bopdog111: Well a new Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon is born.
Ulrich362: True, but there's definitely more going on here. Hopefully some of it can be explained here.
bopdog111: What will that be?
Ulrich362: Only one way to find out, enjoy the chapter.
Disclaimer: We do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or the Persona Series, we just own the OCs.
The most of S.E.E.S. with Yugi, Yami, and Ishizu were still in the square where Aigis dueled Ishizu, and are being explained of Ishizu setting up the tournament for the Egyptian Gods, and of the Pharaoh in Yugi's Puzzle after meeting up with some of Yugi's friends a blonde haired Brooklyn Accent Boy named Joey, a brown haired girl named Tea, a brown haired boy named Taylor, and a black haired boy with a bandana named Duke.
"Perhaps I should start at the beginning, you see my family is a long line of tomb keepers. We've been waiting the day that the ancient pharaoh would return to save the world." Ishizu mentioned. "The very same pharaoh that exists within your Millennium Puzzle Yugi."
"So he has a Pharaoh?" Ken asked shocked looking at Yugi's puzzle.
"Well, yeah." Yugi nodded. "I spent years trying to solve the Millennium Puzzle but eventually I managed to solve it and when I did I could ask for one wish. It's a riddle, what's something you can show, but can't see?"
"Something we can show but can't see? That doesn't make effen sense." Junpei admitted feeling lost.
"Of course it does." Joey grinned. "Just think about it for a second and you'll figure it out."
They looked over each other before trying to think of the answer.
"Friendship." Yugi answered smiling. "You can show someone friendship, but you can't see it."
"Friendship? That does make sense." Akihiko admitted while thinking of his friendship with all of S.E.E.S., Shinjiro, Minato, and Metis. Even if the last three aren't around there still with them so there not gone.
"So you wished for Friendship?" Fuuka asked Yugi upon realizing what it was he wished for, "But ain't Joey, Tristan, Duke, and Tea your friends?"
"Well he hasn't met Duke yet for that." Tea admitted over to them rubbing her head, "And I haven't had many chances to interact with him."
"Then what bout them?" Yukari asked looking at Joey, and Tristan.
Joey rubbed his head sheepish, "Well uh... we aren't nice to Yuge at first."
"They bullied him badly, and threw the last piece of his puzzle in the lake outside out school." Tea explained. "But when Yugi stood up to an even bigger bully for them Joey went and got the last piece and ever since they've been super close friends."
"Yeah, and I wouldn't trade them for anything." Yugi smiled.
"You find friends anywhere." Akihiko shrugged from that. "I remember being close to a friend of mine since we were orphans."
Yugi smiled as they turned back to Ishizu. "You were saying?"
"As I said, my family of tomb keepers have been waiting for the return of the Pharaoh for thousands of years." Ishizu mentioned. "However, due to a mistake I made the world is in grave danger."
"A mistake?" Junpei asked having a bad feeling, "What kind of mistake?"
"It is forbidden for my family to leave the tomb where we live. Seeing the outside world is something we are to never do." Ishizu answered. "However, I broke that rule to allow my younger brother to see what existed outside."
"And that is where the Egyptian Gods came in?" Minako guessed.
"Not quite yet, you see I believed that leaving under the cover of night would keep our activities hidden... but I was wrong. When we left a simple string was snapped, something you wouldn't be able to see from inside the tomb but made our visit to the outside clear as day." Ishizu frowned. "Our father was furious and took his anger out on Odion, one of my brother's only friends and savagely tortured him."
"He did what!?" Junpei asked stunned.
"As I said leaving the tomb was forbidden." Ishizu answered. "However, that was the last thing my father ever did. My Millennium Necklace was one of two Millennium Items my family possessed, the second was the Millennium Rod. An object that my family used to carve the secrets of the Pharaoh's power into the back of the oldest male child of the family. A fate my brother was forced to endure."
She looked down at that.
"Though, after what happened my brother took the Millennium Rod for himself and used it not only to murder our father, but..."
