AN: KOOOOOONICHIWA MINNA-SAN! I'm baaaaaaaaaack! - I'm really really REALLY sorry for the serious lack of updates! Don't kill me! Sakura runs screaming for her life as angry Angel fans attack with pitchforks and torches. oO heh heh, anywayz.....I'm SO sorry, I PROMISE I will be better with updating. I've been sick on and off and really busy with my acting. We're coming down to the wire and the duel of love is broiling. Will Yami be able to defeat Yami no Bakura.......if he does.......will Angel still go back to him........?
Chapter 16- Death's Rescue and A Need to Be Loved.......
Yami glared fiercely at the dark spirit across from him. Yami no Bakura sneered, the menacing back round of the Shadow Realm making his flaxen hair vibrant and his crimson eyes glint. The pouring rain barely pierced the thick blackened violet fog of the Shadow Realm.
"Before we begin allow me to explain the rules." Bakura drawled. Yami cocked an eyebrow.
"The rules? Since when do you play by the rules, Bakura?" he questioned suspiciously.
"Since they rule in my favor." the flaxen haired spirit said obnoxiously brandishing Yami's God of Orsiriscard. yami's narrowed eyes shifted to Angel, she looked away ashamed. Bakura then laughed maniacally. Yami gritted his teeth.
"Just explain the rules and lets get this over with." he said annoyed.
"In a hurry to get beaten, Pharaoh?"
"What makes you think I'll be beaten? So what if you have God of Osiris, I've beaten you without it, its not different now." Bakura's crimson eyes narrowed in anger at the blow to his pride.
"Kisama!" he spat venomously. He then quickly regained his composure. "Fine! the rules of the Yami no Game are quite interesting." The Millennium Eye glowed along with the Sennen Ring and Yami was suddenly encaged in a spherical cage of black fire!
"Nani?!" he said surprised, taking a step back only to seared in the back by the ebony flames. He cried out jumping away. Bakura's insane laughter filled his ears.
"You're not leaving, Pharaoh! In fact, you can't move much at all!"
"What is you plan, Bakura?!" Yami demanded fiercely
"Patience, Pharaoh no baka! The explanation is coming." the tomb Raider sneered. Suddenly swords of cold white light appeared hovering above yami in the cage menacingly, the Egyptian spirit snapped his head over to see his opponent, he two was also encased in a circular black cage with swords of light hovering above. Bakura laughed again.
"Here's how you die, kisama!" he said almost joyfuly. "We play the game and each time you loose life points, the card that is defeated appears above you and must thrust one of the swords through one of the gaps in the cage and stab you! Oh, don't worry, you won't die......not until your life points become zero and the last sword directly above your head falls......." The Tomb Raider sneered evilly but was surprised to find that his opponent was smirking.
"I'll play your game Tomb Thief, under one condition." Yami said coolly.
"What's that? That you receive your kami no kado back?" Bakura mocked.
"But of course.......demo, if I get Angel as well." The sneer almost instantly faded from Bakura's face.
"Angel? Who-" he cut himself off his crimson eyes shifted to Angel and he sneered. "So you havbe a name now?" he looked back at uyami. "You want Devil's Dark Andgel if you win? Forget it!" Yami cocked an eyebrow and smirked at the Tomb Theif.
"Nanda? Are you afraid, Tomb Raider? I thought the game was going to be in your favor?" he mocked. Bakura's eyes flashed with anger and he was silent for a long moment.
"Fine!" he spat finally. "But you won't win!" Yami glanced at Angel, she was staring at him with an uncertain expression onher face, as if to say "Why are you doing this?". Because, Angel, I realize now my feelings. I can't deny them anymore. I.......I-
"I'll start." Bakura said drawing a card from his deck and placing it on the duel disk.
