Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
Chapter 5: Interlude
"Where am I?" Sakura asked. She looked around the strange area that surrounded her. Ancient stones of a bright tan color made the walls and pillars that towered above her. Sakura noticed a large number of robed people running around her on the cracked tiled floor. "How did I get here?"
Suddenly, her eyes fell upon three robed figures facing each other inside a circle of flame. One of the figures seemed to be kneeling in pain to a man with large spiky hair and a robed woman, who now raised her hand high above her head.
"For your sins, you shall be cast unto the shadow realm!" The robed woman cried as she summoned a stone tablet with a familiar carving of the Dark Magician Girl onto the tiled floor. "Your servants were no match for the combined power of the pharaoh and me, did you think you could prove more of a match than they did?"
Sakura recognized the woman's face as she removed the robes on her head. "Is that me?"
"Foolish priestess!" The kneeling man shouted as he raised his own stone tiles. "Your female magician is no match for my magic. And she is definitely no match for the great Dark Ruler Ha Des!"
"Perhaps not." The spiky haired man said, summoning another stone tablet. "But with the combined power of my own Dark Magician. We shall together banish you to the shadow realm and end your mutiny."
Sakura gasped as the two very familiar duel monsters came to life and released their dark magic upon the kneeling man. "What's happening?" She asked herself. "Why are they dueling? Why am I here?"
Her thoughts were interrupted by the man's screech as the two attacks hit him. "You'll pay, pharaoh!" He screamed at the spiky haired man. "I will return one day to have my revenge against you and your priestess!" And with those words, he disappeared into the darkness.
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Sakura's bedroom.
Sakura found herself breathing heavily as she woke up. As she tried to calm herself down, she reminisced about her dream.
"That was too weird." She whispered to herself. "I could have sworn the dream was real. It felt so. . . familiar."
She looked at the clock on her wall, which said 1:30. Yawning, Sakura tried to force herself back to sleep so she can get rested for the day that would soon follow. She tried to forget the dream that she just had, only to find that she couldn't. It haunted her like an eerie ghost of a memory.
"The pharaoh." She whispered. "He looked like Yugi."
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Joey's Bedroom.
"ZZZzzzzzz." The snore of Joey Wheeler could pass for a foghorn easily. "Take that, Kaiba!" He talked in his sleep. "Now both you and Shin know not ta mess with the king of duels, Joey Wheeler, hah! ZZZzzzzzz."
After another set of mumbled words about pizza and soda, Joey finally stopped talking in his sleep. Not that his snoring was any quieter.
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Roof of Sakura's apartment.
He glanced at his watch as he stared into her bedroom through the windows. It was 1:34. He returned to his watch over the girl, who had seemingly returned to sleep after waking so abruptly.
"Sleep well, priestess." Shin whispered, as he leapt from his vintage point to the other side of the streets, a ten story jump with a perfect soundless landing. The shrouded man silently walked into the ally way, disappearing into the shadows.
Chapter 5: Interlude
"Where am I?" Sakura asked. She looked around the strange area that surrounded her. Ancient stones of a bright tan color made the walls and pillars that towered above her. Sakura noticed a large number of robed people running around her on the cracked tiled floor. "How did I get here?"
Suddenly, her eyes fell upon three robed figures facing each other inside a circle of flame. One of the figures seemed to be kneeling in pain to a man with large spiky hair and a robed woman, who now raised her hand high above her head.
"For your sins, you shall be cast unto the shadow realm!" The robed woman cried as she summoned a stone tablet with a familiar carving of the Dark Magician Girl onto the tiled floor. "Your servants were no match for the combined power of the pharaoh and me, did you think you could prove more of a match than they did?"
Sakura recognized the woman's face as she removed the robes on her head. "Is that me?"
"Foolish priestess!" The kneeling man shouted as he raised his own stone tiles. "Your female magician is no match for my magic. And she is definitely no match for the great Dark Ruler Ha Des!"
"Perhaps not." The spiky haired man said, summoning another stone tablet. "But with the combined power of my own Dark Magician. We shall together banish you to the shadow realm and end your mutiny."
Sakura gasped as the two very familiar duel monsters came to life and released their dark magic upon the kneeling man. "What's happening?" She asked herself. "Why are they dueling? Why am I here?"
Her thoughts were interrupted by the man's screech as the two attacks hit him. "You'll pay, pharaoh!" He screamed at the spiky haired man. "I will return one day to have my revenge against you and your priestess!" And with those words, he disappeared into the darkness.
----------
Sakura's bedroom.
Sakura found herself breathing heavily as she woke up. As she tried to calm herself down, she reminisced about her dream.
"That was too weird." She whispered to herself. "I could have sworn the dream was real. It felt so. . . familiar."
She looked at the clock on her wall, which said 1:30. Yawning, Sakura tried to force herself back to sleep so she can get rested for the day that would soon follow. She tried to forget the dream that she just had, only to find that she couldn't. It haunted her like an eerie ghost of a memory.
"The pharaoh." She whispered. "He looked like Yugi."
----------
Joey's Bedroom.
"ZZZzzzzzz." The snore of Joey Wheeler could pass for a foghorn easily. "Take that, Kaiba!" He talked in his sleep. "Now both you and Shin know not ta mess with the king of duels, Joey Wheeler, hah! ZZZzzzzzz."
After another set of mumbled words about pizza and soda, Joey finally stopped talking in his sleep. Not that his snoring was any quieter.
----------
Roof of Sakura's apartment.
He glanced at his watch as he stared into her bedroom through the windows. It was 1:34. He returned to his watch over the girl, who had seemingly returned to sleep after waking so abruptly.
"Sleep well, priestess." Shin whispered, as he leapt from his vintage point to the other side of the streets, a ten story jump with a perfect soundless landing. The shrouded man silently walked into the ally way, disappearing into the shadows.