Here's the next chapter.
There are battle scences in this just so you know.
Enjoy!
Chapter 17- The Battle
The Zordanians had made their move and were attacking the people of Egypt ruthlessly, killing men, women, and children as they went. They were using swords, daggers, bow and arrows, and guns to kill people.
The people were screaming and running as they tried to get away. Some of them would try to attack the Zordanians, but they did not have much luck since the Zordanians had so much magic and power at their disposal.
A few of the Zordanians were killed, but not many.
Soon, Yugi and everyone else arrive to stop the madness.
"Stop this!" Yugi ordered.
"You have no right to be here!" Aknankanon added.
One of the Zordanians moved his head to reveal that he had green hair and brown eyes. "We have to do no such thing. You may be the Pharaoh of Egypt," the Zordanian said, looking at Aknankanon, "and you may be the Emperor of the Millennial Kingdom," he continued, looking at Yugi, "but we will stop you once and for all. You do not have the power to defeat us." the Zordanian said.
"We will just have to see about that." Yugi said.
The Millennials and the Egyptians all drew their weapons, ready for battle.
Yugi had given the Egyptians high-powered weapons that were from the Millennial Kingdom given the enemy that they were up against.
"If you intend to fight us, then so be it." the Zordanian who had spoken before said.
The Zordanians then attacked.
The Millennials and Egyptians attacked as well.
Yugi used his sword to block an attack from a Zordanian. He turned and kicked one before he ducked and rammed his shoulder into one. A Zordanian went at him and kicked Yugi in the stomach, causing Yugi to stumble backwards. Yugi recovered and managed to duck in time, and he rammed his shoulder into the Zordanian. He brought his sword down into a Zordanian and killed him. The rest of the Zordanians around Yugi went at him.
Heba jumped back out of the path of a sword before he charged forward, ramming the blade of his sword into one of the Zordanians. Heba ducked to avoid another strike. He turned and tripped another Zordanian down. Heba got up and blocked a sword only to be kicked in the back and thrown to the ground. He rolled to the side out of the path of the sword and got to his feet, swinging out with his sword and striking one of the Zordanians.
Joey ran forward and jumped up, flipping over the Zordanians and landing behind them. Joey rammed his sword back into a Zordanian's back, killing the Zordanian. Joey turned and blocked the sword of one before he forced the Zordanian backwards. Joey jumped up to avoid a sword and kicked the Zordanian in the face, throwing the Zordanian backwards. Another Zordanian rammed into Joey from the side and threw Joey off balance. Another one hit Joey and threw him to the ground. Joey jumped up and went back at them.
Malik blocked a sword before he rammed himself into the Zordanian. He then jumped up and kicked a Zordanian in the chest. A Zordanian grabbed Malik from behind, and another Zordanian kicked Malik in the stomach. Malik wrestled himself out of the Zordanians grip before he rammed his elbow back into the Zordanian and grabbed the Zordanian by the arm and then threw the Zordanian into the one that had punched him.
Ryou ducked as a sword went at him before Ryou kicked the Zordanian and threw him backwards. Ryou flipped backwards out of the way of the sword before he turned and kicked a Zordanian in the face. He then rammed the blade of his sword forward and struck the Zordanian in the chest, killing him. A Zordanian charged at Ryou from behind and kicked Ryou so hard in the back that Ryou was thrown down on the ground. Ryou jumped up and continued fighting.
Dartz, Timaeous, Critias, Hermos, Rafael, Valon, Alister, and the other Millennials were having just as much luck against the Zordanians as Yugi, Heba, Ryou, Malik, and Joey were, although they were getting injured a lot more.
The Egyptians, on the other hand, were not fairing well at all.
Aknankanon tried to stop a sword, but it hit him in his arm. He forced the Zordanian back only to be hit again from behind and thrown forward.
Aknaudin stopped a sword, but another grabbed him from behind and threw him down to the ground. Aknaudin moved out of the way before he was hit and got up.
Mahado used his sword to block an attack, but he was hit from behind and thrown to his knees. He got up and ducked as a sword went at him. Mahado used the gun to kill one, but he was knocked backwards.
