Disclaimer: Operation Time machine was a failure TT I still don't own YuGiOh or Illusions of Time… but I did get some nifty souvenirs …

When Yugi reached the top of the staircase he found himself on the roof of the school.
South Cape was a small village that resembled an English city suburb, only smaller and the individual buildings weren't so tightly packed together. It was near the sea and seagulls covered the wooden docks far below. But, of course, out little spiky-haired friend here wasn't there just to look at the view. After all, he'd just found the source of that bizarre---

DONG!

--- bell sound.

"What on earth…?" he muttered when he saw the orb. A strange shimmering ball of liquid light was hovering a few feet above the roof, rippling with every bell sound it emitted. And him without a stick to poke it with – so he did the next best thing and prodded it with the flute he'd received with his costume.

In the blink of an eye, the orb opened up, revealing some sort of doorway. The room within was pitch black.

"Enter the Dark Space, Yugi Motou…" a female voice beckoned from within the darkness. Yugi frowned. /Why is it that so many people seem to know who I am/ he asked himself, taking a step into the Dark Space.

Inside was a room bereft of walls and a ceiling, only a few blue tiles provided Yugi with a place to stand. In the center of this blackened room was the stone statue of a woman - Yugi's eyes widened in violet shock when he recognized who she was.

"Ishizu?"

As if in response to her name, the statue of said Egyptian began to glow and shimmer, stars of red and blue began to shower down from the heavens above, the marble began to crack and flake away, revealing the pure light within. Yugi had to shield his eyes when the light became too bright to stand…

Now, when he looked again, the statue was gone. In its place, Ishizu sat on her pedestal and was reading a paper-back book. Yugi coughed, she glanced up quickly and pocketed the little book into her robe, giving the Hikari a warm smile of greeting.
"Yugi, you're right on time."

He frowned, "Time for what?"
Now it was Ishizu's turn to crease her brow in confusion. "You mean you don't know?"
She slid off the edge of her pedestal and dusted some excess marble chips off her robe. Yugi looked at her blankly.
"Err… know what?"
"Well, I guess that answers that question." When she saw the boy's blank expression she gave a deep sigh and asked, "So, you have no idea that you're the chosen one?"
"For the Millennium Items? Yeah, I kinda already knew…" he didn't bother to finish his comment when he noticed the Egyptian woman shaking her head. "…no?"
"I'm afraid not… incase you haven't noticed, the millennium puzzle is no longer hanging around your neck."
Yugi looked down, only to find her statement to be justified.
"Where is it? Where's Yami?" he pleaded with more than a hint of worry. Ishizu gave him a comforting smile.
"The Pharaoh is fine; his character is not meant to come into the plot just yet."
Yugi's eyebrow rose – yet again- when he looked at Ishizu. "Character? …Ok, I'm officially lost…"

Ishizu sweat dropped and took a second deep breath.
"Well…you see… this is a place called South Cape."
"Yeah… knew that…"
"South Cape is a town in a game called Illusions of Time; it stopped being made when Nintendo brought out the 64 model, I believe."
Yugi stared blankly. "Ok…that part I didn't know."
"And we've all been assigned a character to play until each of us completes our respective roles in the game, that's why you're all dressed in those strange clothes." She concluded with a know-it-all grin.
"So that's what those weird girls were on about…"
"Weird girls?" she asked with a look of bewilderment.
Yugi chuckled. "Yeah, Joey got his hands on this 'script' thingy and these two girls came by to take it off him, before he did, Joey'd been going on about this sort of thing."
Ishizu sweat dropped again, holding up the paper-back book she'd been reading. "You mean this thing?" Yugi nodded. "Then you must mean Cyana and Kimmie, they're the ones writing this thing after all."
"And they gave the script to you?" Yugi queried with a disappointed slump of the shoulders.
"Yes, my character's duty is to aid you through your quest. The one with glasses gave me a copy of the script to help me out."
"Can I see?" he asked with a sly grin, ill-fitted to he usually innocent features.
"Sorry, not allowed to."
"Awe c'mon… I'm gonna find out everything anyway, what harm could it do?"

Ishizu quickly pocketed the book. "You've been spending waaay too much time with that Wheeler kid."
"Was worth a shot." Yugi sighed, folding his arms. "Well, is there anything else you might be able to tell me before I go meet up with the others?"
Ishizu smiled and stood back up on her pedestal, obviously preparing for something.
"All I can tell you right now is to be on your guard. You teacher just now wasn't joking about there being monsters outside of town you know…"
Yugi gulped, "And… how might I be able to… you know… fight them? Do I get my deck? A sword? A bow and arrows perhaps?" he asked, ever hopefully. His hope dwindled when she shook her head.
"Well…you know that flute you got…?"
"Oh you've GOT to be kidding me!"
She shrugged and, in a flash of light, was a statue once more.

Yugi growled inwardly. "I'll see you around then…" he muttered rhetorically, stepping out of the Dark Space.

CGoW: Sorry for the long wait guys, I haven't been able to play the game for aaaages.

Kimmie: Why don't you just call the tech and get the console fixed, like last time?

CGoW: Because mum won't let me -- Anyway, I remember most of it due to playing the game so much, and I can always play the French version on my brother's computer…

Kimmie: XD Like he'd ever let you in his room.

CGoW: ;; Good point. To readers Ok guys, you know the drill; R'n'R, tell me whatcha think !