Okay, so I learned something very important: I am very bad at using technology. If I was to use what my technological knowledge added up to, I'd be sitting in the back with a typewriter. Or a pencil and a sheet of paper. But anyway, I've edited it so it's not just a big block. I hope you'd still like it.

Yugi: Oh yeah, of course-

Joey: No.

Thanks for the help guys. *Derp* Anyway, here you go!


"Duel me."

"No, Joey. And this is the final no! We've done this several times already," Yugi muttered, his short legs swinging off the edge of the bench. "I don't want to duel."

"You afraid you're going to lose?" he asked, grinning. Joey poked his ear. "Come on, porcupine head! I dare ya."

Maybe if he ignored him, Joey would leave him alone.

Or not.

"Ya call yourself the king of Games?" he chuckled, waving his deck in front of Yugi's face. "You haven't dueled since Yami left. He might be gone, but that doesn't mean your skills took a hike with him."

Yugi's face heated up as his fingers curled into the bench. "Leave me alone, Joey," he muttered.

A cold laugh reached the friends' ears. "Yami was Yugi's confidence, Joey. Without Yami to hold little Yugi's hand through the duel, he's nothing."

Seto Kaiba watched the friends fight with a pleasured look in his eyes, a small smirk on his lips. The young entrepreneur's favorite activity was disturbing the peace between Yugi and his group of friends. His sharp blue eyes settled on Yugi, who was currently trying to hide his face underneath his bangs.

"That's not true," Joey said, stepping in front of his friend, as if he was a barrier to protect Yugi from Kaiba's words. "You're just upset that you'll never be as good as old Yug over here, right Yugi?"

Yugi was silent, turning his head away slightly. Was Kaiba right? He shuddered away from Kaiba's knowing gaze, feeling the smallest he's been since Yami left.

Lucky for them, Tea and the rest of the gang finally arrived.

"Sorry for being late, guys!" she cried, brushing her brown bangs away from her sparkling aqua eyes. She turned, grimacing at Tristan. "Somebody had to go to the bathroom, as always, right before we left."

Tristan blushed, looking anywhere but Serenity's face as she giggled. "When you gotta go, ya gotta go."

The blonde haired female stepped forward, pushing Tea and Tristan out of the way by grabbing each of their heads firmly and pushing them apart. She walked between them to Joey, smiling cutely. "Jo-Jo!"

Yugi looked up. "Did she just call you Jo-Jo?"

It was confirmed. Mai Valentine and Joey Wheeler were dating- and obviously happy, in their own, strange way...

Joey blushed. "It's a pet name..."

Kaiba burst into a roar of laughter, along with the rest of the group. He cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled, "The next duelist, Jo-Jo!"

That even made Yugi laugh.

"W-we shouldn't be so mean," Tea managed through her laughter. One look at Joey's hysterical face sent her reeling. "But it's way too much fun!"

Joey pouted, crossing his arms over his chest with a heavy blush. "Thanks, guys. What a group of pals. Ya know, Yug and I were doing just fine without all of you here, so get lost already!"

"Aw, are we hurting little Joey's feelings?" Tristan taunted, poking Joey's cheek with a goofy grin. "Does this make Joey mad?" he cooed.

An eye twitched.

"Yow! Joey bit me!"

"If this isn't friendship, I don't know what is," Yugi laughed, jumping off his seat. "Thanks guys."

"No prob, Yugi. It is my comical genius that livens up the group," Joey said, pushing the groaning Tristan away with a cheeky grin and a thumbs up.

"Comedy Genius?" Tea snorted.

"Not one part of you says genius, Joey. Don't flatter yourself," Tristan snickered.

Yugi smiled as he watched his friends, though it slowly faded as he stared blankly at the millennium puzzle he kept around his neck. He hadn't taken it off ever since Yami departed. Never. Sure, it sounded stalker-ish, but he just didn't have the heart to take it off. He just wasn't ready to accept the fact that Yami was really out of his life.

His amethyst eyes watered. He couldn't even think of it without bursting into tears. "Kaiba's right," he mumbled. "Where's my confidence? I battled without Yami... Like once, but still," he muttered.

