I'm so sorry about the long wait, but here's chapter four of Yu-Gi-Oh! Mayhem. After the crash of the train, Yami, Tea and Kairi now have to find their way back to Tristan, Joey, Sora, and Toby. Will they succeed? Read and find out! Flames will be used to make marshmallows and homemade coffee.
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The train fell down the ravine, leaving Tea, Kairi, and Yami weakened by the impact. Little did they know, except for Kairi, that someone protected them from the fall. She opened her eyes, and saw that she, the Pharaoh and Tea were inside a tent. She saw Yami spring up like a gunshot.
"Hold on, was it all a dream?" he asked himself, and looked over at Kairi. "I see you're awake, Kairi." He then told Tea to get up. She opened her eyes and sat up.
"Where are we?" she asked. "The last thing I remember we were…" She was cut off by a low growling, and a wolf appeared. It leapt at Tea, teeth bared.
"No, Tea!" Yami yelled, but stopped as he saw Tea laughing as the wolf licked her. The wolf looked over at Kairi, and began to lick her.
"Skye, get back here!" yelled a voice from outside the tent. "Skye!" Chris came inside the tent, looking at the wolf. "That's no way to treat our guests."
"Who are you?" Yami asked the girl.
"You can call me Chris," she replied. "You've already met Skye. She's the one who found you. She was sniffing around for food, and ended up sniffing out you guys instead!" Kairi smiled at the Pharaoh, and he smiled back. Together, they walked out of the tent and found Ironheart looking through Yami's deck.
"I see your strength is back," he said to Yami.
"Yes, thank you," he replied.
"Don't mention it. By the way, the name's Ironheart. Pardon me for being intrusive, but I couldn't help but noticing that you possess the legendary Eye of Timaeus, the only one of its kind."
"Take it. I'm not worthy of its power."
"I'll hold onto it, Pharaoh," Kairi offered, and Ironheart handed the card to Kairi.
"I can't help but noticing something, something in your eyes. I also sense a great deal of loneliness in your heart."
"That's because I just lost a good friend of mine," Yami whispered. "Now, I'm on a journey to find his soul." Ironheart told them to follow him to the Valley of Spirits. He explained to them that his people from long ago believed that spirits existed all around them.
"Finding the soul you seek is easy," he warned. "Leaving with your own is another thing." He looked over at Kairi, and nodded. She knew something that Tea or Yami didn't know. She would be allowed to enter the Sacred Circle, but she had to be invisible first. They finally reached the valley, the rocks creating dust with the wind.
"You must enter the Sacred Circle on your own," he told Yami, winking at Kairi. She became invisible before anyone saw her.
"Very well, I accept the challenge," Yami replied, sliding down the rock, Kairi with him. Kairi then heard evil laughter coming out of nowhere.
"Pharaoh…" whispered a voice, Yami stopping to find out who said his name.
"Who's there?" he demanded, continuing onward, as many spirits popped up from the ground, encircling the Pharaoh.
"You're spirit will join us!" laughed one.
"You'll never escape!" shouted another. Kairi then saw many spirits that wanted revenged against Yami. Soon, many of the balls formed into a shape on a rock in the center of the Sacred Circle. Soon, the two of them saw Yugi, and Kairi became visible again.
"Is that really you?" Yugi asked Yami, not taking a glance at Kairi.
"Yugi!" Yami shouted. "I've found you." He reached out to touch him, but fell through him as if the boy was a hologram.
"You came all this way just to see me?"
"Of course, I wanted to say how sorry I am."
"I'm sorry, too," Yugi whispered. "I wish this whole thing never happened."
"It's my fault," Yami confessed. "I surrendered to my inner darkness. I allowed my anger to take over, and you paid the price. Now that you're gone, the darkness is starting to grow. Without your light to keep me pure, I'm becoming evil, Yugi!"
"I'm beginning to believe that what Rafael said about me is true. Perhaps I was a wicked Pharaoh!" Kairi felt tears in her eyes, but wiped them away. Yami looked back at her, and smiled.
