Here it is! Chapter 54! The chapter you guys have been waiting for! These are the people I want to thank on my story:
-Setoglomper (especially Setoglomper)
-Red.Eyes.Black.Dragon.2400
-Evil Genius of the COCA (Hopefully I made her happy because now she knows that the Black Armored Duelist is Yugi)
-Sableye
And also all the other reviewers out there that want to see this story into completion! Well, enough me talking! Enjoy Chapter 54 everyone.
Chapter 54:
Final Abyss Guardian: Moments
Yami: Yugi! Is that you?!
Everyone in the room gasped in shocked as they heard the name of their friend. They looked at each other and then faced towards the black armored duelist. Was it true? Could it be Yugi underneath that armor? But what hit the most in the gang's mind was that if that was Yugi, was did he looked so tall? Sure he was short, but now…it almost looked like he has the same exact height as Seto. But out of the rest was Téa as she stood there, more focused on the mysterious duelist, holding her hands together as if she was doing a prayer, staring and hoping in a way it was Yugi…but also hoping it wasn't Yugi.
"No way! You think Yug' is under that armor," yelled Joey in disbelief.
"I knew I had a bad feeling about this," yelled Duke as he slammed his fist to his hand, "I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!"
"No time to prove everyone your right Duke," yelled Tristan, "If Yugi is under that armor…man I can't even think what's going to happen next!"
Yami: Please don't tell me that's you Yugi…please don't tell me…
Black Knight: If you don't believe me…maybe this will…
Slowly, the black armored duelist brought his hands up towards his helmet and slowly unbuckled it. As soon as he removed his helmet and tossed it to the side, his hair brushed up and soon, his face was visible to the gang. He had shiny purple eyes, but those eyes did not show innocence, they showed terror and hatred towards the spirit pharaoh, his hair gave a tri-color, but instead of his hair pointing up just like the pharaoh, it was pulled back instead and only his red and black hair color was shown while his blonde hair hid behind and showing a small ponytail reaching down. He gave a small grin and then pointed his finger towards the pharaoh as he gave a soft chuckle.
Black Knight: I'm back pharaoh! Yugi Moto has returned from the Neo-Shadow Realm!
"That does not look like Yugi," yelled Mako in shock, "That does not look like Yugi!"
"What the hell is going on here," mumbled Seto as he gave a surprised look as he tried to figure out what was going on.
"My, my…Yugi sure looks handsome…and taller too," giggled Mai as she observed the new Yugi.
"Yugi? Bad Yugi? Yugi losing his mind," yelled Joey in confusion as he waved his arms up in the air.
"Yugi…you're back…but…you're different," whispered Téa as she stared at Yugi in fear, "What did Aeru do to you?"
Yami: Yugi…
Yugi: I'm back! Now I can get my revenge on you!
Yami: Stop this! I will not fight you! What did Aeru do?!
Yugi: He showed me the truth about you!
Yami: You listened to him?! Yugi! It's us! You're friends! Aeru can't be trusted!
Yugi: You're right…he can't be trusted…but I can't trust you!
Yami: What do you mean?!
Yugi: There is no one I can trust! I can't trust you, I can't trust Aeru, I can't trust my friends…I can't trust Téa!
Yami: Do you realize what you're saying?!
Yugi: Yes! Now…would you like to finish our duel or do you like to chitchat some more and talk about the whether?
Yami: I'm not playing around Yugi! What did Aeru do to you?!
Yugi: He showed me the truth…he showed me everything pharaoh…
Yami: Yugi…
Yugi: It's time to tell you what Aeru told me!
(Flashback)
Aeru reappeared inside his chamber and went up to his throne. But before he could sit down, Shadow Dartz burst in and Aeru gave an annoying sound.
"What is it Dartz?" asked Aeru facing him.
"Did you get the pharaoh's soul?" asked Dartz.
"No," said Aeru sitting down, giving a yawn.
"WHY NOT!" yelled Dartz.
Aeru gave out a sigh and aimed his hand at Dartz. Dartz gave a confused look, then all of a sudden, Dartz was kneeling down by some force that was pushing him down against the floor. Dartz tried to break free, but failed and then, he started to feel pain on his knees, because his body felt like it was getting crushed.
"Say your sorry for yelling at me," said Aeru just sitting there aiming his hand at him.
