#Afya

[sariaisrael]

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[empressofthesunwriter]

The Queen's Gambit: The Story

The most powerful piece in chess is the queen.

When this piece joins the game of Duel Monsters anything will change.

With two dragon sisters, a magician and her descendant, the queen will take her rightful place.

As it should have been.

Chapter 8: Mokuba

Our young heroes were currently walking along a forest path of the Duelist Kingdom, sharing with each other the duels their other friends hadn't seen.

Currently, Yugi retold his Duel against Ryota Kajiki, who had been third in the Japanese Championship, and his underwater monsters.

Sehrazat's group listened in excitedly and asked questions.

After Yugi ended his tale Jonouchi said: "Ryota Kajiki is a hard guy to hate."

"Well, he did give you fish!", reminds Sadiye, holding hands with her big sister Kihana.

"I still can't believe you didn't think of bringing food to the island.", tutted Kihanan gently, which made Yugi's group all look sheepish.

"And I can't believe this is not butter."

All stared at Maja, all beside Sehrazat who nodded in understanding.

"Is it time to spout cryptic nonsense Maja-Chan?"

The brunette with the long wild spikes nodded happily, which made all sweatdrop.

"All duelists came here with their own hopes and dreams.", tried Anzu to steer their conversation back to something normal.

She liked Maja but experienced for the first time this side of her was a bit strange, Anzu won't lie.

"Yeah.", agreed Yugi. "They have their own problems, just like us."

"Problems...", repeated Jonouchi and thought about his dear sister Shizuka. "You're right."

That's when they all heard a cry for help. Surprised they looked around.

In the distance they saw the lackey of Pegasus with the really pointy hair, having a boy in a chokehold who screamed for help.

They all run up to them.

"Hold it right there!", shouted Honda.

Hair-Guy Lackey stopped and turned around, still with the boy in a chokehold.

Again the boy asked for help and courageous Honda Judo threw the Hair-Guy over his shoulder, freeing the boy in the pink shirt.

Long Honda couldn't celebrate his victory, because Hair-Guy got up again and kicked him in the face.

Poor Honda fell down defeated and Hair-Guy grapped again the boy in the pink shirt.

While Kihana, Maja and Anzu helped Honda up and checked for injuries, Jonouchi commanded Hair-Guy: "Stop it! You won't get away with this!"

"What's your problem?!", added Sehrazat ready to let Afya take over to beat Hair-Guys ass.

"There's no need for violence.", called Yugi.

Joey and Sehrazat looked at him surprised and the girl tried to control her Yami who was ready to slaughter Hair-Guy.

"It's for your own good that you don't interfere.", told Hair-Guy turning around with the boy in his arms and showing them his empty Dueling Glove. "This guy lost all his Star Chips."

The boy cried out: "You're wrong! My Star Chips and cards were stolen from me!"

"It doesn't matter. If you lose all your Star Chips, you're deported from this island."

With this and the words those are the rules and he should give up, Hair-Guy walked with his "prisoner" away.

"Guy's we can't let this poor kid be kicked out!", said Sehrazat.

"Truth, if his cards and Star Chips were stolen it is unfair.", agreed Kihana.

The others also nodded in agreement and so they ran after Hair-Guy.

They reached him by a little port, where he threw his prisoner with the other duelists who lost in a tiny rowing boat.

"What did the person who stole your Star Chips look like?", wanted Yugi to know from the boy in the pink shirt.

"I didn't see his face because he covered it with a bandanna.", explained the boy. "He suddenly challenged me to a duel."

"Was it at the Duel Ring in the grasslands?"

"Yeah. When I placed my Star Chips and my deck on the table, he stole them and ran off!"

"We'll find that thief, so just wait!"

Hair-Guy informed them all how the boat departed in 30 minutes. That was their time limit.

"We'll find the thief.", promised Anzu.

"You will get your Star Chips back in no time.", assured Kihana.

"Just be patient!", added Maja.

"We'll find him and teach him a lesson!", growled Honda, hitting with one fist his open palm.

With Afya in their shared minds, who called for bloodshed, Sehrazat nodded rapidly.

"Yeah! For a duelist, Star Chips are the same as his own life!", said Joey. "I won't forgive anyone who steals those Star Chips!"

"Is this not a bit too dramatic?", mumbled Sadiye to herself.

The only real ones who were in a life-or-death situation were Aunty Amira and Yugi's grandpa...oh and Joey needed the money for his sister's eye operation.

Maybe that was a Duelist thing?

Sadiye also played Duel Monsters, but she wasn't as obsessed with it as Sehra, Nee-Chan and Yugi and Joey.

The boy in the pink shirt said thank you to them and Joey, of course, had to make a joke saying he would take as a reward for catching the thief half of his Star Chips.

All sweatdropped and stared unimpressed at him.

After this, they made their way to the Duel Ring where the theft had happened.

Honda asked Jonouchi what this reward nonsense was, however, Joey laughed, confirming he was only joking.

The blonde wondered then, why they returned to this Duel Ring and how they should catch a thief without a clue.

Now, Yugi explained that he only knows how criminals always return to the place of the crime.

"That's so smart, Yugi-Kun!", praised Sehrazat and sat down beside him on the ground.

Yugi laughed shyly and blushed red, one because of her compliment and two because they were so close.

He could smell her nice perfume.

Lotus blossom if he wasn't wrong.

The others also sit down on the ground.

They didn't even need to wait long as suddenly a short masked boy with a wool hat and a bandana on his face sprung out from the bushes.

"I found you, Yugi!", he shouted...in a voice Sadiye know.

Confused the youngest in the group blinked.

Huh?

Where did she hear this voice before?

"He must be the one we're looking for!", said Joey, as all jumped back up from the ground. "I'll beat him up!"

"No! Don't use violence!", shouted Anzu and Kihana together.

Bandana-Boy growled Yugi's name and Joey and Honda growled back he should give back the Star Chips he had stolen!

"Wait.", stopped them Yugi, before really fist were swinging. "I think he's here for me."

Suprised all looked at him.

Yugi turnend to the boy.

"Do you want to duel me?"

The Bandana-Boy nodded.

Okay, so a children's cards game shall clear the situation, alright.

Only poor Sehrazat rubbed her temple because Afya still demanded blood.

Sometimes she forgot how her loving Gran-Gran could be a bloodthirsty Warrior-Queen.

While Yugi and Bandana-Boy took each their place on the Duel Ring, Honda promised he would make the thief pay if he tried to steal Yugi Star Chips.

Joey agreed and how they wouldn't let him escape.

As the voice of reason came Kihana: "Guys, there has to be a reason why he wants to battle Yugi so much. Let's watch the Duel, maybe we will find out."

In one second Yugi was there and then...not anymore.

