Hey readers, here's the next chapter for you all to enjoy, thanks to everyone who placed their reviews:

takerschick

Lucky Girl Dragon Wielder

fantasia-49

Ruize

dancers of the night

Celeste5502

Saphire Dragon Girl

Koragirl

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!

Thanks to Daishirokiba for offering the song choice for this chapter.

Summary: In another world thousands of years ago, there lived mystical creatures who lived peacefully, that was until a dark presence threaten to take over. He almost succeeded until he was stopped by a beautiful princess who saved the creatures from his evil wrath. Now 10,000 years into the present time, he has come back to finish what he started and also get revenge on the one that stopped him.

Chapter 7

The streets were empty, but she was the only one that walked through this deserted city. It was just as before, but this time there was a strange source of heat all around her. The heat was intense and no matter what she did, she couldn't seem to get herself cool from it. Just then, the buildings burst in flames and there wasn't any way of stopping them. She was suffocating, the flames were surrounding her body and she couldn't breathe. She was beginning to feel lightheaded and her eyesight was blurry. Looking up a few inches ahead of her was a figure that seemed very familiar to her. This person was evil, she could tell just by sensing the aura surrounding the figure. The face was clearing, but because of her vision, she couldn't tell who it was and before she knew what was happening, her body started to collapse to the ground seeing the flames and the figure one last time before she was engulfed in darkness.

"WAKE UP TEA!"

Tea was startled out of her sleep by a loud voice and looked up to see that it belonged to none other than Joey. Looking around dazed, she noticed that she was outside with the others, sitting under the secluded tree behind the school. Tristan bonked Joey on the head and glared at him while watching Joey grab his head in pain. They both ended up in a glaring match.

"You moron, what ya do that for?!"

"You're the moron, why did you have to scare Tea out of her sleep like that?! Are you trying to give her a heart attack?!"

"I did not scare her!" Joey yelled recovering from the hit he received on his head.

"Did too!" Tristan yelled back.

Tea just stared at Joey and Tristan as they were throwing insults back and forth to each other still looking a little dazed. She didn't notice Atem looking at her until she felt his eyes stare at her and turned to see that she was right. He put his hand on top of her which was laying down at her side.

"You alright?" he asked.

"Yeah, how long was I asleep?" she wondered.

"Not long, I would say at least about 10 minutes." Kiyo, from his place on Tea's shoulder, answered her question.

Shirabe watched as Tea sighed and ran her hand through her hair. She could tell from the way her eyes looked that the training and the meditation she was undergoing was taking a huge tole on her. She could also tell just by sensing Tea's aura that she was a bit disturbed by something.

"Is something troubling you?" she asked. The question put a stop the fighting, silencing everyone to wait for her answer. Tea took a moment before she let out a sigh and looked up to everyone else.

"I have something to tell you guys." she said. This surprised everyone and were very curious as to what Tea had to say.

"Lately, I've been having these strange dreams. They're coming constantly every night and I just have this feeling that something is going to happen," she said.

"They could be visions of the future." Kiyo said.

"Yes, the dreams you are having Tea are premonitions. This is also a power that Princess Anzu had in her past life. It is very important to pay extreme attention to your dreams." Shirabe said.

Tea nodded, but was still a bit tormented by the visions she had in her dream. Now there was no doubt in her mind that they would come true. She would have to be on her guard for any kind of danger.

Atem kept his gaze on Tea thinking the same thing. Whatever was going to happen, he was going to make sure that he was beside her all the way.

"Hey Tea!" Everyone looked over to the person that called Tea's name and saw three girls walking their way. Panicking at the fear of Shirabe and Kiyo being exposed, Tea quickly put Kiyo in her bag and Shirabe turned invisible making sure her presence wasn't known to them.

"There you are Tea, we've been looking for you." the first girl said. Tea blinked a few times wondering what they wanted her for.

"Uh, what's up?" she asked.

"Duh, don't you remember? You promised you teach us those new dance moves you came up with," the second girl said. Tea placed a hand on her head while smiling sheepishly.

"Oh yeah, sorry I guess I forgot. I'll meet up with you guys in a second," she said.

"Okay, we'll be waiting for you at the door." The three girls walked off leaving the others to sigh in relief of not being caught. Kiyo came out of Tea's bag and Shirabe reappeared again when the cost was clear.

"Man, that was a close one." Joey said.

"Yeah, it was a good thing they didn't expect anything out of the ordinary." Yugi said.

Tea stood up from the ground and dusted off her skirt while she turned to the others. "Sorry for leaving guys, but I have to go."

"Nah, that's alright Tea. We'll just see you when we see you." Joey said.

Giving a nod to the guys, Tea picked up her bag once Kiyo hopped back inside and prepared to leave when she was stop by a hand on her shoulder. Turning around, her eyes met with Atem's amethyst ones. No matter how many times Tea looks at his eyes, she just can't get over how beautiful and mysterious they are.