"I'm…….sorry for…yelling…at you," growled Dartz as he was in pain. Aeru placed his hand down and soon saw Dartz fall on the ground with a thud. Dartz slowly supported himself as he rose from the floor and gave a nasty glare towards Aeru, but lucky for him, Aeru was paying no attention to it.
"You should be more grateful when I revived you and brought you back to this world," yelled Aeru, " Now leave!"
Dartz got and gave a small growl and left his chamber. As soon as he was gone, Aeru removed his Black Millennium Puzzle and let it hang in front of him. He gave a small grin as he stared at his ultimate prize…Yugi Moto's soul. He could hardly believe that Yugi would just give himself up just to protect his so-called "friend" and others he cared about…especially that girl, Téa.
"It's time I had a small talk with you boy," laughed Aeru as he continued to watch his Black Millennium Puzzle hanging in front of him.
Aeru soon started to chat something in Egyptian with a low dark tone in his voice. The candles in his chamber were soon blown out and a bright white light appeared out of the eye of his dark puzzle. He hit the floor and after a few seconds, the white light disappeared and a small boy appeared out of the light. Yugi rose from the ground and looked around his surroundings and at himself in total confusion.
"Where am I? Am I still in the Millennium Puzzle or in the Dark Millennium Puzzle," asked Yugi to himself as he tried to find his answer and soon saw his own hands and jumped in total shock, "Am I in my own body?!"
"Glad you can get some fresh air Yugi," laughed Aeru as he grinned towards the small boy. Yugi jumped once again and pointed his finger towards the dark pharaoh and gave a scared look.
"Aeru! ….What…what's going on," yelled Yugi in fear as he tried to find an exit to leave.
"Don't bother. The second you try to leave…you're back to the puzzle," laughed Aeru in amusement.
"So what do you want," growled Yugi has he calmed down and was now getting angry.
"Can't I talk to my brother's friend or his descendant? Hahahaha…"
"What do you want I said?!"
"Yugi…manners. I may be evil, but I still want to be treated with respect. You know the saying, I'll treat you the way you want to be treated if you treat me the way I want to be treated."
"Something tells me you're interested in something else than my soul…"
"That's exactly what I'm thinking Yugi…"
"Well, whatever you want, you can just forget it!"
"I haven't even asked you want I want yet…can you at least let me explain first?"
"What is it," yelled Yugi getting annoyed already as he having a conversation with Aeru.
"I want to give you incredible power," laughed Aeru, "Power only you can have and no one else…"
"Sorry…my mom told me not to take things from strangers," grinned Yugi as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"I'm no stranger, I'm a friend that's about to give you a gift," laughed Aeru, "Accept this power and you can be stronger than the pharaoh himself!"
"Why would I want that?"
"Aren't you tired of being weak and seeing the pharaoh grab all the attention? The fame? The glory? Those things should go to you, not to my brother," yelled Aeru.
"Yami doesn't take the attention, the fame, the glory, and all that stuff! We work together all the time and people know that," yelled Yugi back.
"Unless they hide it…"
"What?"
"Don't you see Yugi? You deserve all the credit! You placed the puzzle back together, you let the spirit of the pharaoh control you, you let him duel your battles, you let him take the glory, and you let him take Téa…"
"That's not true!"
"Is it? Don't tell me you forgot…Téa was in love with the pharaoh Yugi, the other you! She was only interested in you because what you had inside of you," yelled Aeru, "You let him take her!"
"He wasn't interested in her," snapped Yugi.
"Was he? Yugi…can't you see? He couldn't do all that stuff without you…think about it. He managed to beat Pegasus because of you. He managed to beat Marik and Yami Marik because of you. He managed to defeat Anubis because of you. He managed to defeat Dartz because of you! Don't you see Yugi? You're the reason of his victory! Without you, his useless and weak! Yet he continues to take all the credit that you rightfully deserve!"
"That's not true!"
"Think straight for once! Think about it! You're just blurting things out of your mouth without thinking!"
