Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Yin and Yang ❯ Battle against the Moth ( Chapter 19 )

Disclaimer: I do not own the show Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of its characters! I never have and I never will. I only wish I had the talent to draw an anime comic. ^_^

Pairings: Yami/Yugi, Kaiba/Jou, Ryou/Bakura, Honda/Anzu, Mokuba/Serenity

Yugi, Yami, Anzu, Honda, Jou, Ryou, and Bakura are all 20.

Seto is also 20. Mokuba and Serenity are both 17.

/ Yugi to Yami /

// Yami to Yugi //

\ Ryou to Bakura \

\\ Bakura to Ryou \\

Personal Thoughts

Note: Someone caught something that I thought I had changed earlier, but didn't. Seto is supposed to also be 20 years old, not 22. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. ^_^ Tiger_Serenity

Yin and Yang

Chapter 19

********************Serenity's P.O.V.******************

Something's happening. I can feel it. Something is wrong. She didn't like these feelings. She had them too many times when something bad was happening in the past. She knew not to ignore them.

Suddenly, Yugi sat up straight on the couch. "Yami!"

"Yugi?" She laid her hand on his arm.

In the blink of an eye Yugi had teleported them to Yami. The smell was horrible. Fire!!

The building she was now standing in was being devoured by flames. But what caught her attention was a huge green moth that was releasing attack after attack. Mokuba was attempting to drag an unconscious Rex Raptor across the floor while avoiding the deadly attacks.

"Mokuba, look out!" Terror ripped through her heart. A piece of burning timber was beginning to fall down on him. He jumped, dragging Raptor with him, out of the way. Mokuba!!

"Dark Magician! Summoned Skull!" Yami threw the cards forward as he shielded himself from a blast. "Attack!"

Yugi ran towards Yami. "Yami, look out!"

"Yugi, get back! Oscuro, look out!"

Oscuro barely dodged the attack. It struck his arm. He hissed in pain, his magic staff dropping to the floor with a clatter. "Oscuro!" Yugi tackled him out of the way of another direct blast.

"Yugi, help Mokuba and Serenity get Rex and Weevil out of here! Go!" Oscuro stood up, his arm healing quickly. "Go! Now!" He grabbed his staff and attacked.

Augh! That almost hit me! This is serious! I don't want to die! Augh! Someone stop this! Yugi! Mokuba! Please don't let anything happen to Mokuba! Augh! Serenity was having to jump away from attacks. Terror slammed through her heart. Wood and ash was falling all around her. The smoke was making her gag. Slowly her body was growing tired from inhalation. Someone help!

Scab, the Summoned Skull, growled and launched his lightening attack. It bounced right off of the possessed moth. He moved to stand in front of Serenity at Yami's yelled command.

Yami told him to protect me… No! Scab growled as he blocked an attack with his body.

********************Seto's P.O.V.******************

Seto felt a familiar feeling surge through his body. He gasped and stopped dead in his tracks. "Kaiba?" Jou stopped by his side.

What the hell? What was that? Where have I felt something like that before? Wait…the god cards. Yami once told me that as High Priest I was able to tell if someone summoned a monster of high power. Every time Yami summoned one of the god cards, I could feel the magic being used to summon them. This is the same feeling! There it is again! Monsters are being summoned! What is going on? Which way?

Seto quickly oriented himself in the direction he felt the magic. Jou was staring at him curiously, but remained quiet. The stone look on his face told him to keep his mouth shut. He began walking quickly.

"Kaiba?" Jou kept pace beside him.

"Someone is summoning monsters, mutt. It feels like Yami. He must have found Rex and Weevil, but he was too late."

"Yami! We've got to get there! Which way?" Jou turned serious. His jaw set firm. His fists were clenched into fists. His eyes held a dark look. Seto almost stopped in shock.

My puppy is ready to bite… No one messes with his friends. I wonder if he would do that for me, too…

"Towards the mall. That's all I know."

"Fire! Look! Towards the mall there's a fire!" Jou started running.

They ran right into the others as they turned a corner. Bakura and Ryou had also felt the magical surge. Anzu was in near hysterics. She was repeatedly changing "No" under her breath.

The building was erupting flames out it's roof. Explosions could be heard inside. They could see flashes of white electricity through the windows. Summoned Skull…

Figures emerged out of the smoke. Mokuba! He was dragging an unconscious Rex. Yugi and Serenity were working together to carry Weevil.

"Where's Yami?" Anzu yelled.

A very worried looking Yugi dropped Weevil's legs unceremoniously to the ground. "He's still inside. He's trying to fight off Weevil's Great Moth!"

"What!?"

