So.. this story was actually in my computer for a year... hehheh. I decided to put it out and see how people will think of it X3

Should I go with puzzleshipping, light puzzleshipping or just brotherly bond between Yugi and Yami?

That is the question that I will always have haha XD Tell me if you have suggestions!

Story inspired by Spirited Away of course 0

Oh and this setting is I guess a little after Yugi's soul got saved from the seal of orichalcos

"Yeah Finally! A relaxing trip after saving the world from evil as always!" Joey stretched out his arms and opened the car window. "This spring break is going to be awesome!"

"Hello Joey? By saving the world you mean Yugi, right?" Tea sighed and gently shook her head with a frown.

"Yeah, all I remember seeing you do is... well I can't even think of an example," said Tristan while he continued to drive the car with four of his friends.

"Come on you guys, I didn't do it all by myself," said Yugi as he patted Joey's back, "I couldn't have done it without my friends, of course."

"Tristan and Tea are just playing around with you, Joey," the younger sister named Serenity spoke softly as she leaned against the edge of the car to get some sleep.

"See, at least Yugi and my sister appreciates my hard work around here!" said Joey with confidence and everyone in the car laughed as beautiful sceneries passed around them. Green trees were everywhere that created an amazing forest and flowers in various colors greeted five teenagers with delicate scent. Tea opened the window to inhale some of the air and delight.

"Check that out you guys, there are small villages just below us," Tea pointed below.

"You better drive well Tristan and make sure the car doesn't fall off the hill," Joey reminded his friend.

"Hey, my driving skills are far safer than yours Joey so don't sweat it."

"I agree with you on that one," said Tea. "There is a small bridge and a river below it too!"

"It looks a lot like some rural village," Yugi also commented.

"Hey so... anyone knows what this place is called again?" Joey asked while he scratched his head a little in embarrassment.

"Joey!" Everyone in the car called out his name at once.

"I can't believe you don't even know the location of where we're hanging out for this spring break!" Tea sighed and tried to smack Joey behind his back but since Yugi was sitting between them, it was a little hard to do so.

"He was just too busy looking at his duel deck or something like that," said Tristan as he made a sharp turn and continued to drive up the hill.

"Yug, help me out here?" Joey turned to the only person that would probably tell him the answer at this point.

"Well you better remember this time," Yugi's voice had a little skeptic before he spoke again. "This place is called Yamagata and the place that we are staying at is the Fuijya Inn."

"Fujiya Inn is a serene sanctuary where guests can come to relax and forget the stress and strain of everyday life. Combining its wonderful location on the Ginzan hot springs with exquisite architecture, design and contemporary Japanese funishings," Joey's younger sister read from the small book that she carried with her, "It sounds like a cool place and it says that there are a lot of must try restaurants."

"And if you get bored, the city is not that far away from this place so we can go back and forth using my car."

"Cool I can use some peace and quiet," said Joey and he also began to relax in the car.

-Peace and quiet is something that you can use too, Yami- Yugi sent a message to the spirit of the puzzle who appeared instantly when he heard his name being called out from his partner.

-What do you mean, Yugi?- Yami tilted his head a little in confusion.

-Well, I mean you know, we had a lot of things going on for the past weeks and all of those events revolved around you- Yugi shrugged his shoulder, -So you can use some break-

-I believe I deserved those suffering since it was my fault that your soul was trapped in the seal of orichalcos

Yugi noticed right away that his spirit began to feel upset again and even though Yugi had to admit, he was a little disappointed at the pharaoh when he played the evil card, Yugi had already forgiven him. Yami made a mistake and nobody is perfect. Yugi just felt bad that he caused a lot of worries to the pharaoh.

-We went through this- Yugi tried to lighten the mood -Don't blame yourself too much-

-But-

-No arguing!- Yugi smiled -That is something from the past and let's just be happy that everything is solved and back to normal, okay?-

-Alright then- the spirit nodded -You win, Yugi-

-Haha very funny, Yami. By the way, I plan to switch with you back and forth during this trip so you can have some great time too-

-You don't really have to- Yami insisted, -I'm fine watching you and your friends spending time together-

-I still plan to switch- Yugi chuckled and Yami knew that he shouldn't argue back with his lighter half anymore since he kept losing in their discussion.

Just then, the road started to get all bumpy and everyone in the car gave a confused look on their faces to the driver. As the car jumped up and down, Yugi managed to bump his head on top of the car while Tea screamed in annoyance.

