Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Demented Adventures of Angel Bakura ❯ 3. Side Event 2: The Question Inspired Quest ( Chapter 10 )

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(3) SIDE EVENT 2: The Question Inspired Quest

Chevelle: Still Running Lyrics

Alone, you support, then embrace

Another reason to see

Success we unfold, clutching firm

That in me panics for sure

The lie, want to know, has it met

Expectations so far

Now run, make amends, feeling torn

Boy you better be sure

Still running

Never watching up, say it

Say it, say it that it’s done

I want, want it need it done

Say it, say it that it’s done

I want, want it need it done

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After using Arthur Hawkins, Marik’s latest puppet, to get the needed clearance and all the needs for an expedition of this sorts the group was following his directions down into the sea and deeper into the dark depths. Malik felt Yami tense up with a look of concentration on his face.

“Yugi found out what happened to Angel.” He stated out of the blue as Solomon glanced at him in surprise, like a few others. “But, she is a bit too stressed to tell me what. Apparently had something to do with a… deal?”

“Who are Yugi and Angel?” Rebecca asked him as Malik snickered.

“Yugi is Solomon’s granddaughter and Yami’s wife and Angel is Ryou Bakura’s daughter.” Malik replied as Rebecca twitched in anger. Yami felt a sense of dread and sat back with a hand covering his eyes. He didn’t need another jealous female on his case, especially with his own stressing deals.

“I wonder how the kids are doing.” He muttered, barely recovering from his bad feelings and the flirting that was still going on beside him.

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Rashid, the loyal servant to the Ishtar Family, was surprised to look upon the boy he would serve in the future. He looked like Malik Ishtar, who he could vaguely recall seeing he never served the boy. He glanced at the girl, who seemed really uneasy alone with the group of them.

“Miss Motou, would you care for me to show you to your room?” he asked as she nodded, following him off as grandfather and grandson were still deep in conversation. Yet, as soon as the door shut Grandpa Ishtar laughed.

“She’s a beautiful girl.” Grandpa stated as Anubis shifted uneasily.

“And dangerous, and powerful, and deadly…” he trailed off as the older man laughed.

“I can help you with that child, no trouble.” He stated as Anubis now felt like something bad was going to happen.

So it did.

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Rashid blinked as Yumi paused and had an odd look on her face. He looked at ahead and seen a confused looking boy with a bandana and a pack with an umbrella. They both approached him as he ranted on about ‘injustice’ and a boy named ‘Ranma Soatome’ and obviously a girl he called ‘sweet Akane’ which made both rather… well, good question. They were probably confused as hell and highly amused.

“Here I thought all the nuts were past people that are hell bent on killing Mom and Dad.” Yumi muttered as Rashid rested a hand on her shoulder as she went to say something to the boy. “Hey, it’s either ask or else he’ll get lost here and you’ll be blamed.”

Okay, so she had an interesting point.

“Excuse me, sir.” Rashid stated as the boy spun to face them, looking just as confused as they were. “How did you get here?”

“Where’s here?” he asked as Yumi sighed.

“You’re in Egypt, on the outskirts of Cairo to be honest.” Yumi replied as he frowned.

“Where’s Nermia, Japan?” he asked as both Rashid and herself looked ready to hit him. So they did the next best thing, they drug him to the nearest window and pointed out.

“Over the sands, across an ocean, and hang a left at China.” She replied sarcastically as he tried to pull away from them, only to find out one minor thing. “Where the hell did you take us?” was all Yumi said after that as Rashid twitched and Ryouga Habiki gave a nervous laugh.

“Good question.”

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After an hour or two and half a dozen warnings, the group made it to the temple and easily climbed from the subermersible onto the darkened stone. It was amazing the place still looked to be intact after all the millennia, but they weren’t there to study it or gawk at it in fascination for the world beyond.

They were there because of something else.

Guardian Pharaoh of the Holy Land, follow us…

Yami paused as the rest were already at the walls and marveling at the carvings. Obviously they didn’t hear it… [[Maybe a trick of the wind.]] Yami thought and went to take a step towards one of the columns.

Pharaoh, follow us to that which you seek… follow us to the truth. A second voice echoed as Yami felt something guiding his steps now as he proceeded into the shadowed corridor. Marik seen this and frowned.

