"Sisters of the Moon"
By: Yin-Yang & JanimeLee
Morning came and it was obvious to see that some people were not morning people. One such was Bakura who refused to get out of the ring. Another was Cheri who, for lack of better words, looked and acted like a zombie for the first hour. She nearly tripped when she went down the stairs to get something in her stomach.
"Geez what time is it?" she asked as she tried to pry her eyes open.
"Seven," Joey said. He was up earlier than usual and Keriam was taking a shower. He was poking at his bowl of cereal, watching at it turned soggy in the milk.
"And how did you sleep last night?" Ryou asked then frowned at the dark chuckled from Bakura.
"Okay, I guess. You?"
"Not too bad if you don't mind sleeping on the floor. Cheri had the bed to herself."
"Wait a minute," Joey pointed his spoon at the other boy. "Kaiba slept on the floor?"
"Yes," said Seto as he walked into the kitchen. "Find it amazing, mutt?"
"Honestly? Yes."
"Too early to fight, please." Cheri yawned before grabbing some cereal herself and a bowl.
"Sure whatever," the blonde sighed as he took his bowl and left it in the sink. "I'm gonna change."
As he left the young girl looked at the others. "Is it me or does he sound... kinda depressed this morning."
"Hey, Keriam!"
Keriam stopped at the voice. Come on, I just ate my lunch, she thought and turned around.
A few yards away stood Amierla, one of the most stuck-up people Keriam had ever met. Amierla was always putting down Joey and the rest of the gang, as well as most of the student body. Except for Yugi, Devlin, and Seto--Yugi for being the King of Games, Devlin because of his way with the dice, and Seto for his financial status. Of course Keriam wasn't going to let that deed go unpunished and she had made a smart remark right to Amierla's face, which, of course, did more than ruffle the girl's feathers.
The gray clouds in the sky that blocked the sun seemed to match the mood of the courtyard, and several students took an interest of the situation now at hand. Keriam wasn't surprised. The most action they usually see is when Seto and Joey had their verbal spar. Two girls at a stand-off was fresh entertainment.
"Hey what's with the crowd?" Tea asked as she and several others were walking by.
"I don't know. I hope Joey and Seto aren't at it again," Yugi sighed but that thought was shot down when they made out two female voices battling it out.
"Hey that sound like..." both teens eyes widen as they looked at each other. "Keriam!!"
Amierla was getting more and more pissed off the longer this fight went on. No one ever had the gal to talk back to her like this. This girl was a newbie and already most of the students here liked her because she didn't take crap from anyone.
"Run out of words?" Keriam asked. "Seven come eleven. You're an A not a C."
"That's it!" Amierla shouted. "Get your Duel Monster Cards out!"
"Oh please."
"Refusing a challenge?"
"No, it's gonna be a waste of time dueling you," Keriam shot back. It was a bluff. Fortunately, no one else knew that Keriam had only dueled a few times against Yugi and, needless to say, lost. But only her friends knew she was an amateur.
Amierla smirked. "Oh really? Then why don't you prove it?"
Keriam said nothing, and then two boys appeared with the holographic Dueling Disks. Oh great... she thought, keeping her features calm.
"Yugi, Amierla has had more experience than Keriam," the young brunette hissed to her shorter friend. "And she just constructed her deck."
"I know but we've taught her all we know," he said worriedly as his hand came up to grasp the puzzle tightly. "She'll be fine." I hope.
The girls placed the disks on their arms and placed their deck in the slot once done shuffling. "Let's duel!" The disks lit up as the Life Points blinked 4000 each.
"C'mon Keriam!! You can beat her!!" a voice called out of the crowd. Cheri managed to push her way through and gave her friend two thumbs up. "I know you can win!"
"She's going to wish she never came here!" Amierla scoffed as she drew five cards into her hand. "I summon Mechanical Snail in attack mode!" Placing the card on the disk the image revealed a large, machine-like snail with four long legs and a gaping mouth with needle sharp teeth. The stas were 800/1000.
Keriam looked at her cards and removed three. "I call Milus Radiant in defense mode," a furry dog-like creature appeared, "and place two cards face down." Milus Radiant's stats were ATK/300 DEF/250.
"Is she nuts?" somebody in the crowd asked.
