Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Spira's Tournement ❯ Bevelle’s Secret Scandal! ( Chapter 20 )

FireGoddess101 - Don't worry. You won't need to have been able to play FFX(-2) to figure it out. It should be made crystal clear.

 

MagicmanSmokegirl - Basically, a lesson should be learned from this: When you make a move that has a nasty side effect at the end, make sure that the move is worth it and it actually helps! (I.E. Using Power Bond to summon Cyber End Dragon.) As for the Triplets, they believe that all they needed was themselves and no one else. Or maybe that's just the Eye of Horus talking.

 

xxxSethKisaraxxx - Don't worry, Rikku should be getting some retribution for her astraphobia being exploited.

 

Dav J - Don't worry, the chapter's here!

 

devildice708 - Don't worry, I'm still working on it.

 

Chapter 20: Bevelle's Secret Scandal!

 

“Everything that has happened to us was because of you!” Erika declared at Yuna, who along with Tea were angry. Rikku on the other hand was curled into a ball, mentally broken. Her astraphobia was brought into this duel to haunt her, and was afraid that any bad move she made would result into getting hit by more lightning! The Al Bhed sisters on the other hand each had a Magus sister on their side of the field. “You ruined our lives!”

 

“Don't blame Yuna for your problems.” Tea glared. She already wanted to rip both of their heads off for what they've done to Rikku. For their blatant exploitation of her astraphobia!

 

“Why not, it's only the truth!” Erika explained. “Yuna, did you ever wondered why you left Bevelle and grew up in Besaid?”

 

The former summoner's eyes grew wide at the statement. “What? How did you know?”

 

“Because we know everything about that deadbeat, Braska!” Aria added. “How he went on his pilgrimage, his two guardians! Everything! Even that wife of his who couldn't keep her legs closed!”

 

Yuna glared. “Don't talk about my mother like that!”

 

“Why not? We're just saying the truth!”

 

“You're lying! My mother was a respectable woman, for an Al Bhed, and you're making her out to be some slut!”

 

“Hey, the truth hurts! But then again, why would you care? If anything doesn't fit into your perfect world, into your perfect life, then it's all a bunch of lies!” Erika stated. “Little Miss Perfect can't have any flaws in her perfect life, now can she?”

 

“What gives you the right to talk about my mother that way?”

 

“Listen, you pompous bitch, we can talk about our mother any way we want to!” Arana glared.

 

Tea blinked in shock at what Arana just said, “Y-your mother? Are you saying that you and Yuna-”

 

“That's right…” Erika sighed, “It must be really shocking to you, Yuna! To find out that all four of us are sisters! Except that you were treated like a princess while we were treated like redheaded Stepchildren! Anyway, did Daddy Dearest ever tell you why you were sent to Besaid? You see, your mother, being the obvious harlot that she was, decided to go out and get drunk one night and…well…let's just say that she was pretty knocked up the next morning!”

 

“You're lying!” Yuna declared.

 

“Oh am I? Then tell me why you haven't seen your mother since you were transferred to Besaid? I said that Bevelle held Spira's biggest cover-up of the century! As for our birth father, he decided to bail hours ago. Not wanting to take any responsibility for our birth! But that was just the start!”

 

Tea blinked, “What do you mean?”

 

“When we were three, our so-called mother abandoned us at Luca! Of course, since we were Al Bhed, hardly anyone even acknowledged us, let alone offered to take care of us, seeing that we were just abandoned kids `that those heathens wouldn't even want anything to do with!' Not even our own race would give a damn about us! Isn't that right, Rikku?”

 

The cowered girl looked up as she got back to her feet. Her dry tears stained her face, as her shaking indicated that she was still feeling the effects of the thunder shock. “…W-what did I do?”

 

“You know what you did, or do we need to refresh your memory?” Arana said. “Remember in Luca, before the big game between the Al Bhed Psyches and the Kilika Beasts, Rikku? Your discrimination began since the day we met! You obviously didn't think that we were good enough to even talk to since the day we met!”

 

-Flashback-

 

A young blonde haired, green-eyed Al Bhed girl who couldn't be much older than the age of seven seated on a bench in Luca! The Blitzball game between the Al Bhed Psyches and the Kilika Beasts was only several hours away, so she decided it was a good idea to work up on her studying of the common language in Spira…

 

“Dra (The)… The… Pymm…(Ball…) Ball…” She read as she pronounced the words and translations. “…Ec (…Is) …Is …Nat. (…Red.) …Red. …Tha…Bymm…Es…Rat... The…Balm…Is…Ret…The…Ball…Is…Red.& #8221; Rikku cheered, feeling she's improving on learning the common language. True that her father, also being bilingual, was teaching her. But she wanted to learn as quickly as possible! “The ball is red!”

 

Suddenly, three girls who appeared to be the same age as Rikku walked over! Interested in what she was reading. All three were blonde, except that one had her hair in a high ponytail, the second in pigtails, and the third kept her hair shoulder-length and straight. “Re! (Hi!)” One of them greeted!

 

Rikku looked up. “Re, oui'na rana du caa dra Psyches payd dra Beasts, duu? (Hi, you're here to see the Psyches beat the Beasts, too?)”

 

All three shook their heads, “Hud nammo… (Not really…)” They sighed.

 

Rikku smiled as she placed the book down and extended a hand. “So hysa'c Rikku! (My name's Rikku!)” She introduced herself.

