Chapter 9
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Thought / Dreams / Event from the past
[Voice from the past]
'Telepathic Voice'
"Spirit Talking"
-Telephone-
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"Dialogue"
Emphasis
Dangerous Tone
Yugi eyes were big when he saw the fireworks, "Seto, they are beautiful." He said as he leaned on his boyfriend's chest, "Thank you".
"You know that it's from me?" Seto asked in surprise.
"Of course, who else would firing fireworks that beautiful on a day that is not special for them?" Yugi asked as he looked at Seto, "This is our 2 months anniversary, and since you are a rich, of course it would be obvious that you are the one who ordered your men to fire them".
Seto smiled warmly to his small boyfriend, "Do you like it?" He asked with proud.
Yugi looked at the fireworks again, "Very." He answered softly.
Seto hummed, "Do you think our plan will work?" He asked quietly as they watched the fireworks display.
Yugi giggled, "Atem was thinking to kiss Yoh earlier, and I told him to go for it." He looked back at Seto, "I bet that they are kissing at this moment".
Seto caught the hint and leaned down to kiss Yugi on the lips.
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Yoh eyes widened when he felt lips on his own, he stared in shock at Atem who kissed him with closed eyes, and soon, Yoh's eyes softened before closing as well. He kissed back as his arms found their way to Atem's neck, he felt Atem licked his lower lip and moaned before opened his mouth to let him in.
Atem inserted his tongue to Yoh's mouth and began exploring it, then, after he got every corner he could touch, he engaged a battle with Yoh, who answered the challenge. They fight for a while before Atem managed to pull Yoh's tongue into his own mouth, he then let Yoh to do some exploring by his own as well.
They pulled apart when the need for air become too much, Yoh was panting heavily as he looked up at Atem with a deep blush coloring his face, "That . . . was my First Kiss." He said slowly with a smile.
Atem smiled back, he was blushing as well but his tanned skin masked it very well so only a tint of them showed, "It was my First Kiss as well." He told the boy.
Yoh chuckled, "You are too good of a kisser for that to be your first." He said with a big grin.
Atem blushed more, "Well, Thank you but it's true." He then smiling mischievously at Yoh, "You are not a bad kisser yourself, in fact, I thought you are more skilled than me".
Yoh's face was as red as a tomato, "Thank you." He mumbled before looking out when he heard something explode, "It's fireworks, I wonder if there's a celebration today?".
"I bet it's Seto, for his and Yugi's 2 months anniversary." Atem answered as he looked out of the window as well, "They are beautiful." He commented in whisper.
Yoh nodded, "They are." He agreed before he felt Atem's hands sneaked around his waist, he smiled as he let himself leaned on the chest behind him.
"You are more beautiful though." Atem said with a warm smile to the boy in his arms.
Yoh blushed again, "Oh, you and your sweet mouth." He whispered, "I didn't know that you could be this bold".
"Not really." Atem said with a laugh, a laugh that Yoh loved so much, "I only saying the truth." He whispered beside Yoh's ear, "You are more beautiful than those Flower Fire*".
(*AN : Fireworks in Japanese is Hanabi, which written by Flower and Fire Kanji)
"Are you flirting with me?" Yoh asked teasingly as he watched the display of fireworks.
"I am." Atem answered honestly.
That answer caught Yoh off guard that Yoh was speechless, he ended up didn't say anything as he watched the fireworks.
"Yoh." Atem called out softly after the fireworks ended, he turned Yoh to him and looked at Yoh seriously, "I had been watching over you, Yoh, every time I didn't watch over Yugi, I was always watching you." He started with a firm voice, firm but soft, "You are so kind and gentle, you are wise beyond your age and always believe that everything would turned out alright, that everything would work out eventually." He looked directly at Yoh, "I love you, Asakura Yoh".
Yoh's cheeks were warm by the words of confession, he smiled lovingly at Atem, "Atem, you are always kind to others as well, you are also caring about others that you couldn't just stay still when you saw anyone need help. The courage and loyalty you showed to the world by sacrificing yourself, sealing your own Soul inside the Millennium Puzzle knowing that you would have to be alone for a really, really long time, not knowing if you would have a future or not . . . You did all of that to protect the world, your People and your Country." He raised his arms to wound them around Atem's shoulder, "I love you as well, Atem".
They looked at each other's eyes and drawn forward, closing their own eyes on the way before meeting the other's lips in a passionate kiss.
"Yoh, would you be My Love?" Atem asked after they pulled apart.
