Zypher: Hello everyone. As always, there's no better time to write a chapter then after your last one. Anyways, here's the next chapter to Bloody Hearts.
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Bloody Hearts
Chapter 8
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As Anubis was weaving the location spell, Yugi continued to struggle in his binds, trying to break free from his dreams but to no avail.
-Dream-
Yugi was back in the city, only the city was burned to the ground, dead bodies littering the streets. He called for anyone but no one answered. "Yami? Keara? Anyone?" he called once more and finally saw someone. "Yami...is that you?" Said person turned to him. "Yugi, you need to leave now. Anubis was able to get control and throw the world into calamity using the Pyramid of Light. The vampire race isn't safe anymore now that they're being used as mindless killing machines." he whispered.
"But, you're not like them, are you?" Yugi asked, walking closer. But he stopped though when he saw Yami's form shifting. "Not yet I am..." he growled and hissed, showing lengthened fangs. He lunged for Yugi but he backed away in time before he could be caught. "Come here, little one. I won't hurt you too badly." he hissed as he ran after him once the younger hunter tried to run from him. 'What's going on? We hid the scrolls. How could Anubis locate them?!' Yugi thought but bumped into another form. He looked up to see Aqua standing there.
"Aqua, please help me! Yami's coming after me for my blood!" Yugi pleaded. "I know he is. We're all coming after you, Yugi." he muttered as he grabbed him before he could run away. "We all are. You can't escape the vampires, Yugi. Anubis has control over us now and you can't do anything to stop us. Not even your powers as the Prince of Light." Aqua continued as he bared his fangs. Before Yugi could scream as he felt the piercing sting of the bite, it went dark.
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Back in the library, the others writhed in their forced slumber, trying vainly to break the spell casted upon them but the power of their own nightmares were overshadowing any chances of doing so. As devastating the dreams were, Keara knew they weren't going to come true and the spell finally left her, allowing her to wake up. She sat up and saw the room, and most likely the rest of the castle, was still covered with the Nightmare Mist. She knew only one that may be able to help.
She called upon Ziade, the nightmare dragon and told her what was going on. "So, some upstart vampire king dares use my power over nightmares to harm them. I'll take care of this spell, you best go and find Yugi. Who knows what Anubis may be doing to him." Ziade murmured and Keara nodded before she ran off, hoping to find Yugi before Anubis uses him to locate the scrolls.
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Anubis added another ingredient to the bowl before turning back to Yugi. "Hopefully you are feeling excruciating pain in your dreams, Prince, as this will hurt you more than it does me." Anubis murmured with a short laugh before he whispered the spell to use Yugi's powers to reveal the location of the scrolls. But before he could do so, a dagger was thrown at him and he jumped back just in time to avoid being hit by it.
"Let him go, you vampire slime!" Keara snarled. He turned to her and growled. "You can't stop me. I will find those scrolls with his light energy. Once I learned what I need, he will die!" Anubis snapped. "Or, I could just leave him alive and once I gain control over Yami and his little friends using the true power of the pyramid, they can kill him along with the rest of the hunters for me." he commented before laughing maniacally. She growled and sent a spell towards him but he reflected it easily with the new powers of the pyramid. "You won't be able to defeat me so easily. I know of your dragon form and not even that will help you in this situation. Give up while you have the chance."
"Never. I'm here to protect the Prince of Light and I'm not letting you use him to find those scrolls." Keara sneered. Unnoticed, he was sucking away Yugi's light energy into the bowl. Once he had enough, he sent the image of the location to his inner mind before glaring at Keara once more. "Well, as much as I would like to battle with you. I have more important matters to attend to. One which involves me finding the scrolls."
She growled once more and went to attack him, bringing out her twin swords but he disappeared before she could slash him. "This world will be all mine soon. There will be no one to stop me once I get the scrolls." he cackled and she growled once more. She ran over to Yugi and cut the chains, doing the same for Carbuncle and left out the room.
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After she finally dismissed the spell, everyone was awake. "Where's Keara?" Yami asked. "She broke free from the spell before you guys could and went to save Yugi from Anubis." Ziade commented. "But I was too late. He knows the location of the scrolls and we need to get out of here quick." Keara muttered as she entered the room, holding Yugi and Carbuncle. "Ziade, I need you to head towards the tomb where the Pyramid of Light was hidden. I bet the same spell was there as well. If Aqua or the others released it, they would be trapped in their nightmares like we werer." Ziade nodded as she transported herself to the tomb, following Aqua's aura.
"Come on, we need to beat Anubis to the scrolls before he gets there and takes them."
"Wait, I think I found something." Diamond murmured. "What did you find?" Yami questioned as he walked over to her. "A way to shatter the Pyramid of Light without releasing its powers." she murmured and he looked to the book. "She's right. It's all here, the history of the Pyramid of Light and how to destroy it." Yami whispered as he looked it over. "And now that we know, we will have to split up again, one to go get Anubis before he can get those scrolls and another to go and find the Sennen Puzzle." Diamond announced.
