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Chapter Fourteen: Yami and Sydney Reunite
"Ya drivin' me nuts here, Sydney!" Joey suddenly cried out,"Just say it already!"

Sydney sweatdropped,"Okay, okay."

Joey finally relaxed and eased back into his comfortable position.

"Kaiba has the power to decifer any documents in any native language and recieve premonitions about the future," Sydney revealed as Joey gave her a funny look. Sydney returned the look once she spoke and he looked at her disappointed.

"Dat's all?"

"You don't seem to grasp the concept I see," She said slightly irritated,"This power allows him to translate anything from ancient scriptures to foreign languages. He'd also be able to see future events before they happen, such as where Tskusa's hiding place for his mystical items. By being able to do this, he can get his hands on anything from power spells to chambers filled with mystical items..."

"Ohh," Joey noted,"I get it! Kaiba may not got strong powers but he's got the power ta go get it."

"Exactly," Sydney said with a smile,"Tskusa would definitely use him to his advantage. He'd get his hands on ancient scriptures and acquire more power, but he doesn't know of Kaiba's power and niether does Kaiba or otherwise he would have believed me."

"Mannnn," Joey breathed,"A power hungry Kaiba? I could only imagine what dat would be like!"

"I think he's got more self control than that," She responded,"But he will definitely realize of his power soon and there's no doubt that he'll come to me not knowing how to control it."

"Huh? What do ya mean? How wouldn't he be able ta control a dinky power like dat?"

Sydney's eyebrow twitched slightly,"Are you joking?! Once he finds out about the power, everything will look all jumbled up and he'll get one hell of a headache from the rush. He's got to learn how to turn it off and on. Power like that can drive a normal man to insanity."

Joey couldn't help but laugh at her comment,"Are ya kiddin'?! Kaiba's way past insanity by now!"

"Joey!" Sydney fumed.

"What?!"



Outside Joey's door, not known to them, a shorter figure stood, aimlessly touching the millenium item that hung around his neck. His eyebrows were raised in curiousity and concern as he held a conversation in his mind.

"Is that true?" Yugi spoke to the pharoah inside his soul room.

The pharoah lowered his head slightly, covering his gaze from his shorter counterpart,"Indeed it is. After listening in on this conversation, I remember everything now."

Yugi looked at the pharoah strangely,"You didn't tell me you weren't orginally the pharoah of only the Northern part of Egypt, Yami."

"I did not know," The pharoah told the boy,"I have little memory of my past, Yugi, but remembering the affair I held with Sydney is not a memory I chose to remember first. This holds some strong conflicts for her love of Kaiba."

Yugi watched his taller self cross his arms as he lost himself in deep thought,"She said he's coming after you. We have to stop him Yami!"

Yami nodded even though he was indulged with thought,"Yes. If we combine our power with Sydney's than we should be able to seal him permanately into the shadow realm."

"What about Kaiba?"

Yami's eyebrow rose,"Yes, that is right. We need to find him as soon as possible before he realizes he has powers or otherwise, this situation will worsen."

Yugi nodded in agreement and found himself standing outside Joey's door again, this time the door was open and Joey was waving a hand in front of his face as Sydney watched. Yugi broke into a nervous grin and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Hey guys..."

Joey fell over as Sydney sweatdropped. This wasn't the first occasion Joey had witnessed this but to Sydney, it looked unbelievably strange. He just seemed to gaze off into space, as though there was no world around him. Joey slowly began to rise off the floor, dusting himself off as Yugi continued to grin nervously. Sydney gave the boy a slight smile.

"You were talking to Yami, weren't you?" Sydney assumed as her gaze pierced Yugi's.

Both Yugi and Yami responded to the question. Yugi nodded as his Yami inside raised his eyebrows in nervousness. Sydney took a step forward and placed her hands on either side of Yugi's face, looking into his eyes as though she were looking straight into the soul room at Yami. Yami, on the inside, sweatdropped nervously as she did this.

"Get out here Yami," Sydney said firmly,"We need to talk."

Yugi sweatdropped,"Uh... Sydney, is this really necessary?"

"Yes it is," She said firmly again, her hands pressing harder against Yugi's cheeks, "Yami we have to talk about what's going on. Get out here."

She waited and Yugi still stood before her. It was obvious Yami was hesitant to come out as much as she was hesitant in requesting him to but there were more serious things to worry about and she NEEDED to talk with him.

She frowned, "Stop being such a wuss and show yourself. Don't make me get mad at you and force you out!"

