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'Thoughts'
~Chapter 4: The Truth~
"Alright Joey I'll let you go first," Alara said as she placed her deck in the duel disk.
"Fine with me," he said as he did the same. Both duel disks moved into position and lit up with their life points of 4000.
Round 1 Joey-4000 Alara-4000
Joey-Draws; summons Alligator's Sword in attack mode (1500/1200)
Alara-draws; summons Volcanic Counter in defensive mode (300/1300) and one card face down
Round 2 Joey-4000 Alara- 4000
Joey-draws; summons Swordsman of Landstar in attack mode (500/1200) "Alligator's Sword attack her Volcanic Counter"
Volcanic Counter is destroyed
"You've activated my trap Joey!" Alara said as she activates Backfire. "Since you destroyed my Fire-type monster Backfire inflicts 500 damage to you!
"Fine Swordsman attack her directly!"
Alara-draws; summons UFO Turtle in attack mode (1400/1200) "Attack Swordsman of Landstar"
Swordsman of Landstar is destroyed
Round 3 Joey-2600 Alara-3500
Joey- draws; "Alligator's Sword attack" UFO Turtle is Destroyed
"Thanks to UFO Turtle's special ability I can summon any Fire monster from my deck with 1500 or less attack points. I chose Flamvell Poun" (200/200); Places one card face down
"Why something so weak?" Joey asked.
"Just watch," Alara said with a smile.
Alara- draws; sacrifices Flamvell Poun to summon Hazy Flame Hyppogrif (2100/200) "Attack Hyppogrif!" Alligator's Sword is destroyed
Round 4 Joey-2000 Alara-3400
Joey- draws; summons Panther Warrior (2000/1600)
Alara- draws; "Attack Hyppogrif!"
"I activate my spell card Scapegoat" One scapegoat is destroyed. Places one card face down
Round 5 Joey-2000 Alara-3400
Joey- draws; summons Garoozis (1800/1500) Places one card face down
Alara- draws; "Attack Hyppogrif" One scapegoat is destroyed
Round 6 Joey-2000 Alara-3400
Joey- draws; Places another card face down
Alara- draws; Plays Pot of Greed, Summons Molten Zombie (1600/400) and Neo Flamvell Sabre (1500/200) "Neo attack the scapegoat" One scapegoat destroyed "Zombie attack the scapegoat" Final scapegoat destroyed "Hypogriff attack Panther Warrior"
"I activate my trap card Kunai with Chain, Panther Warrior stops your attack, and destroys you monster since its attack was raised to 2500," said Joey.
Round 7 Joey-2000 Alara-3000
Joey- draws; "Garoozis attack Neo Flamvell Sabre" Neo Flamvell Sabre Destroyed "I sacrifice Garoozis for Panther Warrior to attack Molten Zombie" Molten Zombie destroyed
Alara- draws; Plays Monster reborn bringing back Hazy Flame Hyppogrif. Summons Flamvell Firedog(1900/200), then sacrifices Hazy Flame Hypogrif and Flamvell Firedog to summon Fire King High Avatar Garunix(2700/1700). Plays Pot of Duality.
"Garunix attack" "I activate my spell card graceful dice" Dice rolls a one raising Panther Warrior's attack to 2600, and Panther Warrior is destroyed. Plays one card face down
Round 8 Joey-1900 Alara-2100
Joey- draws; summons Axe Raider(1700/1150) and Flame Manipulator(900/1000). Sacrifices both to summon Red Eye Black Dragon(2400/2000) Plays Metalmorph increasing Red Eyes to(2800/2400)
"Red Eyes attack"
"I activate my trap Nightmare Wheel which stops your attack and any future attacks, you can't change battle positions, and at the beginning each one of my turns this card is still on the field you lose 500 points.
Alara- draws; Plays Hand Destruction. Plays Burden of the Mighty each monster on your side loses 100 X your monster's level attack points, Red Eyes loses 700 points(2100/2400) "Garunix attack" Red Eyes is destroyed. Plays card face down.
Round 9 Joey-800 Alara-2100
Joey- draws; summons Baby Dragon(1200/700) Plays Time Wizard, wins time roulette. Thousand Dragon(2400/2000) Plays card face down.
Alara- draws; summons Volcanic Rocket(1900/1400) "Garunix attack" "I activate Skull Dice" "I activate Phoenix Wing Wind Blast I discard one card and your Skull Dice is returned to the top of your deck." Thousand Dragon is destroyed. "Volcanic Rocket attack and finish his life points
Final points Joey-0 Alara=2100
"Great job Alara," everyone said.
"Congrats Alara," Joey said as he gave her a high five. "I just went easy on ya."
"Sure ya did Joey," Alara said with a wink as everyone laughed.
"So are you going to tell us how you know Yugi's grandpa?" Joey said with a huff.
'She's a strong duelist,' Yami said in the back of Yugi's mind. Yugi smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Why don't we go inside and have a cup of tea and we'll tell you," Solomon said as he headed toward the kitchen. After everyone was sitting down in the living room with their cups Solomon started to talk.
