Dim by Light, Bright by Dark
Chapter 2: Seto Strikes Back
A dark film descended upon Egypt. A great fire rose and roared at the nation as it swept through the houses and its inhabitants. Men and women adorned in dark cloaks walked in a horizontal line followed by great creatures. These magnificent beasts stunned and blasted the terrified civilians. Seto, who stood at the center of the aligned sorcerers shouted, "Let him hear you! The curse!"
The cloaked figures trampled over the grass and raised their heads in unanimity, there eyes still veiled by a shadow. Together they chanted in unison, "In this faithful hour, Seto will come to power. In this faithful hour Seto will consume and devour, Seto will come to power. All hail our Pharaoh, Seto." Their hollow voices held no emotion.
Seto broke from the line, laughing. An angry man stepped out of the fires with a scythe and dove to kill him. Seto caught the weapon with a hand as he glowered at the man who had dared attack him. "You fool, you shall now die." With a swift yank he took the scythe out of the man's grasp. Then he pushed the helpless man to the ground. Raising the scythe he called upon Saggi the Dark Clown. The man looked up at the immense creature in fear as it towered over him. Seto's dark eyes gleamed with hunger, rage, and vehemence. Suddenly the sound of hoof beats shook the earth and a huge knight soar through the sky. With his lance, Gaia the Fierce Knight shattered Saggi.
Seto, eyes wide, looked about him. Just to the right of his vision the shadow of Yami wavered behind the flames. The pharaoh stepped out of the fire as if it were just air that he walked through. Slowly Seto's face twisted in a grim smile. "Brother I have been expecting you."
"What do you want?" The pharaoh questioned his voice slow with menace.
Seto laughed. "I want to rule. I want you to roam the world half dead like I did."
"Stop this now, Seto, before anyone else gets hurt."
"Now why would I do that when my main objective is to hurt?"
Yami gave him a fixed stare as he spoke in a calm voice. "There will be nothing left for you to rule if you destroy it all!"
"You, foolish boy, that's the point. I plan on wiping out the entire race only leaving my most trusted followers alive." Seto waved towards the cloaked people who still did not move.
"You are not my brother. You are corrupted and I must bring you back to your senses."
"Yami, corrupted is the worst word to describe what I've been through. I would be dead right now if it weren't for these sorcerers."
"I want you and your team to leave this country at once!" Yami commanded.
Seto turned to his fellow companions and spoke in a booming voice. "Do you hear? This pharaoh is once again banishing us from our rightful home. Are we going to stand here and allow him to do this?"
Slowly each person in the procession shook his or her head. Immediately the creatures that stood beside them sprung up and surrounded Yami.
Stepping backwards, Yami shouted at Seto. "Do not do this, Seto."
"See, little brother, I am not making them do what they are about to do to you. They are doing as they wish of their own free will."
The monsters began to close in on him as he heard Seto speak.
"Pharaoh!" he heard many voices yell out. Yami looked up as he saw one by one each monster shattering to pieces. New monsters now stood in front of him in protective stances. Now, he saw two of his most faithful subjects running up to him.
"Ishizu, Marik!"
Just at their tails about another dozen sorcerers rushed to his aid. Seto shook in rage at the sight of them. "So little Yami still needs help..."
Yami turned to Seto, "You are no different, brother. If you wanted to kill me so badly you should have done it yourself, instead of hiding behind your cronies."
"Are you calling me a coward?"
"In a sense, yes."
Seto roared with laughter at this. Yami, however, continued to speak. "It's a cowardly act to bring sorcerers to do the dirty work for you when you yourself is a prominent sorcerer and the former pharaoh's son."
Now, Seto's face turned to a shade of darkness. "Ha! The only coward here is the present pharaoh. You are just as great a coward as our forefathers."
"What?" Yami gave Seto a confused face.
"Great sorcerers were exiled from Egypt long ago by our pathetic forefathers. The past pharaohs were afraid of how strangely strong their magic was-stronger than the pharaohs themselves-in the kingdom. They could not stand knowing that there were greater wizards out there and therefore banished them all to the furious dessert. These, that now follow me, are the descendants of those great sorcerers. And I plan on giving them a home here once again!"
