The Priestess Legacy
Would you guys believe I've been doing the AnZuOh, Queen of Games trilogy for over a year? Wow. That's the problem with long stories, I'm going to feel so…meh, when this is done.
Chapter 15
Soul Battle: Téa vs. Roslyn
"I dreamed of power my entire life." Roslyn said. Téa just glared. "Power to serve my Pharaoh, please him, earn his favor. How blind I was. And how blind some still are, you most of all, Lady Priestess. You serve the Pharaoh, yet command such power you could defy him. You are a fool."
"You're the fool Roslyn!" Téa shot back. "Don't you see that Barakhan is just using you? He's manipulated you into collecting the Millennium items for him! You're just another pawn in his game that he'll kill once you've done your job."
"Master Barakahn has done more for me in a week than you and the Pharaoh have done for me my entire life!" Roslyn roared. "He's given me power beyond my wildest dreams, and now I shall display it, as I slay you and seize the final Millennium Items!" Roslyn raised her arm to her side, her diadianhk sliding out. Téa raised her own arm before her and followed suit. "Now, all that's left is to finish what I've started with your other priests!" Roslyn laughed.
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"This has worked out even better than I'd hoped." Barakhan grinned, looking inside the gates. "The priests are dead, the Pharaoh is powerless, his people burn, and soon the final Millennium Items will be mine." He looked down at Roslyn and Teana and pursed his lip. "I may even keep her around when Zorc and I crush the mortals of this realm beneath our heels. Certainly there are better women to have by my side, but none has quite the blackness in their soul that Roslyn has. Oh wait, that was my doing." Barakhan laughed at his own joke.
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"I'll start off small." Roslyn leered. "Rise up, Mazera Deville!" Téa stepped back slightly as Roslyn's beginning monster, corrupted with darkness, roared from the sand.
"I summon Agido!" Téa replied, snapping out her diadianhk. The round, red creature appeared in a burst of light.
"You think that pathetic monster can really defeat me?" Roslyn sneered. "Mazera, attack! Red Wrecker!" Mazera opened its lower mouth and fired the beam of red light.
"Counter-attack!" Téa cried. Agido fired a blast of yellow light, and the two energy beams collided with each other, sending a shockwave across the courtyard. Téa and Roslyn helped their ground.
"Tail Thrash!" Roslyn roared. Mazera swung, taking the hit and slamming its tail into the ground. Téa shielded her eyes as a flurry of dirt and sand kicked up across the field.
"Light Flash!" Téa protested. Agido's body burst into an array of light, a whirlwind forming around it. Roslyn growled as the rubble reversed trajectory and slammed into her, knocking her onto her back with a cough. "Come forth Kelbeck!" A fairy with a curved sword and a headdress appeared. "Attack Mazera!" Kelbeck leapt up and slashed across Mazera's lower mouth.
"NO!" Roslyn protested. Agido fired a second beam, and Mazera stumbled back, falling to its knees and turning into a mass of black smoke, blowing away. "You'll pay for that." Roslyn growled. "I summon Night Assailant!" The cloaked assassin appeared in a flash and zoomed across the sand. Téa had barely blinked as a dagger slammed into Agido's eye. The Fairy wobbled and stumbled forward, collapsing into the sand.
"Kelbeck, attack Night Assailant!" Téa commanded. Kelbeck ran forward, spinning around and catching the Assailant's blade with its sword. The two sparred, and Kelbeck slashed, narrowly missing.
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"Come on, we've got to get to the palace!" Yugi cried, running down the street. Yami nodded and struggled to keep up with him. He didn't think Yugi could be that fast. As the two ran past two limp bodies, Peimune weakly lifted his head and stared at them with his remaining eye.
"King…Ya…mi?" He groaned, slumping back against the sand.
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Night Assailant exploded as Kelbeck's sword sliced apart its head. Roslyn shielded her eyes and raised her diadianhk.
"Roslyn, stop this! It's not too late to turn back!" Téa pleaded. Roslyn snorted.
"Come forth, Invader of Darkness!" She screeched. The ground shook as the monstrous cloaked Fiend rose onto the sand, letting out a roar. "Destroy her! Black Blast!" Invader roared and raised a hand, firing a beam of purple energy.
"Zolga, block her attack!" Téa cried. The caped fairy appeared and flung a windstorm at the approaching blast.
"Do you really think that creature can stop me?" Roslyn laughed. The purple energy hit the windstorm, and after a burst of power, surged through it. It burst a hole through Zolga's cape and slammed in Kelbeck. The two Fairies turned black and exploded.
"This seems so familiar." Téa murmured.
"This is it Teana." Roslyn called, crossing her arms. "You know you only have one monster that can stop mine. Now, stop wasting my time and prove that you have the power of a true High Priestess!" Téa gritted her teeth.
