spiritfire: All their sayings in their heads are all in italics and why didn't I get feedback on the previous chappie...did I lost my touch
Bakura: Maybe you did(snickers)
spiritfire: Shut it tomb robber and aren't you supposed to recover your ring to Smeagol
Bakura:(sweat drops) uhhh maybe later
IX. Past
King Goblin just made a red pot appear and things are not looking good as it suddenly explodes. Fire appears to spread nearly all over the town and it seems that Dark and the others have no idea how to put the fire off. The residents of the town were paniking as the fire spreads the town. At the same time, Dark remembers that very point of his past life when his country was under the magical war, the same war his parents died.
"On that day... the day I never became...myself" Dark scowled as his past begans to open his mind
Flashback: During the magical war, the creatures of darkness were waging war against the people of Solar and Lunar. It was an endless fight between them and many people are hurt or dead. Yugi's father tries to fend them off while his mother flees away from them
"Yugi, you must leave from here" his mother said staring at her only son
"No, I don't want to..." he whined
"This is not the time to argue..." his mother said sternly and she gave Yugi some sort of a small key that nearly looked like a staff
"What's this?" Yugi asked
"It's a special keepsake from us. It's called the Valkyria Key" his mother answered
"Valkyria...Key?" Yugi wondered then suddenly fire began to abalze the whole country and one of the fireballs are aiming at him
"Watch out!" his mother yelled and shielding him from the burning blaze. Yugi was in shocked as his mother was burned in order to protect him then he heard a familiar shout. He runs back to see his father and to his surprise, he was burned as well and Yugi shouts for his parents' death
"Dark... Dark... hey" Mahad shouted and Dark shook his head
"Are you alright?" Yami asked
"Yeah...I'm fine .." Dark replied and still the fire continued to spread
"We have to put out the fire but how?" Mahad asked while Dark thinks of a way to remove the blaze
"...Only one option: I have to use Quake magic to swallow the whole the fire in this town" Dark said, as he beagn to cast Aero on Yami and Mahad then he puts the Valkyria staff in front of him and he closed his eyes and began to concentrate. Green energy began to surround him all over his body as he concentrates with all his might.
"QUAKE!" Dark shouted and suddenly the eath shook violently as usual but this time Dark tapped the staff to the ground and began some sort of incantation. "Fire comes up fire comes down... let the earth swallow you up" he chanted and the earth shook violently that it made a crack on the ground. King Goblin lost his balance and fell while Yami and Mahad were able to float due to the Aero magic Dark casted on them. The earth began to swallow the fire like it was eating then finally it died down leaving the ground scorched
"Man, his magic is getting more interesting than I thought" Mahad said, admiring
"Awww! well time to send you to kingdom come" King Goblin said as he sends a massive fist at Dark
"Dark Savior!" Yami chanted and three sharp blue-darkish spears appeared in three directions and Yami released all three of them sending King Goblin out of his prey
"Thanks" Dark panted heavily. "Damn, I never thought incantation spells can take a lot of me"
"Not fair!" King Goblin whined as his guard went down
"Shut up...I'll kill you if you do anything to those people who lived this village" Dark growled
"Boo hoo hoo and what are gonna do little boy" King Goblin mocked and Dark wore a very sadistic and nasty smile
"You know you're beginning to annoy me... I'm going to blast you off to the moon" Dark smirked
"Oh boy" Mahad rolled his eyes in annoyment
"Goblin Punch!" King Goblin said and was about to send a massive fist on Dark
"BARRIER!" Yami chanted and to Dark's surprise, a seal appeared at his feet protecting him from any physical attacks. As for King Goblin, he was hurled back from his attack. Yami was staring angrily at King Goblin and apparently he looked pissed off
"You have nothing to do with this" King Goblin said but Yami glared daggers at him
"... Just get rid of him Dark before I decided to strangle his big fat neck" Yami said, scowling
"If you say so... Fire Slash!" Dark said and he swung his staff like a baseball bat sending King Goblin flying and next thing he knew, he was goblin barbeque.
"M-m-mer--cy" King Goblin moaned but Dark and Yami gave him a death glare.
"Bye bye" Dark and Yami smirked as they use their spells to turn him into ashes
"Oh dear... I can't believe you were able to destriy King Goblin in one blow" said a familiar voice
"Huh?" everyone wondered and there it was, it was the short blond man who helped them give back their stolen stuff
"This is a bit bad and now a lot of monsters are gonna chase you guys now" he whined at them
"Don't blame us... he was the one who nearly burned the town to crisp" Yami complained but suddenly he disappeared
"I wonder if he knows about this" Dark wondered and the three of them ended up staring at the remains
- - -
Dark and the others were now at Domina inn where they were greeted by a strange chocobo lookalike. He never seens such creatures living in this village before and they were now making their reservations. Since Mahad was the one who was paying, Yami and Dark began toworry among themselves and ever since they singed their enemy, they wondered if the stranger told them was true all along.
