A/N- Hey, minna! Thank you all for reviewing! You guys are simply the
best! If it weren't for all of you I wouldn't keep going!
I'm really sorry, I would like to be able to reply to reviews, but alas, I cannot. I've got about ten thousand things to do and there just isn't enough time. (Ok, so I'm exaggerating but only slightly!) I just want to tell you all thank you so much for reviewing and you guys majorly ROCK! *hands out 5 cookies to every reviewer!* Enjoy!
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Chapter 26
After many spells and even MORE dodges and *STILL* nothing working Yugi asked, panting with sweat dripping down his face, "Is there nothing that can beat this creature?"
Help seemed to come from an unexpected source.
//Yes, aibou! There is something! Try to summon Duel Monsters off the cards!//
/Oh, yeah! Why do I keep forgetting I have these?/
Yugi reached into his pocket, keeping a careful eye on Sitara and the Guardian who was both currently locked together in battle, and drew out a deck of cards. Drawing the first one off the top, Yugi held it up in the air saying, "Go Celtic Guardian! I summon you!"
The Celtic Guardian appeared and raised its sword to attack the "statue". The Celtic Guardian rushed forward and brought its sword down on the Guardian with a swish. Yugi and Sitara's breaths jumped in their throats and they held their breaths for several seconds, waiting to see if the Guardian had been defeated.
After a few seconds of intense silence, the Guardian split in half. Yugi and Sitara each let out an excited, "whoop!" as they finished off the Guardian.
"Alright! We did it!" Sitara cried, eyes shining happily. "Ok, now we can go look for the Enhancer. She turned her back on the now defeated Guardian and looked back up to the center of the room where she expected to see the Enhancer.
Just then Yugi saw something that made his blood run cold. The Guardian, both halves, were picking themselves up from the ground. Right before Yugi's eyes both halves of the Guardian became whole; now there were two separate Guardians! Yugi watched as again and again the Guardians split themselves forming new Guardians until Yugi and Sitara were facing and entire Guardian army.
In just a few seconds the Celtic Guardian was destroyed by three blasts coming from different directions. It created a booming sound that reverberated all throughout the room. Sitara turned to see what it was and her eyes widened in fear. Once again several of the Guardians raised their hands, glowing red and green, and aimed their attacks at Sitara.
Yugi immediately ran forward and crashed into her knocking both himself and her to the ground out of the way. They rolled to the right of the army and the blasts of light sailed harmlessly over their heads.
Yugi and Sitara stood up and began to back away from the Guardians when they, as one, turned around to face the two teenagers and marched forward at them. They backed themselves as far as they could until they found themselves stuck in a corner. Unable to go left, right, or any other direction to get away from the next attack, Sitara closed her eyes and scrunched herself up into as small a ball as she could.
Yugi, on the other hand, stood up straight and tall and drew another card from his deck. The roar of the Guardians drowned his summoning cry out as they shouted their attack and let their beams of light fly at the pair of heroes.
Sitara, expecting to die right then and there, was surprised when she heard a beautiful, deep gong-like note coming from right in front of them. Her curiosity overcame her fear and she looked up to see what was going on. A shimmering barrier was sitting in front of both Yugi and Sitara, like a wall, protecting them from the assault of the Guardians.
She looked up at Yugi and saw him smiling a determined look on his face, giving her courage. In answer to the puzzled look on her face, Yugi said, "I summoned a card called Mirror Force that reflects attacks back to their origin. Unfortunately it seems that the Guardians' magic attacks don't work on themselves. Now it's time to bring in the reinforcements."
Sitara was about to ask what Yugi was talking about when she saw him pick some cards off the top of a deck of cards he was holding in his hands. He held them up above his head and they began to glow with a white light. As Yugi called their names they emerged in real life out of their cards. By the time Yugi had finished summoning every monster in his deck there were creatures like a Dark Magician, Summoned Skull, Gaia the Fierce Knight, Curse of Dragon, and the Celtic Guardian.
Sitara was amazed. "But how did you bring back the Celtic Guardian? Wasn't it the one that was destroyed?"
"Yes, but when it is defeated it is simply pulled back into its card and I am free to summon it once again," Yugi explained reasonably.
"I see. Well, it seems that we are going to have to find the Enhancer in order to defeat the Guardian. We need to get to it before all of your monsters are destroyed or we won't stand a chance."
Yugi did not even bother to correct her in saying that he could simply bring them back to the playing field and merely replied, "Right."
They both set off looking for something that would lead them to the Enhancer. Whenever (a) Guardian(s) got away from the army of Duel Monsters and came at Sitara or Yugi she would use her magic to hold them at bay until one of the Duel Monsters came back after them and Yugi drew trap and magic cards from his deck to keep them away.
