A/N: I really liked the last chapter, even if I was up til four writing it cause I was watching the 5th season of Yu-Gi-Oh and multi-tasking. Ah, Multi-Tasking. Next chapter is dedicated to my only reviewer. XD They're awesome cause they're not one of those reviewers that just goes 'UPDATEBLARGGG'. -Cough.- Sorry, I just woke up. T-T So here's to you yugixyamiyaoilover. Oh, and you probably noticed that I changed the title. It's because it sounds better! Up Up and Away!

Full Summary: It all started with a simple suggestion from Yami. "Hey Aibou, let's go out tonight." Little did Yuugi know that his normal Friday Evening was about to become very eventful.

Pairings: Yami Yugi/Yugi, Seto/Jou, Honda/Duke, Juudai/Shou, Atem/AEYugi, Seth/AEJou

Chapter Four: No Rest For the Wicked

Jounouchi was always considered the underdog and there was more reason behind it then the fact that he always had a way of pulling through in the end. No, he also had superior senses such as a good sense of smell and above all his hearing was awesome. It wasn't any different now as muttering on the opposite side of the chamber woke him from his sleep.

"This is what happens when you let your anger get the best of you." One voice muttered, trying to sound stern but also a bit pained.

"Yea, I know." Came another voice, though this form sounded more in pain then anything.

"You're just lucky that kid intervened when he did, else you would've had a much more severe beating."

"Heh, yea. I guess he is a bit different from Akiiki. Aki's a good guy and all but when it comes to the Pharaoh's word he would have never said anything." Said the voice in a small chuckle.

"That's true but I'm sure this wouldn't have happened if Akiiki were here in the first place. He would've prevented it."

There was a long silence before a sigh came and the first voice continued speaking.

"Get some rest merwet. The Pharaoh wants me to try and sense Akiiki through the boy, so when you feel well enough I could use your help."

The other form didn't say anything and there was another long silence before the gentle click of a door sounded. Jounouchi laid there for the longest time before finally deciding to get up. He remembered where he was and what he came here to do and he needed to do it before Shou's magic faded. He sat up, stretching a bit and yawning before rubbing at the back of his head and looking around. He was in a large room that consisted of a large bed, a sitting area where he had been laid down to rest and a large empty basin in the corner. This room was filled with scrolls, almost making it impossible to move throughout the room.

That's when the teen noticed the male he had gotten into a fight with outside. He was laying on his stomach on the bed with his torso bare, bandages covering his back completely. He was turned towards him, watching him with silvery eyes that were outlined by a band of brown coloring.

"You still have brown eyes." Nuri finally stated as they stared at each other, burying his face into his pillow then.

"Well dey are the eyes I was born wit." Jounouchi responded with, rubbing at his eyes then.

"My eyes changed color a long time ago when I started controlling my magic. Tell me, do they have magic in your time?"

Jounouchi had to think about that one.

"Some I guess. But there ain't as much of it dere." He responded finally before he stood and walked closer to the bed.

"Do you know any magic?"

Jounouchi shook his head.

"Nah, but I don't really need magic to take care of myself."

"Apparently." Nuri responded a bit sarcastically, rolling his eyes before closing them.

"Why I oughta..."

"I'm sorry about attacking you earlier. I've just been a bit on edge since a friend of mine has gone missing."

Jounouchi blinked before sitting on the bed and crossing his legs.

"Your friend Aki...?"

"That's right. He's a favorite around here and the whole palace has been ready to pounce on just about anyone for information as to his whereabouts. Usually I can sense him if I put my mind to it. That's how I met your friend. Suddenly I could sense Akiiki again and I jumped at the chance to go get him. I was disappointed." Nuri explained, before looking up at Jounouchi.

"And then you suddenly showed up. I guess I needed a punching bag."

Jounouchi got a bit agitated before he then shook his head.

"I'm here to get my friend actually. He's been here for a month and we're worried about him."

"A month?" Nuri blinked before he sat up slowly, wincing just a bit.

"Dat's right."

"Your friend has only been here for a day and a half. I would know, I sensed him the moment he entered our era."

Jounouchi blinked slightly. So while they were all worrying about Yuugi's safety, only a day had passed for his friend. That meant a few days in their time was maybe only minutes here which meant he could disappear at any moment.

"I need to see him."

Nuri blinked before he then sighed and stood, walking over to a white cloak and putting it on.

