Sorry I know haven't updated in so long, but I have senior project so that's probably going to take most if not all my time now that and application and what not ;o; so updating is going to take a while longer I'm sorry peeps please bear with me and the evil known as Senior project.

Don't own yugi-oh

Chapter 6: from the lions heart

"Two against one, doesn't seem fair" Hakai teased looking to them. Jounouchi glowered at the female before him. Her pale silver white hair blew with the wind as she fixed two dominant bags on each part of her face; only one stray strand between fell in the middle of her face. Her eyes look that of a innocent while garnet eyes shown of deceptiveness to the physical (just think of a female fusion of Sephiroth and Dilandau Albatou Oo;;)

"Keep your guard up Yami; she's as sadistic as Marik" Jounouchi whispered to him.

Her eyes charged with sadistic excitement "Lets begin shall we? Me against you Ouji-sama!" she pointed to Yami. Jounouchi growled "HAKAI! Your fight is with me!" he exclaimed

She motioned her finger in a no-no motion. "My orders; to bring back the light and dark back with me, alive or dead" she licked her lips when she mention alive or dead.

"FORGET IT! YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ME TO GET TO HIM!" Jounouchi shouted. She only smiled at this.

"How is she doing by the way?" she suddenly ask. "Nani?" Yami spoke. Jou's body stiffened at the question and refuses to answer her. "I see, she still is so badly off?" she spoke in a mock caring tone.

"SHUT-YOU MOUTH WHORE!!!"

Yami realized who they were talking about and took a step forward "What did you do to Anzu!?!" he demanded. She smiled at him answering his assumptions. "ANSWER ME!!!" Yami demanded again.

"Then duel," she said. The band began to glow on his arm as the skies darken around them. "Yami--Matte!" Jou called out. "You don't know how to--" he was stopped by his fierce gaze; he knew that Yami would not change his mind.

"My master will be quite pleased…to be able to kill you again!" with that she cackled as dark forces surrounded her and her eyes glowed. Yami twitch; something was amidst. "Yami…be careful she is not like the other duelists," Jounouchi warned.

"DUEL!"

Hakkai-4, 000

Yami- 4,000

"Humph, you should know by now that this is a different level of dueling is a shadow game" she said. Yami looked to her in disbelief "Yami no game…naze…?' he began.

'Only those with millennium items are able to concur a yami no game…'

As reading his thoughts Hakai smirked "that is true but since Pharaoh Marik released the shadow realm upon the earth that has changed.

"It's quite simple, this world had been endowed in the shadow realm for three years, enough to change the whole ecological balance of the world" she explained. She continue seeing Yami's gaze "Basically as the compounds that make up our atmosphere so does the shadow realm making it possible of the concept of shadow games to be in the mortal plane. To determine the strong and the weak."

"Survival of the fittest" Yami commented.

"Exactly, which would be those who serve under Pharaoh Marik" she finished. "All your worst nightmares and fears are here; this is not the world you once knew" she finished in a singsong dazed are her eyes became gaze with a twisted glee her left shoulder slightly bubbling.

Yami said nothing but only look to her in contempt. She raised a brow "As for Anzu…well…lets say that Marik insured she had the finest of luxuries during her stay" she said. Jou only looked away at this. "Now let us continue, Pharaoh Marik is not one of patience," Hakai said.

'I must be on guard, since the shadows is prevalent among us…who know what can happen in our duel…' he thought and begin his turn. Jounouchi gripped his fist 'Yami….ganbatte….' he thought.

"Ore wa turn!" she called. Smirking she placed two cards down onto the field and allowed dark fire soldier on to the field.

(I would go into description of the duel but I don't know enough cards X-X;;;;)

Meanwhile

"BLUE EYES WHITE LIGHTENING ATTACK!" Kaiba roared. His monster heeded his command as the buildup of energy surrounded its mouth before releasing the ominous presence to his foes before him. He snorted "waste of time" he growled taking out his Saggi the dark clown and crush card virus. Summoning the clown on the field it quickly had been destroyed but not before it unleashed the disease onto its enemies.

