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'Thoughts'

Dream/flashback/Shadow Realm

"Speaking in dreams/flashbacks/Shadow Realm"

'Thoughts in dreams/flashbacks/Shadow Realm'

"Speaking (normal)"

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, but if I did, I would have Yuugi/ Anzu an official couple! You agree with me, right?

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Another World

Chapter 17: End Of Evil

-I-

Yuugi smiled as a tear fell down his cheek. "…Anzu."

He stared into her (glowing) crystal blue eyes. So, Anzu was the Angel of Light they had been looking for. He had a feeling she would be. Every since they had first met back in the desert, he had sensed a powerful force in her. It was weak at first, for it had laid dormant for sixteen years. So Yuugi had trained Anzu to use her powers, just like he could use his. But he hadn't had trained her so she could use her powers like this. He had trained her so she could summon monsters and protect herself if he wasn't around.

He felt another warm tear slowly fall down his other cheek. Even though he was happy that the Angel of Light had finally been found, and she could now finally stop Bakura's Silent Enchantment of Unholiness, he didn't want to lose Anzu. He loved her. He loved her with all his heart. He felt guilty for not realising it sooner but now that he had, he didn't want to lose the only girl he truly loved. But what could he do?

Pharaoh Atemu looked up at the angel with wide eyes. He mentally hit himself. Yuugi had talked about Anzu being the Angel of Light, but for some reason he had never truly believed it. Maybe it was because he had been suspicious of her at the time. But now all that suspicion was gone. Vanished. Just by looking at Anzu's angelic form they had all disappeared. He admired Anzu now, and knew she and Yuugi were meant to be together.

Speaking of Yuugi, he had gone very quiet all of a sudden. Atemu turned to his brother and felt his heart drop. Yuugi was staring up at her with such love, but tears were slowly falling down his cheeks. Limping and holding his injured side, he came to his brother's side.

"Yuugi, what is wrong?" He asked. "Why are you sad?"

Yuugi wiped a few of the tears away and sniffed before he answered. "Anzu is the Angel of Light, Atemu," he answered, whimpering. "She is the one we have been looking for."

"I know!" Atemu exclaimed happily, gazing up. "We have finally found her Yuugi! Kemet is saved!" He looked back at his brother. "But why does this make you sad?"

Yuugi sniffed again. "Because I do not know what will happen to her."

"What do you mean?"

"The prophecy says the Angel of Light will save us all with her power. But Anzu's powers may not be strong enough. If she fights Bakura, she may use up all her powers. And then…and then…" Yuugi's voice failed him as more tears began to fall.

"And then she might die," Atemu finished solemnly. "Is that what you are trying to say? You think Anzu will use up all her powers and die just like father did? To protect us?"

Yuugi nodded. His body trembled as he quietly sobbed. Atemu couldn't stand seeing his brother so upset, so he did the only thing he could do; he gave his twin a small hug before softly saying:

"Yuugi, I can assure you Anzu will not die. She is far stronger than many people believe she is. You of all people should know that. Anzu loves you, and she will never leave you."

Yuugi glanced up at his brother. "Really?"

"Really," Atemu answered with a smiling, giving a small nod of his head. "You and Anzu are meant to be together. And nothing can come in between a love like that."

'I hope you are right, brother…' Yuugi silently prayed. He and his brother glanced up at Anzu, waiting.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the hall, our least favourite villain groaned as he regained consciousness.

"Urgh," Bakura groaned, rubbing his sore head. "What hit me?"

As his eyes flickered open, he noticed a bright light filling the room. Thinking he was somehow causing it, he looked down at the Kulna Jewel in his left hand. But upon seeing that it was not glowing, he glanced up at the others in the hall, confused. It was then that he noticed someone hovering above him, causing the great light around him.

"This cannot be!" he cried at the angelic figure. "You're suppose to be dead! You can't be the Angel of Light!"

Anzu broke her eye contact she had with Yuugi and looked down on the fallen leader of the Empire of Dark Souls.

"Bakura," she said. Her voice echoed like a void around her. "You have committed a crime that can never be forgiven."

"Oh really?" Bakura asked in an angry, sarcastic voice. "And what would that be?"

"For almost a millennia you have been stealing powers not meant for you," Anzu continued. "You killed innocent people just to satisfy your own needs…"

"Is that all?" Bakura mocked angrily, slowly standing to his feet.

"Far from it. You have destroyed countless worlds just for revenge. You killed my mother just so you could get my powers. And you tried to destroyed Kemet."

