Pyra: Yay! Ppls like!!

Ryou: ^__^

Yami: Hm.

Pyra: :( Well I'M glad.

Yami: (sarcastically) So am I,

Ryou and Pyra: (silence)

Yami: Oh, giving me the silent treatment? (silence) Well it won't work!! (silence) FINE!!!!! I GIVE!! Pyra does not own Yu-Gi-Oh. (silence) AHHH!!! MAKE IT STOP!!!!!

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Yugi and Ryou backed up fearfully as Yami Bakura approached. He smirked and narrowed his eyes towards Yugi.

"Yugi! Run!" Ryou commanded. "I'll catch up!" Yugi shot a concerned glance at his friend, but nodded and ran off into the trees.

Yugi ran as fast as he could, sure that Yami Bakura must be behind him. But when he stopped, there was no one else. Yugi tapped lightly on the Millennium Puzzle, and with a burst of brilliant light, Yami appeared.

"Aibou, I thought you 'weren't going to put up with me'." Yami said sarcasticly. Then he noticed that his aibou was breathing hard, pale, and obviously scared. "Oh all right. What is it?"

"Yami Bakura - He came - back!" Yugi said inbetween gasps.

"You're kidding! No, this can't be right..."

"He is," Yugi finally regained his breath and was able to talk normally. "And I think he's after Ryou. Yami... will you protect us, please?" Just one look into those scared, violet eyes would have been enough to persuade anyone, but Yami had already been persuaded as it was.

"Of course, Aibou." And with that, he disappeared into the Puzzle. Yugi sighed in relief, feeling secure now that Yami was close at hand.

"Yugi!" Yugi turned towards where Ryou had shouted out. "Yugi, where are you?"

"Over here!" Yugi called, smiling. He was glad that Ryou was all right. His friend energed from the trees ahead, a little scratched up, but nothing major.

"Oh, I'm so glad to see you. I finally lost him," Ryou smiled weakly and sat down against a tree, exhausted.

"Are you all right, Ryou?" Yugi asked, sitting down next to his friend. Ryou tried to say something, failed, and for a second just looked at Yugi helplessly. "What is it Ryou? What's wrong?"

"Nothing. I'm perfectly fine." Ryou finally said in a weird tone.

"Are you sure?" Ryou scooted closer, and for a split second, that look of helplessness returned, but it was quickly replaced with a smug look of pure confidence. "Ryou, are you sure you're okay?" Wait a minute... Yugi thought, he's acting more like - But his thought was cut off when the metal touched his throat.

"Perfectly." Yugi looked up ever so slowly into Ryou's eyes, and saw a look of pure evil, pure vengence. A look that made one cringe. Ryou stood and pressed the blade of the knife against Yugi's throat harder and Yugi backed up until he was back to back with the tree. Still Ryou pressed the blade further, right between Yugi's jaw and his neck. Yugi looked fearfully into Ryou's eyes, and again there was the flicker of helplessness, gone in an instant. Then he realized what was going on. Ryou was being possessed by his yami, struggling to regain control. Yugi shut his eyes, waiting for Ryou/Yami Bakura to finish it -

- And Yugi abruptly changed into Yami.

"Ryou - ! What are you - doing?!" Yami asked, all to aware of both his promise to protect Yugi and Ryou... and the knife Ryou held at his throat. This was a very bad situation for him, considering he couldn't hurt Ryou, even to save himself.

"What am I doing? Isn't it obvious enough for you, pharaoh? Or haven't you noticed the knife I'm holding?"

"But - why, Ryou...?" Yami asked. He looked up at Ryou, eyes filling with tears of betrayal and helplessness. Then, unexpectedly, Ryou broke into tears, dropping the knife to the ground.

"My - my Yami... he said..." The rest was lost in a whirlwind of emotions. Ryou sank to his knees, crying. Yami came over, now sure that it was really Ryou, that his Yami had threatened him badly and made him do all of this.

"Ryou, it's okay, I won't let him hurt you," Yami comforted, putting a hand on Ryou's shoulder. Ryou stopped crying, looked up at Yami, and... smirked.

"Fooled you." He whispered. Yami had absolutely no time to block the kick that Ryou sent to his stomach, making him double over with excruciating pain. The last thing Yami heard was Ryou's evil laughter, then everything went black.

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Yami: Hm. (silence) AGAIN?!?!?! (silence) FINE! Pyra meant to say that she apologizes for such short chapters, she will have LOT'S of homework when school starts, therefore, no time for long chapters. (Silence) Oh yeah, and R&R if you want them to stop giving me the silent treatment. (silence) MAKE IT STOOOOOOOOPP!!!!!! YOU HAVE TO HELP ME!!! PLEASE!!!!!! (Anime crying)

Pyra and Ryou: (silence)