"Try not to do too much, okay?" he said. Tea wondered what he meant by that, but then remembered just now about her exhaustion and the training she was under with her new powers. She smiled and was thinking how sweet he was for being concerned for her.

"I won't I promise, I'll see you later." She then gave Atem a kiss on his cheek and walked away to join the girls at the door. Atem kept watching Tea until she was completely inside and when he turned back to the others, he was met with their sly looks.

"Awww," they said which made

Atem blushed red in embarrassment, since he forgot that they were all still sitting there. "Shut up," he muttered while the guys laughed.

"Don't be embarrassed, it's great that you and Tea are together now." Yugi said.

"Yeah, we're happy for you two." said Tristan while Joey nodded in agreement as he gave a thumbs up.

Atem smiled hearing his friends approving comments,"Thanks guys."

Shirabe smiled as well happy to know that Atem took her advice from the night that they talked about his feelings for Tea. It was wonderful to her that they were together and she thought that they made a beautiful couple. She also knew that even though she and Kiyo were protecting her from any evil darkness that comes from Gyousei, Atem will be there to protect Tea even more.

Speaking of evil, Shirabe could detect that something wasn't right in the air and she tried to sense what it was. Shirabe didn't realize she was letting out a low growl and it made Atem, Yugi, Joey and Tristan look at her wondering what was wrong with her.

"Hey, what's up?" Joey asked.

"I am not certain, but I feel that there is a presence lurking around somewhere. It's faint, but it's definitely there." she said still staring at the sky.

"Do you think it's one of Gyousei's guys?" Yugi asked.

"It's a possibility, I better go and search the area for anything strange. Please, do not tell Tea about this yet until I am exactly sure of it. If it is Gyousei behind all of this, then we have to make sure that Tea is well protected and that she is prepared for anything that will be coming."

"Don't worry, the last thing any of us want to do is worry Tea. Just let us know as soon as you find out anything wrong." Atem said. Shirabe nodded.

"I will." With that, she made sure no other person was around and then she flew up into the sky scouting the area for the unknown presence. The guys watched as she flew off all having the same thought running through their heads.

"I don't know about you guys, but I have a feeling that this isn't going to be one of those usual fights." Yugi said.

"You're not the only one that's feeling it Yug." Joey said.

"Well whatever is going to happen, all I know is that Tea won't be fighting alone. So whoever decides to come and fight against her, they'll have to get through all of us first." Atem said determined. Yugi, Joey and Tristan all gave affirmative nods all showing the same determination as Atem was.

'I won't let Tea get hurt like she did before, she's much stronger now, I can sense it. This time, I'll be there with her...just like she was there for me.' Atem thought.

A half-hour passed and Tea was still teaching the three girls the steps to the dance routine she came up with. So far it was a complete success and the girls were learning really fast. There was times through the dance though that Tea would pick up a weird feeling, but every time she turned around, the feeling sort of disappeared.

It reminded her of the day when she felt a presence when she first discovered her powers and was worried that it would happen again, but since her powers returned and they reached a whole new level, Tea was ready for anything that came her way. She wasn't going to let her friends be put in danger.

"Tea." She snapped out of her thoughts when she heard her name being called and turned to see the girls looking at her.

"Hey, you okay? You looked liked you went away to a different world just now."

She gave out a nervous laugh and nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking about that pop quiz in algebra class I have to take. How about we run the routine one more time? I think you guys are getting the steps perfectly."

"Okay!" the three girls replied and they all stood back in their places. After repeating the song again, Tea stood in front of them to lead the dance one more time. They started to move in time with the first beat of the song.

As Tea was dancing, she could feel herself becoming a bit tired from her training. It was definitely taking a toll on her. She did her best to hide it from the other girls, which was working since they were so caught up in their steps.

She was very impressed by how fast the girls were learning the steps. They were dancing as if they were all professionals themselves. Even though it looked liked she was alright, the truth was Tea felt like she was going to collapse at any moment if she didn't rest. From the seats below the stage, Kiyo peeked out from Tea's bag and noticed as well at the way Tea was moving. It wasn't how he saw her the first time he watched her dance, she wasn't as energized as she was then. So he had an idea of what to help her as soon as she finished.

Tea led the girls into the last steps of the dance by moving to the beat of the song. Just when it was coming to an end, they did their last movements and stopped on the last note. When the song ended, the three girls gathered together and cheered knowing they got the dance perfectly and Tea smiled seeing how excited they were. She didn't expect them to come over and hug her too.

"Thanks so much Tea. You know, you're a great dance teacher and those moves you came up with are brilliant!"

Tea laughed and shook her head. "Oh it was nothing, you guys are fast learners. Are you using this routine for anything?" she asked.

"Yeah, we were going to perform at the Autumn Festival that's coming up."

