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"I am not sure we can really just waltz in, we have to at least call them." You compromised,

"That ruins a lot of fun, (y/n)." Yami Bakura rolled his eyes, "Besides, you talk like they have a phone."

"You..." You paused at this response, "....it...it wouldn't hurt to try-"

"And what? You mean to tell me Marik has a cellphone in a tomb?"

"Well...I mean...." You frowned, "You seriously want to burst through their doors, don't you."

"Wouldn't it be fun to watch their reactions when you walk in asking to see the Pharaoh's tomb?" Yami Bakura smirked,

"And you think they're gonna be happy to see you?" You raised an eyebrow at him,

"I don't know if you're familiar, but during the Battle City Tournaments, Marik and I became acquaintances." Yami Bakura chuckled, "We are familiar with one another, so not to worry."

"...except that was when Marik was evil?" You reminded him, "Now he's-"

"As much as they would hate to admit it, they would be thanking me - as a matter of fact, I'd say they'd be thanking me now." Yami Bakura smirked and watched the view slowly reach ground. The jet made its smooth landing and slowly reached the stop. Nymphi stared at the view with wide eyes and a grin, then looked at you,

"Mommy, there's people with the Millenium Items outside!" Nymphi cheered, "I think it's Isis!"

"Isis?" You tilted your head in confusion, the name sounding familiar yet distant.

"Yeah! She looks like she's with someone who has Seto's rod!" Nymphi frowned, "Why does that guy have Seto's rod?"

"Seto?" You blinked in confusion, "...Seto Kaiba?"

"Why didn't Seto have his rod? Was it too heavy for him?" Nymphi asked,

"What....what are you even talking about?" You cocked an eyebrow as Yami Bakura chuckled,

"Never underestimate children, as they say." He smirked at himself as the jet's main doors finally opened. Right as they opened, Nymphi hopped out of the chair and ran downstairs,

"Isis!" Nymphi cheered as she ran into a lady's arms. You quickly ran after her and realized you locked eyes with the family you least expected would arrive in such a rush.

"Ishizu?" You raised an eyebrow at the stressed woman who you saw in Battle City Tournaments. You widened your eyes when you even saw Odion and Marik by her, looking extremely concerned,

"Princess Nymphi? Are you well? He didn't hurt you, did he?" Ishizu knelt to Nymphi and quickly checked for anything out of the ordinary,

"Nope! Bakura was really nice this time!" Nymphi responded,

"...Princess Nymphi.." Her eyes narrowed as she looked at you, "(y/n), I assume you're-"

"I'm...fine...physically." You noted as you descended the stairs, "He...kinda told me everything. How...how did you know-"

"My Millenium Necklace warned me." Ishizu gently touched the necklace,

Marik's eyes narrowed as Yami Bakura walked out of the jet, "...It's low of you to use his family as a hostage."

"Big talk from the man who killed his father." Yami Bakura smirked, "Besides, it's as I said, you owe me for the alliance we made."

"If I knew it'd come to this," Marik's fists clenched, "Then I'd go solo all the way in a heartbeat."

"All three of you should be thanking me for this." Yami Bakura put his hands in his pockets, "If I didn't bring them, it'd be a struggle for when the Pharaoh does arrive."

"He's coming?" You stared at Ishizu, "He's in a-"

"In all due time, the Pharaoh is to come to his tomb and see his lost memories. We took the stone off the Egypt Exhibition to proceed with the ritual to bring him back..."

"And isn't it great that I helped?" Yami Bakura smirked and Ishizu glared at him,

"And what do you even want?" Ishizu glared,

"You have the Millenium Necklace." He huffed, "I don't have to say anything."

"....wait a ritual?" You raised an eyebrow, "...then how-"

"You have the Great Leviathan. All you need to do is to approach the tomb. The Pharaoh needs to take extra steps." Odion interrupted, "Although I wish the situation would've been less dire." He glared at Yami Bakura,

"My deepest apologies, (y/n), but here is where I use you as my hostage." Yami Bakura snuck behind and wrapped his arm around your neck almost immediately. Gasping at the sudden move, you clenched Bakura's arm to find it incredibly strong. Everyone immediately tensed up and Ishizu wrapped her arms around Nymphi as a defense.

"Here's my deal. Whether you like it or not, you have to thank me for speeding things up with the arrival of the Pharaoh's wife and daughter." Yami Bakura shrugged his shoulders, "But, I'm not going to let you take them and leave little ol' me at bay. I'm not that nice like little Yugi, I am a stubborn thief who gets what he wants. So, either let me go with (y/n) and little Nymphi into the Pharaoh's memories, or the Pharaoh will arrive to find his wife in a much more dire situation than how it is now. I wonder how he's going to react to seeing his wife in shambles and in chains, almost like how she was before his father took her in? Wouldn't that be a great starter for his memories to come back?" Yami Bakura smirked at this, "Well? What do you say?"

