Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh, wish I did, but do not. Again, I am just borrowing.
Warnings:
I am going to be using the dub names, mainly because I'm used to calling them by those names, sorry if this is an inconvenience to anyone, sorry again. Bakura (Yami Bakura) has come back because he was given a second chance at a happy life, and Seto Kaiba is not as annoyed by them anymore, since Egypt, you could say he is an acquaintance of theirs'. What else, oh yeah, Ryou and Bakura are in separate bodies. There will be OC's (original Characters) in this fic; I may also forget a few of the people because there are so many remember you have been warned of my forgetfulness. Alright, this is like a little spin off of my first fic, Neveralone, it's set a few days afterward, if you didn't read it, you won't be to lost but reading it could help.
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lyrics- Song lyrics/ Flashbacks
Summary: It has been five millennia since the Evil One's destruction, now that she has returned it's up to the gang with old friends and new to stop her. And who's to say that love won't blossom along the way.
Erupting from the murky water gasping for air, Tea, hair and clothes now soggy and flaccid, clutched at the side of the miniscule top-sided vessel to catch her breathe.
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"That was not fun…. Atem… you ok?" asked Tea in a weak tone, only to be greeted by silence. "Atem?" she asked again, and silence again welcomed her, accompanied by the soft movements of the waves. Tea began to worry, brought to life in the absence of her beloved. "ATEM!" screamed Tea. No longer, could she bear the silence and anxiety got to her, taking a deep breath she dived down into the hushed waters, in hope that she would find her love.
She swam deeper and deeper into the ominous darkness of the waters of the lake, not catch sight of any sign of Atem, though in her mind, hope remained that she would see her love again.
'I know I'll find him, I have to...' thought Tea, struggling to hold her breath as she proceeded to search.
Out of the seeming endless darkness, Tea noticed a faint glimmer of golden light in the distance, warming the frigid chill of the shadows, eagerly she swam to it. Wishing in optimistic hope that it was a sign that her love was near, she continued to swim, lessening the distance between herself and the illumination. Closing in on the luminous glow, it began to take shape, forming an overturned triangular shaped object.
'THE MILLENNIUM PUZZLE!' thought Tea, swimming towards the light faster than before.
Finally, Tea achieved her goal of reaching the luminescent glow that sparked her hope, proving her suspicions true the light was the Millennium Puzzle. Still hanging around the young pharaoh's neck, his normally tanned skin now pale and lifeless clashing with the warm glow of the Puzzle's light, and causing worry to develop inside of Tea. Observing her surroundings searching for the reason a physically fit person like Atem would be in his condition, finally finding the obvious answer in the deep shadows of the lake's bottom. One of the Pharaoh's legs had been caught in the aquatic vegetation of the regional lake, preventing escape. In a panicked attempt to save her beloved, Tea began to pull on the vile weed trapping Atem.
'Please… just let go… please' pleaded Tea as she tugged, beginning to loose her own breathe from remaining in the water for so long.
Tea's clasp on consciousness loosened the longer she remained submerged, resulting in her slacked grip on the weeds holding Atem, allowing her optimistic thoughts to drift to those less hopeful.
'If this is the end… as long as Atem and I are together… I do not care.' thought Tea.
In a final attempt before her consciousness was lost for good, the faint girl clung to her unconscious love, satisfying her longing to be in the arms of her beloved in the end. Before relinquishing herself to the dark realm of unconsciousness, her glassy crystal blue eyes spotted the blurred figure approaching the faint couple.
"So those brats could be coming right now… and you… LED THEM RIGHT TO US!" screamed Aussa, pummeling Harpie Girl angrily with her staff.
"I'M SORRY… I'M SORRY… I'M SORRY… I DIDN'T MEAN TO!" pleaded Harpie Girl, in the fetal position.
"WOULD YOU TWO SHUT-UP BEFORE THEY…" began Dark Witch.
"HEY?" interrupted a voice.
The trio of monsters turned allowing their eyes to meet those of angry teens, the female warriors in their warrior garb to their left, the Millennium Item holders, minus one Priest, to their right, and the non-magic members positioned with the others.
