Chapter 46: Resurrection

"This sucks," Joey complained, throwing his hands up into the air where he sat with the group. "How is the Pharaoh supposed to defeat Dartz if rich boy's here with us?"

Seto was sitting next to Rose with his arms crossed, and he turned his hard stare to the blond, "I'd watch what you say, mutt," he grunted. Joey poked his tongue out before turning away, his nose in the air. Rose stifled a laugh, and to everyone's surprise Pegasus spoke up from his place just outside the circle.

"There is one thing that can help," he said, turning as he spoke to the group. Everyone turned to listen, eager to know what it was. "It's the card I gave him. If the Pharaoh draws it, he'll be able to unleash a force like no other."

Joey's eyes lit up, "And this card can beat Dartz?" he asked.

Pegasus nodded, before he started to explain what he came across while on his trip to Egypt. He said that during his expedition which inspired him to create the game of Duel Monsters, he came across a tablet that depicted three monsters known as Timaeus, Critias, and Hermos. Those three dragons seemed to guard the gateway between the monster world and the human world, but they had a secret. Pegasus continued to explain how back during the battle of Atlantis, Dartz turned three extraordinary knights into dragons in order to weaken them, and that he believed these dragons once were those soldiers.

"Therefore, I created a card which would be able to unlock their ancient power, and if the Pharaoh can draw it, and play it properly, he can defeat Dartz with those three knights."

"Well I hope it works," Yugi said, "But I guess all we can do is just sit here and wait."

Joey balled his hand into a fist, suddenly letting out the aggravation he'd been holding in the whole time, "But I can't wait!" he yelled, bursting up from his place. The minute he said that, the ground started shaking. Everyone jumped in surprise, and all turned to Joey. "That wasn't me, I swear!" he said, holding his arms up in defence. The group looked around, and found that everybody there was panicking, but why? What was going on?

Something then caught Rose's eye, and she looked up, staring in surprise at what was above her. "Uh, guys," she said wearily. "We have a problem." She pointed upwards, and the rest of the group followed her gaze, and saw the giant eye in the sky, much similar to the one they had seen in the sky of Domino. What worried them even more however, was that people were suddenly being pulled into the air, getting sucked in by the beast.

"It's the Laviathon!" Yugi exclaimed, his eyes wide. "And it's feeding on the souls that Dartz captured!"

"That's how it gains its strength," Pegasus said. "We don't have much time."

I hope the Pharaoh can draw that card and defeat Dartz, Rose thought as she stared up at the eye of the great beast. Otherwise, were all done for! Just as her thoughts ceased, Rose felt like she had lost her balance, for her feet were connected to the ground anymore, but it was much worse.

"Rose!" Joey suddenly called out in panic, running over to grab her arm. She was getting pulled up towards the beast, and in a flash Yugi, Joey, Pegasus and even Seto were holding onto her, stopping her from getting sucked up into the Laviathon's clutches. The relief didn't last for long however, for Joey and Yugi were suddenly pulled off the ground, too, soon followed by Seto. Pegasus was the only one left standing on the ground, as Rose, Joey and Yugi grasped onto each other's arms, being pulled up towards the beast. Seto didn't seem very bothered at all, but of course to him none of this was real. Rose looked up and saw the eye was bigger than ever now, and they were only seconds away from being consumed by the beast.

Rose let out an 'eek', expecting to feel her whole being become consumed by the Laviathon, but nothing happened. She looked up in confusion, to see a slash across the eye, but before she could comment, they were pulled into the gaping hole.

Yami stood with his eyes wide in awe as the three legendary knights used their combined strength to bring his friends souls back, and soon he saw a small ball of light heading straight for him.

A bright smile spread across his face, "Yugi," he murmured.

"Pharaoh!" Yugi's spirit appeared beside him once more, beaming from ear to ear, "You won!"

"I did," he said with a nod, "I'm so glad you're alright." Yugi just smiled and waved off his apologies, having already forgiven him for his mistake. Yugi looked around, seeing Kaiba, Mokuba, Tristan and Tea regaining consciousness. Then, making a grand entrance as he ran into the room with his arms wide, was none other than Joey.

"You did it!" He cheered with glee, tackling the man to the ground. Yami spluttered a reply as he tried to push the man off of him, and Yugi's spirit stood beside him laughing. "Er, sorry," he stood back up, helping Yami up with him, and the Pharaoh looked around.

"Where's Rose?" he asked, seeing no sign of her appearance.

