In his private room, Pegasus stands over the three soul cards. It's all over, he says to himself. Everything he struggled for is now beyond his grasp. Keeping these souls prisoner won't help him now, and anyway, he's a man of his word. (Japanese Pegasus says that he's read many minds with his Millennium Eye. But two minds in one body—is this the power of the Millennium Puzzle?) He releases the three souls. Mokuba on the balcony, Kaiba in the dungeon, and Grandpa in his hospital bed all begin to stir. Pegasus turns to the painting of a woman on the wall. It was all for you, Cecelia, he says, so that I could restore you. (Japanese Pegasus says, "Cyndia, was I wrong?")

How sweet, says Dark Bakura, who's come into the room. (In the Japanese, Bakura doesn't speak. Pegasus senses his presence through the Millennium Items.) Pegasus whirls and confronts him. Dark Bakura challenges him to a Shadow Game, and the opportunity to win another Millennium Item. He picks up Pegasus's deck and shuffles it, saying that while the Millennium Eye has the ability to look into people's minds, the Ring can look into their souls. (Japanese Bakura doesn't mention anything about a challenge just yet. He tells Pegasus that he can see Pegasus's future, and then says he'll do a little fortune telling with these cards.) Then he begins to lay down Pegasus's cards, reading their meanings like Tarot cards. First, he turns up the Happy Lover. This card shows that Pegasus has known the happiness of romance, Bakura says, but it's upside down, meaning that the romance ended in tragedy. Pegasus frowns, but says nothing as Bakura continues.

The next card is the Mask of Darkness, which reveals that Pegasus's recent actions were a cover for his true objectives, which came from deep within his heart. "Who would have believed that you even have a heart, let alone one that could be so easily broken." Pegasus tells him to be quiet, but Bakura goes on to read the third card—Doma, the Angel of Silence (Angel of Death's Silence, Doma). Bakura says he will now silence Pegasus forever! (In the Japanese, Bakura says, "Once it's on you, you can't escape death.")

The two begin to battle, using the energies of their Millennium Items directly. But Pegasus is weak from his duel with Yugi, and he is defeated. Bakura tells him he will own all of the Millennium Items, and use their combined might to conquer the world! He reaches out towards Pegasus's Eye, and Pegasus screams, "Noooooo!" Over his screams, we see the castle's dining hall, and the paintings hanging on the walls. (In the US version, we zoom in on Cecelia's portrait. But in the Japanese, it's Shadi's portrait we see in close-up, and Shadi's blue eyes briefly glow.)

Still running to the tower, the gang hear Pegasus's shout. When they reach the bottom of the stairs, they find Croquet and several other of Pegasus's guards, one of whom is carrying a moaning Pegasus on his back. (Pegasus isn't moaning in the Japanese.) They ask what happened, but Croquet only tells them that Pegasus has taken ill. (He tells them that Pegasus was attacked by an unknown person in the Japanese.) Yugi asks what about his Grandpa and the others? Pegasus promised to release their souls! Croquet says, "Not my department." (In the Japanese, he says now is not the time.)

They continue to Pegasus's tower apartment, where they wonder about the woman in the painting. Téa finds Pegasus's diary. (In the Japanese, Jounouchi looks over Anzu's shoulder and exclaims, "It's in English!" Anzu says, "Of course, Pegasus is an American." Jounouchi asks if Anzu can read it, and she says she'll try.) A card falls out—it's another painting of the same woman. (For some reason, they've changed the painting on the card to another of Cecelia's portraits.)

Téa begins to read the diary, which is addressed to a woman named Cecelia (Cyndia or Cynthia), and concerns Pegasus's plan to bring her back. (In the Japanese, the diary is addressed to the new King of Duelists who defeats him, and is an explanation of why he created Duel Monsters. Which makes it a little less rude of them to be reading Pegasus's diary.)

The diary tells how Pegasus and Cecelia met as children at a party given by Pegasus's father. (In the Japanese, Pegasus writes that this was 14 years ago, and his father was a businessman in Las Vegas.) They fell instantly in love and were inseparable from then on. Inspired by his love, Pegasus became a painter, and his favorite subject was his beloved Cecelia. When Cecelia agreed to marry him, it was the happiest day of his life! (In the Japanese, Pegasus isn't nearly so gushing. He simply says that they were attracted to each other and vowed to always be together, and told each other of their dreams.) But tragedy struck, and just as they were married, Cecelia was struck down by a fatal disease. (Cut from the US version is a shot of Pegasus at Cyndia's funeral, standing over her in her casket, and the casket lid closing over her. It's replaced by a shot of a cemetary, and a headstone with "Cecelia Pegasus" engraved on it. Pegasus says she died when he was 17. It's not clear whether they were actually married in the Japanese version. Elsewhere, she's referred as his lover, not his wife.)

Grief-stricken, he could no longer paint. Pegasus was determined to search the earth for a way to bring her back to life. His travels eventually brought him to Egypt. (In the Japanese, Pegasus says he went directly to Egypt to study reincarnation in the hope of learning how to bring Cyndia back, and spent a year there studying.)

One day, the wind blew off his hat while he was walking through the streets of an ancient city, and it was returned to him by a young Egyptian man, Shadi. The Egyptian told him to take care: the search to heal his broken heart might lead to even more heartache. Pegasus asked how the man knew these things, but Shadi only told him to leave. Pegasus followed him down a passageway that led deep underground, where he found a hidden crypt. Pegasus was siezed by guards, and the Egyptian told him that he was a guardian of the sacred Millennium Items. Anyone who entered this sacred place could not leave unless he was chosen.

