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Chapter 35: Memory Regained
Ayato's cerulean blue eyes were fixated on Lina's golden orbs. He unconsciously took one step forward. Lina smirked. 'Yes that's it, don't resist it, come to me.'
Akari suddenly felt as if something was wrong. She got up from where she was sitting. 'This feeling...'
Ayato and Lina were standing face to face. "W-who are you?" Ayato managed to say. Lina smiled, "Someone who cares."
"Someone...who cares." Ayato repeated. Memories of a cloaked person that had came to his aid numerous times flashed before his eyes. When he was falling into darkness, she saved him. She had given him the card that helped him defeat The Winged Dragon of Ra.
"I believe y-" Ayato's suddnely heard a familiar noise. Just then Kuriboh appeared in front of him, moving about wildly. "W-what?"
Kuriboh was angry. It glared at Lina. Lina had a look of complete shock on her face. 'This thing was able to break my spell on him? Impossible!'
"Ayato!" Akari ran over to Ayato's side. Lina had a scowl on her face. Her plan had been ruined by some furball with limbs.
Lina hastily pulled her hood over her head. Akari glared at the trio standing in front of her. 'They were trying to take Ayato away from me. There's no way in hell that's gonna happen!'
Lina snapped her fingers and the three vanished. Ayato collapsed. "Ayato!" Akari knelt down, she hoped that he was alright.
The Next Day
Rays of light shown on Ayato's face as he opened his eyes groggily. He sat up slightly and scratched the back of his head sleepily. Events of yesterday flashed through his head. He sighed and got up. He walked over to the door and scrathed his stomach lightly.
'I could have sworn I had a shirt on.' Ayato thought to himself as he opened the door and walked down the hall. 'I guess I could go down to the beach.' He thougt as he made his way there, unaware of the danger that followed him closely.
Tia, Penny, and Sherry(A/N: The authors of Duelist Hotties) followed Ayato sneakily as he made his way to the beach. "This is gonna be great for the next issue." Tia said excitedly.
Penny nodded, "Who would have thought he was hiding that under all those clothes!" Penny swooned. Sherry just nodded, she was too busy enjoying the view to do anything else.
Once Ayato made it to the beach he went for an ice cream cone. The girl at the stand sighed as she heard approaching footsteps. "What flavor do you want?" She said boredly, not bothering to look up at whoever it was.
"Um, I'll have vanilla with butterscotch." (A/N: Delicious!)
"Okay, I'll-oh." The girl stopped in mid sentence as she stared at the blue eyed customer.
Ayato tilted his head slightly confused, "Is there something wrong?" He asked, looking a little worried for the girl.
"Oh nothing, coming right up." The girl said as she just stared and blushed at him.
Ayato raised a brow at the girl in confusion, apparently she was more interested in looking at his body more than making him an ice cream cone.
"That ice cream isn't gonna make itself." Ayato said smiling at the girl. Hoping that she would get the hint.
"Oh, uh, sorry, I guess I got kinda distracted." The girl replied.
Ayato rolled his eyes, 'Yeah I bet.'
The girl fixed his ice cream and handed it to him. "Here you go." Ayato smiled taking the cone from her. "So how much is it?" He asked.
"Two dolla-I mean one kiss."
"Huh?" Ayato said.
"Uh, yeah that's it, one kiss, for ten seconds, on the lips." The girl said as her sweat dropped.
Ayato looked at the ice cream and then at the girl. He really did want that ice cream, and one kiss wouldn't hurt. "Um, okay." He said.
The girl thought she had died and gone to heaven. She was going to kiss Ayato! She couldn't wait to tell her friends. Ayato walked up to her slowly and held the side of her face with his right hand. He leaned in closer to her and kissed her.
Suddenly Ayato heard a camera flash. He looked around but didn't see anybody. He shrugged and walked away as the girl sighed dreamily.
Tia, Penny, and Sherry were snickering. "I can see the title now, Ayato gives out free kisses to girls who offer him ice cream." Tia said.
Penny and Sherry nodded in approval of the title.
Ayato walked along the beach licking his ice cream when a girl walked up to him in a two piece bikini. "Oh my god, it's you!" The girl exclaimed.
"I have all of your merchandise!" The girl said.
"Mercandise!" Ayato asked.
"Could you sign my stomach." the girl said. Ayato took another lick of his ice cream. The girl watched his tongue the whole time. 'I know a couple of ways to put that thing to better use.' The girl pervertedly thought to herself.
"I'm sorry, but I don't have anything on me to write with."
"Oh that's okay, you could just trace your name on my stomach using your tongue!"
Ayato's sweat dropped. "Um, how about I just give you my ice cream cone?"
The girl smiled a kilowatt smile. "Really! Oh thank you so much!" The girl smiled as she took the cone from Ayato. And there it was, another flash. Ayato looked in the direction of the flash but didn't see anything.
He looked at the girl. She was licking the ice cream now staring at Ayato suggestively. 'What is with these girls?' Ayato thought. He shrugged. 'I don't think I ever did understand girls.' He walked away, he could still feel the girl's stare.
