Prologue/ Setting(AN)

SPOILERS!

This story takes place shortly after the Ceremonial Battle, still in the deserts of Egypt. The Kanes' time period is after the last book, The Serpent's Shadow. The Kanes are in Egypt after a rare item, which was, unfortunately, just covered by the collapse of the tomb. POVs are included and indicated at the beginning of each chapter. And with nothing left to do, let's get on with the story!(Ya, I know that the timeline is a little screwed up;just deal with it)

Chapter One: Meeting in the Middle of the Desert

Sadie's POV

"It should be this way," I told my brother as I read off a scroll.
Carter looked up from the book he had been skimming for information. "Then let's go before the hottest part of the day. I really don't want to be stuck in the middle of an Egyptian desert at high noon. Believe me, it's not fun."
"Oh, I'm not doubting you," I said, standing. Carter also stood and grabbed his bag filled with scrolls and supplies for spells. "Let's go."
Carter walked out of tent we set up for Headquarters. The rest of our trainees were still at the 21st Nome. It was my order. Really, I could've done this mission by myself, but Carter forced himself into coming anyway. We were looking for an ancient item with tremendous power. I learned about it from a scroll that we found shortly after the gods retreated. Supposedly it would help with training. Hopefully.

"Come on," Carter called, already on the camels we had rented.

"Coming!" I yelled, hurriedly grabbing my bags and mounting my own rented camel. "This way."

Carter followed me as I lead him through the desert, using the scroll as my directions. After we had been traveling for multiple hours, the desert sun reached it's highest point. The heat was barely bearable, and just as bad as riding on the Sun boat. I guess, in a way, it was just like riding the boat.

Suddenly a rumble erupted from a stone ledge ahead of us. It looked like a secret cave had just collapsed. A group of teenage kids, not much older than me and my brother, came running out of the collapsing cave. Carter and I ran our camels as fast as possible over to the group. When we arrived, both of us unmounted the camels and ran over to them. Several of them looked like they had been crying and all of them looked sad and depressed in one way or another, except for a tall juvenile male that looked older than the rest.

"Everyone okay?" Carter asked the group.

"Ya," replied a short boy with crazy hair, and when I mean crazy, I mean crazy. His tri-colored black, gold, and crimson hair stood straight up, defying all laws of gravity.

"Anyone want a free ride home? If so, this is your only chance," called the tall guy. His brown hair was at a point in the back and a little boy with black hair was at his side constantly as he talked.

"Shut it, RichBoy. We just lost our friend. Do you have no emotions?" said a boy with blonde hair. Obviously, this guy had a major grudge against the taller male he called 'RichBoy'.

"Maybe I should just leave you here, Mutt. You must want to stay with your dead Pharaoh friend,"sneered the tall one.

"That's too far," the multi-colored wonder called. "That's too far, Kaiba. Just to far."

"Pharaoh?" Carter asked, taken off guard.

Hesitantly, the multi-colored one replied. "Yes."

One of the girl's eyes watered, and then she started to cry. Oops.

"My name is Yugi, by the way," the short one spoke again.

"Hello. This is my sister, Sadie, and I'm Carter," my brother introduced. He had become a lot more confident after Horus had stayed and camped in his head for awhile.

The tall one, Kaiba, simply walked away, not talking to anyone. The black- haired boy stayed at his side.

"Hey, Kaiba, wait up!" the blonde called.

"We could take you home," Carter told him. "Where do you live?"

"Domino City, Japan is where most of this group originates, but me and my brother live here," an elegant lady in a white dress replied.

"Nice to meet you," called a greeting from a boy with white hair that stood out everywhere. Man was this a freak show? "My name is Marik."

We went around the group, introducing ourselves as they introduced themselves to us. Tea, Tristan, Ishizu, Seto( Kaiba. He's the tall one.), Mokuba, and Duke, all of their names mashed together into one big mess. And, oh gods, their hair! Multi-colored, straight up, in gold, and white?! Who was this group?

Me, being myself, simply brushed off all the names and hair for later thought and cut right to the business. "We are looking for a tomb. Any ideas?"

No one spoke, but I could tell they were hiding something. Each and every one of them exchanged a nervous glance.

"What was it called?" asked the elegant woman.

"Ishizu, right? We're looking for an item called-"my brother started.

"The Millenium Puzzle," I finished for him.