Disclaimer/Author's Note:
Wow, I actually had time to update!!! From now on though…if you wanna be in my story, you can't request a rewrite, because this has taken two or three months off the story. Rewrites are so much harder than originals! This is a fairly short chapter…but the next will be good, since I'm moving ahead with the plot again.
Yu Gi Oh- Tournament of the Eclipse
Chapter 18-Daggers
Things weren't looking good for Aldrai. His field was now completely empty, and Sean had his Gate Guardian. Fortunately, however, he had screwed up and summoned Gate Guardian in attack mode. "You're lucky, Aldrai. I switch Gate Guardian into attack mode and end my turn." Aldrai drew Sinister Serpent. "I can use this as a wall…I summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn." The duel was tied; 400 to 400. Sean drew. "Let's see…I can't summon anything, so I play Emptiness. This card destroys the entire field-" As the field began to drain, Aldrai cut in. "But why would you do that?" Sean responded; "Because the number of lifepoints you currently have are added to mine. In addition, any monster of level 6 or higher is not destroyed. So I keep Gate Guardian. And now that your field is empty, I att…" Suddenly, the world around Aldrai began to warp. Everything came to a grinding halt, except for a glowing golden light to the side of the dueling area. Out of this light poured a black fog. "The shadow realm…" whispered Aldrai.
As the fog enveloped both players, the light disappeared. Time resumed. Sean finished his sentence, commanding Gate Guardian to attack Aldrai. However, a powerful golden blast separated the behemoth into its individual pieces. Aarion appeared in front of Aldrai. "You have to tap into your deck to win…you're in the shadow realm now." Aldrai summoned his Dark Magician and Buster Blader. "You know what happens next…I fuse them into Dark Paladin!" (2900/2400) "Fine…but now I summon my most powerful monster, Perfect Chaos!" Both Aarion and Aldrai exchanged looks of surprises as a rift tore the ground apart. A terrifying black wind shot up out of the chasm, ushering the ascent of a pweorful monster. Perfect Chaos was a knight-looking monster. However, unlike its chivalrous ancestors, this monster was tainted by darkness and infidelity. Its armor was pure black, lined with tainted gold. Its blade was indescribably dark, made of dark matter. It had a blood-red cape, and its glowing red eyes could be seen through its helmet. Dark lightning surrounded it, crashing down erratically. (3100/2800)
"My monster is powerful enough to destroy your paladin, so prepare for destruction!" As Perfect Chaos charged Dark Paladin, the weaker monster dodged the attack. "What? There's no card that can make a monster dodge an attack!" Aarion smiled darkly. "That's because we're in the shadow realm. Anything can happen. Attack points don't really matter. Because now it's the duelist's mind that counts. Aldrai has a powerful talent here. So you're about to lose." Sean grit his teeth and charged again. "Dark Paladin! Get ready to attack!" Dark Paladin dodged again and stabbed Perfect Chaos. However, the blade was immediately vaporized on contact. "It would seem that Dark Paladin can't get past Perfect Chaos' armor. And now you're going to lose!" Perfect Chaos wheeled around for a last charge, but Aldrai activated a magic card; "De-Fusion!" Dark Magician and Buster Blader split and dodged as Perfect Chaos stabbed the spot the two were just moments before. Aarion smiled. "Time for you to lose, Sean." Aldrai looked at him quizzically. "What?" Aarion merely blasted Aldrai's Duel Disk. Dark Magician and Buster Blader began to glow, then both of them merged again. "Why are you fusing my monsters again?" Aarion smiled. "Oh no…I'm just giving you your ultimate power." Instead of the Dark Paladin forming, the glowing mass of light elongated into a sinewy monster…and Perfect Chaos suddenly looked a lot less powerful.
"Sean, prepare to feel the wrath of one of the Egyptian Gods!" Slifer the Sky Dragon appeared in all its glory. "Attack him now, Aldrai!" Aldrai hesitated. "But I don't have a hand here!" Aarion sounded slightly annoyed. "EXACTLY! In the shadow realm, your deck is your hand! And there's no graveyard, so attack Sean with 40000 attack points worth of rage!" Aldrai's deck glowed and disassembled itself into its 40 parts. They flew into Slifer, and it then attacked. The blast was so powerful that it ripped through the darkness, annihilating Perfect Chaos and nearly killing Sean. He was knocked through the rift, back into the real world. Aarion smiled at Aldrai and dissipated the mist.
The holograms shut off and Aldrai
walked over to Sean. "Any three
cards…" He thumbed through Sean's deck,
ultimately deciding on Call for Chaos,
Perfect Chaos, and Great Maju
Garzett. "Alright,
then. And here are the last two
phases I need…" He took them off of
Sean's belt. Hastily, he wrote a note to
him and put it in his DuelDisk. He
crossed over to the others. "Nice duel,
Aldrai. By the way, Aarion has something
to give you later." Said Adriel. "Yeah, you're a finalist! Just hope there's someone left for me to
face." Mentioned Mystic. "Aldrai, follow me. It's time you came into your fate." said
Aarion cryptically.
"But you were just…never
mind." Said Aldrai.
He and Aarion walked off towards the caves, and Adriel and Mystic headed
back to camp. "So…where are you taking
me?" asked Aldrai. "My mission will be
over once I give you the last two Millennium Items. You were destined to carry the Millennium
Puzzle and the Millennium Necklace. The
puzzle harbors a powerful spirit who was once the pharaoh of ancient Egypt. He knows much about the origins of Duel
Monsters, and should be helpful to you during the finals. The necklace holds the ability to see into
the future. But now we must see if you
are ready to bear this burden." Aarion
performed some strange ritual and both he and Aldrai glowed.
Inside Aldrai's mind chamber, Aarion walked through the maze until he had found Aldrai. He was once again clad in his royal attire and carried that of Aldrai's. "Here, this is what the bearers of magic wore in olden days." He handed Aldrai the garb. "Now we must return to the material world, so we can begin training you." The two were teleported out of Aldrai's mind chamber and back to the outside world. Aldrai found that the necklace was fitting snugly against his collarbone and the puzzle was dangling in front of his chest. "Let's start with the puzzle, because the spirit can help me teach you. Now first, close your eyes and concentrate…"
Back at the camp, Mystic and Adriel were busy doing small tasks. Adriel was polishing the Ring, Eye, and Rod. All of a sudden, the ring began to glow wildly and the five points on the edges pointed towards the caves. Back at the caves, the puzzle was also glowing, and a strange change was wrought through Aldrai. His normally unruly hair straightened out and flared slightly. Its blondish color was tinged with red at the ends, and his eyes turned crimson. He gained about two inches in height "What? How am I awake? I thought the Millennium Items were sealed away for the rest of eternity…" said the reawakened pharaoh.
"No, my pharaoh. I'm not sure myself how the items came into my possession, but they have found their destined owners. Your curse didn't work as well as you thought, did it?" said Aarion. "No…"whispered Yami. "It's you!"
*~End~*
Author's Note
Hmm…so I'm finally done with that, and it's now time to further the plot…