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The song starts to play:

The Millennium Puzzle appears in the center with the other Millennium items surrounding it in a circle. Then, they landed in their respective spots on the Millennium stone, which begins to glow.

Your move!

(Yugi sees something coming towards him in shock while he's frozen in place)

Your move!

(Ryou tries to defend himself with one arm as he sees something coming towards him)

Your move!

(Malik turns his head and was surprised to see something coming towards him)

Your move!

(Yugi, Ryou, and Malik are on the ground unconscious while next to each other, and lying on a huge circle with writings and pictures written on the ground)

Your move!

(Atem is on his throne with his usual stare as his crown twinkles from the light. Then, it changes to Yami, who's aura is glowing yellow with the 3 Egyptian god monsters appearing with him. The scenes blink to Bakura standing in the shadows and turning around to look at something, and to Mariku also turning around, but in the opposite direction to also look at something)

Yu-Gi-Oh!

(Yami is floating in the darkness and he brought his hands out to let a light that's shaped like the puzzle land onto both of his hands. As the music starts to play more, scenes of many Duel Monsters are appearing, showing off their roars and poses as they are fighting or defending. Even the Egyptian god monsters appeared at the end of it)

Your move!

(A woman who's face is covered in the shadows stands from her throne while spreading her arms out. The scene goes over to Yugi, Ryou, and Malik opening their eyes while standing near each other, but with different clothing on, and their eyes were a darker color than usual. The next scene shows 3 apparitions floating above them from behind and they resemble the 3 boys)

Yu-Gi-Oh!

(Yugi, Ryou, and Malik are falling into the darkness and their yamis' reached out to them to try to grab them, but were unable to. There were also 3 apparitions floating above them from behind that resembled the yamis', who did the same thing the yamis' were doing)

It's time to du-du-du-du-dududududududuel!

(Two figures that resemble Yami and Yugi are floating in the dark abyss, but in their glowing spirit form, and they were slowly leaning in towards each other as the light brightens a lot from the background to block their faces on what they were doing)

(As the music kicks up, Joey makes a pose with his duel disk and then his face appears with a stern expression on his face. Tristan does a pose with his duel disk and his face also appeared with a stern expression on it. Tea makes a pose with her duel disk and her face appeared that looked stern. Kaiba had his hand up while holding his card to summon his monster and a stern expression also appeared on his face)

(The next scene shows the yamis' holding Yugi, Ryou, and Malik bridal style as they appear unconscious in their arms, and looking at the blackened sky with their faces angered. Joey, Tristan, Tea, Kaiba, Ishizu, and Odion are in the background with them, and also looking at the sky with angered and frightful expressions on their faces while looking at the woman, who was floating in the sky and grinning evilly at them)

(The next scene shows Yami, Bakura, and Mariku holding their Millennium items in their hands as it started to glow, and they were looking at the sky as light was shot upwards towards it from their items. The final scene shows Yami drawing out his card and holding it up in the air in his usual pose as the Egyptian god monsters appeared with him)

Yu-Gi-Oh! (-Oh! -Oh! -Oh!)

(The Balance of Light & Darkness)

He quickly dodged to his right in order to avoid getting hit by a white beam. Eyes darting from left to right, he realized a field spell had been activated to replace his surroundings. Instead of an empty room, the setting consisted of the starry heavens with veils of light moving around. He didn't know when it was activated, but he probably didn't pay attention to it since his eyes were mostly focused on Yugi. His gaze turned to his forehead, still holding the rainbow W. "Yugi! Please snap out of it! This isn't you!"

"I told you before, pharaoh. My name is Heba, not Yugi," Yugi sighed. "How many times must I tell you that?"

Yami could feel his frustration rising up, but he managed to keep it down. Right now, his mind is filled with confusion and anger. His aibou believed that his name is Heba and that he is the son of Goddess Wadjet. It shouldn't be possible. There were no records or rumors of the cobra queen having children. If she did, then they would've become part snake like her. His eyes lingered at the purple snake with red eyes nearly hiding behind Yugi's legs. Then, his gaze went over to Yugi's monster.

