I am soo sorry I haven't updated in soo long...I've just been really busy lately...

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh, wish I did, but don't. Again, I am just borrowing.

Warnings:

I am going to be using the dub names, mainly because I'm used to calling them by those names, sorry if this is an inconvenience to anyone, sorry again. Bakura(Yami Bakura) has come back because he was given a second chance at a happy life, and Seto Kaiba isn't as annoyed by them anymore, since Egypt, you could say he's an acquaintance of theirs'..what else, oh yeah, Ryou and Bakura are in separate bodies. There will be OC's(original Characters) in this fic, I may also forget a few of the people because there are so many, remember you have been warned of my forgetfulness. Alright, this is like a little spin off of my first fic, Neveralone, it's set a few days afterward, if you didn't read it, you won't be to lost but reading it could help.

Screaming- screaming

'..thinking..'-thinking

".speaking.."-speaking

lyrics- Song lyrics/ Flashbacks.

Summary: It has five Millennia since the Evil Ones destruction, now that she has returned , it's up to the gang with old friends and new to stop her. And who's to say that love wouldn't blossom along the way.

Ever since the boys had started their... punishment... Tea and Atem had snuck off from the group.

"Do you think we're far enough?" questioned Tea.

"Yes..I believe we are." said Atem.

"Finally... If we didn't get away sooner... I probably would have lost it by now.." said Tea as she grasped Atem's hand.

"I know what you mean... " said Atem, rapping his arms around her.

The two continued their walk, both in the embrace of the other, in the background, a rainbow of colors created by the setting sun reflecting off the waters' surface.

"Beautiful.." whisper Atem.

"Yeah... it is pretty.." said Tea.

"I wasn't speaking of the scenery.." replied Atem, as he looked deeply into the eyes of his love.

"Oh Atem... that has got to be the corniest line ever... Besides, your not the first to use it.." said Tea.

"Perhaps.. but it worked... didn't it?" asked Atem, causing a lite blush to appear across Tea's cheeks.

"Hehehe... I'll take that as a yes." said Atem.

"Oh...Shut-up." said Tea in a joking way, slightly shoving him.

Though she was joking, the force of the shove was quite great, forcing the great Pharaoh to plummet towards the slightly damp sand... But, he didn't go alone... he was still holding Tea's hand, forcing her to fall along with him. The two love birds landed with a slight "thud"... in a very -clears throat- "suggestive" position... After regaining their composure... the two couldn't help but laugh at what had just occurred... not noticing the arrival of some familiar faces.

-clears throat-

"Huh? Oh...um... its not what it looks like... you see.." began Tea, as she began to get up, the blush on her cheeks making a re-appearance.

"Sure... sure it isn't... Now that you've had your fun... Why don't we get back." interrupted Kaiba.

"Why?" questioned Atem, while trying to remove the sand from his hair.

"After you disappeared... the guys went to look for you... I'm just glad we found you first... who knows what would have happened if they found you.. like... that... Let's just go before the guys get here.." said Kisara.

"Alright class... it's getting late... time to get on the bus" said Mrs. Tina, trying her best to round up her students.

She had gotten them all in the bus, though they weren't being very cooperative, and was in the process to taking roll.

"Liza?"

... "Here"

"Henry?"

... "Present"

"Sakura?"

... "Here"

"Ryou?" .. .. ... ... "Ryou Bakura?"... "Has anyone seen Mr. Bakura?" asked Mrs. Tina.

... "Um...Mrs. Tina... his friends aren't here either.." said a student.

"Does anyone know where they are... or has seen them recently?" asked a very worried Mrs. Tina.

'Where on earth can those children be?' thought Mrs. Tina.

The students looked at each other, a mixture of conversations filled the bus, though it was silenced when a student spoke out.

"Mrs. Tina! ... I think I see them... ... over there." said a student pointing.

Mrs. Tina looked in the direction her student was pointing, sure enough, their was the gang, minus five members, walking up the beach; looks of exhaustion on their faces. After seeing their return, the worried teacher excited the bus and ran to her students as fast as she could.

"Where have you been? You've had me worried sick!" exclaimed Mrs. Tina.

