Chosen Pharaoh Chronicles Part 1: Longing Reunion & The Beasts Within
Based on the original Yu Gi Oh storyline. (Combination of anime & manga canon)
A/N: Back into the action, while I love writing these parts, it is always the most challenging. Well enjoy!
Chapter 11: We've Got Company
The Silent Magician relaxed her form and reverted back into a regular human being. The woman was dressed in a blue peacoat, a white fluffy scarf and her long legs were covered in black leggings and knee high brown boots. Her long brown hair swished as she turned around to face those behind her. Thin red and yellow wispy bangs framed her face and complimented her crimson pupils. She smiled and addressed the man in front of her.
"It's good to finally see you dad."
The last word of her sentence struck Atem's heart like an arrow. He could only stand there, speechless even as the child and mother he rescued fled to safety. His little girl was right there in front of him. Well, as he predicted she was not so little anymore. Hell the girl was almost as tall as he was. His daughter laughed.
"I know you must be thinking I'm some sort of ghost but I'm as real as you are." Keanna reached out and grabbed her father's hand.
Half of him wanted to cry and the other half wanted to fall to the ground, but Atem figured neither would be appealing. Instead he pulled his daughter into a long awaited embrace. He squeezed and squeezed, telling himself never again would he let go. Finally he managed to find the mental capacity to speak to her.
"I've only dreamed of this moment Keanna." He parted from the woman and gazed at her. "My have you grown."
Keanna swore she heard her father's voice begin to break. "I've dreamed of this moment too pa."
A young man about the same age as Keanna, ran up to the father and daughter. He had shoulder length wavy hair, tanned skin, and emerald eyes. He was dressed in a similar peacoat but of a dark brown color, a knitted green scarf, blue jeans and black Timberland boots.
"You know I could have handled that thing for you right?"
Once the man was next to them, Atem realized the individual was a head taller than himself.
"Oh and have you take up all the fun?" Keanna laughed. "Dad, this is Joshua."
The two shook hands for a moment, before Joshua bent slightly down and giving a quick bow. "I am you and your daughter's new serving priest."
Keanna turned to the direction in which Joshua came from and gestured her hand for a small group to come join them. At the same time; Yugi, Tea, and Joey approached Atem.
"Hey, what's goin' on here?" Joey called out with his arms spread wide. "One minute I'm walking down the street and the next minute there is damn Duel Monster attacking the city again."
"And it was probably going to get worse if we weren't around." A familiar magician's voice commented.
Atem looked in the voice's direction to see one of oldest friends. Mahad looked the same with the exception of the modern attire, as always with his long dark brown hair going a little past his shoulders and the fact he was over six feet tall. Beside him was Mana with her wide-eyed cheerful expression and wild hair.
"Mahad! Mana! What are you guys doing here?" Atem called out.
"We are here to keep you company and to make sure that you keep your ass out of trouble!" Mana answered in a loud tone.
"Mana, control your volume." Mahad commanded only getting a snort from Mana. "What she means my pharaoh is that we thought you might need some help and so we brought a few guests to assist you in this new life of yours."
Atem rolled his eyes, even after three thousand years of telling him other wise, Mahad was still hooked on the formal speak.
"You really need to get rid to that bad habit of referring to me as 'pharaoh' all the time. First of all we are friends and second of all I'm not even a king anymore so drop it." Atem chuckled.
Mana joined in the laughter. "I know right. I tell him the exact same thing and he still does it."
Joey was getting impatient that no one was answering him."Ok can someone explain what the hell is going on? I mean first Atem, and now you guys! And who the hell are these people?"
"Relax Joey." Yugi examined the new group. He recognized two of the six. Catching a closer look at the young woman, he noticed the strong resemblance she had to Atem. However, what scared him most was the similarities she shared with Tea.
"Oh my goodness...are you his daughter?" Tea beat Yugi to the punch.
Keanna nodded. Suddenly the sirens of police vehicles and chattering of news crews began to surround the park. Keanna rolled her eyes. "For the love of Ra, did these idiots have to get involved. Aren't these people used to this shit by now."
"I'll go make sure they don't pull anything funny." Mana jogged in the direction of the police officers.
Yugi looked at the woman with disbelief. "Is she ready to handle modern law enforcements?"
"She'll probably put to a spell on the them and press until we have things squared away here." Mahad answered.