This made S.E.E.S. looked over each other. If Ishizu's brother was able to kill there father with a magical item from a young age then it's possible he be a really dangerous enemy they would chance to encounter in the near future. Even if it was his father's fault for this mess, her brother is still dangerous.
"So what happened next?" Aigis asked her.
"Odion was still injured from what happened... and, my brother used the dagger within the Millennium Rod to..." Ishizu started before glancing at Ken only to shake her head knowing what he'd already been through. "He skinned my father and threw his back onto Odion. Fortunately Odion managed to regain consciousness and bring my brother to his senses but he wasn't aware of his actions and believed it was the pharaoh who killed our father. That's when he decided he would claim the pharaoh's power for himself and began hunting the Egyptian God Cards."
"He thought Yami killed his dad?" Yugi asked hearing that.
"Yes, I tried to stop him but I was only able to keep one of the three Egyptian God Cards out of his hands and the hands of his Rare Hunters." Ishizu answered. "That's why I decided to give the final card to Seto Kaiba and give him the idea for this tournament to hopefully draw my brother's attention."
"Well why is he defending that piece of shit?" Junpei asked really frustrated knowing what Ishizu is going through due to having a terrible father himself. "He knows how bad that guy was, and he is going through revenge for him?"
"Even if he is bad, there are some things children can do for them cause they have some sort of duty, and affection no matter how small it might've been." Minako answered that question to him since she never met her parents since they abandoned her for Minato she does feel something for them which is why she took the Arisato name for them, and her late brother.
"Still doesn't mean, I have to like it though." Junpei said with a grumble.
"Please, I know you all have gone through more than most people can even imagine but... I have a request of all of you." Ishizu mentioned looking down. "Please, save my brother."
"Save him?" Yukari asked surprised hearing that.
"I don't fully understand it, but the day my brother took the Millennium Rod a darkness appeared. I fear that if that evil manages to take control the entire world will be in grave danger." Ishizu explained before frowning. "He must not be allowed to obtain the Egyptian God Cards or your puzzle Yugi, the fate of the world depends on it."
Yugi stared before he nodded understanding that, "Right, I understand. It won't be easy but I will do what I can to help your brother."
"Thank you." Ishizu smiled softly before closing her eyes. 'Marik, please be safe.'
Meanwhile at Kaibacorp...
After there contract renewed Kaiba, Mokuba, Mitsuru, and Noah all regrouped in Kaiba's office with Roland beside him for Mitsuru to explain over to them.
"Before anything else I should mention, I had Noah confirm and neither Mokuba or I were awake during the Dark Hour. Which means unlike you we can't fight Shadows." Kaiba told her. "With that said, I do have some knowledge of what happened but not everything and the more we know the better."
Mitsuru nodded from this before she asked him, "How much do you know?"
"Around 12 years ago your grandfather Kouetsu Kirijo began experimenting with creatures known as Shadows in order to summon Death and bring about the end of the world." Kaiba answered. "The experiments were interrupted when one of the scientists realized the danger and split Death apart into fragments, other than that I know that my stepfather Gozaburo Kaiba had previously been working with the Kirijo Group to mass produce weapons that could fight against those same Shadows and that there was a mysterious tower and hidden hour where they could appear. The rest is just bits and pieces from old files but nothing specific."
"Well to put it short the scientist that split Death was one of my friend's father, Eiichiro Takeba. He made a last will video before he died that we need to leave the fragments alone as if there destroyed Death will be reformed." Mitsuru said over to him before then saying, "But one of the survivors, the future Chairman of Gekkoukan High School, Shuji Ikutsuki, had found the video, and edited it to where instead Eiichiro told us to destroy the fragments to eliminate the Dark Hour."
"Likely because he wanted to cause the Fall." Kaiba frowned. "Still, that brings us to another question. I was under the impression you'd stopped the Dark Hour so how were those two clowns from before able to control Shadows?"
"Your guess is as good as ours. We stopped the Dark Hour after my boyfriend, Minato Arisato, became the Great Seal to stop the Fall." Mitsuru admitted over to him.
