Past, Present, Future Chronicles The Present By Nagareboshi

Hey I'm back. The rewriting is coming along slowly and I got some knew fanfics I want to try out soon, that is after I finish the rough draft. Okay. The last chapter didn't count. I kinda screw up the riddle. I think only one person got it right.

**Looks at the reviews**

Uh yeah. I think it was Sabril and of course Kaira. When I find the real riddle I'll change it.

Also I don't own digimon or yu gi oh I do own what ever does

( ) my notes "Talking" *Thoughts* ~*~*~*~ Flashbacks dreams etc. / Yugi's thought to yami / // Yami to yugi //

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Last time

Our group of friends made their way onward. Which each step they seem to make it closer to Pegasus's castle. But once again there was a gate stopping them. Once again there was a sphinx awaiting there for them. She looked just like Nagare but older.

"Greetings young child. I assume that if you made this far you have beaten my sister. I'm Neo the second of the sphinx sisters," said Neo.

"Another sphinx. Man how many more are you," asked Yamato.

"That I cannot tell you. You will have to find that out yourself. Here is my riddle. See if you can solve it. Thorn, Stew, Shout, and Seat what I'm I?"

"Huh what that suppose to mean," asked Izzy.

"Figure out the riddle and you will get four answer. I await you answers when ever you are ready," said Neo. She settled down on her perch.



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"What are those things suppose to mean," said Joey.

"Good question," replied Yugi.

They had been thinking about the riddle for quite awhile. Meanwhile Izzy was typing away at his computer. "Izzy what are you doing," asked Tai.

"Nothing," Izzy. He was really playing a de-scramble game on his computer.

His computer punched out the next bunch of words. Thorn, Stew, Shout, and Seat, what I'm I? Hint: You use it when lost. Izzy blinked. *You use it when you're lost. This is exactly like Neo's riddle,* thought Izzy. His eyes fell on compass that was next to him. Izzy's eyes widen as he began to put the pieces together. *That's it! Thorn, Stew, Shout, and Seat are the four points of a compass. North, West, South, and East.* Izzy jumped up.

Sora looked to see her friend jump up. "Izzy is something wrong," she asked. Izzy looked up to Neo.

"The answer to your riddle Neo would be the four points on a compass. North, South, East and West," said Izzy.

"No," hissed Neo. The gates below her opened. "That is right," she said with a scowl on her face. "You may pass."

"Izzy you're a genius," said Matt hugging his friend.

"Uh thanks," said Izzy. He blushed at the praise he was getting.

~*~

Yami blinked twice. He was getting one of those déjà vu things Yugi was telling him about. The shadow realm went from the usual darkness to a sandy desert. It was just like the time when he, Yugi, Joey, Mokuba, and Mai set out to find Seto when he was trapped in his own game.

"How do we get across this," said Tai.

"Very good question. Any idea," asked Seto.

Matt looked at his sister, "Any spells you know Hoshi?"

Hoshi shook her head. "Not really."

"Well we have two choices in front of us," said Yami. "Cross the desert or stay here. But neither one sound good. If we across we have no idea how long it is or what is waiting for us, whether it's a trap or more monsters. If we stay here then it just sealed Kari and Tk's fate."

"You're right," said Joey. "None of them sounds good."

"So then what do we do," said Tea.

"We don't have much of a choice," said Yugi. "We can't leave Tk and Kari hanging like that."

Meanwhile while the others were trying to figure out what to do, Hoshi walked up to the desert. *It's real alright,* she thought. *There's the smell of sand on the wind. Out of all of us, Yami and I are probably the ones most likely to survive this encounter. Is this what Pegasus is planning? To make sure only me and Yami get to the end.* Hoshi eyes scanned the desert. *Without any water what so ever we won't last long. Even with the water we have. Then there's what Yami pointed out. We don't know what's on the other side waiting for us.* Suddenly Hoshi felt something in her hand appeared one of her cards; Sand. Hoshi eyes widen. *Or do we? Sand is an attack card though mostly use for a defense. It also has the ability to move though cracks and large area like Shadow.* Hoshi felt another card behind Sand. Moving it she found the Shadow Card. That's when it clicked together. *Shadow has ability to move large areas like Sand. It also can locate any one's shadows. That's it! Sand can move though the sand looking for any traps what so ever and point them out. Shadow can locate any monster's shadow.*

"Sand and Shadow hear my call. Your mistress calls you forth. Unleash your powers and find a way for us to across the desert. Shadow, Sand I command you to release!"

Everyone was surprised to see two spirits come for nowhere. Both of them leaped into the sand. It was only a matter of minutes before they returned. Glowing a bright white they disappeared.

