Ok so out of everyone who review for the prvious chapter [two people T_T] only Velgamidragon got it right so congrats to them. here is your viturel congrats. anyway so here is the next chapter, way earlier then normal but to some of you thats a good thing i supose.
Don't own Yugioh .this episode made me tear up at the end, i am such a bit softy, stick me in a room with a good tear jerker and i cry like their is no tommorow.
Chapter sixteen: Self destruction part 1
YAMIS POV…
"The seal only needs one of us, so I am letting it take me instead" Yugi said
Didn't this already happen, I cried out to him, was I dreaming
My eyes flew open and with a gasp of air I shot up. I didn't recognize where we were,
"Hold on was it all a dream" I thought, no Yugi was missing and we had fallen of that cliff…wait where was Tea.
I glanced to my left to see an unconscious Tea. I gave a sigh of relief.
"Tea wake up"
She opened her eyes much to my happiness and sat up.
"Where are we" she said "the last thing I remember was…"
Before she could finish we heard a deep throated bark. Something was running at us. A wolf it seemed.
It jumped onto Tea who screamed.
"No Tea" I cried when she began to laugh. The wolf was licking her.
I lifted its head and was face to face with me. I back my head away when it jumped onto me.
The wolf started to lick my face and I protested.
"Sky get back here, Sky" I heard a child voice call.
I little girl with brown hair, traveling like clothing and a hat entered the hut we were in.
"That's no way to treat our guests" she said, the wolf whimpered "sorry if she woke you up"
Before I could say anything a black and white dog ran past and jumped onto me. I realized as she began to lick my face and bark that it was Anu.
I blinked at her as she nuzzled me with her head. How did she get all the way out here?
"We found her chasing the track" the girl said and she unconsciously answered my question.
"Who are you" I said
"You can call me Chris" she said and the wolf walked over to her.
"And you've already met sky" she hugged the animal around the waist.
"She's the one who found you; she was sniffing around for food and ended up sniffing out you guys instead."
Anu got of me and went over to Sky. They looked at one another and the marking under Anu's eyes began to glow. A marking under sky's eye appeared and began to glow. Was sky a magic seeker?
Anu barked happily and tackled Sky to the ground. They rolled around backing and playing like I had seen some other dogs do. It seemed Sky was a magic seeker, one Anu knew.
ANUS POV… before Yami fell.
I followed the man from my past, Iron heart, to a camp he had set up. We walked to a hut where a little girl I admittedly recognized came running out to greet him. Once she saw me she blinked then smiled.
"Kasbah" she cried ah yes the name that was given to me by the sorceress who created me. Darts gave me the name Tahiti later on. Only Chris and….
Kasbah, Is that you? A soft voice said
Sky! I turned and there was a grey wolf standing behind me. It was sky, she was alive.
Yes sky, it's me
She and I broke into a grin and I turned and ran at her. She had been my partner in the times of Atlantis, by all rights she was my sister for we had been created on the same day.
It is so great to see you I said
I had hoped I would meet her again, I had ran into many magic seekers over the years but none of them had been Sky, I had always wondered where she had gone. No I knew.
It is wonderful to see you Kasbah
We tackled each other to the ground and played with one another like we had when we were pups. Suddenly a sharp pain went through me and I howled.
Sky backed away like she had hurt me but I kept howling, my master was in trouble.
"Do not fear Sky, her master is in danger, we must go and retrieve him." Iron-heart said as I passed out in pain.
Present time Anu's POV…
I smiled a bit at the memory as sky lead us to Iron-heart. I walked in between the nice smelling girl and the other master. We came to where Iron-heart was. He was picking up my other masters deck.
Sky walked over to him and he said her name in his soft voice.
"I see your strength is back" he said "and that you were reunited with your dog. Should watch her better, she was attacked by wild coyotes but seems to have still had the strength to follow you."
The two humans looked down at me as I panted.
"Yes, thank you" the other master said as I wrapped my tail around his foot.
"Pleased to hear it, you two had me worried. By the way, the name is Iron-heart; I believe this belongs to you"
He handed my other master his deck. The other master narrowed his eyes at whatever the tip card was.
"Pardon for me being intrusive but I couldn't help but notice you possess the legendary eye of Timaus. The only one of his kind."
"Take it" the other master said and I whined, my suspicion confirmed, Timaus did abandon him.
