Here is chapter 10! Thank you all so much for the wonderful reviews, and a big thank you to those who favourited this story and followed it. Glad to see that there are people who are interested in reading. :) I do hope you all continue to love the story until the end, and I do hope you like this chapter.

And yes, I know, I know, I was supposed to have uploaded this chapter a while ago, but you see, my sister was watching the last three episodes of Black Butler 2… so, I kind of got very distracted. My excuse, I'm sorry. But the feels! My feels were everywhere! .

Kay, so in this chapter Yugi gets to find out a bit of Yami's past in this. Yep, that's right! I had to switch the original chapters around. This scene was supposed to be in chapter 17, but, makes more sense here because I want Yugi to do some investigating for himself, and a whole bunch of stuff got added… It's all complicated. So anyways…

Enjoy!

The Ghost of Yami Atem

Chapter 10

Thunder clapped loudly outside, the strong winds blowing strongly, bending trees and knocking over cans and propelling everything that could not stay in one place away into the air. The sky was dark, thick heavy rain clouds pouring themselves down on to the city late that night. No one dared to go outside, risking the dangers that awaited them as soon as they took a single foot out. However, indoors, the people had to deal with the wrath that the weather inflicted on to their homes.

"Yugi, start closing the windows upstairs! I'll handle the ones down here," Grandpa called out from inside the house as he shut the windows in the living area, clasping them tightly so they wouldn't open again because of the gusty winds and rain.

"Okay Grandpa!" Yugi called back, and he rushed into the bedrooms where he struggled to securely lock the windows into place. Rain had poured into the rooms from the open windows, water splattering everywhere as curtains flew up and the windows rattled loudly. Yugi watched for a second from slight fear, but snapped the panes shut before sighing in relief. Luckily the winds were on his side, so they slammed shut quite quickly. Realising that there was one more room that had windows that needed to be shut tight, he ran into Yami's room to stare at a frantic ghost who was trying to close the window. Yugi rushed up and helped him out, and together they closed them tightly.

"Thanks, Yugi," Yami said, panting.

Yugi laughed. "No problem. Be right back!" he then said before racing out again to get the windows in his bedroom closed.

Entering his room, he tried to close the windows, but the weather wasn't allowing that to happen since the window just refused to budge from the force of the wind. Yugi grunted and pulled harder until finally the window closed, and quickly he snapped the lock on it before it decided to fly open again.

Yugi wheezed as he looked at the window, now knowing his job was done. But just as he was about to leave the room, a crash was heard since the window flew open once again, the clasp on the window breaking and hitting the wall. Yugi stared at the window as rain poured in, soaking everything.

"Grandpa!" Yugi yelled, and he ran to the top of the stairs. Grandpa came running.

"What is it?!" he cried out.

"My window, it's broken!" Yugi exclaimed.

Grandpa's eyes widened and he thought quickly for a moment. "Okay, try to keep everything dry and I'll try to get something to cover the window with.

Yugi nodded. He rushed back into the room and started to grab his school stuff that were laying around so they wouldn't get wet, and then pushing his pillows under the bed along with his blanket and his school stuff just in time to see Grandpa come in with a few boards and started to board up the window. When he was done, he looked around the room and saw the wet floor and sheets and everything else that the rain managed to wreck. Grandpa sighed.

"Sorry Yugi. But I guess you can't use this room until it's cleaned up. You can sleep in my room if you like," Grandpa offered, but Yugi shook his head.

"No thanks Grandpa. I think I know where I'll sleep for the night," he grinned broadly, but Grandpa just rose an eyebrow.

"Where will you sleep then?" he asked.

"Um, in the guest room…" Yugi trailed off hopefully, not wanting to disclose his actual sleeping spot. He didn't want to reveal Yami's room just yet. And if Grandpa knew of the room already, he didn't want to alarm him. The room did look quite creepy with the junk all over the place.

He watched Grandpa nod his head, giving in, before slowly turning around and leaving. As soon as he was gone, Yugi grabbed his pillow and blanket back from under the bed and rushed out the door towards Yami's room.

Yami on the other hand was staring at the rain through the closed window before he was slammed into it, arms suddenly wrapped around his legs. Trying to move, he stumbled and fell to the ground with a big oof.

"Yami!" Yugi squealed as he leaned over Yami, towering above him, sitting on his torso comfortably.

Yami groaned in response as he sat up, putting all his attention on the young child who sat on top of him.

"What is it Yugi?" he asked, seeing the excited child.

"Guess what!" Yugi exclaimed.

