Um, sorry, uh, whoever green was, but this is non-yaoi I'm afraid and yuri for that matter...however, I don't want to stifle any creativity so feel free to use your imagination, there will be no strict pairings so go ahead and elaborate! After all, Yuugi and Yami are essentially the same person, right? That pair always struck me as kind of odd, it would mean Yuugi was loving himself or would that be Yami...? Oo...aw, forget it, now I'm confused...

Well, I guess this counts as AU, what do you think? I'm glad everyone likes this so far! Keep the reviews rolling in and help me make it to at least twenty-five by the end of this chapter! ...please...

Well, I've decided to keep it simple and not use much Japanese, just to try it out as I've never done it before and would like to try. I will translate as you go along and if any of you guys are better then me then please correct my mistakes, there are bound to be some.

Sorry for shortness, tests you know...*Sniff*

"It's Bakura!" Tea knelt and gently turned the unconscious boy's head. "But he looks different somehow..." she murmured brushing the wet strands of hair away from his face.

"He must've been laying there all night." Tristan stated. "He's completely soaked." The white-haired teen coughed faintly and opened his slanted eyes at Tea's gentle touch.

"Get away from me!" He rasped hoarsely, shoving Tristan and Tea back away from him as he sat up. Tristan stumbled and dropped Yami, who hit the ground with a wet thump waking on impact.

"That is not the Bakura you know." Yuugi's darkness said, standing up shakily. "It's a yami!"

"You mean, like you?" Joey asked, confused.

"Sorry I dropped you." The brunette said sheepishly. Yami Yuugi smiled but frowned when he turned his gaze back upon the other yami.

"Where is your Sennen Item? Your Hikari?" Yami Yuugi snarled. At this Yami Bakura's gaze fell to the ground below him avoiding eye contact with any one of the small group, his fingers dug into the mud he sat upon.

"I'm not sure..."

"How long have you been here, like this?" The haughty darkness shrugged.

"Mo iiyo!" [ Forget it! ] He growled, "that is none of your concern!" He coughed and reconsidered under Tea's hard gaze. "Two, three days, I don't know." He held his head. "I, whenever I woke my body hurt so badly that I just fell back to sleep." He stood too quickly intending to bolt but staggered backwards a step. "In fact, I don't feel too well right now..."

"Catch him!" Joey yelled at Tea, who was closest to the swaying yami. The white-haired tomb raider fell right into her arms. She propped him up.

"What's going on Yami?" She asked the other alter ego of the five. "What is wrong with you two?"

"It's, I, let me see...without the Sennen Item and the hikari that holds it the yami can get no power." He chose his words slowly and carefully to try and make some sense. "Without Yuugi I have to make my own energy as does Bakura. Without either of them in contact with the items it is up to us to create our own. I don't think either of us is strong enough to do that and still stay in our physical forms for too long without falling asleep. Sleeping helps conserve the energy we create." He looked at the barely conscious yami held up only by Tea's arms. "What was your item?"

"The Ring...pity you don't have your puzzle, now would have been the perfect time to steal it..." he chuckled but it quickly turned into a hacking cough. "By Osiris, I can't remember the last time I was...sick..." his brown eyes closed and he drifted into a troubled sleep, much the same as the group's own dark friend who seemed unsteady on his feet as well.

"It fits him that the Ring should go with one who steals from the sacred tombs." Yami Yuugi yawned.

"Why, what did the ring do?" Asked Tea, adjusting the dead weight resting against her.

"It steals souls..."

"H, hello?" Yuugi asked, somewhat worried that the other presence was another demon waiting to torture him or something. A guttural rasp was his only answer and this didn't reassure him in the slightest. "Who, who's there?" Yuugi's voice sounded timorous and afraid but the only other noise was a painfully sounding cough.

"Gomen..." the harsh voice replied weakly. The freshman could hear the sound of chains being dragged across the floor and gradually a body was illuminated by the moonlight.