He held out the card to Iron-heart.
"I am not disserving of its power"
"That's not true" the nice smelling girl said and I barked in agreement.
"I'll hold it until you're ready" he said looking at the card in sorrow.
"Did you find another kid" the nice smelling girl said while looking around.
I frowned, that's right; they must have had an opponent on the train.
"He had glasses and a bad haircut. He was on the train with us when it crashed" She said
"No I am afraid you were the only ones we found. Perhaps you friend was able to escape before the train fell off that cliff. I assure you there wasn't another soul on board."
I snorted at his bad joke as the other master said
"I highly doubt Weevil was able to escape. Not in the condition he was in." a look of understanding passed through Iron-hearts eyes. "I am afraid there is a greater power at work here"
Iron-heart smiled at the master and said
"I must say young man you seem to possess a wisdom that reaches far beyond your years. Though I have encountered many people and creatures in my travels, but there is something about you I've never seen before. Something in your eyes, "
Sky walked forward to me and looked at the master she then laid down.
"I am also sensing a great deal of loneliness in your heart"
The other master looked away and said
"That's because I recently lost a very close friend of mine. Now I am on a journey to find his soul." his fists clenched.
Iron-heart nodded to me and said
"What will you do if you find him?"
"I will apologies for betraying his trust and abandoning him."
I nudged him as unshed tears gathered in his eyes but did not fall.
"Hm, I might just be able to help you" Iron-heart said and walked away. "Follow me."
I nodded to the other master and followed after him and sky.
"On the way I will tell you a tale about your magic seeker, and how she defied her death."
YAMIS POV….
I stared wide eyed at the back of the man we were following. He knew how to find Yugi and knew the story of Anu?
They followed the trail that led up the mountain in deep into the wilderness. Iron-heart and Chris leading, me and Tea were following the old man and his granddaughter. Sky and Anu walked together behind us.
"You know the basics of the magic seekers legend right?" questioned Iron-heart.
"Yes" I said.
"They were designed for two things, hunting dark magic and protecting their masters, but" he paused and looked back at us "what would she do if her master was the dark magic, hat was never determined."
I looked at Anu with new found awe.
"She was the king of Atlantis's magic seeker. But when the king chose the side of evil. She had to chose; she chose the side of good and almost died because of it. A priestess by the name of Narcissi had been one of the sorcerers who had created your magic seeker. She had also predicted the fall of Atlantis. She came to a dying magic seeker and gave her just enough life to escape from the falling city and into the main world. She died in the hands of a shaman and there her cycle of rebirth was anew."
I began to wonder what part of the story he played in for he knew quite a bit of Anu's tale.
"Uhhh Mr. Iron-heart" Tea said breaking the silence "Where are we going."
"Patience my dear Friend" he said not answering her question."
I heard a crumbling behind me and Tea gives a shout as I swung back to grab her hand as part of the cliffs under her foot gave out.
"Did I mention to watch your step" Chris said innocently "oh and its probably better if you don't look down"
"Don't worry our destination's not very far from here at all" Iron-heart said
"What happens when we arrive" I said
"We'll have crossed over to the other side. To the place where the spirits dwell" He said
Anu barked at him from behind me as they moved forward, us following.
"You see my people believe human souls exist all around us. And just beyond this mountain is a sacred valley where drifting souls are said to gather as they wonder along."
"And you think my friend may be there" I said letting hope filter into my voice. I had to see Yugi again.
"Perhaps, but there are evil spirits there as well. Finding the soul you seek is easy, leaving with your own, is another thing"
Anu growled at his cryptic words and I narrowed my eyes. I would see Yugi again.
We came to a stop and he said
"It's not too late to back out."
"I must go" I said or this shadow of doubt will never leave, and my darkness will consume me, I added this in my mind.
I did say
"I owe it to Yugi"
We traveled to a cliff edge and looked down. Below was a double circle carved into the ground? Broken rocks and trees lay around it.
"There it is" Iron-heart said.
"What do we do when we get there?" I asked
"Not we, you must enter the sacred circle on your own. After all this is your journey"
"Very well I accept the challenge"
Anu whined and I turned to her.
"Don't worry girl" I said while placing my hand on her head "I will make things right"
I turned and said
"Yugi" I then ran down the cliff into the valley.
ANUS POV….
