Final Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or any characters, concepts, or plot included. I DO own all original characters, concepts, and plots.

Note: This chapter is going to be odd. It just will be, I can tell. And, though I don't like Yugi OR Atem, they'll be in the fic for a while. Though, now that there are FOUR (Nessert, Jack, Andro, and B) more dark beings to worry about, they'll be having trouble….

Chapter 49- And Back!

Location: Somewhere in the Fields of Peace

Time: ….

"Who are you?"

"I'm Andro! I suppose you're Pharaoh Atem?"

"Yes."

The giant grinned, causing the usual flinch-from-the-demonic-fangs reaction in the Pharaoh. Memnon laughed. "He's a big oaf! He wouldn't harm you unless he had to."

Nessert nodded. "He's got a point, you know. And I've known him for YEARS."

Andro blinked. "But… but…"

"You're harmless unless PROVOKED. Since no one's done anything to you, or anyone you care about, or done anything that irritates you, all is safe. NOW ONWARD TO THE LAND OF THE LIVING!"

Nessert once again grabbed Yugi from the back of the collar and dragged him off towards the door, Atem protesting. Andro merely shrugged and picked up the Pharaoh aggravated, tucking him under his arm and following Nessert. Bakura followed, amused. Memnon shook his head. Things never changed.

Location: Back in the World of the Living

Time: Damnit, I've lost track… Cookies for Whoever Figures it Out!

Jonouchi was about ready to rush into the glowing portal to find his friend when Nessert reappeared, dragging the munchkin behind her. There was the sound of cursing and Andro appeared, touting Big Yugi like some sort of useless, worthless item. As soon as they exited the portal the Pharaoh vanished, the Puzzle around Yugi's neck glowing. Bakura was last, the spirit snickering at something, or everything that had just happened.

"There!" Andro dusted off his hands. "We've got the Pharaoh, now we need to know what we need him for."

Kaiba, meanwhile, was circling the portal, perplexed.

"How does this work? What technology did you use?"

B scoffed. "No tech. MAGIC."

"That's impossible!" The CEO, however, didn't seem so sure. He kept glaring at the portal and finally built up the courage to stick his hand through. The air inside seemed different than the air in the tomb, cooler. He pulled his hand out, blinking at it. B tapped her foot.

"Are you done?"

"How does it work?"

B sighed, poking the edge of the circle. The portal vanished, leaving the chalk lines behind. She gestured to Kaiba and knelt by the first line of spell.

"See, this is the command for the universe to obey the rest of the spell, this is where the energy is coming from, this is where we are right now, this is where we want to go, and this is what Realm the end point is at."

"But, how?"

B sighed, her patience dwindling. "Listen, tell me one place you want to go."

"Alright, how about my office in the Kaiba Corp building."

"Fine." B scrubbed off the spell she'd written before and, pulling a piece of chalk from her pocket, started writing. A few moments later she finished and, standing up, she tapped the ring. The portal blazed. She gestured towards it.

"Go on."

Kaiba paused, thought over all of what could possibly go wrong, and vanished. All of 12 seconds passed before he reappeared, pale.

"You… how did you."

B twitched, The rest of the rather large group laughing.

"It's MAGIC damnit. I told the universe where you wanted to go, it obeyed, easy. Now, ask another question and I'll be forced to kill you very brutally, and very, very slooowly…"

Laura cheered, for reason she didn't understand. Kaiba twitched.

"You're all crazy!"

Aaron nodded, sticking a hand in the air, first finger up. "Thank You!"

Nessert arched an eyebrow at him. "You're counted, Pyro-boy."

Aaron shrugged. "Hey, he stated that you're all nuts, I agreed." Andro nodded.

"Works for me."

Russell/Jack nodded in agreement to the first nod. "Me also."

Nessert twitched. "Alright, which of you are you right now?"

"Both.

"…. I know it's possible, but why?"

Jack took control for the moment. "Because we agree with each other most of the time, unlike you and your host."

