Chapter 3
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-Telephone-
"Dialogue"
"Egyptian Language"
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Dangerous tone
Nice To Meet You
The first thing he registered as he opened his eyes was that ha was thirsty, the second was the fact that he was not in the Tomb or Malik's room. Where am I? He thought as he get out of the bed and looked around, he was sure that he was engulfed by a bright white light before everything blackened.
The room he was in was so big that it could be compared to his school's classroom and still won. As he looked around, he noticed that his bag was placed on one of the nightstands beside the bed. He picked it up and slung it around his shoulder, he didn't want to lose it, not because of his Laptop or Mobile Phone, he didn't even really care about his Wallet, but because there's his deck and Duel Disk inside, the deck which had helped him become the King of Games.
"Ah, you are awake." A female voice startled him.
He turned around to see Ishizu wearing a strange-looking clothing, he frowned at her appearance and the fact that Ishizu would speak in Egyptian with him, "Ishizu, what's happened to your Fashion Sense?" He asked in Egyptian nonetheless before noticing something, "And why in the world you are wearing the Millennium Necklace? Shouldn't it be kept in the Museum?".
The woman blinked, "I'm afraid you mistaken me with someone else, Young One." The woman said with a confused smile, "But how in the world you know about my Millennium Necklace? And What is this Fashion Sense you are talking about? And a Museum?".
Yugi was the one who blinked, "Your Millennium Necklace?" He asked in confusion, the woman nodded, his eyes widened as he get a nagging suspicion at what had happened to him after he got engulfed with the white light from his Millennium Puzzle, "Um, my name is Yugi, who are you and where is this?".
The woman blinked again, "Where is this? You mean you don't know?" Yugi nodded in answer, she frowned and walked over, "I thought that you would know, seeing that you suddenly appeared in the Throne Room." She mumbled to herself before her left hand touching her Millennium Necklace while her right hand hovering over Yugi's head. "Hold on." She said and closed her eyes.
Did she say Throne Room? Yugi gulped as he digested what was the meaning of that, his suspicion seemed to be right, but he was still not sure about something.
"Hmm, there's nothing wrong with your head, so how in the world you didn't know where this is if you came here by yourself?" The woman mumbled to herself before smiling at Yugi, "My name is Isis, The High Priestess of The Pharaoh. As for where here is, you are currently in the Palace of Egypt".
"High Priestess Isis?" Yugi asked with a dumbfounded look, She's the High Priestess of the Pharaoh from 3000 years ago! He thought in shock before he remembered his manner, he bowed to her, "Then please forgive me if I did something wrong, I'm not from around here so I don't know how I should act".
The woman nodded with a smile, "It's alright, come now, the Pharaoh said that you should be brought to him once you woke up." She then looked at his bag, "But could you please left your belonging here? I'm sure no one would steal it in the grace of the Pharaoh".
Yugi nodded and removed his bag, but he pulled out his deck and Duel Disk and put his deck inside his shorts pocket while his Duel Disk inside coat's inside pocket. He turned back to Isis and he followed the woman out of the room, they walked a long way around the many hallways before they stopped in front of a pair of a huge door and waited. Isis talked to the guards and they were let in, he walked silently behind Isis and didn't dare to looked around, he could feel eyes on him.
"Is he awake, Isis?" A deep baritone voice asked once they stopped in front of a set of stairs.
Isis bowed, "Yes, Your Majesty, the boy had awake by the time I came to his room." She answered and stepped aside so he was in full view to the one she called as 'Your Majesty'.
As Isis stepped aside, his eyes was immediately met with a pair of sharp Crimson eyes, his eyes widened when he saw just how similar looking he was with the Pharaoh, aside from the Pharaoh's tanned skin, sharper features and the blond bangs that shot up like Lightning Bolts on the Pharaoh's hair. He then remembered that no one should have an eye contact with the Pharaoh unless the Pharaoh permitted them, so he lowered his gaze and bowed to him.
"You may raise your head and look at me, boy." The Pharaoh said and he stood straight immediately, "Now, I want to know a few things." The Pharaoh looked at the man carrying the Millennium Scale and nodded, the man nodded back before the Pharaoh looked at him again, "Your words will be judge to see if you are honest with your answer or not, the consequence of lying would be fatal, so I suggest that you answer all my questions honestly. Do you understand this, boy?".
