Chao- So Chao has decided to take up writing fan fics again! Chao has some new ideas!

YChao- This idea has been in our heads for quite some time!

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Disclaimer: DarkChao1663 does not own Yu-Gi-Oh!

Summary: Yugi hasn't been himself lately. Yami is concern. He's even more concern when a villain from his past comes back to get revenge. Can Yami and friends be able to save Yugi or will Yugi even want to be saved?

Warnings: Minor swearing

Parings: None

"Talking."

"Thinking."

/Yami and Yugi's mind link./

Chapter 1: I Only See You While Sleeping

The morning started out as a cool, autumn day. Most of the trees outside had already lost their green leaves, and some have even fallen off to the ground. Grey clouds floated by while the wind gently blew across the city. It was a very quiet morning, so this urged students to not want to get out of their warm, cozy beds.

"Yugi, you'd better get out of bed before you're late to school!" called out Yugi's grandpa from the first story of their home.

The teen was wide awake when he heard the voice, but it sounded more like just one big hum. The young boy's mind was occupied by something else; a deep impression that had happens once long ago but didn't feel at all real. The feeling appeared more like a dream a person longed to go back to.

/Yugi, you'd better do what your grandpa says./ advised the spirit of the Puzzle.

/I know./ Yugi answered plainly as he got up.

He went on his way from his bedroom, down a hall, and into the bathroom. He came out wearing his school uniform. Entering back to his room, he grabbed his bag off his chair and his prize possession from his desk. He slowly put on a golden upside down pyramid around his neck.

Yugi then walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. His grandpa was sitting in a chair reading the newspaper while having a cup of black coffee. Solomon looked from his daily rag and noticed his grandson seemed out of it.

"Yugi, are you feeling ok?" he asked with concern.

"Hmm?" Yugi looked up from putting on his shoes. "Oh…Yeah, I'm fine."

The boy headed for the door, but he still seemed to be in some sort of daze.

"Aren't you going to eat breakfast?" the elderly man questioned.

"I'm not hungry." his grandson replied as he went outside.

/Yugi, are you feeling all right?/ asked the spirit of the Puzzle as his partner walked down the cement path paved with leaves of various dull colors. Yugi sighed with discontent. Yami waited a bit to hear his answer.

/Yeah. I just don't think I had a good enough sleep./

/Really? You seemed to be fine last night./

Yugi didn't have much to answer to that. Yami didn't want to push his light so he decided to stay hidden within the Puzzle. The rest of the way to school was in silence.

xxx

The day went on as a long, quiet one at Domino High School. Most of the time, days like those seem to drag on forever and are completely dull. And on days like these, concentration skills are put to the test. As usual, Joey's and Tristan's names have been called on numerous occasions by teachers who were annoyed at them nodding off during class. Normally good boys and girls who are prepared for anything rarely had their names called for their misbehavior.

Yugi was looking out the window while watching leaves blow where ever the wind took them. Clouds floated by and many of them had animal shapes that would make any little child laugh in delight.

"Mr. Muto, will please pay attention!" ordered the strict English teacher as she smacked Yugi's desk with a long, brown ruler. The teen jumped a little at the sound of the crack. He then remembered where he was. All his classmates stared at him as he grew a bit red.

"Yes, ma'am," Yugi replied softly as he looked back into his uninteresting textbook filled with tedious exercises.

xxx

"Man, Yug, if you're gonna space out then at least know which class you can do it in!" Joey informed with his usual grin after school.

"And this is coming from the guy who sleeps in almost every class," cracked Tristan.

"Keep quiet man!" yelled an angry blonde.

"Or what!" question the brunette.

"Come on guys, let's do something fun before you knuckle heads tear each other apart." Tea heavily insisted. As the competition between the tough males continued, Yugi slowly made his way to the door.

"Hey Yug, don't you want to get some food or go to the arcade and play some games?" Joey asked when he noticed his group suddenly missed one member. The small teen turned his head towards his friends and replied quietly, "Actually, I need to get home to help Grandpa with the game shop."

"Ok." Joey replied.

"See you tomorrow," said Tea.

"Yeah." Yugi nodded as he walked away.

The boy left the school trapped within his own thoughts. He walked down from school and into a park nearby. The spirit of the Puzzle knew his partner didn't normally take this path, especially not alone.

/Yugi, I thought you said you needed to assist your grandpa./ Yami asked confused. Yugi sighed as he sat underneath a tree that hadn't lost any leaves yet. He then responded, /Yami, I… I know I shouldn't lie to my friends, but I needed some time away from everything./

/Is there something wrong, Yugi?/ the spirit questioned with care. There was a moment of silence before Yugi replied, /Well, I've had a lot of things on my mind and…/

The teen stopped again. He was trying to figure out a way for him to say what was causing him to act in the manner he had. Yami could tell his light was bearing a tough time, and being a good friend, he wanted to be there. He reminded his lighter half gently, /Yugi, you know you can tell me anything, right?/

Yugi looked up to see his friend in his transparent state. Yami had a gentle smile on that always made Yugi feel better and more relaxed. The teen swallowed hard and said, "I… I had this dream last night and-"

The young boy was interrupted by a strong, evil laughter. Yugi immediately stood up and looked around to see where the laughter was coming from.

"Who's there!" the young boy asked out loud.

