Chosen Pharaoh Chronicles Part 1: Longing Reunion & The Beasts Within

Based on the original Yu Gi Oh storyline. (Combination of anime & manga canons)

A/N: Soooo this was really difficult to put together. However, once I got the swing of it, writing this became a lot of fun. This chapter is dedicated to my original characters Joshua and Marcus and some of their backstory. I gotta give love to my OCs and expand my mythos. Hope you enjoy!

Rated M

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh it belongs to Kazuki Takahashi

Chapter 16: The Heist

Flashback

One year earlier.

Two khopesh swords clashed with sparks flying from the impact. The objects are pulled away from each other but one is hooked into the curve of the other sword. With a swift movement the khopesh flew out of the opponents hand and across the sandy floor. Joshua had just been disarmed and Marcus was coming in for another swing. They were both downed in tradition Egyptian garbs. He dodged the strike and side stepped to Marcus's right. Attempting to trip Marcus with a kick, the mage missed his target when the blue-eyed man made a side step as well. Another swing of that sword came in Joshua's direction. He only had a millisecond to see where his own sword had fallen. He just barely dodged the attack and a small tip of his wavy lochs were trimmed by the blade.

Joshua rolled quickly toward his sword and reached just enough to grab the weapon. Upon rising from the ground, Marcus's blade is swung again and just stopped at the mage's neck.

"That's 2 to 1. I win this match magic user." Marcus produced a toothy grin.

Joshua pats off some of the sand caked on his skin. "Magic user? Really? What the hell do you think you are using when you transform into a dragon?"

"My birthright." The man's blue-eyes glowed for a brief moment as if to prove his point.

"You know its moments like this where your father really starts to pop out of you."

Marcus's eyes narrowed and a deep growl emerged from his throat. "I've been hearing this a lot lately. But you are the last person I need to hear it from."

"Oh relax Marcus. You've only been hanging around with your father for the last three millennia so of course you might act like him on occasion." A feminine voice spoke aloud.

Keanna, a princess thwarted from the throne at infancy, but now she was the sole carrier of her father's legacy. She walked into the lit area of Marcus and Joshua's training yard. She wore a simple skirt with purple accents in the front, a white linen blouse and gold trimmed sandals. However, she was covered in assorted royal jewelry, very similar to how her father would be decorated.

He snorted. "I'm sure you are no better my dear cousin."

"Well, I haven't seen my father in thousands of years so who knows. But Joshua is definitely Mahad's son."

Joshua approached his fiance. "Hey what's that supposed to mean?"

Marcus and Keanna laughed. Footsteps sounded from the nearby hallway and a familiar Greek emerged. Alongside him was Keanna's uncle Roman.

The princess addressed the two. "Well, well. I haven't heard from you two in a while."

The former Greek king nodded. "Yes, we just came back from the Divine Council. They have assigned me with a mission involving your father."

"Ah. And what may that entail?"

Roman stepped into the conversation. "They want to give him a beast Ka."

Keanna raised a brow. "What? Why does he need that? Aren't the Egyptian Gods enough?"

"Oh, I suppose you haven't heard then." Lykaon looked upon the woman wide-eyed.

"Heard what?"

Then a loud roar sounded off right above the group. A portal opened and a slender black dragon with red glowing lines all over its body glided down. The creature then transformed into a lightly tanned woman with bright red eyes and long black hair. Marcus instantly recognized the woman as his girlfriend but her face had terror written all over it.

"Crystal, what's wrong?"

She approached closer to Marcus and grabbed his hand. "You need to come with me NOW."

Roman also recognized the woman and he knew her as borderline royalty. "Hold up. Marcus you know this girl?"

Crystal rolled her ruby pupils."Yes he does. Please we don't have any time. Hell, the more of you probably the better."

Joshua nodded. "Alright I'm in too. But can you just explain what is so urgent."

"I'm going to have to agree with my friend about this." Marcus placed his other hand atop of Crystal's.

Now she was really starting to fume. "Uggghhh...IT'S A FUCKING MASSACRE! WE HAVE TO LEAVE FOR MY CLAN NOW!"

Marcus's eyes widened. "Oh shit. My apologizes. Let's go."

