-Yugi's Bedroom

"Pegasus wants my Puzzle for what?!" little Yugi screeched as Jonouchi finished reading the letter which had just arrived with the evening mail.

The spirit of the Pharaoh, previously gazing over the boy's shoulder at the nearly concluded game of solitaire Yugi had been playing, turned a sharp eye back to the young blonde seated just beyond his host on the teen's bed. Jonouchi, of course, couldn't see this, but he suddenly had the strange feeling that he was being scrutinized by two sets of concerned violet eyes.

"That's just what it says, Yug, I'm not making any of this up!" Jonouchi said, his free hand running absently thru his unruly hair. "In his letter, Pegasus claims that he has found a way to set spirits back into physical bodies-"

"Using my Millennium Puzzle, no doubt," grumbled a remotely sore Yugi.

His yami simply stared, a determined look set on his features.

"No, listen! Pegasus only needs the Puzzle as a…wait, what does it say here? Ah, yeah, as a 'conduit of spiritual energies.' I think what he's trying to say is you can put the Pharaoh into his own body just by believin' in him and using the Puzzle as a kinda funnel, I guess…"

Yugi took this into deep consideration and tossed the idea around with the other voice inside his head. "Yami, if what Pegasus promises is true, you could have your own body for the rest of your search for the key to your past! Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

"I believe it would, Yugi, but I fear…" Yami began, but suddenly hesitated.

"Are you afraid it's another trick?" asked Yugi, an air of sweet comfort in his mental voice. "Don't worry; we foiled Pegasus's plans the last time, and I'm sure his plans can't be any better now!"

Yugi grinned, but his partner shook his head sadly.

"Hikari, I am afraid that if I do achieve a physical form that I can call my own, I will not wish to discover my past, a past which no longer would grant me a physical existence. Have not, want not, I guess…" Yami smiled, but there was no joy in it. As if to mirror the Pharaoh's feelings, Yugi's best friend slumped forward onto his elbows.

"Aw, man!" Jonouchi growled at the wall.

"What is it, Jou?" Yugi asked, pulling himself completely back into his own mind.

"Does this mean that that whole Battle City Tournament was a waste of our time? I got possessed by a freaky Egyptian for nothing?!"

"That's not what it means at all," chuckled Yugi. "One way or another, my partner's got to find out who he was and what his destiny really is. This could just be another potential aide along the way!"

But Jonouchi wasn't really listening; he was mumbling something about putting up with Kaibas and comas and mystical happenings. Yugi chuckled again, but in the back of his mind, his other soul's expression grew darker. Yugi knew that the Pharaoh would never fully trust Pegasus, but the boy hoped that this proposed adventure of Pegasus's would yield some happy results for his partner.

-Pegasus's Bedroom

"Yes, I sent the letter to little Yugi." Pegasus looked to be talking to himself. His remaining eye was half-open, foggy and dark. The young American man was quiet for a minute or so. "I am quite sure that I conveyed the possibilities and infallibility of this…" Pegasus stopped again. "I will hopefully hear from him tomorrow. Yes… Yes… I promise I will see you very soon. Good night, my dearest Cyndia."

Pegasus's vision cleared, and he replaced his eye patch over the left side of his face. Pale, tapered fingers lifted the circular Millennium Relic from his lap and placed it into its silk-lined jewelry box. Pegasus's sleep-yearning eyes lingered lovingly for just a moment on the gold-embossed name scrolled across the wooden lid as he closed Cyndia's old box and rose from his bedside armchair. Long, white hair draping gracefully into his face, the billionaire slid under his large, expensive comforter. Finally, Pegasus was able to once again fall asleep dreaming of his love with a warm smile on his face.

-Mokuba's Computer Room

"Yeah, that's what my brother's spy bugs found out!" Mokuba Kaiba was staring at, and speaking to, his beautiful new desktop computer's screen. "Noa, you'll be able to have your own body, too, just like the other Yugi and Pegasus's wife, if, of course, my brother is able to persuade Pegasus to let us use his new soul-retrieval methods…"

A pair of startling deep sea-green eyes blinked once from the computer screen.

"Thank you, Mokuba. Keep me up to date on any more information you find out, won't you?"

Mokuba nodded.

"Oh, and don't forget to thank Seto for all of the new technology he's given you to let us be together once again, even if we're not together in your reality just yet. And I still can't thank you enough, brother, for the time you spent finding me in the depths of cyberspace."

Mokuba grinned widely and bowed to his older brother. Noa nodded back and blacked out Mokuba's computer screen for him. Mokuba unplugged one of the computer's three external hard drives - the one labeled "Noa's Home," - stretched, and headed for bed.

-Outside the Game Shop Two Weeks Later

"Hikari, you're truly sure about this?" Yami asked as he put the last suitcase from the front hall into the trunk of the limousine that had been sent to pick Yugi up once his return letter, sent just four days ago, had reached Pegasus.

"Yami," Yugi replied from the back of Yami's mind, "we spent ten days discussing the possibilities and ultimate pros of this trip. This is no time to get cold feet!"

"I understand, but I'm just so worried-"

"We didn't tell any of our friends that we decided to accept Pegasus's invitation so they'll be in no danger, and Mom's home; she can take good care of Grandpa if anything here goes wrong."

"So worried that something will happen to you." Yami had stepped off for a moment of privacy into the shadows beside the building.

Yugi started. "To me?"

"Yes, to you. We have no real idea what this method of separating my spirit from the Puzzle is going to entail. If there is even the slightest possibility of you endangering yourself-"

"I'll take the chance anyway!"

The Pharaoh stopped, stunned by the boy's vehemence.

"Listen, we've been friends for two and a half years now and partners in this search for your destiny for even longer, so nothing, short of grievous bodily harm, is going to stop me from helping in any way I can."

The look in his hikari's eyes was so solid and fierce that the Pharaoh had to smile and turn away. "All right, Yugi. It seems like you've won again."

Yugi smiled back, and his consciousness resurfaced once again in control of his body.

Before he faded back into the Puzzle, his other soul gently announced, "But I refuse to go on existing in your body if your spirit's not here to co-exist with mine."

Yugi replied quietly as he slid into the back of the Industrial Illusions limo. "I promise that my spirit's not going anywhere."