In a very elegant car, Maria Kaiba and Ishizu Ishtar were going towards the museum of Domino City. "So what do you want to talk about with me, Ms. Ishtar?" Maria asked. "You will soon find out, Ms. Kaiba. Just I ask you have a very open mind to understand what I want to tell you once we are there" The Egyptian woman replied with a soft tone on her voice. Maria rolled her eyes. "I think I am the enough open minded to understand what you want to tell me by now" She crossed her arms. Yami Maria was sitting, in theory, next to her partner and waved. Maria looked at her and had to make sure she did not act out of ordinary.
"I assume you look at the Spirit of the Pharaoh" Ishizu said as she noticed her. "Pharaoh?" Yami Maria asked as well as Maria at the same time. "I...Uh, yeah. She is trapped within the Millenium Puzzle for what I can tell. I still believe this is some sort of cheap trick, but I can't find any realistic way to do somehting like this..." She admitted. Ishizu chuckled. "Of course not. The Millenium Items were done with a very powerful, dark magic around 5000 years ago."
Maria was paying attention to Ishizu's neck and noticed her necklace, the same sign of the Millenium Puzzle was there. She remembered something:
2 years ago, it was Christmas, Duel Monsters had a very good season, represented in good sales, so Pegasus invited Maria to a dinner along with her brother Mokuba. The creator of Duel Monsters tripped as Maria quickly caught him with her brother so he didn't get hurt. "Watch over your steps, Peg-!" The Kaiba girl noticed his left eye. It had a weird object on it. "What's that...?" She asked. Pegasus looked back at her as he reincorporated. "Just something that aids me, Kaiba-girl. You don't need to worry" The man said with a soft smile.
"Your necklace. That must be one of those Millenium Items!" Maria pointed as Ishizu showed a soft smile and nodded, closing her eyes softly. "Of course. It is the Millenium Necklace. It allows me to see the future" She replied. Maria was confused. "The future?" Ishizu nodded. Maria could not believe something like that. However, a spirit is with her. "I've seen 4 Milllenium Items so far: The Millenium Eye of Pegasus, Shadi's Millenium Scale, Your Millenium Necklace and the Millenium Puzzle. I don't know what are the other 3 or where they are" She admitted. Ishizu began to think on her brother, Marik. "My brother has the Millenium Rod with him, he can control people with it..." She said sadly. "Your brother? Who is him?" Maria asked. "His name...is Marik Ishtar"
Maria's eyes got a several rage as she got on top of Ishizu holding her by her dress, pulling her to be face to face. "Your brother and his men killed my younger brother, Mokuba!" Her eyes had several tears as Ishizu tried to get off of Maria. "I-I am sorry. My brother was not always like this. He was corrupted by his own darkness" She replied. "Explain yourself!" Maria got off of Ishizu as this one was scared. "You see...Marik and me had the mission of defending the Pharaoh once this one returned back to our world. Marik suffered a lot, we both suffered. Marik could not hold that he felt as a prisoner in his life for the Pharaoh and his darkness began to consume him. He wants to get the 3 Egyptian God cards so he can have the power to be a new Pharaoh and rule over everything. This is personal, and I would get it if you deny it, but please...Maria Kaiba, please help me to save my brother!"
Maria could not believe what she has heard. Save the killer of her brother?! That was absurd but...she could do for Ishizu what she could not do for herself. Probably, this was the way of redeeming herself at last with her brother. She closed her eyes and breathed very deeply. She got that out and looked to Ishizu. "Alright then. I will help you to save your brother of himself" She nodded. "That's a promise." Ishizu was surprised of this. The car arrived to the entrance of the museum. It had an annoucement of an Egyptian exhibition.
Ishizu and Maria walked next to eachother, looking to the different objects from the different cultures until they arrived to the Egyptian exhibition. "Here it is. You must see, that the incoming battle was foreseen" Ishizu explained as Maria walked and noticed an inscription with her on it. She stepped back. "What the hell?! What...?"
"Yes. I believe that you were a reencarnation of the Pharaoh" Ishizu stood next to Maria. Yami Maria was surprised. "I am a Pharaoh, and you are a reencarnation of me, Maria" She said. Maria noticed 3 signs as she got her Slifer card and looked to it. "So, this is for Slifer. The one at the left must be Obelisk, and the one of the top must be the Winged Dragon of Ra, correct?" Maria asked to Ishizu. "That is correct. When you get all the Millenium Items, and the 3 Egyptian God cards, we may be able to return the Pharaoh to the place she belongs" Ishizu said. Maria remained silent. "Right, where are the other Egyptian God cards?" She asked. Ishizu showed her card of Obelisk the Tormentor. "Obelisk!" The Egyptian girl nodded to Maria's surprise. "Treasure hunters had been traveling across the world, trying to get the cards. They had 2, but my brother's arrogance allowed you to get Slifer. I could defend Obelisk the Tormentor. However, Marik has the Winged Dragon of Ra, and he won't do the same mistakes twice..." She said as she looked to the inscriptions. Maria nodded. "You can trust in me. I will save him of...himself, I guess"
Maria took the card and saved it in her bag with all her cards. "Kuri" She heard a voice and looked around, but didn't find anything. "Strange" "Are you alright, partner?" Yami Maria asked. "Indeed I am. Thanks for that" She said. "Marik won't come just like that" Maria began to think in how to attract them and then, both Ishizu and her got the conclusion. "A tournament! The winner gets the weirdest card of the loser!" Both said in unison. And she looked to her new Duel Disk. "We will use this one as excuse to do the Tournament, to conmemorate the use of this duel disk!" Maria rose her arm to the ceiling and turned on her duel disk as it hatched in battle mode. Ishizu nodded. "I will keep an eye in case of need." She held Maria's hands. "Thank you" She could not get off of Maria's grasp. "Oh no, you are not getting away. I will save your brother, but you must be there to help me out!" She smirked. Ishizu was surprised. "I-I think it is fair then..."
With some effort, the Battle City tournament was set for all public, rookies and experts. They had to do a login with certain requirements.
A new day began at school, Yugi and his friends were watching a commercial in a small computer they had at school. "Woah! A tournament in Domino city! Yugi, we must sign in!" Jonouchi said with excitement. "But you must...you know...Shizuka" Anzu said with a soft tone. Jounoichi knew what she was referring. "Oh...yes" He sighed. "I still have a long way to go if I want to pay her operation..."
"Is that so?" Maria walked up. "Oh, it's Maria!" Yugi noticed. Maria looked to Jonouchi. "I never liked you, Jonouchi. And I don't play favorites or else I would have to give everyone what I am going to give to you" He gave to him a paycheck with the enough money, and even some more, for what he needed. "I need you to listen, the 4 of you." Maria said with her arms crossed. "Really?!" Jonouchi almost cried. "What do we need to do?!" He asked. "I suppose only you and Yugi may be what I can define as good duelists, so" A couple of men came with the newly produced duel disks for them both. "You must be in the tournament. I will be monitoring how you develop. Once the tournament day comes, I will explain the rules of it. Get duels and better cards, or else I will be able to destroy you easily, boys." She said softly.
"A-are you sure?" Yugi asked. "Definetely, you must grow now. Jonouchi, Yugi, you have a month. Now go!" She ordered as she left the room and began to chuckle. 'Mokuba, don't worry. I will get that Egyptian God card and defeat Marik, then you will be able to rest in peace!' She thought as the new mission began.