V.E.: I wonder how this will come off, since I've thought awhile about this chapter. This is another one of my favorite parts of the movie, so I hope to do it justice.

Please take on kindly.

Maximilian Pegasus was like no other person Mana had ever met. She couldn't decide whether that was a good thing or bad thing.

His amber eye lit up as he caught sight of her, an exuberant smile which matched his voice.

"So this is the winner of our little race!"

Mana felt a little taken back as Pegasus examined her. After she had been declared the winner and the rest of the diggers had caught up with her, Chemo (who was Pegasus' bodyguard) told her that Pegasus wanted to see her personally to deliver her prize.

The money had been handed to her as soon as she entered the makeshift tent that had been set up for the gaming CEO. What she didn't expect was the many suitcases open that seemed to house only Duel Monsters cards.

Suddenly, she couldn't help but see the differences between Seto and Pegasus. Seto was cold, reserved, and formal; Pegasus was cheery, exuberant, and nonchalant.

Pegasus eyes caught hers(the one she could see though she suppose he had another behind his wall of hair), a smile still dancing in his expression.

"Well, I heard you're traveling with the Mutos. I guess I'm quite the difference compared to Kaiba boy, aren't I?"

Mana shrugged, privately she wondered if she could get away with maybe calling Kaiba that.

Unfortunately, Pegasus next words dashed her hopes.

"Oh, I wouldn't try that dearie. I only get away with it because Kaiba needs me for business deals. If it weren't for me, Kaiba boy wouldn't have set ten miles within Egypt."

Mana was surprised at Pegasus' intuitiveness.

What is he, a mind reader?

(AN: Irony, I love you so.)

At this, Mana almost thought she caught an incredibly amused look on Pegasus' face, but that swiftly disappeared as he clapped his hands together.

"Now, now; let's not forget why we're here. Time for the second part of your prize."

At the clap of his hands, more suitcases were opened by his men, showing even more cards.

Mana felt slightly disbelieving at the sight.

Does he have every card in existence here?

Once more, as if knowing what she was thinking, the silver haired man answered.

"Just so you know, not every card is here. Although, I must ask that you spare my Toons. I'm quite attached to them. So, what card are you interested in?"

Mana had to speak the truth then.

"Mr. Pegasus…"

He waved his hand off.

"Please just Pegasus is fine."

"Alright Pegasus. This is a really great selection, but I'm not a duelist at all. I tried to understand the game once, but I failed miserably."

Pegasus considered this for a moment.

"Oh, what a pity. But my dear, it's not too late to pick it up."

Pegasus' eyes lit up as he came up with a new idea.

"Oh I know! Along with giving you a new card, I can help build you a deck. It's no problem, I certainly have enough cards to get twenty people started."

Mana felt surprised at his offer.

"That's very sweet, but wouldn't that be too much trouble?"

Once again, he waved her concerns away.

"Nonsense, nonsense! I love helping new duelists get into the game! Now then, we need to decide on your signature."

Mana felt confused.

"My signature?"

Pegasus continued on in his cheery voice.

"A signature monster is what is most recognized of a person's deck, in other words you could say it's a duelist's favorite card. Yugi and Atem have the Dark Magician, Kaiba is possessive of his Blue Eyes White Dragons, and of course I have my lovable Toons! Of course the last isn't just one card. Now then, to get a look into your signature monster we need to learn a bit about yourself. That way the deck can be matched to you."

Mana felt a little impressed by the way Pegasus was going through this, she scratched her head trying to think of something.

"Well, I like science and art."

Pegasus nodded.

"That's good, but what type of monster would you like? Most girls like Fairy types and generally most people like Dragons. Warriors and Beasts are more popular with the boys."

Mana shook her head.

"I don't think any of those fit me really."

Pegasus 'hmmed' before a metaphorically 'DING!' went off in his head.

"Do you like magic? Like a Spellcaster?"

Mana nodded.

"Yeah, why?"

The flamboyant CEO snapped his fingers.

"I know just the card!"

He went over to one of the open suitcases on his makeshift desk and went through one of the stacks. His eyes lit up as he found the card and held it out for Mana to take.

"I believe this is yours."

Mana took the card warily and felt her eyes widened as she looked upon it. A female spell caster with a sweet expression, blonde hair, and emerald green eyes that stared back at her. For a moment, Mana was struck by how familiar the card was to her.

The title gleamed. Dark Magician Girl.

It took only a moment for her to decide.

"I'll take her."

Pegasus lit up.

"Excellent! Now, if you'll just give me a little while to assemble the deck. You can keep Dark Magician Girl, I'll get the rest to you later."

Mana felt herself a little confused by how the CEO was going about this.

"Um, how are you supposed to build me a deck if you don't know anything about me or what I would possibly use as a duel strategy?"

