Authoress: Moondalian
Editor: Tavi
Summary: AU, Xover to Spirited Away: After his grandpa decides to move, Yuugi is forced to leave his hometown. As Sugoroku takes a shortcut to their new home they end up in the spirit world. What now?
Pairings: Yami x Yuugi, Seto x Joey

For all of you who are shocked to see a new story of mine (while I've said so many times already that I need to do my work for school with all the exams) this is rather easy to write because I don't have to think of the plot myself. I simply follow the movie. Those who know the movie 'Spirited Away' will have probably seen by the summary that it's just the plot of the movie gone YGO. For those who haven't seen the movie: you're a bunch of asses. Go watch it.

Anyway, one little warning. My eyes are pretty bad so I can't see much of the details of the movie. I probably left out some of the stuff you can all see clearly but you'll have to forgive me for that. Other things have been changed to suit my plot.

I hope you all enjoy my latest creatio and R&R!

--: 01 :--

Good luck, Yuugi. We'll meet again.
Your best friend, Ryou.

Yuugi sighed and stared at the card in his hand as the car he was in drove on. He hated this. All he wanted was to jump out of the car and run back home, where all his friends were and everything he knew. Sadly that would include most likely breaking something while jumping and walking a long way.

He picked up the small bouquet of flowers that had been laying in his lap and hugged them close, hoping to somehow feel a bit of the friendship Ryou had always given him through them. It wasn't working, and he grew more depressed by the second as they got further away from his hometown.

"This really is in the middle of nowhere," Sugoroku looked around his surroundings, "I'll have to shop in the next town."

Yuugi snorted, 'It's your own fault for making us move just because you want some peace and quiet.' He stared out of the window absentmindedly, watching tree after tree pass by.

"Look, Yuugi. There's your new school!" Yuugi glanced to the other side of the road to see his new school. For a second he could imagine the building to be a prison, waiting for him to enter so it could lock him up for good, but then shook his head and looked away. "It doesn't look so bad."

Yuugi glared at the trees passing by, "I liked my old school better." He pointedly ignored the disapproving look his grandfather threw at him. He refused to give in even the slightest when it came to this.

He lay down and turned his back to his grandfather, knowing the old man was now glaring at him but not caring the slightest. He would win this little argument and get his grandfather to apologize for dragging him away from all his friends and putting him in the middle of nowhere.

As he heard the crunching of plastic he looked down at the flowers still clutched tightly in his arms. The flowers were already crushed and dying, and Yuugi bit his bottom lip. His last present from Ryou and he was destroying it.

"Grandpa! My flowers are getting crushed!" He sat up and shoved the flowers into his grandfather's face to emphasize his point. Sugoroku sighed at the sad expression on his grandson's face and let the slight anger he'd had go.

"Well, no wonder, the way you've been clinging to them. As soon as we get to the house we'll put them in some water and they'll perk right up." Yuugi sighed and sat back down in his seat as he'd been leaning forward before.

"My first bouquet and it's a farewell present, how lame is that." He once more hugged the flowers to his chest, though less tight as before so they wouldn't crush even more. He fiddled with the card while staring down at it.

"What about the rose you got for your birthday?" Sugoroku was trying to cheer his grandson up but it simply wasn't working. Yuugi had obviously decided to be stubborn about this, and when Yuugi got stubborn, he was really stubborn.

"A single rose isn't a bouquet." Yuugi knew he sounded harsh, but it was true. Sugoroku sighed again as he turned his attention back to the road, knowing this behaviour would most likely continue for quite a while.

"I'm opening the window, just try to cheer up a bit. I'm sure it won't be as bad as you think." The window was opened and Yuugi could feel the wind blowing through his tri-coloured hair, the blonde bangs sweeping into his eyes. Yuugi didn't even attempt to remove them and just kept staring out of the window solemnly.

They passed small shrines on their way and Yuugi glanced at them with a bit more interest than he'd given his surroundings so far. "Hey Grandpa, what do you think those shires are for?"

Sugoroku glanced at the shrines briefly before looking back at the road in front of him, "Some people pray to them, might even believe that spirits inhabit them I suppose."

Yuugi frowned. He believed in spirits to a certain point, but to pray to them? "Yay, we're moving into a town full of gullible psychos."

Sugoroku chuckled at his grandson's response before frowning and stopping the car. Yuugi looked at him curiously, his anger momentarily forgotten. "What's wrong, Grandpa?"

"I think I missed a turn or something." Sugoroku glanced outside and looked around to find any road he might've missed, or maybe a glimpse of their new home.