"Sorry Mrs. T. ... Tea and Atem went missing... We had to go after them." said Joey.

"Well... where are they now?" asked the annoyed teacher.

"...We ..couldn't find them..." said Marik.

"And now... Kaiba, Kisara, and Yugi are missing too." said Flannery.

"WHAT! ... Well.. what are you waiting for.. you must search again! We're not leaving until everyone is accounted for!" ordered Mrs. Tina, more stressed than ever.

Meanwhile, in the Game Shop, it had bee na while since the Junior High kids had been released from school... and they were starting to worry about their older friends who had yet to return.

"I hope Seto's alright." said Mokuba.

"I'm sure he's fine... believe me.. he can take care of himself.. They probably just got held-up in traffic." said Rebecca.

All was silent between the seven pre-teens, that was until four shattered that silence with a unison gasp.

"Did you feel that?" questioned Brit.

"Yeah... a dark force.." replied Whitney.

"Not to mention powerful.." added Kira.

"I have a bad feeling that they didn't get held-up in traffic." said Mika.

"What should we do?" asked Serenity.

"We need to get to that beach." said Brit.

"And how are we supposed to do that? It would take us forever to get there, by that time, it could be to late." said Rebecca.

"That's why we have to use magic... it's the only way... Now I know of a way that get us there... but it's risky." said Mika.

"Why's that?" asked Whitney.

"We have to go through the Shadow Realm." said Kira, causing the others to gasp.

"It's the only way.. now are you ready?" asked Mika.

After receiving nods of agreement from the others, the young princess began to chant.

"I call upon the powers of the shadows, unlock the doorway to your hidden realm. Allow us safe passage on our journey to our friends. Doorway to the shadows, Open!" chanted Mika, a lite violet aura surrounding her.

From the darkest corner of the room, the shadows began to swirl in a circling vortex, until the door was was large enough for them to fit.

"Alright guys... it's now or never." said Kira as she and her sister stepped through, shortly followed by the other five.

Meanwhile, back with the others, they were just about to search for the others again, when they spotted four of the missing five appear a ways ahead of them.

"There you are! We've been so worried about you guys!" said Glacia as she and the others ran up to the four.

"Sorry... we just sorta wandered off." said Tea, a hint of blush visible on her cheeks.

"And what about you two.. weren't you supposed to be searching too? How'd you get lost?" asked Duke.

"First of all, we didn't get lost. We found these two, and headed right back here, I'll have you know they had gone quite far, that's why it took us so long." replied Kaiba.

"Well sorry..." said Tristan.

"But seriously.. don't do this again.. you had us worried to death." said Ryou.

"Again, we're sorry.." said Atem.

They were about to head towards the bus, when Kisara brought-up something... something very important.

"Guys... where's Yugi?" asked Kisara.

"What? We're still missing one?" asked Mrs. Tina, on the verge of having a break down.

"No we're not.. there he is." said Flora, pointing in the direction of a small star-shaped silhouette headed for them.

"Oh.. thank goodness." said Mrs. Tina in relief, though, the Millennium Item holders felt much differently.

'Why can't I sense Yugi's thoughts.. his emotions..' -Atem.

'This doesn't feel right...' - Ryou.

'Why do I sense a dark presence here?' - Bakura.

'Somethings wrong.' - Kaiba.

As it came closer the identity of the form was revealed, indeed it was Yugi... but something was off.

"Yugi... is something wrong?" asked Aurora.

Yugi did not answer, only walked closer and closer.. As he grew nearer, Atem could make-out slight sparks of dark light pulsating around his now twitching hand, causing the Pharaoh's eyes to grow wide with realization...

"Aurora back away from him!" said Atem, shocking the others.

"What? Why? It's just Yugi... what could he possibly- AHHH!" said Aurora until she was interrupted by a sering pain, that caused her body to grow numb.

"AURORA?" said Bakura in alarm, as he ran to her only to be forced back.

"What? What is this?" questioned a angry Bakura.

"muAHAHHHHAAHAHAHAHA!" echoed a trio of voices from above.