She was tall with pale skin and hovering near Yugi with her staff in position ready to attack. Her long white hair went past her waist with a bang covering her left eye. A white hat outlined in gold with a blue stone on it perched on her head. She even wore a blue and white robe with slits at both ends along with a pair of white gloves and blue shoes.

"Summon your Ka, pharaoh. Silent Magician wants to have a proper fight," Yugi replied with one hand on his hip.

Yami shook his head at him. "I won't fight you, Yugi. I can never do that."

"You have no other choice. Your Ka must appear or risk getting destroyed by my Ka's attacks. I doubt you can survive them."

"I don't want to fight you at all, aibou. I'm here to save you and the others. I promised Grandpa Solomon I would bring you back home safe and sound."

"Grandpa?"

Yami nodded. "Solomon is your grandfather. You live with him at a game shop. Surely you wouldn't forget him, right?"

Yugi's face went blank, but he then shook his head. "I don't have a grandfather. I only have my mother, my brothers, and my snakes. You're looking for the wrong person." He then looked at Yami. "And why did you call me aibou?"

"It means partner. You also call me 'mou hitori no boku', known as other me. We've been together for a very long time ever since you freed me from the puzzle. Please remember, Yugi."

Yugi could feel his head pounding, making his eyes scrunch up in pain while placing his hand on his head. Hearing Viola's hiss and feeling her slither onto him, he felt her place her head against his. No longer feeling any pain, he opened his eyes and stroked her scales. "Viola, thank you. I needed that."

Flicking her tongue out, she slithered back onto the ground. Looking back at Yami, his face formed into a frown. "Enough with the chit-chat! Please unleash your Ka!"

"But Yugi-

"I told you its Heba!"

Sighing in frustration, his crimson eyes became determined as he snapped his fingers. A tall male with tan skin, purple hair, and green eyes clad in purple armor, blue robe, and purple boots materialized in front of him. Holding his long green staff, his eyes were filled with determination but a bit of confusion. He turned his head to look at Yami, who looked back at him. "Mahado, everything will be explained soon. But for right now, I need your help to defeat Silent Magician and rescue Yugi."

Confused but seeing how serious the situation is, he turned his head back and got into a fighting stance while pointing his green staff at his opponent. Yugi's eyes nearly widened, but he was able to regain his composure. "So your Ka is one of your faithful priests? Impressive."

"He is called the Dark Magician. However, his real name is Mahado," Yami said and placed one hand on the puzzle. "Since you won't listen to me, I guess I have no choice but to fight you. Whatever spell Goddess Wadjet placed on you, I will free you from her clutches!"

A huge frown formed on Yugi's lips as he glared at him. "Mother would never put a spell on me! How dare you assume that!?" he shouted at Yami, raising his arm to make it look like he's reaching out to him. "Silent Magician! Silent Attack!"

"Dark Magician! Use your Dark Magic Attack!"

Both magicians unleashed their attacks and they collided, causing an explosion to occur along with a huge force that nearly pushed them back. Covering his face with an arm to stop the smoke hitting him, he slowly lowered it down. Why would Yugi still believe that he is Heba? Is Goddess Wadjet really responsible for it? Is she making him believe that she's Yugi's mother?

And what about the name Heba? Why does it sound so familiar to him? He could feel an ache forming in his chest whenever that name is mentioned. Was there really a Heba back in his past life? If so, why couldn't he remember that person?

"Ha! Take that, you sneaky bastard!"

"You need to control your emotions, mutt."

"Will you quit calling me mutt?! It's Joey! Jo-ey!"

"You're still a puppy. But right now, we need focus on the battle."

"Then call me by my real name!"

"You're too loud, mutt."

"Don't make me hit you, money-bags!"

Ignoring his outburst, Seto had his monster unleash a power attack on the last snake monster. Seeing it destroyed from the attack, he let out a small breath. "Lets immediately return to the pharaoh before more show up."

"Good idea! I really don't like those- What the!? Where's the door!?"

Raising an eyebrow at his statement, Seto turned around to see that they were at a dead-end. Looking around to see that there were no doors around them, his eyes narrowed. "I know Atem ran through this hallway. There was also a door at the end."

