The four friends found themselves on top of a mountain. Nearby was a cave, where the fossil excavation was being held. And next to the cave was a tent, where the archeologists were staying.

As the four moved towards the cave, they were suddenly stopped by an earthquake!

"What...It's an earthquake!" Jounouchi cried, trying to keep his balance. Everyone kept their balance until the earthquake suddenly stopped.

"That...didn't last very long." Cat mentioned.

"Is Reshef's resurrection causing the tremors?" Yugi pondered out loud.

"Whatever it is, stay on your toes." Kay said. "We better keep moving guys."

Everyone nodded and entered the cave.

The sunlight filtered in enough light to see, but the archeologists kept a few lamps around. There were fossils everywhere; but what caught their eye was the huge ancient skeleton further into the cave, and the person standing next to it.

"Is that who I think it is?" Jounouchi asked.

"Seems so." Yugi said and walked to the boy, the other three following.

The boy turned around, surprised to see the four friends.

"What are you three chumpasaurs doing here?" The boy asked before grinning jokingly. "You came all the way out here to see me?"

"And why would we do THAT, Rex?" Jounouchi asked, frowning slightly.

"Don't cause any unnecessary trouble, Jounouchi." Kay warned.

Rex Raptor stood in front of the four. The duelist who loved dinosaurs.

Yugi then proceeded to explain their situation.

"Millennium Item?" Rex asked after Yugi was finished explaining. "You came all the way here looking for one of those things?" He thought for a moment. "Well...I could tell you what I know...but only if you can beat my Dino Deck!"

Jounouchi rubbed his head, frustrated. "Aw, man! I knew there was gonna be a catch!" He groaned.

"Never-the-less, he's not going to talk unless one of us duels him." Kay said and sighed, stepping up and activating her duel disk. "I'll duel you, Rex."

"That's the spirit!" Rex said, grinning. "Let's duel!"

Rex wasn't really a strong duelist, so Kay had no trouble defeating him in their duel.

"Graaaah! You win!" Rex growled and sighed. "I wanted to learn how to strengthen my deck. That's why I came here, because there's supposed to be some secret in these parts. But I guess I was wrong. I won't lose next time, though. I don't know if it's what you're looking for...but I hear there's something odd in the back of the cave. Good luck on finding that thing."

"Thanks Rex." Yugi said before looking at his other friends. "Let's go check it out!"
The other three nodded before they headed over to the back of the cave.

By some more fossils, there stood a Millennium Guardian.

"Those drawn by the Millennium Item...Prove your worth among the sleeping ancient dragons..." The Millennium Guardian said once the friends reached him.

Jounouchi stepped up. "Alright! I haven't dueled in a while, so it's my turn!" He said with a determined smile and activated his duel disk. "Duel!"

Jounouchi defeated the Millennium Guardian, but everyone couldn't help but notice that the Millennium Guardians were getting stronger...

"Impressive. Take this item." The Millennium Guardian said before handing Jounouchi the Millennium Rod.

Once Jounouchi touched the item, Marik's spirit appeared before them.

"Who's calling me?" Marik asked. "I'm living a new life in Egypt. My job as a tombkeeper is over...we will meet again somewhere sometime." With that, Marik disappeared.

"Marik." Yugi mummered before another earthquake suddenly occurred.

"Wha...! Another earthquake!" Cat cried.

"We'd better get outta here!" Jounouchi said.

"We have the Millennium Rod. Let's get back to Ishizu!" Yugi said.

Yugi, Jounouchi, Cat and Kay ran over to Ishizu, Millennium Rod in hand, after returning to Domino City.

"I see you have obtained the Millennium Rod." Ishizu said. "Only two Millennium Items remain."

Another earthquake suddenly it after her words.

"Reshef the Dark Being's power grows catastrophic! Time is running out!" Ishizu cried. "Please search for the next Millennium Item. The next Millennium Item is...in the Galapagos Islands. Please hurry."

