Hey people! See! I'm updating even though I don´t even have a laptop at the moment.. Actually, it's the middle f the night and I'm using my dad's comp without him knowing it...Hope you all enjoy
Oh, I got an annonymous review from someone named CW saying that he/she thought the plot reminded her of the game ' Forbidden Momories' . Well I'll have to congratulate her/him cuz he/she is the first one to notice where I got the idea for the fic though my plot is totally different by now.
Anyway, thanx to all my reviewers and have fun with the next chap! R&R people!
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- - - - - The Temple of the God Tablets
Knowing that he alone did not have the energy to summon another monster to save them, and that the other two monsters were too far away to do anything, Atemu grabbed Yuugi's hand and used his Shadow Magic in a way, that he could use Yuugi's energy to summon a new monster. Of course this monster would be under Yuugi control and would also be the other's Ka, meaning that Atemu didn't have the faintest idea what kind of monster this would summon and that if it died, Yuugi would die with it.
The Millennium Puzzle flashed brightly once again as a new monster materialized in front of them. Atemu closed his eyes in desperation as he saw the new monster – if you could even call it that.A cutebrown fuzz ball with small green claw-like hands floated in front of them.
"Kuree?" the small monster looked around and saw the large beast charging at him and his master – who had collapsed into Atemu's arms as he had never summoned anything before, let alone right after a sunstroke
Although the monster knew that his master was not used to fighting like this,it took more energy from the boy so he could defend the small group behind him.
Bracing themselves for the impact and death itself, the group tried to shield themselves with their arms as a natural reaction… but the impact never came. Hearing the noise of small explosions in front of them, they looked up at what had happened and stared in pure amazement at the scene in front of them.
The worm had stopped charging for them as thousands of fuzz balls surrounded it, making it impossible to get to them. Small waves of smoke still lingered in the air where the monster had touched one of the fuzz balls, which had exploded at contact.
Atemu could only stare at the creatures protecting him and his friends in stunned shock. The monster had looked weak at first and he was sure that it could never fight, but by multiplying itself, it had created an unbreakable wall that would defend them. He looked down at his little one in his arms to see the other only half conscious now, as he had obviously lost a great amount of energy.
"We have to move, now!" Seth ordered when he got over his shock. The Dark Magician and Blue Eyes White Dragon had flown over to them, and were let through the wall of fuzz balls so they could fight the worm again.
One of the fuzz balls floated over to them, cooing happily at them. Yuugi glanced up absently at the monster and immediately regained a bit more conscious out of pure shock, "Kuriboh?" he muttered disbelievingly, before looking at Atemu for an explanation as to why a monster from his deck was now floating right in front of him.
"No time to explain, later." Atemu said hastily as he picked Yuugi up bridal-style, and they ran to the temple again.
The wall of Kuriboh seemed to move as they did, making sure that the group was safely behind them so no harm would come to them. On the other side, the worm was still fighting with the Dark Magician and the Blue Eyes White Dragon. The worm still held the upper hand over them, though each time it was thrown against the wall of fuzz balls, the Kuriboh would explode, weakening the worm beast. The exploded Kuriboh would then simply be replaced by new ones so the worm had no chance of getting through.
The Dark Magic and White Lightning attacks finally seemed to do some damage, though the two monsters firing these attacks were in a bad state; they wouldn't last much longer.
Finally reaching the steps that led to the temple entrance, both Seth and Atemu called their monsters off so they wouldn't get killed. The worm roared again as it tried to get through the wall of Kuriboh, making the fuzz balls explode and damagingthewormeven more.
As the small group reached the top of the steps, Atemu let go of Yuugi's hand – which he had been holding the entire time – which stopped the flow of shadow magic fuelling the other to keep the Kuriboh in this world. As soon as this flow stopped, the Kuriboh disappeared and the worm charged for them once again though it was already to late; the group was inside the temple and the creature could no longer reach them.
The group ran into the building and stopped when they reached a large dimly lit room to rest. Atemu sat Yuugi down against the wall, before collapsing on the ground out of pure exhaustion. Not only had he been running for his life through sand, but his Dark Magician had been very close to dying. He glanced up at Yuugi who had lost all consciousness and was now sleeping peacefully
Seth was lying on his back panting heavily. Since he didn't have a Millennium Item, it took him even more energy than Atemu to keep his Blue Eyes in this world. At the moment, he wanted nothing more than to just fall asleep.
Jou and Teana were the only ones still standing – though panting heavily as well – as they had been the only ones that hadn't summoned a monster.