Amierla started laughing. "Well, looks like this duel is going to end quicker than I thought. Go Mechanical Snail!" The beast roared and charged at Milus Radiant.
"Not so fast!" said Keriam. "Reveal magic card Fissure!"
The Mechanical Snail shattered and vanished. Amierla screamed as the life points dropped down
"I never did like escargo," Keriam said.
"You... You're going to pay for that!" Growling she looked at her hand and pulled a card. "I place this card face down and I summon Twin Long Rods #2!"
Said monster was odd looking with a body the shape of a pear and two long tentacles. It was a deep purple and had these beady eyes and cheesy looking grin. It was an aqua creature and didn't look very smart. 850/700
"Oh gross that thing is so creepy looking!" Tea couldn't help but say. True to word the creature wasn't a first class beauty.
"Now Twin Long Rods take care of that little bitch!" the girl pointed for it to attack.
"Gee, that thing looks like you on Mondays," Keriam smirked. "I summon Rogue Doll in attack mode!" The upper body of a statue-like woman with a purple cloak appeared, holding a scepter. ATK/1600 DEF/1000
"Hey!" Joey ran up to Yugi and Tea. "What's going on?" He saw the two duelists. "Keriam?!"
Malik and Ryou soon appeared. "Well, this is a turn of events," said Ryou.
~Usually, it's Joey and Kaiba having it out with each other,~ Bakura said.
~This is interesting,~ Marik couldn't help smiling.
"How did this happen?" Ryou asked.
"Amierla challenged her," Tea said. "Right now, Keriam's in the lead." A blast came and Keriam's Milus Radiant vanished. "And she lost 250 life points."
"She's still in the lead," said Joey. Come on, Keriam, he thought. You can do it. I believe in you!
"Did you think you would beat me so easily?" The other girl scoffed as she looked at her hand. "I sacrifice my Twin Rod for this! Harpie's Brother and I use this magic card Rising Air Current on him as well." The aqua creature vanished and in its place was a dark skinned man with dark skin and wild black hair but half his face was painted in red and the other half was hidden by a high, leather collar with studs. His wings were red, long, slender with three long, red curved blades going down his right arm. His attire was brown leather. As the magic card came into play an eagle that buffed the male harpy. His points went from 1800/600 to 2300/200. "Beat this combo," Amierla smirked.
Uh oh... Keriam shifted uneasily. She drew another card. "I play Witch of the Black Forest in defense mode."
"Hey guys!" Cheri made it over to Yugi and the others.
"What caused Amierla to challenge Keriam to a duel?" Ryou asked.
"Uh, well, you know how she's always putting everyone down and she kept bragging that she can score a date with Devlin for the Fall River Dance," Cheri began. They nodded and she continued, "Keriam said right to her face that Amierla would never get a date with Devlin no matter how much she jiggled her dice."
"She doesn't play Dungeon Dice," said Joey.
"Not that dice," said Cheri. "I meant her dice." She motioned with her hand.
They caught on. "So that's what she was talking about being an A not a C," Tea said.
The duel continued on and soon Keriam was down to 1500 life points, while Amierla had 1700.
"You're really pathetic," said Amierla. "Did you know that?"
"Are we going to finish this duel or you going to try putting me to sleep?" Keriam asked.
"Why don't we up this little game," Amierla smiled. "Loser has to lift up her skirt in front of everyone right here."
"What?!" Joey's shout was lost in the cheers from the rest of the boys watching the duel.
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Keriam looked at the other girl in disbelief.
"Unless you're chicken."
"No, I agree."
"Keriam!" Joey hissed.
"Now, I hope I lose," said Keriam. "So I can save everybody's eyesight!"
That earned a laugh from almost everyone and an angry shout from the opponent. So far she had Sorcerer of the Doomed and a Trap Card face down. "Now go Sorcerer teach her a lesson!"
"Ooh c'mon Keriam you can beat her!!" Cheri shouted as she tugged hard on Joey's sleeve, nearly pulling his arm out of his socket.
"Ow ow hey I still need my arm!" he complained but she kept pulling.
"Not so fast. Reveal face down card!" Upon her request the card stood to reveal something called Fake Trap.
"No!!" But it was too late. The sorcerer destroyed Fake Trap in place of her monster. No Life Points were deducted but Amierla was not pleased.
