First off, I'm sure you all hate me for taking so long to write this! I'm
soooooooooooo sorry!!!!!! ;_; But I do hope you like this chapter!
Response to reviewers:
Kado shujin Sara: Don't worry about the update thing. Look how long it took me to update this! Stories come when they do. Thanks for the review! ^__^
Sharem: I used to watch Mummy's Alive all the time too! Thanx for reviewing!
hobbit13: I've tried twigging the "bumping into" section, (NS7: Twigging, hehe, I like that word! Twigging twigging twigging twigging... Violet: *waks NS7 on head with frying pan* Get on with it!) but I'm not exactly sure what's wrong. If you could tell me what you're confused about, I'll try to fix it.
tenshiamanda: Action's coming. (Wait let me check! *pause* Yep, it's coming!) But even Scarab wouldn't jump into something right away. Gotta have a plan first. Hehehehehehehe*cough*.
C. J. Ray: Imhotep? Maybe not. (Hmmmmm, wait...) But he can get an honorable mention! But he can't be in the story. It'd be too confusing.
Shurimon: Yeah! Mummies! I figured since there were two pharaohs in the same time, they should meet! And one of them, Presley, has four mummy guardians. Don't worry though. They'll all meet soon!
FireSenshi2: It's finally here! Sorry it took so long! ^_^;;; Thanx for the review!
MollyJean: Yeah! That's the right show! Thanx for the review!
star fur: I'd like to add Bakura and Ryou, but I'm not sure if they'd fit. I will if I can! Thanx for the review!
Amy14: Here's the next chapter! Sorry it took so long! ^_^;;; Thanx for the review.
Well, here's the next chapter! Oh and I still don't own Yugioh or Mummy's Alive. ;_; I wish I did! On with the story!
***
"Rath, what could they mean?" Jakal asked the group's scholar. Being told to stay in the Sphinx and still unnerved about the nightmares, the mummies had turned to Rath for an explanation.
"Well, all I can gather is that they must be important, because we all seem to be having the same dream. And that the dreams get progressively longer, the more times we have them."
"Yeah," Armon agreed, "Starting out only being a glimpse of an ancient palace, then the symbol of the Eye of the Millennia, symbol of an ancient pharaoh from way before any of us existed. Then there were us, Ramses, and then a bunch of other people. The boy standing next to Ramses started to glow, his eyes changing from violet to crimson. Then Ramses would glow too! Then Scarab was there. Then I would wake up."
"I don't know about you boys, but having the same dream is creep to me," Nefertina said.
"I believe the word is 'creepy'," corrected Rath.
"Well," Jakal decided, "We need to learn what this means, by any means. Rath?"
"I'm on it," he said, nodding his head.
"The rest of us should try to focus on our duty to Prince Ramses," Jakal concluded. The other three nodded in agreement.
*********
"So, do you duel?" Yugi asked Presley as they all walked out of the restraunt. The food was great but the teens didn't really get much time to talk.
"Duel?" Presley asked, confused.
"Duel Monsters Card Game," Tea corrected.
"Oh they just started selling those here," Presley said, "It's a real big hit at my school. I have a few cards myself, but don't really know how to play."
"Don't worry, it's easy!" Joey said.
"Yeah, and if Joey here could learn how, anyone can," Tristan said.
"Watch it!" Joey growled.
"Well, thank you Ms. Ishtar for inviting me to this luncheon," Mr. Stone said as he and Ishizu walked out of the restraunt, "It was - educational."
"You're welcome Mr. Stone," Ishizu said as he left.
"Come on Presley, we got to go," his mother said, walking out of the restraunt after the other two.
"Alright mom," Presley said, then turned back to the group, "Maybe you guys could give me some pointers on the game later?"
"Sure!" Yugi said.
"Bye!" Presley shouted as he followed his mom.
"Bye!" the group shouted, except for Yami, who still remained silent.
*********
"Why does that upside-down pyramid look so familiar!!?!!!!!" Scarab shouted from within his lair.
"Quiet down! I'm trying to sleep," said a deep feminine voice from somewhere within the lair.
"Oh, be quiet yourself Heka! It's still mid-day" Scarab sat in his chair, holding his head in his ancient hand.
"Can't even get some shut eye," the golden snake grumbled.
"Eye," Scarab wondered to himself, "Eye! That's it!"