The man morphed into a Blue-Eyes Alternative Dragon and turned his head to Joshua's direction. "C'mon everyone get on." He slightly lowered his body to the ground.

Crystal followed suite in her Red-Eyes form. Both Joshua and Roman climbed onto Marcus's back and Keanna was about to join them. A jagged black tail stopped the princess from getting on the Blue-Eyes.

"I'm sorry your highness but I cannot with good conscious allow you come with us. The person responsible has made threats on your family." Crystal spoke with concern.

Lykaon placed a hand on Keanna's shoulder. "I'll explain while they are gone. But this must be the same individual that has caught the Council's attention."

The princess sighed. There were moments she could despise her high status. "Fine. But you guys please be careful."

With that the two dragons took flight into another dark portal. Moments later the group warped to their destination. Straight ahead was a long canyon known as the Dragon's Ravine. Dark colored rock walls spanned for what seemed like endless miles. Cutouts of the rock contained a mixture of caverns and stone housing. The further the two dragons flew into the Ravine, they came into view of a large city built on a bridge like structure in the middle of canyon. Black plums of smoke rose from a growing fire on the far right of the city. This area led into a cave and numerous amounts of Red-Eyes Dragons and citizens were fleeing the scene. Marcus increased his speed to get a closer look at what was going on. Then a dark creature came into view. The Blue-Eyes stopped in mid air at the shock of the beast that came into view.

Scaly dark violet skin, bat-like wings of death, large curved tusks, and beastly yellow eyes, yes this was a look-a-like Zorc clone recking havoc upon the Red-Eyes Clan. Marcus felt a deep growl escape his throat.

"Joshua, Roman... you might want to find yourselves another ride."

The mage was also taken aback by the beast in front of him. However, he felt the power surging from Marcus. He was getting ready for a hell of a fight. Roman quickly proceeded to summon his own dragon, a Felgrand dragon at that. The king's brother transformed into his Jackal Knight form and grabbed Joshua before leaping onto the newly summon dragon. Marcus nodded at the two before flapping his wings to an upward position and then swooping into a deep dive. The immense gust of wind nearly sent the Felgrand off balance.

"Should we help him?" Joshua asked Roman.

The Jackal Knight shook his head. "This seems like his fight but we will watch from afar how it goes. Honestly, I don't think you should get involved either, especially at your current power level."

On the ground of Red-Eyes temple, the creature now known as Zorrath, was in the midst of crushing a large Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon beneath his taloned feet. The dragon beneath squirmed violently with rapid wing beats and the swinging of his massive tail. The black dragon's talons even punctured deep into the Zorc-like monster's leg but it would not release his throat. He could not produce another fire blast. His vision started to fade, but a mighty signature cry sounded from the heavens. Radiant beams of light illuminated the shadowy smoke and the ball of white light came ever so closer to the two massive creatures. The demon was struck with the ball of lightning, staggering back just enough to release the dragon. Without hesitation the enormous Red-Eyes flew out of the monster's grasp and hovered in place to regain his breath. Then a feminine voice broke through.

"THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR TRYING TO KILL MY FATHER!"

The Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon instantly recognized the voice to belong to his youngest daughter. Within seconds of the battle cry, dark red flames also engulfed Zorrath's form. The demon beast groaned from the heat of the flames before he was struck with a head-butt from Crystal's dragon form. Her horns were much more defined like a battering ram and bright red glowing stripes traveled all over her thickly armored body. She was the Red-Eyes Alternative Dragon. However, Zorrath managed to quickly grab the female dragon's neck with clawed hands. The demon bellowed in a deep hoarse voice.

"HOW DARE YOU DEFY ME YOU FOOLISH CHILD!"

But another signature cry was heard again, but this time with more ferocity.

Zorrath shifted his gaze to the direction of the roar. His yellow eyes widened at the site. A Blue-Eyes Alternative Dragon had come to join their battle. Marcus was already preparing another attack. His mouth contained the building energy to the point where his head started to shake. Before long he released his mighty Burst Stream of Destruction. Zorrath let the female dragon out of his grasp to dodge the attack. A massive explosion of debris brought up more smoke covering the area. The bat-like wings raised up and produced a massive flap to launch Zorrath into the air and collide with Marcus. The demon was just a head smaller than Blue-Eyes's size but he was still able to wrap his spiked arms around the dragon. The light dragon dug his own silver talons into the thick scaly skin but it seemed to no avail. This being was much stronger than Marcus anticipated. It slightly scared him in fact. But little did this creature darkness know that Blue-Eyes Alternative Dragons have a little trick up their scaly sleeves.

