A/n: Here we are coming just a little closer to Shadi's Secret.
Forever in Light: In Slumber Deep.
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Anzu smiled as she opened her eyes later to find herself in the comfortable swing and staring into a million stars again.
She felt okay now, not scared at all.
She sat up as the door opened and Seto walked in with a tray.
"I hope sushi and Saki are an okay snack before we get started again."
She nodded as he sat next to her.
"I'm sorry about earlier Seto."
He shook his head.
"Honestly I didn't want to have to redo this either."
She looked over at him.
"Admit it, you had fun the first time didn't you?"
He leaned back as he looked at her.
"I guess in a way I did. I'd completely forgotten what it was like to kiss a woman that way."
She looked down.
"If it wasn't for the fact that I had no idea I probably would have enjoyed that too. I think what really scared me was that I did like it, but not that you were the one doing. So I just want to know, who did you hire for this next part anyway?"
He grinned.
"Knowing that would take the shock out of it. Don't worry; he's acting. In fact, he has a girlfriend."
She frowned slightly.
"Doesn't sound like anyone I know. It's not one of your servants right?"
He laughed and shook his head.
"I wouldn't put you through that. I remembered the look of total disgust when my driver grabbed you."
She shivered.
"He's so old now!"
Seto laughed really hard at this.
"Anzu, he was really old when my step father hired him!"
Settling himself, he placed the tray between them and sighed as he looked into her eyes.
"Why couldn't you have been mine?"
She was about to answer but suddenly they heard Shadi.
"Because she's mine!"
Seto growled and stood.
"What the hell are you talking about!"
He stared into Seto's eyes for a moment until the vibrant blue had faded.
Anzu stood and shook Seto as she stared at Shadi.
"What did you do to him! What's wrong with you! Seto, please wake up!"
He placed one finger to her forehead and caught her as she fell.
"Nothing undeserved my beloved."
He lifted her into his arms and disappeared.
Seto blinked for a moment as he his senses came back to him.
'That was not Shadi.'
''
In the museum, Ryou was being held back by Bakura.
"I can't believe that bastard would do this! That double crossing son of a..."
Bakura clamped his hand over Ryou's mouth.
"It's not Shadi. Ryou, calm down."
Ryou struggled in Bakura's grip.
"Let go of me! I don't care who it is when I find them they're going to pay dearly! It sure as hell looks like Shadi though damn it and if it I swear he'll regret every word he's ever spoken to me and her in his entire lives!"
Bakura growled in his ear.
"Calm down before I have to knock you out. If you'll listen I know how we can get to her but it's dangerous."
Ryou stilled instantly, the look of a blood lust in his eyes.
"I'm listening."
Bakura released his lighter half, content that he wouldn't jump through the portal and kill anyone.
"I have a pretty good idea where he's taken her, but in order for you to help me you'll need to stay here and watch things."
Ryou looked at him in confusion.
"You just said we could get to her."
Bakura grinned like a mad man.
"Yeah well I didn't want you to go kill anyone. Besides, if you rescue her, we'll be right where we started."
They heard Shadi's voice behind them as he emerged from the portal with Seto.
"Have your forgotten already that you won't remember any of this? It's too late now, he has succeeded in destroying the intent of this trip. It was over the second Teanna left. It is I who must save her this time for only I have the power to awaken her inner mind."
Ryou growled and Bakura grabbed him again.
"Speak plainly mage."
Shadi narrowed his eyes at Ryou.
"She alone has the power to destroy him but as long as she refuses to remember she will be under his complete control. If you or Bakura were to enter the world I cast him into, you would be eaten alive."
And he disappeared.
''
Shadi approached the door to the room he'd locked the evil Pharaoh in and found it to be open.
'In my anger I must have forgotten to lock it.'
He took the ankh from around his neck and held it up to the mirror.
The glass began to glow and he stepped through.
Once on the other side he was shocked to find Anzu there.
She lay unmoving on what appeared to be a stone alter.
All around her were black crystals of dark energy.
As he slowly approached he noticed the crimson dress and pharaonic amulets of protection.