"Yug, you okay over there? You're like, molesting your puzzle."

He looked up, his spiky head bobbing. "What? Yeah, I'm fine. What? Yeah."

Joey looked unsure, his brown eyes flickering to Tea's aqua and Mai's violet. "You seem out of it, Yugi," Mai said uncertainly. "Do you want to take a walk to clear your head?"

"I'm fine," he said softly with a smirk. "I promise."

"Promises can easily be broken," Mai grunted, pinching Joey's ear.

"Eeeeyow! I said I was sorry! Mai!" he yelped, trying to pull away without his ear staying with her.

Yugi grinned shyly, sitting down again. He held the puzzle firmly, thinking. "Yami..." He felt something, like a shudder running through the gold of the puzzle. Something weakly prodded his mind, a familiar voice whispering in his ear.

"Yugi-"

"I know what'll get your spirits up!" Joey said, cutting off the almost forgotten voice of the pharaoh. "You don't need to duel me, I'll practice by myself!"

"Joey..." Yugi snarled under his breath, hands reaching out to strangle Joey- but just for a second! - when the blonde haired boy shot out to the center of the park.

"Now pay attention, guys! This is how a REAL man duels, guys!" he announced, taking out his dueling disk system and slapping in his deck.

Kaiba rolled his eyes, sitting down neatly on one of the benches as his younger brother, with his puff of black hair- Mokuba- sat next to him, sure to stay away from his brother's expensive and stylish white coat. "Big brother, isn't it dangerous to duel without a partner?"

He shrugged, brushing away his sharp brown bangs away from his ice cold eyes. "I would say yes, normally, but I'm wavering, since I may have the chance to see Joey either hurt himself or embarrass himself, and I refuse to miss this chance. Yes, with him it comes many times, but I'd still like to see it, given the chance."

Joey drew his Time Wizard, pumping his fist in the air victoriously. "Just the card I was looking for! Since I have my Baby Dragon on the field, I'll use Time Roulette to turn it into the mighty Thousand Dragon!"

That snapped Yugi out of his trance. "Joey!" he yelled, running towards him. "Stop! This is dangerous, you aren't dueling anyone! Joey!"

"Time Wizard, do your thing!"

Seto's eyes widened. He never thought that Joey was stupid enough to pull that stunt. He shot up, along with Mokuba and started to stride forward, determined to shut down the disk.

"Oh boy, he's gotten himsef in trouble again, big surprise," Tristan and Tea snickered, being dragged by Mai to her boyfriend. Duke shrugged, following Serenity as she cried out, reaching for her brother.

Just as Yugi grabbed a fistful of Joey's shirt, the spindle stopped on the time warp section. Kaiba threw himself over Mokuba, the rest of the friends huddling together as Yugi fell onto Joey, accidentally pushing him to the ground.

Yugi couldn't see anything but a searing light.

Atem had never been so bored in his entire life.

His hands fiddled with the millennium puzzle that remained around his neck. So close! He had been so close to talking with Yugi again. He was sure Yugi heard him, at least a whisper. He groaned, clenching his hands around the golden pyramid. It would have been more interesting then this!

Priest Seth was droning on about how Atem had to be married or at least have an heir.

"Heirs to the throne don't just appear from thin air, Pharaoh!" the priest groaned. He was waving his arms by now, trying to get the Pharaoh to understand the importance of this speech.

"I understand what you are trying to tell me," Atem growled through gritted teeth. "That doesn't mean that I'm just going to find the first woman out on the streets and do it with her to get a child. I want the woman that will give birth to my child to actually know who I am. And I would like to be in love with the person I marry. What's the use if you're not in love?"

"Having an heir to rule when you die," Priest Seth said bluntly.

The pharaoh sighed, sinking into his throne. It just seemed to go in through one ear and out of the other with Seth. He closed his eyes, trying to think of something else when a large portal seemed to rip the center of the room apart.

Well the Pharaoh hadn't expected that. His ruby eyes looked down in surprise at his old group of friends sitting practically on his feet.