"Find us…" finished Dark Witch.
"Thanks for the help Harpie Girl… we wouldn't have found you and known that you three were up to no good if it wasn't for you…" said Sparks.
"YOU BAKA, YOU TOLD THEM OUR PLAN!" screamed Aussa striking Harpie Girl upside the head with her staff.
"YOU IDIOT!" screamed Dark Witch backhanding Harpie Girl.
"I SAID I WAS SORRY!" pleaded Harpie Girl.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH OUR BROTHER!" questioned Mika interrupting the monsters quarrel.
"That's for us to know… and for you to… um…" said Harpie Girl.
"Find out…" finished Dark Witch.
"Yeah… That's for us to know and for you to find out." said Harpie Girl with a grin.
"What a come back…" replied Marik sarcastically, causing the rest of the gang to snicker.
"YOU SHUT IT!" screamed Harpie Girl glaring at the group.
"Why don't you make us." replied Joey.
Just as Aussa was about to reply her eyes widened, a gasp of surprise escaping her lips, turning her head to glare in anger towards the lake, ignoring the gang.
'I sense something… something or someone has interfered with our plans… time for me to finish this… and make whoever interfered pay…' thought Aussa, clenching her staff tight in fist.
"You two deal with these pests… I have something to take care off… try not to make fools of yourselves like last time…" said Aussa as she began to disappear in light.
"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING!" questioned Bakura, running towards the disappearing monster, only to be pushed back by beam of light fired from Dark Witch's spear.
"You're not going anywhere… none of you are…" said Dark Witch.
"Play time…" said Harpie Girl with an evil giggle, forcing the gang to huddle together in both caution and slight fear….
Cold barren shadowy emptiness, Tea awoke to find nothing around her, no Atem, not even light, alone and frightened, she lingered, hoping everything was a dream.
'Is this the end… or is this a dream… a nightmare more like it… Where is Atem…? I wish he were here… I hate the dark… I always have… oh Atem… I wish you were here… I feel so alone…' thought Tea, tears of sadness and loneliness forming in her eyes.
TEA…..
'Atem?' questioned Tea in her mind…
Tea…. Please wake up….
'That voice sounds familiar… but it's not Atem… who is it?' thought Tea, searching her mind for the answer.
Tea… wake up... wake up…
As soon as the mysterious voice finished speaking, a dim light appeared, illuminating a miniscule portion of the shadows. The frigid darkness, hostile, empty, and foreign, while this new light seemed familiar and warm, eagerly Tea headed for it, in an effort to find the answers to her questions.
Crystal blue eyes opened sluggishly still slightly glassy, to see the new surroundings that presented itself to her, not new, she was back in the park, the lake bank.
'How did I get here?' questioned Tea still slightly sick from her swim.
Observing her surroundings yet again, Tea noticed an unconscious figure beside her, Atem, this site caused her to worry, why had he not awaken like she had. She did the only logical thing she could think of, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, placing her chapped lips softly onto those of her beloved, she began to breath soft even breaths into his mouth, hoping it would revive him, only to find him not showing a single sign of life. Though her worries were soon liberated as the young ruler had released a painful sounding cough followed by a deep, breathe of much needed air. The brunet teen could not be any happier, her beloved was going to be fine, the only question troubling her being, how had she and Atem arrived on the shore of the lake. However, her inquiry of how she and her love had come upon the shore would have to wait, for his well-being was what was on her mind at the moment. Attempting to wake him best she could Tea shook the sleeping king, not receiving a sign, until he twitched slightly and released a soft moan, followed by the leisurely opening of his red-violet eyes.
"Atem… Are you alright?" asked Tea letting his tired head rest on her lap.
"What happened…" questioned Atem in a soft tone.
"Somehow the boat turned over, you never came back up, and I went down to find you and the last thing I remember… was seeing something swimming towards us." said Tea raking her brain for answers.
"But who saved us?" asked Atem.
"That's what I would like to know."