She was drawing a blank from what they meant, that is until she remembered the event that was indeed coming up soon. "Oh yeah, kind of forgot."

One of the girls giggled. "You sure are forgetting a lot lately. So, you're going, right? I can't wait to see the kimono you're going to wear." she said.

"I'm not sure if I'm going or not."

"Come on, it's going to be so much fun. Plus you can watch us when we perform the dance you taught us, Sensei." .

She smiled, not able to resist the offer. "Okay, you talked me into it. I'll have to ask my friends if they're going, too."

"One of those guys you were with, we saw you give him a kiss. Is he your boyfriend?"

Tea blushed and the girls giggled seeing her reaction. Before she could answer, the doors to the entrance opened and in came Atem walking his way down to the front of the stage waiting for her to be finished.

The girls giggled again and gathered their stuff to leave. "Thanks again, we'll see you later." Tea waved to them as they left out. As soon as they were gone, she then met her eyes with Atem's. Coming down from the stage, she accidentally slipped and waited for the hard impact. Instead, she felt herself land into two strong arms and opened her eyes seeing Atem smiling at her.

"Got to be a bit careful there," he asked.

Tea nodded her head slowly. "Yeah, thanks." Kiyo took this time to come out of Tea's bag since the cost was clear and fly over to them both. Atem placed Tea down until her feet was touching the floor again.

"It was a good thing Atem caught you or that would have been a pretty nasty fall." he said.

"I know, I felt a bit off for a second there." she said.

"I would have to say it was more than a second Tea. I noticed when you're not as energized as you were before." Atem said. Kiyo flew until he landed on top of Tea's head.

"He's right, I noticed it, too. You weren't moving the way you did when I first saw you." Tea sighed and rubbed the back of her neck to try and ease away any kinks that she was feeling.

"I tried not to show it, but I guess it's pretty obvious."

"Don't worry Tea, I know just what you need to boost your energy again. All you have to do is relax and leave everything to me." Kiyo said flying off of her head. Making sure that they were alone and that no one would come inside, Atem and Tea sat down leaving Kiyo to float in the air. A golden glowing aura surrounded his body. The star on his forehead started to glow also it shot out a warm golden beam of light at Tea. She gasped and her whole body was glowing. From this new energy boost, she didn't feel as tired and drained as she did. Once Kiyo knew that Tea was alright, the beam disappeared and the glow from both his body and Tea's disappeared too.

"So how do you feel?" Kiyo asked floating down to Tea.

"I feel...so much better." Tea stood up taking Kiyo while he was floating to give him a hug.

"Thanks Kiyo, that really helped alot." Kiyo gave a cheeky grin.

"It was nothing." Atem smiled and was relieved to see Tea back to her old self again. He stood up from his seat too and placed his hand on her shoulder when she let Kiyo out of the hug she gave him. He was greeted by that beautiful smile he grown to deeply love so much.

"I'm glad you're better, I was worried about you when you left earlier." Tea giggled and kissed his cheek.

"Has anyone ever say that you worry too much?" she asked. Kiyo flew in between them deciding the answer that question.

"Actually, I was the one who told him that. See, didn't I say you worry too much?" he said while patting Atem arm. Atem chuckled and nodded.

"Okay, I do but can you blame me?" he said. Tea moved closer until she hugged Atem around his waist. This made Atem remember the day they were both on the school's roof and she was saying that she felt like something was watching them. He never knew that it would lead to so many changes like the discovery of her new powers or even the confessions of their feelings. Even though that things turned out bad and unexpected in the beginning, Atem wouldn't want to change a thing about it. If he did, then he wouldn't have his beautiful princess in his arms right now.

"No, I can't blame you. I feel the same way when I worry about you. Hey, where are the others?" she asked noticing that Yugi, Joey Tristan and Shirabe didn't come inside with Atem.

"Oh, Yugi had to return a book he borrowed and Joey and Tristan are in still in class."

"And Shirabe?" Tea asked.

"Well..." he stopped not exactly sure what to say to her. Tea could tell by the way he was quiet that there was something wrong and she knew what that something was.

"Let me guess, she felt a presence somewhere...didn't she?" Atem gave her a wide eyed expression.

"How did you know?"

"Because I've been feeling it too. It's faint, but I know that there's something around and whatever it is, I know it's not good." she said. Atem closed his eyes to have the Eye of Horus appear on his forehead while Kiyo's golden aura surrounded his body and sure enough they could both feel the faint presence too. Kiyo looked over to Tea and Atem as the glow disappeared again.

"I'm going to track down Shirabe and see if she found anything. I'll be back soon."

"Okay Kiyo, but just be careful. Try not to let anyone see you." Tea said.

"Right, don't worry I'll be as quiet as a mouse...even though I don't like mice." he said flying out of the open window and keeping himself hidden. Atem looked at Tea and saw her still staring at the window where Kiyo flew out of. To keep her at ease, he held her hand which made her break her stare and take a glance his way.