Heka gave a long suffered sigh and pulled herself up out of the jar she was trying to sleep in. She slithered over to where Scarab was rummaging through old scrolls. "What are you doing now?" she asked.
"Ah here it is!" Scarab held up a certain scroll in triumph.
Heka looked it over. "Isn't that an Ancient Egyptian equivalent of a fairy tale? An old legend told to children before they went to bed?"
"Yes Heka, but all legends come from some strand of truth, and this one is no different." Scarab smiled with delight.
"Well, what's it say?" Heka asked in a monotone, knowing Scarab was going to tell her anyway.
"5000 years ago, from this time," Scarab said as he read from the text, "an ancient game was played where scribes, sorcerers, and pharaohs combining monsters and magic to defeat their enemies. This game involved magical ceremonies, which were used to foresee the future and ultimately, decide one's destiny. They called it the Shadow Games.
But with so many magical spells and ferocious creatures on the earth, it wasn't long before the game got out of hand and threatened to destroy the entire world! Fortunately, a brave Pharaoh stepped in and averted this cataclysm with the help of seven powerful magical totems, called the Millennium Items!
That's it!!!!"
"What's it?" Heka asked lazily.
Scarab shuffled through some more scrolls and papers until he found the ones he was looking for.
"This is the index of Millennium Items. Let's see, Millennium Eye, Millennium Ring, Millennium Rod, Millennium Necklace, Millennium Key, Millennium Scale, AH-HA! The Millennium Puzzle!!!!!"
Heka sighed again. Scarab was getting too excited over this for is own good!
"It says that the Millennium Puzzle was the container of the legendary Pharaoh's Power along with its Millennium Item Power."
"Pharaoh Power? Millennium Item Power?" Heka asked confused.
"All the Millennium Items have the power to move, read, or distort human souls," Scarab answered, "But no one was ever sure what the Pharaoh's Power was. It was only recorded, by the ancient legends Ishtars, as the most powerful force ever! It was what gave the ancient Pharaoh's, ancient in my time even, the power to rule."
"Wait, Ishtar?" Heka asked, "Isn't that the woman you saw today? The woman with the new exhibit in the museum?"
Scarab's eyes widened considerably. "I'd never thought of that! But she can't be a real Ishtar. Their kind died out a long time ago. It was recorded by another ancient scribe, Imhotep, that they had disappeared from existence."
"Maybe her parents liked the name, maybe not," Heka shrugged. Well, as well as a snake could. "Real or not, she might know something."
"Yes!" Scarab agreed. "And then there is the boy himself. This Yugi. He said his grandfather gave him the puzzle. Now where did he find such a trinket? It was said to be destroyed over 15 hundred years before I was even born!"
"Wow, I didn't know anything was older than you," Heka said.
Scarab glared at her.
"Well," Heka started not concerned, "what about Ramses?"
"Ramses!?" Scarab said, "Heka, this is bigger than Ramses! We're talking about ancient power that has been missing for over 5000 years! I must get it!"
"Whatever," Heka said, slithering back over to her jar, "As long as I get some sleep." And she curled back up in her jar, leaving Scarab to plan.
******
"Hey, Ishizu?" Yami asked the woman when they arrived back at the hotel around 1pm. Joey and Tristan were in the hotel's arcade, trying to beat each other, while the rest were sitting on the couches in the large lobby.
"Yes my Pharaoh?" Ishizu said.
Yami sighed. "Please just call me Yami, Ishizu."
She only continued to look at him with an expressionless face.
Yami sighed again. "Well, I was wondering, what kind of 'tomb robbing' were you and Mr. Stone talking about when we arrived here?"
"When the Ramses exhibit first opened in this museum," Ishizu explained, "There were four mummies stolen right out of their sarcophagi, as well as a mummified cat. In the same room, several priceless artifacts broken and shattered."
The anger quickly bubbled up in Yami. How dare someone defile someone who has already passed on to the afterlife!!!!!! He had no words vile enough, in Egyptian, Japanese, or now English, to explain his feelings toward tomb robbers, ancient or modern-day!
"Then," Ishizu continued, "When the sarcophagi were being transported to an even more secure facility, they were stolen as well."
Yugi could feel the anger radiating through his bond with Yami. /Yami! What's wrong!?/ he asked, concerned.
