The Past Is Present
Tenshi: Aah! Please don't be mad you guys! I'm SO SORRY for taking so long. Anyway, I won't bother with excuses, so please just continue on to the next chapter.
Note: Special thanks to Finnigangirl for really giving me a "wake up call". Thanks!
Chapter Twelve: Diversions Let Villains Escape
//Destiny separating, destiny entwining. How many roads must end for one to see the one true path? Light, you gather your army- supported by Friends, aided by Foes, watched by your Guardians, and protected by Darkness. For, as it is, an ending is only a beginning in disguise. So, Light, enjoy your reunion while you may- your true foe still awaits your doom.//
'I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die!' was all that was running through Duke's head. He wasn't naturally a "chicken" at heart, but even the bravest of men tend to get a little frightened after an enraged, injured dragon, that somehow, magically, comes to life and bursts through the entire mountain make a shattering roar loud enough to be heard hundreds of miles away and shake the very earth! Also, those three so-called "captors" were unconscious, their father, he believed that was who the man was, collapsed on the ground, most probably dead. So, it should not be against Duke's own fault that he was frightened for his life as he was chained to very mountain that was about to collapse.
His emerald eyes darted to his fellow captive, that slightly annoying young man that went by the name of Joey. He was startled to find that the teen had collapse, unconscious, hanging limply by his chains. 'This is just my luck,' he thought.
That's when he noticed that a giant boulder was falling right in his direction. Oh yeah. This was not good.
He opened his mouth to scream, though whether or not any sound came out, he did not know.
However, luck was on his side.
The angle was off so the boulder crashed right above Duke's head, a narrow distance by any shot. It hit the wall so hard that it rattled Duke right to the bones before falling to the floor It shook the wall so hard that it cracked in several places, including the very foundation that held Duke and Joey's chains. So it was to his great surprise that Duke found himself not only alive, but free.
A bit startled, but on "survival" mode, Duke pulled the chains off of his hands and feet, then, a little hesitant to stand up in the line of fire, crawled over to Joey and did the same. As gently as he could, for he was trying not to give into panic, he slapped the blonde's face.
"Dude," Duke tried slapping him a little harder. "Dude, wake up. It's move it or lose it."
Suddenly, the teen stirred. His lips seemed to murmur something. It was whispered in a breath, in the same dramatic way a dying hero whispers his last words. Feeling strangely empowered, Duke leaned down to whatever it was that the teen was whispering softly to himself.
"No. My food. Go get your own."
A sweat drop slid down the back of Duke's head as he almost face faulted. "Joey," he groaned. Feeling angry at himself for being such a fool, he whacked his fellow captor on the back of the head.
"YOW!" they both cried- Joey from the big bump on his head and Duke from his now swelling hand.
"What ya do that for?" Joey demanded, oblivious to their surrounding danger. He rubbed his head a bit and glared at the teen. This guy sure seemed to have a lot of issues.
"Hello!" Duke was at his wits end with this guy. "You were ASLEEP while this cave's fallin' down on us and you yell at ME for waking you up?! Ow..." He rubbed his hand. "Dude, are you hard-headed or what?"
Joey just glared at him.
That was when Duke made the hard decision to be the mature one. So, through his teeth, he hissed, "Look. Like it or not, I'm going to need your help. There's three people unconscious and a forth one that I'm not sure about. The cave's about to fall apart and down and there's a fire breathing dragon that's screaming about outside. So unless you want to condemn us all here, I suggest that you help me!"
His glare lessening, Joey simply nodded. He may not personally like this "Duke" guy, but he wouldn't just leave him or those other four to die. Well, maybe, that psycho, freaky dude, but hey!- that was just his opinion.
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Duke may have been right about there being a very mad dragon hovering above the grovel of a mountain. Yes, that was very much true. What he didn't know was that there wasn't only A very angry dragon. No. There were TWO very angry dragons.
Eikichi had rapidly transformed into his larger form, that of a grown Blue Eyes White Dragon. The loyal and protective instincts a duel monster naturally had kicked in and he was furious that this intruder was threatening his master and mistress's safety.
Giving a powerful roar himself, Eikichi launched himself up into the air and at the Red Eyes Black Dragon that was Masharou.
He never noticed that all the dragon was was startled. Never saw the wound that still bleed freely upon the monster's chest. Never thought that had the dragon a moment to gather his wits, a battle could have been avoided.
