Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Evading Destiny ❯ Chapter 6
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
By: Murasaki Rose 
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Shounen / Romance / Fantasy / Hentai / Adventure | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 05.29.2010 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 516 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Shounen / Romance / Fantasy / Hentai / Adventure | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 05.29.2010 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.7K | Visits: 516 | Status: Work In Progress
I know. I know. It's been a month. But I did say I'd post a minimum of one chapter per month, so at least I'm still on schedule.
I probably could have pulled off two chapters if I hadn't been getting ready for A-kon 21. If you're going to be there look for me and my sister, we're cosplaying as Bulma and Chichi from Dragonball. (I'll be Bulma.)
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Title: Evading Destiny
Part: 6/??
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, the reunited soul mates continue to adjust to their new life in Domino as well as the modern teens' impending graduation. Things appear to be going well until a strange series of seemingly random attacks and bizarre accidents begin plaguing both the lights and their protectors, forcing their lovers into action. In order to protect their mates, the ancient beings must now determine not only the fate of the "lost" city of Atlantis, but also their entire species! The race is on to find the answers before they all face annihilation at the hands of an unknown enemy.
Author Note: I've finally settled on a shipping name for Dartz and Hanasaki. See I've been doing some poking around and have learned that apparently no one has ever used this pairing before, so I needed to give it a "shipping" name. After much thought and internal debate, I've decided to name the pairing: legendshipping. If you know of another cannon pairing that uses this name, let me know and I'll come up with something else, but as far as I know, there are no pairings/relationships with this title. (Gx and 5Ds does not count. Those are different series and I believe I've seen a couple shipping names from the original list in those too, again correct me if I'm wrong.) Just to repeat, I'm calling the Dartz x Hanasaki pairing: Legendshipping. ^_^v
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Two weeks had passed since Siegfried had met with Kadir, the representative of his acolytes' descendants and much had changed since then. The first order of business was meeting with the elders.
Understandably, they were more than a little suspicious of Siegfried's claims and had demanded proof of his claim. Coordinating between them, Kadir tackled the difficult task of arranging for them to meet in a neutral location that both sides approved of.
It took Siegfried all of sixty seconds to convince them of his true identity.
With that out of the way, he ordered a gathering of all his acolytes in order to cement his leadership and begin the next phase in his plans. To his utter disdain, the full number of men, and they were ALL men, totaled less than one hundred. He had commanded more than three times that number when he took the throne and had increased the people in his following to numbers in the thousands by the time of his death. Looking over the outdated charters, he quickly spotted several problems, first being the exclusion of women: Some of his best sorcerers were women and his best strategist had been a woman as well. Other problems included the addition of odd rituals and qualifications clearly set to elitist standards that left the common man in the dust. This would not do. This would not do at all.
Even with the scant numbers, he still had enough men to begin. Dividing the best of them into three groups, he set them to their tasks: The most intelligent of the men were sent to Egypt, in order to locate and retrieve the Sennen Items. The power the Items would give them would be a definite asset to their weakened group. For the men who were the least conspicuous and most discrete, their destination was Domino City, Japan. Siegfried wanted to know exactly how many akhu and ms-n hwi had been reincarnated and if they had accessed any of their powers yet. Finally, the most charismatic and personable men were charged with the task of recruiting new members. Throwing out the old charters, Siegfried gave them HIS restrictions on who or who not to recruit. A few of the older members had protested at this, but were quickly silenced by a well-placed blast of magic.
In just under a week the men he'd sent to Egypt returned with dire news: the Items were no longer in Egypt. By infiltrating the archaeological dig site at the old capital of Memphis, his agents had found one of the tomb guardians and had extracted what information they could before disposing of him. From their "informant" they learned that under the guise of a school trip, the Sennen Items and the Orichalos pendant had been placed in the care of six high school students and one college student.
Upon learning what had occurred the sorcerer threw a fit that rivaled a raging thunderstorm, flinging furniture about and breaking nearly every item in his office in the process. Once he managed to calm himself, the young CEO ordered his men to find out who these students were and where they had come from. It didn't take long for them to confirm his suspicions, the students had come from Domino High and Domino University.
Over the last two weeks, his agents in Japan had been keeping him fully updated by sending him regular reports on their findings. Setting the latest report back onto his desk, Siegfried turned in his chair to face the outer window. His acolytes had just confirmed the worst of his fears: the akhu he had first killed in Khemet had all returned and were in possession of the Items! They had only seen two Items so far, the puzzle and the tauk, but the other akhu were on the list of students from the dig.
