Yami raced through the underbrush. It was catching up on him. He could hear them. They were coming after him, and he still had no idea where he was. One of the pygmies dropped down in front of him wielding a spear and screeched.

"Nope wrong way," Yami commented making a sharp turn and running straight into a square metal door.

Bakura glared at the wall opposite him. They had abandoned him in the room with no way of knowing which way was safe. Sure he had tried to test a trap with one of the others, but the guy was annoying him. He then heard one of the metal doors opening and looked up seeing Yami poke his head through.

"I told you that was the wrong way but did you believe me, nooo," Bakura commented as the pharaoh came into the room looking around.

"Well none of this would of happened if you hadn't tried to bring Zork back," Yami commented snidely.

"Ow shut up Mr destiny, why on earth did you walk through the door," Bakura snapped back at him.

"Ow come on Maat was just being way to vague, how was I suppose to know that one of the doors would do this," Yami replied and the thief rolled his eyes.

She looked back at the building and moved on with a sigh. When he woke up he would find the papers on the table. She didn't know how he would react at this point, but she couldn't care.

Ryou watched Yugi pacing his room.

"How could she do this to me," Yugi yelled at the blank wall, "Why would she do this to me."
"Well your marriage has been falling back since you have been travelling a lot more," Ryou commented trying to regain his mantis pose on his neatly made bed, "you have also changed a lot since Yami left."

"What is that supposed to mean," Yugi snapped turning on the albino.

"You have to admit you had become slightly dependent on the pharaoh, and you I can't say that change isn't to be expected," Ryou explained ignoring the harshness in his friends voice.
"I was not dependent on Yami, he was a friend who if you remember pulled us into more trouble then he was worth," Yugi commented trying to calm himself down and ran his hand over his hair.

Ryou nodded, he couldn't forget all of that, how would he ever be able to. He turned his shy smile towards the king of duelists after looking towards the clock.

"I'm afraid you best get going before the nurses come around, visiting time is ending," Ryou commented standing from his bed to open the door for his friend.

"Fine fine I can leave myself," Yugi commented grumpily then grumbled as he left, "if she wants to leave she can, but she better know that she isn't going to get anything."

Ryou shook his head watching Yugi leave, they were friends, but he wished that Yugi wouldn't drench up the past as he did. He prayed that he wouldn't have the nightmares again.

Marik continued to polish his motorbike ignoring the ringing phone. Odion who had been else where in the house wasn't able to stand it any longer, answering the phone and bringing it to his younger brother.

Marik sighed putting down the polishing rag and taking the phone, wiping some of the polish on his pants.

"Hi Ishtar mechanics, Marik Ishtar speaking, whose there?" Marik automatically called into the phone.

"Hey Marik, it's Joey," came the reply across the line, "I was wondering if my bike was ready."

"Nah still waiting on some parts," Marik replied holding the phone with his shoulder to his ear and continued polishing his own bike, "can you remind me again how you totalled it this time?"

"This one wasn't my fault, someone ran into it when I was in a shop," Joey replied defensively.

"Ok, yeah whatever. Have you heard from the others lately?" Marik asked bored and having run out of other things to talk about.

"Haven't seen any of them, though apparently Tea walked out on Yugi," Joey answered boredly.

"Ouch, poor Yugi. But really that was a bit of a long time coming if you ask me."

"They hadn't been married that long."

"Yeah but come on, Yugi kinda came more like Kiaba if you ask me."

"Ya got me there," Joey commented with thought, "but yeah that is all I heard. Ryou still not up to talking with you yet?"

"No, I guess he doesn't feel up to it," Marik commented cleaning the bottom of the bike, "can't blame him. It's not like I really knew him anyway, I only really met the ring's spirit."

"Hey that's right isn't it," Joey mused, "though never saw him to be the one to be sent to the loony bin."

"Didn't he submit himself because of the nightmares and all the things that happened to him because of the spirit, he did have no body at one point."
"Kinda the same thing," Joey replied, "Anyway I have to go train for the next game, I'll leave you to polishing your bike."
"Err how did you know I was polishing my bike," Marik asked shocked stopping what he was doing.

"You do it enough and it took so long for the phone to be answered, and Odion answered it," Joey repied, "Take care and don't get yourself hurt, you're the only mechanic around I trust."

"Yeah seeya."

Duke hung up the phone after talking to Tristian. The lucky dog's wife was going to give birth soon. Duke turned back to his desk, he still had been unable to get Serenity to go out with him, but with Tristian married there was less competition. His company had taken off even with his leave of absence while he was spending time with his duelling friends. It had reached further then just dice monsters. Though he was mainly sticking with board based games. He had game stores in many cities, except Domino, where the Motoh game shop was the only place allowed to stock his games.

But with all that he was still unable to coach Serenity to go out with him. But Joey was also still a problem. The sports star who had the whole team protecting his little sister from any prospective suitors. Not that Serenity seemed to mind, well that was what Duke could tell from the email he was reading. Hmm, Joey trashed another bike, no surprise there, the memory of the truck crash while they were in the virtual world was still etched in his mind. Sadly so were the hours he had spent with Rex Raptor and Weasal Underwood. Who to his last hearing were still in the duelling business, but had also opened up a bug and dinosaur museum together.

A lost amount of time and several universes later Yami and Bakura had found themselves exhausted and completely lost, in a less then safe environment.

"I am going to ask again, what in Ra's name was that thing," Yami panted leaning against the cage wall.

"How many times have I told you, I have absolutely no idea," Bakura snapped, "but I have never seen something so big, or with so many teeth."

The pharaoh nodded looking back out into the rain where the large creature roar could still be heard. Then he spotted something in the wall and jumped up.
"I found the exit," Yami exclaimed excitedly.

This snapped the thief to attention and they both quickly came to the decorated arch in the rock at stepped through the glowing vortex.

Yami blinked on the other side of the vortex as his eyesight slowly came back to him.

"Where are we?" he asked Bakura looking around the tall grass plants which were being tended by multitudes of people, women and men alike.

Bakura shrugged as one of the workers decided to help out by answering.

"Your in the afterlife, the Field of Reeds," the man commented pausing, "first people to arrive in a very long time."

As they watched the man go back to working the thief commented, "well I think we made it."
"Hell no," Yami commented loudly, "I am not doing that for all eternity."