IMPORTANT NOTE!

I want to thank winged sapphire wolf-san for giving me the inspiration to write these last two chapters. She is a wonderful writer and is currently working on her "Talent Show" series. Me, Theaxher, and Havoc will be in either the third or fourth part, where you will finally know what we look like and what Havoc looks like in human form. That is very important if you're reading my other story, Why? Part One: Questions and Elusive Answers. Sapphire's story is a Mobium-shipping series and I love it, so check it out if you're interested! Now, on with the show! And I'm sorry for not updating in like a half month, but Writer's Block has been on me ass 24-7 days a freaking week. I will do my best to get past it.

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Atem had woken up to Yugi silently shifting around, to find said teen in his arms. The boy was silently crying -the shimmering diamond tears slowly cascading down his small, round, pale, angelic face- in his sleep. Atem was instantly cradling Yugi in his arms, trying to calm sobbing teen. Soon enough, the teen's sobs turned into soft whimpers, then feeble hiccups, and then stopped all together, though he was still shaking. Atem looked at the digital clock beside the bed. It read 5:36 a.m. His eyes were quickly focused back on Yugi, for the boy emitted a small gasp when he awoke from his horrible nightm- no, memory. The look in his eyes made Atem want to cry, for the teen's eyes were filled to the brim with pure, complete, and utter terror, and also held the look he had last night, haunting almost. Atem was now past worrying, he was scared. Scared about what Yugi had remembered that made the teen tremble in fear. Yugi then leapt forward, grasping Atem's shirt in his small yet defined hands, crying again. Atem slipped his tanned arms around Yugi's waist, letting him cry. They stayed like until Yugi fell asleep again about an hour later.

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Atem had ordered breakfast for Joey, Yugi, and himself. They slowly ate, still sleepy, well, Joey at least. The blonde had recently woken up to the smell of food. (A/N: SUCH A PUPPY!) Yugi was seemingly better, but Joey knew better. He knew that Yugi was hiding behind a mask of fake emotions.

Yes, Joey knew about it all, about his parents' death, Yugi's predicament, and about the will. He never told Yugi though, for his grandfather asked that it was to be kept a secret, but most of all, he knew that they had died in Egypt. At the time, Yugi and his parents had lived in Egypt for about a month due to business reasons. The only reason Yugi moved to Japan, was to live with his grandfather. Nobody really knew anything about this, and the few that knew, were quiet about it.

Joey was worried and afraid of what Yugi might do this year. The teen blamed him for his parents' death, and still does. Last year, he cut himself and lost a rather large amount of blood. When he was found in his room, unconscious and surrounded by his own blood, he was rushed to the ER by an ambulance. When Joey visited the next day, he made Yugi promise to never be so reckless again, but that didn't stop Joey from worrying.

Once they had finished, Atem tapped Yugi on the shoulder. The teen turned around to face Atem, and asked, "Yeah?"

Atem smiled and asked in return, "How do you and Joey feel about going somewhere today? I already have a place in mind. What do you say?"

Yugi was silent for a moment. I already had plans but I could always do them later. Why not? When Yugi was met with silence in his mind, he turned towards Joey and asked if he wanted to go. Too engrossed in his food, he answered with a simple "Mm-hmm" without even bothering to pay attention to the question, much less their conversation. (A/N: Lazy pup!) Yugi then turned back to Atem, who was eagerly awaiting an answer. Yugi simply nodded, and Atem grinned happily. Yugi then asked, "What time do you want to leave? It's already 10 a.m."

"Well, I was hoping to leave now. That okay?"

"Yeah, just give me a few minutes."

"Sure thing." Grandpa, here we come!

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"For the last time, where are we going Atem!"

"You'll see."

They were now in a cab and Yugi had been asking the same question over and over, and was now very, very, very, frustrated. Joey on the other hand was watching this all with a small and indiscrete smirk on his lips. He knew where they were going and was very amused at how everything was going.

Flashback

Atem had pulled Joey out of the room and away from the door, into the hotel's lobby. He then stopped and turned to stare at the blonde, puppy-like boy. Atem then suddenly said, "Tell him and you are dead."

"I don't doubt it," at least, not with that killer stare, Joey silently added in his mind. He then was very confused. His curiosity piqued, asked, "Wait, tell who what?"

"Just listen." And listen Joey did.

