Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Spira's Tournement ❯ Yugi's Encounter With The Fayth! The Awakening of Anima! ( Chapter 13 )

Well I finally managed to get this chapter done. I've already begun to work on chapters 14 and 15 since both of them contain duels. One of the hardest things when it comes to writing duels is to come up with combos and deck types. The fact that you have to go to various websites to look up different card types, let alone those that play with a deck theme. I've already had a plan, but after finding out the things that I overlooked, I now have to start from scratch. I may add a few OC cards here and there, but they will at least stay within the official TGC rules.

 

FireGoddess101 - I know. I have been making it sound like Waking the Dragons. But I'm going to try to move away from that.

 

devildice708, Altea , Griver - I will try to update sooner, but from the way things are going with the duel I'm working on, it's going to take a lot of luck to get this done quickly.

 

MagicmanSmokegirl - Your first question will be answered in this chapter. Yes, irony plays at its finest.

 

xxxSethKisaraxxx - Yeah, they're cute. But if I say anything more, I'll spoil the story a bit.

 

Chapter 13: Yugi's Encounter With The Fayth! The Awakening of Anima!

 

Having just boarded the Celsius, Rikku, Tidus, and the Kaiba brothers rode the lift up towards the Bridge. While everyone…well…mostly everyone was concerned for Marik, Tristan, and the others. Tidus was only worried about his one true love. Ever since Tristan told them about the situation, he had been worried. Hopefully Tidus wasn't too late…

 

“It feels like an eternity…” He exclaimed.

 

“Well, you've waited this long, you can wait even more…” Kaiba said. Out of everyone on the lift, he was the least bit interested just being around them. But Mokuba had convinced him to stay. Besides, the three brothers also had to catch up the six years they've missed.

 

“Setty's right!” Rikku informed her longtime friend.

 

“For the last time Rikku, don't call me-”

 

“Yeah yeah…” Rikku waved him off before returning her attention to the Blitzball player. “I wanna surprise Yunie, so don't come out until I give ya the signal, okay?”

 

“Okay Rikku!” Tidus nods.

 

The lift soon reached its destination as the door opened. The group walked out of the lift and through the hall to the door, which would lead them to the bridge. As soon as the metallic sliding door opened, all eyes went wide!

 

“What happened here?” Noah asked as he saw a bit of sparks coming from a computer.

 

“Must've been from that crash Tristan mentioned.” Mokuba added his two cents.

 

“Speaking of Taylor, where the hell is everyone?” Kaiba looked around. “Probably went to Luca!”

 

“Or they could be in the Cabin!” Rikku suggested as she rushed back to the elevator. Let's go!”

 

Everyone followed suit as they headed toward their destination, concerned over what was going on! Again, it felt like eternity in the elevator, but eventually they made it to the cabin level of the Celsius.

 

After going through the hall that connected the lift to the Cabin, they all look around. “Tristan? Marik? Bakura? Yunie?” Rikku called out. “Shinra?”

 

“Hey guys, where are you?” Mokuba joined the search, as did everyone else.

 

“Hey Geeks, show yourselves!” Kaiba shouted as they all went upstairs, save for Tidus and Noah, who surveyed the damage in the Cabin.

 

“What went down over here?” The blonde asked.

 

“Probably Seymour had something to do with this?” The young boy speculated.

 

“I wouldn't be surprised.” Tidus sighed. “Seymour will pay for everyone he's hurt so far.”

 

Rikku, Mokuba, and Kaiba made it upstairs to where the beds were as they saw in the three beds, Brother, Buddy, and Paine. Each sitting down in a chair or on top of the railing was Tristan, Marik, Bakura, and Yuna, each with a depressed expression on your face.

 

“Guys, what's going on here? What happened to Brother, Buddy, and Paine?” Rikku asked, with a bit of concern! “Where's Shinra?”

 

“He's gone…” Tristan muttered in a tone that matched his current mood. “Shinra's gone…”

 

Rikku blinked, worry now invaded her face. “Gone? But how could he?”

 

“Shinra lost a shadow duel!” Marik explained. “And everyone who loses a Shadow Duel would to be sent to the Shadow Realm!”

