Yippee! Thank you for all the reviews! I didn't think I'd get a lot. I'm so happy! Ok, so this is chapter 5. I hope you read my prequel on Aura Riordan. It might give you a better understanding of this strange character. By the way whenever there is this '' that means someone is thinking.

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The Millennium Ritual

Chapter 5: Flashback; Disappearance

Yami's soul room

Yami was lying on his Egyptian style bed, thinking of the conversation he had with Yugi just hours before. 'I should tell Yugi of my past.' Yami thought. 'But how can I tell him a secret that I've kept for so long? Even after all the times I've tried to forget my past, the memory of my sister still haunts me.' Yami stood up, shaking his head. 'I must take these memories away. They are now disturbing my abiou's sleep. And I won't tolerate that.' Yami suddenly remembers the proverb his sister had once told her. In order to proceed to the future. . . 'You must let go of your past.' Thought Yami. 'But how can I let go of my past when I'm still trying to make up for all the horrible deeds I done?' He sighed, thinking that maybe a little rest isn't so bad after all. So, slowly, he drifted into sleep.

"Yami! Yami! Oh, please Yami! Come out! This isn't funny!" A girl around the age of 10 was running everywhere, searching for her little brother, Yami. A servant, trying to catch the crying girl, called out to her, "Princess! Please wait!" The girl kept running. "Maeve!" She stopped, then slowly recoiled onto the ground, sobbing. The servant ran to Maeve, and then comforted her, saying soothing words. But no matter how much the servant said, Princess Maeve was still crying.

"W-where is he, Ava? I c-c-can't find him anywhere! W-what if he w- was kidnapped?" Maeve asked, sobbing.

"Don't worry your highness," comforted Ava, slowly patting her back, "Prince Yami is a smart young boy; he can find his way around. Besides," she said, smiling a little, "with a sister like you, who needs guards to protect him?" The little girl wiped her eyes on her sleeve, and then smiled a little.

"Thank you Ava. You always know just what to say when I am sad."

Ava smiled, and said, "You are welcome your highness." Maeve grinned, her sparkling green eyes shining, and hugged the servant, who hugged back. 'She has such a big heart, this little child.' Ava thought. 'She never really did care about herself.' Suddenly, a high-pitched scream filled the Egyptian courtyard air. Maeve looked up, and going out of her servant's grip, ran to the commotion, near the pond. There, she saw a servant, screaming.

"What's the matter?" Maeve asked, afraid of the answer. The servant did not say anything. "Tell me! I command you!"

"P-p-p-prince Yami. . . He fell in the water. . ." Maeve's eyes widened, knowing that he can't swim, yelled, "YAMI!!!!!!" and jumped in the water, with Ava just coming beside the screaming servant, trying to calm her down. Ava did not panic, because she knew that she would not be able to stop Maeve. So all she had to do was wait.

Maeve was searching on the pond floor, looking for any trace of a spiky headed creature. Then she saw him, tangled in the seaweed. His eyes were closed. Her green eyes widen, then as quick as a lion swam to his side. She carried him on her back, thinking that everything will be all right. But, right in front of her, she saw the pond's one and only alligator. Maeve screamed, and quickly swam away, just in time to escape the alligator's snapping jaws. The alligator, not through with them yet, quickly swam up next to Yami, ready for the kill. Maeve looked back, in her mind saying 'NO!!!', quickly kicked the alligator between the eyes. The alligator, thinking that he could get another easier kill, swam away. She quickly swam to the surface. Maeve took a large intake of air, then looking back at Yami, noticed that he wasn't breathing, quickly swam to the ground, by Ava, who already planned ahead, and the healers she had brought. The healers worked on little Yami, with Maeve holding his hand, praying to the gods that he would be all right. He suddenly took a large intake of air, coughing up the pond water. Everyone sighed in relief. He was going to be all right.

"What happened?" Yami asked. Maeve slapped him on the head. "OW!!!"

"Don't you dare scare me like that again, you understand?" Maeve said, her eyes watery. Yami nodded, not knowing what happened. She sobbed, and hugged Yami, tight. "Don't you ever scare me like that again. . ."

Yugi woke up, sweating harder than he ever did in his entire life. 'Another one of Yami's memories.' Yugi thought. 'But what does the dreams mean?' He fell asleep little later after the conversation he had with Yami, but he wasn't sure why he did. 'I guess I was just tired.' He thought, looking at the time. It was 9:45 pm. Grandpa wasn't back yet. Yugi frowned, thinking that if Grandpa was going to be out so late, he'd leave a note. So, Yugi searched around for a possible note, only to find out there isn't one. Yugi scratched his head, frowning. 'That's strange, Grandpa would never be out so late and not leave me a note. Unless. . .' Yugi thought, with his eyes widening. 'They got him.'

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Joey was on his couch in his apartment, asleep from watching TV, with drool coming out of his mouth. His dad had gone to get the groceries, so Joey just decided to crash. As he was sleeping though, the phone suddenly rang. Joey woke up, saying, "Yeah, yeah I'm comin'." Wiping the drool from his mouth. "'Ello?"

"Joseph?" A female voice said through the phone. Joey's eyes widened in surprise.

"Ma'? Why you callin'? It's almost 10:00."

"Joseph, have you seen Serenity lately?"

Joey frowned in confusion. "No Ma', I haven't seen Serenity lately."

On the other line Joey can hear his mother crying. "Ma'? Ma', what's going on?"

"Your sister, Joseph. She's gone. She hasn't been back home ever since this morning."

Joey froze, not knowing how to respond to his mother's statement.

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Kaiba was in his limousine, thinking about the conversation he had hours before. Ever since Aura was in the car, all he had been thinking about was what she just said. But now that he was tired, he noticed that he never even stepped outside the limo since after school.

"How long is it till we get there?" Kaiba snapped, "You imbecile! You made me late for picking up my little brother!"

"Sorry sir." The driver said apologetically, "It just seemed to me that you needed more privacy to yourself, that's all."

"Yes, but not 5 hours of it you buffoon!" Kaiba said. Suddenly Kaiba's cell phone rang. He picked it up.

"Kaiba here."

"Uh. . . Mr. Kaiba. . . I have some bad news. . ." It was his butler.

Kaiba sighed, and said, "Yes, what is it?"

"It's about your brother, Mokuba."

Kaiba froze. 'Oh no.' "W-what do you mean, it's about Mokuba?"

"He hasn't come back to the mansion ever since this morning. He's missing sir."

Kaiba dropped his cell phone, and the line went dead. 'Aura was right. They did get him.' He thought

To be continued. . .

Ooooooooooooo, scary. Well I hope you like this chapter. And remember to read the prequel too. And REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!