The Wrong Kaiba! (Part 3)

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

"Any luck?" Yugi was just standing there. Not crying. Not getting angry. Just, there. "Atem?"

"I am trying to break through, Yugi," Atem promised. "I really am."

///Sekhmet: Thoth says you have a way to reach Masika and Silhouette, but it will involve you and your other self taking a risk. If you fail, your soul will be devoured by Ammut.///

///Atem: I am sure we will take whatever risk is needed.///

///Sekhmet: You have said that before. Did you regret that decision?///

///Atem: No, and we will do this for my friends too./// Still, Atem would ask. "Yugi. There is a way to reach Masika. We have to put our soul at risk with Ammut."

"A sliver of hope," Yugi said. "I'll believe in it. Whatever is asked of me, I'll do it."

Of course. ///Atem: We will do it.///

///Sekhmet: I am coming.///

Atem watched as she showed up in front of them.

"This doesn't change the fact you need to make the millennium items still to save any of them, but it will rescue the new little goddess and her mother. Both are fading fast," she warned him. "Much more and even with Téa's sacrifice, it may not be enough to pay the price. Lives will be added from this dimension."

"What do we have to do?" Yugi asked.

"You will be taken to the other dimension, the one that fights," Sekhmet said. "You will swiftly use Kaiba's machine and not be seen by one living being there. If you are seen, your soul will be devoured instead of the dimension being destroyed. It will take the power of the Pharaoh's soul to reverse the damage."

Only them. "Masika isn't a Pharaoh, how will she fair?"

"No two forms of the self should exist in a dimension. She is whole with Téa there, she is not the same. It should be fine," Sekhmet reasoned. "No one is there right now, but it will be swarming with investigators soon so hurry!"

"Only I need to go," Atem said to her. "Would Yugi-"

"Yugi must go, the price is an entire Pharaoh's soul to be even. Besides, you can't just carry Masika by yourself, you need someone to carry Silhouette."

Right. "Yugi? Clothing does not survive in that area without protection." A small warning so the embarrassment won't trip them up.

Yugi glowed a little but he shook his head. "It's fine, I get it. Let's just get them before it's too late." Yugi looked at Joey. "If Téa comes down, just tell her we'll be back with Masika." Then he groaned. "Nevermind. She knows. Sorry, Téa, we have to go!" He called upstairs. "Let's go."

"Hit a blue button," Seto Kaiba said helpfully. "Call it a hunch, if I made something personal no one else would know about, it would probably be a blue button to start it."

"Thanks, Kaiba," Yugi thanked him. "You've been a huge help today."

"Think nothing of it." Kaiba looked toward Serenity. "I'm just someone to count on when things get tough."

Yes. He would need a ton of goodwill to end up with Serenity. So, it was being selfishly helpful, but they would take it.

"Good luck, Guys," Joey said. "I really hope this all works out for you like it did for me and Mai."

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DIMENSION: MANGA

Yugi and Atem both found themselves at Kaibacorp. They had never been up there, so they had no idea if it looked any different. "Did we move to the other dimension?" Yugi asked. He headed toward an area that looked like a rollercoaster that went nowhere. "This must continue into where Masika is trapped."

Atem headed to the panel. It did look complicated, but Kaiba said to look for a blue button. It wasn't just blue, it was a blue eyes white dragon button. No one was there yet, but they didn't have much time. He hit the blue button and watched the lights start to dim in the room while lights on the rollercoaster machine started to light up. Flashy, definitely Kaiba made. He got into the machine with Yugi. "This will probably be a bumpy ride, most likely those other buttons helped." Probably with cloth survival and duration, but they would have to go with what they had.

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Border Between the Afterlife:

Atem stepped out, feeling sand all around. It was just like what he envisioned.

"To the right." Tarewet's voice. "She is alive but unconscious. You'll be able to hear Silhouette's cries when you are closer."

Right.

"Sounds like we are cutting it close, Other Me," Yugi said. "I don't see anything up ahead at all." Yugi started to run.

Yes, they were so close, they couldn't risk messing up now. Atem ran beside Yugi. ///Atem: Masika, are you there at all? We are very close, just hang on./// In the distance, they could finally make out a structure. "That's it, Yugi, I know it is."

"I can hear your daughter crying, that has to be it," Yugi agreed.

Yes. Silhouette was really hollering. Without a mother to comfort her, she would continue. Probably into eternity as she passed all alone, if Masika hadn't said she would stay with her.

"We're almost there." Yugi and him arrived about the same time at the door to the Sanctuary.

