Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ A New World ❯ Birthday Fun ( Chapter 4 )

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Recap: Yugi's birthday was closing in, and Yami was planning something extra special. After having his request to have a week and a half away, Yami finished planning. When Yugi's birthday came, Yami took him and Solomon for a swim, after blindfolding Yugi. Thanks to Yami's magic, Yugi thought that Yami was in the air. That illusion and the blindfold disappeared to reveal that they were in front of Yami's kingdom of New Atlantis. The merfolk were overjoyed to have Yugi and his grandfather visit.
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Chapter 4: Birthday Fun

It has been a few hours since Yami had arrived at his kingdom turned democracy. The people were thrilled to see Yami again; they were more thrilled to meet his young friend. Yami and Yugi were currently outside the castle walls. They were playing with a group of six merchildren. They were playing Tag.
"This is fun," one of the merboys said.
"Yes it is," one of the mergirls agreed.
Yami and Yugi worked together. Because Yugi was human, he wouldn't really be able to keep up with the merchildren. Even though the children were small, they were fast. So Yami held Yugi and swam through the water. Yami and Yugi were it now, and they closed their eyes and counted to twenty to give the children a good start.
"Let's see if we can find them," Yugi said.
Yami swam out to find someone to tag. The merchildren were doing their best not to laugh out loud. They hid behind a large and wide statue. But the really didn't have to laugh because their shadows were clearly showing. Because New Atlantis was golden and silver, it was a source of light in itself. Yami saw the shadows and swam to the statue.
"They're behind that statue," Yami quietly told Yugi.
Yugi got a mischievous look in his eyes. "Let's sneak up on them," he whispered in Yami's ear.
Yami grinned mischievously and slowed down. He made sure that they children wouldn't see his shadow and swim away. He closed the gap on them: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 "Boo!" he shouted.
"Aaahhh!" all the merchildren screamed. All but one mergirl swam away without being tagged.
The mergirl that was tagged was the youngest of the group. She was only 3-years old. She had blond hair, green eyes and a light green tail. Yugi couldn't hold in his laughter and laughed so hard that he started crying. Yami laughed pretty hard himself. Soon, the merchildren joined in the laughter. Then everyone who say what happened had to laugh.
"That was a good one Yami," Yugi said after he regained his composure.
"We agree. You really scared us," the youngest mergirl said.
"Thank you," Yami said.
"Could you take me on a tour through your castle?" Yugi asked.
"It would be my pleasure Yugi," Yami responded. "We'll play another time," he said to the merchildren.
"Bye, and enjoy your birthday Yugi," the merchildren said.
"I'll do my best and thanks," Yugi said before Yami swam in the direction of the castle.
A few minutes later, Yami went in the castle and showed Yugi around. The castle was huge and magnificent. The outside was gold and silver, but the inside was gold and marble. This blend of beauty made the castle breath taking to behold. Seaweed sculptures hung on the walls.
"This is beautiful Yami," Yugi said in awe.
"Just wait until you see my room," Yami said. He reached his room a few minutes later.
To his joy, his room was still as beautiful as it was when he was exiled. A large open clam was by the wall. Yugi could see a pillow inside, meaning that the clam was used for a bed. Seeing that made him nervous. He didn't like small, closed spaces too much. Yami saw the nervous expression on Yugi's face.
"What's wrong Yugi?" Yami asked.
"Huh? Oh, I'm nervous about that clam. I fear that it might close up on me when I sleep in it," Yugi responded.
Yami chuckled a little. "Don't worry about that Yugi. The clams have never closed up on anyone sleeping in them. Besides, I'll be sleeping with you. You don't have a thing to worry about," he said.
"I guess," Yugi said.
Yami then took Yugi around the rest of the room. An hour later, Yugi's stomach made itself known. Yami laughed a little as Yugi blushed in embarrassment.
"I guess I'm famished," Yugi said.
"It's time for dinner anyway. Let's go to the dining hall," Yami said. He took Yugi to the dining hall where Solomon and the other officials waited.
"Ah Yugi, are you enjoying yourself?" Solomon asked.
"I sure am Grandpa," Yugi responded.
"This is a very nice castle. Joseph showed me around," Solomon said.
