Author's Notes: This chapter should be amusing and time for the disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Nick who is the property of Phoenix727. Here's chapter 4!

Chapter 4: The Day Off: Double Challenge of the Final Five!

The morning sun stirred me from my sleep as I opened my eyes. Artemis was still in her coma, and I couldn't help but wonder what's going on in her mind. I got up from my chair and left the room. I walked silently down the corridor until I bumped into Jupiter.

She was carrying some supplies to a nearby storage room, and they were all now lying on the floor. I helped her pick up the supplies and bring them to the storage room.

"So she's still not awake?" Jupiter asked.

"No," I said sadly.

She gently placed the items on the shelves as I did the same. Jupiter seemed relieved from her task as we made our way out of the storage room. We continued walking towards the outside. The sunlight gleamed in my eyes, and I lifted my hand to shade them. The summer heat felt unbearable, and I followed Jupiter to the house.

Mercury came out and he didn't seem pleased about the humidity. He wiped his face of sweat, and he quickly noticed Jupiter and I approaching. Pluto appeared, but the heat seemed to have not bothered him.

"Has anyone seen Kiki?" Pluto asked.

"She was being watched by those mortals." Mercury answered.

"Did you say 'mortals'?" Pluto responded weakly, his voice sounding uneasy.

"Yeah, Serenity, Mokuba and Tristan were watching her," I replied. "Is that a problem?"

"You don't know my sister!" Pluto yelled. "Kiki, get yourself over here or else!"

"Relax, Zack, I'm still here!" Kiki appeared from out of the first house.

Serenity followed her, but where were Tristan and Mokuba? Pluto looked at her nervously.

"Where's Mokuba and Tristan?" Jupiter asked.

"I don't think you want to know," Kiki giggled.

"If any harm has come to those mortals, you are so going to be grounded!" Pluto shouted angrily.

"Fine, if you must know!"

Kiki quickly ran back to the house, and reappeared moments later carrying two rather strange-looking items. I glanced at what she brought and everyone's eyes widened with shock. It turns out that Mokuba and Tristan were wrapped in bandages that were often used to cover a sprain body part.

"So that's what happened to those!" Jupiter said out loud.

"What sort of game were you playing with them?" Pluto replied tensely.

"We were just playing 'How-To-Mummify-A-Mortal'!" Kiki answered happily.

Both Mokuba and Tristan were squirming about, trying to break through the bandages. Pluto and Mercury sweatdropped as me and Jupiter couldn't help but laugh.

"I had so much fun playing this game!" Serenity exclaimed.

Joey and Kaiba came outside, and realized what was going on. They were shocked to see what had gone on while we left Serenity, Tristan and Mokuba alone with Kiki. Joey suddenly began to laugh while Kaiba tried to free Mokuba from his bondage.

"Um, Mercury, why don't you take Kiki with you and Jupiter to the Marina while I handle this," Pluto suggested.

"The Marina?" I questioned.

"That's right, you don't know what that is," Mercury replied. "Since we live on an island, we are surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and we have a lot of beaches around here but we also have ports for fishing boats."

"The Marina is where people come to fish with their fishing boats, and sometimes do aquatic sports in the water," Jupiter explained.

"Maybe you should come with us, Yugi," Mercury said. "It should help to take your mind off the events we have witnessed."

"Should I?" I pondered.

"Just go, partner!" Atem called out as he approached us. "We all need a break once in a while."

"Then I will!" I agreed. "How are we to get there?"

"There's no way we're using the warp-tunnel since the mortals will see us," Jupiter said.

"Can't any of you drive?" I asked.

"Gee, we love to but... Um," Mercury responded, sounding a little nervous. "Trust me, you don't want neither Pluto or I behind the wheel. We're kinda... 'crazy' while driving."

"Perhaps Mark would want to take us!" Kiki recommended.

"He is coming over to pick up Kiki but I'll ask him," Pluto replied.

"Ask me what?" a voice said.

We turned around to face a man with similar blue eyes to Pluto, and he also had black hair. He was wearing a black denim jacket, a white shirt and blue work pants. He stared at us with a confused look.

"Mark, you're here!" Pluto yelled in surprise. "What took you?"

"Sorry I'm late. There's was so much traffic when I was driving on the highway because of the convention in Manhattan," Mark explained.

Mercury approached his brother. "We have a favor to ask of you."

"What is it?"

"Well, we were wondering if you could assist us with a little problem we have,"

"Let me guess, you want to borrow my car?" Mark concluded. "I would let you but my van is filled with tons of materials I bought to do some repairs, and there's not enough room."

