A/N Hey! I'm back! I would have posted chapter 13 earlier sooner but Fanfiction.net was acting up so I couldn't. Oh well…cause now by the time I post this that chapter would be up for at least a day or two. Anyway, you'll have to wait until my next posting to see who won the contest. If you don't know what contest I'm talking about then go back and read my final author's note for the last chapter. Don't forget that if you want to win you have to send your name to my EMAIL!!! Don't leave it in your review because sometimes Fanfiction doesn't post them up in order. So please send all of your information to Crystalia12@aol.com if you want to win.
Yugi: Can we start now?
Crystalia: Er…sure! Only because it's you Yugi!
Yugi: ^.~
Crystalia: Do the disclaimer Jou!
Jou: Listen up yall! Crystalia aint own notin' so don' cha try to sue 'er!
Crystalia: ~.~ was that English?
Chapter 14 Sangai ReturnsYugi blinked. They were right back at the park that they had been when Bakura had taken them to the Shadow Realm. At the thought of Bakura Yugi remembered that Ryou was gone and a wave of sadness swept over him. (Remember he doesn't know Ryou is alive) It didn't make any sense blaming Bakura because in the end Ryou would still be dead.
Suddenly much to Yugi's surprise the boy in Bakura's arms coughed before deeply inhaling.
"Ryou! You're alive!" Yugi shouted, hugging the boy.
"Yeah…what happened?" Ryou asked, shakily getting to his feet.
"We should go somewhere safe to discuss this…" Yami commented, his eyes scanning around them for any sign of danger.
"Where will we go?" Bakura asked.
"Not my house…" Jou said in such a tone that Yugi looked up at him.
"My parents are home…so we can't go to my house." Anzu said.
"My house is a bit too far…but we could go there if we had to." Ryou said, suddenly becoming very fidgety.
"We can go to my place…nobody's home…" Yugi muttered, not wanted them to know that he was basically living on his own. Dimly he wondered what Anzu would say. He looked at her but she didn't seem as if she was going to say anything about their encounter in the maze. It didn't help that Yami gave him a warning look.
//Are you sure aibou? //
Yugi only nodded, making Ryou grin slightly. "Hey I have a yami too! No fair with the mental talk." He joked.
"Yeah! It's not like there is something you can't tell your friends." Jou chided.
Anzu looked away quickly while Yugi shuttered and Yami shifted his feet. "Yeah…" Yugi said, forcing a smile. "Let's go…"
Jou looked at Yugi questioningly before deciding to let it go. Slowly they all began to walk in the direction that Yugi was leading them.
"Hmm…I wonder why they went after Ryou's Item…"Anzu wondered aloud.
"I've been giving that some thought…" Bakura muttered. "Isia…she reminded me of something that I didn't even remember. Something about my past…"
Yami nodded solemnly but didn't say anything.
"The game that Yami played against Tendo also seemed familiar. Like I had been there before…it was strange…" Bakura muttered.
"Maybe those guys were after the Ring because it's so rare." Jou commented.
"No…it has to be more then that because if they were just common thieves then how do you explain the Shadow Realm or the maze or the other weird stuff." Yugi said. "Plus why just the Ring…why not the Puzzle too. I mean they both look valuable."
"They won't be coming back for the Ring though…" Yami muttered. "Don't ask me how I know but I think that by winning that Shadow Game I also won the Millennium Ring."
"Y-you're not going to t-take it are you?" Ryou asked, fearfully clutching him Millennium Ring.
"No…I won't…but I have a feeling that this isn't the end of this…" Yami muttered.
Yugi who was walking in front of the group, stopped short as a ball bounced out onto the sidewalk in front of him. By now everyone watched as the ball stopped bouncing abruptly and began rolling towards Yugi, stopping at his feet. For some reason, Yugi bent down and picked up the ball, it was designed so that it looked like the earth.
"Yugi…are you sure you should be touching that?" Anzu asked.
Yugi smiled cryptically at the ball, his eyes gleaming oddly. Suddenly he let the ball go and instead of bouncing it shattered, like glass littering the ground.
"Yugi?" Yami said, placing a hand on his light's shoulder but he got no response.
"A sign of what may be to come" A voice called. "Greetings to the chosen of the past and the chosen of the now."
Everyone but Yugi looked up surprised to see three small girls standing in the middle of the sidewalk.
"Who are you?" Bakura asked, not ready to deal with another attack.