"It is amazing. Just being able to look around almost took my breath away," Yugi said.
Yami placed Yugi in a chair and sat next to him. In New Atlantis, the octopi and squids volunteered to be the chairs. Octopi and squids for the most part got along very well with the people of New Atlantis. There were always a few who wouldn't be friendly, but there were more friendly ones than non-friendly ones. Almost everyone in the dining hall wasn't aware of a sinister presence just outside the window. The presence was invisible so no one would see it. This invisible sinister presence was once a highly respected mermaid.
'Enjoy your peace while it lasts Yami. Your young friend will not leave this place alive,' the mermaid thought. She then disappeared to plot what she would do.
Yami could feel a sinister presence nearby. But it was gone as soon as it came.
'I wonder what that sinister presence I felt was. I felt an evil power radiating from whatever or whoever it was. Well, so much for our peace,' Yami thought.
Yugi saw the distant look on Yami's face. "Is something wrong?" he asked.
"Wha? I felt an evil presence outside the window. It felt familiar. It's like I know what the presence is," Yami responded.
"It can't be Erick. Then who could it be?" Joseph said.
"You don't think it could be Deborah do you?" Lilith, one of the few female officials asked.
"It very well could be," Yami responded.
"Who's Deborah?" Yugi and Solomon asked.
"Deborah was once a highly respected official. She was the best of us when it came to justice. She was everyone's favorite. But something changed her life forever," Lilith said.
"Could you tell us about it?" Yugi asked.
"This happened the day Erick became king. Deborah was in the room with my mother and me. Yami's father King Atuken was very sick and was on his last hours of life. Deborah was a highly trained mage. She tried to help him, but nothing she did worked because no one knew what he had. She was determined to give up one more try at a cure and retreated to her chambers. I was curious about what she had in mind, so I went in with her.
She worked on a potion that would hopefully help King Akuten. What neither she nor any of the officials knew was that Erick had sabotaged the potion by putting part of a coral reef and a seaweed leat in it. Those two things didn't belong in the potion. It would do something that would turn Deborah to the worse.
When something wrong was put in any potion, there was a great risk that it would become either very deadly, or make the person it will be used on greatly evil for the rest of his/her life. When Deborah mixed in the rest of the ingredients, she put the mixture into a vial. She then raced for the king's room, which was an incident waiting to happen. She unintentionally bumped into Joseph, and the vial got knocked out of her hand.
It went straight up and came down. The contents spilled all over her. If she hadn't drunk the potion, she would've been fine. But she unintentionally drank half of it. I came over to see if she was all right. When she opened her eyes, I saw a lot of malice in them. She then went into the throne room. I heard a scream.
I rushed into the room to see Yami's mother badly bleeding on the floor. There was nothing I could do because her wound was too severe. She died almost instantly. I also saw that Yami's father had died from his illness," Lilith responded. "But killing Yami's mother was only the start of Deborah's treachery against the kingdom. Unlike Erick two used magic to kill merfolk, she killed merfolk in cold blood. She also brought destruction to New Atlantis."
Yugi couldn't find the what to say after hearing the story.
"Even though Erick got on people's nerves, he did have enough sense to banish Deborah. That was the only thing the other officials backed him up on. They combined their powers to overwhelm Deborah. Then the sent her far away from New Atlantis. A year later, the kingdom had been rebuilt," Yami responded. "But now Deborah's back. I fear that she's after Yugi," he added.
"You're more powerful than her aren't you?" Solomon asked.
"Yes Grandpah, I am more powerful than her. But who's more power isn't always a factor. The right strategy can be more effective than whose the most powerful," Yami responded.
The others nodded. They all knew how true it was. After dinner, everyone retreated to his/her room for the night. Yugi went to sleep in Yami's room.
"You can sleep in in my room if you want," Joseph offered.
"Thank you Joseph, I will," Solomon said before following Joseph.
About an hour later, everyone in the kingdom was asleep for the night Yami firmly wrapped his arms around Yugi, and Yugi snuggled closer to Yami. If anyone wanted to take Yugi tonight, that person would have to pry Yugi from Yami's arms first. Sleep came very uneasy to Yami and Yugi this night. For Yami was uneasy about when Deborah would strike. Yami's adrenaline was so high that he couldn't sleep at all.
