AN: Kyaaaaaaaaaa! I'm back with Chapter 17! dun dun dun! - And the drama continues! Sorry, again, that I haven't updated in a while. My computer is very retarded and easily broken down, so my entire internet connection has been down. But I'm back! Again, thank you to all of my readers and reviewers for sticking with me this far! I appretiate it greatly! Love to you all! When we left off Bakura and Yami are in a heated duel, Yugi was almost killed, and it looks like all is lost for Yami and Angel.....Find out what happens in Chapter 17! Will Yami loose his life and Angel....? Remember to R&R!
Chapter 17- A Duel of Sorrows
"Bakura! If you ever strike at my hikari again I will kill you outright!" Yami's strong masculine voice pierced the clouded air with a venomous bite. His amethyst eyes burned with the heated fire of fury and stared with a deadly expression into the crimson eyes of Yami no Bakura. Everyone was completely silent as the great Pharaoh, the sone of Amon-Ra, stared down the Tomb Raider.
"Kill me, neh?" Bakura replied a little more timidly than he intended.
"I will never forgive you." The white haired spirit opened his mouth to comment but the cold fury and deadly seriousness that radiated from the Pharaoh silenced him. Instead he just sneered, baring his pearly white fangs.
"Yami!" Malik called. The older Egyptian cast his eyes down to look with the blond boy's pale violet eyes in a silent agreement. Both Sennen Items would be locked in alliance to protect the group. Yami nodded then turned his attention back to the duel.
"It's your move, Pharaoh no baka." the Tomb Thief hissed.
"Patience is a virtue." Yami mocked drawing a card. He frowned slightly. A De-Spell, not much use to him now. Kuso! This duel is not going my way! he cursed mentally, although he would never reveal this on the outside.
"Ivas kado seto!" he cried placing the De-Spell face down. "Turn Endoa!" Bakura sneered.
"Face down cards won't help you now." he jeered.
"My face down cards will be your defeat, Bakura." Yami boasted back. Although this was probably untrue, it was something to say to get the obnoxious spirit to shut up.
"Ore wa turn! Torro!" Bakura said drawing a card and sneering. He then placed it face up on the duel disk. "I play Skull Invitation! Every time a card is sent to the grave yard 300 life points is additionally lost!" He then laughed maniacally, throwing back his flaxen head in all his arrogance.
"Devil's Dark Angel, attack Magnet Warrior Beta!" Everyone's eyes were immediately locked on the female duel card.
"Iie, Angel!" Yugi cried. The look of distress was clearly visible now as the swirls of darkness and curled about her body and then appeared around Yami's duel card. The warrior of metal roared in agony as the black fog engulfed him, choking him and just as his brother, shattered and fell to the grave yard. All watched in horror as Yami's life points depleted horribly. He was not down to 1500 with no upper hand or seeming strategy.
Yami desperately tried to hold back his scream of pain as another sword was pushed down upon him. He heard Anzu scream and felt the others' anguish. he had to do something! He couldn't loose Angel.......
"Ore wa turn! Torro!" he said silently praying, willing his deck to give him something useful. His deep violet eyes shifted down and beheld the card and his heart leapt. Finaly! A chance! I sacrifice Gaya King of Mystical Beasts and bring out Black Magician Girl!" he cried placing the card down on the disk and wa5ching his life points deplete due to Bakura's card. He clenched his teeth hard and held in his scream once more as Magnet Warrior Beta (the last card to be defeated) appeared above him and brokenheartedly plunged another sword through the cage.
The blonde magician eagerly hopped out of her card twirling around and posed in a cute way. She then caught site of her surroundings and her happy expression vanished. Her lively eyes then beheld Angel cross the way. Shock and distress came to her as she stared looking as if she might cry.
"Dark Angel!" she cried her voice ringing like a high bell. Across the way, Angel's android-like expression faltered and severe distress came to her.
"No....." she whispered. Everyone was silent as they stared at the two cards in confusion. How did they know each other? And why did their meeting come as a sorrowful surprise? Yami broke the silence by continuing his strategy.
"I then play Scapegoat and bring out Black Magician!" he cried arranging the cards. Light shown for a moment before Black Magician stepped calmly out of his card ready for battle. For a moment, spirits seemed to lift, for Black Magician and Black Magician Girl together were a nearly unstoppable team. However, a burst of obnoxious laughter exploded from Yamino Bakura.
