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Evading Destiny	By : Jeanne Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 7707 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh and all its characters are the property of Kazuki Takahashi, Shueisha, Konami, Toei, & unfortunately 4 Kids Entertainment. In other words I don't own them and I'm not making any money off of this I'm just a fangirl having

Chapter List
- 1-Evading Destiny
- 2-2
- 3-3
- 4-4
- 5-5
- 6-6
- 7-7
- 8-8
- 9-9
- 10-10
- 11-11
- 12-12
- 13-13
- 14-14
- 15-15
- 16-16
- 17-17
- 18-18
- 19-19
- 13
- 14
- 15
Title: Evading Destiny

Part: 14/??

Author: Murasaki Rose

Beta: none

Genre: Romance/Fantasy/AU

Rating: NC-17

Spoilers: Yami Yuugi's real name

Warnings: Yaoi (male x male), implied Mpreg

Pairings: YYxY, SxJxS, DxT, YBxR, YMxM

Minor Pairings: BMGxA, BMxK, TxCxH, HxO, PxC, IxM

Disclaimer: Here we go. Yu-Gi-Oh and all its characters are the property of
Kazuki Takahashi, Shueisha, Konami, Toei, and unfortunately, 4 Kids Entertainment.
In other words, I don't own them and I'm not making any money off of this, I'm just a
fangirl having some fun.

A/N: "text" = speech, 'text' = thought, ((text)) = telepathy
Summary: Sequel to Retrieving Destiny. Months
after their fateful trip to Egypt, the reunited soul mates continue to adjust to their new
life in Domino as well as the modern teens' impending graduation. Things appear to
be going well until a strange series of seemingly random attacks and bizarre accidents
begin plaguing both the lights and their protectors, forcing their lovers into
action. In order to protect their mates, the ancient beings must now determine not
only the fate of the "lost" city of Atlantis, but also their entire
species! The race is on to find the answers before they all face annihilation at the
hands of an unknown enemy.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

Opening day arrived and Yuugi and his friends had
decided to meet at Domino City Park, where the tournament's opening ceremonies were going
to be held late that afternoon. There was going to be a carnival running all day for
the participating duelists and their families that would be open to the general public
after the tournament started. Shortly before lunch time, Yuugi, Anzu, and Ryou met
up at the front gate then headed inside the park gates to meet up with Jonouchi and Honda
at the main food pavilion. Seto and Mokuba would not be joining them this time
because they were busy handling all the last minute details for the tournament opening
that afternoon.

After a light lunch the group headed for the
midway where Yuugi quickly dominated the dart and ring toss games, becoming the proud
owner of both a huge Black Magician plushie and a respectively large Winged Kuriboh.

((Mahaado is going to freak when he sees this,))
Yuugi told Atem as the vendor handed over the three foot tall plushie.

Chuckling as he imagined the mage's reaction,
Atem had to agree. ((True, but you may have more trouble with how Kisara will
react.))

((Oh?))

((I believe she will run off with it.))

Unable to hold it in, Yuugi started laughing out
loud, getting odd looks from both his friends and some passers-by. Struggling to
contain himself, Yuugi managed to reduce his guffaws to the occasional snicker when a
familiar voice called out.

"Hello Yuugi-boy!"

"Ah!" Jumping in surprise, Yuugi
turned whirled to face the owner of the overly cheerful voice, "Pegasus-san!
What are you doing here?"

Walking up to the group of teens, a bright smile
on his face and his equally happy wife holding on to his arm, the silver-haired man
explained, "Well, as this tournament is a joint effort between Industrial Illusions
and Kaiba Corporation I need to be here to help start things off."

"And we thought it would be fun to attend
the carnival," Cynthia added, smiling up at her husband, "It's not often that we
have time for simple fun nowadays."

Looking over the assembled group of teens, the
older dark frowned thoughtfully, "I don't seen any of your yami. Don't tell me
your mates have left you to fend for yourselves?"

"No, they're right here," Yuugi replied
holding up his Sennen Puzzle. "We agreed that it would work more to our
advantage it they remained hidden."

"Our enemy still hasn't shown his
face. We're fairly certain he will make an appearance at some point during the
tournament, or at the least send his men after us," Jou further explained.

