Mahad took Yugi by the wrist, leading her to who knew where.
"Where are you taking me?" The masked girl asked. Her short legs had to work overtime just to keep up with the ancient magician.
'To see some friends.' Mahad telepathically answered.
"You said that before, what friends?"
'You will see.' Yugi decided not to ask any more questions; he figured he would get no more out of the Magician than he had already gotten. Eventually, he began to loose himself. Mahad was going so fast and down so many corridors that the boy began to get dizzy from all the twisting and turning. Just when Yugi thought that he was going to have an unpleasant reunion with her 'feast' from earlier, Mahad suddenly stopped. Yugi had to take a moment to collect herself. When she finally did, she noticed that they had gone all the way from Atem's royal room to the dark dungeons. Yugi felt a little disorientated. Just how fast was Mahad going? Wait … that was not what was important right now. What was important was to find out why they were down there in the first place.
"Mahad?" Yugi looked behind himself to see Mahad floating mid-air with his arms folded, as usual. The Magician nodded towards something. The girl turned around again to see a large metal cell door. It was old and had a hint of rust to it. There were demonic symbols all over it; most likely spells to keep whatever was being kept behind the door in. Yugi looked inside the cell and gasped. It was the Priests! She could tell because she recognized the past lives of Seto Kaiba, Ishizu Ishtar, and his grandfather. Yugi looked toward her escort with a questioning look. Mahad only hung his head in shame.
"Hey, what are you all doing in there?" The sound of Yugi's voice must have startled them because the Priests jumped when he spoke. Ishizu's past life gasped.
"It's her!" She had a look of hope across her face. Her lips curved into a small smile. The other Priests stood up.
"Light of the Pharaoh, what are you doing down here?" The bald Priest asked. Who did this guy remind Yugi of? Ah, she would think of that later.
"Mahad brought me down here. How long have you all been in there?" SHe was beginning to feel bad for these souls. For some reason, she felt that they should not have been there.
"Long enough for our powers to drain." The priest with the long hair said. Yugi sighed. SHe had to do something; perhaps she could get them out of there. Yugi gripped the handle of the cell door with both hands. It did not have a lock on it to indicate that it was locked. However, when she touched the old metal, her skin began to sizzle, causing Yugi to withdraw her hands in pain.
"I gotta get you guys out of here …" sHe said more to himself than to them.
"No, Young One; you need to save yourself first!" The oldest-looking Priest said.
"But … what about"-
"You are our only hope to bring Yami down again, to take his power away! You have the power of Heaven with you!" The priestess that looked like Ishizu said. Yugi just blinked at her in confusion.
"How do you know?" The priestess smiled.
"We have been watching as events unfold."
"Go on, you must return to Heaven, Lass." The priest that looked like Grandpa replied. Yugi hung her head in shame.
"I think it's too late for that … he's already set the Seven Deadly Sins along with the Horsemen of the Apocalypse upon the world …" Yugi felt such shame when saying this. All these people were counting on him, but he was just a kid … what was he supposed to do?
"Then you must return to Heaven and seek the help of seven the seven seraphs." The Grandpa Priest said again. Yugi looked at him.
"The seven what?"
"Seven seraphs; they are the highest ranking angels and will have the power to defeat the Sins." Yugi gasped. He thought Gabriel and the other Archangels were the highest ranking angels. It had never occurred to him that there might be more. Yugi's thoughts were broken as the Kaiba priest spoke.
"How do you know this?!" He asked in that arrogant tone that only a Seto could have.
"How do you not?" Grandpa Priest countered. Everyone turned their attention to Yugi when they heard him sigh.
"Okay, if I can get in touch with these seraphs, we might have a chance to save the world … again, but … what about the Horsemen?"
"The Horsemen will just have to wait; the Sins are more of a concern. You need to get as much help as possible. This should buy us some time." Ishizu's past life said, bowing her head to Yugi.
"Go quickly, and Mahad," Kaiba's past life started with a smirk on his face, "try to keep him alive if you can." Mahad responded with a small glare. Despite all his attempts, Seto's taunting did not work all that well in the first life, and they would not work now. His small glare turned into (an even smaller) smile.
