Announcer/narrator dude: Last time on UG-I-OH! (O.o) Yugi's been resurrected, and confusion ensues! But what of Shadi's becoming a mortal? And now Yami would like a bottle of aspirin! What will become of Yugi and Co? Find out!

Yu-Gi-Oh: Bondings

Yami's eyes narrowed a little as Shadi finished explaining the whole ordeal to the gang as Yugi seemingly snuggled closely to Yami, hiding his face in his side. "So.. what your saying is it's up to us to save the world again?" asked Tea with a raised eyebrow.

Though she might have been great at the role of cheering people on it did get annoying after a while. Joey flexed his arms as if to show off muscles. "Don't you worry, Joey Wheeler is here ta save the day!" he said as he again posed all body-builder like.

Kaiba blinked and tried not to laugh at Joey's goofy-ness. Yami rolled his eyes and stood up, looking at Shadi. "Is there anything ELSE you need to tell us before we go on?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. He needed no more surprises for a good life time or two.

Yugi nodded in agreement with Yami as he got up along with everyone else. "Ya, none of us are gonna suddenly kick the bucket are we?" Ask Tristan, sticking close to Serenity. Joey nodded as he was now in that, must protect my sister, mode.

Shadi blinked and shook his head some. "Not as far as I can tell." he said lightly as he looked to Yugi. "He's the only one who could answer those questions if he brings out the Millennium Necklace again." Shadi finished.

Yami and Yugi both looked to each other. They almost forgot about that thing! Kaiba blinked and then gained an irritated look as he glared at Yami. Yami blinked and gulped a little. "What?!" he asked all innocently.

Yugi decided to try to be invisible as Mai caught wind of what Kaiba was thinking. "You mean this whole mess with Yugi's death could have been easily prevented if they had that stupid necklace?!" she barked out as Tristan blinked and backed away.

Yugi felt stupid now, and Yami was now getting defensive as his pride was being struck. "Even IF we had that stupid thing Joey and Kaiba might be the dead ones!" Yami shouted in his and Yugi's defense.

Kaiba blinked, his expression turning from a glare to shock. He didn't think of that. Mai too fell silent as Joey was a bit confused as well as Tristan, Tea, and Serenity. Shadi sighed and stepped in finally. "There is no time for arguments.. Everyone's here now and we must be ready for the enemy." Shadi tried saying to focus their attentions on more important matters.

Tea finally stepped in to make a comment as she crossed her arms across her chest. "You know, I think Yami's right." she said in an annoyed voice. "Maybe if it weren't for you none of this would be happening." she commented as everyone stopped to look at her.

Shadi fell silent unsure of how to respond. Perhaps Tea was correct in her assumption, but then again one never knows. "Besides, if we had brought the Necklace those other poor innocent people would be dead right now, and I couldn't stand the thought of going on living knowing I let others die." Yugi finally said, speaking up slightly.

Yami looked to his hikari and nodded in agreement. Kaiba finally sighed and crossed his arms some giving up to the argument. He then looked from Yugi to Yami. "So, what now, all mighty Pharaoh." Kaiba said in a sarcastic manner.

There was a loud scream and the sound of something breaking due to a falling object. There were small mutters of pain and groaning. "How can you allow Shadi to resurrect Yugi Motou?!" shouted the dark lord.

More of his servants coward into a huddle in the middle of the throne room. The dark lord seemed to have growled loudly in apparent anger. They all shuddered and stuttered to apologize to their master.

"I want NO excuses! FIX THIS OR YOU SHALL ALL FEEL MY RATH!!!" he shouted loudly and most angrily. They all bowed and began to hustle about to fix what they were blamed for. How they were to fix such a problem some couldn't figure out for they were too scared to think straight, while others already began assassination plans.

The dark lord sat back down in his thrown and tried to relax. All his beautifully perfect plans were coming undone and it was now hard to see his victory when such things happened! He again growled loudly in the now emptied chambers and they echoed off the walls. Things needed to be fixed, and fixed now! His plan would be absolutely perfect if it killed him!

