"Is it always this cold?"Joey complained, rubbing his arms as the team made their through the shadows.

"Shut up, dog."Kaiba snarled.

"Death is always cold, Joey."Kaily explained flatly,"Even when you're dreaming."

Joey mentally slapped himself for mentioning anything that had to do with death,"Sorry."

"It's ok."Kaily played with her gold bangs,"Yugi's going to be fine."

Mai put a reassuring hand on her daughter's shoulder,"You don't have to be strong you know. We're all nervous."

Kaily smiled weakly,"Thanks, I guess." Suddenly her ears perked,"Something's coming."

"Huh?"Joey glared into the shadows,"I don't see anything."

"Dark Sorceress,"Kaily whispered,"come to me." The female Dark Magician appeared in front of Serena.

Mai went wide eyed,"I've never seen a monster like that before."

"The Dark Sorceress is the basic equivalent of a female Dark Magician."Kaiba explained,"It has the power to summon her twin brother, the Dark Magician and their younger sister, the Dark Magician Girl."

"Not to mention,"Joey added,"when all three monsters are on the feild together, each gets one thousand added to their life and defense points."

Kaily nodded,"Here it comes." For a moment everything was dead quiet then a HUGE Man Eater Bug came out of the shadows. "Why does EVERYTHING have to remind me of Bakura or his stupid yami? Sorceress, dark magic attack!"

The Dark Sorceress obeyed and destroyed the bug.

"Nice goin' Kaily-girl."Joey smirked, high fiving his friend.

"Now, Tallen,"said wolf turned to her master,"find my brother's soul."

Back with their friends

Pegasus watched the storm clouds roll in,"Something's coming."

"It's Seth."Bakahno followed his gaze,"He's coming for Serenity."

Bakura watched Kaily's seemingly sleeping body,"He'll try to kill the twins and Kaiba."

Serenity brushed a strand of hair out of Kaiba's face,"What do we do? Our best chances against him are in the Shadow Realm."

"What about me?"Tristan asked.

"You can't even swing a sword right."Bakahno snorted,"Pathetic mortal."

"Shut up."Tristan snarled.

"Don't start you two!"Nova got in the way before a fight could break out,"We've got enough to worry about as is without you two at eachother's throats."

"Sorry."Tristan apologized quickly.

"Are you SURE they'll be ok?"Serena asked.

"They'll be fine."Mokuba reassured them, aswell as himself.

A sudden thunder crash announced the arrival of a Seto Kaiba in ancient Egyptian clothes, Seth.

"SETH!!"Bakahno snarled angrily.

"It's been a long time, theif."Seth snarled,"Tell me, where is the wonderful pharoh and his sister?"

Mokuba, Aurora, T'ea, Serenity, and Bakura instinctinvely moved in front of the twins. Serena and Nova slowly back into the kitchen while Bakahno, Tristan, Solomon, and Pegasus took the offensive against Seth. (Did I forget anyone? Cause I get the feeling I did)

"How dare you try to hurt them."Solomon hissed.

"Oh, can it, old man."Seth hissed, using a blast of energy to send the elder Moto flying across the room.

"GRANDPA!!"Aurora rushed to his side, then glared at Seth.

"Without the twins to defend you you're helpless."Seth sneered,"Now, beautiful Serenity, come with me."

"Never."Serenity hissed.

"All right then,"he turned his attention to Pegaus, who was suddenly sent through the wall,"then you'll just have to watch the ones you love get hurt, maybe even die."

Serenity quickly pulled the Millenium Eye out of her backpack and held it to her chest,'Please, hurry.'

In the Shadow Realm

'Please, hurry.'

Kaily and Joey stopped dead it their tracks. Joey's dagger and Kaily's flute were glowing. Kaiba watched them with interest,"What is it?"

"Something's wrong."Kaily gripped her flute tightly,"They're in danger."

"It's Seth, isn't it?"Mai asked.

"Not sure."Joey's hand ran over his dagger,"Whatever it is has Serenity really worried."

"How do you know?"Kaiba studied Joey.

"Guardian's intuition."Kaily shurugged.

"I feel it too."Tallen began walking again,closely followed by her human companions.

