Hey everyone! Well, I must say, the first chapter of this sequel seems to have gone over very well, so thank you all. It means a lot that a bunch of people have decided to follow my story.

So then, as everyone saw, this story takes place ten years after Yami passed over to the land of the Pharaohs. Now, Illidan and Marie are graduating college at long last, and apparently Seto has some kind of plans for them. Lol, and Pegasus is his usual happy annoying self with Kaiba.

Ok, I've waited several months for this, so here goes. It's review time! Turns on review music.

ardee: Wow, you was the first reviewer! Congrats on that, lol. Yes, this story is suggestive, hence why I did add a T rating, although I think K+ would have possibly covered it. I'm glad you think it was worth the wait. I hope it really was for everyone. So yes, Kaiba wants Illidan and Marie to teach. Will it happen though, eh, who knows? Me of course, lol. Ok, to answer question one, no, Yami is not making a return to the mortal realm. He's dead, and not coming back to life. Of course, does that mean someone can't go to him, eh, I don't know, lol. As for your question two, I did include the characters more into this story. See, The Wolves Seal was different for the reason it was Illidan's side of the story, with him and his crew on their own. Eventually, the characters did mingle, but it just took time. I hope that answers your questions.

Isis the Sphinx: Thanks. Like I said, I figured T would be most appropriate. Lol, I didn't know if the Tide joke would work or not. Not everyone would understand I figured. But thanks for the comments.

Ultimate Legendary Master: Thank you, and I'm glad as well to return with it. I had hoped to finish sooner and begin posting earlier last month, but I got lazy and didn't finish, sadly. Lol, I don't blame you on getting anxious. I've been anxious to post it, so to subdue that, I posted the one-shots instead, hehe.

pink-kiss-candy: Sure did. If my mate (wife) ever wrote anymore, you'd have a small story that talked about an incident during that time period, but oh well, lol. Ha ha, poor Ryon got older fast. Why did you kill the poor girl's grandma again?

x-knight20: Thanks. Lol, if Illidan was anything like the author of this story (me), he'd tell Kaiba where to stick his job offer. We'll see about freaking out, hehe.

Ok, well, that's it for this review session. Five reviews is a great start, so thank you all. I look forward to all the future ones.

Ah yes, one important piece of info. I will probably for a while be posting 2 chapters a week rather than my usual 3. This is till I fully finish this story. I'm nearly done writing it, but I don't want to run out of chapters prior to that. Don't worry, the story isn't too short, but currently, it's nearly equal to the length of TWS, but I have work to do yet on it.

At any rate, everyone enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 2

After many boring speeches made by different deans, students, and other school officials, the handing out of diplomas began. With each name called, the list became shorter and shorter.

A young man with mostly black spiky hair, a pink band on the outside of his spiky hair, and golden bangs sat and watched and waited. His violet eyes watched carefully, mostly watching for two specific people. He had on a white dress shirt with a blue blazer coat, and a pair of blue jeans. The young woman beside of him, whom was holding his hand, had brown shoulder length hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a pink cherry blossom sleeveless dress with white dress shoes.

Seeing that the young man was looking hard, she smiled and said "Calm down Yugi. I'm sure they're in there."

Looking at the woman, Yugi replied "I know Tea, but I just wish I could see them."

Two young men beside of the couple lightly chuckled, as one with sandy blonde hair that was semi rough looking, but was tamed down, that also had brown eyes, just glanced down the row at his friend. He was wearing a white dress shirt as well, but had a black undershirt showing through it, and wore black jeans. The other young man had an odd brown haired hair cut, that was mostly shaped like a fry cook's hairdo, and he had brown eyes as well. He wore a brown unbuttoned shirt with a white undershirt and had black jeans on as well.

Smiling at his friend, the sandy blonde haired guy said with a New York accent "Don't worry about it Yug. They'll be in there, I guarantee it."

"Yeah, and you know how good Joey's guarantee's are. They're about as good as an HP computer from Wal-Mart." the brown haired young man said from beside Joey.

Growling loudly, Joey said semi loudly "Tristan, I should knock you into next week for that comment!"

"Quiet you geeks." Seto said from behind them, whom had on his usual white coat with black leather attire.

Mokuba only shook his head, as he was wearing a more formal outfit, which consisted of a green buttoned up shirt with cream colored pants. "Why Seto couldn't dress up for once, I still don't know!" he thought silently in his mind.