"The Galapagos Islands? Never heard of them." Jounouchi said.

"Me neither." Cat admitted.

"I'm sure our pilot will know where that is." Kay said. "Right now, we need to head out."

A familiar man stood on the beach, staring out to the ocean.

"I can hear the sea raging..." He mummered. "It's shouting as if nature is out of balance."

The group of friends stared at the man's back.

"Hey...isn't that Mako?" Yugi asked.

"Sure looks like it to me." Jounouchi said and walked up to Mako with his friends.

Without a greeting, Mako looking over his shoulder at the four.

"Can you not hear it? Can you not hear the pain of the ocean?" He asked. "I was raised on the high seas, so I can understand when all is not right. The waters are crying, but about what...?"

"Well...actually..." Cat mummered.

Mako suddenly looked interested.

"What's going on?" He asked. "Please, tell me."

Mako frowned after the four finished explaining what was going on.

"Reshef the Dark Being? That's hard to believe." Mako commented. "But the tides have been far from normal. If anything has to do with this mystery...Go deeper into the island. You may find something."

The four nodded and hurried into the forest that rested behind the beach.

They followed the path until they reached large stone ruins. They stopped when they suddenly saw a familiar person and heard a way too familiar laugh.

Weevil was standing in front of the ruins, looking through the plants, laughing to himself.

"This island is a treasure trove of rare insects!" He said to himself gleefully.

Jounouchi's eye twitched. "Ugh...i-it's Weevil. Why is he here of all places?" He complained.

"I don't know. On vacation?" Kay suggested.

"Should we talk to him?" Cat asked.

"No way." Jounouchi said. "Let's just sneak by him and into dat old building. Nothing good ever comes from interacting with Weevil!"

Quietly, the four walked up to the ruins and into them, making sure they didn't catch Weevil's attention.

After they walked inside, something caused the four to stop in their tracks in shock.

"L-look!" Yugi cried, pointing to the end of the room.

There, standing at the end of the room was the Pharaoh. He was just picking up the Millennium Scale. After doing so, he turned to look at the four.

"It's been a long time, partner." He said.

Cat smiled and placed a hand over her heart, sighing in relief. "Yami...he's...he's okay." She thought to herself happily. But that happiness didn't last long as realization hit her and her smile faded. "Wait...something's not right. Where's the Millennium Puzzle? And...how did he gain his own body...?"

"I've already snatched the Millennium Item here." Yami said. "Including the ones you have, that makes six. Ishizu told me to bring back all the Millennium Items."

The four remained quiet. They all knew something seemed a little odd...

"Fork over the Millennium Items you have." Yami said, reaching his hand out. "Why aren't you responding to me, Yugi?"

Yugi remained silent, frowning a little.

"I'm trying to help, but you're not going to cooperate? I'm disappointed." Yami said, frowning. He scanned the four before he looked at Cat. "Cat, my dear, will you give them to me?"

Cat bit her lip and her heart pounded. Something defiantly wasn't right. She shook her head in response.

Yami scowled.

"What? I said hand them over! Now do it!" He snapped. "Come on, what are you waiting for, you idiots! Hand over the Millennium Items!"

"There's something wrong about you!" Yugi finally snapped.

"Yeah! Our pal would never act or speak to us in this way!" Jounouchi snapped at Yami as well.

Yami suddenly looked flustered.

"Wh-what do you mean?" He asked. "I'm the same ol' dude you all know and love! How could things go wrong? I look exactly like him! My disguise is perfect!"

"Disguise?" Kay asked, putting her hands on her hips. "You blew it."

"Uh...no, not a disguise! I meant...um, I...Argh! My cover is blown! But it doesn't matter!" The man suddenly pulled off his disguise to reveal a fat, short, gray skinned man with purple hair and purple lips.

He laughed. "I am the Mimic of Doom!" He said. "We'll duel for he Millennium Items!"