"Alright. My name is Nuri by the way, so you don't have to refer to me as the man that almost killed you."

"Jounouchi." At this, Nuri chuckled softly which made Jounouchi twitch. "What's so funny?"

"Your friend called me Jounouchi when we first met." Was all he offered before the two blonds then left the room.

XXX

"Alright Yuugi, just take a breath and relax." Seth instructed the teen, resting his hand gently over Yuugi's forehead. The high priest was a bit worried to be doing this on the boy, seeing as he had just been attacked by Nuri's wolf and was still weak from his trek through the desert, but Yuugi had insisted he do it in order to help in anyway he could with finding Akiiki.

"Okay." Yuugi responded, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. He could feel Seth's magic seeping into his mental link that he had with Akiiki. He wanted to help them find Akiiki as soon as possible, able to tell that the Pharaoh dearly missed him. Already the Pharaoh kind of attached himself to Yuugi, seeing as Yuugi looked like Akiiki and 'felt' like him too apparently. He had grown so protective over him in such a short amount of time, that Yuugi had thought he was going to beat Nuri to death after the incident and had pleaded with him to stop. The Pharaoh needed Akiiki just as Yuugi needed Yami. They balanced each other out.

'I wonder how Yami is doing...' Yuugi found himself thinking. No doubt his darkness was in a panic trying to locate him after his disappearance, and Yuugi could only hope that he didn't run himself ragged with worry.

"Yuugi, please focus on your link." Seth reminded, snapping the teen out of his thoughts of his love.

"Oh right...sorry." Yuugi whispered in apology before repeating his actions from before with Seth's magic flooding his mind. A small whimper of pain came from Yuugi just as he began to tap into another vision.

Once again he was looking down at the desert as if he were floating before he zoomed in on two horses, dragging a shape behind them.

"Move it slave!" One of them shouted, obviously agitated by their slow cargo and yanking the ropes he held in his hand forward, bringing their prisoner to his knees.

"W-Water..." The prisoner's voice was raspy as he spoke before he looked up at them then. Yuugi gasped slightly as the prisoner looked almost exactly like him but with a darker violet color of eyes. There was no doubt about it, this was Akiiki. He looked awful, seeming a bit clammy and almost seeming on the verge to pass out.

"You made it across these sands before without water! You can do it again!" The man shouted before yanking their prisoner forward again, making the other man growl.

"You idiot! You're going to harm the cargo if you keep treating him like that!" He shouted before he then climbed off of his horse and pulled out a small gourd.

"Here you go, take a small drink." The man offered the weak male a drink then. As Akiiki drank his eyes glinted for a moment and he stared directly in Yuugi's eyes, his eyes widening a little in shock.

"Hey, he seems almost like he's afraid now." The man giving him water spoke before looking to where Yuugi was, of course not giving him the attention that Akiiki directed at him.

"Eh, he's just delusional from his fever. Let's get moving again. We'll be there soon."

Suddenly the vision blurred and he was once again in complete darkness.

"Heh, so you think just because you've become adviser to the Pharaoh that you're suddenly better than me? Your master? The man who raised you and taught you everything you've ever come to know? You're nothing but a filthy slave." Suddenly red eyes opened and stared Yuugi down, glowing from some inner power.

"Don't worry my pet, I will remind you of where you stand in life." And suddenly Yuugi could feel hands on him and he began to panic, thrashing out.

"No! Don't touch me!" Yuugi shouted, his eyes closed then.

"Yuugi! Yuugi calm down!" Warm arms embraced him then and Yuugi slowly opened his eyes, meeting the eyes of the pharaoh.

"You're safe here." The pharaoh said soothingly as he held onto the teen protectively, brushing his hair back to comfort him.

"Yami...I-I mean Pharaoh...we need to save Akiiki." Yuugi commented, pulling away from him then. There was a swarm of emotions hitting him all at once. Confusion, fear, sadness, loneliness and all Yuugi could think about was how desperately he wanted to see Yami again. He knew that the pharaoh and Yami were the same person, but at the same time there were things that made him different...things that belonged solely to Yami...that made him Yuugi's darkness.

"What is it that you saw?" The Pharaoh asked, concerned for the teen's well being as well as Akiiki's.

"Not much pharaoh." Seth responded for Yuugi, rubbing his cheek a bit tenderly as the teen had hit Seth in his thrashing.