Yugi nodded, "Understood, Your Majesty." He answered with a calm voice, he know that, as long as he answered everything honestly, he would be alright.
"Alright." The Pharaoh nodded back, "First question, what's your name?".
"My original name is Mutou Yugi, but then I was adopted into the Kaiba family, so my current name is Kaiba Yugi." Yugi answered smoothly.
The Pharaoh looked at the man holding a scale, after seeing that the scale still in balance, he looked back at Yugi, "Where are you from and what's your intention in barging into a Throne Room?" He asked again in a regal voice.
"I came from Japan." Yugi answered the first question, "As for your second question, My Pharaoh, it's not really my intention to barge in, I didn't even come here by purpose".
The Pharaoh raised an eyebrow, "Can you elaborate?" He asked calmly.
Yugi nodded, "I was in . . . my apologize, in a Tomb of a Pharaoh." He started slowly, "I know that it's a crime in your time to enter the Valley of The Kings, so please let me explain that my intention was not bad".
The Pharaoh frowned, "Explain." He said shortly, "I will judge whether you are innocent or not after you finished all you have to say".
Yugi bowed in gratitude, "The Tomb that I entered, My Pharaoh, is the one from 3000 years from now, for I'm not from this time." Immediately, murmurs started following his words, "I know that it's unbelievable, but it's the truth." He said to them before continuing, "In my time, we have people called Archaeologist who are doing some research on Ancient Egypt. When these Archaeologist found a Pyramid, they would go inside to learn whose Pyramid is that, for we don't have any knowledge about it due to the Pyramid had lost in the sea of sand far away in the future." He inhaled deeply, he would need to chose his words carefully or there might be misunderstanding, "They would took many artifact so the people would know more about the ancient cultures of Egypt, but because the Ishtar family, the family of Tomb Keeper, make it a Law that only the approved items could be taken out, so the Spirit of the Resting Pharaoh wouldn't get disturbed. My Grandfather was an Archaeologist, and inside one of the Tombs, he had found the Millennium Items".
"Hold." The Pharaoh said as he frowned again, "You know about the Millennium Items?".
Yugi nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty." He answered calmly, "As I said, I came from the future time, and by the time 3000 years had passed, the Millennium Items are believed to lost their Power and be buried inside one of the Greatest Pharaoh's Tomb. Although, I had to say that the Millennium Items haven't lose their Power yet." He waited to know if it's alright to continue, and after he received a nod from the Pharaoh, he continued, "My Grandfather took the Millennium Items out of the Tomb after the Ishtar family had given their approval, 6 of the Millennium Items had been kept inside the Museum owned by the Ishtars while he gave the Millennium Puzzle to me, which I solved 3 years after I received it".
"You solved it?" The Pharaoh asked in surprise, and the murmurs started again before the Pharaoh raised his hand to shut them up, "If what you said is true, which High Priest Karim judge as you are honest with your explanation, where is your Millennium Puzzle then?".
Yugi scratched the back of his head, "I don't know for sure, Your Majesty, for the last memory I had was I inserted the Puzzle in a space in front of a door inside the Tomb I was in, but then the Puzzle glowed so bright that I had to close my eyes." He answered honestly, not like he was the type to lie, "The next thing I know, I found myself waking up in the room High Priestess Isis fetch me from".
"Whose Tomb were you in?" The new voice asked, and when he looked up to see who was talking, he couldn't help but gasping in shock.
"Jii-chan?!" Yugi exclaimed in shock and disbelief using Japanese language when he saw the elder man who looked just like his Grandpa.
"Excuse me?" The elder man frowned and he realized his mistake.
"My apologize, you looks so much like my Grandfather that I had mistaken you as him." Yugi apologized and then answered, "I still don't know whose Tomb I was in, for the reason I entered the Tomb in the first place was to find out that information and see for myself the Tomb where my Grandfather had found the Millennium Puzzle".
"And about the door that you were talking about . . ." Yugi looked at the owner of the voice and widened his eyes when he saw a man who looked like the Dark Magician, "Let me guess, I looks like someone you know?" He asked when he saw Yugi's expression.
Yugi nodded, "You looks like the Dark Magician." He answered before he remember that the people in this world didn't know about Dark Magician, but when he wanted to explained what Dark Magician was, the man had spoken first, much to his shock.
