Chapter 9:

Freedom!

The monster dropped the girl to the ground. Yami growled as his body became a red aura. "Leave her alone …" he growled as he stood up.

"Ha! You think you can defeat me!"

"I did once…I can do it again!" Yami cried as five beams of light came towards him and his body was pure white. Not far from the temple, the others spotted the light from the forest.

"What was that!" Yugi cried seeing the forest light up. "Let's go check it out!" Joey cried as the gang ran off to find out.

Yami's body continued to glow and his eyes were a piercing yellow and were demon- like. The glow died down as his body became the armor of the four dragons he once fused with. "This ends now!" Yami cried as he few towards Alex. "Dragon Force attack!" he cried. Alex smirked and grabbed Yami's armor. "Have you forgotten my leech power?" he grinned. "I can take away your power anytime I wish!"

Yami could now feel his power drain from his armor. "Face it, you're through-Ah!" he cried as he was attacked by a red fireball. "Who dares?" he snarled.

"Don't worry, pal!" Joey cried. "The Calvary's here to save the day!"

Alex growled still holding Yami. "If you want him, come and claim him!" he cried. "Alright, but you asked for it!" Joey cried. "Red Eyes, fry him!"

"Shield of Unison!" Alex cried. A large ball enveloped him and Yami creating a shield and the attack bounced off and hit a wall. "Oh man…this is gonna be harder than I thought…" Joey said. "Wait a sec…I'm smart here! Red Eyes, let's do a sneak attack!"

"You think you can defeat me?" Alex cried still absorbing Yami's energy.

"Nah, I think I can stop you from hurting my friend!" Joey cried. "Red Eyes, attack! Inferno Fire Blast!"

Red Eyes fired a bunch of fireballs on the shield and they bounced off like meteors on a rubber ball. "Rapid Fire Flame Strike!" Joey cried. The balls kept bouncing off the shield. "What will this prove?" Alex sneered.

"A lot! Baby Dragon, go! Flaming Fireball!" Joey cried. His monster fired a ball of flames behind Alex. "Aaah!" Alex cried as he dropped Yami to the ground.

"Pharaoh!" Yugi cried rushing to his side. "Pharaoh, you okay?"

Yami didn't move. Alex smirked and unsheathed his sword. "You will not make a fool out of Alexander the Great!" he cried slashing the monster's neck. The monster roared in pain and fell to the ground. "No! Red Eyes!" Joey cried.

Yami slowly stirred and opened his eyes. "…Joey…?" he whispered. Suddenly a dark capsule appeared in front of Joey. "Whoa…" he said in awe. "This could work! Load Capsule! Go! Red Eyes Black Metal Dragon!" he cried. A huge metal dragon arose to the field roaring in anger.

"Show 'em what you got, pal!" Joey cried. The monster fired a bright light towards Alex. "Fire can always conquer metal!" Alex cried. He fired a ball of fire towards the dragon and it melted to the ground and exploded.

"No…Red Eyes…" Joey whispered. "Hm. That's a little gruesome," Alex smirked.

Joey just growled and his body became a red aura surrounded him. "You'll pay for what you've done to my best friend!"

His body started to change, more like merge with his monster. His back had grown the wings of the red eyes as well as the tail. He also held an axe which also became a sword. "Now…you'll die!" he cried.

"Joey! No!" Yami cried weakly. "Now you keep it down…while I take care of this asshole!" Joey yelled as he swung his axe at Alex. "You fool!" he cried grabbing a knife. "The Pharaoh shall see his son in hell!" he cried about to stab Tokoro.

"Tokoro! No!" Yami cried. Just as Alex was close enough to stab him, the boy wasn't there. "What? Where is he!" he shouted.

"Tokoro?" Yami called looking around. "Yams…look," Joey said pointing up to the ceiling of the temple. Yami looked up seeing the boy in a pink bubble giggling.

"What in the gods?" Alex cried. The baby began to glow in a golden light and his body began to change. The light died out and in the boy's place was an older man in like his teens with the same hair color as the child but had large white angel wings and wore a toga-like clothing. "Leave my mother and father alone," he growled.

Yami's eyes widened. "Wait a second…that's Shining Angel!" he cried.

"No matter! I shall deal with you myself!" Alex cried going to attack him. The angel took out his bow and arrow and aimed it at the attacker. "Holy Strike!" he cried releasing the arrow and it hit Alex's heart.

"Farewell, unholy one!" the angel shouted. The creature's body began to glow and a bright light enveloped him. When the light died out, nothing was left but his capsule shooter and the arrow on the ground. The angel closed his eyes and turned back into the baby Tokoro in its place. He started to fall landing in his father's arms with a squeal and a giggled. "Oh Tokoro! Thank you!" Yami cried hugging him tightly.

"Dada!" the boy giggled. Yami's eyes widened. "…you…you called me 'dada?'" he asked. The boy cooed in reply. Yami just smiled. "I'm proud of you, my boy," he smiled.

Hideko moaned softly struggling to get up. "Hideko! Are you okay?" Yami cried rushing over to her.

"I…I think so…" Hideko moaned rubbing her head. She looked up seeing her son in his arms. "Tokoro!" she cried. "You're safe!"

"He saved us," Yami smiled.

"He did?" Hideko asked. "Yeah," Yami smiled.

Hideko chuckled and tickled the boy's nose. "You alright, Yams?" Joey asked as he defused with Red Eyes. "Yeah, I'm fine," Yami said. Then a portal opened up beside the group. "Well, looks like we're going home…again," Yugi said.

Yami nodded holding his son close as the group walked through the portal to their way home.

yay! hopefully chap 10 will be up! what will happen next?