 

“Oh please…” Kaiba rolled his eyes. “Don't tell me that you're talking about that hocus-pocus nonsense your sister's been-”

 

“Is that what you believe?”

 

Everyone turned around to see Yuna standing. Her eyes glared as signs of tears could be seen in her eyes.

 

“Yunie…” Rikku said silently. “What's wrong?”

 

“You believe that all what has happened is just nonsense? If it is, then tell me Kaiba! Where is Shinra? Why isn't he with us right now? Why are Brother, Buddy, and Paine unconscious?”

 

“I don't know, but it's ridiculous to believe that some hocus-”

 

“Hocus-pocus nonsense?” Yuna cut him off. “Everything to you is `hocus-pocus nonsense,' isn't it Kaiba? Even if you experienced it yourself you'd still think lightly of this! Let me tell you what I've been through! I had to duel my friend, who was being mind controlled by some demented monster who's working for a tyrant who I thought was sent, in a shadow game for not only my life, but for my soul! I've lost bits of my body in the game, and I had to take on an Egyptian God Card! Even when it appeared that all hope is lost, I still continued to fight for my life, to fight for my friend! And you know what? That bastard won! At the last moment, he released his hold on Shinra to make sure that even though I won the duel, I still lost! Do you know what it feels like to feel that you failed your friends! That you failed to protect them? Have ever felt that kind of pain before Seto Kaiba? How would you feel if it was you in that position? How would you feel if it was Mokuba you had to save, only to fail?”

 

Kaiba felt a mix of emotions! Part of him wanted to hit the former Summoner for reminding him about his failure to save Mokuba from Pegasus, leaving that honor to Yugi to save both him and himself! While another part of him felt a hard punch into his stomach. Either way, Yuna hit a emotional blow to the CEO. He just glared, “Never...question me… on how I protect my family…again!” He hissed, “You don't know what I had to go through to save my brother! Do you know how many times Mokuba was kidnapped, just to get to me, or my company? First Pegasus kidnapped my brother! Then the Rare Hunters…” Kaiba glared at Marik. “Then that fool Nesbitt decided that kidnapping Mokuba was a good idea, up to the point where my brother was turned against me! And most recently, those two LeBlanc Syndicate idiots, Logos and Ormi, decided that it was a good idea to kidnap him! All these idiots coming out of the woodworks always try to kidnap Mokuba like it's going out of style! But did I ever whine and cry about how they always went after him? Did I ever sit down and mope like you are just now? No! I did something about it! I went after them head on and I got my brother back, no matter what it took…”

 

“Even when you pulled that dirty trick?”

 

Kaiba turned around and glared at the source of the voice that stated that comment. “If I wanted your opinion, I'd asked for it, Taylor!”

 

Tristan glared back, “Do you remember Duelist Kingdom, Kaiba? I sure as hell did! You and Yugi dueled over his star chips and for the right to enter the castle! And when you were getting your ass handed to you! When you were cornered! You pull that stunt! You backed up on the ledge, and you used death to force Yugi to lose! You knew that Yugi would never hurt anyone and you decided to toy with his heart and work it to your advantage and it worked! He could've attacked with Celtic Guardian, but he didn't! He was more worried about your safety and your well being that he decided not to attack! Then you had the nerve to make him feel worse about what he did, bringing his Grandpa into this! And you know what else? You lost! You did that underhanded trick to Yugi, just so you can lose to Pegasus! So you're the last person who should be criticizing anyone about saving a loved one! But then again, you wouldn't care! Yuna's right about one thing, everything is just some `hocus pocus mind trick' to you!”

 

“Can't we all just get along?” Bakura asked. “The bigger issue is that Seymour and Marik and mine's darker halves are back!”

 

“Bakura's right!” Rikku added. “So what do we know about those creeps?”

 

Yuna looked down as she produced one card from her pocket. “I found this after the duel!” She showed them the card. Much to their shock, it was Osiris the Sky Dragon! “Marik's dark side must've placed it in Shinra's deck before he took over his mind…”

 

“But how did he made Shinra his mind slave?”

