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Rated M due to language.
"Characters Speaking"
Characters Thinking
/Authors Comments\
~~~Chapter Five~~~
~~~Previous~~~
We leave the room, and the original Yuugi takes over. We head outside where Honda and the others are, and Yuugi hands over the watch. "Ehh? You found it? It's true! Yes! It's found!"
"So, it was under the stairs?" Jounouchi questions.
"Yeah." Yuugi agrees happily.
"It must have fallen then somehow." I offer.
"Why would it be there?" Jounouchi questions confused.
Anzu turns to look at Yuugi's face. "Also, what happened to your face?"
Yuugi looks confused. "I'd like to joke about this…but I don't remember what happened."
"He tripped. Luckily, he didn't hurt himself." I say with a soft chuckle.
Honda places his arm over his eyes, and tears pour from them. "Thank goodness! With this, I can face Miho-chan! This really is great! Thank you, Yuugi! Isis!"
~~~After School~~~
"Perfume?" Honda questions.
"Yeah! This Sunday, Emperor department store mambo line lady perfume is specially on sale! Miho wants this! But I'm sure there'll be a long line."
Honda clenches his fist and holds one in the air. "Alright, Miho-chan! Leave this to the beautification of justice, Honda Hiroto!"
Miho claps her hands happily with a smile on her face. "I'm so happy! Miho is so moved!" Honda laughs stupidly at Miho's response.
Anzu rests her hand against her right cheek and closes her eyes. "Well…well…"
"I don't suppose they make medicine for stupidity?" Jounouchi questions with a sigh.
"No, I don't think that's remotely possible," I comment as we gaze at Honda and Miho.
I let out a soft chuckle as we watched Honda with his silly grin, and Miho giggled happily.
~~~~Present~~~
Yuugi brings a newspaper to school with us when we go. "Excavation in Egypt?" Jounouchi questions surprised.
"Yeah!" Yuugi states cheerfully.
"They found a king's grave in the Valley of the Kings." Anzu reads from the newspaper she is holding.
"Starting tomorrow, it'll be displayed at Domino-cho's Museum," Yuugi adds.
"That sounds fun! Let's go! Let's go!" Miho cheers.
"The professor who found the grave is a friend of our Jii-chan, right Isis-nee?"
"Yeah, he is. He did say that he'd show us the excavations, though." I agree softly.
"The person in this photo, right?" Anzu questions, still looking at the newspaper.
"Egypt is so mysterious. How lovely!" Miho praises.
"Speaking of which, Yuugi's puzzle was also found in Egypt, right?" Anzu queries, looking over at Yuugi.
"Y-yeah. This is the Millennium Puzzle."
"But Yuugi, didn't your Jii-chan say…the people who found that puzzle all died a mysterious death?" Anzu questions.
Jounouchi looks at Yuugi surprised. "For real? Are you cursed or something, Yuugi?"
"N-no way!" Yuugi denies it as he lifts the puzzle and looks at it.
I let out a soft chuckle. "Of course, he isn't cursed."
"Look! They found a mummy!" Honda points out.
"Mu-mummy?" Jounouchi exclaims, surprised, his face slightly pale before turning around.
"What's wrong? You look pale. Don't tell me you're scared of mummies?" Honda teases.
Jounouchi abruptly turns to look at Honda. "N-no way!"
A smile appears on Honda's face, and he begins daydreaming. He lets out a laugh before holding his arm in the air. "All right! Let's go to the Egyptian excavation display!"
"Then tomorrow on Sunday, let's meet at one o'clock at the museum." Anzu acknowledges.
A smile appears on Yuugi's face. "I'll look forward to it!"
I let out a soft chuckle as I saw Jounouchi's reluctant face.
~~~At The Museum~~~
Grandfather waits with us as we wait outside the Museum. "Mutou-san. I'm sorry I haven't kept in contact." Grandfather's friend states as he walks up to us. He has grey hair and a beard with black eyes. He is wearing a yellow shirt, green jacket, trousers, and black shoes.
"No, it's the same with me. I'm grateful to you for showing us the exhibit. Oh, let me introduce everyone. This is Professor Yoshimori."
"Pleased to meet you."
"You found the king's grave. What a talented person!" Honda praises.
"Cool!" Miho agrees.
Grandfather looks back toward Professor Yoshimori. "If I'm not mistaken, that person is…"
"Yes. The sponsor for today's display. He was in charge of the excavation."
Another man walks up to us and stops next to Professor Yoshimori. He has grey hair, black eyes, and a small moustache. He is wearing a white hat with a brown band, a pink striped shirt with a red bow tie, a yellow jacket, pants, and black shoes.
