you with my life and Kelly's.' Yugi told Yami bravely.
/Alright, if you insist./ Yami caved and took over the body.
"You are sick Maceleab." Karia sneered. "You are nothing but a heartless jerk who won't accept the fact that he was exiled for the safety of himself. You were pure concentrated evil when you were born, Yami was pure good. You were sent away to be protected because if you were to ever take the thrown, you would have been killed."
"Quiet you little-" He brought his hand back to slap her.
"That's enough!" Yami glared at him as he stopped Mecaleab's hand.
"It is true Maceleab." A voice came for the doorway of the warehouse.
"Who's there?"
"As I was trained to become a palace guard, we were also trained that if the eldest son of Pharaoh Mastak were to take the throne, that we would have to kill him. If we failed, then the whole world would be in turmoil." The person continued as he walked towards them, with a slight limp.
"Joey?" Yami's eyes went wide as he saw the scars on his friend's body. "Joey what happened?!"
"Yami that isn't Joey..........." Karia's eyes filled with tears. "It's Jounouchi..........."
"My Pharaoh." Jou (or Joey, I'm calling him Jou while he is like this. ^^) knelt down in front of him on one knee.
"So even in this life, he gains the scars that were inflicted upon him before his death." Maceleab chuckled.
"What?!" Karia looked to her elder brother hastily, anger and shock clearly written on her face.
"Oh yes, that is right, you never saw him die." He smirked. "Why not take a look dear sister." He snapped his hand up and in a flash, Karia was on the ground unconscious.
* * *
"Jou, you must go to Yami. Go protect my brother." Karia pleaded him "Something evil is coming for him."
"Promise me you will stay here."
"I promise, now go!" she told him fearfully.
Jou turned and ran out of the room. Karia went to the window and watched as Jou passed over the bridge to the throne room.
"Be careful Jou." She stated silently. Then out of nowhere, she passed out on the floor.
Karia stood up after a few moments with a dark look in her eyes, obviously something was wrong. Malik came running into the room as soon as she stood up.
"Take me to my brother Malik." The now possessed Karia ordered. Malik bowed and lead the way to the throne room.
Upon entering the throne room, Yami stood up from his throne.
"What is this evil you have sensed Karia?" Yami asked his elder sister.
"I'm not sure my pharaoh. Once I sent Jou off, the evil disappeared." Karia bowed.
"Karia." Yami stated.
"Yes my lord?"
"How can this evil disappear so suddenly?"
"I'm sure. It may have been some evil presence that had followed your armies back then was quickly depleted once it hit the Shadow Realm barrier." She said, looking as honest and innocent as she could.
"Very well." Yami told her as he sat back down. "Everyone is dismissed."
His council, guard, Karia, and Malik bowed before leaving. Karia didn't move from her spot and she dismissed Malik to do what ever he wished. As he bypassed her, she secretly stole his dagger and hid it in her robes.
Once Jou approached her, she stood there looking at him coldly.
"I thought you were going to stay in your room Karia."
"I felt that Yami needed to know what had happened." She then smirked, "You have no right to order me around Jounouchi."
"I understand that. I was not ordering you m'lady." He told her. "It's just that you promised you would stay."
"As I told you before, I felt that Yami deserved to know of what had happened." Karia then began to wobble.
"Karia?" Jou asked concernedly as he positioned himself to catch her if she fell. "Are you alright?"
"Stop............stop fighting..............." Karia doubled over gripping her stomach with her free hand.
"Karia, is everything alright?" Yami asked worriedly as he stood 50 yards away from the two.
Karia suddenly started shaking and lifted her head looking pleadingly at the Jou before whispering, "Help me.........." and then her body was taken over again
"What do you-uh......uh........" Jou's eyes went wide as the dagger being stabbed in his abdomen cut him off. He looked down slowly at Karia whom had an evil smirk on her face.
Yami stood petrified before the two. Karia had pulled a dagger out from her robes as Joey spoke and stabbed Jou in the abdomen with an evil look on her face. "Karia................."
"W-why..................." Jou sputtered out in a horse voice.
"It's nothing personal, just that you are becoming a nuncence in my plans." Karia replied as she twisted the dagger in a 180-degree circle before pulling it out and Jou went stumbling back with his hands on his wound.