""Tried?" Ha! Take a look around you. I have conquered Kemet. It took me two years but I did it. Your ancestor killed mine 3 thousand years ago. I did all this just so I could have my revenge. I did it all just so I could finally get what is rightfully mine!"

"What you did was not right. And I see now you were controlled by your anger. Your hate. And I can see that you deserve not to live."

"So what now? Are you going to kill me?"

"If that is the only way to save this world as well as others, then yes. I shall kill you."

"Ha!" Bakura laughed. "You kill me? You're not capable of such a task! You can never stop me!"

Bakura held up his left hand towards Anzu just as a powerful beam of red light shot out of his jewel. It was heading straight for Anzu's heart.

"ANZU!" Yuugi screamed in horror, stepping away from his brother.

But Anzu did not flinch. She calmly raised her hands in front of her, her palms facing the beam shooting towards her. Closing her eyes, she focussed her powers on protecting herself. She mumbled something under her breath.

"Die abazure (1)!" Bakura yelled with anger. His beam was just about to hit Anzu…

…But it was deflected. Just as the beam was about to strike the angel, Anzu shot out a powerful white beam of her own, stopping the attack. A bright pink ball quickly formed were the two attacks collided, creating a small explosion. Bakura groaned in pain as he tried to force Anzu to stop her attack. But he was too weak. The harder he tried, the more Anzu seemed to be winning the battle. Without breaking a sweat, Anzu focused her powers hard on the white beam shooting out of her hands. Slowly but surely, she was forcing Bakura's beam back towards his jewel.

"No," Bakura growled. "I won't…let you…win…GAH!"

Bakura cried out as Anzu sent out more power into her beam, causing Bakura's own red beam to suddenly explode and disappear. Anzu's attack shot straight to the Kulna Jewel, striking it in the centre. If shattered instantly.

"NO!" Bakura cried out in horror and rays and sparks of colourful light shot out of the shattered jewel.

Lights, every colour of the rainbow, swirled around the room, bouncing off the walls but dodging the people below. They lit up the room in bright colours, dancing around in a beautiful display of power before trying to escape. The small gathered crowd gasped at the beautiful sight. Most of the sparks of light managed to escape through some of the windows and through the partially opened door, returning to their original origins. However, some stayed in the hall.

The sparks of light that were left flying around were a rich golden colour. They were of different sizes, but all were gold. The largest of the sparks suddenly changed its direction from one of the windows and shot towards Atemu. Before Atemu could move, the spark collided with his Millennium Puzzle, disappearing inside. The Puzzle began to glow brightly, and the familiar eye symbol glowed on Atemu's forehead.

"What's happening?" Bakura cried as he watched the events unfold before him.

There were three smaller sparks of gold light left. Each had their target. The largest of the three flew into Yuugi's eye-shaped pendant around his neck. The other two flew into the pendants worn by Mai and Jonouchi. As soon as the sparks entered the eyes, they began to glow. Yuugi sighed as he felt a familiar power enter his body like a breath of fresh air. He felt his energy rushing back into him.

"Atemu," he cheered, lifting his pendant in his hand. "Our powers…They are back!"

"This is incredible," Atemu said, amazed. He held his glowing Millennium Puzzle in his hand. "Anzu has managed to restore the powers of the Millennium Items."

"Not just that," Mai spoke up. "She restored all the powers Bakura had stolen over the centuries. He's powerless now!"

Yuugi looked up at Anzu. Her incandescent aura had grown so brightly she now resembled a star. Her bright eyes were fixed on Bakura. Yuugi swallowed. Anzu wasn't finished yet. There was still something she had to do.

And Bakura knew that too.

"No! This cannot be happening!" He slowly walked backwards until he was backed against the wall. He dropped what remained of the Kulna Jewel from his hand to the floor.

Anzu stared daggers at the man had that ruined so many lives.

"It is time for you to pay." She clasped her hands together and closed her eyes, before she began to chant. "I call upon the monsters in the Dominion of the Beast. Help us destroy this evil once and for all!"

A small ball of light suddenly burst into life where Anzu's heart was. The soft pink ball shot out of her chest and into the air in front of her, growing as Anzu transferred more of her powers to it.

Anzu's eyes shot open.

"I summon Black Magician Girl!"

The now large pink ball of light suddenly burst open, revealing Black Magician Girl in her fighting stance, ready to strike.

Bakura swallowed hard. 'S-She wasn't kidding. She really is going to kill me!'

Anzu tore her angry gaze away from Bakura and looked down at her friends with soft eyes.

"I cannot do this on my own," she said gently.

Yuugi was the first to catch on to Anzu's meaning. Flipping out a card from his deck, he held it above his head. His pendant, along with his chosen card, began to glow even brighter.