Yoh smiled lovingly, "I would, My Love" He whispered with love filled voice.
Their romantic moment come to an end when their gondola arrived back at the ground, they smiled sheepishly to each other before coming out from the gondola holding their Lover's hand. When they were out of the gondola, they saw their friends all crowding Seto.
"Nii-sama! The fireworks were so great!" Mokuba said with proud in his voice.
"Yeah, Kaiba." Shizuka agreed, "They were very beautiful".
Seto smirked, "My name wouldn't be Kaiba Seto if I couldn't pull such a stunt." He said proudfully.
"Well, we might be rivals, but that was really beautiful, Kaiba." Atem said once they arrived there, "I bet you especially ordered your men to shot them for Yugi?".
Seto crossed his arms and nodded, "Of course it was for Yugi." He then looked at their hands and smirked, "But it was for Yoh as well, so that you would find the situation to be romantic and ask Yoh out since I know the two of you had been in love with each other".
Atem and Yoh blushed, "You knew?" Atem asked in shock.
Yugi nodded, "We all knew." He answered cheerfully, "It was so obvious until we all got frustrated that you both didn't even noticed that your feelings were returned".
"And, you all pulling this plan together?" Yoh asked calmly, "I knew that you were planning something, but to think the plan was to get me and Atem to be together got me surprised".
"Well, not solely for you." Bakura said with a smirk, "I agreed to help because I was planning to ask My Yadonushi out as well".
"And so was I!" Marik grinned crazily, "I was planning to ask Malik-pretty out".
Yoh and Atem looked at them and their hands which were holding their Hikari's hands, "It seems you are couples now." Atem commented with a smirk, "At last".
Yoh chuckled, "Strange that we could see that people are in love when we were blind that our own feelings are the same." He said to Atem, who only chuckled in answer.
"Well . . ." Mai drawled as she looked at her watch, "As much I enjoy today and want to stay longer, but it's late and we need to go home".
Seto nodded, "It would be dangerous if we go home later than now." He said in agreement.
"On foot, or with your Limousine?" Yugi asked with a cheeky grin.
"With my Limousine, of course." Seto answered as he pulled out his phone and called for his driver, he frowned when the line didn't even reached his Mansion. "Strange." He mumbled as he tried again, he growled when he got the same response.
"What happened, Nii-sama?" Mokuba asked in worry.
"I couldn't get through to the Mansion." Seto replied as he tried again, but to no avail, he got the same reaction.
"Something had happened, but what?" Yugi asked with a frown, "There's no way your employee would dare to ignore a call from you, or unplug the Mansion's telephone line, or turned off their phone".
Atem tensed up, "I think that it's maybe a Magic user." He said as he looked at Bakura and Marik, who nodded their heads.
"Yes, we better hurry up and go." Bakura said with a scowl, "Our enemy seems to be approaching us".
"Which mean there would be a fight, sooner or later." Marik said as he looked around, "Come on, we need to get going now, or we might get attacked here with so many people around".
"Better protecting a small number of people than a large one." Yoh nodded in agreement, the rest then nodded as well.
"This way then." Seto said as he led the way out of the Amusement Park, "Where do you think we should stay for tonight?".
"We don't know why the line to your Mansion is cut off, so your Mansion is out of options." Ryou said seriously, "Malik's, Yoh's, and my apartment are out of options as well because the space in there are too small for us all".
"And my apartment is out of options as well." Jou added, "The drunkard is at it again".
"That leaves the Game Shop as our only option." Yugi said as he looked at the rest, "We all should stay in the Game Shop for tonight, it's better if we stay together in case something is after us." They nodded at the logic and walking silently after that.
Atem, Yugi and Seto were at the front, leading the group, Atem was actually wanting to stay with Yoh but Yoh insisted that he should be with Yugi since Yugi was his Hikari, so he couldn't argued and stayed with Yugi instead. Mokuba, Mai, Shizuka and Jou were behind them, and then followed by Anzu, Otogi, Ryou and Malik. Bakura, Marik, and Yoh took the back row, much to Atem's frustration that Yoh chose to be at the back row.
"Are you sure you are going to be alright back here, Yoh?" Bakura asked to the boy who walked in between him and Marik.
"Sure, why not?" Yoh asked cheerfully, the burden of Hao's death was still heavy on his heart, but the burden had lessen by half after he told Atem about it, so he could become his cheerful self again, or nearly back to his cheerful self since he would never be able to really become like his own self ever again.