"KAIBA-SAMA!!!"

He turned seeing another duelist on a flying type come to him. "What is it!?" he demanded. "Yuugi is fighting one of the pharaohs highest commanders!"

"Hakai!?"

"Yes! But…"

"What is it" Seto commanded with growing annoyance. "It's your ship sir…. Your brother has taken it" the duelist replied. Kaiba gritted both teeth and fists.

'Mokuba!'

"Lets see…. Engines working beautifully, and the g's are just good enough; Yuugi how you're doing back there?"

Yuugi gulped 'How can he be so calm?' he thought. As the blue jet rode through the clouds Mokuba reverted his thoughts to the emery monitor as three read dots appeared on it. "Hang on Yuugi we have some company" Mokuba exclaimed and with a turn of the wheel the jet spin out of an attack as three machine monster sped at them.

Mokuba furiously type some commands in the mainframe computer "Yuugi get ready!" he shouted. Yuugi gave him a weird look "For--ah!" he yelped as the floor gave way and he found himself in a mini cockpit of his own. "ON my say you fire at them!" Mokuba instructed. Yuugi looked to the small triggers and wheel before him. Gulping down his fear got held a firm grip of it.

"Ready Mokuba!" he spoke.

The jet spun out of another attack as more monsters gained on them.

"NOW!!!"

On cue Yuugi released rounds of ammo and laser hitting the monsters making them disintegrate immediately. "BULLS EYE!"

"THERE'S MORE COMING!!"

"READY-AIM-FIRE!!"

Another round of ammo rang out as they hit their mark upon their intended victims. Both cheered at their victory but it was soon short lived as a barrage of more machines came speeding in front of them. Mokuba gritted his teeth quickly releasing an air mask for the two. "YUUGI HANG ON!!!" Mokuba yelled his hand gripping on the wheel and charged in.

It was a dance of feverish fury as the mecha flew into the heart of the onslaught winding and turning dodging barrages of attack of the enemy as like a graceful cat it pulled up doing a back flip as the enemies crashed and burn into each other.

"TAKE THAT BYATCHES!!!" Mokuba cheered as the sky sprinkled with fireworks of metal and fire. Mokuba panted softly to himself, wiping off a bead of sweat from his forehead. "Yuugi you ok?" Mokuba asked. Yuugi only responded with a weak yes, as his eyes seem to grow twice their size while he looks deathly white in a daze. Mokuba sweat dropped "Heh…sorry"

MOKUBA!

Yuugi looked around "Kaiba? But where is his voice coming from?" he spoke still looking around. Mokuba grimaced turning on the visual communication screen to face his enraged brother.

"Ni-sama"

Mokuba what are you doing get back to safety immediately Kaiba spoke enraged. "But…" Mokuba began. Kaiba snarled giving his brother no chance of second thoughts Didn't you hear me!? Go back NOW! Kaiba yelled. Mokuba looked to him angrily "Didn't you see what just happen!? Thanks to Yuugi and me we even the battlefield!' he shot back.

What!?!

"Ni-sama if you haven't noticed I'm not a child anymore! I can help!!" Mokuba Exclaimed with a justified anger. Kaiba growled at him "You are a child Mokuba now go back where it's safe and let the adults handle this" Kaiba snapped. Overwhelmed with anger Mokuba cut him off looking to the floor of the cockpit. "Mokuba…" Yuugi began.

"Why can't he see it…"

"Why can't he see that I have grown up as well; I'm not the naïve little boy I use to be…." he ended in a whisper. Yuugi suddenly felt a pain of guilt 'Our fault…if we had defeated Marik…Mokuba wouldn't be suffering the consequences…none of them would…' he thought pensively. The cockpit became a dead silence.

"Do you hear that…?"

