Hey everyone – like I promised, here's the next installment of Return of the Millennium Sword!

I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh (belongs to Kazuki Takahashi), nor do I own Harry Potter (belongs to Jo Rowling).

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/Blah/ means spirit to host

/Blah/ means host to spirit

Monsters since the end of the last chapter are as follows…

Seto: Blue Eyes Baby Dragon

Hermione: Cyber Harpie

Tea: Happy Lover

Tristan: Thunder Kid

Yugi: Celtic Guardian

Joey: Baby Dragon

Chapter 7

Brisbane sighed, and gazed at his reflection in the water. Lack of sleep was beginning to catch up with him, as dark circles began to form around his eyes. A gentle breeze rustled the trees near the lake, as the man stood and brushed off his coat. The surroundings, all except the pyramid, seemed peaceful enough, yet he knew something was about to happen.

He was right.

When the breeze ceased, the snap of a twig was heard not too far in the distance. Brisbane whirled around. While the teenagers were trapped within the mysterious Capsule Monster world, he had wandered all around the island, and hadn't found a single animal. Was someone else on the island besides him? Had a rescue team found the plane wreckage?

It wasn't a rescue operation, but a single man. Unlike his previous visitor, this man hair wasn't graying, nor did he have any facial hair. Like Brisbane, he was quite young. Blond hair, sleek and straight covered his head. His cold grey eyes remained focused on Brisbane as he approached. A wand was visible in his hand, though it was not pointed at any one thing in particular.

"You're Alex Brisbane, aren't you?" said the boy. His tone made it plainly clear he would rather be anywhere but here.

"Yes, may I ask your name, as mine is of no trivia to you?"

"I come from Gozaboro," was the only thing the boy said.

"Oddly enough, I figured that much on my own. What is your name?"

The boy paused for a moment, "Malfoy. Draco Malfoy."

"Okay, Draco. What does Mr. Kaiba want now?"

"He wants you to go into the pyramid and enter the other world. He apparently wants the people inside to be able to come out safely." Draco shrugged, "that's all."

"I see," said Brisbane after a pause, "well, thank you Draco."

Malfoy nodded, turned, and apparated off with a loud crack. Brisbane looked at a large white cloud in the sky. Why do you want me to go into that world? You originally wanted them trapped in there! Oh well, I guess I could use a little action myself. Brisbane carefully reentered the pyramid, made his way to the large chamber, and stopped just before the map. The dilemma at hand. Where are those kids now? They could be anywhere in there! Well, if memory serves correctly, the one with the ridiculous hairdo entered with two friends on the forest path, the blond on the mountain, and…oh I don't remember about the other two. I'll just try…this one!

Closing his eyes, Brisbane stepped upon the forest path. Keeping his eyes firmly shut, he felt himself drop into the mysterious floor…

"Marik, are you ready yet?"

"No!"

"Well, why not!?"

"Five more minutes!"

"You said that ten minutes ago!"

"But Ishizu…" Marik trailed off when he took one glance at his sister's facial expression, "yea, I'm ready," he said quickly.

"Good because…" Ishizu trailed off for a moment, "Marik! Someone here needs to speak with you!"

"What do you mean? The only other person living here is Odion and he's not even here right now!"

Sighing, Marik entered the room to come to face Shadi. "Oh, err, hi."

Shadi withdrew his hand from his robes, the Millennium Rod in his grasp.

"Woah!" Marik didn't take his eyes off of his former item, "isn't Kaiba supposed to have that?"

"I am afraid, there has been an accident," Shadi began, "Seto Kaiba, along with the Pharaoh and his friends never made the journey home from England."

Marik opened his mouth to say something but nothing came out. Ishizu put her hand to her open mouth in shock, but said nothing, as Shadi continued.

"The plane supposedly crashed on the return journey. The Millennium Rod, hidden safely in a case, became dislodged during the crash. I have retrieved it, before a new evil could grasp it in their quest for power. I ask you either hold it for safekeeping, until Seto Kaiba returns."

"Okay," Marik nodded, still in shock over what had happened, "but what if…Kaiba…what if he's dead?"