Before Tea could answer, an angered voice filled their ears, a shrill and cold voice, bringing a sudden realization as to the identity of the owner, Aussa the Earth Charmer. Appearing as she usually did in the past, Aussa materialized in a flash of light, staff in hand, illuminated a mixture of ice blue, black, and white light.
"Aussa! What do you want!" asked Atem in anger forgetting his injuries.
"I came her for one thing… and one thing only… your soul." said Aussa, pointing her staff at the fallen Pharaoh.
In attempt to rescue his beloved from the vengeful monster, Atem sluggishly arose from his position on Tea's lap, and placed her by his side, hopefully out of harms way.
"Did you really think that I would give up so easily? It will take much more then idol threats to frighten me." said Atem with his usual smirk of victory on his face.
"Oh really… well… unless you wish to have the fate of your little girlfriend on your shoulders… I suggest that you relinquish your soul to me now." said Aussa pointing her staff at a defenseless Tea.
"No! You win… just please… I could not bear to see Tea hurt… just take what you want of me and leave the ones I care for in peace." said Atem in defeat.
"Atem… no…" whispered Tea, inching her way to her love.
"As you wish... but… I think I would like to have a little fun first." said Aussa surprising the couple, as gathered the energy from her staff into a ball.
Releasing the spherically shaped attacked towards a helpless Tea, Aussa laughed maniacally as the distance between the two lessened. The horrified brunet to stare in fear at the nearing attack launched at her, frozen completely in shock, unable to move, just linger in her position and see what the out come would be. However, before the attack reached its target, a figure shaded by the light of the attack shielded Tea from its force.
"ATEM NO!" screamed Tea as she witnessed her beloved Pharaoh take the hit of the attack, falling to his knees as the attack disappeared.
"That was easy enough…" said Aussa as she gradually walked over to the distressed couple. "To bad it didn't last long enough huh girl?" asked Aussa menacingly. "Well… prepare yourself for even more heartache." said Aussa as she reached into the weakened Atem's chest, just as she did with others before, retrieving the glowing spherical form of his soul. The empty shell that was his body fell limp in Tea's arms, breaking the crystal eyed teen's heart. "At long last… the most powerful soul in the world is ours!"
"No please… GIVE IT BACK!" pleaded Tea, tears pouring down her face.
"Sorry… but no…. my queen wishes to have his soul… and I intend to give her what she wants." said Aussa placing her newly acquired soul in her pouch at her side with the others.
"Please… how can you be so heartless…" said Tea.
"Easy… and to prove it… I do believe I shall take your soul as well… you are such easy prey… no one to protect you and no way for you to defend yourself…." said Aussa as she turned towards the helpless girl.
Nearing Tea, a look of rage and malicious happiness in her eyes, Aussa reached, hoping to have found another suitable soul for her queen's army. However, as she was inches away, a sound from the nearby forest took her by surprise, the soft shuttering of leaves, evidence of the presence of another person.
"Who's there? I demand you show yourself at once." said Aussa clenching her staff.
Out of the forest appeared a familiar figure, though short in stature, he made up for it in kindness, well, at least he used to, Yugi, though there was something peculiar about him, he seemed more focused than he had been a few days ago and his skin had returned to its usual tone. In addition to the other changes, the look of rage that was once in his newly changed crimson eyes had returned to its natural kind violet hue. Though anger was still present in his eyes, it was directed at a different target, Aussa, who was equally surprised by his changed as Tea was.
"Chosen One… you commit treason against our queen… how dare you." said Aussa.
"How can I commit the crime of mutiny… if the only reason I was loyal to her was because of one of your tricks. You filled my head with lies, causing me to give in to the jealousy within my heart, but now that I know the truth… I will make sure you pay. And I should let you know… as long as I'm around… don't you dare lay a finger on Tea… or Atem… or any of my friends for that matter. I will make sure that you will never cause doubt and rage to arise against another's friends… ever again. " said Yugi, fist clenched in anger.
Well… that's where I'm gonna leave it… sorry it took so long.. but you know.. the homework… anyway… I hope you like… at the end I was still kinda half-asleep.. so I hope it was descent.. please review.. and thank you for reading.