"I'm Kanekura. Welcome to my Museum."
Yuugi lets out a soft gasp, and I see him looking in the other direction, but I don't sense anyone there before I look back towards Professor Yoshimori. "Mutou-san, you talked about a grandson who solved the Millennium Puzzle?"
"You mentioned him?" Grandfather questions as Yuugi looks at them.
"Oh. So, you're Yuugi-kun?"
Kanekura runs over to Yuugi, his hands out before him when he sees the puzzle. "So that's the rumoured Millennium Puzzle?" He grabs it and looks at it, dragging Yuugi closer. "This is amazing! Truly a cultural relic of Egypt."
"Kanekura-san is a special art dealer; you can trust his eyes."
Yuugi quickly gains balance and takes the puzzle out of Kanekura's hands. Jounouchi turns the other way, but Honda doesn't tease him this time as he isn't taking much interest in his actions, well yet, at least.
"Ummm…more important, let's hurry and see the mummies."
"Let's go! Let's go!" Miho cheers in agreement.
Kanekura is still looking at Yuugi, well, his puzzle. "Yuugi-kun, please! Let us display this Millennium Puzzle at this exhibit!" He bows his head slightly. "Please!"
Yuugi seems hesitant, but he finally agrees after a few seconds. "Okay, it's only for a day, after all."
I narrow my eyes. "We will get it back at the end of the day."
He flinches back slightly, and I narrow my eyes further. "O-okay. Thank you, Yuugi-kun." Kanekura takes the puzzle from around Yuugi's neck. "The Egyptian display is grateful as well."
With the puzzle in his grubby hands, Kanekura takes us inside the Museum to give us a tour. "Amazing! Hey, Anzu, look at this necklace! The ruby is even bigger than the chickens!" Miho exclaims, amazed, while drool escapes the corner of her mouth.
"Miho. You're drooling!" Anzu warns.
Jounouchi is following Yoshimori. "All these treasures belong to the people who dig them up?"
"No. By 1921, about half of the treasure became personal possessions. But now all of it belongs to Egypt."
Yuugi, Grandfather, and I follow behind them at a slower pace. "Yes. That's why in 1922, Stan Carmen didn't get one of his famous treasures." Grandfather adds.
"I see. I thought archaeologists were shallow people just after treasure." Yuugi admits.
"It depends on the person, Yuugi." I point out softly.
"Of course not!" Yoshimori denies. "There's not much profit in this. However, the moment you open the door to history…you get a sense of joy that can't be put into words. As long as there's that, I won't stop."
"You truly are after romance before money!" Grandfather states slyly.
"That's right." Yoshimori agrees without hesitation.
"Ah! Look! This is beautiful." Anzu exclaims, looking at one of the drawings on the wall.
"This is the judgment of the dead, isn't it?" Grandfather queries.
"Yeah. Before the king of the underworld, the dead's crimes from when they were alive…would be measured using a scale. If the weight of the sin caused the scale to tilt to one side, monsters would eat them."
"Scary!" Miho admits.
"Okay! Next is the mummy corner." Yoshimori announces.
"Mummy! So, we are seeing them?" Jounouchi questions scared.
~~~In The Mummy Corner~~~
As soon as we see the mummy, Miho screams and steps back. Honda closes his eyes and opens up his arms. "Finally. Okay, Miho-chan! Go ahead and jump into my chest!"
"Kawaii!" Miho suddenly exclaims.
"Y-you…just what kind of sensation are you having?" Anzu questions in disbelief.
"Because the head is shaved, it looks like a baby," Miho states.
I looked behind me to see Jounouchi clung to Honda's arms. "I suddenly felt bad…it's the curse…the mummy's curse!"
"How long are you going to do that?" Honda demands before pushing him off and towards the mummy's case.
Jounouchi lets out a scream before quickly turning in our direction. "Let's go to the next one before we get cursed!" Jounouchi pushes Anzu and Miho out of the room. Yuugi and I are still standing in front of the mummy case. Yuugi watches Jounouchi push the others out of the room while I watch the mummy. Yuugi follows my example, resting his hands gently against the glass.
A man in a white robe holding a pair of gold scales stops by Yuugi and gazes at the mummy. Yuugi and I look up as his gold/orange eyes water before tears stream down his cheeks.
"Why are you crying?" Yuugi asks, confused.
"These are not my tears. This rotted figure…it's almost like a puppet of dirt. Despite that, the soul of a great Pharaoh still lives within it. Prevented from its eternal slumber…The lamentation of its soul becomes tears within me." He suddenly pats Yuugi's head softly. "What a cute boy." He looks at me, and I see his eyes widen ever so slightly before he turns around and walks off.
