Mou Hitori no Boku: True Darkness

"Come, now. We have all seven Items..." Yami said. Yugi picked up the Necklace. "We must make our journey to the Seventh Realm." Yami looked to Ryou, who handed him the Millennium Ring from around his neck.

~oOOo~

Yugi placed the Items in a circle on the table in front of them, with the Puzzle in the centre. They emitted a faint golden glow, as Yami checked they had everything needed.

"Decks?"

"Hai."

"Bag with food?"

"Hai, and plenty of it."

"Duel Disks?"

"Hai."

"Iie!"

Everyone looked at Ryou. He blushed. "Well, in Battle City, Bakura borrowed one of Malik's. After the tournament, he gave it back." he explained. Seto rolled his eyes. "Just as well I carry a spare, ne?" He bent down to his briefcase (which he seems to take everywhere) pulled out a Duel Disk, and gave it to Ryou. Smiling, Ryou fitted it onto his arm, with a grateful look. Yami looked to the Items.

"Get ready, this will be a rough ride. Stand around the table." The other three immediately did as they were told, even Seto.

Yami closed his eyes, remembering something.

"Petur joser nemett bah Peraa Panseru ny Panseru, Set, Ryu, Yugi. Di pehety ii det meju Ah. Gem Bakura, Malik, gem Heka ny Meju Ah. In!" he chanted twice, the Items glowing brighter each time. Finally, the Necklace, Scale, Key and Eye disappeared in a bright flash. The Puzzle flew to Yugi's hand, the Ring to Ryou and the Rod to Seto. The CEO looked at the golden Item in his hand in disbelief, before they were obscured from view by another flash.

~oOOo~

Yugi slowly opened his eyes. He was staring up at a dark blue sky. Shaking his head, he sat up, and looked around. The four of them were in a wide field, completely alone except for each other. The others woke up quite quickly. "So, where are we then, Panseru?" Seto asked, laughing. Yugi and Ryou looked for whoever he was calling 'Panseru' then realised it was Yami.

Yami stood up, folding his arms. "I prefer Yami, thank you very much. How did you know anyway?" he said. Seto got up, and looked at him. "You remember I could read the text on the Winged Dragon of Ra card? Well, I understood everything you just said, but you didn't say 'Yami' when you said all our names, you said 'Panseru'." Yami shook his head. "Stupid priests..." he murmured, looking around. "Now, this is the Scale's Realm, Gluttony and Justice." He sighed, looking at the sky. "And this is the darker part of the realm. The evil side will try and tempt you; don't give in!" Yami led them in what seemed to be a random direction, but they soon saw a mountain before them.

"We have to go up there?" Yugi gulped. Yami looked at him kindly. "Don't worry, the mountain isn't dangerous. What's on it is." he said, leading the group towards the base of the mountain.

//Do you know what gluttony is, little one?//

/Hai, Yami, it's like greed, ne?/

//Then you know what you have to resist.//

AN: Yam speaks in Ancient Egyptian. It's not brilliant, but it took me ages to find it out. It means 'See sacred journey, in the presence of Pharaoh Panseru (Yami), of Panseru, Seto, Ryou, Yugi. Given strength, come to the Eternal Ten Palaces. To find Bakura, Malik, to find the Ruler of Ten Palaces.'

The 'Ten Palaces' are the Ten Realms. The True Realm (reality), the Shadow Realm, the Seven Realms and the Mind Plain, where the Soul Rooms are. I made all this stuff up.

Oh, and since no-one knows Yami's real name, I'm using 'Panseru'. If you read Skyla Doragono's Yu-Gi-Oh!/Harry Potter fics, that's where I got it from. And I highly recommend reading them!