It really wouldn't be of that much help tonight. Deborah was just outside Yami's window, invisible of course. She knew that she would have to act fast. She could see a light on and saw that Yami wasn't asleep. She knew that she would have to make Yami fall asleep in order to steal Yugi away. She had memorized a sleeping spell. The one who it was cast upon would fall into a deep sleep until the next morning.
'This spell will be perfect for the start of my plan. All to do now is to spread it through the kingdom. Then I'll strike,' Deborah thought. She cast the spell.
The golden dust flowed through the kingdom and into evey room. Everyone fell into a deeper sleep than previously in Even Yami fell into a deep slumber. The sleeping spell wore off his adrenaline. This left Yugi vulnerable to a kidnapping, and that's exactly what ended up happening. Deborah appeared in Yami's room and quietly disappeared with Yugi.
The next morning, Yami awakened to the light still on in his room. He didn't feel Yugi in his arms anymore. He looked to see Yugi no longer in the room. He shot out of bed and swam through the kingdom frantically, searching for his brother. He called out Yugi's name but no response was heard.
"What's wrong my prince," Joseph asked when he caught up to the frantic ruler.
"Yugi's been kidnapped. He's nowhere in the kingdom," Yami responded.
"Oh no, do you supposed that Deborah got him?" Lilith asked.
"That's exactly what I supposed. She must've put some kind of sleep spell over us so we wouldn't do anything," Yami responded. "But now the question is where could Deborah have taken Yugi," he added.
"That's a good question indeed. Since Deborah's banishment, no one knows where she is now. She can be anywhere in or out of the sea," Lilith said.
Yami sensed something out of place in the water. He focused his powers to concentrate on the weird feeling in the water. "I think that I just found out where Deborah is," he said.
"How?" Solomon asked.
"She was so in a haste to get away that she failed to cover up her magical trail. For you see, all mages leave magical trails. Only people with magical powers can detect a mage's trail. To you or Yugi, the trial would be invisible, but to me, the trail is as clear as day," Yami responsed.
"He's right Lilith," Joseph said.
"Yes Joseph, he is," Lilith added. "Deborah must be slipping. She was usually always on to of things like this. She was the best at hiding her trails."
"Joseph, I want you to come with me. Lilith, you stay here wit the others. I want to be sure that my people are safe in case Deborah might have a secret attack in store," Yami said.
"Yes my prince," Lilith said bowing before swimming away.
Yami and Joseph then followed the magical trail. They only hoped to make it to Yugi in time. Meanwhile, Deborah had taken Yugi to a very familiar place. It was the island that he had spent two years on. But Yugi was taken to the most dangerous part of the island. He was tied to a tall tree, bait for some of the most dangerous creatures on the island. These creatures are ones that Yami and Yugi didn't come in contact with yet.
"Yami will probably be so surprised to find out that I actually took refuge on this island," Deborah said wickedly.
"How come we never saw you then?" Yugi asked defiantly.
"I concealed my presence from Yami. He might be a demigod, but my concealing spell can shield me from even his acute magical senses. Now, I'll get my revenge on him since it was he who was responsible for banishing me.
"How can he be responsible? He told me that it was a group effort to banish you," Yugi said.
"True the other officials did have a part in my banishment, but he was the one who delivered the final blow to defeat me. They didn't just banish me. I fought them. I would've overpowered them if Yami didn't join the fight. He weakened me enough so I wouldn't cause any more struggles. Your death will be the perfect way to avenge myself," Deborah said before she disappeared.
Meanwhile, Yami and Joseph were closing in on Deborah's trail. When they came to the place, Yami could barely believe it. It was the island that he was on for 8 years. Joseph saw Yami's look of disbelief.
"What is it?" Joseph asked.
"This is the island that I spent 8 years on. I should've been able to detect her. She must've used a spell that even I couldn't penetrate," Yami responded. "But we must find Yugi."
Joseph nodded. They went ashore on the island and waited for their fins to change. Then they walked through the island. Yami led the way since he still remembered most of the way around the island. An hour later, they came to an unfamiliar area of the island.
"I've never seen this area of the island before," Yami said.
"It must be where Deborah is holding Yugi," Joseph added.
