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Sorry it took so long, especially for you people who kept asking for me to hurry up with the next chapter. So give me a break, I had a bit of writers block. Well, here's the next chapter finally okay? Now enjoy and please R and R!! **************************************************************************** **************

"Hey, who said that!?" shouted Akito.

Matt and Takori cut their argument short as they looked around. They didn't see two people appear behind them, as Yugi and the others were too surprised to say anything, but stare.

" What're you guys looking at?" asked Takori, noticing that she thought they were staring at herself and Matt and not noticing the two figures behind them approaching slowly and quietly behind the two magicians.

"Yeah, why are you staring at us? Something the matter?" added Matt as one of the figures was grabbing its scabbard and smirking widely as the other one got a little closer to Takori and you could see her trying to stop herself from giggling and giving away her position. Then the two figures suddenly decided to attack. Takori jumped up and then started laughing as she was being tickled.

"HAHAHAHAHA!! C'MON !!! STOP!!! Y'KNOW I'M TICKLISH!!" laughed Takori between breaths as she was being tickled mercilessly. Matt just stared at his sister and who the culprit was that was tickling her.

"What the?" started Matt, "What and HOW did you get here Mis....YEOUCH!!!" shouted Matt as the other figure that was holding its scabbard swung and hit Matt up-side the head. It then forced Matt to fall flat on his face.

"YES!! I FINALLY GOT YOU BACK DARK FOR THE PRANK YOU PULLED LAST WEEK!!"

Matt recognizing the voice suddenly cursed out,

" KYSUKE YOU STUPID BAKA OF A CELTIC GUARDIAN!!! WHEN I GET UP YOU'RE GOING TO WISH YOU WERE BACK IN THE SHADOW REALM!!!"

Everyone was trying hard not to laugh at the situation. There in front of them were the Mystical Elf or Misty tickling the wits out of Takori and Matt glaring at his best friend the Celtic Guardian or better known as Kysuke, who was slowly laughing but still inching away from Matt. As Kysuke edged back, Matt suddenly summoned up his staff and Kyuske then sprinted off out into the backyard, where Matt was behind him chasing all the way.

"GET BACK HERE YOU *BAKA (*Idiot)!!"

"MIIIISSSSSTTTTYYYYYY HEEEEEEELLLLPPPP MEEEEE!!!!"

Misty or Mystical elf, had stopped tickling Takori and was sweat-dropping at Kysuke being chased around outside by Matt.

"Not again. This is almost as bad as when the time Gaia and the others were goofing around in Blue Eye's territory." sighed Mystical Elf as she shook her head. Takori got up and saw what was going on and moaned.

"Misty!! They're at it again!?" Takori complained.

"Unfortunately Kysuke provoked him again." replied Misty.

As soon as Misty had said that, there was a giant crash sound heard and a giant whack along with it. Everyone was wondering what happened and once the door opened, everyone sweat-dropped at the sight.

Matt was sweating and smirking widely as he held his staff and in his other hand, he had an unconscious Cletic guardian with a giant lump on his head and a imprint of a tree.

"I'm afraid to ask what happened." Cye said.

"Kysuke tripped on a rock which he fell forward and crashed into a tree, and then I knocked him out with my staff again." grinned Matt.

"Again?" stated Keri. "You mean things like this happens all the time!?"

Misty and Takori took this time and shouted in unison,

"It happens 24/7 if you live in our realm." they stated. Misty went over to Kysuke and kneeled down and started to chant a healing spell. Her hands glowed a gold color and then Matt let go of Kysuke's shirt, with some "persuasion" from his sister.

Kysuke woke up and looked around confused.

"What happened? Last thing I remember I was running away from a crazy Dark Magician."

"Crazy am I, what about the time you accidently got drunk Kysuke? You ended up wearing..Mphff!!!" Matt was about to say something, but thanks to Kysuke, who had fully awaken and ran over towards Matt, had put his hand over Matt's mouth to silence him.

"Don't you DARE ever mention that time." growled Kysuke. Matt just grinned as Kysuke removed his hands and glared at Matt.

"By the way, how in the world did you two manage to get out of the shadow realm?" asked Takori.

"What about you sis? You weren't suppose to come back until you finished your training mission with the sage." replied Matt snorting. Takori sweat- dropped.

"Would you believe that I lucked out and he sent me here to protect the master?" asked Takori.

"Depends. Did he ACTUALLY send you, or did you just run off on your own again?" replied Matt. Takori was now sweating really hard and looked kind of nervous.

"Uh...it was half/half."

"I knew it. You can't even stop yourself from eavesdropping on the elders." sighed Matt.

