Me: sorry it took so long, but now u gusy got a good and long chappy. XD oh and just to inform u guys that in this story, it's about five monthes after the battle against Dartz and Aknudin.

Disclaimer: i do not own yugioh

Chapter 1 Strange Dreams

Atemu found himself flying with his dragon, Horachty, over a giant ocean, but Slifer was flying with them! The rider looked at the red dragon, something's different with the red dragon. It's as if Slifer is eager to fly to a certain place to battle, but to battle against is the big question.

Atemu noticed that below there was land and sea joining together, and then on land crawled another dragon! It was big and red, much fiercer than Slifer, and with it was an army of dragons that have the power of fire. Then Atemu noticed the dragons flying with him and Slifer, they were the kind that have the power of thunder or wind, and below in the water was a big serpent with serpent dragons as its army.

Atemu screamed as he fell of his bed and landed head first onto the floor. He groaned in pain as he lay there on the floor, he's been having the same dream for this whole week. And every time he fell off his bed, and now he knows for certain he has too many bruises on the back of his poor bed.

"Atemu, are you alright? Was it the dream again?" Seto asked desperately as he came over to his cousin's side, taking his cousin's head onto his lap carefully and examined the smaller's head.

"Yes, the same dream. Now could you stop examining? All I got is a bruise and nothing more." Atemu explained.

"But you could've cracked your head open." Seto retorted.

"If you're so worried that I'd crack my head open then put a rug on both sides of my bed and then HEY!" Atemu didn't finish because Seto scooped him up into his arms and carried him bridal style towards his bed.

"Seto put me down! I'm not a child!" Atemu protested.

"You still look like a child to me." Seto teased.

"That's because I'm smaller than you! Now put me down!" Atemu shouted.

"Do you want to wake up the whole city of Gondor?" Seto asked.

"I do if you won't put me down." Atemu growled, but Seto then put his cousin down on his bed.

"Seto, why am I on your bed?" Atemu asked.

"That way you won't be falling off, there's more room here so you won't end up on the floor." Seto said, tucking his cousin under the sheets.

"You know, sometimes I don't get you. You act like I'm still a child." Atemu complained.

"All the years of growing up together and I always end up looking after you more than me." Seto informed, kissing his cousin on the brow and left to sleep on Atemu's bed.

"Night Seto."

"Night Atemu."

The next morning Atemu woke up and sighed, at least he didn't have the same dream again. Atemu looked over at his bed across the room and found Seto cramped in the small bed asleep. Atemu smiled, maybe his cousin shouldn't of switched beds.

Atemu got up and quietly walked over to his cousin and shook him awake. Seto groaned in his sleep and rolled over to his other side, his back turned against Atemu. Atemu took a deep breath.

"Seto wake up!" but Seto slept on. Atemu sweat dropped, he tried again.

"Wake up Seto!" Seto still slept on. Okay, enough is enough, Atemu tacked his cousin and yowled out a battle cry. Seto cried out and struggled, thinking that he's being attacked and switched their positions so he's on top. Atemu laughed, Seto blinked.

"Atemu by the love of Osiris and Isis what the heck are you doing?" Seto asked, obviously pissed. Atemu laughed harder, unable to stop.

"Atemu, why did you do that?" Seto asked again, but Atemu laughed uncontrollably, still unable to stop. Neither realized that Valon walked in, he sweat dropped at what he's seeing. Valon cleared his throat, and the two looked at him, but Atemu's laughing reduced to uncontrollable chuckling and cackling.

"Is this a bad time?" Valon asked nervously.

"No actually, I was awakened from a crazy cousin who decided to attack me in my sleep." Seto explained, Atemu started laughing crazy again.

"Really, then why are you on his bed instead of yours?" Valon asked curiously.

"We switched beds after he fell off his bed in the middle of the night." Seto informed, trying to ignore the laughing from his cousin.

"And it looks like Atemu is having a laughing fit from the attack, well I was giving you two a message form Ironheart. And he says that we have to get to the meeting place." Valon informed and left.

Unfortunately Atemu kept on laughing while Seto got up to change, Atemu did the same but he kept on chuckling and cackling like mad. Atemu wore a white tunic that goes down to just above his knees, gold bands on his arms, legs, and neck, and a gold belt, a golden headband with an eye carved on it, gold earrings with a ruby stone in the middle, and a gold sash over his right shoulder. Atemu's golden wings folded to avoid knocking things over.