 

“Erika!” The first girl shook her hand.

 

“E'c Aria! (I'm Aria!)” As well as the second girl!

 

“Yht E'c Arana!” (And I'm Arana!)” And finally the third followed suit as she noticed what she was reading. “Oh, so you're learning the common language?” She asked.

 

Rikku gave her a puzzled look. Despite the tremendous process she was making, with the translation of letters from the Al Bhed language to the more common language. She was still having a hard time speaking outside of her native tongue. She did recognize the words “learning” and “language,” however… “Not too far along, are you?”

 

“No…” Rikku sighed, the first time she spoke outside of her Al Bhed language to them.

 

“She still has a lot to learn…” Erika sighed. Since they spent their lives living on the street, they have managed to both learn the Al Bhed Language and the more common language in Spira through reading the Al Bhed Primers!

 

“Can…you…tea-” Rikku was about to ask, a bit struggling with the common language, but was interrupted.

 

“RIKKU!”

 

The four girls turned to another direction as and older boy, who appeared to be in his pre-teens hurried over and grabbed her hand. “Rikku, fryd tet vydran dumt oui ypuid dymgehk du dras? (“Rikku, what did father told you about talking to them?”)

 

She blinked, “Pid Brother, frao'na so- (But Brother, they're my-)”

 

“Mad'c ku Rikku! (Let's go Rikku!)” He proceeded to drag his sister away from the triplets, who now feel as if someone just stuck a dagger through their hearts. They were alone, once again.

 

…

 

Brother had succeeded in dragging Rikku inside of the Stadium!

 

“Mad sa ku! (Let me go!)”

 

Brother released his hold on her. “Cdyo rana! (Stay here!)”

 

“Hu! E ys kuehk pysg du so haz vneahtc! (No! I am going back to my new friends!)” She declared.

 

“E ys dammehk oui du cdyo rana! Cdyo yfyo vnus dras! Drao yna hu kuut! (I am telling you to stay here! Stay away from them! They are no good!)” Brother then felt a hard kick to the shins as he screamed in pain.

 

“E ys kuehk pysg du so vneahtc, yht drana ec hudrehk oui lyh cyo un tu du cdub sa! (I am going back to my friends, and there is nothing you can say or do to stop me!)” Rikku defiantly said as she then ran out of the stadium!

 

“Rikku! E femm damm Vydran! (Rikku! I will tell Father!)” Brother threatened.

 

“Mega E lyna, oui pek sayhea! (Like I care, you big meanie!)” She shouted back as she left the stadium! She wanted to go back to her new friends! Hopefully they were still there. Hopefully Brother didn't offend them! However, once she got back to the bench, the three girls were long gone. “Aww…” As quickly as she had met them, her new friends were gone.

 

-End Flashback-

 

“Wait…I remember…” Rikku explained. “After I left my brother, I searched everywhere for you guys but I couldn't find you!”

 

“Whatever…” Aria glared. “But what would we expect from the rest of them, or you for that matter? In Bikanel, we hardly had anyone to come and help us! All they did was look down at us, how much of a bad seed we were! And don't let me started when we ever reached home!”

 

Erika shook her head. “For a place called `Home,' it sure as hell felt anything but! We were basically prisoners in our own territory!” Small tears began to pour from her eyes. “We were treated like outsiders by our own people! The only family that we had was each other, and we managed to survive! No thanks to either of you!”

 

“Of course, the Yevonites weren't any better, perhaps even worse! After all, we Al Bhed didn't' follow the teachings of Yevon so basically we weren't popular to begin with!” Aria declared. “It was already bad enough, in their eyes, that the almighty `High Summoner Braska' married a lowly, sacrilegious Al Bhed, but to marry an Al Bhed who turned out to be nothing but a wh-”

 

“ENOUGH!” Yuna screamed. She didn't like the way they were talking down her family the way they were!

 

“We're just telling you the truth, Sis!” Erika hissed, much emphasis on “sis.” “The truth hurts, doesn't it? Apparently while you were transferred to Besaid, your Father and the rest of those pompous, holier-than-thou hypocrites were busy with the biggest cover-up in the history of Spira! Basically, you're the worst of both worlds: The backstabbing hypocrisy of an Al Bhed! And the stuck-up, pompous, holier-than-thou attitude of a Yevonite!”

 

“Everyone else in Spira may love you: The High Summoner who defeated Sin who will do anything to help! But then again, why wouldn't they! Because losers, love losers!”

 

“That's enough!” Rikku shouted as she drew a card, which activated the effects of Solemn Wishes, along with Marie The Fallen One's effect for being in the graveyard, as she gained life points...

 

Rikku, Yuna, Tea: 8650
Erika, Aria, Arana: 12600

 

Astraphobic or not, she was not going to let them talk down her cousin! Even if they were her sisters! She wasn't exactly thrilled at them calling everyone losers, either. She looked at the card she had just draw. It wasn't a card, like Monster Reborn. But this card could still come in handy. “I'll place this card facedown and end my turn!” She sighed, `Maybe Yunie will have better luck…' Despite now only having two cards in her hand, she still was in a rut.

 

“Didn't get the card, you need?” Erika asked.

 

“Maybe our sister will do better!” Arana suggested.

 

“I'm not your sister!” Yuna hissed. “I'm not like you at all! I don't go around destroying people!”

