~Sabrina~

I sit down and watch as Mana and Bobasa run around and play with each other. They're a lot like children. Yami and Ari sit on the ground together, while the rest of us stand up. "So, we heard about Bakura being here." Yugi says, "He's the one you battled all those years ago?"

"Yes." Yami says, "And now he has the Puzzle; an item given to me by my father."

"Your father?" I say, "Does this mean you have your memories back?"

Yami shakes his head, "Only a mere fragment. Not enough to unlock every secret. It was of my father… a powerful leader who created the Millennium Items. But the Items have a dark side as well."

"So Bakura's trying to capture them in order to unlock some kind of dark force hidden within." Ari say. It sounded more like a question though.

Yami clenches his hand into a fist, "Now I have to do everything I can to stop him."

"Not quite, it's our job."

Yami nods. I then leans toward the two of them, "Oh yeah, did you find what your names are yet?"

Yami takes the cartouche from under his robes and shows it to everyone. "Nobody calls us by our real names." He says, "It's as if they don't even know it themselves."

Yami and Ari stand back up and look out over the Nile. Mana and Bobasa stop playing and walk over to us. Bobasa stands next to Yami and towers over him, "Um, who are you?" Yami asks.

"So you are the Pharaoh?" he asks, "Ah! Joyess day!" he puts his hand out to Yami.

"Uh, Pharaoh, Queen, this is Bobasa. He's been helping us find you; I guess we could call him a member of the gang now." Yugi says.

Yami shakes his hand and Ari does the same, "Pleasure to meet you. Thanks for watching out for them." Ari says taking a quick glance toward the rest of us.

"Ah, the pleasure is mine. It is not every day Bobasa gets to meet the Pharaoh and Queen of Egypt!"

~Ari~

I nod and then look up at the sky. It's clear blue with hardly any clouds in sight. A monster then flies over our heads. I nudge Yami on the shoulder, "Isn't that Isis' monster?" I ask.

He looks up and stares at it. "Pharaoh!"

We look over to see Shada and a small army of soldiers on horses coming toward us. I had almost forgotten that Yami had ever went missing. I notice Mana run and go hide behind Bobasa. Shada and the soldiers jump off of their horses and kneel before us, "My King we are grateful that you are alive. And also that the Queen has found you and is alright." Shada says.

"Yes, I'm sorry to have alarmed you." Yami says.

I guess Shada can't see the rest of the gang or Bobasa, because Joey starts waving his waves in front of Shada's face, but his expression remains unchanged. Shada stands up in a hurry, "YOU!" he shouts. "Mana!"

I turn around to see Mana trying to sneak away, "Oh, hi Shada. I didn't see you there." She says nervously.

"You knew his whereabouts all along?!"

"Maybe…" Mana says now hiding behind Yami and I.

"You should have informed us!"

I take a step forward, "Please Shada, it's not her fault. She was actually helping me look for him." I say. It's not exactly a lie, because half of it is true.

Shada nods, "Forgive me. But more importantly, we have found Bakura's hiding place."

"Excellent!" Yami says, "Where is he?"

"We've tracked him to a deserted village once known as Kul Elna."

Kul Elna. Bakura spoke of that village before; the one where the Millennium items were first created. I suppose it seems like a fitting place to end this battle. Yami walks over to the horse I took here and hops on it, while I jump up behind him. "Oh, let me come!" Mana says. She jumps onto Shada's horse.

Yami guides the horse so it stands in front of the gang. "Hey, we're comin' too!" Joey says.

"It's too dangerous. This 'game' that Bakura calls it, isn't fit for you all." Yami says.

"Yes, you should go back to the real world." I say, "Once this mess is over, we'll join you."

~Sabrina~

The two, along with the small army, then run off. I hate this. The two of them are treating us like helpless children. "Those two need our help more than they know." Joey says.

"Us? Joey we can't even touch anything here, so what can we do?" Tristan asks.

