Here's the next chapter to this story. This should be pretty easy to do. The other chapters were kinda hard to write, because I was trying to figure out what the gang was facing by ear. Lol I'm not kidding. Review please!
While waiting for the other two groups to arrive, Yugi's group stayed at Supreme King Judei's palace. What frustrated Joey was that there was no internet access, since electricity wasn't invented during Pharaoh Seth's reign, or during Supreme King Judei's time for that matter. Still, there was a library full of books written in whatever language the reader desires by touch. Despite this knowledge, it didn't really help Joey one bit. Why?
Joey HATED reading.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Joey glared. "Is that all you guys do during your spare time, your highness?"
Supreme King Judei gawked up laughing, replying, "no, but it seemed to interest the two other gentlemen."
"They have all sorts of interesting ancient history!" Professor Hawkins pointed out.
"Of course," Joey replied glumly.
"Though, I do prefer other activities when the sun is high. Do any of you swordfight?" Supreme King Judei asked as the boy's eyes widened.
"Swordfight?" Yugi questioned.
"It sounds familiar. They have it in Domino City too, but they call it fencing and they use weird looking swords," Yami explained. The dark king chuckled in response.
"We also have Archery, I believe some of my slaves can teach you and it can be used for competitions or just by yourself. I also sometimes ride on horseback," Supreme King Judei said.
"Well, I've used guns before, how hard can Archery be?" Joey asked with cockiness. Supreme King Judei showed a slight smirk in his lips.
Joey decided to give Archery a try, since he was bored anyways. Unfortunately, this sport was harder than he expected. For one, the equipment was as easy to carry as it was carrying a desk with three college books on top of it. Aiming was also harder, since trying to aim with an arrow was not the same as aiming with a gun.
Despite this, Joey wasn't too bad in Archery, for a beginner. He never made the target, but he was at the blue outer circle, or at least the ancient version of it. Joey was on a mission to hit that target no matter what. Supreme King Judei found this amusing, coming from the modern version of a commoner.
"So um…" Yugi said, trying to figure out what to call the dark king. "Supreme King… sir."
Supreme King Judei chuckled, then said, "you may call me Judei. I hear that where you come from, friends call each other by their real names. Not to mention since you have the privilege to call the pharaoh by another name, you may call me by mine."
"Okay Judei. How were you able to live all these years here in a palace like this?" Yugi asked.
"When coming here, I came with my friends. There were other victims who were trapped here as well, like me. We banded together and prepared this place for the True Warrior, who can defeat Dalor, to have a place to rest and prepare," Judei replied.
"Wow, that's very nice of you."
"Nice… I suppose for a short time," Judei said while the breeze brushed against his hair.
"What do you mean?" Yugi asked confused.
"Yugi, I am the Supreme King of Darkness. My heart is of darkness. I have ruled a grand kingdom, but have killed millions in the process. I am no great king. I'm as evil as the darkness itself."
Yugi stared at Judei with a shocked face. Never in his life has he ever heard such words coming from anyone, let alone a powerful king. It was true that Yami had talked down on himself at times, but this was just out of a normal conversation. Just out loud, Judei portrayed himself of being evil. Judei showed a huge smirk.
"Don't be surprised of my words. After all, I'm helping you to hopefully be free from this prison," Judei smirked before turning his face toward Joey trying to hit the target.
"I think you're a good person," Yugi said as Judei let out a sigh, then showed a small smile.
"Judei! My brother!" A young boy cried out. Everyone noticed the boy, who called Judei, seemed to be somewhat of royalty. He had blue hair that reached to his shoulders, a red jewel in the middle of his forehead, a simple royal robe, and bright turquoise eyes. His skin seemed to be tanned or dark skinned. He was beautiful to the woman's eyes. "Our guests have arrived."
"Thank you, Yubel. Make sure they get a warm welcome and I'll have dinner prepared," Judei replied before Yubel gave a nod and walked back inside the castle.
"Yubel?" Yami questioned.
"He's my twin brother. My closest disciple," Judei explained. "Of course his Ka spirit has left him since his death, but he forever stays by my side while his Ka protects my reincarnate."
"Ka spirit?" Joey questioned, not knowing what a Ka was.
"It is the monster spirit inside every human soul. It is the physical part of their soul that makes up who they are. Yubel's was separated long ago. After the magicians ripped out his Ka, his human form could not handle the stress of living without that Ka spirit, so his body slowly depleted."
"You mean he…"
"Died," Judei finished with a sorrow look. "I've missed him and I'm thankful that his spirit rests here with mine."
"Still, that has to be hard. Why did they even rip his Ka out and kill him?" Joey asked glaring.
Judei sighed deeply, then replied, "he chose that path on his own, so his Ka would protect me."
Judei left it at that and walked into his palace. Nobody could say anything about what the Supreme King said. They couldn't make sense out of it either, but they knew that all in all, Yubel chose this road. They all decided to let this die out and follow Judei to meet with their friends for dinner. Joey was feeling hungry already and sore on his arms from Archery.
Mokuba's and Seto's group appeared at the throne room and met one another. Tea was glad to meet her friends again, especially after dealing with two Seto Kaiba's. Mokuba was more than happy to be with his brother again. He ran over to Seto and gave him a huge hug.
"Seto!" Mokuba cried.
"What the heck are you wearing?" Seto asked, noticing the gold armor.
"You like it? I got it from beating a rock monster!"
"So, how was it hanging around with the Kaiba twins?" Tristan asked Tea teasingly.
"It was fine, besides the fighting," Tea replied grimly.
"Hello!" Yubel greeted the two groups with his most pleasant smile. "May the true warrior please step farward?"
"I'm here!" Mokuba cried aloud, walking in front of Yubel.
Yubel smiled, then gave a nod. He said, "before you begin your task, my king insists you and your friends stay over for dinner. It is wise to gain your strength before battle."
"SWEET!" Mokuba grinned excitedly.
"How do we know it's not poisoned?" Seto asked suspiciously with folded arms.
"You suspect too much," Yubel replied with furrowed eyebrows. "And my king does not kill like that. He prefers to do it by the sword."
"Gee, that's settling," Tea replied sarcastically. "No need to worry about being poisoned, just if we get stabbed in the gut or not."
"I don't think they're gonna harm us. In fact, Yugi and the others were hanging around with the Supreme King. He also rescued Yugi's grandpa and the professor, which is good enough for me," Mokuba assured before his brother snorted.
"I've seen Judei a million times. He is a true and noble king. Though, don't tell him that," Pharaoh Seth smirked in replied as Seto snorted again.
"That doesn't mean I don't have my eye on him," Seto replied grimly.