For reference:
Magician of Black Chaos: Kuroi
Dark Magician: Mahaado
Magician of Faith: Ninriki


Labyrinth of Nightmare - The Crystal Lair
"Where the hell are we?"

Yami looked around; somehow they had gotten from the outside corridor to an underground cave. The cave was very dark, lit by a few candles that were...floating?

"Ah, welcome! Let me guess, you've misplaced your crystals?"

"Erm, yeah. Could we have some more? Please?"

"Of course!"

Out of the shadows a Duel Monster appeared. It was the Magician of Faith, Anzu's favourite duel monster.

"My name is Ninriki, I will assign you with new crystals, try not to lose these ones, ne?"

She walked over to the group and held up her staff, the star that was suspended inside of the golden crescent moon began to glow and spin.

Ninriki closed her eyes as if in deep thought and began humming.

"I am finished, please hold out your hands."

The three males held out their hands and Kuribo held out it's paw. A blue light radiated from their palms, and as soon as it died down they were left with a stone, each had a different one.

Yami looked down and saw a deep red garnet.

Kuroi was holding a jade.

Mahaado held a blood stone.

And Kuribo was clutching a topaz in both paws.

Each stone had a string attached to it, and so they put them around their necks, well Kuribo somehow managed to just tie it around where its neck would have been.

Ninriki smiled and lowered her staff.

"Now that you have your crystals you can leave!"

"Erm..."

The four looked between one another.

"Do we get manuals with these things?"

"You are the one named Yami, correct? You are not a Duel Monster, are you? You are a lot like the little one that my master brought in."

"Wait, if you know my name...you must know that I was pharaoh?"

Ninriki smiled.

"Your friend Anzu has me in her deck, and you share a strong bond with her. You also used me in your duel against the spirit of the ring. In my eyes we are not enemies."

"Well that's good! Do you think you could show us how to work these things?"

"Simply hold it up in the air and picture in your mind what you want to happen, then say where you want to go."

"But we don't know."

"Here, this is a map; it will help guide you through the labyrinth. But it does not tell of where the traps are...please be careful."

Yami nodded as the parchment was snatched by Kuroi.

"Hey, don't snatch from Master Yami!"

"I didn't 'snatch' I grabbed! There's a difference!"

Yami sighed, Ninriki and Kuribo sweat dropped.

"Thank you, Ninriki."

The Magician of Faith nodded and stepped back into the shadows. Turning back to the arguing monsters, Yami sighed again and took his crystal out.

Glancing at the map, which had been dropped and forgotten by the magicians, he held up the crystal and visualised the outside corridor they had been in before.

The magicians stopped yelling as the room began to spin again, and they were back outside the labyrinth.

"Well, now that we have our crystals it should be easy to get through the wall."

The others nodded and held up their crystals, preparing to enter the labyrinth...
To Be Continued

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-Latest revision: 24th July 2004

-Dagger