Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Evading Destiny ❯ Chapter 5
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By: Murasaki Rose 
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Shounen / Romance / Fantasy / Hentai / Adventure | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 04.08.2010 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.8K | Visits: 544 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Shounen / Romance / Fantasy / Hentai / Adventure | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 04.08.2010 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.8K | Visits: 544 | Status: Work In Progress
Title: Evading Destiny
Part: 5/??
Author: Murasaki Rose
Beta: none
Genre: Romance/Fantasy/AU
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: Yami Yuugi's real name
Warnings: Yaoi (male x male), implied Mpreg
Pairings: YYxY, SxJxS, DxT, YBxR, YMxM
Minor Pairings: BMGxA, BMxK, TxCxH, HxO, PxC, IxM
Disclaimer: Here we go. Yu-Gi-Oh and all its characters are the property of Kazuki Takahashi, Shueisha, Konami, Toei, and unfortunately, 4 Kids Entertainment. In other words, I don't own them and I'm not making any money off of this, I'm just a fangirl having some fun.
A/N: "text" = speech, 'text' = thought, ((text)) = telepathy
Summary: Sequel to Retrieving Destiny. Months after their fateful trip to Egypt, Yuugi and his friends have adjusted to life with their ancient soul mates. Things appear to be going well, until just weeks before graduation, a series of bizarre accidents and seemingly random attacks begin plaguing the lights and their protectors! When the teens learn the "accidents" were planned by the same ones responsible for the attacks, their ancient lovers are forced into action. In order to protect their mates, the yami must determine, not only the location of the "lost" city of Atlantis, but also the true fate of their entire species! With new enemies coming at them with increasing power at every turn, will they find the answers they need before it's too late?
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Placing their dishes in the sink, Dartz smiled as his daughter went to go wash her hands. The former king had successfully made lunch for the family today and was feeling what was now a familiar sense of accomplishment. His light's mother had referred to it as "domestic pride". Whatever term one used to describe it, did not lessen how warm and content it made him feel. Heading down the hall to collect his light's dishes, he was greeted at the door by a tired groan. Seated at his desk, Tomoya had removed his glasses and was kneading the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger, his eyes squeezed tightly shut.
Coming up behind him, Dartz rested his hands on the teen's slender shoulders and dropped a gentle kiss on to the messy light orange locks. "Problems love?"
Tilting his head back and smiling tiredly up at his mate, Tomoya shook his head. "No, not really. There just doesn't seem to be an end to all this college paperwork."
Gently massaging the teen's shoulders, Dartz regarded the mass stack of papers before coming to a decision: "Why don't you take the afternoon off then?"
Sensing his light's interest, the older man continued, "We can take Chris to the park and let her run around while we get some sun."
Tomoya grinned, "I'm sold." Standing up, he started to work out the kinks in his back, pausing mid-stretch as something occurred to him, " We better have the knights come with us or they'll have a collective aneurysm."
Laughing Dartz cuddled his mate, "True. I should probably go call them right now so they have time to get over here."
x-x-x-x-x-x-x
Staring at the park filled with laughing and playing children, the three legendary knights could not help but be horrified. When their king had summoned them with news of their outing, the three men had been delighted that they were not being left in the dark again. (The last time they heard that the small family had gone somewhere with out guards, they had freaked out. Who knew what kind of dangers were lurking in this world?!)
"My lords, have we done something to displease you?" Timaues asked warily as he Criteaus and Hermos stared in numb, horrified fascination at the sight before them.
"No of course not, why do you ask?" Dartz replied, his gold eyes sparkling with mischief. He knew exactly why the knights were so unnerved.
The group had only been at the park for five minutes and already the three men were stressing. From a bodyguard's point of view, the park was a virtual nightmare. Keeping track of their three charges while monitoring such a large the area for danger would be immensely difficult. Of course if any one could handle it, it was these three men, but still. . . It was a nightmarish situation. Adding to their stress was the group of the children Chris had run off to play with. Apparently, they were her majesty's playmates from school.
"No reason," Timaues replied, struggling not to grimace.
