Meep! So...this didn't come out quite when I wanted it to, but at least I got the chapter done! Eheh....

Oh, and I may toward the end of this chapter refer to Bakura as Ryou, but Yami Bakura will remain Akei because he received that name in the story before this. What do you call it? Prequel? I donno....whatever...

Grrrr.....second time I re-uploaded this! For now one this is the mental link for Kuthos and Akei:
*Kuthos to Akei*
~Akei to Kuthos~
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/Yami!?!/

The dragon spun and fell all at once, everyone trying to hold on best they could, and Yami trying to wake the unconscious being. Unsuccessful. Kaiba stared blankly from the head of his Blue-Eyes, not being considerate of helping. Rekanna thought differently.

"Kaiba! HELP them!"

"What...?" The brunette turned his head to see Rekanna supporting herself to stand of the dragon's back, she started at him hopefully and he found himself ultimately confused. It seemed the ground on Yami's creature were falling forever, further into the dark mist of the ground, but there wasn't much area in the city with just normal air. His gaze shifted between Rekanna and the distressful scene before shouting out loudly. "Blue-Eyes! Get to the Curse of Dragon in any way possible and stop it from falling!"

The creature roared out viciously in responds.

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"Now, isn't this entertaining?"

A Saber Fang looked up from its seated position besides his master in the tomb-robber's body.

"I knew they wouldn't escape. They cannot. It's...impossible...heh." Kuthos looked over at the loyal species, technically it was _his_ species. He was just more powerful then the others. "Oh look, isn't that sweet, the Blue-Eyes saved the other dragon and they were able to live. Sickening." He hissed out, arms folded over his chest as he turned his back to walk from the palace steps into the building itself, yelling back and order to the single Saber Fang. "Garou! Collect two of the others and get that other silver-haired! I want him alive. Rip him as much as you want, as long as he's alive."

The mostly canine creature nodded, muzzle directing towards the far end of the city to where the duo group of dragons landed. Its head tilted up slightly to release a quick but graceful howl and darted down the steps. Once upon entering the streets, out of the mist came two others, heading towards the group, and most of all....Bakura.

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~Don't you dare touch him!~

*Well, well, look who's finally awake. You were a very bad boy taking control again, but I'll be sure it won't happen again.*

~Take me instead of Bakura!~

*Oh, that sounds like a really nice offer, maybe I can possess his body instead? Heh, I don't think so, tomb-robber.*

~What are you going to do to him....?~

*Me? I'm going to sit back in that lovely throne and watch my loyal creatures take him apart bite by bite. Just like what we did to his father.*

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"Is....everyone...ok...?" Yami panted, sliding the card of Curse of Dragon into his pocket with the rest of his deck on the duel disc. ((I believe he still has it.))

Ayane and Bakura nodded, Kaiba recalled his Blue-Eyes instinctively to a card and Rekanna stared around herself blankly. Something was off key, not right, indifferent, out of place. All of the above. And Bakura sensed it too, followed by Ayane, leaving Yami and Kaiba blank of the situation.

"Yami, something's out there..." Bakura shakily spoke out.

"How can you tell?"

"I feel it....I don't know how...."

"So do I," responded both Shinsei sisters at once.

Before Yami could respond, he came face to muzzle with man's best friend. Or not. More like, Egyptian's worst nightmare. Kaiba was in the same situation. Rekanna and Ayane stayed close together, Bakura standing infront of them.

"I told you something felt wrong...." Bakura whispered.

/Use a card Yami, they can't possibly stand against them!/ Yami nodded to himself, agreeing to his light's plan. He took his deck from the duel system disc and placed it in his pocket, lingering it on the cards to be ready to pull one. He didn't need the disc honestly, if monster's could be summoned to true form, why bother with holograms? But nevertheless he would do his best not to lose it. Kaiba had his ripped from his arm, and Yami realized that Kuthos didn't have Akei's the last time they "met".

The fang pulled claws into the sanded ground and moved in a slow approach towards Yami. The former Pharaoh pulled his card, not even needing to look at it to know what it was. "Dark Magic-" He felt Yugi's body lurch in fear and soon he realized why, just like Kaiba had his disc ripped from his arm, Yami felt the mini system crunch and collapse as many sets of cat like teeth ruptured into it. Yami cringed and moved backwards from the creature who released its jaws. His hand fumbled to pull the system from his arm, a tingling sensation left behind as if someone struck a charged needle into his wrist as hard as possible.

