I am going to put my reponses up in the next chapter I want to get the next chapter, but I will get to them don't worry even if I have to do them at the end of the story
I will talk to my reivewers like I always do just today I seem to be in edit mood and want to get it done, also I have a movie to get to tonight so I will be trying get chapter 9 up before I have to go.


Chapter 8

The Downfall

A few days pasted and everything was set into place, they were going to stage Sara to be alone with Kist with everyone busy with their own thing the only person that did not know was Kist herself.

Sara was to help Kist clear the tables after dinner; Alec and Seto were to act as they were going to bed, along with everyone else acting to go to bed. Kist was to call out Saran when she was to kill Sara, but Alec had given her the millennium shield to place under her clothes, to block the attack.

Everything was going according to plan until everyone was gone, Kist was moving plates into the pans, to go taken to the kitchen Sara tried to help, but Kist refused and just ordered Sara to go to bed.

Sara turned, "Kist," she said. Kist turned as Sara spoke, "Yes Sara?" she asked. Sara looked at the ground, "I know what Saran's doing to you, she once controlled me, thought I let you know that," she said. Sara walked towards one of the halls, Kist turned and faced Sara, "Sara, I know that you and Alec have a planned to get her out of my head, but it just that I don't want to know what it is."

Sara turned, "Then let Saran have what she wants, look I need to tell you this, I want to die, I need an excuse to get Melissa away from Odeon, look please just grab a knife and stab me with it," she said.

Kist was surprised at this, "Sara why?" Sara looked down, "I… have no other choice, but too accept what has happened to me," she said. Kist was confused, "Sara what is wrong?" Sara looked at the floor then at Kist then back at the floor, "I am sick Kist, I have cancer, Odeon, Melissa, Joey, and Yugi, they don't know about it nor Seto and Alec, I been hiding the pain."

Kist stubble almost dropping the dishes, "Sara, your ill where, please tell me?" Sara looked down at her feet again, "remember when I got here I was a little over weight," she said.

Kist nodded, "yeah so?" Sara looked at her, "That is when I found this lump and I been up all night at times fighting the pain in my sides," said Sara. Kist set the dishes down, and walked over to Sara, "So you want me to kill you have Saran take your body and then she dies from the cancer?" asked Kist.

Sara nodded, "Yep, Alec's plan was that Saran would be trapped in my body again and Yugi would send her to the shadow realm like he did a few years ago, with the help of Atem," explained Sara.

Kist walked up to Sara, with a knife in hand, "Are you sure you want me to do this." Sara nodded, "This wasn't part of the plan," said Alec to Seto in the hallway, "Something is fishy here," she said they were all out of ear range of Sara.

Kist stood in front of Sara with the knife, "Ok then," said Kist who stepped away. Kist turned into Saran, "I thought you never ask to be killed Sara," said Saran. Sara looked at Saran, "Just get it over with, Saran you want me then take me."

Alec, Seto, Odeon, Joey, Yugi, Nephi, and Melissa ran into the room. "Mommy out of way," screamed Melissa just as Saran swung. Sara looked at her daughter, who Alec grabbed to keep her from running to her mother, "No Melissa, you can't get in this," said Alec.

Sara was stabbed in the abdomen by Saran, who laughed as she thrusted it into Sara, who soon fell to the ground. Odeon was holding himself back this was really part of the plan for he knew it would happen.

Melissa grew angry and a blue glow surrounded her, "That is enough Saran; I will not let you do this to my Mother," she spoke in an older more powerful voice.

Alec let go of Melissa, Alec had seen this before, back when she was a child when she almost murdered, Yugi at the same age as Melissa was now.

Saran was laughing at the child, "What your threatening me, come on." Melissa hair began to fly through the air wildly, and walked forward. Towards Saran who was suddenly, looking as if she freighted, Karenna walked into the room, "Melissa grab the shield your mother has it."

Alec looked at Karenna who was barking orders; something about that girl was strangely familiar to Alec, something she saw in herself a few years ago. Sara pulled out the millennium shield from under her shirt there was a punctured bag of cow blood with it, "Looks like you lose Saran," said Sara smiling; Melissa was at her mother's side.