"I hope your underwear is clean," Keriam said, earning her a deadly glare.
"You can't protect that flea-bitten mongrel forever!" Amierla shouted.
"Watch your mouth!"
Amierla huffed and drew another card; she smirked. "This duel is almost over, and I'll be the winner."
"Oh yeah?" Keriam yelled back. The last three cards she drew she hasn't played, Keriam thought. Amierla's up to something but what? She pulled another card. Card Destruction... this can get rid of what's in Amierla's hand and mine. She looked at the other girl and suddenly the courtyard faded away and images appeared behind Amierla.
What the... Twin-Headed Fire Dragon and... I don't believe it! She has Exodia! Just his head and arms but still! How the hell did she get hold of him?!
"Your move, Keriam," Amierla taunted.
Keriam looked at her hand. She would lose her Celtic Guardian, Trial of Nightmare, and Giant Soldier of Stone. But her Monster Reborn and Magician of Fate were still in her deck and if she believed in the heart of the cards, it would be true to her.
Keriam took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "You know something, Amierla, I don't like that stupid grin on your face. I play the magic card, Card Destruction!"
"Oh no!" Amierla cried.
"Say bye-bye to whatever was in your hand!" Keriam placed her three cards in the Graveyard.
Shaking with anger, Amierla also placed her cards to the Graveyard.
"Yeah way to go Keriam!!" Cheri cheered along with Joey before he yelped in pain. His arm was now numb from all the pulling.
"That was a great move!" Ryou said with a grin.
"You're going to pay for that," Amierla growled angrily. There went her best move and it had taken a lot to get those cards! "Here, take this!" She threw down a magic card, Monster Reborn. "Twin-Headed Fire Dragon!" A massive red beast with two head and a long, clawed leg roared to life. 2200/1700
"Damn! She summoned the most powerful monster in her deck!" Malik hissed angrily.
"Ha! Try to beat this monster!" the other girl taunted.
"If you insist!" Keriam smiled. "First I play Monster Reborn and call back my Celtic Guardian." The warrior-elf appeared. "Now I'll place two cards face down. Your move, Amierla."
"Go Fire-Dragon!" Amierla shouted. "Burn her mangy mutt to ashes!"
"Activate Swords of Revealing Light!" shouted Keriam. The magical blades appeared and trapped the dragon, immobilizing him.
"No!"
"Yeah, baby!" Joey cheered.
"Now your dragon is trapped for three turns," said Keriam, "it's more than I need." She drew a card. "I play the magic card Polymerization; fusing my Silver Fang and Celtic Guardian." Two whirlwinds surround the two said monster and merged into one. It dispersed and a tall silver-plated man with a wolf-shaped helmet and long curved sword appeared. "Say hello to the Silver Wolf Knight! His attack is 2600 and defense is 2000, and he can call upon his wolf brothers to aid him!"
The Silver Wolf Knight threw his head back and howled. A large pack of Sliver Fangs appeared and devoured Amierla's Twin-Headed Fire Dragon. Amierla cried out as her dragon vanished.
"One more thing," Keriam said, "he can attack in the same turn as his wolf brothers. Go, Silver Wolf Knight! Take out the rest of her life points!"
The Silver Wolf Knight raced towards Amierla and brought down his sword. Amierla fell on her backside as what remained of her life points fell to zero.
Cheers and clapping erupted from the students as the holograms faded. Keriam took her cards from the Duel Disk.
"Okay, Amierla!" a boy shouted. "Lift it up!"
~Oh this is going to be good!~ Bakura grinned as he rubbed his hands together.
"Hey I don't mean to be a downer but it's it kinda mean?" Tea said. "I know she's a stuck up brat but it's not right."
Amierla's face was red as a tomato as she grabbed the hem of her skirt, holding it down. "You cheated, I know you did! I'll get you back for this, Keriam!!" She angrily stormed off.
"Sore loser," Joey snorted but smiled brightly as Keriam made her way over, hugging her tightly. "You were great, Keriam!"
"I agree, that Silver Wolf Knight is one powerful monster!" Ryou commented.
"Thanks guys but… if I didn't use that Card Destruction Amierla might have won."
"What do you mean?" Yugi asked.