Yuugi looked up and concentrated "Yeah…" he replied. Suddenly Mokuba gripped the wheel and reared sideways as the jet barely dodged away from a pure stream of energy.

"What was that!?" Yuugi Exclaimed. Mokuba turned the jet to be face with a Machine king besides it one of the dragon. The skies darken as the two monsters began to dismantle as the air around them swirled into a vortex sucking the in. A flash of dark light went off as the hybrid of Machine and Monster re-emerged before them.

"Korre-wa…."

"Kuso…" Mokuba only said before the monster opened it mouth and flames of hell fire came from it. The jet dodged only to be bombarded by more of it's attacks as the machine king monster chased after it.

"Not bad pharaoh" Hakai complimented.

Hakkai-2450

Yami- 3200

Yami said nothing but placed another card faced down. Jounouchi only watched unwearyingly knowing the likes of what Yami would about to face. "Ouji-sama" she began. Yami only looked to her "Little Ouji-sama all alone in the world of darkness…" she sang before she began to chant in another language.

Yami froze this chant sounded familiar. "YAMI LOOK OUT!" Jounouchi cried. Hakai only laughed as the mist surrounded her, her left arm bubbling again and she bent a little, her back showing as well was bubbling when all of the sudden Wings erupted from her and she let out a pained screamed.

Yami eyes only widened at this.

"Hakai panted before breaking into another laugh "Ouji-sama why so afraid?" she ask. "What are you?" Yami only manage to speak. Hakkai licked her lips "I am destruction, I am Hakai, the successful experiments of the empire, LONG LIVE PHARAOH MARIK!!" with this she exploded into an insane laughter.

"Shimatta…what has Marik done…?" Yami only said to himself while Jounouchi remained silent at this. 'I sense the powers of the shadow realm from every inch of her body…but how can that be…a mere human would not be able to consume let alone live after so much dark power…' Yami thought to himself.

"Maybe I'm not human…well not anymore" Hakai spoke reading his thought. Yami looked up "not human…you're also a monster?" he asks. Her eyes lidded never taking her eyes away from him "I am able to assimilate any power of the monsters I wish, my whole body and soul is made of the shadows which Marik brought forth, I am neither human nor monster"

"Then…what are you…?"

Hakai smiled at him with pupils small as dots as the whites of her eye shined

"Atashi wa Hakai"

"I am Destruction…" Yami only translated. With that she lunged at Yami slashing a wound upon him.

"YAMI!!"

Yami- 1940

"How…."

"Like I said, I am able to simulate the trait of duel monsters so which makes me liable to also participate, it's so much more exhilarating when the death of your foes is by you're own hands."

Hakai only smirked licking the blood of her talons before the reverted back into human hands. Yami slowly stood up his bangs covering the expression of pain on his face. Hakai only tched at this "What the matter Ouji-sama?" she taunted "Afraid of a little girl like me?"

"Poor child…" he spoke. Hakai raised a brow at him "What?" she asked. Yami looked to her "Poor child…what horrible things has that mad man done upon you…." he said. She only looked to him.

"You're neither human…. Nor monsters...then what are you…. To allow yourself to become this" Yami continued. Hakai growled at this "SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!" she yelled. She lunged again. Yami remain lame "I play my trap, spell binding circle" he spoke.

Hakai eyes widened, the circle surrounded her and she felt her energy drained. She fell to the ground. "Since you are liable to strike an attack then you can also be destroyed as well," Yami continued.

"MAGNETO WARRIOR ATTACK!!"

Hakkai-900

Hakai coughed out blood looking to the pharaoh enraged. "Kisama…" she snarled rising up before them. Yami said nothing but summoned his dark magician to the field.

"I end my turn" he began but was stop when he saw a jet accelerating downward, its wing was damaged and it being followed by a Machine monster hybrid. He felt a tinge "Aibou!?!" he exclaimed. Jounouchi's eyes widen "YUUGI! MOKUBA!" he yelled.

