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Takeover
Chapter Five
He Killed Me Too
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"I think we're running the right way," Otogi said seeing something on the horizon. It was late afternoon and they were still running from the Cracerwats.
"I suggest we keep running. If we don't those Cracerwats are gonna invite us to dinner." Honda said.
The two kept going until they reached the thing they saw. Much to their dismay it wasn't the forest… it was a group of very large stones. They tried to climb the stones so that they could get away from the Cracerwats, but could find a climbable one. "What do we do?" Honda asked.
"I don't know… let's both attack them at the same time."
"All right… 1… 2… 3… Go!!!" Honda shouted. Sprays of vines and fire shot from Otogi and Honda's direction toward the Cracerwats. As the attacks made contact with their target there were little explosions. When the smoke cleared Honda and Otogi saw that their attacks did very little to the Cracerwats. "What do we do now?" Before Otogi could answer two people ran in front of them and attacked the Cracerwats. The two people just had to attack once before the Cracerwats were left unconscious.
"They won't be bothering you anymore," One of the people said. He had purple hair and was wearing purple robes and had a big purple had and a purple staff.
"What are you two inexperienced mages doing here at the edge of the swamplands?" The other asked. She had blonde hair with a pink and blue leotard, cute pink and blue boots, a pink and blue staff and a large pink and blue hat.
"Umm… running away from the Cracerwats," Otogi said.
"Why did you venture into the swamplands?" The purple person asked the question this time.
"We got blown in here by the after effects of a dragons attack," Honda said.
"So you are students from Redestani?" The girl asked.
"Yeah," Honda answered while he nodded.
"We must escort you back so that you do not get yourselves into greater trouble." The man said.
"Thanks… umm…?" Otogi said.
"I'm sorry," The girl said, "We haven't introduced ourselves. I'm Kira and this is Quinlan. We're magicians from the north." A magician was a mage who went into extra years of magic training.
"I'm Honda and this is Otogi."
"Are you two headed back to the school?" Kira asked.
"Not really… that would probably be a bad idea," Honda answered.
"Why would that be so bad?" Kira questioned.
"Some maniac took over the school… we were just lucky that we were going on a hike when it was taken over." Otogi stated.
"What was this dragon you spoke of?" Quinlan asked
"This dark dragon came out of no where and attacked us," Otogi answered
"I knew it!" Quinlan said, "Kira a told there was dark magic at work." Kira just pouted after Quinlan made this statement.
"Why does it matter?" Honda asked confused.
"I've been sensing a mage that is trying to do something insane," Quinlan answered
"What?" Otogi questioned.
"I'm not sure exactly, but it's something that shouldn't be done."
"How do you know?" Otogi asked.
"I only sense mages that do things like that."
"How 'bout we head back to the forest now," Kira said quickly, "If we want to make it back before sunset we should leave now."
"Are we that close?" Honda asked.
"You were not running north in your flight from the Cracerwats… you were running west so you didn't get any farther from the forest." Quinlan answered.
"Let's go already," Kira shouted agitated.
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"Jou watch out!" Rebecca screamed as the fire warrior took a swing at Jou. Jou just barely dodged it, but the next one cut a deep gash in his arm.
"Hurry up Rebecca! I can't dodge him forever."
"Watch out!" Rebecca shrieked as Jou dodged the flaming sword once again.
As Jou was dodging the blows from the fire warrior Rebecca was readying an attack to throw at it. Rebecca had been searching for a weak spot in the warrior's armor but found none. Than she realized that the warrior had no helmet on and aimed her attack toward his head. Her attack was a Tsunami Wave, it took a while to prepare, but it was a very strong attack. Rebecca released the wave and put up two protection shields, one for her and one for Jou. After a few minutes of waiting Rebecca made the water disappear. She looked around and saw Jou standing where he had been before, but the fire warrior was no where to be seen.
"He must have been washed away," Jou said reading her mind.
"Yeah… at least we don' have to worry about him any more."
"Let's go find the others," Jou said and started walking off.
"Do you even know where we are?" Rebecca asked following him.
"No"
"Than how do you know where you're going?"
"I don't… I just know we have to go this way."
Rebecca was surprised. Jou seemed so serious. She had never seen Jou this serious before… never. The closest he ever came before was when he was attacking the green monkeys. "I'll trust you Jou, but if you get us even more lost I'm not gonna be too happy."
"Don't worry… I may not know where we are or where we're going, but I know we have to go this way."
"How do you know?"
"It's just this feeling that I get…"
"You sense your sister somewhere"
"Yes… she's okay, but she's also confused. I don't know what about 'cause I can only feel her feelings and sense her, but I don't think it's anything to worry about."
"Is she with Yugi?"
"I think so, but I don't know."
The two walked on in silence for a while until they heard something ahead of them. They quietly walked closer to the source of the noise and saw two figures talking. "On three we attack," Jou whispered, "1…2…3…GO!!!" Rebecca and Jou jumped out from behind the trees and attacked the two people. One of the two people was quick and put up a shield. That's when Jou and Rebecca saw who they were attacking. "Yami? Mitsu?"
"Why were you attacking us?!?" Mitsu asked angrily.
"We're sorry," Rebecca said, "We didn't know it was you."
"Do either of you know where Honda or Otogi are?" Yami asked.
"No, they weren't blown anywhere near us." Jou answered.
"Are you alright Jou?" Mitsu asked seeing the cut in Jou's arm.
"Yeah, I'm fine"
"How did it happen?"
"A fire warrior attacked us"
Mitsu walked toward the lake and took a plant from the shallows. He walked over to Jou and tied it around his arm. "This plant is called Hefali. It helps to heal wounds caused by fire."
"Thanks" Jou said "Are Yugi and Shizuka with you?"
