Chapter 3: Pharaoh Atem

The ground shook as the rain turns... from lightning to thunder... as the tides from the Valley washed over... as Yugi watched in horror. He watched as the tides controlled the weather and the laughter continued with no... sense of doubts or remorse. As the tides continued, there was certain shouts and screams from somewhere unknown as he let the wind blowed at his face. He seemed out of touch and so... out of line of himself as he screamed to search for Pharaoh Atem. He cast glances back and forth and tried to find his partner of the past. As he continued onward, he found a man in robes shouting to move aside and simply... told others to reign upon his might and justice. As he went to another direction, it was then he couldn't... find his partner in the rivers and tides that swept over the land. He simply found no trace of him and he found no way of finding... Pharaoh Ryou.

He then searched for the skies as he heard the person that was... screeching at the air from below. As he searched upon the man... Yugi was lost in fright and such scarce of his friend. As he went in directions, he found a man that was in clothes that was like the present. He was a man that wanted to look upon the heavens and seek for such might and glory... The man was known as... Pharaoh Ryou. He was a man to seek... for such life and next... but then, the world became in the darkness and the whole... world became in...

...in pitched black once more.

Yugi searched desperately for his friend in the dark and yelled for his friend... who was lost within... the room. As he searched among his room... within the black... he was to find a man he needs to proclaim his rightful rights and glory. He then searched within the debris... that he thought he was still within... but then...

...The room changed to...

...something unknown like white.

Yugi looked everywhere and even along the lines of the white. As he searched in fright, he was a man to find his partner in need and strength. As he searched in wonder, he was to find a man with such... no merciless feelings. As he wander towards the remains of the debris that he thought was still within the room... He realized that he was... within...

...His own room once more.

He then noticed a door nearby. He took the knob and opened it. He turned... and saw...

...A man standing before him with a laugh.

It was a man that wants his claim in life and next. It was a man known as...

...Pharaoh Touzoku Akefia Bakura.

He stood by him and laughed at his face. Yugi snarled darkly and growled. He then approached the man in anger and fisted his sides. He then shouted upon him with such... force.

"...What have you done?! Where have you taken me and why?! Who are you?!!" Yugi yelled with seething rage. He then spoke angrily, "...Where is my partner?! What have you done to my partner?!"

"...I have caused something within this place... and I... wanted you to seek your help as of now. I am now the man that infiltrated your Puzzle. I am now the man that seeks your help by saying this... May you find your partner by this like door..." He pointed upon the door that was... bare and empty. He then smiled in a grin like way. He then shouted, "...Let us go and find your partner. We shall see him in another like life. May I say, the afterlife?" He laughed out loud... saying it to Yugi.

Yugi snarled and made an assault upon Pharaoh Touzoku and he... was vanished from his sight.

He then exclaimed in anger at him and fisted his hands upon the ground. He yelled, "...Bakura!!"

He then cried and teared sadly upon the floor. He couldn't bare another way around... and he seemed in the dark of his eyelids. He then approached towards another room... and watched the room faded away... and he found...

...No sign of Pharaoh Atem or Pharaoh Ryou as well.

He then made haste that he couldn't find his partner and he searched desperately within the walls. He looked left to right as tried to find his partner within the inside of his Puzzle. He searched among the walls and he shouted for his friend and even... Pharaoh Ryou himself. He then found another door that was... mysterious and unknown in his eyes. He then searched angrily and yelled for them both. He then screamed out loud and yelled for them to show, but he knew so well it wasn't that way. As he made his way alone, he cried and sniffed angrily and said...

"...I should have known that he... was the one that harmed them both. What shall I do as I... watched them go goodbye? If only I knew what should be done... Where am I going to be when he's... gone away?" He sniffed in tears, pounding to the side of the wall in agony. "...Where am I going to see him? Where is he? Where could he have...?"

He then noticed one door among the others that caught his eyes. He then came closer and slowly... opened it out. He then realized it was...

...A door leading...

...a palace that was in ruins and destruction upon it.

He couldn't believe his eyes and he screamed in a yell... within the inside of his Puzzle. He then exclaimed out loud...

"...Why?!!"

He sobbed in tears and woes as he... went down against the floor again. He went in tears and simply wanted the room to cease immediately. He then wanted the room to quit and stop... and then...

...A voice filled inside his ears again.

It was this time... a man that was familiar and so... sad like.

'Other me... I am sorry I have let you down. I have made a decision to leave you be on one purpose. I have let you see... that I was not that alone. You shall find a man that was within the Puzzle. I am not going to leave you though. But I need your help. Will you help?'

"...I um... Well..." Who am I? Thought Yugi sadly. What am I that I had to...? "...Well... Where can I find you?"

'...Find me somewhere within the room and I... shall find you there once I find that man that treaded upon the Puzzle. Find me, Other me. Find me and I will see you...'

The room stayed silent and then...

...Yugi was left alone within the stairway of his Puzzle.

Yugi looked left to right... getting up from the floor. He then gripped his hands.

He muttered darkly. "...I shall find my friend... and I... wish I could help him."

[To be concluded...]