Duelist Kingdom
Chapter: 7B
By: Chibi Pyro Duo
Disclaimer: I do not own the Yu-Gi-Oh storyline or characters, or this stories characters. The only things that belong to me are the storyline, which you may not steal.
Warning: First off I tried for frickin half an hour to get the asterics in there and Edit is being stupid again, so Xp to them. Also an extra warning there is some violence in this chapter. That's about it.
This chapter is Dedicated to the Fox : Thanks for putting up with me and my crazy ideas. Thanks for letting me express myself and not interrupting me. Thanks for editing all my work even the stupid stuff that you don't care about. Thank you for caring about my stories as much as I do and not thinking it's weird. Thanks for putting up with me and my crappy drawing and still encouraging me. Thanks for sticking with me even when I'm annoying. Thanks for helping me with all the drama that goes on in my life. Thanks for helping me with writing and life. Thanks for being there when I need to cry, but don't want to admit it. Thanks for being there even when you don't have to be. Thanks for just being yourself. I don't know what I would do without you muse. You rock Hydro!
"Rosette!", The black headed teenager lowered her head at the sound of the enraged eleven year olds voice, "You have the tablets, why are they not translated? And why have you not captured the Maxwell girl?!"
Tarja inwardly winced at the leaders grating voice, "Mistress, the tablet translation is progressing well considering..."
Bakhu's red tinted eyes flashed the black-purple of the Shadow Realm, "Considering what?"
The supposed fearless girl shuddered a bit, "Considering the limited translation materials."
Bakhu gained a black-glow around her body, "Rosette I will give you more time. But I can only be patient for so long."
"And for that I am truly thankful Mistress." Tarja started to back out of the room.
"Rosette, you might want to hurry. You never know how long I can hold a prisoner."
A flash of fear ran through Tarja's green eyes, she closed them to hide her emotion from the fiend that had her only weakness locked up, "Yes mistress." She backed completely out of the room wondering how long she could delay.
"Yami, Yasha I'm going for a walk.", called the self proclaimed Queen of Games.
"Great," called Yami from up the stairs.
"Sure," yelled Yasha who's voice also came from the same area as Yami's voice. A crash came from upstairs. Yuugi winced and hoped nothing valuable was broken.
She walked down the busy sidewalk, looking around for new members for her army.
She made eye contact with every person she passed, judging their character. She looked into the eyes of a seemingly shady man, who's blue eyes seemed to dully nail into her soul. As the two made eye contact, time seemed to freeze, and for a minute, it looked as though the two were starring at each other.
Then reality set in and the two walked past each other like nothing had happened, they brushed shoulders and walked right past each other. Yuugi quickly dove into an alleyway, "Was that who I think it was?"
Meanwhile, Rena was running out of the park wondering what was wrong with her recruiting skills. She finally made her way back to the warehouse where Nightmare's army stayed.
Leaning up against the wall on the abandoned, grungy, grimy building, she waited for her newly assigned partner.
Five minutes later a shadow blocked Rena's light, and she looked up to see her partner Rain. But something was different, the way this person carried themselves, this was not the timid person she had been partnered with this morning. Rena stalked towards the imposter and grabbed their black shirt, "Who are you and what have you done with Rain?"
The imposter flicked Rena's hand away, "I don't know what you're talking about Rena."
"What have you done with Rain!?"
The Rain look-a-like smirked coldly, "I am Rain." She turned on her heel and walked away.
"Where do you think you're going!?" shouted the impatient Egyptian teen, growing more frustrated by the minute, wondering why this imposter would choose to imitate Rain of all people. And doing such a poor job for that matter.
"To find one of our targets." Commented the imposter flippantly. She brushed a lock of her pure white hair over her shoulder.
"What, but I..." stammered Rena even more confused, almost believing that this was Rain.
"Come on...!!" shouted the girl Rena was going to except as Rain.
In a daze, Rena forgot all about the prophecy.
Yuugi ran through the distant alleyway trying to follow the swift person whom she believed was one of Bakhu's soldiers. Her adrenaline pumped through her body at the thought of finding Bakhu's hideout. She rounded the corner and quickly doubled back.
Peering around the corner again she saw a rundown desolate warehouse. She tiptoed around the corner and looked at it in awe, there was so much Shadow Magic surrounding this place.
She spied two females leaving the building through a secret door.
Yuugi smirked and skulked over to this door, opening it slowly and wincing at the creaks and squeaks that could give her away. She backed up against a wall and got down low and started to crawl down the endless hallways.
Pulling a mirror out of her pocket, she examined a cross-section. She paused and continued right down the tunnel.
Once again she paused-as she neared a set of large, ornate, double doors- guarded by two hefty looking men both wearing blackish-blue robes. She doubled back to a corner and waited patiently, like a cat stalking it's prey.
She heard a dark sinister male voice call, to what she assumed were the two guards,
"The mistress says it's alright to come in, the ceremony is about to begin," hearing the doors close her body tensed up with anxiety and wondered what type of ceremony they could be talking about.
She quietly made her way to the door, crouched to the side and opened the it a fraction of an inch. What she saw made her eyes widen, a girl, almost a woman of 19 was chained to a stone tablet. Fear could be seen in this blonde haired, blue eyed girl
Yuugi crawled towards the back of the crowd. Quickly knocking out one of the smaller soldiers with a tranquilizer gun. She caught the soldier in her arms and got her down on the floor quickly stripping her of her robe. Thankfully all of the other soldiers were in a deep mediation like trance chanting strange words that sounded like Egyptian.
