The chosen Pharaoh
Last time so did Seto begin to search the city for powerful creatures to use to battle Bakura and his Diabound, he then found about that a white dragon was in the city and he remembered seeing a white dragon a few years ago. He also found a girl with white hair being attack by some of the villagers and he also remembered that he saved a girl that looked like her years ago as well right before seeing the dragon and when he found out that she had a dragon spirit within her so did he wonder if there were a connection between them. Later that evening so were Aknadin also attacked by Bakura who made Aknadin realized that he really was the sole survivor of Kul Elna. What will happen next?
Chapter 7- Atem vs Bakura, Slifer vs Diabound
Bakura smirked as he looked down on Aknadin while he was pressing his foot harder against his chest, "So how should I get my revenge for what you did to my village? Should I destroy you and take your eye? I could do that in a instant, that magician was much stronger than you are".
Aknadin looked at him shocked and worried, he could see the Millennium Ring around his neck, Bakura's eyes narrowed, "Was it worth it? Destroying my village to create the seven Millennium items so that you and Aknamkanon could gain more power?" Aknadin looked at him pleadingly, "Please, just let me explain why I did it".
Bakura grabbed him and lifted him up, "I don't care what your reasons was, you took away my home, my friends and my family from me", Bakura held up the ring, "I now know the perfect thing to do with you. I will make you serve me by placing a piece of my own consciousness inside of you". Aknadin gasped in fear, "I can sense it inside of you Aknadin, a great darkness and I'm going to bring it up to the surface".
Bakura's hand got closer to the Millennium Eye and Aknadin scream in fear and pain as Bakura grabbed it and once he had a good grip on it and risked to pull it out so did Bakura use the Millennium Ring to transfer a piece of his own consciousness in Aknadin's mind.
AT THE SAME TIME WITH ATEM,
Atem was standing on his balcony and was looking out over the sanctuaries when he gasped, he held the Millennium Puzzle, "My puzzle are sensing a dark and twisted presence". He suddenly heard Shimon call out to him and he turned around and saw the short man come towards him, "What's wrong Shimon?" Shimon stopped in front of him with a serious face.
"Our village along the Nile was attacked by Bakura's henchmen a few minutes ago", Atem stared at Shimon shocked until he heard an explosion, he quickly turned around and saw smoke rise from Aknadin's stone sanctuary, "Oh no, Aknadin is in there right now".
At the same time so did Seto get the feeling that something had happened to Aknadin and hurried to his stone sanctuary.
Shimon stood next to Atem, "My Pharaoh, there is only one person we know who is capable of a act of treason like this". Atem agreed, only Bakura could do this, he let his eyes search the entire palace yard until he saw Bakura run on a stone walkway over the guards.
Atem told the guards to go after him and the guards began to scatter and tried to find him, but as Bakura ran so did his eyes meet Atem's. Bakura smirked and Atem saw his mouth move, even though he couldn't hear him so did he know what he had said, "Come and get me Pharaoh". That was a challenge that Atem would not reject and so he ran towards the horse stables with Shimon's shouts of worry ignored.
As Atem ran down through the palace so was he thinking that it was time to finish this with Bakura, there was no way that Atem would let him get away again, but as he ran towards the tables so did he get a vision.
VISION,
Atem was floating in the sky, it was a clear beautiful sky and Atem wondered what was going on. Suddenly so did dark clouds appear in the sky and lightning came down from them, Atem covered his face and he could feel an incredible power.
He saw an enormous shadow appear in the clouds, he could see it circle around in them for a few seconds before a gigantic red serpentine dragon with yellow eyes, a blue crystal and a double set of jaws came down from the clouds.
The dragon stared at Atem and Atem could only looked at it in amazement, he knew that this was the second of the gods, the dragon king of the sky and he could feel this all powerful creature's power streaming out of him, the dragon opened its normal jaws and unleashed a roar that created powerful shockwaves. At the very moment Atem got hit by the shockwaves so did he learn the dragon's name, he learned what he needed to summon the second of the gods, Slifer the Sky Dragon.
END OF VISION,
Atem's eyes narrowed and reached the stables, he walked up to his white horse, "It's time for us to take down Bakura and save Egypt from his evil my old friend, I'm counting on you", the horse looked into Atem's eyes and slowly nodded its head. Atem got up on the horse and rode away after Bakura who had just stolen a horse from a captain guard.
AT THE SAME TIME AT AKNADIN'S SANCTUARY,
Seto was sitting and holding Aknadin's head, "What happened here master? Please speak to me", Karim looked at Aknadin, "Who did this to you?" Aknadin was barely consciousness but he manage to say, "Pure… evil", he then lost consciousness, Seto got really worried and but Shada took his hand and check his pulse, "He's going to be fine Seto, he has just been put under incredible stress".
Seto got a furious looked on his face, "We cannot allow this bastard get away with these despicable acts". Karim looked at him, "We will stop him, but I wonder why Bakura didn't take the Millennium Eye when he could".