"We are the sangai…and we are here to help." Said one of the girl's. She had waist long white hair. "We are here to answer the questions in your mind."
"Good because we've got plenty!" Jou said.
"Not your questions." Said the black haired girl sharply. "His." She said, pointing at Yugi.
At this Yugi looked up, his eye no longer glossy. "Who are you?"
"I am Kako." Said the girl with white hair.
"I am Ima." Said the girl with brown hair, smiling.
"And I am Mirai." Said the girl with black hair.
"Huh? Your names are past, present, and future?" Anzu asked.
"Yes…because we are the Sangai." Ima said.
"Sangai…doesn't that mean existences in the past, the present, and the future?"
The three girls nodded. Suddenly Yami stepped forward, anger in his eyes.
"I remember you three…you are the one's the sealed me away in the Puzzle! Only then you were…different…" he said.
"No Yugioh…" Kako said, also stepping forward. "That is who we were. This is who we are. No longer do Skuld, Urdr, or Verdandi live…now time has started again…"
"Why were Tendo and Isia after Ryou's Ring?" Yugi asked.
"For the answer to that question we shall have to go back to the beginning." Kako said before waving her hand. In an instant they all found themselves standing in a sea of planets and stars.
"Wow…it's like a planetarium…" Jou commented.
"Now long ago, before there was life on Earth, there was a great battle between the great gods of the heavens and the ruthless demons of the deepest depths of hell. It was then that the first battle began. During the war there were two main players, Ra and Tapht. Ra being the king of all gods and Tapht being the king of all demons." Kako said pausing. "It was during that battle that Anastu was born…"
"Anastu was born because of the hate and malice that existed between the gods and the demons. It was this hate that made him strong and that same hate allowed him to create the shadow realm." Ima said. "The Shadow Realm is made of pure negative energy. Abomination, hate, sorrow, fear, and all other dark emotions are what fuel that realm…and make it almost impossible for anyone whose soul is full of pure light to survive there."
"But back to the story." Kako said, slightly annoyed. "What neither Ra nor Tapht foresaw was that Anastu would try to consume both heaven and hell. Of coarse he didn't succeed."
"No…both Ra and Tapht combined their powers and sealed Anastu away in his own realm …they entrusted the keeping of Anastu to our mother, Janisia and he was forgotten in the passages of time." Ima said. "That is until he managed to free himself through a young girl back in the age of pyramids and pharaohs…"
"Egypt…" both Yami and Bakura said.
"Yes…it was then that this young girl and you Yugioh battled, for the fate of the entire world. Using the Shadow Realm and a shadow game known now as Duel Monsters you both fought. Her using the power of Anastu and you using the powers of Ra…in the end you defeated her and sealed away both the realm and the games for one Millennia…" Kako said gravely. "But something went wrong…your mind couldn't handle the strain of using the powers given to you by the gods…so Ra asked us to help him in a plan. A plan which would help to save the future after the Millennia had past and Anastu had been freed.
"Your soul, along with seven other key players, were to be sealed away in the eight Millennium Items which would be given to your reincarnations in the future." Mirai said.
"Each item was created by a certain god and bestowed with that god's grace. The Puzzle was forged by the god of Life & Rebirth, Seikatsu. The Ring was made by the god, Akui of Pride & Arrogance. The Ankh was created by the goddess Someisa of Wisdom & Honor and the Scales were made by the goddess Seijitsu of Honesty & Truth. The Millennium Eye was created by the god of Ruthlessness & Ambition Zan- nin. The Millennium Rod was made by Shihai of Obedience & Submission. Finally comes the Millennium Bell which was produced by Owari, the god of Death & Sorrow." Kako explained. "Each of these items are both powerful and dangerous."
"Why can't I remember all of my past?" Yami asked causing both Yugi and Bakura to look at him. "Why don't I remember any of this? If I was there then I should be able to at least remember the face of my father…but I can't…why?"
"That is the effect of being sealed in the Puzzle. Being in there for one Millennia cost you your memories…" Ima said, frowning. "But there is a way for you to regain these memories…"
"When all of the Millennium Items are brought together and the final battle deciding the fate of not only Earth but the heavens and hell as well, when that battle is fought…then you shall remember." Kako said.
"What you must do now is find those items and use them to unlock the true powers of the Millennium Puzzle." Mirai said. "But I warn you that the task will be hard indeed…"
Yugi looked up at Yami questioningly. "Are you sure that this is the only way to get back Yami's memories?" he asked.
