Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Apocalypse ❯ Trident And Scepter ( Chapter 25 )

Shadow Of Light: *evil grin* what innocent guise will Yami assume next? BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!*hugs* sorry your birthday was so cruddy. I'll try to grab you on aim.

KuraMagicianGirl: Oh, the climax is certainly near….and I won't leave you leave you hanging or dissatisfied. (Marik: Our girl is a hentai at 6:30 am when she's writing this!)

Anubiset: *snickers* oh hell yeah….I was so tempted to put a lemon in there, but I had run out of time.

Super JM: *squish* I missed you!!!!! What's shakin'?

Caterfree10: Aten: *squeals and hugs you and Chopin CD* Aria: *hugs incense*

Emerald isles: *hugs* awww…happy belated birthday. I'm sorry it stunk. If you need to talk, feel free to give me your AIM or Yahoo IM thingy. As far as Yami is concerned, making up is all part of my evil plan!

Draza: *evil grin* I love Sherlock Holmes! This mystery won't be hard to solve. That cliffie is NOTHING compared to the cliffie I have planned.

 

//…….//-Yami Aten/Aku

\......\-Aten

 

Trident and Scepter

 

Aten and Aria arrived in front of door where Robbie and Umi waited.

“Close your eyes!” Umi said. “No peeking, Little Mermaid!”

Aten and Aria closed their eyes as their spouses grabbed their shoulders and opened the door. Aten and Aria walked through the door and were stopped.

“Open your eyes!” Robbie exclaimed.

The two teens opened their eyes to see Seto's living room decorated in streamers and balloons.

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” the group shouted.

“Hatee Pirfday!” Cassie squealed.

Aten and Aria's eyes widened at the pile of presents and the row of snacks.

Their family stood around the room surrounded by their friends.

Otogi and Tristan stood behind Skylar, who waved with a little smile.

Jeanie and Mokuba sat on the couch, their children sitting on their knees and bouncing.

Yugi and Glenn stood beside Seto and Joey, waving.

Ryou, Marik, and Bakura walked to their teens and kissed each of their cheeks.

Marik looked down proudly at his eighteen year old son, a smile crossing his face. “My boy reached his eighteenth birthday….a special time for any father to celebrate.”

Ryou kissed Aria's cheek. “My baby girl is all grown up now….”

Bakura watched Ryou closely, amazed at the display and words of affection that had not crossed his lips in weeks.

Kadin was escorted into the room by Donny. “Wow! Look at this place! KaibaCorp is more fancy than I imagined!”

Aten and Robbie turned to see the other teen walk in.

“Kadin? What are you doing here?”

“I…I invited him, Robbie. He's never seen KaibaCorp, and I wanted to bring him to my birthday party.”

Kadin handed Aten his present. “I wrapped it myself! I hope you like it!”

Robbie watched Kadin hug Aten. `Something about this kid doesn't add up…..'

Kadin's eyes fell on Seto Kaiba and his jaw dropped. “Is that THE Seto Kaiba?! Wow!”

Kadin ran up to Seto and shook his hand. “Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Kaiba! It's a real honor!”

Seto raised an eyebrow at the boy's enthusiasm. “Umm…sure.”

Mokuba and Jeanie's children shifted off of their knees to play.

In the corner, Alex was sitting, looking out of the window. His hands flexed in and out as he moved his arthritic hands. He watched the birds fly by the window.

Alex felt something bump against his leg. He looked down and saw a ball. Ceres ran up to Alex and smiled. “Hello, Alex!”

The old man smiled as he looked at the child. With a slight wince, he reached down for the ball.

He handed it to the boy. “Here you go, kiddo.”

“Thank you, Alex.”

Alex smiled at the ball. “I remember playing with Seto with that ball when he was a little boy.”

Ceres looked at Seto shaking Kadin's hand and gasped. “Unkie Seto was a little kid like me?!”

Alex nodded. “Yes, Seto was a little boy, too.”

Ceres sat down on the ground. “Tell me about him, Alex!”

Cassie came over. “Cewes, what you doing?”

“Alex is telling a story of when Unkie Seto was a little boy like me!”

Cassie sat down beside Ceres.

“Tell the story, Alex!”

Alex chuckled at the two young children sitting in front of him. “One night, I came back from a stakeout. It was very late. Way past your bedtimes. I found Seto working very hard on his studies. I went into his room and he was studying very hard. I saw this ball by the corner and I picked it up. Seto and I rolled this ball around the floor for an hour until he started falling asleep.”

“Awww..Unkie Seto was a sleepy chibi!”

