Zypher: Another day, another chapter for you all! Glad you enjoyed the last chapter and I hope you'll enjoy this one as well.
Note to Shinigami: Yes, I know she isn't that bad in the manga and I agree with those that prefer her over Tea in the anime but I'm not going into something that will probably lead into an argument that I really don't want to get into. As days went by when I got into writing fanfiction, I start to gradually dislike her and that hasn't changed no matter how nice and friendly she is. Again, hopefully this won't give you a reason to stop reading my stories, which I'll understand if I don't get a flame for it, but I just can't see Tea/Anzu as one of my favorite characters in the Yu-gi-oh series anymore like I did when I started watching the anime in the first place.
If I could, I would've used Tea's name instead of Anzu but it sorta stuck when I start to write my own stories. As for the story, since I'm doing two scenes for each chapter, the next one will be the last of the battle between Yami and Bakura and then there's the epilogue and that will pretty much be all unless readers wants to send in their own ideas for an epilogue and then I'll get working on the sequel but the start of it depends if I can get the first and second volume of the Yu-gi-oh Duelist manga. If I can't get them at least by today or tomorrow then the sequel might be delayed for a bit.
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Yami no Game: Death's Awakening
Chapter 39
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Zorc groaned in pain as he glared at them but they knew he wasn't down for the count yet. As of now, Jounouchi had 15 HP, Zella 18, Yugi 13, Honda 23 and Aqua 25. Zorc, being at Level 15, which they didn't know of, had a good 205 HP left. "He may be stronger than us so it will take a while for us to defeat him but I know we can! Don't let down on your attacks!" Aqua called and they nodded. "As you said earlier, each gets a surprise attack, got it? Roll the dice!" Bakura snapped, still seething in anger but didn't let it show as much as it did before.
"Alright then!" Yami said and Honda stepped up. "Let me kill him! I'll never forgive you in a million years for what you did, Bakura!" Honda growled with anger as Yami clenched the dice in his hand, streams of shadow power rising from it. "Hear that, Bakura? My powers channel their anger into these dice and that will help me get results that I like!" he said before rolling the dice. The result came up 09 and Bakura snarled. 'Another critical! This isn't happening! I will not lose!' he thought as Honda shot a Thunder Grenade at Zorc, putting a hole through his chest.
Yami rolled the dice again for Zella's turn and the dice showed 13. "Apprentice Death Blaze!" she called as a large ball of magic hit Zorc's chest. "And now, the final blow!" The dice hit the field and rolled to a stop on 08. "Go! Beast Attack!" Yugi called and both of his monsters went to attack Zorc. 'What is he doing?! He gets another critical and yet isn't using his demon magic to help him gain those results!' he thought, a shocked and angry glint still in his eyes. Jounouchi saw this and smirked. "Getting scared now, Bakura? Yami told ya the answer to his criticals! Our souls are channeled into his dice from his powers! When we get mad...the dice get angry!"
Bakura's eyes closed halfway and he smirked, chuckling. As the smoke cleared, Zorc stood there, unharmed but the wound in his chest showed visibly. "What?! After all those attacks, he hasn't taken any real damage!" Jounouchi spoke frantically. Bakura chuckled more as he looked down to them. "Fools! You all are still apprentices, level one adventurers! You don't have enough experience to defeat Zorc! Everything will end at the hand of Zorc and there's nothing any of you can do!"
"B-But all those criticals hits! That can't be true!" Honda gasped. "If it is then there's possibly no chance of us winning!"
/"Pokiii! (That's low and dirty!)"/ Pokii said angrily. "Are you calling me unfair now? Cowardly perhaps? As the Dark Master, I made everything in this game world! I am the rules! I am the monsters! I am the god of everything on this field!" Yami snarled in anger as he listened to this. 'So, he rigged the game from the start so that even I couldn't win at their expense.'
"Now! Continue the battle! At least when your deaths come, you can act it out gracefully!" Bakura hummed with a smirk. 'You may have stopped my run of criticals...but like you, I have ways that will earn my victory...secret ways.' He took a glance to Crimson and he nodded as he took out the hidden drawer under the table that held soul-captured figurines. To the bottom left corner sat two dice but they weren't ordinary dice. 'I've sealed every one of my little prince's former friends into lead figures...each has their own scenario in the game I created...but I'm not always limited to just lead figures...with my power over the Sennen Ring, I can seal a soul into anything!'
He took the dice and glanced back at Yami with a deadly smirk. "You've had your turn - now Zorc gets his! In anger, Zorc turn his full wrath on the adventurers!" he spoke as he rolled the dice. The dice came to a stop on 00, making Yami gasp, and he grinned. "Go Zorc Black Magic! Dark Catastrophe!" Zorc roared in anger and gathered a giant ball of energy into his hand before slamming it towards the ground which let loose a giant shockwave, throwing everyone clear from him. 'No! Not after everything they went through just to get here...don't leave me, Yugi...I can't bear to lose you and what little friends I have in this world...'
