Wow... Two chapters in one day... How do I rate lol. Might be the last one I do today though.

YGO characters are not mine, I do not claim.

I DO however own the rights to Aurora, Sapphira, Natara, Bryant, Dorian, Sanura, Aiden, Theron, and Shadow- I do make money from these characters alone so they are not up for others to steal.

Souls Divided

"The Seal will reveal your true self, Pharaoh," Aurora heard Yami's opponent tell him. "It will reveal whether you are truly good or evil."

A grim look of anger masked Yami's face as he stood against the gruff-looking man across from him. It changed to a look of astonishment when Timaeus disappeared from his side of the field. "What have you done, Raphael?" He shouted angrily.

"It's not what I've done, Pharaoh. Timaeus and the Orichalcos don't mix, like light from darkness. Your darkness forced your legendary dragon off the field."

Yami growled as a dark red light flashed in his eyes. "You were a fool to hand me this card, Raphael!"

Aurora felt her own eyes darken as she watched them. "No, Yami," she whispered. "You were the fool who played it..." She continued to watch as Yami seemed to forget about the Heart of the Cards. He recklessly sacrificed monsters right and left in his attempt to regain control of the duel. His smirk become a cruel sneer that Aurora found herself shocked and frustrated at seeing.

"It is because of the Seal of Orichalcos that my creatures have their strength. It is the Seal giving me the power to destroy you and end this duel!"

"You are wrong, Pharaoh," Raphael returned coolly. "It is not the Seal giving you this Power. It is the darkness that has always been a apart of you."

"It doesn't matter where the Power comes from," Yami countered, a part of him still trying to deny the darkness he felt growing within. "The fact of the matter is that it is mine now, and I will use it as I need to in order to end this! Kuribabylon, attack Guardian Grarl!" His monster did as it was ordered and the effect destroyed Raphael's Purity of the Graveyard. "Now, Dark Magician, attack him directly!" He growled when the attack is repelled by Raphael's Aid to the Doomed magic card.

"Yugi!"

Yami, Raphael, and Aurora all turned toward the voices calling to their friend as Duke, Joey, and Tristan arrived, sliding down the side of a cliff, landing beside Rex and Weevil. Yami and Raphael returned to their duel as Aurora watched the group on the cliff. A fight had broken out,but quickly ended when Joey realized Yami had played the Seal. Disbelief and denial filled his eyes, as well as another emotion that Aurora found herself feeling in the pit of her heart. A disappointed betrayal.

"So, Pharaoh, how does it feel to know that, all this time, you have been hiding your true self?" Raphael asked him with grim amusement in his eyes. "You derive your Power from darkness and you always have."

"You thought I would not be able to handle the Orichalcos so well, but you were wrong Raphael. Your soul is on the line here and I am going to mke you regret ever giving me this card!"

"I have no worries," his opponent returned evenly. His face showed no fear as he stood strong against Yami and his attacks. "I have complete trust in my monsters. Now Iactivate Monster Reborn to revive my Guardian Grarl."

"I destroyed that monster once, I shall do it again," Yami vowed only to growl as Raphael placed a card face down and activated Swords of Revealing Light to stop him from attacking for three turns. "That won't top me, Raphael," he countered, drawing for his turn. "I sacrifice Big Sheild Gardna to summon Catapult Turtle. Thanks to it's ability, I can sacrifice one of my monsters to inflict damage to your Life Points directly. Since it isn't an actual attack, it cannot be affected by the Swords of Revealing Light."

"You are going to have to wait on that, Pharaoh," Raphael informed him as he revealed a face down card. "I activate Limit Tribute so you can only sacrifice one monster per turn. You made one sacrifice to summon that turtle. Your next sacrfice cannot happen this turn."

"Fine then, my turn has ended," Yami said with a scowl.

Aurora'sheart sank with every turn of the card as she watched Yami sacrifice his most treasured monster with a scornful, "he's useless to me now, anyway." This is not him. This is not the Pharaoh I knew. This is not the Pharaoh I loved... That ... That seal has changed him. He will regret his choices. Tears filled her eyes and she blinked them back as he scored another hit against Raphael. The vision in her mind told her the outcome, but she knew there was nothing she could do to change it. She watched helplessly as the last turn came around. She could feel the anger and disappointment radiating from a silent Joey as he watched. Tristan and Duke cheered their friend, but Joey shook his head, standing and raising his voice to be heard.

"Dat's not Yugi." He glared down at the field as Yami turned to face him. Aurora caught the confusion in his eyes and waited for Joey to continue.

"What do you mean, Joey?" Duke asked him, his head tilted in surprise. "He's winning, you should be cheering."

"Not for dat, I won't. He taught me the meaning of a True Duelist. To believe in the Heart of the Cards. He's been brainwashed by dat Seal. He acts like Power is all dat he wants. A True Duelist wouldn't sacrifice his monsters right and left without care for a victory like dat."

"I tried to tell you," Raphael laughed darkly. "The Seal would reveal the truth. Your Pharaoh is dark. Pure evil. He cares for nothing and no one but his own gain. He trapped himself by his own selfish need for Power."