Instead, the dragon opened its grand mouth and shot a blast of White Lightening at his foe.
However, Masharou managed to barely evade the greater damage, but as he felt the attack wound his body and make his blood run with fire, his red eyes turned wild. Whipping his head around, he lashed out his tail like a whip and sent a Molten Fire Ball Blast straight for his opponent.
Eikichi dodged the attack but got cut on the arm by the tail. Enraged, he back off a bit so as to send another lightening blast. Masharou, however, had had years of experience, though he had slept for centuries, and though his wits weren't quite gathered, his old warrior instinct was slowly taking over. He dodged the attack and blasted off one of his own, determined to take the offensive.
Something in the back of Masharou's mind nagged him. As though he was forgetting something important... Dodging a flashing white tail, the thought was pushed into the back of his mind.
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It has always been said that life does not always go according to plan and for Pegasus this was most certainly true. Things were most definitely getting "screwed up" as it is said. And, boy, was it pissin' him off...
'Just get the items, he says,' the silver-haired man thought to himself. 'Won't cost you much trouble, he says. I doubt the fool even knew what he was talking about!'
Not only was the major battle between those two dragons and not to mention that mountain pretty much exploding, not part of the plan, but they were making things a tad bit difficult. For that collapsed mountain meant that those boys he had sent in there were either dead or dieing. Whether they had found the items or not was not an issue for the crumbled heap of soon-to-be rubbish would make it impossible for the items to ever be found again.
Damn it all!
Amber eyes darted to his foe. It would be wise to get out of here as soon as was possible. He still considered the young pharaoh to be a fool, but even a fool could do one great damage. He started gathering magic with his Millennium Eye and fingered his deck that remained hidden within his cloak. Perhaps if he could summon a monster, he could escape unnoticed. His mouth formed into a small line. His master wasn't going to be pleased about this and it would take more time to unearth the items if such a thing were indeed possible.
Pegasus suddenly felt like pounding the earth and yelling out his rage. He didn't have more time, damn it! Didn't they see that Cecilia needed help now?! Didn't they see that if he didn't accomplish this task and make the Master fulfill his end of the bargain, the very light of his life would be lost?
~Of course not.~ a voice hissed into his mind. ~They are, after all, fools.~
'You promised that you wouldn't use that power on me, Master' Pegasus snapped.
He could almost see that smirk on that bastard's face. ~Yes, well, all promises can be broken. Anyway, don't you have enough troubles without having to worry about me making good on my honor?~
Pegasus gave a mental growl, not caring if his Master heard or not. 'I can handle it!' he thought.
Master chuckled. ~Of course you can.~ Again, the condescending tone. ~Well, then do please handle it soon. It would be quite a disadvantage if you happened to get killed by the enemy.~
The silver-haired man gave a snort. 'Like you care,' was the reply.
There was a cold pause in which one could almost see the evil grin.
~Of course not.~
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Duke really was trying incredibly hard to remain patient, but when one is certain that they are mere moments from death, they tend to get a bit snappy. So, none could really blame him in being a little hasty in waking Miss Ishtar from her "sleep".
"C'mon, c'mon," Duke shook the girl. "Just wake up already!"
He was rewarded with a groan and soon a pair of blue eyes blinked open. Realizing that all was not right and remembering her previous predicament, Ishizu sat up. Looking at Duke, she called over the rumbling, "What's going on?"
Duke just shook his head, "No time to explain! We have to get out of here!" He helped the girl up and pulling on her arm, tried to lead her toward an exit. It was to his complete confusion that the girl was moving. Looking back, he realized that she had been trying to tell him something.
"The necklace!" her voice sounded a bit hoarse for having to shout so loud. "Please, we must retrieve the necklace!"
Duke looked at her like she had grown three heads. "You're worried about a necklace!" he yelled. "Look, lady, if we don't get out of here in about.. oh.. FIVE MINUTES we're all going to be crushed to death!"
Ishizu just looked at him sternly, "I'm not leaving without my brothers AND that necklace."
"Fine! Whatever!" Duke seethed, not willing to argue after seeing yet another boulder fall. "Joey's already waking up those other dudes so let's just get the necklace, regroup, and get out of here!"
Nodding, Ishizu led him to where the necklace was kept.