“Yami!” he shouted as the man didn’t respond, but the others did and followed him as he sprinted after the Ancient Pharaoh.

[[What do you want?]] He snarled as something guided his body through the corridor, farther into the temple and farther into danger.

To show you the truth, to show you that which has plagued you since your last days as Pharaoh. The third stated, this time closer to his ear as his body refused to listen to his commands. Something that is troubling to your children and the children of your old court.

That made him stop struggling for control as he picked up pace with the end of such struggling.

Marik and Malik had been the first to reach the chamber Yami disappeared into as the room was illuminated by odd stones that sat on varying tri-pods in the center of the room. The walls had detailed carvings of the entire Shadow Court of the Nameless Pharaoh. The group, minus three, was in awe of this as Yami and Marik’s eyes narrowed.

“What is the meaning of this, Yami?” Marik growled out as Rebecca glared at him.

This is what we have to tell you, foolish Guard!The third voice snarled as the two did jump. It was then Yami stepped forward and peered at the carving of his prepared for battle, but a wound of sorts was visible in her abdomen. Read, Pharaoh, tell them what we wrote here before your sacrifice to keep the Holy Lands separate from the Mortal Lands.

Yami ran his fingers over the hieroglyphs under that and frowned.

“From a dying race of people he arose from the sands on call from the Night Skies Queen, given the riches for one favor that she requested. The King of Nothing took on the Queen’s wishes to kill God’s Wife and leave him to marry her own chosen, believing the present Wife to be unworthy.” He stated as all listened to him. “As he followed the Wife and the Pharaoh he soon felt the need to let Wife live under the condition that she would leave her present life and be resurrected with him.”

Marik’s eyes went wide as Malik steadied his yami husband. They both knew this was the beginning to the one question they had about Nepha Yugi’s assassination which brought down an entire empire.

“Upon her refusal the King of Nothing killed her before the gathered grouping of the Court. The sands stole her blood as the Goddesses whisked her soul away from potential damnation under the King. It was that day the Gods looked down on the Pharaoh and could not do a thing to fix the shattered god.” Yami continued as he went to read the rest, but frowned as he realized it was chiseled off.

“Yami?” Solomon asked as the Ancient Pharaoh did move.

We know she lives, we know of your children… but he lives and knows not about anything. The second one stated as Yami started to shake with pent up anger.

The Prophecy! Read the Prophecy! The first voice urged as Yami felt himself being led over to another wall, this time a tablet was suspended above the wall where it depicted the sealing of the Realms from one another.

“Oracles Prophecy.” He stated and blinked, sliding a piece of the puzzle together. “Are you three the Oracles?”

Yes, we are the Oracles Knights. The nameless defenders of the Holy Lands. Now read! The third one stated, sounding a bit irritated.

“Alright, be patient.” He growled as Rebecca was holding on to her grandfather. “Destroyed by greed of power by a God of infinite power. Not let him rise again or suffer the same. Knights of Three awaiting untold times to be awakened and freed. Only in dire need shall these three be reawakened. Three chosen shall be decided to take their place.” He stated, as the rest felt a little perplexed by this.

He read through the rest as his eyes widened to an impossible size.

“Oh Ra.” He hissed out in anger.

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Rini Chiba was feeling guilty as she sat at the Tendo table for dinner. Jade had settled well with what she did. Hell, she boasted about defeating Angel! She shook her head and tried to dismiss the thoughts about Angel’s relatives and why they haven’t found them yet.

So she was paranoid, but she had good reason to be!

Jade was causing troubles for Ranma Soatome and his varying fiancées, but she didn’t care. Rini ignored them and tried to focus on her own feelings. “Rini, are you alright?” Kasumi Tendo, the oldest girl yet the only one that did most of the house work and cooking. She was the picture of a perfect housewife, yet she was unmarried and taking care of the family and dojo herself.

“Yes, just thinking about something.” She replied picking at her disappearing food as the panda-cursed Genma Soatome stole it without her so much as looking up.

“RANMA! PREPARE TO DIE!” a voice shouted as two people snickered.

“You moron, you don’t announce your presence.” A familiar female voice stated as Ryouga stood with a man in black, half his bald head covered in black tattoos, and a teenage girl in jeans and a white tank top.