Joey was sprawled across the ground, looking charred. One eye was bugging out while the other was in a slit, twitching. His hand was still outstretched, clenched around his Time Wizard card. His mouth was set in a mix of a grimace and an insane smile, a sound that sounded like: Guuuuggggawwwwaaaaaahhh," escaping his lips. Mai rushed to his side, rolling her eyes and saying, "You're a big boy, Joey. Get up."

Tea, Tristan, Duke, and Serenity were wrapped around one another tightly, all groaning about how they were going to murder Joey.

Seto stood up from his protective crouch, removing his jacket from Mokuba's body since he no longer needed protection. His ice blue eyes settled on Joey's twitching form, flaring. "If you wanted to roast something, perhaps I would have suggested some food. But if you think this group of pathetic wannabes that you call friends is a better substitution, I wouldn't dare disagree."

Tea marched over to him, wagging her finger in Kaiba's face. "Listen here, Kaiba. He didn't mean to, it was just an accident! So do us a favor and get bent, if that's what it takes to loosen you up."

He smirked. "My, you have quite a temper. I pity the man that will end up with you. If there even will be one."

She shrieked, trying to claw at him as Duke and Tristan tried to haul her away without losing any limbs.

Amethyst eyes were locked on the figure staring at them with his jaw dropped nearly to the ground. Atem had a lean figure, muscular, but thin. His skin was golden tan, his chest bare that afternoon, except for the millennium puzzle which began to glow as Yugi became close. Yugi's eyes traveled over ever dip and curve on the young man's body, his heart pounding as Atem stood up, the linen skirt he was wearing a bit loose, part of hips showing as the belt needed to be tightened.

Yugi nearly passed out.

Atem's hair was still wild, if possible even more so. The black hair was lined with violet that melded into crimson, golden bangs jutting out in every direction. His eyes were now crimson, and completely shocked as he stared at his old friend.

"Yugi?" he asked, his deep, powerful voice echoing throughout the room. "How did you- Why are you-"

Yugi lunged at him, giving him a crushing hug. Atem would've returned it if it weren't for the fact that the hug sent them teetering off the throne and down the steps.

As they crashed, Atem wrapped his arms and legs around Yugi's comically smaller figure, receiving the worst of their fall on the way down. When he felt the descent come to a stop, he lifted his head from Yugi's spiky hair. "Are you alright?" he asked, worried crimson eyes setting on Yugi's face.

The violet eyed male shuddered."I'm fine," he said with a smile that quickly faded. "Yami," he whimpered. "You're bleeding."

"Huh?" he mumbled, looking down at his arm. By this point, priest Seth was cursing the ancestry of their families and such. He chuckled. "It's nothing. Just a scrape."

They shared a quick smile before Seth grabbed Atem by his cloak, yanking him onto his feet. "You've managed to get hurt within the five minutes I stop talking, Pharaoh."

Atem sighed, looking at his friends. Joey was holding a small funeral for his Time Wizard card, which just so happened to blow up in his hand. He couldn't believe his bad luck!

"Got any extras, Yami?" he asked, looking at both of them. He groaned at the burnt pieces laying on the ground.

Atem sighed. "Joey, we are five thousand years in the past. What don't we have yet?"

"Uh... McDonalds?"

"Try again."

"... I know it! Burger king."

Atem sighed as Yugi facepalmed. "Forget about the food!" Yugi cried.

"My friend," Atem said quietly. "What does the Time Wizard look like?" Please get it right.

"A clock," Joey said proudly. He tried to ignore the groans from his so called friends.

"Correct. And since we are five thousand years into the past, guess what we don't have?"

"Burgers."

"Will you forget about the food already?" the younger amethyst eyed boy snapped.

"We don't have clocks yet," Atem said, interrupting Yugi's annoyed speech. "Which means that until we make a card that successfully works, you're all trapped here."


Everyone: *Glares at Joey*

Joey: Eh... So do you guys still love me or what?

Tristan: Or what! We're gonna kill you! Get over here, Blondie!

Haha, while they beat Joey mercilessly, I hope you enjoyed the chapter!