Susano-o: The British have invaded Egypt.

Sekhmet: We breach familiar territory and I revel in the Egypt content.

Susano-o: I'm not sure if he's one of the best shadow riders or one of the worst, either way he was...there.

Sekhmet: I like this chapter. I like Abidos. He's a fun guy.

Susano-o: He's not bad, just not as memorable as say Camula….then again Camula is in a league of her own in terms of memorabilia.

Sekhmet: He didn't try and almost succeed in killing people is why. On with the show!

Duel 25: Horus-fying Hoax

"You all know Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba as dueling legends." Professor Banner said, gesturing to some hand drawn sketches posted on the board. "Far and away the best of their generation."

"Yeah and best looking!" One student chimed.

"They're total dreamboats." Another said dreamily.

"I like Mai Valentine." A male student added.

"I'd appreciate it if you didn't hit on my brother. It's kinda awkward." Yuko said.

"I agree with you," Rose said smiling at the student who said Mai Valentine, Alexis rolled her eyes. "-But I like you better," Rose said leaning all her weight against Alexis while giving her puppy dog eyes, Alexis sighed and set her head on top of Rose's.

"You're lucky you're cute," Alexis joked and Rose laughed.

"But you do realize class, that there were other great duelists well before them." Banner continued.

"Who all cheated using magical mumbo jumbo," Rose muttered. Yuko shushed her.

"Back in the days of ancient Egypt, one of the best duelists was a powerful Pharaoh named Abidos the Third. According to records, he was undefeated." Banner explained.

"Really?" Rose said perking up. "Wow, that's a record only Yugi can boast having."

"Yep." Yuko said proudly. "Never defeated."

"Damn, shame it's gonna be broken," Rose smirked.

"All in due time." Yuko said.

"Yep, soon I'll take my place at the top," Rose said leaning back in her chair. "The second King of Games."

"And that'll all be well and good, IF you can beat him." Yuko said with a smile.

"I WILL beat him," Rose said forcefully. "I WILL be the one to dethrone the king," She smirked. "Might as well call me the Crownless King."

"I'm not calling you that." Yuko said.

"Aww why not?" Rose pouted.

"Wouldn't you be a queen anyway? Besides, as much as I want to believe in you, family calls for me to be on Yugi's side when you duel him." Yuko said.

"No I'll be king," Rose countered. "The title is King of Games, Yu-Gi-Oh."

"Well whatever. No matter who wins, that duel will be spectacular indeed." Yuko said.

"Yes, and the Mukan Yu-Gi-Oh will win!" Rose declared loudly standing up and pointing to the sky.

"Rose, come on! You'll get in trouble!" Yuko said.

"Also that's a really stupid title," Alexis said making Rose faceplant. "Crownless King was better, your title doesn't fit the alliteration."

"Oh screw you all," Rose snorted with a pout.

….

"Man, you'd think learning about ancient Egypt and the origin of card games would be more fun, or at least somewhat captivating." Yuko said. The sun had well set over the island by now and the two were making their way back to the dorms.

"I just want to see those old giant tablet cards," Rose replied. "Wonder what my spirit looks like."

"Who knows." Yuko said.

The ground started to rumble and shake. Bursting out of the ground were corpses wrapped in bandages. Classic mummies.

"I know what to do!" Rose yelled grabbing Yuko's arm. "We need Pills, Med Kits, and two other people to survive with, and watch out for the special infected!"

"What the hell are you talking about?! Those are mummies, not zombies! There's a difference!" Yuko said.

"Same difference!"

"No it's not!" Yuko argued.

"Give us the Spirit Keys…" they murmured.

"Ah Hell no." Yuko said, taking a defensive position. Before anyone did anything though, a bright light shone from above. The two could barely make out an unorthodox designed barque in the sky.

"Duelists, I have come for you!" A posh voice rang out. The light intensified, and nearly blinded the two.

"Oh shit the British are trying to take the colonies back," Rose said shielding her eyes. "For the last time we won! Get over it already!"

