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Chapter 44

"Does this mean I can be a participant in the tournament next summer?" Mokaba asked.

"We'll see." Said Seto. "I'm proud of you Mokaba."

"I can't believe you wouldn't give your own brother a duel disk until he proved himself." Yugi said.

"I can." Atem smirked.

"So what do you all think of my deck." Harry said.

"I think it has a lot of potential. You just need to have more faith in it and if you don't feel that this deck is a good fit for you. You can always search for other cards until you find ones that do fit. We had no idea what you would want we just threw a bunch of cards your way. But a true duelist builds his deck on cards that he likes and cards that choose him." Krista explained.

"So Mokie where are you going to store your deck? I doubt you want to keep storing it in your pocket." Rebecca asked.

"I'm going to keep them in my pocket. I like having them there." Mokaba explained.

The compartment door opened and Marik and Ryou stepped in carrying an arm load of joke products. "Well they didn't have any squirting toilets, but they did thank us for the idea and even said when they start selling them we'll get a cut of the profits." Marik said.

"Good now you can quit mooching off my money." Smirked Seto.

"We did get these." Ryou showed the group several boxes filled with candy.

"Candy, give me." Mokaba squealed as he ran toward Ryou.

"You don't want this candy Mokaba. They are called Skiving Snack Boxes. The sweets in them make you sick." Marik said.

"Why would someone want to eat candy that makes them sick?" Mokaba said the thought of such a candy existing was nerve racking to the preteen.

"So you can skip class." Marik said.

"For example if you eat this end you start to vomit everywhere, and this end is it's antidote so if you find yourself in a class and want to leave eat it and when you are dismissed to go to the nurses office you take the antidote and get to skip class." Bakura said with a grin.

"Tomb Keeper, Tomb Robber, why do I get the feeling that you are not going to do much learning this year?" Atem sent.

"Because we aren't." Ryou sent.

"We decided that these English Magicians are too dumb to deal with, we like our magic and causing trouble is so much more fun, then learning a weaker magic." Marik replied with a snicker.

"At least these two will keep those twins in business." Kaiba added.

The door to the compartment opened and Hermione stepped into the compartment fallowed to everyone's dismay by Ron. "You'll never guess who else has been made a school prefect." Ron says.

"Malfoy!" Harry said.

"Yep." Ron said.

Hermione goes and sits next to Atem. Atem takes her hand as he starts to blush.

Hermione leans over, "Your cheeks are matching your eyes again." She leans over and kisses his cheek.

"I don't remember inviting you into our compartment." Seto said in his most threatening voice, while glaring at Ron. "Harry and Hermione can stay but I want you out."

"Who died and made you boss?" Ron stated.

"I am the boss." Kaiba said, "I am Seto Kaiba CEO of Kaiba Corp. I have more money than you can imagine. And I can make your life hell if you keep pissing me off."

"I'm not going anywhere." Ron said.

"Ronald leave, I don't want you here. You made the last weeks of summer break unbearable. And right now I don't want anything to do with you." Hermione said.

"What about you Harry, do you want me to go?" Ron asked.

"Ron you have been a git lately, you tattled on me and Hermione to your mum. Then you ripped up Hermione's letter. Then you made her life miserable just for finding someone she likes to spend time with. We have been best friends since we were 11 and I don't know who you are anymore. You won't give these exchange students a chance. I think it would be best if you leave I don't want a fight, and I don't want you to make Hermione cry again." Harry said.

"Well once these students are in the house of the snake, you won't want anything more to do with them." Ron said.

Krista rose to her feet and got in Ron's face. "You would judge someone before you get your facts straight about them. You make me sick." Krista said.

Yugi got in between Ron and Krista, "Ron you better leave the last time someone annoyed Krista by prejudging people got over an 8000 point direct attack with one of her monsters." Yugi said he really didn't want a fight, and knowing the shortening tempers of most of the members of the group a fight breaking out was a distinct possibility.

"What do you mean by that?" Ron says.

"Yugi is referring to my duel with Wheeler and how he got his ass kicked by Isis. If there was more room in this train, I'd send my monster on you." Krista said.

"Are you talking about those holly-who-what-its?" Ron

"Holograms and yes I am." Krista said she could feel her temper rising, she really wanted to see this guy out. "For the love of Isis, if this kid doesn't get out of here, I will summon my monster and I don't mean with a holographic projection."

"Royal Sorceress please calm down, we don't want to scare the students in particularly Harry and Hermione and if you summon Isis I'm pretty sure that would scare them." Yugi pleaded with her. Why was it he seemed to be the only one in their group to see reason right now?

"Ron leave now! You are upsetting my friends." Hermione said as tears started to form in her eyes.

"High Priest maybe it is time for a little incentive." Atem sent with a smirk.

"Pharaoh, I couldn't agree more." Kaiba replied. He reached behind his back and grasped the Rod. He was extremely careful to let no one see the Rod. He started concentrating on Ron.

Ron got a hazy look on his face as he spoke. "I have to go take a leak; I'll see all you losers later." Ron turned and left the compartment and headed down the hall of the train and out of sight.

"I can't believe he just called me a loser, we have been best friends for years." Hermione cried. Atem put his arm around her to comfort her.