"Come on, we won't know anything until Shirabe and Kiyo come back." he said. Tea nodded.

"You're right, let's go." Grabbing her stuff, Atem and Tea left out and went in search of Yugi who was still in the school's library while they waited for Joey and Tristan to meet up with them. Unfortunately as they were leaving, they didn't see the cloaked figure hiding in the shadows disappearing in a cloud of dark smoke.

Jumping from building to building, Shirabe continued her search for the mysterious presence that she picked up. It's been a half-hour and there was still no sign of the energy yet. She made sure she was well hidden by keeping herself very high up and activating her invisibility powers if necessary. Shirabe stopped for a moment to scout around the city area and to rest before she took off again.

'Whoever this being is, he or she is cloaking their powers very well. I can't even detect where the presence is, but I know it's around here somewhere.' So closing her eyes, Shirabe's white aura surrounded her body and she tried to sense where the presence was. She kept this up for as long as it was possible checking everywhere around the city. She even double checked every spot, but she still couldn't detect anything. Suddenly, there was another presence she was sensing, but it wasn't the one she was looking for. So looking into the direction where it was coming from, Shirabe saw that it was Kiyo flying to her.

"There you are, I've been looking everywhere for you." he said.

"Is something wrong?"

"You tell me, Atem said you sensed something. Were you able to track it down?" Shirabe slowly shook her head and sighed.

"No, it's beginning to be very difficult too. I know it's here, but I can't seem to detect where it is. You didn't tell Tea about this, did you? I wanted to wait until I made sure that this presence wouldn't be a threat to her when I found it."

"Didn't have to, Tea could sense it too and when Atem and I felt it, that's when I came to find you."

"She did? Hmm, I guess I'm not all that surprised that she could feel it too. From the training she had, Tea's senses are getting much more stronger."

"She's strong alright, Gyousei better watch his back because Tea's going to bring him trouble and once that happens, it's total payback for the things he's done." Kiyo said as he punched his paw into the air. Shirabe raised her eyebrow and gave a small smirk.

"Your enthusiasm is very untamed." she said. Kiyo was busy punching the air as if there was an invisible enemy he was fighting.

"What makes you say that?" Shirabe sighed.

"Nevermind, let's go." she said. So taking off of the building, Shirabe and Kiyo flew off once they sensed the presence again and flew off to try and find it.

Class was now finally led out and Tea was at her locker getting her things together, but like everyone else who were leaving for the day, she had to stay behind a few minutes more since she volunteered to help clean the classroom. Once her books were placed inside her bag, she took it out and closed her locker since she wasn't going to open it until she came back to school the next day. Hearing a familiar voice, Tea turned to see Atem coming her way.

"You ready to go?" he asked. Tea smiled and shook her head.

"Actually, I have to stay a bit. Got to help out with the classroom, but you just go ahead without me. I don't know how long I'll be." Atem was a little hesitant to leave her here alone.

"Are you sure? I don't mind waiting for you."

"I'm sure, plus I know that you and Yugi have to help Mr. Moto with the shop." she said.

"Alright, come by the shop when you're done."

"Okay, I'll meet you later." Before Atem left, he gave Tea a slow, loving kiss on her lips not wanting to let go of her, but since air was running out for the both of them, they pulled apart breathing heavily. Atem gave her a wink and waved as he walked out meeting Yugi, Joey and Tristan outside. Tea picked up her bag and went on inside the classroom that needed her assistance.

Shirabe and Kiyo have been flying for the past hour and there was still no sign of what they were looking for. They've been all over the city and not once has the unknown force revealed itself. It was like they were on a wild goose chase with them being the pawns of a game being played by someone. They were just about to give up on the search when suddenly Shirabe stopped in mid air and her white aura surrounded her body. Kiyo stopped too and his golden aura appeared. They both turned to each other thinking the same thing.

"It's here! We found it Shirabe!" Kiyo said.

"Yes, and I know who it is. Quickly we have to hurry back to the others and warn them!" As soon as Shirabe said this, flames started to appear out of nowhere burning a few trees and causing alot of destruction. So taking flight again, Shirabe and Kiyo both traveled back to find the others.

Twenty minutes had passed since school was led out and the guys were on their way to the Game Shop. During the walk, they were just talking about carefree stuff and times Joey and Tristan would argue over confusing stuff, such as this.

"I'm telling you Tristan, the chicken came first!"

"And I say that the egg came first!"

"Okay, then if the egg came first, who laid it? Answer, the chicken!"

"So how did the chicken come to be? It was hatched from the egg!" Joey and Tristan both growled and glared at each other while Atem and Yugi watched them both go at it from the whole 'which came first?' subject. Yugi had to step in between them in order to break up the glare contest they were having.

"Come on guys, no one really knows what came first so no matter how long you argue, there really isn't going to be a winner." he said. Joey and Tristan sighed and nodded their heads in defeat.

