Yugioh belongs to Kazuki Takahashi.

Flashback

Many citizens of Atlantis walk around peacefully on their streets, carrying on their daily tasks. People on the street sell jewelry and fruit in order to make a living. On a hill sits the palace of the king. Dartz looks down upon his kingdom with a smile, loving the sense of peace and prosperity. He feels a light tug on his robe and he looks down to see his daughter Chris, who has brown hair in braids rolled up to the sides and she wears a royal gown. In the back, the former king and his father, Iron Heart, gazes proudly at his son who has taken the role as king.

Dartz looks up to the sky to see a green light falling toward the ground. He isn't the only one looking though. The rest of the city is looking as well and they panic when it lands, making the ground beneath them shake. In fear of the safety of his family and people, Dartz hurries out toward the source, despite Iron Heart trying to call him back. When he reaches the place where the light fell, he is shocked to see the familiar stone of the Orichalcos. He had overcome it once before but now it has returned.

A small piece of the green stone lies on the ground and he picks it up, gazing into it. One of his eyes, which was originally a gold looking color, soon turns into the same color of the stone and he gasps.

'No! Not this again!' A light overcomes him and he clenches his head as he feels something else taking over his mind and body.

Iron Heart and Chris soon reach him. "Dartz, what's wrong?" asks Iron Heart. His son turns around with a familiar look on his face. It is the look of evil.

"Daddy, snap out of it," Chris pleads.

"Snap out of what dear child? I feel just fine," says Dartz. Iron Heart steps forward with his eyes narrowed at the huge Orichalcos stone behind Dartz.

"It must be destroyed now! The Orichalcos is controlling you!"

"Quiet old man." The stone in his hand glows and his father suddenly vanishes.

"Grandpa!? What have you done to him dad!?" Chris asks with tears in her eyes.

Dartz approaches her with a smirks and she gasps silently in fear. "The same thing that I'm about to do to you!"

End Flashback

Dartz looks to the stone which is on the alter then at the sphere containing the souls.

"Not too long now…"

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"Come on Atem! Beat that guy's sorry behind!" cheers Duke as Atem duels Rafael. It is Atem's Dark Magician against Rafael's Guardian Iatos who looks like an angel wielding a sword. Currently, Atem is in the league with Rafael's health down to almost half.

"Go Atem!" Tea cheers before looking over at Mana who has been silent ever since the duel has started although she does look like she is into what's going on. "Hey what's wrong? You haven't cheered Atem on not once." Mana doesn't reply making Tea raise an eyebrow in question.

'Does Atem know that Rafael's monster has a special ability? I've seen him do this before. He always waits until his health is low and then…' Mana eyes widen with horror and she looks at Atem. 'Atem…he can't lose, he just can't.'

'What's up with Mana?' Tea asks herself. She has never seen such a serious look in Mana's eyes before. She usually has a carefree look on her face but now, she is like a totally different person.

'Why Rafael? Why are you doing this? You're not a bad person. You were just another victim to Dartz and the Orichalcos.'

"Dark Magic Attack!" Atem yells to his Dark Magician for probably the fifth time and once again his magician attacks Rafael's weakened monster. Something puzzles Atem though. 'Why isn't he attacking me? He hasn't made a move this whole duel. Maybe he wants to lose?' Atem mentally shakes his head. 'No. He's up to something.'

"What's going on you guys?" Tea asks. "It's like he's not even trying."

"You're right Tea. Maybe this is apart of his plan." Mana looks to Yugi then back to the duel. She feels the need to tell Atem something. Maybe it will save him from losing this duel. In fact, she knows that she has to. She just couldn't stand the thought of losing him.

"Atem! There's something you need to know!" Mana shouts all of a sudden, causing Atem to turn his head to her.

"What is it?" he asks.

"You gotta stop attacking him!"

"What are you talking about Mana?" Yugi asks.

"Having Atem attack him continuously is all apart of his plan. He wants Atem to attack because--"

"Chill out Mana," Duke interrupts. "Atem's a smart guy. He'll figure this out." Mana bites her nail as Atem continues to duel. She flinches with every attack Atem makes and watches as Rafael's health goes lower and lower.

"Are you just going to stand there or are you actually going to attack me for a change?" Atem asks. Rafael's health is nearly gone and he can barely stand on his feet but he still manages to grin at Atem, making Atem raise an eyebrow. "Just what are you up to?"

"You fell right into my trap," says Rafael and his guardian raises up its sword and it starts to glow. Dark Magician is suddenly unable to move, making it open for anything.

"What's going on?" Atem asks.

"You'll soon find out," Rafael replies and he does for he feels his health escaping him all of a sudden and his health bar goes down almost to the end while Rafael's goes up.

Atem slouches over, clutching his chest and breathing heavily with pearls of sweat on his forehead. "W-What…have you…done?"

"It's part of my monster's special ability."

Yugi's head whips over to Mana who watches with horror. "Is this what you were trying to warn him about Mana?" She slowly nods her head, not making any eye contact with him. An aura appears around the guardian and the magician and a stream of life force from the Dark Magician enters into the guardian's body.

"What now?" asks Atem who can barely stand.

"My monster's other special ability. With my Guardian Iatos' sword, it can suck the energy off my opponent's monster, making it stronger."

"No!" exclaims Tea. "If he's telling the truth then…"

'This is the same thing he pulled off last time, only he used the power of all my duel monsters that were sent to the graveyard,' thinks Yugi. 'He's doing the same thing all over again!'

