A/N: I'm hoping to make a multi-chapter collection of YuGiOh oneshots, most likely they'll be Tendershipping, maybe some other pairing as well later on.

The title is totally random btw, I just didn't wanna title it something lame like 'untitled' or 'oneshot collection' -_-

The white haired boy could hear his laughter echoing off the stone walls of his prison, whatever provoked it he wouldn't know, he was kept in the dark down here (quite literally). His prison was full of sand, the air was dry as a desert heat but his prison was cold. Dark and cold. The 'voice' always locked him down here; he'd figured out that much, that this place wasn't real, it was in his mind and that it was the 'voice's fault he was here.

But the 'voice' or spirit, whatever he was, was the least of his worries right now. He use to black out, he use to lose time and looking back he'd gladly pick that over this, waking within his own mind to spend what felt like eternally in the dark. In the dark with…IT.

There was something far sinister than the thief down here.

For a moment he wondered if the thief knew he was locking him away in this prison with this thing. A familiar hissing suddenly alerted the young man to the other presence lurking about in the dark with him. It spoke to him in a voice that dripped with hidden intention, an ancient language, words that he did not recognize yet understood none the less.

"You are becoming most troublesome, Whelp."

He shivered, the place echoed each word effectively making his effort of locating the creature impossible, it could be anywhere or possibly even everywhere. The boy shook his head and covered his ears, he just wouldn't listen.

"Don't dare to defy me again, boy." the teen screamed in surprise as a massive weight wound itself tightly against him, what felt like scales pressed up against his bare arms as the creature slithered it's body around the boy. "I'll handle you the way I take care of those bullies of yours."

Blinking, the boy processed those words, all his friends that went into comas? That was the work of this creature? He felt the monster squeeze him tighter when it didn't get a reply. He never actually conversed with this thing nor the thief before, he panicked; he didn't want to address them, it'd make them real. The body constricted and the teen felt the air leave his lungs, he struggled for the lost oxygen. In the back of his mind he told himself (repeatedly) it wasn't real, it was all in his head, it couldn't actually hurt him. The creature howled with laughter as if he could hear the boy's frantic thoughts.

"Can't…breathe…" the boy managed before falling into the all too welcomed unconsciousness.

"Yadonushi-sama."

Ryou groaned, desperate for the safe embrace of 'unknowing' to keep him from reality a moment longer. He felt soft fabric against his skin, he wondered if he was laying on his bed, it never felt this soft before.

"Yadonushi-sama." A bit more strained that time.

It was that voice again, the spirit was trying to bring him back and there was no fighting against the spirit when he wanted something (not anymore at least). He had fought against the spirit and he had been punished, put in his place, the teen was smart enough not to dabble in such risky behavior again (not that he would get a chance any time soon). It didn't really strike Ryou that his darkness' voice sounded oddly different. It was like hearing your own voice in your head for years and then suddenly hearing yourself speak on a camera, the thief sounded...outside himself. The teen's eyes snapped open only to come face to face with a virtual twin of himself. He blinked. Once. Twice.

The doppelganger adopted an irritated look on his face, "you really are a baka" he muttered. Ryou sat up to examine the room around them. The thief had only ever shown himself to Ryou in mirror reflections, so Ryou recognized the harsher looking "him" as the spirit but there was no glass separating them. The spirit needed his body; otherwise he hadn't one of his own to journey around the 'outside' with, so surely they couldn't be anywhere real.

Could it be that they were still in his mind? But glancing around the room Ryou was confused that he didn't recognize it, it wasn't the prison he usually found himself in. This place was entirely new, the walls were a light shade of blue and bent into the form of a circle (there was no door to this room he noticed). The only things in the room were the bed that Ryou was sitting on and a desk on the opposite end cluttered messily with piles and piles of books.

The spirit waited til his host's gaze finally found their way back to him, he sat next to Ryou on the bed before explaining. "This is your soul room," Ryou was captivated at hearing the 'voice' in his head come from the lips of his doppelganger sitting next to him, "you haven't been back here since you were a child." Brown eyes so different than his own took a quick glance around the room as well. "It's changed since then." It was more of a whisper not really meant to be heard, the teen didn't realize the spirit was blaming his influence for the change in his host's soul room.

Ryou felt the urge to say something but even if he could fathom a response it wouldn't have matter; at that moment the spirit fell backwards to lay on his back grabbing Ryou's shoulder as he did so, pulling the shorter teen with him. Lying on their backs now staring up at the shadowy ceiling above them, the dark purple clouds of the shadow magic created the illusion of a storm sky above them both. Ryou noticed that the spirit's hand lingered on his shoulder for a second.

"You don't remember it do you." The way the spirit said it Ryou really didn't think it was a question and so stayed quiet. Lifting a hand, the spirit pointed at the cloudy ceiling; in an instant the shadow magic parted to show a starry night sky. Ryou gasped and stared at the twinkling lights above this circular room, the sight was breathtaking. "I use to show you this sky and name the Egyptian Kings for you."

Ryou turned to look at his darkness the thief however continued gazing at the sky intently. Ryou couldn't remember, he knew he had the Ring when he was very young but he couldn't remember knowing the spirit back then. The spirit knew he wouldn't, his host wouldn't recall any memories of each other before the snake's awakening. Shaking his head of those thoughts the thief gestured up above,

"Your turn." Ryou (who was still watching the spirit) blinked, "Name them."

Ryou looked back up at the sky ceiling, his eyes trailing along each constellation, quietly examining them all in peace. The fact that he couldn't remember doing this before with the spirit or remember this room fled his mind, he even manage to forget about the earlier encounter with the creature (which may have been the spirit's intention from the beginning). Ryou gave a small smile and for a moment his hand twitched towards the other male before pointing at stars above them and he started to teach the spirit the modern day constellations.

*I don't really know if they think the Egyptians believe the stars to be fallen kings (pharaohs), just went with that as part of the story