"Here are the guardians, Shimon, Isis." Kiram said and smiled."Look at them!"
"They're already together."Isis said and smiled brightly.
"But are they associated yet?"Shimon asked and Kiram chuckled.
"We don't have to wait that long. The secret will be revealed soon, and these five boys are finally together!"Kiram said happily.
"Five? But there are six boys."Shimon said, frowning.
"One of them will betray his friends."Isis suddenly said and Shimon and Kiram looked at her."'All that time together holds a betrayal inside.'."
"Only half an hour until midnight! Appluase to the great Pumpkin! Yeaah!"A girl with long brown hair and eyes and Egyptian tan skin said. She was wearing an Egyptian white dress with jewellery on and she smiled at everyone.
"What do you think? Her name is Teana."Heba said, smiling at Yugi who stared blankly at Teana.
"I guess she's alright but I'm not that much of a dancer or a singer so she's not my type."Yugi said with a shrugger.
Joey suddenly pointed at two people who were making their way through the crowd and they started talking in hush voices. Yugi blinked and looked over at what had caught heba's and Joey's attention and suddenly his drink slipped from his hand as he leaned against the wall.
"Yugi! Are you alright?"Ryou said and Yugi looked at him with a smile.
"I feel kind of dizzy... I just need some air."
"We'll come with you."Malik said, putting his hand on Yugi's shoulder and guided him out of the gym with Ryou, both looking worried.
A Few Minutes Later
"Help!"One of the students said.
"Look out!"Another said before everyone started to run awya before the Pumpkin exploded.
"Quick, let's get out of here."Yugi said.
"Joey! Look out!"Ryou yelled and his hand shot out and the rocket that was heading towards Joey stopped."Stop!"Ryou started to make the rocket change it's course suddenly with unexpected consequences when it went straight for the pumpkin that Yugi was standing in front of.
"YUGI!"The group yelled and watched in horror. Ryou suddenly ran towards Yugi, who was on the ground, and held both his hands up.
"Stay away!"Ryou yelled and the fire seperated when it came to close to them.
"How did you do that?"Yugi asked, looking up at Ryou in shock.
"I... I don't know, Yugi..."Ryou said, looking down at his hands in fear."I really don't know..."Fire-fighters started to put out the fire while Yugi got up and hugged Ryou.
"The party's over, Lord Seth."Mariku said, looking disappointed.
"Wrong Lord Mariku, the party hasn't even started yet."Seth said with a smirk on his face as they looked down at Yugi and his friends from their spot on the roof.
Later That Night
"Tomorrow we'll show them!"Joey said over the phone to Jaden.
"Yeah, that dream was freaky though!"Jaden said in agreement. The two boys had woken up from a dream where there were was clouds and creatures surrounding them along with some sort of runes.
"It was unbelievable! Everything felt so real. It's hard to explain..."Joey said and Jaden nodded his head in agreement. Jaden, Joey, Yugi, Ryou, Malik and Heba were sitting down under the shade of the sakura tree.
"...That place, those sounds... Even the scents! It felt like we were actually there!"Jaden said and shivered.
"It was scary until the characters for Earth, Water, Fire, Air and some other symbol appeared in the sky!"
"Then what happened?"Yugi asked, looking curious.
"The alarm clock rang."Jaden said dully and everyone sighed.
...Something that will change these boys lives... forever...
"Did it look something like this?"Joey said and showed his hand which had the character for Lightning and a Blue Crystal Necklace drawn on his hand.
...Helloween is over, but it left something behind...
"How on Earth...? Yes!"Jaden said, staring at the drawings.
"It can't be! I've been having dreams of that symbol and character since I left Egypt!"Yugi cried out, eyes wide.
"You as well, Yugi?"Jaden asked, staring at Yugi with wide eyes along with everyone else.
"I... yeah. Ever since I left Egypt, I been having those dreams as well but I never told anyone."
"Enough!"Ryou suddenly cried out and everyone turned to look at him."This is making me scared! What does it even mean?What's happening to us?"Malik rolled his eyes.
"Let's think about it. Everyone's been having some sort of weird experience."Malik said and frowned."Little things with no explanation which simply aren't our imagination."
"What do you mean, Sherlock?"Jaden asked, eyebrow raised.
"Nothing! We have to talk about this somewhere else. But not here."
