Kat: Look the Ceremonial Duel Chapter
Joey: Whats tha
Kat: read the freakin chapter and it'll make sense
Atem: Oh Joey *Rolls eyes*
Kat: With you on that Atem
Yugi: Whatever happens will happen for whatever reason.
Tea: I dont want Atem to go
Kat: Shut up Tea no one cares what you think.
Cassie: Exactly that and no one wants he to go but like Yug said, whatever happens will happen for a reason.
Kat: All of you shut it. *Kicks Tea out* So yeah heres the chapter
"Goodbye Cassie." She grabbed my hand. "It was nice meeting you."
"Bye Cleo. It was nice meeting you too." I smiled
"Back to the future. Or present" Tristan said.
We woke up back in the cavern with the tablets.
"Are you worried about Atem? Did he get stuck in the past?"
"Pharaoh? Are you there?" Yugi said switching with Atem
"I'm right here. Right where I belong." Atem said
"Yeah the gang is all here."
"We all did it together." Atem said "The shadow games are over"
"Im glad I was here to help." Joey said
"Me too." Everyone else said.
Atem's POV
"Me too." Everyone else said.
Im going to miss these people.
Pharaoh? I mean Atem. Sorry one of these days I'll get used to saying it. I cant believe after all these years you finally have your memories back.
Thanks to you.
"Threatened to be taken over." Tea said.
"You people" Cassie laughed
"Pharaoh or someone, please tell Joey that he was possessed."
Cassie's POV
"Pharaoh or Cassie, please tell Joey that he was possessed." Tea said
"yes" I said
Kaiba threw the Millennium Eye to Atem. We were all confused at how Kaiba got it. Kaiba started walking towards the stairs and we followed. We see Bakura walking down them.
"YOU!" Joey said
"Where are we?" Bakura asked.
"Wait it's the good Bakura." Joey said
"Last thing I remember is hearing a strange voice and." He collapsed
"Whats wrong?" Atem said
"I need food." He said
"Yeah you don't see me doing that" Joey said
"Well it has been 5000 years" Tristan said
"He's got something that belongs to you" Joey said taking the Millennium ring off.
Joey, Tristan and I dragged a weak Bakura up the stairs. Tea followed just in case we needed help. Kaiba stayed back with Atem and took a final look at the tablets.
Outside the room we found Ishizu, Marik and Odion waiting for us. Their family task of protecting the Pharaoh's tomb was finally over. But there still one more task to do.
"I must seal them away forever so I may enter the spirit world." Atem said
"You're leaving?" Tea said.
Marik and Ishizu offered to take us to the shrine of the Millennium stone.
"Yes and the inscription above it reads as follows. 'To the spirit world thou may proceed, but thou shall first complete this deed.'"
We drove to a dock, but Joey insisted that we find another way to go.
"We don't want to rush this. This is our last adventure together with Atem" Tristan said
"Sense when you all sappy"
Tristan made this look, we had to do this for Tea.
"Boats rule"
"Long ago boats were believed to be the only way to transport spirits to the world beyond" Ishizu said
"The world beyond?"
According to Ishizu where we were going was on an island to the west.
"Ahoy there." This voice said
"Isnt that your Grandpa, Yugi?" I asked
"About time you guys got here" Duke said
"Seto" Mokuba said attacking Kaiba
"We've been bored out of our minds."
"There was this voice telling me that how could I miss an important event in my grandson's life." Grandpa said
"Yeah with him hearing voices, I couldn't let him go alone" Duke said "We ran into Mokuba at the airport."
"Yeah. Roland and I had to track you down" Mokuba said.
"You guys had the nerve not to tell me anything. So I invited myself and called everyone else about everything" Duke said
Pegasus' POV
"You finally did it Yugi-boy. Everything I my life I spent creating has been leading to this. From the moment I received the Millennium Eye, from the moment I recreated the ancient shadow games in the form of duel monsters. It was fates hand guiding me to set the stage for the Pharaoh's final journey home. But I wasn't the only one touched by fate. Everyone placed on the Pharaoh's path was destined to play a role in it. And I'm betting most of them didn't even know it. But each individual no matter how utterly clueless was a necessary part of the puzzle of the Pharaoh's life. Be they weird fisherman duelists or annoying mousy little girls. All of these people have something in common; all of them are connected to a young man named Yugi-boy and that mysterious alter ego of his. And not only did these individuals help Yugi, in turn Yugi touched each person they meet's life as well."