"You're right, guess it really is a silly argument." Tristan said.

"Yeah, guess so." Atem and Yugi chuckled as they kept walking. Just then, Joey looked up in the sky for a second and saw something small coming their way. At first, he thought it was some kind of floating speck, but looking closely he noticed that the speck was becoming bigger.

"Hey, what's that up there?" Atem, Yugi and Tristan looked up to see where Joey was pointing to in the sky and saw the same thing. It was coming closer and closer in a rapid speed until they saw that it was Kiyo with a panicked look.

"WE'VE GOT TROUBLE!" he yelled and since he was flying down so fast, he couldn't stop and he crash landed right into Joey sending him sprawling to the ground. Shirabe landed, but she landed much more gentler than Kiyo did and finished what Kiyo was going to say.

"We've found the presence we were searching for and not only that, flames have bursted out of nowhere." she said.

"Who is it?" Atem asked. Shirabe was about to answer, but there was someone else who beat her to the punch.

"How about I show myself to you?" They all turned to see a dark cloaked figure standing in the shadows and stepped out into the light. Taking off the hood, it revealed to be Kiyori with a evil smirk. Everyone got into a battle stance and kept their guard up not knowing what she was up to.

"Hmm, I don't see the one I'm looking for. So where's the princess? I know you know so you might as well just tell me." she said. Joey scoffed.

"Yeah right, like we're just going to tell you where Tea is just because you said so. Well think again ya pyro-psycho freak!" he yelled.

"I really don't have time to deal with you all, especially some loudmouth little puppy dog." Joey growled and was about to punch Kiyori out if it wasn't for Tristan and Yugi holding him back.

"Who she calling a 'loudmouth puppy dog'?!" Atem stood in front of them facing Kiyori with a deadly glare.

"You're not getting anywhere near Tea if any of us have anything to say about it."

"This would be much easier if you just tell me where she is. I don't want to have to waisting my time by fighting you and having the possibility of getting my nails ruined." Shirabe growled and took a battle stance next to Atem. When they refused, Kiyori started to sigh and then snapped her fingers. Before everyone knew what was happening, an army of Shadow Demons appeared and surrounded them all. Yugi, Joey and Tristan all took out their cards and summoned their monsters while Atem threw his arm out and his sword magically appeared in his hand.

"You all just dug your own graves." Kiyori said evily. Kiyo flew over to Atem and landed on his shoulder.

"Atem, I'll go and warn Tea." Without taking his eyes off of Kiyori or the Shadow Demons, he nodded his head letting Kiyo know that he heard him.

"Alright, keep her safe." he whispered. Kiyo then flew off towards the school leaving the others to deal with Kiyori. Atem held his sword and tighten his hands on the hilt preparing to attack.

Tea was finished with the classroom and was now walking out of the school. She's been feeling the same presence from earlier and it was now stronger where she could actually track down where the force was located. She was on her way to the Game Shop where she knew that Atem and the others would be by now when suddenly, she heard her name being called from above. Looking up, Tea saw that it was none other than Kiyo with a panicking look.

"Tea, Kiyori's back!" he said as he landed in front of Tea still flying in mid-air.

"What, where is she?" Tea asked wanting to know where the fire witch was.

"She's not too far from here, Atem and the others are fighting her and an army of Shadow Demons she summoned. She's out to look for you and everyone is holding her off." Tea shook her head as worry clouded her thoughts at the image of her friends being hurt. She clenched her fist and turned to Kiyo with a determined gaze.

"Let's go Kiyo, it's time to put an end to this." Tea started to run off when Kiyo suddenly stopped her.

"Wait Tea, there's something I want to give you first."

"Kiyo, we don't have time. I need to get to the others." she said.

"Don't worry, this will help you. Shirabe and I planned to give it to you to protect you in any battle you had to fight in." he said. Tea turned and waited to see what it was that he wanted to give to her.

Yugi, Tristan and Joey's monsters were taking out as many Shadow Demons as they could along with the help of Shirabe's lightning attacks and Atem's powerful sword, but it was like as soon as they took out one, two more would take its place. The duel monsters were running low on their energy and it was beginning to become a hassle since the demons that Kiyori summoned seem to have much more power than the last time they faced them. Just when Atem was take out another set of them, Kiyori managed to block his way and smirk evilly at him.

"You know, all of this could be avoided if you just tell me where the princess is." Atem growled and swiped his sword at her which she immediately dodged.

"Not on your life." he said.

"Mm, I love a man when he's feisty as you are. You have such amazing powers and yet you waist them protecting these mortals. You should offer your powers to my Lord Gyousei. Join the winning side because once my lord captures the princess's energy, the whole world will belong to him anyway." Atem scoffed and tighten his grip on the hilt of his sword preparing for his next strike.

