5-Toxic
Once Yami's arm thrust towards Toxin, Toxin easily blocked it with his left hand. He seized it with an intense grip and pushed Yami back with incredible force, knocking him a few feet away into the ground. Yami grunted and quickly picked himself back up. He glared at Toxin with nothing but hatred. Toxin just smirked playfully and raised his hand, wagging his finger in the process for Yami to come to him. Like a dog. He was mocking him.
Yami clenched his teeth in anger and with great speed, dashed towards Toxin. To Yugi and Ryou, he probably looked like a black blur. Yami was about only a few inches away from Toxin, when he suddenly disappeared into shadows. Toxin blinked and cursed to himself.
"Poison! You coward, don't leave the arena so soon!" Toxin yelled out, thinking Yami vanished and escaped. Until a hard force in his back told him otherwise. Toxin groaned in pain and was knocked into the ground, flat on his face. In black like smoke, Yami's silhouette appeared, soon returning into his regular figure from the shadows. Yami shoved his foot down on his back, earning a painful grunt from Toxin.
"Tell me, where's that precious power you stole from your pure light?" Yami quietly asked with a vacant expression. Toxin growled in anger.
"Oh you'll see, you pretentious bastard!" Toxin grinned evilly and cringed his neck to look up at Yami as his foot deepened in his spine. His eye twitched as they grew more crimson. "Here! Have a taste for yourself!"
"Hm?" Yami made a slight confused expression. He then paused. His eyes widened.
"Yami!" He heard Yugi yell.
Yami felt intense pain in his chest. As if one million knives stabbed through it. He slowly looked down, his pupils shrunk.
"Behold, Poison!" Toxin shouted as he used all of his strength, to knock Yami off. Yami stumbled back a little. He suddenly just couldn't move. These...Things that stabbed through him. They were like vectors, only these were grey, glowing brightly. "The power of twilight!" Yami began to cough as he stumbled and fell to the ground. There were at least 12 vectors piercing his chest.
He couldn't breath, he felt his black hole for a heart quench and tighten. He panted heavily as black liquid poured down from his mouth and down his neck.
"YAMI!" He heard Yugi scream. Why was he screaming for him? Yami was confused as he laid on the ground, black liquid pooling underneath him.
"Hahaha!" He heard Toxin cackle. "That was always your problem Poison!" Toxin walked closer towards him. White and grayish like auras engulfed his hands. He needed to get away. He needed to get out of this position! But he couldn't move at all! This power was too strong for him to resist against! It would not let him move! "You always were so cocky! Always thinking you were the strongest!" Toxin kneeled down to Yami so he could get closer. He grinned at him and thrust his hand back, preparing to stab his hand through Yami.
Toxin thrust his hand towards Yami's stomach. Yami cried out in pain, as Toxin's hand entered his abdomen. As Yami screamed in agony, Toxin's grin grew bigger and bigger. His hand went completely though, Toxin could touch the grass beneath Yami through his stomach. "Ah~ There we go.." Toxin said in a sickening soothing voice. "Here, let me take this out for you!" Toxin thrust his hand out of Yami, making Yami scream again. His body tremble and shake. He was panting heavily.
Toxin continued to laugh maniacally as Yami just stared back at him with empty eyes.
"Ha! Finally! I can finally kill you!" Toxin raised his hand, forming a white grayish orb that quickly transformed into a sword. A katana, specifically. The blade was glowing with that twilight aura.
Toxin raised the sword right above Yami's chest. As he was about to thrust it down into him, something stopped him. Something touched his arm, a hand. Stopping him from delivering the final blow.
"Brother! Stop!" Ryou cried. Toxin scowled and roughly pulled his arm back.
"You little brat! Keep out of this!" Toxin yelled back. Ryou shook his head.
"You've won, brother! Just leave him be! You're acting insane! Just stop!" Ryou pleaded. Yami watched as Toxin's 'brother' tried to stop him from killing him. They bickered and bickered. But Yami was confused. He didn't seem to care for this human, so why not just kill him now so he would not be in the way? Yami narrowed his eyes at Toxin, then to Ryou. He then smiled. So that was it. Deep inside, Yami could see Toxin's aura that was infected by the boy's pureness. As much he seemed to treat him badly, he did care for him.
Yami mentally chuckled. To think that the treacherous bastard actually cared for someone. Yami closed his eyes and sighed. Yami still had some energy left, so he could get out of this spot, but these twilight vectors were preventing him. What could he...Oh wow Yami felt stupid. He could use his power now, the light he obtained from Yugi. But how? He hadn't really had time to practice with it like Toxin. He didn't think thoroughly about this. He thought the power would just give him a power boost, which it did. Only, he didn't know how to use it. Or the twilight powers.
