Summary: After life with the yami's, a new darkness appears and comes into play. At the museum where Ishizu Ishtar works, she gets a new display of items, which come from Egypt. Unknown to her, they are like the Millennium Items, but they hold within them spirits, like the Puzzle, Ring and Rod that Yugi, Ryou and Malik had. These spirits are ones of the Ancient Egyptian counterparts of their friends, Seto, Joey and Anzu.
Warnings: Possible violence, strong language and other mature subjects, more later in the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Or its characters. It all belongs to its creator.
The next morning, at school, Yugi and Joey were in class, writing down notes their History class. Joey nodding off, at how boring this class was, as no one spoke as the teacher was writing the notes down on the board. He gave a big yawn and everyone turned around even the teacher at the distraction Joey created and Yugi sat there trying to hold back a giggle.
"Mr. Wheeler, if my class is too boring for you, you may excuse yourself to the office." The teacher said in a stern voice, making his voice sound serious, almost threatening. The teacher turned back to the board and continued his writing. Even the students went back to writing down the notes.
Yugi lean over to whisper to Joey. "You shouldn't yawn so loud, Joey." He smiled and straightens up and continued to write the notes. Joey just slumped back in his deck and crossed his arms over his chest and mumbled under his breath about how boring this class was and how stupid the teacher was. Which got a glare from a girl beside him; she had her finger on her lips.
Rolling his eyes, Joey got up from the desk, scratching the chair against the floor, making everyone look at him and the teacher turned around and pointed to the door. "Ya, old man. That's where I'm goin'. Would ya like t' hold my hand too?" He asked the teacher, annoyed. Joey wasn't expecting answer as he headed out of the room.
Joey heading down the hall to his locker, he was stopped by Malik from heading to his locker. "Hey Joey. Can I have a work with you?" His lilac eyes looked darker than normal. Kind of freaked out Joey, thinking that Malik's yami was back, he just nodded his head. Malik pushed Joey the way to a corner and pinned him in the corner and looked Joey in the eyes.
"Tell me, you didn't take something yesterday?" Malik was asking in darkly tone as he had Joey pinned in the corner of the room. Joey looked scared and gulped. "Umm, take what? I mean, I did take some Advil t' get rid of this headache I had yesterday… What are ya talking about, Malik? Ya are scaring me."
Malik sighed and pulled away from Joey, giving him room to breathe. "It's nothing. Well, it is something, but you are innocent." He ran a hand through his hair. Something was on his mind, but he wasn't going to question Joey anymore. He got the answer he needed. Last ones to ask were Seto and Yugi, but he wasn't sure where Seto was, but he would corner him somewhere.
"Oh…" Joey scratched his face with a finger, thinking. "What happened?" He asked Malik, but then he realized Malik was walking away from him. Shaking his head, he decided to continue to his locker instead. He would find out what was on Malik's mind eventually. Still it bugged him, that look in Malik's eyes was the thing that scared him the most.
As Malik walked away, he looked in class rooms he passed with his eyes to see if he could spot Seto. He felt bad for cornering Joey like that, even how he cornered Ryou this morning.
~Flashback
Walking to his friend's house, still thinking about what Ishizu told him this morning. Someone stole from the museum some time during the day, just after the gang went to see the Silver Diamond Items. His sister sounded upset about it, she thought she could trust Malik and his friends, but it seems it could have been one of them that stole from the museum.
Reaching the door, it opened up to Ryou standing there with a smile on his face. "Good morning, Malik. How are you feeling?" The snow-white hair boy asked his friend as he closed the door behind him and locked it up. When he turned around to his friend again, he was met with dark lilac eyes and made his squeak. "Please god, Marik isn't back, is he?"
Malik just shook his head. "Did you take again from the museum yesterday? You better tell me the truth, Ryou." The boy in front of him just shook his head, scared and relaxed a bit as he realized it was Malik, himself, and not the yami, Marik.
A sigh left his lips and turned around. "Sorry, Ryou. Just someone stole something from the museum yesterday." He turned his head back to look back at Ryou and waited him relaxed and start walking to Malik and they started heading to the school.
"Oh, well I don't know of this. Are you questioning all of us? I don't believe it could have been any of us. I mean, it was you, Yugi and your sister that were the last ones in the room before we headed out the front door of the museum." Ryou was thinking and walking to the school with Malik. He was the first to leave the room and he didn't see any of his friends stealing anything from the room he stood in, which the Millennium Item display was right beside the door.
"Well, I'm questioning everyone today about it. I'll see if I get any answers from them." Was all Malik said, keeping the fact that it was the Silver Diamond Items that were stolen from the museum. If he said that, it would cause more of questions from his friends then was needed.
Flashback ended~
How could everyone think that Marik was back? Just because he has a darker side, didn't mean anything. Marik was gone, dead. He just needed to find out the truth about the stealing at the museum before the police were questioning his friends. Which is why he turned dark on them, to question them.
Hearing the bell go off, the students were piling into the halls, heading to their next class which Malik knew he should go to his next class, but with this on his mind he wasn't thinking straight. He just sighed and decided to go anyways, since his next class was Math and they had a test. Before he entered the class, he grabbed Yugi by the arm and pushed in him into the boy's washroom and glared at someone who was already in there, making them grab their things and flee.
