Hello once more everybody! Not much really new here. Hmm, just mostly been working off and on with my new story, but meh, it's slow going. Unlike TWS, I don't have the time, focus, or energy I guess to work on it as often. And worst of all, I've had ideas for a whole new story. This one will be an Inuyasha story, which so far, it sounds good in my mind. I just have to start work on it, after I finish the sequel to TWS!

Last time, Illidan and Yami finally managed to put an end to the battle with Dartz. The three knights, along with Anubis, managed to put an end to the battle that seemed impossible to win. Now, the question is what shall happen?

Review time!

ardee: Why thank you! Yep, I had Yami save the day rather than Illidan. I had originally thought about Illidan winning the duel, but was like, nah, that'd be wrong at this time. But yeah, Yami is as strong as ever.

pink-kiss-candy: Thanks! Your words are appreciated.

Isis the Sphinx: No, he's not weak minded. I meant that he was weak minded on the facts about his past. He has no idea on who he was hardly, and that caused a weakness within him. (//Smacks Mahad away and glares at him.\\) Don't do that… But yeah, Yami got the glory of the win. And plus, Illidan could have beat Yami earlier in the story, hehe. But yeah, things shall get interesting.

Ultimate Legendary Master: Yep, he made it. Yeah, the battle with Dartz maybe over, but the real battle is about to begin. As for how things will go, you never know. Maybe Joey will finish things off! Yeah… But thanks for the comments.

Metal Overlord 2.0: Lol, yes, I survived my mate. Yep, they managed to bump off Dartz at long last. True, the real battle is about to begin. It should be interesting to see how things go now. Thanks.

x-knight20: Thank you. Yep, Dartz is done. Lol, poor Santa. Oh yeah, and poor you, hehe.

Tomb Robber Vicky: Yeah, he actually did beat Dartz that way. But yeah, the real battle is about to begin. Feh, as if your soul was worth releasing yet Bakura. Be patient. It'll happen… maybe, lol.

Well, that's all for today. I hope you all enjoy this chapter. The storm is coming. Can Illidan, Yami, and the others survive it, or will this be it? Soon all shall know that answer.

I hope to see some reviews when I come back Monday. I'll try to post the new chapter either Sunday night or Monday evening. Till then though, I hope you all have a good weekend. Later!

Chapter 63

Hearing some rustling, Illidan turned to see Seto stirring. Seto slowly sat up to see his brother beside him and quickly calls out "Mokuba! Wake up, Mokuba!" He gently begins to shake him, only to see a pair of eyes open.

Smiling at his brother, Mokuba jumps up and hugs him, saying "Seto, you're back!"

Tristan wakes up, and sees Seto is up and at them. Turning to Tea's unconscious form beside him, he lightly shakes her, saying "Wake up Tea!"

Slowly, she woke up and sat up, mumbling about how her head was killing her. "Where are we?" she asked absent mindedly.

Smiling at the fact things seemed to be returning to normal, Illidan glanced over at Yami, who had his back to his friends, and had his eyes closed. "He's welcoming Yugi back. I'll give him a moment."

Turning back to the others, he slowly walks towards them and sees them start to smile at the fact they were still there. Tea quickly calls out "Illidan!"

He walks up to them and gently hugs her, and gently hugs Tristan, saying "I'm glad you're both alright."

He then nodded to Seto, who simply nodded back and let a small smile play upon his lips. Illidan heard Tea say "Is that Yugi?"

Looking at the young man before the vortex, Illidan instantly realized it was Yugi. "So, you've returned, at long last." he silently said in his mind with a small smile.

"Nah, that's the Pharaoh, remember Tea?" Tristan quickly says.

Shaking her head, Tea says "No, it's not the Pharaoh. I think it's Yugi. He's back!"

Turning to face the others, they see indeed that it is Yugi. He smiles at the others, and says "Hi guys."

With tears in her eyes, Tea rushes forward and kneels down, hugging him tightly and says "You're back! I'm so happy to see you again!"

Getting slightly flustered, Yugi kindly says "It's good to see you too."

About that time, they hear a familiar voice, saying "Get out of my way, where's my little buddy!"

Looking towards the entrance of the temple, Illidan smiled at the sight of Joey rushing in. Tea pulls back from Yugi as Joey gets there and hugs Yugi, saying "I sure missed your spiky little head!"

The group all slightly chuckled, even Seto let another smile play upon his face at the comment. Tea then says "The gang is all back together at long last."

