Union through Separation
Chapter 17
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!… and maybe that's for the best.
For Tea, this was the final straw. "THAT'S IT!"
At that moment, Yami was shocked to notice something glowing on Tea's forehead. Yugi and Bakura obviously noticed it as well. Tea, however, did not understand the reason behind their startled expressions because she couldn't see it.
The Eye of Horus had appeared on her forehead.
"Guys, what's wrong?" Tea asked. But before anyone could offer her an explanation, Tea's body was suddenly enveloped in a bright light. And when it cleared, she was dressed in the attire of an Egyptian Queen.
Yami was truly stunned, for Tea looked exactly the same as she did in the sketches Yami had drawn. Could this possibly mean what I think it means? Yami wondered.
Tea, of course, was equally confounded, if not more so. "What in the name of Witch Hunter Robin is going on here?"
"I don't know," said Bakura, who had regained his cool demeanour, "but it makes little difference to me. You're still going to lose!"
Bakura's monsters continued their vicious onslaught against the two Dark Magicians. However, just as things were starting to look their worst, a strange light started to emanate from Yami's Duel Monster deck. The light was coming from one of his cards. It floated out of the deck and into Tea's confused hands. She recognised right away which card it was:
The Dark Magician Girl.
(A.N. Big surprise, huh?)
Seemingly by instinct, Tea summoned the Dark Magician girl into existence. This gave Yami an idea. Looking over at Yugi, he saw his young comrade give a knowing nod, indicating that he was thinking the same thing as well. Simultaneously, they both sacrificed their Dark Magicians. And as any good Duellist should know, whenever a Dark Magician is sent to the graveyard, Dark Magician Girl's power is increased.
…Then again, there was no way to know for certain if this particular Shadow Game had anything equivalent to a graveyard. I hope this works, Yami mentally prayed.
It didn't take Tea long to figure out the strategy. At Tea's command, the Dark Magician Girl aimed her wand at Bakura's monsters and fired an intense blast of magical energy. Yami's plan had worked. Even though in a normal Duel Monsters game such a power boost would probably have been insufficient to destroy so many monsters, this was not a normal Duel Monsters game. Bakura's baddies were completely vaporised.
Our heroes had won. (A.N. Like you'd expect any other outcome?)
Bakura just stood there, gaping in disbelief. "It… it can't be!"
"Oh, but it can!" Tea said. "Yami, would you do the honour?"
The Pharaoh smiled. "It would be my pleasure."
Using his powers, Yami opened up a porthole into the Shadow Realm that began sucking the Tombrobber's spirit out of the Millennium Ring. The wicked spirit tried to resist of course, but the pull was just too strong for him.
"This isn't over Pharaoh!" The Tombrobber cried as the porthole consumed him. "You know that the Shadow Realm cannot contain me forever! I will be back! There will be a next time!"
"There always is," Yami muttered.
The porthole disappeared. So did the Dark Magician Girl. Yami and Tea both transformed back into their original clothing. Staggering, Tea lost her balance, but was caught by Yami. Evidently, the transformation was a bit too much for her to take.
Bakura was in a similar state of disorientation. With the evil spirit banished (at least for time being), he was now Ryou Bakura, the much friendlier Bakura personality.
"Are you okay?" Yugi asked.
"I'm not certain," Ryou replied. "I have this strange feeling that I've been behaving like some sort of malevolent pervert."
"It wasn't you," said Yugi.
Ryou noticed the Millennium Ring around his neck. "Oh no, you mean it was 'You-Know-Who'?"
"We call him the Tombrobber. This isn't J.K. Rowling."
Yami, meanwhile, was tending to Tea. "How are you?" he asked.
"I guess I'm okay," Tea said, "all things considering. What exactly just happened here."
"I'm not entirely certain," Yami admitted as he helped Tea back to her feet. "But I would say that you and I have quite a lot to discuss."
TO BE CONCLUDED
That's right, you read it correctly. There's only one chapter left. Well actually, there are two chapters left. One of them will be a special lemon chapter that will only be available through e-mail to those who ask for it.
Of course, I still have to write it. (Sighs) No rest for the creative.