Here's chapter four. Please enjoy and review.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh.
Italic: thoughts/mind link between Yami and Yugi.
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Chapter 4: Shadi Appears
"So you're saying that you heard me yell for you mentally?" Yugi questioned. They were in Yugi's room with Simorgh in on the conversation when they were suppose to go to sleep, going over what happen with Seto Kaiba.
"Yeah, I know I heard you, but you say you weren't able to speak because of fear. So, we might have a mental connection," Yami explained.
"Right now, I think you are mental," Yugi joked. Simorgh snickered.
"Oh, ha ha, very funny, Yugi. Anyway, let's try and see if my hypothesis is correct," Yami told her. She just shrugged.
"Yugi, can you hear me?" Yami thought, sending it to Yugi. She heard him.
"Whoa, you're right," Yugi said.
"See, I told you. We have a connection," said the guardian angel.
"That's so cool!" Yugi said excitedly before yawning.
"You should go to bed. We're going to the museum. You'll want to be wide awake," Yami said.
"Okay, are you going to bed too?" she asked.
"No, I'm going to talk with Simorgh for a little while," Yami answered.
"Okay," Yugi said, laying, "Don't eat him if you two in an argument!"
"Yugi!" Yami said as Simorgh laughed.
"I was talking to you, Simorgh! You could easily eat Yami. Don't."
This time Yami was the one who laughed.
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Yugi, Yami, Solomon, Joey, Tristan, and Tea made it to the museum. They were excited about the Egypt exhibit, though Joey was nervous about the mummies. Yami and Yugi were excited to see the exhibits about Egypt where the Millennium Puzzle came from, according to Yugi's grandfather. Two men greeted them. One was tall and seem pleasant. The other was a fat guy.
"Hello, Professor Yoshimori, it's good to see you, old friend," Solomon said.
"Solomon, it's great to see you too," Yoshimori said back, then turned to the fat guy, "This is the sponsor for one of the exhibits for an excavation in Egypt, Mr. Kanekura."
"Welcome to my museum," greeted Mr. Kanekura.
"His museum?" Yami and Yugi questioned in thought.
"Oh, Yoshimori, remember that thing we talked about?" Kamekura asked. The professor looked a little uncomfortable.
"Oh right, um, Solomon, you said that your granddaughter completed the Millennium Puzzle?" asked Yoshimori.
"Great, Gramps blabbed," Yami thought which Yugi heard.
"He was excited for me when I finished it," Yugi told him mentally.
"Still."
"Oh yes, this is my granddaughter, Yugi. She finished the Millennium Puzzle herself," Solomon introduced the girl, then turning to Yami, "This is her best friend who lives with us, Yami. He is the owner of the puzzle now."
Without a polite greeting from him, Mr. Kanekura grabbed the puzzle, while it was still around Yami's neck. He was practically choking him!
"Amazing! This is truelly amazing!" Kanekura said, not caring what he was doing to Yami.
"Mr. Kanekura is a dealer. He has an eye for valuable things," Yoshimori told them.
"Yeah, a life is a precious thing too, you know. So do you mind if you let go," said Yami. He and the puzzle were released.
"You okay?" Yugi asked. He nodded.
"Yami, please let me put the Millennium Puzzle in the exhibit," the fat sponsor asked him.
"What?" Yami unconsciously put his hand on the Millennium Puzzle. Ever since it gave him his human/angel form, he never took it off. He want to take it off. Yugi worked so hard on it for eight years. It always made him smile to see her work paid off and she let him wear it because it gave powers and his forms.
"Yami, what are you going to do?"Yugi asked.
"I don't want to give it up, Yugi," he answered honestly.
"Please, Yami!" the man continued to beg. Yami's eyes narrowed. Something wasn't right about him.
"Fine, but only for one day," the angel said taking it off unwillingly.
"Thank you! One day is enough."
"Sorry, Yugi."
"It's fine. It's only for one day anyway. I could tell that he was getting on your nerves."
"I promise I won't leave without it. It's a treasure to us, right?"
"Right!"
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Yugi, Yami, Solomon, Prof. Yoshimori, and friends went into the exhibit.
"Wow, this is so cool! It's amazing that the Millennium Puzzle's origins were from Eygpt," Yugi said.
"Yeah," Yami agreed, already missing the weight the puzzle gave him while it was around his neck.
They spotted the golden upside-down pyramid hanging in a case in display.
"Wow! You two are famous!" Joey said as they all looked at it.
Yami put his hand on the glass, staring in the eye of the puzzle. Yugi had poured her heart into solving it. A part of her was inside there, along with a part of himself. With it around his neck, his best friend would always there, even in spirit. Not only that, there was a familiar feeling when he first saw it eight years ago. It was as if he seen it before. Still, Yugi worked hard on it and let him wear it. Without Yugi and that puzzle, he felt incomplete.
"I'm sorry about this. I know you didn't want to give it up, but I'm afraid I'm not able to do anything," Prof. Yoshimori said.
"It's fine," Yami told him.
"It must mean a lot to you. I know it must be hard. Since you have a crush on Mr. Moto's granddaughter," he continued with a slight smirk.
"What! I don't have a crush on her. She's my best friend," protested Yami, blushing.
"Sure, sure."
Yami made the blush go away. Then they continue with the tour in the museum. When it was over, Yami and Yugi stayed to wait for closing time. When it was time, they went in.
"Let's slipt up. When one of us find Mr. Kanekura, ask him for the puzzle," Yami said.
"Right!"
The two separated. Yugi searched until she saw a Egyptian man wearing a white rob and turban. Around his neck was a gold key. In his hand was the Millennium Puzzle!
"Excuse me, but that belongs to my friend and me," Yugi said. The stranger's eyes widen with shock.
"Did you solve this?" he asked.
