spiritfire: (playing Indiana Jones theme) Wahoohoohoo!!!(sitting on a medium sized rubber seat and holding the rope then swing)
Chapter XXXVII. Desert land
The party arrived at the continent of Amenti. Just like the book is written, it is the desert continent but little was known about the 'mummies' and 'spirits'. Sora scanned the entire desert using the keyblade and it seems clear enough. Kaiba hummed himself patiently and so they went forward. Yami felt uneasy when he walked along the desert. All of a sudden, hundreds of Heartless popped out of nowhere. Sora had little choice but to fight them instead he had an idea.
The Keyblade Master whistled and in an instant a magic carpet appeared. Next, he raised his keyblade high and prepared his summons.
"Showtime!" Sora chanted and his keyblade went berserk emitting clouds everywhere then he turned his weapon around and around until huge clouds began to gather as one. A loud voice was heard then it poof. Yugi, Yami and Kaiba stared goggle-eyed.
"Genie, would you mind give my friends a ride?" Sora asked. The blue jinn grinned at his master.
"Sure thing, pal!" Genie replied with enthusiasm and he turned himself into a blue carpet. Sora, Riku, Kaiba rode on the magic carpet while Yugi and Yami rode on the other carpet.
"Um, Sora is this okay?" Yami asked, feeling unsure.
"Don't worry!" Sora replied with assurance. Riku felt a little excited since he never rode a magic carpet before. Even Kaiba was a little excited as well. As for Yugi, a ride is a ride nothing else. So with the Keyblade Master's command, the carpet went full speed passing all the Heartless.
"This is better than walking!" Riku chuckled but all of a sudden, Fortunetellers Heartless appeared. Sora stood up and whacks all of them. As the Keyblade Master defended the front line, little did they know that there were another batch of Heartless behind Yugi. The teen sensed it and used his magic to incinerate them.
"That's it, I'm putting a barrier on this! Reflera!" Sora said, raising his keyblade high and a whitish barrier appeared around them. Yugi was a little surprised that someone would wield magic like his although Sora's magic is two times higher. Because of the barrier, none of the Heartless' attacks were able to penetrate its defense. Sora noticed the serious look on his face.
"Yugi, it seems that you've seen this kind of magic before." Sora said sternly and Riku stared the two of them.
"Yes and I also wield them." Yugi said as their transportation went faster.
"He wields the same magic as Sora." Riku said, feeling skeptical. "Does that mean he and Yugi are the same in terms of their magic??? Nah…"
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They finally arrived at the palace where Sora told them on their way that there's a possible object or thing that might get Yugi home and judging from this place, it was a ruin. Thanking Genie and Carpet, the group went to the front gate. The bad part: it was locked but Dora raised his keyblade straight and a ray of light emit from its tip. It went straight to the lack and finally it opened. Pushing the door open, everyone went inside.
The walls were filled with hieroglyphics as they walk inside. Yami was staring with interest and for some reason, he understood those writings. Yugi noticed the odd look on his face and knew something like this would happen since he read that 'book' when they were in Alexandria. They walked on a narrow path and as they went forward, their only source of light began to fade.
Yugi and Sora can barely see anything so Yami cast a simple fire spell to lighten the path. Of course, they have no idea where they're going until someone's feet suddenly activated the switch.
"What was that?" Sora asked and all of a sudden, a trap door opened below. Yugi and the Keyblade Master fell. Riku and Yami tried to grab them but unfortunately, they fell and automatically, the trap door closed itself.
"Shit, we have to find them!!" Riku growled as he punched the floor with his fist.
"There's nothing we can do at some point. Let's move on and hope that they'll be alright. Besides we can't just sit there and mope." Kaiba said, calmly.
"I agree besides they can take care of themselves right, Riku?" Yami stated as he brought out the light again but this time he lit it on a wooden torch. Riku agrees.
"They better be alright." Riku said as they move forward to the palace.
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Meanwhile, floors below, Yugi and Sora were unconscious then slowly the two teens got up and wondering where they are. Using their magic, they were able to find a torch to use as their source of light.
"Where are we?" Sora asked as he turns the torch around. The walls had hieroglyphics but it was unlike the ancient writings they saw near the entrance. Rather it was a bit old.
"I don't know but it seems that we fell in to a trap door." Yugi replied as he stood up and dusting off the dirt of his clothes. The two of them start walking but the further they walk, the more it feels like a maze and at the same time, Yugi felt cold air around here like a presence of a spirit.
They heard something in front of them. Was it a spirit? Mummy? Or the others? Sora readied his keyblade if it was an intruder. Footsteps were also heard as the Keyblade Master tighten his grip of his weapon.
"Oh pardon me, I don't bring any harm." Said an old feeble voice. Sora let the light reached forward and turns out it was an old man wearing a worn out cloak and holding a wooden staff.
"What is an old man doing here?" Yugi asked as the old man led them to a brighter room where it was also filled with hieroglyphics and ancient treasures.
"Actually, I live here." He replied and the two teens exchanged dumfounded looks at each other.
"Okaaaay, can you tell us where we are?" Sora asked.
"You're in the pharaoh's tomb or more precisely, a path to the pharaoh's tomb itself." the old man replied.
"Pharaoh's Tomb?" Sora asked, his head is filled with question marks.
"Yes, for three thousand years, this pharaoh once saved this land by sacrificing himself in the great battle of light and darkness or so would say." the old man explained. "By the way, how did you end up here?"
