Hello people, this is actually a very pointless chapter but needed anyway, so yeah. Anyway, I missed a lot of my permanent reviewers last chap, where'd all you people go? Already on vacation or something? Tss, I'm SOOOOOO much more improtant than some stupid vacation. And no, I did not steal Kaiba's ego.

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Okay, so in short what I said in the reply, I said I very much love your reviews and that I always look forward to them, although I really don't get how you can make them so friggin' long. I swear that you must hold some kind of review reconrd somewhere, there's just no other way. Not that I mind, but yeah. Anyway, I think your stupid hotmail just puts all my replies in the unwanted box or whatever it's called with you, so if you want the longer replies, you should check there more often.

Okay, so before i bore you all to eithre death, or until you all fall asleep, I'll just start the chapter so R&R people!

--: 14 :--
Practise Makes Perfect

"You wanna do what!"

Seth let out a sigh and looked at his cousin. This plan would never work.

"I want to teach you and Yuugi how to control your Ka so you can help us." Atemu said calmly as if it was the most normal thing in the entire world.

"But when ya summoned Yuugi's Ka, he collapsed!" Jou said stubbornly. He didn't feel like collapsing like Yuugi had the last time..

Atemu rolled his eyes, "Well if you practice, that won't happen."

"It took us years to learn how to summon our Ka like we can now, how where you planning on teaching them in only a couple of days?" Seth countered, annoyance clearly heard in his voice.

"They won't have to learn how to summon their Ka. Both of us have a Millennium Item now, so we can do that for them. They only have to learn to control the monster they summon so they don't fall unconscious like Yuugi did the last time!" Atemu argued. Both Atemu and Seth glared at each other, and started another one of their famous to argue. Jou and Yuugi watched as the two cousins fought, knowing that Atemu would probably get his way in the end.

"Any idea when Seth's going to give up?"

"Right about… now."

At the 'now', Seth yelled in frustration, "Fine! We'll try and teach them, but don't blame me if this goes wrong."

"You're good." Yuugi remarked, smirking at his best friend.

Jou just grinned and looked back at the now death-glaring Seth, and widely smirking Atemu.

"Good, and since we're just sitting here in this oasis doing nothing, let's start." Atemu said cheerfully.

Seth muttered some cures under his breath as he got up and walked over to Jou. Jou managed to pick up something along the line of 'baka', 'if I'd get my hands on him', and 'dying', and had to hold back a snicker; like Seth would ever really kill Atemu.

Seth grabbed Jou's hand, glaring at his cousin for all he was worth for on last time, before letting out a sigh and concentrating on summoning Jou's Ka. He felt Jou shift uncomfortably for a second, obviously not wanting to do this, and gave the other a helpless look. No matter how hard he denied it, Atemu and he did need help and if Jou's Ka was powerful enough, it could give them that help.

Seth grabbed the Millennium Rod with his other hand, and focused on the power within it, while focusing on Jou as well. The item shone, emitting a bright flash for a second, before dimming down again.

As Seth, Atemu, Yuugi and Jou opened their eyes, as they had closed them to protect them from the bright flash; they heard a loud roar above their heads, and all looked up.

A majestic black dragon with ruby red eyes flew directly above their heads, its onix-black wings flapping to keep it up. The dragon roared once again and looked down at the small group with blazing eyes. The dragon had the same air of power around him as the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and its form demanded just as much respect. Even Seth had to admit that Jou's Ka was quite impressive.

Seth glanced at his Pup, checking if the blonde was still okay, and saw the blonde's vision going in and out of focus. His legs were shaking a bit, but he managed to keep himself standing. Seth supposed that the sunstroke Yuugi had had not long before summoning that fuzz ball Ka of his, hadn't been completely gone, or Yuugi hadn't recovered from it completely at that point.

He smiled at the blonde, and wrapped his arms around him, supporting the other and just wanting to have his pup in his arms.

"Impressive." Atemu said as he watched the black dragon fly above them, before glancing over at Seth and Jou to see Seth hugging Jou gently. He had to hold back another 'awww', and a smirk appeared on his face; who would've ever though that Seth would go soft?

"Try and control the amount of energy you're giving… what's its name?" Atemu asked, looking back at the majestic dragon once more.