Jou sat down next to Seth and looked around to see that Atemu and Seth were too tired to stay awake much longer, and that Teana had lied down for some rest as well. Deciding that he could use a bit of sleep too, he lay down and closed his eyes. Soon he, Teana, Seth and Atemu followed Yuugi into slumber, finally able to rest.
Amethyst eyes slowly opened as sunlight from one of the cracks in the walls shone directly into them. Yuugi groaned and turned his head away, trying to get rid of the bright light. He crawled away to trip over something lying on the ground and falling on top of the said thing.
He glanced down as he heard a groan beneath him, and saw Atemu opening his eyes with a slight glare in his eyes.
Atemu's vision focused and he saw Yuugi sprawled on top of him with an apologetic look already on his face. The glare on his face was replaced by an amused look as he pulled the other into his arms, "How are you feeling?" he asked.
Yuugi smiled at him, "Better, now are you going to explain what happened and how in Ra's name my Kuriboh was floating above me?"
"It's your Ka. I used my Puzzle to give you the Shadow Magic you needed to summon it so it could protect us, but because you're not used to summoning, it cost you a lot of energy." Atemu explained. More groans were heard as both Jou and Seth rose slightly.
"Could you two be quiet?" Seth growled crankily at Atemu and Yuugi.
"Nope, time to get up sleeping beauty." Atemu smirked at the glare Seth threw at him.
Waking himself up completely, Seth looked around the chamber they were in. It was only dimly lit by light coming through small cracks in the stone walls. The walls of the room were worn by time, and moss covered fragments of it. On small pieces you could still see writings, though it was mostly worn away and unreadable. The chamber itself was empty save for him and the others. Dust covered the ground showing that no one had entered this room in a long time.
"Could use some furniture." Jou remarked as he looked around as well.
Seth shook his head muttering, "Baka." under his breath, before glancing at the last of their group who was still lying on the ground. He let out a sigh as he stood up to wake her up – receiving a glare from Jou as he hadn't woken the girl up the 'proper' way the last time – and lightly pushed the girl, hoping she´d wake up.
Teana let out a groan as she felt the shove in her side and opened her eyes to glare at the person who had woken her up. As soon as she saw that it had been Seth who had woken her up, her glare faltered under Seth's.
Seeing that Jou was about to comment on the glare Seth was giving Teana-which would obviously lead to a new fight between the two -Atemu quickly interrupted them by clearing his throat and giving them both a look that said; 'start-fighting-and-die'.
Although Jou immediately backed off, Seth merely rolled his eyes and looked around the room again to see if he could find a passage leading deeper into the temple.
On one side was the door that led outside, which let more light enter the chamber they were in. On the other side of the room was a dark passage, obviously leading deeper into the building. The passage was in a dark corner with cobwebs covering parts of the entrance.
"So is everybody ready for this?" Atemu asked, following his cousin's gaze to the entrance of the passage.
Jou and Teana nodded hesitantly, though Seth and Yuugi didn't seem to have any doubts about this at all.
Getting up, the small group walked over to the entrance, cleared it of the cobwebs blocking it, and entered the passage; Atemu and Yuugi holding hands first, then Seth, and last Jou and Teana.
Darkness soon consumed the five-some, and they had to use the walls as guidance. Atemu could sense the Shadow Magic all around them, getting stronger as they went deeper into the temple. Feeling Yuugi tighten the grip on his hand, he pulled the other closer to him, hoping to reassure his angel a bit, though he himself was as nervous as ever.
Fortunately for them, they reached a small, dimly lit room after not too much time. The room was lit by only one small torch in the middle of the room, standing on a small platform; all other sources of light were blocked by the walls.
Before them was a door made of heavy stone. They looked at each other questioningly, before trying to open the heavy door to no avail.
Jou let out a frustrated growl, "How in da name of Ra are we supposed to go on if da damned door is too heavy to budge even da slightest bit!" he growled, kicking the door - which of course led to him wincing as the stone was quite hard, and didn't move an inch. He cursed darkly under his breath and glared at the door with all his might – which also had no effect.
"Seth smirked at the blonde and had to suppress laughing at the other's antics-though he too was getting annoyed with the door. Atemu had already tried to use his Shadow Magic to try and blast the door – among other things – but so far, nothing had worked.
"So… what now?" Yuugi asked unsurely. He'd been sitting on the ground as the others had tried to open the door, knowing he wasn't strong enough to help in any way. At seeing shrugs and hearing frustrated sighs, he let himself fall back and stared at the ceiling, much like Atemu could do at times.