"Malik's right. We should go to Yugi's house. My parents said that I'm not allowed any friends over for a week since their shop is getting way too crowded with people."Joey said before looking at Yugi.
"Sure, I don't see why not."Yugi said and everyone nodded in agreement but Heba who frowned.
"Sorry guys, I can't come."
"Huh? Why not Hebby?"Jaden asked, eyes narrowed."Do you have something else planned?"
"No, I'm grounded."Heba said and glared at nothing."Just because of one bad grade, my parents go all psycho on me."Everyone winced at that.
"Ohh bad luck, worse then what we wanted you to do with Teana."Joey said, frowning.
"Yeah well, I better get going before I get grounded for three months instead of two weeks."Heba said and took off with everyone yelling bye after him.
As Heba was walking down the street, he noticed that the new book store was open. Looking down at his watch, he noticed that he had a lot of time before he had to get home.
"Maybe I should get one of the new text books for histroy. That way, my parents won't ground me because I went to get a new text book."Heba grumpled out and walked inside.
"Ah, Heba, I've been waiting for you."Heba froze and turned to see the same man from last night that Joey had pointed out to him.
"You! You're that man from last night!"The man smiled and nodded. Heba didn't seem to notice that the smile was a fake.
"That's right."
Meanwhile At Yugi's Place
"There is no explanation for anything."Joey said as he poured himself some tea that Yugi's grandfather had put on for them along with some snacks.
"Yes there is!"Malik snapped, glaring at Joey."Everything has a reason, and I want to know what's going on and why it's happening to us."Malik crossed his arms and stared at everyone."And you should know that I don't believe in magic or the supernatural phenomena."
"Mystical dreams, colour changing clothes, flying objects, omens... what do you call them then?"Ryou asked, eyes narrowed on Malik."And aren't you Egyptian? Shouldn't your people believe in such things like Magic because of those games that they played back in Ancient times?"
"How do you know about that!? And besides that, those are just old tales that scared little kids into going to sleep!"Malik asked, eyes narrowed into a glare that was pointed in Ryou's direction.
"Yugi told me. He grew up with his grandmother who wouldn't stop talking about it and how he was connected to it. That's why he was partly raised in Egypt."Ryou said and shrugged while Malik gasped like a fish for two minutes.
"Yummy! Puberty?"Jaden asked and everyone sweat dropped at him. Unknown to the group, Yugi's grandfather and Joey's grandmother, Serenity's namesake, were listening in.
"Maybe the symbols in our dreams are the answer to everything?"Yugi asked and Joey suddenly picked up his paper and turned it around to show everyone.
"Look! I cleaned up my sketch!"Joey said and smiled at the group."I hope I didn't forget anything."
"I think it's perfect."Jaden said and smiled back at Joey.
"The necklace does look like it."Yugi said with a thoughtful look on his face."I know I've seen it somewhere else before... I just don't know where..."Yugi whispered under his breath.
"Is this what you you're thinking of, Yugi."Solomon said as he and Joey's grandmother came out causing everyone to gasp at what was in her hand.
"Grandma! What are you doing here!?"Joey gasped.
"Yeah! That's it! Where did you get it?"
"Keep all what we tell you as your secret. This is the Sapphire of the Cosmos."Solomon said and narrowed his eyes at everyone.
"And you are the new guardians."Serenity said.
"Wha-what are we supposed to guard?"Joey asked and Solomon and Serenity shared a look.
"Let us tell you boys a story. An old story from acient times and it plays a part of what happened to Egypt."Serenity said as she took a seat along with Solomon while Yugi groaned softly under his breath."A long time ago, when the world was still young, all spirits and creatures lived under the same sky..."
"The universe was one, ruled by nature of thousands of years..."Solomon added."... Then spirits and creatures get to know evil, and the unitary world split between those who wanted peace and those who wanted to live on others' suffering."Solomon said with a sad look on his face.
"It is guarded by the most powerful spirits and creatures..."
"And there lived the guardians of the Veil, also if you want , you can go there too."Serenity said and smiled at them.
"You aren't here by coincidence, boys."Solomon said and looked at them sternly."You are the new guardians of the Veil, the most important people in the battle that started thousands of years ago."
"What on Earth is the Veil?"Jaden said, frowning.
"Next to our reality is another reality. The Veil is the net that seperates them from each other."Serenity said and frowned darkly."But the meshes have loosened dangerously! The other dimension is coming through and that is a bad thing."
