Ten Years Ago…

Two young children about the age of five were having a duel in the middle of a huge playroom with a lot of toys, games, dvd's, and books . The girl using Elemental Heroes and the boy using Crystal Beasts. One thing that was the same between the two was that they were both found by their current guardian thanks to the cards that were in their deck after all the bad stuff they have been through. After a fun and exciting duel they ended up in a tie.

"That was fun! What do you want to do now?" the boy asked.

"I don't know. Why don't we ask the others?" the girl responded. At this, many duel spirits appeared in front of the duo. "So, what do you all think we should do now?"

"Why don't you both play hide and seek?" The spirit of Elemental Hero Flame Wingman suggested. "You both have been playing in this room for some time and it isn't like you can go outside and watch the duels going on right now."

"That's a great idea. You two need to get up and moving," Said one of the Crystal Beasts

"Ok Jay. You hide and I seek."

"Ok Jess."

"Great!" Jesse says as he turned around and started counting backwards from 20.

As Jesse was counting, Jaden ran out of the room and went to look for somewhere to hide. As she looked for a room to hide in she saw one of the security guards entered a tower guest room with a tray holding food and drink, with the guard looking annoyed. This confused her because they shouldn't have guests yet. It was only the first day. Her curiosity got the best of her and she went up to the tower, sneaking into the room before it closed after he left. When she got in, she saw that the room was empty. However, there was a bunch of sheets tied together going out the window.

"Found ya!" yelled Jesse who snuck in right behind her. "Hey, what is the matter, Jaden?"

"It's strange. I think that someone was in this room and that they climbed out the window," Jaden started to explain. "But that can't be the case. No one should be in here except for Peggy, some guards, and us."

"Maybe he got himself another guest or a playmate for us," Jesse suggested.

"Maybe. I'll see if I can see them and if they are okay or not," Jaden said as she looked down only to see someone a little bit older than them on the ground in pain before they were able to get up with some difficulty. "Well, they are on the ground and it seems as if they fell at least part of the way. Do you think they are alright?"

"I don't know. Maybe we should go down there and check," Jesse suggested.

"That won't work. Peggy won't let us leave the castle, remember? Besides, he and his guards are unlikely to believe us if we did bring up this guest," Jaden shot the idea down.

"Hey, maybe we can sneak out through the secret passage. We can check up on the injured person and maybe catch a duel or two along the way," Jesse suggested.

The two of them snuck out and went to look for the person who fell, sending their duel spirit friends to look around and see if they could find him. It took a little bit but Sapphire Pegasus was able to find the kid at a dueling platform not too far away from where they were. When they got closer, hiding in the bushes, they were able to hear what he was saying, and they were not amused at all. Apparently, this kid was the brother of Seto Kaiba and he was kidnapped by their adoptive father, Maximillion Pegasus! Not only that, but Pegasus is trying to take over Kaiba Corp. and in order to do that he needed to defeat a kid named Yugi Muto, who the Kaiba brother was currently dueling.

"What?! There is no way that Pegasus would do this," Jaden was in disbelief, beginning to cry.

"This can't be happening, right?" Jesse tried to be in denial.

"I don't know," Jaden responded, shaking her head.

"Maybe you should just go and talk to them. It's probably just a misunderstanding," Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus tried to reason with the two children.

"Yes, let's do that!" Jessie ran out of the bushes and up towards the group. "Quit spreading lies!" Jesse yelled to the group, with Jaden rushing behind him.

"What the... little kids?" Asked Tristan.

"They probably just snuck on board the ship like us so that they could cheer on family members or friends," Tea suggested.

"We're-," said Jaden before being interrupted.

"We don't have time for this. We have to get that guy's starchips back to him before it's too late," said Joey.

"But what about these two?" asked Tea

"Whoever there with can't be too far away," Yami Yugi reasoned.

"Right!" said everyone else as they ran towards the docks, leaving Jaden and Jesse behind.

"Hey!" yelled Jesse in frustration.

"Should we follow them?" Jaden asked.

"Yeah. I want answers," Jesse said.

The two of them ran after them. By the time they got there, one of the guards was holding the Mokuba kid, telling Yugi and his group that if they wanted him back to meet up at a duel platform in four hours. And then he took Mokuba away.

"Hey, you!" Jessie yelled at the group as soon as the guard was gone.

"What? Hey, it's the same kids from earlier!" Joey realized.

"What are you two doing here? Shouldn't you get back to whoever is in charge of you?" Tea was confused.

