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Chapter 3-What we see
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"Anzu…?" Yuugi repeated standing before the brunette. No answer came as the three only stared at each other in silence unknowing what to do next. Yuugi took a step forward "anzu…is that…is that you….?' he spoke softly. Yami only witness still unsure of this meeting, true enough all of the events in this day was weighed down upon him, but this..?
The girl spoke nothing but began to tremble violently, while sobs began than, much to the boys horror she clasped her head and let out a blood curdling shriek.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" she screamed falling to the ground holding her head in pain as she thrashed around, eyes and teeth clenched. "ANZU!!!" both cried out and rush to her aide. Her screams were her only reply as she continue to thrash about screaming bloody murder grabbing the attention of those near and ever far alike.
"ANZU!!!" Yami tried but alas he received more screams that would freeze a mans blood screams of pure fright suffering and torture. For a moment the eyes of Yami and the Anzu met, only for a brief seconds but the look bore into him, the look of pure horror and pain, it would not be something that Yami would so easily forget as there futile attempts to calm down the screaming girl.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!!!"
Yuugi looked up only to be harshly pushed away from the brunette along with his dark.
"RESTRAIN HER!!!"
"ANZU CALM DOWN!!"
"BRING THE TRANQUILIZER SHE'S HAVING ANOTHER FLASHBACK!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! YAMIIIII!!! YUUUGIIIII!!!!" she screamed out kicking and punching not caring if she hurt the ones attempting to aide her.
"HOLD HER DOWN!!!" A voice barked. Yami looked up to see a lean tall brunette man coming towards them "Kaiba" he only muttered. As he walked he took something from his jacket to reveal a syringe of a sort while he injected a capsule full of purplish liquid. He kneeled beside the screaming girl grabbing one of her arms roughly. The Syringe penetrated through the soft flesh injecting it's liquid into her, a few tense minutes pass until Anzu's panicked lashing were dulled to a deep slumber. "What did you do to her Kaiba!?!" Yami snarled. Kaibas cold eyes stared to Yami's "I restrained her from causing harm to herself" he replied coldly. He turned to the others "Who let her leave the quarters!" he barked. No one answered.
"Bunch of idiots" he spoke with annoyance.
"KAIBA!!" another voice shouted in the distance. Kaiba stoically turned as a figure running appeared towards him. "Anzu--WHY IS SHE OUT HERE!!! SHE'S BARELY HEALED!!!" the person yelled with much anger and annoyance. Kaiba tched at this "It's not my fault mutt! You're incompetent excuses of men were suppose to watch her, not me" he stated harshly. The man snarled in reply "Is she all right!?" he spoke regaining his composure.
"She's sleeping, stop yapping mutt" Kaiba replied a slight smirk appearing. "MUTT!!! DAMN YOU KAIBA!!" the man snarled and unleash a mean hook only to have it evaded by the brunette. He only smirked at this "Careful puppy, don't hurt yourself" he taunted. The Blonde Man cursed at him unleashing another punch only to have it evaded and countered with an elbow to his gut. He fell to the ground with a thud. Kaiba snorted in boredom "Face it Dog, you'll never lay a punch on me, it hasn't happen in three years and it won't happen today" Kaiba mocked again.
"Screw you" Jou barked back. He walked to Anzu "and stroked her hair " Take her back inside…." he commanded. The others nodded picking her up. "Give her here" Kaiba spoke. He grabbed her abruptly "She won't get any rest with howling idiots like you around" he barked. He only look for a brief second, his eyes laying on Yuugi and Yami, before walking away with the girl.
"where is he taking her…?"
"Probably to his lab, it's the quietest place here" Jou responded without looking. "What happen to her…?" Jou grimaced a this "A lot of things that should have never befallen on her…befallen on any of us" he replied. He hn at this still without looking to see the origin of the voice "you sound a lot like my best friend you know…..but he ain't here anymore. He and another best friend of mine died…they been dead three years…." he explained.
"Jounouchi…."
"You mean us…don't you….?"
Upon hearing this Jou quickly turned, his heart stop and his mouth slowly dropped. "Jounouchi…." Yuugi said surprised, the blonde youth he knew had certainly grown up. No longer stood a scrawny sixteen year old with a braggarts attitude but a grown man of 18 or 19 in his full glory of maturity. His had somewhat defined features as a pensive look encrusted himself to his eyes. The only feature which stayed somewhat was his wild blonde hair which spilt in the middle of his forehead while two stray bangs came down from the middle of his forehead, split much like his younger sister Shizuka.