"Yes. There is no other way." Ima said.
"Then I'll go where ever you send me." Yugi said confidently. "I'll help Yami."
"Me too!" Jou said, an odd gleam in his eyes. "Besides, he helped me."
"I guess I'd better go to then." Anzu said, sighing. "Someone's going to have to keep you in check…"
"I'm going too!" Ryou exclaimed. "You're going to need the Millennium Ring anyway…so why don't we just come alone too."
"I'll be going where ever my hikari goes." Bakura said plainly.
Yami was glad that they were all going but something else was nagging him. "What about the final battle? You all shouldn't get involved…this is not going to be a trip to the park! This is going to be dangerous…someone could be killed! No! I'm going by myself!" he said, closing his eyes as if that ended the conversation.
"Then you're going to have to kill me Yami." Yugi replied, causing Yami's eyes to fly open with shock. "The only thing that is going to stop me from going with you is death…don't you understand that we know this is going to be dangerous. That we may not be coming back? Don't you understand that we don't care? I'm not going to stand by and watch as someone I care about is hurting…I did that before and look at what happened…no…I'm going with you."
Yami was surprised not only by Yugi's loyalty but by the utter surety in his eyes. He smiled and hugged the small boy. "Alright…alright…I won't stop you." He said, wiping a tear from Yugi's eye. "We'll go together."
"Yugioh…" Mirai said. "I give you this final warning. Do not go after the Millennium Bell. Find all the other Items but do not seek out that one."
"Why? Don't we need that Item in order to complete our task?" Yami asked.
"Yes and no. That item…it holds the spirit of the girl who opened the Shadow Realm back in Egypt. The new owner of the Millennium Bell is now surrounded by that girl and the leagues of Anastu. They will do whatever it takes so to get the other Items for themselves."
"What would they do with them? Why would they want them?" Yugi asked.
"The one who assembles all of the items will be able to unlock the power of the Millennium Puzzle or the power of the Millennium Bell. The Puzzle is said to be the item which will save the Earth from destruction, while the Bell is said to be the item that will bring death and destruction to earth, heaven, and hell. So I warn you now to stay away from the Millennium Bell and all that surround it, for it could lead to you destruction…"
"Where will we find the first item?" Yami asked.
"We can not tell you where it is specifically, but we can tell you that the holder of the Millennium Eye is the same one who brought the game of Duel Monsters to this time…" Kako said.
"Now we will send you back to where we left you. Good luck chosen and stay on the path laid before you…" Ima said. Stepping forward. "And please be careful." She whispered before kissing Yugi gently on the cheek which of coarse made him blush.
Smiling Ima stepped back and took both Kako and Mirai's hand. "The sangai shall be watching over you." They whispered before vanishing. In an instant they all found themselves standing on the sidewalk where they had been before.
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Crystalia turned over in her bed and sighed. Not only was she hungry, but she had a headache as well.
"Man…what happened?" she asked herself as she climbed out of bed. "Feels as if I was hit by a truck…"
Still unsure of why she felt so tired, Crystalia made her way to the kitchen. She was about to make herself something to eat when she realized that the T.V. in the living room was on and playing very loud.
"I wonder why mom didn't wake me up if she was home…" she wondered aloud, turning to the living room. "Maybe she's still mad."
Crystalia screamed at the sight that greeted her when she entered the room. The television was turned on high and some kind of talk show was playing. But it was the sight of her mother that made her scream. Her mom was laid out on the couch, a sick pale blue color. On the table beside her was a mirror which was covered in a powder. A needle lay close by, along with a spoon and a lighter.
Crying Crystalia rushed over to her mother's side and checked for a pulse. She gasped when she felt one, even though it was very thin and irregular. Still crying she grabbed the phone and began to dial 911, praying to whatever gods that were listening that her mother would survive.
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A/N Hmm…I don't know why but I didn't feel like killing off Crystalia's mom…I might do it next chapter but I don't think I will. Anyway a lot of information was given in this chapter so I hope you guy's were paying attention. If you were confused then Email me and I'll try to clear things up for you. Next chapter though will be more actionish…so be prepared. See you next time I post and Please READ AND REVIEW!!! My birthday is January 5 and I'd love to have at least 200 reviews by then, so do what you've got to do and review!!!!!!