Kat: yeah Part 4 of 6. I have no idea now.
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Cassie's POV
As we continued their search Yugi said that he has never met a real magician, while Mana explained how only half her spells work, but Yugi told her how she resembled the card Dark Magician Girl and that if she kept practicing he's sure Mana could become as strong as the Dark Magician Girl. She took a slight offence to it, but said she wanted to change her name to the card we were talking about.
Eventually we found the pharaoh on the beach. He was really glad to see us. Mana started bouncing on Bobasa stomach. It was quite fun to watch. She looked like she was enjoying herself.
"Just bounce your troubles away" He said "Anyone else"
"I'll pass" Joey said
"Me too."
Mana and Bobasa started running off somewhere.
"We heard about Bakura. He's the evil force you defeated all those years ago." Yugi said
"Yes. He has the puzzle, it was passed down to me by my father"
"Your father? Does that mean your memories are back"
The pharaoh told us that had only regained a fragment of his childhood memory and no one would tell him his real name. Everyone only calls him king or pharaoh. Mana and Bobasa were in the water, splashing each other and asked us to come in.
Isis' POV
"I have news of the pharaoh. He is safe. He is in good health and Shada will see to him that he returns safely."
"We can all rest easy." Shimon said
"Im seeing something else. Its in regards to the Millennium Puzzle. It's missing."
Yami's POV
"Who are you?" I asked
"Pharaoh uh" Yugi started to say
"You're a lot shorter than I thought you would be." He started to laugh. "Im kidding."
"Pharaoh this is Bobasa. An honorary member of the gang." Yugi said
"Without him we wouldn't have been able to find you" Cassie said.
"Welcome" I said
"Aww stop you're making me blush. The pleasure is mine" He said
Cassie's POV
"Aww stop you're making me blush. The pleasure is mine" He said
"Pharaoh." Several people riding up on horses said.
"My pharaoh. I am glad you are safe." One of the guys said
"He cant see us can he?" Joey said waving his hand in front of one of the guys
"YOU!" He shouted "Mana halt"
"Hi Shada" Mana said
This other girl who was standing near Shada, I was having issues recognizing. I somehow knew she could see me and smiled.
"Hey Cleo." I said, she just smiled
Yugi looked at me confused, I told him who the girl behind Shada was. He didn't believe me till he got a good look. Shada and Yami were talking about how he knew where Bakura's hiding spot was.
Sense Cleo was behind Shada and she was the only other person to see me, I started making faces at her. She tried not to laugh, but did anyway.
"Whats so funny about this?" Shada asked
"Nothing Shada, Sorry"
"Ha nice going."
"Cassie be nice" Yugi said
She made a face back at me. Shada said that Bakura was hiding in an old town called Kul Elna. The pharaoh eventually left on horseback with Mana and asked that us to return to our world and not get involved. We were not going to leave him no matter what. Cleo stopped right in front of me, while everyone one else was ahead.
"The Pharaoh's right. You should listen to him Cassie"
"How do you know my name?"
"The Pharaoh." She placed a hand on my face. "I love you. Please be careful"
"I love you too. Be careful yourself. Im a lot tougher than you think." She removed her hand and rode off.
Yami's POV
"I believe its just ahead" Shada said
"What is this place" A solider asked
"A place once populated by criminals. And one day they just disappeared." Shada said
We started hearing and seeing spirits. Another solider said that he heard this place is inhabited by ghosts. One of the soldiers was thrown off of his horse and these skeleton army appeared. The soldiers and Shada made the attempt to fight off the skeleton army.
"You shouldn't be protecting me. I should be protecting you" Mana said jumping off the horse
"We'll fight these things off. You go find Bakura" Shada said
I ran off on my horse to find this coward. I walked down this one staircase.
"I must say im proud." Bakura laughed. "Your father never had the courage to come down here."
"Lets duel"
"Theres something you need to see first."
"Legendary Millennium Stone tablet?"