"Japan was never a British colony!" Yuko said. The light was starting to taper off. The two found themselves on a great golden ship deck, a raised platform that looked like a modeling catwalk starring front and center.

"Everywhere is a colony to Britain," Rose said looking around.

"That might as well be true." Yuko said.

"So where are we?" Rose asked looking out at the masses of masked zombies.

"We're on a barque, maybe the Solar Barque. It's a type of ancient Egyptian rowboat. The sun god Ra used one to travel through the 24 Kingdoms of the day and night." She said, hefting herself high enough to look above the catwalk. At the farther end of the catwalk sat a familiar looking man in pharaonic garb and a golden mask. The throne he sat on was protected by three stone snakes.

"Hello there." He said, revealing himself to be the owner of the posh voice the two had heard before.

"Hey so which side do you want to be throw thrown off this boat? Left or right?" Rose asked cracking her knuckles. "Because I don't appreciate being kidnapped."

"Rose, don't you recognize him?" Yuko said.

"Don't care still gonna throw him over," She said walking over to him. Two guards quickly jumped between her and the pharaoh.

"That's not how one should address an Egyptian pharaoh." He said, his accent making his scolding sound like mockery.

"Dude, that's the guy we learned about in class with the undefeated record!" Yuko said, urgently following her.

"...then why is he British?" Rose asked raising an eyebrow.

"Maybe through whatever time loop he used to get here, current times started catching up, I dunno!" Yuko said exasperated.

"Well what does he want?" Rose asked.

"I want your Spirit Keys, of course. You should just leave them and walk away, it'll spare you a lot of time and pain." Abidos said.

"We never do things the easy way here." Yuko said, digging her duel disk out of her bag.

"Now now, let's not be too hasty," Rose said smirking. "How about we raise the bet?" She asked Abidos.

"Excuse me?" Yuko said.

"What would you have it be then?" Abidos asked intrigued.

"I have 4 keys, I'll put them and Yuko's up in exchange for this sweet airship and the ability to control it," She said holding out her hand. "Deal?"

"No deal, because you're not dueling him!" Yuko said. "I am, and I'll make no such bet!"

"Yeah well these aren't your keys to wager," Rose smirked. "So deal?"

"Rose!" Yuko shrieked.

"You make quite an interesting, if foolish offer. I accept." Abidos said, shaking her hand.

"Sweet," Rose said as she walked behind the two duelists. "Now kick his ass Yuko."

"Oh so NOW my opinion matters!" Yuko shouted. She composed herself, and turned to Abidos. "I apologize for my companion. She is impulsive and knows not what she does."

"LIVING LIKE LARRY!" Rose whooped.

"I must say, people of this time are strange. However, it hardly matters right now." Abidos said.

"Duel!" (LP: 8000)

"I'll go first. I draw." Yuko said. "I set one monster, as well as two facedown cards. I end my turn."

"I draw!" Abidos said. "I think I'll summon 'Pharaoh's Servant' in Attack mode!"

A mummified guard with a spear appeared on the field. (900/0) "Now Attack her facedown monster!" The mummy put its spear through the card, and pulled up a wriggling 'Marshmallon' (300/500) from the remains.

"Marshmallon's' effect activates! After Damage Calculation, if this card was attacked when it was facedown at the start of the Damage Step, you take 1000 damage!" Yuko said.

'Marshmallon' unimpaled itself and bit into Abidos' torso. (Abidos' LP: 8000-7000)

"What an infuriating monster. I set one card face down and end my turn." He said.

"I draw!" Yuko said. "I set another monster and one more face down and end my turn."

"I draw!" Abidos said. "I set a monster, and now I'll activate 'The First Sarcophagus'!" A Trap flipped up revealing just that. "Unfortunately, you'll have to wait until I activate two more to see what it does."

"Two more? It could be an instant win condition. Unfortunately my back row isn't set up for that yet. Play it cool." "Very well. I'm intrigued to find out what's inside the other two." Yuko replied.

"Trust me, your curiosity will be the end of you. But for now, I'll take my Battle Phase. Since your 'Marshmallon' is indestructible by battle, I'll have my Servant attack your other facedown monster!" Abidos declared. 'Pharaoh's Servant' shattered Yuko's other facedown monster.

