Value Part Four, A Mummies Alive/Yugioh Crossover
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Oh yeah, forgot to mention in the last chapter that I’m switching from Yugioh to Yami to keep things easier on my spell checker and keeping my characters separated. *sweat drop* I’m easily confused….
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Seto Kaiba reread the latest report on his rival, Yugi Mutou as the aircraft he was riding in flew silently through the skies towards America. Yugi…quit the Game. Seto’s sapphire gaze narrowed in anger. Yugi was forbidden to quit the Game! Quitting the game was like throwing even him off! No one left Seto Kaiba that he didn’t want them to leave…

He glared out the window, hand clenching into a fist. “Yugi.” Seto was determined to hunt him down and demand an explanation…he’d make him play. Or else.

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Yami listened to the group after explaining his situation and felt a little anger boil in him. So…they really weren’t gods or even demi-gods. They were merely mummies and this boy wasn’t even the real Pharaoh Rapses. He was a reincarnation, and didn’t even have separated memories. In a way, he had evolved much further than Yami and Yugi had, Rapses and Presley were one…he and Yugi still had a long way to go before they would reach such a high level. So despite his anger at the deception, he still had to give respect to the boy. He would not bow again though.

Ja-Kal finally stood and moved towards the sarcophagi with the other mummies. “We will do our best to help you, but right now we must rest.

Yami stood, his eyes flashing with anger. “What?! This is too important!”

“We will be of no use to you without recharging first. Besides, you already said you left Yugi at your hotel, so everything should be alright while we rest. You look like you could use some relaxing too. Your flight was long, and we will help you.” Ja-Kal explained carefully to the Game King, not treating him like a child, but speaking so that could see from their point of view.

Yami sighed and nodded. They were right…he would wait then. “Alright.”

Presley pointed over to the couch with a smile. “You can rest there and watching some TV if you want.”

“I don’t watch TV.”

“Oh, how about something to eat?”

“I don’t eat.” Yami went over to sit on the couch. “Thank you, but I will be fine.”

“If you say so…I gotta get to class now, I’ll see you guys afterwards.” Presley waved before leaving.

Yami watched the mummies return to their sarcophagi before laying back on the worn orange couch and staring up at the inscriptions on the ceiling and walls. They brought back so many memories for him… His hands rested on the cool gold of the Millennium Puzzle as he realized his luck. If Yugi hadn’t found him and put him together, he would have been trapped for thousands of years longer. The gods blessed him with his light, he would be damned if he would ever see him hurt.

Yami’s red gaze flickered down to the Puzzle. Yugi was still in the dark about a lot of things, but that was for his own good. To keep him innocent…but Yami knew things even Yugi didn’t. In the dark, everything is revealed to the one that can never leave it. He closed his eyes and let his mind drift off.

~~~ Five year old Yugi Mutou ran into the Turtle Game Shop with a breathless smile on his face, droplets of water fell off his yellow raincoat to the carpet as he closed the door. “I’m home!”

Ashita Wo smiled at her son from where she was stocking some new game figures on a shelf. “Welcome home.”

Yugi walked up this mother and pushed back the hood. “Mamma, the other kids at school…well…”

Ashita frowned and turned, kneeling down a little before her tiny son and reached up to stroke back the soft black hair. “Were they picking on you?”

“No, but they were all talking about what to get their fathers. Do I have a daddy?”

“Yugi… You have something better. You have a *grand*daddy. Better than a plain ole daddy.” Ashita spoke slowly, her voice a little choked. “Don’t think you’re less than them just because you don’t have a daddy.”

Yugi’s lavender gaze blinked, a little confused but he nodded. “So I should get something for Jisan instead?”

“Sure Yugi, he loves you just as much as a normal daddy does.” Ashita stood and turned Yugi towards the back of the shop where the stairs were. “You should get to your homework first though.”

Yugi smiled and removed his shoes before entering the home part of the shop. “Okay!”

Ashita watched him go before slowly wrapping her arms around herself. “I…didn’t know what to tell him.”

Sogoroku emerged from another part of the store, his gaze soft. “You did what you felt was best. I’m sure you’ll tell him in time.”

“I miss him.”

“I do too, he was my son.” Sogoroku patiently moved some items around on the cashier table. “I think Yugi is coming along just fine though. He’s excellent at his schooling, he’s very happy, and he shines with a purity I haven’t ever seen before.”

Ashita smiled a little, but her eyes were wet with tears. “He doesn’t have any friends…”

Sogoroku went around and patted her hand. “It’ll be alright, daughter-in-law.”

“You are too kind. The marriage…it would have been wonderful…” Ashita then did cry. ~~~

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Scarab would have yanked his hair out if he had any. After forcing the child to his headquarters the boy had been so upset and confused that he kept falling into Japanese from English. That’s why he had his nose buried in a Japanese-English dictionary. “I don’t understand any of this. He doesn’t even speak Egyptian!”

Heka was surrounded by books as well, her tail flipping pages idly. “Why are we doing this? Can’t you just take the soul with your spell?”

“That spell only works on Rapses and the spirit inside has to be able to understand what I’m saying in order for it to take hold. I have to make a new one.”

“Do you really believe the spirit of a great Pharaoh is inside the boy? It could just be a simpleton Pharaoh that isn’t powerful at all.” The enchanted snake spoke, her voice dripping with sarcasm. “This could be just hilarious if that happened!”

“Shut up! This Pharaoh has to be powerful…” The wizard stood up from his desk and traveled to the inner part of his building where he was keeping the boy and entered the cell. He hadn’t been cruel, the cell at least had a bench with a pillow and blanket, which was where Yugi was currently curled up on. “Hello boy.”

Yugi’s eyes were wide as he stared at the man and scooted back against the wall. “Nani…”

Scarab walked over to him and grabbed the Millennium Puzzle from Yugi’s neck and ripped the cord off, holding it up out of Yugi’s reach. “What does this thing mean?”

Yugi gasped and tried to grab it back. “Please, it’s mine!”

“What *is* it?” Scarab demanded and smacked Yugi to the floor.

Yugi carefully picked himself up, a hand over the red mark on his face. “M-My Puzzle…my connection to Yami.”

“Is that the Pharaoh inside of you?”

Yugi looked confused but shook his head. “He’s not here right now…”

Scarab hissed. “What are you saying? Someone has already taken the spirit!?”

“N-No! We can separate!”

“Then combine yourselves to one again!”

“I can’t!”

“I’ll make you.” Scarab grasped the Puzzle and pulled at it, the main piece clicking a little and sliding out by a fraction.

Yugi screamed.

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To Be Continued….