"Maybe its invisible?" Joey suggested and touched the walls. "It doesn't feel like a door." He then knocked on the walls. "I don't hear anything from the other side. Okay, someone is messing with our heads!"

Scanning the entire area, Kaiba's ears picked up on some voices and he turned around. He could see the rest of the geek squad along with Ishizu and Odion. Seeing their panicked faces, he knew that something was wrong. "Let me guess, you lost the other two psychos?"

"We didn't lose them! We were busy fighting off those snake monsters! After we defeated them, we noticed that there wasn't a door behind us! I swear that there was one when we let Yami Bakura leave while we handled the monsters!" Tristan exclaimed.

"Tristan's right. We know that there was a door at the end of the hallway. We even checked for possible traps to see if the evil Bakura fell victim to," Tea added. "But we couldn't find any."

"You think someone is messin' with our heads?" Joey asked while scratching his head a bit.

Ishizu shook her head. "I'm not too sure. If Eboni is using her shadow magic to stop us, then we'll have to be careful. Its possible that she's trying to distort our minds."

"Then what about the pharaoh and the other two?" Kaiba asked with his arms folded. "Is it possible they're in the same predicament like us?"

"Maybe. However, Eboni harbors a strong hatred towards them. I can tell she has a bad history with them."

"Ishizu, she mentioned about them watching her children die. What did she mean by that?" Odion asked. "Is it possible Malik and his friends had past lives and were related to Eboni?"

She bit her lip while looking at the ground. "I'm afraid so. The vision I had at the game shop showed me 3 boys who resembled them. Their past lives." Her fists clenched tightly. "I even saw the past life of Malik interacting with the past life of Mariku."

"W-What?" Odion nearly choked in shock. "A-Are you sure?"

Nodding her head, she looked up at everyone. "My mother left a diary and she mentioned about the snake goddess having children: 3 boys to be exact. I haven't fully read her diary, but I found something that confirms it. There was a picture and it showed 3 boys who looked exactly in my vision. Their Ka monsters were also shown beside them along with an Egyptian deity."

"Egyptian deity?" Tea asked.

"And the snake goddess. Is it who I think it is?" Tristan paled a bit.

"Yes," Ishizu said. "In the picture, the Egyptian deity and the mother of those boys is Goddess Wadjet."

"Who disguised herself as Eboni Ode so no one could see her true form?" Kaiba added.

"That's correct."

"W-Whaddaya mean true form?" Joey gulped.

"Wadjet has many forms," Odion explained. "She can have a woman's body with a snake's head, an upper portion of her body being human with a snake's tail at the bottom, or-

"Okay! Okay! I get it! Just please no more describing her! I'd like to get out of here alive and not get scarred for life," Joey trembled a bit.

"I think I'm gonna be sick," Tristan paled while placing a hand on his stomach.

"I-If she's a goddess, can Atem and the other two actually face her?" Tea asked, her face filled with fear and worry. "C-Can the Egyptian God cards still help them out?"

Kaiba looked at his deck resting in his duel disk. "I still have Obelisk the Tormentor. I know Atem has Slifer the Sky Dragon and the evil Marik has the Winged Dragon of Ra. Are they enough to beat her?"

Ishizu was silent. Seeing that she had no clear answer, he frowned. "If they can't defeat her, what happens now?"

Regaining her self-control, she looked at him. "All we can do is use our strongest monsters to help them defeat her. I'm not leaving without my brother or his friends."

"I hear ya! There's no way we're abandoning Yugi, Ryou, and Malik! They're our friends!" Joey replied.

"We've already been through a lot of dangerous adventures. We can easily handle this one!" Tristan exclaimed, his face regaining most of its color back.

"I agree," Tea nodded and held her fist up. "We came here to get our friends back! We want to let Wadjet know that we only want to talk to her, not to fight her."

"I just hope she would listen to us," Odion replied.

Ishizu placed her hand on his arm. "Me too, Odion. But we won't give up."

