Episode 4: Man In The Moon Part 4

Soon they found themselves walking through a never ending series of trees. "Can anyone see anything?" Yugi asked as they walked aimlessly through the darkness. "Don't worry, I've got a flashlight." Akiza said. The blue mist decided to make it's move.

Quickly it phased into one of the trees.

When Akiza turned the flashlight on everyone screamed. All the tree trunks suddenly had terrifying faces that could give even Nightmare King the chills. A sudden giggle snapped them out of their shocked sate and the turned to Mana.

Mana laughed again. "Oh, guys, don't you see?"

When I was a little girl
And the sun was going down

"Tell me she's not" Yugi begged.

The darkness and the shadows
They would always make me froooooown

"She is." Jack groaned.

I'd hide under my pillow
From what I thought I saw
But Granny said that wasn't the way
To deal with fears at all

"Then what is?" Seto asked.

She said. "Mana, you gotta stand up tall
Learn to face your fears
You'll see that they can't hurt you
Just laugh to make them disappear."

Hahaha!

Ryou, Seto, Yugi, and Jack gasped when the scary faces seemed to vanished before their eyes.

Soooooo...
Giggle at the ghostly
Guffaw at the grossly
Crack up at the creepy
Whoop it up with the weepy
Chortle at the kooky
Snortle at the spooky

And tell that big dumb scary face to take a hike and leave you alone and if he thinks he can scare you then he's got another thing coming and the very idea of such a thing just make you wanna... Hahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahaha,

Laaaaaaaaaaaaugh!

Soon everyone was laughing and the faces disappeared...

As they walked on the blue mist suddenly dived into a river in front of them, the water began to bubble furiously and a monster burst out the water snarling. It was Sea Lancer. "Move!" Akiza cried and they leaped out the way just in time as Sea Lancer threw his triton at them.

Suddenly the beats warrior slumped onto the floor weeping.

Everyone watched in horror as Jack walked over to the weeping monster. "What's wrong?" He asked kindly. "A few moments ago some kind of blue mist came into my river and stole my beautiful bracelets!" He cried and Jack smiled.

"If that's what's bugging you then here." Jack held out his two silver bracelets that had tiny blue sapphires in them.

"You can have them." Sea Lancer smiled and took the bracelets from the Dragon Knight. "Thank you my friend, as a reward I shall calm this river and allow you to cross." Sea Lancer said and with a click of his fingers the raging river became calm once again...

It wasn't long before everyone could just make out a ruins of the Castle Of Two Brothers. "Yes, lets go you guys!" Mana squealed and ran into the field of flowers. However some think vines shot up from nowhere and wrapped themselves around her.

"MANA!" Everyone cried and went to help their friend.

Yet when they got close some vines wrapped around them as well. As their struggles increased some flower monsters appeared and blew some yellow dust in their eyes. Soon everyone was living out their worst nightmare.

"FREAK, WITCH, SHE'S A MONSTER, KEEP AWAY!"

Akiza tried to block out the words but they just got more louder. "AAAHHHHH!" Suddenly everyone's screams reached her ears. "Sticks and stones my break my bones." She muttered before her head shot up, scream the plant monsters half to death.

"BUT WORDS CAN'T HURT ME!"

Blocking out the harsh words, Akiza looked around the flower field and saw some kind of red glowing root. Gathering up all her courage, she ran forward and grabbed the root, pulling it free. The others soon found themselves back to their senses and Akiza crushed the root in her hand causing all the plants around her to wither and die...

Finally they stood in front of the ruins of the Castle Of Two Brothers, but there was just one problem, the side of the bridge that hung at the other side of the gorge between them and the castle had collapsed due to years of decay.

"No worries I'll just fly over there and fix the bridge." Seto explained and flew down into the gorge.

When he came back up he was holding the other end of the bridge. As he tied the ropes to the poles and chilling whisper made freeze in his tracks. "Who's there?!" Seto snarled as he looked around. "My you are a feisty one aren't you."

Two short men walked up to him.

One was a Human with thick glasses and pasty green hair Weevil. The other was a Dragon Knight with brown and purple hair called Rex. "Who are you!" Seto snapped. "Relax kid, we are Nightmare King's most loyal servants and we've been watching you." Weevil explained.