They walked through the unfamiliar part of the island. A few moments later, they found Yugi tied to a tree. Yami started to walk over to Yugi. Yugi panicked because he knew of the trap waiting for Yami.
"Yami go back! It's a trap!" Yugi shouted.
Before Yami could react, a Minotaur confronted him. A gorgon, a dragon and a black phoenix soon joined the Minotaur. Then Deborah stepped from in out of a nearby tree's shadow, smirking maliciously.
"Well Yami, it looks like I surprised you. You never expected that I also inhabited this island," Deborah said.
"I don't know what you're up to Deborah, but leave Yugi out of this. I'm the one you want," Yami said.
"You're so right about that. Take him my friends," Deborah said.
The dangerous creatures then charged for Yami and Joseph. Yami quickly made his way to Yugi. He then broke the ropes with his bare hands. Yugi hugged Yami tightly. Yami returned the hug just as tightly. But he didn't watch his strength again and ended up cutting off Yugi's air supply instead.
"Yami...I...can't...breathe," Yugi was barely able to get out.
Yami realized his slip in strength and loosened his grip around Yugi. "I'm sorry Yugi. I wasn't mindful of my own strength again," he said.
"That's okay. But how are we going to deal with these creatures?" Yugi said.
"Just watch and learn Yugi," Yami responded. "Joseph, you take the dragon and the Minotaur. The other two are mine," he added.
"You got it my prince," Joseph said. He was itching for some excitement. He prepared to face the Minotaur and dragon.
"You won't be able to defeat these creatures. These four are the strongest on the island. You'll be the ones to be defeated," Deborah said.
"Well Deborah, a gorgon isn't really that strong. After all, her own ability is her weakness. True a person turns to stone by looking at her," Yami began before creating a shield that also acted like a mirror. "But when she looks at her reflection, she turns herself into stone," he finished, watching the gorgon turn into stone after making her look at herself.
"Well done Yami," Joseph said.
The phoenix on the other hand had other things in mind. This bird was completely made up of black fire. Even though the fire was black, it was more than hot enough to scorch any ordinary person or creature to ashes. The phoeniex dove for Yugi, hoping to burn him alive. Yami saw the phoenix's intent.
"Oh no you don't you freak of nature," Yami said. He flew by and scooped up Yugi.
The black phoenix slammed into the ground as a result, buting a crater into the ground in the process. But that didn't discourage the bird. It rose into the air a few seconds later. It soon hovered in front of Yami and prepared to fire. Meanwhile, Joseph also had things a little easier than expected. The dragon constantly hurled fireball after fireball at Joseph, not really paying attention to its aim. The Minotaur was unfortunate enough to get in the path of one of the fireballs and got killed as a result. Then Yami delivered a strong kick to the dragon's back, and the dragon fell head first into the water, knocking it out.
"Well Deborah. It looks like your strong creatures are weak in the intelligence department," Joseph said smirking.
Deborah growled in anger at that insulting remark. "I'll show you just how strong the black phoenix can be when I merge with her," she said. She concentrated her magic and began to fuse with the evil firebird.
The result of the fuse was a new creature. It was half woman and half phoenix. The creature had a woman's body, but the legs, dark fiery wings and the black fiery aura of the phoenix. The new creature screeched in glory.
"Now, I'll destroy you Yami. Then your kingdom will be powerless against me," Deborah said.
"My kingdom will never be powerless against its foes. My family won't allow it," Yami retorted.
"Let's increase the stakes. This will be a fight for the fate of your kingdom. If you win, your kingdom will remain in its new form of government. But if I win, I become absolute ruler of New Atlantis," Deborah said.
"I accept Deborah," Yami said.
"Don't do it Yami," Yugi argued.
"I have to Yugi. Deborah is diabolical and very dangerous now. It she becomes ruler, the kingdom will be in total chaos. I will not allow that to happen. Joseph, return New Atlantis. This is a fight that I must to alone," Yami said before landing. He put Yugi down and flew back up to face Deborah. 'Deborah made the worst mistake of her life by fusing with the phoenix. I have to get her to fall from into the water. I have no doubt that she's expecting that so I'll have to trick her somehow,' he thought.
"Yes my prince," Joseph said before leaving.