"Yuu….gi….?….Yami….??" he spoke in almost a whisper.
"Jounouchi, what…." Yuugi began but stopped short when the blonde man embraced him suddenly all around remained silent until Yuugi felt wet slid down his forehead. His giant crimson orbs look up to see Jounouchi, the gangster, the boy who made brash decisions, a macho man, crying like a child, embracing him tightly. "Oh Kami….is this a dream…" Jou spoke.
"Yami only looked to the crying man embracing his hikari shortly and looked to the others, all stared to him or Yuugi as if seeing a ghost of a once existing past. He stopped in a direction and noticed someone familiar, walking towards him.
"Shadi…." he trailed off. The man affirmed it with a nod. "My pharaoh…." he said and bowed.
"Prophet was right, you have come to salvate us my pharaoh" he spoke again.
"What is going on? I do not understand any of this, what has happen to our world…?' Yami spoke, so many question he had he needed to answer some to quench his thirst of the truth. Shadi remained silent for only a few moments
"My pharaoh, this is not your world" .
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Anzu groaned, slowly opening her eyes. Her eyes wandered the room, cold, dark, metallic, was the best to describe it while computers dimly lit it with a blue glow. Her eyes wandered to a figure sitting on a seat busily clacking against the keyboard while images appeared of the giant makeshift computer. She open her mouth to say something but was stopped.
"Sleep" the brunette only commanded not straying from his task , engulfed to the screen in front of him. Anzu said nothing but heeded it. Slowly, her eyes began to droop, the serum taking full effect and she came to rest while busy clacking continued in the cold mechanical room.
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Yami looked to Yuugi as they walked down the corridors of the long hallways , as they were being taken to to the one known simply as prophet. Yuugi gave a nervous glance around him while Jounouchi walked besides him still with the serious demeanor, despite the moments when he cried freely his face had reverted to theistic expression as they all walked in silence. Yuugi couldn't help but steal a few glances to the youth. Was this really Jounouchi? He was so….so different. The Jounouchi he knew was first off never this silent, he was a punk with a heart of gold to put it simply always with a goofy grin and impulses to go with it yet this man by him, this Jounouchi walked with not only a unchanging expression but also an serious aura., a aura filled with sadness an aura who at times had to turn off emotion in order to cope around him.
"Jounouchi….what happen….?" Yuugi thought to himself. The only thing he knew was this wasn't there world and….they were dead, shivers traveled through him at the thought "Jounouchi…." Yuugi began.
"Yes?"
"Anzu….what--" he began but stop when Jounouchi turned away "Now isn't a good moment….to talk about Anzu" he spoke sternly. Yuugi remained silent the rest of the trip until meeting upon veils of satin lavender.
"Prophet, we have brought them" Shadi spoke.
"Enter"
The veils lifted as they entered the room they came across a figure cross-legged in the middle of the room hidden within dark blue robes, covering his or her features. Prophet looked up to them, cold blue eyes latching upon the two. She rose from where she sat "My pharaoh…." She took off the hood revealing her identity. Yami's eyes widen "Isis" he exclaimed. She affirmed it with nod "my pharaoh…" she began her eyes watering. "Isis…" Yami began. "Isis, you were right they have come…." Shadi spoke.
"It would seem"
"Wait what's going on!?" Yuugi spoke. "What's going on!? Why are we here!?!? How come everyone looks so different" Yuugi spurted out so many question he wanted to answer. Isis looked to him "of course, my sincerest apologized for the delay" she spoke approaching them. "Isis….what has happen?" Yami ask. Isis turned away "The future" she spoke.
They're eyes widen in disbelief "This…this is the future!?!" Yuugi exclaimed. "Yes but a future of another plane….this a different dimension, not your own…." she began to explain. "How…" the words escaped from Yami's mouth.