Jou looked from Karia to the petrified Yami before smiling weakly. "I-I'm sorry..........Yami..........." He managed to say while blood came out of his mouth. After his last spoken words, Jou fell to the floor on his stomach at Karia's feet.
Karia stared down at Jou and took a lick of blood off the dagger. "Weakling." She stated before throwing the dagger down into his back. She then turned to Yami smirking.
"What has happened to you Karia?" Yami managed to say. "Why would you kill Jou? Your lover? My best friend."
"Changes are needed Yami. Jounouchi was an obstacle and obstacles must be destroyed. Since one change is successful, I think it is time to make the final change." She pointed to Yami with a deadly look on her face. "Your time as Pharaoh is up Yami. It is time to step down and let the true ruler of Egypt step up."
"You are committing acts of high treason Karia. If you pursue more, I will be forced to take drastic actions. You have killed and turned against me." Yami stated.
"Your time is up Yami! Step down and let the rightful ruler take her place!" Karia growled as she bent down and grabbed the dagger out of Jou's back. "If you won't step down, I'll have to resort to force." She pointed the dagger at him.
"I will not step down, Karia. If you are threatening to kill me for this throne, you are not worthy for it."
"Enough!" She shouted as she threw the dagger at him.
Yami glared at the oncoming dagger and it stopped right before it hit him and fell to the ground. He turned his attention to Karia whom was not fazed by the action.
"How could you betray me after all of these years?" Yami stood up straight glaring at her.
"Just because you are the eldest son of Mastak doesn't mean that the throne is rightfully yours! The eldest of his children should claim it!" She yelled as she began to gather a ball of black energy into her hand.
Yami watched her and once she released her attack he yelled "Mind crush!" and her body fell to the ground and the black energy disappeared. Yami fell to his knee's with tears rolling down his face as the bodies of his best friend and sister laid there in front of him motionless.
"Why Karia?" He whispered before throwing his head back and yelling. "WHY?!" He then put his fist up in the air and slammed it down on the stone floor. As he wept for the two, he pounded the ground several more times.
"Tsk tsk tsk Yami..................." An arrogant voice came from the shadows.
"Who are you?! Show yourself!" Yami demanded as Maceleab stepped out of the shadows.
"I am Maceleab, eldest child of Mastak." He did a small bow, his cold violet eyes looking at him.
"The eldest child of Mastak is......was Karia." Yami corrected himself.
"You are misinformed Yami. You, Karia, and I are triplets. I was the first born, but sent to the desert to be killed thanks to father."
"You lie."
"Tis no lie Yami. Father sensed evil around my birth and tried to have me killed. On the journey to destroy me, I was rescued by a group of bandits. One of them was familiar with the power of the pharaoh an trained me to control my magical powers. Do you care to hear of this power?"
Yami looked at her skeptically before nodding his head. "You may speak."
"I hold the power to separate my sprit from my body and posses whom ever I wish. Their body is then mine to control and do with as I please. My latest victim......................that weakling. " He pointed to Karia. "You saved me the trouble of killing her. By banishing her to the shadow realm, you have done my bidding. To be rid of you, I had to destroy the one obstacle in my way. Him." He pointed to Jou.
"You killed him. You took over Karia's body and killed her lover and my best friend?!" Yami yelled.
"Pharaoh, what is the problem?" Guards ran into the room and stopped when they noticed the bloody body of their captain.
"Arrest this man for the death of Jounouchi." Yami pointed to Maceleab.
"Don't make me laugh Yami. These men can do nothing to me!" He laughed evilly and when the guards approached him. A dark energy covered his body and lashed out at the guards sending them sprawling on the floor.
Yami glared at him. 'This is no normal power, he has been taught to tap deep into this power of his. I don't think I can stand up to it.' Yami thought sullenly as a golden light began to surround him.
Yami was engulfed in a golden light and Maceleab chuckled as he shrouded himself in a black aura. No sooner had it happened, Yami fell to the ground. He was like his elder sister, banished to the Shadow Realm. Maceleab cackled then gasped as he felt something pierce his back. He flared her power and sent the assailant to the wall. Maceleab spun around to find Malik struggling to his feet.
"You have betrayed the Royal family." Malik glared as he stood up slowly
"I am the Royal family."
"You have hurt to many people. The Pharaoh. My Captain. And the only one I ever loved. You don't deserve to be in this world if you are only going to bring pain and suffering." He stood up straight and materialized a rod into his hand.