Saran took her dagger and swung to strike but then Melissa glowed blue again this time her eyes grew sapphire blue, and a roar of a dragon heard throughout the cavern. Saran stumbled back in shook, "This can't be." Sara walked forward, "Good bye Saran forever," she said.

Sara took the millennium shield and threw it at Saran, Melissa ran up and grabbed Kist whose was body was now free. Kist lay on the floor, but as for the sprit of Saran, the millennium shield swallowed her up.

Saran screamed as she was being taken, "NOOOOOOO," Melissa was on the ground with Kist, the glow was protecting them all from the shield.

The shield spun then fell on to the floor, near Kist and Melissa. Sara let out a sigh of relief, and ran to her passed out daughter. Alec and the other soon ran over to see how Kist and Melissa were doing.

"Hey is everything all right?" said Kisara who had arrived moments later. Alec looked up "Kisara, what are you doing here?" she asked. Kisara looked down at the two-year-old child, "I am here because I felt the power of a dragon and I felt I was being called here. Was this the little girl the one who made it roar?" she asked pointing to Melissa, who was now waking up in her mother's arms.

Alec nodded, "I don't how she did it but she did," she said. Kisara smiled, "I don't think that's all she did look at the hall." Sara, Alec, Odeon, Seto, Nephi, Joey, Yugi, and a weak Melissa looked over, Kara was standing in the doorway of the hall, and Karenna was next to her.

Kist woke up, "Kara! Am I seeing things; Alec?" asked Kist. Kara shook her head, "Now Sister, do you really think I was going to be gone forever however my mother has returned to the pool, waiting to be reborn," said Kara.

Everyone looked Kisara was gone she had vanished in to thin air causing Kara to return to her normal form. Alec looked at the millennium shield, "Is Saran gone, or just trapped?" she asked.

Sara and the others looked, "We can't destroy her, not alone we need a power greater then Pharaoh Atem had in the shadow games," said Kist, "That power won't be born for some time," she said.

Sara turned her head, and took the shield in her hands, "In our time it is gone, but that doesn't mean she is gone forever. She will come out of this and take me and kill Alec," she said. Alec looked at the ground Seto took her hand, they both at that moment remembered what happened that day two years ago.

Karenna then moved forward, "not if I can help it, my best friend put an end to her in the future," spoke Karenna. Everyone looked at Karenna, "What are you talking about?" asked Kist.

Alec knew now how the girl was familiar, now, "I know you, you are you're my…" Karenna nodded, "Nice to see you again mom, I know you would figure that out," said the girl.

Alec lost her balance, and Seto caught her as she was about to faint. Sara moved closer, "Hi Aunt Sara, long time no see," said Karenna. Sara stumbled, except she did not fall. Karenna laughed at everyone's faces, she sounded like Seto when he was being cocky,

Sara turned and looked at Seto, "Yep she defiantly your kid, Seto," she said. Alec was standing now; after her fall, "Karenna, I remember now, you were the one who brought Sara and me here when we arrived, but how are you here? When you're my daughter?" asked Alec.

Karenna sighed, "The same way you did, I came back here to stop the death of my father," she said. Alec eyes widened, "What!" Karenna nodded, "When you get back to Egypt, Dad participates in a tournament, and well it not easy to say this but, something happens to him, something that causes him to die 14 years later," explained Karenna.

Alec looked at Seto," he seemed fine to me," she said. Seto scratched his head, "What happens to me?" he asked calmly, which was strange to everyone because usually he demands instead of ask.

Karenna looked at her father, "Your duel disk malfunctions causing an explosion that has you rushed to the hospital to have surgery, when you get there they say that they find pieces of shrapnel in your body that they can't remove without it killing you faster. They said you would not live more then a few months because of the bleeding. Mom used the millennium sword to heal you all she could but time went on and well you saw the birth of my siblings, and then you died when I was 12. Mom was so devastated that she almost committed suicide twice I might add. My brother and I who were the two oldest found her about to jump off the Kaiba Corp building but we grabbed her before she could do it." Alec took Seto's hand she knew that he would do something like that if it ever happened to her.

