A/N: Happy Easter to all! I am returning with another chapter, and just in time for a treat for those who may have been hoping for another chapter soon. Some personal setbacks have pressed me back in time, but I am hoping to have that worked on soon enough. A possible new, and better job opportunity and a major change within my family. Too soon to know just what and when so I am doing what I can now, while I have the time to get it all done.

Again, I have to remind you that if you have been reading for a while, you know that this version of events is more told through the eyes of the OC's who are in this version. This is an AU version of this telling of events. This is not always going to have the duels and battles, or even some of the details from the show, in fact some chapters might have more to do with the OC's than some of the actual characters (Believe me, there are reasons for this). That being said, this means that the series is going to have a much different ending, though it might come as a surprise in the end. I just feel it is best to get certain facts out there so they are known.

That being said, I don't own YGO or it's characters or events and I don't make money from them or it in any way. I DO however, own Aurora and her friends and family. Enjoy and happy reading, and don't forget to let me know if you would like to be alerted to when this series hits Wattpadd with additional chapters and events/info.

Chapter 13

Adais and Seto continued to watch the events taking place in the Pharaoh's memories. Seto was transfixed. His eyes showing traces of wanting to believe, while still refusing to at the same time. Adais paced as he watched, wishing there was a better way for him to be able to help his father. His attention was caught and returned the images on the tablet when he heard Bakura's voice. Not because he knew he should not be hearing it within the events in the memories, but because it seemed the voice was speaking in the air around him and Seto.

"It's time to add another twist to our game," Bakura said thoughtfully. "The sides are not even. Perhaps I should take a trick I've learned from the Pharaoh. I should be able to borrow a little outside energy to bring back a former pawn of mine."

"What is he talking about?" Seto asked receiving only a confused shrug from Adais in response.

"Oh, Kaiba," Bakura called out in a sing-song voice. "And yes, you, too, Adais, son of the Pharaoh… Are you both ready to become more than just spectators in this game?"

They both looked at each other and blinked rapidly in shock. The room shifted and began to swirl under their feet. The Pharaoh's tablet seemed to be moving closer to them until it appeared as though they had begun to pass through it.

"Where are we going?" Seto demanded.

Adais looked around when the spinning stopped and they were surrounded by blue sky and clouds. They were suspended above the city, just looking down below them. "Looks like we were taken to ancient Egypt."

"But what are we doing here?"

Adais shrugged. "You said Bakura challenged you in order to get your brother and my sister back. Maybe he's finally decided to wake up and accept?"

Bakura's laughter rang out around them. Adais watched as a bright light broke itself free from Seto's body and disappeared into the distant sky. There was a sudden gust of wind and the two men found themselves blown apart, flying downward in separate directions over the city. Adais lost sight of Seto just before he found himself landing roughly against a stone building. He groaned and slowly turned, using the wall to ease himself into a standing position. He frowned as he looked up. He knew this place. He knew it well. It just looked… newer… than he last remembered it.

"I wonder…"

"Dad?"

Adais blinked and spun around at the sound of his son's voice. "Yugi?"

"Dad! How did you get here?" Yugi asked him as he ran toward him and jumped up to give him a hug.

Adais hugged him tightly. "Apparently, Bakura needed a few more players. Kaiba is here somewhere, too."

"Yeah, we were told Bakura took Mokuba and Sanura. We haven't seen either of them since we got here, though."

Adais, looked around and half-turned back toward the building behind him. "I'm sure they are around here somewhere." He ruffled his son's hair and turned to face the door completely.

"Is this really it?" Yugi asked him softly.

"Depends, exactly, on what 'it' is supposed to be."

"Miss. Aurora told me we needed to find the Pharaoh's name. We tried the palace with no luck. We were hoping the Pharaoh's tomb would give us a better chance."

Adais nodded with a light sigh. "Then you've come to the right place. This would be his tomb." He began to start moving into the building. "If you are going to find it, we might as well get inside. Just remember, there are traps everywhere."

"You know where we are going, dad?"

Adais nodded stiffly. He was pretty sure he knew what was coming. "I remember this place. I have a pretty good idea."

"Your dad must have studied this place back in our own time," Téa said gratefully.