"Red-Red-Eyes B-Black Dragon." Jou said, "It's one of m-my favorite c-cards. It's a-also in m-my deck."

Atemu nodded, "Try and control the amount of energy you give it." he repeated.

Jou tried to do as Atemu had told him, and felt Seth guide him a bit with the Millennium Rod to help him. It took him a few minutes before he caught on to how it worked, but then tried to control the energy stream without Seth's help. Before he could completely master it though, too much energy had already been taken and he slumped against Seth.

Seth immediately stopped the flow of Shadow Magic as he felt Jou slump against him, and the Red-Eyes Black Dragon disappeared from the blue sky above them. He glanced at Atemu to see a content smile on the other's face, and an approving nod; he'd seen what he needed to see.

Seth looked back at Jou to see the other still conscious, though very tired. He sank down to the ground and sat down, pulling Jou in his lap so he could rest. He then looked back at his cousin to see him standing next to Yuugi, obviously planning on summoning the fuzz ball Ka again. "Ready, Aibou?"

Ever since Atemu had heard that Yuugi had tackled Dakuso and tried to defeat him, Atemu had started to call Yuugi, 'Aibou'. Seth had to admit that it was cute when Yuugi blushed slightly every time he was addressed as Atemu's partner. It was a great honor coming from someone like Atemu, as Atemu practically called Yuugi his equal like this. Seth smirked; and Yuugi had started out as nothing more than a simple commoner when this had all began.

Yuugi, like always, blushed slightly at the new nickname Atemu had given him, and nodded slightly. It would probably be better this time, as he hadn't just recovered from a sunstroke, or felt like he had just run the lungs out of his body just to escape from a giant worm that wanted to eat him.

He felt Atemu take his hands, and saw the Millennium Puzzle start to glow, before giving off a bright flash. Yuugi felt his energy be taken away again, as his Ka materialized before him, seemingly hanging in midair.

"Kuree?" The Kuriboh looked around curiously before spotting his master and cooing happily, "Kuree!" The fuzz ball jumped at his master, nuzzling itself into Yuugi chest and making sure to not explode at contact like he would do normally.

Yuugi smiled at his Kuriboh, happy that he had been right and that he hadn't lost as much energy as the last time. He slowly raised his hand and patted the Kuriboh, who in turn coed happily at him.

"Now try to do as Jou did, and control the amount of energy you give it." Atemu said, smiling at the sight of the Kuriboh bouncing around Yuugi enthusiastically. He saw Yuugi do as he was told, and like Seth, helped with some of the Shadow Magic in the Puzzle to show Yuugi how it was done.

Like Jou, Yuugi's energy was drained after some time, and Atemu could feel Yuugi almost getting to the point where he'd probably fall to the ground out of lack of energy. He quickly stopped the flow of Shadow Magic, and the Kuriboh disappeared with one last happy, 'Kuree!'.

Seth and Atemu exchanged looks, "They'll learn quite fast." Atemu said with a smile on his face, "If we walk by day and practice when we stop for night, they will have mastered it by the time we get back to the palace."

Seth nodded, "Especially since it's going to take more time getting back than to here; Dakuso will send out men to kill us."

Atemu smirked, "Good, then Yuugi and Jou can practice on them."

"How predictable."

"Indeed, just like we said."

Seth and Atemu smirked at each other as they observed a group of guards from their hiding place behind some rocks. It was night and the group of guards had set up camp near the cave Atemu, Seth, Yuugi and Jou were sleeping in for the night. It had been four days since they had left the temple, and they hadn't encountered any sort of trouble so far. The group of guards where the first signs that Dakuso had indeed sends out people to kill them. Every member of the group of guards was wearing a razor sharp sword, and Atemu had no doubt that these were elites, and could therefor summon their own Ka. The only question was, how powerful were their Ka's?

"So you want to wait until tomorrow or just attack them now?" Seth asked, glancing back at the cave some way back.

"Well it's almost morning. I say we go back and wait until Yuugi and Jou wake up, and then let them deal with the guards." Atemu said shrugging.

"You really meant it when you said you wanted to use the guards as practice runs huh?" Seth shook his head, "Leave it up to you to turn a bunch of killers into targets."