"You think you can defeat me when the Pharaoh himself couldn't?" Maceleab laughed then doubled over in pain with the dagger still in his back.
"I'm sure going to try." Malik sneered as a purple power surrounded him. "Even if it costs me my life."
He raised his head as he once again was shrouded in the black energy.
'I can't stand against her power.' Malik seethed to himself. 'I need help.'
/Malik........./ A voice echoed through his head. /Let my power help you.................../
'Who......who are you?' He asked the voice. He soon realized who it was once a power surged through him. 'Karia.............'
/Use it well Malik./ Her voice disappeared.
'I will my love.' He told her as his face took a strong look of determination as the new power lashed out at Maceleab.
The wave hit him hard and when he hit the floor, his eyes were pupil-less and his body was an empty, life-less shell.
"I have avenged all those fallen here by Mecaleab's hand." He announced to no one in particular as his rod de-materialized and he fell to his knee's panting. What was that power? That was more than Karia's power that flowed through me. He thought to himself. A picture of Yami ran across his mind then he recognized the power. "Yami..................he put his faith in me.........." Malik stood up and looked at the fallen bodies.
He approached them and knelt by Karia first. He rolled her body over and closed the lifeless eyes. He then picked up her right arm and slid her armband off.
"These items will be preserved and locked away." He told her body as he gently laid her arm back down and went to Yami. He took the puzzle from around his neck then went to his captain. From Jounouchi he untied the sword from his belt and stood up before leaving the room.
* * *
"Kelly? Kelly?!" Yugi cried out as he shook his sister's body. "Wake up, please Kelly." He begged, tears falling down his cheek.
Just as he finished speaking, Kelly's eyes shoot open and Karia materialized above Kelly's head. You could see the anger and hatred clearly written on her face.
"Kelly can you hear me?" Yugi asked franticly.
She never answered; she just laid there, staring at the ceiling, as if no one was there.
"What did you do to her?!" Yugi snapped around to look at Maceleab. "Why isn't she answering me?!"
"She is in shock Yugi." Karia answered gently, despite how much she tried to keep the venom out of her voice, "What she saw devastated her. She will awaken shortly."
"Yugi, you must get Kelly out of here." Yami told his counter part.
"How can I? I can't lift her unless she wakes up."
"Joey can help you." Jou announced.
"Jounouchi, are you sure?" Yami looked to his friend from long ago.
"Yes, I found that I can detach myself from him if needed." Jou nodded as he put a hand flat on his chest and then Joey nearly fell to the ground.
Joey stood there panting and looking at the ground, sweat evident on his body. He was like that till he looked up and saw that he was looking at himself. He blinked and looked at Jou, his jaw slack.
"You must help Kelly." Jou announced to him.
"Who...........what......" Was all that Joey muttered.
"He is your past self Joey." Karia explained, "Jounouchi was your name."
"You mean my dreams were true? I was actually seeing something from the past?" He blinked and once he saw past Karia his eyes went wide. "Kelly?" He quickly went to her side. "Is she alright? What happened?"
"If you all are quite done now." Maceleab stated in an annoyed tone.
"Yugi and Joey, get Kelly out of here now." Yami ordered.
"Right." He stated as they lifted her onto Joey's back and started to the door.
"Hold it right there. I'm not done with you." Maceleab sneered at the three and a shield appeared around them.
"You are quite done with them." A snide voice came from the shadows as the barrier broke around the three.
"Come to get your beating faster Malik." Maceleab asked fiercely. "I still have to repay you after all these millennia."
"You are going right back to where you came from Maceleab." He stated.
* * *
"Joey, Yugi." A voice came from their right as the three exited the building.
"Marik?" Yugi blinked.
"Come on, Tristan is over this way." Marik told him quickly as he ran off.
"Can we trust him?" Joey looked to Yugi.
"We are going to have to. When was the last time you saw Malik us?" He looked up at the taller boy.
"Alright." Joey stated as they took off in the direction Marik had gone.
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There is another chapter just as promised. There are about 1 or 2 more chapters, but I'm not sure yet, but we are close to the end of this story. ^^
Joey: --nearly faints-- Oh my gosh, a story she will actually finish.
Seto: It is surprising, but it only seems to be because she has been applying herself............. Which she should be doing to her studies.
