Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Shadow of the Past; The Light of the Future ❯ Saving Seth ( Chapter 36 )

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I know! I know! I took too long to update this, but I was busy and I couldn't have a moment alone.

Marik: Yeah, with your little brother's friends coming over and always looking over your shoulder, yeah, your life as a single and only girl sucks.

You're mean.

Marik: Just stating the facts.

Bakura: How about we get this fic on the road and you'll be good to go. Oh and the SJ should come in soon.

I know! I'm so excited!

Marik: You hope this would help you end this madness.

Yes, but it's also for my own enjoyment.

Bakura: Of course, otherwise you wouldn't have a mountain high collection stacked up in your closet.

… You looked into my closet?

Bakura: I was bored and was looking for black mail.

… I'm starting the fic.

Marik: I swear it's so amusing the way you to fight like a couple!

B/Me: *whacks him* WE'RE NOT A COUPLE!

Marik: Why am I always whacked!? Damn it!

“Talking”

`Thinking'

~Place/Time~

-??? POV-

`la la la' - song(s)

^Flashback^

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`Nothing's gonna stop me now tonight

Nothing's gonna stop me now

I fly for you

I'm dreaming of you

My heart is crying for a stranger's name

Tonight I need to play a brand new game

I know I will find you

Just look around you

I feel tonight that all my dreams come true

You'll never give up thinking for me too

You are the light

In this dark night

While the night is passing by

I'm gonna make you fly

I want you to stay by my side

Nothing's gonna stop me now tonight

Nothing's gonna stop me now

I fly for you

I'm dreaming of you

Have you ever thought that this could be

This feeling so strong between you and me

Just close your eyes

There is where love lies

I hope you are the hero of my dreams

Everything seems strange also for me

This can't be wrong

My vision of love'

Ch. 36: Saving Seth

At the destroyed palace, Seth was on his knees and held the dead young woman. `Kisara…' He thought. `The light which destroyed the evil god cannot reach my heart. For me… the world will never be truly bright again.' He looked sadly at the dead woman, who looked like she was in a peaceful slumber. `Forgive me, Kisara… The truth is, I never wanted to let you go… I wanted to imprison you in the jail of my heart… You would have been the one point of light in a soul consumed by darkness. Not your spirit ka… Not your dragon… I wanted your light, Kisara… I wanted you…'

`Lord Seth…'

He heard what seemed like her voice.

`Let me protect you with the light of my spirit…'

`Kisara…' He thought sadly, thinking it was wishful thinking.

“NNUUOOOHH…” The Dark High Priest said as he looked up at the now brightened sky. “It c-can't b-be… The G-G-G-Great Evil God… Z-Z-Zorc Necrophades… Defeated… By the Pharaoh's God… Horakhty…” He then looked down at his claw-like hands. “Now… The only thing that can defeat the Pharaoh's gods… is my son Seth!!” He said to himself before looking up at the young, and devastated, high priest. “Seth!! You are destined to be King! You must kill the Pharaoh! And steep the world in SHADOWS!!”

Seth looked back at the man with a slight glare. `Shadows…' He thought. `The shadows of hatred fill my heart… I hate this man who says he's my father… But… No matter, if you are my father, then no matter what form you take… I owe you so much… And you are Akhenaden, to whom I saw fealty…'

“My son!” The Dark Priest called as he removed the mask, which showed a face wrinkled with years of hatred and the right eye was blank. “With your power… I can erase the stain of failure in our blood!”

Seth gave a full on glare at the elder as he set the dead woman down.

“Seth…” The Dark Priest continued. “Your flesh and blood are a part of me… For my last gift, I give you my soul…”

Seth had the `what-the-hell' shocked look as the elder backed into a huge crack, which looked like a bottomless pit.

“I call to the blood in your veins!” He called. “Flow with my love and boil with my hatred of the Pharaoh!!” He then pushed himself to the bottomless pit as a last thought came up. `Seth! Join with my soul and become King of the Shadows!'

`Father!!' Seth thought as he ran up to the spot where the other once stood, only to see nothing but black. Then all of a sudden, he felt something enter his mind, as if a brick had fell from the sky, and he just stood there.

Sometime later, Atem looked through the ruins and called out the young high priest. When he came across

the once known practiced duel room, he saw Seth and two stone slabs on the dueling platform.

“I've been waiting for you, Pharaoh…” Seth said with a chuckle. “The palace has fallen… such a tragedy… Now, with out wealth or power, you are a naked king.”

`Seth!!' Atem thought, slightly shocked that the other would say such a thing.

“Pharaoh! I will defeat you here, and win the crown of the kingdom!” Seth said as he laughed in an uncharacteristic tone.

Atem walked to the other side of the platform, still slightly shocked at the other's behavior.

“They say that only a king has the power to summon the gods…” Seth said with a grin. “But I, too, have a god!”

`A god?!' Atem thought as the other continued.

“Sealed in this slab, a White Dragon God!!” There was a carving of a dragon on a stone slab behind the young high priest.

Atem was shocked as he thought. `A White Dragon… A god imprinted on the stone slab!' He thought as the other continued to talk.

“You were able to defeat Zorc Necrophades by uniting the three gods into Horakhty… But the White Dragon will surpass even that power!! Let me show you…”

“Seth!!” Atem called out. “We don't have time to fight each other! The High Priest of Darkness is still alive!”

“If you mean me, Pharaoh, I'm right here… Within Seth's soul!” The Dark Priest said through Seth. “Zorc Necrophades has vanished from the earth… But we will inherit his evil and become the new king!”