"Its protected by the very spirits used to create the items."
Bakura went on to say that he was the only survivor. He sent the spirits to kill me. It was excruciatingly painful. I couldn't possibly live without the puzzle protecting me. But out of nowhere I started to glow and the spirits stopped attacking me. Mahad as the Dark Magician appeared to protect me. He said that he made a vow to always protect me.
"Is it true? Did my father really create the items for that?" I asked
Bakura said that his town was innocently murdered to create the items. While Mahad said that his town was truly evil. He had always sensed an evil within the ring. When he had begun research on the spell used to create the items. When he reported the findings to my father, he was shocked.
Flashback
"How could this have happen. These items were supposed to bring peace, but how can they, when they are plagued with evil" Aknamkanon said
"Its not your fault sir. You didn't know" Mahad said
"Mahad. Im the king of Egypt. Every task carried out by my guards is my responsibility. And now I must pay the price by confessing my crime to the Egyptian Gods."
End Flashback
"My father is a great man" I said
"Your father sacrificed himself to protect you."
"Are you finished yet? Spirits attack them" Bakura said
Flashback
"By bringing the Millennium items to this world I have unleashed a great evil. My reign will soon end. Please guide my so he may use these items to restore peace." Aknamkanon said
End Flashback
"I owe it to him to return this. In the name of the former Pharaoh return the items at once." I said
Bakura brought back his Diabound to fight. This time his monster is stronger. Mahad protected me from the attack and redirected it to him. But the attack was redirected at a pillar which fell and almost destroyed the Millennium tablet. Bakura called is monster to get rid of the pillar. He said that the source of his power comes from the tablet.
Bakura summoned another monster to the field to protect the tablet and his Diabound disappeared. Mahad attacked in various placed, it may have just seemed like random attacks, but it let in more light. It brightened the room to penetrate the darkness. I commanded Mahad to make the final strike on his monster. But it didn't do much. He called on the spirits in the room to help him and made Diabound stronger.
Mahad tried to attack again, but his monster somehow blocked it and counter striked. He almost sealed Mahad away for good, but he had one more trick up his sleeve. The Dark Magician Girl saved him.
"Who summoned you? Mahad said
"A former student of yours" She said
"Mana" I said
"Thought you might need some help"
"Even in my absence, you've been keeping up with your training" Mahad said
"Thank you" I said as Mana appeared by my side
"You should have stayed at home" Bakura said
"All right its time" Mahad said
Mahad and Dark Magician Girl attacked his Diabound once more but yet again was unsuccessful and his monster multiplied to three monsters. One of the three Diabounds attacked and it hit Mahad. It attacked once again, but this time at me. Mana protected me using something like Magical Hats. It didn't protect us for long. His monster was preparing itself to attack us again but a sword came out of nowhere, hitting him. It was Seto's monster. He and most of the guardians came running in.
"Are you alright?" Shimon asked
"I am fine"
"Mahad." Isis said
"I have returned"
"Just like the vision said."
"Know this. Though my spirit is sealed in stone, I shall continue to protect the king."
"Good work Mahad" Shimon said.
We still had a villain to defeat. Isis summoned Mystical Elf to restore my live energy. I owe her. Shimon suggested that the fight remain with the guardians, because I didn't have the puzzle. Karim and Cleo summoned monsters to help defeat Bakura. But Bakura had the help of the spirits to protect his monster. We couldn't do much because we were still in his village.
Isis was the first of us to lose her monster.
Cassie's POV
After running a lot, most of us were sitting on the ground. Bobasa complained that he was hungry, kinda causing a chain reaction. Joey, Yugi, Tea and I were all now hungry.