Sensing the morbid shift in everyone's mood,
Cynthia clapped her hands sharply to get their attention.

"None of that. If we allow ourselves
to dwell on it and live in fear then we're already letting them win. Now I'm not
saying we shouldn't remain vigilant, but we are all going to go out and have a good time
today, if for no other reason than to spite them."

Laughing happily, Anzu nodded her agreement,
"Cynthia-san is right guys. We came here to have fun and that's exactly what
we're going to do." Grabbing Yuugi's free arm with her own, her other occupied
by his Kuriboh plushie, she tugged him down the midway. "C'mon Yuugi.
Let's see how many more vendors you can blow away before they ban you from playing."

Not wanting to miss out on the fun, Ryou followed
closely behind, promising the childhood friends that Yuugi wouldn't be the only one banned
from the midway if he had anything to say about it.

Blinking in surprise, Jou and Honda stared after
them for just a moment before racing after the trio, calling out for them to wait up.

Smiling, Pegasus gave his wife a quick kiss to
her cheek. "You'll make a wonderful mother one day."

Giving him a serene smile, the pretty blonde
returned the gesture. "You're sweet."

"I mean it, my love."

Still smiling, she pulled him into a tender
embrace, resting her head on his shoulder. "I know."

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

After leaving the Crawfords, the first game the
group ran across was a shooting game, something more up Honda's alley than Yuugi's.
Honda's fussy behavior over the guns amused the vendor but he humored the teen, allowing
him to find the gun that appeared to have the least bent muzzle. Lining up his
target he took one practice shot to get the alignment down then easily cleared the target
with a perfect score, much to the vendor's annoyance.

Further down the midway, Ryou spotted a fortune
teller and just had to test her skills. Entering the tent, they found the woman in
the middle of giving a reading to a very distraught classmate. Noticing the odd
arrangement of her cards, Ryou frowned and listened closely, catching several errors in
her interpretation.

Stepping up to the table, Ryou could finally see
the rest of the cards and was disgusted by the fortune teller's "reading".
It was obvious now that the woman was a fraud. "I couldn't help but
notice the unusual spread you're using, is it a variation on the Celtic Cross or perhaps
the Mandala (1)?"

Paling slightly the fortune teller stuttered
slightly before hiding her fear behind a mask of anger, "What do you know of the
cards?!"

"A lot actually. My grandmother was
quite skilled in divination and taught my sister and I how to do tarot readings when we
were little." Getting his former classmate's attention he pointed to the two
more visually disturbing cards on the table and gave a brief explanation to her.
"The Ten of Swords: If this is a representation of your past, then you have
nothing to worry about, as you have weathered the worst already." Moving on
from the card depicting a man impaled by swords he pointed to the next, "Death:
Upright like it is, this card is actually a positive thing. It signifies a major
change, in some ways a rebirth: the end of one phase of your life and the beginning
of another."

Furious, the fortune teller scooped up her cards
and thrust them into the hikari's hands, "All right, if you know so much why don't you
give her a reading?!"

Giving her a non-committal shrug, Ryou turned to
his former classmate and with her permission laid the cards out in a proper spread and
began the reading. Once more the Ten of Swords and Death cards made an appearance,
representing her past and future respectively, and after a brief explanation Ryou was able
to leave their classmate with a much happier outlook on her future. Finished with
the younger teen's reading, the silver-haired hikari shuffled the cards and laid them out
again, this time for the fortune teller.

Watching from inside the Sennen Ring, Bakura
started laughing uproariously when his light had started the fraudulous woman's
reading. He didn't stop even when the terrified and furious woman had thrown them
out of her tent, Ryou's laughter mirroring his own. Running to the end of the midway
avenue they were one, they headed over to the next before stopping to catch their breath.

"Ano, Masayume-sempai (2)?"

Looking behind them, the teens found that the
girl Ryou had given the reading to had followed them. "Yes, Kino-chan?"

"I wanted to thank you for the reading.
I really appreciate it," the girl explained, bowing respectfully.

Ryou smiled gently at the younger teen,
"Just remember that no reading about your future is set in stone. They merely
point out the path. It's up to you to make it happen."

"I will, I promise!" she vowed before
running back to find her friend.