//How could they?// Yami said quietly through the bond, anger making it unable for his to say anymore. He was physically shaking.
"Hey guys, guess what!?" Joey shouted as he and Tristan returned to the group. "I kicked Tristan's...hey! What's wrong with Yami!?"
Tea, who had been watching the fountain across from them, looked over at Yami concerned. "Yami what's wrong?" she said, echoing Yugi's question.
"Nothing!" Yami said shortly, standing up, "I'll be in the room." Then he went off.
Tea, Joey, and Tristan all turned towards Yugi. "I don't know, guys," he said, "But something's been wrong with him since we got here."
Tristan shrugged. "I guess he'll tell us later, when he's ready."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Well," Joey said, "Who wants to check out the pool with me?"
"I'm going to go back up to my and Tea's room," Ishizu said.
The rest of them were planning on checking out the hotel's pool earlier, so they had their bathing suits on under their clothes.
"Alright!" Yugi said happily. He was still worried about Yami, but Tristan was right. Yami will tell them what's bothering him when he's ready.
******
"Hey guys!" Presley shouted as he walked into the living area of the Sphinx. "Have you been good?"
"Yep!" Armon shouted back, his nose in the "cold white sarcophagus" in the kitchen. "Hey!" he shouted, "Do we have anymore Beefy Burgers?"
"No Armon!" Nefertina shouted back from the living room, clearly board out of her mind stuck in this place with the guys. "You ate them all last night!"
"Hm," Presley heard Rath say in his room, no doubt buried up to his ears in ancient scrolls and texts.
"Hey Nefertina!" Presley said, hopping on the hard couch next to her.
"Hello Ramses," she said back smiling.
"Please, just call me Presley," he said. How many times was he going to have to tell them that before his guardians started calling him by his real name, not his ancient one?
"But why Ramses?" Nefertina asked.
Presley sighed. Obviously not today! "Where's Jakal?" he asked.
"I think he's on patrol," she answered, "He likes to go out alone sometimes, clears his head."
"Oh, okay," Presley said, shrugging.
"Hey Nefertina!" Armon shouted, "Want to drive me to Beefy Burger?"
"Sure!" she shouted back, "Anything to get out of this boring place!" Then she turned to Presley. "Would you like to come?"
"Sure!" Presley said, "Let's go!"
"Alright!" Armon shouted, and the three were in the Hot-Ra and out of the Sphinx in no time flat.
Rath watched them leave, then turned back to his studies. He'd felt he'd made a break through, finding information on the Eye of the Millennia and the great pharaoh that stopped the destruction of the world by an ancient game called the Shadow Games, sealing it in a place called the Shadow Realm.
Rath had his own theories about this shadow realm and even thought that it could be connected to the Western Gate, but he had a lot more studying to do.
*******
"Hey guys!" Joey shouted, "Where do you want to go eat dinner?" It was starting to darken outside and Joey's stomach rumbles were clearly audible.
They had been swimming and hanging out at the hotel's pool for the rest of the day. But now water logged and hungry, they started to head back up to the rooms.
"I don't know," Tristan said, "We'll have to ask Ishizu if there's anywhere good to eat around here."
"Yep!" Yugi agreed. He looked at his fingers. "Look guys, I'm all prune-y!"
They all laughed. Today was turning out to be a fun day!
"Hey Yami!" Yugi shouted as he and the other two boys walked into their room, "Do you want to come out with us to dinner?" He looked around, trying to find his dark.
"Look," Joey said quietly, trying to stifle his laughter. He pointed to one of the beds.
There was Yami, fast asleep.
"I don't think we should wake him," Yugi whispered, grinning, "Yami's been through a lot."
The other two nodded. The three changed quickly into dryer clothes, then went across the hall to wait for Tea outside her door.
"Where's Yami?" Tea asked when she walked out of the room.
The boys laughed a little. "He's asleep," Yugi filled her in.
Tea grinned.
"Well, Ishizu left, saying that she was going to the museum," Tea said, "But she said there was a pretty good fast food restraunt just down the street. We could walk it!"
"Really!?" Joey said excited, "Well, let's go!"
"What's it called?" Tristan asked.
"Beefy Burger," Tea answered.
ALRIGHT! The pieces are falling into place and the chapter is over! Please review! I promise I won't take as long on the next chapter as I did this one! Again please forgive me! And review!
