The Wrong Kaiba! (Part 1)

DIMENSION: ANIME ( The One That Pays to Save the Day)

Border Between The Afterlife

"Masika?" Bastet was actually at the entrance this time. She looked like she was fairing stronger. Masika moved closer with Silhouette. "Toss your cape over here. The other dimension will need it, and when things are borrowed, the original dimension will get it back if it is needed. It ticks just a little bit quicker than this dimension. I have given what time I could."

"Understood." Masika undid the cape and tossed it outside.

"This makes things messier," Bastet told her. "Help cannot come for you until the other Masika's presence is gone. Without the cape? Even with her sacred power, Silhouette might lose all her power in protecting you."

Masika held Silhouette closer. "Will I still be considered the sacrifice if I expire here?"

"Yes," Bastet said. "Atem can still use the card before you perish here." She looked extremely sad though. "You will move on to your afterlife empire. Silhouette will be trapped, drained of power or not, she is still a goddess."

"Trapped here for eternity?" Masika had to ask. If Silhouette expired.

"Yes, sadly." That is why Bastet was upset. Death was not something a goddess would get upset about. Being trapped in a small space for eternity? That would upset them.

"May I choose to stay here with her instead?" Masika asked. "She will be lonely and cry for eternity in here, with no one to comfort her." Once again, like Heba. "I want to stay trapped with her instead of leaving."

"It is a choice." Bastet seemed to cheer up a little. "If you expire, then you shall stay with her. I always knew you were the right choice. Ask Atem how his Seto Kaiba's path is doing. As soon as it is clear to come again, they need to be ready to come for you."

"I have more questions, but Sekhmet isn't answering," Masika told her.

Bastet just smiled. "She's just going through some issues like you. She will answer you now."

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Game Shop

///Masika: Atem?"///

Oh, finally. ///Atem: What did Sekhmet say for Mai?///

///Masika: The card Sekhmet threw was made in anger just to get everyone to call you out for being a jerk. They have no worries.///

Good. That was another thing solved. "The card was just an anger card. You don't have to sacrifice Mai," Atem said to Joey. He watched as Joey got a little too happy and hugged Mai on the side. She gave him a slight pat on the back.

"Yeah, I figured it was something like that," Mai said. "I'm good, Joey."

"Sorry. Yeah. Good." Joey let go. "We are good. So?" He looked toward Atem. "All that's left is Téa and Masika now with their kids."

"I suppose so." They were down to it. Figuring out the sacrifice for the rest.

"It don't come to everybody," Joey said to Atem. "Don't worry too much about how you deal with your daughter. You'll learn. I have to learn too. I guess we'll be learning together."

Nice words from Joey.

///Masika: Atem, you must ask Seto Kaiba if he has a special cape for the other side. Is he still there?///

Right, the cape. He still had to ask about the other side. Seto Kaiba wasn't busy, he was casting a few looks toward Tristan who was next to Serenity, probably thinking of his own plans, but nothing else. "Seto Kaiba?" Atem called toward him. "Do you have a machine that you have tried to create to make it into the afterlife?"

He didn't give him a pleasant look. Kaiba never liked to talk about his failures. "What about it?"

"Did you make a special cape for the other side?" Atem asked him.

"I couldn't even penetrate one barrier. Magic or something was holding me back," he said. "Without getting anywhere, I wouldn't do anything about any clothing to survive."

///Atem: He never made a cape.///

///Masika: That's too bad. Mine was taken. Silhouette will expel more power now.///

///Atem: Taken?///

///Masika: They had borrowed it from the other dimension. There is a rule Bastet said about only being able to borrow when not in use. Something has to be there, if it should be there, and someone needed it on that side.///

///Atem: You have no protection then?///

///Masika: There is a chance we might expire. Bastet said the card can still be used for us.///

///Atem: We need to get her out though. Goddesses cannot remain there.///

///Masika: If she goes, she will be trapped here for eternity. I can't leave her on her own, crying for a mother for eternity. I have to stay here too.///

Swiftly. They needed to move quicker. ///Atem: We are coming to get you very soon, I promise.///

///Masika: You can't. You cannot come until the other Masika is retrieved.///

Blast! ///Atem: Then we will be ready./// "Kaiba, where is your machine?"