"Ahh all of you shut it about food. You're making me want tater tots" I said
Tristan suggested that the pharaoh deliberately made himself lose his memory in order to forget information only he knew that someone would need to bring back the evil that he had locked away. Joey was all lost, but when isn't he. We agreed that this must be his name, which had been erased from history. Yugi figured the pharaoh must have used it as a password to lock Zorc Necrophades away. Since the pharaoh was going to relive his battle with this creature, Yugi realized that without knowing his name, the pharaoh will lose this time. Determined to find out the pharaoh's name before the battle, we decided to go to the palace to see if there was some record of it.
I will admit now, that Tristan has been acting funny. His attitude is different.
Yami's POV
Seto called on his monster to attack, but failed. Bakura called an attack. Karim suggested that he call upon the Millennium scale to fuse his and Seto's monster. Combining the power of the fusion monster and Mahad theres an increase in strength.
Seto's monster and Bakura's monster attacked each other, but appeared equal. Bakura once again called on the spirits of Kul Elna to help him. Karim called his monster to attack once again, somehow melting the shield protecting Diabound. But no, Bakura summoned another monster, using it to attack Karim and taking his item. It also caused Seto's and Karim's fusion monster to return to it's two separate monsters.
Bakura attacked once again, destroying everyone's monsters. Isis went to attend to Karim, but told her to protect me. Bakura went and fused two of his monsters together.
"Spare my friends and take me." I said
"No Pharaoh." Mana said
"This is something I must do."
"It seems like the mighty Pharaoh has come to his senses. Prepare to be trapped for eternity."
"What are you doing" Seto said
"When my father created the 8 Millennium item, spirits had to be captured to complete the spell"
"And now they want revenge"
"These spirits blame my father for trapping them here and want me to pay the price. I shall allow my soul to join them."
"Well you heard him."
The spirits attacked my, going after my very soul. Everyone shouted at my decision. When the spirits stopped attacking, I got very cold.
"I never ment to have this happen to you my son" my father's voice said to me
"Look something is happening." Isis said as I began to glow.
"Whats this?" Bakura said
"Spirits of Kul Elna, it is not my son you want it is me." Aknamkanon voice said
"Is it really him?" Shimon said as the glowing around me turned into my father
The spirits of Kul Elna attacked my father instead of me, protecting me from the punishment. His Diabound started to weaken.
"Look he just absorbed the evil spirits" Isis said
"You saved me, but why?" I said
"King Aknamkanon will lead this wondering spirits to the realm of shadows where they belong." Mahad said
"But no then he'll be trapped there" I said
"Spirits return to me. You cannot allow this person to trap you again" Bakura said, but too late Aknamkanon already disappeared
"Goodbye father" I said
"Restore peace to the land my son"
"Mahad attack his monster at once while it's still weak"
Diabound was destroyed once and for all.
Cassie's POV
This time at the palace, thinking to himself, Yugi asked the pharaoh to let them in it, and found he could pass through the palace gates. Bobasa looked pleased that he could try the palace food.
"Palace pork chops here I come" He said as we ran through the gates
Inside the courtyard, he suggested that they split up to search and meet back in an hour. Bobasa went for the kitchen, go figure and the rest of us ran off in different directions.
Yami's POV
"This is not over" Bakura screamed "Your items will be mine and Zorc the dark one will return."
"Your plans will never work. So let it be written, so let it be done. The land of Egypt will soon have peace."
"Never" He said placing the items he had into the tablet
"Return those items to me"
"Those items will stay right where they are" Ahknadin said
"Ahknadin? What is the meaning of this?" I said
"Pharaoh, I am the real creator of the items. And I shall decide their fate" He said
"Oh no." I said
"He holds the Key" Isis said.
"That item belongs to Shada" Seto said "What have you done to him?"
"Whats important is that his item will be put to good use. As will all of yours"
"You've lost your mind" I said
Bakura started to laugh and glowed purple. After a few moments the glow disappeared.
"Wh. Where am I? Who are you? Tell me?" Bakura said lifting his hands up "Ahhh what is this? Whats happening to me?"