"Boy? I'm a high school student! Weird Egyptian, right Isis-nee?"
"He sees more than most people do, so his weirdness is understandable," I stated softly.
We leave the room and catch up with the others. Jounouchi points in front of him where Kanekura and another man are standing. "Look! Yuugi's puzzle is on display over there!"
"That's great!" Miho praises.
Yuugi looks happy when he sees it. "It's true!"
Kanekura and the other man move out of the way, and we surround the case. "Yuugi's treasure is famous!" Jounouchi states.
Yuugi lets out a short laugh. "I guess."
"We should take a memorial photo," Anzu suggests.
Yoshimori appears behind Yuugi. "Yuugi-kun, you didn't actually want to let the Millennium Puzzle go, right?"
"Nope," Yuugi admits shyly.
"This excavation wouldn't have been possible without Kanekura-san. I couldn't say anything in my situation." He apologises.
Anzu holds up a camera. "Okay, everyone. Get in line. I'm going to take the photo."
Honda stands at the right, his fingers in the V sign. Miho is in front of him with a smile and waving her hand, Jounouchi is on the left, pointing at the puzzle from above, and Yuugi is in front of him again with a V sigh and a smile. I kneel in the middle of them, just below the puzzle.
"Okay. Pose!"
We finish the tour before heading outside. "Ah, that was fun," Anzu admits.
"Yeah! Miho is so touched!" Miho agrees, arm in the air. "Right, Honda-kun?"
"R-right!" He laughs awkwardly before looking away. Jounouchi lets out a sigh at the same time.
"Professor Yoshimori. Thank you for today." Grandfather thanks him.
"No, no. So, I must return to the college."
Yuugi waves at him as he walks away. "Goodbye!"
Miho and Jounouchi also both wave as we speak at the same time. "Thank you very much!"
"Hey, everyone. What should we do now?" Anzu asks when Professor Yoshimori is out of our view.
"I'm waiting till closing time. I want to get the puzzle back." Yuugi states.
"I'm waiting with Yuugi," I add softly.
Anzu raises her fist into the air. "Then let's split up here."
"See you again tomorrow!" Yuugi and I say at the same time.
"Later!" Honda states as he, Jounouchi, and Miho walk in the other direction from Anzu. "Bye!" Miho waves.
Yuugi looks down at his watch. "Four-thirty? Just thirty more minutes."
I lean against the wall while Yuugi sits on the floor. A while later, Yuugi once again looks down at his watch. It's five minutes until 5. "Alright, it's about time to get the puzzle back."
Yuugi stands up while I move away from the wall, and we head through the Museum's front doors towards the Egyptian exhibit where the puzzle was last placed. Well, we try to, at least. "This Museum really is a maze. It's the Egyptian from before." As the man walks closer, we see Yuugi's puzzle in his other hand: "My Millennium Puzzle."
"You were the one who solved this?"
"Yeah! It was really difficult!" Yuugi admits.
"It did take you eight years to complete it, Yuugi," I stated softly.
Yuugi rubs the back of his head shyly. "But why do you have the Puzzle?" The man doesn't answer for a few seconds before he closes his eyes. "Key?"
The key moves by itself and taps the middle of Yuugi's forehead. For some reason, I find myself dragged into Yuugi's mind along with the Egyptian man. I land on my feet next to the man as he lands. He seems surprised to see me. "You…"
"I'm ensuring you don't do anything to Yuugi's mind." I glare at him harshly.
I follow behind him as we walk down the path. There are two doors. I stay silent as he begins talking to himself. "In this boy's mind is two rooms. One room is scattered with toys and pure. It is without wicked thought."
"That's obvious, and he will be staying that way," I add softly, gazing inside Yuugi's room.
"And in the other room…" He trails off as the door opens by itself. He lets out a soft gasp when the person who normally takes over Yuugi is standing there.
Surprised, the other Yuugi looks at me briefly and motions me over with his hand. I walk over to him and stand at his side. He gazes at me briefly before looking towards the Egyptian. "So, someone's come to visit my room? Who are you? I don't know what power you used to visit my room…but you will tell me why you came here."
"I am a visiting guest. It is only good manners that I answer your question. I have come to learn the secret of your Millennium Puzzle power." He admits.
"So, you know of the Millennium Puzzle's existence?" Yuugi queries.
"The Millennium Puzzle is a Dark Millennium Item. Since ancient Egypt, for three thousand years, it's been in the king's grave. I heard the ancient Pharaoh used it to reveal and judge criminals. I know this from the ancient Belem."
