Hi again. Sorry to say, but Fanfiction is having a some sort of technical difficulties and it deleted the chapter of Destined I was going to put up(pouts) but I'm going to update it as soon as possible. But because I am very bored (hence the name) I'm updating this.
Disclaimer people, if I owned Yugioh I would get all of my favorite Fanfiction writers, kidnap the people who did the animation for season zero, and totally re-do the entire series……..but I sadly don't so that wont be happening. At least not right now.
Chapter 26
Yugi and everyone were walking the way they had been since they escaped. Mokuba was up in he front chatting happily with Malik, Tristan was listening to the conversation, and Yugi and Bakura were walking towards the back.
"Hey Yugi?" Bakura asked.
"Yeah Bakura?" Yugi asked.
"Back at the place we escaped from, how did you manage to get us out? What were those shadow things?" the white haired spirit asked. Yugi looked rather uncomfortable but answered as honestly as he could.
"I still have no idea. It started when my parents made you disappear. It just sort of happened." Yugi said distantly. Bakura looked at him confused.
"Do Yami and Marik know about it?" Bakura asked. Yugi nodded. Then a thought struck him.
"You don't know what's been going on with you gone, do you?" Yugi asked. Bakura shook his head, although he was pretty sure he couldn't have missed much. Yugi sighed and started explaining. Bakura was surprised at how much he had actually missed.
"So….Tea came back, killed Shaki, and this angel guy named Matsuki,"
"Mutsumi." Yugi corrected
"Mutsumi, saved you and Anna, and Yami's younger brother kidnapped you?" Bakura summarized.
"Pretty much." Yugi replied. Mokuba slowed down some and started poking Tristan.
"Kura' I don't think he's alive anymore." Mokuba said to Bakura, who wasn't fond of his new nickname.
"None of us are alive." He pointed out.
"You know what I mean." Mokuba said.
Suddenly they all tripped.
"Oww……." Bakura and Malik groaned.
"Watch where you're going!" and irritated voice said from nowhere. They all looked back at where they tripped.
"Marik?" Bakura asked. Marik's face shot up from the sand and he stared at them stupidly.
"No way….." was all he managed.
"Where's everyone else?" Yugi asked as he came over. Marik, once again was too stunned to answer. Yugi jumped when he felt a hand grab his pants leg. He turned and saw a mostly submerged Anna and Mutsumi. He pulled them out as Bakura worked on getting out Marik.
"Where's Yami?" Yugi asked. Marik thought for a second.
"Over here." A voice said from a few feet away.
"How did we miss that?" Malik asked as he helped Marik and Bakura pull Yami out of the sand.
"Miss what?" Yami asked.
"That hair! I think we might be going blind!" Malik exclaimed. Yami was about to punch his face in when a thought struck him.
"Is your name Malik?" he asked. Malik nodded and Yami let out an irritated sigh.
"You're sister sent us out to find you." He said. They all looked at him questioningly.
"Perhaps you should explain." Mutsumi suggested. Yami once again sighed.
"I'll explain on the way." He said as he started to walk in the direction Yugi, Bakura, Malik, Tristan, and Mokuba had been walking towards.
Flash Back
"This is it!" Anna said proudly as they stopped in front of a ragged stone house. She knocked on the door.
A few seconds past before a tall tanned women opened the door.
"I see you made it. Please, come in." She said moving aside so the group could enter. They stepped inside. The inside was a lot like the outside except there was furniture and more light.
"Now then, my name is Isis and this is my brother Odion." The woman named Isis said. Odion remained quiet but nodded his greeting.
"I have a younger brother, his name is Malik. He was caught trying to steal from the palace a few months ago, but he was caught. When we saw him again he was dragged into the desert and we haven't seen him since." Isis said sadly.
"And what does this have to do with our missing friend?" Marik asked. Isis looked at him with a straight face, although the anger was eminent in her eyes.
"I saw a man with the description you said carry a boy who looked much like him in the same way they took my brother. It is entirely possible they were taken to the same place." Isis explained.
"And if you're wrong?" Mutsumi asked.
"The likeliness of that is very slim." She said. There was a collective sigh from a few people.
"Which way?" Yami asked. Isis smiled and stood up.
"This way please." She said. They all went out the door and to a part of town they hadn't seen yet. Isis pointed to the seemingly endless desert.
"That way. If my memory is correct there is an old building a day's walk from here." She said.
"Thank you." Anna said as she tried to catch up the rest who had already gone ahead.
End Flash Back
When Yami finished telling the story, they reached Cairo. They walked until they came to the familiar street that Isis and Odion lived on. Yami knocked on the door and it opened almost immediately.
"Malik!" she shouted as she rushed to hug her brother. After escaping her hug he pulled something from his pocket.
"I got it." He said handing the object to his sister.