The streaks of blue all across the white dragon's began to glow even brighter than normal. An electrical surge radiated throughout Marcus being and he quickly released the energy which stunned Zorrath enough to release his grip. He charged yet another Burst Stream but not before the dark beast made an uppercut on Marcus, dispersing the white energy out of his mouth. He then tried a tail whip yet the demon dodged that as well. Who the hell was this guy? Surely this was no mindless creature.

"I know who you are dragon. And I'm coming after your distant cousins..." The demon hissed in a distorted voice.

Before Marcus could react the Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon had adorned a metal skin and used its talons to pull Zorrath away. He twisted his metallic body in the direction of tank like black dragon with bone like armor, hardened muscular limbs, smaller sharp wings, and an archfiend like head. It was Crystal's older brother Derek and he was the Black Skull Dragon. Better yet he was adorning his evolved form as the Archfiend Black Skull Dragon. A single Inferno Fire Blast did enough damage to Zorrath's wings causing him to fall to the ground. Zorrath was able to turn his body around so he landed on his feet. Yet on the ground was something he did not expect to encounter at all. It was the Mystic Knight of Jackal. The great protector of the royal family and sole brother to the great chosen pharaoh. Gripping his golden gauntlets, Roman lunged toward the demon. Zorrath tried to block the attack but the thick points of the gauntlets stuck deep into his flesh. Yeah, Zorrath was not strong enough for this fight yet, but the damage he dealt was enough to make a statement. Before Roman was able to make another strike, the dark being teleported to an unknown destination. Clearly there were too many powerful characters in play and he decided to flee the scene. But something deep down told Marcus that whoever he just fought could have easily handled all of them. But these thoughts were for another time, he had to help his girlfriend's people.

Back in the present.

Atem nodded after hearing about this battle. He was trying to remember the fight he had with Zorrath earlier today. But his headache was still too much of a bother to bring up the memory. All he knew was that Roman was also involved in the fight. He shifted his phone slightly.

"So this Zorrath character has been wrecking havoc for a while before I returned."

Keanna nodded as well. "Yes, he was responsible for a lot of deaths and damage to the monster realm. Probably just to make a statement."

"Yeah, after I watched Marcus fight and even he struggled, I decided I could no longer continue to be a priest in-training" Joshua brought up his fingers making a quotation gesture. "I had to become stronger..."

Atem finished his thought. "And you decided to become the Sorcerer of Dark Magic and grab a beast Ka. What were you before you obtained a new Ka, if you don't mind me asking."

"Just a Chaos Commander, I was no where near what my parents and your daughter have." Joshua stroked his chin for a moment. "The Scepter of Dark Magic was mine but apparently I needed to wait more in order to earn it. Once the Divine Council discovered I asked Keanna to marry me, they basically told me I could not have the damn staff."

Flashback

Six Months after the Battle at Dragon's Ravine

Now in proper modern attire, Marcus and Joshua emerged from a meeting with the Divine Council. While Marcus was rewarded for defending the Red-Eyes Clan territory, Joshua's request to obtain his true Ka fell on deaf ears. There were members that had already looked down on his relationship with the princess but someone had informed them on their engagement. The young mage practically stomped across the glossy tiled floor to reach the grand hallway leading out of the main council room. Marcus tried to keep up with his distraught friend.

"Look Josh, I told you that you should have waited until you were promoted before announcing your engagement. You know some of those palace people have loose lips."

Marcus reached out to grab Joshua's shoulder, but his hand was tossed away. Fury fired in mage's emerald eyes.

"Oh yes let me hold off on something I have waited Millennia to do all because I have mixed blood! I fucking bet that if I were my dad's actual son, no one would have a fucking issue!" Joshua's breaths were labored from yelling but his shoulders proceeded to slouch, and his eyes softened. "All because I wanted to finally marry the woman of my dreams. I know she has been waiting for so long and we finally have a chance to have a family too."

