Chapter 9

The Celtic Gaurdian rushed across the field and attacked her life points, bringing her life points down to zero. As the last point fell, Eagle sunk to her knees and the dark bubble disappeared.

"How… How could I lose to you punks?" Eagle sighed. A few tears fell from her eye. She released Pegasus's arm as she reached up to wipe the tear away.

"Why did you want to fight us?" Yami asked stretching his hand out to Eagle.

She knocked his hand away. "Don't worry about it you'll have a boat to catch in two days. If you're not on it, I'll hunt you down myself." Pegasus helped Eagle to her feet and they walked away. Eagle was limping slightly.

"Well I guess we'll find out at the tournament." Yugi stated after Eagle and Pegasus had left.

TWO DAYS LATER

Outside the millennium game shop, a crowd of people was waiting. Pegasus was busy checking to make sure everyone was there.

"They won't be here. Not yet anyway." A gruff voice said behind him. He turned around to see Eagle. She still walked with a limp. A scowl had been plastered on her face since her duel with Yami and Yugi.

"What do you mean they won't be here?" Pegasus asked as he turned back to the crowd.

"They'll be late. Don't wait for them to get here to load the boat. I'm expecting two others as well. Let me know when they're here. You'll know them when you see them." Eagle remarked as she turned away from Pegasus. Pegasus watched her leave. Her limp had gotten worse since her duel with Yami and Yugi. It was almost as if they had physically injured her during the duel.

Pegasus sighed as Eagle disappeared out of sight.

"Hey old man, I'm looking for Eagle have you seen her?" a voice said gruffly.

Pegasus looked up to see who was talking. A boy with long white hair looked at him his brown eyes showed hatred in them. A boy who looked similar cowered behind the slightly bigger boy. He looked scared of the bigger boy.

"You've just missed her." Pegasus began. "You're not by chance the boys she is waiting for are you?" he asked.

"Just tell her we're here." The bigger boy shouted at him. Pegasus turned and walked in the direction Eagle had gone. He glanced back and saw the smaller boy cringe as the bigger boy raised his hand.

'I know they're here' Eagle's voice said coming into his head. 'Show the bigger one into me.'

'Are you sure? He looks tough.' Pegasus asked turning back around to look at the boys.

'DON'T QUESTION ME!' eagle shouted at him through the mind link.

Pegasus walked back to the boys. The smaller boy's nose was bleeding from a punch.

"She said she wishes to see you only." Pegasus told the bigger boy. "She is in the game shop." He finished.

The bigger boy walked towards the shop, leaving the smaller one behind. Pegasus looked at the smaller boy. He stretched out his hand to the boy. The boy cringed slightly but looked up at Pegasus.

"It's okay. Let me help you up." Pegasus crooned. He helped the boy to his feet.

"My name is Maximillian Pegasus. What's your name?" he asked leading the boy to a bench not far from the game shop.

"My name is Ryou." The boy told Pegasus. He cringed slightly as he told him his name.

"Does the other boy beat you up a lot?" Pegasus asked tilting the boys head towards him so he could look at him better.

"Some times." the boy replied as a tear began to fall. "Other times he cuts me. But usually only enough to make me listen to him."

"Where has he cut you?" Pegasus asked looking away from Ryou and looking towards the shop.

Ryou lifted his sweater and button up shirt. Bandages covered a bit of his torso. Some of his other cuts looked slightly infected because of the bad bandaging.

"He did all this?" Pegasus asked in shock. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Only a small area was left untouched. It was right around his heart,

Ryou nodded. He lowered his shirts. Pegasus took his hand and got up. He led him towards the ship. They walked on and he led him to a small room. It smelled like medicine.

"Sit down over there." Pegasus told him gently.

Pegasus walked over to one of the walls and grabbed a first aid kit. He pulled out a bottle of rubbing alcohol and some bandages. He walked back to Ryou.