Ayato suddenly saw what he wanted to see. His friends were just ahead of him, playing and having fun. He was a little upset that they didn't wake him so he could join them, but that didn't matter now.
He began to walk towards them when suddenly a group of girls and guys crowded around him. One of the guys said, "It's you! Man can I have your autograph!"
Another guy said, "You are my hero!" The girls were all screaming their heads off. "Could you sign my chest!" One of the girls screamed.
"Oh, me first, me first!" Another girl said. Ayato's sweat dropped, when was the insanity gonna end?
Hikari looked over at the crowd of boys and girls. 'Looks like Ayato woke up.' She thought to herself. "Hey Ayato over here!"
Some of the girls and guys stopped what they were doing and looked over in the direction that they heard the voice. "Hey it's Kazama and Jaden!" One of the girls said. Half of the group left Ayato and charged at an unsuspecting Jaden and Kazama.
Akari punched out one of the guys that had charged towards them. The guy fell to the ground unconcious as blood dripped from his nose. Akari stomped on the boy's chest and pointed at the crowd of people.
"You take one step closer and this is what's gonna happen to you!"
The crowd suddenly stopped what they were doing and all ran away. "She's crazy!" one of the guys said. The crowd that was still annoying Ayato saw this and ran too.
Ayato sighed in relief. He'd reconsider going to the beach again after today. Ayato walked up to the group. "Thanks Akari, I owe you one." He said smiling and scratching the back of his head.
Akari and Anna blushed at the sight of Ayato topless. Rachel had to look away so no one would notice her blush. Alexis thought he looked good, but nothing to get all worked up, besides, she wasn't like most girls anyway.
Ayato suddenly felt funny, his body was all tingly. 'This is weird.' Ayato's face scrunched up slightly. Akari and Anna noticed, "What's wrong Ayato?" They both asked.
"I..don't know." Suddenly the Millenuim Puzzle began to glow. Ayato fell to his knees and held his head in pain as he screamed. "Ayato!" Everyone yelled.
Akari and Anna ran to his side. The glow form the Millenuim Item grew brighter. The last thing Ayato saw before he blacked out was the worried looks of his friends.
Ayato's eyes fluttered open slowly. He groaned as he held his head. "Where am I?" He asked no one in particular. "Your in the Millenuim Puzzle." Akari replied.
Ayato jumped back in suprise. "Akari! The Millenuim Puzzle! But how did we end up here?"
Akari shrugged, "I have no idea. But there must be something here." Ayato looked at her confused, things kept getting stranger and stranger.
Ayato got up slowly. Suddenly Kuriboh appeared before him. "Wha-!"" Akari turns to Ayato and sees Kuriboh. "Kuriboh?" She questions. Kuriboh turns around and bounces around happily.
Akari smiled, "It's been a while Kuriboh." Ayato was even more confused. "What's going on here?"
"Let's give Kuriboh a chance to explain, I'm sure he can explain everyhting."
Kuriboh begins to tell them why they are here. "So, when Ayato lost his memory it was sealed inside the Millenuim Puzzle, that way he wouldn't lose it for good?" Kuriboh nodded. "Then that means he can get his memories back!" Akari happily exclaimed. Kuriboh nodded again.
"But how do we do that?" Ayato asked, still not believing what was happening. Kuriboh's sweat dropped. Ayato sighed. "Well, don't worry Ayato we'll find it. Even if we have to search all of these doors." Akari reassured him.
Meanwhile
Hikari lays Ayato and Akari on her hotel bed. "Will they be all right?" Anna asks, more worried about Ayato than Akari.
"We can only hope." Hikari says seriously. Kazama looks at the two. 'Strange.' he thought.
Syrus, Exion, Jaden, and Alexis look on with worried looks on their faces. "This brings back bad memories." Syrus exclaims. "I hear ya Sy." Jaden agrees. "Yeah." Alexis adds in.
"What! What happened?" Exion asks.
"Last year, during the time you were possessed, an evil spirit somehow got into the Millenuim Puzzle. It completely erased Ayato's memories and made him think he was working for you." Alexis says.
Syrus continues, "Akari dueled him, hoping that he would return to normal. But she was beaten. He left after that. Soon we heard he was taking people's souls and sealing them into cards. So we decided to look for him."
Jaden finishes it up, "But when we found him he was, close to death. We don't really know what happened. Because when we asked Anna and Akari about it they won't tell us how it happened."
"But Ayato lost his memory again. Does that mean he's back. The evil spirit."
The three gasped, Exion could be right.
Within the Millenuim Puzzle
"Come on Kuriboh lead the way to the door that we had went to last time we were here." Akari said.
Kuriboh nodded and began to float off. Akari and Ayato followed when suddenly the Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl blocked their path,
staffs at the ready.
The two magicians twirled their staffs and shot a blast of magical energy at them. Akari ducked and the blast went soaring over her head harmlessly. Ayato was less fortunate. He had tried to dodge to the side but some of the attack hit his shoulder.