"Trust me, I'm already on a winning side and there is no way I'm going to join a side that's full of evil and I'm not going to let you or this Lord Gyousei you keep praising lay a finger on Tea!" Atem's emotions fused with his powers and they all traveled to his sword making it glow and shoot a powerful beam when he slashed at Kiyori which made her crash into the ground from the unexpected hit. She slowly stood up after getting over the shock of the hit and it was hard for Atem to see her expression since her eyes were hidden under her bangs, but when Kiyori lifted her head, she had the most vicious glare anyone has ever seen.

"I had high hopes that you would be different, I had sensed this strong power from you and thought that you would be smart enough to join us. I see now that I was wrong. No matter...if you want to fight along side these fools, then I just have to take you out along with the princess!" Kiyori began to glow a red aura around her body to prepare to battle Atem and bringing him down with the others.

"You can try, but you won't succeed. Tea, my friends and I won't be brought down as easy as you think. We've faced danger before and you're not any different." he said. Kiyori scoffed and she created fireballs in both of her hands.

"Really now? Then I guess this means my Lord Gyousei will really be known. He'll be the first to take the down the 'Almighty Pharaoh!'" Kiyori threw her fireballs at Atem which he automatically blocked with his sword. Kiyori smirked and stood in a battle stance.

"Hmph, not bad, but try taking on me and my Shadow Demons all at once!" Snapping her fingers again, Kiyori summoned more Shadow Demons to surround Atem and since Yugi, Joey, Tristan and Shirabe were dealing with the army that they were still fighting, they weren't able to get to Atem and help him. He attacked from his left side when a demon was about to slash him with its weapon and then quickly attacked the one that was coming from behind. Atem made sure he had his defenses up while he was on offense to destroy the demons. Unfortunately for him, Kiyori was secretly charging up her own attack while Atem was distracted.

"This attack may not be enough to take you out, but it will be enough to keep you from interfering with my mission." The fireball in her hands was growing bigger and Atem was unable to escape seeing as he was still fighting off the demons and the others weren't able to help him since they couldn't seem to find an end to the demons that they were fighting.

"Sorry, I really like you and everything, but my lord comes before anything else and since you don't want to offer your alliance to us, you're just going to have to pay the price." Kiyori then shot out her attack and it was aiming straight for Atem in rapid speed where it was impossible to dodge.

"ATEM!" the others yelled out to him. Atem continued fighting and looked up seeing the fireball coming at him. Just when it was about to hit him, the attacked was countered by a powerful energy ball making the fire disappear in a puff of smoke. Kiyori eyes went wide seeing that her attack was stopped and was full of rage as she wondered what it was that made it stop.

"WHAT?!" Everyone looked up to where the attack came from and found a hooded cloak figure standing on top of a high building. Even the Shadow Demons stopped their attacks to look at the mysterious figure.

"Who is that?" Joey asked. The figure took a few steps back and ran forward to jump off the building diving down flipping frontwards while shooting out more energy balls like they were mini bullets destroying all of the Shadow Demons in pure blast of light. After the attack, the figure landed in front of Atem facing Kiyori. Atem stared at the figure and knew there was something familiar. It was then he knew exactly who it was. When the hood was removed, everyone else knew too.

"Tea!" It was indeed Tea dressed in a new attire. Along with her midnight blue hooded cape, she was wearing a white shirt, black pants that hugged the curve of her legs and to match her cape, she wore midnight blue bootsalong with blue finger cut gloves. Also around her neck was a necklace that held a golden star. Kiyomichi, in his transformed form flew down and met up with the others after dealing with a few Shadow Demons himself and landed next to Shirabe and the others as they surrounded Tea.

"Are you guys okay?" Tea asked.

"Yeah, it's a good thing you came when you did." Yugi said. Tea then turned to Atem seeing him standing next to her.

"What about you?" she asked. Atem smiled and nodded.

"I'm fine, thanks to you." Tea blushed lightly and smiled back.

"I see Kiyomichi gave you your new gift." Shirabe said as she saw the mystical clothing that Tea was wearing. Tea nodded looking down at herself still amazed from what was given to her.

"He gave them to me before we came here." she said.

Flashback

Tea turned and waited to see what Kiyo wanted to give to her. Putting his paws together, Kiyo summoned a glowing sphere which floated over to Tea and it magically burst into tiny stars that covered her clothing. Just then, Tea glowed and her uniform turned into a battle outfit. Blinking a few times, she turned to Kiyo wanting an explanation.

"This is something that Shirabe and I wanted you to have when you're in battle, but these aren't just ordinary clothing. They'll help you in agility where you will be able to dodge an enemy's attack much faster than before. Call it a small gift from the both of us for succeeding in your training." he said with a grin. Tea smiled and then gave a determined look.

"Thanks Kiyo, this will really help me. Now let's go get that fire witch."

End Flashback

"Aww, what a touching moment." Everyone turned to see Kiyori coming closer to them and almost forgot that she was here. She had an evil smirk as she glanced her eyes at Tea with a hateful glare.