"I... I don't understand, what has all this have to do with Egypt?"Yugi asked, glaring.
"Egypt was torn apart by the battle, Yugi, and a Pharaoh decided to take things into his own hands. He used the Millennium Puzzle to take them to the other dimension."Solomon said and smiled.
"You will understand everything! Now I just ask that you learn and accept your new duty."Serenity said."You have nothing to fear. Nature is with you, and it's powers belong to you now!"She then pointed at Jaden.
"Jaden, you are water!"The necklace glowed dark blue and the water character appeared.
"And you Ryou, are fire!"
"Malik, the power of Earth belongs to you."Malik raised an eyebrow and made a face.
"And you, Joey, are the Air!"Serenity said and smiled at Joey who smiled back at her.
"What about Yugi?"Joey asked and Yugi shot him a glare. Serenity turned to Yugi and smiled at him.
"Give me your hand, Yugi."Yugi held out his hand and Serenity gave him the necklace."You will understand soon."As soon as Yugi's hand touched the necklace, his eyes widened when warmth filled his soul.
"Ooh."Yugi said breathlessly and he smiled softly.
"This is magic!"Jaden cried out.
"See you soon."Serenity said as she and Solomon walked away.
"Wait! Tell us more!"Jaden cried out and they ran outside Yugi's room, only to find that both Yugi's and Joey's grandparent's were gone.
"They're gone."Yugi said, gasping.
With The Oracle
"There they are, Kiram!"Shimon said, smiling widely along with Isis.
"The waiting has come to an end."Kiram said with a smile as Solomon and Serenity came into the room."We will be forever greatful to you both, Solomon, Serenity. You did your part very well. We can start."
Back With Yugi & Co
"I still can't understand what happening."Ryou said with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Nothing! No offence, Yugi, Joey, but I don't think your grandparents are completely sane!"Malik snarled."They just told us a stupid stoy, hoping to amaze us with that glowing pendant!"
"I think you're just a little bit afraid, Malik."Jaden said, looking smug at Malik.
"I don't believe in any fairytale, like some people. I'm going home!"Malik said, glaring at Jaden before he walked off.
"Malik will change his mind. I know he will."Joey said, smiling brightly.
"If we really are some kind of super team, we should have really cool costumes!"Jaden said and Joey nodded in agreement.
"And a name!"Joey said and wrote something on his hand before showing them."What about Hikari?"
"They are some of the letters of our names. H.I.K.A.R.I! Isn't it a good name?"
"Someday, Joey, you're going to get ink posioning."
"He already has, Ryou! H.I.K.A.R.I.! You ever heard of anything more insane?"Jaden asked and turned to Yugi."I don't feel like a being of Light, what do you think, Yugi?"
"Huh? Oh I don't know. I'm still confused... But where did you get Hikari from, I mean..."
"Oh right! Well, my last name is Wheeler so the H comes from my name, the two I's come from your frist name, Yugi and Jaden's last name, which is Yuuki. R comes from Ryou's name and A comes from Malik's name."
"Oh I see..."
"Hey guys!"Hearing Heba's voice, the group turned to find Heba running towards them.
"Look who's coming."Jaden said and smiled brightly."
"Heba! I thought you were grounded!"Yugi said with a smile as Heba came to astop in front of them.
"I was until my mom decided that it was a bit unfair since it was my first worse grade then a C-."Heba said and smiled."Oh hey, you remember that guy that you pointed out to me last night, Joey?"
"Yeah? What about him?"Joey asked, raising an eyebrow.
"His name is Seth! He wants to meet me and it's at the school gym hall."
"Sounds like bromance!"Joey said, laughing.
"He said that is the right place to tell me some very important secret."Heba said, grinning widely.
"Well, he has some nerves!"Jaden said and smiled back at Heba.
"You guys should come too! Then I won't feel so nervous."
"I won't refuse when a friend asks for a favour. At least not when I have permission to mess with someone's romance relationship!"Jaden said and smirked.
"I'm coming too!"Joey said, pointing at himself.
"Me as well."Yugi said, nodding his head in agreement.
"What about you, Ryou?"Heba asked, looking at Ryou who frowned.
"I don't think I can come. My parents won't let me out two nights in a row."Ryou said sadly and Heba nodded in understanding.