Yami raised a brow.

"I'm sleeping here tonight!" Yugi cried.

Yami blinked. "But where?" he then asked, motioning to the extremely messy room that belonged to him. Yugi stopped and looked around with an 'Oh' expression on his face. Yami shook his head sadly with an amused smile as the little boy took in the surroundings.

"I should have thought this out more," Yugi said gloomily.

"Yes, I believe you should have," Yami said, standing up after lifting Yugi off of him.

"But where do you sleep?" Yugi asked, still not wanting to give up his sleepover.

Yami shrugged. "I don't sleep much. Usually I doze off on the old rocking chair, but that's it."

"Don't you use the bed?" Yugi then asked.

Yami smirked before he pointed towards the bed. Yugi turned around and facepalmed. The bed was covered in old boxes, dust, and who knows what else on and living in it.

"That's disgusting," Yugi said, looking it over.

"Yup," Yami agreed, but showed no expression of disgust.

"Actually, the entire room is disgusting!" Yugi exclaimed. "Look at it! I bet half of these things aren't even needed. Some are probably just garbage and there's dust and papers everywhere! Don't you clean, Yami? When was the last time you cleaned your room? You're so messy…"

Yami listened to the ranting child, and hearing those words after a long time, he allowed his mind run back to old memories, memories that would remain just that. Memories...

"Yami!" a little boy called out as he stood at the base of the bed, staring at his older brother's sleeping figure. "Wake up!" the tanned skin boy yelled.

"What?" Yami groaned, stretching as he brushed his hair from his face.

"Clean," the boy ordered, pointing to the clothes, books, and other things that was scattered across the floor and all over the room.

Yami's eyes opened slowly, blinking wearily. He sat up and took a look around his messy room before letting his gaze fall on the short, tiny boy in front of him. Arms were crossed as he tried to pull off the 'I mean business' look.

Yami chuckled, shaking his head at his little brother. "Okay, okay, I'll clean. But you gotta help me."

The little boy's violet eyes brightened with joy, glad to spend some time with his brother. "Okay!" he exclaimed, a huge smile on his lips. Yami chuckled and hugged him tightly, feeling short arms wrap around his neck.

"Yami!"

Yami was brought back to earth with Yugi's hand waving in front of his face.

"Are you okay?" Yugi asked, looking at him with concern.

Yami nodded, smiling gently. "Yeah I'm fine," he said quietly, and he watched as Yugi nodded.

Yugi wasn't fooled though. He saw the pained look in Yami's eyes. He was thinking about something, most likely about his past. It was hurting him so why wouldn't he share it with someone? Yami trusted him, didn't he? Then why? What was Yami hiding? Maybe, maybe he should just ask. If he asked, Yami wouldn't say no, right?

"Um, Yami…" Yugi began, but he was cut short by Yami's quick suggestion that came out as soon as he spoke.

"You wanna help me clean up?" Yami suddenly asked.

Yugi stared up at Yami, and slowly he smiled. "Sure!" When Yami smiled back, Yugi knew what he had to do. He would just have to find out for himself now. He couldn't see Yami unhappy any more. He would fix this. He would make Yami happy.

"What should I do first?" Yugi asked, looking at Yami who was staring at the room with wonder.

"Um… how about we start taking out those old boxes?" Yami suggested, and Yugi nodded. He watched as Yami used his magic to pick up a few boxes before leaving the room to take then downstairs. Seeing an opportunity, Yugi quickly looked around the room in hopes of finding something.

Yami had taken a lot of boxes away in one swoop, and in a few seconds he would come back. Fortunately that gave Yugi a clearer view of the room. Looking at the bed, Yugi remembered something that he had saw the first time he came in. A little frame. Going to that corner, Yugi scanned through all the stuff only to let his eyes fall on something. He grinned, picking the old picture frame up. He saw an eye and a hand, and someone's torso, but that was it. The glass was rusted and old. He would have to clean it to see…

"Yugi, did you finish?"

Hearing Yami's voice, Yugi spun around and hid the frame behind his back. Smiling innocently, he shook his head.

"I didn't know what to pick up. The boxes were too big…" he lied, looking at Yami, hoping that he would believe him. He watched as Yami sighed and put a hand to his head.

"Oh Yugi…" the ghost drawled, a grin on his face, and Yugi noticed the grin disappearing and turning quite nervous when Yami looked down under the bed.

"Uh, Yugi, can you get a mop and broom and some cleaning supplies?" the spirit said quickly. "I will get rid of all these papers."