"Change of Heart!" Ryou threw the card forward. A beautiful split woman with one angel and one demon wing appeared. "Mira, help the others!"

"I will try, Master Ryou, but my powers might not be strong enough." Mira bowed politely

"Thanks, Ryou." Yugi ran back inside. "Come on, Mira!"

"Yug! Wait!" Jou raced after him.

Jou! Damn! "Stay here!" He yelled at Mokuba and the others. He ran after Jou into the building. He unconsciously palmed the returned Blue Eyes White Dragon cards out of his pocket.

Oscuro and Scab were struggling to fight. The moth was using it's special attack. They were losing strength by the second. Yami was too weak to summon more monsters from the blood he was losing from several wounds across his body.

"Celtic Guardian! Gaia, the Fierce Knight!" Kaiba turned to watch Yugi throw the cards forward. They appeared almost instantly. "Attack!"

Yugi summoned them!

"They still don't have enough power! Not even Mira is making a dent into it." Jou was crouched behind a crate that was not on fire.

Seto looked at the cards in his hands. I could summon you in the past as the High Priest. Why can't I summon you now? Selo, Suno, Luco! We need you! He tried to move. His eyes widened. He looked down to see his foot stuck in a crevice in the floor. The moth charged up at attack towards him. I have nothing to block it!

"Seto!! Look out! No!" He called me Seto…I love you, Katsuya Jounouchi. The moth released its attack. Seto squeezed his eyes shut. Goodbye, Mokuba…Jou.

He heard a roar.

He heard two more.

He opened his eyes to see all three of his dragons in front of him. The attack bounced off of them like rubber.

********************Jou's P.O.V.******************

Jou's mouth was hanging open. He summoned them just like Yami and Yugi! "How'd you do that, Kaiba?" He fiddled with the two cards in his pocket. Crest…Maza. He lowered his hand. He didn't feel the cards disappear. He ran forward to help pry Seto's foot out of the crack in the floor.

"I don't know! Combine! Ultimate Dragon!"

The bodies of the three dragons seemed to fuzz. They melded together. Three heads roared as one. "Attack!" Seto pointed at the moth floating in the air.

The blast instantly destroyed the moth. Jou let out of whoop of triumph. Then he heard an ominous creaking noise. They weren't out of trouble yet. The building was starting to tilt. "Everyone, get out!"

They ran for an opening. It closed off in front of them. They were surrounded by deadly flames. "We're trapped." Yugi hollered.

They heard a roar and a shout over the snapping of the flames. Two glowing eyes stared at them across the warehouse. "Crest! Maza!" Jou's mouth again dropped open. Did I summon them?

Crest started beating his wings in the direction Maza was pointing. The Ultimate Dragon joined him. The flames started to swirl back. They're creating an opening!

"Run for it!" Yami ran towards it, pulling Yugi behind him. Jou and Seto raced after them. All the monsters except Oscuro, Kurtan, Maza, and Mira returned to the Shadow Realm. They followed behind.

They were safe.

Jou started coughing. He had inhaled too much smoke. Seto started pounding him on the back. Yami collapsed onto his knees. His shirt was stained crimson red. He started to wobble forward.

"Yugi, summon Lily! My healing magic does not run this deep!" Oscuro grabbed onto Yami to keep him upright.

"Mystical Elf!" He threw her card. It disappeared.

She gasped when she opened her eyes and took in their appearance. She immediately began chanting.

Jou felt a familiar warmth pass over him. His lungs, nose, and throat tingled. He sneezed. Ash came out of his nose. Eew! Gross! He looked up to see the wound on Yami's stomach heal.

********************Normal's P.O.V.******************

When she finished, Mira ran to her side. "Lily, I couldn't stop him! I couldn't take control of him. He was too strong!" One eye was dropping crystalline tears, while the other was crying red blood.

Lily pulled her into a hug. "It's all right, love. At least you tried. Go home. Relax. I will be right behind you."

"Love?" Lily and Mira blushed. "How many monsters are getting together?" Yugi shook his head. "The Shadow Realm is becoming a pretty interesting place." He looked up to see Yami's stone face staring at the burning building. Fire fighters were trying valiantly to put out the flames. "Yami?"

"It would have all been over in five seconds if we had Exodia, or the god cards."

"Yami, we lost parts of Exodia on the way to Duelist Kingdom. We haven't found replacements yet. And, we agreed never to use the god cards again because even you have trouble controlling them."

"Even with their added power, I'm not sure it would be enough, aibou. Those monsters should never have been created. They were created by the second high master, who was supposed to be the Realm`s master guardian. He lost control of them in his craze for world domination. Ra stripped him of his powers as punishment. Ra then allowed the Shadow Monsters to kill him. However, the Devil Monsters still terrorized the Earth and Realm. Then, I was brought up against them. I thought I had sealed them for good."

