Authoress Notes: ::hovers into the room in a Kosh Encounter Suit:: If you go to Z'ha'dum, you will die...::hovers around the room::
Aura: ::shaking her head:: I knew I should have not let my light watch those Season 2 of Babylon 5 DVDs.
::to Aura:: It was enevitable. Accept what is.
Aura: Okay, that's it. Out of the suit!
I was always in this.
Aura: And stop talking like a Vorlon!
No. ::hovers away::
Aura: Get back here! ::chases after Mae aka Kosh Impersonator::
I do not own Yugioh! or Duel Monsters. They are copyrighted to Kazuki Takahashi, 4Kids Entertainment (Your dubbing sucks!) and Konami. I do not own Sy Cross; he belongs to Esse. I own the Egyptian goddess cards, Himeyuri and the plotline. ^^ All rights reserved.
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Dreams of Innocence
Chapter XXVI: Confusion in the Mind
"Is something wrong Hime?" asked Sy softly, wrapping his arms around her waist. Himeyuri sighed, leaning into his embrace. As she closed her eyes, the face of the little girl flashed in her mind.
"It's nothing," she muttered, opening her eyes once more.
"How far are you with capturing Pharaoh Bel?"
Himeyuri's fingers lightly traced his arms, as she hummed softly. "I have reached an idea, though there are still parts that need fine-tuning."
"Well, I expect that you'll be able to fix that," he replied, smirking and resting his chin on her head. "The tournament will be starting tomorrow."
"I know..." she sighed. "I've just...been thinking..."
"About?"
"Well, is it re-nevermind."
"No, what is it?"
But Himeyuri pulled away and began to walk away. Sy grabbed her arm and turned her around. "What Hime?"
"It's nothing Sy," muttered Himeyuri, not meeting his gaze.
A voice isnide him told Sy that he should push her to tell, but another one begged not to push her. Heeding the second voice, Sy simply shook his head and let go. Without another look up at him, Himeyuri left him.
Reaching their room, Himeyuri closed the door behind her. Sitting carefully on the bed, she absentmindly began to play with the edge of the blanket.
{I can't start doubting myself! What we're doing is right!} Himeyuri yelled inside her mind. {Humankind has failed! It is time for it to crumble and never rise again!} Bitter tears welled up in her eyes as she shut them tight and began to sob.
Horrible images filled her mind.
"Daddy! What are you doing? Daddy?"
"You little brat, you're what made her leave me!"
"Please daddy! Put me down! No, Daddy! Please!"
"I'll make sure you don't screw up my life anymore you piece of shit!"
"DADDY! NOOOO!"
She burried her face in the pillow, her sobs muffled. Tears soaked the case, as the memories continued to haunt her.
"I promise you'll like this..."
"I said no...please..."
"Oh shut up!"
SMACK!
"Please, stop this...no, please..."
"I said shut the fuck up!"
SMACK!
"They don't deserve to live!" screamed Himeyuri into the pillow. "They're all scum! Why were we ever created!?"
"You killed her! You god damn asshole!"
"It's your fucking fault she left me in the first place!"
"Go to hell bastard! You're the one who pushed her away!"
"What we're doing is right...summoning them...killing them all...yes, it is right..." continued Himeyuri, her tears still falling. "Humans have plagued this land...Sy and I...we shall be saved by our gods...we alone...will survive..."
"Don't you see? We shall be saved by the ones form above! And everyone else shall pay for causing us pain! Please, Hime, help me with this! We will rise above and live in peace!"
"...yes."
It took time her sobs to begin to diminish. Her clenching fists loosened on their grips, becoming more relaxed. As she felt her body relax, a more gentle, kinder vision filled her mind: the little girl.
"Yeah!" Accepting the balloon, the little girl's face broke into a huge grin, and Himeyuri noticed that a tooth was missing from her upper gum. "Tank you!"
"No problem," she replied, ruffling the little girl's hair. Then, standing back up, Himeyuri started walking again.
"Waaait!" Stopping, the woman turned around. the same girl came up to her, holding something up to Himeyuri. "Take dis!"
