A/N- hey, minna! I'm SO very sorry for not updating last weekend, but to tell you the truth I was grounded. It was torture, my dad, once again, took my computer and hid it from me. I was totally bored, well, maybe not. I beat The Legend of Dragoon for the second time, which was pretty cool and I came up with some great ideas for one of my new story ideas! So it wasn't a complete waist of time.

Thank you all for being so patient and as a treat...*hands out cookies!* ^_^ Thanks a million to all of you that reviewed! It really means a lot! More than you can know! ^_^

Hazel-Beka: I know you reviewed last time and I'm sorry for not putting a review response up here for you last chapter. What happened was that as soon as I had put the new chapter up your review popped into existence so- to-speak so I couldn't. I'm sorry, you get a cookie for my mistake. Yeah, I know this isn't a humor fic, and I didn't intend for it to be but every1 was wanting me to have Yami pretend to be Yugi and this weird thing just sort of came into existence. Hehe, you can pop up and magically save him in your REVIEWS, but not in my story, nope sorry. HAHAHAHA!! Oh, yeah, that thing about the teachers WAS in an e-mail I had with you. That was actually where I got the idea for it. ^_^ Hm...that was very interesting. "I've seen you say that B4" intersting. Sounds cool! ^_^

Nicky: Hm...I thought that was very odd too. Where did you come up with 30 year old Pharaoh? Is it just that you forgot to add two more 0's to the end of it or something? Hehe! You know what's coming! Actually I have a great idea about the hooded man...but I CAN'T TELL YOU HAHAHAHA!!! ^_^ HAHAHAHAHA!! I'm glad you liked it so much and thought it was so funny! Butter and bread...OKAAAAAY! Sure, whatever works for them!

Sword Master Jeff: I really actually have no idea what you are talking about. Sitara is not in a dungeon, that's her sister, Inara and it was Sitara that was saved by a hooded person, not Yugi. Yugi used his magic to defend himself from the avalanche while the hooded man took Sitara to safety. Get it? I can't tell you who he is. You either have to figure it out yourself or find out when I finally reveal it in the story. ^_^ Why thank you and here it is!

LilKay13: Thank you so much! ^_^ HEHE! You're so nice! Thanks a bunch! Selina: and the ogre Kay lived in the Valley of Discombobulation... Serafina: *hits Selina* You can join Kaymie you know... I'm sure Kay will be happy to oblige you. ^_~ I love your reviews! They are so funny! HEHEHE!

Bunnychu: Thanks, hehehe! AWWW! I'm so sorry! That has to be frustrating! It would be like me not making the Track team cuz of the same reason! I almost did once so I know how you feel...I'm really sorry. Yeah, but he only hates it cuz I don't really like it that much right now! (I usually don't have a problem with school cuz I like learning new stuff as long as it's something I want to learn, but I've been having a bit of a rough week. Thanks to your review I remembered that God luvs me and will never leave me in the dark...Thank you! ^_^) That doesn't exactally help me with my situation at the moment, but it made me feel better. God luvs U 2! ^_^

hobbit13: so you really liked that did you? I'm glad! ^_^ I'm not saying nothing to give away my plot right now...^.^! HEHE! Heh, yeah...school, well, that's a whole nother topic entirely and way too long to discuss, but let's just say school doesn't like me too much right now. I'm so GLAD it's the weekend! Thanks!

Subieko: You bet they do! But of course without a conflict there is no real STORY as you should very well know...*thinking of all the annoying circumstances going on in YOUR story* Well, actually, you know I spent almost an hour sitting in a swing (I wrote this part during the summer. I finished it last year on one of my vacation trips to Florida) trying to figure out where they could go next...I had a whole list of places for them to go but just none of them seemed right somehow and then suddenly the word DESERT popped into my head and it was perfect. Of course the only word I remember from the list was...graveyard...^_^ HEHEHE! I'm not tell'n who the weird guy is! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! THAT *breathe* WAS *breathe* HILARIOUS!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Need to have an ordinary life! HAHAHAHA!! Good one! Hm...theology...I think I know what that is...doesn't it have something to do with religion? Or am I thinking of a different word? Well, I hope you get some sleep. (No matter how hard I try to stay awake I ALWAYS fall asleep in Spanish II!)

Sorceress Vanessa: HEHE! I'm glad you thought so! Thanks!! Hm...that was very odd...I wonder what was going on? Well, I've actually been having a lot of troubles w/FF.N lately it's doing something really weird with all my reviews and some of them don't even go through. It's really annoying actually. Well, I don't mind you being late cuz obviously I am too, huh? Thanks for reviewing and I'm glad you liked it!

fishkisser: You really think it was funny?! *starry eyes* THANKS!! Uck! NO HOMEWORK!!! Good, I'm glad you liked them...V_V I feel very sorry for you. Good luck on your homework, I hope you get a good grade! ^_^

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Chapter 25

Once Yugi, Sitara, and the horses made it to the desert Yugi was wishing it was cooler. It was so hot with the sun's rays shining down upon the vibrant yellow sand that you could see the heat coming off the ground in waves. Yugi and Sitara got off their horses and walked for themselves so that they would not tire the horses out; instead they led the horses through the vacant, stretching expanse of desert.

