Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Battle of Hearts ❯ The Final Battle (part one) ( Chapter 22 )

Disclaimer: Does it look like I own Yugioh? I didn't think so.

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Yugi: Hey! Look it! *points to title of chap.* This is a two part chapter! Cool!

Yami: *rolls eyes*

SSU: Actually Yugi it might become a three part if I continue to stay busy.

Joey: What do you have that's so important than this story?

SSU: Um it's a little thing I like to call school.

Joey: Oh….well that'll do it…

SSU: Yep. But I finally got the chance over my spring break to write this. Sorry it took so long but I can't skip school…wish…but can't.

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Yugi reached for the millennium puzzle through the cage's bars that contained him. *all most there* he said to himself, his fingers just lightly touching the chain. Then he reached out as far as his arms would go until he finally grasped the chain. He sighed in relief and gradually slid the chain off of the bar and carefully slid it though the bars to him. *Got it!* He looked down at the puzzle to make sure no damage was done then looked up to where his sister had been on the other side of the cage.

"I got it Amari! I got--" he whispered but he quickly stopped as he looked up to see the current situation Sailor Universe was in.

"TIME TO DIE!!!!!!!!!" laughed Polaris, insanely, holding an energy ball in his right hand.

Sailor Universe tried to free her trapped wrist from the cold bent bars but nothing was seeming to work in time.

"Amari!" Yugi cried out from the other end of the cage as he rushed over and tried to help her break free, holding the millennium puzzle in his other hand.

Polaris laughed evilly, then in a split second he threw the large energy ball towards the trapped sailor.

At the same exact time, Universe was nearly free from the bars, and she continued to struggle to break free. Finally her wrist slipped through the two bars and she instinctively moved away from where the energy ball was headed.

Then in a flash of light she turned to see that the ball had missed her but had hit the cage instead, yet when the light died down, the cage was still intact. She peered into the cage to see Yugi on the other end of the cage floor lying against the cage wall.

"Yugi!" she called out, frozen stiff from shock. Then she saw his small body twitch and sit up.

"I'm ok!" he called back to her. Then she looked in front of him, and her eyes widened in fear.

Yugi looked at his sister and then looked down to what she was staring at. He was now holding only half of the millennium puzzle. The other half was in its original puzzle pieces scattered on the floor.

"Oh no!" he shouted quickly getting on his knees and scavenging for the missing pieces.

"Yami…" Universe whispered, still frozen, starring at the half missing puzzle.

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Yami fell to the ground in pain. He leaned against the transparent wall, and turned his head to see what had just happened. From what he could see was that Yugi was on the floor as if in panic. Then he turned back and winced in pain.

"Yami!" Joey and Tea both cried out together, as they rushed over to him.

"Yami what happened?" asked Pluto already at his side.

"The puzzle…" he managed to get out, "… it's… something happened to the puzzle," he said. After he said this he lifted his hands to look at them, only to see a faint image of them instead. He was fading fast, only half of his body remained. He appeared as if almost a ghost. He panted heavily, as he felt dizzy and nearly fainted.

"Yami!" said Joey lifting his friend's head, but in an instant his hand went right through Yami's ghostly figure.

"Without the puzzle he's nothing! It's his life force!" said Tea.

Pluto's eyes narrowed in curiosity of what had just happened and she peered through the looking glass (wall) again.

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"Yami…" said a stunned Sailor Universe, her eyes filled with tears knowing that if the puzzle is destroyed it could be the end of him, "NO!" she shouted and turned to Polaris, no longer when her eyes full of sadness or shock but flames appeared in her eyes instead. She whipped her arm outward as another large energy ball appeared in her hand, and she began to walk toward Polaris.

"You won't hurt my friends any more! You're done Polaris! Give up now before you regret it!" she shouted at him.

Polaris had never seen this side of Universe before and for a split second panicked, but then he regained his confidence and smirked, "Ha, you're the one one's who's going to regret it little princess. You have no idea of whom you dealing with."

"Oh I know exactly who I'm dealing with!" and in an instant she ran toward him holding her energy ball in her hand.

At first Polaris dodged her attack but soon she grew too aggressive for him to keep up. Finally she sung at him and he duck only for his face to be met with her knee as she kicked him. He flew to the floor. He laid on the ground holding his face.

Universe walked over to him and stared down at him with cold eyes.

"You don't deserve to live after what you've done to my friends and family,"

Polaris laughed, and removed his hand from his face revealing some blood coming from his lip. "What? Because I hurt you lover boy?"

Universe's anger grew as she quickly kicked him in the side, hard, making him wince in pain. "You're not as invincible and all powerful, as you think you are,"

Polaris laughed again, "Neither are you!" and just as he said those words he swiftly knocked her legs out from under her with his leg. Universe fell to the ground with a thud, completely surprised. Suddenly her eyes widened in awareness and she quickly sat up crawled away from Polaris, making sure that she was out of his reach before he could think of doing anything.

Polaris laughed as he rose to his feet, wiping the blood from his lip with his forearm. Universe also rose to meet him, and Polaris smirked at the action.

"You're a worthy adversary I'll admit, but you'll never be the same fighter that I faced thousands of years ago," he said.

"Well… I'm sorry to disappoint you," she said smirking as she ran for him again.

Polaris quickly looked behind him, catching his sword in the corner of his eye, then he turned back to see Universe charging at him again.