"But Matt!! You don't understand!! I wasn't really eavesdropping, I was looking for my wand which Silver Fang thought was a stick again and I had to chase him all over the realm. Once I finally caught up to him, we both saw the elder talking to some strange monster and then we heard that Aragoth managed to get out of imprisonment and was seeking revenge and a way to bring back his master." Takori shouted back at Matt.

Everyone suddenly stopped what they were doing and stared at Takori.

"Takori, you...said Aragoth JUST got out of his imprisonment?" asked Vincent. Takori shook her head.

"Actually, from what I've heard, he was out and going around for several weeks, regaing his power and then some how he managed to actually get into master Yugi's world and then we lost all contact with him. Why do you look like someone died?" asked Takori.

"Because Aragoth attacked here yesterday and everyone was powerless to get rid of him, except for Matt, who fought him and managed to make him retreat back for a while." replied Alexis.

"WHAT!?!?!" screamed Misty, Kysuke and Takori rather loudly.

"How did you know he arrived?" asked Kysuke seriously.

"We could practically feel his presence." stated Akito.

"Whoa. So, what happened?" asked Ruby. So everyone that saw Aragoth explained what happened and Takori was surprised at her brother.

"And you said you would never be able to achieve to turn into the Chaos Mage without the ritual. I told you so." stated Takori.

"Shat up. This isn't the time for it, but now that you think about it, its hardly anytime for anything." muttered Matt. Takori just glared at her brother. As soon as they were done telling the story, everyone saw someone coming down the stairs. It was Lantis. He was walking down sleepily rubbing his eyes and Seto got up and walked towards him, while Mokuba stared after him grinning at his new little brother.

"You should be in bed and asleep mister." Seto said. Lantis just yawned and held out his arms, signling that he wanted to be picked up. Seto let out a small smile and picked him up.

"I heard some people yelling and I woke up." replied Lantis as Seto carried him to the couch and he sat down leaving Lantis in his lap, and he took a near by blanket and covered Lantis with it and he fell asleep in Seto's arms.

"How cuttttteeee." giggled all the girls in the room.

'Women!!!' all the guys thought.

Lantis just laid there in Seto's lap smiling in his sleep.

"So, what do you guys think we should do know?" asked Keri. Everyone was quiet then. No one really thought of anything, because they were still trying to get over the fact that an old enemy was back. Then Yugi had an idea.

"My grandpa!! He as some old journals from his last explorations and he might've found something close to this situation." grinned Yugi. Yami hit his forehead.

"Of course!! Your grandfather always told us about his adventures in Egypt!!" added Yami.

"Okay, so I'll go and..." started Yugi but was interuppted by Matt.

"How about you take me, Kysuke, Misty and Matt along with Yami just in case." said Joey. Yugi looked at him.

"Why Joey?" asked Yugi.

"Cause I got a feelin' that something is gonna happen and it ain't gonna be any good." replied Joey. Yugi nodded.

"But why don't we take Akito just for you." grinned Mai.

"Aww be quiet Mai!!" shouted Joey, but none the less, he took Akito with him.

"We'll be back in a bit. Until then, why don'y you guys look at the video tape and books that my grandpa gave me to bring over also." siad Yugi.

"Okay, if we find anything interesting, we'll tell you okay?" added Tea.

"See you later." said Yami as the group walked out the door. As soon as it closed, Tea closed her eyes and sighed.

"What's wrong Tea?" asked Keri.

"Its just that, I'm really worried. When Joey usually feels like that, it always seems to come true, no matter what happens." replied Tea.

"Really, name one occasion." asked Bakura.

"When we were all little, I remember once that he said we should be care around the swings. At first we thought Joey was just beening too worried over nothing, then later Yugi's swing collasped and he was thrown off and he twisted his ankle when he landed. He wouldn't stop crying until his grandfather came. It seemed that the swing Yugi was on, a screw was loose and it was getting old. But Joey had been right nonethe less." replied Tea.

"Pretty interesting." replied Seto.

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"Okay, we're almost there guys and Kysuke, you can stop bugging Matt, and Matt you can stop trying to strangle him." said Yugi as the two stopped their bickering and fighting, while Misty and Takori laughed. When they arrived at the Turtle Game shop, they saw a car there and Yugi mentally shivered.

'Not them, why did they have to come back. I thought they were gone when the police took them.' thougtht Yugi. Matt started to notice Yugi getting a bit nervous.

'I'm suddenly glad we all listened to Joey when he thought something terrible was going to happen.' Yami thought to himself.

As Yugi nervously reached for the door, the door was suddenly flung opened and Yugi backed up all the way into Yami, with a horrified expression on his face.

