Chapter 13

Carrying Tea in his arms, Duke, along with Joey, Tristan, who had grabbed Seto's body and was dragging it over, Mokuba and Pegasus, ran over to Yugi, staying as far from Anubis as possible. The group sensed a feeling in Yugi that they had never seen in him before: hate. Cordial eyes of his became eyes of flaming anger and opposition. His small hands were in fists, and his stare would direct at nothing else but Anubis, who laughed worse than Yami Marik ever had.

"Yugi, what's with steroid man over there?" Duke asked him of Anubis, though Tristan and Joey explained to him who he was. Again, Yugi did not answer.

"Monsters of the shadows! Rise from the ashes in which you slept as for so long," Anubis began chanting some kind of prophecy. "Awake from the shadows where your souls dwelled. Release your rage upon the earth, and burn it until it has become the hell you lived. Rise, creatures of the dark! Rise and pity no living being!"

The black pearl began glowing again. This time, it was brighter than usual, and a silent screech sounded from it as it glowed brightly. Scattered about the floor, puddles of blood boiled around them. Just as Anubis had rose from a boiling blood puddle, bodies began rising from the boiling puddles, only this time they were bodies not of human formed. Odd enough, duel monsters began rising from theses puddles. Ryu-Kishin and Ryu-Kishin Powered, Mystic Clown, Giant Axe Mummy, and Ogre of the Black Shadow were among the monsters to come from these puddles. Once their bodies were no longer soaked in blood, the puddles disappeared. Surrounded by monsters all over, the entire group began to panic.

"H-how could this...?" Pegasus stuttered in fear.

The Ogre of the Black Shadow charged a black ball of energy in its hands. When grown to a size of its liking, the ball flew out of its hands and hit a nearby wall of the dome, breaking it to pieces. A huge hole was left in the wall, and all the monsters that had appeared inside the dome squirmed their way out, making their way to the city. Yugi and everyone else ran to the hole in the wall to see that there were monsters about the city, destroying the buildings, the cars, the street lamps, but most importantly, the people.

"Fools, there is nothing you can do to stop me!" Anubis told them.

The black marble was still glowing brightly, and a dark outline began to form around Anubis. His already big body began to grow even larger, him growing taller and his body becoming wider still. Even scarier was that he was beginning to grow black fur all over his body. A tail began to grow, and his ears became taller and pointier. His eyes looked to have no pupils, being pure white, and wings that looked like those of an angel grew from his back. His face grew a snout and long jaw with spear pointed teeth, the fangs being of notice, and his hands and feet grew claws worse than those of a bear. His transformation was complete. Standing on his hind legs on the upper half of his feet, his long feet being strong enough to hold his weight, was Anubis in the form of a giant black jackal with gorgeous white angel wings, the crystal pyramid with the black pearl still worn around his neck. Toxic and acidic saliva spit from his mouth as he roared in his new form.

"He went from Hulk Hogan to wolf man?" Joey's voice was shaking in fear.

"The fourth Egyptian God monster would have looked like this!" Anubis was still able to talk, even in the form of a way over grown dog. His voice sounded the same, only with a bit of a sharper tone.

Anubis went on a rampage, practicing his new dark powers in his new form. His mouth opened and he charged up black, dark energy and shot it at another wall of the dome. The power was so great that the wall exploded into the tiniest pieces of visible matter ever. Howling, he then used his new claw filled hands and larger feet to start knocking off the remainder of the wall. Swiping his paw-like hands franticly, the wall that was not facing the city was being torn apart piece by piece. The grand building itself would probably not last a whole lot longer at the rate Anubis was going.

"Damnet! You thought he would have stopped after Yugi beat him in the duel," Joey mumbled to himself.

"What are we gonna do now?" Duke asked.

"I'm thinkin' we work with this dude first," Tristan suggested. "He seems to be the catalyst of all this."

The word 'we' in that previous sentence finally caught Yugi's attention.

"No," Yugi said silently but audibly.

"No? You mean we leave this psycho here and go into the city? No offense but that don't sound too bright, Yug," told Joey.

