Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Children of Destiny ❯ Ying, Yang and Showdown ( Chapter 19 )

His whole body felt weak and heavy. He was vulnerable as the blonde stradled across his hips and attacking his neck as a tongue slid from his ear to his collar bone. He was on the verge of losing consciousness when a dim light seemed to emit in the room. Seto tried to stay awake and concentrate on the dim light. It began to grow brighter and bigger as if it were a portal to another world. A figure approached through the portal and then the light vanished leaving a young woman in oriental silk and golden bangs and followed by black hair streaked with a crimson red. Immediately recognised her as a companion to his past self and Katsuya.

"Ling?" Seto asked. "How?" Katsuya hissed as he saw the princess standing before him. He's luminescent green eyes flashed angrily as Ling was thrown against the wall. Katsuya crawled off Seto and approached the princess.

"Poor, poor little princess… sacrifising your own freedom to bring the two love birds back together again"

"I'd have figured that you of all people would have wanted that…" Ling whispered.

"Oh please… doomed love or the right to exist? Any fool with a shred of common sense would want to choose the latter." Seto was confused of what Katsuya meant whilst Ling squirmed against a vice-like grip upon her neck.

"Seto Kaiba… listen very carefully. The Katsuya that you see before you is nothing more but a parasite. He only has power over you because he has taken and used the energy that you yourself have. Don't let him take anymore"

"I gotta admit you and the kid sure are persistent though…" Katsuya rasped as his grip tightened.

"Take back what is yours High Priest… Katsuya… the real Katsuya needs you" Ling gasped. Katsuya chuckled at her futile attempts as Seto tried to get up.

"He can't help you, Joey or anyone that you ever cared about princess… He has no memory of his past"

"Yes he does… it's just that you've taken that away from him also… " Ling growled as she concentrated hard. Seto gasped as his vision was clouded with a dim aura before it dissipated revealing a lifetime of memories flashing past him within a few seconds.

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Seth had returned to already returned to Egypt after the long hard journey with Ling and Katsuya. The two had been invited to stay a while at the Pharoah's palace until Atemu himself returned.

Seth groaned as he removed his tired and tattered travelling rags into a brand new tunic. He went towards the balcony overlooking the great Nile river and smiled noticing the figure in the distance before heading out of the palace towards the river.

Upon arrival his grin grew wider as he approached wrapping his arms around the woman's waist and smelling the wonderful and rare golden locks. The woman turned to look at his cobalt eyes with her earth jade green ones.

Seth smiled as he brought Katsuya into a breath taking kiss.

~Joey… Katsuya… was a girl? And we…~ Seto thought as he saw his past self melding his body against the blonde whilst the lips met in a feverish passion. They reluctantly broke apart for air.

"A simple `Good morning' would have sufficed" Katsuya said. Her voice sounded lighter and ethereal now she was free to be her true self.

"Good morning…" Seth whispered into Katsuya's ear then kissed her hair.

"Don't you have things to do High Priest?"

"Why do you always call me high priest? I'm not even `a' priest yet…" Katsuya smirked as she wrapped her arms around his neck and without warning shoved him hard making him fall flat into the water of the Nile.

"I guess you're right Seth. A priest would have noticed such an amateur move like that" Seth shook his wet brown hair before glaring at the blonde.

"If you weren't a woman I would have beaten you up for that"

"You couldn't beat me up as a woman anyhow `Seth'" she said cheekily as Seth got out of the river before crocodiles decided to move in on him.

Seto felt the memories starting to fast forward as the quiet tranquil and carefree Nile was replaced by a kingdom engulfed in a chaotic war.

The dark chambers of the palace echoed with footsteps as Katsuya walked past followed with a dilligent Flames Swordsman by her side. There lying in his bed lay Seth, his breath laboured and sweat dotted all over his face.

"The herb to save him is in the most perilous of lands milady, it's far too dangerous"

"I'm willing to risk it Sedjet" Katsuya replied stroking the brown sweat soaked tresses.