Curious at the tone, Yugi nodded and quickly dashed out of the room, making sure to hide the frame in his shirt as he left. He had to know what was on the frame, but he couldn't let Yami see it. Plus, he needed to see what was under the bed. Yami was hiding something there, and if he can recall properly, a few days ago he had seen Yami sitting by the bed looking at something only to quickly hide it when he showed up. Something was definitely up with those newspapers, but what?

Running into his room, Yugi stashed the frame under his pillow before running out again and making a beeline for the storeroom to grab the cleaning supplies. Carrying the mop, broom, and a bit of that nice-smelling liquid that Grandpa used to clean the house, he made his way back to Yami's room. Hopefully Yami wasn't done cleaning up the papers.

As he entered the room, Yugi saw that Yami had a few bags already filled to the brim with newspapers and trash, and looking at the bed Yugi's heart sank as he dropped the cleaning supplies on the floor. Underneath the bed was totally cleared out. Now what would he do?

"Oh, Yugi! There you are." Looking up, Yugi met Yami's slightly unnerved eyes.

"I brought the cleaning supplies," Yugi said, looking at the supplies he dropped at the floor before looking back up at Yami who was tying up another bag. Yami nodded.

"Thanks. But, I was wondering if you…um…" Yami trailed off, and he bit his lip as he stared to the ground.

"What is it?" Yugi pressed. He watched Yami sigh, shaking his head.

"Ah, it's nothing," the spirit finally said. Yugi refused to take that as an answer.

"No Yami, tell me."

"I was wondering if you saw a little frame around. I was cleaning up some personal things, and that picture is the only one I have of…" Yami went quiet, and Yugi caught him glancing at a box that was next to the window. Feeling bad about taking the picture and having to lie to Yami, Yugi shook his head.

"No, sorry, I didn't see any pictures," he said, and he watched as Yami's face fell.

"Okay…" Yami then dropped the last bit of trash into the big garbage bag and used his magic to lift them up. "I'll take these down now. You're Grandpa's in the kitchen, right?"

Yugi nodded.

"Okay, be right back." And with that, Yugi watched as Yami left once again.

Slumping against a wall, Yugi stared at the box that Yami had carefully put away. Apparently the picture he took was the only one Yami had… of what? Or who? He would just have to wait until he cleaned it to find out. And from Yami's expression, he was very sad about not finding it either. Maybe it was a family member? Thinking that, Yugi just felt even worse. He didn't want to take it, but Yami had left him no other choice. Now, he just had to figure out what Yami was hiding in the box.

"Okay, so all the big stuff is cleared out! Now, just the little things are left."

Turning around, Yugi saw Yami enter the room with a wide smile, but underneath Yugi saw the distress. Yami was good at covering things up, but as for hiding it from a curious little boy who stared at him whenever he could, he saw the differences between what's real and fake. And the happiness coming from the spirit was absolutely fake.

"Coming Yugi?" Yami asked, and Yugi snapped out of his thoughts and smiled up at Yami who was holding a medium sized box. Pushing himself off from leaning against the wall, Yugi nodded.

"Let's do this."

Soon, the two of them were carrying the boxes out and dropping them downstairs next to the door to be thrown out. Yami used his magic to pick up all the hidden trash and big piles of waste, dropping them in garbage bags and sealing it before setting them with the others. Yugi watched with fascination as Yami then destroyed all the cobwebs and dusted off the dresser and wardrobes and everything else without even a single touch, while he reached all the little places and cleaned off the decorations.

They laughed and joked around as they tidied up, trying to be as quiet as possible because Grandpa had gone to sleep a while ago. In no time though they stopped and looked around, satisfied with their work even though they were both covered in dust from head to toe.

The room was much cleaner than before. The walls were a peach colour, albite kind of dull and faded since it had been a few years since it was repainted. The floor was a smooth, cheery red wood with just a few scratches here and there. They actually found another window hidden behind a mountain of boxes, and they even recovered the closet and dresser which was hidden away. Both were a white set with a smooth, glossy finish which silver, plastic handles. It was a bit beat up, but still gorgeous to look at. The bed was the same white with white leather backing and borders, a nice Queen size at that. The only thing was the bedsheets which were torn and completely destroyed.

"I forgot there was a study area in here..." Yami said, looking at the now bare area where a desk stood.

Yugi giggled. "Of course. From all the trash that was moved from there, I expected something to be hidden."

Yami nodded and watched as Yugi ran up and grabbed the pillows and sheets off the bed.

"I'm going to throw these out now. Who knows what's on them. You can dust the bed and spray it in case of any bugs," Yugi said, throwing Yami a big spray can before running out the room.