"The Wicked sorcerers of our past," the pharaoh murmured as he remembered the tales that his father had told him.
"You see? You judge them before you know them! You are the villain here, Yami!"
Yami took a small step forward. "You are hanging with the wrong circle, Seto. Come back to us."
"Are you out of your mind?" Seto laughed his howl of laughter again.
"These men were ostracized because they committed a crime unforgivable. They killed innocent lives! They were not even banished, they were left to die because they had went against their country. They killed their own people!" Yami countered.
"Maybe, but they killed to gain something that belonged to them. Our forefathers neglected their wantings." Seto growled. "And now their children are here to destroy and rebuild what is rightfully ours."
Yami stared at his brother in utter silence. He could not believe his own ears. Seto would stop at nothing until all of Egypt was destroyed. He had to be stopped!
Seto pushed into his thoughts once again, "Well, brother who is the coward now? I was actually hoping for a better fight, but it seems that your subjects have grown plump with laziness, am I not right? I've left you at peace for so long that the magic in their blood runs cold."
The crowd that stood behind Yami grumbled dark curses at Seto. Yami raised his hand slowly and they all stopped their noises instantly.
"No one is a coward-"
"Yami, you are still as soft as you look!" Seto hooted.
"No one is a coward if they are willing to face each other in combat rather than slaughtering turned backs."
"Is that a challenge?"
"Are you afraid, Seto? Because if in any case you are you better turn back."
Seto snickered, "You foolish boy, this will be the biggest mistake you ever made in your life."
A|N:: About the new character thing, I think that there's only going to be one new guy mentioned in this tale and he's going to be the one who possesses the Millennium Scale. Unfortunately, he will only be mentioned once, due to the fact that he's kind of insignificant to the whole "betrayal theme." But at least I'm going to name him, unlike all those other sorcerers who are subjects to Yami. Or maybe I shall give some of them names, too...
Till next time, minna.
-Misty Wing
Chapter 2: Seto Strikes Back
A dark film descended upon Egypt. A great fire rose and roared at the nation as it swept through the houses and its inhabitants. Men and women adorned in dark cloaks walked in a horizontal line followed by great creatures. These magnificent beasts stunned and blasted the terrified civilians. Seto, who stood at the center of the aligned sorcerers shouted, "Let him hear you! The curse!"
The cloaked figures trampled over the grass and raised their heads in unanimity, there eyes still veiled by a shadow. Together they chanted in unison, "In this faithful hour, Seto will come to power. In this faithful hour Seto will consume and devour, Seto will come to power. All hail our Pharaoh, Seto." Their hollow voices held no emotion.
Seto broke from the line, laughing. An angry man stepped out of the fires with a scythe and dove to kill him. Seto caught the weapon with a hand as he glowered at the man who had dared attack him. "You fool, you shall now die." With a swift yank he took the scythe out of the man's grasp. Then he pushed the helpless man to the ground. Raising the scythe he called upon Saggi the Dark Clown. The man looked up at the immense creature in fear as it towered over him. Seto's dark eyes gleamed with hunger, rage, and vehemence. Suddenly the sound of hoof beats shook the earth and a huge knight soar through the sky. With his lance, Gaia the Fierce Knight shattered Saggi.
Seto, eyes wide, looked about him. Just to the right of his vision the shadow of Yami wavered behind the flames. The pharaoh stepped out of the fire as if it were just air that he walked through. Slowly Seto's face twisted in a grim smile. "Brother I have been expecting you."
"What do you want?" The pharaoh questioned his voice slow with menace.
Seto laughed. "I want to rule. I want you to roam the world half dead like I did."
"Stop this now, Seto, before anyone else gets hurt."
"Now why would I do that when my main objective is to hurt?"
Yami gave him a fixed stare as he spoke in a calm voice. "There will be nothing left for you to rule if you destroy it all!"
"You, foolish boy, that's the point. I plan on wiping out the entire race only leaving my most trusted followers alive." Seto waved towards the cloaked people who still did not move.