"I see..." Yugi noted not to mess with the new group of magicians in front of him. But his eyes were caught with two other men that were not introduced to the group. The one that stood out the most was a well-built tanned man around Atem's height and age. His hair color was the same as Atem's as well but not as crazily spiked. His attention was then drawn to the silvery white haired and blue-eyed taller male. Hell he was taller than everyone there. Yugi swore the guy looked a bit like Kaiba, but not as pissy.
"So can you introduce the other two people behind you since no one wants to tell me who they are?" Yugi asked.
"Well they are..."
The blue eyed individual pointed out to a formation of dark clouds right above them. "We can have formal introductions later. I think we got more company."
Ominous clouds blocked out the sunlight and lightning spread through the center of the formation. A black portal opened in the eye of the storm. Red flames burst out, followed by long coils of a red and black serpent. Then the head of the beast emerged. One set of menacing jaws inside another, and a golden crest decorated its forehead. Sharp talons attached to leather wings stretched out of the portal, fully pushing the creature into the current dimension. The enormous beast roared with such immense power that it created downward gusts. Atem looked upon the monster with awe. He swore it reminded him of Slifer the Sky Dragon. Quickly the lengthy dragon swooped down to the group's level. As it came closer, a shadowy figure could be seen riding right behind the behemoth's crest. Once close enough, the dragon bowed its head and its master revealed himself. The dark figure was covered in a black cloak and was surrounded by a deep purplish aura. The man chuckled evilly and pulled over the hood to reveal his identity. He was an a middle aged man with a thick beard, light green eyes, deathly pale skin, bald with tattoos on the top of his head, and lastly a scar across on his left cheek. A menacing smile graced his bearded lips.
"Well, well if it isn't the great pharaoh Atem. I have heard so much about you, especially about your slaying of Zorc the Dark One." A rasped tone voice spoke from the dark figure.
Atem tensed up and stood in front of everyone as the Eye of Horus shined brightly on his forehead.
"If You Value Your Soul Then You'll Leave This Place Immediately Or Else I'll Remove You Myself!" Atem roared in a venomous voice.
"Don't get too cocky pharaoh for I'm not a man to be taken lightly. Isn't that right Uria!" The demonic dragon roared yet again.
Atem laughed in an intimidating manner and took hold of his cartouche. The creature before was nothing more than a mere false god. And it was time the real ones come out to play.
"You obviously don't understand the amount of power my gods possess. Now I shall demonstrate, COME FORTH SLIFER THE SKY DRAGON!"
A bright beam of red light pierced through the dark clouds and revealed the shining sun as another red and black serpentine being emerged from the heavens. Great wings spread and the sky dragon roared in glory. Slifer met eyes with Uria before coming down near Atem's side and lowered its massive head. He looked at the god and nodded with reassurance. Leaping up, Atem grabbed one of the dragon's spikes and hurdled himself onto the dragon's back. Atem wasn't surprised about the electric feel of the dragon's aura, his power was that of thunder. The surges running through his body gave the pharaoh one hell of an adrenaline rush. He figured he was going to need for the fight. Uria looked upon its lighter counterpart with fiery eyes and snarled bearing its huge fangs. Slifer growled in response and flexed its wings causing dark clouds to form creating a sound of booming thunder. Uria's wings began to sear in red flames. Both beasts continued to size each other up, each awaiting their master for the call to battle.
The dark figure chuckled. "Your Egyptian God pails in comparison to my Sacred Beast."
The sky god was becoming agitated. His second mouth opened with electric energy gathering into a sphere.
Atem knew that it was now or never. "Slifer Attack!"
Uria rushed towards Slifer, catching the god's second mouth shut with its own jaws. Realizing the collected power was becoming too much to contain, Uria directed Slifer's head upward sending the thunder blast to the heavens. Atem braced himself for the impact as the beasts dueled it out. He never doubted that the Sacred Beast monsters were a force to be reckoned with. Another strike from the demon god shook Slifer's head back sending Atem off balance. As if Uria knew the pharaoh was struggling to hold on, it dragged the battle into the skies. He held onto the god's scaly back for dear life but Atem felt his grip began to fail. The dragon's bodies continued to intertwine as they fought with teeth and claws. Wings were swung at each other and tails engaged in a sword fight. Atem lost his place and started sliding down the dragon's lower neck while trying to find another grip point. He ended up holding on to one of Slifer's spikes yet his hands were becoming numb. Gritting his teeth, a moment of realization hit him. He was not without a greater strength within.
