Chapter 11- Death Becomes Us
Everyone whirled around to find themselves facing a rather enraged Menthos and an even more infuriated Maytrine.
"So, I guess you finally recovered from your encounter with the wall." Yugi said.
"What are you talking about?" Bakura asked.
"Menthos thought that the chains forged in ancient Egypt would be enough to hold me, but he found out that they were not. I sent them crashing into the wall. It knocked them unconscious." Yugi explained.
Heba looked at Menthos and Maytrine. "I thought that you would have known that my brother's power couldn't be stopped by those chains." Heba said.
"I thought that since you could be held by them, The Treasure would as well." Menthos said.
Yugi's face became angered. "One, my name is Yugi. Two, Heba's powers are not nearly as vast and potent as mine." Yugi said.
Maytrine glanced around. "Where are the elites?" Maytrine growled.
Heba smirked. "I believe that they are dust now." Heba said.
Menthos' eyes widened. "You killed them?!" Menthos shouted.
"Yes, we did." Yugi said.
"You forget that they are not invincible. The elites gave up their humanity to serve you, so they were nothing but soulless bodies." Heba said.
"They just turn to dust when they are fatally injured." Yugi said.
"Sounds like there's a lot of flaws in this so called plan of yours." Yami said.
"There are no flaws!" Maytrine shouted.
"You are mine, treasure. Now come with me!" Menthos ordered.
"No. I told you before that I belong to no one, least of all you. I choose where I want to go, and it certainly is not with you." Yugi growled.
"You'll regret disrespecting him in such a way! He's going to be the master of this world!" Maytrine shouted.
"Without me, you can't do anything, Menthos. You couldn't take over Egypt five thousand years ago without the power of possess, so there isn't a chance that you'll be able to take over the entire world without my power, and there is not a chance in hell that I am going to do anything to help you!" Yugi pretty much shouted.
Everyone except for Heba was surprised at the use of a curse word from Yugi because Yugi was one that did not curse.
"I'll rule this world, and you are going to help me!" Menthos shouted.
"Like hell he will. You heard him. My brother is not going to help you do anything." Heba said.
"Surely you wouldn't wish fro the death of every person here just because you don't want to misuse those powers you've got." Maytrine sneered.
Yugi tensed up at this.
Atemu noticed and said, "Yugi, don't worry about us. You can't let him take control of this world, and you may be the only one that can stop him from doing just that."
"He's right. Just stop him." Leo agreed.
"You were gifted with amazing powers by the gods. Why would you not want to use those powers to gain riches beyond your wildest dreams?" Menthos asked.
"Gifted? If you think that having all of these powers is a gift, then you are even more insane than you think. These powers are not a gift. They are a curse." Yugi said.
"How can such great powers be considered a curse?" Maytrine asked.
"I have powers that could literally destroy the world. I have to be in constant control of them. I have people constantly coming after me because of them. I am not given a moment's peace! I can sense the turmoil that the world is in constantly because my purpose is to prevent great evils from taking complete control of the planet. The curse of the Treasure is that I will never have a normal life." Yugi said.
Heba glanced over at his brother. 'So that's why you hate them so much. You want a normal life, which you can't have with these powers.' Heba thought. He had known that Yugi hated being the treasure, but he had never realized just how much Yugi had really despised them until now, which made Heba understand why Yugi hated them.
"You're a fool. I would have loved to have the power you have." Menthos said.
"You're dumber than you look then. If you had these powers, you'd be destroyed by them." Yugi said.
Everyone looked at each other, wondering what he meant by that.
"Enough! I have had it. If you won't help me, then I will just have to kill you." Menthos said.
"Go ahead and try." Yugi said.
Menthos and Maytrine both started to release blasts of magic in rapid succession at the entire group.
"MOVE IT!" Leo ordered.
Everyone moved out of the way except for Yugi.
"YUGI! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Yami screamed.
Yugi held up a hand and his eyes glowed our white as he forced the blasts to go back at them.
Menthos and Maytrine were forced to dive out of the way.
"You little-" Menthos was cut off as Yugi came at him and tried to strike him. Menthos blocked Yugi's Sais with his double-bladed sword.
Maytrine moved to help him, but Heba was in front of him and striking at her with his Sais. Maytrine was forced to block the Sais with her swords.
"What do you think?" Atemu asked as the battle commenced.
"I think that there is much more to what is going on than we know." Leo said.
"What should we do?" Seto asked.
"We stay out unless Yugi and Heba end up needing our help." Leo said.
Yugi jumped up to avoid Menthos' sword and flipped over him to land behind Menthos and rammed back into Menthos, knocking him off balance. Menthos turned and jabbed his sword at Yugi, but Yugi moved to the side out of the way. Yugi brought his Sai up and nicked Menthos in the face.
