Authoress: Hi all! Sorry for the not so quick update. I keep putting it off I've been real sick lately and it sucks cause I've been missing a lot of school meaning a lot of make up work. I love you all for your reviews and kindness! Its mega appreciated! And just one more thing, Marik is Yami Malik okay? Now without further rambling, here's chapter 4!

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THE LINE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH

CH.5 GETTING THE ISHTAR'S HELP

Yugi got out a random phonebook stuffed into a wooden desk near the window of the hotel room. He was lucky his grandpa was able to teach him the Egyptian language or this would be a lot harder. Yugi skimmed through till he found what he was looking for. Isis Ishtar, Yugi smiled as he dialed the number from the hotel room hoping someone was there. Luckily someone picked up and Yugi breathed a sign of relief. "Hello?" Malik answered. Yugi didn't really know what to say, how he should start the conversation. "Hello?" Malik repeated annoyance was plain in his voice. "Hey Malik." Malik looked at the phone a little shocked, "Yugi? Is that you?" Malik couldn't think of a reason why Yugi would call him. "Yeah it's me, wasn't really expecting me to call did you?"

"Not anytime soon." He responded. "Um this may be weird but can I come over? I need to talk to your sister." Malik got some more shock but then got a little suspicious. "Why do you want to talk to her?" Yugi saw what he was applying, "Malik it's not like that but it is important." Malik gave up, "Okay," he gave him their address.

BACK IN JAPAN

"I can't believe Yugi just gone and left us." Tristan exclaimed looking at the letter Yugi left on the refrigerator. Yugi's grandpa called his friends for some explanation, he was sure they'd know. "So you guys don't have a clue to where he went?" Joey shook his head, "No he didn't tell any of us that he was even going to go." Tea remained quiet, lost in her thoughts she had a good idea of where he went. She remembered the visit with Bakura and him telling him to go to Egypt for answers. "He's in Egypt!" She said thinking out loud without meaning to. The three guys turned to stare at her, "What the heck are you talking about Tea?" Joey asked confused. "Yugi went to Egypt to see Isis I'm sure of it!"

"It makes sense but why didn't he want us to come?" Tristan asked. Tea wasn't sure Yugi's never excluded his friends before. "Should we go after him?" Joey shook his head again, "It sounds like Yugi wants to do this on his own and if that's the case then we should respect what he wants." Tea looked at him with worry lacing through her eyes. She sighed giving up and sat down.

'Please be okay Yugi.'

BACK IN EGYPT

Yugi was walking slowly down the streets of Egypt making sure not to miss a single house. Egypt was pretty crowded, as Yugi went through the main part of the city there were lots of venders lining the street selling fruits, and merchandise. Finely he came to the address and walked up the drive up to the big wooden house. He gathered his courage and knocked on the door. A few moments later he heard footsteps and the door opened. Yugi looked up at a man with yellowish eyes, the top of his hair was bald and what hair he had was tied into a pony tail, sure enough it was Odion. "Yugi, Is that you? Master Malik said you'd be here but I didn't think he was serious." Yugi nodded and walked inside whenever Odion gestured with his arm for him to.

Yugi walked in and saw how nice their house was. He walked in through a large hall and walked in till Odion turned and they were in the living room. Malik and Isis were sitting on the couch talking and stopped when Odion cleared his throat. Yugi couldn't help but feel embarrassed; here he was showing up without a explanation besides its important. Isis gave him a warm smile and gestured for him to sit next to her, he did and Odion sat in another chair in the room. "My brother tells me that you have something you want to talk to me about, right?" Yugi didn't know how to begin or what to say, how was he going to get Isis to help him?

"Well..." He began, "I need your help." Isis shifted some of the long black hair out of her eyes as she waited for him to continue. "Can I be hypothetical for a minute?" Isis looked at him confused but told him to continue any way. "Well how do you feel about Yami coming back?" Isis looked at him suspiciously, "You mean Atem? I don't think that's a good idea. Al though something tells me that wasn't hypothetical." Yugi looked down he wasn't shocked about her answer. "No it wasn't... Please Isis help me." Isis grew a little angry about it, after all they went through to put him to rest, just to bring him back?