"M-Mommy what-" Before Nymphi could speak, Ishizu took a deep breath,

"Fine." She immediately stared at Bakura, "Now let her go."

"Ishizu-" Marik gasped,

"This is the spirit of the Millenium Ring we're talking to, Marik." Ishizu narrowed her eyes at her brother, "Never underestimate him."

"I love dealing with smart people." Yami Bakura contently sighed as he let you go. Gasping, you stared at Bakura in shock as Marik quickly took your hand and pulled you away from him.

"Isis? Are we going home?" Nymphi asked as Ishizu let go of the princess from her arms,

"You will." She nods, "And I am not worthy to be called Isis,"

"Why?" Nymphi confusedly answered as her tiny hand locked with Ishizu, who turned to look at you,

"Come, we must hurry."

"Wait, hold on." You shook your head, "Yami is at the tournament right now. I don't want this to-"

"Don't worry about the Pharaoh, we'll see him soon. In the meantime, we have to prepare our welcoming gift~." Yami Bakura growled with excitement as the three guardians of Yami's tomb lead you, Nymphi, and Yami Bakura into a private van. Once seated, you looked at Yami Bakura, who sat next to you with a grin plastered on his face. Seeming to notice, his brown eyes locked with yours again,

"Quite scandalous you are with your eyes latched onto me~" He cooed,

"Earlier..." You physically shuddered at his remark before continuing, "....you said I was in chains."

"That I did." Yami Bakura nodded,

"....you never told me about that." You narrowed your eyes,

"I wanted to surprise you~" Yami Bakura responded,

".....that's not a very nice surprise." You frowned, "Care to explain?"

"Why not figure that out on your own? Your past has nothing to do with my motives" Yami Bakura shrugged, "I'm sure Isis will gladly tell you, or maybe that filthy, low-life Mana."

"Mana?" You raised an eyebrow at this familiar name.

"(y/n), some good advice," Marik glared at Yami Bakura, "Don't listen to this guy anymore. He's just gonna leave you confused."

"Is this how you greet an old friend?" Yami Bakura grinned, "I thought we had something,"

"We had nothing." Marik growled, "That was a time where I lost myself, the past me has nothing to do with the me sitting before you."

Yami Bakura rolled his eyes with a smirk, "Sure."

You watched Marik's fists clench as a way to repress his anger with his eye twitching. For that, the rest of the car ride was silent, as Nymphi long fell asleep on Ishizu on the way because of her lack of sleep during the flight. You took a shaky sigh and looked at the view that held the sand and pyramids - is this really the landscape you saw thousand of years ago? And now you're returning back?

If you weren't stuck with the Leviathan, you would think this is some type of circus act or a social experiment. Or maybe you had a bad joint, or too much to drink.

It wasn't long before the car was pulled to a stop, and the only thing before you was a giant wall with a secret entrance that was surrounded by a giant circular slab. You got out of the car first and went over to Ishizu to pick up Nymphi from her lap and onto your arms. You stared at the gaping entrance that almost seemed to call you forth inside. Yami Bakura stretched as he hopped out of the car,

"Yes...ohhhh yes." Yami Bakura clasped his hands together and walked beside you, "Down there, (y/n), down there is our one-way ticket home."

"One way?" You shot a look at Yami Bakura,

"For now." Yami Bakura nodded, "Let's head on, shall we? I'm sure with your instincts, you'd know where he is."

"...Are we actually going to his tomb." You asked, now unsettled that you're forced to approach the tomb of your lover.

"No." Ishizu shook her head, "He's only saying that to scare you. You do not have to go to his tomb."

Yami Bakura's eyes narrowed, "Oh really? What, did his tomb change its mind?"

"No. To go where you seek, you can go to the stone tablet we took from the Egypt exhibition back in Tokyo." Ishizu informed,

"Huh...even better." Yami Bakura mumbled, "Makes things easier for me."

"My Queen, please be careful." Ishizu whispered, "If anything happens, holler."

"You're not coming?" You stared at Ishizu and watched her shake her head,

"As we are from the present time, we can't be in the same room when you return into the Pharaoh's memories." Marik informed, "So, think of it as boundaries."

"....fuck." You mumbled and watched Yami Bakura smirk,

"Well? Shall we?"