"Hello Yugi. Why don't you come here and give you parents a hug."

"Why...why are you back!!" shouted Yugi scared. Yami and the others, including Joey and Akito looked very confused. Shouldn't Yugi be happy to see his parents, instead of being scared of them?

"We got release on good behaivor, now, we've come to take you back home." said Kimiko.

"NO!! I'm already am home!!" shouted Yugi. Then another figure steped up next to Kimiko. Yugi paled even more and started to stutter.

"No..n...wa...way..y..you...can...can't....be..ba..back." stuttered Yugi. Now the others were really worried.

"Your grandfather disappeared and we have the rights to take you back home with us." replied Hiroshi.

"Excuse me, but Yugi's not going anywhere." stated Yami as he stepped up towards Kimiko and Hiroshi.The others nodded and surrounded Yugi, as a way to protect him from his parents.

"And whothe hell are you punk." growled Hiroshi. He wasn't going to let anyone get between him and his brat son.

"I'm one of Yugi's friends and..." started Yami , but then Hiroshi and Kimiko started to laugh cruelly.

"The little punk has friends!?" laughed Kimiko. "Brat you really done it now, you haven't told anyone."

Yugi gulped and went closer to Matt who was in front of him.Matt turned his head quickly and gave Yugi a reassuring grin.

[Don't worry master Yugi. No one is going to take you anywhere. Especially with us around.] Matt said to Yugi through thier link.

Yami head it also, and smiled. He then turne towards the laughing parents.

"So, get on your business, but we aren't going to let Yugi go with you anytime soon." growled Yami. Hiroshi glared at Yami definletly.

"And what makes you think that seven brats is going to stop us from taking what's rightfully ours." stated Kimiko glaring at Yugi, who turned his head away and cluted Matt's hand tighter.

"If you try and do, my friend will run back to the place where Yugi is staying and then you'll have eleven more kids to deal with and one of the kids is a rich guy with lots of power and he can stop you if he wanted to also." grinned Yami. Kimiko and Hiroshi suddenly looked nervous.

"Fine," growled Hiroshi pushing past Yami. "You win for now, but we'll be back and it won't be as 'pleasant' as this one was.".

So the two of them walked to their car and slammed the doors and then drove off.

As soon as they were gone Yugi slipped down to the floor breathing heavliy.

"Yugi, what was that all about. Why were you scared of your parents?" asked Joey concerned.

"And what did they not want you to tell?" added Kysuke.

"Are you alright Yugi?" asked Mystical Elf. Yami bent down and put his hands on Yugi's shoulders and then out of the blue, Yugi started crying. He threw himself into Yami and he started crying really hard into Yami's shirt. Yami was confused but he just held Yugi protectivly and rubbed his back, trying to calm him down. Matt stared worriedly along with the other monsters at their master. Not once have they seen him this sad, and they were really wondering why his parents were so cruel. Matt always thought parents were good things to have.

As soon as Yugi was done crying, he was helped up by Yami and then he was settled down.

"Yugi, how about we talk about this when we get back to Seto's mansion alright?" asked Kysuke. Yugi nodded and then they entered the house. Yugi was shocked that it was such a mess was in the Turtle shop. It looked like a struggle had happened and then Misty noticed a notebook sprawled out on the floor, along with some papers that look like maps. Misty went over there and then she quickly read through it. She found what they were looking for.

"GUYS!! I FOUND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR!! ITS ALL HERE IN THIS BOOK AND HERE'S THE MAP!!" grinned Misty running over to where Yugi, Kysuke and Matt stood. Yami had gone upstairs to get somethings. Misty handed Yugi the book and then Yugi grinned.

"You're right!! Great job Misty!!" grinned Yugi.

Suddenly Yami came running down and had Yugi's backpack.

"Yami!! What's wrong?" asked Yugi. Yami only handed him a note and then Yugi read it,

"Yugi,

You may have temporary beaten my loyal servant Aragoth, but that doesn't mean anything. Until you and I face and I managed to kill you and then take your "friends" for my slaves. I have taken your grandfather as a hostage, as of because he knows where the tomb lies with the treasures that'll bring me back my revival."

Yugi just stared at the note and then stared at then he looked up.

"We have to tell the others about this quickly." Stated Yugi.

"But first, why were your parents so cruel to you?" asked Misty. Yugi stopped his running towards the door and then he turned around. Yami and the others saw that he had tears coming down his face, but he wasn't stuttering and he said,

"Because my parents use to abuse me so much that if I told even one person and they found out, they would take away my innocence." Replied Yugi.

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