"You should walked with Malik-pretty, you know?" Marik asked him, somehow all of them had become friends with Yugi and Yoh, they thought that it was because the two boy's personality was so similar, their kindness pulled the others in, "It's dangerous back here, we could get attacked from behind".
Yoh smiled, "Don't worry, I can protect myself." He assured them, "Just focus on the surrounding, better safe than sorry, right?".
"It's because it's better safe than sorry that you would be better if you are with me, Yoh." Malik joined in their conversation, "I was the Holder of Millennium Rod, so I knew how to use it's Magic, I can cast a simple barrier in case an attack did happen".
"I agree." Atem said from the front, "I know that you can fight, alright, but I'm worried".
"Don't be." Yoh said with a warm smile, "I can pro-" His words cut off when the hair of the back of his neck stood and he got a shiver, he turned to looked at behind him in time to see a big spiked tail came crashing to him.
"YOH!" The rest yelled out in fear when the tail crushed Yoh and a big smoke engulfed them all.
"Shit!" Bakura cursed as he pulled out his Millennium Ring, "This is why I want him to be in the middle row! Diabound!" Rather than summoning a monster from a Shadow Realm, he chose to summon his Ka instead, since his Ka was his most trusted Partner from Ancient Egypt times.
"Yoh! Are you alright?!" Atem asked when the smoke thinned and he could see Yoh's figure still standing upright.
"Yeah." Yoh answered calmly, the smoke cleared and they all could see Yoh had unsheathed his sword, but not only that, he was holding a big Shield in his hand, coming out from his Sword.
"What . . . is that?" Yugi asked in confusion.
"A Shield coming out from a Sword?" Marik asked curiously.
"It's called Oversoul." Yoh explained as Diabound punched the big Dinousaur creature away from Yoh, he then returned his Oversoul into his usual form, the one he use when he found Ren in Mata Cemetery in Shaman Fight Preliminary Round, since he didn't have the Futsu no Mitama no Tsurugi with him. "Thank you, Amidamaru, you are quick as usual." He said to his Guardian Spirit.
"I'm glad that I could come out quick enough, Yoh-dono." Amidamaru answered from his Oversould form, much to the shock of the rest of them.
"That is Amidamaru?" Atem asked in shock as he looked at the thing coming out from Yoh's Sword, "You said he is a Spirit of a 600 years old Samurai?".
"Indeed, I am, Atem-dono." Amudamaru answered calmly.
"As I said, I'm using an Oversoul now." Yoh explained as he took a battle position, many Monsters had come and surrounded them, "With fusing Amidamaru's Spirit into an inanimate object, I could form an Oversoul in many form, but this form is the best for me".
Bakura laughed, "Well, since we know now that Yoh could protect himself, we could all focus in defeating our enemy and protecting our friends who couldn't fight." He said as black mist surrounding them, but not enough to distubed their vision, "Come on, Duelists! Summon your monster!".
"The Shadow Realm had opened, just call out the name of the monster you want to summon, just like when you summon them in Duel Monsters." Atem told them as he pulled out two Cards, "Dark Magician! Dark Magician Girl!" The two Spell Casters appeared behind him and ready for fight.
"Silent Magician!" Yugi summoned his Monster.
"Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Seto summoned one of his three Blue Eyes White Dragon, since only the Holder of Millennium Items could summoned more than one Monster at once, with the help of their Dia Dhank.
"Red Eyes Black Dragon!" Jou followed their lead.
"Cyber Harpie Lady!" Mai joined.
"Dark Necrofear!" Ryou summoned the strongest Monster in his Deck.
"Seiyaryu!" Marik called out insanely, he wanted to fight so bad.
"Ansatsu!" Malik didn't want to be left behind.
Yoh looked at them and then pulled out his own Deck, he searched through his deck without releasing his Oversoul and found the Card he was searching for, "Magician's Valkyria!" He also summoned his Monster, the one of the two who helped him the most in his Duel, which was a gift from Atem. The other one was Ice Queen, a strong Monster given to him by Seto as a welcome present into Duel Monsters world.
"Nice choice." Marik commented as they all forming a circle surrounding Anzu, Shizuka, Otogi and Mokuba who couldn't fight, "Now . . ." He drawled as he looked at the enemies around them, "Let's have some fun".
To be continued . . .
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Chapter 9
Disclaimer : I Don't own Breath of Fire 4!
Thought / Dreams / Event from the past
[Voice from the past]
'Telepathic Voice'
"Dialogue"
Emphasis
Dangerous Tone/Magic Name
The Missing Princess, Part 3
The group jumped out of the gate and looked back in time to see the gate being closed completely, "That was close." Nina said while she panted to regain her breath, her hands was on her chest.