Isis closed her eyes "I will show you….how this came to be…." she spoke revealing the tauk around her neck. Almost immediately the room glowed with a bright light it disappeared replaced by rapidly moving images of history of past and future until they came upon their destination. Yuugi looked down below and his jaws widened
"Wait….that's our--"
"Yes the duel between you and Marik…" Isis began. Yami looked only with widen eyes seeing how the duel would be unfold to him. "In this duel you were ultimately defeated……you lost to Mariks hands….this is also the day…of your deaths…"
"What…..?" Yuugi thought.
Beneath them the duel took place, ra spread his wings concentrating his power into a sphere of demise as Yami was on his knees trying to get up the cries of his friends echoed around them. In an instant Marik sounded an attack and Ra unleashed it's fury and Yami disappeared into the ball of golden light.
"YUUGI!!!" his friends called out. The light dispersed as Yuugi laid on the ground breathing hard, left with no strength. Marik chuckled then insanely laughed "Finally…." he spoke a demented smile on his face. "Yuugi!" his friends called out again.
All was in shocked at the outcome even Seto Kaiba himself, was at a loss for words only the looks of awe, shock, silence, and horror covered their faces. Marik chuckled as he walked to the fallen pharaoh "Finally….after all these years…" h spoke he picked up the pharaoh roughly. His free hand grabbed the chain pulling it off of him before dropping Yami back unto the ground with a thud. "Yuugi" Anzu screamed climbing on the stadium.
"Anzu come back" Jounouchi called back but the brunette paid no heed "Damn it!" he cursed and began to go after her but was stopped "Please onni-chan don't go!" Shizuka pleaded. Anzu called out Yuugi's name as she kneeled beside him "Yuugi…Yuuugi…." she called shaking him. She heard chuckling and looked up seeing Marik looking back down upon them holding the chain while the puzzle swayed back and forth. Slowly he raised it above his head let it dropped around him until it crown his neck gleaming off of him. "The power…I feel his power surging through my veins" Marik spoke chucking maniacally as the skies above turned black with rolls of thunder booming around them. A glow appeared around Marik and Yami his golden while Yami's a dim blue. "Anzu….I'm so…sorry…." Yami whispered weakly looking to the tear stain face of her.
"Now to finish this" Marik spoke. Anzu looked to him and suddenly embraced Yami cradling him against her chest as arms wrapped around him protectively "Stay away" she spoke with fear. Marik only laughed at this "My what a bold one" he spoke. "Stay away from him" she repeated looking t him boldly he only smirked "Pharaoh it is time for you to die" he spoke as both the rod and puzzle glowed. A scream erupted from Yami, his eyes widen in pain "Yami!?!" Anzu exclaimed holding to him. His replies were screams of pain as the items Marik wielded grew brighter and so did the agonies of Yami in all of the while Anzu still held to him.
In an instant Anzu was painted in crimson as a spike impaled through the boys chest. "YUUUGI!!!!!" Jounouchi called out trying to run to him but was held back by not only schizocarp but Honda and Otogi also. "Yuugi….?" Anzu finally spoke her some sparkles of blood on her face. "Yami only looked to her before disappearing and Yuugi took over. "Yuugi….hold on Yuugi…" Anzu spoke. Through lidded eyes Yuugi looked to her, slowly one of his blood-stained hands raised and cupped her cheek "Anzu…I….I'm…..afraid….." he spoke. That moment he went limp, and his hand which held Anzu cheek slowly fell and hit the ground, leaving her face smeared with his blood.
"YUUUUGIIIIII"
"YUUGI-KUN!!"
Anzu trembled still holding him covered in his blood as it dripped from him and her "Iya………IYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" She screamed to the skies above tears crashing down to the floor still she cradled the boy tenderly.
Yuugi and Yami remained silent their eyes wide with disbelief "No…..this…this can't happen….." Yuugi whispered shakily. Jounouchi turned away, he did not want to relive that day again. "Isis….tell me this does not happen….Shadi this does not happen" Yami finally spoke. Both turned away at this.
"Answer me!!!" he bellowed disbelief in every word he shouted out. "I'm sorry my pharaoh but it does….it has…in this world" Isis spoke. A flash erupted and the duel disappeared and where replaced by scenes of carnage destruction, the cries of people and the scream of monsters.