^_^; Shut-up Seto. I do do my work, I just get a little side tracked.
Seto: Which explains the delay on the new chapter on your other stories.
No.............I've just been writing unwanted sequels or new stories that pop into my head just like the new Yu-Gi-Oh one everyone should look out for in the next few weeks or so
Joey: That's if you don't get your computer taken away.
^_^; --hugs comp-- Bye sweetie........see you in 2 weeks.
Seto: She failed...............
Joey: Oo No wonder.................I thought she wasn't telling us something.
Duo: There is a lot of things she doesn't tell you.
Seto: You are in the wrong post-conversation. Gundam Wing is two files over.
Duo: Thanks. ^^
DUO! --glomps-- ^^
Hatsuharu: --walks in by accident-- OO Oops........wrong story..........-- tries to leave without AP1 knowing--
HARU! --glomps-- It's a cow! --lets go and waits a few minutes-- Haru! -- glomps-- Cow! Cow go moo! ^^
Haru: -_-; Why me.......
XD Cow. Go. Moo!
Haru: -_-; Moo.........
COW! --hugs-- ^^
Seto: I'd advise everyone to press the review button down there so that our spazy slave driver will calm down some.
Joey: No, she will be happier.
Seto: OO; --runs away--
"I was wondering when you would finally make yourself known Karia. After all these years, you finally decided to show your pathetic face."
"If anyone here is pathetic it is you Maceleab." She countered. "What gave you the right to posses the body of Kelly and Yugi's father? They have nothing to do with the problem between you, Yami, and me. You should have just left them out of it."
"Now why would I do such a thing? If I can't get my revenge in the flesh anymore, I'll just get it through someone else. And why not the father of your reincarnations?" He smirked. "I do believe it is a brilliant plan if I do say so myself."
* * *
"What is going on?" Tristan furrowed his brows. "She isn't going by the plan."
"Karia............" Joey mumbled.
"What?" Tristan looked to Joey and his eyes went wide. "Joey?! What happened to your face?"
Joey's face now had scars all over his face, and one that looked fresh on his right cheek. His arms and legs were the same. But besides the scars, something else was different about him. His eyes didn't hold the same shine they used to, they held a look of pure hatred and yet, had a look of love in them.
"Joey?" Tristan stood up and looked at his best friend. "Joey answer me."
"Joey isn't present." His voice was deeper.
"Who the heck are you?" Tristan took a step back.
"You know my name Honda." He stated as he brushed past Tristan and started to the warehouse doors.
* * *
'Who's voices are those?' Yugi asked himself mentally as he slowly regained consciousness.
/Yugi, are you alright?/ Yami's voice filtered through his head.
'Yami?'
/Yes, it's me Yugi. You must get up and out of here./
'What is going on?'
/The spirit of our elder brother has possessed you father. He is bent on his revenge against us and has decided to carry it on into this life. Unfortunately, Karia had to deal with him all these years./
'I want to help you Yami. You and Karia. She is still in my sister's body and if Kelly is staying, I am. I'm not going to let her get hurt.'
/Are you sure Yugi? I can take actual form when the three of us are in one area./
'I'm sure Yami, I trust you with my life and Kelly's.' Yugi told Yami bravely.
/Alright, if you insist./ Yami caved and took over the body.
"You are sick Maceleab." Karia sneered. "You are nothing but a heartless jerk who won't accept the fact that he was exiled for the safety of himself. You were pure concentrated evil when you were born, Yami was pure good. You were sent away to be protected because if you were to ever take the thrown, you would have been killed."
"Quiet you little-" He brought his hand back to slap her.
"That's enough!" Yami glared at him as he stopped Mecaleab's hand.
"It is true Maceleab." A voice came for the doorway of the warehouse.
"Who's there?"
"As I was trained to become a palace guard, we were also trained that if the eldest son of Pharaoh Mastak were to take the throne, that we would have to kill him. If we failed, then the whole world would be in turmoil." The person continued as he walked towards them, with a slight limp.
"Joey?" Yami's eyes went wide as he saw the scars on his friend's body. "Joey what happened?!"
"Yami that isn't Joey..........." Karia's eyes filled with tears. "It's Jounouchi..........."
"My Pharaoh." Jou (or Joey, I'm calling him Jou while he is like this. ^^) knelt down in front of him on one knee.
"So even in this life, he gains the scars that were inflicted upon him before his death." Maceleab chuckled.
