Me: Is it bad that I want to laugh maniacally?

Duke: Should we be worry?

Joey: I would say yes.

Me: Oh shut up you two. I do not own any of the Yugioh characters but my own, which are Nicole, Nakia, Jonathon, and Menes.

"As you wish my pharaoh," Menes said mockingly as he faded into the shadows. "But know this, my grand finale is coming and trust me, it will be a long finale. Longer than the sands of Egypt have lasted."

Nicole growled under her breath at Menes, which only caused him to chuckle as he faded away. Slowly Nicole tried to get up off the ground. "Ahh," she exclaimed in pain as she fell back down to the ground.

"Nicole, don't try and get," Atem said as he knelt down to her.

Nicole looked down at her legs, they were aching where Menes had made tiny wounds on them. "Nakia?!" Nicole exclaimed realizing that she had yet to hear anything from her friend.

"She's just unconscious," Kaiba said as he walked over to Nicole.

Nicole could no longer hold back the her sobs. "She was tortured," Nicole said thru tears in her eyes. "She was tortured to protect me from Menes."

"Nicole you're in shock," Atem said trying to comfort her. Slowly he sat down beside her. "Nicole we need to get out of the shadow realm."

"He said he was going to enjoy-" Nicole cried still in shock. She was numb to everything that was going on around her.

"Nicole!" Atem shouted.

"It's all my fault, I should have been stronger," Nicole said looking at her hands.

"Enough feeling sorry for yourself," Kaiba snapped.

For the first time Nicole registered what was going on around her. "I-"

"No, Nakia doesn't need someone to feel sorry for themselves, she needs someone to fight with her," Kaiba growled.

"But-" Nicole started.

"Fine be weak, let your brother down," Kaiba said knowing that would get her attention.

"Why you-" Nicole started as she jumped up and tried to go for Kaiba's throat.

Kaiba easily dodged Nicole, he smirked and said, "There's a fighting spirit."

Realizing what Kaiba had just did, she turned and yelled, "You tricked me!"

"It worked didn't it," Kaiba said still smirking.

"Why do you care?" Nicole snapped. She then took a breath and continued, "I mean why did both of you come here?"

"Well I was dragged here because he wouldn't stop worrying," Kaiba said. Truthfully he was worried about both of them as well, he felt very protective of them.

"Oh," Nicole said with a slight blush.

"Um," was all Atem could say. 'Gods why can't I talk to her? I sound like an idiot,' Atem thought to himself.

"Can we leave now," Kaiba grumbled.

Atem gave a slight smirk knowing that Kaiba hated anything to do with magic. At that Atem, Kaiba, and Nicole woke up back in the room.

Both Pegasus and Yugi were worried when Atem and Kaiba both seemed to pass out simultaneously. For a while Pegasus and Yugi made idle chitchat. Neither were very inclined to talk to each other. It scared both of them when Nicole, Atem, and Kaiba all woke up at the same time.

"What happened?" Yugi asked.

"Menes attacked Nakia and then went after Nicole," Atem said.

"He said that there's going to be a grand finale," Nicole said.

Pegasus's face went pale when he heard that, "Are you sure?"

"Yes," Nicole said. "Why does it matter?"

"We need to tell Ishizu now," Pegasus said as he quickly ran out of the room.

"What's he talking about? I mean I get that whatever Menes is going to do is going to be bad, but what does it have to do with them?" Nicole asked as she looked at Atem.

"I don't know, if it shock him up that bad, I hate to see how bad it's going to be," Yugi said. "So how did you two get transported to the shadow realm?"

"What?" Atem said absentmindedly. "Oh, I don't know."

As Atem and Yugi were talking Nicole gazed over at the window. What she saw surprised her, 'I thought you were out cold still?'

Nakia turned and gave her friend a slight smile and then said, 'Whatever Menes did to your legs should be gone. You can walk now.'

'Thanks, but you still didn't answer my question,' Nicole thought to her friend.

Nakia turned and looked out of the window.

Flashback

"Mahad and I have to go," Atem said after they had played quite a few rounds of hide and seek.

"You're going to talk about what happened to Mahad aren't you?" Nakia asked. "I want to be part of it!"

"No," Atem snapped.

"No?!" Nakia shot back. "This concerns my brother and I want to know what's going on."

"Nakia it's time for your lesson," a man said as he walked into the gardens.

"Who are you?" Nakia and Atem demanded.

"I'm Nakia's new teacher, I will be teaching her magic," the man said.

"I know him from somewhere," Mahad mumbled to himself, but Nakia still heard him.

"No!" Nakia said as she took off running. The strange man was creeping her out, she had never had to learn magic so why now.

"Nakia!" came Atem's voice.

"Shh, he'll find me," Nakia said as she called from her favorite branch to hide on.

"Nakia you know we aren't allowed to be up in the trees," Atem said.

"Oh live a little," Nakia called as she climbed higher.

"Nakia Akhenaten!" shouted Nakai's mother.

"Mom!" Nakia exclaimed as she was sitting in the tree with Atem.

"Get out of there now!" she ordered.

"I'm sorry Lady Atarah," Atem said as he descended the tree with Nakia, "but it was my fault. I climbed up first and then Nakia followed me."

Atarah sighed and looked at the prince. 'He is so much like his father was when we were all growing up.' "Ok," she said knowing full well that Nakia had went up first then taunted Atem to follow. "Come along you two." Atarah then started to walk out of the gardens.

As they were all walking thru the palace Nakia and Atem chatted excitedly.

"Here we are," Atarah said as she stopped in front of a door. She then knocked and waited for answer.

"Come in," came the Pharaoh's voice.

"My Pharaoh," Atarah said as she bowed.

"Dad!" Atem shouted as he ran and hugged his dad.

"Pharaoh," Nakia said and bow as well.

"I assume you told them why they are both here?" Ahknemkhanen asked.

"Told as what?" both kids demanded at the same time.

"Nakia, you are Atem's cousin. You are my niece," Ahknemkhanen said.

Nakia and Atem looked at each other and burst out laughing in pure joy.

"Now you two may not tell anyone ever," Ahknemkhanen said. "It would put Nakia in terrible danger if someone ever knew." Both kids shook their heads, meaning that they grasped what he meant. "Good now go play, I need to speak with Atarah."

End Flashback

Nicole: I thought you weren't giving away any secrets.

Me: I'm not. A cookie for anyone who can figure out the grand finale. Ok you won't get a cookie but you get a pat on the back from yourself. Also the flashbacks are out for order.