 

“Just like you destroyed your own Aeons? The same Aeons who you traveled with on your Pilgrimage?” She reminded. “It must've been really hard for you!”

 

“Don't listen to her, Yuna!” Tea said to the former Summoner. “She's just trying to get into your head! You didn't have a choice!”

 

`You didn't have a choice!' Isn't that your excuse for everything? Like, for example, you have to break into a store to steal something that could save a friend's life when you can't afford it, even though you know it's wrong, let alone illegal! You say, `We had no choice! It was the only way!' Or an even better and more recent example: When Joey was under mind control, you were ready to kill him when you knew that it wasn't his fault he was the way he was at the time! Yeah, we admit it was our bad! You and your little boy toy were set to slice, dice, and pump him full of lead! If it weren't for your Astraphobic friend over there, you would've once again used that `We had no choice' excuse! That's gotta make one wonder: Are you, the High Summoner that defeated Sin and also needlessly killed her Aeons…”

 

“Stop it…”

 

“-Any better than a common thug who would even kill his own wife and children to make a buck?”

 

“That's enough!” Rikku glared, “Whose calm do you think this is, Missy?” Outside, she was angry with the three. But on the inside, she was wondering if any of what they're saying is true! `If Yunie's their sister…and her mother is their mother…that means…'

 

“Hey, she makes a point!” Arana stated. “I guess the almighty High Summoner isn't very mighty after all!”

 

As Yuna went to draw a card, her team's Life Points increased by both Marie The Fallen One's and Solemn Wishes' effect…

 

Rikku, Yuna, Tea: 9350
Erika, Aria, Arana: 12600

 

Yuna looked at the card. It was her Aeon Card, The Wind of Valefor! This was her best chance to turn this duel around. From her team's card graveyard, the only monsters that could provide some use to her were Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning, Guardian Angel Joan, both destroyed from her hand due to the Magus Sister's special effect, and Rikku's Toon Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon. As much as the situation was a desperate situation, she decided to go with what she knew instead of what she didn't. Because if she failed now, and Tea couldn't take over, Erika, Aria, and Arana would win the duel on their next turn…

 

“Now it'll be Aeon Card against Aeon card, as I now activate the Wind of Valfor!” She played the card on her Duel Disk, as the Bird-like Aeon appeared from the sky. “And now, I'll combine the card with my Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning from the graveyard...” The Chaos Soldier appeared on the field as he then proceeded to combine with Valefor, forming once again, Black Luster Soldier, The Aeon Knight (4000/4000)!

 

“Great…” Aria scoffed, `Arana, I hope you got something against this…'

 

“My Aeon Knight's Special Ability is to remove one of your monsters from the game, and that monster's attack points is transferred to his attack points!” Yuna exclaimed. “Now Black Luster Soldier, The Aeon Knight, remove Magus Sister Sandy from the game! I don't want her interfering in my plans anymore!” With one swipe of his sword, a beam in the print of the sword launched, hitting the Magus Sister as she disappeared from the field, not to reappear again as her attack points were added to the Knight's… (9200/4000)!

 

“Now attack Magus Sister Cindy with Chaos Sword Blast!” The former Summoner ordered as the Knight and the Aeon both fired from the sword and mouth, combining the blasts together into one huge beam as it destroyed the Human/Bee hybrid Aeon.

 

Rikku, Yuna, Tea: 9350
Erika, Aria, Arana: 5750

 

Yuna's attack to their life points as Erika, Aria, and Arana were now feeling the electric bolts rain on them as they screamed in pain at the effect of their own Shadow Game! Much to the satisfaction to her teammates…

 

“Alright!” Rikku cheered. “Let them know how it feels!”

 

“That's showing them!” As did Tea!

 

A smile came to Yuna's face, as things were looking up for the Trio. But then, why did the Aeon Knight suddenly disappear? “What?”

 

“You… didn't think… it'd be… that easy, did ya?” Arana hissed, still recovering from the lighting strike as her facedown card was revealed: Begone, Knave. “I figured that you'd try something like this, so for every time one of your monsters inflict Battle Damage, they'll end up like your Aeon Knight: Gone!”

 

“I knew you had something against this!” Aria praised, “After all, you always do!”

 

Yuna sighed, as she placed a card on her duel disk. “I end my turn by placing one card facedown!”

 

It was finally Tea's turn to turn this duel around as she looked at her three cards. They were Fusion Sage, and her Dark Magician Girl, and another Fire Princess. She knew even if Dark Magician Girl was a 4-star monster, if she inflicted battle damage to their opponents' Life Points, her monster would return to her hand. But not this time, as Brunette girl had other plans, drawing a card, activating her Solemn Wishes' Effect, as well as her Marie the Fallen One's…

 

Rikku, Yuna, Tea: 10050
Erika, Aria, Arana: 5750

 

“First, I'll play Fusion Sage to place one Polymerization card into my hand!” Tea started as she went through her deck, and grabbed the one card needed for fusion. “Then I activate the Polymerization Card I just drew, combining my Fire Princess with my Dark Magician girl!” As Dark Magician Girl and Fire Princess appeared on the field, they were pulled into the vortex. As soon as the fusion was finish, a new monster appeared on the field. It appeared to be Dark Magician Girl, only much different. Her golden flowing blonde hair was now in an ash blonde color and wavy, as her eyes were gray and narrowed. Her outfit changed as she wore a dark red loincloth that reached down to her feet, which were clad in black boots, which went up to her knees. Her top was the same, save for the dark-red color, as her hat was gone! Save for the wand, which was black as coal. “Meet the strongest monster in my deck, Fire Empress Magician (3050/1800)!”

