“Hey.”
Atem heard a small meow in his room. He didn’t want to open his eyes. There was just so much someone could take, and even Atem could feel his limits being reached. He was sitting on the bed, cross-legged and staring ahead in a mirror. He saw a wilder look in front of him, gazing back. A look he hadn’t found himself sporting in a long time. He twisted his head slightly to see who had beckoned him. “Not a cat.”
The human body could only endure so much. It was early in the morning after a night of pure hell. He didn’t want to deal with the cat.
“Hey. You need to move.”
Atem groaned slightly. The cat wasn’t the only one in the room. Yuugi had came in. “I need to move?” Why? “Why do I need to move? I only have three days to study to win a game for the sake of humanity that I don’t know the rules to yet.”
“Atem, I’ve never seen you like this. Look, I know it’s tough.” Yuugi opened up the curtains. “We’re worried though. You don’t look so good.”
Atem stared at the bedding and then at Yuugi. “I will get everyone back as soon as we win. Yet. There’s something odd . . . I feel something pulling at me.”
Anzu walked into the room with Hikaru.
Hmm. “Kiss her, Yuugi,” Atem commanded.
“Uh?” Yuugi didn’t understand his meaning. “Kiss Anzu?”
“Kiss her, but search. Search for her other half.”
“With the power I used to find Hanasaki?” Yuugi shrugged. “Atem. That might be gone now. If she had some power, it probably helped during birth.”
“I feel no millennium power inside of your brat, Yuugi. Kiss her, but search for what we need!” He watched Yuugi kiss Anzu again. “Air. Breathe in the kiss.”
Then Yuugi pulled away almost immediately, his eyes squinced and his head felt dizzy. “Oh man.” Yuugi’s finger pointed outward. “I got something, but I don’t what I got. She’s hiding there. She’s trapped there, but I don’t see it. But I feel it.”
“See what? Feel what?” Atem demanded. “Yuugi!”
“It looks sort of like Egypt,” Yuugi answered, “but it doesn’t feel like Egypt. Hang on.” Yuugi headed downstairs to Jounouchi. “Morning Jounouchi.”
“Morning.” Jounouchi looked terrible. Not enough sleep, holding Mana. “What is it?”
“I need that gold scarab. I have to figure it out,” Yuugi insisted. “We have to go to Bakura. I need the ring.” Jounouchi lent him the scarab Sekhmet gave him. He cleaned off most of the blood.
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Atem waited for Yuugi, while Anzu was trying to talk to him. He wasn’t paying much attention, he just wanted to know what Yuugi found. His head still filled with Horakhty’s words, tracing and retracing.
Then it is over. The future that would have been is no longer decided thanks to . . . rebellious goddess’ plans. Let it come to pass, I grant Sekhmet and Bastet’s wish for humanity’s sake for the win. I hope you never come to regret your choice, Atem.”
“Anzu.” Yuugi came back into the room with Ryou Bakura and Mokuba trailing behind. “I need you to blow on the ring, and see if you can find Masika.”
“Huh?”
“Satiah. You know her best. She is the other side of you,” Yuugi encouraged her as Ryou Bakura handed over the ring. “You have the best chance of finding her.”
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Fanfic(Complete!)When someone already owns the world, a shadow game isn't enough. It becomes a god's game, with eternal consequences. When the world has been conquered by evil, sometimes it takes the creation of a new god to bring it back. With such power...