Cassie's POV
Later that evening we were all on the boat. Duke, Kaiba brothers, mom and grandpa were somewhere else on the Boat. The rest of us were on the front of the boat looking ahead.
"I know I've said this a million times, but thank you" Yugi sad
"No problem"
"Give it a rest already" Kaiba said
"What are you guys still doing here rich boy." Joey said
"We have our reasons" Mokuba said
"Kaiba may not admit it, but he's here for the same reason you all are" Ishizu said "To witness the Pharaoh final rite of passage."
"He does believe" Joey said
"Yugi, before we go any further there something you need to know." Malik said. "Theres another ancient passage written, it mentions a battle ritual."
"Battle?" I said
"Yes, in order for the Pharaoh to move on to the spirit world, he must face against a worthy opponent and lose" Marik said.
"What kind of battle do you mean?" Joey said.
"In ancient times, this meant a battle with swords, now days Duel Monsters." Marik said
"I don't get it? The whole thing about losing" Yug said.
"Think about it. Winning is easy for them, but being able to accept defeat is the hardest thing to do" Duke said.
"Yeah"
"Doesn't this remind you of that one time we were on a boat to Duelist Kingdom?" Joey asked a little while later.
Joey and Kaiba both offered to Duel Atem, but Yugi declined their offers in favor of dueling Atem himself. He believed that this was something both he and Atem needed. Kaiba tied to almost kill Yugi for a shot at the Pharaoh.
"Back it off Kaiba before I hit you in the neck." Kaiba dropped Yugi.
Kaiba thought Yugi nuts for wanting to duel his 'imaginary friend'.
"Yeah why don't you just go home and duel against a robot or a monkey. Maybe you have a chance of winning against that." I muttered
Yugi's POV
A few hours pass and I was in my room preparing for tomorrow. Tea came into to my room to tell me something.
"Yeah so we arrive tomorrow" She said looking at the cards. "I see that you're working on your deck"
"Yeah. Its like my final gifts to him." I said
"I guess I just don't want to see them go."
"Yeah I know."
"I'll um let you finish now." She left the room
"Goodnight Tea." I let out a sigh "Pharaoh, I think she wanted to say goodbye to you."
Cassie's POV
I was walking through the hallway when I saw Tea standing right outside Yugi's room. She looked upset.
"Tea? You okay?"
"Yeah im fine." She wiped away a tear.
"I get it… I know how much you don't want them to go. You're not alone on that. No one here wants them to. But whatever happens tomorrow, will happen for a reason. I know that I personally don't want to force Atem to stay where he doesn't belong and wouldn't you rather see him happy?"
"I do but."
"Tea seriously we're all selfish at times. But even then it can backfire against us."
"Yeah you're right."
"Just remember no matter what happens tomorrow, we will always have the memories of what we went through."
"Thanks Cassie."
"Goodnight Tea." I walked away to my room.
Morning came and all of us except for Atem/Yugi were off the boat. We were about to go back on to find him, when we see them come off.
"There you are." Joey said.
On the way over to the Millennium stone was, Joey kept complaining. It wasn't unusual for him to bitch about something.
"NO" we said
"Here it is, the shrine of the Millennium Stone" Ishizu said as we arrived.
"This duel is going to be epic" Tristan said as we walked down a set of stairs
"I don't think we should rush into this. I mean this could be the last duel the Pharaoh ever have." Tea said
"My friends I know this must be difficult, but they must carry out the battle ritual. If too much time passes, the window of opportunity will close." Ishizu said
"Tea, I know how hard this is for you, but it's the best for them." Yugi started to say
"Yeah, it wouldn't be fair to force them to stay, where they don't belong." I said
"I probably don't say this enough as I should but, Tea, you're one of the bravest people I know. I want you to know that im proud." Joey said
"Deep words man" I said. "But he is right. I don't know of any other women who have put up with the crap we've been through and continue to stand by her friends regardless of what happened."
