Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Falling From Grace ❯ Chapter 12 ( Chapter 12 )

YUGIOH

Falling From Grace

 

 

 

Warning! Anyone religiously sensitive might find the descriptions of the ritual done in the chapter as bad or evil (which it probably is). So, if that's a problem, you may not want to read this.

 

 

Chapter 12.

Tea nodded, saying, “Yes.....I accept.”

 

Marik simply nodded and turned away, saying to Odion. “You know what to do. Begin the preparations.”

 

“Yes, master Marik”, Odion said, as he turned and walked away.

 

Tea sighed, feeling the wait was long and tedious. Finally, she slumped against the edge of the stone wall, sitting and waiting for them to finish.

 

Most of the time took up with Marik and Odion collecting items that would be needed for this Shadow Pact. But finally, Tea was able to see them start to do something.

 

Marik first painted a pentagram in the room with red. Tea shivered, hoping that was just paint, but dreading it might actually be blood.

 

Then at every point of the pentagram, Marik and Odion placed candles, purposely melting the bottom of it so that the wax would seal it in its place without a holder. Once they were all lined up, Tea assumed the candles would be lit......but that wasn't the case, atleast not yet. Instead, Marik then went scrounging through their stuff for the next needed ingredients, pulling out some old bottle as well as some dueling cards.

 

Taking the dueling cards, Marik moved to the center of the pentagram and scattered them within, while making sure they were all faced down. He then poured what looked like wine on top of the cards, and tossed some other things that Tea could only imagine to be random body parts of things, grossing her out. `What a terrible waste of all those cards, throwing all that stuff on top of them. Yugi would have a fit seeing that! And I hope those are only animal parts....', she thought to herself in fear.

 

Finally the candles were lit, as Marik began to chant some kind of ancient scripture that Tea could not understand. Somehow, the pentagram began to form an eerie greenish mist within the confines of the candles, and Tea couldn't see anything else inside anymore, including the cards or the weird stuff he threw in.

 

Then as soon as Marik finished his chanting, he looked to Tea, saying, “Come quickly. You are to place your arm inside the mist, to let the inhabitants of the Shadow Realm know who is offering this pact. Now, do it!”

 

Tea got up with a start, and headed over to the mist. With a shaky hand, she lift it up towards the mist, but didn't yet stick her arm inside....afraid of what would happen.

 

Marik snapped, “This spell will not last without contact.....hurry it up!”

 

That snapped her out of her uncertainty, and she immediately jerked her arm in, now more fearful that Marik would get mad at her for all the trouble he put into this spell for her. As she did, a shadowy form instantly took place within the green mist, causing a frightening chill to shoot right down Tea's spine.

 

“Good”, Marik stated. “One of the monsters from the Shadow Realm has answered your call. Now tell it your pact, Tea. Give it your order what it must do to fulfill your end of the deal.”

 

“Uh.....but I, I.....”, Tea stuttered. `I can't order something to kill someone! I can't do it!'

 

As if Marik was able to sense her conflict within, Marik quickly reminded her, “Keep in mind Tea, if you don't give the monster this order, then `you' will be the one that has to carry out the killing yourself, or let your friend suffer. And the pact has already been agreed upon, once you placed your arm inside. If you don't give it a command, you will still owe it. Now give it the order!”

 

Tea snapped out, “You have to kill Mr. Gumcruff!”, then gasped as her other hand went to her mouth. `What have I done? I'm a monster! I just ordered this thing to kill the janitor!'

 

There was an evil wicked laugh from within, as the darkness faded inside the mist. An instant later, the candles all blew out, and the eerie green mist vanished. Marik finally dropped his arms, saying, “It is done.....the pact has been made.”

 

“But......I didn't hear what it wanted from me”, Tea muttered, worried about what it would want, while she was also still feeling guilty for commanding it to commit murder.

 

Marik answered, “It doesn't ask for anything until the order has been carried out.” Marik then approached the pentagram's center, asking, “So.....do you want to know what had volunteered to serve you, Tea?”