Suddenly so did a guard come in, "Master Seto, master Karim and master Shada, Bakura just stole a horse and the Pharaoh just took off chasing after Bakura himself", the three guardians looked at him shocked and Seto got up on his feet, "Shada look after Aknadin, Karim you and I will go and provide back up for the Pharaoh". Karim nodded and the two guardians ran out of the sanctuary.
BACK TO BAKURA,
Bakura rode off with guards chasing him to foot, he laughed at them, he then saw guards in front of him and said sarcastic, "Oh no they're blocking my path, what will I do now?" He then laughed as a shadow passed over the guards and annihilated them, Bakura continued to ride and Diabound became visible over him, "Interfere and feel the wrath of Diabound".
He looked around and saw Atem on a horse riding after him, "So you have finally stepped down on the battlefield Mr King? Well come on, summon Obelisk, I'm ready for him this time".
Atem looked at Bakura with anger, "This madness ends here and now Bakura". He activated his DiaDhank and lifted his arm over his head, "Now gods of Egypt hear me". Slifer's stone tablet glowed and a golden light came out of the top of Atem's sanctuary and the light then flew over Atem and a golden light came out from his DiaDhank. "Legendary dragon that controls the skies please hear my cry, appear in this shadow game and unleash the heaven's judgment on this enemy of Egypt, come forth Slifer the Sky Dragon".
The light disappeared from Atem's DiaDhank and Slifer's symbol appeared and the light over him began to take on a physical form and soon so was the enormous sky god flying over him while he roared. Bakura looked at the dragon, "So this is the second god that only the Pharaoh can summon huh? The sky god Slifer the Sky Dragon, I must admit he's impressive, I can feel his power pouring out of him, but even the sky god will fall to Diabound, just you wait Pharaoh".
Diabound smashed the palace gates and Bakura rode out with Diabound behind him with Atem close behind, Slifer flew over the gate while he roared, Bakura rode through the city with Atem close behind and Diabound looked at Slifer who was right behind him, Bakura chuckled.
"I think this is far enough, Diabound, let's say hello to this new god, attack him with your new power, attack Slifer with Illusionary Shockwave". Diabound fired a Illusionary Shockwave from each hand, the shots hit Slifer in the face, while the shots didn't do that much damage to the dragon so did Atem hold his head in pain, "That attack…"
Bakura laughed, "I see you recognize it Pharaoh, Diabound steal the abilities of the enemies he defeats, he learned this attack when he destroyed Mahad's Illusion Magician and destroyed your sacred guardian". Atem felt his anger rise when he heard that, Diabound continued to fire at Slifer but the dragon now dodged all of the blasts and they damaged some buildings, Bakura growled because he didn't think that something as big as Slifer could be so fast.
"Now it's time for Slifer to attack Bakura", Slifer's second mouth opened and he began to charge up, "Now Slifer, attack him with Lightning Blast", Slifer fired the Lightning Blast from his second mouth and the shot flew towards Diabound.
But just as the shot was about to hit Diabound so did he disappear into the ground much to Atem's shock, Bakura laughed. "I guess I forgot to tell you, during my battle with your friend Mahad so did Diabound absorb the power of his Shadow Ghoul as well, giving him the ability to walk through walls". Atem got worried when he heard that, the fact that Diabound absorbed Shadow Ghoul's powers was a big problem.
But Before Atem could come up with a plan so did he hear something behind him, he looked behind him and saw an energy wave come up from the ground and was chasing him. Bakura laughed, "How long do you think you can run from Diabound Pharaoh? I would say only a few moments more".
The energy wave came up next to Atem and Diabound burst out of the ground with his arm lift, Atem gritted his teeth, "Now Diabound, destroy him with Illusionary Shockwave". Diabound began to charge up his attack and Atem knew that if he got hit then he would be finished, of course he didn't plan on getting hit.
Just as Diabound unleashed his attack so dived Slifer down in front of Atem and once again opened his second mouth and fired a second Lightning Blast. Slifer's attack easily overpowered Diabound's and it flew toward him and it hit him in the chest and sent him flying up in the sky.
Bakura gasped and held his chest in pain, "So that's the power of the dragon of the sky, it really hurt you little bastard". Atem rode after him, "Don't stop attacking him Slifer, strike him again with Lightning Blast". Slifer once again opened his second mouth and unleashed another shot at Diabound but he managed to dodge the shot but barely.
Bakura laughed, "Nice try Pharaoh but you won't take me down that easily, in fact I have the advantage on this battlefield, now Diabound destroy the city with Illusionary Shockwave".
Diabound began to fire shot after shot from both of his hands at the buildings, blowing them up as he passed over them, Atem got both terrified and furious, "Bakura you bastard, let these people be this is between you and me, they have nothing to do with this". Bakura looked at him with a smirk, "In that case make a decision, continue to fight me and risk more damage to your people or save your people from my attacks".
Diabound was flying down to attack two small boys, but right before Diabound attacked so did Atem mentally ask Slifer to protect the city so the dragon flew down and absorbed the blasts with his back, Diabound then continued to fire at Slifer who was forced to use himself as a shield. Atem gritted his teeth as he felt his back get burned by the attacks.
