Chapter 72: Breaking Through The Abyss

A loud hissing echoed in the air as a large black creature loomed nearby. Yugi felt his blood run cold as Daunte and Atem froze in place. "Don't you move...don't you fucking move..." Daunte spat in a loud whisper staring down the beast with his dark brown eyes. {This isn't good...exactly how are we going to get out of here now...?} Yugi asked the Pharoah with utmost worry. {We don't have any time to waste! We need to bring Kenshin back to Aura so he can look at Bloom! We PROMISED Kaiba!} the scarlet-eyed male panicked.

"...Calm down Yugi...do you recall what I spoke of when our souls became one?" Atem asked Yugi softly. Yugi paused before he looked at Atem {You said that your power...would also become mine...but Atem...I STILL don't know what you mean by that...} "You were given the power of the Moon's Light...Artemis Moon's Sigil...reach deep within yourself Yugi...and find that inner strength lying dormant within..." the Pharoah told his other half. Slowly Yami Yugi's arm illuminated in a brilliant glow. The tattoo engraved within the scarlet eyed male's skin revealing itself at last. Time slowly coming to Halt.

"Wh-what's going on?!" Yugi cried as he looked around. Suddenly a single card manifested before him. A blue card with a holographic covering. The duel monsters card revealed a single Monster or to be more precise a Mage holding out his hand with a staff and a snow white owl. Artemis Moon. Yugi's whole body gleamed with the moon light itself. "Reach out and grasp it Yugi..." Atem's voice echoed in his head. Yugi hesitated a moment before he stretched out his hand and took the card floating in the air above him.

The single card burst into many as his duel disk appeared on his wrist. A whole new deck secured itself into a pile into the duel disk. Yugi looked down. He could feel an immense power not only flowing through him but through the cards. "...The cards...they...look diffrent...what happened to my duel deck?" Yugi questioned as a bead of sweat trickled down his face. {They are reacting to the changes taking place with you Yugi...I told you before...our souls are one now...you have the powers of the Pharoah...and the ancient magic of The Great Mage...which means your duel deck has no doubt transfigured into a new power that even surpasses the God Cards Of Egypt...}

Yugi's eyes widened in shock. "Even more powerful than Obelisk, Ra, and Slypher?! I-Is that even possible!?" Atem nodded as Yugi looked down at his deck. He noticed that among the cards were exactly five cards that differed from the rest. They were silver instead of dark blue outlined with silver. "Atem why are these ones different from the others? Is there something special about them?" Yugi questioned.

"They are the Rebirth Cards...Deities of the beyond...The Phoenix, Artemis Moon, Death, The Dragon and The Goddess Of The Thirteen Stars...however...to use their power is tap into something... higher than your own...their true inner magical essence...do you understand Yugi...? You cannot call upon them if you yourself are unable to bond with their spirits...such as the bond between you and I..." the Pharoah smiled at his other half. Yugi smiled back. "A powerful and unbreakable bond..." Atem nodded softly before time began to turn once more.

"Whatever you're up to...you better hurry up a fucking to it before that bastard gets any closer!" Daunte spat as the hissing got closer. {He's right we have to do something!} Yugi told Atem. "And we will..." the Pharoah told Yugi before the duel disk disappeared and instead the tattoo was left in its place. "In order to expel darkness, you must first conjure the light! Atem exclaimed as his tattoo unleashed its true power. "In The Name Of The Pharoah, I Call Upon You Spirits Of The Essense Of Magic! Purity o born from pure white...grant me your embrace with the power to banish the darkness from the depths of this soul! GRAND CROSS!" Atem cried out loudly.

"Wait... WHAT!?" Daunte's eyes widened as a magic circle transfigured under Atem. Before Daunte couldn't even speak another word a large cross made up of pure holy magic bathed in color impaled right into the heart of the basilisk and burst apart upon impact. {WOAH!} Yugi's eyes widened in awe before he gasped as he saw Daunte laying on his side unconscious. "OH NO! DAUNTE!" the Pharoah gasped before Yugi took over once more and hurried towards the brown haired male.

"Daunte! Daunte!" Yugi cried as he shook him by his shoulders. {This is my fault...I completely forgot that he too is a dark enchanted being...I was only taking into consideration what the Basilisk's greatest weakness would be...damn it...} Atem cursed himself. "Isn't there anything we can do!? A way to heal him without hurting him? Is that even possible I wonder..." Yugi bit his lip as the reality sunk in before him and slammed his fist on the ground in frustration. {...There is perhaps one option open to us...the reason why we came to Zaloz in the first place...} the Pharoah murmured softly as he looked towards Abyss Wood's clearing. Yugi swallowed hard."I guess we really don't have any other choice..." Yugi admitted before he struggled to get Daunte on his back. "Ugh...aw man...he's heavy..." the scarlet eyed male made a face and began to walk one step at a time.

Nearby a blue haired male wearing glasses with a white t-shirt and jeans stood in front of a large fountain in a city of marble and white. Kenshin stared into the pool of water ripping below him as he tossed a single coin into it. "I wonder how many people have thrown a coin into this fountain...wishing for the same thing? Heh...a rather amusing notion at the very...mo..." the bluenette paused as he found himself thrown into a coughing fit shaking. He could feel pain shooting through his body. Slowly he removed his hand. Blood staining his palm. Quickly he washed it off in the cool water.

"No, I can't...I won't...I will not die...the only one that can claim my life...is..." Kenshin paused as he froze in place nearly stumbling backward. "...Is that...?" he began before his golden eyes widened. Before him, he could see a young blonde haired male with scarlet eyes. Carrying an unconscious brown haired male. "Daunte!" Kenshin gasped and hurried over as quickly as he possibly could. The brunette caught Daunte as Yugi nearly fell over from exhaustion red in the face. Daunte groaned as he opened his eyes. "...oh great...I must be in bad shape...if i'm hallucinating...seeing him...he couldn't...possibly...be here..." the Black muttered through his blurred vision partly laughing to himself for such a ridiculous thought.

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