Heya, readers! I'm soooo sorry that this took so long! I had an account problem! Sorry!

:Yugi to Atemu:

)Atemu to Yugi(

;Bakura to Ryou;

..Ryou to Bakura..

/Veia to Atemu or Yugi/

((Yugi or Atemu to Veia))

"speech"

'thoughts'

/general thought speak/

Singing or Spiritspeak

Hieroglyphs, Dreams, Memories

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh

The girl looked at all the stares being directed at her. She giggled nervously and shrank back to the wall, her hair flowing to the front and partially hiding her face. Mr. Shindo stared at her drooling while reminding himself that he's a married man. He shook his head and tried to get her to come forward again. She crossed her arms over her chest and stepped forward, trying not to make eye contact with anyone.

"This is the new girl that we have been waiting for, for a long time." Mr. Shindo repeated. The girl blushed a vivid red. Atemu blushed back, even though she wasn't even looking at him. "She has lived in Egypt all her life, and now she's come to the good ol' U.S. of A. Young lady," Mr. Shindo went to eye level with her, although not making direct eye contact or he knew he'd never get out of it, "Can you tell us your name?"

The girl nodded lightly then looked up over the class, trying very hard to ignore the gaggle of guys that were staring at her chest and drooling. "My name is Veia," she declared, uncharacteristically loud and clear seeing as how she acted so shy.

Atemu snapped to attention. That voice was so melodic and strong, and yet it faded with the wind. It seemed to pierce his heart and warm it. So enticing… it was the same voice that had spoken to him on the baseball field. And sung to him those words in the pool. And… in the shower this morning? Atemu stopped to wonder about that for a sec.

Seemed like it wasn't only Atemu that had noticed this. Yugi was in a daze, resting his chin in his hands, grinning goofily. Tristan was, like most of the other guys paying more attention to her body then her voice. Téa was glaring at Tristan; what a boy.

Veia smiled shyly and looked at the teacher. The teacher caught the hint and looked around for any open seats. Lo and behold, there was one; sandwiched between Atemu and the window. He pointed to it and told her gently to go sit down. She did, focusing intently on that seat. When she sat down, she noticed that everyone was still looking at her. She looked at the window and blushed redder.

Mr. Shindo directed everyone's attention back to the board and continued his trigonometry lesson from yesterday. Atemu, on the other hand, couldn't take his eyes off her. She took out her notebook and started taking notes. He couldn't see her face perfectly because of her hair, but he knew for sure now. This was the girl from his diary and his dream. His question was, 'how is she here now?'

Veia was having a hard time concentrating. She was constantly trying to keep her hair out of her face, but she had so much, it kept falling back. After a while, she gave up and put all her hair behind a headband, leaving a few rebellious bangs in front. It was then that she noticed the one gaze that hadn't diverted itself from her. She turned around to meet Atemu's shining emerald eyes.

The moment Atemu met her eyes he felt a jolt from his heart and a prickle of warm down his back. He couldn't break her gaze for a few seconds. They stared at each other like this for a while, until Veia gave him a bright warm smile, and the blush faded from her face. Atemu, on the other hand, turned beet red and turned to look at his paper, begging the gods that she couldn't see his face. He leaned his head on his left hand because she was on his left.

Of course, just because she couldn't see his face didn't mean that no one else could. Téa looked back at his blushing face and grinned. Tristan turned to see what she was looking at and snickered. Atemu didn't even notice. Yugi sensed that Atemu's heart was racing, and he turned to see Atemu with a face the same color as his eyes used to be.

Inside of their soul rooms, Atemu was sitting on a stairway praying to the gods that his face would return to a normal color. When Yugi came up behind him, he jumped three feet and turned to see Yugi giggling. Atemu growled and sat down to pout. Yugi sat down next to him.

)Gee, thanks, Yugi, I needed that.(

:No problem.: He grinned. :Soooo…:

)So?(

:So, Veia:

)What about her?(

:She's the girl from the diary entry, right:

Atemu blushed brighter both in the soul room and in the real world.

)S-so, so, so what if she is?( He was stammering. Atemu never stammers. He glanced sideways at Yugi, then turned away.

