So what is the dream that bothers Sarana and Yami intensely so? Just keep reading!
Not gonna bother with the Disclaimer anymore. Everyone knows that Yu-Gi-Oh!, does not belong to me, but Sarana does.
Chapter Six: Nightmares…In More Than One Sense
I stood before the dark man, something similar to Duel Disk, only it was gold, on my arm, saying nothing as my spirit ka dissolved into smoke. I fell to my knees when my legs gave from the sudden wave of exhaustion, but I was silent, even as pain racked my body. With an evil grin, the dark man pointed a scepter at me, to sacrifice my soul to the Shadow Realm.
"Sarana!" a voice cried, just as a blinding white orb burst from my chest. As I fell, the pharaoh caught me in his arms, looking horrified. "Sarana…" he whispered as darkness clouded the ends of my vision.
"My pharaoh," I whispered back, using every ounce of energy I had to reach up and touch his cheek, "I'm sorry…I failed…"
"Oh, Sarana…" the pharaoh held me close to him as the white orb in the air that was my soul was extinguished when the dark man's hand closed over it, and I felt my heart beat slower…slower…slooooooooooweeeeerrrrr… I heard the enemy's strangely warped voice laughing…until everything was gone completely.
I jolted into an upright position. That dream felt so real, I… I really felt that I was there, five thousand years ago dueling that dark person who had yet to be named…that I…died in the pharaoh's arms…the thought made me shiver slightly for more than one reason.
I glanced at the clock: 4:27 am. With that in mind, I lay back down intending to fall back asleep, but my heart continued to race, so much faster than when I was dying…
Over at Yugi's home…
Yami was having a similar nightmare, deep inside of Yugi's heart…
It was one of those dreams where no matter how fast Yami tried to run, his legs just wouldn't carry him fast enough to that small cave deep in the Egyptian desert. Mysteriously, he knew that he had to get there at all costs, or else something terrible would happen…
At long last, he was running into the cave where he knew what he sought was, but he was too late: Sarana, dressed in an unfamiliar outfit of ancient Egypt origin, gasped slightly as her soul, blinding white because of her purity, burst from her chest.
"Sarana!" Yami shouted as she began to fall, but he caught her in his arms before she did. "Sarana…" he whispered, seeing her face pale as the blood drained from it.
With an effort, she raised her hand and placed it on his check. It was already turning cold. "My pharaoh…" she murmured, the light in her beautiful dark eyes beginning to fade, "I'm sorry…I failed…"
"Oh, Sarana…" He held her close to him so that she couldn't see the tear welling up in his eye. She had enough pain without seeing his, too.
The dark man laughed as his arm, clad in a dark lather gauntlet, closed around Sarana's soul, extinguishing it forever. Sarana's heart, pressed against Yami's chest, began steadily beating slower…and slower…until it was gone.
"I love you," he whispered, but he knew that she didn't hear him. He laid her gently on the floor and closed her glazed-over eyes with two fingers, before he faced the dark man with anger mixed with passion in his heart…
"Pharaoh? Pharaoh! Wake up!" Yugi urged.
"Sarana!" Yami jerked awake in his endless maze of a home, within the Millennium Puzzle, with Yugi leaning over him, looking concerned.
"Were you having a nightmare?" Yugi asked worriedly.
"Not exactly." Yami sat up. He didn't want Yugi to know what was going through his head right this second.
Yugi wasn't convinced, however. "It had something to do with her; you were muttering her name in your sleep." Yami knew who was implied by the word her.
Yami sighed inwardly. There was just no keeping secrets from his companion. "Yes, I was: I watched her be murdered by someone I don't know. The strange thing is, it was as if we had travelled back in time, to my days as the pharaoh…"
"Do you think it's a memory from five thousand years ago?" Yugi asked excitedly.
"It could be," Yami said, but he had his doubts.
Back to me…
I woke up that morning at 8am to the alarm I had set up the night before, which played "Painting Flowers" by All Time Low while I made my bed. I didn't want to change yet, because I wanted to hit the shower.
"Goooooood morning!" Dad sang as he opened my door, "Welcome to Day 3 at Camp Dad's Home in Egypt!"
"Whoopee," I muttered, going over to give him a hug.
When we parted, Dad said, "Now since it's Monday, I have to go to work, so be good and I'll see you tonight!" He walked out of the room. "Oh! Before I forget, there are frozen pancakes for you in the freezer!"
"Thanks, Dad," I said gratefully, taking hold of a towel.
While I lathered shampoo into my damp hair in the shower, I heard his pickup pulling out of the apartment garage, leaving me alone.
A few minutes later, I was blow drying my hair and smoothing it down with a hair brush. I had noticed before, but I was still impressed by the bronze highlights that glimmered in the ebony mane when the light hit it just right.