Response to reviewers:
Kado shujin Sara: Don't worry about the update thing. Look how long it took me to update this! Stories come when they do. Thanks for the review! ^__^
Sharem: I used to watch Mummy's Alive all the time too! Thanx for reviewing!
hobbit13: I've tried twigging the "bumping into" section, (NS7: Twigging, hehe, I like that word! Twigging twigging twigging twigging... Violet: *waks NS7 on head with frying pan* Get on with it!) but I'm not exactly sure what's wrong. If you could tell me what you're confused about, I'll try to fix it.
tenshiamanda: Action's coming. (Wait let me check! *pause* Yep, it's coming!) But even Scarab wouldn't jump into something right away. Gotta have a plan first. Hehehehehehehe*cough*.
C. J. Ray: Imhotep? Maybe not. (Hmmmmm, wait...) But he can get an honorable mention! But he can't be in the story. It'd be too confusing.
Shurimon: Yeah! Mummies! I figured since there were two pharaohs in the same time, they should meet! And one of them, Presley, has four mummy guardians. Don't worry though. They'll all meet soon!
FireSenshi2: It's finally here! Sorry it took so long! ^_^;;; Thanx for the review!
MollyJean: Yeah! That's the right show! Thanx for the review!
star fur: I'd like to add Bakura and Ryou, but I'm not sure if they'd fit. I will if I can! Thanx for the review!
Amy14: Here's the next chapter! Sorry it took so long! ^_^;;; Thanx for the review.
Well, here's the next chapter! Oh and I still don't own Yugioh or Mummy's Alive. ;_; I wish I did! On with the story!
***
"Rath, what could they mean?" Jakal asked the group's scholar. Being told to stay in the Sphinx and still unnerved about the nightmares, the mummies had turned to Rath for an explanation.
"Well, all I can gather is that they must be important, because we all seem to be having the same dream. And that the dreams get progressively longer, the more times we have them."
"Yeah," Armon agreed, "Starting out only being a glimpse of an ancient palace, then the symbol of the Eye of the Millennia, symbol of an ancient pharaoh from way before any of us existed. Then there were us, Ramses, and then a bunch of other people. The boy standing next to Ramses started to glow, his eyes changing from violet to crimson. Then Ramses would glow too! Then Scarab was there. Then I would wake up."
"I don't know about you boys, but having the same dream is creep to me," Nefertina said.
"I believe the word is 'creepy'," corrected Rath.
"Well," Jakal decided, "We need to learn what this means, by any means. Rath?"
"I'm on it," he said, nodding his head.
"The rest of us should try to focus on our duty to Prince Ramses," Jakal concluded. The other three nodded in agreement.
*********
"So, do you duel?" Yugi asked Presley as they all walked out of the restraunt. The food was great but the teens didn't really get much time to talk.
"Duel?" Presley asked, confused.
"Duel Monsters Card Game," Tea corrected.
"Oh they just started selling those here," Presley said, "It's a real big hit at my school. I have a few cards myself, but don't really know how to play."
"Don't worry, it's easy!" Joey said.
"Yeah, and if Joey here could learn how, anyone can," Tristan said.
"Watch it!" Joey growled.
"Well, thank you Ms. Ishtar for inviting me to this luncheon," Mr. Stone said as he and Ishizu walked out of the restraunt, "It was - educational."
"You're welcome Mr. Stone," Ishizu said as he left.
"Come on Presley, we got to go," his mother said, walking out of the restraunt after the other two.
"Alright mom," Presley said, then turned back to the group, "Maybe you guys could give me some pointers on the game later?"
"Sure!" Yugi said.
"Bye!" Presley shouted as he followed his mom.
"Bye!" the group shouted, except for Yami, who still remained silent.
*********
"Why does that upside-down pyramid look so familiar!!?!!!!!" Scarab shouted from within his lair.
"Quiet down! I'm trying to sleep," said a deep feminine voice from somewhere within the lair.
"Oh, be quiet yourself Heka! It's still mid-day" Scarab sat in his chair, holding his head in his ancient hand.
"Can't even get some shut eye," the golden snake grumbled.
"Eye," Scarab wondered to himself, "Eye! That's it!"