"Should that happen, I will take the Item and guard it, along with the Key and Scales. I can sense now that Seto Kaiba is alive, yet his past spirit is restless for some 'air'. If you would allow him to temporarily use your body as a host, it will help him understand what has happened."

Marik nodded and took his old item in his hands "Okay, I can…" Marik looked up, expecting to see Shadi standing before him, but the Egyptian was gone.

In a flash of light, Set was transparent beside him. The former High Priest looked around.

"Marik! What is going on?"

"Kaiba's plane went down, Set. We don't know much, but we're going now to Domino – we as in Ishizu and me, I guess now, you're coming too."

Set just gaped, "is Seto…of course he's alright. I wouldn't be able to be here right now should my host die…where did you say we were going?"

"Domino, Priest," said Ishizu, "I have to check up on the Egyptian exhibit there to make sure everything is well."

Set nodded and glanced at his Millennium Item, firmly in Marik's hand. Poor Mokuba, he thought.

/I here you. Poor kid must be a wreck!/

/What the – oh, it's you Marik! I have to get used to a link with someone other than my present self…/

/Don't worry – I'll try not to snore at night./

/Least of my worries, friend. The very least of my worries…/

Remus and Arthur were outside a wardroom in St. Mungo's, waiting for the head Healer to give them a report on the body they had found in the guest bedroom of Hermione's home.

"What do you think happened?" asked Remus, "do you think either Mr. or Mrs. Granger were able to kill that Death Eater, before they were killed in the kitchen?"

Arthur shrugged, "it's a definite possibility. However, I don't know how the room would be sealed the way it was. I'm not an expert of Muggle contraptions, though I would love to be, but that door was magically-sealed. No way either of them able to do it."

"What about if a Death Eater killed that Death Eater before going after the parents?"

"Why would he…or she…do that? Seems kind of pointless to kill off those on your side."

"Just a thought…"

The door to the room opened, and a middle-aged Healer came out.

"Remus. Arthur," he nodded in greeting.

"Well, Ropers? What do you have?" asked Remus, "Who is he?"

"Not a Death Eater, but an ex-Auror named Horsh. According to Alastor, he went missing four weeks ago, while working undercover in the protection of the Grangers. Through his body were traces of Veritaserum."

"That all?"

"Afraid so. Oh, and we found a small wand fragment on his body. It belongs to a Yar Krieger. That's all I can tell you for now."

Arthur clapped the Healer, Ropers, on the back, "Thanks Ropers."

"Anytime Arthur. Oh, and give my condolences to the daughter."

"Who?"

"The Grangers – they had a daughter, right?"

"Oh, yes. I'll be sure to tell Hermione."

Ropers shook his head sadly, "A shame what happened to her parents…"

"Yes, well, thank you Ropers."

As Remus and Arthur headed out of the Ministry, the light bulb 'clicked' in Arthur's head.

"Who's wand was on that body?" asked Arthur.

Remus checked the parchment the healer had given him, "Yar Krieger."

Arthur shook his head, "Is he a Death Eater?"

Remus looked at his companion, "there's only one way to find out."

Harry, now at the Burrow for the rest of the summer, finished telling Ron, Fred, George, and Ginny what had happened.

"So, Hermione's dead?"

"Ron! Were you not paying attention to what I just told you?"

"Sorry, Harry. Lot on my mind right about now."

"We don't know if they're dead or not…"

"Dad!" Ginny jumped up from the couch and hugged her father, who closed the door behind him.

"Hello Harry," said Remus, "is Alastor here?"

"May-Eye?" asked Mrs. Weasley, "he's in the kitchen."

"Thanks, Molly." Arthur and Remus continued through the living room and approached the retired Auror.

"Alastor, do you know Yar Krieger?"

"Yar Krieger?" repeated Mad-Eye, his magical eye going in every which-way. "The Death Eater Yar Krieger?"

"I suppose so. Part of his wand was found on the corpse from the Granger's place."

"Hmm, he is a Death Eater, but the last I heard of him was three years ago. Not one to publicize himself, Krieger."

"I see, well…" Remus stopped speaking at once. Racking his memory banks, he quickly stood up. "Alastor, I need your help!"

"What's going on, Remus?" asked Molly.