Shaking his head, Dartz set out to reassure his knights. "You can relax gentlemen. Chris is in no danger from her classmates and she'll easily burn off all her excess energy running around with them. In the meantime, Tomoya and I will take a short walk. Within earshot, I assure you," he promised.
Leading his hikari towards the closest foot path he called back, "Just remember, they're only children."
Resigned to their fate, the three men settled in for what looked to be a long afternoon.
x-x-x-x-x-x-x
While the knights were distracted with watching over a happily playing Chris, Tomoya and Dartz took the opportunity to enjoy a short walk. Domino park was filled with walking and bike paths, some short, some very long. There was a nice short one that circled the playground where Chris was and for the knight's sake, the former king and queen took that route. As they walked, Tomoya couldn't help but remember the last time he and Dartz had just left while the knights weren't paying attention. The three men had freaked out so badly he feared they might end up having a panic attack.
Relishing in the semi-tranquility of the park (there was only so much tranquility to be found around children after all) Tomoya rested his head on Dartz' shoulder and heaved a contented sigh.
"Feeling better love?"
"100% better koi. We should have done this days ago."
Dartz chuckled softly at his love, "We would have if it had occurred to me."
The two walked in a companionable silence for a time before Dartz spoke again, "Have you come any closer to making a decision?"
"Slightly. I managed to narrow my choices a bit, but there's still so many branches to chose from."
"You were one of the best scholars in Atlantis, no matter what you choose, I know you will be amazing." Dartz reassured the teen.
"Thank you for the vote of confidence dear. I really do appreciate it," Tomoya replied honestly. "Things are just so much more complicated now a days."
Dartz couldn't help but laugh at that. When he made statements like that his mate sounded like the council elders!
"Ha ha, very funny," Tomoya drawled, knowing exactly what his lover was laughing about. "But I stand by my statement. Before I could just be a scholar without having to divide my choices so much. Now, I've got so many different fields to be a scholar in that I'm having a difficult time deciding." Seeing his husband was being serious again, the orange-haired hikari continued, "Now a days, people are expected to specialize in what ever field they choose. I mean look at Yuugi-kun: he wants to study history, but that's got a huge field of diversity.
Seeing the silent, "go on" in his lover's expression, the small teen continued, "Let's say he decides to be a history teacher. From there he'll have to decide what age of students and the type of history he'll want to teach. I mean, if it's just high school or younger, he could go with general history with a minor in world history, although he could specialize . . . but if he wants to teach college, then he still has to chose between general history or a more specific field and at the college level the choices are nearly limitless. And that same type of decision making will have to be done by all of us once we leave high school."
Dartz considered this, "How can you make these decisions when you have limited knowledge. How can they expect you to make these kind of life-defining decisions so quickly?"
Tomoya smiled, "It's not as bad as you think. We can change our major at any point in our studies and can even chose to work for more than one degree. Plus, there's a lot of general education classes that every student has to take. Those fill up most of the first year and part of the succeeding years. Those can also help steer you down the right career path.
Dartz nodded sagely, "That sounds good. I was wondering though . . . have you given any thought to expanding our family?"
Tomoya smiled and blushed demurely, "I have. I also remember us discussing this before. . . "
"Ah yes, we did. But you never gave me a definitive answer, love."
Looking to their daughter playing in the distance, the teen smiled, "I know. And I have given it a lot of thought." he paused and took a deep breath. "I'd love to expand our family, but not until I've finished at least one year of college."
Laughing happily, Dartz scooped his reincarnated mate up into his arms and spun him around joyfully.
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Standing in front of the large mahogany desk that dominated Siegfried's private office, a middle-aged man of Egyptian descent waited patiently for the doors to close. This was a conversation not meant for other ears.
Once Siegfried had returned to sit behind his desk, the man felt it safe enough to speak. "I must admit, I was surprised when you contacted us. You are the first person in centuries to make contact with our group directly."
"I can imagine," the young businessman replied.
The man cleared his throat before continuing, "Ours is an ancient following, dating back over three thousand years and for the last four hundred years, not one member has come from outside the family."
"Curious, for a group that once held so much power," Siegfried commented, being careful to hide just how much this particular fact vexed him.