"Good luck." Ishizu whispered and took a few steps back towards Marik and Odion. Mentally cursing at these weird rules, you had to quietly follow Yami Bakura inside and down the stairs. As you walked down these stairs, your vision began to grow hazy and you felt your eye begin to sting. Unable to feel a hand tightly grip your free hand, you heard a familiar growl from the distance slowly creeping up on you. Soon enough, the stairs were at an end, and your vision started to grow blurry as you could've sworn you made eye contact with two giant slabs. However, you weren't able to take a proper look as your legs began to wobble as though they were being lifted; not to mention the very two slabs that stood before you began to glow a weirdly golden glow, the atmosphere began to thicken as though it was pulling you in the direction of one particular slab. It seemed to have grabbed Nymphi's attention, as she awoke in your arms and blankly stared at the slab as well, feeling the slab pull you, her, and Yami Bakura directly to it as though it was a door waiting to be opened. Through this whole experience, you heard the Leviathan grumble from beneath you, as you felt yourself be lifted and your vision soon faded to darkness.

"....(n)...

".....(y/n)...."

".....Queen (y/n)!"

You gasped as you finally opened your eyes. You awoke on your knees in a dim-lit room with a rock table sitting before you. Your hands were rested ontop of each other on it, and your head slowly turned behind to the source to find a few people behind you wearing a long coat with a hoodie,

"Do not fall asleep at times like this, (y/n). Unless the Leviathan spoke that the magical world is calm?" The woman behind you spoke,

"The....the what?" You raised an eyebrow,

"The Domain of Monsters is fine. Tell them so they can finally shut up."

"The Magical World!" The woman seethed, "Is it or is it not-"

"I-It's fine." You responded, "It's...calm."

"Good..." The people surrounding you took a sigh of relief, "Then we can proceed as usual?"

"Uhm....y...yes.." You nodded in pure confusion as the people rose and left in an orderly fashion. You stared in absolute confusion before slowly rising from your knees,

"I did not miss this." You heard the Leviathan mumble,

"...What?" You sneered, "....What is going on?"

"Take a look around. You're free from that tacky, stuck-up, and obsessive group."

Take.....a look? Your eyes finally adjusted to the scenery before you and widened when you realized you were in some type of cave. This cave was narrow yet spacious, as the surrounding walls held an hieroglyphical story of a very familiar beast -

'The Leviathan?!' You mentally gasped as you recognized the city of Atlantis and the Eye of the Leviathan painted in one of the walls. Your eyes followed through the very familiar story, as the next picture drilled in the wall was Egypt with the eye returning. The following showed a new picture from the tale that you have yet to recognize; it was a picture of a little girl tied up at a long table with her bare back facing up, as hooded people surrounded the girl with a glowing dagger knife. Raising an eyebrow, you glanced at the table before you. Thanks to your eyes finally adjusting to the dim room, you were able to recognize the faint line of the Orichalcos engraved in the table. You glanced back at this picture, specifically at the table the little girl was on, and stared back at the table. You quietly reached towards the table and gently touched the faint engrarved of the Seal. The moment you touched the table, you felt your body shudder and your back pounded in pain once more. Gasping at the sudden pain, your eyes flashed over to a very peculiar scene- only now rather than staring at the table, you were staring at the blank wall.

Feeling uncomfortable, you began to realize you were tightly placed on the table and confirmed you were naked as you felt a breeze trickle down your upper body. Realizing you were held down in place on this table, you panicked and looked around to find hooded people mumbling chants. Unable to see their faces, you forcibly turned your head behind the best you can to see a man standing before you,

"It has chosen you to be its Vessel, little one." He mumbled as he rose a golden dagger, "Therefore, we must proceed."

Teary-eyed, you stared wide at the man who rose his dagger, then pressed your back with his hand as though he needed a clear hit. Feeling your breath run short, you watched this man dig the knife into your back.

The intense pain shot you back into the present time as your hand flung away from the table. Trembling at the new memory that drilled in your head, you looked around before realizing the very room you're in. Not spending another moment inside, you quickly walked out of the cave and took deep breaths to calm yourself. Rubbing your arms, your hands touched something that appeared to be heavy, and that made you realize you were wearing different clothes. Tensing up, you immediately looked down and locked eyes with a white dress that also looked very familiar-

"Wait a minute..."

You recognized the silk that was on you, this was the same dress you wore when you saw yourself in Mai's mirror-

..Where the hell are you?

Your eyes immediately shifted to the scene before you as you found the same hooded people waiting for you in horses,

"Well? What are we waiting for?" One of the people spoke as he handed you an empty horse, "The Royal Court is waiting for you."

"I'm sorry...a...a royal court?" You frowned as your hands locked with the horse, and one of the hooded people helped you to sit on the horse.