Aurora felt the low growl in the back of her throat as she listened to Raphael's lies. When Yami asked him what he was talking about, Raphael forced him to take another look at his monsters.

"Once they were pure, but you have made them evil shadow creatures."

Yami stared at his own monsters in shock. There was a moment of silence where he began to realize what he had done. "You tricked me!" He shouted angrily.

"I did not force you to play the Seal of Orichalcos, Pharaoh," Raphael returned evenly, almost smugly. "You played it even at the cost of losing Timaeu. Face it, Pharaoh, your lust for power had you destroy a very valuable monster."

Yami watched in shock asRaphael made his play and called forth his Guardian Eatos. Aurora turned her eyes from the sky, lowering her gaze to the ground as Raphael called forth Yami's graveyard monsters and ordered him to look them in the eyes.

"Look deep into their eyes and see the betrayal you have shown them, Pharaoh. You are the one who did this by selfishly sacrificng them and letting your rage take over."

"No, I'm sorry. I never meant to - Please forgive me!"

The monsters faded and their power was absorbed by Guadrian Eatos' sword bringing the guardian's attack points to ten thousand. In a brillant flash of light, the last of Yami's monsters were destroyed and his Life Points depleted. Yami fell to his knees as the Seal began to close in on him. Aurora struggled with her instinct to go to him, but she was held back by two hands on her arms.

"He did this to himself, Aurora," Sapphira reminded her friend sadly.

"He has to face the consequences of his actions," Natara added softly, her eyes grave.

Aurora turned back to the field as she heard Yami's self loathing scream before the Seal encased him and he fell to the ground. She and her friends were distracted by the suden whip of wind as a helicopter flew over the chasm. Raphael picked Yami up from the ground and hoped unto a rope ladder tossed down to him. As they flew up and over Yami's friends, he dropped the limp body onto them with a laugh.

"Be ready, Wheeler, your soul is next!" He promised as he climbed up the rest of the ladder and flew off.

"Will he be all right?" Nataraasked Aurora quietly as they watched his friends try to wake him.

Aurora said nothing, her eyes glued to the scene before them. She watched his eyes open and felt his instant pain. He tore away from his friends, running toward the edge of the cliff and falling to his knees, tears streaming down his face. His guilt overwhelmed him and ate away at what was left of his soul.

"Hey, Yuge... You made it, it's all right," Joey told him softly.

"No!" Yami shouted, furiously slamming his fists into the ground. "No, Raphael succeeded. Yugi is gone, and it's my fault!"

Aurora gasped, reeling backward and bringing a hand to her heart. No! Not Yugi... no...

"I don't get it," Joey pressed. "How can you be talking to us if dat jerk took your soul?"

"Not mine," Yami admitted in a halted voice. "Yugi's." He let out an anguished cry that echoed throughout the canyon and jolted Aurora's spirit. "Yugi! Come back! It should have been me! Not you! It should have been me!" He bowed his head to the ground, his body trembling violently with his tears. "It should have been me..."

Aurora watched on a moment longer before turning and walking away.

"Aurora? Where are you going?" Sapphira asked, following her. "Aren't you going to help him?"

"He must deal with this. There is nothing I can do to help ease his guilt. He did this. He has to get passed it if he is to succeed in this battle," she told her friend with a tearful sounding voice.

"So what do we do now?" Natara hesitantly prodded.

"We go to Florida."

"Florida?"

"Yes, Florida. The information Professor Hawkins had in his home was distroyed. But there were copies at a museum in Florida. That is where we can hopefully get the information we are seeking to get this mess cleaned up." She paused once more to glance back down at the broken form of her husband's spirit and closed her eyes. "We have to release Yugi's souls, and the souls of the others. Only then can we defeat Theron's evil creature and stop Dartz from succeeding in the plan he tried to uphold ten thousand years ago..."

Lord Theron's eyes glanced up at the large double doors as they opened and Raphael and Allister appeared with two younger teens behind them. He arched an eyebrow at the business man lounging in his office chair sipping his cocktail.

"Mission accomplished, Master Dartz," Raphael reported as he lowered to one knee in an act of respect. "The strongest soul on Earth has been captured." He stood again and waited for the older gentleman to speak.

"You fool," Dartz returned coldly, slowly turning in his chair to face them. is blue and gold eyes flashed. "Once again, you have managed to fail me."

"No, Master. That is not possible," Raphael stuttered, trying to make sense of what he was being told.

Valon rolled his eyes as he entered the room, one arm wrapped up in a sling. "That's right, the soul of the Pharaoh is still out there." He nodded to a screen flashing on behind Dartz as a picture of the temple became visual and the latest carving of Yugi appeared.

"It's a clear case of mistaken identity, Raphael," Dartz explained.

"Seems you captured that innocent Yugi's soul instead of the Pharaoh's," Valon added smugly.

"But how?" Raphael asked, anger flashing in his eyes.

"Both souls inhabit one body," Dartz explained farther, leaning forward to place his elbows on the table. Theron folded his arms in front of his chest as he listened. "You just captured the wrong one."

