Zypher: Once again, here's another chapter from a story that hasn't been updated in a while. So here's chapter 5 of The Demon of Oz.
The Demon of Oz
Chapter 5
The next day, Yugi, who hadn't woke up from Aqua's sleeping spell from the day before, was taken into the Village of the Souls by a large cobra to its master. Said person looked to the cobra. "What did you bring for me this time, Makyu?" the person asked. The cobra lied Yugi gently onto the ground and the person looked him over.
"Hmm, a young boy that looks like the Shadow King. Where did you find him?" he asked the large serpent. The cobra hissed lightly and he nodded. "Outside the village you say? Since he looks so much like the king, either the Shadow King came from the palace and went after him or told his Shadow Captains to do this. Well, we'll ask him if he wakes up. Take him into a spare room." the person said once more and the cobra picked up Yugi in its jaws gently once more and slithered into a spare room, staying with him until he woke up.
A few hours later, Yugi woke up with a groan and looked around, seeing that he was in a room other than in the forest where he met with Tsunami. 'What happened? After I met Tsunami, he took me somewhere else and he made love to me before telling me that I should stay in the Shadow Kingdom when I go meet with the kings so he, Darkness and my new friends won't feel alone if I was to leave. After that, I don't remember anything else.' Yugi thought before he got off the bed but was face to face with a giant cobra. He stood still, hoping it wasn't going to attack him, or worse, eat him.
Makyu looking to him before flicking his tongue at him, touching his cheek lightly before slithering out of the room, motioning with the tip of his tail for him to follow. Yugi did so, hoping to find some answers. When they came into the main room, Yugi saw a man standing there. He had long, jet-black hair and was wearing a black leather ensemble.
He wore a black sleeveless shirt that was cut off above his stomach, a pair of fingerless black gloves that ended near his elbows and black leather pants. He was currently surrounded by a few giant snakes of different kinds, even the legendary Basilisk.
The man turned around and smiled to him. "Ah, you're awake. I'm glad nothing happened to you." he said as he dismissed his snakes except for Makyu and the giant Black Mamba that was with him.
"Yes, but I wish to ask you, what is your name and where am I?" Yugi asked. "I'm Tesoru, Snake Charmer and one of the known Wicked Wizards but I don't use magic anymore. As for where you are, you're in the Village of the Souls, a days' walk from the Black Emerald City." the man now known as Tesoru said.
"And what is your name and what brings a being such as yourself to a world like this."
"I'm Yugi and I was somehow brought here by a mysterious storm that appeared in my home world and the next thing, I was here with my wolf, Wolfe but we got separated when we were near the Bone Dragon Village. A woman named Crystal told me to go and look for the Shadow Kings so they can send me back home. I had some friends but something happened to them and they never came back." Yugi explained and he nodded.
"Hmm, maybe the Shadow Kings took them from you and took them to their palace. You do seem to be a innocent being in a world filled with darkness and shadow demons such as themselves are attracted to such light and will do anything to keep said light in this world. If I were you, I'll try to convince them to let you go home or change this world back to Bright Haven before they can do something horrible." Tesoru said as Makyu brought his head down and he patted his snout lightly.
"What should I do then? If they're planning something more horrible than changing this world into nothing but a cruel, dark place, I need to get to the Castle right away. Not just to save my friends but maybe save Wolfe and my grandfather if he was taken by them as well." Yugi said. Tesoru nodded.
"You will do all that soon, for now, why don't you get something to eat before you go. I'll lend you my Black Mamba, Tzu Rein to take you there so you won't be caught by any shadow demons that may be roaming around Black Emerald City, looking for a good meal." Tesoru said and Yugi nodded.
After a while, Yugi thanked Tesoru for his hospitality and the use of Tzu and left to head towards the Black Emerald City where his fate along with his friends and grandfather waited for him. 'Ok, I have to make sure I'm prepare for what's to come, just in case I have to fight my way through to find my friends. I hope I can do this without fail or else I'll never get out of here.' Yugi thought as Tzu continued on his way towards the Black Emerald City.
As they were getting closer, Yugi spotted the shadow demons Tesoru told him about coming towards them. They hissed and spat at him and he pulled out his Light staff, sending beams of light to hit the demons and they wailed at they were hit by the beams and disappeared up in smoke.
Tzu continued his way towards the city, Yugi taking down any shadow demons they come across.
In the Black Emerald Castle, Yami watched. "You have gotten here pretty fast, little prince of mine. Too bad you may not save your friends as planned. I will not let you escape from me or this world." Yami said, eyes narrowing. "Shadow Wolf, I call on you." he said and Wolfe appeared from the shadows.