Yami looked at the can before he took a deep breath, then blew all the dust were in the room and on the furniture out the window, then closed it quickly, making sure to not get the room any wetter. Thankfully the wind had died down, but it was still raining quite heavily outside.

Yami continued to spray the corners of the room, edges, and the walls for the bugs. He then sprayed the bed, stepping back quickly. He couldn't breathe in the air so he wasn't affected by the strong smell, but Yugi was. When Yugi walked into the room and breathed, he dashed back out again, the door slamming shut behind him. Yami chuckled. After he was done, he threw the empty can away and stepped outside with Yugi, locking the door.

"That was horrible..." Yugi mumbled from the floor a little distance away.

Yami sat down next to him. "Yep, but it was worth it. I've never seen my room cleaner! Now I remember why I loved spending so much time in there. I even found my books that I had assumed to be gone with the trash."

Yugi was silent before he spoke. "So, what now?"

Yami looked at him for a second, thinking. "Well, we wait for a few minutes until the bugs or whatever gets killed, then I can just get rid of them, air the room out a little, then we can start cleaning again," Yami said, shrugging.

"So we're almost done?" Yugi asked.

"Yup!" Yami said.

Yugi nodded. Yami still hadn't said a word. Oh well, now he knew where Yami kept his secrets. They were hidden in that box which he put away next to the closet. As much as he hated to say it, or even think it he would have to take a peek when Yami wasn't around.

"I think it's ready now," Yami said, and Yugi looked on as Yami stood up and began to head towards the door. "You stay there. I'll tell you when it's okay to come in."

Yugi sat in silence before he got up and went to get some new sheets and extra pillows. Grabbing the first set he saw, he went back to the room to see Yami standing in front of the doorway.

"Here, we need these," Yugi said.

Yami ruffled his hair. "Okay, help put it on the bed."

Yugi and Yami both took two ends, covering the bed with the sheet. Then, another sheet before dropping the pillows on the bed and spreading the blanket on it as well.

"There! Done!" Yugi exclaimed, stretching. He then scratched. "I think I need a bath now..."

"Okay. You do that," Yami said, and Yugi left the room.

Closing the door, Yugi padded towards his room, knowing that Yami wouldn't come and bother him while he was taking a shower. It was the perfect time to clean up that picture frame and see who was on it. Leaving the frame on the bed, Yugi grabbed a t-shirt from his drawer and took his water bottle still filled with water. Pouring it on the shirt before squeezing a bit, Yugi began to clean, one leg crossed on the bed while the other hung down.

Gently Yugi dabbed the cloth against the glass front, trying his hardest not to break the thing, but it was extremely difficult. The glass was damaged, and Yugi had no idea how to take the picture out of the frame. So he was left with cleaning.

A grin broke out on his face when a part came off, and wiping some more, slowly but surely more of the grim came away and on to the cloth. It didn't take him long to find someone else's torso, a bit smaller than the first, and golden bangs.

"Yami…" Yugi said in awe, staring at the first face that popped up on the left side of the frame. However, Yugi stopped and stared. The Yami in the picture had purple eyes.

"The owners of the mansion were the Atem family. Somehow, one of the sons died in there when he was around sixteen or seventeen… he had amethyst eyes just like yours, and the same hairstyle…"

The words of the taxi driver returned to Yugi memory, and with that he gazed at the image fondly.

"So, Yami, you're the person that died in this house. Your name is Yami Atem, isn't it?" Yugi said to himself, wiping the rest of the glass slowly.

In the picture, Yugi couldn't help but notice the bright smile on Yami's face, and as Yugi continued to clean, he saw a pair of smaller legs hanging off what seemed to be a picnic table. Yami was standing, towering over the person. But, who was the other person in the picture? Wiping quickly, Yugi stopped to gaze at it with shock as soon as he was done, the wet cloth falling out of his hand and on to the floor.

The other person in the picture, looked exactly like him.

So there you have it! Chapter ten at its finest. I hope you enjoyed reading it, and if you did please leave a wonderful review to see a continuation later today, or sometime tomorrow. Yay! I'm getting back to my desired schedule! :D You all are amazing.

Until chapter 11… See ya! Yugi delves in more on Yami's past, and the big race begins! Oh, and can anyone guess who the person in the picture is? And no, it's not actually Yugi. Hint: Yami is tanned skin, while Yugi is pale skinned. The picture was taken when he was alive. Yami met Yugi when he died. So, who is the mysterious boy?