Smiling at the squabbling, a man with silver hair that reached his shoulders and was wearing a maroon colored suit with a white flowery collar and sleeves with a black string bow tie chuckled. "Do you always have to be so grumpy Kaiba-boy?" he said with sarcasm.

Glaring at the man, Seto replied "Shut up Pegasus. I didn't come this far to be insulted by you."

The silver haired youth with brown eyes, whom was sitting next to Tristan, only lightly chuckled. He had on a light blue buttoned up shirt and wore light grey pants. Both him and the young man beside him, whom looked almost exactly the same except for their eye colors and one had a darker shade grey hair, both looked at one another and smiled, each rolling their eyes.

"Bakura, will those guys ever grow up?" the young man asked that had slightly darker grey hair with green eyes. He had a green buttoned up shirt and wore grey pants also.

Smiling, Bakura replied "Vash, you know those guys will never grow up. They'll be a hundred and still fighting my dear brother."

Both smiled at one another as Vash felt a small squeeze on his right hand. He turned to see a pair of icy blue eyes belonging to a beautiful young woman with tan skin and short brown hair. She was wearing a blue dress that had sleeves that went all the way to her arms, and the dress length went to right above her knees. She wore black leather boots that came up to the top of her calves.

Smiling at the woman, Vash then leaned over and lightly kissed her cheek and whispered lightly in her ear, letting his hot breath make her slightly tremble. "Enjoying yourself, my dear Blue?"

Pulling back, Blue smiled at Vash and whispered in his ear "Yes, and if you don't stop that, I'll have to punish you when we get home."

Vash lightly smirked at this and just grasped her hand a little more. Behind the two were four more people, each with tan skin. The first was a young man whom had white shoulder length hair and blue eyes. He wore large golden earrings in his ears and was wearing a white dress shirt with black slacks. The one beside of him wore had a long black pony tail that was just off of the back of his head and had golden eyes. He had an odd tattoo on his face that went down most of the left side of it. He wore a purple shirt with black pants. Beside of him was a young woman with black mid-back length hair and had blue eyes. She wore a simple long sleeved white dress that went to her feet. Her hand was resting in the man beside of her, whom had a white turban to cover his head. His green eyes seemed to be searching much like Yugi had. He wore a brown shirt with black pants.

Ignoring the others in front of them, the white haired youth asked "Can any of you all see them yet?"

Turning to the white haired one, the black haired young man with a pony tail replied "No, I've yet to see them Master Marik."

Sighing, Marik then replied "Odion, for the millionth time, you don't have to call me Master anymore. You're my brother, maybe not by blood, but you are still my brother, so call me Marik."

The woman lightly giggled and said to Marik "You know he'll never get used to saying that."

Odion slightly nodded, and Marik replied "I know... Oh well, but anyways, can you see them yet Ishizu?"

Ishizu looked once more, and finally shook her head. The young man beside her squeezed her hand and said "Don't worry, we'll see them my dear."

Smiling at him, she replied "I know Shadi, but it's hard to stay patient."

Lightly chuckling, Shadi said "Patience is a virtue that few do have. Just remain calm. Illidan and Marie will be seen soon, I'm sure."

As if by response, they then heard the dean say "Next, graduating with honors with a Master's Degree in Egyptian History is Illidan Stormrage."

The entire group smiled and cheered as they watched the young man walk down the isle to receive his diploma. He shook the dean's hand and then went back to his seat.

Soon enough, the dean then said "Next, graduating with honors as well with a Master's Degree in Mathematics, Marie Stormrage."

Again, the group stood and cheered on as they watched the young woman walk down the isle to accept her diploma. The dean smiled and handed it to her, allowing her to return to her seat.

The rest of the names were finally all called out, and the ceremony was over. As the crowds cleared out, the group of friends found both graduates waiting.

Smiling, Illidan warmly said "Hey guys, it's great to see you all again!"

All of the group except Mokuba and Seto moved in and congratulated each with a hug and handshake, complimenting the two of them on their achievement.

At long last, Seto stepped forward and cleared his throat, saying "If the dork squad is now done congratulating you, I'd like to personally congratulate you as well."

Seto extended his hand to Illidan, who smiled and shook it, saying "Thank you Kaiba. I'm glad you came."

Letting a small smile grace his face, Seto nodded and then said "Now that that is over, I'd like to invite you and Marie to Kaiba Corp. on Monday. I have something I need to discuss with the two of you."

Slightly curious as to what Seto wanted, Illidan nodded, and replied "Very well, we'll be there."

Slightly smiling again, Seto then turned and said "Come on Mokuba, let's go home."

