AN - Thanks for all the reviews guys. You all had really good ideas so I kind of mixed them all up and I now know exactly what is going to happen. Yay! By the way, it is true that in Egyptian times slaves and architects who built a pyramid were buried in it when the pharaoh died, that way no one knew how to get in and steal the pharaoh's riches that were buried with him! Just a quick history lesson there for you all!

Yami awoke that morning, now well used to the hard bed and stiffness that he always felt when he awoke. He ate his breakfast silently, ignoring the foul taste and the way that his stomach grumbled for more food as he left for work.

As usual he met Joey outside and they set off to work together. As usual they walked in silence. And as usual they worked down in the mines. Yami got into his routine quickly, his mind dull from the monotonous work. He worked like a robot, unthinking and mindless. He did not dream of the outside air, the sensation of cold water trickling down his parched throat or the sound of the wind rushing over the sand.

He worked next to Joey, but felt unable to speak to him. He couldn't, not knowing that Joey would die because of Yami. Either by the hard work or buried alive when Yami died. Yami resigned himself to yet another day of working in the dark.

But something happened that broke the uniformity of the day. At around midday, although Yami couldn't have known that it was this time, a pair of slave drivers walked up their shaft. They stopped when they reached Joey and one of them took him firmly by the shoulder.

"You are Joseph Wheeler?" One of them asked.

Joey nodded.

"Then you will come with us." The other guard said. "Some one wants to see you."

Joey looked at Yami in confusion, but allowed the guards to drag him away from the work. Yami was left alone in the dark passage to ponder why Joey had been taken away. Joey had done nothing wrong, and wrong doers were always punished in front of the other workers as a warning.

Joey shielded his eyes from the blazing sun as he emerged from the depths of the mines. He was not used to being outside during the heat of the sun. He was led to a tent where the head official at the quarry usually spent his day.

He was thrust inside and as his eyes grew used to the cool, dim room he became aware of another person standing with him.

"You may leave us." The person said to the guards. Joey half recognised the voice. "So Joey, we meet again."

"Kaiba?" Joey asked, as his eyes finally adjusted to the light and he saw Seto standing in front of him.

"Yes Joey. I am not here for pleasure, but on serious business, regarding Yami." Kaiba said, sitting down at a table and indicating that Joey should do the same.

"He is fine Kaiba. I little exhausted from the hard work, but he surviving." Joey said.

"That is not why I am here." Kaiba replied solemnly. "Yugi begged me to come."

"Hey! Is Yugi OK?" Joey asked.

"Yugi will be fine. But we have received terrible news." Kaiba said. "This morning a death threat to Prince Yami was received. We are trying to find out the culprit as we speak."

"Yugi!" Joey gasped. "Everyone will think that Yugi is Yami. What if the murderers kill Yugi, thinking he is Yami?"

"Calm down Joey. Yugi will be taken into hiding tonight, and I will go with him. But Yugi is worried that the murderers may know that Yami is here, so he sent me to warn you." Kaiba said seriously. "You have to keep your eye on Yami Joey, for the sake of the empire."

"Can't you just tell Yami about his?" Joey asked. "And switch Yugi and Yami back?"

"The palace is guarded too well. I barely got out here to warn you. And also, it is best that Yami doesn't know. Knowing him he would just go looking for trouble. You have to keep him safe Joey. Yugi trusts that you will find a way to do this. I don't like the idea of Yami being in the mines. It is too dangerous, anything could happen to him, a cave in for example." Kaiba looked outside. "I must leave before I arouse suspicion. If anyone enquires why I sent for you, you will inform him or her that whilst you were at the party at the palace, a certain precious object went missing. I merely came to ask if you knew anything."

"OK Kaiba." Joey agreed. He got up to leave when an idea came to his head. "Seto, if someone was caught and had stolen something from the palace, say belonging to Prince Yami, and it was found on them. What would happen?"

"Well, that person would be taken in to prison and judged. Of course if the belonging was Yami's then Yami would pass judgement on their sentence." Kaiba said.

"And if Yami was not available to pass judgement, what would happen then?"

"Well, the person would be held in prison until Yami returned to pass judgement." Kaiba replied.

"Kaiba, you don't have anything of Yami's on your person do you?" Joey asked.

"Yes I do. I have an unimportant piece of his regalia with me, as a sign that I am from the palace on Yami's orders." Kaiba said suspiciously.

"Kaiba, you have to give me that item!" Joey said excitedly. "I know of a way to keep Yami safe, but I need that item to do it."

Seto looked at Joey for a moment before the plan dawned on him. "Of course. If Yami was to be found with the item, everyone thinking that he is Yugi, then he would be locked up until Yugi, pretending to be Yami, returned form hiding. And that way both of them would be safe and unharmed until the assassins were caught!" Kaiba jumped up and placed an object wrapped in cloth into Joey's hands.

"Joey, plant this in Yami's room." Kaiba said excitedly. "Before Yugi and I leave tonight I will send out soldiers to search every house until the item is found. When they find the item, Yami will be place din jail until Yugi returns, and will be perfectly safe."

Joey smiled and pocketed the item before running off to get back to work. He ran with a spring in his step, everything would be all right he just knew it!

Joey climbed back down the shaft and made his way back to his workstation.

"Joey, what happened? What did they want?" Yami asked.