The Blue-Eyes looked upon his friend with great sympathy and his mouth formed a thin line. For a moment he thought about the situation and instantly he thought of plan to help.

"I think we might be able to get that staff without these old farts' permission."

This definitely caught Joshua's attention. "Go on..."

Marcus beings to turn tail and readies himself to jog. "C'mon we gotta see my girlfriend."

"How the hell is the Council okay with YOU of all people dating a Red-Eyes Dragon but not a half Jew with a princess."

"It's called Anti Semitism dude." Marcus pulls Josh along with him down the hallway. "Also not everyone is happy about my relationship either but unlike your dumbass I didn't buy her a ring."

"Will you get off my ass about that!"

As the two continued to run down the hall, they eventually made a left. Now they were in the hall of the Dragon Clans. Naturally the dark red door was the room reserved to the Red-Eyes Clan, but Marcus prayed that his significant other was on shift. Practically busting open the door, the red haired receptionist seemed a little surprised by the noise but then instantly recognized the Dragon Prince. She smiled brightly.

"Welcome your highness. If you are here to see Crystal you'll find her in the back. Just keep it down a bit, we have a little one here today."

Marcus automatically nodded before digesting what the receptionist had just told him. The words little one frightened the shit out of him. Not to mention he hadn't seen his girlfriend in six months since the massacre. He continued to walk to the back of the large office, of course Joshua noticed the sudden look of fear on Marcus's face.

"Hey you okay man?"

Marcus's thoughts flew around a mile a minute. Never had a dragon of his stature ever had to worry about such a thing with his previous girlfriends. If anything he was stud of everyone's choice. But Crystal was his first dark dragon, these things didn't work the same. Suddenly he had forgotten the last time he and Crystal slept together. 'Fuck was it during mating season?' He thought to himself. 'No we agreed not to do that until..."

"Yo Marcus answer me." Joshua tugged at the man's sleeve. "You look like you saw a ghost. What's up?"

The Blue-Eyes stopped in his tracks. He could hear his girlfriend's voice several feet anyway and behind the door to her office. But Joshua had already asked him about why he was panicking. He removed his smartphone from his pocket to look upon his reflection. Instantly the glowing blue eyes said it all, and the obvious worry on the rest of his features. Unlike his father, Marcus had a bad habit of wearing his emotions on his sleeve.

"Alright, alright." Marcus pushed the two of them to a wall for a moment. He began to whisper. "It's what the woman at the desk said. That Crystal has a little one today."

Joshua wasn't catching on right away. "Um, why is that a problem? You saw her a few months ago."

Marcus huffed. "Ugh. Dragons don't have long pregnancies like humans do. Three months is all it takes to lay the egg or stone, then another two or three for it to hatch."

Now the mage was getting it. "Oh." He thought about it for another moment. "Oh shit."

"Yes shit." Marcus ran a hand through his silvery hair. "Being the first of a new Red Eyes breed, she will be expected to produce a few heirs."

"But wouldn't it be yours?"

"I don't know." Yet another quickening of his heart rate. "I don't think I could give her offspring. We never did any research about it. Besides my clan would think I'm crazy."

Joshua rolled his eyes. "Look dude I don't see anyone asking to take your powers away over your choice of a mate so I say you'll be fine. Besides you won't know if you don't ask her."

"But she would have told me if she was carrying my kid." Now her seemingly busy schedule lately was making more sense to him. "Fuck she must have been nesting this whole time. Yeah, it can't possibly be mine. She probably was driven by her instincts. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck."

Two firm hands grabbed the taller white haired male. "Hey relax. Just go in and see how she is doing. I'm sure you are blowing this way out of proportion."

Marcus started to calm down, but only slightly. His heart was still racing. Turning around to face the door with the name Crystal Aswad written on the label. Twisting the handle open, he immediately heard a little chirp that made his heart drop. Yup, that was a little chick all right. But before he could examine the stroller in front of him, Marcus was given a warm embrace from Crystal. He returned her hug, no matter his panicked state, he still missed the girl dearly from their lengthy separation. She planted a firm kiss on his lips. An action that would normally quicken the pace of his heart, it actually calmed him down. He took the moment of their embrace to smell her, and surely Crystal was still his. After the kiss, the two nuzzled their foreheads, something dragons did to greet their mates.