"Thanks for that. When 'Nimble Momonga' is destroyed by battle, I gain 1000 Life Points and two more are summoned from my deck!" Yuko said, placing her monsters on the board. (Yuko's LP: 8000-9000)

"What an annoying card. I place one card face down and end my turn." Abidos declared.

"Trust me, it gets much worse." Yuko said, drawing. An electric feeling went up her arm. "You stopped by just in time." She thought.

"Come on Yuko this guy is a push over!" Rose yelled. "Now get me this airship!"

"I'm only doing this because you bet five Spirit Keys on this!" Yuko argued back.

"Eh," Rose shrugged completely ignoring Yuko.

"As I was saying, it gets much worse from here! I tribute all three monsters to summon 'The Wicked Dreadroot'!" Yuko yelled.

There was a rumbling below, but nothing happened for a few minutes. Yuko looked around, confused.

"Well? Where is this monster of yours?" Abidos asked.

"I'm not sure, actually." Yuko said. Her question was soon answered when the barque suddenly tilted to the side, almost knocking everyone off. Dreadroot had spawned on the ground, and clambered onto the barque. (4000/4000)

"Don't mess up my airship!" Rose yelled at Dreadroot, making him roll his eyes.

Although his mask blocked his face, Abidos was metaphorically knocked off his feet. "Y-you can't summon a monster that strong!"

"I just did? I paid the three sacrifices, I get to summon him. It's right on the card." Yuko said. "And that's not all. As long as he's on the field, the attack and defense of all monsters except for itself are halved!" Dreadroot's purple fog spilled over the edges of the barque. (900-450/0) "And I'm not done yet. I'm going to activate 'Mystical Space Typhoon' to destroy your Sarcophagus!"

"I don't think so. Go 'Magic Jammer'! By discarding a card, I can nullify your spell!" Abidos declared.

"Not happening! I activate 'Seven Tools of the Bandit'! By giving up 1000 Life Points, I can negate and destroy your 'Magic Jammer'!" Yuko said. A Swiss Army knife was flung from the fog created by 'Magic Jammer', impaling itself on the card and destroying it. (Yuko's LP: 9000-8000) The chain reaction also resulted in the destruction of 'The First Sarcophagus' as well.

"But that was my ticket to victory! Am I really going to lose for the first time?" Abidos said, as if to fear for his life.

"As if I was gonna let you pull off an instant win condition!" Yuko said. "Not with five Spirit Keys on the line!"

"Instant win? What are you talking about?" Abidos asked.

"Don't play dumb, you made it obvious what you were doing! If those three sarcophagi weren't gonna unleash a game ending curse, what the fuck did it do then?" Yuko asked.

"They were going to summon a powerful monster. What do you mean game ending curse?" Abidos asked.

"Oh come on. If that wasn't your secret to an undefeated record, then what was?" Yuko asked. Abidos was silent at that. "Whatever, I'll have my Dreadroot Attack your Servant. Go, Fears Knockdown!" Dreadroot pounded his hand down on the Servant. (Abidos' LP: 8000-4450)

"I place one card face down and end my turn." Yuko said. Abidos seemed stunned into silence.

"Wait...is it possible that all my servants let me win?" He asked himself, just audible enough for the two to hear.

"Eh? So you've never really dueled before?" Yuko asked.

"I guess not…" Abidos replied.

"Well let's fix that." Yuko said, cracking her knuckles and somehow not bending or showing off her cards in the process. "Your first match begins now."

"What?" Abidos asked confused.

"While I can't let you just win this duel for obvious reasons, we can continue the duel on different terms. But first things first, you gotta take off that mask. Duelist face each other head on and face to face, after all." Yuko said.

Abidos removed his mask, and Yuko was met with a hauntingly familiar face. She took a couple steps back in shock.

"Your face...its the same as his…" Yuko muttered. She saw a clear overlay of facial features from her brother's friend from ten years ago. "I end my turn." She quickly said.

