Disclaimer: Yuugiou belongs to Kazuki Takahashi; and everyone/thing else (not YGO) in this story is copyrighted to us; except places in Egypt (not including Kuruelna which is also copyrighted to Kazuki Takahashi)
Two shadowed figures wearing hooded robes made their way in the night; across the desert and finally; ended up in the village right outside the Pharaoh's palace.
The Pharaoh was a man named Seto; former High Priest and cousin of the late Pharaoh; Atemu; who died by sacrificing his soul into the Millennium Puzzle after his battle with the Dark Priest, Zork; formerly known as Akunadin.
No one paid any attention to these new-comers; who couldn't care less anyway about anyone right now; as they went on their way.
"How do we get in?" The male newcomer asked his sister; sitting down on the stairs behind a pillar so the guards wouldn't see them.
"Well, we should be able to think of something - I mean, our father was so feared; because he could easily go anywhere he wanted to with the power of his Ka." The maiden sighed; and slumped down next to her brother.
"But we don't even know how to use our Ka at all; or Ba either..." He sighed; and stared helplessly up at the moonless sky.
"Not yet; but we will learn, I promise... somehow we will..." She caught her breath in one quick inhale as they both froze; listening to the guards who just laughed over something.
Once the guards were silent again...
"Right; we have to..." He looked at his younger sister, and she nodded. "Or we will never be able to save our father and mother..." She added quietly.
On the last full Moon; the first of October; their parents had been the victims of Mahahku; leader of the Dark Warriors; and he cursed them into some place called the 'Shadow Realm', which the two children didn't even know what that was.
But they had been told they might have some hope to save their parents by using the seven Millennium Items; which belonged to the Pharaoh and his priests...
One catch though; they only had until the next full moon; and that was only one month away.
And although; the odds were zero-to-none, they were not going to give up that easily without trying their hardest; and that would mean trying to use their Ba and Ka; which was something they were also unfamilar with; but their parents were especially skilled with Ba and Ka; both of them having maybe the strongest ones next to the three Egyptian Gods; which hadn't been summoned since the late Pharaoh's death.
"Pharaoh Seto is having a festival tonight; do you think if we sneak in; no one will notice or care?" The girl asked her brother; who thought for a minute.
"Well, won't the Pharaoh want to be given presents by the guests though?" He pointed out.
"Yeah; but maybe... we can just go in as guests and just say we wish him the best of health by the name of Amun-Ra." She shrugged, impressing her brother; who nodded.
"Yeah, sounds good." He stood up and they; both carefully avoiding the guards; got into the palace and luckily made their way to the room where the feast was, by following the other guests.
"Halt, who are you two?" A very important looking man, who was a High Priest; asked the two youths.
"My name is Atoshi Baraku and this is my sister, Shikura." Baraku told the man, who nodded.
"Alright, but where are you from?" The High Priest asked, still unwilling to trust them.
"Thebes." Shikura quickly lied before her brother slipped the truth of where they really came from.
"Fine, fine." The High Priest couldn't think of any else to accuse them of; so he let them be for now.
"Why'd you lie, Shikura?" Baraku asked; stunned.
"Because someone would get suspicious if we told them we really come from Kuruelna; which is in ruins, might I remind you?" Shikura glared at her brother; who realized she was right.
"Oh, yeah." Baraku turned, and looked around at everyone; when his eyes came to rest on the Pharaoh; who was a brunette; and had the coldest blue eyes ever.
"That's him, right?" Baraku was brought back to reality when Shikura leaned closer; asking that.
"Yeah. Who else would wear that much jewelry and a crown?" Baraku pointed out.
"Well; we need to somehow get the Items before one month, remember?" Shikura reminded Baraku, who nodded; missing them more and more each second.
"But how?" Baraku asked; feeling hopeless.
"We will - somehow. I mean; we already have one; just six more to go." Shikura said.
"No, we don't. Mahahku took the Millennium Ring away from our father when he banished him; along with our mother; into the Shadow Realm." Baraku reminded her; and she sighed in distress.
"Oh, right..." She grumbled; and sighed once more again.