"Say goodbye to your monster and…your soul!" Mana's life seems to shatter as Atem's Dark Magician is attacked and his health is gone completely. The Orichalcos surrounds him and a green light shoots into the air. Yugi's eyes is filled with tears. It's the same as last time only Atem loses his soul this time. Tea runs over to Atem's lifeless body, lifting him up into her arms as she cries uncontrollably. Duke stands there speechless, not believing his eyes.

"Atem please! Wake up!" Tea pleads, tears streaming down her cheeks. Mana runs up to Rafael who is walking away, having completed his task. She goes in front of him, blocking his path.

"Stand aside," he says.

"But why!? Why Rafael!?" Rafael only looks down at her with an emotionless look in his eyes. "You're good on the inside. You can break free from Dartz' control just like I did!"

He lightly pushes her out the way, heading to his motorcycle. "You were lucky to get out of that duel of yours with your soul. If you stand in my way again, I'll make sure you lose it this time." And with that, he puts on his helmet and zooms off somewhere. Mana shoulders begin to tremble and tears start falling from her eyes to the ground.

'No…Atem…Not you too…'

Flashbacks

The two close friends stand at the park, doing their favorite thing which is watching the sun go down. They are both lying on the ground side by side, relaxing on the grass. At first it is silent between them, until Atem opens his mouth to speak.

"You know you mean a lot to me Mana," he says all of a sudden, causing Mana to look over at him with a sort of a confused look on her face. That was pretty random. He continues to look up into the sky. "I don't know what I would do without you."

"Prince? Uh…Prince?" He still looks up with a serious expression on his face while she tries to catch his attention by waving her hand in front of his face. She blinks twice. "Eh…?"

Mana sighs as she looks outside the glass door of the school where it is raining. She is pretty certain that the others have gone home by now, probably trying to avoid the rain. Sooner or later, she will have to go home too, so she opens the door and steps out into the rain, already feeling cold and wet. But all of a sudden, the rain stops pouring on her and she looks up to see that there is a green umbrella over her head and the person holding it is Atem.

"Do you wish to share?" he asks and she nods slowly. She blushes slightly as he wraps his arm around hers to keep warm. "I can't have you walking out here in the rain without an umbrella."

"You're always looking out for me," says Mana with her head slightly low. "Am I a burden?"

"Of course not," he replies. "Besides you should be used to it by now. I'll always be there to help or protect you no matter what."

"I've only been there to help once in the past and you've helped me ever since I came here to this time." She suddenly looks up at him with a look of determination. "One day, you're gonna be the one depending on me for help."

"Oh really?" he asks with a smile.

"Yup. I'm gonna help you out with something so big, it'll make up for all the other times you've helped me."

Mana is immediately hushed when she wakes up one morning. Yugi is standing over her and he motions for her to get up and quietly follow him to the hallway. Against the wall are two pails containing water and Mana gets where Yugi is going with this ,so she picks one of them up and he as well before going to where Atem is sleeping.

Atem sleeps on a mattress on the floor only wearing pajama pants. Yugi pulls the covers off of him and using his fingers, he counts to three before giving Mana the signal to dump all the water on him. For the first time in their lives, they hear Atem give out a loud shriek.

His eyes are filled with alarm then he turns to glare at Yugi and Mana who have big grins on their faces. He picks up a pillow and runs after them with it, getting a strong swipe on Yugi first then he hits Mana. Yugi and Mana grab pillows as well and soon it becomes a free for all pillow fight between the three, all laughing the whole time.

They chase each other down the hallway, feathers flying all over. Atem hits Yugi, causing him to fall back down the stairs, but not before he grabs Atem and brings him down with him; Atem does the same to Mana. They tumble down the stairs, landing beside each other with Atem in the middle with his eyes closed and his head turned to Mana. Mana's face is the same way and their lips are inches apart.

Yugi's grandpa stands at the top of the stairs and gasps, seeing them all knocked out cold and he calls the hospital, not knowing what else to do.

End Flashbacks

Mana's hands rises to her cheeks then slide up to clench her hair. Her breaths become short to the point where they turn into gasps. Her heart beats faster with every passing second. 'Atem…' Her eyes widen when surprisingly, visions run through her head. She shuts her eyes for a couple of seconds before opening them. 'How am I having visions and while I'm awake? Do I still have this power?'

As they all mourn the loss of another friend, a helicopter suddenly descends to the middle of the field, causing them to stop what they are doing. The black helicopter has two huge letters which are 'KC' and Yugi already knows who it is.

He stands up as Kaiba hops out off his helicopter and approaches him. He looks around to see everyone in a down mood before looking to Yugi. "What happened here?" he asks, slightly interested.

"We've lost two friends to the Orichalcos," replies Yugi. Kaiba looks to Atem who lies in Tea's arms.

"So he's back. Looks like he should've stayed where he belonged."

"What are you doing here Kaiba?"

"I know where Dartz' exact location is and by the looks of it, you guys have a bone to pick with him and so do I."

Yugi's eyes widen. That's when he notices that his little brother is nowhere in sight. "Did Mokuba lose his soul too?"

"Are you coming with me or not?"

"Yeah," replies Yugi as Mana walks up to him. "Mana, maybe you should stay here with Atem and Joey until Tea, Duke and I come back."

"No I'm going too and so are Atem and Joey."

"What? But Mana, they're--"
"They're gonna help us out too."

"What?"

"You probably won't believe me when I say this, but I'm starting to see my visions again. I don't know how, but I think a remainder of that power was left with me," Mana explains to him. "They showed me that Atem and Joey will be a great help."

"But how?"

Maybe Mana's hallucinating or something but how can Atem and Joey help in their current state? You'll find out later… Please review!

P.S: For those who are worried on how this story will end, all I have to say is…well…don't worry!