 

Arana scoffed. “You forget that my Magus Sister Mindy is in defense mode, so I won't lose Life Points to that Matchstick Magician of yours! Even if it did, thanks to my Begone Knave Trap Card, it'd be so outta here!”

 

“You think I don't know that?” Tea glared. “Fire Empress Magician, destroy Arana's Magus Sister Mindy with Burning Magic Attack!” The magical Empress of flames made a circular motion with her wand as a few symbols of witchcraft appeared around it. As the top began to glow bright red, with one thrust of the wand, a barrage of Fire-Elemental spells fired right onto the lone Magus Sister, destroying her! Leaving the triplets without a monster. “And I'm not done, yet!” Tea continued as suddenly, Fire Empress Magician's Attack Points dropped… (2750/1800)! “When Fire Empress Magician is successfully summoned, I can place one Spell Counter on her, increasing her Attack up to 3050! Not even Kaiba's Blue Eyes can hold its own against her! But all I need to do is to remove that Spell Counter and I can destroy any Spell or Trap card. Including your Begone Knave Trap Card!”

 

“Oh no…” Arana sighed.

 

“Fire Empress Magician, destroy Arana's Begone Knave Trap Card!” The Flame Magician Girl tapped the ground with her wand as a tripwire of flames began to pop up from the ground in a path towards the trap card that is destined to be destroyed. Satisfied, Tea smiled as she placed a card facedown. “I end my turn by placing one card facedown!”

 

Erika grumbled, “Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to waste our Life Points like that…” She drew her card as she took one look at it. It was The Dragon Dwelling in the Cave. It wasn't much, but at least it would protect her Life Points… “I'll place one monster facedown and end my turn.”

 

Aria drew a card. Unfortunately, since by the Magus Sisters' effect of them losing their entire hand, they had to do with whatever they could draw. Unlike her sister, this time she was lucky. “I now activate my Spell Card Snatch Steal!” She announced as suddenly, Tea's Fire Empress Magician is taken from her side of the field and is brought to the streaked blonde. “Now your monster belongs to me! The only drawback is that you get 1000 Life Points at the start of your next turn! But that doesn't mean a thing!” Next, she ordered. “Fire Empress Magician (2950/1800), attack your former master with Burning Magic Attack!” She ordered as the Flame Mage unleashed her attack once more. This time, a holy barrier appeared as the spell attack hit it and bounced back, hitting the Fire Empress hard and destroying her!

 

“Nice try…” Yuna explained. “My Mirror Force blocked your attack and reflect it back at her.” She then looked towards Tea. “Sorry…” She apologized.

 

“I rather having you destroy it than having it used against me!” Tea stated, not minding the sacrifice that needed to be made. “We had no choice…”

 

Aria huffed, “Figure you'd kill your own monster and then use that played-out `We had no choice' excuse! After all, you did slaughter your own Aeons to defeat Sin, right Sis?”

 

“You will take those words back!” Yuna snapped. Her so-called “sisters” have pushed and pushed her to no ends! First with the bulling of Tea, then with the blatant exploitation of Rikku's Astraphobia! Yuna wasn't one to get extremely angry, but even the former High Summoner had her limits. And now, she couldn't take it anymore! “You don't know anything about what we went through! You don't have a clue about the pain we felt doing what we did! We destroyed our own allies, our own friends! We destroyed the Aeons who had fought together with us, by our sides! We didn't have a choice then! We believed that was the only way we could save Spira. Do you know what it felt like to watch them die, one by one, Erika? Do you know the pain it felt to be the one responsible for their deaths, Aria? Did you hear them cry in pain Arana? Did you ever asked, why? Why did this have to happen? What did they do to deserve to die, other than help Spira?”

 

“The last thing that I ever want to hear is a lecture from you!” Erika icily said. “And as for your talk of pain, you can just shove it for all I care! Who cares about a bunch of measly Aeons! We've felt more pain and loss than you'll ever know, Miss Perfect! Have you ever felt the pain of losing someone, the only person who really cared about you? Have you ever felt the pain of losing someone who, out of every other cutthroat in this goddamn world, actually showed at least an ounce of compassion for you! Well we did. We felt this pain…WHEN YOU KILLED OUR FATHER!”

 

Yuna blinked at this accusation. “What?”

 

“Now you're going too far!” Rikku glared. “Yunie would never kill anyone out of cold blood!”

 

“Don't try to make Yuna the bad guy in all of this!” Tea glared.

 

“Two years ago, you killed the only father figured we ever had! Remember Yuna? Or is your world so perfect that you don't want any of your shady past coming back to haunt you?” Erika declared. “I can't believe that we actually share the same mother with a murderer!”

 

“And she can't, and still won't believe that she could actually be related to a trio of backstabbing, conniving, manipulative bitches like you three!” Tea snapped back.

 

“Why don't you just shut up and mind your own business for once in your life, Tea!” Aria hissed. “I mean do you ever get tired of hearing yourself? This is an A-B conversation, so why don't you just C your way out of it! This is a discussion between sisters! If we need the opinion of a champion-duelist-groupie-for-life, we'll call you! And if we need one of a tagalong, we'll give both you and Rikku a call, too!”