Following her the short-ways, Duke thought, 'But if we die, I'm so going to kill this girl.'
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"Yo, time to wakey wakey, dude," Joey opened an eyelid, a brown eye peered out, uncomprehending. "C'mon, dude, t's not like we got forevea here ya know." Seeing the eyeball start to move, Joey removed his finger and watched as the man, letting out a groan here and there, sat up and rubbed his head.
"What's going on?" Rishid hissed as his hand rubbed a sore spot.
"No time," Joey said, shortly. "Can you get up?"
The big man made a move to stand but crumpled back down to his knees. "Afraid not," he looked to the boy beside him for help. Joey bit his lower lip as he tried to think of a way to help this guy. This sure wasn't going to be easy.
"Joey!"
Hmm.. that was strange... that voice sounded like Yugi.
Sure enough, the young boy appeared by Joey's elbow, bright violet eyes looking down at Rishid, looking for some way to help. Joey couldn't help but grin. That was Yugi for ya. Always there when you need him.
What wasn't expected though was seeing a Dark Magician and a Dark Magician Girl. And even that was tame compared to what Joey saw next to Yugi. "Yuge, is that you're clone or sometin'?"
Hiding a smile, Yugi shouted, "Not now, Joey!" He nodded toward Rishid. "I think Yami can carry him."
Wanting nothing more than to sound stupid and say, "Who?", Joey just raised an eyebrow at Yugi, who had turned to his double and was apparently asking him something.
The double (Joey guessed that this was "Yami") nodded and said something back to Yugi, before moving to Rishid's side and grabbing his arm.
Yugi looked back at Joey, "Hurry! Yami says that the ceiling will not hold much longer!"
Knowing that now was not the time to go into awkward subjects, Joey just nodded and, gripping Rishid's other arm, helped Yami hoist the young man up. The DM (as was abbreviated for Dark Magician of course) and the DMG (guess who) hurried the two along, moving them towards an opening in a side wall.
"Quickly!" the DM cried. "Just up this way a bit and we'll be safe!"
It was to Joey's credit that he did exactly as he was told.
Then they were joined by Duke and Ishizu, who was holding something golden in her hand, but now was not the time for studying. They were about to go through, when Ishizu cried, "Where's Malik?"
Yugi glanced at Joey, "Who?"
"A young friend of ours," Joey answered, trying to pull Rishid further into the tunnel. "And speaking of which, where's Ryou?"
"Is everyone looking for me?" asked Ryou, who appeared by Yugi's side.
Joey's eyes widened to see that the boy had his own double. "Wow, do you have good timing," Joey said. "Now if only we could get Malik to do the same!"
Once again the whole place shook and the boulders that were dropping from the roof were getting bigger.
Wincing, Yugi turned to Joey, "What does this Malik look like?"
"He's got sandy hair and is about Ryou's height," the blonde teen answered. "Why?"
There was no answer for Yugi had just sped off into the collapsing room.
"Yugi!" his friends cried.
Yami's eyes narrowed. He'd be damned before he let anything happen to his hikari. He was here now. released and free, and nothing would harm his aibou so long as he was around. Turning to the teen with wacky black hair and green eyes, he said, "Here," before dumping the other of half of the man's weight onto the teen's shoulders. Not even waiting to see if the teen could handle the weight pressure, Yami raced off after Yugi, praying that the young boy hadn't gotten hurt.
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Outside, the two dragons continued to fight, their ferocity carrying them to their ultimate heights. It was only when he was absolutely sure that the dragons were high enough not to cause him any harm did Pegasus dare to stand up. Looking over to his side, he saw that Kaiba and that little twit of his were starting to stand up as well. And by the looks of things, the pharaoh was currently not a happy man. Forcing his countenance back into its usual arrogant self, Pegasus reached inside his cloak and closed a fist around a small vile.
"Well, well, Kaiba-boy," the silver-haired man smirked. "As they say, life does not always go as you planned. So, it looks like we're going to have face each other some other time."
Blue eyes blazing with fury, Seto charged at the man, yelling, "Pegasus, do not think you can escape me!"
His enemy just smirked, "Oh, but I can." He withdrew the clenched hand from his cloak and raised the vile above his head. "Like this." With that he threw down the vile. It exploded into waves of smoking.