Yugi stepped forward, but stuck his arm out to show that he did not want them to follow him.

"No meaning I want to bring him down, me and no one else," he replied.

"Oh hell no! That's crazy!" Duke shouted at him, still holding Tea in his arms.

"We're not gonna lose you, too!" Tristan cried.

Yugi sighed in grief and sadness.

"Listen, maybe all this isn't really my fault, but I can't help but feel responsible for everything this madman's done," he began. "I put together the puzzle and let him loose to bring chaos to this world once again. This is my fight, and I need to do this on my own, not only because I release reborned this monster with my own hands, but because I need to prove to myself that I can pull myself through difficult situations that will affect everyone else."

The entire group stood in shock.

"Yugi..." Mokuba whispered.

Taking the three Egyptian God cards out from his deck, Yugi handed the remainder of his deck to Tristan.

"I'm already at war with myself for what happened to Tea, but I could never find a way to forgive myself if he took any more of you, and if you stayed here, the chances of him getting you are greater," his voice became shaky as he continued. "The city needs your help. Don't stay with me...please."

The group understood what he was saying. Out of any them, Yugi was probably the one with the weakest physical defense, but the one with the will stronger than the light of the sun. They worried for him, but supported him and were at an understanding of his feelings. Respecting his wishes, they began to leave, hoping that it would not be the last time they would see their friend.

"Thank you," he called to his friends as he stood alone in the Dome facing possibly his toughest foe. "I can't thank you enough."

"You're welcome, and you're never alone," a female voice called to him. He looked back over at them, and looking up at him, alive but gravely injured, was Tea. Though she fell into flesh eating mummies, they had not killed her. And she had been conscious through mostly everything. Knowing she was alive made Yugi feel better and gained a bit of confidence through it. She smiled at him as Duke, running with Pegasus, Mokuba, Joey and Tristan, carried her out to the city.

All the while, Bakura had only watched from aside. His dark spirit was immediately able to recognize the foe Yugi was facing. Anubis, the God named foe whose strength could not be compared to even the strongest of darkness. Being a spirit of the past, Bakura understood the power of this enemy, and knew that even he probably could not stop him, especially in the form he was now.

The idea of Anubis defeating the pharaoh disgusted him however. He had come all this way to have possession of his Millennium Puzzle, but with this fiend fighting him, Bakura would not be able to get it. If there was even another hope of him getting the puzzle, or any other Millennium Items for that matter, he could not let Anubis defeat Yugi. As a dark spirit from long ago, he possessed powers most others could not compare to, so he could use what he had to go against Anubis.

Finding himself being a bit of a coward at that moment, Bakura thought of a way to help Yugi without acutally getting involved with Anubis himself. He turned away and left the dome, his better spirited half gaining more control over his body.

Turning back to Anubis, Yugi stared at the three Egyptian God cards in his hand. Somehow, he knew he would have to bring life to these beasts and use them to defeat Anubis. Unfortunately, he knew not on how to do so. Anubis was still abusing the wall his dark powers had shot a hole in, so it bought Yugi some time to think of something. He walked back over to Yami's body, standing in front of it for protection, though it seemed pointless at that point. For the moment, he placed the three cards in his pocket. It was then he noticed the Millennium Puzzle. With ancient powers, it could have the magic to bring alive the ancient beasts. Yugi thought of this only to realize he did not know how to activate most of its powers.

"Where has your posse gone off to?" Anubis talked to Yugi, surprising him.

Yugi jerked his head up only to be knocked flat by Anubis' swinging hand. The force of the hit sent Yugi's undeveloped body flying feet away from where he was standing. He only stopped flying when Anubis placed his hand on his chest, holding him down on his back. Yugi's body was hardly a third of Anubis' black haired hand. Claws surrounding his head, he found himself unable to move at all, his entire body except his head trapped under the hand. He looked up at Anubis' jackal head, whose blank eyes looked down on him.

