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Chapter 8: Forgetting what was Unforgettable.
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Both Pegasus and Suguroku were horrified as the news bulletin flashed across the screen.
"Three teenagers were injured in a freak accident late yesterday afternoon when the floor they were standing on crumbled and fell into the room below. So far injuries appear to be minor, however only business tycoon Seto Kaiba has awakened. And now word of the dig it's self…"
Both men turned off their TV'S and just stared at the screen in shock.
Pegasus suddenly lifted the phone.
Suguroku glanced up at the phone as it rang and sighed knowing exactly who was on the other end.
'Why did it have to be Pegasus?'
He answered the phone expecting another bet.
So far Pegasus had lost three of his rarest cards to him.
It was like the man wasn't even trying.
However the voice on the other end sounded scared.
"Do you think we should go out there?"
Suguroku stared at the phone in shock for a moment.
"Well I was planning to because Yugi is in the hospital but I don't see a reason for you to come too."
Pegasus calmed slightly and explained.
"I need those two boys, and I need them alive. I need to make sure they're being looked after properly."
Suguroku took on a strange look.
"What do you mean by that? What do you want with Kaiba and Yugi?"
Pegasus sighed deeply.
"It's not them. I need Seth and Atemu. There is something going on here that's bigger than I thought it was."
Suguroku was getting tired of run around answers.
"What are you talking about?"
Pegasus closed his eyes.
"That was no accident…I'll explain when I pick you up at noon."
They hung up and Suguroku stood there for a few moments, thinking about what he had just heard.
'Seth and Atemu? No it was no accident was it?'
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Anzu opened her eyes and glanced around her surroundings.
Seto sat in a chair by her side and she smiled at the sight.
Mokuba had refused to leave his side when he finally woke again later that afternoon and was now sound asleep in his lap.
Seto looked up sharply from his gaze on his brother and smiled.
He spoke quietly so as not to wake Mokuba and reached out, stroking her hand with gentle fingers.
"I'm glad you're awake…do you remember anything?"
She nodded silently.
"Now I understand. That tomb was supposed to be yours wasn't it Seth? And to all of Egypt it was…except to you because it was Atemu in your body."
Seto smiled sadly and gripped her hand as he closed his eyes.
"It a strange feeling isn't it? To remember two lives simultaneously? I remembered my anger towards Atemu and our rivalry continues to this day, in this body…but Anzu, you can stop us from fighting. You can ease my pain. Just say you'll be mine and everything will be okay."
The man she saw before her was neither entirely Seth, nor entirely was he Seto but she had remembered what she had chosen and smiled brightly at him.
"Seto, I love you still. I love you both."
He closed his eyes with a contented sigh and released her hand.
"Than it was worth risking eternity to make you happy so long ago."
She closed her eyes as well.
"But you're prophecy was true you know. It's been more than a thousand years and without ever remembering my past with you I did choose you over Atemu this time."
Seto's eyes widened.
"He told you what I said?!"
She nodded.
"Of course he told me Seto, how could he not?"
Seto sighed deeply.
"I guess you're right. I'd have probably done the same. It's interesting how history comes full circle and the events of the past happen again. It was than; fate that allowed me to save you in battle city and the great instinct to protect you then was the suppressed memory of saving you from the chariot."
They both looked up upon hearing a third voice enter the conversation.
" So you still choose him? Am I to assume that I have lost you forever?"
Anzu looked dead into Yami's eyes and shook her head.
"Not forever Yami. In this lifetime I love you both so very much, but deep down I had a feeling that there was a reason why I chose Seto. Now I see that there are two."
Yami looked confused.
"What do you mean Anzu?"
She gazed up at him for a moment.
"The first reason being that it was only because my father died that I stayed with you. I also knew that for my kingdom you were best, even though I did fall in love with you. But the most important reason besides the past…the reason I began to lean toward Seto is…in this time you have always been my friend, first and foremost and…"
Yami stopped her.
"Yugi explained this to me a while ago. You're afraid that if things don't work out we can't go back to just being friends and I guess I understand that."
A nurse suddenly walked in when she heard the voices.
"So the three hero's are up? Two of you have some very worried friends waiting for you."
Seto closed his eyes and kissed the top of Mokuba's head.
"I'll go ahead and check out so we can get back to the hotel. I think I owe him some time alone."
The woman smiled softly.
"I'll have the doctor right up."
He nodded silently and sighed contentedly as Mokuba stirred in his arms.
Anzu and Yami couldn't help but smile.
"You really do love him don't you?"
He never took his eyes from the boy.
"More than words could say. It feels like I've been away from him for years for some reason, even though it was only a few days ago that I called him. But how did he get here?"
All three jumped as Mokuba opened one eye and spoke.
"We own helicopters and airplanes Seto, I just had one of the pilots fly me and then I took a taxi."
Seto gave him an incredulous look suddenly.
"And just how long have you been awake?"
Mokuba grinned sheepishly.
"Since you started talking to Anzu. Way to be romantic big bro!"
Seto turned beat red and laughed nervously.
"You cut that out!"
Mokuba giggled and pointed out Seto's blush just as Jonouchi, Honda, and Duke entered which caused him to blush more.
"If you weren't eleven I'd be angry with you right now. Come on, let's go get checked out."
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Suguroku quietly approached the seat on the private jet next to the man who had haunted his every thought for more than a month, and sat equally as quiet.
When at last words were spoken, Pegasus seemed very distressed.
"Now do you care to tell me what is going on?"
Pegasus gave him a look before watching the land disappear beneath them.
"I saw it, I saw the 'accident'. It wasn't just any accident, it was created by a demon."
Suguroku narrowed his eyes in half disbelief, half confusion.
"What are you talking about?"
Pegasus reached into his right breast pocket and pulled out a very old ankh pendant.
He continued to stare out the window, rubbing the face of the silver object with his thumb.
"It was a shadow demon. In Egyptian mythology they were creatures sent by Anubis to kill reincarnates who remembered their previous life. They not only remember their Egyptian lives, but they also survived the sensation of death. It failed to kill them the first time and now it will try again. If we don't get to them before they return to the dig site they'll be lost forever!"
Suguroku glared at the man beside him as a realization dawned on him.
"You sent them there to make them remember their pasts! You deliberately put Yugi and his friends in danger! Why?"
Pegasus took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
"No it was not deliberate. I hadn't realized this turn of events. I would never purposely put Yugi in harms way..."
He paused for a moment with a smirk.
"Kaiba maybe, but not Yugi."
Suguroku looked down with a heavy sigh.
"What than was your reason for all of this? Just to make them remember?"
He shook his head.
"I actually had no intention of dragging Yugi into this. The last time Kaiba dueled me and once again snapped at me that he didn't believe in past lives and magic spells, I made him a bet."
Suguroku looked back up.
"What kind of bet?"
Pegasus looked up at him with fear in his eyes.
"If he went on that dig and came back the same person I would give him forty-seven present of Industrial Illusions. However if he remembered his past he would give me forty-seven present of Kaiba Corp...Now I just pray we make it in time to stop them."
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