27-01-2005, 10:56 AM
Chapter 4: Dark Ritual
V and RobDeLaMorte both shouted simultaneously "LOGAN STOP!" Logan turned, he was at the altar of the monolith, about to touch it. "What? Oh... I got found out eh?" They all approached him. "Look Logan...apart from myself and V, you are the last one left. I cannot allow you to risk your life!" RobDeLaMorte argued. "Shut up! I am going to die someday anyway, why wait like a weakling? DarkMagician never stopped fighting, and he was old too!" Logan retorted. "...He has a point...Very well, you can help us..." RobDeLaMorte replied grudgeingly. They approached the Altar. "So far, so good..." "Shut up V, you are going to jinx us...heheh" Logan said. A small globule of darkness sat on the altar. Logan reached for it. "Wait." Grave shouted. They looked at him, "If any of you touch that, something bad will happen. I feel it." They all hesitated, bar one. RobDeLaMorte snorted, as he grabbed the darkness, and placed it into a glass tube. "Oh! Dangerous! Come, let us leave here..." RobDeLaMorte did not finish the sentance, as Dark Falz appeared in front of them. V reacted first, by exclaiming, "Oh...FU--" "V!" RobDeLaMorte interrupted.
"Quickly, Grave you attack with your scythes, V use your Asukas and Logan, you and I shall spearhead a head-on attack. Come on!" RobDeLaMorte shouted, as he drew Chi Gochisoo. Dark Falz took a swipe at V and Grave. Grave ducked, and V did the splits, "Awouuu! Man that hurt!" V shouted, as he brought his legs together again. Grave nodded, and adopted a stance. "Hraaiii!" He shouted, as he hurled his scythe at Dark Falz. It span faster and faster until it was almost a disc. It flew in a round circle through Dark Falz three times, causing obvious damage to it. Grave leapt up, and grabbed the scythe as he landed. "Not bad..." RobDeLaMorte admitted, as he watched. Suddenly, Dark Falz turned to slash RobDeLaMorte, and there was no time to dodge. "No! Look out!" V shouted. Suddenly, an incredibly large bolt of lightning hit Dark Falz, stopping it's attack. "Who did THAT!?" Logan shouted. "I don't know..." V called back. "Whatever..." RobDeLaMorte said, "Now...watch THIS!" Chi Gochisoo rose up, and carved a visibly magical symbol in the air. "DUUUCK!" V screamed, as he realised what RobDeLaMorte was planning. Everyone did so while watching. RobDeLaMorte's false eye glowed a luminous yellow, as he suddenly shouted, "JUT!" The symbol glowed brightly, and an immense beam of a bloody colour emanated from RobDeLaMorte's forehead, and hit Dark Falz for a few moments. Dark Falz roared, and collapsed. "Holy shit! What the hell was that!?" Logan screamed aghast. "My ultimate power... My Mystic Symbol Attack..." RobDeLaMorte said, pointing to the symbol on his forehead. Grave was secretly horrified, he thought to himself, "There is no way an ordinary human can do that...Yet the legends based on DarkMagician claim he also had powers rivalling these...Perhaps they were true?" Grave snapped out of it. "So, is this it? Can this, DarkMagician, be revived?" RobDeLaMorte smiled properly for the first time in a decade. "Yes...I must finish the ritual with this essence, and BOF! DarkMagician lives once more. Hopefully...Come...the Forest awaits!" They telepiped up, as a mysterious person who watched them followed...
Grave, V and Logan were getting to know each other better while RobDeLaMorte got on with the ritual. "Now...I combine his magic...with Dark Cells...and Falz's essence...Chant the sealing words backwards...TUUM.!..STTID!...NMUOP!" A bright light enveloped the area where DarkMagician fell so long ago. RobDeLaMorte, V, Logan and Grave backed away, as a form took shape in the air in front of them, and landed on the floor. It stood up, the Ultimate Mage was back!
Chapter 5: The Hero Reborn!
