A/N: Yeah, it's been a really long time since I've updated this, and I apologize, but I just didn't have the drive to, but now for the moment I do, so enjoy this long-awaited chapter!

Last Time

"Yuugi!" Kaiba called.

"What is it Kaiba?" Anzu called.

"Just come outside will ya?" Kaiba asked.

Anzu stood and moved towards the door, turning back to see whether Yuugi would follow the order before stepping outside herself.

Yuugi walked toward the door.

Anzu smiled, taking Yuugi's hand as he exited the building, she turned to Kaiba, almost with a glare for having just interrupted a moment that they needed.

"Follow me; trust me you'll like what you see." Kaiba said.

Anzu growled, glancing back to the inside, wondering what had happened to Timaeus after he had removed the Oracle from Yami. She moved forward, following Kaiba.

Kaiba led them to a rather large building where rubble from his Blue-Eyes once stood.

Anzu gazed up at it in awe, the tower similar to Alcatraz only brighter from the light about, she smiled, several extensions sticking out of the sides like thrones to a rose that would be pathways to rooms and such was what she saw, the tower itself paling in comparison of heights to Alcatraz.

Yuugi looked up at it in both shock and pure joy. He was totally speechless.

"What do you think, Yuugi? I really like it; I think Kaiba's done a great job on it".

"It's beautiful…" Yuugi murmured joyfully.

"It is, isn't it? Alright, what's our next step? This is done, Yami's back to normal - even if he's in a damn weak state - and everyone's acting okay." Anzu replied happily.

"I suppose we basically start to recruit the entire world to our cause."

"I suppose so." Anzu replied with a nod.

Yuugi smiled wickedly.

The next part of their ultimate takeover had begun…

End Flashback

"What's that look for?" Anzu muttered in question. "You usually have that look when you have a great idea." She answered, growing excited at the prospect of her own words in that Yuugi may have had another sinister idea.

"It's because I'm happy the world nearly belongs to us." Yuugi answered, his wicked smile widening out of his own twisted joy.

"That's good." Anzu giggled and smiled at him, Yuugi once again becoming the main focus of her Oracle-twisted heart…

Yuugi kissed her deeply on the lips, wishing to savor this moment of near-total triumph for as long as he possibly could.

Anzu smirked lightly and kissed him just as deeply back for a good minute or two, before breaking for some much-needed oxygen, after which Anzu spoke up almost immediately. "So, what do we do now? Split up and recruit or do we work as a team?" She asked, though she was eager to do either option.

"I think it'll be best if we split up." Yuugi answered. It wasn't as though he didn't wish to work together with Anzu because he loved whenever they did work together, he just felt as though they could get more accomplished if, in this instance they worked alone.

"Right." Anzu replied nodding her head, though deep down there was a part of her that wished Yuugi had elected to work together with her. Still he was the evil bad-boy mastermind she had fallen in love with, so she trusted his judgment 100 percent.

"Promise you'll be careful." Yuugi urged her. The last thing he needed was the one he loved the most getting hurt on their mission.

"I will, you must be too." Anzu whispered, the same sense of urgency Yuugi displayed for her was being displayed in her voice for Yuugi. Both of them knew that if one of them were to get hurt, their entire plan would fall apart.

"I will I promise." Yuugi reassured her, hugging her tightly around the waist.

"Good." Anzu whispered, returning his hug around the waist though hers was considerably stronger than Yuugi's.

She turned away and headed back in the direction they had come from, looking around for anyone that had arrived in their path.

"Airtos!! No!!!" A familiar voice screamed from nearby her current location.

Anzu froze in her path, turning back to see the one who had called out to the forgotten guardian.

Raphael growled softly, a few tears running down his cheeks as he glared venomously up at his opponent.

"Raphael…" Anzu growled without emotion. It seemed she was surprised to see the muscular Guardian duelist out and dueling again.

He turned around. "Anzu is that you?" He asked, having heard her voice. His tone however expressed hidden surprise that she had found him here, much less was curious as to what he was up to.

"Yes, what do you want?" She mumbled darkly, as though she was unhappy about encountering Raphael. This however wasn't the case; she was simply more concerned about her fiancé – her evil little King – her darling Yuugi at that moment.

"I'm dueling right now. Feel free to watch." Raphael offered her, as though he desired an audience to watch him finish his opponent, but this was untrue he was simply lonely.