Joshua watched from outside the door and smiled. He knew the girl wouldn't betray someone like Marcus. Not to mention he hadn't seen the Blue-Eyes this smitten in quite a long time.

"I missed you so much." Crystal buried her face in Marcus's chest. "I'm sorry I wasn't able to see you for so long."

Marcus chuckled. "I think sometimes you forget how old I actually am. It was just six months but I understand."

Then another chirp, but this time it was a little louder.

"Oh damn, he's hungry again." Crystal looked back at the stroller next to her desk. Then her face lit up. "Oh do you want to see him?"

Marcus gulped. Perhaps this was leaning toward his other theory. "Um, sure."

Crystal took her boyfriend's hand and led him closer to the open part of the stroller. Inside was a little Red-Eyes Baby Dragon, probably only a few weeks old. The chick was surrounded by a fuzzy purple sheet. His tiny wings weren't opened fully yet and hung to his body almost like a blanket. His nostrils flexed in an attempt to sniff up the new stranger's scent. Then he propped himself on his small hind legs and gripped the edge of the stroller for support. The little one was very curious about the Blue-Eyes in front of him, but not so much to forget his hunger.

Another loud chirp.

"Alright. Alright. You are getting fed." The red eyed woman bent down to the pouch of the stroller and pulled out a container with a pink mushy substance and a small plastic bowl.

Marcus could smell the meat. "You feed the babies tuna?"

"Hell yeah, they love this stuff and it's already mushy so less work for the busy moms."

The word mom was not sitting right with him again. While Crystal was scooping the tuna into the bowl, Marcus placed his hands on her hips and lower stomach. She noticed his touching.

"Marc if you are horny it will have to wait at least till this one's next nap time."

He was about to deny her calm but that was a complete lie. However, THAT was not the reason he was touching her. "I gladly accept your offer but I was just checking something."

"Checking what..." It hit her. She finished filling up the bowl and looked at the baby dragon. He chirped once more and seemed to become a little restless with the food so close to him. Reaching over she placed the bowl on his feeding tray and locked it into place. Modern strollers were a technical wonder with their less-mess gadgets.

Turning back to her boyfriend, Crystal folded her arms. Before making an assumption, she asked Marcus a question. "Is there something you want to ask me?"

He was fearful to make her angry especially in front of a baby. But he had to make sure. "Yeah um...I was wondering when was the last time we...ya know..."

"Fucked?" Crystal finished his sentence, although more crudely then he wanted to put it. He nodded and she rolled her eyes and could see her hunch was correct. "Literally six months ago after the funeral and award ceremony. There was an after-party and I took you to my place."

He looked at her with a blank stare, he didn't remember any of it. Again making him all the more worried. "I'm sorry I really don't recall..."

She then burst into laughter, even the chick stopped eating his food to watch. Joshua was also cracking up from just outside the office, watching this little soap opera play out before him was golden.

"I can't believe I got the great prince of the Blue-Eyes Clan so drunk that you don't even remember sleeping with me." She cackled a bit more before wiping a tear from her eye. "By the gods Marc. No, you didn't get me pregnant. That little guy is one of the orphans that hatched recently. I think one of my brothers is the father. I'm just babysitting."

Yup, now he felt like an insensitive asshole. But if anything it calmed his nerves a lot. "I'm sorry babe. I shouldn't have assumed..."

"Don't be. I know you were just worried about me." She gave him a quick kiss. "You were always sensitive about this stuff."

Joshua couldn't take the mushy shit anymore. "Hey I know you two are having a moment, but your boyfriend here has implied to me that you might know a way into the Ka Vaults."

Crystal glared at Marcus figuring he was just full of surprises today. "Yeah, let me give my brother Derek a call. He can get you guys in no problem."

After the said phone call, it would take another two or three hours before Derek would arrive. One of the those hours was the little dragon's nap time and of course Marcus held Crystal to her word. Joshua found himself watching over the sleeping chick. At least her office had WiFi. After a period of time the two lovebirds returned from their 'lunch break'. Luckily Derek hadn't arrived yet nor did the baby wake up. An interesting thought then popped into the mage's mind.