Shada was able to block a sword, but he was grabbed from behind and thrown into a wall. He got up and forced another Zordanian back, but he had more surrounding him.
Isis, Karim, Marik, Bakura, and Seto were having better luck than the other.
Isis was able to use the sword she had and forced a Zordanian back. Another came at her and tried to strike her. The Millennium Necklace glowed, and a beam shot out from it, hitting several of the Zordanians and surprising Isis.
Isis looked down at the glowing item. 'Maybe we do stand a chance after all.' Isis thought.
Marik blocked a sword and forced the Zordanian back. He then turned and grabbed another Zordanian, throwing it into another one. Another Zordanian kicked Marik in the stomach and sent Marik stumbling backwards. The Millennium Key then glowed and threw the Zordanian that was attacking him back.
Marik smirked. 'This is good. I like the way this item helps. Maybe we can win with these.' Marik thought.
Karim blocked a sword before he rammed his knee into the Zordanian and then punched the Zordanian in the face. He then turned around and blocked the sword of another one. The Millennium Scales glowed and threw many of the Zordanians around him back.
Karim looked down at the Millennium Scales. 'This could help. Searching for these items wasn't a waste for them after all.' Karim thought.
Bakura jumped up and kicked a man in the face. He then turned and grabbed another Zordanian by his cloak and turned his around in a circle before he sent him crashing into the wall. Two Zordanians charged at Bakura. The Millennium Ring glowed and sent out a blast of magic that threw the Zordanians back.
Bakura smirked. 'I love these items.' Bakura thought.
Seto blocked a sword before he turned and kicked another one back. He used the gun that he had been given to kill another one. Several charged at Seto. The Millennium Rod glowed and several Zordanians were thrown back.
Seto looked down at the Millennium Rod. 'Well, maybe this thing isn't as useless as I thought it was.' Seto thought.
Aknaudin had several Zordanians come at him. The Millennium Eye glowed and sent a blast of magic at several Zordanians, throwing them back.
'This item is much more useful than I originally thought it would be.' Aknaudin thought.
The Zordanian who had ordered the attack saw the Millennium items power. 'No! They have the Millennium items! I thought that they were gone forever.' the Zordanian thought.
Deciding that he would be better off leaving and waiting until later to try, the Zordanian turned and tried to run.
Seeing the Zordanian trying to run, Yugi forced the Zordanians that were around him away before he jumped up and flipped through the air, landing right in front of the retreating Zordanian.
The Zordanian stopped, startled when Yugi suddenly landed in front of him.
"Going somewhere?" Yugi asked.
"Out of my way!" the Zordanian hissed.
"You were the one that wanted to start this, so you should be here to see the end of it, and if you think that I a going to be moving and letting you go, you have another thing coming." Yugi said.
The Zordanian growled. "Do you know who I am?! No one orders me around!" the Zordanian growled.
"No. I don't know who you are nor do I care." Yugi answered.
The Zordanian grew angry. "I am Zenith! I am the leader of the Zordanians, and if you think for a moment that you are going to be able to stop me, you are gravely mistaken." Zenith said.
"I don't care who you are, but I am not going to allow you to just run. You started this battle, so I think that it is only fitting that you be here for when it ends." Yugi said.
Zenith growled. "If that is what you wish, so be it1" Zenith said before he attacked.
Seeing that the Egyptians were having so much trouble, Firestar, Waterstar, Earthstar, Windstar, and Lighteningstar decided to help them out.
Firestar charged forward and jumped at one of the Zordanians. He brought his claws down and ripped the Zordanian to shreds.
Waterstar jumped at a Zordanian that was charging forward at Aknankanon and ripped that Zordanian to shreds.
Lighteningstar jumped into the center of a group of Zordanians and charged forward at them. He managed to kill most of them.
Windstar ran at the Zordanians that were overwhelming Shada and killed them all.
Earthstar jumped at a group of them and killed them all, helping the Egyptian soldiers around them.
The five tigers looked at each other, all wondering the same thing.