"Tristan! How in the world are you driving right now?" said Joey and held tightly on to his sister for her safety.

"I thought this was supposed to be the short cut!" yelled the driver and he increased the speed a little more, "You'll see, we'll arrive to our hotel in no time!"

"T-Tristan! Are you sure about this?" Yugi stuttered because of the car's movement. The pharaoh just watched everyone complaining about their friend trying to find a shortcut until he saw a strange stone that shaped like a small dwarf. Yami was able to feel some kind of cryptic spiritual energy coming out from the stone as their car passed by within seconds.

-Hmm...What was that energy…- Yami thought to himself, unintentionally catching Yugi's attention at the same time.

-Eh? Something wrong?- Yugi sensed Yami's uneasy feeling.

-Nothing to worry about- The spirit of the puzzle shook his head. Before Yugi had the chance to ask again, the car stopped and everyone had the chance to take a deep breath and relax. That was some crazy car ride through the forest!

"Okay next time, I'm driving!" Joey stated and he got out from the car.

"Why did you stop?" Serenity asked while she also got out of the car to follow her big brother.

"There is some kind of entrance," Tristan pointed to the cave that was located right in front of the car that he stopped. "Maybe we should go and see what's on the other end of the side?"

"It's probably something boring" said Joey but his sister disagreed.

"Maybe there is a beautiful scene just on the other side of the cave Joey."

"Yeah, listen to your sister," Tea laughed as she entered the cave first and made a hand gesture, asking other four to join her.

"Girls," Joey grumbled and everyone aside from Yugi went in to the cave.

"Come on Yug," Joey yelled, "Don't get lazy now!"

"Are you guys sure we shouldn't just head back to where we were going?"Yugi suggested but his friends were already half way inside the cave and Yugi decided to follow them along.

'What's this feeling,' Yami thought to himself. This time, he managed to lock his thought so Yugi would not be able to hear them.

Once everyone reached the other side, they were greeted by a huge green field with warm breeze that especially made girls happy. Yami was also surprised that there was nothing negative lurking on the other side of the entrance and sighed in relief.

'Maybe I'm just over-thinking.' the pharaoh thought to himself.

"I wonder if this is supposed to be another tour area that we didn't know about?" said Tea. But she realized that Joey and Tristan were sniffing something with their noses without even taking a look at the great view. The teenage girl thought it was strange but funny to look at two of her friends acting if they were some kind of dogs.

"Okay, I have to ask. What are you guys doing?" Tea pointed at Joey and Tristan.

"I smell something-"

"Really really good!" Joey finished the sentence for Tristan.

"Huh really?" questioned Yugi, "I don't smell anything."

"It's food! Just follow us you guys!" Both Joey and Tristan ran down the hill, following the delicious smell was just begging for their attention. Tea and Serenity quickly ran down the hill to follow where their friends were heading too.

"Guys! Wait for me!" Yugi shouted as he ran behind.

After going down from the green field, a small village like looking place was presented in front of five teenagers. The town was empty which scared them a little. As they walked further into the village looking area, they were able to see all various types of food stands and stores located everywhere!

"Check this out!" Tristan yelled and went to one of the food stand that clearly had no owner at this moment, "It is like a huge buffet!"

"Chicken, Beef, roasted duck, fish, grilled vegetables, dumplings and dude, my mouth is watering!" Joey also sat down next to his friend.

"You guys! We can't just start eating right away," Yugi placed both of his hands on to his friends' shoulders. "We should wait until someone returns."

"Yeah what Yugi said is right and- Tristan!" Tea shouted when her friend took out a small chicken wing and shoved it to his mouth.

"This is so good! I never thought chicken could taste this good! You guys just have to try to sauce it is so amazing! Here Serenity, you should try one."

Out of curiosity, Joey's younger sister carefully opened her mouth to receive the red colored piece of chicken from Tristan. After few seconds of chewing and savoring the taste, Serenity's eyes shot opened at how great the flavor was.

"Tristan is right," said Serenity as she sat down, "The flavor is delicate!"

"Hold on really?" Tea was feeling a little hungry from the car ride and she had her eyes on to the roast duck that she never tried before. Without thinking twice, Tea used her hand to rip the meat from the cooked duck and placed it in her mouth. "Oh wow, if I knew that duck would taste this good I would have eaten these fancy food years ago! Yugi, Joey! You have to try this!"