Yugi looked at him. :So it is her. I figured. That's why you're acting so ga-ga around her.:

)I am not!(

:You've got a crush on her. It happens.:

)Yugi, shut up.(

:Why:

)You're annoying me.(

:What, by stating the obvious:

Outside of the soul room, Atemu snapped his pencil in half with his thumb. Yugi took this opportunity to laugh (inside the SR) and say:You're not blushing anymore.:

Atemu realized that he wasn't. He smiled and looked up at the board. Mr. Shindo had put up some sample questions. He looked at the clock. Class would be over soon. He was about to copy the questions down when:

/Hello, Atemu./

Atemu's head snapped up. He shot a look at Veia, who was looking out the window.

/Yes, Atemu, it's me./

Inside of Atemu's SR, Yugi and Atemu were sitting on that same stair, looking back at a floating, glowing Veia right behind them. Yugi stood up and looked at the both of them. Veia was smiling at Atemu, hovering at an angle with the floor. Atemu was staring back at her, looking shocked, but also beet red again. Yugi grinned.

Veia smiled. /Hello, Yugi./

((Hiya. How'd you get here?))

/I've always been able to enter Atemu's soul./ She straightened up slightly and did a little bow. /I'm sorry if you think I'm intruding. I know that you consider this your private area to just talk and stuff. We always did/ she added, smiling at Atemu now.

If it was possible, Atemu blushed even redder. He groaned and put his head between his knees covered by his hands. Veia laughed and hovered over to him, sitting next to him with her hand on his shoulder. Yugi sat down on Atemu's other side.

Atemu looked up and saw her right there. He turned his head to avoid her gaze, but ended up catching Yugi's. Yugi smiled mischievously, then turned his head to face her, but unfortunately, pushed Atemu too hard and his face ended up so close to Veia's he could have kissed her right there in the SR. Veia was startled and she hovered back and up about a foot. Atemu tried to say he was sorry, but he was completely tongue-tied, so Yugi did it for him. She just smiled and shook her head.

Outside of the SR, Atemu realized that he was facedown in his arms on the desk. His face was still red, and Mrs. Akaria was crouching at eye level in front of him, calling for him. He shot a look at Veia, who looked half-asleep also, but staring at him; her luminous eyes slightly dim. Yugi also looked sleepy.

"Atemu?" Mrs. Akaria's voice was full of concern.

He shot up, trying to wake himself up. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Akaria, what did you say?"

"I was wondering if you were ok. Your face is all red."

Atemu nodded.

Mrs. Akaria felt his forehead just to make sure. She mistook the heat from the blush as a temperature. "Do you want to go see the nurse?"

Atemu's face began to cool down. "No, it's ok."

"You sure?"

"Yup." He sighed and looked at the copy of the diary that she was going to give him before. It was a copy of the entry that he read last night. He sighed again and looked around at Tristan. He was pointing to his face mouthing "You looked like a tomato!" Atemu growled and shot a look at Téa who was looking at Yugi. Yugi was yawning and talking to Téa. He knew that he was going to regret this, but he shot a look at Veia. Veia was keeping her paper facedown. Atemu bristled. 'Does she know that's my diary?'

Veia didn't look at Atemu for the rest of the period. But she knew that Atemu couldn't take his eyes off her, and he could have sworn that she was blushing too.

Once Atemu got to gym class, he noticed that neither Mr. Aburo nor Mr. Weti were there. He sat over by Yugi and the gang, not really meeting any of their eyes. Tristan was standing there all ready and waiting.

"I can't believe it," he started smugly

"Believe what?" Atemu answered, fixing Tristan with his patented game face.

"You know what I mean!" Tristan grinned widely "Atemu, the great pharaoh,"

"Shut up, Tristan."

"The king of games."

"Shut up, Tristan."

"The master of magic."

"Tristan, I swear to Ra-"

"Never thought that the great one even had a weakness."

"Shut UP, TRISTAN!" Atemu stood up and clenched his fists.

"C'mon, Atemu, you were drooling over that girl!" Tristan leaned over and grinned right in Atemu's face.

The eye of Horus glowed on Atemu's forehead. He was pissed.

Téa was trying to keep Tristan from going further. Yugi was trying very hard not to laugh. Of course, Tristan wasn't done yet.

"You couldn't take your eyes off her! I mean, come on! You're horny, man, admit it!"

Atemu cheeks lit up again. He backed up and crossed his arms. "Oh, and you aren't?"

Tristan blinked. "What are you talking about?"

Atemu grinned smugly. "I'm talking about Joey's sister. Remember her?"

