Sorry if this took too long…
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.
Screaming- screaming
'..thinking....'-thinking
".speaking..."-speaking
lyrics- Song lyrics/ Flashbacks
Summary: Its been five Millennia since the Evil Ones 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 wont blossom along the way.
Not bothering to follow any of the traffic laws, Kaiba sped down the streets of Domino towards the city park, Millennium Rod resting in the passenger seat.
'Please… just let me get there before it's too late.' begged Kaiba mentally as he sped by the Museum barely missing a pedestrian. 'Moron… didn't you see the light was green…'
"DARK MAGICIAN GIRL COME FORTH!" said Atem, holding his glowing card until the blond magician printed upon it appeared. "ATTACK!"
The magician charged at the charmer taking the female monster by surprise.
"You little witch." said Aussa, shooting a beam of light at the female magician, who dodged the attack with ease.
'I hope Tea can get to Yugi in time… please… just hold on.' thought Atem as he concentrated on the battle.
"Hold on Yugi… I'm coming!" said Tea, using the sharp end of a broken tree branch as a type of ice pick.
Blue eyes frantically watching the ice, keeping her eyes on the small shadowy figure underneath the frozen sheet.
'I've just gotta keep trying…' thought Tea, as the wooden pick began to break through the ice.
Light flashed form the tip of the spear, slightly blinding the teens, forcing them to shield their eyes only to find after un-shielding them their target, the Dark Witch, had vanished from sight.
"Looking for me?" cooed a voice from behind.
The teens turned to see the voices owner, Dark Witch twirling her spear, creating another ball of light automatically shooting it at the un-expecting teens, in an attempt to shield themselves from the attack the teens used their power.
"IVY WALL!" said Flora, creating a wall of vines surrounding she and her friends, which was soon destroyed as soon as the attack hit, forcing the emerald haired teen to fall to her knees in exhaustion back in her normal clothes.
"FLORA!" screamed her companions in concern.
"I'm alright… just a little tired…. I just need to… regain my strength." said Flora between breathes of exhaustion.
"You sure?" questioned Flannery, receiving a nod.
"Aw… worried about your little friend? How sweet…" mocked Dark Witch soaring above the group of teens.
"STOP-IT!" screamed Flannery in frustration. Closing her scarlet eyes Flannery clasped her hands together, a faint red aura surrounding her; small flames began to grow at her feet slowly becoming larger by the second, when the flames could grow no more her eyes flashed open, spreading her arms wide allowing the flames she created consume her enemy. "PHOENIX WAVE!"
Just as the flames were about to make contact, Dark Witch spread her wings wide, welcoming the attack with open arms. As the flames collided with the witch a large blast of smoke enveloped the surrounding area, shrouding everything in smog. Using her most powerful attack, Flannery had used what was left of her energy forcing her to de-transform and collapse on her knees huffing in exhaustion.
"FLANNERY?!?" screamed a worried Ryou, running to the fallen girls side. "Flannery… are you alright?" asked Ryou, receiving a nod from the ginger-head teen.
"So… is she gone?" asked a hopeful Kira.
"AHAHA! Did you fools really think you could be rid of me so easily?"
The teens searched for the source of the voice, worrying of the answer they would receive, but as the smoke cleared the teens saw their suspicions to be true. There floated Dark Witch still shielding herself with her dark wings covering her from head-to-toe, creating a type of force field. Straightening her wings, Dark Witch twirled her spear in a boasting sort of way, finishing off by pointing at the still shocked teens with the pointed weapon.
"You actually thought that would affect me?" asked the raven-haired sorceress, flipping her hair with one hand as if mocking them. The spear began to glow a faint light, which quickly grew larger and brighter creating a large glowing sphere at the tip of the spear.
"Now that you've finished…. I do believe it's my turn now." said Dark Witch, launching the sphere at the teens.
(AN/ Now before I know that I said that the other guys (Joey, Tristan, Marik, etc.)… the boys were defending the girls against something… but I never said what… for that I am sorry…. It was like 3:00 a.m. when I wrote the chapter and I was tired… again… I am sorry… the important thing now is I shall explain now…)
"Where is it?" questioned a worried Mokuba turning head from left to right in search.