Atemu was working furiously on the Millennium Puzzle that was his. He knew that he didn't have much time left, and the puzzle was only half finished.
'I don't have time to be doing this! Everyone else needs help!' Atemu thought.
Atemu had been having trouble figuring out how the puzzle went as far as the rest of the puzzle went.
Finally, Atemu managed to start figuring it out.
'Thank goodness. Maybe I can get this done in time.' Atemu thought.
Atemu continued working on the puzzle, hoping that he would be able to find a way to finish the puzzle before everything was destroyed.
Yami was also working on his Millennium Puzzle. He was only about halfway done with it, and he knew that he had a long way to go before he was able to finish it.
'I have to hurry. We don't have time to be doing this. Everyone is depending on us.' Yami thought.
Yami was very frustrated at the moment, and he wanted nothing more than to be finished with it so that he could help the others.
Finally, Yami started to get it, and he was able to start finishing the puzzle faster.
'Good. I just hope that I get this done in time.' Yami thought, knowing that there wasn't a lot of time left.
Amara was nervously pacing the throne room. She wasn't a fighter so there was nothing that she could do to help.
'Someone help them. Please, don't let our people die. They don't deserve this.' Amara thought.
There was a loud explosion in the center of the kingdom where the battle was.
Amara rushed out into the balcony and looked out at where the battle was going on.
"No. Please don't let anything happen to them. They have to win or everyone will lose if these people have their way." Amara said.
"MOM!"
Amara turned and found Atemu and Yami running over to her.
"What was that?" Yami asked.
"I don't know. Something is wrong. That explosion came from where they were fighting." Amara told them.
"We have to go there now and help them." Yami said.
Amara then noticed that Yami and Atemu were wearing the Millennium Puzzles around their necks. "You finished them!" Amara gasped.
"We just did." Atemu said.
Yami turned to Atemu and said, "Come on, Atemu. We have to go and help everyone else."
Atemu nodded his agreement.
The tow brothers started to leave.
"Wait, you two." Amara said.
Atemu and Yami turned to face their mother.
"Be careful. Both of you." Amara said.
Atemu and Yami hugged their mother.
"Don't worry, Mom. We'll be careful." Atemu said.
"We're all going to come back alive, Mom. You don't have to worry about that." Yami said.
"You had better." Amara said.
The two nodded before they ran out of the throne room.
Amara sighed. 'I hope that they come back safe and sound. I couldn't stand it if I lost any of them.' Amara thought.
Amara turned and looked out the balcony, where the battle was taking place.
The Zordanians had used their magic as one and were able to cause such a powerful explosion that everyone was thrown down to the ground.
"This is bad." Bakura muttered.
"You think." Seto snapped.
Zenith laughed. "It doesn't matter that you have six of the eight Millennium items. Without all eight of them, you can't stop us. It doesn't matter what you do!" Zenith said.
Yugi looked up. 'Damn it! We're done with! I don't know that we can stop this!' Yugi thought.
Firestar, Waterstar, Windstar, Lighteningstar, and Earthstar all charged at the Zordanians. They were able to take down a few of the Zordanians, but were soon thrown back.
"Why do those Millennial tigers still have their full strength?" one of the Zordanian asked.
"Our magic only drains that of the Millennial humans, but those five tigers can't make much of a difference now." Zenith said.
Heba, Joey, Ryou, and Malik were all around Yugi.
"Yugi, what do we do?" Heba asked.
"I don't know." Yugi said.
"Come on. You have to have an idea." Joey said, managing to get up to his knees.
"I do, but it would require all of the Millennium items, and Yami and Atemu hadn't finished the Millennium Puzzles yet." Yugi said.
"Then we have truly failed." Malik said.
"GUYS!"
The five Millennials looked to see Atemu and Yami running over to where Bakura, Marik, Seto, Karim, Aknaudin, Isis, Aknankanon, and Shada were at.
Yugi's eyes widened. "They completed the Millennium items." Yugi said.
"Yes! We still have a chance!" Joey said.
"Do we, Yugi?" Ryou asked, looking over at his friend.
"Yeah. We still have a slim chance." Yugi said.
