Songs of Aurelius Chapter Twelve
Before the chapter starts I want to clear something for one of my readers that have reviewed recently. (NOTE: I made up the Ultimate Dark Magician Girl and other cards that do not exist. However, the card that is mentioned below, Magician's Valkyria, is indeed real and not a work of fiction by me.)
The card I made up, Ultimate Dark Magician Girl is not Magician's Valkyria and is not levels lower. The Ultimate Dark Magician Girl is just an upgraded version of the original Dark Magician Girl with the ATK and DEF the same as Dark Magician's. Basically, Ultimate Dark Magician Girl is a… graduated student of Dark Magician thus having the same level and ATK and DEF points as him. Also, Ultimate Dark Magician Girl is level seven like Dark Magician rather than Magician's Valkyria who is a level four. There's also another thing to point out as well, Magician's Valkyria has a different effect than Ultimate Dark Magician Girl. Magician's Valkyria doesn't allow you to select another spell-caster type monster the other party controls as an attack target.
Ultimate Dark Magician Girl's effect is that she cannot be normal summoned, tribute summoned and/ or set. You have to special summon her anyway you can and also, there's the best special effect that you can use like how Ailis had used in her duel with FakeGhostSeto.
By having at least five monsters in her graveyard and at least one must be a Dark Magician, she special summoned Ultimate Dark Magician Girl in attack mode and since there are Dark Magicians in Ailis' graveyard she can activate a different special effect. The original Dark Magician Girl automatically gets 300 ATK points for every Dark Magician or Magician of Black Chaos in either player's graveyard. However, Ultimate Dark Magician Girl automatically gets 1000 ATK for every Dark Magician or Magician of Black Chaos in either player's graveyard. Thus, making the Ultimate Dark Magician Girl a very powerful card but hard to summon.
Hopefully that clears that situation up, anyway I'd like to thank everyone who has reviewed so far because… we've reached over 20 reviews! I feel really proud of this story because it's one that I've spent a long time thinking on and what kind of girls would Ailis and Hikari/ Aurelius would be. In the near future, when the whole storyline of Yu-Gi-Oh the original is through… I will write a story of my own plotline with the whole Yu-Gi-Oh original characters and also my OCs, Ailis and Hikari/Aurelius.
Anyway, please enjoy the rest of the chapter! (NOTE: To follow the duel storyline, the Silent Swordsman does not have the Lightning Blade equipped anymore.)
- = static in Aurelius' memory
Songs of Aurelius
Hikari/Ailis: 1300 LP
Yami/ Yugi: 1600 LP
Para: 1700 LP
Dox: 1600 LP
"I'll use Sanga of the Thunder (2600 ATK 2200 DEF) to attack your Silent Swordsman (2300 ATK 1000 DEF)," Para had announced as I bit my lip watching his monster about to destroy the Silent Swordsman. "I activate Mirror Force!" I quickly perked up to my right to see Yami activate his trap card. Mentally sighing in relief, however it only had destroyed Monster's Tamer but it still will do damage to Para's life points.
Hikari/ Ailis: 1300 LP
Yami/ Yugi: 1600 LP
Para: 900 LP
Dox: 1600 LP
"My draw," I drew my next card and smirked to myself as I start my turn. "I'll release my Ultimate Dark Magician Girl (2500 ATK 2100 DEF) from a hat!" The Ultimate Dark Magician Girl had shown herself as I continued, "Now I'll activate Look and Eliminate once again!" I quickly scanned the five cards and placed them in my graveyard. "Now I'll activate Ultimate Dark Magician Girl's special effect, since there are Dark Magicians in my graveyard the Ultimate Dark Magician Girl gains 1000 ATK for each in either player's graveyard. Since I have two, Ultimate Dark Magician Girl now has 4500 ATK!" I smirk as I added, "Ultimate Dark Magician Girl, attack Kazejin (2400 ATK 2200 DEF)!"
"I activate Suijin's special effect; it reduces the battle damage to zero and protects the Gate Guardian from being destroyed!" I grit my teeth as Dox smirked. "Before I end my turn, I activate Magical Hats to conceal my Ultimate Dark Magician Girl." The Magical Hats switched themselves around and left my Silent Swordsman alone.
"I'll use Suijin (2500 ATK 2400 DEF) to attack your Silent Swordsman!" The water from Suijin flooded the Labyrinth as my Silent Swordsman had been destroyed. Although, both Yami's Dark Magician and my Ultimate Dark Magician Girl were safe under the protection of Magical Hats.