"Milady he won't last the night…"

"He will… I'll make sure of that"

"But-"

"This war can't be won without him Sedjet… the pharoah's kingdom will fall under Gabriel if Seth's not by Akunamon's side" Katsuya snapped. She stared down at the soon to be High Priest of the Pharoah. She took a deep breath as she clutched at her chest. A golden light flared between her fingers as a tiny looking crystal on appeared in her hand.

"Seth… this is a single piece of my soul…" Katsuya to him in his comatosed state. "It will not cure you but it is able to stave off death to anyone whether by a mortal wound or disease. A bond will be formed between us and I place deep trust in you not to sever that bond by betraying me" she kissed his forehead. "You'll feel fine in the morning but nevertheless be careful and wait for me to come back with the true cure"

Katsuya rode long and hard past the desert sandstorms whilst Seth remained to hold the line of the war against the army. Months past as the war broke into a stalemate between the forces from Gabriel and Akunamon. Katsuya returned to Seth's ruined village staring at the carnage of murdered men, women and children. A cliff stood in the distance nearby overlooking the rest of the kingdom. Upon seeing this though, there was an uproar as soldiers surrounded her.

"Welcome back traitorous wench!!!" one of them growled as Katsuya narrowed her eyes.

"I've come to see Seth… and relay him a message" she said.

"Lying witch… you wish to poison our leader with your words" they roared in anger as they went to strike her. She dodged their attacks breaking the many spears batting away the arrows that flew towards her with the sceptre.

"STOP!!!" she looked to see Seth approaching her, in despair, confusion and anger. "It's you…"

"She did it!!!! She burned the village. She's the one working with Gabriel as a spy" a woman cried to Seth pointing accusingly at her. Seto narrowed his eyes noticing the brown tresses and blue eyes looking familiarly like Téa. Katsuya held her ground and said nothing but merely staring intently at Seth expecting him to trust her no matter what others said.

"My mother and only family was brutally murdered in this village" he asked her softly. "Did you do this?" Katsuya stared intently and confidently for her innocence.

"No… I never killed anyone here…" Seth closed his eyes sighing whilst his men and the woman calling herself Anzu roared that she had been lying. Katsuya blinked expecting a relieved smile but he glared at her.

"WHY DID YOU DO IT!?!?" he yelled. Katsuya winced as the bond that she had formed with him months ago started to break. At that moment all the soldiers went on the attack and Katsuya had no choice but to retaliate. The fighting became fierce as swords clashed. Katsuya forced her way out of the barrage of spears which splintered killing over a dozen soldiers all at once.

SLAP!!!

A red mark was on Katsuya's face as Seth glared at her angrily.

"WHY DID YOU DO IT!?!?!?" he shouted.

"BITCH!!!" A sickening sound of flesh slicing under cold steel metal echoed the air of the burnt village as the Téa look alike had impaled her with a sword.

Seth seeing this had tried to stop and grabbed her arm however Katsuya found herself staring at the where the blade had pierced the left side of her chest before looking at the hand on the hilt then the person's face. Seth stared back in shock as he saw the emotion of utter betrayal and bitterness from her jade green eyes.

"What have I done?" Seth whispered as he head seemed to clear from the confused cloud he had been under. Katsuya however merely kicked away Anzu before gripping onto Seth and the hilts hand and pulled it further into her closing the distance between them.

She winced as she glared at Seth whilst neither noticed the smug look of the princess who had walked away from the scene staring at a bottle in her hand. The potion she had slipped into Seth's drink had worked a charm. She could manipulate him easily even to be able to hurt his own lover. She turned to person in the shadows smiling.

"They're all yours for the kicking. Now you must uphold your end of the bargain and make Atemu mine" Anzu whispered. The man smirked as his ethereal blue eyes flashed.

"Of course… I'm a `man' of my word…" Gabriel said as he twirled a strand of his sleek white hair in his hand. Anzu left whilst he smiled and strode into the scene.

"Katsuya…" Seth whispered but before he said another word Katsuya shoved him away, the blade had been pulled out of her in the process. She gasped as her lungs began to fill with blood and she was finding it hard to breath. Seth had been shoved so violently he had been knocked unconscious against a tree.