Malik turned to Yugi, which Yugi looked at his eyes and started to shiver a bit. That cold and dark look reminded him of Marik as well, but he know the yamis were gone was it was just an angry Malik. "Do you take steal anything yesterday?" He looked into those deep purple eyes, searching for a lie that may drop out of that mouth. He knew Yugi couldn't lie, but wanted to make sure he told the truth as he held on to Yugi's arm very tight.
"N-no, I didn't steal yesterday. Let go, please Malik. You're hurting me and we need to go to class." Yugi's eyes started to tear up, threaten to spill at any moment.
With his answer, Malik let go of his death grip on Yugi's arm. He should have known Yugi wouldn't, but he had to make sure. Yugi stutter was created from the fear of looking in Malik's eyes. One thing, Malik was satisfied with, was that Yugi didn't bring up Marik. If heard anyone bring up that yami again, he would break down in tears.
"Okay, let's go before the bell rings." Him and Yugi rushed out the room and entered their Math class, just in time as the bell rang, making Yugi flinch.
"Please, get to your seats and get your pencils out class. Put your books away and start your test." The teacher spoke out to the class as Yugi and Malik took their seats and got their pencils out and as soon as the teacher said start the test, everyone in the room flipped over their test papers and started on their test.
The room was silent, making Joey nervous. It was too quiet with the scratching of pencils on the desks. He looked around, not lifting his head. Seem like everyone was working hard at their test and concentrating on the work in front of them. Joey dropped his head on his desk, making the teacher look at him and few of the classmates snicker at him.
"Mr. Wheeler, are you alright?" The teacher got up from her desk and walked over to Joey and felt his forehead as he picked up his head from the desk. "No, Ms. Masahito, I was just taking a nap." He said with a chuckle. The teacher shook her head and walked back to her desk and turned on a radio, at a very low volume. "Since I do not wish for Joey to kill anymore brain cells, I turned the radio on. If someone needs a quiet place to work tell me now and I will lead you to the library."
No one placed their hand up and the teacher return to her desk and sat down, grading some tests from earlier. Joey was thankful he didn't get kicked out of class this time and worked on his test. This teacher seemed to understand Joey more than any other teacher in this school.
After all tests were handed in and school bang rang indicating it was lunch time, Yugi and his friends headed outside to a table and sat down with their lunches. Malik was facing Seto, glaring daggers at him. Joey, who was sitting beside Malik, facing and talking to Yugi and Ryou, who were across from him, felt the tension coming from Malik.
It was Seto who was the first to say anything about it. "Seriously, what is your problem, Ishtar?" He looked up at the Egyptian, glaring his icy blue eyes at him. He didn't receive any movement from the man in front of him till he opened his mouth.
"Just thinking why a man with all the money in the world would steal from the museum." Was all Malik said, still staring at him, which made the brunette raise a brow at him. "What the hell are you talking about, Ishtar?" And that answered Malik's interrogation of his friends and his eyes disappeared from the dark lilac to normal. "Nothing really. Just wondering why, is all." And he turned back to his food and started eating it.
Now the gang was turning to Malik all with questioning looks and the Egyptain sighed and might as well tell his friends what happened at the museum and what was stolen.
As Malik told the news he received from his sister, Seto looked away and to a table where Anzu was sitting with her friends. They seemed to be looking at Anzu's wrist and asking her questions about it. He looked down at her wrist and saw it, saw the bracelet that he had seem yesterday and got up. He walked over to Anzu, where Joey and Ryou looked over at him, wondering why he would even want to talk to her in the first place. They only shrug and continue with their conversation with Yugi and Malik.
As Seto approaches her, her two friends look at him and see the glare and run off, leaving Anzu there to defend herself. "So, where did you get that bracelet of yours? I know where it came from and I know you stole it." He grabs her wrist and holds up the bracelet.
"Kaiba, you are hurting me. Please let go of my arm. Kaiba!" Anzu is ready to open her mouth again to scream, but Seto quickly goes behind her and covers her mouth, with his free hand. His other hand tries to work the bracelet off Anzu wrist, but he soon shocked by lighting it seems from the bracelet and is thrown back.
Yugi and his friends get up and run over to Seto to help him up, but he pushes their hands away and gets up himself on his own. Malik looks to Anzu and notices the bracelet as well and goes to get it back, but just as he puts a foot forward, she turns her head to Malik. He is stopped by the evil grin on her face and her eyes that have changed a color, the color of crimson.
"What's wrong with you, Anzu?" Yugi is the first to speak, but all he gets is a yami-like evil laughter and she whistles to Seto, before she starts walking away. Somehow Seto is being mind control and starts to follow Anzu. The gang was all shocked by that laughter, so Bakura-like to them, before they shook their heads and go and follow Seto, trying to stop him in his tracks, but continues to walk and push than aside, very hard.
