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Yuki's POV
"Cleopatra." I looked back "Before we start this duel…I want to know more about why you are the Servant of the Gods. What is your relationship with the Other Yugi."
"I told you already." She hummed.
"I want to know it all, I need to be able to understand you if we're going into this hell together." I said.
"Haa…very well."
NO POV
The Nameless Pharaoh Atem, or Other Yugi, is my ancestor. He used his power to extinguish a great evil at the cost of his own memories. They created the Tablet of Memories and sealed away the Pharaoh and the Evil in those items, specifically the Millennium Puzzle.
But that evil, and the evil that came with the Dark Games and Tablet duels was too dangerous. I began to fear the power my subjects may gain through those dark magics and most of all I feared the evil sleeping behind the Darkness, I thought it be best if no one remembered him.
"From this day on anyone found summoning any Soul Monster…will be executed!"
That was my decree. I quartered off the tombs and had the items sealed away, my goal was to erase that fact that these events ever even occurred, I wanted nothing to stain the Nameless one's legacy, and I wanted nothing like that darkness to plague my people again.
That was a mistake…the Gods did not see the point in erasing the past, not only that but my people revolted and sided against me with people from another land. I was exiled in life and punished in death. My betrayal of the Gods' will resulted in Imprisonment in the Room of Little Light.
Centuries passed and I was let out once or twice to deal with something but always locked away again, this time though I have a chance to change the past, I merely want to make up for my mistake. We must destroy Marik and recover the cards so I too can move on from the shackles of the past.
Yuki's POV
"I see…So you've been alone for a long time." I frowned.
"Hmm?" she looked at me.
"Me too, I've never been great at making friends but I'm glad I got to meet you and work together like this." I smiled as we arrived at the roof of the tower.
I stepped off and got into position across from Marik.
"Pretty high up." I gulped "And I thought a fight on top of a blimp was nerve wracking.
"Oh don't worry, I'll make it much more interesting." Marik laughed.
Yugi and Kaiba arrived soon after.
"Don't worry, the Anubis is in good hands." I smiled at him "I won't let Marik get two of them."
"You don't even know Ra's abilities." Kaiba said "He will crush you."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence." I sighed "AAHH!"
"You're a petulant little thing aren't you." Cleopatra took me over "Yuki has come this far, she won't lose now!"
"That's enough." I pushed back into control "I know I'm the weakest here…but that doesn't mean I'm a weakling!"
I walked out to the main ring and looked across at Marik.
"The Semi-Finals will now commence! BEGIN!"
"I'll go first." Marik drew a card to start us off "I summon Gil Garth in Attack Position!"
Gil Garth: LVL 4 ATK 1800 DEF 1200.
"Then I place a card face down and end my turn." He said.
"I draw." I looked at my hand "I'll set two cards and summon Pyramid Turtle in Defense mode!"
I don't have Call of the Mummy to do a big turn one play again, I'll have to play safe.
Pyramid Turtle: LVL 4 ATK 1200 DEF 1400
"I end my turn-HA!" I looked at Marik and saw a darkness spreading out from behind him "What…is that?"
"A Dark Game." Cleopatra glared.
"What?" I was confused.
"This is no longer just a game Yuki." She said "You're very life is on the line."
"Our Dark Game starts now woman." Marik scoffed "I'll send you and that old hag into the endless darkness."
"Well…there's no turning back!" I glared.
I've come this far and grown from Dueling…this is something I'm passionate about and I won't be afraid!
"I wonder how long that foolish will of yours will last." Marik drew a card "It's my turn! You have no hope of escaping this Dark Duel. It will be a fight to the bitter end! I should tell you of the penalty for losing, your body and mind will slowly slip into the darkness. It's exciting right!"
"You're a monster." I growled "Huh?"
A string connected from my chest too my monster.
"What is this?"
"Now you'll experience the same pain as the monsters you play." He smirked "Let the fun begin! I summon Drillago in Attack Mode!"
Drillago: LVL 4 ATK 1600 DEF 1100
"Attack Pyramid Turtle!" he yelled.
The whirling death machine darted forward and destroyed my turtle, the soul string snapping back against my body.
"GAAAAH!" I grabbed my chest in pain.
It…it's real!
"Go Gil Garth!" Marik yelled "Attack his life directly!"
