Chapter 5-When the Present and Future Collide
When the darkness lifted from Seto's sight, he saw him again, Yami, watching over him. Seto was in a bed within one of the rooms where the group had spent the night before. Seto gasped and leaned forwards slowly before Yami's voice caused him to cease.

"Take it easy" Yami suggested.

"Yami, its you" Seto whispered.

"What's going on?" Yami asked. "Why did you say I can't duel in the Ceremonial Duel?"

"My world" Seto muttered.

"Who are you?" Yami breathed.

"I am Seto Kaiba" Seto replied. "16 years from now" .

Yami gasped, he couldn't believe it., Seto then reached under his trench coat and pulled out the Sands of Time.

"Something tells me you'll believe me now" Seto hissed.

"The Sands of Time? What happened to Omi?" Yami asked.

"Omi's still out there. Fighting." Seto replied. "Yami,after you left, the world fell apart. For 11 years, we prepared for Bakura's return and after another 5, he destroyed everyone. The only ones left were Tommy Oliver, Pegasus, Omi and myself".

"I left?" Yami asked. "So...I lost?"

"Yes" Seto sighed.

Yami's eyes narrowed and fell to the floor, Seto looked up at them as they did. He watched as they began to sparkle, it was clear that tears were beginning to form.

"I can't believe it" Yami choked. "I'm going to leave? Forever".

"But now you won't!" Seto interrupted.

Yami's eyes looked up, staring at Seto for the last statement, Seto's sapphire eyes watched Yami's violet tear-filled eyes.

"Because that Ceremonial Duel didn't happen" Seto added. "Plus you have your own body. So you can stay now".

"Thank you Kaiba" Yami whispered.

Silence. Silence fell about as Tea sat in a plush armchair. With everyone aboard the ship that had carried them to the Ceremonial Duel the night before, there was not much to say. Joey paced around the room, baffled by the sight of two Seto Kaibas. Yugi was now with them, aware of Yami's situation. With his own body, he had his own will, and with orders from the Kaiba doppelganger, the Ceremonial Duel didn't seem to be taking place. Destiny and Vicky watched as Joey paced, almost glad that the second Kaiba had interrupted the destined duel, saving the Pharaoh from his fate, his destiny. Ryou Bakura sat close by, with the 7 Millennium Items having returned, Yugi felt that Bakura would have wanted to keep the same Millennium Ring he had owned for as long as Yugi had his Puzzle. Now the golden artefacts hung around their necks, like displaced citizens returning home. Yugi turned back to Joey, Tea and Tristan who also resided within the room.

"I can't understand why there's two Kaibas!" Joey called.

"Maybe there's a clue in that thing he was holding" Tea suggested. "It looked like one of those ancient timers".

"He looked pretty beat up too" Yugi spoke. "But I see don't see what that thing had to do with him coming here.

"Maybe he's an impostor!" Tristan growled. "Here to fool us into falling into another enemy's trap".

"I don't think so Tristan" Tea squeaked. "That 'Creator of Light' said that Yami was done with fighting evil".

"I guess not" Yugi sighed. "This seems pretty important and its gotta have evil involved in it somewhere".

"Perhaps we should ask Ishizu" Bakura asked. "Maybe she has an idea".

"Good call" Yugi called. "I just hope Yami and that Kaiba are OK".

"But I don't get it" Yami spoke. "I thought the Ceremonial Duel was going to be it. It was a good thing because I'd go".

"That's what we all thought" Seto whispered. "But we found out that Bakura had survived. He was gathering energy from the Shadow Realm. And after 11 years, he had gained enough to break free of the Shadow Realm. And with you, the only one to have stopped him, we didn't know what to do. He tried fusing our world and the Shadow Realm to become one. We called upon the Power Rangers and the Xiaolin dragons for help. But in the end, we still couldn't save the world like you had".

"Don't beat yourself up about it" Yami muttered. "It's going to be OK".

"No, it won't!" Seto called. "Time has changed now, because I've come back. Bakura's getting way more power quickly! If he gets too much in a short period of time, he'll kill you as well".

"What?" Yami breathed.

"I don't understand how such a major change occurred, but because I travelled back in time, it alters things" Seto explained. "Like the Ceremonial Duel. That hasn't happened because I came back to stop it".

"I understand" Yami spoke. "But if Bakura's gaining power that fast, we have to call the Power Rangers and the Xiaolin monks as soon as possible".

"You'll have to call them and tell them to prepare" Seto replied. "But we have no idea when Bakura will be done".

"We'll just have to prepare as much as possible then" Yami sighed. "If we can stop him from destroying our world, then your world will be restored to whatever it should be without Bakura's reign of evil".

Yami turned and began to walk to the door, as he dropped his hand towards the door handle, Seto's voice caused for him to freeze. He turned back to Seto who was leaning up, halfway between sitting and laying on the bed.

"Yami..." Seto whispered. "I can't thank you enough for your kindness. And I regret everything I said before. I didn't hate you or anything. I'm sorry".

"It's OK, Kaiba" Yami replied. "You have been under a lot of stress since I met you. I understand. We can still do this. Your world wouldn't happen for another 16 years!"
Yami then opened the door silently and left the room, as the door closed slowly, Seto watched as the Pharaoh left. Seto simply stared in silence, unsure of what else to do to assist Yami in the upcoming war. Yami walked along the corridor within the boat, as he entered the end room on the right, he noticed Yugi, Joey, Tea, Vicky, Destiny, Tristan, Bakura, Kaiba, Mokuba and Ishizu. They all turned to him, having realized that Seto was no longer with him, he shut the door softly behind him and stepped forward. He felt nervous with all eyes in the room focusing on him, he sighed, waiting for the questions.

"So what's going on, Yami?" Yugi asked.

"That Kaiba is from 16 years in the future" Yami explained. "The timer he was holding is the Sands of Time, an item belonging to a friend of mine. He used It to travel back in time. You see, in his world I...I lost the Ceremonial Duel. I left and he said the world fell apart. Which is why he stopped our Ceremonial Duel. Bakura's gathering energy in the Shadow Realm. If we don't stop him, our world will end up just like his. We have to call on some friends or else, this world will fall into Bakura's hands too!"

CuteYami: To avoid confusion, 'Seto' is the future Kaiba that stopped the Cermonial Duel, 'Kaiba' is just the present day Kaiba who has yet to believe everything.