Joy: Hi! Just wanted to throw out a story right now. This one doesn't really have anything to do with my series, but oh, well. I have wanted to write about this for a while now. This is a story of what would happen if Yugi and Yami were to switch bodies for a while. In other words, Yugi = Yami and Yami = Yugi. Curious? Read on!

Reversing Roles

Worries and Curiosity

Yugi looked out of the night sky from his bedroom window on the second story of the Turtle Game Shop. He sighed. You see, Yugi Moto was a very curious teenager, and right now his curiosity had reached a peak. He was curious about Yami, the spirit that dwelled within his Millennium Puzzle. He absent mindedly touched the golden Item.

Yugi was curious about what it was like to be a spirit. He had had it in his thoughts the whole day, and had intended to ask Yami about it that evening, but was a bit worried about what Yami would think if he did. Yami was still a mysterious person…spirit…in many ways and it was hard to read him at times.

Now, it might seem silly to have such questions floating around, but to Yugi, it was just a wonder how a spirit exists inside a golden pyramid, living day by day bonded to a high school age teenager. Maybe he is bored, just staying in the Puzzle all day long waiting for me to need him. Maybe he wishes he were still alive so that he could experience all the things I take for granted. At these thoughts, Yugi frowned. He did not want Yami to be unhappy. They were friends, after all.

As if in response to Yugi's thoughts, the puzzle glowed slightly, and the ancient pharaoh appeared beside Yugi in spirit form. "Yugi? Is everything all right? You seem troubled about something."

"No…just in deep thought. I'm curious about something," Yugi answered, still looking out the window.

"And that would be…?" Yami prompted, raising a dignified eyebrow. Yugi was not sure how he wanted to word his question to Yami. He did so want an easy answer to all his ponderings.

"Yami…what is it like to be you?"

"Nani?" Yami asked, looking confused.

"I guess what I mean is…what is it like to be my dark side and live inside a Millennium Item?"

Yami blinked, not really expecting the hikari to ask him such a question. "That is a very unusual question to ask, Yugi. May I ask why you wish to know?"

Yugi fidgeted, looking down at his feet for a moment before answering. "Curiosity, I guess. I'm sorry…"

Yami put up a hand to silence the boy. "There is no reason to be sorry, aibou. Let me think for a moment…Well, before you released me from my solitude within the Puzzle, it was rather cold, dark and quiet, not to mention lonely. But you gave me more freedom than I had experienced in five millennia, Yugi. And you also gave me the most precious gift anyone could request. You gave me your trust and friendship."

Yugi smiled. "You gave me friendship, too, Yami. Arigatou. Um…but how do you feel about being a spirit?" I think that is a better wording for my question…I hope.

Yami seemed in deep thought for a moment. "Hmm…I really cannot say how it feels, Yugi. It is difficult in a way, I suppose. It seems that every experience is new to me. It is like I am never going to be able to learn all there is to know in this different, more modern age."

"Good point." Yugi yawned. "I should get to sleep, now. I don't want to be late for the last school day of the year!" Yami gave him a small smile and a nod before retiring into the Millennium Puzzle.

Good night, aibou.

Good night, Yami.

Yugi sighed again and took one last look at the starry sky before climbing into bed. He removed the Puzzle and put it on his bedside table, gazing at it for a moment or two.

Yami's answer, though informative and honest, was not the answer he was seeking. Thought it did tell him that Yami was disappointed at not being able to go though all the daily tasks associated with being alive. Yugi felt himself feeling even more curious about what it was like to be a spirit, but now it was accompanied by guilt and sadness for not being able to give his dark side the gift of one day as a living person.

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Yugi stretched and yawned as he woke the next morning. But when he opened his eyes, nothing could prepare him for what awaited him. He was no longer in his bedroom, nor was he in his soul room for that matter. On the walls were ancient writing that Yugi recognized as hieroglyphics. Where am I? he wondered. How did I get here?

The room did not come with a feeling of foreboding and danger. In fact, it felt familiar and welcoming, like he had been there before. He looked around then glanced down at the bed he was lying on. It was made of gold, with crimson sheets that were identical to Yami's eyes in deepness. That was when Yugi's eyes widened in realization. I'm in Yami's soul room! But...why? And where is Yami?

He got out of bed and began roaming the halls of his dark side's soul room, looking at all the doors, most of which he knew led to hidden traps and false passages. Yami's soul room was and probably always will be a maze of passageways and secrets. Yugi doubted even Yami knew where all the doors led.

As he was passing one particular hallway, he ended up walking right past a large and extravagantly decorated tall mirror. That was went his eyes went wide with shock and disbelief. For the person staring back at him in the mirror was not his own face, but that of Yami's. I look exactly like Yami! Yugi thought to himself in wonder.

"How in the –" He gasped when he heard not his voice, but that of Yami's. He put his hands to his mouth and his eyes grew even wider. I sound just like Yami, too! But how can this be… Wait, we must have switched bodies! Now I am in Yami's body, and he is in mine! Oh Ra, this can't be good…wait…did I just say Ra?

"Just great. Now I am even starting to act like Yami."

Joy: That was chapter one. Not very long, but there will be more soon. I will get other characters involved as well. Till then, review!