"The door won't open until you pass my test." Yuugi looked up startled at the new, unfamiliar voice, and looked behind him. A man dressed in white robes and a white turban on his head looked at him with empty eyes that seemed to hold no emotion.Yuugi shivered under the lifeless gaze and subconsciously crawled back at bit towards Atemu.
Atemu looked at the man suspiciously, "Who are you and what do you mean by that." he demanded. He had already been very annoyed because of the door not opening and a stranger sneaking up on them did not not improve his mood.
"I am Shadi, the guardian of this temple and also the one that will test you here. If you can pass this test, the door will open itself for you, if you cannot, you will fall to the shadows like those before you." the man, Shadi, said in a monotone voice.
"What kind of test?" Seth asked as he too looked at the man suspiciously. A man appearing out of nowhere did no good to his already tense nerves.
Shadi smiled – though it held no happiness or even cruelty; it was as empty as his eyes were, "You must solve my riddle." he said simply.
Atemu and Seth glanced at each other. That was all? Just solving a riddle? What was the catch, it couldn't be that easy.
"I assure you that there is no catch gentleman. If you solve my riddle the door will open. Just remember, if you fail to solve it your souls will fall to the shadows." Shadi said as if he had read Atemu and Seth's thoughts – something they thought was very possible right now.
"Any other rules?" Jou asked nervously. He didn't like the idea of losing his soul if he couldn't solve some riddle, especially since he was no good at it. Solving riddles was more Yuugi's thing.
"You must solve it in ten minutes." Shadi said as if it wasn't really that important. Come to think of, it probably wasn't to him. He probably already thought they'd lose anyway, so who cared about how much time they had.
The five friends glanced at each other and nodded – the one more hesitant than the other.
"Fine, we'll solve your riddle." Atemu spoke.
The man nodded,
"I can run swiftly and silently when you want me to stay still,
I can move slowly and cautiously and am yours to fill.
You look at me often and yet you always forget me,
I am the most feared killer, yet you can't live without me.
Sometimes you have me for all to spare,
Yet when you need me, I am not there.
You can waste me, or cherish me, you choose the track,
But once you're done with me, you can never get me back
What am I?"
Everybody in the room stared blankly at Shadi, who merely stared back with a bored look, "You have ten minutes. I suggest you use those wisely."
Everybody immediately snapped back to reality and started to ponderaboutthe riddle Shadi had given them. Well everybody but Jou who just sat down with a defeated sigh as he knew he couldn't be of any help here. He watched as the others thought of the answer to the – to Jou – impossible to solve riddle.
Atemu was pacing back and forth in the small room, muttering the words of the riddle under his breath to himself. He was obviously getting nowhere.
Seth was glaring at the wall opposite him while deep in thought. His glare obviously showed that he couldn't think of an answer so far either.
Teana was just staring blankly at her hands. Her eyes were glazed over but Jou had the strange feeling that she wasn't thinking about the riddly. He pushed the thought aside and glanced at the last of their group.
Yuugi – who was the best at these things according to Jou – was still sitting on the cold floor, staring at the ground with a frown on his face. Jou rubbed his arm nervously; if even his little buddy couldn't solve the riddle, than no one could.
"Only one minute left." Shadi said after a while. Atemu, Seth and Yuugi all groaned. They had so far come up with nothing that even came close to a good answer.
"Guys? Anything? Please tell me ya thought of somethin'?" Jou pleaded. He received a frustrated look from Atemu, a sigh from Yuugi, nothing from Teana, and a glare from Seth.
"Does it look like we thought of anything, Mutt?" Seth snapped at him.
Jou glared back at the brunette, "Well I'm no good at stuff like dis and time is runnin' out!" he snappen back.
Yuugi's face suddenly lit up. You could practically see the words, 'I've got it!' above him, but nobody seemed to notice since they were all busy with other things.
"Your ten minutes are up. What is your answer?" Shadi asked.
Atemu bowed his head in defeat, Seth felt like banging his head against the wall, Teana finally snapped out of her trance, but didn't make any move to answer, and Jou felt like joining Seth at the wall. Yuugi held back a giggle at the faces his friends were making and walked up to the man, "I know what the answer is." he said with a smirk that reminded everybody of Atemu a little bit too much.
"You're rubbing off on him." Seth muttered softly at Atemu who just nodded with his own smirk on his face obviously stating, 'I'm so proud of him!'.