"If you freaks start holding hands and shit, im out." Kaiba said
"Maybe if you had some friends, you wouldn't be like this" Joey said
"Harsh" Tristan said
"Lets go" Yugi said
"Here it is" Ishizu said once we reached the bottom
"The final resting place of the 8 Millennium items" Yugi said
Yugi and I walked up to the Millennium stone.
"Before the ritual can begin, the 8 items must be returned to the rightful place. The Eye of Wdjat will peer into your soul and unravel the Pharaoh from your own. If you accept these terms, I will ask you to place the items back into the Millennium Stone."
He started placed the Millennium Items in the in the rightful place, leaving two spots open. One for the Millennium Belt, the other for the Millennium Puzzle.
"Cassie?" Yug said
"Yeah I know." I took it off and handed it to him. "One of the hardest things I will ever do today"
This caused the Eye of Wdjat to scan Yugi for the Pharaoh's soul and split them into separate bodies. The ultimate duel was about to begin.
"Im seeing double of each of them" Joey said
"No, one is the Pharaoh, the other is Yugi." Grandpa said.
"No way" Mokuba said.
"You're on." Atem said
"GO get them Yugi. Uhh you too Pharaoh" Tristan said
"Who are we supposed to root for?" Mokuba said
"I say we have to root for Yugi" Joey said
It's the only way. Atem has to lose for his soul to really be free
Atem's POV
This is the first time in my life I hoped for my opponent's victory. But in order to truly test our readiness I must fight with all of my strength.
Cassie's POV
"Time to see who the real King of Games truly is" Kaiba said
"Oh just shut it Kaiba." I said
Atem went first, discarding one card so he could play a card called the Tricky. He placed one card face down and ended his turn. Yugi activated his Swords of Revealing light.
"Called it" I said
Yugi placed one monster on the field and one face down and ended his turn. Several turns pass and Yugi's putting up a good fight against Atem.
"Come on Yug. You can do this." I said
Yugi tried to attack with his Gadget robot thing, but Atem was able to switch the effects of Swords of Revealing light. Atem used some magic card that allowed him to summon as many Tricky Tokens as there are monsters on the field.
"I sense a god card coming" I said
"Im taking this duel to the next level. I sacrifice 3 of the tokens to summon Obelisk."
"I called it. Lets see how he handles this"
"Obelisk destroy his fortress with Fist of Fate."
Yugi was left with only 1400 life points. Shit was getting down. He placed 3 cards down and summoned Silent Swordsman.
"oh shit." I muttered
Atem almost won the duel now but Yugi had some ticks hiding, waiting for the right moment. He used Ground Erosion and Time Jump. Obelisk lost 500 life points per turn after Ground Erosion, losing 1500 life points. Atem had his own trap card that he used, allowing him to summon a monster for each magic or trap card that's been played, so he's able to summon 3 monsters. He summoned Queens Knight and Kings Knight, automatically being allowed to summon Jacks Knight, But that wasn't the end of it. He summoned Slifer the Sky Dragon.
"Son of a bitch" I said "2 of the 3 gods."
"As you know Slifer receives 1000 points for every card that's in my hand and Im holding 3"
Atem was able to get rid of almost all of Yugi's monsters.
"You know whats left Yugi." Atem said "I sacrifice my 3 knight"
"No way." Kaiba said
"He isn't." I said
"All mighty protector of the sun and sky, I beg of thee, please heed my cry, Transform thyself from orb of light and bring me victory in this fight, I beseech thee, grace our humble game, But first, I shall call out thy name, Winged Dragon of Ra!" Atem said
"Ah shit. He did." I dropped my chapstick
"All 3 gods in one turn" Kaiba said
"This seriously makes me want to go curl myself into a fucking ball in a corner and cry." I said.