Kaiba raised an eyebrow at that. "Your boyfriend stopped the Fall?"
"Well more like delayed it." Mitsuru looked down before then telling him, "Let me explain the whole story."
So Mitsuru started to where she unlocked her power with the Persona at a young age, and encountered Shinjiro, and Akihiko who both have the potential too. But one day an accident with a Persona going berserk left a causality that caused Shinjiro to leave the group out of grief, and later Yukari under intent to figure out the reason why her father vanished came, and had the potential.
Then her boyfriend, Minato Arisato, came into the dorm, and after a few nights when the first fragment of Death, Magician, emerged, and Minato's awakening destroyed it after a form of the sealed Death within him emerged from Orpheus, and left him in a coma for a week. Afterward Junpei joined the group after a few days, and another Full Moon appeared where Priestess came in controlling the Train Tracks but they successfully stopped it after Minato pulled down the right lever.
At the next Full Moon after they hear about Fuuka being trapped in Tartarus as she can experience the Dark Hour too, they entered Tartarus, and realized the big Shadows come at the Full Moon, and at the lobby they encountered two fragments Empress, and Emperor. With Fuuka's awakening of her Persona, Lucia, Akihiko, Minato, and Junpei managed to eliminate the two. Later on at the next Full Moon they encountered two more fragments Hierophant, and Lovers though Lovers managed to use an illusion against them which they broke out of.
But at the next Full Moon after they encountered Aigis, an Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon who is real close to Minato as the one who sealed Death within him, and Koromaru, a dog that can actually see the Dark Hour, they encountered a group of Persona Users known as Strega who had unnaturally awakened there Personas, and require suppressants to keep there Personas under control. They locked S.E.E.S. in a abandoned base where weapons Kaibacorp provided for the Kirijo Group, and the next fragment of Death is located at.
The next fragment was actually two that can combine as one together as a tank, and it's cannon but despite the challenge they defeated it. Soon Ken Amada joined the group despite his young age as having the potential which when Shinjiro hears this rejoins the group, and at the next Full Moon encountered the Hermit, and destroyed it but Junpei was kidnapped by Strega's navigator, Chidori Yoshino, and they managed to apprehend her. Shinjiro gives her suppressants to keep her Persona from killing her which sparked tensions with Akihiko worried about Shinjiro's health if he's taking them.
At the next Full Moon two more fragments Fortune, and Strength came but Ken, and Shinjiro weren't present to which after they destroyed the Shadows, Ken's real reason why he joined S.E.E.S. was to get revenge on Shinjiro as his mother was the victim killed when Castor went berserk but Shinjiro informs him that if he does the deed he will regret it. But Strega's leader, Takaya, came in, and informs him that Ken intends to join him in death afterward, and attempts to murder Ken but Shinjiro took the bullet, and died of his wounds.
Shinjiro's death had triggered new resolve with the members of S.E.E.S. with Akihiko, and Ken's Personas evolving, and later Fuuka's evolved when her former bully Natsuki is transferring but they will always stay connected, Yukari's own Persona evolved after watching the original video Eiichiro left with a message to her.
At the final Full Moon, the Hanged Man, they encountered and defeated Takaya, and Jin, and presumably died from falling into the river allowing them to destroy Hanged Man. Despite the victory, the Dark Hour is still around, and Ikutsuki had later took Aigis, and murdered Takeharu in a attempt to sacrifice S.E.E.S. for Nyx but Aigis rebelled, and from a gunshot wound Ikutsuki committed suicide by falling down Tartarus. Her father's death devastated Mitsuru but Yukari had slapped her out of it, and Mitsuru soon strengthened her resolve which allowed her Persona to evolve. Then a young man named Ryoji Mochizuki arrived as a new student, and Aigis is instantly suspicious about him.
But tragedy struck again where Chidori had escaped, and used Fuuka to communicate with S.E.E.S. to continue her mission. They found her at the front of Tartarus, and Junpei manages to convince her to stop but Strega came in, and Takaya attempts to kill him but Chidori gives her life to him which allows Junpei's Persona to evolve against them which they retreated.