Atem concentrated as hard as he could with his eyes tightly shut. He did his best to block out the occurring chaos around him. Yet with a strong push from Uria, Atem slid off the spike and went plummeting down. The group watched from the ground as a figure dropped from the sky. Yugi's eyes widen.
"He's falling and you guys are just going to stand there?"
"Fear not he will be fine." Commented a familiar sharply accented voice. It was none other than Lykaon himself to join the group. The Greek turned to see an old friend. "Oh I'm glad you could join us Roman.
The man addressed as Roman was the individual with semi spike red and black hair with a small amount of golden bangs. His lips twisted into a very familiar smirk. "Of course I wouldn't miss your handy work. Although I wish I was picked to gave him a ka."
"So having your niece wasn't enough? Now shut up and watch."
Seconds before reaching the ground Atem felt a surge of energy combined with a rush of adrenaline. He had the distinct feeling that he was now able to turn. Instead of darkness, a golden aura surrounded his being. Upon impact the pharaoh landed on the ground on all fours. Dust and debris flew into the air from the shear force of the fall. Standing from his crouching position, Atem motioned his hand to clear away the dust. His friends and allies gazed upon Atem's beast form. Unlike the previous night, his body was covered in the sparing pieces of jagged armor on his arms and legs. A flared kilt and jeweled belt covered his waist and a horned piece of armor adorned his chest. Behind him a regal flowing dark red cape fluttered in the wind. Atem opened his blood crimson eyes before giving a powerful roar. Citizens around the area were either running for safety or staring in awe. Lykaon gave a smile, he was proud Atem was able to equip the beast's battle armor. Above them the two serpentine dragons continued to clash in the clouds. One striking with fire and the other with lightning. Although a flash of light shined through the clouds. Emerging out of the battle was yet another dragon, the Berserk Dragon. On the skeleton like creature's back was Uria's master. He approached the group yet again as if to challenge them all.
Lykaon turned to Yugi. "Listen Yugi, you might want to take Tea and your friend out of here. We don't want any unnecessary casualties."
"What are we just supposed to sit here and let you guys fight on your own?" Joey questioned with frustration. "There's gotta be a way we can help."
Mana had returned from her stalling of the authorities. Hearing Joey's plea she moved the group behind her and Mahad.
"Fine you can stay but we can only do so much to protect you from this guy."
"ENOUGH!" The dark stranger spoke. "That man's life will be taken by none other than myself as revenge for slaying my great master."
A long finger was pointed at Atem. Even faced against another dragon he did not have any fear in his body. Although he was curious about this stranger's identity and who his supposed master was.
"And just who the hell are you? Who is your master?" Atem commanded, his voice slightly distorted from his beast form.
The dark individual laughed and responded in a deep tone.
"I am the great Zorrath! And my master was none other than Zorc the Dark One!"
Atem chuckled. "Oh really, he has been gone for Millennia and yet you call yourself his apprentice?"
Zorrath's continued to smirk. "Why of course, despite his absence, the ways of darkness are eternal and I am here to ensure that his ideal world will be made!"
With a swift gesture of his hand, shadowy portals emerged on the ground. From them came more fiend monsters and undead creatures. Atem reached out a hand and generated a long red sword. The rest of the group behind Atem followed suit in becoming their duel monster forms. Mahad and Mana reverted to the Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl. Keanna returned to being the Silent Magician. The mysterious Roman turned into a humanoid canine monster known as the Mystic Knight of Jackal and Lykaon followed suit as Lycanthrope. Although the final individual to change stood in the back, his bright blue eyes were set on Zorrath's hideous dragon. His pupils began to glow and his body became engulfed in a white light. From that light emerged a being Atem was not expecting to see at all.
This young man was a Blue Eyes Alternative Dragon.
"Holy shit." Yugi spoke in a surprised tone. "Who the hell is this guy?"
Keanna heard Yugi's question and quickly turned to answer. "His name is Marcus. Son of King Seto and the first Blue Eyes, Kisara."
The dragon of light gave out its famed cry before launching an attack of Burst Stream in Zorrath's direction. Although the follower of darkness was not keen in letting the young dragon put a halt to his agenda. He used dark magic to shield his dragon from the blast. However, a second blast made impact with the Berserk Dragon and shook Zorrath off his beast. He landed on the ground with a supernatural grace but anger was bright in his eyes. They shot daggers at the individual responsible for the bold attack and it was a magician in thick black armor and a large jeweled staff. The beholder of the Sorcerer of Dark Magic's power was none other than the new priest Joshua.
"Bet you weren't expecting that huh?" The long haired youth commented with a confident smirk.
