Azzure- Come on disclaimer time.

Malik-No! How did you find me?

Azzure-After I actually went looking it really wasn't that hard. Now if you would…

Malik-Azzure does not own Yu-gi-oh.

Azzure-Very nice, thank you.

Chapter 2:

The light flashed on and a beam of strong bright light caught the figure in the face. Yami caught sight of a flash of purple before he dropped the light and the shape moved out of the beam and merged back in the shadows of the darkness.

Yami started to shake as he looked down at the face down card grasped between his two fingers. He slowly flipped over the card, and in the dim light caught sight of the purple spellcaster monster. He looked up from the card and gazed into the shadows and darkness, "Hello?"

There was no response from the darker section of the room. Yami picked up and switched off the light before setting it back on the table. Then as his eyes adjusted to the pale light from the window he made out a dark shape sitting on the edge of the bed.

He sat down next to him, "Are you alright my Dark Magician?"

Yami noticed that the mage kept his eyes closed as he answered, "I'm alright."

Yami leaned forward, clearly concerned, "Are you sure you're alright? I didn't hurt you did I?"

He slowly opened his blue eyes, blinking repeatedly as he tried to adjust his eyes to the lighting. Then he looked over into Yami's own red eyes, "I'm alright, you needn't worry my pharaoh."

Yami nodded and looked down at the floor, "I'm sorry, it's just that I've had so much on my mind lately that I haven't been thinking clearly." He looked over to see the Dark Magician watching him silently, "I don't know how to exactly to explain myself, but it's as though there's a certain feeling that I get in my mind." He shook his head, "I don't know how to better explain it."

"I believe I know what you mean." The purple mage commented; his gaze fixed on the darkened ceiling above them. When he looked over and saw Yami's confused expression he shrugged, "I know not whether or not it's related to you own feeling, but I have been having feelings of dread, I feel it might be foreshadowing fore what's to come."

Yami bit his lip, "I don't suppose you have any idea what these feelings of dread might be foreshadowing to do you?"

He shook his head, "No, I'm sorry but I do not."

Yami sighed, "You're fine my friend." He leaned back and placed his hands behind his head, "I just wish that we had some idea what kind of evil we might be dealing with.

"Dealing with what?" Both Yami and the purple mage looked up startled to see Yugi floating in front of the bed. He had his head cocked and a confused expression written across his face, as Yami and the Dark Magician exchanged worried looks he frowned, "What?"

Yami shook his head, 'It's nothing Yugi, just forget about it." He rose from the bed and headed towards the window.

"Yami, when will you stop lying to try and protect me and actually tell me what's bothering you? Yugi asked as he stared after his other self, his voice filled with concern. "I'm not a little kid, you don't have to try and protect me from things. I've handled everything else we've ever faced together, so why are you still hiding things from me?"

Yami turned to face him, Yugi had moved from floating near the bed to sitting on it. He sat next to the Dark Magician and had his attention focused on him, his large blue eyes watching worriedly. When the mage caught sight of the angry expression on Yami's face he rose to his feet, "My pharaoh, if I may…"

Yami cut him off by holding up his hand; the magician bowed low and stepped back into the shadows where he disappeared from sight. Yami sighed and looked over at Yugi, his other self pouted innocently his puppy dog eyes fixed on Yami.

Yami groaned and covered his eyes with his hand, then turned to stare back out the window, "Yugi!"

The other boy continued to pout, "I'm not going to stop until you tell me what's bothering you. And believe me I'll do this all day if I have to."

Yami held out for several minutes, but he couldn't take Yugi's puppy dog face for much longer than that. He sank into the desk chair with a sigh; he swirled around a few times before stopping the chair and staring in Yugi's direction. The boy was still sitting on the bed, but off to the left Yami caught sight of a single pair of blue eyes watching him from the shadows. It seemed that the Dark Magician hadn't left after all; he stepped slightly out of the shadows to where his head could be seen. He glanced at Yugi and nodded, as if to say that Yami should indeed tell the boy.

Yugi followed Yami's gaze back to his left, but the spellcaster had already merged back with the shadows when his gaze reached the spot. He glanced at Yami, "He's still there isn't he?"

Yami nodded and sighed, "Alright Yugi, do you really want to know what's on my mind?"

The boy nodded, "Yes."

Yami placed his head in his hands and groaned, then he looked over and met Yugi's eyes, "Alright, I shall tell you." The other boy fixed him with his full attention as Yami continued, "Both the Dark Magician and I believe that there is danger coming."

"What kind of danger do you think it is?" Yugi asked, he seemed slightly nervous but tried not to show it.

"Neither the pharaoh nor myself is sure." Both Yami and Yugi turned to stare into the darkness at the sound of the Dark Magician's voice. Only moments after speaking he stepped into the light, "I do know one thing for certain though."

"What's that?" Yugi asked the question that was on Yami's mind as well.

"Whatever we may face, I know for a fact that there won't be a simple solution to the problem." He answered, "Unlike with some of your other dangers, there will be more than one way to reach the solution."

"And how do you know this?" Yami asked curiously.

The spellcaster looked away, "I'm not fully sure, although I have no proof of the matter…there is just a feeling I have that tells me that what I say is true."

Yami sighed and placed his hands on his head, "Now I have even more to think about."

Yugi smiled, "Well then let me take over, and you can have time to think."

Yami nodded to Yugi, then he turned to the Dark Magician. The mage bowed, and Yami caught sight of a slight smile on his face just before he vanished.

The boy then turned to see Yugi staring at him, a smile on his face. "Don't worry Pharaoh, I'll get ready for the duel." Yami nodded absently as Yugi took control of their shared body. He remained seated at the desk as Yugi stumbled around rummaging through the closet.

He gazed down at the Dark Magician card Yugi had left lying on the desk. His eyes were locked with the magician's blue ones. What exactly had he meant? How had he known?

"Yami?" He didn't respond to the sound of Yugi's voice behind him. "Yami!" His eyes were still interlocked with the magician's and he didn't respond. "Atem, great Pharaoh of Egypt!"

He spun around to see Yugi standing with his arms crossed in front of the closet, "You have to use my real name because?"

"Because I'm your super special awesome other self who just so happens to need to ask you an important question," He paused to pout in Yami's direction, "And because you ignored me you should totally give me sugar to make up for it."

Yami rolled his eyes, "Nice try, but no." Yugi's face fell as he continued, "Now what was this important question that you just had to ask me?"

Yugi suddenly took great interest in studying the wood of the door as he answered, "Well…I have to go down stairs to finish getting ready. So I was just wondering if you were going to come with me, or if you wanted to retreat to your mind room or something."

Yami groaned, "You broke my concentration to ask me that!"

Yugi pulled open the door, "I'll take that as a mind room then."

"Aren't you forgetting something?"

Yugi turned, "I don't think so."

"Something very important?"

The boy frowned, "Like what?"

The spirit tapped the desk next to their card deck, "Like something vital for our duel with Kaiba."

Yugi's eyes widened as he moved back to the desk and grabbed the deck, then he took off running down the stairs. "Thanks Pharaoh!"

Yami shook his head as he warped to his mind room. "How I've been able to deal with him for this long is beyond me."

Malik-Why do I always have to do the disclaimer?

Azzure-Because I don't have anyone else to do it, now if you would…

Malik-Please read & review, thanks. So if I were to find someone to help me I wouldn't have to do it all the time?

Azzure-Malik, if you can find anyone to work with you I'll be amazed.

Malik-I'll be back.

Azzure-Do I even want to know?