Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! I just own this plot so paws off! - wow new chapter already? hehe i wrote this earlier and couldn't wait to post it hehe

Yami: I'm still lost…..baka maze!

Yugi: don't worry I'm coming to save you now I have the power mwahahahaha!

Bakura: Er Yami Seirei, was it wise giving him all this power? (watches Yugi running round randomly blasting flies and innocent little Squirrels with energy blasts)

Yami KITG: …

Yami Seirei: YUGI! I did NOT give you power to torture hapless little flies and squirrels!

Yugi: Sorry!

Malik: Awww but torturing squirrels is sooo much fun! (evil grin)

Yami (in small lost voice): Somebody come rescue me please?

Yugi (strikes a pose): I'm on my way!

Yami KITG (shakes head): Ooooh boy…

Yami Seirei: RIGHT! On with the next chapter and thanks for the reviews

Chapter 7

Yugi turned from the window and wondered where his mother had got to. He thought maybe she had gone to bed and hoping she wouldn't suddenly come in and disturb him, he summoned the Dark Magician Girl to him. She appeared before him and bowed.

"I have unlocked the power from within my soul, you must gather all the shadow creatures together and be ready to go when I summon you."

"I can sense you have your power young master, that is good and I shall do as you ask. The Dark magician is all ready to go as are the monsters."

"Good, I am going to tackle my mother now and see if we can put an end to all that is going on and get Yami's soul back, and the souls of his friends."

The Dark Magician Girl bowed and vanished into the Shadow Realm again. Yugi looked round the room again before leaving it and going to find his mother.

In the Shadow Realm, the Dark Magician Girl had returned to the Dark Magician and the two were deep in conversation with the other monster who had earlier told the Dark Magician where to find the healer.

"We must wait for the young master's signal in order to attack." The Dark Magician Girl said and the other two nodded.

"Well I think we are ready for it." The Dark Magician added looking round at the assembled monsters.

"He is going to confront her now so we shouldn't have too long to wait. Thank you for helping us out." She went on turning to the third member of their party and nodded to him. The creature nodded back.

"Pleasure." He said and they all waited poised and ready to attack the minute Yugi's signal came.

Yugi walked through the halls of the palace, servants bowing to him as he passed. He made himself look as normal as possible as he went but still felt very uncomfortable about everything still now his mother would get what was coming to her and the rightful pharaoh would be restored.

He reached his mother's rooms and knocked on the doors. His mother had been given rooms not too far from the pharaoh's own rooms and she had enjoyed giving Yugi a tour earlier that day. He had memorised the route so he had known where to go.

"Come in." said a voice and Yugi entered to find his mother lounging on a couch dressed in fine silks and being entertained by three handsome young men. It turned Yugi's stomach to see her wallowing in such luxury while his brother's soul was suffering and his anger was stirred against her.

"Ah my pharaoh." She crooned. It is good to see you. She bowed her head towards him.

"You can leave now, but I want you all back later to carry on where we left off." She said to the three men who bowed and left the room bowing deeply to the 'pharaoh'.

"Mother what are you doing? You're supposed to be a high priestess! Not some cheap whore!"

"Be careful what you say to me my son." His mother's anger flared at him, "We wouldn't want your precious pharaoh to suffer any more now would you?"

"No please don't, I'm sorry mother it's just if you want this plan to succeed you will have to be careful about what you do."

"Well a girl needs a little fun too you know." She said winking seductively.

Yugi felt sick the way she was looking at him and strode over to the window.

"So my son, what did you want me for?"

"Where is Yami's body?"

"Well now I don't think I can show you that, I wouldn't want you trying to take him back now would I?"

"Please, I only want to see him. Please mother?"

Nephiris sat back observing her son. There was something about him that was different she knew. She knew there was power locked inside of him, had he been able to unlock it? If he had, then he could use it on her but would he be able to control it? She didn't know but even if he had and was able to summon those infernal Shadow Creatures to help him, the traitor and his followers would put a stop to that, he was just waiting for her say so and Yugi's Monsters would be imprisoned in a place in the Shadow Realm that nothing would be able to penetrate. She decided it was time to put that part of her plan into action.

"Very well my son, if you are so desperate to see him then I will take you to him."

"Thank you mother, I really appreciate it."

"Just wait outside the room while I change."

Yugi left the room and paced the hallway outside waiting for his mother to come and show him Yami's body. As soon as he knew where it was, he was going to put his plan into action and summon the monsters to help him. Then they would all make Nephiris return Yami and the other's souls back to their bodies and then they would deal with her and make sure she never hurt anyone again.

Inside her room, Nephiris was having a conversation with the leader of her monsters in the Shadow Realm. The monster hadn't moved from where he was with the Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl. The two were well connected and so could hold a conversation in their minds.

"It is time." Nephiris said and the Monster sent back,

"Very well, I will begin now."

"Excellent, try as you will my son, you will never defeat me."

She dressed in more modest priestly attire and left the room to find Yugi waiting for her in the hall outside.

"Follow me." She said and Yugi did so.

In the Shadow Realm the Dark Magician and Dark Magician girl were once again conversing amongst themselves. They did not notice the traitorous monster move over to stand with the monsters and begin to glow with power. The traitor's group far outnumbered the Dark Magician's group by quite a lot and the traitor knew he was going to overpower them all easily.

The other monsters noticed the glowing and one of them said.

"Dark Magician look!"

The Dark Magician looked and saw all the glowing monsters.

"What the?"

"Ah Dark Magician, you thought I was helping you didn't you? Well unfortunately you are wrong. I really do work for Nephiris and she sent me and my army of monsters to get you out of the way so that her plan to keep her son on the throne will work."