 

Rikku glared, “Excuse me?”

 

“You heard me! I mean you follow `Yunie' everywhere you go! I mean, it's `Oh Yunie!' `Let's do it Yunie!' I mean by God! It's like you're so far up Queenie's ass that it's impossible to tell where you begin and she ends!”

 

“Now that's enough!” Yuna hissed.

 

“Shut it, Murderer!” Erika cut her off.

 

“I have never killed anyone in my life!”

 

“More Lies! Tromell saw the whole thing! He told us everything what you and your loser friends did to our father!”

 

“Tromell? That's ridiculous! He didn't even see it happen! All he did was come in and saw Seymour's dead body! And that was out of self-” Rikku blinked, now putting two and two together! “No way… It can't be possible…”

 

As did Yuna! “Impossible! You're saying that-”

 

“Yes.” Arana glared. “Seymour Guado is our adoptive father! He might as well been our birth father, as he was the only one to have ever treated us as if we were his own daughters! His own flesh and blood! Unlike our so-called `parents!' And you killed him, Yuna!” Tears began to flow from the blonde's eyes. “You took away the only person who ever cared about us! And I'll never forgive you for that… never!”

 

“Seymour was a madman! He was a monster! Didn't you know what he was going to do to Spira? Didn't you know what he did to Home?” Rikku cried, as thinking about the tragic day the Al Bhed's beloved Home being destroyed uncovered old wounds. She couldn't believe what, if they were telling the truth about Yuna being related to them as sisters, her cousins were saying. `The Eye of Horus must be messing with their heads. Just like it was doing to Weevil's…'

 

“We could care even less about how many Al Bhed were killed by the Guado! The Guado have treated us more like equals! Mega vysemo! (Like family!) Sure as hell a lot more than our own race even considered to!” Erika declared as an evil grin formed on her lips. “Besides…those sand munching traitors deserved everything they got! It's called karma: what goes around comes around!”

 

“As far as we're concerned, we may look, sound, and talk Al Bhed, but we're nothing like those traitors!” Arana concluded.

 

“Traitors?” Tea glared. “You basically were lying to us since the first day we met, you used those who have trusted you and turned them against each other, trying to break up a family, and YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR OWN PEOPLE ARE THE TRAITORS!?”

 

“Whatever…I end my turn!” Aria sighed, “But at least you don't have any monsters on the field, so you're now sitting ducks.”

 

Arana drew a card. Fortunately, it was a spell card. “First, I activate Pot of Greed! Which allows me to draw two cards.” Arana went to draw her two cards before continuing. Next, I'll activate my Spell Card, Dimension Fusion!” She said as the Triplets' Life Points began to drop…

 

Rikku, Yuna, Tea: 10050
Erika, Aria, Arana: 3750

 

“Now we special summon as many monsters that have been removed from the game as we possibly can!” Arana explained as both teams proceeded to special summon as many monsters as they could. On the Triplets side, were Erika's Mad Dog of Darkness (1900/1400), Berserk Gorilla (2000/1000), and Magus Sister Sandy (0/0), and Aria's Cyber Dragon (2100/1600)! On Rikku's side, was X-Head Cannon (1800/1500), Y-Dragon Head (1500/1600), and Z-Metal Tank (1500/1300). Of course, the Triplet's monsters soon succumbed to the power of the Eye of Horus. (Mad Dog of Darkness = 2400/1900, Berserk Gorilla = 2500/1500, Cyber Dragon = 2600/2100, Magus Sister Sandy = 500/500)

 

“Since it was only my sisters' monsters that were special summoned, and I can't attack using my teammate's monsters, I'll place one card facedown and end my turn! I gave you one more chance to get the job done! But be careful! If you screw up now, there is no way in hell that you'll be able to come back…literally…” Arana informed as Aria showed a hint of admiration. `How'd she learn to bluff like that, I don't know?'

 

Rikku looked down at her cards. She had another W-Double Wing Catapult and V-Tiger Jet in her hand. Also, with Frontline Base on the field, she could summon both of them and then special summon another VW-Tiger Catapult. Also, she could also summon XYZ-Dragon Cannon as well! The biggest threat as of right now was that Cyber Dragon, which shouldn't be any problem for XYZ-Dragon Cannon. But still, there was a trap card on Arana's side of the field. Nevertheless, Rikku went to draw a card, but was met with a bright flash of light…

 

…

 

Rikku's eyes opened as she looked around. She was in familiar territory as she looked into the interior. Wasn't she in the Djose temple, which was now the headquarters of the Machine Faction? Her eyes narrowed, realizing who is behind this. “Gippal, if you know what's best for ya, you'll come out now!” She shouted as she walked around. Since she didn't meet up with Tidus, Yuna, and the others during the pilgrimage two years ago until they were near Guadosalam, Rikku did not recognized this place as the Cloister of Trials.

 

As the Blonde Al Bhed traveled through, she found out why it was best that she only met them after they had visited Djose, as this place was filled with lightning and, consequently, Rikku's shrieks out of fear. Still, the young theiftress manage to solve every puzzle and get through all the obstacles until she made it to the shrine.