Yugi had seemed to have trouble falling asleep tonight. Of course when one had been dead for three months they had plenty of rest. But of course he also feared of never waking up again if he fell asleep. Even if he was being held in the safe arms of his Yami.

He instinctively snuggled up closer to Yami as he mumbled something or another in his sleep. Yugi smiled slightly as he felt the warmth of his lover flow over him. Yes, he truly was safe in the arms of the Pharaoh, he knew this. He would have finally fallen asleep if it weren't the door to his room slowly creaking open.

Yugi froze as he clutched to Yami's shirt and tugged on it to wake him. Yami grumbled, his eyes slowly opening a bit. "What is it?" he said in a groggy voice. Yugi noticed a shadow freeze and press itself against the wall.

/Yami.. someone's in here./ came Yugi's voice suddenly. But it wasn't spoken out loud but in Yami's head! He was confused for a moment but quickly reacted to the worried tone his hikari's voice carried.

He jumped out of the bed and suddenly tackled the now shouting shadowy figure. Yugi jumped out of the bed and quickly turned on the desk lamp, lighting up the room a bit. Yami had pinned the assailant on his stomach, his hands now pinned behind his back. Yami blinked in confusion as the person groaned in pain.

"Sha-Shadi?!" Yugi asked in utter confusion, yet relief was present in his tone. "What the hell are you doing in Yugi's room?!" came Yami's confused yet angered tone next. Not only did he scare Yugi, but scared Yami into thinking he was gonna LOSE his Yugi again.

Yami now loosened his grip on the Egyptian and stood up allowing the poor guy to sit up, rubbing at his now hurting shoulders and wrists. "I came to ask where I might... use the restroom?" asked Shadi, seemingly flushing a bit in embarrassment.

Yugi shaking his head, yet sighing in even more relief pointed out the door. "Down the hall to the left.." he said wearily as Yami moved over to Yugi's side, crossing his arms over his chest. He wasn't too happy at the moment and it was obvious. For one, he didn't like the idea of the stupid jerk staying at their house in HIS room, let alone being waken up in the wee hours of the morning for something so trivial as where the bathroom was.

Shadi only got to his feet and slipped out of the room and retreated down the hall as silently as possible as not to disturb Sugoroku as well. Yami grumbled selected Egyptian curse words as he flopped back onto the bed. Yugi could only nod a little at Yami's annoyance as he curled up in Yami's lap now wearily and buried his face in the other's shoulder.

Yami then remembered Yugi speaking to him in his head. He looked down at his weary and tired aibou and wondered if he should question him about it. "Yugi... how were you able to do that?" asked Yami as he slowly tilted the boy's head up to look at him.

Yugi slightly confused, tilted his head. "Do what, Yami?" he asked quietly. He forgot all about how he suddenly spoke to the Pharaoh thru their minds. Yami only blinked, and shook his head some. "Never mind, Aibou.." he said quietly.

Yugi only shrugged a little as he slowly wrapped his arms around Yami's slender waist and again rested his head on his shoulder. Yami smiled a bit as he watched his hikari a bit and again tilted his head up to look at him. Yugi blinked a bit but before he could question his lover, Yami leaned down and captured Yugi's soft lips in a tender kiss.

Yugi never refused Yami for a second as his tongue lightly grazed across his bottom lip as if asking for entry. Yugi closed his eyes, allowing the Pharaoh's tongue into his mouth as the kiss seemingly deepened into a very passionate kiss.

It seemed that the kiss would never end, but that was ok. They really didn't want it too. But alas, as the saying always goes, all good things must come to an end. Yami slowly pulled his head back, as Yugi stared up at Yami lovingly.

Yami slowly ran his hand thru Yugi's bangs a little before smiling. "I love you, Aibou." he said quietly, lovingly. Yugi snuggled up as close as possible to Yami and sighed contently. "I love you too, my Yami." he said in turn.

He was truly getting tired of waiting for the results he wanted, no, needed from his servants. He was about to have all their heads! But his thoughts on this was pushed aside when one particular servant came up to him with a respectable bow. "I believe we have a plan to correct things, My Lord." said the hooded man.

