Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh and the peoples past are all my ideas in this fic. That's about it for the disclaimer.

A/N: Ok, let me explain one thing to you people. Just for you all to know, I don't remember what Isis's millennium item is called. That's why I just called it a millennium item. Sorry! Ok, this chapter you should all keep an open mind on. A warned you about the spur-of-the-moment pairing change in this chapter so no flames. Also, I feel like I'm being totally jipped by my parents! They are dragging me to Colorado this Friday the 27th till Sunday and because of that I'll miss the two episodes of YUGIOH!!!! NOOOO!!! This isn't far, is it!? I've waited so long to see the end of the battle between Pegasus and Yugi and my damn stepfather wants to tape something that day so I can't tape it!! Wahh! This is almost as bad as the five new Tea/Seto fics that have appeared!! Ahhhh!!!

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Joey cried out as Bakura pushed him to the ground. "Don't touch me you blonde mutt!" Bakura scowled down at him and brushed the dust off his crème- colored sweater. "Geez, picky aren't we!? I was jus tryin ta help ya up!" Joey scowled up at him indignantly and rubbed his bruised back. The albino gave him a dirty look, "Listen here, dog. I don't want your help and I don't want to be exploring this pyramid with you." Joey snarled at the thief and pulled himself to his feet. Then he passed Bakura and continued up the stairs, purposely bumping into the yami's shoulder on the way, "Then ya shouldn't of agreed with Yami!"

Bakura bunched up his fists as he watched the blonde stubbornly walk up the stairs. That chuwawa should be so glad he hadn't killed him yet. Bakura could almost remember a time when he would yell at the blonde and the boy would just pull him into his arms and caress his hair. Of course, that was 5,000 years ago and he loved Ryou now and not Joey. But as he climbed the stairs he still wondered if Joey remembered their past together at all. Reluctantly, he had to admit to missing those times together with the puppy- dog.

Bakura remembered how he had woke one day beside Ryou, sweating and wet from a dream of his past life with Joey. Ever since then he had silently wondered what would have happened if he had just admitted to Joey his feelings for him before the boy and Tristan's relationship had gotten any more intimate. Gods, why couldn't he just forget about those times and focus on what he had in this life. Slightly frustrated with himself, Bakura snapped at Joey to hurry. "I'm sick of having to stare at your damn ass!"

As the two boys neared the midsection of the pyramid the ground gave in a sudden violent shake that sent Joey stumbling and falling into Bakura's arms. They both knelt on the ground, clasped in each other's arms as the whole ground around them shook. Finally the shaking stopped and Bakura lifted his head out of Joey's hair to look around. Nothing had collapsed thankfully and he wasn't hurt in any way. Then Bakura remembered that he and Joey were clinging to each other and quickly pushed the blonde away. "Get off of me! What the hell do you think you're doing!" Joey looked abashed then ground his teeth irritably, "You're the one who caught me! And I wasn't on ya!"

Bakura snarled and got back to his feet. Taking care to step on Joey's coat, he ran up the rest of the stairs and didn't wait for the blonde to catch up. Joey sighed and walked after him, "He's a sweet angel whenever he's around the others, but with me he acts like an ass. Things apparently never change." A yell above him made Joey take off at a run. At the top of the stairs he saw Bakura being restrained in the arms of a blonde Egyptian man. "Argh!! Malik!! Unhand me at once you bastard!!!!!" Bakura kicked and struggled but the Egyptian was obviously to strong for him. Joey snarled and started at the man but faltered as Malik drew out a golden dagger and raised it to Bakura's neck in a threatening manner. The violet eyed fiend smirked at him, "Now, now, Jono. Don't make me do anything neither of us want to do."

Joey growled but remained where he stood. "That's better." Malik smiled and then bent down to nip at Bakura's neck. Bakura struggled and choked a little, trying to avoid the contact but to no avail. Joey felt completely useless, just standing there watching the other blonde sexually harass Bakura. "Leave him alone an undo whatever curse you've cast on our planet!" Malik looked up at him and laughed hysterically, "How amusing! Are you threatening me, dog!? I do believe that I'm the only one here who has the authority to make threats at the moment."

