Hey people! Here's the next chap of DLG. Hope you all enjoy even though I think it isn't all that great.
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End Game
Atemu froze. His fault? He was the reason why his mother was dead? But… his father had ordered it all. His father had killed his mother… His father did it so he could get full control over him. If he hadn't been there, his mother would still be alive… No, that wasn't true. If his father had been cold enough to kill his mother just for this, than he would've killed her anyway.
Atemu's head was pounding as memories suddenly came back to him. He remembered now how he had walked into the throne room the day his mother had died. How he had cried as her heartbeat slowly faded away, and what she had told him. He finally understood what she had meant with those words. She had asked him not to become like his father and stay like the rebellious boy he was. And he had done that. He had always resisted his father in every way possible just because something in him said he hated his father. Now he finally knew why.
Dakuso's words came back to him again. Dakuso had been the one to create the poison that had killed his mother. And even if his father had ordered this, Dakuso had also said that he had been planning his take over even back then. If his father hadn't ordered the killing back then, Dakuso would've surely done it when he took over the throne.
It was his father's fault that his mother had died, and Dakuso had helped. Dakuso was just as guilty as his father. His father had paid; he was dead and Atemu doubted that he was buried in a tomb with even one of his possessions for the after life. The man would have nothing there. The only one that needed to pay now was Dakuso, and Atemu wanted to be to dot it.
Atemu hadn't even noticed that he had zoned out so much, but as he felt his anger rising at his thoughts, he noticed that things had changed from when he had last taken his surroundings in.
He had been pushed back by Dakuso's aura as he hadn't been trying to break through it. Seth on the other hand, was looking enraged and had almost gotten to the maniacally laughing Dakuso. The madman had one foot on Yuugi – who was laying on the ground on his back and seemed to be in a lot of pain as Dakuso was obviously putting pressure on his foot – as he held Jou in by the collar of his robe.
The monsters fighting above him where all heavily damaged. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon had many wounds and was smeared in blood. The three god monsters where covered in scraps and cuts, but only a little blood tainted their skin. The Cosmo Queen was in a similar state to the God Monsters, though more blood was covering her.
Atemu's attention snapped back to Dakuso as he heard a 'thump', and saw Seth being knocked back and fall to the ground as Dakuso's aura expanded. Atemu's anger finally flared out and an aura that could rival that of Dakuso with ease appeared around him. Dakuso was going to pay for what he had done, and he was going to pay for it right here, right now.
As Atemu's aura suddenly flared out, Seth snapped his head back to look at his cousin's sudden enraged face. Atemu had been just standing there for the last at least 5 minutes as Dakuso had bragged about how easy it had been to fool the old Pharaoh for so long, not to mention somehow blaming Atemu for each single thing. How Dakuso had thought this all up, was beyond Seth because he would've never been able to link Atemu to so many things. At Atemu's reaction Seth had first thought that Atemu was actually believing everything that the ex-High Mage was telling him, but now it seemed that it had only enraged him.
Seth's gaze snapped to the God Monsters above him as he felt strong energy waves coming from them. All three Egyptian Gods let out a roar of anger as they seemed to be glowing in pure energy. As Seth looked back at his cousin, he could feel the amount of energy radiating of him.
"This… This can't be!" Seth glanced at a now terrified looking Dakuso. The man had let go of Jou who had fallen to the ground, and had stepped away from Yuugi, though his aura still imprisoned them.
"You'll pay for what you've done, Dakuso." Atemu spoke in a low and menacing voice. Dakuso's fear vanished from his face and a death-glare replaced it.
"Is that so you little brat? Don't forget that I still have your lover here. Not to mention your cousin's Mutt." Dakuso spat. Seth's anger sparked again and the shock that had taken him over earlier disappeared completely.
'Nobody calls my Jou a Mutt!' Ignoring the fact that he himself had called Jou a Mutt for a long time, Seth's aura flared out again as well, and both he and his cousin gathered their Shadow Magic, creating dense balls of energy in their hands. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon above them roared at the sudden boat of energy, and her eyes blazed with an inner fire that promised a lot of pain for those in her way.
Dakuso merely glared and created a ball of Shadow Magic in each of his hands. Atemu's and his aura's clashed as they tried to grow even more to overpower the other.