"Ahhhhh." Ayato fell to one knee holding his arm in pain. Akari saw this. "Ayato!" She looked at the two magicians who looked like they were going to strike again.
Suddenly the Harpie Lady Sisters appeared before Akari and Ayato. Akari smiled, "Yes it worked. Attack them now!" The Harpie Lady Sisters whipped up a tornado, lifting the magic duo off the ground and into the air.
The Harpie Lady Sisters charged at the two, with the intent of ripping them to shreds. The Dark Magician used Dark Magic Attack. The Harpie Sister shot a triangular shaped blast that collided with the Dark Magician's attack causing a massive explosion.
The explosion sent Ayato and Akari flying backwards a few feet. When the dust cleared the two Magicians were standing over the Sisters ready to deliver the finishing blow.
Ayato looked up to see the sight. Suddenly an image flashed before his eyes. It was an image of Ayato with a duel disk, Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl were standing before him, ready to battle. "Wait! Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl!"
The magic duo stopped and looked over to Ayato. Ayato got up slowly, "Listen to me. You two, I can tell, that you too have also lost your memory. We were fiends, I just know it. You would never do anything to hurt me, just like you wouldn't hurt me."
The two magicians pointed their staffs to Ayato. "Ayato, it's not working we have to get out of here." Akari pleaded/
"No, we have to find my memory, so you can tell me, how you really feel about me."
Akari had a look of utter shock and suprise on her face, 'Is he doing this just for me.' She thought.
Ayato stepped in front of Akari. "I won't let you hurt her." Ayato says. The two magicians step back and nod to eachother before dissappearing. Ayato sighed and turned to face Akari. "Are you all right?" He asked.
"Yeah I'll be fine. Let's keep going."
The duo finally reach a giant metallic door. Both of them push it open. The room inside is lit by some candles. The two walk in to see a shining sphere. Akari and Ayato take a closer look at the sphere.
Inside the sphere shows different images of Ayato doing various things. "This must be your memeory." Akari says happily. Ayato smiles.
"You will not beat me this time." A deep voice bellows. Akari recognizes the voice. "It can't be, I destroyed you."
"I managed to survive, but I was weak. I had to conserve my strength until I was strong enough. But now that I am I will destroy you little girl."
The giant dark entity transforms into a giant menacing looking dragon with razor sharp teeth, the dragon looks down on the two. "W-what is that thing!" Ayato backs away in fear.
"I'll tell you what it is." Harpie's Pet Dragon appears besides Akari. "It's dead meat." Akari jumps onto her dragon and they charge at the giant dragon.
'She's crazy, there's no way she can win with just that. What would the real Ayato do?' Ayato thought.
The giant dragon swiped at the small dragon narrowly missing it. The small dragon started to shoot fireballs at the big dragon but it didn't even flinch. "I am much stronger than I was before there's nothing you can do."
Akari looks back at Ayato. "Well I've got to try something." The giant dragon grabs Harpie's Pet Dragon, Akari falls off. Ayato runs towards where she's going to fall and catches her.
Harpie's Pet Dragon is crushed instantly destroying it. Akari winces in pain. "Now you two will die together. And I will use your bodies for my own dark designs, it's obvious you two don't deserve them."
Ayato sets Akari down. "Is that right?" He questions coldly. "Yes it is." Ayato's glare intensifies as darkness begins to surround him. "I'm going to destroy you."
The giant dragon laughs. "You are still the weak minded boy I met a year ago, you couldn't stop me then and you can't stop me now."
The darkness that had surrounded him before was now taking shape. Akari looked at the giant before her. "It's, it's-"
"Dark King Dragon Vandorgaron." The giant dragon said in disbelief. "How could someone like you summon someone like him."
Vandorgaron let out a horrific roar that shook the entire room. "Take him down!" Ayato ordered.
Vandorgaron's hands began to vibrate as electricty and blue flames covered his hands. "This can't be, I can't be killed, I am inivincilbe." Vandorgaron released the energy. The attack instantly vaporized any trace of the monster before dissappearing.
Ayato sighed as he plopped down unto the floor. "We did it." He said returning back to his usual cheerfulness. Akari picked up the sphere and handed it to Ayato. The sphere shined as Ayato stared into it.
The Real World
Ayato woke up groggily. He looked down to see Akari huddled up next to him. He blushed slightly. He got up from the bed slowly, not wanting to awake Akari, he really didn't feel like being pounded into mush right now. He remembered learning about the future, but what had happened after that? He didn't know, but he felt like he had missed something very important.
He sighed as he looked out the window. It was dark out. 'Maybe I've been asleep ever since I got back." he thought. He looked back to Akari. 'I can't tell her. I'd better keep the future to myself, I don't want anyone to worry."
Well that's it, I know it seems kinda rushed but I wanted to get into the next chapter. Oh please review, I know I have two chapters out at the same time but I would still like to here what you thought about this chapter.