Harry sighed as his fell backwards on the bed. The cream colored carpet was littered with shopping bags, each containing something he would need during his stay at the Kaiba mansion. He chuckled as he replayed the events at the mall, which happened to be filled with several things he had learned about his new guardians. One being that the three of them had a weird obsession for leather, though the two look-a-likes had it worse. Another was that Seto and Yami had a talent for giving death glares to anybody that dared look at their little group wrong. It was quite funny though since he wasn't on the receiving end of those deadly looks.

But the funniest was when he found out that Yami, the Game King, and Seto, the CEO of Kaiba Corp. had a fan following. It seemed everywhere they went they were stalked by several Japanese girls, and to his amusement a few guys also. Yugi would just giggle at them then of course they would yell things like kawaii, whatever that meant. And there were a few other words the girls would yell out, speaking of which he needed to ask Yugi what yaoi means. For some reason this word caused girls to scream, jump for joy then promptly faint.

Japanese girls were weird in Harry's opinion.

He let a faint grin grace his face as he closed his eyes, ready to give in to his tired body. Well that was until a knock at his door told him otherwise.

"Harry?"

"Yes?"

"We're ready to talk if you are."

Harry groaned as he got up from the bed and made his way over to the door. After opening it he found himself looking into lavender colored eyes.

"I'll take you down to the living room, since I'm sure you'd get lost in this place. That is if you're ready to hear everything."

"Yeah. I think I am."

Yugi smiled warmly at Harry. "Ok then."

Harry found Yami and Seto sitting side by side on the white leather couch as Yugi asked him to take a seat in the matching chair in front of it. Looking at their faces he could tell that the fun earlier today had all passed and now it was time to get down to business. So he nodded his head at them to let them know he understood.

"Harry, before we begin I must tell you that anything we say here must be kept between us four and that all knowledge of this could put you in danger. But then again I don't think you're any stranger to danger, but still it needs to be understood." Yami looked deep into Harry's green eyes as if to bring the point home.

"You're right, I'm no stranger to it. I've had a death wish since I was one, and you have my word."

"Alright, I know you have questions, but I think it would be best if we told you our story first. I think it will clear up most of your questions."

Harry nodded his head while Yami looked from Seto to Yugi. Each of them gave him a smile and then Yami started his story.

"About three thousand years ago, in ancient Egypt, there was a young Pharaoh that ruled over lower and upper Egypt. The Pharaoh's name was Atemu and he was considered the Chosen One. What that meant was that he was the only Pharaoh to ever be able to call upon the gods, Ra, Obelisk, and Osiris. He also had incredible power, the power of the Shadows, which was unlike any others. Also in these times, duel monsters the same ones Yugi showed you in his deck, were alive. With them, the higher-ranking officials played a very deadly game called Shadow Games. With these games, punishment, death, and judgment were passed. If you lost you also lost your soul to the shadows. This is why it was forbidden for commoners to play.

Soon dark times came to Egypt. With the rise of the god Zork, Pharaoh Atemu had to unleash a very powerful force to vanquish it and save his people. So he called upon the three gods and with the power behind his name he was able to form another god called Halakti, The Creator of Light, thus destroying Zork. But now he had another task and that was to seal the shadow realm, so something like this could never happen again.

So with the help of his priests, and the seven powerful Sennen Items, the Pharaoh sealed his soul into the Sennen Puzzle. Now the realm would be sealed and his people would be safe."

Yami paused to let Harry take all this in before he glanced at Yugi to let him know that he was the one to pick up where he left off.

"Three thousand years later, my grandfather, went on a dig to find out a new game, one he had heard about but didn't know if it was true of not. Anyways, he and his guide entered a tomb and he passed the traps, which had been laid to protect what was inside. Once inside, certain events happened and he soon found a golden box with a shattered puzzle inside."

"The Sennen Puzzle?"