 

“Yeah…” Tristan nodded, but then blinked at a possible explanation. “Bakura, weren't you going to see Shinra for some Spheres?”

 

Bakura nodded. “Marik and I had planned to after meeting up with you guys later…”

 

“After?” Yuna blinked. “Shinra said that you guys met together already!”

 

“Believe me Yuna, I have still yet to see one of these spheres you guys keep talking about!” Marik explained.

 

“Then how does that-” Tristan stopped, having a bad thought. “Maybe your dark side posed as you again, Bakura!”

 

“That makes sense!” Rikku nodded in agreement! Remembering the first time she encountered Yami Bakura. “He does do a pretty darn good impression of ya!”

 

“Yes, that would explain all of this!” Bakura agreed as well with a sigh.

 

“Now that we all know that Bakura and Marik's dark sides are behind this with Seymour, what do we do now?” Mokuba asked.

 

“First, we need to heal the others…” Yuna explained as she closed her eyes and began to use her white magic to revive them…

 

“W…what happened?” Buddy sat up on the bed, now fully restored. “Are we okay? Did we crash to our doom?”

 

“Yeah we're okay!” Rikku giggled. “Thanks to Tristan!”

 

“FRYD!? (WHAT!?)” Brother blinked in shocked, just being revived and all! “Tristan wmaf dra Celsius!? (Tristan flew the Celsius!?)”

 

“Yep! He was even better than you!” She teased, which annoyed Brother!

 

“Crid ib! (Shut up!)”

 

“Hu, oui crid ib! (No, you shut up!)”

 

“Hu, oui crid ib! (No, you shut up!)”

 

“Hu oui crid ib! (No you shut up!)”

 

Marik asked aside to Buddy. “Are the always like this?”

 

“Oh yeah!” He answered, knowing them all too well.

 

“Hmph, good thing I don't have to deal with that nonsense…” Kaiba sighed in relief, but then remembered that Rikku was his houseguest for the full year. He then groaned. “Oh right…”

 

Rikku stopped as she noticed that Paine hasn't woken up yet. “What's wrong with Paine?”

 

“I don't understand!” Yuna looked down, “I used my restoration spell…”

 

“I know…” Brother looked down, “It's because she got hit by Zera The Maunt's blast, trying to save me!” He informed, which caused Rikku and Yuna to blink!

 

“How did fiends get aboard!?” Rikku asked in panic.

 

“The same way how the Auto Pilot got ruined.” Buddy said.

 

“Once we find Yugi and the others, maybe we can figure out how to solve this mess!” Bakura said, looking on the brighter side of this situation.

 

Rikku just remembered about Tidus and Noah after Bakura's statement. “That reminds me! Yunie, boy do I have a surprise for you!”

 

Yuna blinked, “Really…”

 

“Yeah Yunie, you're gonna love it!” Rikku giggled, excited about the look on her cousin's face when she sees him again!

 

…

 

Back in Luca, it appeared that the threat of Duel Monsters were over as the LeBlanc Syndicate appeared to have been long gone. Therefore, duelists and tourists once again roamed the city as Spira's Tournament continued.

 

Not everyone was continuing Spira's tournament as Yugi and Joey, both earning enough Security Spheres, were taking a brief hiatus from the tournament as they were preparing for the finals. Tea, Aria, Arana, Erika, and Serenity were just along for the ride.

 

“Are ya sure you don't want to take a load off?” Joey asked his shorter friend. “I mean, you could use the rest! Johnny Stepps wasn't playin!”

 

“The same could be said for you, Big Bro!” Serenity reminded. “You did had your work cut out for ya against Jean-Claude Magnum.”

 

“Johnny Stepps?” Arana blinked.

 

“Jean-Claude Magnum?” As did Aria!

 

“What's up with those two?” Erika asked.

 

“Long Story!” Joey simply said.

 

“Give us the short version!” Aria demanded.

 

“Yeah, we wanna know what kind of grudge those guys had against ya!” Erika added.

 

“But more importantly, how the hell did they get cards like these.” Arana showed two cards. Both of them were The Eye of Horus, but what was different from the others that one contained the face of Johnny Stepps, and the other of Jean-Claude Magnum! Both contained the trapped face of a soul desperately trying to get free.

