Hello! I'm so incredibly sorry about the very long wait. Chapter Three for The Seal Reveals All is underway! It's from Yami's POV again from the episode Trial By Stone. Enjoy!
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I was distraught when Yugi's soul was taken by the Seal. As I rode on Copernicus, my sadness showed as the dust settled behind the horse's pounding hoofbeats. Tea and Rebecca noticed that I had returned. They thought I won the duel, but Joey, Duke, and Tristan explained that I had lost.
"If he lost, then those creeps would have taken his soul with that freaky magic card," Tea said.
"So?" Joey asked. The yellow strands of my hair covered my eyes, so no one could see my tears. "What's your point, Tea?" Rebecca was still hugging my waist.
"My point is if Yugi's gone, then how can he be standing right…" Tea looked back at me and gasped. "behind me? Oh, no."
"Yugi, talk to me," Rebecca whispered. "What's wrong? Why are you acting so strange?" I sighed before I spoke in a soft whisper.
"Rebecca, they've got him."
"Got who?" she asked with a worried look in her eyes.
"Yugi," I replied, the same haunting memory of when Yugi's soul was taken flashing through my head. "I know, this whole thing's my fault. I'm the one who unleashed the magic that took Yugi away."
"You knew that card was evil, and you still played it!" Rebecca shouted. "If you really were afraid, Pharaoh, you would've never done something like that to poor, little Yugi!" She sobbed and began to hit my chest. "This just isn't fair! How could you? I want my Yugi back. It should have been you, not him!" Tears streamed down her cheeks as she ran into Tea's arms.
"I'm afraid Rebecca's right," I whispered.
"What's done is done," I heard Joey say.
"I let everyone down, especially Yugi," I continued. "He warned me not to use the Seal of Orichalcos card, but my rage took control." The memory of when I played the Seal filled my mind. "He paid for my mistake." I began to cry softly, but Joey's shout stopped me.
"You've got to snap out of this!" he roared.
"He's gone, and it's my fault," I whispered. Joey grabbed my shirt collar and punched my face saying, "Get a grip, man!" I fell to the ground, a bruise on my cheek.
"If we're going to rescue Yugi, we've got to move ahead, not look back. So, pull yourself together!" I slowly got up, wiping away a tear. "What we've got to do now, is find out who this Dartz guy is, and where he keeps all these souls!"
"I've been suggesting that from day one, but no one listens to me," Duke remarked. Tristan grabbed his neck.
"Stop thinking about yourself for once, Duke!" he shouted.
"Down, boy. Heel."
"Let him go, Tristan," I said, looking down at my hand. "This happened because I couldn't control my anger. If we keep fighting like this, the Orichalcos will destroy us!"
Meep. What will happen in the next chapter? Whose POV should I do it in? You, the reviewers, decide. I can't think of anything. Writer's block. So, I'm letting you decide!
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