I know you're all going to hate me at the end but I have a confession to make. The Dark Magician in this story isn't really Yugi's Dark Magician alright. So there we go, that's why whatever spell or bond with Yugi didn't work. I haven't seen the Dawn of the Duel and I wish I did 'cause Atem is so cool, and I love him so much..but I never saw it. Just don't s
Chapter Eleven- The Orchid of Fate
Seto Kaiba sat game faced in his limo as the cavalry of construction workers circled the road towards the innocent ice cream shop. A hunter to his game. Now he could ruin the fun of his little blond haired nemesis and boost sales, and praises of his workers. Yet something had been disturbing him that night. The way the girl from the ice cream shop reacted to him. There was a long time that he hadn't been treated like a human being..just a empty shell cast away, or a moneymaking tool like the boardroom. Seto slapped himself in the face to empty his thoughts. What am I thinking..I'm nothing of the sort. Wing got me wrong and now she's going to pay for this.
"Master Kaiba! We can't go any further." the limo driver began.
"What? Why not?!" Kaiba snapped as he forced open the door. He looked up at his gigantic bulldozer army and saw a very disturbing thing. A gigantic tree in the place of the old woman's ice cream shop! "That..can't be possible!"
"Who are you? What have you done to Lady Orchid?" Wing cried towards the tree as she hovered with a scared Serenity in her arms. The tree grimaced evilly as she shown her viciously sharp teeth.
"I am Vampire Orchis..Queen of the Death Swept trees." the tree announced wavering it's snake like branches in the air moving the blood red flowers who hungrily licked their chops. "I have been imprisoned on this god forsaken planet by the Goddess of Creation Venus. I will do anything to get back to the World which she banished me from..By using you!"
"Us? Why us?" Dark Magician retorted as he aided Tea get up from the ground.
"You two hold the key to getting back to the Monster Realm and I wish to reclaim it." Vampire Orchis shouted. "And if I don't get it now..the Other Realm would perish because of you!"
"Oh boy..not this again!" Joey muttered under his breath.
"Yeah, we kinda have had enough of the "saving the world" scenario for years to comes you good for nothing tree!" Tristan groaned, as he leant on the rubble for support. Wing was in tears.
"What have you done with Lady Orchid?" Wing said with remorse. "What had she done to you to deserve this?"
"Hmm..I needed someone who housed the intellect of the Other world as well as the magical arts. For she is my slave." the Vampire Orchis remarked with a wry smile, as on top of her branches Lady Orchid spread her arms out wide as if she was to sacrifice herself to the Gods and cackled.
"So she's a real witch?" Tea asked exasperated.
"She's wicca. I heard about a circle of wiccans who established connections to an unknown world..that was centred here in town." Yugi remarked remarkably. "Could she have had connection to the Realm of Duel Monsters?"
"You are right.. little one." Vampire Orchis hissed in reply. "The coven of the Goddess Venus was located right in the cellars to the shop, and practised locating the other realm by abducting monsters into the world and capturing them. I was sent to Earth, was shrunk and imprisoned in a jar after the Goddess of Creation Venus caught me my last rampage and left in Mistress Orchid's guard."
"The sin that took over.." the Dark Magician murmured. "A Vampire Orchis was seen destroying the forest of Purity. I remember that assignment to take you down from the Council's orders."
"The Council was not enough torture..compared to life on Earth." the tree gabbed evilly, and looked down to the humans scattered on the ground. "You Earthlings, are as cruel and despicable as the old woman was..living a life with no purpose or care. Leaving people to obtain selfish and cruel deeds. By all that you've done, you should be exterminated."
"You're Wrong Vampire Orchis!" Wing exclaimed as she flew in front of the gnarly old tree staring it in the face. "Humans show compassion to others..they may have made you unwelcome and thrown away and seemed distant.."
Seto Kaiba watched silently, his mouth open as he looked to the sky to see the purple haired psycho yelling at the talking tree with wings on her back and carrying Joey's sister. A pang of discouragement lead him to believe that he was too harsh on the girl and just wanted to see him and his brother happy. He heard Wing's attempts to talk to the beast through broken tears.