Bakura gave a laugh as he looked to the board. "Zorc's magical attack has the immense power to kill any character...even those with more than 50 hit points! They're all dead now and there's not a thing you can do to save them..." Bakura whispered. "No...no...I can't lose them..." Yami whispered as he looked down to the lead figure that held his friends and his lover's souls but they eyes were dulled to nothing and not one made any movement to show they were alive.
"It's probably pointless but I'll let Crimson calculate their status on their computer. There can be so many variables in this game. It's safest to let the computer do the work that tells the bad news." Bakura hummed as he looked to Crimson who was already typing in the information.
"I'll input the data of Zorc's attack power, the dice roll, the character's defense, hit points, damage...the result of this will be what remains of the characters' hit points. It doesn't matter really, I'm sure that it will be less than zero." he prattled on as the computer finished the work and he gasped in shock. "No way!" he exclaimed with a snarl and Bakura looked to him. "What's wrong?" he asked. Crimson leaned over to him. "They all still have one hit point left..." he whispered and Bakura growled.
"Check it again! That can't be right!"
Everyone started to get up albeit shakily and Yami smiled. "Oh I'm so glad to see you all alive." he said. /Sorry to worry you, Yami. I thought we were goners myself but that would've meant that you and Aqua would've been sent back to the puzzle since the puzzle is without the bearer and I don't want that./ Yugi spoke through the link. /I can't bear to lose you. You are my lover, my everything. If you die, then I'll have nothing to live for and I just would've ended my life before I could be sent back to the puzzle and I know the same would apply to Aqua./
'This can't be right! Zorc is stronger than them and should've killed them! How could they...?' He turned back to Crimson who snarled in anger. He looked down to the computer and realized his left hand is typing by itself. /I'm not going to let you kill them. They're our friends and we'll fight by their side. We will right all the wrongs you did in our lives and for everyone else lives that you two ruined./ Was what appeared written on the screen.
'Can it be...that both our souls are linked to Zorc in the miniature game world! It's impossible but it's real! With Zorc's left hand gone, Diamond must be controlling Crimson's left hand! She must've emerged even when he locked her deep down!' Bakura thought. "Go!" Yami roared as he rolled the dice and it landed on 05. Jounouchi jumped up and stabbed Zorc's left eye, gaining a guttural shriek from the shadow lord and Bakura hissed as he shut his left eye as the wound was inflicted. "It's not over yet! I will win this and free not only my friends and my lover but Ryou and Diamond as well!" Yami stated. Jounouchi landed back next to his friends and grinned. "That had ta hurt!" he said, flicking the blood of his blade. Bakura snarled lowly. "You're making me mad..." he hissed.
'We were nice enough to let you play in our world...and you little ingrates repay us by rebelling again the master! I was going to let you live as part of Monster World as miniatures but not anymore! You have made me furious to surviving and hurting me! Now it's time to die! I'll bury you all in eternal damnation!' Bakura thought then turned back to Crimson whose left hand was again typing another message from Diamond by itself. /I won't let you control us! We're going to help our friends strike you both down!/
'You say this but what can you do with only one hand!' he thought again. "Here! Give me the computer! Ryou hasn't taken over me yet so that will make them powerless." Bakura growled and Crimson handed him the computer. Yami watched them and started to wonder. 'Bakura's expression changed when he looked at the results on the data...what could be going on?' he pondered. 'But in any case, that could be the key into defeating Zorc!'
"Alright! Back to the game! The Warrior strikes a perfect hit! His sword took out Zorc's left eye however, Zorc's hit points are only lowered a fraction." Jounouchi groaned. "This sucks! No matter how many criticals we get, we can't do any real damage ta him!"
"Jou's right! His defenses are too good! We're only Level 1 and he's probably at a level surpassing our own." Zella spoke up. "How can we defeat Zorc?"
'We'll figure out a way. First off, we need to heal everyone fast or else they won't survive another attack made by Zorc. Zella should be able to use her magic next turn but the worse can be if Zorc attacks before she can go...' Yami thought. "Now, according to initiative scores...Zella's magician goes next." Bakura spoke and everyone below cheered, knowing that they will be saved. "Don't get happy just yet! Zorc's score is tied with Zella's which means they both will go at the same time! In this case, the first attack will be determined by a dice roll! Is that fair enough for you, Yami?" He only nodded mutely.
"Let's go, then!" They both rolled the dice, knowing the fate of Yugi and his friends resides on this dice roll. 'Victory is mine! These dice with the soul I sealed inside will always roll a super critical no matter what!' The white die on Bakura's side landed on 0 and the other was still spinning, getting close to stopping on another 0. Bakura laughed in sadistic glee. "A super critical! I win!" he said, surprising everyone. "No...this can't be happening..." Yugi whispered as he took a glance at Yami's dice roll and saw it was 09.
"This game is over! Prepare yourselves! Zorc moves faster than Zella and raises his claw to attack and-" he stopped when he heard Yami laugh under his breath. "What's so funny...?" he demanded. "Are you blind in more than one eye, Bakura? Take a good look at your own roll!" he said, pointing down to the dice. Both he and Crimson looked down to the board and saw that the roll indeed wasn't a super critical, but a result of 10.
