Hello once more everyone. Well, the duel concluded, and now the wolf is put down. If only Inuyasha had been there to laugh at that situation, lol. Inuyasha: "Hey, I'd have killed him, not just taken his soul!" Kagome: "Sit boy!" Sweat drops at the two Inuyasha characters. Uh yeah, that was strange. Ponders why they were here in the first place. Only room for one hanyou here, and that's me, so beat it Kagome, and take your little doggy too! Hears Inuyasha grumbling and growling as Kagome drags him away. Lol, anyways, now Illidan, Marie, and Vash know that the Wolf Pack are after them. When will they strike again? Is Marie their new target, and if she is, can she beat Blue? Yes, those questions and more need answered in the future. Lol, but for now, I'll just do some reviews. Watches everyone do anime fall over. Something I said?

Ultimate Legendary Master: I know, it's so irritating to watch and be thinking why the hell hasn't he gotten out of the forest? You could see the freaking school almost from where he ate those bananas! sighs One day he'll return, although everyone might have graduated by then and he'll be 50!

Tomb Robber Vicky: Yeah, Kouga lost his cool, and for that, lost the duel. Hehe, true, they should have sent a card with Kouga's body. Very true, the darkness is moving in from what things appear. Bakura, man, just admit that you've lost whatever edge you had. After all, losing to an OC, that's just weak. I still think Rex Raptor could beat you. Hell, even Weevil blindfolded could beat you, lol. Unless Illidan in the story cuts you lose, you're stuck, so tough break.

Ryon Nakura: Lol, the doctor is in the house. Hey, it's either see him or be examined by doctor Illidan. Berry Kisses: "You're not a doctor though." No, but I did get married to a half cat demon, so that makes it work! Sees sweat drops on everyone's faces. What? It does, doesn't it…

Berry Kisses: You won't die, maybe. What you need is some strong medicine. Hands him a bottle marked "Strong Medicine." Ryon: Raises eyebrow. "What the hell is this?" It's strong medicine. It'll fix you right up. Here, take a drink. Ryon drinks from bottle and spews it out. Ryon: "Fucking hell, it's gasoline!" Well, actually, it's 500 alcohol. That should knock that crap right out of you. Of course, only demons and half demons can take it. Watches Ryon fall to ground shaking and having a seizure. Oops, maybe it's not good for a human to drink it…

Strawberry Cake: I'm sane! Slashes shrink in half after she asks that question. Crackles claws then. Ah, much better. Now, we need to get you another shrink, one that won't accuse me of being insane!

Brianna Ishtar: Of course he doesn't know anymore. He's too out of touch with reality. Hmm, maybe I need to help Ryon get it back together. You know, help him rebuild his self-esteem. Nods head. Yeah, that's what I'll do. Looks in floor to see Ryon vomiting violently. Maybe after the effects of that alcohol have worn off.

Fire Princess: Sniffs spaghetti. Damn! That's enough heat to kill a person. I think I'll pass on it. I like spicy stuff sometimes, but some stuff, just no thanks. But… Stuffs the remainder of food into Ryon's mouth. Ryon: Jumps up off the ground from vomiting spell with smoke coming from mouth. "FUCKING HOT!" Smirks triumphantly. It'll get cooler sometime Ryon. Yes, sometime…

sweetxokissesxo: Takes hands off dog ears. No, you're a good singer. Just don't sing when I'm around… And yes, I'm smart and strong, plus dead sexy half demon. I know everyone wants some of me. Sees Cindy standing in background with glowing red eyes. Uh, no, no one wants me! Stay away from me!

Isis the Sphinx: Yep, she hasn't dueled in a while. Maybe she's getting rusty, lol. Well, Illidan picked it up, but what he's going to do with it, who knows… Well, other than the only obvious person. Hmm, two obvious. Lol, forgot about Cindy knowing too. But yeah, will he make the same mistake? Only time will tell.

pink-kiss-candy: Ties Ryon up and hangs him from a rope in a tree. Step right up folks and play smack the Ryon. Just five dollars to hit him for three minutes. That's right, just five dollars for three minutes to smack Ryon around. Ryon: "HELP ME!" pink-kiss-candy: Pays five dollars and cracks knuckles. "This is for grandma!" Watches Ryon take a beating while counting money. Yep, give him one for me and grandma both. Chuckles evilly at comment.

bobmanv2.0: Thanks, and as for the dragons, well, they're Yami, Seto, and Joey's monsters. Very unlikely that Illidan or the others would get one. Still, you never know.