Atemu simply smiled innocently at his cousin, before turning around and heading back to the cave, careful not to be spotted by the guards. Yuugi and Jou had been learning very fast how to control their Ka, and Atemu was sure the two could handle the guards as long as Seth and he did the summoning.

It had surprised both him and Seth how easy Yuugi and Jou had learned to master their energy, and at how much time they had put into it. For the past four nights, the two had trained until they almost fainted of energy loss - sometimes going on until they had actually fainted - just to master the technique as fast as possible. Although it wasn't all that hard to learn, Atemu was still very impressed with how fast Yuugi and Jou had caught on, not to mention that they could both keep their Ka in this world with ease now.

Atemu and Seth reached the cave after only a couple of minutes, and sat down next to Jou and Yuugi to wait until they'd wake up. They both knew that because Jou and Yuugi had practiced quite a lot before going to sleep, that it would probably be a few more hours before they'd actually awake.

After Ra had already come up for the new day and had dimly lit the cave the group was staying in, Yuugi opened his eyes slowly and glanced outside. He noticed Atemu and Seth sitting next to him and Jou, both wearing smirks that predicted nothing but chaos, or maybe chaos that they had already caused, "What did you do?"

Atemu looked down at him, mock hurt showing in his eyes, "Why is it that everybody always assumes that we did something!"

"Because when you smirk like that you either have done, or are going to do something that is bound to cause chaos." Yuugi said pointedly, smiling at the pout he received.

"One for Yuugi, zero for Atemu." Atemu looked over to Jou to see the other smirking up at him, sleep still clouding his eyes slightly.

"Well I'm happy you two find this so amusing, but nor Seth, nor I have done anything, or are going to do anything." Atemu said, the smirk returning to his face, "You're the ones who are going to cause the chaos."

Yuugi and Jou glanced at each other, gulped, and looked back at Atemu, "And what are we going to do exactly?" Yuugi asked, not sure if he even wanted to get the answer.

"Attack a couple of guards not far from here for target practice." Seth answered, loving the shocked looks he got.

"Ya mean dat wasn't a joke?" Jou asked, staring at both cousins wide-eyed.

"I don't joke about stuff like this," Atemu said, "now come on."

Yuugi and Jou stared as Seth and Atemu got up and walked to the exit of the cave. They glanced at each other for a moment, both with a look that stated: 'This-just-cannot-go-well', before sighing and getting up.

The group walked back to the where the camp of the guards was, and hid behind the rocks Atemu and Seth had been hiding behind earlier. Most of the guards were still asleep, though some were already gathering their stuff to leave as soon as possible. Atemu smirked before taking Yuugi's hand, and motioning for Seth to do the same to Jou, "Ready?"

Jou let out a sigh, "Like you're gonna call dis off if we're not." he muttered. Yuugi laughed slightly at Jou's remark, but nodded to Atemu's question.

Two bright flashed came from the Millennium Rod and Puzzle - although they were barely seen as Ra was shinning quite brightly by now - and two monsters materialized above the rockformation the small group was hiding behind.

The Red-Eyes Black Dragon roared loudly, drawing the attention of the guards already awake, and waking all the others, as the Kuriboh just coed happily and bounced around in the air. The guards stared at the two monsters for a second, before quickly gathering their swords and summoning their own Ka. Atemu made a mental note to tell Dakuso how predictable the man actually was.

A sword stalker, Rude Kaiser, and some other monsters materialized in front of the guards, and attacked the two-some that threatened their masters. The Red-Eyes Black Dragon simply flew up and out of reach, as the Kuriboh multiplied into hundreds of fuzz balls. As soon as one of the monsters touched one of the Kuriboh, it simply detonated, damaging the monster that had hit it, and being replaced by a new one.

The Red-Eyes fired a fireball at the monsters below, somehow managing to miss all the Kuriboh, and some of the monsters were thrown back and against their masters. The guards crashed to the ground with painful cries and blood starting to trickle out of wounds.

A Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Forretress suddenly appeared, and attacked the Red-Eyes with full force. The Red-Eyes roared in pain and rage, as Jou yelped, before he glared at the flying blue dragon and gave his Red-Eyes more power. The black dragon let out another roar and fired another fireball at the Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Forretress. The blue dragon crashed to the ground, not able to fly up again as the fireball had completely destroyed his wings.

