hello, my dear readers how were you?
we have finally reached halfway through the story, we have 4 or 5 more chapters to finish this
but as words are going out of control the next chapters will mostly be split into 2 or 3 parts
hopefully with fewer time gaps between each chapter and now please enjoy reading the chapter
0000
Seto returning to his timeline came with a big price, leaving him in absolute pain mentally and physically, if he really wants to undo what has been done his current state won't help him, especially when thinking that Bakura is holding Atem as a hostage while in fact, he disappeared into thin air. With Yugi having enough to deal with, suffering from being constantly watched by a mysterious organization and facing the museum issue alone, how will he act if he ever knows about the tragic running events, let's all find out together what will happen in our new and Last Arc?
0000
After a while from sitting beside the lake, they saw two special helicopters approaching, when getting near enough, they focused the emergency lights on them, Kaiba tried to see the logo, reading KC relieved him, probably Mokuba sent the helicopters from their nearest branch in South America, they landed Infront of them, Bakura put his hands on his face preventing the strong light and wind from hurting him. When the door opened, six people wearing black, blue lights shining on some parts of their special suits, they looked similar to the people who once arrested Aigami, they all stood in one line waiting for commands.
Isono followed right behind them trying his best to stay calm, however seeing that tall figure standing in front of their eyes crossing his arms, confident as ever made him give away his emotions, there is no doubt about it, it is surely his long-lost CEO
Seto commanded the private unit harshly "arrest that rotten thief and put the isolating goggles on his eyes"
The unit arrested Bakura in no time then dragged him on his knees in front of Seto, he didn't put up any fight but what scared him is the weird goggles covering his eyes forcibly
shouting out to protest he immediately felt weak. "I am not running anywhere so why are you doing this?!"
"you've ruined my game and my mood so taste a gulp of my anger! those goggles seal your stupid shadow tricks by numbing your nerves so better not make it harder on yourself, and believe me this just the beginning of your torment!"
Isono's voice came interrupting "welcome back boss, it has been a long time indeed!"
Seto turned surprised by Isono quavering voice "what's wrong with you, is this some kind of joke? I've only been away for a few hours!"
Isono was shocked "But you have been away for four years Sir!"
Aquamarine's irises widened, and if Bakura was not bound he would be more shocked, Seto swallowed hard trying to proceed with the facts " you are saying that there was no error and Kisara is right!
He turned on his duel disk, entered the settings and choose the time and place option, figuring out it has been one thousand four hundred sixty days and twelve hours since he left made cold sweat drops form on his forehead, remembering his young brother crying and blaming voice made his stone heart quiver, unaccepting the truth he unconsciously put his hand on the silk small bag, feeling the warmth of the cube made him remember his rival words after their duel bitterly
"your time here is over, I will make you leave even if I have to break your legs, listen to me for once Kaiba! yes, I am the one who led you here yet I never knew your body would collapse faster than expected, life is short, accept what you have and live the moment!"
Seto closed his eyes biting his lips "I never anticipated that spending a few hours with him could cost me years, the time gap is so huge! he must have known, that's why he seemed anxious the whole time and desperate to send me back to my timeline; uttering rubbish while keeping important stuff to himself, I won't forgive him for underestimating me twice, I'm gonna find him and make him pay even if I had to commit a crime, either he does what I please or I lose my mind "
He suddenly felt his stomach twist, legs weakened and lungs failing at supplying him with enough air, he put a hand at his abdomen and the other on his mouth coughing painfully, when Isono saw his boss hurting he quickly lent him a hand while calling for someone to help, but stubborn as ever he refused any help, surpassed his pain and stood firmly straight, Seto Kaiba will never fall!
"No need! Kaiba corporation won't forget your loyalty Isono, now let's get out of here and book me the first decent flight to Domino"
Isono "Sir I have a suggestion!"
Kaiba "What is it?"
Isono "Why don't we get to the nearest available country, and go to a hotel for you to spend the night and charge some energy, it must have been tough and you need to take a break from planes"
Seto aquamarine eyes reflected a glimpse of sadness "I need... to meet Mokuba right away!"
Isono "Though he told me to keep it a secret in case you would not want to meet him, however, if you already plan to see him then it doesn't matter! young master Mokuba is on his way here, he couldn't even wait to get permission to fly his private plane, he booked the first flight coming here! So please rest well and wait for him!"
"Whatever it is, just do it and take us out of here!"