Tristan quickly calls out as he comes in for a hug "Don't forget me."

As the group slightly moves back, Yugi hears Yami say in his spirit form "I'm glad you're back at last Yugi. The Legendary Knights are now free."

Mentally talking back, Yugi asks "Does that mean you beat Dartz?"

Smiling at his friend, Yami replies "Yes, thanks to the help of Illidan and Kaiba, we defeated him. But, after the duel was over, he vanished into that vortex. I have a feeling the worst is yet to come. But at least, we'll now face it together."

Mokuba then spoke up, saying "I wonder if you guys were set free, if that means everyone else was."

Joey quickly shakes his head and points at the unconscious form of Raphael that is still lying in the floor, saying "Guess again. All the others must still be trapped."

Suddenly, one of Kaiba's men comes running in, saying "Mr. Kaiba, you should come outside!"

Looking at him, the others nod. Tristan and Joey gently pick up Raphael's body and shoulder him out the door.

Once outside, the group gasps at the sight of an island slowly rising out of the sea. A green light is shooting up from it.

"It's… It's Atlantis!" calls out Tea in shock.

As the city continues to rise, it doesn't stop at the top of the sea, but rises into the air. It continues on, till finally it reaches a small altitude above the sea.

"Are you sure it's Atlantis?" Tristan asks dumbly.

Sighing at this, Illidan was about to answer when Joey says "It's a big ancient city looking thing rising up from the sea. It seems to fit the bill."

Yugi then says "That must mean Dartz is still out there."

Illidan quickly asks "Is it possible he revived the Great Leviathan after all?"

In an irritable voice as usual, Seto says "I don't know what the deal is, but I'm going to find out."

"You can tell us all about it when you get back." Tristan says in sarcastic tone.

"He's not going alone." Illidan quickly says.

Yugi adds in "I'm going also."

"Not without me." Joey quickly adds on.

"But how?" Tristan quickly asks.

Tea turns towards Yugi with worry on her face, saying "You all just got back though. You'll be walking right back into Dartz's hands yet again if you go. Walk away while you still have a chance."

Looking at Tea with stubborn eyes, Yugi replies "But there are still people trapped. We have to go there, it's our duty."

Sighing, Tea sadly says "You're right…"

Nodding, Yugi then says "We'll be back soon."

Illidan then quickly runs towards the helicopter, saying "I'll be right there."

He enters, to find Marie still lying on the bench of the helicopter. Sighing, he gently kisses her forehead and says "Wait for me Marie. I promise to return."

She gently stirred and slightly smiled, making Illidan realize her conscious was still there. Smiling again, he said "I love you, and will return."

Walking back out, he saw the group still discussing the situation. About that time, one of the goons from the helicopter runs out with a headset on, saying "Mr. Kaiba, there is a massive hurricane heading for the East Coast of the United States."

Shrugging, Seto turns and says "I'm going to go find Dartz."

He then walks towards the temple, with Illidan quickly following behind. Yugi calls out "Wait for me."

In a sour tone, Seto replies "I can do this on my own, so butt out you two."

Joey then handed off Raphael to Tristan, saying "Take care of this guy for me."

Turning towards Illidan and Seto, he runs after them, saying "You're not going to get all the credit for this Kaiba!"

"Don't you have anyone else to annoy?" Seto says in an irritated voice.

Smirking, Joey quickly replies "Nope, not at the moment."

Illidan only smirked at this, and let a small grin play upon his face as he looked at Joey. Joey grinned back and the three continued on.

As they were entering, Illidan suddenly felt the Millennium Key glow. Looking down, he felt it pulling him in a different direction than the others. He slowly walked in the other direction, and then noticed a card in his deck was glowing brilliantly white. Drawing the glowing card, he wasn't a bit surprised that it was Anubis.

"What is it reacting to though?" he silently thought.

Curious at this, he walked towards the room his key was seemingly pulling him towards. He looked in it and saw three serpent statues. In their mouths was the three Egyptian God Cards.

He smiled as he strode forward towards them. He noticed something was odd about the cards. When he had used the three cards in the past, he had felt their energies without even touching them. Now, he felt nothing, like they had no power now.

Reality set in almost immediately, as Illidan said a loud "Dartz used their power on the Great Leviathan. No wonder he wanted Anubis. He wanted his power to help fuel that creature's strength."

Illidan heard someone running, but they stopped instantly. He then heard them come running towards him. Using his Millennium Key, he stretched out his senses, and knew instantly it was Yugi. Yugi soon appeared beside him, breathing slightly hard.