"At least we could get away for awhile." Cray sighed as he let Ryu down, "Are you alright?".
Ryu nodded, "Yeah, just need to rest a bit more." He said tiredly.
"Any of you injured? I will heal you." Nina said once she regained her breath, her staff already swirling around her.
"Ryu first." Haku said as he rummaged his bag to make sure everything was fine and none damaged, "Then Cray, he got blasted a few times by the attack earlier".
"Okay." Nina said and turned to Ryu, "Heal." She raised her right hand and her staff flew up, colorful light then surrounded Ryu before his wounds healed, he can stand upright after that. Nina repeated the same to Cray before looking at the Golden haired boy, "Are you injured somewhere, Haku?" She asked in worry.
Haku shook his head after he finished checking his stuff and wore his bag again, "No, I'm fine." He answered with a grin, "More importantly, we need to get out of here before the guards come to check this place".
"Right." Cray agreed and lead the way, he looked back at Haku, "You said you were in Empire's territory before coming to South Desert, do you have an idea where we could start searching for Elina?".
Haku nodded, "Astana." He answered, "The problem is . . . it's a military town, so there woud be many guards around, we need to act secretly".
Cray sighed, "Figures." He mumbled before nodding, "At least we know where to start and not just walking around aimlessly".
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They arrived in Astana a few hours later, "Well, now that we are here, where should we search? It's not like we can just asking around." Cray commented as they walked pass the gate.
"Huh? What is that?" Nina asked when she happened to looked up and saw something big attached to the wall.
"I don't know, it's looks like some kind of a machine though." Cray mumbled in answer before looking at Haku, "You know what is it?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
Haku laughed dryly, "I never come to Astana before . . ." He said as he scratched the back of his neck, "I know about Astana, but I never come here due to the General forbid me. Since I kind of good with Magic and could be useful for any side who get their hand of me, the General didn't want for the Empire to know about me . . . yet." He looked up at them, "That's why we really had to be careful here, I know about the place but don't know anything aside from what most people know, so don't count on me too much".
"But . . ." Ryu started slowly as he looked around, "You know where to go, right?" He finally looked at the boy, "Or we can only search blindly".
Haku grinned, "No worries about that." He said cheerfully and pulled out a book from his bag, he then opened it and began to read it, "Ah, right, this is it. A strange big machine that is bigger than a house available in Astana is called . . . " He looked up at the machine and frowned, "Carronade?".
"Carronade?!" Nina, Ryu, and Cray gasped in shock as they looked at the machine as well.
"Ershin want to know what kind of book you have there, says Ershin." Ershin asked as she looked intensely at the book in Haku's hand.
Haku showed it to them, "A special tour book the General gave me in case I decide to wander around by myself, and I was indeed wandering around by myself before meeting you all." He grinned cheekily, "There are Maps and towns description in here as well, so we wouldn't get lost".
"So, what kind of information written in there about Carronade?" Cray asked with a frown, wondering just who was this General Haku kept talking about.
Haku hummed to himself as he looked at the book again, he read it for some time before closing it and put it back into his bag, "It's said that there's an Aqueducts nearby where the Carronade draw water when it launch an attack." He looked around and the pointed at a bridge outside the town, "Look there, it's the Aqueduct".
"I see." Cray mumbled as they looked at the bridge, "So that's why there are so many soldiers around".
"Ouch." Ryu hissed as he felt a mild pain at his right eye when he looked at the Aqueduct.
"What's wrong, Ryu?" Nina asked in worry, "Is there an injury still? Do you need me to heal you again?".
"No, I don't think so." Ryu answered as he smiled uncertainly at her, "It's just my Dragon's Eye acting up".
"Then there must be something it want to tell you." Haku said in excitement, "Where do you think we should go?".
Ryu looked up at the Aqueduct in the distant, "To the Bridge." He answered, "I feel that there's something in there".
"Yosh." Cray said decisively, "We will go there, we are counting on you, Ryu".
Ryu's eyes widened before he nodded determinedly, "Okay." He answered before noticing something from behind the Woren, "But we need to be fast, the soldier had noticed us".
"What?!" Cray hissed as he looked behind him, and sure enough, the soldiers were going their way, "Quick, Ryu, lead the way!".
Ryu nodded and led them to the Bridge, all the way to the top of the Bridge, "W- where should we go now?" Nina asked breathlessly as she looked around, "If we stay here too long, they could catch up to us".