He missed out on most of Isono words, clearly his mind is reaching its tolerance limits and wanted only rest, he bit his lips harder and walked almost crawling to sit in the helicopter, he took out two cold bottles of water from the small fridge, he put one on his burning forehead and drank the other, no matter how much he drank water it never seemed enough.
Isono "Shall we call a doctor sir?"
Kaiba's eyes shut open, something deep told him that what he is experiencing goes beyond a normal fever or sickness which makes it inapplicable to any regular laws plus he won't risk the exposure of the cube under any condition, he must protect it at any cost so he must figure out his symptoms alone
"No! I am fine, and don't you dare do anything unnecessary understand!"
Isono was overwhelmed with happiness once thought he will never meet the big CEO again, basically getting the family together was one of his latest dreams so he obeyed for the moment not risking their union. The first helicopter set off for their wanted direction, while the other stayed to load the shuttle parts and bring them to the company branch existing in South America.
0000
On a wide king-sized bed, in the middle of a stone-built luxurious hall, lay a tanned young man, asleep for a quite long time, his skin has regained its rich colour, cells are safe and intact, chest rising and falling comfortably until A little furry ball left his heart quietly then split into five colourful Kuribohs intending to wake him up, they started roaming the hall curiously, while our main brown Kuriboh played around the tanned youth lashes and face then removed the blankets covering him wanting a reaction, he rolled on his bed annoyed immediately feeling cold, his fingers twitching as he started regaining consciousness, he got up irritated when he did not find the blankets, blinking a few times until precious crimson orbs opened wide
"what's wrong with you Kuriboh! can't you see that I am asleep?!"
Hearing his master's strong voice and angered funny tone made him cry, he jumped at his master along with the four furry balls hugging him and hailing for his safe return, He started laughing hard trying to get them away as they tickled him everywhere
"you little brats! five on one, it is totally unfair!"
while they continued playing with him, his face features twisted suddenly, a spark of lightning-like pain hit his head, all at once they stopped, Kuriboh combined himself to one and sat quietly in his lap apologizing, he smiled at him despite the pain
"this weird headache I am feeling is not your fault, but let's leave our little game until I get better, okay?"
Regaining full consciousness and most of his balance, he began to study his surroundings, moving his head around slowly, he found himself in a large hall resembles his royal chamber, but brighter, larger and newer, beside him sat a big ornamented stone chair, with two spheres resting on each of the arms, he recognized them as Star-night and snow-white spheres which now held the millennium items powers.
looking around faraway, he found a magical crystal similar to the one in the secret hall where he usually met his family and where the ceremonies took place, what was out of place is the crystal showing smoky images of his memories instead of live-talking figures like it normally did. He also found a huge glass closet full of shelves, on each shelf sat some ancient and modern games he loved or even duel monster cards he cherished, he stood on his bare feet touching the marble ground staggering, little Kuriboh helped by pushing his master back to support his ground.
feeling lighter than usual he took a glance at his clothes to find all his jewellery were gone leaving him in a simple sleeved thin linen beige blouse and a long shendyt with a blue long decorated belt on the middle of his waist, he was fascinated by all the organic, geometrical ornaments and colourful patterns on the walls, until he noticed a big and beautiful decorated door, not caring for the details anymore, he opened the door cautiously, a loud annoying voice caused by old joints moving made them both more uncomfortable, he looked around slowly only to find a dark pathway closed from his side yet continues from the other side ending with a faint white light
"If the pathway has no light but a tiny one, and here there is nothing but walls! then what exactly is lighting this hall? Where exactly am I?"
Crimson eyes looked up the roof questioning only to be stunned unbelieving when he saw the same magical artificial Antares star that once lit the ceremonies hall is now hanging above his personal bed shining brightly.
"Oh Lord did I hit my head somewhere? This place looks like many rooms from my palace but it's just not the same!"
Feeling uneasy as worry sneaking in quickly, He decided to ignore everything and follow the pitch-black pathway, once outside, he left the door open hoping to light his way but the door suddenly shut behind him with a loud crack knocking him out of his breath.