 

“Well we have one story, but that doesn't make any sense!” Tea reminded. “Both of Marik and Bakura's dark sides are in the Shadow Realm!”

 

Yugi closed his eyes as he stroked his chin. “True, but remember Tea, Bakura's dark side escaped before, so most likely he has done so again! And this time he might have had company!”

 

“Both of them are already dangerous alone, but if they teamed up, then we'll really be in trouble!”

 

“Where are Bakura and Marik, anyway?” Serenity asked. “Wasn't Tristan and the others looking for them?”

 

“Yeah! Why hasn't he called and at least filled us in on what's goin' on?” Joey looked towards Tea, “He knows your cell numbah, right?”

 

“Yeah, but that doesn't mean that the phones in Spira can work with mine.” She reminded the blonde.

 

“Point taken.”

 

“That's why we need to leave Luca and look for Marik and Bakura! And Rikku, Kaiba, and Mokuba are out there too! The attacks might have stopped here, but that doesn't mean that they couldn't be occurring anywhere else!” Yugi reminded.

 

“Y'gotta point, Yuge!” Joey nodded. “Although I wouldn't give a fu-”

 

“Joey!” Serenity protested with her brother swearing, much to Aria's amusement as she giggled.

 

“-dge about Kaiba, I am worried about Rikku and Mokuba.”

 

“Need soap?” Aria teased.

 

“Shaddup!” Joey rolled his eyes as Aria just giggled. She knew it was wrong, but Joey was just so fun to tease!

 

“Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?”

 

…

 

“A-hem!” Rikku cleared her throat! “You searched the cold, rock terrain of Mt. Gagazet! You searched the dark,” She then squealed, “And terrifying,” Normal voice, “Thunder Plains. Now, I'm proudly present to you - Drum roll please!”

 

“JUST GET ON WITH IT, YOU GEEK!” Kaiba roared, being irritated with Rikku's needless showmanship.

 

“Spoilsport!” Rikku sticks her tongue out at him as she continued. “As I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted!” She looks at Kaiba. “I now proudly present to you, the man that you've been searching for your dreams!” Rikku was about to finish, but as she looked down stairs, Tidus was nowhere to be seen.

 

“Hello! Come on, you!” Rikku then sighed, apparently Tidus went to grab himself a snack or something. Noah wasn't around either. “One moment…” Rikku jumped off the upstairs portion of the cabin right to the bottom. She looked around before going behind the bar and entering the room, most precisely where Barkeep resided. Luckily, he and his wife were on Vacation so he didn't have to endure the drama that just happened. It was there when she saw the two, surveying the damage. “There you are!”

 

Tidus looked back. “Rikku, what's going on?”

 

“Couldn't you just stay there for a few seconds? I mean, Yuna's expecting to see you walk up the stairs and hold her in your arms!”

 

“I know…but…” Tidus looked down. “I'm just…nervous…”

 

“Nervous, what can you be nervous about?” Rikku asked. “Don't tell me you're chickening out!”

 

“I know how he feels.” Noah added his two cents. “I felt nervous before seeing Seto and Mokuba again. I wondered what were they going to say, what kind of emotions they would have! After all, the last time we met, it wasn't exactly a fond family moment…” Noah looked down, remembering the despicable things he's done to his own brothers as well as the people who were more or less caught in the middle of their family problems.

 

“Rikku?”

 

The young Theiftress looked back to saw the former High Summoner herself standing outside the door as she eeped, “Yunie! You'll ruin the surprise!”

 

“What's going on? What are you-” Her eyes went wide at who she saw besides Rikku and another young boy! Could it be? It looked like him, for one thing. “Is it you…?” Determined to find out, she quickly ran to the blonde as she then desperately hugged him. Tidus hugged back! Finally, he was reunited with his long lost love.

 

“Are you real?” She asked as desperate as she had hugged him.

 

“I think so…” He replied, which was followed by an long silence…

 

“I think we should leave these lost loves alone, don't you agree?” Rikku slyly asked Noah.