The Kuriboh in the mean time, were all happily bouncing around and tackling monsters, exploding as they made contact, and doing much damage. The guards present all stared wide-eyes at the small monster with looks that said: 'How-can-something-like-that,-beat-our-monsters-that-easily?'

Yuugi smirked behind the rocks, 'That'll teach you to underestimate the small ones.'

The Red-Eyes received more power from Jou, and quickly fired one last fireball at all the monsters below - again somehow managing to miss all the Kuriboh - and knocked not only them, but all of the guards out as well. Both monsters turned around and headed back to where their masters and friends were, stopping right in front of the rocks.

Atemu, Seth, Yuugi and Jou all came out of their hiding place, and walked over to the monsters. The Kuriboh had all vanished but one, who was cooing happily as always, and the Red-Eyes Black Dragon had landed on the ground, seemingly checking out his own wounds.

"Well done." Atemu commented as he looked over to the guards and their Ka's - or as far as the Ka's were still in this world anyway, most of them had already retreated.

Jou and Yuugi smiled, patting their Ka, and then letting go of Seth and Atemu's hands so the monsters would disappear back to the world they belonged to. Neither of them felt over exhausted; they had held practice matches against each other that had been more intense than this. The guards - although obviously elites - had only been low-level summoners.

"So we passed our test?" Jou mocked, looking at both Seth and Atemu.

Seth smirked, "With flying colours." he said, his smirk widening as Jou's mocking face turned into an honestly happy one; not many could get a compliment out of Seth, so this was high-praise for his standards.

"Well, I do believe you two are ready." Atemu said.

"And not a moment to soon; we'll be reaching the palace tomorrow if we don't run into any more guards or other problems." Seth said.

"Well what're we waitin' for then? Let's go beat that bastard!" Jou said, the picture of Teana falling into the pit of spikes in the temple of the God tablets coming to mind. He started walking in the direction of where he thought the palace would be - actually being right about that as well - muttering some curses under his breath and things he'd do to the High Mage turned Pharaoh. The others just nodded, agreeing fully with the blonde, and followed, Seth a bit quicker so he could walk next to Jou. He wrapped an arm around the blonde's waist to calm the other slightly, and smiled as Jou looked up at him.

"Don't worry, we'll get him." Seth reassured. Jou nodded and smiled back at Seth lightly.

Atemu shook his head at his cousin, 'He really is going soft.' He smiled before wrapping an arm around Yuugi, loving the blush it caused. They continued their way to the palace in a comfortable silence, all wanting to get there as soon as they could.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAVEN'T FOUND THEM YET!"

"I'm sorry, your majesty."

The quivering soldier didn't dare to look at his enrages Pharaoh, and kept his gaze at the ground; looking at his master would probably get him killed anyway.

"I WANT THOSE FOUR DEAD!" Dakuso yelled furiously. It had been four days, FOUR days, and his soldiers still hadn't found the brat or his friends. It wouldn't be long before they'd actually reach the palace, and he wanted them all weakened so Atemu wouldn't have that much power to give his God Monsters. Either that, or he just wanted them dead, but he doubted his slaves were strong enough to do that.

Dakuso rubbed his temple in frustration, glared at the man in front of him, and then simply waved a hand and send the soldier to the Shadow Realm without the slightest bit of pity.

Other soldiers gasped as their leader sank to the ground, his soulless body hitting the ground with a thud. They looked up at their Pharaoh fearfully, and wished for nothing more than to be somewhere else right now; even the dungeons seemed a better place.

"WHAT ARE YOU ALL STANDING HERE AROUND FOR! GET OUT AND FIND THEM!" The soldiers quickly got out of the throne room, silently thanking Ra for still having their soul intact. They left the palace as soon as they could, and continued their search for the four fugitives.

Okay, so that was it for this chap, and to be honest, I have no more chapters in advance written and a bit of a writters block... okay, I have A LOT of writters block, so don't shoot me if the next chap isn't out next Saterday. I'll try my best though like always.

Oh, and I posted my very first oneshot! Yes people, I've been on this damned site for over a year and I havne't written a single oneshot. Why? Simply because i couldn't think of anything to write without making it a full story, so yeah. Anyway, it's Joey x Seto so everybody who wants to, go read it.

Again, I'll just stop ranting now so I won't have waste your time so you can all REVIEW! Cya next chap people!