Authoress Notes: You are now starting the second part of Dreams of Innocnce. And I will let you know right now, it's gonna be darker and more depressing. Reason being? 'Cause the plot has a lot of dark and depressing facts to it and I've been constantly listening to my Evanesence CD. Hopefully, you all now know who seven out of thirteen avatars are and who the betrayer is. if not...then...yeah. Anyway, I hope to get 'Innocence Shattered' done before the end of this year, lol! As long as I have my CDs and lotsa YuGiOh epsiodes to watch, this story will live. The thought of a sequel as been nagging me, but I can't see how a sequel can come out of this. But I'll dwell on that after I finish the story.

One with Dreams of Innocence: Part II: Innocence Shattered! ^_^

I do not own Yugioh! or Duel Monsters. They are copyrighted to Kazuki Takahashi, 4Kids Entertainment (Your dubbing sucks!) and Konami. I do not own Sy Cross; he belongs to Esse. Hikari belongs to Nadia. I own the Egyptian goddess cards, Himeyuri and the plotline. ^^ All rights reserved.

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Dreams of Innocence

Chapter XXX: Preperations

            Between getting off the plane and reaching her hotel room, as Anzu looked back on it, was blurred. The reason being? The feather. Grasping in her hands in her pocket, she had compleetd zoned out while following everyone. It was only once she reached her door did she snap back to reality.

            What's gotten into me? she asked herself. I'm must be hallucinating... But she knew that she wasn't. The feather was real. So was fact that it had glowed. And it still was.

            Dumping her bag onto the twin-sized bed, she at once began to unpack. Carefully putting her clothes into the drawers, she hummed to herself. It took her only a few minutes to upack her suitcase. Then, she moved to her traveling bag. Unzipping it, she held it upside down and dumped the contents out.

            And when she did, her eyes bulged to three times their size.

            "Hm...my minions did an excellent job!"

            Peeking voer his shoulder, Himeyuri looked to see what Sy was commenting on. She grinned. "I have to say, they aren't complete idiots," she chuckled, walking around and standing in the center. Throwing her arms up into the air, she took in a deep breath. The scent of ancient, old stones and even older and crusted blood came to mind. Openign her eyes, she chuckled again. Turning to Sy, she added, "I'm amazed they were able to move the entire, damn chamber here! Everything looks exactly the way it was back in Egypt!"

            "It has to be in order for the ceremony to work!" replied Sy with a shrug. Stuffing his hands into his pockets, he strolled around the ancient chamber. "The six pedastals are in place..." he said, counted them. Then, looking up at the ceiling, he saw the long, thin, black crack. "And the portal to the Shadow Realm is ready to be opened! We just need the Pharaoh and the priestess!"

            "Which will be easy," added Himeyuri with a grin. "Whiel you were sleeping, I read up on the latest issue of the newspaper they sent us. In it, they managed to find the Pharaoh! And you will not believe who he is!"

            "Who?"

            "Yugi Mutou, dubbed the King of Games!"

            Sy stared. "That midget is the Pharaoh!?"

            "Well...he carries the Pharaoh in something called a Millennium Puzzle...the Millennium Items were those thigns the Pharaoh's father created," explained Himeyuri as she traced one of the blood covered pedastals in the center of the room. Scrapping off a bit of it, she sniffed it. "The smell of that priestess still lingers..."

            "Have you finished that plan to get the Pharaoh?" asked Sy, tracing the inscriptions on the wall.

            "Yes. And you will much fun too. We will be able to start tomorrow. All you need to do is defeat him a duel and then bring him here. From there," she continued, "I will seperate him from the boy and keep them seperate. Then...using my irresistable charm," she winked, "I'll convince him that the summoning of the six will bring about peace. The six will destroy the evil in this world and whole bunch of crap like that."

            "And I duel him?"

            "Yep! And with a very special deck, if I might added," giggled Himeyuri. "I had it specifically made for you. There is no possible for you to lose."

            Walking over to her, Sy grinned slyly, encircling his arms around her waist and pulled her back to his chest. Between ever kiss he planted on her neck, he said, "What would...I do...if I didn't...have you...to help...me?"

            "Probably lay around on your lazy ass and kill people," kidded Himeyuri, leaning into his embrace and smiling playfully, practically purring in pleasure.

            Turning over on his side, Malik stared into the darkness. The fan blew a cool and gentle breeze against his pace, ruffling his hair a bit. His fingers closed over the blanket pulled over his body. In a few hours he would have to get up.

            Damn it damn it damn it! he cursed. What the heck was Isis talking about? What's happened to her? And why does she think I'll get it? Is it some kind of kind deadly disease or somethin?

            Well, that would explain why she's been actin' so weird...but then again, it still doesn't make sense. Why didn't she just go to a doctor? No, it's something different. Something more serious!

            And how the hell did she know that I liked Anzu!? Che...must be the Big-sister radar thing. Damn, I hate that. I really do.

            Turning so that he was on his back, he put his hand behind his head and stared at the ceiling. I wish she could have told me what was wrong with her...

            Ayame rubbed her head, groaning. Then, blinking, she looked up. Then sweatdropped. Anzu was staring down at her.

            ::Ugh...Ayame? What happened?:: muttered Suika.

           ::Um...please don't be alarmed mistress!:: stated Ayame, as she flapped her tiny wings and hovered in the air, inches from Anzu. This caught both Suika and Chocho's attention. The two fairies exchanged embarrssed glances before joining Ayame in the air.

            "W-who are you?" stammered Anzu. Yet, she didn't need an answer. It clicked as she recognized their faces and voices. "Y-you're Dancing fairy! From my deck! And you were in my dream!"

            All three fairies nodded.

            ::We've been guiding and watching you mistress, for you are in great danger.:: stated Cho-cho.

            ::We even went against Mysty's orders not to!:: added Suika.

            "Mysty?" echoed Anzu, blinking.

            ::To you, she is Mystical Elf:: stated Ayame as a matter-of-factly.

            ::Mistress, you had best sit down. And we promise to explain everything!:: spoke Cho-cho.

            However, they froze. The lock on the door clicked. All three fairies shot inside Anzu's jacket inside pockets just as the door opened. Anzu looked at the newcomer and blinked.

            Holding her bag and standing in the doorwya, Rowan smiled. "Guess we're roommates."

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Sorry it's short. You guys now have the option of having the chapters more frequent, but shorter, or you can give me mroe time and i'll make them longer. You elt me know. I hope I cleared a few questions in this chapter. The next chapter will be up after I get back from cape Cod. Jaa! ~Mae Crawford