Back! Hope you all didn't miss me too much! singing And guess what I brought! stops If you guessed cheese, you're wrong! YOU LOSE! Naw, I'm just kiddin, I actually brought another chapter! If you guessed that here's a cookie hands you a cookie and here's another chapter of "Without Temptation"!
Chapter 4
--the next morning--
Mokuba stretched and walked into his big brother's office. He ran upto Kaiba's desk and smiled. "Hey Seto!"
"Not now Mokuba." Kaiba said angrily, "The city's in an uproar!"
"Why?" Mokuba asked surprisedly.
"The old man at the Game Shop was attacked last night."
"What? By who?"
"Not sure, no one got a good look at him."
"Was anything taken?"
"Well, the news said that the shop was pretty much destroyed, but only one thing was missing."
"What's that?" Mokuba asked anxious to hear what the mysterious person had taken.
"The Exodia head card."
"What do you think he wanted to do with it?"
"Not sure, but if he wanted the card just to summon Exodia in a battle, beating old men up and stealing it isn't the way to do it."
"Is Yugi's grandpa ok?"
"No one knows."
"Well...can I go out to play today, big brother?"
"No."
"Huh? Why not?"
"With that maniac on the loose, I don't want you out there. I can't take that risk. Just play inside today."
"Oh...ok." Mokuba walked out of the room and Kaiba turned his chair towards the window and looked at the sky.
"I sure hope that guy soon, I have a strange feeling about this guy." Kaiba said to himself.
--At the Game Shop--
Yugi's grandpa laid on the couch. Yugi was panicing and Iris sat calmly by his head. "Do you think he'll be ok?" Yugi asked.
"Hard to say. But I do sense a dark energy at work here."
"I sense it too." The Pharoah said appearing beside Yugi.
"Well, what do we do?" Yugi asked. Just then the door swung open and Tristan, Joey and Tea ran in.
"Yugi! Is he ok?" Tea said worriedly.
"We came as soon as we heard." Tristan said as the three friends ran up to them.
"Thanks for coming you guys." Yugi said smiling.
"You know us Yuge, when you're in trouble, we're right there with ya!" Joey said.
"Well, from what Iris said, his soul was taken."
"Can we get it back?"
"I'm not so sure we can guys..." Yugi said lowering his head.
"So...did he take anything?" Tea asked trying to change the subject.
"The only card that was missing was Exodia's head."
"Exodia?" Iris asked confused. 'Where have I heard that name before?' Iris thought.
"It's a really rare card for a game called Duel Monsters."
"Duel Monsters?"
"Can we get back to the Exodia pieces please?" Tea yelled.
"Ok, ok." Yugi said. Yugi closed his eyes tight and thought for a minute.
"Yugi?"
"I think we may need to go after this guy."
"What! Are you crazy?" Joey said.
"Besides Joey being to scared..." Tristan started.
"I AM NOT SCARED!" Joey yelled.
"...We don't even know where to start looking for this guy. He didn't exactly leave us a note behind telling us where he's going next, Yuge."
"Oh yes he did. He's going after the Exodia cards, which means he's going after the other pieces and there aren't many of them. So all we have to dois guess to see who he's going after next." The four nodded and Yugi, Tristan, Joey and Tea start heading out the door and after a second Iris followed them slowly. The friends got outside and Yugi stopped.
"What is it Yugi?" Joey asked.
"...Maybe we should split up...Our chances of finding him are better."
"But we have no idea who we're looking for here."
"And we have no idea what we're going up against." Tea added.
"But still...Wait! Why don't we do this: Tea, you Joey and Tristan go ask Kaiba if he's heard anything."
"Kaiba?" Tristan asked astonished that Yugi would even suggest them going to see him.
"Yeah, I bet he's heard something."
"Yugi may be right guys, Kaiba probably knows a lot about it, I bet we could get him to help."
"I doubt it..." Joey said quietly.
"Where are you and Iris going?" Tristan asked.