"After Marik became pharaoh…..he opened the shadow realm to the world who had no defense agains them, the creatures who lived in that desolate realm could walk upon these earthly planes. They laid waste to countless cities…and massacre thousands….and in the midst Marik stood, the world his for the taking…" she explained. Both could not look away from the past relived from the fires the screams the spilled blood as Mariks laughter emitted throughout. "Why…."Yuugi only spoke as tears form around his eyes at the dead around the land. It disappeared again "Marik had complete control. Some countries sought to fight back against him but the end result was total annihilation….while others sought alliance with him and the ages came again upon this world…" she said looking down as people were in chains pushing heavy carts, doing inhuman labor, being whipped by rare hunters, and being fed to the creatures if they lagged in their labor. The scene changed again "But, despite of all this despair some refused to give up…."
"The underground…"Yuugi finished for her and looking to Jounouchi "You guys" Jounouch nodded at this "That's right" he replied. In an instant all disappeared and they were back in their rooms. Yuugi fell to his knees in a dazed "I can't believe it…" he whispered to himself. Yami looked to Isis…"How many…..?"
"…."
"how many of our friends did not make it…?' he ask. Isis looked away "That will be answered at another time My pharaoh" she spoke. Yuugi punch the ground taking everyone by surprise "It's…its not fair….how…how can it end like this!?!" he demanded, tears running freely from his eyes. He looked to Yami "Yami….what about our duel!?!" he ask.
"Yami's eyes widen "we may….we may" Yuugi stop, he couldn't bring himself to say it. Yami was at a lost he did not know how to comfort his aibou knowing that possibility of losing was so near. "Isis…why have you brought us here….?" Yami questioned. Isis looked to him
"You came….to salvate us…."
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"Pharaoh Marik"
"What is it!?"
"I am sorry to disturbed you but, this requires your attention, it is of most importance" a rare hunter spoke. Marik snarled at this before looking back at his newest victim bleeding from the whip cuts and he grinned maliciously "I think one of my monsters are hungry" he spoke. The victims eyes widen "no…no….." he pleaded. Marik licked his lips as he snaps his fingers. From behind the victim stood a monster drooling with hunger, the victim open his mouth to scream but it did not came as the monster opened it's mouth lunging at it, and swallowing the man whole before retreating back to the darkness. Marik turned to the rare hunter "Well, what is it?" He ask while a hand rested to the millennium puzzle.
The hunter gulped Mentally "sir, there are rumors of the untied states planning an attack, along with Indonesia"
Marik snorted "Peh they are no threat, they are too weak to start something" he mocked. "And…" the hunter began. Marik gave him a trying look "Also, we lost two rare hunters…."
"And…?" Marik spoke getting agitated. "Witnesses say that before they're demise they were chasing after three of the underground "I see" Marik replied bored. "Along with them is believed to be Yuugi and Yami Moto" he finished. At the Marik's eyes widened "What….!?" he spoke looking to him with insane eyes.
"Uhm….they say that Yami and Yugi Moto were--" he was stopped when Marik grasp his neck pulling him of the ground. "YOU DARE MOCK ME!?!" Marik snarled. His eyes small as veins popped from his neck and face. "N-No.…" the hunter choked out. Marik snarled at him "LISTEN YOU FOOL THEY ARE DEAD!! I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE WHO KILLED THEM IN THE MOST PAINFUL WAY! WOULD YOU LIKE A DEMONSTARTON PERHAPS?!!?!" he yelled ending with a crazed smile showing off his fangs.
"F-Forgive me….my pharaoh…" the hunter pleaded. Marik Let go of his grip as the hunter fell with a thud "Leave my sight" Marik barked. The hunter heeded it and disappeared. Marik gruffly sat upon his throne his eye twitching "How dare they insult me" he growled to his himself. His index finger stroking the puzzle he remained silent for a moment "Panic" he called.
A form appeared from the shadows "Yes my pharaoh…?"
"Gather around information, see if this rumor of the former pharaoh and his pathetic light are true" he commanded, Panic only nodded "As you wish" he spoke leaving into the shadows yet again. "It cannot be true, I killed him….isn't that right, my dear….?" he ask. Another form appeared from the shadows obscuring the identity while it only managed a nod.
TBc
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What will happen next? well leaving some opinions and suggestions about it always help so R AND R please and see ya and so sorry winged this chapter -_- thousand pardons everyone…. P.S. I finished other Yugi-oh fic Shattered please R & R that too when you can ^^;;;
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