room. He shouldn't see her cry. She sank down in the corridor. Mokuba was just coming down the hall.
"What happened? Did he hit you?", He looked startled into her bloodied face.
"No, no, it was my own fault, it's all right, really."
She got up and went to the bathroom to fix her face. She looked awful. It was raining outside. In Egypt it almost never rained and it was here for the second time in one day.

"Only six days left, only six days left !!", Yugi kept saying to himself.Then he got out of bed and went over to the guest room to wake Atemu. He was already awake, sitting on the edge of his bed, his head in his hands. He really needed another bed. It was just too soft. He raised his head and managed a tired smile.
"Hello Yugi. Have a good rest?"
"Well, that's fine. Tell me, can you actually write? I mean right, no hieroglyphs.
"I think so. We have to try it out right away. I'm not really worried about the other things. After all, I've been to school with you for a while, haven't I?" he stood up. “Let's check on grandfather.” They met him in the kitchen making breakfast.
"Good morning, you two. I called your school once and found out about it, Yugi. They like to take Atemu. He'll get books and uniforms in the secretary's office right away. All right?" he pushed a plate of pancakes over to each of them. "Well then you get in, guys."When they each had eaten three, they changed and went on their way. On the way they met Tea and Joey, who were having a heated discussion about a computer game.
"And if I tell you it's brain-burned junk !!", Tea was saying.
"Yes, but cool brain-burned junk !!", Joey replied just as violently. "Oh, hello Yugi, Atemu. Tell her someone that the XY agent is no junk."
"But you just admitted yourself that ... no matter, let's go."; sighed Tea.
At the gate they parted from Atemu. He still had to go to the director. It was grumpy, as always. Atemu put on his school uniform and they made their way to Yugi's class.
“Another new student, have fun.” RUMS, close the door. They had just had lessons with Ms. Kasuhama, a very nice teacher who usually got a homework bug before the holidays. But who could blame her for that?
"Hello. What's your name?" She asked kindly.
"Atemu.", He replied."And with your last name?"
"Muto.", He said, because he couldn't think of anything better.
"Oh, then you are probably a relative of Yugi? You can sit next to Tea, she will be happy to explain to you what we're going through."
Atemu thought it better not to say anything about it. Then he stopped. This girl next to Yugi looked somehow familiar. But not from school, but from somewhere else. Well no matter.
Break. Rain break. Immediately a cluster of classmates formed around Teas and Atemu's table.
"Are you really related to Yugi? Funny, your skin color is somehow darker."
"Can you play Duel Monsters as well as Yugi?"
"Where are you from?"
were some questions he was asked. Actually, he didn't feel like answering them. Looking for help, he looked around at Yugi. He shrugged his shoulders and looked in his vocabulary book. What a great help !! Above all, the girls now pushed themselves forward. In fact, Cisara was the only girl who took no notice of him.How did he know her? It had something to do with Kaiba. The rain slapped against the windows and the mood didn't improve when Mr. Nisaku announced a vocabulary test for the next day.
Only five more days, only five more days, Yugi thought as the rain poured down his collar. They finally arrived home dripping.
"I'll get sick and I'll be well again on time for school, I bet," yelled Yugi.
"Bet won.", Atemu grinned. Then they began to ask each other the vocabulary. At some point Tristan and Joey came and complained that soccer training had already been canceled.
"Fucking weather.", Joey scolded. "nothing can be done."
"Yes," sighed Yugi and held his book under his nose. "Ask me about it."

Cisara avoided meeting Kaiba. Whenever she had files for him, there was always someone to bring them to him. Nobody knew exactly what had happened. Except for her and Kaiba. And so the most beautiful horror stories developed from a small thing.He had "half-killed" her, windows would have "broken in two" and so on. She wasn't trying to get anything right. She didn't like to talk and it would have taken a lot of words to explain. When she came back to work today with two hands bandaged, but otherwise very healthy, the scents of the rumor mill had quickly disappeared again. Soon it would be vacation and she wouldn’t have to hide anymore. She liked Kaiba a lot, but she was afraid of his reaction. She had overreacted, she knew that. The image of the White Dragon had terrified her and she hadn't heard Kaiba scream for a long time. It had reminded her of the past. It scared her. Not what he said, but how he said it. It went through her marrow and bone.