"Yar Krieger. I thought I saw his name from someplace. He's Seto Kaiba's pilot. I had asked him if he'd rather Portkey back to Japan. He said he trusted Krieger; he's been his personal pilot for two years."

"If that Krieger is the boy's pilot, and he and Hermione went back to Japan on it, and Krieger's a Death Eater…" Moody finally understood. "We've got to track that plane."

"Can't Mad-Eye," said George, "it went down."

Moody stopped dead in his tracks, his magical eye focused on George's nose, "What did?"

"The plane."

Remus gaped at George, at a loss for words. He finally found it in himself to gather a sentence, "What? When did this happen?"

"Not too long ago, according to this," Harry handed Remus Mokuba's letter.

"Mad-Eye, do you think that Krieger used Veritaserum on Horsh, then killed him when he learned everything he could? He then could have taken on the identity on Seto's pilot, to purposely kill the kids on Voldemort's orders?"

"It's a possibility, but there's also the chance Krieger could have been 'in the family' with Kaiba for a long period of time, without taking someone else's identity. He could have been passing info to Voldemort from under our noses."

"I don't think it would be to Voldemort, Mr. Weasley," said Harry, "we learned that Gozaboro Kaiba was a Death Eater as well, and he's out in the open too. Maybe this Krieger works for Gozaboro, and not Voldemort," he guessed, ignoring every one of Ron's flinches from the saying of Voldemort's name.

"Whatever the case," began Moody, "I'm going to Japan with Remus immediately. We'll bring Tonks too. We need to see who else isn't who they say to be around those kids' families."

"Ryou! Mail's here!"

Ryou finished packing his things together and walked to the front door. A pile of letters from the mail slot was piled on the mat by the door.

/So/ Bakura began /what came?/

/Nothing for you, Yami. Bill, another bill, magazine subscription, bill…/

/What's that one?/

/Well, it's not for you. That's for sure…/

/No duh Sherlock!/

/It's from Mokuba!/

/Kaiba's bratty brother?/

/Thief, Mokuba may be a hyperactive boy, but he is definitely not a brat!/

/Yea, sure. I wasn't listening. Now just read the letter before I do and then leave you in the dark!/

/Gee, thanks. I love you too…/

/Uh huh, nice to know you don't care. Hey wait! Can I have my body back now?/

/Not till we get back to Japan tomorrow! You saw how Dad almost had a heart attack! I promised him/

/Fine, fine…/

Ryou opened the letter. As his brown eyes scanned the contents, the rest of the mail slipped from his fingers. Upon finishing reading he gazed out the window. Be safe guys.

It was dark, the only light coming from a small campfire. Whatever amount of food the group had from Tea's bag, Joey was rapidly eating it.

"Oh, that's really attractive," Tristan snickered, as Joey shoved a handful of chips into his already-full mouth.

"The good thing is that now we're all here, so we can figure a way out of this mess," said Yugi.

Joey took one large gulp, "I found something that might be helpful, guys. Feast your eyes on this! Tada!"

Seto glanced at the sheet Joey pulled out, "this map resembles the floor tiles in the pyramid. Would be useful though if there was a big neon 'Exit' sign on here."

"That'd take all the fun out of it," muttered Tristan. Tea cocked an eyebrow at him. Tristan laughed and added, "Not that being attacked by strange, menacing creatures is fun or anything, ha ha."

Seto noticed Hermione looking uneasy at the nearest set of bushes. "What is it?"

"Weren't those bushes farther away a minute ago?"

Yugi looked around, "you're right. There definitely weren't this many here before."

The bushes moved forward again, and now, into the light. The bushes weren't bushes at all, but wolves with plants upon their heads.

"Oh no!" Tea gasped, as the group moved closer together by the fire, "We're surrounded!"

"Those are the ugliest little doggies I've ever seen," laughed Joey.

Tristan whacked him on the head, "this isn't funny, Joey. These…things…mean business, and you're probably number one on their list of munchies."

"Oh, very funny, Tristan! You're a real comedian!"

One of the front-most wolves lifted his head back with a long howl. More joined in, before one pounced upon the group.

That's all for now! I know, probably the worst spot to end this, but oh well!

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