"What are you guys doing here?" he asked.
"We've been looking all over town for you, Seto wants to see you, and he says it's urgent." Mokuba said and I nodded.
"Wait, Seto? He's alright?" he asked and both Mokuba and I looked at each other then away.
"Get in; I'll explain it to you on the way." He nodded and we got back inside.
I explained to him how Seto is hell-bent trying to find a winning combination to beat his God cards that we went to see Pegasus for them. "Yugi, what you don't understand was Seto found two cards in my father's deck."
"So, what's wrong with that?"
"My Father only made one card, someone put that second card into his deck; whoever did it, wants Seto to play it. It's twisting him, Seto, he's become more violent, more aggressive, possessed by a dark nature it seems. I fear it's by the same person who did it five millennia ago."
"Same person?" Yugi asked and I looked over seeing it was now the Pharaoh.
"Remember when I showed you the time Seth was possessed by the Millennium Rod?" he nodded, "well, what I found out, the man who possessed him was Anubis, trying to get to you, Pharaoh."
"Did you say Anubis?" he gasped and I nodded, "we were just at the museum looking at an exhibit where his coffin was, he just disappeared."
"Tell me, did they find a glass pyramid?" he nodded, "damn it, that Pyramid is known as the 'Lost Item' it's the Pyramid of Light, please don't tell me when the mummy disappeared it did as well."
"It did."
"Damn, then we're up for one hell of a fight." The limo slowed to a stop and Yugi entered the tower, Mokuba and I remained outside for a moment worried. "This isn't right, something bad is going to happen and we need to get up there, fast." I said and he nodded. We went to the observation disk above the field and I stood there with my arms crossed as Mokuba did his thing.
"Seal the exits Mokuba," Seto said and Mokuba looked over at me, I nodded and Mokuba did so the duel began. Within just a couple of turns Yugi had all three Gods and I was sure the one card Seto had face down was one of the two cards he got from Pegasus.
"What's wrong?" Mokuba asked and I narrowed my eyes.
"Don't go too far," I said simply and he nodded now worried Seto drew a card and activated his face down card. I slammed my hands on the computer, "Seto don't activate that card!" I shouted but he ignored me.
"Pyramid of Light!" he said and a bright light blinded us.
"No," I said softly. The pyramid surrounded the duel and the Gods were destroyed, then the building began to shake. "Come on, we need to get out of here." I said and he began typing at the computer.
"This thing isn't moving."
"Alright, then—" I stopped as pain warped my body and I fell to a knee gasping for air, what the hell is this? I thought I know this feeling, that's the same darkness that tainted Seth. No, it can't really be Anubis. I thought and heard Mokuba calling my name. I tried pushing through the pain and I wrapped my arm around him lifting him from his feet. Jumping out the back of the deck, I spread my golden wings and landed softly on the arena floor setting Mokuba down, and then falling to a knee again in pain.
"Aura, what's wrong?" he asked and I shook my head.
"That pyramid, Seto has no idea what he's just done." I grunted closing my eyes, "we need to get somewhere safe, and fast." I said and he nodded, then we pushed onward moving to one of the door ways, to watch from a distance.
A while passed and I forced myself to my feet, "Aura, what are you doing?"
"Stay here Mokuba, no matter what, alright? And if things get too hectic get out of here." I handed him my cell phone, "call Pegasus, we're going to need help." He nodded taking my phone and I walked towards the pyramid stopping at it. Taking a deep breath I placed my hand on it and felt it slip through but the pain I had already felt began growing. Pushing through it, I fell through the wall and fell to a knee just the other side growling in pain.
"Aura?" The Pharaoh gasped and I looked up at him.
"You have to stop this duel, immediately; or get that card off the field. That is the same card, same item that tainted the Priest in the past, and it's done it to him again. Pharaoh, Seto has been possessed by Anubis, you have to stop him!" I shouted and he was shocked.