Yugi stepped up, activating his duel disk. "I'll duel you!" He said. "How dare you trick us and take form of our friend!"

The Mimic laughed.

"Whatever. Let's duel!"

Yugi's anger motivated him to end the duel quickly. The Mimic was defeated.

"Nooooo! I can't lose!" The Mimic cried before running away, dropping the Millennium Scale as he ran.

Once he was gone, Yugi walked over and picked up the Millennium Scale. Suddenly the spirit of Shadi appeared before them.

"Six Millennium Items. You are to be praised." He said. "I hope you will not give up until you defeat Reshef...and save Pegasus from the darkness. For Pegasus is also a victim. He has been swallowed by Reshef's powers of darkness. You must save the world and Pegasus from the shadows."

After saying his piece, Shadi disappeared.

Kay looked at the ground sadly. "Uncle Pegasus..." She sighed.

"Don't worry Kay." Cat said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "We'll save him."

"Yeah! Keep your head up!" Jounouchi added in.

Kay smiled at the two a little.

"Thanks guys." She said and looked at Cat. "And don't you feel depressed either."

"Huh?" Cat asked.

"I saw how upset you looked when we found out that the Yami we encountered was fake." Kay grinned. "We only have one Millennium Item left and it's defiantly the Millennium Puzzle. Maybe if you ask nicely, Yugi will let you have a moment with the Pharaoh."

Cat turned red and frowned.

"K-KAY!" She cried. "Don't say weird things like that! E-Everyone was upset, not just me!"

Kay laughed. "Aww, you're going into denial again."

Jounouchi sweatdropped as he watched the two.

"I guess I just don't get girls sometimes." He mummered.

"The Millennium Scale..." Yugi mummered, looking down at the Millennium Item before looking at his friends. "We now have six Millennium Items. Quick, let's get back to Ishizu!"

Ishizu greeted the four friends when they returned to Domino City.

"You have obtained the Millennium Scale. We now have six Millennium Items...Thank you." She said, smiling. "We should now be able to use all three Egyptian God Cards!"

After Ishizu said that, Yugi's deck suddenly glowed for a moment.

"Huh? What was dat, Yug?" Jounouchi asked.

Yugi pulled out his deck and grabbed Slifer the Sky Dragon. He gasped.

"Oh no! Slifer turned back to stone!" He cried.

"Wh-what's happening? What's wrong? N-no! The Winged Dragon of Ra did not resurrect!" Ishizu gasped. "And even worse, Slifer the Sky Dragon has turned back into stone...is this the force of Reshef the Dark Being?"

"I wouldn't doubt that at all!" Kay said, looking at Slifer.

"But without the Egyptian God Cards, we are helpless. There must be something we can do. I must think of all possibilities, no matter how small." Ishizu said and turned to the four. "In the meantime, please train diligently. You must raise you duelist level, or you will have no chance to win."

"If you insist, Ishizu." Yugi said.

"I guess we have no other choice." Jounouchi said.

"Yeah." Both Kay and Cat nodded.

Before the four could move, a brown dog suddenly ran up to them, barking.

Jounouchi looked down at the dog. "Nyeh? This dog...isn't this Lucky? Honda's dog?" He asked.

Lucky barked at them a few times.

"Do ya think somethin' happened at Honda's house?" Jounouchi asked.

"Don't worry about me." Ishizu said. "You should check on your friend immediately. In the meantime, I will think of a plan to stop Reshef."

"Okay, Ishizu. Good luck!" Yugi said before turning to the other three. "Jounouchi, Cat, Kay, let's go!"

The three nodded as the dog barked again.

Lucky ended up running to the Game Shop. It stopped and barked at Shizuka, who was standing in front of the shop with Otogi.

"Lucky, what's wrong?" She asked the dog before noticing Yugi, Jounouchi, Kay and Cat run up, after the dog. Shizuka smiled. "Hey Jounouchi!"

"Yugi, Jounouchi, Cat and Kay! What are you guys doing here?" Otogi asked.