He said with a little bit of breathlessness "The three Egyptian God Cards!"

Smiling, he picked all three up, but Yami appeared in spirit form, and said "You can feel it too, can't you Illidan?"

Illidan nodded and Yami said "Dartz drained them of their power. He must have given it to the Leviathan."

"Hopefully, when this is over, they'll be back to normal." Yugi said, with optimism in his voice.

The three then ran towards the great hall and arrived to find Kaiba and Joey standing before the vortex.

Joey said "The souls on the walls, their gone. The Leviathan must have beamed them up and used them."

Pulling three cards from his pocket, Yugi says "Here, you'll both need these again."

Looking at Yugi, Illidan saw he had hold of three cards that had the three dragons he had seen during the duel earlier. Kaiba quickly took the brown looking one as Joey took hold of the reddish one.

"Now all we need is to find that snake. He couldn't have gotten too far." Seto said with irritation.

A voice then called out, saying "You're right Mr. Kaiba."

The four then turned towards the vortex, to see an image of Dartz in it. He then said "Come on in, the party has just begun."

Joey quickly replies to the others, saying "You know this is a trap."

Smirking, Seto replies "Big deal. You scared?"

Growling, Joey says "NO!"

Shaking his head, Illidan interrupts, saying "Let's go already!"

The four then walk into the vortex, and come out in front of a large carved door. They quickly notice they're near the source of the green light and begin to walk towards it, but each was on high alert.

Looking around, they see the many ruined buildings. Joey is quick to say "Atlantis sure is a real dump. Definitely not a place I'd want to vacation at."

"I wonder where Dartz is." Yugi says a loud.

Sighing, Illidan replies "I'm not sure. I can't sense his energy with my Millennium Key. Before, I could at least sense him, but now, nothing. It's like he's hiding, or vanished."

"I have an idea where he is." Seto quickly interjects, and points at a large door.

Nodding, Joey says "I agree, seeing how the giant beam of light marks the spot."

Illidan then saw a small flash of golden light, and smiled at the fact Yugi had just switched places with Yami. Yami took the lead, taking the group towards the door.

The group walked through it to find a central courtyard. There they found a small stone pathway that lead towards the center of a pool with a domed structure over it. The green light was coming from the top of the structure, so the four began to run towards it.

Squinting, Joey quickly says "I think I see Dartz sitting in there! He must be waiting to be crushed!"

Illidan sees what Joey is talking about, and realizes it is a white figure. Reaching out with his senses yet again, he still feels nothing coming from the figure. "Odd… I should feel some kind of energy. After all, Dartz was incredibly strong, and would put off a powerful energy signature."

The four approach the figure, but instantly see that it looks like Dartz, but is clear as glass. Yami gently walks up to the figure and touches it, but the figure shatters instantly.

"Uh, can someone fill me in here?" Joey said, as he scratched his head in confusion.

Looking back, Yami says "Dartz must have somehow left his body behind."

In irritation, Seto says "It's just another cheap trick."

They then hear Dartz's voice call out "Is that your answer for everything? You really need a new catchphrase."

Looking around, the group finally looks up to the top of the dome to see Dartz's face. Smirking, he then says "I'm with the Great Leviathan now."

Yami quickly shouts out "Wait, you told me that the Great Leviathan couldn't awaken without the souls of me and Illidan!"

Chuckling lightly, Dartz replied "Yes, you're right Pharaoh, and since I lost the three other souls, I had to substitute in something as strong as your five souls, which was my own soul!"

Suddenly, the beam of light split into four, which encircled around the island. The four met once again at the bottom of Atlantis and dove into the sea, forming a massive whirlpool.

A large snake like creature suddenly leapt up from the ocean and wrapped itself around Atlantis. It then uncoiled from the island and took up a hovering position above the city as they heard Dartz yell out "The Great Beast has at long last returned!"

The large creature now loomed overhead of the four, and let out a mighty roar, sending shock waves throughout the city. The water surrounding the structure the four were standing in began to thrash violently.

Looking up at the creature, Joey says "That thing is huge! It could pick it's teeth with an Egyptian God!"

Yami quickly said "It's here to conquer mankind."

Squinting, Joey then says "What's that green pimple on it's nose?"

Looking at what Joey was talking about, they all gasped, realizing it was Dartz. Calling out, Dartz says "I've merged with the Great Leviathan, making us invincible!"