All of us were standing there in shock, not even knowing what to even say. Trying to defeat one god card is hard enough, but trying to defeat 3 seems impossible. Each of the Gods has its own special ability; Slifer can do 2000 points in damage, Obelisk can have infinite power with 2 sacrifices and Ra's points can be raised to over 15000. Several minutes pass, Kaiba was debating leaving, cuz he thought watching wouldn't be worth it.
"Yugi I can see the uncertainty in your eyes and if you expect to win this duel you must overcome your self-doubt. I believe that's why fate brought us together so you can learn to trust in yourself and to become the duelist you truly are. And I learned from you."
"That makes sense" I said
"I wouldn't be who I am without you. I thought about everything you taught me when I was building my deck."
"That's what I did when I built mine. You taught me about bravery and self-confidence even when the odds are not in your favor."
"You taught me about friendship and having compassion. Back at Duelist Kingdom you showed me that winning isn't everything. Each of us has given someone a gift."
Sense it is now Yugi's turn, his swordsman moves up a level. He summoned his Valkyrion the magnet warrior by discarding Alpha, Beta and Gamma to the graveyard. But it also activated Slifer's ability of instant attack, but Yugi countered with Mirage Spell causing him to gain 2000 life points.
He ended his turn, but left his monsters in attack mode. We all thought it was a careless move. Atem drew a card and Slifer's attack points went up to 4000 and attacked Yugi's Swordsman. Then Atem called on Ra to attack Yugi's Magnet warrior and destroyed. Yugi was down to no monsters on the field and could still possibly be attacked by Obelisk.
"This is it Yugi and for that I am thankful. Obelisk, wipe out his remaining life points."
"Shit." I said
Out of nowhere Yugi's Magnet warrior and swordsman returns to the field. We were all wondering how that happened. It was the effect of Yugi's trap card, for the cost of 1000 life points he could bring back all the monsters that were destroyed in the last turn.
"Oh my god. Give us a freaking heart attack or some shit like that"
Yugi used the special effect of his magnet warrior to bring back Alpha, Beta and Gamma to the field.
"Why on earth would dismantle his best monster just to summon 3 weaker monsters." Kaiba said
"Sense 3 new monsters are on the field, you should know the deal. Slifer, lightning blast"
"I activate Magnet Force, redirecting Slifer's attack to your monsters."
After Yugi's move weakened the 3 gods, he attacked Obelisk with his Swordsman, but Atem activated Mirror Force, destroying all of Yugi's monsters.
"He came closer than I thought he would" Marik said.
"Yugi's just a joke. All of you people waste my time." Kaiba said
"That was a valiant effort Yugi. If only you predicted my face down card"
"I did." He said smiling. "And that's why this duel isn't over. When you activated your trap I was able to complete my card combo. Its about time I eliminated those Egyptian god Cards."
He used a magic card that allows him to bring back any monster that was destroyed in the last turn in defense mode, fully knowing of Slifer's special ability. Slifer's attack was redirected to Obelisk, destroying it.
"One down 2 more to go"
Yugi called on his Magnet warrior to separate into its 3 separate monster's, causing Slifer's ability to go off again, and finally destroying the remaining God cards.
"Oh shit" I said "Things just got serious"
Bakura and grandpa started dancing; it was quite funny to see that. Several turns pass and Atem had Gaia the Fierce Knight on the field.
"Gaia attack his monster." Atem said
Yugi played a magic card that allowed him to give up 1000 life points to summon any monster from his deck, he sacrificed that monster to play Summoned Skull. He used the special ability from the monster he sacrificed to allow him to pick one card from his deck and place it in his hand.
"I pick my good friend Marshmellon."
On Yugi's next turn, he managed to chip Atem's life points down to 1400. Atem used a magic card so he could summon Dark Magician and used another magic card to power it up. He attacked Yugi's monster, destroying it. Yugi played a monster in defense mode. Atem used another magic card with his Magician and attacked Yugi's monster, but it failed because of a magic card Yugi activated.
Yugi played a card called, Gold Sarcophagus, allowing Yugi to place one card inside it, removing it from play, but if Atem were to play the card that is sealed within Gold Sarcophagus, the effect of the card is negated.
