Chapter 28 - A New Direction

The gang were sitting in Yugi's room the next morning watching the news flash on Yugi's laptop. It seemed that whatever happened in Domino last night happened all around the world as well. They were just discussing what that could mean when there was a knock on the door. They all looked over and saw Solomon holding a package.

"What's that gramps?" Yugi asked.

"It's a package for you that arrived in the mail," the old man said, handing it to Yugi.

He stared down at the package in his hands, quite confused. "Who's it from?" he asked.

"I'm not sure," Solomon said, "My eyesight's not what it used to be," he said with a laugh.

Yugi flipped the package over and looked at the name of the sender, "Oh no," he said, looking down at it.

"Let's see..." Rose said, leaning over to have a look, "From the office of Maximillion Pegasus." There was a moment of silence before Joey, Tea and Tristan started freaking out. "What's the matter?" Rose asked, looking at them oddly. "Pegasus is the creator of Duel Monsters, what's the fuss?"

"He can't be trusted!" Joey said, waving his arms at the package, "Burn it! Throw it out the window or something as long as you don't open it!"

"Calm down Joey," Rose said, grabbing his arms before he hit something, "What's the matter?" she asked again, completely clueless.

"A few years ago Yugi and I along with Joey competed in a Duel Monsters tournament run by Pegasus," Yami explained.

"Duelist Kingdom," Rose said, clicking her fingers, "Yeah, I heard about that."

"Well the way that he convinced us to join however, was by capturing Yugi's grandpa's soul." Yami said grimly. Yugi looked slightly troubled being reminded of it.

"No way!" Rose said in disbelief, "He actually did that?"

"Uh, who is Rose talking to?" Joey asked. She simply ignored him, too fascinated by Yami's story.

"He did, and he lured Kaiba into it as well by doing the same to his little brother. Unfortunately though Kaiba lost his own soul when trying to save Mokuba."

"That's nuts," Rose said, "How did he manage that?" she asked.

"Back then Pegasus was the holder of the Millennium Eye. That allowed him to capture souls inside cards."

"Wow," Rose said, "I had no idea that he was doing that...Okay that gives you good reason not to trust him." She turned back to the rest of the group who were still eyeing off the package.

"This is just like Duelist Kingdom all over again guys, let's toss that thing!" Tristan said, pointing an accusing finger at it.

Surprisingly, Tea argued against Tristan's idea. "No, we've got to open it," she said.

Joey gulped, "I'm with Tristan on this one, this is exactly how Pegasus stole Grandpa's soul!"

"What are you so worried about?" Tea asked Joey, "It's not like he has the Millennium Eye anymore."

"Good point," Tristan said, "Last time we saw him he was a little less creepy."

Joey shook his head, "I still think it's bad news," he said, crossing his arms.

"What do you think we should do, Pharaoh?" Yugi asked him.

Yami looked down at the tape with careful eyes, "Let's hear what he has to say, after all Pegasus did invent Duel Monsters."

"And you think maybe he has something to do with what's been going on?" Rose asked.

"Perhaps, let's play the tape."

Yugi picked up the tape and turned towards the TV.

"Hey, wait!" Joey said, jumping up to try and stop Yugi.

"Just trust me Joey," Yugi said, turning to look at his friend.

"Yugi knows what he's doing," Rose said reassuringly. Joey looked at her for a moment before he groaned with uncertainty and sat back down again.

Yugi placed the tape in the VCR player and as it started playing, Pegasus appeared on the screen. He explained that he knew who was responsible for the monster sightings but it was too dangerous to mention any details on the tape, so they would have to travel to Industrial Illusions. He also said that he had enclosed in the package a one of a kind card. He stressed that Yugi should not lose the card or let it fall into anyone else's hands, as it was the only way to enter his compound. The video ended and everyone sat there for a moment, a bit taken back by how harsh and serious Pegasus had sounded, it almost seemed like he was scared of something.

After a moment, Yugi stood up, "I'm going," he said confidently. Joey jumped up to try and reason with him, but it was clear that Yugi had made up his mind. So, the gang agreed that they'd go, and would set off for Industrial Illusions the next day.

"There we go," Yugi said, closing his suitcase, "All packed." The gang had left to go back to their respective homes about an hour ago to also prepare for tomorrow's trip. They were unsure of what they would come across on their expedition to go see Pegasus, but they certainly had no idea the events that were to come.

"Have you got everything yet?" Rose asked as she poked her head into his room, "Wow, who knew a girl could beat you at packing a suitcase," she said with a laugh, walking in to sit on his bed.

Yugi laughed, "I guess I've had a lot on my mind..." He hauled his suitcase into a standing position and sat it next to the door.

Rose then noticed a card sitting on Yugi's desk, "Hey, you don't want to forget this," she said, picking it up to give to him.

"Of course, the card Pegasus sent me," Yugi said, taking it from her. He looked down at the card curiously, "He said this card was one of a kind. And it sounds like someone wants to get their hands on it." He turned to the Pharaoh's spirit who was standing beside him absent mindedly, "Have you ever seen this card before?" Yugi asked. Yami appeared to be deep in thought, he was staring into space. "Hello?" Yugi asked, walking around to face him, "Something on your mind?" Yugi asked him, waving a hand in front of the Pharaoh's face.

Yami looked up, "Did you say something?"

Rose and Yugi just looked at each other, "Alright spill it, what's wrong?" Rose said, standing up to stand next to Yugi.

"I'm perfectly fine," Yami said.

"Yeah, right." Rose and Yugi were now both standing in front of Yami, with their arms folded accusingly.

"Come on, we know you," Yugi said, "You're worried about something and you don't want to tell us."

He looked at them both for a moment, and then sighed,"You're right," Yami said. "I forgot, I can't hide anything from you two." If it had been any other situation, Rose and Yugi would have grinned at each other.

"Then what's up?" Rose asked.

Yami turned to look out the window, "It's just that we know so little about what we're up against and who this new enemy is," he explained. If I only understood more about my own past, I could be more helpful in answering these questions, he thought.

"I heard that," Yugi piped up. "Remember our spirits are together, I know your thoughts."

"Heard what?" Rose asked. She then realised Yami must have thought something to himself, though it wasn't quite to himself. This i probably what it's like for everyone else when I'm talking to the Pharaoh, she realised.

The only thing was, she couldn't hear his thoughts, and Yugi could. It was just as well, for the Pharaoh was still trying to understand what his relationship with Rose was like back in ancient Egypt. He knew they had been close friends at least, but under what circumstances? It was hard to imagine when he couldn't even remember anything about her before they met in the 21st century.

"Actually, that's probably why you're worried about all of this," Yugi continued, "because I am too...This seems like our toughest fight yet, and the future of the world is depending on us. What if we mess things up?" he asked, sounding worried.

"We won't," Yami said reassuringly.

Rose then grabbed the boy's attention. "Yugi, you have all of us behind you, there's no way you'll screw things up," she said with a smile.

"You're both right," Yugi sighed, shaking his head as if to clear his distressed thoughts. "I guess I sound kind of silly," he said. "Let's get some rest, we have a huge day ahead of us, and our new adventure starts tomorrow."

And what an adventure it would be.

Hello all!

This is getting into the section which i've enjoyed writing very much :D apart from where i'm just following the story line, that part is boring :P but the story isn't! i promise!

In fact, I'm going to go straight onto the next chapter now as I'm so excited for this section XD (and by section i mean im still in this section and im at chapter 41 so...yeah)

Hope you're enjoying the story! Of course you all would know what is to come ;) but all of what is to come...mwahahaahaha

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