Gotc: Hmmm... I wonder where Squeaky took off to...?
Laura: Ummm... I think that Ace said he was going to take him swimming...
Ace: throws Squeaky into ocean Muahahahahahahahaha! I'm freeeeeeeee!
Yami: Uh Ace, points to Squeaky
Squeaky: Swims happily Squeak!
Ace: Nooooooooooo!
Yami: Yeah see... Whales kinda swim...
Gotc: looks outside Awww... they get along so well... Oh disclaimer! Right!
Disclaimer: Gotc does not own Yugioh and is quite tried of stating so.
Gotc: on with the fic!
Chap 5: The Lost Civilization?
Yugi and Joey somehow found their way back later that night and quietly crept into the cave, hoping that they hadn't been missed.
"Yugi! Joey!"
Yep. They'd been missed.
"Where have you two been?" Tea said looking at the two with a stern face.
"Yeah man? We've been lookin' all over!" Tristan added.
Yugi and Joey looked at each other with unsure faces.
"Guys, we found something."
It took a good part of the night, but Yugi and Joey told Tea and Tristan everything. The valley. The flowering trees. Ace...
"A graveyard? Are you guys sure? I mean, exactly how many trees were there?" Tea said in slight disbelief.
"Hundreds Tea. Da thing practically filled da valley."
"You should have seen Ace though. He was really upset just from seeing the place. He said something about not losing again too..."
"What should we do?" Tristan asked
"I think we should keep it a secret for now," Yugi mused, "After all, he left without telling us, so he probably doesn't want us to know."
"Why keep it a secret though?"Joey said.
"Good question."
"Whatever the reason, Ace will know something's up if he comes back and finds us all awake. We should go to bed." Tea said glaring at Yugi and Joey, "And I mean all of us."
"Ok Tea," Yugi agreed, "We're going to bed right now. Promise."
Without further conversation, the four all settled down, and making themselves as comfortable as possible as one can on a cave floor, soon fell asleep.
Everyone was woken up the next morning by the smell of meat cooking over an open fire, and realized that in the chaos that had been the day before, no one had eaten. They cautiously ventured out of the cave, glad that the dragons were no longer in the front of the cavern. Ace sat outside, whistling as he roasted a fish over an open fire.
"Morning guys!" he said cheerfully as they left the cave, "Hope you guys are hungry."
"You bet!" Tristan and Joey said running to sit by the food, and immediately began stuffing their faces with some of the other things Ace had gathered for breakfast.
"He seems better this morning," Tea observed.
"Yeah, but I wonder if he's just putting on an act." Yugi whispered.
"You two just going to stand there and talk, or are you going to get something to eat before Joey and Tristan beat you to it?" Ace asked.
Yugi shrugged, as he and Tea sat down to what was left of the breakfast feast. Yugi was about to bite into a peach, when a large flock of birds suddenly spooked and flocked form the island's southern shore. Ace got to his feet and watched the birds fly away in a frenzied panic. He reached for a sword and sheath that looked oddly familiar to Yugi and began to walk in the direction that the birds had came.
"Where ya goin' Ace?" Joey said through a mouthful of food.
"I'm just going to see what stirred up the birds. Stay here. All of you. I'll be back in a few hours." He said without looking back.
Everyone exchanged glances. They had all seen the look in Ace's eyes when he saw the birds take off. He was up to something. Even the dragons that lay a short distance away looked of in Ace's direction, then back at the group of teens with a look that seemed to say, "You're not just going to sit there are you?".
And none of them did. Minutes after Ace had left them, the odd band of humans and dragons all set out after Ace.
"Where do ya think he's goin' Yugi?" Tristan asked.
"I have no idea, but he didn't look so unsure. Almost as if he kinda expected the birds to spook like that." Yugi thought out loud.
"You really think so?" Tea said nervously as one of the dragons trotted up next to her.
"To be honest...I don't know what to think."
"Feh. And ya think dat ya know a guy..." Joey scoffed.
