YU« GI« OH!: Rise From the Deep

By: DMEX

See previous chap. for disclaimers

Ch. 3

Untimely Weakness! What do I do Now?

Last time, a storm had hit out of nowhere. Everyone had made it to safety; all except Eric. The ship had been destroy but out of the blue a mermaid named Ariel came to his rescue. Only now… did Eric Survive…?

Ariel: Is he… dead…?

Scuttle tries to pick up a heartbeat (from his foot. Not that it will help in some way)

Scuttle: It's hard to tell.

Little did she realize that a certain CEO and someone else was watching close by. Far enough where nobody would have seen them.

-In some remote beach-

Jounouchi: Yugi-kun?! Honda?! Miho-Chan? Anzu-Chan?

Honda: (Muffled screams)

Jounouchi: Hang on Honda!

/Pop/

Honda: (gasping for air)

Jounouchi: You okay Honda?

Honda (angry): DO I LOOK FUCKING OK TO YOU!?!?

Jounouchi: I was just asking.

Honda: Where the hell are we?

Cue MGS spotted Sound

Honda: ! WHERE'S MIHO-CHAN!?!?!?!?

Jounouchi: Don't panic, ya moron!

Honda: Then help me find her!!!

Jounouchi: Alright, alright! (damn…)

-Shore Line-

Yugi is under a huge tree branch

Yugi: umm… What happened last night?

CUE MGS Spotted Sound

Yugi: ! Where is everybody?!?!?!

Miho: YUGI-KUN!!

Yugi: Miho-Chan!?! Where are you!?

Miho: Miho's stuck!

Yugi: Tell me if I'm close by!

Takes 4 steps when--

Miho: Ow! You kicked me!

Yugi: Miho-Chan!

Pulls Miho out of her sandpit-like prison. Her clothes have been terribly torn

Yugi: Are you okay Miho-Chan?

Miho: Should be now. Only my clothes are badly damaged…

Yugi: I'm sure Anzu can lend you some of hers.

Honda: YUGI-KUN!!

Honda: Honda-kun! Jounouchi-kun!

(WHACK!)

Honda: What are you doing to Miho?!

Miho: MY CLOTHES GOT TORN DURING THAT HURRICANE YOU DUMB FUCK!!!

Honda: Forgive me Miho-Chan!!

Miho: Apologize to Yugi-kun first!!

Yugi: It's okay Miho-Chan.

-Back with Ariel-

Ariel: He's moving…! He looks so beautiful…

Sebastian (thinking): Oh brudda…

The next thing not only was against the law and extremely controversial in Alantica but shocked Sebastian as well; she sang to him about wanting to be with him. He only got a glimpse of the beautiful maiden, but the sound of Max barking interrupted her. She kissed his forehead romantically the dove off to safety

Sugaroku: Eric-kun!! There you are at last!!

Eric: There was this… This girl…!

Anzu: Girl? I don't see anyone.

Eric: And she was singing… She had this most beautiful voice…!

Honda: I'm going to stop you right there! You had too much to drink. In short; you were having a drunken vision!

Miho: Tell Miho! What she look like!!

Anzu: Oh, God… Why now?!

Sugaroku: Come on Eric. We'll get you back to your palace. Come on, Max.

Max was barking excitedly and went into the water but came out a few seconds later. Yugi stayed behind, not realizing that very same girl was watching a particular person and made vow that went something like this…

Ariel (singing): I don't know when… I don't know how… But I know something's starting RIGHT NOW!! Watch and you'll see, someday I'll be… PART OF YOUR WOOOOOORRRRLLLLDDD!!!!!

Kaiba (from his KC Chopper): So you DO have a weakness!! I'll see to it that you'll get your wish and Ursula and myself will have the pleasure of killing both of you!! Muto Yugi, you're days are numbered!!

-The next Morning, Ariel's Grove-

Ariel's friends Flounder and Sebastian (the perverse and stubborn crab who wanted NO PART of Ariel's newly found love) had found Eric's Statue and some peculiar cards. Ariel had skimmed through these cards but the one that stood out the most was a card called "Avalon Warrior". He looked like her prince that she had fallen head over fins in love with.

Avalon Warrior 6 Stars 2300/3200

Ariel: Avalon Warrior… Just like him…

Flounder: What's so special about it? I personally like this one. Armageddon Dragon. That looks like it's powerful.

Armageddon Dragon 12 Stars XXXX/XXXX

Ariel picks it up and she doesn't like the feeling surrounding that card. Then again, who wouldn't.

Ariel: I don't remember seeing this one.

Flounder: Is something wrong?

Ariel: For some reason I feel like the world would end as we know it with this card.

Flounder: I know what you mean… I don't think it would be called that for no reason…

Ariel knew that in the wrong hands, Armageddon Dragon could destroy innocent lives. Ariel knew that risk more than anybody in Atlantica, and she knew what she had to do… She may not like it but there was no other way. But right before she was able to--

Triton: ARIEL!!!

One look is all it took to drive him over the edge

Triton: Just when I thought you couldn't sink any lower, I find you here fawning about with HUMAN RELICS!! I gave you a fair warning--

Ariel: Daddy, no! You don't understand!!

Triton: Understand!? *ha* What? That they are savage fish eaters and are incapable of feeling!!

Ariel: They aren't savage!!

Triton: And what's this about you and a HUMAN?!

Ariel: You don't even KNOW HIM!!

Triton: I don't HAVE TO KNOW HIM!! Ariel; they're ALL THE SAME!!

Ariel: DADDY!! I LOVE HIM!!!

-Meanwhile in a part of Eric's Palace-

Kaiba (disguised as a butler) was watching the whole thing unfold via satellite.

Kaiba: Keep 'feeding' him. Soon you'll have to face me!

*: Akiba, our guests have arrived!

Kaiba (while putting on an elderly man's mask, Italian accent): I'ma coming!!

Kaiba (thinking): Now send her to me!

-Ariel's Grove-

Triton is fuming, boiling mad when he had just heard her startling revelations

Triton (raising his trident): Ariel! God help me, if this won't work; I don't know what will!!

He zaps her entire collection, Ariel could only watch helplessly as her collection she worked so hard to build shattered. Ariel fled and never looked back…

-Eric's Palace-

Yugi had felt an uneasiness like never before. Something was telling him that something was extremely wrong and somebody needed his help.

Yugi (thinking): Why am I feeling so strange? I feel like something is missing.

Looks through his deck of DM cards when Enchanting Mermaid stopped him.

Yugi (nervous laughter): I guess I know why they call you "Enchanting".

Yugi deeply regrets what he just said and slips the card back in his deck hoping nobody heard him.

To be Continued…

Ariel could only imagine what would happen if her father found Armageddon Dragon, so she hid it in her dorsal fin in a deceptive way. Triton wouldn't bother to search her person unless he had a very good certain reason to.

Little did Ariel realize that she would get her wish, but not only that; she will have saved the entire human race, free all of the captive merpeople with her new friends and stand up to a certain CEO who has other plans