Alec looked at Karenna, "Karenna, is that your real name or did I give you a different one?" Karenna smiled, "Yeah, Karenna, was the name I chose from your journal that you kept in your room after father died," she answered.

Alec nodded, "Ok just wondering don't tell me your real name I know when the time comes I will give it to you," said Alec accepting the fact that she was going guess later. Karenna smiled and looked at Melissa, "Actually, my cousin named me," said Karenna, Melissa smiled.

Alec laughed, "Yeah considering her uncle named her." Kara walked up to Kist and Nephi, "I think it is time to send them back home." Kist and Nephi nodded Kara turned to Melissa, "Melissa, I am going to need your help, my little great grand niece," said Kara.

Melissa smiled and walked over to Kara; Kisara was standing next to Odeon but she was in ghost form for she gave Kara a body. "I guess it is time for me to return to this thing, hmm," she said holding out the sword to Odeon, he nodded.

Alec turned towards Kisara, "I take it your coming back with us since Set is over you," she asked. Kisara shook her head, "No, just that Set has another wife in mind, and besides I already, dead in this time no point in me hanging around if I can't even show my face this was his decision. I have a message for Kist thought," Kist turned and faced the ghostly Kisara, "Set apologizes for banishing you so he wants you to come back to the palace, and also that your tribe will no longer be considered a threat, consider yourselves free from his rule."

Kist smiled, "I guess I have to speak with my step father then," said Kist. Kara then elbowed her in the ribs, "We need to speak with OUR Father, you and me," said Kara, Kist nodded in agreement.

Kisara then walked up to Kara, "Look at you; you look so much like your father." Kara smiled. "I have you to thank for that," said Kara. Alec smiled and looked over towards Karenna; a small tear ran down Karenna's face. Alec moved away from Seto and over to Karenna, and hugged her future daughter, "I guess, you and me don't really get to spend much time together?" asked Alec.

Karenna looked at Alec, "No, you just keep yourself so busy not to think of Dad," said Karenna, "but you always made time for me and everyone else in the family." Alec looked over at Seto, and then back to Karenna, "He did the same thing before we were married," said Alec pointing at Seto with her head. Karenna laughed, "I never knew that, Mom," she said.

Isis, Marik, Kara, Odeon, Joey, Tea, Yugi, Seto, Melissa, Sara, Nephi, and Kist were watching the two women talk to one another. Melissa walked up to her aunt, "Auntie Alec, it time go home," she said in a baby voice.

Alec looked down at her niece, "I think your right Melissa, and it's time to go home back to our time," she said. Alec looked up at the others, "Kist thank you for everything, Kara thanks for showing me the ropes when it come to being tough, and Nephi thanks for letting me ride a horse," she said.

They all said their own good byes it was time to go home, Kara, Kist, and Nephi stood next to each other as Kisara went back into the sword that Odeon had brought from the future.

Marik, Isis, Odeon, and Sara were first up to go back to the future through the vortex. Melissa took Kara hand and the four opened a portal to the future, "You will all be back to where you last were in time, just before the earthquakes," said Kara. The four jumped through, Yugi, Tea, and Joey were up next, and they jumped through.

Alec, Seto and Melissa were that last ones left, but before they went, Karenna walked over to her future mother, "Here Alec this is for you with some advice, for you, don't let dad use that duel disk at the tournament in fact just cancel the whole thing altogether please. Um watch out for cars when you find out your pregnant again so you don't lose me or my brother. I don't want to lose another sibling like last time you were with child in the future," warned Karenna. Alec smiled, "Don't worry I am not even going to leave for work while I am pregnant again," she said.

Karenna placed a card in Alec's hand, the red eyes black dragon card "I have to tell you something, when I am about 16 don't force me to do anything, I don't want to do?" asked Karenna. Alec smiled, "I would never hold your dreams back," she said. Karenna smiled, "I know what future I am going back to now, I can see my dad at my graduation from school, thank Alec or I mean Mom," she said.

Alec smiled, "Melissa it time to go," she said. Melissa let go of Kara's hand and walked over to Alec who had hers out stretched. Melissa took her Aunt's hand and looked back at her future cousin who gave a little wave, "Don't worry you pick a good name for me, Melissa," said Karenna.