 

“Good idea! I need to talk to Seto and Mokuba and see what I've missed.” Noah agreed as the two left, leaving Tidus and Yuna alone.

 

“…do I pass?” Tidus asked the former Summoner.

 

Yuna nodded as she cried into his chest. “I missed you so much…I thought I'd never see you again.”

 

“I thought that I was a goner, too! But somehow…I'm here…” He explained as he continued to hold her.

 

“After everything that has happened, this almost makes up for it!”

 

“So what's been going on since I've been gone?”

 

“Well… It all began when I saw this sphere of you…”

 

…

 

“So who's this guy that Rikku's making a big deal about?” Marik asked.

 

“Yeah, she's basically giving him the royal treatment!” Tristan added.

 

“He's the guy from Zanarkand who became Yuna's Guardian.” Mokuba briefed.

Kaiba scoffed, “Another superstitious nitwit who believes in that hocus-pocus nonsense. Why am I not surprised that he's her long lost lover…”

 

Brother just gritted his teeth at the very mention of Tidus! The guy who stole Yuna, his Yuna from him! He just hoped that the blonde-haired twerp was on board! He had a few things to say to him…well…in fists anyway.

 

Buddy placed a hand on the angered Al Bhed's shoulder. “Take it easy, man!”

 

“The hell I am…” He muttered. “What does he got I don't got?”

 

“Hmm…let's see. He's not a pervert, he's not bossy, he's not insensitive, and he would actually give a care about his own siblings, at least that's what Rikku would say.” Buddy noted.

 

“And now he and Yuna are having a tender Kodak moment, with Rikku and Noah being there to see it right now!” Mokuba informed.

 

“WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?” Tristan shouted, which grabbed the attention of everyone! “BACK THE FREAKIN' SOUL TRAIN UP! NOAH'S BACK!? AS IN NOAH KAIBA!?” Apparently he wasn't too fond of the cyan-haired boy being back, as he remembered the whole “Robot Monkey” incident all too well…

 

“What's Tristan screaming about?” Rikku asked as she and Noah made their way back upstairs.

 

“YOU!” Tristan pointed towards Noah.

 

Noah blinked, a bit nervously, “M-me?”

 

“YOU'RE THE REASON WHY I HAD TO BE TRAPPED IN A ROBOT MONKEY!” Tristan shouted as Buddy and Brother held him back.

 

“GET OVER IT, MONKEY BOY!” Kaiba shouted! He was already becoming annoyed without Tristan screaming.

 

“YOU TRY HAVING YOUR MIND TRAPPED INSIDE OF A ROBOT MONKEY!”

 

“ENOUGH!”

 

Both boys looked over to a glaring Rikku, arms crossed and all. “In case you haven't noticed, some people are trying to have a special moment without you two screwing it up by fighting like this!”

 

“Bah…” Brother pouted. His jealousy clearly showing…

 

“It wouldn't have worked out anyway.” Rikku informed her brother.

 

“Fru ycgat oui? (Who asked you?)” Brother snapped at his sister.

 

“Zicd vunkad ypuid ran! (Just forget about her!)”

 

“Crid ib! (Shut up!)”

 

“Rikku…” Tristan asked Rikku, interrupting the argument between the Al Bhed siblings for the moment. “Can I borrow your phone?”

 

She takes it out from the pouch of her utility belt and gives it to Tristan. “Sure, what for?”

 

“Let's just say that Yugi and the others aren't gonna believe this!” He informed, not to the pleasing of a certain CEO. But his attention was on another matter.

 

“How could you have a new cell phone Rikku?” Kaiba glared as Rikku nervously laughed. Apparently it was about to hit the fan, as last she remembered there wasn't any phones in Spira, let alone cellular ones! “As far as I know, Spira doesn't have any phones, let alone cell phones so how could you had got one?”

 

“Umm…well…heheheh…” Rikku nervously smiled as she looked down at her boots.

 

“You wouldn't have happened to take the money that I had left in my purple trench coat to buy that phone, would you?” Kaiba asked with a glare as Rikku continued the nervous laugher. “YOU DID, DIDN'T YOU!? HOW COULD YOU!? DON'T YOU HAVE ANY DECENCY!? USE YOUR OWN MONEY!”

