They walked into the main gate and into the building, all that was there was a straight grand hall; they all got out their duel disks and prepared themselves for anything. Yuri was thinking how this was going to be the day where they will defeat Shrin and all who served him, they would take back everything that had Shrin had taken away from them.

They continued by going down the hall and finally reaching a door at the end. The door was large and had a message on it written in Egyptian. Tea, Joey, Mai and Terra tried to describe it but failed in the attempt. Joey kicked the ground out of frustration because of this.

"Dang it, how are we supposed to know what were up against if Shrin puts everything into Egyptian text, something that none of us can read," shouted Joey.

"Don't hurt yourself too much, remember, I'm the spirit of the Millennium Ring, I can most likely read it, since I'm from Egypt," said Bakura walking to the door.

"What does it say Bakura?" asked Mai.

"Perfect, that Shrin is smarter than I thought, he wrote it not only in Egyptian text, but he wrote it in a certain text that only the Pharaoh and his servants could read," said Bakura.

"It says, Bury deep, Pile on stones, yet I will dig up the bones, this will be your upcoming enemy," said Yuri.

"What did you say?" asked Bakura.

"Bakura you know how I don't like repeating myself, I read it okay."

"But how could you read it?" asked Terra.

"Remember, I carry the Millennium Puzzle, it's no surprise that I can use its powers to read Egyptian."

"Well what is it supposed to mean?" asked Mai.

"It's a riddle, a very old one too, in order to find out, we must face it," said Tristan as he walked up.

"Tristan, what are you doing here?" asked Joey.

"Rebecca and the others pretty had the situation taken care of, they told me that I would be better off with you, and besides, I need too keep an eye on Bakura here, you never know when he will be up to something."

"After ten years, you still don't trust me?"

"I wouldn't trust you even if you were trying to save my life."

"That's enough both of you," said Tea.

"So do you know what the riddle means?" asked Terra.

"No, but I have heard it before from my father, he always liked to tell riddles and never tell me the answers," said Tristan.

"I guess we have no choice but to go on through," said Yuri.

Yuri opened the door and entered, with the others following right behind him. The room was dark and it felt cold. They continued to progress until the door suddenly shut behind them and torches on the walls suddenly lit up giving them the path ahead.

Tristan began to walk ahead of the group. The floor was made of what looked like stone tiles. Tristan walked straightforward until he saw a ball of light appear before him. The ball quickly dashed at Tristan's head making Tristan stumble back for a few moments. He then stood there as he saw himself running with Duke and Serenity when he saw himself stop.

"Duke, Serenity, these Rare Hunters won't stop chasing us, Duke I want you to take Serenity to safety while I deal with him," said the Image of himself.

Suddenly Tristan felt like he was being pulled and thrown on the ground, Tristan blinked for a moment to see Bakura holding his collar pinning him to the floor. Tristan shook his head for a moment and stood back up, while Bakura let go of his grip on him.

"Tristan, are you okay?" asked Tea.

"I'm fine, why is there something wrong Tea?"

"Is there something wrong? You could have been flatter than a pancake if I didn't save you," said Bakura.

"What are you talking about?"

"You started walking forward and u didn't stop, you stepped on a trap that would have made u fall into those spikes down there," said Bakura pointing to a hole in the ground.

"Yeah, Bakura grabbed you before you could fall, he then threw you down onto the floor," said Joey.

"What were you thinking, you could have gotten yourself killed, and you know how I tire of saving you mortals," said Bakura.

"I saw…a memory, where I fought those rare hunters and learned where Yugi and Joey were dueling at…I was there watching myself stop and tell Duke to go on with Serenity."

"That's it…that's the answer to the riddle," said Yuri.

"What is it?" asked Terra.

"His memories almost got him killed. Those balls of light must bring out the memories of your past, you are watching your memory while unknown to you, and your body is walking into a trap."

"So you're saying that our enemy is our memories?" asked Mai.

"That's right, those balls of light must activate the memories from starting, and the lead you into a trap, but Tristan were walking straight before the ball hit him, as soon as it hit him he walked to his left and almost fell."

"Then we must continue forward without dieing from our own memories," said Joey.

Seven balls of lights suddenly appeared, they floated motionless. Yuri took a step and one of the balls started to move towards him at the speed he was moving. Yuri then stopped and the balls stopped as well.

"It appears they go at the speed of their target, until they are at the right range to hit….hmm this is going to be a tough puzzle to break through," said Yuri.

"Break through? That might be it.," said Tea.

"What are you talking about?" asked Mai. "There is no way we can break through them without loosing control of ourselves."

"That's just it; if we somehow protect ourselves from the light touching us, and just run straight we will reach the next room and won't have too loose control of ourselves."

"It's too risky though, we don't actually have proof that we won't loose control if they touch us or not, we can't assume anything," said Bakura.

"But I do have another idea," said Yuri.

Yuri turned around so that his back was towards the balls of lights, he then started to walk backwards, and the ball of light that was targeting him went closer until he charged at him, hitting the back of his head. Yuri just smiled and continued to walk backward.

"What the, how did you, what are you doing?" said Terra.