“Yes, Seto was a very tired little boy from his studies. The next night, I came back from my job to find Seto studying with the same ball by his desk. After that, every night, he studied with that ball by his desk. And every night, we played with it together.”

Ceres turned and looked up at Seto, who was talking to Aria.

“Alex, tell us a story!”

Ivy and Lily walked over to the two children. “What are you doing?”

“Alex is about to tell us another story!”

Ivy squealed happily. “Goldilocks and the Three Bears?”

Lily looked up at Alex with large chibi eyes. “Cindarella?”

“No, about you this time!”

Alex laughed. “Me? Why would you young whipper-snappers want to hear about me?”

Ceres laughed. “Because you here a really long time! Dinosaurs were walk-ting outside!”

Alex laughed. “I'm not THAT old, Ceres!”

Ivy nodded. “Tell us a story of what happ-tened to you a really long time ago!”

Alex crossed his legs. “Okay. I can tell you. Uncle Seto was about…ten years old. It was the night of his tenth birthday. Kendall had just come aboard here. We had to go stop these bad men from trying to hurt Unkie Seto.”

The children gasped. ”Were they going to beat him up and take his lunch money?”

Lily looked up at Alex with large chibi eyes. “Were they going to hurt him really bad?”

Alex nodded. “Kenny and I were sent with Joel, a guy who left us a long time ago. We had to go to this really tall building. We walked in there…..and it was all…..dark….spooky. You couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Ghosts lurked around every corner,” Alex added with a smile. “We searched around for this evil man who wanted to hurt Seto. `Creak…creak' went the boards under our feet. Our hearts were racing. The shadows loomed and hovered over us. There was no sound in the building…just the sound of our own hearts…thump..thump…thump..”

Ivy and Lily held onto each other. Cassie held onto her older brother. Skylar came over and sat listening, her eyes wide and her jaw hung low.

“Then what?” Skylar asked.

“These bad men came out with their weapons…bang bang bang! We fired back into the shadows! You couldn't see where you were going! I ran down a dark hallway and crept behind the bad men.”

Ceres smiled largely. “Then what?”

“Yeah, then what?” the girls asked.

“Tell us!” Skylar nodded quickly.

Alex looked at the kids watching him. `I can't tell him that I shot the men in the back of the head and executed the Ringleader…. I know!'

Alex leaned back. “The bad men and I talked about our feelings and we went out for ice cream.”

Skylar's smile faded. “What? You've got to be kidding!”

Lily, Ivy, Ceres, and Cassie smiled and clapped. “YEAH, ICE CREAM!”

Skylar groaned. “Nobody died?”

Alex grinned. “That's the chibi appropriate ending to the story.”

Skylar pouted. “What really happened?”

Alex smiled innocently. “We had ice cream.”

The younger children smiled. “Great story!”

“Time to open the presents!” Ryou called to the crowd.

Aten opened up his first gift and he smiled. “A new Chopin CD! Thank you!”

Joey raised his hand. “That's from me, Aten. I know you keep wearing yours out.”

Aten hugged the blond and kissed his cheek. “Thank you so much!”

Aria opened her gift from Joey and she squealed. “It's a Boarder Collie plushie!”

Joey snickered. “Seto thought that would be the perfect little gift from me, Aria.”

Seto grinned from his leather seat. “A puppy from a puppy.”

Aria smiled. “Thank you, Uncle Joey!”

“Aww…I'm not Uncle Puppy anymore?”

Alex chuckled from his seat. “That's what happens when you get old, Joey. But look at it this way, the kids here still call you that.”

Ceres nodded. “Yup, Unkie Puppy!”

Aten and Aria both grabbed an envelope on the top of their present piles.

The two teens opened the envelope and looks of shock covered their faces. Aten covered his mouth, making Aten look of surprise much like his mother's.

“Un-tle Seto…I can't assept this.”

“Why not, Aten?”

Aten swallowed hard. “I just can't.”

Aria looked up at Seto. “What am I going to do with this much?”

“Kai needs a college education. And you can completely refurbish your home.”

Umi looked at the amount on the check. “Seto…with this much money, we can BUY a college! Are you sure?”

Seto nodded. “It's just little pocket change. Besides….you two have another baby on the way. Do with it whatever you see fit.”

Robbie looked over Aten's shoulder and his jaw dropped. “Oh. My. God.”

Aten closed the envelope and handed it back to Seto. “I can't assept this.”

“Why not?”
“I live off of the money that I get from selling my paintings. Why do I need that much money?”

Seto returned the envelope to Aten's hand. “Use it. I want you to be happy.”

