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The Orichalcos Saga
Fanfic Chapter 232: Final Judgment Pt 2: Darkness Falls
Episode Basis: Rise of the Great Beast Pt 2
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Edina the Mystical Elf, Dark Magician Girl, and a whole army of Duel Monsters showed up to aid the Chosen Duelists against the Great Leviathan. But even together, they weren't strong enough. The Chosen Duelists were sucked into the Great Leviathan's body when Yami called out to the other victims to harness the light inside their selves. Using the light as well as the strength given to him by his friends, Yami summoned the three Egyptian God Monsters for a final showdown with the Great Leviathan. It was literally a clash of the gods and by working together, the Gods of Egypt overcame the Great Leviathan and set all of its victims free. But Dartz wasn't finished yet. Battered and beaten, he confronted Yugi and Yami in Atlantis and sent the Great Leviathan to crush the Pharaoh.
Yami was screaming in pain as the black whirlwind that was The Great Leviathan struck him. Dartz called out, "I'll crush the Pharaoh with his own darkness!" Dartz raised his hand in preparedness for an attack. Suddenly an energy sphere slammed into his back and he went down. He turned and saw Edina, also battered and bruised, leaning against a rock.
"This final judgment will be between the Pharaoh and the Great Leviathan," Edina said firmly. "None shall interfere, lest of all you!"
Dartz actually crouched to both knees. "This power…"
"Why so surprised? After all, who do you think taught your daughter how to do it?"
"Pharaoh," Yugi cried running up to him.
"Yugi, stay back, this is my fight!"
"What?"
When I used the Seal of Orichalcos, I unlocked the evil that was in my heart. Ever since then, I've been fighting the rage that was building up inside me and now it's destroying me! Facing you in a duel at the Stone Wilderness was but a first step in a long road to travel. The power of darkness knows no bounds.
"Destroy him!" Dartz cried just before being hit in the back again by another of Edina's energy blasts.
"Be strong, Pharaoh," Yugi coached. "Concentrate on the good inside of you, think of your friends."
"Yes, my friends! The love I have is my one true light, and now I unleash it against the darkness!" The Avatar Armlet that Harold had given him started to glow. The symbols circled Yami's body. Slowly, the dark swirling mass became a swirl of Egyptian scriptures which gradually faded away to nothing. Now all that's left was a tiny purple spark which shot up to the sky.
The tempestuous weather that had been seen adamant around the eastern seaboard faded like it was never there to begin with.
"The Armlet had decided," Edina concluded. "The Pharaoh is good and worthy of its defense."
Yami had collapsed and Yugi had to help him up, "Are you all right?"
"I will be now that the Great Leviathan is gone."
"Finally it's over. But what about Dartz?"
Dartz saw a bright light out of the corner of his eye. He looked up to see Ironheart, Chris, and Sky appearing in front of him. "Father? Daughter?"
"Son," Ironheart said. "Let me help you up."
"My Father's back," Chris said happily. The right eye of Dartz, which had been green ever since he first came into contact with the Orichalcos Stones, changed back to gold.
"Yes and we have the Pharaoh to thank," Ironheart said. "He drove out the evil force that was controlling you." He turned to Yami and Yugi, "Your work here is done, please go in peace."
Yami and Yugi looked behind to see the portal. They turned to walk into it but Yami stopped and turned back to them, "What will happen to you?"
"We'll be all right," Chris assured him.
"Yes, for the first time in a good long while."
"Thank you again for saving my father," Chris said bowing.
"Thank you for helping me overcome my inner darkness," Yami returned. "I wish you peace, all four of you."
"And we do on you," Dartz said calmly.
Waving, Yami and Yugi walked into the portal. Chris turned to her father, "We should get going too we have a lot of catching up to do, besides… Mother is waiting."
"Iona," Dartz muttered smiling.
Atlantis started to sink back into the sea, kicking up a huge tidal wave in the process.
In the temple, Jonah opened her eyes. "Where am I?" She wondered. She looked around, "The temple? How did I end up here?" She saw Kaiba and Joey exit the portal and soon Harold too. "What's going…?" The temple suddenly started to shake. Jonah screamed.
"Mokuba," Kaiba called as he and Joey exited the temple. "Start the engines quickly!"
"Wait, what about Yugi?" Tea asked.
Kaiba and Joey turned to look back at the temple. "He didn't come back with us?" Joey asked. Harold exited the temple. "Harold, where's Yugi?"
"He had to stay at Atlantis," Harold said solemnly. "Dartz was still alive and Yugi stayed behind to finish him off."