"What is it Master Yami?" he asked. Yami showed him the vision of Yugi and Tzu. "You see that boy, I want you to wait outside the castle for him. When he comes, defeat him in battle and knock him out before bringing him to my room. I want to welcome him to his new home." Yami said and he nodded as he left.
"Shall I prepare the room for our guest Yami?" Aqua asked as he came from the shadows. "Yes, do so. I can tell he will be here soon and the sooner he gets here, the sooner he will be our little lord of the Shadow Kingdom next to us." Yami said.
Aqua nodded before he went back through the shadows. Yami turned to the vision, seeing Yugi making his way into the city. 'Soon, my naive yet beautiful pet, you will be ours.' he thought.
Yugi pat Tzu's head lightly. "You best be getting back to Tesoru. I don't want you to get hurt." Yugi said and the serpent shook his head. "You don't want to go back?" he asked and Tzu nodded his head. "Ok, if you're sure. I really don't want nothing to happen to you." Yugi said as he and Tzu made their way towards the looming black castle near the other end of the city.
People and demons alike watched as they went past, some of the demons ready to take Yugi but Tzu hissed in warning and they stood back. After a while, they finally made it to the gates of the castle. "Well, this is it Tzu. I finally made it here but the problem now is whether I should stay or go. If it stay, my friends will be happy but if I go, I'll be away from this dark world with my grandfather and Wolfe. Hopefully I can choose the right choice when I'm in there." Yugi said and Tzu nodded as he pushed open the gate for Yugi.
They went inside and Yugi gasped when he saw who was standing on the steps leading inside the castle. "W-wolfe. Is that you?" he asked as he stepped closer. Wolfe growled. "No, I'm not the person you once knew little Yugi. I'm a changed person now and under the influence of the Shadow Kings, I have power and in return, I'll do their bidding and they want you Yugi." Wolfe said before he went in for an attack.
Tzu intercepted his attack and slapped him away with his tail. He hissed and Wolfe got up again. "You dare interfere what the kings want? Then I'll just have to kill you then." Wolfe said as he went to attack Tzu.
Yugi watched in horror as they fought. "Wolfe! Please stop! Don't fight just because you were told to!" Yugi said. "I will never disobey the kings. If I do, then they will kill me. You don't want that, do you?" Wolfe said as he slashed at Tzu. He hissed in pain before he went to attack him again. Yugi knew there was only one thing he could do.
"Fine! If you'll stop fighting Tzu, I'll go peacefully." Yugi said and he stopped attacking Tzu. "How nice of you to say so. It beats fighting you to get you to come inside." Wolfe said as he backed away from Tzu and walked over to him. Yugi sighed as he looked up to Tzu.
"Tzu, I'm sorry I surrendered so easily. But it hurts to see Wolfe reduced to this. I want you to go back to the Village of the Souls and see if you can get Tesoru to send a message to Crystal about what happen. I don't want her to worry about me." Yugi said and he nodded as he slithered over to him and leaned down, nuzzling him with his snout before leaving castle grounds, looking back to him once more.
/Be careful savior./ he spoke through Yugi's mind before he left out of sight. Yugi sighed lightly before he turned to Wolfe. "Ok, I'm ready." he said. "Although I didn't battle you, I still have to do what the Shadow King asked me. I hope you are used to living here cause that's where you're going to be for now on." Wolfe said as he raised a paw and knocked Yugi over the head, effectively knocking him out.
Back inside in another part of the castle, Diamond looked outside from her chained position on the wall. 'Yugi, I hope you're safe. I don't want you to come here. The Shadow Kings are after you. They been playing you along until you got here. I hope you'll figure that out soon unless they plan to do something about it.' she thought before looking towards the door, hearing someone come inside.
She growled when she saw it was Crimson and Bakura. Crimson walked over to her and took her chin into his paw. "Now, don't be that way Diamond. I know you hate being here but you know I hate loosing my special possession." Crimson said.
She removed herself from Crimson's grip and tried to bite at his paw but he moved it away in time. "I'm no possession of yours. I'm nothing but your puppet with you pulling at my strings. If it wasn't for Yugi, I'll still be in that forest with Ryou, killing of travelers as they came by. Ever since you and your kings came here, this world has been nothing but hell to us. Yugi will change it back for us and you'll be gone forever." Diamond hissed.
"He may or he may not. It all depends on what Yami and Aqua wants and he told us he wants Yugi for themselves and they were never planning to send him home anytime soon. The only person who can do that would be either you or Crystal but guess what? You two can't do nothing since you've been corrupted by the magic of the Shadow Kingdom. No light magic shall never be used ever again. Not even by the purest light filled person." Bakura said and laughed darkly.