"Fine." She answered sharply, crossing her arms.

Raphael smirked as he turned back to his opponent for a brief moment. "Whenever Airtos is destroyed it calls forth Guardian Deathscythe!" He explained before turning back to face Anzu.

Raphael smiled sinisterly. "I have 7400 thanks to magic cards while my opponent only has 1500 left." He said, smirking evilly as the Oracle now shown on his forehead.

"Oh" Anzu mumbled quietly, smiling in a dark fondly way at the Oracle circle that surrounded Raphael and his opponent. "Good for you, listen, when you're done, I need you to help me with something." She answered, her voice dark and firm.

"Sure, just tell me what it is you need." Raphael answered, perfectly accepting whatever sinister plans Anzu had in mind.

"I need you to help me with a little something I have to finish off close to Yuugi's home." Anzu giggled darkly. "I know you'd be prepared to help me." She answered giggling and smiling wickedly.

"Sure." He replied as Deathscythe appeared on the field, the ghoulish Guardian bonding without any sort of resistance, his attack rising to 3000 as a result.

"Good. Should I go ahead, or wait for you, I don't care either way." She retorted, knowing Raphael would follow after her as soon as he disposed of his dueling opponent.

"Wait. It shouldn't take too long." He replied as his opponent ended his turn. His opponent was standing in shadows so he couldn't be identified.

"Alright then, I wonder who you're dueling." Anzu answered, her dark crimson-azure eyes looking around in curiosity.

"He uses Dinosaur cards but I do not remember any such duelists." Raphael explained to the wicked-hearted girl the Oracle had created in Anzu Mazaki.

"Sounds like Dinosaur Ryuzaki." Anzu murmured, her eyes widening in realization.

"Heh well he's about to out 1 soul…" He turned back to the duel and activated Deathscythe's special effect to sacrifice his other 5 guardians to raise its attack to 5500.

"Nice work then." Anzu giggled in a most evil manner, watching the duel proudly.

"Deathscythe wipe him out!" Raphael ordered.

Anzu grinned in a black-hearted manner as she watched the deathly creepy guardian rush up to the other duelist, swinging the scythe down upon them.

Dinosaur screamed in pain as his life points were wiped out with one swipe.

Anzu giggled cruelly watching the unfortunate duelist fall to his knees as the Oracle closed around him, listening to him yell as he was stripped of his soul with a most sadistic pleasure.

Raphael laughed softly as Deathscythe disappeared along with the Oracle.

Anzu turned her head to Raphael, grinning at him, both proudly and darkly, her dark eyes oozing with evil desires showing how deep her heart's corruption had become from the innocent schoolgirl she had been to a cruel and vilely immoral child of evil.

"Good job, now we have another prisoner waiting with that pest." She snickered in the most evil way she could.

Raphael smirked. "Who might that be?"

"Katsuya Jonouchi." Anzu laughed. "When he finally lost and accepted his fate to lose to the Oracle. He was finally sealed away just for the safety of the Pharaoh, and even afterwards he wasn't safe." She explained.

"Hm? How so?" Raphael asked, his dark sapphire eyes looking curious.

"Because the Oracle still infected him, he pushed Yuugi to almost give it all up until Yuugi's quick thinking helped him keep a hold of it." She answered, her dark eyes dancing with evil and glee.

"I don't understand what you mean. Explain more." Raphael requested of her.

"What do you mean? I thought it was simple enough. After Jonouchi was defeated, the Oracle was still able to get to Yami. He said Yuugi would have to give it up to save him because of a bond between them so Yuugi just transferred the bond to someone else" Anzu growled, hating how Yami had nearly manipulated her fiancé and lover.

"I see. Is that a problem?" He asked, a little worried.

"No, it's good, but it could turn into a problem because Yami seemed like he wanted to try and keep the Oracle inside to force it out of Yuugi" Anzu sighed. "Come on, let's go and do this." Anzu replied, a sick evil grin on her face.

"Yes let's." Raphael answered with a curt nod.

Anzu smiled and turned away, heading back in the direction she had been traveling in before running into Raphael.

"Shall I follow?" He asked.

"Yes, it would do us good with your help, there's something I must do quickly and then I must continue mine and Yuugi's mission." Anzu announced as she continued.

"Very well." He said jogging casually behind.

"Good, once we get to Yuugi's home, everything will be set straight. I can finally help Yuugi in our Kingdom's growth" Anzu giggled darkly, moving along briskly.