After about thirty minutes of frantic searching, Sitara reading the ancient writing on the walls and Yugi looking at the pictures, Yugi finally spotted something that could have been a clue.
"Sitara!" he called over the cacophony of the battle. The princess wove her way around the miniature battles of the individual monsters and hurried over to where Yugi was standing. "Look at this." He showed her a hole cut into the wall in the shape of an upside down triangle and a ring shaped indention on the top. In the very center of the triangle was an indention in the form of an eye.
"Wow. I wonder if this is how you access the Enhancer. Hold on a second and let me read what is says."
Sitara stared intently at the ancient language engraved into the gold walls, her eyes darting over it, as she read, completely oblivious now to the battle raging around behind them.
"It says that you're supposed to stick something in the hole here, something called a Millennium Puzzle I think, but I must have read it wrong because there is no such thing! Let me try again!"
"No, Sitara, wait a minute! Let *me* try something." Yugi took the chain of the Millennium Puzzle off of his neck and inserted the face of the puzzle into the hole.
At first nothing appeared to have happened but after a few seconds the Millennium Puzzle began to glow with a white light. Yugi and Sitara gasped in amazement, then Sitara shrieked as a white beam of light flew out of the Millennium Puzzle and flew straight into Yugi's chest. He gasped in surprise before the beam of light pulled him into the air. Once it had centered him in the exact middle of the room, the light changed and Yugi was surrounded by a golden glow as the beam disappeared.
Sitara and Yami called Yugi's name, but he did not even seem to hear them anymore. Sitara ran so that she stood under/in front of him and looked at his face; it was blank, devoid of any emotion as if he were in some sort of trance. Sitara called Yugi's name one more time and the glow began to intensify, getting brighter and brighter until it dispersed throughout the entire room, leaving Yugi free of the force holding him off the ground.
He began to fall...The Dark Magician, Yugi's card protector, saw what was happening and levitated himself so that he caught Yugi neatly in his arms. The Dark Magician then brought them both back down to the ground and he handed the still dazed Yugi over to Sitara who was completely bewildered.
As soon as Yugi was tucked into Sitara's arms The Dark Magician and all the other Duel Monsters disappeared as all the Guardians except for one vanished and that single one returned to his statue form in the middle of the room.
Sitara was completely confused; she looked around trying to find out why everything went missing when she noticed that Yugi's arms were wrapped around something. As soon as the last Duel Monster returned to its card in the deck Yugi returned to his normal state and stood up.
"Wha-what? What's going on?" Sitara asked looking at him.
"I got the Enhancer so we won," he informed her happily.
Sitara simply stared at him for a moment before saying, "You're more powerful than I thought. This summoning thing you do is amazing! No one else in Chamera can do that. Now I see why you are the Chosen One."
Yugi blushed at the compliment and shifted his arms so Sitara could see what he held. There were tiny pieces of gold all in different shapes and sizes. "I thought Isis said the Enhancer was a necklace..."
"She did."
"Then why do I have pieces of a puzzle?"
"Um...well...that's a very good question and I don't know the answer to it yet. Why don't we get out of here and figure out the puzzling question later?"
"What's wrong?"
"I suddenly have a very bad feeling about staying here."
"Oh, ok. Let's go then."
They quickly left the "statue room", went through the "fountain room, and after quickly filling up their canteens with water, exited the Moon Shrine, meeting Sauda and Allayna back outside.
Instead of going back the way they came, Sitara led them behind the ancient temple and to an old, rickety bridge crossing a canyon-like plunge into a swiftly flowing river below. (a/n- imagine the bridge Tea was crossing in the "Enter the Shadow Realm" series. Where she is being chased by the Cyclops ppl.)
The horses scrambled across as fast as they could, but Yugi and Sitara went considerably slower due to their fear of missing a step and falling down into the freezing water beneath them. Once they got to the middle, because they were going so slowly, their weight had a dramatic impact on the bridge. The roped they were using as guardrails snapped and both fell away, useless, and Yugi and Sitara both fell to their knees to crawl across the bridge instead, too scared to stand up any longer. The only problem with this maneuver was that their weight was more concentrated kneeling down than standing up and it forced the foot walk to snap as well...
Sitara and Yugi fell...into the rushing waters below...
A/N- Well, I hope you all liked it. I do so love cliff hangers don't you? They make the whole story tons more interesting...^_^
NOTE: Let me know if you update...blah blah blah...stuff you already know...yadda yadda yadda...