"What?!" Karia looked to her elder brother hastily, anger and shock clearly written on her face.
"Oh yes, that is right, you never saw him die." He smirked. "Why not take a look dear sister." He snapped his hand up and in a flash, Karia was on the ground unconscious.
* * *
"Jou, you must go to Yami. Go protect my brother." Karia pleaded him "Something evil is coming for him."
"Promise me you will stay here."
"I promise, now go!" she told him fearfully.
Jou turned and ran out of the room. Karia went to the window and watched as Jou passed over the bridge to the throne room.
"Be careful Jou." She stated silently. Then out of nowhere, she passed out on the floor.
Karia stood up after a few moments with a dark look in her eyes, obviously something was wrong. Malik came running into the room as soon as she stood up.
"Take me to my brother Malik." The now possessed Karia ordered. Malik bowed and lead the way to the throne room.
Upon entering the throne room, Yami stood up from his throne.
"What is this evil you have sensed Karia?" Yami asked his elder sister.
"I'm not sure my pharaoh. Once I sent Jou off, the evil disappeared." Karia bowed.
"Karia." Yami stated.
"Yes my lord?"
"How can this evil disappear so suddenly?"
"I'm sure. It may have been some evil presence that had followed your armies back then was quickly depleted once it hit the Shadow Realm barrier." She said, looking as honest and innocent as she could.
"Very well." Yami told her as he sat back down. "Everyone is dismissed."
His council, guard, Karia, and Malik bowed before leaving. Karia didn't move from her spot and she dismissed Malik to do what ever he wished. As he bypassed her, she secretly stole his dagger and hid it in her robes.
Once Jou approached her, she stood there looking at him coldly.
"I thought you were going to stay in your room Karia."
"I felt that Yami needed to know what had happened." She then smirked, "You have no right to order me around Jounouchi."
"I understand that. I was not ordering you m'lady." He told her. "It's just that you promised you would stay."
"As I told you before, I felt that Yami deserved to know of what had happened." Karia then began to wobble.
"Karia?" Jou asked concernedly as he positioned himself to catch her if she fell. "Are you alright?"
"Stop............stop fighting..............." Karia doubled over gripping her stomach with her free hand.
"Karia, is everything alright?" Yami asked worriedly as he stood 50 yards away from the two.
Karia suddenly started shaking and lifted her head looking pleadingly at the Jou before whispering, "Help me.........." and then her body was taken over again
"What do you-uh......uh........" Jou's eyes went wide as the dagger being stabbed in his abdomen cut him off. He looked down slowly at Karia whom had an evil smirk on her face.
Yami stood petrified before the two. Karia had pulled a dagger out from her robes as Joey spoke and stabbed Jou in the abdomen with an evil look on her face. "Karia................."
"W-why..................." Jou sputtered out in a horse voice.
"It's nothing personal, just that you are becoming a nuncence in my plans." Karia replied as she twisted the dagger in a 180-degree circle before pulling it out and Jou went stumbling back with his hands on his wound.
Jou looked from Karia to the petrified Yami before smiling weakly. "I-I'm sorry..........Yami..........." He managed to say while blood came out of his mouth. After his last spoken words, Jou fell to the floor on his stomach at Karia's feet.
Karia stared down at Jou and took a lick of blood off the dagger. "Weakling." She stated before throwing the dagger down into his back. She then turned to Yami smirking.
"What has happened to you Karia?" Yami managed to say. "Why would you kill Jou? Your lover? My best friend."
"Changes are needed Yami. Jounouchi was an obstacle and obstacles must be destroyed. Since one change is successful, I think it is time to make the final change." She pointed to Yami with a deadly look on her face. "Your time as Pharaoh is up Yami. It is time to step down and let the true ruler of Egypt step up."
"You are committing acts of high treason Karia. If you pursue more, I will be forced to take drastic actions. You have killed and turned against me." Yami stated.
"Your time is up Yami! Step down and let the rightful ruler take her place!" Karia growled as she bent down and grabbed the dagger out of Jou's back. "If you won't step down, I'll have to resort to force." She pointed the dagger at him.
"I will not step down, Karia. If you are threatening to kill me for this throne, you are not worthy for it."
"Enough!" She shouted as she threw the dagger at him.
