"Cerise, we need to go to America." Atemu said to her, when he went to go see her. This was urgent enough that he had just arrived without letting her know he was coming over.
"We have a bigger problem." She said to him, walking away from the door.
"I doubt it, but show me..." he said, walking after her and into her bathroom.
"Look." She said, pointing into the bathroom. He frowned at her and peered in.
"What are they doing here?" he asked, seeing the five kuriboh brothers sitting in her bathtub, splashing around.
"They appeared at my door the other night. I've been trying to get hold of you for days now, what's wrong, and why are all these monsters running around?" she asked him.
"I think that might be my fault." He admitted.
The brown kuriboh hopped out onto her floor and she sighed, grabbed and towel and began to dry him off, much to his happy squeaking. The others soon all followed suit, and she dried them each off, before walking back o the living room, with the kuriboh brothers making her home, their home.
"Should I banish them?" he asked her, seeing them running around, hopping on her furniture.
"No, it's okay, they're cute." She smiled at him and they squeaked at her happily.
"You said this might all be your fault, go on. Is there a problem?" she asked him as she poured herself and him some coffee.
"Yes, a big one." He said, walking into the living room.
"Oh no, what now?" she asked him and he looked over at her.
She had warned him this might happen. How could he have been so careless.
"I lost the Egyptian gods." He said, looking at her.
"What!" she was shocked. The kuribohs also looked at him, and blinked in unison.
"I told you, you needed to be careful with them. Atem..." she began to lecture him.
"I was. They were stolen, Solomon was looking them over, when someone broke into his shop and stole them." He explained.
"So, do we know who? I saw them appear in the sky the other night, that wasn't you?" she asked him and he shook his head.
"It's a little complicated right now, but we need to find out more. But I need to win them back." He explained. She nodded.
"I'll help, but maybe I should hide Serona. If they came for your cards, it won't be long till they come for her." she said to him.
"That's a really good idea." He said to her.
"Also, we had a vision last night. Joey and I." He said.
She handed him the mug and they walked over to the couch. He explained everything to her and handed her the card to look at. She set down her mug and looked at it.
"I've never seen this card." She said, handing it back to him.
"Pegasus also sent us something. He said we had to stop 'them' from getting it." He explained. She realised this was going to be another one of their wild adventures. She had to admit, it was a great way to get to know everyone, including Atemu.
"Okay, how soon do you want to leave?" she asked.
"As soon as possible, one of Yugi's friends needs him." He explained to her.
"Do you want me to come with?" she asked him.
"I would like it." He smiled at her.
"I'm there." She said, picking up her mug again.
"It'll most likely be dangerous." He warned her.
"What's new?" she smiled, taking a sip of her coffee.
"There's only one problem." She said, sitting back.
"That is?" he asked.
"Who's gonna look after my new pets?" she asked, looking at the kuribohs hopping around. They both laughed, but something was wrong and they both knew it. These monsters were not supposed to be running around, some of them were really dangerous. Somehow, they had to figure this out.
Cerise let them out the window, and they packed their bags and flew to California that night. When they got there, they ran into Duke, who was opening a shop in America.
"Good to see you again." He said.
He joined them and they were on their way to Rebecca's. Meanwhile, Kaiba was losing control of his company. The guy who was buying his shares, had now been traced to Pegasus. Kaiba and Mokuba went see him, in his American holiday home, in California.
He landed his Blue Eyes White Jet just as Yugi's plane landed. That's when Yugi got a call from Pegasus. He told him to meet him at his home when he landed. There was a limo waiting for them outside the airport. Yugi and the others arrived to an empty building, and a surprise waiting for him inside. Mai was waiting to duel him, but Joey stepped in, saying she seemed different, and he could figure it out. With a little help from something called the Orichalcos, she became an even stronger duellist. Joey nearly beat her, but someone by the name of Valon broke the seal of Orichalcos, ending the duel. Valon, Mai and another guy left the building on motorbikes. That's when Kaiba arrived.
"You're here too." Kaiba said, walking into the room. They turned to look at him and he saw that Cerise was holding Yugi's hand.
"Cerise." He said, looking at her.
"Seto." She said, letting go of Atemu's hand. He looked at her as she seemed to be ashamed of holding his hand. Kaiba still had a measure of control over her.