The man coughed, "Yes, well over the centuries some family lines have had few children or simply ended. Then once the Age of Enlightenment took force our group had to go almost completely underground in order to survive. It finally reached the point that recruiting new members became dangerously impractical." he told the other man, wondering silently to himself how the other could have known their group had once held power. Had he gained information from an outside source or was the teen merely bluffing?
Siegfried's eyes narrowed, "What of the Sennen Items? They should have granted your ancestors more than enough power to maintain control."
The man's expression remained neutral, though his eyes did briefly betray the shock he felt. How could this teen possibly know that it was their cult that once held the Items? "What do you know of the Items, boy?!"
Siegfried leapt to his feet, "What do I know of the Items?! WHAT DO I KNOW?!" he roared, turquoise eyes flashing with rage. "You have no right to question ME!! NOW, TELL ME WHAT BECAME OF THE SENNEN ITEMS!!!"
Stunned by Siegfried's fury, the man answered shakily, "Th-they were stolen. Roughly five hundred years after our cult conquered Egypt, their wielders were slaughtered and the Items disappeared. It was believed that the human descendants of the kkwy Atem's court were responsible, but they had vanished long before the Items did."
"STOLEN!! How could those incompetent fools allow items of such immense power to ALL be stolen!" the teen raged.
Furious, the man retorted, "Who are you to make such allegations at my ancestors!"
Power glowing all around him, Siegfried von Schroider slammed the older man against the wall with his magic. Stunned, he slumped to the ground, lifting his head to stare at the furious teen before him. "I am the very reason your following exists! If had not gathered your ancestors and trained them in the arts, then they would still be under the thumb of those accursed kkwy and akhu! I was the one who found the spells that could seal them away! I was the one that risked my own life and soul to gather the ingredients necessary to make them! And it was I who planned and led the charge against the palace!"
Siegfried's words chilled the man to the bone, this teenager, with no connections to their group what so ever, was speaking of things known only to the highest members of their cult. But none of them possessed power like this! Struggling to his knees, the man uttered a name in awe before prostrating himself before the young CEO. "Master Amahte."
Mollified by the man's reaction, Siegfried's rage dissipated, "Rise my servant." Turning his back on the older man he walked over to the picture window, "It seems my rebirth has come at a most urgent time. I have recently learned that one of the akhu we exterminated has been reborn and I suspect there may be others. Likely they still believe they are human so we must take steps to eradicate them before they realize their power."
The man looked horrified, "The akhu have returned?"
"One at the very least. My business rival, Seto Kaiba is the reincarnation of High Priest Seth's akhu. When I touched his hand at a recent business luncheon his powers unlocked my past memories."
"Should we deal with him now?"
"No. Kaiba is powerful and influential in both the business and gaming world. Should something happen to him, the other akhu would know immediately and could go into hiding. No. We must determine where how many of them have returned before we take action."
"Where should we begin?"
Picking up a dossier off his desk, Siegfried tossed it to the man, "I have been doing a little research into that myself. Start with these four duelists. Not only do they bear a disturbing resemblance to figures from my memory but they are also located in the very same city as Kaiba."
Opening up the folder, the man was surprised when he recognized the faces within, they were some of the best duelists in the world. Shaking his head in awe he stared down at the school pictures of: Katsuya Jonouchi, Mai Kujaku, Ryou Bakura, and the King of Games himself, Yuugi Mutou.
"Jonouchi and Kujaku are without a doubt the akhu Mie and Seth's ms-n hwi husband Jono. The only change they seem to have suffered is the pale skin they've acquired from being Japanese born. Bakura and Mutou I am less sure of. Bakura was a child back then and Mutou an infant, but their resemblance to their kkwy is too uncanny not to investigate," Siegfried explained.
The man bowed deeply, "I will get our men on it immediately, my master." He turned to leave but stopped when he was addressed again.
"One more thing. Before we begin I want you to summon the others. I will assess them individually for magical talent before determining who I will train first. Then those that are not training will divide their time between tracking down the akhu and learning where those traitorous tomb keepers have hidden the Sennen Items."
"As you wish, my master," the man replied, bowing once more before exiting the room.