"Yuki he's coming again!" Cleopatra warned.
"T-Trap Activate!" I managed to work through the pain "Embodiment of Apophis!"
The snake trap card I had taken from Odion took the attack, but I still lost 200 life points because it only had 1600 ATK.
"AAAAAHHH!" I screamed in pain.
"Tsk." Marik hissed "I end my turn…you were lucky to be saved by that fool's card."
"Pyramid Turtle's effect activates." I panted standing back up "I can summon a zombie with less than 2000 DEF from my deck, I choose Vampire Lord and I immediately Banish him to summon Vampire Genesis!"
Vampire Genesis: LVL 8 ARK 3000 DEF 2100.
The hulking gorilla of a vampire growled loudly.
"Destroy Gil Garth!" I yelled.
"RAH!" My monster crushed Marik's and dropped him to 2800 Life points.
"GRR!" he gritted his teeth.
"I also activate Vampire Genesis effect, I can discard a Zombie card from my hand and special summon a zombie from the graveyard with a lower level than the one I discarded, I'm getting rid of Ryu Kokki to bring back my Pyramid Turtle in Defense mode!"
"Not bad." Marik scoffed.
"Quit acting so calm." I panted.
Just two attacks and I already feel like I'm about to pass out.
"Draw!" Marik glared "I'll start by activating the magic card Tribute Burial! This card triggers when I begin a tribute summon by removing a monster from each of our graveyards so I can summon a High Level monster without tribute."
"Ha!" I gasped as Ryu Kokki shot out of my disk.
"I sacrifice Ryu Kokki and Gil Garth to summon Helpoemer!"
Helpoemer: LVL 5 ATK 2000 DEF 1400
"It's still not strong enough to stop my Vampire Genesis." I said as he played two face down cards.
"I'm aware, I end my turn." He smirked.
"Hmm…" I glared a bit "I play Soul Absorbing Bone Tower in defense mode!"
Soul Absorbing Bone Tower: LVL 3 ATK 400 DEF 1500
Wait…why didn't he bother trying to attack my Turtle, something is wrong.
"Cleo…" I glared.
"He's up to something." She hummed.
"Hidden Soldier!" Marik played a trap "I special summon Plasma Eel!"
Plasma Eel: LVL 4 ATK 500 DEF 1200
"I activate it's power, Equip to Vampire Genesis!" he laughed "The effect reduces the attack of the equipped monster by 500 points at the end of each of your turns! You're about to be in a world of pain!"
"GRR!" Vampire Genesis was shocked.
"AAAAH!" I yelped as I was zapped to, my legs weakening.
Everything…is so blurry…I can barely stand.
"Y-You summoned a monster." I tried to stand "I play my other Trap…TORRENTIAL TRIBUTE!"
A cascading wave of blue lighting crashed down and blew away every monster on the field.
"Did you forget, we're tied to our monsters." Marik laughed "RAAH!"
"No!" I gulped as pain shot through every fiber of my being "AAAAHHHAAAA!"
I'm so...stupid...
NO POV
"UGH!" Yuki fell face first onto the field motionless.
"She's…not moving." Tea gasped.
"Was that trap, too much for her…" Yugi stared on.
"Yuki…get up." Cleopatra floated there "Please…"
"…"
"You can't die like this, you're the first person to treat me like this in centuries, you can't…I don't want to be alone again."
"Ha…hahaha!" Marik just laughed "What a fool, she's finished!"
"That is a look we have not seen from you in many centuries Cleopatra." A Kind Voice said.
"You look upset." A downtrodden one added "You truly have learned to care for someone else and even acknowledged your mistakes…"
"The doubts of your heart have drifted away." A shaky voice added "There is little fear left."
"Yet you sit here doing nothing but weeping over your partner." A growling voice said.
"Stand up." The calmest of the five voices said.
"Stand up…you want me to stand up." Cleopatra growled "This wouldn't even have happened if you five never dragged her into this mess!"
"She was chosen to fulfill our higher purpose." Kindness said "The two of you have tasks to us do not end here."
"There is not much time left." Apathy said "You must take over this duel and stop Marik."
"Stop him…" Cleopatra mumbled "I couldn't even if I wanted to, Yuki's body is in no condition to continue, I can't even possess her if I wanted to."