Shadi took the Millennium Eye from its place on the crypt, and told Pegasus he would be tested by the Eye itself. Each Item chooses its owner, he said, and punishes those who are undeserving. (Japanese Shadi told him that the Millennium Eye would grant his wish to see his lover again.) Then he thrust the Eye into Pegasus's face. (Cut from the US version are a few seconds showing Shadi shoving the Item into Pegasus's eye.)

Pegasus screamed in pain, but Shadi observed that he had not descended into chaos and madness. The Eye would show him times and places outside his own.

Pegasus then saw Cecelia in a vision. Overjoyed, he reached out to her, but she faded in his grasp. (All the blood dripping down Pegasus's face from the Millennium Eye is digitized out of the US version.)

Seeing is not the same as touching, Shadi told him. And Pegasus was left alone again. But that moment gave him hope that one day it would be possible to hold her again.

Téa tells them that the diary goes on to say that Pegasus eventually discovered a way to combine Kaiba Corporation's virtual technology with the magic of the Millennium Items to restore Cecelia. But nothing about Grandpa or the Kaiba brothers. (Japanese Anzu says Pegasus only wanted to see his dead lover again, and Jounouchi says, "What a passionate man.")

When she puts the diary down on the desk, Yugi notices the three soul cards—now blank, the souls no longer imprisoned in them. They rush off to see if the three have recovered. (In the Japanese, only Yugi notices the cards, and everyone else just rushes off to look for the Kaiba brothers, not knowing if their souls have been returned.)

But as Yugi runs out the door, he's stopped by the sudden appearance of an Egyptian man—the same one in Pegasus's flashbacks. He holds a Millennium Item, too, and he wonders if Yugi is the one who stole Pegasus's Millennium Eye. He takes the Millennium Key (Millennium Ankh) from around his neck, and uses it to unlock Yugi's mind.

Inside Yugi's mind, Shadi is shocked to discover two chambers. One is full of toys, the room of someone pure and innocent. The occupant of this room couldn't be the one who stole the Millennium Eye. But wait! There's another presence in the other room. The door opens, and Shadi faces Yami, who tells him he may enter his room, but warns him he'll allow no harm to come to Yugi. (In the Japanese, Yami says he wasn't expecting a visitor. "But come in, if you have the guts. The game awaits you.")

Shadi has never entered a mind chamber so dank and mysterious! He feels as though he's in the tomb of an ancient pharaoh. (In the Japanese, he just compares it to an ancient Egyptian tomb.) Yami demands that Shadi tell him why he's entered his mind, and Shadi says he's searching for a thief. He explains that the seven Millennium Items were created five thousand years ago by a brave Pharaoh (In the Japanese, it's 3000 years), and their power is sought by many evil men. Shadi's charge is to guard the Items, and punish the thief who stole the Millennium Eye. Yami says he has nothing to hide, and opens the doors to the corridors of his mind, which are twisty and strange as an Escher painting. (In the Japanese, Yami says if you want to see my room, you have to find me. He tells Shadi it will be a Dark Game, and snaps his fingers, saying "Game start.") Then Yami disappears, leaving Shadi to find his way through the maze. Shadi opens a door, but a huge stone nearly falls on him—it was a trap. He continues to walk through the corridors, using his Millennium Key to find the way. He opens another door, thinking this is the one he seeks. (In the Japanese, he sees Yami sitting in a chair inside the room. Yami is cut from the US version.)

But when he enters, the floor caves in under his feet, and he falls, barely catching himself. If he falls into the darkness, he'll be trapped in the maze forever!

A hand reaches down to help him—it's Yugi! Yugi says he doesn't know why the spirit of the Puzzle is doing this, but he can't let Shadi be hurt. After pulling him out of the hole, the two sit together. Yugi says he doesn't think the spirit meant any harm. He thinks some memories are hidden even from the spirit. (In the Japanese, Yugi calls out to "the other me" to release Shadi from the game.) Then a door opens, and they enter a hallway, lined with huge stone tablets, on which monsters are carved. Shadi explains that millennia ago, Egyptian kings played Shadow Games with real magic and real monsters. But the games erupted into a war that threatened to destroy the world, until one brave Pharaoh sealed the magic away. How could Yugi's other personality have knowledge of this ancient world?

Yugi sees the Dark Magician on one of the tablets, and says the monsters look like the monsters on the cards they play with! Then the Dark Magician appears before them, holding out his staff threateningly. Shadi thinks they have to stop him, and begins to use the power of the Key to conjure up the monster carved on the floor beneath them—the Dark Magician's nemesis, the Blue Eyes White Dragon!

But Yugi tells him to stop. The Dark Magician wouldn't hurt him! He asks the Dark Magician to let them pass, and to Shadi's amazement, the Dark Magician yields. This boy must be the Chosen One! Shadi leaves Yugi's mind, and speaks to him face to face. Chaos threatens to engulf the world again, he tells Yugi. Only the Chosen One can save it. Yugi has many more questions, but Shadi leaves, telling Yugi that he must prepare himself. The fate of the world depends on it! (In the Japanese, Shadi only tells Yugi he's learned many interesting things, and that Yugi must be careful—someone else with a Millennium Item will come after his Puzzle. He tells Yugi that his name is Shadi, and that he's never told anyone else his name before. Then he disappears.)