I watched the other master go as Iron-heart and Chris stopped the nice smelling girl. I hoped he would come back safely and be able to talk to the master. I glared at Iron-heart. Not because I was mad at him, more like annoyed at his cryptic words from earlier. The other master had enough to worry about.
YAMIS POV...
I entered the valley and made my way to the center.
Yugi I know you're here
As I walked forward I began to hear laughter, laughter I recognized right away but I kept my eyes trained on the center.
I stopped and looked around as they laughter got louder
"Who's there?" I called out.
Lightning went off above as I walked forward. The wind began to pick up and lightning flashed
"Turn back" someone said
"Show yourself" I demanded.
White souls flew out of the ground and gathered.
ANUS POV….
White souls flew around my master as the spirits gathered and Iron-heart explained
"Your friend's attracting lost souls that seek revenge."
I growled whishing I was down there help him as his past enemies took form.
YAMIS POV…
The voices were bunched together as they flew around angrily.
"Never" was one I could hear clearly. That and laughter.
"Your spirit will join us" one said forming in front of me. It took the face of the two twins from duelist kingdom. Then they were gone.
More began to form and I clenched my jaw and walked forward.
Bandit Keith appeared and one of Marik's old rare hunters.
I walked by each one any they vanished. Arcana and Yami Marik appeared. I closed my eyes and walked on. Weevil even appeared and I simply walked through him.
"I am letting the seal take me instead" Yugi's last words to me played in my head over and over again as I walked.
I finally reached the middle and said
"Yugi" I called
The souls began to come together and form one being.
ANUS POV…
"You see that Tea" I looked over to Chris "that means a spirit is crossing over our world. Keep watching"
I frowned, Chris's voice always creepy. The other master better prepare, this will be one of his toughest battles yet. He had to face, his fear.
YAMIS POV….
The white cleared away to show the one I wanted to see. My Abiou.
"Is that really you" he said looking tired
"Yugi" I said in awe. It was him. "I found you" I said walking forward to hug him. I really need to hug him, to see if he was real.
When my arms went to wrap around him I passed though. I turned and looked at my light.
"You came all this way just to see me" he said
"Of course" I said not able to read the expression on his face "I wanted to say how sorry I am"
"I'm sorry to, I wished this whole thing had never happened." he said looking away.
"It's my fault" I said "surrendered to my inner darkness. I allowed my anger to take over and you paid the price." I felt like crying, this wasn't fare to him. "Now that your gone, the darkness is starting to grow, without your light to keep me pure, I am becoming evil Yugi, Abiou"
I looked down in shame
"I am beginning to believe that what Raphael said about me is true. Perhaps I was a wicked Pharaoh. What if I am the one responsible for the destruction of Egypt, if I am capable of such horrific behavior then it's my soul that should be locked away"
There I poured my heart out to Yugi.
"Well what good is that now" Yugi said turning to me in anger…? "I am the one locked away forever, not you."
"I am sorry" I said again and I would say it a million more times if he it got me his forgiveness.
"Well the last thing I need is your pity pharaoh." he yelled at me.
Pity?" I didn't pity him, I cared about him, and I wanted his forgiveness. I stared at him as he walked by me. Yugi was angry with me, furious even. He hated me.
"If your evil there is only one thing to do."
"What are you saying" I whispered.
With a glow, a duel disk appeared on his arm and he faced me.
"You said it yourself didn't you; your spirit should be locked away with mine"
He wanted to duel me?
"And I am going to do it"
"Wait" I called, was he mad "you miss understood me"
"Oh so now, you take back what you said, make up your mind. You don't disserve a part of this world"
I know that damit, I wanted to shout, but did he have to though it back in my face.
"Yugi" I said stepping back from him.
"It's about time you started taking some responsibility for what you've done. There's only one thing left to do and you know it. You need to be a man for once and face me in a duel now."
"No please" I didn't want to duel him; I didn't have the heart to duel him.
"To late, it's time for to pay" he said "if you're really sorry do this"
I looked down then activated my duel disk why looking sadly at my other half. Ra has happened to you.
"It's time to duel" he said
ANUS POV….
"So wait he is going to duel himself, why?" the nice smelling girl said
"This is the only way" Iron-heart responded
"That's why we took you guys here, so the pharaoh can face is other half."