Melissa smiled, and looked at her aunt, "Come on," said Alec. Seto took Alec's other hand, the three walked through the portal.

Kist, Kara, Karenna, and Nephi stood in the large dinning room, Karenna, pulled out a little dagger from her dress, "I guess it is my turn to go, back to my time," she sighed.

Kara, Nephi, and Kist looked at Karenna, "What are you going to do with that?" asked Kist. Karenna smiled, "This is what is left of the millennium sword, it started to shrink with time, when my dad dead and it disappeared, but since he is alive, then I can go home now."

Karenna throw the dagger at the wall, it shattered, and a portal opened, "Good bye you three, Great Aunt Kara, Nephi, and Step Aunt Kist," said Karenna as she disappeared through the vortex. The three smiled and waved good-bye as Karenna walked through the portal back to her time.

Meanwhile back in the present.

Alec opened her eyes to find Seto leaning over her, "Alec can you hear me wake up," he said. Alec reached up, kissed Seto to confirm she was in fact awake Seto taken by surprise, and almost fell on her. Joey, Yugi, Tea, Odeon, Tristan, Marik, Isis, and Sara were laughing at them.

Alec and Seto parted, and looked at the laughing group, "Hey you all can look somewhere else you know," Seto barked. Alec, laughed as they both started kissing again.

Yugi, Tea, Odeon, Joey, Tristan Marik and Isis turned while Sara watched the two. Everyone seemed to look back to as to what they, appeared to be before they left no sign of any age. Alec felt for her ribs and noticed that they did not hurt anymore.

Melissa walked up, "Why you room," she said with her hands on her hips. Alec and Seto looked at her, and then at everyone else, "I think we should," said Alec. The couple stood up and looked at Melissa who was giggling. Alec dusted herself off, and looked at her niece, "Alec you silly," said Melissa.

Alec looked, at herself she then realized that she was wearing her Egyptian attire and everyone else was back in normal clothes. "Hey wait a minute this isn't right?" she said. Everyone laughed except Seto, Alec glared at everyone.

"Hey Seto," came Mokuba's voice, as he and Yamu ran up the hillside. "Hey Big brother, are you up there? Is everyone ok, I saw a huge light and then…oh." Mokuba ran up the hill and saw Seto kissing Alec again, "Alec how would you feel if I didn't compete in this tournament?" asked Seto gently touching Alec's soft face.

Alec smiled and kissed Seto, "I think I like to keep you around, for more then a few decades," she said hugging him hard, he held her in his arm just as tight as she was squeezing him.

"OKAY, did I miss something?" asked a confused Mokuba. Sara turned and faced her confused brother in law, "Mokuba, you don't want to know where we been for the last three hours," she said.

Mokuba scratched his head and looked at Alec and Seto, "your right Sara I don't want to know," he said. Everyone laughed; Alec and Seto stopped kissing and looked at Mokuba and Yamu as they went very red in the face.

The group walked back towards the camp, when they arrived, Alec walked up to Max and whispered in his ear something. Max looked at Seto who was standing by the tents as Yugi and the others were heading off to bed. Seto looked at Alec and Max, he wondered what Alec could be telling him. When she finished talking Max nodded his head and left heading for his own tent.

Alec walked back to Seto, "Well it done, I told Max that someone tampered with the duel disks and he has decided to cancel the tournament," said Alec as she walked up to her husband. "I should have just forfeited, I am mean so what if winning this tournament would declare me world champion again. I don't need it, I was champion of Duel monsters once, and since I have you, I don't need to burry myself in this game anymore," he shrugged.

Alec laughed, "Seto Kaiba I know that is a lie coming through that tongue of yours and I am not buying it. I know you love four things in this world, Mokuba, Me, Kaiba Corp and Duel m…" Alec stopped talking for Seto was kissing her.

Seto smiled when he pulled away, "I love you more this game and you know that," he said. Alec smiled and hugged Seto, "Then why do we have to stay here, why can't we just go home in the jet now?" she asked.

Seto laughed, "You want to fly that thing? I rather we recreate our honey moon and leave when Pegasus declares the tournament cancelled officially, people will think me leaving early would mean I had insider to the tournament."