Yami glared at the oncoming dagger and it stopped right before it hit him and fell to the ground. He turned his attention to Karia whom was not fazed by the action.
"How could you betray me after all of these years?" Yami stood up straight glaring at her.
"Just because you are the eldest son of Mastak doesn't mean that the throne is rightfully yours! The eldest of his children should claim it!" She yelled as she began to gather a ball of black energy into her hand.
Yami watched her and once she released her attack he yelled "Mind crush!" and her body fell to the ground and the black energy disappeared. Yami fell to his knee's with tears rolling down his face as the bodies of his best friend and sister laid there in front of him motionless.
"Why Karia?" He whispered before throwing his head back and yelling. "WHY?!" He then put his fist up in the air and slammed it down on the stone floor. As he wept for the two, he pounded the ground several more times.
"Tsk tsk tsk Yami..................." An arrogant voice came from the shadows.
"Who are you?! Show yourself!" Yami demanded as Maceleab stepped out of the shadows.
"I am Maceleab, eldest child of Mastak." He did a small bow, his cold violet eyes looking at him.
"The eldest child of Mastak is......was Karia." Yami corrected himself.
"You are misinformed Yami. You, Karia, and I are triplets. I was the first born, but sent to the desert to be killed thanks to father."
"You lie."
"Tis no lie Yami. Father sensed evil around my birth and tried to have me killed. On the journey to destroy me, I was rescued by a group of bandits. One of them was familiar with the power of the pharaoh an trained me to control my magical powers. Do you care to hear of this power?"
Yami looked at her skeptically before nodding his head. "You may speak."
"I hold the power to separate my sprit from my body and posses whom ever I wish. Their body is then mine to control and do with as I please. My latest victim......................that weakling. " He pointed to Karia. "You saved me the trouble of killing her. By banishing her to the shadow realm, you have done my bidding. To be rid of you, I had to destroy the one obstacle in my way. Him." He pointed to Jou.
"You killed him. You took over Karia's body and killed her lover and my best friend?!" Yami yelled.
"Pharaoh, what is the problem?" Guards ran into the room and stopped when they noticed the bloody body of their captain.
"Arrest this man for the death of Jounouchi." Yami pointed to Maceleab.
"Don't make me laugh Yami. These men can do nothing to me!" He laughed evilly and when the guards approached him. A dark energy covered his body and lashed out at the guards sending them sprawling on the floor.
Yami glared at him. 'This is no normal power, he has been taught to tap deep into this power of his. I don't think I can stand up to it.' Yami thought sullenly as a golden light began to surround him.
Yami was engulfed in a golden light and Maceleab chuckled as he shrouded himself in a black aura. No sooner had it happened, Yami fell to the ground. He was like his elder sister, banished to the Shadow Realm. Maceleab cackled then gasped as he felt something pierce his back. He flared her power and sent the assailant to the wall. Maceleab spun around to find Malik struggling to his feet.
"You have betrayed the Royal family." Malik glared as he stood up slowly
"I am the Royal family."
"You have hurt to many people. The Pharaoh. My Captain. And the only one I ever loved. You don't deserve to be in this world if you are only going to bring pain and suffering." He stood up straight and materialized a rod into his hand.
"You think you can defeat me when the Pharaoh himself couldn't?" Maceleab laughed then doubled over in pain with the dagger still in his back.
"I'm sure going to try." Malik sneered as a purple power surrounded him. "Even if it costs me my life."
He raised his head as he once again was shrouded in the black energy.
'I can't stand against her power.' Malik seethed to himself. 'I need help.'
/Malik........./ A voice echoed through his head. /Let my power help you.................../
'Who......who are you?' He asked the voice. He soon realized who it was once a power surged through him. 'Karia.............'
/Use it well Malik./ Her voice disappeared.
'I will my love.' He told her as his face took a strong look of determination as the new power lashed out at Maceleab.
The wave hit him hard and when he hit the floor, his eyes were pupil-less and his body was an empty, life-less shell.
"I have avenged all those fallen here by Mecaleab's hand." He announced to no one in particular as his rod de-materialized and he fell to his knee's panting. What was that power? That was more than Karia's power that flowed through me. He thought to himself. A picture of Yami ran across his mind then he recognized the power. "Yami..................he put his faith in me.........." Malik stood up and looked at the fallen bodies.