The figure took shape, as the light faded. Tall, thin, long bright purple hair, and a blue robe. He looked as young as he was when he first met them. He beamed at them. "...DarkMagician?" V asked. "So...I am finally revived...You have done well RobDeLaMorte! But hold...that voice...Pete?" V leapt up, "Yeah. It's me. I was approaching death from old age, and I was placed into this life-support android. Cool huh?" DarkMagician smiled, but then he looked concerned, "Wait...old age? How long have I been 'resting'?" RobDeLaMorte chipped in, "The year is AUW 2091...You were dead about 53 years..." DarkMagician cried out, "THAT LONG!? But, that means that some of you will have..." Logan stepped in, "DarkMagician...we are the last..." DarkMagician looked horrified. "You mean... Nei ...Snow...Duraku...Infinete...Terra...All of them!?" RobDeLaMorte nodded grimly. "And what of Sakura?" "....." Everyone went quiet. DarkMagician looked grief-stricken, "So...if there are so few of us left, there was little point in me returning....." They all stayed silent. Grave broke the silence, "Wait a moment... there is still the issue of who sent me to kill RobDeLaMorte, and why. I...Ah! Of course! It makes sense now!" "What does?" V asked, as Grave folded his arms thinking. "I remember the BEE message now. It said 'Slay RobDeLaMorte for me, but quickly! He must not be allowed to finish the ri...' That was when it ended...And the voice was female..." RobDeLaMorte realised before the others. "Someone wanted to stop me reviving DarkMagician! But who? Surely we have no enemies left..." Grave had the brainwave again. "You don't think...that Hunewearl we knocked down..." RobDeLaMorte caught on, "OF COURSE! Her Gizonde was of incredible strength, knocking us both out. The Zonde that hit Dark Falz must have been her! But why save me...?" "It doesn't add up..." V added. "Let us find her then!" DarkMagician boomed, "And let the new generation quiver in fear, FOR THE MASTER MAGE IS HERE!"
They all arrived at DarkMagician's room to formulate the plan. It had aged badly, being in the Forest. "Hmm...Sakura kept it clean all the time..." He thought, trying not to weep at his loss. "Right, here is the plan!" He said, taking charge. "Grave, you are an assassin yes? Go scout on, find this woman, and listen in on her. We shall wait nearby. Give us the signal when you find where she stays, and we shall take care of the rest." Grave nodded, "Got it." he replied, as he activated his repaired cloak's camoflage and left. "Come on, let's go!" V shouted. "Just like the old days!" DarkMagician added. They set off for the meeting point...
Grave meanwhile was busy searching for the girl. He entered the Hunter's Guild, and saw her. He walked up behind a fellow Hunter, and asked "Who is that pink-haired girl?" The hunter replied without looking, "That's Tiffany, she is a famous member of the guild. Why do you a-" The hunter turned around. Nothing. "-sk???" Grave was heading back to the others already...
V and RobDeLaMorte both shouted simultaneously "LOGAN STOP!" Logan turned, he was at the altar of the monolith, about to touch it. "What? Oh... I got found out eh?" They all approached him. "Look Logan...apart from myself and V, you are the last one left. I cannot allow you to risk your life!" RobDeLaMorte argued. "Shut up! I am going to die someday anyway, why wait like a weakling? DarkMagician never stopped fighting, and he was old too!" Logan retorted. "...He has a point...Very well, you can help us..." RobDeLaMorte replied grudgeingly. They approached the Altar. "So far, so good..." "Shut up V, you are going to jinx us...heheh" Logan said. A small globule of darkness sat on the altar. Logan reached for it. "Wait." Grave shouted. They looked at him, "If any of you touch that, something bad will happen. I feel it." They all hesitated, bar one. RobDeLaMorte snorted, as he grabbed the darkness, and placed it into a glass tube. "Oh! Dangerous! Come, let us leave here..." RobDeLaMorte did not finish the sentance, as Dark Falz appeared in front of them. V reacted first, by exclaiming, "Oh...FU--" "V!" RobDeLaMorte interrupted.