"It's weird… but for a moment the area darkened and I could see the cards in her hand behind her. She had her dragon and three cards of Exodia; the head and both arms."
"WHAT?!?!" The students that remained from the duel looked at the group. They just waved nervously and stayed silent until they were all gone and turned to their friend.
"How can she have them? Exodia was the rarest cards in all Duel Monsters and even then Weevil destroyed three of them on that trip to Duelist Kingdom!" Cheri hissed in a low voice, still thinking how if she ever saw that bug-eyed creep she's plound him into the ground.
"She has them," Keriam answered. "I saw them."
"Oh man," Joey said. "How many Exodias are out there?"
"You still have the two of Exodia, don't you, Yugi?" asked Cheri.
He nodded. "The other three were lost at sea..." Yugi looked at Joey, noticing the guilt on his friend's face.
Keriam squeezed the blonde's hand gently and smiled at him.
"That reminds me," Joey looked at her, "why on earth did ya agree to that stupid bet with Amierla? That was crazy!"
~After what you said in the locker room yesterday?~ Marik looked at Joey, and if looks could kill, he would have died five times over.
Keriam felt a light blush grow. "It wouldn't have mattered," she said, "I have shorts on."
~Shorts?!~ Bakura's cry was almost in protest.
"And why do you care if she's wearing shorts?" Ryou looked at his darker half.
~... Nevermind.~
"Gee I always knew he was a hentai," Cheri pointed then stuck her tongue out when he glared at her.
"Hey let's forget this duel and have some fun before class start, okay?" Tea piped up, smiling warmly at the group.
"Sounds good to me, but I'm gonna find out just where that brat got Exodia from." Joey growled then calmed and squeezed Keriam's hand tightly.
Ishizu stood out on the balcony of her room. She gazed up to the sky, looking at the crescent moon and the two stars at the points. Putting her hand to the Millennium Necklace, Ishizu closed her eyes.
Please, she asked the ancient artifact, what happened? I must know... if what my brother says is true and the Sisters of the Moon are reborn and with him...
The Necklace glowed and Ishizu felt a rush of energy surge throughout her body.
She opened her eyes and she was no longer standing on her balcony. A large stone temple and a grand palace were before her. Ishizu looked up and saw the implication of the Eye of Horus. She gasped, realizing that she was still in Egypt but an Egypt that existed over 5000 years ago.
It took a moment for Ishizu to grasp the thought; the Millennium Necklace had never before show her images like this. She walked up the steps to the temple and stopped as a few priests started down. Stammering, Ishizu tried to think of an excuse to who she was and why she had the Millennium Necklace when it should be with the Royal Family. But the priests walked past her as if she wasn't there.
"So Pharaoh has called them?" one of the priests asked.
"Yes," answered another.
"If our enemies are to be defeated," spoke a third priest, "we need their help."
"They must send our pleas to Osiris," said the second.
"The Pharaoh..." Ishizu whispered. Quickly, she ran down the steps and to the palace. She had to see the Sisters of the Moon.
It was odd to walk through a solid door without having the need to open it. Ishizu walked into the audience chamber of the Pharaoh. He sat upon his golden throne, decorated with gems and pictures of the gods. Before him stood three women. Ishizu could only see their backs.
"I need your help," said the Pharaoh. "Sisters of the Moon, Egypt needs your help. These invaders are strong and their power is too dark..."
"They call upon the Shadow Realm," said the Sister to Ishizu's right, who was the tallest of the three.
"How is it possible? You call your powers from the Shadow Realm."
"It does not matter where the power source is from," said the Sister to the left; she had short mouse-brown hair. "How we use it is what makes the difference."
"Is there any way for you to stop them?" the Pharaoh pleaded. "My people are in great danger."
"They are our people as well, mighty Pharaoh," the middle Sister spoke up. "There might be a way for us to help. We were told by our mothers that we must never use them unless the situation is dire."
The Pharaoh looked puzzled. "Them?"
"It can't be..." Ishizu whispered as she continued to watch them in awe.
"They are the Three Egyptian Gods," said the left Sister. "They are not true gods but their powers are equal to the gods. They were given to our families should Egypt ever need to be defended indefinitely. I can call Slypher the Sky Dragon. Osiris has given him to me."
"I can call Obelisk the Tormentor," the middle Sister said, "Anubis has given him to me."
