Those of you who are wondering, Tea is not "dead" so to speak. This kind of thing happened to the others who played this Shadow Game. Tea is only dead in the game, not in real life. There's a huge difference. It's like in season 1 where Tristan's soul was in a duel monster card and was sent to the graveyard... yeah. Review please!
Mokuba could feel the strong sorrow within his friends. The teams had lost a few comrades and he knew it was because of Dalor's army. He couldn't help, but feel the strong sorrow in his heart while walking through the dark thick forest. He kept thinking many strange and nightmarish thoughts from the minds of his friends. They were facing the worst of bloody deaths of their comrades that could come from this monster, Dalor. It was so bad, Mokuba stopped frozen stiff.
Pharaoh Seth and Seto noticed this and turned their heads around to find Mokuba staring blankly into space like seeing a vision. Pharaoh Seth knew right away what this was by the green gem glowing from the necklace around Mokuba's neck.
"Mokuba, what's wrong?" Seto asked with concern as Pharaoh Seth ran to Mokuba and took him by two shoulders.
"Mokuba, focus!" Pharaoh Seth commanded bluntly as Mokuba finally blinked and began panting as the green gem stopped glowing.
"Everyone's dying," Mokuba whispered.
"Everyone is in sorrow, but we must keep going."
"What's going on?" Seto asked with worry and suspicion.
"Mokuba is sensing the sorrow of the others. Some of our players were killed by Dalor's army. Mokuba needs to focus on the mission, if he ever plans on winning this game," Pharaoh Seth replied.
"It's okay, I'm fine!" Mokuba reassured his brother and Pharaoh Seth. "Anyways, the Pharaoh is right! We must keep going! We already managed to win three other items and now we must retrieve one more!"
"How far is the last item?" Seto asked as Mokuba took out a silver compass, which was one of the items he won. Its use was to point to the nearest item that is not yet won."
"This way!" Mokuba said, pointing westwards where the compass was pointing at. This was the item he won during the trial game at the waterfall.
The trio walked toward the direction the arrow of the compass was pointing to. Mokuba was willing to use all the strength he had to defeat Dalor. He was more than ready to make that monster pay for all his crimes and trapping his friends in this bizarre world. Hopefully, this would be the last item he would win before his final battle with Dalor, wherever he was. There was no telling where that coward was hiding!
While Mokuba was walking on his way westward, he began taking in all the memories of his fellow friends. They were all feeling sorrowful of their losses of their friends. Some were closer to those people and shared memories that could last a lifetime. Mokuba could almost cry from seeing all these cherished memories being shown to him like a slide show. They were all happy memories.
Mokuba was shown a memory of how Yugi and Tea first met in Elementary school and played tag, Go Fish, and other games. They played in the park and Tea would kiss Yugi's boo-boo whenever Yugi fell or got hurt. She was the perfect best friend for Yugi and it seemed he was trying to keep these memories as close to him as he could after watching his best friend die from poisonous gas. These were heartwarming memories Mokuba began wishing he had with someone, besides Seto, but he was Mokuba's brother and they were four years apart. Seeing Yugi's thoughts only made Mokuba feel more pain and pity toward Yugi's loss.
There was a soldier Mokuba had never met before, he also was seen often in these people's memories. He was a middle-sized man, straight elegant hair, a serious looking face, seemed very smart, and his name was Balasi. He was an astronomer, who worked under Judei's leadership. He was one of the smartest and most intelligent men in Judei's kingdom. Balasi was killed by a fire-breathing dragon. Many of the soldiers had memories about him, even the Supreme King, Judei.
Mokuba felt sick of Dalor destroying someone's loved ones for his own game. This stupid game was bringing everyone heartache and Mokuba knew this would only get worse. There was no telling who Dalor was going to strike next! Though, whoever it was, Mokuba was willing to win this game before Dalor ever got the chance to make his next killing spree.