Katsuya heaved herself up and stumbled away leaving Seth unconscious on the floor. He groaned as he shook his head to rid himself of the double vision. "Katsuya…" he whispered getting up to find she was gone. He staggered and fell back again. It was hard to breath as sweat started to break out on his face again.

"Poor, poor little Seth…" Gabriel tsked as Seto's laboured breathing became unbearable. "The pharoah's kingdom will be easy pickings once your gone but I think I'll give you one more rub of salt on your wounds in your last few moments before you die. Katsuya is indeed a very special woman… true her powers of summoning are almost unmatched but the power she truly hold is within her very soul"

Gabriel stopped a moment relishing the sight of the helpless brunette breathing heavily.

"She can manipulate and pull a single piece of her own soul to save your life… until she found a permanent cure for your illness. A bond was placed upon you both and if either of you breaks it by betraying the other, both of you will suffer. The healing affects of Katsuya's soul will cease and you will revert to your bed ridden self who has mere minutes to live. Of course Katsuya faces a worse fate. Because you severed the bond, that single vital piece of Katsuya's soul cannot return to her. Not only will she die but her soul will be shredded apart and she… will cease to exist…"

~But if that was true then why is Joey still here~ Seto thought

Gabriel started to chuckle before the laughter broke out in jubilation. He screamed in pain as he saw a single arrow piercing through his heart. Katsuya stood there bleeding heavily but her sceptre, that was morphed into a bow, stood strong.

"You talk too much…" she rasped.

"And you don't seem to get it when someone wants you dead" Gabriel hissed as he launched at her. His hands turned into claws scratching her hard on her shoulder. She did a sweeping kick grabbing a sword from one of the dead soldiers whilst Gabriel stumbled towards the cliff briefly. She gripped the sword tightly as a slight sheen from her aura glowed. She threw it straight at the demon's heart and he fell.

Katsuya dropped to her hands and knees before crawling over to Seth nearby. Shaking slightly she opened the pouch she had kept so closely to her and pulled out a golden petal flower with a diamond like stigma. Seth had returned to his comatosed state as she placed the flower upon his chest. The flower upon touching him disintergrated and was absorbed by his body.

Almost instantly, Seth started to breath with ease again. He opened his eyes wondering why he wasn't dead when he saw Katsuya by his side.

"Katsuya…" he whispered.

"You don't have much time…" she replied. "Go to your Pharoah's side…"

"No… we'll go together I'm sure we can find a way to restore your soul back to you"

"The seal I placed on Gabriel will only delay him but for a few moments… I have to stay to fight until you reach the capital"

"No I'll stay and fight… then you can get help. I can take him on long enough for the pharoah to arrive…"

"Seth, my dear High Priest"

"Stop calling me that!!! I don't want to be some High Priest for the pharoah. I want you to exist!!" Seth shouted as tears threatened to fall as he stared at her. Katsuya cupped a hand upon his face and staring at him intently.

"I know it'll be hard to believe but I would never ever hurt you unless I truly had no choice… " Katsuya whispered. Seth's eyes widened as her hand slid away and she stepped back towards the cliff.

"But you probably just don't understand that right now"

"Katsuya… stop…"

"I'll be waiting though…"

"NO!!!!"

"…until the day you do" She disappeared off the cliff.

"KATSUYA!!!!" Seth screamed running towards the cliff as she descended. Tears rolled down his face as he watched her plummet. Katsuya stared back sadly as she awaited her death.

"INSOLENT WENCH!!!!" Gabriel roared as his icy blue eyes turned blood red and claws ready to claw out her heart. Katsuya turned gritting her teeth and a huge explosion followed the second they clashed engulfing them both.

"KATSUUUYYYYYYAAAAAA!!!!!"

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His past self's screams echoed as Seto was pulled back to the present. He gasped staring at the ceiling of one of the monastery rooms. A single tear escaped his eyes.

"Se~to…" Ling gasped whilst Katsuya crushed her.