Returning to the carnival games, Yuugi and his
friends continued their winning streak, increasing their collection of grand prizes
considerably. Towards the end of the avenue they came across a "wheel of
luck" that Jonouchi just had to give a whirl. Games of chance were his forte
and with a prize already in mind, he spun the wheel.

Leaving a dumbstruck vendor in his wake, the
blond gave the large double plushie in his arms an affectionate squeeze. "This
is going on our bed," he declared, grinning happily at his friends.

"Considering what it is, that does not
surprise me in the least," Anzu replied, eyeing the stuffed animal in
amusement. The plushie in question was a large red eyes black dragon entwined
lovingly with a blue eyes white dragon and just screamed that it should belong to Jou and
Seto.

The blond ms-n hwi started to reply when
he noticed that the brunette was no longer standing next to him. A delighted squeal
alerted him and the others to her position over by the strength tester where she was
cooing over an adorable Black Magician Girl plushie as large as Yuugi's Black Magician
one.

"You gonna have one of these fellas win it
for ya little girl?" the vendor asked, smirking challengingly at her companions.

"Nope," she replied, handing him the
money. "I can get it myself."

Chuckling condescendingly, he gestured to the
mallets, "Take your pick then."

Giving the man a confident grin, she picked the
largest mallet and easily hefted it onto her shoulder. The man watched with wide
eyes as she moved into position and brought the huge hammer down with ease, the plunger
shooting up to hit the bell with a resounding clang.

Smiling brightly she sat the mallet back in its
place and took the Black Magician Girl plushie from the man's shaking hands.
"Mana's going to love this."

"Okay guys, now that we've each effectively
cleaned out the midway, how about we drop off our stuff and hit the rides?" Honda
suggested, noting the wary expressions some of the other game vendors were giving them.

Yuugi started bouncing excitedly, "Oh!
Let's go on the Tilt a Whirl first!"

Ryou nodded agreeably, "Then we can go on
the Pirate ship afterwards-"

"and the mini-coaster after that!" Anzu
added.

"Works for me," Jonouchi agreed,
pressing a discrete KC emblem on his jacket to call someone over to retrieve their
things. "And we can check out the rest of the rides as we walk."

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

"Kaiba-sama, here is the list of all the
duelists registered for the competition."

"Thank you," he replied, taking the
folder from his personal assistant. With just under one hour left until the opening
ceremonies, he and his brother had finished most of the last minute details, leaving them
time to check for anything out of the ordinary. Scanning the list, the brunet hikari
noticed that there were quite a few new duelists listed but preliminary checks had
confirmed that while they were new to Kaiba Corp tournaments, they had been competing
officially since the beginning of the year or earlier. Registration for the
official competitions started before the school year, long before they had taken their
trip to Egypt, let alone the first of the attacks. Still, some of these the more
experienced duelists had never shown an interest in unofficial tournaments before which
left him a bit wary.

Reaching the last ten duelists, Kaiba's eyes
narrowed when he spotted one name on the list. 'Siegfried Von Schroider. What
in the hell is he doing here?'

((Seto-))

((I know Seth. He shouldn't be here.
There's no reason for him to be here, but there's also no valid reason for me to kick him
out.))

((We must watch him carefully antyw akhu.
I have felt something disturbingly familiar about him from the beginning. I fear he
may be the very enemy we are looking for.))

((I'll have Isono take care of it
personally. I don't want to run the risk of him sensing any of the ms-n hwi
following him. If he's our enemy that will definitely tip him off.))

((Good thinking Seto. I shall inform the
others to keep an eye out for him as well. Vigilance will be our best defense.))

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

Despite leaving early to get a good spot for
opening ceremonies, Yuugi and his friends still had to navigate through a very large crowd
of people once they got there. Lucky for them, duelists were meant to be up front,
but they had to get there first.

"Man, this thing doesn't even start for a
whole half hour and it's already packed!" Honda groused as Yuugi, Ryou, and Jou
looked for the other duelists.

"I told you we should have gotten here an
hour before it was supposed to start," Anzu huffed, crossing her arms.

As usual Yuugi took the role of peace
keeper. "Guys, don't fight, we'll find something."

"Yuugi's right, there's gotta be-"

"Jonouchi-sama?"

"GAH!!"

Startled out of his wits by the deep voice coming
from behind him, Jonouchi jumped in the air like a scalded cat. At the possibility
of danger, Honda whirled to face their attacker and promptly burst into hysterics.

