Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Apocalypse ❯ The Truth ( Chapter 53 )

The Truth

 

Aria watched in horror as her brother clutched his chest and panted heavily, his eyes widened in shock as the Solar Flare Dragon returned back to Seto's side of the field.

Aten's hair dropped. His nails shortened.

Aten's body trembled as his body recovered from the searing heat. He raised his head and looked at Seto with a pained look.

“Un-tle Seto……”

Aria gasped. Her brother was no longer yami!

“Aten! Aten! Don't give up!” Robbie called from the side of the platform. “Come on, baby! Get to your feet! I know you can do it!”

Ryou covered his mouth nervously. “Baby boy…….”

Malik ran to the other side of the platform and saw Aten kneeling. “Come on, Aten! Get to your knees!”

Yami laughed at Aten's pained expression in his eyes. “You belong on your knees, Ishtar. You are the child of a disgrace…a traitor. You belong nowhere but on your knees, bowing to us in submission!”

“No…..I …..”

Yami pointed an accusatory finger at Aten. “You are lucky that I have let you live as long as I have. One word from me, and you will be nothing more than a memory.”

Aten lowered his head. “I have to…..get….up.”

Aria called to him. “Come on, Aten! Stand up!”

Aten struggled to his feet. He staggered on his feet and wiped his mouth. “I'm not beaten………I won't submit.”

Yami chuckled. “You don't know what you're getting yourself into, boy!”

Seto swallowed hard, his hands trembling as he watched Aten's entire body tremble. He knew Aten was in a lot of trouble; He had no monsters on the field, no traps, and no magic cards to save himself from a direct attack from Yami's cards. Mobius The Frost Monarch had 2400 attack points. If Yami could summon a strong enough monster, he could seriously devastate Aten's Life Points. Aten had 4800 Life Points left.

“Aten….I'm sorry.”

Yami turned to Seto. “Are you done your turn so that I can dispose of this little wretch once and for all?”

Seto nodded. “I'm done my turn.”

“How could you attack my brother, Seto? I won't let you get away with it!”

“He's doing what he has to do to win…not only for me, but for his husband as well.”

Aria raised an eyebrow. “What does that mean?”

“Yeah, what does that mean?” Joey asked.

Yami grinned. “Seto is dueling for more than victory. He is dueling for your life, Joey.”

“You'd better stop trying to manipulate Seto like a puppet on a string! He had enough with his stepfather manipulating him!”

Yami laughed. “What are you going to do about it, Joseph?”

“You come down here and say that!” Joey growled shaking his fists at Yami angrily.

Yami narrowed his eyes. “It sounds like you need to stay in line, Joey….or I will put you there!”

Joey growled. “I won't stop until you let Seto down from that platform!”

“He's dueling for your life, Joey. I know you have cirrhosis. I can end your suffering before it becomes excruciating.”

Joey laughed. “You can't kill me!”

“I am the pharaoh. I have the power of life and death. I can decide who lives and who dies.”

“I won't let you hurt Seto, Yami! You let him off that platform now!”

Yami narrowed his eyes and raised his arm. He slapped the air as if slapping Joey, and the blond went flying back.

Ryou and Malik ran to Joey on the grass. “Joey? Oh my….Are you okay?”

Joey winced and rubbed his cheek. “Ow….”

Malik pet Joey's hair. “Joey, just stay still until you get your bearings.”

Joey winced at the pain in his cheek. “No, Malik, I'm not going to stay down. I'm going to stand up against him. Yami, I won't let you manipulate Seto like a puppet on a string!”

Yami narrowed his eyes as Joey stood up. “You think you can challenge me and win?”

“PHARAOH!” Aria called. “Are you going to duel or fuck around?”

Yami turned towards his opponents. “You're absolutely right, Aria. It's time to eliminate your brother.”

Yami drew a card and grinned. “I play `Monster Reborn'and I bring back my `Skilled Dark Magician' (1900/1700) from the graveyard in attack mode.”

Yami's Skilled Magician appeared on the field holding his staff.

Aten swallowed hard and took a step back.

Aria looked at her brother and bit her lip. `I can't let Aten die.'

“REVEAL CARD!” Aria cried out. “I activate `Royal Oppression'! I pay 800 Life Points to destroy your special summoned monster and the card that summoned him!”

Aria's Life Points dropped to 8200.

The Skilled Magician screamed and shattered in front of Yami. The Monster Reborn card also shattered into fragments and disappeared.

Yami growled. “You little wench! It's not going to save your brother, though! Mobius! Attack Aten directly!”

Aria narrowed her eyes as the monster charged for her unprotected brother. “I don't think so! Reveal card! SHIFT!”

The `Shift' card raised and Yami called to his monster.

“STOP YOUR ATTACK!”

“Too late, pharaoh! Mobius, attack Seto's `Solar Flare Dragon'!”

Mobius attacked Solar Flare Dragon and watched the dragon shatter.

Seto's life points dropped to 6500.

Yami narrowed his eyes. “You little sneak!”

Aria grinned and put her hand on her hip. “Well,what do you expect? My father is a thief. I've learned to be a little sneak. I learned from the best there was to learn from.”

