Written by: Michirutsunami
Summary: Umi sends the
others into to learn about their past lives. (Important Note: Some of the
things I said before have changed, about the past things I mean, if you read
“The Three Protectors” then you’ll see what I mean.) Arigato :D
Return
to the Past (Part 1)
Umi… Yami thought as he looked out the window, let me help you. Ring ring,
Yami turned to see the phone ringing; Yami then picked it up, “ hello?” “ Hey
Yami,” Kathy from the other side of the line, “ oh hey,” Yami replied. “ Have a
good time with Umi?” Kathy giggled, “ I did,” Yami replied. “ Well, you might
be able to see her again,” Kathy replied, Yami’s eyes widened at the last
reply, “ what?” “ Well think we found a way to go to the realm that she is in,”
Kathy explained, “ how?” Yami asked, “ I’ll explain in detail later, just come
over to Kaiba’s now and well see what we can do,” Kathy replied. “ All right,
I’ll be there soon,” Yami replied, “ k, see ya there,” Kathy replied before she
hung up the phone. I’ll be able to see
her again…Yami thought as he hung the phone, Umi…
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“ Kathy?” Kaiba said as he
turned to look at Kathy, “ yeah,” Kathy replied as she started pulling her hair
back with her favorite clip. “ Is this plan dangerous, for you I mean?” Kaiba
asked, “ extremely why?” Kathy said with ease as she turned to look at him. “
Then why are you doing this?” Kaiba asked with horror in the tone of his voice,
“ because I have to,” Kathy said as she stood up and started to walk out of the
room. But Kaiba then grabbed her wrist, Kathy jolted her head to look at him, “
no, I wont risk losing you again because you think that you have to do this,”
Kaiba exclaimed; Kathy’s eyes widened, he’s
never yelled at me like this before, “ Kaiba…” Kathy started to say. Kaiba
then gave her a hug, “ I’m sorry, I just don’t wanna see you get hurt again,”
Kaiba muttered in her ear, Kathy then gave out a small laugh, “ don’t worry,
I’ll be fine,” she replied. “ Promise?” Kaiba said seriously, “ yeah,” Kathy
replied as she gave him a quick kiss; but Kaiba then pulled her in started to
kiss her.
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“ Okay, so explain this to us please,” Joey said after everyone had arrived. “ Its quite simple, me, Claire, and Kathy will recite a ancient spell that will be able to send us to where ever Pharaoh Umi is,” Melanie explained. “ There’s a catch isn’t there?” Yami muttered, “ always, to do this, it will take up a large amount of our energy, many being have failed before and even died in the process,” Claire said gloomily. “ Then don’t,” Yami replied, “ don’t worry, none of them were as powerful as us, we’ll be fine,” Kathy explained with confidence. No strange yet familiar voice said, everyone turned to see a shadowy figure standing in the corner. You cant, no matter how much you try, you won’t be able to find me, the voice explained, “ Umi!” Yami exclaimed, “ that’s Umi?” Joey gasped, “ I know that voice anywhere,” Yami replied; Umi gave out a small giggle. Good to see you again Yami, Umi replied. “ Let us help you Umi please,” Melanie said sadly, Umi shook her head, you cant, please try to understand, you must stop Malik before he… Umi started to say, “ what? Until he what?” Claire asked, the shadow then started to lean against the wall, my time here is almost up, I have to go now, Umi said as she started to disappear. But before I do, I think it might be best if you understand about the past before you know the future, Umi explained as she lifted her hand to the others. I will send you to the past, Umi said as a strange glow started to come from her hand, everyone gave out a small gasp. I hope this will make things clear, Umi muttered, then a white blast covered the room, making everyone fade into the deep and long ago past of ancient Egypt.
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(A millennium ago, Ancient Egypt)
“ Heheh, this time I’ll get him for sure,” a little girl said as she crawled through the bushes of the place garden. “ That Yami deserves what he’s getting’,” the little girl muttered to herself as she started to stand up and brush the dirt off her dress. The little girl gave out a little wicked laugh, “ just wait till I get my hands on him.” She then started to sneak around to see if she could find Yami anywhere, “ oh great, now I cant find him,” the little girl said as she stopped under a huge tree. Unknown to the little girl, there was someone hiding the tree, “ hehehehehe,” the person said; Umi heard this and looked above her. But as she did, a bucket of water fell on her, completely soaking her from head to toe, the little girls face tightened with anger as her eyes filled with tears, “ Yami your sooooooooo mean,” the little girl whined.