A figure suddenly appeared in the mist, its head was covered by the hood of a long, white cloak. The slender form fearlessly approached Kaily.

"Who are you?"Kaily snarled.

"That will be explained in due time."the feminie voice was familiar to both Kaily and Mai, but they just couldn't place it. "Right now, why are you here, child?"

"Our..."Joey began, but was cut off by the stranger.

"I was not talking to you, boy."the figure snarled,"The only one I wish to speak to is Kaily."

Kaily let out a low snarl,"Why should we answer to you?"

"Because I can help you find what you seek."

"We're here look for my brother's soul."Kaily hissed.

"Yugi."Kaily didn't need to see to know that this strange woman was smiling."Yes, he's here. He sealed the Shadow Games off, for now."

"So, can you help us or not?"Kaiba hissed.

"Your brother is safe, though I'm not sure for how long. The Dark Magician can only fight off the dangers for so long before he loses his power. You must hurry, for his sake. But I will tell you this, when you return, someone you hold very dear will be dead, and a loved one will die soon after, dear Kaily. You will not be able to bring them back." She placed something in Kaily's hands and then vanished.

"What the heck was that all about?"Mai asked,"And why was that voice so familiar?"

"I'm not sure."Kaily looked at what had been placed in her hands, a pendant, a pitch black cat head with a single white stripe right between its ruby eyes,"This pendant, where have I seen it before?"

Kaiba took the pendant from her and flipped it over in her hand,"What does it say?"

Kaily looked at it again, there were words carved into the back of it, ancient Egyptian words,"Anosh rei, hariku mytal eslata muri elmiyu."

"Translation?"Joey looked over the guardian's shoulder.

"I don't know what it means."Kaily said simply,"It may be written in Egyptian but the language itself is different."

"What do you mean?"Mai asked.

"You know how the English written language can also be used for several other languages? Ancient Egyptian was the same was."Kaily explained,"I'm completely clueless."

"Cute."Kaiba muttered, then put the pendant around Kaily's neck,"Let's get going."

"I smell Yugi."Tallen looked around,"He's nearby."

"Lead the way."Mai said quickly.
Serenity pulled Mokuba and Aurora close to her, hiding their faces from the one sided battle going on in front of them. Every time one of them would move to attack Seth, they'd be sent flying backwards into a wall or, in Tristan's case, out the window. Next to her T'ea fought back the tears of fear and anger.

"It's useless."Serenity whispered,"They can't win like this."

"He was just waiting till Kaiba, Yugi, and Kail were out of the way,"T'ea hissed,"we never should have let them go."

"I doubt even they could have taken him on."Serenity felt the terrified Mokuba and Aurora shaking against her equally scared body,"He's invincible."

"He has to have some kind of weakness."Bakahno growled angrily.

Pegasus shook his head in annoyance,"Good luck, we can't even get past his magic."

"Serenity, can't you get inside his mind?"Bakura asked, dodging a fireball.

Serenity concentrated,"It's no use, he's immune to the power of the Millenium Items."

"Great."Bakahno looked around, their attacks were useless,"You have to get out of here."

"How?"Serenity asked.

T'ea's eyes lit up,"I know a way."

"Good,"Pegasus smirked,"the rest of you get out of here. Bakahno and I will hold Seth off. Do you know somewhere you can go?"

It was Serenity's turn to light up,"Oh yeah."

Tristan knew what she was thinking,"Oh no, no way! We can't take two ten year olds and an old man, no offense gramps, through gang land!"

"We'll be fine."Serenity picked Mokuba up while Bakura took Aurora,"Avolon will stay behind to guide you back to us later. Lead the way T'ea."

Bakahno and Pegasus charged the preist while T'ea led the rest of the group took the lifeless bodies of their loved ones to the kitchen, grabbed Nova and Serena, and took them out a hidden door in the back. Just as they ran into an alley that led to gang land a huge explosion rocked the town. Serenity look back to see the street the Turtle Game Shop had been on go up in flames behind them. She tried to yell, but couldn't find her voice.

"Come on."T'ea grabbed her arm, both girls were crying,"We have to go."