Now Tristan's cheeks lit up. Serenity. Damn, she was fine! She had such a warm smile, and long flowing hair… and her eyes. Her deep blue eyes…

"Wow, is that a banana in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?" asked a familiar mocking voice. Tristan looked up to see a smirking Duke Devlin playing with his hair. Tristan turned bright pink. Everyone else just started laughing.

Duke sat down on the supine punching bag next to Tea, and Atemu sat down next to Yugi. Tristan sat down alone and crossed his legs. Then he bounced his leg right back because he nearly crushed his "belongings."

"Ow."

The others started laughing. Yugi heard Atemu laughing too, but then it stopped. He turned to see why; and saw Atemu staring at a girl that had just stepped out of the girl's locker room, wearing a gym shirt and shorts. Yugi grinned.

Veia looked around for something to do. The teacher wasn't here yet, so she figured she should just amuse herself. She tied her shirt up at the waist and searched for Atemu. She was about to call out to him when she spotted a bunch of girls doing gymnastics. She walked over to get a closer look.

Atemu was going to wave to her when she turned away. He sighed and put his hand down. Yugi then rolled his eyes and grabbed his yami. Atemu found himself being dragged in the direction of the gymnasts while the rest of the gang followed.

"Yugi, where are we going?" Atemu let himself out of Yugi's grip and massaged his wrist.

"No where. Just come on." Yugi kept on walking over, but stopped when he noticed three teachers walk into the room. One was a burly Puerto Rican guy with a crew cut named Mr. Arnandez, the older brother of the nurse. He actually spoke English. Well, "Spanglish", but close enough. The other two were a long, lean Jamaican woman with long dreads named Ms. Williams and an Irish 24-year-old student teacher (all the girls stopped to stare; mainly at his butt if they got a good angle) by the name of Mr. O'Shea. Yugi figured that they were the subs. He stopped to wave at Mr. O'Shea; he was the son of a friend of Grampa's. Mr. O'Shea smiled and waved back, then called everyone to attention with a loud whistle blast.

"Now that I've gotten your attention," called Mr. O'Shea (I don't know how to type accents. I'm butchering Joey's already -.-; . Just so you know, all the teachers have their native accents.) "I need you all to split yourselves into groups. Three if you don't mind." He held up three fingers.

All the students got themselves into three groups. The gang was all in one group, including Veia. She stood a few kids down from Atemu, who was chatting with Mr. O'Shea. Just then, Mr. Arnandez jogged over.

"Señor Atemu," He stopped right next to Mr. O'Shea. "Lo siento, but I must interrupt. I heard from mi hermana qué usted duele tu cabeza ayer."

Atemu furrowed his eyebrows, trying to translate. "You heard I hurt my head?"

Mr. Arnandez nodded. "Pues, usted no puede jugar hoy."

Yugi was confused. "You's dead no wha?"

The gang and teachers sweatmarked. "He said Atemu can't play today, Yugi." Téa whispered in his ear.

"He was talking too fast!" countered an embarrassed Yugi.

Téa rolled her eyes. "Thank Ra we all take Spanish."

Atemu shrugged and turned back. "But why not?"

"Because it's dangerous for you. Es una idea muy mala. Lo siento, pero no puede."

Téa looked at Atemu. "Hey that's right, why aren't you still home? Or in the hospital for that matter?"

Atemu shrugged. "I felt fine after last night. I know I probably shouldn't though… It was a hard hit."

"Probably." Mr. O'Shea spoke up. "Sorry, Atemu, but I agree with Mr. Arnandez. You're gonna have to sit this one out." He shook his head sympathetically.

Atemu slumped, then shrugged it off. "OK, but can I at least sit it out outside?" He looked pleadingly at the both of them. He recalled the feeling the outside gave him yesterday, and he wanted to feel it again. Being inside the gym and his own home was…alright, but maybe he'll camp outside tonight.

Mr. O'Shea smiled. "Of course. Today's a free period anyway." He and Mr. Arnandez backed up and called the kids to order.

"Alright class, line up!" called the Irish student teacher. This group-" he pointed to Atemu's third "-are comen' outside with me! Everyone else, you're inside. For us, balls, nets, etc. are in a box outside! C'mon then!" With that, he directed the group outside.

Once the sunlight got Atemu full in the face, he took a deep breath. It really felt good to be standing out there. He closed his eyes and just stood there, leaning on the outside wall. Yugi was running to grab a badminton racket, but stopped when he saw Atemu. He watched him stand there, skin shimmering gold. Téa was wondering what Yugi was looking at and caught a glance of Atemu. He looked happy. She led Yugi away from the former Pharaoh and grabbed herself a racket and a birdie.