"Slifer protect these villagers, we cannot allow more innocents to get hurt". Bakura laughed, "How noble of you oh great Pharaoh, to use your god as a shield to protect your people, but how much abuse can you and your dragon take? Let's find out".
Slifer continued to protect the people while Diabound kept attacking him, Bakura rode up on the roof of a house and looked down on Atem who stopped under him, "Ha ha ha, let's see if you dragon can handle this, now Diabound destroy Slifer with your Helical Shockwave".
Diabound began to charge up and Atem gritted his teeth, he knew that Slifer could survive that but since the dragon was so close to the ground so would a lot of damage be done to the city when that attack hit him. Atem looked at Bakura, "I won't let more harm come to my people Bakura, Slifer counterattack with Lightning Strike".
Slifer opened his normal mouth and unleashed an attack just as Diabound unleashed his, the two attacks met and created an explosion that could be seen for a few miles, both Bakura and Diabound was blinded by the light and Atem used this moment to get Slifer up in the sky, as the dragon flew up so opened he his second mouth again and prepared another Lightning Blast.
The explosion began to disappear and Diabound got his vision back in time to see Slifer flying towards him before the dragon unleashed the attack he had charged up in his second mouth and it hit Diabound in the face draining him on some strength and both he and Bakura got blinded and Bakura swore at Atem and Slifer.
Slifer then grabbed Diabound's snake tail with his normal jaws and pulled him upside down into the sky, Diabound got his vision back just as Slifer tossed him away and he recovered and once again faced off against the dragon. "Up in the sky so can't Diabound walked through the ground or walls and there so can't your attacks reach the city before I stop them, and now you're about to see Slifer's true strength".
Bakura got worried as he saw Slifer charge up an attack, "If you thought Slifer's Lightning Strike was powerful so haven't you seen anything, this attack is twice as strong and in the sky so is Slifer even stronger than when he is closer to the ground". Bakura already knew this, no matter how strong Slifer may be at the ground so could nobody match the sky god's destructive power in his own element.
"Slifer attack Diabound with your Thunder Force and destroy him once and for all", Slifer unleashed his attack and it made its way towards Diabound, but Bakura just laughed, "But if your dragon is the god of the sky so is my Diabound the god of the darkness".
Slifer's attack got closer to Diabound but just as it was about to hit him so did he disappear, Atem gasped in shock and asked what was going on, Bakura chuckled, "My Diabound now has the ability to hide in the shadows, so as long as darkness is around us so can my Diabound become invisible, now let's see your god defeat something he can't see".
Atem growled and tried to come up with a plan but before he could so was Slifer hit from behind by Diabound's Helical Shockwave, the dragon roared in pain and Atem held his chest in pain. The dragon soon recovered and flew back up in the sky searching for Diabound, Atem then saw something in the corner of his eye, a Binding Illusion circle was coming towards Slifer.
Atem tried to get Slifer out of the way but he had noticed it too late and the dragon was trapped in the circle, but the dragon was too strong and he broke free of the circle only a few seconds later, Atem looked at Bakura, "Did you really think that would hold Slifer?" Bakura chuckled, "It held him long enough".
Slifer was then hit from the right by another Helical Shockwave, the force was strong enough to almost knock Atem off his horse. Atem's vision got blurry and his ears were ringing from the last attack Slifer took and he didn't know have many more of those attacks Slifer could take. Bakura laughed at him, "Look at the mighty Pharaoh and his Egyptian god now, I wonder how I should finish this battle, should I destroy Slifer, the city or maybe I should just destroy you, what do you think?"
Atem gritted his teeth and then Bakura said, "Of course you can always save your city and spare yourself and your god the humiliation of defeat quite easily, give me your puzzle and order your guardians to hand over theirs peacefully and I will leave you alone".
He won't keep his promise, once he gets the puzzle so will he destroy the city and then steal the other items and if that happens so will he be unstoppable, but I have to stop him and I think I know how, Atem thought as he took the puzzle off his neck.
Bakura laughed, "So you have come to your senses and decided to give up Pharaoh?" Atem was silent and thought:
If I can distract him long enough so can I defeat him, yes now is my chance, Slifer ambush Bakura now, Atem mentally commanded his dragon.
Bakura gasped when he saw Slifer dive down towards him, "This is it, you must call on your Diabound to defend yourself, do it now Bakura". Bakura got a smirk on his face and Slifer stopped right above him with his jaws open because Diabound had appeared from the ground behind Atem and had his hand ready to rip Atem apart.
Bakura laughed, "Well looks like I will destroy you after all, now Diabound, tear him apart". But just as the evil creature was about to attack Atem so came Duos and cut Diabound's hand off, Bakura held his right hand in pain and Atem turned around to see Seto, Karim and a few soldiers come towards them.
So the second battle between Atem and Bakura has begun but what will happen? Will Diabound defeat Slifer or will Slifer triumph? Continue reading to find out and please review.