"So you finally showed up, I was beginning to think that I would have to come and look for you. I see that you managed to break through my most unbreakable barrier, so tell me how you did it princess? What sort of trick did you use to make your powers appear again?" Tea glared and then suddenly smirked.

"Haven't you heard? A good magician never reveals her secrets." Kiyori growled and she created a fireball on her hand.

"Haven't you heard? It's not nice to play with fire!" She then threw her fire attack at Tea and laughed knowing that she had her right where she wanted her. Tea just stood her ground and when the fireball was just about to attack her, she lifted her hand and backhanded it away like it was nothing. Yugi, Joey and Tristan gasped in amazement while Atem, Shirabe and Kiyo just smiled knowing that it was going to take more to bring Tea down. Kiyori, however just stood dumbfounded with her mouth hanging open like a fish underwater seeing that her attack was just waved away with a flick of a hand. She then felt rage building up in her chest and her red eyes glow.

"Wow, is that the best you can do? Now who's weak?" Tea said.

"So, you think this is some sort of game, huh? Well why don't we just turn up the heat?!" Kiyori's red aura appeared around her body and she was now at her most strongest.

"Bring it on, we can take on anything you dish out!" Tristan said.

"No." Everyone turned to Tea when she suddenly spoke out. She looked back at everyone else giving seeing that she got their attention.

"You guys, I need to do this alone."

"What, are you crazy Tea? There's no telling what she's got up her sleeve. If we help out, we'll be able to take her out in a flash." Joey said. Tea sighed and shook her head.

"Listen, I need to battle her myself. I have to know that this training has made me control my powers the way I'm suppose to. Anyway, she took part of my energy away and gave it to Gyousei. I'll never be able to get it back, it's like apart of me is lost forever. So please, just give me this chance." she said. They all saw where Tea was coming from, but they still wanted to offer their help. Atem was the first to break the silence.

"Of course, if this is what you want. Just do one thing for us, okay? Make sure you be careful and show her what you're made of." Tea smiled and hugged him.

"I will, with you guys behind me, I know I have all the power in the world." Atem pulled back and kissed her lips trying to take in as much of her as possible. Slowly pulling away, he let her go after they locked their eyes together and watched her walk off ready to take on Kiyori.

"Atem, are you sure we should let her do this alone?" Tristan asked. Atem nodded keeping his eyes on Tea.

"I'm sure, this is what she wants to do."

"She's just going into her doom." Everyone turned to see Jouta and Nagaharu coming out of a dark portal behind Kiyori. Kiyori then cast a glare at the both of them.

"What are you two losers doing here?" she asked menacingly. Nagaharu started chuckling.

"It seems like you forgot to tell Lord Gyousei about your little secret outing. So, we're just relaying a message from him." Jouta looked up with a cold expression while he had his arms folded.

"Bring back the princess's energy or face extreme measures when you return. He doesn't expect anymore failure from you." Kiyori growled at them both.

"Don't worry about me, I'm already doing my job so why don't you two make yourselves useful and help with the unwanted visitors?"

"Sorry, no can do." Nagaharu said.

"Why not?!"

"We're just here to observe the battle, Lord Gyousei's orders." Jouta said.

"Fine, I don't need you anyway. Alright princess, time to play." Tea started to glow her light blue aura around her body as she prepared to fight against Kiyori. When Kiyori landed her first attack, Tea quickly used her speed to dodge the hit and ended up being behind Kiyori and summoned one of her blue energy orbs to land a direct hit on Kiyori. The blast made her crash into a nearby building. Being dazed for a second Kiyori glared and pulling herself up, she used her speed while forming another fireball and attacked Tea head on. She blasted her attack at Tea and she was thrown far up into the air like before, but this time Tea quickly summoned her flying disc and rode through the skies back at Kiyori to land an aerial attack at her. Her hand glowed blue and multiple orbs shot out at Kiyori causing severe damage.

Atem and the others were watching the battle cheering Tea on as she got in two attacks on Kiyori. She was really fighting hard against Kiyori and the training she had really helped in timing when to summon her powers. She had such control over them and they were much, much stronger than before.

"Tea is kicking butt out there." Tristan said.

"Yeah, she's really showing that Kiyori who's boss. No mercy Tea!" Joey said. Yugi turned to Atem seeing how he was watching Tea with such an intense look.

"It's ironic, isn't it?" he asked.

Atem turned to Yugi wondering what he meant. "What is?"

"That you're standing here watching Tea in her fight. Usually it's you who's doing the dueling while she and the others watch from the sidelines."

Atem nodded thinking how Yugi was right. "That's true, now I get the chance to see Tea at her full strength."

"She's doing very well, the training was a success." Shirabe said. Kiyo nodded watching Tea as well.

"The control she has on her powers have improved greatly too and she's much more faster thanks to the new clothing."