My outfit of choice was a deep violet camisole with a gray shrug that tied together just under my chest, and dark blue jeans. After a moment of hesitation, I tied my hair back with a purple bandana. I looked at the finished me in the mirror. I looked almost nothing like the girl in worn jeans and a hoodie with somewhat neat hair who had defeated Kaiba yesterday. Which, of course, was what I hoping for.
A knock on the door caught my attention, and I figured it was Yugi, and I was right.
"Hey, Sarana!" he greeted, and I saw Joey, Tristan, and Tea waiting for us in the driveway. "You ready to go?"
"Uh, yeah!" I said with what I hoped was a genuine grin. "What are we doing today?"
"This and that, we never really have a schedule," he answered cheerfully, which sounded good enough to me.
"Wow…" I breathed softly.
We were standing on a raised platform overlooking the Nile River. The blaring sun was reflected in a billion facets of its sparkling surface. Across the river I could see the pyramids and the Great Sphinx. "It's so beautiful!" I said with feeling.
"Isn't it?" Yugi said softly.
Before long, this moment of peace with my new friends was disturbed most rudely.
"It's her! That girl who beat Kaiba!" a kid shouted excitedly. Suddenly, I was mobbed by a crowd of people demanding all sorts of things: a duel, an autograph, permission to hold my deck, and even demands to take the Egyptian God Card for themselves!
Oh, flibbertegibbesnapperwidget! So much for my disguise, I thought angrily as I attempted to weave out of the throng. I heard Yugi trying to push everyone away from me, but they were mauling him, too, being a world champion with two of three Egyptian God Cards and all.
I finally managed to break away from the vicious crowd and darted away before anyone noticed…well, I heard Joey calling to me, but I was freaking out too much to care. I just had to get away from them…
I was so spazzed that I didn't notice where I was running until I found myself in some old alley which was slightly frightening, but there was no one there to mob me, so it was okay to me. I put my hands on my knees and panted slightly.
Suddenly, I was aware of three shadows in front of me. They appeared to be people in cloaks with hood over their heads. I straightened myself warily.
"What's a pretty little girl doing in a small place…alone?" One wondered in this really creepy voice.
Oh drat, oh crap, oh flapdoodle, oh flibbertegibbesnapperwidget, they're gonna mug me…or worse! Adrenaline spiked through my veins!
"She looks like – unless I'm mistaken – the duelist who beat Kaiba yesterday," another said, "And correct me if I'm wrong, but she is said to have an Egyptian God Card."
"No, you're right," the third said, "And we've been ordered by our master to find all three cards and bring them to him…"
No…they want Slifer! I won't let them have it! I leaped into a run farther into the alley, where I saw it branch off into two directions. I started to go right, but I quickly changed left when I saw that it was a dead end.
Left was a good idea, because I saw that it also broke off in a maze of alleys. I continued running despite the stitch in my ribs, taking random turns to confuse my pursuers, until I reached an exit…that was blocked by one of the hooded strangers! I quickly skidded to a stop and turned around to try another exit…which was also blocked! I turned again – trapped! There was no where to run! Hyperventilating, I searched frantically for an escape as the hooded strangers closed in me!
"Who are you?" one asked, his voice somewhat familiar but strangely warped. "How did you obtain possession of an Egyptian God Card?"
"I'm not telling," I said defiantly, and clamped my mouth shut.
"Give it to me!" one of them a punch in my direction, and sent me flying! With a thud, and a lot of pain, I fell heavily on the ground.
"You will give me your Egyptian God Card," one snarled, and I saw a golden eye glow on his forehead, similar to the one on Yugi's Millennium Puzzle!
"Leave her alone, Rare Hunters!" a voice commanded. Terrified, I glanced behind the…Rare Hunters. Silhouetted against the evening sun was –
"She doesn't have what you want!" Yami shouted, activating his Duel Disk, "But I do."
He was protecting me? Of course I had Slifer; he was trying to draw them away so I could escape.
"Well, if it isn't the pharaoh himself," the Rare Hunter sneered, facing him and activating a Duel Disk of his own, "Now I have all the Egyptian God Cards, and even the Millennium Puzzle, within my reach…"
"I don't know who you are, but if you want anything from us, you'll have to duel us for them," Yami said evenly. I started at the word us. "Sarana, are you alright?"
"Y-yeah," I said shakily, getting to my feet. "Did you say us? Because I don't have a Duel Disk on me…"
"I figured," Yami said, tossing one at me, "Yugi stopped by your home to get this, you're not far from your apartment."
I caught the Disk. "Well, that's kind of awkward, but okay." I pulled it on and activated it.
"Well, this will be interesting," the first Rare Hunter said in his warped up voice, "My Rare Hunters against the King and Queen of Games…"
"Quit the yapping, I'm not the queen of anything!" I snapped, standing beside the pharaoh! "But it will be us against you!"
The Rare Hunter laughed maniacally. "You really think you can defeat me? I'll defeat you both and take your Millennium Puzzle and all three Egyptian God Cards!" Another Rare Hunter activated a Duel Disk, and it was time to duel!
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