"Our master wants powerful soldiers in his army and if you did join us you will be reward most handsomely." Rex added.

Seto's blue eyes widened slightly. "Sure just let me help my friends then-" Suddenly Weevil stepped into front of the bridge. "What's taking him so long?" Yugi asked as he and the others waited for Seto to repair the bridge, suddenly he saw Rex and Weevil with Seto.

"SETO DON'T LISTEN TO THEM!"

Weevil glared at the young Sorcerer. "What will it be then?" He asked Seto. The Dragon Knight looked back at his friends and his eyes narrowed, then he turned back the Nightmare King's servants. "I'm sorry, but my friends are more important then any reward."

And with that he finished the bridge and the others walked across...

When they entered the throne room they saw the glass roof was destroyed and two ruined thrones and above the thrones were torn tapestries. The throne on the right was navy blue and the tapestry above it had a night sky and a winged knight.

The one on the left was golden and the tapestry above was of the sun and it also had a knight.

In the middle of the throne room was a giant statue with six arms. In the six arms were different stone orbs with shapes imprinted in them. "Those must be the Millennium Items." Yugi said as Jack and Seto flew over to the stone orbs and placed them on the floor.

"But there's only 6, where's the 7th?" Ryou asked.

"According to the book the 7th item will be revealed once the other six are together and are ingited by a single spark." Yugi explained and began to concentrate. Suddenly the blue mist flew into the throne room and landed in front of the statue.

Everyone gasped as the mist formed into Nightmare King.

The mad man laughed. "HAHAHAHAH! I'm impressed, I didn't really think you'd make it this far." Everyone got ready to attack but Nightmare King was one step ahead of them, he sent a wave of blue energy that sent them into the wall.

"This has been fun kids but playtimes over!" He said and used his Shadow Magic to lift the Millennium Items towards him.

As the evil Prince began to teleport away Yugi recovered from the blast and ran into the portal after Nightmare King and the Millennium Items. "Where'd they go?!" Mana cried when the portal closed. "Over there!" Seto pointed to the tallest room in the highest tower where a bright light burned greatly...

When Yugi opened his eyes he saw that he was in what looked like the remains of a giant bedroom with ruined or decaying night decoration. Yugi notice Nightmare King glaring at him from the other side of the room with the Millennium Items scattered around his feet.

Yugi returned the glared and pulled out one of the old swords hanging on the wall.

Your kidding me." Nightmare King mocked, but Yugi refused to back down and charged at the Prince. Nightmare King laughed, he raised his own black sword and also charged. However, just as their swords were about to clash Yugi used his magic and teleported away.

"What?!" Nightmare King exclaimed and turned around to see Yugi reappear next to the Millennium Items.

"Just one spark." The Sorcerer muttered and tried to use his magic, the stone orbs began to glow dimly. Nightmare King growled and flew full speed towards Yugi. When he got there he used his sword like a bat and hit Yugi back to the other end of the end of the room.

Looking down Nightmare King saw the stones were glowing brighter and gasped.

Yugi smirked but his expression turned to one of horror when the stones stopped glowing, it hadn't worked. Nightmare King cackled and using his sword he destroyed to stone orbs! "It's over boy! Without the Millennium Items your powerless and the night shall last forever!"

Yugi didn't know what else to do, it was true that without the items he didn't stand a chance.

"Yugi are you hear?!" Yugi whipped his head around and saw some shadows making their way up the stairs, it was the others. Yugi gasped as the entered the, he then smiled and turned to Nightmare King. "You think you can destroy the items just like that?"

"Well your wrong, for the spirits of the Millennium Items are right here!" Yugi gestured towards the others.

"WHAT?!" Nightmare King cried when the remains of the stone orbs began to glow different colours around his head.

"Crow, who reassured me when I was in doubt represents the power of Honesty." The remains of the Millennium Key floated around Crow.

"Ryou, who tamed Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts represents the power of Kindness." Ryou flinched slightly as the remains of the Millennium Ring floated over to him.

"Mana, who banished fear by laughing in the face of danger represents the power of Laughter." Mana bounced up and down in joy as the remains of the Millennium Necklace circled her.