Yami tried to concentrate. Okay, forget the twilight power, he'd practice that another day. This power boost however, would do just fine. If could just concentrate, he could use this power and beat Toxin. He had to make everything click, but he did not have much time. Soon, Toxin would shrug Ryou off and come after him again. He had to block everything out. Focus on only himself.
He felt everything become calm, and heard only the loud noise of silence. Concentrate. Use the power obtained from Yugi. Make his gift to you useful. Make everything click...
Make everything...Connect.
~Yugi~
"Alright,I have had enough!" Akefia yelled at Ryou. Ryou made a frightened expression. Akefia pushed him roughly on the ground, away from himself and Yami. Ryou hit the ground, hard and whimpered in pain. "Now.." Akefia turned back to Yami and grinned evilly once again. "If there will be no more interruptions..." Akefia glared at both Yugi and Ryou, then back to Yami. "I believe I was in the middle of killing you!" Akefia was about to thrust the sword into Yami again. Yugi's eyes widened in fear.
No! He couldn't kill him! "No!" Yugi yelled. "Please, don't!"
"Die Poison!" Akefia shouted as the blade was about to enter Yami's abdomen.
"NO!" Yugi watched as the very tip of the blade pushed through the fabric of Yami's clothing, until-
"Argh!" Akefia was roughly pushed back by some invisible force. "Huh!?" Akefia looked around. What pushed him away!? He blinked and looked down at the ground, all of the shadows inking away towards something. But to what..? Yugi followed the trail of the shadows with his eyes and saw they were going to Yami! And the black liquid underneath Yami began to disappear. Yami's eyes were closed, his expression calm. As if he were asleep. Soon, all the shadows in the yard disappeared into Yami, and all the black liquid was gone. He absorbed all of it!
Yugi and Akefia watched in amazement as Yami slowly opened his eyes and slowly sat up. He looked up at Akefia, his eyes turning bright scarlet. Akefia gaped.
"H-How!? How were you able to get up!?" Akefia almost whispered. Yami grunted and stood up, wobbling a little. He must have been still in pain. Yugi looked at Yami's chest and saw that those weird vectors were gone! And the wounds all over his abdomen, faded into black small scars. "T-The vectors!" Akefia's voice began to fall into fear. "How did you get rid of them!?"
Yami put his hand on his side in pain, panting a little still. He looked like he tried to smirk. It probably took all of his strength to. "I absorbed them." Yami chuckled a little, and spit out a drop of black liquid. "I hurt like hell, but, it only made me stronger."
Akefia's fearful expression was forgotten as he smiled and began to laugh. "Stronger? You look you're on your last leg, Poison!" Akefia smirked. "You may have gotten up and absorbed the vectors, but you're still no condition to take on anything!"
Yami sneered. "Oh, am I?" Yami raised his hand and a blackish orb formed into his hand, quickly transforming into a katana as well. Only his blade was pitch black, while Akefia's was grayish. "Toxin, I came for a fight." The scars on Yami's body began to fade away, as if he was back to square one. "And the one who will always be victorious..." Yami slid his hand on the blade and then quickly got into a fighting stance. His feet apart his arms at one side, clenching the sword tightly in his hands. The blade raised at Akefia. "Is me!"
Akefia scowled and began to run towards Yami, with Yami doing the same. They both swung their swords back as they came closer towards each other. Yugi almost gasped, if they collide, it could turn disastrous. Yugi ran towards Ryou, helped him up once again and backed away from the two fighters as far as possible in the yard, accidentally stepping on a few bodies on the way.
Ryou looked up at Yugi and Yugi looked back. They both turned their gaze at Yami and Akefia as they were only inches from each other. They both swung their swords at each other in unison.
A clash of metal on metal, was heard.
Akefia and Yami clashed their swords, trying to push each other back as much as they could. Yami was surrounded in black aura, as Akefia was surrounded by a light grayish aura. They stopped clashing and swung their swords at each other again and again. Over and over, only clashing with each other's sword each time.
Yugi looked at Ryou and gulped a little. "Ryou, what the heck is going on exactly?!" Yugi knew that Ryou some how knew more than he did about this situation. Ryou looked back at Yugi and sighed.
"My brother is fighting your friend because he wanted revenge on him for trapping him into Limbo." Ryou quietly spoke. Yugi blinked, his expression puzzled.
"W-What..?!"
"I know it doesn't make sense, but it is true. Your friend and my brother are sworn enemies. And they have been enemies for a very long time." Ryou explained. Yugi still didn't get it though.
"But, what are they exactly?" Yugi looked at the fight again, seeing Akefia and Yami clash over and over again. "They can't be humans!" Ryou shook his head.
"They're not. They're shadow walkers. That's what my brother told me...Your friend never explained this to you?" Ryou raised an eyebrow. Yugi shook his head.