"Dark Magician is my Ka, although I'm surprised that you know about it, but it shouldn't be that surprising considering that you came from the future." The person said before nodding, "Back to my first question, what is this door that you inserted your Puzzle in?".
Yugi inhaled deeply and let them out softly before answering, "During the time when my Grandfather found the Millennium Puzzle, he thought that the Tomb was only reach that far and there's no further room." He started, "But recently, his friend had found an entrance to a deeper part of the Tomb. I, along with my Grandfather's friend and the Ishtars, entered this new entrance to see if we could finally know whose Tomb it was, but what we found only a wide empty space and a door at the far end of the big room. I tried to open it but the door didn't move, and when I and the rest wanted to leave, I noticed the strange upside down space on the door. I thought that my Millennium Puzzle would be the Key to open this door and so I put it in, that's when a bright light erupted from my Millennium Puzzle and the next thing I know, I woke up in that room I was on before High Priestess Isis come and get me, and my Puzzle was nowhere to be seen".
The room was silence after he finished, then the Pharaoh looked at High Priest Karim, "He is telling the truth, My Pharaoh." Kalim answered the unasked question.
The Pharaoh sighed, "Oh, Shimon, my Adviser." He said as he rubbed his temple, clearly he was not used to this kind of situation and had a headache, "What should I do? Should I punish him for entering the Valley of The Kings even if it's not done in our time? Or should I let him go because his intention was not to steal anything?".
The elder man who looked like his Grandpa bowed to the Pharaoh, "If you ask my opinion, Your Majesty, we should not punish him." He said politely, "He was indeed had trespassing into a forbidden place, but I see no harm done by simply entering to seek knowledge without disturbing the Soul of the Resting Pharaoh. On the other hand, the fact that he came here after he put his Millennium Puzzle into the door he was talking about, I think that it had been the Gods wish for him to come to our time".
"How about the rest of you?" The Pharaoh asked while he still rubbing his temple.
Karim bowed to the Pharaoh, "I should agree with Adviser Shimon, Your Majesty." He said respectfully, "The Tomb Keeper, no matter in what time they are, should never let the people to enter the Valley of The Kings. But the family of Tomb Keeper this boy was with, they had seen that this boy was worthy to enter for he had no bad purpose, I don't think we should punish him for simply seeking knowledge".
"I had to agree with that logic." The man who looked like Dark Magician said to the Pharaoh, "If it is true that our culture had lose to the world in 3000 years in the future, his wish on wanting to know whose Tomb he had found is not really a bad one, and he had done it with respect to the Resting Pharaoh. It would be unwise to punish him for a good intention. And there's still a fact that what Adviser Shimon said is right, this boy coming to our land in our time without his consent had to have a purpose of it's own, on which only Ra would know".
The rest agreed to their logic, much to Yugi's relief, and the Pharaoh nodded his head, "Alright." He said before looking at the boy, "I'm guessing you don't know how to go back to your own time?".
Yugi nodded, "I'm afraid so, My Pharaoh." He answered with a troubled expression, "I didn't even know that Magic is real until I found myself here, more than 3000 years before my own time".
The Pharaoh nodded, "I thought so." He answered with a smile, "I will allow you stay in this Palace for the time being, until we figured out how to send you back to your time." He looked at the one who looked like Dark Magician, "Mahad, ask for Mana to help him around the Palace, it would be bad if he would lose his way around the Palace".
"Right away, My Majesty." Mahad answered with a bow and walked to the door, a second later, he returned to his previous spot.
The Pharaoh looked at Yugi, "You may wait for Mana outside, we need to get back to the meeting." He said as he motioned for the door.
"Understood, Your Majesty." Yugi answered as he bowed to him then walked to the door, the guards opened it for him and he walked out of the Throne Room. He looked around and saw that there's no one outside aside from the guards, so he just walked to the opposite doors from the Throne Room and wait for this Mana person while leaning on the wall.
Yugi was still in shock actually, to suddenly found himself in Ancient Egypt, every Archaeologist would definitely want to be in his position . . . or not. He was happy that he could see the world of Ancient Egypt with his own eyes and even talked to the people in here, but there's still a fact that he didn't know how to get back to his own time, not to mention there's a fear that he would be trapped in this time.