Joey balled up his fists and deepened his scowl. He silently dared the blonde to drop the dagger and see what happens. Malik was thoroughly enjoying watching Jono fume at him. It seemed the blonde still cared for Kale after all. Malik's smirk fell and he looked at Joey seriously, "You want me to let him go? Then fight me for him. This time we shall duel to the death fairly and the winner gets the precious little thief and my millennium rod. The loser loses his soul." Joey glanced over at the now limp Bakura who was starring back at him helplessly. "What do you have in mind?"

Malik smiled and dragged Bakura over to the wall were he tied the thief up with the mystical capture chain card. Joey watched his every movement to make sure the blonde didn't try anything else. Damn, how come all the sexy bastards had to be psychotic yami's? Malik then turned around still grinning and snapped his fingers. The space of the floor between Joey and him lit up in ten squares, five on Joey's side and five on his. A panel appeared on the wall and the life points totaled up to 2000. Malik stood and crossed his arms directly from Joey, "A duel will decide our fate. And I shall go first."

Joey nodded and took his place in front of the panel. He had no idea how he knew what to do, but he did. Malik took out a deck from his pocket, shuffled the cards, and placed the deck on a panel that came out of the ground in front of him. Joey mimicked his actions and placed his own deck on a panel in front of him. They both drew five cards from the top of their deck, then looking up into each other's eyes, simultaneously cried, "Let's duel!!" Malik examined his hand and Joey watched as he placed one card face down and put out the Dark Titan of Terror (Atk. 1300, Def. 1100). "That ends my turn." Joey glared at the massive beast that appeared and looked down at his own hand. Ok, I've got Kojikocy, Lava Battleguard, Armored Lizard, De-Spell, and Salamandra. Hmm, any of these three monsters could easily annihilate his Titan but there's still that card he placed down. It could be a trap and I'm not in the position ta make any mistakes.

"Alright, I place one card face down on the field and play Lava Battleguard in attack mode. Lava Battleguard, attack the Dark Titan of Terror!" The Lava Battleguard raised it's club and charged towards the Titan. Malik smiled and flipped the card on his panel over, "Not so fast, puppy-dog! I use the trap card, Reinforcements, to raise my Titan's attack to 1800! Dark Titan of Terror! Counter Lava Battleguard's attack!" The Titan raised its four fists and aimed them at Joey's monster, but to Malik's disbelief, the Lava Battleguard parried the blow and smashed the Titan to bits. Malik gasped as 250 points were subtracted from his life points. "How! That's impossible! My attack points were higher!"

Joey sneered and waved a finger at Malik as he lift the card he had placed face down on the field so that they both could see it, "Now, now! Don tell me all ya do is talk an don't listen! I would have been toast if it wasn't for me putting this De-Spell card on the field. And as ya should know, De- Spell undoes and destroys one magic card on the field." Malik stared at him dumbfounded and stuttered, "That isn't allowed! You can't play a magic card during an attack!" Joey scowled and slammed his fists down on the panel, "You should practice what ya speech! I know the Reinforcements card was a trap card, but I also know ya rigged my panel! So as ya said, fair is fair!"

Bakura smiled haughtily at Malik. The bastard was finally getting a taste of his own medicine. "Humph, impressive move, dog. Don't get to cocky though, for my next card will be the Mystic Clown (Atk. 1500, Def. 1000) and I'll power it up Dark Energy!" Joey watched as Malik's Mystic Clown's attack rose to 1800. "Now, attack and destroy the Lava Battleguard!" Joey stepped back as his Lava Battleguard was reduced to mincemeat and his life points dropped by 250.

The battle carried on as Bakura could only watch helplessly as his fate was being decided. To think his life would come down to a match between his two x-lover's Malik and Jono or Joey now. Now the score was Malik-300 with Judge Man on the field (Atk. 2200, Def. 1500) and Joey-300 with nothing currently on the field. It was all coming down to the last draw. Bakura sighed and blew a strand of white hair out of his eyes. He was doomed. Joey had already used and lost his Red Eyes Black Dragon and Flame Swordsman. Unless the blonde boy had something up his sleeve, he was sure to lose and be killed. Bakura frowned as his stomach sank at the thought. He would definitely miss Joey.