"You know nothing you traitor!" The Dark Magician gripped his staff very tightly holding back his anger. "Yugi has unlocked his power and your mistress is going to pay for what she has done. Huh?"

The Dark Magician looked surprised for a moment as the traitor was laughing.

"You baka, don't you know? My mistress already knows about his power and he is right now on his way into a trap. She is going to brainwash and control him so that he will do whatever she wants and she will be able to get her hands on his power. Without you to help him, he will be unable to stop her and will hand it all over to her and then she can rule Egypt through Yugi."

The Dark Magician uttered a "No…" before the traitor monsters raised their hands/weapons and shouting their attacks in unison."

The monsters screamed as the attacks hit them and their leader made a portal open up behind them all and they were blasted through it.

"Forgive us young master." The Dark Magician Girl managed before she vanished through the portal along with all the other monsters.

Yugi felt something wrench at his very soul and he gasped collapsing to the ground in sudden pain.

"Aaaahhh." He cried out and his mother knew that her servant had done his job. Feigning concern, she stepped over to help Yugi.

"My son, what is wrong? Are you alright?"

"Y-yes I think so." Yugi said as the pain subsided and he was able to stand again. 'What happened?' he thought. Something bad had happened to the monsters he just knew it but he couldn't risk calling out to them while his mother was there lest she should suspect something about what he had planned. He would just have to bide his time but he was filled with a strange empty feeling and he knew it was something very bad that had happened.

They continued to walk down the passageway until they can to a door. Yugi noted that they had been going downhill for quite a long way and the entrance to this passage had been outside the palace and on ground level so they had descended a long way. Yugi thought they must be heading for some sort of underground crypt or caves and he hated to think of Yami's body in such a cold dark place.

'I'm going to get you out of here Yami, I swear it.' He thought and waited for Nephiris to open the door.

She did and they both entered the room beyond. It was as Yugi had guessed, a large underground crypt and in the centre was a stone table. Yugi could just make out a figure on it covered by a sheet. He carried his lamp over and saw that it was indeed his brother.

"What have you done with his soul mother?" He asked.

"Now why should I tell you my son?"

"I'm not your son." Yugi growled. He couldn't help it, the sight of the pharaoh lying there so lifeless and yet still alive with his soul trapped elsewhere caused something inside of him to snap. He could feel his newly unlocked power welling up inside of him and he fought to control it for now at least.

"Oh yes you are my son. I thought we went through this?"

"Maybe I am by blood relation but you are no mother to me, all you want is for me to be pharaoh so you can rue Egypt. So you stole souls and made them suffer for your own selfish gain! Well I will not allow it! You do not know this Nephiris, but I have the power to stop you. I, and my Shadow Creatures will stop you. Come forth now my Monsters!"

Yugi unleashed some of the energy inside of him which he knew he needed to call the monsters to him and several Shadow Creatures appeared behind him. He looked at them and searched for the Dark Magician Girl. He knew the Dark magician probably wouldn't be able to come as he was attached to Yami but surely his friend would be there but she wasn't.

'Where are you?' he pleaded silently but there was no reply. No matter he would use the ones he had summoned.

"Go now my monsters, attack the evil one and imprison her in my cage of light!" Yugi had no idea how he knew what a cage of light was or even how to do it, all he knew was that he would be able to do it.

He gathered energy to his hands and yelled,

"GO cage of light!"

Behind Nephiris a cage appeared made of pure light, the door swung open ready and Yugi waited for the monsters to attack her but they made no move.

"What are you waiting for? Attack now my Monsters!" but still they did not move.

'What's going on?' Yugi thought and looked at Nephiris who was laughing.

"You baka Yugi, these monsters are not under your control, they are under my control and they only obey me! Your precious monsters have been banished to another dimension within the Shadow Realm from where there is no return!"

So that was the wrench he felt, his monsters had been banished and betrayed by Nephiris' monsters.

'Oh gods dark magician Girl and Dark Magician I am so sorry.' He thought and then it dawned on him.

"You knew didn't you, about my power and about this whole plot."

"Of course I knew, you think I was fool enough not to suspect you would try and stop me? Well I know everything about you and you will do what I want you to do and this will help me to do it."

Yugi stared as Nephiris drew from the confines of her robes, the Millennium Rod. Yugi stared at it fully aware of his powers, the Dark magician Girl having told him all about the Millennium items a while ago when she had been keeping him warm on the streets. That seemed like a lifetime ago now. He stared at the Rod fearfully. Now what?

"Oh Yugi my son, you will continue as pharaoh but now you will be controlled by me and will only do what I allow you to do."

Yugi looked round frantically for escape but there was nothing. His light cage was still there and he wondered if he could use his power to blast Nephiris into it himself. He closed his eyes and tried to gather energy to his hands but was stopped when he felt hands grab him from all sides and propel him towards his own light cage.

"No! Let me go!" he shouted but the monsters just laughed at him. They threw him into the cage and the door slammed behind him. He was trapped by his own creation and he didn't know how to get rid of it and besides with Nephiris pointing the Rod at him threateningly, he couldn't concentrate enough to do anything about it.

"And now my son," said Nephiris advancing on him crouching in the cage, "you will become my mind slave!"

Yugi watched fearfully as the Sennen Eye on the Rod began to glow.

"I'm so sorry my brother and my friends." He whispered as his tears began to fall. "I tried so hard…and I failed."

He closed his eyes in defeat as him mother stood and laughed.

She had won….

Yugi: ...

Yami: …

Yami KITG: …

Bakura/Ryou/Marik/Malik: …

(They all look at Yami Seirei)

Yami Seirei: What?