Yugi gave a small growl and remained silent. He didn't believe what Aeru is telling him because he knows it's not true. Yugi decided to play Aeru's little game and did some small thinking. He dueling against many foes the pharaoh and he faced. He remembered his friends cheering for his name…wait…was it his friends cheering for him? Was it his own mind telling him his own friends were cheering for him? Because it sounded like they were cheering…for Yami…they were cheering his name out, not his. They yelling Yami's name, not Yugi's name. Yugi shook of that thought and remembered another duel he faced…but again, he heard Yami's name…not his. One by one, Yugi shook off every duel that were cheering his spirit's name…and soon realized…they saw Yami as a hero…not him.
"You're playing tricks on me," yelled Yugi, "I bet you're play some kind of mind trick just to make me go against the pharaoh!"
"Or you're refusing what your mind is trying to tell you…refusing to believe what is really true," said Aeru in a calm tone.
Yugi couldn't believe what Aeru was saying, but by the tone of his voice…he was telling the truth. Yugi lowered his head and continued to remember duel after duel after duel…remembering his friends cheering for Yami…remembering Téa's reaction every time she sees Yami…There was only one thing Yugi could do…fall on the ground, lost in his own thoughts…Aeru's face was calm, no grin showed, no laugh coming out of his mouth, only silence in his chamber. Soon after, Yugi couldn't take it anymore. He stared at the brother of his former friend…the only person that could solve his problems…Aeru himself.
"I hate you, you know that…but what you're saying…it's true," mumbled Yugi.
"…"
"I can't believe it…my ears wanted me to hear what I wanted to hear from my friends…but my mind was telling me the truth, and yet I threw it aside as if it was nothing…"
"…"
"What can I do? What should I do? What am I supposed to do?"
"Accept the darkness within your heart. Prove to the pharaoh you can fight his battles. Prove that your strength matches his…no; prove that your strength can surpass his!"
"What will happen if I accept the darkness?"
"You can control that darkness…you can control it as if it was your light. Your body will become faster, stronger, smarter, and better. I only offer you the power of true strength…the power of darkness itself! Beat the pharaoh and you can challenge me. You can prove everyone that you have what it takes to save the world! Prove to everyone that they can rely on you instead of the pharaoh!"
"I'm going to kick myself for this…Fine! I'll accept your gift, but after I prove to everyone I have the strength to beat Yami…you're next!"
"Very well. Accept your inner darkness," laughed Aeru.
Aeru extended his right hand and soon, underneath Yugi's feet, was a small symbol of the Millennium Sign, but instead of bright gold, it gave out a dark black color. Soon, a huge black flame appeared out of the ground and engulfed Yugi. Yugi gave out a loud scream of pain as the black fiery swallowed him. Yugi fell to his knees and grabbed his chest where his heart was, feeling intense pain flowing through it. As Yugi continued to feel the pain, he heard a small laugh and stared at Aeru as he gave a huge evil grin across his face.
"Don't fight the darkness Yugi! Accept it! Accept the power of darkness you locked up! Accept the power of greed, despair, fear, jealously, anger, regret, and all those negative emotions! Accept it as if it was your light," laughed Aeru.
Yugi tried to fight the pain, but he couldn't. The pain was too strong and there was only one thing Yugi could do: scream in pain. Yugi couldn't take it any longer, with one final scream, everything burst into blackness. Yugi couldn't even hear himself scream anymore, but could feel something going on in his body. It wasn't pain…but almost felt like he was transforming. His spiky hair that always pointed upwards, was now stretching towards the back and his blonde hair was pulled back to form a short ponytail. He felt his body getting taller and feeling muscles with it. His purple eyes flickered into red, but back to purple, continuing the same pattern over and over again, until it stopped into his original purple eye color. Soon, the darkness disappeared and saw himself back in Aeru's chamber. Yugi held his chest and breathed heavily, glad the pain had passed by, but he felt a lot stronger now…more than he previously had.
"Congratulations Yugi Moto! You've just accept the darkness within your heart," laughed Aeru.
As Yugi got up from the ground, he stared at his hands and tried to get a better look at his body, but soon knew that he was now a complete new person. He stared at Aeru and said, "Why do I feel so different?"
"That's how the power of darkness works…it can change you…it can make you better and harder," replied Aeru with a grin on his face.
"It…can change me," asked Yugi as he stared back to his hands.
"Yes…I never expected you had so much darkness inside of you," grinned Aeru.
"I…didn't…"
"No matter…you accepted the darkness and you can prove to the pharaoh you're strong enough to face him, hahaha."