"I saw Ishizu at the museum the other day, so we may stop by there to ask her." Yugi said looking at Iris and she nodded. "We'll see you guys later, come on Iris." Yugi and Iris turned around and headed towards the museum.
"Come on guys, the sooner we get to Kaiba Corp., the sooner we can leave." Tristan said.
--With Yugi and Iris--
They walked for a long time quietly. Iris kept looking at Yugi and then straight ahead. Iris all of a sudden hung her head low and looked at the ground. "...You're friends don't like me very much...do they?"
"What makes you say that?" Yugi laughed as if it was impossible.
"I can just tell...they don't like me at all..."
"Of course they like you...what's not to like?"
"I get the feeling they think I'm suspicious...I bet they blame me for everything that's happened."
"Of course not."
"I can sense it when they're around me...They hate me...Yugi? Maybe it would be better if I went somewhere else..."
"NO!" Yugi jumped in front of her, "Don't say that! We need you here. The Pharoah senses that he knows you and I'm determined to find out what you have to do with the Pharoah's past and besides...you were sent here for a reason! If you give up now...how do you expect to get home?"
"The Pharoah doesn't even remember me...so why even bother?" Tears started streaming down her face.
"Just because the Pharoah can't remember now, doesn't mean he'll never remember. Me and my friends are trying to figure out a way to get his memories back and...since you seem to know more about him than any of us do, incuding the Pharoah, we need you. Please don't go." Yugi turned around and started back toward the museum, Iris hung her head the rest of the way as she trailed behind little Yugi. They finally walked inside the museum. "I'm gonna go look for Ishizu." Yugi ran off and Iris walked up to the Ancient Egyptian exhibit. She looked at many item inside the glass that she herself had once held in her hand. But the thing that caught her eye the most was a big statue of a bird that seemed to be on fire. "Ishizu!" Yugi called out. He looked around the corner and saw Iris standing by the statue. The Millinneum Puzzle glowed and Yugi turned into the Pharoah. The Pharoah looked at Iris and thought long and hard about what was so familiar about her, he didn't even notice that Ishizu had walked up right beside him.
"Something troubles you my Pharoah?"
"Yes...It's Iris...Something seems strangely familiar about her...but I can't figure out why..."
"Well, I cannot help you with that, my Pharoah, but I do need to warn you."
"Warn me?"
"A great evil was unleashed last night, a great evil that could easily destroy the world if not taken care of and a great battle will occur soon. You must protect her, protect her at all costs, without her you cannot hope to save the world...or go home."
"Home?" Ishizu walked off. "Wait Ishizu!" Ishizu turned to him. "Does Iris have anything to do with the attack for the Exodia cards." Ishizu nodded and walked off. The Pharoah looked back at Iris who was still stargazed by the statue.
--During the night--
Iris laid asleep on the bed in the living room and The Pharoah, Joey, Tristan and Tea watched her from the doorway. "Did Kaiba say anything?"
"Yeah he did," Joey said scratching his head, "He called for the guards and I landed on my head when they threw us out."
"Did you and Iris find out anything?" Tea asked.
"I did, Iris had something to do with the evil that attacked my grandpa...but Ishizu said something about protecting her..."
--Iris' dream--
Iris' eyes opened and she got out of bed and walked downstairs. She was in the palace and sitting in the throne was the Pharoah smiling at her. Around them people danced welcoming their new Pharoah. Iris walked up to the Pharoah and stood beside him. All of a sudden Mokuba appeared in the center of the Palace room and a dark cloud appeared above him and it shaped into a great monster. Iris screamed. The monster attacked and headed straight for the Pharoah!
--dream end--
"Poor kid." Tristan said as they watched her roll from side to side. "She must be really homesick."
"Yeah," Joey started, "We can't even imagine what's it's like to be in a completely different place...in a completely different time period even." They were quiet for a minute.
"PHAROAH LOOK OUT!" Iris screamed as she sat up quickly. She looked around sighed of relief when she saw it was only a dream.
"I can." The Pharoah said walking towards her.