"So, you came here using the power of one of those Millennium Items?" Yuugi questions.
"The power of the Dark Millennium Cross. This is the key to people's room of minds. By looking at the room, I can learn all about the person. Disposition, potential ability, complex. I also possess the Dark Millennium Scales. It is an item that measures the weight of sin for those being judged. However, I do not know the power of the Millennium Puzzle. How much power does its completed form have?"
"So, you entered my mind to find that answer?"
"Seeing this room, I can tell there is a great power within it. I want to ascertain that fact. And if we need the power, my family will take it."
"Your family?" The man just nods his head. "The Puzzle's power is indeed in my room. But I can't tell you that easily. You get it? It's Game Time. If you win, I will tell you the secret of the Millennium Puzzle. The rule is easy. Somewhere in this mind is my true room. Can you find it?"
The Egyptian laughs. "I forgot to mention I had special abilities. Once I enter someone's room of the mind, I can freely manipulate it. Of course. I can destroy someone's personality, too. I accept this game. And I will find your true room!"
The other Yuugi laughs. "Well, will it really be that easy? But this is a much more dangerous game than you think." The surroundings disappear and change into a bunch of staircases and doors. It looks similar to a maze.
The Egyptian looks up, surprised. "Th-this is…a maze!"
"What's wrong? It won't begin unless you move."
"The doors appear to be countless. But one of them is the true room!" He walks up to the first set.
I trip slightly, but the other Yuugi catches me before I can fall. "Thank you, Yami."
"Yami?" He questions in interest.
"I can't keep calling you Yuugi as you are not him. So, Yami." I state softly.
"I see." He states, amused. He reluctantly lets me go, and I stand up straight. At the same time, I see a ring on his wedding finger. It is a silver band with a diamond scarab in the middle. On either side of the scarab, lotus symbols surround the band.
I am drawn back to the Egyptian when he opens the first door. He walks in, and a boulder falls from the ceiling, but he manages to move out of the way in time. An image of Yami appears on the wall. "I suppose you realise by now. The road to the true room will be the steepest one. Good luck."
He opens the next door, and a flood of water appears, knocking him down. In the next room, a flamethrower sets his clothes on fire. He trips down the stairs, and the fire quickly disappears.
He gets back up, closes his eyes, and uses his senses to find the door instead. He ignores most of the doors until he stops in front of one with an eye on the front. He opens the door to the room where Yami sits on a chair with me on his lap as Yami gently pulls me down to sit on his legs. "Yo."
"So, this is it? So, I've finally reached the real room?" He walks inside the room. Yami smirked, causing the Egyptian to stop. The floor beneath him begins to loosen and fall. "No! This is also a trap!" He falls but grabs hold of the ledge before he can fall below. "If I fall into this deep darkness…I'll never leave this boy's mind!"
Yami stands up and walks over to the ledge. "This is the end." He chuckles before he leans down and holds out his hand, causing the Egyptian to look at him surprised. "It's okay. This hand is not a trap." He takes hold of Yami's hand and is pulled up.
"I can't believe that in this mind, the other boy saved me. I am indebted to you."
"Peeping into the mind rooms of people is a poor hobby." Yami scolds.
"This game…I suppose I have lost?" The Egyptian questions.
"No…perhaps this is the beginning." Yami comments.
The Egyptian gets off the ground and walks towards the door. "Farewell." He leaves Yuugi's mind, and I quickly follow, but not before kissing Yami on his cheek, leaving him blushing.
When I open my eyes, the Egyptian kneels, and Yuugi looks at him worriedly. "Hey…Hey! Are you okay? You look really pale. You haven't moved this whole time."
"Oh. I am okay. Let me return this." The Egyptian states as he holds the Millennium Puzzle.
Yuugi is quick to take it out of his hands. "Thank you!" He thanks gratefully.
"No need to thank me. I am indebted to you after all."
"Debt? Did I lend you something?" Yuugi asks, confused.
"I meant to the other you."
"The other me? What are you talking about? Hey…are you really okay?"
"Boy…what is your name?"
"I'm Yuugi! Not 'boy'" It's Yuugi!"
He looks at me. "And you?"
"Isis, due to my slight Egyptian heritage," I admitted softly.
He looks at me, surprised, before looking back at Yuugi. "Yuugi, Isis. There are still things I must do in this country. But when all the judgments are over. I will meet you again, I think. My name is Shadi. This is the first time I've told my name to a stranger." Shadi walks off.
Yuugi gazes at his back as he does. "Weird guy."
"True." I chuckle softly.
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