"Take off your shirt." He told him gently as he placed the items next to Ryou. Pegasus removed the bandages. He then took the top off the rubbing alcohol. "This may sting a little."

Pegasus rubbed some of the alcohol on the cuts. Ryou flinched with each cut that Pegasus rubbed with alcohol. After several minutes, Pegasus had Ryou bandaged back up.

"Th…thanks." The boy stuttered as they walked off the boat and went back to the bench outside the shop.

Pegasus was getting ready to say something but before he could say it, the door opened to the shop. Out came Bakura followed by Eagle. Bakura glared at the two as he stopped at the door.

"I'll do as you wish, just remember your end of the deal." Bakura remarked as he turned his back to Eagle and began to walk towards the ship. Ryou got up and followed Bakura on to the ship.

"Have Yugi and Yami arrived yet?" Eagle asked turning her attention back to Pegasus.

"Not yet." Pegasus replied standing to face the girl.

As he did Yugi and Yami come running down the pier. They stop in front of Pegasus completely out of breath.

"Darn I was so hoping for a good game of cat and mouse." Eagle remarked as she turned around and headed into the shop.

"We're not late are we?" Yugi asked still trying to catch his breath.

"Nope we're about ready to leave the dock." Pegasus replied as he checks the boys off.

Pegasus led them onto the boat.

"This will be your cabin until we get to the island. Please make yourselves comfortable." Pegasus told them as he walked out the door.

"Well I guess we should get comfortable." Yugi sighed as he plopped on one of the two beds in the small room.

Yami sat on the bed. After a few minutes, he laid back. Some one knocked on the door. Yugi got up and answered the door.

A girl stood outside the door. Her blond hair was slightly wind blown. Her white shirt was covered over slightly by her purple jean jacket, her jean skirt falling just about mid thigh.

"Hi, you must be Yami and Yugi?" the girl started. "The name's Mai valentine, I heard you guys actually defeat Eagle. That's quite an accomplishment considering the creator of duel monsters is her father." –okay Pegasus told the newspapers she was his daughter. What would you have told them? Come on give me a break.

"She's really his daughter?" Yugi asked surprised as he looked over at Yami.

Yami remained silent as the girl continued to talk. He knew the girl. She wasn't Pegasus daughter, At least not, from when he remembered her. Yugi looked back at Yami. He nodded every once and a while as Mai talked. Yugi was more concerned about his friend than the girl's reason for dueling, and how lucky she was to be on the same boat as the boys who defeated Eagle.

'Yami, are you okay?' Yugi asked in the mind link.

Yami was silent for a moment. 'Yes aibou I'm fine. I just remembered something.'

'What?' Yugi asked as he nodded back at Mai.

'Nothing for you to be concerned with right now…'

"Well I should be going now." Mai interrupted bringing them both out of their thoughts.

"See you on the island." Yugi replied as Mai left and Yugi shut the door. "Okay tell, Yami"

Yami looked at the younger boy. His face was all screwed as he tried to get Yami to tell him what he was thinking. Yami sighed and propped himself on his elbows.

"I remember that girl, eagle, for some reason, I can't think of why I remember her when I can't even remember my own past." Yami replied telling Yugi what he wanted to hear. There was an awkward silence as the two boys thought.

"It's true Eagle isn't his daughter. Is it possible that she came from the millennium eye just like you came from the puzzle?" Yugi asked breaking the silence.

Yami looked at the young boy. It was possible. However, didn't the form from the items look like the owner? Why was this girl different?

"I think your right Yugi. But…" Yami started before he was interrupted by a knock on the door.

Yugi got up and answered the door. Ryou and Bakura stood there. Ryou looked like he wanted to be anywhere but there. Bakura sneered at Yugi as he pushed past him and into the small room. Ryou followed Bakura and stopped with him just in front of Yugi's bed. Bakura push Ryou on to the bed and then followed suit by sitting next to him.