"Possess, bah!" The Angry God scoffed "You're in the shadows."
"You don't need that." The voice of fear said.
"We will grant a small time of leave from the spirit world." Kindness smiled "Now go!"
Back outside in the ring they were beginning to count Yuki out with a Knock Out.
"The winner of this duel is-HA!"
Suddenly a blistering sandstorm blew through the shadows.
"Damn you." Marik glared.
"I'll be taking over." Cleopatra stomped her foot down, her body made of flesh.
"Y-You…" Yuki groaned.
"Rest." Cleopatra took her disk "I'm no longer hiding behind my shame, I will fight…and end this in one turn!"
"One turn...very well." Marik smirked back "We will see."
"But Uh…" the ref was confused.
"It's fine." Kaiba glared a bit.
Cleopatra's POV
"I believe it's still my turn." I said "I'll play Pot of Greed and draw two cards…then I play Card Destruction so was both discard our hands and draw the same number of cards."
I looked at my hand "It's over Marik!"
"I play Monster Reborn!" I held a card up "I summon God of Death Anubis!"
The tower rumbled once more as the might Jackal God rose from the grave.
God of Death Anubis: LVL 10 ATK 3500 DEF 4500
"To ensure you do nothing funny I'm activating Anubis ability and giving up 1000 life points to destroy all Spells and Traps on your side of the field!"
"GRRR!" I groaned as part of my spirit was sucked into Anubis staff and he laid waste to the field.
My Life dropped to 2800 but I had him in a bad way.
"Anubis Attack!" I yelled.
"I activate a spell in my hand." Marik stopped me.
"What!"
"Monster Reborn." He smirked.
"N-No you can't have…" I gulped "Impossible!"
"I Revive the WINGED DRAGON OF RA!"
The sky split open and the golden bird descended.
"Ra has a special ability to destroy all you monsters when special summoned!" he laughed "You're God is nothing!"
"Anubis!" I yelled as light pierced the dark death God and turned him to ashes.
"You're finished!" Marik yelled "Destroy them both!"
"I'm sorry Yuki…" I fell to my knees "I…"
A beam of blazing light passed over us both.
"AAAAAHH!"
NO POV
Cleopatra's body dissolved in the light and Yuki remained motionless of the ground as the duel disk and cards clanked down next to her.
"The winner of this duel…" the ref hissed a bit "Is Marik Ishtar!"
"Hahaha!" he laughed and stomped over to Yuki's desk pulling out Anubis "Soon your God Cards will join mine, I have two, I'm unstoppable!"
"We failed…" Cleopatra stared on "The two of us are no longer able to complete this task, I'm sorry Pharaoh but it will be up to you now."
"Are we…dead?" Yuki sat there looking at her own body.
Yuki looked up and saw five figures three men and two women, one was a kind mother nature looking woman, the other woman looked like a weeping mermaid, there was a man clad in barbarian battle armor with a scowl on his face, one wearing a cloak and shivering a bit, and the last was wearing white robes and had calming eyes and a face like an angel.
"You are not quite Dead but not quite Alive." The Kind God said.
"If Marik falls, you may be revived in that world." The Sad God said.
"You two screw ups owe us for pulling you out of there!" the Angry god boomed.
"It really was scary, I told you guys we never should have gifted Shadow Games to the humans." The Fearful God's voice cracked "They always misuse them."
"Be calm." The Apathetic God said "Still you two have failed to succeed in the task we assigned to you, but punishment also seems unfit given the circumstances."
"Instead we have watched you two." The Kind God smiled "And come to an agreement."
"You've show great remorse Cleopatra." Sadness looked down "We have chosen to free you from the Room of Little Light."
"But you're still indebted to us." Anger growled "We've decided to bind you to Yuki forever."
"This will render you partners for all of time, and leave you as the Gods' servants on earth." Apathy told them.
"So…We're gonna be partners forever?" Yuki said "And wait does being bound to Cleo mean I'm still not going to age."
"We need someone we can trust for these tasks." Kindness smiled "The two of you will represent us…for all of time."
"We Gods aren't as infallible as we'd like and we cannot take direct action in the affairs of humanity." Fear told them "But we must deal with the evils we created, you two are going to be our hand on earth…when evil rises we will call you to assist those chosen by fate."
AN
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