Curtis Zidane Ziraa: Don't worry! Azure isn't dead! The rest of the story
will take place in Yugi's time
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Dree: So much for standing firm in your decision
Me: Shut up.
Bakura: No you shut up
Rain: Bakura! *smacks him*
Bakura: Ow.
Dree: You're mean! I'm not in this chapter anymore!
Me: Err.oopss? On with the story!
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Ch 9: Back to the future
Yugi
Slowly everything came into focus. "We're in Domino City!" I cried.
"Domino City," Kuri asked.
"My home," I said.
"Is this a safe place to open a doorway?" Azure asked.
I looked around my empty bedroom "Yes."
Azure closed her eyes and concentrated. "Who the hell sealed the Shadow Realm so tightly?" she asked me through clenched teeth.
"Yami I think," I replied.
"Be careful Azure. If you wear yourself out our presences will no longer be hidden" Kuri said.
"I know," Azure said more harshly than she intended. "Quickly, go though. I can't hold it open long," she gritted.
Azure
Once we were through, had the little one not caught me, I would have fallen onto the ground. "Are you okay?" he asked me worriedly.
"Yes, I apologize. I will be fine," I assured him.
"Where are we going?" Yugi asked after we had been walking for a bit.
"Each duelist has a castle in the Shadow Realm. Their Shadow Creatures usually inhabit it. We're going to Azure's castle. It's risky, but its more likely The Wizard is watching your castle, not someone from 5,000 years in the past," Kuri explained.
I was slightly devastated when we got to my castle and it was empty. It was well kept, but empty. Reb'd wasn't even there. I went to look for Seth, Rain and Arden's castles, but they were gone. Running out of ideas, I headed towards my grandfathers castle.
I sighed with relief when we found it. "Whose castle is this?" the little one asked.
"It's my grandfathers, or it was at least. It appears to have merged with someone else's," I said as we entered.
We hadn't searched inside the castle for long, when we found the only in habitant of the castle. Ao.
The years seemed to have taken a toll on her. Her face was paler than I'd ever seen a dragon's. Her eyes had dark circles around them and she was far to skinny.
"Ao," I called tentatively.
Her eyes, which had previously been staring at the fire cackling in the fireplace, fell on Yugi, Kuri and I.
"Azure," she whispered. "Kuri and the little one, your all here" she said, blinking.
"Ao," I whispered "Ao what happened to you?"
"My card was ripped in half. I'm not in a deck anymore, Yugi's grandfather still carries my card, but I can't be played. I don't have a castle to live in, so I stay here."
"Who would dare disrespect a Blue Eyes so?" I wondered.
"His name," Ao said with hatred "Is Seto Kaiba. He has my siblings in his deck" she went silent.
"Ao-," I began, but she interrupted me.
"We can talk later. You came to destroy Lekhb did you not?" I nodded to her, and she continued "He is weakened. Your timing is excellent, he only created The Wizard two weeks ago. He hasn't recovered. With your assistance, my siblings and I should be able to destroy him."
"Where are they?" I asked.
"Kaiba's castle, I will take you there," Ao said.
Yugi
Once we reached Kaiba's castle, Azure stopped and stared "This is Seth's castle."
"Yes. It merged with Kaiba's," Ao supplied.
I opened my mouth to tell Azure about Kaiba, but Ao shook her head at me. Now was not the time. I nodded back to her, staying silent.
"Azure!" a voice called running down the hall. It was Dew.
"Dew," she grinned at him, "You haven't changed one bit."
"Azure, Kuri and Yugi," his smile widened "We've been waiting so long for you to come. Reb'd will be so happy to see you again. She has missed you. We have all missed you."
"There will be time enough for that later," Ao interjected.
"Ao," Dew said startled "What are you doing here?"
"You know why they are here Dew. Why do you think I am here?" Ao snapped.
Azure and Kuri frowned slightly at Ao's tone. "We hoped you would polymerize and create The Extreme Ultimate Blue Eyes White Dragon. Then Azure, Kuri and I were going to give you additional power as well to defeat The Wizard," I said quickly. Azure and Kuri looked curious, but I understood why Ao and Dew were distant.
"I will go and find Topaz and Shiro," Dew nodded, and then turned on his heel and walked off.
"Please don't fight with him," I said softly.
Ao studied me "You do not understand the pain I have gone though little one."
"Don't I? You know what I've gone through Ao. It wasn't easy. Life isn't meant to be."
"But for you things will end happily ever after, will they not?" she asked dryly.
"Ao, I promise you if it is at all possible, I will find a way to have your card restored," I said, at that moment I truly hated Kaiba.
Ao nodded her face blank. As hate is not in my nature, eventually it ebbed to extreme sadness to the reduced state Ao had become. Yet, I knew if anyone could help her out of it, it was Azure, the granddaughter of her beloved master.