Hikari/Ailis: 1100 LP
Yami/Yugi: 1600 LP
Para: 900 LP
Dox: 1600 LP
"I summon Summoned Skull (2500 ATK 1200 DEF) in attack mode and since the maze is flooded I can attack your Suijin by using Summon Skull's electricity to travel through the water!" Yami had exclaimed as Dox laughed, "What's the use of that attack?" I watched Yami smirk as he revealed, "Suijin's attack from the last turn activated my Spellbinding Circle! It prevents the Gate Guardian from using its special effects and decreases each of the sections' ATK by 700!" I felt a smile creep up my face as Yami's Summoned Skull destroyed Suijin and he ended his turn.
"I'll activate Remove Trap to remove your Spellbinding Circle!" The Spellbinding Circle shattered and the two monsters' ATK points returned to normal as Para had ended his turn.
I drew my next card and glanced at Yami, 'Right now I can finish the duel but… I need to use his Dark Magician.' Seeming to understand what I needed, "My cards are yours, Ailis." I nodded as I stifled a giggle. 'Forgot that they don't know that Ailis and I switched places,'
"I'll release both Dark Magician and Ultimate Dark Magician Girl from the Magical Hats," I watched all the hats disappear as the magicians have shown themselves. "Now, I'll activate Polymerization and I fuse Dark Magician and Ultimate Dark Magician Girl together!" I watched the two vanish as I finished, "To summon the Dark Sorcerer Girl (3000 ATK 2300 DEF)!" The Dark Sorcerer Girl shown herself clad in purple robes like the Dark Magician with hair like Ultimate Dark Magician Girl and a long black staff that had green orbs on each end.
"Now I'll activate Dark Sorcerer Girl's special effect! For each spell-caster type monster in either player's graveyard, Dark Sorcerer Girl gains 500 ATK!" I smirk as I started to name each and every spell-caster in all of the graveyards. "Ya-Yugi's Dark Magician, my two Dark Magicians, my two Dark Magician Girls and my Ultimate Dark Magician Girl… how many ATK points does Dark Sorcerer Girl gain in all?" I discreetly frown when I almost had said Yami's name but hid it with a small smile.
"3-3000 ATK points!?" Everyone except Yami and I exclaimed.
"Now I'll move Dark Sorcerer Girl twelve spaces into the maze right in front of your Gate Guardian," The Dark Sorcerer Girl floated in front of the Gate Guardian and I finished, "Lastly, by activating Quick Attack I'll have Dark Sorcerer Girl attack your Gate Guardian with her 6000 ATK points!"
"Here Joey," I placed the two star chips I earned onto his palm. "Why are you giving me your star chips Ailis?" He asked dumbfounded as I held my dueling glove up and smiled. "I don't have any more room to put those leftover star chips," Everyone stared at my full duel glove as Yami asked, "When did you get ten star chips?" "I won a duel against someone," I vaguely reply as we all turn to the ParaDox brothers.
TIME SKIP- Ailis POV (Too lazy to input that… door guessing part)
"Thanks for letting me use your Dark Magician back there, Yugi." We exchanged smiles as he replied, "No problem Ailis, by the way what was that card you used again?" I blinked as I took out the card, "You mean the Dark Sorcerer Girl?" Yugi nodded as I handed it to him. "I would've never imagined there was a Fusion Monster that fuses both the Dark Magician and Ultimate Dark Magician Girl together!" He smiled brightly as he handed the Dark Sorcerer Girl back to me.
"Hey you two lovebirds, hurry up will ya!" Joey shouted as we blushed slightly. "Alright alright, we're coming!" Yugi and I ran over to the rest of the group as we all traveled up to Pegasus' castle. Suddenly, I saw someone familiar in the distance.
"S-Seto!?" I slightly gasped as Seto ignored me and requested a duel from Yugi. I slightly pout but brushed it off as we all gathered around to watch the rematch between Yugi and Seto. I could then feel Hikari and I switch again for the… fifth time today.
DUEL STARTS- Hikari's POV
I bit my lip as I watched Yami and Kaiba duel, 'This seems really familiar Ailis…' I could sense Ailis blink in confusion as I started to lose my vision. 'I feel… tired all of a sudden…' I told Ailis as she seemed to have fallen unconscious. I blinked multiple times to return my blurry vision to normal as my legs slid to the ground, 'What… what is happening?' Suddenly, a sudden picture had flashed itself in front of me. A pharaoh and a priest… are dueling with monsters…
'No… my eyes feel so heavy… I can't watch any longer.' I clutched my head as I fell onto the hard ground.
