"Tea?"

The girl looked up to see Atem approaching her. She smiled her gentle smile as he sat beside her.

He returned her smile with a grin. "Or should I say 'Princess of Grace'?"

She chuckled fondly over the memory of receiving that name.

It was disorienting at first. Spirits that were not quite ready for the crossover (especially not as ready as one that had been waiting 5000 years) had a difficult time doing the actual crossing. But that was the price and they had agreed to pay it. Spirits of such beauty and light were able to overcome this obstacle easily after a bit of adjustment.

A gate rose before them. Not exactly pearly, but ethereal and light. A book was there (though no one else was near it) laying open on a silver table. As they gazed at the pages of the book, writing began to appear.

Tristan gasped when he saw the first line:

"Tristan Taylor, Prince of Courage."

"How appropriate," said Atem, smiling.

"What is it doing, Pharaoh?" inquired Yugi.

"I'm no longer 'Pharaoh', Yugi. You all must refer to me as Atem, my true name. And speaking of true names that is what is showing up in this book. Mine was written awhile ago, but yours are now appearing."

"What's your full name Ph- I mean Atem?" asked Joey.

Atem smiled. "Prince of Justice."

"Appropriate," said Yugi, grinning.

The writing continued:

"Joey Wheeler, Prince of Spirit."

"Yugi Muto, Prince of Heart."

The boys all smiled, though they found in this world that pride was surprisingly absent. They were happy simply because it was true. It was them. They would quickly learn that the truth brought more happiness and delight than anything else in this form.

"Is everyone the same rank?" Tristan couldn't help but ask.

Atem nodded. Yugi continued, "It makes sense. There can only be one King."

"But isn't Atem-"

"Hush guys, Tea's true name is being written!" cried Joey.

The writing had just finished: "Tea Gardner, Princess of Grace."

For some reason this awed everyone more than anything else.

"Ah…I see," said Yugi.

Joey and Tristan turned to stare at him. Atem and Tea had been holding hands the entire time behind them and they simply drew closer.

Yugi turned to look at the two of them and the other boys followed his gaze. "Prince of Justice and Princess of Grace. One fully aware of the order of the things, the other willing to accept any and all out of the chaos. One cannot function properly without the other. After all, Mercy cannot exist without both of them."

Atem looked at Tea fondly. "Both of us. Together."

The world was so light and clear.

"We have work to do together, Tea."

Tea nodded. "I was expecting it would be soon. The universe always needs more Mercy."

"Who are you bringing with you?"

Atem referred to her creatures of choice. Tea was much closer to all of those angels amongst them, as she had embraced them in her human life. At this question, two appeared at her side as to some unheard summons.

"Guardian Angel Joan and Fire Princess."

He smiled at the bright lights near his beloved. Two more came to his side as well.

"Then I shall bring Dark Magician Girl. Though she isn't really dark here…"

Tea laughed. "I think as humans, we believed that so much light would become…monotonous…but now that we're here…it's just correct. Right. As if it was always meant to be that way. I wonder why we turned to darkness so often…"

Atem shivered remembering, as though in a bad dream, the many times he had forsaken the light for the dark. The time he had relied on the dark magic of the Orichalcos and lost his best friend, the time he had assaulted Weevil over and over again though he had won the duel, and…

Tea's hand reached out to his shoulder, abruptly stopping him. "Justice has been done, love. No more trials are needed. You have been judged and found worthy of Love and Mercy. So ruled the King."

The man smiled ruefully. "I'm not sure how I survived 5000 years without you…"

"I'm not sure either…for myself I mean."

Atem leaned over to kiss her forehead and pulled away to look at the blue eyes he adored.

"So what do we need to do?" she asked.

"I'm not sure exactly. But we are to go to the King and be given our instructions there." Atem paused. "It is so…comforting…to have the burden of 'king' off one's shoulders. King of Egypt. King of Games. Being a king is never all it's cracked up to be, especially as a human being. And I'm rambling. Sorry…"

"Why? I feel the same way. I remember you called me 'Queen of Grace' once when we were still human and though I appreciated the sentiment, being queen of anything feels so…beyond me. Princess is something I can do and was born for."

"Then let's depart, Princess of Grace," said Atem rising and holding out his hand.

Tea's eyes glowed with happiness as she took his hand. "I'll follow you as always, Prince."