"It's easy, in order for memories not to harm you, the only thing you can do is forget about them, or turn your back on them, as some say, so all we have to do is walk backwards," said Yuri.

Everyone started to follow Yuri's practice until they reached the door, they turned to the door and opened it, which lead to an elevator leading up to the next challenge. Yuri smiled as he figured out that it would be a new challenge, a new danger, and it was going to continue, until they met Shrin for the final battle.

The Elevator stopped at the 6th floor. Everyone moved out of the elevator and to the end of a very short hall where another door awaited. Unlike the first door, this door didn't have anything written on it. Yuri pushed the door open to reveal on the other side a labyrinth. This labyrinth wasn't like any other they had seen before, there were no walls, there were just paths that lead into several different directions, connecting in different places and separating in other places. However, the paths were a about a 12" and on each side of them were bottomless abysses. One wrong step and you could slip and fall into the endless darkness.

"We got to be careful; Shrin is putting us up against a dangerous challenge," said Yuri.

"This is bad, one wrong move and your history," said Joey.

"Well, look at the bright side, at least you can see the end of the labyrinth," said Terra.

"I doubt it's that easy, knowing Shrin, we may be up against more than just keeping our balance," said Bakura.

They started going through the labyrinth, they all walked in a single file, since it was a hard path to walk on. They walked with one foot in front of the other, moving slowly. Finally the reached the first part of the labyrinth where they could either go left or right, after some discussion, they decided that they would all go left, Bakura however went right, saying that if they split up it they could find a passage to the end quicker.

They continued onward, all moving slowly until Yuri stepped on part of the path that sunk in a little. Yuri quickly noticed this knowing it was an ancient Egyptian trap. Yuri tried to warn the others but it was too late, the trap already had been sprung and on the far wall, some fans had opened up and started to blow strong gusts of wind towards them. With the fans blowing wind at the group of friends, Mai started to loose her balance and she began to fall. She fell off the path and started to fall into the abyss, until Joey grabbed her hand and tried to pull her back up.

"Joey, help me, don't let go," cried Mai.

"I won't Mai…I promise, and you know I always keep my promises."

Joey held on to Mai, the others started to crouch down so they wouldn't loose their balance. Joey held on to her, thinking of all the times they had since the first time they met, to the point where they were now. Joey got to know Mai very well in the 10 years he had spent with her. They were friends before, but during the 10 years, they have learned to depend on each other. Joey always cherished their friendship, and because of it he held back his feelings for her. He had her friendship and he didn't want to risk it for a Relationship.

Joey feared this because of his parents not having a good relationship when he last saw them. The way things were before Shrin attacked was that his mother never called his father, and never spoke about his father with Serenity. He feared about having a relationship with Mai during the 10 years, and now as he held her trying to pull her up, he realized that if he held back, he would never forgive himself.

After some struggle, Joey finally pulled Mai up onto the path. During this time the fans finally stopped and everyone took a moment to breath. Bakura being on the other far side of the labyrinth didn't get thrown off from the wind. Joey looked at Mai, seeing her look right back at him.

"Mai…are you ok?" asked Joey.

"I'm fine, thanks to you Joey. You may be dumb sometimes but your strong, and that strength saved me again, like it has through these hard 10 years."

"What do you mean Mai?" asked Joey.

"Joey, during these years, you have comfort me and you have become my best friend, not only that, but you showed me what friendship is all about, and for that I thank you…but as I looked into your eyes as you were pulling me up, I saw something that I have seen occasionally in your eyes…" said Mai as tears started to develop.

"Mai…"

"Joey, let me finish, I must say this…the look I saw in your eyes, was us, not just us, but us being together, I knew you were thinking about me and everything we have been through, I have always seen that look in your eyes when you look at me, and I never know what it was…until now…"

"Mai…it's no secret, we all know how Joey feels, and we all know what that look is, But not to sound like a Kaiba or anything, but this is kind of the wrong place and time, when we get out of this, then you two can fulfill Joey's promise to himself," said Yuri.

"Yeah, you're right…but just one thing, what's Joey's promise to himself?" asked Mai.

"I will tell you later Mai, when I do it," said Joey.

Bakura looked at his companions as they finally got up and started to progress. He smiled a little and moved onward himself. He walked slowly, cautiously, and constantly looking at the ground, making sure he wouldn't fall victim to one of Shrin's traps. He continued to walk until he stepped on a part of the path that sank in.

"Shit," said Bakura with frustration.

As soon as Bakura cursed, he saw a big shadow appear around him, quickly looking up he saw a giant object about to fall on him. Bakura quickly ran forward barley escaping the object from smashing him, but as soon as he stopped he hit another trap. Bakura felt it and knew he was in even more trouble as the two statues dropped from the ceiling and landed on the path, one being in front of him and the other being behind him. The statues carried swords and began to slice at the air and they started to close in on him.

"Bakura, watch out," cried Tea.

Bakura ignoring Tea's cry saw his circumstances and decided that there was one way out. He laughed at his thought as he decided to do it. He looked at his companions with a grin. Yuri blinked for a moment and realized what Bakura was planning to do.

"Bakura, don't do it," cried Yuri as Bakura jumped into the dark abyss.