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Dree: So much for standing firm in your decision
Me: Shut up.
Bakura: No you shut up
Rain: Bakura! *smacks him*
Bakura: Ow.
Dree: You're mean! I'm not in this chapter anymore!
Me: Err.oopss? On with the story!
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Ch 9: Back to the future
Yugi
Slowly everything came into focus. "We're in Domino City!" I cried.
"Domino City," Kuri asked.
"My home," I said.
"Is this a safe place to open a doorway?" Azure asked.
I looked around my empty bedroom "Yes."
Azure closed her eyes and concentrated. "Who the hell sealed the Shadow Realm so tightly?" she asked me through clenched teeth.
"Yami I think," I replied.
"Be careful Azure. If you wear yourself out our presences will no longer be hidden" Kuri said.
"I know," Azure said more harshly than she intended. "Quickly, go though. I can't hold it open long," she gritted.
Azure
Once we were through, had the little one not caught me, I would have fallen onto the ground. "Are you okay?" he asked me worriedly.
"Yes, I apologize. I will be fine," I assured him.
"Where are we going?" Yugi asked after we had been walking for a bit.
"Each duelist has a castle in the Shadow Realm. Their Shadow Creatures usually inhabit it. We're going to Azure's castle. It's risky, but its more likely The Wizard is watching your castle, not someone from 5,000 years in the past," Kuri explained.
I was slightly devastated when we got to my castle and it was empty. It was well kept, but empty. Reb'd wasn't even there. I went to look for Seth, Rain and Arden's castles, but they were gone. Running out of ideas, I headed towards my grandfathers castle.
I sighed with relief when we found it. "Whose castle is this?" the little one asked.
"It's my grandfathers, or it was at least. It appears to have merged with someone else's," I said as we entered.
We hadn't searched inside the castle for long, when we found the only in habitant of the castle. Ao.
The years seemed to have taken a toll on her. Her face was paler than I'd ever seen a dragon's. Her eyes had dark circles around them and she was far to skinny.
"Ao," I called tentatively.
Her eyes, which had previously been staring at the fire cackling in the fireplace, fell on Yugi, Kuri and I.
"Azure," she whispered. "Kuri and the little one, your all here" she said, blinking.
"Ao," I whispered "Ao what happened to you?"
"My card was ripped in half. I'm not in a deck anymore, Yugi's grandfather still carries my card, but I can't be played. I don't have a castle to live in, so I stay here."
"Who would dare disrespect a Blue Eyes so?" I wondered.
"His name," Ao said with hatred "Is Seto Kaiba. He has my siblings in his deck" she went silent.
"Ao-," I began, but she interrupted me.
"We can talk later. You came to destroy Lekhb did you not?" I nodded to her, and she continued "He is weakened. Your timing is excellent, he only created The Wizard two weeks ago. He hasn't recovered. With your assistance, my siblings and I should be able to destroy him."
"Where are they?" I asked.
"Kaiba's castle, I will take you there," Ao said.
Yugi
Once we reached Kaiba's castle, Azure stopped and stared "This is Seth's castle."
"Yes. It merged with Kaiba's," Ao supplied.
I opened my mouth to tell Azure about Kaiba, but Ao shook her head at me. Now was not the time. I nodded back to her, staying silent.
"Azure!" a voice called running down the hall. It was Dew.
"Dew," she grinned at him, "You haven't changed one bit."
"Azure, Kuri and Yugi," his smile widened "We've been waiting so long for you to come. Reb'd will be so happy to see you again. She has missed you. We have all missed you."
"There will be time enough for that later," Ao interjected.
"Ao," Dew said startled "What are you doing here?"
"You know why they are here Dew. Why do you think I am here?" Ao snapped.
Azure and Kuri frowned slightly at Ao's tone. "We hoped you would polymerize and create The Extreme Ultimate Blue Eyes White Dragon. Then Azure, Kuri and I were going to give you additional power as well to defeat The Wizard," I said quickly. Azure and Kuri looked curious, but I understood why Ao and Dew were distant.
"I will go and find Topaz and Shiro," Dew nodded, and then turned on his heel and walked off.
"Please don't fight with him," I said softly.
Ao studied me "You do not understand the pain I have gone though little one."
"Don't I? You know what I've gone through Ao. It wasn't easy. Life isn't meant to be."
"But for you things will end happily ever after, will they not?" she asked dryly.
"Ao, I promise you if it is at all possible, I will find a way to have your card restored," I said, at that moment I truly hated Kaiba.
Ao nodded her face blank. As hate is not in my nature, eventually it ebbed to extreme sadness to the reduced state Ao had become. Yet, I knew if anyone could help her out of it, it was Azure, the granddaughter of her beloved master.
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