DGG: I would like to take this time to mourn for the death of Reese Kibler. He went to my school. He was a junior. I never met him, but he died waiting for his heart transplant. His sister died in 1993 when she was 14 of the same thing, but they didn't even know she had that problem. Let us mourn for a few moments.
Chapter 14: The Powers of the Light
The gang sat around and talked about what the answer could be to the riddle. They needed that book or else they wouldn't be able to stop Natalie. With the Book of Shadows, she was practically immortal. They agreed around lunch time to go back to the Nile and confront the shadow cat together. When they reached the Nile, the same thing happened. A wall of sand shot up from the ground and the shadow cat appeared.
"I see you have brought others with you," it said.
"Yes, we all were searching for the same thing," said Yami.
"Do you have the answer to my riddle?"
"How many answers can there be to a riddle? We found two to give you," said Yami.
"I will accept only one answer."
The group of friends looked around at each other.
"Does it have to be a certain answer?" asked Marik.
"Whichever you prefer."
"The answer to your riddle is the future," said Yami.
The creature stood in front of them, staring down at the former pharaoh. They weren't sure what was about to happen. They knew that was a correct answer, but the cat just stood its ground, completely frozen. Finally, it nodded its head.
"Correct."
Everyone let out a sigh of relief.
"Now you must pass my judgment."
"Of course," said Yami.
Yami and the shadow cat locked their eyes onto each other. Suddenly, Yami wasn't with the others. He wasn't even in Egypt. He knew this place. He remembered the shiver that went through him all the times he'd been there. He was in the Shadow Realm.
"What are we doing here?" asked Yami.
"This is where I will judge you."
"There will be three tests you must take before you can pass. You must pass all three of them."
"What is your first test?" asked Yami.
"For you specifically, I will ask you three questions about Egypt. My first question is: What did the ancient Egyptians eat?"
Yami didn't answer. His memory of his past was still fading and what he ate was a part of it. That wasn't good.
"I learned this in class one time!" said Yugi. "I can tell you if you can't remember."
"We mainly grew wheat and barley to turn into bread, soup, and porridge. We also ate beef, mutton, duck, and goose," answered Yami.
"Very good. Your answer is correct. Now for the second question. Which direction does the water in the Nile flow?"
"It flows to the north," Yami answered right away.
"Correct."
"Wow, that was really fast," noted Yugi.
"I know. I'm not even sure how I remembered that," said Yami.
"Your final question is: what is the letter 'e' in hieroglyphics?"
"Crud. I can't remember that right off the top of my head. We learned it in seventh grade. Darn it!"
"Don't worry about it, Yugi."
Yami looked up at the shadow cat and said confidently, "In hieroglyphs, the symbol for 'e' is three feathers."
"You are correct. Now for your next test you must prove that you were once the pharaoh of Egypt."
"How will I do that?"
"You are not known to many people. Therefore, they know little information about you. The boy that you share your body with does not know the answer to this question either."
"You know about Yugi?" Yami asked surprised.
"Yes. In order to prove to me that you were the pharaoh and your father's son, what dynasty are you from?"
"The eighteenth," answered Yami.
"How did you remember that?" Yugi asked.
"I'm not sure."
"Correct again. Now for your final test. You must prove your trust to me."
"My trust? How will I do this?" asked Yami.
"I will give to you the Book of Light. You must open the cover and read the inscription inside."
"How does this prove my trust though?" asked Yami.
"If the inscription is read by a trustworthy person, you will be filled with its powers. If you are not trustworthy, the book will reject you. Your soul would be sealed within its bindings where you can never get free. Many people are within the bindings of this book. You would not want to join them."
"Well, I guess we have no choice," said Yugi.
"You're right," agreed Yami.
Next, the cat seemed to pull the book out of thin air and lowered it to give the former pharaoh. He took the book and opened it.
"Can you read it?" asked Yugi.
"I think so."
Suddenly, Yugi saw that he could read what the book said too! He decided that he'd better read it as well. So they read the short inscription together. After they were done, nothing happened. The two of them stood there, but still nothing happened. Both Yugi and Yami looked to the shadow cat. He didn't seem to be doing anything. He only stood there, staring at them. For a moment, they thought it didn't work until they felt something pulse through their veins. Bright blinding lights were shining all around them and they had to shut their eyes. They started feeling stronger. Eventually, they felt like they couldn't handle any more of it. Then, it stopped. They looked up to the shadow cat who bowed down to Yami.
"I hope you are successful in your journey," said the shadow cat.