"But they have warm hearts, and can welcome people in..even if they do not know who the person actually is on the inside." Wing clamoured, the yellow orblike eyes of the Vampire Orchis narrowed confusedly. "The only thing evil about this place..is you!"
"I may have been sentenced to exile here, and I may have been almost put into a pot and boiled to a crisp by a crackpot witch.." the Vampire Orchis replied darkly, whipping her vines around in anger. "..but I didn't think I'd be taking over the world when a stubborn brat like you would be in my way!"
"Wing look out!" The Dark Magician started as he watched helplessly as the tree began to coil the angel around with her vine tentacles. Just as the creature seized hold of her wings Wing began to cry out in pain and began to loosen her grip onto Serenity. The patient magician couldn't believe his eyes as his only love had become victim to the sin of the forest, he thought he had no other choice as he saw Serenity slip from Wing's arms and began to tumble down a very high fall. The Dark Magician conjured himself into the air and bravely caught the falling damsel who shivered in his arms.
"Man, having those dreams about falling and you can't reach the ground aren't as terrifying as the real thing." Serenity gasped, as she looked shocked to find herself in the arms of the purple armoured magician. She asked "Uh..Is this still a dream?" and collapsed as they floated to the ground, Joey rushing to see his sister.
"What do you think your doing with your paws on my sister?!" Joey shouted angrily.
"Calm down Joey, he just saved her you know." Tristan groaned towards his friend.
"So what..he keeps sayin' to stop touchin' his sister why doesn't he do the same!" Joey shouted, the Dark Magician banged his staff on the floor to get their attention as Serenity woke up.
"Do well. Now I understand what Wing has been telling me all along..that humans are compassionate, and decent." the Dark Magician remarked in his low voice, he bowed down before Joey who jumped back surprised as ever. "You have been an honourable opponent.. Joey, but I have to do something I wanted to do a long time ago."
"What?" Joey uttered as Dark Magician began to float away from the group. He looked up at Wing who was being squeezed tightly by the vine, crushing her spirits and her soul, he knew he was about to make a huge sacrifice for Wing's sake as he took up his staff and derived an attack towards the infamous tree.
"Dark Magic Attack!!" he bellowed as a great light sparked the staff and shot a beam of energy into one of the branches causing Vampire Orchis to let go of Wing as the branch caught fire. The Dark Magician streaked through the sky and tried to grab Wing out of the air. For the second time he could feel the warmth of her body close to his. Her wings were drawn in as she looked innocent as an angel, her brown eyes melted away at his heart.
"You saved me.." she murmured, unexpectedly. Dark Magician's cheeks blushed a scarlet red, as he drawn her head closer to him. Wing could feel the tears rolling down his face and hear the beating of his heart, it was as if she heard and felt him all her life. From the corner of her eye she could see the Orchis's trunk weaving around to see what had happened and caught sight of the magician.
"Wing, I just want to say..that I will always protect you no matter what. Even if we are far away.." The Dark Magician whispered teary eyed as they floated, he clutched her dearly. Wing stared to see Vampire Orchis staring right at them evilly, the buds on the branches hissing viciously, exposing their teeth.
"Darren!" she cried as she saw Lady Orchid chanting on top of the tree filling Vampire Orchis with dark energy. Yet Dark Magician didn't even bother looking back.
"Even if we are far apart.."
"Look out Dark Magician!" Yugi shouted from down below. Still the Dark Magician didn't look back.
"I know how to take care of this situation!" the evil Vampire Orchis bellowed, as she began to whip three of her dangerous branches. "By Taking out the Root of the problem!"
"Darren No!" Wing warned as the branch edged closer and closer.
"I will always love you.."
With that said, the Dark Magician spread his arms apart and let go of Wing, casting her away from the evil branch whose blossom opened it's mouth and devoured the Dark Magician whole. Wing spread her wings to cushion her landing as she gazed helplessly at the blood red sky. Tears cold as ice fell onto the ground as Wing Weaver had lost her Dark Magician and there to be touch nevermore.
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