Ch.10
Priest Seto's
Forbidden Memories
Kaiba stood there frozen not knowing what to do.
"I know you heard me mortal." Anubis voice said.
Suddenly, Kaiba felt no control over his body and his hand began to reach out for the Millennium Rod. As soon as he held it, it began to glow bright and shot out a beam of bright light lighting the pit up. And when it did Kaiba realized where he was now, underground temple, just like the one where Ishizu placed the Tablet of Lost Memories. Then suddenly, it was happening to Kaiba again.
A time warp opened and sucked Kaiba into it, and there's nothing he can do but to go in it. When he finally reaches the end of it he finds himself back in ancient Egypt, and he sees himself well his past life self, Priest Seto. Standing at the top of the palace before all of Egypt.
"The pharaoh has managed to seal Zorc away! Unfortunately Zorc's demise came at a cost too high, and we have also lost out great pharaoh! I promise you Egypt! As your new pharaoh, I will do whatever it takes to keep all evil from destroying our great country!" Said Priest Seto addressing all of Egypt.
Kaiba couldn't believe it; he was back right where he, Yugi, Atem, Joey, Tea, and Tristan last where before they left this world. He begins to look around expecting to see them but he doesn't, it's just him there. He looks back up at Priest Seto, and sees two young women beside him, he has seen them before. I know them, he quietly thinks to himself, first one looks like Ishizu, and the other one looks like Dark Magician Girl-
"Manna, Isis..."
He was shocked, his eyes began to shake. How could've he known those names?
"Hehehe, yes mortal, I can feel your mind begin to remember your past life. We will soon have what we need." Anubis voice said in Kaiba's mind.
"Very well!" Kaiba says.
He walks up to Priest Seto, Isis and Manna and sees them heading inside the palace and Kaiba followed behind them.
"What do we do now Priest Seto, I mean, forgive me, pharaoh." Manna said.
"We will prepare funerals for our fallen comrades immediately. I want peace in Egypt for seven days in gratitude for those who have given their life to protect our country." Priest Seto said.
Manna nodded her head.
"Yes pharaoh." She's says and leaves the room.
Isis walks up to Priest Seto, and they look at each other eye to eye, and then hug.
"Get your rest, you need it, we all do." She says and also leaves the room.
Priest Seto sits down on the pharaoh's throne.
"Kisara, Aknadin..." He lets out very low.
Suddenly Kaiba feels a surge of sadness growing in him. It was as if he has felt this sorrow before. He suddenly has a flashback of holding the girl with long blue hair and very pale like complexion in front of the Blue Eyes White Dragon stone tablet. Then another flash back with the man he saw kill this women...
"Shadow Mangus." Kaiba says out loud.
"Foolish mortal, stop remembering such petty events. Find me what I'm looking for!" Anubis voice said in Kaiba's mind.
The images clear from Kaiba's thoughts and now he finds himself no longer at the palace. He's sees Priest Seto, Manna, and Isis beside them riding their horses, along them a group of their army dragging coffins behind them. They are heading to the Valley of Kings.
"Atem's tomb and puzzle will be buried here." Says Isis, riding alongside Priest Seto and Manna.
Isis and Priest Seto dragged the coffin into what would later turn out to be pharaoh Atem's tomb. Manna stayed behind while Kaiba followed them into the tomb. Once inside Kaiba sees Isis and Priest Seto placing the coffin away and the Millennium Box containing the shattered Millennium Puzzle placed for one to see once they entered the tomb. Isis is placing a stone tablet on the floor of the tomb, and Priest Seto stood there staring at the Millennium Box.
"Come on Seto, it's time to leave him here. My Millennium Necklace has seen his return." Says Isis.
Priest Seto slowly turns around to head out and quietly says-
"Till we meet again, pharaoh."
They leave the tomb and Kaiba once again follows behind them. Once outside the tomb they meet up with Manna.
"You two will go bury everybody else. I will personally bury Aknadin and Kisara myself." Says Priest Seto.
Isis and Manna simply nodded their heads, respecting Priest Seto's request. They head their separate ways and Kaiba follows Priest Seto.