Anzu walked with her head down and her crystalline eyes cast down to the ground. how could he lover her? she thought. How could he love her?! That freak who almost killed us all! She glared at the ground tears stinging her eyes. Why?! Why her?! After she, Anzu, had worked so hard to get the Pharaoh's affections this little freak comes and claims him in a week! Dam her! Damn that stupid card to the 9 hells! she though bitterly. She stopped abruptly surprised at herself. Sure she was extremely jealous but she now was just bing cold. She flashed back to Yami's apartment where the cared had first appeared. Angzu had been surprised at how human she had looked. Very different-but human. Aside from the fact that a shadowed emerald sat in the middle of her forehead and her ears were pointed. She had shown extrem emotion- at first, sacred and unsure, then slightly happy. Yugi had hugged her and after that everyone seemed to relax. Then for some unknown reason she cough sight of Ryou and freaked out. Darkness had swarmed in and flames burst out of nowhere and wings exploded from her back showing how truly dangerous she was. When they all took off from the apartment the others had fled to the Kame Game store for refuge but she decided to walk around the block a coupld of times to think. When she came across Yam's apartment she lifted her eyes to the sky and froze with fear. The dreaded shroud of the Shadow Realm hovered at the very top. Yami! her mind cried. She then spun on her heel and sprinted for the Kame Game Store.
"Yugi! Yugi!" Anzu shouted bursting into the Duel Room below the game store. Everyone jumped and jerked their head over to the wet girl.
"Anzu!" Yugi cried running up to her. "Disobu desu ka?"
"I'm fine, demo, Yami!" she panted.
"What about Yami?!"
"He's - on- the-roof! The roof of his apartment! Dueling! Yami no game!" Yugi immediately jumped to action, a serious expression coming to his boyish face. he then dashed paster her into the pouring rain.
"Yugi! Matte!" Anzu cried.
"Yugi!" chorused the others dashing after. I'm sorry for doubting you, Yami......And Angel.....Im sorry fore believing that you might be a monster...... Yugi thout as he rean. he knew this duel had largely to do with Angel. Whoever had given her to Yami wanted her back......
The duel seemed to flow in an almost traditional way. it was like an old tired rill that he and Yami no Bakura did over andver again. Dark Sanctuary coated the air. Its menacing eyes glaringand blood red lips and baredfangs with toxic breath. Dark Necrofear was poised in a sickening stature in front of the flaxen haired demon who was sneering obnoxiously. Angel floated hear him staring blankly straight ahead her eyes completely coated in black shadow and the small emerald in the middle of her forehead flashed with a fiery green fierceness. No expression adorned her face,itwas as if Bakura had complete control over her, gripping her heart and crushing the emotion out of it. yami's anger flaredat this.
Before himself stood Magnet Warriors Alpha and Beta along with Gazelle King of Mystical Beasts, all ready for battle. some life points had already been lost just like normal and both sides had a few swords sticking in the cages. yami now knew the exceeding pain he had to experiance whenever he lost life points. The cardthat had been defeated appeared above and then was forced to push a sword down upon its master. Surprisingly, his opponenthad not used Angel yet. This puzzled himfor her wouldn've thought that Bakura would love to show off his pride and joy. Whatever reason, it didn't matter, he would defeat him and get Angel back.
"Ore wa turn! Torro!" Yami declared drawing a card. He frowned down at the card. It wasn't exactly what he was hoping but it might coe in handly later.
"Evas kado seto!" he cried placing it face down. "Turn endoa!" Bakura smirked.
"You're weak, Pharaoh. What? no super attacks? No ingenious plan?" he mocked. "I guess you underestimate me. Lets rough you up a bit." He drew qa card and placed it face down then he sneered evilly, his crimson eyes shifting over to Angel.
"Devil's Dark Angel, Attack Magnet Warrior Alpha!" he cried. Yami jerked his head over to the female card. No! he thought. None of my cards on the field right now are a match for her! Yet Angel sprung to life flapping her enormous wings and shooting forward.
"Angel, iie!" Yami cried and for a split second, Angel slowed and blinked her expressions coming back to her face. She suddenly realized what she ws going to do but before she could stop it, she had sliced yami's Magnet Warror in half with her tiny hand. The card roared and shattered like glass and Yami's life points took a hard blow. Angel was then draw2n back to Yami no Bakura's side of the field as if she were being dragged back by a chain. yami jerked his head upward to see his csard floating above. Its body shook as it tried to resist hurting him.But he wrapped his thick metallic gingers around the hilt of the sword and plunged it through the cage.....