"Do I remind you of someone?" Abidos said, drawing. "You should have attacked my other monster. I flip summon 'Mask of Darkness'!"

The set monster flipped up, revealing a stone mask. (900-450/400-200) "Due to his flip effect, I can retrieve a trap from my Graveyard and add it to my hand. And I'll set it before I set another monster and end my turn." He said.

"I draw." Yuko said. "Dreadroot! Attack his 'Mask of Darkness'!" Dreadroot smashes it to bits. "I end my turn."

"And on your End Phase, I can activate both 'The First Sarcophagus' and 'The Second Sarcophagus'! Just one more and all of this will be worth it!" Abidos said.

"Well I hope this'll get you what you want." Yuko said.

"Oh it will. But for now, I'll set another monster and end my turn." He said.

"Yuko watch out!" Rose yelled. "You're dangerously close to losing my airship!"

"My turn then." Yuko said, and drew. "Dreadroot, Attack!" One of Abidos' set monsters shattered to bits. "I end my turn."

"And thus you've doomed yourself! On your End Phase, I activate 'The Third Sarcophagus'! And now by discarding all three, I can finally summon 'Spirit of the Pharaoh'!" Abidos said cheerfully.

Three sarcophagi appeared on the field, one opening after the other until a beautifully decorated pharaoh wielding a sword and crook emerged. (2500-1250/2000-1000)

"Wait, that's it? That's what I was scared of the entire time?" Yuko asked.

"I'm not done. A pharaoh is nothing without his servants. When he's summoned, I can also summon up to four level 2 zombie type normal monsters from my Graveyard to join him!" Abidos said. And per his effect, the field filled up with the monsters Yuko had been destroying. (900-450/0)(900-450/0)(900/450/0)

"However, my monsters cannot hope to defeat your Dreadroot so easily, so for now, my turn is done." He said.

"I draw!" Yuko said, much more relieved by the duel's developments. "I equip 'Fairy Meteor Crush' to my Dreadroot so he can do piercing damage! Go, Dreadroot!" Yuko announces, playing her card. Dreadroot destroyed one of the 'Pharaoh's Servant's. (Abidos' LP: 4450-450) "I place one card face down and end my turn."

"I draw!" Abidos said. "And now I'll activate 'Tribute to the Doomed'! Now by discarding a card, I can send your 'Dreadroot' to the Graveyard!"

"Not a chance! I discard a card of my own to activate 'Magic Jammer'!" Yuko said. 'Tribute to the Doomed' collapsed into shards. "You won't be getting to my monster that easily!"

"Very well. I place one card face down and end my turn. Abidos said.

"I draw!" Yuko said. "I'm sorry to have to do this, Abidos. It was a good fight. 'Dreadroot'! End this match!"

Dreadroot smashed another Servant. (Abidos' LP: 450-0. Winner: Yuko.)

"Whoop!" Rose yelled from behind. "Knew you had this one, I had total confidence in you!" She yelled happily.

Yuko ignored Rose in favor of walking over to Abidos, who had fallen to both knees in defeat. "You know, you remind me of a man I may never have met, in a duel I don't quite remember, with cards in it that may never have existed."

Abidos looked at her in confusion. "Huh?"

"You DO remind me of someone. So if you see the Pharaoh Atem in Ur-Nes or The Procession of Images, please tell him that Yugi and Yuko still remember him. He'll understand." Yuko explained.

"First things first though," Rose said walking over. "I'll need the driving controls for the HMS Hindenburg 2: Electric Boogaloo!" She asked with a smile.

"You simply will it to go where you want." Abidos explained. "Now that you've won it in a duel, you have control over it."

Rose quickly sat down and started moving the ship around. "Oh sweet, but I'm probably gonna need to install some seatbelts," She said smiling widely.

"Rose, be careful!" Yuko said.

"Oh it's fine," Rose said smiling. "Now get Abidos's Shadow Charm so we can end this and get to bed, I've got a full day for testing the HMS Hindenburg 2: Electric Boogaloo's capabilities."

"Can you at least call it something more respectable, like the Barque of Isis or something?" Yuko asked.