Tea and Kiyori were both breathing heavily from the fight. Shots were fired and some of them hit their targets so now they were both facing each other standing in a battle stance as they took a minute before they continued. Kiyori smirked making Tea look at her with confusion.

"You've improved since the last time we battled. It seems like you didn't know what were doing. Now look at you, you have this new strength, but it's not going to defeat me. It's going to take much more power to take me out." Tea closed her eyes and gave out a sigh while she let her arms drop down to her sides. It made everyone look at her wondering what was going through her head until Tea finally said something.

"You know, you told me last time that I was weak, that I wasn't able to beat you and for that moment, I had actually believed it. That was before though, now I have a new belief and it's making me have a strong determination that I've never felt before and it's not because of these powers I've suddenly discovered, it's because I have people that I need to protect and friends that stand by me all the way. That's the difference between you and me, you have power just for greed, I have them to protect and defeat the likes of you." Tea opened her eyes and they were now glowing blue as she created a large ball of energy. Using all of the powers and the feel of her friends' presence behind her, she prepared to attack Kiyori.

"It ends right here! "Tea threw out her ball of energy watching it fly out with such speed that not even Kiyori could dodge it. Her eyes widened as she saw this enormous energy heading straight for and she screamed in agony when it hit her. The blast was so bright that everyone except Tea had to cover their eyes from the intense light. When the light started to dim, eyes opened again and they all saw Kiyori falling backwards on the ground. There wasn't anything that could get her back up. Tea walked over to see the damage that was done from the blast as her eyes changed back to normal. Taking off her necklace, she threw it into the air and it changed into her newly transformed staff. Kiyori saw this and let out a weak laugh.

"I guess... this is it. No matter, I'll go out with dignity... knowing that I have served Lord Gyousei." Tea pointed her staff at Kiyori.

"Even after all of this, you still feel loyal to him?"

"I will always...be loyal to him. Even if you defeated me...he will rule this world and he will have his revenge on you. So enjoy your victory...because it will be your last." Tea's staff glowed and was ready to fire her attack.

"You're wrong, he'll be defeated just like you were. Crystal Meteor!" This attack was much different than the Crystal Storm that Tea attacked from her old scepter. It still had the tiny crystals coming out of the staff, but there was also miniature crystal orbs that fired out of the large blue orb on the staff. The attack engulfed Kiyori's body into a bright blue light. When the light disappeared there was no sign of Kiyori, except a floating red sphere that was in front of Tea and before she knew what was going on, the orb flew inside of her body jerking her backwards and crashing onto the ground. Atem and the others quickly rushed over to her checked to see if she was alright. Atem held her in his arms and tried to get her to wake up.

"Tea, are you okay?" It took a few seconds until Tea moaned and opened her eyes seeing Atem's face.

"Am I in heaven?" she whispered. Atem chuckled and hugged Tea much closer to him.

"No, you're still here with us." Tea looked around and saw everyone's face staring back at her all bearing looks of relief. She then turned to where she landed her attack at Kiyori and saw that she was no longer there.

"I did it," she whispered. Shirabe and Kiyo nodded.

"You did, we're very proud of you Tea." Shirabe said.

"Even though we knew that you could do it." Kiyo said in a proud voice.

"Hey, what about that red looking ball that flew inside your body? Isn't anybody besides me think that it's a bit weird that that happened?" Tristan said. They all looked back at Tea.

"Are you sure you feel okay Tea?" Yugi asked. Tea nodded.

"Yeah, I'm...alright." Tea lifted her staff that she was still gripping on and saw that one of the chains that were dangling started to glow. When the glow disappeared, there was a red charm with the symbol of fire on it hanging on the chain on the left side.

"Looks like we got something else to figure out now." Joey said as the others agreed with him.

Jouta and Nagaharu returned to the dark fortress after witnessing the defeat of Kiyori. They were able to get away without being noticed. Right now, they walked inside to where Gyousei was located and found him at his usual place in front of his fire sacrificing souls to boost his powers. Jouta decided to that he would be the one to break the news.

"My Lord Gyousei, Kiyori has been defeated by the princess. The mission was a failure." Gyousei was quiet for a second taking in the news and then broke the deathly silence.

"Hmm, is that so? Pity, she was a very loyal subject to me. Oh well, that's what happens when someone decides to take things into their own hands without informing me first." Nagaharu stepped up next to Jouta and bowed in front of Gyousei.

"My lord, to make up for the mistakes that Kiyori has done, I would gladly take the job in retrieving the energy you need from the princess." he said. Gyousei turned away from his fire to face Nagaharu.

"Will I expect failure from you?"

"Of course not my lord, there will be no failure from me."

"I will hold you to your word Nagaharu, or you will suffer the same fate as Kiyori did. I will summon you when I see fit that the time is right."

"Yes Lord Gyousei, I won't let you down."