Wipes sweat off of face. Damn, that was one long set of reviews! Lol, but I love it. I just love getting reviews. It makes me feel as if I'm accomplishing something since people are reading my story. Thank you all for that. You know what, just for all those reviews, I'm going to post two chapters. So, you all go enjoy both chapters. Later all.

Chapter 12

The group of three with an unconscious Bakura finally arrived at the motel where Illidan and Marie were staying. Pegasus had put them up in a pretty ritzy place, and had spared no money on making sure the couple was well taken care of.

Slowly, Illidan led the group into the main room and showed Vash where he could set Bakura off in the spare room. Gently, Vash laid his brother onto the bed, making sure not to do any harm to his body. With one last look at his brother's body, he turned and left the room to rejoin Illidan and Marie in the main room.

When he walked in, he saw them both sitting on the couch, silently talking. "So, what now chaps?" he said, chiming in on their conversation.

Illidan stood up and sighed and looked at Marie as she stood. "We need to get in touch with Yugi and Seto in order to warn them of the danger that's coming."

He looked up at the clock to see it was already 2:30 A.M. "Hmm, there is a seven hour time difference between here and Domino. That means right now, it's 7:30 P.M. at Domino, meaning I might have time to save those two before they lose their souls."

Marie noticed Illidan's worried face and quickly took his hand, saying "Don't worry, we'll warn them. You'd better call them quickly. Vash, why don't we fix something to eat in the kitchen?"

Vash nodded and headed towards the kitchen while Marie gently kissed Illidan on the cheek before leaving the room as well. Illidan then grabbed his cell phone and began to look through his directory. After a moment, he found Yugi's number and hit the talk button.

The phone rang three times before he heard the familiar voice of Yugi's grandfather say "Hello, Moto residence."

Smiling, he said "Hello Mr. Moto, it's Illidan Stormrage."

The old man seemed to sigh and said "It's nice to hear from you Illidan. How is your trip so far?"

Softly smiling, Illidan replied "It's good so far Mr. Moto. We're to meet Pegasus tomorrow morning."

Illidan heard the old man worriedly say "Be careful around him."

Lightly chuckling, Illidan replied "Don't worry Mr. Moto, he doesn't have his Millennium Item anymore, so I'm not too worried about him. Is Yugi around by any chance?"

He heard a long sigh before finally he heard "I'm sorry, but he's not. Him and his friends left a while ago to chase after the thugs who stole the three Egyptian God Cards from the shop."

Shocked at this startling information, Illidan asked "Wait, the cards were stolen!"

He heard a rough "Uh huh."

Illidan quickly asked next "What happened?"

The old man sighed and replied "Well, I was cleaning up the three cards for Yugi downstairs at the shop when suddenly three thugs came charging in through the front door. One with blonde hair and sunglasses knocked me aside not so gently and the other two grabbed the cards. They then ran out of the store. Yugi and his friends soon came running downstairs to check on me and I told them what happened."

Taking a moment to catch his breath, Mr. Moto then said "They quickly ran outside and found holograms of all three Egyptian God Cards summoned. The thugs on motorcycles then told them if they wanted the cards back, they'd have to follow them. Yugi ran back inside and got his deck and Duel Disk and then ran after them. I begged him to not go, but he did anyways."

Illidan nodded to this information, knowing he was too late to warn his friend already. "All I can do now is hope he makes it back alright."

Remembering Mr. Moto was still on the phone, Illidan finally said "Hopefully he'll return soon. I have no doubt he'll be alright."

Mr. Moto seemed to sigh and replied "I hope you're right, because I don't know what I'd do without him."

Knowing what Mr. Moto meant, Illidan said "When he gets home, have him call me. I'll be up for a good while, and tell him to call me immediately when he gets in. Something has happened here too, and I need to discuss it with him."

Mr. Moto quickly replied "I will. Are you alright?"

Illidan slightly sighed and said "I'm fine for now, but he needs to know something. Please just let him know. I need to go now. Thank you Mr. Moto."

"You are welcome Illidan. I'll let Yugi know when he gets in to call you. Goodbye."

With that said Illidan hit the end button on his phone and sighed. "So, they already are after Yugi. This is bad. I hope he makes it back."

He then went to the kitchen to see Marie and Vash making some dinner. There was a bowl of Ramen set out for Illidan, but it had yet to be cooked, and Marie and Vash were having hamburgers.