Since Sehrazat and her friends saw Yami for the first time they all gaped and even blushed or got bashful.

The pharaoh was hot!

Only Sehrazat just looked neutral.

Meh, she liked Yugi better.

Also, the pharaoh was her 3000-times Grandfather so, ew, no!

However, she couldn't help but tease Afya a bit.

"Gran-Gran, Pops is hot. You have good taste."

Afya just flicked her forehead.

"Not now child of mine, also I'm pretty sure we had an arranged marriage, you know, like it was used in the old times."

"I see how you are practically undressing Pops with your eyes...don't lie!"

"I pledge the Fifth!"

"Gran-Gran!"

Meanwhile, the others noted how the boy didn't have a Duel Glove, so he was definitely the thief. Then they wonder why Yugi would duel him if they only had such a short time to return the Star Chips.

It was Anzu who pointed out that maybe Yugi knew who the boy was!

Yami and Bandana-Boy wagerd 5 Star Chips and began their duel.

The first turn was Bandana-Boy.

"I play Man-Eating Plant in attack position."

Man-Eating Plant: ATK 800/ DEF 600

Yami countered with Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress.

Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress: ATK 1400/DEF 1200

Bandana-Boys monster was destroyed and his Life Points dropped to 1400.

"You can't defeat my monster using stolen cards.", lectured Yami. "Because your heart doesn't dwell inside stolen cards."

"Yugi, I don't believe in your 'heart of the cards'! Cards aren't about the heart! Cards are about power!", shouted the thief back.

"Like I thought, you're Mokuba, Seto Kaiba's younger brother.", revealed Yami.

Angry the thief took off his disguise.

It was really Mokuba Kaiba.

"Mokuba-San?", shouted Sadiye. "What are you doing here?"

"You know him?", asked Anzu.

Sadiye nodded.

"We go to the same school and class. He sits on the bench before me."

"Sadiye-San, my brother vanished because Yugi hurt his pride.", answered Mokuba his classmate, before he turned back to Yami. "It's your fault that Pegasus is now trying to take over Kaiba Corporation!"

"What? Pegasus?", asked Yami, while the others also looked worried at Mokuba.

This didn't sound good at all.

Mokuba explained how Pegasus spread the news of how Yami defeated Seto Kaiba worldwide. Since then, Kaiba Corporation has lost the trust of its investors and business has plummeted. Pegasus had just waited for this moment. He talked in private with The Big Five, Kaiba Corps Board, telling them to transfer all their chares to him. Only like this, they could save the company. The Big Five agreed under the conditions that Pegasus would defeat Yugi in a duel. Of course, Pegasus agreed, saying how easy this would be.

But since Mokuba had the key to the Storage Facility, where all the important documents were, Pegasus kidnapped him to the Duelist Kingdom as his prisoner, before he could flee.

"Yugi, it's all your fault!", accused Mokuba.

"I understand the situation, but that's no excuse for stealing other people's cards.", told Yami.

"Be quiet! I play this next!"

Krokodilus appeard on the field.

Krokodilus: ATK 1100/ DEF 1200

"Go, Krokodilus!"

The monster attacked Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress, but was of course defeated by the more powerful monster.

"It's pointless to keep duelling.", said Yami. "This game isn't so simple that you can win with stolen cards."

Jonouchi agreed: "That's right! Stealing Star Chips for revenge is the worst!"

"You're wrong! You have the wrong idea! I have to protect Kaiba Corporation in my brother's place!", shouted Mokuba back.

It's then that Anzu realized if Mokuba managed to get Yugi Star Chips, this would disqualify him, meaning Yugi technically never lost a duel.

"What do you mean?", wondered Honda.

"You don't understand?", asked Joey.

"Do you?"

"Well, no. What do you mean?"

"She means: If Yugi doesn't lose in a duel, Pegasus's agreement with The Big Five is void.", answered Kihana.

All beside Anzu made an oh sound.

They got it now.

"I see.", mumbled Yami, before he saw that Mokuba wasn't anymore on his Dueling Platform. "Mokuba!"

As it turns out Mokuba climbed Yami Duel Station and managed to grab Star Chips, leaving him with only three, before the younger Kaibe started to run off.

However, he was stopped, by Sadiye who stood in his way with her arms open.

"Sadiye-San! Let me pass!"

"No, Mokuba-San, what you doing is wrong!"

"It's the only way!"

Before he could just run around her Kihana, Maja and Sehrazat blocked his way too.

"Mokuba-Chan.", began Kihana. "Please there is another way, just listen."

Under the ice blue eyes of Sadiye's older sister, Mokuba felt he looked at Seto's beloved Blue-Eyes White Dragon, which made him stop in his tracks.

Sehrazat took over: "You have to trust Yugi. If he beats Pegasus, nothing will happen to Kaiba Corp."

Maja and Sadiye nodded in agreement.

"Kaibe is suffering right now.", called Yami. "But that's so he can learn about the heart of the cards. He's fighting to win his pride back. Kaiba will return when he learns about the heart of the cards. Are you willing to abandon your brother and the trust in Kaiba Corporation?"

"But...But what should I do?"

"Like Kihana and Sehrazat said...I promise to defeat Pegasus. If you want to know what Kaiba is struggling with...If you want to understand the heart of the cards, give that boy back his deck and his Star Chips."

The younger Kaiba thought for a second and looked at his classmate and her sister. Again his eyes found Kihana, who nodded at him.

He really had a feeling he was interacting with the Blue-Eyes White Dragon...it was strange but nice.

Mokuba turnend back to Yami.

"I undertsnad. I trust you, Yugi."

"The boat is leaving in three minutes!", reminds Anzu.

"Let's don't waste time!", shouted Sehrazat.

They all ran as fast as they could back to the little port.

Sadly the boat was already leaving!

They meet Hair-Guy at the port who smugly said: "The losers' boat already left."

"But they shouldn't have left for another minute!", disagreed Anzu.

"That's unfair!", shouted Sehrzat with balled fists.

"I don't care.", said Hair-Guy.

Joey accused Hair-Guy of tricking them, which all our friends agreed on.

Mokuba holds out his hand with the Star Chips to Hair-Guy.

"I'll return these Star Chips, so call the boat back."

Hair-Guy just slapped the Star-Chips from his hand and they fell into the ocean.

Oh no!

"Some of this were Yugi's!", exclaimed Sehrazat.

Feeling guilty Mokuba said sorry to Yugi.

"If you have your Star Chips stolen, then you're a disgrace as a duelist.", mocked Hair-Guy. "That alone is enough to disqualify you."

Then he gripped Mokuba.

All shouted shocked.

"Unhead, Mokuba-Chan!", growled Kihana, while Sehrazat felt, beside her own, Afya's anger.

