Ch. 8
An Ancient secret
Yugi stood there, in disbelief, by Shadi's presence.
"Shadi, how is this possible? Are you-?"
Shadi cuts him off knowing Yugi's question already he replies-
"No Yugi, I am just a spirit now."
"I thought you would've moved on to the afterlife like Atem did." Says Yugi.
"I have Yugi, but Atem and Aknamkanon have sent me here from the afterlife." Explained Shadi.
"They sent you? Why Atem didn't come himself?" asked Yugi.
"Atem cannot leave the afterlife, he lived in your world to long, and for him there's no returning back." Answered Shadi.
Yugi began to worry, he worried so much he didn't want to ask why, but he knew he must.
"Why have they sent you, Shadi?" He asked.
"Yugi, the ancient tombs of Egypt are being disturbed once again. This time by someone you personally, Seto Kaiba." Answered Shadi.
Yugi couldn't believe it, what he envisioned that day about Kaiba was true after all.
"But why would he be?" Asked Yugi trying to make sense if everything.
"It is unclear at the moment, but we believe he might be looking for the tomb of Priest Seto, the tomb of his past life." Says Shadi.
Yugi still couldn't believe what was being told to him, he always thought Kaiba didn't believe in such things.
"What does he hope to find?" He asked.
"We're not sure but we're afraid he'll find something more than what he searches for." Shadi answers once again.
"Something more? Like what?" Yugi kept on asking.
Shadi closed his eyes and sighed.
"We fear he might find the Millennium Items."
Yugi was lost now.
"The Millennium Items? But I thought the Millennium Items were destroyed when Atem crossed over to the afterlife, along with the temple." Stated Yugi.
Shadi shook his head no.
"The Millennium Items weren't destroyed, they are out of reach at the time being, and we hope it will remain that way. But Yugi these aren't the Millennium Items we are worried about, it's the other Millennium Items." He says.
Yugi was taken aback by what Shadi just said.
"Other Millennium Items? I don't understand, I thought there are only seven Millennium Items." Says Yugi.
"So did we, and most of us died knowing only this knowledge of the Millennium Items. You see Yugi, soon after Atem used the spell to seal his soul and Zorc's soul into the Millennium Puzzle, and the Millennium Ring, Priest Seto became Pharaoh; he made a shocking discovery. His father, Aknadin, was secretly working with Anubis, and together they forged other Millennium Items. Priest Seto managed to find them and hide them away, dying with the knowledge of their location. Only he knew where they were hid at." Says Shadi.
Yugi was lost for words; he couldn't process what was just told to him.
"What's the purpose of these items?" Asked Yugi.
"Priest Seto never found what the purpose of these items was, nor did he want to find out. After seeing the true purpose of the first seven Millennium Items, he feared the additional ones would also just bring disaster and cause havoc in the world if one possess all of them." Answers Shadi.
Yugi remained quiet this time, trying to put the pieces together.
"Aknadin and Anubis killed innocent lives and burned down many villages to make and keep the making of these items a secret. You and Atem have already come across Anubis Millennium Item; The Pyramid of Light. Anubis stole this item when he discovered that Aknadin made this for Priest Seto to over throw Atem from the throne." Shadi continued.
Yugi began to remember his encounter with Anubis a few years back, not too long after him and Atem acquired all three Egyptian God cards.
"But Anubis is no more. We defeated him." Yugi tells Shadi.
"That not entirely true, Aknadin has reason to believe that Anubis was prepared for his first defeat against Atem." Shadi explains.
"He prepared for his first defeat? How?" Asked Yugi.
"Just like Atem have sealed his soul in the Millennium Puzzle, we have reason to believe Anubis sealed parts of his soul in the remaining Millennium Items, using a powerful spell from the Millennium Spell-Book. Uniting them together might result in his resurrection or something worse." Says Shadi.
"But how if we destroyed the Millennium Pyramid of Light?" Asked Yugi, it seems this conversation lead to nothing but questions.
"Aknadin thinks when Anubis first confronted Atem; he did so with a replica of the Millennium Pyramid of Light, banishing the real one into the Shadow Realm, using another spell from the Millennium Spell-Book."
"But why?" Asked Yugi.
"Anubis knew his item was strong enough to defeat Atem, maybe he hoped to weaken the pharaoh at first, returning back when the items are united, but fate had other plans till now it seems."
"I still don't get why Kaiba has any part of this." Says Yugi.
Then it hit him.
"Shadi, Kaiba and Anubis once shared a bond, could it be they still do? And Anubis is manipulating him to find the other Millennium items?" He asked trying to figure out what's going on.
By the look Shadi has, it seemed that even he thinks this could be possible.
"And that is why he decided to the Battle City Cup, duelists from all over the world will be roaming Domino City next week, distracting us from Kaiba's true intentions. Kaiba has the money and resources finding the tomb won't be too hard for him." Says Yugi.
"This maybe so, but we are still unsure Yugi, you must head to Egypt and find Priest Seto's tomb before Kaiba. Before Priest Seto's death, he found the Millennium Spell-Book and buried it along with him. Hopefully the Millennium Spell-Book will have answers that we don't have." Says Shadi.
Yugi's stomach made a knot, after defeating Atem; he never thought he would have to go back to Egypt, especially under these conditions. After defeating Atem, he figured all this madness was over, but it seems it's just starting all over again, and without Atem how can Yugi stop or better yet, defeat this uprising evil.
"Before I do so, I will try to talk to Kaiba." He tells Shadi.
"Yugi I warn you, you must be careful if what I believe and told you is true, Anubis will stop at nothing to make sure you don't get in his way." Shadi warns Yugi.
"I understand that, but I can't let him harm Kaiba either." Yugi says.
"Very well, Yugi. I wish you luck on your journey, may the gods guide you ad help you find what can save humanity." Shadi says.
Yugi nods his head.
"Thank you Shadi."
Shadi bows his head and slowly begins to disappear before Yugi's eyes, and just like that he's gone, as if he was never there. Yugi heads inside to find Grandpa still up.
"Hey there Yugi!" He says. "Did you enjoy yourself?"
Yugi didn't want to worry Grandpa with everything that's happening so he decided to lie was the best thing to do for now.
"Very much." He says and heads upstairs, trying to figure what should be done.