"Joey's right. They would never give up on us, so we won't either! We've gone too far to give up!" Yugi says.

~Ari~

The village must not be far from the Nile, because within about ten minutes, Shada tells us it should be just ahead. We ride through the bottom of a canyon and up ahead lies a village, or what once was a village. We enter the village and slowly walk through it. The place looks horrible; the houses are all destroyed, there's quite a few skeletons lying around, and a coating of dust hovering the area doesn't make it feel any less mysterious. "I was told this village was once filled with criminals and tomb robbers, but one day, they just vanished." Shada informs.

Could Bakura's story about the massacre be true? It fits, but it doesn't make sense. I can feel an evil presence around this village; one that has a sort of lust in it. "Um… h-how about we just leave a note for Bakura and ask him to meet us somewhere else?" Mana says. "A-anyone with me?"

Nobody answers. My grip on Yami's shoulders starts to tighten because this place is starting to creep me out as well. He glances toward me, so I try to loosen my grip, but I'm pretty sure it's locked at this point. "AAAAHH!"

We turn around to see one of the soldiers fall off of his horse and hit the ground. Skeleton arms rise from the ground and threaten to break his neck. We watch as a whole army of skeletons rise from the ground, wielding swords and other weapons. My grip tightens even further as the undead army slowly approaches us. The soldiers and Shada jump off of their horses and fight off most of the army, but they just keep coming back.

Mana stays put on her horse and has tears in her eyes at this point. Her facial expression changes dramatically and seems like she had some sort of realization. Mana jumps off of the horse and brings out her wand and starts to fight off the army as well. Shada raises his DiaDhank into the air, "Two-Headed Jackal Warrior! Attack!" he shouts. His monster appears and starts slaying every skeleton in its path. "We will fight. You two find Bakura."

Yami nods, "Good luck."

Yami guides the horse along through the village. The place is nothing but rubble, but yet, it seems nearly impossible to hide in it. The horse stops next to a staircase leading into the ground, "I have a feeling Bakura is down there." Yami says. We jump off of the horse and just stare at it. The Pendant senses even more of a dark and mysterious presence there. Yami looks over at me, "Are you sure you shouldn't wait out here?"

"I'm going. You're not going alone to face Bakura." I say already starting to walk down the steps.

Yami quickly follows me and then moves in front of me as we keep walking down them. We reach the end of the stairs to find a dark tomb-like chamber. Pillars are neatly aligned on each side of the chamber, but it's too dark to see the dark of it. "Bakura, I know you're in here." Yami's voice echoes across the walls.

"Hahaha…" the darkness says back in a familiar tone, "I must say Pharaoh; I'm surprised you had the courage to dwell here. Your father didn't even have the guts to come here. But, that makes him a wiser man than you."

Out of the darkness, a torch lights in the back of the chamber and Bakura takes a step toward us. Around his neck are the Ring and the Puzzle. "And you've survived death." Bakura continues, "Well, that won't happen twice."

"Enough talk, Bakura." Yami says, "Let's duel!"

"Yes, but how about some story time first? As you can see behind me lies the Tablet of the Realm of the Dead, and slots for each of the eight Millennium Items fit there as well. And this stone is guarded by the very souls of those killed to create the Items! Your father destroyed this village and now they seek revenge. The Items were created by their very blood and your father used the Items in a selfish attempt to further his own power. You might wonder where I got this information; I have it because I was the only one who survived! Now spirits, you may kill him."

My eyes widen as spirit-like creatures appear from behind Bakura. The spirits circle around us and then attack. Yami yells in pain and falls to his knees. The spirits go around me, but I am unharmed. Why don't I feel any pain? I look down at myself and notice the Pendant shimmering; of course. I go to remove the Pendant and give it to Yami, but then his body starts to glow and the spirits evaporate. The Dark Magician then stands before us, "When you threaten the Pharaoh, you threaten me!" he speaks in Mahad's voice.