"Thank you," said Yami.
"You now have the powers from this book. All you have to do is snap your fingers and whatever you desire will happen. Just snap your fingers to return to the rest of your friends."
Yami nodded, snapped his fingers, and was instantly with the rest of his friends.
"Well, did it work?" asked Téa.
"Did you get it?" asked Joey.
Yami smiled, and showed them the snow white book, "I got it."
"Awesome! Now we can help Mokuba!" cried Tristan happily.
"We still need to devise a plan," said Yami.
"Why do we need one now? We have the power to defeat Natalie."
"Tristan, that doesn't matter. We need a plan. We can't just go in there blindly."
"He's right," agreed Marik.
"Okay. Let's head back now," said Joey.
He started to turn and walk when Yami snapped his fingers and they were instantly back at Marik's and Odion's home.
"Whoa, that's useful," said Joey.
Instantly, Yami went looking through the book for any useful spells. He flipped through a few of the pages when one seemed to catch his eye.
"What are you looking at?" asked Marik.
"This spell could help us a little," Yami said. "It would give us another person to fight with us and would help Mokuba."
"What's it do?" asked Joey.
"You'll see, but first we should go back home. Marik, Odion, you may come along if you wish."
"Certainly," nodded Marik and Odion.
"Why? Can't we do the spell here?" asked Joey.
"Actually, we can't. We need to be in Domino City in order for it to work properly."
Everyone else looked at each other with confused looks on their faces. What was he planning to do? Next, Yami snapped his fingers and they were back in Domino City.
At Kaiba Corp, all the employees were finally there. They were all standing outside the towering building. Natalie smirked at them from her office window.
"You've done good work for once," she told Mokuba.
He didn't say anything. He was afraid of what she would do to all of them.
"I think we should go out there and introduce them to their new boss."
Mokuba looked up at her when she said that. He didn't like hearing that Kaiba Corp had a new owner. He wouldn't have liked it even if the new owner had still been him.
"Let's go, Mokuba," she smirked.
She snapped her fingers and they were floating above everyone. Mokuba hid behind her. Everyone gasped when they saw her.
"Wh-who are you?" someone asked.
"I am the rightful owner of Kaiba Corporation," she answered. "Mokuba has given me this company against his will, and now all of you work for me. I'm Gozaburo Kaiba's daughter, Natalie Kaiba."
"Natalie?" people asked.
"Some of you should remember me. Remember how bad I was then? Well, I've gotten much worse."
She watched as some of them crouched down in fear.
'I don't see how much worse she really could have gotten,' Mokuba thought to himself.
"What?" Natalie asked him.
"I didn't say anything," said Mokuba.
She instantly pulled Mokuba out from behind her and held him in a death grip.
"I heard what you thought, Mokuba," she hissed at him.
She tightened her grip even more and he let out a yelp of pain. Everyone looked up to Mokuba and Natalie. They feared for Mokuba's life.
"We'll talk about it later."
Then, she tossed Mokuba into the air and he flew through the window to Natalie's office. Mokuba lay on the floor for a while. Finally, he got up and looked out the window. Natalie was busy yelling at everyone. Then, Mokuba remembered Noah. He ran down the hall to where he was.
"Mokuba!" Noah cried happily.
"Hey, Noah," said Mokuba.
"What happened to you?"
"I was thrown through a window."
"Are you okay?"
"I guess so. Natalie has officially proclaimed herself the owner of Kaiba Corp."
Noah watched a tear roll down Mokuba's cheek. He didn't know what to say.
"Don't worry about it, Mokuba," said Noah.
"I can't help it. I still want it to be Seto's."
"I know, but we can't do anything about that anymore."
"It's not fair, Noah. Why did this have to happen?"
"I don't know."
Before they could say anything else, Natalie showed up, grabbed Mokuba, and threw him against a wall.
"Let's discuss what you said outside now," Natalie hissed at him.
"Leave him alone!" cried Noah.
"I don't think you're in the proper position to be barking orders at anyone!" she yelled.
"But I didn't say anything," Mokuba argued.
"You did in your head. I can hear your thoughts. But now I have to figure out how to punish you."
"I'm sorry, Natalie, I didn't mean to say it," Mokuba tried to apologize.
"Hush!" she smacked him. "Do you have anything else to say to me?"
Mokuba remained silent with his eyes closed.
I asked you a question!"
She raised her hand to smack him again, but someone grabbed her arm, stopping her. She looked up to see who it was and gasped. The person who grabbed ahold of her was Seto Kaiba.