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Chapter #20: The Search
*~*~*Black Rock--Reader's POV*~*~*
"Consider this, dearest Pharaoh..." Dieen said moving over to the table. "What if, you sacrifice yourself......by using Offerings to the Doomed.....then I use my powers to set all your friends free?"
"Not a chance in hell!" Joey interrupted. "Once you got Yami outta the way, then you'll destroy us!"
"Will I?"
"Enough with the questions!" Elaya blurted out. "We aren't taking your offer! Your army is gone! I think it's time that YOU gave up! Let us go home!"
"How shall I put this in a way that I won't crush your spirits...No..." Dieen responded coolly.
Yami stepped forward. "Let them go."
"What's that, my Pharaoh?" Dieen mocked.
"Let the others go....since it is me that you want."
Yugi pulled Yami's arm and made him come towards him. / Yami?! ARE YOU NUTS?! /
\ It's the only way.... \
/ No, there has to be another! I know.....I got it! /
\ What? \ Yami asked, interested in his light's plan.
/ Why don't we use that Skull Die that we found in the forest?! / Yugi suggested. Before Yami could answer, Yugi grabbed the red die that Teresa was holding and threw it towards Dieen.
Red eyes wide, Dieen slightly grimaced as the die rolled a five.
"Alright! DARK MAGIC ATTACK!" Yugi shouted, allowing the Dark Magician's magic to explode from his sceptre.
Dieen's lips curled into a smile as she reached behind her and pulled out a defective bear trap.
"Remove Trap!" She cried as the die was destroyed and her ATK points returned to normal.
"That was our only chance....." Tristan muttered.
"No matter what we throw at her, she'll have a card to deflect it!" Mai explained softly, practically excepting defeat.
"So you see? You can't win.....Pharaoh, do you mind coming up to the table?"
"Not until you set them all free."
Dieen frowned. "You expect me to do that?"
Yami stayed silent.
[I can't believe this! We're in a stalemate here!] Elaya thought [We can't attack her, since Justi will get hurt.....we're out of magic and trap cards...and whatever we have, she can easily deflect it! Dammit.....Isn't there a magic card that can help us WITHOUT putting anyone in danger?]
Storm Sister finally stood up and went to go stand beside her sister. [JUSTI!] Elaya screamed in thought.
"Shall we kill them like you want to?" Was the first question out of her mouth.
"Yes....but first...I call upon the magic of Despell, removing all but one Kuriboh." Dieen announced and watched gleefully as only a single brown Kuriboh remained. "Such a pity..."
The others looked around them. "Oh no!" Mokuba cried. "Our defence is gone!"
Beginning to panic, Joey, Tristan and Serenity began to quiver.
[Think! Think! Think!] Elaya said over and over in her head. [What magic card can make us escape?!............Raigeki.......that could work! All I have to do is find a way to bring Justi back to our side!!]
"Yo, Kaiba, make one of them dragons you got attack!" Joey suggested.
"Then I'll destroy Justi....." He muttered.
"We need to find more 'magic' cards.....or traps....or whatever..." Teresa thought aloud. "Guys, you're the experts here....what card can reverse Justi's current state?"
"Let's see, there's De-Spell...." Tristan muttered, counting with his fingers.
"Magic Jammer..." Mai whispered. "There's got to be more cards in that palace place where Dieen is!"
"Mai, Téa, come with me!" Elaya shouted as she grabbed her friends and disappeared in her invisible barrier.
Luckily, Dieen did not see them disappear.
"Well Pharaoh?" She asked again.
"Well what?" Little Yugi chirped up.
"Do you want to say goodbye to your friends and your wife?" Smirking, she stared right at him.
"Yes."
Everyone's mouths dropped to the ground. "No...Yugi..." Joey muttered.
Yami walked up to Justi and looked at her. Green lifeless eyes stared back. "Justi" he whispered as he placed his lips over hers.
Once again, everyone's mouths dropped to the ground. "Please, remember me...." He whispered. The Millennium Puzzle began to glow as Yami kissed her again. The Millennium Symbol appeared on his forehead as well as hers. He silently and gently used 'Mind Crush' to unlock Justi's mind.
