Hello! What's up? Sorry I've been gone for about two or three weeks. I've had a little trouble coming up with ideas and I'm planning my next door which will start after the end of this one. Oh, and sorry for all this confusion in the story. All the confusion will hopefully end either this or next chapter. Also, by request, I will make a spirit guide during Thanksgiving weekend that will hopefully make things clearer and give you some backround info. Enjoy!

By the way... I've been forgetting about the disclaimer or whatever. This disclamer is for the last nineteen chapters plus this one. I DON"T OWN ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE IDEA (which you can't steal).

Chapter 19

Seto, I am Your Stepfather

Anzu's hand clasped the necklace around her neck. She closed her eyes and concentrated hard. Rebecca continued to back up, staring at the girl in wonder and fear. How did she get back up?

Rebecca watched as the air surrounding Anzu slowly began to turn the shade of cerulean that was the exact same color as her eyes. Anzu's eyes opened revealing a fire in her eyes. The arm that wasn't clasped around the necklace lifted up.

The blonde girl gasped.

A stream of water from the fountain had begun to float In the air and slowly twisted around the glowing girl's form. Anzu's arm shot out. Rebecca shook. The girl's glowing blue finger was pointing at her!

Rebecca cried out in shock and tried to think up a spell. Right!

"Dleihs!" Rebecca raised her arms to protect herself from the waters lash. She heard something banging and looked up to see a pink bubble surrounding her.

Rebecca breathed a sigh of relief. Hopefully, Anzu would give up before her shield broke. That wasn't going to happen though. Anzu frowned. This time she gathered a more powerful water ball and looked at Rebecca who was staring at her in terror.

Anzu had her doubts. Maybe she shouldn't do this…No! Anzu was going to save her friends. This girl needed to be gone! She threw the ball. "Wait!"

The ball stopped not even a foot away from the pink shield. Anzu stared icily at the girl before her gaze softened. The blonde haired girl looked pitiful. Her robes were dirty from when she had fallen on her knees in fear when the ball was thrown. Rebecca's eyes were puffy from crying.

"What?" Anzu asked. She said it a bit rudely. She didn't want Rebecca to see that her temper had boiled down.

The younger girl sniffled. "Please, I don't want to fight anymore."

"Am I really supposed to believe that?"

"Listen to me please! Lord Pegasus went into my country higher north of Crishan and destroyed my kingdom. I watched him kill the prince. Please, I'm a good person. Let me help you."

Anzu began to think when she heard someone call her name. She knew that voice. "Yami?" she whispered to herself and turned around.

It was him! Anzu shrieked in happiness and ran into the arms of the prince who hugged her quiet hard. She didn't care though. Yami was here. That's all that mattered. "Oh Yami, it's so wonderful to see you."

Anzu looked up into the magenta orbs of the man that was holding her. He stared at her for a second before performing an act that would have made Serenity squeal in happiness and Mai whistle. Anzu herself squeaked.

Yami kissed her!

And Anzu had something to say about that. That prince knew what he was doing. It was the most romantic thing that had ever happened to her. When he stopped she was very grateful he was holding her up. "Anzu, I've been worried."

The girl could only nod in her state of weakness. There was a couch from a few feet away from them. The couple looked over at Bakura and Rebecca. Bakura had a smile on his face but a look in his eyes that said, "Okay, you got your woman. Let's go!"

Rebecca was cheerful again but was a little weak. She was holding Bakura's arm for support. She had gotten to know the man through their terrible journey and had become a friend of his. "Are we ready?"

Anzu looked up at Yami. "Let's find our friends."

Seto growled and smacked the carpet that was underneath him with an angry fist. He was very angry with himself. Seto had fainted.

Seto of Arilea does NOT faint.

He was mentally kicking himself when he heard a deep chuckle coming from in front of him. Before looking at the voice's owner, Seto quickly analyzed the room. He happened to be in the throne room of the palace.

He slowly got up. The same chuckle echoed throughout the room.