Atem told him everything about Solomon's plan to surprise Yugi, and he understood why. After all, he would gain an entire company today, though Atem didn't know about that part. All Joey did at the end was smirk, saying, "So dis is how he's gonna reveal it, eh? I should've known." The blonde then burst out laughing, though softly so as not to gain the attention of the entire lobby. "Watashi wa rikai shite, Atem."

"Thank you Joey."

End Flashback

Joey softly snickered, remembering the conversation. Yugi's acute hearing noticed this and asked, "What's so funny Joey?!"

"You guys. You're acting like a couple." That instantly had the two shutting up, with Yugi violently blushing. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING, JONOUCHI!" Yugi yelled violently.

"HEY! Don't call me by that!" Joey replied just as loud.

"Why?" Atem asked, getting intrigued.

"It's his full name. Joey is his nick-name."

"Ooooohh." Atem said knowingly. His real name was Yami, but liked to be called Atem instead. Why? Simple, he thought it sounded better. (Atem in the background: I do not!...Okay, maybe.)

"What?! I like it!"

"We know," Yugi and Atem said simultaneously. When they had passed a Bp (Don't know if they really have these in Egypt but just think they do for now), Atem pulled out a blindfold. This was the part he had not told Joey. Yugi, being the curious teen he is, asked the question that he and the mutt had been wondering about.

"Why do you have a blindfold, Atem?" He didn't answer. He only said, "Yugi, turn around please." Yugi cautiously and timidly, did as he was asked, and Atem tied the blindfold around Yugi's head, right on his eyes. Now Yugi was worrying. Why had Atem asked him to turn around? Why is he putting a blindfold around my head? Was I wrong to trust a stranger? Is he gonna kill Joey and I? Will I have to watch Joey die, like I watched my parents die, while I'm as helpless as a newborn kit?! All of these questions, and more, ran through Yugi's head, over and over, never ending. This is it. I'm gonna die, I know it, Yugi thought to himself. All his thoughts stopped in their tracks when he heard Atem's smooth and silky baritone voice softly and gently talking behind him, as if trying to sooth him, which was exactly what he was trying to do. He had noticed Yugi's very tense state after he had finished tying the blindfold, and was trying to ease what-ever was worrying the small birthday-boy.

"Don't worry Yugi, I won't hurt you. I just want it to be a surprise. Is that alright?"

"You shouldn't be doing that to Yugi, Atem," Joey said worriedly. He remembered when he, Tristan, and Duke, all played a prank on Yugi. Let's just say, as soon as the blindfold came out, all hell broke loose. He still got shivers when he remembered it. Joey was surprised it didn't again when Atem brought out the blindfold.

"It's alright. I…I trust Atem," Yugi said before Atem could reply. Too say the two were…surprised was an understatement. Atem was estatic as all hell, while Joey just mentally deflated, surprised he trusted Atem having met not even a week ago. He was so surprised, he couldn't even reply, unlike Atem.

"REALLY?! BOO-YAH!"

"Not so loud please, Atem. It hurt my ears…Hey, I can't hear Joey. Is he okay?"

"Just looks…let down maybe? It's hard to tell with his blank fac- wait…He-he's smiling!"

"Joey?"

"Ya Yug?"

"You…alright?"

"Better. Much better." There was silence for a few minutes, until Yugi felt the taxi stop. The driver called out, "We're here," and then all was silent. Yugi heard the doors open and Atem along with Joey stepped out. Yugi, being blindfolded and all, was helped out by Atem. He then heard doors open and felt cool hair coming through the previously opened doors. He heard whispers from inside, but they all stopped as soon as they walked in. Atem, along with Joey, walked Yugi inside. They turned many times until they came to another door. When they opened it, Atem took off Yugi's blindfold, and he finally got to see what everything looked like.

The walls were a deep red, like Atem's eyes, with lights every few feet. The floor had sand colored carpeting. The door was milk white, with a seemingly golden doorknob. The room inside, however, was pitch dark. The trio walked and jest as Yugi heard the door clicked shut, the lights flashed on and multiple shouts of "Surprise!" were heard throughout the room. Yugi hid his eyes as the lights turned on, being too bright after finally getting accustomed to the dark, even if only slightly. What he saw when he let his eyes open, amazed him to no end. There were lots of people, people he knew and had yet to meet. All were standing in front of him, smiling. The people he knew that were there were Tristan, Tea, Duke, Ryou, Malik, Mai, Kaiba, Bakura, Marik, and last but not least, the tanned beauty, Theaxher. (Theaxher in the background: WHAT THE HELL! I mean I know I'm a girl but not that fucking girly!) The person Yugi was the most happy to see out of everyone though, was his dear grandfather. Yugi was puzzled to no end that he wasn't hurt.