"Not exactly," Adais corrected.

"Whadda ya mean, 'not exactly'?" Joey asked.

Adais sighed again. He knew there was no backing out of things now. The time for secrets was now officially done. It was time his son knew the truth. "I spent a lot of time here as a child," he explained, slowly coming to a stop in the hallway. His memories had begun to crash over him. He had been so young when his father was lost to him. Coming to this place to visit a chest that housed his father's body was all he could hold on to. He remembered wishing for more of his father. But Fate had decreed otherwise. Even in the recent events since the Puzzle had been put together, he still had very little time with his father. His sisters had been able to see him more than he did. It was a fact that stung. "My mother, sisters, and I would come here often. It was the only way I could see my father."

Joey and Tristan gasped in shock. "Your father?"

"You mean-" Téa started, the facts beginning to align themselves in her head.

Adais turned to face them. "By now, I know that you are aware that Sanura and Zahara are sisters. But, to Yugi, they are more than that. They are his Aunts, and they are this because they are my sisters. Aurora is also my mother."

"But if she is your mother, too, that would mean that -" Téa started slowly.

"The Pharaoh is your father!" Yugi exclaimed with excitement. A wide smile brightened his face, but then his eyes grew wide as shock set in and he leaned against a nearby wall. "The Pharaoh is your father? But, but that would mean…"

"The Pharaoh is your grandfather, Yugi," Adais admitted finally.

Yugi was silent a moment, letting everything sink in. Adais felt bad for his son, trying to rush through everything. He was proud of him for keeping his strength through everything, but he had begun to honestly wonder when his son would eventually crack.

Yugi looked back up at his father curiously. Then he gave a quiet snort of a laugh. "Well, that certainly explains a lot."

Adais chuckled quietly, amazed at his son. "I am sure that it does. Now, if you are okay to keep going, we need to keep moving so we can help your grandfather defeat the darkness once and for all."

Set remained rigid against his father. "I'll never turn my back on the Pharaoh. That is my choice," the High priest told him defiantly.

There was a shock of white light that crashed into the middle of the cavern, stopping all attacks. It spun wildly, creating a whirlwind that began to take the shape of a man. When the sand settled, gasps were heard as it appeared the Thief King had returned.

"Bakura?" Zahara asked in disbelief. "But that's impossible… you were destroyed!"

"Did you miss me, Princess?" Bakura laughed. "It's so good to be back! And just in time, too. The Grand Finale is about to begin and the Pharaoh is about to say farewell!"

"But… how?" Shimon asked, still in shock.

Bakura cast a smirk at the Dark Priest. "It seems someone couldn't handle the competition. I had to return before the Dark Priest could be defeated." The Thief waved the dark Priest into silence when he opened his mouth to protest. He walked toward the Millennium Stone and faced the Priest. "You, yourself, have experienced Zorc's magnificent power. I, too, have been revived by the Power of the Dark One." His voice darkened toward the dark Priest. "You have lingered too long on your old hatreds and grudges. The new age is about to be ushered in and you have a new goal. We need a new king. We need Set." He turned to face Set directly. "The Dark Priest's mission was to grant you the Power of the Blue Eyes. This way you would have a god-like beast of your own to rule this land."

"What are you talking about?" Yami demanded.

"What's the matter, Pharaoh?" Bakura grinned. "Feeling threatened? Don't worry, you still have a bit of time left to your reign. We still have to bring the girl who wields the Dragon to Set. You see, Destiny is truly a cruel beast. Considering Set has been bound to the holder of the dragon since childhood."

"Kisara," Set whispered, his eyes wide.

"The young girl!" Shada exclaimed.

Yami turned to Shada. "Did you know about this?"

Shada shook his head. "It is true, we came to learn that this young girl had a power the likes we had never seen. It was the type of Power that was either a powerful gift or a powerful curse, either way, we knew we had to be careful that she didn't fall into the wrong hands."

"Tick tock, tick tock, Set," Bakura called out. "With Zorc about to rise, will you join the winning side before the game is over?"

The Dark Priest stepped down from the Millennium Stone and approached Set. "Listen to reason, my son. If you continue to side with the Pharaoh, you will only be throwing away your future. You were born to be a leader."

