Hello. This story will have two chapters. It is a Shaman King/Yugioh crossover. There will be no pairings. I apologize ahead of time for any spelling or grammer mistakes that I have missed.

Disclaimer: I do not own Shaman King or Yugioh. They belong to their respective creaters.

Hope you enjoy.

Back Again?

Morty Oyamada walked into the inn that Yoh lived in.
I hope he's home. I should have called but Father looked really angry. Yoh will understand.

Morty smiled as he heard the voices from the room but it turned to a frown as he heard Lyserg and a few others as well. A meeting? Why didn't they invite me? Morty wondered.
"Hi, guys," he said walking through the doorway.
Before he could react, the talking stopped and Lyserg's pendulum was rushing towards his unprotected heart. Morty stepped to the side quickly, only to jump back when Yoh tried to stab him in the heart.
He looked at the group, horrified before he ran out of the house, dodging attacks the whole way. Besides, the scratch that he got on the shoulder from Lyserg's pendulum he got away without injury.
Why would they do that? He wondered.
Upon reaching his house, it got worse. His father's temper had gotten worse since Morty left and the boy received a beating. That's when he decided to run away. He did so the next day.

Domino City, Three days later
Solomon Mouto was heading home after grocery shopping when he heard crying. He followed the sound into a side street where he found a short, dirty blonde-haired boy sitting against a wall.
The boy had his legs drawn up to his chest with his hands holding them there tightly. His head was buried between his knees, masking some of his weeping.
Solomon's heart filled with compassion upon seeing this heart-broken and nearly starved boy.
He walked over and placed his hand on the boy's head.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
The boy looked up in surprise. He apologized profusely while trying to back up further against the wall.
Solomon felt anger building up to anyone who would reduce such a young child to this state.
"It's okay. What's your name, little one?" he asked, comforting the boy.
"Morty," the boy said, he seemed to become more alert for a moment.
"You won't send me back? Please, I don't want to go home," Morty asked, fear in his voice.
"Okay. Come on. Let's get you cleaned up at my house," Solomon said, picking up the boy and he headed home.

Morty remained weary of Solomon for a few weeks. But a month after Solomon had found him, he told the old man the whole story.
Solomon's heart broke as he heard the tale. He happily agreed to let the boy live with him and the two formed a close bond over the next few weeks.
By the time Solomon had legally adopted Morty, Morty had already made a few changes. He also legally changed his name to Yugi. That was the day that Yugi Mouto was born.

Two Years Later
Yugi smiled. The gang had managed to get together. Joey, Tristan, Tea, Ryou (his yami was in control), Marik, and even the Kaiba brothers.
I'm lucky to have gotten friends again. Of course, Grandpa's really helped.
Yugi thought back to the first time he met Joey and Tristan. He had still been getting used to trusting Tea than. But when that bully had hurt them so much, he had to protect them. Even after his painful past, he still retained that kindness and gentleness that he had as Morty.
Yugi rarely liked remembering those times. They weren't exactly pleasant. That was also the reason he hadn't told his friends about it. Even Yami had never been told.
I'm glad I have friends I can trust this time. At least, I hope I can trust them. Yugi thought.
The boy jumped when he felt Yami come out from the puzzle and said, "Of course, you can trust us, aibou. Why would you think otherwise?"
Yugi panicked for a moment and asked, "How much of that did you hear?"
"What do you mean, aibou?" Yami asked.
Yugi calmed down, his old intelligence asserting itself . He would have asked more if he heard my earlier thoughts. Yugi thought making sure to hide the thought from Yami.
"I'm sorry, Yami. I know I can trust you guys." Yugi said.
He saw the group looking at him and sweatdropped.
"Up for a duel, pharaoh?" Bakura asked, gaining control of the body.
Yami looked over at Yugi. Yugi nodded and moved into his soul room, allowing Yami to take control of the body.
Yami sighed as the process finshed. He happily noticed that Yugi had blocked out the connection. He wasn't surprised. Yugi never liked watching duels with Bakura. They always upset him. Yami always assumed it was because Bakura's deck creeped him out. Not that that was uncommon. Many were creeped out by Bakura's duels.
"What's wrong, Yami?" Joey asked.
"Yugi. He had the oddest thought," Yami answered.
"What was it?" Tristan asked.
"This: I'm glad I have friends I can trust this time. At least, I hope I can trust them," Yami said.
"That's odd," Mokuba said.
"Do you know what he meant, Tea?" Yami asked, knowing she had known Yugi the longest.
Tea paused in thought.
"I met Yugi when he moved here two years ago. It took some time but we became friends. The thing is . . . . it took nearly half a year for him to trust me," she answered slowly.
Just than Solomon came in.
"Yugi, this came for you." he said, handing Yami a letter. Yami looked at it before a confused expression appeared on his face.
"Grandpa, this is addressed to someone named Morty," Yami said.
"Huh? Yami? Oh excuse me, Yami, I need to talk to Yugi in private," Solomon said.
"Wh--" Yami started to say. He was interrupted by Yugi's appearance.
"Grandp--" Yugi started before he paled. Yami followed his gaze to the name on the envelope.
"Yugi, what's wrong?" Tea said, having also followed his gaze.
"Nothing, Tea. Yami, I need to talk to Grandpa alone. So your duel with Bakura will have to wait," Yugi answered, still slightly pale.
Yugi gained control of the body and followed Solomon with the letter. Yami remained in the living room in spirit form.
After Yugi left, Bakura asked Yami.
"What's the brat saying, Phaoroh?"
Yami glared at Bakura.
"I would never," he said.
"Let me guess, he closed the link. But I would have never suspected the little runt was hidng something,"

"I'm sorry, Yugi," Solomon said.
"It's alright, Grandpa," Yugi said, as he hesitantly opened the letter. After reading it a few times, Yugi just stared at the letter. His expression soon became one of disgust.
"Idiots," he muttered before walking back into the room with his laptop.
Solomon had gotten him the laptop a few weeks after the adoption. His old one from his time as Morty had been broken by one of Lenny's attacks.
Yugi hardly used it except when he was upset. Using it tended to bring back times as Morty and while he still enjoyed working with it, he didn't like reminders.