Just then, the person jumped out of the tree; “ hey it’s not fault you weren’t being careful.” There standing in front of the little girl was a small boy around the age of 8 (all of our characters are 8 at this time in history), he had spiky blonde and red hair sticking out; he had purple eyes and was wearing the royal clothes. “ You’re a creep Yami,” the little girl whined, “ hey, like I said Umi, you should look in every direction before you stop,” Yami said wickedly. Umi started to growl, but she stopped when she heard someone coming. “ Hey Umi, you okay we heard a scream,” a little brown haired girl said as she helped Umi up,” oh man your soaking wet, what happened?” the other little girl asked. “ Yami poured water on me,” Umi replied, “ hey now that wasn’t nice Yami,” another little girl said. Just then they heard someone else coming, them giving out a loud laugh. “ I don’t think it was supposed to be nice Claire,” the little blonde haired boy said through his laugh’s, “ stop that Joey or I’ll give you a fat lip,” Claire growled as tightened her fist and shook at Joey’s face. “ Oh I’m really scared, right Kaiba?” Joey said sarcastically as he turned to a brown haired boy, “ tch,” Kaiba muttered as he turned away. “ Fine, don’t talk, no one needs your opinion,” Joey said as he crossed his arms.
“ What’s goin’ on?” a voice said from behind them. Umi gave a little yelp of joy, “ yeah, Kathy’s here,” Umi said with joy. Standing right there was a little blacked haired girl wearing all deep purple, in her arms were some scrolls. Kathy gave out a small gasp, “ Umi why are you so wet?” Kathy asked with concern, “ on no were dead,” Joey muttered to Yami; despite the fact that Kathy was just another girl, she was the toughest girl that they knew, and she got very angry when they picked on Umi or the other girls. “ Yami poured water on me, I wouldn’t mind if the water wasn’t so cold,” Umi said as she shivered. Kathy jolted her head to the boys, “ you jerks, why would you pour cold water on her?” Kathy asked coldly, “ to get back at her for…” Joey started to say until a rock hit him in the head, knocking in unconscious. “ Next time I’ll make sure it hits in-between the eyes you baka,” Claire said as she threw another small rock in her hand up and down. “ Good shot Claire,” Tea said with joy,” no prob,” Claire replied with victory. Kathy then turned her head to look at Kaiba; she then walk toward him, “ hey Kaiba I have those scrolls you lent to me,” Kathy said as she handed them to her. “ Oh thanks,” Kaiba said as he took them, a small tint of red on his face, “ no problem,” Kathy giggled.
“ Oh…” Joey and Yami wickedly, “ Kaiba’s got a girlfriend,” they said in unison, “ shut up no I don’t,” Kaiba growled. “ Kaiba’s got a girlfriend, Kaiba’s got a girlfriend…” they kept repeating; Kathy started to get mad, “ all right that’s it, your dead,” Kathy exclaimed as she started running toward them. “ Ahhhh,” they screamed as they started to run away, Kathy then stopped and turned to the others, “ got em’,” Kathy said deviously. “ Good job Kathy,” Umi said happily, still shivering from the cold water, “ come on, lets get you on the sun so you’ll dry off,” Claire said, “ you guys go on ahead, I’ll be right there,” the blood haired girl said, “ k, see ya later Melanie,” Umi waved good bye. Melanie then turned around and started to walk toward the flower field.
“ Goodness these flowers are beautiful,” Melanie said as she started to sit down and pick some flowers. “ I wish we could stay here,” Melanie muttered as she smelled a jasmine flower, “ but we don’t rule over this land, we’re only here for a short time and in two days we leave,” Melanie said sadly. She then gave out a small sigh, “ well might as well enjoy it while we’re here,” Melanie said as she picked some more flowers. Unknown to her someone was watching her. Sitting on top of the palace wall was a small boy. He had chocolate colored eyes and white spiky hair, I wish I could talk to her, the little boy thought as he watched the little Melanie, but why would she wanna talk to a boy like me. The little boy gave out a small sigh, just face it Bakura, it’s never gonna happen, the boy said sadly; he then jumped off the palace wall and walked down the market street.
