Hi Everyone, First I wanna thank everyone for reading and the reviews!

I wanna clear something up once again. This story is not based of Year of the Fox's stories, but it gives the back ground to a key character of this story (who you will meet this chapter!) You don't have to read the stories to understand completely, but some things will just make a little more sense if you do. You'll see later what I mean.

*After reading the reviews, I have concluded that my first chapter was very confusing and I apologize. I wrote it the way I did because you have to understand the setup of the scenes ahead and the introduction of Zella. Hopefully, this chapter is better.

**This story will follow the next generation of Yugi and his friends, their children.

The original cast will play roles in the story, but it is about Zella and Artemis mainly. It's their take on life. Their journey to figure out their parents past and why they were hiding it. Their journey to find friendship and their own identities.

***I totally forgot to put a disclaimer on the first chapter…

I DO NOT OWN YUGIOH OR ITS CHARACTERS! It'd be awesome if I did, but I don't.

Chapter 2: New Friend

I got an overnight bag and my mom drove me to Kaiba Estate. The gate opened and we passed on. We reached the front door and Artemis was there waiting, with her mother maybe? The woman had golden blonde hair and it looked like there was a silvery tint to it in the sun, nothing like Artemis.

"Mom you should come in. Not everyone gets to meet the Kaiba family"

"I'm fine really; have fun" mom said looking towards the Kaibas. She gasped and did not even shut off the engine.

"Tea? Tea Carter? Is that you?" Mrs. Kaiba spoke stepping closer to the car, unsure in her steps.

"It was Tea Gardner, but now it's Tea Muto" my mom said starkly.

"Oh Tea, it's been nearly 15 years since we last spoke" Mrs. Kaiba had slight hesitance with the last word.

"17 actually, Jemmea"

"We have so much to catch up on. Seto actually comes home at a decent hour on Fridays. Perhaps we could have dinner and talk" she said smiling and offering her home. But, I could tell she was uneasy about it. She faulted in her tone towards the end.

"As much as I would love to relive the glory days of high school, Yugi and I actually have a date night planned. With twin teenagers we don't get much alone time" my mom said.

"I understand completely. Maybe another time" she said smiling once again, obviously relieved. My mom left and I was standing next to two very beautiful people. Artemis was definitely Jemmea and Seto's daughter.

I walked in; huge and elegant does not begin to describe it. The halls were filled with fall decor and the atmosphere was just unbelievable. The smell of fresh pumpkin swirled around me.

"Welcome to Kaiba Manor Ms..." a housekeeper came forward

"Zella"

"Of course Ms. Zella"

"This is one of our house keepers, Natalie. Come on lets go to my room" she said pulling me up a massive stair case. I saw pictures of a young Seto Kaiba holding duel monster cards and wearing an old duel disk. There was one of Seto and Jemmea smiling as he held a card that looked like his unique, Sapphire Platinum Dragon. What really surprised me was her parent's wedding picture. My dad was at their wedding and then they fell off the face of the Earth from each other? What happened 16 years ago? I wish I could ask my mom or dad but they would not tell me the truth.

"Sorry about that, my mom sometimes acts like nothing happened. She's the worst at forgetting because she was here in Domino, not in Egypt"

"What happened?"

"All I know is the summer before my parents got married; our parents went to Egypt and came back different"

"I wish we knew. You think your mom would tell us?"

"I don't know. But it wouldn't hurt to try, maybe after dinner. In the meantime..." she said pushing a button in her bedroom wall and a door appeared.

She walked in.

"Come on" she dragged me in. It was walls of duel monsters cards.

"This is my dad's card room. His deck that he uses isn't in here, but if he ever wanted to change out a card or two. He has about 98% of all cards that were ever created between here and his card vault in his office."

"Wow" then she handed me a deck.

"This is a gift from me to you. It's not a very good deck but it will get you started" I looked through, the strongest card was Dark Magician Girl. My dad used this card.

"Thank you"

"Let's get started" she started to teach me how to play.

We had fun and it was 3 AM before either of us blinked. We lay down. But then, I my stomach reminded me that I never ate dinner. I slipped down stairs and towards their kitchen. I paused; the light was on.

"Seto, she should know nothing of her parents or our own past. It is safe for them to be friends" Mrs. Kaiba sounded distressed.

