Millennia of Love

By Sailor Phoenix1997

Seto and Mahad were busy hacking away at the stone wall while Bakura had the other two boys behind a door in case any peices came at them. The boys didn't need to worry about air because a door next to them lead to a room with blood-red walls and at least a window. But both Seto and Mahad knew that Sara and Mana couldn't survive long without oxygen. Even if they held their breath until they were nearly blue they'd have less than a few hours at best.

Seto backed away to get out of Mahad's way as he stopped to catch his breath. He hadn't noticed before but Mahad's Millennium Staff looked just like the Dark Magician's. He could've sworn he heard Mahad muttering the same thing under his breath with every strike. "Mana."

"You care about her don't you?" Seto asked. Mahad kept hacking but turned his head to Seto.

"Who? Sar? Trust me. Two years and she'll drive you insane. She's a pain."

"I was talking about Mana." Mahad faltered but went right back to hacking.

"I was six. She was five." Seto got back to hacking. Something told him this was going to be a long story. "Her parents died when she was two of cancer and her grandmother died three years after that of a heart attack. My own parents died when I was five of gunshots. I saw her swinging on her own and no one coming close to her as if she was a plauge no one wanted around. So like a gentleman I went over and introduced myself. Next thing I know she's clinging to me like a monkey."

"Sounds like she took fancy to you."

"We've always been friends. Sometimes even more than that. When she turned six I promised her I wasn't going anywhere without her."

"And you stood by it."

"When she was eight Pegasus showed up for a publicity stunt with his goddaughter, Sara." Seto smiled.

"And she talked him into adopting the two of you?"

"Nope. He adopted us out of the graces of his own hand. He allowed me to keep my last name of Kaiser while Mana took on Pegasus." Mahad stopped hacking as a low rumble went through the entire building.

"No way that can be good."

"Let's get the girls and get a move on," Mahad said a little impatiently. Seto stepped away from the door and the Millennium Rod started glowing. He aimed the Eye at the wall and a blast of golden power shot out and blasted through. "Not what I ment! They could be on the other side and hurt because of that blast!" Seto listened carefully. Not a sound from the other side.

"Mana? Sara?" Bakura peeked in from the other room.

"Is it safe?" he asked. Mahad gave a silent nod.

"Girls?" he called. No answer. Mahad looked into the small hole Seto had made. Not one sign that the girls had even be there.

Sara held Mana closely. She'd used her mermaid magic while Mana kept her eyes closed to go through the other walls when Mana and she were almost out of air. Mana had clung to her like a frightened child in a thunderstorm. They'd moved to an area that hadn't been sealed off when Sara collapsed from exahustion. Mana went down with Sara. The effects of her magic sent a low rumble through the building.

"Sara!" Sara smiled weakly at her godsister. "Are you alright?" Sara pulled her godsister close and held her gently.

"I'm alright. Do you remember the first time you moved to Duelist Kingdom?"

"Yea. There was a storm that night and I was scared. I was screaming in my big bed and you came in." Mana snuggled against Sara. "And you held me just like this and started singing that one lullaby."

"I do believe it's Lullaby for a Stormy Night." Mana nodded.

"And I wasn't scared anymore. Even Mahad came in to hear your singing." Sara ran her fingers through Mana's hair like a mother for her frightened daughter. Mana's Millennium Scepter sstarted glowing as Sara's Millennium Summoner started getting hot. Sara picked herself up from the floor and pushed Mana back down. She stood on shaky legs but kept walking as the Summoner kept getting hotter and hotter. She'd learned to ignore the heat and not let it bother her. She kept a wary eye on her godsister cowering in the corner.

"Who's here?" Sara demanded." A cruel Austrailian laugh filled the air. "Oh. It's just you. Don't know why I was worried." Sara sat down next to Mana as Ryan appeared in the Millennium Scepter's light.

"Now that's just hurtful dear," he said. Sara and Mana shivered. His voice matched Pegasus' perfectly. "I do believe that Olivander mentioned someone breaking into Pegasus' reserved cards. And not only were Olivander's cards all stolen," Ryan showed a deck of cards, "Mine are as well." Sara rolled her eyes.

"I could beat you with Blue-Eyed Destiny and Blue-Eyes White Martian alone," Sara said with a snap in her tone. Ryan flinched a little like he was scared of Sara but he stood there as if his feet were trapped in hardened rock.

"I challenge you to a Duel, Kisara." Sara turned red in the face and stood up. Mana grabbed her hand and started crying. Sara's fingers slipped from Mana's as she shoved her Duel Disk on.

"Just so you know. I'm only doing this to shut you and your little nerd herd friends up," Sara said as she pulled her hand. Ryan slipped on his Duel Disk that looked exactly like Austin's.

"I'll take the first move Kissy." He drew his hand and smirked. "I play Toon World and Toon Gemini Elf in attack mode. And I also play Seal of Oricalcos." The Seal streached around Sara. THis time it didn't shatter.

"My necklace. It must only protect me from Olivander."

