Help and Hindrance

By: Saturn

AN- Here's chapter five. Please read and review!!

Chapter Five: Lord Urashima: An Immortal Ruler??

'Lord Urashima' the book blotted out, 'was one of the most influential leaders of Pyria. Through an untold de-aging process, Lord Urashima was able to keep a steady rule for approximately five-millennia in Earth time.' Yami lowered the book as it made a momentary pause in the writing.

"This Lord Urashima dude already sounds like no good," Jono said sneering to no one in particular.

"Yeah," Yugi said looking at the picture the book had drawn of Lord Urashima, "How was he able to keep himself so young for so long and still keep control of such a large planet?"

Yami eyed his aibou carefully, "What are you saying Yugi? He could have sealed his soul away for all that time like I did,"

Bakura retorted, "But you forget, Pharaoh, that your body and my own are both gone. What we need to know is how he kept his body alive for that amount of time."

Yami was just about to argue when Jono said, "Hey guys, you should get a look at this," The other three peered at the book as more writing started to come out of the page:

'Many myths had been made and rejected involving Earth and humans. Most of these myths and rumors were spread by Lord Urashima himself. And so in time, Earth was thought of as nothing but a rumor and a legend. However, there were some Pyrians who were able to document the truth about Earth and humans. These few Pyrians soon became Lord Urashima's worst enemies. They were so because they had also discovered the secret to Urashima's eternal youth. They documented that there was an elaborate ceremony that Urashima held every millennium. These Pyrians found that there was a gateway between Earth and Pyria. And on the eve of the millennium, Urashima would bring a human to Pyria through the gateway, which was disguised as a simple Earth book. The specifics of the ritual are still unknown, but Urashima uses a machine for the removal of the soul of a human to add to his own life force. The Pyrians went to inform their society of Urashima's lies and deceit, but were unable to do so. Without solid proof, the society simple rejected any ideal that doubted their lord. In a last resort to try and undermine Urashima, the Pyrians took a child; a daughter. They told her all about the rituals, lies, and also the truth about Earth and humans. The Pyrians gave the collection of books to the girl in order to keep them out of the hands of Urashima. They kept the child in hiding and protected her and her knowledge. However, Urashima found the renegade Pyrians and killed them. But even in their dying moments, the Pyrians wouldn't reveal the name of their child. And even now Urashima hunts ofr the renegade child who could destroy his whole kingdom. The name of the girl who Urashima was destined never to know was, Solara. Unfortunately, due to her inherited poverty, Solara was forced to steal and live off the streets. She was recently apprehended for her constant theft and thrown into Ikana prison. Currently, she shares a cell with the white- haired earth boy.

AN- Hope this provides a little background. Please review. Thankx