"May the darkness consume you soon, Yami."

Said boy sat up as his backbone quivered. Once again, he was asleep in Yugi's bed, and was struggling with it too. No matter when, Yugi just felt like screwing with him, even in his dreams. He couldn't stop it though, as Yugi was the one that controlled the power. Gaining sight of the clock, Yami sighed.

Midnight.

Would he be able to go back to sleep knowing that Yugi could easily have the darkness take over his soul if he did? The answer was a simple no, so Yami got out of bed and quietly exited the room to go to the kitchen. Along the way, he saw something different on the wall, or rather, the door. The door to Grandpa's room. "No. No, no, no." There was a paper stuck to the wood, words written with black marker already etching themselves into Yami's mind.

I thought I'd take a souvenir before I left you alone. I hope you don't mind. Don't worry. The old man's in a better place.

Ripping off the paper, Yami pounded the door to Solomon's room. Not a word from the other side. Twisting the knob, all he found inside was an empty bed. "Gah! No! Why?" He ran out the room and searched throughout the game shop for any clues, any indication that Grandpa Motou was alive. By dawn, Yami was sluggishly pining through the kitchen for some breakfast.

A few more hours later, Yami met up with Tristan and Tea. They were walking through the city.

"So now Yugi's Grandpa is gone and the shadows are targeting you two. All I know now is that the power originated from within me and now it wants the whole city to carry it within them. Yugi's been having it gain too much power recently, with all the souls he sacrifices to it. So I've been a bit on edge." Yami stated as they walked. Currently, he felt safe, calm knowing that his other two best friends were close by and not possessed by evil. Though, he still had to keep watch just in case Yugi got anymore sneaky plans to capture him or his friends.

Tea grimaced as she looked around. "So is that why you have those two following us around? With guns?" Peering back, she cringed at the sight. Marik and Bakura were following close behind, guns in pockets as they talked with to each other about who knows what. She didn't particularly like the thought of their two greatest enemies were now their allies only because of Yugi, though it did make sense. They would be targeted too, since Yugi knew they were a threat, even now. An odd turn of events really. Their greatest ally had become an enemy, while their enemies, allies.

There was a loud gun shot noise and Marik shrieked, people around them panicking a little as well. Yami Bakura cracked up so much, exclaiming, "Left the safety off! My bad!"

"You're bad? That could have went right through my leg! That's not funny!" They began bickering but no one paid attention to them after that.

Yami sighed. Yes, they were a tad too strange for partners, but they did help him. Guns aside, they did know what it was like to be the enemy and could sometimes predict what someone evil, like Yugi at this moment, would do next. It sort of kept things even too, seeing as Yugi had two partners now as well as the darkness. "Well, they agreed to help and Bakura said he had weapons. I thought at least something could help."

Tristan scoffed, "Dude, with the kind of power Yugi has, we probably need all the help we can get. And fire power too. Can Yugi really heal himself from any wounds he gets?" At Yami's nod, Tristan grimaced and looked away shuddering at the thought. The fact that gunshots were only minor problems to this evil Yugi, even when they went straight through him, was beyond disturbing. He really was dangerous, in most aspects of the word.

This wasn't exactly an aimless walk, no. Right now, they were headed to Kaiba Corp. for the very reason of more assistance. If they somehow persuade Seto to help them, they might be able to knock Yugi down. Seto had a large influence over many people. They'd be able to stop the darkness before it spread anymore than now. Hopefully anyway. The CEO was extremely stubborn and a bit of a jerk, but they all thought of him as some form of friend. He had to agree to help, if he wanted to stay alive.

That is, if they even get to him alive. Striking Yami out of his thought process was a large beast, shaped like a humanoid alligator. The two noticeable things about it was the fact that it was overflowing with the power of the darkness and that it was climbing up the very building the gang was going to. It was only a few stories up, so when Yami shot it in the back, it dropped down a lot less painfully. It stood again and reared its head back, letting out a resounding roar, then charging at the group. Bystanders had already fled at the sight of the thing walking by, the monstrous beast much taller than any human.

Dodging the attack, Yami Bakura pulled out his pistol and fired at most five shots before reloading, then repeating the quick process over again. He had enough practice with a gun to do that, unlike the others.

"Hey!" Tristan yelled to the albino, "Have anymore of those?" His answer was a silver revolver being tossed at him. He caught it only after letting it slip from his fingers once, avoiding the trigger until he held it steady then letting the gun do its intended job.

The sound of the four guns clouded almost every other noise. Tea's voice was barely heard but Yami caught the minimum of what he needed to hear. He stopped firing enough to notice what she had said but she was right. Inside the illusion of shadows was a human. The darkness encased the man and made him a mutant gator so people would flee at the sight and it would go unharmed, for whatever reason. The only reason Yami could deduce, Yugi was inside the Kaiba Corp. building, going after Seto for his soul.

That was the exact opposite of what Yami had hoped for.