A deep sense of frustration welled up in the teenage CEO, after all the work he'd done in his previous life, all his accomplishments had been undone! All of the training, the sacrifices, the years of agonizing work! . . and he would have to do it all over again.
Well, not everything perhaps.
It seemed that despite the akhu's return, their species had greatly reduced in number. And in this day and age, the creatures would have to remain in hiding for fear of being captured or killed by the authorities. Even better he knew that they had no where to hide since the shining city of Atlantis was no more. He'd seen to that personally.
Not long after he had successfully secured his position as the new pharaoh of Khemet, he had faced a challenge greater than any he had faced before: the fearsome army of Atlantis. The people of Atlantis had not taken kindly to the assassination of the entire royal family and under the command of former King Ironheart, the entire Atlantean royal army had descended upon the palace, determined to get revenge for their fallen royals and their allies.
The battle was long and difficult, especially with humans from the former pharaoh's court sabotaging their efforts from within. Things had gone considerably better once they ferreted out last of the human traitors, but the battle was still long and ugly. In the end, Amahté and his sorcerers triumphed over the Atlantean army, driving them back into their own lands to lick their wounds. Then to protect themselves from any future conflict, and to show the fate of any who betrayed the human race, he and his sorcerers, escorted by their finest warriors, marched to Atlantis and destroyed the floating city. Amahté's only regret was that the final spell had been so powerful that it had obliterated any trace of the once beautiful stronghold. He would have liked to have watched the twisted rubble crash into the ocean.
With Atlantis gone, Siegfried knew that the reborn Atlantean Queen Tryphon, now Tomoya Hanasaki, had far less power than he had before. Even if he had his king to assist him. Besides the Atlantean, there seemed to be a total of six akhu and two ms-n hwi that had been reincarnated: Yuugi Mutou was without a doubt the pharaoh's light and would be the most powerful of the group. The petite King of Games had been seen wearing the completed Sennen Puzzle, a feat neither Amahté nor his acolyte's had been able to accomplish, and doubtlessly had set the per-aA (1) Atem free.
The akhu and ms-n hwi pair: Seto Kaiba and Katsuya Jonouchi, were together and Siegfried highly suspected that the other CEO had been reunited with his darkness. It would explain why the Japanese teen had magic flowing through his aura. The idea of facing the pharaoh, his high priest, and the king of Atlantis again, left a bad taste in his mouth.
Adding to his frustrations were the four other lights his men had found in Domino: Hiroto Honda, Mai Kujaku, Ryou Bakura, and Malik Ishtar, plus the ms-n hwi Anzu. Power wise, he wasn't as worried about them as he was the others. The kkwy Bakura and Marik were powerful, but not on the same level as the pharaoh and his high priest. The other three and their mates were of inconsequential strength. Annoying, but nothing he couldn't handle even at his current strength.
Knowing that surprise would be their best defense, Siegfried knew that attacking them quickly with multiple target hits would be the best way to remain undetected for the longest stretch of time. Fortunately for them, most of akhu attended the same school and hung out together frequently, making them easy prey. Now if they could arrange a few "accidents" . . .
Summoning his men best suited for his job, Siegfried carefully laid out the foundation for their plans. "We must act with extreme caution and discretion," he warned them. "If the kkwy become aware of an active threat to their akhu, they will react violently in their defense. These creatures rely on one another, in an almost symbiotic state. Kill one and you make the other vulnerable to attack. However, if these creatures become aware that someone is actively hunting them we will have to battle them magically."
"But Master, you were able to defeat them before-"one acolyte began to say.
Faster than he could see, a hand whipped out and struck his face. "Silence you fool! When I defeated the pharaoh and his priests, I had invested years of my life into planning my attack! The sorcerers working for me had trained almost non-stop for years in preparation for our glorious battle! Even the strongest of you are mere novices in comparison! The pharaoh's akhu has successfully completed the Sennen Puzzle which means the pharaoh is free and he will surely have released the others. And unlike their akhu, they have the benefit of a lifetime of training!" he roared at the man cringing before him.
Calming himself he addressed the whole group, "No. We shall begin subtly. Kill as many of the wretched, untrained akhu as possible without raising their suspicions, while the rest of us continue to recruit and train."
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Unaware of the impending danger, life continued normally in Domino . . .
"So would you like to explain how this happened to me again?" Malik asked, gesturing with his hand to Marik's entire multi-colored body.