In one second both switched places.

Before anyone could realise what happened, Afya and Kihana stormed the Hair-Guy, Afya punched him hard in the face and Kihana took Mokuba from him.

With the boy in her arms, Kihana ran back to the group and they all huddled protective around him.

Afya had her feet on Hair-Guys back to keep him down.

"Don't move or you will regret it.", the once queen of all Egypt hissed.

"You bitch...!"

"Insults won't get you far."

To demonstrate it Afya stomped Hair-Guy harder into the ground.

All were fascinated by that and Yami was immensely proud.

His queen was truly a strong woman.

A real Warrior-Queen.

...It was so hot!

Hair-Guy realized how he was in a pickle and decided to change his tactic.

"Alright, alright, the boy stays with you but...The only way to gain Star Chips is through duels."

"What do you mean by that exactly?", growled Afya, pressing her foot harder into his back.

"If I see right Yugi has still three Star Chips left.", began Hair-Guy. "I don't duel but in an hour I will find an opponent for him, so he can stay on the island."

"And what is the catch?"

"That you let me go."

Afya hummed and turnend to Yami.

"What do you say?"

"Any funny business and Afya will throw you in the ocean.", said Yami seriously.

"No funny business I swear!"

"Alright, Afya let him go."

"No you guys should go with Mokuba away, I will catch up to you and tell you the details from this guy. I don't trust him not to try to grap Mokuba again. Kihana protect him!"

"Of course, your Majesty, it's not even a question."

So the group without Afya walked away and when she was sure they were far enough, slowly she lifted her foot from Hair-Guys back.

He stood up, shaking and gasping for air, but told her where this duel for Yugi/Yami would be.

In an hour at the grasslands, where they had duel Mokuba.

Afya gave Hair-Guy a last look which screamed murder, which made the man shake and then caught up to her friends.

(*)

An hour later our group of nine now returned to the Duel Ring.

Kihana held hands with Mokuba and Sadiye, Maja and Anzu stood protective beside Mokuba, Maja ready to unleash magic in case something went wrong, while Joey and Honda stood before them and before them were Yami and Afya leading.

"We should be careful.", whispered Afya to Yami, she didn't want to worry the others. "I bet with you Pegasus henchman has a surprise in store."

"We will be careful and keep one eye on Mokuba."

"Kihana is strong and Maja has some surprises up her sleeve."

"Care to tell me?"

"The magic we use isn't the only one."

This made Yami blink for a second surprised before he gave Afya a smile.

"How you and Kihana saved Mokuba and you kept the henchman in place was incredible."

Bashful Afya put a bit of her long blue hair behind her ear.

"It was nothing. I couldn't watch a child being kidnapped!"

"Of course, but you reacted the fastest of us. You are a true warrior."

"Well...I might be your queen but I won't disagree how I'm a warrior too."

Both smiled flirtatiously at each other.

They couldn't before all flirt as they normally would.

First, it was their private affair and second, they didn't want to give the others second-hand embarrassment.

Hair-Guy already waited for them.

Yami came straight to the point: "Who's my opponent?"

"He's already here. Look!"

All let out surprised shouts.

"Kaiba?"

"Nii-Sama!"

Kaiba laughed.

"Yugi, I'll get my revenge!"

[intothetlkverse]

Decided to challenge myself by drawing every single TLK character out there, up until this point in time, and post it here. You can see the finished project on my main account, though I figured to post it on my tumblr just show I could proudly show off my work and a few of my head canons.

Here's all the remaining feliforms across TLK:

Starting off with the more 'cat-like species, literally wildcats, are the servals which include Female Serval/Kyanwa(cat-Hausa) and her two boys, older brother/Inkonzo(services-Xhosa) from "The Search for Utamu" where he was dangling off a cliff and ended up saved by Fuli, and Young Serval/Kichea(playful), the one Bunga took care of in "Babysitter Bunga". Servals are bit of the uncommon sights in the Pridelands, not just because of their smaller sizes and camouflage abilities, but also because the Pridelands has a smaller amount of non-lion cat species overall, and the ones that are present are the smaller variants like cheetahs and servals. Some have questioned whether or not this is an anti-competition approach between the lions and other predators, by having small, easily beatable predators around, though things have seemed to change a bit after Kion and his group's departure, with Simba opening the door for a family of leopards and some canines to set up residence.

Next we have the tigers, now made into African golden cats to fit the area more succinctly. Still keep the orange pelts and can mimic some stripes with the faint spots, though they are much smaller now and also have more African-named to boot. Mother Varya/Afya(health/pure) and her cubs; Feliks/Elix(elixer), Pasha/Paka(cat), and Polina/Pulika(obedience) are the most recent newcomers to the Tree of Life, coming in a few days after Kion and crew arrived. The Tree of Life prides itself for being a safe sanctuary kingdom where endangered a/o injured animals can stay, recover, or regain strength in numbers before leaving. As such, strict rules about inner territories, resources, and number of animals that can be present at a time can be difficult to manage, especially with the addition of more predators. Because of this, Afya and her brood were made sworn to hunt only the allowed prey animals in the area, and that any animals given protection were off limits. The family has agreed and so far have settled well into their new home, though all will eventually leave once the cubs are of age.

Next us we have some more obscure tigers-which-are-now-African-golden-cats, those being Ralph/Rafa(sleeps-Oroma) and Tigress/Igiya(gear-Zulu) from T&P Show's episode "Doubt of Africa". Igiya is a 'tigress' that loses her mate, who was the sole provider for the family. When he died, she attempted to take over the role of family hunter but struggled to feed her cubs, as she did not know how to hunt, prompting Timon and Pumba to go help her, given their experience raising Simba, However hunting takes time and in the meantime they have been helping supply her and her family with protein-rich grubs, though she does seem to be improving her stalking and chasing skills. Her design was fun tom play around with, though for her coat, which originally is a lavender color, I simply eye-dropped it and switched the color wheel to a more reddish-orange, so same tone, different color. Though Ralph is only mentioned by name and never seen, I based his design off of the tiger we see in "Recipe for Disaster". He was a very generous and compassionate mate, though let's just say he was a bit to lenient with being the sole breadwinner while his wife watched the cubs, and that this led him to overwork to the point he was exhausted during a hunt that ended poorly. I've decided to make these two Varya's parents, who was part of their first litter, so at least their bloodline continued onward in further lands.