Heka gave a long suffered sigh and pulled herself up out of the jar she was trying to sleep in. She slithered over to where Scarab was rummaging through old scrolls. "What are you doing now?" she asked.
"Ah here it is!" Scarab held up a certain scroll in triumph.
Heka looked it over. "Isn't that an Ancient Egyptian equivalent of a fairy tale? An old legend told to children before they went to bed?"
"Yes Heka, but all legends come from some strand of truth, and this one is no different." Scarab smiled with delight.
"Well, what's it say?" Heka asked in a monotone, knowing Scarab was going to tell her anyway.
"5000 years ago, from this time," Scarab said as he read from the text, "an ancient game was played where scribes, sorcerers, and pharaohs combining monsters and magic to defeat their enemies. This game involved magical ceremonies, which were used to foresee the future and ultimately, decide one's destiny. They called it the Shadow Games.
But with so many magical spells and ferocious creatures on the earth, it wasn't long before the game got out of hand and threatened to destroy the entire world! Fortunately, a brave Pharaoh stepped in and averted this cataclysm with the help of seven powerful magical totems, called the Millennium Items!
That's it!!!!"
"What's it?" Heka asked lazily.
Scarab shuffled through some more scrolls and papers until he found the ones he was looking for.
"This is the index of Millennium Items. Let's see, Millennium Eye, Millennium Ring, Millennium Rod, Millennium Necklace, Millennium Key, Millennium Scale, AH-HA! The Millennium Puzzle!!!!!"
Heka sighed again. Scarab was getting too excited over this for is own good!
"It says that the Millennium Puzzle was the container of the legendary Pharaoh's Power along with its Millennium Item Power."
"Pharaoh Power? Millennium Item Power?" Heka asked confused.
"All the Millennium Items have the power to move, read, or distort human souls," Scarab answered, "But no one was ever sure what the Pharaoh's Power was. It was only recorded, by the ancient legends Ishtars, as the most powerful force ever! It was what gave the ancient Pharaoh's, ancient in my time even, the power to rule."
"Wait, Ishtar?" Heka asked, "Isn't that the woman you saw today? The woman with the new exhibit in the museum?"
Scarab's eyes widened considerably. "I'd never thought of that! But she can't be a real Ishtar. Their kind died out a long time ago. It was recorded by another ancient scribe, Imhotep, that they had disappeared from existence."
"Maybe her parents liked the name, maybe not," Heka shrugged. Well, as well as a snake could. "Real or not, she might know something."
"Yes!" Scarab agreed. "And then there is the boy himself. This Yugi. He said his grandfather gave him the puzzle. Now where did he find such a trinket? It was said to be destroyed over 15 hundred years before I was even born!"
"Wow, I didn't know anything was older than you," Heka said.
Scarab glared at her.
"Well," Heka started not concerned, "what about Ramses?"
"Ramses!?" Scarab said, "Heka, this is bigger than Ramses! We're talking about ancient power that has been missing for over 5000 years! I must get it!"
"Whatever," Heka said, slithering back over to her jar, "As long as I get some sleep." And she curled back up in her jar, leaving Scarab to plan.
******
"Hey, Ishizu?" Yami asked the woman when they arrived back at the hotel around 1pm. Joey and Tristan were in the hotel's arcade, trying to beat each other, while the rest were sitting on the couches in the large lobby.
"Yes my Pharaoh?" Ishizu said.
Yami sighed. "Please just call me Yami, Ishizu."
She only continued to look at him with an expressionless face.
Yami sighed again. "Well, I was wondering, what kind of 'tomb robbing' were you and Mr. Stone talking about when we arrived here?"
"When the Ramses exhibit first opened in this museum," Ishizu explained, "There were four mummies stolen right out of their sarcophagi, as well as a mummified cat. In the same room, several priceless artifacts broken and shattered."
The anger quickly bubbled up in Yami. How dare someone defile someone who has already passed on to the afterlife!!!!!! He had no words vile enough, in Egyptian, Japanese, or now English, to explain his feelings toward tomb robbers, ancient or modern-day!
"Then," Ishizu continued, "When the sarcophagi were being transported to an even more secure facility, they were stolen as well."
Yugi could feel the anger radiating through his bond with Yami. /Yami! What's wrong!?/ he asked, concerned.
