Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Stranded ❯ Battle of the Brothers ( Chapter 6 )

Recap: Yami pushed Yugi through the cave. He only wanted to gently shake him. Zeus created a training field for Yami. Yami spent two years training. He and Yugi met Aphrodite, one of Yami's sisters. If trouble with a hydra and a griffin wasn't bad enough, Erick's arrival on the island was. Yami drove him off, but he came back at night and took Yugi away.
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Chapter 6: Battle of the Brothers

"Erick," Yami said angrily. He crushed the note to dust with his hands.
Then Zeus, Hera, Ares, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Hades, Poseidon, Dionysus and Nemesis appeared in the cave. They saw what happened; they also sensed Yami's anger. Yami was glad to see them.
"I'm glad to see you all," Yami said.
"We saw what happened my son," Hera said.
"I don't know what to do. I have to save Yugi," Yami said.
"Well the only way is to fight," Ares said. "We want to help you in whatever way we can. Rest assured, we will get Yugi back safe."
"Erick doesn't know about my relationship to you or most of my abilities," Yami said.
"That will come in real handy," Artemis said. "We can surprise him with that."
Yami nodded, and they devised a plan. Yami was to do what the note said, but hold back most of his strength and power. The note said that the only way to save Yugi was if Yami fought Erick man to man with no holding back strength or power. Yami would hold back enough strength and power so there would appear to be a stalemate between them. After a while, the gods and goddesses would appear next to Yami and tell Yami's true heritage and give Erick a choice of repentance or eternity in Tartarus.
Yami dove into the river and swam out for the location of the note. Zeus and the others disappeared, waiting to perform their part of the plan. He arrived at the location in an hour. The location was where the pyramid once stood. The river created a back way into the place. Yami got out and walked to Erick a few seconds later.
"So you're here," Erick said.
"Let's get this over with," Yami said.
"My point exactly," Erick said as he lunged for Yami with his sword. He had practiced before Yami arrived.
Yami drew his own sword and blocked. The sword fight raged on. Erick had gotten better, but Yami fought on to follow the plan. They ended up knocking each others swords away two hours later. The swords disappeared. Yami was still far more experienced and could've easily ended the fight.
Then Erick made a bridge appear. This bridge only ahd the beams; there was no middle. Yami flew up on it. Erick vanished and reappeared on it.
"This is all about balance. We will fight on this bridge. The fight is far from over though so don't think that the loser is the one who falls," Erick said as he approached Yami with a long-wooden pole in his hands.
Yami also created a pole and prepared to battle. Erick started with a high blow for Yami's head. Yami easily blocked. They went on for an hour blocking each other's moves. They both had good balance on the bridge beams. Then Erick ducked under Yami's blow and tried to trip Yami. Yami back flipped over the pole and landed on the beams in perfect balance.
"I don't know about you, but I don't always have to fight with a pole," Yami said as his pole vanished.
"Suit yourself," Erick said as he swung his pole at Yami's midsection.
Yami blocked with ease. Even though he held back most of his strength, it was going to take more than a pole to hurt him. He grabbed the pole and pulled it out of Erick's hands. Erick got caught off guard by that and fell off the bridge beams. He disappeared to reappear safely on the ground.
Erick was getting desperate now. He knew that Yami would win the battle unless he thought of something. 'I have to think of something. Yami will win if I don't,' he thought. Then an idea struck him. He grabbed Yugi and disappeared.
"Erick, bring him back!" Yami shouted angrily.
Then Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite and Ares appeared. They sensed Yami's anger and frustration.
"Calm down son. You won't get Yugi back with a mind clouded with anger," Hera said.
"You're right mother. I'm sorry," Yami said ashe he calmed down. "Where could Erick have taken Yugi?" he asked.
"He's taken Yugi to an underwater cave. Yugi is trapped inside for two reasons. One is that he can't swim. The other reason is that a serpent is guarding the area. Erick wants to have an underwater battle with you to decide Yugi's fate," Ares responded.
"Knowing him, I won't win either way. If I lose, Yugi dies. If I win, Yugi dies," Yami said.