Seto Kaiba just gave him a look. "It didn't work."

"It will work now," Atem assured him.

"Okay. Let me paint a picture for you. If it had worked, and I could get across? I would then have made a way to transport across, with something to wear across it. It didn't work. There is no transportation, and no way across." Kaiba stared at him. "That's it."

///Atem: Curses!///

///Masika: What is it?///

///Atem: Our Kaiba never made any transportation to get across./// They were missing more than the cape. He couldn't get to them. ///I'm sorry, Masika.///

///Masika: I understand.///

///Atem: I am sorry for using you to try and get at Téa's secret too. I don't think I ever bothered apologizing for it.///

///Masika: Sekhmet explained it to me. We need to work on the other sacrifice cards. If there is a way to save Téa and her baby, I would greatly appreciate it.///

"Atem, Man?" Joey asked. "You okay? You aren't looking so good. Isn't there anything for Téa and her spirit besides the milllennium items?"

"Even the power of the millennium items wouldn't work for Masika and . . . Silhouette." It felt wrong. It felt all wrong. In less than a day he went from playing a game to scare Masika, finding out he was having a goddess with her, met Silhouette, and she would be trapped with Masika for eternity. ///Atem: Ask Sekhmet for any help at all. Silhouette is hers, she cares deeply, ask for something.///

He watched as Yugi came back downstairs, grinning. Perfect, his former host was joyful, he had finally attained Téa probably. Yet, it didn't take long for Yugi's smile to come down. "What's wrong, Atem?"

///Masika: Atem. Please come see me?///

"A moment. I'll explain." Atem closed his eyes and found his way to the sanctuary. Without a cape, Masika would have no clothing. If he had real Egyptian memories, that wouldn't bother him. Still.

///Masika: The promise I wanted from you?///

Right. ///Atem: What is it?///

///Masika: It's voided./// He heard Silhouette cooing again in the background along with the sound of a horse again. ///Masika: It's something to keep in mind though. Dark Bakura isn't evil. You both hate each other for reasons, but neither of you can understand the other. If somehow we do get a way out, I want you two to be amiable in the same area.///

What? ///Atem: That's a big promise. Even before he was Zorc, he was terrifying.///

///Masika: He was terrifying because of the curse. I know Téa, and her messy feelings for this situation too. If a miracle happens and we are all back? Expect to share residence with the Bakuras.///

Atem seethed.

///Masika: Yes, you don't know which is worse now, do you?///

///Atem: That is a high command.///

///Masika: I am not commanding. I am warning you that Téa would eventually want it that way. All we ever wanted was to heal Bakura's wounds. We wanted to stay with him, but his cursed village would not allow it. Having their child pretty much blocks any debate.///

///Atem: Great, fine, I'll tell Yugi to be prepared if you survive. Anything else?///

///Masika: Have you heard from Grandpa? Is he back from Bingo Night?///

///Atem: He should be back soon.///

///Masika: If I don't see him again. Tell him I get numbers wrong sometimes, and he really should have had me greeting customers instead of dealing with numbers.///

///Atem: I doubt he cares.///

///Masika: I think I forgot to count a 50.///

///Atem: That's fine.///

///Masika: At least a couple of times. I also get the 8 mixed with 3 and the infinity sign, so sometimes something that was 5 and 8 looked like 5 and infinity and I might have marked it as 5 and 0 or 5 and 3.///

Atem sighed. ///That was horrible, Masika.///

///Masika: He was the one who never looked over the paperwork.///

He opened his eyes fully and looked toward Yugi. He should tell him. "Seto Kaiba doesn't have the way up to retrieve Masika and Silhouette. They don't have long to live. Things aren't looking good, Yugi."

Yeah, more than Yugi were giving him looks right now.

"Okay, so, what do we do?" Joey asked.

"I told Masika to ask Sekhmet for something she could do," Atem explained. "I have nothing."

"Either way, Téa and Masika are both still doomed," Tristan pointed out. "If we can't save the other one, we can still save Téa if we figure something out. Is there something else besides creating the millennium items?"