"That's not possible," Raphael argued. "I know it was the Pharaoh I was facing, the Seal should have captured him, not the weaker one."

"If you hadn't been such an imbecile, you would have noticed it right away, Raphael. You would have seen that while you did, indeed, defeat the Pharaoh, it was the soul of his vessel that was captured instead. The Pharaoh, himself, is just fine."

"Please, Master Dartz, if you give me the chance, I will fix this."

Lord Theron glanced around the room as Dartz took notice of the newcommers. Growing bored, he took his leave and exited the room. He had better things to do than listen to a couple of sniveling brats whimper about wanting to be the best duelists. He knew they would be put to the test soon enough, but he no longer wanted to play things Dartz's way. He was tired of waiting. The Laviathan was rightfully his and he deserved full control over it. To have to wait till this fool had his fun was wearing thin on his nerves.

"This had better not take much longer," he muttered as he stalked down the hall.

"Kaiba Corp, how may I help you?" Sanura closed her eyes and sighed. "I'm sorry, Mr. Kaiba has no comment at this time." She pressed a button to disconnect the call and stood to stretch, rubbing gently at her temples to ease a threatening headache. She could hear Seto at his desk blaming Pegasus for the recent plumment of Kaiba Corp stocks and felt her head drop.

"What if it isn't Pegasus, Seto?" Mokuba asked when his brother hung up the phone. "What if it was this Alister guy? He blames Kaiba Corp for what happened to his brother." He shrugged. "If I were him, I'd probably blame this company, too. Besides," he added, looking up. "Pegasus was captured so he couldn't be behind it."

"Not that magic nonesense again," Seto groaned. "I may not know about all that, but you do bring up a good point about Alister. Either way, if we are going to get Kaiba Corporation and Kaiba Land back and in progress, we have to take Doma down."

Sanura glanced at her desk as the phone rang again. Resisting the urge to sigh again, she answered the phone. "Kaiba Corp, how can I help you?" She blinked and straightened with a frown as she turned to face Seto. "Mr. Wheeler on the phone for you sir?"

Seto returned her shocked expression with one of cold reluctance. "What could he want? Go ahead and put him through."

"He actually took my call?" Joey's voice could be heard as the call came up on Seto's video phone.

"It works better if you aren't so close, Joey," Mokuba informed him as he stood beside Seto at his desk.

"Make it quick, Wheeler."

"Sure thing, Kaiba. We got some clues on those biker guys you might find interesting."

Seto grew annoyed when it became apparent that Joey was not going to continue. "Did you call just to be a royal pain in my ass again, or are you going to tell me what you found out?"

"Nah, I'm not gonna give it up dat easily, Mr. Hotshot. But maybe if you could give us a lift to Florida, I can fill ya in on da way. You see the crees defeated Yugi and took his so- hey!" There was the sound of a scuffle as Tea tried to shut him up, but the damage had been done.

"What do you mean, stole his soul?" Mokuba asked.

Sanura stood at the door, listening in stunned shock. They defeated him? Stole his soul?

"Ahh, just forget about all that soul stuff," Tristan tried to cover. "Kaiba doesn't believe in all that magic stuff anyway..."

Sanura started when Seto let out and explosive shout, slamming his fist onto his desk at the sight of a depressed Yami.

"Yugi lost!? You mean he gave his crown to some nobody?! No one deserves that title but me!"

"Kaiba, wait-" Yami started before he was rudely interrupted by Seto's rage.

"You are a disgrace to the game, Yugi! A disgrace!" He slammed the phone down and the office fell into a tense silence as Seto tried to calm his quick breaths.

"Seto? Are you going to be okay?" Mokuba asked hesitantly.

"I'll be fine. But now they have given me even more of a reason to hunt down and destroy those punks." He looked up at the door. "Miss. Hart, get Kaiba One ready to fly. We leave in fifteen minutes."

"Yes, sir." Sanura turned and went to her desk to make the needed calls, her mind hardly touching on the task at hand. She was shocked by the news of Yugi's defeat. She could see the pain etched on the face of her father's spirit. As she thought moreof it,she could almost feel the same pain she had seen.

"Hey, Miss. Hart, you are pale. Are you all right?"

She looked up into golden eyes and felt herself begin to sway. Instantly, she felt strong arms surround her and ease her into her chair. She felt herhair rushed away from her face and the feel od a ceramic cup being pressed to her lips.

"It's okay, Miss. Hart. Just drink some water, it should help."

"Thank you, Mr. Winters," she said softly, regaining her composure. "It does help."

"Are you going to be okay?"

"I shall be. Just need a moment." Taking a deep breath, she looked up at him again. "Have yourself ready, Mr. Winters. Mr. Kaiba is setting off again." He nodded and she watched him turn to leave. Tilting her head in thought, she was left with a terrible feeling in her heart. Something about this trip just seems wrong... like something terrible is about to happen... Shaking off her thought, she stood and gathered her briefcase. Sanura turned as Seto and Mokuba left Seto's office and silently followed them out.

Let's just hope that I am wrong...