Diamond glared at him. 'You don't know how wrong you are.' she thought. Ryou looked up from his spot as well. "Leave us alone. The last thing we need is your taunting." he said and Bakura looked to him. "You got some spunk saying that but we haven't even begun to taunt you yet." Bakura said and they gulped, knowing well what they meant.
Jou and Kaiser were taken to where the pens made for their dragons were. They were being forced to see what horror came upon the Red Eyes that helped them get free the last time they were here. "You want to know so much about you precious Red Eyes. We'll let you see her then." Seto said as he opened a door and pushed them inside. They fell to the ground harshly but got up and looked around the room before seeing Red Eyes.
"No, Rensha." Jou whispered the given name he gave to the Red Eyes. She was battered and bruised, most likely from the punishment she received from the Blue Eyes, or Teikyu as Seto and Ruby calls him. She had a litter of baby dragons around her. Some being black with blue eyes or white with red eyes. They were biting and clawing at her, showing well what side of the family they got their aggressiveness from.
Teikyu was sitting in another part of the room watching her, more of their children resting near him. "See, she's doing fine, a little bruised cause she kept trying to get away but she has a family now." Ruby said as he stood beside Kaiser.
"This is no family for her, this is just a twisted way of showing who's boss around here. I can bet for as long as we were gone from her, your Blue Eyes been having his way with her as much as he pleased, no matter how hurt she was and you did nothing to stop it." Kaiser growled as he pushed him away and walked towards where she rested.
The dragons growled at him but he growled just as low, scaring them enough to make them scurry over to Teikyu and he growled in warning but Seto held a hand up, telling him not to attack.
"Rensha? Rensha, are you alright?" Kaiser asked as Jou came to stand beside him. She raised her head up slowly, looking to them and nodding slowly. "We're so sorry we left you here to turn out like this. For letting you be hurt for saving us." he said as he stroked her snout.
She purred lowly, trying to tell them it wasn't their fault but they wouldn't believe her. They blamed themselves for letting her go through this pain and suffering for saving them. "Don't worry Rensha, we'll get you out of her and far away from Teikyu. We'll make sure he never hurts you again." he said once more and she nodded slowly.
Teikyu finally got up and headed over to them. Jou look towards him. "Leave her alone, Teikyu. Can't you see she doesn't need to be hurt anymore by you." Jou said angrily and he only snorted, pushing him away harshly. He went to move Kaiser away but Rensha growled in warning, standing up finally to protect him.
He growled lowly, telling her to move Kaiser from behind her. She shook her head and he swung his tail at her, knocking her down. He pushed Kaiser away as he tried to get to Rensha again and went over to her once more.
Kaiser and Jou tried to get towards them once more but a Blackland Fire Dragon spirit held them, bringing them back towards Seto and Ruby. "Sorry, but you should never interfere when Teikyu is about to take Rensha again. You could get killed." Seto said.
"Yeah, well I rather be dead than to suffer from this and see her suffer as well just because she saved us from you two." Jou growled. "We may take you up on that offer but for now, I think you deserve to see her get her so called punishment." Ruby said.
They growled once more and turned their heads away from the scene but Seto made sure they were to watch the whole thing and tears came to their eyes as they watched Teikyu bite and scratch at her as she was being taken once more by the larger dragon. 'We're sorry Rensha.' Jou thought as they continued to watch, never hearing Seto's mocking laughter, only Rensha's pained roars.
Malik and Topaz were no better. They didn't even want to go into any detail what they pain they had to go through because of Marik and Toben who were too happy to have them back. Their deadly games continued on, Malik and Topaz being hurt what Marik and Toben had the pleasure of causing and watching it. Malik looked outside the window to the darkened sky.
'Yugi, I hope you're alright. I along with the others don't want you to suffer from any pain the kings may try on you if they get you.' he thought before falling into a troubled sleep, knowing full well that he will have to wake up soon for another one of Marik's 'games'.
Yugi opened his eyes and found out he was in a flourished room. Compared to the bleak, dark outside, this room was filled with many gold treasures and gems. The walls were still a murky black but it glittered from the candles lit around the room, making the room shine in a eerie beauty. The bed that he was lying on was large and comfy.
It was covered in black and red sheets, the pillow nothing but blood red silk. 'Where am I? I remember getting knocked out by Wolfe but where did he take me?' he thought before looking up when the large double doors opened and two figures came inside.
"Welcome Yugi, to your new home." Yami said as he looked to him.
Zypher: Well, that will be all for now. Please, do not kill me about what I did to the Red Eyes. She happens to be one of my favorite cards but I needed something to lengthen out this chapter or else it would've been short and my little shoulder devil told me to write down what was going on with the other characters as they were held inside the castle. I'll make sure this turns out to be a happy ending. Anyways, please review and I'll get the next chapter up as soon as possible.