Atemu and Yami had arrived at the battlefield and were surprised to find that every one of their allies were down.
"What happened here?" Yami asked.
"I think that they gained the upper hand." Atemu said.
Both scanned the area and found where their family and friends were.
"Oh no! They're injured!" Yami exclaimed.
"Come on! We have to help them!" Atemu said.
The two started to run forward.
"GUYS!" the two shouted.
Seto, Bakura, Marik, Isis, Karim, Aknaudin, Aknankanon, and Shada all looked to see that Atemu and Yami were running toward them.
"Are all of you okay?" Yami asked as he and Atemu knelt down beside them.
"Oh, we're bloody fantastic! Just look at us! Don't we look great!" Bakura snapped angrily as he glared at them.
"Calm down. This isn't the time to argue." Aknankanon said.
Seto noticed Yami and Atemu's necks. "You were able to complete those puzzles." Seto said.
"Yeah. We just finished them." Atemu said.
"Okay. We have all eight of the Millennium items. Now what?" Marik asked.
Not one of them knew what to do now.
Zenith wasn't too worried when he saw the other two arrive. He just thought that it wouldn't matter at all.
"Lord Zenith!" one of the Zordanians said.
"What?" Zenith asked, irritated that he was being interrupted.
"They have the last two Millennium items!" the Zordanian said, pointing at Yami and Atemu.
Zenith looked and his eyes widened. 'No! This can't be happening! They shouldn't have been able to complete them!' Zenith thought frantically.
Yugi saw when Zenith noticed that Yami and Atemu had the Millennium Puzzles, and he knew that they had to act fast. He motioned the tigers over to him.
All five tigers went running over.
"What is it, Master?" Firestar asked.
"Listen. We're running on borrowed time now. I need all five of you to keep the Zordanians preoccupied." Yugi said.
The five tigers nodded.
"What about us?" Heba asked.
"You're coming with me." Yugi answered.
The five tigers went to attack the Zordanians while Yugi and the others ran over to where Yami and the others were.
"Get them! We have to stop them right now!" Zenith said.
The Zordanians started to attack them only to be stopped by Firestar, Waterstar, Windstar, Earthstar, and Lighteningstar.
"You aren't going anywhere!" Firestar snarled.
"Kill those tigers!" Zenith said, getting angrier by the second.
The Zordanians ran at the tigers, hoping to get rid of them.
Yugi and the others ran over to where everyone else was at.
"Are all of you okay?" Malik asked.
"For now, but we're running out of time." Isis said.
"There's still a chance, but we're going to have to act fast, and you guys are going to have to learn to really harness the power of the Millennium items in the next few minutes." Yugi said.
"We didn't have time to really learn them, though." Karim protested.
"I know that. I think I can help you, but we're going to have to act fast. We don't have long. I know that Firestar and the others won't be able to hold those Zordanians off for long." Yugi said.
"Maybe we should go and help them." Heba said.
"No. Them using the Millennium items is the first step. We're the second step." Yugi said.
"Then perhaps we should help them."
The group looked to see that Dartz, Timaeous, Critias, and Hermos had come over to them.
"Were you not affected by the magical drainage?" Joey asked.
"Yes. We were affected as you were, but we will hold them off as long as we can. Just do what you need to do and fast. I cannot guarantee that we will be able to hold them off forever." Dartz said.
The three Knights nodded their heads in agreement.
Yugi knew that he was lucky to have people as loyal to him as these four were to be willing to put their lives on the line to allow them the chance they needed to end the madness that they were currently facing. "All right, and thank you." Yugi said.
The four nodded before they ran off to face the Zordanians as well.
Yugi turned back to the group. We don't have much time. We have to act fast, and we have to act now." Yugi said.
Everyone nodded, understanding the importance of what they were going to be doing.
"Get off of me you damned tiger!" Zenith shouted as he threw Firestar off of his arm.
Firestar landed on his feet before he charged right back at Zenith. He jumped up at Zenith and brought his claws down across Zenith's face.
Zenith stumbled backwards before he turned to glare at Firestar. "You will pay for that!" Zenith growled. He raised his sword and brought it down only to be stopped the blade of another sword.