"Ra has given me his Winged Dragon," said the right Sister. "We can call upon them when we wish. They have the power to defeat the invaders and save Egypt. But it will be at a great cost."
"There is a possibility that we may lose out lives after we call them," said the middle Sister. "It requires a great amount of power to summon them."
"Should our deaths be inevitable," spoke the left Sister, "as you know that we do not have daughters to take our place as we have our mothers, we shall leave our gods in your care, great Pharaoh."
The Pharaoh was shocked and very upset by what the Sisters of the Moon had told them. "But why...why leave them with me? If you lose your lives just to summon them... how can I take care of them?"
The Sister on the right stepped forward. "In two hundred years," she said, "the power of the Shadow Realm will be used to play a deadly game. It will be called the Shadow Games. There will be a young Pharaoh who will be great and loved by his people. He will master the art of the Shadow Games, and will be able to call upon Slypher, Obelisk, and the Winged Dragon of Ra. He will also guard the Millennium Items--his Item shall be the Puzzle."
"Yami..." Ishizu breathed. "She foretold Yami..."
"You have foreseen this?" the Pharaoh looked at her with hope.
"Mother Isis instructed me to consult Anubis and Osiris," she answered. "They showed me."
"Thank you, Sisters of the Moon," the Pharaoh sighed. "When the time comes, I will ask for you help."
The three Sisters bowed to the Pharaoh and started to turn around...
Ishizu collapsed on the floor of her balcony, gasping. She slowly brought herself to her knees and looked at the moon, still shocked and disturbed by the vision.
'They controlled the Egyptian Gods...' she thought. 'And that one... she knew Yami was to be born... Did she know what would happen to him?'
Shaking, Ishizu managed to stand up and walk into her room. "Malik... I have to tell him..."
The rather large group were talking, laughing, just having a good time together and talking about the earlier duel. Cheri excused herself as she headed to the restroom. Drinking all that juice was not such a great idea as she quickly did her business and looked at herself in the mirror as she washed her hands.
"Hmm." Frowning she wrapped her curls around before placing the bun on her head and frowned some more. "Nope." She tried a ponytail but sighed and shook her head so her hair was loose before tying it into a fat braid. "Much better." Drying her hands she walked out, wondering where Seto was when she gasped and felt something peculiar. Before her the school suddenly turned to sand and rising from the ground was a large statue of a man wearing a jackal mask rise. It looked just like a statue of her favorite god she bought a long time ago that she realized it was her favorite god! In the flesh, no less!!
"Anubis?!" He looked down at her, eyes lined in gold paint as he waved his tall staff. Before him a large stone tablet stood and on it was... "Obelisk, the Tormentor!!" she squeaked in a high-pitch voice, slapping both her hands over her mouth. Like in the series the image came alive with a massive roar as it looked down at her she wasn't sure whether to run or scream but all she could do was just stand there, eyes wide and scared out of her mind. The blue demon seemed to growl as it looked down at her before slowly reaching out with a large hand, attempting to grab her...
As quickly as the image came it left but her knees buckled under her weight she slowly dropped to the floor.
'What's... going on with me?' she asked herself, closing her eyes tightly. 'Anubis... Obelisk... Oh god...' But the more she asked herself the more the pressure in her head seemed to grow.
Seto really had no intention of leaving the classroom even though it was a free period. But he received a page from one of his valued, rare trusted employees. Unfortunately, he had left his cell phone in the glove compartment and was excused to retrieve it from his car and take care of the slight business problem.
As he walked down the hallway, Seto saw a girl slumped on the floor near the girls' restroom. But as Seto walked closer, his eyes widened at who the girl was.
"Cheri?"
She didn't respond to her name, and Seto ran to her. Kneeling down, he pulled her into his arms. "Cheri, it's me, Seto."
Cheri opened her eyes slightly and looked at him.
"What's wrong?" Seto brushed away the stray wisps of hair clinging to her damp forehead. "You're burning up!"
"...Obelisk..." Cheri managed to whisper.
Seto looked at her in shock. "Obelisk?"
"...Anubis...gave Obelisk...to me..."
"What?!"
"...A god... gave me a god..." Cheri fell limp in Seto's arms.
