"Are you sure about this?" Harry asked for the fourth time in five minutes. They had discussed the plan on their way to Kaiba Corp and while he admitted it sounded like a good way to rile somebody up, he wasn't too keen on pissing off a billionaire in his own home.

"He'll be fine. If you stick to the plan then he'll want it to go the way it does."

"Yeah, but you're plan makes me sit on the side-lines."

"Do you want to do it?"

"Kind of"

Yugi had never thought of it that way but he wasn't about to let Harry do what he had planned until he had gotten far into his training. There were too many things that could go wrong. Besides, he was like Harry, he wanted to do it.

"Well maybe next time then, as it stands this is the best way to go about it that gets you a duel disk."

Caught between his desire to take part and his desire to get a duel disk Harry ultimately chose the more beneficial one of the two and resigned himself to his role. Nodding to Yugi, he walked into the doors of KaibaCorp completely unnoticed both due to his small size and the fact that it was an open building.

Walking through the lobby and taking in the sights was one thing but as he took a seat near the elevator Harry realized the crucial part of the plan involved pissing off the CEO, to do so in the first place would require his presence. Knowing sneaking up to the office was bound to get him kicked out first and asked questions later he settled himself in for a wait.

But as luck would have it he didn't have to wait long. Moments later the elevator doors binged and out walked Seto Kaiba himself. Standing tall in his white overcoat, the tails of which flared out into a blue trim and holding a briefcase which everybody who had heard of the man knew contained his disk and his deck, he walked confidently out towards the main door not even sparing the child a glance.

But Harry was not to be deterred, standing, stretching to relieve his legs of the aches of sitting for too long he walked behind Kaiba and tried to summon the courage.

"Excuse me" he said to the man's back pleasantly surprised when said man actually stopped and turned to him. "You're Seto Kaiba right?"

"Yes. Can I help you?"

Here goes, Harry thought. "Well according to my friend you can't." Leaning back on his feet and raising his hands behind his head "See I'm new at Duel Monsters and I was told you were one of the best there is at the game." Watching as even the blankest expression gained a hint of pride Harry let it sink in before continuing. "But when I asked my friend he said he could beat you and your Blue-Eyes White Dragon easily."

"Well tell your friend_" Kaiba began only to be interrupted by the usually well-mannered child.

"In fact he said even I could beat you. And I've only been playing the game for a month, with only one opponent."

Kaiba placed his suitcase on the ground and opened it revealing the fabled Blue-Eyes styled disk and the deck which faced Yugi Muto and almost won. Harry could feel the pure raw power coming from the cards and was suddenly grateful that he was not about to take part in what he was instigating. As Kaiba strapped the duel disk on he turned to the twelve year old and stared him down.

"Prove it."

"Oh I'd love to but I don't have a duel disk."

Kaiba just waved one of the workers over and sent him off. He returned a minute later with a brand new duel disk.

"Latest model and just out of the box sir." The employee said. "Who shall I give it to?" When Kaiba pointed at Harry the workers jaw dropped in shock but he nonetheless complied. When the disk was on Harry's arm he inserted his deck into his disk and closed his eyes as a rush of power flew up his arm.

"Now, are you ready?" Kaiba asked.

"Yes. But if you beat me you beat a new player using a duel disk for the first time, wouldn't you rather face my friend? He's right outside."

"Fine let's just make this quick, I'm a busy man." Kaiba replied as they began to walk out the door.

"A busy man who was about to play a card game with a child Kaiba" Yugi answered for Harry as soon as he crossed the threshold. Walking out of the shadow covered corner he stood in with his duel disk already raised and deployed. "Shall we?"

Kaiba knew he had just been played. He would have been angry but with the happiness of seeing his old friend once more, as well as the prospect of duelling him, made him overlook the twelve year olds machinations.

Harry meanwhile had moved over to Yugi and prepared to watch the battle of the titans about to unfold. Patiently waiting for the two to start.

"Using a child Yugi? You could have just asked." Kaiba commented as he deployed his duel disk.

Each drew five cards, with Kaiba drawing the sixth as he was challenged.

"He needed a duel disk; it was the best way to get him one." Yugi replied

"You do know he'll have to duel to keep it"

"I'll be teaching him; from now on his opponents will be I and Joey."

"I will not have Wheeler teaching him how to duel. If it will keep you around and put that monkey in his place I'll help."

Yugi nodded in thanks while Harry was shocked at the opportunity he was being given. To be trained by the three top duellists in the world. He would have fainted if it wasn't for the duel about to commence.

"LET'S DUEL" The two yelled.

And so the duel began with both duellists drawing their entire hand in one smooth and practiced motion. Words could not describe the tension between the two adults as they stared each other down. Finally. Kaiba made a move.