"Huh?" Himeyuri managed to say, staring at the girl. Inside her hands was a simple bead, the size of a bottle cap. It was a soft pinkish-purple, apparently made of glass.
With a giggle, the little girl turned around and skipped away back to where her mother was.
{Could I really kill her?} a voice suddenly asked her.
"Oh man...no, this is right," moaned Himeyuri pulling ehrself up slowly and wiping her moist eyes. "Sy and I have to do this..." But as she stood up, the face of the little girl's joy flashed in her mind and as she left the room, she bit her bottom lip, fretfully.
Isis stood in what looked like an ancient ruin. All around was crumbled stone, ancient runes and heiroglychics decorating the walls. From where she stood, she saw six pedastals set up in a circle. In curiousity, she approached the pedastel closest and studied it. Her finegrs lightly traced over the stone surface, feeling the single engraved area. It was carved into the surface and was about one centimeter deep. It was the size of Duel Monsters Card and even had the Sennen Eye in the slot. The other five were the same as the first, all painted gold. There was room in the middle of the circle for one person to stand in.
"You're idiots! You can't go through with this!"
Turning around, Isis gasped. As though a faded memory, there stood two groups of people, their faces hidden in shadows. Two were standing away from the others, one of them ahd their hands on the shoulders of a third, who was kneeling on the ground.
"The mortals have plagued these lands for too long!" another argued. "I will finish what my father could not bring himself to do!"
"You have to stop this foolishness!" pleaded another form the other group.
"Killing them won't change anything! It is we who msut change!" spoke up another.
"Ishtar, get her to prepare the summoning!"
"All right...Set..." the voice from the first group whose held their hands on the third's shoulders was hesitant, as though having second thoughts.
"What is going on?" spoke Isis softly. It was as if her voice had disrupted something, for the groups had vanished the instant she had spoken outloud. From behind, she heard a powerful roar. Whirling about, she stared up and nearly screamed.
Osiris opened his largest set of jaws, an immense roar bellowing from his mouth. Isis felt his warm breath on her when he did.
"Find her."
Standing under Osiris was a woman. A woman whom Isis recognized. her eyes went wide, enarly choking as she spoke. "I-sis? The c-card?"
"As much as I wish for freedom from my bondage of the Shadow Realm, you msut stop the summoning." the card instructed. "Find the avatar of Ma'at."
"Isis...Isis, we are here."
Eyes fluttering open, Isis looked over to see Shadii was gently shaking her.
"W-wha?"
"We've arrived to Golden Isle," he spoke kindly. The jet they were on had stopped, safely on the ground. He had already unfastened his seatbelt and was preparing to stand up. Rubbing ehr eyes, Isis mumbled.
"All right...I must have dozed off..."
Shadii smiled briefly at her, before making for the exit. Carefully, he walked down the steps from the jet to the ground, which was smooth. He fidgeted bit, still unacustomed to the clothes he was wearing. It was Isis' idea for him to change form his typical Egyptian robes to more casual ones.
Starting from the feet, instead of the soft slippers he wore black boots with a silver buckle on each one. A pair of dark blue ejans fit him nicel, with a white button-down shirt for a top with a black sports jacket over it. Around his neck he wore the Millennium Anhk and carried the Millennium Scales in his right hand. He did, however, keep the turban on his head. Shadii flat out refused to take it off, even after debating for a half-hour with Isis.
"Mr. Shadii, I presume?"
Shadii turned to see a man in a black suit and sunglasses adressing him. He nodded.
"I am to take you and Miss Isis to master Pegasus immediately. He is waiting for you."
"Thank you."
After Isis stepped off the alst step, the guard beckoned the two to follow him. As they walked across the landing area, both of them looked at the area around them. There was a dense forest to the right of the landing area while on the other was a beach of white sand.
Unlike Duelist Island, there were cities on the island, as the guard told them. Pegasus was located in a building close by, by the edge of the ocean.
