Author's Notes: Not much to say but disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Nick who belongs to Phoenix727, but I do own the other OCs. Chapter 7 begins!

Chapter 7: The Keepers of the Phoenix Dragons Discovered!

I entered the Forgotten and I met up with the others. I couldn't believe what had just happened. Artemis switched sides, but all her reason was because we were going to betray her. That didn't make any sense! Was this some devious plot formulated by the Final Five? Unless they knew something that hasn't been realized by us yet.

The ancient structure of the Forgotten Tomb reminded me where Atem and I had our Ceremonial Battle to decide his fate. I won, but his task was said to be not complete by Artemis. Now I remembered! She predicted of new threats that required the help of Atem, but what was his role in this dark time? The dank and gloomy corridors felt abandoned for many years, or should I say centuries.

Nidoki and Forseti led us to a chamber that had the symbol of the Millennium Necklace on top of the doorway. We entered the chamber and the room was dark. Luckily Nidoki lit up a torch and it illuminated the entire chamber.

There were pictures depicting many ancient drawings, and I noticed Atem's eyes widened in astonishment. I turned in his direction, as did the others. What shocked him were the carvings on the wall. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

Meanwhile Zephyrus, Sonja and Artemis returned back to the castle. Athena and Vulcan were waiting for them outside the castle walls. They were surprised to see Artemis with them.

"Have you two gone crazy?" Athena blurted out. "You brought a Genesis who happens to be our enemy!"

"Relax, she's on our side," Zephyrus assured.

They all entered the castle and made their way towards their master's chamber. He appeared to have been waiting for them.

"So your plan worked?" their leader pondered.

"Perhaps we can now destroy her…" Stella suggested as she appeared behind him.

"Stella, I may love you but your idea is the wrong thing to do," their leader said.

"But Artemis is a Genesis! Our enemy! Therefore she must be destroyed!"

"It's a foolish mistake we're going to make," Zephyrus muttered. "You only want her power…"

"How about you!" Stella hissed. "I recall that you wanted her power as well as Sonja!"

Sonja raised an eyebrow and snickered. "I know why Zephyrus doesn't want to destroy Artemis... He loves her."

"You have fallen for a Genesis!" Athena yelled out.

"What is going through that head of yours?" Vulcan replied in disbelief.

"I always knew you did," Artemis said softly.

Everyone turned in her direction. Artemis smirked as Zephyrus stared back at her. He had loved her ever since they first met many centuries ago, and Artemis had a feeling he did. The bad part was that Artemis never returned her feelings towards him for some unknown reason. It seemed now she was drawn to him more, like with me.

"Listen," Artemis said. "I don't want any harm to come to Yugi because I would like the pleasure in eliminating him myself!"

"WHAT?" Everyone except their leader cried out in shock.

"I have foreseen the events to come, and he would soon deceive me if I didn't leave him."

"Well, I will allow you to take care of him but you must do something for me in return…" their leader decided.

"What is it?" Artemis asked.

"Bring me Yugi, and after I take the power of Ra can you destroy him!"

"I will." She agreed.

"Dat can't be real!" Joey shouted in disbelief.

"Well, this has to be real, Joey." Nick said.

"This has to be another trick!" Kaiba spat.

"Actually it is the real deal," Forseti assured.

I got closer to the carvings and touched the cold stone. The carvings depicted images of the Phoenix Dragons, but also in human form. It indicated about the legend that Pluto and Yukai told us about.

Beneath the picture of Ra the Golden Phoenix Dragon was an image of what resembled me. The one next to it was of the Silver Phoenix Dragon and what appeared to be Artemis underneath it. The last one portrayed the Bronze Phoenix Dragon and beneath it seemed to be the likeness of both Kaiba and Joey. Was this true?

"Remember the Legend of the Phoenix Dragons that Pluto and Yukai told us?" Nidoki asked.

I nodded. "We know that I'm the reincarnation of Ra but these other two seem suspicious…"

"Don't you see?" Ceres replied.

"Artemis must be the Keeper of the Silver Phoenix Dragon, and these two mortals are the Keepers of the Bronze Phoenix Dragon." Forseti concluded.

"But does Artemis know?" Atem questioned.

"I doubt it," Nick replied. "Unless she's keeping it a secret…"

"Maybe she doesn't remember, like you, Yugi!" Tea contemplated.

"See, Pluto and Yukai were not lying," Nidoki said to Joey and Kaiba.

"Do you actually think I would believe this nonsense!" Kaiba protested. "Is there any proof?"

"There is," Atem said. "Back in Animus, when you and Joey were unconscious, the Bronze Phoenix Dragon appeared and it vanished after you two woke up."

"Dat's right!" Joey agreed. "I didn't remember how I got knocked out, and neither did you!"

"Do you think I'm still believing this?" Kaiba said. "How can we be the Keepers of the Bronze Phoenix Dragon? There is only one dragon."

"Its soul was separated into two, unlike the Golden and Silver Phoenix Dragons." Nidoki answered. "But the Keepers of the Silver and Bronze Phoenix Dragons have a difficult time summoning these powerful dragons. It may take up almost all their energy so they become unconscious."

Artemis was losing her strength when she was fighting Shadow Phoenix and Fenrir back at her castle in Animus. The only way she could summon the Silver Phoenix Dragon was with my help. How come she can no longer summon it?

"Is there another way that they can summon the Phoenix Dragons?" Nick asked. He appeared interested all of a sudden. That doesn't seem right…

"Well, we haven't gotten that information…" Forseti replied. "We believe that it may be found in Artemis's chamber."

"And you won't get that information after I'm through with you all!" a voice declared.

Stella was leaning on the entrance of the chamber. She was all by herself, and she merely smirked at us. Her jade staff was in her hand.

"You haven't come to kidnap me again, have you?" Nick joked.

Stella didn't seem to appreciate his remark. "Does it look like I want to?"

"No way you are destroying this sacred place!" Nidoki yelled angrily.

"Stella, you have two Genesis and three Titans to deal with, and you're the only member of the Final Five here!" Mars said. "There's no way you can beat us!"

"I think we may have bigger trouble dealing with them!" Neptune yelled, pointing towards five others with her.

Standing next to Stella were Zephyrus, Athena, Vulcan, Sonja and… Artemis! No, this couldn't be happening! I don't want to hurt the one I loved, and what if she wanted to hurt me? What was I going to do?

Author's Notes: I'm ending it here since I got some things to do before I start school. Anyway, please review!