Yugi awoke stiff and cold, and thought for a moment that he was back home, with Grandpa bustling about in the kitchen. When Yugi looked around however, he saw that he was in a strange bedroom. The bed was hard, much harder than the one back at the palace. The walls were a dark shade of grey and the only light came from a single flaming torch by the door.

Intrigued, Yugi got up. He couldn't remember much from the previous night, mainly because he had been blindfolded. He opened the door and found that it led to a passage, sloping upwards. Yugi was about to explore when the rock to his left moved. Except it wasn't a rock but a well-disguised door. And through the door stepped Seto.

"Ah, you are awake." Seto said upon seeing Yugi. "Strange isn't it?"

"Where are we?" Yugi asked.

"Who knows?" Seto said. "Only a few advisers know about this location. From the direction we went after leaving the palace I would hazard a guess that we are somewhere north of the city, perhaps underneath the mountain range that lies north west of the palace."

"We are underground?" Yugi asked, as Seto led the way up the passage, his flaming torch held high.

"Yes. Notice the lack of windows and natural light, and the way that the walls are carved from stone. The door are camouflaged as stone in case." Seto began.

"In case what?" Yugi asked.

"In case someone found out our whereabouts and we had to hide on the lower levels." Seto said. "There's no point in hiding the truth from you. If someone were to betray us we would hide and they wouldn't be able to find a door."

"Makes you shiver just thinking about being trapped under layers of rock." Yugi said, running his hands over the walls. "With no way out."

"This place is centuries old, there won't be a cave in or anything." Seto assured Yugi. "And we can go outside, just not all of us at once and not when we could be seen. Down here there is no day or night. But we can go outside under cover of darkness." Seto opened a large door. "The dining hall." He announced.

It wasn't much of a hall. It was a small room with a few piles of cushions scattered here and there for people to sit on. Apparently all rules of servants not eating with the Prince were abandoned here, as a few servants were already munching on some hot porridge. At one end of the room was a table made of a slab of stone, upon which a great tureen of porridge sat.

"It's all for one and one for all here." Seto said as he ladled some soup for Yugi. "We servants still serve you, but obviously we have to bend palace rules under these special circumstances.

"I don't mind." Yugi said, settling himself on a pile of cushions and devouring his porridge.

Seto sat with him and soon Tea joined them. She looked dishevelled and tired. But she smiled at Yugi and sat next to him as she picked at her breakfast in distaste.

"How can you eat this muck Yami?" She asked, watching as Yugi polished off his porridge. Yugi was about to say that it was better than the stuff he got at home, when he remembered that he was still being Yami.

"I'm hungry. If you just swallow it down it doesn't taste half as bad." He said. "Seto, do you know your way around this place?"

"Not very well." Seto admitted. "I have never been here before, but I took the time to explore last night. You fell asleep on the journey so were taken straight to bed. I know this level quite well."

"Can you show me around?" Yugi asked. "I want to be able to get around on my own."

"Of course." Seto said, getting up and helping Yugi to stand up too. "Shall we get started now?"

"Yes. Are you coming Tea?" Yugi asked.

"No, I'll just explore with someone else later." Tea said. "But maybe we could meet up tonight? I never talk to you that much lately."

"We can talk after dinner." Yugi promised. As they left the hall Yugi whispered to Seto. "How did it go yesterday? Does Joey have a plan?"

"Yes he does." Seto said. "A clever one too. I can't tell you all the details but if someone asks you what to do with a prisoner, just tell them that you will deal with him when you return to the palace."

"OK, I'm sure that Joey knows what he is doing." Yugi said, not bothering to ask any questions about Joey's master plan.

Seto showed Yugi around the hide out for the rest of that morning. On the higher level were the guard's quarters; on the next level down were the dining hall and kitchen as well as open spaces where everyone could congregate. On the next two levels down were living accommodations and on the lowest level was a secret hide out. "Just in case." Seto told Yugi.

There was only one way to reach the outside, and when they went out Yugi was faced with sheer cliffs of rock on all sides.