"Not especially," the yami replied meekly from his seat on the lid of their toilet, being careful not to make eye contact with his hikari. Fearing his own safety he'd tried checking Malik's mood through their link, but his light had erected a barrier, albeit a weak one, that the dark currently did not want to try and get around. Especially if Malik was angry.
What Marik didn't know was that there was a very good reason for the Malik to keep his end of the link blocked off. He really didn't want his poor dark to know just how funny he thought this was. It seemed that the mischievous darkness had finally gotten his just desserts for all the pranks he'd played on his older sister.
Marik looked so sheepish that it was taking him a supreme amount of effort not to laugh, but his lover was making it so hard! Even after the teen had managed to clean off the assorted makeup, paints, and creams from his mate, he still hadn't gotten the bright pink hair dye out of the cornsilk-blond colored spikes of hair that adorned his yami's head.
Even with the earlier explanations Malik had pried out of Marik, he still wasn't entirely clear as to what had occurred. All he knew for sure was that Marik and Bakura had gotten bored (a dangerous thing at any time) and had snuck off to cause mischief at Isis' and Mai's home only to have their entire scheme blown back in their faces by the older women.
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"You realize that you're going to clean the tub out when we've finished, right?" Ryou asked his darkness as he scrubbed vigorously at a particularly stubborn blotch of green on his yami's back.
Grateful that his hikari wasn't angry and that he wasn't being scolded, Bakura nodded docily. When he and Marik had returned home, dripping paint, dye and assorted other things they'd expected the worst. Thankfully both lights had simply shared a resigned glance across the hall, then dragged their respective darks inside their apartments and straight into the bathrooms.
Now Bakura's multi-colored clothing was currently being soaked in the kitchen sink (Ryou wasn't sure if he could save the shirt, but hoped to at least salvage the jeans.) and he was standing naked in the shower while he and Ryou attempted to remove the paint and dyes from his body.
"I don't know if we'll be able to wash all this out," Ryou sighed, fingering a wet lock of Bakura's new electric blue hair.
"I might be able to get it out with shadow magic."
Another sigh. "Just be careful you don't make it worse."
The incredulous yami turned to stare at his light, "How could this possibly get any worse!" he exclaimed, pointing at his hair.
Ryou shrugged, "Well, better this blue stuff than being completely bald."
Bakura stared wide-eyed at his hikari for a full minute before returning to his scrubbing. He could get used to blue.
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November 22, 2009
re-edited May 25, 2010
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1 - pharaoh (Ancient Egyptian)
I probably could have pulled off two chapters if I hadn't been getting ready for A-kon 21. If you're going to be there look for me and my sister, we're cosplaying as Bulma and Chichi from Dragonball. (I'll be Bulma.)
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Title: Evading Destiny
Part: 6/??
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, the reunited soul mates continue to adjust to their new life in Domino as well as the modern teens' impending graduation. Things appear to be going well until a strange series of seemingly random attacks and bizarre accidents begin plaguing both the lights and their protectors, forcing their lovers into action. In order to protect their mates, the ancient beings must now determine not only the fate of the "lost" city of Atlantis, but also their entire species! The race is on to find the answers before they all face annihilation at the hands of an unknown enemy.
Author Note: I've finally settled on a shipping name for Dartz and Hanasaki. See I've been doing some poking around and have learned that apparently no one has ever used this pairing before, so I needed to give it a "shipping" name. After much thought and internal debate, I've decided to name the pairing: legendshipping. If you know of another cannon pairing that uses this name, let me know and I'll come up with something else, but as far as I know, there are no pairings/relationships with this title. (Gx and 5Ds does not count. Those are different series and I believe I've seen a couple shipping names from the original list in those too, again correct me if I'm wrong.) Just to repeat, I'm calling the Dartz x Hanasaki pairing: Legendshipping. ^_^v
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Two weeks had passed since Siegfried had met with Kadir, the representative of his acolytes' descendants and much had changed since then. The first order of business was meeting with the elders.
Understandably, they were more than a little suspicious of Siegfried's claims and had demanded proof of his claim. Coordinating between them, Kadir tackled the difficult task of arranging for them to meet in a neutral location that both sides approved of.
It took Siegfried all of sixty seconds to convince them of his true identity.
With that out of the way, he ordered a gathering of all his acolytes in order to cement his leadership and begin the next phase in his plans. To his utter disdain, the full number of men, and they were ALL men, totaled less than one hundred. He had commanded more than three times that number when he took the throne and had increased the people in his following to numbers in the thousands by the time of his death. Looking over the outdated charters, he quickly spotted several problems, first being the exclusion of women: Some of his best sorcerers were women and his best strategist had been a woman as well. Other problems included the addition of odd rituals and qualifications clearly set to elitist standards that left the common man in the dust. This would not do. This would not do at all.