"Err, let's me see." Ah, damn! I've got nothing strong enough to fight Malik's Judge Man. But I can't give up. It's not over till it's over and I haven't drawn from the deck yet. Joey raised his hand and placed it down on the top card of his deck. Man, this is it. I ain't fighting for my sis, Serenity, but I am fighting for Bakura. Joey looked over towards the thief and their eyes met and locked for what could have been a moment but felt longer. I know he is an ass at times, but I still love him. I can't deny how I still feel for him. No, I am not gonna let Malik win this and abandon Bakura to that abusive bastard! Not without a dieing fight ta the finish! Joey gave Bakura a victorious smile and thumbs-up then turned back and drew the top card of his deck.

The room was completely silent as Bakura and Malik waited anxiously for Joey to make some move. To Bakura's delight, Joey grinned up at Malik and gave him a victory peace sign. "He he. Thank ya, Seto, for putting this card in my deck! I play Seiyaryu (Atk. 2500, Def. 2300) in attack mode!! Seiyaryu, attack the Judge Man!" Malik cried out angrily as the pinkish dragon emerged and reduced his Judge Man and his life points to ashes. "No! I can't believe this! I've lost to you, a puppy-dog!" Joey jumped up and down triumphantly, then turned and smirked at Malik, "Hey! No one calls me a puppy-dog except my friends and ya ain't one of them! Now, ya have to keep ta your part of the bargain!"

Malik scowled then laughed cruelly, "I don't have to keep any part of the bargain! Say goodbye, bitch, this is where your life ends!" Malik raised his millennium rod up and began to chant the death spell. "Not so fast, Malik! You agreed to a fair duel an played by the rules of the Shadow Realm! So, by the power of the gods ya have no choice but to fulfill your part of our deal!" Malik cried out as the millennium rod flew from his hands and Joey caught it. Then a piercing scream erupted from his throat as the Egyptian blonde's soul was ripped from his body as transported to the Shadow Realm Graveyard.

Joey sneered as the soulless body collapsed to the floor and placed the rod into the right pocket of his jacket. "You fucking dog! Don't you ever put my life on the line of your crappy dueling!!!" Joey rolled his eyes and turned to scold Bakura for not respecting the fact that he put his life on the line as well. He never got the chance to speak as Bakura, who had been freed from the chains, walked over and pulled him into a deep kiss. Joey wrapped Bakura into his arms and kissed the albino thief back. Both of them became so lost in each other's passion, that they didn't so much as second think their actions.

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"Ok, so I love Ryou." "Yeah! An I love Tristan." "Right. So what just happened back there." "Was a complete an total accident that shouldn't of happened." "Right." Bakura and Joey continued walking down the stairs in silence. "So, we should just forget about the whole thing." Joey looked over at Bakura and took the thief's hand, "I can't jus forget about it, Bakura. I still love ya, it's jus I love Tristan to." Bakura smiled slightly and squeezed the blonde's hand, "I can't just forget either. What are we going to do though? I can't see us managing a foursome. Threesomes are hard enough from what I heard." Joey smiled at the comment and slipped his hand out of the others and wrapped it around Bakura's waist.

The two continued to walk together in silence until they were back out in the evening light. Behind them, the pyramid gave a thunderous crack and collapsed. When the dust finally settled, they two boys could see the buildings that had been standing there before the pyramid rose. Bakura frowned and cast his eyes to the ground. Joey saw this and pulled his white- haired lover close, burying his face in the surprisingly silky hair, "Don worry yourself, Bakura. We'll think of something and in the end, no one will get hurt. Not you, not Ryou, not me, and not Tristan. Trust me." Bakura smiled and cuddled up close to Joey. No matter what will happen, he knew he could trust Joey to keep that promise.

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AnimeFan: Oh, there you people go! Lol. Yes, they did have sex between the time they kissed and the time we found them walking together down the stairs. Don't worry though, everything turns out surprisingly interesting in the end and Tristan and Ryou don't get hurt. I couldn't let that happen. Sorry to Malik fans, like Isis he had to go bye-bye. One more character death in the next chapter and it is all about Yami and Seto! ^-^ Not to mention we're nearing the end of this fic. Ok, so it's not as long as Silent Tears, but hey I tried! All the information for Attack and Defense and the cards are real because they are cards that I got in my two starter decks I mentioned. Also, Bakura and Joey's past will once again be explained in the prequel, Six Petals. As long as I start writing the fic, that is.

Next Chapter: I Hate Persians!