The Change of Heart angel/demon shattered into a million pieces as Justi returned. The haze from her eyes lifted "Yami..." She breathed.
"NO!" Dieen shouted, raising her staff towards the pair. "DARKNESS VEIL!" Her powerful weapon shot out a grey light.
"Yami!" Justi shouted as she pushed him out of the way. The attack from her sister narrowly missed her.
"Curse you, you little wretch!" Dieen shouted angrily. [Without Justi on my side, I lost my advantage!]
*~*~*In the Forest--Reader's POV*~*~*
"Elaya, why are we back in the forest?" Téa asked as they all reappeared. She noticed that they were at the forest that was across from Black Rock.
"Because this is where we found our previous magic and trap cards, remember?" Elaya explained. Looking around, she only found foliage.
"Alright guys...." Mai started "What exactly do we look for?"
"Raigeki.....so we can destroy all of Dieen's monsters.....and hopefully herself too..." Elaya explained again. [I hope that Dieen is one of those monsters....]
"But what about Justi?" Téa asked.
Staying silent for a period of time, silently, Elaya spoke, "Check for some Magic Jammers too."
Splitting into single groups, they all headed out. [I wonder if their rarity still stands....] Mai thought as she headed towards a body of water. [If so, Raigeki will be hard to find...] She walked across the uneven floor of the forest, careful not to step on any bugs.
Elaya flew above the clouds, looking for any airborne cards that they could use. [Come on....Come on.....] Her eyes came to something in the distance. [What's that?] As she came closer she realized it was just Rising Air Current. [That won't help us.....]
Téa went over to where the mountains were, levitating above them having an aerial view of the place. She saw mostly nothing but Earth monsters that didn't look too happy to see her. Téa lowered herself to ask for some help.
"Excuse me; I was wondering if you could--"
"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" A tribe of The Rock Spirits cried. They began to charge after her.
"Never mind!" She flew off, just before they began throwing rocks and boulders at her. "AH! Hey watch it!" Flying higher into the clouds, she headed towards to a gloomy forest.
"Huh....Never seen this side of the mountains before...." She muttered. Picking up speed she finally landed in a patch of dead trees.
[Well, there has to be some sort of spirit-magic cards around here....] Téa said, trying to ease her fear.
Skeletons and Zombie monsters looked at her with soulless eyes, but didn't bother her.
"Hi....I was...um....wondering....if you could help me find some magic cards...." She stuttered out as an Armored Zombie (1500/0) walked up to her and titled his head unnaturally to the side.
"Ugh." It said and motioned her to follow him. [Man, I hope Elaya and Mai are having some luck] Téa thought. [Don't worry, just blast him to smithereens and fly away before he can regenerate himself......that is if anything goes wrong....]
An old warehouse-like building appeared. Inside, all she heard was wailing.
"Do I......go--go in?"
"Uhh" It responded, moving its head. [I swear if this guy keeps moving his head it's gonna fall off!]
She opened the doors with her staff with extreme caution. Inside, there were nothing more than skeletal heads floating around.
"What the heck?"
"Spiritualism...ugh..." Armored Zombie finally muttered out his first word of proper English to Téa. "Return Magic or Trap...ugh....to hands....Cannot be negated.....urgggh."
Making out what the zombie was telling her, she quickly grabbed a head and made her way out of the warehouse. Carrying a head in one hand and her sceptre in the other, she flew above the clouds and headed back to the forest where Elaya brought them too. She faintly heard some zombies calling out, "Weeiinnnnn..."
*~*~*In the Air--Reader's POV*~*~*
"Come on!" Elaya said her frustrations aloud. She scanned the clouds looking for something, anything for that matter. [What if I can't find anything?...what if we don't make it?] She began to panic and doubt and worry clouded her mind. Then, she stopped flying. Ahead, not to far away was a gang of bright orange lights, moving fast towards her.