They seemed to walk on for forever with the sun's heat beating down on them, sapping all the water out of them the only way it knew how, by making them sweat. Yugi was about to faint by the time they finally found the Moon Shrine.

If Yugi had to find only one word to describe this place, there was easily one word that jumped into his mind: BIG! It looked like a palace more than an ancient temple. Using your imagination you could see how the shrine seemed to have a face with a grand pillar that flared out at the bottom in the middle, with an archway that stood open as a door, and both sides opposite the center were symmetrically the same.

A (Times New Roman-looking) pillar stood at each end of the building in the shape of the capital letter I and in between them were smaller, straight pillars with what seemed to be a teardrop shaped sculpture on top. Directly above this was a balcony and an open archway leading to it from the inside. Above this, on the roof were watchtowers that had not had any watchers on them in a decade. On top on the very center pillar was another teardrop shaped structure and in the very heart of the teardrop was a symbol. A crescent moon, turned so that the arced center was facing down, connected to a star by its edges, with wings of gold on either side of it.

Yugi was astounded by the beautiful sight of the building and found that he could not take his eyes off of the structure.

It was cool inside, in contrast to the blazing inferno outside, and a fountain, made of white marble same as the floor, stood in the middle of the room, spewing cool, refreshing water. Sitara led the horses over to the fountain to get a drink. Meanwhile, Yugi looked around at the inside.

The walls were plain and bare, the color of mirrors. Nothing hung on them and nothing was painted, written, or carved on them. The room was empty of furniture. At the opposite end of the room from the entrance were two great double doors made of gold, carved on them was a full moon and a sky full of stars.

Yugi turned back to the fountain and now saw Sitara drinking from the fountain.

"Are you sure that's a good idea, Sitara?" he asked anxiously.

"Don't worry. That's what it is here for. I grew up with the stories of all the ancient prophecies and legends and the desert is a test for the impure. This is here for us to recuperate for our battle with the guardian."

"OUR BATTLE WITH THE GUARDIAN?!"

"Yes, it will allow us to pass into the inner chambers of the shrine to get the Enhancer. Now you know why the fountain is here; or did you think it was just decoration?"

"Well yeah...but you never said anything about a fight!"

Sitara chose to ignore this last statement and went on the explain about the fountain. "If the fountain was ONLY for decoration, don't you think there would be something else here, like other sculptures and such? It's to help you regain your strength so you will be prepared for what is to come, which I suggest that you do. I'm going to need your help in this fight, I can't do it by myself."

Yugi frowned, but knew there was nothing more he could do about it now. The stage was set and he could not alter it. "What has Pegasus gotten me into?" Yugi mumbled to himself as he walked towards the fountain and began to drink.

After they had cooled down and rested for a bit, Yugi and Sitara left Sauda and Allayna and stood in front of the doors. Both were nervous about what had to be done so they stood there for a few moments in front of the doors, gathering their courage.

Then when they both were ready they looked at each other, nodded, and pushed open the carved double doors to reveal the complete opposite of the room they just came out of. This room looked like an Egyptian Pyramid with carved symbols, lettering, and pictures engraved into the golden walls.

There were no other doorways leading into or out of the one room. The only object in the room deserving any interest, besides the walls, was a stone statue in the middle of the room.

Yugi and Sitara had been standing in the doorway until they got one good look, then they stepped inside the room with the doors slamming shut behind them. They looked back at the sound's origin then cautiously proceeded further into the room.

"Stay here," Sitara instructed Yugi, in the form of a hurried whisper, before before walking up to the statue.

It looked like a man with wings protruding out of his back, his hands clasp together as if in prayer, and his long robes draped over the floor.

As soon as Sitara toughed the hem of the statue's garment a bang like a bomb sounded and Sitara was blown backwards into Yugi and the two of them tumbled together to the floor.

"Well, he's awake now," Sitara said as Yugi helped her to her feet.

"Yeah, that's just great," he replied, staring at the figure now flying, or more like hovering, over the center of the room.

"Get ready!" Sitara hissed to Yugi and he complied to the best of his ability.

The "statue's" eyes turned blood red and lances of red and green light shot out of each of it's hands, straight for Yugi and Sitara. Yugi jumped to the left while Sitara dove right, then they got up and together shot their own white and black-violet rays at it to no effect.

"WHAT?!" Sitara yelled in cofusion and annoyance. Sitara tried several more spells while Yugi copied her on the ones she had taught him.

"NO WAY! Why aren't they working!" Sitara screamed in rage and frustration as the spells still did nothing to harm the "statue". She tried even harder spells that Yugi did not know how to perform, but they just seemed to rebound off the creature and come back at them.

After more spells and even MORE dodges and *STILL* nothing working Yugi asked, panting with sweat dripping down his face, "Is there nothing that can beat this creature?"