 

“…I didn't think you need it! I'm sorry… You know that the money I had is useless in Domino…” Rikku pleaded her case.

 

While the two continued to argue, Tristan, with Rikku's cell phone in his hand, went to dial the numbers, which resulted in a ring tone that indicating that it was making contact with Tea's cell phone. Afterwards…

 

“Hey Rikku!” Tea's sweet voice answered the call.

 

“Guess again!”

 

“Tristan!?” The girl's voice was in shock! Expecting to hear the voice of the Al Bhed thief. “What's happening, what are you doing with Rikku's cell phone?”

 

“It's a long story! Is Yugi and everyone else there?”

 

“Yeah…why?”

 

“You're not going to believe this.” Tristan explained as he watched host and guest argue as well as giving a glare to a certain cyan-haired boy!

 

…

 

Back in Guadosalam, a closed fist pounded on the table as Yami Marik unleashed a roar filled with fury and anger! To say that he was not happy would be huge understatement. “Pissed” wouldn't be enough to describe how angry he was.

 

“I WAS SO CLOSE TO SENDING HER SOUL TO THE SHADOW REAM!” He screamed as he knocked down the bowl of fruit. “HOW!? HOW COULD SHE HAVE POSSIBLY HAD A CARD LIKE THAT TO DEFEAT OSIRIS!”

 

“You should've used Ra instead!” Yami Bakura placed his two cents into the matter as he casually peeled an orange with his dagger. “If you had used Ra's one-turn kill, Lady Yuna's soul would've been in the Shadow Realm instead of Shinra's! You're lucky you had that Millennium Rod with you!”

 

The holder of the Millennium Rod managed to calm himself down as he sat down in a chair. “How was it possible to get that card! It's not that Trap Card that infuriates me, it that Ra damned Aeon Knight! When I was still a part of my weaker half, I knew just about every card that existed, but I've never seen The Wind of Valfor, much less Black Luster Soldier the Aeon Knight!” Yami Marik closed his eyes as a smile formed on his face. “That fool Pegasus must be involved.” He snickered. “He just never learns, doesn't he?”

 

“One would have thought that after what has happened with the Egyptian God Cards, he would've learned his lesson about creating such powerful cards.” Seymour said as he walked in, a smile was on his face.

 

“You've seen our latest acquisition?” The Tomb Robber asked as Seymour nodded.

 

“We've also gained more souls! Apparently Logos and Ormi are fulfilling their end of the bargain with the souls. As well as more unfortunate souls who've decided to use the Eye of Horus to settle old grudges!”

 

“But they need to remember! No matter how many souls they may capture for us, only if they capture the souls of Kaiba and the Pharoah will LeBlanc be restored.” Yami Marik reminded. “And if they fail…let's just say that they'll still be reunited with their friend, but it won't be as pleasant!”

 

…

 

“SAY WHAT?!”

 

The loud voice of Joey was heard as Tea placed away her phone. “You mean to tell me that Noah's back?”

 

“I don't believe it either! Didn't the virtual world explode?” Tea asked Yugi.

 

“That's true! Perhaps Noah somehow met someone who gave him his own body!”

 

“But that still don' explain how he got here, let alone what he's doin' here!” Joey added in his two cents.

 

“Stranger things have happened…” Arana said. “I mean since when did Duel Monsters attack people!”

 

“Since Marik's dark side took over Shinra's mind...” Serenity sighed, remembering from what Tea had told them about Shinra's unfortunate fate. “Poor Shinra…”

 

“And the LeBlanc Syndicate using it to their advantage!” Tea remembered the attack hours ago! “You don't think that they're in cahoots, right?”

 

“I wouldn't be surprised…” Aria sighed. “The LeBlanc Syndicate would do anything for spheres, what's to say that this isn't just another on of their tactics!”

 

“Maybe if they help Marik and Bakura's dark sides and Seymour collect souls! Then no one will go after spheres! Leave them easy finds for LeBlanc.” Erika explains. “Especially with the Egyptian God Cards!”