[Raigeki Break!] Her mind screamed from memory. [That card will destroy one card on the field....as long as we remove one card to the Graveyard....] The last part didn't settle easy with her stomach. [Kaiba's dragons will have to be our sacrifice if we want to destroy Dieen without hurting Justi....] "This card will certainly put Dieen in her place!"
To her left was another orangish light. It was floating on top of the clouds in a strange geometric pattern. [Magic Jammer!] She grabbed both cards and returned to land, meeting up with Téa along the way.
*~*~*In the Forest near White River--Reader's POV*~*~*
"Raigeki......Raigeki.....Nope, nothing here." Mai responded to no one in particular, worried.
She pushed aside some grass and found herself a puddle of water.
But of course, she knew it wasn't real water. It bubbled.
Mai put a piece of grass into the bluish blob and noticed how sticky it was. "Adhesion Trap Hole!" She cried triumphantly. "Any monster Dieen summons will have its attack strength cut in half! I wonder if this will work on her...."
Realizing that she had no where to put the trap card, she grabbed a large leaf from a nearby tree and scooped up some of the liquid. [There.....]
"Mai?!" She heard two voices calling her. Turning her head towards the noise, she noticed another familiar card. [Skill Drain....that could help....]
"OVER HERE!" Mai shouted back as she picked up her trap card. She let out a sigh of relief as two familiar faces appeared from the trees.
"AH! Téa are you holding a human head?!" Mai asked, taking a step back.
"Not really....a zombie told me it's called, 'Spiritualism' and that it brings back any magic or trap card to the opponent's hand.
"I got some Raigeki Break." Elaya announced.
"I found some Adhesion Trap Hole.....I'm not sure what good it'll do us...." Mai reported sadly. "But I did find a Skill Drain....."
"So, is that it?"
Mai and Téa nodded; half-confident, half-scared.
"Alright then, let's go."
\\ Elaya? \\ A familiar voice rang inside Elaya's head
// Justi?! // "Guys! Justi is back on our side!"
"How?" Téa asked, smiling.
"I'm not sure!" Elaya was overjoyed [YES!] "Come on! We got to get back!"
"Who?" Mai was left to wonder before Elaya used Pixie's teleporting abilities once again.
*~*~*At the Battle Field--Reader's POV*~*~*
"You bitch!" Dieen cried, shooting another blast towards Justi; once again, she narrowly missed it.
"Let us go home Dieen!" Justi cried crawling away from the shot. Standing up, she said, "You can't win now."
Dieen began to laugh.
"I fail to find what's so funny...." Yami whispered.
"I rule this place you fools! I make the rules!" She stated hysterically. "As long as I have my magic and trap cards, YOU'LL STILL FAIL!"
"Not unless we have our own!" Téa announced, breaking Elaya's invisible barrier.
"What?!"
"Elaya, Mai, Téa! You're all back safe and sound!" Serenity cried.
"Justi!" Elaya ran to hug her darker half tightly.
"Elaya....." Justi whispered back, feeling safe within her light's arm. "It's so good to be back....."
"Elaya! Stand up!" Mokuba whispered afraid for his friend's vulnerableness.
Weakly, the two stood side by side. Yami stood protectively in front of everyone while Kaiba stood in front of Mokuba as Joey did the same in front of Mai and Serenity.
Growling Dieen raised her staff again. Before she could utter out a word, Mai cried, "I use the power of Skill Drain! This card will negate all effects, including your hold over who attacks and who doesn't!"
And so it was done. Dieen's barrier was taken down....but, unfortunately, so was Elaya's teleporting powers, Téa attack boost, Kaiba's control over his dragons and even Dieen's and Justi's attack/defence boost.
With both sides completely vulnerable, time stopped.
"It's over Dieen...." Justi whispered.
*~*
Don't kill me! I know evil cliffe!
Now, don't kill me again but this'll be the last time I'll update until my exams are over! So sorry to all my reviewers and readers! School comes first (unfortunately)....I just wasted an hour from my studying time to finishing this chappie....I hope you're all happy with it!
Stayed tuned...I'll be updating again in February! : ) Don't leave!
PLEASE REVIEW!