Seto wore basically the same thing as his cousin, but instead of a tunic to just above his knees, it went down to his ankles. Seto also wore clip on earrings that are gold with sapphire stones in the middle, his sash is blue instead of gold, and he has gold bands on his arms, legs, and neck.

When they finished changing, Atemu still laughed like crazy. Seto, angry and annoyed, cornered his cousin and cupped his cheeks.

"Atemu, if you don't calm down then I'll make you." Seto growled, but Atemu chuckled.

"You know that you can't hurt me, Seto." Atemu cackled.

"Not physically, but what I mean is hurting your pride." Seto whispered, his forehead leaning against Atemu's, making his cousin chuckle lightly.

"You don't want any further don't you?" Seto asked, Atemu stopped chuckling and looked at the taller with a confused look.

"Thought so." Seto said, pulling away and headed to the door, Atemu following nervously and quietly. What in the name of Osiris happened? Atemu asked himself.

Something wrong Atemu? Horachty asked through the mind link, sensing his rider's confusion.

'Something weird just happened. I don't know because it's so confusing.' Atemu explained.

Send me the memory of it and maybe I can help you. Horachty said. Atemu hesitated, but he sent his dragon the memory of this morning and waited patiently for his partner to answer.

Atemu could hear Horachty chuckle through the mind link. He likes you.

'Nani? What's that supposed to mean? We're cousins! We only care for each other, not love each other like lovers. Atemu explained.

But I know what love looks like in the eyes, believe me, I know. Horachty reasoned.

'Like that helps, Horachty.'

You're welcome. Horachty chimed and said nothing more.

When Seto and Atemu arrived at the meeting room with the three elders, Raphael, Valon, Alister, Yugi, Joey, Tristan, and Malik with three new riders with three little hatchlings with each new rider. Valon, Alister, and Malik were the survivors of the Oricalchos Shadows, and they decided to join their side instead of being outcasts.

"Atemu are you alright? You look pale." Ironheart asked, noticing Atemu's pale face and nervousness.

"Yes Ironheart, I'm just fine." Atemu answered, trying not to blush but his cheeks showed off a hint of red.

"Are you sure? You don't look too well." Yugi said, walking to his older brother's side. Atemu turned away to hide his growing blush.

"Yes, I'm fine, it's just that I had another of those weird dreams last night." Atemu said.

"Well then, we now have three new riders, introduce yourselves young riders." Ironheart said encouragingly to the three new comers.

"My name is Mokuba, I'm thirteen." a small boy with raven black hair that goes down his back introduced himself first. Mokuba's hatchling was a female with light grey scales and blue eyes, her wings are feathery but grey.

"I'm Duke, I'm sixteen." a teenager with black hair and green eyes said. Duke's hatchling was a male with black scales and yellow eyes, and a red underbelly with white feathery wings.

"I'm known as Ryou, and I'm fifteen." said a younger teenager with white hair, and light green eyes. Ryou's dragon is a male with white scales, purple eyes, and white feathery wings.

"You look like Bakura." Malik said out loud.

"He's my older brother, sadly I barely remember him since he ran away from my family many years ago." Ryou explained. Everyone besides the three new riders began whispering to one another. Ryou looked around with a confused look, he noticed Malik gave a tri colored haired rider with wings a death glare.

"What's going on? Did you know my brother? Where is he?" Ryou began asked questions that popped into his mind. The whispering stopped, and most glanced at Atemu. Ryou followed their gaze and looked at the golden winged rider.

"What happened to my brother?" Ryou asked.

"It's a grief to you, to learn that he is dead." Atemu answered, and without another word he began walking away.

"Wait Atemu, before you leave, you'll have to stay here for the new riders to be assigned a mentor." Ironheart said, Atemu stopped but didn't look back.

"Mokuba, you'll be mentored by Seto, he's the tallest one with brown hair." Borimier said, Mokuba nodded, picked up his dragon and walked up to Seto.

"Duke, you'll be mentored by Valon, he's the one with spiky brown hair." Farinar said, Duke picked up his hatchling and stood beside Valon.

"And Ryou, you'll be mentored by Atemu, he's the one with golden wings." Ironheart said.

"What?!? But I was mentoring Yugi." Atemu protested.

"I'm taking over his mentoring, you'll be mentoring Ryou from now on." Ironheart explained, Atemu scowled and left, motioning his new apprentice to follow. Ryou quickly picked up his hatchling and followed his mentor outside.

Me: I think I over did it with the weird conversation with Atemu and Seto before they left for the meeting didn't I? yes, three new riders and Valon, Alister, and Malik did decide to join the other side since it's the best thing they should do.