"Yeah…but mark my words Aeru and mark them well," glared Yugi as he pointed his finger to Aeru, "I will get my revenge on the pharaoh, I will prove to him and the others that I have the power to beat him, and after that, I'm going to save the world…from you!"
"I can't wait when that happens," grinned Aeru.
Soon, there was a loud beep and red lights were flashing all over the place. Aeru and Yugi looked up and searched the room to find out what was going on until the loud speakers were turned on and a computer voice spoke out of the intercom.
Prisoners have escaped.
Prisoners have escaped.
"Looks like those three fools found a way to escape," grinned Aeru, "And it took them how long to make an escape plan?"
"Three fools," asked Yugi in confusion.
"You know them quite well," grinned Aeru, "Those three bikers that you call friends…"
"Rafael! Valon! Alister," yelled Yugi in surprised.
"That's right. Let's go take a look shall we," laughed Aeru as he stepped out of his chamber with Yugi closed behind.
(Later on)
"Guess this is how they get to the city," said Alister as he stared at the black helicopter that stood in front of them.
"Less talking, more escaping," yelled Rafael as he quickly stepped inside the helicopter.
All three bikers quickly went inside and turned on its engine. The propellers slowly began to spin in circles and began to spin rapidly. Huge winds were formed and the Dark Force soldiers quickly burst in, only being blown away from the helicopter's propellers. The helicopter slowly rose from the ground was now hovering, and when more Dark Force soldiers burst in, Rafael pushed the controllers forward and soon left the huge docking chamber, leaving behind the black hooded freaks. As they could only stand there and watch them escaped, the Shadow Bikers, Dark Rafael, Dark Valon, and Dark Alister, soon came in the room.
"Looks like they got away mate," grinned Dark Valon as he watched the helicopter disappear out of sight.
"Not likely," grinned Dark Rafael as he was about to teleport and recapture the three prisoners. But before he could even get the chance, Aeru came in and saw the helicopter disappearing into the sky.
"No, leave those fools alone. Phase two of my plan has finally begun," laughed Aeru.
"What's going on? I heard the alarm," yelled Dark Dartz as he came in the chamber with Roy and Maverick behind him.
"Your ex-followers have escaped," grinned Aeru, "But that won't affect my plan…"
"What plan is that Master Aeru," asked Roy as he stepped into the conversation.
"Yes. I would love to hear your so called plan," mumbled Dark Dartz as he glared at Aeru.
"See for yourself," laughed Aeru as he pointed his right thumb behind him facing towards the shadows.
Everyone turned their heads to see what Aeru was pointing at and soon saw a tall figure wearing black armor all over his body. Around his left arm was a black helmet, but what surprised everyone in the room was his face.
"He looks familiar," said Dark Alister as he examined the stranger's face, "Very familiar…"
"Wait…it can't be…can it," asked Dark Valon.
"But it is," mumbled Dark Rafael in shock.
"It's Yugi," laughed Dark Dartz.
"What's going on Master Aeru," asked Maverick as he stared at the Yugi in total shock.
"He'll be joining us for a little while…won't you Yugi," grinned Aeru as he turned around to face him.
Yugi gave a small growl and soon placed his helmet on, covering his entire face. He locked his helmet and all you could see was a huge metal face covering his face. Yugi pointed his finger at Aeru with a small death-tone in his voice.
"Yeah…I'll be siding with you Aeru…only until I prove to the pharaoh that I can beat him! After him…you're next," yelled Yugi as he lowered his pointing hand.
(End of Flashback)
Yugi: And I lived happily ever after…The End!
"That was a nice story, I liked it," smiled Joey, soon getting elbowed by an angry Mai.
Yami: Yugi…you believed what Aeru said to you?
Yugi: Every single word…
Yami: Idiot…
Yugi: What?!
Yami: The Yugi we all know would never do that! He would never believe what Aeru was telling him!
Yugi: Well you thought wrong Yami! The only reason why I believed him is because of you!
Yami: Me?!
Yugi: You had everything and left me with nothing!
Yami: What are you talking about?!
Yugi: Don't play dumb with me pharaoh! You had the fame, you had my friends, you had Téa, and you had everything else!
Yami: That's all?
Yugi: No! They cheered for you, not me! They were yelling your name, not mine! What would happen if you lost in a Shadow Duel? My soul would be taken away instead of yours I bet!
