Yet another chapter has been added to this fic of mine!
(This woeful, misbegotten, almost-completely-unread fic...)
You know what happens next.
Disclaimer: Authoress does not own Yugioh or Black&White! Anything else that looks like it wasn't invented by the Authoress belongs to whoever actually invented it also!
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As it turned out, Cassaka was not much of a threat with her greatest advantage eliminated. Dekos was soon slapping his wolf Creature in a manner best described as 'angrily affectionate'.
Alastor, the first of them to fall under Cassaka's control, was too far gone to even desire his independence. Still, even with Alastor's help Cassaka was no match for the combined attacks of Yuugioh and Dekos. As a last resort, the pink goddess opened up a Vortex and fled into it, dragging a bawling Soup with her.
Her last words were, "My Master will eradicate you little traitors! The End is coming - it cannot be stopped!"
When he saw that she was gone, Alastor neatly drop-kicked Tap-Tap into the Vortex and followed after her.
Without the sound of Cassaka's voice to subdue them, the villagers began reverting to their natural and less-than-fanatical state. As for Dekos, he stayed on the island just long enough to help Yuugioh blast Cassaka's Temple into toothpicks.
"Well, Bloodshot, It looks like our Creatures made a pretty good team," Dekos said to Yuugioh as he opened up a Vortex back to his own territory.
((But that doesn't mean we're going to be all buddy-buddy with you OR your stupid eyeball-guy, cat,)) Ripclaw added, ((Next time we meet, our goals might not fit together so nicely.))
"As you wish: however," Yuugioh replied, "Despite how evil you two prefer to act, it appears to me that between the two of you, there is a little goodness left."
Dekos snorted and rolled his eyes, while Ripclaw pretended to throw up. Then the god and Creature entered the Vortex and vanished from sight. And that left Yuugioh and Laurel alone with an island to fix up.
The villagers from Cassaka's village needed new housing desperately: the villagers in the bay went nuts when they caught sight of Yuugioh and relocated to a spot right next to his Temple: and there were the usual, everyday issues that plagued the other villages within his Influence.
And so the crimson god and his Creature worked hard, putting all other concerns aside for the moment. But for some reason Yuugioh's sleep was increasingly restless.
"What's da matter, Boss? You been real quiet the last couple'a days…Creature got yer tongue?" Luster asked.
"…I can't help but think of what Cassaka said," Yuugioh admitted, currently floating high enough so that his words were audible only to himself and his conscious'.
"She said that The End is coming," Lupine recalled, "But the end of what? And what about the Master she also mentioned?"
"I'll bet twenty sheep dat she works for dat Deathgod guy we're supposed ta be lookin' out for," Luster said.
"But Luster, you know I don't take sucker bets," Yuugioh retorted dryly.
Then he shook his head.
"Never mind about it anyway, you two, I'm probably making too much out of it…"
"Maybe we should try sleeping on it," Lupine mentioned as Yuugioh floated back down to administer a Water Miracle to one of the fields.
If the last couple of nights had been merely 'restless' for him, Yuugioh discovered a whole new meaning of the word that night. It really felt like he wasn't even sleeping at all.
He was more than a little irritated when it turned out to be another of those crazy vision/dreams. In this one, he was in some shadowy place with no walls. And there was no one else around that he could see.
And yet…Yuugioh could almost imagine that he could faintly hear a voice coming from somewhere. Deciding to go along with things for now, he strained to hear the voice more clearly.
…oh…where are you? wondered the voice.
Who was the voice talking to?
…i miss you…I miss you so much…
He started slowly drifting in the direction the voice was coming from, curiosity driving him.
…i wish you could hear me…
The source of the voice was somewhere in front of him. Yuugioh was absolutely certain of it. But why couldn't he see whose voice it was?
…i wish you could follow my voice back home to me…
The small voice was filled with a deep sorrow. It was met with an answering wave of sorrow from the wandering god. He had a pretty good idea of who this voice belonged to now - the small like-him child from his previous dreams.
Yuugioh sighed, speech rising from him of its own accord.
…how is it…
Unnoticed by Yuugioh, the other voice stopped.
…that you are forever drawing me…
…who is it that you weep for, child?
Much to his astonishment, the other voice responded.
…the reason why I weep…
…because a part of me was ripped away…I look everywhere and cannot find it…
…then clearly, you haven't looked everywhere yet, Yuugioh found himself softly chiding the other.
…he is gone. He is gone. I can't find him anywhere I look…
…and you still search.
…yes…
…as I still search…
…what are you searching for?
'When did this turn into a discussion about me?' Yuugioh blinked.
The next words Yuugioh said seemed be actually spoken by someone else using the god as a mouthpiece.
…alas…I reigned here…undefeated…but why did my soul ache so? My heart was always torn in two…for I never knew what I was missing but I missed him all the same…
There was something that might have been a shout of surprise, but Yuugioh never got to hear it as the dreamscape suddenly vanished into blackness. A different sort of blackness than the shadows of his weird dream.
And out of the blackness came a much more welcome voice, the voice of the wise old god Kazul.
/My dear Yuugioh…I apologize for this rude awakening, but I must speak with you./
/…All right/ Yuugioh replied when he had gotten over the rapid change in scene/What is it, Kazul/
/You have collected a Rainbow Creed, am I correct/ Kazul asked.
/Yes, I actually found it a while ago/ Yuugioh said/Is there something wrong/
/Very wrong/ Kazul sighed/Therefore, the second morning after this conversation I am going to open a Vortex to you. Take whatever you think necessary with you. And…/
/And what/ Yuugioh inquired worriedly when the old god trailed off.
/And be ready to fight in a war between the gods of Eden./ Kazul finally finished/A war the likes of which this world has never seen./