"Is Honda around? I don't see him..." Jounouchi asked, looking around the area.

Shizuka and Otogi suddenly fell silent for a moment.

"H-he..." Shizuka said quietly, looking a little sad.

"H-Honda..." Otogi mummered, also looking slightly sad.

"What? Did somethin' happen to Honda?" Jounouchi asked.

"Jounouchi..." Shizuka started.

"Jounouchi...Honda isn't here..." Otogi said.

"Duh, I can see that." Jounouchi said.

"So where is he?" Kay asked.

Shizuka and Otogi looked at each other.

"Well..." They started.

Shizuka sat in front of the Game Shop, enjoying the sun with Otogi and Honda's dog, Lucky. Suddenly, something caught Lucky's attention. A robotic monkey jumped up to them.

"Oh! This monkey..." Shizuka said.

The monkey "ook'd" a few times and Lucky barked in response.

Lucky and the monkey almost seemed like they were having a conversation as they seemed to exchange "words."


"I read that monkeys and dogs don't get along...but this monkey and Lucky seem like best friends." Shizuka stated, watching the two animals.

"It can't be...this monkey robot..." Otogi mummered. "Could it be Honda?"

The top of the monkey's head even looked like Honda's hair.


"Really?! Honda turned into a robot?" Shizuka cried.

"Lucky is Honda's dog, and it's getting along great with this robot." Otogi explained. "That's all the proof I need."

"I...I guess so." Shizuka said hesitently.

"And..." Otogi started.

"And?" Shizuka asked.

"This may be another repercussion due to Reshef's resurrection." Otogi said.


"H-how..." Shizuka couldn't finish her sentence.


"What other reason can you think of?" Otogi asked. "A guy can't turn into a robot in real life."


"I...I guess so." Shizuka mummered.

"But if this is true...Honda may never regain his human form." Otogi said.

The monkey suddenly screetched and ran away.


"Honda!" Both Shizuka and Otogi cried as they watched the monkey run.

"And that's what happened." Otogi finished.

"Big brother...I saw this look on Honda's face...it was as if he was saying that he didn't want anyone to follow him." Shizuka said. "I wonder if he's going to be okay..."

"Don't worry about a thing Shizuka. Honda's our friend. There's no way we'll abandon him! We'll just look for him, but I want you to stay here, Shizuka." Jounouchi said. "Just in case he comes back."

Shizuka nodded.

Kay sweatdropped.

"Are they seriously believing this?" She asked.

Yugi looked up at Kay.

"Well...I wouldn't put it outside of the realm of possibility." He said. "A lot of weird things have been happening since the resurrection of Reshef started."

"True..." Kay said reluctantly. "But it still seems far fetched to me."

"I guess we'll just have to go and find out ourselves." Cat said.

"Alright! Let's go look for Honda!" Jounouchi said.

After 30 minutes of walking around Domino City, the four friends entered an alleyway only to find four of the robotic monkeys! They were sitting there around a bunch of bananas, "ooking" at each other.

"Look at all the monkey robots..." Jounouchi said, surprised.

"It's impossible to tell which one is Honda." Yugi pointed out.

The monkeys suddenly turned towards the group and started screeching angrily as little duel disks came out of their arms. The four had wide eyes at what they had just witnessed.

"Robot monkeys with duel disks. Now I have officially seen everything!" Kay said.

"I get it! They monkeys think we're stealing their bananas." He said. "That's why they're challenging us to duel."

"These monkey robots can duel?" Cat asked, looking confused.

"Hey, I've got it!" Jounouchi suddenly cried. "I know how we can find out which one is Honda! Honda is a total amateur when it comes to dueling. So all we need to do is duel these monkey robots. The weakest one is Honda!"

"Jounouchi that sounds like a silly idea." Kay said, sweatdropping.

"I don't think there's any other way to tell them apart though." Yugi said. "It's worth a shot. Let's try dueling them. There's four of them and four of us. We can take them all on at once."