Menthos moved back and put a hand to his bleeding cheek. "You bastard! You will pay for that." Menthos swore.
"Go ahead and try to make me." Yugi said.
Menthos went at Yugi against swinging his sword back and forth at Yugi. Yugi blocked the blade each time with his sword as he walked backwards. Yugi reached the steps of the throne and jumped up and backward so that he landed at the top of the stairs. Yugi formed a ball of white magic in his hand and threw it at Menthos, hitting Menthos in the chest and sending him crashing into the wall.
"Menthos!" Maytrine cried, turning toward him.
Using her distraction to his advantage, Heba rammed his Sai into Maytrine's shoulder, causing her to cry out in pain. Heba grabbed her by her neck and slammed her into the wall.
"Never lower your guard or turn your back to an enemy. Everyone should know that." Heba said before releasing her and forming a ball of crimson energy and throwing it at Maytrine, hitting her in her stomach and throwing her backwards into the wall by Menthos.
Heba joined Yugi and said, "I would say that that woman has problems concentrating."
"Heba, if it had been Atemu that had just crashed into the wall, you would have been more concerned about his well being that your own." Yugi said.
"So would you with Yami." Heba said.
"Yes, I would, but at least I admit that." Yugi said.
"This isn't over!" Menthos shouted.
Heba and Yugi turned their attention back to their enemy.
"It was over five thousand years ago, and it is over now." Yugi said.
"You should just accept defeat now and leave us in peace. You cannot defeat us." Heba added.
Maytrine glared at them. "There is no way that we are going to let you pipsqueaks beat us. You're nothing compared to us." Maytrine said.
Heba raised an eyebrow. "Well, us pipsqueaks not only kicked the elites' asses, but we have succeed in kicking your asses as well. You haven't made any more headway in your endeavor than you did five thousand years ago." Heba said.
Menthos clenched his hand into a fist. 'I cannot lose again. I have worked far too hard to lose now, and I will do whatever to takes to have the power of the Treasure, and if I cannot have the power of the Treasure, then no one will.' Menthos thought angrily.
Yugi sensed a great deal of power emerging. 'Menthos isn't working alone. He has the help of someone else.' Yugi thought.
The ground started to shake.
"This can't be good." Heba said.
Yugi's eyes widened. "He wasn't just involved in dark arts. He's involved in THE Dark Arts." Yugi said,
"You mean, the dark arts that you are supposed to destroy." Heba said.
Yugi nodded. "If Menthos and Maytrine are defeated, we may not have to go through this madness again." Yugi said.
"Then I suggest that we defeat them." Heba said.
"Yeah. I just hope that we can find the way to do that." Yugi said.
"You will not defeat us!" Menthos shouted, standing up.
Maytrine stood up as well.
"Yugi, I really don't like this." Heba said.
"Neither do I." Yugi replied.
Menthos and Maytrine suddenly vanished into the darkness.
Dozens of ninjas in black outfits with masks covering their faces appeared all around the room.
"Um, should we ask for some help with this one?" Heba asked.
"I think that that would be a good idea." Yugi said.
The ninjas charged at Yugi and Heba.
Yugi blocked two swords with his Sais at the same time. Heba blocked a sword and then turned around to kick another one away from him. "Guys! A little help here would be nice!" Heba shouted.
"Okay. Kyla, sayora. You two stay back and sue your magic to protect yourselves, Joey, Tristan. Tea, Ryou, and Malik." Leo said.
"Why?" Joey demanded.
"Because none of you are going to get involved." Leo said.
"Like hell we aren't." Tristan said.
"Look. None of you have magic, and that is the only way that we are going to win this. It takes a combination of skill in battle and magic, but you can't do those things. Atemu, Yami, Seto, Marik, Bakura, Yuesei, and I can. Stay out of this." Leo said.
The seven charged out into the battle.
Yami blocked the sword of a ninja with his own and the turned around to kick the ninja. He ducked and struck out with his sword. The ninja was turned to dust and Yami turned to ram the blade of hiss word through another one. Yami jumped up and kicked a ninja. One threw a star dart at him, but Yami ducked and them rammed his sword into the chest of the ninja.
Atemu jumped up and kicked a ninja in the face before he brought his sword down through the ninja. He turned around and punched a ninja in the face. He whirled around and punched a ninja in the chest. A ninja grabbed him, but Atemu twisted out of the ninjas grasp and whirled around to ram the blade of his sword into a ninja and then turned back around to take a ninja's head off.
Seto caught a ninja by the wrist and then rammed the blade of his sword into the ninja. Seto turned and kicked a ninja away from his. Several star darts went hurtling at him, but Seto knocked each one away from him with his sword before he charged forward and brought the blade of his sword through two ninjas at once. Seto blocked a sword with his own before forcing the ninja back and then ramming his sword into the ninja.