Seeing him enter, Marie looked up at him and asked "Any luck in getting in touch with Yugi?"

Shaking his head, Illidan replied "Yugi's Egyptian God Cards were stolen tonight. He and his friends went after the three guys who took them."

Marie slightly looked worried, but that passed soon and she smiled. "He'll be fine. This is Yami we're talking about after all."

Nodding, Illidan replied "I hope so Marie. Yugi's grandpa said he'd have him call me back when he gets in."

She then asked him "Have you called Seto yet?"

Sighing, he shook his head. "I have a feeling he won't listen. I'd bet money he hangs up on me rudely, yelling 'I don't believe in that mumbo jumbo.'"

She giggled at that, and replied "How much you bet?"

Smirking, he reached in his pocket and pulled out an American five dollar bill. "That's my wager."

She smirked back at him and said "Deal then. If he hangs up on you and don't believe you, you win that bet. I'm willing to bet he'll not hang up."

He lightly laughed and said "We'll see. I'll go ahead and call him since I have Kaiba Corp. in my directory too, for some odd reason."

Looking quickly through his directory, he found Seto's name and hit the talk button. The phone rang twice exactly before being answered by a female voice.

"This line is to the Desk of Kaiba Corp's President, Mr. Kaiba. May I ask who wishes to speak to him?"

Smiling at the fact he had his calls filtered, Illidan calmly said "This is Illidan Stormrage wishing to speak to Mr. Seto Kaiba."

The female voice quickly said "One moment please."

After a minute, the line beeped and Seto's irritated voice came on the line, saying "What do you want?"

Illidan smiled at the fact that Seto was still as happy as ever. "Nice to hear from you too Seto…"

"Can the crap Illidan! I don't have time to deal with you, so unless you have something important to say, then our conversation is through." Seto angrily said.

Still smiling, Illidan said "I'll cut to the chase then. You're in danger Seto."

"I know… Someone is buying out my Kaiba Corp. stock, and they're buying it at an alarming rate."

Sighing, Illidan replied "No, not in financial danger… You're in real danger."

There was a slightly growl on the other end of the line and Seto soon said "Listen, I don't have time to play these games. Just spit out whatever you're trying to say."

"I ran into a group earlier tonight that challenged me to a duel. The duel was for my soul…" Illidan began, only to be cut off.

"I have no time for this mumbo jumbo! Quit wasting my time with this trash like Yugi does every duel I face him in. Goodbye!" was the last thing Illidan heard before a dial tone.

Sighing, Illidan hit the end button on his phone and closed the flip phone back up. He turned to Marie and burst out loud laughing. She looked at him questionably, curious to know what the source of his laughter was.

"He hung up on me, saying I wasted his time with the trash that Yugi keeps talking about in every duel he faces him in. Wow, that call only lasted two minutes too. That is like a new world record for me talking to Seto!" Illidan said with much sarcasm in his voice.

Marie only sighed and dug a five dollar bill out of her pocket and handed it to Illidan. "I guess you win this round. I thought maybe after that tournament Seto would finally accept the fact he's the reincarnation of Set, but still he denies it."

Illidan laughed and replied "He'll deny it till the day he dies, which might not be too long if what Kouga said is true."

Marie only sighed and said "Still, it's sad that he won't accept his ancient past. If he would, I'm sure he'd remember what happened back then."

Nodding, Illidan said "True, but it's his choice to accept it or not. So far, he's not, but he may one day."

"Food is ready you two!" Vash soon chimed in as he put a bowl of steaming Ramen on the table and a plate with three double cheeseburgers.

Both Illidan and Marie then turned their attention to the food and sat down. The three ate in silence, mostly thinking about what had happened that night.

Vash was first to break the silence, saying "Illidan, if it's alright with you, I'd like to go with you to see Pegasus tomorrow. I want to find out how to get my brother's soul back."

Illidan nodded, and replied "It's alright with me Vash. In fact, you can stay here tonight or as long as we're here for."

This made Vash smile, and he responded with "Thank you Illidan. I need to go get mine and Bakura's bags from our other hotel first though. I should do that tonight so we won't have to swing by there tomorrow."

Marie soon said "Yeah, it'd make it easier on us in the morning if you did. Maybe all three of us should go, just in case."

Illidan nodded and said "We should probably do that. No telling when that group will strike again. They called themselves the Wolf Pack I believe."