"I don't know… I don't even know what it is…. So how could I know?" asked an angered Joey clutching his "weapon" –cough-treebranch-cough-.
"Sorry… don't bite my head off… it was just a question…" said Mokuba.
While the boys were busy bickering with one another, a shadowed figure darted in circles around them, swiping its clawed hands at the shield of boys, scratching their arms causing both pain and forcing a little blood to spill from the wounds.
"There it is again!" screamed Rebecca in a panic.
"What is that thing?!" questioned Serenity.
"Not sure… but I sense its dark… I may have lost my power… but I can still sense something in connection with my element." said Brit glaring at the surrounding shadows.
While searching the shadows, the teens saw their friends who were in no better shape than they were. Aurora, Bakura, and Sparks were still trying to catch the swift moving Harpie Girl, Mika was laying in a crater unconscious scratched and bruised, and Kisara was slumped against a tree also scratched and bruised trying her best to fight to remain conscious. Flannery and Flora were laying on the ground unconscious scratched and bruised like the others and Kira and Ryou were trying their best to keep Dark Witch busy until help, from whom they did not care, would arrive soon. Though Ryou's light monsters and Kira's solar attacks would not last too long. Leaving the non-magic wielding teens alone to defend themselves from whatever it was that was attacking them, and hope that they could defeat it, before it destroyed them. A flash of dark crimson caught their eye.
"There it is!" screamed Tristan, hurling his stick at the beast hitting it forcing it to stop.
The creature was hideous, a living shadow of a deep crimson hue with dark violet-clawed arms, and anyone with knowledge of duel monsters would be able to name it with ease.
"Fear from the Dark!" screamed Marik in recognition.
For some reason the crimson creature remained still, as if paralyzed, probably just a bit dazed from Tristan's surprise attack with the stick.
"Well… now that we've established what it is… what do we do? Holograms won't work.. and, if I'm right… no one here has magic.. and the only people with magic are either fighting or are unconscious. So…. We're pretty much doomed." said Duke.
"Way to stay positive Duke." said Marik sarcastically.
"Yeah… at least we got the thing to sit still for a while." said Joey.
"Thanks to me… and I say we rush the thing.. that should take care of it." said Tristan.
"And what? Hit it over the head with sticks until it just gets bored of our sad attempt and leaves?" asked Brit who sweat-dropped when she noticed the guys carefully making their way over to the monster.
"Easy… almost there…. NOW!!" directed Joey as he and the other males of the group began clobbering the creature with sticks, which only woke it and made it angrier than it already was.
Seeing the angered creature rise the girls ran to the nearby trees leaving the boys to deal with the mess, which they started in the first place. Not knowing of what else to do, the boys continued to beet the beast repeatedly with their sticks, causing the throbbing vein at the side of the monsters head to move faster. Until finally it couldn't take it anymore, using its long violet arms, it knocked the annoying boys into the trees the girls were hiding.
"DUKE?!" screamed Glacia rushing to the front of the tree.
"If you ask me it serves them right… hitting the thing with sticks… what were they thinking…" said Brit.
"Um… sis… can we talk about "the stupidity of men" some other time… we're still under attack!" said Whitney pointing in insane happiness at the crimson beast rushing towards them.
Time stood still as the living shadow rushed at the teens, fear rising within them with every second that passed. When the creature was merely inches away, capable of slashing at the helpless adolescences with its deadly claws, it simply vanished, shattered into pieces already getting scattered by the wind.
"Um… what just happened?" questioned Serenity.
As if answering her question a shadowy figure dressed in a long dark cloak, only allowing its glowing blue arms to remain visible, with a long silver sword stepped out of the shadows, it was obvious that this thing was not human. The teens were about to thank whatever it was hoping that it was a friend, when a red sports car drove up behind it, slightly blinding the gang with its lights. Though the creature and the car themselves caught them by surprise nothing shocked them more than seeing someone they knew stepping out of the driver side door.
