Yami Tulip-Jin: Yeah yeah, here's another chapter for you. DARN MORTALS, WHY DID YOU ENCOURAGE HER?!?!?!?!

*In background, Tulip-Jin and the Chibi Red Eyes Black Dragon are throwing a huge party for the new reviews to this fic*

Yami Tulip-Jin: They took my TV for their Karaoke Machine! NOW I'LL NEVER GET TO RECORD MY SWUGGLE-UMPS! WAHHHHHH!!!!

You do mean Yami Bakura, don't you? Okay, scratch that, that little mental picture was _way_ too gross!

Yami Tulip-Jin: *smirks*



Nobody here owns Yu-Gi-Oh! (Like that was a surprise)

PS - ))blah(( is special talking and yes it was )blah( last time, but we figured that was too hard to read.

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Yugi was growing concerned. It had been three days, and Yami hadn't said a word.


Every time he would try to open the link, he couldn't get through. He knew Yami was


probably doing something important, but why couldn't he talk long enough even to tell him to


go away? Yugi was feeling a bit neglected. It was most likely dumb luck that he hadn't



needed Yami's help yet, but what if that changed? Although he knew it was pointless, he


tried again.




/Yami?/



/Yami, answer me! Are you even listening to me?/



/Yami, why won't you just _say_ something? At least let me know you're okay!/




Still nothing! Yugi was certain something was wrong. He had even tried to go into Yami's


Soul Room last night. He had yelled and pounded the door for an hour with no response. He


could hear Yami moving around, but why didn't he answer? For a moment, he wished Ryou and


Bakura hadn't gone to England for break. At least they could have figured out whether this


was something normal for a Yami. Sighing, Yugi decided to tell his friends in the morning,


and went to bed…








Yami was feeling guilty. He'd heard Yugi trying to get his attention, but something


kept telling him not to answer. And that something was getting louder every hour. Even


Yami thought it was wrong not to let his Aibou know if he was alright after three whole


days, but he couldn't help himself! He had a suspicion that his uninvited guest was behind


it, but every time he considered kicking It out, the hunger of finding his lost memories had


overridden his opinions. And he had learned so much! Memories from so long ago that he


would never have been able to find on his own were his again! It was great! But still, it


felt hollow…










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It knew the time had come. The prey could no longer be controlled by mere lures.


They never could. Ties outside of It's comprehension held them from going too far. But It


knew how to break them, and this one would be exceptionally useful to It now. It had never


thought before to consider a _permanent_ host…


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'This has gone far enough,' Yami decided. 'I'm going to kick It out, then spend


the day apologizing to Aibou. What was I thinking…' The Shadow silently uncurled. It knew


it had to do this swiftly, while the Light half couldn't interfere. ))It is far too late for


such a thing, Lord Pharaoh…(( It hissed. Yami turned to see the Shadow rear up like a wall.


))Far too late…((









In his sleep, Yugi cried out. His dreams had just taken a disastrous turn. He was


in a dark place that felt just like the Shadow Realm. "Yugi!" cried a voice. Yugi turned


to see his Yami running. He also saw the giant shadow-wave chasing him, and it was gaining!


"Yugi, help me!" Yami cried as he ran. "Yami!" Yugi yelled. He tried to go to his Yami,


but he couldn't move! Then Yami tripped and fell. In an instant, the wave covered him,


swallowed him, muffling his screams. "Yami…no…" Yugi whispered in horror. The big shadow


made a rumbling sound of satisfaction. Then, It reared up high and ripped open a hole in


the ceiling, through which It passed and disappeared. In that instant, Yugi's body and soul


felt like it was ripped in half. "YAMI!!!" Yugi screamed as he woke. Panting, he turned


to his bedside table, where he always put the Puzzle. He gasped in shock at what he saw.


The Puzzle lay there, completely dead. It was covered in cracks, and the Eye had snapped in


two. Yugi could already sense the destruction in his Yami's Soul Room. He held the Puzzle


to his chest and sobbed, "Yami…"









It had never felt so full! It knew it would have done this millennia ago if it knew


how good this felt. The Yami's power was delicious! It laughed, something It had never


done. So this was a body! It had been the Yami's body, but It had made some definite


improvements in It's opinion. Different colors, new clothes, that sort of thing. Too bad


the Yami didn't seem to agree. It could hear the Yami screaming in the back of It's head,


but that was easy enough to ignore. "I suppose I should chose a name to go with my new


look," It said with It's newly discovered voice. It looked through the Yami's memories to


decide. The Yami tried to block It. "Come now," It laughed, "You should know by now, 'Lord


Pharaoh', that you have no way to stop me." It considered many things before finally


settling on the word 'Blight'. "Because," It said unnecessarily, "with this power, anything


I touch really shall wither and perish!" To demonstrate, It brushed a nearby tree with a


finger. The tree turned black and began to rot as the leaves dried up and fell. "I think


I'm going to enjoy this," Blight laughed again. "Mortals are so stupid. Easy to fool,


blinded by petty emotions…" It could hear the Yami start screaming again, calling for his


Aibou. "No need to waste your energy, he'll never hear. Now that you belong to me…"








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Yami Tulip-Jin: Yep, were're evil enough to do that!


Tulip-Jin: Don't yell at me! She made me do it!


Chibi Red Eyes: Raawrr rawr raaaawrrr? (And who's 'we'?)


Yami Tulip-Jin: I AM EVIL! MUWAHAHAHA - whomp!


Mysteriously, a rock dropped from the sky and landed on Yami Tulip-Jin.


Quick! While she's out cold! Please send a review, will ya?