"Katsuya…" Seto rasped as he tried to get up from his weakened state.

"Be right with you honey… I've got a little bug to squish" Seto heaved and held onto Katsuya's arm.

"Leave her alone… it's just me you want isn't it? You can have it…" Katsuya blinked his flourscent green eyes in disbelief.

"What not even an attempt to struggle? You got the hots for her or something?" Seto leaned in on the blonde.

"Why would I feel anything for her?" he whispered as he kissed Katsuya of his own accord. Katsuya's eyes widened as he released Ling and wrapped his arms around the CEO. The transfer of energy continued to be absorbed by Katsuya and Seto felt weaker than ever. Katsuya pushed Seto away.

"What the hell was that?" he gasped for the first time irked despite Seto's cooperation. Seto's eyes were heavy.

"Just the truth… I know you're not Joey or Katsuya… But you `are' a part of them… That very piece of Katsuya's soul that was used to save my life 5000 years ago. I also know why your doing this with Mokuba, Ling, the Dragon Sceptre and that big snake… being unable to rejoin to Katsuya's soul, you're slowly disappearing… You want to exist which is the reason why you're leeching off the energy from me. And the obsessive hate you claimed to say Katsuya had for me. It wasn't her was it? It was me… you were inside me all this time and you were corrupted from the hate I had for Katsuya, for Joey and myself" Katsuya crossed his arms as he listened on in a bored tone. "You lied about everything… just so I'd hate Joey even more"

"Oh shut up…" Katsuya said with a wave of his hand but stared at his hand in confusion as he suddenly felt weak. Seto smirked his trademark CEO type smirk.

"I admit that's the first time I talk that much but it was only so I can regain the energy you stole from me…" he marched towards Katsuya and grasped him by the throat. "Now where is he?" Katsuya didn't answer as he twisted himself out of Seto's grasp to get out of the room. Seto glared as the force of his energy dragged Katsuya back and slamming him against the far side of the wall. "WHERE IS HE!?!?!?" he shouted at the blonde.

"Ow… For God sakes you can find him for yourself you know?" Katsuya rasped. Seto blinked before running out of the room leaving Katsuya to rub at his sore head. Seto scanned the area of monks praying before he found what he was looking for. Grabbing the Dragon Sceptre he tried to concentrate.

"Nisama? Seto what happened to you?" Mokuba cried staring at the the ripped up turtle neck his brother had exposing a part of his upper torso.

Tristan stared suspisciously at him. "What have you done with Joey"

"He's been kidnapped moron" was the reply.

"But we just saw him just a minute ago…"

"That wasn't him…" It suddenly dawned on Serenity and Mokuba what he had meant whilst Tristan looked confused as ever.

"Where do we find him?" Seto stared at the Dragon Sceptre.

"The same way he found me" he closed his eyes in deep concentration. The Dragon Sceptre reacted with a not green or gold but a blue aura this time. He opened his eyes again to find the senses of a second sight began to focus. For the first time he saw a large cave tunnel that had been dug on the far wall of the monastery. The others followed him cautiously.

The sceptre started to shimmer bringing light in the otherwise pitch black walls and it had been a few good minutes of walking into the dark tunnel before it sated to open out to a larger chamber which branched out to many tunnels like a honeycomb. In the middle was a large willow tree.

Seto squinted as he saw the large willow tree branching out against the bare and dead soil, the sun had peered through a hole in the ceiling whilst the leaves over hung like a curtain. It was a very familiar scene and Seto remembered exactly why.

They approached cautiously as Mokuba gripped tightly to his brother's trenchcoat. Seto parted the curtain of leaves and sure enough there he was cradled within the tree branches. It had been the first time Seth had met Katsuya properly on a tree just like Joey was lying in right now. Like Katsuya, one arm was laying across his abdomen whilst the other dangled to the floor. Joey's hair was certainly shorter than Katsuya but somehow the way the tresses sprawled upon the bark looked exactly the same to Seto.

As expected the eyes twitched as Joey was aroused from slumber, they fluttered open though this time exposing blank amber instead of jade eyes. Joey blinked a few times though despite being awake he looked dazed. His ochre eyes seemed to see through his friends rather than at them.