Yuugi frowned and got on his knees, pressing his face to the window to try and find anything that could point them in the right direction. He'd only once been here to see the house they were now going to live in, but he hoped his memory would be good enough.

"Isn't it that blue house right there?" Yuugi pointed at the house he'd seen and Sugoroku followed his finger to see what he was pointed at. Seeing the house he'd indeed bought, the man smiled, "Yes, there it is. I must've missed a turn." He glanced around once more to see a path leading into the forest next to them. "Maybe this will get us there…"

Yuugi's head snapped to the road his grandfather was now looking at and shook his head quickly. "Grandpa, you always get us lost like this! Just turn back and take the turn. Actually, just turn back and go all the way home again for that matter."

Sugoroku laughed at his grandson's desperate attempt to get them back to their old town as he turned into the forest road. "We have a new home now, Yuugi. And I'm sure this will be fine. Just sit back and enjoy the view."

Yuugi once again mentally snorted at that ideaThe view had been the same the entire trip and he was sick and tired of it. Nonetheless, he sat back down; taking the flowers he'd gotten into his lap, as he nervously toyed with the card in his fingers.

For a moment everything seemed to be going fine until the car started to speed up. Yuugi glanced at his grandfather nervously, knowing the man didn't like going too fast like this. The man in the driver's seat seemed to concentrating on his road a lot, silent curses coming out of his mouth from time to time as the car simply kept going faster. Yuugi looked outside to see the trees passing by in nothing but blurs and he started to panic slightly.

"Grandpa! We're going too fast!" Although he knew he was stating the obvious, he just had to say it. His grandfather didn't look at him, staying focussed on the road instead.

"It's quite steep here, just hold on." Yuugi really wanted to do that, but he didn't have much to hold onto. He grabbed the side of the door as wide amethyst eyes looked through the front window to see what was coming. He didn't like what he saw as a statue of some sorts suddenly came up. Sugoroku quickly hit the break and they stopped not too far from it with screeching tires.

Both males sat in silence for a second, still frozen in shock a little, before Sugoroku slowly started to relax again. The man looked curiously at the statue they were standing in front of, before looking at the building behind it.

Yuugi finally managed to calm his heart and looked as well, noticing his grandfather getting out of the car to examine the statue, and then the red building. He bit his lip slightly as he could already see the twinkle in his grandfather's eye that gave away his excitement. His grandfather had been an archaeologist, so finding something like this in the middle of nowhere, was definitely something to get excited over for him.

"Grandpa, let's go! The movers might get to the house before we do!" Although he hated the fact that they were moving, that was no reason not to use it against his grandfather right now. He had a really strange feeling about this place and he just wanted to get away. His grandfather seemed to have different plans though.

"Yuugi, come look at this." Yuugi sighed and hesitantly got out of the car, walking over to his grandfather as the other examined the wall of the red building and slipping the card he'd been fiddling with into the pocket of his pants subconsciously.

"Will you look at this? It's plaster, must be pretty new then." Sugoroku ran his hands over the wall, red paint flaking off as he went. Yuugi looked at the older man strangely. This? A new building? It looked to be quite old already with the paint flaking off like this.

He walked over to the tunnel that went through the building, feeling the wind blow into it, "The wind is going in…"

Sugoroku quickly joined him and looked into he tunnel curiously, the twinkle once more in his eyes, "Let's go check what's on the other side." Before Yuugi could protest the old man had already entered the tunnel.

"Wait! We have to get to the house!" Sugoroku once more ignored him and Yuugi bit his lip nervously again. Should he follow? He glanced around for a second, a shiver running up his spine as he noticed how creepy the place really was, before bolting into the tunnel as well and clinging onto his grandfather's arm.

"Don't cling like that, Yuugi. You'll make us trip." Yuugi ignored the scolding tone in his grandfather's voice and simply kept clinging to the other. He really didn't have a good feeling about this, and his feeling had never let him down before.

At the end of the tunnel was a room much resembling a train station. Wooden benches, coloured glass and something that resembled bird baths were scattered around the room. It looked to be abandoned for quite a while, and anther shiver ran up Yuugi's spine. His grip on Sugoroku's arm tightened and the man sighed in defeat.

"Where are we?" Yuugi glanced around nervously; half expecting to have someone jump them. He really had watched too many horror movies with Ryou but he didn't really care. Something was very off with this place.

"Hmm…" Sugoroku glanced around as well, though not with the fear that was in Yuugi's eyes. He held his free hand to his ear and listened for a second, "Do you hear that?"

