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

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MidnightBallad: I cannot get over the crappiness of the last chapter. Except for the whole stone...magic...thing. I loved that! This chapter may has delayed a little bit, because I have a virus (make that two or three, actually) on my computer and need to keep scanning it to get rid of it. I promise to update soon, don't worry.

By the way, I saw this story last night called 'Kinder Surprise', I think. Anyway, it's just a story about the main Yu-Gi-Oh characters and what they would be like if they were in kindergarten. A recommended read, for those who like Seto being his boring, grumpy self (like yours truly), just about ten years younger.

On with the fic!

Past / Present: So It Begins

Past:

Later that afternoon, Akunriou found herself sharing balcony space with the Pharaoh, gazing out over Egypt with the sun setting low on the horizon. She could not think of anything to say – in times like these, she ever could – and just sighed softly. Atemu seemed to find this amusing and asked, 'What are you thinking about?'

Akunriou drummed her fingers quietly on the balcony's hand railing. 'Three suns...everything will change.'

'But you will stay,' Atemu said, placing his hand over Akunriou's. 'Won't you? If you defeat these forces, you will become so much more than a commoner to the people of Egypt.'

Akunriou looked down at Atemu's hand. A thick, golden ring with an Egyptian eye carved into it, gazed back up at her. Akunriou smiled and answered, 'Where else would I go to?'

Atemu moved closer to her. 'You would be with people who care about you; not out in the city with those who despise you.'

Akunriou said nothing, just continued to stare out into the sunset. There was something nagging at the back of her head...it was very strange. It was as if she knew something was going to happen, but she didn't know when.

'Listen,' Atemu said quietly, taking Akunriou's face in both of his hands. 'When you first came here one of my priests, Karim, helped me create something – which I wish to show you. It is a gift.'

Akunriou felt herself go pink. 'At first, you show me the forbidden scriptures. Then you teach me how to summon the Griffin of Horus. Tell me...why is this?'

Atemu kissed her lightly on the forehead. 'What do you think?'

- -

Present:

'That was the last sunset I ever saw...' a voice said quietly to Yami as he awoke. He could feel Tory's soft breathing on his face, and he pushed himself up off the bed, which he had fallen into during the memory. Tory was smiling and playing with her Griffin of Horus card. 'The memories are blurry after that.'

Yami just looked at her. Tory looked exhausted, but happy nevertheless. Her Egyptian necklace glowed faintly, and her eyes darted to Seto, who was still seated at the back of the room.

'I was rather evil back then, wasn't I?' Seto said, amused.

Yami shook his head and stood up. 'Only during that time, Kaiba.'

Seto smirked and stood up, stretching and saying, 'Well, I suppose I should leave you two squirrels alone for a bit, sayonara.'

'Kaiba!' Tory shouted, hurling a cup of water at Seto's retreating back; it hit the door and shattered dramatically. 'Yeah, good, don't come back!'

Yami couldn't help but laugh. 'You're very energetic for someone who just woke up from a coma.'

'A coma?' Tory said, snapping around fast. 'Was I really out for that long?'

A shake of the head from Yami. Tory said, 'I know there is barely any more memories inside this pendant of mine...the last will be very difficult to unlock, and I don't think we need to focus on that right now.'

'What do we focus on, then?'

Tory leant back on her over-sized hospital pillow. 'We need to find Lucca. He still has the Essence Rod, and we still need to get rid of it.'

Yami nodded, and looked up at the fan that was spinning on the ceiling. A thought occurred in his mind. 'I think Kaiba can help us there.'

Tory was interested. 'Mmm? How?'

'Every Duel Disk Kaiba made has a tracking device in it. I bet Kaiba can locate Lucca using his satellite.' Yami answered. He hoped that Seto could help them, and he doubted that he wouldn't.

Quite suddenly, darkness fell outside. Tory crawled out of bed, and she and Yami hurried to the window. Dark clouds swarmed over the sky, and blue lightening danced in the air; the buildings looked like giant black shadows in the darkness. The wind became very cold, and Tory gasped when she saw the window freeze over like ice.

'Well, this is just dandy...' Tory said, touching the glass with her fingertips. 'What do we do?'