 

As Rikku hesistantly walked inside, She saw a card floating over a seal that had the likeness of another person. Upon closer inspection, it appeared to be a white Unicorn with a few amounts of lightning around it. “Isn't that…”

 

“Rikku…”

 

Rikku turned around, only to see the Fayth. “It's you…”

 

“Please, take the Horn of Ixion and save all of Spira.” She requested.

 

“Umm…Okay… I guess…” Rikku slowly reached for a card, and once it was in her hands, the same bright flash was emitted once more.

 

…

 

 

“Are you going to make your move, or should you just quit now. “After all, all the monsters you have on the field to even take out my sister's Mad Dog of Darkness, much less my Cyber Dragon.” Aria taunted as Rikku just glared. “And besides, I don't think that there's anything in your hand that can help you!”

 

“Oh really?” Rikku asked innocently as she then revealed the card that she just drew: The Horn of Ixion. “How about this?” She asked with a toothy grin.

 

Needless to say, the blonde with the multi-colored streaks was a bit shaken. “Okay… maybe there is.”

 

“You've seen Yunie's and we've seen yours. Now it's time to see mine! Ixion, come on out!” Rikku cheered as she placed the card on the field. A vortex opened up as the thunder-element Aeon itself made its way to the field as it stood besides its new master. “And that's not all!” The now-bubbly blonde cheered. “Umm…Teyi? That card you have facedown? That wouldn't happen to be a Spell card, would it?”

 

Tea was a bit taken back by the question, but when she saw the look of determination in her eyes, she just smiled. “Sure is!” Rikku must be up to something, and Vegas odds say that it has something to do with the new Aeon card.

 

“Now I'm going to combine Ixion with Teyi's face-down spell card… umm…”

 

“Double Spell!” Tea answered with a smile to the theiftress.

 

“Right…” Rikku continued, “Now Ixion, combine with Teyi's Double Spell Spell Card and form…” The Aeon Card began to combine with the power of the Spell Card as afterwards, Ixion now began to glow with a bright aroma around it. “Spell Absorption Aeon Ixion! (4000/4000)”

 

“Oh…crap…” Erika was more than taken back than her sister was, especially now that she has an Aeon on the field as she now turned to Arana. “You wouldn't happen to have a Bottomless Trap Hole would you?”

 

“If I did, y'think I would've used it by now?” She snapped at her sister.

 

“My new and improved Aeon's special ability is that all effects of all Spell cards are applied to this card. Meaning that your Eye of Horus now powers my Aeon!” She announced as the Eye of Horus appeared on the Aeon's head right below the horn. Increasing its power (4500/4500). “And I'm far from done!” Rikku's turn continued. “I now remove V-Tiger Jet, W-Double Wing Catapult, X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head, and Z-Metal Tank to summon both VW-Tiger Catapult (2000/1500) and XYZ-Dragon Cannon (2800/2500)!” Rikku announced as the machines proceeded to combine with their respective counterparts as then, the two powerful Machine monsters were on the field. “Next, I'll discard the only card that I have left in my hand and activate my Dragon Cannon's special ability and destroy one card on your side of the field: Your Cyber Dragon!”

 

“Shoot!”

 

“I intend to!” Rikku discarded her one card as she then ordered. “XYZ-Dragon Cannon, destroy Aria's Cyber Dragon! Fire!” The missiles from the XYZ Machine fired as they impacted the mechanical dragon, destroying it instantly.

 

“With that out of the way, VW-Tiger Catapult, attack Erika's Magus Sister Sandy!” Rikku ordered as the Tiger/Double Wing fusion proceeded to open fired on the lone Magus sister, destroying her and the Triplets' Life Points, not to mention feeling an electric shock…

 

Rikku, Yuna, Tea: 10050
Erika, Aria, Arana: 2250

 

“Now XYZ-Dragon Cannon, fire your lasers at her Mad Dog of Darkness!” The machine continued its destruction, now targeting the formerly outstanding dog with its lasers, destroying it and lowering even more Life Points, leaving the girls to get even more shocked…

 

Rikku, Yuna, Tea: 10050
Erika, Aria, Arana: 1850

 

“Case closed!” Rikku smiled. “Now Spell Absorption Aeon Ixion, attack them directly and wipe out their remaining life points with Thor's Hammer Blast!” She ordered. “Give them a bit of their own medicine!” The Aeon's horn began to glow as it fired at blast headed towards Aria. However, just as the blast was about to hit a hair, a red button appeared in front of her.

 

“Like we're going to lose to you!” Arana snorted as the blast pushed the button, causing the entire field to explode. “You activated my little last resort plan, Self-Destruct Button! If we can't win, then nobody will!” She said as both sides' Life Points began to drop…

 

Rikku, Yuna, Tea: 0
Erika, Aria, Arana: 0

 

Rikku, Yuna, and Tea were both pushed back to the outside from the shadow realm, but so were Erika, Aria, and Arana! Since nobody lost the duel, no souls were taken.

 

“Looks like you losers got lucky.” Erika snorted.

 

“While it was nice messing with you.” Aria continued.

 

“We gotta jet!” Arana ended.

 

“Later losers!” The three of them shouted as a puff of smoke came out from the ground, covering the entire area. Leaving the stunned girls coughing as smoke reached them.

 

“Wait!” Rikku shouted as she, Tea, and Yuna ran after them. “Get back here!” Unfortunately for the trio, after the smoke had cleared, the triplets were long gone. “Damn, where did they go?”

