Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Apocalypse ❯ Visions of the Past ( Chapter 52 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

WARNING: BRIEF MENTIONS OF NCS! LANGUAGE!

I'll give everyone a low down of the scores and what monsters everyone has on the field to remind you guys

Last chappie:

Aten: one card face down 2 magic/traps…..LIFE POINTS: 7200

Aria: Dark Blade (1800/1500) in attack mode! Two Magic/Traps and I end my turn …..LIFE POINTS: 8000

Seto: placed two magics face down and Battle Ox (1700/1000) in attack mode ……LIFE POINTS: 8000

Yami: `Skilled Dark Magician' (1900/1700) in attack mode! I also lay two magic/traps down….LIFE POINTS: 7400

Visions of the Past

Yami Aten narrowed his eyes and growled at the pharaoh sneering at him. “I'm not going down easily, pharaoh. I promise you that!”

Yami grinned. “I highly doubt that, Aten. You go down easier than an elevator.”

Yami Aten snarled. “Just what do you mean by that?”

The pharaoh grinned. “You mean you don't remember? Kadin? Dominick? They're one in the same….and they are standing before you today….going to destroy you!”

“YOU ARE A BASTARD AND YOU DESERVE TO DIE!” Yami Aten screamed violently at Yami. His hands trembled from fury. The little child standing in front of him turned and looked at his master. The child's scarred and dirty face looked sadly up at him.

Yami laughed. “You are not only an easy little slut, you are gullible!”

“SHUT THE FUCK UP! Why should I listen to you?!”

Robbie called up to Aten. “Aten, he's trying to psych you out! Don't listen to him!”

Joey stood beside Robbie. “Aten, don't let him manipulate you like Seto! He wants to get you off your guard, Aten! Don't fall victim to Yami's little game!”

Yami sneered down at Joey and clenched his hand. “I think I've heard enough from you, Joseph.”

Joey gasped for breath and held his stomach. A moan of pain came from the blond as Aten and Aria looked over the side.

“What are you doing to him?!” Aria demanded.

“Silencing him.”

Seto took a step onto the dueling arena and Yami turned to him sharply.

“We are dueling! If you step a foot onto the dueling arena, I will kill Joey right here and now!”

Seto narrowed his eyes at Yami. “I won't let you manipulate me like this!”

The pharaoh's eyes darkened. “Don't fuck with me, Seto Kaiba. I am more dangerous than you would ever imagine!”

Yugi kneeled beside Joey, hugging him. “Joey! Breathe! Come on, Joey….deep breaths….Yami, stop this!”

“I will not have anyone interfere with this duel! You will all stay back or I will be forced to kill Joey!”

Aria narrowed her eyes. “You are a beast!”

“Oh, no, Aria….I am not the beast here…..”

Yami Aten narrowed his eyes. “You tortured Hayden! I saw what you did to Hayden! I watched you! You watched me hurt him! You made me! You forced me! You tortured me! If I didn't do what you said, you threatened to kill my mother! You tried to destroy Aria and I every opportunity you had….even when we were little kids!”

Bakura and Marik growled from the side of the platform. “Pharaoh, once you get down here, you are fucking dead!”

Marik growled. “Yami, you're going to pay dearly for hurting my son!”

“You? Hurt me?” The pharaoh laughed. “I doubt there is anything you can do that would hurt me, Marik Jibade Ishtar. I highly, highly doubt that you could even lay a finger on me!”

Yami Aten drew a card from his deck. “I will avenge myself and Hayden today, Yami! I won't let you drive me into madness the same way you drove him! I won't let it!” He looked at the card in his hand. “I play `Prey Upon the Innocent'. Return your skilled Dark Magician to your hand!”

The pharaoh growled as he returned his only monster card to his hand.

Aten grinned. “I switch my `Scarred Youth' into attack mode!”

Aria watched her brother and Yami's card on the field. /Aten, what the fuck are you thinking?!”

“SCARRED YOUTH!”

“Aten, don't!” Aria called.

“He's wide open! I can attack him!”

Aria pointed at Yami's card. “He has that face down card! He has to be ready for your attack!”

Aten narrowed his eyes. “No! I'm going to scar him like he scarred me! `SCARRED YOUTH! ATTACK HIM!”

The seven year old child ran towards Yami, his fists clenched and ready to fight.

Yami grinned. “You're hiding behind a child….how truly pathetic! REVEAL CARD! MIRROR FORCE! Your attack is negated and all of your attack position monsters are destroyed!”

The child stopped running and screamed in pain as he shattered.