"Silence!" echoed through the crowd.
A woman Yuugi had never seen before walked in front of all the dark-cloaked minions. The woman lowered her hood to cover her face further from sight, starring at her , Yuugi silently wondered who she was. This could not be Bakhu she was eleven, but this woman clearly commanded fear and respect like the Mistress of the Millenium Scythe.
"My faithful Rarehunters." Rarehunters? "Once again my fellow servants of Obelisk, we join together to sacrifice another Shadow Child." She lifted her hand and pointed it at the fearful woman. Yuugi's eyes widened at the state the poor woman was in. Her hair was all-raggedy, her only source of covering a tattered white plain dress, her blue eyes holding the look of a broken rag doll. The woman looked tortured, beaten, and all around neglected looking as though she had skipped more than a few meals.
"Set the tablet in place!" four men in cloaks walked forward struggling with a stone about the length and weight of the man. The tablet was set in a slot about ten feet away from the sacrifice.
The chanting grew louder. A long thin silver dagger was pulled out of the apparent leaders robes Oh no there not going to...
The leader pulled her hood back to reveal a very attractive woman just out of her teens, her black silky hair reflected the fire light as she stalked over to the girl strapped down to the tablet. An uncontrolled evil flared in her beady black eyes. She lifted up the silver dagger and let gravity take its role.
The blue eyed girl shut her eyes in fear. A ripping sound echoed through the candle lit room. Yuugi saw the ragged white dress was ripped down the center revealing the girl's naked flesh.
Yuugi's eyes reflected confusion They aren't going to kill...The dark woman brought the knife down again this time the knife met flesh hitting the girl's left shoulder. Never mind.
The girl screamed in pain, "Do not make a sound!" yelled the beautiful woman's surprisingly harsh voice. The sacrifice closed her eyes tightly biting back another scream of pain that the imbedded knife in her shoulder gave.
An evil consumed the leader as she launched the knife into her other shoulder. The girl lurched forward in an attempt to shed her bonds, but to no avail. The knife was slashed across her stomach and along her thighs.
Yuugi looked away feeling a little squeamish as the blood flowed from the young broken body.
The prisoner screamed again as the pain became unbearable when the torturer stabbed her right hand. The black haired woman's hand flew across the scared girl's face leaving a handprint embedded in blood, "Don't scream!"
The leader slashed her cheeks with a sadistic grin on her face, Yuugi could faintly hear the woman mumbling, "Squeal pig, squeal while I gut you like a pig."
Upon hearing the pitiless voice of the leader speak these words Yuugi gained a burning rage in her stomach her famous sense of justice taking her the logical part of her mind. She wanted no more than to jump at the black haired woman and stab her, but that was not possible as the followers would attack as soon as she attacked the leader, and she had a suspicious that she would become the next victim of this torture.
Stabbing her left hand the tortured blonde threw her head back. She looked around the room pleading for help. Her eyes locked with Yuugi's. The girl almost cried out for help seeing a pity-filled soul in the room. But stopped herself at Yuugi's own pleading eyes, hoping to keep the girl quite so she would not endure the same pain. The girl's eyes grew stronger feeling the need to protect the mysterious violet-eyed girl.
Two deep gashes were put into her lower legs as the blonde no longer possessed the strength the flinch, scream, or cry out.
The chanting that had been accruing topped. The tablet started glowing. A cold breath came from it and a monster's face appeared.
Yuugi stepped back in shock. Four sharp fingers grabbed the edge of the tablet and pulled itself out of the chipped stone tablet.
The leader stretched out her arms and swiped back her robe to bow.
Yuugi stumbled onto the floor while the rest of the black robed figures all bowed.
The sacrifice reached deep within herself and pulled out enough strength to desperately fight against the chains holding her down. The fierce blue monster stepped towards the blonde. The heavy breathe of the monster echoed through the crowd. The nameless being loomed over the girl. A piercing scream of utter despair rang through the crowd as the sacrifice could no longer find the strength to struggle with her bonds.
The uncaring creature put his enormous hand over the screaming girl's mouth. A bright light filled the room. Yuugi had to put her hand up to block the onslaught of the seemingly corrupted holy light.
When the light faded the monster took his hand away from the victims mouth. The monster roared and started walking out of the circle of candles.
Yuugi backed away from the crowd towards the door. The monster stepped out of the circle another flash lit the room up as the monster retreated to it's tablet.
Yuugi opened the door and slid out of the room. Then she ran, she ran until she could run no more.
The eldest next generation Kaiba sat in her office chair. She spun around throwing a ball up into the air and catching it. Feeling the small times of boredom in her busy plotting.
A sharp rap was heard at the door, "Enter"
Another of the illustrious Kaiba clan walked through the door, "Hello Angel, what can I do for you today?" The younger blonde haired girl plopped down in a chair.
Angel smirked, "When will you stop acting so childish and start looking like a Kaiba?"
The fifteen year old threw her multi-colored blonde hair over her shoulder having heard this speech thousands of times before, "When the world is ruled by rabid baboons."
Angel chuckled lightly at her second cousin's response, "With current testing it's possible that it could happen quite soon." The teenager's face burst into a full smile of amusement, "All jokes put aside Alyssa, there is a reason for our meeting. Something of great importance."