Alec narrowed her eyes, "Seto Kaiba you do have an insider," she kissed him, "me." Seto smiled and took Alec in his arms so he could carry her all the way back to the tent, Alec let out a small surprise scream as he lifted her. Seto carried her off towards their tents where they slept the rest of the night away after a few moment of immanency with each other.

The sun rose on the plateau and everyone awoke for the tournament to find that Max Pegasus had cancel the tournament do to suspected tampering of duel disks and decks, also because there were certain parties threatening to dentate deadly devises on the grounds of which the tournament was being held on.

Alec and Seto already knew this and Yugi guess it had something to do with them as they were the ones who bags were packed already to go on the Ultimate Dragon Jet before sunrise. Everyone who had traveled to the tournament let out a moan of disappointment but when Seto took the stage, he shocked everyone.

"Um, I have an announcement to make, to all duelist even to the ones that I think should be never be invited to a tournament, but hey my wife did make the lists of entry of this one, example," going in to a quieter voice, "Wheeler."

Joey looked at Alec who was now red in the face, Seto continued, "Anyways, this was supposed to be the tournament that would crown me champion of Duel monsters of the world again. However I have discovered that there are things more important then that, so I have decided to retire as former world champ and let my friend and fellow duelist rival, Yugi Moto keep his title as world champion," he said.

The groups of duelist in the crowd were shocked to hear this news; Seto looked down at Alec who was standing next to the stage with Max, Sara, Mokuba, and Yamu. Yugi, Joey, Tea, Tristan, and Marik were in the crowd of duelist, they began to applaud for Seto.

It started with just the five of them but grew to be every duelist present. Seto wave Alec to come on to the stage, she walked up to Seto, which then the crowd cheered when Seto took Alec in his arms and kissed her. When they parted a flash went through both there minds at once.

Pharaoh Set on a balcony in front of a crowd of Egyptian citizens, the crowd was cheering like the crowd in the present. Set pulled away from the balcony, and motioned for Kist, Kara, and Nephi to step forward, with their husbands.

Nephi had Jono, (which looked like Joey) Kara had Trogon (Tristan past self), and Kist was with Malachi (Marik past form). They waved to the cheering crowd, and Set then walked over to Kist holding a tiara with the millennium eye on it, crowning her the queen of Egypt.

Set stood back as he looked at his stepdaughter with pride, "I am very proud of you," he said in her ear, Kist smiled and looked over the balcony at the crowd. Kara looked at her father for it would be the last time she would see him. Kara watched as her younger stepsister took the throne as the new queen of Egypt. They all looked behind them to see Alec, Seto, Yugi, Tea, Joey, Marik, Isis, Melissa, Odeon, and Kisara looking back at them in a ghost forms, they all had smiles on their faces and soon faded.

Seto was looking at Alec when the vision faded; Alec smiled and looked at the crowd, which was still cheering. Seto stood Alec up on her own two feet, and the two walked graceful off the stage. Gracefully meaning Alec fell on the stairs coming off the stage and Seto catching her in his arms and giving her a kiss as he held her up. The group of duelist soon departed for their tents to pack, Yugi and Tea were going to head back with the others.

Alec and Seto said their good byes to everyone and told them that they would see them in Domino. Mokuba and Yamu were on the jet before Seto and Alec could get there. The Blues Eyes Ultimate dragon jet took off with a roar, and flew towards Domino.

24 hours later

They where back home unharmed, Mokuba took Yamu home while Alec and Seto went to there home offices to begin making some returned phone calls to the media for Seto retiring from duel monsters.

When the phone calls were finished and Mokuba home, Seto gave his little brother some money and told him to go out with Yamu for the evening or go to bed. Mokuba smiled and called Yamu, asking her out of course at around eight he was out the door, in his somewhat best attire, which was his best jeans and tee shirt he had. Alec laughed as he hurried out the door, leaving her and Seto alone for a while.

The two both had at least 10 more phone calls to make when it was all done the two went down to have dinner, Alec cooked because most of the staff had been given the next three days off, because of the tournament. They ate and went to bed, nothing else happened that night Seto and Alec just went to sleep from their long flight.