"N-no thanks," Yugi gave out a weak smile and raised his hands in defeat, "I'm probably going to feel guilty once I see the owner."

-Do you want to try some Yami?- Yugi turned around to speak to his other half but didn't receive any response other than observing the food with concerned look. -…Yami?-

"Okay even though I want to eat as much as you guys, I'm just going to go and look for the owner of this food stand and ask. I don't want to see my sister getting into trouble," said Joey, "You guys can stay here and while I find the manager of this place."

"I'll help you, Joey." Yugi decided to talk to the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle later once they got some privacy. When Yugi and Joey decided to split up and look for anyone in this abandon looking plaza, none of the three teenagers even said goodbye to them. The food was the only that that was on their mind and the addiction grew by every second. Tea, who was currently in a special diet program, didn't even realize that her clothes were getting tighter and tighter because of the sudden gain in weight. Nobody told Tristan that he grew a pig tail and Serenity was already devouring her sixteenth spicy chicken plate.

Meanwhile with Yugi…

"I hope Joey has better luck than me right now," Yugi sighed as he looked around the ghost town. "How come there is nobody here? I didn't see any single person."

The tri-colored hair boy gently touched his Millennium Puzzle and waited for the spirit to say something but only silence filled the air. Yugi bit his lips a little before starting the conversation again.

"Yami are you okay? I mean, you seem to act a little different once we arrived here."

"…."

"Hello? Are you in there?" It was hard for the boy to grab the attention of the pharaoh as he walked to the large and very wide red bridge that connection to what seemed like an enormous bath house. The bath house's building color was also red and there were not even a single light, indicating vacancy. The chimney that was connected to the side of the red bath house was also silent. Yugi then decided to look below the bridge and instead of water, it was like a cliff with more trees and bushes covering the bottomless floor. While the boy continued to look below the bridge, a cool wind brushed against his hair and Yugi felt somewhat relaxed at this moment. Pharaoh on the other hand, began to worry more and more.

-Yugi, let's go back to your friends- Yami spoke quietly.

-Now you're talking?- Yugi pretended to get mad at his spirit, -What were you thinking about so much back there?-

-I don't like this feeling Yugi. I suggest you go and tell your friends to leave this area at once. I sense… something that is very odd-

-You sure you're not worrying too much?- But even Yugi knew that from the bottom of his heart, Yami would never joke around with serious matter. The boy just hoped that for once, the pharaoh was wrong and his false assumption just came from recent stress that he had to deal with.

-The atmosphere here is a bit cryptic…- Yami trailed off.

-I mean, it is pretty empty but maybe Joey is right. It could be some kind of holiday but I'll listen to you. Let's go and tell our friends we are leaving at once.-

Yami nodded and noticed that the sun was going down faster than usual. The blue sky started to turn darker as the night approached. The warm wind was replaced by chilly weather and Yugi unknowingly shivered a little at a sudden alteration. It was as if the whole time itself began to speed up on its own.

-What? It shouldn't get dark this soon- Yugi commented to Yami and looked at the sky that started to show some stars here and there, -It was only late afternoon when we arrived here!-

The pharaoh looked around the town and slowly felt presence of other spirit other than himself. Shops, food stands and other buildings began to emit small lights and few of them also had a sign that says "open" which was clearly not there before. The street lamps also turned off by themselves as the night came closer to consume the whole sky.

"The lights…" Yugi turned to various directions frantically as fear grew inside him, "It's like the whole place is coming back to life."

-Yugi let's go! I don't think this is a place for humans!- Yami yelled to gain his partner's attention.

"R-right I should…. What?!" Yugi jumped back a little when he saw a shocking scene.

There was Yami standing right in front of him but something was wrong. The pharaoh's spiritual form was altering into something more tangible every second when the sun went town. Yami was no longer see-through to Yugi's eyes anymore and at first, the boy believed that his other half took over the control. But when Yugi looked at his own hand, he was still solid.

"Yugi, what's wrong?" asked the pharaoh who was still unaware of his solid body form.

"Y-Yami…. You're not a spirit anymore!" Yugi came closer with his purple eyes opened widely in shock as he touched Yami's right arm to check for himself.

The spirit of the Millennium Puzzle was also appalled when Yugi's warm hand made a contact with himself. They were both physically present in the real world but how was that even possible? Only one of them was able to control the body and during that time, the other person needed to stay in the Millennium Puzzle in the spiritual form.