SOUL ROOM
"Hikari…" Ailis had spoken next to me as I scan the room. It was the archives… the place I seemed to love so much in my remaining memories. "We lost consciousness during the duel," I murmur as I glanced at the new door that had started to appear. It was covered in golden jewelry, "A new door has appeared Hikari…" Both Ailis and I had stood from the ground as I walked up to the door. "Open it Hikari, I have a feeling it's there for a reason." I nod at Ailis' words as I rested my hand on the handle and cautiously opened the door.
FLASH (NOTE: In the memories, it's set in third person and this takes place when Yami is 14 and Hikari is 13.)
"Aurelius, I knew you would be here." Yami had spoken from the entrance of the palace archives. "You know me so well…" Aurelius (Hikari) had softly smiled as she read a page from the book that held everything she needed to study, Legend of Melody. Yami quietly sat in the chair next to her as she softly spoke, "You've been gone for a long time… I missed you." Yami felt a small smile creep up to his face as he replied, "I missed you too…" There was a moment of silence between the two of them.
"What are you reading?" He suddenly asked out of the blue as he glanced at the book Aurelius had been reading. "Songs… really mysterious songs, somehow I feel as if I'm connected to these songs." Yami smiled wider as Aurelius then had begun to explain what happened when he was away. The bright smile she had worn had been revived the second Yami had asked, "Would you please sing a song for me?"
"The Fourth Song, 'Much More Than Life'." (NOTE: These lyrics do not belong to anyone else except Amai Itonami which is me.)
The pain, the suffering of others
Hatred, betrayal, the feeling of remorse
I'll make it disappear only for you
Regret, despair, dread
I'll sing away all your doubts
Distraught, fear, burdened
I'll have my voice heal all your negative feelings
The gate of live has opened…
The tears of youth have fallen…
There's much more in this world than life…
In a perfect world, everyone will get along-
In a perfect world, there's nothing better than life… with you.
The flow of music surrounds the people with a cheery tune every once in a while, the sun is shining like it's alive… alive.
There's much more in this world than life…
Yami smiled as the girl had finished, "Your voice is beautiful Aurelius," He complimented as he had stood from his seat. "Where are you going Yami?" Aurelius asked as the boy was going to leave. "I have somewhere I need to be but before I go," Yami walked over to the long ebony-violet haired girl and whispered into her ear. "Call me by my real name, At-." He smiled as he waved goodbye to her and added, "You're my one and only."
Curious as to why At- was leaving, Aurelius had followed him by hiding in the nearby shadows.
"Yami, I'm glad you decided to spend the day with me!" Aurelius could hear a familiar girl exclaim as Yami simply nodded, "Anything for you Alaes," He replied as Aurelius paused. 'Alaes…' Aurelius watched the two walk out the palace together in casual clothing.
FLASH
"Aurelius, what's wrong?" Amunet asked as the two were practicing magic. "Your aura seems very different today," She added as Aurelius smiled. "I'm fine… just a little fatigued is all." Amunet gave her an incredulous look as she walked up to the girl. "It was Alaes wasn't it…" The two girls were very wary of the girl Alaes, for she had been spending rather a lot of time with At—rather than attending lessons. "She's always skipping magic practice and the instructor pays no mind to it." Aurelius had sighed as the two girls had sat down on the ground. Recently, the two became closer and Amunet had been less monotonous towards her and only Aurelius.
"Indeed, do you ever wonder if she's going to become part of the Royal Court when Yami is crowned the Pharaoh?" Amunet asked as Aurelius murmured, "No doubt that she's going to end up as his wife." Amunet poked the girl's cheek as she replied with a smirk, "The only one that can take up that position is you." Aurelius bit her lip as she had sighed sorrowfully, "I'm only going to be his Songstress when that day comes and nothing else." Amunet frowned as she stood up pulling Aurelius with her. "Amunet, what are you doing?" The ebony-violet haired girl asked as Amunet started pulling her to their room.
"This looks better," Amunet commented as she walked around the shuffling girl. Aurelius was dressed in casual robes of linen and a simple pair of sandals rather than her usual dress as Amunet was the same. "Why did you feel the need to change my clothes?" The green-brown haired girl patted her shoulder as she replied, "We're going to the market of course!" Aurelius blinked in confusion, "Why are we going to the market without permission?" "I already have permission from Mana and we're going to relieve some of the stress you have." Amunet had replied with a small grin as the two exited the palace and pulled the hoods of their robes over their heads. "Thank you, Amunet."