Yugi nodded his head. "Yes. My grandfather brought it home and gave it to me, since he knew how much I liked puzzles. It took me several years to complete, but I did. At the same time I had gotten pretty good, with my grandfather's help, with the game Duel Monsters, the one I showed you earlier. I entered a tournament in order to save my grandfather's soul. Along the way, I soon discovered that I had another me, or rather a spirit living inside in the puzzle, but it was connected to me. But to make a long story short, the spirit did not know his name or had any memories of his past. Come to find out, the spirit was half a soul, the darker half, known in Japanese as a yami."

With this Harry looked from Yugi to Yami with wide eyes. Could...no it just had to be a...maybe?

"And I was the lighter half, known as hikari. Together we made up one soul. Thus I named the spirit Yami. Soon we found out that Yami was the Pharaoh that was sealed in the puzzle thousands of years ago."

"So you may call me Atemu, BUT only here. As you see, my true name is very powerful. It was what gave me the ability to form the last god, Halakti. This is what you must keep a secret above anything else. We're trusting you with this but if you fail that trust I will be forced to remove your memories. I hope you understand."

Harry watched as Yami, no Atemu gradually smiled at him. This was weird to say the least. "Umm, if you're a spirit then how come you look so..."

"Solid?" a nod, "Easy, shadow magic makes it possible. See this body is a perfect replica of what I use to look like in ancient Egypt. Except it is made up of entirely shadows. I'll show you."

Atemu stood up and walked out to the middle of the floor, and closed his eyes. Slowly the Sennen Eye glowed upon his forehead and his body started to darken and loosen, before it turned into wisps of shadows, which shifted and retreated back to the couch where they joined back up and formed a solid Atemu leaning on Seto.

"Umm...wow."

Seto smiled at his koi then turned back to Harry with a stern glare, "I know this is a lot to take in. And we really haven't even brushed the surface of everything that is involved. And I know that you promised Atemu that you would keep his secret but I will also make sure you keep to your word. I will not allow anything to happen to him. Do you understand?"

Harry gulped as he flinched under Seto's look, "I understand. And I also understand now why that monster called you Pharaoh, but what about the Master of Shadows thing?"

Atemu smiled and held out his hand. Soon a long wisp of a shadow formed and curled around his hand and arm, much like a snake would. Its 'head' seemed to lay relaxed on his shoulder, as if it was a beloved pet.

"The shadows are slightly complicated to explain. They are alive in a sense. They have thoughts and some feelings. I guess you could think of them as a child and me as the parent. They are curious and have a longing to see and know everything of this world since it's all new to them. Through me they are able to see and do as they please. They are apart of me as much as I am a part of them. They are the ones that gave me the gift of my own body instead of sharing with Yugi. And they are the ones that gave me that name. For all my begging and asking they refuse to call me anything other than their master."

"Ok this is weird, I've been studying magic for five years now and I've never heard of such magic before. Why?"

Yugi chuckled, "Because this is an ancient magic that hasn't been used in centuries. And only certain people, in this day and age, have the means to wield it. Atemu and another spirit, named Bakura, are the one ones that can freely call upon it. We mortals have to be destined to use the sennen items and that is what grants us to wield the shadows." Yugi paused and held out one of his hands. Soon there was a bright light and when it faded, there was a golden upside down pyramid lying in his upturned palm.

Seto did the same, except his hand held a golden rod.

"Since I am Atemu's reincarnate and his other half, I can wield the power of the puzzle. Seto is the reincarnate of High Priest Seth and therefore allows him to wield the sennen rod."

"Harry, can we ask you a few questions? There are some things I need to know before I have to face those deatheaters again. Maybe then I can find a way to stop whoever is trying to take control of my realm."

Harry adverted his gaze before he spoke. "The one you're probably looking for is Lord Voldemort. He's the one in charge of the deatheaters. He's also the one that killed my parents and has been trying to kill me over the last several years. He's been slowly coming back into power and from what I saw last year he's pretty damn close to being at his peak. He's the one that gave me this scar, when he tried to kill my parents. For some reason the death curse didn't kill me, but left this instead. I'm the only one, besides you, that has ever survived it. By the way how did you do that?"

"Mirror Force, it blocks all attacks."

"Let me guess, it's part of that game you showed me earlier?"