Turning back to the picture window, Siegfried made a silent vow to himself, 'This time I'll make sure those creatures stay dead.'
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November 20, 2009
~re-edited: April 6, 2010
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Part: 5/??
Author: Murasaki Rose
Beta: none
Genre: Romance/Fantasy/AU
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: Yami Yuugi's real name
Warnings: Yaoi (male x male), implied Mpreg
Pairings: YYxY, SxJxS, DxT, YBxR, YMxM
Minor Pairings: BMGxA, BMxK, TxCxH, HxO, PxC, IxM
Disclaimer: Here we go. Yu-Gi-Oh and all its characters are the property of Kazuki Takahashi, Shueisha, Konami, Toei, and unfortunately, 4 Kids Entertainment. In other words, I don't own them and I'm not making any money off of this, I'm just a fangirl having some fun.
A/N: "text" = speech, 'text' = thought, ((text)) = telepathy
Summary: Sequel to Retrieving Destiny. Months after their fateful trip to Egypt, Yuugi and his friends have adjusted to life with their ancient soul mates. Things appear to be going well, until just weeks before graduation, a series of bizarre accidents and seemingly random attacks begin plaguing the lights and their protectors! When the teens learn the "accidents" were planned by the same ones responsible for the attacks, their ancient lovers are forced into action. In order to protect their mates, the yami must determine, not only the location of the "lost" city of Atlantis, but also the true fate of their entire species! With new enemies coming at them with increasing power at every turn, will they find the answers they need before it's too late?
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
Placing their dishes in the sink, Dartz smiled as his daughter went to go wash her hands. The former king had successfully made lunch for the family today and was feeling what was now a familiar sense of accomplishment. His light's mother had referred to it as "domestic pride". Whatever term one used to describe it, did not lessen how warm and content it made him feel. Heading down the hall to collect his light's dishes, he was greeted at the door by a tired groan. Seated at his desk, Tomoya had removed his glasses and was kneading the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger, his eyes squeezed tightly shut.
Coming up behind him, Dartz rested his hands on the teen's slender shoulders and dropped a gentle kiss on to the messy light orange locks. "Problems love?"
Tilting his head back and smiling tiredly up at his mate, Tomoya shook his head. "No, not really. There just doesn't seem to be an end to all this college paperwork."
Gently massaging the teen's shoulders, Dartz regarded the mass stack of papers before coming to a decision: "Why don't you take the afternoon off then?"
Sensing his light's interest, the older man continued, "We can take Chris to the park and let her run around while we get some sun."
Tomoya grinned, "I'm sold." Standing up, he started to work out the kinks in his back, pausing mid-stretch as something occurred to him, " We better have the knights come with us or they'll have a collective aneurysm."
Laughing Dartz cuddled his mate, "True. I should probably go call them right now so they have time to get over here."
x-x-x-x-x-x-x
Staring at the park filled with laughing and playing children, the three legendary knights could not help but be horrified. When their king had summoned them with news of their outing, the three men had been delighted that they were not being left in the dark again. (The last time they heard that the small family had gone somewhere with out guards, they had freaked out. Who knew what kind of dangers were lurking in this world?!)
"My lords, have we done something to displease you?" Timaues asked warily as he Criteaus and Hermos stared in numb, horrified fascination at the sight before them.
"No of course not, why do you ask?" Dartz replied, his gold eyes sparkling with mischief. He knew exactly why the knights were so unnerved.
The group had only been at the park for five minutes and already the three men were stressing. From a bodyguard's point of view, the park was a virtual nightmare. Keeping track of their three charges while monitoring such a large the area for danger would be immensely difficult. Of course if any one could handle it, it was these three men, but still. . . It was a nightmarish situation. Adding to their stress was the group of the children Chris had run off to play with. Apparently, they were her majesty's playmates from school.
"No reason," Timaues replied, struggling not to grimace.
Shaking his head, Dartz set out to reassure his knights. "You can relax gentlemen. Chris is in no danger from her classmates and she'll easily burn off all her excess energy running around with them. In the meantime, Tomoya and I will take a short walk. Within earshot, I assure you," he promised.