"What the…." Yami observed his own hand and when he saw the sun completely setting down behind the huge mountain, he felt as if his physical body construction had been complete. Now Yami and Yugi were both standing in the middle of the town not knowing what to do and completely perplexed at the current situation.

"How did you make yourself have another body?!" Yugi pulled his hand back and kept his eyes locked to Yami's surprised face expression.

"This wasn't my doing, Yugi," Yami gritted his teeth, "It has to do with this location but this is not a good place to think about it."

"Uh.. Yami? Look around us!" Yugi pointed at strange figures that were few feet away from where he and Yami stood. The unknown figures looked more like black blobs which had yellow eyes that glowed in darkness. It seemed as if they were having some kind of conversation as they went into a food shop. When Yugi looked at in the other direction, there was couple of insanely large people who wore black and blue cloaks with white masks that only went into shops that had their lights on. Yami witnessed three human figures that wore purple hats and black formal wear but their faces were covered in shadows. The supposed ghost town turned into a crowded place but not with humans… it was crowded with ghosts and spirits of numerous kinds!

"So this is what I sensed before," Yami regretted not telling Yugi and his friends earlier when he detected something that was out of the ordinary.

"What are they?" Yami heard his lighter half shrieking in fear.

Yami quickly went next to Yugi and firmly grabbed his hand in order to comfort him and make Yugi relax a little. The spirit of the Puzzle didn't feel anything negative with these random spirits so he thought it would be unwise to start panicking just yet.

"Don't worry. These spirits doesn't seem to possess any potential threats to us yet. But I'll protect you if something happens, I promise." The pharaoh just recently rescued Yugi's soul from the seal of orichalcos which was created from his own foolishness of wanting more power. He promised to himself that he would not let anything happen to Yugi after that incident.

"Thanks," Yugi nodded, "But we still have to find our friends and get out of this creepy place! We can try to make sense out of this logic later once we're safe."

"Let's re-trace our steps," said Yami as he tightened his grip on Yugi's hand and they both began to run back to the old food stand. Yami just hoped that Joey was smart enough to come back to where Tristan, Tea and Serenity were as well.

As the pharaoh took the lead when they both ran, Yugi couldn't help but to wonder what this place really was. Yugi believed in spirits since he also shares his body with a special spiritual friend so that was not too hard to accept, however, he continued to ponder what caused huge amount of attractions to ghosts and spirits in this particular area. Was this location a graveyard that had been abandoned before?

When Yugi and Yami ran down the stairs, a black cloud looking soul rapidly popped out from the ground.

"Ah!" Yugi screamed and the pharaoh swiftly stood in front of his partner protectively but the black spirit just went through both of them as if he didn't really care about their presence.

"Maybe you're right," Yugi took a huge breath in relief, "These might be nice spirits just like you."

"Let's not jump into conclusions yet," Yami warned, "But I do appreciate the compliment," he added with a small grin on his face.

"There's the food stand from before!" Yugi pointed at the small store which still had loads of food presented on the table like a buffet. When Yugi got closer, he saw a ghoul looking figure holding a long stick ready to hit something… or rather someone.

Yugi managed to run close enough to the food store.

"Hey! Don't you hit my…." Yugi's eyes went wide open when he saw three gigantic pigs wearing the same clothes that Tristan, Tea and Serenity wore before. "Friend…..?" Yugi murmured. The black ghoul seemed angered by Yugi's outburst and was about to hit Yugi with the large wooden stick but Yami arrived just in time to block it with his right arm, causing him to hiss in pain when he realize how much force and strength was applied in that one swing.

"Yami..!" Yugi yelled and went to his other half. "Are you okay?!"

'I'm fine Yugi," Yami rubbed his arm as he felt the sharp pain growing. "Tsk.. but that's not important, your friends-"

"Yeah I know, they are not here!" Yugi interrupted but the pharaoh shook his head in disagreement.

"I can sense our friends' soul in those pigs," Yami narrowed his eyes, "It seems like somehow our friends' souls got trapped inside those animals."

Yugi thought his whole world stopped when he heard what the pharaoh told him.

"What?"

Hahaha now Yugi and Yami might need to work in bath house like Chihiro! And where in the world is Joey?!

Please review if you enjoyed this chapter~