Yami grinned. “You will both lose! And when you lose this duel, you lose more than this duel.” Yami removed a gold dagger with turquoise stones embedded in the hilt. “When you lose this duel, you will also lose your lives.”

Yami Aten and Yami Aria narrowed their eyes. “What kind of sick game do you think you are playing?” Aria asked.

“You both are guilty of treason! You are opposing me! You lose this duel and I take your lives!”

Ryou gasped. “Yami! No! Don't kill my children!”

Kai cried. “MOMMY! MOMMY, TUM DOWN FUM DERE! No hurt my mommy!”

Umi cuddled his crying son. “It's okay, Kai….Mommy will be okay. Shh…it's okay, little boy.”

Bakura narrowed his eyes. “I'll be damned if you kill my daughter in front of me, you bastard!”

“I will, Itemri…….I will. This time you will be alive to see me cut her throat and watch her bleed.”

“You put one hand on my son's head, you fucker, and I will tear you apart myself!” Marik threatened.

Yami chuckled. “Isn't this nice? Your fathers are so concerned for your welfare….. It's touching.”

“Yami, I'm not fucking around! You leave my kid alone!” Marik growled beside Ryou.

“Your threats mean nothing to me, Ishtar…..”

Marik ran for the steps, but Bakura grabbed him.

“Marik, don't interfere!” Bakura pleaded.

Joey let out a painful wail and curled up in Yugi's arm.

“Marik, please don't provoke him!” Yugi called to Marik with tears in his eyes.

Marik stopped as he heard Joey's breathing coming in painful gasps.

Seto stood in his place, unable to see over the platform. `Joey……..' He couldn't move to see Joey's condition. His heart raced and his hands began to shake as he held the cards in his hand. From across the way, he saw Aria scowling at him.

“High Priest, you're not even going to see if Joey is okay?”

Seto's eyes widened at what she had called him. “Aria?”

“You are not even going to check on him? I never known you to be a weak man, Seth!”

Seto swallowed hard. `She's caught in the memories……Does she even know that this is the present?'

“Aria, my name is Seto! Not Seth! Not High Priest! I am Seto!”

“Your name is `Coward,'” she spat with contempt. “You are afraid of the pharaoh and that is why you stand with him now! You have shown weakness siding with the Butcher of Cairo! The pharaoh is a despicable creature!”

Yami growled. “Enough!”

Seto watched Yami. “I'm not weak! I'm doing what I can to protect the ones I love!”

Yami Aten grabbed his shirt and ripped it off. He turned his back to Seto and moved aside his luxurious white and blond hair. `MINE' was still prominent on his back. “You have stabbed your loved ones in the back like my grandfather had done to me! He turned my little body over on that altar and he offered my tainted blood to the Egyptian Gods! He carved into me! Laughing! Slicing my young flesh! For what? His own pleasure!”

“Aten, I'm sorry that happened to you! But I'm not like Steven!”

“BULLSHIT! YOU ARE NOTHING! YOU ARE LOWER THAN HE WAS! YOU ARE MORE DISPICABLE! You want to kill Aria and I? Well good luck! I lay one magic/trap face down! You may want to kill me, but I promise you I am not going to go down without a fight! I will avenge Hayden and the Ishtar name! I end my turn!”

Aria pulled a card. “I will not let either of you succeed.” The girl looked at the card and grinned. “I play Pitch-Dark Dragon (900/600) in attack mode and I play Polymerization! Together, my monsters combine to make `Dark Blade the Dragon Knight (2200/1500)!' Dark Blade the Dragon Knight! Attack Seth's `Battle Ox!”

Aria's monster roared and flew over the dueling field. The Dragon grabbed Battle Ox and bit him in half. The dragon hovered over Seto and growled, flapping its enormous wings. Seto could feel it's hot breath as his life points dropped to 7500.

The dragon returned to Aria, who pet it and smiled. “Good job, my dragon.” Aria narrowed her eyes at Seto. “If you had half of the bond that I have with my monsters, you wouldn't be in the predicament that you are in now.”

Seto narrowed his eyes. He had no monsters and his life points were down to 7500. “Are you done?”

“I end my turn.”

Seto drew a card. The color drained from his face. He turned his head to Yami and shook his head. “I can't……”

“You must do it, my Loyal Servant.”

Seto closed his eyes and shook his head. “Aria…I'm sorry. I play `Tribe-Infecting Virus' (1600/1000) in attack mode.”

Aria gasped. “It can't be!”

“I discard one card from my hand and I destroy all face-up monsters of the declared Type on both sides of the field. I choose `Warrior' Class monsters!”

Aria watched as her dragon roared and its rider scream. The dragon knight shattered in front of her….leaving her vulnerable.