"Of great importance? Then why didn't you call Mamono?" asked the younger Kaiba in confusion as to why she would be so important.
"Because the problem is Mamono." A confused look set its place on Alyssa's face.
"This mockery to the Kaiba name has been aloud to run the company for far to long."
Alyssa tried to reason with her relative, "Angel, old man Virgil left instructions in his will that every member of the Kaiba family be given an equal share of the company so that everyone would be on equal footing and that Mokuba's descendant be found and given control of the company."
Angel lunged forward across the desk her angry sapphire blue eyes meeting Alyssa's sapphire blue eyes, "What did the old man know!"
Alyssa trying to protect the president of the company retorted, "A lot, after all he was your father."
"Oh no if that man had any respect for me, he would have named me president. I am the rightful Kaiba heir. Oh but I'll show him." The venom in Angel's voice could only be matched by that of a snake.
"What are you talking about Ang?" asked Alyssa worrying about what the girl she had grown up with was coming to.
"The downfall of Mamono Kaiba."
Alyssa reeled back slightly at the low hissing tone Angel's voice had taken, "Ang.."
"Yes the little bitch shall fall Alyssa! Will you help will you be part of history?"
Alyssa stood up trembling from the dark aura that surrounded Angel, "No" Alyssa ran out the door hoping with all the hope in her heart that Mamono never had to face the full wrath of Angel.
Angel sat down and sighed, "I knew I shouldn't have let you out. You scared the wits out of her."
Angel's voice grew slightly gruffer, "Hmm... like you would have done any better, and it's obvious she's loyal to Mamono."
Angel's voice became normal, "All minor details. All minor." Hoping she could protect the girl whom she had playfully scolded from the time of her childhood.
Serenity loosened her tie, how she hated those formal meetings with adults that all looked down o her because of her age. –Do not let anyone look down upon you because you are young Hikiari.-
She laid on her bed, for movements constricted because of the business skirt and jacket. She flipped her heels off and threw them against the wall Damn you dad, I should be enjoying my youth not slaving away to keep an ancestor's company alive.
"Oww"
Serenity sat up quickly feeling the pressure of the skirt against her belly as she quickly stood up, "Who's there?" frightened by recent events of strangers finding her. Serenity picked up an object from the side table and thew it at the nameless figure.
"Hey I didn't come here to get beat up." A figure stepped out of the shadows. The man rubbed his nose squinting his red eyes.
"Shadow?" asked Serenity slightly relieved that it was her self proclaimed protector and not another attacker.
"No it's the jolly green giant." The sarcasm dripping off of his voice still grumbling about being attacked.
"What are you doing here?" not that she wasn't happy to see him, but it usually meant trouble on her half.
"I'm here because I believe you need to know the truth."
"The truth." Serenity cocked her head in confusion, wondering what her Arweyn was not telling her.
"The truth, why these things are happening. Who you are who I am, who the girl in the dome was."
-No!!- Serenity looked confused and Arweyn's transparent body flew form the golden staff leaning up against the wall, "You will not endanger my Hikari. Arweyn flew her now solid body at Shadow and precede to whack Shadow with the golden staff.
"Hey,Hey.. stop... that hurts.."
"Then... get.. a... way."
"Arweyn..." Serenity grabbed the staff hoping that her yami hadn't truly hurt him having been whacked by the staff a couple of times herself, "I trust him."
Arweyn scowled and gave up the staff to her light and sat on the bed (but not before she thew a threatening glare at Shadow.)
Shadow sent a weary glance at Arweyn, almost debating on weather he wanted to go through with his plan. "It all started in Egypt over 5000 years ago." The room darkened. Serenity shivered slightly. A sphere appeared in the center of the room. A young pharaoh appeared on the throne, "This is the nameless king." Various scenes preceded to occurred including the slaughter of the village, the thief Bakura, the priest Seto, and Mahado, and Shadi.
Serenity was nearly in tears by the end of just the first act. Next the tale of Yugi and Yami was told. Of the their adventures when Yugi first got his puzzle, to the thief reborn trying to trap the pharaoh in a doll, to the wicked Pegasus (which Serenity had a hard time believing), the grave keeper Malik, the tragic priest Seto, the god cards, and the rediscovery.
Serenity looked at Shadow with tears brimming in her sapphire blue eyes, "What does this have to do with me?"
Shadow flicked his hand at the orb a picture of a young female brunet stood the setting in Ancient Egypt. She was at and alter with the Scale in her hands. She put the Scale down and plunged a dagger into her heart. The collective souls of Shadi, Ishizu, Maximillion, Bakura, Marik, and Yami all watched din horror as she did this. The woman entered the after life never to return or be revived.
More images flickered across the orb. Continuing until the end. This time Yugi stood there looking as old as 60. He had gray hair with some black and red strands left. His violet eyes shinned with happiness and innocence as they always would. Yugi gave the Puzzle box to a young boy with spiky tri-colored hair and maroon eyes. The child took it excitingly and ran to his room to start working on it.
A young blonde haired girl whose hair was shoulder length and unruly and crystalline blue eyes looked innocently at her identical father and uncle as they headed towards the Forbidden Room. Her father and uncle chanted something and the Rod started glowing darkly. You see the little girl hiding behind the doorway looking entranced by the dark powers emitting from the Rod.