"Thank God. Come on let's get you out of here" Tristan said despite this grabbing the blonde's arm. Joey wrenched his arm away whilst gripping hard onto the tree. "What's the mattter with you? Buddy we're here to rescue ya" Joey remained silent. Pain struck each of the four teens as they were thrown across the floor away from the tree. The ground had shifted under them and a scaly body had heaved out of the ground. Amber slit eyes stared intensely whilst the ground shuddered from heavy footsteps echoing in the honeycomb tunnels.

Khan dipped his head and nuzzled Joey whilst a slick forked tongue glided against the nape of his neck.

"Itsss all right. They won't hurt you anymore. Not when I'm done with them" he hissed commands as serpent poured into the entrances and lined up with bows drawn.

"What have you done to him?"

"Ssshowed him that dessspite of my form I would never betray the one I love like you once did" Seto winced as the memories had emerged clearly in his mind again. Khan nosed Joey's hair briefly hissing into his ear. "I'll execute them for you ssstarting with that treacheroussss High priesst.

His amber eyes flashed as the fangs bared to strike. A clash was heard as fangs met with blade. Andrin stood between the giant snake and the young CEO, his sword locked in arms with the fangs dripping with corrosive poison that burnt a hole on the ground. Andrin threw Khan off as he struck the nearest surrounding serpent soldiers with his Spirit Blade. Every one of them screamed in a fury of blue flames before they shattered body and soul.

As Andrin turned to direct his attack upon Khan another clash of metal echoed within the caver. Joey had blocked his attack and threw it away before resting the tip of his sword at the nape of Andrin's neck.

"Joey what the hell are you doing!?!?!?" Tristan yelled angrily. Khan's lips twitched with what could be passed off as a smirk as the serpent men moved in to cuff their prisoners with manacles. Khan leaned into whisper into Joey's ear once more.

"Maybe thissss time I'll let you execute the high priesssst with your own hand. For revenge?" Joey cast his blank eyes upon the CEO being dragged towards the walls and shackled by his wrists. He glided towards him the tip of his sword hovered a few inches off the floor.

"JOEY NO!!!" Mokuba wailed as the blonde approached the CEO chained to the wall. Joey raised the blade pointing directly at the exposed chest where his heart was still beating. The tip pierced the skin as Joey pushed it ever so slowly deeper whilst admiring the trail of blood oozing from the wound. It had only gone deep enough to touch the sternum where directly behind it would be his beating heart. Seto had to hold his breath to prevent the blade going any deeper whilst Joey gazed at the cobalt eyes.

"Any last words High Priest? If not… I'll leave my love to the execution" Khan mocked whilst Seto glared at the snake who had turned his back to leave. The floor opened up revealing the white pool as he slowly submerged into it's deaths. He turned back sadly to Joey who was still gazing at his cobalt eyes. Recognition had crossed his own ochre eyes and confusion was written all over his face. Joey's gaze turned to follow the trail of blood running down Seto's torso and shooting phantom pains filled his heart. He narrowed his eyes and dismissed them.

"NO!!!"

A sickening sound of pierced flesh and a scream echoed down the hallways. Both brown and blue eyes stared down the blade tip poked through the right side of his chest.

Katsuya smirked as the sword Joey had been holding dropped to the floor leaving a single scratch on Seto. He withdrew the sword just as swiftly turning his twin round and plunging another blow into his abdomen. A strangled cry was forced out from his lips as Katsuya withdrew the sword and slashed at the chains and releasing the captives. Seto was free to catch Joey as he fell.

"YOU!!!" Seto seethed. Katsuya smirked and shrugged his shoulders.

"It was to save you man… well… the first stab was anyway…" Katsuya chuckled before he winced and two red flowers bloomed from his chest and stomach.

He dropped to his knees cradling the blood that was lost from the wounds that he shared with Joey before he crawled his way towards the group huddled around his fallen twin. They stared in confusion of the phantom wounds that had been inflicted.