"Let's go." Another spoke and started their horse. Soon, you were on the move with these hooded men down the desserts you could've sworn you saw on the way to the slab earlier with Ishizu and everyone. It felt like a few minutes had passed before you locked eyes with the scenery before you. You stared at the giant pyramids that stood before you, filled with markets and people right beside it.

"This....is this Egypt?" You were pale, "...like...like Ancient-"

"My Queen, are you alright? Did this serving take a toll on you?" A man spoke from behind, "...We must have her rest in his quarters."

"Then we shall, the Queen looks ill." Another agreed as they rallied their horses, "Come,"

And just like that, you were whisked with the horses that surrounded you into the markets that protected the giant pyramid that grasped your attention. Taking an alternative route to avoid the mass of people active in the markets, they escorted you through a secret passage inside the Pyramid. You stared up in shock as you grew closer, taking in the huge pyramid that was well accompanied by guards you've never seen before. Feeling the cool air run through your body, the horses stopped right at the entrance to allow you to walk in. Just as you tried getting off yourself, one hooded man quickly jumped off his horse and ran by your side - helping you get off and holding you in place as though you were going to faint. Confused at this, everyone else hopped off their horses and quickly escorted you in - the guards bowing as you passed them.

"Wh...Wait..." You finally realized a problem, "Wh...Where's Nymphi?"

"She is with Isis, protected and secure. Did you forget? I fear this serving really affected you this time." One replied as you walked down the halls.

"Shimon! There you are! It's the Queen, I fear this serving made her ill." One hooded person called out someone in the distance. You blinked and squinted at the tiny old man that stood in the way, and with your eyes widened, you recognized the man despite a change of clothes-

"...Solomon-" For a brief second, you almost thought this was a social experiment when you locked eyes with Solomon, but with how concerned he looked when he saw you, it made you think otherwise. As so did a hooded woman who looked at you confused,

"Give her to me, I will escort her to his quarters." The old man reached and gently took you from the people's arms.

"Solomon, what's going on?" You asked,

"Who is Solomon?" He raised an eyebrow, "It's me, Shimon."

"....I'm sorry, what?" Completely taken aback by his response, Shimon gently placed his hand on your head,

"It doesn't look like a fever...come, my Queen, rest in the Pharaoh's quarters."

"Uh...pause...what's going on?"

"You look paler than before you left, is the Magical World at stake?" Shimon asked with concern on his face,

"N...No...it's fine...it's..."

"You touched the table again, didn't you." Shimon's eyes narrowed, "My Queen, I told you not to think too much of it. It's all in the past. The Great Leviathan dwells on your agony, your anger and despair.....you know this well."

"Well...yes...but-" A little freaked at how this man who looks exactly like Solomon knows so much about the Leviathan, you realized you were being walked into heavily guarded territory. It wasn't long before you were greeted by large and tall doors that were opened by two guards that were positioned. The doors opened, and inside, you saw a huge bed draped with a light, white laced canopy delicately hovering over the dark grey bed. The same texture as the pyramid was put in the walls, floor, and ceiling, and there was a large drawer that came with a long chaise couch that held a fragile silk fabric. This giant room had an opening nearby as though it was a patio, which probably had the view of the entire marketplace down below. You were escorted towards the bed and Shimon had you sit down,

"Here, rest for a bit. I shall fetch you soon to continue with your duties as Queen. Worry not about Nymphi, she is spending time with Isis. She will join you shortly as well." Shimon assured and left you in this massive room to yourself.

You stared at the doors that closed once Shimon left. Pure silence filled the room before you scrunched your face,

"....What just happened." You blinked at the door. One second you were walking downstairs with Yami Bakura, and now you're-

....wait a damn minute.

You froze in place and widened your eyes as you recollected the past events with Yami Bakura before you woke up in the cave. Remembering the whole conversation, you stared around the room in absolute horror, shock, and a weird sense of at ease at the same time.

You're inside Yami's memories.

It was at that moment you realized a huge problem; Yami Bakura was with you, but he's gone now. Where the hell did he go? Is Nymphi adjusting fine? Is she alright? Quickly rising to your feet, you tried heading to the door, but as you touched it, the doors swung open. Taking a few steps, you blinked and stared at the familiar man who stood before you, panting as though he was running out of breath. His clothes were different, as so was his skin tone, but his hair and face were easily recognizable. Your eyes widened at this, and without even taking a second to absorb this new look, you wrapped your arms around him with tears brimming your eyes. The man instantly wrapped his arms around you the moment you reached out to him, his warmth and smell were a relief for you.

"How in the gods did you end up here before I did?" Yami mumbled in your ear with his embrace tight and secure.

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