"Sit next to Yami, Yugi." Bakura instructed. Yugi glanced at Yami who nodded before he sat down

"What do you want Bakura?" Yami demanded

"You know that there is a tournament on the island we're going to right?" Bakura asked as he eyed the two boys closely

"Yes, and what of it?" Yami questioned

"I would like to join you. I wish to fight Eagle just as badly as I'm sure you do." Bakura remarked as his eyes focused on the millennium puzzle.

"Why should I trust you? You tried to cause trouble last time we met." Yami asked noticing that Bakura was eyeing the puzzle.

"My hikari here has shown me the error of my ways. I want to help you. With our powers combined we can easily defeat Eagle." Bakura remarked raising his eyes up to Yami's eyes.

Yami was silent for a moment

'Yugi what do you think? Should we trust them?" Yami asked Yugi through their mind link.

'I don't know. Why don't you ask Ryou if we should trust them? I don't think he would lie to us.' Yugi replied glancing over at Ryou.

"Ryou," Yami started catching the two white haired boy's attention. "Why should we trust you?"

Ryou looked over at Bakura in fear before he turned back to face Yami. He shook his head slightly before he started to talk. "Because…because he really has changed. He's not as mean as he was and we really want to help you." Ryou stated quickly before he turned his face away from Yami.

"All right we'll trust you but mess up once Bakura and you both are on your own." Yami instructed as he stood. "Now leave and go to your own room."

"Thank you Yami. "Bakura replied as he opened the door and they left leaving Yami and Yugi to talk.

Bakura glared at Ryou as they walked down the deck.

'You stupid boy, Give me one good reason to spare you. You almost blew it.' Bakura yelled at the boy through the mind link.

"I'm sorry Bakura. I didn't mean to honest." Ryou replied with a cringe. Normally when he messed up his apologies were followed with a hard punch to the stomach. Bakura hadn't told him much about his meeting with eagle but then Ryou hadn't told Bakura about Pegasus's kindness.

They reached their cabin. Bakura opened the door then kicked Ryou through the opening. Bakura stomped over to his bed and plopped down on it. Bakura couldn't help but think about his conversation with eagle.

******earlier in this chapter (first time written) ******

Eagle turned to face Bakura. Her eyes glared at him, as she looked him over.

"So you're the Egyptian thief?" she remarked as she sat on the counter of the game shop.

"What of it?" Bakura asked impatiently.

"I have a job for you. If you don't except you hikari won't live to see tomorrow." Eagle sneered.

Bakura looked at the girl. She had started to glow slightly "what do you want me to do?" he asked not wanting to really risk his hikari.

Eagle smirked as she picked up a card. "I want you to get the millennium puzzle from these two boys." She stated as she threw him the card. It was Yami and Yugi. "Retrieve the puzzle for me and I will give you unlimited power."

Bakura looked at the card closely. He remembered them. He was going to kill Yami before Ryou butted in. was it possible that he actually cared for the weak boy.

"Oh and one more thing," Eagle started breaking Bakura's thoughts. "If you don't except it won't be my hands killing him it'll be your hands."

Bakura looked up stunned. He would be the one responsible.

"I stopped you from doing it earlier, remember?" she asked

"You were the eye?" Bakura asked.

"You do remember, good. Well what do you say do you except?" she replied as she hopped off the counter.

"What if I get caught?" Bakura asked. The thought never entered his mind before but this was the forbidden pharaoh he was going to steal from.

"Just don't get caught, then you won't have to know." Eagle replied coyly.

She walked with him to the door and opened it.

"I'll do as you wish, just remember your end of the deal." Bakura remarked turning away from his hikari.

******end memory******

Bakura shot up as the ship blew a loud whistle. They were approaching the island where the tournament would take place.

Okay end for this chapter as I stated in my other fics this will be my last update until the first part of august. Don't forget to send in a name for my contest in memory of a pharaoh. This is your last chance to be remembered in the fic so hurry.  Well read and review and I'll see you guys in a month. Bye for now.