"How?"

"Look moneybags…you've denied me the right to be a separate being from my twin there so I might as well get back to my original job. Since we're more a part of the same soul if he gets hurt so do I. Kinda like saying that I just stabbed myself" Seto narrowed his eyes at the blonde who's strange flourescent eyes had completely faded away to an earthy brown. Seto turned his attention to the blonde in his arms who whimpered and shook just like the puppy dog he had once nicknamed him. Joey's eyes then rolled to the back of his head as a black mist emitted from the stab wounds. The shadow he casted suddenly contorted and writhed as if in pain.

Katsuya smirked as he looked at his bloodied blade of which he had placed a charm upon. The shadow let out a strangled rasp drawing attention to the others as it convulsed and writhed against the cobblestone floor. Finally it bloated up like a puffer fish then shattered as if nothing had happened. The black mist from the wounds had disappeared. Joey's blinked a few times from his dreamlike state only to be welcomed by pain, cold and dizzyness.

"Big brother…" Serenity whispered taking him by the hand and squeezing it gently.

"M' sorry…" he murmured shakily. "I'm really sorry…"

"Hey, it wasn't your fault bud…" Tristan had gripped him on the shoulder with reassurance when they heard echoing screeches were heard throughout the hallway.

"Sounds like somebody knows what you just did Katsuya" Katusya shrugged.

"Not my problem. I can't do anything more for you from this point. You're on your own. So get yourself out of this place `High Priest'" with that said Katsuya seemed to fade away leaving a single shining pearl floating in the air before it disappeared into Seto's chest.

"Kaiba?"

"I'll explain later. Let's just get you out of here" he scooped Joey and headed towards the tunnel that they came from. The ground shook as Khan had erupted from the ground and hissed violently. Seto glared carefully handing the blonde to Andrin. Khan had coiled his body in ready to strike out with his fangs as Seto stood his ground gripping the Dragon Sceptre on one hand.

Fangs clashed with gold as the group scattered into two.

"Get out of here!!!" Andrin yelled towards the three younger three. Mokuba nodded as he led Serenity and Tristan out of the cavern. Serpent men poured into the cavern as Andrin lay Joey against the tree and locked in battle with them. Khan hissed and attacked Seto who blocked him with the Dragon Sceptre, corrosive poison melted two holes on either side of him as he threw him out of the lock but leaving himself open to the scaly tail to swipe him into the open milk pool. Khan hissed triumphuntly as he coiled his body around Seto before dragging him into the pool. He tightened around him whislt keeping him submerged.

His chest constricted as his air began to run out. There was a sickening crack as he felt his rib cage begin to succumb to the pressure whilst the burning of his chest desperate for oxygen became unbearable. Every movement he made took too much energy and he the memories started to resurface again.

He was flailing and drowning under the rapids of water washing pounding over his body when warm, gentle but firm arms had wrapped around him in an embrace and he felt himself slowly glide his away. It was the first time they had met, the first time they touched. He looked up in the sky and he would see a giant fiery bird flying above him and the cool breeze that would hid his face once he was out of the water.

Blue eyes opened to see a darkness but with a single blue glow from the orb of the Dragon Sceptre gripped tightly in his hand. He felt the body wrapped around him suddenly loosen allowing him to float back to the surface. Pain of air entered his lungs as he broke through the surface of the milk water whilst despite his waterlogged ears he heard a distinct roar and heat hit his face as he wiped out the liquid from his eyes.

Blue Eyes White Dragon towered majestically over the giant snake ready to deal a blow with his White Lightening attack. Khan had wailed in agony from the burns of his attack whislt Seto swam out of the pool coughing out any water that had made it's way into his lungs. Another attack erupted as Khan had slithered out of the way hissing menacingly at the great dragon above.

The Blue Eyes then turned his attention upon the huge army of serpent men that had left Andrin with cuts and bruises all over his body. White Lightening attacks exploded destroying great clusters of the army until only a scattered few were left. Khan growled as he launched a spitting attack of his own upon the dragon who dodged effortlessly. The battle between two serpents, one of ground and one of the air resumed as Khan dodged by going underground and coming back up in an avoid scalding attacks and finding some sort of window to get close.Seto got up to aid Andrin who was leaning heavily in exhaustion on his sword.