Zorrath readied a dark mass of energy and sent it toward Joshua's way. The Sorcerer avoided the blast. Marcus flew to Joshua's side and released another shot of his Burst Stream. A gaggle of fiends rushed to their master's defense and absorbed the attack before vanishing into dust. More undead and dark beings gathered around Zorrath and others proceeded in charging the attacking group. Mana and Mahad stayed close to Yugi, Tea, and Joey in a cylindrical force field. Roman rushed the battlefield and swung at multiple enemies with the blade like gantlets on his arms. Atem saw in opening amongst the chaos and proceeded to run on all fours towards Zorrath but the evil magician materialized a broad sword. With a quick swing of the blade, Zorrath struck Atem. The edge of the weapon was not very sharp but the great mass of metal knocked the pharaoh of a majority of his senses. He just barely escaped the blade cutting off the top of his head, but did not avoid a slice across his cheek and upper brow.
"My King!" Mahad yelled.
He wanted to aid Atem but the trio behind might be left exposed to the fiendish beings attacking them. As Atem landed forcibly on the ground, a flash of light blue flew past Mahad. It was none other than Keanna rushing to her father's aid. She placed her full body as a shield and a hand behind her back attempting to heal the severe fatigue plaguing Atem. In the skies above, Slifer broke free from Uria's grasp with a swipe of his long tail. The dragon knew his master was in danger. Carefully navigating his long body among the buildings, Slifer placed his back claws near Atem. Zorrath's Berserk Dragon attempted to stop the two from protecting the pharaoh but the skeleton drake met its demise in Slifer's enormous jaws. After the remains of the dark creature dissipated from the god's fangs, Slifer gave Zorrath a roar. Keanna helped her father back onto the red dragon's back but Uria came down with another surprise attack. Hot flames spread through Slifer's body and Keanna had to use all the magic she had to keep the fire at bay.
She never had to hold back the power of a sub class god creature and her power was starting to wane. But a hand joined hers, and pushed her staff further into the flames. Atem had risen from his wounded state and was channeling power into the force field protecting them. The two met each others determined gaze and nodded before extinguishing the fire around them. Slifer wasted no time in retaliating against Uria, once again shooting the godly beasts into the clouds. Thunder and lightning surrounded the dragons as they clashed once more. Suddenly a dark mass shot at Atem and Keanna, but it only made impact with the pharaoh. Keanna had little or time to react and could only watch in horror as the dark entity flew towards one of the taller building.
Atem was dropped on the roof of a building as his captor flew around the area in a mocking manner. His vision was slightly blurred from the rough impact but upon regaining his sight, the individual responsible for his capture came into view. A deep purple colored gargoyle landed near Atem. Large bat-like wings were flared out and spiral horns decorated the fiend's head. Long fangs pierced through the beast's lips and its yellow eyes glowed brightly. Panic set in as Atem began to recognize the shape of the monster before him.
"Are you surprised pharaoh… to see a reincarnation of your old nemesis." Zorrath's distorted voice broke the silence.
Atem didn't say a word. His golden aura shined brighter and his eyes became blood crimson. He tackled Zorrath to the ground and started to claw at the monster's wings. But now the enemy had sharp claws of his own and the two beasts fought with tooth and nail.
Back on the ground Yugi looked upon the far away tall building with widen eyes. The dark cloud-like sphere was a sight he hoped to never see again. And he knew Atem had to be in that dreaded dome of gloom. Everyone around him had all these new powers and for once he felt like a powerless mortal. Perhaps he should start carrying the Millennium Puzzle around. Regardless, Yugi was determined to join the fight. He could feel the fire of determination burn in the pit of his being. Tea noticed a wave of heat emerging from her partner. Backing away slowly, she was shocked to see a red aura surrounding Yugi.
"Um Yugi...are you okay?" She spoke in a worried tone.
The question snapped him out of his thoughts. But upon looking down he saw the energy on his hands. He wasn't sure where this was coming from but he had the instinct to clench his fist. From the action a beam of red light pierced the dark clouds and reached the ground right in front of Yugi. From the opening a familiar large black dragon with red gems covering his frame descended to his master.
A smirk twisted Yugi's lips. "Good to see you again...Gandora!" He pumped his fist into the air and the dragon roared out in all its glory.
There is still a bit more action to come. Anyway like before, a lot of changes from the original. Been thinking on working on a custom poster and other various scenes from this series. Please leave your reviews guys! See you all next time!