'This isn't a co-incidence,' Yami growled. 'Lucca's up to trouble again.'

Tory pursed her lips, and hurried into the bathroom. She emerged a few seconds later, clothed properly and holding her drip in one hand. She looked at it and gulped. 'Damn it...'

Without warning, Yami simply ripped it out of her arm. Tory shrieked and backed up against the wall. When she was over it, Tory and Yami raced from the hospital room to pursue Seto Kaiba.

- -

'Kaiba!' Tory and Yami shouted in unison as they reached the parking lot in the hospital, where Seto's helicopter was up and ready to take off, its blades roaring through the air. Seto was about to close the door, but opened it again when he saw two familiar figures running toward him.

'What do you two want?' Seto said, beginning to close the door. 'Must you always follow me like two stray dogs –?'

'We need your help!' Yami said, slamming up against the door to prevent Seto from closing it. 'We need your satellite!'

Seto raised an eyebrow. 'What? Forget it.'

Tory wriggled in through the door like a puppy, seizing the handle of the door and wrenching it open fully without asking for Seto's permission. Yami hopped in; Seto had to choice but to tell the pilot to fly.

- -

'Is this safe?' Tory asked, gazing out the window at the forked lightening licking the clouds. 'Flying in a storm?'

'No,' Seto replied snappily. 'But I'm not staying here any longer.'

Tory swallowed deeply and leant back in her seat. She noticed Seto watching her – then she realised it was very bright inside the helicopter.

'Damn...sunglasses.' Tory muttered, looking back out the window. Of course, Seto had seen Tory's eyes change colour as the lightening flashed. He was momentarily freaked out, but then went on to deny Yami of his request.

'Please, Kaiba?' Yami asked seriously. 'We need you to do this for us.'

'And if not for us...' Tory began, eyeing the helicopter's interior. She found a spare jacket on the seat next to Seto and snatched it up. 'Do it for this cute puppy.' She stroked the jacket lovingly.

Seto gave her a poisonous look. 'You're pathetic.'

'That's my jacket!'

A small, raven-haired boy came bounding from the front of the helicopter, snatching his jacket from Tory and seating himself next to Seto.

'Mokuba!' Seto snapped. 'You were here all this time?'

Mokuba nodded. 'Sure thing.' He looked at Tory. 'Oh, hello!'

Tory smiled and waved, hoping that the boy didn't notice her eye's colours. Everyone's attention was suddenly caught by the window – it began to turn to ice, slow at first, and then very fast. The lightening outside appeared green behind it.

'Wh-what's going on?' Mokuba whimpered. 'What just happened?'

'So it begins.' Tory whispered to herself.

'Lucca...' Yami muttered, rubbing the window with his elbow. It resulted with his jacket getting stuck to the ice, so Yami quickly took it off, and then Mokuba amused himself by trying to rip the jacket off the ice.

He was about halfway from goal, when a particularly bright bolt of lightening struck. The lights in the helicopter went off. The blades ceased to spin, and everyone went deathly silent.

'No...' Seto whispered. 'We've lost power.'

Mokuba began to cry, and he wriggled back over to his brother.

Everyone's stomachs lurched as the helicopter dropped out of the sky. Mokuba screamed, Seto held tightly to him, and Yami gripped his seat very hard. But Tory did not move – she simply watched the ground race up toward them, and reached for her Duel Monsters deck in her pocket.

- -

On the ground, the dark-haired Lucca and his companion, Bakura, watched as the black speck that was Seto Kaiba's helicopter drop from the sky. It would not be much longer until it impacted with the earth and blew everyone inside to hell.

'That was much easier than I expected,' Bakura said to Lucca, still watching the helicopter fall. 'I'm surprised that your sister did not retaliate with her magic.'

Lucca shook his head. 'No – it will take more than that to fix my sister's death.'

Bakura looked at him, eyes narrowed. 'What, is Tory immortal now?'

Lucca held a finger to his lips. 'Watch...'

Bakura turned back to the helicopter to see quite a remarkable site.

-End chapter 16-

MidnightBallad: BWAHAHA! Cliffy! Well, sorry, but nothing much really happened in that chapter. More stuff will come about in chapter 17, I promise.

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