/Yami? Are you ok????/

//Hai aibou, I think so.....just can't feel my wrist....//

/That's NOT being ok! Let me take over!/

//No aibou! It's too dangerous!//

/But Y-/

//Aibou don't even bother.// Yami cut him off and then moved around his wrist. //See, I can move it.//

Yugi sighed from his soul room.

Kaiba unfortunately couldn't get to his deck either, he was on the ground with a Saber Fang atop him, jaws looking like they were to tear his face off.

Yami ended in the same position.

The only three still standing were the two sisters and Bakura, the sisters trying to remember any spell from their pasts. "Well....they aren't going after us......" Bakura murmured.

"Use a card!" Ayane snapped out harshly and Bakura looking wearily at her.

"But my yami has my deck...."

"Damn..."

Rekanna fisted her hands and walked over to the Saber Fang on Kaiba and kicked it. The creature didn't change position, making Rekanna even more pissed. Then something hit her, a thought, a memory. "Ayane! I remember one of the spells!"

"What is it?!" The oldest yelled back, trying to get the other Saber Fang off Yami. Bakura was left clueless in the open.

"The light spell! We can blind them!"

Ayane nodded, thinking a moment before raising her hands to the sky, Rekanna doing the same, both in unison chanting out in Egyptian. As a light formed between their palms and slowly grew, neither noticed a third figure approaching behind Bakura. Garou.

The fiend lunged right when the light blinded its two "teammates" and he sank his jaws into Bakura's sweater, dragging him by it in a fast pace.

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The light had one final holy outburst, chasing away the two being and allowing Seto and Yami to stand up. Before Yami could protest, Yugi was out of his soul room standing around with frantic eyes and arms flailing, voice shouting. "Where's Bakura?!"

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"Garou, you are such a loyal servant..." Kuthos smiled darkly, pacing infront of "his" throne, hands clasped behind his back. Garou was sitting before him, one paw holding a once squirming Bakura flat to the ground. The boy had given up trying to free himself of the fang's strength five minutes ago. "My dear Bakura, do you realize why you're here?"

No answer.

And Bakura received a rigid kick in the face, his nose nearly breaking from contact. But it didn't. The silver-haired winced and reminded himself over and over again that this was NOT his yami, this was Kuthos. A Saber Fang, not a yami, not _his_ yami.

"You are here because your father was quite an....what should I call him? A fool? Easy to kill too, childish cries you probably couldn't imagine. And I enjoyed every part of it, do you know why, Bakura?" Kuthos kneeled down infront of the boy who was ready to burst into tears, but he held them back. His long ago past with his dark half made his learn that trick. Kuthos smirked. "Because I was the one commanding the attack, I was the first born from the darkness, I was and am still the leader. And I was the one who decapitated your Father piece by piece, down to every bone on his frail body."

Bakura's eyes slammed closed, holding back the tears. This.....this BEAST.....this so called Kuthos was the one to kill his father! HIS father! Another blow to the face hit, somehow his nose was still intact. He was holding back, either that or he was being held back by Akei. Maybe both.

~Stop it...~ Akei was growing weaker by the minute, he couldn't figure out why either.

*Silence!* Kuthos growled in return, taking a seat on the thrown and signaling to the two fangs that had tackled Seto and Yami earlier. *Just sit back, and relax my friend.*

~Relax?! You want me to relax when you're here trying to kill me aibou, my hikari?!~

*Yes, that's the idea now!*

Akei frowned and watched helplessly as he was to watch his light be killed, and he could do nothing while being locked within this soul room. And it wasn't even his soul room! HIS was in Bakura's body, not here, not here at all.

Bakura whimpered, feeling Garou lift its paw for him to sit up, only to be pulled to his feet by Kuthos though. "This city, Cairo, Thebes, whatever you must call it is soon drifting out of existence. No one will know it ever even existed, they will believe it exists now. Isn't that just wonderful? How joyful! You must be thrilled, ne?" Bakura's face dropped empty with emotion. "No? Oh how sad! Then I'll make it so you won't be around to see the end of this place!" He leered at the boy, grasping a hand tightly on the collar before throwing Bakura off balance, falling further away on his back painfully. A sting rose down his spine, nerves feeling pierced from the hard surface of contact.

Kuthos smiled, not in a friendly way. He reseated himself in the throne that was once Yami's when he was Pharaoh, now Kuthos claims it his. He raised a hand, three fingers closing together, signaling his minions to form around Bakura. Instantly he snapped his fingers, preparing for the entertainment of watching another one of the Bakura family be killed. Ryou Bakura, this one's full name, but that wasn't important now. And it won't be ever again. He chuckled to himself at the thought.