"Your demise is at hand," Deborah said. She lunged for Yami, hoping to end the fight in one blow.
But Yami was too smar to be done it like that. He simply flew up and let Deborah pass under him. "You have to do a lot better than that Deborah. It will take more than a measly lunge to take care of me," he said.
Deborah screeched in anger and shot a stream of fired from her mouth. This time, Yami spun in place. He spun faster every second. The fire made another stream of fire to cancel out the reflected fire.
"How were you able to reflect my fire? A phoenix's fire cannot be deflected," Deborah said.
"Well it obviously can be reflected," Yami retorted.
Deborah realized that this was going to be a tougher that she thought. 'This guy is tougher than I thought he was. Let's see how tough he is when I include his young friend,' she thought, not knowing that Yugi and Yami were brothers now. She dove after Yugi.
"Oh no you don't Deborah!" Yami shouted. He also dove after Yugi. Fortunately, he was faster and reached Yugi first. He flew by, scooping up Yugi. Then he found a cliff and flew to it. He placed Yugi on the cliff and then put a force field over Yugi. "This force field will keep you safe from Deborah," he added.
"What if she tries to destroy the ground underneath me?" Yugi asked.
"Don't worry about that. If she does destroy the the ground underneath you, you won't fall. I made it so that the force field will keep you in place," Yami responded. He then went back to continue his duel with Deborah. "You leave Yugi out of this. This battle is between you and me," he added.
"Fine by me Yami. But you will die, and I'll killy your little friend anyway," Deborah said. Then she flapped her wings toward Yami. If she weren't part phoenix, then this would've been a complete waste of Yami's time.
A fiery wind came from Deborah's wings and headed for Yami. Yami decided to counter this attack. First he dove into the water. Then he went as deep as he could go. Then he flew back up, gaining speed very quickly. When he came out of the water, a waterspout followed him out. The waterspout easily quenched the fiery wind before going back into the water. The water calmed back down a few moments later.
'What does it take to bring this guy down? What I've done hasn't even phased him so far,' Deborah thought. She then got an idea. She lunged for Yami again.
Yami was ready to just fly up again when Deborah suddenly breathed fire. Then she stopped and used her fiery wind again. The result was that the stream of fire gained strength and speed. Now the stream of fire rocketed towards Yami at incredible speed. Yami fired an energy beam from his mouth and cancelled out the attack.
'That was a close one. She really caught me off guard with that one,' Yami thought. 'I better stay focused or else she might catch me off guard the next time.' He dove back into the water and created the waterspout.
This time, the waterspout headed for Deborah. Deborah screamed and tried to get away from the spinning column of water. She got another idea. She gained speed. The fiery aura around her got stronger as she gained more speed. She turned around and rocketed towards the water. The fiery aura around her, greatly fueled by her increased speed, evaporated the water.
'Drat the luck. He almost got me with that. I have to be more alert,' Deborah thought. "I have to admit Yami. That was clever, but you'll have to be more clever than that," she said.
"Oh I intend to be you freak of nature," Yami retorted.
Deborah screeched in anger and lunged for Yami in anger. Yami was able to notice Deborah's anger. The fiery aura around her had turned completely red. He flew up to avoid her lunge. Deborah lunged for him again because she was still angry. Yami sidestepped the lunge this time. But it gave him an idea.
'Her anger appears to have blinded her. Maybe I can use that to my advantage,' Yami thought. "I've seen children make better lunges than that," he said.
Deborah was furious now. She streamed towards Yami now. Yami flew up to avoid her, but he also gave her an energy kick. His foot was covered in pure energy before he flew up to avoid her, and he kicked her as soon as she passed under him. Deborah flew into the side of the cliff. She looked up and saw Yugi inside a force field.
"Well Yami, it looks like I'll have the last laugh," she said before she lunged at the side of the wall beneath Yugi's feet. She was very surprised when Yugi didn't fall from under the force field but was instead in midair with the force field still around him. "What is this?" she asked.
"Yami knew that you would try to make me from underneath the force field. So he created the force field to go underground a little bit. He also said that it would float in midair," Yugi responded.
"In other words, it's just you and me. I will never ley you harm Yugi fire brains," Yami said.