Joey's eyebrows raised in curiousity, wondering if Yami would really come out on her command. He watched as light engulfed Yugi and Yami appeared before Sydney, her hands still upon either side of his face, except this time it was not Yugi's. Joey noticed that Yami was indeed taller than Yugi, and held a thinner more muscled physique. He watched Sydney's body sway slightly at his appearance before her and wondered about what she was thinking.

Yami slowly removed her hands and looked into her face calmly,"Hello Sydney."




Kaiba paced back and forth aimlessly. He had been pacing outside Mokuba's door for the last two hours, trying everything he could possibly think of to get the young child to come out from hiding. He knew he had frightened him and now he was paying the price. His own brother was afraid of him.

He placed a hand upon the door,"Mokuba! Let me in, please."

Silence.

"Mokuba, I'm sorry I frightened you, I just-"

"Leave me alone!"

Kaiba's brow raised at his brother's sudden command and he frowned angrily,"Mokuba! You know I would do nothing to hurt you, now open the door!"

"No!"

Kaiba sighed and raised a hand to his forehead. Now he was yelling at his brother. What the heck was happening to him? Just moments ago he had been almost willing to forgive Sydney for what she had done, than had gotten so angry he had broken things off with her and than he had a nervous breakdown, trashing everything valuable that he had in his office.

He was losing it- he was going insane. All over some woman who didn't even really exist in this world. She was royalty from god knows how long ago and he had almost fallen for it. Kaiba sighed again and allowed himself to lean against Mokuba's door.

"Mokuba, I'm sorry," Kaiba said soothingly through the door,"I know I haven't been myself lately. What happened between me and Sydney has got me going crazy. I know you know how I feel about her- I love her. Anyone back in that room knew it but I just can't keep thinking about what she had intended to do all along. I couldn't let her just take my company out from underneath me."

Kaiba paused to let out a deep breath before continuing onward,"You're my little brother and I have to protect you. I promised that when we were younger and I intend to keep my promise. I didn't know if she was planning on hurting you as well as she hurt me. I can't trust someone who played me for a fool."

Mokuba's gruff response bled through the smooth wood,"She didn't want to do that to you, Seto! She had to!"

Kaiba's eyes shut tight at the caustic tone,"I'm sorry."

Hearing no response, Kaiba turned and headed back down the hallway to his office. He turned to look into the doorway, seeing the broken glass and snapped wood of his desk. He lowered his head slightly, trying to find reason within himself. He needed to stop all this anger or it would end up truly causing him to go insane. His heart knew he loved her and nothing would every change that, but it seemed his mind thought other wise.

"Seto?"

Kaiba turned to see Mokuba's figure looking at him from the hallway ahead of him. Kaiba raised his eyebrows and took a step forward to speak to him but suddenly froze in mid step. A hand raised to his head, than another, than he suddenly collapsed to his knees. His mind was overflowing with images, strong vibrant images and his thoughts were lost as he let out a soft yet audible gasp.

"Seto?!"

He was unaware of his brother's figure hovering over him. Kaiba writhed and felt another wave as sudden images of scrolls, writings on walls and images of men worshipping flashed past his eyes. He suddenly felt pain, jolting through his mind and through the course of his body. He suddenly began to yell his agony as he felt the images overwhelm him, as though they were swallowing him whole.

"Seto?! Are you okay? Seto!"

He shut his eyes tightly, trying his best to erase the memories, trying to stop the constant jolts of pain rippling through his limps and than through his mind. Mokuba reached for him, grabbing his arm, trying to figure what caused the sudden response of pain and watched as Kaiba continued to yell as he broke into a sweat.

Kaiba was trying his best to stop whatever had its hold on his mind. The images that flood through him now were one of a man, someone he didn't recognize, murdering man after man. The images sped along as fast as they first came, leaving a jolting pain in Kaiba's mind. He was growing angry and finally balled his fists, slamming his fists down into the carpeted floor.

"Stop it!" He bellowed as the images continued to fly past his eyes.

Mokuba backed away suddenly, his face full of fright as his brother fought against the hold on him.

"Stop this!" Kaiba shouted again as more images of murder, of high ranked men being murdered by a cloaked figure in darkness.

"I SAID STOP IT!"

He suddenly felt the images pull out of him, as though the process were running in reverse. Faster than they had come, the images flew past him, than disappeared all together leaving Kaiba to gasp for air, covered in sweat on the floor of the hallway. He felt as though he had run across the country, his lungs burning, trying to achieve air.

"S-seto?"

Kaiba felt himself being drawn into darkness as his body felt the impact the images had produced. His eyes fluttered shut and his body collapsed onto the floor. His body lay limp, his trenchcoat twisted along his still figure. Mokuba's face was now put into shock and surprise.