"We must be in the mountains." Yugi gasped.

"Apparently no one comes round this way. The rocks are too steep. This is where we can come outside, but we have to be quiet, the rocks amplify our voices." Seto whispered.

There was a stream flowing into and out of the canyon through the rocks, and this was where people could wash and collect fresh water.

When Yugi and Seto returned underground they spent the rest of the day sitting in one of the communal rooms. Yugi didn't mind sitting around and talking to his servants. But the darkness was oppressive, and Yugi was glad when they were called in for dinner. Lots of flaming torches had been installed in the dining hall, making it much brighter and warm than the other rooms. Everyone carried a torch with them for light, and when they all placed their torches in holders on the wall, the room became merrier still.

After dinner Tea came over to Yugi and the two left the dining hall alone. They picked up two torches on the way out and made their way up to the surface.

It was dark outside, but a bright moon lit the clearing, so Yugi and Tea left their torches inside the hide out. They walked around the canyon in silence. It was a small clearing but felt warm and cosy. Eventually they found a flat rock that they sat on. It had obviously been worn smooth by centuries of threatened royalty sitting on the same stone.

"I can't believe how calm you are Yami." Tea said eventually. "I mean, someone wants to kill you. I would be worried sick."

"I am scared Tea. But I learned long ago that if you face your fear it becomes less scary." Yugi said.

"But aren't we hiding now?" Tea asked.

"Yes. But it doesn't' feel like it. This is just a precaution." Yugi said.

"I don't know how you can be so brave. I'm scared, and I'm not even being threatened." Tea admitted.

Yugi put his arm around Tea's shoulders. "You mustn't be scared Tea. I'll be here for you. Always."

"I know Yami." Tea said. "I've never appreciated you more than I do now, especially after the night of the party. When you refused to.you know. It made me realise how sweet you really are. I always thought you just wanted everything for yourself, but I now realise I didn't credit you with enough kindness." Tea said. "You know, I thought you fancied that girl at the party more than me." She laughed. "You know the peasant girl. What was her name? Serena?"

"Serenity." Yugi corrected, his thoughts brought back to her. He couldn't believe that he was out here, close to another girl when Serenity wasn't with him. Yugi knew that he really, really liked Serenity. But Tea was something special. She was so.

Yugi looked at Tea, who was chatting away to him non-stop. Tea was so not like Serenity. Serenity was shy and quite, and Tea was louder and chatty. Serenity was pretty, no doubt about it. But she wasn't as lovely as Tea. And Tea was just so, unique. Yugi couldn't explain it, but he hated himself for liking Tea, Yami's girlfriend, more than he liked Serenity. If Tea knew the truth, that Yugi wasn't Yami, she wouldn't pay any attention to Yugi. To Tea, Yugi was probably just a peasant boy with no money or way of supporting her financially.

Yugi sighed deeply. Two wonderful girls were tearing his heart two ways. If only he knew what Yami was doing, then he might have been able to decide between Tea and Serenity. But for now he had no way of knowing what Yami and Serenity were doing. But he was sure in his mind that Yami wouldn't forsake Tea for Serenity, he was certain that Yami was too polite to drop his girlfriend for Serenity. And she wasn't Yami's type anyway. Yami obviously went for rich girls, and Serenity was almost as poor as they came.

After a while a guard called them back inside. Before they returned to the dark hole Tea turned to Yugi.

"I had a wonderful time tonight." She said. "I don't know if this experience has changed you, but you are different. And I'm glad of it. I like you this way Yami." She kissed Yugi on the cheek before disappearing into the blackness. Fireworks went off inside Yugi's head. This never happened when Serenity kissed him, but whenever he was near Tea is was like there was electricity flowing between them.

Yugi sighed as he took his torch and made his way down into his chambers. He didn't know what to think. But he knew that he only had a few more days to work out his feelings, then he and Yami would swap places again, and Yugi would never see Tea again.

AN - Keep reviewing guys. Thanks! You all give me the motivation to keep writing.