Coming up we have the species that almost got placed with the jackals for an embarrassing reason*; the aardwolves with Mjomba(uncle), Ogopa(be afraid), and Haya(modesty). Aardwolves are mostly solitary creatures, though mate for life. Haya, Mjomba and Ogopa are siblings and will eventually leave their parents to find their own territories/mates, but for now they are content with where they are. However after the entire 'mistaken as hyenas' debacle, it has raised questions among both herbivores and carnivores about how much the can the guard be used for their advantage/used against them, especially when it comes to prey animals just wanting to avoid getting eaten just because 'oh this predator wants to eat me, even though that's literally what they're supposed to be doing and they aren't going against any natural rules here'. With Vitani's guard they do begin to shift more into predator's favor, and any herbivores who were banking on using the guard to help them solve mundane tasks, deal with their stubborn behaviors, or protect them from predators even when the predators are just doing what they need to do, are in for shock.

Next up is a recent discovery of mine and contender for top ten favorite animals for me, the African civets. I absolutely love these guys, they are so cute, like big stretchy cats, I mean just look at this, so cute. And the babies sound like squeaky toys, I'm gonna die from cute overdose. Anyways, starting off we have the earliest civet character to date Ngawa(civet cat) from "Vulture Shock". Rescued by Mega as a kit, they grew up together and now they serve the Mbala pride as a scout and occasional nanny for the pride. Cheeky and mischievous, but loyal and surprisingly good at caretaking, he is one of the most trusted pride members, along with his co-worker Bhati.

Going into TLG again we have Old civet/Ivoti(vote-Zulu) from "Dragon Island" and Tombok/Tambo(vigorous) from "Mama Binturong". Civets can be social animals, though male civets tend to be solitary. Tambo and his family original from the same area as Ivoti initially, an oasis-like area beside a river going out to the ocean, though Tumbo and his kin eventually moved after growing of age, where he eventually moved to the forest where Mama Binturong and her porcupine prickle reside.

Speaking of, Mama Binturong/Mama Bintea(with God-Afrikaans) is now a civet also, given that binturongs are the largest species of civets and African civets are native to Africa, so we keep the size and family, though change the geography. Nothing really changes with her aside from the not-as-prehensile tail feature, though fun fact there is a thing called civet coffee in which Asian palm civets, and sometimes binturongs, are force-fed coffee berries to eat, digest, and poop out, where in which that is taken in order to make civet 'coffee'/kopi luwak. This of course raised issues about animal welfare, including the problems with taking civets out of their homes in the wild and put into awful living conditions for what clearly is, and pardon both my language and the pun, a 'shitty rich people drink'. A bit of a depressing fact, though I just wanted to give context for my notion that aside from a tuliza addiction and basically running a tuliza cartel with her porcupine henchmen, I imagine she has a coffee berry addiction to, given that coffee berries and the history of coffee literally started in Ethiopia, you know, Africa. Civets also produce a musky fluid/zibad which has also been exploited in the perfume industry for it's floral, warm notes, though I also thought it might be interesting to add this fact to her defense. Civet musk have also been believed to be an aphrodisiac, so I was kinda thinking she could use this like a reverse-skunk, using it to attracts people to her and dropping others inhibitions, allowing her to seize control of the entire community. Of course when a certain honey badger not only destroys her entire tuliza collection, but also destroys the sweeet environment she's created with his own 'musk'... well doesn't that just give extra credence to her quest for revenge against him. Thought it be cool to draw some interesting parallels against him with similar traits, just used for different reasons.

Last of the feliforms we have the young female genet from "Beware the Zimwi". The biggest differences I could find between genets and civets is that civets tend to be larger, and aside from the Asian palm civet, civets tend to be more terrestrial with genets more arboreal, aka living in the treetops. This young girl is still young enough to stick with her family, though she'll live a solitary life when she's old enough. Her name is Tembea(walk).

[chirpingraven]

I finally finished a sky beyond the storm and my heart is broken 💔 anw I need to rant ‼️ BEWARE SPOILERS‼️

I love Laia and her character development. I think it's realistic to see how she grows from the scared and anxious girl in the first book to a strong, brave, dependable woman that she is in the last. I actually can't see why anyone would hate on her character. Realistically speaking, who wouldn't be scared if they were in Laia's shoes? And despite her fear and anxiety in earlier books, I think she handled herself pretty well. A strong female character doesn't always have to be a badass, sarcastic, bitchy girlboss. Laia shows that she can be as much of a girlboss with her patience, grace, understanding, and softness.

Elias, I don't know how to start with him. I FREAKING LOVE HIM. I think in my list of best male characters, he's pretty much up there. He's a strong and reliable leader, a trusting and lovable friend, and a very, very, VERY selfless human being. Reading his POVs as the Soul Catcher just breaks my heart. It hurts to see how a vibrant and passionate life like Elias reduced to an unfeeling creature of death. He used to have so many interactions with everyone around him, and as the Soul Catcher he can't do that. And Mauth just pisses me off the whole time. HOW COULD U DO THIS TO MY POOR BOY? 😭 Anw I'm glad he got the happy ending he deserves. I personally hoped for a much grander ending for him and a much grander and tear-jerking "welcome back to life" from his family and friends (as if I haven't cried enough 🥲), but well at least he's happy. Also his interaction with Mirra and the others in the Waiting Place before his time as the Soul Catcher was up is just *chef's kiss*.

Helene, Helene, my poor baby. You've suffered enough and lost probably more than anyone. This woman watched her whole family, her friends, the love of her life murdered in front of her eyes. The odds are stacking against her, and yet she survives. After so many losses and defeats, she finally wins. Loyal to the end indeed (that motto is going to haunt me for the rest of my life 🥲💔). She grows from someone who is ignorant of the Empire's sins, serving it blindly, to someone who accepts the Empire for its good and bad, accepts her own sins, and does her best to fix everything. I love how she finally accepts her feelings, her anger and grief and her love for Avitas. I think I should learn a thing or two from her.

I love all the characters, not just the main three, but the others as well. I love Avitas, ever so patient and loyal to Helene. I love Livia, what a gentle and determined soul. I love Musa with his teasings and jokes and loyal, tragic love. I love Darin with his brotherly love and boyish interaction with Elias. Afya, Gibran, Aubarit, Tas, Mamie, Shan, Quin, Faris, Dex. I even love Keris and the Nightbringer as villains. They make me furious but I also sympathize with them. I understand where their actions are coming from.

I love the relationships. Laia and Elias. Helene and Avitas. Helene and Faris last scene was heartbreaking, as did Helene and Livia. Helene and Musa's friendship is a breath of fresh air--and is that a possible romance between them I'm sensing? Though I see them more as siblings who bond with each other for their shared loss of loved ones. Elias and Helene duo is back at it again and I couldn't stop punching the air when it happened. Elias and Darin interactions always make me smile. Elias and Avitas's brotherhood, too beautiful and too short lasting. Elias and Mirra's "pass the baton" moment, as well as Mirra acknowledging him as her son-in-law 🥹 Also the relationship I didn't expect to make me cry so hard: Keris and Karinna. Keris finally accepting her fate and Karinna finally crossing to the other side. Do you think Karinna knows that Elias is her grandson?