"Way to go High Priest, the loser's comment was overkill." Yugi sent.

"Like I care!" Seto replied he was still pissed.

"He is lucky we are on this train. I would have shadow gamed him and left his soul to be devoured. How dare he make Hermione cry?" Atem added.

"I suggest we track him down after the train stops and shadow game him then," Marik sent.

"I'll go track him down and shadow game him now, I know I won't get caught." Bakura relayed.

"I don't like the guy either, but we can't just shadow game someone because we don't like them." Yugi pleaded.

"Mark my words Yugi, before this year is over, I will shadow game that bastard. He is not a good person, and therefore must be judged!" Atem sent.

"Please everyone listen to me, you are all upset and not thinking clearly, I don't want anyone to do something they will regret. In particular you Pharaoh, I don't want a repeat of Death Valley." Yugi replied he was tired sometimes being the pharaoh's light was exhausting. Realization now hit Yugi he wasn't just the pharaoh's light but the light for the entire court. No wonder the Scales deemed him worthy.

"This is different, I lost you in Death Valley, and this jerk isn't anything to me. But rest assured, when the bastard is judged I won't regret anything. He will deserve his fate." Atem replied.

"This is the first time I've ever regretted…Oh never mind. I just wish I didn't have to share a dorm room with Ron tonight at least Hermione gets to be in the girls' dorm and away from Ron." Harry said

Tears were streaming down Hermione's eyes. "Please, don't cry Hermione." Atem said, "He isn't worth your tears. In another time and another place you would be a queen, and a queen shouldn't cry."

"That has got to be the lamest line I've ever heard Pharaoh, but hey whatever gets you lucky works for me." Krista sent with a smirk.

"You really think of me as a queen? That is so sweet." Hermione pulled Atem closer to her. She reached over and gave Atem a kiss on his lips. Atem returned Hermione's affections. After a few moments they broke apart.

"I think of you as my queen. Does that count?" Atem said with a flirty smile. This woman was everything he could have hoped for in a girl. Intelligent, beautiful and all his.

All of a sudden a pain shot through Harry's head. He reached up to his forehead. "Ouch," Harry screamed as he had a vision of Voldemort torching one of his Death Eaters. Voldemort was furious that the man had failed in his mission. When the vision ended Harry was lying on the floor of the compartment covered in sweat.

Hermione rushed over to Harry. "Harry are you alright, was it you know…" Hermione was hesitating finishing her last statement; she wasn't sure how her new friends would react to knowing that Harry saw visions of Voldemort.

"He is so angry, someone failed to accomplish a mission, so he tortured him." Harry said as he started to sit up.

"Guys, when Harry had his fit something happened to the Scales. They seemed to sense a dark presence. They moved on their own I could feel the movement from within the pocket I keep the Scales in. Instead of staying in balance like normally they do. They moved all the way to the side representing darkness. I have no idea what this means, but it must be important." Yugi sent.

"Is it possible this boy has a Yami, like we used to?" Ryou reasoned.

"No, that much I'm sure of; I could tell that Harry didn't relinquish control or have control forced from him. I would recognize the signs of a Yami presence a mile away." Yugi replied.

"It is possible he has a different type of possession going on, one we don't have any knowledge about after all we are new to their type of magic." Krista reasoned.

"We need the Key to know for sure if this boy is being possessed. Unfortunately Odion isn't here and I don't want to have to send for him. If he gets to the school there is no telling what Dumbledore would do to keep him there." Atem relayed.

"It seems the worst is over and that Hermione knows what is going on, obviously this isn't the first time this has happen, I say we do some research and keep an eye on the situation. If by Christmas Break we still need answers I can have a party at my place and then Odion can use the Key to figure out what is going on." Seto sent.

"High Priest that is an excellent suggestion." Atem replied.

Harry noticed the spaced out expression of the group and spoke. "Sorry about that guys, I didn't mean to startle you. I'm okay now."

"You gave me quite a scare, Harry." Hermione said. "You should get Hedwig and send Snuffles a letter." Harry nodded and left the compartment to send a letter to Sirius.

"Why do I get the feeling they are speaking in code?" Ryou said.

"Because they are, just like we have secrets we aren't ready to reveal to them they have secrets they aren't comfortable sharing with us just yet. We will respect that and not push the issue, do I make myself clear." Atem sent with much conviction.

"Absolutely." The court replied.

The gang started to sit down and do activities again. Kaiba pulled out Krista laptop to continue decrypting the e-mail. Krista grabbed Kaiba laptop to use until he was done with hers. Marik and Ryou were putting all the joke products they bought into their trunks. Mokaba and Rebecca pulled out their decks and started to have a duel on the floor. Yugi pulled out his cell phone and started texting Tea. Hermione and Atem sat down next to each other.

"Thank you." Hermione said.

"For what?" Atem asked.

"For not asking questions to what happened with Harry, it is quite personal and I'm not ready to share it just yet. I hope you can respect that." Hermione said.

"I do respect that, because I empathize, there are things I'm not comfortable sharing with you just yet. However I believe in time we will share everything. After all destiny wouldn't have brought us together without a reason." Atem said as he leaned over and kissed Hermione softly on her mouth.


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