After following Priest Seto for a while, Kaiba notices he finally comes to a stop and Priest Seto gets off his horse and walk up to two holes. He drags the coffins up to the holes and gently places each coffin into each hole. Climbs out of them and just looks at both coffins.
"Kisara... Aknadin..." He quietly says.
Tears begin to drip down his face and once again Kaiba feels a huge sorrow inside him. Suddenly a white light begins to glow from Priest Seto's chest and soon after that Blue Eyes White Dragon can be seen behind him, sadly roaring to the sky.
"Blue Eyes." Kaiba says quietly.
He begins to remember his first encounter with the Kisara. He remembers her pale like skin, her long white hair, and her unforgettable blue eyes. Their encounter was brief, but for some reason Kaiba will always remember her.
"Foolish mortal, you are beginning to irritate me with your petty past." Anubis voice says in Kaiba's mind.
"Find me what I am looking for!" He yells in Kaiba's mind.
"Obviously the moment has yet to arrive!" Kaiba yells back out loud.
Then there was a loud yell, but this yelling didn't come from Anubis, or Kaiba, no it was coming from Priest Seto. Kaiba looks and sees Priest Seto holding his head, his Millennium Rod in one hand. Shortly after that, a dark light emerged from Aknadin's coffin up to the sky and Priest Seto points his Millennium Rod at it.
"Seto..." Says a voice coming from the light.
Priest Seto opens his eyes and points his Millennium Rod down.
"Aknadin." He says.
"Seto, my son. Forgive me for what I've done. I simply just wanted to give you what your truly deserve, to be Pharaoh of all Egypt." Says Aknadin's voice coming from the dark light and it slowly begins to form into Aknadin.
Priest Seto slowly begins to get up, staring, in great disbelief, astonished by Aknadin's presence.
"You've betrayed the pharaoh, the Sacred Guardians, you've dishonored yourself. You killed Kisara in cold blood. I can never forgive you Aknadin!" Yells Priest Seto, turning his back to Aknadin.
"I understand my son. Truly do, but I come here today, to reveal a dark secret you should know Seto. Besides keeping the cruel truth of the horrific creation of the Millennium Items, and you being my son, I have yet another secret." Aknadin says to Priest Seto.
Priest Seto turns around looking very angry.
"Another secret Aknadin? Why am I not surprise? What else have you done in attempt to destroy us?" Asked Priest Seto angrily, clutching his Millennium Rod tightly in his hand.
Aknadin closes his eyes, and Kaiba walks up to Priest Seto to have a closer look.
"You remember Anubis of course, and his attack against Atem, with his failed replica of the Millennium Puzzle?" Asked Anubis to Priest Seto.
"I remember him. Wait, what do you mean his failed replica?" Asked Priest Seto.
"Seto I worked with Anubis, he helped me forge the Millennium Pyramid of Light. Along with four other Millennium Items no one knows about but me and him; The Forbidden Millennium Items..." Aknadin explains.
"Forbidden Millennium Items?"
Repeated Priest Seto.
"The creation and purpose of these items is far worse than the first seven, far worse." Aknadin says sadly.
"But Atem has already defeated him! He has met his demise already!" Priest Seto states.
At this moment Aknadin opens his eyes and looks down at Priest Seto and Kaiba watches, and at the moment, he feels as if Aknadin is also looking down at him.
"Just like the great pharaoh will, he will return. He will walk across the lands again, not today, not tomorrow, but one day he will. And when Atem returns he will share his soul with his reincarnation, to prepare him for the day Anubis returns to unleash hell." Aknadin says.
"Yes I will, and here I am now, you fool." Says Anubis voice in Kaiba's mind.
"Pharaoh will return?" Asked Priest Seto quietly.
"Yes Seto, pharaoh will return. And so will evil." Says Aknadin.
"Evil?" Says Priest Seto, once again, very quietly.
"Yes Seto, evil. Atem has made you pharaoh now, to show my gratitude I must help him now to fight this evil. You must find the Forbidden Millennium Items and destroy them before it's too late." Says Aknadin.
"Where are they? Tell me Aknadin! Where are they?!" Yells Priest Seto.
"You must go to where the Nile River begins. Where both rivers come together." Answered Aknadin.
"The White Nile and the Blue Nile..." Priest Seto says.