'Typical Seto …' SHe thought to herself. The purple-clad Magician took Yugi by the wrist one more time as the little one looked back at the trapped priests.
In the blink of an eye, they were back in Atem's room. If there was a safe place for Yugi in Hell, it would be the Devil's room.
"Mahad, how am I going to get back to Heaven?" Yugi had no idea how she had gotten there the first time around. The Magician smiled.
'You already know how.' Yugi was really getting sick and tired of this beating-around-the-bush crap.
"Would you just for once tell me what you actually mean?! We're running out of time!" Mahad just floated in mid-air with his arms folded for a while. Yugi was about to repeat her rant when her escort finally spoke.
'Close your eyes and imagine that you are there. Your power is so great that it can take you anywhere you want to go.' He explained. Yugi raised a brow. Just think and she would go there? That sounded a little too easy. But, in desperate times, one can not question things too much.
So with a sigh, Yugi closed her eyes and thought of Heaven. SHe thought of the city of clouds, the happy people with white hair, and the warm, peaceful feeling that radiated from it. A smile crossed over Yugi's lips as she thought. SHe began to feel lighter than air. It was at this point that she knew she was back in Heaven. The girl opened her eyes and took in the peaceful setting around her. However, she was not in the same place she had appeared in Heaven before.
SHe was in front of a palace-like building. There were fountains in front of it with the water sparkling in the sunshine, creating rainbows. There was a silver glow around the building. Everything about the building just screamed majestic. Suddenly, the large, white double-doors opened to reveal Gabriel. Yugi smiled in relief to see that her new friend was alright. SHe ran straight to the Archangel and embraced him roughly in a hug. Yugi missed the look of pain that shot across Gabriel's face.
"Gabriel, you're okay!" The Archangel smiled.
"I heal very quickly. We were devising a plan to get you here and now we can get down to business." Yugi knew that already.
"But Gabriel, I need t"-
"Come, there are some people I want you to meet." The young-looking Saint took Yugi's wrist.
'That arm's gonna have a pulled muscle if everyone keeps pulling me like that …' The girl thought to herself. Gabriel spread his white wings. They were very large, towering over the both of them. Yugi could not resist; she brushed her fingertips over the feathery surface of the right wing and was stunned to see how soft they were. Gabriel's wing flapped a little bit before the Archangel hovered over the ground a little bit. Yugi was about to ask what the angel was doing, but she never got the chance; Gabriel took off with a tug into one of the long halls. Yugi had to force her short legs to keep up with the Saint.
"Where are we?"
"This is the Hall of Justice, where critical matters are taken care of." The Archangel looked back at the girl and smiled. "Congratulations, Yugi; not many people get to see this place." Yugi blinked in confusion.
"Why is that?"
"This is the Seventh Level of Heaven, the level that is closest to our Father." Yugi's eyes widened.
"You mean"-
"Ah, here we are." Gabriel landed on the silver tiled floor and opened the heavy-looking door. Inside the silver room, it looked like a normal meeting room. Yugi half expected to turn around and see Kaiba standing there with his briefcase in one hand and looking at his watch on the other. There were people around a large, circular table that covered most of the room; all wearing the same silver robe as Gabriel, their hoods concealing their identities.
"Holy Child, thank goodness you are safe." The three people that stood next to one another removed their hoods. Revealed were the Archangels, St.'s Michael, Raphael, and Anthony. Yugi looked at the Saint standing next to them.
"I've already met them."
"Not us," Yugi looked back at the three archangels when she heard one of them answer him. St. Michael nodded to the other seven robed figures around the other side of the table, "them."
"Welcome, Young One." Yugi gasped. So far, all the High Powers had been male; so it surprised her when she heard the voice that sounded female. In fact, was soft and calming. The figure at the head of the table removed her hood to reveal a beautiful woman with shimmering blonde hair and gentle green eyes. "We have been waiting for you." When she said this, the rest of the robed figures removed their hoods as well. They were all female! Most of them looked like girls Yugi's own age. Gabriel placed a hand on the girl's shoulder.
"Yugi, meet the Seven Heavenly Virtues."
End of Chapter