"Nice one, Joey." Tristan said getting Joey steamed.
Iris stood up and walked over to the desk by the window where she had laid her pheonix necklace. She looked down on it and she closed her eyes tight trying to fight back tears. "You know...you're lucky..." She opened her eyes and looked at him. "You have friends...back home..."
"You have friends too..."
"Yeah but...you remember them." The Pharoah stood beside her and looked out of the window at the round moon in the sky. "I can't think about them because I don't know what they're like, I can't dream about them because I don't know what they look like...I can't even remember their names, I can't even remember my own name..." The Pharoah lowered his head and looked at the ground.
"You know...back in Egypt...we used to play a lot together...growing up." The Pharoah instantly lifted his head in excitement.
"I knew there was something about you. So what are we sisters? Cousins? What?" Iris laughed.
"We were best friends...I..was the only one that could come into the palace...because of it..." Iris laughed again, "It seems like only yesterday you were chasing me down the temple stairs..." Iris thought about it for a second and then put a funny look on her face. "Oh wait...that was yesterday!"
"So I did know you?"
"Knew me? Nobody knew me better."
"Not anymore." Iris looked at him as he lowered his head again.
"Hey, maybe this will help." She reached down a bit down the top of her shirt and pulled a necklace out of hiding. She took it off and handed it to him. "Here..." In her hand was a strange necklace, it looked kind of like an ancient Egyptian symbol but Yami couldn't figure out what it was.
"What is it?"
"You gave this to me...when we were little...you told me...you're father had given it to you and that...it would bring me good luck. I'm giving it back."
"My father?" Iris put the necklace around his neck.
"I remember the day you gave it to me..."
--Iris' memory--
A man was running around paniking. "Young prince! Prince, where are you!" Little Yami and little Iris hid behind the tree near him and started laughing.
"You think he'll find us, Iris?" Yami asked peeking from behind the tree.
"I doubt it..." The two looked at each other and laughed again. They laughed so hard that the man heard them and poked his head out from behind the tree.
"Found ya!" The two screamed playfully and began running down the palace steps, laughing the entire time.
"Come on! Over here!" Iris said as she grabbed his hand and pulled him behind a bush. The man ran passed them and the two breathed hard.
"That was fun, Iris." Yami said.
"Yeah...but...my dad's gonna get angry if I don't get home, so...I'll see you tomorrow."
"Wait!" Yami yelled. Iris stopped and turned to him. "Here..." He reached in his pocket and pulled out the symbol necklace. "It's a good luck charm, my father gave it to me a few weeks ago. He told me that after the good luck had finished up on me, I should give it to my best friend."
"You're giving this...to me?"
"Yeah, you're the only friend I have that doesn't treat me like a...Pharoah's son and a future king. So I'm giving it to you." Yami smiled as Iris took it from his hand.
"It's pretty. Thank you! I never get gifts. But, I'll see you later!"
"Bye!" Yami waved as Iris ran off smiling and laughing with the necklace in her hand.
--memory ends--
"So...you were my only friend..."
"Well, not you're only friend...the only one you actually liked." Iris chuckled.
"It's funny, you seem different..."
"Yeah well...I'm not used to being around Yugi and his friends, I'm used to being around you...I know you except me for being my crazy self...but I don't know about them...I know Yugi will but...I don't think his friends like me at all..."
"That's not true..."
"But that doesn't matter." Iris said shaking her head remembering something important. "Listen, something weird is happening, I keep having these strange dreams and something inside me is telling me to warn you and to stay cautious. I keep having this dream about a strange monster attacking. I also have this strange feeling that something terrible is going to happen."
"I have too...and I think it's right...I found Ishizu today at the museum, she told me that something was going to happen. Something big."
"What?"
"I don't know...but we need to keep our eyes open."
Sorry the chapter was so long, I told you the chapters would be longer, haha. Luckily for all of you, Iris' true side just started to come up if you didn't notice. Just wait till she gets fully comfortabe around Yugi and the gang!