Even with the scant numbers, he still had enough men to begin. Dividing the best of them into three groups, he set them to their tasks: The most intelligent of the men were sent to Egypt, in order to locate and retrieve the Sennen Items. The power the Items would give them would be a definite asset to their weakened group. For the men who were the least conspicuous and most discrete, their destination was Domino City, Japan. Siegfried wanted to know exactly how many akhu and ms-n hwi had been reincarnated and if they had accessed any of their powers yet. Finally, the most charismatic and personable men were charged with the task of recruiting new members. Throwing out the old charters, Siegfried gave them HIS restrictions on who or who not to recruit. A few of the older members had protested at this, but were quickly silenced by a well-placed blast of magic.
In just under a week the men he'd sent to Egypt returned with dire news: the Items were no longer in Egypt. By infiltrating the archaeological dig site at the old capital of Memphis, his agents had found one of the tomb guardians and had extracted what information they could before disposing of him. From their "informant" they learned that under the guise of a school trip, the Sennen Items and the Orichalos pendant had been placed in the care of six high school students and one college student.
Upon learning what had occurred the sorcerer threw a fit that rivaled a raging thunderstorm, flinging furniture about and breaking nearly every item in his office in the process. Once he managed to calm himself, the young CEO ordered his men to find out who these students were and where they had come from. It didn't take long for them to confirm his suspicions, the students had come from Domino High and Domino University.
Over the last two weeks, his agents in Japan had been keeping him fully updated by sending him regular reports on their findings. Setting the latest report back onto his desk, Siegfried turned in his chair to face the outer window. His acolytes had just confirmed the worst of his fears: the akhu he had first killed in Khemet had all returned and were in possession of the Items! They had only seen two Items so far, the puzzle and the tauk, but the other akhu were on the list of students from the dig.
A deep sense of frustration welled up in the teenage CEO, after all the work he'd done in his previous life, all his accomplishments had been undone! All of the training, the sacrifices, the years of agonizing work! . . and he would have to do it all over again.
Well, not everything perhaps.
It seemed that despite the akhu's return, their species had greatly reduced in number. And in this day and age, the creatures would have to remain in hiding for fear of being captured or killed by the authorities. Even better he knew that they had no where to hide since the shining city of Atlantis was no more. He'd seen to that personally.
Not long after he had successfully secured his position as the new pharaoh of Khemet, he had faced a challenge greater than any he had faced before: the fearsome army of Atlantis. The people of Atlantis had not taken kindly to the assassination of the entire royal family and under the command of former King Ironheart, the entire Atlantean royal army had descended upon the palace, determined to get revenge for their fallen royals and their allies.
The battle was long and difficult, especially with humans from the former pharaoh's court sabotaging their efforts from within. Things had gone considerably better once they ferreted out last of the human traitors, but the battle was still long and ugly. In the end, Amahté and his sorcerers triumphed over the Atlantean army, driving them back into their own lands to lick their wounds. Then to protect themselves from any future conflict, and to show the fate of any who betrayed the human race, he and his sorcerers, escorted by their finest warriors, marched to Atlantis and destroyed the floating city. Amahté's only regret was that the final spell had been so powerful that it had obliterated any trace of the once beautiful stronghold. He would have liked to have watched the twisted rubble crash into the ocean.
With Atlantis gone, Siegfried knew that the reborn Atlantean Queen Tryphon, now Tomoya Hanasaki, had far less power than he had before. Even if he had his king to assist him. Besides the Atlantean, there seemed to be a total of six akhu and two ms-n hwi that had been reincarnated: Yuugi Mutou was without a doubt the pharaoh's light and would be the most powerful of the group. The petite King of Games had been seen wearing the completed Sennen Puzzle, a feat neither Amahté nor his acolyte's had been able to accomplish, and doubtlessly had set the per-aA (1) Atem free.
The akhu and ms-n hwi pair: Seto Kaiba and Katsuya Jonouchi, were together and Siegfried highly suspected that the other CEO had been reunited with his darkness. It would explain why the Japanese teen had magic flowing through his aura. The idea of facing the pharaoh, his high priest, and the king of Atlantis again, left a bad taste in his mouth.