"Yeah. This island is a very dangerous place to wander around in," Tristan warned the duo.

"You guys know something and we are looking for answers," Jesse explained.

"And what would that something be?" Yugi questioned.

"Well, you see-," Jaden began only for Jesse to interrupt her.

"What is this about Pegasus kidnapping someone? The Pegasus we know would never do something like that!" Jesse demanded from the group.

"Well, I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but Pegasus is far from a good man," Yugi said.

"Yeah. The creep stole Yugi's grandfather's soul and he is trying to kidnap Mokuba so that he can take over Kaiba Corp.," Joey added.

"How can he take someone's soul, anyway? It's not like you can do that to someone," Jaden tried to defend Pegasus.

"Trust me, you two. Pegasus is evil. He used an object called the Millenium Eye in order to seal my grandpa's soul in a card and the only way for me to get it back is to defeat him in a duel," Yugi explained, trying to make the two children see reason.

"But-but- why? Why is he doing something like this?" Jaden cried as tears started to roll down her face. "It doesn't make sense. Why would Peggy do something like this?"

"What makes you think he is a good person, anyway?" Tea asked, wanting to know where these feelings were coming from.

"Because… He is our adoptive father," Jesse blurted out.

At once the whole group was shocked at this. "WHAT?!"

"Wait! You mean to tell me that you two are related to that scumbag, Pegasus?!" Joey yelled out.

All Joey's yelling did was make Jaden cry harder and make Jesse even angrier. "Hey! You can't talk to us that way!"

"Joey, knock it off! They're just kids," Tea scolded.

"Hey," Yugi said in a calm tone. "Can the two of you tell us your names please?"

"I'm Jessie and this is Jaden," Jesse answered.

"Nice to meet you Jesse, Jaden. Now can you two please tell us more about Pegasus please," Yugi asked the duo.

"Well, he has done all that he can to take care of us. He has also sealed away...them," Jaden explained, with her voice shivering as she said the last part.

"Really? Here I thought he was mistreating his own family, adopted or not," Joey rudely responded.

"Wait, so you two have really been treated well by Pegasus. Nothing bad to note?" Tristan asked the duo, wanting to make sure what they were saying was true.'

"Sure it is. Right, Jaden?" Jesse asked his adoptive sister.

"Actually, now that you mention it, he has been acting strangely for the last month. He's been a lot more distant and colder. Not exactly cruel, but still not great either," Jaden answered.

"Do you think that maybe Pegasus has a reason for his villainy, Yugi?" Tea asked Yugi.

"I don't know. All I know is that Pegasus, regardless of his motivation, still has done some bad things and we need to stop him before he continues down the path of evil," Yugi answered.

"You're right Yuge. We need to stop him before things get any worse," Joey said.

"Don't worry you two. We'll make sure to stop Pegasus without hurting him or you," Tea reassured the duo.

The two were quiet for a minute. Honestly, they were uncertain what to think of what they heard about Pegasus. On one hand, he was the one who helped raise them for some time. Ever since they lost their parents he took them in and raised them to be happy and healthy. On the other hand, they couldn't deny that something was wrong with Pegasus. He was committing some terrible deeds, at least from what they have heard, and was likely to continue doing them if he wasn't stopped. So, after some time thinking they responded with, "Okay. But take us with you."

"Are you sure you don't want to go back to the castle? After all, it is kinda dangerous out here," Yugi questioned the duo.

"Look, if what is going on with Pegasus involves us, we should take part in trying to stop him too, understand?" Jaden reasoned.

"Well, I guess you could stay with us, provided we keep a close eye on you," Yugi gave in.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go stop that one guy and get Mokuba back!" Joey yelled out with confidence.

"Um, don't we need to wait a few hours first?" Tristan asked.

At this, Joey nearly fell forward as a result of being reminded of it. "Hey! So I forgot that we needed to wait a few hours. So what?" In response to this everyone laughed, a brief moment of levity in these otherwise serious times.

A few hours later, the group of six arrived at the duel platform, with the guy from earlier still holding Mokuba hostage.

"Hey, maybe you two should hide in the bushes in order to avoid being caught by that one guy," Joey suggested.

"Right," the two children agreed, entering and hiding in the bushes.

Yugi and the group approached the man holding Mokuba and Yugi was ready to duel him. However, it turns out he wasn't dueling this guy. He was to, instead, duel against Seto Kaiba, the former champion in a duel! Who the guy claimed to be a ghost. Which none of them believed. Either way Yugi was going to win this duel.