Aten took the envelope in his hands and looked at it. “Well…Robbie does want to go to college…..and I can always keep a little bit of money to pay for my expensive medical bills.”

Seto smiled. “Take it, Aten. I know you'll make the right decision on how to spend it.”

Aten and Aria hugged Seto tightly. “Thank you, uncle!”

The two grabbed another set of presents.

“That's from Glenn and I, guys,” Yugi said with a smile.

Kadin's eyes focused on the presents closely.

Aten and Aria smiled. “Thank you, Yugi!”

The teens opened their boxes.

Aria grinned. “New dueling cards! Wow! The Dragon Priestess! Look at her attack points!”

Aten flipped through the new deck of fiends and zombies Yugi bought him. “Wow…the `Tortured Soul' card! `Endless Night'……'The Angel of Death'! Un-tle Yugi! Thank you so much!”

“I know you kids like to get new cards for your decks.

Kadin walked around to spy behind Aten's back. His eyes looked at every card that Aten sifted through.

Kadin reached over between Robbie and Aten and grabbed his present for Aten. As he reached over, he almost knocked Robbie over, making the blue-eyed boy narrow his eyes at the rude intrusion.

“Aten, I bought this for you, personally! I hope you like it,” Kadin said.

“Oh, thank you, Kadin.” Aten opened the box and found a set of mini canopic jars.

Aten smiled. “Wow! Look at the detail! Where did you find these?”

“At a little oriental shop in the mall! They carry all sorts of Oriental and Egyptian stuffs!I love to go there! I saw these and was like `BOOM! That's for Aten!' I hope you like them.”

Aten picked the ceramic jars one by one and examined them with his eyes. “The detail is amazing! They look real!”

Kadin hugged Aten from behind. “Enjoy!”

Aten blushed and smiled. “Thank you very much!”

Aria and Aten both grabbed presents decorated in pink and blue. “Those are mine, sweethearts.”

Aten laughed. “Mother, you always seem to use the same paper every year!”

Ryou shrugged. “I like that paper!”

Aten and Aria opened their gifts.

Aria held up a fleece sweater and ran the material through her fingers. “Wow…this feels warm!”

Ryou nodded. “I made them…with the help of Otogi, of course.”

Aten held up a lavender sweater. “Nice!”

“It matches your wardrobe nicely, Aten,” Robbie commented.

“And purple is so your color!” Kadin remarked.

`What's this kid's damage?' Robbie asked himself as he saw how close he was standing to Aten.

“Thank you, mother! Thank you, Otogi!” the two teens said as they hugged Otogi and their mother.

Tristan handed Aria and Aten his presents. “I hope you like mine!”

Aria opened hers and smiled. “More chocolate covered coffee beans! Hmm…I'd love to have these…but I may have to save them until after the baby is born. I don't want to throw my baby into a caffeine-high in utero.”

Ryou giggled. “I remember a certain girl who used to bounce and kick all the time after I had a cup of tea. Even decaffeinated tea! I'd feel her little foot press against my belly and it used to creep her father out all the time.”

Bakura pouted. “Hey, I wasn't creeped out!”

Ryou giggled. “Of course not, dear!”

Aten opened his gift from Tristan. Tristan had given Aten a coffee mug stuffed with sugar free chocolates.

“Thank you, Un-tle Tristan!”

“Well, I didn't know what to get you. Then I saw the cup you made me at Camp Sitting Bear when you were a little chibi! So, I figured, I'd get you a cup of your own….with some treats all for you!”

The teen smiled. “Thank you very much!”

Malik handed the teens their presents. Malik had bought Aria a new dress. It was purple with gold trim that he had sewn on himself.

“I also made sure that it would fit you as your tummy grows! I wanted it to be something you could wear whenever you want. When the baby is born, just give it to me and I can shrink the tummy for you.”

Aten opened his box and gasped. “WOW!”

Aten removed the arm band from the box. It was a gold armband shaped as a cobra with a red eye. It's mouth was open and its fangs shown prominently.

“That is for you, Aten.”

Aten hugged Malik tightly.

The blond yami stood in front of the two teens. “This gift is from me. I know you will both treasure this gift.”

Aten and Aria took the boxes and opened them up excitedly.

Marik and Bakura hovered over the two teens, smirking.

Aten and Aria opened their boxes and their faces turned red.

“What do you think, Children?”

Aten stared at the book with a shocked stare.

Aria stared at her book with a look of equal shock.

Robbie and Umi hovered over their shoulders.

Ryou stepped forward. “What did you get, kids?”

Aria and Aten picked up their books simultaneously.