A/N: Heh, I gotta interrupt here for a second. We enjoying the story? Hope so! ^^ Anyway, I noticed, when looking back at 25, that it may have confused some people. Well, I promise all will be explained once I'm back on the Internet, which should be June 20th (which is the last day of a school). Now, I gotta go and study. If I get all my homework in this week and pass my quizzes and test, I'll get to see 'The Matrix: Reloaded' with my buddies this weekend!
PS~ I have re-discovered the Pokemon fan within. ::peace sign:: But I'm still a loyal YGO fanatic! ::goes off to find a way of capturing the evolutions of Eevee:: MG-chan! Let's go Pokemon capturing! ^^
Cyndia watched as her husband sat in his seat, calm and peaceful while sipping his wine. Then, she turned her gaze to the one named Seto Kaiba. He sat in his seat, stiff and frowning. To her amusement, she noticed his gaze continuously look over at the wine bottle on the table. Now, being a spirit, she could sense the esense of another in the boy's body, as she did in Pegasus. And the esense was begging for the alchohol, but Seto fought it.
Who are you waiting for Pegasus? questioned Cyndia, turning back to her love.
"You will see Cyndia," reassured Pegasus, before taking another sip of the wine.
"You're nuts," grumbled Seto.
I don't think he should be talking giggled Cyndia. I can feel the other part of him pleading for the wine on the table!
"Would you care for a glass Kaiba-boy?" offered Pegasus, not passing up the chance to piss off the billionare.
Seto glared at Pegasus as he silently fought the urge to snatch the bottle and down it in one gulp.
"No? Very well then."
"Damn it, gimme the bottle," growled Seto, jumping up and taking the bottle. Uncorking it, he drank it. Both Cyndia and Pegasus stared, their eyes growing wider and wider as Seto gulped the wine.
"He can hold his own, that's a definite fact," whistled Pegasus in awe.
After drinking the last drop, Seto sat back down heavily, and looked at the bottle. "I would rather have beer, but this will have to do." Then, to Pegasus, he asked, "Where may I get another?"
Pegasus nearly fell off his seat. {By Ra, being part of Odin has its effects!}
At that moment, there was a loud knock. "Mr. Crawford, your guests have arrived."
"Enter."
The two doors opened, the guard stepping back to allow Shadii and Isis to enter. Pegasus stood up, smiling. "Ah, welcome you two! I am most pleased that you could join us!"
"I see Mr. Kaiba is here as well," spoke Isis politely, her gaze flickering over to Seto. Seto simply nodded to her, keeping a straight face.
Shadii noticed Pegasus had turned his head to the direction of the empty chair next to him, saying something in a low tone. He raised an eyebrow, curious. But then, to the Egyptian's surprise, Pegasus looked at both him and Isis with intreged eyes.
"Hm...Kaiba-boy, I do believe we've just found two more."
Seto blinked. "What?"
Pegasus grinned, saying, "Cyndia has just informed me of the esense inside in these two."
~*My, my! being down in the Underworld has not clouded his mind!*~
Isis stumbled backwards, eyes wide.
"Isis, are you all right?" asked Shadii. However, he too had his own troubles.
~*Osiris is still quite clever.*~ commented the voice in his head.
Seto watched, somewhat puzzled, as both Isis and Shadii began to talk to themselves, arguing to voices inside their mind. With a smirk, he chuckled. "They're going to need Advil after this ordeal."
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I know, I know: short chapter. I'm sorry. Lately, I haven't been pleased with the quality of the story. I guess with end of the school coming up, I've felt rushed. My birthday is coming up in less than three months (August baby here! ^^) and I'm going to both be getting a job and going for my permit. ::looks around:: I want a VW Cabrio, with a pull back roof. Black, or purple, please. ^^
Anyway, Golden Isle is damn close! ^^ And poor Isis and Shadii. Actually, poor Cyndia! Now that Isis is Isis and Pegasus is Osiris...^^ Anyway, hope you enjoyed.Two things: I've started the CD project. Once school lets out, I'll be starting the contest.
