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Jaden's POV

I stared at the house in front of me. Actually, I was staring at a large gate. Atem was punching in some random string of numbers in a pad on the wall near it. When he finished, the gates swung open.

"Is this your house?" Yusei asked, taking in the large mansion before us. Atem shook his head and nudged us inside the grounds. The gate closed behind us, clanging loudly. I snapped my head around, hand brushing my gun. Alexis touched my arm softly.

"Relax, babe. It was just the gate." I nodded slowly, relaxing. She wound her arm through mine and tugged me toward the house. I noticed then that everyone kept walking, that I was the only one who stopped. My cheeks turned a little red as I realized that I was being extremely paranoid.

"If this isn't your house then whose is it?" I asked, looking at the back of Atem's head. By now we were walking up the steps to the front door. It swung open quickly, a familiar face standing in the doorway. I blinked once and looked between Atem and the man. They looked very similar, almost like twins.

"I thought you guys weren't ever going to get here," the man said.

They even sounded the same!

"Do you have everything, Yugi?" Atem asked. Yugi nodded, pushing glasses up higher on his nose.

"Yeah, of course." He stepped out of the doorway, gesturing us inside. The Pyramids walked in without a waver of hesitation, the gang and Nathan, who was carrying Julie, following slowly. I stayed outside with my gang, Alexis, Jess, Tony, and the Signers. Yugi looked at us confused. "Is everything okay?" I smiled softly at him, removing Alexis' hand from the crook of my arm.

"Yes, but I'd like to look around the grounds if you don't mind." Jesse, bouncing Maria in his arms, and Jim both nodded. Yugi smiled sort of sweetly, almost as if he were trying to mentally disarm us.

"There's no need. My house is the safest place for you. The skulls can't get anywhere near us." Jesse's eyes narrowed suspiciously.

"How can you be so sure?" Yugi sighed and patted the wall.

"My house has the very best security system, even better than Fort Knox." He looked at us, pleading with those big, purple eyes. "Now please come in." I looked at Jesse, seeing him nod, then at Yusei. There was hesitation in his cobalt eyes but he nodded as well. I took a deep breath and stepped into the house, Alexis grabbing my elbow as she followed me. Everyone else followed me as I walked into the room where the Pyramids and everyone else were.

"What now?" I asked, looking pointedly at Atem. He sighed and scratched his fingers through his tri-colored hair, mixing them; they fell back into place the minute he removed his fingers.

"I honestly don't know. I've been preoccupied figuring out how the Skulls found us last time." He looked at me. "Your friend Bastion was right; the Skulls should not have known where we were." Jesse looked up at him from his place on the couch, Julie's head in his lap and his daughter in his arms.

"Then how did they?" Atem shook his head, eyebrows drawn as he tried to figure it out himself.

"I may have an idea," Yugi said. Everyone looked at him. He stood in the archway, a piece of paper in his hand.

"What is it, Yug?" Joey asked. Yugi didn't answer him, choosing instead to walk over to me and hand the paper over. I took it, looking at him confused. He twirled his index finger around, telling me to flip the paper over. Still confused, I did as he instructed, looking at what was written. Suddenly, I choked on my breath as the reality before him hit me full force.

"Jaden?" Alexis gasped, grabbing my arm as I staggered. Jess appeared on my other side, touching my rigid hand gently.

"Onii-chan?" I shook my head slowly.

"What's wrong with you?" Tony barked. I ignored him, too surprised to come up with a snarky comment for him. Instead, I looked up at Yugi. He kept his expression curiously blank, watching me closely.

"I should have guessed." He just nodded.

"Guessed what?" Syrus asked. I frowned and dropped down onto the couch next to Jesse. I jostled Julie, causing her eyes to blink as she woke up. Maria did the same, whimpering slightly at being woken from her nap. Jesse gave me heated glare, which I ignored.

"Sartorius." The atmosphere changed instantly, becoming tight and tense.

"What about him?" Aster asked voice edgy at the mention of his previous manager. I sighed and looked at him.

"He works for the Skulls now." I shrugged, seeing his jaw drop. "My guess is he didn't like me beating him last year." He just shook his head slowly.

"I thought he had changed." I nodded, remembering the duel last year that caused the fall of White Dorm.

"Yes, I did too, but he didn't." Someone cleared their throat. I looked over to see that it was Kaiba.

"How do you think this Sartorius guy figured out where we were hiding?"

"He's psychic." He blinked then snorted.

"There is no such thing." Joey shot him a dirty look.

"You said the same thing when were their age and looky here!" He gestured around, mainly to Yugi and Atem. Kaiba glared at him, throwing a wadded up newspaper ball at him.

"Watch yourself, Mutt." Joey growled, only to be kicked by Serenity. He pouted at her, rubbing his sore shin.

"Sartorius is, Kaiba. Trust me," I said, drawing attention back to the matter at hand. Crow looked at me confused.

"But last we knew Sartorius' powers were weak because of that duel you guys had." I shrugged.

"Apparently he got better." The Signers looked at each other, expressions slightly worried. Except for Yusei, he kept his calm mask in place. I realized then that he usually kept it like that, calm and collected; he was a natural leader.

He reminded me of Mark.

I lowered my gaze to the carpet, scratching the back of my head as I thought.

"Well, we won't be safe as long as the Skulls have Sartorius," Akiza said. Yusei crossed his legs and placed his chin in his hands, eyes darkening as he thought.

"Then what do we do? We can't very well endanger anyone else." Akiza, who was sitting on the arm of his chair, looked at him.

"I have a plan." He looked at her, shocked, as did everyone else. She scowled, folding her hands on her hips. "Don't look so surprised."

