~Ari~
I'm woken up by a pain in my head. I open my eyes and begin to look around. I'm lying in a bed with a blanket covering me. I throw off the blanket and get into a sitting position. Wait, where's Yami? I look over to find him lying in a bed next to mine. His eyes are open and he seems to be thinking about something. "Yami?" I say.
He seems to snap out of whatever he was thinking about and comes back to reality. He gets up from the bed and kisses me, "Thank goodness you're alright!" he says.
"Yeah, I'm fine. What were you thinking about?"
His face turns from excitement into that trance-like state he was just in. He sits next to me and looks down at the floor, "I need to ask you something." He says.
"Sure, what is it?"
"Do you think I'm evil?"
"What!? Where would you get a ridiculous idea like that?"
"I don't know. I'm so confused about what's right and wrong anymore. I don't know if the decisions I'm making will help us in any way. Rafael said something about me being an Evil King back in the past and now I believe it to be true."
"Well, you're not evil. You have your flaws here and there, but evil wouldn't be something to describe you. And why are you even listening to something that Rafael said? He doesn't even know you."
"I just don't-"he's cut off by a loud growling. We look up to see a dog running toward us and then tackling Yami. I begin to panic for a second, but that notice that the dog is licking his face. I suppose for the moment it could be considered harmless. Yami's actually smiling while the dog is licking him, so that's a good improvement in mood.
"Sky, come back here!"
The dog gets off of Yami and sits on the ground. A little girl around the age of ten maybe walks into the hut. She has brown hair that's put into two braids and wears a long pink dress and a tan hat. "Sky, you should know better than to do that. I'm sorry about that, my name is Chris. And I guess you've already met Sky!" she says.
I smile at her, "Yeah, thanks for finding us by the way." I say.
"Sky did all the work! Follow me, my Grandpa wants to meet you." She says happily.
Yami and I stand up and follow her out of the hut. She leads us down to a river where a man is sitting looking at something. The dog named Sky, walks up to the man and gets his attention. The man stands up and faces us, "Ah, I see you two are awake. You gave us quite a scare." He says. He has long grey hair, along with a matching beard, and wears brown robes and uses a wooden stick as a walking cane.
"Yeah, thank you for your help." Yami says.
"No problem, my name is Ironheart. Oh, and I believe this is yours." He says holding out Yami's deck. Yami grabs it from him. On the top, is the Eye of Timaeus.
"I see you posses an interesting card." Ironheart says looking at Timaeus.
Yami takes Timaeus and holds it out to the man, "I'm not deserving of this card anymore." He says.
"Yami, that's not true." I tell him.
Ironheart grabs the card from him, "I'll hold onto it for a while."
"Oh, and by the way, did you find another kid with us? He's kind of nerdy and has green hair." I say.
"Yes, I did. I entrusted him to some people wandering this area who said they would bring him to the nearest hospital. It was a shame really, he looked dead."
"His soul was taken earlier. I guess it's good that he got some help." Yami says.
"Hm, I can sense a great deal of confusion and loneliness within you young man. Why is it you feel this way?"
"I lost a great friend of mine. I'm on a journey to find him." Yami says.
"And what will you do once you've found him?"
"I'm not sure… At the least, I would apologize to him."
"Mhm, I think I may be able to help. Please, follow me."
Ironheart begins to walk away, with Chris and Sky following him. "Let's follow him, Yami. We've got nowhere else to go." I say.
Yami nods and we follow them. We climb up lots of ledges and cliffs, until we reach the edge of one of the mountains. The walkway is very thin, so I mostly hold onto the mountain as we walk. I take a step and the rock beneath my foot falls down. I try to keep myself stable, and Yami catches my arm to make sure I don't fall over. "You alright?" he asks.
"Fine now." I say.
"Oh, did I mention to watch your step? And you might not want to look down." Chris says.
I look down out of curiosity and notice that those rocks are still falling. It seems to go about a mile downward. "But not to worry, we're not far from our destination." Ironheart says. He continues walking and we follow him.