Bakura caught a ninja by the arm and twisted the ninja's arm so that the sword the ninja had been holding fell from his grasp. Bakura took the sword and rammed the sword into the ninjas back. Bakura cut through a ninja's middle before turning and ramming the sword into another ninjas chest. Bakura ducked to avoid the blade of the ninja and then jabbed the sword up to pierce the ninja in the throat.
Marik jumped up and kicked a ninja before a turned around and slammed his fist into another one. Marik pulled out a dagger and rammed it into a ninjas chest. Marik ducked as several star darts came at him and then jumped up, charging at a ninja and slamming the dagger into the chest of a ninja. Marik turned around and kicked a ninja in the face before he turned around and rammed the dagger into a ninja's throat.
Leo blocked a sword and kicked the ninja back. Leo turned and kicked a ninja in the stomach before he ducked and sliced through a ninja's stomach. Leo turned and caught a sword before he slit the ninjas throat. Leo dropped the floor to avoid several star darts and then jumped up to kick a ninja back. Leo turned and punched a ninja in the face before he dropped to the ground and rolled out of the path of a sword, jumping up to ram the blade of his sword into a ninja.
Yuesei caught a ninja by the arm and rammed his knee up into a ninja before he punched the ninja in the face. Yuesei whirled around and kicked another ninja in the stomach. Yuesei formed a ball of energy in his hands and threw at the ninjas, destroying several of the ninjas. Yuesei turned and ducked to avoid a sword before he turned around and kicked a ninja in the stomach, knocking the ninja back away from him.
Yugi blocked a sword with his Sai before he turned around and rammed his Sai into the stomach of another. Yugi jumped up and kicked a ninja in the face before he turned around and used his Sai to block another sword. Several star darts came at him, and Yugi used his Sais to knock each and every one of them away from himself. Yugi whirled around and brought both of his Sais across, destroying several of the ninjas. Yugi formed a ball of white energy in hands and threw it forward, destroying at least half a dozen of the ninjas.
Heba blocked a sword with each Sai before he forced the ninjas back and jumped up to kick them both away. Heba turned and rammed each Sai into the chest of two ninjas. Heba whirled back around and knocked several star darts thrown at him in rapid succession away from him. Heba charged forward and struck several of the ninjas in the chest with his Sais.
As they were striking the ninjas, the ninjas were turning to dust as the elites had.
Menthos grew angry as he watched the number of ninjas dwindle. Menthos slammed his fist into the wall. "How is this possible?! How is it that nothing we do cans top them?!" Menthos shouted.
"It's almost they're unstable." Maytrine said.
"They are not unstoppable. They cannot be unstoppable. They will all die, and I will find another way to take over the world!" Menthos shouted.
"But the Treasure-" Maytrine started.
"Is worthless to us now! He will not help us! His will and spirit are too strong to break. He cannot be controlled, and he cannot be stopped. The Treasure has to die, or he will end up destroying us," Menthos growled.
"How do we destroy the Treasure? You said yourself he cannot be stopped. How can we kill someone who can judge everything that we will do before we end up doing it." Maytrine said.
"I do not know, but one way or another, that Treasure, his Protector, and every one of those damn people that the Protector brought with him will die a long, slow, and painful death before I am through!" Menthos shouted.
Sudden understanding was seen in Maytrine's eyes. "Menthos, that's it!" Maytrine cried.
Menthos glared at her. "What the hell are you talking about?!" Menthos shouted.
"I know how we can destroy the Treasure!" Maytrine exclaimed.
"You do?! What is it?!" Menthos demanded,
"Look at them go!" Joey exclaimed.
"It looks like they'll win after all." Tea said happily.
"They will. We can go home soon." Sayora said.
"We can't forget about Menthos and Maytrine. They are still out there, and this will not truly be over until they are dead." Ryou said.
"He's right. They'll just keep coming after Yugi until they do manage to get him or kill him one." Malik said.
"So, what can they do?" Tristan asked.
"Hunt those two down and end this. Yugi hates this. We've picked that up from some of the things that he has said. I feel sorry for Yugi. Having to go through all of this." Kyla said.
The group turned their attention back to the battlefield.
The number of ninjas had greatly diminished until there were only a few left.
Yugi felt uneasy. 'Something isn't right. This was just a distraction until they figured out something else to do, and I know that we're going to like whatever it is that they have planned.' Yugi thought as he took out the last ninja.
"That was-quite a-workout." Atemu said, panting.
"No kidding. We never-had to do-anything like this-back in Egypt." Yami added, also panting.
Yugi looked around. 'Something's not right.' Yugi thought.
Heba was suddenly thrown backwards and crashed right into the wall down to the ground.
"Heba!" Yugi shouted, turning to where his brother had fallen.
