Y-n-Y: Oh, my... look what I did. I created another project for myself. But I so couldn't resist this one. For dub-lovers this is somewhat of a spoiler. If you live in the UK the timeline takes place right after the last dubbed eppie you saw, for the Canada and the US dub-lovers, unfortunately they're still plowing through the end of Battle City, but it's close enough (there's prolly only one thing left and if you can't guess what happens in the end of Battle City... .;; ). For all the sub-lovers (w00t w00t!) this is the Doma Arc timeline. Which you all know is full of luffly YamixYuugi scenes. I just hope the dub doesn't ruin them like they did with the scene during the ep Kaiba gets Obelisk. SO much better in the sub Also, I'll be cheating a bit. I hate writing duel scenes, I even attempted to make one for this chapter, but it turned out so bad... x.x Most duels I'll skip over for the most part and maybe briefly go over it. This is like a mind diary of Yuugi's. Where he narrates things that happened or things that are currently happening. Until a certain episode at least... then mou hitori no Yuugi takes over. So that's it for that. Hope you'll all enjoy! ... Gah... a quarter page of notes... meh, I've done worse ;;

Episode 145: A New Dark Pulse (Aratanaru Yami no Kodou)

Episode 146: Oreikorukosu's Barrier (Oreikorukosu no Kekkai)

It's hard to know where to begin with today's events. Everything just started out odd. During lunch mou hitori no boku did something that he hasn't done in so long. Before meeting up with the others outside, he took control of my body without letting me know. I don't mind when he's in control, I just like to know when and why. I questioned him as he made our way out of school.

'Mou hitori no boku, what's going on?'

I received no answer and so I waited until we were a good ways away from school. I ask him where we're going and he finally responds, asking if I had the God cards with me. It took me moment to realize where we were headed. The museum. Telling me he was all right with just me seeing him off, I left him to his thoughts. I knew he had a lot on his mind since we got back from Alcatraz and I probably didn't even know half of it. He shares little with me nowadays. I'm not exactly hurt... everyone has their secrets, even me. It's just I've always had the strange feeling that he's hiding something important from me.

That's the part that hurts.

Before I realize it, Jounouchi, Honda and Anzu were with us at the entrance to the museum, not wanting mou hitori no boku to leave with saying good- bye. We go to the exibit with the stone tablet and he takes out the cards. I felt something tingeing on the edge of his mind. First a strong determination and then abandonment.

Mood swing? Perhaps...

We hold up the three cards and they begin to glow along with the carving of the Sennen Puzzle. I sit in my soul room and think of what's happening. I wasn't ready to say good-bye to him. Something was pulling at me, I wished for something to happen to prevent this. Anything.

And... I think I got it.

Before I knew what happened, the tablet was sealed and the cards were shooting out purple sparks. Obviously, something was wrong. This wasn't what was supposed to happen right?

That night, after seeing a spaced out Haga and Ryuuzaki saying the world was ending and seeing Duel Monster invade Domino City, we gathered around the TV to see that it was the whole world was being plagued and that Kaiba Corporation had nothing to do with it.

Not very helpful. So, with one out of an infinity number of possibilities excluded, we are no closer to finding out what's going on. It has to have something to do with mou hitori no boku. It's too much of a coincidence that the monsters showed up right after the tablet was sealed.

Then, from the shop, I hear Jii-chan yell. Rushing there, I barely have time to realize that I'm back in control when he says the God Cards have been stolen.

Okay, when I said I wanted something to prevent mou hitori no boku to leave, this isn't what I had in mind. Guilt over rode me so badly, he questioned me about it. Ignoring his question, I ran outside to see three silhouettes of what appears to be bikers. They admit to stealing the God cards and say they're followers of Doma.

Maybe I should have been impressed? Provided I knew what or who Doma is.

When they challenged mou hitori no boku to a duel on top the building under construction, I had to do a double take to realize they know about him. Assuming I don't walk and talk in my sleep, I have no idea how they know.

And now we're headed towards the building.

'Mou hitori no boku... I'm sorry.'

He stops mid-step and resumes walking quickly before the others saw it. 'What for, aibou?'

'"What for?" How can you say it like that? It's my fault the cards were stolen! How can you be so generous towards me after that?'

'We'll get them back.'

I didn't hear him though. I stopped walking, separating myself from him and he looks back at me. 'I wished for something to happen. I wished something would happen so you wouldn't have to leave. I didn't want you to go. It was selfish of me to think that, I know.' I felt hope linger in his feelings for a moment, but it disappeared as I kept talking. 'I wanted to do whatever I could to help you regain your memories and here I am, wishing you not to leave. I know how important it is to you and I promised I'd do everything I can to help you... and yet... it's my fault they're stolen. I destroyed what you've been trying to accomplish and...'

'Aibou!'

Startled, I look at him, not hearing him yell at me often.

'When we win this duel, we'll get the cards back, right?'

I nod, not quite believing what those three had said. It sounded like they would return it upon our victory, but it seemed too easy.

'Then let's take care of that.'

I nod again and fade back into my soul room. My heart was heavy, even after pouring all that out and even after him saying it was all right... no... he didn't say that. He didn't tell me it wasn't my fault. All he said is we'd get the cards back.

He must hate me.

I hate myself for letting this happen. I should've been sterner and told Jii-chan not to touch the cards. I think that hurts more than whatever I know he's hiding does.

I stayed quiet for the duel, not wanting to say anything to break his concentration and give him more reasons to hate me. Finally, it's over and we've won.

No, he won.

The guy he fought threw Obelisk to the three Doma people before his soul disappeared due to the magic card Oreikarukosu Barrier.

I wanted to break down in tears.

We leave and part our separate ways. He remains silent and so do I. Upstairs in my room, I regain control and start to prepare for bed. When I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth, I couldn't even look in the mirror. It's true, we look alike and even though it's not a perfect reflection, it's close enough that I have to turn away. I fall onto my bed and bury my head in the pillows, not bothering to cover up.

I open my eyes half way and see a ghostly hand covering my own. I notice the blankets had been pulled up on me and my eyes travel up to see mou hitori no boku sitting on the edge of my bed looking down at me. He realizes I'm awake and the brief sadness I saw in his eyes disappeared.

'It's still night, aibou,' he speaks as he removes his hand from mine. 'You should sleep some more.'

I look away from him and close my eyes again. "Right..." I mumble. "Sorry if I disturbed you from anything..." I open my eyes again and he's not there. I fall back asleep.

I'm surprised my friends haven't noticed my withdrawal. I haven't said more than a couple words and not doing much but paying attention to the teacher. The couple times Jounouchi tried to catch my attention, I pretended I didn't see and kept taking notes.

After school, we talked about current events on the way home. A conversation in which I participated little in. Before I know it, someone was calling me 'Darling' and I had a small blonde girl hugging my arm. Okay...

Look, Anzu's jealous. Amusing...

Ah... it's Rebecca. And it seems her grandpa wanted to talk to me. Well, why not?

Now if only I can get her to stop hanging off my arm...

Y-n-Y: Yeah... I know that's not the end of the ep, but I wanted it to end on a funny note. At least I think it was funny... Anywho... hope you liked it.