"Be grateful I did not make you suffer as the pharaoh did," he said, pressing his hand on Yugi harder. Yugi found it hard to breathe, trying to squirm his body from Anubis.

Standing on all four legs, Anubis planned to finish little Yugi off with one massive blow. He opened his mouth, charging a dark, plasma energy of black in it. Its power at full charge in but a few seconds, Anubis prepared to release this power at Yugi.

His attack was stopped immediately. A nearby explosion released Anubis' hold on Yugi, allowing him to escape. The hold had been release because the arm that held him down had been blasted off! Yugi looked up at Anubis to see he was missing an arm, blood dripping from the place the arm used to be jointed. Anubis yelled in pain for a moment and stood on his hind legs. He turned his head to the opposite direction and saw the cause of his arm loss.

Standing next to his X-Y-Z Battle Cannon, Seto Kaiba directed his monster's guns at Anubis. The others had forgotten to grab his body while he was still in the state of unconsciousness. He had become sentient and immediately wanted vengeance on Anubis for what he had done. Kaiba was well aware he had played the fool for Anubis, though he did not wish to believe in such magic.

Even though he was happy to see Seto awake and that he had really saved his life using his monster, Yugi was confused on how Seto was able to bring life to his monster. He then removed the three God cards from his pocket.

"You scum! You double crossed me!" Seto scowled. "And nobody has back stabbed me and gotten away with it!"

Though he lacked an arm, Anubis only laughed at his comment.

"Well then, Seto, I shall be the first!" Anubis snarled.

The crystal pyramid still around his neck, the black marble glowed. Suddenly, dead souls began pouring out of Yugi's puzzle. It was the dead souls Anubis had put there earlier, and now he was using them to regain health and power. The fallen off arm began moving back to Anubis' body, the blood disintegrating and the arm reconnecting. The arm was then rejoined with him, looking as if it had never been blown off. Both Seto and Yugi stood in shock as they watched this affect.

His claws out, Anubis swung the back of his hand directly at Seto. When swiped in the air, the claws extended and slashed four large and deep cuts into Seto's chest. Blood flew and his body flailed back to the ground from the impact, blood still spilling. Using a blast of dark plasma, Anubis destroyed the X-Y-Z Battle Cannon with ease, the explosion also affecting Kaiba who was nearby. Much blood still gushing out of his wounds, Seto tried to sit up, but found himself lying on the floor again.

"Seto Kaiba, you are pathetic!" Anubis grabbed Kaiba with one of his hands and lifted him in the air. Squeezing more blood from him, Anubis' dog head grinned at him, knowing Kaiba would live not much longer. "I had you be my puppet for quite some time, but you have outdone your usefulness. Now you are merely another stupid mortal who is trying to get in my way, and I do not like that."

Just as he planned to do to Yugi moments ago, he quickly charged his plasma and aimed for Seto's head. He would yet again fail in his procedure. This time, it would be Yugi to stop him. Behind Anubis were all three Egyptian God monsters, Osiris, Ra, and Obelisk. Each of them had sent an attack at Anubis, hitting his back. It shot wounds into him, and he again released his grasp. Kaiba's body fell several feet from the ground onto the hard floor, his back hitting it hard. Yugi ran to Seto, whose back appeared to be broken. Anubis was distracted by the attack the Gods had caused that he did not notice.

Kaiba looked insensate at first, but he slowly openned his eyes and saw Yugi above him. Yugi dared not to touch him, for Kaiba probably ached in many places. Sluggishly, Seto reached into his pocket and pulled out a card. He weakly lifted the card up, giving it to Yugi.

"Use this...and kill that weasel with it..." Seto told him, barely speaking at all.

"Kaiba," Yugi tried to talk to him, but a few moments after handing him the card, which Yugi did not even look at after taking it, had taken his last breath.

His eyes shut and body motionless, Yugi knew Kaiba was gone as well. He dragged his body next to Yami's and swore to avenge him as well. He placed the card Kaiba gave him in his pocket for the moment, because first he had to figure out how he was able to make his three Egyptian God cards into real creatures.