Joey raised his eyebrows and looked around the group of people, "I thought she would have been here with you guys," he commented, scratching his head. Yami told him to wait there, and set off at a jog back to the helicopter. He knew that they hadn't reached the end of their battle against Dartz since he had disappeared, but he needed to find Rose first and make sure she was alright. After running through the winding halls of Dartz' lair, he ran down the front steps, spying the helicopter and Kaiba's men standing in front of it. Without answering their questioning looks, he ran around to the open door and climbed inside as his eyes scanned the contents of the helicopter. Soon his eyes landed on a figure lying across the seats at the front, right where they had left her.

"Rose..." he walked over to her, his eyebrows creased with worry.

"Why hasn't she woken up?" Yugi asked as Yami kneeled next to their friend, "Wasn't her soul freed with the rest of us?"

"The knights said they would free our friends," Yami murmured, "I would have hoped that meant Rose, too..." He reached out and gently ran his hand across the Millennium Heart on her chest, it's solid gold surface radiating warmth.

"Pharaoh, look!" Yugi said, pointing at their friend. Yami moved his eyes away from the heart just as he heard Rose groan. His eyes lit up as he saw her lift her arm to rub her eyes, and they opened, as deep brown irises stared up at him.

"Rose," he said, a smile bursting from his lips.

She creased her eyebrows and blinked a few more times, "...Pharaoh?" her eyes then lit up as her mind caught up with her, "Pharaoh!" she pulled herself into a sitting position, "Am I-does that mean-are we-" numerous words spilled from her mouth as she tried to ask three questions at once.

Yami just laughed and answered for her, "Yes, your soul was returned." A bright smile suddenly adorned her face, and she let out a cheer, wrapping her arms around him happily. Yami smiled as he returned the hug, glad that all of his friends were alright. "It's good to see you, too," he chuckled.

When Rose pulled back, she was smiling brightly, "And Yugi? Is he here too?"

Yugi's spirit appeared beside Yami, "Right here, Rose," he said, smiling at her.

"Yugi!" Rose cheered, "Get your butt in that body, I want to hug you, too." Yugi laughed and Yami simply chuckled, before the puzzle lit up and Yugi's smaller frame finally returned after a long time of being locked away. Rose squeaked with joy and wrapped the boy in an embrace, gaining a musical laugh in reply. She pulled back, holding Yugi's shoulders, "So Dartz is gone?" she asked. Yami's spirit appeared next to Yugi, though now he didn't look as happy as he did a moment ago.

"Not quite," he explained, "After I defeated him he disappeared into a sort of vortex."

"Well then we have to go after him!" Rose said, suddenly on her feet. With a smile and a nod, Yami returned to the puzzle and the two jumped out of the helicopter, before running back into Dartz' lair. Upon their return to the rest of the group, Rose had been tackled by Tea, Joey and Tristan, but Yugi had reminded them that it wasn't quite time to celebrate yet. Rose laughed as Joey helped her up, and they focused on the situation at hand. Yugi explained what Yami had told him, and everyone turned to the swirling circle that stood in the place where Dartz had been minutes ago.

"Is that what that thing is?" Joey asked, regarding it carefully. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go and finish what we started!" he said, turning back to the others.

"Well I'm going to get my company back," Seto said, walking towards the portal. Joey and Yugi quickly followed, and Rose went to go after them.

"Hold up just a second Rose," Tea demanded. Confused, she turned around. "You should leave this to the guys, it could be dangerous in there," she warned.

Rose dismissed Tea's worries with a wave of her hand, "Don't worry about me, I've got the Millennium Heart," she said with a grin, tapping the item on her chest, "Anyway, those three need all the help they can get," she said with a laugh, before disappearing through the portal.

Tea grumbled, crossing her arms, "Dammit, why is she so stubborn?"

Tristan simply laughed, "Let her go, Tea. Rose and the guys will be fine. I'm sure when the four of them work together, Dartz will have no chance." Tea simply crossed her arms and grumbled, while Mokuba laughed at her.

Meanwhile, Yugi, Kaiba and Joey had reached their destination, having gone through Dartz' portal.

"Whoa, this place looks like kind of a dump," Joey commented. Before Seto could make his own remark, they heard someone call out from behind them. The three men turned around and saw Rose coming out of the portal also, a grin on her face.

"What are you doing here?" Seto asked as she ran up beside them.

She rolled her eyes at him, "What does it look like? I've come to help."