If you have the time, PLEASE REVIEW!! *~*all comments are appreciated*~*
Chapter #20: The Search
*~*~*Black Rock--Reader's POV*~*~*
"Consider this, dearest Pharaoh..." Dieen said moving over to the table. "What if, you sacrifice yourself......by using Offerings to the Doomed.....then I use my powers to set all your friends free?"
"Not a chance in hell!" Joey interrupted. "Once you got Yami outta the way, then you'll destroy us!"
"Will I?"
"Enough with the questions!" Elaya blurted out. "We aren't taking your offer! Your army is gone! I think it's time that YOU gave up! Let us go home!"
"How shall I put this in a way that I won't crush your spirits...No..." Dieen responded coolly.
Yami stepped forward. "Let them go."
"What's that, my Pharaoh?" Dieen mocked.
"Let the others go....since it is me that you want."
Yugi pulled Yami's arm and made him come towards him. / Yami?! ARE YOU NUTS?! /
\ It's the only way.... \
/ No, there has to be another! I know.....I got it! /
\ What? \ Yami asked, interested in his light's plan.
/ Why don't we use that Skull Die that we found in the forest?! / Yugi suggested. Before Yami could answer, Yugi grabbed the red die that Teresa was holding and threw it towards Dieen.
Red eyes wide, Dieen slightly grimaced as the die rolled a five.
"Alright! DARK MAGIC ATTACK!" Yugi shouted, allowing the Dark Magician's magic to explode from his sceptre.
Dieen's lips curled into a smile as she reached behind her and pulled out a defective bear trap.
"Remove Trap!" She cried as the die was destroyed and her ATK points returned to normal.
"That was our only chance....." Tristan muttered.
"No matter what we throw at her, she'll have a card to deflect it!" Mai explained softly, practically excepting defeat.
"So you see? You can't win.....Pharaoh, do you mind coming up to the table?"
"Not until you set them all free."
Dieen frowned. "You expect me to do that?"
Yami stayed silent.
[I can't believe this! We're in a stalemate here!] Elaya thought [We can't attack her, since Justi will get hurt.....we're out of magic and trap cards...and whatever we have, she can easily deflect it! Dammit.....Isn't there a magic card that can help us WITHOUT putting anyone in danger?]
Storm Sister finally stood up and went to go stand beside her sister. [JUSTI!] Elaya screamed in thought.
"Shall we kill them like you want to?" Was the first question out of her mouth.
"Yes....but first...I call upon the magic of Despell, removing all but one Kuriboh." Dieen announced and watched gleefully as only a single brown Kuriboh remained. "Such a pity..."
The others looked around them. "Oh no!" Mokuba cried. "Our defence is gone!"
Beginning to panic, Joey, Tristan and Serenity began to quiver.
[Think! Think! Think!] Elaya said over and over in her head. [What magic card can make us escape?!............Raigeki.......that could work! All I have to do is find a way to bring Justi back to our side!!]
"Yo, Kaiba, make one of them dragons you got attack!" Joey suggested.
"Then I'll destroy Justi....." He muttered.
"We need to find more 'magic' cards.....or traps....or whatever..." Teresa thought aloud. "Guys, you're the experts here....what card can reverse Justi's current state?"
"Let's see, there's De-Spell...." Tristan muttered, counting with his fingers.
"Magic Jammer..." Mai whispered. "There's got to be more cards in that palace place where Dieen is!"
"Mai, Téa, come with me!" Elaya shouted as she grabbed her friends and disappeared in her invisible barrier.
Luckily, Dieen did not see them disappear.
"Well Pharaoh?" She asked again.
"Well what?" Little Yugi chirped up.
"Do you want to say goodbye to your friends and your wife?" Smirking, she stared right at him.
"Yes."
Everyone's mouths dropped to the ground. "No...Yugi..." Joey muttered.
Yami walked up to Justi and looked at her. Green lifeless eyes stared back. "Justi" he whispered as he placed his lips over hers.
Once again, everyone's mouths dropped to the ground. "Please, remember me...." He whispered. The Millennium Puzzle began to glow as Yami kissed her again. The Millennium Symbol appeared on his forehead as well as hers. He silently and gently used 'Mind Crush' to unlock Justi's mind.