Then he gave a quick smirk as he made a back-flip and grabbing his sword on the way. Universe continued to charge, until she felt something cut deep into her thigh. A shot of pain quickly raced through her body as she stumbled back in surprise, holding her leg. Once again she felt a large portion of energy leaving her body. Then she looked up to see Polaris holding his sword in hand, his eyes still focused on where her leg had been a couple seconds before. Universe quickly glanced at the sword and saw red blood dripping from the sword. Then suddenly it vanished as quickly as it had came, as if absorbed in the sword somehow. But her focus soon reverted back to her injured leg.

She felt weak, weaker than ever before. *What's happening to me? Why am I so weak? I've never felt so tired before.* Then she fell to her knees, clutching her leg.

Polaris smirked and flipped the sword handle around his middle finger a couple of times, and then rested it beside him," Like I said you will never defeat me, princess," he said walking over to her, "None of your friends could outlast me, what make you think you have a chance?"

Then he stopped walking toward her and paused in thought. "Yes that's right! Speaking of you "friends"…" and with that said, he snapped his fingers, and two large objects appeared behind him, against a wall adjacent to Yugi's cage.

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Yami breathed heavily, his body was slowly disappearing. He was now clutching his chest and every once and a while he would try to glance behind him to see if Amari was alright, but he couldn't see her very well. At one point he felt as if his world was suddenly going black but someone quickly woke him up.

"You have to stay awake Yami!" demanded Pluto, attempted to shake him a little but soon realized that her hands would go right though him.

"He's fading fast! What are we going to do?" asked Tea worriedly.

Joey stared at his fading friend. "There's nothing we can do. The only thing that we can hope for is if what ever just happened to the puzzle better be fixed and quick."

Pluto peered over Yami's fallen body again and looked in the direction of Yugi's cage. That was where the last action had taken place just before Yami began to fade.

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Yugi anxiously searched for the fallen pieces of the puzzle. He was on his knees scavenging back and forth trying to put the puzzle back together. He could feel Yami's presence fading.

"Hang in there Yami," he whispered. Then he glanced up to see his sister on her knees around five feet away from Polaris. Polaris was now bleeding form the mouth, telling Yugi that Amari had made sure that he had paid for what he had done to the puzzle, but Yugi reverted back to a worried facial expression. He knew that Amari was hurt telling from the fresh blood running down her leg. This just made him even more determined to piece the puzzle together.

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Sailor Universe looked up at the two objects that appeared behind Polaris. The darkness soon faded around them to reveal two of her closest friends, Uranus and Neptune. They were both chained to separate walls. Universe's eyes widened in shock of the condition that they were in. Then a quickly flashback of what Uranus had told her earlier in her mind, "You see, in reality, our bodies are in a totally different condition than we are here. That's why we contacted you through your mind".

*A totally different condition…* Thought Universe, overlooking her friends. Their bodies we cut, scrapped, and burned. Uranus had a huge dried up blood stain on her chest, while Neptune had one at her stomach. Universe's eyes flash a hint of fear coming from them. *If he can do that to them then what could he do to me?.....* more fear grew in her the more she thought about it.

Polaris laughed evilly, noticing the fear growing the young sailor. "Two of your best sailors, and yet look at them. Not even they could even touch me! Just look at them, and what pain they must be going through." The two beaten down sailor said nothing, only turned their heads away from Universe as if ashamed of their horrible condition for some reason or another.

"No matter, you'll be experiencing far much more pain than what they went through, believe me," said Polaris, flipping his sword around again so it was now back to pointing at Universe.

Universe didn't flinch at Polaris's sudden action, in fact she didn't even blink for her eyes were still locked on her two friends who, not too long ago were in her mind in perfect condition encouraging her. Her eyes showed a mix of sadness and shock.

Polaris began to walk toward her but stopped when he realized that she wasn't even paying any attention to him. He looked at the two beaten down scouts then back to Universe. A twisted smile appeared on him face, as he realized that his plan was succeeding. Amari's spirit was…breaking.

He began to laugh evilly. "Just face it princess! You can not defeat me! You'll never become the powerful being that locked me away long ago! Never!"

"SHUT UP!" shouted Uranus, having enough of his insults, "JUST SHUT UP! You can insult us all you want, but never insult our princess like that!"

Polaris laughed, and then quickly turned and threw an energy ball straight toward Uranus, letting it hit directly above her head. Polaris gave another smirk as he turn back toward Universe only to see her struggling to her feet again.

"Ah, willing to not go down without a fight, I see? Well we'll just have to change that now won't we?" he said walking towards her again, preparing for another attack.

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SSU: Well that's the end of this chapter. Once again sorry it took so long. It's toward the end of the school year for me and essays, research papers, and grades have been rolling in. But don't you worry, once school is out you got me all to yourself! Ok that didn't sound right…

Everyone: *snickers*

SSU: *glares* Shut up! Ok so I had to cut this chapter shorter than I wanted because I was on the verge of a writer's block, but I think when the next chapter comes out before the end of May you should like it. I already have the chapter prepare, I just have to put it on paper. *winks*

Yami: sure….

SSU: *glares again* Watch it Yami! Ok but anyway, you're probably thinking "Dang Amari's getting pretty beaten up lately, she acts so weak." Well there's a reason for that and it will hopefully be explained in the next chapter and if not then in the one after that. So don't quit on me now, and please continue to review! I keeps me going. Ask questions if you'd like and I'll either answer them on the next chapter or I'll make a review and tell you then. R&R!