"He remained at Atlantis?" Tristan questioned.
"Would that be the same Atlantis that's currently sinking beneath the sea and causing a huge tidal wave to head right for us?" Amara asked pointing to the city in question.
Tea felt her heart stop. She couldn't accept it, it just wasn't possible.
"We have no time to waste," Kaiba said. "We're taking off."
"No, we have to wait for Yugi," Tea said.
"Tea, if we don't get out of here, there won't be any of us to wait for Yugi."
"No, I'm not leaving without him!" She turned to run back into the temple.
"Tea, no!" Harold grabbed her by the arm but Tea actually started dragging him towards the temple. "Hey, someone give me a hand here!"
Kaiba lifted Tea over his shoulder like a sack of rice and carried her inside the helicopter. The others followed suit. The rotors started up and the helicopter started to take off.
As Raphael looked out the window, he saw someone exit the temple. "Jonah!" He shouted. He turned to the pilot. "Can you land so we can pick her up?"
"If I do, we won't be able to take off again," the pilot replied.
Raphael ran to the rear hatch and opened it. "Jonah, grab my hand!" He called out.
"Master Raphael!" Jonah reached out but tried as she might, she couldn't catch up to the rapidly ascending helicopter.
"JONAH!" Raphael's deck started to glow. Guardian Eatos seemed to burst from it. It flew down and picked up Jonah by the arms and carried her to the helicopter.
"Raphael!" Jonah cried dropping the formal title and rushing to him throwing her arms around him and crying into his shirt. "It's awful," she sobbed. "Master Dartz… he… I'm afraid…"
Raphael hushed her as he patted her head, "It's okay," he said soothing. "Dartz has been laid to rest, and the Great Leviathan has been destroyed. It's all over." Everyone watched as the tidal wave overtook the island.
Tea placed her hand against the helicopter's hull. All they heard her say was, "You promised, you promised, you promised."
Weevil Underwood opened his eyes, he was staring at a stark white room. "Unfamiliar ceiling," he muttered. "Wait, where am I?" He found himself in a hospital room. "How did I get here?"
"Weevil?"
"Rex?" Weevil turned and saw Rex in a hospital bed next to him.
"What are you doing in my bedroom?"
"We're in a hospital, you nit wit," Weevil said. "And you know whose fault that is, don't you?"
"It's Joey's."
"It's Yugi's," Weevil said at the same time.
"You'll pay for this," they said at the same time. They then scowled at each other, then leapt out of the beds and ran down the hall.
In a nearby room, Alister woke up. He looked around and spotted the Dyna Dude action figure. He picked it up. "I thought I lost this," he said. He looked up, "Mikey, I'll keep living… for you."
Valon awoke to find himself in a house by the sea. "How did I get here?" He asked. As he got up, a Duel Monster card fluttered to the floor. Valon picked it up.
It was Cyber Harpie.
Valon went out onto the deck and saw the sun setting over the ocean. "Mai," he muttered. "I'll never forget you. Thank you."
Speaking of Mai, she was cruising down a stretch of road along her motorcycle. As she drove, she thought about how she was fooled into believing she needed the power of the Orichalcos, she thought about how she won a duel with the card and how she lost. But most of all, she thought about everyone who she hurt while in the Doma Group, two people specifically: Joey and Kevin. I can't face them, she thought. I can't face any of them, not after how I acted. Don't worry, all of you, I'll be back… as soon as I can own up to what I did and find out who I really am.
Yugi Moto laid on a small deserted island. As he awoke, an aurora appeared over him. He looked around at his surroundings and then looked down at the Avatar Armlet. "The Armlet must've saved me," he guessed.
Dark Magician Girl and the four Legendary Knights appeared. "We are forever in your debt," Dark Magician Girl said.
"We have taken the souls who do not have bodies with us," Solon said.
"Together, we will build a new world for all of us," Hermos added.
"I was just glad we could help," Yugi said. "But wait, what about Edina, did she…"
"I'm fine, Yugi." Yugi turned around and saw the Mystical Elf standing behind him looking. "Despite what my card says, I'm stronger than I look."
"I'm glad."
"You have fought bravely," Critius commented.
"And will never be forgotten," Timaeus added.
The four knights started to rise into the air. They disappeared so fast that they appeared to be beams of red, blue, yellow, and green light. Yami looked at the Eye of Timaeus card as it dissolved in his hands.
Joey, Kaiba, and Harold felt something odd in their decks. They each pulled out their Legendary Dragons and watched as they disintegrated.
"I wonder if it was all a dream," Joey muttered.