"As you all know I did a lot of digs in Egypt mainly around the original duel monsters and the Nameless Pharaoh's tomb. Well a young couple that was both archeologists was interested in the same subject. Their names were Nebrus and Nashira, and they started in their work when Alara was a young child of four. She was very brave, smart, and loved learning about the Egyptian history. If her parents when into a dig site that was too dangerous for her I helped out by watching her and teaching her about duel monsters."
"Which is why you lived most of your life in Egypt," Tristan said to Alara. She nodded her head.
"One thing I have noticed is that you both keep talking about Alara's parents in a past tense. Why?" Tea asked.
Alara looked to Solomon who nodded his head and said, "If you are ok with it go ahead."
"What I am about to tell you everyone must promise not to tell anyone about this unless I say it's ok," Alara said as she looked at everyone.
"We promise," everyone replied.
"I didn't want a lot of publicity since my parents are famous archeologists. I know in the future there will be some because eventually they will find out about a new discovery that was made and its connection to the Nameless Pharaoh. Also both of my parents were killed in a tunnel collapse," Alara said slowly as she tried to not cry.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry Alara," Tea said as she grabbed her in a hug. Yugi could feel that Yami was paying close attention hoping she might have clues to his past.
"What did you find Alara?" Yugi asked after a few minutes of silence. Since Alara was still wrapped in Tea's arms Solomon answered for her.
"They found out that Nameless Pharaoh had a lover that was killed at a young age. She would have been his queen," Solomon said. Everyone looked at Solomon in shock. Yugi could feel Yami's shock and his curiosity growing.
"Is this all true?" Yugi asked the same question that was running through Yami's mind as he looked at Alara.
"We weren't able to do a lot of research before the tunnel collapsed, but from what we saw yes. My team is repairing the collapsed tunnel now and exploring other tunnels. If anything is found they will contact me. I hope to return later on to continue working there myself," Alara said after she had pulled herself from Tea's arms. Everyone sat in silence as they absorbed the information.
'I already had so many questions about my past, and now it seems like a hundred more have appeared,' Yami said to Yugi.
'I know, but from the sound of it she probably doesn't have any new answers,' Yugi replied as he put his hand around the puzzle. Yugi looked up to see his grandfather shaking his head, and mouthed "Not yet".
"Oh yea I almost forgot Yugi, I have a question for you," Alara said trying to change the subject to something much lighter. She reached back and pulled out the card from her deck holder.
"What is it?" he asked
"I received this card in the mail yesterday with a letter. My main thing is I have never heard of this card and I wanted to see if you have," Alara said as she handed him the card. Everyone crowded around Yugi to get a look it.
"I haven't heard of it. What about you Grandpa?"
"Can't say I've heard of it either," he replied shaking his head. "Do you know who sent you the card?"
"No," Alara said shaking her head. "The envelope had no return address on it and the letter was signed only with an "M"."
"What did the letter say?" Tea asked.
"It said something about the card being a gift, and I would eventually get another one when I had proven that I was worthy. It also said something about this person having some close friends that would eventually become close friends of mine. But the one thing to top it off was this person knew about my parent's accident and our research in the Nameless Pharaoh's tomb."
"I know you haven't told many people about that until your research is complete. So how is it that someone could get a hold of this information," Solomon said.
"Exactly my point," Alara said as she crossed her arms.
"What about rich boy?" Joey asked.
"Kaiba? I highly doubt it he isn't that generous, and he isn't interested in the Egyptian history," Yugi said with a shake of his head. Everyone continued to think in silence for a few minutes.
"Well, I'm tired so I am going to head to home and I'll see you all at school tomorrow," Alara said as she stood up breaking the silence. Everyone mumbled their agreements as they followed Alara's lead. Yugi and Solomon saw their guests to the door and said their goodbyes.
He shut and locked the door before turning to Yugi and saying, "I know the Pharaoh probably wants to meet with Alara and ask her questions. I can tell you she has no more answers than what you already know. Also we don't want to shock her too much with what she has been through recently."
"What do you mean shock her grandpa?" Yugi asked.
"Well, she doesn't know that there is a 5000 year old spirit of a Pharaoh living in the Millennium Puzzle. Especially since it is the Nameless Pharaoh himself; I have a feeling she will be quite surprised when she finds out."
"So when will she find out?"
"I'm not sure, but I have a feeling soon. If she is still as inquisitive and curious as she was when she was a child she will want to examine the Millennium Puzzle." Yugi looked away thoughtfully. "I know you might be thinking if you can trust her, and I'll tell you. You can trust her like you trust me." Yugi looked back to his grandfather with smile.
"I swear grandpa sometimes I think you can read my mind," he said with a laugh.
Bright golden yellow eyes watched as a group of teens headed off in different directions. She assumed they were going back to their own homes. She was only interested in keeping her eye on one of them as she followed one of the girls keeping to the shadows.
'Did she use the card in her duel with the boy?' asked a deep voice in her head.
'No, but I have a feeling she shall use it in her next duel,' she replied.
'You're sure you saw her open the envelope with the card?'
'Yes, I sat and watched her through the balcony window.'
'If the stories play true and his vision is right once she meets and makes contact with the Pharaoh the visions of the past should start to show themselves to her. We must be there to guide her down the correct path, and make sure history doesn't repeat itself like it has for the last 5000 years; with her death.'