In the Eye of the Beholder
Chapter Eleven:
The City in the Sky
By: fairysphinx
fairysphinx: Hello! Thanks, everyone, for being so patient. Only one or two chapters left after this one! And this chapter is probably going to be shorter than the other chapters. Oh, well. Please review! I love to hear what you think of the story/chapter! Anyhow, on with the disclaimer, and the story.
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]
+Malik talking to Y. Malik/Yaro+
=Y. Malik/Yaro talking to Malik=
* indicates action taking place *
indicates a passage in time
The wagons were on a steep incline, heading for the sky. There seemed to be nothing to which they were heading for. Just the sky.
There were three wagons in total, one for Ktara, and two for the others. In the second wagon, Yata, Yami, Seto, Joey, and Bakura were sitting. Yugi, Mokuba, Nano, Yaku, Yaro, and Malik were in the third wagon. "I don't get it," Bakura said, looking out of the window. "We seem to be heading toward nothing."
"The energy barrier is invisible. It can't be seen, but rather felt. Only when inside the barrier can anything of it be seen." Yata went back to her thoughts after answering the question.
In the other wagon, Yugi and Mokuba were on major sugar highs, scaring the rest of the occupants. "Couldn't we just knock them out?" Yaro asked.
"If you want to brave the Pharaoh's wrath, go right ahead!"
"And don't forget about the wrath of Seto Kaiba. He's pretty scary, too!"
" * sigh * I guess that we'll just have to deal with them!"
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Everyone either fell forward, or was crushed as people fell on them, as the wagons came to a sudden halt. "We're here!" someone called. Ktara was the only one who got out of the carriage. She stepped onto a small, cloudlike platform, which took her to a place a little ways in front of the carriages.
"This is it," she whispered to herself. She lodged the Millennium Key into the energy barrier. There was a lot of bleeps and blips, before a small door opened. Ktara walked through it.
On the other side, there were thousands of ancient buildings. There were carvings, and fountains, even a palace. When it was built, the building looked magnificent. But now, it was crumbling, old.
This used to be a city of great importance. Built when the Eye was found, the job of the people living there was to look after the Eye, and make sure that it didn't fall into the hands of evil. It used to be beautiful and people helped the others who lived there…especially when a new person from Earth was appointed to the position of protecting the Eye. The ones who had been there before knew what it was like to leave their families and friends, and helped as best as they could to help the new protectors get over it.
However, one of the protectors was evil. He wanted the power of the Eye for himself. For a long time, he plotted, planned, and created minions for the invasion of the city, and of the Earth. Finally, this man set his plan into action, killing most of the protectors of the Eye. But, he missed one. One protector ran to the building where the Eye was kept. She knew that that was the place the evil man would head. And she was correct.
The woman, who had gained almost superhuman powers, cast a barrier around the Eye, and the city itself. The man-made minions were turned to dust by it, and it pushed both of the two remaining people out. They plummeted to their deaths.
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A single tear fell from Ktara's eye as she thought of the story. A wind blew, and the city itself seemed to whisper, asking why she was crying. "Because," she called out to it. "That woman who saved the Eye was a distant relative of mine. A grandmother, with who knows how many 'greats' in front of it. However, she came to protect the Eye. I intend to destroy it. That way, no one can use it for evil. That way, there will never be a repeat of what happened ten millennia ago." The city seemed to respect her answer. The gentle breeze seemed to pull her toward a small shrine that, unlike the other buildings, was completely untouched by time.
"The first made barrier protected it, didn't it?" she asked the wind, which tugged at her, seemed to nod. Without hesitation, she walked up to the shrine. The barrier wouldn't let her pass. Yet again, Ktara pulled out the Millennium Key, and stuck it into the barrier, which, after a moment, yielded.
She seemed to enter a completely different era as she stepped into the shrine. There was no indoor lighting, and the doorframe was blocked most of the time by a heavy wooden door, but thousands of candles lit the room. Red an purple velvet curtains decorated the walls and the doorframe. The floor and any shelves and the stand which the Eye was to be resting on, were made of marble and gold.
The Eye stood on a stand in the center of the room. Actually, what was called the Eye looked more like a crystal sphere, not an eye. It was about the size of a bowling ball, but much lighter. And it sort of glowed.
"I wonder," Ktara mused. "What would I see if I looked into it? Just a reflection? Memories? What I want to see?" The breeze playfully tugged at her, as if telling her to look. It even began to push her forward to it, almost begging her to look it. "Alright, alright! Just stop pushing!" The breeze died down some, but it still tugged at her. Ktara walked up to the Eye, and looked in. Nothing happened. "See?" she told to herself and to the breeze. "Nothing!" But, she had spoken too quickly. Her body surged, and fell to the floor, twisting in pain like a worm on hot cement.
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'Where-where am I?' Ktara thought, coming into consciousness. Everything around her was black, and she couldn't hear anything…save for her own thoughts. She pulled her knees up to her chest, and wrapped her arms around them. 'What happened? Oh, that's right. I looked into the Eye. Yes. Then, I felt pain…and I passed out. Hm. This must be a dream. It has to be.'
She became alert as sound hit her ears. What was it? Sobbing? Yes. That was exactly that it was. The black surroundings began to warp into color. 'Wha-?' She was floating in Yugi's room. Yugi was sitting on his bed, tears streaming down his cheeks. In with his hand was a pistol. He loaded it with a single bullet, and prepared to shoot it. "Yugi! What do you think you're doing?!" she yelled at him. But he didn't hear her. He pressed the barrel to the side of his head and pulled the trigger. "No! Yugi!" She watched his body go limp, and fall to the ground.
Ktara turned her head. She couldn't bear to see Yugi's lifeless body any longer. A moment later, she heard the door to his room open, and Mr. Moto rush in to Yugi's side. He was now crying, begging the boy to open his eyes. But, he couldn't. He was dead.
"Why would he kill himself?" Ktara wondered. Her question was quickly answered. Mr. Moto took something out of the boy's other hand, the one he hadn't used to pull the trigger.
"What's this?" he asked, looking at it. It was a picture. Of her. The elderly man shook his head. "It was only a matter of time. He loved her so much." Mr. Moto placed the picture back in Yugi's hand, tears streaming down his face, and exited the room. Then, everything went black again.
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Ktara's eyes flittered open. She was back in the shrine, on the floor, a thin film of dust covering her body. "What the-? Oh, was it just a dream? I don't know. It seemed to likely to happen." For a moment, she was silent in thought. "No. It was just a dream." Ktara shook her head, stood up, and dusted herself off. "But, I still need to destroy the Eye! Who knows how long I was out!"
The Eye was still on the pedestal, but it looked different. There was a glimmer to it, now, one of foreboding, yet it looked hopeful. "Doesn't matter," Ktara said, taking up the Eye in her hand. "It still has to be destroyed." With that, she squeezed hard on the Eye, crushing it between her fingers. The pieces of it that weren't pulverized fell to the floor. "And now I can go back. Not to death. Not to life. To Limbo." Ktara turned and exited the shrine, not noticing the pieces of the Eye -no matter how small- begin to glow a brilliant blue.
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A form sat back in a chair, face in the shadows, as ,on a screen, Ktara exited the shrine and the city. "Foolish girl. Foolish girl." That was all that was said. Nothing else.
END OF CHAPTER ELEVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fairysphinx: Well, that's the end of chapter eleven. Sorry for the long wait * looks at her mom and sister * I kept getting interrupted. Anyhow, I hope that you enjoyed it!
To Snowtiger: I did very well on my exams, and I hope that you do equally as good!
Well, I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter! Please review! Bye! See you next chapter!