"Cheri!!" She didn't stir and if anything this fever was slowly getting worse. Forget the call, forget business, she needed medical help! Gathering her in his arms he took her to the only place he thought could help her at this point but it was across the courtyard. 'I have no choice. She needs help and quickly!'
Back in the courtyard Keriam was getting worried about Cheri but when Tea suddenly stood they were all taken by quiet a sight. Seto was carrying Cheri in his arms but she seemed to be unconscious and the CEO had this worried look on his otherwise stone-cold face.
"Seto!!" But he either didn't hear them or notice as he raced across the courtyard, pushing students out of the way and hurried to the nurse's office.
"Something's wrong. C'mon we have to find out!" They needed no other encouragement as they ran after him while the rest of the students just watched in confusion. What was wrong going on today? First the duel, now this?
Everyone raced after Seto, arriving at the nurse's office. "What happened?!" Keriam looked at the taller brunette.
"I found her slumped over on the floor near the girls' restroom," Seto answered. "She was burning up."
"She has a fever of 101," the nurse said as she walked over to them. "Cheri has to go to the hospital and her family must be notified."
Keriam froze. Cheri couldn't go to a hospital; it was too dangerous with Perjiem and his brother looking for them. And as for family--both of theirs didn't exist in this world.
"That won't be necessary," said Seto. "I'll have her brought to my house and have my personal physician take care of her."
Keriam let out a slightly relieved sigh. He does care for her, she thought.
"I'm certain that she'll appreciate your generosity, Mr. Kaiba," the nurse went on, "but she needs very good medical attention."
"And she'll get it," Seto almost growled, "I'll make certain of that."
The nurse nodded. "All right. I'll release her to your care."
"Thank you." Picking her up once more he headed out of the office and to the school's gates.
"We'll tell the teacher what happened," Yugi said as the car pulled up for the two.
"And we're gonna be by right after school," Joey added.
"Alright. See you then." Nodding to them he carefully helped Cheri in then closed the door behind himself. Even as the car drove off the group couldn't believe what happened.
"You don't think... Perjiem cast a spell or something on her, do you?" tea asked with large, blue eyes.
~No,~ said Marik. ~He can't do something like that. Something like this was brought on by herself.~
"What do you mean?" Keriam looked at the spirit.
Marik tapped his forehead. ~In here.~
"This totally sucks," Keriam said. She sat outside with Joey on a bench in Kaiba's backyard, which looked like a mini park.
Cheri's condition remained the same, though, thankfully, her temperature had dropped down to 99 not too long ago and she was awake for a little bit then fell asleep again from the medication.
Joey put his arm around her and she leaned on his shoulder. "She'll be okay," he said, "Cheri's a tough girl."
"Don't I know it. But..." she sighed and looked down a bit.
"You mean what Marik said?"
"Yeah. What did she do?"
"I don't know but maybe we can ask her when eh wakes up. Everything's gonna be okay." Rubbing her arm he kissed her temple. "I'm here for ya."
"Thanks, Joey," Keriam kissed his cheek, catching the side of his mouth unintentionally in the process. They looked at each other, and then kissed fully.
"Ahem!"
The two jumped and turned around to find Ryou and Bakura looking at them. Ryou's eyes were a little wide and Bakura was smirking. "Cheri's awake," said Bakura, "and she wants to see you." The thief spirit turned and went inside.
"I'm so sorry," Ryou apologized, "but we seem to have developed a habit of interrupting tender moments." He then followed his darker half.
"No kidding. Man can't I ever get a break?" the blonde asked to the sky but of course, didn't get an answer.
"That or Ryou has a point. They have a habit of coming at the wrong moment, C'mon." Each holding the other's hand tightly as they headed back inside for, hopefully, some answers.
"You sure you're doing better? Yugi asked.
"Yeah I am. It funny but, normally I don't get sick so easily." Cheri sighed and rubbed her face a bit sleepily. Whatever the doctor gave her made her feel a bit groggy.
Bakura walked through the door and soon Ryou came in. "Keriam and Joey are coming up."
"Hey Ryou, are you blushing?" His cheeks seemed to darken as the spirit of the ring chuckled. "Did I miss something?"
~Wouldn't you like to know.~ The spirit would have said more but the missing two members of the group arrived and looking at the glare sent his way, he decided to keep his trap shut.