"Oh, I see." Bakura says, "Dying once wasn't good enough for you, so you decided to come back and try it again."

The Dark Magician turns his head in our direction, and his face resembles Mahad. He truly has become the Dark Magician. "No, I'm here to protect my King." Mahad says.

"Please Mahad, you shouldn't put yourself in harm's way again." Yami says standing up.

"I have made a vow to serve you, and that shall never be broken."

"Thank you. But tell me, did my father really kill innocent people just to create the Millennium Items?"

"Excuse me, but I was there fifteen years ago, Pharaoh. I think I should know." Bakura interrupts.

"What Bakura fails to mention is that every person of this village was evil." Mahad says, "My Millennium Ring has always radiated an evil energy, so I began to research the spell used to create the Items. I had reported my findings to your father, and he was just as surprised as I was. He took the blame for everything so that you could continue his legacy."

"Enough! Spirits, dispose of all of them!" Bakura shouts.

Mahad merely lifts a hand and shields us. "My father was a worthy King, Bakura! How dare you poison his legacy with lies!" Yami shouts, "In his name, I demand you give back the Millennium Items you've stolen!"

"Never! If you had paid attention then you would know the Items belong here." Bakura says raising his DiaDhank, "Diabound, come forth!"

Diabound comes forth and looks completely different than last time. It's now even larger, longer, a darker shade of grey, and even more demonic looking. No doubt its power has increased as well. I raise my own DiaDhank, "Divine Queen, help us out!" I shout.

She now appears next to Mahad and Diabound lunges to attack them. Mahad lifts his staff and opens up a wormhole as Diabound fires an attack. The blast goes into the wormhole and another one appears behind Bakura and redirects the attack at one of the pillars. Diabound catches the pillar from crushing the Tablet. I smirk and then nod toward Divine Queen. She fires a blast from her palms right at Diabound's left eye. Bakura holds his own eye in pain, "If you think you're winning this battle, you're mistaken." Bakura says, "Come forth, Bone Snapper!" a large undead turtle-like creature appears over the Tablet to protect it, so Diabound lets go of the fallen pillar, "Diabound, time to use your special ability!"

Diabound's body begins to disappear and is now completely invisible. "Magic Wave attack!" Mahad shouts. He starts firing various green energy attacks around the chamber, opening up holes in the ceiling. Bits of sunlight begin to fill the room and now I understand the purpose of that attack.

"My Diabound is concealed by the darkness! Did you think you'd actually land a hit?" Bakura says.

"Who said we were aiming for Diabound?" Yami smirks.

In one of the spots of light, comes a visible shadow of Diabound. "What?!"

"You forget that light conquers darkness, Bakura!" I say as Divine Queen and Mahad land direct attacks on Diabound.

Diabound falls backwards and Bakura comes to his knees, with sweat dripping from his face. He gets up to his feet, but his legs shake quite violently, "I-it will take more than that to keep me down!" he says. "Dark spirits fill me with your power, so I may avenge you!"

The spirits fly up to Bakura and enter his body as a red aura glows around him. Diabound gets back up and has a very small change in appearance and looks even stronger. "Quickly, Mahad, attack!" Yami shouts.

"Divine Queen, Vortex of Light attack!" I shout.

Both attacks go to hit, but a shield forms in front of Diabound and blocks it. You've got to be kidding me. "Diabound, Spiral Surge attack!" Bakura shouts. The attack hits both of our monsters and sends a surge of pain throughout my body. "Diabound, finish them off with your Lightning Summoning Bomb attack!"

Our monsters are too weak for the moment to fight back. This could be it. I close my eyes as the sound of the attack hitting rings through my ears. I open them once more to see both of them are gone, but I don't feel pain. Yami looks alright also. I look up and notice Dark Magician Girl above us, holding our monsters. But how? Sitting by one of the holes in the ceiling is, "Mana!" Yami exclaims.