Twisting...turning...shredding...killing...
"Get out of my head..."
Do not deny the darkness inside...
Anubis had finally given up all hope of ever finding Yami. It didn't matter where he went; he always ended up going further and further into deep darkness. Both arms were wrapped about his broad chest to keep himself at least moderately warm. Anubis could smell blood everywhere but one stood out as Runihura's. But when he thought he was on the right track, he discovered he was merely wandering in circles again. He collapsed to his knees for a second time.
The shrieking noise came again, louder this time. Anubis didn't bother to cover his ears. It stopped shortly after and another hallucination—if that's what they truly were—appeared before him in the shape of...
"Yugi."
The boy's face held no emotion and no innocence. There was a glimmer in his red eyes that Anubis did not like the looks of. Suddenly, the boy grinned, fangs glistening dangerously, and struck out at Anubis with wicked claws. Anubis flinched but felt nothing; when his eyes opened he saw a ghostly body, gashed violently from throat to waist. Yugi's apparition licked blood from its fingers, chuckling deeply. "Fool," Osiris' voice said through Yugi's lips. "You know better than to disobey your Master." Then Yugi was gone, but the ghostly corpse remained. Anubis crawled forward to look at the fading body and screamed. He was staring into his own dead eyes. His heart began racing, pounding against his ribs and threatening to break out.
It was after the hallucinations stopped that Anubis panicked and started running, coming across rooms that he had not encountered before. He could hear screaming, crying and laughing. There was blood splattered on the walls, ceiling and floor. Bodies had piled up like high mountains, peaks reaching toward the sky. He could see Osiris standing in the midst of it all, head thrown back in maniacal laughter. The god turned His head and smiled at Anubis, a hand held out for him to take and join Him in needless slaughter. Anubis, with an angry yell, ran at Osiris and passed directly through him, consequently almost charging directly into the far wall.
"Why will these visions not cease?!" Anubis screamed, pounding on the wall he was closest to angrily.
Thump.
Anubis blinked in surprise and hit the wall again.
Thump.
It was hollow. He drew back a clenched fist and rammed it into the wall with all the might he could possibly muster. The wall crumbled and fell inward, revealing a secret room that contained only an object that looked like a birdbath. Anubis shook his head. It still wasn't the right room.
"Who's there?" a familiar voice snapped. A figure, or maybe two, emerged from the dark corners of the mysterious room.
Anubis looked up and saw Runihura glaring at him, holding an unconscious Yami in his arms. "Runihura."
Yugi's murderer smiled vaguely. "Ah, it's only you. I was wondering when you would show."
Anubis looked around. The scent of death was in this room, but it was pleasant, like that of an angel come to earth. "What has happened here?"
Runihura chuckled. "Yami's wish was granted. He got to see Yugi one last time. Unfortunately, the encounter was too much for him to bear and he collapsed. It's actually rather convenient. He will be easier to sacrifice if he is asleep. However, he is becoming a burden. You take him."
This could be the perfect opportunity to get Yami out of here. If he is not sacrificed, Osiris shall not have enough strength to return. "Very well, give him to me." He held out his arms, ready to receive the sleeping Pharaoh.
Runihura placed him in Anubis' grasp and headed out of the door. "Take him to the Ceremony room. I'll meet you there soon; I must fetch Lord Ammon first. I trust you still know where that room is?"
"Yes, I do."
"Good." Those were Runihura's last words before he disappeared.
Anubis waited for a few minutes to make sure that he was gone and sighed. He stuck his head out of the doorway and looked left and right to verify he was alone and took off quickly down the left hallway. The path to the Ceremony room was simple, unforgettable...and instead of making a right at the first fork, he took a left and ducked into an empty room where he lay Yami down gently on the floor near the wall and watched him fight to awaken through his nightmares. The Pharaoh mumbled Yugi's name many times and other inaudible things that wrenched at Anubis' heart for the strangest reason. Finally, a half hour later, his eyes fluttered open slowly. Anubis sighed and smiled...
"And that is what happened," Anubis explained.
"I see. You went through all that to prevent my death?"
Anubis stood up. "Whether you approve of it or not, you are the key to everything. You play an important role in all of this mayhem and you are the only one who can stop the horror."
"I can't do it alone. I don't have the power I did back in Egypt."
"That is not true." Anubis knelt again and placed a hand on Yami's heart. "The power of Seyumi runs within you. You only need to unlock it."
Yami shook his head. "I don't really understand who this 'Seyumi' is."
"Allow me to explain. He is the equivalent of Osiris, but he does not derive his strength from the deaths of others. His strength resides in his courage, his will to defeat all evil, even though one day he will be swallowed by the darkness. But despite all of that, he will stop at nothing to achieve his goals."
"So...he is a god?"
"Yes. And since he lives in you, that means that you, too, are a god."