"Hey! Vessel and I agree! We decide who would be best suited for each situation and play off that!"

Russell took control, making B sigh in annoyance. "Hey, if it works for you, it works for you. We like it better this way."

"Alright, he… they're happy, she… they… whatever. Everyone's happy. NOW SHUT UP!"

Yugi and friends had been watching, curiously.

"But, isn't she a thief? And he has a spirit too?"

Nessert sighed. "Yes, I'm a thief. It means nothing. You try to spend eight years living in this girl's head with her and you'd have lost most of your edge also. And yes, he has a spirit too. Go bother him."

Bakura laughed. "Confusion!"

Malik twitched. This was getting out of hand. "Alright, who has a spirit?"

Nessert and Aaron raised their hands. Jack, who was in control, and B refused to. The two that had conformed looked at them, not amused. B shrugged.

"Hey, I'm the manifestation of Heather's insanity and inner darkness, separated from her consiousness by a mix of extreme stress, and her own deepest wishes. I haven't died yet."

Jack's turn. "I don't 'have' a spirit, I AM a spirit. You it wouldn't be correct to say I-"

Andro decked him, not causing any real harm. Nessert cheered. "WOO! Take THAT British Tightass!"

Yugi blinked. "But, he's Egyptian, isn't he? I mean, all the spirits we've dealt with before have been from Egypt, when Mou Hitoro No Boku was alive."

Bakura shook his head. "Nes'; Achet, that's his spirit; and Andro all came from Egypt, 500 years before Atem was even BORN. Jack was Jack the Ripper, I think…"

Jack shook his head. "Spring Heeled Jack. From 19th-Century England. I became the terror of England when I daubled in the dark arts and sealed a demon in this mask," He pointed to the mask on his forehead. "Then, when I died, my soul was… sealed inside. Russell, my host, found the mask and, well, here we are today."

Jonouchi was confused. "So, none of you have Millennium Items?"

Nessert shook her head. "Hey, I was wandering through the darkness when I got sucked into Vessel's mind. She was using an Ouija board, asked a stupid question, and, luckily, its method to make her life miserable was to save me from the abyss. The Priest got saved in the same way."

"Then what about Andro? You said he was in Egypt, but he doesn't have a spirit."

Andro nodded. "I'm actually not human at all. This is my, what? Eight life?"

"What!"

"I'm an Archdemon, higher than man or demon in power, yet lower than a full god. Well, most full gods."

"So, you're evil?" Yugi was getting worried. Ryou's new friends where… frightening.

Andro shook his head, amused. "No, I'm just a kind of spirit. Inhuman, actually. Actually, I'm only here for BEING good. I'm supposed to break the barriers between worlds and end the Human Reign, yet I haven't yet so the Old Gods keep putting me back in a human body. Which is really uncomfortable, sorta like squeezing a blue-whale into the body of an ant…."

Aaron rolled his eyes. "Oh please, you aren't THAT strong of an Archdemon."

Andro nodded. "Am to! I am the Dog of God, the Dragon of the Abyss, Lord of Graveyards, Keeper of-"

"Hey, SEKHMET-HEKAU is a GODDESS and look at her! Spirit rankings are overrated."

Nessert twitched. "I could still destroy you! You're just a-"

"Priest, exactly. I ran your temple, after you died. I know your Sacred Name, I can control you with a WORD."

"And I you! I control the Sekhmet-Ba'i, the Spirits of Disease, of Destruction. I control Aepep, the Chaos Serpent!"

Bakura nodded. "She's got a point there."

B twitched. "What did I tell you before? SHUT UP BEFORE I SEND YOU ALL SOMEWHERE SO HORRIBLE EVEN ANDRO WON'T ENJOY IT!"

"What, Heaven?"

"NO! A CHEERLEADER CAMP!"

"GAH! Not that!"

Yugi laughed. Alright, so maybe they WERE harmless.