"Quickly, Grave you attack with your scythes, V use your Asukas and Logan, you and I shall spearhead a head-on attack. Come on!" RobDeLaMorte shouted, as he drew Chi Gochisoo. Dark Falz took a swipe at V and Grave. Grave ducked, and V did the splits, "Awouuu! Man that hurt!" V shouted, as he brought his legs together again. Grave nodded, and adopted a stance. "Hraaiii!" He shouted, as he hurled his scythe at Dark Falz. It span faster and faster until it was almost a disc. It flew in a round circle through Dark Falz three times, causing obvious damage to it. Grave leapt up, and grabbed the scythe as he landed. "Not bad..." RobDeLaMorte admitted, as he watched. Suddenly, Dark Falz turned to slash RobDeLaMorte, and there was no time to dodge. "No! Look out!" V shouted. Suddenly, an incredibly large bolt of lightning hit Dark Falz, stopping it's attack. "Who did THAT!?" Logan shouted. "I don't know..." V called back. "Whatever..." RobDeLaMorte said, "Now...watch THIS!" Chi Gochisoo rose up, and carved a visibly magical symbol in the air. "DUUUCK!" V screamed, as he realised what RobDeLaMorte was planning. Everyone did so while watching. RobDeLaMorte's false eye glowed a luminous yellow, as he suddenly shouted, "JUT!" The symbol glowed brightly, and an immense beam of a bloody colour emanated from RobDeLaMorte's forehead, and hit Dark Falz for a few moments. Dark Falz roared, and collapsed. "Holy shit! What the hell was that!?" Logan screamed aghast. "My ultimate power... My Mystic Symbol Attack..." RobDeLaMorte said, pointing to the symbol on his forehead. Grave was secretly horrified, he thought to himself, "There is no way an ordinary human can do that...Yet the legends based on DarkMagician claim he also had powers rivalling these...Perhaps they were true?" Grave snapped out of it. "So, is this it? Can this, DarkMagician, be revived?" RobDeLaMorte smiled properly for the first time in a decade. "Yes...I must finish the ritual with this essence, and BOF! DarkMagician lives once more. Hopefully...Come...the Forest awaits!" They telepiped up, as a mysterious person who watched them followed...
Grave, V and Logan were getting to know each other better while RobDeLaMorte got on with the ritual. "Now...I combine his magic...with Dark Cells...and Falz's essence...Chant the sealing words backwards...TUUM.!..STTID!...NMUOP!" A bright light enveloped the area where DarkMagician fell so long ago. RobDeLaMorte, V, Logan and Grave backed away, as a form took shape in the air in front of them, and landed on the floor. It stood up, the Ultimate Mage was back!
Chapter 5: The Hero Reborn!
The figure took shape, as the light faded. Tall, thin, long bright purple hair, and a blue robe. He looked as young as he was when he first met them. He beamed at them. "...DarkMagician?" V asked. "So...I am finally revived...You have done well RobDeLaMorte! But hold...that voice...Pete?" V leapt up, "Yeah. It's me. I was approaching death from old age, and I was placed into this life-support android. Cool huh?" DarkMagician smiled, but then he looked concerned, "Wait...old age? How long have I been 'resting'?" RobDeLaMorte chipped in, "The year is AUW 2091...You were dead about 53 years..." DarkMagician cried out, "THAT LONG!? But, that means that some of you will have..." Logan stepped in, "DarkMagician...we are the last..." DarkMagician looked horrified. "You mean... Nei ...Snow...Duraku...Infinete...Terra...All of them!?" RobDeLaMorte nodded grimly. "And what of Sakura?" "....." Everyone went quiet. DarkMagician looked grief-stricken, "So...if there are so few of us left, there was little point in me returning....." They all stayed silent. Grave broke the silence, "Wait a moment... there is still the issue of who sent me to kill RobDeLaMorte, and why. I...Ah! Of course! It makes sense now!" "What does?" V asked, as Grave folded his arms thinking. "I remember the BEE message now. It said 'Slay RobDeLaMorte for me, but quickly! He must not be allowed to finish the ri...' That was when it ended...And the voice was female..." RobDeLaMorte realised before the others. "Someone wanted to stop me reviving DarkMagician! But who? Surely we have no enemies left..." Grave had the brainwave again. "You don't think...that Hunewearl we knocked down..." RobDeLaMorte caught on, "OF COURSE! Her Gizonde was of incredible strength, knocking us both out. The Zonde that hit Dark Falz must have been her! But why save me...?" "It doesn't add up..." V added. "Let us find her then!" DarkMagician boomed, "And let the new generation quiver in fear, FOR THE MASTER MAGE IS HERE!"
They all arrived at DarkMagician's room to formulate the plan. It had aged badly, being in the Forest. "Hmm...Sakura kept it clean all the time..." He thought, trying not to weep at his loss. "Right, here is the plan!" He said, taking charge. "Grave, you are an assassin yes? Go scout on, find this woman, and listen in on her. We shall wait nearby. Give us the signal when you find where she stays, and we shall take care of the rest." Grave nodded, "Got it." he replied, as he activated his repaired cloak's camoflage and left. "Come on, let's go!" V shouted. "Just like the old days!" DarkMagician added. They set off for the meeting point...
Grave meanwhile was busy searching for the girl. He entered the Hunter's Guild, and saw her. He walked up behind a fellow Hunter, and asked "Who is that pink-haired girl?" The hunter replied without looking, "That's Tiffany, she is a famous member of the guild. Why do you a-" The hunter turned around. Nothing. "-sk???" Grave was heading back to the others already...