"I end my turn Kissy." Sara drew a card.

"My turn. And I summon Blue-Eyes White Martian. ANd I think I'll activate his special ability. When he's summoned to the field and my opponent has gone before me on the first turn he allows me to summon Blue-Eyes WHite Dragon to the field in attack mode at his own sacrifice. And that's not all. With a Blue-Eyes White Dragon on the field I can special summon Blue-Eyes White Guardian. And she can have a special ability with one Blue-Eyes White Dragon on the field. SHe lets me summon two more Blue-Eyes White Dragons to the field and use Polymerization to make Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. And I get to draw three cards to my hand because of that dragon." Sara smiled at her new additons.

"Are you almost done love? I've got an appointment at six. And I'd rather not be late." Sara rolled her eyes.

"I sacrifice Ultimate Dragon to summon Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. And when a Shining Dragon is on the field Blue-Eyes White Guardian lets me summon one monster from my hand. And I choose Mystical Elf and use another Polymerization to make Blue-Eyes Mystic Guardian. And now I play the Cocoon of Evolution and the magic card Lightning Evolution. This card speeds up the effects of Cocoon of Evolution so now I've got Blue-Eyes Shining Princess." The cocoon wrapped around the lady monster and instantly fell away to reveal a young lady about 16 or 17 years old with long white hair curled slightly and blue eyes like sapphires. She wore a white dress spilt on both sides to her hips and only one strap over her left shoulder. A tiara made of silver and pearls rested gently on her brow. "Fortunately for you I can't attack with her in this round. So I'll just place one more card face-down and end my turn."

"Finally."

"You can do it Sara!" Mana called.

Seto kept blasting through walls as he and Mahad ran down the hall in search of the girls.

"Do you think they're alright?" Mahad asked.

"Yea. If I know Sara she's found a way for the two of them to get somewhere else for some air and they're waiting for us now."

"We can only hope."

"You can do it Sara!" was heard from behind the next wall. THe boys froze in their tracks. Mahad walked up to the wall.

"Mana?"

"Mahad!" The sound of scurrying to feet was heard and the sound of a relieved sigh came through a small crack in the wall. "I'm glad you're here." Mana stuck her fingers through the crack. Mahad took them in his hand with a smile.

"Seto's here too. Stand back. He's been on a blow-things-up spree since he found out he could," Mahad said with a smirk. Seto glared at him as the Rod started glowing. One final burst of power blasted the wall to rubble. Seto stepped through and noticed Ryan and Sara. RYan had on his forehead the Seal of Oricalcos. Along with his Toon Gemini Elf.

"That's one of Pegasus' cards," Seto said to himself as Mahad walked through the hole and took Mana in hsi arms. Sara turned around and smiled at Seto. She tried to hide it but he could tell she was exahusted. "You alright?"

"Yea. I'm fine Seto. Just in time to watch me kick this punk's butt." Seto noticed Blue-Eyes Shining Princess and said nothing.

"Now that we've got the reunion out of the way can we please keep going?"

"Fine. It's your move."

"Alright. I use my-"

"You mean my uncle's. The cards you stole."

"Nope. THese cards belong to me now. And I use the special ability of Toon Gemini Elf to attack your life points directly." The two toons diapapeared from the field.

"Not so fast. Activate trap. Blue-Eyes Mirror. THis card negetates your attack and at the cost of nine hundred life points I can summon from my deck Blue-Eyes Gemini Elf." THe two elves appeared wearing blue and white instead of blue and purple and had more in common with the Dragon than themselves. Sara smirked. "It also allows me to end your turn here and enter my draw phase." Sara drew her card.

"The sorta reminds me of Olivander. You really are his sister."

"Alright. I've had enough. I play Blue-Eyed Destiny which lets me end the game and come out as the victor." The Seal closed in one Ryan. He dropped the cards and collapsed to his knees.

"No. How could this have happened? My stratagy."

"You have no statagy," Sara said as she collected the cards. She placed the deck in her shorts' pocket and walked away. "These cards belong to my uncle. And you stole them. I'll be sure to give these back to him." Sara patted the cards and walked back to Seto. He wrapped her in his arms and kisssed her brow gently.

"You alright?" Sara nodded and sighed as the Seal stole Ryan's soul.

"Just a little tired." Mana nuzzled closer to Mahad.

"All you did was Duel." Sara smiled at Mana.

"I'm sorry about earlier Mana. I was just a little stressed." Mana shook her head.

"It's alright. I got the idea. I need to act more my age than a six-year-old." Sara's blue eyes shone with pride. Mana smiled and pulled Mahad to the hole. "So are we going or what?" Sara shook her head.

"Let's get a move on." Before she took a step Seto swept her up into his arms bridal style. SHe clung to his neck tightly. "Seto!"

"You've done enough today. You rest."

"But-"

"You're not that heavy Sara. It's easy to hold you. I'm not going to drop you. I promise." Sara sighed and rested her head against Seto's chest. She could hear his hart beating.