Chapter Five

Atem smiled as he walked from the gameshop to Marik's house. He couldn't believe how lovely his little Hikari had been the night before. However he knew that with Kroso after them he would need the help of his two former enemies. And that was what had brought him to Marik's place. Atem knocked on the door and he waited for one of the three people to answer the door.

Marik had heard the former pharaoh before he was even there. Once the pharaoh had knocked on the door Marik got up and walked quietly to the door as to not wake his love or Malik's sister. Then he opened the door to see the pharaoh standing there with a very serious look on his face. "Hold on, I want to leave a note for Malik so that he don't worry. Then we can go." said Marik and Atem nodded. Now that he was with Yugi he knew what it was like to worry about the one that meant the most to them.

Once Marik joined Atem outside the two left and started to walk to Bakura's place. However when they got there they saw that Bakura was already waiting or them. Atem could tell by the look on his face that he had told Ryou what was going on as did Marik but what worried his two former enemies were the gods. That was why Atem had to talk to them. To let them know what the gods had told him.

"So what now?" asked Bakura after Atem had told them what the gods told him

"I don't know." said Atem. He could tell that after the two former enemies learned what the gods had done a load was lifted from them. "Kroso will most likely target Malik and Ryou after -if- he gets Yugi's power"

"And with Yugi's powers I hate to see what he could do." said Marik

"We need to stop this maniac before anyone else gets hurt." said Bakura and Atem smiled. He knew he could count on his two former enemies. After all when they were all in Radiant the three of them were close friends.

"Agreed. Bring Malik and Ryou to the gameshop when they get up." said Atem. "This way we will have the power to stop him."

"Alright." said the two yamis and the three parted ways.

Meanwhile Jaden was walking down to the Slifer Dorm to gather his some of his things. After what had happened with Atem, Jaden had all the Agents on the Island join and create a fourth dorm. One only the students that were apart of Chains of Time and the teachers who were also in it knew the truth about. Jaden knew that with all the agents in one place Kroso wouldn't deny attacking them if he got Yugi's power. However if he did then Kroso would find that they weren't pushovers themselves. But with Yugi's power Jaden didn't know how long they would last.

"Jaden you okay?" asked Alexis. Jaden didn't even hear her come up behind him. That was how distracted he was.

"Yeah just worried. If Crisis can hurt Atem that badly then think what he could do to us."

"Jaden I get the feeling that Yugi and Atem won't let it get that far." said Alexis. "Anyway we're being summoned."

"Cordin?"

"No Sheppard." said Alexis and Jaden was shocked. As far as he knew Sheppard had no idea what half his school were. The only reason that they were able to build the Shadow Dorm was because Seto Kaiba, their administrator and another Agent, knew why Jaden wanted to build it where he did. It was because of the Shadow power in that area.

"Why Sheppard?"

"I don't know Jaden. But he wants all of us there."

"All of us?"

"All of the Shadow Dorm has been summoned. I guess that Sheppard knew after all." said Atticus as he walked up to them.

"Just great. What is going on here?" asked Jaden. Then he looked at his things. They would have to wait. This was not good news. "Lets go guys." and the three left the dorm

Later that evening after Jaden and the other agents learned the truth about Sheppard and that the four strongest agents were being summoned to the headquarters. Once they had gotten on the plane heading back to the mainland Jaden saw that it wasn't just him Atticus Alexis and Jesse but others that not even Jaden know. However he knew that Yugi, who was top ranked in the Agency, would know who they were. But it was weird to see more that the agents that Jaden usually worked with.

"I'm Marik. I'm a friend of Atem's." said the platinum haired guy

"And I'm Bakura." said the other guy. "We're old friends and enemies of Yugi's."

"How is that?" asked Jaden

"It's kind of hard to explain." said Marik. "But we were how do you say controlled?"

"I know how that is." said Jaden remembering his time as the Supreme King.

"Yeah well when Yugi and Atem defeated the two of us we were freed from the dark influneces." said Bakura. That was all they were going to learn of the two former eneimes. Jaden and his friends didn't need to know that they were part of Radiant like all of the others.

"Bakura remember that Atem told us to tell them everything that they wanted to know." said Marik

"Yes I know." said Bakura

"Okay now I'm confused." said Atticus but Jaden wasn't that confused.

"You're from Radiant." said Jaden

"How did…"

"Because I'm from there as well." said Jaden "Like you said it's a long story."

"Okay." said Marik and they finished the ride in silence. Each of them thinking about the up coming battle. Jaden knew that his friends were shocked when he said that he was from Radiant but it was true however back then he was known as Jarik. The reason he had never told anyone about his past was because it was his fault that Crisis was able to defeat Aros and Akanlumos. Had he given his power to his brother then Akan would have been about to defeat the monster and then they wouldn't have had to seal the monster and sacrifice their lives to save the kingdom. A kingdom that didn't even survive without their prince and their top warrior.

"Jaden you okay?" asked Alexis.

"Yeah I'm fine. Why?"

"Well you look like you're about to fade away." said Alexis

"I'm fine Lex." said Jaden "Anyway what's the deal calling the four of us back to domino?"

"Well Yugi and Atem are going to host a tournament and they hope that it will lead the group Kroso is working with out." said Marik

"Oh Kroso is a duelist?"

"Yeah that's where he gets his powers." said Marik. "From what we hear you have a talent beyond just Dueling."

"If you mean talking to monster spirits then yeah I can do that." said Jaden

"Yes we know." said Bakura. "We can too but only certain ones."

"That's strange." said Atticus. "I'm the same but its only dark types."

"Yeah I know. Cordin told us when he sent us to pick you four up." said Bakura which shocked all of them except for Jaden who thought that Cordin had something to do with it.

"So why did Cordin send you guys? No offense."

"None taken. To be honest he wanted to send Yugi and Atem but with Kroso targeting those two themselves Cordin had to get someone that Kroso wasn't going after." said Marik

"And that would be you two?"

"That's right. To be honest I don't think that he knows we were brought from Egypt with Atem." said Marik.

"I didn't know you guys were from Egypt." said Jesse.

"Yeah. I was born and rasied there until I moved here with my boyfriend and his sister." said Marik

"And I was brought up by Atem and his cousin until I met Ryou." said Bakura "Then I moved here when I was sixteen with Ryou."

"Dang you've had it rough huh?" asked Jaden and Marik wasn't surprised that the boy had seen through their stories to the truth behind them. Atem told them that he was the incarnation of a prince that had came before him. Back when Radiant didn't exsist as its own place.

"Yeah I guess you could say that." said Bakura just then they heard the pilot let them know that they were landing.

Jaden and the others looked out the window and saw that Yusei, Akiza, Joey Wheeler and Seto Kaiba were and the landing point waiting for them. He didn't know what it was about but Jaden knew that this visit to Domino City wasn't going to be pleasant.