"I summon Maha Vailo!"

The familiar burst of white light shot out of the card as the creature dressed in rich blue robes crossed from his own domain into this one. Once the transfer was complete and the light from the borders of the two worlds died down, Maha Vailo flew up and hovered next to Black Magician Girl.

Atemu, Jonouchi and Mai saw what Yuugi had done, and knew they had to help too. Each holding a card above their heads, they each summoned their favourite monsters.

"I summon Black Magician!"

"I summon Swordsman of Flames (2)!"

"I summon Harpie Lady!"

The three new monsters instantly crossed over from one world to the next through the familiar light, going to their battle positions. Each was ready to attack.

"No. Please!" Bakura begged. He trembled as he looked up at the powerful monsters. "Have mercy-"

"Evil shall have what evil does deserve," Anzu said calmly. She held out her hand in front of her and pointed to Bakura. "Now our creatures…ATTACK!"

A powerful blast of pink, followed by an electric lightning bolt, combined with a fiery sword and razor sharp claws as the four attacks-fuelled by the powers of both the Millennium Items and Anzu's incredible magical energies-shot towards the violently trembling Bakura.

Yuugi, Atemu and the others watched with both horror and amazement as the attacks collided with Bakura's unprotected body, engulfing him in a large colourful, but deadly blast, consuming his body. They tried to block out the sound of Bakura's piercing scream and the sound of burning flesh.

"This isn't over!" Bakura's voice echoed around the hall, before the large explosion around his body faded away. There was nothing left but the charred pieces of the Kulna Jewel.

Our favourite group of four-who had all huddled together to protect themselves from the force of the blast- looked up just in time to see their monsters returning to their own worlds via the cards in their decks. They gazed at the burnt area of wall opposite them, their eyes falling onto the last few remaining pieces of the Kulna Jewel.

Each one could feel their hearts beginning to beat faster and harder in their chests from excitement. It was over. It was finally over. After two years of suffering from the Empire of Dark Souls, they had finally been beaten. They had won.

"I do not believe it," Jonouchi whispered in excitement.

"Is this real?" Mai asked in a shocked voice.

"Yes…It is," Atemu answered, as shocked as his companions were. "I do not know how, but it's true…It's true…"

"We did it," Yuugi gasped. "Bakura is…dead. We actually did it." Slowly, the realisation of what had just happened began to sink in. A huge smile stretched across his face as he cheered. "We did it! We defeated Bakura!"

"No," came Anzu's eerie yet beautiful voice. "We are not finished yet."

Yuugi looked up at the angel. "What do you mean?"

"The leader may be gone," Anzu continued, "but that does not mean the other soldiers have also been defeated." She looked down at Atemu. "Pharaoh, I need you to summon the Great Gods."

"The Great Gods?" Atemu questioned. "But they have not been summoned since the creation of the Millennium Items. I do not think I have enough power to summon them."

"I will lend you some of my power to help you. But we need them now to restore Kemet to the peaceful land it once was. Please, Pharaoh. Summon the Great Gods so we can finally end this evil."

Atemu hesitated. Summoning the Great Gods required a lot of power. Power that he lacked due to his young age. He turned to his brother.

"Yuugi, will you help me?" He asked. "I cannot summon them alone. We are twins after all and share the same power passed down through our bloodline. The Gods cannot be summoned unless we do it together."

"Of course I will help you," Yuugi nodded, stepping next to his brother with a smile. But that smile soon faded when a thought crossed his mind. He looked up at the Angel of Light. "But what will happen to you? You have already used a lot of your powers. Powers you are still getting used to. How do I know you won't…you won't…"

"Die?" Anzu finished off for Yuugi, for he was unable to bring himself to say that word. Yuugi looked up and nodded sadly. Anzu smiled. "Yuugi, I can never leave you. I promise you I will not leave you. Trust me…"

Yuugi hesitated for a moment, before he nodded his head. His heart knew Anzu was telling the truth. And his heart never lied.

Giving his brother a reassuring look, he stood by his side as Atemu drew out the three Gods cards. Holding the powerful cards of blue, red and yellow over their heads, they focussed their powers on summoning these great beasts. The Millennium Puzzle and Yuugi's pendant began to grow brighter than ever before.

Mai and Jonouchi held onto each other as they watched the sight before them in amazement. Yuugi and Atemu were slowly being absorbed by a golden glow. They looked up above and saw Anzu was covered in the same glow, her white angel wings now turning golden.

The God cards in the brothers' hands began to glow their respective colours. They were ready to be realised.