"Well ... t ... that is rude!"
he calmed his racing heart and put his palms on the wall to find his way through the darkness, with every step closer to the next light source nausea and dizziness took over him more, he spoke loudly distracting himself from the pain while his Kuriboh hid in his tunic
"Is Bakura alright? How is he even alive? What about Kaiba and my family? did the rituals succeed? are my necklaces safe? I was trying to seal the creature but the puzzle cracked causing mental damage to my brain, I was nearly crushed when Kaiba saved me and redeemed the damage by using his dragon powers, later I remember hearing many screams and whispers among them was a faint prayer asking for help, the last thing I recall is a brutal pain, blocking all my senses and now I am here in such a creepy place! It somehow reminds me of the puzzle though it doesn't have any traps or labyrinth, despite that it is warmer and safer I can't help but feel like ... this is surely an ill omen"
After a long cold walk he finally reached the other light source, shocked to find an iron white modern door lighted with blue led lights through the corners, he almost stopped breathing when his embers fell on the blue eyes white dragon carved on the door, a beautiful young woman sitting under his wings with a silver-blue long Hair and lashes, white skin, warm smile and aquamarine elegant eyes.
"Maiden with Eyes of Blue- it is definitely Kisara!"
he extended his tanned fingers touching the carvings delicately when the jewelled eyes shone and the door suddenly slides open like an electrical one, once open the light source blinded him for a moment; after adjusting he answered the invitation and walked in to see a spacious hall large and long iron silver walls shining blue across their edges, each wall had a unique picture most of its details hidden weirdly... in the middle of the hall was a large office with a big leather chair, on its surface were many medium-sized black tablets turned off.
Getting closer the chair unexpectedly rotated revealing who sat in it, taken back by surprise he moved away, eyes never leaving her, she was wearing a light brown simple gown decorated with aquamarines jewels, on her head rested a gorgeous tiara in the shape of the blue-eyes white dragon
"Greetings pharaoh!"
His heart skipped a beat, her presence surely gave him goosebumps, he felt guilty for entering what seemed like her private domain carelessly, so he stepped back looking away while Kuriboh was excited, left his masters tunic and flu jumping around her happily
"The door opened suddenly, I never meant to enter like that"
"I am the one who allowed you in, I welcome warmly to this humble heart, my name is Kisara! I see your skin regained most of its colour! tell me how are you feeling now pharaoh? you were so tired when I brought you in"
"It seems that I am no pharaoh here, call me Atem! so if you are the one who brought me here, where are we exactly?"
The electricity around them suddenly started buzzing, turning on and off, the whole place shook and jolted harshly, then all stopped at once as nothing happened, fear clearly made its way through the youth crimson eyes heart while sadness was clearly present on the aquamarine's soft eyes, he extended his pointing finger noticing a new room appearing at the end of the hall
"that room was not here before the short-circuit moments ago! "
Kisara eyes widened a little before a warm smile replaced her surprise, she picked one of the tablets and walked till she faced him and gave it to him
"Turn it on to see what occurred since the puzzle cracked"
He took it out of her delicate fingers and pressed the power button, rewinding all past events from a third perspective, while watching she told him more details
"the puzzle cracking drained your body more than necessary and because you succeeded in balancing Bakura sanity, for now! he had an advantage over you, kidnapped you and forced your body to use its dimensional abilities combined with the spheres under fatal conditions, in addition; giving away the cube for Seto's sake deprived your body of his last chance of recovering, going through a dimensional travel without mastering the sealed powers in your spheres or the cube powers destroyed your body"
His heart sank trying to deal with the information, his hands' muscles spasmed causing the tablet to fall, cold sweat dropping "excuse me? if my body is destroyed how am I here speaking to you?!"
Kisara sadly "the spheres and cube powers are young, we almost know nothing about them, nevertheless what I can say is that; a fatal defect had happened because of Bakura and Seto misusing supernatural energies without guidance, a part of your consciousness was saved, but eventually came with a cost, it seems that spending so much time with the puzzle and the items made the cube recognize you as part of its own, your consciousness is trapped by the cube itself... I think you are understanding me, right?"
Atem was overwhelmed with shock, his knees gave away on the edge of breaking "what cost?! ... you can't possibly mean that right!?"
Kisara bit her lip and closed her eyes "your body is not dead and you are still alive yet you are lost through dimensions, if you don't find your body whereabouts, the quantum cube will attract your whole existence under its will and by the end of it you will merge with the cube until the universe perish and life ceases to exist."