A very old and frail looking Pegasus who was laying down on a hospital bed. He was looking at a 15-year-old girl with purple-gray hair and lilac eyes. Pegasus' hand glowed darkly as Shadow Power was transferred into the item in his hand. He took the girls hand and gave her the item. The girl looked down at the item and flung herself on her grandfathers bed crying as he died.
Ryou Bakura was running towards his basement. He ran towards the broken down wall and placed the Ring inside the hollowed out wall and started boarding it back up. The ring glowed darkly with some Shadow Magic that Ryou accidentally left behind. Ryou walked upstairs to see his wife feeding their newborn child.
Isis was in her bed. She had graying hair and a wrinkled face. She was holding Seto's hand whose hair was also gray and face was wrinkled up.
Isis looked at the girl who had her father's eyes. The only one of her children that could handle the Shadow Magic. She said something and held out the Necklace.
The girl looked at the Necklace and shook her head.
Malik was in the corner looking like he was only 30 because of the effects of the Shadow Magic. Her brother offered to use the Shadow Magic to keep the Necklace alive. Isis refused.
Isis once again pleaded with her oldest child. Still she refused. Isis was about to get up and make her child take the Necklace but she collapsed and died.
Malik's head was down as he took the Necklace out of his sisters' grasp.
He was in Cairo his home and took his sisters Necklace into the Shadow Temple. He placed the Necklace next to the ashes of the Scale and Key and he stepped away. The Necklace glowed, levitated, and disintegrated. Know there were three piles of ash left in the Shadow Temple as Malik walked away never to return to this place again.
"This is what happened fifty years later." Stated the neutral commentator. The orb's image changed the later events.
There before you is an abandoned tomb. There were three piles of ashes laid. The only memory of Isis Ishtar and Shadi. The pile of ashes started glowing.
Out of the ashes of the Scale came a golden scythe with the Eye of Horus on the hilt. A ball and chain attached to the end of it. This was the millennium scythe, the item that could destroy bodies and souls, tell whether someone was lying or impure.
Out of the ashes of the Key came a staff. It was made out of gold with the Pharaoh's story, the millennium items, and the new prophesy inscribed on it. This was the millennium staff the item that could control the elements.
Finally out of the ashes of the Necklace was an amulet that hung on a chain. It was gold and had the Eye of Horus in the middle with a ruby in the middle of that. This was the millennium amulet the item that let you see and walk threw walls and let the possessor have the power of telekinesis which the person could only harness with ones emotions.
"This is where you come in, one hundred and fifty years after all of these events have taken place."
A girl around 15 with black hair in a loose braid and had sapphire blue eyes walked in the Egyptian marketplace were a staff caught her eye. She examined it then bought it. The staff glowed as she walked home.
Another girl around 9 with short dark brown hair that had green highlights in it and bright green eyes looked on her mother with delight. The mother gave her a gift and inside was a scythe. The girl hugged her mother while she was doing that the scythe glowed.
A girl of 13 with long sleek black hair that covered one of her bright green eyes was dodging bullets. When she got inside an old and unkempt tomb she found an amulet on the floor. It caught her interest she picked it up and was about to examine it again when bullets started flying again. The amulet glowed.
A girl of 14 with black-red hair that was shoulder length and had red eyes was having a birthday party. She opened up a present to find a golden box with puzzle pieces in it. She smiled at her grandfather who had spiky graying hair that had some black left in it and maroon eyes. The puzzle pieces glowed.
A boy that looked 14 with dark brown hair and fiery red eyes was looking across to a boy who was also 14 and had unruly blonde hair and deep purple eyes. He possessed a rod. The brunet yelled something out and a Golden Dragon took down a White Dragon. The tablets with the pictures on it disappeared. The brunet was given the Rod while the blonde looked on in shock. The Rod started glowing.
A baby boy was just being born and an eye looking necklace was placed around his neck. 17 years later that boy had short silvery gray hair and 1 shiny brown eye while the other eye was glazed over. It was obvious that the boy was blind in that eye. The boy was goofing around with his friends and the eye started glowing.
A girl of 15 with tight braided black hair with white tips and crimson eyes was starring at a wall she had just broken by hitting. She saw it was hallow and went in. There she found a dusty-looking ring. She dusted it off and picked it up. As she picked it up it started to glow.
"None of the item owners noticed the glow if they did they would have known in 2 years there life would have taken a drastic change for the worse."
The following images quickly ran across the orb's screen. There was a staff sitting in a messy bedroom, the scythe being used to fight, an amulet around some bodies neck, a puzzle finally being finished and put together, someone griping the rod, the eye hanging off of a chain, and the ring sitting on a bed..
After the sphere disappeared and the black fog disappeared. Arweyn was at Shadow's throat, "What has happened in the Shadow Realm since I have slept."
"I play Dark Magician Girl." Stated Lena.
Yuugi walked in tiredly. Anna looked at the tired Yuugi, "Miss Yuugi, could you please help me." Yuugi trudged over and gave Anna tips.
The Egyptian siblings came bounding downstairs. Yasha rushed for the fridge, while Yami rushed to Yuugi's side, "Abiou, we felt tremendous amounts of Shadow Magic around."
Yasha pulled her head out of the fridge, "More than usual. Why don't we have any good food!"
"I'm thrilled for your concern Yasha."
Yami hugged Yuugi, "Abiou it's not a joking matter. I felt so much Shadow Magic I feared you were in danger."
"Oh Yami..." almost melting into his embrace.