Shadi looked at Yuugi unmoved, though Yuugi knew the man hadn't expected any of them to even have the slightest idea what his riddle had been about, "The answer is time." the smug look on his face was hard to miss.
The man stared at Yuugi for a moment before he nodded and disappeared in a wisp of shadowy mist. The door that had been impossible to open before, suddenly opened to reveal another dark passage.
Everybody groaned. They were glad Yuugi had solved the riddle but they hated to go back into that blasted darkness.
"I guess we don't have a choice." Seth muttered before he stepped into the corridor and started walking. Jou and Teana gave another groan but followed Seth nonetheless.
Yuugi wanted to follow as well, but 'eep'ed as strong arms snaked around his waist and pulled him into a hug.
"You did great." Atemu murmered into Yuugi's ear. Yuugi giggled and turned around so he could face Atemu.
"Well Jou gave me the idea really, so he deserves some credit as well."
Atemu smirked, "I'll leave it to Seth to thank him." he said before leaning down and kissing Yuugi. He pulled away after a bit as he heard Seth cursing in the passage up ahead. His cousin had obviously noticed that he and Yuugi hadn't followed yet, "Come on, we better go before Seth decides to kill me."
Yuugi giggled again, his cheeks still tinted red from the kiss, and started into the passage. They soon caught up with the cursing Seth – who they knew was glaring at them even though they couldn't see it – and continued their way.
They walked through the darkness for a long time until they saw a faint light up ahead. The whole group ran as fast as they could towards the light - all having gone crazyin the thick depressing blackness.
The room they entered had – like the last one - no windows or cracks in the wall to let sunlight through. The dim light they had seen in the passage was coming from torches against the walls, lit with Shadow Magic. The walls themselves were worn and the hieroglyphics written on them couldn't be read anymore.
Seth scanned the room carefully for any sort of traps hidden in it, and frowned at not seeing any passage leading deeper into the temple, "There's no passage." he muttered, looking over the room once more.
"Den how in Ra's name are we supposed to go on!" Jou exclaimed in frustration. The darkness hadn't exactly been good for his mood and now this. If anything else went wrong, he was sure he'd blow a fuse.
"Wait, what's that?" Everybody looked at Atemu as the former Prince walked to the other side of the room and stopped in front of the wall there. Curious, the others followed him and looked at what Atemu had seen.
A small tablet with hieroglyphics engraved on it showed the seemingly only readable text in the entire room.
Only in a dream
Can these fears be seen
Face thou fears with all thou might
Face thou fears and fight
If thou fail thou soul shall pay the price
So turn around and act wise
Atemu re-read the text carefully after reading it out loud to the others, and frowned, "Uhm… does anybody get it?"
Seth let out a sigh, "It's probably just another test in which you have to conquer your fears or something." he snorted, "Like I have fears big enough to stop me from passing."
"I dunno Seth, I'm sure dey made it hard." Jou said, "So how do we start exactly cuz I don't think any of us're leavin' and I don´t see an annoyin´ guardian around ta tell us what ta do either."
Not even a second after Jou had finished his sentence, the tablet with the hieroglyphics started to glow and Atemu could feel the Shadow Magic in it growing. He pulled Yuugi close to him to protect the other, but it didn't do a thing. The entire group sank to the ground, seemingly asleep. The tablet slowly dimmed down again, though the Shadow Magic was still radiating of it in large amounts.
Okay, I'd just like to say that neither the riddle or the text on the tablet are mine. I got the riddle off a fic by Jazhira who got it off internet somewhere. You should all go read her HPxYGO crossover btw cuz it's a really good story and cuz I say so °gets hit by a friend for acting like she owns the world° OUCH! Urgh, don't hit me or I won't tell them that you were the one who wrote the damned text for the tablet! °friend rolls eyes and looks at Moony in a bored way° Ungrateful °mutters darkly under breath° Anyway, as I was saying before I was interrupted. My friend wrote the text for the tablet. She is also a authoress on this site so you should also go and read her fics. Her penname is Nalurah °Nalurah pushes Moony to the side and takes her place°
Nalurah: Hello people! Yes, you should all come and read all my fics since I'm the mastermind behind all of this!
Moony: Tss, you thought of the tittle, Dakuso's name, and the stupid text on the tablet and all of a sudden you're the mastermind behind this all! Who's the one writing this all?
Nalurah: Technically, you. But that's not the point. The point is that all these readers should go and read my fics instead of yours cuz I'm just better than you.
Moony: °muttering under breath° Kaiba
Nalurah: Oh shut up. Anyway. R&R people! Especially my fics!