"Calm down." Ryu said as he focusing on his Dragon's Eye, "The premonition is not disappear yet, there must be something important in here." He looked around before noticing something behind them, the feeling got stronger so he acted immediately. He opened the lid to the inside of the Aqueduct, "Everyone, this way!" He told them.
"To the Aqueduct?" Cray asked before it clicked, "The Carronade draw water from here, so it must be connected to the Engineering Facility!".
"Up there! Chech up there!"
They gasped when they heard one of the soldiers yelled from below them, "Hurry! Jump in!" Cray told them before one by one they jumped into the opening, Cray was the last one to jump and he make sure the lid was closed once again, so that the soldier would be confused about their whereabouts.
They got out of the water and looked around, "This is it!" Cray realized with a start, "It's the place they are holding Elina!".
"Yes . . . It's like what Ryu's dream showed us." Nina said with a nod, she looked at Ryu and smiled, "Right?".
"Don't get your hope up to much." Cray said as he looked at the door, "We still need to find her. Let's go!".
"Keep your voice low, Cray." Haku hissed at him, "This is a military base, remember? You couldn't be seen in here." He then looked at Ershin, "You alright? Is something wrong with your armor?".
Ershin nodded, "Just a bit wet but it's nothing, says Ershin." She answered before looking around, "It would be best if we hurry and find the missing Princess".
"You are right." Ryu said and stood up from his sitting position, he drank some water accidentally and now his throat hoarse.
As they walked they come across a room, the door to the room was starting to opened, "Somebody's coming!" Cray whispered harshly as they retreated back into the hallway they were in. Just in time too, because a second after they retreated, two figures could be seen walking in.
"What then the status of the sacrifice?" A man wearing a purple clothes and hat asked.
The person beside him turned to him, "It's continue to . . . grow, Lord Yuna." He reported.
Yuna nodded, "Excellent, I am greatly pleased." He said.
"Blast it! They will see us . . ." Cray hissed, he then noticed the curtain beside him, he nodded to himself, "Right, if we walked behind this curtain slowly enough, we should be able to get to the other side without being seen . . .".
They nodded in agreement and began walking slowly behind the curtain, what they didn't know though, Yuna had heard their whispering due to his sharp hearing. "Lord Yuna, about what we are doing with the sacrifice from here . . ." The man beside him started but Yuna cut him off.
"It seems several mices had managed to sneak in." Yuna said before he disappeared, much to the bewilderment of the other man.
Nina let out the breath that she was holding once they got out into another hallway, "Good, it seems that they didn't find us." She said in obvious relief.
"Ah, but we did." An echoing voice said to them before a figure appeared at the corner ahead of them, "Well, well, what do we have here? This building belongs to the Fou Empire, you are Easterners, no?".
Yuna the Sly Fox! Haku hissed inside his head, hee pulled out his dagger and get ready to attack.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Yuna said as he noticed Haku's Dagger, "If you as much as attack us, it will endanger the cease-fire between the Empire and the Alliance . . . Haku".
Haku gritted his teeth but he sighed and put his Dagger back into it's sheath, "As sly as ever, aren't you, Yuna?" He asked coldly.
"And you as well, Haku." Yuna said with a smirk, "I heard that you had gone to the Alliance, it seems that the rumor is true, traitorous boy".
"You know that I will never take any side, I'm in good term with both sides, and don't forget that the war is over for the time being, I can go to whenever I want to." Haku retorted, "Aside from that, I only help them in searching someone who is dear to them." He crossed his arms, "Princess Elina from Wyndia, she is here, isn't she?".
Yuna's eyes widened, Cray took a few steps forward, "You know about her?!" He demanded angrily.
"Wait, wait. Don't get too close." Yuna took a step back and hold out his hands to press his point.
"Answer the question then." Haku said coldly with expressionless face.
"To answer that question . . . Indeed, she was here." Yuna answered with his devious smile, "She was a very kind Princess, she came to visit the people injured during the war. But you heard I said 'was', right? That person is no longer here".
What kind of obvious lie you want to pull off? Haku thought to himself and sneering silently, really, he lose control of his emotion every time he got near the Sly Fox.
Yuna claped his hands twice and 6 soldiers coming in, "For now, until the arrangement is made, put them to the Dungeon." He said to the soldiers.
The soldiers did as they were told and took a hold at them, "Hands off! I can walk by myself!" Haku snapped as he pulled himself free, he then glared at Yuna before narrowing his eyes, he huffed in anger and followed the rest to the Dungeon.