"I couldn't even feel the puzzle, I feared it fell into evil hands."
Yuugi glared at him, and pushed herself out of his warm hug, "Of course it's always about that damn puzzle."
"No Yuugi..."
Hmm Yuugi whirled around with Yami on her heels apologizing for whatever he had said, "Anna your new assignment is track down Bakhu's hideout and spy on her. Lena your assignment is to spy on a new Shadow using group they seem set on resurrecting Obelisk the Tormentor." Lena's eyes widened in fear, "You two are dismissed to prepare for your assignments."
Anna and Lena saluted and scurried off afraid of their leaders bad moods.
Yami hugged Yuugi from behind, "I'm sorry."
Yuugi hmphed, "You don't even know what you did."
Yami glared angrily at the puzzle, "Damn those mind links."
Yasha saw Yugi leaving the house, "Hey Game were you going?"
"Out."
Kagura panted and sweated, running and jumping across rooftops wasn't as easy as it looked. Rena was living breathing proof of that.
Rena jumped to another roof. Kagura desperately tried to keep up. How out of shape was her Hikari's body.
Rena dropped from a roof into an alley. She walked towards a graffiti decorated apartment. Rena turned to make sure the panting Kagura was alright, "Wait here Rain. I'm going to visit our dear friend."
Kagura nodded her head and leaned up against the alley wall.
Rena tapped her tan fist on the door.
The familiar squeak and glowing purple eyes that the Striker had grown accustomed to stood silently in the dark, "Prophet I come to seek your guidance in my future."
The Shadow Magic thickened around the door. It felt like an internal storm and she was now here near the eye, "Black surround, the protective guardian will bring it forward, the red shadows will consume and surround before golden lighting prepares to strike. The betrayal of the snow and stream."
The door shut with Rena's golden eyes staring at the door. She was meant to die.
Gideon and Karumi walked together near the gaming district.
"Another glorious day," mumbled Karumi who glared at the sunlight.
"It would be if I could stop thinking about all the trouble Mamono and Ren are having with their companies."
"Both companies are having problems at the same time. Who would have thought?"
"All the Kaiba's are giving Mamono a bad time while Ren is having trouble with the other repsesinitives. I told them both years ago to switch to my method. Downgrade everyone who is an administrator and hire new ones in secret."
"I guess it's easy for a sole heir who is now legally an adult." A little frustrated that Gideon wasn't getting her point.
Gideon shrugged, "Not my fault I'm an only child." Not feeling the least bit sorry for his friend's situations.
"I'm sure Mamo would kick the rest of the Kaiba's out if she could, but they do share some DNA and they own part of the company."
"But Serenity didn't have to anyone else until she brought in that third or fourth cousin twice removed." Counted Gideon.
"At first she thought she could trust Lyndsi they were just kids. She needed an ally against those money grubbing adults." Reasoned Karumi.
Gideon's brown eyes brighten, "Look they opened up a new game store!"
Karumi's ice blue eyes also lit up. She grabbed Gideon's arm, "Hey my buddy who is super duper rich do you wanna buy me some duel monster cards? Please."
She gave Gideon the pity me my mom doesn't give me any money look. Gideon sighed in defeat and Karumi cheered. She ran into the store and grabbed the nearest booster pack of duel monster cards.
After Karumi and Gideon explored the classic game section and found a chess set made out of Duel Monster characters, Gideon purchased the heavy chess set and five booster packs.
Karumi cheered again and skipped out the front door her straight long blue hair following her. Gideon chuckled at his long time friend's antics and followed her out getting some of her blue hair tickling his face.
When Gideon caught up to the happy go-lucky blue haired girl she was sitting on a bench shuffling through the cards mumbling, "Dimension Dragon...Dimension Dragon."
Gideon plopped down next to the fox obsessed girl, he ran his fingers through his silver-gray hair. "You know Rumi if you want this card so badly I can just manufacture you one."
Karumi's eyes got big, "Really?"
"Yeah."
"Weeee" Karumi jumped up knocking all the cards to the ground. Gideon laughed at Karumi's antics.
Two figures shadowed Karumi and Gideon's light. The girl with white hair compared the two friends to a pair of photos. She confirmed with her dark haired accomplice.
The dark-haired golden eyed fifteen year old walked over to Gideon, "Are you Gideon Greymane?"
Gideon stood up looming over the tanned Goth. The golden-eyed female glared up at the tall nineteen-year-old brown eyes.
"This one is Karumi Fox." Confirmed the spiky haired girl.
The golden-eyed girl narrowed her narrowed eyes even more, "I am Rena the Striker. Your demise will come from my hand."
Karumi jumped forward getting up into the dark haired girls face, "You're the one who challenged Ren."
The Goth smirked, "And what if I am?"
The red eyed partner rolled her eyes at the younger girls antics, "Don't you think we should take them to the Shadow Realm before yours tart gloating?"
Rena's eyes glowed with murder at her partner.
"Karumi run!" shouted Gideon as he pushed Karumi out of the unknown girls way, grabbed her wrist, and started running.
Rena's crystal pendant started glowing and so did Gideon's gold eye pendant that he had on a chain. The two Shadow powers collided and darkness surrounded the four people.
Brad was walking by the gaming district when he felt Shadow Magic being used Shit he thought.
