Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or its characters. I do own my OC, Akunriou / Tory and Kishtoh / Lucca, plus the storyline.

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MidnightBallad: I must have died and gone to heaven, because I got six reviews overnight! Thanks so much, everyone! Now I'll consider making the story longer. It was only going to be about four chapters more, but you know...I like the idea of the Millennium Item duplicates.

And yes, Auroran-Wings, Lucca is the present-day form of Kishtoh. And I'm sorry about the cliff-hangers, T-Bone, really!

Present: The Scripture's Verse

Yugi and Joey had been waiting in the hospital ward for over an hour. In the end, the doctors had admitted that they didn't know what was wrong with Tory, and said that she just needed rest.

Tory was fast asleep, breathing softly, and didn't move. Lying on a small bedside table was the Egyptian stone she wore around her neck, the Duel Monsters card – facedown – that she always wore around her neck, and her sunglasses. Joey was grinding his teeth, itching to reach out and snatch up the card.

Yugi had switched forms with Yami, and now the older duellist stood above Tory, watching her without saying anything. Every so often, he'd check her heart rate on the computer, but it was always stable. It was as if Tory was just sleeping, and never wanted to wake up.

'That's it!' Joey cried, leaping forward and grabbing Tory's card. 'I'm going to see what this is!'

Yami did not reply; just looked at Joey, and then back to Tory. Rolling his eyes, Joey turned over the card. He frowned. 'Yo, Yugi: check this out.'

'What is it?'

Joey held out the card for Yami to see. 'Look familiar?'

Yami stared. In Joey's hand was the Winged Dragon of Ra – or was it? In fact, the dragon looked much more like a winged griffin: part eagle, part lion. The griffin's fur was tattooed with Egyptian hieroglyphs, and just like the card of the Winged Dragon, it looked as though this monster had an ancient verse – a very long verse – on it, also:

Times ago an evil was awoken,

And in the heart lies were spoken,

Death came upon without their light,

The demons were born with the power to fight.

Now a new verse must be told,

Legends appear,

Both new and old,

Two cards there are with incredible magic,

But will the results of their gathering be tragic?

Thunder, lightening, rain and air,

One must learn to care,

Whilst another walks her dreams,

Until love is able to be seen.

So when the powers strike together,

The faith of the world will be tested forever,

Running together two hears soar,

On courage that has never been seen before,

Dragon of Ra!

Griffin of Horus!

Come down and listen for us,

For when we for you,

Save us all and grant grant of us what is true.

Yami frowned again. He knew this verse from Tory's memories. It was written on the walls of the underground chambers of the palace, along with another verse that spoke of Akunriou. And now that he was in the present, he could make sense of this verse much better.

'I need this,' Yami said, taking the card – the Griffin of Horus – from Joey. 'When Tory awakes, tell her I've gone home. She can come round when she's better.'

He bent down over Tory and said quietly, 'I'll bring back your card, Tory. Until then...' Yami squeezed her cold hand and left the ward at a run.

- -

Yugi leant back in his computer chair back at home (Lucca must have left long ago), with a piece of paper in his hands. He was quite happy with what he'd done: copied the verse from the Griffin of Horus, and then written a small summary for each line or group of lines. Hopefully, this would allow him to decipher the script easier. His piece of paper said this:

Times ago an evil was awoken – The power from the Shadow Realm.

Death came upon without their light; the demons were born with the power to fight – Duel Monsters, obviously protecting Egypt somehow.

Legends appear, both new and old – Tory's memories.

Two cards there are with incredible magic, but will the results of their gathering be tragic – The Winged Dragon of Ra and the Griffin of Horus.

One must learn to care, whilst another walks her dreams, until love is able to be seen – Yami and Tory.

The remainder of the verse told what was going to happen once the two cards were summoned together. Yugi contemplated this in his mind (A/N: Pay VERY close attention to this!): the twin Millennium Items - the Essence Rod and others - were the 'dark forces' that appeared in Egypt three thousand years ago, that only Akunriou could stop. For some reason, Akunriou hadn't stopped them, seeing as the Essence Rod, and possibly other 'Essence Items', existed today. So, the Essence Items had lived on, and now only the summoning of the Winged Dragon of Ra and Tory's card, the Griffin of Hours, could get rid of them.

