Black Feathers
Well...
Rafeleu has returned.
He has descended
Sepharin and Yugi are his
And Yami feels that something is wrong
Chaos will rise
Heaven will be exposed
Seto, Jonouchi, and Raibain
They find out the truth
Is Heaven really perfect?
Or is Hell correct?
An army descends on one realm
And Seto sends warning
Fire
Burning
Set it all ablaze
Rafeleu will rise
And there is no salvation...
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Black Feathers
Rise to Chaos
Catch me as I fall
Say you're here and it's all over now
Seto raced into the dorms early the next morning. Yugi hadn't reported in the previous night. Seto had checked into his room, and there was blood splattered all over the walls. Seto had raced for Seph's dorm, only to hear a frightened cry from Raibain. She was standing at the doorway of Seph's room with her hands over her face.
Seto pushed past her and cried out.
Speaking to the atmosphere
No one's here and I fall into myself
He saw the open window, and her blue blood splattered on the wall. He spied a bit of red blood, and next to it was a white dragon-scale. Seto picked it up, drawing in what it had seen. He saw Rafeleu. He saw Aura. He knew. He turned to Raibain, solemn look on his face.
"Rafeleu has returned. He took Seph, and Yugi."
At that moment, the sky lit up with divine fire. Seto, Raibain and Jonouchi raced to the roof. Rafeleu glared down at them, holding a leash in his right hand and his spiked whip in the other. Yugi was on the end of the leash, it tied into a noose around his neck. There was fresh blood on him. He looked at the three of them with such sorrow in his eyes.
This truth drives me into madness
I know I can stop the pain if I will it all away
"Hello, archangels! How does it feel to have Firebird upon you! This boy is mine now!"
"Bastard! How in all the Forlore are you here?! The Almighty would have alerted us!"
A white light erupted from the temple of the Almighty. And soon, there, clad in flowing white robes with ten wings, stood the Almighty herself. The three archangels stepped back. The cruel realization had come to them. God was corrupted by Rafeleu. Heaven was doomed to fall. The tree fled for the gates, totems aside them.
Gryphon and Jonouchi cried in pain as Gryffen and Michael attacked it. Raibain shouted to Seto to continue on as she turned to engage Mekki (a holy dragon) and Gabriel. Seto didn't make it past the gates, for Aura stood in his path, but Phoenix made it past the barrier, and sent a warning to Hell.
Don't turn away
Don't give in to the pain
Rafeleu glared down at the doomed realm. Seto, Raibain, Jonouchi and Ryou had all been captured. He looked at the list, execution-ready.
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Yami woke early, too early for his own standards. The sun had not risen yet. He gathered his clothes and walked into the shower. Turning off the lights, he showered in the dark. The feeling of warmth and security and clean washed over him, for it had been ages since he had a decent shower.
When he had finished, dried off and dressed, he walked into his room to see that someone left a bowl of blood and a spoon for him. He smiled and dug in. It was his breakfast, and he was home.
Don't try to hide
Though they're screaming your name
A bright red flash of light came from the window. Yami rushed over to it and flung it open. He saw Phoenix, crying out a warning. All Yami caught was "Chaos! Chaos! Chaos is here!!" Something sparked in the back of Yami's mind, and one word flashed before his eyes.
Don't close your eyes
Rafeleu
God knows what lies behind them
Yami ran into the Omega Meeting Room and rang the bell. He was calling the Omegas to an emergency meeting. They had all seen Phoenix, and Yami knew what it had meant. One by one, they all filed in, Varin, Ishtaru, Malik, Bakura, Amelda, Kanrei, Hsuiren and Doom. They looked at Yami with wondering eyes.
Don't turn out the light
Never sleep never die
"While I was in Heaven, certain...events led me to believe that there was a third faction, outside of Heaven and Hell." Yami said.
"What is it?" Hsuiren (the Priestess Omega) asked. Amelda nodded in agreement of confusion.
"My keeper's enemy, a fallen archangel named Rafeleu, spoke of a Chaos Faction. I believe that it has taken Heaven, and we are next on his agenda."
I'm frightened by what I see
"What do you believe we can do?" Doom asked.
Yami took a deep breath.
"We prepare ourselves for battle. If Heaven has fallen, at least four or five archangels will have joined with Rafeleu." Yami shuddered as he spoke his name. He remembered what Raibain had said about him...what he did to Sepharin.
"Are you okay?" Amelda asked.
But somehow I know that there's much more to come
Before Yami could respond, Amelda had cast a projection spell on him. Yami was frozen in place as Amelda exposed his memories of Rafeleu to the other Omegas. They saw Rafeleu defeat Yugi's swords, and they saw Yami attacking. They watched in horror as Rafeleu tore Yami's eye from him...
Immobilized by my fear
"I see..." Doom said as Amelda released Yami.
"We must be ready." Kanrei said.
"All of you, prepare for battle." Doom said.
"Angel, queen of victory..." Amelda began.
"PRAY FOR US!!!" They shouted.
And soon to be blinded by tears
I can stop the pain if I will it all away
Rafeleu hovered above the castle where the Omegas dwelled, assuming that they were unprepared. He turned to his 'fire starter' and ordered him to burn it. Yugi refused, but one swift blow to his head and fire rained down on the onyx-black castle.
"Set it all on fire! We're gonna smoke out the Omegas!!" Rafeleu shouted.
Don't turn away
Don't give in to the pain
As the castle crumbled into ruin, a great black dragon rose from a cloud of smoke and charged towards Rafeleu, with several other black dragons after it. Yami had purposely stayed behind, him and Naaza waiting. They heard things explode, and things fell and cries of pain, but he knew not who was screaming.