 

“The only good thing is that Yuna managed to get one of them…” Yugi sighed. “We still have Ra and Obelisk to worry about!”

 

“Then we'll just have to get `em before they can use `em against us!” Joey pounded a fist into his palm.

 

“Don't you think that they have them securely guarded?” Aria asked the blonde. “Do you always leap before you look?”

 

“That's Joey for ya!” Tea sighed. “Shoot first, ask questions later.”

 

Joey glared at Tea. “So where we're all meetin' at anyway?”

 

“They should be on their way so we might as well meet them at the entrance.” Tea explained.

 

“So what are we waiting for, let's go!” Joey began to run toward the entrance!

 

“Come on Joey, wait up!” Serenity shouted after him as she ran after her brother! “Do you even know where you're going?”

 

Tea sighed, “Like I said! `Shoot…Questions…'”

 

“But you have to admit, his heart's in the right place.” Yugi nodded as he and the others went to follow the Wheeler siblings. However a hand clutching his wrist stopped him. “Huh?”

 

The master duelist turned around and saw the Fayth! “Yugi Moto?” She asked.

 

Yugi was a bit confused, but still managed to be polite. “Yes, I am. Can I help you?”

 

“Yes…” She nodded as she then extended her hand. “Come with me.”

 

Wondering what this may be about Yugi accepted as he place his hand onto hers. Suddenly, a flash was then emitted, which engulfed them both.

 

…

 

“Where am I?” Yugi's eyes opened as he found himself in front of a shrine.

 

“You're in the Baaj Temple's Cloyster of Trails. Most importantly the Shrine of the dark Aeon Anima.” Fayth explained.

 

“Cloyster of Trials?” Yugi blinked. “Didn't Yuna had to go through them to get the Aeons?”

 

“Yes! Lady Yuna was on a pilgrimage to defeat Sin. Visiting Temples throughout Spira and obtaining Aeons. All to end at Zanarkand with Yuna sacrificing her life for the summoning of the Final Aeon! But upon new realizations, Yuna managed to defeat Sin without the Final Aeon, but at the cost of the Aeons she had gained.

 

“I remember her explaining to me and my friends about the pilgrimage.” Yugi nodded.

 

“Then you know about Seymour Guado, once a master of Yevon.” She explained as Yugi nodded. “Now somehow, Seymour has managed to return from the farplane. But he is not alone. It appears that he has two new allies in his cause. I believe you know them well.”

 

Yugi nodded. “I've defeated both Yami Bakura and Yami Marik in a Shadow Game! How they managed to escape the Shadow Realm puzzles me.”

 

“Nevertheless, they are all in on it together, using these new type of fiends to gain souls! I believe that you call them `Duel Monsters?'”

 

“I know. My friends and I were attacked just recently.” Yugi noted. “And the fact that they still hold twoEgyptian God Cards just make things worse. Yuna managed to obtain one of them, Osiris the Sky Dragon, but the other two are just as much, perhaps even more of a threat. Especially The Wing Dragon of Ra.”

 

“So you know what must me done.” Fayth nodded. “Enter the Shrine and receive the card that you need.”

 

With a nod, Yugi goes through the curtain as he then see floating above the seal of the Fayth of Anima, the Fayth that was Seymour's mother, a card! Yugi reached out and grabbed the card as he examined it. It had a picture of a large fiend bounded in large chains! It the appeared that the fiend was screaming in pain.

 

“Take this Aeon card, The Pain of Anima! And together with Lady Yuna, please stop Seymour and save Spira!”

 

Yugi nodded. “I will, but I have one question I like to ask!”

 

“Proceed.”

 

“Did Pegasus create these cards? And if he did, why did he risk it after knowing what happened after he created the Egyptian God Cards?” Yugi asked, somewhat in an angry tone.

 

“I've asked him about that question just recently…” Fayth explained as she began to tell Yugi about her encounter with the creator of Duel Monsters.

 

-Flashback-

 

“Why did you create the Aeon Cards, knowing what risks they might bring into Spira?” The Fayth asked as Pegasus turned around in his chair, sighing.