He ran through the crowded street passing by the blur of innocent bystanders. He stopped just in time to see a man with silver hair standing next to the same girl who had mad made the Shadow Realm appear in public last time. He saw the silver haired man grab a girl around his age wrist and started running, they passed by a girl with spiky white hair.
He felt and saw two dark powers collide. He covered his eyes to see a Shadow Dome in the place where the teenagers had been I've got to help them!
He lifted up his millennium rod with a glowing eye appearing on his forehead and walked right through the dome.
Mamono threw off her suit jacked, threw it on the chair, "What are you doing here Angel?"
Angel lifted herself out of the chair, "We were tired of you being in the way."
"What? Okay Angel you've finally gone off the deep end what's with all this we stuff? Trying the same intimidation tactic as Serenity...."
Angel interrupted her, "Hmm hardly, there are two of me and Ang and myself are going to take over Kaiba Corp and.."
Mamono frustrated that she had gotten interrupted yelled, "Now listen here, your father left this company to me and..."
"Oh no, he was leaving it to Mokuba's heir. But what if... what if we were to get rid of his heir and make the Seto line ruler of the Corp again?"
"I'd say you were crazy." She tried to play it off as a joke hoping that Angel wasn't really serious.
"Crazy!" Angel started laughing maniacally. A dark shadow filled the room.
"What's going on?" yelled Mamono her autumn green eyes holding fear in them.
"We are going to duel dear Mamono." Angel's blonde hair grew a spiky look to it, "Welcome to the Shadow Realm."
Shadow opened the door and tiredly sat on the couch in the apartment given to him by Bakhu. He started to close his eyes, his vision was growing hazy as the darkness of the room surrounded him.
A pair of purple orbs floated across the room. Light assaulted Shadow's vision making him wince and covering up his eyes with his arms, "Well Kage, it would seem that not even you can hide your weakness forever."
Shadow recognized the voice. His red eyes snapped open despite the pain of his eyes readjusting. He unsheathed his silver dagger hid in his black trench coat. The light flashed off the dagger and mad Shadow wince again. The knife did found its destination next to Odin's neck despite Shadow relaying only on instinct.
"Well it seems you are awake." Smirked the blonde teen.
"Autopilot." Answered the black-haired eighteen year old in a monotone voice.
"What?" questioned Odin not picking up on Shadow's sarcasm.
"My body is on autopilot, so don't press any buttons that might piss me off." Growled Shadow, at Odin's stupidity wondering how in the world the purple-eyed Egyptian had become a general.
"My, my, my, Kage, a little testy in the morning." Hoping to make up for his not so quick wit in cockiness.
Shadow growled, "It isn't morning until the suns up." Wondering what in the world the whiny general wanted this early in the morning that he couldn't complain about at noon.
Odin smirked, "Would you join me in the kitchen."
He moved away from Shadow's knife, as he slowly turned his back to his self-proclaimed rival. Shadow growled again, grabbed Odin's arm and pointed the knife at his back, "How about you join me at the door." Not feeling in the mood for his games.
Shadow could feel Odin's smirk, "Well I guess this girl has done a number on you."
Shadow froze up how could he have possibly found out about Serenity, "What are you talking about?!"
"Join me in a game of Egyptian Rat Race."
Shadow jerked his knife away angrily and walked towards the small kitchen. Odin smirked following Shadow. He sat down in the place across from Shadow.
Odin brought out a deck of cards, shuffled, and dealt the deck into two even piles. He gave one of the halves to Shadow, "Kage, I know your secret."
Shadow laid down the first card as his red eyes glowed slightly still trying to figure out how Odin could have tracked his well covered moves, "What secret?"
Odin laid down two cards on the queen, not being fooled by the act that Shadow was putting up, "About the girl."
"What girl?" repeated Shadow in a clueless tone.
"Serenity Maxwell" Shadow hesitated as he put down his ten on top of Odin's ten. Odin slapped the double ten sweeping up the cards into his half of the deck.
"Never heard of her." Shadow scooped up the pile of cards after Odin lay down a royal on top of his Jack.
"Oh I think you have." Odin laid down a Ace.
"What suggests that?" Shadow grew steadily more nervous.
"She was a mission."
"I've had many missions."
"But for some reason you find this one special."
"I think you're delusional."
Odin smirked, "Well if you don't know or want her Kage, I'm sure she'll go with me."
Shadow's red eye's semi-glowed an angry red color, "Get out Ishtar!"
"Oh? Did I strike a sensitive cord?" Commented Odin playfully glad he was finally raising some sort of emotion out of the usual emotionless boy.
Shadow threw his cards at Odin venting his frustration, "Get out Ishtar."
"Wouldn't Mistress Bakhu be interested in the fact that her top general has a widdle crush on a target." Loving the fact that he finally had something on his rival.
"Bakhu wouldn't believe you, everyone knows you've been trying to get me eliminated."
"She's my cousin."
Shadow smirked regaining his apathetic attitude; "Being a cousin is just like having a coincidence with a person "Oh we share the same grandfather cool see you at the next funeral. Besides I'm her favorite."
Odin snarled, "If you don't care about her, I can just kill her."
Shadow's façade was dropped again as his eyes shot a dangerous crimson blood glowing red, "Star away from her Ishtar, you and your whole damn family."
"Ah so you do care about her." Odin finally reaching the conclusion he had known from the beginning.
"GET OUT!" yelled Shadow in an uncharacteristic voice. Shadow grabbed Odin's black robe and threw him out the apartment.