That comment infuriated Deborah once again. She breathed fire as she lunged for Yami. "I'll make you pay for that comment," she said angrily.
"The only thing you'll pay for is your crimes against my people," Yami said. He brought out his arms, and an ice circle from around hm.
It is known that ice melts in fire, but the circle that Yami created had a temperature of -25 degrees F. This meant that the circle would be more that cold enough to quence the fire. When the two attacks collided, the ice circle turned the stream of fire into smoke. But the ice circle was still fully in tact and slammed into Deborah. Deborah screamed in pain when the very cold attack collided with her. She quickly increased the fiery aura's heat. This time, she was very luckly to survive this attack. However, the ice attack had considerably weakened her. She was barely able to still be in the air. Yami noticed this and quickly got an idea.
"Let's see if you can catch me you fiery-headed slowpoke," Yami said defiantly.
Deborah's eyes went completly red upon hearing that. She flew at Yami with all the strength she had left. Yami grinned and flew away. He flew fast enough to stay ahead of Deborah, but not at his maximum speed. He knew that he would've left Deborah in the dust if he flew at his maximum speed now. He led Deborah over the open water. Deborah was too angry at Yami's last comment to realize that she was moving farther away from safety.
'I'll burn that smart-mouth to ashes. Then New Atlantis will be mine,' she thought. She didn't even register herself getting weaker the longer she chased Yami. Then she made a crucial mistake. She breathed fire at Yami, but she put all the energy she had left into it. Yami dodged the stream of fire. Deborah immediately realized her mistake when she plummeted from the sky. She screamed in horror when she looked down. All she saw was open water. She looked at Yami to see him just hovering there looking at her. She splashed into the water, dying instantly.
'That was for all the treason you caused in my kingdom, especially killing innocent people in cold blood. Now their deaths are finally avenged,' Yami thought. He flew back to where he left Yugi.
"You did it Yami," Yugi said before Yami took the force field from around him. He fell into Yami's arms. He saw that Yami was a little puzzled. "What's wrong Yami?" he asked.
"After all these years my mother's death as well as the death of many others that Deborah has caused has finally been avenged," Yami responded.
"How does it feel?" Yugi asked.
"It feels like a large burden has just been lifted off my shoulders," Yami responded smiling. He flew over the water and then dove in. He swam for New Atlantis.
The people cheered upon seeing him and Yugi. Joseph had told them what happened.
"It's good to see you back. I assume that you were victorious in your battle," Lilith said.
"Yes. Deborah is dead, and the kingdom is safe once again," Yami responded. He looked to the slumbering Yugi in his arms. "Well, I better get my little brother here to bed. All the excitement today must've worn him out," he added before going to his room.
"There'll be a lot more opportunities to have fun. I don't think that a threat to the kingdom is going to rise anytime soon," Yami said.
The others nodded. They knew that he was right. Erick and Deborah were the worst threats that the kingdom had ever had. Now that both of them fell to their demise, the kingdom would be peaceful again. With Yugi and Solomon staying in New Atlantis, that's just the people wanted things to be.


Well, here's the end to chapter 4. I really want to thank Latias and Dark Latias for their support. As soon as I got your reviews, it inspired me to continue and get this chapter finished. For some other reviewers who seem to have a problem with this story, I'm sorry that you don't like it but I'm not going to change another thing. I clearly stated what I intended to do in chapter one. If you don't like this story, just don't read. It's that simple. That way, you won't be wasting your or my time. Preview for Chapter 5: A Peaceful Time: Now that the threats to New Atlantis are no longer in existence, peace has set throughout the kingdom. This chapter will basically be a break from trouble as Yugi continues to enjoy his stay in New Atlantis.

To those wondering why Deborah was taken care of so quickly, she's a very minor character in my story. The worst danger will be on land in this story, not from beneath the sea. You'll see what I mean by that starting with chapter 6.

Oh, one more thing. I have completed two chapters to two different stories. One is the next chapter of The Power of Love for you YGO readers, and the second is a to a brand new story that I titled Digimon 03: The Power of One, based on the Tamers for you Digimon readers. I'll be posting them up before the end of the week because I will be going with my parents to Las Vegas on Saturday and will be gone for a full week.

That's all for now.