"All I can tell you is that Akiiki seems to have been returned to his previous master."

"Then it's just as I expected. This isn't to spite me at all...but a personal matter for Akiiki." The Pharaoh growled lowly, clenching his fist.

"Pharaoh, didn't Akiiki mention the place where he had come from?" Seth asked as he then picked up his Millennium Rod.

"Of course! Seth, prepare the guard and our mages. We're traveling to Clysma this very evening." The Pharaoh ordered before beginning to head out.

"Pharaoh wait!" Yuugi called, running to catch up to him but almost falling against him in his weakened state.

"Yuugi you have done all you can and it has been a great deal of help. Please stay here and rest." The Pharaoh said with a small smile, resting his hands on the teens shoulders.

"But if I go with you I'll be able to tell you if you're getting close or not." Yuugi said, trying hard to convince the other to let him go with them.

"Please Yuugi, I don't wish for you to over exert yourself. Just rest and we'll sort out everything when I return with Akiiki alright?"

Yuugi frowned softly but nodded before the Pharaoh walked away to prepare for the coming trip.

"Yuugi, hey Yuugi!" Called a voice down the other corridor, making Yuugi blink before he smiled.

"Jounouchi, you're alright!" The smaller teen said happily, running to meet his friend halfway.

"Man, I never thought I'd see dis little spiky head of yours again!" Jounouchi said happily as he caught his friend in a noogie. The two laughed while Yuugi struggled to get free of Jounouchi then, Nuri watching on as he walked towards them.

"Yuugi, I would just like to apologize for my actions earlier." Nuri said then before bowing before him.

Yuugi blinked before he smiled and moved to Nuri, touching him to make him look up at him.

"Hey, it was just a misunderstanding. No hard feelings alright?"

Nuri blinked a little before he nodded, then standing.

"Merwet," Called Seth's voice from down the hall, instantly drawing their attention to him. "Come here for a moment."

Nuri nodded a little, seeming a bit chipper as he then walked towards the taller male at the end of the hall.

"Eh, is it me or does dat guy look a lot like a certain rich punk by da name of Kaiba?" Jounouchi asked, watching the two discuss something.

"It certainly does bare a strong resemblance to him doesn't it?" Yuugi said with a bit of a teasing tone.

"Wait a minute, what do ya know dat I don't?" Jounouchi said, eyeing his shorter friend.

"Do you realize what the title 'Merwet' means?" Yuugi asked, looking up at his friend with a small smirk.

Jounouchi blinked before he began to think. What could it possibly mean?

"Probably mutt. Stupid jerkface." The blond growled then, making Yuugi giggle softly.

"Not quite."

Jounouchi huffed before he glanced to the pair. He watched them, trying to guess before his counterpart leaned up and kissed the high priest.

"Oooh, I get it now." Jounouchi said with a knowing nod before his eyes then snapped opened and he blushed.

"Wait wait wait! You have got to be kidding me!"

Yuugi laughed then, enjoying his friend's reaction more than he thought he should before wiping a few tears away.

"Hey Yuug' do ya realize how long you've been here?" Jounouchi asked, looking down at his friend in all seriousness.

"Um, a couple of days I guess. Why? Speaking of which, why are you here? How did you even get here?"

"You've been here for a couple of days yea, but you've been missing for a month in our time. And considerin' how the difference between them is...its probably been two months now."

Yuugi stared at Jounouchi in disbelief. Two months?

"Th-There's no way!"

Jounouchi simply nodded then.

"We searched everywhere for ya dude. We even called Rebecca tah see if she kidnapped ya. Yami was just gonna give up until we went back to the shop where ya disappeared from and talked to the shopkeeper, who has some mystical all knowing boyfriend. Dat's the only reason I was able to get here and find ya." Jounouchi then showed the golden ring he wore to Yuugi, making Yuugi remember the silver bangle that had brought him here. He had almost forgotten about it even though it now rested securely around his arm.

"Yami...and grandpa...I'm so sorry." Yuugi apologized before Jounouchi patted his head.

"Hey, don't worry about it Yuug'. We'll be home in no time." Jounouchi smiled then before Nuri then returned to their side, looking somewhat upset.

"Seth is leaving me here in order to protect you..." Nuri muttered, glancing at the retreating back of the high priest.