 

“I wanted to add a few cards that were Spira-Based, to promote the grand opening of the Spira Branch of Industrial Illusions. The Drakes and the Chimera monsters are just a few examples of this addition. But for it to be truly Spira-Based, I had to include the Aeons. They're more of a Spell Monster Card. Think of it as a Polymerization Card with the first material monster, only it can merge with only a few cards. For example, an Aeon can only merge with trap cards, while another can only merge with a monster that's in the graveyard. The possibilities are endless!”

 

“But what if thieves managed to get their hands on them?” Fayth reminded. “After all, with the duel disks actually bringing these monsters to life, the results could be devastating to all Spira!”

 

“There's no need to worry about them. Only a selected few of my most loyal employees even know about the cards and I've ordered them to place them in their respective shrines at the temples. And I made sure that they are heavily guarded. Only a selected few are allowed to go into the shrine, and even then they'll have to go through the Cloister of Trails.” Pegasus explained, maintaining his calm manner. “As for the Duel Disks, Shinra-Boy added a security chip which, as real as they are, their attacks wouldn't do any real damage to anything or anyone!”

 

“But what if the security chip fails?”

 

Pegaus sighed. “I asked him the same question! `I'm just a kid,' he replied. But he assured me that the only person that knew how to override it was himself. Still, we will have to see what happens. Hopefully it will never come down to that situation.”

 

-End Flashback-

 

Yugi sighed, “It appeared that Pegasus didn't learn his lesson…”

 

“Now with three men with dark tendencies on the loose. Your help is needed more than ever!” Fayth explained as she began to walk away, fading as she does so. “Along with Lady Yuna, I beseech you, please help us all and save Spira…”

 

Yugi watched her fade away before looking down at the Aeon Card he had just received.

 

“Hey Yugi…”

…

 

Yugi blinked as he saw Tea giving him a puzzled look. “Are you okay?” She asked. “You just stopped and began to zone out! I figured that since you fused with the Pharaoh, you'd stop.”

 

`Did I really zone out?' He pondered. `Was it all just a dream?' Yugi replied, “It's nothing. I was just thinking.” He decided not to worry the brunette with what he just saw.

 

“Okay…” Tea said, hinting a bit of relief. “Joey actually didn't get us lost and found the way out of Luca! Let's go!”

 

“You go ahead, I'll catch up!”

 

Tea gave him a puzzled look. “Are you sure you're okay?”

 

“I'm alright, I promise!” Yugi assured.

 

“Okay…just don't have that look on your face anymore. It scares me a little, knowing what we've been through, and what's going on now!” Tea said as she went off to catch up.

 

Yugi went to his Duel Disk as he drew one card and what he saw on that card confirmed that he was not hallucinating after all! It was The Pain of Anima. “Don't worry Fayth…” He vowed as he placed the Aeon Card and his deck back into the duel disk, “Yuna and I will both save Spira. I defeated both Yamis before, I will once again.”

 

 

 

So far, I admit, this is the worst chapter that I've done thus far in this story. Mostly because it's hard to do the shrine scenes right without having Final Fantasy X, especially when one of them takes place in Baaj Temple! I did have the game but my stupid relatives decided to play mix-match with my PS2 games, thus it's lost somewhere at their house. Some advice: When you're told to leave some of your videogames behind, especially those that you may need for reference material, take `em anyway.

 

Preview for Next Chapter:

 

Yugi blinked. “Kaiba, do you mean-”

 

“SAVE IT, YUGI!” He snapped, not wanting him to know about his humiliating loss.

 

“We don't have time for you to mourn for your lost cards, we have other business to attend to with you!” Logos informed.

 

“That's right!” Ormi added. “We're going to duel you!”

 

Kaiba scoffed with a smirk, “You two? Duel against me? Don't make me laugh! You'd have a better chance using your weapons!”

 

“Why I would love nothing more than to shoot a few rounds into your arrogant face, we have our reasons to do otherwise. But let's not forget about the prize…” Logos informed.

 

Kaiba narrowed his eyes, “What prize…”

 

Chapter 14: The Wrath of the LeBlanc Syndicate. Yugi and Kaiba teams again.