"I've finally found you, Pharaoh!" called out an arrogant voice. Within those lines, a chill struck Yugi's spine.

"What does this person want with the Pharaoh?" Yugi asked himself.

"Yugi! Let me take over!" shouted out Yami with concern. Yugi nodded and allowed his friend to take control of his body. The spirit came out and ordered, "Show yourself!"

"As you wish!" With that, a huge white smoke came out of nowhere and as it cleared, there stood Yami and Yugi's adversary.

"Who are you!" Yami demanded.

"My name is Akana," the man stated, "I'm here to get my revenge on you!"

"Excuse me?"

"I'm here to make you pay for all the pain you'd put me through! 5,000 years ago you had to take the souls of your people in order to save your own! You took away my son and wife!"

"What? I would never do such a thing! How could you have live throughout the ages and know I was the ruler at the time?"

"Shut your mouth! I've been hidden within this coin, but my hatred is just as fresh." The man held up a small, faded, gold coin, "Now, before I can actually have to the honor of destroying you, I must first make you suffer, like I have."

The man then raised his fist into the air and began to chant some ancient language. Yami started to feel a strange sensation over his body. Gazing down towards himself, he noticed his form was glowing.

"What's going on?" He then quickly felt a sharp pain strike through his entire system. He shrieked out in agony and his view went entirely black. After a split second of being unconscious, Yami found himself on the ground trying to regain his vision.

/Yugi, are you all right?/ he asked his friend. There was no response.

/Yugi!/ Yami yelled louder while trying to use his mind link. Suddenly, he realized he could no longer feel his light. Yami struggled to stand up, and as he tried he heard the insane laughter of the villain once more.

"Yami!" cried out an innocent voice. Akana was holding Yugi by his collar and began to gain a stronger grip. The small boy felt the brace becoming tighter. Getting air into his system became difficult.

"Ya… mi…" he choked with fear.

"Yugi!" Yami yelled as he began to sprint towards Akana. The man tighten his control on Yugi, causing the boy to yell in agony. Yami at once stopped his tracks.

"I can do much more than just this, Pharaoh," smug Akana.

"What do you want," demanded Yami as he did want any more harm to come to his partner.

Anger started to build within the former pharaoh as he looked straight into his enemy's eyes. His entire shoulders were raised with stiffness. He then looked over towards his partner and lowered his shoulders. The boy was trembling, and a look of full terror was across his face.

Akana yell out, "What I said before, my revenge!"

He then began to chant a magical spell once again. A great, big gust of wind caused Yami to fall back away from his enemy. The spirit placed his hand in front of his face to block the wind. Through his fingers, he looked up and noticed Akana's fist was radiating an eerie yellow.

The man took his fist and jammed it right into Yugi's chest. Despite the terrible throbbing, the young boy couldn't even cry out in pain as the fist slowly and painfully entered the body. As his eyes widen, Yugi felt as though he was stabbed with a thousand knives into the center of his chest. As the fist began to go deeper and deeper, more pain rushed into the young boy, but strangely enough different memories began to enter his mind.

A picture of his friends went by.

Then his grandpa.

Some images of his greatest rivals flew in and out.

Finally one of his mom and dad came into view.

Yami watched in horror as his partner went through all this. Snatching a card lying on the ground, he summoned a monster; the Celtic Guardian. Yami ordered the elf knight to attack Akana. The loyal creature went charging with his sword only to find he could not enter.

"There must be some sort of magical barrier!" Yami concluded as his eyes widen.

Akana then slowly removed his fist from Yugi's chest. The teen began to gasp in pain as the sensation barged through all of his body, but mostly in his heart. His entire form stiffen with agony, as though he had just fallen from a great height.

"Now I have what I needed." Akana smirked with pleasure. Placing his index finger on Yugi's forehead, he began to chant again.

Yugi felt a sudden shock explode throughout his body, but he then began to relax. He tried to look into Akana's face as he struggled to keep his eyes open, but Yugi could not keep it up. He felt his eyelids grow heavier and heavier with passing of each second. At an instant, everything around him darkened, and all the sounds around him turned into a hum. Akana was then holding an almost limp body.

"Here's your precious treasure back!" Akana yelled as he threw the small body halfway between him and Yami. The spirit ran towards his partner and managed to grab him in time, but both bodies dropped to the ground.

Akana disappeared vowing, "I'll be back soon!"

Yami knelt by Yugi and held him. He couldn't feel his lighter half since somehow they were separated. The spirit didn't know exactly what to do, but he had to make sure that his partner was well. Yami placed Yugi gently on the ground as he positioned one ear on the teen's chest. A heartbeat pounded at a normal rate. He then looked at Yugi's chest to see if it was rising and falling, which it was. The young boy didn't look like he was in any pain.

"Ok, so he can breathe and he still has a heartbeat." Yami observed with relief. He then tighten his fists as he questioned, "But what happen? What did Akana do and what does he want?"

xxx

Yugi wandered around to what seem to be the park he was in earlier. The only difference was that all the trees had green leaves on them and the sky out was clear and blue.

"Where am I?"

To be continued…

Chao- So how was that?

YChao- It's been awhile since we've got to write pain!

Chao- Indeed!

Yugi- Great, more fun for me.

Yami- NO! I must know what happen to my partner!

Yugi- I'm right here!

YChao- For now.

Chao- Please review!