“You will both share the same death, too.”

Bakura snarled. “You'd better not fucking dare lay a hand on my child the same way you killed me, Yami! I'll be damned if my kid dies by your slimy hand!”

Yami grinned. “AWW….Itemri? You didn't like the death I had planned for you? I wish I could have been there, but I figured that Anubis would have preferred to take your life….along with his men.”

“You killed my father in the past?” Aria asked.

Yami nodded. “Don't you remember your dreams? Did you dream about your father in my prison?”

Aria shook her head. “No. My dreams revolved around Seth.”

“Oh, then you missed out on the best part. Shall I tell your daughter about your death, Bakura? The suffering you endured?”

Bakura shook his head. “You keep your mouth shut! My daughter does not need to hear about my death!”

“I beg to differ. I believe that she deserves to know the truth of her father's death. And while we are at it…maybe Aten may want to know how his father died, this way he doesn't feel so bad when he meets his eventual demise. Aria, your father---.”

“Yami, please don't!” Ryou begged.

“Aria, I allowed Anubis and my guards to take his life. They beat him….raped him…and strangled him after they enjoyed his body as many times as they wanted.”

Bakura narrowed his eyes. “I didn't want my daughter to know!”

Aria saw her father's spiky hair over the podium. “Daddy?”

Bakura walked around the side of the podium to see his daughter. “Aria, don't listen to him!”

“Your daughter deserves to know the truth of your death, Bakura! You deserved nothing less than what you got!”

“I didn't deserve to be treated like an animal and tortured! I didn't deserve any of that!”

Yami grinned. “You were of the lower class……your place is no better than a dog's. You belong at my feet, cowering before me.”

Aten clenched his fist. “I will not cower…..”
”And your father, Aten Bakari Ishtar…..You are the very person who slayed his father five thousand years ago.”

Aten's face became pale. “No! I couldn't have!”

“You did, Aten. You killed your own father.”

Aten looked down at Marik standing beside the podium. “I….I killed you?”

“Aten…don't listen to him. He's trying to distract you.”

“Father….I'm…I'm sorry.”

Yami grinned. “If it weren't for you, your father would have escaped me. I owe you a great deal of gratitude for that.”

“I'm a killer…..”

//Don't listen to them.// his yami said. //Give me back control!//

/I didn't mean to kill my father….I remember now. Yami's right. I did kill my father. I dreamed it. I was riding a horse….I shot an arrow. My father died./

//We won't let him get away with it, Aten. Give me control so that we may fulfill this prophecy! We shall survive! We shall make everyone pay! He's no better than your Grandfather. Cold. Sadistic. Cruel. Remember when he touched you? He slipped his---.”

“STOP!”

Robbie steadied himself on his cane. “Aten! Baby, are you okay?”

“I DON'T WANT TO REMEMBER! DON'T MAKE ME REMEMBER!”

“Remember what?” Robbie called.

/I don't want to remember what he did! I can't!/

//You'll have to admit it to yourself at some point, Aten. You cannot hold your secrets forever.//

/Like hell I can't! I'll take this to my grave! I don't want to remember what he did./

//You must learn to use your anger to fuel you….use your Rage to strike back at those who hurt you. You, my Light, must learn to fight back. With my help…you will be able.//

/I can't…../

//Oh, you will…..my Light. You will.//

Aria and the crowd watched Aten's hair spike and his nails sharpen.

Yami Aten laughed. “I won't let you get away with anything, pharaoh! You tortured me like Father Bakura!”

Yami grinned. “You won't be able to do anything about it, Aten. When you lose this duel, you will be guilty of treason..and will be executed.”

Aten narrowed his eyes. “You won't kill me! I won't let you get near me!”

Yami laughed. “If that's what you think, who am I to convince you? I'll let you think any way you want….you won't survive much longer anyway. It's your turn.”

Aten drew a card. “I place one card face down and two magic/traps face down. I end my turn.”

Aria drew a card. “I get 500 life points thanks to `Solemn Wishes.'”

Aria's life points went up to 8700. “I flip over my `Rafflesia Seduction' (300/900). I take control of one of my opponent's monsters until the end of the turn! Mobius! Come to me!”

Yami went pale. “YOU LITTLE WITCH!”

Aria narrowed her eyes at Yami. “This is what you get for attacking my brother! Mobius! Attack Yami directly!”

Mobius charged at Yami and narrowed his eyes. He had no magic or traps on the field!

Yami's Life Points dropped to 4500.

Aria laughed. “That will teach you to hurt my brother! Now I will teach you another lesson! I switch my `Earthbound Spirit' into attack mode!”

Bakura gasped. “GIRL, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING????!!!!”

“ARIA, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?” Malik called.

“Aria, baby! Don't do that!” Ryou pleaded.

“GO ARIA!” Marik called. “Bring that bastard to his knees!”

Bakura turned to Marik. “What are you doing? Aria's turning a weak monster into attack position! `Earthbound Spirit' is meant to defend! Not attack!”

“Aria's a smart girl, Itemri. She can find her way out of this. I mean, her life points are double of what everyone else's is.”