"Not like this, he wasn't," Aurora argued, turning toward Set. "You know this wasn't how you were going to rise to Power. Not like this at all."

Bakura rolled his eyes. "I'm afraid you have bigger things to worry about, Lady Aurora." He activated his Diadiankh and summoned Diabound, ordering him to attack. Hasan jumped in front to protect her and Yami from the blast.

"But his tablet was destroyed!" Shada protested.

"Perhaps so, but with all seven items in their place, the doorway between this world and the Underworld has been weakened. I no longer need a tablet to call forth my Diabound.

The Dark Priest called Set's attention again. "You see? And even the Queen tells you that you are to take the throne. That she made you aware of this long ago. You will be king!"

"Not. Like. This!" Aurora seethed. "It is not yet his time."

"Set, please don't listen to him," Isis pleaded. "You are one of us. A sacred Guardian. We all took the vow, Set."

"You say you do not wish to be like your father," Aurora reminded him. "But if you accept this dark power, you will be making the same mistake that your father did."

"Cousin, open your eyes. Open your mind! He is controlling you!" Yami called out, desperation reaching his tone.

"I am done with your meddling," the dark Priest snarled. A portal opened beside him. He reached out and grabbed Set's arm, all but throwing him through the portal before jumping through after him. Yami and Aurora tried to reach it but were stopped when Diabound stepped in their path.

"What have you done with Set?" Yami asked Bakura furiously.

"The same thing I am about to do with the stone." He snapped his fingers and the stone began to sink into the floor. "Get them both out of your reach until it is time for them both to be useful again. There is nothing that you can do. And at least this time a father can truly help a son achieve a dream."

Streams of darkness began filling the cavern, surrounding everyone in the room while Bakura laughed. Yami reached out and grasped Aurora's hand, pulling her toward him tightly, refusing to lose her in the darkness. As soon as he felt her head tucked against his shoulder, the darkness took over and nothingness was left.

"Kisara, wait!" Saphira chased after the younger girl as she ran through the marketplace outside the palace. As fit as the warrior was, she found it difficult to keep up with the girl on a mission. "Kisara!"

"Set!" Kisara called out, her eyes scanning over the crowds. "Set, where are you?"

Saphira skidded to a stop when she realized that Kisara had suddenly stopped In front of a taller man with short brown hair and cold, ice blue eyes. Her eyes widened and her heart stopped in her chest. "Kisara, that's not -"

"You aren't Set," Kisara said as she looked up at Seto. "You look like him. Almost exactly like him. But you aren't Set."

"You are… Kisara…" Seto said hesitantly, recalling the memories he had of this young girl. He allowed his gaze to briefly flicker up toward Saphira who was still staring at him in wide-eyed wonder.

"Who are you and why are you dressed so strange?" Kisara asked him, bringing his attention back to her.

Saphira reached out and placed a hand on her shoulder. "He's not from here, Kisara," she said softly. She continued to watch him as he lifted his gaze back toward her. "I'm not sure that you would understand."

"Why are you both the only ones who can see me?" Seto asked them.

"You are in a time in which you never existed before, Seto," Saphira explained to him as calmly as possible.

"You know me?"

"I do." They continued to watch each other for a moment before Saphira drew a breath. "It's because you are not within the Pharaoh's memories that no one here without some form of magic or Power can see you. Kisara and I wield a great deal of Power that not many here have," she finally explained.

"So… how, exactly, do you know me?"

"As if you would believe me," Saphira replied more coldly than she had intended to. "Gods forbid you would acknowledge me as your grandmother when you deny your own grandfather because you refuse to believe that maybe, just maybe, there is such a thing as magic in this world."

"My grandmother?" Seto's eyes widened in shock and disbelief. "But that's impossible!"

"No. No, Seto it is very much possible. I lived it many years ago. I know. And not being able to be a part of your life has been one of the hardest things I have ever had to live through. But your adamance that people like me can't exist forced me away from you. Perhaps one day that will change. But for now, I don't exactly know what Bakura's plans for you are, but coming face to face with everything you have always stood against is definitely high on the list."

"What do you mean?"