Her words paralyzed him unable to process any more, he looked at her with disbelief, biting his lips hard, crimson orbs shocked and lost
"Lord! if my body got lost through dimensions it means it could be anywhere through the endless universe! How am I supposed to find it, it is impossible! and my family? How... how can I find a way to take them out of that living hell trapped here! how am I supposed to use the damn cube powers if I am trapped! this far more dangerous than imaginable, I have no vessel and hell no! Yugi won't be put through this any longer!"
Kisara knelt and put her hands over his shoulders trying to calm him down "it might be hard, but you need to stay strong as always! Listen I opened a room in Seto's mind for you to reside, you and Seto now Share the same body as you were with Yugi, that room revealing itself to you means that Seto's mind opened up for you faster than expected, if you can do it, you will be able to share your thoughts and communicate with Seto to help you like Yugi once did!"
he thought that there was no possible way things could get any worse but how he was wrong
"sharing the same body with Kaiba?! You say it's not an option but a fact?! "
Kisara "Seto owes you big this time, he will be obliged to help you, plus his mental state is better and you can't deny it!"
Atem laughed sarcastically trying to even his quavering voice "There are many grey areas considering his mental state! holy Lord, now I am available for him 24 hours to duel! he will make me lose my sanity before I ever find my body, screw this, I can't tolerate it, there is no possible way I can deal with that jerk! for one duel he was about to destroy the universe balance, and now we share the same body! my precious Lord how could have things Sunk this low! "
She removed her hands off his shoulder and took his hands in hers "you are underestimating yourself; you were the one who opened his eyes first, you know how to deal with him!"
Atem recognized her tired eyes and pale skin right away, in fact, he even saw her hands going through his "what's wrong with you? "
Kisara moved her hands away hiding them behind her back "nothing slips away from your mesmerizing sharp eyes, right? "
recalling something similar Atem nearly blushed "shall I take it as a compliment?"
Kisara kindly "no! it's the truth!"
he saw her body started turning into a shining ray " are you really… okay?"
Kisara smiled "sadly no, as long as he doesn't accept my light, I will not be able to reside in his heart anymore! Let's not laugh at each other, he is a jerk! he refuses to see me anything but the white dragon, if this keeps up I will disappear and this the beginning"
Atem "If you will not reside in him where will you be going? after all, you are bound to an oath!"
Kisara "A direct descendant from the white dragon clan will soon turn twenty, she inherited the power of the white dragon, so I am obliged to leave him, the legendary white dragon powers will move to her, our oath has been broken the day Seth decided to marry, so what I am exactly expecting!?"
Crimson embers reflected sadness and empathy for he knows how much Kisara sacrificed for her love, she is one of the legendary heroines' history will never forget, he touched her dress sleeve encouraging her to hold on
"If Seth did not marry Isis, Kaiba and Yugi would never have existed, the crisis befell on Egypt left fatal wounds, they also sacrificed their love to give the future generations another chance, I once learned something, women are capable of great hate, but they also hold endless forgiveness for the ones they care about! Kisara, won't you forgive him? "
she bit her lips as a broken tear rolled down her soft cheeks "I don't know what I was thinking, no one is to blame, there is nothing to forgive I know, but it still hurts so much"
Atem "I may not look like it but I can understand your feelings more than you think"
Kisara wiped her tear quickly "How? did you ever fell in love!"
Atem bit his lips "that type of love you mean!? Unfortunately, yes… I did, it is one of the biggest regrets I have, nothing comes out of love but pain and hurt"
Kisara "don't push yourself, your mind is still weak, don't remember what hurts, let's end this conversation, I really thank you for your words, I needed someone to remind me of the truth! "
Atem "you are welcome!"
Kisara "I must leave now but I will return, please don't leave this hall until you see that room open, can you do this for me?"
Atem "nothing better to do, I think! Kisara, if your light ever leaves Kaiba's heart what will turn out of him?"
Kisara sadly "his mind is clearer and stronger, yet if there are any side effects, I don't know them"
The moment her light vanished from the hall, he felt cold and lonely, left behind like this made him feel helpless and reminded him by his pathetic current state, he felt way too sad, angry and betrayed, trying his best to swallow all these suffocating emotions or calm his pained throbbing heart he failed miserably, hitting the ground with his fist, a desperate shout left his throat, Kuriboh snuggled closer, he sat in his master's lap while the young crimson eyed pharaoh welcomed the company and held him near as his very soul cried out.
To be continued...
So Kaiba and Atem in the same body? Amm sounds interesting?
We also found out a secret love story revolving around the mighty pharaoh, so what happens next?
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