"You are not my brother. You are corrupted and I must bring you back to your senses."
"Yami, corrupted is the worst word to describe what I've been through. I would be dead right now if it weren't for these sorcerers."
"I want you and your team to leave this country at once!" Yami commanded.
Seto turned to his fellow companions and spoke in a booming voice. "Do you hear? This pharaoh is once again banishing us from our rightful home. Are we going to stand here and allow him to do this?"
Slowly each person in the procession shook his or her head. Immediately the creatures that stood beside them sprung up and surrounded Yami.
Stepping backwards, Yami shouted at Seto. "Do not do this, Seto."
"See, little brother, I am not making them do what they are about to do to you. They are doing as they wish of their own free will."
The monsters began to close in on him as he heard Seto speak.
"Pharaoh!" he heard many voices yell out. Yami looked up as he saw one by one each monster shattering to pieces. New monsters now stood in front of him in protective stances. Now, he saw two of his most faithful subjects running up to him.
"Ishizu, Marik!"
Just at their tails about another dozen sorcerers rushed to his aid. Seto shook in rage at the sight of them. "So little Yami still needs help..."
Yami turned to Seto, "You are no different, brother. If you wanted to kill me so badly you should have done it yourself, instead of hiding behind your cronies."
"Are you calling me a coward?"
"In a sense, yes."
Seto roared with laughter at this. Yami, however, continued to speak. "It's a cowardly act to bring sorcerers to do the dirty work for you when you yourself is a prominent sorcerer and the former pharaoh's son."
Now, Seto's face turned to a shade of darkness. "Ha! The only coward here is the present pharaoh. You are just as great a coward as our forefathers."
"What?" Yami gave Seto a confused face.
"Great sorcerers were exiled from Egypt long ago by our pathetic forefathers. The past pharaohs were afraid of how strangely strong their magic was-stronger than the pharaohs themselves-in the kingdom. They could not stand knowing that there were greater wizards out there and therefore banished them all to the furious dessert. These, that now follow me, are the descendants of those great sorcerers. And I plan on giving them a home here once again!"
"The Wicked sorcerers of our past," the pharaoh murmured as he remembered the tales that his father had told him.
"You see? You judge them before you know them! You are the villain here, Yami!"
Yami took a small step forward. "You are hanging with the wrong circle, Seto. Come back to us."
"Are you out of your mind?" Seto laughed his howl of laughter again.
"These men were ostracized because they committed a crime unforgivable. They killed innocent lives! They were not even banished, they were left to die because they had went against their country. They killed their own people!" Yami countered.
"Maybe, but they killed to gain something that belonged to them. Our forefathers neglected their wantings." Seto growled. "And now their children are here to destroy and rebuild what is rightfully ours."
Yami stared at his brother in utter silence. He could not believe his own ears. Seto would stop at nothing until all of Egypt was destroyed. He had to be stopped!
Seto pushed into his thoughts once again, "Well, brother who is the coward now? I was actually hoping for a better fight, but it seems that your subjects have grown plump with laziness, am I not right? I've left you at peace for so long that the magic in their blood runs cold."
The crowd that stood behind Yami grumbled dark curses at Seto. Yami raised his hand slowly and they all stopped their noises instantly.
"No one is a coward-"
"Yami, you are still as soft as you look!" Seto hooted.
"No one is a coward if they are willing to face each other in combat rather than slaughtering turned backs."
"Is that a challenge?"
"Are you afraid, Seto? Because if in any case you are you better turn back."
Seto snickered, "You foolish boy, this will be the biggest mistake you ever made in your life."
A|N:: About the new character thing, I think that there's only going to be one new guy mentioned in this tale and he's going to be the one who possesses the Millennium Scale. Unfortunately, he will only be mentioned once, due to the fact that he's kind of insignificant to the whole "betrayal theme." But at least I'm going to name him, unlike all those other sorcerers who are subjects to Yami. Or maybe I shall give some of them names, too...
Till next time, minna.
-Misty Wing