AN: sorry for taking so long to update. I was held up by midterm exams. Now, on to the story.

Last chp: Isis, after meeting her brother, Malik, went on to look for Seto. Seto/Aten left Teana in search of himself and his past.

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Isis wandered on aimlessly. She had no idea where Seth is. At least at first, she knew that he's in Malik's camp. However, now…he's somewhere out there.

'Where are you?' Isis used the millenium tauk several times to find Seth but the tauk kept giving her the same image.

Suddenly, she heard a scream. Isis ran toward the noise. At the bottom of the hill not far away, there was a raid going on. Fire consumed a small village. Terror screeched out as children were being killed by a group of soldier. She recognized the terrorists immediately. They were Maliks' men. She saw a little girl standing in the midst of chaos, crying for help. Isis ran quickly to the little girl.

She crept closer to the soldier. Lucky for her, everyone was so busy that no one noticed her coming near. Isis didn't want to fight but if she had to, she will. Finally, Isis was able to came to the little girl.

"Shooshh," she hushed the girl, "I'm going to get you out of here, but you have to stop crying okay?"

The girl only cry louder at the stranger next to her. Isis tried few more time to get the girl to be quiet. However, she finally gave up and picked the girl up after she saw a soldier coming near them. Isis ran as fast as she could with the girl in her arm.

Someone stopped her in the track. She looked up and saw a man. Without alarm, the man abruptly charged towards her. Isis had no time to defend herself. Pushing the little girl out of danger, Isis was ready to face death. Suddenly, some unknown stranger pushed her out of the way. Isis looked up, wide-eyed at the stranger who saved her life. Aghast, she stared at the man's face, finally being able to see who saved her life and was shocked to find whom it was.

"Seth?" she whispered.

A wave of recognition overwhelmed her and when she could no longer take it, she wrapped her arms around her savior. Tears streaked down her cheeks as she held the man close.

"Seth…"

Her hero pried her gently away from him and looked at her questionably, "I'm sorry…Do I know you?"

"Seth, it's me! Isis!" She smiled at him.

"You must be mistaken…I don't know anyone by that name…" he turned around and faced her attacker.

"Who are you?" he yelled at the man.

The attacker smirked, " I should be the one asking you that question. Then again, I don't really care for the answer.. My name is Pegasus….and I'm responsible for this raid right here." Pegasus pointed at the screaming village that Isis wen to.

"How dare you!" the stranger spoke. He felt slender arms around his waist by the woman who claimed that he's 'Seth'.

"Please…" he pulled her hand off of him, " you must leave now…"

Isis felt her heart torn into two.

"Seth…."

"Please…"

Isis walked slowly away. She knew in her heart that this man was Seth, no matter how much he denied it. Instantly, she remembered the image she saw using the millenium tauk. Seth did not recognize her in that image.

'What had happen to you Seth?'

The man 'Seth' looked at her as she walked away. Her face seemed so familiar. Yet, he couldn't place it any where. Her words rang through the air like an arrow into his heart. Though he did not know her, he felt like she was the answer he had been looking all this time. She was the one who could bring the memory he had longed for, yet, he pushed her away. He didn't know why he was so cold to her. Before he could answer himself, a voice called out to him.

'Seth' turned around to face the enemy.
"Ready to fight? You kept me waiting…" Pegasus called.

"Ready as I'll ever be!" the browned hair shrugged.

'Seth' expected the man to draw out some kind of weapon against him. Instead, Pegasus laughed devilishly as he summoned some kind of spell. Before he knew it, Seth was at some strange place, with darkness covering all around. One of Pegasus's eyes shone brightly as though as it was the source creating the changes around him. After a moment, the eye stopped glowing. 'Seth' was confused more than ever on what had just happen. Suddenly, the same woman who he rescued enters the realm he was in.

"What? How did you?" Pegasus asked Isis. He was evidently did not expect anybody to be in this realm but 'Seth' and him.

"You're not the only one who can wield magic.." Isis gritted her teeth, " I won't let you win!"

'Seth' felt like he was out of place and in odd shape. There were two people around him, talking something about mumbo jumbo magic crap, and he's the only one who didn't get it.

"Can somebody tell me what's going on?" 'Seth' yelled.

Isis stared at him oddly, "Don't you know? This is the shadow realm? This is where duel monsters are being fought against each other every day…"

"Shadow realm?"

"Yes… Seth, you don't remember? You used to be the expert in this…" Isis was scared. The man she loved used to duel with her every time they meet to teach her how to duel. Now, he didn't remember anything at all.

'If he didn't remember anything about this, who could he duel against Pegasus?'

"No…obviously not," 'Seth' replied quietly. He felt frustrated. At first, he thought that the fight between him and Pegasus was somewhere on the line of using weapon. He didn't know anything about duel monster, maybe except for a few time he summoned some dragon up without even knowing it.

'How am I going against this guy when I'm obviously lost in this field of subject?'

"Ready?" Pegasus interrupted his thought with annoyance, " Can we get on dueling or you're going to make me wait all day?"

"I guess…" 'Seth' sighed. He knew that he is going to lose.

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AN: sorry, this is short. But I'm on a writer block right now so be patience w/me.

Next Chp: duel between peggie and seto. Who's gonna lose?