*~*Disclaimer!*~* Well here I am again, writing on my fan ficcie. Everything's gonna come to a close pretty soon *sob*. I think a couple more chappies ought to do it, so don't be surprised if *FIN* appears. I WILL have a couple more chappies and another new adventure to my series of stories, so don't worry! Anyway, you know the drill, don't own anyone except the ones I own, and I give credit to where it's due. Here goes dis misadventure...

*~*~*~*~*2003 BC, the Hospital's Cafeteria*~*~*~*~*

The chords of Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life" ran through Mara's mind, a mantra that intoxicated her as she wrapped her arms around Yami in quick haste. As her lips touched his, she repeated some of the lyrics in a soft whisper.

"Wake me up inside, Wake me up inside,
Call my name and save me from the dark.
Bid my blood to run, before I come undone,
Save me from the nothing I've become..."

Their kiss was electric. Her soft lips met his luscious ones, deep and passionate as they had shared 5000 years ago. Surprised, Yami drew back, afraid. Wide eyed, images and memories began to pool into his head: Sleepless nights curled up next to her, long, passionate kisses, strolls along the banks of the Nile. Defiantly stepping in front of him, tears down her cheeks and refusing to let him go and die. Memory on memory, recollection upon recollection flooded his mind like a broken dam as the kiss between them intensified and deepened. It caught him off guard, surprised when he continued the song's lyrics:

"All this sight, I can't believe I couldn't see.
Kept in the dark, but you were there in front of me."

Mara's eyes opened slightly wide, amazed and overjoyed. Tearing her lips away agonizingly, she said almost voicelessly, "You remember..."

He nodded. "I'm beginning to. I'm beginning to remember everything... between us, Egypt, the past, everything. And I've waited an eternity to feel like this again..." He kissed her wholeheartedly, continuing where they had left off.

"Ah-HEM..." A cold, rude voice cleared his throat. "This is a hospital, not a make out spot, Yugi. Either get another room or GET OUT."

Scowling, Mara glared behind her, recognizing that same voice and snarled. "SETO, Go out and GET A LIFE."

"I have one, thank you Marita, one that doesn't--"

His sentence was cut off by Midnight, with a thwack to the back of the head. "YOU IDIOT! Leave them be! It wasn't THEIR fault you were being you and decided to ruin everything!"

His eyes narrowed at her. "Midnight... what are YOU doing here? I thought Dawn left you in the dust and in the FARTHEST corner of her mind..."

"Maybe that's where she should have left YOU instead!" Retorted the fiery sorceress, clenching her fists. "Frankly, you belong in the next planet towards the sun, where you should be burnt to a crisp..."

"Is that a threat?"

"Hey! HEY!" interrupted the Queen of Egypt, spitting Kaiba's words back at him. "This is a hospital, not a marriage counselor's office. Either you go get a room or GET OUT."

"WE'RE NOT MARRIED!!!!!' Screamed both of them in unison. "AND YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!!!!"

Mara stared at them both, then after a moment, closed her eyes, seething with rage. "LISTEN. You were both, at one point in time, a well-respected Captain of the Guard, and the witty High Priest. Now ACT like it..."

"WHY???"

"Oh dang it..." Muttered Yami, shaking his head. "They'll never learn..."

"Can we PLEASE stick to the subject??? Finding out what the heck's wrong with my protégé'?"

"Protégé'?" Kaiba's eyes narrowed even further into only slits. "Protégé'? What protégé'?"

Midnight threw up her hands towards the ceiling, exasperated. "Ok, WHERE have you been during the whole, 'Midnight/Dawn/Demona' saga? DEAD ASLEEP!?!?!?" She sighed. "Mara is Marita's yami, the Queen of Egypt; Yami is Yugi's yami, the Pharaoh of Egypt; and your soul is too stubborn and such an ignoramus to even stay a spirit, so you're just the rebirth of him and his traits!!!!"

"HUH?"

"CAN WE PLEASE GET BACK TO THE POINT?!?!??" Shrieked Mara, worn to her last nerve. "We need to find Marita and FAST."

"I agree, and the sooner the better," Replied Yami, his violet eyes intent on the darker haired woman. "Any ideas?"

"I have one, but it'll be risky..."

Kaiba huffed and crossed his arms, impatient. "Do whatever you want, I want to stay out of it."

Midnight glared at him, her eyes flashing fire and brimstone. "YOU WILL COME, SETO KAIBA. WHETHER IT IS BY YOUR OWN FREE WILL, OR I HAVE TO DRAG YOU KICKING AND SCREAMING!!!!!!!"

The younger woman of the crowd clasped a petite hand to her forehead, rubbing the top of her head to comfort the upcoming headache. "Would you two quit it already..."

Crossing his arms across his chest, Yami frowned, annoyed. "Would you both stop please? We need to get back to the point."

"OH! YEAH!" Midnight grinned sheepishly, then stared at Kaiba. "WE will finish this later." Turning her attentions on the spiky red head with blonde bangs, she continued," Go ahead, Yami and Mara."

"THANK YOU." The other woman retorted. She sighed heavily, and stood stark still, dignified. "I believe we can find Marita by using sheer power. She's my other half, and we had a connection that goes beyond just our thoughts. I think, if we tried, we can go find her."

"HOW?" Sneered Kaiba, spitting the word out like it was dirty. "We can't look without the power to do so."

"That's where you always underestimate me, Kaiba. I have a plan."

"What?" asked Midnight, brushing at her black and red bangs.

"My Millennium Armlet, Yami's Millennium Puzzle, and your Millennium Heart are the three most powerful items of all time." The raven-haired woman smiled, her indigo eyes lighting up. "With all three, they create the Triumvirate, or "Three Houses'. Each one by itself is powerful, but together..."

"They'd be unbeatable?" asked Yami.

"Exactly."

The facts ran through Midnight's head, meticulously leafing through them bit by bit until she came up with the conclusion Mara had already proposed. "So we combine our powers to find her?"

"Right." The younger woman nodded, smiling. "If everything works, we should be able to find her in any time, any day, any where in any realm in existence."

Shuffling his feet, the corporate owner looked dubiously. "It might not even work, Mara. We have no idea how powerful ANY of those knick-knacks can do."

"All we can do for now is TRY!" exclaimed Midnight, walking slowly towards the hospital entrance. "But here at the hospital is not the place to try all this type stuff."

"I agree." Chimed in Yami, walking in the same direction, clasping Mara's hand with his own. "Let's go to a... quieter, less public place."

Scowling back at Kayla, Mara began to follow out the sliding doors, as she called back, "COMING Kaiba? Or do you have some other executive people to harass and boss around?"

"I harass NO ONE, Mara, and as far as following you all goes, I'm not going to be tempted to. I WILL, however, go WITH you, because obviously, you'll need my help."

"US? Need YOUR HELP??" Barked Midnight, almost collapsing in laughter. "HA! That's a laugh! We need your help as much as we need a hole in our heads!!!!!" Laughing still further, she sauntered into the sunlight, with Yami, Mara and Kaiba, reluctantly, in tow. "I can already tell you, this is going to be a riot of a trip. ANY trip with Seto Kaiba in it? It's bound to be trouble."