"Yes you will find it there. Unfortunately, you won't find the Pyramid of Light there; I have reason to believe Anubis has banished it to the Shadow Realm." Said Aknadin.
"But why? How?" Asked Priest Seto.
"Why? Anubis wasn't a fool; he knew without the Forbidden Millennium items, he was no threat to Atem." Answered Aknadin.
"But how?" Asked Priest Seto yet again.
"He used the Millennium Spell book to create another replica of his Millennium Pyramid of Light, banishing the real one into the Shadow Realm, preparing for his true return. You must destroy them, if they fall into Anubis hands a greater evil than Zorc will be unleashed."
"How do I destroy them?" Asked Priest Seto.
"Use the power of the white dragon." Answers Akandin. "It's our only hope."
Priest Seto looks over at Kisara's coffin, remembering Aknadin is the reason why she's no longer alive.
"The power of the white dragon... The power of an innocent life you took!" Yells Priest Seto.
"Seto now it's no time for this, you must go and find the Forbidden Millennium Items. You will find them where the Nile River begins in the Millennium Box." Says Aknadin.
"Go now let the white dragon take you there!"
Aknadin begins to shine bright, and then he suddenly disappears from plain sight. Shortly after that Manna and Isis happened to arrive and join Priest Seto.
"Seto!" Yelled Isis, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Says Priest Seto heading towards his horse, passing it to Isis.
"What are you doing?" Asked Manna.
"Take my horse. I have somewhere to go." Answers Priest Seto.
Isis takes his horse and Priest Seto walks away from them and he wields his Millennium Rod up to the sky.
"I need you Kisara! Come forth!" Yells Priest Seto and his Millennium Rod begins to glow and the mighty Blue Eyes White Dragon come forth from the sky.
Blue Eyes flies down toward Priest Seto roaring loud. Isis and Manna just stare, at the sight of the mighty creature. Priest Seto gets on Blue Eyes and they ride off to the sky and disappear from sight. Kaiba just stands there, while Manna and Isis leave on their horse, heading the opposite way.
"Fool follow him!" Yells Anubis voice in Kaiba's mind.
At that moment Kaiba remembers being back in Egypt, using his imagination in this world to summon his monsters. He raises his arm up and the duel disk suddenly appears, Kaiba draws a card and yells-
"I summon Blue Eyes White Dragon!"
He places the Blue Eyes White Dragon card on his duel disc and Blue Eyes comes forth. He does just as Priest Seto did and heads out towards the sky, the same direction he did.
"Yes mortal, we are close to discovering the Forbidden Millennium Items. Once we obtain them, and get rid of the other mortal, you can have your little brother back, unharmed." Anubis voice said in Kaiba's mind once again.
Kaiba knew he was referring to Yugi, when he mentioned the other mortal. Kaiba didn't want to hand Yugi's head to Anubis on a silver platter, but Anubis wasn't giving him much of a choice as long as he was holding Mokuba hostage. Not too long after Kaiba found himself flying over the Nile River and up ahead of him he can see Priest Seto on his Blue Eyes still in the sky. Kaiba's Blue Eyes catches up to them, and they flew on for what felt like two hours before Priest Seto finally tells his Blue Eyes to fly down.
"We must be here already." Kaiba says out loud to himself.
His Blue Eyes begins to descend downwards as well, and land right next to Priest Seto, his Blue Eyes right beside him. Kaiba gets of his Blue Eyes and walks up to where Priest Seto is; at the very beginning of the Nile River. Kaiba can see where the three lakes join together to form the Nile River. He also notices Priest Seto's Millennium Rod glowing bright. Priest Seto also notices and walks even closer to the river, and then he jumps in it. Kaiba, astonished, runs to jump in as well, but Priest Seto appears again leaping out of the lake holding something else besides his Millennium Rod.
It was a huge box made of gold, with the eye of Wdjat on it. Priest Seto's Blue Eyes grabs the box with its mouth and sets it aside as Priest Seto gets up from the ground catching his breath. He walks up to Blue Eyes and pets it.
"Thank you." He says quietly.
He looks at the box and decides it's time to open the box. He grabs the box opens it and a bright gold light came shining out of it. He finds a parchment in it and it read-