After Joey was pushed against a wall, very hard, almost knocking the wind out of him, he yells at Seto. "What the hell, Kaiba? You are an asshole." He growls out and Yugi, who is close to Seto, hears the whisper. "Shut up, mutt. Just follow her." He whispers, which Yugi looks and see's the blank look in Seto's face and somehow, Seto is trying to fight against the mind control.
Yugi stops his friends from going any farther. "Seto is being mind controlled. He just whispered to follow and be quiet." Everyone nods and starts to follow slowly, behind Seto and Anzu.
Appearing in front of the museum, they notice some police cars, but it seems Anzu and Seto are headed to the back door. Yugi and the other boys, dash to the behind the museum to see where Anzu and Seto go in and to their surprise they head in through the back. Malik puts a finger to his lips and leads everyone inside the museum and through the door they walked through yesterday to see the display of items.
Ryou and Malik are peeking over the crates to see what is happening, as Anzu and Seto stand in front of the display case and on her wrist the bracelet lets out a light blinds everyone for a moment before, Joey sees a ring on his finger and starts trying to pull it off with Yugi's help. Malik and Ryou look at the two and try to help Joey as well.
Soon they three boys are shocked by lighting and the look on Joey's face shows, he isn't really Joey. His honey-brown eyes had turned rust colored. Yugi and Ryou gasped at the look in their friend's eyes and Malik looks over the crates again and seeing Seto shrugging to get the staff out of hand as he is no longer mind controlled any more.
It was short-lived as Joey got up and walks toward Seto and Anzu and placed a hand on Seto's shoulder, seeming to snap him out of it But Seto's eyes had changed as well at that moment to azure-red eyes. Seto wraps an arm around Joey's waist and kisses Joey deeply. By this, Malik looks in shock as Anzu chuckles and the three of them go to exit out of the door they came in from. Ryou, Yugi and Malik try to follow but an electric barrier is put up and Anzu turns around shaking her head and finger at the boys before she disappears outside.
Malik growls outloud, which the other door opens up to Ishizu. "What are you three doing here?" She glances at the display case and her eyes go dark, ready to start pointing fingers at the boys in the room.
"Anzu, Seto and Joey took off with them, but it wasn't them." Malik starts telling his sister. Who raises her brow, for him to explain more into this. "They are possessed, like their bodies were being taken over by spirits." If Ishizu never knew of the yamis, she wouldn't believe Malik at all. She tried to rush towards the other door that the boys were at, but the electric barrier reappeared.
"Ishizu, I need my Puzzle, get me my Millennium Puzzle." Yugi pleaded to Ishizu, who was trying to figure out where the electric barrier came from. "Ishizu, please." Ishizu turned to Yugi with a raised eyebrow. "Why? You know the spirits don't live in them anymore. What would need the Puzzle for?" She asked him and Yugi looked to the ground. Yugi could feel the pulse, as the Millennium Puzzle called out to him once again. He felt Yami, he could feel Yami calling to him. "That's not true. Yami is calling to me."
Shocked, Malik and Ryou look to Yugi with questioning looks, but before they could ask or Yugi could answer them, Shadi swings the door open. "Ms. Ishizu, please get the items for the boys. I sense something has come up and the hikari's need their items for the yamis to reappear." With his words, Ishizu rushes out of the room, casually to retrieve the items.
"You knew about this. You knew something was going to happen. That's why you have sat here from open to close watching the Millennium Items." Malik yells at Shadi and walks up to him. He was really was acting like Marik, it scared Yugi and Ryou, but it didn't phase Shadi one bit.
Shadi gave a small nod. "Yes, I knew something was going to happen, but I did not know what, Malik. When I heard the Silver Diamonds would be here, I stayed longer, waiting for them to go on display. I knew something was up when the police were here and the worried look on Ishizu's face. I asked Ishizu to let me in, just so I can wait and watch the Millennium Items." He told his story to the three teens, as Ishizu appeared through the door with all seven Millennium Items. She placed them carefully in the display case for the Silver Diamond Items, since they were no longer in there.
Yugi grabbed his Puzzle and kissed it, his mind link opened up to Yami. 'Little one, it saddens me I had to return, but I am glad I got to return to you, my Hikari.' Yugi smiled and waited for Yami to take over his body, but it never happened. He opened up his eyes and looked at Shadi, about to ask his question.
"Don't worry, Yugi. They cannot be a part of you, let me show you." Shadi spoke as he concentrated on the items. Ryou and Malik sigh in relief that they can keep their bodies. They didn't want to give up their bodies for a second time to the yamis. The items then growled a bright light and Yugi placed his in the display case once again and watched.
Five beams of light came out of the Millennium Items and directed themselves in the direction five of the people there. Where the lights went to Ishizu's and Shadi's heads, the other three beams passed right through Yugi, Ryou and Malik.
When the light disappeared, everyone looked at the display case and notice the items were no longer there. Ishizu was about to ask Shadi where they went, before she looked at her brother and his two friends with a surprised face.
Another chapter to the story completed. Wow, I hope you guys enjoyed this one. I wonder what's got Ishizu all shocked. Haha, I think we should all know by now. Well, that leaves us waiting for the third chapter. Peace out, till next chapter.
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