"What just happen," said Matt as he and the others watch two cards float pass them and towards Hoshi.

Hoshi grabbed the two cards and said, "Just a little help from these two cards. They said nothing is out there and it's a very long trip before we hit the next obstacle. They couldn't figure out what the next obstacle is for there was some kind of magic that is stronger then theirs that was stopping them."

"Well that answer the question about if there's anything across waiting for us," said Sora.

"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go," said Tai.

"Tai," said Hoshi, "Has your trip to the digital world taught you nothing. We still need a way to across the desert. If we go by foot, we'll run out of water. And I can't just go and make water all the time seeing that I will have to save on the magic."

"She's right," said Izzy, "We don't have much water left."

"And without water we won't last long in the desert," said Tristan.

"So we're still stuck here," finished Yugi.

~*~Later~*~

"Yugi..Yugi.." Yugi looked around. He wasn't with the group anymore. *Where am I,* he thought.

"We're in your unconscious mind," came the voice again.

"We are," said Yugi.

"Yes we are," came the voice again. Yugi noticed it sounded familiar somehow. It was calm and cool, yet friendly and at the same time very serious.

"Who are you," he asked.

"I am a friend that will help you," said the voice. Yugi felt like he could trust this voice yet he still had his doubts.

"Can I trust you," he asked.

"That depends on you Yugi, whether you trust my information or not. But I'm telling you off hand that I can be trust. Just listen to your heart, you know that I'm a friend. So heard me out," said the voice.

"Alright," said Yugi. The voice was right about one thing. In his heart he knew he could trust this voice. It was the same feeling he had when he first met Yami.

"I'm telling this to Yugi because you have the power to get your friends across the desert. There's a path that goes under the desert. But only a pure light mage can open it. No one has used it in centuries. Not even Pegasus knows of this path."

"Really," said Yugi.

"Yes now listen carefully. Nightfall is the only time you can perform this spell, so tomorrow night you need to perform this spell after everyone's asleep. Say these words, Within the darkness is path of light, reveal thy self. I call forth the path of light."

"Within the darkness is a path of light, reveal thy self. I call forth the path of light," repeated Yugi.

"That's it," said the voice, "Now go back to your friends. They'll be waking soon and heed my warning. Just because it's the path of light doesn't mean there isn't any dangers lucking around. Stay on the path and you will be fine. Venture off it and it means sudden death."

~*~

Yugi woke up with a start. Looking around he was back with his friends. *Was it all a dream or not,* he asked himself. Yugi got out of his sleeping bag and rolled it up. Looking around again he found Hoshi awake, which wasn't surprising since Hoshi could get up with sun if she wanted to. He also saw that Yami was slowly beginning to wake. Another thing that didn't surprise him since both he and Yami usually get up around the same time. Beside him, Joey was still dreaming of food. The others were still sounds asleep though it looked like a few were beginning to stir.

Yugi looked around again. *Was it really a dream,* he thought, *Or was it real? I guess I'll find out tonight.*

~*~Nightfall~*~

The day passed by quickly. The others sat all day thinking of a way to get across. Soon everyone was asleep and that was then when Yugi tried the spell.

"Within the darkness is a path of light, reveal thy self. I call forth the path of light," said Yugi repeating the words he learned. To his amazement the ground began to shake and everyone was woken up with a shock.

"What the," said Joey, he was cut of as the ground below them began to shake and a pathway made of light was formed.

"Oh my," said Sora.

"Oh my would not be the word I would use," said Hoshi, "But would someone like to explain what is going on and why there is a path made of completely light energy in front of us?"

"Uh that would be me," said Yugi. Everyone blinked and looked at him. Yugi blushed a light red and continued, "It's hard to explain, but last night someone told about this spell and that it could only be used at night. So since we didn't have anything else I thought it wouldn't hurt to try it since it was the only left to try."

"Yugi you took a risk and it work," said Joey.

"Then what are we waiting for. My sister is waiting for us. Let's go," said Tai. He took off towards the road as all of the DD sweatdrop.

"Is he always like this," asked Seto.

"Only when it comes to his sister," said Sora. "But he goes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy over board."

"I agree," said Tea.

"But he's right about one thing," said Matt.

"What," asked everyone.

"We need to hurry up. Who knows how much time we have left," said Matt.

"Ah that's right. Let's go," said Izzy.

They took off after Tai. *Well I hope this next obstacle is the last," thought Yugi, *I don't want this to continue any longer.*

~*~

There all done. Like I said sorry about thanking so long. Any way I need your help.

I'm not writing the entire chronicles so I need a new name for my story. I need a one more riddle for this story. Who do you want to solve the riddle? Last how should I end this?

Okay that's all.

Merry Christmas and don't forget to review!