********************Ryou's P.O.V.******************

"Rezink said something about sending a weakening spell to Earth in the form of a love spell."

No! It can't be…can it? Ryou blanched at Yugi's comment. "No…"

\\ Ryou? \\

\Kura…I don't…I don't feel very well right now. \ A love spell…

********************Lily's P.O.V.******************

Lily had been watching Ryou. "No, Ryou. Not yet." She began chanting softly. The memories that she knew were flashing through his mind were pushed to the back of this memory.

Charity, the Magician of Faith had visited her earlier to tell her of about a vision she had. Ryou would recall something distressing today. He must not remember now. It is not the time. For him to remember now may change the fate of both worlds. Lily was to push the memory away using a chant that she gave her.

Bakura jumped forward to catch Ryou as he started to fall. "What did you do to him?" He rounded on the elf ready to strike her. She backed away with raised hands.

"I healed him." She could feel Oscuro's eyes on her. He knew that is not what she did, but he did not question her out loud.

"He doesn't act like you healed him!"

"He was weak from the previous day. There was too much stress on his heart. I just strengthened it. See he is fine now."

Bakura snorted. He pulled Ryou back into his side. Ryou snuggled into him.

With a thought she made herself disappear back to the Shadow Realm. Mira appeared right beside her.

********************Seto's P.O.V.******************

Seto hadn't watched the confrontation. He was staring at the cards in his hands. Thank you, my friends. In his mind he heard three soft "You're welcome."

He turned to look at the burning building. It fell over from lack of support. Fire fighters scrambled out of the way. Luckily, no one was injured. I was able to summon them. He looked over at Jou, who was staring at the rubble. He summoned Crest and Maza. How? Why did he call me Seto? A hand on his arm startled him.

"Thank you, Kaiba." Yami nodded.

"You're welcome. I don't even know how I did it. I just…did it." Seto shook his head. Jou was walking towards them.

"Yami, how come the Devil Monsters didn't take over Kaiba's dragon? It was more powerful. Or Crest?"

"There wasn't anything for them to possess. They were 100% here on Earth. They can only control the monsters that are in partial reality."

"Oh."

Yami turned back to Kaiba. "Remember, Kaiba, you are the reincarnation of my High Priest. Your powers have just surfaced more. You have a certain amount of Shadow powers. Somehow…I feel you all do. Jou just proved that possibility."

"Man, I can't believe I summoned them. I don't know what I did. It was so cool!"

Damn…he looks good. "Look, the puppy is dancing around like it has a new toy."

"Kaiba, for the last time, I am not a dog, puppy, or any other name for a canine!" Jou's long bangs fell into his eyes. His honey eyes flashed with unidentifiable emotions.

Damn it! I almost reached up to move it back. His eyes are so expressive. He is my puppy. He doesn't know that, though. What is…is that…pain I see in his eyes? Why?

Yami had finally had it. After what had happened in the last 24 hours, his temper was way too short. "Just tell him, you idiot!"

Everyone froze and stared at Yami in shock. He visibly gulped. "Uh…Kaiba, it's better to know the answer than wonder, isn't it?" He walked away quickly over to Yugi.

What? Why would he… Jou was staring at him weird.

"What did he mean, Se…Kaiba?"

He almost called me Seto! Why? A decision clicked in his mind. It is better to know. Yami's right. Here goes… "Jou, since you both live all the way across town, why don't you stay at my place tonight? It's closer."

Serenity started to jump up and down. "Oh, Jou, please!" She gave him her best puppy-eyed look.

"Grr…oh…all right. But Mokuba better stay at least three feet from you at all times."

Serenity laughed. "Are you being protective, big brother?"

"Damn right." Jou huffed.

"So you're staying?"

"I guess so." Jou sighed.

"Yes!" Mokuba twirled a giggling Serenity through the air. Jou growled.

"See, you are a dog. You growl just like one."

"I'm not a dog!"

"Oh, Jou." Serenity sighed.

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Remember, in this fic I have tweaked Mokuba's age to make him the same as Serenity.

Oscuro - Dark Magician

Kurtan - Celtic Guardian

Fanta - Curse of Dragon

Scab - Summoned Skull

Maza - Flame Swordsman

Celo, Suno (female), and Luco - Blue Eyes White Dragons

Ura - Man Eater Bug

Lily - Mystic Elf

Mira - Change of Heart

Charity - Magician of Faith

Crest - Red Eyes Black Dragon