XVII. Light from the Darkness
Pharaoh Atemu and his priests including Mana arrived just in timebut inside the Gravity Bind barrier, Yugi wasn't pleased but there was no time to argue.
"Dear...dear pharaoh I really do wonder what made you came to this place" Kepura said waving his finger at him.
Atemu growled and noticed the barrier that Kepura tried to blast it with Gate Guardian. He wonders if Yugi was there.
"Oh well, looks like I get to play with you for a while" Kepura grinned and summoned Gate Guardian again.
"Oh no you don't I summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon" Seto said as an image of a blue-haired lady appeared and finaaly a blue dragon emerged.
"Summon Dark Magician!" Mahaado added and Mana did the same thing by summoning Dark Magician Girl.
"Attack!" the three of them shouted and they fired a series of blasts to Kepura's monster but nothing is working.
"This is not worth my time" Kepura said with a bored tone and sent Gate Guardian to fire its elemental energy at the three monsters.
"I call upon Obelisk the Tormentor!" Atemu declared and a huge blue monster appeared shielding them.
"Obelisk will be your shield for now I must get to the barrier. You know what to do" Atemu said to them and the three of them nodded. So the pharaoh snuck out behind Kepura and went to the Gravity Bind Barrier.
"This barrier... it's Gravity Bind there's no doubt about it" Atemu thought and began to speak.
"Aibou? are you in this barrier say something!" Atemu shouted but since Yugi is weak due to the fact that he plunged in the Nile waters plus the wind was blowing by, he didn't answer.
"Meddling fool!" Kepura raged as he summoned another Gate Guardian ready to fire at the pharaoh while the priests tried to save their highness.
Meanwhile at the Gravity Bind Barrier, Yugi thought he heard the pharaoh but he really doesn't think he would go their except that someone wants him dead permantly when suddenly he heard a shout.
Obelisk was destroyed due to the combined might of two Gate Guardians that Kepura sent and Atemu was succumbed due to the lost of his monster. Seto and Mahaado tried to stall him but it was no use,Kepura's monster was too powerful not even Mana's Dark Magician Girl can witstand the attack.
"Time to finish and die with the hands of Darkness!" Kepura declared as he commanded Gate Guardian to annaliate the pharaoh and the priests. Suddenly, they didn't noticed that Mahaado's Dark Magician was being sacrificed in exchanged for a more powerful monster: Sorcerer of Dark Magic.
"Uhhhh...? I don't remember this guy before. In fact, I don't even remember ever sacrificing my Dark Magician" Mahaado said disdainfully as he looked at the new monster. He was wearing black robes and held a special staff.
"I can sense power from this monster! It's as powerful as Blue-Eyes" Seto noted as well.
"I can't believe it but who..?" Mana wondered.
Standing behind them is Yugi who was staggering and finally released himself from the Gravity Bind barrier.
"C...c...c...come to me Sorcerer of Dark Magic!" Yugi commanded weakly.
"Aibou..." Atemu said in concern.
"You finally came out of your shell but why would you do that you'll endanger yourself more and it's much easier for me to annaliate you" Kepura sneered and also wondered.
"You don't...know anything do you?" Yugi asked. Kepura wondered what he was talking about and so did the other priests even Atemu.
"Long time ago, I kept asking this question: 'Something you can see but cannot be seen' does it really matter?. I tried to find the answer to that question but... so far I haven't" Yugi said closing his eyes.
"And how did you take it then?Is it something to do the recent events that happened?" Seto asked firmly.
"Yes and no. For this reason, I remember all my eternal treasures that cannot be replaced and the no part, its the part that 'something' will never be there even if I did 'that'. I cannot forgive myself for this. The true 'darkness in my heart' is being alone and weak. One cannot overcome it if you don't share it with anyone closest to you" Yugi answered, still closing his eyes and crying at the same time,remembering the days when the pharaoh was still with him.
Flashback: Yugi assembled the Millennium Puzzle for eight long years and finally obtained the 'wish' that it would die with him. The pharaoh assisted Yugi many times and gained new friends not because of the puzzle but in his own strength. He remembers sacrificing his soul to the Orichalcos leaving the pharaoh behind. He also remembers the day he went to the memory world to help his partner and he remembers everything that he did was not only for himself but for the others as well. He even remembered the day he was on the ceremonial duel and saying goodbye to the most important friend of his life.
"But now as I think about it, it does matter 'something that can be seen but cannot be seen' and now I won't allow you to lay a finger on the pharaoh nor the other priests because the pharaoh is my 'light from the darkness'. He's the one who gave me light and erased the darkness within" Yugi said, drying his tears.
"Aibou...!" Atemu smiled.
"Sorry but this has got to end. Sorcerer of Dark Magic Attack with Burning Celestial Magic!" Yugi commanded as his monster prepared to hurl a blast of Magic to Gate Guardian.
"You fool it won't be enough!" Kepura seethes.
"Oh yeah! Activate Magic Card: Diffusion Wave-Motion to destroy all your monsters!" Yugi declared and Sorcerer of Dark Magic blasted all Kepura's monsters to smithereens.
"Alright!" Mana cheered while Seto and Mahaado sighed with relief.
"Nooooooooooooooooo!" Kepura wailed.
"Leave now or else" Yugi said now feeling weak by the second after he summoned his monster.
"This is not the end!" Kepura seethes again and disappeared in a spark of light.
As Kepura disappeared, Yugi fainted after the summoning of Sorcerer of Dark Magic. Atemu and the others rushed on his side.Seto noticed that Yugi's cheeks went red and is breathing very hard. Mahaado and Mana were worried what happened. Atemu put his right hand on Yugi's forehead and was shocked.
"He's ill! Right now and he also got a fever that's why he's breathing very hard" Atemu stated, concern wason his face.
"What do we do?" Mana asked indignantly.
"We have to go back to the palace immediately" Atemu said sternly as Yugi was still breathing hard.
So all three of them rode their horses with Yugi on the back, Atemu was getting worried every second that he might actually die. Seto, Mahaado and Mana never saw the pharaoh this worried but it wasn't the time to talk about it. As their journey progresses, Yugi woke up and noticed he was on a horse with the pharaoh.
"Aibou? What ...are..you..?" Yugi asked, his voice trailing off when the pharaoh laid his hands on his mouth.
"Don't talk you're ill right now. I can't risk that the fact you suppressed you body to save us. Actually, you're much stronger than the last time we met but now you need sleep. We'll talk later,okay?" Atemu said, a smile came on his face. Yugi agrees and let his eyes droop to sleep as they were on their way back to the palace.
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