"Now we summon the Great Gods: Obelisk the Giant God Soldier (3); Osiris the Heaven God (4); and Ra the Winged Dragon (5)!"

Three bursts of light-one blue, one red and one yellow- shot out of the cards and flew up into the air, growing as they gained height. They flew past Anzu and blasted through the roof of the hall and into the heavily clouded sky. The group below narrowly missed the falling debris.

The shots of light hid themselves into the clouds, before a great eruption was head. The ground outside shook below their feet as the ground cracked open loudly, allowing a titanic blue monster to rise out of the ground.

A flash of lightning erupted across the dark sky, weaving its way like a snake through the dark clouds. The white lightning turned red, sprouting two large winds, two front legs and two months placed on top of each other on a giant head. The red monster gave out a mighty roar before joining his companion.

A burst of hot light momentarily lit up the sky, sending a large fiery bird-like creature out into the storm. The hot fire from around its body disintegrated, leaving the body of a gold dragon with wings to fly down to his allies.

Mai and Jonouchi rushed to the nearest window, their jaws dropping at the sight of the Great Gods. Atemu and Yuugi-still holding the empty cards in their hands and still surrounded by the golden glow-calmly walked to their side.

"This is incredible," Jonouchi gasped.

Anzu flew straight up and out of the hall, facing the Gods before her.

"Obelisk!" she ordered gracefully to the blue God. "Go and destroy all that the Empire of Dark Souls has created. Osiris!" She faced the Red snake-like dragon. "Go and destroy all those that have forever turned against Kemet. Ra!" She turned to the winged yellow dragon. "Restore Kemet's pure light a diminish the darkness. GO!"

The Great Gods gave a mighty roar before flying off into the sky to complete their tasks.

-I-

Honda knew he should be paying attention to the battle. After all, it was literally a matter of life or death. He knew he should be focussing on the opponents in front of him. But something just didn't feel right.

Just narrowly missing a long sword from digging into his chest, he dived far away enough to look in the direction of the low rumbling he could now hear. Spotting something in the sky in the distance, he screwed his eyes to try and distinguish the three dark figures.

But he heard them before he saw them.

And so did the other soldiers around him. Upon hearing three different yet all powerful roars, all the soldiers from both Kemet and the Empire stopped their fighting momentarily and looked up into the sky.

Honda looked closely, thinking he could see the colours of the "things" flying towards them. One seemed to be blue, whist another was a vibrant red. The last one, as far as he could tell, was yellow or gold.

"What the…"

Before he got a chance to finish his question, the blue "thing" suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Is that Obelisk?" Honda muttered under his breath.

Everyone watched with either amazement or horror as Obelisk flew past them, using his powerful fist to destroy all the structures in the surrounding area that had been plagued by the evil from the Empire of Dark Souls. His rampage was over in mere seconds before he moved on.

Honda's attention was drawn away from Obelisk when he heard explosions and blood curdling screams around him. Spinning round, he caught a glimpse of the red "thing" flying over his head.

"Osiris?"

Osiris opened one of his two mouths and fired more shots at all the soldiers dressed in black. As the fiery and electric balls hit the soldiers, their bodies were destroyed painful in an instant, leaving only ashes. Strangely enough (if this wasn't strange already), all the soldiers that belonged to Kemet did not feel the heat from the attacks or were injured in any way at all. Osiris's attack was over as quickly as Obelisk's.

Next it was the turn of the third god. Honda didn't need to look up into the sky to know that it was Ra.

Shooting up into the sky, the final god sent out an intense burst of light down onto the land. The light was so bright it chased the shadows that had once stained most of Kemet away. The darkness quickly began to lift from the ground as well as the sky. The light was restored to a once dark Kemet, before Ra disappeared and followed after his companions.

Honda looked up into the now clear blue sky, feeling the warm sun on his face. He knelt down and picked up a handful of white sand in his hand. He let it escape through his fingers, a smile appearing on his tired face.

"We won," he said in an excited whisper. "We won…" He turned to face all his soldiers and yelled happily. "WE WON!"

Every single man there erupted into a cheer and celebrated. Brothers, cousins, friends, even complete strangers embraced one another, ecstatic beyond belief. They had won. They had actually won. With the help of the Great Gods of legend they had finally defeated the Empire of Dark Souls after two long years.

But just as Honda was happily dancing with one of his men, he happened to notice something in the distance. Stopping his joyful dance, he squinted his eyes to get a better look.

"What do you see, sir?" one of his men asked him, coming to his side.

"I am not sure," Honda replied truthfully. "It looks like some sort of building." He turned to his men. "Send a small group to investigate that building. Make sure at least one of you can use heka. Summon a monster to report to me when the area is secure."