Odin smirked –So what do we do know?-
-Know we stalk his charge- said his sadistic yami.
Odin's hair spiked up, he stuck out his tongue and walked down the hall.
Angel smirked loving every precious moment of confusion written on Mamono's face, "Prepare yourself for the duel of your life Mamono."
Mamono's confusion again heightened as she soon realized that on her arm was a mini duel disk made by Kaiba Corp and her duel deck in the deck holder.
"Draw five cards, we will play by the Kaiba Tournament Rules."
Mamono still confused, but holding onto her determination nodded and drew her cards.
Angel, starting first, drew five cards, "DUEL!" she picked Ceasefire from her deck, "I play Gemini Elf in attack mode, and will end my turn."
Mamono bit her lip, how was she supposed to compete with Gemini Elf on her first turn? She drew Flute of Summoning Dragon, "I place one cards face down in defense mode, and one card face down."
Angel smirked she already had her on the run and defense, she drew Dark Magician and smirked again, "I play Ameba in attack mode and have it attack your life points directly."
It was Mamono's turn to smirk, "I will counter your attack with Barrel Behind the Door." Her face down card flipped face up.
Angel growled again as life points were cut in half, "Lucky move Mamono"
Angel- 2000 Mamono- 4000
"Not luck Angel, skill, pure skill." Mamono drew Magic Cylinder, "I play one card face down." I still have to deal with that darn Gemini Elf. "And I will end my turn."
Angel drew Final Flame and smirked as a plan formed in her head, "Prepare to be defeated swiftly Mamono. I sacrifice Ameba and Gemini Elf for Dark Magician. Attack her face down card."
Troop Dragon was destroyed, Mamono negative thoughts plagued her mind, "I get to draw another Troop Dragon from my deck due to Troop Dragon's effect." Her turn started. She drew Pitch Dark Dragon, "I place one card face down and play Pitch Dark Dragon and equip it to Dark Blade. How's that Angel dear?"
Angel drew Giant Germ, "Don't be so confidant. I play Final Flame."
Angel- 2000 Mamono- 3400
"I'm not the one with an ego check in mail order." Shouted Mamono.
Angel ignored the insult, "I shall also place one card facedown, and place Giant Germ in Defense Mode."
Mamono drew Shadow Spell, "I play Shadow Spell and choose Dark Magician attack with Dark Blade."
Angel- 1500 Mamono- 3400
Angel bit her thumb nail trying to scramble together and form a new plan. She drew Dark Magician Girl, "I sacrifice Giant Germ for Dark Magician Girl, and attack Troop Dragon."
Angel- 1500 Mamono- 2900
Mamono countered, "But that also means I can special summon another Troop Dragon from my deck and place it in Defense Mode." She drew Snatch Seal, "I place one card face down"
Angel drew Attack and Receive, "I play Attack and Receive"
Angel- 1500 Mamono- 2300
"And I play one monster card face down."
Mamono drew Change of Heart, "A small price to pay, I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy all your magic cards." Angel's Ceasefire was destroyed, "And I will have my Dark Blade destroy your Dark Magician Girl."
Angel drew Raigeki, "I play Raigeki." All of Mamono's monsters were destroyed. Angel smirked, "I will also flip Princess of Tsurgi.
Angel- 1500 Mamono- 1800
Mamono shouted, "I counter your attack with Magical Cylinder."
Angel- 600 Mamono- 1800
Mamono drew Tribute to the Doomed, "I play Tribute to the Doomed and discard Snatch Seal to destroy your Princess of Tsurgi."
Angel drew Gravekeeper's Curse, "I play Gravekeeper's Curse."
Angel- 600 Mamono- 1000
"I'll also have my monster attack."
Angel- 600 Mamono- 200
Mamono drew Lord of D., "I play Lord of D. with Flute of Summoning Dragon, I'll special summon Tyrant Dragon and Luster Dragon."
Angel drew another Gemini Elf, "I play Gemini Elf in Defense mode, and place Gravekeeper's Curse in Defense Mode."
Mamono drew Magician of Faith, "This is the downhill part of the duel Angel, where you beg for forgiveness. Tyrant Dragon attack Gravekeeper's Curse, Luster Dragon attack Gemini Elf, and Lord of D attack Angel's life points directly."
Angel- 0 Mamono – 200
Angel dropped to her knees, waiting for the Shadow Penalty to come on her, "I lost"
Yuugi sat waiting in Devilin's Dueling Inc.'s waiting room. A pleasant secretary smiled and stated, "Miss Yasha you may go to our Vice Presidents office."
Yuugi straightened out her suit and walked down the quiet hall. Her heels clicked on the tile floor as she neared Lyndsi Wheeler's office. Yuugi knocked on her door.
"Enter" stated the bored voice of the Vice President, "Hello Miss Yuugi Yasha how can I help you?"
Yuugi smiled oddly, "It is more how can I help you?"
Lyndsi rolled her eyes, "What do you want?"
Yuugi flopped down in a chair across from Lyndsi, "There are many things that proceed that you no not about. I want you to join my forces, and you may learn how to find your place in the world that is to come."
Lyndsi rolled her eyes, "Why don't you amuse me with a Duel Monsters match. I would love to learn about the Queen of Games more."
Yuugi rolled her eyes, "Kaiba tournament style, and we'll take a little trip."
"Where?"