Seto took a deep breath. “Tribe-Infecting Virus…..attack Aria!”

Aten watched Aria grit her teeth against the pain as she lost 1600 life points, making her fall to 6400 Life Points.

Yami laughed. “I didn't think you would be so weak, Aria. Your brother seems to be putting up more of a fight than you.”

Aria narrowed her eyes. “I won't go down quietly into the night, pharaoh.”

Seto put one magic/trap face down. “I end my turn.”

Yami looked at the field. Aten had 3 magic/traps on the field. Aria had 2 magic/traps. Neither one of the kids had any monsters on the field. “Neither one of you must be taking this very seriously. You will have to learn the hard way not to challenge Royalty. I thought you had learned that lesson thousands of years ago. I guess I didn't teach you well enough.”

Aria narrowed her eyes. “Are you saying that our dreams….are real?”

Aten nodded. “Yes. They are. I read it in the prophecies.”

Yami nodded. “We dueled before…..thousands of miles away….thousands of years ago. You and your brother lost.”

Aria looked down at her belly. “No wonder we've been having these dreams. I knew I was destined to face you….I wondered why I had this deja-vu feeling connected with this.”

Seto nodded his head. “These dreams have been visions of the past. I've been having them, too. You know about it, Aria. I talked to you about it.”

Yami grinned. “Did you kiss her yet, Seto?”

“What are you talking about?” Seto asked.

“Oh, come on, High Priest….is that child inside Aria's womb yours….or is it truly Umi's?”

Umi's eyes widened. “What? Aria?.......Aria? Is what Yami said is true?”

Yami Aria looked at Umi. “I did not cheat on you.”

Yami chuckled. “She's a good actress, isn't she, Umi?”

Umi clutched Kai against him. “It's….it's not true….”

“Umi, I would never cheat on you!” Yami Aria said earnestly.

Umi looked at Aria, his eyes searching hers for some kind of truth in what she was saying.

“It begs the question, Aria…was the first baby that you lost really Umi's? Was that Seto's baby you miscarried?”

Seto gasped. “I would never sleep with Aria! I changed her diapers! I bathed her! She's like a daughter to me!”

Bakura narrowed his eyes. “You better not put your hands on my daughter, moneybags!”

Yami grinned. “What about the second baby that the Scriptures said you would lose? Was that Seto's baby?”

Aria straightened up. “No…that was not Seto's baby.”

“Then who's baby was it, Aria?”

Aria narrowed her eyes. “It wasn't Seto's baby. Let's leave it at that.”

Yami laughed. “Afraid of telling your parents what really happened that night? Kailani was not Umi's daughter….and Umi knows what happened. What happened is between Umi and myself. Nobody else.”

Ryou looked at Umi. “Kailani was not your daughter?”

Umi shook his head. “No,” he said as he covered Kai's ear. “I don't want to discuss it in front of my son.”

Ryou looked up at Aria's. “I was told Kailani was Umi's daughter.”

Yami grinned. “Oh, so your mother doesn't know the reality of your past? That is a shame, Aria Kanika Itemri. How dare you keep your mother in the dark!”

Umi kissed Kai's head. “I don't want to talk about this with my kid here.”

Aria narrowed her eyes. “You leave my daughter out of this! It's your turn, Yami!”

Yami grinned. “Aww….Aria, did I hit a sore spot?”

“JUST GO!”

Yami drew a card and grinned. “Celtic Guardian (1400/1200) in attack mode! I equip him with the `Malevolent Nuzzler' bringing his attack up to 2100!” Yami grinned. “I may as well take you down first, Aria! Celtic Guardian! Attack Aria directly!”

Aria laughed as the Celtic Guardian charged towards her with his sword ready to strike. “I activate my `Enchanted Javelin' trap card! My life points are raised by the attack points of your monster!”

Aria's Life Points raised to 8500.

Yami growled. “You little witch!”

Aria grinned. “You want to see a real witch? I know I have one in my deck.”

The pharaoh grinned. “I place three magic/trap face down. End my turn. You're next, bastard!”

Aten narrowed his eyes. “I am not a bastard!”

“Your parents are not married. That makes you a bastard! Fuck buddies do not entitle you to legitimacy.”

Ryou gasped. “Yami! How dare you!”

“Oh, Ryou, see the truth!”

“My son is not a bastard!”

Marik pointed to Aten. “THAT'S MY BASTARD! I love my son no matter what his Birth Right or his Birth Status may be! He is my son!”

Yami grinned. “Your son…..who is more like me than he cares to realize.”

“I am NOTHING like you!”

Yami grinned. “I think otherwise…..you raped Hayden, too. I watched you.”