For a moment, the CEO was silent before he began to chuckle.

"Don't worry about it, let's just say I have a gift at reading people and that can extend to what they will use in a duel. I'll come and see you when I'm done today. After that, ask Yugi boy or Atem boy to teach you the basics. Kaiba isn't necessarily the best of teachers and I would worry for the rest of the duelist community if Bakura were to give out lessons."

Mana felt new questions spring up before Pegasus stopped them.

"In a way, it's kind of fitting you begin dueling here."

Mana remembered her conversation with Mahad at the hotel.

"Oh yeah, you based Duel Monsters on some game from Ancient Egypt."

A smile curved even more.

"Oh, it's nice to meet someone so well informed. I guess Mahad told you that, you are his sister."

Mana sighed.

"Unfortunately."

"Now, now, he is your brother. Granted I'm hardly the one to lecture about family, but nothing ventured nothing gained. I'll see you soon little Mana!"

Before she could ask how he knew her name, she had already been pushed outside his tenet back into the hot desert air. She took a look around at the pillars of the ruins, the obvious confirmation they were at a historical site. Diggers and archaeologists were scattered throughout the surrounding area and she searched for her own group.

Sure enough, on the top of what seemed to be a hill or steps, there was everyone else. Both of the twins' hairstyles were dead giveaways. Clutching the DMG card in her hand and the bag of cash over her shoulder, she strode over to them carefully. She passed by the all sounds of the nearby camels, the mixing languages of English, Arabic, and some Japanese.

Finally, she came close enough to the group to see what they were doing. Atem and Bakura were both doing some tying with some of the rope they had while their calmer counterparts were wiping things off some mirrors. Rebecca was currently making some notes from a book she was reading.

Mahad was supervising this and he said to Yugi and Ryou.

"Come on you too, you're supposed to catch the light with that."

Seto 'hmphed.'

"So what's with the mirrors anyway? To be honest, I'm surprised that these Ancient Egyptians even had mirrors."

Mahad fixed Kaiba up with a glare.

"Just so you know, Ancient Egyptians had some of the modern conveniences me have today like toilets and showers. Though and obviously not like the ones we have. And secondly, the mirrors are part of an Ancient Egyptian trick. You'll see what I mean later."

Mana sighed in exasperation.

"Kaiba, please don't ask my brother anything else. Otherwise, he'll talk all our ears off. Take it from one with experience."

The entire group turned back at Mana in surprise, they didn't hear her return. Rebecca popped up from her book and walked over to the brunette.

"Hey, you're back! So what card did you get?"

Mana lifted up her DMG card to her face.

"Take a look."

Rebecca looked surprised at Mana's choice.

"Dark Magician Girl? Hey, Yugi, Atem, don't you two have her in your deck?"

Yugi strode over to see and examined the card for a moment before nodding.

"Yeah, we do. But it's weird, she looks like you as a blonde."

Mana nodded.

"That's not all. Apparently, now Pegasus is going to build me a starter deck for no charge."

Mahad decided to put in his input.

"Well, that was strangely nice of him."

Mana made an unsure expression.

"He's different, I'll give him that."

Seto Kaiba's replied after that.

"No doubts about that."

All of the younger members of the group nodded in agreement.

Bakura and Atem stood back from their handiwork for a moment to inspect. Bakura then addressed Mahad.

"Hey Killjoy, I think we're ready here!"

Mahad grimaced for a moment before glancing at the mirrors. Then he spoke.

"Alright, so who's going down with me?"

Rebecca chimed in.

"I'll stay behind. Since Mr. Muto had some back trouble and Grandpa went with him to get some first aid, I'll stay behind until they get back."

Atem nodded.

"Plus those two are a little old to get down into this kind of stuff. Well, count me in."

Bakura smirked as he let go of the rope and rubbed his hands together.

"Me too. Any place that should have treasure is fine by me."

Mahad shot a dry look at the kleptomaniac.

"Try to keep a hold of yourself thief. Everything we find has to be returned to the Egyptian government. We can't keep much for ourselves that they don't allow."

Bakura snapped his fingers in disappointment.

"Drat. Ryou, are you coming along?"

Ryou nodded.

"Definitely! This is what we came out here for."

Atem nodded as he turned to his twin.

"What about you Yugi?"

"I'm in."

Seto Kaiba 'hmphed' once more.

"Well, I'm out."

Bakura shot Seto Kaiba a smirk.

"Oh really, don't tell me you've become like Joey who can't even go through the haunted house at the fair."

Seto shot a very virile glare before stomping over towards the rope.

"That's not it! Hand me that rope!"

Mana chuckled.

"Well, that was easy to get him motivated."

Atem looked at Mana questioningly.

"I suppose you'll be staying up here."

Mana sighed.