"Hey," Keriam walked over to her best friend and hugged her. "You scared me, you know. I hate it when you do that."
"Ah, it's one of my best qualities," Cheri grinned. "Hey, Joey."
"How ya feeling?" the blonde asked.
"Besides feeling groggy, much better."
"That's good," said Keriam and she sat on the bed. "Do you remember what happened?"
"It's still pretty fuzzy," Cheri answered. "I do remember leaving the girls' room, and then the school turned to dust and... I'm not so sure after that but I do remember hearing Seto talking to me."
"He found you and brought you to the nurse," said Ryou.
"Where is Seto?" asked Cheri.
~In his office with the M Twins,~ said Bakura.
"You saw the Pharaoh talking to the Sisters of the Moon?" Malik felt a chill go up and down his spine.
"Yes," Ishizu answered, "he asked them to help protect Egypt and the people."
"By chance, you didn't happen to find out how, did you?" His sister was quiet for a time. "Ishizu?"
Finally, she spoke, "...They could summon the Three Egyptian Gods."
The phone slipped from Malik's hand as his eyes widened. Seto grabbed it and spoke, "Ishizu."
"Seto, is he alright?" she asked.
"I think he's in shock. What the hell did you say to him?"
~Would you like me to take over and finish this conversation?~ Marik asked.
"Please?" his lighter side asked.
Marik stepped into his body and took the phone. "Ishizu, it's Marik. It's true they could do that?"
"Yes, but the power they had to use from the Shadow Realm was far too great for them to handle," said the Ishtar woman. "It drained them completely and the Sisters died shortly after."
"Damnit... to think they have that much power. No wonder Perjiem wants them so much."
"Even if he manages to get control over one of the Sisters he could destroy everyone and everything in his path. Marik, you must protect those girls for the safety of our world."
"They're already under our protection but today one of them nearly collapsed. I think she's remembering the past."
"... Then it's a matter of time before the others remember and their powers begin to strengthen," Ishizu said quietly, reaching up to touch the necklace around her throat.
The boy looked at the CEO before turning his back and whispered into the phone. "Just one more question, what happens if they have to call upon the gods? I mean if that much power killed them..."
"... History may repeat itself all over. But maybe there's something more to this legend... I'll look into it just keep an eye out."
"Right. You let us know if you find anything else."
"I will. Be careful, both of you."
"We will." Marik hung up the phone and looked at Seto.
"So they can call upon gods?" Seto smirked at his reaction. "I happen to have excellent hearing."
Marik frowned and stepped out of Malik. ~I'll be right back. This is for all of us to hear.~
Once everyone, save Cheri, Keriam, and Tea were in Seto's office, Malik and Marik told what Ishizu had said.
"What do you mean, they can call upon gods?" Tristen asked.
"Not just any gods," said Malik. "Slypher the Sky Dragon, Obelisk the Tormentor, and the Winged Dragon of Ra."
"They could summon them?" Joey asked, slight fear noticeable in his almond eyes.
"Their power came from the Shadow Realm. Unfortunately, after the Sisters of the Moon summoned the Three Gods, they died. And the Pharaoh then guarded their gods. It was passed down through the Royal Family in secret."
Yugi felt Yami shift uncomfortably.
"How do you know that I can control them?"
"Because the Sisters of the Moon foresaw your coming and knew your destiny."
"Two hundred years before my birth?"
"Yes, my son."
~They already knew...~ Yami said. ~About me...~
"Yami?"
~They... My father told me about them, before he died...~
~Planned out destiny. Harsh.~ Bakura spoke as if he had sympathy for the other spirit.
"So knowing how they're powers work those hooded guys are gonna be after them more than ever?"
"Seems that way, pup." Seto ignored the growl sent his way and continued. "When I found Cheri in the hallway... she mentioned something about Anubis giving her Obelisk."
Marik seemed to be cursing but to himself as his light let him be. "I bet that's what caused that sudden fever of hers. Her memories must be coming back but there's still the matter of who can summon Ra and Slypher."
"Something tells me this is not going to be as easy as it seems," Yugi sighed worriedly.
Author's Note: Silver Wolf Knight doesn't really exist. JanmieLee made it up but the rest of the cards do exist. Are we having fun yet?