"We don't have time for this," Kisara interrupted. "There is an evil force threatening our land and we must act quickly or all will be lost."

"What?"

Saphira sighed. "She means your grandfather is about to make a grave mistake and we have to stop him."

"You expect me to believe that?"

"Believe what you want," Kisara told him as she started to run again. "The darkness is coming, and I have to warn Set!"

"One track mind, that one," Saphira quipped as they ran passed Seto and continued through the marketplace.

Seto watched them for a moment before he turned and followed. He may not have known what exactly was going on, but he had a feeling that they could lead him to someone who did.

Aurora slowly opened her eyes and stood, looking around cautiously. "I'm really getting tired of this blackness turned to some strange place routine," she muttered, rubbing the back of her neck. "And always just when we are beginning to have the upper hand."

"You started to realize that too, hmm?" Yami asked her as he and Hasan approached her. "He doesn't like to lose. So when it comes close to it, he changes the rules."

"All the other Shadow games had the basic rules," Aurora commented idly. "There was structure. There wasn't a way to stack things one hundred percent to one side or the other. Bakura isn't just making the rules, he is changing the game like a child who isn't getting what he wants."

Zahara limped up to them and leaned against a small rocky foundation. "That's because he was a child when Zorc took him the first time."

"What do you mean?" Yami asked her.

"Bakura was so little. So young. He was a child when his village was sacrificed. So all he knows is the darkness and the ability to twist things to his advantage. He has played the games for so long as a kid that he's mastered all forms of manipulation that comes with it." She sighed. "Not even he can tell the lies from the truth anymore. He really is just a pawn. Not because I want to be blind, but because he truly is."

Aurora nodded. "I believe you. Unfortunately, there is little we can do now."

"Agreed," Yami said with a nod. "We have to find the others and get back to stop this. Zorc will be reviving any moment and I still don't know the key I need to defeat him."

The Dark Magician appeared before them. "The sooner we find the other guardians, the better we will be. Bakura surely plans to kill us all off one by one now that we have been separated."

"And there is no telling what plans he has for Set," Aurora agreed.

"Something to bring him the Power of the Blue Eyes. That is the only thing that is certain," the Dark Magician predicted.

There was the sound of crashing and crumbling and screams somewhere ahead of them. Hasan turned toward the sound and made a thoughtful sound. "The attacks have begun."

"If only I could remember!" Yami growled at himself. "I beat him back before… But how?"

Aurora sighed softly and reached out to touch his shoulder. "Yugi will find your answer, Yami. I know he will. We just have to somehow keep everyone alive until then."

"You make it sound so simple," Zahara said shaking her head. "Not everyone will be able to be saved here today. We can only do what we can."

"I know…"

"No… Not exactly, you don't know."

"What are you trying to say, Zahara?" Yami asked her.

"I just left Isis' side," Zahara explained quietly. "She was holding Karim… He… he's gone… Isis pleads that we can end this so there will be no more. No more death, no more killing. She doesn't want to lose anyone else. She asked me to find you and tell you to find Set. To bring him back. To end this now."

Yami nodded. "I will go and find him. Hopefully, I can find him before that dark priest can use his magic to corrupt him."

Zahara stretched her neck. "You and Mother go and protect Set. I'll do what I can here to help the others."

Yami opened his mouth to protest when the Dark Magician stood beside her. "Hasan and I will make sure she is kept safe, Pharaoh. She speaks the truth. You and Set are truly our greatest chance right now. He must be found. If I am needed, I will respond to your call."

"very well," Yami relented, stepping close to hug his daughter. "Just please be careful."

"I will, Father. You and Mother take care as well. Come back to us…"

They both nodded and began running across the land. They came across a couple of horses that had been caught up in the time dispersal and climbed up to use them for easier and faster transport. Yami glanced at Aurora and she nodded silently at him. She could barely make out Set's unique aura trace and she was locked on to track him down. As they sped over the desert, they only prayed that they would not be too late.

Adais walked through the tomb in silence, listening to Yugi and his friends as they commented on the markings on the walls around them. So many memories and yet none of them really happy. Bittersweet was probably the best word he could come up with to describe it. So lost in his head, Adais almost missed his son when he fell into step beside him, looking up at his father with questioning eyes.