Suddenly, the dragon that led the whole group stopped short and let out a low growl. Everyone got low to the ground in response, and slowly continued forward on hands and knees. Then just ahead they heard Ace's voice cut through the trees. But his wasn't the only one. The four silently peered out of the foliage, to see Ace standing on a long white sand beach staring down another man who stood several yards away. Yugi screwed up his eyes and tried to get a better look at the stranger. He was clad almost entirely in black, with a thin line of red outlining all of his robes. A hood on his cloak hid most of his face, but a strange glowing rock hung around his neck. Yugi's attention was drawn back to ace as he addressed the stranger in a foreign tongue.
"Son hearatope, soy nokini!"1 Ace growled, "Kunsaton rishi. Ytamo wrecska son?"
The man opposite Ace let out a bone-chilling laugh that made all of them flinch.
"Kucha Katonerranatu, no suato wrecska tu. Rancintou manaktoi hanut toki. Wrecska son ani Atemu rokuta koi nagatao. Gironqu, fanher nayak kuchak?"
Ace's eyes narrowed at the man's question.
"Ustadi learcha?"
"Oh? Tu leardoni son urse..."
Then the man's gaze shifted to the bushes where Yugi and the others were hiding.
"Korhiry rasntope!"
Yami had been watching the whole thing next to Yugi, obvious to only his hikari while in his spirit form. But with the man's words, Yami felt a surge of shadow magic suddenly rear up behind them.
/ Yugi! Look out/
With his warning, Yami took control as something shot out of the ground and at his legs. Unfortunatly, he had not been quick enough in taking action, and strange roots, alive with magic, wrapped around his calves and drug him into the open just behind Ace.
Ace whirled around in horror, seeing Yami held captive by the strange roots. His anger shifted as the man spoke again.
"Hehehe. So good of you to join us Pharaoh. I was hoping for a decent challenge."
"Who are you! How do you know of my days as Pharaoh!" Yami shouted angrily, trying to break free of the roots that held him fast.
"Please," the man scoffed, "I am known as Boran. One of the most powerful Shadow Sorcerers of this age. How could a sorcerer of the Shadows not know about the very king that had such mastery over them?"
"I am known as Boran. One of the most powerful Shadow Sorcerers of this age."
Yami saw Ace cast an apologetic look at him, but why he didn't understand. He'd gotten himself in this mess. Ace had told him them to stay put.
"You may as well tell your friends to come out of the bushes too. After I'm through with you two, nothing will save them anyway."
"Finish with me?" Ace practically laughed, "You over estimate your chances, and underestimate me."
" I'd watch yourself Katon. If you have forgotten, I still hold the three Gods, ad as soon as I have the Puzzle and the crest that hangs around your neck, I will have all I need to cover the world in eternal darkness and release the shadows once more!"
"It was you who stole the Gods!"
"The Gods mean nothing," Ace said, the calm look in his eye swiftly changing.
"Well then, since you're so confident that you can overcome the Gods... I propose a Shadow game." Boran taunted.
"Fine." Ace agreed.
"Oh but you don't understand, I won't be dueling you alone. In order to be able to use the Millennium Puzzle, I must also defeat the Pharaoh. Why not kill two birds with one stone? Litteraly." Boran sneered.
"Over my dead body!" Ace roared.
"Oh but see that's the idea."
"You sorry excuse for a wizard! The sun will go out before I put one of my friends in harm's-"
"No Ace, I don't think we have much of a choice. Besides," Yami grinned, "He stole the God Cards. I can't let that go unpunished."
"Yami, you don't understand-"
"I'm glad you see it my way Pharaoh. But before we begin, I can't help but wonder if you have any idea where you are?"
"What do you mean?"
"Katon didn't tell you? I thought he would share something like this with you."
Yami looked at Ace who could not bring himself to look the king in the eye.
"Why, you now stand on all that's left of the great civilization of Atlantis."
dramatic music
Gotc: looks like Dartz isn't the only one who knows about Atlantis, Eh? K, well that's all for now, parents nagging for me to get off comp. parents nag in backround so before something in my head explodes, I'll leave the story at that. Until next chappie!