"We sorta fell on a trap door," Yugi replied. "Anyway, can you let us out? We're looking for my friends and a way for me to go back where I came from."
"You mean there are others?" the old man asked and Yugi nodded. "Oh dear, this is bad."
"What's wrong?" Sora asked.
"This place is filled with traps to keep intruders and graverobbers away from here. If you value your life, you better leave quickly." the old man said, gravely.
"Why?" Yugi asked.
"This is the pharaoh's palace. The place you're entering and no doubt the spirits will try to destroy you. Your only way out is going through the pharaoh's tomb itself. From there, you're supposed to find a secret passageway from here." the old man replied. Yugi was getting suspicious so he used his mage abilities to scan his mind. Unfortunately, nothing but he sensed some kind of enormous power from him.
They began to walk along with the old man and as they passed forward, Yugi noticed creatures at the stone tablets. One was a long serpentine dragon, a huge behemoth and some kind of bird-like dragon. Sora wondered what they were so he asked him about it.
"Oh those…well, they are the divine beings that the pharaoh commanded. More precisely, his summons. There are Osiris the Sky Dragon, Obelisk the Tormentor and The Winged Dragon of Ra. Legends say that those beings can cause mass destruction and only the royal family can use it." the old man replied.
"…Divine Monsters...I think I read those back in Alexandria…." Yugi said. "From what I heard, those were very powerful and from the books I read, no one could have survived the traps at the ruined palace yet this old man is here. Something's suspicious here."
They arrived at the pharaoh's tomb and it's the usual decorations except that there's a coffin at the center wall. Yugi looked a little closer and saw something that was familiar to him: The Eye which was also engraved in the Millennium Puzzle. Sora was feeling uneasy now and as he looked around, he noticed that the old man who was leading them was nowhere to be found.
"Yugi, what's going on?" Sora asked but before Yugi could answer, he felt a tremendous aura. Usually, the energies of the dead were powerful and to those people (mages) who felt it usually can control their energies by using their level of magic. Unfortunately in some cases, that aura was big and Yugi can barely control it that he fell on his knees. Worst of all, his emotion seal is acting up. Sora felt the tremendous aura as well but since he's a half-mage, it was no problem for him to stay in control.
"Damn it's powerful and that coffin don't tell me….." Yugi seethed as the lid opened itself and the Valkyria Key glowed all by itself.
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Back at the upper floors, Yami, Riku, and Kaiba were still walking forward until they came up with three paths. Not knowing what to do, they have to ppick which path should they go. Suddenly, Yami pointed his finger at the center and the two of them stared.
"Yami, are you sure this is the path we're supposed to take?" Riku asked.
"Yeah…" Yami replied, feeling familiar all over his surroundings.
"Hmmm, are you sure?" Kaiba asked and Yami just nod his head.
The three of them went inside but Riku felt something odd from Yami. Ever since they came inside the ruined palace, he noticed that he was familiar with this as if this was his own home. But no matter what he thinks there was no proof of this so he decided to wait and see.
Everyone finally arrived at some kind of chamber but when Kaiba tried to open the door that was in front of them, it was locked. Yami looked at the door and tried to analyze the hieroglyphics written on the door. He placed his hand on the center and began to speak ancient language. Riku and Kaiba had no idea what's going on anymore.
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Back at the Pharaoh's tomb, the light died down and much to their shock, the spirit came out of the coffin. What's more surprising is he looks like Yami except that he has a lot of jewelry and his skin was tanned. As for the Valkyria Key, Mahaado and Mana came out in spirit form.
"My Pharaoh, it's been a long time," Mahaado said, kneeling in front of the spirit. Sora stared in shock as his apprentice did the same gesture.
"I was right, you guys were related to him." Yugi whispered and the spirit stared at him and was taken by surprise, he looks a little like him but as he went nearer, some kind of barrier was blocking his way. The spiky-haired teen suddenly jumped up, curled himself and much to everyone's surprise, white and black angel wings appeared at his back then his 'new wings' curled covered his front shielding him from any person or spirits he sees.
"What's going on here?" Sora asked himself as he stared at the barrier where Yugi was held.
"Um, can anybody tell me what gives?" the pharaoh asked, staring at the barrier.
Valkyria appeared and sighed putting her right hand to her face and said "This is not good, not good at all..."
"What are you talking about, sister?" Mana asked.
"Well, to tell you the truth, I've seen him acting like this once before," Valkyria replied, frowning. "But this time, it's about to get worse!"
"What could be worse than getting master angry?" Mana asked in curiousity.
"...Uhhhh, I ...don't know," Valkyria said, scratching her head sheepishly and everyone fell.
"WHAT!!!! You have no idea what's going on???" Mahaado yelled in Valkyria's ear in exasperation.
"It's true but something similar like this happened before," Valkyria said as she kept rubbing her ear.
"Would you mind telling us, then?" Sora asked then to the pharaoh. "And by the way who are you?"
"My name is Atemu. I live in here," he said, introducing himself. "And you are?"
"I'm Sora," the Keyblade Master said.
"So tell us when did this happen anyway?" Mahaado asked and Valkyria sighed.
"It happened way back to the Solarian Continent after he learned the entire power of the incantation spells..." Valkyria said and everyone listened.
spiritfire: My summer is ruined...nooooo I flunk one stupid subject and now I'm required to take summer classes iyaaaaaaaaaaaaa and sorry if it's a tad bit short. Read and Review