The Survival of The Fittest
They arrived in a barren land, dust blew around them. Iato looked down, she was in the same red dress she had been in the first time she had fought him. She had no wraps on and around her head flew the two falcons. Iato raised her arm and Talrim landed on her forearm. Her dress was tight and it was held up by one strap over her right arm. It swung under the left side and then the opening continued down her back. It looped up to the right strap, the bottom of the loop touching her tailbone. It hung down to her knees and the flaps were still there, slit up to the top of her thighs. On the front was the sign of the bird goddess… which is actually what she was. The blade of her staff was shining blood red, the same scarlet as her dress in the light. Her feet were wrapped with white linen, strapped up her ankles. Her hand left hand was wrapped the same.
The other four were all dressed the same, they had the cinched pants on but they were different colors. Atem's were black, Seto's were a pale blue, Bakura's were steely grey and Malik's were a pale Amethyst. Their ankles were wrapped with the same linen and so were their wrists except for Atem who had his right leather glove. In their hands were staves with long blades on them. At their hips were solid steel swords like Atem's only theirs were engraved with spirals of diamonds. Iato's staff was strapped across her back and her twin swords were in her hands, the straps around her hands. She swung one around each hand creating a booming wind as they swung.
"DRAGON!" Iato yelled walking forward. "SHOW YOURSELF!" She called and from a great black hole in the sky, that began to swallow the whole of the sky, the great red dragon appeared with a large amount of other demons.
'So we meet again Guardian.' Slifer growled and laughed.
"Leave my people alone… I'm going to finish what I started with you hundreds of years ago Dragon." Iato scowled.
'Fowl scum of the earth feel my wrath!' The dragon opened it's mouth and sent out huge amounts of energy balls, a great wind blew around the barren place and as the smoke cleared it showed Iato smiling still standing.
"You're going to have to do better than that." Iato twisted up into the sky, the battle had begun. Seto, Malik, Atem, and Seto were left to deal with the horde of demons.
Iato spun around slashing at the dragon's hard scales. Slifer slashed at her, catching her leg with one of its talons. The dragon wasn't as big as it had originally been and the two of them were perfectly matched in power as they swooped around in to sky. Iato swung the swords around her hands slashing the dragon again across it's face then her eyes opened wide as to her horror the other two god monsters appeared through the portal. It began to rain as dark clouds gathered.
'Give it up Guardian… you're beat.' Slifer told her and she shook her wet head, smiling.
"Not yet Slifer… you haven't won yet." She flew into the sky and from the crystal burst forth huge ribbons of light, wrapping around her body. She crossed her arms in front of her chest, tilting her head towards the sky. Her hair lengthened to her knees, pulling up into a high pony tail turning a shimmering silver color. Her bangs were hanging down in front of her face and her eyes turning a brilliant yellow color. Her skirt lengthened and turned a steely grey color. Her wings grew larger and shone their true color, a deep steely grey. She spun her staff to her side then to her other side finally throwing it up into the air and catching it in front of her. The staff disappeared as she attached it to her sword, creating a longer blade. She swung the blades around her hands as she opened her eyes and the light faded.
"SLIFER THE SKY DRAGON, I AM NOT THE GUARDIAN IATO! I AM THE GODDESS IATO GODDESS OF SHADOWS! I BANISHED YOU ONCE AND I WILL COMPLETE WHAT I FINISHED HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO IN MY FORMER MATE'S NAME! I WILL FIGHT YOU TO THE DEATH IF I MUST IN ORDER TO FREE MY PEOPLE FROM YOUR WRATH… if you thought I was beaten… you need to think twice." The Goddess called out.
They were locked in battle, the two gods were locked in an eternal battle that only one would win. Iato slammed her smaller blade into the dragon's side and created a gash. The dragon cried out and slashed at the goddess who dodged it. Atem was distracted for a moment and a demon slammed into him, he fell against a rock, knocking him out. Seto ran over and lifted the young man behind the rock and Malik and Seto made their way over, lightning and thunder shook the sky as they were all soaked. Iato and the dragon were locked in combat and suddenly she let out a cry, it was half melody and half scream. From the sky flew two more girls like her. One was wearing a white dress exactly like Iato's and her hair was pure whitish blonde, the other had the same dress on only in black and her hair was pure black. The white one squared off with Ra and the other with Obelisk. The darkest one had pure black wings and the lighter one had pure white almost clear shimmering wings and on their hands were the same swords as Iato's. At their sides were a black falcon and a white one, Talrim flying by Iato.
'The Goddesses… no… you three cannot be alive still.' Slifer hissed.
"GODDESSES RIKAYA AND DIRANA JOIN ME IN A PURE FRIENDSHIP!" Iato called.
"GODS OF DARKNESS WE THE THREE SISTERS OF ELEMENTS COMMAND YOU TO STAND DOWN OR YOU LEAVE US NO CHOICE BUT TO DESTROY YOU! YOU THREATNED OUR FRIENDS THE AREOS AND YOU SHALL PAY!" The three yelled in unison. "YOU ARE CAUSING NOTHING BUT PAIN AND WE WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE! WE GODDESSES RIKAYA IATORA AND DIRANA WILL NOT ALLOW IT!" The three of them called… when the god monsters did not back down they attacked.
'Goddess Rikaya I have faced you before.' Ra called at Rikaya who was holding him off every time he slashed at her. Iato slammed into Slifer, slashing him in the same spot again.
"I know you have but that doesn't mean I haven't gotten stronger!" Rikaya called to the huge bird-like dragon. The three falcons suddenly grew larger and began to attack the demons, creating a circle of protection around the four men. Rikaya flew around and with a lunge slid her swords into the dragon's back, draining his power slightly before he sung around shaking her off.
'Iato you cannot defeat us.' Slifer told the Goddess she was bleeding from her leg and a cut was on her arm. She frowned at him,
"I still can!" Iato called and sped forward, draining all her energy into her swords, the three of them doing it at once, their swords glowed bright white hot as the slamed into the god monsters. This attack drained the gods and the goddesses but the monsters were weakened greatly. Seto, Atem and Malik were lifted up, Bakura watched as Atem woke and their clothes changed colors. Atem's to a great steely grey, His wings changing to that color as well, Malik's to a brilliant white color, his wings as well and Seto's to a deep pitch black… and his wings. Their swords changed shape, growing longer and sharper. The goddesses reappeared in front of the three dragons as the gods made their way towards them, Seto besides Dirana, Malik besides Rikaya and Atem besides Iato.
"GODS OF DARKNESS WE THE THREE GODS OF ELEMENTS COMMAND YOU TO STAND DOWN OR YOU LEAVE US NO CHOICE BUT TO DESTROY YOU! YOU THREATENED THE GODDESSES AND WE CANNOT ALLOW IT! IN THE NAME OF AREASTOS WE WILL DESTROY YOU!" The three called then Obelisk laughed.
'You six tried to destroy us before… what makes you think you can do it now?' He asked them.
"Because a duet is stronger than one." Atem replied. Then the battle started again. Dirana ran down the back of Obelisk as Seto smashed his sword into Obelisk's stomach. Dirana grabbed the blade, pulled it through the god and he slammed his fist onto Seto's shoulder and he groaned in pain.
'Goddess I cannot allow you to win this battle.' Slifer growled as Iato swooped up close to his face and smiled. She waved at him, leaning over and whispered something in his ear.
"Bye… bye…" She whispered and as she laughed he snapped his mouth around her. Atem and the rest stopped what they were doing. Slifer laughed out loud.
Then there was a high pitched shrieking and from Slifer's chest there appeared a sword then another.