"You should really listen to yourself," Seto said and I looked over at him, "possessed by some ancient God? I knew you were low Aura, but not that low."
"Listen to yourself Seto, you never speak like this, especially to her!" the Pharaoh shouted.
"What I say and do to my family is my own business Pharaoh." Seto said and my eyes went wide.
"There, that's all the proof you need Pharaoh, Anubis thinks the Priest and I are still married, and you know Seto will never call you Pharaoh." I tried forcing myself to my feet and only growled in pain, "Yugi, you have to stop him, but be careful this is an ancient shadow game now, when you lose life points you lose a part of your life energy. Please, finish this." I said and he nodded firmly he drew a card continuing the game.
You stopped me last time Princess, but you won't this time. A dark voice echoed in my mind.
Anubis, I hissed, you will be stopped, I assure you that.
He laughed, Just look at your Priest, he was so easy to take, just like he was five thousand years ago.
Leave him alone. I snapped.
No, I don't think I will. He laughed again and the voice faded from my mind, when I opened my eyes Seto had his Ultimate Dragon on the field and I grit my teeth. Then he sacrificed it to play the Blue Eyes Shinning Dragon and attacked his magician sending Yugi's life points down to 200 and he fell to the ground.
"Pharaoh!" I shouted and growled grasping my chest looking down, "please, get up." I begged closing my eyes, "only you can stop this duel."
Seto laughed and I looked over at him, "you should be happy," he said looking at me, "you're wed to a champion."
"You're not Seto, so stop pretending!" I shouted, "I know the real Seto and he's nothing like you!"
"You need to silence yourself!" he shouted and I felt the pain grow and I yelled in pain falling forward.
"Aura!" the Pharaoh called.
"I can't let you do this any longer," I muttered slowly moving to my feet, barely able to hold myself up. "I let you take him last time, but I won't any longer." Once I was able to control my balance I took a firm posture and ran at him, slamming directly into Seto's chest. Everything paused for a moment and I then fell through Seto into another body pushing against someone completely different. We both hit the ground and I yelped in pain again.
"Aura," I heard both Yugi and Seto say.
"Clever wench you are." Anubis said standing and grabbed my neck forcing me off my feet into the air, "but this time you are no match to stop me neither you nor your precious Priest have the power!" he laughed and threw me across the field, my back slammed into the wall and I fell face first into the ground. "It's a surprise you could even get into the pyramid, your God origin should have rid you the moment you touched it."
"Funny what you can do when you love someone," I smiled and looked over at Yugi, "take the last of my life force, and beat him." I said and began glowing before I passed out.
When my eyes opened a giant dragon was attacking Seto and Yugi; and then used a magic card to void them of any monster card that could have stood up against them. Growling softly I moved to my elbows and noticed one card that had blown my way and grabbed it.
"You have no monsters that can defeat me, now your world is mine!" Anubis said as his power continued to grow.
"You forgot one thing you son of a bitch," I grinned, "we fight as a team, and you always lose!" I raised the card; "I summon Blue Eyes Shinning Dragon, use Nova Blast!" the dragon appeared and attacked the monster completely destroying Anubis and I sighed as everything settled. I lowered my head closing my eyes; finally I thought and forced myself to my feet as Seto moved over to me. "Don't touch me," I growled seeing him reach for me and I walked around him towards Yugi. "Thanks Pharaoh, Yugi, for everything." He nodded firmly, I heard a group run in and I sat down on a pile of rubble sighing, the pain was gone but I felt weak and I ran my hands over my face grunting softly.
"Are you alright?" Pegasus asked and I looked up to see him kneeling in front of me.
"Sorry I never called," I smiled and he shook his head, "did Mokuba call you?"
"Yes, he said he wasn't sure what was going on, but that you needed me down here."
I nodded, "well, I'm glad you came down." He smiled and I did as well seeing Seto growling something at Yugi and the others, as he was walking away he stopped and looked over at me. With a sigh I stood and looked at Pegasus, "I'll call you later tomorrow, I need some rest, and to take care of Seto's wound." He nodded.