"What happens once we arrive?" Yami asks.
"We'll arrive in the place where the spirits dwell. My people believe that spirits live all around us and the place we're going is one of the dead. Mostly the angry spirits are kept there, looking for revenge."
"And you think my friend will be there?"
"It's likely. Getting in there won't be a problem, but leaving will be another story. You can still back out now."
"No, I'm going."
We continue walking until we reach the edge of a cliff. Below, is a drawn circle in the ground surrounded by broken pillars. "So, what happens when we go down there?" I ask.
"Not we. Only him. If more than one goes down there, then both of them will be consumed by the dark spirits." Ironheart says.
"Alright, I'm willing to go. Don't worry Ari, I'll be fine." He says kissing me.
"Be careful." I say
He then slides down the edge of the cliff and begins to walk toward the circle. As he walks toward the circle, orbs of white light surround him, "What's going on?" I ask.
"Those are the souls of people who seek revenge." Ironhearts says.
Once Yami reaches the circle, the orbs are swirling like crazy. "Hey look, a spirit is crossing over into our world." Chris says.
The orbs come together and begin to form the shape of a human. It then comes into the shape of Yugi. We finally found him. Yami and Yugi begin to talk about something and then Yugi walks away. He then turns to face Yami and a Duel Disk appears on his arm. Are they seriously going to duel? At a time like this? "Are they supposed to duel?" I ask.
"Yeah. We were taught that a warrior would come seeking someone. And once we found you guys, we knew it was him." Chris says.
"He needs to face his other half. He must conquer the darkness within him and face his fears. But if he loses, then his soul will remain here forever, just like his friend." Ironheart says.
It's a bit hard to see what their playing, but I can still tell which holograms they use. Yugi sets a monster and ends his turn. Yami summons Gazelle and attacks. Yugi's face-down monster was also Gazelle. "Wait, do they have the exact same hand?" I say.
"Yes, they also share the same deck." Ironheart says.
Yugi sets another monster. Yami then fuses Berfomet and Gazelle together to form Chimera. Then he summons Alpha the Magnet Warrior in attack mode and has it attack Yugi's face-down, which is Sangan. Chimera then attacks directly, bringing Yugi to 1900 Life Points. Yugi sets a card then activates a magic card, which I think is Card Destruction. Yugi then plays another magic card. A green light forms around Yugi and the Seal of Orichalcos forms onto the field.
Why? Why is Yugi doing this? Is he trying to show Yami the harm that card can do? Yugi activates Monster Reborn and summons Dark Magician Girl to the field, and also plays Obnoxious Celtic Guardian. Celtic Guardian destroys Alpha and Dark Magician Girl destroys Chimera, bringing Yami to 3100. Yami is able to summon Berfomet in defense mode via Chimera's effect though.
Yami summons Big Shield Gardna in defense mode and ends his turn. Yugi summons Queen's Knight in attack mode and then uses Magic Formula to raise Dark Magician Girl's attack and uses her to destroy Big Shield Gardna. Queen's Knight destroys Berfomet. Obnoxious Celtic Guardian also attacks directly, bringing Yami to 1200. Yami sets a card face-down and then summons Giant Soldier of Stone in defense mode and activates Swords of Revealing Light.
Yugi then sacrifices his Celtic Guardian to summon Catapult Turtle. Is he mimicking Yami's moves from his duel with Rafael? He sacrifices Queen's Knight in order to bring Yami to 200 Life Points. Yugi then goes to sacrifice Dark Magician Girl next. Yami hesitantly activates Divine Wing to inflict the damage back to Yugi's Life Points, causing Yugi to lose the duel. The Seal of Orichalcos disappears and Yugi collapses.
"No Yugi, don't leave again." I whisper.
Yami runs to Yugi to make sure he's alright. The two begin to talk again, and then Yugi disappears.
Eh, not the best way to end it, but I guess it works. And I beat my laziness for today, so hooray. And pretty soon I may start working on Sabrina's season 5 outfit (because I prefer to work on them early), so if anyone has any ideas, then I'm all ears.