The smoke was like acid to Seto's eyes and face, causing him to stop in his tracks, coughing heavily. Behind him, he could hear Tea do the same. However, he soon felt the moment the smoke was gone and he looked to see that Pegasus was gone as well. 'Damn it!' he seethed. Suddenly, he heard a gasp from Tea. Looking behind him, he saw her gazing in amazement and he followed her eye line.
There, before the now crumbled heap of a mountain was the strangest group the pharaoh had ever seen. There was a strongly built man leaning heavily on a blonde with brown eyes and a dark haired boy with green eyes for he appeared to be injured. There was what appeared to be two sets of twins- two with wild white hair and brown eyes, the other two different in ways for one was smaller (with black, crimson, and golden hair and large violet eyes) and the other more... stately (with the same hair colors only more blonde and hard, crimson eyes). The taller, white haired teen looked almost apathetic, the smaller looked worried about the small, wild haired boy, whom was covered with dust and was being closely held by his "older brother" (as was presumed). Then there was a young lady with long, raven hair and sparkling, sad blue eyes. And, amazingly enough, there with them were the Dark Magician and his apprentice.
It was enough to put even the pharaoh into a temporary shock.
Then the young girl fell to her knees, face in her tanned hands (though one was tightly clutching something golden), sobbing.
"Malik! Oh Malik!"
Soon, all (except maybe the older looking twins) had tears in their eyes.
For the sandy haired teen was not with them.
*Fin
Kerra: 0_0 I can't believe you ended it in a cliffy!
Tenshi: ^^" I know. But I had to end it somehow. Besides, I'm kinda on a time limit here!
Kerra: *mutters* Damn curfew.
Tenshi: No kidding. Anyway, if anyone is still reading this, please do leave a nice review and I'll TRY to update quicker.
All: *glare at Tenshi* YOU BETTER!!
Tenshi: -_- I said I'll TRY!!
Kerra: *sigh* Good enough.
Tenshi: Also, in case anyone's wondering what happened to Malik's dad, well...
Akarakin: *runs by screaming his head off*
Wingleader Sora Jade: *runs by with a sword and yells a war cry* Hey wait come back! It's not gonna hurt me a bit!
*both run out of the room*
Everyone: -_-"
Kerra: Anyway, please continue Tenshi.
Tenshi: ^^" As usual, I need at least two reviews before I can continue. Please don't be mad. Oh and reviewer responses (or whatever you call them) follow. Until next time, C'ya! ^_^
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Note: Special thanks to Finnigangirl for really giving me a "wake up call". Thanks!
Chapter Twelve: Diversions Let Villains Escape
//Destiny separating, destiny entwining. How many roads must end for one to see the one true path? Light, you gather your army- supported by Friends, aided by Foes, watched by your Guardians, and protected by Darkness. For, as it is, an ending is only a beginning in disguise. So, Light, enjoy your reunion while you may- your true foe still awaits your doom.//
'I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die!' was all that was running through Duke's head. He wasn't naturally a "chicken" at heart, but even the bravest of men tend to get a little frightened after an enraged, injured dragon, that somehow, magically, comes to life and bursts through the entire mountain make a shattering roar loud enough to be heard hundreds of miles away and shake the very earth! Also, those three so-called "captors" were unconscious, their father, he believed that was who the man was, collapsed on the ground, most probably dead. So, it should not be against Duke's own fault that he was frightened for his life as he was chained to very mountain that was about to collapse.
His emerald eyes darted to his fellow captive, that slightly annoying young man that went by the name of Joey. He was startled to find that the teen had collapse, unconscious, hanging limply by his chains. 'This is just my luck,' he thought.
That's when he noticed that a giant boulder was falling right in his direction. Oh yeah. This was not good.
He opened his mouth to scream, though whether or not any sound came out, he did not know.
However, luck was on his side.
The angle was off so the boulder crashed right above Duke's head, a narrow distance by any shot. It hit the wall so hard that it rattled Duke right to the bones before falling to the floor It shook the wall so hard that it cracked in several places, including the very foundation that held Duke and Joey's chains. So it was to his great surprise that Duke found himself not only alive, but free.
A bit startled, but on "survival" mode, Duke pulled the chains off of his hands and feet, then, a little hesitant to stand up in the line of fire, crawled over to Joey and did the same. As gently as he could, for he was trying not to give into panic, he slapped the blonde's face.