"WATCH OUT!" Yuesei screamed.
It was too late,
Several blasts of magic shot out and hit Yami, Atemu, Seto, Bakura, Marik, and Leo. All six went down in an instant.
Kyla and the others forgot about their own safety and ran toward them as did Yuesei.
"Leo." Yuesei said, kneeling beside Leo.
"Bakura!" Ryou screamed, flying to him.
"Marik!" Malik cried, rushing to him,
"Seto!" Joey shouted, getting to him,
"Yami!" Tea shrieked, going to him,
"Atemu!" Tristan yelled, going to his friend.
"Leo!" Kyla and Sayora yelled, going over to him.
Everyone froze when they realized that they were dead.
"No, not this." Joey said, crying.
"This cant's be." Ryou said.
"No. You can't leave me, Marik." Malik said.
"Yami, wake up. Wake up!" Tea screamed.
"Atemu, come on man. You've got to get up." Tristan said.
"Big brother, you have to be okay." Kyla said.
"Come on, Leo. You can't leave us." Sayora added.
"It's no use. They're dead." Yuesei said.
Yugi started to go toward them. 'I have to bring them back,' Yugi said.
Menthos and Maytrine appeared far behind Yugi.
"YUGI! BEHIND YOU!" Heba warned.
Yugi whirled around only to have a dagger embedded in his chest. Yugi stumbled before he started to fall backwards.
Heba ran and got there in time to catch Yugi. He went to his knees, cradling his brother in his arms. "Yugi." Heba said.
Yugi looked up at Heba with pain filled eyes and said, "Heba, remove-the-dagger."
Heba nodded and grabbed the hilt of the dagger and jerked it out.
Yugi gasped at the pain.
"Yugi, it's okay. You'll be okay. You can fix this." Heba said, tears falling down his cheeks.
Yugi gave Heba a pained smile. "Heba, I can't save myself. My power doesn't work like that. I cannot survive this." Yugi said.
"No, Yugi. You cannot die. You can't leave." Heba said.
"I have to. Fate must have had other plans than I did." Yugi said.
"Yami. Atemu. Bakura. Marik. Leo. Seto. They're all dead. We can't bring them back without you." Heba said.
Yugi smiled and held up one palm. Six white balls of light appeared. "They'll be back." Yugi said.
The ball of light flew from Yugi's hand and entered the bodies of Yami, Atemu, Seto, Bakura, Marik, and Leo. All six gasped as they were revived.
"Leo!" Sayora, Kyla, and Yuesei exclaimed, hugging Leo tightly.
:Guys! I'm glad to see you!" Leo said, hugging them back.
"Bakura!" Ryou exclaimed, flinging his arms around Bakura.
"Ryou." Bakura said, holding him back.
"You're all right, Marik!" Malik exclaimed.
"Of course I am." Marik said, wrapping his arms around Malik.
"Seto! You're back!" Joey shouted, holding onto Seto.
"Of course I'm back, puppy. I can't leave you alone for a second." Seto said.
"Oh, Yami! Thank god!" tea cried, holding onto Yami.
"Tea, I'm fine." Yami said.
"Atemu! You're back!" Tristan said."Yeah. I guess I am." Atemu agreed.
Heba looked down at Yugi. "You brought them back." Heba said.
Yugi nodded. "I had to. I couldn't let them die because of me." Yugi said.
"You'll be okay. Leo can heal you." Heba said.
"Not this time. My time is up." Yugi said as his breathing became more labored.
"Yugi." Heba said, his voice cracking and taking Yugi's hand in his hand in his.
"Heba, tell Atemu you still love him. You need him just like he needs you." Yugi said, tears falling down his cheeks.
Heba nodded, tears rolling down his cheeks. "Of course I will." Heba said.
Yugi smiled weakly. "Heba, tell them not to waste this chance that they have been given." Yugi said softly.
Heba nodded. "I will." Heba said.
"Don't' be angry at them. This is not their fault. Try to be friends with them if for no other reason than that I am asking this." Yugi said.
Heba nodded. "I'll try. I won't guarantee it, but I'll try." Heba said.
"Trying is all I want you to do." Yugi said.
Heba nodded.
"I love you, Heba." Yugi said, his voice cracking.
"I love you, too, Yugi. I always will." Heba said.
Yugi smiled. "Tell-them all that-I love-them." Yugi said. His voice grew softer with each word. At the word them, Yugi's hand slipped from Heba's grasp and fell to the ground.
"I'll-tell them-everything." Heba said. He buried his face in Yugi's hair as he began to cry.
It was no use, and Heba knew it.
Yugi was dead.
Yeah. Yugi's dead. Sorry about that. It's just part of the story, but Yugi's not out of it yet. Just keep reading.
The next chapter is Heba's anger and Yami's pain at Yugi's death.
R&R.