The Change of Heart angel/demon shattered into a million pieces as Justi returned. The haze from her eyes lifted "Yami..." She breathed.
"NO!" Dieen shouted, raising her staff towards the pair. "DARKNESS VEIL!" Her powerful weapon shot out a grey light.
"Yami!" Justi shouted as she pushed him out of the way. The attack from her sister narrowly missed her.
"Curse you, you little wretch!" Dieen shouted angrily. [Without Justi on my side, I lost my advantage!]
*~*~*In the Forest--Reader's POV*~*~*
"Elaya, why are we back in the forest?" Téa asked as they all reappeared. She noticed that they were at the forest that was across from Black Rock.
"Because this is where we found our previous magic and trap cards, remember?" Elaya explained. Looking around, she only found foliage.
"Alright guys...." Mai started "What exactly do we look for?"
"Raigeki.....so we can destroy all of Dieen's monsters.....and hopefully herself too..." Elaya explained again. [I hope that Dieen is one of those monsters....]
"But what about Justi?" Téa asked.
Staying silent for a period of time, silently, Elaya spoke, "Check for some Magic Jammers too."
Splitting into single groups, they all headed out. [I wonder if their rarity still stands....] Mai thought as she headed towards a body of water. [If so, Raigeki will be hard to find...] She walked across the uneven floor of the forest, careful not to step on any bugs.
Elaya flew above the clouds, looking for any airborne cards that they could use. [Come on....Come on.....] Her eyes came to something in the distance. [What's that?] As she came closer she realized it was just Rising Air Current. [That won't help us.....]
Téa went over to where the mountains were, levitating above them having an aerial view of the place. She saw mostly nothing but Earth monsters that didn't look too happy to see her. Téa lowered herself to ask for some help.
"Excuse me; I was wondering if you could--"
"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" A tribe of The Rock Spirits cried. They began to charge after her.
"Never mind!" She flew off, just before they began throwing rocks and boulders at her. "AH! Hey watch it!" Flying higher into the clouds, she headed towards to a gloomy forest.
"Huh....Never seen this side of the mountains before...." She muttered. Picking up speed she finally landed in a patch of dead trees.
[Well, there has to be some sort of spirit-magic cards around here....] Téa said, trying to ease her fear.
Skeletons and Zombie monsters looked at her with soulless eyes, but didn't bother her.
"Hi....I was...um....wondering....if you could help me find some magic cards...." She stuttered out as an Armored Zombie (1500/0) walked up to her and titled his head unnaturally to the side.
"Ugh." It said and motioned her to follow him. [Man, I hope Elaya and Mai are having some luck] Téa thought. [Don't worry, just blast him to smithereens and fly away before he can regenerate himself......that is if anything goes wrong....]
An old warehouse-like building appeared. Inside, all she heard was wailing.
"Do I......go--go in?"
"Uhh" It responded, moving its head. [I swear if this guy keeps moving his head it's gonna fall off!]
She opened the doors with her staff with extreme caution. Inside, there were nothing more than skeletal heads floating around.
"What the heck?"
"Spiritualism...ugh..." Armored Zombie finally muttered out his first word of proper English to Téa. "Return Magic or Trap...ugh....to hands....Cannot be negated.....urgggh."
Making out what the zombie was telling her, she quickly grabbed a head and made her way out of the warehouse. Carrying a head in one hand and her sceptre in the other, she flew above the clouds and headed back to the forest where Elaya brought them too. She faintly heard some zombies calling out, "Weeiinnnnn..."
*~*~*In the Air--Reader's POV*~*~*
"Come on!" Elaya said her frustrations aloud. She scanned the clouds looking for something, anything for that matter. [What if I can't find anything?...what if we don't make it?] She began to panic and doubt and worry clouded her mind. Then, she stopped flying. Ahead, not to far away was a gang of bright orange lights, moving fast towards her.