"We all agreed to not share our experiences in Egypt with anyone. Tea lost him to keep the world normal for the rest of us. She was a true friend but it hurt no less. She loved Atem; everyone could see that. Yugi won and Atem returned to the past permanently. "

"She still has Yugi. Zella and Sage are proof that they love each other. But I can't even begin to believe the pain she feels every day looking Yugi and knowing that Atem is gone. If I ever lost you Seto…"

"Atem sacrificed the life he had in this time to return to the past. We were left to deal with the consequences" Seto said it and my heart stopped. Who is this Atem?

"Seto it is our duty to protect them. You swore to do just that. We swore to not reveal to anyone the truth of Atem's past or the millennium items"

"It is for the best. They have shadow magic in their blood, at least Artemis, Jackson, Zella, and Sage do. They do not need to be playing around with anything like that. We do need to meet with everyone soon. The children will get curious. I would never admit to those dweebs that I actually believe all this but between everything with Pegasus and then Egypt, it's hard not to, even for me. I don't want Artemis mixed up in all of this. So the sooner they know what to avoid, the better" He was hitting the nail on head, but eavesdropping isn't helping much. It's giving me more questions.

"Seto"

"Mm"

"I love you" I heard them kiss and I went right back to Artemis room, I had intruded long enough.

I crept back upstairs. I lay back down and questions whirled all around. Each question led to the next. Finally, sleep found me but I did not share my experiences with Artemis. I was going to do some digging on my own on this Atem character. My mom loved him and seems to have a huge role in why they won't say anything about high school.

Artemis taught me the ways of duel monsters and then my dad came to pick me up. But I stayed up stairs. Artemis joined me and we listened in.

"Kaiba"

"Yugi"

"It's been a long time old friend"

"Mm, you and your dweebs still consider me a friend, how sweet. So Yugi, I am thinking about having a throwback tournament. You would be invited. I'm opening it to some upcoming duelists like my Artemis and Liam Masters. Your children would be welcome as well"

"Kaiba, you know I don't duel anymore. My deck is locked up in my grandfather's shop"

"You haven't trusted that old fool with the God Cards did you?"

"No, they're in a personal safe. Tea doesn't even know where they are. They have too much power to be played anymore"

"Yugi it's been 17 years. You stopped at the top of your game"

"When I lost Atem, I lost the will to ever duel again"

"Have you ever looked at your deck once? You used to preach about the heart of the cards, how each one has a purpose, and a soul. Dark Magician Girl is based off Mana. The Blue Eyes got its powers from Kisara. My Sapphire Platinum Dragon was once inside Jem! You know the list goes on, do not make me try to convince you more, when I don't believe it myself. But you once did."

"Kaiba, even if I wanted to, Tea would hate me if I dueled again"

"She doesn't have to know..."

"I don't keep secrets from her"

"Then just tell her it's just this once. You can tell her I begged. I'm sure she would love the thought of me groveling"

"I'll think about it. You know, if I compete, you'll have to invite Joey."

"The Mutt? In a Championship Tournament, he wouldn't even meet the qualifications" Mr. Kaiba said snarly

"Where's Zella?"

"They're upstairs, probably doing typical teenage girl stuff" We dashed for her room but her mom stood there.

"How much did you girls overhear?"

"Not much, they were talking so soft" I lied.

"I know you're lying" I looked at Artemis.

"We heard every word. But nothing made sense" she ratted us out.

"It wouldn't, but I think it's time you knew" she walked to the stairs.

"Seto, Yugi, perhaps you two should learn to make sure no one is listening to your conversation before you talk about your past" My dad looked up and his face went grim.

"They were never supposed to find out" My father mumbled.

"I'll call Tristan and Joey tomorrow. We might as well tell all the children at once" he continued.

"Daddy, I'm sorry" Artemis said looking scared.

"I'll deal with your disrespect later. For now, Yugi, bring your family to Kaiba Land tomorrow. And bring your cards. It's about time the true top duelists reclaimed our titles"

"But Kaiba Land is closed tomorrow"

"It isn't for me. Show them this at the gate. Ill contact Wheeler and Taylor tonight" he said handing my dad a picture of Kaiba and my dad at battle city, on a card.

Thanks everyone for Reading! Rate and Review!

I have classes this week and finals week is next week so, I cant promise an update this week.

To hold you over, here's a little snippet from next chapter!

The drive home was silent.

"You are exactly like your mother. She was very nosey, sometimes more than for her own good."

"Daddy, why does mommy hate Duel Monsters so much that even you're not allowed to play"

"I'll answer that question soon. Just tell me all that you heard at the Kaiba's"

See you all soon!

-B