Shadowballs were thrown and deflected, doing only little damage to the people they were supposed to hit, as Jou and Yuugi could do nothing but watch. The controlling of their Ka's had exhausted them, and being hit by a powerful blast from the Cosmo Queen hadn't exactly helped either. Adding to that the way Dakuso had treated them, and you could definitely say that they were in no condition to fight.
Of course, neither of them were really listening to all these things and were still trying to get up so they could help. Jou groaned as he got off the ground a little and watched just as a ball of Shadow Magic hit Seth's aura. It didn't penetrate it, but it did throw Seth back and there was no mistaking the wince that Seth gave as the ball collided with the flaming shield.
"Seth!" Jou snapped his head towards the man who had been responsible for for the Shadowball. The man was laughing insanely again, and it was annoying Jou to no end at the moment. 'So he think's it's funny ta hurt other people like dat huh? Well let's see if he still likes it when he's da one gettin' hurt.'
Seeing that Dakuso hadn't noticed him rising or the call to Seth, Jou struggled to silently get closer to the madman. Just as Jou got close enough, Dakuso's head snapped towards him, a mixture of shock, anger, insanity and the slightest bit of fear visible in his eyes. Jou glared at the man who had hurt his lover, and somehow found the energy to get up.
"What the-" Dakuso was cut of as Jou gave him another fierce glare and hit the man in the stomach. He might not have had the ability – or energy – to summon his Ka, but he could sure as hell still hit someone.
Dakuso doubled over, but recovered before Jou could do anything else and hit the teen in the face. The man was old, but his strength was increased by the five Millennium Items he had on him, making him quite strong. Jou fell to the ground and landed painfully on his back outside of Dakuso's aura. A Shadowball that had been deflected off one of the aura's nearly hit him, and Jou's eyes widened at realiing the sudden danger he was actually in..
Jou looked back expecting another Shadowball coming right at him, only thrown by Dakuso this time, but was shocked as he saw Yuugi jumping the man. The Shadowball in the man's hand – that he had indeed already created – became unstable and exploded, the force making Yuugi crash into the wall behind them outside of Dakuso's aura, and making Dakuso cry out in pain.
Atemu and Seth watched wide-eyed as their boyfriends not only managed to do some damage to Dakuso, but also managed to escape the aura they'd been in. Shadowballs still in their hands and ready to throw, the two cousins glanced at each other, smirked, and looked back at Dakuso.
"Seems like you lost you hostages." Atemu growled, his anger taking over his shock again.
Dakuso looked at them again, snapping himself out of the momentary daze he had been in. As he glanced at his two hostages, he saw that they had indeed both escaped his aura. He suddenly felt a strong surge of pain shooting through him, and looked up to see his Cosmo Queen being hit by a strong combined blast from the three God Monsters and the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. As he looked at Atemu and Seth again, he saw the two Shadowballs in their hands growing in size and power. Dakuso eyes widened; if these two balls would hit his aura, they'd definitely penetrate it and hit him.
"NO!" Dakuso's begging and crying out had no effect as Seth and Atemu put the last bit of power into the Shadowballs and threw them, the two orbs easily penetrating Dakuso's aura now that he was weakened enough. Just as the two orbs were about to hit Dakuso, a bright light emanated from above them. Ra and Slifer were both perched on Obelisk's shoulders and giving off a golden light as Obelisk seemed to gain more power. At the same time that Atemu and Seth's Shadowballs hit Dakuso, Obelisk hit the Cosmo Queen with his fist that seemed to have an infinite attack strength to it. Two loud screams were heard as the Cosmo Queen was slammed into a piece of wall – that was somehow still standing – which caved in and caused dust to fly around everyone.
Atemu felt the three God Monsters disappearing and fading back into the realm they came from, as finally exhaustion claimed him. As the dust slowly cleared, he could see Dakuso's form laying on the ground, not moving.
"Is he…?" Seth asked as he let his aura fade away together with the Blue-Eyes White Dragon above him.
"I think so." Atemu said. He looked around him to try and find the Cosmo Queen that would signal that Dakuso was still alive, but the monster was nowhere in sight, and Atemu knew that the attack Obelisk had send after her had been enough to destroy just about anything.
Slowly they walked over to the madman, only to see a lifeless look in the man's eyes. The combined power of Obelisk's attack and their Shadowballs had been enough; Dakuso was dead.