[Raigeki Break!] Her mind screamed from memory. [That card will destroy one card on the field....as long as we remove one card to the Graveyard....] The last part didn't settle easy with her stomach. [Kaiba's dragons will have to be our sacrifice if we want to destroy Dieen without hurting Justi....] "This card will certainly put Dieen in her place!"
To her left was another orangish light. It was floating on top of the clouds in a strange geometric pattern. [Magic Jammer!] She grabbed both cards and returned to land, meeting up with Téa along the way.
*~*~*In the Forest near White River--Reader's POV*~*~*
"Raigeki......Raigeki.....Nope, nothing here." Mai responded to no one in particular, worried.
She pushed aside some grass and found herself a puddle of water.
But of course, she knew it wasn't real water. It bubbled.
Mai put a piece of grass into the bluish blob and noticed how sticky it was. "Adhesion Trap Hole!" She cried triumphantly. "Any monster Dieen summons will have its attack strength cut in half! I wonder if this will work on her...."
Realizing that she had no where to put the trap card, she grabbed a large leaf from a nearby tree and scooped up some of the liquid. [There.....]
"Mai?!" She heard two voices calling her. Turning her head towards the noise, she noticed another familiar card. [Skill Drain....that could help....]
"OVER HERE!" Mai shouted back as she picked up her trap card. She let out a sigh of relief as two familiar faces appeared from the trees.
"AH! Téa are you holding a human head?!" Mai asked, taking a step back.
"Not really....a zombie told me it's called, 'Spiritualism' and that it brings back any magic or trap card to the opponent's hand.
"I got some Raigeki Break." Elaya announced.
"I found some Adhesion Trap Hole.....I'm not sure what good it'll do us...." Mai reported sadly. "But I did find a Skill Drain....."
"So, is that it?"
Mai and Téa nodded; half-confident, half-scared.
"Alright then, let's go."
\\ Elaya? \\ A familiar voice rang inside Elaya's head
// Justi?! // "Guys! Justi is back on our side!"
"How?" Téa asked, smiling.
"I'm not sure!" Elaya was overjoyed [YES!] "Come on! We got to get back!"
"Who?" Mai was left to wonder before Elaya used Pixie's teleporting abilities once again.
*~*~*At the Battle Field--Reader's POV*~*~*
"You bitch!" Dieen cried, shooting another blast towards Justi; once again, she narrowly missed it.
"Let us go home Dieen!" Justi cried crawling away from the shot. Standing up, she said, "You can't win now."
Dieen began to laugh.
"I fail to find what's so funny...." Yami whispered.
"I rule this place you fools! I make the rules!" She stated hysterically. "As long as I have my magic and trap cards, YOU'LL STILL FAIL!"
"Not unless we have our own!" Téa announced, breaking Elaya's invisible barrier.
"What?!"
"Elaya, Mai, Téa! You're all back safe and sound!" Serenity cried.
"Justi!" Elaya ran to hug her darker half tightly.
"Elaya....." Justi whispered back, feeling safe within her light's arm. "It's so good to be back....."
"Elaya! Stand up!" Mokuba whispered afraid for his friend's vulnerableness.
Weakly, the two stood side by side. Yami stood protectively in front of everyone while Kaiba stood in front of Mokuba as Joey did the same in front of Mai and Serenity.
Growling Dieen raised her staff again. Before she could utter out a word, Mai cried, "I use the power of Skill Drain! This card will negate all effects, including your hold over who attacks and who doesn't!"
And so it was done. Dieen's barrier was taken down....but, unfortunately, so was Elaya's teleporting powers, Téa attack boost, Kaiba's control over his dragons and even Dieen's and Justi's attack/defence boost.
With both sides completely vulnerable, time stopped.
"It's over Dieen...." Justi whispered.
*~*
Don't kill me! I know evil cliffe!
Now, don't kill me again but this'll be the last time I'll update until my exams are over! So sorry to all my reviewers and readers! School comes first (unfortunately)....I just wasted an hour from my studying time to finishing this chappie....I hope you're all happy with it!
Stayed tuned...I'll be updating again in February! : ) Don't leave!
PLEASE REVIEW!