Ryou looked at the book in their hands. '20,000 Ways to Pleasure Your Man.'

“Marik!”

The two yami fathers laughed. “WHAT?! They can both use it!”

Bakura laughed. “Oh….here's the sequel.” Bakura handed Aria and Aten a book entitled `365 Fun Things To Do With Fruit In Bed.'

Ryou gasped. “Bakura!”

Bakura and Marik leaned on each other laughing.

Aten opened the first book and his eyes widened as he looked at the picture. Robbie looked over his shoulder.

“Umm…does that bend that way?”

Aten shrugged. “Not even I know the answer to that, Robbie.”

Aria flipped through the pages of the first book and grinned back at Umi. “I want to do that one!”

Umi raised an eyebrow and scratched his head. “Umm…that looks awfully….umm….uncomfortable.”

Aria grinned. “Oh, come on!”

Kai ran to Aria. “What story book you get?”

Aria closed the book. “Baby, this is an adult story book.”

Robbie gasped as he looked over Aten's shoulder. “Oh, come on! Don't tell me he fit all of that up there!”

Aten closed the book. “Umm…thank you….Father. And…umm…Father Bakura.”

Marik and Bakura hugged their blushing offspring when the phone rang from downstairs.

Seto picked the phone up beside him. “Seto here……oh, really?....A turban?.....Wearing a Robe?....What is he doing here? He's with someone else? Tattoo on one side of his face? And a woman? Yeah, let them up.”

Seto hung up the phone and folded his arms. `What does he want?'

“Who was that?” Joey asked.

“Shaddi is here. Jay said that he's coming up the elevator now.”

Joey's jaw dropped. “What could he want?”

Seto shrugged. “I don't know. We'll find out when he gets here.”

A few moments later, the door opened and Shaddi stood there with Odion.

Malik gasped and ran, hugging his sister and Odion.

Seto stood up as well as Aten and Aria. “Isis? Odion? Shaddi? What are you doing here?”

Kadin stepped away from Aten and from the three Egyptians.

Isis smiled and walked up to Aten and Aria. “My blessings to you on your eighteenth birthday. You have both grown up to be a fine young woman…..and a handsome young man.”

Aten and Aria hugged Isis. “Thank you, Auntie Isis.”

Isis stepped back. “It is time, Aria and Aten.”

The teens stepped closer together. “Time?”

Shaddi stepped forward, holding the Millennium Trident in his hand. “It is time for you to face your destiny. To accept what your past has been….and to accept what is to come.”

Odion stepped forward, holding the Scepter of Ra. “It is time for you to acquire the Items which have been destined to you throughout the ages.”

Kadin faded to the back of the group, watching the Millennium Items intently.

Isis turned to Shaddi and took the Millennium Trident from him. She turned and handed it to Aria.

“Aria Kanika Itemri….this is your Item. The Millennium Trident. It's power can command the forces of air and sea….two of the most destructive forces of nature. This is entrusted to your care, Aria. I'm certain you will be able to unlock its secret powers.”

Aria reached for the Millennium Trident and grasped it. She held it in her arms and felt a surge of electricity run through her.

She grit her teeth and her canines sharpened. Her hair spiked and her eyes grew black and red.

Isis stood in front of the snarling yami girl. “This Item is yours, Yami Aria. Use it to defeat evil…..just as you did thousands of years ago.”

Isis turned to Aten. “And you, my grandson…”

Aten shook his head. “No…I can't go yami. It hurts my chest!”

Isis smiled. ”The Scepter of Ra belongs in your hands, Aten. This will make you stronger….including the demon which lives within you.”

Odion held out the Scepter of Ra. “Take it. This is your duty as an Ishtar.”

Aten shook his head. “I can't…”

//THE SCEPTER OF RA! TAKE IT!//

\NO! I can't!\

//You WILL take that!//

\No!\

Aten reached out and grabbed the Scepter of Ra.

//FINALLY! MY ITEM!//

Aten gripped his hair as it spiked. Lightening bolts were formed by the blond hair against the white spiky hair. His eyes grew black and his nails sharpened. His canines grew.

Ryou and the fathers and the rest of the guests stepped back as the two yami teens screamed loudly and growled as they held their weapons in their hands.

//FINALLY! I AM FREE!//

Aten crumbled to his knees and screamed in pain as a dark figure separated himself from Aten. The teen panted heavily and clutched his chest as his darkness tore itself away from his body angrily.

Aten fell on his hands and knees as Robbie ran to him.

“Aten? Baby? Are you okay?”