I love the fights. I love the battle strategies. I love how everyone plays their respective parts in the battle against the Nightbringer. I absolutely love how Elias and Helene command and unite their respective armies.

I was hoping for more Elias and Keris interaction, honestly. I got the feeling that even after all she's done, deep down Keris still loves Elias and is afraid of that feeling. I think she's much like Helene in that matter. I also think that Elias doesn't really get the appreciation he deserves, but maybe I'm just biased lol.

That being said, I think this book is a very satisfying ending to close the main characters' journey, except for Helene's love life lmao help 🥲 but I think it's realistic enough. After all it'd be too convenient if all the main characters and their loved ones survive, and Sabaa Tahir has made brave choices in killing some of the major characters. In conclusion, I'm pretty satisfied with the ending and I love this series and its characters so much. Goodbye, embers in the ashes. Thank you for bringing me along in your journey ✨

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concept: tboy gender euphoria from pissing standing up/being able to piss on someone kneeling in front of them

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Oen afya I swear to gwa

One day I’ll dowtaht one day okay

Uh yeah definag would writgt about that bug Frankie is just a butch he’s not a trans man just a transmasc butch but I guess actaukyy yeah. He should piss on gee huh?

Sorry I’m eepy

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Eaab Eaac Eaad Eaae Eaaf Eaag Eaah Eaai Eaaj Eaak Eaal Eaam Eaan Eaao Eaap Eaaq Eaar Eaas Eaat Eaau Eaav Eaaw Eaax Eaay Eaaz Eaba Eaca Eada Eaea Eafa Eaga Eaha Eaia Eaja Eaka Eala Eama Eana Eaoa Eapa Eaqa Eara Easa Eata Eaua Eava Eawa Eaxa Eaya Eaza Faab Faac Faad Faae Faaf Faag Faah Faai Faaj Faak Faal Faam Faan Faao Faap Faaq Faar Faas Faat Faau Faav Faaw Faax Faay Faaz Faba Faca Fada Faea Fafa Faga Faha Faia Faja Faka Fala Fama Fana Faoa Fapa Faqa Fara Fasa Fata Faua Fava Fawa Faxa Faya Faza Gaab Gaac Gaad Gaae Gaaf Gaag Gaah Gaai Gaaj Gaak Gaal Gaam Gaan Gaao Gaap Gaaq Gaar Gaas Gaat Gaau Gaav Gaaw Gaax Gaay Gaaz Gaba Gaca Gada Gaea Gafa Gaga Gaha Gaia Gaja Gaka Gala Gama Gana Gaoa Gapa Gaqa Gara Gasa Gata Gaua Gava Gawa Gaxa Gaya Gaza Haab Haac Haad Haae Haaf Haag Haah Haai Haaj Haak Haal Haam Haan Haao Haap Haaq Haar Haas Haat Haau Haav Haaw Haax Haay Haaz Haba Haca Hada Haea Hafa Haga Haha Haia Haja Haka Hala Hama Hana Haoa Hapa Haqa Hara Hasa Hata Haua Hava Hawa Haxa Haya Haza Iaab Iaac Iaad Iaae Iaaf Iaag Iaah Iaai Iaaj Iaak Iaal Iaam Iaan Iaao Iaap Iaaq Iaar Iaas Iaat Iaau Iaav Iaaw Iaax Iaay Iaaz Iaba Iaca Iada Iaea Iafa Iaga Iaha Iaia Iaja Iaka Iala Iama Iana Iaoa Iapa Iaqa Iara Iasa Iata Iaua Iava Iawa Iaxa Iaya Iaza Jaab Jaac Jaad Jaae Jaaf Jaag Jaah Jaai Jaaj Jaak Jaal Jaam Jaan Jaao Jaap Jaaq Jaar Jaas Jaat Jaau Jaav Jaaw Jaax Jaay Jaaz Jaba Jaca Jada Jaea Jafa Jaga Jaha Jaia Jaja Jaka Jala Jama Jana Jaoa Japa Jaqa Jara Jasa Jata Jaua Java Jawa Jaxa Jaya Jaza