Adding to his frustrations were the four other lights his men had found in Domino: Hiroto Honda, Mai Kujaku, Ryou Bakura, and Malik Ishtar, plus the ms-n hwi Anzu. Power wise, he wasn't as worried about them as he was the others. The kkwy Bakura and Marik were powerful, but not on the same level as the pharaoh and his high priest. The other three and their mates were of inconsequential strength. Annoying, but nothing he couldn't handle even at his current strength.
Knowing that surprise would be their best defense, Siegfried knew that attacking them quickly with multiple target hits would be the best way to remain undetected for the longest stretch of time. Fortunately for them, most of akhu attended the same school and hung out together frequently, making them easy prey. Now if they could arrange a few "accidents" . . .
Summoning his men best suited for his job, Siegfried carefully laid out the foundation for their plans. "We must act with extreme caution and discretion," he warned them. "If the kkwy become aware of an active threat to their akhu, they will react violently in their defense. These creatures rely on one another, in an almost symbiotic state. Kill one and you make the other vulnerable to attack. However, if these creatures become aware that someone is actively hunting them we will have to battle them magically."
"But Master, you were able to defeat them before-"one acolyte began to say.
Faster than he could see, a hand whipped out and struck his face. "Silence you fool! When I defeated the pharaoh and his priests, I had invested years of my life into planning my attack! The sorcerers working for me had trained almost non-stop for years in preparation for our glorious battle! Even the strongest of you are mere novices in comparison! The pharaoh's akhu has successfully completed the Sennen Puzzle which means the pharaoh is free and he will surely have released the others. And unlike their akhu, they have the benefit of a lifetime of training!" he roared at the man cringing before him.
Calming himself he addressed the whole group, "No. We shall begin subtly. Kill as many of the wretched, untrained akhu as possible without raising their suspicions, while the rest of us continue to recruit and train."
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Unaware of the impending danger, life continued normally in Domino . . .
"So would you like to explain how this happened to me again?" Malik asked, gesturing with his hand to Marik's entire multi-colored body.
"Not especially," the yami replied meekly from his seat on the lid of their toilet, being careful not to make eye contact with his hikari. Fearing his own safety he'd tried checking Malik's mood through their link, but his light had erected a barrier, albeit a weak one, that the dark currently did not want to try and get around. Especially if Malik was angry.
What Marik didn't know was that there was a very good reason for the Malik to keep his end of the link blocked off. He really didn't want his poor dark to know just how funny he thought this was. It seemed that the mischievous darkness had finally gotten his just desserts for all the pranks he'd played on his older sister.
Marik looked so sheepish that it was taking him a supreme amount of effort not to laugh, but his lover was making it so hard! Even after the teen had managed to clean off the assorted makeup, paints, and creams from his mate, he still hadn't gotten the bright pink hair dye out of the cornsilk-blond colored spikes of hair that adorned his yami's head.
Even with the earlier explanations Malik had pried out of Marik, he still wasn't entirely clear as to what had occurred. All he knew for sure was that Marik and Bakura had gotten bored (a dangerous thing at any time) and had snuck off to cause mischief at Isis' and Mai's home only to have their entire scheme blown back in their faces by the older women.
x-x-x-x-x-x-x
"You realize that you're going to clean the tub out when we've finished, right?" Ryou asked his darkness as he scrubbed vigorously at a particularly stubborn blotch of green on his yami's back.
Grateful that his hikari wasn't angry and that he wasn't being scolded, Bakura nodded docily. When he and Marik had returned home, dripping paint, dye and assorted other things they'd expected the worst. Thankfully both lights had simply shared a resigned glance across the hall, then dragged their respective darks inside their apartments and straight into the bathrooms.
Now Bakura's multi-colored clothing was currently being soaked in the kitchen sink (Ryou wasn't sure if he could save the shirt, but hoped to at least salvage the jeans.) and he was standing naked in the shower while he and Ryou attempted to remove the paint and dyes from his body.
"I don't know if we'll be able to wash all this out," Ryou sighed, fingering a wet lock of Bakura's new electric blue hair.
"I might be able to get it out with shadow magic."
Another sigh. "Just be careful you don't make it worse."
The incredulous yami turned to stare at his light, "How could this possibly get any worse!" he exclaimed, pointing at his hair.
Ryou shrugged, "Well, better this blue stuff than being completely bald."
Bakura stared wide-eyed at his hikari for a full minute before returning to his scrubbing. He could get used to blue.
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November 22, 2009
re-edited May 25, 2010
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1 - pharaoh (Ancient Egyptian)