“At least not while turning a wall into the new door, we use manners.” The man stated as the bandana wearing marital artist gawked at them. “You brought this upon yourself, child, if you didn’t get us lost with you we wouldn’t be in this predicament.”

“Relatives?” Ranma asked with a grin as Jade paled.

“No, I’m Yumi Motou and this is my new friend Rashid. We were in Egypt until moron here blinding drug us off.” The girl stated as Rini jumped up and hugged the girl.

“Please don’t kill me or whatever your parents are known for.” She sobbed as Yumi looked really confused. Rashid shook his head as something else also decided to happen.

“Something else is wrong.” Yumi stated as they stared at her.

“Airen!” echoed as Rashid could feel one thing in his old bones. The Chinese Amazons, which he noted as they entered, were about to meet their match.

Yumi shook Rini off as she sat by a shocked Kasumi Tendo, the oldest daughter of the Tendo Clan and homemaker, and watched the old Amazon, Cologne, wearily as the old ghoul perched on her staff. Shampoo seemed intent on glomping on to Ranma as a blind man came in declaring his “love of Shampoo” and glomped on to her.

Jade was snickering as Yumi twitched.

“Quit molesting me!” Yumi shouted and hit him in the back of the head as he stumbled away and then finally collapsed. “It’s bad enough I’m back in Japan, I don’t need crazy Chinese Amazons latching on to me like I’m a damned stuff animal.”

“You I kill!” Shampoo declared and went to attack Yumi, only to be plucked out of her attack and bound by white light. Yumi looked surprised as another person entered the area; this one was inches taller then Yumi and looked like an older version of her.

“Mom?” Yumi asked in surprise as Yugi looked a little disheveled. She was covered in sand and had shoved something into her pocket. “You got involved in another Shadow Poker Game?”

“It was better then facing Kourage, but I have to question Jade.” She stated as Yumi looked confused. Jade got up to bolt only to be bound in chains. “Now, now child my patience is thin and I have many unanswered questions that you can answer.”

“I’ll never answer your questions.” Jade sneered as Akane went to get up.

“If you don’t answer mine I’ll put you in the tender care of Marik and Kourage and ‘mysteriously’ get called into work.” Yugi threatened as all was silent, Jade’s eyes widened in shock and fear. “Good, then this will work. If your mother interferes your life is forfeit.”

So Yugi was playing for keeps.

Rashid couldn’t believe this was the person that saved the world from Ishizu and varying others, he didn’t know she could be this cold. It was then he felt his robe being tugged on and glanced at Yumi as she continued to tug on his sleeve. “Stress.” She stated as a question to his unanswered question as he looked surprised. “With the disappearance of my brother twelve years ago and now Angel’s predicament, she’s stressed and pissed.”

That answered it.

Yugi motioned and the girl sat down across from her, the rest clearing as Yugi then sat down. “What is the problem?” Cologne asked as Yumi noted that her mother was definitely in no mood to deal with anything else.

“Jade fought a friend of mine and she disappeared and then came here, since this four families are wondering what the hell happened and where she is.” She answered as Cologne glared at her. “Mom won’t answer, she’s to set in questioning and this is a Game of Truth.”

Speaking of Truth…

It was then the Millennium Scales appeared between them, a feather on one end as Yugi smirked. “The object of this game is to answer my questions truthfully, for every lie the scale on the empty end will get heavier. As soon as it reaches its peak the game is over and you will be sealed into the Shadow Realms for torture, or left to the dark spirits.” She stated as many stared at the scale in awe of the gold object.

So greed was now apparent on a few faces.

“Nepha, are you forgetting something?” a dark voice asked as a white haired man stood behind her, looking rather evil as Jade was pale.

“Always.” She stated as he smirked and rested a hand on her shoulder.

“Let’s start, wench.” Kourage stated with a feral grin as a few shivered. They weren’t about to speak up and make themselves known. “Chemy, care to tell us the story?”

“I paid a visit to a few acquaintances and discovered I was crashing a party, got the background on that and found that you pissed someone off.” Yugi stated with a grin. “You broke the rules… which rules Sailor Dimension?”

Jade felt like she was now up shit creek without a paddle.

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