"Hahaha, he was just a pawn" A voice that sounded like Bakura
"What do you want" I said
"The shadows are taking me" Bakura said disappearing
"Oh my god." Cleo said
"He's gone"
"Its time you learned the true nature of this shadow game"
"Explain yourself"
"Pharaoh you must stop him" Shada yelled
"Shada!" I said
Yugi's POV
"This could be a start." I said running up to a room.
I started looking at the walls, they were written in hieroglyphics. Cant read it, so I ran on to continue looking.
Cassie's POV
Tea and I looked through what looked like a library. But we couldn't touch anything. It was frustrating.
Yami's POV
"Shada?"
"Ahknadin is a traitor. Now give me back my Millennium Key." He said grabbing Ahknadin
"Ahknadin what is the meaning of this" Shimon said after Ahknadin shoved Shada to the ground
"A new king shall soon rise."
"Hold on we already have one. How dare you say that in the presence of the great pharaoh" Seto said
Ahknadin managed to freeze Seto. I was furious that he did that. He proceeded to freeze the rest of us. He continues where Bakura left off, taking the remaining items, saving his item for last and placing them in the stone. Despite being frozen we were all in shock.
"Yes place the 8 items where they belong" Bakura's voice said
I thought Bakura was defeated, but how could I be hearing his voice?
"You've been a worthy pawn Ahknadin. Now complete the task so the ultimate shadow game can begin"
I saw Bakura disappear, how can this be? Unless this is just all a game.
On an alternate playing field (AKA the Shadow Realm)
(Still in the POV of Yami)
"Leave it to you to sleep through it." Bakura said
"Tell me where we are." I said
"Why, where in the Shadow realm. Sitting before the playing table. After all I did promise you a shadow game"
"Im in no mood for games."
"Too late you're in the middle of one. The field is Egypt. And the pawns are the people of your past"
"Are you saying that anything we do will affect the people? Are you? Tell me. When I think you cant sink any lower, you prove me wrong. Manipulating the lives of people so you can play out your twisted game"
"This is not some game, it's THE GAME. When I have all the items back in the tablet and resurrect Zorc from it the final stage will be set."
"Wait so if I don't defeat Zorc I lose the game?"
"Much more than that. Those meddling twits you call friends. They'll be trapped in the shadows. If you want to see them again, you'll have to win. But all of your pawns are frozen thanks to this." He said pulling out his hourglass token
"Whats that?"
"Its my hourglass token"
"An hourglass token?"
"Yes and sense I'm the game master. I possess 3. It freezes all playable characters except for me."
"So you can manipulate time?"
"It wouldn't be the first time." He pulled out another hourglass token. "Observe, this one was used earlier in the game. Perhaps you remember when time went backwards? Now you know how."
"That was you!"
"Guilty as charged. He who controls the hands of time controls fate. Thanks to these hourglasses I can rewrite history 3 separate times. Your life is in my hands."
Tristan's POV
"Your free to move around. But what confuses me is that buffoon is unaffected." Bakura said to me
"This is bad my belly is so big I cant see my slippers." Bobasa said
Isis' POV
"Zorc hear me I now offer you the 8 Millennium items." Ahknadin said
I sense pure darkness below us. The dark one has awaken.
"So the mortal whose responsible for creating the items has returned. Now announce your allegiance to me and everything you desire will be yours." Zorc said.
"My only wish is for a new pharaoh to be named."
Ahknadin reveals that he is in fact Seto's father, and that his lifelong desire has been to see Seto ascend to the throne.
Seto's POV
"My only wish is for a new pharaoh to be named."
Ahknadin reveals that he is in fact my father, and that his lifelong desire has been to see Seto ascend to the throne.
This cannot be? Master Ahknadin is my father?
"As you wish. Congratulation on from sacred guardian to lord of darkness is now complete. You are now Shadow Magus"
On an alternate playing field (AKA the Shadow Realm)
(POV of Yami)
"My Ahknadin game piece has just doubled in overall strength."