"What about everything we went through to put him to rest? Just to bring him back again?" Malik pointed out causing a stare from Isis. Noticing her weird glance she was giving him he became confused. "What?" He asked Isis shook her head, "Nothing." She swore sometimes it seemed they shared a brain. "I know but I really want him back. I feel guilty for the duel and I... well I miss him."

"Regardless if you miss him Yugi, we can't just bring him back; Atem is where he belongs now." Yugi sighed; he knew Isis wouldn't be so easily persuaded. Odion remained quiet as he normally did, he was more observant then the others and he saw a feeling in Yugi stronger then just missing the pharaoh. "Come on Isis there has to be something you can do anything!" Yugi was on the point of begging he couldn't go on without Yami anymore he had to get him back. Isis and Malik saw it as pointless; Odion however thought it would be best if they helped him. "Miss Isis, I think it would be better to help him." Isis looked at him in disbelief, "Odion..." was all she could get out.

Yugi looked at him in the same manner; he'd figured he would've agreed with his sister and brother. "Why do you think that?" Malik asked no knowing what his brother was thinking. "I just think it's the right thing to do but maybe I'm wrong." Isis sighed, "Even if I did think it was good idea, how on earth could I bring back the pharaoh? I don't have the millennium necklace. Thus I don't have any powers." Isis didn't want to do it at all, but the way Odion said that, it just seemed like she should listen to him. He was after all her older brother, even though he treated her like she was the older one.

"I just know you have more knowledge of magical powers." Yugi informed her. "I do, but nothing to bring someone back from the dead." Isis pointed out. Malik kept quiet for a while but he had an idea all along. Something he knew Yugi would like but then again might not. A few minutes of silence he decided to speak up. "I do know something, but I don't know if you would want to try it." Yugi's violet eyes met his, "Really? I'll try anything, just tell me!" Isis and Odion looked at Malik surprised, "What do you know Malik?" Isis asked. "Well back during Battle City I did pick up an ancient Egyptian spell for time travel. I actually got something useful from Marik."

"You never said anything to us." Isis said shocked that her brother had knowledge to something like that. Malik gave her a sheepish grin. "Um guess I should've said something..." Yugi was ecstatic, "You can send me to Yami's time?" Malik nodded, "But I'm not really sure how well it will work."

"I don't care how well it will work, I'll try anything! Just one question though how am I supposed to come back to this time?" Yugi knew he wouldn't want to stay in the ancient times, just wanted to stay long enough to bring Yami back. "Whenever you're ready to leave you need to chant the words, Egypt 2004. It should bring you back here." Yugi couldn't believe how lucky he was. "What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Malik nodded and told him to lie on the couch, also warning Isis and Odion to stay at a distance.

Isis and Odion went to a far corner of the room and Yugi lay across the couch closing his eyes as instructed. Soon Malik folded his hands as if he were praying and began chanting in Ancient Egyptian. Soon a flow of yellow light began sprouting out of Yugi's body. He began to lift of the couch as cold winds began to sway throughout the room. Yugi felt himself separating from this time period, soon he saw flashing colors of pink and black swirled everywhere and before he knew it, he blacked out.

When everything settled Isis and Odion looked on in amazement, Yugi wasn't there. Isis ran up to Malik, "Did you send him to Ancient Egypt?!" Malik nodded; a little glad it worked, but a little worried of what might happen to Yugi there. "Do you think he will survive?" She asked him and Malik sighed. "I don't know." The three siblings looked at the empty spot of where Yugi once was, all three praying that he won't get into trouble.

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Authoress: Well I hope you guys thought that Malik taking him to ancient times was a neat idea; I was having my own doubts... Anyways, sorry about the whole chanting the words thing, Egypt 2004 isn't really magical or creative but I had no idea what to put there. Good news for some, Yami will be in the next chapter!! And Yugi/Yami fluffiness will be coming soon! Yay! Please review!