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(2 days later)
“ Well, I guess this is it,” Umi said sadly, “ yeah, today’s the last day we stay in Upper Egypt,” Melanie added. “ I wanna stay here,” Claire whined, “ we cant, we have to back to Lower Egypt,” Kathy explained. Just then, there was a knock on their door, “ come in,” Melanie said. Just then Joey, Tea, Tristan, and Yami came in, “ Tea! Why did you bring them with you,” Umi exclaimed, “ sorry, they insisted,” Tea replied. “ Hey Umi, I just wanna say I’m gonna miss you and the others when you leave,” Yami said. Umi crossed her arms and looked away, “ tch, yeah, you’ll miss picking on me,” Umi muttered. “ Here,” Yami said, Umi turned to see Yami holding a small box in his hands, “ this is for you,” Yami finished. Umi slowly took the box, and looked at it; it was a pretty little box, it was black with gold trim and millennium eye on the front. “ Open it,” Yami insisted, Umi then started to slowly open it, I hope its not another trick or I’ll…started to think until she saw what was inside of the box.
Inside was a pair of golden earrings, shaped like upside down pyramids, each with an Egyptian eye on it. “ Wow, Yami their really pretty,” Umi said happily, “ glad you like them,” Yami said as he smiled. Umi then looked at her feet, “ thanks Yami,” Umi she muttered, “ your welcome,” Yami said, he then opened his mouth to say something but nothing came out, “ what?” Umi asked Yami then smiled and shook his head, “ its nothing, um, I gotta go, good bye Umi,” Yami quickly said as he ran out of the room. “ I wonder what that was about,” Melanie muttered, Umi then turned to look at the others, “ well, we better get ready, Tea, Joey, we’ll miss you guys. “ “ Yeah, we’ll miss you too,” Tea said as she elbowed Joey, “ right Joey?” “ Yeah, we really will,” Joey added. Umi then looked around, “ um, where’d Kathy go?” “ Don’t know, she left somewhere when the others came in,” Melanie explained, “ probably to say good bye to Kaiba, since she didn’t see him here,” Tea replied. “ Oh I see…” Umi muttered.
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She’s leaving today, Kaiba thought sadly, I couldn’t say good bye to her, it would be too hard and sad, for both her and me. “ Kaiba?” a familiar voice said from behind him, he then turned to see Kathy standing there, “ Kathy! What are you doing here?” Kaiba asked as he walked toward her, “ I came to say good bye,” Kathy replied, “ oh, I see,” Kaiba muttered. “ Why didn’t you come to say good bye to the others?” Kathy asked, “ I don’t know just because I didn’t want to,” Kaiba said as he started to walk away. “ You didn’t want to say bye to me?” Kathy asked gloomily. “ No that’s not it, I did its just (sigh) it’d be to hard to say,” Kaiba explained sadly. “ Seto…” Kathy said, Kaiba jolted his head to look at her, though everyone called him Kaiba, Kathy would call him by his first name and he didn’t mind it, he really liked it when she called him that. “ Yeah?” Kaiba muttered as Kathy walked toward him, “ we’re not saying good bye,” Kathy replied. “ We’re not,” Kaiba asked with surprise in his voice, “ no, we’re saying see you later, that’s what we’re saying cause we’ll see each other again,” Kathy explained. “ Really?” Kaiba said, “ yeah, I know we’ll see each other again, when I don’t know but we will,” Kathy replied. A weak smile spread across his face, “ thanks Kathy,” he muttered as he lowered his head.
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“ There they go,” Joey said to the others as they watched the others
leaving the city gates. “ Do you think we’ll ever see them again,” Tea asked, “
don’t know Tea, maybe someday we will,” Tristan replied. “ I hope we do,” Yami
added. “ We will,” Kaiba said, the others turned to look at him, “ are you sure
Kaiba?” Yami asked, “ yes, I’m sure, when I don’t know, but we will someday,”
Kaiba replied. Yami then looked to see the caravans walking into the dessert. Someday Umi, Someday…
Well there she goes, Bakura thought as he watched the caravans go into the dessert. I’ll probably never see her again, Bakura gave out a big sigh, I should have talked to her or at least met her, then maybe I wouldn’t be so down. Bakura then gave out a small wave, good bye angel.