"Oh, hello Isono-san," Ryou greeted the
tall Kaiba bodyguard while their blond friend tried to slow his heart rate. "I
take it you're here to retrieve Jonouchi-kun?"

Inwardly shaking his head at the blond's antics,
the older man nodded. "Also, I'm to take the rest of you to the VIP section up
front."

"You gotta start wearing a bell!"
Jonouchi complained to cover up his embarrassment. How could he have allowed the
human bodyguard to sneak up on him? He was better than that and it was high time he
started acting like it before some one he cared for got hurt!

Knowing exactly what was bothering him, Anzu
placed a sympathetic hand on his shoulder. She too had been lax in her body guarding
skills. In the old days, they would have sensed Isono yards away from them.

"If you would all follow me
then." Isono waved a hand off to one direction, waiting patiently for them to
move. Ever since Egypt, his employer had been different. Better but
different. And now he seemed to be worried about someone attacking them, yet he had
no concrete proof as to whom. There was something strange going on within the Kaiba
household and he knew it. The man only hoped that his employer would trust him
enough to disclose the full truth before some one was injured or worse.

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

Weaving through the crowd was a cake walk with
Isono and the other select members of the Kaiba Corp security force creating a path for
them and in no time, the teens were at the front of the crowd. Mokuba was there
waiting for them and brought them all up to speed as to what was going on, including a
hushed conversation concerning Siegfried and the other unusual participants.

Right on the hour, Seto and Pegasus came onto the
stage and launched into their speech, welcoming the duelists and their families to the
competition. Putting on his game face, Seto laid out the rules for all
participants: Dueling was to be conducted using the Duel Disks and under tournament
regulations. No ante dueling. Like Battle City, each participant would have to
gather 6 key cards in order to learn the location of the finals. Key cards would not
activate unless won in a match and the first eight duelists to arrive at the location
would be the finalists. Stolen cards would not function for anyone but the last
person to win them and the map with the finals location could not be activated unless you
had won all six cards. Additionally, Kaiba Corp and I2 (3) officials would be
monitoring the duels across the city to watch for cheating of any kind. Duels could
take place in any public location, but hotels and personal residences were off limits and
camping outside of these locations in wait would result in an immediate
disqualification. (Glancing at Yuugi, Seto caught the small hikari mouthing the
words "thank you" with an immensely grateful expression on his face.) The
first part of the tournament would last three to five days, depending on how long it takes
for the eight finalists to be determined. Afterwards, the finals would be held on
the final two days.

Taking over so Seto could join his lover and
their friends, Pegasus gave out the final instructions. "You have one hour to
spread out across the city and prepare for your duels. Your Duel Disks will
automatically turn on when the competition begins, so good luck, young duelists and don't
forget to enjoy yourselves!"

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

"Hey Mutou! I'm challenging you
first!"

Turning around, Yuugi came face-to-face with his
opponent, one slender eyebrow raising at the teen's arrogant sneer. (( Yet another
ego maniacal newbie duelist.)) he sighed mentally.

((Ari?)) Atem was confused by his light's
attitude. Normally the teen was not so negative towards his opponents

((Every time I run across one of these guys, they
all want the same thing,)) he explained tiredly as his duel disk locked into place.

"Once I beat the King of Games, the rest of
this tournament will be a breeze!" the teen declared grinning nastily at the petite
teen.

"You should never declare a victory until
the final card is played," Yuugi replied, a predatory smile crossing his features.

The other boy snorted disdainfully, "Sounds
more like an excuse to me."

The hikari shrugged carelessly, "If you say
so."

Glaring at the petite teen, the other boy made no
reply save to activate his own duel disk.

"DUEL START!" They both cried
out.

Watching from inside the puzzle Atem's expression
now mirrored his light's. This was going to be good.

-

November 20, 2010

-edited December 23, 2010

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1 - Not knowing the first thing about Tarot
cards, I got my information on the meanings of the cards from this site: http://www.paranormality.com/ and on the simple 5
card spread from http://www.angelpaths.com/spreads.html.

2 - sempai, honorific used to refer to your older
classmates or co-workers with more seniority.

3 - Industrial Illusions
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- 14
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