 

“I don't know…” Yuna admitted, but her mind was occupied on a more important matter. Was any of it true? Could Erika, Aria, and Arana really be biologically her half sisters? Did her mother really have an affair with another man? She shook her head. That just couldn't be true. That just couldn't possibly be true. There's no way her mother was anything like what they said.

 

“Yuna, you don't really believe what they said, do you?” Tea asked, concerned. “It was just more of their mind games trying to throw us off our guard.” She was already sick of the triplets as far as she was concerned. They've already caused more than enough damage to everyone, especially Joey and Serenity. While Joey was nearly pushed to his death by that device, she was more worried about Serenity. This must've been hell for her. Having three people who she considered as friends betrayed her and brainwashing her brother into trying to kill her. “Let's get back to the Celsius. Everyone's probably waiting.”

 

Yuna nodded. “You're probably right.” She said softly. “Let's go…”

 

The three girls made their exit from the Den of Woe, heading back to the Celsius where everyone was waiting. However, another event was happening elsewhere…

 

…

 

“Think they followed us?” Erika asked as the three sisters had entered inside Chateau LeBlanc.

 

“Doubt it!” Aria sighed as she removed her shirt, showing her sports bra fully. “I'm gonna freshen up, be back in a sec.”

 

Arana watches her sister head up stairs as she sighed. “You do have to admit. It was a close one.”

 

“I'll say.” Erika nodded. “Good thing you placed down that trap card. I thought we were goners.”

 

“I don't know how that twerp Rikku got that Aeon Card, but she almost did a number of us.” Arana went to move, but she froze. In an eerie sense, so did Erika. They couldn't even move, not one muscle. The voice from behind did more than just confirmed their fears.

 

“What she did was nothing, compared to what I'm going to do to the three of you, you fools!”

 

“Marik!” They both gasped, as from behind, it was indeed him! Yami Marik to be exact, followed by Yami Bakura and Seymour, both with displeased looks on their faces.

 

“Girls, I'm very disappointed in you.” Seymour said in a regretful tone. “You stole the Egyptian God Cards and the Millennium Rod. That was good. Then you tricked Joseph Wheeler into destroying his friends, including Lady Yuna and the Pharaoh. But you let Rikku stop you. Then you dueled her, Lady Yuna, and Tea Gardner to capture their souls, but not only did you fail. You also ran.”

 

“We gave you those Aeon Cards specifically to defeat Yuna's. But not only did you failed, by the time she had her Aeon Card out, yours have already been defeated!” Yami Bakura added.

 

“But…how did you-”

 

Yami Marik glared at her. “You forget, I have mind slaves throughout all of Spira! I see all and I know all, and I know of your defeat at the hands of the Summoner AND HER TWO PATHETIC FRIENDS!”

 

“…But we tied…”

 

“YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO OBTAIN THEIR SOULS, BUT YOU FAILED!” A dark grin formed his face as Yami Marik held up the Millennium Rod. “And you know what the penalty is for failure.”

 

Fear and horror quickly came to the faces of the two identical girls. They exactly what was coming… “No…please…no not that!” Erika begged.

 

Arana added, “We'll do better next time! I beg of you, please give us another chance. We won't fail again! I swear!”

 

“Don't worry, we know you won't fail! How could you fail…while you're trapped in the Shadow Realm!” The rod began to glow!

 

“No…please…” The Eye of Horus appeared on Erika's head.

 

“Father…please… help…” Arana begged Seymour, the eye appearing on her forehead as well.

 

Seymour just turned away. Apparently, remorse was not in his intention. “You've failed us Erika, Arana… You've failed me…”

 

“Father…”

 

“Please…”

 

“Don't let him do this…”

 

“Don't let him do this to us…”

 

A bright flash then emitted throughout the entire chateau as a pair of screams were heard. After the flash vanished, the now lifeless bodies of Erika and Arana dropped to the floor.

 

“Now that we handled business, we need to get back on track.” Yami Bakura reminded.

 

“Thanks to failure of those girls of yours, we'll now have to take this matter personally!” Yami Marik added.

 

“My girls are dead to me.” Seymour coolly said. “But then again, the Al Bhed aren't exactly the best kind of help to get… But that doesn't change the fact that Lady Yuna now hold in possession of Osiris the Sky Dragon while we still have Obelisk the Tormentor and the Winged Dragon of Ra.”

 

“We'll get those fools soon enough. They'll have to face us eventually, and then the Summoner and the Pharaoh will spend eternity wandering around in eternal darkness, as well as their foolish friends.”

 

“And Aria?”

 

“She can't be too far. We'll find her soon enough, then she'll join her sisters in the Shadow Realm.”

 

“First we take over Spira, next we'll take over the world, and we will rule in a way we see fit!” Yami Bakura declared as the three evil men laugh. Unknown to them, a certain blonde Al Bhed, from behind a door, had witnessed everything, especially the fall of her sisters. With Erika and Arana gone, and Seymour more or less disowning them for their failure, there was only one thing the teary-eyed girl could do now.

 

Run.