"This is why you broke into the palace?" she asked. Malik nodded as she put on the necklace while everyone else looked at them confused.
"This is the Millennium Necklace. It's an old family heirloom, but it was taken about a year ago. It's very important to us." Isis explained
"I'm glad you got it back." Yugi said. Isis looked down at him.
"You're the boy I saw getting carried into the desert a few days ago." She said. Yugi didn't know what to say to that so he just remained quiet.
"Anyway, I think its about time we got going. The heat is starting to get to me." Bakura said. Everyone laughed as Isis and Malik said their thanks again. They waved goodbye and went back to the boat they stole.
"Yami…….can you call big brother?" Mokuba asked. As if on cue a large boat painted like a white dragon pasted by.
"Stop the boat!" a voice called out to everyone. Yami stopped their boat and a large plank of wood was put on top of the gap.
"Mokuba!" Seto exclaimed as he stepped onto their boat. Mokuba ran into his brother's arms as a blond came over the gap.
"Jono?" Tristan asked.
"Tristan? What are you doing here?" Jono asked.
"It's a long story." The brunette answered. Seto let go of Mokuba and walked over to Yami.
"Where did you find him?" he asked.
"Don't ask me." He said. Seto raised an eyebrow.
"He was in the cell I was put in a few days ago." Yugi said, catching the brunette by surprise. Seto eyed him curiously.
"You're the one Pegasus was after?" he asked. Yugi just stared at him.
"Captain! We should get headed out!" a crew man called from the other boat.
"Alright!" Seto shouted back "Come on Mokuba." He said as he led his brother across the plank.
"You coming Tristan?" Jono asked before he stepped onto the plank.
"Why not?" Tristan said shrugging his shoulders. He climbed across and they waved goodbye to the people on Yami's boat. After Seto set off they put their boat back in motion. An angel flew across to their boat.
"Boss wants you back." She said to Mutsumi.
"See ya later." Mutsumi said as he flew off. Bakura yawned and sat with his back to the railing.
"Where to next?" he asked.
"Who knows?" Yami replied looking out over the sea.
"We'll go where ever the wind takes us." Yugi said as he stood next to Yami. Yami smiled and wrapped an arm around Yugi's shoulder.
"That works." He joked. They all started laughing as they continued their journey, to where ever they were going.
Meanwhile……..
Atemu watched the projection from his throne (1).
"His shadow powers are progressing." He said twirling a glass of wine in his hand. "They would progress so much faster if he were here though." Around the round table a shuffling was heard. A man stepped into the circle of light.
"On your order sir." The man said. Atemu smirked.
"Good. Send them out now." The man saluted and the room went quiet.
"Soon my precious. Soon you will be mine." Atemu said as the light around the table dimmed.
Back to the others……
Everyone was asleep in their rooms. Yugi with Yami, Bakura and Marik were being forced to share a room with Anna. The boats internal directory was steering the boat away from storms and other boats while its crew slept. Suddenly the boat was brought to a forced stop.
Everyone exited their rooms.
"What was that?" Bakura asked annoyed.
"I'm not sure." Yami answered. The boat shook violently as a mirage of black winged creatures came from the water.
"By order of Lord Atemu you are to come with us." One said.
"And if we refuse?" Marik asked. The creature smirked.
"Who said you had a choice." Before anyone could react the other creatures nose-dived at the boat. Yami hugged Yugi close and Marik and Bakura were trying to keep Anna out of danger. But their efforts were useless, because within a few minutes the creatures had the upper hand.
"Come willingly or we will have to use force." The one from before said.
"Just try." Yami spat. The creature sighed and made a hand signal. The creatures attacked and quickly overtook the group. Five of the creatures picked them up and were awaiting orders.
"Mission complete. We have the subjects. We are returning to base." The main creature said into a headpiece. He nodded and muttered something into the headset.
"Move out!" he called to the group. They all nodded and flew up into the dark clouds, leaving the boat to go back to steering itself into eternity.
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Yugi opened his eyes slowly as his mind took notice of his new surroundings. He sat up. He was in a cell and everyone was there. They were all on expensive looking beds. He looked to the cell doors. There were no guards, the keys were just across the room, and he was small enough to fit through the bars.
"I recommend you don't try that." A figure said from the arched doorway across the room. Yugi couldn't see the figure clearly due to the lack of light, until the figure stepped into a more lightened area.
"You……" Atemu smirked.
"So you remember me. I'm flattered."
End Chapter
I think this may be my longest chapter yet. Anyway, I think I might finally be nearing the end of this story. I think I started it back in January or February. Oh well, I hope you guys like the long chapter (or at least my longest so far). I hope to update soon.
(1) If you couldn't imagine the table Atemu was looking at, think of the one from the first Kingdom Hearts game that the bad guys used to spy on Sora. If you've never played that game, I feel very sorry for you.