Don't try to hide
Though they're screaming your name
Moments later, there was a dead quiet. Yami heard no one. Doom and Zetsu, Varin and Rezi, Amelda and Phen, Kanrei and Tasuki, Hsuiren and Kinta, Ishtaru and Koishi, Malik and Zanza, Bakura and Ranga—all were silent. Then, over everything, he heard Rafeleu's voice.
Don't close your eyes
"Epsilon! Yami! I know you still hide! Your brethren have been captured, and every minute you do not show yourself, I will kill one."
Rafeleu turned to Hsuiren.
"One last moment to speak, what do you say?"
"Yami! Don't you dare come out!"
Yami listened as her voice was then silenced. This is how it went, one by one. Ishtaru, Bakura, Kanrei, Amelda, Malik, Varin. Soon, Doom was the last one. Rafeleu came to him, sword already stained with the blood of Omegas.
God knows what lies behind them
"Yami! If you come, you will be killed. Then, I will hunt you down in the afterlife and kick your ass!"
Don't turn out the light
Then, the dead calm set in. Rafeleu laughed. Yami felt rage inside of him. His kinfolk, all dead. Massacred. His friends, destroyed. Those in Heaven, and those in Hell. Yugi had become Rafeleu's slave, and Yami didn't know where anyone else was. A strange madness seemed to creep into his mind as he heard Rafeleu's footsteps, on Hell's red dirt, moving closer and closer to him and Naaza.
"Come out Yami! I promise I won't kill you." Rafeleu called, pulling his spiked cat-o-nine whip from thin air.
"Angel, queen of victory, pray for me." Yami whispered.
Never sleep never die
Rafeleu jumped back as a great black unicorn rose from the wreckage and attacked. The spiked lashes of the whip flew at them, but Naaza was fast enough to evade. Her powerful hooves struck Rafeleu in the head and chest, knocking him back. Yami then leapt from Naaza and told her to escape. She neighed in protest but the urgency in her master and friend's voice told her. She wheeled around and jumped into a shadow, escaping into another realm.
Fallen angels at my feet
Yami drew his swords (he, like Yugi, used a two-sword style) as Rafeleu rose to his feet. Blood trickled out of his mouth as he looked at Yami with hate. Yami smirked, although he was not entirely sure he could escape the cat-o-nine. Rafeleu put it away, but then pulled out a one-lash spiked whip.
"Let's make this interesting, because I have no desire to kill you." Rafeleu said.
The whip came screaming towards Yami, who blocked with one sword and attacked with the other. He was doing fairly well with this strategy, until another single-lash whip came into Rafeleu's hands. Yami was soon stripped of his weapons, backing away slowly as Rafeleu advanced, bleeding from Yami's attacks.
Whispered voices at my ear
"Now, you can come quietly, then I wouldn't have to punish you later...or you can struggle..." Rafeleu said in a haunting and whispery voice.
"You'll have to be creative then, because I won't come willingly." Yami taunted, wings folded behind him.
The spiked whips came fast, Yami was able to evade one, but the other struck his shoulder. Yami didn't cry out, because it didn't hurt. The whips came again, and Yami evaded both of them this time. This went on for a while, but soon Yami began to tire. One whip came too fast for Yami's eyes to track, and it wrapped itself around his neck. It locked itself in place, like it was a leash.
"I've already come up with a suitable punishment for you, Yami." Rafeleu said, pulling the whip-leash and Yami.
Death before my eyes
Yami held his ground, grabbing the lash of the whip and pulling back, knocking Rafeleu off his balance. He scowled at Yami before pulling the whip hard, dragging Yami towards him. He put away the other one-lash before bringing the cat-o-nine back. Yami's eyes widened in fear. Rafeleu forced Yami to the ground before whipping him twice. Yami cried out in pain.
Lying next to me I fear
"Your punishment will be worse than the pain that you feel now." Rafeleu said.
Yami was kicked to his feet and he glared at Rafeleu with eyes full of malice and a sense of defeat. Rafeleu grinned.
"Now, we ascend to Heaven, to my castle."
She beckons me shall I give in
Rafeleu whipped Yami once more before they flew through the barrier and into Heaven. Yami almost cried at that he saw. Everything was in ruins, there was blood and death and tears. The temple was dead, the wisteria were dead. All had been ruined. Yami followed Rafeleu up a great flight of stairs into a castle that sat upon the Ruined Gallery, and then was lead into a basement.
Upon my end shall I begin
His arms were chained above his head and he was lifted about a foot off the ground, left hanging in the center of a dark room that smelled only of old blood and death. He struggled a bit in an effort to escape. He looked around, eyes seeing clearly in the darkness. There were various whips and knives and other instruments used for the sole purpose of torture. There was a stone table in the shape of a cross, with leather straps waiting for someone to lay upon it.
The door creaked open and the torches in the room lit. Rafeleu stood in the doorway, grinning. He walked into the room with a beaten and bruised Sepharin behind him.
"Seph!" Yami cried.
She looked up at Yami, her pure black eyes hollow and empty. She stretched her wings and Yami gasped. They were once beautiful, white, dragon wings, but not they were so torn and maimed that she would never be able to fly again.
"Sepharin, go and get the black tag collar, but do not enter this room until I send for you." Rafeleu said, trying to select a proper 'tool'.
"Yes..."
"Yes what?" Yami watched as Sepharin threw away her pride and her dignity that he admired and remembered so well.
"Yes, master."
The broken dragon-girl walked out of the room, closing it behind her. Rafeleu grinned. He pulled a one-lash leather whip from the wall and turned to Yami. Yami showed no fear, through he knew it was coming.
"What did you do to Sepharin!?" Yami shouted.
"I tamed her. And you shall be the same, for you will be mine..."
Rafeleu raised the whip, and drew strength from Yami's screams.
Forsaking all I've fallen for I rise to meet the end
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Chapter end!
Next soon to come!