 

“Uh......yeah, sure”, Tea said, not thinking it really mattered any.

 

In the center, there were no components left, and the cards were as clean as they were when he first put them there. All the cards were still face down on the ground.....except for one. Marik picked up the card, and showed it to Tea.

 

Tea's eyes widened in surprise, and maybe even shown alittle disgust. “Saggi the Dark Clown? Why would it want to help me?”

 

“One rarely knows the monster's reasons for assisting. But perhaps you will learn why, when it demands for its end of the pact”, Marik said, putting the cards away.

 

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The limo slowly drove through the slum streets of Domino City, taking the long way home. Mokuba felt a bit nervous driving in this area, for fear that some crazy person might come out and start shooting at them. `Why did Seto want to drive through here?', Mokuba thought, not understanding.

 

But the realization of why his brother took this route quickly came to light, as a familiar figure was seen walking down the street. Mokuba looked over at his brother, asking, “Joey? Why are we following Joey?”

 

“We're not. There's something I need to speak to him about”, Kaiba stated. He hit the intercom, saying, “Stop here. When I get out, take Mokuba back home then come back and get me. I should be done with my business here, by then.”

 

“But, Seto.....”, Mokuba said, worried. He was equally concerned about Joey as he was for Kaiba. Anytime his brother and Joey ever got near each other, Joey always ended up getting hurt in the end.....or saved by Yugi. And Yugi wasn't there.

 

“Don't worry, Mokuba.....I'll be fine”, Kaiba assured him, not knowing he wasn't the only person Mokuba was worrying about. “I'll be home soon.”

 

As the car stopped....Kaiba got out, closed the door, and tapped at the car for it to move on. Mokuba helplessly watched his brother, as the car sped away. `What is this about, big brother? Why were you so intent on seeing Joey, today? What's going on?'

 

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Joey hadn't noticed anything......in this neighborhood, you keep your business to yourself, don't look around you, and get to your destination as quickly as possible. He was almost back home, as he turned into an alley.

 

But it wasn't long before he realized he was being followed.......bad news. And in an alley no less that would take too long to get to the other side, and no other break-always to escape. Joey hesitated, allowing the stalker to get closer. Then when he felt that person was close enough to do something about it, he whirled around to hit him quick and hard.

 

But the person easily saw it coming. He grabbed Joey's fist, twisting it, and slamming his back against the hard brick wall.

 

Joey looked up helplessly at his attacker, and was completely shocked to find out who it was.

 

Kaiba smirked coldly down at Joey, hissing, “That's not a very nice way to greet someone, Mutt.....”

 

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Narr: Next time.....Kaiba makes his move! Will Joey reject him? Is Kaiba's fate doomed to be as terrible as Tristan's, just as Marik had told Tea? Find out next chapter!

 

Special note on Mokuba: Most stories I have seen normally portray Mokuba with an insight to his brother, automatically suspecting or knowing he has a crush on someone....sometimes even knowing who before his brother even does. But I decided not to play Mokuba in that way, and for a reason. As much as I agree that the brothers know each other very well, I also feel that the main reason Mokuba knows his brother so well is through their own experiences together. But atleast in my fic, Kaiba hasn't been with anyone else. His focus is mainly on his work, his brother, and being the best.....nothing else really matters to him. So, if you think about it that way.....how would Mokuba know how his brother would react to liking someone, if he's never liked anyone before? And since all Mokuba has to base any strange actions on by Kaiba is his past.....Mokuba can only assume the worst, especially if his focus is on Joey.

 

Another Mokuba note: This probably has to be one of the first fics of mine where Mokuba isn't as primary in the story as his brother is. Like the actual show, I had made Mokuba more of a background character in this story. I know you Mokuba fans will probably be disappointed about that.....sorry. But I wanted to keep more focused on the plot, which involves more of Tea, or Kaiba/Joey. Because of which, the brotherly interaction in this story probably wont be seen very much. Maybe next time....again, sorry about that.