Author's Notes: Wai! New Chapter! Sorry it took me so long. I got really stuck. So, I went back, and rewrote some parts. So, you should read the whole thing! Again! Its not really that different, but I did some revision. R&R!
Chapter Four
The guard was bored. There was nothing to do. It wasn't like these soulless bodies ever did anything. It was like caring for a vegetable that could move. There was no life, therefore there was no worries of escape. For really, what could a body do without a willpower to give it life?
Yami Yugi, though separated from Yugi's body and soul, was no less Yugi's. Although Pegasus had gained control of the Millennium Puzzle itself, Yami Yugi was already bonded. If he so chose, he could bond with Pegasus, but he knew and loved Yugi. He would not abandon him.
Yami Yugi could, however, see into Pegasus's inner being. He knew the reason that Pegasus had for gaining the Millennium Puzzle, but he did not agree with the methodology. Knowing Yugi as he did, Yami Yugi knew that Yugi would never have turned down a request for help, even from Pegasus. Unfortunately, though he could see and understand Pegasus, he could do nothing to influence him.
Little things reminded Pegasus of his actions now. No one else had made it to his castle, but he watched the battles. Yugi's friends were battling furiously to gain the required star chips.
Their body guards, the people who had come with them on the boat, were watching out for them. There were no tricks this time, not with them near. Pegasus doubted if even Bandit Keith could get near them.
He was more worried about Cecelia's safety though. She had become well-known on the island, never hiding where she lived. She was connected to him, obviously, and if anything were to happen to her because of him…
Cecelia wondered the island again. After hearing that Yugi's friends were on the island, she was determined to find them. She wanted to know once and for all what had happened to Yugi, and all her petitions to Pegasus had failed. The haunted look in his eye when she brought up Yugi scared her, but the pain there kept her determined to find out what it was that had hurt him so much.
Besides her mysterious absence, that is.
Joey and Tristan led the way up to the palace. After two weeks of intensive battling, they had gained enough star chips for two duelists to go in. However, they didn't know what they would encounter at the palace, and having two duelists heightened the chances that one would be able to get to Pegasus.
Not that they were planning on actually dueling Pegasus. He didn't play fair. No, they just had to get past his defenses and into his castle. Once they were inside, they could free Yugi's body.
And if the rumors were true, there was a certain young woman there who would make a perfect bargaining chip. Once they found her, they could insist that the Kaibas and the Motuhs be restored.
Now, it was all a matter of time.
To Be Continued