Hi, people!

I'm very pleased to read all of the happy and satisfied comments! Thanks to everyone for actually taking the time to read the things that pop into my head!

Hard to believe I thought of this one while I was in the shower! How about that?

Kings Are Blind

Yugi led Joey into Yami's new room, shutting the door just in case and sitting down on the squeaky bed.

"So…why is this so…secretive?" Joey whispered.

"Well, I can't explain the whole story in front of Yami because he'll go into a panic attack or something…" Yugi whispered back.

"Does he have some kind of…problem?" Joey asked.

"Oh, yeah…" Yugi said, rolling his eyes.

"Does he have Alzheimers?"

Yugi gave Joey a shunning look and grunted. "NO! He doesn't have Alzheimers!"

"Oh," Joey replied. "Well, something's wrong. I thought he was supposed to go to the afterlife."

"He was. But…something happened, and he didn't. I don't know what's going on. I tried to explain what happened before, but Yami nearly had a heart attack after I mentioned the whole…you know…"

"…him being dead thing?" Joey finished his statement for him.

"Yeah."

Silence crossed between the two best friends.

"Sooo…what does that mean?"

"Well," Yugi explained "He doesn't remember anything. He…he's starting too, though. He remembers you. That's why I asked you over."

Joey smiled with happiness. "Well, of course he remembers me. I'm Joey for goodness sake!"

Yugi smiled. "Just be nice. And go along with everything! If he starts acting stupid-and he will-just keep playing along, okay?"

Joey nodded. "Sure thing. I know a lot about acting stupid."

The two headed out of Yami's room and back down the hall to Yugi's.

"Are you sure he doesn't have Alzheimers?" Joey whispered.

"JOEY! HE DOES NOT HAVE ALZHEIMERS!"

"..Okay…"

Yugi slowly pushed the door back open to find Yami still sitting on his bed, only with one of Yugi's college books in his hand.

"You want to be a doctor?" He asked, glancing up at Yugi.

"Nurse, actually." Yugi responded, slowly taking the book from Yami's hand and setting back down on the desk.

"…I was reading that!"

Yugi made an annoyed face and moved to get his pajamas out of his closet.

Yami leaned in towards Joey. "Is he always this bossy?"

Joey nodded. "Yep."

Yugi grabbed his little blue PJ's and moved to head to the bathroom, stopping at the door. "I'm gonna go change. I'll be right back."

Yugi shut the door behind him, leaving the two other boys alone.

Joey smiled and slapped Yami on the shoulder. "Sooo…"

Yami rubbed his shoulder and stared, confused, at Joey. "Sooo…what?"

"You remember this face, right?" Joey said, putting on his best model look.

Yami nodded. "Yes, I did."

Yugi walked back into the room, his cutesie-wootsie pajamas earning snickers from the other boys.

"Hey!" He said, putting his clothes in his hamper.

XXX

Not long after 11:00, all three boys were changed into their PJ's, sitting on Yugi's floor.

Joey stood up and went to turn off the lights. "Let's tell ghost stories, guys!"

Yugi frowned. "Ohhhh, come on! I hate ghost stories!" He perked back up and smiled. "I know! Let's play a game!"

Joey stretched his legs out, leaning back onto his arms. "What kind of game?"

Yami smiled. "I love games!"

Yugi winked at Joey, who nodded back.

Yugi smiled, moving closer to the other boys. "How about 'Let's see if Yami can remember anything else by having us tell some stories and stuff'?"

Joey shrugged. "How do you play that?"

"Well..you try and see if Yami can remember anything else by having us tell stories and stuff."

Joey nodded. "Oh. I get it."

Yugi rolled his eyes. "So, Yami…is that okay?"

Yami sighed. "I don't see why you're trying so hard. This is all pointless. What's going to happen after I get all these memories back? I'm going to go to Egypt and lose them again? I don't want that. You know what…maybe this whole this was just a mistake…"

Yugi looked over to Joey, who remained silent.

"Yami…" He started. "I don't want you to leave. So what if you don't remember anything. We're trying to help you. Don't you want us to help you?"

Yami waited for a few seconds, then sighed in defeat. "Fine…let's play your silly-named game."

"Yay!"

Yugi and Joey huddled together, discussing some topics that could possibly seem familiar to Yami.

They separated and Yugi took a breath. "Okay. My grandpa got his soul stolen by Pegasus. And…we participated in a tournament on an island called Duelist Kingdom. Does that sound familiar?"