"I know she's up to something. But she's right, I only have one monster left that can stop her." Téa closed her eyes and raised her diadianhk into the air.
"I call forth the Legendary Demon!" She cried. A bolt of lightning struck the ground behind her, and Roslyn's eyes lit up. A ghostly white-blue form rose up and materialized, roaring. "Behold Raviel, Lord of Phantasms!" Roslyn grinned at the large blue Demon standing behind Téa.
"Incredible." She laughed.
"Raviel, destroy the Invader of Darkness!" Téa commanded. Raviel made a fist and slammed it into the air, letting loose the Fist of Phantoms. Invader's cape flung out behind it in the blast, blowing away like dust in the face of the Demon's power. "Is that what you wanted?" Téa asked.
"Exactly." Roslyn nodded. She unhooked the clasp of her diadianhk and flung it away. "I have but one final monster to call forth." She spread out her arms and tilted her head back. A black aura appeared around her body and rose into the air, taking form. A black body, blue skin…Téa gasped and stepped back, remembering the creature of darkness. Suddenly, it clicked. Her dream before coming to Egypt!
"Oh no." She whispered, shaking her head. The Dark Necrofear let out a horrifying screech and zoomed through the air. Raviel raised a fist and punched the creature hard, sending it flying through the air.
"Now Teana, witness the special power of my Ka!" Roslyn cackled. "Go Dark Necrofear!" The Necrofear turned into a black spirit, and zoomed towards Raviel, entering its stomach. "Raviel, you belong to me now!" Raviel's eyes glowed bright red, and a black aura spread over its body. It slowly turned and looked down at Téa, growling.
"There's nothing more you can do to stop me!" Roslyn sneered. "Raviel, destroy her! Fist of Phantoms!" Raviel made a fist and slammed it through the air. Téa clenched her eyes shut, the horrifying reality of the dream crashing down on her.
"Wait a minute." Téa whispered. "This isn't like the dream. Something's…different."
"TEEEEEEAAAAAAAAA!" Téa opened her eyes as Yugi and Yami dashed through the palace gates.
"Yugi?" She murmured. Suddenly, Raviel's fist hit home.
"It's over!" Roslyn crowed. Yugi and Yami skidded to a halt as a flurry of sand and dust whipped up around Téa as Raviel's attack met its mark.
"No, Téa!" Yugi protested. Roslyn and Barakhan both turned to stare at them.
"Who are you?" Roslyn asked, narrowing her eyes. Yugi and Yami turned to the dark duo, when suddenly, Raviel let out a cry of rage. An electrical force slammed into its chest, and it stumbled back, clutching its fist. Roslyn looked up at it in horror.
"His attack was reflected?" She cried. "That's impossible!" The sandstorm around the impact crater began to subdue, and a silhouette emerged from within, walking towards the fallen Demon. Roslyn stepped back in shock at the young woman.
"But how? There's no way Teana could have survived that attack!" She protested. Téa raised her head, and Roslyn gasped. "What…who are you?" She said.
"Téa!" Yugi cheered. The duelist, clad in a familiar blue skirt and white jacket, glared at Roslyn.
"You're right Roslyn. Teana never would have survived that attack." Téa agreed. "But this time things are different!" Roslyn growled.
"Raviel, attaaaaaaack!" She screamed. Raviel punched again, and a white barrier rippled into place around Téa, repelling the attack.
"In case you've forgotten Roslyn." Roslyn's eyes widened as a glowing white form appeared in the air above Téa. It bore a pair of transparent white wings and long, flowing white hair. "Now, Soul of Purity! Attack!" The Ka flew through the air and narrowly dodged Raviel's fist.
"There's no way it can defeat Raviel!" Roslyn said.
"I'm not attacking Raviel!" Téa countered. Raviel groaned and doubled over, a beam of purple light shining from its forehead. The black aura began to fade, and a dark form emerged from it. Raviel fell to its knees and turned to sand, crumbling into a cloud of debris.
"My Necrofear!" Roslyn cried. Soul of Purity emerged from the cloud and held up its hands.
"Soul of Purity, destroy her Necrofear! Light Force!" Téa said. Soul of Purity created a glowing ball of white light, and with a flash, a wave of glowing energy shot across the courtyard. Dark Necrofear let out a screech of terror and exploded in a burst of purple energy. Roslyn let out a gasp and clutched her chest.
"Game over!" Téa declared. Roslyn groaned and fell to the sand, the black diadianhk around her wrist turned white and vanishing in a puff of smoke.
I always thought it strange that not one reviewer ever brought up the subject of Téa's Ka. Well…there ya go! Soul of Purity and Light, the sacred antithesis to the Dark Necrofear! Go ahead and Google it, it's a real card, and it really is the Light-type opposite of the Necrofear.