"Is he finally down?" Seth smiled as he heard his Pup's question. Looking up, he saw the other trying to get off the floor and onto his feet, though he was failing miserably at it since he had obviously used all his strength before. Even as the blonde briefly got to his feet, he swayed and fell back to the ground, groaning in slight pain.
"Yeah Pup, it's over." Seth smiled as he walked over to Jou and sat down next to him, before starting to check on all the wounds the other had. He quickly came to the conclusion that it was a miracle that Jou was even still conscious, let alone trying to stand up.
With a stern look, Seth pushed Jou back to the ground, "You're in no condition to be getting up. Now stay still."
Jou tried a glare and get up again, but one glance at the glare on Seth's face made him reconsider and stay down. Besides, everything in his body was hurting anyway. As he heard a deep chuckle coming from somewhere behind him, he turned his glare to the direction it had come from to see Atemu crouched next to Yuugi and smirking at them.
Atemu just chuckled again as he saw Jou glaring at him, before turning back to his little Angel against the wall. Yuugi was unconscious and his expression showed that he was in pain, but Atemu knew his Aibou would be okay if he got enough rest. As he took his Little One in his arms, he sensed other people near the entrance doors to the throne room that were surprisingly still standing. Both Seth and he tensed and looked at the door with slight glares as it slowly opened.
Carefully some guards, servants, and a couple of priests and priestess' looked into the room with fearful eyes that seemed to lose most of their scared touch when they saw Atemu and Seth still alive, and their Pharaoh on the ground.
Slowly one of the high priestess' that had also served under Aknunkanon's rule stepped forward, "P-Prince Atemu?"
Atemu relaxed slightly as he recognized the woman that had always tried to help him if his father went on one of his rampages, though still stayed on guard since he had no idea what to expect.
Slowly nodding, he saw the woman glancing at the dead body of Dakuso and hope starting to shine in her eyes, "Is he… dead?"
As a smile slowly appeared on Atemu and Seth's faces, they both nodded, now smirking widely. "Yes he is."
Loud cheers burst loose from everybody that had come into the room, scaring Atemu and Seth almost to death. Well it seemed Dakuso hadn't really been all that popular, which they didn't really find a surprise.
"Isis I-" Atemu's sentence was cut off by Isis as she bowed in front of him.
"Hush, my Pharaoh. We will tend to your wounds and those of your companions first." she said smiling before ordering some of the guards to take the small group to the healers as she would inform everyone in the palace of the shift in power.
Feeling how exhausted he actually was, Atemu and Seth glanced at each other before just nodding and picking up Jou and Yuugi bridal style to follow the guards. Many weird looks were thrown at them as they saw their new Pharaoh and returning High Priest with two other boys in their arms, but no questions were asked. Weird looks continued to be thrown at the blonde in Seth's arms, as he was protesting heavily, saying that he could walk himself while he was clearly in no state for such a thing. Their returning High Priest seemed to pay no attention to it, though if you would look into his eyes closely you would see the amusement shining in the cerulean depths.
As they followed the guards, Seth and Atemu softly debated what they were going to have to do. The war with the neighbouring country would have to be settled, and the other damage Dakuso had done to Egypt would have to be repaired. All insane laws that Dakuso had thought up would have to be withdrawn, and the palace itself would have to be partially rebuilt thanks to the God Monsters.
Seth let out a sigh, 'It's going to take quite some time to fix things again… I hope Atemu can take his new role as Pharaoh.' Glancing at his cousin who was now paying more attention to Yuugi than to anything else at the moment, a small smile graced Seth's features, 'And that Yuugi can handle him as well.'
Okay, it's pretty short compared to the other chaps… okay who am I kidding, it's just plain SHORT (it doesn't even have 2500 words ;;), but at least it's something ne? Well this was the final chapter apart from the epilogue that will, as some of you already know, be full of just fluff and how our group of heroes is taking to life in the palace. The problem just is that I'm also going on vacation next week (I'm actually gonna meet my editor! ) so I don't know if I'll be able to update on time. Well that and the writers block is still there so yeah. Anyway, if I don't update next week, the update willl be three weeks from that, or maybe Dodo will let me update at hers… dunno about that. Anyway, I think I've kept you long enough so R&R people!
P.S.: Just in case I don't update next week, I wanna thank all the people who have been reading and reviewing this fic for so long, THANX! YOU'RE THE BEST! And special thanx to my editor cuz she didn't know Yu-Gi-Oh when she started reading this, but still edited it for me. Thanx a lot Dodo!