Oh, Malik . . . What have I gotten myself into this time? He asked with a sigh and troubled expression, he know that Malik and his Cousins said that he was a magnet to trouble, but to think that he had somehow got himself into the world of Ancient Egypt . . . as much as he loved the idea of being in Ancient Egypt, he didn't want to be in Ancient Egypt for the rest of his life. He would missed his Cousins, he missed his best friend, he missed his own world, sooner or later, he would surely feeling homesick. As much as being in Ancient Egypt was a miracle to him, and he was excited to get to know more about Ancient Egypt directly in it's time and see for himself the world of Ancient Egypt, he would want to go home eventually.
"Hey! You must be Yugi!" A cheerful voice snapped him out of his gloomy thought.
He looked up to see a girl looking about 16 years old that looked so much like Dark Magician Girl, but with brown hair instead of yellow, with the same beautiful green eyes, and the staff she was carrying around looked exactly like Dark Magician Girl's staff. He smiled at the girl, "I am." He answered with a nod, "I'm guessing you are Mana?".
"Yes, that's me!" Mana answered with a big grin, "You are really stand out with your pale skin, and your strange looking clothes too, not to mention that you looks so much like the Pharaoh".
"It's not my fault that I looks like him, right?" Yugi asked as he leaned away from the wall, "I got surprised myself when I saw him, Adviser Shimon looks just like my Grandfather, and High Priestess Isis looks like a friend of mine. Also, I noticed this man standing at the Pharaoh's right side below the stairs, the one with brown hair and Icy blue eyes, he looks exactly like my Older Cousin, just with tanned skin instead of pale skin".
Mana giggled in answer, "He is High Priest Seth, the Pharaoh's Cousin who is older by 2 years from the Pharaoh." She explained before walking to Yugi, "I wonder how many people you have back in your time that looks like the people in here?" She smiled at Yugi, "Let's get this done, I'm Mana, a Magician in training and Mahad's apprentice." She nodded to Yugi.
Yugi nodded back at her, "Kaiba Yugi, only a normal human boy who somehow got himself in Egypt from 3000 years before his own time." He said with a grin, "Nice to meet you, Mana".
"Nice to meet you as well, Yugi." Mana grinned back at him and held his hand, "Where do you want to go? I had been chosen to be your guide".
Yugi hummed in thought before smiling at Mana, "Why don't you take me around the Palace, so that I can learn my way?" He suggested.
"Good one." Mana answered excitedly and began dragging him around.
Yugi shook his head and tried his best to keep up with Mana's speed while remembering where would leading where, at least they were slowing down before they stopped in front of what's look like a garden.
"This is the garden for public, the Pharaoh's Private Garden is upstairs near the Royal Chambers, but we could only go there if we have the permission of the Pharaoh." Mana explained as they entered the garden, "I have permission from Atem to enter the garden anytime I want though, so I often would go there to hide from Master Mahad".
"Who is Atem and why would you hide from your Master?" Yugi asked curiously.
Mana clapped a hand on her mouth and grinning sheepishly at Yugi, "Um, Atem is the Pharaoh's name, we are childhood friends so we would call each other with names." She explained, "And for my Master, I would run away when I don't want to train, he is a strict Master and I couldn't help but want to run away every once in a while. So I would go to the Pharaoh's Private Garden, since Master Mahad wouldn't be able to enter without the Pharaoh's permission first, and by the time he got Atem's permission, I would already run off to somewhere else".
Yugi laughed at that, "You shouldn't run away like that." He scolded the girl gently, "If you run away, how would you become a skilled Magician?".
Mana pouted, "But I couldn't help it." She protested, "It's not my fault that I want to have a break once in a while, Master Mahad never give me a break".
Yugi chuckled, "He did give you a break by telling you to guide me, even though it's the Pharaoh who told him to." He told her with an amused smile, "Well, thank you for showing me around".
"You are welcome." Mana answered with a big smile, "Now, why don't we go to the Dinning Room? It's near Lunch time".
"Sure." Yugi answered and they turned to leave when a rustle caught their attention, they turned back into the garden and before they know it, a man already swinging his sword to Yugi. Yugi take a sharp intake and closed his eyes, while Mana gasped in horror and moved her staff to try and protect Yugi.
Boom!
A loud explosion resounded throughout the whole Palace, and when Yugi opened his eyes, he saw a really familiar figures. His eyes widened as he stared at the two figures floating in front of him, "Dark Magician . . . and Silent Magician?" He breathed out in disbelief, slipping into Japanese language in his shock.
To be continued . . .
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