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AN: Fic is for DarkAngel048. My first Kag/Atem (a.k.a Yami Yugi) pairing. May I say, Wow! Thank you all for the reviews. Thank you all! I didn't expect it to get this popular.

Last Time: They all watched her go and when she was out the door Kaiba announced that he, too, was taking his leave, then left. Tristan sat down on the couch, clearly unhappy by these turn of events. Atem and Kagome left him there. It was best not to speak to him right now, so they went for a walk and hoped for the best with these new events becoming parts of their lives and their friends lives.

The first session between Seto and Mizuki had been awkward yet a success. They had started their unlocking and found his second demon, the first having been dispelled when Atem and Seto had first dueled. With Kagome as a mouth peice, persay, this demon had been his guilt in feeling as if he had failed Atem with the Millenium Rod and his own shortcomings of not being able to help Atem with his own failing battles. To break it all down, Priest Seto blamed himself for Atem's sacrificial death to save them. He now wanted to atone for everything.

All he wanted was forgiveness. Atem gave it freely, he never blamed or held any shortcomings toward the Priest and was more than happy to let him know that he was forgiven. That demon had dissolved before their very eyes. When he was gone, Seto was drained and his spirit more aware. Kagome explained to him that he would be getting his own spiritual powers back soon and that it was important for them both to get to know their past selves to understand certain decisions and feelings that arise.

With Mizuki, she had felt this overwhelming sadness eating at her from her soul as his past was letting out the guilt. She summed it up to be Isis. She had watched him suffer and she helped him the best she could. But all she could really do was watch and listen and be a source of comfort. She had guilt herself but she had dealt with it. She had died early on, not really long after Atem, and had left Seto alone to deal with his anger and hurt. She was guilty that she had left him but she had resolved it all with her soul and heart. But it still hurt very much. She really hoped and prayed that he would forgive her.

When she was asked if she had experienced something; Mizuki answered honestly, saying that Isis had come to her. Showing her different things but mainly the time of which Seto was speaking of. She omitted certain feelings and that she wanted his forgiveness. He wasn't ready for that yet. He wasn't spiritually strong enough for that as of yet. If he kept disspelling his demons and making amends with himself he would surely be strong enough and very soon. When he was, he would see how much she had suffered in silence while he berated himself for being weak and blind. Then he was truly remember everything and would feel everything that had been locked away and would then be released to live again. Be as free and filled of its rightful self as was meant to be.

Mizuki had the overwhelming feeling that when he was finally free, she, too in turn would finally be free to be all that she was to be and more. But only when he had his freedom would she be able to find herself. Isis had spent her life caring for him and now in her incarnated lives she would take care of him; no matter how much it held her back or hurt her.

After it had been done and over with, Mizuki had walked with Kagome and told her what she had seen and what she had felt. Kagome explained to her that her own feelings were correct and that she would have to help Seto all the more to insure he had a full awakening or her own soul would remain lost in it's own shadows. She understood and when they returned to their apartments, she excused herself to try and console Tristan. The poor guy was put in time-out by Mizuki while they were at Kaibas'.

Kagome sighed loudly in relief when she stepped into her apartment. It wasn't that her walk and talk with Mizuki had been frustrating or draining, no, most definitely not. There was something off. She had felt it when they were passing by a nearby park. The presence of Youkai. And not just any youkai, but hanyou youkai, spider hanyou youkai. The hairs on the back of her neck had stood on end and her nerves were completely wired. If she hadn't been around Sesshomaru as much as she had been, she was sure that she would have started panicking. It felt so much like Naraku that it scared her. Could it be?

But that was impossible wasn't it? Inuyasha and the others had told her that she had destroyed Naraku when she sealed herself. A cold chill came over her then. Yes, it very possible and with the chill running down her spine, it had happened. What if she not only sealed herself in that drawing but Naraku as well? What if she had really injured him during that last fight and made him weak enough that he couldn't attack her while they were in the drawing? Then when her drawing won, he was transferred over with her to the card and then when Atem let her out, he had let out Naraku as well.

What was she going to do? This had been her biggest and deepest fear come true. But was it really him? Or was it a part of her imagination trying to play a cruel joke on her?

"Please no." she whispered.

A sudden drop in her stomach had her looking out the window of their living room. She scanned the street and found what was causing her grief. Right there across from her apartment was Naraku, looking as evil and triumphant as ever. He had a smile on his face and he was looking right at her. It sent chills right to her bones and she coward back some. He was there and knew where she lived, possible where her family lived, more than likely knew about Atem and her new friends.

Panic set in then. Her family, Atem, her friends, what was she going to do? How was she going to protect them? She felt all of her resolve harden and her hatred of him multiply ten-fold. This was her era and she would be damned if she was going to let him waltzed around and mess everything up. She was not going to lose the peace she had fought for to preserve the future that was her home and she would not lose all of the people she loved and cared for to him. He would be stopped but she was just going to have to figure out how.

She glared down at him, accepting the challenge he was posing. He couldn't have the jewel, she would never give it up to the likes of him. He wanted it still though. Even now that he was in a new era, where strength meant nothing and being a demon menat nothing, he still wanted the stupid bauble.

He nodded at her silent acceptance and blew a kiss up at her and then gestured around to the area. Telling her to kiss everything she knew good-bye, that he was going to destroy it all. Then he just disappeared, a wisping of miasma was all that wafted around to show that he had even been there in the first place.

"Damn bastard. You will not escape me again. I will destory you once and for all." she growled loudly.

"Should I fear for my health?" Atem asked suddenly from behind her.

She jumped then shook her head. She slammed her hands on the wall and leaned against it. It was all her fault for Naraku being in her era. Now everyone and everything she loved or knew was in danger.

"What is it?" he asked as he wrapped his arms around her.

"Naraku is here. He was just outside across the street." she said with her emotions barely in check.

He tightened his arms around her, "How can he be here? Even your friends of the past had said that you destroyed him."

"I know. I had a thought though. What if I placed him in the card with me when we last fought? Then when you released me, he was able to escape as well." she answered in all honesty.

"Then why didn't he attack you while in the card?" he asked.

"I thought of that too. I must have injured him badly to keep him from bothering with me when I sealed us in there. But that doesn't matter. How am I going to protect us all from him in this time? Naraku is very resourceful and he can sweet talk himself into anywhere. He probably knows as much about this time as I do and I was born here!" she said that last part coming to her suddenly.

"I know how you are going to do it." he replied.

"How?" she asked.

"Open the well again." he said.

Her eyes widened as far as they could go. Open the well? Was it possible now?

AN: Apologies for lateness. The log-in feature was not working and it has taken days to finally get it working again.