"Not if we can help it. We'll make sure he keeps his end of the deal," Zeus said as he and others disappeared.
They all reappeared in the water where Erick waited. Erick was stupefied to say the least. He never expected to see Zeus or the other gods. Seeing Yami with them stupefied him even more.
"We're here to make sure that this is a fair fight with fair results for you and my brother Yami. Cheating with result in an automatic lose," Aphrodite said.
"You and Yami will have a final battle. If you win, you decide Yugi's fate. If Yami wins, Yugi goes free," Hera added.
Erick was shocked to hear that Yami was half god. He nodded in making the deal and prepared to battle with Yami. He had a few surprises in store for Yami. As Yami swam closer, Erick put an energy ring around him. The ring grew into a force field and started closing in. Yami simply teleported out of the force field and some of his own energy at Erick.
Erick swam out of hte way and charged for Yami. Yami met the charge by taking hold of Erick's arms. They were holding onto each other; Erick was trying to win the battle for strength. Since they were underwater, trying to kick each other was out. Yami added a little more strength to throw Erick ten feet away.
"You are a powerful foe. It will be a pleasure killing you. No one will dare to stand against me after you're dead," Erick said.
"No one will die by your hand. You have needlessly killed innocent people. That changes today," Yami said.
Erick swam circles around Yami. Yami simply closed his eyes. Erick came closer as he still swam around Yami. He created a red energy sword and closed in for the kill. Yami spun around around. He gained speed each second. He created a whirlpool. Erick stopped swimming in circles because Yami's whirlpool blew him back. Yami stopped spinning and drew a yellow energy sword.
They clashed swords. The power from both swords caused an explosion. They were blown back a little Erick swam for Yami. Yami moved to block the sword but Erick ducked under and slashed Yami's side.
"Uhn," Yami grunted in pain as he held his side. He quickly healed himself and prepared for Erick's next strike.
Erick came at a little of a blur toward Yami. Yami cleared his mind and focused on where Erick would strike. A sword came for Yami's head. Yami blocked the sword just in time. The energy sword fight went on for an hour before Yami knocked the sword out of Erick's hands.
Erick started to suspect something now. 'I know that Yami is not giving his all in this battle. After hearing that he's half god, he's got to be holding back,' he thought. "I know you're holding back Yami. I'll make you give everything you got," he said. He swam to the cave entrance and told the serpent to kill Yugi anyway.
Yami arrived just as the serpent went into the cave. He was horrified when he heard Yugi's scream. That horror quickly changed to anger. He swam into the cave and saw the serpent surface, ready to swallow Yugi whole. The serpent lunged for Yugi but was pulled back.
"Yugi, are you all right?" Yami asked.
"For the moment," Yugi responded. He saw that Yami had the serpent by its tail.
Yami dove underwater with the serpent. He swung it around ten times before throwing it far away. It was out of sight in a minute and was still going. Yami glared at Erick. Incredibly, Erick was unfazed by Yami's display of awesome strength as well as his glare.
"I might not be able to beat you with strength, but I can outsmart you," Erick said.
"You will do no such thing. You broke your end of the deal," Zeus said.
Completely ignoring Zeus (A/N: What a big mistake huh?), Erick swam into the cave, grabbed Yugi and teleported back to the island. Erick reappeared at the mouth of a dormant volcano. This was the volcano where sacrifices used to be made. Erick had no sacrificial thoughts in mind.
"Now to get rid of you once and for all," Erick said as he prepared to drop Yugi into the volcano.
"Hold it right there!" a deep voice yelled from above.
Erick looked up to see Yami coming down for a landing. "You can't stop me Yami," he said. "One step toward me, and your friend is doomed."
Then Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Ares, Apollo, Athena, Artemis, Poseidon, Hades, Dionysus and Nemesis appeared as well.
"You have not only broken your part of the deal but you have also ignored the king of the gods!" Zeus shouted angrily.
Nemesis and Apollo seized Erick. Unfortunately, Erick dropped Yugi in the confusion.
"Yugi!" Yami cried. He flew down after Yugi and caught him a few minutes later.
