Chapter 6-The Will to Live
As darkness fell upon the Egyptian dock; Yugi, Yami and Vicky listened to more of Seto's story, horrified by the fact that so many perished. In the larger room as that they had stayed in earlier; Destiny, Joey, Tea, Tristan, Ishizu, Marik and Bakura sat. None seemed brave enough to speak at all, let alone the warning from the destroyed future that they would have created. Odion entered the room, bringing news of the ship's soon departure, Ishizu nodded, the Ishtar brothers left. Within moments, Yugi entered, Vicky followed, their friends watched them as they made their way in.
"Seto said we all died in seriously gruesome ways" Yugi sighed.
"Yugi" Bakura whispered.
Yugi looked at the snow haired British, wondering what he could have been asking for in calling the spiky-haired one's name.
"If the evil spirit of the Ring is coming back, then I shouldn't have it" Bakura muttered. "He might try and take over my body like in the past".
He removed the Millennium Ring from around his neck and held it to Yugi, insisting that the current owner of the Millennium Items have it back. Yugi took the rope that Bakura held, the British boy then released it once again, Ishizu watched as the Ring travelled between the two.
"Thanks Bakura" Yugi breathed.
"Yugi" she murmured. "We must prepare for the upcoming battle, our duty as Tomb Keepers will not be complete until the Pharaoh has reached the end of his destiny".
Yugi gasped in horror, with everything going on, Ishizu was still talking about the Ceremonial Duel that had not happened, he rose, gripping the Ring's rope tightly.
"That's why you've helped us?!" Yugi yelled. "Because you want to send Yami away, to complete your 'mission'? There's more going on here then just sending Yami away you know!"
Yugi started growling in fury at Ishizu's apparent selfishness, tears formed at the bottoms of his eyes, she seemed stunned, unable to protest innocence.
"Screw you!" Yugi snapped. "I can't believe that you don't understand that sending Yami away will kill us all!"
Yugi then raced away, throwing the door open, Tea stared out, shocked by Yugi's drastic change of heart, Vicky got up and jumped towards the door, turning to Ishizu.
"I hope you're proud of yourself!" she spat.
Leaving the room, she raced after Yugi, Tea turned to Ishizu, a tear running down her face, she also left, following the pair. Destiny, Tristan and Joey raced after her as she followed the others. They all met up on the front dark, the sun's last light leaving them behind.
"Yugi!" Vicky called. "Forget Ishizu!"
She stopped beside Yugi, he stood saddened unable to believe that Ishizu was still insisting the Ceremonial Duel hadn't taken place for a reason. Tea, Destiny, Joey and Tristan stopped close by, staring at the Pharaoh's other half who stood clenching his fists angrily. As the last light left the skies and darkness fell upon the insides of the stationary vessel, Yami returned into the bedroom, Seto slept peacefully. Exhausted, he pulled a chair close by and watched Seto, Yugi then entered, waving at Yami, the Pharaoh smiled as a reply.
"How's Seto doing?" Yugi asked.
"It's been a long and tough fight for him, but he'll get better, eventually" Yami answered. "He's been though too much that his mind won't be scarred with horrific memories".
"Poor guy" Yugi sighed.
Yugi then sat in the plush blue chair he had the night before, close by, the bag with the Millennium Items within, he placed the Ring inside.
"The Millennium Ring?" Yami asked.
"Bakura thought it was best we hang onto it" Yugi replied.
Next to the bag, sat the two Duel Disks, one with Yugi's deck, the other, the most powerful deck on earth, Yami's with the three Egyptian God cards in it.
"We should sleep in these chairs tonight, Yami" Yugi insisted. "They'll be more comfortable".