//How could they?// Yami said quietly through the bond, anger making it unable for his to say anymore. He was physically shaking.
"Hey guys, guess what!?" Joey shouted as he and Tristan returned to the group. "I kicked Tristan's...hey! What's wrong with Yami!?"
Tea, who had been watching the fountain across from them, looked over at Yami concerned. "Yami what's wrong?" she said, echoing Yugi's question.
"Nothing!" Yami said shortly, standing up, "I'll be in the room." Then he went off.
Tea, Joey, and Tristan all turned towards Yugi. "I don't know, guys," he said, "But something's been wrong with him since we got here."
Tristan shrugged. "I guess he'll tell us later, when he's ready."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Well," Joey said, "Who wants to check out the pool with me?"
"I'm going to go back up to my and Tea's room," Ishizu said.
The rest of them were planning on checking out the hotel's pool earlier, so they had their bathing suits on under their clothes.
"Alright!" Yugi said happily. He was still worried about Yami, but Tristan was right. Yami will tell them what's bothering him when he's ready.
******
"Hey guys!" Presley shouted as he walked into the living area of the Sphinx. "Have you been good?"
"Yep!" Armon shouted back, his nose in the "cold white sarcophagus" in the kitchen. "Hey!" he shouted, "Do we have anymore Beefy Burgers?"
"No Armon!" Nefertina shouted back from the living room, clearly board out of her mind stuck in this place with the guys. "You ate them all last night!"
"Hm," Presley heard Rath say in his room, no doubt buried up to his ears in ancient scrolls and texts.
"Hey Nefertina!" Presley said, hopping on the hard couch next to her.
"Hello Ramses," she said back smiling.
"Please, just call me Presley," he said. How many times was he going to have to tell them that before his guardians started calling him by his real name, not his ancient one?
"But why Ramses?" Nefertina asked.
Presley sighed. Obviously not today! "Where's Jakal?" he asked.
"I think he's on patrol," she answered, "He likes to go out alone sometimes, clears his head."
"Oh, okay," Presley said, shrugging.
"Hey Nefertina!" Armon shouted, "Want to drive me to Beefy Burger?"
"Sure!" she shouted back, "Anything to get out of this boring place!" Then she turned to Presley. "Would you like to come?"
"Sure!" Presley said, "Let's go!"
"Alright!" Armon shouted, and the three were in the Hot-Ra and out of the Sphinx in no time flat.
Rath watched them leave, then turned back to his studies. He'd felt he'd made a break through, finding information on the Eye of the Millennia and the great pharaoh that stopped the destruction of the world by an ancient game called the Shadow Games, sealing it in a place called the Shadow Realm.
Rath had his own theories about this shadow realm and even thought that it could be connected to the Western Gate, but he had a lot more studying to do.
*******
"Hey guys!" Joey shouted, "Where do you want to go eat dinner?" It was starting to darken outside and Joey's stomach rumbles were clearly audible.
They had been swimming and hanging out at the hotel's pool for the rest of the day. But now water logged and hungry, they started to head back up to the rooms.
"I don't know," Tristan said, "We'll have to ask Ishizu if there's anywhere good to eat around here."
"Yep!" Yugi agreed. He looked at his fingers. "Look guys, I'm all prune-y!"
They all laughed. Today was turning out to be a fun day!
"Hey Yami!" Yugi shouted as he and the other two boys walked into their room, "Do you want to come out with us to dinner?" He looked around, trying to find his dark.
"Look," Joey said quietly, trying to stifle his laughter. He pointed to one of the beds.
There was Yami, fast asleep.
"I don't think we should wake him," Yugi whispered, grinning, "Yami's been through a lot."
The other two nodded. The three changed quickly into dryer clothes, then went across the hall to wait for Tea outside her door.
"Where's Yami?" Tea asked when she walked out of the room.
The boys laughed a little. "He's asleep," Yugi filled her in.
Tea grinned.
"Well, Ishizu left, saying that she was going to the museum," Tea said, "But she said there was a pretty good fast food restraunt just down the street. We could walk it!"
"Really!?" Joey said excited, "Well, let's go!"
"What's it called?" Tristan asked.
"Beefy Burger," Tea answered.
ALRIGHT! The pieces are falling into place and the chapter is over! Please review! I promise I won't take as long on the next chapter as I did this one! Again please forgive me! And review!