"No! He lied saying Akefia was his friend and that he wanted to meet him here. He didn't explain anything of what he was or what this-" Yugi pointing to the fighting shadow walkers. "-was all about!" Yugi sighed and put his hand on his forehead. "This is freaking crazy, and I don't even know if this is real or not!"
Ryou nodded in agreement. "I honestly still don't fully understand them either, but I do know this. They are not human, and they have tremendous strength. They're shadow-walkers so they can use the power of the shadows at will. But what I'm confused about is..why we're the only ones who are different...From everyone else who fainted." Ryou looked at the ground. Yugi made a worried expression and looked back at the fight.
~Yami~
The ground beneath Yami and Toxin was crumbling and shaking. They both had their sword clashing at each other again, trying to push each other again. Yami could feel Toxin slipping. His strength was running out, he could feel it. Yami could win this fight. Just one more push, and it would be over. Yami grunted as he put more strength into his sword. Toxin was weakening, getting pushed back a little.
"It's over Toxin!" Yami said with a vicious tone. Toxin growled in response.
"Never!"
Yami grunted and closed his eyes. He concentrated and blocked everything out again.
Complete silence. Calm. No interruptions. No distractions. Complete concentration.
Connect everything. Make everything connect. Make everything, one.
A surge of black energy struck into Yami's sword. Yami opened his eyes and pushed even harder, knocking Toxin back even more. Almost there. Toxin struggled trying to push back, but failed as he kept being pushed back. He was losing. Yami clenched his teeth and made a battle cry as he thrust his sword into Toxin's. Toxin's eyes dilated in shock as he was knocked back into the air. His sword falling from his hand and landing on the ground. Disappearing into grey ash as it lost it's master's power.
Yami jumped up, at the same level as Toxin. He then whipped his right leg into Toxin's face swiftly. Knocking Toxin down into the ground with a hard impact. Yami landed gracefully and walked towards Toxin. Toxin coughed and hacked. Black liquid dripping down his forehead and his mouth. He slowly sat up, coughing even more as he looked up to glare at Yami.
Yami held that vacant expression once more. He stomped his foot on Toxin's chest and raised his sword in his face.
"It seems that you have failed once again, Toxin. When I send you to hell this time, you will remain there, with no meanings of escape." Yami swung his sword back, and then swung it towards Toxin's head-
"Wait!" Toxin yelled as the sword was only centimeters from touching his hair. Yami stopped and raised a brow.
"Begging for your life? That is not like you at all, Toxin." Yami frowned. Toxin scoffed.
"Shut up!" Toxin then smiled mischievously. "Before you kill me, wouldn't you like to know a little discovery I found while wandering in Limbo?"
Yami narrowed his eyes at him and lowered his sword only a little. Toxin grinned at Yami's suspicion.
"Well, two things actually. One," Toxin held up one finger. "A very old special friend of ours, had escaped before I did." Toxin began to chuckle. Yami made a confused expression. His eyes then widened.
"Venom..?!"
"Indeed. And he was pissed, let me tell you! Nearly chewed my head off. We both fought, he won and left some kind of gate open to the world of the living." Toxin smirked at Yami shocked expression. "Yeah, I don't know how the hell he managed to do that, but he did. And that was how I escaped. "
Yami put his sword down completely, trying to process what he just heard. Toxin couldn't be lying. He was in no position to lie anyway. Plus, Yami had suspicions that Venom escaped as well. Well, he was right then. But how did he manage to escape Oblivion and make a gateway tot he human world?
"Hey! You didn't let me finish." Toxin interrupted Yami's thinking process. Yami looked down at him. Toxin raised two fingers, this time. "Two, before I stumbled upon Venom, I saw a very good friend of yours. Apparently, he's still alive." Toxin frowned at this. "Damned king..." He mumbled.
King?
Yami felt his jaw drop a little. He was slightly gaping. Staring into the ground in total shock. "You lie.." Yami whispered. Toxin snapped his head at Yami and glared at him.
"You think I'd be lying about this?! That vermin is alive! I saw him with my own two eyes!" He then smirked. "What's the matter? I thought you liked him ramming you up the ass like a whore?"
Toxin saw nothing but black.
Yami made the katana in his hand disappear in black smoke. Black liquid splattered all over his body as he heard Toxin's screams. Toxin yelled and screamed in pain as he held on to his left ear. Black liquid gurgling in his hands. The black liquid was spurting in almost all directions.
"You cut off my fucking ear!" He yelled as the forgotten limb fell from Toxin's head onto the ground and disintegrating into black ash.
Yami continued to stare down at him. No expression or care in the world.
"Brother!" Ryou ran over to Toxin and gasped at the damage. He looked frightened. He looked up at Yami and made an angry expression, but under all that anger, fear was very obvious. He helped Toxin up, letting him lean on his shoulder. He glared at Yami. "L-Leave us be!" Ryou said, backing away slowly. Yami just stared back at Ryou with bright red demonic eyes. He raised his hand, a black energy ball forming in his palm. As he was about to blast it, something was pulling his arm back. Preventing him from attacking. It felt pure, and Yami knew it was because it stung horribly. Whatever this was, was preventing him from doing anything.