Marie replied "Yeah, they did. They must be hunters, and now we're the hunted."

This made Illidan slightly sigh, but then remembered something. "Marie, could you do me a favor?"

She nodded and he said "Use your Millennium Necklace to look back in time about ten millennia. Find out what you can about the Seal of Orichalcos for us. Maybe it had a weakness back then that we can use now."

She nodded again and then closed her eyes. Slowly, she began tapping into the power of her Millennium Necklace. With ease, she traveled backwards in time five millennia. She then prepared to travel back another five. When she neared the ten millennia mark, suddenly things went blank. Her vision was cloudy, and then she saw it, a green symbol like she had seen earlier in the night, seemingly blocking her view of that time period. She tried to go around it, but failed. She then tried to go through it, but yet again failed. Realizing she couldn't break through, she woke from her concentration.

Holding her head in her hands, she said "I'm sorry, but I can't see anything from that time period. There is something in place keeping me from gazing back that far in time. It's like the symbol we saw earlier is blocking my view."

Sighing, Illidan patted her on the shoulder and said "It's alright. It was just an idea."

About that time, Illidan's phone began to ring, making him nearly jump out of his skin. Noting it was his phone, he picked it up and saw the caller id read Yugi's phone number. He quickly flipped the phone open then, hoping that his friend was alright and that it wasn't Yugi's friends calling to say they were sorry but he lost.

"Hello?" he nervously said into the phone.

"Illidan?" asked a young voice that Illidan instantly identified as Yugi's.

Smiling, Illidan replied "Yes, it's me Yugi. Thank goodness you're alright. I take it you won your duel and are fine since you're calling me."

There was a small gasp on the other line and Yugi quickly asked "How did you know?"

Lightly chuckling, Illidan replied "I got attacked by a group that mentioned you were a target as well. The guy I dueled was using a card called the Seal of Orichalcos."

Yugi again gasped and said "That's what the guy that dueled me too."

Deciding to take this opportunity to be alone in order to speak with Yugi, Illidan stood up and left the room with Marie and Vash cleaning things up. He quickly walked into the master bedroom and sat down on the bed, and then asked "Yugi, is Yami alright?"

A new voice filled the line, one which instantly answered Illidan's question. It said "Yes, I'm fine. How about you, are you alright Illidan?"

Smiling that his friend was fine, Illidan replied "Yes, I'm fine. My duel was rough, but I won."

"Mine was tough as well. The group that stole the three Egyptian God Cards, they gave one, Obelisk, to a fourth guy in their group. He summoned Obelisk somehow, but I managed to beat Obelisk in the end, but he was the least of my worries really. The guy I had put many monsters on the field and nearly took me out. Luckily, I destroyed all his creatures and his life points with Dark Magician Girl and Diffusion Wave-Motion." explained Yami.

Illidan nodded as he took this all in, and once his friend finished, Illidan said "My duel was quite tough. My opponent first removed from play Anubis from my deck."

"Your Egyptian God was removed from play!" Yami asked.

Smiling, Illidan replied "Yes, it was. He knew it's only weakness, which makes me worried. Someone had to go through a lot of painstaking work to figure that weakness out. It took me some time to figure that one out as well."

As the two were lost in conversation, Marie was chatting with Vash when Vash finally said "I need to go get my stuff. It's late, and we'll be exhausted if we don't get it now."

Nodding, Marie replied "I'll leave a note for Illidan. Him and Yami are most likely in deep conversation, and I don't want to disturb him. How far is your hotel?"

Thinking for a moment, Vash finally said "It's less than a mile from here. Probably only take us thirty minutes to get there and back."

She nodded and then grabbed a pad of paper and a pen. Quickly, she wrote that her and Vash had left to get Vash's stuff from his hotel room, and that they'd be back in thirty minutes or so, and that she loved him.

"Alright, I'm ready." she said as she signed the note. She quickly grabbed her backpack and headed to where Vash was by the door.

The two grabbed their shoes and then hurriedly headed out for the hotel where Vash had been staying. They arrived rather quickly, only taking twelve minutes. Vash and her ran inside and grabbed his duffle bag and Bakura's duffle bag. Nodding that that was it, the two headed back down and Vash checked out, turning in both keys, one which he had taken from Bakura's pocket.

Little did Vash and Marie know that on their way to the hotel, they had been followed. The group that had followed them now waited for the two to return back outside so they could run them into a trap.