Leading his hikari towards the closest foot path he called back, "Just remember, they're only children."
Resigned to their fate, the three men settled in for what looked to be a long afternoon.
x-x-x-x-x-x-x
While the knights were distracted with watching over a happily playing Chris, Tomoya and Dartz took the opportunity to enjoy a short walk. Domino park was filled with walking and bike paths, some short, some very long. There was a nice short one that circled the playground where Chris was and for the knight's sake, the former king and queen took that route. As they walked, Tomoya couldn't help but remember the last time he and Dartz had just left while the knights weren't paying attention. The three men had freaked out so badly he feared they might end up having a panic attack.
Relishing in the semi-tranquility of the park (there was only so much tranquility to be found around children after all) Tomoya rested his head on Dartz' shoulder and heaved a contented sigh.
"Feeling better love?"
"100% better koi. We should have done this days ago."
Dartz chuckled softly at his love, "We would have if it had occurred to me."
The two walked in a companionable silence for a time before Dartz spoke again, "Have you come any closer to making a decision?"
"Slightly. I managed to narrow my choices a bit, but there's still so many branches to chose from."
"You were one of the best scholars in Atlantis, no matter what you choose, I know you will be amazing." Dartz reassured the teen.
"Thank you for the vote of confidence dear. I really do appreciate it," Tomoya replied honestly. "Things are just so much more complicated now a days."
Dartz couldn't help but laugh at that. When he made statements like that his mate sounded like the council elders!
"Ha ha, very funny," Tomoya drawled, knowing exactly what his lover was laughing about. "But I stand by my statement. Before I could just be a scholar without having to divide my choices so much. Now, I've got so many different fields to be a scholar in that I'm having a difficult time deciding." Seeing his husband was being serious again, the orange-haired hikari continued, "Now a days, people are expected to specialize in what ever field they choose. I mean look at Yuugi-kun: he wants to study history, but that's got a huge field of diversity.
Seeing the silent, "go on" in his lover's expression, the small teen continued, "Let's say he decides to be a history teacher. From there he'll have to decide what age of students and the type of history he'll want to teach. I mean, if it's just high school or younger, he could go with general history with a minor in world history, although he could specialize . . . but if he wants to teach college, then he still has to chose between general history or a more specific field and at the college level the choices are nearly limitless. And that same type of decision making will have to be done by all of us once we leave high school."
Dartz considered this, "How can you make these decisions when you have limited knowledge. How can they expect you to make these kind of life-defining decisions so quickly?"
Tomoya smiled, "It's not as bad as you think. We can change our major at any point in our studies and can even chose to work for more than one degree. Plus, there's a lot of general education classes that every student has to take. Those fill up most of the first year and part of the succeeding years. Those can also help steer you down the right career path.
Dartz nodded sagely, "That sounds good. I was wondering though . . . have you given any thought to expanding our family?"
Tomoya smiled and blushed demurely, "I have. I also remember us discussing this before. . . "
"Ah yes, we did. But you never gave me a definitive answer, love."
Looking to their daughter playing in the distance, the teen smiled, "I know. And I have given it a lot of thought." he paused and took a deep breath. "I'd love to expand our family, but not until I've finished at least one year of college."
Laughing happily, Dartz scooped his reincarnated mate up into his arms and spun him around joyfully.
x-x-x-x-x-x-x
Standing in front of the large mahogany desk that dominated Siegfried's private office, a middle-aged man of Egyptian descent waited patiently for the doors to close. This was a conversation not meant for other ears.
Once Siegfried had returned to sit behind his desk, the man felt it safe enough to speak. "I must admit, I was surprised when you contacted us. You are the first person in centuries to make contact with our group directly."
"I can imagine," the young businessman replied.
The man cleared his throat before continuing, "Ours is an ancient following, dating back over three thousand years and for the last four hundred years, not one member has come from outside the family."
"Curious, for a group that once held so much power," Siegfried commented, being careful to hide just how much this particular fact vexed him.
The man coughed, "Yes, well over the centuries some family lines have had few children or simply ended. Then once the Age of Enlightenment took force our group had to go almost completely underground in order to survive. It finally reached the point that recruiting new members became dangerously impractical." he told the other man, wondering silently to himself how the other could have known their group had once held power. Had he gained information from an outside source or was the teen merely bluffing?