"I can't get anything to work" Mokuba exclaimed. "What do we do!?" Yuugi spoke. Mokuba cursed to his breathe "we better--" he cried out feeling the monster let out another barrage of attacks as the jet hit against a building.

"THIS CAN'T BE!!" Yuugi cried seeing the monster diving at them with full speed. Mokuba looked around quickly for any way out but alas the last attack locked them in.

"Is... This it!?" Mokuba thought and the monster crashed into the jet. "YUUGI!!!" Both Yami and Jou cried out seeing both jet and creature inflamed. Hakkai only hn at this "That's really not important" she spoke.

"AIBOUUUU!!!!" Yami screamed.

"Wait…" Jou spoke. Yami blinked was it a trick of the eye? "W-What…?" he spoke. The machine flew back from the shadow of the flames. As the fire dispersed a blue mecha stood tall the head of blue eyes stood as a shining crest.

"They survived!?" Hakai shouted out surprised. "The Armor…it's reinforce with titanium…" Jounouchi only said still beholding the sight of the robotic knight.

-(Aibou?)-

-(Yami?)-

-(Thank the gods you are safe)-

-(Me too, but what is going on with you?)-

-(I'm up against one of Mariks generals, Hakai…)-

At this Yuugi scan the area to see the current duel and found the white haired serpentine. Felling another presence watching, Hakkai slowly looked from the Pharaoh and turned to the Mecha, both facing each other face to face. Her eye gleam bloodlust as she pensively gazed at Yuugi. He felt a shiver just being in her gaze.

-(Mou hitori no Boku…)-

-(She is not one to take lightly)-

Yuugi mentally nodded as the serpentine continue to gaze at him, but why so intensely? Yuugi shivered.

Help me…

He froze. The pharaoh also froze feeling the stiffen feeling of his aibou -(aibou?)- he began.

-(Strange…I thought I heard someone…)- Yuugi thought but his thoughts were soon interrupted when the monster before them prepared to attack their mecha. Mokuba clenched his teeth as his hands gripped to the controls. With a strained groan he pushed, successfully making the robot move.

"Yuugi" he called. Yuugi looked up to him "Yeah?" he spoke. "There should be some controls in front of them; those are the controls to move the robot, they control the legs" Mokuba explained. Yuugi nodded.

Firmly gripping the controls "we have to move as one" he spoke. Yuugi only nodded in reply grabbing the controls and with all his strength moved them allowing the robot to walk. Above him he noticed two screens recording the vitals of both he and Mokuba.

"Let's do this!" Mokuba ordered.

With a lunge the robot ignited a punch to the monster to only have it moved away from it. The robot started moving again gaining speed little by little until it charged at full speed towards the Machine king monster. The monster expecting another assault by the fist braced itself only to receive a surprising mid-air kick making it crash into the one of the ruined buildings. The monster retaliated immediately bum rushing the mecha, making it stumble back but failing in making it fall to the ground.

"DON'T TAKE US SO LIGHTLY!!!" Mokuba yelled from inside and the robot charged again. Receiving an uppercut followed by a jab the monster let out a pained scream as it stumbled back. The white fighter continues its onslaught of punches as back and forth, left and right, it's fist imprinted against the monster. Machine king began to counter making way towards the middle where the two pilots where.

"OH NO YOU DON'T!!" Yuugi exclaimed. Moving the controls he maneuvered the robot to low kick the monster making it trip to the ground. Gasping heavily the fast paced beeping of their vital sign melodies the battle. The monster rose, eyes glowing menacingly before its chest cavity opened revealing a mini arsenal enough to blow up half of the greatest armies troops.

As it released it's barrage the two quickly maneuvered to a hiding place behind a skyscraper as the onslaught continued its destruction. Mokuba quickly flipped up some switches and typed some commands "Shit!" he cursed.

"What!?"