"Yes, Yugi?"

"Does mom know?"

"About me? How old I really am?"

"Yes, and your connection to the Pharaoh."

"She knows that I am different. That I age slower and will outlive all those I care about one day," he answered softly. "It was hard for her to believe at first. She thought I was joking."

Yugi laughed which brought a smile to his father's lips. "I bet." Yugi was quiet a moment before he looked up again. "Is that why you aren't able to stay long when you come home? Why I have mom's last name?"

Adais coughed and his step faltered. These were questions he knew had to come, but questions he honestly was not ready for at that time. But unfortunately, he did not have much of a choice. "Yes, to a point. It was a very hard decision for me. I didn't want to stay away. I wanted to be a good father who was in your life. But your mother was afraid you wouldn't understand. So I kept my job as protector of the tomb and temple for my father even after the puzzle was solved. It allowed for the excused absences. I still don't like it, but the decision was made thinking it was best for you. As for the last name… well… Considering my Father's name was lost to us, we didn't exactly have a last name other than Mother's… And Yugi Phoenix just didn't ring as well together as your mother's last name for you," Adais attempted to explain with a light smile.

Yugi laughed more at this. "Okay, I can accept that," he told his father earnestly. He was thoughtful once again before he came back with a new question. "What was he like? You know, before being trapped in the puzzle."

Adais sighed sadly. "I don't really have many memories. I was so young and that was three thousand years ago. I barely remember his laughter while my sisters and I played tag around his throne."

Yugi grinned. "You really got away with that?"

"Yeah, I remember him being a good father. Playing with us when he could. Doing what he could to make sure we knew that he loved us. I remember a picnic down by a river in the gardens of the palace…" His voice trailed off.

"Dad?"

"My sisters and I were three, almost four years old. I remember him coming to our room one morning before Mother. He held us all tight. I remember Sanura wiping a tear from his face. Father never cried. Especially in front of us. But he tried so hard to convince us that everything was alright. We spent that day with Mother and Father, playing in the water and chasing butterflies. Father called upon Kuriboh with the magic of the puzzle and we bounced around on it like a fluffy, bouncy pony of sorts." Adais gave a short chuckle and reached up to wipe a tear from his eye. "It had been such a good day. But it had been our last day with him."

"Last day?" Téa asked gently. They had all come up closer to Yugi and Adais while they had been speaking.

"Yeah," Adais answered. He took a breath. "We got home from our day of fun and I remember seeing Priest Set standing there in front of the door to the throne room, just waiting for my father.."

"What happened?" Yugi prodded.

"I honestly don't know," Adais said with a shrug. "Father told Mother and her friends to take my sisters and me somewhere away from him. Mother tried to argue, but he told her he didn't want her or us to see what was about to happen. So Mother took us to where Father told her to. Then I remember her telling Aunt Natara to watch us and Mother ran out. When she returned, she was silent. She held all of us and all she would eventually begin to say was that she was sorry over and over again. We never saw our father again. Not alive, anyway." Adais stopped at a small doorway and stared into the darkness.

"That's so sad," Téa commented softly. "You've been protecting him ever since?"

Adais nodded. "Well, Mother has been. She was here the day Yugi's grandpa found this place."

"She had to have been the woman Grandpa said guided him to safety after he found the box," Yugi said thoughtfully.

Adais nodded. "Yeah, she called me son after and then she and my sisters were put into play.

"You make it sound like this whole thing has been a game from the very beginning," Tristan said incredulously.

"Kind of, which is why we have to be so careful. We don't rightfully belong here. One false move from any of us and we get killed here? We won't exist in the outside world either. We die there, too."

Joey let out a shout. He had gotten ahead of them while everyone was talking and when the group caught up with him, they understood why he was not moving from his place. Just at his feet were a few metal needle spikes that had come from nearby statues in warning.

"Dad told you the place would be filled with traps," Yugi reminded his friend.

Adais drew a ragged breath. "And from here on out, they just get more difficult."