Yami nodded as a sign of agreeing with him partner, Yugi then went to sleep, Yami looked back at Seto. He placed his hands in front of him, his head laid upon them, his eyes flickered between open and shut whilst watching the future form of KaibaCorp's CEO. His eyelids fell slightly as he yawned, seeming exhausted from his first day of having his own real body since his days in Ancient Egypt. Yami's eyes then closed completely as the ship set sail, darkness consuming the Pharaoh's conscious self, driving him into the sleep his body yearned for. As clouds covered the moonlight, Seto's sleep began to turn against him, memories of the future began to haunt him.
Omi returned to KaibaCorp in the Shen Gong-Roo, there was no sign of the others; as the large robot creature entered; Vicky, Destiny, Tea and Tristan turned to it.
"Omi, where's Kimiko Clay and Raimundo?" Tristan asked.
"Don't tell me" Tea gasped.
"I am afraid so, my friends have been wiped out. Only the vessels for the burial remain" Omi sobbed.
"Omi, I'm sorry" Tea choked.
"Wait, where's Kaiba, Mokuba and Yugi?" Vicky asked. "Don't tell me they died too!"
"No, we split up into two groups, they will still be fighting" Omi replied.
"They'll be still fighting strong" Destiny insisted, positive of the situation in the trio's battle.
Out in the battle field where a nearby town once laid; Kaiba, Yugi and Mokuba all walked, ready for attack. Kaiba's Luster Dragon #2 and Yugi's Dark Magician floated above them. 3 years had passed since the war first began, Mokuba still clung his brother's cape, nervous about the area.
"Don't worry, Mokuba, it'll be OK" Kaiba insisted.
"I know, I just don't like it when its all quiet" Mokuba whispered.
An explosion then drew their attention, the sky above began to darken, a strong wind forced the three to stand their ground, Yugi's arm resided before his face.
"That loud enough for you?" he asked.
"I don't like it when it's loud either!" Mokuba yelled.
As the wind faded, Bakura stood atop his Diabound, Marik was close by, placing two cards on his Duel Disk. Two familiar monsters appeared, consisting of the Millennium Symbol and chains.
"Holding Arms and Holding Legs!" Marik yelled. "Get the Pharaoh's other half or Kaiba's brother! You choose!"
The two creatures raced after the trio, Dark Magician and Luster Dragon fired their attacks, but neither could hit the racing monsters. The three split up, racing in a different direction. Holding Legs then ensnared the legs of its victim, Kaiba stopped and stared at which of the two it had chosen.
"Oh no!" Yugi yelled.
Holding Arms then joined it, dragging the small man from the ground, struggling with all he could, he couldn't escape.
"Mokuba!" Kaiba cried.
"Hang on, Mokuba!" Yugi called.
"We can't attack, we'll hit him!" Kaiba protested.
"I...er" Yugi mumbled. "We have to find something".
"So, we've got our first hostage" Bakura laughed.
"Come on, lets go!" Marik cackled.
The two then raced away, their monsters dragging the young Kaiba along, he turned back, desperately trying to reach Yugi and Kaiba.
"Seto!" he cried. "Yugi. Don't worry about me. Get out of here!"
"Mokuba, no!" Yugi cried.
Another explosion sent the two flying back, landing hard against the ground, Kaiba looked up to see Yugi unconscious. He quickly crawled to the spiky haired one beside him, shaking him with his shoulders.
"Yugi, wake up!" Kaiba called desperately.
Yugi's eyes opened slowly, injured from the blast and dazed from Mokuba's capture, Yugi sat up slowly, placing his hands against his forehead in despair.
Seto's eyes opened, he leapt up in the darkness, in doing so, a crash was heard. He looked at the side of the bed, Yami laid there having been knocked from his chair.
"Yami!" Seto hissed.
The Pharaoh rubbed his head, having been woken from the crash, he looked up at Seto, cold sweat poured from his forehead.
"Seto?" Yami asked.
"I'm sorry. I had a flashback, when Mokuba was captured" Seto choked.
"I understand" Yami replied. "Go back to sleep, Yugi did advise me to sleep in the armchairs".
The CEO did so, Yami looked out of the window as the boat continued before turning to the door on his right, almost desperate to leave the room.
