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Chapter 3: Ally?
We continued running towards the castle, and I had this one thought was stuck on my mind. Who were we hiding from? As we arrived at the castle, Ash opened the huge wooden doors and went in. We followed as well, and Lina shut the doors as she came in last. I could feel my heart beating fast, but why do I get the feeling that we are being watched?
"Soon the Millennium Puzzle will be mine." the cold, strict voice replied. The being was wearing black robes and held a black staff as well. His blue eyes caught another figure in the chamber.
"Master," the figure spoke. This was no person, but a rather large black dog whose amber eyes watched the shadowed being.
"What is it, Fenrir?" the being said to the creature.
"Do you want me to dispose of these humans?" the creature called Fenrir asked.
"No," the being answered. "I'll take care of them myself." The being blended with the shadows, and disappeared before the dog's eyes.
"I do hope you know what you're doing, Pluto." Fenrir left the chamber in a sad manner.
Meanwhile, my friends and I were waiting for Lina and Ash to tell us what was going on. We walked down the huge corridors of the castle and past by many doors and hallways. The place was structured like a medieval setting and Lina suddenly paused. We stopped at two enormous doors that ended at the corridor we were walking in. Two medium-sized torches lit up as Lina and Ash made their way across the room. They both pushed the doors as hard as they could, and eventually succeeded in their task.
"You guys coming?" Lina asked and went inside.
"Where will this lead us?" I replied with a look of concern.
"All will be explained if you don't follow us." Ash said harshly and he went in as well. The others followed them, but I had a sense of doubt of what Lina and Ash said.
Atem, do you think we can trust them?
They don't seem to be doing anything crafty to me.
I guess you're right, and we have to wait and see.
I closed my mind link with Atem and went in. The doors were shut quickly as I came in. Could this be a trap? No, it can't be, but the threat is still not over with us. Ash and Lina stopped at a platform that seemed to have an unwelcomed guest at the top.
"You know, I wasn't expecting to see you all here." The person spoke. His cold, blue eyes glared at us with anger. The lit torches in the chamber revealed his features. He wore a black shirt and blue jeans. He even had on black wristbands. On his left eye was a scar and a sword was hidden beneath his sheath.
"I didn't think you would be here, Zack." Lina replied with a tone of disappointment. "What brings you to Yukai's castle?"
"Just investigating." he answered. "Well, Ash, I didn't expect to see you here, and where are your friends and that yellow rodent?"
"They're back home and my Pikachu is in the care of my mother, unlike you." Ash snarled.
"Excuse me, but who the hell are you?" Joey interrupted.
"I'm Zack Ling, a dark and ghost type trainer and I'm not much of duelist, if I may say." Zack explained.
"Um, Zack, we're not in the Pokemon World, for your information." Lina said. "Oh, and don't think I haven't realized what you are doing here. Remember, I'm psychic." Her bluish-silver eyes gleamed straight at Zack.
"So, you were mind-reading me the whole time," Zack exclaimed with anger in his voice.
"Why? You want to make something out of it?"
The two were about to argue when Ash ended their feud. He didn't look too happy, and he walked up to the platform to face Zack. "Zack, do you mind if we talk about the Guardians to these humans?" he asked.
"Whatever." Zack answered and he sat down on the cold floor of the platform.
"You know, these torches really make this chamber too dark. I think we need more light!" Lina exclaimed happily.
"And how do you suppose to do that?" Kaiba spoke.
"With my staff, of course!" Lina produced a long, silver staff and the sphere on top of it began to glow. The crescent-shaped blade expanded the light even more.
Everyone marveled at the beautiful scenery of the entire chamber. A huge, serpentine dragon statue sat proudly atop of the platform and the ceiling was painted as the night sky. The stain glass in the chamber depicted many images of elegant dragons.
"Can I begin where we left off, Lina?" Ash asked. Lina nodded to him, but Zack wasn't at all pleased about the two. He seemed to mutter something under his breath, and then stared at Ash.
Don't mind him, Yugi
I nearly jumped when I noticed Lina was talking to me telepathically.
Sorry if I startled you
That's alright. I know that you didn't want Zack to hear you
Well, listen carefully to what Ash has to say, and remember, Rage is not the key to victory.
Lina returned back to listen to Ash. Her words confused me and the word 'rage', why was she mentioning it anyway. I then turned my attention to Ash's conversation.
"Pluto is the worst Guardian that you don't want to face," Ash began. "He is often referred as the Guardian of Night, or the Guardian of Darkness."
"Is he really that feared?" Tea asked. Ash was silent.
"Pluto is what almost plagued this world into darkness." Lina replied.
"Do you believe Pluto was the one who trapped us here?" I said.
"I think I know why." Zack gasped. Everyone faced their direction towards him. Zack stood up and walked until he faced me. His eyes were kept on the Millennium Puzzle. "Pluto wants your puzzle."he concluded.
"No, he can't have!" I protested.
"This must be the threat you were talking about!" Tea nearly screamed at Lina.
"But Lina said that there were two people who wanted it. Where is the other person?" Joey turned his direction to Lina.
"What confuses me the most is why did Pluto bring Seto here as well?" Lina pondered.
"Maybe he wants to destroy the High Priest, so no one will be able to stop him when he takes the puzzle." Ash deducted.
"Well, that seems reasonable." Tristan replied.
Lina stared at Zack, as did Ash. They seem to be hiding something, but what could it be? I watched on as my friends debated on the possibilities of what Pluto would want to use the puzzle for.
"This is surely not getting us anywhere." Mokuba said to his brother. He noticed Kaiba wasn't listening. Kaiba must have been wondering the same thing.
He walked towards Zack. Zack gave a strict expression to him, and I knew trouble was about start. "How did you get here before we did?" Kaiba asked him.
Zack smiled evilly. "Why I was here investigating the inner chambers of this castle."
"Listen, if anything happens to my little brother, I'll deal with you myself." Kaiba warned. He grabbed Zack by the throat and the others began to notice. Zack wasn't intimidated at all.
"You're a pathetic fool, did you know that?" Zack stated as he forced away Kaiba's grip and pushed him aside.
Kaiba stood up and glared at Zack with his cold cobalt eyes. "This is not over, and I'll have my eye on you!"
"Oh, I'm quaking in fear!" Zack said sarcastically.
"Could things get any worse?" I said, and I knew I would regret saying this as the room shook.
"EVERYONE HOLD ON!" Lina yelled out.