Kaab Kaac Kaad Kaae Kaaf Kaag Kaah Kaai Kaaj Kaak Kaal Kaam Kaan Kaao Kaap Kaaq Kaar Kaas Kaat Kaau Kaav Kaaw Kaax Kaay Kaaz Kaba Kaca Kada Kaea Kafa Kaga Kaha Kaia Kaja Kaka Kala Kama Kana Kaoa Kapa Kaqa Kara Kasa Kata Kaua Kava Kawa Kaxa Kaya Kaza Laab Laac Laad Laae Laaf Laag Laah Laai Laaj Laak Laal Laam Laan Laao Laap Laaq Laar Laas Laat Laau Laav Laaw Laax Laay Laaz Laba Laca Lada Laea Lafa Laga Laha Laia Laja Laka Lala Lama Lana Laoa Lapa Laqa Lara Lasa Lata Laua Lava Lawa Laxa Laya Laza Maab Maac Maad Maae Maaf Maag Maah Maai Maaj Maak Maal Maam Maan Maao Maap Maaq Maar Maas Maat Maau Maav Maaw Maax Maay Maaz Maba Maca Mada Maea Mafa Maga Maha Maia Maja Maka Mala Mama Mana Maoa Mapa Maqa Mara Masa Mata Maua Mava Mawa Maxa Maya Maza Naab Naac Naad Naae Naaf Naag Naah Naai Naaj Naak Naal Naam Naan Naao Naap Naaq Naar Naas Naat Naau Naav Naaw Naax Naay Naaz Naba Naca Nada Naea Nafa Naga Naha Naia Naja Naka Nala Nama Nana Naoa Napa Naqa Nara Nasa Nata Naua Nava Nawa Naxa Naya Naza Oaab Oaac Oaad Oaae Oaaf Oaag Oaah Oaai Oaaj Oaak Oaal Oaam Oaan Oaao Oaap Oaaq Oaar Oaas Oaat Oaau Oaav Oaaw Oaax Oaay Oaaz Oaba Oaca Oada Oaea Oafa Oaga Oaha Oaia Oaja Oaka Oala Oama Oana Oaoa Oapa Oaqa Oara Oasa Oata Oaua Oava Oawa Oaxa Oaya Oaza Paab Paac Paad Paae Paaf Paag Paah Paai Paaj Paak Paal Paam Paan Paao Paap Paaq Paar Paas Paat Paau Paav Paaw Paax Paay Paaz Paba Paca Pada Paea Pafa Paga Paha Paia Paja Paka Pala Pama Pana Paoa Papa Paqa Para Pasa Pata Paua Pava Pawa Paxa Paya Paza Qaab Qaac Qaad Qaae Qaaf Qaag Qaah Qaai Qaaj Qaak Qaal Qaam Qaan Qaao Qaap Qaaq Qaar Qaas Qaat Qaau Qaav Qaaw Qaax Qaay Qaaz Qaba Qaca Qada Qaea Qafa Qaga Qaha Qaia Qaja Qaka Qala Qama Qana Qaoa Qapa Qaqa Qara Qasa Qata Qaua Qava Qawa Qaxa Qaya Qaza Raab Raac Raad Raae Raaf Raag Raah Raai Raaj Raak Raal Raam Raan Raao Raap Raaq Raar Raas Raat Raau Raav Raaw Raax Raay Raaz Raba Raca Rada Raea Rafa Raga Raha Raia Raja Raka Rala Rama Rana Raoa Rapa Raqa Rara Rasa Rata Raua Rava Rawa Raxa Raya Raza Saab Saac Saad Saae Saaf Saag Saah Saai Saaj Saak Saal Saam Saan Saao Saap Saaq Saar Saas Saat Saau Saav Saaw Saax Saay Saaz Saba Saca Sada Saea Safa Saga Saha Saia Saja Saka Sala Sama Sana Saoa Sapa Saqa Sara Sasa Sata Saua Sava Sawa Saxa Saya Saza Taab Taac Taad Taae Taaf Taag Taah Taai Taaj Taak Taal Taam Taan Taao Taap Taaq Taar Taas Taat Taau Taav Taaw Taax Taay Taaz Taba Taca Tada Taea Tafa Taga Taha Taia Taja Taka Tala Tama Tana Taoa Tapa Taqa Tara Tasa Tata Taua Tava Tawa Taxa Taya Taza Uaab Uaac Uaad Uaae Uaaf Uaag Uaah Uaai Uaaj Uaak Uaal Uaam Uaan Uaao Uaap Uaaq Uaar Uaas Uaat Uaau Uaav Uaaw Uaax Uaay Uaaz Uaba Uaca Uada Uaea Uafa Uaga Uaha Uaia Uaja Uaka Uala Uama Uana Uaoa Uapa Uaqa Uara Uasa Uata Uaua Uava Uawa Uaxa Uaya Uaza Vaab Vaac Vaad Vaae Vaaf Vaag Vaah Vaai Vaaj Vaak Vaal Vaam Vaan Vaao Vaap Vaaq Vaar Vaas Vaat Vaau Vaav Vaaw Vaax Vaay Vaaz Vaba Vaca Vada Vaea Vafa Vaga Vaha Vaia Vaja Vaka Vala Vama Vana Vaoa Vapa Vaqa Vara Vasa Vata Vaua Vava Vawa Vaxa Vaya Vaza Waab Waac Waad Waae Waaf Waag Waah Waai Waaj Waak Waal Waam Waan Waao Waap Waaq Waar Waas Waat Waau Waav Waaw Waax Waay Waaz Waba Waca Wada Waea Wafa Waga Waha Waia Waja Waka Wala Wama Wana Waoa Wapa Waqa Wara Wasa Wata Waua Wava Wawa Waxa Waya Waza Xaab Xaac Xaad Xaae Xaaf Xaag Xaah Xaai Xaaj Xaak Xaal Xaam Xaan Xaao Xaap Xaaq Xaar Xaas Xaat Xaau Xaav Xaaw Xaax Xaay Xaaz Xaba Xaca Xada Xaea Xafa Xaga Xaha Xaia Xaja Xaka Xala Xama Xana Xaoa Xapa Xaqa Xara Xasa Xata Xaua Xava Xawa Xaxa Xaya Xaza Yaab Yaac Yaad Yaae Yaaf Yaag Yaah Yaai Yaaj Yaak Yaal Yaam Yaan Yaao Yaap Yaaq Yaar Yaas Yaat Yaau Yaav Yaaw Yaax Yaay Yaaz Yaba Yaca Yada Yaea Yafa Yaga Yaha Yaia Yaja Yaka Yala Yama Yana Yaoa Yapa Yaqa Yara Yasa Yata Yaua Yava Yawa Yaxa Yaya Yaza Zaab Zaac Zaad Zaae Zaaf Zaag Zaah Zaai Zaaj Zaak Zaal Zaam Zaan Zaao Zaap Zaaq Zaar Zaas Zaat Zaau Zaav Zaaw Zaax Zaay Zaaz Zaba Zaca Zada Zaea Zafa Zaga Zaha Zaia Zaja Zaka Zala Zama Zana Zaoa Zapa Zaqa Zara Zasa Zata Zaua Zava Zawa Zaxa Zaya Zaza

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The Queen's Gambit: The Story

The most powerful piece in chess is the queen.

When this piece joins the game of Duel Monsters anything will change.

With two dragon sisters, a magician and her descendant, the queen will take her rightful place.

As it should have been.

Before we start, here is something that has always confused me.

When Yugi and his friends go to the hospital to see if Grandpa Muto is awake, they all wear their school uniforms and Grandpa is already up and running.

In the next scene, they all go home together.

We know it takes at least a whole night to reach Duelist Kingdom and patients who have been in a coma need at least a few days to return to forces.

So how the heck is this working?

That's a plothole, so I decided to fill it realistic.

Enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 18: The Legendary Heroes I

Afya looked with loving eyes at Sehrazat and Amira.

Thankful Pegasus had indeed held his promise to free the trapped souls and after a few days of recovery, Amira was back home with them.

Sehrazat clung to her mother, not leaving her side, she even slept with her in the same bed as when she had been a child.

This was right now the scene Afya watched.

Mother and daughter sleeping soundly in a bed together.

A bittersweet feeling arises in Afya.

It felt like she once had been the daughter and also the mother.

How little she remembers of her life as queen.

Yes, she had found Yami again and their love was as new ignited, but...she felt so bad how she didn't remember her children.

Yami and she had at least one child for sure, a daughter who had founded the Faizan Family, sadly her name was lost in the passage of times.

The former queen had lost so much.

It hurt.

She signed and caressed both Sehrazat and Amira's hair.

This was her and Yami's flesh and blood, maybe it would be enough to love through them their daughter.

Their daughter who has been dead for 3000 years, while she and Yami roamed the world as spirits.

No parents should in any way survive their children.

It was unnatural.

Afya closed her eyes and tears fell down her cheeks.

She just wished for a moment, just to see a glimpse of her children.

Sadly nothing came to her.

With a tearful sign, the former queen of Egypt retired back into her Millenium Fragment.

She needed time alone.