"What have you done to Ahknadin" I snapped
"I haven't done anything. All of these events are reoccurring as they did 5000 years ago. With a few small modifications. Thanks to the shadow games. I'm able to influence certain events. You see in the olden days you managed to seal away your spirit in order to seal Zorc away. But you wont be lucky this time. There are still some holes in your memory, like your name. A single most powerful word that could resurrect Zorc and seal him away, but I figured out a way to bring him back without it. Using this, my third hourglass token"
"What do you plan to do with that? What are you saying Bakura?"
"When the last grain of sand falls the dark one will rise."
Seto's POV
"Now great Shadow Magus banish the former Pharaoh to the shadows so your son can take the thrown" Zorc said
"This is what I've always dreamed of for you Seto, ever sense you were a boy."
How could he lie to me all these years?
"There's something else you should know, the former king Aknamkanon is my brother. So if anything were to happen to the current pharaoh your next in line. Seto we should no longer live in the shadows of my brother. The time has come to take our rightful place and claim our rightful place on the throne"
Ahknadin attacked, only to be repelled when Hassan stepped in to protect us.
On an alternate playing field (AKA the Shadow Realm)
(POV of Yami)
"Who dares interrupt?"
"Did you forget there 2 people playing this game. I have a token as well."
"Where did you get that?
Seto's POV
"Who dares stand in the way of my destiny?" Ahknadin screamed
"I am Hassan, protector of the Pharaohs"
"Why are you protecting him? You should be protecting Seto.
"Darkness be gone!" Hassan said redirecting Ahknadin's attack
On an alternate playing field (AKA the Shadow Realm)
(POV of Yami)
"NO!" Bakura screamed as his freezing hour glass is destroyed. "My time freezing hourglass"
"It seems time marches on. My tokens are now free."
Seto's POV
"I can move." Mana said
"No I rendered those fools immobile"
"You're spell is broken" Hassan said
On an alternate playing field (AKA the Shadow Realm)
(POV of Yami)
"It seems like your characters are running out of steam."
"But how?"
"Attached to everyone's wrist, is a sensor that indicates their life force. My great beast is at full power, but the same cant be said for yours. Once it goes dark, they're banished to the shadow realm. When you lose in the past you lose now. Now do you understand the importance of this shadow game? You and I are the game masters, manipulated the lives of the people 5,000 years ago. At times we're just observing and other times we intervene."
"Bakura stop this madness now."
"But of course. Every game has an ending. Its just a question of who the victor is. Now do you see why I call this the ultimate game? Here we both sit high above the playing field, deciding the fate of mankind"
"That's enough. You may fight for greed, while I fight for the safety of my friends and the world. I defeated you once and I'll do it again."
"That's all in the past. Now I have all sorts of advantages. You don't have the luxury of time."
"I defeated you 5,000 years ago and I'll do it again
Seto's POV
"Seto obey your destiny and stand by my side, so we may rule Egypt as father and son" Ahknadin said
"I am not your son. My father would never betray the Pharaoh like this."
"I understand your anger. But you must realize that, that imposter behind you is no Pharaoh, you are."
"I will not replace him."
"Seto it is true that you are the son of Ahknadin, but he has lost his ways to the shadows." Hassan said
"Nonsense. You are my flesh and blood Seto, so that makes you royalty."
Kat: Damnit Bakura why do you have to mention the game. Wait that means everyone lost the game.
Joey: The Game?
Kat: The Game is a mental game where the objective is to avoid thinking about The Game itself. Thinking about The Game constitutes a loss, which, according to the rules of The Game, must be announced each time it occurs. It is impossible to win most versions of The Game; players can only attempt to avoid losing for as long as they possibly can. The Game has been variously described as pointless and infuriating, or as challenging and fun to play. But thats just how me and my friends back home play it.
Joey: I shouldnt have asked.
Kat: oh wait look Ahknadin is Seto's father.
Yami: Awkward
Kat: So yeah. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Pleas review and tell me what you like or dont like about my writing.