Chapter 2

At that moment his millennium puzzle activated as Yami was let forward with a bright flash.

"Who are you and what have you done," He shouted angrily at the cloaked figure.

"You don't need to know my name at the moment, and it is pretty obvious as to what I have done."

"Why," Yami continued shouting, "She is just a child."

"She was getting in my way while I was searching for a millennium item pharaoh," the man replied.

"How do you know me," Yami asked.

"That is a conversation for another time," the hooded man replied with a smile, "Seeing as how the cavalry is following close behind and someone will have to explain this to the rest of the villagers on this island. Until next time pharaoh."

The man then ran into the jungle and disappeared. Yami looked back and saw the rest of them coming. When they reached him he couldn't bare to look at the expression on Hale's face change to one of complete horror and despair.

"What happened," Hale cried as he knelt beside Mari.

"A man used a very powerful card and took her soul," Yugi replied.

"Don't be ridiculous," Hale shouted, "There is no way that a card could steal somebody's soul."

"We should get her to a doctor instead of standing around here bickering," Guu stated bluntly.

"You're right," Yami replied.

He bent down and picked up the little girl and tried not to look at her face. He then followed the rest of the gang which was now being lead by Hale and Guu. They were lead back to the school and from there they were lead into the doctor's office. Yami set her down on a cot that was set up in the room as Hale ran out of the room to go get the doctor. It wasn't long before he came barging into the room with the doctor. Yami saw the doctor had a worried expression on his face when he saw Mari lying on the cot. He immediately got to work.

"There is nothing medically wrong with her," he said after he completed the examination.

"What are you talking about," Hale screamed.

"I mean that I can not find anything that would explain why she is in the condition that she is in now," the doctor replied.

The little boy turned to look at Yugi and Yami almost couldn't bare to return the little boy's tearful stare. Looking around the room he could see that everyone was concerned with what was going on. What do I do now, Yami thought. Then it hit him suddenly like a ton of bricks. The only thing that he could do was to go after the man who did this to Mari and make him give back the little girl's soul back. He then heard a sound and turned around, standing in the doorway was a man. He was tall, had no shirt on, looked older because of his white hair and beard, but this man's most distinguished feature was the hair on his chest. Well actually it was more like an afro that had implanted itself on his chest and it took awhile for Yugi and all of his friends to take their eyes off the enormous mound of hair on the man's chest.

"Who are you," Yami finally was able to ask when he came out of his stupor caused by the enormous hair.

"I'm Chorou, the head of the village," the man with the giant hair replied, "And I want to know what is going on here."

"Would you please sit down so that I can tell you," Yami asked.

The man nodded his head and pulled up a chair to listen to Yami's story. He told him everything from when he first encountered the Seal of Orichalchos to when Kaiba started up the current tournament which the island was currently participating in. He then got to the part where he and his friends came to the island to check out what was going on there with the tournament. At this point the village head seemed to get very interested, but Yami continued on with the story trying not to take notice. He finally ended with what had happened to Mari and concluded with the situation that they were now in.

"I see," the village head stated after Yami had finished his story rubbing his chin taking in all that he had been told.

"We are terribly sorry," Yami apologized, "I don't know why but this man is seemingly after my and the millennium items such as the puzzle that I have chained around my neck, and for some reason that I have yet to find out he is also after me."

""I want to have a meeting with everyone in the village so that you can tell them all what happened to Mari," the man replied.

It wasn't long before all the people of the village were together in a big wide open space that probably served as the gym for the school. Everyone was seated and seemed to be rather anxious and worried to find out what was going on. How can I tell all of these people about what happened to a girl that they probably all see everyday, Yami thought. Then a worse thought crossed his mind. How will they react when I tell them that the reason all of this happened was because of me, Yami thought. He then felt a hand on his shoulder and her turned to see Tea standing there.

"How are you holding up," Tea asked.

"I don't know how I am going to tell them that because of me someone hurt that little girl," Yami replied.

"Don't worry," Tea said, "It's not your fault."

Just then the village headman motioned for him to come out onto the stage in front of every one. He slowly walked out onto the stage and stood in front of everyone. He took in a deep breath and told them everything just as he had done with the village head.

"I am terribly sorry," Yami bowed and apologized, "I swear to you all and to that little girl that I will return her soul to her and see to it that the one who did this is punished for what they did."

"Wait," a voice called out from the crowd.

Yami looked up and saw the little boy named Hale get up. Yami watched as he walked down the aisle created by the seats and walked up to and onto the stage. The pharaoh was surprised at what was going on.

"If you are saying that you want to go and find Mari then I will go with you," Hale stated.

"No," Yami replied, "The last thing that I want to happen is for another person from this village to get involved with this."

"I have been friends with her all my life," Hale started, "And there is nothing that you, or anyone else here can do to stop me from coming with you to get her back."

Yami was surprised at the little boy's courage to go with him and get his friend back. What surprised him even more though was the fact that he didn't seem to hold a grudge or anything against him for what happened to Mari.

"Well if Hale is going to go with you then I guess I should go with him too," another voice stated.

Looking out into the crowd again he could see that the little girl with the pink hair was standing up. He looked at Hale who seemed to have a rather odd look on his face and for a moment Yami thought that the boy looked frightened. Then another person got up, a very pretty lady, who also had blue hair and eyes that practically matched Hale's and Yami knew at once that this person must be Hale's mother.

"I can help you with this matter," the woman said, "My name is Weda and I have a place in the city where you can all stay."

"I can give you tickets to the next plane out of here," the village leader said.

Before long they were on their way to the airport. It didn't take long for them to get there, but when they did Yami couldn't help but notice that Hale's face seemed to have gone completely white.

"What's wrong," Yami asked.

"You have never been on a flight with GUU!," the boy exclaimed the last word when he saw a wicked smile and then a almost seemingly evil laugh come out of the little pink-haired girl.