(*)

Yami felt the exact moment when Afya returned to their mindscape.

He could feel the sorrow of his queen like it was his own.

So he stepped out of his Soul Room and knocked on hers.

"Come in.", she called quietly.

The pharaoh found her sitting on the stairs of her palace, looking thoughtful.

"Love.", he said and sat down beside her. His arm wrapped lovingly around her. "Talk or just hold you?"

As an answer, she embraced him tight and cried on his shoulder.

She needed comfort before she could talk and Yami would give her this.

They stayed for quite some time like this, but Yami didn't pressure his wife. He would gladly just hold her till she cried all her tears, even without telling him what was wrong.

When she felt ready, she would say so.

After a while, Afya took his hand and led him to her bed chambers.

She still didn't tell him what was wrong but asked him to make love to her.

"Are you sure?", he asked, caressing her cheek.

"Yeah...I just need to feel your love, please darling."

Well, Yami could never say no to her.

So they made sweet and tender love.

When Afya reached her orgasm she cried again and Yami kissed her tears away.

They lay naked and spend in each other arms and slowly Afya told him what was wrong.

"I understand you fully, my love," he told her and kissed her forehead. "I thought about this, too—about us, our life, our family...I also log in to know more and to even have a glimpse of our child."

The royal couple talked long into the night, till they fell asleep.

Their hearts are a bit lighter to have shared this pain with their spouse.

Maybe the gods would be so kind and give them some vision one day.

(*)

The next day Yugi's group and Sehrazat's group had together lunch in Domino High.

They were surprised that they went to the same school, yet only had met at Duelist Kingdom.

Life was crazy.

Currently, Yugi and the others told their friends, who weren't there yesterday, how the American Champion Rebecca Hopkins wanted Grandpa Muto Blue Eyes, even calling him a thief before her grandfather saved the whole situation.

"She sounds like a brat.", said Maja, slurping her ramen. "And you just gave her your Ties of Friendship card, Yugi?"

Anzu answered her: "Well, in the end, she was just a little girl, who misunderstood something and Yugi showed like this how he forgave her."

"Yeah, but she's still a brat.", agreed Joey with Maja.

"If we are talking about cards, I could use some new ones for my deck.", told Kihana, drinking from her water bottle.

"You guys can come with us to my family's Game Shop.", said Yugi smiling. "Grandpa wants to meet you all."

"It would be nice to meet your grandpa officially and get some new good cards.", found Sehrazat.

So it was decided that Sehrazat, Kihana and Maja would come after school to Yugi's family Game Shop with the others.

Sadiye had already made plans with her school friends and would join them another time.

Grandpa Muto was a sweet old man who told the three girls to call him just Grandpa and helped them with making their decks stronger.

Right now Grandpa showed them new cards, as the door to the shop opened.

All turnend around and saw...Mokuba?

"Mokuba-Chan!", called Kihana worried and kneeled down beside the rain-wet child. "What's wrong what are you doing here?"

"Kihana-Nee...Nii-Sama..."

Kihana took Mokuba and all helped him get inside Yugi's house.

They were now in the living room, Mokuba with a warm blanket and a cup of warm milk as he explained what had happened with his brother.

"Kaiba is trapped inside an adventure game world?", shouted Yugi surprised.

"And if you lose, you can never leave?", said Anzu.

"That's scary as impressive at the same time.", added Sehrazat.

Kaiba Corp was really the most high-tech industry in the world to create something like this!

"Yugi, please save my big brother.", pleaded Mokuba.

"But since Kaiba Corporation's executives are involved, this will be difficult.", warned Grandpa Muto.

"My big brother's dream is to build Kaiba Lands around the world to make children happy.", confessed Mokuba.

This surprised anyone.

Kaiba seemed so cold and yet he had such a noble dream.

Kihanna felt a mix of emotions.

She didn't know Seto Kaiba, the only interaction they had was when they stared at each other like in a dream, however, something inside her felt this was the true nature of Kaiba's character.

Where she knows this she wonders herself.

"That's really Kaiba's dream?", spoke Jonouchi aloud what the most thought.

"It's true.", answered Mokuba. "That's why he devoted his whole life to Kaiba Corporation. He never had time to relax."

Kihana stroked the younger boy's hair gently.

"Don't cry Mokuba-Chan, we will help you save your big brother. Right guys?"

Of course, all agreed and so they followed Mokuba to one of the closed Kaiba Lands.

Apparently, they had Virtual Reality Seats there too.

As they stepped inside they saw the capsule and Mokuba checked if they were functional.

They were!

Now they could enter the Virtual World.

There was only a small problem.

"I see four capsules and we are eight.", pointed Maja out.

"Well that's a no-brainer.", said Jonouchi. "Me, Yugi, Sehra and-"

"Me."

"Mokuba?"

"Mokuba-Chan are you sure?", worried Kihana. "If you lose, you can never leave the game. I don't think your brother wants this, I should go."

"Kihana-Nee, there's no point living in a world without my big brother! You understand, right? Could you live in a world without Sadiye-Chan?"

Well, he got her there, so she let him.

So Sehrazat, Yugi, Joey and Mokuba enter the capsule, while Honda, Anzu, Maja and Kihana wait and protect them if necessary.

"You have to come back, or I will find a way to drag you out myself, I swerve by Ra.", told Kihana with Anzu and Maja nodding in the background.

"We will, Kihana. Just only to not face your wrath.", joked Sehrazat half-heartily.

In truth, she was kinda nervous, but she loved video games, so she hoped her experience as a gamer would help her.

With this Honda pulled the lever and the four in the capsule were transported into the virtual world.

(*)

Sehrazat and the boys walked around a forest.

The girl had to admit, all looked, felt and sounded real.

Incredible.

"I wonder if this world has a connection with Duel Monsters.", shared Yugi his thoughts as he looked at the Deck Holder on his arm. It had a place for Duel Monster Cards and a display which showed the number 2000. "We don't know the rules of this world, so we need to be careful."

The other agreed with him.

They stopped on a cliff and looked down.

A cemetery was under them.

Slowly they made their way through it and Yugi pointed out how they surely would pass through it scot-free.

"I've seen this place before.", mumbled Jonouchi.

"Where in Silent Hill or Resident Evil?", asked Sehrazat. "For me, it looks like just a creepy cemetery."

Suddenly they heard Jonocuhi scream that there was a ghost.

It was not one ghost, but three zombie Duel Monsters.

"Clown Zombie, Armored Zombie and Dragon Zombie?", said Joey their names surprised. "They're Duel Monsters. In that case..."

He drew a card from his deck and then didn't know how to summon it.

Sehrazat, Yugi and Mokuba fall down anime-style.

Then the Zombie Horde raced towards them to attack!

Mokuba drew a card, held it up and called its name.

