Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Passion, The Pain, The Lust Part II ❯ What Lies Beneath ( Chapter 17 )

Inside the Desert....

As Priestess Victoria and Queen Teania were heading to the Palace, Queen Teania's horse tripped over a large hump in the ground and they both fell into the sands. Priestess Victoria stopped and jumped off her horse and helped Queen Teania to her feet.

"My Queen are you okay?"

"Yes I'm fine." Queen Teania said as she was spitting out sand that was in her mouth.

"What happened?"

"My horse tripped off a large hump in the sands it felt like a little hill."

The two girls looked over at the little hill Queen Teania tripped off of and they could see a foot sticking out from under the sands.

"Is that a foot?" Priestess Victoria said.

"Let's go check it out." Queen Teania began heading over to it but Priestess Victoria pulled her back.

"Don't go over there just leave it we have to get to the Palace and were almost there."

Then a strong gust of wind blew by them and blinded them for a minute and then when it cleared the two bodies were shown......

Inside the Underground Temple....

While Diabound is holding the collapsing pole and is unable to protect itself, it is being attacked numerous times by The Magician of Illusion. Bakura lets Diabound use the pole like a shield to block The Magician of Illusions attacks. At this point, the anger and power of Diabound is up to the maximum level. Bakura didn't expect the millennium item tablet to be the target. It is an important factor of exchanging a contract with Zork for gaining dark power so he cannot let it be destroyed.

Bakura thinking to himself. "Diabound cannot protect the stone tablet and fight at the same time and if this keeps I'll be letting these bastards win. Now I'll see what these millennium items can really do....."

So by power of the millennium items Bakura is holding, he begins summoning two Ka's to protect the tablet.

"This can't be..." The Pharaoh said.

"Have no fear my Pharaoh a lowly thief like him is hardly great enough to summon a beast using the millennium items." Priest Shadah said.

Bakura activates the special ability of Diabound called Camouflage of Darkness. Diabound's appearance disappears and merges with the darkness. The Pharaoh and The Magician of Illusion try to figure out where Diabound is.

"Where could he be?" The Pharaoh looked around cautiously.

"I don't know but you must be careful because he could pop up at any moment." The Magician of Illusion said.

"I'll use my Millennium Key to summon a Ka, with this Ka I will be able to find out where Diabound is hiding."

Priest Shadah summons a Ka called the Twin Headed Jackal Warrior with his special ability he is able to find out the position of the enemy hiding inside the wall. The Twin Headed Jackal Warrior throws a blade with a chain straight to one side of the wall.

"Lucky..." Bakura said.

Diabound is revealed and the top body of Diabound appears and catches the blade. The Magician of Illusion attacks at once while Diabound is still in sight.

"Silly fool your too late Diabound has been waiting to attack. So now prepare yourself..."

There is the bottom part of Diabound in the form of a snake coming out from behind the Pharaoh. It releases Thunder Force aiming towards his back but then the Twin Headed Jackal Warrior jumps in quickly to protect the Pharaoh and block the attack while he jumps in to move the Pharaoh out of way. The Twin Headed Jackal Warrior is then destroyed. Priest Shadah falls to the ground with a thud.....

The Pharaoh rushes over to Priest Shadah and kneels down beside him.

"My Lord......run...away....there....will...be...another....day....to...fight.. ." Priest Shadah said struggling to get the words out."

"Rest my Priest you have done well...." the Pharaoh said.

The Pharaoh helps Priest Shadah to the safe side of the field and continues battling. Diabound goes into his camouflage mode again and disappears. The Magician of Illusion randomly attacks the ceiling.

"Look at you Pharaoh you're so desperate to win that you let your Ka attack the damn ceiling. How pathetic." Bakura said

A shadow of Diabound moves closer behind the Pharaoh to try and strike him again. Bakura is grinning from ear to ear knowing that it will all be over soon.

"It won't work Bakura..." The Pharaoh stands up and shouts at him.

Bakura arches his eyebrow up in confusion.

"I know where Diabound is hiding...that was the purpose of attacking the ceiling......silly fool."

Bakura looks up with eyes and mouth wide open, when he sees Diabound's appearance coming out because of the light shining through the ceiling of the Underground Temple. The Magician of Illusion quickly attacks again. He then releases a strong dark magic power toward Diabound. The Pharaoh smiles as he begins to notice that Bakura is getting weaker. The Pharaoh wonders whether the attack could beat him or not.

Though Bakura is getting weaker, he and Diabound still have enough power to continue the battle. No matter what, he still plans to kill all the Priests, the Pharaoh, and take all the millennium items, to perform the dark ritual. Both Diabound and Bakura stand up again ready to continue the battle.

Bakura knows that he cannot continue on any longer so he powers up by means of the evil spirits of Kuruelna. All the dead spirits of the Kuruelna people are flying around the temple merging into his body, so the power of Diabound is powering up even more. The Power of hate together with Bakura changes the form of Diabound to the maximum level.

"Now my Pharaoh, let's see if you can defeat me now. There is not a miracle in this world that can save you from my wrath."

Diabound got bigger and so did the snake. He had large black wings, horns, and claws. His attacks always rattled the whole room and left large marks. He was extremely large and filled up the room.

Diabound attacks. The Pharaoh is surprised that Bakura didn't activate Diabound's camouflage ability but when he looks up at the light shining down from the ceiling he knows now why Diabound can't use this ability. But Diabound's attack doesn't need that ability anymore. Without this whoever gets the first strike will prevail. The Magician of Illusion moves faster to attack with his dark magic power and strikes Diabound but, it appears that Diabound is safe. The magic power of The Magician of Illusion was blocked because of the aura shield formed by dead spirits. As a result, Diabound has a chance to attack. He counterattacks The Magician of Illusion. The magician was hurtled against the pole. The Pharaoh also gets hurt in the process.

Diabound is preparing to continue attacking The Magician of Illusion. Priest Shadah tries to help him by summoning a Ka. While he is preparing to use his millennium key to summon it, Bakura's Ka, which is protecting the millennium item tablet, launches a beam straight to his back. Priest Shadah gets hurt as the millennium key is knocked out of his hand. Bakura takes it from him laughing. Now nothing can save The Magician of Illusion anymore.......Diabound releases its powerful beam to him causing The Magician of Illusion to disappear. Mana in the form of the Dark Magician Girl appears to save him.

"Mana..." The Pharaoh said.

"Don't worry Teacher I will come and help you."

At the ceiling with a hole, they see the usual body of Mana closing her eyes as she is praying. There are some soldiers around her. Just then, the Priests, Shimon, and Kimora have just reached the underground temple to face Bakura.

"Atemu...." Kimora whispers.