Second: I'll be posting a new fic when I get back on. It'll be called Enigma. It's a YuGiOh!/ Matrix crossover. It occurs between the first movie and the second movie. ...reloaded kicked ass, except for the sex scene. Wasn't too big on that. ::sweatdrop:: Anyway, go see it if you haven't!
Now, I have to go and beg my parents to find a place to make that coat Neo wears in Reloaded for me for my 16th birthday.
...Ah hell, here's a preview of the fic Enigma:
"...This shouldn't have happened...how can they be...no, they just can't be..."
"We can't be all that survived...you have to be lying..."
"I am not."
"But why? Why did they..."
Someone then began to sob, her soft cries muffled by the chest of her lover. Holding her tight, he turned his violet eyes to the man before him.
"And this...this is not a dream?"
"In a way, it is. What you see around me, it is created for your convience."
"And...and...Grandpa, he's..."
"Been killed."
"That means..."
"Yes, your brother was killed as well."
"This isn't happening...no, I can't except it!"
"It is true."
"And my yami...he's gone?"
"He was nothing more than a computer program. His deletion was quick and painless. Though, programs feel no pain. Now, you must decide: will you join me and embrace this? Or shall you go back to a world that has never existed?"
"Yug...are you..."
"No, I'm not Jou." Turning his tear filled eyes to him, he spoke angrily, "How would you feel when someone that close was nothing more than a bunch of codes thrown together! To me, he was my brother! My other half, one who I could always count on! And now...he was just made to help me? Programmed to be there for me!? No, I'm far from being all right!"
Jonouchi blinked at his best friend, shocked by this. Then, lowering his gaze to the floor, he said nothing. There was silence as all this sunk in.
"There's no point staying here...not when all that I had left was taken from me..." murmured Seto, staring down at the floor.
"What's the point of living?" spoke Ryou, his voice ever so soft.
"Everything was a lie," muttered Otogi. "Everything we've ever done...it was all a lie."
"Honda...Shizuka...Mai...Isis...Shadii...they're all dead," sobbed Anzu. Malik held her, resting his chin on her head.
"Is that you're decision then?"
Yugi's empty eyes turned to him.
"Why don't you just kill me now?" he whispered, the pain clear. "Just kill me?"
"Because you are needed. All of you."
Morpheus watched them all through his sunglasses. Seto was silent, his face pale and full of pain. Yugi's face matched his, except instead of blue pools of sorrow, they were soft ruby.Standing by the door, Malik was holding a distressed Anzu, who clung to him for dear life. Otogi was leaning against the wall near them, staring at the ground, dumbfounded. Jounouchi was standing behind Yugi's chair, gripping the back of it, coming near to tears. Ryou was sitting in a chair on the wall opposite of Otogi, staring blankly at the wall across from him.
All them were torn between heart ache and confusion. Their clothes torn, ragged and blood-splattered. he felt a twinge of sympathy for them: to have to have witnessed such a display of gore and horror had twisted their minds. What they had learned about their lives had completely turned their worlds upside down.
"There is nothing that I can do to give you back your...original lives," he spoke, his tone low yet direct. "However, I can offer what little comfort and sanctuary that I have."
When he finished, the silence rang loudly in his ears. Then, Ryou turned his heavy, dead gaze to Morpheus. Leaning his head against the back of his chair, his position and gaze made him look even more dead to them.
"Just take me out of this hell," he responded, his voice matching his eyes: dead and hollow.
"Please," pleaded Yugi.
"Do you all wish to be set free?" questioned Morpheus, scanning the room.
"Yes," whispered Otogi.
"Free us," spoke Malik as Anzu's sobs slowly began to diminish.
Yugi, Jonouchi and Seto remained silent. Morpheus took this as a yes; he could see it in their eyes the freedom they desired. Standing up slowly, the palms of his hands rested on the desk as he leaned forward slightly.
"Then, let us begin."
That was actually the prologue and I'm currently on chapter two. If you really, really want this to posted, just say so when you review. It's starting of PG-13, but it will more than likely go to R. Anyway, see ya! And I'm always free to talk through e-mail, since I'm allowed to use that.
~Mae Crawford