Yami screamed in pain as the sword sliced hisside. The pain was almost unbarable and it was as if every inch of his body was being ripped apart Through his pain he thought he heard another scream join his. he opened his eyes and lookedoer to see Yugi and everyone else standing there with horrified looks on their faces.
"Minna!" he choked out.
"Yami!" Yugicried. "Diso bu desu ka?!"
"I'm fine, aibou." he lied shakily.
"Yami, what's going on?!" Anzu cried/
"Hai, and why is Angel on Bakura's team?!" Jonouchi demanded.
"Minna-ore wa-" but the pained Pharaoh was interrupted by Yami no Bakura.
"Because she's my card!" he spat.
"Nanda?!" they all chorused.
"She's mycard! I sent her to kill that fool who calls himself a pharaoh, but for some reason she did not! now I'm taking her back!"
"Angel!" Yugi cried running forward. "Angel, what are you doing?! Look! It's me, Yugi!-"
"Shut up, you pathetic little boy! It won't work! She's mine!" Bakura spat.
"Angel!" Yugi continued to shout. "Fight him, Angel! Fight him-!"
"Yugi." said Anzu softly, reaching forward and grabbing his shoulders gently. "She can't hear you. She's lost now."
"Iie! I know she's in there! Angel, fight him! Look! It's Yami! The one you love! don't hurt hi-" Bakura's anger flated at these words. His cared loved no one! Not one but himself! She belonged to him!
"Silence, kisama!" he roared producing a small dagger from his pocket. The Sennen Ring glowed and he hurled the blade at Yugi!
Time itself seemed to slow as the blade sliced the air on its path of death destined for the small highschool boy. Anzu let out a pericing scream, her action paralized by fear.
"Yugi!" Jonouchi screamed hurling himself desperately towareds the boy.
"Iie!" Yami roared the Sennen Puzzle flashing and the Millennium Eye searing his forehead. yami no Bakura had a maniacal grin plastered on his face as the dagger flew but rage boiled in his crimson eyes. hwever, just as the blade passed Angel, her expressionless, almost android-like face, changed for a split second. for a fraction in time her eybrows drew together and a ripple occured in the darkness.
Then, in a blink of an eye the normal time flow reappeared. A golden sheild went up around Yugi just as Jonouchi threw himself in front of the boy, but the dagger sailed hardly and inch passed yugis face and was delvced into the wood of the door behind. Jonouchi fell to the ground in a heap and Anzu screamed. The golden sheild vanished and the others jumped forward.
"Yugi!" Anzu cried flinging her arms around him. mai rushed foward to Jonouchi and Malik and Hnda stood protectively in front.
"You missed, you filthy bastard!" Malik shouted in a mocking way!
"Work on your aim, kisama!" Honda jeered. But the Tomb Raider's eyes had flashed to the card before him. She defied him?! How?! He had complete control over her! She will see hell when this is done! he cursed mentally. I cannot let them see this. They must not know that she is still conscious. That little brat of the Pharaoh's had better keep his mouth shut.
However, yugi was frozen in place, not hearing the commotion about himor even feeling Anzus arms around him. His large amethyst orbs wer locked on Angel. Bakura hadn't missed. No, that dagger would've killed him. But she saved him! He had seen that flicker of emotion on herface,he had seen her defiance. He had also seen the way she had paused, hesitated killing the Magnet Warrior after hearing Yami's voice......he could see it now, Even though her eyes were shielded in a veil of black , he could see her. The shame, the anger, the pain. She was not a complete drone, not a tool for Yami no Bakura, she was inthere and she could fight as long as she knew she was loved......Angel, you are loved. He knows it now.......do you.....?
AN: And there's Chapter 16 for you! I hope you all enjoyed! Again, I'm really sorry for the lack of updates! I promise I will be better. Thank you all who have reviewed so far, you really keep me going! Keep them coming! Please ignore all of the typos in this chapter, my computer was being really retarded. Until next time! Remember to R&R!!!