"Dude," Duke tried slapping him a little harder. "Dude, wake up. It's move it or lose it."
Suddenly, the teen stirred. His lips seemed to murmur something. It was whispered in a breath, in the same dramatic way a dying hero whispers his last words. Feeling strangely empowered, Duke leaned down to whatever it was that the teen was whispering softly to himself.
"No. My food. Go get your own."
A sweat drop slid down the back of Duke's head as he almost face faulted. "Joey," he groaned. Feeling angry at himself for being such a fool, he whacked his fellow captor on the back of the head.
"YOW!" they both cried- Joey from the big bump on his head and Duke from his now swelling hand.
"What ya do that for?" Joey demanded, oblivious to their surrounding danger. He rubbed his head a bit and glared at the teen. This guy sure seemed to have a lot of issues.
"Hello!" Duke was at his wits end with this guy. "You were ASLEEP while this cave's fallin' down on us and you yell at ME for waking you up?! Ow..." He rubbed his hand. "Dude, are you hard-headed or what?"
Joey just glared at him.
That was when Duke made the hard decision to be the mature one. So, through his teeth, he hissed, "Look. Like it or not, I'm going to need your help. There's three people unconscious and a forth one that I'm not sure about. The cave's about to fall apart and down and there's a fire breathing dragon that's screaming about outside. So unless you want to condemn us all here, I suggest that you help me!"
His glare lessening, Joey simply nodded. He may not personally like this "Duke" guy, but he wouldn't just leave him or those other four to die. Well, maybe, that psycho, freaky dude, but hey!- that was just his opinion.
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Duke may have been right about there being a very mad dragon hovering above the grovel of a mountain. Yes, that was very much true. What he didn't know was that there wasn't only A very angry dragon. No. There were TWO very angry dragons.
Eikichi had rapidly transformed into his larger form, that of a grown Blue Eyes White Dragon. The loyal and protective instincts a duel monster naturally had kicked in and he was furious that this intruder was threatening his master and mistress's safety.
Giving a powerful roar himself, Eikichi launched himself up into the air and at the Red Eyes Black Dragon that was Masharou.
He never noticed that all the dragon was was startled. Never saw the wound that still bleed freely upon the monster's chest. Never thought that had the dragon a moment to gather his wits, a battle could have been avoided.
Instead, the dragon opened its grand mouth and shot a blast of White Lightening at his foe.
However, Masharou managed to barely evade the greater damage, but as he felt the attack wound his body and make his blood run with fire, his red eyes turned wild. Whipping his head around, he lashed out his tail like a whip and sent a Molten Fire Ball Blast straight for his opponent.
Eikichi dodged the attack but got cut on the arm by the tail. Enraged, he back off a bit so as to send another lightening blast. Masharou, however, had had years of experience, though he had slept for centuries, and though his wits weren't quite gathered, his old warrior instinct was slowly taking over. He dodged the attack and blasted off one of his own, determined to take the offensive.
Something in the back of Masharou's mind nagged him. As though he was forgetting something important... Dodging a flashing white tail, the thought was pushed into the back of his mind.
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It has always been said that life does not always go according to plan and for Pegasus this was most certainly true. Things were most definitely getting "screwed up" as it is said. And, boy, was it pissin' him off...
'Just get the items, he says,' the silver-haired man thought to himself. 'Won't cost you much trouble, he says. I doubt the fool even knew what he was talking about!'
Not only was the major battle between those two dragons and not to mention that mountain pretty much exploding, not part of the plan, but they were making things a tad bit difficult. For that collapsed mountain meant that those boys he had sent in there were either dead or dieing. Whether they had found the items or not was not an issue for the crumbled heap of soon-to-be rubbish would make it impossible for the items to ever be found again.
Damn it all!
Amber eyes darted to his foe. It would be wise to get out of here as soon as was possible. He still considered the young pharaoh to be a fool, but even a fool could do one great damage. He started gathering magic with his Millennium Eye and fingered his deck that remained hidden within his cloak. Perhaps if he could summon a monster, he could escape unnoticed. His mouth formed into a small line. His master wasn't going to be pleased about this and it would take more time to unearth the items if such a thing were indeed possible.