"Your weak, Pharaoh! You let your emotions blind you!" he mocked. "I release Trap Whole!" The violet trap card then flew into play. A large, seemingly bottomless black abyss appeared beneath the tall male magician and let out an angered yell as he fell through.
Anzu had to bury her face in Yugi's shoulder as the card appeared above Yami's head and gave an enormous struggle before pushing the sword through. Black Magician Girl herself looked distraught at the horrifying scene around her. Her partner, her other, had just pushed a sword down upon their master! Not only that, but Yami was losing horribly and Angel was once again under the control of the man she loathed. Bakura sneered evilly.
"Ore wa turn! Torro!" he said drawing a card. He stared won at it and then began to laugh.
"Your death is near, Pharaoh! I could make it now, but I won't. Let's make you suffer for a bit longer." he jeered. "I play Fiend Reflection. then I use Scapegoat to bring out Ocubeam! You see? You're not the only one who can bring out two monsters at once!" Yami just glared at him staring at the monsters across the field. Fortunately, only two of them could attack and he knew which one would. Iie.....it can't end this way.....I'm going to loose....not only my life.....but Angel....... he thought miserably. How could this happen? How could he, the Game King, be losing? Was it really because of Angel? Was his desire for her effecting him?
"Now, Devil's Dark Angel, attack Black Magician Girl!" Bakura ordered consciously knowing the pain he was inflicting her. At first nothing happened, then her small body began to shudder. Horror struck Yami's card and tears instantly came to her eyes. She knew she was going to be destroyed.
"Iie, Angel!" Yugi cried. "Fight him, Angel! Fight him! I know you can!" The small Shadow card shuddered in attempt to battle Bakura's power over her, but the small boy could already tell that it wasn't going to be enough. He's got to do it! Its his only chance.....it has to work..... he thought. He then turned to his dark.
"Mou Hitori no Boku!" he cried. Yami snapped his tri-colored head over to his light. Yugi could see the defeat in the Pharaoh's deep amethyst eyes. He knew his defeat was near and he was heartbroken.
"Tell her, Yami! You've got to tell her!" Yugi cried. Yami stared at him for a long time, he then looked back at the struggling duel card.
"Do it, Dark Angel! Kill her!" Bakura growled. The small girl's body shook hard and darkness curled about her and heat waves radiated from her. The Egyptian male couldn't take it. He just couldn't stand to see the girl he loved suffer anymore. If she only knew how he felt.......
"Angel!" he cried, his low masculine voice echoing with sincerity. "Angel.......I love you!" All was plunged into silence as almost everyone stared at him in complete shock. For the first time that night, Angel's eyes met Yami's They were clouded with black but he knew she was in there. She stared at him with shock and heartbreak. Tears came to her eyes as she stared at him. Her body trembled hard, the power forcing her to attack black Magician Girl trying to consume her.
"Yami....." she whispered.
"I'll say it again, just to prove it. I'm sorry for everything I've done to you. I love you, Angel!"
These words so sincerely spoken by Yami echoed through Anzu's mind over and over again. She wasn't sure if she cold possibly feel anymore heartbreak. But hearing the deadly seriousness and seeing the expression on Angel's face seemed to tear her heart in tow different directions. She stared at the dark haired duel card for along time. She could see it. She could see how much Angel loved him and how torn apart she was. She also knew that the Pharaoh's words were true. He loved her, more than anything. That's why he was risking everything for her in this duel and even losing. She closed her eyes momentarily, blinking back the tears of silent heartbreak.
"You see, Angel?! he loves you! Now fit, Angel! Fight!" she began to yell to the girl. All stared at the brunette high school girl in chock. Anzu, the girl who had loved Yami forever was cheering on the Shadow Card that had captured the Game King's heart.
"C'mon, Angel! You can beat Yami no Bakura! I know you can!" Anzu continued to cheer her ocean blue eyes set with determination.
"Hai! C'mon, Angel!" Yugi joined in. "Don't hurt Yami!"
"Hai! don't hurt Yami!" Jonouchi joined in. Soon the whole duelist gang was cheering the girl on. She stared at them all in shock, tears still decorating her shadowed eyes.
"ATTACK NOW, DEVIL'S DARK ANGEL!" Bakura roared. Suddenly, Angel let out a piercing scream tears streaming from her eyes and she pointed both her hands at Black Magician Girl. Roaring flames exploded from her tiny palms and engulfed the blond card. She too screamed and then shattered like glass, tears pouring from her blue eyes.