Skipping past all the irrelevant parts, Aigis soon realizes he is Death taken in a human form from being sealed in Minato, and with Hanged Man's destruction he was released. Ryoji soon informs everyone of the Fall, and that Nyx cannot be defeated, and in a attempt to end things peacefully he attempts to have S.E.E.S. kill him to blank there memories so they won't live in fear from the Fall, and gives them time to think. During the wait Chidori during her funeral prep was brought back from all the flowers Junpei brought her from visiting her but had lost her Persona, and memory of the Dark Hour as a result.
When Aigis recovered she at first want everyone to kill Ryoji but later upon hearing there resolve Aigis' own will strengthened, and became the final member of S.E.E.S. to evolve her Persona. Then when Ryoji finally came Minato refused to kill him even if Ryoji showed him his true form. With there decision, Ryoji tells them how to confront Nyx by being present at the top of Tartarus at the Promised Day. They encountered Strega again during Promised Day, and Jin blown himself up while Takaya was defeated, and was unconscious for S.E.E.S. to confront Nyx who formed into an Avatar made from Death.
Despite them winning the battle Death shook off there assault, and summoned Nyx who is far stronger then what they originally thought while Takaya walked up, and welcomed the Fall. After Minato was contacted by the Velvet Room, with the power of his Social Links he moved up, and confronted Nyx on the Moon, and soon sealed her away with the Great Seal. Humanity was saved but during Graduation, Minato died from using his life for the Seal.
In the Abyss of Time they soon realized with Metis, that Minato used the Great Seal to not seal away Nyx but keep Erebus the physical manifestation of humanity's desire for the Fall away from Nyx, and engaged it in battle. Despite that Erebus was destroyed they realized that as long as people call for death, Erebus will reform, and so they promised to make use of there lives to there fullest, and hopefully free Minato from his burden one day.
The rest is history.
Kaiba listened intently before closing his eyes. "I see, so right now the only thing preventing the end of the world is your boyfriend's sacrifice."
"We don't know how we can stop Erebus permanently but we will do what we can to at least slow it down." Mitsuru told him before frowning, "But Erebus is reforming faster each time it's destroyed, and eventually our attempts to stop it will no longer work."
Kaiba nodded. "You've been through quite a bit. By comparison what I've gone through is mostly uneventful."
He then proceeded to clarify how he and Mokuba grew up in an orphanage where they made sure to always stick together no matter what despite what the other orphans thought and whenever someone would try to adopt Kaiba he would refuse unless they also took Mokuba which led to them staying while the others ended up being adopted. However one day Gozaburo Kaiba arrived at the orphanage and Kaiba challenged him to a game of chess where if he managed to win Gozaburo would adopt him and Mokuba and thanks to watching his games Kaiba managed to win the match and get adopted.
Unfortunately instead of having a new enjoyable life he was forced to study incredibly hard and he had no free time since he was to eventually inherit Kaiba Corporation and become its CEO. It took years but eventually Kaiba managed to use a combination of strategy, deceit, and betrayal he obtained more than 50% of the company and became the president leading his stepfather to commit suicide by jumping out of the window in his office.
After that he began shifting the company's focus from military weapons to gaming, with the sole exception being the research into Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapons. At which point he started working together with Maximillion Pegasus the president of the American company Industrial Illusions to evolve the Duel Monsters trading card game with holographic technology like the kind currently in the Duel Disks they were wearing. However after an encounter with Yugi where Kaiba was beaten in a duel the same employees that helped him defeat his stepfather tried to overthrow him and kidnapped his brother and tried to have him killed. Fortunately he managed to escape and while he wouldn't admit it to Yugi he realized there must be something more going on, as Pegasus could somehow tell what cards his opponent was holding.
Unfortunately when he finally did challenge Pegasus during his Duelist Kingdom tournament he lost and then there was a gap in his memory as to what happened but he was apparently rescued by Yugi, that's when he met Ishizu Ishtar and gave him the Egyptian God Card Obelisk the Tormentor and gave him the idea to host the Battle City Tournament.