"Jack, who befriended Sea Lancer with a meaningful gift represents the power of Generosity." Jack stayed calm as the shards of the Millennium Eye hovered around him.

"Akiza, who conquered her fears to protect her friends represents the power of Courage." Akiza smiled as the pieces of the Millennium Rod flew over to her.

"Seto, who couldn't abandon his friends for his own desires represents the power of Loyalty." The remains of the Millennium Scale began to circle Seto.

Nightmare King began to panic. "The spirits of these people got us through every challenge you threw at us." Yugi said. "But you still don't have the 7th item, the spark didn't work." But Yugi's smile didn't fall. "Wrong again, there was a different kind of spark, I felt it when I knew my friends were coming."

Suddenly a bright light appeared above Yugi.

"You see Nightmare King, when the items are brought together by the spark it creates the 7th item, the Millennium Puzzle of Magic!" Suddenly the Millennium Puzzle formed around Yugi's neck and the other items were reformed as well, but in their actual forms, not stone orbs.

Suddenly different coloured rays of light shot out of the newly created items and straight at Nightmare King, who began howling in pain. The whole room was filled with a blinding light...

When Yugi and the others woke up they noticed their items were not only shaped different but in the centre of the eye on every item was a different coloured gem stone. Akiza's was red, Crow's was orange, Ryou's was yellow, Mana's was green, Jack's was light blue, Seto's was navy blue and Yugi's was violet.

"You know Yugi, fist I thought you were talking crazy but I guess we really do represent the Millennium Items." Crow smiled.

"Indeed you do." A voice powerful said and everyone looked out the window to see the sun beginning to rise. Ray of light shone threw the window and Prince Yami appeared in front of the seven friends. He looked almost identical to Yugi except he had three gold strikes and his eyes were crimson red, he also had gold angel wings with silver tips.

Crow, Ryou, Seto, Akiza, Mana and Jack bowed before their Prince but Yugi beamed from ear to ear. "Prince Yami!" He exclaimed and ran over to his mentor. "Yugi Muto, my most faithful student." He greeted as he and the young Sorcerer hugged.

"I knew you could do it."

"But you told me it was just an old fairy tale." Yugi said in confusion, Yami laughed. "I told you to make some friends, nothing more." Replaying Yami's letter in his head Yugi remembered that Yami never did say it was a fairy tale.

"I saw the signs of Nightmare King's return, and I knew that it was you Yugi who had the magic inside to defeat him, but you couldn't unleash that power unless you let true friendship into your heart."

Yugi looked at his new friends and smiled. "Now if only another will as well." Yami sighed and everyone turned Nightmare King, but he was different. Most of his black armor was gone and what was left was scattered around in pieces, his crabbed shaped hair was now showing and the blackness in his eyes was replaced with white and his eyes were now royal blue, his wings were still black but they and blue sapphire tips.

"Prince Yusei."

The Prince Of The Night gasped as Yami walked over to him. "It's been 5000 years since I've seen you like this." Yusei flinched when Yami knelt down to his eye level. "It's time to put our differences behind us once and for all, we were meant to rule together little brother."

"BROTHER?!" Everyone gasped.

Yami slowly rose to his feet and extended his hand. "Will except my friendship?" He asked. Everyone stared at Yusei, wondering what he was going to do. Yusei looked at the ground for a moment before shooting up and giving his brother a loving hug.

"I'm so sorry! I missed you so much big brother." He sniffed as warm tears fell from his blue eyes.

Yami was also crying. "I missed you to." In the background poor Mana was crying her eyes out...

When the gang and the two Princes arrived back to Domino Town everyone was celebrating not only their victory over Nightmare King but their Prince of the Night's return to Millennia. "What's wrong Yugi?" Prince Yami asked when he saw his top student's sad look.

"It's just that, I've made some great friends but now I have to leave them."

Everyone looked unhappy but Yami just smiled. "Carly, take a note please." Carly quickly grabbed a pen and paper. "I, Prince Yami, here by send Yugi Muto to stay in Domino Town to learn about the magic of friendship and he has to report to me his findings."

Yugi couldn't believe it.

All his friends gave him a big hug and he turned to his teacher. "Thank you Prince, I'll study harder than ever!" Yami and Yusei chuckled and soon everybody was dancing and playing party games all day...