"To the Shadow Realm." A darkness engulfed the room, "Draw you five cards from you Duel Disk and let us begin."
Lyndsi gulped and looked down at the mini duel disk that made it's way onto her arm, she drew her five cards, "I'll go first" She drew Queen's Double, "I play Hibikime in Defense Mode."
Yuugi drew Trap Hole, "I play one card face down in Defense mode and I'll lay one card face down."
Lyndsi drew Fire Sorcerer, "Now dear Yuugi, do you think this will work, I have studied all your games. I play one card face down."
Yuugi drew Amazon Swords Woman, "Your on the verge of a stalker, I flip over my face down monster Lady Assailant of Flames and I discard three cards Trap Jammer, Mirror Force, and Amazon Paladin to activate her effect."
Lyndsi- 3200 Yuugi- 4000
"I'll also play one card face down."
Lyndsi drew Red Archery Girl, "I am not a stalker, I follow all Champions careers, I'll sacrifice Hibiki and Queen's Double for Dark Magician."
Yuugi drew Amazoness Tiger, "Whatever floats your boat Miss Wheeler, I'll play Amazon Sword Woman in attack mode, Attack Dark Magician."
Lyndsi- 2200 Yuugi- 4000
"I'll also lay another one card face down."
Lyndsi drew Lady Assailant of Flames, "I play Fire Sorcerer in defense mode, and use her special effect and discard Red Archery Girl and Queen's Bird to the Graveyard. And I'll have Dark Magician attack Lady Assailant of Flames."
Lyndsi- 2200 Yuugi- 4000
Yuugi drew Tsukuyomi, "I play one monster face down."
Lyndsi drew Princess of Tsurgi, "I sacrifice Fire Sorcerer for Dark Witch. Ark Magician attacks her face down card. Dark Magician is Destroyed."
Yuugi growled at her favorite card being destroyed. She hastily picked up her card Pot of Greed, "I play Pot of Greed," Yuugi drew Amazoness Swords Woman and Harpy's Brother. "I play Amazoness Paladin in Attack Mode, Amazoness Tiger in Attack Mode, and Amazon Swords Woman in Defense Mode. Amazoness Paladin attack Dark Witch. I also reveal my magic card Windstorm of Etaqua."
Lyndsi- 2100 Yuugi- 3200
Lyndsi drew Harpy Lady, "I play Lady Assailant of Flames and activate its special effect by discarding Robbin Goblin, Harpy Lady, and Gust."
Lyndsi- 2100 Yuugi- 2400
Yuugi drew Summoned Skull, "I sacrifice Amazoness Tiger and Amazoness Paladin for Summoned Skull. Summoned Skull attack the Dark Magician and Amazoness Swords Woman attack Lady Assailant of Flames."
Lyndsi drew Waboku, "I play Harpy Lady in Defense Mode."
Yuugi drew Maha Vailo, "I play Trap Hole on Harpy Lady. Then I have Summoned Skull attack your life points directly."
Lyndsi- 0 Yuugi- 2400
Yuugi smiled, "Pleasure doing business with you." She bent down and Lyndsi shook Yuugi's hand, "Will you consider?"
Lyndsi nodded her head, "Yes it is apparent I have much to learn."
AN: Okay sorry for not getting this out earlier ::avoids random objects thrown in my direction:: First off I had to devlop decks for people who didn't give me any, then I got writer's block, then I got busy, then I finally got it done, did the revisions, sent it to Karumichan for editing, then it took her about a month to get that back to me, then I just came back from my four day trip. So I guess that's a good excuse ::avoids blunt objects::
Writer's Response:
Karumichan: Sorry me bro is being nice today, so you can't kill him. Anyway once again I blame you for this being so late. ::smiles innocently:: I loved the pretty pic of Yoko thank you so much Maybe if you want you can draw a pretty pic from DK.
Yokokaru-chan: Yeah didn't really happen soon. I hope that Author Alert thing got fixed.
Yami Nocturna: I wouldn't say Yasha acts like Relena, maybe Relena who is a little cooler and more psycho and whatnot. Yeah downfall it's all cool aren't you happy. Yasha is just the opposite of Yami at all times kind of like an extreme sibling rivilary. ::hands Yami N. a cookie:: good job, another person can figure out the prophsey. Grrr... the Quick Edit thing was being stupid again. I swear everytime I try and do something with DK it is like this.
Magicman/Smokegirl: I'm glad you enjoyed it. You also get a cookie for desphering the riddle. Just because you guys try and guess them it just makes me want to add more. Yes the Gods are involved as you say above, and they play a key role in everything.
Bakhu: Interesting, anyway thanks for being one of those loyal reviewers.
Kratous Aurion's Keeper: The pizza bit was funny, thanks for the laugh. I'm glad that you like the story. Sorry I couldn't fit anything with Azumi in there this chapter.
Mamono: Glad you enjoyed the last chapter, sorry for not updating in forever. (by my calulations almost four months). I'm glad you love the prophesys, I actually wasn't going to have that many in there, like the first one then I was going to have the guy like disappear, he was just a device to get you guys to know Rena, but then everyone was like "We love the prophesies" so I decided to have him stay in there. So see everyone your reviews actually do influence future chapters.
Okay yeah other comments thanks to Kratous Aurion's Keeper (KAK), Mamono, and Yami Nocturna for the decks (sorry if I missed anyone else). If you would like to please send your decks for your character, it really would save me a lot of work.
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