"What if I am the one responsible for the destruction of Egypt?" Yami continued. "If I'm capable of such horrific behavior, then it's my soul that should be locked away."
"Well, what good is that now?" Yugi shouted. "I'm the one who's been locked away forever, not you!" Kairi was shocked, and stepped back away from the spirit of Yugi.
"I'm sorry…" Yami whispered, trying to protest, but Yugi continued.
"Well, the last thing I need is you pity, Pharaoh!" he roared. "If you're really evil, there's only one thing to do." He walked opposite of Kairi and Yami.
"What are you saying?" a stunned Yami asked. A Duel Disc suddenly appeared on Yugi's arm.
"You said it yourself, didn't you?" Yugi asked, a trickle of evil in his voice. "Your spirit should be locked away with mine, and I'm going to do it."
"Wait, you misunderstood me!" Yami pleaded.
"Oh, so now you're taking back what you said?" Yugi asked, Kairi walking beside the Pharaoh. "Make up your mind! You don't deserve to be apart of this world."
"Yugi…" Kairi was about to speak, but Yugi cut her off.
"It's about time to take some responsibility for what you've done!" Yugi shouted. "There's only one thing left to do, and you know it. You need to be a man for once and face me in a duel, now!"
"No, please," Yami whispered.
"Too late! It's time for you to pay! If you're really sorry, then you'll do this." Both Yami and Kairi's Duel Disks activated as Kairi looked at the once happy Yugi, who now looked at them both evilly.
"It's time to duel!" he shouted, the duel beginning immediately. Yugi started by placing a monster facedown, defense. Yami then played Gazelle, the King of Mythical Beasts. It turned out that Yugi played the same card as Yami. Kairi then played Feral Imp in attack mode, and then placed one card facedown. The duel went on, until Yugi did something unexpected.
"Why are you acting like this?" Yami asked his hikari.
"I'm just a reflection of you!"
"What do you mean, Yugi?"
"You don't get it, do you?" Yugi asked. "You and I are exactly the same. So the darkness that's in your heart is also inside my heart!"
"Yugi, wait! Are you holding the card I think you are?"
"It's nice of you to catch on, aren't you, Your Highness?" Yugi mocked, making Kairi angry. "This is a chance for you to look at yourself from the outside, and there's only one card that can do that. The Seal of Orichalcos."
"Yugi, no!" Yami shouted, but it was too late. Yugi played the Seal, right then and there. Yami was filled with fear. Kairi could see it in his eyes.
"Now it's payback time, for taking my soul!" Yugi shouted, his eyes covered with darkness.
"Yugi, I wish I could take it back." The duel went on, just like in the episode. When Kairi summoned her Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Yami didn't want her to attack. He had a plan. When Yugi began to sacrifice the Dark Magician Girl, Yami pleaded with Yugi to stop.
"Too late," Yugi said coolly. "Attack!" Yami used the Trap Card, Divine Wind to win the duel. When Yami saw Yugi on the ground, he ran over to him.
"Come on. Speak to me, please."
"You passed the test, pal," Yugi whispered.
"What are you talking about? Did you plan this all along?" Yami asked, Kairi coming up behind him.
"It was the only way," Kairi explained, leaving Yugi in Yami's arms. "By defeating Yugi, you were able to defeat the darkness that was inside your heart."
"It wasn't easy, but you did what was best for me, and for mankind," Yugi continued for Kairi. "You acted like a true hero." The boy placed a hand on the Pharaoh's Duel Disc.
"Now what?" Yami asked, tears filling his eyes.
"Don't give up this fight," Yugi replied, slowly disappearing. "Remember, I'm always with you." With that, he disappeared into small spirit balls.
"I'll save you!" Yami yelled into the air, Kairi slowly backing away. "No matter what it takes."
Wow. That took a while to do. What will happen to Kairi, Yami and Tea? Find out soon! Review please.