"SETO!" screamed Mokuba running, both shocked and happy to see his brother, giving his brother a tight hug as he reached him. "What are you doing here Seto… you should be in bed… you still need to recover." said Mokuba worriedly looking up at his brother.
"I'm fine… and it's a good thing I did come. What were you all thinking, taking on a shadow creature by yourselves." said Kaiba, voice filled with disappointment.
"Ah… we coulda handled that thing without ya help." said Joey crossing his arms in protest.
"Um…. Maybe instead of fighting each other… we can help the others…" said Rebecca, pointing to the few remaining teens fighting the two air-born monsters.
The teens gave the blond a look that said "why didn't I think of that?" and quickly ran to aid their friends.
"Doomcaliber Knight, bring that harpie down!!" ordered Bakura.
"TSUNAMI CRASH!" cried Aurora, launching a wall of water at the flying pest.
"THUNDER BOMB!" cried Sparks throwing a ball of electricity.
The two elemental attacks hit at the same time causing water to mix with electricity, and as we know, water conducts electricity doubling the attack leaving the pink-feathered monster a bit singed and smoky. The previous attacks had weakened the blond so much that when the un-dead knight hit her with an attack, she automatically fell to the earth bellow, creating a crater when she landed. The two female teen collapsed on the ground barley conscious huffing in fatigue, with Bakura stand close by watching the crater, as if something else was supposed to happen. A talon-like hand grasped the edge of the crater, using the wall as support to assist its owner in regaining her balance. Harpie Girl rose from the crater, blond hair a mess, pink-feathered wings flustered, and an evil glare on her dirt-smudged face.
"I can take your attacks… but don't you ever… EVER... RUIN MY HAIR!!" screamed the angered harpie, launching herself at the weakened teens with a shriek.
She neared the fallen teens, anger boiling within her with each passing second. Literally, inches away from her targets, Harpie Girl flew faster hoping to claim vengeance quicker, only to ram face-first into some type of stone slab that appeared out of no where, which surprised both she and the teens. Suddenly the slab began to glow a bright golden light, shocking the blond monster even more. As the light pulsated, it seemed to pull the harpie closer and closer to it like a magnet would do to metal, until finally she was yet again face-to-face (if stone had a face) with the slab. With one final flash, along with an ear-splitting shriek, the Harpie disappeared, the teens made there way to the front of the slab in search of a clue to the fate of their foe, only to find nothingness, and a carving of Harpie Girl on the still glowing stone.
"About time you got here Priest." said Bakura with a smirk still staring at the stone, confusing the girls.
"Hey… at least I came." said Kaiba arms crossed with the still glowing Millennium Rod in one hand, followed by the others.
Bakura and the girls examined the members of their group to witness the damage placed upon them, Ryou, who was slightly bruised and scratched, was carrying an unconscious Flannery on his back. Marik, with a few scratches on his arms was helping Flora walk, who was bruised like Ryou. Joey, Tristan, and Duke, who like Marik were scratched by something, were trying to pull another stone slab, which appeared to have Dark Witch carved on it, next to the other. The non-magic possessing girls were trying to give medical aid to the other fallen girls, along with a bruised Kira who was using her magic to heal them. His deep indigo eyes finally landing on the brunet priest, who now was by Kisara's side cupping her porcelain face in his hand. They seemed to be carrying on a conversation, something about "why are you out of bed?" and "your safety is more important to me than my own life." His eyes moved to the navy-haired girl to his left, her tanned skin somewhat scratched from the recent battle, thoughts raced through his head. Unexpectedly, the snow-haired youth felt his face grow warm and his stomach turned, he knew what this feeling was and yet he did not, the reformed thief could not help but smile, maybe the Priest and himself were more alike than he had realized.
"GIVE IT UP PHARAOH YOU CANNOT DEFEAT ME!" proclaimed Aussa shooting rays of light from her staff at both the Dark Magician Girl and Atem, who barely dodged the attacks.