He approached them and knelt by Karia first. He rolled her body over and closed the lifeless eyes. He then picked up her right arm and slid her armband off.
"These items will be preserved and locked away." He told her body as he gently laid her arm back down and went to Yami. He took the puzzle from around his neck then went to his captain. From Jounouchi he untied the sword from his belt and stood up before leaving the room.
* * *
"Kelly? Kelly?!" Yugi cried out as he shook his sister's body. "Wake up, please Kelly." He begged, tears falling down his cheek.
Just as he finished speaking, Kelly's eyes shoot open and Karia materialized above Kelly's head. You could see the anger and hatred clearly written on her face.
"Kelly can you hear me?" Yugi asked franticly.
She never answered; she just laid there, staring at the ceiling, as if no one was there.
"What did you do to her?!" Yugi snapped around to look at Maceleab. "Why isn't she answering me?!"
"She is in shock Yugi." Karia answered gently, despite how much she tried to keep the venom out of her voice, "What she saw devastated her. She will awaken shortly."
"Yugi, you must get Kelly out of here." Yami told his counter part.
"How can I? I can't lift her unless she wakes up."
"Joey can help you." Jou announced.
"Jounouchi, are you sure?" Yami looked to his friend from long ago.
"Yes, I found that I can detach myself from him if needed." Jou nodded as he put a hand flat on his chest and then Joey nearly fell to the ground.
Joey stood there panting and looking at the ground, sweat evident on his body. He was like that till he looked up and saw that he was looking at himself. He blinked and looked at Jou, his jaw slack.
"You must help Kelly." Jou announced to him.
"Who...........what......" Was all that Joey muttered.
"He is your past self Joey." Karia explained, "Jounouchi was your name."
"You mean my dreams were true? I was actually seeing something from the past?" He blinked and once he saw past Karia his eyes went wide. "Kelly?" He quickly went to her side. "Is she alright? What happened?"
"If you all are quite done now." Maceleab stated in an annoyed tone.
"Yugi and Joey, get Kelly out of here now." Yami ordered.
"Right." He stated as they lifted her onto Joey's back and started to the door.
"Hold it right there. I'm not done with you." Maceleab sneered at the three and a shield appeared around them.
"You are quite done with them." A snide voice came from the shadows as the barrier broke around the three.
"Come to get your beating faster Malik." Maceleab asked fiercely. "I still have to repay you after all these millennia."
"You are going right back to where you came from Maceleab." He stated.
* * *
"Joey, Yugi." A voice came from their right as the three exited the building.
"Marik?" Yugi blinked.
"Come on, Tristan is over this way." Marik told him quickly as he ran off.
"Can we trust him?" Joey looked to Yugi.
"We are going to have to. When was the last time you saw Malik us?" He looked up at the taller boy.
"Alright." Joey stated as they took off in the direction Marik had gone.
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There is another chapter just as promised. There are about 1 or 2 more chapters, but I'm not sure yet, but we are close to the end of this story. ^^
Joey: --nearly faints-- Oh my gosh, a story she will actually finish.
Seto: It is surprising, but it only seems to be because she has been applying herself............. Which she should be doing to her studies.
^_^; Shut-up Seto. I do do my work, I just get a little side tracked.
Seto: Which explains the delay on the new chapter on your other stories.
No.............I've just been writing unwanted sequels or new stories that pop into my head just like the new Yu-Gi-Oh one everyone should look out for in the next few weeks or so
Joey: That's if you don't get your computer taken away.
^_^; --hugs comp-- Bye sweetie........see you in 2 weeks.
Seto: She failed...............
Joey: Oo No wonder.................I thought she wasn't telling us something.
Duo: There is a lot of things she doesn't tell you.
Seto: You are in the wrong post-conversation. Gundam Wing is two files over.
Duo: Thanks. ^^
DUO! --glomps-- ^^
Hatsuharu: --walks in by accident-- OO Oops........wrong story..........-- tries to leave without AP1 knowing--
HARU! --glomps-- It's a cow! --lets go and waits a few minutes-- Haru! -- glomps-- Cow! Cow go moo! ^^
Haru: -_-; Why me.......
XD Cow. Go. Moo!
Haru: -_-; Moo.........
COW! --hugs-- ^^
Seto: I'd advise everyone to press the review button down there so that our spazy slave driver will calm down some.
Joey: No, she will be happier.
Seto: OO; --runs away--