Pain. That was all Sanura knew when her senses began to awaken within her again. She attempted to open her eyes, but found the pain even more immense and gave up for a moment. She had a high pain tolerance on a typical scale, but this was more than she had ever experienced before. It was not something she presently knew how to make go away so she could even begin to function properly.

"Sanu! You have to wake up!"

Sanura groaned. Not many called her by that nickname. She tried to place a name to the voice as she felt her arms become free of bounds she had not even realized she had been restrained with. She felt her body fall into a warm embrace before she was laid back onto a cold surface.

"Sanura? Sanura, come on, wake up. Snap out of it, you have to!" The voice was insistent and she felt her body being shaken. "Come on, Sanura…"

"She's breathing. At least that is a good sign," a female voice said gratefully.

Mokuba is coming around now, too," another voice called out a short distance away.

Mokuba! Sanura came to with a start, panic surging through her as the name brought back the memory of what had happened before her fall into the darkness. "Mokuba!" She cried out desperately, sitting bolt upright and looking around frantically.

"I'm here," the young Kaiba's voice said weakly.

Sanura blinked to clear her vision, staring in shock as Mokuba was helped over to her by Yugi. She shifted as best as she could to reach out and take hold of him, holding him tight. "Oh, Mokuba, I'm so sorry…"

"It's okay," Mokuba tried to assure her. "I'm okay. Are you okay?"

"I seem to be having issues moving my arms and legs very well for some reason, but I think so, otherwise."

"Sore would be understandable. There's no telling how long you both have been hanging on that wall."

Sanura looked up at the voice. It had been the one that had been trying to wake her up. It belonged to her brother. "Adais? You are here, too?" She looked around curiously. "Where are we?"

"Father's tomb… Before he was laid to rest."

"Be…fore…"

"Bakura opened up Father's memories. He's playing a Shadow Game in them."

"He can do that?"

"Apparently. We have been all brought here to play our parts in this game."

"And Mokuba and I were bait?"

"For Kaiba to be put in place, yes."

Yugi looked at Adais. "You had to have been brought here to help us find Grandfather's name."

Sanura blinked at him. "I take it you know, hmm?"

Yugi nodded, his eyes sparkling. "Yeah, it was a bit to take in at first, but I think it's kind of cool."

"Does Mokuba know?" Adais asked.

Sanura shook her head, looking up to see Mokuba looking at something on the altar. "But it's coming. I'm not going to lie, I am worried about what will happen when he and Seto find out."

Yugi looked up at the altar. "That must have been where Grandpa found the Millennium puzzle. But there's nothing there now."

"Maybe the writing on the wall or something will have clues," Téa suggested.

"The Egyptian is all Greek to me," Joey told them, frustrated.

Adais and Sanura looked at each other with a grin. "Well then. I guess it's a good thing you have a couple of people here who can read it," Sanura told him.

"That's right," Mokuba said, looking over at her. "I remember you saying something about that during Battle City."

"Is there another room or something around here?" Tristan asked, looking around.

Adais frowned thoughtfully. "I don't remember Mother ever saying anything about one."

Sanura stood and stepped over to the altar. She heard joey let out another shout and a thud when he fell and hit the floor. A wall began to move and revealed another room behind the teen. She stepped away from the altar and, with Adais and Yugi beside her, entered the room.

"Is that…" Yugi looked at a sarcophagus that was resting on a short table in the center of the room.

"He's not in it…" Adais said, more to himself than anyone. "I know he isn't in it…"

Sanura approached the sarcophagus and lightly ran her fingertips over the top of it. She stared hard at the markings etched into it and chewed on her lip thoughtfully. "Adais, come here for a sec, will you?" Her brother approached and together they tried to shift the lid of the sarcophagus over or off the main box. Joey and Yugi joined them and with a heave, they sent the lid crashing to the floor.

"Sorry, Father," Adais murmured with a wince.

"What's inside?" Téa asked with fear in her voice.

Sanura leaned over and looked inside. She tilted her head to the side and looked harder before a slow smile touched her lips. "Guess what, Yugi."

"What is it?"

"You are going to be able to save your grandfather."

A/N: Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday Weekend! See you here again soon and don't forget to let me know!

Yes already the ending is changing pretty deeply. And the end is approaching even quicker...