"Where the hell do you two go for that?"

Crystal looked at Joshua bewildered by the question and Marcus chose to answer. "Um, there is a lounge room down the hall near the cafeteria that nobody uses around this time. It has a safety lock on the door for some reason. But why do you ask such a thing?"

"I don't know. What a bigger fuck you to these Council men who disagree with my relationship than to do it right where they roost."

Crystal chuckled. "He's got a point."

Then a knock on her office door.

"And that's gotta be Derek."

She opened the door and a tall muscular man with darker tanned skin entered the office. He too sported the bright red pupils, something Joshua wondered if all dragons had. The Red-Eyes Clan was notorious for their mixed heritage from not just Egypt, but all parts of northern Africa and the Mediterranean. He slightly inclined his head in Marcus's direction.

"Your highness." He spoke in a deep voice. Then he turned to Joshua. "Ah, so you are the princess's body guard."

The man reached on a hand and the two shook. Derek gave Joshua a toothy grin. "It must be good to bed such high royalty."

This kind of shit was something the mage had grown quite tired of but this was not the time to disrespect the man who could help him reach his current goal. So Joshua returned the smile.

"Yes. It is so much kinkier knowing my dick is committing some sort of crime." Gods be damned he could not control his sarcasm at times.

Crystal's hand met her face but she couldn't help to laugh. Ever since she met Marcus's group, Joshua was always her favorite due to his smart ass remarks. Marcus on the other hand was already used to the mage's antics. Derek was certainly taken aback by the statement but he ended up delivering another smile. His unoccupied hand met Joshua's shoulder.

"You're funny. I like you."

It only boosted the young man's ego. "That's how she likes me."

The two broke their embrace and the older Red-Eyes made sure the office door was closed behind him.

"Alright boys, before I just blatantly agree to whatever this is, I need to know exactly what your intentions are. All I am aware of is that the Divine Council is not in favor with you, Joshua."

Joshua cleared his throat and nodded. "Yes. They caught wind of my current engagement to Keanna. Because of that now they are denying my promotion as an official priest, despite me being in training for the past few millennia."

Derek raised a brow. "The hell do these guys have against you? Is it forbidden for a priest to marry a royal heir?"

Marcus folded his arms. "Well, it is unconventional in the sense of balancing the scales of power. But their biggest issue is Joshua's biological father being a Hebrew."

Crystal's brother expressed surprise in his features. "That sounds like some petty Earthly shit. All cause he's part Jew? Are some of those members still into fucking their siblings too?"

"People threw rocks at my mother just because she had pale skin. These prejudice customs are hard for these assholes to let go."

Joshua interjected. "And that's why we need your help. You saw how powerful that thing was. I cannot protect the princess at my current power level so I need that staff. Now."

Derek could see the firing passion burning in those emerald eyes. "Okay. Meet up with me here later tonight and I'll take you to the vaults. But once I open the door for you I can only wait outside. I cannot risk being seen with you. Got all that spellcaster?"

"Oh I'm going with him." Marcus pointed out.

"Really why? You don't need anything from the vaults."

The Blue-Eyes sighed. "Look that Zorc clone...thing was able to withstand my attacks and grab a hold of me. I might need a bit of an upgrade as well."

Now Joshua was curious. "What the hell does a Blue-Eyes Dragon upgrade to without adding an extra head on your shoulders."

Marcus grinned. "Oh you'll see."

Later that evening, the boys met up at Crystal's office. Most of the employees had gone home for the evening. Derek then led the two down numerous hallways and staircases until they reached a heavy metal door underneath a very dim light. The Red-Eyes removed a key card from his pant pocket and swiped it into the reader. Once the indicator on the device turned green, Derek turned to face both Joshua and Marcus.

"Once I open this door you guys are going to have to move fast, so I hope you know where you are going." He then observed their appearance. "I'm glad that you two are wearing dark clothing so you guys won't stand out. These vaults are dark as hell by this time."

Joshua looked at Marcus. "Yeah, but Marc, can you like turn off the glow-y eye shit. You are practically a blue flashlight."

"Sorry man I don't think I can, this is how my eyes are in the dark."

"What are you a fucking cat?"