The two brothers then left, leaving the entire group pondering what Seto was up to. Everyone eventually shrugged it off and continued to enjoy one another's company. Eventually, the group went out to eat and finally said their goodbyes, leaving the couple alone to celebrate the day together in private.

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After celebrating the rest of the weekend away together, Illidan and Marie woke up Monday morning and caught a train to Domino. There, they would visit Seto.

Before leaving home, Illidan called ahead and asked if this was a serious event and if both needed to be dressed up. Mokuba had answered the phone, and told him to just come casually. There was no pressure in clothing type.

With this information, Illidan had chosen to wear blue jeans with his favorite button up black shirt that had a flame red dragon on it, but he didn't have it completely buttoned up. He also had on a white undershirt. As usual, he carried his deck holder on his belt and his backpack on his back, just in case he ran into Yugi or one of the others while visiting Domino. He wore his hair down as usual, allowing it to freely float however it chose to.

Marie had decided to be semi dressy, and wore a brown ruffle skirt that came down to her mid-thigh. She also wore a tan t-shirt, and decent matching brown shoes. Like Illidan, she let her hair hang freely, not caring really if it did blow all over the place when the wind gusted.

The two soon found themselves standing outside of Kaiba Corp., mostly just looking at it. Smiling at Marie and taking her hand in his own, Illidan pushed forward, intent on finding out what Seto wanted with the two of them.

Both of them walked into the front lobby and walked over to the check in desk. After explaining why they were there, they were told kindly by the lady behind the counter to go to the top floor.

After getting onto the elevator, Illidan let out a sigh of relief and closed his eyes, trying to sense if there was any real danger. "Knowing Kaiba, he'd never purposely put us into a trap, but I just want to make sure."

Using what was remaining of his Shadow Powers, he stretched out with his senses and scanned the building for any dangers. Finally sure that nothing was wrong, he let out a small sigh of relief.

"Why were you checking for Shadow Powers?" Marie asked, slightly disturbing him.

"Just making sure we don't have any kind of trouble here. You never know, someone could have put him up to it, but I doubt they could really. Seto has an iron will, not to mention his heritage keeps him from being controlled more than likely." Illidan replied.

Marie only flashed a smile at him and shook her head, saying "You're so silly."

Illidan was about to reply when suddenly the elevator stopped at the top floor. The doors opened and the two walked out, hand in hand.

They quickly noticed a secretary in front of a large set of doors. She looked up and smiled at the two, saying "I see that you two have arrived. Mr. Kaiba told me to alert him when you arrived."

She then picked up her phone and pushed a button. After a moment, she said "Mr. Kaiba, the two guests you told me about are here. Shall I let them in?"

A moment of silence was then heard and she nodded, saying "I will sir."

The secretary then hung up the phone and stood up. She quickly walked over to the front of the two doors and pulled one open, saying "He will see you now."

Illidan thanked the lady and walked in with Marie holding his hand still. Slowly, they crossed a large room to where a desk set before the windows. In a large red office chair sat Seto Kaiba with his elbows propped up on his desk and his head resting on his wrists.

"Hey guys!" came a happy voice. Looking over, Illidan and Marie saw it was Mokuba with a happy smile on his face.

"I'm glad you two made it. I was afraid you wouldn't almost." Seto said with his usual irritated tone.

He was wearing a purple trench coat, with a black shirt underneath, as well as black pants. As usual, his hair and clothing was in classic good shape.

Seto then motioned for both Illidan and Marie to take a seat in front of his desk. The two sat down, staring right at Seto.

Smiling, he said "Well, I'm sure you both are curious as to why I brought you here."

Both nodded and Seto leaned back into his chair and closed his eyes for a moment. Finally, he reopened his eyes and smiled softly, which was something that neither Marie nor Illidan were used to.

"As you know, both of your degrees were paid for by a scholarship that was setup by Pegasus. Well, I brought you here today to tell you it was not Pegasus who actually paid for you schooling. It was me that did it."

Marie lightly gasped while Illidan asked "Why?"

Lightly chuckling at the mixed reactions, Seto then said calmly "After all we had been through, and due to the fact we are old acquaintances, I thought it was only fair that you had a chance to make it through school without having to struggle through with work and school."

"Now you're just plain all out lying Seto. I know you, and you don't do something unless it could suit your plans down the road, so it's not that you decided to do this from the bottom of your heart for the both of us." Illidan said with calmness.

Seto only smirked and replied "You know me too well Illidan."

He then stood and pushed the chair aside and turned to look out the window. It was a beautiful day out, with bright sunshine and warm temperatures outside.