…

 

Back at the Celsius, Yugi, Tidus, Noah, Tristan, Duke, Brother, Buddy, Marik, and Bakura all were waiting for the return of Yuna, Tea, and Rikku. Kaiba, with Mokuba with him, had long since left. Not wanting to be around “the geeks” any longer than he had to and he'd see them at the finals. Joey was still recovering from the whole “Ring” incident as Serenity kept vigil. She wondered if her brother would ever wake up. But one thing was for certain, at least he wasn't being controlled and pushed into killing them anymore. She didn't even care if he ever controlled his temper! She just wanted to talk to her big brother again…

 

As she looked down, clear liquid poured from her eyes. She was reminded of what Aria tried to do. What she almost did! She could never forget that moment. Her own brother, believing that she betrayed him and would leave him for dead, looking to kill her before she could kill him! That was something she may never forgive Aria and her sisters for doing, or forget about the pain they've caused.

 

Serenity then noticed a bit of twitching as her eyes went wide. His eyes slowly began to open as Serenity got all what she needed for a confirmation. “Guys!” She shouted. “He's waking up!” She turned back to her brother who began to sit upward on the bed.

 

“What's wrong Serenity?” Yugi asked as the others in the cabin ran up to the beds.

 

“Joey! He's okay! He's waking up!”

 

“Of course he's fine!” Marik reminded, “Yuna did heal him!”

 

“Wha…?” The blonde asked scratching his head. “The hell happened?”

 

“Oh Joey…” Serenity wrapped her arms around him tightly. “I was so worried. I thought you never wake up!” As the young girls arms wrapped around him, it all began to come back to Joey. Everything that had happened! However, unfortunately for everyone else, they were not prepared to hear these six angry words.

 

“Get… the hell… away from me!”

 

 

Who would've thought that after all that's happened, Joey would still be angry at Serenity! What will happen now? Also, with her sisters now in the Shadow Realm, Aria's on the run. The question isn't if she'll be captured, it's more of a matter of time. How long will she be able to elude a man who she had once called “father” and his two cohorts? No preview this time because…well… I haven't even started on the next chapter yet.

 

OOC Cards used.

 

The Wind of Valefor

This Monster can combine with a monster card in your graveyard into an effect monster.

 

The Horn of Ixion

This monster can combine with a spell card into an effect monster!

 

Black Luster Soldier the Aeon Knight!

Light/Wariror/12

4000/4000

Effect

This monster can only be summoned by Combining The Wind of Valefor with Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning from the graveyard! You can remove one monster from the field once per turn. Add the ATK of the removed monster to this cards attack until your next turn. If this effect is used, this card can't attack next turn.

 

Spell Absorption Aeon Ixion
Light/Thunder/12
4000/4000
This card can only be used by combining The Horn of Ixion with Double Spell from your hand or your side of the field! This monster gains the effects of all spell cards on your opponent's side of the field until the end of your turn.

 

Magus Sister Cindy
Light/Fairy/10
2350/1500
Effect
This monster can only be Normal Summoned by sacrificing three monsters on your side of the field. This monster cannot be set! When this monster is special summoned, The ATK/DEF points of this monster equals to zero. This monster can attack directly. While this card is on the field, negate the effects of Trap Cards on your opponent's side of the field that designates a monster on your side of the field. When “Magus Sister Mindy” and “Magus Sister Sandy” are on your side of the field, pay 5000 life points to send all monster cards face up or facedown with an exception of this card and the cards mentioned above, as well as the cards from both players' hands to the graveyard and subtract the number of cards sent to the graveyard by this effect multiplied by 900 from your opponent's life points. If this effect is used, this card can't attack next turn and your opponent draws two cards.

 

Magus Sister Mindy
Lignt/Fairy/10
2000/4000
Effect
This monster can only be normal summoned by sacrificing three monsters! This monster cannot be set! When this monster is special summoned, the ATK/DEF points of this monster equals to zero. While this card is on the field, negate the effects of spell cards on your opponent's side of the field that designates a monster on your side of the field. When “Magus Sister Cindy” and “Magus Sister Sandy” are on your side of the field, pay 5000 life points to send all monster cards face up or facedown with an exception of this card and the cards mentioned above, as well as the cards from both players' hands to the graveyard and subtract the number of cards sent to the graveyard by this effect multiplied by 900 from your opponent's life points. If this effect is used, this card can't attack next turn and your opponent draws two cards.

 

Magus Sister Sandy
Earth/Fairy/10
?/?
Effect
This monster can only be Normal Summoned by sacrificing three monsters on your side on the field. This monster cannot be set! When this monster is special summoned, the ATK/DEF points of this monster equals to zero. The ATK/Defense of this monster equals to the sum of the original ATK/DEF of the monsters used as tributes. When “Magus Sister Cindy” and “Magus Sister Mindy” are on your side of the field, pay 5000 life points to send all monster cards face up or facedown with an exception of this card and the cards mentioned above, as well as the cards from both players' hands to the graveyard and subtract the number of cards sent to the graveyard by this effect multiplied by 900 from your opponent's life points. If this effect is used, this card can't attack next turn and your opponent draws two cards.

 

Fire Empress Magician
Fire/Spellcaster/9
2750/1800
Fusion/Effect
(Dark Magician Girl + Fire Princess)
When this card is successfully Fusion Summoned, put 1 Spell Counter on it (max.1). Increase the ATK strength by 300 for each Spell Counter on this card. Remove 1 Spell Counter from this card to destroy 1 Magic or Trap card on the Field. Also, inflict 800 points of Direct Damage to your opponents Life Points each time you increase your own Life Points.