Atem took a closer look at the other's eyes and thought. `I can see it in his eyes… Seth's not himself… Can it be? Akhenaden's evil consciousness?'

“I will defeat you here and now…” Seth, or the Dark Priest continued. “And become the King of the Shadows!!”

Within the soul of Seth, Akhenaden stood up with crazed pride, while Seth was on his knees, looking defeated.

“My son…” Akhenaden said to Seth. “Now is the time for my wish on the Millennium Eye to be fulfilled!!”

`Father…' Seth thought while the other continued.

“With the power of the Millennium Rod, I removed the god from that girl and trapped it in the slab… All so that you could be king…”

Seth looked defeated as the other called out.

“Destroy the Pharaoh! Use the White Dragon! Annihilate him!”

Back out in the palace ruins, the controlled Seth called out. “DIAHA!”

“Stop, Seth!!” Atem called out. “You're being controlled!!”

But the controlled Seth ignored him as he called out. “Behold, Pharaoh!! The power of my god shakes even the HEAVENS!!” A flash of bright, white light came out of the slab.

Atem couldn't help but be amazed as he thought. `A White… Dragon!!'

Soon the light became solid and the Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared as Seth laughed.

`What powerful heka!!' The young king thought as he brought an arm to his face as a strong wind came up. `I have no choice but to fight…' He looked determined as he called out. “I summon the Dark Magician!!” A carving appeared on the slab behind him and Mahado appeared once more.

`Wh-What a monster!' Mahado thought. `I sense power to rival the gods!!' He then looked determined. `The Pharaoh's ba is nearly gone from his battle with Zorc! He can't summon the gods anymore! Even with Heba's help.' He doesn't know that Yugi is her real name as he continued to think. `How much can I fight with the heka I have left to me?!'

`Mahado!' Atem thought through the link. `Don't aim for the dragon itself! Aim for the stone slab!!'

`Yes!' Mahado agreed.

“White Dragon!” Seth called. “Attack the Pharaoh's servant! Reign of Destruction!!”

Mahado did a pose as he readied his magic. `I must put all of my heka in to this one attack!!' He thought as he dodged the beam-like attack and called out his spell. “Black Magic!” As his attack went towards the other's stone slab, he thought. `Be gone, White Dragon!'

“So you aimed for the stone slab…” Seth said. “But… You're too slow…”

“NO…” Mahado said.

`What?!' Atem thought as the dragon's attack hit this slab. `He destroyed the magician's slab first!'

Mahado's form was once again disappearing as he thought. `He aimed for me… for my slab… so much faster…'

“Mahado!!” Atem called as the magician completely disappeared.

Seth chuckled before saying. “You've lost your last servant.” He then called out. “You pitiful king! Now you have nothing but the clothes on your back!” He then laughed while Atem stood there and glared.

While in Seth's soul, Akhenaden was more then swelled with pride as he said. “Prepare yourself, son of Akhenamkhanen, all my years of hatred will come together in my next blow… And kill you once and for all!”

Back on the outside, Atem spoke. “Seth… Can you hear my voice?”

Seth in his soul looked attentive.

“Even if you defeat me… you can never become a true king as long as you are ruled by the darkness!”

“What?” Said the controlled Seth.

“Take my light!” Atem called. “Kill me if you have to, but take it! And ask yourself… What kind of king are you? In the prison of your soul, do you shine with pride?”

Seth looked surprised within the darkness in his soul as Akhenaden shouted.

“Nothing you say will help! Die, Pharaoh!”

Back on the outside, the controlled Seth ordered out. “White Dragon! KILL THE PHARAOH!!” But the dragon did nothing, which was a shock on both sides of the field. “Why!!” Seth said as Akhenaden demanded.

“Why won't you attack?!” Then the dragon started to fade away. `The dragon…' He thought. `It's fading away…' And once the dragon was nowhere to be seen, the carving started to disappear as well. `It's vanishing from the slab as well… Where in the world has it gone?' Then all of a sudden, a bright light came in. `Wh-What? A light?' He questioned.

Seth looked up as Akhenaden had a look of disbelief.

`No… It can't be…'

Then the light began to take form as a soft voice was heard. `Lord Seth…'

Seth couldn't believe his eyes. `Kisara…'

She smiled as she thought to him. `You must not be captured by the shadows…'

With that, Seth's form lifted up into the light and the White Dragon appeared before Akhenaden as he silently screamed when the room brightened.

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`If I never knew you
If I never felt this love
I would have no inkling of
How precious life can be

And if I never held you
I would never have a clue
How at last I'd find in you
The missing part of me.

In this world so full of fear
Full of rage and lies
I can see the truth so clear
In your eyes
So dry your eyes

And I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you

If I never knew you
I'd be safe but half as real
Never knowing I could feel
A love so strong and true

I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you

I thought our love would be so beautiful
Somehow we'd make the whole world bright
I never knew that fear and hate could be so strong
all they'd leave us were these whispers in the night
But still my heart is saying we were right

Oh if I never knew you
If I never knew you
I would have no inkling of
If our time has gone too fast
How precious life can be...
I've lived at last...

I thought our love would be so beautiful
Somehow we'd make the whole world bright
I thought our love would be so beautiful
We'd turn the darkness into light
And still my heart is saying we were right
we were right

And if I never knew you
If I never knew you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Empty as the sky
Never knowing why

Lost forever
If I never knew you
If I never knew you (oh)
If I never knew you'