"Sayonara, Solon," Harold bid.
"No big deal," Kaiba said. "My deck's still unstoppable."
As Dark Magician Girl turned to leave, she said, "The time may come when we will need each other again. If so…" She turned around and gave him a wink, "You'll know where I'll be, right in your deck."
"Thank you and if you ever come across the original Avatar, tell her I said thanks for helping me find the light inside."
"If I come across her, I shall." Dark Magician Girl said nodding. She raised her staff up and transformed into a beam of pink light.
"Yugi," Edina called. "Before I leave, I have some gifts for you." She took the Millennium Puzzle and held it in her hands. A silver trim appeared on the edges of the puzzle and outlined the eye decoration at the center. "I have sealed the Puzzle."
"What do you mean?"
"The puzzle shall never be parted from you until you see fit to part with it."
"That's great, now I won't have to worry about it breaking like it did with Bandit Keith."
Edina nodded, held up her hands and formed an orb of light. The orb of light was shining even amidst the setting sun. "With this, you shall be returned to your friends."
"Thank you too, Edina, I finally know what you meant when you said that there was someone who always cared about me."
"Do you?' Just like Dark Magician Girl, Edina smiled and winked at him. "Sometimes a mystery can have more than one solution." She patted him on the head then placed her hands together and disappeared.
Amara thought she saw a pink light but dismissed it as a trick of the sun. She went over to Tea and sat next to her. "You okay?"
"He promised, Amara," Tea muttered. "He promised he would return to me."
"I know," Amara said and gently took the taller girl into her arms, hugging her. Tea cried onto Amara's shoulder.
Amara happened to look up, "What in the world? Tea, look." Tea turned to look out the port hole and saw a orb of light shining.
Tea then happened to look down. "Is it…" She turned to Kaiba, "Kaiba, land the chopper, quick!"
Yugi was staring up at the white orb when a loud whirling sound. He turned to see the helicopter heading towards him. As it landed, the glowing orb disappeared. Yugi waved to them saying, "Everyone made it out all right, excellent!"
As soon as the helicopter landed, the side hatch opened. Joey was the first one out, grabbing Yugi's head in a noogie. "Oh man, I am never letting this spiky head out of my sight again!"
"Don't you ever worry us like that again, Mister," Amara scolded.
"Yeah, and don't go on suicide runs either," Tristan added.
"I thought I was supposed to be the suicidal one of the group," Harold commented causing the other to chuckle.
"Oh yeah," Yugi said. He removed the Armlet and handed it to Harold. "Thanks, Harold; your Armlet really saved my life."
"Just as I thought," Harold said slipping the Armlet back onto his wrist. "'By the grace of Osiris, who loved his sister bride, let two souls torn apart be joined…"
"Through love and light," Yugi finished. Harold nodded.
"Yugi." Tea was the last one to approach him. She had been hanging back but now she was facing him, an affectionate smile on her face.
"Hey," Yugi greeted. "I said I would be back, just had to take a round-about route."
Tea hugged him. "The point is you're okay and we're together again."
Kaiba, Mokuba, Raphael, and Jonah watched this little reunion. "Hey Yugi," Mokuba called. "Let's go."
"Time to go," Joey said. "I'm sure there's someone else out there trying to take over the world."
"The scary thing is he's probably right," Tristan said.
"Hey Amara, I bet you're regretting tagging along with us now, aren't you?"
"Yeah, but I think I'll stick around anyway," she said. "Somebody's got to keep you guys out of trouble."
"My hero," Harold replied sarcastically.
Yugi started to follow them then turned around. Yami was staring at the setting sun. Yugi followed his look.
"Yugi, is something wrong?" Tea asked.
"Guys, look at that." Everyone turned to look at the sun set.
"It's the simple things that make life worthwhile," Harold quoted.
"So is the adventure over?" Amara asked.
"If you ask me, the adventure's never over," Joey said. "It just reaches a lull every now and then."
"You know, Joey, every time I think I get you, you surprise me." The gang piled into the helicopter and they all went back to the aircraft carrier that would take them back. But Yami was still thinking.
Edina said that a mystery can have more than one solution. I wonder if she was talking about the Pharaoh's memory. There was a reason it must've been sealed away so all we have to do find out. Joey is right, the adventure's never over, not until we find out who the Pharaoh really is. Maybe once we do, his spirit can be at rest. But no matter what may happen, I'm sure he knows he doesn't have to go through it alone. And from the way Yami nodded, it looked like he did.
The End
A/N: Don't go away just yet, guys, I still have one more chapter to put up.