Yuugi didn't hear anything for a moment, until a low whistle sounded and the sound of whizzing metal wheels. "A train?" Yuugi frowned at that idea and wondered why a train would be in a deserted place like this.

"Maybe we're near the train station; we should go check it out." Yuugi knew his grandfather was just saying that so they'd continue to investigate, but what could he do? The man wouldn't go back even if he would beg, he was simply still too adventurous. Why the man had wanted to move to a town where it would be 'nice and quiet' was beyond Yuugi.

As Yuugi was practically dragged along, Sugoroku looked at the shacks around them and buildings still quite a bit ahead of them. Yuugi wondered if the twinkle would leave his grandfather's eyes any time soon, but he really doubted it. Which of course also meant that he wouldn't be getting out of here any time soon… wherever he was.

"Aha! This must be one of those old abandoned theme parks. They were built quite a lot in the early 90's but most of them went bankrupt so they were just left like this." Yuugi somehow doubted that story, but he stayed silent as his grandfather kept going.

The wind blew around them and Yuugi could've sworn he heard the buildings around him moan. His grip tightened once more and he could see his grandfather rolling his eyes slightly. Yuugi didn't care. They really had to get back to the car.

Sadly enough, Sugoroku really didn't seem to agree and before long they were crossing a line of boulders covered in moss. Yuugi took a firm grip on them as he tried to cross, but slipped here and there on the slick surface. He cursed silently at his own klutziness as he went on.

"Well I think they were making a river here, wonder why they stopped." Once more Sugoroku was looking around him, examining his surroundings to see what he could discover. Yuugi was just glad he was almost over the rocks and didn't really pay much attention to the puddles of water that were laying on the ground. It seemed his grandfather was ignoring them.

After Yuugi was finally across the rocks, he sighed in relief before groaning as his grandfather simply continued his way towards the small town not too far away now. Great, he really wouldn't be getting away from this place any time soon. Knowing his grandfather he'd examine those houses until he either dropped dead, or knew everything about them. Yuugi actually didn't know which would take longer at this moment.

They entered the town and Yuugi slowly trudged around, not paying much attention to his grandfather running around, checking out house after house in an almost child-like fascination. He sighed as he almost crashed to the ground when his grandfather passed him to go to one of the houses on the other side of the street. Yuugi sulked.

"Would you look at this?!" Yuugi had the urge to turn around and walk away from his grandfather's latest finding, but decided against it. It would only make Sugoroku nag him about it later so he might as well check it out now.

To his surprise, the older man wasn't examining some building or whatever, but was looking into one of the restaurants with a hungry look on his face. Yuugi curiously came closer and glanced into the building to see a long table with food standing there, no one else around it.

"Well I don't know about you, but I'm starving!" Sugoroku entered and sat himself down in one of the chairs. Looking into the kitchen to try and find anyone. Yuugi stayed by the door, not wanting to get into trouble for eating food that wasn't his.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" No reply, and yet another shiver ran up Yuugi's spine. This really wasn't good.

"Come on, Grandpa. They're not here and they'll get mad if you eat their food." He was once more ignored. "Grandpa!"

"Oh relax. I have a credit card and cash so I can pay for the food. Now come on." Sugoroku pointed at the seat next to him but Yuugi shook his head determinedly.

"They'll get mad! We have to get back to the car." Sugoroku simply piled food onto his plate and began to eat. Yuugi sighed in frustration, "Fine, be that way. I'm going to look around some more."

He left the restaurant and trudged around town again; glaring at the buildings he passed as if they could do something about his situation. In Yuugi's opinion they actually could, since his grandfather had been drawn to them.

No one seemed to be in the theme park – Yuugi still didn't believe it was really that, but whatever – and the creepy vibe Yuugi'd been feeling was only increasing as he walked further. Yuugi tried to ignore and shake it but it simply didn't want to leave him.

He reached a bridge with a large building on other side. Yuugi looked at it curiously, trying to find out what it was.

"A bathhouse…?" He frowned at the idea. What was a bathhouse doing here? Was that where the people that had made the food were?

His thought were interrupted as the sound of a train passing came from somewhere below him. Yuugi quickly turned to one of the railings and looked over the edge to see the train he'd heard twice now passing.

"There just have to be people here if there's a train, right?" Yuugi followed the train with his eyes until it passed under the bridge. Yuugi quickly ran to the other side to try and see where the train was going, standing on the lowest beam of the railing to see better, until he caught movement from the corner of his eye. Yuugi quickly looked aside to have his eyes widen at the sight.