Four of his soldiers immediately and eagerly volunteered, heading to the strange building as fast as possible, eager to discover what was in this remote building.

-I-

The Great Gods of legend quickly travelled throughout Kemet, restoring it to its former glory, before returning back to their Master's cards.

Flying back to Bakura's old hideout, they gods were consumed by the same light that had brought them into this world. The light shrunk into small balls of colourful light before flying back into the hall and into the cards held by Yuugi and Atemu.

The two brothers replaced the cards as the aura around them disappeared. They stood proud and surprisingly strong. They checked themselves over. From what they had heard in stories passed down, the last time a pharaoh had summoned the Great Gods they had been so weak they had not been able to rise out of their bed for six days. And yet, the two brothers only felt a little tired. Yuugi wondered, was that Anzu's doing?

A loud groan soon broke the trance the Gods had placed over the small group of four friends. They simultaneously turned around to see Malik sitting up on his knees.

"Ow," Malik groaned, rubbing his head. "What happened to me?"

Yuugi growled at the sight of Malik returning from the Shadow Realm, but he was soon silenced by Mai holding up her hand in front of him.

"Malik was under the control of Bakura," Mai said in reply to Yuugi's questioning look. "He wasn't really evil. His mind was being controlled by Bakura's Kulna Jewel. That was one of its powers."

"But how can we be sure of that?" Atemu asked.

"Trust me, I was kept a prisoner here for two years. I did see a few things. Malik is on our side. Always has been and always will be. We can trust him." She wondered over to Malik's side.

"If you say so," Jonouchi said, following Mai. Atemu followed closely behind, limping slightly due to his injured side.

Whilst the others tended to a confused Malik, Yuugi had other things on his mind. He looked up above him and smiled.

"It is finally over," Anzu's voice echoed. She hovered a few feet down so she was half way between the floor and the ceiling.

"Yes, it is," Yuugi sighed happily. "And it was all because of you, Anzu. You are the Angel of Light from the prophecy that restored the light to our land. You not only saved Kemet, but the whole universe. We owe you so much."

"No, Yuugi. You do not owe me anything. If anything I owe you. You showed me that true kindness does exist within people. You've show me the care and love I've been yearning for since the loss of my mother. Thank you…"

"How could I do anything less for the person I lo-" Yuugi stopped. Something was wrong. Anzu didn't look so good (even though she was still the Angel of Light which wasn't exactly normal).

"Anzu?" Yuugi asked tentatively seeing the aura around Anzu being to flicker.

Anzu held her arms around her body and brought her knees to her chest. The aura that had once covered her body began to flicker, her body tansforming from that of her angel form back to her original form. Her clothes started to fade back with her, the cloud like substance fading that had covered her skin a moment ago fading away.

"Anzu?" Yuugi asked again, more concerned. Anzu's body was starting to fall, and Yuugi could clearly see she was in some sort of pain. "Anzu!" This last cry caught the attention of his brother and his friends.

"Yuugi," Atemu called. "Is something wrong?"

"Anzu!" Yuugi replied in a panic. "Something is wrong with-"

But before Yuugi could finished, Anzu let out a scream as the angelic aura completely vanished around her, returning her to her original self. With no powers controlling her body any more, she was unable to stay in the air. Slowly, her body began to fall to the ground, increasing in speed as gravity started to come into effect.

"ANZU!" Yuugi cried. He ran forward as fast as he could, ignoring any pain his body had sustained from his battles. Stretching his arms out in front of his, he just managed to catch Anzu in his arms, falling to his knees as he cradled her in his arms.

Her body was limp, and she wasn't moving.

"Anzu," Yuugi sobbed. "Anzu please. Wake up…Wake up…" A tear fell onto one of Anzu's closed eyes.

"PLEASE WAKE UP!"

-I-

To be Continued…

-I-

(1) abazure: Japanese for 'bitch'

(2) Swordsman of Flames: Flame Swordsman

(3) Obelisk the Giant God Soldier: The God of the Obelisk/ Obelisk the Tormentor

(4) Osiris the Heaven God: Slifer the Sky Dragon

(5) Ra the Winged Dragon: The Sun Dragon Ra/ The Winged Dragon of Ra

You thought it was finished, didn't you? Well, I thought I'd put in one more cliff-hanger just for the sake of it!

Anyway, please R&R and let me know what you thought of this chapter. The next chapter will be the last. How sad is that? TT (ß--me crying)

Oh! And one more thing. Can anyone draw? Because I would really appreciate it if someone could draw a picture for this story. Can anyone help me out?