"It's so lively here," Amunet remarked as Aurelius nodded in agreement. "It's a little nice for a change since we've been living in a quiet palace for a rather long time." The girls walked to a store that sold jewelry. "Hello, please have a look around." The nice shopkeeper had smiled as the two nodded. "They're very beautiful; did you make all of this yourself?" Aurelius asked as the shopkeeper nodded and took something out from behind the stand. "This'll be our little secret; since you're so polite I'll let you have this." The shopkeeper handed Aurelius a box that was filled with various fabrics and beads. "There's also a sewing kit for you to use," Aurelius smiled brightly as she whispered, "Thank you miss, it's so kind and generous of you to do so." The shopkeeper returned her smile and whispered back, "Make good use of it,"
"That shopkeeper was very nice," Aurelius commented as she and Amunet started walking around again. "Is that who I think it is?" Amunet had slightly gasped as Aurelius blinked, "What is it Amunet?" Amunet quickly pulled Aurelius into an alley as she placed her back against the wall. "What are you hiding?" Aurelius asked as she was about to exit the alley. "Don't look!" Amunet whispered as Aurelius paused and glanced back at Amunet who grabbed her arm. "I'm sure it's nothing," Aurelius smiled as she walked out a little bit,
"Yami this is so beautiful, thank you for buying this for me! It even says, 'my one and only'!" Alaes had exclaimed excitedly as her head rested on Yami's shoulder and he had put the golden bracelet around her wrist. "It's nothing," He replied as Alaes' arm had hooked around his. "Where should we go next?" She asked as the two had walked away. Amunet could see that Aurelius' hands had clutched the box tighter and her head stare down with her bangs covering her eyes. Slowly, Amunet saw one by one… liquid dripping from Aurelius' eyes. "Aurelius…" The ebony-violet haired girl bitterly smiled up at Amunet as the liquid was spilling swiftly. "One and only, huh…"
FLASH (BACK TO THE SOUL ROOM IN THE PRESENT- Hikari's POV)
"Is this what sorrow feels like?" I could feel an unknown liquid spill from my eyes as my heart ached. "Hikari…" Ailis had whispered as she tried to wipe away the liquid from my face but it was no use. "It hurts…" I choked out weakly as I tried to gasp for air. "What is this…?" Ailis bitterly smiled as she replied, "You're crying Hikari… you're experiencing sadness." I could feel her embrace me comfortingly. Suddenly, I could feel something flood my mind.
The feeling of sorrow
Spinning, curling, enveloping
What is this?
Defenseless, damaged, doomed
The feeling of remorse
What is this?
I can't feel myself anymore
Why am I constantly crying over you?
Why can't I control my emotions for you?
Why can't I just close myself?
The feeling of sorrow
All around me, the air I can barely breathe
Why can't I just disappear?
FLASH (STILL Hikari's POV)
"YAMI!" My voice shouts the loudest it could be as I regain my consciousness and the liquid from my eyes were blurring my vision. Suddenly, I could feel myself switch with Ailis again…
Ailis' POV
"Yugi…" He was on the ground as Seto called an attack to win the duel. Without thinking, I rushed over to his side. "Yugi, are you alright?" He was shuddering as he stared at the ground and tears had fallen from his eyes. I embraced him as I tried to comfort him,
The pain, the suffering of others
Hatred, betrayal, the feeling of remorse
I'll make it disappear only for you
Regret, despair, dread
I'll sing away all your doubts
Distraught, fear, burdened
I'll have my voice heal all your negative feelings
I softly sang as the others had rushed towards us, "I almost couldn't control it… this other presence deep inside me… he was willing to go all the way against Kaiba!" Yugi shouted as the Joey and Tristan had no idea what he was talking about. "Like me, Yugi has some sort of ancient spirit inside him. It has something to do with our Millennium Items." I slowly nod understanding what he meant. "I'm afraid… I'm afraid of this spirit inside me… so afraid that I'll never duel again…" I bit my lip as I pulled him closer to comfort him. Next to me, I could hear Tea yell to Seto.