Veia was bored. She didn't feel like playing any sports, but there wasn't much else to do. As she looked around for an idea, she spotted Atemu. She grinned and ran her fingers through her long honey-gold hair. He didn't see her. His eyes were closed as he was basking in the sun.

'He's changing.' she thought. 'He's turning into what he was… he's just not used to it yet. Still…' she started making her way towards him '…It's always cute to watch him when he does that.'

Atemu slid down to the grass and sighed. It was like a religious experience. The purity of the grass, its essence it seemed… flowed right into him; soothing yet invigorating. He turned himself at a 90-degree angle to lie down on the grass, but he got the urge to feel the grass-or whatever was going on, he had no clue-on his back. He sat up again and slid off his shirt. The newly exposed skin glimmered golden. He lied back down and stared up at the clouds; he had put the sun behind him.

Veia hovered next to Atemu without him noticing. She lied down and stared up at the clouds.

"Feeling well, Atemu?"

Atemu shot up and noticed her for the first time. He looked right in her amber eyes, which were smiling at him. His cheeks lit up and he turned to look at the wall.

"I'm, uh, f-fine." That was all he could muster.

Veia smiled. "I'm sure. It's nice being outside like this. Good for the soul."

Atemu would have asked her, "Wait, you know about this? Why does being outside feel so good? What's happening to me, why is this happening now?"…if he wasn't tongue-tied. All he did-could do-was turn his head to look at the clouds and nod.

Veia turned to look at him. "The Essence of Nature flows through us, all of us, each and every day. All day. But humans rarely notice because they have lost their spiritual refinement." She shook her head. "Sad."

Atemu regained the ability to talk. "You have something against humans?"

She gave him a funny look. "No, of course not. I'm not prejudiced, it's just a fact. Humans have moved the focus of their lives from the natural to the artificial. What they used to rely on Spirit for, they now use machines that they build with their own hands, thus losing touch with the Essence. They didn't need it so they forgot about it." She shrugged. "It has happened to some of my people too."

Atemu looked at her. "And who are your people?"

"The Celestials."

Atemu nodded. "I thought so. …Veia?"

"Yes?"

"Am I a Celestial?"

"No. You are a Shadow. One of the most Spiritual in the history of time, if I might add."

Atemu shot up and looked at her, subconsciously forgetting to blush. "What's a Shadow?"

Veia sat up and looked out into the distance, slightly hesitant. "First," she started, finally, "You have to understand one thing about the history of Atlantis."

Atlantis? Atemu was really paying attention now. She motioned for him to sit in front of her. He obeyed quickly, really interested.

"Atlantis is an ancient empire that was made up of many large islands in the Atlantic, and a vast reach over Northern Africa. Most of their land in Africa was desert, but that's not the point. They never conquered Egypt. Never really had an interest in it."

Atemu just kept nodding. He focused completely on her.

"The people of Atlantian origin are not humans. They are blessed beings that were created long before humans were. They are immortals, all of them, that can only die if they are struck with a supernatural force of malicious intent, they die of grief, or the Earth dies out. That's it. They were created from three sources; the Shadows of the Earth, The Stars of the Heavens, and the Life of Creatures."

"And who created them?" Atemu was getting anxious.

"The Essence. The Essence of Nature, of Life, of all things."

"Is that like your god?"

"We don't have gods to answer to. The Essence created us for the sole purpose of living our lives." Veia shrugged. Atemu nodded. She continued. "What the Essence created us from determined our Spirituality: Those made from the Stars draw their power from the vastness of the universe; and we are called Celestials. Those that were created from Life draw their power from the connection of mind, body and soul which sustains all life; and they are called the Orichalcos.

Atemu jumped at that name. 'Orichalcos? They were created long ago? But Dartz said that the power of Orichalcos came from a stone that fell from the sky!'

Veia frowned. "Are you ok?"

Atemu caught himself and nodded. "I'm fine."

Veia gave him a wayward look, but continued with her story. "Those that were created from the Shadows draw their power from the secrets and mysteries enshrouded within and without; and they are called…Shadows." She shrugged.

Atemu rolled his eyes. He had figured that was coming. "So what does this have to do with the feeling I get from being outside?"

