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Chapter 14: Memories- Part 3

There was another fast forward in time and it quickly went to normal time when Zedai was waking up. He stood up and his fellow Priests gave a sigh of relief.

"Has the balance been restored, Zedai?" Wetat asked.

"It has," he answered. "I had a vision when I was connected to the stones, however. Let us split the stones to our own and I will explain everything before we hide the stones."

"Right," they agreed.

In unison, the Priests exclaimed, "Split!" There was a flash of light before Yusei saw the stones in their own solid forms as floated down into the hands of their specified Priests.

"What did you see, Zedai?" Delma asked.

"I saw six of our offspring far into the future. The balance had been broken and they were restoring it," he explained. "They each had a Mark of the Dragon as well."

"Did you see anything else?" Epito asked.

"A dark figure. It held intents I could not decipher," Zedai answered. "From what I could sense, it was female, but its features were blocked by the darkness. Not the good of your darkness, Epito. But some darkness I have never yet sensed."

"We should create a room to leave a warning, then," Mita suggested. "Do you know which of our offspring went to which mark?"

"I do," Zedai answered. "I could not see the facial features of our offspring, but I saw their marks and our stones held in their hands. Let's walk and I will tell you more."

"Right," they agreed and walked out.

'So Zedai was the one who saw us coming and the balance breaking again,' Yusei thought as he was forced to follow them. 'I wonder if they ever saw who we are.' He shook his head to immediately dismissal. 'Probably not since the only time Zedai saw us was when he was connected to the stones, and this is probably the last time he'll ever do so.'

Yusei turned a bit alert, however, as Epito commented, "Do any of you sense a presence watching us?"

"Not really," Delma answered. "I sense a presence around, but that could be from any of the people here."

"I suppose," Epito agreed.

The others returned to talking while Epito turned and looked straight at Yusei. His eyes, which were the only things Yusei could see other than the chin for all of them, narrowed in suspicion. He said nothing, though, relieving Yusei.

'If I stay here too much longer and Epito tries to contact me, things could get bad,' Yusei thought. 'But I don't even know how I actually got here, let alone get back to real time. I doubt I'll be able to before the balance back in my time is fixed. We'll just see what he tries to do until that happens.'

It soon turned to night and Yusei watched as each of the Priests went to their own homes for the night. Instead of following them like before, however, he was forced to stay in the throne area of the temple. He stood at the window and watched the stars outside. He figured he was staying there because the memories of the stones were coming to an end the next day. 'Or some sort of memory only one of them knows is going on tonight,' the Signer thought.

"Who are you exactly?" came a voice from behind Yusei. Yusei flipped behind him and looked to see Epito there. The Signer stayed silent. "Who are you? You are not from here. You look beyond this time. Are you the one I have sensed for a good period of time at certain times in my life?"

"Depends on the certain times," Yusei answered vaguely.

"Your accent… it is unfamiliar," Epito commented. "Where do you come from?"

"Japan," he answered.

"Japan?" he questioned.

Yusei sighed. "Complicated," he replied. He turned back to the stars.

"Hmm…" he heard Epito mutter under his breath. "Are you from another time?"

"I guess you could say that," Yusei answered vaguely.

"Considering it seems you are despite your vagueness and indicated by your strange attire and accent, how exactly are you here? And why does it seem as if you are a ghost hidden in the shadows? Are you perhaps one of our descendants?" Epito asked. Yusei stayed silent while staring at the stars, and Epito narrowed his eyes again. He then realized it, "You are the descendant of Zedai. And you come from the time of his vision. You are here yet not here, because you are connected to the combined stones. Intriguing to say the least. I must say, however, it was a very wise move to try to hide as much as yourself from me as possible. Zedai must've had fine descendants to come to one such as you."

"Thanks, I think," Yusei responded politely.

"Even the choice of words somewhat differ from this time," Epito commented.

"If you could do me a favor and not tell the other Priests or anyone really about this encounter, that would be great. I don't want knowledge like this to spread around too much," Yusei told him.

"You have my word as long as you answer one question of mine," Epito responded. Yusei looked at him over his shoulder and gave a small nod, telling the Priest he could answer. "What is your name?"

"Yusei," he answered. He wasn't going to say a last name. That would've been too much for that question and it didn't seem like they gave any names that had a surname at the end of it.

"Thank you… Yusei. You have my word. I will not tell the other Priests or any other person about this encounter," Epito replied.

"Thanks," the Signer responded, turning to him fully. "I know they are good friends of yours."

"We are more family than friends," the Priest of Shadows told him. "But when such a respectable soul that is also a descendant of my closest like you asks for something like this, I can keep such knowledge a secret. And this is dangerous knowledge to be had. It cannot spread." Yusei nodded. "Well, I must make my way to the hiding place I have chosen for my stone. I hope my descendant is as worthy as you."

"He is," Yusei answered.

Epito nodded in thanks. "Have a good night, Yusei. I hope you bring balance to the future world," he stated. Yusei nodded back in respect before Epito walked away.

'Was this a memory from the Stone of Shadows? Or did I just change a bit of history?' Yusei thought a bit concerned. 'But I know Epito will keep his word. If I didn't follow the other Priests around like I used to and it was just Epito, it was probably the stone's memory of then. We'll see what happens when I finally go back to reality and my time after the balance is restored. I wonder how long it's been since I began the restoration with the stones.'