“ Hey Umi you okay?” Melanie asked, Umi then turned to look at her, “
yeah why?” Umi replied. “ You look sad,” Claire replied, “ yeah, I’m just
wondering if we’ll ever see each other again,” Umi said sadly. “ We will,”
Kathy replied, “ really?” Claire asked, “ yeah, we will, I can feel it. “ Umi
then look out of the caravan to see the palace. Someday Yami, someday…
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(7 years later, Lower Egypt)
“ Hey Umi would you like to go for a walk?” Claire asked happily, “ huh? Uh no, I think I’ll just stay here,” Umi replied. “ You sure? Okay, come on Mel,” Claire said, “ bye Umi,” Melanie waved good bye. Umi then walked over and sat on her throne and rested her head on one of the armrests; not very long ago, Umi was crowned the pharaoh of Lower Egypt. And though Umi was always dreaming of being pharaoh of the land, for some reason, she didn’t feel as happy as she thought she would, she felt something was missing. Umi gave out a small sigh, “ you okay Umi?” a voice said, Umi slowly turned her head to see a black haired girl standing in the shadows, “ hey Kathy,” Umi said as she turned away. “ You all right Umi?” Kathy said as she walked toward her. “ I guess,” Umi shrugged, “ don’t lie Umi,” Kathy said, Umi then looked at her in shock, “ we’re worried about you, ever since you became pharaoh you’ve been acting so weird,” Kathy replied. “ I’m sorry,” Umi muttered, Kathy then sat on the step below the throne, “ what’s wrong Umi?” Kathy asked.
Umi gave out a small sigh, Kathy kept her eyes on her, “ you still miss him don’t you?” Kathy asked, Umi gave out another sigh, “ Umi, we will see them again,” Kathy said with confidence, Umi then looked at her, “ you keep saying that Kathy, but we have yet to see them again,” Umi said. “ I know, but we will, don’t worry, you’ll see him again,” Kathy replied. Umi gave out another sigh; “ I hope your right.”
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(In Upper Egypt)
“ Hey Yami were going to the market you wanna come with,” Joey asked, Yami turned to look at them, “ no thanks, I’m gonna stay here all right,” Yami replied. “ Okay…see ya later,” Joey said as he and Tristan walked out of the throne room, “ where are you guys going?” a familiar deep voice said, Joey crossed his arms, “ if you must know we’re going to the market place.” “ Why? To get some dog food for yourself,” the voice said wickedly, “ quit it Kaiba, you know you really need to shut the hell up,” Joey said as he turned to see Kaiba leaning against the wall. “ Tch, whatever,” Kaiba said without worry in his voice. Joey started to growl, “ one of these days.”
Kaiba didn’t listen as he walked into the throne room, he looked to see Yami there, “ Pharaoh Yami what are you doing?” Kaiba asked, Yami turned to look at him, “ Just thinking,” Yami muttered, things went silent, “ your thinking about her again aren’t you?” Kaiba asked, Yami gave out a big sigh, “ I keep thinking she’s gonna come through that door any minute now but she never does, she never comes back,” Yami said sadly. “ Don’t worry, one day she will, till then, don’t show your emotions, a weak king makes the city weak as well,” Kaiba said as he turned and walked away. Yami then looked outside; “ I hope he’s right.”
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A few days after that, Umi and Yami were invited to enter in a duel monster tournament being held in Upper Egypt, unknowing that one another were going to be there. “ This might not be so bad,” Yami muttered, “ I guess I should go, it might be interesting,” Umi said. So Yami took Joey, Kaiba, Tea, and Tristan while Umi brought Melanie, Claire, Kathy, and some others along with them on their journey. “ I hope I do well,” Umi muttered, “ don’t worry Umi, you’re the best at duel monsters and you know that,” Claire said happily, “ other than Yami, you’re the best,” Melanie than elbowed Claire in the ribs. “ Ow, what?” Claire exclaimed, “ shut up Claire,” Melanie muttered, “ its okay Mel, I don’t mind,” Umi replied. “ Well anyway, you’ll do great Umi,” Kathy replied. Umi then turned her head to think, I hope so.
“ This is going to be interesting,” Tea said happily, “ in what way, we’re on the sidelines, Yami gets to have all the fun,” Joey whined. “ Would stop whining,” Kaiba growled, “ why don’t you lay off,” Joey growled back, “ knock it off, your acting like children,” Tristan replied, “ yeah you too, you act the same way you did 7 years ago,” Tea added. Tea then gave out a big sigh and looked over at Yami, who seemed to be completely out of it, "Yami, you okay?” she asked, Yami then blinked and looked at her, “ huh? What?” “ Your really out of it lately, are you sure you’re all right?” Joey asked, “ yeah, fine,” Yami lied, and he then turned his head to think, I wish she would be here to see me win.
