In the Eye of the Beholder
Chapter Eight:
Nano's Room
By: fairysphinxfairysphinx: * sigh * Spring break's going by so fast! T_T It's almost over!!!!!!!!!!!! * sigh * Oh, well! I still have a couple of days to type up some story chapters! Anyhow, I'm still trying to keep up my, um, well, I wouldn't call it a promise…commitment, maybe…yeah, commitment. I said that I'd try to post a chapter every Saturday, so I'm doing my best to do that. Anyhow, enjoy the chapter, and please review!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh, although I DO own Ktara and 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]
* indicates action taking place *
indicates a passage in time (To think that I used to type all of this out. Ah! The wonders of copy and paste!)
'A small step, then a big leap,' Yata thought, as the walked on. Large double-doors at one end of the room opened, revealing a long hall, a circle of light at the end of it. The group composed of ten walked down the hall. There were many torches decorating the walls, now, and the walls were made of marble and fine jewels. There were even a few statues.
At the end of the hall was a set of opened double doors. They entered. This room, unlike the last, was well lit. It had a high, domed ceiling, and a large platform in the middle, made of a durable white stone. "What is this place?" Bakura asked.
"I don't know," Yaku replied. "But, it's not up to good, that's for sure!" There seemed to be an aura hanging around the place, stifling everything, weighing things down. "It's not natural, this room isn't. Something's not right about that aura." The normal world people (Bakura, Malik, Joey, Seto, Mokuba, Yugi (he doesn't count, though; he's still unconscious)…yeah, that's it) were sitting on the ground, panting. The atmosphere wasn't too kind to mortals.
"It's not kind to those of young age," they all heard a voice say. The ground opened, and a giant crystal, slowly but steadily, began to rise from he depths of the hole. The crystal, a deep, deep blue, began to crack. It was at first small, and none thought that the crack was intentional. But, it began to grow, splitting into forks, working it's way from the very bottom of the crystal, to the very tip top. As the cracks reached the very point, a blue light emitted from the cracks, and the crystal exploded, blowing chunks of crystal here and there. When the dust and light settled, there stood a girl, who knows how old, with dark, dark blue hair and eyes, like the color of the crystal. She had pale skin, and wore a white kimono, with long slits up the sides. Her lips and nails were painted blue. "Welcome to the second of four tests. I congratulate for getting this far. It's not easy to get past Zyun. You must really care for her." The girl's eyes narrowed. "But how much you care for her won't help you in this room. One of you will fight me. If you win, you may go to the next room. If I win." She stopped, and connected eyes with everyone in the room. "Then, your fate is in my hands. Now, who shall I fight?" Yata stepped up without hesitation.
"I will fight you." Joey snickered, and made kind of a meow.
"Yow, cat fight!" Seto elbowed him…hard. "Hey, that hurt!"
"Good!" The two got into a fight, themselves. Everyone else ignored them.
"No," the girl said simply. "I don't want to fight you. And, since this is MY room, I get to choose who I fight. And I choose…." she pointed a finger, and went down the line. She then stopped. "You, Yugi!" Joey and Seto stopped bickering. The room was quiet.
"Why, that's absurd!" Malik exclaimed. "Yugi's not even awake!" The girl just smiled.
"Not my problem. Now, kid, the only rule is that you can do anything, as long as your friends in this room don't help. Got that?" Yugi's head rolled to the side. "Good! When the whistle sounds, begin!" The moment following was tense. No one moved. No one even dared to breathe. And then, out of now where, there was a faint whistle….
The girl lunged forward. Yugi didn't move from his spot on the wall. As the girl was about to hit him, a light appeared, and blinded them all. When it diminished, the girl had been thrown far across the room. She got up, and rubbed her head. A large cut appeared on her forehead, and blood began to spill from it. She got up, and, many times over, attacked Yugi, to the same fate. In no time, she was all cut up, bleeding and breathing heavily. "I haven't seen this in many millenniums!," she said, and got up from the ground. The doors at the other side of the room opened. She walked over to Yugi. "Find her little one. You are one of the ones who actually cares for the one you love…enough to come and get her. Go, get her back, and be happy."
'Happiness,' she thought. 'Something that I will never again know.' She got up from the floor, and turned to the others.
"You are free to go to the next room. The test is complete. Go. Only two tests left to pass!" There were sighs of relief, and everyone got up. Most began to file towards the door, but Yaku stayed. "What?" the girl asked.
"Are you one, too? One of the people with unfinished business?" She looked down.
"Yes, I am."
"Don't worry. I'm sure your loved one will come for you!" She scoffed.
"Yeah, right! He's been dead for over three millenniums!"
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be. The only reason that he probably would have come for me would be accidentally stumbling on this place while robbing the grave!" Yaku raised an eyebrow.
"He was a grave robber?" She nodded. "What's-what's your name?" The girl sighed.
"My name is Nano." Yaku's eyes opened wide.
'Nano! Oh, Nano! So, this is where you've been all of the time! Nano! I'm sorry! I didn't know! I thought-. I was told that you left me! Oh, Nano!'
"Come with us!" he said to her. "Come with us!" Nano shook her head.
"I can't leave this post. Only when the love I lost comes." The rest of the group had gathered around the two. "And I know that he won't come."
"How-how did you die?" Yaku asked.
"I was delivering a message. It was a secret. To tell my love and some other grave robbers that there was going to be soldiers at the place that they were to rob next. But, on the way, I was caught by desert pirates, and killed…. I never got to deliver my message! And I'm sure that they all died, because of me! And, until I give the message, I'm stuck here! I can't leave my post until I deliver my message!" Yaku smiled, and tilted her chin up to look in her eyes.
"If those were the only conditions, then you're free."
"But-."
"Thank, you, Nano. You delivered your message. You were faithful, even though you were pushed to the last of priorities…but, you did deliver that message to those grave robbers." Nano wiped her eyes of the tears that were falling from them.
"When?"
"Just now!" she looked at him blackly. "You don't recognize me, my Priceless Gem."
"Only one person ever called me that!" she exclaimed, surprised. "Are you-?"
"Yes, Nano! I am! Everyone calls me Yaku now, though. And you've delivered your message, so come with us!" Nano's knees grew weak, and she collapsed into Yaku's arms.
"I'll go anywhere! As long as it's with you!" She buried her face into his shirt, and began to cry. Yaku picked her up, bridal style, and, along with everyone else, walked out of the double doors, and began to walk down another long, dark hall.
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"They made it past Nano's lair. They're doing excellently. However, the next two tests might prove their undoing," one voice said.
"I know. But, we can't change the rules for them…even if it means the destruction of the world as we know it. I'm sorry. I know how you want to make everything right. But, rules are rules," explained a second voice.
"However, they have a better chance than they had at first," a third inquired. "For, Nano has joined them. Apparently, one of the group was the one she had loved. Her message was delivered, and she is free to go with them…or to death, if she wishes, but I highly doubt that. Her business is finished. And that means, as she goes with them, she can help them, and tell them what to expect. And, her skills as a fighter in the next room will help muchly."
"Let's just hope," the second voice sighed. "Let's just hope."
END OF CHAPTER EIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fairysphinx: Well, that's the end of this chapter. Not much on an end note, save for please review! I love to read them, and see what you think of the chapter! But, I'll see you next chapter! Bye!