/ Blah / = any hikari

// Blah // = any yami

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Yuugi panted, struggling along the twisting warren in search of an exit, sighing in dismay when he passed things that looked even vaguely familiar.

"I think we're going in circles..." he murmured heavily, glad when Bakura chuckled feebly at him.

"You'll...find it..."

"Yeah...I guess." But Yuugi was skeptical, the halls seemed to twist and turn forever and they were only in the dungeon part of the castle; no telling what the rest of the place looked like. He looked up at the dingy ceiling.

/ Where are you Yami? /

"The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, thou god Aniu! Hail, thou god Pehreri, who dwellest in thy hall, the Great God. Grant thou that my soul may come to me from any place wherein it may be. Even if it would tarry, let my soul be brought unto me from any place wherein it may be. Thou findest the Eye of Horus standing by thee like unto those beings who resemble Osiris, who never lie down in death. Let not the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, lie down dead among those who lie in Anu, the land wherein souls are joined to their bodies in thousands. Let me have possession of my Ba-soul and of my Spirit-soul, and let my word be truth with it in every place wherein it may be. Observe then, O ye guardians of Heaven, my soul, wherever it may be. Even if it would tarry, cause thou my Ba-soul to see my body. Thou shalt find the Eye of Horus standing by thee like the Watchers."

The demon stood over the six Sennen Items in it's possession and recited the ancient words it had been forced to memorize so long ago; the words of joining the soul and the body. Not once did it falter or stumble in it's mindless chant. Not once did it pause in the waterfall of words to recall a forgotten piece.

"Hail, ye gods who tow along the boat of the Lord of Millions of Years, who bring it over the sky of the Tuat, who make it to journey over Nent, who make Ba-souls to enter into their Spirit-bodies, whose hands hold the steering poles and guide it straight, who grasp tightly your paddles, destroy ye the Enemy; thus shall the Boat rejoice, and the Great God shall travel on his way in peace. Moreover, grant ye that the Ba-soul of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth before the gods, may come forth with your navel cords in the eastern part of the sky, and that it may follow Ra to the place where he was yesterday, and may set in peace, in peace in Amentet. May it gaze upon its earthly body, may it take up its abode and its Spirit-body, may it neither perish nor be destroyed for ever and for ever."

Four of the six items glowed a brilliant blinding white and melded together into a beautiful breastplate of golden armor emblazoned with the eye and infused with the power of the gods. The Sennen Ring and Puzzle though were a different matter. The stealer of souls shrank into a circlet of the yellow ore, losing the chain and triangle, the tassels framing the now to be seen delicate face, while the many pieced enigma, empowered by the very eye of Horas, was set to the top of a powerful magic staff.

"I am ready."

"...Hurry..." Yami gasped, urging Joey and the others to move faster along the twisting halls.

"What makes you two so sure we're going the right way?" Asked Tristan breathlessly. "I mean, do you have a floor map?"

"Quit pestering them." Tea said irritably from her place in the front. "Ahhhhh!" She suddenly fell backwards as something ran into her from around a corner.

"Yuug', Bakura?" Joey whispered in disbelief.

"Yami!" Yuugi cried out with happiness, getting up from his place on the floor, forgetting for a second about his sick companion. "Yami, speak to me!"

"...Aibou..." the darkness whispered fondly, looking up suddenly. "She's here...?"

"Who's here Yami?" Yuugi asked scared at seeing his yami so weak.

"...no..." Yami Bakura had lifted his head and was staring through the walls it seemed after smiling, ever so slightly, at the sight of his hikari. "It...can't be..." he whispered. He shrugged off his support, as did Yami Yugi, and they both walked, with strength not their own, around the corner Yuugi had come barreling around. Mai, Joey and Tristan stared after them while Tea cradled Bakura's head in her lap, wondering what in the world was going on. Suddenly their bodies were both thrown back and they hit the wall with a solid smack leaving them both winded from the impact. Yami Yuugi stood carefully and wiped a trickle of blood away from his lip.

"No...Anzu...I thought you were dead..." He muttered, tears forming in the corners of his crimson eyes. The others stared in shock and amazement at the gold-clad figure, a perfect replica of Tea, walked before them from the shadows. The gold shimmered in the dim torchlight while white satin robes billowed around her. In her slender hand she clasped a staff of gold topped with the Sennen Puzzle and her head was graced with a smaller version of the ring. Yami Bakura seemed terrified, stuck to the spot with fear as she moved closer to him.

"I will deal with you first!" She cried holding her staff above her head. "You who stole so much from me!"

"I, I didn't!" He cried desperately. "I was in prison when it happened! I know nothing of the-"

"Silence! Lies! All you speak of is lies!" Her tone was chocked with sadness and her hand holding the staff lowered. "I will not hear them any longer..." The ring glowed and Yami Bakura's head dropped to his chest.

"I understand..." The hand raised again.

"Yami! No!" Bakura screamed weakly, struggling to move to him, to get out of Tea's grasp as she held him back just as a pillar of white light burst from the staff and enveloped the silver-haired darkness. The rest were forced to shield their faces as a wave a heat flooded the corridor. They could all hear the anguished cry from somewhere deep inside the raging flame and then there was only cruel silence.

YB: *Gaping wide eyed, jaw to the floor*

SY: Catchin' flies I presume? *Sips a soft drink noisily*

YB: I, I, I...

SY: You what?

YB: I...died!? You killed me!?

SY: Someone had to take the heat as it were...*Struggles to hold in laughter at her own little joke*

YB: And I didn't even go down with a good line!? I'm gonna kill you! *Flaming eyes ensue*

SY: Need an antacid? *Pops open bottle of TUMS*

DM: Come on Yami B, can't go killing the author before the story's finished...*Grabs him by the shirt collar and drags him away*

YB: Lemme go! Must...kill...maim...ARGH!

SY: Ta, ta! *waves goodbye to screaming yami* Okay! One down...*Counts on fingers* lots more to go! please read and review! Ja!

YY: Help me!

SY: Huh? *Yami runs past*

Y#1f: *Barrels after screaming yami* Come back!

SY: ...okay...? *Two are quickly lost from sight* ...right.