"Well, that was the original plan, but since I don't have my sketchbook I might as well come along. Besides, it's not like I don't know what to expect. Just let me put away prizes."

Mahad looked at his sister with surprise before he nodded.

"Alright. I guess that's settled. Who wants to go down first?"

Mahad's voice broke through the quiet the group found themselves in as they had landed in the dank dark of the ruins. He, Bakura, and Atem carried the torches with some light.

"Do you know we're standing in a room no one has entered for five thousand years?"

Seto rolled his eyes.

"Impressive. I'm not amused."

Atem aimed a glare at the CEO.

"Oh shut it Kaiba."

Mahad scanned the room, before finding his target. He walked over and wiped the mirror of its cobwebs. Then he positioned the mirror toward the gleam of light.

"And then there was light."

With the end of that statement, the mirror had been tilted in the right direction, catching the light. The light bounced of it into every mirror in the present vicinity, illuminating the room. Everyone could see the decorated wall, the sandy floors, and the odd instruments in the room they now were.

Atem nodded his head in acknowledgement.

"Wow, that is a neat trick."

Mana nodded her head in acceptance.

"Once, Mahad created the same trick in our old basement. It didn't work as well as this, but you got the idea."

Mahad's eyes scanned the room before they widened.

"Oh my Ra, we're in a preparation chamber."

Ryou looked interested.

"Preparation for what?"

"For entering the afterlife."

Bakura caught on quickly.

"Mummies, Ryou, this is where they made the mummies. Dad said this was called the Temple of Anubis. Makes sense the god of mummification had these chambers in his temple."

Mana nodded before catching something interesting out of the corner of her eye.

"Hey, look at that!"

Everyone followed her gaze and walked toward a wall inscribed with some strange pictures that seemed to be a plan of some sorts. It was colorful compared the drawings of the room that were just carved sand. But it was the images around the building that caught everyone's attention.

Ryou was the first to comment on the strangely familiar creatures around the drawing.

"Those look like Duel Monsters! Curse of Dragon, Sangan the Dark Clown, Feral Imp…."

Mana felt her hand reach out to another symbol, a just as familiar looking eye.

"This eye looks like the eye on Bakura's Ring and Atem's Puzzle."

Mahad took a look at what his sister was touching.

"The Eye of Wdjat probably. Strange, what do you think this drawing means?"

"It's a map."

Everyone turned around, surprised to find it was Yugi who had answered. He continued on as he kept looking at the map, pointing to a room and then to a corner.

"We're in this room right here. It says in the corner there that this is a design of the temple of Anubis."

Ryou's eyes widened in amazement.

"Yugi, you can read this?!"

Yugi nodded.

"Sure, but can't you? I mean, we both have been trying to learn to read this stuff."

Ryou shook his head.

"I recognize some of these things from our book, but I don't recognize most of these hieroglyphics. What about you Mahad?"

Mahad shook his head as well.

"Same here. I can only read some of it."

Bakura shrugged it off.

"Oh who cares how we can read it? Where does it say the treasure room is?"

Yugi traced the map with his finger, finally ending in a room.

"I think if we follow this path here, we should reach some sort of chamber."

Bakura then rubbed his hands in anticipation.

"Well what are we waiting for then?"

As everyone was turning toward the direction Yugi suggested, Mana was about to get a closer look at the outline Yugi had traced before stopping as she heard a murmuring and slight skittering sound. Her voice became startled.

"What was that?"

Mahad listened for a moment before shrugging it off.

"It's probably just the scarabs. Are you coming?"

Mana listened for a moment before heading toward the direction the group was taking.

"Sure."

"Are you sure we're in the right spot?"

"How am I supposed to know?"

Weevil and Rex both shot irritated looks at each other as they tried to find their way around the desert ruins. The two had waited for awhile before determining it safe to emerge and begin their search for the legendary cards. Needles to say, they were pretty clueless.

Rex sighed.

"Maybe the Egyptian God Cards aren't here."

"Why else would Pegasus be here? Of course they're here!"

But just before the insect duelist could continue his rant, the two of them heard a crack and a shift. That stopped them as the ground gave way beneath them and put them into a fall.

"AAAHHHHH!"

Marik and his siblings watched in a distance at the archaeologists. He had also seen another small group go down into the Temple and two small children fall into the ground Yet they made no movement as they simply watched.

Once more, Marik glanced at his sister.

"Well?"

Ishizu shook her head.

"Not yet. They haven't found it. Yet."

V.E.: Wow, I'm surprised by how long it took me to finish this! I started this right after I finished the last BEC chapter.

Why can Yugi read what Mahad and Ryou can't? Pay attention, that's actually going to be something that's going to come up in this story.

Next chapter, comes the tomb and of course the book. I think. I need to plan it out first.

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