"Well that's boring so it won't be that, but fine," Rose muttered.

"Boring?! Isis was the goddess of like seven huge realms, including magic itself! She technically owns Ra! How is that boring, she's like Wonder Woman on steroids!" Yuko argued.

"Exactly, boring," Rose said. "Oh wow she was famous and power, BORING! Everyone names ships like that," She said rolling her eyes. "I name my ships so they stand out from all the ones named after the most generic of people, oh you named your ship after a god of power, woobedoo," Rose muttered spinning her finger through the air lazily.

"Yuko, it's very evident that you're not appreciated here." Abidos said, and took her hands in his. "Why don't you come back to my kingdom? You'd have everything and anything that you could ever want."

Yuko flushed. "Ok, so there are several ways I could interpret that."

"Well you could stay here," Rose shrugged. "We're already housing 2 of your former comrades, why not another, and hey you and Yuko can play tomb raider," She said with a suggestive eyebrow waggle.

Yuko took a deep breath. "As flattered as I am, I can't come back with you. I know too much of history, my way of living would get me in serious trouble, and if you meant that romantically, I'm sorry but I'm already spoken for." She explained, lying on that last one.

"Then again have him stay here, you two can stay up all night playing Donkey Kong," Rose said bobbing her head with a smirk.

"And it's best if you don't stay either, she'll drive you up the wall." Yuko said.

Abidos frowned. "That's unfortunate, but I understand."

"I'll have you know I am the best person to hang out with!" Rose accused. "Ask anyone!"

"Rose, you almost lost five Spirit Keys over an airship." Yuko argued.

Rose crossed her arms and pouted. "You are now banned from the V.H.S. Betamax."

"What does that even mean?!" Yuko asked.

"If you cannot come back and it's best that I don't stay, then at least have this." Abidos said, and took a circlet off of his head and gave it to Yuko.

"I'm truly honored. Feel free to drop by anytime." Yuko said.

"Same with you. That is, if you ever find a time vortex...you know what, I'll just come to you." Abidos laughed.

…

"...Rose what is that?" Alexis asked as she watched Rose polish her new airship.

"Oh this is the V.H.S. Betamax," Rose sad as she meticulously cleaned the bottom of the hovering ship.

"..." Alexis had nothing to say.

"Can we go for a ride?" Syrus asked excitedly.

"Of course!" Rose said smiling. "I finally got the seat belts installed!"

"And you're just not gonna mention you won this in a bet with a Shadow Rider, where your part of the bet was five Spirit Keys?" Yuko said all too casually.

"No I wasn't because it doesn't matter anymore," Rose shrugged trying to stay calm despite everyone's glares. "You won, I got this sweet airship and you got a shadow charm that lets you come back to life, simple as that."

"Rose!" Alexis yelled hands on her hips. "Seriously? We just got those back!"

"Rose, how could you?!" Syrus whined.

"Syrus, Alexis," Rose said patting their shoulders. "You have to understand, it's in my nature, now rather than dwelling on the past, how about we all go for a flight and visit Prince Edward Island in Canada for a day?"

"You're gonna get shot down over America." Yuko said.

"Nope this thing has a warp drive!" Rose said excitedly.

"Because of course it does." Yuko sighed.

"I could also take us to Bondi Beach in Sydney," Rose suggested. "Syrus, Alexis and me would love it at least."

"Is it a nude beach?" Yuko asked.

"It is a topless beach yes," Rose said smirking. "So everyone get your swimwear, go get the others, and let's go to Sydney then Florida, Disney World awaits!" She ordered running up the ship's gangplank so she could get to the captain's chair. "Come on slowpokes!"

"Aw come on, you knew I wanted to go to Disney!" Yuko said.

"Yes that's why I'm using it as a bribe," Rose smirked as she took the throne. "Tally ho!"

Yuko reluctantly yet excitedly got packed for the day trip. She passed on Bondi Beach, and soaked up the sun from the barque (V.H.S. BETAMAX!) instead. Needless to say she got sunburnt before the group got to Disney.