Me: I know I'm an idiot, sorry but I have fixed my mistakes. None of you say a thing. *glares*

Tristan: What? Why would we say anything?

Me: Shut up. Sorry it's a late update, college just started and it has been very hectic.


"So how are you going to get your sister's Ring?" asked Yami Marik mockingly. He had changed out of the scrubs that the doctor was wearing and into clothes that he used to wear. The only difference between his look then and now is that his clothes are black and black hair to match.

"Do not test me, I will not tolerate it," Menes shouted in frustration. "I will not hesitate to send you back to the shadow realm where the pharaoh sent you."

"As you wish," Yami Marik said. He bowed and left Menes to his thoughts. 'You do not want me as your enemy,' he thought to himself.

"Don't even ask," Menes said as he felt a presence behind him. He had felt the presence as soon as Yami Marik had left the roof.

"What?" Yami Bakura asked in a cocky voice. He knew full well Yami Marik was getting on his nerves.

"You will get a body when I feel like destroying someone's soul," Menes growled. It was bad enough that Yami Marik had gotten a body; he didn't know if Yami Bakura should get one as well? After all he could still easily handle both of them, he just didn't want to. He needed to save his strength for a 'surprise' that he was going to do.

Menes watched as a guy walked out of a store, he had light blond that almost looked white. Menes smirked as he watched his newest victim walk away from the store.


"Oh shit I forgot my beer," the guy exclaimed as he started down an alley.

"You know that can be very unhealthy for you," came Menes voice as he walked out of the shadows.

"What the hell do you want?" the guy said coming out his shock.

"As a matter of fact I need your body but not your soul," Menes said as the shadows engulfed them.

"Where the hell are we? What did you do?" the guy demanded.

"I assume you know what duel monsters are, correct?" Menes asked as he took out his deck.

"Yeah so, what of it you piece of shit?" he demanded as he took out his own deck.

"Let me put it this way, shall I. When I win, your mind is banished and I get your body," Menes said as he put on his own duel disk, and tossed a duel disk to the other guy.

"You're a psychopath, but I'm not going to lose," he said.

The duel was over real quick. Menes had to restrain himself from crushing the guy in one turn. He wanted to watch his victim squirm. As the shadows engulfed it's latest victim, Menes laughed and said, "Oh Nakia, I can't wait until it's you being devoured by the shadows."


Nakia woke with a start in her soul room. She felt as the shadows devoured their latest victim.

"Did you rest at all?" Nicole asked Nakia. She awoke to find Nakia idly sitting in her soul room thinking to herself.

"No," she lied. 'I can't tell her what happened.' "I couldn't sleep knowing that my brother is out there somewhere right now."

"Well I'll take over for the day and you rest," Nicole said as she left her friends soul room.

As Nicole slowly started to wake up, she heard part of a conversation. She quickly stopped moving all of her body, kept her eyes closed, and breathed regularly so that it appeared that she was still asleep.

"Atem why are you so protective of her?" asked a voice. She had heard it before but she was unsure of who it belonged to.

"I don't know," Atem stated. "I just feel like I'm meant to protect her. I mean I feel like I should know the spirit inside of her, but I can't remember who that is."

"You like her don't you? Nicole, not Nakia," the voice teased. It sounded younger and more childlike than Atem's voice.

She figured that Atem had blushed a little bit, because the other voice had started laughing. 'Wait he liked me? Nobody has ever liked me before. Most are intimidated when they came around me. I mean I have no friends because as soon as I say hi they walk away.'

"Shh, you'll wake her up," Atem reprimanded.

"Fine, your secret is safe with me," he replied.

"Yugi!" Atem almost shouted.

"What? Do you want me to tell Joey and the others? Ooh better yet how about we tell Pegasus?" Yugi continued to tease.

"Have you noticed how different Pegasus has acted? I mean he hasn't been as extravagant as he usually is," Atem said quickly changing the subject.

"I think that he cares about Nicole a lot," Yugi said, "Because he didn't call me Yugi-boy in his chirper voice. Not that I don't mind, it's kinda nice not to be called Yugi-boy. I feel older when he doesn't call me-"

"What Yugi-boy?" Pegasus asked as he walked into the room.

Atem burst out laughing at his younger brother's expression.

"Um," Yugi was shocked, he felt like a deer in the headlights. "Um how much have you heard?"

"Not that much, I assure you," Pegasus said with a smile on his face telling them that he had heard the whole thing.

Nicole finally decided that it was time to "wake up" and greet everyone. "Morning you guys," she said as she stretched.

Startled the three turned and looked at her. Atem was shocked the most. Pegasus just smiled at his niece. Yugi was the first to recover his voice and asked politely, "How are you feeling?"

Nicole blushed slightly at Atem's reaction, she then looked at Yugi and saw how young he looked. Quickly she realized that she was staring, "I'm feeling better. A good nights sleep was all I really needed."

"Well that's good," Yugi said. He gave a glance at his brother, he saw that Atem still hadn't recovered. Atem was just standing there staring at Nicole like she was the only one left in the world. Quickly Yugi elbowed Atem and whispered, "Say something."

"Um…," Atem mumbled. He didn't know what to say, he had never had a mental block like this before.

"I never thought I would see the day when Atem got tongue tied!" smirked Kaiba said as he walked into the room.

"Kaiba-boy what brings you here this early in the morning?" Pegasus asked in mock enthusiasm.

"Please don't uncle," Nicole whispered. She knew that Pegasus liked to push people's buttons.

"My building, my hospital wing, so I'm aloud to go anywhere I want," Kaiba smirked.

"Well Kaiba-boy-" Pegasus started.

"Uncle don't," Nicole said as she stumbled between the two. Her legs didn't like the fact that they had to support her weight. Slowly Nicole sank down to the floor in pain, her legs felt like they were on fire.

"Nicole!" Atem said as he went down with her. "You need to rest."

"I'm fine," Nicole said through gritted teeth. 'I'm not going to show weakness,' she thought to herself.

"You're not fine," Pegasus said, his voice full of concern.

Kaiba quickly muttered something into his intercom and looked back at Nicole on the floor.

A few seconds later a doctor walked into the room and looked at Kaiba.

Atem felt Nicole tense as the doctor walked into the room.

Yugi knelt down as he saw Nicole tense. "Hey it's going to be ok." Yugi said with a smile.


Joey: It's about time you finished this chapter.

Me: Sorry that I just started college and it was hectic. So sue me.

Joey: Whatever, just bring me back into the story.