Derek leaned out of the light near the doorway, revealing his eyes were the same only with a bright red hue. "It's okay. This is just something all dragon Ka wielders go through." He dug into his coat pocket this time and pulled out a pair of glasses. "Here these have a filter that will block your eye shine but not your night vision."

Marcus grabbed the glasses and placed them on. Suddenly his 'flashlight' problem was diminished.

"Now you two get going." Derek then quickly opened the door.

Both of them rushed into and proceeded to walk as quietly as possible. Derek was right, this vault was practically black if it weren't for all the glowing objects. Unlike in ancient times the massive underground vault contained hundreds of shelves with small LED transparent tablets, no bigger than the size of a smartphone. Thousands upon thousands of different Duel Monsters were represented in this storage room alone. Luckily for the trespassers, these aisles were labelled via archetype and attribute. But Joshua knew this vault not only contained Kas, but also powerful artifacts. His father, Mahad showed him the staff he would inherit as a child and he would always remember it's location every time he came back to this room. Luckily no one dared to move the object and within a few minutes, Joshua and Marcus had reached their first destination. The staff was in its shortened form. The majority of its body was a dark green with spread out yellow rings. At the top were three large claw-shaped prongs gripping a black magic sphere. It floated in place in a glass cylindrical case. However, the dragon could not help but notice that the Sorcerer's staff was covered in a protective magic.

"Uh, how are we going to remove that thing if it's in this case. It's got arcane shit on it too." Marcus questioned a loud.

Joshua chuckled. "I think sometimes you forget that I'm a mage. Arcane shit is my speciality."

He took a feel of the glass case. "Besides I know which spell my father used to lock this up."

"Seriously? He just told it to you?" Marcus raised a brow.

"Yup. But the problem was after a while I was never allowed back in here. I would have gotten this thing myself a while ago."

He then rolled up his sleeves to his elbows, revealing the his hieroglyphic tattoos. Swaying his hands in circle motions, the symbols began to glow and the case opened in the center. Carefully the staff was pulled out of its magical bindings and came into Joshua's hands. Before closing the case, a replica of the object was conjured inside. Joshua could easily feel the power coursing from the staff and into his body. The object knew it was with its rightful master. With a flick of his wrist the staff vanished.

Marcus stood back. "Wow what did you do with it?"

"I put it in my magic pocket." The mage responded sarcastically. "C'mon I got one more thing to look for and then we can leave."

The prince protested. "Actually we should look for what I wanted first. It will take the most time for me to retrieve it."

Joshua knew Marcus wanted to get something from this vault, but he never really was told what. "Okay, but everything here is fairly easy to grab. What the hell do you want that is so difficult?"

"Follow me, it is literally like fifty feet from here."

Marcus lead Joshua to a part of the room that was much more open. A magic circle was draw on the floor, three golden torches placed in a triangular shape around the circle and one offering golden tray was in the middle. Joshua instantly knew what this was about.

"Okay dude, I don't know what you are smoking but if you are trying to channel the chaos power..." Joshua stared at the circle runes wide-eyed. "...this shit could kill you dude. Only a handful of people can harass this power."

"One of which is our king. Hell he opened the gate." Marcus slowly strolled to the center of the circle. "And the king is my relative so why can't it work for me."

Joshua looked around to make sure no one was going to disturb them. "Dude Atem is your cousin once removed, I'm not sure how far down the bloodline this shit can go. Hell Keanna doesn't have it." He reached to grab Marcus's arm. "You are already a Blue-Eyes man. Can't you get stronger another way!"

Marcus used his other hand to pull out switch blade from his pants pocket. He yanked his arm away from Joshua's hold and made a quick slice on his palm. The blood seeped in his hand but he held the liquid in place. He slowly took a deep breath and white energy surrounded his form. Removing the glasses given to him, Marcus turned to face Joshua. His eyes were glowing brighter than the mage had ever seen. There was a burning determination in them as well.

"There is no time to wait to become stronger with that maniac running around and we've got people that need our protection." Marcus took another long breath. "Josh, I know you are trying to get a beast Ka as well. Go now and find it quickly as I perform this ritual. Once you have it please return here. I cannot guarantee what state I will be in after this."

