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Mokuba: ;;;; On with chapter 15!

"Kaiba... Come on." Seto looked up at Koujo. They had brought Saya back to the Manor and now had her resting in her bed. She looked dead. Seto and Mokuba feared she was, but neither wished to voice this fear.

"Where are we going?" he asked, eyes narrowed.

"We have to find Saya," she replied. There was silence. Yugi, not sure why he had come alone, let alone allowed inside the manor, cleared his throat.

"Yami… Yami's not answering me." Seto's eyes cut through him like daggers.

"I'll make him answer!" Yugi's eyes widened.

"No!" he cried. "No, that's not what I mean! He's not there… he left…" Koujo shook her head.

"We can't waste time on him right now anyway." Her eyes narrowed. "We have to find her."

Meanwhile, in the Shadow Realm, Saya was scared out of her mind. She didn't know where she was or why she was there… she just knew that she wasn't going to let Yami hurt Seto.

"Sonkei?!" she cried, hopelessly, tears rolling down her cheeks. "SONKEI!!" She felt sick. Seconds later, she collapsed. "Sonkei… help me…"

Yami found himself wandering the Shadow Realm with Kuriboh, pretty much the only person… thing… being he could really talk to. Isis had told him that Kuriboh was his Ka, sort of his soul's deck master. That must have been why it was so easy to tell the small monster the story of how he royally fucked up.

"So," he said, walking with Kuriboh at his side. "Now I can't even go back to my damned soul room without someone either killing me or… well, no one's going to talk to me after that mess… not that many people did anyway…"

"Kuriee!" Kuriboh cried happily, making it known that he would still talk to Yami. The Pharaoh couldn't help but smile.

"Yeah, I know." He let out a sigh and looked down at the Puzzle. To his surprise, it was glowing. "What is this…" He groaned. "Probably Yugi seeing where I am… no, not Aibou…" He looked around the Shadow Realm "Who else is… oh shit." He darted forward as fast as his legs could carry him. A second later, he heard the voice.

"Sonkei... Sonkei..." Yami found Saya lying on the ground, whimpering.

"Oh Ra," he thought. "What have I done?" He moved closer to her, about to pick her up, when a dark shadow fell over him. He looked up- Exodia was standing over him, in front of Saya… guarding her?

"Please," he said. "She's hurt- let me take her to the Castle of Light." Exodia shook his head.

"You sent her here," he said, his voice booming through the Shadow Realm. "If she goes anywhere, it shall be HER castle." He gently picked Saya up and cradled her in his hand. "Forgiving Maiden shall look after her... maybe she'll spare some forgiveness for you." With that, he walked away. Yami stared after him.

"Damn it!" he yelled. "I know I screwed up and if I could do it again, I'd kill myself fi..." He turned around- Koujo and Seto were standing behind him.

"You," said Seto. "YOU are fucking DEAD!" Koujo stayed right out of it. Considering she wanted to kill him too, she figured it was a good idea. Yami looked down at the ground.

"Exodia took Saya to her castle." Koujo gave a single nod.

"This way Kaiba," she said, starting to walk away. Seto never moved. "Never mind, I'll let you two kill each other. Call me when funeral arrangements are needed." Yami looked at Seto, not sure what was going to happen.

"If you're going to hit me," he said. "Go ahead and do it. I won't stop you or hit back. I fully deserve it." Seto glared at him

"You found her first." Yami just stared at him, not sure if that was a question or a statement. Seto turned away. "Come on." Yami blinked.

"What?" Seto turned back around, his eyes narrowed.

"You have all the God cards," he said. "This is the Shadow Realm. You're an asset." He walked away, catching up with Koujo. "Nothing more." Puzzled by this, Yami rushed to catch up with them

"You aren't going to kill me?" he asked, amazed. "But I just… I should be..."

"If you want to die that badly," Koujo told him "I'll kill you later." Yami just stared at her, but Seto started to laugh.

"That's why I'm not killing you. I want to see the show."

Koujo lead the two gamers deep into the Shadow Realm, far from Yami's castle. The idea of there being other castles in the Shadow Realm was new to Yami. Sorcerer had never said anything about them… then again, they didn't talk much.

"Here we are," he heard Koujo say. "The Castle of Hope." Seto and Yami looked at the magnificent white castle in front of them, in awe. Flags flew from the tops of each tower, each depicting a different dragon: Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Black Skull Dragon, Curse of Dragon and Gaia, the Dragon Champion. Koujo pushed open the doors and was greeted by a light brown Kuriboh. "Hello Jasutisu."

"Kuriee!" the Kuriboh replied. "Kuriee, kuriee, kuriee!" Koujo nodded.

"All right- thank you." She turned to Yami and Seto. "Jasutisu says that she's in her room, asleep... Oh, Kaiba- Forgiving Maiden healed her arm. It's no longer broken." Seto nodded.

"Good."

"Where is her room?" Yami asked, wanting to apologize to the young girl. Koujo pointed to a flight of stairs, then turned and walked away. Yami's first instinct was to follow her. He didn't know why, but he felt he should… he didn't. He went up the stairs to Saya's room, Seto close behind.

Forgiving Maiden looked up when Yami and Seto came in.

"Oh!" she said. "You must be Master Kaiba." Seto nodded and she looked over at Yami. "And you're the one everybody's pissed off at. Do you do this normally, or is Mind Crushing children a new thing?" Yami wasn't quite sure how to respond to that, bringing a smile from the monster. "Don't worry- I'm the Forgiving Maiden, remember?" Yami smiled back, the looked down at Saya. The child's cast was no longer on her arm and she was sleeping peacefully, a smile on her face. "You must be losing your edge, Pharaoh," Forgiving Maiden continued. "A mind crush like the one you gave Saya is easily reversed. Princess Koujo could do it easily…" Suddenly, loud noises came from down below them- sounds of a struggle, sounds of metal clashing. Forgiving Maiden let out a sigh. "Providing she doesn't kill herself first." Yami looked at her, eyes wide.

"What are you talking about?" he cried. "Why would she…" Forgiving Maiden let out a sigh, then looked at Seto.

"Master Kaiba, you may want to call the priest restore Miss Saya…" Her gaze shifted to Yami. "Come with me, Pharaoh- I will tell you."

As they left the room, Sorcerer Seto appeared, taking in his surroundings. The room looked much like the one Saya had at the Manor. All that was missing was Seto-ryu and Moku-bear. Seto was sitting in the rocking chair next to her bed, watching her. He had one hand resting on top of his clenched fist.

"How long was she out side of the castle?" Sorcerer asked him. Seto shook his head, closing his eyes.

"I don't know," he replied. "Yami said he found her… Exodia brought her here…" Seto squeezed his closed fist, cracking his knuckles. "You can help her… right?" He didn't receive an answer. "Sorcerer?"

"Sonkei?" Seto's eyes shot open. He was in Saya's room at the Manor. Mokuba was sitting next to him. Saya was looking up at him. "Sonkei?" she said again. "Are you all right?" Seto nodded.

"What about you?" asked Mokuba. Saya nodded happily, then looked at her arm.

"Hey!" she cried. "My cast is gone!" She wiggled her fingers. "Cool!" Seto looked over at Sorcerer.

"Thank you."