Chapter 12-
Normal POV-
"What do you mean, 'oh no'?" asked Bakura.
Yami stood there silently staring at the ground.
"Yami?" asked Ryou.
"There was one person I remember that betrayed me in the past who might have taken her."
"Who is that?" asked Yugi.
"He was my father's brother, and Seto his son…"
"Seto Kaiba?" Yugi asked.
"Yeah, well, his past life anyway. Akunadin wanted Seto to be pharaoh, he felt Seto deserved it."
"So he's taking his rage out on you by taking Chris?" asked Bakura.
Yami nodded his head.
"What a coward. If I had a grudge I would just go for the person I want to hurt."
"Now wait Bakura." Spoke Marik. "Even you did torture in the past."
"Yeah, well, that's the past. This is now and I do things differently."
"Right."
"What to start something Marik?"
"Still a tomb robber."
Bakura growled as Ryou pulled him away. "We are discussing Chris here."
Bakura turned back to Yami. "So, do you know where she is?"
Yami shook his head. "I do not."
"ARGH! Then how are we suppose to rescue her?"
A bright flash blinded their eyes as a figure appeared before them.
"My Pharaoh." Said Mahaado as he bent down on one knee.
"Yes Mahaado?"
"I was sent to tell you that Princess Crystal is safe with Shadi."
Yami nodded his head. "Thank you Mahaado."
Mahaado vanished as everyone was relieved.
"That's a relief. So when is Chris coming back?" asked Ryou.
"I don't know. He might be talking to her about history so she knows what's going on."
"How can you trust him? He does have two millennium items you don't know if he's power hungry!" said Marik.
"I know I can trust Shadi because he was Priest Shada in ancient times."
"Yami, we know you had priests, but who were all of them?" asked Ryou curiously.
Yami closed his eyes as remembering. "Shada, Mahaado, Karim, Isis, Seto, and Akunadin."
"Isis?" asked Marik and Malik at the same time.
"Seto?" asked Ryou.
"Akunadin…the one who kidnapped Chris." Growled Bakura.
Yami only nodded his head.
"Explains why Seto is so persistent on being the best…" said Ryou.
"And why Isis is such a noble person…" said Malik.
"Wait. Isis is Isis, Seto is Seto, Mahaado is the Dark Magician, Shada is Shadi but who is Karim and Akunadin?" asked Marik.
"I don't know." Answered Yami.
"Bleh. Then how do we know if we could trust the modern day Akunadin?" asked Marik.
"Its like a battle for the past, in the present." Said Ryou.
"The modern day us is like us in the past…"mentioned Marik.
"With the exception of Ryou." Snickered Bakura as Ryou blushed.
"Its okay Ryou," said Malik walking over to him. "Its best you aren't like Bakura." Malik kissed Ryou.
"You two can go do whatever. We are only waiting for now." Said Bakura.
Marik went upstairs to sleep in Bakura's room, Malik whispered something to Ryou then they went to Ryou's room and Bakura sat down on the couch and closed his eyes. Yugi tugged at Yami's sleeve as they left Ryou's house and went back to Yugi's.
Crystal's POV-
I stared in amazement as my eyes traveled across the room. It was littered with ancient artifacts.
"My family collected these artifacts. They are in my possession for safe keeping."
"Do they contain magic?" I asked with curiosity.
"Most, yes. You really don't know much about your past life, do you?"
"Only what the millennium necklace has shown me so far."
He looked at me for a moment as if I was lying. "You possess the millennium necklace?"
"Well yeah. My father have it to me."
"I see. How much has it allowed you to see?"
"Not much. I know Atemu is my father, Bakura killed Mahaado, and I was in love with Bakura."
"That is it?"
"Well, kinda. Plus I read about the priest son the wall before you came to me."
"Hmm. I want you to take a test." Shadi reached his hand into one of the pockets in his robe.
"What kind of test?" I asked suspiciously.
Shadi pulled out a scale or what most people would call, a libra made of pure cold. "This is the millennium scales. It will determine if you have a pure soul."
"What do I do with it?"
"Put your heart on one side and I'll place the feather of truth on the other. If your heart is heavier than the feather, a creature from the abyss below will kill you. If the feather is heavier, you will live."
I stared at him stupidly then backed away. "What? My heart? You do want to kill me, don't you?"
"Close your eyes."
"No! You're going to kill me!"
"Princess Crystal…Please…" Shadi stepped closer towards me.
"Stay away!" I backed up against the wall surrounded by artifacts of solid gold.
Shadi held his hand out towards me as he stood only a foot away. "Crystal…"
"Get away!" I held up my hand as a flash of light shot out at Shadi and threw him back into the wall.
"You have gotten more powerful." He said shakily as he stood up.
"Wha…what do you mean?"
"Your powers are getting stronger, like your father's."
"What is it to you?" I asked him crossing my arms eyeing him suspiciously.
"Soon your powers will be strong enough to defeat your enemies without help."
"You think so? Really?"
Shadi nodded his head slowly.
I lowered my head. "I want to go home."
"then you shall," he answered walking past me towards the door.
I glanced up and followed him slowly keeping my distance in fear he might harm me.
Bakura's POV-
I sat there flipping through the channels boredly and sighed. Where could she be?
"Huh?"
I suddenly felt the weight of someone pushing against me. I glanced down to see Ryou snuggling close to me. He seemed to have fell asleep against the warmth of my body. I could hear him breathing slowly as he wrapped his arms around my waist and his head dropped down to my stomach.
"Little hikari…" I whispered softly.
"Yami…" slipped through his lips as an automatic reaction.
I smiled slightly and patted him on the head softly while closing my eyes and drifting off to sleep myself.
So much that has happened. I can't even remember I wrote half this stuff, oh well! ; After finally rereading my own story, I think I feel a chapter 13 forming inside my head! On the other hand, I have started a prequel, Our Forbidden Love. Pretty much trying to keep it in Crystal's and Bakura aka Akifa's point of view. Hope you like it, read and review! Luff you!