He stopped as he reached her and glanced around.
Why wasn't the Pharaoh stopping him?
He reached out and traced his fingers along one of the amulets and shook his head.
Mirrored, everything was mirrored here so these were not for protection, but to draw the darkness to her.
He grasped it in his hand and tried to lift it away but to his horror he found that it was some how attached to the dress.
Pharaoh spoke from somewhere within the room.
"Beautiful isn't she?"
Shadi growled into the darkened room.
"Take these amulets off of her right now!"
A chuckle came from behind him and he flung back around to see him now standing on the other side of her.
Though unconscious she tensed as Pharaoh's slender fingers began to stroke her arm.
He smirked at Shadi.
"In order to do that...I'd have to take the dress off."
Shadi took a deep breath and shook his head.
"You say that like I'd care. A woman's body is little more to me than another marker of uniquness."
Pharaoh snickered at this.
"You're saying you'd feel nothing?"
Shadi closed his eyes for a moment.
"You do not understand.You pick up my love for her, but all love in your mind is lustful. I have no desire to sleep with her for reasons you could never comprehend."
As if testing Shadi Pharaoh suddenly appeared as a naked Anzu.
Shadi stared into his eyes and shook his head.
"You won't anger me any longer. I made a mistake the last time I let you get to me...it won't happen again. You like games Pharaoh?"
Pharaoh returned to normal and nodded.
He clapped his hands together and bounced on his toes like a little boy.
"Oh yes! I love to play games! Do you have a game we can play!"
Shadi smiled and nodded.
"It's a simple game. All that are needed are our decks and my Sennen Scales."
Pharaoh glanced at him cautiously.
"You don't have a deck."
Shadi smirked.
"Why yes Pharaoh I do actually. I pay attention to what is going on around you. I may not play but I do have a deck. What's wrong? You look...scared. Don't you want to play?"
Pharaoh took a step back.
"What do we do?"
Shadi reached into an unseen pocket in his robes and pulled out a small deck of cards.
"We place our cards one at a time on either side of the scale. When one bowl hits the base one player loses."
He smiled and nodded.
"Very well."
He reached into his own pocket and pulled out his deck that was considerably bigger.
"There's one more thing before we begin."
Pharaoh nodded.
"I'm listening."
The scales appeared in front of them.
"We must have an even number of cards each. I have exactly fifty so you need to remove cards until you also have fifty."
Pharaoh looked at him oddly.
"But then we'd be even and there would be no winner."
Shadi shook his head.
"This scale doesn't measure weight, it measures good and evil. I must admit that I am not as innocent as I let on, however I'm not pure evil either. I guess now is the time to see if I have more good or evil inside of me. Since our decks represent us and our energy, it will measure the good and evil within each card."
The two shuffled their decks and began.
Shadi place the first card and the scales remained even.
Then Pharaoh placed a card and the scale tipped toward Shadi.
Back and forth the scales tipped as a new card was placed and it seemed that Shadi was destine to lose for as Pharaoh placed his last card, the bowl on Shadi's side touched the base and he smiled.
"It looks like I win."
Shadi smiled softly and shook his head.
"I'm afraid you didn't understand. We are inside a mirror. Just as those amulets reverse, so do the scales. Here the more evil, the lighter the scale becomes..."
With an ominous rumbling the scales disappeared and Amit rose from the floor.
Shadi closed his eyes as Pharaoh screamed and was eaten by the beast.
When he opened them again all that remained was he and Anzu.
Her clothes began to fade back to normal and the crystals around her shrunk until they were no more.
He lifted her gently into his arms and carried her back through the mirror, locking it behind him again.
He set her on the floor in front of it and knelt beside her as he took her hand.
"Teanna. You must wake. Teanna please hear me."
The dark energy hung in the air like a thick blanket and he knew Pharaoh would free himself of the illusion soon.
He sensed a great imbalance in her heart and sighed deeply.
Pharaoh had traumatized both her mind and spirit.
He wasn't sure what he would find when he entered her soul room but he knew it wasn't pretty.