After a few long moments, Seto finally said "I'll be completely honest with the two of you. Ten years ago, as you know, we went our separate ways, but I kept an eye on the two of you. I learned about six years ago that the two of you were applying for college, and that you were applying for scholarships. So, I setup a scholarship for the two of you, but I disguised it, making Pegasus apparently the one who was sponsoring it."

Taking a moment to turn back to face the two, Seto then said "The reasoning doesn't matter now, but what I'm going to ask you does. Illidan, I understand you are looking for work where you can teach Egyptian History, correct?"

Illidan nodded, and finally said "Yes, I wish to teach what I know. Most of what I learned in college, I knew already due that I came from that time period. Still, what does that matter to you?"

Smirking, Seto replied "It matters a great deal to me, due that I wish to offer you a job at teaching at Duel Academy."

This about made Illidan fall out of his chair, but he somehow remained in it. "You what!?" he asked in shock.

Seto only laughed at the reaction and said "You heard me. I want to hire you to teach at Duel Academy. It's not just due to your credentials as a teacher, but due to your dueling skills as well. You see, the head of the Slifer Dorm, Professor Banner, vanished at the end of this year, hence leaving a void at the dorm. So, I wish to replace him with you. You will be the new head of the Slifer Dorm, and a teacher of history as well. As well, you'll be helping in teaching the young duelists some in developing their dueling skills. I figure who better than you, the mighty Illidan Stormrage, who even defeated the King of Games."

Illidan smirked at the comment, but then replied "I'll take the job on one condition."

Slightly glaring at Illidan, Seto irritably said "You know I could deny you the job if you're going to start making demands right off the bat."

Lightly chuckling, Illidan replied "It's not a big request, and it's one well worth your time. I'll take the job only if you offer Marie a job as well."

Marie slightly gasped and looked at Illidan in shock. "He'd risk a job on getting me one with him as well? Has he lost it!?"

Her thoughts were quickly interrupted though, as she heard Seto laughing. Looking at him, she saw that he was having a good laugh, but not his usual maniacal laughter. This was genuine humor laughter, for once.

"I should have thought as much. Of course she can have a job as well. I knew you'd ask, that is why I didn't bother to tell you that to start with. Of course, there is one condition for the two of you getting this job." Seto said slyly.

Raising an eyebrow, Illidan asked "That is?"

Smirking, Seto replied "You have to duel for the positions."

"Huh?" was all Illidan could say.

Lightly chuckling, Seto said once more "You have to duel me to get the jobs. You owe me a rematch Illidan, and it's time to pay the piper."

"Rematch? When did I promise you a rematch?" Illidan asked as he scratched his head, trying hard to remember the promise.

"You promised it to me before the end of the Tournament of Power, again after we defeated Dartz, and once again after Yami was put to rest. Really, you should start writing these things down." Seto replied in annoyance.

After a moment, Illidan then remembered his three promises and sheepishly grinned, rubbing the back of his head, saying "Oh yeah, I did promise, didn't I."

Sighing, he then said "A promise is a promise, so I guess it's time I pay up."

"Indeed it is Illidan. Are you ready then?" Seto said as he pulled a briefcase out of his desk.

"Actually," Marie interrupted said as she stood up. As she was, she smoothed out her skirt, and then said "Why don't you take me on Seto?"

Seto slightly sweat dropped and replied gruffly "Why would I waste my time with you?"

Growling slightly, Marie then replied in a cocky voice "Afraid of me now? After all, I beat you once in the past, not to mention once in the present. Afraid to find out if I'll beat you again?"

Seto only coughed and looked the other way, and slowly mumbled "Uh, no, just that I want the duel Illidan promised me. That's all."

Lightly giggling, Marie then turned to Illidan, and asked "Are you going to take him on, or should I have a go at it?"

Smirking, Illidan was about to say something when he saw Seto glaring at him. After a moment of silent laughter in his head, Illidan finally replied "No, I'll take him on. No need to embarrass him completely today."

Marie only innocently giggled as Seto clenched his fist and tried hard to keep from letting his temper boil over. Mokuba only chuckled in the corner, but got a death glare from Seto, letting him know that if he didn't shut up, it was box time more than likely.

Finally, things were under control, and Illidan said "Lead the way Seto."

The four then left the office through the two big double doors. As they were heading for the elevator, Seto said to the secretary "Hold all my calls for now."

She nodded and the four then jumped into the elevator. After the four left, she smiled and said "I'm glad he's happy today."