Basically, Tory and Yami needed to use the cards before the Essence Rod had a real effect on anyone or anything. But the problem was, what would the cards do once they were together?

Clearing that out of his mind, Yugi thought about why Akunriou hadn't been able to stop the dark forces. He thought for a long time, but could not think of a good instance why she hadn't done her duty.

'Man, this is confusing...' Yugi sighed, kneading his temples. 'I think I need some rest.'

He hesitated. I'm sure Tory will be okay, he said to Yami. Besides, Joey'll call of anything bad happens.

Yami sighed. I hope you're right.

- -

Yugi awoke on Friday morning with the words of the ancient verse still running over in his head. His sheet of paper with his conclusion on it still lay on his desk, not even moving despite the strong breeze flowing through the room.

Yugi suddenly heard voices from downstairs. His grandfather and someone else talking. He knew the voice from somewhere, but he was still half-asleep, and couldn't think straight.

After a minute or two, Yugi got out of bed and went downstairs, still pulling on his jacket. Once he arrived downstairs, he was greeted by his grandfather, and a hard-faced Seto Kaiba.

'Kaiba?' Yugi said, surprised. 'What're you doing in our shop?'

Seto glanced around. '... You call this a shop?' he shrugged. 'Anyway, I thought you'd like to know that Tory's not doing well.'

Yugi bit his lip. 'What?'

'She woke up in the night, screaming. The nurse rushed in, and Tory gave her that Egyptian necklace of hers, before she dropped back down on the bed and –' Seto folded his arms across his chest. 'Died. They moved her to emergency, and got her heart going again. But now they've moved her to a private hospital, so that they can keep and eye on her twenty-four seven.'

Yugi began to panic. 'What!? Is she alright now? What hospital did they move her to?'

Seto closed his eyes. 'I don't know, it's none of my business.'

'Kaiba!' Yugi said in disbelief. 'This is your business! Here!' he threw the sheet of paper with the verse on it at Kaiba. 'Read this, and then tell me what you think!'

Seto did, half-heatedly, and sighed. 'Yeah, so? Where'd this come from?'

'A Duel Monsters card.'

That got Seto's attention. 'Really?'

'Yeah, one that involves Tory's memories! And you know that you were in them as much as I was!' Yugi spat out, becoming full of rage – Yami's rage – again. Seto handed him back the paper, as well as something in a plastic bag.

'Fine. I'll take you to the hospital in a helicopter Yugi –'

'Thanks, Kaiba.'

'On one condition.' Seto cut in. Yugi raised one eyebrow. Seto said, 'You let me see that card you found the verse on.'

'Sure,' Yugi said, nodding. 'Let's go.'

- -

Seto's helicopter cut through the air, zooming toward the private hospital that Tory now lay in. During the flight, Yugi showed Seto Tory's card, the Griffin of Horus.

Seto examined it from all angles to determine whether it was a fake or not. When he was satisfied, he asked, 'Do you know where Tory got that card from, Yugi?'

The kid shook his head. 'No. But I think I'll find out in her memories. I just thought of something: Whilst another walks her dreams, until love is able to be seen, one of the lines from the verse. Maybe it means that Tory will stay asleep until more of her memories are seen. What do you think?'

Seto turned up his nose at Yugi's question. 'All I care about is finding out more on this...Griffin of Horus. So you'll excuse me if I'm not very enthusiastic about this whole ordeal.'

Yugi gave up arguing – one Seto had made up his mind, it was very hard to change.

The helicopter continued to race toward the hospital at a surprising speed.

-End Chapter thirteen-

MidnightBallad: Once again, thank you SO much for all the reviews you peoples gave me! You totally rock! Yayness!

... if you're confused about the story, I'm in the process of making a simply/crappy site for my fanfiction stuff, including this story and all its weirdness.

I have an idea for a sequel... –grin–