"I summon Kaiser Sea Horse in attack mode." He declared as he slammed the card down.

It was strange for Harry, to watch the card arise out of the ground in a shower of light. It was as if he could feel the very presence of the monster as it stood before Kaiba, glowering menacingly at Yugi as if it WANTED to fight. He had never experienced this with Pegasus before. With the Toon cards it felt more like he was becoming giddy just by them being there, their aura of playfulness infecting him. With Kaiba it was as if the monster had a life, had a soul which he could feel.

"Next I play two face downs and end my turn."

"It's my move Kaiba." Yugi declared suddenly standing straighter, his playfulness gone. "And I summon Sangan in defence mode and end my turn."

And that's how the duel kicked off.

"Well then if you won't show the kid how a duel is played then I guess it's up to me. I sacrifice my Kaiser Sea Horse, who's special ability allows me to offer him as a double sacrifice to light, in order to summon my all powerful. Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"

The dragon rose from the ashes of the once powerful sea warrior and Harry could only describe it as his blood began to boil at the sight of the illuminating figure that stood before him. Whereas the Kaiser Sea Horse was a formidable presence. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon demanded his respect simply for existing.

"Blue-Eyes, attack his Sangan with burst stream of destruction!"

"My Sangan may not have stood a chance, but by destroying him I get to bring one monster with less than 1500 attack points to my hand. So thank you Kaiba" Yugi boasted. "And now I believe it's my move."

"I summon my Big Shield Gardna, in defence mode! And next I activate the spell card, Card of Destruction, with this we discard our hands and draw a new one of the same size. Finally I'll play two face downs of my own and end my turn."

"My move Yugi. And I thank you, I summon Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands, and by summoning him I can add one ritual spell card to my hand, and I choose my White Dragon Ritual which I'll activate, remove my Manju, and summon my Paladin of White Dragon in its place. But even he won't be around for long because by activating his special ability I can summon another Blue-Eyes. Arise my dragon and attack his Gardna!"

Blue-Eyes was barely on the field before its blast escaped his maw and incinerated Yugi's monster.

"And now my other Blue-Eyes, attack Yugi directly!"

Kaiba: 4000/ Yugi: 1000

"I activate my trap card, Damage Condenser! This card allows me to summon a monster with less than or equal to the damage I just took, and I took a lot. So I summon my Buster Blader in attack mode! And with that it's my move."

"I play the spell card fiend's sanctuary. This card allows me to summon one token to my field in attack mode. But I sacrifice this token in order to summon my Dark Magician Girl. Next I play the spell card Sages Stone, this calls out my Dark Magician from my deck simply because I have a Dark Magician Girl on my field."

The two spellcasters arose to the field and Harry felt compelled to draw his own Dark Magician card simply by looking at Yugi's. He could tell they were different, not because of their appearance. Despite their attire the two actually looked quite similar, no it was their power. Yugi's Dark Magician felt old and powerful whereas his own felt new and chaotic, truth be told he preferred his own.

So engrossed was he in his own thoughts he missed several turns go by. He couldn't help it, this was all so new to him he had to retreat inside himself to gather it all.

From the shine of the holograms as they battled it out to the thrums of power emitted by the two duellists, he did not understand this but that didn't mean he couldn't feel it for what it was. Power. So different from the magic of Hogwarts and his wand but it reached his heart and centre all the same. It rolled off of Yugi in waves. Pure energy radiated from every fibre of his being from his head to toes, even the holograms of his cards had a palpable aura to Harry. Whereas Kaiba was more like an arc of electricity, sparking as his fingers made contact with his cards leaving them shining with a light brighter than the sun. Only Harry could see this among the bystanders, and only Yugi knew he did. To Harry, not knowing any better, this was normal.

As Yugi drew the last draw of the duel he knew that he would have to end this quickly or Harry's sense would be overcome with the power he was about to unleash. He wanted to win. He didn't want to use this card, but he wanted to win. So he would make it quick.

"Harry!" He called making the crowd turn to see who it was he addressed. For he had not looked away from the card in his hand. He wondered how it had even got there, it was not normally in his deck. "When I say so, I want you to close your eyes. Close them and try your best to stay calm okay?"

"Okay" He called back finally letting the crowd know who he was.

"It's over Kaiba. As much as I don't want it to end this way, it will. First I activate my face down spell, Double Summon, which allows me one more summon this turn. Next I sacrifice my Dark Magician, my Dark Magician Girl, and my Buster Blader in order to summon the Lord of the sky, the Egyptian god WINGED DRAGON OF RA"

Kaiba knew he was beaten. His Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon would stand no chance and his hand was empty. But that wasn't what drew his attention. Looking at the kid he vowed to teach he saw that Harry had gone paler than usual. Beads of sweat began to pour from his head as he looked unblinkingly at the god before him. Following his line of sight he could see something odd even for a god card.