"Well then let's go," Yugi said, looking up towards the top of the island they were standing on, where a green illumination was coming from. Rose nodded, and started to move towards their destination, but when she turned around to see if Yugi was coming, the Pharaoh had taken his place.

Soon, they found their way to the top, but what they came across was a still statue of Dartz, and as soon as Yami reached out to touch the figure, it evaporated into thin air. Joey was beyond confused, and asked what was going on, while Seto simply claimed it was another one of Dartz' 'cheap tricks'.

"Is that your answer to everything, Kaiba?" A loud, booming voice echoed. They all looked around, wondering where Dartz' voice had come from.

"Where are you?" Yami demanded.

"I'm right here, with the great Laviathon," Dartz' voice echoed around them. Yami instantly jumped forwards, asking why Dartz was able to revive the beast without the four powerful souls he claimed he needed in order to do so. "Yes, I did say that, didn't I?" Dartz said, his voice filled with amusement. "Well, I substituted your souls with an equally powerful one."

Rose's eyes widened as she realised what he had done, "Your soul."

"Bingo."

The four of them watched on in horror as the green illumination moved over to the ocean surrounding them, and the water started to swirl and churn in response, before a giant beast emerged, resembling something between a dragon and a snake. The Laviathon was so large that it was able to wrap its own tail all the way around the island they were standing on numerous times, and was still able to let out a menacing growl as it faced the four duelists. Seto simply insulted it as he stood with his arms crossed, commenting on how his white dragons were much better to look at. The Laviathon responded with a roar that shook the ground they were standing on, and Rose had to shield her eyes from the wind that came with it.

"Alright, that's it!" Joey announced, activating his duel disk, "Let's turn this beast into a pile of a pile of ashes!" His three comrades agreed, activating their duel disks also.

"Wait," Yami suddenly stopped, as he noticed Rose's sudden panicked expression. He turned to her as he reached into his belt, "I have your deck."

She let out a sigh of relief as he handed it to her, "Thank you." When she had seen the deck was gone, she had panicked thinking she had lost it, but thankfully Yami had kept the cards safe for her, and now she was going to put them to good use. They all turned towards the beast, drawing their best cards. "Dark Magician, Summoned Skull and Kuriboh!" Yami announced, placing the cards on his duel disk. Joey then pulled out his Flame Swordsman, Jinzo and Red Eyes Black Dragon, before Seto summoned his Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon along with Gadget Soldier and Force Raider.

Rose then pulled out her cards, now having placed her deck back where it belonged, "Magician's Valkyria, Neo The Magic Swordsman and Chaos Command Magician!" She grinned as her monster appeared before her, and the three men beside her summoned their dragons: Timaeus, Critias and Hermos. Then Yami played his Legend Of Heart card, freeing them so that they could become Knights once again.

"Attack!" The four of them yelled in unison, pointing towards the one and only target: The Great Laviathon. All of their monsters banded together, attacking simultaneously at the beast with all the power they could muster, but it did almost no damage at all. The four of them stared up at the monster with wide eyes, as it then readied itself for a counter attack. Luckily, they were able to save their knights from being destroyed, however, every other monster was blown to pieces by the incredible power the Laviathon could muster.

"Aw, dammit," Rose cursed, "looking down at the card on her duel disk, "Why don't I have a Knight?"

"Rose, we've got bigger problems," Joey said pointing up at the sky. She looked up, and noticed that there was a colourful illumination coming through the clouds. What the...? She tried to think about the last time she had seen such a sight. This is just like that night, when the gateway opened up between the real world and the monster world, she thought, staring up at the sky with wide eyes, I hope this means they've come to help!

Yay! They're free! Er, sorry if this part is boring and all, but I don't want to just skip it because it's kind of a big event in the anime so I'll do my best at rewriting it! Anyway, once this is done we move onto season 5! I'm sooooo excited to write it, because you'll all finally get to see what Rose's part in this whole thing is! It's what I've been working towards since I came up with the idea for this story! Also, although the start of season 5 isn't all that interesting to me, I've made it interesting ;) so i'm really keen to get that started, but I won't just skip over this part, you'll just have to wait!

Also, when I finish one of my current stories I have a bunch of different story ideas to start next, but I cant choose which! So go check out the poll on my profile and choose which ones you'd like to see me start, it would be heaps of help! One of them is a TMH side story too! ;)

Anyway, I hope you're all still enjoying the story :) please let me know what you think!

PharaohsThrone :)