Seeing them having a moment, Kaiba's gaze lingered over to Wheeler and his group. With his eyes on Joey, they nearly softened. He had a feeling it'll be a tough battle. However, he still got his Blue Eyes White Dragon, Obelisk the Tormentor, and the rest of his monsters. With their help, they won't lose. He promised Mokuba that he'd come back safe and alive. Once they all got out of here alive with Yugi and the other two boys, he will duel against Atem and figure out more on what he see Joey as besides being an adorable puppy. Hold on, did he just call Joey adorable?

A small hiss escaped his lips as he touched the small bleeding cut on his cheek. He removed his hand and looked at the small drop of blood on his finger. He didn't realize that he got hit until he felt his cheek stinging a bit. Clenching his fist, he looked over at his surroundings. No longer was he in the library, but in some sort of barren wasteland. The area nearly reminded him of the desert, but it didn't feel like home to him or anything.

Bakura's eyes lingered at his former vessel and his Ka monster by his side. He had to be careful and not let Diabound get hit by Change of Heart's spells. If she lands a hit on his monster, Diabound will be under her control and yadonushi would either have Diabound destroyed or target him. One wrong move and its all over.

"Are you scared, bandit king? Its alright to show fear."

He glared at Ryou as a scowl formed on his face. "You dare think I'd be scared of you or your monster!? I'm no weakling like you are!"

A small chuckle escaped from Ryou's mouth. "For someone who's angry at the world, you don't like to show your emotions that much, huh?"

Bakura scoffed at him. "You talk too much, yadonushi."

"Yadonushi?" Ryou tilted his head at him in confusion. "You mentioned that I was your landlord, correct?"

"Duh! You were my former vessel!"

"Former vessel? You must be mistaken. I don't remember you controlling me. No one is allowed to mess with the son of Wadjet."

"You can't be her son! The cobra queen can't have children! She's immortal!"

A loud hiss escaped from the white snake known as Nagini who bared her fangs at him while hissing loudly. He could hear Diabound hissing back at her, and it lasted for a while. However, Ryou started stroking Nagini's head and she was able to calm down and stopped glaring at Bakura and Diabound. "Don't let them get to you, Nagini. Everything will be over soon."

Flicking her tongue at him, he smiled at her and then looked over to gaze at Bakura's eyes. "I won't let you go near my mother. She even mentioned that you watched me die."

"What the hell are you talking about?! I don't remember you dying at all! I made sure you stayed alive!"

"You must be confused with your Ryou. I'm not him. I'm Riyu."

"Are you trying to mess with my head?! You're not Wadjet's son! If you were, you would've had snake parts like her! But you don't!"

Feeling his head starting to ache in pain, Ryou placed his hand on it and tried to massage it. Seeing him in pain, Nagini rubbed her head against his cheek to calm him. As he felt the pain fading away, he stroked her scales. "Thank you. I needed that."

Snarling in anger, Bakura's eyes started to glow red. "I don't know what the cobra queen did to you, but I'm not leaving without you. If anyone is gonna mess with you, its gonna be me! No one crosses the great and powerful Thief King Bakura! Diabound! Unleash your full power!"

A loud roar erupted from Diabound as it started to attack Change of Heart. Seeing an attack, Change of Heart quickly avoided it and started to fight back. Ryou frowned to see that Diabound was getting stronger, but he kept on standing and made sure that Change of Heart would remain strong and not get destroyed. His gaze lingered over to Bakura. "Why are you trying so hard to save me? What am I to you?"

Bakura opened his mouth to retort, but then closed it. Why is he trying to save Ryou? Is it to make up for his past sins that he made the boy go through? Or to remind himself that no one would control Ryou except for him? Ryou was his former vessel and he made sure there would be no harm on him. He doesn't see Ryou as his host, nor does he see him as a weakling. He can tell that he's gotten stronger and more confident in himself.

However, there's something else he needed to know. He wanted to figure out why his chest would ache so much whenever his mind is on Ryou. And the name Riyu, why does it sound so familiar to him? Did he meet a Riyu from the past? If he did, why is there no memory of it? Is there a lost memory he's missing?

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