Hi everyone I'm back! Sorry for the very long delay, been a lot going on at the time so it was kind of hard to be as dedicated to the story at the time as I used to be. But everything should be fine now so I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who stuck around and waited for me to post an updated chapter it really means a lot! I really hope you enjoy this one and I apologize if it's a little short I'm going to try to put up longer ones next time. :)

Chapter 7

The next day, Yugi and everyone else had to go back to school since their break was over. Yugi was unsure if Atem would be okay by himself, but was reassured that he had nothing to worry about. Out of all the times they have talked over how they were going to handle the situation, the Kaiba brothers haven't exactly kept in touch about it. So, since there was nothing better to do, Atem took advantage and decided to talk to them at KaibaCorp. Atem was well aware that a lot of people are going to still think he was Yugi, but he wasn't worried about it. He didn't want to take Yugi's identity again, but he couldn't say he is a 5,000 year old ancient Egyptian pharaoh either. Everyone agreed to not call him Pharaoh in public since they have called him that for years, plus it would've been confusing for people who didn't understand, and to just stick to Atem. If it was just between them, it could be Pharaoh if they wanted to. He took a cab to avoid questions he didn't feel like answering and eventually made it to the building. As he went inside he realized he didn't bother to call ahead of time to let Kaiba know he was coming.

"Hello, how may I help you?" A young female receptionist at the desk asked.

"I'm here to see Seto Kaiba, please." Her eyes widened a little.

"Well usually, Mr. Kaiba doesn't just let people in. Have you called for an appointment to meet with him?"

"No, but this can't wait. Can you just let him know Atem needs to see him?" He couldn't exactly say the Pharaoh needed to see him to this lady. She sighed and shook her head as she picked up the phone and dialed. A moment later, someone picked up.

"This is Seto's office." It sounded like the younger Kaiba brother.

"Yes sir, someone named Atem would like to see him."

"Atem? Okay send him up then." As she hung up the phone she turned to look at him.

"Okay, you can go up and see him now. It's on the top floor."

"Thank you," he said and walked to the elevator and went inside. When he got to the right floor, it wasn't hard to find the CEO office marked "Seto Kaiba President of KaibaCorp" and Mokuba's label as the Vice President. As Atem knocked, Mokuba called out for him to come in. It was a rather large space inside with two desks where Mokuba was sitting at what appeared to be his own. He noticed Kaiba wasn't in the room.

"Hey Pharaoh-I mean Atem!"

"Hi, Mokuba. You can call me either it's fine," Atem said smiling a little. He knew his days as Pharaoh were over a long time ago, but his friends have called him that for years as a kind of nickname now so it didn't matter to him which name he gets called by. Mokuba nodded. He started to walk up to him.

"I know my brother isn't here. He's busy with other things so he'll be gone awhile, but you can talk to me." Secretly, Atem was a little relieved. He knew Mokuba would understand and accept things better than his brother, even though he knows the truth now.

"I think you should know what's going on Mokuba because our world is being threatened once again."

"Okay, what is it this time? Another crazy lunatic trying to take over or is this something different now?"

As Atem was going over the details, Mokuba's eyes got wider then shook his head in shock with his hands on the sides of his head pacing around the room as Atem finished.

"Oh man, what are we going to do? This is so bad!" The pharaoh shook his head sadly.

"I don't know."

After everyone's classes were over Tristan looked for Joey since they always got a ride back to their places, but couldn't find him anywhere. He finally called Tea's phone.

"Hey Tea, have you heard from Joey? I can't find him and he's not picking up his phone."

"That is weird, maybe-" Tea was cut off by the sudden activation of the item she was wearing and was thrust into the future again.

The Pharaoh was walking out the KaibaCorp building when someone spoke out to him in a familiar voice.

"Why Pharaoh, it's certainly been an honor to be in your presence." He didn't sound like he was greeting nicely. Atem immediately noticed and gasped. It was Joey.

"Joey? What's going on?"

"I'm not this Joey you speak of. I came to you for a favor I need from you."

"Who are you?! Let him go! I don't need to owe you anything!"

"I will if you start cooperating nicely. Now to answer your question as to who I am, you can say we have a mutual friend who betrayed both of us a long time ago."

"Enough with the guessing games! Tell me right now!" He chucked a little evilly.

"You mean you forgot about your good friend Marik?"

"What does he have anything to do with this?"

"I need to find him and you're going to help me Pharaoh."

"I'm not going to help a madman while he's taken over my friend's body!"

"If you want to see your friend Joey again, I suggest you rethink that last statement. Now, to answer your question as to who I am, I'm the one who he betrayed as soon as he turned his back on his Tomb Keeper role and banished me to the Shadow Realm."

"You mean you're…?"

"Yes, I am Marik's father."

"Earth to Tea! Hello?" She then realized Tristan was still on the phone. She could not believe Joey was about to be possessed again. She had to warn someone, but who? Atem? Joey? Or Marik?

"Tristan you gotta help me. Something bad is going to happen soon!"

At the hotel where they have been staying, the Ishtar siblings have been trying to figure out what will become of the afterlife door being opened and how it will affect the world.

"Marik, I still have a bad feeling that nothing good will come out of this. Think about who has been released whether it was a friend or enemy!" He then looked wore a look of distress.

"I know sister, and the fact that we don't know anything is making me anxious. How do you think everyone is dealing with it?"

"I know the Pharaoh is trying hard to ignore the outcome of this horrible occurrence. Tea's helping all she can, but who knows how long Yugi will figure it out eventually."

"Let's hope he never does." Ishizu turned to him with worry on her face.

"You do realize how hard it is to keep something like this from your best friend? Especially with the way they have been over the years?"

"I know, it must be almost impossible for them. Do you think it's a good idea for the Pharaoh to try to keep Yugi from helping too much? I think he's trying to prevent him from the truth by doing that."

"Perhaps to a certain extent it can work for the time being. We all know Yugi always wanted to help and work as a team, and they always have been. Now, it's different for them and he might most likely try to insist on know what's going on."

"If it gets too out of hand, the Pharaoh is going to have to think of an alternative path to let Yugi stay on or maybe provide an distraction." Ishizu then looked out the window overlooking Domino City.

"Let's hope for Yugi's and the Pharaoh's sake that it gets taken care of. Or else the result will definitely happen.

Ooh I wonder what's going to happen now with that vision! Who should she warn first? I'm leaving that up to you guys so there can be more than one dialogue going on next chapter. Joey, Marik, or Atem? :)