Author's Note:

We forgot to say that in our story, Yugi gave the Millennium Necklace back to Ishizu for safekeeping. We dunno whether or not that's true.

Thank you to Rune-Sorceress, the only person who actually REVIEWED (at the time of me checking. I apologize if you reviewed after we updated).

Rune-Sorceress: Thanks for reviewing, we really appreciate it. The reason the beginning is so random is because originally this was just a game thing with me and my friend (who share the same username) via email; she wrote a bit and sent it to me, then I added onto it and sent it back, so on and so forth. So you may find some writing styles are different. We did change some of the beginning so it would make more sense though.
We're glad you like the Kuriboh thing, but Tristan is a little to big to be riding that thing.
Finally, as to what Kaiba was researching... you'll just have to find out!

Disclaimer: We don't own any of the Yu-gi-oh characters.

Chapter 2: A Vital Clue

They had reached the valley which led onto the next town. The scene was much worse. The whole place was run-down and looked like a death trap. Flames billowed from the roofs and rats ran about the broken food storage units.

"It gets better," added Joey sarcastically. "Look!"

A large Blue Eyes sat in the middle of the desolate town square. It's large eyes narrowed in search of intruders.

"Wait a minute..." started Joey.

"Isn't that..."said Tristan.

"Yep, it's Kaiba's dragon," replied Yugi in a confused tone. "That must mean they took away Kaiba's cards, which means that he has nothing to defend himself with against the armies of darkness. It also means that 3 Blue Eyes are out along with a bunch of his other powerful cards."

Yugi slumped against his monster. This was terrible. He didn't have the time to save Kaiba and stop the monsters. The leader of this mayhem was only a few days away from victory. A beeping sound cut through his thoughts. He picked up his mobile.

"Yugi? It's Tea. We have bad news. Ishizu and Bakura have gone missing which is bad because they have millennium items. Do you think they were kidnapped?"

"I'm not sure Tea, but we'll find out. Meanwhile get all the duelists down to the Valley of Spirits and ready them for a big battle. The armies are on their way. Gotta go. Bye," replied Yugi.

Suddenly a large hole opened in the ground near the Blue Eyes. The dragon shuffled awkwardly aside and launched into a clumsy bow. Two figures appeared dragging a third figure with them. The person being dragged was tied and chained heavily.

"Don't they look kinda familiar?" asked Tristan.

"Yeah. It looks like-" Yugi squinted. "Anubis and Marik...and they've got Kaiba!"

"Let them keep him I say. We've got other things t' do," shrugged Joey.

"No Joey," interrupted Yugi. "He might have the knowledge to stop the darkness. We need to rescue him."

"Bit late," replied Tristan, pointing at the hole.

The 3 people had flown off on the dragon and were heading to a large pyramid over the hill. The hole in the ground had vanished.

"We've got to follow them!" yelled Yugi, diving after them.

As Marik and Anubis flew towards the pyramid, Kaiba was putting up a valiant, but useless fight against them.

"Stay still mortal!" snarled Anubis, lashing out a kick at Kaiba.

"Be careful! He must stay alive. Otherwise the Pharaoh may not come," snapped Marik.

"Oh he'll come," snorted Anubis, "The Pharaoh will want to stop us from taking over the world, the fool he is."

"Well then lets leave him and his little friends a welcome shall we?" smiled Marik, but it wasn't a warm, welcoming smile. It was an evil, cruel smile.

He reached into his belt and withdrew some cards and threw them behind him. Anubis did the same.

"Rise oh mighty shadow warriors! And do what you were created to do!"

Joey, Tristan and Yugi rode on following but got further and further away from the trio. Tristan's Kuriboh was getting tired and almost collapsed.

"Helloo! A little HELP please!" he yelled, dropping a few metres.

"Alright, keep your hair on," replied Joey. "Come on mate. This dragon can hold us both."

Tristan withdrew Kuriboh and hopped on the dragon.

Yugi, sighing at how noisy his friends were, suddenly noticed Anubis and Marik pull out cards and a sudden rush of darkness came streaking towards in a stampede. He paled as he recognized a hoard of shadow creatures rushing towards them. Tristan and Joey, both on the Red Eyes, saw it too.

"Oh, just great," Joey pulled out a card and sent it at the hoard. A zombie dragon appeared and was immediately crushed by the relentless stream. "Just fantastic!"

Yugi thought and then sent a card out. "Swords of Revealing Light!" he shouted.

The darkness was surrounded and the three of them rode on, with Joey pulling faces at the monsters as they thrashed but couldn't escape the swords
(Yugi and Tristan: --U).

In the confusion, Marik and Anubis had escaped.

Yugi rode swiftly to the place where they had been moments ago. "We've lost them."

"What are we gonna do," said Tristan. "The darkness is spreading and most of the strongest duelists have been put out of action by the millennium key, Tea radioed while you were fighting. She said that she's gonna getting help from elsewhere."

Suddenly a gust of wind blew them back a step. A small note caught the wind and floated down as it deceased.

Yugi snatched it and read. "It's from Kaiba! It says, 'Yugi, I don't have much time. I wouldn't turn to you for help normally, but this is important and you're the only one standing. Anubis and Marik are aiming to --"'

The note stopped abruptly. It had been torn. But scrawled messily on the bottom was something that was vital to their quest...

Shadow Pyramids.

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