Yami-Joey: So I get introduced in this chapter?
Me: *jumps slightly* Ack! You scared me! Yes, this is where you get introduced.
Yami-Joey: ^_^
Me: Wowsa! 10 reviews already! Thanks so much for all your support!
Ryou: Why do you always pick on me?
Me: ^_^ Dunno! *hugs him*
Ryou: Ack! x_x;;
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As the scream echoed through the house, Yugi was the first on his feet. Tristan yelped and rolled over, falling to the floor as he did. Ryou sat bolt upright, a wild look on his usually serene face.
Instinctively Yugi's hand moved to the coffee table behind him where he'd laid down the Puzzle before going to sleep. He breathed a sigh of relief when his hand brushed the cool metal. Picking it up he slid the leather throng around his neck, feeling the weight of the Millinium Item settle against his chest.
Still on the floor, Ryou's hand also moved to his Item, his hand slipping between the layers of his sleeping bag and into the secret pocket Serenity had sewn in for him.
His horrified shout drew the attention of the other two, even over the noise of screaming. "The Ring's gone!" Ryou said, beginning to panic slightly.
Yugi's eyes darted around the room. "So's Joey!"
The screaming began to die away as the three friends raced into the kitchen to see Joey half-fallen against the counter, holding his head in his hands. The Millinium Ring was glowing brightly, and had suspended itself in the air in front of the blond.
//Yugi, what is it?//
/Something's seriously wrong with Joey! He's got the Millinium Ring, and it's doing something to him! Please Yami, get out here!/
As Yami seperated from Yugi and stood beside his aibou, the Ring's glow died out and it fell back to Joey's chest. Joey seemed to collapse in on himself and dropped to one knee, still holding his head.
Ryou was still in shock at seeing the Millinium Ring around his friend's neck, so Yugi moved forward hesitantly, putting out a hand to place on Joey's shoulder.
Frowning, Yami moved forward to stop him. "I sense something. I don't think that's Joey."
Hearing these words Joey looked up, an evil smirk on his face. Yami cursed fervently in Egyptian. "I hate being right!"
Joey's eyes were the typical "yami-eyes", and electric blue, so blue that they could be no natural eyes. His hair had lightened somewhat and was almost white, and had flared away from his head to spike a bit. Still smirking at the four standing in front of him, "Joey" stood up.
"So, it's the famous Pharoah Yami. I was wondering when I'd see you again." he said, in a voice that wasn't the one they were used to coming from Joey's mouth.
Yami's own scowl deepened. "You! I never thought you'd get out!"
Yami-Joey opened his mouth to say something, but before he did his eyes flicked toward Yugi. His grin widened. "Ah, Pharoah, such a weak partner. Pathetic." In one fluid motion he was in front of Yugi. Grabbing the midget freshman by the collar he lifted him clean off the ground, his other fist jamming into Yugi's stomach. He knew that the best way to get at Yami was through his aibou.
Yugi gasped in pain and his eyes went wide, his hands around Yami-Joey's, struggling against the blond's grip.
"Yugi!" Yami dissapeared into the Puzzle. //Quick aibou, let me take over.//
/Gladly!/
Suddenly trying to hold up the much heavier Pharoah, Yami-Joey let him drop to the ground and quickly ducked the punch Tristan tried to throw at him. "Pah, useless attempt!" He brought his own fist around to where Tristan would have been, and his arm was grabbed suddenly by Yami, preventing him from hurting the brunette.
It did give him a slight advantage. While Yami held onto his arms he was able to rear up and kick Tristan in the chest, sending him flying back into the wall and narowly missing hitting Ryou, who was still slightly in shock and simply staring at the new yami.
Yami immediately released him, and Yami-Joey spun around, kicking his foot out which Yami dodged. The Pharoah brought a knee up into Yami-Joey's stomach, trying not to hurt Joey's body too much.
Yami-Joey backed up several steps, doubled over slightly and holding his stomach. He dodged the kick Yami sent his way and suddenly found himself up against the glass door that led out into the back yard. Reaching one hand behind his back, he quickly undid the lock. The next time Yami tried to throw a punch at him he ducked it and ran out the door, closing it bhind him and using a small portion of his magic to seal it.
He smirked at Yami, who was scowling at him through the glass, and ran across the backyard, vaulting over the fence in back.
//He's getting away!//
/Out the front door!/
Yami was about to race out and chase Yami-Joey, but Ryou flagged him down. He was kneeling next to Tristan, who was unconcious under a Tristan-shaped dent in the wall. "He's hurt pretty bad, I think."
Realising that he would have to abandon Yami-Joey for now, Yami seperated from Yugi, who ran to get the First Aid kit.
Yami frowned, glancing around the trashed kitchen. "It's a good thing Grandpa's away this weekend. Where'd he go anyway Yugi?"
"Some huge card-dealership. He's going to see about cheaper prices or something." Yugi said, waving smeeling-salts back and forth under Tristan's nose.
After a moment the brunette groaned and opened his eyes. Ryou and Yugi helped him sit up as he blinked away the confusion of finding himself on the floor. "What happened?"
"I'd like to know that too." Ryou said quietly. "What happened to Bakura when Joey put the Ring on? For that matter, why would Joey put the Ring on in the first place?"
"Yami, you seemed to know him. Who was he?" Yugi asked.
Yami was silent for a moment. "I'm sorry aibou. I know him, but I need to think for awhile." With that said the Pharoah disappeared back into his soul room, leaving Yugi, Ryou and Tristan staring at the space where he'd been.
~*~
Joey groaned, pushing himself up on an elbow. "Where the hell am I?" That question was answered pretty quickly when he saw the familiar decor of his bedroom. He sighed in releif as he threw the covers off from on top of him. "Thank God it was only a dream."
^Getting a little too optomistic?^
Joey froze. "No..." Looking down he saw the Millinium Ring hanging around his neck, and his shoulders dropped in defeat. "Well, I got my wish. But now I know they'll come after me, and this is the first place they'll look..."
Getting up, he pulled a duffle bag out of his closet and began stuffing it with clothes. *This is all your fault.*
^But of course!^
Joey growled and slung the bag over his shoulder. Stepping up to his window he pushed it open and stepped outside, turning to look one last time back at his home. 'Sorry mom, Serenity, I hope I can come home someday.'
And Joey Wheeler was officially a fugitive.
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Joey: I'm running away from home?
Yami-Joey: Isn't that, like, really OOC?
WSJ: *shrugs* I suppose.
Mokuba: *pops up out of no where* Where will Joey go? Will Yami-Joey deside to take over again and have a little fun? Will Yami ever explain to the others how he knows Yami-Joey? And what happened to Bakura? Stay tuned for the next chapter of Digimon: Digital- I mean Yu-gi-oh: A Yami of my Own!
Bakura: Ok squirt, where'd you come from?
Mokuba: WSJ's paying me to be the annoying annoncer guy.
Yami-Joey: Well, it fits.
Joey: *still wimpering* WSJ, that's so mean! How could you make me run away?
WSJ: Easily. It's called 'typing'. Reviews and presents welcome! Flames will be given to Anzu to play with!
Ryou: I thought you used dub-names.
WSJ: *grins* So did I. But my sister keeps calling Tea like the drink iced tea, so I just call her Anzu and make it easier.