"If you need anything, don't hesitate to call." He said and I nodded following Seto out to his limo. No one said anything during the ride, and once at the hotel Mokuba rushed off to his room and Seto and I moved into ours. I went straight into the bathroom grabbing a few things and when I returned he was already changed sitting on the bed, knowing full well I wanted to look at his wound.
Removing the bandage Mokuba had put on there I poured some of the alcohol onto a swab and began cleaning it, still in absolute silence. It only took a minute to clean it off and I lifted his arm just enough to wrap it tightly then placed my hand over it gently. I muttered a very soft spell he didn't hear and I heard him grunt softly before he fell into the bed passing out. The spell should keep him asleep until at least early afternoon, and it should heal the wound nicely. I sat him more comfortably in the bed and pulled the cover over him sighing very softly then snuck out of the hotel returning to his office.
Once there I began working, setting up a construction crew to come in first thing in the morning to fix the arena, then I prepared a very thorough, full-proof, speech for the press, as well as organized a press conference for late in the afternoon tomorrow. When morning came, the construction crew had already begun working full force, his secretary came in, and I gave everything to her in case I didn't remember myself. Sleep tugged heavily at my eyes and by the time noon came around I found it hard to stay awake, but I wasn't going to just go back to the hotel, I might as well stay and make sure everything ran smoothly.
Standing, I sat on the couch and lay back looking at the two cards in my hand, the Shining Dragon and Pyramid of Light. The Dragon was a card Seto could keep, no doubt it was a powerful card but I knew he could handle it. Pyramid of light on the other hand, I ripped it into two and tossed both cards on the table then let out a long sigh shutting my eyes for just a moment.
Seto snapped upright in bed and looked over to see it was empty, he growled standing and dressing as fast as he could growling under his breath the whole time. Rushing out of the room he jumped into his limo and got to the office about to storm in when his secretary stopped him.
"Mr. Kaiba sir, Mrs. Pegasus asked me to give this to you," she said handing him a folder and he looked at her questionly but took it. "Also, try not to make too much noise; I think she fell asleep in there." He was a bit surprised but walked into the office quietly shutting the door, scanning the room he found me sleeping on the couch, a hand behind my head and the other on my stomach, a soft scowl on my face. Then, he noticed the two cards on the table, one of which had been ripped in half and he growled picking up the cards. Slipping the Dragon into his deck, he looked at the two pieces of the pyramid and sighed ripping the card up a bit more then tossed it into the trash can.
I felt a hand on my shoulder and someone call my name, with a hiss I turned away from him and reached for my blanket, but couldn't find it. With another hiss I looked over and realized that I wasn't in my bed and then continued looking over my shoulder to see Seto kneeling there. Moaning I turned my back on him and grabbed the pillow under my head and placed it over my head letting out a long breath.
"How long have you been here?" he asked and I shrugged. With a sigh he stood and walked across the office to his desk where his phone buzzed, "what?"
"Sir, the press is ready." His secretary said and at first even I was confused and glanced at my watch.
"Shit!" I cursed jumping up and fixing my hair and outfit, moving over to him I grabbed his folder and opened it up, "read this, let's go." I said and he was too confused to argue as I grabbed his arm and led him out of the room into the elevator.
"What is this?" he asked reading it.
"Your speech for the press conference," I sighed resting against the back wall rubbing my eyes. "Your arena is being rebuilt as we speak and last night near midnight you received a lot of phone calls and emails regarding the explosions at the park, I wrote up that for you, it should get you and your corporation out of everything." I said and the door opened, walking out I walked off a different direction.
"Where are you going now?"
"Back to the hotel," answering, I waived him off and entered his limo returning to the hotel where I crashed on the bed without even changing or moving under the covers. I passed out before I even hit the pillow.