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(A/N- Ok, I actually had no idea what I was planning to write for this week's funny but just now when I was telling my mom about something that happened to me and my friend at school today I thought I'd use it cuz we were cracking up for a few minutes afterwards. I don't know if you guys will like it or not.)

Bakura, tired of Yami sending objects to the Shadow Realm for him to return, and Joey's uncanny stupidity, had decided to tire them both out by taking them to the gym. (a/n- it happened in PE class)

They had been walking around the city for a while when Bakura came up with his inspired plan. Bakura interrupted the odd conversation the two boys were having by saying, "Alright you two. Here's the plan. We're going to go and get the others, I'm not going to be stuck with you all by myself, and we are all going to the gym to play basketball, ok?" Bakura seemed to be talking to them very slowly as if he was dealing with a pair of four year olds, but in this case it was almost as if they were.

Joey simply shrugged, but Yami, being the chocolate high yami he was, nodded his head furiously in agreement and simply refused to stop. Bakura sighed and rolled his eyes, leading the way to the others who were all at the park not too far away.

(a/n- they didn't want to be seen with Yami is my guess, just in case he did something embarrassing.)

(a/n- blah blah blah, they get the others and now they are at the gym, ding dong goes the doorbell. Wait a minute those don't have doorbells. Selina: I don't know what's gotten N2 her! She's simply gone crazy ever since she got a phone call from one of her friends. Maybe you all should just ignore her and maybe she'll stop.)

"Alright! We're here, now what, Bakura?" Tristan asked.

"I'll check to see if the coast is clear," Tea announced, peeking into the sports hall and looking around for other forms of life. "No one there, it's safe to go in."

"Good, I wouldn't want anyone to see me hanging around with those two." Ryou pointed to Joey and Yami, who was still nodding his head energetically.

They all entered the hall and Tristan grabbed a basketball off a rack. He tossed the ball to Anzu and the games began.

After the group had been playing for little over an hour, the Pharaoh protested that he was dehydrating.

"You could have just said that you were thirsty."

Yami merely cocked an eyebrow.

"OKAY! Stop looking at me like that! Just go through that door and there's a water fountain in the hallway."

Yami did as instructed and walked to the door across the gymnasium, went through it, and looked around for a fountain of flowing water. (a/n- :) hehehe) Finding no such thing, Yami was about to return to his friends and ask where it was, but something else caught his eye.

It was made of metal and seemed to be attached to the wall. It was making an odd humming noise and had a metal protrusion coming out of it's top. In the front of the machine was a long, skinny button. Being curious as to what would happen when he pushed this button, Yami decided to test it.

Yami used his whole hand to push the button down and touched the metal backing when he pushed it all the way in. Two things happened simultaneously: firstly, the protrusion spouted water and the second, and definitely most shocking thing, was as soon as his hand touched the metal piece a bolt of electricity shot out of the metal, up Yami's hand, numbing it before making it tingle like crazy, and through the rest of his body to his head and toes.

The shock made his hair stand on end at odd angles from his head in a spiky formation...wait a moment...isn't his hair ALWAYS like that? Anyways...this obviously dangerous foe was attacking him outright and needed to be dealt with in a most serious manner.

Yami promptly sent it to the Shadow Realm. (a/n- meaning that water was now spraying in every direction...again.)

After taking care of his opponent and still not finding the fountain of water, Yami returned to the main part of the fitness center, where his friends were. Upon seeing him all wet and dripping with water, they immediately assumed the worst.

"YAMI!" Anzu whined, "What did you DO?!"

"All I did was push a button and the metal thing shot me with a magic attack and spit at me so I sent it to the Shadow Realm."

Everyone groaned...except Joey who started laughing.

"AHAHAHAHA!!! You! You! YOU SENT THE WATER FOUNTAIN TO THE SHADOW REALM CUZ IT SPIT AT YOU!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!"

"That was the water fountain? But it was metal..."

A/N- ok, I know, Nicky, that that isn't EXACTALLY what happened to me, but that's ok I did get shocked by the water fountain today so it goes with it. My hair seriously did stick up too, it was cool, except that it also made my hand go numb like I wrote in the story. Did you guys know that if you dribble a basketball for awhile and then go up to somebody and touch them it will shock them? I only found out about this a few days ago in PE and decided to test it for myself. IT REALLY WORKS!! You should try it some time, it's fun. I ended up annoying my only friend in PE cuz I was zapping her every five seconds. (I'm not exaggerating either.)

Well, this is more-than-likely going to be the last funny I do cuz no one really seems to like them anymore which makes it perfectly obvious to me that I can't write humor. I hope you liked the regular part of the chapter too, but if not, I'm really sorry, I feel like my writing ability is deteriorating very fast. Muy rapidamente (I do think I spelled that right). Well, that's all I have to say so lata!

NOTE TO ROD REVIEWERS: I still have not come up with a plot for ROD III. I know HOW I'm going to get the Millennium Bracelet to Serafina, but I just don't know what to do after that...I'm working on it though. Very slowly, but I am working on it...