"Go, Rude Kaiser!"

Yugi and Sehrazat followed his example.

"Come out, Dark Magician!"

"Let's do this, Dark Magician Girl!"

The three monsters appeared in a flash of light and attacked the zombie monsters.

The zombies were destroyed, however, they came back.

Since Joey knows now how to summon a Duel Monster he called for his Flame Swordsman.

"Oh no! Stop your attack, Jonouchi!" shouted Yugi as he noted that the zombies' attack points had increased.

But it was too late.

Flame Sword man attacks Dragon Zombie, only for it to return and destroy Joey's monster.

Yugi explained how Zombie Monsters gained attack points every time they resurrected since they were immortal.

"This reminds me of Jonouchi Duel in Duelist Kingdom!", gasped Sehrazat and drew a card. "So this will help! I activate the Magic Card Shield & Sword to swap their attack points with their defence ones. Now we can attack. Dark Magician Girl! Dark Burning Attack!"

Dark Magician Girl destroyed all the Zombies and they were safe.

For now.

"Good reaction, Sehrazat-Chan!", praised her Yugi, while she smiled shyly.

Duel Monster cards appeared before them and they picked each one up.

"There's a picture of gold coins.", wonders Mokuba.

"It's probably this world's money.", guessed Sehrazat.

Meanwhile, Joey looked at his Life Points and was shocked that he didn't get them back. He was now at 1820.

"I see. This represents our life.", said Mokuba.

"Damn! What happens if it reaches 0?", shouted Joey.

Sehrazat made a face.

"We better don't find out."

All agreed.

That's when Joey noted a cute little fairy hiding behind a gravestone.

The group stepped towards it.

"Aww, she is so cute.", cooed Sehrazat.

"In video games, fairies give hints.", told Jonochi.

At that moment, the little fairy flowed away and our group of four ran after her.

If Joey was right, then they must follow her.

Sadly, they lost sight of her but found a desert city.

Maybe there someone had a clue where Seto Kaiba was?

So they enter the city.

"I'm getting Assassin's Creed vibes from this town.", mussed Sehrzat looking around. "You can parkour here amazing."

"Hey, guys look at this!", called Yugi.

There was a market stall with ultra-rare Duel Monsters cards!

Jonouchi wanted to buy them all, but Mokuba pointed out how pricey they were. With their 5 gold coins each they could buy nothing.

After this disappointment, they decide to split up to find clues about where Kaiba could be.

They meet up at the big fountain in the middle of the town to share what they found out during their investigation.

"Did you learn anything?", asked Yugi Sehrazat who shook her head.

"Sadly not."

"Me too!", said Jonouchi, while a dog was biting down his jacket.

"I learned a lot of stuff!", said Mokuba and led them to the border of the desert town. "This morning, someone transporting a person inside a cage went to Owess Temple."

"Could it be Kaiba?", wondered Joey, as they all looked at the huge desert before them.

"Probably!", chorused Yugi and Sehrazat together.

"In order to get to Owess Temple, we have to cross this desert.", explained Mokuba.

This made alarm bells ring in Sehrazat's head.

"You don't want to go on foot, Mokuba! That's dangerous, we need a camel or a horse. Going on foot is suicide!"

But Mokuba didn't listen and ran into the desert.

"No, Mokuba, wait!", yelled Sehrazat and ran after him, followed by Yugi and Jonouchi.

It seemed they walked for hours in the desert and then also a sandstorm formed.

Just awesome!

"This is impossible!", shouted Joey.

"I told you it is suicide to cross a desert on foot, listen to the Egyptian girl!", grumbled Sehrazat.

"Let's go back, Mokuba.", begged Yugi.

"Be quiet!", shouted Mokuba back. "I have to find my big brother."

Of course, a sand tornado raced right up to them and enclosed them.

Then all went dark around them.

Sehrazat didn't know how long she was knocked out, but she heard how Yugi gently shook her awake.

She opened her eyes and sat up.

"Yugi-Kun...what happened?"

"We are back at the desert town."

Mokuba had his back all turned to them, no one knew what they should do now.

Maybe really find a camel like Sehrazat had said?

Out of nowhere, they heard an old man laugh.

"Do you wish to cross the desert?"

They run up to him, Joey asking him if he knows a way.

"You need a Niwatori card to cross the desert.", was the answer.

"What? That card that looks like a Chocobo from Final Fantasy?", said Sehrazat with a raised eyebrow. "The Big Five are totally ribbing off Final Fantasy VII! Is Sephiroth also here or what?!"

Yugi patted her shoulders to calm her down.

"There, there, Sehrazat-Chan."

Sehrazat pounds but calms down, so Yugi turns to the old ma asking him where they could get a Niwatori card.

And that's when they finally encounter the first bug in the game.

The old man just repeated his two lines to infinity.

Since this was a dead end, the group decided to split up again to find the Niwatori card.

(*)

In the real world, Honda and Anzu leaned on the control panel, while Maja sat down on the ground and Kihana stood beside the capsule with crossed arms.

"A lot of time has passed already.", pointed Anzu out.

Maja looked up to her. "Some games take weeks to finish them. Who knows how long they have to stay in this one."

"I really hope not for weeks.", said Kihana worried. "They will waste away and die surely."

"Ah, don't say such a thing Kihana.", begged Anzu.

She couldn't and wouldn't watch her friends just die before them!

"Now, girls, let's calm down.", said Honda. "To pass the time, I'll tell you all a special story. The title is 'Hiroto Honda's First Love During Middle School'"

The girls deadpanned at him.

"We definitely don't want to hear this story!", said Anzu for all of them.

"Really? How about my elementary school graduation speech about wanting to become a pilot?"

"Do you seriously not realize the danger we're in?", gritted Anzu out.

"I would throw a pillow at you if I had one right now!", added Maja.

"Honda, be serious!", chested also Kihana. "We're not playing a funny game for fun this is a rescue mission."

That's when they heard how people entered the building. They looked out the door and saw a man in a suits, probably the Big Five security people.

"Okay, guys, I think it's magic time.", told them Maja.

They closed the door and watched how Maja held her arms up and chanted something in Arabic.

The metal door flashed in gold.

"There, this should keep us safe. They can't enter from the other side."

"Awesome Maja-Chan!", praised Anzu, which made Maja all bashful.

"It's still so bizarre to see real magic, but yeah, awesome!", agreed Honda.

"How long will the spell last?", asked Kihana.

"I have enough energy don't worry. I can't at least hold up the barrier for another three hours."

Kihana nodded and looked at the capsule.

"Then let's hope it will be enough time for the others."

(*)

How many video game references can you put in one chapter?

Tell me if you caught them all! *Pokemon Theme Music plays* XD