"Not long after that you called and the rest you know. Whatever's going on with these Shadows I have a feeling Ishizu knows about it and its connection to the Egyptian God Cards. All we need to do is draw them out of hiding." he finished before smirking. "That said, like we agreed any unusual activity will be brought to the Kirijo Group's attention. We're on the same side after all."
Mitsuru only smiled nodding, "Intend we will both be better then my Grandfather, and your Stepfather."
Kaiba nodded. "So, now that we've brought each other up to speed on what's going on... you mentioned the Shadows are being drawn to the Egyptian God Cards but I disagree... I think there's something else going on."
"What do you mean?" Mokuba asked him confused.
"I'm not going to pretend to fully understand it, but Yugi and Pegasus possessed something called a Millennium Item. I don't know everything about them but Yugi seems to believe they have some kind of magic power." Kaiba answered. "It's entirely possible, no, I'm certain Marik is in possession of one and that may very well be the source of the Shadows... or at least both that item and the Egyptian God Cards. Which means getting them and winning this tournament is our top priority."
"So you believe that these Millennium Items are what's attracting them." Mitsuru said getting what Kaiba is getting at.
"I am." Kaiba nodded.
"Then I agree claiming these Items, and the Egyptian Gods is our top priority. And the way to get them is by Battle City." Mitsuru said to him with a nod. "In the meantime my team, and you should get acquainted along with Aigis to try getting to know Noah, and teach him what it means to live."
"But that's impossible a robot can't know what it means to live." Roland stated over to her.
"Not Aigis, she's the first." Mitsuru pointed out over to him. "Minato helped her know what it meant to live, and Aigis will do the same to Noah." She then looked at Kaiba, "That is, if you'll permit her."
"Of course." Kaiba nodded before getting up. "If we meet during the tournament we'll have quite a bit to discuss, but just because we're working together doesn't mean I intend on holding back against you or your team."
"Same to you. Even if you haven't awakened to a Persona, your Blue-Eyes feels like one so be ready to expect facing our Personas in combat." Mitsuru said over to him.
Kaiba couldn't help but smirk at that. "Roland, escort Mitsuru to the exit so she can rejoin her team."
"Yes, Mr. Kaiba." Roland nodded hearing that, "Please follow me, Miss Kirijo."
Mitsuru nodded before turning to the Kaiba brothers, and Noah before bowing, and walked off with Roland. Kaiba smirked before taking his deck and taking the top four cards revealing them to be Obelisk and his three Blue-Eyes White Dragons. 'Things are getting much more interesting, but when this tournament is over I will be the King of Games.'
"Mr. Kaiba, should I begin to scope out for any Shadows?" Noah asked him.
"Yes sir." Noah bowed, and walked out.
Mokuba stared before he turned to Kaiba, "Seto?" Kaiba turned to him as his little brother said to him. "One of Mitsuru's comrades had a Persona that's equal or stronger then Obelisk right? Aren't you... I don't know a little nervous?"
"One powerful card isn't enough to win a duel, I learned that lesson the hard way." Kaiba answered. "I don't plan on underestimating them but I have no intention of losing even to a Persona."
"I expected for that to be your answer." Mokuba nodded with a smile, "I may not be a good duelist but I do know that not even a God can stop you."
Kaiba smirked putting his four cards in his deck and walking out of the room to rejoin the tournament.
Ulrich362: Apologies for the very short chapter but... this was needed to get everyone more or less on the same page.
bopdog111: And next up S.E.E.S. will get to see an Egyptian God in action by one of the Rare Hunters.
Ulrich362: True... though the weakest one to be fair.
bopdog111: I thought Obelisk was the weakest.
Ulrich362: I would say Slifer is the weaker of the two. Either way, see you in the next chapter.
bopdog111: Be sure to review!
Trivia: It was originally intended for S.E.E.S. to be the Persona Users into Duel Academy but Ulrich had felt it be better if the Investigation Team are the Persona Users to be included instead.