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What happened that scared her so much? * I didn't mean to be rude to her. * she really wanted to make it up to you * it was just a cup. * I wanted to help her * she couldn't be helped * she gets out of my way * it pissed me off to see her like that * what do I care?* I never cared how others were doing * except Mokuba * I want to apologize * I don't know what for * I want her to be fine * what do I care? * was scared * of me? * I have to talk to her * how? * what should I do? * whenever someone brings files, I hope it is * she never is * Mokuba asked what happened. I explained it to him. He doesn't have any advice either * does he even believe me? * i need to see her * i need to talk to her * what's wrong with me * it won't let go of me * i could go down, she is here * i can't go down * what to do? What to do? what to do? What to do? * do nothing * just don't think * I always think * I want my peace and quiet * tomorrow meeting with ...

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Now she had to go to his office, there was no one else there. Even Mokuba had gone home. She wasn't ready yet, she hadn't come to terms with it. But she had to. In the elevator she took another deep breath. Then she walked briskly down the hall and knocked on the door.No Answer. She opened the door. Kaiba was there, he just hadn't heard her. He slept. He looked exhausted. You could get pity right away. Actually, she just wanted to put the files down and leave, but ...
She went to the desk. Those cards he had the other day. She wanted to look at them again. There they were. She fanned them out. She sucked in the air noisily. All there, all three white dragons. Some of the other monsters looked familiar too. She had seen them in previous duels between Kaiba and Pharaoh. Speaking of pharaoh. First Yugi and now this Atemu. Atemu, that was the name of the Pharaoh, she remembered exactly. He was it. He looked like him, he exuded the same aura of power. Yugi had given him the puzzle too. But you couldn't get it just like that, you had to win it ... unless you already owned it. It had to be him. But what happened? Kaiba must have been reborn. He had a past in this life and he just fit into it.But Atemu just didn't fit, just like her. She had to talk to him sometime. Lost in thought, she stroked the cards. Suddenly a jolt went through Kaiba. He was about to wake up. She quickly put the cards back in their place. Kaiba straightened up and looked at her. She quickly put the files on the table.
"You should go home. You look exhausted," she said.
"What about your cuts?"
She raised her hands: "It's okay. It's not that bad."
Kaiba raised her eyebrows. He didn't believe a word.
"Look. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have scared you like that. I ..."
"It wasn't your fault. I was just a bit exhausted. I guess I went a little crazy." Crazy didn't really hit it. Insane sooner. She pointed to Kaiba's cards. "This is a game, isn't it? Can you explain it to me?"
"Don't you know it?"
"No."
"Really not?"
"Really not.", She laughed.
"Well then it's time you got to know it."He explained everything to her. From attack to duel disk to magic card. They laughed a lot. They weren't really laughing, the laughter popped out of their eyes. In fact, she had never seen Kaiba laugh before. At most out of malicious joy or ridicule, but so liberated? It was a nice feeling to be here with him and she wished that the night would never end. Please world stand still. But she kept turning. At half past one she remembered the vocabulary test.
"Never mind, we can do it too.", Kaiba said calmly.
Half-past seven. The first employees would be arriving soon. She had to go to school. They said goodbye in the entrance hall. He wanted to kiss her, but he didn't. He had already withdrawn again into his impregnable castle of inviolability, cold-heartedness and lovelessness. As if he had locked his heart in.
She wasn't tired at all. She felt fresh and rested and ... she knew the vocabulary.

"Only five days left, only five days left, only five days."He heard Yugi say. The same thing every morning. Atemu sat up. He went to school, came back from school, did homework and still had no idea how he got his own body. And whether as a ghost or with body, he still didn't have all of his memory back, frustration.
He got dressed and went to breakfast.
"Are you okay?" Asked Yugi. He nodded. What should he have said? Yugi would only have been worried again. He didn't want to spoil his friends' mood.
Break.
The vocabulary test hadn't been particularly difficult. Now he had to do something for his memory. He went over to Cisara, who was sitting on a bench, completely absorbed in her book, and stood directly in front of her, so that his shadow fell on her book. Cisara looked up.
"Pharaoh," she said, bowing her head. He sat down next to her.
"I know you, I just don't know where from."
"Kaiba. You know me from Kaiba. The shadow duels. When the great war came, I died and entered the realm of shadows."Immediately he saw it. Traveling through his memory, he had seen the