"Come on you guys, there's no use worrying over spilled milk... let's just take a break for now. We still have a long journey to go" Mahad said
"...You're right" Yami said as he and Dark went upstairs to their rooms and bade themselves goodnight
- - -
The next morning, the sun's rays hit their faces and Dark was the first one to get up. He looked at the window of his room and people are now busy to open their stores as if the incident yesterday was nothing to them. He went downstairs by himself when Yami stared into the sky. Dark wonders if he's in deep thought so he decides to ask him
"What are you thinking?" Dark asked then Yami just got out of his trance
"Nothing much really..." Yami replied as he continues to stare the sky again
"... I see" Dark said and walks away when he saw Mahadon the way
"We better eat something before we go and it's been waiting for like 5 minutes" Mahad informed. "By the way, where's Yami?" he asked
"Staring in the sky" Dark replied coldly as if he didn't care
"...You better get him" Mahad said and Dark put a scowling face
"I'm not a babysitter" Dark said in annoyment
"Come on... the last time I tried to call him to eat, he didn't listen every word I was saying and I ended up yelling at him" Mahad complained
"Fine" Dark sighed and went to fetched Yami who was still staring at the sky
"Hey... come on we better eat our breakfast before Mahad yells the whole inn" Dark said and instantly Yami went back to the inn as if he wanted Dark to call him instead of Mahad
"I guess this is the only time he outsmarts his guardian.." Dark chuckles as he went to the inn as well
- - -
The three of them ate their breakfast and at the same time they were discussing about the kingdom of Alexandria. They all wondered what it looks like since they didn't went there before except for Yami who stood silent for the whole discussion.
"Is something wrong?" Mahad asked
"...Nothing" Yami said as he continued to eat his breakfast as he suspiciously stared at him
"There's something he's not telling us" Dark said suspiciously
- - -
After their meal, the three of them left Domina and now they were on the road again. They have no idea if what the stranger told them was true if they killed King Goblin, monsters would be after them. All is well at first until suddenly, monsters appeared out of nowhere and worse of all they were surrounded
"Man, I think the stranger was right about this" Mahad complained as he readied his weapon
"Then we'll have to break their defenses" Dark chuckles and began their endless fight
- - -
WHAM! BAM! KABOOM!
"How long are we going into this assault?" Yami wailed as he blasted oe of the monsters with his Fire spell
"I don't know but they keep coming" Mahad replied swinging his staff away from them
"... This is endless" Dark growled and little did they noticed that the Valkyria Staff began to sap energy from the creatures as if its taking its power and convert it to itself
"Because of the endless fight, his weapon will undergo changes soon" Magician Valkyria said as she watched their struggle
"Yami, Mahad stand back..." Dark commanded
"Why?" they asked
"I'm going to send them away form here" Dark replied as he began to charge for his spell so the two of them stand back while all the monsters began to move towards him
"Ultima!" Dark chanted and the entire field went black then white balls appeared out of nowhere, hitting all the monsters in the process and at the same time, all of them got incinerated
"Damn it... looks like we all got damage and ran out of stamina or strength to fight" Yami growled, surveying himself
"At least we're near to our destination... look" Mahad said, pointing at the huge castle before them. There they saw a huge transparent crystal at the centerand down below is the city itself
"Good thing we didn't waste any time to practice or train on the way here" Dark commented
"Come on, we better get going and at least we should get some rest" Yami said
"Don't forget that I still need to resupply our items. It seems that we ran out due to the endless fight" Dark said frmly and they nodded so now they begin to enter the city of their destination
- - -
"I never knew this city was a lot bigger than mine" Yami said in wonder as they arrived at Alexandria. Here, there were numerous houses and people lived in a normal life. There were a lot of stores as well mostly for weapons and souvenirs and at the center, there're many children playing plus a hotel as well. The three of them finally arrived at the gates of the castle and guards approach them with caution
"Who are you?" one of the guards asked and Yami stepped forward
"I'm Prince Yami of the Lunarian Kingdom, please allow me to pass" he said while showing the crest his father gave him. The guards were shocked and puzzled if what he states is true
"Let him in, I know that crest..." said a familiar voice and the guards kneeled down. Dark and Mahad were shocked to see that it was the same person who gave the stolen items and the same person who warned them about the endless monster assault.
"Your majesty... of course" the guards said and they step aside allowing them to pass
"Who are you exactly?" Mahad asked
"My name is Zidane... King Zidane Tis' Alexandros but just call me Zidane" he said introducing himself
"Yami, did you that person?" Dark asked
"...Yes in fact... he's an old friend of mine sorry for not telling" Yami said sheepishly while Mahad and Dark stared daggers at him
"What?" Yami asked, trying to suppress his humour
"No wonder you didn't tell us, it isn't fair..." Mahad pouted while Dark shrugs it off
"Come on, my wife or should I say the queen is waiting besides I don't want to get scolded again" Zidane said, scratching his headand all of them went inside the castle.
spiritfire: Please review and to those who were still reading on my first fanfic... I'm not gonna update til at least you review and don't worry, I'll include Kingdom Hearts, characters of FF7 and FF8 (final fantasy), and for frogger 666 Gundam SEED just be patient for a while...( I might add a few of my favorites and don't worry Bakura is still in this story.. just doesn't have a plot yet to harm them)
Bakura: Come back here!
Suddnly a portal opens and someone lands on his back
Bakura: AUTHORESS! Taskite kure(help me)
spiritfire: What for?
Bakura: There's someone at my back ow...
spiritfire: Hmmmm