We rode as fast as we could but Bakura's horse was faster than ours and reached what must have been Kul Elna, the city where the Millennium items were made. Pharaoh rode in and we followed quickly, doing our best to stay close to him.
Suddenly thousands of skeletons rose out of the ground and began attacking us! Mana, who was riding on the back of Pharaoh's horse, because she didn't have her own, jumped off and held her staff out in front of herself.
"What are you doing?" called Pharaoh as he watched her.
"I need to protect you," she called back "it's my duty as a spellcaster even one in training, and as a friend." Pharaoh nodded as the guards began to fight the skeletons off. Kristin and Megan jumped down next to them, drawing their weapons to helped them.
"You guys go and help Emily," called Megan as she helped one of the guards against one of the skeletons, "we'll take care of these." Pharaoh nodded and started of to find Emily with Sarah and I at his heels. Near the edge of the village Sarah spotted a staircase leading down into the earth.
"Could they be down there?" she asked Pharaoh.
"It's possible," he replied. We tied our horses outside, and started down the stairs. At the bottom we found Emily sitting in a cage, looking annoyed.
"Pharaoh!" she cried "Help me!" Suddenly Bakura stepped out of the shadows and congratulated us for making it that far.
"Let her go Bakura!" called Pharaoh "She has nothing to do with this!"
"Oh, she has everything to do with this!" laughed Bakura "But before we get into that have a look here. This is the Millennium Stone. It's guarded by the spirits that were imprisoned to create it, and now they will have their revenge!" Suddenly spirits began to flow out of the stone and circle Pharaoh. He grabbed his chest in pain and cried out as he fell to his knees.
"Pharaoh!" cried Emily. Suddenly Dark Magician appeared above Pharaoh and sent the spirits away.
"Mahad!" I cried happily. But Bakura wasn't as happy as I was. He started ranting at Mahad about when you are destroyed you should stay dead, then he goes on to rave about how King Aknonkanon had destroyed his people and that Pharaoh should pay the price for it. Pharaoh looked shocked and uncertain, despite our encouragements that it wasn't true. He looked at Mahad (Dark Magician) questioningly. Mahad then began to explain how the Millennium Items came to be and how King Aknonkanon had reacted in horror about how they were made. This gave Pharaoh more confidence.
"My father was innocent!" he cried defiantly as he rose to his feet. Bakura just laughed and sent the spirits to destroy them, but Mahad held up his hand and held them off. Then they began to battle ferociously with Bakura taunting them the whole time.
For a while it looked like Pharaoh was going to win but then Bakura had all the spirits absorb into him and give him and his monster a power boost! Bakura then ordered his Diabound to attack Mahad, the blast hit directly where Mahad had been and when the dust cleared, Mahad was gone!
We all looked on horrified when we heard a voice from above us saying that Mahad was safe. We looked up to see Dark Magician Girl carrying Mahad up and out of the cave with Mana above her, eyes closed and concentrating. Mahad and Dark Magician Girl lower to the ground as Mana slid down a pole to where we were. Dark Magician Girl and Mahad began to repeatable attack Diabound together but it didn't do anything! Then Diabound attacked them both at the same time, sending them flying into the wall, and sending Pharaoh and Mana to their knees! I ran over to them worriedly, with Sarah by my side. Diabound then proceeded to attack us but Mana conquered up magic hats to hide us all in and I heard the attack hit one of the empty ones. But that didn't stop it for long, because then it attacked all the hats at once and sent us flying into the walls! Diabound then reached down to kill Pharaoh, but then it recoiled with a sword sticking out of it's arm, the sword then disappeared. I spun around to find Seto and the rest of the priests standing there with their monster in front of them. They all attacked Diabound at once but it didn't do anything! Mystical Elf (Isis's monster) floated over to Pharaoh and used it's special ability to recharge his strength. Diabound then attacked Mystical Elf and destroyed it, causing her to sink to the ground, moaning in pain.
"Isis!" cried Sarah as she ran over to her. Emily was still sitting in the cage helplessly watching this whole thing unfold. Seto then tried to attack again but once again it didn't work. Diabound then attacked all the monsters at once, destroying them and leaving all of us on the ground, moaning. Pharaoh pushed himself to his feet and looked at Bakura.
"Spare my friends, Bakura, take me instead, I'm the one you want." he said slowly.
"NO PHARAOH!" cried Emily.
"PHARAOH!" the rest of us echoed her cry of desperation but he ignored us! Bakura laughed and commanded the spirits to destroy Pharaoh. The spirits shot forward and began absorbing into Pharaoh, who lets out a muffled cry of pain. He stood there, shivering as if he was very cold.
"Pharaoh!" I cried as I tried to push myself up onto my knees "NO, PLEASE!" Suddenly a glow formed around Pharaoh and began to expand until it became the form of King Aknonkanon, who stood over Pharaoh as the spirits began to flow into him instead! Once all the spirits were inside him. Then he began to shrink away.
"What will happen now, father?" inquired Pharaoh. But Mahad answered for him.
"Now King Aknamkanon will seal the spirits away…but he will be trapped there with them." he said solemnly.
"Daddy!" I cried, my past self taking temporary control
Sarah encode my cry "Daddy don't go!" He looked over at Sarah and I and smiled reassuringly.
"Take care of your brother for me will you?" he said calmly.
"Yes father," Sarah sobbed "we will." As he disappeared Bakura tried to make the spirits return to him, but it didn't work, they were already gone. Pharaoh turned to Mahad and told him to destroy Diabound while it was weak. Mahad attacked Diabound and it was destroyed! Bakura recoiled and held his chest, eyes panicked then he began to dissolve and he turned to sand right in front of our eyes! Pharaoh went to retrieve the millennium items that Bakura had acquired, but before he could Aknadin, one of the priests, got in front of him and told him that the millennium items were staying where they were! A strange voice called out to Aknadin, it seemed to come from nowhere!
"Great job, my servant," it called "keep it up and I'll grant your wish and you son will be pharaoh!" Aknadin laughed and turned to Pharaoh.
"A new, more worthy, pharaoh will soon rise!" he called.
"Hold your tongue!" cried Seto "You are in the presence of the pharaoh!" Aknadin turned to him and cast a spell upon him and the rest of us!
Next thing I knew we were standing just as we were but Aknadin had turned into a monster called Shadow Magus! I looked around confused, then I understood, Shadow Magus had frozen time but now we were free! I looked up to see Hasan, the guardian of the pharaohs, standing in front of Pharaoh.
Shadow Magus then began to try to brainwash Seto into joining him. Seto kept falling in and out of Shadow Magus's control! Suddenly Bakura reappeared next to Shadow Magus and laughed that it was "good to be back". He then summons Diabound and has it try to attack Pharaoh, but Hasan blocked the attack. Seto, who was, at the moment, under Shadow Magus's control, was no help. He kept fighting with himself until Shadow Magus created a portal and shoved him through it! Pharaoh tried to help but Diabound blocked his way. Suddenly a bright light filled the cavern. Next thing I knew I was in the middle of the dessert and completely alone!