Yugi, wide-eyed, mouth hanging open just simply stated, "…..Huh?" Everyone, besides Kaiba, burst into laughter, especially Bakura, Malik, and someone else who looked exactly like Atem. Yugi stared at the person, amazed. Atem noticed.

Atem walked up to the stranger. He then put an arm around him just as the other did, both grinning Cheshire cat grins. They leaned on each other slightly, Atem legs crossed while the other had them shoulder width apart. When nothing was explained, Yugi snapped.

"….What the hell going on here?! Who is he," Yugi said pointing to the strange stranger, "what happened to grandpa, how was this even afforded, and how did everyone get here-." Yugi's ranting suddenly stopped when he spotted the big cake. His knees started wobbling, eyes getting big and round, and his mouth started watering. He looked up at the cake which was probably twice his size, if not less, and quietly said, "Cake," as if he was whimpering. Solomon knew his biggest weakness when it came to food was sweets, especially cake and chocolate ice cream. He also knew that because of the cake, he would be spared having to explain his lies, for now.

As Yugi said 'Cake' everyone began laughing to hell, Kaiba even chuckled! I mean, come on! Kaiba, The cold-hearted bastard with no emotion, chuckled and showed some humanity for once! Atem and his 'friend' walked up to Yugi. Atem and said friend cleared their throat at the same time. Yugi turned away from the cake and looked towards Atem and company. When they spoke, they spoke in turns, as if they could read each other's mind.

"Hello Yugi," Atem started.

"My name is," the other then continued and stopped. (A/N: This might get a bit tricky, so be careful)

"Yami, and this my,"

"Twin. Atem talked about you so much, and I,"

"Just couldn't wait to meet. Right?"

"Of course, Twin."

"Now onto,"

"The festivities,"

"Of your,"

"Birthday."

"Why don't we start now, Yugi," They both said in perfect unison.

I might just go insane, Yugi thought. The night went fine from there. First they enjoyed some cake. Then they gave presents. Duke got Yugi a deck of cards, poker chips, and a set of black dice with violet dots to show the numbers, challenging him to play a game with him soon. Tea got him the new wheels he had been waiting to come out. Tristan got him a new kit for another skateboard. Malik got him a pair of gold, upside-down, miniature, pyramid earrings. Ryou got him a free pass to Valley Fair during Halloween Haunt coming up in October. Mai got him a new outfit, one he wanted since two weeks ago. When it was Kaiba's turn, he just said, "This birthday party with your friends with all this is what I did, so Happy Birthday." Bakura and Malik didn't know what to get him, so both chipped in to get him a new computer monitor, since they had heard Yugi's got too old and crashed. Theaxher somehow got Yugi the only limited Edition, foil Dark Magician card in the world of Duel Monsters. Yugi used to play but in the end, just decided to collect them for their pictures (A/N: That's what I do!). Dark Magician had always been his favorite card, so being able to have this particular card made him happy beyond heaven.

All Yugi could say was a very awed, "Thank you, thank you all." It wasn't over yet.

Grandpa, Joey, Yami, and Atem, walked up to the birthday teen together, and Atem pulled out the box from before they left for the airport, but this time it was wrapped in wrapping paper. It was a mixture of Violet, Crimson, Blue, and Black, all of the colors simply swirling into each other and mixing to create different hues. It was beautiful. Yugi almost didn't have to heart to open it. Key word there, Almost. Within seconds it was opened, the paper unharmed somehow, and Now Yugi was holding the skateboard he was trying to save up for. The 'Star Board'. It was the same board Kaiba and Atem has thought would fit in with his performance the best.

Me: Well, I suck.

Havoc: You just realize the truth

Theaxher: *Hits Havoc on the head and stifles his yelling* And why do you think that, Heather.

Me: I just realized that some of the ways I do this story are really corny…Anyways, don't forget to check out winged sapphire wolf's Mobium-shipping story that Me, Theaxher, and Havoc premiere in.

Theaxher: Until then-

Havoc: Chao!

Definitions:

Watashi wa rikai shite- Literally means "I understand" in Japanese