Toxin groaned in pain and looked at Yami through squinting eyes. "T-This isn't over damn it." Yami said nothing and glared back at them as Toxin surrounded himself and Ryou with shadows. Yami was amazed that he could still muster up that energy with the beating he took. The shadows engulfed them both, making them unable to seen. As the shadows disappeared, they were gone.
Yami became even more angry. He could have killed him right there! The pulling on his arm stopped. Yami whipped his head towards Yugi and growled at him. Yugi on the other hand, seemed surprised. He looked at his hands and just blinked.
"You!" Yami yelled. Stomping towards him. He gripped Yugi by the collar and raised him up in the air. Yugi whimpered and looked away with his eyes clenched shut. "I could have gotten rid of him! You prevented me from doing it, did you not!?" Yami yelled. Yugi gulped.
"Yes but, you couldn't just do that!" Yugi said with a loud tone. "I-It was wrong! Like you said, it was over!"
Yami narrowed his eyes at Yugi and rudely dropped him on the ground. Yugi hit the ground and grunted in pain. "Y-You already proved that you were stronger...So there was no need to do that. You've won..." Yugi looked up at Yami with a determined expression. No fear could be noticed. "Isn't that enough!?"
Yami stared down at him and looked away. "Whatever..." As much as he didn't want to admit it, Yugi was right. He beat Toxin down pretty good, and pretty much won that fight. He even got his ear as a bonus. After all, Toxin couldn't 'hear evil'. Now he really won't be able to. That was a victory all on it's own. However, as time would pass, he would get stronger and come back for Yami again, making another problem on his shoulder to weigh him down. So as much as he did prove himself, it wasn't enough because Toxin could not be alive without chaos erupting.
Yami sighed and turned back around to Yugi. He kneeled down to him and held out a hand. Yugi struggled as he tried to get up from the ground. He looked at Yami and frowned. He began to back away from him, making Yami raise a brow in confusion.
"You lied to me..." Yugi started. "You lied. Saying he was your friend. Then you used me. I don't know what, but you took something from me when you kissed me. And..I felt you use whatever you took, on Akefia." Yugi scowled. "You used me. You lied. You knocked out my friends. I thought you really were trying to be friends with me..." Yugi looked at the ground and sat up with a groan. He got back up on his feet. "Guess not.." Yugi expression turned sad. He looked hurt, and even betrayed. Yami sensed all of these emotions clouding his heart.
Yami mentally sighed and looked around. These teens...This would be no problem. Yami closed his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest making an 'X'. Suddenly, shadows began to ink underneath from Yami and spread all across the back yard, even into the house. Every shadow was going to a body, returning to their homes. Yami opened his eyes, his eyes turning from bright red to his regular dark crimson.
Yugi looked around in amazement. Everyone was given their shadow back. They were still unconscious, however. Then, suddenly, one by one, everyone began to disappear. Yugi gasped.
"No!" He looked at Yami with panic written all over his face. "Where did they go!?"
"Calm yourself, little one. I just sent them all back to their homes. Safe and sound. Their shadows know where they belong, so they are all returning home to their houses or where ever those teens live." Yami walked closer to Yugi, making Yugi back away into a fence. "They will probably all awake by morning. Like I said before, I only knocked them all unconscious, simply because me and Toxin could not 'argue' in front of the children." Yami made a small smirk. "Everything shall return to normal. And, all of your friends are safe."
Yugi looked around, only to find that everyone was gone. All of the teens were gone. Jou, Honda, Anzu, were all gone. Though, if Yami was telling the truth, she should be in the house's master bedroom right now, asleep.
"I do believe you should be going home as well. It is midnight." Yami spoke lowly.
"How do you know it's midnight?" Yugi asked curiously.
"All shadows must know the times in which they appear in the light or not. It is important. Because at night, we do not appear, at sunrise, we appear in the light. We need to know these things for our own well beings. Now," Yami grabbed Yugi's hand gently. Yugi's face tinted of red as he looked up at Yami.
"What are you..."
"I am going to take you home, Yugi. I sincerely apologize about tonight." Yami looked up at the sky and sighed. "After all, it the least I can do for..." Yami's eyes became heavy. He began to wobble and stumble back and forth. "For..ruining...your.." Yami let go of Yugi's hand. Yugi reached up and grabbed Yami's shoulders.
"Yami! Yami!" He said, lightly shaking Yami back and forth.
"Your...friend's.." Yami's eyes rolled to the back of his head and fell limp in Yugi's arms.
"..!" Yugi gasped. He shook him again, but it was no use.
Yami fainted.
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