ROD III: Nothing yet.
I think that's everything...please review! Matta ne!
I'm really sorry, I would like to be able to reply to reviews, but alas, I cannot. I've got about ten thousand things to do and there just isn't enough time. (Ok, so I'm exaggerating but only slightly!) I just want to tell you all thank you so much for reviewing and you guys majorly ROCK! *hands out 5 cookies to every reviewer!* Enjoy!
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Chapter 26
After many spells and even MORE dodges and *STILL* nothing working Yugi asked, panting with sweat dripping down his face, "Is there nothing that can beat this creature?"
Help seemed to come from an unexpected source.
//Yes, aibou! There is something! Try to summon Duel Monsters off the cards!//
/Oh, yeah! Why do I keep forgetting I have these?/
Yugi reached into his pocket, keeping a careful eye on Sitara and the Guardian who was both currently locked together in battle, and drew out a deck of cards. Drawing the first one off the top, Yugi held it up in the air saying, "Go Celtic Guardian! I summon you!"
The Celtic Guardian appeared and raised its sword to attack the "statue". The Celtic Guardian rushed forward and brought its sword down on the Guardian with a swish. Yugi and Sitara's breaths jumped in their throats and they held their breaths for several seconds, waiting to see if the Guardian had been defeated.
After a few seconds of intense silence, the Guardian split in half. Yugi and Sitara each let out an excited, "whoop!" as they finished off the Guardian.
"Alright! We did it!" Sitara cried, eyes shining happily. "Ok, now we can go look for the Enhancer. She turned her back on the now defeated Guardian and looked back up to the center of the room where she expected to see the Enhancer.
Just then Yugi saw something that made his blood run cold. The Guardian, both halves, were picking themselves up from the ground. Right before Yugi's eyes both halves of the Guardian became whole; now there were two separate Guardians! Yugi watched as again and again the Guardians split themselves forming new Guardians until Yugi and Sitara were facing and entire Guardian army.
In just a few seconds the Celtic Guardian was destroyed by three blasts coming from different directions. It created a booming sound that reverberated all throughout the room. Sitara turned to see what it was and her eyes widened in fear. Once again several of the Guardians raised their hands, glowing red and green, and aimed their attacks at Sitara.
Yugi immediately ran forward and crashed into her knocking both himself and her to the ground out of the way. They rolled to the right of the army and the blasts of light sailed harmlessly over their heads.
Yugi and Sitara stood up and began to back away from the Guardians when they, as one, turned around to face the two teenagers and marched forward at them. They backed themselves as far as they could until they found themselves stuck in a corner. Unable to go left, right, or any other direction to get away from the next attack, Sitara closed her eyes and scrunched herself up into as small a ball as she could.
Yugi, on the other hand, stood up straight and tall and drew another card from his deck. The roar of the Guardians drowned his summoning cry out as they shouted their attack and let their beams of light fly at the pair of heroes.
Sitara, expecting to die right then and there, was surprised when she heard a beautiful, deep gong-like note coming from right in front of them. Her curiosity overcame her fear and she looked up to see what was going on. A shimmering barrier was sitting in front of both Yugi and Sitara, like a wall, protecting them from the assault of the Guardians.
She looked up at Yugi and saw him smiling a determined look on his face, giving her courage. In answer to the puzzled look on her face, Yugi said, "I summoned a card called Mirror Force that reflects attacks back to their origin. Unfortunately it seems that the Guardians' magic attacks don't work on themselves. Now it's time to bring in the reinforcements."
Sitara was about to ask what Yugi was talking about when she saw him pick some cards off the top of a deck of cards he was holding in his hands. He held them up above his head and they began to glow with a white light. As Yugi called their names they emerged in real life out of their cards. By the time Yugi had finished summoning every monster in his deck there were creatures like a Dark Magician, Summoned Skull, Gaia the Fierce Knight, Curse of Dragon, and the Celtic Guardian.
Sitara was amazed. "But how did you bring back the Celtic Guardian? Wasn't it the one that was destroyed?"
"Yes, but when it is defeated it is simply pulled back into its card and I am free to summon it once again," Yugi explained reasonably.
"I see. Well, it seems that we are going to have to find the Enhancer in order to defeat the Guardian. We need to get to it before all of your monsters are destroyed or we won't stand a chance."
Yugi did not even bother to correct her in saying that he could simply bring them back to the playing field and merely replied, "Right."
They both set off looking for something that would lead them to the Enhancer. Whenever (a) Guardian(s) got away from the army of Duel Monsters and came at Sitara or Yugi she would use her magic to hold them at bay until one of the Duel Monsters came back after them and Yugi drew trap and magic cards from his deck to keep them away.