Masika was on the ground, her body downward except for her face that was staring out to the side. Her eyes were closed. Not too far away was Silhouette, crying up a storm. The only color was the red in her face, her skin was almost pure white.

Yugi went for Silhouette. "You carry Masika. I'll carry Silhouette out first." He tried to hold her, but her power kept pushing him back. "Big temper tantrum. She still has power."

Atem could see the eye of wdjat start to glow on her head. He went toward her and put his finger near her head. "Calm down. We are here to help." She actually stopped crying and reached out to him. "Yugi?"

"I got her." Yugi picked her up. "You get Masika now."

Atem went to see Masika. Great. This? ///Our souls are at stake. Her life is at stake. So many things are at stake if I don't get her./// He ignored any blushing that occurred on him as he picked her up. ///Egyptian Pharaoh. She was Egyptian. This would not bother her./// But? His modern day mind dominated any memories of Egypt.

Yugi was long gone. Atem ran out of the Sanctuary with her. This part was almost over. "Yugi, warn Téa to have some clothes ready and to be out from where Sekhmet is."

"I did. She's already ready," Yugi said as he reached the machine first. "This'll be a little crowded. Make sure you don't kick anyone with her."

Atem sat down. It was almost over. Relief started to set in, they now had a chance to save everyone. "You wouldn't have to worry about being kicked if you opened your eyes."

"We just saved Masika, I'm not getting murdered by Téa," Yugi pointed out. "She's my girlfriend."

"Yes, I guessed that." They couldn't read each other's minds for too long without having to confront that.

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DIMENSION: MANGA

As soon as they arrived.

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DIMENSION: ANIME

They appeared back in the Game Shop.

"Oh, she's safe." Sekhmet rubbed against Silhouette with her head.

"Yugi!" Téa's voice sounded mad.

Yugi glowed when he saw her. "Hey, there weren't clothes in that place, I warned you."

Téa covered her eyes. "You said to be ready for Masika, not you guys naked too!" She grumped. "This isn't the next thing I see after agreeing to be a girlfriend, Yugi." She uncovered her eyes and refused to look at Yugi.

Instead, she was coming straight for Atem. "I saved your spirit, you must show mercy."

"Nothing's showing for you," Téa muttered. "Everything's covered by Masika." She didn't sound pleased by that either. "I'll take Masika's baby. Atem, put her in our bedroom and you and Yugi better go upstairs and get some clothes on."

"You bet!" Yugi gave her Silhouette. ///Yugi: Oh, thank goodness, if we had failed, Téa wouldn't have shown us any mercy.///

///Atem: True. Though it was impossible to save them any other way, Téa would be the type to hold that against us./// Atem could hear Yugi's thoughts again.

///Yugi: Oh, thank goodness that is fixed Atem! It wasn't easy to pair with Téa, I love her, but it was very hard.///

///Atem: Only the same soul mixes well, Yugi./// Atem took Masika upstairs, placed her on the bed and quickly went to his room with Yugi.

///Yugi: Okay. Masika and Silhouette is safe. Now we have some time to relax to figure out the situation, right?///

///Atem: I don't know. Sekhmet said that people would be coming toward Kaiba's machine soon on the other side. There's no reason lots of people would go there, it was a top secret project. Their Masika and Téa have also joined into one.///

///Yugi: I knew it would be different, but the fact that Masika could actually be in a different dimension and be considered so different that she safely made it through? Yeah, there's some big things going on.///

///Atem: Everyone is eager to get their cards. Masika may be here now, but-" Atem had just about walked out of the room when Téa held Silhouette out toward him.

"Masika is really weak. You need to take care of her," Téa said. "Hold out your hands."

Atem held out his hands.

"Inner arm facing up," Téa said.

Atem brought his inner arms facing up.

Téa's eyebrow twitched. "You're holding them like you are about to give blood." Téa looked toward Yugi. "You hold her. You better know how to hold, Yugi."

"I do." Yugi took Silhouette from Téa.

"Great." Téa smiled. "Then, let Atem take a turn holding her. Then let Bandit King Thief."

Atem and Yugi both looked at her.

"He is her father too. Where do you think the cool white in her hair comes from?" Téa pointed out. "You guys . . . Yugi said that Hikaru isn't going to be sacrificed. It was just a ploy to make us go for the millennium items, right?"

"Right," Yugi agreed.

"Hey, Yug!" Joey's voice outside. "Are all the naked people not naked so we can come back in?"

"In a minute Joey!" Téa said hotly. "Grr. It's just like him to interrupt when I'm talking."

Yugi just blushed. ///Yugi: She's the best.///