Veia gave him a calm smile. "That is what we call 'Tuning.' It's a subconscious happenstance that occurs when we find ourselves in direct contact with the Essence. This allows us to feel the energies of our Spirit being rejuvenated, and our anxieties relieved. The Essence is omnipresent, so It is everywhere; but more strongly so outside. When you bask in the sun and soak up the energies, you are Tuning."

Atemu thought for a second. "Oh I get it! 'Tuning as in 'in tune' right?

She gave him a "thumbs up". "Bingo!"

They both laughed; Atemu had already forgotten his shyness.

Yugi, Tristan, Duke and Téa were all playing badminton on one of the baseball outfields, sweating like pigs. After a while they had to stop because they kept hitting it so far they had to run for it, and Yugi was getting too out-of-breath. They all sat down and fanned themselves with their rackets (which is a dumb idea, but whatever.) Téa sighed and looked around the field. Most of the kids outside were engaged in a game of dodge ball; also a few basketball games were going on. Mr. O'Shea was talking to some very "interested" girls (and a couple of gays) about Ireland. She just smiled and turned to look for Atemu. Duke saw Téa searching and asked her what was up.

"I'm looking for Atemu." She answered, inadvertently calling the attention of the rest of the present gang.

Yugi looked around for a few seconds, then caught a glimpse of a golden shimmer. He looked in the direction and saw Veia and Atemu looking at each other and laughing. He smiled and pointed to him. The others looked and they all 'awww'ed.

Atemu's skin was shimmering golden as it seemed to do, and his shirt being off accentuated his six-pack and solid biceps. His Millennium puzzle dangled from his neck, sparkling. His shiny hair was flowing around his head as if it was suspended in water, obviously still spiky, but not stiff as it used to be. His emerald eyes were shining bright and were focused on the object of his interest at the moment; Veia.

Veia also had shimmering skin, and her body was well-toned, but curved and voluptuous. Her hair always moved as if suspended in water also, and her honey-gold eyes shined bright. She was reclining back on her elbows; Atemu was sitting leaning forward, cross-legged. Yugi took a good look at Veia and noticed something interesting- that her body was hovering a few inches off the ground.

Téa smiled. "Hey, Yugi? Do you think in the ancient past they were…?" She folded her hands.

Yugi shrugged. "Wouldn't be surprised if they were." They all stood up and decided to go back to their game of Badminton.

The rest of the day was not that big of a deal. Nobody gave HW except for studying for finals. The gang met at the front gate so that they could go meet up with Joey and pick up Serenity. Atemu was last to come out.

Téa made sure every one was there (Duke decided to come along) and then clapped her hands once. "Ok guys, let's go!"

"Hold on a sec Téa!" Yugi chirped. "Serenity doesn't arrive until 5:00! We have time until then. Let's go home and change."

Téa shrugged and agreed. They started to head off when they realized that Atemu wasn't walking with them. They turned back to see him deep in thought, with the eye of Horus glowing dimly on his forehead.

Tristan walked back over to him. "Dude, you alright?"

Atemu didn't answer. Tristan tried again. "Yo, Atemu, you ok?"

Atemu snapped to attention and looked up at Tristan. "Did you say something?"

The rest of the gang walked over as Tristan cocked an eyebrow at him. "Yeah, twice. Are-you-O-K?"

Atemu nodded. He stared up at all their worried faces. "What? I'm fine."

Tristan shrugged and walked away. The whole gang went their separate ways to their houses. Yugi and Atemu headed for the game shop. Atemu waked slowly as he Tuned into the Essence. Yugi watched him, becoming silently concerned.

Around 4:30, Atemu and Yugi headed downstairs inside their house to go meet the gang at the train station. Yugi was wearing a white shirt with green flames coming from the bottom hem and white cargo pants. Atemu was dressed out in a gold silk shirt with a blue Ankh covering the front and black jeans. The two boys stepped outside and said hi to their Grampa, who was currently sweeping the sidewalk.

"Hi, Grampa." Yugi greeted him with a wave. Atemu leaned back on the wall and Tuned.

Grampa smiled. "Hello Yugi. Hello…Atemu?" He gave a weird look at Atemu who looked very different. (Grampa hadn't really seen Atemu's skin tone, new flowy hair and shining eyes yet.) Yugi assured Grampa that it was the same person. Grampa took another look at Atemu and shook his head. "Just what I get for housing an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh…"

Yugi was going to pull Atemu out of his trance when he realized that something had done it for him. He turned to see what it was; and immediately recognized the levitating person before them.

