In the Eye of the Beholder
Chapter Four:
Where There's a Will….
By: fairysphinx
fairysphinx: Hello, everybody! Sorry for the delay, but chapter four is finally on it's way! We also have a winner! Someone guessed my error! Congrates, Seashell! You won a chibi plushie of your fave Yu-Gi-Oh character! Just name it! My mistake was this: in the beginning of the last chapter, I said that the yamis couldn't enter their soul rooms. But in the end, I said Yami was in his soul room. Get it? But thanks for the mistakes pointed out by my reviewers! Now, on with the story…er, after the disclaimer!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh, although I do own Ktara and Y. Ktara/Yata.
/Yugi talking to Yami/
//Yami talking to Yugi//
!Bakura talking to Y. Bakura/Yaku!
!!Y. Bakura/Yaku talking to Bakura!!
{Ktara talking to Y. Ktara/Yata}
[Y. Ktara/Yata talking to Ktara]
+Malik talking to Y. Malik/Yaro+
=Y. Malik/Yaro talking to Malik=
* indicates action taking place *
indicates a passage in time
Darkness engulfed the small group. They were standing on a bluish black platform. But one could hardly tell. It blended in with the air in a perfect manner. "Where are we?" breathed Yaro. As if to answer his question, a small light shimmered, and the Lava Battle Guard passed them, talking cheerfully to the Swamp Battle Guard. "The Shadow Realm? Why would we be here?" Yata shot him an annoyed look.
"To recruit our team." All looked at her as if she had three heads.
"Our team?"
"Yes. I'll explain it to you later." As if on cue, the Dark Magician appeared in front of them. "Hello, Dark. I've been waiting."
"I know, Mistress Yata. But, I was aiding the little ones." A light lit on both of the yamis' faces.
"They're alive? Are they all right?"
"Yes, Pharaoh. They are alive. However, they are suffering greatly. You must hurry if you ever want to see them alive again." Yata was scowling.
"Then, we can't let up for this low life. I swear, if he does anything to them, I'll rip him to shreds!" The five boys slowly backed away from the angered girl. Malik gulped.
"What exactly is our team supposed to consist of?" he asked the purple magician.
"Five monsters. And you six." He stared off into the blackness that surrounded them. "You have to choose."
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Ktara was startled when a card fell out of her deck and onto the floor in front of her (^_^ The card that was voted for!). She looked at the picture and smiled. "Dark Magician Girl! I request your assistance!" A light glowed in the middle of the floor. As it cleared, a girl with golden hair, in a short dress appeared. She knelt before her mistress. "Mistress Ktara," she said in a bell-like voice, "I am at your beck and call." A smile spread on Ktara's face.
"Nice to see you again," she said, quietly observing the faces of the two boys in the corner. Yugi was somewhat blushing, not used to seeing clothes so small (aside from Mai), and Black was scowling.
"Why the sour look?" the young magician asked him, taunting him. Black grumbled something incomprehensible. He apparently didn't like the fact that the Dark Magician Girl was summoned.
"Why did you have to summon Kendra?" he asked miserably, skulking off into the darkest corner of the room.
Black's sadness seemed contagious. Kendra ( Dark Magician Girl) seemed to loose her spice, and sat staring out of a window. Yugi curled into a ball, and tried to sleep. Ktara just sat, in her own little unreachable world.
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Yata looked proudly at the recruits. Jurai Gumo (Silas), Dark Elf (Kali), Mystical Elf (Misty), Neo the Magic Swordsman (Neo), and Dark Magician (Dark) stood before them, all prepared to march into battle.
"So," Yaku said, "We are prepared to face Daren."
"It should be fairly easy," Dark thought. Daren had always been a rotten duelist, and in his bones he could feel that that hadn't changed. He might be a little smarter, but still very bad.
"We should leave now. We have to save Yugi and Ktara," Yami stated. They all nodded. Yata and Yami would call to Dark. Yaku would call to Silas. Bakura would call to Misty. Yaro would call to Kali, and Malik would call to Neo (a/n: to 'call' means to order the monster).
Everyone climbed onto the bluish black disk that they had arrived on, and were transported back to Kontop.
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Ktara opened her eyes and shivered. Her clothes, which still laid in shreds across her, were soaked in blood and sweat. As she looked up, she saw her surroundings. No longer was she in the cold room, but she and Yugi were in a sort of pool room. The two guardians were nowhere to be seen.
"Yugi?" she whispered. He turned around to look at her, sunken in eyes. He seemed to be shrinking, little by little, it was so slow that one could hardly notice it. But he was definatly getting shorter.
Tears brimmed Ktara's eyes, as she looked at the only person, aside from Yata, who had ever meant anything to her. Neither he nor his face said so, but she knew. She knew he wanted to get far from her. Hurt and anger clouded his mind from seeing much of anything.
'Why,' she thought, 'did I ever agree to this? Why was I such an idiot? Oh, Yugi! If only you could read minds…or hearts. You'd understand. But….' She glanced at him. Yugi had turned his back to her again. 'I have to get you out of here before I loose you for good.' Her beautiful brown eyes clouded. 'No, I've already lost you. I've lost my chance with you. So, I'll rephrase that. I have to get you out of here before you loosed the chance at a wonderful life…with some other girl, much more deserving than I.' A thought crossed her mind. "Even if it kills me."
Yugi turned as her heard Ktara say something. "What?" She quickly covered her mouth, realizing that the final part she had spoken out loud.
"N-nothing. Nothing." She looked away from the violet eyes, which bore into her. Those same eyes which she had come to love so deeply, along with the boy they belonged to.
'But it's over,' she said to herself one last time. 'He and I just aren't meant to be. Or this never would have happened. I'm sorry, Yugi, for wasting your time.' She huddled into a corner, hugging her arms to her chest, and did her best to sleep, wondering where she was, along with the whereabouts of her guardians.
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Daren was waiting smugly for them as they landed back onto Kontop. But his smile faded as he saw the Monsters that had accompanied them. But he was proud. He wouldn't admit it, but he knew his downfall was on the horizon. "I've been waiting," he said smugly, bringing out his monsters-Green Phantom King, Dark Grey, Dark King of the Abyss, Petite Angel, and Petite Dragon. "Begin!" he yelled, switching all of his monsters to defense. Without even trying, they were defeated. As Dark had said, it would be easy. And it was.
They looked ahead, as they approached the large castle.
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She looked. The door silently opened. A little voice told her to follow. Ktara silently stood up, and went as a wind pushed her. Up a long winding staircase, up past one floor after the next, up to the tip-top room in the highest tower. And there, she was engulfed. A soft fuzzy feeling entered her. The pain and helplessness was gone. No more doubts and worries. It was just her and the light.
But then, it stopped. The pain was back, but the light still was fastened deep in her heart. On a stool, she saw a book, much like the one Yugi and Yami had read, giving her and Yata a permanent body. Actually, it was exactly the same. 'I remember,' Ktara thought. 'I remember seeing a spell. Sacrifice one to save another.' Her eyes brightened. This was it! This was how she was to save Yugi! Ktara grabbed the overly large book, sat down, and began to flip through the pages, until she found the one she wanted. "No more shall you control me. You can't break our contact, because I didn't break it! Looks like I win, Gerzone!"
END OF CHAPTER FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fairysphinx: Well? How was it? Did you like it? Please review and tell me! And sorry for waiting so long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See you next chapter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!