"WE SHALL SEE! DARK MAGICIAN GIRL STRIKE NOW WITH DARK MAGIC ATTACK!" ordered Atem pointing at the earth charmer.
The female magician only complied, twirling her little spiral-ended staff finally pointing it at the brunet monster, sending a large blast of pink light. Aussa was consumed in the rose hued beam, her shadowy form still visible from within the attack, sadly, when the beam lost its strength Aussa remained, an evil smirk mockingly plastered on her face.
"Was that really the best you could do?" mocked Aussa.
Atem was shocked. 'How could she have survived that? She's only supposed to have 500 attack points… so how can be this strong... unless…' thought Atem glaring.
"Humph… by the look on your face I'm guessing that you finally figured it out… every elemental power I've stolen, every soul I've captured, they all help increase my attack power… your pitiful monsters aren't strong enough to even scratch me." said Aussa running a hand through her brunet hair.
'This can't be it… there has to be a way to defeat her…' thought Atem.
'Well if one monster isn't strong enough… how about two…' said the mental voice invading his thoughts, taking him by surprise.
"Yugi?" asked Atem.
"Who were you expecting?" said Yugi soaked from his dip in the lake, with Tea following from behind. "So you ready to take down a monster?" asked Yugi, receiving a nod.
"What do you foolish mortals think you're doing now?" questioned Aussa twirling her staff in boredom.
"This… SILENT MAGICIAN COME FORTH!" said Yugi holding his glowing card in the air. "HELP DARK MAGICIAN GIRL DESTROY THAT MONSTER!" said Yugi pointing at Aussa.
The two magicians rushed towards the charmer staffs raised high and prepared for battle.
"You think your puny magicians stand a chance against me… ha… this is going to be fun." said Aussa shooting a beam of light from her staff at the opposing monsters.
However, what she did not expect was that the two magicians would launch their own attacks to counter her own. Dark Magician Girl's pink and Silent Magician's white rays of light combined to form a beam equal in size to that of Aussa's. The two collided, neither giving up, both wanting to be superior than the other, but in the end, the pink and white column of light won, pressing through the darker one. This shocked Aussa, her eyes growing wide doubling in size as the beam neared her, impossible, how could two such feeble opponents such as these defeat her. The shaft of light hit her dead center, knocking most of the wind out of her, forcing her to gasp for breath, burning her throat with each passing breath, causing more pain infliction in the glasses wearing monster. As quickly as the attack hit, it dissipated, leaving Aussa stumbling, trying to regain her footing, and failing badly, though her footing wasn't all she worried about, remaining in the land of the living was her only concern. Using her staff as a crutch, she used her remaining strength to hobble towards the teens, glaring at them the whole way.
"This is far from over Pharaoh." said Aussa in a raspy voice. "You may have defeated me… but others will come… and then… you will have to face our Queen… and there is no way you can defeat her…" finished Aussa beginning to slump against her staff, loosing her battle with death.
"It's over Aussa… hand over the staff… you no longer have a need for the powers you have stolen." said Atem.
"I may not… but someone else does…" said Aussa, lifting her staff in the air.
All of a sudden, a streak of blue zoomed by, snatching the staff as it passed.
"What was that?" asked Tea, looking off into the direction of the blue thing.
"I don't know… but whatever it was…. it's gone now…" said Yugi.
"As is Aussa and her staff…" said Atem, watching Aussa begin to fade from existence.
All of the injured teens had bandaged their wounds and all unconscious teens were now awake, and the entire group were in the process of finding Atem and Tea, apparently, Kaiba had some of his employees to take the tablets back to headquarters so that they could be looked after while they were away.
"Bakura… you sure we're going in the right direction?" asked Flora.
"Hey… who's the one with the Millennium Ring here? Trust me… I can sense the Millennium Puzzle nearby…. And I believe the Puzzle Pendant as well…. We're almost there." said Bakura.
"I just hope we get to my brother before it's to late." said Kira.
"Don't worry… we will." said Mika comforting her sister.
