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Chapter 11: Conversations

Atem's POV

The magicians Carter and Sadie lead me to a room with many hieroglyphic scrolls and artifacts from Egypt. We sat at a table with chairs around it, which was obviously used for studying.

"So, who are you?" the one name Carter asked.

"I am a Pharaoh from Egypt, Carter. My name is Atem," I told him.

"You remember your name!" my partner smiled.

"Yes, Yugi. This time I do," I replied.

"Wait, this time?" asked Sadie.

"I was a Pharaoh back in Ancient Egypt, but my soul was trapped inside an item called the Millenium Puzzle. I understand you were looking for it, correct?"

"Y-yes," Walt spoke up. "Anubis told me it would help Carter and Sadie with their powers."

"I have no understanding about this, but I will finish the statement about my past. Either way, 5,000 years after the Item broke apart, Yugi put it back together. This awakened my spirit, which then shared Yugi's body. Within four years, we saved the world many times, and then he laid my soul to rest. The thing is, when Yugi's power of necromancy was awakened, my soul was also awakened, as was Ryou's power," I turned to my partner. "Bakura, the Thief King, he has also been awakened, with all his horrible power, except this time his power has tripled. This is why we have been brought to the 21st Nome, Marik and Ishizu. You will needed to be trained right along side Yugi and I."

Ishizu looked right into my eyes. "I will."

"I will to," Marik said.

"So," I said, turning to Sadie, Carter, and Walt. "Will you train us?"

Sadie and Carter glanced at each other, then Sadie looked at me. "We will."

"Then let us start."

The training was rough, but by the end of the day we each figured out what our specialty was. Yugi was a necromancer and was able to summon ghosts, spirits, and even the spirits of Duel Monsters. Ishizu was a diviner, which was a rare power which enabled her to see the future. She had predicted that I would return. She was right. Marik was a combat magician and was already able to summon a hard outer shell of armor. He was already following the path of Horus, and Ishizu was following the path of Isis. I was a necromancer like Yugi, and we both followed the Osiris, who was, strangely enough, hosted by Carter and Sadie's father. Yugi, Marik, and I was temporarily placed in Carter's room, which was a very tight fit. We were not only sharing the room with Carter, but also with their baboon, Khufu. Ishizu, on the other hand, was placed in Sadie's room, which was quite spacious in comparison to Carter's.

When we woke in the morning, it was back to training. Tomorrow, Sadie was taking Marik and Yugi to school. Ishizu and I would remain here with Carter.

"Pharaoh?" Yugi asked as I stared at the wall of Carter's room.

"Yes?" I replied.

"Is Bakura really back?" he asked carefully.

"Yes," I replied. "And more powerful than ever. This time he is not alone. He has partnered with the rouge magicians in which the Thief has pressured Ryou into training and using his power. It is even worse than that. Ryou has awakened his power and is even more powerful than Bakura."

"I'll do whatever it takes, Aibou." Yugi told me with confidence.

"No, Partner. Call me Brother."

"Brother."

The hieroglyph for apear appeared in front of me in a golden color. The spirit of Mana appeared before me. I smiled before letting the spell die out and letting the image of my old friend disappear. The sad memories of my old friends had been haunting me lately. Of course, I had only been away from them for a day or two, but it still hurt me to think about them. My thoughts were interrupted by Carter walking up behind me.

"Yugi told me your old rivals, Bakura and Ryou, have paired with ours, the rouge magicians."

"That's correct, teacher," I replied, although it was strange for me to call someone younger than me 'teacher'.

"Please, please don't call me that," Carter replied. "Also, is it true about this power that Bakura and Ryou have?"

"To the fullest extent and possibly more. I trust Ryou, as he was most likely forced into it by Bakura by threat or other means. Now, Bakura, on the other hand, is anything but friendly. He will destroy me and the world any chance he receives," I said, informing Carter of the news.

He nodded, as if was something he had also gone through before. Being chased down by bad guys was not something new.

"I understand. Now let's go. It's time to try to find out what you can really do."