Everyone watched as Yugi walked in with a laptope. He headed over and started up the laptop.
Yugi looked up and noticed everyone staring at him as he typed (as quickly as Seto does). He looked questionly at them and the meeting continued.

Afterschool Two Days Later
Yugi sighed as he walked home alone.
He felt eyes on him and looked up. He yelped upon looking up and seeing an angry Anna in front of him. He had gotten a brief glimpse of the rest of the group (Yoh and the others) behind her before she punched him high into the sky.
The good news, it cut off about five minutes of his walk home but left him bruised upon hitting the ground.
How dare Anna do that? I'm not the one doing anything wrong. I just hope they don't know where I live. Yugi thought as he made sure Yami hadn't caught any of that. Yami hadn't.

Later in the Day, Another Meeting
"It doesn't matter, Yami. I'm fine," Yugi said, trying to calm Yami.
He paused when the doorbell rang. He gave Yami a look before heading to the door and opening it. He wasn't happy to see Yoh and the group there. Looking carefully, he noted Yoh, Ryo, Faust, Lyserg, Tray, Lenny, and Anna.
"Morty, please, we need to talk," Yoh pleaded before Yugi could do anything. Maybe I can still plead that I'm not Morty. Yugi thought.
"Please, Morty, I know it's you. Let us explain," Yoh said.
"Alright," Yugi said, sighing. He should have know Yoh wouldn't be fooled. There had always been a bond between the two and the betrayal nearly destroyed it but part of the bond remained, even if only a small part of it. "But," he added, "don't let Anna near me and explain why she hit me."
"You know Anna," Yoh said as way of explanation.
Yugi sighed. Yes. I know Anna, unfornately. He thought.
"I hope your explanation is better than the one in the letter," he added.
"Actually, that is the explanation but it's true," Yoh said.
Yugi stared at him.
"So, you expect me to believe that a group of spirit bandits possessed you and than tried to kill me because I was the first person to enter the room," Yugi said.
"Yep," Yoh said.
"You think I'm that stupid, Yoh. That excuse is weak. If you'll hate me why couldn't you just tell me instead of trying to kill me?" Yugi asked, his hurt and anger welling up again.
"Morty, we don't hate you. We're telling you the truth," Yoh said.
"Fine. Show me proof than," Yugi said, wearily.
"Um . . . . we can't," Yoh said, taking the opportunty to check on Anna. Lenny and Tray were holding her back so she wouldn't beat Morty up. "When Silva and my family got the spirits out of us, the spirits moved on," he finished.
Yugi started to say something when he heard footsteps. He looked up to see Marik headed towards them.
"Hey, Yugi. We were wondering what was taking you so long. Besides, Bakura still wants that duel," Marik said as he reached them.
"Yeah, sure. Let me take care of this, than. I'll be there. It won't take long," Yugi reassured the tomb keeper. He ignored the yells of, I'll beat that tomb robber, bouncing through his mind.
"Okay. Hurry up," Marik responded.
"Yeah," Yugi answered and sighed softly as Marik walked off. He quickly checked to make sure that the connection was blocked before continuing the discussion.
"Just leave me alone. You already showed me how much you care about me," Yugi said softly as he closed the door.
"Morty, wa--" Yugi heard Yoh shout as the door closed. He walked back into the livng room, giving Yami control, and curling up in his soul room as the sobs came.

Yami walked into the living room. He was very worried about Yugi. Yugi usually locked himself into his soul room when he was really upset. What could have upset Yugi so much? Yami wondered, half hoping that Yugi would catch the thought. Maybe then I'll get an answer.
He jerked out of his thoughts when he heard Tea say, "You took a while, Yugi."
Yami looked up as he said, "I'm not Yugi." Even though they were technically the same soul, the group understood.
"Oh, Yami, sorry. Where's Yugi?" Tea asked.
"He locked himself up in his soul room," Yami answered unable to hid the worry behind the statement.
"What's wrong with Yug?" Joey asked.
Yami wasn't surprised by their worry. Yami had once told Tea when Yugi tended to go into his soul room and how much he had to be upset to lock himself in there. Of course, he knew she would tell Joey and Tristen. Yugi was their best friend too.
"Maybe the people at the door? I don't know," Yami said.
"That doesn't make sense. He was just giving them directions," Marik said, confused.
"That may be what he told you, Marik but I caught some of the conversaiton. Yugi knew those people and they hurt him. I don't know how but it hurt," Yami said, angerly.
The group looked at Yami, startled.
Bakura was so surprised by Yami's expression that he didn't even taunt the spirit.
"Yugi's kept a secret from us, a big one," Yami said.
"Yeah and we need to find out what it is," Tea said.

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