"Actually, they're welcome in using my car!" Pluto said, digging through his pockets to find said item.

"Why can't you take them?" Mark scolded.

"If they value their lives, I wouldn't suggest that item," Pluto defended. "You know I don't follow the speed limit."

Pluto handed Mark the keys to his car. Mark and Kiki headed to the garage as Mercury and Jupiter followed.

"Well, I guess I'll be seeing you all later!" I said joyfully.

I waved good-bye as I ran after the others and the garage door began to open. Mark climbed into the driver's seat and turned on the ignition.

"What side do you want to take?" Mercury asked.

"I think I rather go in the back." I said as I followed Kiki and Jupiter.

Mark and Mercury stared at me with baffled looks. They both went into the car, and Mark started to drive out of the garage. I gazed at many homes that surrounded the streets and the town itself wasn't too bad, unlike in Domino where you find thugs and criminals around the streets. This town was peaceful and it felt strange being here.

It took us about 20 minutes to get to the place that Mercury and Jupiter mentioned earlier. As we arrived Kiki opened the passenger window as the salty sea air felt muggy. The car was parked beside the nearby boardwalk, and we stepped out to feel the sea breeze.

I looked around to see that there were many boats floating about in the water and people were either walking on the boardwalk or fishing. Little did we know, our break was going to be disturbed.

"Athena, this is a bad idea!" Vulcan whined to her.

"Don't tell me you're afraid of two Titans and three mortals?" Vulcan yelled annoyingly.

"No, it's just that this is Mercury's turf, and his water abilities are strongest here," he reminded. "Anyway, Mercury is no longer a Titan, he's now a Genesis."

"Damn, I forgot about that!" Athena responded. "Well, if they think they're on a vacation break, then we'll have to crash it, won't we?"

"I like the way you think!"

"That's because I have the brains and you don't."

"Hey, that wasn't very nice to say to your twin!" Vulcan yelled angrily.

"Let's just go after them!"

We walked around the boardwalk, gazing out into the ocean. I watched the way people were fishing and most seemed creative. Not many of them had fishing rods, so instead they used fishing line and tied it to the poles that supported the boardwalk.

"I remember there use to been more people out here, don't you, guys?" Jupiter replied.

"It's because of the fear of water pollution," Mercury responded furiously. "This year, some beaches around here were closed because of cases of pollutants found in the water. I hate it when the mortals don't take care of the waters surrounding this island. Without it, this island would become uninhabitable."

"I remember coming here with Artemis and a few of the others a few years ago, and we would fish for crabs in the water," Jupiter reminded. "We only used fishing line and raw chicken to catch the crabs, and sometimes we leave empty-handed."

"Those were fun times until we found out who we truly were…" Mercury said sadly. "It wasn't until we were 14, did we realize we were actually the reincarnations of the Guardians."

"That was when Father got into that fight with Zack!" Kiki cried out.

"Don't remind me…" Mark said. "It's bad enough that Mother passed away but Zack has always hated Father."

"Artemis and Gaia were trying to help Pluto cope from his mother passing away but his true colors were soon revealed," Jupiter continued. "He became more cold-hearted, even towards Artemis. He thought she was weak but he was wrong. Artemis's powers were slowly awakening, and she proved to him she was strong!"

"What a touching story," a feminine voice said.

Athena and Vulcan appeared out of nowhere, and where we were standing was covered in a thick fog. Jupiter and Mercury quickly transformed to their Guardian forms as Kiki, Mark and I stood back.

"You two have some nerve to interrupt our break!" Jupiter mused.

"Well, our master has not ordered us to do this!" Vulcan said.

"You idiot!" Athena shouted. "You had to tell them!"

"It's not my fault! It was your idea!"

"What? Why I never!"

We all sweatdropped as Mercury and Jupiter stared at them with embarrassed looks. Both Vulcan and Athena continued to argue for another five minutes, and then they dispersed.

"As Guardian of Wisdom," Athena began.

"And as Guardian of Will," Vulcan replied.

"We want to battle the Guardian of Water and the Guardian of Thunder in a double fight!" they said together.

"Are they serious?" Mercury protested.

"I think not!" Jupiter said. "If we fight them, we'll surely lose in this double fight!"

"So you two know of our fighting style," Athena pondered. "When Vulcan and I are together, no one can beat us!"

"They're going to need help!" I yelled.

I noticed Mark was dialing on his cell phone. What was he up to? I came closer to him to hear whom he was speaking to.