"What happened to Mai, dweebs?" he asked, seeing her ride off with two guys.
Just as they were about to answer him, he put up his hand to stop them.
"Never mind, I have to see Pegasus." He said, walking towards the lift.
They followed him and Cerise was still too shocked to take Atemu's hand. He figured she was still working on getting rid of her feelings for Kaiba.
The power was off in the building, so they took the stairs to the top of the building; to Pegasus' office.
Cerise fell back from the group, and Atemu noticed, so he fell back too.
"Is everything ok?" he asked her and she nodded.
"Let's just go see Pegasus." She said, reaching out and taking his hand again.
"Are we there yet?" Joey complained.
"Yeah, we are." Yugi said.
Pegasus' office was empty, but there was a security door, with a card access swipe next to it.
"How do we get in?" Joey asked.
"Just taking a guess?" Atemu said, swiping the card Pegasus sent him, through the device.
The door unlocked and swung open slowly.
"Good guess." Kaiba said, walking through the door.
"After you rich boy." Joey mocked.
"Relax Joey." Cerise said walking in behind Atemu.
She walked close to him, just in case. She put her hand on his shoulder and he responded by walking slower. He opened his shoulders, making them wider than they already were. The room was a life like version of the Toon world that Pegasus held so dear. By this time, they had realized that they had a pair of leeches following them.
"What are we looking for?" Kaiba said.
Atemu stopped next to him, and Kaiba saw Cerise standing close behind him, clearly afraid of what lay in wait for them. Kaiba saw this and smirked. Did she honestly think Yugi could protect her?
"It'll only last as long as you're number one." He said, looking at the two of them.
"KAIBA!" Atemu was about to shout at him, but then a hologram appeared in front of them.
"Pegasus?" Tristan said.
Kaiba put his hand through the hologram.
"Hologram." He said.
"Yugi boy, so glad you could make it." He said.
"It's pre-recorded." Mokuba said.
"In this room is a rare card that can stop them." Pegasus said.
"I'll start looking." Tristan and Duke said.
Weevil and Rex had also started looking.
"Who is this 'them'?" Atemu asked.
"You are probably wondering what I'm talking about. This threat is pure evil. I assume you have the three legendary dragons." He said.
Joey, Kaiba and Atemu all looked at the decks; they were all glowing a white light.
"Kaiba has a card too." Cerise whispered to Atemu, who looked over at his deck and saw it was glowing too.
"They can help you, but to defeat this evil you need the card that you have to find." He added.
"I found it." Tristan said, looking in a simulation of the 'Pot of Greed'.
"This card hasn't got anything on it." He handed it to Atemu.
"Then it's useless." Kaiba said.
"Not necessarily." Atemu said.
"They are led by one Dartz, what I could gather on this man, he used my name to buy Kaiba's company." He said.
"They use something called the Orichalcos, and they invoke the evil within their hearts to power it. Once you lose the duel, the seal of Orichalcos takes your soul." He said.
"That was the card Mai played." Joey said.
"For what reason, I'm not sure, but all the souls seem to be gathering for something. You must stop Dartz. You are our only hope, Yugi boy." He said and the hologram faded.
They all stood, silently, looking at each other.
"So what now?" Mokuba asked.
"We go after Dartz." Kaiba said.
"We need to do this together Kaiba." Atemu told him.
"Stay out of my way, geeks." He walked out the door, with Mokuba on his heels.
He waved goodbye to the rest and followed his brother. Atemu stood silently where he was.
"What are you thinking?" Cerise asked him.
"How are we going to do this, without Kaiba?" he looked at her.
"You've never needed him. You can do this." She took hold of his hand.
"Yeah, with us here. We will stop Dartz." Tristan said.
"You're right." Atemu turned around.
With all his friends behind him, and Cerise next to him, there was nothing he couldn't do.
"Where to now?" Cerise asked.
"Rebecca." He said, looking in her big brown eyes.
"We can take my car." Duke offered.
"No thanks, we have an air-coned limo." Tristan said.
"All you need is the wind in your hair. What do you say? Who wants to ride with me?" he asked, looking specifically at Cerise. She got the idea that he kinda liked her. He held onto Atemu's arm and smiled.
"No thanks, air con for me." Cerise smiled.
"I'll ride behind you guys." He said.
They got back to the limo and were soon driving to Rebecca's place.