Veia was floating a few inches off the ground, moving forward towards them. She was wearing a black velvet jumpsuit, gold trimmed with one shoulder. There were gold filigreed patterns all over the suit. The legs had slits on the sides all the way up to the top of the hip-bone, but were held together with gold laces open at about an inch -open completely at the knees. She wore a solid gold belt that dipped into a V as it rested on her hips; the buckle was a winged scarab holding the sun. She wore various bangles on her arms.

Atemu was having a hard time not drooling over her. Yugi and Grampa didn't even bother. Veia saw them and her face turned a flattering pink. Atemu shook himself out of it and approached her. When she noticed him coming, she smiled and moved towards him.

Atemu smiled. "What are you doing here?"

"I just came to say hi." She waved at the other two, who were standing in a puddle of drool. "Hiya." She added, starting to regret coming in contact with men. Yugi managed a "hi". Grampa just grinned goofily.

Atemu felt a pang of jealousy. He unconsciously pulled Veia to him. Veia felt him do it and grinned at him. She put a hand on his shoulder, which he felt and realized what he was doing. He let go of her, blushing. "Sorry," he apologized.

She smiled. "It's ok. Where are you guys going?" She added, purely out of curiosity.

"We're, uh, going to pick up Joey's sister." Yugi answered, starting to recover. "You wanna come?"

She shrugged. "Got nothing better to do. You guys don't mind?" she asked, looking at the both of them.

Atemu looked at Yugi, who was shaking his head, then looked at her and shrugged. "Nope. C'mon!" he added, smiling and motioned to follow him. Veia smiled and flew next to him. Yugi followed them, then stopped to wave goodbye at Grampa, whose face was probably stuck wide-eyed and mouth open.

The gang was already at the train station at 4:45 when the trio arrived. Téa was dressed out in a black baby-tee that said in white embossed letters: Back off! You're standing in my aura on the front, and ripped blue jeans. Tristan was wearing a red T-shirt and faded khaki cargo pants. Joey was wearing a white shirt that said: If I were you… on the front and on the back said: …I'd commit suicide. He was wearing basket ball shorts. Duke was in a camouflage wifebeater and faded blue jeans that frayed on the bottom. Ryou was there also in his hijab. He was in a blue polo shirt and black cargo shorts (of course, wearing the Millennium Ring).

Téa was the first to see them approach. She waved at them and called out, "Hey guys!" Everyone else turned to look at them come; and Joey and Ryou nearly fell over.

Yugi was first to run over he waved and held up his hand for a hi-5 from Joey. When he was left hanging, he used that hand to wave it over in front of Joey and Ryou's faces. No dice. He rolled his eyes and watched the other two approach slowly. Atemu and Veia were conversing-about what, he didn't know, but they sure were walking (and floating) slowly.

"So, what about you, don't you Tune?" asked Atemu.

"Of course I do." She answered. "I am now. As a matter of fact, so are you. You are always Tuning when you're outside. You just feel it more if you're down or stressed." She smiled. "Feels good, right?"

Atemu smiled and nodded. He turned to the gang and started to wave-but stopped at Joey and Ryou's faces.

Veia slowed down slightly and migrated behind Atemu. Atemu noticed and turned his head to her, hand unconsciously moving to hold the small of her back. "Are you all right?" he asked

She hid behind his head. "They're staring." She whispered in his ear. He felt heat coming from her face and realized she was blushing.

Atemu laughed quietly as he searched for the right word. "Well, you're… obviously not human. People tend to stare at what they've never seen before. Why, haven't you ever met humans before?"

"Yeah, but, that was 5,000 years ago. Back then, seeing an Atlantian was normal. No one stared unless they were actually doing something." She giggled. "Now, they're just staring. For no good reason."

Atemu grinned and raised his eyebrows at Yugi. He caught the hint and bonked the Joey and Ryou on the head. They snapped out of it and wiped the drool off their faces and chests. Joey noticed that Yugi had arrived and waved.

"Oh, ey Yuge'."

"Hey, Joey, Hey Ryou." He gestured over to Atemu and the hiding Veia. "Atemu's here too." He added, laughing.

"Ey, Ademu! Eh, who's dat behind ya?" He asked, craning his neck to get a better look. At that angle all they could see was flashes of tanned gold-tint skin and honey-gold hair.