"We can't use any of our weapons; most were damaged when we were hit in the sky" Mokuba said. He cursed "guess will have to make do with this then…" he spoke. In a blink of an eye the mechanical arm quickly transform into a giant blade. Taking a deep breathe Mokuba let out a war cry revealing of it's hiding place Yuugi soon chorused their vital sign beeping so rapidly it sounded like the beating of war drums as they attacked with the sword.

Never wavering they continued forcing the monster back but also obtaining a heavy strain on them both. "Don't know…how long…' Mokuba thought and then gasped. The monster grabbed the blade and with it talons managing to break it into pieces. Head butting it, the robot fell back, loud sounds of warning rang though.

"We can't get up!" Mokuba cried. No matter how many buttons he pushed nothing would respond. He turned to see the monster readying its final attack. With a final burst of strength he thrust the broken blade just as the monster lunged and the skies became silent.

The blade hit its mark.

The machine monster did not move for indeterminable moments until it began to convulsed and slowly it slid out of the broken sword and it's heavy body hit the ground, a giant shock wave created from impact, causing some weak buildings to fall. Sweat dropped from his forehead before Mokuba let out a deep sigh "We…did it..." he only said. Yuugi only remained silent just his gasps as replies.

Hakai gritted her teeth "Damn you…." she growled. Yami said nothing as he look to her until he spoke "I have won this duel" he spoke preparing for the final attack.

"DARK MAGICIAN!" he commanded. On command the magician thrust it's wand unleashing dark arts to destroy his foe. A shadow quickly moved from the debris of battle going in front of the attack. Both Yami and Jounouchi's eyes widened at this.

"Nani!?" both yelled. The dust created by the attack slowly dispersed as the shadow slowly took on a more solid form. Yami eyes widen at the figure before him "W-What are you!?" he only say. A hulking monstrosity of a man stood before them. For such fearsome features he gently cradled the silver haired serpentine as a newborn babe. All of it was machine, the only hint of remnants of any human was a single patch of skin where it's eye shone.

"Who are you" Yami ask it again. The machine did not answer to him and began to turn away. At this Jounouchi snapped, "YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY!" he yelled charging at him. The humanoid sense it and gracefully dodged out of the blonde's way, tripping him in the process.

"WAIT!" Yami called out. The machine stop, replying to the duelist's commands for it, though it said nothing to respond to the command which was ordered upon it.

-(14-8-1-18-1-15-8...18-5-13-5-13-2-5-18...19-25-13-2-14-12...)-

Yami looked down seeing the numbers being repeated on the life point tracker of his duel disk he look up to face the machine "…" he could not speak. The human eye looked to him before it's thrusters opened up behind it's back and flew off with the general back to safety.

Jounouchi slowly stood gritting both fists and teeth at the retreating figures. "Damn it..." he only growled.

"TAIJYO!!!"

Upon hearing "he turned seeing a motorcycle driving towards him. "Kusanagi!" he exclaimed as it got closer. The bike stop before him the engine purring loudly. "You all right!?" she ask. Jou nodded "Yes--Anzu!?!" he exclaimed seeing the passenger with Seiya. Slowly, the brunette let herself off, barely being able to stand. "Anzu…"Jou repeated.

"Y….Yuugi…" she only manage to speak.

"Anzu….." Yami slipped.

The trio turned around towards the Pharaoh. Weakly, Anzu looked to him and began to walk towards him. Time seemed to freeze around them, as the only presence Yami could feel was he and the girl. Wobbling, she kept walking towards him. A chilled breeze blew making the warmth retreat from his body as his bangs moved.

She remained silent for the longest time, stopping from where she stood, blue eyes reflecting the former pharaoh. "Y…Yami…?" she asks. Yami nodded, his mouth opening to reply when suddenly his whole body felt weak and his sight darkened, the last sight was Anzu reaching to him before everything went black.

Tbc

Dun dun dunnnn until then please RnR cuz I ain't planning to discontinue this fic until it's done so blah!

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