Siegfried's eyes narrowed, "What of the Sennen Items? They should have granted your ancestors more than enough power to maintain control."
The man's expression remained neutral, though his eyes did briefly betray the shock he felt. How could this teen possibly know that it was their cult that once held the Items? "What do you know of the Items, boy?!"
Siegfried leapt to his feet, "What do I know of the Items?! WHAT DO I KNOW?!" he roared, turquoise eyes flashing with rage. "You have no right to question ME!! NOW, TELL ME WHAT BECAME OF THE SENNEN ITEMS!!!"
Stunned by Siegfried's fury, the man answered shakily, "Th-they were stolen. Roughly five hundred years after our cult conquered Egypt, their wielders were slaughtered and the Items disappeared. It was believed that the human descendants of the kkwy Atem's court were responsible, but they had vanished long before the Items did."
"STOLEN!! How could those incompetent fools allow items of such immense power to ALL be stolen!" the teen raged.
Furious, the man retorted, "Who are you to make such allegations at my ancestors!"
Power glowing all around him, Siegfried von Schroider slammed the older man against the wall with his magic. Stunned, he slumped to the ground, lifting his head to stare at the furious teen before him. "I am the very reason your following exists! If had not gathered your ancestors and trained them in the arts, then they would still be under the thumb of those accursed kkwy and akhu! I was the one who found the spells that could seal them away! I was the one that risked my own life and soul to gather the ingredients necessary to make them! And it was I who planned and led the charge against the palace!"
Siegfried's words chilled the man to the bone, this teenager, with no connections to their group what so ever, was speaking of things known only to the highest members of their cult. But none of them possessed power like this! Struggling to his knees, the man uttered a name in awe before prostrating himself before the young CEO. "Master Amahte."
Mollified by the man's reaction, Siegfried's rage dissipated, "Rise my servant." Turning his back on the older man he walked over to the picture window, "It seems my rebirth has come at a most urgent time. I have recently learned that one of the akhu we exterminated has been reborn and I suspect there may be others. Likely they still believe they are human so we must take steps to eradicate them before they realize their power."
The man looked horrified, "The akhu have returned?"
"One at the very least. My business rival, Seto Kaiba is the reincarnation of High Priest Seth's akhu. When I touched his hand at a recent business luncheon his powers unlocked my past memories."
"Should we deal with him now?"
"No. Kaiba is powerful and influential in both the business and gaming world. Should something happen to him, the other akhu would know immediately and could go into hiding. No. We must determine where how many of them have returned before we take action."
"Where should we begin?"
Picking up a dossier off his desk, Siegfried tossed it to the man, "I have been doing a little research into that myself. Start with these four duelists. Not only do they bear a disturbing resemblance to figures from my memory but they are also located in the very same city as Kaiba."
Opening up the folder, the man was surprised when he recognized the faces within, they were some of the best duelists in the world. Shaking his head in awe he stared down at the school pictures of: Katsuya Jonouchi, Mai Kujaku, Ryou Bakura, and the King of Games himself, Yuugi Mutou.
"Jonouchi and Kujaku are without a doubt the akhu Mie and Seth's ms-n hwi husband Jono. The only change they seem to have suffered is the pale skin they've acquired from being Japanese born. Bakura and Mutou I am less sure of. Bakura was a child back then and Mutou an infant, but their resemblance to their kkwy is too uncanny not to investigate," Siegfried explained.
The man bowed deeply, "I will get our men on it immediately, my master." He turned to leave but stopped when he was addressed again.
"One more thing. Before we begin I want you to summon the others. I will assess them individually for magical talent before determining who I will train first. Then those that are not training will divide their time between tracking down the akhu and learning where those traitorous tomb keepers have hidden the Sennen Items."
"As you wish, my master," the man replied, bowing once more before exiting the room.
Turning back to the picture window, Siegfried made a silent vow to himself, 'This time I'll make sure those creatures stay dead.'
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November 20, 2009
~re-edited: April 6, 2010
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