The servant stood to his full height and continued to speak after a small gesture came from the Dark Lord. "Now that Shadi is mortal we could easily take him out of the picture.. and with him gone we can easily kill Yugi and or Yami and then they wont be resurrected." he said slowly, hoping his master would approve of this idea.

The dark lord sat up in his seat, a slight grin spreading across his face. "I want you to take ALL three of them out. Once that's over we can easily take the world." he said coldly as he again leaned back in his chair. With a bow the man was dismissed and he walked off out of the chambers. Finally, something was going his way, thought the dark lord.



Shadi had gone to see if he could still communicate with whom he called the Elders and Yugi's grandfather went out to get some groceries for the week. Thus Yugi and Yami were currently home alone.

They weren't doing much at the moment, just silently building two of the worlds greatest decks they could come up with for the upcoming threat. They figured that like the rest of the threats they've been thru this one would also have something to do with Duel Monsters and the Shadow Realm.

Yugi had finished his deck as he sat it down neatly on his desk while Yami continued to finish up his. Yugi silently leaned back in his comfortable chair and sighed. He stared off at nothing in particular as he thought of things to come. He then looked at a framed picture of himself and Yami sitting side by side in a park laughing about something. He couldn't remember what it was at the moment but knew they were happy in the picture.

He reached over and picked it up and held it in his hands and stared at it trying to remember what had happened when that picture was taken. It was obviously something good because they were the happiest he could ever remember.

Yami then looked up at Yugi and then back down at his unfinished deck. "What's the matter, Yugi?" he asked as he placed another card into the deck he was creating. "Yami... what if this guy doesn't want to duel us? What if.. he wants to use something different?" asked Yugi in a worried tone.

Yami stopped what he was doing and looked up at Yugi and raised an eyebrow. "I don't know, Yugi.. but lets hope that this will be his weapon of choice." Yami replied calmly as he decided to finish his deck later. He sat all the cards aside and smiled slightly as he patted the space next to him on the bed, as if asking Yugi to sit with him.

Yugi smiled wearily as he got up and moved over to the taller boy and sat in his lap instead, wrapping his arms loosely around his neck and rested his head on his shoulder. Yami only smiled as he lightly put his arms around Yugi's waist and held him closer to himself. "Yami.. what will happen if he chooses a different form of power?" asked Yugi now.

Yami shrugged lightly unsure of how to answer him. In all honesty he didn't know. There was still much he had to learn as to his own abilities when it came to ancient powers. Of course he knew there was much more to his powers then the Shadow Realms and such. "For now.. I don't know, Aibou." the Pharaoh finally answered. Yugi only nodded as he sighed a little.

Yugi then fell silent as a small worried and concerned look crossed his face. He seemed depressed almost and scared as well. And somehow Yami could even FEEL it. "Aibou.. what's bothering you?" Yami asked lightly as he lightly ran his hand across Yugi's soft cheek.

The younger shrugged a little as he slowly nuzzled himself against Yami even more. "I dunno.. I'm just scared I guess.." answered Yugi. Yami was a bit confused now. He had never seen Yugi so upset before. Usually Yugi seemed more then confident and brave about a situation like this. But of course he had never been killed and brought back to life either..

Yami gained a small smile as he tilted up Yugi's head to look at him better. "Don't you worry, Yugi.. I promise you that nothing will happen to anyone." Yami said with a reassuring tone of voice that was filled with confidence in his words. Yugi smiled a little and nodded. "I'm sure your right, Yami-chan.."

Kachie: I know, my chapters are all small but I hope you guys are still interested in the story! n.n

Yami K: O.o so what happens next?! -pokes her aibou with a stick-

Kachie: o.o -blinks at the poking and raises a brow- I dunno, I'm still trying to figure it out in my head! =^^=

Yami K: -falls over and twitches- Yer a weirdo!

Yugi: No one else will die will they, Ms. Kachie?? -asks all quietly-

Kachie: . Eh.. -pets Yugi- I dunno..

Yami: It'll be alright, Aibou..

Kachie: Anyways.. Stay tuned and please read the next chapter!