"Bakura! How did you get here?" Yuugi lunged forward, quickly stopped by the metal by which he was bound. "How long have you been here? Daijobou?" [ Are you all right? ]

"I'm...not sure..." The white haired boy breathed, pulling feebly at his chains. "Demo, kimochi...warui..." [ But, I feel sick ] His upper body collapsed and he lay against the damp stones, his breathing ragged and strained.

"Why were you taken here?" Yuugi kept struggling against his bonds hoping they would break. He could see Bakura shivering from where he sat on the other side of their dank prison. Yuugi knew that the other boy was seriously ill and would probably die soon if not helped. Just like Tea, he thought, tears springing to his eyes as he remembered how cruel she had been. "Nobody wants me..." he murmured, then mentally slapped himself. Yami wanted him! And Joey, and Tristan! He couldn't afford to think like that, especially now...

"Yuugi...?" Bakura asked slowly, head still pressed against the floor. "Did, did...the shadow take...you...too...?" The tricolor-haired boy had to strain to hear the words. Bakura's now slurring accent made it hard to understand and the clanking of Yuugi's chains on the floor weren't helping.

"Hai...hurgh!" [ yes ] With one last tremendous wrench Yuugi pulled his chains free from their rusted fastenings rubbing his shoulders where he had pulled the muscles, he never had been the athletic type. "A so-ka!" [ I got it! ] He tugged at the manacles encasing his wrists but they wouldn't come free. He shrugged. "Bakura?" The pale boy lay un-moving in the middle of the moonlit floor and Yuugi shook him gently. "Bakura?" He asked, louder this time and the chocolate eyes opened halfway bright with his fever.

"...cold..." he rasped, closing his eyes at the grating of his throat. Every time he drew in a shaky breath his body visibly shuddered. Perspiration trickled down his flushed face and his pulse beat heavily in his neck. Yuugi touched his clothes, they were damp with sweat and the dew from the walls. "...Yami..." Yuugi was confused now, how did Bakura know he had a yami? As far as he knew no one else was aware...I should have been more careful! He yelled at himself.

"Nani?" [ What? ]

"My...yami...is...sick...too, I think..." Now Yuugi knew why Bakura was there.

"You had a Sennen Item?" He asked, silently wondering which one it was.

"Hai...my father...bought...it...for...me..." he took another uneven breath. "...In...Egypt..."

"And the shadow thing jumped you for it?" The white head nodded.

"It...took...the ring..." Now the pieces were falling into place, almost.

"What were you doing here?" Bakura looked up at Yuugi through half-lidded eyes.

"Yami wanted...your...puzzle..." His body relaxed as he fell asleep. Yuugi looked around in vain for something he might cover him with but there was nothing. His jacket was still with Tea, wherever she was. Yuugi couldn't help wondering if they were even looking for him and if they would be all right.

SY: *Huff* is that all? *Hand monsters/yamis/hikaris all drinks* You'd better thank me for this!

YY: *Reclining in a chair* Thank you Ookami Gekkani! Hey ShenYue, I could use a massage...*yawn*

DM: *Sitting in a beanbag* Me too!

CG: *Perched on the window ledge* Me three!

Kaiba Seto: *Peeking in the window* Me four!

SY: Hey, where'd you come from? *Borrows Dark Magician's staff*

KS: Don't hurt me!

SY: Aw, I love you too! *Pats him on head* Now, down to business. *Fairy's Gift appears* A reviewer answered my questions! Yay! So, in response to their requests they get a hug from Fairy's Gift and a kiss from Yami Yuugi!

YY: Oo; What!? Oh no you don't!

SY: Shush! Yami's#1 Fan?

Y#1F: Yep! *Holds out arms and hugs Fairy's gift, who returns it nicely*

SY: Yami Yuugi? * Whips out camera*

YY: Ack! *Y#1F kisses him, /click^flash^/ your guess as to where^^*

Y#1F: Whooohooo!

SY: Aw, cute! Now, don't forget to review!