In an instant, the Dark Witch flew down, her evil smirk plastered on her face. Shortly followed by Harpie Girl, carrying Aussa in her feet talons. All three, landing behind Yugi, his head still slightly bowed, making it impossible to see his eyes.

"What's the matter? Not happy to see us?" said Harpie Girl.

This only angered Atem more...

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO YUGI!" questioned Atem.

"Tut-Tut-Tut, Temper Temper Pharaoh. The answer's quite simple.. we merely showed him the truth. That he was going to be abandoned, seeing as his friends like you better. Poor little one, so neglected, so alone." said Aussa as she patted Yugi's spiky head.

'Come on Yugi... you have to break free... you know we would never do that to you.' thought Tea.

"There's no way Yugi would believe those lies!" said Joey.

"Yeah you creatures better reverse whatever spell you placed on Yugi!" demanded Sparks, the creature comment didn't go to well with Harpie Girl.

"Creature... -twitch- -twitch- I'LL SHOW YOU CREATURE!" screamed the female monster.

"NO!" said Yugi, to the surprise of the monsters, but to the joy of his friends.

'I knew Yugi would come to his senses.' thought Tea.

"Hehe.. I want first crack at them." said Yugi, finally raising his head, shocking his friends with the changes he had undergone.

'Oh Yugi... what have they done to you?' thought Atem.

"Oh... they haven't done anything.. except show me what you've been planning!" replied Yugi, reading Atem's thoughts.

"What are you talking about?" asked Atem.

"You know very well, all this time, saying you were my friend. When in reality, you were just trying to steal my friends away from me! WELL NOT ANYMORE!" answered Yugi, the dark energy around his hands, pulsating faster and brighter.

As the power reached it's peak, Yugi launched a wave of energy at Atem, who easily dodged it.

"Yugi! Stop this!" pleaded Atem.

"Hehe.. What's the matter your Majesty? Worried I might defeat you like last time?" said Yugi.

"No.. I'm worried I might hurt you." replied Atem.

"To bad I'm not worried about that at all." said Yugi as he launched in for another attack, only to be hit by a blast of orange light.

"You may be my friend.. but that does not give you the right to hurt my brother!" said Kira, as she and the others emerged from the shadows.

"Yugi? Please stop this." pleaded Rebecca.

"Grr.. stop pestering me!" said Yugi, as he launched an attack at the younger members of the gang.

"AHH!" screamed Mika and Kira.. " We can't... hold... it back.. for much.. longer." said the two, struggling under the pressure of the attack.

'I have no choice... If Atem isn't going to stop them... I will!'

"Mr. Motou! I want you to stop this at once!" ordered Mrs. Tina, a determined look on her face.

"Oh.. you think I'm going to listen to you... just what makes you think that?" asked a cocky Yugi.

"Believe me... I can back what I say..." said Mrs. Tina, her brown eyes narrowing.

"Hehehe... you're going to regret this." said Yugi.

"On the contrary... it is you who will regret this." said Mrs. Tina, for a moment it appeared that her eyes had changed to a red-violet hue, but only for a second.

'What was that?' thought Atem.

"Yeah right.. You think I'm scared... Try This!" said Yugi as he launched his attack.

As it neared Mrs. Tina, she merely closed her eyes in response, biding her time, waiting for the right moment. When the attack was inches from her, her eyes shot open, their color back to it's red-violet hue. The dark attack was soon smothered in a blast of turquoise light. The force of the counter attack was so great, that everyone in it's vicinity, had to shield their eyes, from it's brightness.

"You haven't seen the last of us... and don't worry.. you'll be seeing your friend Yugi.. sooner than you think.." said a voice from deep within the light.
When the light faded, the bus full of students was gone, same as Yugi and the three monsters. But what was the strangest of all was, that the gang now found themselves in the Game Shop, their teacher, Mrs. Tina standing before them. Her calm brown eyes were replaced by, harsh yet kind red-violet ones.
Well I hope this was worth the wait.. I'm sorry it took me so long to update... I've had to catch-up in my school work after being absent for a week.. anyway thank you for reading... please review.. I hope this chapter was to your liking.