Chapter12 – N.P.O.V..

"Aahh!" Kashadra say up in bed with a start. She looked around to find herself in the room she'd spent the latter part of her childhood in. 'If I'm here then…then…Seto must have lost. Then the entirety of the fault should fall on me for going…no! I will not think like that. He's not gone.' She placed her hand over her heart. 'I'd know if he were really gone.'

"Hello my dear. Such a delicious little rose." The boy that had joined Yugi was standing with the door closed at his back. He looked almost like a archaic evil. He walked up to her bedside. "I can hardly believe the pharaoh or the high priest would let you out of their sights. But since they have, you're mine." The tomb robber slammed her back against her bed.

"You vile, unseemly, mongrel! You let me go this instant, or I will have you thrown…" the tomb robber shut her up by smashing his mouth against hers. He took advantage of her mouth being open by running his tongue across hers.

"It is truly a treat my dear." He let out that bone-chilling laugh. "Indeed I shall have this pretty little maiden after five millennia." He had her arms pinned down, so all she could do was to struggle and hope someone heard her screams. "Oh, no. Not this time my dear. Even your screams would hinder my explorations of your seemingly endless powers."

Her throat seemed to constrict, but before she could utter another sound, he'd covered her mouth with his again. She fought like a cat in water, trying to claw his arms so he'd let go.

"My dear, really now." He sounded breathless, and she felt drained of her energy. He looked down at her with a toothy kind of smile that only spelt trouble. "You'll only make it more painful on yourself. To drain all of your energy and powers is quiet a feat. You won't feel the least bit different though."

'Please, somebody help me. Please, Kit, if your spirit is alive inside me then I give you whatever control you need to beat this psycho.'

'You have my help Kashadra. I shall defeat him for you.' Kashadra seemed to radiate with power. Her eyes glossed over for a mere second, but when they cleared and focused on the tomb robber they were no longer green; they were now a dark blue, so dark they almost seemed black.

"Tomb robber, how dare you try to defile a servant of the Lord Set!" Kit threw the tomb robber off her and then gave him a sadistic sort of smile. "If you think five millennia was a long time, then see what ten feels like. Recede in to the darkness, back to whence you came; in a pitiful loathing of yourself, alone shall you forever remain!" the tomb robber's spirit was pulled back in to the ring and Kit let go of her hold on Kashadra's body. 'I shall be here for you should you need me Kashadra. And after this whole ordeal I shall teach you to control the powers that are asleep within you.'

'Thank you Kit. Thank you so very much.' The boy, Bakura, gained his senses back.

"What happened? Where am I?"

"This is my room. You're not in your room because the ring you wear around your neck contains an ancient spirit that holds a grudge against Kaiba, Yugi, and me." Kashadra straightened her shirt out. "Would you mind leaving? I would prefer that if he came back, it weren't in here."

"Sure. I don't think I ever caught your name. Would it be rude to ask of it?" he stood and walked to the door. "It would be perfectly understandable if you didn't.

"My name is Kashadra. Call me Sha."

"Well good-bye Sha." He walked out the door. He turned around and spoke, "By the way, mine's Bakura."

"Good-bye, Bakura." She closed the door and looked over at the clock. "Three. Great. The tournament's final duel should be halfway over by now. Maybe Yugi might beat Pegasus." Kashadra walked back over to her bed. 'Kit?'

'Yes, what is it Kashadra?'

'Exactly what did you mean by a servant of the Lord Set?'

'I meant exactly what I said. I served the Lord Set and no other. The pharaoh had control of the land, but not my servitude. And without my father's consent, the priest and I were wed. By a hand other than the pharaoh's. I was seventeen and he twenty-one. I never gave birth, for we both perished in the fight against the ultimate evil Egypt had ever known. When your powers are awakened, my spirit shall merge with yours. You will know everything then. We will be one mind and one heart. I have seen this Seto Kaiba. He is indeed the reincarnation of my Set. But, I'm afraid Set' spirit will not be awakened any time soon.'

'Then we shall not merge until then. But things may happen sooner than expected. I realize now tha Seto was never to defeat Pegasus. It was to be Yugi the entire time. Yugi is the reincarnation of the pharaoh's spirit. I did not realize it until it was too late.' Kashadra walked over to her vanity. She sat down and began to brush her hair.

'Kashadra. You should not worry about our merger. Set knows how I am. He would actually prefer that we not merge at the same time. It would be best, for you and Seto Kaiba, if we merged as soon as possible.'

'ASAP. Understood. Right after this tournament then. We should close our connection; Pegasus can read minds in case you'd forgotten. Good-bye until then.'

'You will understand more after the merger. Good-bye.' They closed the connection and Kashadra walked out of the room. She saw Tristan carrying Mokuba with Bakura slung over his back. It seemed that her talk with Kit had taken longer than she thought.

"Tristan," he stopped, "let me help."

"I think you've helped enough Sha." She shook her head.

"No, let me carry Mokuba. It will lessen the weight you carry." Tristan seemed dubious, but he handed Mokuba to her. "Yugi and Pegasus are dueling right?"

"Yeah, but why would you want to know?" they stared walking.

"Many different reasons. Too many to explain right now. However, I can say this: I want Pegasus defeated just as much as Yugi, maybe even more. I have more on the line than just one member of my family. I have my life on the line as well." She turned right; he didn't follow.

"Where are you going?"

"Kaiba's holding cell. It's the safest place for Mokuba right now. I know you have guards on your back. I have no intention to hand him over" they took their separate directions. 'Kaiba's holding cell. It just doesn't sound right. But, Mokuba is safe, Pegasus will be defeated, and I will get Seto back.' She seemed to be in a deserted hallway. 'A Blue-Eyes head. How inconspicuous.' She pulled it down and the wall went up. The steps leading down were dark and foreboding, she started down them anyways.

"Hey! You aren't allowed down he…re. Sorry Miss Crawford. I didn't realize it was you." The guard stood up and offered a polite bow.

"You are excused Harold. Now leave." He scurried up the stairs like a rat. 'Seto.'She set Mokuba down in the chair the guard had been sitting in. she picked up the keys and opened the cell door. 'I hate that this happened to you because of my ignorance. I wish I could go back but I'm afraid that if I did, none of this would have happened.'She stepped inside and sat down beside him. She laid her head on his shoulder. "Please wake up."