Pegasus suddenly felt like pounding the earth and yelling out his rage. He didn't have more time, damn it! Didn't they see that Cecilia needed help now?! Didn't they see that if he didn't accomplish this task and make the Master fulfill his end of the bargain, the very light of his life would be lost?
~Of course not.~ a voice hissed into his mind. ~They are, after all, fools.~
'You promised that you wouldn't use that power on me, Master' Pegasus snapped.
He could almost see that smirk on that bastard's face. ~Yes, well, all promises can be broken. Anyway, don't you have enough troubles without having to worry about me making good on my honor?~
Pegasus gave a mental growl, not caring if his Master heard or not. 'I can handle it!' he thought.
Master chuckled. ~Of course you can.~ Again, the condescending tone. ~Well, then do please handle it soon. It would be quite a disadvantage if you happened to get killed by the enemy.~
The silver-haired man gave a snort. 'Like you care,' was the reply.
There was a cold pause in which one could almost see the evil grin.
~Of course not.~
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Duke really was trying incredibly hard to remain patient, but when one is certain that they are mere moments from death, they tend to get a bit snappy. So, none could really blame him in being a little hasty in waking Miss Ishtar from her "sleep".
"C'mon, c'mon," Duke shook the girl. "Just wake up already!"
He was rewarded with a groan and soon a pair of blue eyes blinked open. Realizing that all was not right and remembering her previous predicament, Ishizu sat up. Looking at Duke, she called over the rumbling, "What's going on?"
Duke just shook his head, "No time to explain! We have to get out of here!" He helped the girl up and pulling on her arm, tried to lead her toward an exit. It was to his complete confusion that the girl was moving. Looking back, he realized that she had been trying to tell him something.
"The necklace!" her voice sounded a bit hoarse for having to shout so loud. "Please, we must retrieve the necklace!"
Duke looked at her like she had grown three heads. "You're worried about a necklace!" he yelled. "Look, lady, if we don't get out of here in about.. oh.. FIVE MINUTES we're all going to be crushed to death!"
Ishizu just looked at him sternly, "I'm not leaving without my brothers AND that necklace."
"Fine! Whatever!" Duke seethed, not willing to argue after seeing yet another boulder fall. "Joey's already waking up those other dudes so let's just get the necklace, regroup, and get out of here!"
Nodding, Ishizu led him to where the necklace was kept.
Following her the short-ways, Duke thought, 'But if we die, I'm so going to kill this girl.'
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"Yo, time to wakey wakey, dude," Joey opened an eyelid, a brown eye peered out, uncomprehending. "C'mon, dude, t's not like we got forevea here ya know." Seeing the eyeball start to move, Joey removed his finger and watched as the man, letting out a groan here and there, sat up and rubbed his head.
"What's going on?" Rishid hissed as his hand rubbed a sore spot.
"No time," Joey said, shortly. "Can you get up?"
The big man made a move to stand but crumpled back down to his knees. "Afraid not," he looked to the boy beside him for help. Joey bit his lower lip as he tried to think of a way to help this guy. This sure wasn't going to be easy.
"Joey!"
Hmm.. that was strange... that voice sounded like Yugi.
Sure enough, the young boy appeared by Joey's elbow, bright violet eyes looking down at Rishid, looking for some way to help. Joey couldn't help but grin. That was Yugi for ya. Always there when you need him.
What wasn't expected though was seeing a Dark Magician and a Dark Magician Girl. And even that was tame compared to what Joey saw next to Yugi. "Yuge, is that you're clone or sometin'?"
Hiding a smile, Yugi shouted, "Not now, Joey!" He nodded toward Rishid. "I think Yami can carry him."
Wanting nothing more than to sound stupid and say, "Who?", Joey just raised an eyebrow at Yugi, who had turned to his double and was apparently asking him something.
The double (Joey guessed that this was "Yami") nodded and said something back to Yugi, before moving to Rishid's side and grabbing his arm.
Yugi looked back at Joey, "Hurry! Yami says that the ceiling will not hold much longer!"
Knowing that now was not the time to go into awkward subjects, Joey just nodded and, gripping Rishid's other arm, helped Yami hoist the young man up. The DM (as was abbreviated for Dark Magician of course) and the DMG (guess who) hurried the two along, moving them towards an opening in a side wall.
"Quickly!" the DM cried. "Just up this way a bit and we'll be safe!"
