Jesse's POV
Man that was a boat load if information!
"What'd she say?" Blair asks.
"If she wanted you to know she would have told you." Zane retorts.
"Well isn't there something you can tell us?"
"She hasn't been sick."
"Thank you Chazz, that wasn't obvious at all."
"She's helping Yugi." I tell them.
"Then she's hiding something for him." Zane says.
"Moto's don't hide, we protect," Atem stands in the doorway, "The food's done if you're hungry."
Everyone moves to the kitchen table as Zane asks Atem, "If you won't tell us what you're 'protecting' how do we know you're worth helping?"
"I never asked for your help, Zane. And I would tell you, but my father doesn't trust you, and you've never given me a reason to trust you."
"Neither have they." Zane says looking at Jaden, Chazz, and I.
"No, but they have the same gift I and my father share. It comes with great responsibility, and understanding, and most of all power."
"So it's their help you need?" Alexis asks.
"I don't know, my father didn't tell me much before he left."
"Listen, I'm going to help you with or without everyone else." I tell her.
"That goes for me too." Jaden adds.
"I can't let you two losers have all that fun now can I?" Chazz says in his sarcastic voice.
"If Jaden says he's helping then count me in." Alexis says, while everyone else simply nods in agreement.
"Fine." Zane growls.
"Don't feel bad, Zane. I was raised on truth. Not many people get to know my secrets." Atem Says.
"So what's the plan?" Alexis asks.
"We chill for now, I'll talk to Seto, Joey, and Pegasus tomorrow, see if they know something I don't, though I doubt it."
(That's the plan?)-Key
You have a better idea?
(Okay?)-Key
"Since you're being cryptic. Atem, I challenge you to a duel." Everyone gasps at Zane's words.
"Zane Trusdale, I decline your challenge, respectfully of course."
Everyone freezes, you could hear a pin drop in here, before, "You decline? How can you decline, it's not like you'll loss!" Blair jumps up from her seat, "You're Atem Moto, Yugi is your dad for crying out loud! You decline?"
Atem laughs, "I'm sorry but I cannot duel anyone but Yugi. Although by the end of this I think you'll all know why."
"What do you mean you can't duel? You said the same thing before we came in." Zane demands.
Atem gives him a dirty look before answering, "I have the ability to duel, in fact I'm just as good as Seto, I've beaten him before actually. But the outcome is never good, so I don't duel anyone but Yugi now. It's getting late, you should rest. I'll see you in class tomorrow." With that she disappears up the stairs.
…Later that night…
"Hey, Jay, you sure we should be doin' this?"
"Well if Atem is asleep, who's protecting those cards?"
Shrugging I answer, "I don't know. Are we at least going to tell her we're out here?"
"Of course, you're not stalkers!"
"Hey I don't remember these," I pick up a brick, "are you sure this is the right way?"
"Oops, I think we missed a turn."
"Are you sayin' we're lost, Jay?"
"Hey we know we're still on the island!"
"Jay, get down," I pull him down by his arm. Jaden follows my gaze; it's that man that was in the bushes. He's dressed is black, tall, and ultra-blonde, almost white. He moves through the trees like a shadow, silent and swift.
Me and Jay follow him for a while, then something weird happens. Out of nowhere a flaming rat appears Jaden whispers, "Volcanic Rat." But it isn't a spirit; V crouched down, suddenly flinging a tiny fireball. The man yelps as his shirt catches fire, patting his shirt the man steps closer to V, who launches up his leg ripping the black pants and shirt, just as quickly as he attacked V jumps from the man's shoulder, his fire dims and he disappears, the man running off the other way into the trees.
Not a second later Jetstream lands on my shoulder, and Ice on Jaden, they aren't spirits either.
"Hello Jaden." Ice says.
"Hello Jesse." Jetstream says, "A little late for a stroll don't you think?"
"We're not going to hurt you though, just in case you were wondering." Ice tells us, "We're looking for Key and V."
"We found Key."
"But not V."
"He was right over there." Jaden tells them pointing to where V had been a moment ago.
"Darn that rat, he needs rest," Jetstream complains.
"We could always take his card out."
"Ice! I can't believe you just said that! You know how much that hurts!"
"There's only three ways to do it: Get V to remove his Card, we pull it out, or we wake Atem."
"And the last one is out of the question. She has class in the morning, and so do these two."
"Wait," the birds stop arguing and look at me, "Atem has you out here as guards?"
"Well I guess you could say it like that." Ice says.
"Although we don't really do much."
"Really? V scared off some guy a minute ago." Jaden asks.
"And it's a good thing he did too." We all look up to see Atem looking at the ground where the man had been standing when V attacked him. Pointing at something V appears and scoops it up, running up Atem's leg to her shoulder, Atem takes it from V.
"What is it?" I ask.
"Hair, V did you see his face?"
"To dark, but he's got a nice sized scratch on his right cheek, and a little one over his right eye now, really skinny too, not much of a fighter."
"Hmm…" Atem puts the hair in a plastic bag, "So what bring you two out here?"
"Well, we were going to watch the house, but we kinda got lost on the way." Jaden answers.
"I see that," Atem says half bored, "Let's go inside before someone else comes along."