The dark figure took form and picked up the Scepter of Ra. “Finally….I now have my Item! My Item has returned to me after thousands of years!”

The dark figure looked around the room and saw Ryou.

“My, my, my…..Ryou Thomas Bakura.”

The dark figure walked up to Ryou. “Don't you remember me?”

Ryou held onto Bakura tightly. “No….”

The figure grinned. “Let me remind you.” The figure changed slowly, his hair becoming white, his eyes turning blue. The figure took the appearance of a sixteen year old. “Remember me?”

Ryou's face turned white as a ghost. “A---Aku?”

Aku grinned. “Hello, Hikari.”

Bakura growled. “You bastard! Stay away from him!”

Marik snarled. “What are you doing in my son?”

Aku grinned. “I have merged with his Darkness. And now…that his unbelievable hatred and despair has joined forces with my body, this boy is unstoppable….Nobody will stop us! Now that I have the Scepter of Ra, nobody will dare oppose me!”

“You leave Aten alone!” Malik growled.

“Or what? Aten is mine now! With my help, he has grown to be an expert killer….and a bloodthirsty beast. That is his essence. He may appear how he is now…..” Aku walked over to Aten kneeling and trembling, clutching his chest in pain. “This is how he is without Yami Aten and I. He's on his knees….panting…..dying before you. He's weak. Pathetic. Easily destroyed. But when he has us, he is strong….and a savage killing machine.”

Robbie stood up and looked Aku in the eye. “You're…Yami Aten?”

The black figure grinned, its teeth bathed in blood. “Yes.”

“Why do you hurt my husband?”

Aku approached Robbie. “I care not if Aten lives or dies. If he lives, I continue to play with his insecurities. If he dies, I remain in the Scepter. This Item will be my home….however, I refuse to release my hold on this boy…..your lover.”

“Why do you hurt him?”

“When he faces off against the Greed, you will be glad that I am with him. Without me, Aten would already be dead!”

The figure disappeared and returned to the Scepter.

Aria's hair fell and Umi ran to her side to support her.

“Little Mermaid, are you okay?”

Aria held her stomach. “Ow….my baby…”

Umi helped her over to the couch. “Deep breaths, baby.”

“What happened?”

Umi fanned her with his hand. “You both got your Items…and Aten went all nuts for a moment before this creepy black shadow walked around the room and spoke to your mom.”

Ryou held onto Bakura tightly. “Aku….I thought he was destroyed.”

Bakura held onto Ryou. “Don't worry, angel. I won't let him get to you.”

Marik narrowed his eyes. “We must destroy that Scepter! With Aku in that thing, we can destroy him once and for all!”

Shaddi held up his hand. “You must not destroy this Item, Spirit of the Millennium Rod. If you do, your son will certainly perish during the Final Battle.”

“How so?”

Odion stepped up to Marik. The two glared at each other with distrust. “Look at yourself.”

“I have no time for your head games!”

“Without you, Master Malik is weak. He is defenseless.”

“HEY! I'm not a weakling!” Malik protested.

“No, you are not, Master Malik. But without Marik's intervention on several occasions, you would be dead.” Odion turned back to Marik. “You are a blessing and a curse to Malik. You protected him, but yet, you were also an abusive fucking asshole.”

Bakura looked at Ryou over his shoulder. “Just like me.”

Marik narrowed his eyes at the Scepter. “So then, that Scepter is also a blessing and a curse.”

Isis walked up to Marik and put her hands on his shoulders. “Without this, Marik….your son not see his nineteenth birthday.”

“Aten will die, Marik Jibade Ishtar. Is that what you want? To bury your son before his time?”

Marik lowered his head and shook it sadly. “I don't want to bury my little boy at all.”

Isis hugged Marik when she saw the sadness in his heart. Marik's eyes widened as the woman pressed herself against him. He swallowed hard. “I am sorry, Marik. But some things are meant to be.”

Aten lifted his head to see Robbie kneeling beside him. “Robbie?”

“Yes, angel?”

Aten sat on the floor and wrapped his arms around Robbie tightly.

Robbie held Aten close to him and looked at the Scepter by his leg. “Yami Aten…at last we meet face to face.”

Kadin narrowed his eyes as he looked at the Items. `Items or not, you do not stand a chance against the Almighty Pharaoh.'

 

 

Updates: Sunday

Next Chappie: JOEY X SETO LEMON! AND A CLIFFIE MUCH BETTER THAN THIS ONE!

Note: Sorry for the lack of length in this chappie. I have the stomach flu and feel sick 24/7. I'll pump out the next lemony chappie on Sunday! See ya!