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"Ryou, stop panicking," Yugi was helping Ryou look around for the gold necklace that was his mother's.

"I can't! That was the last thing she gave me Yugi! Now some bird has it, and oh god, what if I forget her!?" Ryou cried out, slumping onto the side of the street and curling up tight. Yugi bit his bottom lip and tried to comfort his friend by rubbing his back, seeing some birds fly over the ocean. Getting an idea, Yugi helped Ryou up and took him by the sea shore.

"Why are we here?" Ryou mumbled, now just pissed at everything. Yugi walked along the rocks that took them deeper into the ocean. Sitting down on the very last on, Yugi let his feet dangle into the water.

"Oh mermaids!" Yugi called out to the sea, and from the corner of his eyes her saw Ryou roll his eyes, but smirk. "Come and help your soul mate! Ryou Bakura has lost what was dear! Bring it back!" They waited for a moment, Ryou was holding his breath in case if he breathed, it wouldn't let mermaids come closer. Finally, after nothing happened, Ryou breathed a long breath.

"Yugi, you know they don't-" something splashed him in the face.

"Its mer- men thank you," Ryou's jaw dropped, and Yugi tensed up. In front of them was something that looked exactly like Yugi, but had his bangs sticking up. He would dive in the water every so often before resurfacing.

"Shit," Was all Ryou could say, looking at the Yugi-look alike over again. The merman opened his mouth to say something, before he was dragged down into the water. Yugi yelled in shocked, before diving in to what he thought he was rescuing the merman.

Bakura had pulled his soon-to-be-husband back under water, mad he left the city. He was about to yell at Yami before some boy tackled him out of nowhere. Bakura easily pushed him off, before noticing the smirk on Yami's face, and the kid didn't have a tail, no, he had two arms where his tail should be.

Yami pulled Yugi up and back into the air, letting his soul mate breath. He noticed Bakura pop up behind him, about to say something, when Yami's soul mate's friend caught his eyes. The boy was standing, helping Yugi out of the water, his long white hair gently raising in the sea's wind.

Ryou didn't notice the other merman until his friend was safe on land. Even then it was just a glance over. It was just two guys pranking them, or that's what Ryou thought. They ran, well, Ryou dragged Yugi away from the sea and ran into the city, not even pausing for a breath. Yugi was gasping and was doing everything to make him friend stop.

"RYOU!" He finally shouted, making his albino friend stop and look at him. The shorter boy was breathless, looking like he was going to pass out. Ryou blushed and apologized, before picking up the boy, and countiuned the run to his friend's game shop. The shorter of them squeaked and held on to Ryou tighter.

"That is not what I meant!" Yugi shouted into deaf ears, Ryou having one thing in his mind. When the game shop's door was in reach, Ryou dropped Yugi off and allowed him to open the door.

"Yugi, I'm telling you it was just a joke, caused from the bullies that hurt us, they must know about the tablets," Ryou tried to reason with the boy now giving him a silent treatment.

"Then why haven't we seen the two boys before, and how did they look like us?" Yugi reasoned, going upstairs, and having Ryou fallow him like a shadow.

"Make up goes a long way now a days. It could have been water proof," Both boys bowed to the two men who were in the living room talking to Yugi's grandfather, to caught up in their conversation to notice that both looked like them and had wings.

Grandpa Motou chuckled and shook his head softly.

"You must forgive my grandson and your third, Akefia was it?" His old voice was kind, accepting. He had found the two near the game shop and knew who they were at first glance. It was a long time since he had seen his own thirds, both who had died.

"Yes, and you wouldn't mind if we went and talked to them, would you?" Akefia's dark rich voice filled the room in a light rumble. Grandpa Motou shook his head, waving off the two angels, letting them do as they pleased.

Atem got off Akefia's lap to let his lover up, before fallowing the voices where the conversation was still taking place. Akefia held his husband's waist when they reached the door to Yugi's room.

"Ryou, now that just doesn't make sense!" Yugi stressed at his albino friend, taking off his wet clothes in favor of drying. Ryou, being one to usiwally be in Yugi's house when his father forgets to pay rent, went and got some clean clothes for Yugi, including boxers. The two humans were still oblivious of the angels, who didn't mind, and felt content on just watching their thirds walk around and argue. Ryou turned to leave to get some food, bumping into Atem and Akefia, before he let out a large scream, backing up, knocking himself and Yugi on the floor.

"Calm yourself, my third," Akefia softly spoke, going in the room to hold Ryou, who would run every time Akefia got close, the seen making Yugi and Atem laugh, before Yugi got up and sat on his bed, grabbing Ryou from his panicked run and hugged him onto his lap.

"MISTER MOTOU! GRANDPA!" Ryou countiuned to shout, calming just a little when the elder man came into the room.

"Ryou, you called?" Grandpa's voice was calm, even. Ryou nodded quickly before pointing at the two look a likes with wings.

"Who are they?" Ryou finally got his voice back to silently whisper.

"Yugi, Atem. Ryou, Akefia," Grandpa pointed between the two of them, "These are your other thirds," The elderly allowed Akefia to stand beside Atem again.

Well, end of chapter two. I'm glad some people like this ^-^ Word count on this chapter is 1,061 not including this little author's note. Well, I decided to leave this as a cliff hanger, and my friend, who was reading this, asked me of Yugi and Ryou are a couple, and no. They are not. They are just really close friends.

Ryou's little spaz at the end... Ok, I just liked the thought that Ryou would panic if he saw some people he was just trying to run away from.