Destined to be Yours

Chapter 28: Goodbye Duelist Kingdom

Bakura went up to Pegasus' room, finding that he indeed released the souls of those he captured. He also found the man himself, looking pretty surprised to see him there.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Pegasus questioned the newcomer.

"No time to chitchat. I'm here for that eye." Without warning, Bakura shot a beam of power from his millennium ring, which Pegasus quickly countered with his own from his millennium eye. The two powers clashed, but Bakura's mental strength ultimately won over Pegasus', who was still shaken from his loss.

Bakura then walked up to Pegasus, who had lost his energy and fallen to the ground.

"No! Stay back!" Yami Bakura, ignoring the man's pleas, reached for the millennium eye and took it out without hesitation. He then hurried out of there, leaving an unconscious Pegasus lying on the floor.

Meanwhile, Yugi, Akia, Honda, Jounouchi, and Anzu decided to head up to find out if Pegasus had kept his word. When they ran up to the hall where Pegasus' room was, they found one his bodyguards coming down the stairs, carrying Pegasus' motionless body. Mr. Crocketts, Pegasus' right hand man, was walking beside them. The group gasped at the scene.

"What happened here?" Yugi asked.

"Mister Pegasus is in no condition to talk right now," Mr. Crocketts replied.

"Well that's kind of obvious..." Akia mumbled.

"In his stead, I will be handing you your prizes. My apologies for it not being as official as it should, but due to the circumstances, nothing more can be done." The man said as he took out a box that contained a card and handed it to Akia. The card had a beautiful angel with blonde hair drawn on it. Akia then read the name of the card out loud, "Bonds... of Friendship?"

"This is a custom made card by Mister Pegasus for the winner of the Tournament. There are no others like it. You are also granted the title of Queen of Games." Mr. Crocketts informed the winner. He then took out an envelop and handed it to Yugi. "This contains the prize money of three million yen. Now if you'll excuse me."

After handing the prizes, Mr. Crocketts left the group. Yugi then gave the prize money to Jounouchi, who gratefully accepted it.

"What about the souls? Did he release them?" Akia asked.

"Only one way to find out." After saying that, Yugi went up the stairs to Pegasus' room. Everyone else followed him. The first thing they all noticed when they got there was a big portrait of a beautiful woman, hanging on the wall. Akia's eyes then wandered towards the table on her left. There, she spotted three cards that were completely white. They looked like blank Duel Monster cards. She immediately ran up to them. The realization then hit her instantly. "He... released them."

Everyone's attention then shifted to the table.

"Kaiba, Mokuba, and Grandpa! Pegasus released their souls!" Akia knew that these were the cards that held their souls captive. A wave of relief washed over her. Everyone was safe. The others also had relieved smiles on their face.

Anzu noticed a notebook sitting beside the empty cards. "What's this?" She took it and opened it.

Akia peeked at what was inside. "It's all in English..." Akia wasn't terrible in English, but she wasn't good either.

Anzu, on the other hand was a bit better. "Let's see... It looks like it's Pegasus' diary or something. There are a lot of personal events written in here." After roughly skimming through the contents of the diary, Anzu started explaining to her curious friends. "According to what's written in here, the woman in this portrait on the wall is probably his late wife Cyndia. Apparently he was so heart-broken and couldn't get over her death that he travelled all over the world to find a way to bring her back to life."

"Bring her back to life? But that's impossible!" Honda exclaimed.

"Well, in his diary he says that he was able to find a way when he travelled to Egypt. That's all I've been able to understand. The rest is too complicated," Anzu replied.

"Egypt..." Akia mumbled before pondering on what might've happened. "Did he meet Shadi too? Is that how he got his hands on the millennium eye?"

"Anyway, let's get out of here. I can't wait to get off this island," Jounouchi told his friends

"Same here, let's go," Honda agreed.

Anzu, Honda and Jounouchi walked on ahead, leaving Akia and Yugi pondering on the mystery of the Millennium Items.

"Yugi..." Akia addressed her brother, "it always ends up relating to the Millennium Items."

"Yeah. I really wonder what the secret behind them is," Yugi nodded.

They both started making their way to the stairs to meet up with their friends. Before they could, however, a man appeared out of thin air. That man, Akia recognized very well. "Shadi...!"

Before either her or Yugi could react, Shadi brought his Millennium Key to Yugi's forehead and turned.

"He's doing the same thing he did to me back then. He's going inside Yugi's mind!" Akia realized.

After a few seconds, Shadi retracted his Millennium Key, having looked into Yugi's mind. Even though it seemed like only a few seconds, what he went through in the boy's soul rooms was a lot more.

"I'm sorry for invading your mind so suddenly. I needed to make sure of who you actually were. Watch out for the one who stole the Millennium Eye. He will go after you sooner or later." Shadi explained briefly. He then turned around and vanished after glancing at Akia.

"So that's him? The man you told me gave you the Millennium Scale?" Yugi asked his sister.

Akia nodded, a bit disappointed that she didn't have time to talk to him.

The twins then caught up with their other friends. They went back to Mai where they left Mokuba with her and found him slowly regaining his consciousness. After smiles and laughs of relief, they all headed out.

Once they got out, a lean figure was walking towards them.

"Big brother!" Mokuba cried out. It was indeed Kaiba Seto. His little brother started sobbing as he ran to his brother and hugged him. While comforting his little brother, Kaiba looked up to Akia and her friends. "By how things turned out, I assume you defeated Pegasus. Was it you, Yugi?"

"No, it was actually Akia who did it," Yugi replied.

A look of surprise appeared on Kaiba's face, but was soon replaced by his usual stoic expression. "Thank you for saving me and my little brother. But don't expect anything more."

"I'm not..." Akia said that in a nonchalant tone. She really didn't expect anything. She was actually surprised that he thanked her. She thought that he must really care about his little brother. The Kaiba brothers then left immediately after that.

"We should get going too. I think there's a boat waiting for us," Yugi informed his friends.

"Yeah... But where's Bakura?" Akia inquired

Before anyone could answer her, a voice came from behind her. "I'm right here!"

Akia turned around, genuinely surprised by his timing. "Ryou!"

"I went to the bathroom and when I came back, you were all gone," the white-haired boy tried to explain himself.

Akia felt like his excuse was off. She then brushed it off, believing that the Millennium Ring was lost forever. Everyone then headed towards the boat and got on board, leaving Duelist Kingdom behind them.