Chapter 3: Tea's Mysterious Locket
"Tea where'd you get that locket?" Yugi asked after a few moments of silence passed between the two of them.
"My grandmother gave it to me," Tea said softly as she gently fingered the locket that hung around her neck on a thin gold chain. "she told me it used to belong to a powerful sorceress in our family who knew how to befriend the monsters of the Shadow Realm." Here she held up the locket for everyone to see, which was a heart with wings and a teardrop gem in the center of the heart.
"It's beautiful, Tea." Yugi said as he smiled warmly at her. "Wait, I saw that image somewhere inside the temple, let's go find it and see what it means."
"Fine wit' me," Joey said enthusiastically, "just as long as Yug' here leads da' way."
"Aww poor baby." Tristan said in a mocking coo, "Did the baby get scared?"
"I'll show you scared, ya' creep.!" Joey yelled as he began chasing Tristan deeper into the temple.
After an hour of wandering, Yugi still hadn't found the symbol again and the others were starting to wonder if it was worth it.
"Okay, who votes we go back and rejoin the living?" Tristan asked dryly as he raised his hand.
"I say we go back and forget about dis' creepy place!" Joey said as he dove behind Tristan for protection and started shivering. "This place gives me da' willies…"
"Oh, will you two knock it off?" Tea asked in annoyance as she glared at Joey and Tristan with a look that could kill. "This means a lot to Yugi, and I for one am staying right here."
"Um…Tea…"
"Not now Tristan!"
"But Tea…"
"SHUT UP JOEY!" Tea screamed at the top of her lungs, this game was getting old. Then she felt a hand on her shoulder and she turned around to see Yugi staring at her.
"Tea your pendant is glowing. Maybe we're getting close."
So after a few more minutes of wandering, they found a chamber with a beautiful mural on the back wall with a poem written in hieroglyphics below it. Although it was nothing compared to the mummy that lay on top of an ornate table in the center of the room.
"EEW! GROSS!" Joey shrieked as he hid behind Tea for support and protection.
"Joey you big baby, it's just a mummy." Tea muttered under her breath, as she walked over to the opposite wall where Yugi was already inspecting it. "It's already dead and he's afraid of it. What's up Yugi?"
"I found an incantation written below the mural, I think I'll read it."
"Yugi are you so sure that's a good idea?" Tristan asked with a note of hesitation in his voice.
"Yeah, remember what happened when you solved dat' puzzle and got stuck wit' the creepy spirit?" Joey asked with a big grin on his face.
"I heard that." Yami said flatly as he materialized beside Yugi.
"Hey it was just a joke!"
"Uh-huh, sure it was." Tea said sarcastically as Yami knelt down and began deciphering the hieroglyphics. "What's it say Yami?"
"Well it's in a language that's at least a thousand years older than I am, but I think I can translate it." Yami said as he turned around and looked at Tea for a moment before turning back to the mural. "It says,
When pain and grief and sorrows abound,
In the tears of suffering can I be found.
Just call my name and will help you by deed,
For a friend in need is a friend in deed.
Only I the rules of death can bend,
Then help their hearts to mend.
Akari Kibou
"YUGI LOOK!" Tristan yelled as a bright silver light exploded behind his friend. Immediately Yugi turned around to see the light was coming from Tea's pendant.
Tea screamed as the pain raced through her body and she fell down to her knees as Yugi ran up behind her and caught her as she fell backward into his arms. "Yugi, what's going on?" she asked in a pained voice.
"I don't know Tea…" Yugi said as he looked down at her glowing pendant. "I just don't know…"
Ryou Bakura lover:
Emma: O cliff hanger! I like this so far! Please, please, please, please say Bakura's gonna come back! Ryou Bakura is my bo!
Raven: You and your crazy crushes...
Emma: Hey! Ray is my yami...well not really, she's more like the little evil voice in the back of my head that I hardly ever listen too.
Raven: You're too busy 'listening to your heart' and all that stupid sentimental stuff!
Emma: That's 'casue I leave all the bad stuff to you!
Raven: Like when you scrached Jeff? Or why you want Corey to break up with Bec?
Emma: Exactly! I'll leave all the hate to you my friend, well not ALL of it. Remember-
Raven: There can't be darkness without light, I know!
Emma: And there can't be light without darkness!
So, anyway, come on! Write more! I want to know what the heck is gonna happen!
Daikaio: Cool story. Keep it up!