Startled, Zenith turned to look into Timaeous's one good eye.
"Not this time, you lowlife" Timaeous snapped. He then forced Zenith's sword up before he kicked Zenith back.
Dart, Hermos, and Critias also forced the Zordanians that they were battling with back as well.
"So, it seems that the great Emperor of the Millennial Kingdom is too scared to face me himself. Typical. He has to send his subjects to fight his battles for him." Zenith sneered.
"My master is not scared! He is scared of no one, least of all you!" Firestar snapped.
"We fight you now because we choose to fight, not because we are forced to." Dartz said.
"We serve our Emperor with pride, and we will gladly lay down our lives for this cause." Hermos added.
"Our loyalty it to him alone, and we will do what we need to in order to give him aid." Critias said.
"We will do this because it is what we want to do to, not because it is what we have to do." Timaeous said.
"Then you will die for this worthless cause!" Zenith said.
The Zordanians then attacked.
"All right. Do you know what you need to do?" Yugi asked.
"I think so." Atemu said.
"Are you certain that this will work, Emperor Yugi?" Isis asked.
"Honestly, I am not certain about anything at this point, but if anyone here has a better idea, feel free to express it." Yugi said.
No one said a word.
"Okay. Let's do this." Yami said, knowing that there wasn't anyone there who had a better plan than the one Yugi had said.
Yugi, Joey, Malik, Ryou, Heba, Shada, and Aknankanon all backed off.
Atemu, Yami, Bakura, Marik, Seto, Karim, Isis, and Aknaudin all stood in a circle and closed their eyes as they concentrated. The Millennium items started to glow one-by-one until all eight of them were glowing. Then a beam shot out from the eye in each item into the center of the circle. After that, the combined power shot up into the air.
"NNNOOO!" Zenith shouted when he saw the eruption of power.
The eight Egyptians were amazed by the amount of magic that was being released from the items.
"I would not have believed it if I had not seen it with my own eyes." Aknankanon said.
Yugi, Heba, Ryou, Malik, and Joey could feel their magic returning to them.
"It's working." Heba said.
"What does it do?" Shada asked.
"It reverses the affects of the Zordanians' magic. They can't defeat us by weakening our magic now." Yugi said.
"Yeah, but they still have theirs. How do we stop them?" Joey asked.
"The Ziang Kai Mu." Yugi answered.
All four looked at Yugi, startled.
"Are you sure?" Ryou asked.
"Yes. It is the only way to truly defeat them." Yugi said.
"Why is that bad?" Aknankanon asked.
'Because it could kill us." Malik said.
Aknankanon looked at Yugi. "is that wise?" Aknankanon asked.
"It's the only way." Yugi answered.
Sensing their cue, Dartz and the others got out of the way.
The magic from the Millennium items faded.
The eight Millennium item bearers looked at each other, wondering what they should do now.
Yugi, Heba, Joey, Ryou, and Malik then moved forward to face each the Zordanians.
"It's over." Yugi said.
"Not yet." Zenith retorted.
All of the Zordanian were combining their magic together for a great attack.
"Now." Yugi said, putting out his hands.
The other four put their hands on top of Yugi's as they stood in a circle.
"In the face of this great evil-" Yugi said.
"-we call on the ancient power." Heba said.
"Give us the strength we need in this hour-" Ryou continued.
"-and give us our victory." Malik said.
"In the name of the Millennial Kingdom-" Joey said.
"-we five call on you. Defeat this enemy through us. We offer up our lives if that will end this fight!" the five said as one.
A burst of energy was released from their hands and went at the Zordanians.
The Zordanians released their attack as well.
The two attacks collided, causing a massive explosion.
Both sides were caught in it.
"HEBA!"
"RYOU!"
"MALIK!"
"JOEY!"
"YUGI!"
The smoke covered the area, and no one could see anything.
No one knew if the five Millennials had survived.
Hope you liked it. The point of the Millennium items was that together they could stop the Zordanians from draining their magic, allowing them to defeat them. Just in case anyone was confused.
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