The other three nodded and activated their duel disks. They each picked a monkey and approached them. But when Kay approached her monkey, the monkey backed away from Kay, scared.

Yugi noticed this.

"Why are you running? Are you Honda?" He asked.

The monkey just "ooked" weakly in response.

"We'll know for sure after we duel! Take him out Kay!" Jounouchi said.

Kay nodded and started the duel with the hesitant monkey.

The duel hardly lasted five minutes; Kay coming out victorious. The other three friends were watching the duel.

"This monkey's lousy...there's no doubt about it! You're Honda, aren't ya? Howl twice if it's true!" Jounouchi said to the monkey.

The monkey howled twice in response.

"Man, look at ya. How could have this happened to ya?" Jounouchi said.

"Let's take him back to the Game Shop." Yugi said.

"Honda!" Shizuka cried as the four friends returned with the robot monkey. The monkey screeched in response and approached Shizuka. "I'm so glad you found him!"

Jounouchi glared at the monkey.

"Hey, Honda! That's enough! Get away from Shizuka!" He snapped. When the monkey ignored him, it only angered Jounouchi more. "Why, you..."

"Stop, Jounouchi!" Shizuka scolded. "Hasn't Honda suffered enough already?"

"Yeah, but..." Jounouchi said guiltily.

The monkey screeched at Jounouchi almost tauntingly and Jounouchi glared at the monkey.

"You're starting to tick me off, Honda." He growled.

Just then, Yugi's grandfather, Solomon Motou, and Kristen walked out of the shop. They noticed the monkey.

"Oh? That monkey robot..." He started.

"Grandpa, this monkey robot is actually Honda." Yugi said.

"Yugi, what on earth are you saying?" Solomon asked, looking completely confused by his grandson's words.

"I know it's hard to believe. But it's true." Yugi said.

"I'll prove it to ya." Jounouchi said and turned to the monkey. "Honda, if you can understand me, howl three times."

The monkey howled three times in response.

"And there you have it." Jounouchi said.

Solomon suddenly burst out into laughed and Kristen giggled as well.

The other six looked royally confused.

"Wh-what's the matter you two?" Yugi asked.

"You kids are too much." Solomon chuckled. "That monkey robot was one of the products I was selling in my store."

Kristen nodded in agreement.

"Yup. And since no one was buying we, we decided to play with it for a little." She explained.

"B-but...it understood everything I said." Jounouchi protested.

"That's because he programmed it so it would." Kristen said.

"I was wondering where it went, but I'm glad to have it back." Solomon said with a smile and looked at the monkey. "Come on, monkey robot. Let's go back to the shop!"

Before the three re-entered the shop, the real, human Honda suddenly walked up to them.

"Hi guys! What are you all doing here?" He asked.

Everyone turned to stare at Honda, without saying anything. Honda looked confused. "Huh, what?" He asked. "Why are you all looking at me weird?"

"You...where in the world were you?" Kay asked.

"I...I had the munchies, so I went out for some food." Honda explained, still looking confused and surprised.

"You idiot! After we went ape over you and everything!" Jounouchi snapped.

"Wh-what are you talking about?" Honda asked, looking even more confused.

"Then, this monkey robot is really just a robot?" Otogi asked, looking down at the monkey.

The monkey "ooked" a few times in response.

Shizuka giggled.

"That's what you get for "monkeying" around." She joked.

Everyone looked at her and sweatdropped.

"Uh...Yeah...Nice one, Shizuka." Jounouchi said.

I wanted to have this chapter up earlier, but me and my friend were out and about today. So tired...

Ah, also the "Robot Monkey Honda" part, as most of you probably already know, is a reference to the Virtual World arc that took place in the middle of Battle City. It's the arc I didn't add/write in Eternal Snow: Revised Edition.

So...yup, yup. Hope you enjoyed this chapter! See you next chappie! :D