Bakura found he couldn't move, he seemed temporarily paralyzed. 'Great, just great...I feel like I'm a fish in between three sharks. Hungry ones too...I wish my yami was himself...he would get me out of this....what am I supposed to do?! I can't let what happened to my father happen to me too...! I-I just can't...'

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"They're in the palace! They must be!" Ayane shouted, bursting through the doors of the palace and entering in followed by Yami, Rekanna, Yugi, and Kaiba.

"Stay here!" Yami snapped out the order, running towards _his_ throne room. Yugi was about to run after, but was held back by Rekanna and Kaiba. Ayane stared back at him and shook her head 'no' to him, watching the former Pharaoh run off, pulling out a card along the way.

'How I hate to do this...it's a large risk on Akei's life.....but it must be.....it must be done....'

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"Garou! Attack already!" Kuthos hissed.

The lead fang made a gruff sound and stepped forward, teeth barred as it sank jaws into Ryou's arm, almost all the way to the bone. The boy cried out immensely. The teeth felt ragged when the burrowed into his pale skin. Or once of pale. Now the boy's arm was covered in blood, his blood.

Kuthos smiled, he wanted to be in there, taking apart each piece of flesh. But that would mean leaving this body. He couldn't do that unless absolutely needed. The other two Saber Fangs waited for a command for their chance, and Kuthos decided for the next one to go. "Nedu!"

Nedu, the second named fang approached from its sitting position to a nearly passed out Ryou, ready to bite into the other arm...

"Celtic Guardian!"

But Nedu felt himself being knocked away and disappearing into the darkness of mist. A swordsman silently lunged forward, working hands over the hilt of the weapon to knock away the remaining Saber Fangs until they were gone for now. Kuthos stood angrily and looked to the warrior. "You bastard! How dare you throw my kin around like potato sacks!!" The Celtic Guardian paid no heed to respond, simply held up the sword. Quickly with his mind, Kuthos signaled Garou to return, feeling tip of the sword enter his leg. He cringed out, but managed to smirk. "You're all fools. Fools in my game that I will always be the champion. You can not win Yami! I know you are hiding out there! Have fun with your friends!" Kuthos laughed out and clicked his mind separate of Akei's, removing himself to be his own natural form. A fang once again, his eyes flashed and both him and Garou disappeared in a second.

Yami ran into the room (taking the C.G back as a card), calling to the others to follow. Yugi, Kaiba, and Rekanna knelt around a shaking Ryou while Ayane inspected the room for any sign of Kuthos. Leaving Yami to check on Akei.

He looked down sadly at the sight. The other yami had his leg severely bleeding, was sprawled over the floor with hair seemingly in every directing and face plus hair covered in sweat. His fingers, paler then normal clawed at the stone ground weakly, that was about his only sign of movement. Yami looked over to Ryou a moment to see Rekanna and his aibou trying to aid the boy.

"Akei..." Yami whispered, lifting the dark half up from his spread out position and leaned him up against the fronting of the throne. "....Are you ok?" Stupid question. Really stupid. The two sharp russet eyes were hardly even slits, so hard to see that Yami was getting mentally worried. "Akei...sat something!" He hissed, though it remained a whisper.

/Yami, is he ok...?/

//I don't know aibou....//

/Do you want help..?/

//No...I think the last thing he wants is to be crowded. Isn't going to be happy to see me either most likely...//

/Ok../

"Akei, Akei listen to me. You ARE going to live. You're not apart of Kuthos anymore, or he's not apart of you. Remember that."

Still there was no answer.

Yami felt his eyes start to water. 'I shouldn't of used Celtic Guardian...Of COURSE a swordsman has an easy chance, but I never thought about Kuthos leaving Akei's body so he's unharmed but Akei IS harmed!' The former Pharaoh set both his hands of Akei's shoulders and stared at him, pain, guilt, fear, all in those crimson eyes. "Please Akei....say something, ANYTHING!"

"H-help...."

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Sappy! Kinda. I didn't edit this chapter...I was lazy I'm sorry. Kuthos has temporarily vanished, good for recovery and figuring out plans. Sorry if I get slow on chapters, weekends are everyone's friends though.

::Glances at the end of the story.:: If anyone notices anything about the ending, say something, well you don't have to but I may end up having a question up next chapter if anyone may have any idea what I'm talking to myself about. I will not say anything myself.

Review and until next time......
........abiz!