HI!!! I'm back!!! Don't forget to go to and looks for any pictures drawn by Aelu. That would be me. I have a picture of Aelu and the Mysterious Elf up. If the website didn't show up, then I'm sorry cos it didn't turn up in the last chapter either. The Mysterious Elfs' hair looks like Aelu's because I copied from that. Her dress is different and her hair is too. I was just being lazy. _ Sorry. Anyways, enjoy chapter nine!!

Darkdragon: Yea, he was waiting for her to leave

EmpyrealDragon: O.O E vunkud du fneda pylg du oui eh dra mycd lrybdan. ^_^ E vaam cu csynd. Tu oui tnyf yd ymm? Ymm so tnyfehkc cilg. XP. Yhofyoc, dryhg oui ykyeh vun ouin fuhtanvim najeafc!! Drao yna knaydmo ybbnaleydat!!

??? (^_^): I know!! I am SO evil!! Hehehehehe. Glad you like it! ^_~

Videogamer95: Ummmm. technically he's not. Well, not in the dubbed version anyways. Thanks! ^_^

Rox: Wow. Someone who actually LIKES the cliffhanger. Thank you! ^_^

Harpie138: O.O We don't want THAT to happen!! **Hurries up**

Yami Hiei the Chaos Mage: The website didn't work. Sorry!!

Moon Pixie: You'll see what happens to Yugi soon! ^_~

Princess Strawberry: Yugi may or may not die by Mariku's hands. I'm not telling what happens thou!! Read to find out!!

FatalDreams- Seducer of Fantasy: Thank you much! ^_~

And now onto chapter 9!!!!!

~* Last time in White Roses *~ ~* They both looked up as they heard a scream and evil laughter. "No." *~

~*The REAL chapter 9*~

Yami and Zyta ran towards where the screams were coming from. They rounded a corner. Mariku stood where he did two years ago, holding a dagger up to Yugi's neck. "I warned you, Pharaoh. I warned you not to fall in love again." Mariku said. He cut into Yugi's skin very little. Only enough to make it bleed. Yugi whimpered. "Mariku! What has Yugi done to you? Why are you punishing him as well as me? If I had known about Aelu I wouldn't have done what I did!" Yami said. Maybe he could talk himself and Yugi out of this. "Aelu? I'm sure you mean Jahanara." (A/N Jahanara was a real Indian Princess. I read all about her. She wasn't alive in the time Yami was said to be, but let's just pretend she was. ^_~) 'So that was her real name.' Yami thought. "I am punishing you because you punished me." Yami looked confused. "How did I punish you?" Yami asked. "Would you like to know my whole name, Pharaoh? Mariku Ishtarui. Isn't your last name the same as mine? You are my younger brother. I am the true Pharaoh." Mariku said, pressing the blade closer to Yugi's neck. "Wait! Mariku! I challenge you to a duel. If I win, I get Yugi and you have to go to India and stay there. If you win, you can have both Yugi and myself." Yami said, confidently. "Alright, Pharaoh. You've got yourself a deal." Mariku said. "Aranahaj!" Mariku yelled. A black fox-like thing ran out of the shadows and grabbed Yugi. It then began tying him up to a gravestone.

"Yami, you must not do this! You could be killed!" Zyta pleaded with Yami. Yami looked determined. "I know I will win. Call Ghidre, Kehkan, Zade, and the others. This is going to be a dangerous duel. We need everybody we can." Yami said. Mariku was talking with the thing called Aranahaj. They would duel in the desert. Aranahaj ran off to find Mariku's duel monsters. Yami's own duel monsters surrounded him, and he felt powerful. Until Mariku's monsters came.

There must have been hundreds of them. An army of duel monsters surrounded Mariku. He smirked. "Now do you feel confident, Pharaoh?" Mariku asked. Aranahaj smiled, showing gleaming sharp white teeth. "I'll spare you a shadow game, Mariku." Yami said. Mariku shrugged. "Alright. All the better for me." Mariku said. "Let's duel." They said in unison. (A/N Yeah, I know, corny. But they say it all the time in the show. -_-')

Yami played Zyta first in defense mode. Mariku smirked and played a magic card along with a card face down in attack mode. Yugi whimpered as Aranahaj began pacing back and forth in front of him, showing off his white teeth. "Mariku! Tell that fox thing of yours to stay away from Yugi!" Yami demanded. Mariku smirked. "Arika, get away from Yugi. You can play with him later." 'Arika? Are there TWO of those things?' Yami wondered, not realizing that the second one was purple with black eyes instead of the other way around.

The battle raged on with Yami winning. Until Mariku tricked Yami. Mariku tricked Yami and won.

Oooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh, big cliffie!! ^_~ You'll have to wait and see what happens!! I'm just so mean!! ^_^ Bai!