There was a boy only a little older standing there, shock also evident in his eyes. Yuugi slowly let his eyes travel over the body that was sadly hidden beneath loose worker's clothes until he came to the other's face. Sharp features with full lips, crimson eyes and a richly tanned skin was what met him. Blonde bangs framed the face as some of that same blonde hair shot up into gravity defying ebony black hair in lightning shaped streaks, the black being tipped with the same crimson colour of the other's eyes.

Yuugi gasped at the likeness between the two of them – though he himself looked more childlike with softer features and wide amethyst eyes – before running his eyes over the other's form again. He swallowed thickly at realizing how sexy the boy in front of him really looked.

The shock in the crimson depths melted away to leave no apparent emotion in its wake. "You're not supposed to be here!" Yuugi stepped down from the railing and stared in confusion.

"Wha-?"

"It's almost dark, you have to get away before it's too late!" The older boy was starting to scare Yuugi now and he took a step back. The other kept a determined and cold look on his face though and approached Yuugi, "Quickly, get back through the tunnel. I'll hold them off!"

Yuugi didn't need any further warnings as he sprinted back into the small town. He ran back to the restaurant, not noticing the lamps around him coming to life or the shadowy figures appearing around him. He could only focus on the feeling of absolute dread that spread through him more and more as he came closer to the building his grandfather was in.

"Grandpa! We have to get out of here! There's something wrong with this place!" He got no reply as the figure sitting in the seat his grandfather had been in kept eating. Yuugi panicked even more, because of that not noticing the strange pink colour of the elderly man's skin.

"Come on, Grandpa!" Yuugi stormed over and tried to pull the other out of the chair. He looked up as the other turned his head to look at him and Yuugi fell back in shock and fear.

The one sitting in the chair was not his grandfather – although they wore the same clothes – but a pig. It turned his head back, starting to eat again as soon as Yuugi had let go, the food obviously more interesting.

A frog-like arm holding a whip in its hand came out of nowhere and started to whip the pig so it would stop eating. Yuugi stared in horror as at first the pig simply ignored it before it was whipped hit in the face and squealed in protest. It leaned away from the food to escape from the whip and fell to the ground, still squealing indignantly.

Yuugi couldn't take it anymore at that point and ran out of the restaurant, completely freaked out and his mind in total chaos. Where had his grandfather gone? Why had that pig been wearing his clothes? What the hell was going on here?!?

"Grandpa! Where are you?!" He stopped right outside the restaurant and looked round him, now noticing the figures seemingly made of shadows walking around town. Yuugi was sure that he was going insane and the only reason he hadn't caved in was the adrenaline pumping through his body.

Something bumped into his back and without looking, Yuugi bolted away, not even wanting to know what had been behind him. He ran towards the dried up river, hoping his grandfather would be somewhere around there but doubting it extremely.

He tripped as he approached the river and braced himself against falling on the hard ground. The impact never came though as ice cold water broke his fall. He gasped at the freezing sensation suddenly grasping his body and his chaotic mind only went into more confusion.

"Water?" There hadn't been any water here before. What was going on!

He quickly got out of the water, shivering as his clothes where now drenched and he was cold. He looked at the lake now in front of him; his mind not being able to grasp that water could've just appeared like that out of nowhere.

A boat drifted to the water's edge near Yuugi, and Yuugi panicked even more if that was possible. "This can't be happening! It's just a dream, a dream!" He clenched his eyes shut and buried his face into his knees, just wanting to wake up from this dream. It just had to be a dream, this couldn't be happening to him.

He rocked back and forth, pressing his fists to his head as he kept chanting it was all just a dream, until a tingling sensation running through his hands made him look at them. His eyes widened as he could see right through them. "I'm see-through?" he held his fists up to the light of the boat to indeed see right through them. As if that wasn't enough, the wooden ramp of the boat came down and the doors on the vessel flew open. Pieces of paper seemed to fly out of the doors, until they reached the shore and strange red robes with green hats appeared as well, the paper seemingly serving as a face.

It was too much. His hands were going see-through, there was a pig instead of his grandfather, a dried up river had suddenly filled with water, paper was suddenly used for a face and shadows were walking the town that had been previously deserted. Yuugi snapped and ran up the hill he'd come from as fast as he could, tears running down his face as sobs escaped his throat and mind no longer wanting to take anything around him in.

And that was the first chap. I hope you all enjoyed it and don't worry, I won't keep torturing Yuugi like this. XD Updates every Saturday as usual and Review people!