"Marcus..." Joshua looked on with worrisome emerald pools.

"GO NOW!" With a flick of his hand the droplets of blood reached the center of the circle and its magic activated.

The torches became aflame with blue fire and the runes along the ring of the circle began to spin around the Blue-Eyes. Joshua wanted to watch over his friend but he had a feeling he better find the Ka he was looking for before things got ugly. With that, the mage sprinted to a far section of the vault. He was looking for a new set of Ka's discovered in a parallel dimension. They were known as the Mythical Beasts. Particularly he desired the power of the Mythical Beast Jackal King. Roman would be proud of such a choice. He reached the area where they should be placed but at that moment he heard blood curdling screams. Quickly snapping his head around, he saw a bright beam of light and a center beam of darkness blasting onto Marcus.

He had never heard such a painful cry from the dragon. Without much thought, Joshua examined the imagines of the tablets before him. Spotting a large Jackal like creature, he grabbed the object and used his own magic to absorb the Ka into his body. He felt a strange sensation but figured it was the result of a beast Ka connecting with his body. Another scream echoed in the vault. Surely someone was going to hear this. Joshua spirited back to his friend being engulfed by dark and light energies. He wasn't being hit with this power but absorbing it instead. The Blue-Eyes was having a difficult time standing and his knees were starting to shake. Luckily the ordeal was over after another few moments and all of the light vanished back into the circle. Marcus on the other hand, dropped quickly to his hands and knees. One of his hands tightly gripped his chest. Joshua rushed to his side and assisted him to his feet. Marcus was covered in sweat and his breathing was heavy.

"We have to get the fuck out of here. Someone had to have heard that." Marcus continued to pant.

Joshua pulled out his new staff. "I'm right on that."

Within seconds the two were teleported back to the door in which they entered. They gave the special knock Derek had told them to use and instantly the Red-Eyes pulled them out of the vault. Derek sensed something very different about the two. Not to mention Marcus was not in good shape at all. But before asking them what had occurred, he guided them out of the Council building and transported them back to the royal palace.

Awaiting the boys return, Keanna and Crystal were keeping each other company in one of the lounge rooms. Keanna was now in modern attire to match with her guest. Moments later a portal opened up from just outside the door to the lounge and Joshua emerged with Marcus slumped on his shoulders. Derek then followed suite.

"Oh shit, Marcus..." Crystal rushed up from her seat to help Joshua with her boyfriend.

Keanna got up to retrieve a pillow."What the hell happened to him?"

Joshua handed off Marcus to his girlfriend. "Something reckless."

Crystal walked the Blue-Eyes to the nearest love seat. He plopped down heavily on the cushion wincing in pain. His breath was still labored. Keanna then handed him a pillow to rest his head.

"Where are you hurt?" Crystal pondered.

Marcus made a grunt. "It feels like everywhere. But really I'm fine."

Derek scoffed. "Like hell you are. I heard you screaming in there."

"Seriously?" Crystal glanced at her brother and then back at Marcus. "What did you do?"

"I gained the power I needed to protect you guys from that Zorc look alike. The power of the Chaos MAX."

Everyone stared at Marcus and asked in unison. "What the hell is that?"

The Blue-Eyes licked his lips and slightly lifted his head. "It is a Blue-Eyes Dragon infused with the power of the Chaos Form. One of the few times a light dragon can embody and balance the power of darkness."

They all nodded, but Keanna turned her attention to Joshua. "Speaking of darkness, Josh you felt a little different when you walked in the room."

"Well, yeah I grabbed a beast Ka. We are going to need all the help we can get if that maniac every comes back." The mage explained himself.

Derek jumped in. "Yeah, but even I sensed something weird about you. What Ka did you grab exactly?"

Joshua smiled. "A Mythical Beast of course. Here I'll show you."

He rose up his sleeve to display the image of the creature in his tattoos. Upon the lines forming the shape of the new Ka, Joshua felt his heart drop.

"Oh shit..." His emerald eyes widened. "I grabbed the wrong one."

I'll leave you guys on yet another cliffy. This was probably the chapter with the least amount of changes from the original version, but still a lot to fit it with the new canon. We will be back with our main cast next time. Until then, see ya and please leave reviews!