Aten narrowed his eyes. “You were going to kill my mother. You had threatened to drown me in Domino Bay!”

Yami laughed. “You are no worse than me. I am. Just. Like. You.”

Aten closed his eyes tightly and grabbed his hair tightly, tugging at it. “GET OUT OF MY HEAD!”

The Egyptian breathed sharply as he saw Hayden crying before his eyes……the red-haired boy staring at the ceiling with a look of perpetual horror. [Hayden, I'm sorry….please forgive me.]

“I remember staring down at Hayden…….he was petrified. He wasn't even there when I…………….I………..”

Robbie called up to Aten. “Aten, he's trying to psych you out again! Fight it! I know you can do it!”

Yami chuckled. “He can't, Robbie…..the thought that he had touched someone close to him in an impure manner frightens him…..even if he could have refused.”

“If I didn't agree to your threats, you would have killed my mother! I didn't want my mother to be killed! I did what I had to to save my family and those I loved! I did it to save people!”

Yami laughed. “Do you deny you hurt Hayden?”

Seto heard a loud cry from the edge of the platform: Joey was sobbing.

“Hayden! Aten, how could you?!” Joey sobbed.

“I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID IT, BUT I DID! OKAY?! I TOUCHED HAYDEN! THERE! I SAID IT! I HAD TO LET HIM TAKE ME OR YOU WOULD KILL ME, PHARAOH! Are you happy?!” the Egyptian seethed angrily.

Aria looked at her brother in disbelief. “It can't be true!”

“It is true!”

Joey sobbed. “Aten…..Hayden was just a boy!”

Marik turned to Joey. “Well, so was mine! Mine was only nine!”

Joey looked up Marik with a glimmer of anger in his eye. “Don't you dare play the age game! Hayden survived YEARS of abuse under his uncle! YEARS! NOT DAYS….NOT MINUTES….YEARS!”

Marik pointed to Aten. “Look at that fucking back! It doesn't matter how long our boys were abused! They didn't deserve it! My son didn't fucking deserve to be carved like a turkey for some sick old fucker's enjoyment!”

Joey narrowed his eyes with Marik. “Hayden didn't deserve to be used by those men for their enjoyment either……”

Ryou stood between Marik and Joey. “Boys, please…..both Hayden and Aten went through a terrible time. Both of the boys didn't deserve it. This is a tense time for both of us. Let's not try to take it out on each other…”

Aten's eyes opened and he saw Hayden in front of him. [ATEN, STOP! IT HURTS!]

Marik and Joey looked up. “Aten, don't give into it!” Marik called to him.

Aten closed his eyes and panted heavily. When he opened his eyes, the view of Hayden had vanished….only to be replaced by Yami's smirking face.

Yami Aten wiped his sweaty forehead and growled. “My Rage is only going to fuel my revenge upon you!” Yami Aten drew a card. “Know that you will not get away with hurting this body!” Yami Aten looked at his hand. “I set one card in face down defense. I also place one magic/trap face down. You now have one monster and four of my magic and traps to contend with, Yami.”

“You're hiding, like usual.”

“I'm keeping you guessing. You have no idea what I have hidden under there. I end my turn.”

Aria looked at her side of the field. She had two magic and traps….but no monsters. Seto had Tribe Infecting Virus in play and three magics. Yami had his Celtic Guardian powered up to 2100 and three ominous magic and traps.

Aria drew a card. “First I activate `Solemn Wishes.' I place one card face down defense. I end my turn.”

Seto drew a card and took a deep breath. “I place `Spear Dragon' (1900/0) in attack mode! Attack Aria's face down card!”

Aria laughed. “Good try! REVEAL CARD! `Earthbound Spirit' (500/2000)! You lose 100 points!”

Seto's life points dropped to 7400. “My monster goes into defense mode.”

The dragon covered its wings in front of itself and crouched down.

Yami laughed and drew a card. “Your magic and trap areas look full. Let me help you free up some space. I sacrifice my `Celtic Guardian' and I summon `Mobius the Frost Monarch' (2400/1000). I can now destroy up to 2 spells or traps on field!”

One spell and one trap shattered on both Aten and Aria's side of the field.

Yami laughed. “Let's see what you have to hide behind now!”

“Mobius! Attack Aten's face down card!”

The large monster ran across the field and stabbed Aten's card.

Aten's `Poison Mummy' flipped up and shattered. Aten grinned. “I can now inflict 500 points of damage to an opponent's life points! I choose you, pharaoh!”

Yami gripped his chest as his life points dropped to 6900.