Yami: Never!
Yugi: Really? Or are you just saying that to make me feel better?
Yami: Aeru brainwashed you!
Yugi: No! You are the one who brainwashed me, believing you were my friend! Aeru showed me the truth! Once I beat you, I'll prove to you all I can save the world without you!
Yami: Yugi…
Yugi: No! No more! Let's continue our duel! I'll finish you right here, right now!
Yami: Very well…looks like I can't talk any sense to you…
"Wait! You mean his actually going to beat him in a duel," yelled Michelle in total surprise.
"Dude! This isn't right," yelled Joey.
"We can't just stand here! We have to stop this duel," yelled Tristan.
"Forget about it," mumbled Duke as he was grinding his teeth, "Those two are in a duel. We can't just jump in like that and expect both of them to stop the duel…"
"Then what we supposed to do," yelled Joey as he glared at Duke, "Hope the duel ends in a tie?!"
"That's what I'm hoping for," mumbled Duke.
"As much as I like to watch the two duel each other…Wheeler is right," mumbled Seto, "This duel has got to be stopped at once…"
"What you suggest Seto Kaiba," laughed Yami Bakura, "Walk up to them and say 'I'm Seto Kaiba. Please stop the duel and let's just try to get along'?"
"You got something against him," yelled Michelle as she glared at the spirit thief.
"Enough fighting! Look! Yugi is about to make his move," cried Mai as she pointed towards Yugi.
"There has to be something we can do," yelled Marik as he slammed his fist to his hand.
"Please pharaoh…please let Yugi here you," whispered Ishizu to herself.
"I love him…I can't lose him…no…there has to be a way…another way," whispered Téa to herself.
Soon, Téa ran towards the two duelists and everyone gasped in shocked. The gang was calling out Tea's name, telling her to come back, but Téa paid no attention. Yami and Yugi stared at Téa as he moved to the middle of the dueling field, spreading her arms out to the side, as if she was protecting the pharaoh or trying to stop the duel between them.
Yami: Téa! What are you thinking?!
"Trying to stop this duel," yelled Tea as she stared at Yugi.
Yugi: Big mistake…
"Yugi! Please! Stop this! I'm back! Your back! Please…stop this fighting," begged Téa.
Yugi: Why should I stop fighting? The pharaoh had everything while I was left with nothing!
"The pharaoh had everything because you had everything! He has friends because of you! He is a duelist because of you," cried Téa.
Yugi: You loved him because of me! You were only interested in me because of the pharaoh! I was your only way of you being with him!
"Look now," yelled Téa, "What do you see?! I'm with you Yugi! I love you!"
Yugi: …
"I love you Yugi and I know you love me too," whispered Téa, "Everything that I always wanted…it was right there in front of him…next to me…everyday."
Yugi: …
"Please Yugi! Stop this duel! We can be together! Let's leave this place! Will let someone else save the day! Forget about Duel Monsters…forget Aeru. Just you and me…finally together…and nothing will ever bother us again," begged Téa, tears slowly coming from her eyes and falling on her cheek.
Yugi: …
"So Yugi…please stop the duel? For me," smiled Téa wiping a tear away.
Everyone in the room stared at Yugi, waiting for his answer. They all saw Yugi staring deeply at the floor underneath and it almost felt like an eternity when silence came to the room. Soon, Yugi slowly lifted up his head and everyone were giving a smile, hoping to see Yugi smiling and say, "This duel is done. No more" but instead…they gave a feared looked. Téa's smile turned to shock as she stared at Yugi. They were expecting a smile, but instead, it was an angry glare and had a strong determination of beating the pharaoh. Everything around Téa fell silent and all she heard were three words…
Yugi: Move aside Téa…
End of Chapter 54
Next Chapter: Final Abyss Guardian: Dark VS. LightMean aren't I? I wonder what's going to happen next? Well, leave a review and find out:) Other than that, hope you'll enjoy the next chapter…hopefully I'll have the chance to update soon. I know this chapter was supposed to be Yugi and Yami dueling each other, but since I don't really have enough time, I had to only update this much in the chapter. The reason why I don't have enough time is that I'm moving and they are going to pick up my computer…so no updating for a while…but I'll find ways to update. Other than, please, please, I beg of you to leave a review. Thanks a lot!