After about thirty minutes of frantic searching, Sitara reading the ancient writing on the walls and Yugi looking at the pictures, Yugi finally spotted something that could have been a clue.
"Sitara!" he called over the cacophony of the battle. The princess wove her way around the miniature battles of the individual monsters and hurried over to where Yugi was standing. "Look at this." He showed her a hole cut into the wall in the shape of an upside down triangle and a ring shaped indention on the top. In the very center of the triangle was an indention in the form of an eye.
"Wow. I wonder if this is how you access the Enhancer. Hold on a second and let me read what is says."
Sitara stared intently at the ancient language engraved into the gold walls, her eyes darting over it, as she read, completely oblivious now to the battle raging around behind them.
"It says that you're supposed to stick something in the hole here, something called a Millennium Puzzle I think, but I must have read it wrong because there is no such thing! Let me try again!"
"No, Sitara, wait a minute! Let *me* try something." Yugi took the chain of the Millennium Puzzle off of his neck and inserted the face of the puzzle into the hole.
At first nothing appeared to have happened but after a few seconds the Millennium Puzzle began to glow with a white light. Yugi and Sitara gasped in amazement, then Sitara shrieked as a white beam of light flew out of the Millennium Puzzle and flew straight into Yugi's chest. He gasped in surprise before the beam of light pulled him into the air. Once it had centered him in the exact middle of the room, the light changed and Yugi was surrounded by a golden glow as the beam disappeared.
Sitara and Yami called Yugi's name, but he did not even seem to hear them anymore. Sitara ran so that she stood under/in front of him and looked at his face; it was blank, devoid of any emotion as if he were in some sort of trance. Sitara called Yugi's name one more time and the glow began to intensify, getting brighter and brighter until it dispersed throughout the entire room, leaving Yugi free of the force holding him off the ground.
He began to fall...The Dark Magician, Yugi's card protector, saw what was happening and levitated himself so that he caught Yugi neatly in his arms. The Dark Magician then brought them both back down to the ground and he handed the still dazed Yugi over to Sitara who was completely bewildered.
As soon as Yugi was tucked into Sitara's arms The Dark Magician and all the other Duel Monsters disappeared as all the Guardians except for one vanished and that single one returned to his statue form in the middle of the room.
Sitara was completely confused; she looked around trying to find out why everything went missing when she noticed that Yugi's arms were wrapped around something. As soon as the last Duel Monster returned to its card in the deck Yugi returned to his normal state and stood up.
"Wha-what? What's going on?" Sitara asked looking at him.
"I got the Enhancer so we won," he informed her happily.
Sitara simply stared at him for a moment before saying, "You're more powerful than I thought. This summoning thing you do is amazing! No one else in Chamera can do that. Now I see why you are the Chosen One."
Yugi blushed at the compliment and shifted his arms so Sitara could see what he held. There were tiny pieces of gold all in different shapes and sizes. "I thought Isis said the Enhancer was a necklace..."
"She did."
"Then why do I have pieces of a puzzle?"
"Um...well...that's a very good question and I don't know the answer to it yet. Why don't we get out of here and figure out the puzzling question later?"
"What's wrong?"
"I suddenly have a very bad feeling about staying here."
"Oh, ok. Let's go then."
They quickly left the "statue room", went through the "fountain room, and after quickly filling up their canteens with water, exited the Moon Shrine, meeting Sauda and Allayna back outside.
Instead of going back the way they came, Sitara led them behind the ancient temple and to an old, rickety bridge crossing a canyon-like plunge into a swiftly flowing river below. (a/n- imagine the bridge Tea was crossing in the "Enter the Shadow Realm" series. Where she is being chased by the Cyclops ppl.)
The horses scrambled across as fast as they could, but Yugi and Sitara went considerably slower due to their fear of missing a step and falling down into the freezing water beneath them. Once they got to the middle, because they were going so slowly, their weight had a dramatic impact on the bridge. The roped they were using as guardrails snapped and both fell away, useless, and Yugi and Sitara both fell to their knees to crawl across the bridge instead, too scared to stand up any longer. The only problem with this maneuver was that their weight was more concentrated kneeling down than standing up and it forced the foot walk to snap as well...
Sitara and Yugi fell...into the rushing waters below...
A/N- Well, I hope you all liked it. I do so love cliff hangers don't you? They make the whole story tons more interesting...^_^
NOTE: Let me know if you update...blah blah blah...stuff you already know...yadda yadda yadda...
ROD III: Nothing yet.
I think that's everything...please review! Matta ne!