'Please don't be dead!' Mokuba's thoughts shouted, tears forming on the child's face as he gripped onto his brother's shoulders, 'Please wake up!'

"SETO! Wake up, please! Wake up!"


"It's been a long time, Yami," Sydney said softly as she felt herself remembering how strongly she had felt for the young pharoah,"You haven't changed I see."

Yami forced a smile,"Maybe not but I see you have. You've matured into quite a beautiful woman and important as I hear. You're an Ordinant, correct?"

Joey's eyes cast between the two as they exchanged conversation. He had suddenly felt out of place and slowly began to retreat back into his room, slowly closing the door behind them and leaving them to the privacy of the hallway. He decided it'd be a good time for him to sleep anyway, considering by the way Sydney had talked earlier that he'd be stripped of sleep for awhile and he wanted to be well rested.

Sydney nodded,"Yes, I am. How have you-Yami, quit the small talk."

He grinned as she suddenly faultered and picked up a serious tone,"Is it that obvious?"

"Unbelievably," She quipped,"I assume you over heard everything I told Joey about Tskusa. You have to be careful. I can't seal the shadow realm without your help and if he steal the milleniums puzzle, than I'll be forced in having to submit myself to him- and you know what happens when our powers combine."

Yami didn't reply but simply nodded in response. He finally allowed himself to let his eyes cast down over her slender figure and than up again. She was indeed beautiful but he never remembered her to be THIS beautiful. Sydney felt herself begin to breath faster under his scrutiny and raised her eyes as his gaze traveled upward to meet her own.

"Stop looking at me like that, Yami," Sydney breathed trying to catch her breath, which had decided to leave her when his deep eyes met her own,"We ended this for very strong reasons, remember?"

Yami took a step toward her, not responding and she took a step back. He took another step, this time, Sydney stood still and watched him approach her. He was still attractive to her- she knew she'd always think that way about him, but her heart belonged to someone else at the moment.

"What are you doing?" She gasped when she found herself amongst the young pharoah's embrace,"Yami let me go. Can't Yugi see what you're doing also?"

"Yes," Yami said into her ear as he encircled his arm tightly around her slim figure,"But he knows the story as well, Sydney. He would never criticize what I'm about to do."

Her breath caught once more,"About to do?"

He lowered his lips, descending them down onto her soft parted ones but felt her place two hands upon his shoulders, stopping his advance. He stared straight into her gaze and watched as she turned his head slightly with one hand and pressed a soft kiss upon his cheek. Yami was disappointed and quickly moved his head to meet her lips just before she pulled back again, catching her in a hot passionate kiss. Sydney was startled at first and lost her mind for a second than pulled back immediately, her heart reacting and her mind being filled with Kaiba's image. Yami looked hurt but Sydney removed herself from his hold anyway, her heart screaming at the conflicting loves she held.

"No," She said gently yet firmly,"You know my heart belongs to Seto, Yami. Don't make me remember what we had, it's not fair to him or you."

Yami averted his gaze and bowed his head to cover his eyes,"Forgive me."

Sydney placed her hands upon his arms,"It's alright, but I want you to be careful ok? I still love you as much as I did back then."

Yami raised his eyes,"And I feel the same."

"Than love for me as a brother would for a sister, Yami," Sydney said encasing him in a hug,"I need someone to love me and hold me. I'm dying inside, and I can't stand hurting the ones I love."

Yami let out a deep satisfied sigh and placed a gentle hand on her back and his other arm around her body. He tilted his head against hers and let out a deep male growl.

"I will do as you ask," He told her softly,"I will continue to love you, as though you were my sister, but I cannot guarantee that it will stay that way. I cannot bare to see you and Kaiba together."

Sydney buried her face into his chest,"I'm sorry, but I love him, Yami. I have never loved a man as I love Seto. I love him so much it hurts just to be with him."

Yami smiled and brushed hair from her face,"Than I wish you well."

Suddenly Joey's door burst open,"GUYS!!"

The two quickly separated and stared at the hysterical blonde.

"Joey what is it?" Sydney said, rather annoyed that he didn't even bother to look before he swung the door open. He could have hurt one of them if they had been standing in front of it.

"Mokuba just called me," Joey said suddenly realizing he still held his phone even though he had hung up, "He said Kaiba passed out at the mansion and won't wake up!"

Yami turned to Sydney to see her face fall and he placed a hand upon her shoulder.

"Let's go, he could be hurt," He said firmly, walking past her and heading toward the stairs.

Sydney followed him from behind, realizing he was doing this for her, not on his own accord. The two were rivals and nothing more.