The gang made it out of the forest and came to a mysterious landscape with hard black ground. The sky also seemed darker than the land behind them. They stepped onto the dark ground and, immediately, everything was black and dark. There were no stars in the sky; nothing to see. Mokuba used his Sword of Light to light up the surrounding area. This was worse than nighttime, since there was little light in the surrounding areas. Pharaoh Seth almost thought, for one second, this was the Shadow Realm.
"Let's move!" Mokuba said with command.
Mokuba led the way through the dark landscape. The ground was black and there was little light shone ahead of the gang. This would be a perfect place to be attacked. It was also quiet and felt slightly cooler than the forest. Mokuba was slightly scared, like Seto and Pharaoh Seth. They still kept moving toward the compass' direction despite their fears. The sooner they retrieved the item, the sooner Mokuba can win the trial game and they can escape from this place.
Suddenly, the compass' arrow changed to another direction. Mokuba slightly gasped, gulping. He had a bad feeling about this. His limbs were shaking and knew one thing was certain... Dalor was here.
"Mokuba, what is it?" Pharaoh Seth asked.
Mokuba could not speak. There was no voice that came out of his mouth. He couldn't even notice the ground under him splitting in two like an earthquake. Mokuba screamed before stabbing his sword to the side of the cliff and hanging on for dear life. Seto ran to the edge of the cliff where his little brother was hanging on for dear life and began climbing down to rescue him. Mokuba looked down and began shaking in fear almost.
"Grab my hand!" Seto cried out.
Mokuba released one hand, from the handle of his sword, to grab his brother's hand as the sword's blade began to slip from the grip of the cliff. Mokuba cried before grabbing the handle with both hands again. Seto was about to call out Mokuba's name before the blade flung off its grip on the cliff and Mokuba screamed as he fell inside the earth. This could not be happening!
"MOKUBA!" Seto cried, tears bursting out as Mokuba fell into the black obiss and the light disappeared. Seto nor Pharaoh Seth could see anything in the dark.
"We haven't died yet, so Mokuba is still alive!" Pharaoh Seth cried out with assurance.
"We still need to go after him?"
"How? We'll die if we jump in and climbing down is not an option, even with a torch!"
"I'm not going to stand here while my brother strands down there, probably close to death!"
"The armor will protect him! If he does die, he will still have one more life point left on his armor!"
"You tell me this now!?" Seto asked with furry as he felt his way climbing back up. It was a good thing he did not climb that far down.
"Do I really need to tell you every single little detail?"
"YES!"
"Fine then... your zipper's undone."
Seto's eyes widened and felt where his zipper was located and it, indeed, was undone. Pharaoh Seth had noticed this while they were inside the forest. Seto zipped his pants back up and kept wondering how he would be able to find his way in the dark. They could turn around, go back to the forest, and build a torch, but which way was the forest? All Seto and his past life could do was sit in the dark and hope the possibility that Mokuba was alive and was climbing back up or on his way to their location.
Mokuba woke up from blacking out and gasped, seeing the Sword of Light still in his hand and decided to make his way up the cliff where he fell from. He was glad his blue gem glowed and he flew for one second a few feet up before falling down again or he would've died from falling from so far up. It was probably his reflexes taking over during the fall. Despite this quick save, Mokuba was still hurting all over his arms and legs. He decided to ignore the pain and keep on going.
Mokuba began climbing up the cliff, halfly wondering if this was one of the trial games. It sure seemed a little easier than the other games he faced. Then again, it always seemed too good to be true before the real danger happens. The young boy stayed cautious, climbing up the cliff and waiting for any possible danger to come his way. He knew he couldn't let his guard down at any moment or the danger would hit him like a ton of bricks.
Speaking of ton of bricks, Mokuba felt the shaking of the cliff before hearing the sounds of rocks falling toward him. He gasped and shouted, "OH CRUD!" Mokuba hung on against the cliff as the rocks began tumbling down at his direction. They hit against the armor, and not any other part of Mokuba. He panted, feeling glad his armor prevented any physical damage done to the chest and that he was able to cover his head from the colliding rocks. "That was too close."