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After they both arrived, they were given black capes to wear so their opponents wouldn’t know who they are so their emotions wouldn’t be in the way. And after that, they started the tournament immediately. “ This will be easy for you Umi, you love this game and you’re damn good at it,” Claire encouraged, “ you can beat these losers,” Joey said as Yami got ready, “ just go out there and kick their sorry asses.” And so the tournament began. Yami, as well as Umi went through many contestants, but none a challenge for them. As the hours went on, it came down to just Umi and Yami left. “ Hey, you’re doing great Yami,” Joey said happily, “ thanks, any competition out there?” Yami asked. “ Yeah actually, there’s one person that’s been going through the other contestants fast, like they’re nothing,” Kaiba explained, “ no idea who this person is?” Yami asked, “ no idea, but this persons good,” Tristan replied.
“ That was great Umi, they’re dropping like flies,” Claire said jumping with joy, “ hm, not a problem,” Umi said with confidence, “ anyone know about the person I’m going up with next before I win this thing?” “ Yeah, we’ve been watching this person and he is really good, he’s right up there with you,” Kathy explained. “ Good, a real challenge, perfect,” Umi said; just then a bell rang for the last and final match to begin, “ wish me luck you guys,” Umi said, “ don’t worry, you’ll do great,” Melanie said with confidence. “ See ya later,” Yami said as he started to walking away, “ good luck Yami,” Tea and Tristan said, “ don’t worry, he’ll do just fine,” Joey replied, but Kaiba thought differently. This person is good, right up there with Yami, and there’s only one person that I know that’s up there with him, and that’s… “ Kaiba,” Tristan said, Kaiba blinked and looked at him, “ what?” he growled, “ stop zoning out the match is about to start,” Joey said coldly.
“ Time to duel,” the man announced, “ you may begin the match.” “ I play my Celtic Guardian (1400 points),” Yami announced, “ then I’ll play Lamoon (1700) who will destroy your Celtic Guardian right now,” Umi shouted as she summoned her monster to do so. “ No!” Yami shouted as his guardian was destroyed, “ yes,” Umi muttered, “ all right!” the girls exclaimed. This person is good, Yami thought, “ impressive, but not impressive enough,” Yami started to say, “ I play the Summoned Skull (2500).” “ Oh no,” Umi gasped, “ that’s right and now its my turn to send your monster to the graveyard, go Summoned Skull,” Yami said as his Skull destroyed Lamoon. “ Very good, I see this will be an interesting duel,” Umi said, “ same here,” Yami replied. “ Yez, this is getting tense already,” Tea muttered to the others, “ yeah, how would have thought there’s someone else that good and that’s other than Yami,” Tristan added. “ This person is not someone to push around,” Kaiba said, the others turned to look at him, “ this person knows what they’re doing,” Kaiba finished, “ you know this person Kaiba?” Joey asked, “ I have an idea, but I’m not quite sure,” “ well whoever this person is, its gonna be really hard for Yami to win,” Tea said.
And so the battle went on, bringing down each other’s points, almost to the point of defeat, yet still hanging, both unknown of the others plan. This guys good, but he has no idea of my plan, I intend to bring together the five Exodia cards to create a great monster that no one has been able to defeat, Umi thought wickedly, I’ll win this duel for sure. This person hasn’t been easy to beat, but she has no idea of what I’m planning, to summon the mighty and unstoppable Exodia, which none of her monsters will defeat, Yami thought wickedly. “ Well whoever you are its been great dueling you but this duel is about to come to a stop for I have a trick up my sleeve that will leave you breathless,” Umi said wickedly, “ as do I,” Yami replied. “ Well, why don’t we summon our monsters at the same time all right?” Umi said, “ not a bad idea,” Yami replied, “ all right then lets see what you’ve got,” he shouted as his monster and hers started to appear. “ Let’s…” Umi said as her monster started to form, “ go Exodia, obliterate!” they said in unison. Just then, their Exodia’s were in full form and attacked each other with their fatal blow, “ an Exodia!” they said in unison as they saw each others Exodia’s as they destroyed each other (stalemate), bringing down both their points to 0. “ The match is a draw, you both win,” the man announced, “ yeah, all right!” Claire exclaimed, “ she won.” “ All right he won,” Joey exclaimed.
“ That was a very good game,” Umi said to Yami, “ thank you, you were a good opponent,” Yami replied. “ You both now must remove your hoods and reveal yourselves to each other,” the man said. In unison, both Yami and Umi lowered their hoods, both gasping when they looked at each other, as the others looked, there faces went into shock. “ Y…Ya…mi?!” Umi stuttered in shock and amazement, “ Um…I?!” Yami stuttered. Reunited at last, Kathy thought