They decided on the groups and soon, Yugi, Yami and Keara were off towards the scrolls, Ryou, Topaz and Seto went to find the Sennen Puzzle while Diamond, Kaiser and Marik went to go see if the others were alright and tell them what they learned.
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After Ziade broke the spell, Diamond, Marik and Kaiser arrived and told them of what happened. "Come on, half and half. Some of you come with me to help Yami, Yugi and Keara, the others go and help Seto and the others with looking for the Sennen Puzzle." Aqua commanded and soon, they were split up and heading off in different directions.
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Anubis finally arrived at the location and pulled the chest from the hole under the formation of rocks. "Finally, ultimate power will be mine." he whispered as he was about to open the chest. He screeched in pain when he felt a dagger dig deep into his back and looked up to see Keara, Yami and Yugi standing there, weapons out and ready to fight.
"Back away from the chest, Anubis!"
"Never. I won't let you deny me of my chance to rule the world and make it for the vampire race. Too long have we been hiding away from the humans to avoid war with them even though we use them as a food source. I know you would wish to have the world as your own, Yami. Don't you?" Anubis questioned, looking towards the other vampire.
"Not with you as its ruler!" Yami hissed as he charged for him, catching him deeply in the chest. He growled and brought out his halberd. "Fine, then you will die along with the Prince of Light and the girl!" Anubis roared as he swung at him but he blocked his halberd and slashed at him once more. The king continued to attack him, blocking his attacks with one of his swords. Yugi joined in, attacking him when he tried to attack Yami, making him angrier which was diverting his focus on what he was doing.
Keara sent holy fire at him, hoping that with their combined attacks, it would kill him. But nothing seemed to kill him, only damage him severely. 'It has to be the Pyramid of Light. It said in the book that the Pyramid of Light will protect its master from death until either its true power is released or it has been shattered by the Puzzle.' she thought. Anubis growled and backed away. "I will not tolerate this nonsense. I have a world to control." he grumbled as he brought the chest to him with his magic. He was about to teleport back to the capital but screeched again when he was hit in the back by two arrows.
The holy fire rushed through his blood and looked up to see Diamond riding on Bahamut's back with Ryou sitting behind her. Aqua along with those that came with him to help was on the ground, blocking any chances of Anubis getting away. "Alright Anubis, drop the chest. We can keep this up all day and you know you will constantly feel pain but won't die due to the power of the pyramid. You can't teleport as fast as you could before because of your wounds." Diamond snarled.
He growled. "Never. I will rule this world and you hunters won't stop me." he claimed as he tried to teleport back to the capital once more but was stopped when he was hit by Diamond's arrows again. "You will pay for this and I know of a way." he whispered as a shadowed hand grabbed Yugi before anyone could react. The hand was crushing him and he couldn't do anything to break its grip. "Now, let me get back to the palace with the scrolls and he won't die." She growled and was about to shoot another arrow at him but Yugi's pained screams stopped her.
They landed and she jumped off Bahamut's back. Bahamut snarled but she placed a hand on his side. "What should we do, Yami?" she asked. Yami growled, knowing they were out of options. He really wanted to kill Anubis but he knew he couldn't. He looked over to Yugi then back to the chest with the scrolls. He knew he may have to make a risky choice but he didn't want to risk Yugi's life. Keara walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Go ahead, Yami, make the call. I know you want to save Yugi more than anything. If I could, I would stop him myself but I can't. I don't want to lose Yugi either." Keara whispered, pained to see him having to decide such as this and she can't stop Anubis from killing Yugi. She could already feel the powers of the pyramid combining with Anubis' and even if they were to knock Anubis out of concentration; the pyramid would finish the job since it was a command.
Yami sighed. "Fine, you can go, just let him go." he whispered. Anubis grinned and the shadowed hand tightened until it cracked two of Yugi's ribs, eliciting a scream from him before he was dropped to the ground. Anubis left for the capital with the scrolls in hand while Yami gasped, running over to him and Keara trailing behind him. "Yugi, please tell me you're ok." Yami whispered. Yugi looked up to him, his eyes glassy. "I'm fine because the powers of my light energy helped me but not all of it was restored from Anubis using it to find the location of the scrolls." he murmured. He growled, vowing to himself that he will kill Anubis before picking him up.
"Come on, let get back and heal that wound before you die for sure. Your remaining light energy can only hold the fractures for so long." he whispered and he nodded. They all left, dreading the worse now that Anubis was able to get the scrolls. But they still had hope and that was all in one artifact. They all know if they don't find it, the vampires will be under Anubis' control then be forced to kill Yugi and his friends before moving onto the rest of the world.
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Zypher: Ok, you all can hate Anubis to every core of your hearts but remember, he will pay for it soon. But anyways, please review so we can get to the killing of Anubis.