The three remained silent… but the silence did not last to long….
"Atem…. I'm sorry… I should have never listened to those monsters…. I guess I just let them get into my head… I know that this is asking a lot…. But… can you forgive me?" said Yugi on the verge of tears.
Silence greeted him for a time, with head hung low; the spiky-headed teen expected the worst, that is, until he felt the touch of a gentle hand on his shoulder, turning his gaze upward to see the kind forgiving eyes of the young ruler he thought and knew of as his brother.
"How can I not forgive you… it is human nature to make mistakes… and you are well aware of the many I have made… let's just call it even." said Atem in a kind voice, smiling at his little brother.
Overfilled with joy, the tri-haired teen began to cry tears of joy as he hugged his brother, thankful of how forgiving he was. After a moment, the two separated, and silence fell again.
"Yugi?" said Tea.
"Yes?" replied Yugi.
"Why did you come back now? What did it take to help you see the light?" asked Tea.
"It was when I overheard the monsters talking about you and Atem… Harpie Girl said that she saw you and Atem… together… you were… kissing… I don't know why… but… that helped me to see that… I was wrong in what I was doing… and even now… I can't really explain it. I guess… inside I was so happy for you guys that… that happiness overpowered the darkness controlling me." said Yugi.
"So… you're ok with this?" asked Atem, a bit surprised, he knew Yugi had a huge crush on Tea for the longest time.
"I'm fine… I'm just glad you're both happy." said Yugi.
"Thank you Yugi." said Atem kindly smiling.
"But Yugi…. If it's possible… can you keep this a secret… we don't really want the guys to know… not yet." said Tea, receiving a nod. "Thank you"
Silence
"Well… I'm gonna go try to find the others… be right back." said Yugi, leaving the two alone.
Silence
Suddenly a hand grasped hers forcing her to look into the owner's deep red-violet eyes, as blush began to form on her cheeks.
"I'm glad you're alright… you were so brave today." said Atem in a soft tone, causing the azure-eyed teen to blush to deepen.
"It was nothing… I only did what I had to." said Tea, face red.
"I just wish our evening didn't have to be ruined by those monsters… I thought that we were actually having an enjoyable time." said Atem, pulling the brunet closer.
"Yeah… well… there's always tomorrow… or the next day… or the one after that…. As long as we're together… I'm fine." said Tea, hugging him leaning her head against Atem's chest. The sound of his beating heart synchronized with her own.
She lifted her head, wanting to gaze once more into those deep eyes that she loved so much, so full of wisdom, love, devotion, and other such emotions, her face grew warm again. Their faces grew closer, their eyes closing, their hearts aching….
"YEAH… THEY'RE RIGHT THIS WAY!" they heard Yugi scream as a warning.
The two separated before the others came, otherwise their secret relationship, would no longer be a secret. The two smiled, how lucky they were, the ones who did know of them accepted them with open arms (we're not counting Tea's dad at the moment). They would tell the others… soon.
"Yuge… why are ya screamin… we're right here.."
"So… those three fools are gone?" asked a voice from the shadows.
"Yes my Queen." said Witch's Apprentice.
"And what of the Chosen One?" asked the Queen.
"Returned to the side of the Pharaoh." replied the witch in training.
"And the elemental powers Aussa stole?" questioned the Queen.
"In my possession my Queen, I retrieved it as Aussa was destroyed, I was merely awaiting your order for it." said Witch's Apprentice handing the staff to the shadowed queen.
"Now that those fools have failed me… I do not have many options left." said the queen pondering her options in her head. "Hum… I think I have the perfect plan… and I'm sure… the Pharaoh, his friends, and his little girlfriend will never see it coming." said the Queen, her ruby eyes glowing in the shadows.
Alright to make up for my taking so long… I have written the longest chapter I have ever written… I hope you like it…. Please review… I have yet to receive a review for my latest chapter… I need these reviews to tell me if there is anything I need to work on…. Anyway… I hope that you liked it… I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as possible…. Thank you for reading and reviewing….