'Impossible! That can't be...'
"Like you said, the dice don't lie!" Yami said and Zella smiled. "Great! I can use my magic first! Healing Magic of Luona!" she said as a bright light engulfed them and they were all restored to full hit points. Bakura took a glance at the dice in his hands. 'So that's it...these weren't my brainwashed dice but the ordinary ones...' he thought before glancing back down at them with his only visible eye. "Big whoop for you all but compared to Zorc, your hit points won't matter! On his next turn, you'll all be blown away into nothing by Zorc's attack! Get ready!" he said.
"Zorc hits on a roll of 80 or less! And if he hits, then all of you will take damage!" he said and was about to throw the dice when another set was thrown instead. 'What the...? Those are the brainwashed dice!' he thought and looked to Crimson who was holding his left arm to keep it from moving on its own. 'Diamond must've grabbed the brainwashed dice! She was hiding them the whole time and we didn't notice!' he thought as he looked down to the result of his dice roll and gaped. "99! A fumble?!"
Zorc let loose the magic he gathered but it exploded on himself, taking a chunk from his hit points. Crimson snarled in anger as he continued to hold his hand. "Blasted left hand! Quit manipulating me, Diamond!" They looked to him, wondering what he meant but gasped as he saw him biting down on his own hand, fangs digging deep into his flesh and blood welling up. "Yes! Yes! How does that feel, Diamond?! How does the fangs of an angry demon feel digging deep through your flesh and any movement meaning it can rip your flesh clear from your hand!" Bakura wailed, laughing maniacally.
'It can't be...! He just said Diamond's name...can that mean that she has something to do with that roll since it was Crimson who seemingly threw the dice.' Yugi and the others flinched at their expressions.
"Man! Look at their expressions!"
"They both look terrible, and even more sadistic! I'm almost sorry that I hit him in the face!" Jounouchi stated. 'How can such terrible spirits take over Ryou and Diamond? They were so nice and yet have such deadly beings hiding within them. They are good but they kept this secret so no one would get hurt! That must be why all those people are in comas! It's all because of them!' Yugi thought and growled. Crimson smirked as he let go of his hand and licked to blood from his mouth. "Next is Beast Tamer Yugi! It's your turn!" he said, still smirking.
Yugi turned to Yami and he looked down to him. They both had the same idea and Yami turned his gaze back to Bakura and Crimson. "Bakura! The Beast Tamer will try his Training Hand Power on Zorc!" Yami said. 'We've finally figured it out! Our real friends are trapped within Zorc!' Yami though. "What?! Your "Training Hand Power" won't do a thing to Zorc! It's a useless effort and Zorc would never become an ally...not even if it meant the end of the world as we know it!" Bakura snapped.
"I'm trying anyway! Here's my roll!" Yami snapped as he let the dice make their roll. It came out 05 and the training hands appeared. /"Fools! You'll have to raise your level to a million before you can even think of making me into your ally!"/ Zorc rumbled with a deep, mocking laugh. /"You'll...what?!"/ He paused in his gloating as he saw smoke rising from his left arm. "Hey! Look at Zorc's arm!" Zella exclaimed. Bakura saw this as well and was wondering the same. 'What is he up to this time?!' Bakura snarled mentally.
The training hand reached as the smoke showed someone and soon caught hold of the person. 'No! A person is appearing from Zorc's arm! Can it be...!' Bakura thought in rising shock. The person grabbed hold of the training hand and it tugged him along with a second person from Zorc's arm. It deposited him in front of Yugi and he smiled. "You're the real Ryou and Diamond, right?" he asked and they nodded. "Thank you everyone for saving the both of us...we're the White Magicians Ryou and Diamond. We're non-playable characters created by our namesakes but please, let us join your party so we can defeat Zorc once and for all!"
"Of course!" Zella said happily and Jounouchi grinned.
"This is great! We've got new allies!"
'White Magicians...created by Ryou and Diamond! When did this happen?!' Bakura thought but still thinks that they can't do anything to Zorc. He grunted in anger and looked to Yami again. "It's still your turn. The Magic Gunman goes next!" Yami made his roll again and it stopped at 15. Honda shot a bullet at Zorc's side and he roared in unbridled pain, a large hole being made after the blast.
"Wow! That hurt him a lot more than it did before!" Jounouchi spoke and Diamond turned to him. "As non-playable characters, we obey the will of our other game master, Ryou. I thought it might help if we lowered Zorc's defenses with some white magic!" she said and Yami smiled. "Thank you." She smiled back and Bakura roared in anger.
"You're not going to get away with this! I will win this battle and whether or not our masters help, you five will be killed for ruining everything!" Bakura hissed in anger as he glared down at Yugi, Zella, Jounouchi, Honda and Aqua.
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Zypher: And we're winding down to the last few moments of the story. Glad you all stuck with me so far and I hope you all loved this chapter. Next chapter will be coming soon so you won't need to wait long. See you later.