I knew the nice smelling girl was confused at their revilement of knowing the other masters identity. But I had other things to worry about, like if the other master would survive this duel and realize its true purpose.
"He has to deal with what he did so he can put it all behind him and finally move on." Chris continued
"How do you know all this stuff" she asked
"We've always know this" she said and I got a bit of a chill down my spine. "We were taught that a warrior would come to save our world and as soon as we found you guys we knew that he was the one."
Cryptic isn't she I said to Sky
Sky just snorted used to the girls talk.
"So what's he suppose to do now?" questioned the nice smelling girl.
"His first step is to face inner fear and conquer the darkness that lurks within his heart. But if he loses this battle the pharaoh's spirit will remain here forever"
Way to add the pressure old man I thought with a growl. Come on other master you can do this.
YAMIS POV….
As we drew my dread grew. I really didn't want to fight Yugi, why was he acting this way, did he really hate me that much. Was it this place or was it Darts. I couldn't keep my thoughts straight.
"I'll start things off" Yugi said "By summoning one monster face down on the field."
He did so and looked at me and I was taken aback by the look in his eyes, he really hated me.
"Now let's see what you've got. Unless your too scared"
"Very well" I said not taking my eyes off him "if I must"
I summoned a monster and had it attack his face down card.
They were the same monster.
"Yugi" I called catching on "we're holding the same cards aren't we."
"Let's find out" he said and his voice sound mocking in my ears
He summoned another card face down. What was he trying to do?
I held out two cards and fused my monsters together. I was still trying to wrap my head around the fact Yugi hated me. This was just coming natural, me dueling.
I attacked Yugi again with my magnet warrior.
I attacked him directly without even thinking about it. By the time I realized it, it had already happened.
That's strange, if we do have the same hand, then why didn't he play monster reborn, he could have used it to bring back his gazelle and block my attack. For some reason he's holding back. Could Yugi be trying to lose the duel on purpose or is he trying to throw me off with a strategy he's never used before"
This was all very confusing; we had built this deck together. We had poured both of our hearts into it, how could we duel each other. What he knew I knew and vice versa.
"You activated it's special ability" I came back to the real world at the end of his talking.
"Letting me move a monster from my deck to my hand"
"Yes good move" I said still not knowing what he was doing.
"I don't need your support, I've place this face down, then I will place this, Card destruction."
"But why?" I asked
"So I can start over and our hands will be different. Disappointed, now you can't cheat anymore"
Cheat! I hated cheaters, why would I do that?
"Why are you acting like this" I said, enough is enough
"I am just a reflection of you"
"What do you mean Yugi?"
He was talking in riddles and circles and I couldn't make heads or tails of it.
"You don't get it do you? You and I are exactly the same so the darkness that's in your heart, is also inside my heart"
No, we weren't the same, we were two different souls, and how could this be. Our link, which must be it, our link was contaminated by the Orichalcos
"Yugi, I wish I could take it back" I was truly sorry for what I had done to him.
"To late" he said "You've already shown me who you really are. An evil pharaoh who cares only for himself. Face the facts you didn't care what happened to me so long as you had power, now it's my turn"
I wasn't even listening anymore, it wasn't true, and I did care about Yugi, Why was he doing this? Yugi's light was stronger than anything, why would he act like this. Wait…..
"Yugi, wait are you holding the card I think you are"
A sad look appeared on his face which confused me
"It sounds like your starting to catch on your highness." I snorted at the term "this duel is a chance for you look at yourself from the outside. And there's only one card that make that happen"
He closed his eyes and brought the card closer, he still looked sad about something
"The seal of Orichalcos"
"Yugi no" I cried
The green circle appeared around him as his eyes darkened. The seal grew and spread around us. A miniature version appeared on his head and his eyes turned red. Ra was this what I looked like to him when I played it.
"Now it's payback time. For taking my soul."
"This is a mistake" I said THAT ugly thing was never meant to be on Yugi's head.
"Come on just replace your hand already, I played card destruction."
I growled and discarded my hand
"Or don't you remember"
That was a cheap shot, mocking my absence of memory.
"And now for my next move" he said "I activate monster reborn and I will use it to bring back my dark magician girl."
The blonde haired woman appeared
"Then I summon obnoxious Celtic Guardian"
The elf to appeared
"Pharaoh" Yugi called taunting me "you know what happens next"
"Stop this now" I called
"Now the Orichalcos serves my monsters"
The monsters power roes and he had the elf attack me followed by dark magician girl.