"What is your plan?" Atem asked. She bit her lip kind of timidly, shifting her mood quickly. Yusei, seeing this, narrowed his eyes. Softly, without looking at anyone directly, she touched the small, metal thing in her bangs. The Signers' eyes widened as they understood what she was getting at.

"No," Yusei said, turning away from her. "Her plan won't work. Let's keep brainstorming." She glared at him, eyes blazing. Yet another mood shift. She knocked his shoulder with her hand.

"Don't write my plan off without fully hearing it!" He looked at her, cobalt turning into ice.

"I heard it loud and clear. You are not fighting fire with fire, you'll only get burned." She placed her hand on her heart, looking at him pleadingly.

"I can handle my powers, Yusei." She placed her hand on his, which was a tight fist on his knee. "Trust me." He closed his eyes, nostrils flared, as he tried to calm down by breathing deeply.

"May I cut in here?" Bastion asked. Akiza looked at him; Yusei kept his eyes closed as he fought for control.

"What?" Bastion shifted in his seat, gaze leveling with hers calmly.

"What powers are you talking about?" She made an 'o' shape with her mouth and touched her hair again with her free hand, keeping the other one on Yusei's.

"I have psychic powers, powerful ones. This contraption in my hair keeps them calm and in check."

"Which means in order to fight Sartorius she'd need to take it out, causing them to become 'out of check' so to speak," Yusei said, voice strained with his temper. She huffed and glared at him, ready to argue.

"Yusei, this may be the only way to assure everyone in this room remains safe," Atem said, voice calm, persuading. Yusei, however, wasn't. He turned his head toward him sharply, eyes popping open.

"And what about Akiza? How does she remain safe if she fights him? We don't even know how powerful this Sartorius is. His powers could be stronger than before." He didn't sound like he'd be folding to anyone any time soon. I understood him though. He cared for Akiza, probably even loved her. He's not going to let her risk her life, just like I wouldn't allow Alexis to. Atem's eyes darkened as he understood what Yusei said, realizing he and Serenity were the very same.

There you have it; the three leaders who decide the next move are in a deadlock.

"Let Jaden decide," Jack said, his Australian accent breaking the thick silence. Yusei glared at him. He simply returned it. "He's the leader of the Bloods, the very reason we are not in this mess. Technically we are all his obedient tools." I shook my head.

"I don't want obedient tools, just help from friends." He just snorted, brushing me off like dust. I sighed and looked at Yusei. He was watching me and when our eyes met, he closed his. He saw what I was going to say and he didn't like it.

"If she couldn't handle herself, she wouldn't be a Signer," I reminded him. He just nodded, eyes still closed. Akiza squeezed his hand.

"Everything will be okay, Yusei. I'll make sure this Sartorius guy dies before anyone else here does." He sighed then, opening his eyes slowly.

"So she's going to fight Sartorius?" Chazz asked, looking at Akiza with narrowed eyes. I nodded.

"I'm going with her." Everyone's heads snapped in the direction of the cool voice.

"No, you're not," I said, voice hard. Aster glared at me.

"Jaden, Sartorius isn't just your enemy, he's mine too! I want to deal with him!" I shook my head.

"You don't understand, Aster. Sartorius isn't the same as he was last year; he's probably stronger, in more way than one." He just kept his gaze on mine, stance showing me that he wasn't backing down anytime soon.

"Let him go," Alexis whispered, placing her hand on mine. I looked at her, eyes wide. "This is a demon he wants to battle. Let him. I'm sure he understands the consequences." I frowned and looked back at Aster, knowing as soon as I saw him that she was right. I sighed and reached behind me, grabbing the gun I kept there. I stood up and walked over to him, grabbing his hand and placing it onto the palm, closing his fingers around it.

"Be careful and don't do anything stupid." He looked at me, eyes darkening and hardening as he nodded.

"So, how do we find this Sartorius?" Akiza asked, looking eager. Aster tucked the gun into his belt, looking at her.

"I can find him; no matter what changes about him, one thing will always remain the same." She cocked her head to the side, looking at him.

"What's that?"

"His vanity about his powers. He'll be a tarot card reader at a prestigious shop." She nodded, understanding him.

"Where would that be then?" Aster wavered, seeing the flaw. Yugi appeared then, a laptop in his hands.

"Leave that part to me." Without a word from anyone, he quickly typed some things into his computer, scanning the screen with lightning speed. A minute later, he grabbed piece of paper and pencil, writing something down. "Here, Madame Destiny's Tarot Shop has haired a new reader known as 'White King'." Yugi looked at Aster. "That's the most logical one I've found." Aster nodded.

"That would be Sartorius, no doubt about that." Yugi lifted the paper up just as Aster ran around him; he snatched the paper. "Let's go." Akiza smirked and jumped off the arm of the chair, running after him. Joey stood in the archway, dangling keys from his finger. Akiza grabbed them and they disappeared out the front door, slamming it shut behind them.

"You gave them my car, didn't you?" Kaiba asked, not needing to turn around. Joey just smirked. Kaiba sighed out of annoyance and leaned back against his chair, rubbing his forehead. Yusei walked over to the window, pulling back the curtain to peer outside. I did the same, standing just next to him. Akiza saw us and blew a kiss at Yusei before jumping into the driver's seat of a black Mercedes and driving away. The gate swung open just before they reached it, closing the second they passed.

"They'll be okay," I said, looking at Yusei. His serious mask was back as he nodded.

"Yes." I could tell by his tone that he didn't believe me. That was okay, because I didn't believe me either. With a sigh, he dropped the curtain and walked back to his seat. I gazed out the window a moment longer, wondering what I have just done and if I'm going to regret it later.

I probably will.

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