Seto searched his mind. He had heard it so many times before. Who the hell was it? Trying to keep himself from asking, he looked over at the chairs where the king and queen of Crishan were supposed to sit.

Instead he saw the cloaked figure that had been with the other villains. But who was it? The white haired man, Bakura, hadn't given the figure a name. "Why do you get up boy?"

Startled, Seto said, "What?"

"Idiot. I asked why do you get up when you are going to fall down again?"

Seto walked closer to the figure. "Who's going to make me fall? You?"

"Eventually. I like killing as much as testing someone's intellect. Tell me Seto of Arilea, have you guessed who am I yet?"

Seto held back a gasp, but couldn't stop his eyes from bulging. No. Not him. Anything but that jerk. "So you figured it out. I always knew you had a smart head on your bony shoulders."

Ignoring the remark about his weight (he usually violently attacked the person who made fun of him), he said, "Gozaburo, take the cloak off you old fool."

"Fine, if you're not afraid to look upon your dear stepfather."

"The only thing that could ever be frightened of you, Gozaburo, is yourself."

The hooded figure pulled off its hood, revealing the face of dear Seto's stepfather with his oily dark green hair and dark black eyes. But there was something off about him. He didn't seem real.

"I thought you were dead. Your body is buried in the land of Arilea. Why are you walking like a man who is alive?"

Gozaburo had a thoughtful look on his face, the kind of look he usually had on when he was thinking of a move in a chess game. "I might as well tell you. I am not alive."

Seto quickly recovered from his two-second shock. How could his stepfather be alive? "I figured out who you work for by the way."

"Really?"

"Yes. The Chaos Lord who has taken over these lands. He gave you a body didn't he?"

"Yes he did," when Gozaburo said this, he opened his cloak to reveal a body but…it was slowly fading away, "but my body won't be truly real until I kill you my dear son."

"HOW DARE YOU CALL ME YOUR SON!"

Seto unsheathed his sword. He looked at his reflection in the shining silver sword. His face was set. He was going to deal with this problem once and for all. It was time to get rid of his past, right here and now.

The older man chuckled and unsheathed his own sword. "You think you can beat me?"

"I KNOW I can beat you, old fool!" And with that, he lunged at the man who had changed his life. When the swords clanged, Seto felt confused inside.

Was being picked off the streets really such a bad thing?

The two broke apart. At the second clang, he began to think even more. What a strange thing to do when he was battling the man he hated the most. Was becoming a prince and an heir to the Arilean throne such a horrible disaster?

The man slashed out at him. The tip clipped his tunic. He glanced at his arm. There was no wound. "Head in the clouds, Seto?" the man taunted, smirking evilly.

Crying out in anger, Seto brought his sword up, down, across and finally…

…Wiped Gozaburo's head clear off his shoulders.

The head rolled into the pool of blood that was on the carpet. Seto turned away from the sickening sight. He didn't see that coming. The room began to grow dark. It continued until it was pitch black, like the cave where he received his magic.

He noticed a lighter shade of black goo slinking towards Gozaburo's body. The goo was flecked with red sparks that glinted evilly. He watched in horror as the goo began to swallow Gozaburo's body.

When it was finished, it turned towards Seto. Seto raised his sword in defense. IT slowly approached the bor. Seto lashed out. The goo screamed (or whatever the noise the goo made when it was in pain) and withered away, the darkness following it.

Seto looked at the blood pool still in front of him. He shook his head and said, "I told you I'd beat you."

He looked down at his sword and saw that it was a little bloody. Wiping it on the carpet and wondered if he should name his sword. It sounded a little girly, but the sword deserved it. "Avenger," he said aloud and resheathed it.

A shock pulsed through his body, making his hand fly towards his temple. "Shit," he said and ran out of the room. Before exiting, he called out behind him, "Gozaburo, Mokuba and I are finally free."

He quickly changed his attention to the task at hand. It was time to help his…friends. He knew she was in trouble, How could she not be? "Serenity," Seto said, running towards the light.

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-Em