"Thats ok, Ryou, I understand."
"There's three of us! Do you think that's enough?"Joey asked.
"I think so!"Heba said, nodding his head.
That Night
"The gate is open."Joey said and looked at Yugi while Jaden looked around with narrowed eyes, making sure that no one had seen them.
"Heba must have arrived 's get inside."Yugi said and they walked towards the gym where Yugi opened the door and looked around with a frown on his face.
"Heba! Are you here?"Yugi called out to the darkness.
"It's pitch black in here. I bet that Heba's home and asleeping already. Let's go home!"Jaden snapped, hating the fact that Heba might have tricked.
"Jaden's right, Yugi. This has to be some kind of joke."
"Wait a sec, I'll put the lights on."Yugi said and went to put the lights on when Joey and Jaden let out a scream of surprise.
"Welcome, guardians."Mariku said, holding both Jaden and Joey underneath his arms.
"Let me go you monkey! This isn't funny!"Jaden growled out as he and Joey struggled and Yugi yelped when the doors slammed shut behind him.
"Who are you...?"Yugi asked fearfully as he looked around in the dark."What do you want?"
"We want to destroy your friends and take over your world and you will be a good little pet for the Pharaoh."Yugi's eyes widened and he shivered."The Veil is weak and without you or your friends, the whole universe is ours!"
"The Veil."Yugi whispered and pulled out said item from his pocket.
"Soon, the Veil will break! Our time has come! We will open a portal to your world... and soon, shadows will rule the whole universe!"
"What do you want me to do with these two, Lord Seth?"
"Dig a well and drown them in it, Lord Mariku!"
"Yugi! Help!"Joey and Jaden cried out.
'The Sapphire of the Cosmos! The forces of nature! Now I remember!'Yugi thought as the item started glowling.
"Joey, Air! Jaden, Water!"Yugi yelled and two balls flew out of the necklace and water appeared around Jaden while air appeared around Joey and comsumed them in a bubble as their clothes disappeared along with Yugi's.
"What's happening?"Joey asked, wide eyes.
He suddenly felt something pop out of his back but he couldn't see what and clothes appeared on him. It was a black coloured Egyptian robe that went down just before it reached his knees and he had black tights. Like Joey, the same thing happened to Jaden, he also had something pop out of his back, but his robe shows his stomach and his tights were white while the robe is black. Yugi's was the clothes that he saw from last night, were he has his amethyst wings.
"We have wings!"Joey cried out, looking at his golden wings in amazement.
"We really are magical creatures!"Jaden said, looking down at himself with a smirk on his face.
"Damn it! Lord Mariku, destroy them and get that boy!"They heard Seth say and dodged Mariku's attacks.
"Too slow!"Yugi said, laughing. The lightning that came from Mariku's eyes hit a drawer, causing it to catch fire.
"AHHH!"Joey cried out as the fire came to close to his wings, causing them to feel very hot and he dived towards Jaden who was to close to the portal.
"Jaden, watch out!"Joey said, grabbing Jaden and pulled him away from the fire. Unfortunately, since he had to push himself backwards, he didn't notice that Mariku was right behind him and caught him.
"Got you, you pathetic fly!"Jaden looked up and his eyes flashed angrily at what Mariku was saying.
"Stop right there!"Jaden hissed out and his hand shot to where the fire-hose was."Water! Show our power!"Water shot through the glass so wildly that Mariku was thrown off of his feet.
"Let's get out of here."Yugi said and they flew down to where the door is.
"Where do you think you're going?"A man in priest robes snarled out and the boys could only guess that this was Seth.
"Seth! The portal! It's closing, hurry!"
"Keep that portal open, Mariku!"
"Now!"Yugi said and they changed back to their human forms and Seth's eyes flashed angrily before he disappeared but not before he vowed that he would get them and destroy them.
"What do we do now?"Joey asked, looking down at Yugi who frowned.
"We get out of here, there's nothing we can do."Yugi said and started to run with Joey and Jaden following him. Once they were outside and hiding, the fire-fighters came and started to get rid of the fire while they watched.
"What... what are we going to do now, Yugi?"
"I don't know about you, Jaden, but I think it would be better if we talked about it tomorrow. Too much has happened tonight."Yugi said and sighed. Unknown to them, they didn't notice Heba who was watching them."Right no, I just wanna go home."