Unfortunately, the earth started quaking even harder and Mokuba used every ounce of strength he had to prevent himself from falling. He had to find a way to continue climbing up and avoiding rocks when they did begin falling on him. Mokuba started climbing up the cliff while the earth was moving. It was hard to stay up and he was as scared as he ever could be. More rocks began falling toward his direction.
"NO!" Mokuba screamed before covering his head again and the rocks began all falling and hitting against the golden armor.
When the rocks were cleared, Mokuba continued climbing, despite how difficult it was. The danger was there and Mokuba knew if he didn't get back up to safety, he was going to die. The worst part was that Dalor, possibly, was here, and with the item no less. Mokuba wanted to avoid him as much as possible, though a part of him knew that was never going to happen. There was a huge possible chance Dalor was here!
That nightmare came true when Mokuba was halfway up the cliff and the light of his sword picked up a figure of a strong warrior with black armor and helmet. Mokuba stood stiff as the warrior turned its face and faced him with glowing yellow eyes. There was no doubt this was Dalor! He took out his black sword and began swinging it at Mokuba before the cliff began shaking once more. Mokuba yelped, then screamed as the cliff began to shake.
"Your screaming only reveals more of you, you foolish boy!" Dalor said darkly before the rocks began to fall and Mokuba protected his head and hung on for dear life. Dalor began to laugh at this sight. "You are so weak!"
"No, I'm not!" Mokuba shouted, taking out his Sword of Light, swinging it at Dalor's direction.
Dalor's sword collided with Mokuba's sword and they began fighting each other along the side of the cliff. Then, the cliff began to shake once more and Mokuba began covering his head before feeling his arm cut with the black sword. Mokuba screamed and noticed blood oozing from his arm.
"As I said... weak! You can't even protect yourself," Dalor smirked sinisterly.
Mokuba angrily began swinging his sword at Dalor in rage. He used his own sword to defend against Mokuba's attack. Mokuba kept swinging and swinging his sword at Dalor in rage before feeling another cut across his shoulder. Mokuba screamed in agony, his body flipped on the cliff with his back to the wall of it. Mokuba could feel the edge of the black sword at his neck.
Dalor laughed so dark and deviously. He used his black sword to lift Mokuba's head up as the boy panted with fear and dripping sweat.
"You are so fragile. You can't even protect yourself against me, so what makes you think you have a chance hm?" Dalor asked rhetorically. "I will make your death very slow and painful. Being so young, it should not be hard."
"I will fight until I die!" Mokuba said, trying to sound brave, despite tears coming out of his eyes.
Suddenly, the cliff began to shake again and Mokuba hung on, having no way to cover his head as the rocks began to hit against his head and arms. Mokuba screamed bloody murder and finding his whole world changing shapes and his hands loosening against the cliff. Though, he found his body was prevented from falling by Dalor's sword. Mokuba had a bad feeling about this. He knew he was in for it.
Dalor took a half conscious Mokuba and placed him in front of him against the cliff with his eyes barely open. He could see the evil smirk across this enemy's face as he whispered darkly, "I will kill you... Mokuba... but it will not be a quick one... that would be too easy." Mokuba couldn't find the strength to fight Dalor, preparing to go to unconsciousness, as Dalor took out what looked to be like a small container of clear liquid. "You were looking for this weren't you, dear Mokuba? I shall give it to you as an offering, you might say, but not the way you would intend on using it." The liquid was poured into Mokuba's mouth before Dalor closed it, covering his nose as well, to prevent the liquid from spitting out. Dalor smirked sickly then whispered in Mokuba's ear, "in case you were wondering, this stuff isn't poison. It does, however, let me move your character anywhere I want you to go. You will be closer to my grasp than you know. I will make sure you suffer and die a slow and painful death." Mokuba used all his strength to try to spit out the liquid, but there was no success. Dalor's hands were too strong and, hungry for air, Mokuba swallowed it before passing out to unconsciousness.