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"Alright," said Yugi, drawing a map in the dirt on the cave floor, "we are here, at the foot of the Greene Mountain Range. Our ultimate destination is here," he said, indicating a position in the north of the vaguely heart-shaped country,

"just at the foot of Mt. Ploy. That is where we'll be able to catch a ride out on one of the supply planes. Once we're back in civilization, I think that Mr. Kaiba here will be able to help us out."

"Now here's where we've got to be careful, the in-between parts. It should take us three twilights and dawns of travel. The day time leaves us too exposed, but at night it's too difficult to see the traps. So we go while there's enough light to see, but not clearly at a distance. We go all out, as fast and as quietly as we can for the little bit we have.

"Big kids carry the little ones. We take turns being point and rear guard. We usually rotate who carries who, but considering Mokuba…" Yugi trailed off as Seto nodded. "Considering Mokuba, you won't be asked to carry anyone else.

"I am the leader. That means that no matter what happens, what I say goes. At least in operations. If that's a problem, speak now. But I know what I'm doing, and I do not want anyone endangering anyone else. I must emphasize that no one cares who you are, it's shoot first, forget about asking questions."

"Any questions?"

Yugi sat back and waited. His dark seemed to be struggling to form coherent thoughts. He tried to send calming thoughts through the mind-link. It worked a little, but Yami still seemed to be surprised at his lights' leadership ability and commanding, business-like tone. It was unlike his usual care-free manner he lived back in Domino.

Yami still had a ton of questions, but perhaps he should wait and see if some of them would answer themselves by observing.

They left the back room, and watched as Yugi was almost run-over by overly enthusiastic children led by Mokuba. Dmitri was laughing heartily at this, but the smirk on Yugi's face made him stop. Dmitri groaned.

"No, you better not even THINK about it!"

"Think about what, Dmitri?" Yugi asked, as innocently as possible. "I'm sure I have NO idea what you could possibly be talking about."

Dmitri scowled fiercely. "You know what. You made me do it last time! It's someone else's turn now." His voice turned whiney. "Make Leanna do it, or Cole. You never make Eliana do it, make her do it once she gets back."

Yugi made a tut-tut sort of noise. "Ah, THAT. Maybe you shouldn't have laughed at me. Besides, Eliana does it for fun. There's no point in making her do it."

"Do what?" asked Mokuba, frustrated at the inside conversation.

"We have a certain tradition, you see. If someone gets…ahem, injured by the enemy, and live to tell the tale, they get one wish to make a person do anything they want." Yugi smiled broadly. "I survived a .45 and now I claim my wish. Dmitri knows, and wants to get out of it."

He shook his head sadly. "Unfortunately for Dmitri, I have already made my decision. Dmitri, I wish for you to dance the Crazy Teddy-Pickled Dance." Cole and Leanna applauded his choice. Dmitri spared a glare the them.

"You're just approving because he didn't choose you." Cole grinned, a lopsided grin, and said "Yep, you got it!"

"So Dmitri, what shall it be? Later on tonight, or right now?" asked the short Moutou.

His face growing darker by the minute, Dmitri muttered "Now. Might as well get it over with." With a somewhat resigned sigh, Dmitri stood up and walked to the center of the room. Yugi sat down with Willow on his lap and the two boys on either side. Mokuba leaned against Seto, who was standing against the back wall. Yami was watching from across the room, keeping close tabs on his aibou.

Dmitri sighed as Cole and Leanna started a drum-roll. Resigned to his fate, he broke out in a crazy dance and song number.

"Teddy Bear pickles jump 1, 2, 3,

Sing me a riddle, pretty please."

The children were giggling, Cole, Leanna and Yugi were laughing outright at Dmitri's discomfort, and Yami wasn't sure whether to be amused or very, very scared.

"All around the green honey-tree,

Teddy Bear pickles jump 1, 2, 3," Dmitri sang. Cole joined in on the next stanza, with Leanna harmonizing.

Three verses later, the performance was over, and Yugi explained.

"See, Cole wanted to help the kids learn their numbers and alphabet, so he tried to come up with a song to help. The result was the Teddy-Pickles song. Of course, Eliana couldn't leave well enough alone, and came up with the Crazy Teddy-Pickled dance."

"It keeps us amused," said Cole, looking very cat who ate the canary.

"And Yugi makes Dmitri do it whenever he gets a wish, because Dmitri is the only one who won't do it otherwise," finished Leanna.

"Which is what makes it so entertaining! Of course, we may have to deal with some nightmares tonight. Little kids tend to get them after Dmitri dances, so we don't do it right before bed," Yugi added.

"Laugh it up. Just you wait, I'll get you one of these days," Dmitri threatened. Yugi laughed.

"You know I have immunity because I've gotten the wishes the most. You made up the rule yourself, remember?" the hikari said smugly. Yami hadn't known that hikari's could be smug. "Your luck is just too good."