My life points dropped to 3100
"I use my chimera's special ability to summon berfomet in defense mode." I said
"Big deal, what else have you got" Yugi was beginning to sound like a lot of villains we had faced together.
"I've got this"
I drew a card and with a glow big shield gardna appeared.
This should protect my life points from Dark magician girl's attack I thought
Yugi smirked, Yugi! Smirking
"That's all" he said "I play queens knight in attack mode, and to boost my fire power I'll activate magic formula. It raises Dark magician girls attack points by 500"
A book appeared in her hands and her life points roes.
"3000 attack points" I said
"Queens knight attack" he said
The knight flew forward and destroyed my monster.
Dark magician girl then attacked my shield. Then Celtic guardian attacked me directly.
"It won't be long now pharaoh" he said smiling.
"Yugi, don't do this" I said
"It's hurts doesn't it but it only gets worse" he said "soon you'll be locked away forever, where you belong."
I placed a card face down, trying to keep his words from getting to me. I also summoned giant solider of stone. I then activated my swords of reviling light to buy me some time.
This gives me three turns to talk some sense into Yugi
"Your swords mean nothing, I have a card that can blast right threw them. You should have know that, it's a card you played before."
He couldn't be talking about…
"Now I sacrifice my Celtic Guardian to summon my catapult turtle."
"This is what I did last time" I said
"Exactly, so it's time for you to experience the consequences of you own evil. Now you'll never duel again. It's all over." He turned to his monster "Alright queens knight I sacrifice you"
Queens's knight appeared on the turtles back.
"Yugi no!" I called remembering how I did this to my monsters.
"Launch catapult Turtle" Yugi called echoing my thoughts
The knight was launched in the air and fired at me. In a ball of glowing flames it exploded blinding me and knocking me off my feet."
ANUS POV….
I leapt to my feet in panic as the girl next to me cried out. The smoke cleared to revile he was ok. I sighed; this was a long painful duel to watch.
It only made me wonder what the duel with Darts would be like…if we made it that far.
YAMIS POV….
I shook my head and whipped my eyes trying to see as my life points dropped.
"One more attack and you'll become a prisoner of the Orichalcos just like me."
"Oh no" I said as I stood. He was right only one more attack to go. "I can't lose"
I stood and faced my Abiou "if I do then I can't set you free and two worlds will crumble"
"So what, your evil remember, last time you didn't care who suffered"
His words shocked me; if I was evil would I care about this world.
"Yugi, I am begging you" I cried as Dark magician was loaded for firing "please don't go through with this"
"To late" he gained the sad look again "Attack"
"Yugi no!!!! I won't let you do this." I shook my head fighting with myself finally I screamed "I activate the trap card, divine wind."
I knew the wind would direct the attack back at Yugi but I couldn't bear to watch.
"He did it" I thought I heard him say.
My eyes snapped open at the sound of his scream.
"What have I done?" I said staring "Yugi!"
The monsters disappeared and my duel disk shut down as I ran to my partner lying on the floor.
"Yugi"
I bent down and lifted him up
"Come on; speak to me" I begged him "please"
He opened his eyes and they were almost normal, he smiled kindly at me.
"You pass the test pal" he said weakly
"What test?" I questioned
"What are you talking about, did you plan this all along" in the end I sounded like I was scolding a child for a prank.
"It was the only way" he smiled as the seal disappeared "by defeating me, you were able to defeat the darkness that was inside your heart. It wasn't easy but you did what was best for me and for mankind"
Tears gathered in my eyes, threatening to fall as I stared at Yugi, poor Yugi I had brought so much pain on him.
"You acted like a true hero"
"But now what" I asked
"Take care of Anu; she is here to help you. Don't give up this fight" he said as he began to glow "remember always with you"
He then vanished into a thousand lights and my arms were empty. The tears fell then and I cried.
"I WILL SAVE YOU YUGI" I called to the heavens "no matter what it takes."
ANUS POV…
Iron-heart glanced at me and said
"Go to him Anu"
I didn't need further invitation. I tore down the hill to my master, as a feeling something was about to go wrong settled with him me.
To be continued…..
Whoh chapter 16 done, now one to more Anu stuff, yeah things to look forward to, Anu in action, get ready for it.