"Zack, you better get over here at once!" he said. "These two Guardians who call themselves Athena and Vulcan are getting ready for a battle, and it seems Kelly and Ceaser will lose to them!" He soon hung up as the battle started.

Jupiter summoned her powers of lightning and shot the deadly bolts directly at Athena. I realized that the attack was being pulled away from their target by Vulcan who was attracting the lightning towards him. I noticed that he was controlling the magnetism in the air and he redirected the attack to Mercury.

"Mercury, watch out!" Jupiter warned.

Mercury was too late as the backfired attack hit him, and he fell into the water. Jupiter was now alone to deal with Athena and Vulcan. She stared fearfully into the water, attempting to find Mercury. Jupiter was soon hit by one of Athena's attacks. It appeared she could control the power of the sun, and the heat beams made the battlefield feel humid. Jupiter fell onto the ground, and she laid there unconscious.

"They were no match for us!" Athena replied. "Now we will be taking Yugi, and we'll be on our way!"

"You still want Ra's power, don't you?" I yelled irritably.

Golden light began to swirl around me as Ra appeared beside me. Its roar echoed in the sky as it stared at Athena and Vulcan. They didn't seem too pleased about this. Suddenly tornadoes formed of water appeared and hit Athena. Mercury flew out from the water, staring angrily at the duo. Kiki and Mark dragged Jupiter's unconscious body away from us, and stayed somewhere far from the battle.

"Don't tell me that is Yugi's Ka?" Athena yelled in disbelief.

"What's wrong? You don't have any?" I taunted.

"Yugi, only the Millennium Guardians have the ability to do that." Mercury explained. "Now you two are in trouble!"

Athena stood beside Vulcan and suddenly a dark energy ball nearly hit them. I scanned the area and found Pluto had arrived. He seemed to have been the source of the attack. He was in his Guardian form and looked ready to fight.

"We can't face him! We'll get destroyed!" Athena shrieked as she fled. "We'll meet again! I assure you!"

"Same here!" Vulcan yelled as he followed her.

Mercury and Pluto came towards us as Ra disappeared. Jupiter was waking up, and she seemed surprised that the battle was over.

"I think it's time we got back home," Pluto said, folding his arms across his chest.

The thick fog was fading as he vanished into the shadows. Luckily thanks to the fog, the people around here didn't suspect a thing. Could we ever catch a break?

Meanwhile back at the Final Five's castle, Athena and Vulcan nervously walked up to face their master. He seemed furious with them, and Stella and Zephyrus were in the chamber as well.

"You fools!" their master yelled. "Not only could you not defeat Yugi and his friends but you two even embarrassed the Final Five by running from battle!"

"But Pluto was there and he -" Athena tried to explain.

"SILENCE! I will give you two one more chance. Now leave my sight!"

Athena and Vulcan left the chamber, leaving Stella and Zephyrus to be with their master. They were surprised by his outburst and they quietly faced him.

"Stella, has Sonja completed her first task?" their master asked.

"Yes, Artemis will wake up without knowing her memories have been tainted," Stella explained.

"And what about our prisoner?"

"Sonja is trying her best to alter his memories," Zephyrus said.

"Oh, really…"

Deep within the dungeons, Sonja had a tough time with Nick. She was becoming furious with him, and she was plaguing him with his worst memories. Ones that even he didn't want to remember.

"Well, mortal, it seems this 'friend' Tobias was trying to kill you but you managed to survive," Sonja mused and she continued looking through his mind. "I see… afterwards you attended Duelist Kingdom, and attempted to win the prize money to rebuild your family's company but instead you gave away that chance to help Yugi and his pathetic friends."

Nick slowly opened his eyes. He looked bruised and he had a few cuts around his body. His sword was in the possession of Sonja, so he couldn't make an escape.

"What are you trying to do?" Nick said weakly.

"Just altering those memories of your friends, and don't worry, Artemis will be joining you," Sonja explained. "I didn't know that a mortal like you could contain all these awful memories."

"Whatever you're doing, it won't work!" Nick declared.

"You foolish mortal, you have no clue what type of magic I possess!"

Sonja continued her task as she toyed around Nick's memories. Zephyrus was hiding behind the doorway leading into the dungeon. Then he walked away, ignoring what was going on.

"Everything seems to be going according to plan but will this work?" Zephyrus said to himself. "Only time will tell…"

Author's Notes: This was one weird chapter! You know, Athena and Vulcan remind me of Jessie and James from Team Rocket for some reason… Great, the next thing that will happen is they're going to have their own motto. Lady Jupiter and I came up with this chapter from the episode of Pokemon called 'A Way Off, Day Off'. Well, review!