Exiting from the cave, the remaining four, Jounouchi, Yami Yuugi, Kaiba, and Anzu, ran until nightfall, coming upon another tent. Yuugi, Otogi, Honda, and Bakura were gone. Half of them had been lost in a matter of three days. Not only were they depressed by their losses, but the fear of defeat began to brush upon them as well. Their foe seemed unbeatable. They would fight to their deaths they knew, but they could not help but worry about what would become of everyone if they did not succeed.

Hardly any words were said that night in the hut. They were provided with food again, but even that could not brighten the mood. Even Jounouchi had nothing to say. Tension was high, and there was no sleep. Yuugi, who had not gotten a bit of sleep the past two days, was not tired. All he could think about was his vengeance against Anubis and how he did not care what his past was like. All he wanted was justice, and he could not rest until he had it.

After eating breakfast in the morning, the group continued on the path. They had been traveling the same path the entire time they had been there. There was no fork in the road, nor any alternate paths. There was only one way to go, but where it led to was unknown. It took them to see sites of beauty and purity. On this day, it took them to a hilly area, covered with the wonderful white powder of snow. The wind blew as snow fell from the sky, and amazing enough, the temperature hardly underwent any change. It was a bit colder, but not much, than it had been before. This made the snow even more admirable. It was of a pure white color, and it sparkled with the little sunlight on it. Despite the blizzard-like weather, the trail was still visible, and the quad continued to follow it.

Approaching a tall, steep hill, a silhouette stood atop of it. The four of them stopped, not wanting to approach it yet they were prepared for another challenge. The silhouette was no one other than Anubis.

"I believe that you have my intentions all wrong," he said to them.

Yami Yugi would not spare him. He attempted to run up the hill and strangle his enemy, but the hill contained ice, making him slip instantly. He tried a few more times before admitting the ice would prevent him from reaching his prey.

"You are a complete fool," he laughed at Yugi's attempt. "A fool like you is so undeserving."

"What do you mean by undeserving? It's not as if I'm the only one you want to kill! You want to kill everyone," Yugi yelled. "Your only purpose for bringing us here is suffering!"

"Wow, you are one to draw conclusions quickly. Did you not learn anything from the visions in the lake?" he asked him.

"Your past," Yugi growled.

"And what from my past did you learn?"

"That it sucked," Jounouchi said.

Anubis just sighed in annoyance.

"You know, you are worse than a bonkotsu," he insulted.

Jounouchi became enraged by his comment.

"That dragon," Kaiba began, "that isn't just your light, but it's the light that exists within others. Not composed of much, but it's strength cannot be compared to anything else."

He looked at Kaiba with a smile.

"I realized that not all the world was like the one I lived in," he explained. "There are some who have hearts in balance. Some are well known and despite living life of fame do not let it corrupt their minds. Some go unnoticed; the ones that do the small things that make a big difference yet are never credited for what they do. Those are the ones that do not deserve this life, and are innocent of any of life's cruelties. However, those are far and between, and soon they too will be lost in this world with everyone else."

Seto laughed at him. To him, it was nothing but opinionated nonsense.

"Don't you see that people choose the way they live? There isn't a person that lives the same life as one another, like you say most people do," Seto explained.

"You are right; people do decide their own life. While they may not pick to live the exact same way, though, they live the same fashion of discrimination and greed. They only care for their own selfish desires; only what is beneficial for their own purposes. The fact that they choose this style of life to live makes it even more pathetic. It shows that people are incapable of making decisions of justice, equality, and peace, which only sinks them deeper into destruction. That is why those people must be lost. They only shorten the life span of those who are undeserving of such a dreadful fate."

"So you think we're part of the group of those who don't deserve to live," Anzu accused him.

He nodded.

"I am taking what is left of here and using that as building blocks, and the dead souls will keep my alive. Earth will be abandoned and a new life will be born in perfection. You will not be part of it."

"Look, maybe I'm guilty of such acts, but they are not! Why did you have to kill them? They've done nothing," Yugi argued.

"Oh but they have," his deep voice said. "It is not simply because they rise against me, but because of their own, unrealized faults. Those faults put them in such a situation, a situation in which they must fight against their own flaws in order to survive. Thus far, unfortunately for them, they have failed, and they deserve to fail, and they will continue to fail. It is useless for them to keep fighting, to continue denying the truth. It would be easier for them to accept fate."

Yugi had had enough of hearing him talking as if he were Ra.

"Bastard," Yugi called to him, "I won't let them die! They don't deserve to die!"

He sadly attempted to run up the hill again, but the ice sent him flying right back down. Whether it was their destiny or not to die, he would never accept it. Because of this, he continued to try to climb up the hill.

"The ice will not melt until I depart. You will find no challenge here. Now is not the time, but now you know what will become of everything. You now know your fate, and you cannot stop it," Anubis laughed as the wind whipped up and the snow made the shadow disappear. The ice on the hill melted, allowing them to climb over it and continue the trail.

Yugi sat in the snow in frustration. The storm had stopped. Four deaths were already too much for him to handle. He could not let the others suffer the same tragic results. Anubis' intentions just made him envy him even more. You have no right, he thought to himself. I'll not die at your hands. If God is who you are, then I'll be the first to defeat you.

Anzu and Jounouchi helped him up, and they walked along the trail. Yugi's determination and opposition of Anubis could be sensed by those who remained. Afraid he might take his rage out on them, they walked behind him. At the same time, they greatly appreciated him, for his fury was caused by what might be their destiny. It showed them just how much he had changed over time, how he had become a better, caring person, and how he would be missed when he was gone.

Author's Note: Once again, I apologize for the bit of delay and the crappiness of this chapter. It's really bad and uneventful I know, but that probably won't be the case for the rest. Next one will probably be late…but I have reasons for that, one obviously being summer time and I don't know where I'll be or what I'm doing. And at current time…let's just say things are definitely not easy. Can't and don't really want to talk about it, but yeah. As far as the story goes, going to try to work on the next chapter as much as possible and make it A LOT better than this one, but we'll see what happens. Well anyway, if I do not have an update for a little bit, please just know I'm still alive and I am working on it. Thanks!