"Who wants to bet on what it is?" I said
"What are the chances that the Pharaoh's going to play it?" Tristan said
"I say highly probable" I said
"I activate my BlockMan's special ability, deconstruction" Yugi said
Yugi sacrificed his 2 monster's to summon Gandora the Dragon of Destruction. He used half of his life points to use its special ability, but Atem used Dark Illusions, protecting his Magician.
"God damn it." I said
Two turns pass and Atem plays Monster Reborn, allowing him to summon a monster for anyone's graveyard. Atem attempted to revive Slifer the Sky Dragon using Monster Reborn, but Yugi revealed that he had selected that card with Gold Sarcophagus and negated its effect.
"How could he have known?" Joey said
"Luck man. That just has to be it." I said.
"He must have had this planned from the start." Tea said
Yugi looked at me not knowing what to do next. I just gave his this nod.
"Do it Yug, its okay. I'll be fine." I said
Im pretty sure Yugi knows if he attack Atem and its successful I will have to leave soon. Its going to be hard leaving all of these people. Everyone here, even Kaiba and its you know Kaiba, has left an impression on me.
Yugi reluctantly attacked Atem directly with Silent Magician winning the Duel. With the Duel over Yugi wept. He called himself weak and said that he had always followed Atem, wanting to be as strong as him. However Atem said that Yugi has the strength of tenderness, which Yugi has also taught him.
"The time has come. Tell the Eye of Wdjat your name." Ishizu said
"I am the son of Aknamkanon, my name is Atem."
"Wait" We all said and he turned around.
"So that's how it ends?" Tristan said. "You think you can just show up and change everyone's lives?"
"We don't want to say goodbye yet." Yugi said.
"Its just not fair" Tea said crying
"There are just some things you aren't supposed to understand. Just look at me, I go through half my life not understanding what going on. But I know true friends are hard to leave, but impossible to forget."
"Yeah"
"Cassie." Atem started to say. "Thank you for everything. This is just more than a goodbye for me. I know you're going to leave this world soon, so at least I will get to say goodbye now instead of never. I will miss you more than anything."
"Goodbye Pha- Atem. Sorry still getting used to that."
"Here. I want you to have this." He took off his cartouche and handed it to me. "I hope it will be with you when you return."
"I hope it will. Thank you Atem."
"I will never forget any of you" Atem said
Yugi said that he will never forget Atem.
"You're not going anywhere Atem, because everything you have given us will always be in our hearts."
"Right"
"Like I always say, its your move" Yugi said and we all gave thumps up
"It was Yugi's destiny to do this. And I know it was all of our destinies to help him." I said.
"Like the text always said." Ishizu said
"Wait the one that says 'Long ago when the pyramids were still young, Egyptian Kings played a game of great and terrible power, but these Shadow Games erupted into a war that threatened to destroy the entire world. Until a brave and powerful Pharaoh locked the magic away. Imprisoning it in 8 mystical Millennium items. Now 5,000 years later a boy named Yugi unlocks the secret of the Millennium Puzzle. He is infused with ancient mystical energies, for destiny has chosen him to defend the world from the return of the Shadow games, just as the brave Pharaoh did 5,000 years before.'" I said
"Yes." Malik said.
"Goodbye Pharaoh"
Atem continued through the doorway to the Afterlife. Once the doorway shut, the chamber began to shake. We all ran outside, while the shrine collapsed, burying the Millennium Items with it.
"So this is the end? Feels weird" Tristan said
"Yeah"
"What were you geeks expecting?" Kaiba said
"Don't make me cock block you rich boy"
"I dunno good music or something. Hey at least give one of your wrap up speeches Yugi" Joey said
"Well the end of one adventure opens the door to another adventure."
All of us returned home, until the day I would leave. Then that would be another adventure to deal with.
Kat: So yeah there it is.
Tea: Aww he really has to go
Kat: Who the hell let her in
Kaiba: Sorry
Kat: Damnit Kaiba
Joey: Wow he actually said sorry
Kat: Shut it Wheeler. This is possibly the last chapter i will post for a while. Please review.