"What kingdom?" Raphael asked.

"The Kingdom of the Oracle. The Kingdom that Yuugi and I will rule over."

"Interesting…" Raphael mused, a mysterious look on his face.

"Yes, and once it's complete, Yuugi's and my dream of ruling this world as King and Queen will finally be complete!" Anzu replied, laughing a dark horrible evil laugh.

She said nothing between then and Yuugi's home coming into view, she grinned darkly at it.

"Are you ready?" she asked, turning back to Raphael.

"Yes Anzu." Raphael answered solemnly.

"Good." Anzu chuckled evilly, moving towards the building, soon unlocking the door and scurrying inside.

Raphael walked inside, the shadow of his hulking form showing in the doorway.

Yami opened his eyes and turned his head back, seeing both Anzu and Raphael standing in the doorway, their shadows looming over him.

"What do you want?" he hissed.

"Pharaoh, is that you?" Raphael asked, concerned.

Yami glared at Raphael, he cursed at Anzu under his breath.

"What do you think Raphael?" he hissed.

"Are you alright, Pharaoh?" He asked in concern.

"Raphael, I'm the weakest I've been in a long time, I've lost my aibou, I'm stuck like this and I can barely move below my neck. Do I look alright to you?" Yami snapped.

Anzu chuckled before stepping forward, moving slowly towards Yami.

Raphael moved closer as well.

"What do you two want?" Yami growled, repeating his question as he glared up at them both.

"What do we want again?" Raphael asked her.

Anzu giggled, not looking back at Raphael; instead she lowered herself to her knees, giggling more at the dark marks under Yami's eyes as he glared at her.

"I told you, we're going to help Yuugi. And the best way we can do that is but getting rid of anything that holds him back. Namely in this case: Yami."

"But wouldn't that hurt him deep down?" Raphael queried.

"Not if he thinks Yami passed on because of how weak he was. There's nothing that can hold us back or hurt us." Anzu answered with an evil giggle.

"All right but what if Yuugi-san gets angry at you?" Raphael asked in worry.

"He won't. As far as he knows we weren't here. We didn't see Yami again, he'd never know." Anzu answered with an evil snicker.

"But what if he comes back here looking for Yami?" Raphael asked.

"He's gone off elsewhere to recruit, we split up." Anzu growled. "Now stop asking questions and worrying, just be quiet while I do this." She hissed, trying to get Raphael to relax in her own evil way and keep him quiet.

"Whatever you're doing, it won't work!" Yami protested. "Yuugi will find out, he will come and stop you. I don't care what you say, my aibou still exists somewhere."

"You really believe that huh?" Raphael asked, sounding as though he were sympathetic.

"Yes I do. Why shouldn't I?" Yami growled.

"Have you seen the child duel?" Raphael asked, as if stating the obvious.

"Of course I have!" Yami shouted. "What kind of partner would I be if I didn't? Then again, what kind of partner could I be to let him slip into the Oracle?" Yami asked out loud, blaming himself for Yuugi's transformation into darkness.

"Pharaoh, he feels stronger now." Raphael answered, in a way trying to make him feel better.

"I know. And I know why and how. And that's what makes me fear for him the most." Yami sighed, staring up at the ceiling above him.

"Well are you two are done?" Anzu hissed.

Raphael nodded, backing away.

"Good." Anzu replied, sounding like she held an authority over Raphael before looking back at Yami. "Now hold still, this'll only hurt if you resist."

Yami growled before Anzu moved her hand forward, plunging it into Yami's chest, he cried out in pain sharply for a second as her hand floated in what was mid-air to anyone other than Yami and Yuugi. He gritted his teeth, closing his eyes as he could see Anzu's hand glowing white. He tried to open the mind-link to Yuugi, praying it still existed.

'Y-Yuugi. Tell me you can hear me!' He mentally begged.

'Aibou…what is it?' Yuugi sent back though the link was extremely weak.

'I-Its Anzu' Yami replied, the strain in his mental voice making sure his words would be believed. 'I-I don't know what's she's doing, but-but....ai-aibou'.

His train of thought derailed, he went limp under Anzu's power, his eyes closing slowly, his head falling to the left side of his body, looking at the wall numbly, Anzu's cackle ringing out in his head.

'Aibou!' Yuugi sent before the link was broken.

To be continued…