Aria's `Earthbound Spirit' disappeared and reappeared on Yami's side of the field. The creature clawed Yami's legs.

Yami's Life points fell to 4000.

“I will get you for that, you little witch!”

Aria grinned. “I doubt that….I end my turn.”

Seto drew a card. “I sacrifice my `Spear Dragon' and call forth `Blowback Dragon' (2300/1200). I toss a coin 3 times. If at least 2 of the results are Heads, I select one card on my opponent's side of the field and destroy it.”

Seto removed a coin from his pocket and looked at Aria.

He flipped the coin.

Heads.

Seto held the coin and looked at Aria. He clutched the coin tightly. “Aria….”

“Go ahead! Toss it!” she called to him.

Seto nodded and flipped a coin.

The coin landed on its side and spun in a circle until it finally fell on the ground…

Heads.

Seto looked up at Aria. “Your Seduction card goes.”

Aria watched her monster shatter.

“And now, Aria…you only have 'Earthbound Spirit' in attack mode.”

Aria's eyes widened. “Uh-oh…..”

Seto raised his hand. “'Blowback Dragon….attack Aria's `Earthbound Spirit!'”

Aria screamed as the dragon's blast shattered her monster, leaving her with no monsters on the field.

“SHIT!” she cursed aloud as her Life Points dropped to 6900 and she realized she had no magic or traps on the field.

Seto lowered his head. “End turn.”

Yami laughed. “Poor little helpless Aria…..you have nothing to protect you now.”

The pharaoh grinned and laughed. “You had both begin praying to Ra for me to spare you both. I sacrifice `Mobius the Frost Monarch' to summon `Zaborg the Thunder Monarch' (2400/1000) in attack mode. I tributed him successfully, I can destroy one monster on the field. Aten, you are the only one with a monster. Let's see it.”

Aten revealed his card: The Helpless Child.

The child shattered into a million pieces.

“I take three cards from your deck and remove them from play!” Aten laughed.

The teen approached the growling pharaoh. His hair spiky and a grin on his smug face.

Aten grabbed Yami's deck and growled as he sifted through. “I can't find it…where is it?”

Yami laughed. “I know what you are looking for and it is not in my deck.”

Aten narrowed his eyes. “I choose Slyfer, Summoned Skull, and Des Feral Imp. They are removed from play.”

Yami sneered as the teen returned to his spot. “You little bastard! I will teach you some manners! Zaborg! Attack Aten!”

The teen let out a scream as the monster surrounded him with electricity.

Robbie watched in horror as Aten fell to his knees, clutching his chest tightly.

“ATEN!”

Aten's life points plummeted to 2400.

The teen placed one foot on the ground and struggled to pull himself up, but fell back on the floor.

“Robbie….”

“That's right, Aten. You stay there. Stay where you belong, you half-breed bastard!”

Ryou narrowed his eyes and walked to Yami's side of the platform. “STOP IT, YAMI! HOW DARE YOU SPEAK THAT WAY TOWARDS MY BOY!”

Yami turned to Ryou and curled his lip in disgust. “And you……….Had you not conceived him, he would not have to suffer the pain of his existence. He would not suffer from a bad heart. He would not be dying as he speak.”

“You have right to call my boy such horrid names! If there's any bastard around here, it's YOU!”

Bakura saw the fury in Yami's face and ran for Ryou. “Ryou!”

Yami narrowed his eyes at Ryou and clenched his fists. “YOU INSUBORDINATE BITCH!”

Ryou let out a scream and fell unconscious on the ground.

“RYOU! BABY!” Bakura screamed.

Bakura kneeled beside Ryou and gathered him up to his chest. “Baby??? Ryou?” Bakura pressed his fingers to Ryou's neck.

“SHIT! MARIK! MARIK!”

Marik, Malik, Joey, and Yugi ran to Ryou's side. “What's wrong with him?”

Bakura was shaking. “I can't feel a pulse!”

Marik felt his heart leap into his throat. “Oh no you don't! Itemri, put his head on the grass!”

Bakura backed away and Marik tilted Ryou's head back. “Come on, baby…breathe!”

Marik breathed into Ryou's mouth and pinched his nose shut tightly. He pressed on Ryou's chest and growled.

“Come on, Ryou…..Stay with us.”

“Mother!” Aten called from the podium.

“Mom! Is he okay?” Aria called from her side of the podium.

Marik pressed on Ryou's chest again. “Breathe, damn it!”

Malik held onto Bakura's shoulders as Marik struggled to stimulate Ryou's heart.

“Ryou,” Bakura whimpered quietly.

Marik breathed into Ryou's mouth again and the white-haired man started gasping for air.

He coughed and sputtered as he gasped for breath.

Bakura gathered his Light into his arms and held him close. “Ryou…my Ryou….”

Ryou clutched onto his yami and looked up at Marik.

Malik hugged his yami with a smile. “You did it!”

Marik stroked Ryou's cheek. “Welcome back, tenshi.”

Bakura kissed Ryou's forehead and looked up at the platform. “Yami must be stopped....and I know our children will be victorious.”

 

 

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