It was to Joey's credit that he did exactly as he was told.
Then they were joined by Duke and Ishizu, who was holding something golden in her hand, but now was not the time for studying. They were about to go through, when Ishizu cried, "Where's Malik?"
Yugi glanced at Joey, "Who?"
"A young friend of ours," Joey answered, trying to pull Rishid further into the tunnel. "And speaking of which, where's Ryou?"
"Is everyone looking for me?" asked Ryou, who appeared by Yugi's side.
Joey's eyes widened to see that the boy had his own double. "Wow, do you have good timing," Joey said. "Now if only we could get Malik to do the same!"
Once again the whole place shook and the boulders that were dropping from the roof were getting bigger.
Wincing, Yugi turned to Joey, "What does this Malik look like?"
"He's got sandy hair and is about Ryou's height," the blonde teen answered. "Why?"
There was no answer for Yugi had just sped off into the collapsing room.
"Yugi!" his friends cried.
Yami's eyes narrowed. He'd be damned before he let anything happen to his hikari. He was here now. released and free, and nothing would harm his aibou so long as he was around. Turning to the teen with wacky black hair and green eyes, he said, "Here," before dumping the other of half of the man's weight onto the teen's shoulders. Not even waiting to see if the teen could handle the weight pressure, Yami raced off after Yugi, praying that the young boy hadn't gotten hurt.
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Outside, the two dragons continued to fight, their ferocity carrying them to their ultimate heights. It was only when he was absolutely sure that the dragons were high enough not to cause him any harm did Pegasus dare to stand up. Looking over to his side, he saw that Kaiba and that little twit of his were starting to stand up as well. And by the looks of things, the pharaoh was currently not a happy man. Forcing his countenance back into its usual arrogant self, Pegasus reached inside his cloak and closed a fist around a small vile.
"Well, well, Kaiba-boy," the silver-haired man smirked. "As they say, life does not always go as you planned. So, it looks like we're going to have face each other some other time."
Blue eyes blazing with fury, Seto charged at the man, yelling, "Pegasus, do not think you can escape me!"
His enemy just smirked, "Oh, but I can." He withdrew the clenched hand from his cloak and raised the vile above his head. "Like this." With that he threw down the vile. It exploded into waves of smoking.
The smoke was like acid to Seto's eyes and face, causing him to stop in his tracks, coughing heavily. Behind him, he could hear Tea do the same. However, he soon felt the moment the smoke was gone and he looked to see that Pegasus was gone as well. 'Damn it!' he seethed. Suddenly, he heard a gasp from Tea. Looking behind him, he saw her gazing in amazement and he followed her eye line.
There, before the now crumbled heap of a mountain was the strangest group the pharaoh had ever seen. There was a strongly built man leaning heavily on a blonde with brown eyes and a dark haired boy with green eyes for he appeared to be injured. There was what appeared to be two sets of twins- two with wild white hair and brown eyes, the other two different in ways for one was smaller (with black, crimson, and golden hair and large violet eyes) and the other more... stately (with the same hair colors only more blonde and hard, crimson eyes). The taller, white haired teen looked almost apathetic, the smaller looked worried about the small, wild haired boy, whom was covered with dust and was being closely held by his "older brother" (as was presumed). Then there was a young lady with long, raven hair and sparkling, sad blue eyes. And, amazingly enough, there with them were the Dark Magician and his apprentice.
It was enough to put even the pharaoh into a temporary shock.
Then the young girl fell to her knees, face in her tanned hands (though one was tightly clutching something golden), sobbing.
"Malik! Oh Malik!"
Soon, all (except maybe the older looking twins) had tears in their eyes.
For the sandy haired teen was not with them.
*Fin
Kerra: 0_0 I can't believe you ended it in a cliffy!
Tenshi: ^^" I know. But I had to end it somehow. Besides, I'm kinda on a time limit here!
Kerra: *mutters* Damn curfew.
Tenshi: No kidding. Anyway, if anyone is still reading this, please do leave a nice review and I'll TRY to update quicker.
All: *glare at Tenshi* YOU BETTER!!
Tenshi: -_- I said I'll TRY!!
Kerra: *sigh* Good enough.
Tenshi: Also, in case anyone's wondering what happened to Malik's dad, well...
