EVER: WE ARE BACK AND AT IT AGAIN!!!!!

SHADOWS: YEAH! WEE ARE SO SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG BUT ANYWAY HERE WE GO!!!!!

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'Mother…I've missed you so-so much…' Astenzu cried.

IN REALITY!!!!

Atemu walked over to the bed, amused at what he is seeing. Without any warning, Astenzu's hands encircled his neck and pulled him into an embrace.

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STAGNATED WORLD

'Father! Wherever have you've been?!' Astenzu cried as she embraced her father.

'I was always here, in your memory. I always wanted nothing more than you to stay in this land. In the world where sorrow cries to you everyday is not a life worth living. You must stay in here.' Her father said.

'No! Astenzu!' Hatred shouted, reaching out to Astenzu but not succeeding as she quickly faded away and taken back into the real world.

'I, will stay…' Astenzu decided, as she never wanted to be separated with her parents ever again.

'You shall stop.' Her mother whispered.

'I shall stop.' Astenzu's eyes lost all colours but returned to a simple grey. She stopped embracing her parents. Instead she was hypnotized in the place that she created herself.

BACK IN REALITY!!!!

Hatred slowly materialized into the hospital room. Since Astenzu let go of Atemu, he was standing up again, watching Hatred materialize.

'Huh, she locked me out. That world is cursed I swear,' she placed a hand over her forehead, ' great, I can't get back in there again.'

Atemu thought for a moment. If she is able to lock people she knows so well away from her own world, as long as someone like me, who don't know her that much, she won't be able to lock me out, at least not until she remembers me in there. She may also hold some of my memories that weren't found in the time when I fell back into my old life. She may also have another self. Honestly, she can't just somehow have a pet ghost hanging around here. OK, it's decided. 'Let me try.' Atemu volunteered, still looking at Astenzu.

'Fine. I'm not sure if you could though. The channel that connects our world to her stagnated world is pretty hard to open and you gotta give up half your soul to do it.'

'Any other ways?' Atemu asked, knowing that was not an option.

'Kiss her.' Hatred said, calmly but firmly, stealing a glare at Atemu.

'No! Atemu don't!' Yugi shouted out in his subconscious mind.

There's no other way Yugi. Her Yami may know something about my past that we still didn't figure out during the time we found out my name.

Without a second thought, he slowly lowered his head toward Astenzu, somehow oddly his heart started racing like it had never had before. His denied any feelings, after all he didn't know the girl well enough, but there was no proof that what Hatred said was true, but it didn't really matter. So he went ahead and kissed her. Her lips were cold, as cold as ice.

But he felt himself disappearing into thin air.

IN THE STAGNATED WORLD

'You shall stop time in this place to preserve everything you have here forever.' Her parents both said in unison.

'I will…' But after that, a strong wind knocked Astenzu off her feet. As she picked herself up. The scenery had changed, and she was herself again.

'Where am I?' She asked, mainly to herself.

'You're in your own world of course. A place where nothing ever dies, nothing is lost and nothing is gained.' Atemu said, out of no-where and appearing suddenly.

'Who are you?' She asked, not understanding.

'Atemu. A Pharaoh of Egypt that inhabits the body of Yugi Motou.'

'I've never known such person.'

'But you will. In the Future. Come with me, back to the Future…you can preserve your life some other time. Right now, we must go back to reality.' Atemu said, holding her hand and pulling her closer to him.

She thought for less than a moment, 'But there is sorrow and grief in reality! I don't want to know about it! I don't want to go back to a broken world with people who kill each other for their land, who destroy the world in order to have their own conveniences and cause the whole world to be destroyed!' Astenzu shouted, trying to rip her wrist out of Atemu's grip.

Atemu only pulled her closer, looking deeply into her eyes he said, 'Don't you get it?! That's the reason why you got to go back! YOU have to change the fate of the world! YOU have to take action and save the world! You got your opinion and a way to save the world then tell it! Let people know what's on your mind!'

She didn't know what to do. 'But no-one will listen! No-one ever does! And anyway how can I go back?'

Atemu's eyes softened. His eyes focused on Astenzu's. A smile was formed on his lips, 'Don't worry, I know how.' Hatred couldn't trick him into the world and think that he wouldn't know how to get back.

He held Astenzu in an embrace and locked lips with her and with his eyes closed, Astenzu's eyes opened wide in shock as they faded away.

REALITY CHECK!

As Atemu came back to the real world, he let go of Astenzu's body and stood up again as Astenzu stirred.

Three claps were sounded as Atemu turned his head and looked straight into the eyes of Hatred.

'Not so bad, not so bad. Impressive of you Atemu,' Hatred bowed down, but never allowing her eyes to leave Atemu's, 'Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.'

That hit Atemu hard, his eyes were wide, he knew that Hatred and Astenzu would know a bit about himself, but not so much as too his name, and his occupation at Ancient Egypt. He was stunned to his shoes.

'King of Games, of the Ancient Egypt arts. Master of the Duel monsters, the one whom has no idea about his own siblings.' A small, evil smile was formed at the tip of Hatred's face as shadow loomed over all three people and ghost.

EVER: THAT'S IT FOR NOW!!!

SHADOWS: YEAH, WE KNOW SHORT CHAPPIE!!! BUT NO IDEAS LEFT!!!! CYA SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EVER IN THE SHADOWS: UNTIL NEXT TIME!!!!!