Ra was staring back.

Harry knew he had to close his eyes. He did close his eyes. But when Yugi called out the name of the card, even though his eyes were closed, he could still see the great golden god right in front of him. Crimson eyes stared into his emerald, and a pressure of a thousand tonnes began to bear down on his head.

"Child." The voice was shouting, louder than anything Harry had ever heard. But it didn't feel like it was loud. It felt like a normal voice. "Sleep" And so he did, everything went black for Harry Potter.

Though the crowd knew exactly who won the duel, it never finished. Harry collapsed and both Kaiba, and Yugi, the former reaching first having witnessed it, ran to his side and carried him back through the great doors to KaibaCorp.

"Call a doctor." Kaiba barked the minute he saw someone who wasn't in a state of shock. He was Seto Kaiba, known for having a soft spot for children but this? This was much.

"And Maximillion Pegasus." Yugi shouted. He knew he would receive an earful off of Pegasus when he found out what would happen and in the back of his head he knew he shouldn't have done what he did. But this episode was more informative than anything he had seen of Harry since meeting him.

Harry had more than a connection to the spirit world. He had shadow powers. Stronger than maybe even his own when he was the host to the Pharaoh, the most powerful shadow user since Zorc Necrophades himself. He should have known. He hadn't re-awoken the spirit of the Chaos Magician, he had called it. He had a connection to the Dark Magician that even he would not be able to achieve. Summoning Ra, with Harry being so new to his powers, could have killed him. He had no idea how to harness the energy inside him, it was too raw, too sensitive. What had he done?

An hour later, Harry still hadn't woken up. Nor had he moved beyond the rise and fall of his chest. Kaiba and Yugi had not left his side. Nor had they looked away until Pegasus burst through the door, his hair frazzled and his suit wrinkled slightly.

"What happened?" He practically shouted at the two adults.

Yugi looked at Kaiba, who nodded, before striding gracefully over and taking Pegasus by the arm. Pulling him gently from the room but leaving the door open just enough so that both could see Harry if they looked, he told him everything.

"Pegasus," Yugi said to break the silence that followed his explanation. "I'm sorry, if I had known what would have happened you know I would never played it."

"The god cards have always had extreme effects when they're played. I can't blame you Yugi, especially considering I never told you about Harry's other nature. But we can't let him near them anymore. Please Yugi, get rid of them." The look on his face told Yugi exactly what he meant by those words but he would never do that.

"I know somewhere I can put them, at least until he's ready, until we all are. In the meantime tell everybody that they're gone, destroyed. Stop the rare hunters from looking."

Pegasus nodded, he could not force the issue, creator he may be, but he was not the owner. It was up to Yugi what to do with the cards. As they moved in to the room Pegasus turned to Kaiba. "Thank you." At seeing the confused look on the billionaires face he elaborated, "For being there for him. And for your offer. He won't be able to go to your school for four years, until then, between the three of us, and Joseph, we'll have to do the best we can."

Kaiba just nodded.

"Child" The voice was back. Only this time there was no face. "Listen to my voice" How could he not, it was all there was. And then there wasn't. Light filled his 'vision' and monsters appeared before him. Red serpentine dragon, Hulking blue mass, and a golden dragon stood before him. Looking around the swirling vortex, a kaleidoscope of all types of colours, he could make out other shapes, but could not define their forms. "You were brought to this realm, and the one of your physical body, by us" That got his attention.

"You're not just cards. Are you?" He finally asked.

"No, we are the true gods of Egypt, of the spirit realm. The fragments of the light. Together we brought you here."

"Why?"

"Because we could." The mouth never moved but he could tell, he didn't know how, that the Hulking Mass had spoken.

"What my brother failed to tell, is why." The golden beast said before he paused, but Harry wouldn't bite, not even for a god. "This world is in need of you. Of a user of chaos. It's what you know are, a wielder of shadow brought forth by light, an oxymoron that defies nature and logic, chaos. We did this to you when we brought you here you were destined to be a great wielder of power in your world, while we needed you we didn't need your powers as they were. So we brought you here."

"It wasn't that hard after that. The natural balance changed your powers for us, no wizard can set foot in this realm with his powers intact. But by us bringing you here, we bent the rules." The serpent lunged forward and coiled its endless body around Harry. "You don't have your powers, do you?" There was humour in its voice. "You must have noticed that by now. The young one will teach you how to use your new powers, he is the most qualified."

"Why tell me all this?"

"We are gods. But we are not cruel. Not knowing would have driven you mad. In a quest to return. Now, you know." Harry watched as the crimson eyes glowed even more than before. "When the time comes, we will be here, waiting. Only in the height of your power could you call us. But for now. Awaken."

And everything went white.