"IIE!" everyone seemed to cry in unison, then all was silent, staring at the now broken duel card. It hadn't worked....she had still destroyed Yami's card. All eyes watched in horror as Black Magician Girl appeared above Yami. she trembled violently just as Angel had and crystal tears streamed from her eyes. She struggled horribly, her slim fingers closing around the hilt of the dreaded sword.
"Iie! IIE!" she screamed as she plunged it through the fiery black cage piercing Yami's flesh. The Game King cried out in pain not only from the sword slicing his skin but the fact that him confessing to Angel that he loved her didn't seen to have effected her. Only Yami no Bakura laughed now. His obnoxious guffaws ringing through the stinking air.
"You're all pathetic!" he cried half laughing. " Did you really think that that fool who calls himself the Son of Amon-Ra professing his "love" would do anything?! She's my card! She has no feeling! She had no love! Especially not for him! Now, watch your precious "friend" die! Ore wa turn! Torro!" he roared triumphantly drawing a card but not even bothering to look at it. The duel was going to end this round and finally he would be rid of the Pharaoh!
"It's time to die by the hands of you won card, Yami!" All shuddered with horror knowing what was about to happen. God was about to show his face and it would the face of a red dragon....... "I sacrifice Dark Necreofear, Fiend Reflection and Ocubeam! God of Orsiris, come to me!" The three cards on Bakura's side vanished and his life points decreased dramatically due to the Skull Invitation card. He laughed maniacally even when there swords were pushed down upon him. The ground rumbled and thunder clouds smashed overhead. Various lightning bolts flashed their deadly smiles and the enormous head of Orsiris appeared, its long slender body following. It's powerful roar filled the air and all felt the painful stab of defeat. Yami was going to die.....Bakura laughed insanely.
"TIME TO DIE, PHARAOH!" he cried. "Orsiris, ATTACK!" Yami closed his eyes in defeat waiting for the final blow. Gomen ne, Angel........I have failed you..... he thought sorrowfully. Orsiris opened its enormous mouth and a gargantuan ball of white light formed and was fired towards the Pharaoh. Distant screams were heard along with Bakura's maniacal laughter. Yami felt his heart shatter, his will to go on completely gone. However, unknown to anyone, a curled hand of black mist crept up Yami's body and to the duel disk and put Victim Switch in play.......
Suddenly, Angels body glowed blue for a moment and she was torn from Bakura's side of the field. She was then thrown directly in front of Yami in the path of the deadly beam. Yami opened his eyes just in time to see the blast hit the female duel card.
"ANGEL, NO!" he screamed. But it was too late. Angel's blood chilling scream cut the air as the blast engulfed her. When the light had cleared she remained there for only a moment. Her eyes locked on Yami and filled with tears. As her body slowly began to shatter she reached out her small hand towards him.
"Angel!" Yami barely choked out tears filling his eyes. He ignored the piercing pain of fire as he thrust his arm through a gap in the cage, straining to reach hers. But just before the tips of their fingers could touch, Angel shattered into fragments of pure light and vanished. Tears streaming down his cheeks, the Pharaoh left his arms outstretched ignoring the pain. Angel......NO! Just before she had vanished he had noticed her eyes. They were blazing green and flecked with crystalline tears. She hadn't been under Bakura's control anymore. She had played his card herself......
"ANGEL, NOOOO!" he screamed his voice filled with anguish/ No! him mind screamed. NO! But another screamed joined his. It was Yami no Bakura. He screamed with anger and frustration as Orsiris vanished and his life points hit zero. Then, a shadow of Angel appeared above him, seizing the hilt of the sword directing above his head. But just as she plunged in through the cage, there was a bright golden flash and a swirl of the Shadow Realm, and Bakura was gone. Everything vanished and Yami and the rest of the duelists were left on the roof his apartment in the pouring rain. Yami sank to his knees in anguish as his God Card flew to his deck. But he didn't even notice. Angel......ANGEL!" his mind cried in distress. But on the there side of the roof where Bakura had been standing, the card of Devil's Dark Angel fluttered to the floor.
AN: Dun dun dun! Dramatic! I hope you all enjoyed the second to last chapter in this story! On the bright side, Yami gets to stay alive and defeated Yami no Bakura once again. But.....on the not so bright side.....it appears as if he may have lost Angel forever....Again thank you all for sticking with me this far. I'm very grateful!!! Chapter 18 will be my last chapter of The Love of Shadows and the ending to our story. Is Angel lost to Yami forever? Find out in chapter 18......Remember to R&R!!!!!!