"Don't worry Nuri, they'll be back soon. In da mean time, why don't you give us the details? How'd you end up with creepo da clown over dere?" Jounouchi asked, glancing at the high priest then.

"Don't talk about Seth that way. You don't know him!" Nuri growled, grabbing Jounouchi's collar then.

Yuugi sighed softly, shaking his head. How was he ever going to be able to put up with two Jounouchi's?

XXX

After everyone had left, Nuri treated the two to quite a feast and told them of his origins. Nuri's mother had once been a traveling gypsy, coming from the western lands with her troupe in order to preform their tricks for the Egyptians. However, she had come to this city and fell deeply in love with a man and so stayed in Egypt to start a life with him. They had two children, Nuri and his younger sister Ife and even took in the child of their deceased friends. He was a boy around the same age as Nuri and his parents had named him Akiiki. They lived in peace for a time before one day Akiiki went missing in town and was never seen again. Shortly after that, his father's farm died and he was forced to sell it. His mother eventually fell ill and died while living on the streets and his father abandoned him and his little sister for who knows what.

That's when Nuri became a thief. He lived in the slums with his younger sister and took on the job of a shopkeeper. He didn't make good money and could only afford bread for his younger sister most of the time. When she fell ill, Nuri could barely stand to watch as the center of his world began to wither away and so he became. He was one of the best thieves around and was able to get away with it for awhile, that was until Seth came in search of him. Seth could sense the magic potential in Nuri and so he offered him a deal. Instead of sending him to jail where he belonged, he would take him on as his apprentice and teach him everything he knew. Seth even offered to take care of Nuri's baby sister. So what else could he do then accept. He thought of Seth as nothing more then a teacher but he proved to be a better man to him than anyone had ever been. His sister Ife died three months into training and Nuri wanted nothing more than to give up on his life and join his family in the afterlife. However, Seth had been there for him and had given him someone to live for again. Nuri owed his life to Seth in more ways than one.

As Yuugi was told the tale, he couldn't help but think of how much it related to Jounouchi at the moment and from the look on Jounouchi's face, he realized it as well. A few months back, Seto Kaiba had found Jounouchi laying face down in a gutter after he had been jumped and nearly beaten to death by his old gang. Seto had taken Jounouchi in, treating him with his own personal physician and made sure that Jounouchi ate regularly and took care of himself. After awhile, Jounouchi had left to go back to live with his dad again but ended up back in Seto's home two weeks later. He had never been told the full story of what had happened but Yuugi didn't really care since his friend was safe, healthy and happy.

Nuri also told them adventures he had since he had been staying in the palace and how he had come to acquire his two most trusted creatures which was Minkah, the black dragon who had piercing red eyes and Asar, the desert hound.

"I could teach you two how to summon your own creatures if you'd like. It's actually quite simple." Nuri offered with a smile, the three of them becoming close friends over that dinner.

With a full stomach, both Yuugi and Jounouchi found that they were ready to rest for the evening. Nuri arranged a room for the two to share before they said their good nights and turned in.

"Jounouchi, how long do you think we'll be here?" Yuugi asked quietly into the darkened room though no answer came and Yuugi simply sighed, turning onto his side so he was facing the balcony.

"I miss you...mou hitori no boku..."

XXX

The palace fell quiet as everyone settled down to rest for the evening. The night passed on slowly with no creature stirring or so everyone believed as they slept on. Little were they aware of the lone servant that walked through the corridors with more meaning than was normal for a typical servant. Quietly he slipped into the darkness of one of the rooms, listening to the soft breathing of the occupants of the room. With almost everyone gone, it had almost been too easy for the servant to slip sleeping powder into his target's food and know he should sleep quite soundly for a few hours while he smuggled him out of the city.

The servant approached one of the beds, slightly disappointed that it was the boy who resembled the blond mage. He dismissed him, moving to the other bed and looking over the smaller form. He had curled up tightly around a pillow in his sleep and the servant chuckled at the resemblance he shared with the adviser.

"Can I get three chocolate doughnuts and two glazed doughnuts? How much does dat come out to?" Came a sudden mumble from the other bed, making the servant tense. Nothing else came though and he sighed then before he was again looking down on the smaller form. It was time now to take this double to his master.

A/N: Sorry for the bulk of info and the long ass chapter, but I wanted to get to the next bit of action faster. So enjoy. XD Please Review!