"Yes, as I said that game was real back in my time, we can easily use the cards to get the same affect in this time. Now tell me about this Dumbledore? I would like to know his story before I meet back up with him."

Sighing, Harry started his explanation, "Dumbledore is one of the most powerful wizards. I use to look up to him, but after last year.... Well anyways, he's the headmaster of Hogwarts, speaking of which, I'm surprised he hasn't come looking for me. I know he would rather me be at the Order than here with you."

Atemu snorted, "He can't find you. Shadow magic is protecting you and this house; to him it will be as if you dropped off the face of the earth. No one will be able to find you unless I let them."

"For some reason I believe you when you say that. Say, can I see one of those monsters? But not something that wants to kill me?"

Crimson met emerald for a brief moment, "Well if you'd rather not talk about him right now, I suppose we can go on to the more interesting part of our powers. I think I'll introduce you to one of my more favorite monsters. Kuribo, come visit me and meet a friend of mine."

Harry's jaw hit the floor as a little brown fur ball appeared in Atemu's lap. Big childlike eyes peered up at the pharaoh as it started jumping up and down, as a sugar-high kid would do. This was a feared duel monster? How could an over sized dust bunny be in the same category as that thing that had captured him?

"Don't let his size fool you. Just because he's small doesn't mean anything. Just as Seto."

Snorting, Seto reached over and petted the bouncing fur ball. "I'll admit, kuribo has saved my life several times."

"Kuree!!"

Yugi laughed and held his hands out towards the pint-sized monster. Getting the hint, kuribo floated over to him and sat in his lap and stared over at Harry as if noticing him for the first time. "Kuribo, this is Harry, he's a guest here. So I want you to be nice to him, ok?"

Kuribo nodded his body, and snuggled into Yugi's chest.

"Umm, can I see the one that came with you that night? The Dark Magician?"

Atemu shrugged his shoulders and called out to his old friend. Soon Mahaado was standing in front of him.

Harry was amazed to see this creature up close. He held no fear for the impressive monster. His ice blue eyes held a kindness that wasn't there the night of the attack.

"Yes, Pharaoh?"

"Mahaado, please just call me Atemu. There is no need for formalities. And why don't you get comfortable? We are not being called to battle, I asked you to come here to meet Harry, since you didn't have time to see him the other night."

Mahaado bowed his head, and held his staff to his chest before a glow enveloped him. When the light had died down, his armor was gone and replaced with black slacks and a purple long sleeved shirt, but his staff remained the same. The magician turned around and faced Harry with a smile on his face.

"It's nice to meet you Harry."

"Wow, you look normal!"

Mahaado chuckled as he flopped down on the couch beside Atemu. "That's because I use to be 'normal' as you called it. I was one of Pharaoh Atemu's High Priests, but I fused my Ka and Ba together and formed the Dark Magician to serve him forever."

Atemu smiled at his old friend before he leaned his head on Seto's shoulder. The day had been long and he was still feeling the effects of all the battles. He sighed contently when he felt Kaiba's fingers run through his hair.

Harry surveyed the scene in front of him and smiled to himself. Granted these past couple of days had been anything but normal, but hell he was use to that. But he felt for the first time he didn't have to worry about anything. He had a feeling that these people would not let anything happen to him and he actually felt safer here than he did at Hogwarts. But he did miss his friends. Ron and Hermione were the only ones he had and they had stuck by him through everything. But even they didn't understand all went on at the end of the last school term. After all they didn't hear that prophecy.

"Umm guys? I think we should all turn in. It seems as if our almighty Pharaoh has fallen asleep." Yugi said as he dismissed kuribo back to the realm.

Seto nodded his head as he picked his husband up and carried him up the stairs. Soon Yugi and Harry followed leaving the magician to return to his realm.

Dragon: Ok peoples, I wanted to have all the reviewers help me decide what teaching jobs to give Seto, Yugi and Yami. I have ideas but I thought I would see what all of yall thought. Please just leave it in the reviews and it can even be a made up position. If it is made up please leave some details on what the job is about. Thanks!