Aten grinned. “Correct me if I'm wrong, Yami, but you only have 6900 life points left. You have the lowest life points of all of us. I guess that doesn't make me the weakest one here. It makes YOU the weakest person here….that is, if you are considered a person. I would say you are a beast…..a tyrant…..a monster.”

“Is that supposed to intimidate me or hurt me?”

“You have always called me weak. Now we shall see who the weak one. You have nothing to defend you.”

“Neither do you. You have no monsters on the field. I activate `Reckless Greed'. I draw 2 cards and skip my next two draw phases.”

Yami drew two cards and grinned. “I end my turn.”

Aten drew a card. Yami had Mobius on the field. Seto had Spear Dragon with no defense points. Aria had the Earthbound Spirit on her side of the field. He had nothing to defend himself.

He looked through his hand. /I need something that will let me attack Yami…./ He thought as his eyes perused his hand. /This may be a sacrifice…but if it will bring Yami down, then it will be worth it./

“I play `Emissary of the Afterlife' (1600/600) in attack mode and I attack!”

Yami laughed. “You can't attack me! I have Mobius to protect me!”

Ryou gasped. “ATEN! NO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?”

Marik growled. “ATEN, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, BOY?!”

Yugi's eyes widened. “ATEN, YOU CAN'T DO THAT IF HE HAS A MONSTER ON THE FIELD!”

Aten raised a hand. “I activate my trap card `Displacement'! I can attack you, despite the fact that Mobius is on the field!”

Yami let out a scream as the monster clawed him and his life points dropped to 5300.

Aten laughed. “You are almost out of Life Points, Yami? Where is this big revenge you promised me? This is my time for revenge, pharaoh! I will show you my true power!”

“You will still fail…I will still be the one to send your soul to the underworld with my dagger. You will die….and I will be the one to send you to Anubis.”

Aten narrowed his eyes. “Good luck, pharaoh. You will not succeed. I end my turn.”

Aria grinned and drew a card. Her life points rose to 9000. “I place one card face down and end my turn.”

Seto drew a card and placed one card face down. “I summon `Solar Flare Dragon' (1500/1000) in attack mode. I switch `Spear Dragon into attack mode and……….I…..” Seto shook his head. “I don't know if I can do this.”

Yami growled. “Do it…or I will kill Joey.”

Joey's agonized cry could be heard from the side of the platform.

“JOEY!” Seto called. “Joey! Yami, stop this or I will refuse to continue!”

Yami narrowed his eyes and walked towards Seto. The CEO watched Yami approach him with a growl. The pharaoh grabbed Seto by the throat and watched the CEO's face become flooded with fear….something Seto never had shown before.

“You either attack…..or Joey's blood is not the only one that is going to be spilled after this duel is over. Do we understand each other?”

Seto nodded. “Yes, Yami….”

Yami threw Seto to the floor. “Now get to your feet and fulfill your part of the bargain!”

Seto struggled to his feet and stood behind his monster. “My `Spear Dragon' attacks Aten's `Emissary of the Afterlife'!”

Aten screamed as the dragon flew over and bit into his monster. The creature shattered, taking 300 life points with it.

Seto watched the teen grip his chest and his eyes grow wide.

“Pain,” Aten whimpered.

Robbie narrowed his eyes. “Aten!”

Robbie hobbled towards the stairs, but was knocked back by a forcefield. Marik caught the teen, who shook his head.

“What was that?”

Yami grinned. “I will not allow anyone to interfere!”

Robbie planted his cane in the ground and looked up at Aten. “Aten, are you okay?”

Aten panted. “Robbie…..”

Seto closed his eyes and bit his lip. `I have to do this….I'm sorry, Aten….'

“I activate `Harpie's Feather Duster' to destroy all the magic and traps on Aten's side of the field.”

Aten shielded his eyes as a great wind surrounded him. He opened his eyes and found all his magic and traps gone.

Seto sighed and took a deep breath. “Solar Flare Dragon, Attack Aten directly!”

Aten's eyes widened as the fiery dragon flew towards him. “ARIA!!!! HELP!”

Aria shielded her eyes as the dragon wrapped itself around Aten, his life points dropping to 5300.

The dragon returned to Seto's side of the field, leaving Aten on his knees, holding his chest.

“My chest….hurts…..sweet Isis….”

Aria bit her lip. “Brother, are you okay?”

Seto wiped his sweaty forehead as he watched Aten struggle to breathe. “My Solar Flare Dragon's effect is now activated. I'm sorry, Aten.”

Another wall of fire surrounded Aten and Aria screamed. “Aten!”

Aten's life points dropped to 4800.

Yami grinned. “You're half dead, Aten…..and we are just getting started.”

Updates: Tuesday