Me: Hi, readers. I'm sorry for the wait. There has been a problem in my life. I have taken care of it to an extent. Sorta. Ryou?

Ryou:

Me: Ryou?

Ryou:

Me: Where's Ryou?

Bakura: He ran away after a week. And you know you haven't fixed the problem.

Me: Aww, but he was supposed to come in this chapter!

Bakura: Did you hear my I said-waaa! *Is trampled by Ryou*

Ryou: I come in this chapter? Yaaaaayyaaaayyyaaayy!

Me: Yep. So Malik, you gonna cooperate now?

Malik: She owns nothing! Not the Barney again! It BUUUUUUURRRRNNNNNNNNSSSS!

Leslie smiled as she sat at the end of the table from the four friends. Seto Kaiba: a Diamond Dragon; Ryou Bakura: An Emerald dragon;Akefia Bakura: a Ruby dragon; and Mara Hodges: the Saphire dragon. "Friends, our plan is working perfectly. The order doesn't suspect a thing. Now we just need to find the Opal and Topaz dragons and we will be unbeatable. Nobody will ever know of the white dragon's existence."

Seto smiled. "Excellent. I have already located the Topaz dragon. He's here in Tokyo. His name is Marik Ishtar. He's from Egypt like Akefia."

Leslie smiled. "Seto, I knew I could count on you." she said. "Now who will arrange to go invite him here?" she asked. The younger female, Mara, stood up.

"I shall arrange that." she said. "And I will not fail." she gave Ryou a hard look and Leslie stepped between them.

"Alright, that's enough of that." she said. "If you're going to go, go." she hissed to the blonde. THe girl nodded and walked out.

*Next day*

"Mara, what did I tell you about knocking out the other dragons?"

"You said get him. I got him."

"Mara..." The older woman's tone rose.

"Sorry."

"Good. Now wake him up."

"I'll do it!" Bakura said. Mara was about to protest when Leslie gave her the same look she'd once given disobedient slaves in Egypt to know not to do something. Mara stood still and let Ryou wake the boy.

"Wah! Ah!" The teen said, sitting up and looking around. "Who are you guys? What do you want?" he asked.

Leslie sighed and replied, "You are the topaz dragon. We are enlisting your help." she said.

"How do I know you're not dragon hunters?" The group exchanged looks and nodded. Leslie turned into an incredibly large but lithe dragon with black scales that seems to glisten with their own dark light.

"Alright, I believe you." he said, eyes wide. "They said you were extinct."

"I wan not killed. I was merely hibernating." Marik nodded.

"Does that mean that the Opal dragon is still out there?" Leslie heard Mara wince at the mention of him. Jedamai Watshi was Mara's lover and the father of her child, Coralander who was also an Emerald dragon and often times spend long days with Ryou to learn her powers.

"Yes." Leslie said softly, "Yes. There is a chance the Jedamai Watashi is still alive."

Me: Aaand...scene!

Crowd: *Gasps*

Me: Haaa! Mariku!

Mariku: I won't be in this. Review and read on.