Erick had one more surprise. He disappeared from out of Nemesis and Apollo's strong grip. He reappeared in the air as a winged Minotaur. "This is my greatest achievement. Now my strength and power has increased," he said. He flew for Yami. Yami got out of his path and flew to Aphrodite.
"Keep Yugi safe my sister," Yami said as he deposited Yugi into her arms.
"Don't worry; I will," Aphrodite said.
Yami flew toward Erick and punched him in the face. Erick went flying backwards into a tree. He flew at Yami while powering up for a fire attack. When he was within one foot, he fired the attack at Yami. Yami blasted it with an energy ball. The power of the two attacks caused a gigantic explosion. The explosion let off a huge cloud of smoke. Erick tried to use the smoke to his advantage by sneak attacking Yami. Erick drew his sword and went for Yami's heart. Yami saw him coming and flew out of the way.
"How did you know where I was?" Erick asked.
"I sensed your approach and saw your shadow through the smoke," Yami responded.
Erick was mad and angrily charged for Yami. Yami simply went up. Erick headed right for a spike-like tree branch. Yami moved to grab him, but Apollo stopped him.
"What are you doing?" Yami asked.
"We knew that Erick wouldn't have changed his ways even if we did threaten him about it. He's too stubborn, ruthless and cold-hearted to do so. He has needlessly killed so many innocent people. On top of that, he ignored our father and tried to kill Yugi before the battle was over. He deserves his fate," Apollo responded.
Yami nodded and watched Erick go right into the branch. Erick was halfway through the branch and died instantly.
"He'll go to Tartarus for what he has done. He deserves an eternal life of misery," Hades said as Nemesis agreed.
"Can you introduce me to the others Yami?" Yugi asked.
"Sure Yugi," Yami responded as he and the others landed.
Aphrodite gently set Yugi on his feet.
"Yugi, I'd like you to meet Hera, queen of the gods and my mother. I'd also like you to meet my brothers Ares, god of war, Apollo, god of the sun, Poseidon, god of the water, Dionysus, god of wine, Hades, god of the Underworld, and Nemesis, god of vengeance. You've met my sister Aphrodite; meet Athena, goddess of wisdom, and Artemis, goddess of the hunt," Yami said.
"It's nice to meet you all," Yugi said.
"Likewise," the gods and goddesses said.
"Will you return to your kingdom Yami?" Athena asked.
"No Athena. Even though I'm a prince and a demigod, I want to live like a normal person. I'll visit, but I won't live there again. Living on this island for 8 years has taught me what a normal person does to survive. Besides, I want to stay with Yugi," Yami said.
Yugi had tears in his eyes.
"What's wrong Yugi?" Yami asked.
"Nothing is wrong. I'm just very happy that you want to be with me," Yugi responded.
Zeus and the other gods and goddesses disappeared. Artemis arrived in New Atlantis. The people bowed to her.
"What news do you bring Great Artemis?" Joseph asked.
"Erick is dead," Artemis responded.
"Will Prince Yami return?" Joseph asked.
"No he will not. He decided to stay with Yugi. He will visit though. You can rule without him. Set up a democracy. That way, the people can have freedom to do as they choose. You will still have laws of course," Artemis responded.
"Yami will always be our prince. We will do as you say," Joseph said.
"I'm sure Yami will be proud of all of you," Artemis said as she disappeared. She reappeared in front of Yami and said, "Your people will rule in a democratic manner.
"That's great. The ordinary merfolk will have just about as much say as the royal officials," Yami said.
Artemis disappeared. It started to get dark. Yami went to the river and caught some fish. He came back with the fish and teleported Yugi, the fish and himself to the cave. He and Yugi ate the fish. A few hours later, they slept in the cave for the last time. For on tomorrow, they would find Yugi's home.





One more chapter to go. Preview for Chapter 7: Returning Home: Yami and Yugi leave the island to search for Yugi's home. Yugi wants to swim home so Yami swims the ocean with an arm firmly around Yugi. It's going to be a very joyful reunion so you don't want to miss it. If you want a sequel to this story, just tell me. The sequel will be titled A New World. This title goes in respect that Yami will learn about life in the Philippines.