"No, but we think we know where they are."
"Where?" Rebecca and Jou shouted in unison.
"In the lake," Mitsu explained, "It seemed as if a fire creature attacked them so it would make sense for them to go in water."
"That would make sense," Jou said, "That's why I was sensing her over here."
"Shizuka?" Yami asked
"Yeah"
"We still have to figure out how to get them out though," Mitsu said.
"I don't think we have to worry about that," Jou said.
"Why?" Yami asked.
"I don't sense Shizuka in any danger and I don't really feel worry either… There's something that tells me they'll find their own way up here."
"How long do you think we will have to wait?" Yami asked.
"I don't know… Let's give them some time though."
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"Yugi?" Shizuka asked as she walked into a different bubble dome. This one looked a little more like it was real land but you could still be tricked if you were just looking up.
"Hi, Shizuka… I'm glad you're up," Yugi said.
"Who's that?" Shizuka asked pointing to a boy with white hair and pale skin.
"This is Ryou… He's an old friend of mine."
"Yes, we both went to Karkao," Ryou added.
"How did you end up here?" Shizuka asked.
"This is my home, I'm half Merpep. After Yugi left Karkao I had no reason to stay so I returned here. I was sent to go protect Yugi, but he protected me more than I could protect him."
"I had no idea Ryou was a Merpep until just a little bit ago. A guess everyone keeps secrets though."
"And what's your secret Yugi?" Ryou asked casually.
"My secret?"
"Yes, yours"
"Well, it's-" Yugi started.
"Ryou! Your father would like to see you." Mariel said cutting Yugi off.
"I've got to go," Ryou said waving to Yugi and Shizuka, "Talk to you later."
"What is your secret Yugi?" Shizuka asked after a while.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"You'd be surprised what I believe."
"Okay… umm… I should… I shouldn't be alive right now," Yugi said. When Shizuka didn't say anything he continued. "Jou probably told you that Kaiba killed my parents."
"He did…" Shizuka said a little confused.
"He didn't just kill my parents… he killed me too."
"Then how are you alive now?"
"I remember seeing a light… It was so bright I had to close my eyes. When I opened them I saw Annot. She had beautiful white wings and golden blonde hair with innocent green eyes. She flew over to me and said that I was not meant to die yet… Kaiba had tricked destiny… so because Kaiba tricked destiny, destiny will trick Kaiba. She held her hands up to the heavens and another bright light came. The next thing I remember I was waking up in a forest next to my dead parents. I was only eight than, but I understood exactly what was happening… I didn't understand why, but I understood."
"Do you understand why now?"
"Yes… It is because I am the light of this world… If I was destroyed, where would hope come from?"
"We lived more than a hundred years without a light mage and still had hope."
"That is because the world still remembered the significant things that Annot did… People don't think of her like that anymore though… I don't understand how they could think of her as weak… People were forgetting her light and so were forgetting how to hope. People were beginning to forget that hope is more than wanting to succeed… it is wanting others to succeed too… It is the strength of someone's heart, not the strength of someone's powers."
"How did Annot die?"
"She was shielding her daughter from Desdemona?"
"Who's Desdemona?"
"An evil sorceress who wanted to destroy Annet. She knew that the only way to do that was to destroy what was most important to her, which was her family. Desdemona had already killed her husband and son, Annet only had her daughter left."
"What happened to Desdemona after Annet died?"
"She realized that she had killed the light and went into hiding. She was never found, but she didn't cause any more harm either."
"What happened to Annet's daughter?"
"She had a good life. No one ever went after her or anything. She had a son named Sagoroku… he's my grandfather."
"Annet was your great-great grandmother?" Shizuka asked wondrously.
"Yes… That's how I know so much about her… grandpa told me."
"Why did you tell me all of this? I mean why didn't you tell Ryou yet? Or Yami?"
"I would have told Ryou, but he had to go…"
"But you barely know me."
"My heart told me I could trust you."
"And my heart told me to believe you."
"How couldn't I believe you? You're a light mage, you never lie."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive"
"Than my heart can't be lying when it tells me I love you."
"What?" Shizuka whispered shocked.
"I love you"
"But why would you love me?"
"You never judged me before you knew me… Everyone else did… Even if they didn't say it, I could see it in their eyes. I may have only known you for a few days, but I know that you're different. I could see the caring and kindness and determination in your eyes before I even said hi to you. After I heard you talking to Amaya about your life and family I realized that you were stronger than many other people to. Some people have a hard time moving on after their mom or dads death…"
"Mom wouldn't want me to miss out on anything in life, especially love… Yugi, I love you too…"
"Really?"
"Of course I do. You so pure and kind, but you're also strong and determined. You're the absolute best. I will love you forever."
"I will love you forever too."
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"Is now a good time?"
"No, just watch. They will come on their own."
"Are you sure?"
"I could never be more certain… Little Yugi is to caring to forget about all the poor little students that are still here. He will come and get them, the Merpeps and his little friend with him."
"If I am not to do anything, why must I keep watch?"
"So that you can tell me their every move, I want to know what's coming. If I don't than that boy might tell my secret and they may make it here. You wouldn't want that to happen to me too, would you?"
"No, I want you to succeed, we both miss her very much."
"As I thought. You must not be seen either, I suspect he will know by now."
"Make sure they do not meet, for if they do, there is very little chance for my success. I need the boy, but if he is told anything I will not be able to control him…"
"…And if you cannot control him, it cannot be done."
"When they begin to go up, make sure the currents carry them to the north edge of the lake, if they hit they south they will meet and they cannot do that."
"Yes, I will do as you say."
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That was extremely corny… I'm not good at romance. If you haven't read 'The Little Light' this chapter might be a little confusing, but I tried to make it unconfusing. Hope you liked it… one review to continue.