Atemu laughed and stepped over to the side, revealing the right half of Veia. Veia squealed and moved to go behind him, but Atemu pushed her gently out into the open.

"Go ahead, say hi." He whispered in her ear.

Veia refused to let go of his arm. She looked at the others and waved shyly. "Hi."

Ryou's eyes were fixated on her face, but he wasn't looking. His yami was currently ranting.

;What in th- what is she doing here? I cannot believe this!;

..What's wrong, Bakura?..

;I know that girl, damn her! She's the pharaoh's little girlfriend!;

..He had a girlfriend?..

;Wherever one of them went, the other followed! She fought, dueled and lived with him! What do you call that?;

..So why didn't he just marry her?..

;Beats me, but she has some of the strongest magic in the world, along with him.;

..Maybe then you should be careful...

;I will. Trust me;

..So what's her name?..

;…Veia.;

Outside their mind link, Veia had introduced herself and had gone back to hiding behind Atemu. Joey was laughing with Yugi about something and Téa was sitting down on the bench next to them.

"What time is it?" Téa asked

"It's 5:00. The train should be arriving soon." Duke answered.

Sure enough, the train arrived in front of them. Veia stared at it and asked what it was.

"It's a train. People go inside at one place and it carries them to another place." Atemu answered. "How come you don't know?"

Veia blushed. "I'll tell you later."

Atemu smiles and started jokingly trying to get her to tell why. She just kept shaking her head "no" and giggling. Tristan watched them and rolled his eyes. Meanwhile a brown-haired girl wearing a white tank and a denim knee-length skirt was running towards them waving her arm and rolling her bag. Joey ran up to her and hugged her.

"Joey!" She cried, laughing.

"Serenidy! Aw mad, am I gla' ta' see you!" Joey picked her up as he hugged her and let her down gently. She adjusted her blouse and went over to hug Téa. No one noticed the blonde diva in a black leather miniskirt and red tube-top that said You know you love me walk up behind Joey and make Bambi eyes behind his back.

"What, no hello?" She lamented, sniffling. "I feel so alone."

Joey turned around to see Mai, and was so happy to see her, he ran up to her and picked her up, laughing.

"Joseph, put me DOWN!" She screamed, laughing. Joey, smirking, held her bridal style and started swinging her while everyone laughed. Atemu laughed and held Veia closer to him, who was still clinging to Atemu's arm.

Later that evening, Atemu laid down on his bed remembering the day's events. Everyone met Veia, Veia met everyone, and then they all went to the arcade, where Téa played Veia on the dance stage. Téa won, but Atemu could tell that Veia let her win. Then they made Atemu play her. Atemu and she were tied. After that they all went out to eat (Veia tried sushi and adored it) and hung out at the park.

Now, he was tired and was thankfully resting inside his room. He had the window open, and was listening to the crickets chirp and such. The diary rested on the desk on top of the box holding the Millennium Tauk. He was about to reach for it when-

"Hey, Pharaoh boy."

Atemu shot up and looked to see Veia sitting on the open window sill. She was glowing brightly; he had no clue how he missed her.

"What are you doing here?"

Veia sighed, then jumped off the window sill and sat down on Atemu's bed in front of him, looking him square in the eye.

"I need to tell you something." Her voice was serious.

"What?"

"Why I'm here."

Wow, Ive kept you waiting so long for a cliffie! You'll just have to wait and see!

Atemu: (walks in) what are you doing?

Andy(Me): writing a fanfic.

Atemu: ooh, can I read it? (starts reading. Looks at Andy) Who's Veia?

Andy: (rolles eyes) read the story!

Atemu: (shrugs) Review!

Andy: R&R!

Reviews

Aliccia- Yes, the evil cliffies! I love cliffies! Mwah-HAH-HAH! (crickets chirp) ooooook… Sorry about how long this took. Recent infraction in another story stopped me from submitting! Thanx tho!

Tira's Host- Hey Cori! "Tira's Host"…is that an Animorphs thing? Is Tira a yeerk? O.O NOOOO! The evil yeerks! NOOOO! Well thanks for the compliment!

Alright cracks nuckles who stole my cream soda- Yay, cream soda! I am OBSESSED with cream soda! Hey Devon and Kish! Sorry about your story. I really liked it! Which is your story about Ichigo and Kish? Tell me and I will read! And yes Kish, we know you're obsessed with Ichigo!