Yami glanced upwards. "Sounds a little cheesy, if you ask me."

Yugi slapped himself in the face and turned to Joey.

Joey leaned closer to Yami. "Let's just start with some names!"

Yami shrugged. "Okay."

Joey and Yugu huddled together again with little strips of paper and wrote random names on them. Yugi handed his stack to Joey.

"Okay!" Joey said. "Are you ready, Yami?"

Yami nodded.

"Are you sure?"

Yami nodded again, more aggressively.

"Tea!"

Yami thought…and thought some more.

"No…I don't think so."

"Tristan!"

"Nope."

"Kaiba!"

"Yugi's mentioned that one before."

Joey moved the cards from in front of his face to stare at Yami. He looked like a really bad game show host.

"Really? How about Seto Kaiba…?"

Yami cocked his head to the side. "I have a priest named Seto."

Joey moved Kaiba's named card to the back of the deck and chuckled to himself.

"Haha…Kaiba a priest…hahaha…"

He cleared his throat and decided to try another tactic.

"What if we try something where we say one word, and Yami says the first word that comes to mind?" Joey suggested.

Yugi smiled. "That's a great idea!"

The boys thought for a second, before nodding at each other.

"Yuge, you start." Joey said.

"Okay," Yugi cleared his throat. "Duel…"

"Double."

Yugi sighed. "Okay…"

Joey put on his best game show voice. "Oh, I'm sorry the correct answer was double cheeseburger!"

The room silenced.

"Alright fine, my jokes suck."

Yugi sighed once more and decided to try again. "Tournament."

"Competition."

Joey put his sweaty hands over his eyes and slid them down his face. "Sweet Jesus, this is hopeless!" He cried.

Joey perked up. "I got one!"

Yugi and Yami motioned for him to go on.

"Pianist!"

Yami shook his head slowly. "…what?"

Joey smiled. "Wasn't supposed to mean anything. I just like saying that word! Pianist, pianist, pianist!"

Both boys look at each other.

Joey continued to giggle. "..'cause it kinda sounds like…penis…Jeez, I'm sorry!"

Yami leaned towards Yugi. "I told you sleepovers sounded sexual!" He whispered.

"They are when Joey's around…" Yugi whispered back.

Yami stood up and stretched. "I told you this was hopeless! Let's just go to bed!"

Yugi went to go grab some blankets out of the closet, slowly shaking them out and laying them on the floor.

Yami eyed him curiously. "What are you doing?"

"I'm making somewhere for us to sleep." Yugi said, throwing down another blanket.

Yami stuttered in his kingly-ness. "Well…well, don't I get to sleep in my bed?"

Joey pulled off his slippers and set them to the side. "You're not supposed to sleep in your bed during a sleepover!"

Yami watched as Yugi lay down some more blankets.

"Y-you…you mean I…me…of all people…has to sleep on the FLOOR?!" Yami put his hand over his chest in disbelief.

Joey mocked him, laughing. "Oh, yes. Mr. High-and Mighty…Sir Yami, Lord Emperor of Egypt…must give up his bed of royalty and luxury to sleep on the floor with the peasants! Sound the trumpets! Call the army!"

Yami put his hands on his hips and pouted with a miserable face.

The other boys lay down under the covers, Yugi motioning for Yami to join them.

"We're sleeping together?" Yami said.

Yugi sat up. "Will you stop it! Just get into bed!"

Yami huffed and flicked off the lights, tripping over Joey trying to get to his spot in the middle of the two boys.

Yugi and Joey covered their ears with their pillows as Yami began to complain.

"Wow, my back hurts already and it's only been 5 minutes! And why do I have to sleep in the middle?! Do you know how awkward this is?!"

"SHUT UP!" Yugi and Joey shouted simultaneously.

Yami grumbled. "You two are no better then some of the people I've dealt with in my days. I remember there was this one guy who really ticked me off! He wanted to kill me! How crazy is that? He sent these people out to kidnap my friends and all this other horrible stuff. Man, he was pretty ugly, too!"

Yugi's eyes snapped open.

Yaaaaay, cliffhangers! Oh boy, this was extra extra long today! I've just been trying to gather up some ideas. I've had some time to do it, too. I've been in and out of the doctor's office. What a fun summer! Palpitations are not fun! Boo heart health!

All those years eating Cheerios…wasted!

Anyway, thanks for reading and keeping up!

R&R!

GK09