"I have all that I need," Seto had replied to Tea as he was leaving. "Seto, what happened to you?" I spoke up as I could see Seto pause, "I grew a spine Ailis, maybe you should too." He replied softer than he did Tea and left. 'I understand he did it for Mokuba but… he didn't have to go so far as to suicide!'
"Ailis, get Grandpa back for me…" I hear Yugi whisper as I shook my head. "I'm not going in that castle without you Yugi…" He bitterly smiled as he replied, "I'll be with you… just not dueling." I could feel a tear fall from my eye, "No it wouldn't be right… I duel because you give me strength Yugi! Without you dueling beside me… it doesn't feel right…"
Yugi hadn't respond since then, "I'll talk to him…" I say to Tea as she nodded seeing that I knew how it feels to have a spirit inside me.
"Hey Yugi…" I started as I sat down next to him. "I know what it feels like to have a spirit inside me… another presence." I took out the Millennium Mirror from my hair and held it, "In here is the spirit, her name is Hikari." I explained as I get no response from him but… his eyes did glance at the mirror. "I've known Hikari since I moved away from here when we were little." I continued as I still get no response. "At first, it was uncomfortable sharing a body with a spirit and I also feared Hikari at that time. What if she took over my body to do something horrible? Is what I thought at the time," I could sense Hikari chuckle from inside the Millennium Mirror. "But, in time I got to know Hikari a little better and we're the best of friends now." I smile as I place the Millennium Mirror back in my hair. "Everyone makes mistakes Yugi, I'm sure Ya- the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle understood that you wanted to save Grandpa Mutou and he wanted to save him for you. That's why he was willing to risk it, because he wanted to save your grandfather Yugi." I finished as I smile softly but… still no answer.
Suddenly, Joey came around and tried to hand Yugi his star chips but still no answer. Although what really surprised me was that when Yugi still didn't answer, Joey grabbed him by his collar and started yelling at him. "Huh, if this is how you treat your friends I don't want to see how you treat your enemies." I heard a familiar voice comment. "If you have enough star chips to enter the castle then why are you hanging around here?" Joey explained the situation vaguely as I slightly nod.
"Now I'm returning the favor," Mai had opened her hand to reveal five star chips. I glanced at her dueling glove, 'She also has ten star chips, way to go Mai.' I then sweatdropped at the others' remark as Mai showed them her dueling glove to show that she isn't an idiot and smirked. I looked to Yugi who still had a blank look on his face as the others had tried to speak to him. 'He really is traumatized…'
SOMETIME LATER AT SOME POINT
Before Shining Friendship had attacked Harpy Lady, I glanced at Mai who's hand was about to flip over a card but didn't. 'She had a card that could defeat Tea but didn't use it, could it have been Harpy's Feather Duster?' It was now Mai's turn and she had put her hand over her card, from the corner of my eye I could see Yugi react. 'He knows its Harpy's Feather Duster too…'
I watched the exchange between Yugi and Tea and smiled, 'Yugi's finally going to duel again!' We're all going to Pegasus' castle together and hopefully, nothing traumatizing will happen.
"Hey Ailis," I hear Yugi say as I glanced at him. "The spirit of the Millennium Mirror, she's not a bad person is she?" I smile as I reply, "At first I didn't trust her, but I tried talking to her one day and realized she isn't all that bad. Maybe you should try talking to the spirit of your Millennium Puzzle." Yugi smiled and nodded, "That doesn't sound too bad when you say it."
END OF CHAPTER TWELVE
Anyone else ecstatic because I am! We're almost done with Duelist Kingdom and saving Grandpa Mutou! Also, Battle City is only a few chapters away! Can you feel the excitement? Not as much heavy storyline to copy because Ailis will be going around with only Hikari… or would you readers like to have Ailis accompany Yugi along with Hikari and Yami?
Anyway, when I was writing that one memory of Hikari's I tried to put in something that had more depth and have PresentHikari feel what PastAurelius had felt. After all, they're the same person so I wanted Hikari to have more character.
Also, who's still excited for Battle City?
By the way I want to note that in Hikari's memories that at some points I'll refer to him as Yami and at some specific points I'll refer to him as At-. I've put the static there because it's way to early for her to know Yami's real name if anyone was curious. Also please give this story lots of love in the near future and I hope everyone keeps on reading because I think that Battle City is where it gets exciting. Sorry, I'm just really excited to end Duelist Kingdom because I've watched so many episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh I'm ahead of what I already have written.
But yeah, please read and review and I hope that this story becomes a great success in the Yu-Gi-Oh fanfiction archive!