XVI. One for the World

Outside the palace, Atemu, Mana, Mahaado and Seto were preparing to leave so they mounted on two horses when Aknamkanon came.

"I don't know how it come to this but be careful and one more thing I think I should tell you about that detestsble mage Heishin" Aknamkanon said.

"Yes, we are all curious about that but for now you must hold it for I must find 'him' " Atemu stated and they left.

Meaqnwhlie, Yugi ended up in the Nile River where he first met Mana. He didn't know what to do now as he looked around. It seems that nobody was there so he took a plunge in the water by laying himself down.

"If this is meant to happen then let the gods strike me down with their rage" Yugi thought then the wind blew the desert.

" 'Something you can see but cannot be seen' does it really matter?" he added thoughtlessly then after he wet himself with the wind blowing, he got up and found a cave. It was very dark and skeletons were in it.

"Activate Trap Card: Gravity Bind" Yugi declared as he cast a barrier around himself.

"'Something that can be seen but cannot be seen', does it really matter?" Yugi mumbled as he cried himself to sleep.

Meanwhile at the desert, the four riders were still looking for Yugi when the wind just blew. Priest Seto noticed that his cousin was worried. If he knows him better, he usually worry about the problems of his own people but this time it's way different than before. Mana was as worried as the pharaoh for she met him before at the memory world and as for Mahaado, he noticed that his apprentice and the pharaoh were worried but one thing for sure, he didn't tell ant of them that partially it was his fault that he was here.

"We're going nowhere here. I wonder where the heck that guy went" Seto said getting annoyed.

"I know but I think the wind is getting stronger" Mahaado stated and sure enough the wind was a bit strong.

"Then let's take shelter" Atemu said and so they found shelter in an abondoned house.

"One thing that I'm very curious of: Who is that person anyway he looks like...?" Seto asked, his voice trailing off .

"You mean looks like the pharaoh?" Mana inquired. Seto nodded in agreement.

"... This would probably take a long time to explain. I rather not talk about it until the wind dies down and finding 'him'" Atemu answered sadly remembering what Yugi almost did.

Flashback: When Atemu looked at his partner's eyes, it was cold, dark bloody red not the same eyes he knew before then he was speaking japanese litlessly telling him to shut up and die when the Millennium Puzzle made him unconscious. Next thing he knew fear was written across his face and left the palace. The guards tried to follow Seto's orders but it seems that the item is protecting Yugi as well.

"I'm curious for one thing: how did he summon the shadow creatures plus rendered the guards in the process?" Seto asked.

"The ex-pharaoh did say he was the present bearer of the pharaoh's puzzle. Maybe that's why" Mahaado stated.

"Perhaps" Seto stated and laid themselves to sleep.

"Aibou..." Atemu mumbled thoughlessly.

The next day, the wind finally died down and all of them woke up with a fresh start.

"Aibou, I swear I will get to the bottom of this please be alright" Atemu said, praying as the others rode their horses again.

Back at the dark cave, Yugi is now a bit weak due to that fact that he plunge himself to the water plus the wind made him cold.

"Crud, I shouldn't plunge myself to the water" Yugi said thoughtlessly when he hears sounds.

"Heheheh! I never thought I would find you 'reincarnated pharaoh'. I thought you were back at the palace but it seems you made it easier" A mysterious voice rasped.

"Who are you?" Yugi stated weakly.

"My name is Kepura one of High Mage Heishin's cohorts. Once I sealed your fate, the porrtal to the Shadow realm appears" Kepura said nastily as he head towards the Gravity Bind Barrier that Yugi set up.

Meanwhile back at the desert, Atemu sensed that somethig bad is happenning but doesn't know what when the Millennium Puzzle glowed brillantly.

"Uh is it me or did the Millennium Puzzle just glowed?" Mana asked in a sheepish tone.

"What does it mean?" Seto asked.

"I don't know but I think it's reacting to something" Mahaado inquired when the Puzzle shot out a beam of light that leads to the Nile River.

"Hmmm, the Puzzle tells me that I should follow that light..." Atemu said then realization struck him.

"Maybe it'll lead where Yugi is!" the pharaoh exclaimed and he sped up his horse.

"HE'S REALLY WORRIED ABOUT HIM AWWW! HE CARES !" Seto said teasing his cousin.

"Shut up Seto or I'll use the language barrier against you" Atemu growled as they rode faster.

At the cave, Kepura tried and tried to break the Gravity Bind. Unfortunately, nothing's really working and Yugi tries to maintain the power of the trap card he set by summoning Dark Magician.

"Damn you! Well I have other ways If you're gonna summon a shadow creature then I'll summon mine as well. Summon Gate Guardian!" Kepura said nastily as a three headed dieties of water, wind and thunder appeared. Inside the barrier, Yugi knew that Dark Magician couldn't withstand the assault.

"Attack! Gate Guardian Combination Elemental Burst!" Kepura declared and Gate Guardian sent the powers of wind, water, and thunder to destroy Dark Magician to smithereens.

"Now it's your turn!" Kepura declared when suddenly a burst of light blasted the mage.

"What the?" the mage staggers when the pharaoh, Seto, and Mahaado came just in time.

"Stay away from the barrier!" a voice boomed out.

In the barrier, Yugi realizes that some one found him and hopes that whoever it is would help him.

"Who in the world?" Kepura growled when Atemu,Mana and two of the priests came.

"You?" Kepura growled.

"Mou---hi---to--ri no --bo-ku no? (my other self)?" Yugi said weakly.

"Aibou don't worry I won't let you get killed" Atemu said determinedly.