"Oh, nothing much. Mum came over to ask if I could leave early to help her with something. But I can't so Serenity will have to do it." Joey lied, glad that it was dark so Yami couldn't see his red race. Joey's face always turned red when he lied.

"Is it anything I can help with?" Yami asked.

"No, nothing." Joey said. "And do you mind not mentioning that she came around? She gets a bit embarrassed about having to ask for help." Joey said, wanting to cover his tracks completely. He didn't want Yami to ask Mrs Wheeler about what she came to the quarry for.

"Of course not." Yami said. "I won't say a word."

When they emerged from the shafts that evening Joey had formulated his plan in his mind, and he knew exactly what he was going to have to do. He felt guilty about framing Yami, but he knew it was for the best.

When they got home Joey dashed inside and Yami went into his own house. Mr Mouto had already gone to bed and Yami found his dinner on the stove. He ate it quickly when there was a knock at the door. Yami opened it to find Serenity standing there. He had forgotten that yesterday he had promised to meet Serenity this evening. He smiled at her and said, "Fancy a walk?"

She nodded and so Yami grabbed a thin cloak for warmth and they set off across the moonlit street.

"Where shall we go?" Yami asked. Serenity took his hand and led him down the street to where the river flowed. They followed the river for a while until they reached an area where plants and trees grew by a pool. The river flowed into the pool at one end, and out the other but the pool was still and unmoving.

Yami sat down with Serenity, not knowing what to say. He didn't want to give himself away. In the end it was Serenity who spoke up first.

"Why are you so quiet tonight Yugi?" She asked sweetly. "You are normally always talking."

"I was just thinking and listening." Yami said. "I don't spend enough time listening, especially to the wind and the animals."

"What is it saying?" Serenity asked.

"The wind?" Yami asked. "Well, it's wondering how an idiot like me managed to get a wonderful girlfriend like you."

Serenity smiled. "I can hear the animals. They are saying that this idiot is a nice idiot, and that everyone deserves to love someone."

"So do you believe in that sort of thing?" Yami asked. "Soul mates and that?"

"I never used to." Serenity replied. "But over the last few days I have started to believe."

"I thought that if you believed in soul mates, you believe in it all the time." Yami said.

"Yes, we experience can change opinions." Serenity said. "It's strange, but recently I feel that I like you even more. Ever since the party at the palace. You have opened up to me, I can tell that you are being totally honest with me for once in your life."

Yami looked away. He didn't want to lie to Serenity, but what would she think of him if he told her that he wasn't Yugi? Whatever he did, he was living a lie. "I have never told you the whole truth Serenity." He admitted.

"Well, no one opens up their hearts completely." Serenity said, leaning her head on Yami's shoulder. "There's always at least one secret that you have to keep. It makes someone seem more interesting if they have a few secrets."

"Serenity." Yami said, taking her hand. "Whatever happens in the next few days, I want you to know that I have truly been acting like myself. I haven't been living as some one else, I have been me."

"You are confusing me." Serenity said.

"I know it doesn't make any sense now." Yami said. "But please remember this moment. I am not putting on an act with you Serenity, this is me!"

"OK Yugi. I'm sure that you will explain this to me when you are ready." Serenity said. "Aren't the stars beautiful?"

"They are indeed." Yami said. "Especially Chiquita."

"Who?" Serenity asked.

"A constellation." Yami said. "Do you see that bright star in the distance? If you look slightly to the left you will see a pattern of stars that look like a woman. Her name is Chiquita. Legend has it that Chiquita was a beautiful woman who fell in love with a man called Hubero. But Hubero was the son of a demon king. Hubero and Chiquita could never marry, because if they did Hubero's father would have the power to turn Hubero into a demon and Chiquita would die of a broken heart."

"What did they do?" Serenity asked, enthralled.

"They did not want to be separated, so they married. The instant the ceremony was completed, Hubero's evil father transformed Hubero into a demon. Chiquita was grief stricken at her loss, as Hubero now lived in the demon world, where she could never see him. In one act of kindness the God's turned Chiquita into a constellation, so that she might watch over Hubero from above." Yami went on.

"But they were still apart." Serenity said.

"The Gods were compassionate on the couple. The constellation of Chiquita is not visible during the time of the full moon. When the full moon rose, Hubero was temporarily transformed into a human and Chiquita returned to her human form. This way they could spend the night together before the sun arose, and Hubero became a demon again and Chiquita returned to the sky. They are reunited once a month, and this is the way that it has been for centuries." Yami looked at Serenity. "Whay are you crying?" He asked.

"No reason, it is just that that story was so beautiful." She said, wiping a tear from her eye. "I will always remember that story. How did you know it anyway?"

"I friend told me once." Yami said. "There are many other's like it that I can tell you. All the stars are our ancestors, watching us from above."

"Can you tell me more?" Serenity asked. "Like that constellation there, what is it called?"

"That is Orotea, the son of a King who once ruled this land." Yami said. "But that story must wait for another night. It is late and we must get home."

He stood up and helped Serenity to stand. "It is past midnight!" She exclaimed. "I can tell from the position of the moon. I must get home. Mother will be worried sick."

"Come on." Yami said. "Let's go."

AN - Sorry, I have to stop there because another day has ended for Yami, he is now living in day 4 and that is another chapter! Sorry. Keep reviewing. That story about Hubero and Chiquita was just a load of drivel made up by me, but it was kind of cute wasn't it?