"Yes," answered Yugi, wondering what was going on.
"This girl finished the Millennium Puzzle. What kind of a person is she? Is she black-hearted like Mr. Kanekura, who I have punished for his greed in selling precious Egyptian treasure from the Valley of the Kings? Or she is something? Let's find out with the Millennium Key," the man thought, taking a hold of the gold key. He used it to touch Yugi's forehand. With a click, the man entered a room, her soul room, to see what lays in her heart. He was bewildered.
"This room is amazing. I have never seen anything like this," he thought, "White walls meaning purity. The walls are made of glass; she's fragile. Yet, there are support beams that hold up her room. She does have strength and is able to support people no matter what. There are scatter toys everywhere on the floor; innocence. There are pictures here: an old man, a couple, a large bird, a group of friends, and a boy with crimson eyes and black wings. They mean a lot to this girl. Each has a type frame that shows a type of love she has for them. The old man and couple are family love, the bird and the group of friends is friendship, and the boy has a special frame, special feelings. No evil thoughts, no darkness at all. She's a pure-hearted innocent maiden. This girl has nothing to do with the invasion of the Valley of the Kings. She solve the Millennium Puzzle, but she doesn't have its power."
The man looked to the center of the room. There was a winged-heart state in the middle, chained up.
"From the looks of this, she has power of her own. It's locked up."
Then he saw a chained-up ancient stone picture of a girl who looked just like Yugi but was wearing Egyptian princess with a tiara and all. Next to it was an ancient stone door with the same eye like the one on the puzzle.
"This picture shows that she has a secret that even she doesn't know of. I don't know either. But this door..."
The man opened to the door. Behind it was an unusual room. It looked like a tomb in some way. It had many staircases and many doors. He tried to entered it but couldn't.
"What does this mean?"
"Yugi!"
The voice sounded like it was coming from the stone room.
"Yugi, where are you?"
The picture of the crimson-eyed black-winged boy was glowing.
"Yugi!!!"
The Egyptian man left Yugi's soul room. The small girl fainted. She laid on the ground. The man took her wrist and put the Millennium Puzzle in her hand. Yugi pulled it to her chest.
"Yugi!" Yami shouted as he appeared, seeing his best friend on the floor with a man standing over her.
"Yugi! What did you do to her?" Yami ordered, running over to her body, cradling her. The man watched him. He touched his forehead with the Millennium Key, entering his soul room.
Now both he and Yami were in his soul room, the ancient tomb soul room.
"Who are you? How are you in my soul room? Did you do the same thing to Yugi?" Yami asked.
"Who I am is no concern for you. I am a judge for whose to enter the Valley of King. While I was doing my duty, I came across the complete Millennium Puzzle. It's been solve and from the looks of you being here with me, it's power transfer to you," he answered.
"Yes, you're right about that. Still, how are you about to come here?"
"I use one of the Millennium Items, the Millennium Key, to enter your mind. I had also entered the girl's soul room, to answer your question. I did nothing to her except observed. She has a very beautiful soul room I might add," he said, making Yami growl, "I have another Millennium Item, the Millennium Scales. I use it to judge the light and darkness in a person's heart. They are a part of my power. So now, I am here to see the true power of the Millennium Puzzle."
"You invade my friend and my soul rooms just to find power. Well now, let's turn this into a game. Go on and search to your heart's content," Yami told him.
"Before I do that, I must tell you about another power I have. I am able to recreate the personality of a person's soul room and have them under my control."
Yami growled, worried what he could do to Yugi with that kind of power. He couldn't like this guy near her if he meant to harm her. So far, as he heard, this man didn't do anything yet.
"Don't worry. I won't hurt your little friend. Now, I shall begin my search."
The Egyptian man walked around, looking behind the doors and dodging dangerous traps. It was a dangerous place. He had to be careful.
He can across a white door that led to Yugi's soul room, showing the connection between two. Still, he couldn't enter it like before. He also saw pictures around it. They were the same pictures as Yugi, except it was missing the couple's picture. The old man was in a family frame, the friends and bird were in the friendship frame, and the girl, Yugi, was in the special frame too.
Finally, he reach a room where Yami was in. He entered, thinking that it was the true room where he could find the power of the puzzle. The floor gave in, revealing to be a trap. The man grasped the side. He saved himself but was still in danger.
"If I fall, I'll never leave this boy's mind," he thought. His hand slipped. He was falling until he felt a hand grabbed his wrist. He looked up. Yami saved him. He was flying out of the hole of darkness with his black wings.
"You saved me?" the man questioned.
"Don't judge me because my wings are black or my name, Yami, darkness. Anyway, I think that's enough peeping into other people's soul rooms, don't you?"
"Thank you. I lose this game." With that, he and Yami returned to reality. Yami was still conscious with Yugi in his arms.
"I shall leave now. Thank you for saving my life," he said, leaving, "My name is Shadi."
"Shadi?" Yami repeated then felt a stir in his arms. Yugi woke-up.
"Yami?" she said.
"Hey, glad you're okay."
"I saw a man who had the puzzle. Then I guess I fainted. He gave me back the puzzle though," she explained. She put the puzzle back around her friend's neck.
Yami smiled, feeling much better now that he had the Millennium Puzzle back.
"Come on. Let's head back before Grandpa starts to worry," said Yami as he picked her up bridal style.
"Yami, you can put me down. I'm fine," Yugi protested.
"It's fine. You're very light anyway."
Yugi blushed and allowed Yami to carry her home in his warm arms that always seem to make her feel safe no matter what.
Yami smiled down at her. Still, he knew that that wasn't the last he saw of Shadi. He really hoped that Yugi wouldn't be put in danger.
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Preview: Shadi comes back and challenges Yami. The prize at sake... Yugi.