A strangled roar was heard as he turned to find Khan had found his window and managed to bring the great beast of the Blue Eyes White dragon to the ground. He coiled around the scaly white body and constricted whilst the Blue Eyes struggled roaring in anger and fear. Khan coiled around him some more before dealing the fatal blow with his poisonous bite. The Blue Eyes was destroyed. Khan wasted no time and charged at the CEO swiping him hard against a wall with his tail.

Whether his bones were broken or not before it wouldn't make any difference now. The reflexive actions caused incredible pain as blood welled from his lips. One of Seto's ribs had pierced his lungs. Khan smirked before once again coiling himself around the CEO's exhausted body and squeezed hard. The crushing force made other bones finally crack under the pressure.

"Niccce to know how Joey musssst have felt when you almossst killed him a while back in your mind" Khan hissed as Seto recalled the crushing earth that had enveloped the blonde when he was trying to rescue him from Katsuya. Andrin gritted his teeth as he fought through the remaining serpent men to help. "How `bout we do a little more empathissssing?" Khan had gripped a sword with the his tail and plunged deep into Seto's shoulder evidently piercing the other lung.

"KAIBA!!!!" Andrin roared as another barrage of serpent men barricaded him from being able to help. The cobalt eyes became more intense as blood was blood from a cut on his head stained his chocolate hair and running down his pale face whilst his lungs were filling up with liquid as well. Seto was drowning again as Andrin looked on in horror. The blue aura of the Dragon Sceptre itself had started to fade then disappear like a blown out candle flame.

As life seemed to ebb away from the crushing affect of Khans coils Seto turned to gaze upon the blonde nestled against the tree. Joey looked indifferent to his coming demise that for a moment Seto would have thought another shadow has possessed him and that he had slipped back into his dreamlike state.

I'll be waiting…

That was what she had said to him before she died. Seto closed his eyes as he listened to her voice start to carry him away. It wouldn't hurt to wait a little longer until they meet again.

`No' he opened his eyes again to stare back at Katsuya's current incarnation. `We've both waited for each other long enough…'

A single tear slid down his face and seemed to drift away and formed into flurry of feathers. Seto glanced up seeing the tiny golden dove flap above his head before the light it had turned into sunlight. Khan winced loosening his grip upon the broken body however Seto seemed to feel as if time had reversed as he felt his his insides mend themselves. The orifice where the sword and plunged into his chest had closed it's mouth not even leaving a scar upon his skin and the broken ribs seemed to painfully pull out of his lungs then snapped back into their original place.

It would look as if he had not been hurt at all if it were not for the bloody stains upon his white trenchcoat. The Dragon Sceptre also renewed life and the cavern seemed to contort with a swirling marble effect. A portal had been opened and Andrin stood in awe as the many creatures began to fly out of it.

Dragons of all kinds from the stories of old ranging from the Dragon Kings of Chinese mythology to the more familiar dragons of Duel monsters had flocked together in a wave before filing themselves in the form of an airbourne army towering majestically over gravely the disadvantaged serpent soldiers and, as a wave, the dragons dived in synchronised motions showering their explosive attacks upon the remaining troops of serpents soldiers.

The cavern began to shake from the huge attacks as Seto rolled out of the way when Khan was attacked by another Blue Eyes. The three humans fled through one of the tunnels as the battle raged. Khan was struck down and he fell with a screech. Seto turned his attention away from the battle towards the blonde whose fever seemed to pick up again after having spent his energy in reviving the young CEO.

"Get's some sleep Joey…" he whispered. Joey's eyes drooped as he was scooped up into the brunette's arms. He sighed as he fell asleep on his shoulder.

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Sam: Aha!!! It is done!!! The Seth/Katsuya plot is finished on Children of Destiny. Now I can just concentrate on Yugi and Yami!!!! To those who have just joined, this isn't the end.