Akarakin: *runs by screaming his head off*
Wingleader Sora Jade: *runs by with a sword and yells a war cry* Hey wait come back! It's not gonna hurt me a bit!
*both run out of the room*
Everyone: -_-"
Kerra: Anyway, please continue Tenshi.
Tenshi: ^^" As usual, I need at least two reviews before I can continue. Please don't be mad. Oh and reviewer responses (or whatever you call them) follow. Until next time, C'ya! ^_^
Review Responses:
Finnigangirl: I am SO SORRY for taking so long to update! *gives puppy eyes* But please don't be mad. Anyway, I don't think the power of money really works on me... @-@ Then again, one never knows. Also, I am SO GLAD that this is one of your favorite stories. ^^ That makes me happy. Oh! That reminds me- I have to review your story soon! ^^" C'ya soon!
the Rose Duelist: *blushes* Wow.. *hugs Rose Duelist* YOU REMIND ME OF ME!!! Well... actually, you're alot nicer and really sweet. *STILL blushing* And don't worry about lengthy reviews- I LOVE THEM!! ^^ I'm also a real dramatic and I can really relate to that whole humor thing, so let me give you some advice- DON'T TRY TO BE FUNNY. Seriously. Just writes whatever pops into your head. If you think it's funny, then go for it. Then again, sometimes when you try to be serious, you just end up being funny. I know. I've been trying to write my own novel and my mom (whose sort of my own personal editor) sometimes laughs at times when I'm trying to be serious. She says I have a way of injecting humor into my work. Who knows? Maybe you do as well! ^^ And thanks a lot for all the compliments. You sure know how to cheer a girl up! *STILL blushing* And you want to know something? I thought I was the ONLY ONE who jumps around the house when an author talks back to me. (Of course, I usually run into something ^^") Anyway, I must say that you are one of the nicest and sweetest people I HAVE EVER MET!!! ^^ You totally rule!! Also, about that name thing, it was sort of just random. ^^" Seriously. It could have been... I don't know.. 'Yugi's Tenshi' for all it's worth... hmm.. which ain't a bad idea.. ^^ Anyway, PLEASE keep reviewing! I LOVE talking to ya!
magna-nut: I absolutely agree. It's TOTALLY obvious that Joey and Mai are going to get together. At least.. I'm kinda hoping so. ^^" Also, I'll explain about the whole Red Eyes thing later. (I'm kinda runnin' out of time here.) I'm sorry that I don't have any plushies with me this time and that it takes so long to update. It doesn't help that exams are coming up. *grumble* Anyway, I hope you had a happy new year! Please keep readin' and reviewin'!
Shadow-star: Thanks!
The Chaotic Ones: Boy, I hope you guys are still reading this. I know this may not be my best chapter but... ^^" And I promise you will TOTALLY see a lot of Bakura and Ryou in this fic. Personally, I'm starting to like them more and more! ^^ Please review again!
bast4: ^^" Well, I don't know about 50 chapters, but hey! It could happen. Also that whole Rafael vs. Yami thing was mostly based off of what I had heard at the time, so I don't think it's like 100% accurate or anything. Also, if you still have any questions after this chapter, feel free to ask! Just don't expect any spoilers or anything. ^^" Please keep reading! P.S- I LOVE LONG REVIEWS!!
Ari: Girl. You. Rock!!!! ^^ Any Yugi fan is a friend of mine!! Also, thanks for the compliments!
Mittens no Hikari: No biggie. I love sugar I just wish that I didn't have to fall asleep pratically every time I eat it. -_-" Also, sorry, no plushies this time! Please keep reviewing! PS- I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ALL YOUR FICS!!!
LadyDeathStrike: Thanks for the understanding! Btw, I REALLY like your story 'The Black Rose Matrix'. Totally awesome!
Smarty1: Thanks!
ShadowFire2: Thanks! Keep reading!
Lily-chan: ;_; I can't believe it's been so long since we last talked. SORRY!!! Thanks for all the support. You totally rule!
Wingleader Sora Jade: PLEASE DON'T HATE ME!! I know you like Malik, but trust me this for the good of the plot. Also, I'm answering questions about the Red Eyes next chapter! Please keep reviewing! P.S- I LOVE your fanfics 'Teddy Bear', 'Brown Eyes', and 'The Child Who Suffers'. (You don't think you could do a sequal to any of those do you?)